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BRT is better than LRTBurnsville City Council member says that the Southwest Light Rail Transit project isn’t the best use of public dollars.

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She’s a ‘princess’The new tapir calf at the Minnesota Zoo has a new name with a regal flair thanks to the public’s votes.

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EV girls tennis on the riseLightning sending three players to state tournament.

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Gift makes a differenceAn orphan from Russia talks to Dakota County residents about his Operation Christmas Child experience.

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Apple Valley school bus involved in crash with truck

Entrepreneur was pillar of community

Split with religion came with consequences ‘Deliverance at Hand’ author set to speak in Apple Valley

A group of Apple Valley middle school student had a bumpy start to their day this morning when their school bus was involved in a crash. The crash occurred on 147th Street and Pilot Knob Road just a mile from Scott Highlands Middle School. Police say the driver of a pickup truck thought the intersection was a four-way stop and continued through after stopping just as the bus was crossing as it did not have a stop sign, according to a KSTP-TV report. The bus was carrying about 50 sixth-, seventh-and eighth-graders, said Scott Highlands Principal Dan Wilharber. No serious injuries were reported. A second vehicle was hit as a result of the crash. The truck was totaled, KSTP reports. Wilharber immediately went to the scene and spoke with students and the drivers. He said some students had sore muscles, but they all appeared to be calm and in good spirits. A second bus picked up the students and brought them to school where they were assessed by the nurse. Parents of the students involved were notified of the inci-dent, Wilharber said.

— Jessica Harper

Diversity rising, enrollment stable in District 196

by Jessica HarperSUN THISWEEK

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The Rosemount-Apple Val-ley-Eagan School District has become increasingly diverse over the past 10 years, yet en-rollment has remained about the same, according to an Oct. 1 report. Enrollment of minority students has grown slightly over the past year with black students accounting for 12 percent of the student popu-lation, Hispanics 7 percent, Asians 9 percent and Ameri-can Indians 0.54 percent, ac-cording to the report, which was presented to the School Board on Oct. 14. The popu-lation of white students in the district has fallen slightly to 69 percent. “I think the changes we’ve seen will continue in the fu-ture,” Board Member Rob Duchscher said. Elementary schools have the most diversity in District 196 with minority students making up 33.76 percent of the elementary population. This is above the state av-erage of 27.02 percent for el-ementary schools. Over the past 10 years the district’s minority population



Dan Shimek wore many hats: entrepreneur, philanthro-pist, family man and joyful sto-ryteller. No matter which hat he wore, the Dakota County business owner was loved and admired by those around him. Shimek, of Apple Valley, who died at age 65 on Oct. 11 after battling can-cer for the past month, left his mark on a number of communities. “He was a pioneer,” Apple Valley Mayor Mary Hamann-Roland said. “His light will continue to burn bright-

ly in our community.” Seeing promise in Apple Val-ley’s Central Village, Shimek and his wife, Kay, opened En-joy! restaurant in 2004 at 15435 Founders Lane. The district was envisioned as a thriving downtown area, but by 2008 it was filled with empty store-

fronts and undeveloped lots due to the recession. A savvy businessman, Shimek was able to beat the tide. Three years later, the restaurant’s fu-ture became brighter as Central Vil-lage rebounded.

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Raised a Jehovah’s Wit-ness, James Zimmerman says his break with the religion at age 31 came with painful re-percussions. “Immediately, there was a lot of anxiety, confronta-tion with friends and family, because people who leave are shunned,” said the Burnsville native, now 38. “Those were difficult things to handle at first be-cause that was my life.” Zimmerman, who was a member of two Dakota County congregations of Je-hovah’s Witnesses, chronicles his split with the religion in the memoir “Deliverance at Hand: The Redemption of a Devout Jehovah’s Witness.” Zimmerman will be dis-cussing his book as the fea-tured speaker at the Minneso-ta Atheists’ meeting at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20, at the Apple Valley Community Center, 14603 Hayes Road. The event is free and open to the public. Two years after leaving

the Jehovah’s Witnesses, Zim-merman got involved with the Minnesota Atheists, serv-ing as editor of the nonprofit group’s news-letter, as well as host of the “Atheists Talk” television show. Now a St. Paul resident and employed by a Twin Cities medical device company, he remains active in the Min-nesota Atheists as a member of the group’s editorial board. Minnesota Atheists president Eric Jayne, of Apple Valley, said “Deliv-erance at Hand” helps to shed light on the fallout that can occur when someone leaves a religious community. For Zimmerman, one con-sequence of leaving the Jeho-vah’s Witnesses was the end of his relationship with his four grandparents, who are

all members of the church. “There are some very pow-erful family dy-namics at play in James’s story that I think are quite interesting and identifiable to many of us regardless of re-ligious – or non-religious – iden-

tity,” Jayne said. “I think James does a wonderful job il-lustrating his struggle with coming out to family, friends and colleagues about his atheist identity.” “Deliverance at Hand” was published

this month by Minnesota-based Freethought House and is available through on-line booksellers such as Ama-zon. More about the book is at www.facebook.com/deliv-eranceathand.

Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

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Dan Shimek dies of cancer at age 65 Longtime entrepreneur Dan Shimek died at age 65 on Friday after a long battle with cancer. Shimek founded a num-ber of area busi-nesses including the Outdoor GreatRoom in Eagan, Enjoy! restaurant in Apple Valley and Heat-N-Glo in Burnsville. (File photo)

Soccer actionEastview forward Peter Lesch sends a shot at the Eagan goal in a Lightning 3-2 win over the Wildcats at Burnsville High School on Oct. 15. Eastview won the Class 2A-Section 3AA title and advanced to the state tournament. The Eastview girls missed out on a chance at state after losing to Burnsville in a shootout. More photos are at SunThisweek.com. (Photos by Rick Orndorf)

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Ted Foreman knows the power of giving. As a 9-year-old living in a Russian orphanage, he says his life was changed when he received a shoe-box filled with gifts from people who didn’t know him. “It made me know and feel that someone actually loved me and cared about me,” Foreman said. “I felt hope like I’ve never felt be-fore. It was what I needed then.” Foreman, now an adult living in St. Cloud, related on Oct. 6 the importance of volunteering through

Operation Christmas Child to Rosemount children and their parents at Communi-ty of Hope Church. His story aimed to in-spire their work and show them how to appreciate their own gifts. “They are in awe listen-ing to him,” said Debbie Nauman, an area coordi-nator for Operation Christ-mas Child. “They realize what it was like to be him. … Many people are teary-eyed after hearing him speak.” Foreman said the shoe-box he received decades ago was the first gift he had ever received. “Growing up in Rus-sia was very difficult,” he said, “especially because I was in an orphanage from a very young age. I lacked a loving family. I did not get to see my sisters very of-ten. It was depressing and hopeless.” He said he remembers having to share everything with the other children in the orphanage. “I even shared a towel with my whole group of al-most 20 kids,” he said. Foreman, a full-time diesel technician with Hoglund Bus and Truck in Monticello, said when

he was young he never imagined he would live in America, “but God has the ultimate plan. He began working in my life with an Operation Christmas Child shoebox.” Foreman and his two sisters were adopted by a Minnesota family when he was 13. He was reconnected with Operation Christmas Child when his adoptive parents happened to vol-unteer one year to pack gift shoeboxes. That’s when Foreman realized that it was Opera-tion Christmas Child that sent his shoebox. In nearly all of his spare time, Foreman volunteers with Operation Christmas Child, relating his story to groups like the one in Rosemount. He’s also spo-ken at the organization’s national convention in Or-lando, Fla. “This ministry plays a huge role in my life,” he said. “It changed my life and it continues to bless me. I’m so privileged to serve with Operation Christmas Child.” Community of Hope Church is one of many lo-cal contributors that will pack an estimated 24,500

gift-filled shoeboxes in the southern Twin Cities region, according to Nau-man. She said that goal is a 10 percent increase from last year. Since 1993, more than 100 million boys and girls in more than 130 countries have received shoebox gifts from Operation Christmas Child. Samaritan’s Purse works with local churches and ministry partners to deliver the gifts. Drop-off sites for the project that will be accept-ing items starting Nov. 18 are River Valley Church, 14898 Energy Way, Apple Valley; Lord of Life Lu-theran Church, 16200 Dodd Lane, Lakeville; Prince of Peace, 13901 Fairview Drive, Burnsville; and Grace Slavic Church, 1985 Diffley Road, Eagan. Local groups and or-ganizations can still be involved. National Col-lection Week will be from Nov. 18-22 when a site in Minneapolis will be open to organize and send out the shoeboxes. People can visit the website www.samari-tanspurse.org/operation-christmas-child to find out more.

Ted Foreman, who received an Opera-tion Christmas Child gift shoebox when he was a young Russian orphan, tells his story at Community of Hope Church with executive pastor Jason Lovold at his side. Children who attend Community of Hope listen to Foreman speak prior to their volunteer efforts with Operation Christmas Child. Jeri Austad, children’s ministry director, is to Foreman’s right. (Photo submitted)

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Joining other Minne-sota cities that have cast a wary eye on hookah to-bacco lounges, Burnsville will study possible new regulations on such busi-nesses. Increased regulation of hookah lounges “seems to be a trend,” City Manager Heather Johnston said, with bans in some cities, including Minneapolis. The two hookah loung-es in Burnsville have gen-erated complaints from some citizens and from a chiropractor next door to one of them, officials said

at a City Council work ses-sion Oct. 15. Council members gave the go-ahead for study of new regulations. Burnsville’s two hoo-kah lounges — Taha Hoo-kah at 12010 County Road 11 and Ignite Hookah Lounge at 2552 Horizon Drive — opened in recent months. Both businesses are near Highway 13. Both have city licenses to sell tobacco, but the in-tersection of hookah with Minnesota’s Clean Indoor Air Act is another matter. Hookah lounge cus-tomers typically rent or are provided hookah wa-ter pipes, purchase a bowl of tobacco of their choice and smoke it inside the lounge. A 2007 update of the Clean Indoor Air Act bans

smoking in restaurants, bars and private clubs. Some exemptions are al-lowed, including sampling or lighting of tobacco in tobacco shops. Because the term “sam-pling” isn’t well-defined in state law, some shop own-ers have established indoor smoking lounges where patrons linger for hours, according to a transcript of a June 2011 Minneapo-lis City Council committee meeting. State law allows cities to adopt tougher measures than those in the Clean Indoor Air Act to protect people from secondhand smoke, the transcript said. The sampling exemp-tion is an exploitable loop-hole, Burnsville Council Member Mary Sherry sug-gested.

“What I find rather amusing is that in this business, sampling means you buy the stuff and then you smoke it,” she said. If you paid for and ate food samples at Costco, “it would be a restaurant,” she said. If you did the same at a liquor store, “it would be a bar.” Doing so at a smoke shop makes it an “indoor smoking lounge,” she said. Minneapolis prohibits tobacco shops from pro-viding smoking devices for sampling and doesn’t allow them to charge a fee for indoor seating. And only sampling of tobacco products furnished by the shop is allowed. Burnsville also has at least one cigar shop, Burn Premium Cigar Specialists at 409 W. Burnsville Park-

way, which has an indoor lounge. But it’s the hookah lounges that have drawn complaints, Community Development Director Jenni Faulkner said. Burnsville chiroprac-tor Stephen McCombs, who occupies the strip mall space next to Ignite Hookah Lounge, has complained to council members about the smoke smell and about loitering and littering outside the lounge. Council Member Bill Coughlin said McCombs reported having once owned the dry cleaner next to the Burn cigar shop, whose smoke smell some-times bled over into the adjacent coffee shop. “So my sense of things, good or bad, is that it’s re-ally not a city matter; it’s

really a landlord-tenant matter,” Coughlin said. As for litter in Mc-Combs’ current parking lot, “it’s still a landlord-tenant problem.” “As bad as I feel for that tenant, I just think the city should tread care-fully” on new regulations, said Coughlin, who has himself enjoyed a cigar in-side Burn. “Once I choose to go in, they’re smoking, and whether I stay or go, that’s really up to me,” he said. Hookah can also be found in Burnsville at the Mediterranean Cruise Cafe, but it’s done out-doors. John Gessner can be reached at (952) 846-2031 or email [email protected].

‘A Moment to Remember’

Two winners of the prize drawings at Apple Valley’s Sept. 27 “Hole Lot of Art” music and crafts festival have generously donated their prizes to area youths. Pictured from left are: Corrine Simi, Apple Valley Mayor Mary Hamann-Roland, Barry Haller, and Apple Valley High School Principal Steve Degenaar. Simi, who lost a daughter to can-cer two years ago, entered the drawing in hopes of winning a bike to give to a child, and she ended up doing just that. Haller won a guitar and wanted to donate it to a music student at AVHS. The mayor, along with Bill and Nancy Tschohl, arranged for the school to receive the donated items at an Oct. 9 ceremony. (Photo submitted)

Woman charged with theft of pet medications A felony theft charge was filed Oct. 7 against a Prior Lake woman ac-cused of shoplifting quan-tities of flea and tick re-pellent for pets from a Lakeville business. According to the Da-kota County criminal complaint, Iryna Saatoff, 42, was prevented from leaving the Lakeville Fleet Farm store May 20 by se-curity officers who told Lakeville police they saw her put nine packages of Frontline Plus pet prod-ucts in her purse and at-tempt to leave the store. After she was appre-hended, the complaint said security officers re-viewed video surveillance from previous days and saw Saatoff had been in the store on seven days be-tween May 12-20. Each of those days, Saatoff is allegedly seen on video concealing mul-tiple packages of Front-line and leaving the store without paying for the merchandise. Police state the total value of all the merchan-dise stolen during that time period is $3,739.20. If convicted, Saatoff faces up to five years in jail and/or a fine between $3,000 and $10,000.

Judge appointed to fill district court vacancy Colleen Goggins King, of New Prague, was ap-pointed to fill the First Judicial District Court vacancy created by the re-tirement earlier this year of Michael V. Sovis, of Apple Valley. King, who will be chambered at Hastings, works as a partner with New Prague-based Worn-son, Goggins, Zard, Neis-en, Morris & King, where she maintains a general practice that includes family law, criminal de-fense, estate planning, probate, conservator/guardianship matters and civil litigation. “Throughout her ca-reer, (she) has demon-strated a strong com-mitment to justice, and to the well-being of her community,” Gov. Mark Dayton said on Tues-day of the appointment

he made based on the Commis-sion on Judicial Selection’s rec-o m m e n d at i o n . “I am pleased to appoint (her) to serve as district court judge, and I am confident she will serve the people of the First District with distinction.” Previously, King served as a part-time public defender for Scott, Dakota and McLeod counties and was an at-torney with Apple Val-ley-based McDonough, Wagner & Ho. She earned her bach-elor of arts degree from the College of St. Bene-dict and her juris doc-torate from the Hamline University School of Law. King is a founding

board member of the New Prague Area Education Foundation, a member of the Rotary of New Prague and a vol-unteer teacher for St. Wenceslaus Church’s Chil-

dren’s Liturgy. Sovis, who retired af-ter he pleaded guilty to and was sentenced in May for third-degree driving under the influ-ence stemming from his Dec. 24, 2012, arrest in St. Paul, was appointed to the bench in 1998 by Gov. Rudy Perpich. So-vis won elections in 1990, 1996, 2002 and 2008. Other counties in the First Judicial District are Carver, Goodhue, Le Sueur, McLeod, Scott and Sibley.

– Tad Johnson

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Lebanon Hills Regional Park enjoys the limelight Fitness magazine Runner’s World has named Lebanon Hills Regional Park’s trails as its “Trail of the Month.” Lebanon Hills, one of seven parks within the Dakota County Parks system, spans nearly 2,000 acres and features more than 20 miles of trails for vari-ous types of use, such as hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding.

It has multiple trail-head options, includ-ing Holland Lake, Jensen Lake and the Visitor Center trail-heads. Runner’s World is a fitness magazine published monthly throughout the United States and featured on-line via almost a dozen international websites. For more informa-tion, visit www.dako-tacounty.us/parks and search Lebanon Hills.

Divorce info session set People considering di-vorce or in the early stages of divorce can attend a free informational event from 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, at Summit Execu-tive Offices Suites, 1500 McAndrews Road W., Burnsville. An open format will al-low participants to get an-swers and direction. To reserve a spot or for more information, call Terryl Johnson at 952-431-0805. Sponsored by Di-vorce Financial Directions in Burnsville.

County hosts classes to help parents transition to licensed child care Dakota County Social Services is hosting two classes this fall to give parents a chance to learn more about making the move to licensed child care. Information will be offered about safe infant sleep practices and Min-nesota child care safety regulations, and parents

will be given tips to create effective relationships with their child care provider. Classes are scheduled for the following times and locations: Thursday, Oct. 24, 6-7 p.m., at the Dakota Coun-ty Northern Service Cen-ter, 1 Mendota Road W., West St. Paul, rooms 110

A and B. Thursday, Nov. 7, 6-7 p.m., at the Dakota Coun-ty Western Service Center, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley, room L139. No registration is re-quired to attend. For more information, call 952-891-7400.


