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Edina councilconsideringsupport forneighborhoodassociationsInterested residents,council memberssay could improvecommunication in cityBY KATIE MINTZ • SUN NEWSPAPERS

Rob Erickson hit a snagwhen he tried to organize aneighborhood association inEdina early last year.

He and his neighborscouldn’t decide how large tomake the boundaries or agreeon a name.

“We’re sort of west of thecreek, or right around 70thStreet or east of the highschool,” he said. “It’s reallykind of hard to say where welive.”

Erickson said he still seesbenefit in the sense of identi-ty and community that wouldcome from an association. Heplanned to pitch the ideaagain at an annual fall neigh-borhood gathering.

Nancy Hall, who has livesacross the city near Todd Park

Edinawomantweetswith thepresidentKatie Little attendsfirst White HouseTwitter Town HallBY KATIE MINTZ • SUN NEWSPAPERS

Katie Little of Edina witnessedpresidential history earlier thismonth in 140 characters or less.

Little was in the East Room ofthe White House Wednesday, July6, when President Barack Obamasent his first live “tweet” during aTwitter Town Hall on the econo-my and jobs.

An avid user of the socialmedia platform, 27-year-old Littlewas among approximately 30 peo-ple selected for the audience fromthose who follow the officialWhite House Twitter account,@whitehouse. The total audience,including press and administra-tion staff, was 140 – same as themaximum number of charactersallowed in each tweet, or brief

Fans dressup for final‘HarryPotter’movieSouthdale Center mar-keting assistant AmySiegel uses a sortinghat from “Harry Potter”fame on Anna Dornickas friend AnnaSchubloon, bothMinneapolis 15-year-olds, looks on Thursdayafternoon, July 14, inthe Edina mall. All threeare dressed asGryffindor studentsfrom the houses ofHogwarts School ofWitchcraft andWizardry, however, theAnnas were declaredSlytherin andHufflepuff, respectively.Siegel said 11 screensshowing the finalinstallment of the“Harry Potter” series12:01 a.m. and 1:30a.m. early Friday morn-ing were sold out, sothe AMC Theatre at themall added a 3:30 a.m.showing.

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Edina teens, left to right, MaryBeth Dahl, Carolyn Pattersonand Mark Racchini water agarden they planted in the alleybehind the 4200 blocks ofSunnyside Road and 44thStreet West Wednesday, July13. The teens formed the MCMGarden Club to care for a cen-ter island in the alley.

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Edina teens plant alley gardenMCM Garden Club springsup in north Edina alley BY KATIE MINTZ • SUN NEWSPAPERS

One of Edina’s rare alleys has a raregroup of caretakers.

The MCM Garden Club, named for theinitials of its teen members Mary BethDahl, Carolyn Patterson and MarkRacchini, planted a small garden in the

alley behind their homes on the 4200blocks of Sunnyside Road and 44th StreetWest.

Neighbor Lou Blemaster began payingthe teens a modest amount to weed thealley last summer when she first put herhome on the market. They’ve now goneabove and beyond, she said.

“They have beautified our alley. They

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School board votes to put levy on ballotBY KATIE MINTZ • SUN NEWSPAPERS

Edina taxpayers will be asked toapprove a $45 million technology referen-dum this fall.

The Edina School Board voted 6-0, mem-ber Idith Almog absent, Monday, July 18, toplace the capital project levy on the Nov. 8general election ballot, as well as a renewalof its general operating levy.

The technology levy would collect $4.5million annually for the next 10 years. Itwould more than quadruple the existingtaxpayer levy for technology, which expiresin 2012.

Currently, Edina collects about $1 mil-lion a year with its technology levy. Thatprovides approximately $122 per pupil,falling behind several area districts.

Boardmember Peyton Robb said theincrease would help the district remaincompetitive.

“It’s not something that we take lightly.It’s very well thought out,” he said.

According to the district, Edina’s exist-ing technology referendum is less thanmeasures in Hopkins, Minnetonka, EdenPrairie, Wayzata, St. Louis Park andBloomington districts. At the top of thatgroup, Hopkins collects $719 per pupil eachyear. At the bottom, Bloomington collects$273.

The renewal and increase would bringEdina’s per pupil amount to $549. Thatwould include about $600,000 a year in cap-ital expenses, as well as $3.9 million a yearfor maintenance, staff training, softwareand server enhancements.

If approved by voters, the estimatedimpact on an average $400,000 home inEdina would be $220 a year, an increase of$173 from the current $48 collected for tech-nology.

The increased referendum would alsofree up general fund dollars now beingspent on technology for other uses. Whilethe district collects $1 million a year intaxes for technology, it actually spends clos-er to $3.3 million through a combination ofthe referendum, capital and general funds.

Also up for renewal is the district’s $400per pupil operating referendum, currentlyat the maximum amount allowed by thestate. It would provide about $3 million ayear for the next 10 years if approved byvoters. It would continue to have a $158annual impact on a $400,000 home inEdina.

Supt. Ric Dressen said the districtwould provide more specifics on the meas-ures leading up to the November election.

“We have a full plan we’ll roll out inAugust to share information with commu-nity,” he said.

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Appeals court finds Edina’sassessment practice legal

BY KATIE MINTZ • SUN NEWSPAPERS

The Minnesota Court of Appealsrecently upheld Edina’s practice ofassessing property owners for staff andother ancillary costs related to streetreconstruction projects.

The Tuesday, July 5, decision in GayleGaumer, et al., vs. City of Edina foundthe city was within its legal authoritywhen it included city engineering, cleri-cal services and capitalized interestcosts in an assessment for a November2009 road project in the Highlands neigh-borhood.

Gaumer, an attorney who represent-ed herself and 20 others, appealed theassessment, stating the city was in thewrong when it calculated the staff costsas percentages of the total project cost,and included interest as a capital expen-diture in the principal assessment.

Calls and emails to Gaumer and City

Manager Scott Neal were not returnedat press time.

In the project, the city assessed arearesidents for just over $840,700 of thetotal $1.3 million cost. Of the assessedamount, approximately $689,500 was forconstruction, $103,400 for engineeringand clerical work, $47,300 for capitalizedinterest – used to finance costs the cityincurs during construction before thefinal assessment – and $500 for miscella-neous expenses. The engineering costswere calculated as approximately 13 per-cent of the construction costs and theclerical costs were calculated as 2 per-cent of the construction costs. The inter-est was calculated as approximately 7.5percent of the construction costs.

Before the July 2010 trial in HennepinCounty District Court, the partiesagreed the city did not act arbitrarily,

Residents challenged city’s ability to assess forstaff costs based on percentages, charge interest

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oppressively or unreasonably by includ-ing the in-house services and capitalizedinterest in the assessment. The issuewas whether Minnesota law authorizedthe inclusions. The district court heldthat it did and also concluded thatbecause the assessment was not unlaw-ful, the residents were not entitled torecover attorney fees.

According to the decision by Court ofAppeals Judges Natalie Hudson, FrancisConnolly and Louise Dovre Bjorkman,and written by Hudson, the city andlower court were correct in their inter-pretation of law.

The residents argued that Minnesotastatute 429.031, subd. 1(d) prohibited thecity from including engineering andclerical services performed by munici-pal employees in the assessment whenthe cost is calculated as a percentage ofthe total project. The statute relating tomunicipal projects states “the compen-sation must not be based primarily on apercentage of the estimated cost of theimprovement.”

