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She said its diversity and the amazing success it has with some of the dis- trict’s most vulnerable stu- dents are among the traits that make the school an important center of learn- ing. “This is a special school with a special climate and special kids,” Heiar said. “I want you to understand that.” The School Board vot- ed on March 8 to close and repurpose the school, likely moving the district’s early childhood programs into the facility. The move will realize $750,000 in savings for the district. On top of that, once the district’s lease at Kenwood Center, which now houses Early Child- hood Family Education expires, there will be more than $450,000 in addition- al savings. This is enough to save 17 teaching posi- tions. Wold Architects made the closure recommenda- tion at a Lakeville School Board study session March 3 after considering several criteria, including geography, facility space, feasibility for repurposing, and enrollment, among others. Wold has been working with the district in a variety of consulting capacities since the early 1990s. In January the school recently hosted U.S. Rep. John Kline and U.S. Sec- retary of Education Arne Duncan as part of a school tour/press conference. At the time, Kline said he chose the site because it was his neighborhood school. Duncan said it was an example of a great school. “I look at this school and it’s not a failure,” Duncan said at the time. The closure and repur- posing is part of a $15.8 million budget adjustment plan on which the School Board voted in February. Now that the board vote has happened, the district will form an At- tendance Area Task Force consisting of Superinten- dent Gary Amoroso (as a facilitator), two School Board members, Director of Business Services Mark Klett, and two school prin- cipals. ‘A very sad day’ Peggy Maloney, a fifth- grade music teacher at Crystal Lake, attended the Crystal Lake Elementary to close this year File Photo by Rick Orndorf U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan (above) joined U.S. Rep. John Kline at Crystal Lake Elementary in January to discuss education policy and tour the school. Part of that tour included Duncan participating in educational games with students in the school’s ELL program. Lakeville School Board votes to repurpose the building to save more than $750,000 Farmington closes license center after state denial State says city’s subcontracting of services is illegal by Laura Adelmann THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS Farmington’s week-old deputy registrar’s office closed at 2:30 p.m. March 8 because the state denied ap- proval for the office to issue motor vehicle licenses and services. Since opening Feb. 28, the city was limited to selling Department of Natural Re- sources-related licenses, and as a result had only made two such sales, said Amanda Van Binsbergen, manager of Quick-Serv, which operated Farmington’s deputy regis- trar’s office for the few days it was open. Farmington is the first city in the state to hire a sub- contractor to run the office it operates. Under contract, the city would charge Quick-Serv no rent for the City Hall space, but would be paid 25 percent of filing fees collected total- ling over $100,000 beginning in 2012. But the public-private partnership violates state rules prohibiting outside management of deputy reg- istrar offices, said Patricia McCormack, director of the Minnesota Public Safety’s Driver and Vehicle Services Division, in a March 8 letter Thisweek first broke news there were prob- lems with Farmington’s deputy registrar’s office online March 7 and up- dated the story as new facts emerged that even- tually led to its closing. To read breaking news, go online at www. ThisweekLive.com. IN BRIEF by Laura Adelmann THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS Farmington Schools Su- perintendent Brad Meeks is one of seven finalists vy- ing to lead the Stillwater Area Public School Dis- trict. By Wednesday night, after this edition went to press, the Stillwater School Board was to name two or three candidates asked to return for interviews with both the pub- lic and the board during the week of March 21. The board will name its new superintendent March 24. “The board hopes to have a contract approved by March 31,” said Carissa Keister, communications coordinator for the Still- water Area Public Schools. During a special meeting Monday night, the Stillwa- ter board selected Meeks and six others as finalists: Craig Menozzi, superinten- dent, New Prague; William Laney, assistant superin- tendent, St. Louis Park; Deb Henton, superinten- dent, North Branch; Troy Miller, assistant superin- tendent, North St. Paul/ Maplewood/Oakdale; Co- rey Lunn, superintendent, Montgomery Lonsdale; and Rod Thompson, su- perintendent, St. Anthony New Brighton. Consultants from School Exec Connect, an executive search firm, recommended the finalists after reviewing 34 candidate applications for the position. Attributes desired in the new superintendent include a leader with high integrity and values, excel- lent interpersonal skills, and a collaborative consen- sus builder who is capable of working with others. In addition, the superin- tendent Stillwater seeks is a leader who brings a “cus- tomer service” focus and has a strong understanding of school finance, accord- ing to the Stillwater School District website. That district has been searching for a new super- intendent since January. Apparently, competi- tion for the position is strong; in its original plan, the board intended to se- lect five or six candidates to continue in the process. “I think (board mem- bers) just thought there were some really good can- didates, and they wanted to interview as many of them as possible,” Keister said. Meeks has led Farm- ington since August 2003, receiving consistently favorable job reviews by Farmington School Board members. However, there has also been public criticism that the district lacks transpar- ency, and under Meeks’ leadership, the district went through a divisive and expensive year-long legal battle regarding the high school’s location. The district has also been publicly criticized for a lack of transparency re- garding the level of infor- mation it shares with the public. Meeks resigned his posi- tion Feb. 28, but under an agreement with the Farm- ington School Board, has an option to remain on the job to train his replace- ment until Aug. 31, 2011. Laura Adelmann is at laura. [email protected]. by Aaron Vehling THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS It looks like the police station won’t be put up for sale just yet. Because of a tie vote and an absent council member at a previous meeting, the Lakeville City Council voted once again at its March 7 meeting on whether to put the former police station at Holyoke and County Road 50 up for sale. This time around, the council tabled the mo- tion on a 3-2 vote with Mayor Mark Bellows and Council Member Colleen Ratzlaff LaBeau the dis- senters. Council Member Matt Little introduced the motion to table the vote to sell, which council mem- bers Kerrin Swecker and Laurie Rieb affirmed. Bellows said the motion to table showed the com- munity the council’s “in- ability to act.” “I have been the most vocal proponent of selling that police station from day one,” he said. “It’s an embarrassment that we have sat on it this long.” At the previous coun- cil meeting, LaBeau in- troduced the motion as a surprise during the “new business” section of the agenda. Rieb was absent and so the vote tied. Coun- cil bylaws dictate that mo- tions that result in tie votes must get another vote at subsequent meetings until the tie is broken. LaBeau said she did not introduce the motion to be subversive. She said she was responding to citi- zen complaints about the former police station and wanted to let the commu- nity know the city is prac- ticing fiscal responsibility. The property, located across the street from City Hall, has been vacant for more than two years. Bel- lows has also indicated he wants to pursue all options for repurposing or selling the property. Representatives from the senior center and the Lakeville Area Historical Society have been conduct- ing analyses and surveys to determine the viability of both entities occupying the former police station. The City Council and those representatives have been talking about this possibil- ity since fall 2009. Little, Rieb and Sweck- er all said they voted to table the motion to sell because of those pending analyses. “Patient, thorough analysis needs to be done before we vote on the sale of part of our civic cam- pus,” Little said in a state- ment issued via Facebook the morning following the City Council meeting. Bellows said putting the property up for sale does not mean those groups still can’t do the work to deter- mine the feasibility of the site for their uses. The city also has been looking into using the for- mer police station as a new location for the current Heritage Commons liquor store, once that $14,600-a- month lease expires. Is it viable? The building, located at the northern gateway to Lakeville’s historic down- town, was appraised at $1.6 million. To put it up or sale and contribute that money to the city’s cof- fers sounds appealing to many, but questions per- sist: Would anyone buy it? What would a developer do with it? Roz Peterson, a Lake- ville School Board mem- ber and commercial real estate developer, thinks the site has potential if the city were to put it up for sale – the location, if not the ag- ing building. “It’s definitely one of For now, the former police station stays off the market Building has been idle for two years but some say it needs to be sold Turn clocks ahead one hour Sunday, March 13 Meeks finalist for Stillwater superintendent See Crystal, 3A See Station, 11A See License, 5A Brad Meeks Southern Hills Golf Course for sale Broker asks $5.4 million for 18-hole championship course by Laura Adelmann THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS Southern Hills Golf Course in Farmington is up for sale. Built in 1993 by Twin Cities investor Grady New- man, the 18-hole public course is listed for $5.4 mil- lion, although listing bro- ker Frank Jermusek with commercial real estate bro- kerage firm Grubb & Ellis, said offers will be consid- ered. Located on 117 acres at 18950 Chippendale Avenue (Highway 3), the course fea- tures a 10,000-square-foot clubhouse that accommo- dates up to 175 guests. Newman is also selling the two other courses he owns: Briarwood Club of Ankeny in Polk County, Iowa, for between $8 mil- lion and $10 million and is asking $1.9 million for Lake Wissota Golf & Events in Chippewa Falls, Wis. Jermusek said Southern Hills Golf Course has an- nual round sales of about 24,000, having recovered from a sales slump of about 21,000 annual rounds in 2007. The dip occurred after an $11 million purchase agree- ment for developing the property into housing was signed, but the buyer did not follow through. “People thought the course was going to close, so they stopped going. … But Photo by Rick Orndorf Southern Hills Golf Course is located east of Highway 3 between Rosemount and Farmington. See Course, 12A