Vote yes for our local community To the editor: On Nov. 5, District 196 residents will have the op-portunity to vote on a levy referendum question that will provide additional funding for our public schools. The District 196 administration has pro-vided the relevant facts that help answer the ques-tions that many of us have such as, “What will be cut if the levy is not passed?”, “What cuts has the Dis-trict already made?”, and “How will the levy affect my property taxes?” on its website (district196.org). I encourage everyone to get informed before voting on Election Day. In addition to under-standing the financial de-tails of the levy, I would encourage voters to con-sider two other factors you

will not see on the district’s website. • We live in a global economy that rewards the best educated. Today’s stu-dents are tomorrow’s busi-ness leaders and employ-ees. District 196 schools must produce world-class students who can compete not only across the state of Minnesota, but across the globe. A well-educated workforce is essential to our local economy and Minnesota’s long-term economic success. • Supporting the levy benefits our community directly. The additional money raised by the levy does not flow back to the state or federal govern-ment. We have witnessed everything from education payment shifts at the state, to the current government shutdown and debt ceiling debate at the federal level. The local levy on the ballot this fall helps to ensure the financial stability of our

schools despite the politi-cal games played by state and federal politicians. Making further cuts to our local schools is not a long-term winning strat-egy. Supporting the levy will directly benefit our lo-cal schools, our children, and the future talent pool for local businesses. Vote “yes” on Nov. 5 in sup-port of strong District 196 schools. MICHAEL GRONEBERGEagan

More education on levy To the editor: After reading the latest round of letters support-ing the School District 196 levy, it appears more edu-cation is in order. After adjusting for the new state funding, pass-ing the levy will increase taxes on the average val-

ued house by $58. But de-feating the levy would re-sult in a decrease of $128. That’s still a $186 swing, which is the actual cost of the new levy over the next two years. Then add the cost of extending the cur-rent levy for an additional eight years and the 10-year cost is still around $3,250. That’s obviously more than a few cups of coffee per week. KEVIN SCHLEPPENBACHApple Valley

Obermueller’s orchestraTo the editor: Second District candi-date Mike Obermueller be-lieves that positive contri-butions come from various sources in a government that works well together for people who have an investment in it. His belief comes from a commitment to underlying harmony, based on the shared prom-ise of opportunity for, and the well-being of, the peo-ple in our diverse country. Obermueller pursued this

policy effectively in his work as a state represen-tative in the Legislature in St. Paul, helping to forge bipartisan agreements on education and economic development. In recent weeks people in Congress have insisted they are right, and that government needs to run according to their scenario and script. Musically, they want to write the score. And we’ve heard some jar-ring, expensive clinkers in the public discourse lately.

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Opinion

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Bus rapid transit trumps $1.2 billion for rail project

Children’s futures are on the line with levy vote

by Mary SherrySPECIAL TO SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Elected officials have to weigh many competing options – usually all good – when it comes to spending taxpayer money. I should know; I am an elected official – a Burnsville City Council mem-ber to be specific. When I see the number of options competing for scarce public transit funding, I try to think like a de-cision maker, even if I am not the one making the decision. Thus, I must respond to the Oct. 4 edi-torial, “LRT needs to move ahead as part of a long-term statewide plan.” I believe the Metropolitan Council should review and potentially reconsider its investment in the Southwest Light Rail Transit proj-ect. Here is why. According to background informa-tion available, the Southwest LRT is ex-pected to cost nearly $1.2 billion. This in-vestment would result in approximately 15 miles of new light-rail track (and the things associated with it). In my opin-ion, $1.2 billion could complete a num-ber of other transportation projects that would have a broader impact in the Twin Cities.

Take, for example, the I-35W corridor. The Metropolitan Council is also work-ing to develop the Orange Line using bus rapid transit. BRT, in contrast to LRT, uses buses on existing roadway corridors rather than requiring the development of a train system. There are, however, many similarities between the two. BRT buses would use their own lanes/shoulders to provide quick and efficient movement through traffic. They would follow a very regular and con-sistent schedule, similar to that of light rail. Most important, they would connect people to and from destinations without the need of a personal automobile. This BRT Orange Line project would require stations along the I-35W cor-ridor at the already existing Burnsville Minnesota Valley Transit Authority Bus

Station, 98th Street, American Boule-vard (near Best Buy and Southtown), 66th Street, an already constructed 46th Street station, Lake Street and several downtown Minneapolis stops. This project would also require and result in interchange improvements at I-494/I-35W and Lake Street/I-35W. These interchange improvements would have the dual benefit of improving mobility for both transit users and motorists. The very roughly estimated cost for this proj-ect is $300 million, including the inter-change improvements. This is obviously a very large invest-ment, but it is only 25 percent of the base project cost for the Southwest LRT. Us-ing that math, the Metropolitan Coun-cil could construct four similarly scoped BRT projects for the cost of the lone Southwest LRT project. Four BRT proj-ects would also benefit a larger percent-age of commuters. My opinion is not that the Southwest LRT project is a “bad” project. For three years, I commuted to downtown Minne-apolis via the Hiawatha Line. It is an im-pressive part of the transit system. How-ever, when I consider that this is “other people’s money,” I question the value the

entire metropolitan region would receive from this investment. To me, it seems there are other more cost-effective op-tions to move people to and from work and recreation. This is also not a “suburban” rant against transit. As I’ve noted, I am a strong supporter of mass transit. How-ever, I would recommend transit projects that would (likely) connect with more users and more destinations. While the Metropolitan Council may certainly have documentation that the project is cost ef-fective, I would just point out again that $1.2 billion is a lot of money for 15 miles of track. When the city of Burnsville develops its capital improvement plans, we try to find the best value for the taxpayers in Burnsville. I’m not sure this project does that for the taxpayers in the metropolitan region. I know how I would vote on this proj-ect if I had the chance. How about you?

Mary Sherry is a Burnsville City Council member serving her second term. She rep-resents Burnsville as an alternate member of the I-35W Solutions Alliance. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

by Bill TschohlSPECIAL TO SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

It is important that Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District residents vote on Nov. 5. Our children’s futures are in our hands. We have 150,000 residents in the district with 90,000 registered vot-ers. Typically only 33 percent of parents with children in the district schools vote per available data. In 2010 when major political offices were on the ballot 60,000 voted. In 2005 when no major offices were up for election only 18,000 voted. We will possibly see a similar low turnout this year, which means every vote really matters. Failure to pass the levy referen-dum will negatively affect many. District 196 has 3,600 employees, in-cluding 2,000 teachers, making it the sec-ond largest employer in the district. Ap-proximately 70 percent of district staff lives in the district. If it is necessary to let go a number of teachers and staff, their loss of jobs will dramatically affect our local economy and home values. We are just starting to come out of a recession. Property values are starting to show signs of recovery. If the levy is not passed, it means severe cuts in employ-ment and services throughout the school system. This could again bring down home values by as much as 5-10 per-cent over a period of time. If hundreds of teachers are let go, they will look for

opportunities elsewhere. This will be our loss. We have some of the best teachers. It would take years before experienced high quality teachers would want to look at our district again. We all like stability. We would like to continue to attract the best. We are the ones making decisions for young people that will affect their lives forever. We want our young people to have the same or better opportunities than we enjoyed. Voting “yes” on the levy referendum will allow students to enjoy the benefits and opportunities they deserve. The community’s attitude toward the levy appears pretty close. Favorable re-sults will depend on voter turnout. If you are a believer in the levy, we need you to talk to your friends and neighbors about voting. On Nov. 5, voters will elect three School Board positions currently held by Art Coulson, Gary Huusko and Mike Roseen. There is only one challenger, Craig Angrimson, of Apple Valley. We

have experienced good leadership un-der the direction of the present School Board members and Superintendent Jane Berenz. In September Apple Valley was ranked No. 17 in the nation for cities un-der 50,000 on Money Magazine’s Ameri-ca’s Best Places to Live list. Much of this is due to the leadership of Mayor Mary Hamann-Roland and the City Council and the good school system. Three cit-ies in Minnesota in this category were selected among the top 50. These cities score high on many of the qualities that families look for in a hometown. Mon-ey Magazine reported that when decid-ing on a great place to live they ranked what was most important with afford-able housing at 35 percent, top ranked schools at 30 percent, lots of stuff to do at 21 percent and good high paying jobs at 14 percent. This ranking helps bring business and new homeowners to the area. The School Board has already made $34 million in budget adjustments with-in the last four years resulting in larger class sizes. If not passed, we will see fur-ther class size increases across all grade levels, leaving less individual attention to students. The fifth-grade band program would be eliminated. Three-fourths of this year’s fifth-grade students are par-ticipating in band; future fifth-graders would not have that same opportunity if

the levy is not approved. The more than 300 ninth-grade students participating in B-team sports this year would not have the option to play for their school. Fees for those who are playing high school athletics would increase by 20 percent for all sports. And the list goes on. If the levy passes, we would not need to make those cuts and total school dis-trict taxes on the $225,000 average-value home in District 196 would increase by $56 from this year to next year. The re-quest is to extend the district’s existing levy, which would otherwise expire in two years, and increase it by $10 million for the next 10 years. The tax impact of the current levy is $176 per year on the average-value home. If the levy increase is approved, the total tax impact would be $360 per year. Following the unsuccessful 2010 levy vote, the School Board approved a third straight year of budget adjustments which totaled $34 million over three years. It included elimination of more than 100 teaching positions. We cannot afford to see this happen again. Remember to vote on Nov. 5. The fu-ture of our children depends on you.

Bill Tschohl is a resident of Apple Valley. He was a Realtor with Coldwell Banker Burnet when he retired in 2012 after a 32-year career in residential real estate. Col-umns reflect the opinion of the author.

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As a kid, I remember an ad about integration and tolerance. It featured Benny Goodman’s ethni-cally-mixed jazz quartet, with African-Americans, a Jew, and a Polish-Catholic. This diverse group played together with the excel-lence, balance and harmo-ny that America sought in postwar years. Obermueller is a can-didate for Congress who remains true to his beliefs, and believes sacrifices in personal opinion can sometimes forward orderly progress in our society. Un-like some, he thinks there can be a positive role to take when a challenge isn’t being addressed elsewhere. He supports the ability of our government to pay its debt, and to avoid unnec-essary expenditure from needless shutdown. In-terestingly, Obermueller suggests we can do this by listening and harmonizing well together.

PAUL HOFFINGEREagan

Invest in District 196 To the editor: An assured Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca once professed, “If you can find a better car, buy it.” On Nov. 5, the residents in District 196 will have an opportunity to commit with their vote and their dollars. While the current District 196 levy does not expire for two years, a con-tinuing operating gap with the current levy and future projected shortfalls if no levy is passed bring pause for reflection. Since 2009, the district has made over $34 mil-lion in cuts as a result of adjusted state aid that has not kept pace with infla-tion and student growth. As a result, class sizes have increased, hundreds of po-sitions have been eliminat-ed with retained employee salaries frozen until this year, and fees increased on students who participated in co-curricular activities. If the levy is not passed, the trend will continue as Jeff Solomon, District

196 finance director, would again have to make ex-cruitiating cuts that would negatively impact the qual-ity of the product. The practice of defunding suc-cess, especially our schools rewarded by Minnesota’s Department of Education, and recent winners and fi-nalists for teacher of the year within the district; is a surefire way to erode the quality of both public in-stitutions and private en-terprise. Filling a $30 million budget shortfall over the next two years can no longer be exclusively ad-dressed through pencil-sharpening frugality. The objective of a levy approval is to provide the best opportunity for all children to succeed ar-tistically, academically, and athletically while still maintaining a quality, val-ue-conscious investment in education. A yes vote on the levy translates to count-less rewards in classroom achievement, band perfor-mances, gifted and talent-ed programs, and B-team athletics with a support staff retained to manage a challenging, yet leveled, classroom size. What better investment could be made for less than $5 more a month in total school taxes (based on the average district home val-ue this year) that enhances our students’ knowledge and experience to provide the spark for our next gen-eration of achievers? A bill with our 16th President on it buys a whole lot now and vests many future returns. Vote YES on Nov. 5.

JEFF BECKEREagan

Levy approval would avoid more cuts To the editor: District 196 has a tax levy vote on the November ballot. If this levy does not pass, District 196 will cut $30 million over the next two academic years and our schools, students, and community will pay the price. Why pass this tax levy? District 196 has excellent

schools and it is best for all in our community, the young and the old, that we keep it that way. The education our young peo-ple receive in District 196 gives them the tools they need to lead fulfilling and productive lives, to become contributors to society, and to compete in the lo-cal, national, and global economy. Our entire community benefits from the excel-lent education our stu-dents receive in District 196, even for households without school-aged chil-dren. Good schools help the community by build-ing a stronger and better educated labor force, at-tracting talented, able, and educated people, attracting high quality employers, decreasing crime, dropout rates, and delinquency, and increasing property values. If this levy does not pass, District 196 will need to cut $10 million for 2014-15, and $20 million for 2015-2016. It already cut $34 million, including more than 100 teachers, in the last four years. Ad-ditional wholesale cuts will negatively impact our stu-dents’ schooling and edu-cational experiences. What happens if the new tax levy does not pass on Nov. 5? Class sizes will increase, fifth-grade band and some middle school athletics will disappear, fees will increase for aca-demics, arts, and athletics, student support staff and gifted and talented fund-ing will decrease, and more cuts will be made. District 196 has cut enough in the past four years. What are the tax impli-cations of this proposed levy? For the average house in the school district, val-ued at $225,000, overall property taxes would in-crease by $56 comparing last year to next year if the levy were to pass. I am certainly willing to pay the additional taxes to support our schools. I hope others are, too. Please vote to pass the new school levy tax for District 196 on Nov. 5.

DONNA GIBBONSApple Valley

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by Steven ShaverSPECIAL TO SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

At the Minnesota Viking’s new stadium unveiling in May, I must admit that I was fully prepared to be, if not disappointed, at least underwhelmed. Rumors had been circulating in the days prior, that the design team, HKS Inc., had given up on a retract-able roof and frankly, I couldn’t see what they could come up with to compensate for this perceived “must-have” feature. At first sight of the drawings of the in-genious solution they had come up with — a five acre translucent ETFE (a plastic-like super hard, yet light weight co-polymer resin) south exposure roof, it occurred to me that this design, if it works as designed, could be the prototype design for all future NFL stadiums in a northern climate. This design, with a light-weight roof and framing structure to hold it in place solves three problems a retractable roof would have created. First, the one most mentioned in the media, the cost. The enormous steel superstructure necessary to

house a retractable roof would have added tens of millions to the cost of the project. By scrapping the retractable roof, HKS was able to add features no one expected, including five giant pivoting glass doors on the west-side entrance, which will allow in even more light and provide for a spectacu-lar view of the downtown skyline. Second, this design with a less compli-cated roof, will allow the project to be com-pleted in a fairly short construction time-table. With the dismantling and demolition of the Metrodome to begin immediately in January after the conclusion of this Vi-kings home season, opening day in the new stadium is set for September 2016, just 32 months later. Brian Trubey, lead architect for HKS, knows that building a stadium with a re-tractable roof can be a complicated thing. Besides building the Dallas Cowboys new stadium, Trubey was also involved with the construction of Miller Park in Milwaukee.

This retractable roof design was unique in that it featured pie-slice shaped roof parts which closed on an arc-shaped track beyond the outfield fence in this baseball park. Tragically, the 42-month construc-tion schedule was extended another full year, when a crane lifting a 400-ton piece of the roof, toppled over in high winds in July of 1999, nine month before the sched-uled opening. The design for the Vikings new stadium contains just one heavy, steel structure, the “spine” which will run east and west sup-porting the very top of the V-shaped roof. The Miller Park roof contains many thou-sands of tons of steel, while the Vikings roof will be much lighter in weight. Which leads to the third advantage of this lightly-designed roof. It will provide for a larger and more even lighting effect on sunny afternoons. The problem with retractable roofs is that no matter how large the opening, in the fall and early win-ter, a fraction – often about half – of the field will be in brilliant sunlight, while the other half will be in dark shadows, creat-

ing a problem for both the fans at the game and the camera crew televising the game, as well as the home viewer.The computer-generated video of what a game in this stadium would look like shows the entire playing field in gently-dif-fused sunlight. This will be accomplished even though the south-exposure ETFE roof will cover just 60 percent of the field, but the angle of the roof and the low angle of the late-year sun will allow sunlight over the entire field. If this design works as their computer models show them, HKS may have con-verted a budget-busting “problem” into a revolutionary new model for future en-closed stadiums to play like an outdoor stadium. As Trubey put it, “We believe that clear is the new retractable.”

Steven Shaver is a Farmington resident and longtime journalist with experience in covering the opening of new professional sports stadiums. Columns reflect the opin-ion of the author.