The judges contended that the subdi-vision is not a standalone provision andprior subdivisions must be referenced.For instance, subdivision 1(b), in part,

states the city council must have a pre-liminary report prepared to determine aproject’s necessity, cost-effectivenessand feasibility before ordering it.

The following subdivisions 1(c) and1(d) then set out the factors the councilmust consider in determining the com-pensation for the preliminary report ifnot completed by a city employee,according to the opinion.

Subdivision 1(c) provides that thecompensation must be based on the timeand labor required, the experience ofthe preparer, complexity of issuesaddressed and extent of responsibilitiesassumed. Subdivision 1(d) then states“the compensation must not be basedprimarily on a percentage of the esti-mated cost of the improvement.”

“We believe that the legislatureintended the word ‘compensation’ to berestricted in both subdivisions to com-pensation paid to non-municipalemployees,” Hudson wrote.

Judges also cited previous decisionsconfirming a city’s authority to calcu-late engineering costs as a percentage ofthe total assessment cost when per-formed by city employees.

Additionally, the residents arguedthat the city violated Minnesota statute429.061 by including capitalized inter-

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Dropping a line to the far side of the worldI collect postcards. It’s a

habit my friends and familyhave unwittingly enabled foryears by sending me cards fromaround the country and anaddiction I do not plan to giveup any time soon.

As a bit of a connoisseur ofthe deltiologist (postcard col-lecting) community, I regularlyperuse postcard-collecting web-sites to keep up on the latesttrends, look at galleries of real-ly interesting collections andgenerally waste time in one ofmy favorite ways. So I wasshocked the other day to discov-er an organization that will notonly provide you with theaddress of someone anywherein the world who might like toget a postcard from you, but willgive your address to card writ-ers around the globe, as well.

Shocked, I tell you. Andridiculously enthused. I signed

up right away.On a rainy afternoon, I went

to the post office to drop myfirst postcard in the mail.Because it was traveling rough-ly 4,520 miles to Latvia — yes,Latvia — I wanted to doublecheck that I had affixed enoughpostage. The postal workerchecked my card, assured methe stamps I’d placed on thecard were sufficient andpromptly stood there readingwhat I’d written to my newLatvian friend.

Strange, I didn’t recall say-ing, “Good morning, is thisenough postage? Oh, and if

you’re feeling bored, why don’tyou read this postcard I’m send-ing. It’s good stuff, I promise.Kisses!”

But that’s perfectly all right.See, that’s what I love aboutpostcards: the public intimacy.Each card sent has a messagewritten on it, destined for a sin-gle individual, but can be readby a great many people before itever reaches that person.

On a recent trip to Ireland, Idragged my very understandingwife with me to an archeologymuseum near Dingle in CountyKerry. The museum was decid-edly unstimulating, but thesmall box of antique postcards— all of them circulated — inthe gift shop? Hmmm, I don’tknow. How do you think RobertBallard felt when he realized hefound Titanic? It was a box ofmessages, some of them morethan 100 years old, giving me a

glimpse of those personal yetwide-open messages. Too badthey were so stinkin’ expensive.

I’ve always wanted to ask to asimple question of those postalworkers that read postcardsbefore they are delivered: Didyou get it? Do the postcards youread make sense to you? I can’tsay that I recall ever runningacross someone else’s mail inthat way. I wonder what it’s like.

I guess this may be just a pro-tracted daydream. Maybe noone cares about the personallives of people they’ve nevermet. But that sure won’t stop mefrom sending postcards tostrangers around the world andwondering.

Interested in getting in on thegame? Send me a postcard:

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Edina Fourth ofJuly parade a‘super event’To the editor:

I have to thank the Fourth ofJuly Parade Committee for giv-ing the Edina-Morningside classof 1951 the honor of being thegrand marshals for the recentparade.

We were exhilarated by theresponse of the spectators alongthe route. We were excited andpleased to be in the parade, butthe spectators seemed to beenjoying the parade as much ormore than we were. Big smiles,waving, laughing and the yellingof greetings were the fare thatgreeted us all along the paraderoute. Thanks Edina! You madeus proud.

Many of our classmates had-

n’t been in Edina since graduat-ing in 1951. They were amazed tosee the community pride so evi-dent from the crowd. Thanksagain. The community has asuper event.

Bill JordanMinnetonka

Jordan was reunion chair-man for the Edina-MorningsideHigh School class of 1951.

Balancing budgeton schoolsunconscionableTo the editor:

Well, the shutdown comes toan end. No one wins, but it’sgood to get our people back towork.

Unfortunately, our good statehas taken a serious hit in our

long-standing reputation beingfair-minded and progressive.Whatever happened to“Minnesota Nice?” TheLegislature protected the upper-rich at all costs.

It’s unconscionable theschool system had to take anoth-er hit. Where, pray tell, will themoney come from to pay backthe schools? We are going to bein this fiscal mess for a while –I’m afraid a long while. Whycouldn’t the upper-rich step upto the plate and help out a statethat is in deep trouble?

They, after all, made theirriches in Minnesota but couldn’thelp their state in a time ofneed. Maybe they should taketheir riches and leave.

The result of all this, in myview, will be a lot of politicianslooking for a job in 2012.

Duaine OlsonEdina

Lawmakers shouldwork on budgetTo the editor:

Rep. Keith Downey wasinvited to a community meet-ing Thursday, July 7, in Edinaabout the state governmentshutdown but didn’t attendbecause he had other priori-ties.

In the middle of a shutdownwith people furloughed fromwork without pay, his priori-ties and those of all the legis-lators should be to work every-day to find a resolution tomove forward. He and theMinnesota Republican Party’sfailure to negotiate with thegovernor is the reason for thissituation. So, it’s particularlygalling that they are not meet-

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ing every day to resolve this stalemate.Rep. Downey is quite proud of his

Performance Pay Initiative, whichmeasures outcomes of state programsbefore spending on them. I think all thelegislators should be part of thisPerformance Pay Initiative and forgotheir salaries until their work is com-plete so they too have some skin in thegame.

Finally, the Republicans are notdemonstrating leadership when theyrefuse to consider any tax increase.When will Rep. Downey and theRepublicans start representing the peo-ple of Minnesota, not just business?

Suzanne ShuteEdina

A downside to schooloptions in Edina districtTo the editor:

Too many educational options inEdina Public Schools could leave somewondering if going back to simpletimes or no options would be better.

In the last year of preschool, we allwonder here in Edina what programfor elementary school should we putour child in. There is French immer-sion, Continuous Progress, neighbor-hood and Discovery. But don’t worry –

if the school in your Edina neighbor-hood doesn’t offer one of those pro-grams, you can be bused to anotherEdina school that does (providingthere is room, which is likely if youlist a couple choices).

Our neighborhood school, Concord,didn’t offer Continuous Progress so wechose Countryside. ContinuousProgress is a family-oriented loopingsystem that is highly praised for itsability to have families build relation-ships. Friends stay together fromgrades 1-5 and possibly longer if theywere in kindergarten together. Thereare also mandatory camping tripsevery year with parents and students,again to foster long-term friendships.

So while there is bus transportationfor students to get to these schoolsfrom kindergarten to fifth grade, ifthey want to continue to the westsidemiddle school Valley View with thesesame friends, these students have noEdina bus transportation even livingin the Edina community and payingtaxes. Now with a second child goingthrough the Countryside ContinuousProgress program we think that hav-ing too many options was not a goodthing.