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Thisweekwww.thisweeklive.comwww.thisweeklive.com Farmington-LakevilleFarmington-Lakeville

MARCH 11, 2011 VOLUME 32, NO. 2

Art Fete at the Burnsville PAC shines the spotlight on local

visual artists. SeeThisweekend Page 10A.

by Aaron VehlingTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Her face red with mel-ancholy, Kim Heiar told the Lakeville School Board the reasons why she chose to send her children to the soon-to-be-closed Crystal Lake Elementary. She said its diversity and the amazing success it has with some of the dis-trict’s most vulnerable stu-dents are among the traits that make the school an important center of learn-ing. “This is a special school with a special climate and special kids,” Heiar said. “I want you to understand that.” The School Board vot-ed on March 8 to close and repurpose the school, likely moving the district’s early childhood programs into the facility. The move will realize $750,000 in savings for the district. On top of that, once the district’s lease at Kenwood Center, which now houses Early Child-hood Family Education expires, there will be more than $450,000 in addition-al savings. This is enough

to save 17 teaching posi-tions. Wold Architects made the closure recommenda-tion at a Lakeville School

Board study session March 3 after considering several criteria, including geography, facility space, feasibility for repurposing,

and enrollment, among others. Wold has been working with the district in a variety of consulting capacities since the early

1990s. In January the school recently hosted U.S. Rep. John Kline and U.S. Sec-retary of Education Arne Duncan as part of a school tour/press conference. At the time, Kline said he chose the site because it was his neighborhood school. Duncan said it was an example of a great school. “I look at this school and it’s not a failure,” Duncan said at the time. The closure and repur-posing is part of a $15.8 million budget adjustment plan on which the School Board voted in February. Now that the board vote has happened, the district will form an At-tendance Area Task Force consisting of Superinten-dent Gary Amoroso (as a facilitator), two School Board members, Director of Business Services Mark Klett, and two school prin-cipals.

‘A very sad day’ Peggy Maloney, a fifth-grade music teacher at Crystal Lake, attended the

Crystal Lake Elementary to close this year

File Photo by Rick Orndorf

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan (above) joined U.S. Rep. John Kline at Crystal Lake Elementary in January to discuss education policy and tour the school. Part of that tour included Duncan participating in educational games with students in the school’s ELL program.

Lakeville School Board votes to repurpose the building to save more than $750,000

Farmington closes license center after state denial

State says city’s subcontracting of services is illegalby Laura Adelmann

THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Farmington’s week-old deputy registrar’s office closed at 2:30 p.m. March 8 because the state denied ap-proval for the office to issue motor vehicle licenses and services. Since opening Feb. 28, the city was limited to selling Department of Natural Re-sources-related licenses, and as a result had only made two such sales, said Amanda Van Binsbergen, manager of Quick-Serv, which operated Farmington’s deputy regis-trar’s office for the few days it

was open. Farmington is the first city in the state to hire a sub-

contractor to run the office it operates. Under contract, the city would charge Quick-Serv no rent for the City Hall space, but would be paid 25 percent of filing fees collected total-ling over $100,000 beginning in 2012. But the public-private partnership violates state rules prohibiting outside management of deputy reg-istrar offices, said Patricia McCormack, director of the Minnesota Public Safety’s Driver and Vehicle Services Division, in a March 8 letter

Thisweek first broke news there were prob-lems with Farmington’s deputy registrar’s office online March 7 and up-dated the story as new facts emerged that even-tually led to its closing. To read breaking news, go online at www.ThisweekLive.com.

IN BRIEF

by Laura AdelmannTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Farmington Schools Su-perintendent Brad Meeks is one of seven finalists vy-ing to lead the Stillwater Area Public School Dis-trict. By Wednesday night, after this edition went to press, the Stillwater School Board was to name two or three candidates asked to return for i n t e r v i ew s with both the pub-lic and the board during the week of March 21. The board will name its new superintendent March 24. “The board hopes to have a contract approved by March 31,” said Carissa Keister, communications coordinator for the Still-water Area Public Schools. During a special meeting Monday night, the Stillwa-ter board selected Meeks and six others as finalists: Craig Menozzi, superinten-dent, New Prague; William Laney, assistant superin-tendent, St. Louis Park; Deb Henton, superinten-dent, North Branch; Troy Miller, assistant superin-tendent, North St. Paul/Maplewood/Oakdale; Co-rey Lunn, superintendent, Montgomery Lonsdale; and Rod Thompson, su-perintendent, St. Anthony New Brighton. Consultants from School Exec Connect, an executive search firm, recommended the finalists after reviewing 34 candidate applications for the position. Attributes desired in the new superintendent include a leader with high integrity and values, excel-lent interpersonal skills, and a collaborative consen-sus builder who is capable of working with others. In addition, the superin-tendent Stillwater seeks is a leader who brings a “cus-tomer service” focus and has a strong understanding of school finance, accord-ing to the Stillwater School District website. That district has been searching for a new super-intendent since January. Apparently, competi-tion for the position is strong; in its original plan, the board intended to se-lect five or six candidates to continue in the process. “I think (board mem-bers) just thought there were some really good can-didates, and they wanted to interview as many of them as possible,” Keister said. Meeks has led Farm-ington since August 2003, receiving consistently favorable job reviews by Farmington School Board members. However, there has also been public criticism that the district lacks transpar-ency, and under Meeks’ leadership, the district went through a divisive and expensive year-long legal battle regarding the high school’s location. The district has also been publicly criticized for a lack of transparency re-garding the level of infor-mation it shares with the public. Meeks resigned his posi-tion Feb. 28, but under an agreement with the Farm-ington School Board, has an option to remain on the job to train his replace-ment until Aug. 31, 2011.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