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Vikings stadium could be a prototype for future projects

$40 million that may or may not have much impact by Joe Nathan

SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Pounding basketballs and children sitting on sofas come to mind as I think about the $40 million that Minnesota has just made available to families for early childhood program scholarships. While the money may be used well, I think it’s too early to describe this as a “major step forward,” as one advocate asserts. Give advocates, the governor and Minnesota Legislature credit for recog-nizing considerable research about the value of high-quality early childhood programs for students from low-income families. This money could help about 8,000 youngsters, as there is a cap of $5,000 per scholarship. Parents through-out the state with low and modest in-comes can learn more about how to ap-ply at http://bit.ly/19Qj6u4. But all early childhood programs are not equally effective. Some accomplish far less than others. Those pounding basketballs are what I heard years ago when visiting an early childhood program that some people had suggested for our children. It was in the basement of a private school. When

my wife and I entered, we heard constant pounding coming from the ceiling. Teachers explained that the ear-ly childhood program was under the school’s gym. We were hearing older chil-dren dribbling basketballs. They told us this went on all day. We did not enroll our children in this program. Then there was the sofa we heard about at another early childhood pro-gram. For several hours a day, the pro-gram “parked” youngsters on the sofa, in front of a TV. This was not what we (or authorities in the field) saw as a high-quality early childhood program. Compare that to one of the state’s strongest early childhood programs – at the Dodge Nature Center Preschool in West St. Paul. No TVs. Youngsters sing, dance and explore woods, ponds and animals. They paint. They listen to and

sometimes help create books. These stories come to mind with the recent Minnesota Department of Educa-tion announcement about the $40 mil-lion for program scholarships. Barbara Yates, president and CEO of “Thinking Small,” a statewide early childhood advocacy group, wrote via email: “Not only are these scholarships great for kids, but they provide an impor-tant opportunity for families, too. Pilots have shown that the stability early child-hood scholarships provide to families help them better maintain consistent em-ployment, housing and education. Help-ing the child helps the whole family.” This could work out as Yates hopes. However: • There’s no guarantee that parents can get their children into the strongest programs – those earning three or four stars in the “Parent Aware” program. Some of the best programs have waiting lists. • Yates acknowledges that the $5,000 may not cover the full cost of the full-time, strongest programs. According to Yates, some charge more than $10,000 per year for a full-day program. • As Education Commissioner Bren-

da Cassellius points out in MDE’s press release announcing the funds, “These funds only meet approximately 9 percent of the need throughout Minnesota.” MDE quotes Art Rolnick, of the Humphrey School. He said these funds are “a major step forward to ending inter-generational poverty and ensuring the future success of Minnesota’s econo-my.” How many families will be able to enroll their youngsters in the best pro-grams? How many will choose the finest programs if they have to pay up to half the cost? We don’t know. Should some funds be used to help expand or replicate the state’s strongest programs? Perhaps. Is it too early to call this a “major step forward”? Seems to me we need to study how many of the 8,000 youngsters are able to get into the best programs before we know.

Joe Nathan, formerly a Minnesota public school teacher and administrator, directs the Center for School Change. Reactions welcome, [email protected]. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

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Lori Williams rarely leaves the house anymore. The 38-year-old Lake-ville wife, mother, former active volunteer, sales professional and car rac-ing fan has been sidelined with torticollis and dys-tonia, progressively de-bilitating conditions that cause uncontrollable mus-cle spasms and upper body contortions that leave her in excruciating pain. “She has spasms in her neck, her head tilts to the side and she can’t straight-en up,” said friend Natalie Bartyzal of Lakeville. Lori’s conditions have become so bad that she has been at home on a morphine drip for about two years, while her hus-

band Andy Wil-liams struggles to care for her and their two sons, while managing work, daily re-sponsibilities, the house and paying rapidly mounting medical bills. Lori’s disorders were triggered after she suffered multiple injuries in three separate car crashes she did not cause, including a rear-end collision and a passenger-side car crash during a ride-along with a Burnsville police officer. That crash was so se-vere that Andy said rescu-ers had to cut her out of the squad car, which was hit by a driver running a red light. Lori has spent years meeting doctors around the country, seeking some kind of treatment for her increasingly painful and

debilitating symp-toms. Nobody offered hope until she met Dr. Michael Rezak, a Chicago neurologist who is now giving the couple hope that Lori can return to

a normal life. Previously, Lori was ac-tive in Lakeville’s sports community, a busy mom devoted to her family, in-cluding sons Chris, 15, and a student at Lakeville South High School, and Cameron, 11, a sixth-grader at Kenwood Trail Middle School. She and Andy served for about five years as commissioners of the Lakeville Baseball As-sociation’s in-house pro-gram and helped coach their boys’ various teams; Lori was well known for helping others in the com-

munity and supported her brother’s racing activities at Elko Speedway. Lori used to work in sales; more recently she ran a child care. Now, Lori is confined to a wheelchair, barely able to stand and in con-stant pain. “She wants to go back to work,” Andy said. “She hates staying home.” With Rezak, Lori has new hope of returning to a closer reflection of her previous life. She is scheduled to undergo brain surgery in December to implant two electrodes that would eventually receive mild shock waves. Andy said the treat-ments are expected to re-duce the pain and alleviate symptoms. Preparing for the sur-gery requires the family to make five or six trips to

Chicago, with Andy tak-ing days off his job with the city of Minneapolis and adding to the pile of medical bills. “We’re struggling,” Andy said. “There are a lot of medical bills we are trying to pay that puts a damper on everything. There is not an ounce of extra money.” Andy said he is also frequently fighting with the insurance company to cover treatments. A fundraiser is planned 6-9:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, at Babe’s Sports Bar & Grill, 20685 Holyoke Ave. in Lakeville. Tickets are $10 at the door and will include a raffle and silent auction; beer will be free from 6-8 p.m. Auction items include a wall of wine, Pahl’s Mar-ket gift basket and a Lake-ville South High School

rhinestone studded sweat-shirt and mittens. Funds raised will help pay for travel, a motorized wheelchair and medical bills. Andy said they are grateful for support they have received, noting it is difficult for them to ask for help, but their situation is dire. “She has never been in a crash she caused,” Andy said. “She was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.” Donations to help the family can also be made at US Bank, 20191 Ibe-ria Ave., Lakeville MN, 55044, care of the Lori J. Williams Donation Ac-count. For more information, visit www.caringbridge.org/visit/loriwilliams2.

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Craft, bake sale is Oct. 26 at the Legion The Apple Valley Le-gion Auxiliary will hold its annual craft and bake sale 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Apple Val-ley Legion Club, 14521 Granada Drive, Apple Valley. Information: 651-423-2493.

New Sociables to meet Nov. 4 at Spirit of Life The New Sociables women’s group will hold its monthly meeting at 9:15 a.m. Monday, Nov. 4, at Spirit of Life Presbyte-rian Church, 14401 Pilot Knob Road, Apple Valley. Bachman’s floral de-signer Karen Ortiz will share tips on Christmas decorating. The group is open to

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Fair Trade Sale set Nov. 2in Burnsville St. John Neumann and St. Thomas Becket Just Marketplace Ministry will host a Fair Trade Sale from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sat-urday, Nov. 2, in the social hall at St. John Neumann. Products include hand-crafts and food items made by economically disadvan-taged artisans and farm-ers. The sale of the items provides a sustainable

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Bill Ganz has been off his golf game since health problems struck this sum-mer. His volunteer hours at 360 Communities are down, too. As the lead volunteer at the nonprofit agency’s Burnsville food shelf, Ganz could always be counted on for up to 28 hours a week. Then came his chronic lymphocytic leukemia, caused by exposure to Agent Orange, and meso-thelioma, caused by expo-sure to asbestos. “Bang, bang. Both bar-rels,” said the 75-year-old Burnsville resident, who traces the long-dormant conditions to his service in Vietnam in 1968 and 1969 and the asbestos insula-tion to which he was ex-posed during 22 years of active duty with the Ma-rine Corps. He’s being treated and plans a return to full duty at the Burnsville food shelf, the busiest of five operated by Burnsville-based 360 Communities. “He is irreplaceable,” said Kathryn Archam-bault, resource develop-ment manager for 360 Communities. Thanks to her nomination, Ganz was named one of six 2013 Community Build-er Award recipients last

month by the Burnsville City Council. “His love and passion for helping those in need, I feel, goes far beyond serving food,” Archam-bault said. “He has really touched the lives of many here at 360.” Ganz and his wife Jeri, parents of four, moved to Burnsville in 1981 when Ganz took a civilian job with Eagan-based Unisys as a product representa-tive. He later worked as a product rep for Uponor in Apple Valley. After retiring, Ganz joined the Burnsville Breakfast Rotary Club, which led to his volunteer work with 360 Communi-ties. He’s logged more than 5,100 hours since 2007, ac-cording to Archambault, starting as a volunteer driver at 360’s Eagan loca-tion of the Lewis House, a domestic-violence shelter for women and their chil-dren. He drove Lewis House clients to doctor visits, court appearances, school registrations and other ap-pointments. One Sunday morning he was called to drive a woman with a toothache to the only den-tist that could be found. “I never asked ques-tions” of the clients, Ganz said. “If they wanted to tell me things, I would be

a good listener. Boy, there were some stories. You get irate.” When volunteer help was needed at the Burns-ville food shelf, Ganz stepped up. He became the volunteer leader of the operation, which accounts for about half of the total visits at 360 Communities’ five food shelves. With a core of 24 volunteers, it’s the only one open five days a week. Ganz doesn’t just fill orders, stock shelves and trade jokes with fellow vol-unteers and 360 staffers. He’s a food shelf ambas-sador, making and main-taining contacts with the local supermarkets, civic organizations, churches and others that donate food. “This is grassroots. This is local community,” Ganz said. “And you get a bigger bang for your buck at this level, no question about it. We rely a lot on volunteers and food dona-tions. You have to go out and go after it. You can’t just sit here and wait for the door to open. It’s like marketing, sales — you have to sell yourself.” Demand is up. From August 2012 through Au-gust 2013, the five food shelves had distributed nearly 6 percent more pounds of food than they had during the same pe-

riod a year before. “I’ve always looked at the food shelf as the door to get people in to find out what’s really wrong,” he said, referring to other services 360 offers, such as its school-success pro-gram and two resource centers. “Like Napoleon says, an army travels on its stomach, and a hungry kid doesn’t learn much.” 360 staffers do the screening and intake. Food shelf volunteers fill the orders and distribute the food. Ganz recalled one un-employed client — “single father, two kids” — who pulled up in his truck to pick up a food order he’d requested three days be-fore. He brought good news of having been re-hired since placing the or-der. “His cell phone rang while he was taking the or-der out,” Ganz said. “He just got laid off (again). Guy had tears. So he and I walked around the park-ing lot. Can’t do anything about it, but you can lis-ten.” Ganz recalled a couple who had been food shelf clients for a year pulling up to the door in an SUV. “They opened their car, gave me five bags of gro-ceries,” Ganz said. “They said, ‘Here — we’re both working now.’ ” He’s a little weak, dehy-drated and dizzy from his illnesses, but Ganz is plan-ning his comeback, saying “gloom and doom never got anybody anywhere.” “And you know the worst part about all this? A beer doesn’t even sound good,” he said. “A lot of water, a lot of juice.”

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

Bill Ganz, the lead volunteer at the 360 Communities food shelf in Burnsville, was honored by the Burnsville City Council for his volunteer work with the nonprofit agency. (Photo by John Gessner)

Bill Ganz, left, helps out at the Burnsville-based 360 Communities Food Shelf. (Photo by John Gessner)

Vermillion River Watershed open house set Oct. 22 Every 10 years, the Vermillion River Watershed Joint Powers Organization updates its plan that defines top issues and priorities for managing the water resources in the 335-square-mile Vermil-lion River Watershed in Dakota County and southeastern Scott County. The organization will kick off the 2015 watershed plan update at a meet-ing for stakeholders and the public from 3-6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, at the Dakota County Extension and Conservation Center, 4100 220th St. W., Farmington. A brief presentation, summary of is-sues and priorities identified so far, and addition of new topics, will take place from 3-4:30 p.m., followed by an open house until 6 p.m. when the public can

talk one-on-one with staff about addi-tional issues to include in the new plan. This is the first of several meetings planned to ensure the 2015 Vermillion River Watershed Plan incorporates the best ideas of people who live, work or play in the watershed area. No registra-tion is required to attend. Those who cannot attend may submit written comments via mail to VRWJPO, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley, MN 55124. Comments can also be emailed to Mark Zabel at [email protected] or Melissa Bokman at [email protected]. For more information, call the organi-zation at 952-891-7000.


LEGAL NOTICES

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 196

PROCEEDINGSROSEMOUNT-APPLE

VALLEY-EAGAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

REGULAR BOARD MEETINGChairperson Rob Duchscher

called the regular School Board meeting to order at 6 p.m. on Sep-tember 23, 2013 at Dakota Ridge School.

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

The Pledge of Allegiance was led by the School Board.

There was a moment of silence for Debbie Cunningham, a special education accounting clerk, who passed away.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Coulson and carried, with seven members voting in favor and no member voting in opposition, to approve the agenda.

Superintendent Berenz recog-nized principals and assistant prin-cipals for their leadership.

Lakeville parent Retno Saridewi-Wong informed the board of the formation of UNITE 196, a nonpar-tisan group of parents and citizens formed to fill in the gap between parents, community and the school district. They will work with state and local elected officials to make a difference for public schools.

Motion by Roseen, seconded by Huusko and carried, with seven members voting in favor and no member voting in opposition, to approve the following Consent items:

Minutes of September 9, 2013 regular board meeting (Exhibit A1);

Resolution appointing election judges and student election judge trainees for the November 5, 2013 election (Exhibit A2);

Claims for September 4-17, 2013 (Exhibit B1);

Electronic funds transfer sched-ule for August 31-September 13, 2013 (Exhibit B2);

Schedule of investments for Au-gust 31-September 13, 2013 (Ex-hibit B3);

Treasurer’s Report for month ending June 30, 2013 (Exhibit B4);

Gifts received through Septem-ber 15, 2013 (Exhibit B5);

Advertising revenue under $500 received by September 23, 2013 (Exhibit B6);

A $2,000 Peace Maker Founda-tion grant for Glacier Hills Elemen-tary School of Arts and Science to continue peacemaking efforts at Glacier Hills (Exhibit B7);

Contract with Hoglund Bus Company, Inc., through the State of Minnesota’s Cooperative Purchas-ing Venture, to purchase parts and services as needed throughout the 2013-14 school year (Exhibit B8);

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

Agreement with BOTH/AND Resources to provide co-located, mental health services to students at the School of Environmental Studies and Apple Valley High School for the remainder of the

2013-14 school year at no cost to the district (Exhibit D1);

Agreement for private nursing services with ACR Homes for one-to-one care at school to meet the needs of a student (Exhibit D2);

Agreement with a teacher for the 2013-14 school year, for an ad-ditional .033 FTE, without the FTE becoming part of a continuing con-tract (Exhibit D3), and

Agreement with Walgreens for flu shot clinics at district sites ex-clusively for employees and paid for by the employees’ health insur-ance (Exhibit D4).

Director of Elementary Educa-tion Julie Olson introduced Angie Wyatt, elementary band coordina-tor and band director at Northview and Oak Ridge elementary schools. Six years ago, Wyatt had a vision and implemented a program in District 196 entitled Band For All, in which the community donates gently used instruments for use by students who receive free- or reduced-price school meals. Band directors clean, arrange for repairs and distribute instruments to stu-dents for whom lack of access to an instrument would be a barrier to participation in school band.

Wyatt said that in 2006 several band directors and band parent Diane Morrison met to discuss the lack of diversity in the instrumental music program. District 196 has the largest band program in the state (currently 5,100 student partici-pate in band), but they had noticed bands at the secondary levels did not reflect the school populations. At most elementary schools 70-80 percent of students in grade 5 participated in band. At Cedar Park Elementary, less than 23 percent of students in grade 5 participated (at that time, Cedar Park was a racially identified school by the Minnesota Department of Education).

The goals of Band For All were to reduce barriers to participation, provide access to instruments and enroll every Cedar Park grade 5 student in band. Valley Middle School Principal Dave McKeag vol-unteered to host a benefit in 2007 called 100 Horns in the hope of getting 100 instruments donated. That fund-raising effort resulted in more than 80 instrument donations and $350 collected for supplies and repairs.

Band For All is now an ongoing donation program with more than 700 instruments in the system. Stu-dents are able to keep their instru-ment as long as they participate in band through the district. Students also benefit from in-kind donation of services from professional re-pair businesses. By 2011, the dis-trict had a large enough inventory to publicize the program to all fifth grade students. To date, more than 900 students have participated in the program and students across the district now benefit from the program.

Wyatt stated that Minnesota Public Radio modeled their Play It Forward statewide instrument do-nation program after Band For All.

Band directors Anja Firchow, Highland and Cedar Park elemen-tary schools; Dave Miller, Valley Middle-School of STEM, and Steve Olsen, Rosemount High, each

shared a story about their students’ experience with the Band for All program.