Giovanna IngramEdina


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stretched from Superior into mid-Michigan. What is now all of the TwinCities was under fire. Not a small erup-tion either, this lava flowed for about100,000 years.

No lava is visible now, but it’s downunder your yard, way down. Above itlies the evidence of all the events thatfollowed.

Dinosaurs were here next? Yes, theystrolled much of what is now NorthAmerica for a couple of hundred millionyears, ending about 65 million years ago.Triceratops bones may be buried rightin your backyard. They’d be over theburied lava but under what came next.

Ice, a glacier, was here? Yes, on and offfor about the last 2 million years, Edinaand the rest of Minnesota lay under a lidof solid ice. Around here it was up to amile thick. The Ice Age – called thePleistocene – wasn’t uniform, though.Paws of the glacier would advance andretreat as the climate varied within thisperiod.

The Ice Age may not even be over yet.Best estimates from scientists are that anew pulse of glaciations are likely tocome within the next 50,000 years.Global warming could change that. Youmay not want ice in your yard but youprobably don’t want to bake either.

Large, wild creatures were here? Yes,about 10,000 years ago. Walking throughwhat is now your yard, after the glaciermelted, were short-faced bears, direwolves, mastodons, mammoths and 500-pound beavers, but not all at once. They

moved north as more ice melted andhelped to form the lake and forest ecolo-gies that we see today. Being large helpsa mammal stay warm – they were andthey did.

Underground water came next? Yes,as all of that glacial ice melted, it soakedthrough the ground. And, at about thistime, ample aquifers – undergroundwater formations – came into existence.The aquifers under Edina now are theSt. Peter, the Prairie-du-Chien, the Mt.Simon-Hinckley and the Jordan. Thiswater was clean, filtered through manylayers of soils on the way down. We stilluse the Ice Age leftovers, but they arenot infinite.

Ordinary northern mammals werehere, too? Yes, as the climate moderatedstill more, by about 9,000-9,500 years ago,your yard occasionally hosted a wolf,moose, bobcat, fisher, lynx or one of theother animals we now think of as “upnorth.” We use to be the up north.

Oak savanna came next? Yes, asEdina’s climate settled down about 8,000years ago, our local ecology became oaksavanna with lots of small lakes, wet-lands and drier, slightly higher grass-land areas whose largest trees wereoaks. You may still have one of theirdescendants in your yard or on yourblock.

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“There weren’t any other plants orcolors, just some dirt,” said Carolyn, 15,a student at the Blake School.

With the help of Carolyn’s mom,Joanne Patterson, they registered as agarden club with the MinnesotaHorticultural Society. After paying a fee,clubs can receive free plants for publicspaces.

They selected plants from a commer-cial nursery, planted the garden andwater and weed a couple times eachweek during summer vacation.

Mark, 13, a student at Benilde-St.Margaret’s with an interest in landscapearchitecture, said it was fun to choosethe plants and design the garden forneighbors to see.

“We all enjoy gardening,” Mark said,“and people appreciate [the alley] beingtaken care of.”

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Robert Solheim of Edina wasrecently appointed chairman ofthe Fairview SouthdaleHospital board of trustees.Solheim has served on the boardsince 2004 and was vice chair from2009-2011. He is co-founder andpresident of the N.C. LittleMemorial Hospice in Edina, a non-profit, residential hospice for ter-minally ill patients and their fami-lies. He was previously executivedirector of the MinnesotaReporters Association and as apast president and current mem-ber of the Rotary Club of Edina, aswell as a member of numerousother organizations. As a volun-teer, he conducts Bible studies andworship at an area nursing home.

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Who’s getting paid?BY PAUL GROESSEL • SUN NEWSPAPERS

Last week, when Gov. Mark Daytonoffered to accept Republican lawmaker’sJune 30 budget proposal, with new con-ditions, it appeared the two-week gov-ernment shutdown would come to anend.

During the shutdown, with thou-sands of state employees out of worksince Dayton and legislators did notagree on a 2011-13 budget by the June 30deadline, the issue of elected officialsreceiving pay or not surfaced.

In the House of Representatives, leg-islators who declined payment duringthe shutdown can choose to get paidretroactively once the shutdown is over,according to Greg Crowe, co-controllerfor the House.

But senators will not have the optionof receiving retroactive pay, accordingto Mary Ferguson with the Office of theSecretary of Senate.

For legislators representingBloomington, Richfield, Edina and EdenPrairie, things were pretty split.

All of the representatives, except one,deferred their pay and most planned onnot taking retroactive payments afterthe shutdown.

All four of the senators kept their pay.Of course, it’s not always that cut and

dry.For those who took pay, some

throughout the House and Senate havesaid they will donate their checks tolocal charity.

Legislators can also get paid for meet-ings they attend, known as per diem pay.In both the House and Senate, per diempayments were suspended for all legisla-tors during the shutdown.

After attempting to reach all legisla-tors representing the four cities ofBloomington, Richfield, Edina and EdenPrairie by phone and most cases emailas well, several indicated their inten-tions regarding retroactive paymentsand why they did or did not accept pay-ments. Not all could be reached, howev-er.

Here’s the breakdown for legislatorsrepresenting the four cities:

Legislators who receivedpayments during the

shutdown• Sen. Geoff Michel, R-41, Edina

In an email, Michel said he has nottaken per diem pay since the end of theregular legislative session May 23.

“As deputy majority leader in theSenate, and part of the legislative leader-ship team negotiating with GovernorDayton, I continue to receive the legisla-tive salary of $31,000 per year,” Michel saidin an email Wednesday, July 13.

• Sen. Ken Kelash, DFL-63,Bloomington and Richfield

Kelash did accept pay because he didn’tnotify the proper Senate office in time, hesaid. He’ll most likely give his pay duringthe session to a charity in his district, hesaid.

“It’s a symbolic thing, and in the end itwouldn’t matter if we were being paid a lit-tle bit of money … or an outrageousamount of money … ” he said.

• Rep. Kirk Stensrud, R-42A, EdenPrairie; Sen. Dan Hall, R-40, Bloomington;and Sen. David Hann, R-42, Eden Prairie,did accept pay during the shutdown andcould not be reached.

Legislators who delayedpayments

• Rep. Ann Lenczewski, DFL-40B,Bloomington

Lenczewski said she does not plan ontaking retroactive pay after the shutdown.

• Rep. Keith Downey, R-41A, Edina“As a legislator, I thought it was impor-

tant for me to share equally in the finan-cial impact that other state employeeswere also going to experience,” he said.“So, my intention is to share in equalmeasure, if you will, the same kind ofimpact in my own compensation that theaverage state worker would experience.”

That includes back pay. If state workersreceive it, he would seek the same. If theydon’t, he won’t either, he said.

Area legislators face tough questions followingthe state shutdown: Did they take payments?Will they seek repayment after the shutdown?

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• Rep. Pat Mazorol, R-41B,Bloomington and Edina

In emails, Mazorol said he did notaccept pay during the shutdown and doesnot intend to receive retroactive pay.

• Rep. Jenifer Loon, R-42B, EdenPrairie

Loon said when she inquired about notreceiving pay during the shutdown, shehad to write a personalized note since thatwasn’t an option on the payment form.

“I basically said I want to be treated thesame as government employees,” she said.

But even if lawmakers decide to giveretroactive payments to state workers, shedoes not intend to take it.

She said she normally doesn’t take perdiem pay outside of a regular session,either.