by Aaron VehlingTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

It looks like the police station won’t be put up for sale just yet. Because of a tie vote and an absent council member at a previous meeting, the Lakeville City Council voted once again at its March 7 meeting on whether to put the former police station at Holyoke and County Road 50 up for sale. This time around, the council tabled the mo-tion on a 3-2 vote with Mayor Mark Bellows and Council Member Colleen Ratzlaff LaBeau the dis-senters. Council Member Matt Little introduced the motion to table the vote to sell, which council mem-bers Kerrin Swecker and Laurie Rieb affirmed. Bellows said the motion to table showed the com-munity the council’s “in-ability to act.” “I have been the most vocal proponent of selling that police station from day one,” he said. “It’s an embarrassment that we have sat on it this long.” At the previous coun-cil meeting, LaBeau in-troduced the motion as a surprise during the “new business” section of the agenda. Rieb was absent and so the vote tied. Coun-cil bylaws dictate that mo-tions that result in tie votes must get another vote at subsequent meetings until the tie is broken. LaBeau said she did not introduce the motion to be subversive. She said she was responding to citi-zen complaints about the former police station and wanted to let the commu-nity know the city is prac-ticing fiscal responsibility. The property, located across the street from City Hall, has been vacant for more than two years. Bel-lows has also indicated he wants to pursue all options

for repurposing or selling the property. Representatives from the senior center and the Lakeville Area Historical Society have been conduct-ing analyses and surveys to determine the viability of both entities occupying the former police station. The City Council and those representatives have been talking about this possibil-ity since fall 2009. Little, Rieb and Sweck-er all said they voted to table the motion to sell because of those pending analyses. “Patient, thorough analysis needs to be done before we vote on the sale of part of our civic cam-pus,” Little said in a state-ment issued via Facebook the morning following the City Council meeting. Bellows said putting the property up for sale does not mean those groups still can’t do the work to deter-mine the feasibility of the site for their uses. The city also has been looking into using the for-mer police station as a new location for the current Heritage Commons liquor store, once that $14,600-a-month lease expires.

Is it viable? The building, located at the northern gateway to Lakeville’s historic down-town, was appraised at $1.6 million. To put it up or sale and contribute that money to the city’s cof-fers sounds appealing to many, but questions per-sist: Would anyone buy it? What would a developer do with it? Roz Peterson, a Lake-ville School Board mem-ber and commercial real estate developer, thinks the site has potential if the city were to put it up for sale – the location, if not the ag-ing building. “It’s definitely one of

For now, the former police station stays off the marketBuilding has been idle for two years

but some say it needs to be sold

Turn clocks

ahead one hour

Sunday,

March 13

Meeks finalist for Stillwater superintendent

See Crystal, 3A

See Station, 11A

See License, 5A

Brad Meeks

Southern Hills Golf Course for saleBroker asks $5.4 million for 18-hole championship courseby Laura Adelmann

THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Southern Hills Golf Course in Farmington is up for sale. Built in 1993 by Twin Cities investor Grady New-man, the 18-hole public course is listed for $5.4 mil-lion, although listing bro-ker Frank Jermusek with commercial real estate bro-kerage firm Grubb & Ellis, said offers will be consid-ered. Located on 117 acres at 18950 Chippendale Avenue (Highway 3), the course fea-tures a 10,000-square-foot clubhouse that accommo-dates up to 175 guests. Newman is also selling the two other courses he owns: Briarwood Club of Ankeny in Polk County, Iowa, for between $8 mil-lion and $10 million and is asking $1.9 million for Lake Wissota Golf & Events in

Chippewa Falls, Wis. Jermusek said Southern Hills Golf Course has an-nual round sales of about 24,000, having recovered from a sales slump of about 21,000 annual rounds in 2007. The dip occurred after an

$11 million purchase agree-ment for developing the property into housing was signed, but the buyer did not follow through. “People thought the course was going to close, so they stopped going. … But

Photo by Rick Orndorf

Southern Hills Golf Course is located east of Highway 3 between Rosemount and Farmington.

See Course, 12A

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District 917School BoardProceedingsThis is a summary of the Intermediate

School District 917 Regular School BoardMeeting on Tuesday, February 1, 2011, withfull text available for public inspection ont h e d i s t r i c t w e b s i t e a twww.isd917.k12.mn.us or the District Officeat 1300 145th Street East, Rosemount, MN55068.

The meeting was called to order at 5:00PM. The meeting was held at 6950 W.146th Street, Apple Valley, MN. BoardMembers Present: Dan Cater, Deb Clark,Jill Lewis, Vicki Roy, Kathy Lewis, VandaPressnall, Veronica Walter. Board Mem-bers Absent: Tom Ryerson. Administra-tors Present: Nicol le Roush, MelissaSchaller, Dan Hurley. Others present:Linda Berg. Good news reports were pre-sented. The following Consent Agendaitems were approved: minutes, personnel,bills to be paid, investment report, and wiretransfers. Nicolle Roush reported on theAccounts Receivable Aging Invoice Report.Motions passed approving the 2010-2011revised budget; a contract for SchoolResource Officer with the Dakota CountySheriff's Office; a resolution directingadministration to make recommendationsfor reductions in programs and positions;and approve the Maintenance Payments toMember Districts. Adjournment at 5:32PM.2526675 3/11/11

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PUBLIC NOTICENew Market Township

New Market Township hereby requests aquote for Summer Road Maintenance.

Township requests a quote for roadgrading from May 1, 2011 to Oct. 31, 2011on a per hour basis. Quote will include thecost of leasing the Township grader ($40.00per hour), fuel and labor. Additional infor-mation is available by contacting the Town-ship Clerk at 952-461-1920. Quotes shouldbe submitted to the Township Clerk at NewMarket Township, 8950 230th St. E. ,Lakeville, Mn 55044 by noon April 5, 2011.Quotes will be reviewed at the RegularMeeting on April 5, 2011 at 8:00 PM. Con-tractor must have a certificate of insurancein the amount of 1.5 million dollars.