Director of Finance and Opera-tions Jeff Solomon provided back-ground on the construction of a new facility for early learning and Adult Basic Education (ABE) pro-grams to replace the Early Child-hood Learning Center and Rahn-cliff Learning Center. The district has leased those spaces for the past 20 years and the buildings no longer meet the programs’ needs. Solomon said alternative properties within the community and existing district properties were studied. The administration determined the best site for a new facility would be the Dakota Ridge/Diamond Path area.

Scott McQueen, Wold Architects & Engineers principal architect, re-viewed the makeup of the Core Planning Group, the group’s com-mitments and the design criteria. He noted current overall square footage for the ABE program was 6,770; Early Childhood Fam-ily Education (ECFE) was 8,140; Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) was 17,092, and general shared space was 3,950, for a to-tal of 35,922, with a multiplier of 1.45 for program growth, the total square footage would need to be 52,113. The project is in the Sche-matic Design phase and will move into the Design Development and then Contract Documents phases.

McQueen reviewed the two-sto-ry floor plan, the site plan and el-evations. The facility was designed based on the design criteria. He also shared renderings from the neighborhoods’ perspective.

Mark Bosch, Bossardt Corpora-tion chief executive officer (CEO), noted his firm will be the Con-struction Manager for this project, reviewed the project schedule and noted he will be back to present updates and ask the board to take action on construction bid pack-ages. Currently focus is on getting the site work (earth work, paving, retaining walls) completed before it gets too cold and freezes. Bids are planned to be open on October 28. Move-in is targeted for December 2014.

Solomon informed the audi-ence that the facility will be paid for through lease levy funding and there will be no tax increase. The district will save taxpayers approxi-mately $400,000 in lease levy costs and own the facility.

Director of Teaching and Learn-ing Steve Troen asked the board to approve the 2012-13 Annual Re-port on Curriculum, Instruction and Student Achievement (Exhibit E). He said the Curriculum and Instruc-tion Advisory Council (CIAC) re-viewed the report at its September 16 meeting, made suggestions and approved forwarding the report for School Board approval. The report now includes slide bar notes and facts highlighting district achieve-ments, and the addition of an ar-ticle on page 7 entitled, “Learning and technology task force develop-ing vision.”

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Coulson and carried, with seven members voting in favor and no member voting in opposition, to

approve the annual report.Solomon reported that the prop-

erty tax levy is one component (19.42 percent) of the total revenue the district receives. He noted the board is required to adopt a pro-posed property levy limitation for taxes payable in 2014 by October 1 and forward that data to Dakota County (Exhibit F). The county will use the proposed levy limit amount to calculate information for the truth-in-taxation notices sent to taxpayers in mid-November. The final levy which the School Board certifies in December may not be greater than the preliminary levy limit approved now, except for ad-justments made by the Minnesota Department of Education.

Solomon said the property wealth in District 196 has been de-clining over the past four years and shared data on the two measures used to determine that wealth. One measure is the referendum market value in the district which is cur-rently at $12.7 billion, down 4.9 percent from one year ago. The other is the Adjusted Net Tax Ca-pacity (ANTC) calculated at $145.2 million, a 1.9 percent decline from last year. Using those figures, Solo-mon said the total maximum levy limitation for 2013 (payable 2014) is calculated at $68,183,697.33, a decrease of 7.6 percent, or $5.6 million. The decrease is the result of additional equalization aid the district will receive from the state as part of the 2013 Omnibus Edu-cation Bill. Equalization aid helps equalize the cost of a local school levy dollar for all Minnesota taxpay-ers, regardless of the amount of commercial/industrial property in the communities they live. Another reason for the decrease is the re-sult of debt refinancing and other actions by the School Board that saved money and lowered the dis-trict’s tax levy.

Solomon reported that the levy question on the November 5 ballot, if approved, would have a tax im-pact of $184 per year on the aver-age-value home. After factoring in the tax decrease resulting from the state equalization aid, the net prop-erty tax increase of an approved levy referendum would be reduced to $56 per year, or less than $5 per month on the average-value home.

The administration recom-mended the board adopt the maxi-mum levy limit which will allow for any adjustments to the data from the state to be sent directly to the county. Solomon noted the final certification in December may not be greater than the preliminary levy, except for operating levy funds ap-proved by voters in an election.

Motion by Magnuson, seconded by Coulson and carried, with seven members voting in favor and no member voting in opposition, to approve the proposed maximum levy limit.

Berenz asked the board to ap-prove a resolution recognizing the leadership role played by principals and assistant principals in support-ing the education of students and declaring October 6-12 as District 196 Principals and Assistant Princi-pals Appreciation Week (Exhibit G).

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Schutte and carried, with seven

members voting in favor and no member voting in opposition, to approve the resolution.

Berenz announced residents may apply for an absentee ballot for the November 5 School Board election and levy referendum online or in-person at the District Office.

Motion by Schutte, seconded by Roseen and carried, with seven members voting in favor and no member voting in opposition, to adjourn the meeting at 7:15 p.m.

Published in Apple Valley, Lakeville, Burnsville/Eagan

October 18, 201341368

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT #196CALL FOR BIDS

ECFE/ECSE/ABE BUILDINGNotice is hereby given that In-

dependent School District 196, will receive multiple prime sealed bids for the ECFE/ECSE/ABE Build-ing project, at the District Office located at 3455 153rd Street W Rosemount, MN 55068, until 2pm on Monday, October 28th, 2013 at which time they will be opened and read aloud. The work for this bid package includes Contracts for: #3100 Earthwork/Site Demoli-tion, #3210 Asphalt Paving/Curbs, #3123 Site Concrete/Concrete Re-taining Walls, #3290 Landscaping, and #3300 Site Utilities. Reference Specification Section 01 12 00 Contract Work Scope Descriptions for detailed listing of items included in each Contract.

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

A Bid Bond, Certified Check or Cashier’s Check in the amount of 5% of the base bid price, made payable to Independent School District 196, must be submitted with the bid as bid security. No personal checks will be accepted.

The Board of Education of In-dependent School District 196 re-serves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any informality in bidding.

Gary Huusko, Board ClerkIndependent School District 196Published in the Apple Valley,

Lakeville, Burnsville/EaganOctober 11, 18, 2013

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CITY OF APPLE VALLEYMINNESOTA,

ORDINANCE NO. 950AN ORDINANCE AMENDING

THE ZONING MAP BY REZONING CERTAIN LAND

IN THE CITY OF APPLE VALLEY, DAKOTA COUNTY,

MINNESOTAWHEREAS, the Planning Commission

of the City of Apple Valley held a publichearing on property described herein onSeptember 4,2013, as required by CityCode Section 155.400(D); and

WHEREAS, on September 4,2013, the Planning Commission recommended therezoning as hereinafter described.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of AppleValley, Dakota County, Minnesota, that:

1. The boundaries of the zoning districts C C S

established by City Code Section 155.006are hereby amended by rezoning the fol-lowing described property located northof the intersection of Eagle Bay Driveand Eagle Bay Way from “R-3” (Single Family Residential/11,000 square feetminimum lot area) to “P” (Institutional): Outlot A, CORTLAND and Lot 1, Block 3,CORTLAND SECOND ADDITION, DakotaCounty, Minnesota, according to the re-corded plat thereof on file at the Office of the Dakota County Recorder.

2. This ordinance shall become effective upon its passage and publication.

Passed this 10th day of October, 2013./s/ Mary Hamann-Roland, MayorATTEST:Pamela J. Gackstetter, City Clerk

Published in Apple ValleyOctober 18, 2013

39704

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 196

NOTICE OF TESTING OF OPTICAL SCAN VOTING SYSTEM

(ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN

PUBLIC SCHOOLS)STATE OF MINNESOTA

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Independent School District No. 196 (Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan) shall perform a public accu-racy test of the optical scan voting system to be used in the District’s November 5, 2013 General and Special Election. The test shall be conducted at: Independent School District 196, 3455 153rd Street West, Rosemount, Minnesota on Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at 3:30 p.m. Interested individuals are authorized to attend and observe. If you have any questions, please contact Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent Kim Craven at 651-423-7746.

Dated: October 14, 2013BY ORDER OF THE SCHOOL BOARD/s/ Gary L Huusko Gary L. Huusko, School District Clerk

Published in Apple Valley, Lakeville, Burnsville/Eagan

October 18, 201341040

CITY OF APPLE VALLEYNOTICE OF PUBLIC

HEARING PROPOSED SIGN CODE AMENDMENT

IN THE CITY OF APPLE VALLEY

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning Commission of the City of Ap-ple Valley, Dakota County, Minnesota, will meet at the Municipal Center, 7100 147th Street W., on Wednesday, November 6, 2013, at 7:00 pm., or as soon thereafter as possible. The purpose of the meeting is to hold a public hearing on a proposed amendment to Chapter 154, Sign Regu-lations, of the City Code of Ordinances to allow for electronic message boards on ground and pylon signs.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that these proceedings are instituted by the petitioner of the hearing, Uponor, Inc. All interested parties will be given an oppor-tunity to be heard at said time and place.

DATED this 11th day of October, 2013.Pamela J. Gackstetter, City Clerk

Published in Apple ValleyOctober 18, 2013

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

com.

Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce events: • Tuesday, Oct. 22, 9:30-10 a.m., ribbon cutting, Jay F. Jeweler, 7587 W. 148th St., Apple Valley. • Thursday, Oct. 24, 5-7 p.m., Business After Hours, Anchor Bank, 14665 Galaxie Ave., Apple Val-ley. Information: Kristy Cleveland at 952-432-8422, [email protected]. • Wednesday, Oct. 30, 8:30-10 a.m., Apple Valley Business Watch, Apple Valley Municipal Center - City Council Chambers, 7100 147th St. W., Apple Valley. Training by Apple Valley Heart Restart program. RSVP to [email protected] or by calling Officer Mike Tietz, 952-953-2709. Burnsville Chamber of Commerce events: • Tuesday, Oct. 22, 8:30-9:30 a.m., Chamber 101, Burnsville Chamber of Commerce, 350 W. Burnsville Parkway, G level conference room, Burnsville. Free. Information: 952-435-6000, [email protected]. • Wednesday, Oct. 23, 8 a.m. to noon, Real World Ready Career Day, Burnsville High School. Free. In-formation: 952-435-6000, [email protected]. Dakota County Regional Chamber of Com-merce events: • Tuesday, Oct. 22, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Business Af-ter Hours, Hope Glen Farm, 10276 E. Point Douglas Road S., Cottage Grove. Information: Jessy Annoni, 651-288-9202, [email protected]. • Thursday, Oct. 24, 7:30-9 a.m., Breakfast With Champions – Leading Your Team to Higher Levels of Performance, Argosy University, 1515 Central Park-way, Eagan. Speaker: Dr. Jim Bohn. Cost: $20 mem-bers, $30 nonmembers. Information: Jessy Annoni, 651-288-9202, [email protected]. • Friday, Oct. 25, 7:30-9 a.m., Legislative Break-fast Series – Education for the Future, The Commons on Marice, 1380 Marice Drive, Eagan. Speakers: Sen. Greg Clausen, Rep. Anna Wills. ISD 196 Superin-tendent Jane Berenz will be on hand to discuss the District 196 levy referendum. Cost: $25. Information: Jessy Annoni, 651-288-9202, [email protected]. • Tuesday, Oct. 29, 7:30-9 a.m., ISD 197 School Board Candidate Forum, Mendota Heights City Hall, 1101 Victoria Curve, Mendota Heights. Information: Jessy Annoni, 651-288-9202, [email protected]. Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce events: • Tuesday, Oct. 22, 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., CAbi open house with fashion stylist Karen McDonald, chamber conference room. • Saturday, Oct. 26, 2-4 p.m., Downtown Lakeville Business Association Trick or Treat, post office mall. • Tuesday, Oct. 29, 7:30-9 a.m., New Member Orientation, chamber conference room, 19950 Dodd Blvd., Suite 101, Lakeville. RSVP by Oct. 28, 952-469-2020. • Friday, Nov. 1, 6-11 p.m., Fall Gala, Brackett’s Crossing Country Club, 17976 Judicial Road, Lake-ville. Cost: $125. Sponsorships available. Information: Todd Bornhauser, [email protected].

Credit union offers aid to members affected by government shutdown US Federal Credit Union, Burns-ville, is offering aid and education to federal employees who have been affected by the recent government shutdown. Borrower Resources is a program provided by US Federal’s asset pro-tection department and includes easy-to-use tools designed to help members through times of financial strain. These resources include loan consolidation, loan payment relief and loan restructuring. US Federal offers a signature loan program to get money in mem-bers’ accounts fast and which re-quires no collateral. Members can borrow small amounts at a short term and defer the first payment for up to 90 days. US Federal is also of-fering penalty-free withdrawals on USFCU share certificates to those impacted by the federal government shutdown. US Federal members are always eligible for free, one-to-one financial counseling through Lutheran Social Service. For more information or to set up a complimentary session, vis-it www.lssmn.org/debt-counseling. If the shutdown persists, visit www.usfed.org to learn more about helpful seminars hosted by US Fed-eral and Lutheran Social Service. The “Surviving the Shutdown” edu-cation program is a free, no-obliga-tion benefit of US Federal Credit Union.

Apple Valley-based James Barton recognized Apple Valley-based James Barton Design-Build was recently recog-

nized in both the Qualified Remod-eler Magazine Top 500 and Remod-eling Magazine Top 550. Each year Qualified Remodeler Top 500 recognizes remodeling busi-nesses for their success in terms of years in business, industry certifica-tion, dollar volume, industry awards and community service. The Top 500 is the longest ongoing recognition program in the remodeling industry. In 2013 JBDB ranked No. 250. The Remodeling Magazine Top 550 recognizes the largest full-service remodeling and home im-provement companies in the nation. JBDB ranked No. 88 in 2013.

Let’s Dish celebrates 10th anniversary Let’s Dish will mark its 10th an-niversary with special offers and samples from 3-7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, at its five Twin Cities locations, including 15052 Gleason Path, Suite 103A, Apple Valley. Let’s Dish offers families a place to assemble or pick up ready-to-pre-pare meals at home. Anniversary events include wine tasting, samples, prize drawings, and the opportunity to dish a meal for $15. One $500 grand prize gift card and 10 $50 gift cards will be awarded at each location.

Open house at insurance agency The AAA Patrick Bevan Insur-ance Agency in Apple Valley will hold a Trick-N-Greet open house in celebration of its one-year anniver-sary from 3-7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30. The event will feature mini pork sandwiches, cotton candy, beverages and Halloween activities. A bake sale also will be held with proceeds benefiting the Susan G. Komen-Minnesota affiliate. The agency is at 7600 147th St. W., Suite 102, Apple Valley. Call

952-891-5566 for more information.

Home Depot helps Majestic Hills On Oct. 11, The Home Depot Foundation transformed Majestic Hills Ranch, a therapeutic horse-riding facility in Lakeville. More than 20 Team Depot associates up-dated the facility so that the ranch can continue to serve the veterans who utilize it. Home Depot volunteers helped to build a retaining wall and wheel-chair ramp. They also updated land-scaping and painted sheds. The effort was part of The Home Depot Foundation’s third annual Celebration of Service campaign, a two-month initiative between Sept. 11 and Veterans Day.

Cyber security summit slated in Minneapolis The Better Business Bureau of Minnesota and North Dakota is sponsoring Cyber Security Summit 2013 on Oct. 22-23 in Minneapolis. The focus of the summit is to edu-cate attendees on cyber threats and provide actionable solutions. This year’s summit will showcase prominent keynote speakers and panel discussions, a VIP reception, networking opportunities and an exhibit area featuring leading indus-try organizations. Topics addressed at the summit will include risk management, secu-rity intelligence, the privacy debate, the executive response, data breach and the consequences of inaction. Summit participants will learn about the security strategies that are working today, the strategies that are not working and the latest trends in cyber security. Online registration is available at cybersecuritysummit.org.

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Candle dipping is among the many hands-on activi-ties for kids on offer at the annual Harvest Moon Festival this weekend at Dakota City Heritage Vil-lage in Farmington. Kids can also try milking a cow, digging potatoes and mak-ing corn husk dolls at the event, which runs from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Oct. 18-19. A Haunted Walk and Ride is scheduled each day of the festival from 6:30-8 p.m. More information is www.dakotacity.org. (Photo submitted)

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has risen from 15 to 30.12 percent. At the same time, the district’s portion of stu-dents who speak English as a second language has grown. English Language Learners make up 5.39 percent of the district as of Oct. 1, which is an in-crease from 2003 when it was 3.92 percent. State-wide, 6.94 percent of stu-dents speak English as a second language. In addition to becom-ing more diverse, District 196 has seen more stu-dents qualify for free and reduced meals over the past 10 years. The percent-age of students who re-ceive free or reduced meals has gone from 9.2 percent n 2003 to 23.20 percent in 2013. “I’m surprised we are not seeing a greater in-crease in free and reduced meals with the economy,” Duchscher said. Total enrollment — which includes all students in kindergarten through grade 12, plus students in center-based special education and early child-hood special education programs — has increased slightly (0.13 percent) to 27,202 between Oct. 1, 2012 and Oct. 1, 2013.