• Rep. Linda Slocum, DFL-63B,Bloomington and Richfield

Slocum delayed her payment andintends to donate it to Cornerstone, adomestic abuse prevention group.

• Rep. Paul Thissen, DFL-63A, Richfielddid not accept pay during the shutdown,but he could not be reached.

Legislative salary is $31,140 per year.Legislators are paid monthly, which equalsapproximately $2,595.

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The first session, “CommunicatingWith Your Health Care Provider,” is 5:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2. It will providetips to better communication with doc-tors, including how to create a visit planand important questions to ask during avisit.

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Edina-based Regispartners with Roosters

Edina-based Regis Corporationrecently entered a partnership withRoosters Men’s Grooming Center, awell-established, growing franchiseconcept that combines modern groom-ing techniques with classic barbershopelements.

Randy Pearce, president of RegisCorporation, said Roosters would com-plement the Regis’ family of brands,including RAZE for Men and Pro-Cutsconcepts. Other Regis propertiesinclude Supercuts, MasterCuts andCost Cutters, among others.

Roosters will continue to be operat-ed by its management team, whichincludes CEO Greg Longe, foundersJoe and Aaron Grondin, and KurtLandwehr. Landwehr will join RegisCorporation as the head of franchisedevelopment and work with AlanStorry to oversee development of itsnine franchise brands, plus Roosters.

Roosters has 35 franchised salons in15 states including Nevada, Michigan,Georgia, Texas, Colorado and Ohio.

The company expects to open an addi-tional 40 salons during the fiscal yearending June 30, 2012, and has awardeddevelopment rights to 170 new salonsacross the country.

What can Minnesotalearn from Fukushima?

Lessons Minnesota can learn fromJapan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster isthe topic for the next BloomingtonProgressive Issues Forum meeting.

The presentation is 6 p.m. Thursday,July 21, at Davanni’s Restaurant, 8605Lyndale Ave. S., Bloomington. A dinnersocial begins at 5:30.

Christina Mills, staff scientist andpolicy analyst at the Institute forEnergy and Environmental Research,will discuss the status of Minnesota’snuclear reactors in light of theFukushima earthquake and subse-quent tsunami.

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est as a capital-expenditure cost in theprincipal assessment, saying the lawonly authorizes the city to assess peri-odic interest following the resolutionadopting the assessment.

The judges agreed that the statuteprohibits the city from beginning tocalculate the periodic interest due oneach homeowner’s assessment beforethe date the assessment is adopted, butnot that intends to prohibit the cityfrom including capitalized interest asa capital expenditure cost in the prin-cipal assessment.

“Although appellants are correctthat the city may not begin calculatinginterest on their periodic assessmentpayments until the resolution date,they are incorrect that the city wasprohibited from including financingcosts incurred prior to the resolutiondate in the assessment,” the rulingreads.

Finally, judges concluded thatbecause the city acted lawfully indetermining the assessment amount,the residents are not entitled to recov-er attorney fees.

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Claire Davidson of Edina was namedto the dean’s list for spring 2011 at St.Catherine University in St. Paul.

Hannah Kajer of Edina was named tothe second semester dean’s list at LoyolaUniversity.

The following Edina students werenamed to the dean’s list for the spring 2011semester at Marquette University: MarthaDubbs, Julia Loyd, Lauren Murray andBryan Reed.

Nathan Purdy of Edina graduatedfrom Cornell College with a Bachelor ofArts degree in economics, business andEnglish. He was also named to the springsemester dean’s list.

Brayton Kiedrowski of Edina wasnamed to the spring 2011 dean’s list atTaylor University.

Kai Roald Carlson-Wee of Edina grad-uated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Master of Fine Arts degreein creative writing.

The following Edina students graduatedfrom the University of Wisconsin-Madison:Spencer Jeffrey, Bachelor of Science,industrial engineering; MatthewCutshall, B.S., sociology; Julie Eisenberg,B.S., nursing; Janet Fronheiser, Bachelorof Arts, psychology; Kathryn Holtz, B.A.,

social welfare; Elizabeth Malone,Bachelor of Business Administration,finance investment and banking; KristenMartin, Master of Professional Frenchstudies; Molly O’Donnell, B.A., commu-nicative disorders; Adam Peczalski, B.S.,electrical engineering; Kevin Rolston,Master of Accountancy, accounting;Natalie Sandy, B.A., communication arts;Jacqlyn Shapiro, B.A., sociology; KerrySmith, Bachelor of Music, performance;Charles Tyson, B.A., communication arts;and Laura Waldman, B.A., journalism.

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“I’m on it every single day. I work parttime for a social media consultant in theTwin Cities managing Twitter andFacebook pages for various clients,” shesaid.

Little also maintains a Twitter accountfor her dog-sitting business, @yourpuppy-nanny, and frequently updates her personal

Katie Little of Edina poses in front of the White House, where she attended the first-ever Twitter TownHall with President Barack Obama Wednesday, July 6. (Submitted photo)

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House-hosted tweetup – an event wherepeople on Twitter meet up in person – aspart of the town hall and applied to attendonline the last week in June.

“I heard the next day I was one of thelucky individuals,” she said, but she wasn’timmediately convinced.

She said she and parents Fred and Betsy

Little of Edina were skeptical of the emailinvitation, which included a security clear-ance form requesting her Social Securitynumber. Typically it’s not recommended togive that information online.

Little felt confident the invitation waslegitimate after checking Twitter and see-ing other applicants received the samenotice. She said the sense of online commu-nity attracts her to Twitter.

“I know people who have got jobsthrough Twitter. If you lose a dog and youmention it on Twitter you’ll get aresponse,” she said. “Usually the Twittercommunity is great listeners and we all

want to help each other.”She booked a last-minute flight and

room at a youth hostel and arrived inWashington, D.C., Monday, July 4. She tookin a Fourth of July fireworks show at theCapitol. While in town she also visitedmuseums and went on a tour of the WhiteHouse the morning of the town hall.

At the big event, she was seated secondin from an aisle. She was able to shake thepresident’s hand as he greeted participantson his way to the stage, where he tweetedhis responses from a laptop. He was joinedby moderator Jack Dorsey, Twitter co-founder and executive chairman.

The questions came from Twitter usersin the week leading up to the event. Onnoon the day of the event, more than 60,000questions had been directed to the#AskObama “hashtag,” according to theWhite House. A hashtag is used on Twitterto mark topics, making them easy to find ina search on the website.

In another Twin Cities connection,Minneapolis Star Tribune personal financecolumnist Kara McGuire, who tweets from@Kara_McGuire, was selected by Twitteras one of eight regional curators to identify

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Fans dress up for final ‘Harry Potter’ movieEdina residents, left to right, Greta Swanson, 15, and Ingrid Swanson, 17, and Richfield residentRuth Peterson, 16, make Snitches – the game ball used in fictional “Harry Potter” Quidditchgames – Thursday afternoon, July 14, at Southdale Center in Edina while waiting for the 12:01a.m. showing of the final “Harry Potter” movie. Mall staff held a look-alike contest and other activ-ities for eager moviegoers who began lining up at 7 a.m. Greta, dressed as Luna Lovegood, wasthe female winner. Ingrid came as Bellatrix Lestrange and Ruth donned a Rita Skeeter costume.