LeRoy ClausenTownship Clerk

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March 3 study session with some colleagues. Her program was already part of the budget adjust-ments the board voted on last month. When Maloney heard for certain her entire school was the recommend-ed site, she said it was “a very sad day.” “It’s a wonderful school,” she said with some stoicism. “It’s just an extremely sad day.” Julie Urban and Michele Jansen are also fifth-grade teachers at Crystal Lake. As the Wold presentation to the board appeared to identify their school as the prime candidate for repur-posing, both Urban and Jansen were hit with a pow-erful blitzkrieg of emotion. Tears streamed down both their faces as they spoke with a Thisweek reporter. “We’re both shocked,” Urban said. “We’re like a big family.” Jansen has been teaching at Crystal Lake for 11 years. Though the administration will likely move her to an-other building, Jansen said it will not be the same. “I got so close to the families,” she said, adding that she has taught an entire sequence of siblings from some families. “There is a sense of a community.” There was also a sense that Lakeville is becoming something totally different – that it is losing a certain set of the charming, even comforting, characteristics that it once had. “I grew up here. I went to school here,” Jansen said. “This feels like that Springs-teen song, ‘My Hometown,’ where everything is closing down.” Maloney said she under-stands why her school was chosen. Wold’s 129-page report is very thorough, she said, and “I wish the whole community would read it.”

Why Crystal Lake? The school, which bor-ders Burnsville, is located in an area with the shortest distance between elementa-ry schools, said Wold part-ner Vaughan Dierks. Oak Hills, Cherry View, Christina Huddleston and Eastview, along with Crystal Lake, are all in the northeast quadrant of the district, where demograph-ics trend older. Most of these schools have the excess capacity to absorb students from a closed school, according to the Wold report. This means the redistrib-uted Crystal Lake students would have the potential to attend an adjacent elemen-tary school without concern of overcrowding in the re-ceiving school. That proximity also left

Crystal/from 1A other possible schools with older demographics out of the mix. For example, to close Orchard Lake, which is the only Lakeville elementary school west of Interstate 35, would put the district at a disadvantage for retain-ing students in that part of town, the report said. That school serves to draw some open-enrollees from neigh-boring districts. Another component, ac-cording to the report, was the feasibility for repurpos-ing. The School Board in-tends to vacate the Ken-wood Center property it leases for Early Childhood Family Education. Crystal Lake matches that site’s ac-cessibility and proximity to highly trafficked thorough-fares, the report said. While the evaluation Wold conducted shows the sheer volume of data pro-cessed to come to the deci-sion, the community will still feel a sense of loss. “The staff at Crystal Lake provided this com-munity with a foundation for great academics,” said School Board Member Bob Erickson. “I don’t want to walk away from this with-out reflecting on the great educators we’ve had.”

A tough vote At the March 8 School Board meeting, a number of parents and teachers scolded district administra-tors and the School Board for making what appeared to be a hasty decision to close Crystal Lake. Superintendent Gary Amoroso said that the pro-

cess to come to the decision took five weeks, but that is about as long as they could take. “As painful as this pro-cess is, if we don’t move forward tonight we put our staffing in jeopardy,” he said, referring to the com-plex art of planning for staff assignments across the district. At least three School Board members’ children attended Crystal Lake. Bob Erickson, Judy Keliher and Roz Peterson said that made the vote that much harder. Keliher said her son started school there when it opened in 1987. “This will be a tough, emotional vote,” she said. Crystal Lake principal Bill Mack read a prepared statement to the School Board during the public comment portion of the March 8 meeting. He said he was not try-ing to plead with the board to vote against closing the school: He realizes the eco-nomic realities, but “I want to help you understand the impact that closing a school as special as Crystal Lake will have on the community at large.” “Crystal Lake,” Mack said, “has a rich diversity unlike anywhere else in Lakeville.” For a comprehensive look at the building closure analysis and report, visit the district’s web site at www.isd194.k12.mn.us/pages/Lakeville_SD/Elementary-Closure.

E-mail Aaron Vehling at [email protected].

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Trip an important learning experience To the editor: As parents, we spend a lot of time measuring the growth of our chil-dren. Most of the growth is physical and is easy to see when our child grows a couple inches or jumps to the next size in clothes. But occasionally we get to see intellectual and emotional growth, too. And those are pretty special moments. From Feb. 23-25, seven teachers and the princi-pal of McGuire Middle School in Lakeville took 128 eighth-graders and 16 parent chaperones to Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center, about 70 miles north of Duluth. This trip has been going on for nearly 20 years from

McGuire and thousands of students have benefited from the classes taught on topics such as winter sur-vival, rock climbing, snow-shoeing, and the ever-pop-ular, ropes course. These classes sound like they only require physical skills. But much more than physicality, the classes re-ally ask the students to find deep inside themselves a mental discipline and emo-tional confidence that most of them have never used and had no idea they pos-sessed. These classes encourage students to practice team-work and to learn and put into practice a great con-cept called Positive Men-tal Attitude. It is a chance for students to learn life skills that make them bet-ter as people and that will

contribute richly to them becoming the responsible citizens that adults hope and pray for our school children as the next genera-tion running our world. I hope I can speak for parent chaperones, and those parents not fortu-nate enough to be along, when I say thanks to the teachers/organizers of this trip including Jessica Just, Andrew Hilliard, Kathryn Fedora, Brandon Swen-son, Kevin Sayers, Brooke Bauer, Judy Miller, and McGuire Principal Joshua Alexander. Their prepara-tion for this trip, attention to detail, and ability to work with the students in getting them through these sometimes emotionally dif-ficult exercises was truly professional. I was happy to have

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American dreamTo the editor: Gov. Mark Dayton is already moving to get us back to work. While many folks are only talking cuts or suggesting less salary for our struggling teachers, Dayton’s jobs bill proposes $531 million in investments in over 300 critical infra-structure projects and will immediately help smart and hard-working Minnesotans put food on the table. His responsible budgeting plan has us looking toward the future with hope.

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Hegarty-Engleson

Devin Hegarty and Sara Engle-son were married in Roatan,Honduras Jan. 19, 2011. Hegarty,son of Jim and Sue Hegarty ofApple Valley, is a 1999 graduateof Eastview High School.

Engleson is the daughter of Rodand Peggy Engleson of Minot,ND. Both are graduates of theUniversity of North Dakota.

The couple reside in Houston,Texas, where he works as a com-mercial airline pilot, and she isemployed in the medical profes-sion.

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Margaret EileenSchuffenhauer(Tuttle)

Age 69, Apple Valley residentfor 40 years, on February 23.Survived by husband of 48 yearsBob, children Mark (Holly),Mike (Tracy) , Mary (Scot t )Mikonowicz, and Debbie (Jim)Marsh . Grandch i ldren Jay ,Jenna, Kayla, Leah, Colin, Dylanand Nolan. Sisters Patricia (Rod)Bartko and Beverly Quigley, sis-ter-in-law Joyce Tuttle, manynieces, nephews, cousins andfriends. Preceded in death by hermother, father, two brothers andsister. A funeral mass was heldFebruary 28th at the Church ofSt. Clements in Minneapolis,MN. Interment was at HillsideCemetery. Memorials to SpareKey.

CongratulationsMaria Tinebra, daughter of

Paul and Susan Tinebra and a2009 graduate from BurnsvilleHigh School, has achieved aca-demic “High Honors” resulting inbeing named to the Deans List ofthe Univers i ty of WisconsinGreen Bay for a second consecu-tive semester. High Honors isawarded to those earning a 3.99to 3.75 grade-point average.While at Burnsville High School,Maria helped lead the Blaze ath-letic teams to their first StateChampionship win in both CrossCountry (2007) and Nordic Ski(2009). As a sophomore at Uni-versity of Wisconsin-Green Bay,Maria skis for their Nordic SkiTeam and is majoring in Busi-ness Administration with anemphasis in Marketing.