“We’ve been holding our own,” said Kim Reis, student information su-pervisor for District 196. The K-12 only enroll-ment is 25,993 students, which is a 0.25 percent in-crease over the past year and 0.18 percent more than projected by the dis-trict last November for purposes of preparing the 2013-14 preliminary bud-get. The final budget pre-sented to the board in De-cember will reflect actual enrollments from the Oct. 1 count. The largest growth was within the elementary schools, which saw enroll-ment increase 1.1 percent to 11,679. Although enrollment picked up at district ele-mentary schools, the 2013 kindergarten class was among the smallest in re-cent years with 1,782. “This is not a trend though,” Reis said. “Kinder-garten enrollment has been fluctuating for a while.” This year, seniors make up the largest class with 2,113 students, but en-rollment at district high schools has dropped by 1.8 percent to 8,319 over the past year.

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

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Parent education conference set District 196 will offer a free parent education conference from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, in the gym at Eastview High School. Keynote speakers Tom Cody and Paul Bernabei, co-founders of Top 20 Training, will share how to develop a child’s star qualities to gain success. Following the key-note, parents can attend two breakout workshops, choosing from over 20 of-ferings. Workshops will be presented by area ex-perts, including District 196 teachers and staff, on topics including discipline, health, communication and academics. A resource fair and re-freshments also will be available. The event is free, but register online for the con-ference and child care at www.district196.org/ce or call 651-423-7920 for more information. Child care is available for children ages 2 and older for $10 per family.

College news Alex Robinson, a Lu-ther College senior from Apple Valley, will perform a bassoon recital Oct. 27, in the Noble Recital Hall of the Jenson-Noble Mu-sic Hall at Luther in Deco-rah, Iowa. Robinson, a music major, is the daugh-ter of Andrew Robinson and Katie Hoffer of Apple Valley and is a 2010 gradu-ate of Apple Valley High. Iowa State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Ames, Iowa, scholarship recipients, from Apple Valley – Madi-son Humpfer, Minard G. Mills Memorial Scholar-ship; Alexander King, Dean of Ag Food and Nu-trition Scholarship.


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Carlson/HaynesAmy, daughter of Paul

and Tami Carlson of Ap-ple Valley, and Tyler, son of Jeff and Kathy Haynes of Burnsville, announce their engagement.

Engagements

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Amy is a 2012 gradu-ate of the U of M DPT program and is currently working at Memorial Medical Center in Spring-field, IL. Tyler is a gradu-ate of St. Louis Univer-sity’s MHA program and is an Administrative Fel-low for Hospital Sisters Health System.

A January 25 wedding is planned at Gethsemane Church in Hopkins.

In August, the couple temporarily closed Enjoy! and sold the restaurant to Twin Cities restaurateur Bob Tinsley, who plans to reopen it under the name Vivo. The family insists Shimek’s health issues were not a factor in their decision to sell the restau-rant. At the time, the couple said they sold the restau-rant to “simplify our pro-gram.” Hamann-Roland de-scribed Shimek as an ethical businessman who treated his employees like family. Shimek’s generosity extended far beyond the restaurant. An advocate of public education, the Apple Valley resident generously contributed to Rosemount-Apple Val-ley-Eagan schools — the school district his own four children attended.

“He was a pillar of the community and a father figure to a lot of people,” his daughter, Jessica, said. When a devastating tsunami hit Sri Lanka in 2004, Shimek helped fund reconstruction efforts — namely a school — in one of the island nation’s villages. A school named after Shimek stands as a lasting reminder of his passion for helping others. One year later Hurri-cane Katrina devastated New Orleans, and Shimek and his family again ex-tended a helping hand. “They are incredibly wonderful stewards of the community and the world,” Hamann-Roland said. Shimek’s entrepreneur-ial spirit extended well be-yond Apple Valley’s bor-ders. His first venture was Heat-N-Glo, which he founded in Burnsville in 1975 with his brother, Ron

Shimek, who died in 2002. Shimek stayed on as president after the com-pany merged in 1996 with Heatilator to form Hearth and Home Technologies in Lakeville. He retired in 2002, but that was short-lived. Within a year he found-ed Eagan-based Outdoor GreatRoom Company, which designs and manu-factures upscale fire pits, furniture and kitchens for outdoor living spaces. Though Outdoor GreatRoom felt the weight of the recession, it con-tinued to thrive with an-nual sales in the millions. Aiming to save money and bring business to Minne-sota, Shimek moved the company’s engineering, production and manu-facturing operation from overseas and Salt Lake City, Utah, to its head-quarters in Eagan. A year after opening Outdoor GreatRoom,

Shimek opened Enjoy! and then Paradise Land-ing restaurant in Balsam Lake, Wis., and a winery called Chateau St. Croix in St. Croix Falls, Wis. “I wasn’t good at golf, and I enjoy business and being around good inno-vation,” Shimek said in a 2010 interview. Shimek didn’t run his businesses alone. His wife and St. Paul-based Morrissey Hospi-tality Cos. manage their restaurant, while his niece and her husband run the winery. Shimek also co-found-ed Blue Ox Advertising in Eagan with daughter, Jes-sica. Whether it was inside or outside their businesses, Shimek always made time for family, said Jessica, the eldest of Shimek’s four children. “He was an incredible father,” she said. “He was such a rock and a person

to turn to. I’ll miss that.” Jessica said her favor-ite memories of her fa-ther were listening to his stories, spending time with him at the family cabin and visiting the farm where he grew up. Born in Ripley Town-ship in Morrison County, Minn., Shimek was one of seven children. A U.S. Army veteran, Shimek survived lym-phoma as a young adult but the disease returned. On Oct. 1, Shimek was diagnosed with advanced non-Hodgkin lymphoma and given a 25 percent to 50 percent survival rate. Dan and his family felt hopeful as he began his chemotherapy, Jessica said. But a week later, doc-tors discovered the cancer was far more advanced than they initially realized. This combined with other health issues, Dan’s prog-nosis began to look bleak. Shimek died at home

with his family at his side. He is survived by his wife of 33 years, Kay; and children, Jessica Shimek, Danielle (Ricky) Dhali-wal, Kent Shimek and Richelle Shimek. A visitation is 3 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, at White Funeral Home, 14560 Pennock Ave., Apple Valley. A funeral will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 18, at St. John Neumann Catholic Church, 4030 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. Burial will follow at Fort Ripley Na-tional Cemetery near Lit-tle Falls, Minn. In lieu of flowers, the family prefers memorial donations to www.just-give.org/danshimek.


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SportsLightning gets chance to defend its titleEastview soccer teams go 1-1 in section finals

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


Eastview still has a chance to go back to back after defeating Eagan 3-2 in the Section 3AA boys soccer championship game Tuesday night. The Lightning will go to the state tournament for the third consecutive year and will defend the Class AA title it won in 2012. The date, location and opponent for next week’s state quarterfinal game will be determined this weekend. Owatonna (Section 1), Edina (2), North St. Paul (4), Prairie Seeds Acad-emy (5), Minneapolis Southwest (6), Andover (7) and Elk River (8) also qualified for state. Blaine, the team Eastview de-feated in last year’s state championship game, did not advance. Senior midfielder Jack Teske scored Eastview’s game-winning goal with about six minutes remain-ing in the Section 3AA final at Burnsville High School. Eastview had not led before then, but had trailed 1-0 and 2-1. Pierce Erickson scored in the first half, head-ing in a throw-in by Sam Fluegge. Erickson just missed scoring earlier in the game, hitting the post with a shot. Eagan scored in the final minute of the first half to take a 2-1 lead into halftime, but Fluegge con-verted a penalty kick with about 30 minutes remain-ing to tie the game. A first-half goal by se-nior captain Jacob Punch gave Eagan its first lead. The South Suburban champion Wildcats (13-2-3 overall) were the section tournament’s top seed. Eastview avenged reg-ular-season losses to two teams in the section tour-nament. The Lightning lost to Eagan 3-0 in its fi-nal regular-season game. Eastview also defeated

Apple Valley 2-0 in the semifinals after losing to Apple Valley 1-0 in Sep-tember.

Section 3AA girls To Burnsville coach John Soderholm, Tues-day’s Section 3AA girls soccer final against East-view had the makings of a state championship game. “Eastview’s a good team,” he said. “In the pre-season I picked them to be the best team in the state, and they certainly played well all year.” The Lightning played particularly well in the first half of the section final, scoring the game’s first two goals. Two-goal deficits often are death to a soccer team, especially in playoff games. But the Blaze stayed calm, got back in the game and eventually won 3-2 in a shootout at Burnsville High School. It’s the second time in three years the Blaze has qualified for the state tournament and the 11th time overall. Burnsville (16-0-3), one of two unde-feated teams in the Class AA girls tournament – Mounds View is the other – figures to be one of the top four seeds at state. Seedings and first-round pairings won’t be deter-mined until this weekend. State quarterfinal games are scheduled Oct. 23-25 at Park of Cottage Grove, St. Louis Park and Chisa-go Lakes high schools and St. Cloud State University. Even Burnsville’s play-ers and coaches marveled at their team’s comeback over their South Subur-ban Conference rival. Two first-half goals by East-view forward Kellie Mc-Gahn appeared to put the two-time defending sec-tion champion Lightning (13-3-3) solidly in control. “When we were down 1-0, I thought, ‘We’re good,’” Soderholm said. “Down 2-0, we started looking around to see if any shoulders were slump-ing. But we didn’t see any of that.” “In the past we’ve tended to get down on

ourselves when we fell behind,” said senior Han-nah Keirstead, one of the Blaze’s captains. “This time we were determined to get back in the game.” Abby Soderholm scored later in the first half to restore some of the Blaze’s energy. Keirstead redirected a corner kick from Abby Soderholm for the game-tying goal with 25 minutes, 12 seconds remaining. Keirstead usually plays midfield or defense but is sort of a designated scorer on corner kicks and free kicks. John Soderholm said most if not all of Keirstead’s five goals this season came in those situ-ations. “I get pretty excited when we get a corner kick,” Keirstead said. The best scoring op-portunity in overtime was Burnsville forward Megan Engle’s header that East-view goalie Christina Bar-ry tipped over the cross-bar. In the shootout, East-view’s first player missed wide left and Blaze goalie Darby Lofthus stopped

the Lightning’s fourth at-tempt. Keirstead, Ashley St. Aubin, Engle and Han-nah Mitby all scored to give Burnsville the section title. Maddie Haworth and Brianna Lindstrom scored shootout goals for East-view. Several Burnsville play-ers are getting a chance to win a state championship that narrowly eluded them two years ago. Keirstead, Abby Soderholm and Amanda Hartmann start-ed in the 2011 Class AA championship game that Burnsville lost to Way-zata in a shootout. Alyssa Blahnik also started that game but has missed the last two high school sea-sons because of knee inju-ries. She is a student man-ager this year. “I know I wanted to get a second chance,” Keirst-ead said. “Two years ago, in 10th grade, I wasn’t feel-ing a lot of pressure. This year there was a lot more pressure because we want-ed to go back (to the state tournament).” Regardless of what happens at state, John So-

derholm said the Blaze ac-complished something it won’t soon forget. “This game is some-thing they’ll remember, even when they’re as old

as I am,” the coach said. “Not so much because they won, but because of the way they came back.”

Eastview pressures the Eagan defense during the Section 3AA boys soccer championship game. The Lightning won 3-2 and will go to the state tournament for the third consecutive year. (Photo by Rick Orn dorf)

Eastview’s Kellie McGahn competes for control of the ball against Burnsville in the Section 3AA girls soccer championship game. (Photo by Rick Orndorf)

Eastview’s Jordan Kopfer won the Section 3AA singles championship and helped the Lightning place second in the team tournament. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)

Eastview tennis program is ascending

Lightning 2nd in Section 3AA

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


Although the scores show that Prior Lake won each of its three girls ten-nis matches against East-view by 6-1, Lightning coach Jeff Olsen said the Lightning played progres-sively better every time out. The final meeting be-tween the teams this year was the Lakers’ victory in the Section 3AA champi-onship match Oct. 10 at Lifetime Fitness in Lakev-ille. “After the first set of all the matches I would not have thought it would be a 6-1 final score,” Olsen said. “I really thought it was closer than a 6-1 match. Unfortunately, a couple of matches went to super tie-breakers (used to shorten remaining matches after Prior Lake had secured four points to clinch the victory), and Prior Lake won both of those.” Sophomore Jordan Kopfer earned Eastview’s point with a straight-set victory at first singles. Eastview finished 17-5, with four of the losses coming against teams that qualified for the state team tournament – three against Prior Lake and one against Rochester Mayo. The fifth loss was to Wayzata, which reached the Section 6AA champi-

onship match. The Lightning has just two seniors in its program this year, which points to a bright future. “We’ll have some holes to fill in the lineup, but we also have a lot of good young play-ers,” Olsen said. Eesha Varma earned a spot in the singles lineup as a seventh-grader. Taylor Kopfer, an eighth-grader and Jordan’s younger sis-ter, also played regularly.

Individual tourney Three players from Eastview and one from Apple Valley will play in the individual portion of the state tournament beginning Oct. 24 at the University of Minnesota’s Baseline Tennis Center. Eastview’s Jordan Kop-fer won the Section 3AA singles championship, de-

feating Malini Wijesinghe of Apple Valley 6-1, 6-0 in the championship match Tuesday afternoon. She will play Orono’s Zoe Lindbloom in the first round at state Oct. 24. Wijesinghe had to win a match for true sec-ond against Apple Valley teammate Mia Davis to advance to state. Wijesing-he will play Mary Claire Mayerchak of Princeton in the first round of the singles tournament. In doubles, the East-view team of Melissa Barry and Jacqueline Cy-chosz advanced by defeat-ing a Prior Lake team 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 for true second in Section 3AA. They will play Samantha Eisenreich and Leah Wurm (12) of St. Cloud Tech in a first-round match at state Oct. 24.

Eagles overcome early mistakeMcKeag scores twice as football team beats Burnsville by Mike Shaughnessy


Apple Valley might not have secured a first-round playoff bye with its 18-15 victory over Burnsville last Friday, but it gave the Eagles a chance to go into the postseason with some positive feelings. The Eagles won for the second time in three games after starting with four consecutive losses. They played host to Eagan in their final regular-season game Wednesday, after this edition went to press. The Class 5A, Section 3 playoffs start Tuesday, Oct. 22, but the two seeds in the six-team section get byes into the semifinals Oct. 26. Going into this week’s play Apple Valley was third in the section and 34th in Class 5A in the Quality Results Formula used to determine Section 3 playoff seedings. The Ea-gles needed a victory over Eagan and a Bloomington Jefferson loss to Lakeville South on Wednesday to have any chance to getting the second seed – and even that might not be enough, given Jefferson’s victory over Apple Valley earlier this season. If Apple Valley has to play a section game Tues-day, it likely would be at home against Blooming-ton Kennedy or St. Louis Park, both of which were winless going into this week. Minneapolis Wash-burn (6-1) was the only team in the section with a winning record. Apple Valley fell be-hind Burnsville early in last week’s game when the

Blaze’s Ben Sherman re-turned a fumble 97 yards for a touchdown. The Eagles responded with a strong rushing attack that eventually gained 209 yards. Sophomore Kieran McKeag ran for 97 yards on 19 carries and had two second-quarter touch-downs. Da’Shawn Lewis had 66 yards on 17 carries and Matt Morse rushed 10 times for 46 yards. Paul Cheney led the Apple Valley defense with eight tackles and also kicked field goals of 22 and 29 yards. Defensive back A.J. Hill had seven tackles and two forced fumbles.

Eastview Despite losing to Prior Lake 17-7 in its homecom-

ing last week, Eastview (3-4 overall) could still be in line for a first-round playoff home game with a victory over winless Bloomington Kennedy on Wednesday. The Class 6A playoffs begin Oct. 25. Prior Lake’s Alex Hart scored both of his team’s touchdowns in last Fri-day’s game at Eastview, in-cluding a 35-yard fumble return in the third quarter that stretched the Lakers’ lead to 10-0. Eastview pulled within 10-7 on Will Rains’ 2-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter before Hart scored on a 1-yard run late in the game.

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Apple Valley’s Matt Morse tries to break loose during the Eagles’ 18-15 victory over Burnsville last week. (Photo by Rick Orndorf)


MARK RUHL FOOTBALL

SENIORLAKEVILLE SOUTH

HIGH SCHOOLMark Ruhl proves once again that he is an integral part of the Lakeville South Offense. The Senior Captain lines up behind the quarterback as a runner, and out wide as a receiver and gets the job done both as a rusher and pass catcher. Mark’s ability lends itself to Special Teams, where he makes his mark as a kick re-turner. His efforts almost single handedly helped the Cougars beat Wayzata, one of the top teams in the state. When leading in a game, the Cougars rely on Mark to seal the game by gaining fi rst downs. When behind, the Cougars trust that Mark Ruhl will come up with a big play when needed to keep them in the game.To date, Mark has rushed for 420 yards, and three touchdowns. He has 13 receptions for 157 Yards. Mark Averages 20 yards gained every time he returns a kick. Ruhl’s commitment to the game of football, and his teammates bring credit on himself and Lakeville South High School. He is truly deserving of Male Athlete of the Week.