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At right, Richfield 4-year-old Cameron Fordis congratulated bymom Tamika Ford andbaby brother JaydenAlvarado-Ford for beingthe male winner in the“Harry Potter” look-alike contest Thursday,July 14, at SouthdaleCenter in Edina.Cameron, dressed ascharacter Dobby, wasamong several whocame in costume tocelebrate the finalinstallment in the“Harry Potter” seriesreleased 12:01 a.m.Friday. He didn’t stayfor the showing, whichwas past his bedtime.Southdale Center mar-keting assistant AmySiegel, a “Harry Potter”fan, said the mallplanned several activi-ties for the movierelease “because weknew there was goingto be a ton of hype.”

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common themes in the questions andretweet those she thought should beaddressed by the president.

Little said tweetup participants were notable to ask questions during the town hall,but most gave play-by-play accounts of thehappenings on Twitter. She, however, doesnot have a smart phone, and the WhiteHouse did not offer public Wi-Fi, whichmeant she couldn’t use her iPod Touch tokeep her followers up to date. In the end, shesaid that was a good thing.

“[People] joke about it because you gosee the president and everybody is lookingdown at their laps at their phone or iPad,”she said. “I was actually just watching him,watching his mannerisms and how hereplied to everything.”

Little, who was delegate for Obama inlocal election events in 2008, said it wasexciting to see him in person, as well as theman behind “the next big social platform.”While she called it a once-in-a-lifetimeopportunity, it wasn’t all smooth sailing. Onher first day in Washington, D.C., her walletwas stolen. Her dad had to overnight herpassport to her so she could make herreturn flight Thursday, July 7.

Little said she’ll continue to use Twitterto stay in touch with her fellow partici-pants, who are posting on Twitter with the#WHtweetup hashtag.

Her dad said he doesn’t know muchabout Twitter, but can see the president’sfirst Twitter Town Hall was “a monumen-tal tech event.” He watched it live on CNN.

“At first we both said this is just anothercomputer scam, but we were so proud ofher,” Fred Little said.

A video of the Twitter Town Hall can beviewed at askobama.twitter.com. Little is vis-ible shaking the president’s hand in the bot-tom right corner at the 1 minute and 26 sec-ond mark. She is wearing a white shirt andglasses.

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Cub Scouting makes a difference inboys’ lives for many reasons; buildingtheir character and teaching them towork with others have been among themost important. Being part of Den 6,within Pack 66, is no exception.

Pack 66 is sponsored by St. Bernard’sCatholic Church, St. Paul. Den 6 is rela-tively new and was formed through aneffort of St. Bernard’s volunteers toreach out to their refugee community.For the den of 10 boys, all originallyfrom Southeast Asia, not only has CubScouting helped them reinforce relation-ships but it has also helped them breakdown language barriers. For Den 6,specifically, Scouting has reiterated a lot

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in Edina, has also got the ball rollingto form an association in her neigh-borhood.

“I think it’s a wonderful way to net-work and look after each other,” saidHall, adding she expects to kick-offthe effort as summer and vacationscomes to an end. By then, Ericksonand Hall may get some help from thecity.

The Edina City Council directedstaff to gather information on neigh-borhood association practices andpolicies at an informal work sessionlast month. Additional discussions areexpected later this summer.

City Manager Scott Neal saidmunicipalities have taken differentapproaches to the resident groups.

“Some actively don’t want them,some are indifferent. There’s somecities that want to be cooperative andsome cities give them money to exist,”he said.

Edina falls into the second type, andwhile it doesn’t prevent the independ-ent groups from forming, does notengage with them either, he said. Nealsaid he sees a potential in Edina forbetter communication between citi-zens and the city. There is growinginterest from residents and individualcouncil members as well.

“I think the city council here has todecide what role the city governmentought to play in neighborhood associa-tions,” Neal said. “They can existwithout city government helpingthem, however, if we played a slightlymore active role, who knows howmany more associations might exist.”

In Edina, there are already a hand-ful of groups with varying degrees oforganization and activity, includingassociations in the Country Club,Highlands, White Oaks andMorningside areas.

Councilmember Joni Bennett, oneof the founders of the MorningsideNeighborhood Association, said she’slong been interested in a citywide pol-icy on neighborhood associations. Shesaid for the first time since her elec-

tion to the Edina City Council in 2006it might be possible.

“We have an administration that isinterested in working with neighbor-hoods in this way,” she said.

The greatest benefit she sees is com-munication. She said neighborhoodslike hers have organized, but stilldon’t always have the two-way commu-nication with the city they hoped for.She believes city involvement is alsokey to ensuring inclusive and demo-cratic associations that are open to allhouseholds.

“You can’t have people orphaned.You don’t want any street adjacent to aneighborhood stuck out there byitself,” Bennett said.

She said she’s interested in a modellike that used in St. Louis Park.Marney Olson, community liaison forthat city, presented information at theEdina work session Tuesday, June 21.

In St. Louis Park, all households arecontained within 35 defined neighbor-hoods, 27 of which have active associa-tions, she said. The names and bound-aries were set by the city in the 1990srespecting long-existing groups like

Minikhada Oaks, one of oldest neigh-borhood associations in the state.When residents in neighborhoods vol-untarily decide to organize for thefirst time, the city allows them tochange their name and design a streetsign within certain guidelines, shesaid.

Each group is different. Somecharge dues and others don’t. Somehave frequent social gathering andothers rarely meet. The city supportsassociations by allowing them to meetin city buildings for free, printingnewsletters and providing associationcontact information on the city web-site. City staff are available to answerquestions and converse with neighbor-hood leaders, who then spread infor-mation to the their neighbors. Grantsof up to $2,000, totaling no more than$31,000 each year, are also offered forprojects in neighborhoods where theassociation has established bylawsand holds at least one annual meetingto select leadership.

Olson said nearly 20 years later the

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program is still thriving, and is mutu-ally beneficial for residents and thecity.

“They feel listened to. They feelthey can participate in public process.They feel they have a voice and that’sreally important,” she said.

Jennifer Janovy, a member of theMorningside NeighborhoodAssociation steering committee inEdina, said learning from St. LouisPark is a good first step for Edina, butshe hopes the city also consults withexisting organizations.

Morningside was once its own sepa-rate village, so boundaries werealready established when the associa-tion formed in 2003, as well as groupssuch as a women’s club dating back tothe 1930s, a men’s athletic club and

b a b y s i t t i n gcooperative.

“ B e c a u s eM o r n i n g s i d ehas socialgroups theM o r n i n g s i d eNeighborhoodAssociation isreally focusedon civic issuesand connectingpeople to theirlocal govern-ment and localissues,” she said.

It holds an annual meeting, as well associal events and informational meet-ings throughout the year. It does notcharge dues and anyone who lives in theneighborhood can participate.

The steering committee researcheshot topic issues and shares the informa-tion with neighbors so they can formtheir own opinions, she said. It also sur-veys residents and communicates thoseresults to the city when appropriate,

however, it doesnot purport torepresent all res-idents – some-thing detractorshave said is aconcern withn e i g h b o r h o o dassociations.

“We need toget over the fearthat these takeover neighbor-hoods,” saidCouncilmember

Josh Sprague, adding he’s 150 percentbehind the city stepping up its role inneighborhood associations. “I thinkthey’ll see there really is no downsideand a whole lot of up – public safety,communications and community build-ing.”

He would like to see the city takethe lead on establishing an infrastruc-ture for associations. He said groupsmostly form now around issues, like70th street reconstruction in his

neighborhood, but once the matterpasses, lack cohesion to continue. Heliked all aspects of the St. Louis Parkmodel, including the grant program.