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8/12/89 6/07/08An Irish Blessing

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daughter of Kevin and JeanetteMulloy of Burnsville, and BradyJames Deyo, son of Rick and JillDeyo of Hastings, announce theirengagement.

Meghan and Brady are 2003graduates of Burnsville HighSchool. Meghan graduated in2008 from the RCTC NursingProgram and is an RN workingfor St. Mary’s Hospital in Roch-ester, MN. Brady graduated in2008 from Winona State Univer-sity with a Bachelor of Science inBusiness Administration and isworking for Fastenal in Bloom-ington, MN.

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Lakeville are happy to announcethe engagement of their daughterKelly Larson to Phillip Mroczek,son of Gary and Lori Eurek ofNebraska, also the son of the lateRichard Larson.

Kelly is a 2001 graduate ofLakeville High School, as well asa graduate of Augustana Collegeand Luther Seminary. She isemployed by VEAP in Blooming-ton. Phillip graduated from LoupCity High School in Nebraskaand is employed by Fed Ex. AJune 2011 wedding is planned.

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denying the required state au-thorization. McCormack also wrote that Farmington’s license cen-ter violates state law requiring license centers to be located 10 miles apart. Farmington’s location was about six miles from Lakev-ille’s license center and seven miles from Rosemount’s li-cense office. However, city officials point to special legislation allowing Farmington to be-come a full service deputy registrar’s office. The law states that despite Minnesota statutes and rules limiting license center sites based on distances, Farm-ington has authorization to operate a full-service deputy registrar’s office. Farmington City Council Member Jason Bartholomay questioned whether Farm-ington is being singled out, noting that neighboring cities have deputy registrar’s offices closer than 10 miles apart.

The Rosemount and Ap-ple Valley license centers are five miles apart, and seven miles separate Lakeville’s li-cense center from Apple Val-ley’s location. “We are vigorously going to fight it,” Bartholomay said, adding he has joined Farm-ington Mayor Todd Larson in contacting Gov. Mark Day-ton’s office to help rectify the situation. Bartholomay, chair of the Economic Development Au-thority, said the deputy reg-istrar’s office encourages eco-nomic development, draws people downtown and serves citizens. He said that McCormack opposed the legislation when it was proposed in 2010. After visiting City Hall just a half hour after the li-cense center closed, Larson said the city is dedicated to fighting the decision. “We’re seeing what our next move is. … We’re not giv-ing up that easy,” he said. In his March 3 letter to Dayton, Larson questioned

McCormack’s sole authority to issue the denial in opposi-tion to passed legislation. To challenge the ruling, the city has sought advocates, including Public Safety Com-missioner Ramona Dohman and Farmington resident state Rep. Pat Garofalo. In an interview Wednes-day, state Sen. Dave Thomp-son, a lawyer, said he spoke with Bartholomay and Lar-son regarding the issue and is prepared to take action. Thompson, R-Lakeville, said he planned to review the legislation and McCormack’s letters with Senate counsel, then either write a letter of clarification to McCormack this week asking to allow the licensing operations or spon-sor legislation to allow the of-fice back in operation. “I believe DVS has the best interest of all cities and towns in mind and this could all be cleared up with some conver-sation,” Thompson said. In addition to seeking help from elected officials, Farm-ington Human Resources

Director Brenda Wendlandt filed a complaint with the state Attorney General’s of-fice regarding the decision. City Attorney Joel Jamnik was forwarded the state’s let-ters refusing authorization, and he said he plans to dis-cuss the situation with council members at a future meeting. “I anticipate we will pres-ent options to the council and seek their direction,” Jamnik said in an e-mail. Although the office is closed, Van Binsbergen said she’s standing by the city in its effort to re-open the office. “Legislatively, they were given an office, so we’ll find a way... It was given to (the city), and there should be a way to get this office up and running,” Van Binsbergen said. State officials were not able to be immediately reached for comment.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

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by Andy RogersTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Lakeville has its first state wrestling champion. Zane Petersen became the first wrestler from either Lakeville North or South to win a state individual wrestling championship on Saturday at the Class AAA tournament at the Xcel En-ergy Center. Petersen pinned Hastings’ Isaac Eichmann in the 215-pound final to earn his gold medal. “One hundred years from now they’re going to look back and see Zane Petersen was the first one,” he said. “I put my family’s name on the board. It hasn’t hit me yet.” On his way to the final, he pinned Dillan Schauff from Alexandria, beat Apple Val-ley’s Corbin Farrell, 3-1, and Centennial’s Zack Vine, 4-1. Petersen said the key to his success was to take what-ever opportunities his oppo-nent gave him. “You don’t want to give anyone any chances,” he said. Petersen was ranked No. 1 at 215 all season, so it

wasn’t exactly an upset. Pe-tersen said he put in a lot of extra work to make sure he fulfilled expectations. “My coaches had a great game plan,” Petersen said. “I

put in all the extra hours and workouts. I took my lickings in practice so I could give lickings on the mat.” It was Petersen’s third trip to state, but he said it took

much more than three years of dedication to win state. “I’ve been doing this for 15 years,” Petersen said. “I started wrestling before pre-school.”

His dad was a captain on Lakeville High School’s team in the 1960s, so Lake-ville wrestling is in his blood. His brother, Tom Peters-en, finished in sixth place at state at 189 pounds this weekend. “He’s one of the reasons I got here too,” Zane Petersen said. “We wrestle a lot, and I’m not going to let my little brother beat me.’” Their teammate, Eric Hensel, went 1-2 at state. He pinned East Ridge’s Nick Bachmann in the first round, but lost to eventual state runner-up Clayton Jennissen from Cambridge-Isanti in the next round. In the consolation bracket, he lost to Jake Swenson from Hastings, who eventually took fourth. South’s Austin Britnell lost in the first round to Mack Glasby from Brain-erd/Pillager. For Lakeville North, Zach Goldberg finished in fourth place at 125. Anton Kalista was sixth at 160.

Andy Rogers is at [email protected].