ALYSSA GOEHNERVOLLEYBALL

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HIGH SCHOOLVarsity starter since 8th grade, 2010-12 Star Tribune All-Metro First Team; 2011-12 St. Paul Pioneer Press First Team; 2011 Breakdown Minnesota’s Best of the Best; 2011 ESPN Minnesota Gatorade Player of the Year Runner Up; 2011 ESPN National Gatorade Player Top 10; 2011 Prep Volleyball High School All-American; 2011 National Sophomore of the Year; 2011, Minnesota State Single Season Kill Record (716), Finished #1 Prep Volleyball National Rank-ings, 2012 St. Paul Pioneer Press Player of the Year; 2012 Star Tribune Player of the Year; 2012 KARE 11 Athlete of the Week; 2012 Breakdown Player of the Year; 2012 Channel 4 CBS/WCCO Athlete of the Week; 2012 Prep Volleyball National Junior Player of the Year; 2012 Mizuno/Volleyball Girls’ High School All-American First TeamAlyssa leads the state in kills with 390 so far this sea-son. She had 41 kills in 4 sets against Eagan. She has verbally committed to Marquette University. The Lakeville North team is undefeated in match play.

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Joe McCarthy, a physi-cal education teacher at Meadowview Elementary in Farmington, probably gives the most popular homework of any teacher. McCarthy created a program to reward stu-dents for fitness, even though he believes there’s countless rewards already for being active. His fitness program has been so suc-cessful that it’s gone state-wide. During the summer, McCarthy was contacted by the Minnesota Tim-berwolves and Lynx orga-nization to help motivate younger students state-wide to get them moving

outside of class. Students in second through eighth grades in 60 Minnesota school districts will par-ticipate in the Get Fit program, which started Wednesday and will run three months. Every 15 minutes of exercise outside of class earns one point. Each student who achieves 75 points or more will re-ceive a free Tim-berwolves ticket, a poster and another NBA-related prize. The NBA was look-ing for something like the NFL Play60 program, which is a youth fitness campaign focused on get-ting young fans active for at least 60 minutes per day. The Timberwolves are the first NBA franchise to en-gage in a program like this, according to McCarthy. If

it takes off here, it could spread throughout the NBA. It’s worked at Mead-owview. In the program, stu-dents who are active out-side the school day will record their information on a form. Exercise can include playing a sport, taking a dog for a walk, playing tag, raking leaves

or shoveling snow. “I don’t want to decide what they do,” McCarthy said. “I want them to do what they want.” He has each stu-dent in class for 25 minutes every oth-er day. That’s not enough, he said, so he developed homework. There’s no deny-ing he’s passionate about health. “Obesity rates are on the rise,” he said. “Unless kids

develop heathy eating hab-its and a habit of move-ment early in life, it doesn’t look good.” To McCarthy, there’s more benefits to being an active person than a ticket to a basketball game. “This is affecting their academic performance,” McCarthy said. “When kids are active, their fo-

cus improves. The more focused, the more ready they are to learn. They’re heathier. They’re in school more often instead of be-ing home sick. Every time the body moves, it cre-ates brain cells. It relieves stress. As you feel better, you look better, you’re self confidence is better. It helps you sleep better. You listen better. There’s less problems at school.” Test scores at Mead-owview have gone up and discipline has gone down since the program started, according to McCarthy. In the next few weeks, McCarthy is giving pre-sentations at Minneso-ta, Iowa and Wisconsin teacher conferences about the movement and how it affects the brain. He’s the vice president of sport and physical eduction on the Central District Ameri-can Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Rec-reation and Dance board

and president of the Min-nesota chapter. He was the 2012 Minnesota Elemen-tary Physical Education Teacher of the Year, and he coaches track, basket-ball and soccer. Last year he helped the school win $25,000 in a contest sponsored by Chil-dObesity180. In the past three years he raised al-most $30,000 in donations for his program. Now he has the Timberwolves and the Lynx to help inspire more young people. “My biggest obstacle is lack of time with stu-dents,” McCarthy said. “Hopefully they can be active all seven days after school.” McCarthy is out exer-cising as well. He competes in triathlons when he’s not encouraging people to be active. For more information about the program, visit www.nba.com/timber-wolves/wolvesfit.

Eagan teen fights bullying Anti-bullying

event set for Oct. 22



Eagan High School sophomore Irene Hen-derson was no stranger to bullying. As a middle-schooler, she was belittled, pushed and chastised by a school bully. Now she is fighting all bullies by us-ing the greatest weapon — awareness. Henderson will host a series of anti-bullying events this month as part of National Bullying Pre-vention Month, and hopes to shed light on the issue

while helping victims es-cape their taunters. Henderson’s first event will be held from 6:45- 7:45 p.m. Oct. 22 at Turn-ing Point Dance Studio, 4101 Nicols Road, Eagan. Fliers, bookmarks and T-shirts will be available at the event. “I want to share my sto-ry and let other students know they don’t have to put up with bullies,” Hen-derson said. The campaign was in-spired by the 15-year-old’s own battle with bullying. Growing up in San Diego, Henderson had few en-counters with bullies until she entered sixth grade, when a former friend be-gan to push her around

and verbally abuse her. Henderson said she kept the problem a secret from her parents for a while, but it came to her mother’s attention one day when she came home cry-ing. An immigrant from Madagascar, her mother, Julie, was surprised by the other girl’s actions. “When I came to the U.S., I didn’t know about bullying,” Julie said. Henderson’s mother called the girl’s parents, but the problem persisted. The family moved to Eagan a month ago when her father took a job with Samsung. Though she has had positive interactions with

fellow students at Eagan High School, Henderson said she still struggles to trust new people due to the bullying. “I’ve had a positive start. Everyone has been really nice,” she said, add-ing that she felt the cam-paign would be worth-while at the school to prevent others from falling victim to bullies. In addition to the event at Turning Point Dance Studio, Henderson is working with Eagan High School on other events throughout the month.


Eagan High School sophomore Irene Henderson will host an anti-bullying event at Turning Point Dance Stu-dio in Eagan on Oct. 22 for National Bullying Prevention Month. Henderson was a victim of bullying as a middle-schooler. (Photo by Jessica Harper)

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A Meadowview Elementary student shows physical education teacher Joe McCarthy he is practicing the hand movements Mc-Carthy taught which encourage right-brain/left-brain thinking as he runs laps during gym class. (File photo)


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$42 Package• 3 line ad• 2 week run• FREE Garage Sale Kit*• Metro Wide Coverage – 318,554 homes• Rain Insurance – we will re-run your ad up to two weeks FREE if your sale is rained out.

Additional Lines $10.00Ads will also appear on sunthisweek & minnlocal.com each Wednesday by 9:00 a.m.

*Garage Sale Kits can be picked up at the

Eden Prairie office.

classifieds• Wheels 1010-1070• Sporting 1510-1580• Farm 2010-2080• Pets 2510-2520• Announcements 3010-3090• Merchandise 3510-3630• Sales 4010-4030• Rentals/Real Estate 4510-4650• Services 5010-5440• Employment 5510-2280• Network Ads 6010

$175 to $3 , 500 FOR JUNK OR WRECKED

CARS & TRUCKS 651-460-6166

www.vikingautosalvage.com

It could be yours.Call for details.952-392-6862

2510 Pets 2510 Pets

Boomer is a long haired Daschie with some attitude and spunk! He is work-ing on housebreaking but nothing a belly band won’t cure! He’s good with other dogs but best with families with kids age 12 and up that have had dogs before. He is neutered and current with shots. $250. Call Jane at 651-698-3049 or email [email protected] to learn more! Come to our adoption day at Apple Valley Petco ev-

ery Saturday from 11-3 to see more Daschunds looking for homes! See more at www.last-hope.org.

Last Hope, Inc.(651) 463-8747www.last-hope.org

BOOMER HAS SPUNK!

1020 Junkers& Repairables


651-322-1800 EXT. 2

www.upullrparts.com

WE BUY AND TOWUNWANTED & WRECKED VEHICLES

MN Licensed Dealer ~ Call for Quote

4020 Crafts, Boutiques& Flea Markets


October 16 - October 27Weekdays 9 - 8:30 Weekends 9 - 5

CENTENNIAL LAKES - HUGHES PAVILLION7499 France Ave. South, Edina

(Located on the lower level,between Chuck E. Cheese & Q.Cumbers)

Over 90 Crafters!HOME DECOR • GIFTS • VINTAGE

www.mnboutiques.com

CANDLEBERRYON THE LAKES


October 18, 19, 20Fri 10-9 • Sat 10-6 • Sun 11-4

Penn Ave & Hwy 494, BloomingtonHeart Promotions 651-438-3815

Southtown MallFall Arts, Crafts & Gifts Show

5110 Building &Remodeling

5110 Building &Remodeling

ARTHUR THEYSON

Insured, Bonded & Licensed No. 20011251

m28 yrs. exp.

Insurance Claims

5090 Asphalt/Black-topping/Seal Coating


PICTURE YOUR BEAUTIFUL, NEW DRIVEWAY• Parking Lots • Private Roadways• Overlays

• Commercial Sealcoating & Striping

952-496-3977 • 952-445-5215

Residential • Commercial$250 OFF

Any job over $2000

$100 OFFAny job over $1000Present coupon after you receive your bid.

Not valid with any other offer or discount.

Repair • Resurface • Replacement

All Work Guaranteed*

jbtblacktopping.com

Family Owned & Operated for Over 40 Years

OR

Serving the Entire Metro Area

4610 Houses For Sale 4610 Houses For Sale

Open Sunday October 20th 1:00-4:00

5840 Mount Normandale Drive, Bloomington

Budd Batterson } 612.723.8479 }

Tuscan Villa on

2.7 acres of woods

overlooking Mount

Normandale Lake.

Exceptional

architecture. Inviting

center courtyard. Mountnormandalevilla.com

1000 WHEELS

1010 Vehicles

2002 Chev Tracker 6 cyl, 168K, AC, good cond 1 ownr. No rust 612-866-0696


$$$ $200 - $10,000 $$$Junkers & Repairables

More if Saleable. MN Licensed

www.crosstownauto.net 612-861-3020 651-645-7715

$225+ for most Vehicles Free Towing

651-769-0857

1060 Trucks/Pickups

2000 GMC Senoma, 4 cyl, w/topper, 141k mi. AC, Very good runner. Good cond. No dents or rust. 952-540-6339

2500 PETS

2510 Pets

Blue Parakeet for Salewith large cage, $50.

952-831-3699 after 3pm

Isis Has Waited 6 Years & 8 Mos. For A Home!

Please be her hero and adopt her! Contact: mowercountyhumane-society.org - (507) 437-9262. $50 adoption fee. Short 80 min. drive to the Shelter, Austin, MN!

Looking for a job?Check out our Employment Section!

Two sweet Kittens! 1 year, neut., chip., blk Torti & buff Tabby, $65. 651-688-8217

Wanted: Golden Retriever 3-5 yrs old. Prefer reddish Golden, & family raised.Call John 952-567-4009

3000 ANNOUNCEMENTS

3010 Announcements

Burnsville Lakeville

A Vision for You-AA

Thursdays 7:30 PMA closed,

mixed meeting atGrace United

Methodist Church

East Frontage Road of I 35 across from

Buck Hill - Burnsville

If you want to drinkthat’s your business...

if you want to STOP that’s ours.

Call

AlcoholicsAnonymous

Minneapolis: 952-922-0880

St. Paul: 651-227-5502

Find a meeting:www.aastpaul.org

www.aaminneapolis.org

Recovery International

Self-help organization offers a proven method to combat depression,

fears, panic attacks anger, perfectionism, worry, sleeplessness,

anxiety, tenseness, etc. Groups meet weekly

in many locations. Voluntary contributions.

Dona:612-824-5773

www.LowSelfHelpSystems.org

3500 MERCHANDISE

3510 Antiques &Collectibles

◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆Vintage & Antique SalesHistoric Downtown Carver

7 Vintage ShopsOpen 3 Days Every Month!Thurs (10-5); Fri-Sat (10-4)

October 17, 18, 19Facebook:

The Occasional Shops of Carver◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆

3520 Cemetery Lots

2 spaces, 2 vaults, compan-ion memorial, Glen Haven Memorial Gardens, Crys-tal. B/O 612-850-3028

Dawn Valley, Blmgtn, one lot, Garden of the Crosses, $2,100/BO. 952-471-7193

Gethsemane (New Hope) 1 grave site, 2 burial lots. $1,340/BO. 763-473-5760

3580 Household/Furnishings

1770 Antq English Dresser, $875, 22Dx47Hx53L, Good cond. 612-799-1400

Executive Moving Sale:77” tan, lthr. couch $250; brwn micro-fiber chair w/ottoman $200; glass coffee/end tbls $75. All exc. cond!651-454-5642 612-719-6015

QN. PILLOWTOP SETNew In Plastic!! $150

MUST SELL!! 763-360-3829

SteelCase u-shaped desk unit. Like new! Reduced to $600 Plym. 715-571-1920

3600 MiscellaneousFor Sale

SCOOTER (Spitfire) w/2 batteries & access. Like new! $825/BO. 763-473-5760

Shaklee Products No shipping - I have inventory! Judy 651-454-7179

3610 MiscellaneousWanted

Buying Old Trains & ToysSTEVE’S TRAIN CITY

952-933-0200Motorcycles Wanted!

Cash for used & Damaged 651-285-1532

* WANTED * US Coins, Currency Proofs,

Mint Sets, Collections, Gold & 14K Jewelry

Will Travel. 30 yrs exp Cash! Dick 612-986-2566

◆ ◆ WANTED ◆ ◆Old Stereo / Hifi equip.

Andy 651-329-0515

3620 MusicInstruments

Musser Xylophone M-47 $1200 651-452-4818

4000 SALES


40th Annual2013 CRAFT SALE

Curt & Marlene MorrowResidence 45986 Hwy. 56

Kenyon, MN 55946Oct. 17-21; Oct. 24-27;

Oct. 31, Nov 1-3; Nov. 7-10(Thurs - Sun 10am-8pm)

Fall Boutique - Prior Lake, Oct. 25-27, 8:00 - 5:00. Crafts, Antiques, over 20 crafters. www.barnonthehill.com 2290 233rd Street East


FARMINGTON19555 Ewing St. Oct 20th Sunday 11-4pm, Vendor Open House! 13 Direct Selling Vendors. Drawing for gift basket!

4030 Garage& Estate Sales

APPLE VALLEY 10/17-18 (9-5) Rub. stamps/suppls. scrapbkng, greeting cards, HH. 7122 131st Circle

APPLE VALLEY8734 134TH St. West Oct 24-26th 9-3pm, Moving Sale! Everything must go!

Bloomington Huge Sale! 10/17-19 (8-4), 9805 1st Ave S. Tlz, collect. dye cast, cars, furn, & cloz.

Bloomington, Oct 17-19; 10-6pm. 8240 1st Av S. Old jewelry collection, quality items & much, much more.

Brooklyn Center 10/17-19 (9-6) Huge Multi-Fam lthr coat, toys, HH, cloz, wt bench. 6400 Perry Ave. N.

Brooklyn Ctr 10/17-19, 10a-4p. Lots of stuff! Big sz cloz. 5906 Halifax Ave N.

Brooklyn Park Big Mov-ing Sale! 10/18-19 (9-6), 10/20 (9-2) Furn, frig, HH, winterwear, tools, X-mas 8324 Morgan Ave No.

BURNSVILLE1216 Crystal Lk Rd. E. Oct 17-18 8-5PM, Much misc. Furn. Tools, & compressors

Eagan, Th 10/17-Fri 10/18, 9-4. Multi-Family Garage Sale. 4306 Jessica Ct.

Eden Prairie, Huge multi fam/moving sale. HH, furn cloz, gift samples, misc. 10/17-10/18, 9a-6p; 10/19, 9a-1p 11308 Entrevaux Dr

EDINA: S’dale Library Friends Book Sale - Great selection incl. Kids & CD’s Huge selection! Preview for “Friends” Members 10/17 (5-8pm). Sale held: 10/18-19 (10-4); 10/20 (12-4) Bag day $5 7001 York Ave. So.

Estate Sale- Ltl Canada, 10/19-20, 9-3. Details on: www.oldisknew.com 2736 N Rice St.