“In a $30 million budget we canafford to kick $30,000, a small percent-age, back directly to the neighbor-hoods. The closer you get to the neigh-borhoods I think the more effective thedollars will be spent because thosepeople know what their local needsare,” Sprague said.

Other council members includingMayor Jim Hovland indicated theyweren’t ready to go as far as providingmoney to resident groups, but did sup-port the association concept.

“Neighborhood associations helpcreate a strong sense of community.Do people need neighborhood associa-tions in Edina to have a better qualityof life? I’m not sure. We’ll find thatout in the process,” Hovland said.

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Neighbors ‘I think they’ll see therereally is no downside and awhole lot of up – publicsafety, communicationsand community building.’

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STATE OF MINNESOTAHENNEPIN COUNTY

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EDINA, MN 55424Notice of Public Hearing

THE EDINA CITY COUNCIL will meet atthe Edina City Hall, Council Chambers,4801 West 50th Street, on Wednesday,August 3, 2011, at 7:00 PM, and will atsaid time and place consider the follow-ing:

Preliminary and Final Plat and Amend-ment to the Site Plan. The Waters SeniorLiving of Edina, 6200 Colonial Way,Edina, MN. Lot 1, Block 1, ColonialChurch of Edina 1st Addition. Create onenew lot and amend final site plan to re-duce building by 28 feet and parkingspaces by 39. Generally located north ofCrosstown Highway 62 and west of TracyAvenue.

Preliminary Plat, Lot Width and Lot AreaVariances . Kirby Herman 5829Brookview Avenue, Edina, MN. Lots 16& 17, Block 1, Fairfax. 2-lot subdivision.Generally located south of West 58thStreet and east of Brookview Avenue.

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EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY – JULY 22 THROUGH JULY 28

Storytime: “If You Give aMouse a Cookie”Where: Galleria Barnes &Noble, 3225 W. 69th St.,EdinaWhen: 11 a.m.Price: FreeInfo: 952-920-0633

Farmers MarketWhere: Church of theAssumption, 305 E. 77thSt., RichfieldWhen: 2-6 p.m.Info: xr.com/farmers

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Free Family Flick:“Madeline”Where: Theaters at Mall ofAmerica, Mall of America,BloomingtonWhen: 10 a.m.Price: FreeInformation: xr.com/moa

Kite FestivalWhere: Augsburg ParkLibrary, 7100 NicolletAve., RichfieldWhen: 10:30 a.m.Price: FreeInfo: 612-543-6200

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Wild About SnakesWhere: Richardson NatureCenter, 8737 E. Bush LakeRoad, BloomingtonWhen: 3-4 p.m.Price: FreeInfo: threeriversparks.org

Eden Prairie CommunityBandWhere: Centennial LakesPark, 7499 France Ave. S.,EdinaWhen: 7 p.m.Price: FreeInfo: 952-833-9587

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American Red CrossBlood DriveWhere: L.A. Fitness, 4175W. 76th St., EdinaWhen: 2-7 p.m.Info: 1-800-RED-CROSS

Dancing in the Park:Salsa LessonsWhere: Centennial LakesPark, 7499 France Ave. S.,EdinaWhen: 7 p.m.Price: FreeInfo: 952-833-9587

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Woodland PuppetsWhere: Centennial LakesPark, 7499 France Ave. S.,EdinaWhen: NoonPrice: FreeInfo: 952-833-9587

Sidewalk Café DuoWhere: Centennial LakesPark, 7499 France Ave. S.,EdinaWhen: 7 p.m.Price: FreeInfo: 952-833-9587

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Execs Big BandWhere: Centennial LakesPark, 7499 France Ave. S.,EdinaWhen: 7 p.m.Price: FreeInfo: 952-833-9587

Edina PlanningCommission MeetingWhere: Edina City Hall,4801 W. 50th St., EdinaWhen: 7 p.m.Info: cityofedina.com

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Edina Farmers MarketWhere: Centennial LakesPark, 7499 France Ave. S.,EdinaWhen: 3-7 p.m.Price: FreeInfo: 952-833-9587

Ladies Night OutWhere: 50th Street andFrance Avenue, EdinaWhen: 4-8 p.m.Price: FreeInfo: 50thandfrance.com

LIBRARY CALENDAR

Saturday, July 23• Paws to Read, 12:30-2 p.m., Southdale

Library. For children in preschool to grade4. Young readers can cuddle up with a dogor other animal and practice reading aloudwith the help of certified volunteers. Arrive12:30-1:40 p.m. to sign up for a time slot.

Monday, July 25• Baby Storytime, 11 a.m., Edina

Library. For children from birth to 24months. Delight and stimulate your baby’ssenses with books and music.

• Stories in French, 4-4:30 p.m., EdinaLibrary. For students entering grades 1-4.French storytellers will tell stories andencourage dialogue in French. Childrenwill be divided by age.

Tuesday, July 26• Family Storytime, 7 p.m., Southdale

Library. For children ages 2 and up. Sharebooks, stories, rhymes, music and move-ment with your children.

Wednesday, July 27• SCORE Business Owners

Roundtables, 3:30-5 p.m., SouthdaleLibrary. Get feedback and advice,

exchange ideas, experiences and solutionswith other business owners in a round-table discussion led by SCORE counselors.Call SCORE at 952-938-4570 to register.

• Bruce the Bug Guy, 7 p.m., SouthdaleLibrary. For students entering kinder-garten and up. Professional entomologistBruce Giebink will present an entertain-ing, hands-on program featuring insectsand arthropods.

Thursday, July 28• Guys Read Book Club: “Things Not

Seen” by Andrew Clements, 11-11:45a.m., Southdale Library. For boys enteringgrades 4-6. Join other guys to talk about agreat book. Pick up a copy of the book atthe information desk.

• Teen Guys Read Book Club: “GoodOmens” by Neil Gaiman & TerryPratchett, 11-11:45 a.m., SouthdaleLibrary. For boys entering grades 7-9. Gettogether to talk about great books withother guys. Pick up a copy of the book atthe information desk.

Southdale Library, 7001 York Ave. S.,Edina, 612-543-5900.

Edina Library, 5280 Grandview Square,Edina, 612-543-6325.

Info: www.hclib.org/pub/events.

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Edina Senior CenterFriday, July 22 – Podiatrist, 8:30 a.m.;

Social Bridge, 9 a.m.; Open Bowling atSouthtown Lanes, 9 a.m.; Gentle Yoga*,9:10 a.m.; Mah Jongg, noon; Poker, 12:30p.m.; BZZ’s**, 1 p.m.; Movie, 1 p.m.

Monday, July 25 – Golf, 7 a.m.; MahJongg, 9:30 a.m.; ACBL Bridge, 11:45 a.m.;500**, 12:45 p.m.; Cribbage**, 1 p.m.;Social Worker, 1 p.m.

Tuesday, July 26 – Tap Dance**, 9a.m.; Duplicate Bridge, 9 a.m.; PickleBall, 9 a.m.; Digital Camera, 9:30 a.m.;Retain Your Brain, 10 a.m.; Gentle Yoga*,10:10 a.m. and 11:35 a.m.;Pinochle/Canasta, 1 p.m.; Health

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Wednesday, July 27 – Tap Dance**, 9a.m.; Mah Jongg, 9 a.m.; DuplicateBridge, 9 a.m. and 12:45 p.m.