SportsStandings

Boys basketballTeam Conference Overall W L W LEagan 14 3 21 4 Eastview 14 3 20 4 Lakeville South 12 5 17 8 Apple Valley 12 5 16 9 B Kennedy 9 8 14 11 Lakeville North 9 8 11 14 Burnsville 7 10 12 12 Rosemount 3 14 6 19 Prior Lake 3 14 6 19 B Jefferson 2 15 4 19

Tuesday, March 8Section 3AAAA quarterfinals, • Eastview 80, Park 19• Lakevilel South 57, Lakeville North 47• Rosemount 60, Eagan 59• Apple Valley 72, Burnsvilel 49Saturday, March 12Section 3AAAA semifinals, • Eastview vs. Lakeville South 6 p.m. at Skoglund Arena, St Olaf, Northfield• Rosemount vs. Apple Valley, 8 p.m. at Skoglund Arena, St Olaf, NorthfieldFriday, March 18Section 3AAAA finals• Eastview/Lakeville South winner vs. Apple Valley/Rosemount winner, 7 p.m., at Skoglund Arena, St Olaf, Northfield

Girls basketballWednesday, March 2 • Lakeville North 88, Lakeville South

32• Park 71, Eagan 63• Eastview 52, Burnsville 34• Apple Valley 68, Rosemount 58Saturday, March 5• Lakeville North 62, Park 40• Eastview 69, Apple valley 62Friday, March 11 • Lakeville North vs. Eastview, Section

3AAAA finals, 7 p.m. Skoglund Arena, St Olaf, Northfield

Boys HockeyFriday, March 4 • Lakeville North 2, Lakeville South 1Thursday, March 10 • Lakeville North vs Eden Prairie, 6 p.m., Class AA state quarterfinals, Xcel Energy Center, St. PaulFriday, March 11 • Class AA semifinals, 8 p.m., Xcel

Energy Center, St. PaulSaturday, March 12 • Class AA consolation finals, noon,

Mariucci Arena, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

• Class AA third-place game, 4 p.m., Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul• Class AA finals 7 p.m., Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Boys swimmingSaturday, March 5Class AA State Boys Swimming and Diving Championship Final Team Rankings• 10, Lakeville North, 77. 11, Lakeville South, 72. Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay • 7, Lakeville North (Young, Jake Tempesta, Hunter Burchfield, Tim Mitchell), 1:40.37. • 12, Lakeville South (Erik Haglund, Seth Young, Swanson, Ben Kosieradzki), 1:41.53. Boys 200 Yard Freestyle• 15, Trae Schindler, Lakeville North, 1:47.34.Boys 200 Yard IM• 7, Mitchell, Lakeville North, 2:00.49. Boys 1 mtr Diving• 8, Evan Ostendorf, Lakeville South, 356.35.Boys 100 Yard Butterfly• 6, Jake Swanson, Lakeville South, 52.20. Boys 100 Yard Freestyle• 14, Ben Kosieradzki, Lakeville South, 49.06. Boys 500 Yard Freestyle• 10, Schindler, Lakeville North, 4:46.80. • 13, Nathan Regan, Lakeville North, 4:51.40. • 14, Young, Lakeville North, 4:51.42. Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay• 8, Lakeville South (Swanson, Ben Kosieradzki, Mitch Kosieradzki, Anton Knack), 1:28.81. • 12, Lakeville North (Hunter Burchfield, Nick Saloka, Brandon Jensen, Tempesta), 1:29.94. Boys 100 Yard Backstroke• 6, Swanson, Lakeville South, 53.12. • 15, Ryan Young, Lakeville North, 55.76. • 16, Tim Mitchell, Lakeville North, 56.39. Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke•13, Tempesta, Lakeville North, 1:01.28. Boys 400 Yard Freestyle Relay• 13, Lakeville North (Schindler, Brandon Jensen, Mitchell, Burchfield), 3:18.35.

Farmington Boys Basketball

Team Conference Overall W L W L Chaska 12 1 21 4 New Prague 9 4 19 6 Shakopee 9 4 15 10 Chanhassen 9 4 13 11 Red Wing 6 7 14 11 Farmington 3 10 9 16 Northfield 3 10 4 20 Holy Angels 1 12 5 20

Wednesday, March 9• Northfied at Farmington 7 p.m. Sec-tion 1AAAA quarterfinalsSaturday, March 12• Northfield/Farmington winner at Owatonna, 7 p.m.Section 1AAAA semifinalsFriday, March 18• Section 1AAAA finals

Girls BasketballSaturday, March 5• Farmington 64, Rochester Century 29Friday, March 11• Farmington vs. Rocheter Mayo, Sec-toin 1AAAA finals, 8:15 p.m. Rochester Recreation Center

Boys swimmingSaturday, March 5Class AA State Boys Swimming and Diving Championship Final Team Rankings• 14, Farmington, 62. Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay • 13, Farmington (Brian Huls, Loren Hatten, Zachary Holton, Tyler Magalis), 1:41.76. Boys 50 Yard Freestyle• 9, Huls, Farmington, 21.80. Boys 1 mtr Diving• 1, Magalis, Farmington, 461.35.. Boys 100 Yard Freestyle• 8, Huls, Farmington, 48.11. Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay• 10, Farmington (Huls, Christopher Kirchmann, Allen Berg, Magalis 12), 1:28.93.

Elmer earns spot on the podium

by Andy RogersTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

In his third trip to the Class AAA state individ-ual wrestling tournament, Farmington’s Carl Elmer went home with a medal. He placed fifth at 140 pounds. “I know he was really disappointed after not placing last year, and he put in some extra work during the offseason with the goal of placing at state this year,” coach Chad Ol-son said. He defeated Sauk Rap-ids’ Chris Keske, 7-0, in the first round, but was pinned by the eventual champion Brandon King-

sley from Apple Valley in the second. In the consolation bracket, he beat St. Mi-chael-Albertville’s Mi-chael Nerdahl, 7-0, and Maple Grove’s Frank Cramer, 5-1, before losing to Irondale’s Derek Wein-mann, 4-2, in overtime. In the fifth-place match, he outscored Rob-binsdale Cooper’s Jamie Brazil, 6-3. “I would have liked to fin-ish a little higher on the podium, but you’re not going to wrestle any slack-ers here,” Elmer said. Andy Rogers is at [email protected].

Photo by Rick Orndorf

Farmington’s Carl Elmer took fifth place at the state individual wrestling tournament at 140 pounds on Sat-urday.

Magalis wins state diving titleby Andy RogersTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Tyler Magalis won the Class AA state diving title last weekend at the Aquatic Center at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. He finished 35.74 points higher than the rest of field with a score of 461.35. The second-place diver posted 425.6. It was almost a 100-point improvement over his score in last year’s state final when he placed sixth with 366.85. This year, he had tallied 324.25 by the end of the preliminaries. He fin-ished 12th in 2009 and 11th in 2008. It’s the second diving state champion to come out of Farmington in the past seven years. In 2004, RJ Rappe won the Class A state title with a score of 443.80. Brian Huls also had an exciting weekend coming in eighth in the 100-yard freestyle and ninth in the 50 freestyle. Magalis and Huls joined Christopher Kirchmann and Allen Berg to finish 10th in the 200 freestyle re-lay, and Loren Hatten and Zachary Holton to 13th in the 200 medley relay. The team’s total score at state was 62, which put them at 14th overall

Andy Rogers is at [email protected].

Photo by Rick Orndorf

Farmington’s Tyler Magalis dives at the Class AA state meet. He won with 461.35 points.

Petersen wins state wrestling title at 215 pounds

Photo by Rick Orndorf

Lakeville South’s Zane Petersen celebrates his victory in the state wrestling tournament last weekend at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. For more photos, visit www.Thisweek-Live.com.