FRIDLEYGigantic Yard SaleThurs-Sat (10-6) Everything A to Z! 6850 Siverts Ln. (69th & Old Central)

Fridley: Huge Moving Sale10/18-19 & 10/26 (8-6) Wshr/dryer, frzr, furn, HH, items. 180 62nd Way NE

Golden Valley: 10/17-18 (8-5) Nitro-Flex wt. gym, treadmill, electronics, re-cords, more! Cash only-no lrg. bills 7820 Faribault St.

4030 Garage& Estate Sales

Lakeville, 10/9-10/11 and 10/16-10/19, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Designer clothing/purses, HH, women’s bike, comput-er printers, books, lots more! 20468 Kensfield Trl.

Lakeville, October 19-20, 9 am - 3 pm. Glass-ware, Books, Bikes, Ski & Sports Equip, Cloth-ing, Deck Furn, Trailer. 17414 Honeysuckle Ct.

Orono, 10/18, 9-6; 10/19, 9-5. Moving sale, furn, pic-tures, seasonal, hardwr,hh, much misc . 1212 Briar St.

PLYMOUTHMulti-Family 1 Day only! 10/17 (8-8) Jewelry, nice HH items, furn., much more! 2235 Xanthus Ln N

RICHFIELDSt Richards Catholic Church

Fri, Oct. 18 (9-5);Sat, Oct. 19 (9-12) Bag day

7540 Penn Ave. Southwww.strichards.com

ROSEMOUNT 14787 Bloomfield Circle Oct 19th 9-3pm, Furniture!

ROSEMOUNT 14898 Bittersweet Court Oct 17, 18 & 19th 9-6pm Huge Moving Sale! Furn, Tools, Antqs, HH & guns

ST LOUIS PARKSt Louis Park Union Church

3700 Alabama Ave. So. PreSale: 10/23 (12-6) Ad-mission $3. Sale: 10/24-25 (9-6); Bag Sale 10/26 (8-12)

Visit us atSunThisweek.com

4500 RENTALS / REAL ESTATE

4510 Apartments/Condos For Rent

B’Ville 1B condo; W/D; htd. gar./ pool, $950/mo., 952-923-0371

Fgtn: 2 BR, w/gar. On site laundry. Heat pd. No pets. $745 612-670-4777

Rosemount, 2 BR Off St. prkg. No Pets. Available NOW. $600 952-944-6808

4520 Townhomes/Dbls/Duplexes For Rent

Fgtn: 2BR, 1000sf + bsmnt. Hdwd flrs. Lg yd, gar. $975/mo + utils. 507-271-1170

4530 Houses For Rent

Farmignton, 4BR, 2.5BA, 1,900 sq ft, $1,400 a month for Nov 1 Call 651-235-5507

4610 Houses For Sale

AAA Cash For HousesBuying Homes Since 1991

612-801-0065

4620 Modular/Manufactured For Sale

2 BR Manuf. Home One level living, Deck,

storage shed W&D Hook-ups, skylight in BA, DW, microw. Side x Side

fridge. 952-435-7979

Apple Valley/LakevilleBorder: 3 BR, 2 BA all appliances, central airpets OK $24,000. CallDona 612-581-3833

5000 SERVICES

5080 Child &Adult Care

Diane’s Daycare - Pilot Knob & 140 St. Apple Val-ley. 612-384-2289


H & H Blacktopping612-861-6009

5140 Carpet, Floor& Tile

0% Hassles 100% Satisfaction

All Carpet & Vinyl Services. ◆Restretch ◆Repair ◆Replace

allcarpetmn.com �952-898-4444 �

0% Hassles 100%Satisfaction

All Carpet & Vinyl Services. ◆Restretch◆Repair ◆Replace

allcarpetmn.com, �763-503-6114 �

Above All Hardwood Floors Installation-Sanding-Finishing

“We Now InstallCarpet, Tile & Vinyl.”

952-440-WOOD (9663)

Escobar Hardwood Floors Carpet & Ceramic Tile

We offer professional services for your wood floors!

Installs/Repair Sand/RefinishFree Ests Ins’d Mbr: BBB

Professional w/12 yrs exp.952-292-2349

5% Discount With Ad

5140 Carpet, Floor& Tile

◆ ◆ ◆ MAC TILE ◆ ◆ ◆mactilemn.com

Ed McDonald 763-464-9959

SANDING-REFINISHINGRoy’s Sanding Service

Since 1951 952-888-9070

5150 Chimney &Fireplace Services

SWEEP - INSP. - REPAIRFull Time - Professional Ser.

Certified/ Registered / Insured29 Yrs Exp. Mike 651-699-3373

londonairechimneyservice.com

5160 Commercial &Residential Cleaning

◆CLEAN AND SHINE◆Thorough, rel. clean-ing. 14 yrs exp. Out-

standing ref’s. Dawn or Brett 952-657-5577

Cleaning: Detailed ori-ented, reliable. 20 yrs exp. Excellent References. Jane 651-252-7224


Housecleaning OpeningsWkly/Biwkly only. Reli-

able. Lori 651-329-5783

5170 Concrete/Mason-ry/Waterproofing

**A CONCRETE**PRESSURE LIFTING

“THE MUDJACKERS”Don’t Replace it Raise it!Save $$$ Walks- Steps-

Patios- Drive-Garage Floors- Aprons- Bsmnts-

Caulking Ins/Bond 952-898-2987

CONCRETE & MASONRYSteps, Walks, Drives,

Patios Chimney Repair. No job to Sm. Lic/Bond/Ins

John 952-882-0775

Dave’s Concrete & Masonry

36 yrs exp. Free ests. Ins’d. Colored

& Stamped, Driveways & Steps, Sidewalks,

Patios, Blocks, & Flrs. New or replacement. Tear out & removal. Will meet or beat almost any quote!

952-469-2754


5370 Painting &Decorating

5420 Tree Care &Stump Removal

5390 Roofing, Siding& Gutters





5510 Full-time

Learn the skills of Manufactur-

ing: Welding, Metal Stamp-

ing, Robotic Welding, Press

brakes, Sheet Lasers, Material

Handling, Assembly, Toolmak-

ing, Tool Design, Maintenance

FULL - TIME

10 - 18% SHIFT PREMIUM

EXCELLENT BENEFIT

PACKAGE

21673 Cedar Ave.

Lakeville, MN 55044

Phone: 952-469-9390

Fax: 952-469-2433

Northern Tool + Equipment, one of the country’s larg-est tool and equipment retailers, is now hiring Full-time Customer Service Representatives to support our growing business.

FT Customer Service Representatives

Our goal is one call resolution by responding promptly to customer inquiries and answering basic product questions.

Contact Center hours:

M-F 7am-6pm Sat 7am-2pm

Our next training class starts 11/4. Both year-round and seasonal thru mid-Jan positions available.

Bilingual in Spanish and/or Prior experience in parts/service/manufacturing industry, a plus.

We offer a competitive wage, excellent benefits package and casual work environment.

Equal Opportunity Employer & Drug Free Workplace

Stream Global Services Looking to Fill More

Than 100 New Positions in Eagan

Position: Inbound Sales for Dish Network – with rapid hiring

Apply at www.stream.com/careers

to learn more about the position.

Stream also provides in-depth training and ongoing development opportuni-ties to help employees build meaning-

ful careers within the company.

Stream is a global provider of busi-ness process outsourcing services, supporting many Fortune 1000 com-panies. Stream provides sales, tech-nical support and customer care services through its global network of approximately 56 service centers worldwide. Stream has had a signifi-cant presence in the Tri-County Area

for more than fifteen years.

• No cold calling• Lucrative commission plan with guaranteed base; average agent makes $40,000/year with top performers have the ability to make $92,000/year• Office environment, based in the world headquarters of Stream Global Services• Inbound Sales with warm leads• Fast paced

• Benefit package• Paid vacation and sick time

FT positions located in southeast metro. Farmington and surrounding areas. Benefi ts eligible. Work includes interior trim duties. Must be able to lift 75 lbs., run power tools, pass a background check, drug test. Valid D/L & independent transportation required for employment. Please call our jobs line: 952-380-3720

Carpentry Contractors Co. has openings for

TRIM CARPENTERSWith all levels of exp.

Apply within or online to:

Human Resources21673 Cedar Ave.

Lakeville, MN 55044Phone: 218-847-4446

Fax: 218-847-4448www.btdmfg.com

OUTSIDE SALESECM-Sun Media Group is currently looking for Outside Sales Executives with at least 1-2 years related experience in sales. Experience in a print or media industry is a plus.

The Outside Advertising Sales Executive is responsible for establishing and maintaining profitable relationships with customers on behalf of the company and actively prospecting for new accounts and maximizing sales potential with existing customers.

We are seeking the following qualities:• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Good math skills

• Self-motivated and problem-solving

• Able to identify and meet customers’ needs and requirements

• Identifies prospects, customers, and referral sources

• Develops and maintains relationships with customers

• Strong persuasive and interpersonal skills

• A strong sales aptitude

• Able to meet monthly, quarterly, and annual revenue sales goals

• Show tact, sensitivity, and professionalism with customers at all times

• A valid driver’s license, reliable transportation, and current auto insurance

The Outside Sales Executive is in contact with current and prospective customers. EXCELLENCE is a must for this challenging opportunity. We offer a competitive compensation and benefits program‚ medical, dental, 401K, life insurance, holidays, and paid time off.

Please send your resume to: [email protected] Service Affordable Prices

Senior Discounts

STORM DAMAGE RESTORATION

ROOFING • SIDING • WINDOWS

FREE ESTIMATESFREE ESTIMATES

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

3500 Vicksburg Lane Suite 400-351 • Plymouth, MN 55447

Lic # 6793

General ContractorsGeneral Contractors

Tear-offs & New Construction Siding & Gutters

Over 18 yrs exp. Free est. Rodney Oldenburg

612-210-5267952-443-9957

Lic #BC156835 • Insured

Offering the Best Extended Manufacturers Warranty

Why WaitRoofing LLC

We Take Care of Insurance Claims

•FREE ESTIMATES•INSURED

Full Interior & Exterior www.ktpainting.com 651-452-4802

A Fresh Look, Inc.

Lic. #BC626700Credit Cards Accepted

612-825-7316/952-934-4128www.afreshlookinc.com

Interior/Exterior Painting by the Pros Bonded & Insured

Free Est. • Senior Discounts

(952) 431-9970



TheOrigina

Family Owned & Operated

TheOrigina

Free Estimates

QUALITY SERVICE Since 1949

Licensed (MN# BC215366) • Bonded • Insured

612-824-2769612-824-2769952-929-3224952-929-3224

TheOriginaThe

Origina

Concrete & Waterproofing, Inc.We Specialize In:

• Buckling Walls• Foundation Repair• Wet Basement Repair• Wall Resurfacing• Garage/Basement Floors

READERS’READERS’CHOICECHOICE

READERS’CHOICEAwards

www.MinnLocal.com

www.gardnerconcrete.netwww.gardnerconcrete.net

The Original


Lowell Russell Concrete

From the Unique to the Ordinary

Specializing in drives, pa-tios & imprinted colored & stained concrete. Interior

acid stained floors and counter tops.

www.staincrete.com952-461-3710

[email protected]

Rick Concrete & Masonry All Types of Concrete Work! Additions, drive-ways, patios, stamped & colored. Tear out & replace

612-382-5953

5210 Drywall

3-D Drywall Services36 yrs-Hang • Tape • Spray • Painting 651-324-4725

Perfect WallsHang * Tape * Spray

Shawn 651-285-6588

5220 Electrical

DAGGETT ELECTRICGen. Help & Lic. Elec.

Low By-The-Hour Rates651-815-2316 Lic# EA006385

JNH Electric 612-743-7922Bonded Insured Free Ests

Resid, Comm & Service. Old/New Const, Remodels Serv Upgrades. Lic#CA06197

Lew Electric: Resid & Comm. Service, Service Upgrades,

Remodels. Old or New Constr. Free Ests. Bonded/Insured

Lic#CA05011 612-801-5364

SunThisweek.com

TEAM ELECTRICteamelectricmn.com

Lic/ins/bonded Res/Com All Jobs...All Sizes

Free Ests. 10% Off W/AdCall 952-758-7585

5260 Garage Doors

GARAGE DOORS & OPENERS

Repair/Replace/Reasonable

Lifetime Warranty on All Spring Changes

www.expertdoor.com 651-457-7776

5270 Gutter Cleaning

GUTTER- CLEANINGWINDOW CLEANING

763-JIM-PANE 763-546-7263

Insured * Since 1990 [email protected]

5280 Handyperson

0 Stress! 110% Satisfaction!Status Contracting, Inc. Kitchens & Baths, Lower Level Remodels. Decks.

Wall/Ceiling Repair/Texture Tile, Carpentry, Carpet,

Painting & Flooring#BC679426 MDH Lead SupervisorDale 952-941-8896 office

612-554-2112 cellWe Accept Credit Cards

“Soon To Be Your Favorite Contractor!”

Statuscontractinginc.comFind Us On Facebook

100% Satisfaction Guaranteed952-451-3792

R.A.M. CONSTRUCTIONAny & All Home Repairs

�Concrete �Dumpster Service�Carpentry � Baths &Tile �Fencing �Windows�Water/Fire Damage �DoorsLic-Bond-Ins Visa Accepted

952-484-3337 Call RayR & J

Construction* Decks * Basements*Kitchen/Bath Remod*Roofing & Siding*All Types of Tile

Free Quotes & IdeasA-1 Work Ray’s Handyman

No job too small!!Quality Work @ Competitive

Prices! Free Estimates.Ray 612-281-7077

5280 Handyperson

All Home Repairs! Excell Remodeling, LLC Interior & Exterior Work

One Call Does it All!Call Bob 612-702-8237or Dave 612-481-7258

Dakota Home Improvement

Kitchens, Baths, Bsmts Drywall, Tile & Decks

CCs accept’d 952-270-1895

George Lutz 35 yrs exp.Specializing in work for

the Elderly & persons w/spec. needs. Bathrooms,

ceramic tile, & grab bars. Remodeling.

952-435-5841Lic. #BC004406

5340 Landscaping

E-Z LandscapeR e t a i n i n g / B o u l d e r Walls,Paver Patios, Bobcat Work, Sod, Mulch & Rock.

Decks & Fences Call 952-334-9840

E-ZLandscape.com

Gifford’s Bobcat ServiceAuger-Backhoe-Level Bar Concrete/Asphalt remove.

Flex hrs. 952-461-3717

Modern Landscapes • Retaining Walls • Paver Patios • Design & Instal-

lation “Committed to Excellence” 612-205-9953

modernlandscapes.biz

RETAINING WALLSWater Features & Pavers. 30+ Yrs Exp /Owner Operator

763-420-3036 952-240-5533

Offering Complete Landscape Services

apluslandscapecreations.com

5350 Lawn &Garden Services

$40 Lawn AerationsMulti Neighbor Discount

Mark 651-245-7876

A Happy Yard 20% Off Fall Clean-ups, Brush

Removal, Sod & Gutter Cleaning. 612-990-0945

CAYERING LAWN SERVICE

•Fall Clean-ups •Leaf Pile Pickup •Snowplowing

• Holiday LightingRes. & Commercial

Call Tim 952-212-6390

Fall Clean-UpsSilver Fox Services

952-883-0671 Mbr: BBB

Fall Cleanups, Gutter Clean, Snowplowing. Sr Disc. Ins’d 612-810-2059


3 Interior Rooms/$250Wallpaper Removal.

Drywall Repair. Cabi-net Enameling and

Staining. 30 yrs exp. Steve 763-545-0506

612•390•6845Quality ResidentialPainting & Drywall

Ceiling & Wall TexturesH20 Damage - Plaster Re-pair Wall Paper RemovalINTERIOR � EXTERIOR

*A and K PAINTING*Int./Ext Painting/Stain-

ing & texturing. Free Est. 952-474-6258 Ins/Bond

Major Credit Cards Accepted.

Ben’s Painting

Int/Ext, Drywall Repair Paint/Stain/Ceilings. We accept Visa/MC/Discvr.,

952-432-2605 DAVE’S PAINTING

and WALLPAPERINGInt/Ext • Free Est. • 23 Yrs.

Will meet or beat any price! Lic/Ins

Visa/MC 952-469-6800

**Mike the Painter Interi-or/ exterior, Wallpaper, 35 yrs exp, Ins 612-964-5776

5380 Plumbing

SAVE MONEY - Competent Master Plumb-er needs work. Lic# M3869.

Jason 952-891-2490


A Family Operated Business

Roofing/Tear-offsNew Construction

BBB Free Est. MC/Visa

No Subcontractors Used. Lic/Ins. 952-891-8586

Fall Discounts!Regal Enterprises Inc

Roofing, Siding, Windows Gutters. Insurance Work.

Since 1980. Lic. BC 515711 952-201-4817

Regalenterprisesinc.net

NEED A ROOF? Dun-Rite Roofing/Siding

Locally owned & operated! 952-461-5155 Lic# 2017781

www.DunRiteMN.com

Randy’s ResidentialImprovements Local Roofer!

612-414-0308Lic. 2063583 BBB Member

Re-Roofing & Roof Repairs - 30 Yrs Exp

Insured - Lic#20126880 John Haley #1 Roofer, LLC.