Thursday, July 28 – Low Impact*, 8a.m.; Gentle Yoga*, 9 a.m.; Pickle Ball, 9a.m.; Computer Group, 9:30 a.m.; Sit Fit*,10:30 a.m.; ACBL Bridge, 11:45 a.m.;Needle Talk/Scrabble, 1 p.m.

All events are held at the Edina SeniorCenter, 5280 Grandview Square, Edina,unless otherwise noted.

*Register with Edina CommunityEducation, 952-848-3952.

**Register with Edina Senior Center,952-833-9570.

Parade photos onlineThe Fourth of July Parade Planning

Committee has posted more than 170 pho-tographs from the event online at edina-parade.org. Click the “Photos” link on

the left side of the page to view the pho-tos. Parade-goers are also asked to com-plete a brief survey on the website to letthe committee know what they like bestand what can be improved in next year’sevent.

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STARS OF THE WEEK

Ryan CairnsCairns’ hitting, as well as his play at short-

stop, helped the Splittin’ Stitches slowpitchsoftball team to a 23-16 win over the Decoysin Edina Monday Night League action atVanValkenburg Park. Cairns hit a home run tohelp his team take a 19-0 lead in the top of thefirst inning.

Kyle EnglerEngler’s hot bat helped the Edina American

Legion baseball team earn a Tenth Districttournament spot last week. He hit five homeruns in a six-game stretch and is batting .509for the season.

Judy FreemanThe Edina golfer shot a hole in one recent-

ly at Golden Valley Country Club. She aced the113-yard 11th hole, using a 5-hybrid club.

Peter KubalakKubalak hit a three-run homer in the top of

the first inning to lead the Splittin’ Stitchesslowpitch softball team to a 23-16 victory overthe Decoys in the Edina Monday Night League.

Mike RallisThe former Edina High football captain is

working out in anticipation of fall practice withcoach Jerry Kill’s University of Minnesotasquad. Rallis, a 6-foot-2, 236-pound line-backer, started six games for the Gophers lastseason.

Tyler PolomisThe Edina runner placed eighth overall at

the Robbinsdale Whiz Bang Days 10K runJuly 9. He was second in the men’s 40-49division.

Dominick RosarioThe former Edina High track standout

placed seventh overall in the Firecracker 10Krace at Excelsior Commons. Rosario, 21, fin-ished in 34 minutes, 32 seconds.

Mark SchroederSchroeder, a veteran right-hander for the

Edina ESOX amateur baseball team, went thedistance in a 3-2 Riverview League loss tothe Hopkins Berries last week. The loss gaveEdina a 6-6 record in Riverview Leaguegames.

LOOKING AHEAD

District Legion playoffsSix teams from the South Hennepin League, six

from the North Hennepin, two from the North EndLeague and two from Wright County will vie forstate tournament berths during the Tenth Districtplayoffs Thursday, July 21, through Sunday, July24, at Wintercrest Park in Coon Rapids.

Eden Prairie, the defending state champion, isamong the district favorites along with Edina andWayzata from the South Hennepin and CoonRapids, Osseo and Maple Grove from the NorthHennepin.

“It should be a pretty strong field,” said SouthHennepin League director Gene Berg. “You’ve gotthe defending state champion, Eden Prairie, a teamthat finished second in the World Series last sum-mer, and the North Hennepin has three very com-petitive teams.”

Edina has had a string of good teams the lastfew years, including a 2008 team that took thirdplace in the state tournament.

James Dean, Matt Hopfner and Alex Lampertare leaders on the Edina pitching staff while catcherNick Denn provides offensive and defensive spark.Edina’s middle infield is solid with shortstop JoeySpellman and second baseman Nick Leer.

The top four finishers in the Tenth District tour-nament will advance to the state tournament inEden Prairie July 29-Aug. 1.

Town team playoffsBloomington, Minnetonka and St. Louis Park

are best bets to earn first-round byes in theRiverview Amateur Baseball League playoffs.

Those clubs currently hold the top three placesin the standings.

Edina is fourth in the standings and Hopkins isfifth. Both of those clubs would most likely play infirst-round series beginning this week at local sites.

In each series, the team with the higher seedplays two games of the three-game series at home.

Minnetonka is the two-time defending stateClass A amateur champion.

Urban Wildland racesRegistration is open for the Urban Wildland 5K

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Park in Richfield. The half-marathon will begin at 7a.m. and the 5K starts at 7:15.

Runners may register at www.active.com. – COMPILED BY JOHN SHERMAN

Jesse Meehan of the Decoys stretches to scoop the ball for a force play on Splittin’ Stitches runner RyanCairns in an Edina Monday softball game July 11 at VanValkenburg Park. Splittin’ Stitches used a 19-run first inning to win 23-16. (Photo by John Sherman • Sun Newspapers)

Splittin’ Stitches at VanValkenburgRec softball teamexplodes for 19 runsin the first inningBY JOHN SHERMAN • SUN NEWSPAPERS

The Decoys, co-leaders in the EdinaMonday Rec Softball DoubleheaderLeague, were shocked when Splittin’Stitches exploded for 19 runs in the topof the first inning July 11 atVanValkenburg Park.

After looking more like sitting

ducks than Decoys in the first inning,the home team rallied to make it closeat the end, losing 23-16.

Splittin’ Stitches made use of thelong ball in their big inning. Teams arelimited to three home runs a game inthis league and the Stitches reachedtheir quota in the top of the first. RyanCairns, Peter Kubalak and MikeSarazine all hit the ball out of the park.

The Stitches hit five more homeruns during the seven-inning game, buteach of those five was an automatic

SOFTBALL: TO PAGE 28


ESOX readyto enter theplayoffsGeneral Sports couldbe seeded 4th or 5thBY JOHN SHERMAN • SUN NEWSPAPERS

As the last week of the RiverviewAmateur Baseball League began July 18,the Edina ESOX were fighting to becomefourth seed for the playoffs.

Edina, sponsored by General Sports,came into Monday with a 6-6 leaguerecord while Hopkins was close behindat 5-6.

Minnetonka, Bloomington and St.Louis Park are the top three seeds andhave clinched first-round RiverviewLeague playoff byes.

Whether Edina finishes fourth orfifth, it will start the playoffs in a best-of-three series Tuesday, June 26. Possibleopponents are Northwest Suburbs, theWestside Bombers and the BrooklynPark Hodags.

“We’re not setting the world on fire,”said Edina manager Denny Scanlon,“but our pitching is good and we’ve beencatching the ball. Our hitting hasn’tbeen consistent, except for a few guys.”

Edina didn’t deliver key hits in eitherof two Riverview League losses lastweek.

The Hopkins Berries topped Edina 3-2 July 12 despite a solid pitching per-formance from Mark Schroeder.

“We were ahead 2-0 late in the game,but we made a couple of mistakes andwalked a few,” said Scanlon. “Whenyou’re not scoring a lot of runs, it’s hard-er to cover your mistakes.”

Edina had similar problems in a 7-2loss to Northwest Suburbs July 14 atBraemar Park.

“Their pitcher threw three speeds ofslow, and we had trouble hitting him,”said Scanlon. “He had been effectiveagainst us in the past because he mixesit up and comes from different armangles.”

Edina’s offensive leaders are short-stop Brashad Johnson and left fielderErik Nelson.

“Brashad is as good a town ball play-er as you’ll see around here,” saidScanlon. “We’re lucky to have him. Erik[who played for Edina High School a fewyears ago], is the most consistent hitterwe have other than Brashad.”