Panthers earn a spot at state, againIn a repeat of last year’s game, Lakeville North defeats

Lakeville South 2-1 in triple overtime in the Section 1AA final

by Andy RogersTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

No matter what happens in the regular season, the Lakeville North boys hockey team seems to find a way to play in the state tournament. The Panthers will be mak-ing their second consecutive trip to state and their sixth overall (three as Lakeville High School) since 2002. “I’m pumped,” North goalie Charlie Lindgren said. “Last year, was the best time of my life.” The Panthers went 0-2 at state in 2010, dropping their all-time state record to 1-10, which is something they would like to improve this weekend. “A lot of people say (the team that) comes from 1AA doesn’t have a chance,” ju-nior forward Blake Winiecki said. “We’d like to prove them wrong.” Three weeks ago, qualify-ing for the state tournament looked like wishful thinking. The team lost 10 of 15 games since Jan. 1. “We realized we had to step it up,” senior forward Ben Counters said. “If we didn’t, our season was going

to be over really quick. We love the game so much that we couldn’t let that happen.” The Panthers have won four in a row since then. In the Section 1AA tournament, North beat Owatonna, 7-1, and Rochester Century, 7-0. In the final, the Panthers upset top-seeded Lakeville South, 2-1, in triple overtime Friday in Rochester. Winiecki broke a 1-1 tie that lasted almost two hours. “We knew we were wear-ing them down tonight,” Winiecki said. “We just kept telling everybody ‘keep shoot-ing.’ I came down from the left side and wrapped (the puck) around. I don’t know how it went in, but I’m glad it did.” A big reason for the turn-around was getting Lindgren healthy. He had 51 saves in the win, including 40 in regu-lation. “Everyone played their hearts out tonight,” Lindgren said. “It was my favorite game I’ve ever played in.” Winiecki scored North’s first goal off a power play in the first period. In the sec-ond period, South outshot the Panthers 15-2, while

North spent several minutes trying to kill the power play. South evened the score with a shot by Drew Brevig, who was assisted by Alex Harvey. The Panthers found an extra gear in overtime, out-shooting the Cougars 17-11. “There was such a flow of emotions that was going throughout the whole game,” Counters said. “In the end it turned out to be a great game. I feel great. I love everybody.” Lakeville South goalie Brady Frahm had 33 saves in the loss. The Cougars had beaten the Panthers twice earlier in the season by a combined score of 13-2, but North was able to put it all behind them. Last season, Lakeville North upset the Cougars in the section final as well. Com-ing in as the lower seed, North won 5-0. “Like anybody, we got bet-ter and better as the season went on,” head coach Randy Schmitz said. “I think (we) were confident after what happened last year. The regu-lar season is over. This is a one-game series. The win-ner gets to go on. You can’t

change what happened in the past.” Lakeville South’s season ends with a 17-9-1 record, which includes its second-highest win total in school history. It was the team’s

third-straight playoff loss to Lakeville North since win-ning the Section 1AA title against the Panthers in 2008.

Andy Rogers is at [email protected].

Photo by Andy Rogers

Lakeville North’s Ramsey Skjei, No. 23, and Alex Wood, No. 16, celebrate after the Section 1AA final in Rochester.

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The Farmington City Coun-cil met in a five-hour retreat Thursday without staff. The board retreat, which was open to the public, took place after this edition went to press, and had been planned for weeks. Each council member was to have presented three topics for

discussion. Prior to the meeting, the pri-mary issue Farmington Mayor Todd Larson said he would raise is economic development strategies. “It’s time to move forward. One of the big things lacking in this city is commercial retail and industrial, and we need to figure out how to get more,” Larson said. He explained the council wanted to meet alone so mem-bers can discuss ideas without being influenced by city staff.

“We want to get our ideas on paper and then we’ll review them with staff,” Larson said. The council and city staff will meet together at 9 a.m. March 19 at the city’s mainte-nance facility, 19650 Municipal Drive, to review the ideas. That meeting is also open to the public. Look for updates on this story at ThisweekLive.com.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

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Outdoor writer shares tips “Wild Minnesota: Bear-Proofing Your Camp” will be presented from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, March 19, at the Farmington Library. Cliff Ja-cobson, nationally known outdoor writer, consultant, and wilderness guide, will share practical tips and up-to-date information about bears. The program is part of Dakota County Library’s Minnesota Mosaic spring series. The event is free and open to campers of all ages. For more information, call (651) 438-0250. The library is at 508 Third St., Farmington.

Guitar Hero for teensat library The Dakota County Farmington Library invites teens to play Guitar Hero from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Thurs-day, March 17, on the big screen in the library’s meeting room. For more information, visit www.da-kotacounty.us/library or call (651) 438-0250.

Farmers market The Farmington Farmers Mar-ket will run Thursdays, July 14 through Sept. 15, on Third Street between Oak and Spruce streets.

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Burnsville Performing Arts Center’s gallery. Nancye Williams of Burnsville, a mixed-media artist who specializes in dolls, created “Alchemy Art Up-cycled” specifically for the show. “I had cancer last year, and I just did little (art proj-ects) last year,” she said. “I wanted to do something spectacular to celebrate being cancer free.” Williams initially intended “Alchemy Art Up-cycled” to be just a mask, but then she

started adding flourishes on and around the mask – old pieces of jewelry, a compass, stones, paint, pieces of clay. “I just kept going,” she said. “My husband told me, ‘I think you’d better stop,’ and I had to add another piece.” “I think I dress that way, too,” she added with a laugh. “I kind of just follow what my heart tells me.”

If you go Williams and Mittelstadt are among the more than 70

BVAS artists whose work is featured at Art Fete, now in its 29th year. Art Fete is open to the public and free to attend during the Burnsville PAC’s regular gallery hours – 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. The juried show allows member art submissions in all media and bestows awards for Best of Show, Award of Excellence and Award of Merit. Burnsville Mayor Elizabeth Kautz presented

the awards at Art Fete’s opening reception March 10. Those who’ve attended past Art Fetes will notice some new features this year. A bigger grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council ($5,000 for Art Fete 2011, compared with $2,300 last year), allowed organiz-ers to add Braille artist labels beside each work of art, a Braille book of artist state-ments, and an audio record-ing describing each piece which visitors can request when they enter the exhibit. “Overall, it makes the show more accessible to people with visual disabil-ity,” said Alejandra Pelinka, BVAS president and Art Fete chair. “Our goal has always been to make it as accessible as possible to the communi-ty.” In addition to the commu-nity-friendly features, the ad-ditional grant money also al-lowed for bigger cash awards for the winning artists. “We’ve been able to dou-ble the amount given out for each award,” Pelinka said. “It’s showing our support for the artists – being an artist is not an easy profession, and it’s not lucrative.” A first-place showing this year will garner about $150, compared with $75 last year, she explained. Most of the artwork at Art Fete is for sale, and can be purchased by contacting the Burnsville PAC at (952) 895-4685. More about Art Fete is at www.burnsvillepac.com.Andrew Miller is at [email protected].