Call 952-925-6156

◆ Roofing ◆ Siding Gutters * Soffit/Fascia

TOPSIDE, INC. 612-869-1177

Lic CR005276 ◆ Bonded ◆ Insured

33 Yrs Exp. A+ Rating BBB

* Roofing, Siding, Gutters Greg Johnson Roofing

612-272-7165. Lic BC48741


$0 For Estimate Timberline Tree & Landscape.

Fall Discount - 25% Off Tree Trimming, Tree

Removal, Stump Grinding 612-644-8035 Remove Large

Trees & Stumps CHEAP!!

612-275-2574AJ’s Tree Service

Trimming & RemovalFree Estimates & Insured

A Good Job!! 15 yrs exp.Thomas Tree Service

Immaculate Clean-up! Tree Removal/TrimmingLot Clearing/Stump Removal Free Ests 952-440-6104

Al & Rich’s Low CostStump Removal, Portable

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Books Tasha Schuh, author of “My Last Step Backward,” will share her story and offer encourage-ment to face adversities, 1-2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 20165 Heath Ave., Lakeville. Free. Mystery writing workshop with authors Marilyn Jax and Craig MacIntosh, 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, Barnes & Noble, 14880 Florence Trail, Apple Valley. Free. No registra-tion required.

Events/festivals Harvest Moon Festival, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Oct. 18-19, Da-kota City, 4008 220th St. W. on the fairgrounds in Farmington. Information: dakotacity.org or 651-460-8050. Frightmares at Buck Hill, 7 p.m. Oct. 17-20, 24-27, Buck Hill, 15400 Buck Hill Road, Burnsville. Tickets are $18 Sun-days and $20 Wednesdays-Saturdays. Information: 952-435-7174, www.frightmares.com. Valleyscare Halloween Haunt, Oct. 17-19, 25-26, Valleyfair, Shakopee. Tickets range from $30.99 to $43.99. Ages 13 and older. Information: www.valleyfair.com/haunt. Halloween at the Park, 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, Caponi Art Park, 1220 Diffley Road, Eagan. Information: 651-454-9412, www.caponiartpark.org. HallZooween, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 26-27, Minnesota Zoo, Apple Valley. Children en-couraged to wear costumes. Information: mnzoo.org.

Exhibits Visual art exhibit by Stepha-nie Molstre-Kotz is on display through October at the Robert Trail Library, 14395 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. Dan Petrov’s “The Mystery of Light” exhibit is on display through Oct. 26 in the Burns-ville Performing Arts Center gallery, 12600 Nicollet Ave. Information: 952-895-4679 or www.burnsvillepac.com. The Abode Exhibit, fea-turing quilts by the Minnesota Contemporary Quilters, is on display through November at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Informa-tion: 952-985-4640.

Music A Salute to the Rat Pack, 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, Burns-ville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave. Tickets: $22-$51 at the box office and Ticketmaster.com. Country Roads: A John Denver Celebration, 3 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 20, Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave. Tickets: $51-$71 at the box office and Ticket-master.com. “Spooky Music 2” by the Minnesota Symphonic Winds, 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center. Tickets: $25 or $15 for groups of 10 or more at the box office, by phone at 800-982-2787 or Ticketmaster.com.

Theater “Ole & Lena’s Family Re-union,” 7:30 p.m. Oct. 18-19 and 2 p.m. Oct. 20, Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holy-oke Ave. Tickets: $17.50 at www.LakevilleAreaArtsCenter.com. Mad Munchkin Produc-tions puppet shows, Friday, Oct. 25, garage at 17699 Lake Oak Circle, Lakeville. “The Great Candy Caper” for ages 3-12, 6:30 p.m.; “Late Night With Pumpkin Headerman” for ages 13 and older, 8 p.m. Bring lawn chair or blanket for seat-ing. Free, but non-perishable food donations requested. In-formation: www.madmunchkin-productions.com. “Arsenic & Old Lace,” pre-sented by the Prior Lake Play-ers Community Theatre, 7 p.m. Oct. 25-26 and Nov. 1-2, and 2 p.m. Oct. 27, Twin Oaks Middle School, 15860 Fish Point Road S.E., Prior Lake. Tickets: $14 for adults, $12 for seniors and students, and $8 for children 12 and under at www.plplayers.org or at the door. Information: www.plplayers.org.

Workshops/classes/other Classic Film Night – “West Side Story,” 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18, Steeple Center, 14375 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. Tickets: $6 at www.rosemoun-tarts.com. “Explorers of Light” pho-tography workshop, 7-9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, Steeple Center, 14375 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. Cost: $5, free for students. Registration required at www.rosemountarts.com. Rock 4 Real, an authen-tic rock ’n’ roll experience for adults, begins Oct. 23 for five sessions at MacPhail Center for Music in Minneapolis. Coaches will be Mike Arturi and Tim Ma-honey. Information: macphail.org/offerings/adults/ensembles or 612-321-0100. Broadway Connections Triple Threat Intensive for Teens, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Satur-day, Oct. 26, Pinnacle Perform-ing Arts Center, 1001 Division St., Northfield. Ages: 12-18. Cost: $95. Register at www.pinnacleperformingartscenter.com. Maiolica Tile Making, 1-5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, Eagan

Art House, 3981 Lexington Ave. S., Eagan. Cost: $30. Regis-tration required. Information: www.eaganarthouse.org or 651-675-5521. Teen Poetry Jam/Rap Bat-tle, 4-5 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at Apple Valley Teen Center, 14255 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley, 952-953-2385. Ages 12-18. Adult painting open stu-dio, 9 a.m. to noon Fridays at the Eagan Art House, 3981 Lexington Ave. S. Fee is $5 per session. Information: 651-675-5521. Drawing & Painting (adults and teens) with Christine Tier-ney, 9 a.m. to noon Wednes-days, River Ridge Arts Building, Burnsville. Information: www.christinetierney.com, 612-210-3377. Teens Express Yourself with Paint, 5-7 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. Show Biz Kids Theater Class for children with special needs (ASD/DCD programs), In the Company of Kids, 13710 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville, 952-736-3644. Broadway Kids Dance and Theater Program for all ages and abilities, In the Company of Kids, 13710 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville (Colonial Shopping Center), 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 1-3 p.m. Information: 651-675-5500. Soy candle making class-es held weekly in Eagan near 55 and Yankee Doodle. Call Ja-mie at 651-315-4849 for dates and times. $10 per person. Presented by Making Scents in Minnesota. Country line dance class-es held for intermediates Mon-days 1:30-4 p.m. at Rambling River Center, 325 Oak St., Farmington, $5/class. Call Mar-ilyn 651-463-7833. Country line dance class-es on Wednesdays at the Lakeville Senior Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Beginners, 9-10 a.m.; Intermediate, 10 a.m. to noon. $5/class. Call Marilyn 651-463-7833. The Lakeville Area Arts Center offers arts classes for all ages, www.lakevillemn.gov, 952-985-4640. Rosemount History Book Club meets 6:30-8 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Robert Trail Library. Infor-mation: John Loch, 952-255-8545 or [email protected].

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Saturday, Oct. 19 Fall Foliage Frolic, 10 a.m. to noon, Patrick Eagan Park (off Lexington Avenue, down the hill from Diffley Road). Meet at the pavilion behind the Eagan Art House for a nature hike through Patrick Eagan Park. Hike led by Craig Mandel, a premier bird-watcher and nature guide from Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter. Hosted by Friends of the Eagan Core Greenway, www.ea-gancoregreenway.org. Contact: Val Jackson, 651-470-2687. Spaghetti dinner and auc-tion to benefit Apple Valley can-cer patient Kimm Pray, 4:30-8:30 p.m. (auction), 5-7:30 p.m. (dinner), Savage American Legion Post 643, 12375 Princeton Ave., Savage. Musical entertainment: Whiskey and Prozac. Tickets: $10. Information: Ketti Green, [email protected], 763-482-2392. Benefit and silent auction for Lori Williams, 6-9:30 p.m., Babe’s Sports Bar & Grill, 20685 Holyoke Ave., downtown Lakev-

ille. Proceeds will help fund a motorized wheelchair and ex-penses for deep brain stimulation surgery to reduce Williams’ pain from dystonia as a result of car accidents. Cost: $5 at the door. Free beer from 6-8 p.m. Raffle and silent auction until 9:30 p.m. Donations can be sent to: Lori J. Williams Donation Account – US Bank, 20191 Iberia Ave., Lakev-ille, MN 55044.

Monday, Oct. 21 District 194 levy information meeting, 7 p.m., Oak Hills El-ementary, 8640 165th St., Lakev-ille.

Tuesday, Oct. 22 Let’s Dish 10th anniversary celebration, 3-7 p.m., 15052 Gleason Path, Suite 103A, Apple Valley. Wine tasting, samples, prize drawings, and the opportu-nity to dish a meal for $15. One $500 grand prize gift card and 10 $50 gift cards will be awarded. In-formation: 952-997-2380. Divorce information ses-sion, 6:30-8 p.m., Summit Ex-ecutive Suites, 1500 McAndrews Road W., Burnsville. Get your questions answered. Free. Call

The Homeward Bound Theatre Company opens the regional off-Broadway premiere of the stage musical “Children’s Letters to God” on Saturday, Nov. 2, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, Nov. 3, at 3 p.m. at the Lakeville Area Arts Center. Taken directly from the letters of young people, the musical follows the lives of five young friends as they voice beliefs, desires, questions and doubts common to all people but most disarm-ingly expressed by children. Sixteen songs and assorted scenes (some based on actual letters) explore timeless issues such as sibling rivalry, divorce, holidays, the loss of a beloved pet and first love. Tickets are $18 for adults and $15 for seniors and students. Tickets are available online at www.LakevilleAreaArtsCenter.com or at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. For additional information, call 952-985-4640. (Photo submitted)

to reserve a spot: Terryl Johnson, 952-431-0805. Sponsored by Di-vorce Financial Directions.

Wednesday, Oct. 23 How to Get Into College, Pay for It – Without Unman-ageable Debt, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Lakeville North High School, Room 248 Lecture, 19600 Ipava Ave., Lakeville. Sponsored by Lakeville Community Education. Registration required. Cost: $19. Information: 952-232-2150.

Thursday, Oct. 24 District 194 levy information meeting, 5 p.m., Lake Marion Elementary, 19875 Dodd Blvd., Lakeville. Prenatal Education Class “Childbirth and Infant Care,” 6:30-8 p.m., Bethesda Church, 15033 Highway 13 S., Prior Lake. Presented by Mary Nytes, RN and educator. This class will cover childbirth and necessary infant care once baby is born. Free. Registration is required. To register or more information, call 952-447-5683 or email [email protected].

Friday, Oct. 25 Halloween open house, 10-11 a.m., Peace Church, 2180 Glory Drive, Eagan. Hosted by MOMS Club of Eagan West. Halloween games, treats, and information on the MOMS Club. Information: [email protected] or https://www.facebook.com/MomsClubOfEa-ganWest.

Saturday, Oct. 26 North Park clean up, 8:30-10:30 a.m. Hosted by Lakeville Friends of the Environment. Meet in the wooden play area at Steve Michaud Park for coffee and treats before heading out. Wear appropriate attire, boots, gloves. Bags will be supplied. Informa-tion: Debbie at 952-250-3320. Holistic Health Fair, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Minnesota School of Business, 17685 Juniper Path, Lakeville. Vendor booths, speak-ers, demonstrations and give-aways. Free. Craft and bake sale, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Apple Valley Legion Auxiliary, 14521 Granada Drive, Apple Valley. Information: 651-423-2493. Spaghetti for Seminarians, 6-7:30 p.m., social hall, St. John Neumann Church, 4030 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. Hosted by the Faithful Shepherd Knights of Columbus. A free-will offering will be taken to benefit the educa-tion of transitional deacon Rev. Kevin Manthey. All are welcome for food and fellowship. Silent auction items include jewelry, a flat-screen television, and a 2013 Specialized Work1 cross bicycle.

Sunday, Oct. 27 Boy Scout Troop 269 Break-fast, 8-11 a.m., VFW Post 8790, Upper 208th St., Lakeville. Break-fast buffet/omelette bar with bev-erages: $8 at the door. Informa-tion: Charles at 612-840-9143. Halloween Hodgepodge, 3-7 p.m., Eagan Community Cen-ter, 1515 Central Parkway, Eagan. Cost: $6 plus a food donation for children; free for adults with a food donation.

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. • Oct. 19, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. • Oct. 24, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., St. John the Baptist Catholic School, 12508 Lynn Ave., Savage. • Oct. 29, 12:30-6:30 p.m., Messiah Lutheran Church, 16725 Highview Ave., Lakeville. • Oct. 29, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Valmont Industries, 20805 Eaton Ave., Farmington. • Oct. 30, 1:30-6:30 p.m., Al-lied Chiropractic Center of Eagan, 3410 Federal Drive, Eagan. • Oct. 31, 2-7 p.m., Glendale United Methodist Church, 13550 Glendale Road, Savage. Memorial Blood Centers will hold the following blood drive. Call 888-GIVE-BLD or visit MBC.org to make an appointment or for more information. • Oct. 31, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Argosy University, 1515 Central Parkway, Eagan.

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theater and arts briefsEagan choir’s season begins Eagan-based Exultate Chamber Choir and Or-chestra kicks off its 18th season on Oct. 26 and 27 with “Chamber Classics – Music that Exhilarates!” Performances are 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Bloomington, and 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27, at Lake Nokomis Lu-theran Church in Minne-apolis. Exultate’s complete season calendar can be found at www.exultate.org. Single tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for students and seniors over age 65. Season ticket packages and single tickets are on sale at 651-707-0727 or www.exultate.org.

Monroe Crossing at LAAC Bluegrass and gospel quintet Monroe Cross-

ing performs at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Lakeville Area Arts Center. Tickets are $21 in advance – $23 at the door – and are available online at www.Lakevil-leAreaArtsCenter.com, or at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holy-oke Ave. Advance pur-chase is recommended. For tickets or additional information, call 952-985-4640.

Burnsville author releases fifth novel Burnsville author John Solensten has released his fifth novel, “Buffalo Grass,” which is rooted in Lakota myth and legend. It follows South Dakota native son Peter Thorson from his personal failure on Wall Street to a jour-ney of self-discovery on the South Dakota prairie. The novel, published by North Star Press of St. Cloud Inc., can be found

at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

Local singing competition The North Star Com-petition, an Internet singing contest, is ac-cepting entries through Nov. 30 from singers age 18 and older. The win-ner will receive a trip to Nashville to record an album and a nationwide tour with The Color Dash 5K. Contest rules and more information can be found at North-StarSings.com.

Tonic Sol-fa holiday stop Minnesota-based har-mony group Tonic Sol-fa performs its holiday show at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4, at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $32 at the box office and via Ticketmas-ter at 800-982-2787 or Ticketmaster.com.

Vote tally crowns new tapir calf a ‘princess’ The Minnesota Zoo’s female Malayan tapir calf, the first born at the zoo in more than 20 years, has been named “Amirah” (pronounced “ah MEER ah”) through a public naming contest. Amirah, which means princess, was the winning name with 401 votes. Amirah, born July 20, has quickly become a guest favorite at the Ap-ple Valley zoo. Growing rapidly, she now weighs 101 pounds and can be seen on exhibit each morning with her moth-er “Bertie.” For the first 6-8 months of life, tapir calves resemble furry

watermelons with legs. They are dark brown to black with alternating bands of yellowish-white stripes and spots. Young tapirs can weigh as much as 450 pounds at one year of age and reach adult size in about 2-3 years. One of the most en-dangered animals in Southeast Asia, Malay-an tapir populations are declining due to habitat loss from deforestation for agricultural palm oil plantations. Palm oil is used in many food prod-ucts, cosmetics, and bath products. People can help save tropical forests that are

home to tapirs and other wildlife by purchasing products that use sus-tainable palm oil. More information is at www.mnzoo.org/DoOneTh-ing/shopping.asp. In human care, the Malayan tapir is man-aged for breeding pur-poses by a Species Survival Plan, which, through the coordinated efforts of several zoos throughout the United States, helps maintain the gene pool for the fu-ture aid of the wild pop-ulation. The zoo had four pri-or Malayan tapir births, the last one occurring in 1991.

The Minnesota Zoo’s new female Malayan tapir calf “Amirah,” which means princess, was named through a public contest. (Photo submitted)

Jim Curry, billed as “the world’s most authentic John Denver tribute artist,” will pres-ent “Country Roads: A John Denver Celebration” this weekend at the Burnsville Per-forming Arts Center. Curry is joined onstage by members of John Denver’s band – in-cluding Jim Conner on banjo/harmonica and John Sommers on fiddle – in the national touring show. Tickets for the 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20, concert range from $51-$71 and are available at the Burnsville PAC’s box office, 12600 Nicollet Ave., and through Ticketmaster.com. (Photo submitted)

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