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Richard Mittelstadt says he anguished over which of his paintings to submit to Art Fete, the annual art show of the Burnsville Visual Arts Society. Each BVAS member is al-lowed to submit one work of art to the exhibit, and Mit-telstadt found himself giving the eagle-eye to more than 70 of his own paintings to zero in on just the right one. “I had one picked out, then I had second thoughts, then I asked my daughter,” said the retired Rosemount High School art teacher who now serves as BVAS trea-

surer. “I value my daughter’s opinion.” Mittelstadt settled on “Cosmic Experience II,” an abstract work featuring psy-chedelic bursts of color. It’s a painting with an interesting history. “It’s actually a painting on top of another painting,” he explained. “I looked over that (first) painting, took it to my table, turned the music up and just started destroying it.” Not all BVAS members found themselves tortur-ously ruminating over what to submit to Art Fete, which opened this week and runs through April 16 in the

Art Fete shines the spotlight on local artistsBurnsville Visual Arts Society’s annual exhibit runs through April 16 in the gallery of the PAC

“Alchemy Art Up-cy-cled” (left) by Nancye Williams of Burnsville and “Cosmic Experi-ence II” (above) by Richard Mittelstadt of Prior Lake are among the more than 70 works of art created by Burnsville Visual Arts Society members that are featured at Art Fete.

Free zoo admission granted with recycled cell phone Guests who recycle their old cell phone at the Min-nesota Zoo now through March 31 will receive free zoo admission. Guests can drop cell phones off at the zoo from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. One admis-sion per cell phone dona-tion, valid for either child, senior or adult admission. Free admission applies only

on the day of donation. Not valid with other promo-tions. For more information, call (952) 431-9500 or visit www.mnzoo.org.

Spring break art classes set The Eagan Art House will offer the following classes for young people. • Spring Break Art Camp – Earth Adventure, ages 7-11, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 21-22. Bring a bag lunch. • Teen Paint In, ages 11 and older, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

March 24. Bring a bag lunch. For a complete listing go to www.eaganarthouse.org. For more information, call (651) 675-5521.

Local author to sign baseball book Tom Swift, author of “Chief Bender’s Burden: The Silent Struggle of a Baseball Star,” will sign copies of his book at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 26, at the Apple Valley Barnes and Noble, 14880 Florence Trail. The book won the 2009

Seymour Medal, which honors the best book of baseball history published during the preceding calen-dar year. It tells the true story of Charles Albert Bender, the first Minnesota-born man inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and the most accomplished American Indian baseball player of all time. An award-winning au-thor and journalist, Swift lives in Northfield. For more information, call Barnes and Noble at (952) 997-8928.

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the best corners in that area,” she said. Peterson has been trying to develop a site across Holyoke from the former police sta-tion, but the residential/office zoning (and the market) have made that difficult. She said CVS Pharmacy had looked into her site, but some adjacent landowners would not sell the three parcels needed to fill out the site. So the “location, location, location” mantra applies but caveats abound. Peterson speculated about what (or who) could use the building if it were sold. She said if the city changed the zoning from public/insti-tutional, it could be an office building. Given the location, it could survive as a retail site. The problems would be the building itself and parking located behind the building, which is not typical for retail sites. Peterson said when the dis-trict investigated the location as a possible site for Commu-nity Education, the age and previous use of the building made it hard to repurpose; the cost would have been prohibi-tive. Whoever purchased the building, she said, would be better off “razing it and start-ing over.”

Seniors and history Both the senior center and LAHS occupy aging and, as some say, inadequate facilities. LAHS currently calls home the former All Saints Catholic

Church rectory (the church it-self is now the Lakeville Area Arts Center). The building, which was built in the 1930s originally as a convent and then used as a priest’s home, is not a very ac-commodating public space, said LAHS treasurer Wally Potter at a City Council work session in January. “To get to the presenta-tion room, you have to go up a steep staircase,” Potter said. He added the facility has “structural problems. There’s flooding when it rains heavily.” The current senior center has gone from “potlucks and card tables to 210 programs a month,” said coordinator Lin-da Walter at the work session. Currently, more than 1,000 people are members. Space constrictions abound, she said, to the point where interruptions are often inevitable. As the elderly population expands, the discernible need for senior citizen program-ming will expand. Member-ship in the senior center could grow well-beyond those al-ready tight quarters As for the former police station serving as a joint-cam-pus for the senior center and LAHS, Bellows does not see it. “I think the building is in-adequate for your needs,” he said at the March 7 council meeting. But who should provide those services? “The question that will be long-term is if we should have a senior center at all,” said City Administrator Steve Mielke at the work session.

Bellows said at the March 7 council meeting that in ad-dition to the former police station’s inability to serve a growing population in a 38-square-mile city, that the council should consider what constitutes “core services.” He said that with two new senior housing facilities com-ing to town, faith communities always ready to serve seniors and Crystal Lake Elementary opening up for community education purposes, perhaps those entities are better poised than the city for taking care of seniors’ needs. Debates about Lakeville city government’s prerogatives are far from over and will per-sist as the new council ventures to perfect the science of fiscal responsibility. Bob Erickson, Lakeville’s former city administrator and current school board member, spoke during public comment at the March 7 council meet-ing about the importance of collaboration and its effects on returning Lakeville to its competitive edge in the south metro. “It’s OK that everyone has a level of individual opinions,” Erickson told the council, “but we need unity.” That unity, he said, could guide the city through its phil-osophical self-assessment.

E-mail Aaron Vehling at [email protected].

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Farmington council moves franchise fees off table

by Laura AdelmannTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

After months of heated debate, Farmington Coun-cil members dismissed on Monday the option of funding road maintenance work with franchise fees. Only Council Member Christy Jo Fogarty voted against Council Member Julie May’s motion to fund sealcoating with levy and possibly assessments, as the city has done for years. Fogarty said the budget item could be a target for future councils looking to slash the budget to avoid raising taxes. Franchise fees, she ar-gued, would ensure that even tax exempt properties, like the schools, would pay for road maintenance. But the rest of the board sided with residents, who have consistently spoken out against franchise fees in public meetings during the last few months. Concerns have ranged from allowing non-elected officials to collect taxes to concerns that utilities have nothing to do with road work. Just before the vote, sev-eral residents cited concerns that utility companies are able to raise rates for cities

that impose franchise fees, a fact confirmed by Farming-ton Attorney Joel Jamnik. Farmington Engineer Kevin Schorzman had ar-gued for the franchise fees so the city could collect the fees up front and avoid add-ing temporary bond debt to pay the up-front costs until tax payments come in. Fogarty predicted the de-cision would mark the end

of sealcoating, but Mayor Todd Larson disagreed. He said they can reconsider various funding methods in the future. The council will deter-mine the amount of the levy for sealcoating after fu-ture engineering workshop meetings are held.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

since then, sales have just crept up year after year,” Jermusek said. He said there has already been about 15 to 20 inqui-ries in the property since it was listed at the end of Feb-ruary. Jermusek said he doesn’t expect the sale to be com-plete until summer, when a prospective buyer can see the grounds without snow cover. Jermusek added that commercial property sales have rebounded lately, and noted that Hillcrest Golf Club in St. Paul recently sold for $4.3 million. Although Jermusek would not make golf sales amounts or banquet figures public, he described them as strong, and said Newman is a hands-on owner who has had a lot of success with running profitable courses. “His courses typically run at a very high profit level … He has other invest-ments, and he is just trying to slow down a little bit,” Jermusek said.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

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