SHORTS

Edina flag footballEdina flag football is open to boys in

grades 6-11 this fall.The non-contact league uses Velcro flags

and plays five on five with eight to 10 playerson a roster.

Games will be played Saturday morn-ings, Sept. 10-Oct. 15. The fee of $80 per play-er is due by July 22.

See edinaboysflagfootball.com. fordetails.

EP takes over as No. 1Eden Prairie moved into the No. 1 spot in

the Minnesota American Legion Baseballstate poll last week.

Scott Hackett’s club had trailedBurnsville for the previous four weeks, butmade it back to the top spot with a strongshowing in the Gopher Classic.

Edina Prairie has a 22-5-1 record.

Ed Hendrickson runEdina High’s boys cross country team

will host the alumni for the Ed Hendricksonrun at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, at PamelaPark.

Hendrickson, an Edina Hall-of-Famer,was head track and cross country coach atEdina High School.

Register at edinacrosscountry.com.

Finanger’s golf clinicEdina High School boys golf coach Phil

Finanger is offering a short-game clinic forboys and girls, ages 9-15, the week of July 25.

Information: Coach Finanger at 952-829-7822.

Canoeing for beginnersThree Rivers Park District is offering a

beginners’ canoeing class this summer.The class will be from 6-8 p.m. Friday,

July 29, at French Regional Park inPlymouth.

The cost for the class, open to ages 12 andover, is $15 per person and reservations arerequired. The activity number to use whenregistering is 325011-11.

Information: 763-559-6700.

What’s in the woods?Three Rivers Park District is offering an

adventure in the woods for children ages 4and up from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 30, atCoon Rapids Regional Dam Park inBrooklyn Park.

The cost for the adventure is $5 per per-son. The park district activity number is315401-16. Information: 763-559-6700.

Legion team’s DH goeson a remarkable spreeBY JOHN SHERMAN • SUN NEWSPAPERS

Kyle Engler didn’t hit any homeruns for the Edina High baseball teamthis spring, and he didn’t hit any thefirst month of the American Legionseason either.

Then all of a sudden, everythingEdina’s designated hitter struck was ahome run.

Engler had five homers in a six-game stretch and boosted his EdinaLegion batting average to .509 in theprocess.

Asked about the sudden power, hegrinned and shook his head.

“The way I’ve been seeing the balllately, it’s like a beach ball coming inthere,” he said. “My timing’s good, andI’m feeling really confident now.”

“I hit three homers to left-centerfield, one to right-center and one tostraightaway center.”

“One of Kyle’s homers was up inthe lights at Braemar [Park],” said

Edina Legion head coach NickKennedy. “You don’t see that veryoften.”

With Engler’s bat showing the way,Edina clinched a spot in the TenthDistrict playoffs with two recent SouthHennepin League victories.

Edina topped St. Louis Park 12-5July 12 and Bloomington Blue 6-5 thenext night to wrap up a district berth.In a battle for first place July 14, Edinalost to Eden Prairie 5-1 as Engler gotEdina’s lone hit. After last week’sgames, Edina was 6-2 in league play.

“Eden Prairie’s pitcher, Geoff Bray,was tough,” said Engler. “He had anice curve tonight and didn’t leaveanything up. I went 1-for-3 and my hitwas kind of a squibber.”

Engler, a 6-foot-2, 175-pound 18-year-old, has been using a 33-inch DeMariniCFD bat during his recent home runstreak.

“It’s the team’s bat, but I’ve beenkeeping it in my bag,” he said.“There’s a lot of pop in it.”

Homers come in bunchesfor Edina’s Kyle Engler

Designated hitter Kyle Engler of the Edina American Legion baseball team, holding his favorite bat above,receives daily advice from his mentor, Tommy Nevers. (Photo by John Sherman • Sun Newspapers)

ENGLER: TO NEXT PAGE


out.During one flurry, foul balls

and home runs exhausted theball supply.

“We’re out of balls,” umpireBilly Moes declared.

At that point, both teamsdispatched shaggers to lookfor the lost balls in the weedsup the hill from Field 2.

“It’s great weather tonight,great weather for softball,”said Cairns after the game.“The ball was carrying prettywell, and we got hot in the firstinning.”

Hot as in sizzling – at onepoint the Stitches had nineconsecutive hits.

“We definitely came togeth-er,” said Kubalak, who pro-vides a solid bat in the middleof the order. He hits left-hand-ed and shows 400-foot power.

The experience of hittinghome runs was nothing newfor the Stitches’ sluggers.Some of them play in multipleleagues, so there are plenty of

opportunities to groove theirswings.

“I have eight home runs inthis league, 17 overall,” saidCairns.

“This makes 22 for me,”said Kubalak.

“I don’t watch my stats tooclosely,” said Sarazine, who isalso the team manager. “Iwould guess I have 14 or 15.”

The Decoys were undaunt-ed by the loss and felt goodabout the last six innings.

“That first inning wasrough,” said Decoys catcherTony Berg.

“We won the last sixinnings by 12 runs,” said JesseMeehan, one of the big slug-gers for the Decoys.

There are 13 teams in theMonday DoubleheaderLeague. The Decoys andSplittin’ Stitches are two ofthe contenders for the playoffs,which begin Aug. 1 atVanValkenburg Park.

“We have been fightingsome injuries,” said Sarazinein sizing up the Stitches’chances. “But if we haveeveryone in the lineup, we’llbe hard to beat.”

SoftballFROM PAGE 26

These three sluggers from Splittin’ Stitches hit first-inning homers during a 23-16 Edina Monday softball win over the Decoys.They are, from left, Ryan Cairns, Peter Kubalak and Mike Sarazine. (Photo by John Sherman • Sun Newspapers)

FROM PREVIOUS PAGE

EnglerBesides finding the right bat,

Engler said he has the right hittingcoach, Tommy Nevers.

Nevers was quite a hitter himselfas an Edina High School ballplayer,and he went on to play 13 seasons ofpro baseball.

“It was Kyle who made the adjust-ments he needed to make,” Neverssaid after the Eden Prairie game. “Hewasn’t getting his front foot out in apower position, and when he did thatit made all the difference.

“Before he was the best 5 o’clock[batting practice] hitter we had. Nowhe’s doing it in the games. Kyle didn’thave the kind of high school season hewanted – I don’t think he hit muchabove .200 – but he’s making the mostof the summer.”

Engler hopes his power will contin-ue during the Tenth District tourneyJuly 21-24 at Wintercrest Park in CoonRapids. The top four finishers in the16-team event will advance to the stateDivision I Legion tournament the fol-lowing week in Eden Prairie.

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2250

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2265

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2110

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WindowCleaning

612-529-4444

BLUE SKIES Window Cleaning 14 Yrs Exp

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2660

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2630

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2620

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2600

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Sealcoating2530

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2620

Auctions3020

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2510

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Lawn & Garden

2360

Painting2420

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Lawn & Garden

2360

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2380

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2360

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Roofing • Siding • WindowsLic # 20431519BC

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Leisure3700

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Minneapolis3653

St Philips Luth. ChurchPresale 7/27 (5-8p) $4 Adm;7/28-29 (9-7); 7/30 (9-12)Half Price - $5/bag - mostcloz. 6180 Hwy 65 NE

Fridley3629

Large N'Hood & YardSales 7/28-30 (8-5)HH, Clothes for all, microwave & misc.

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Crystal3619

Huge 250 Family Sale!Family of God Church

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Brooklyn United Meth.Church 7/27 (6-9) Pre-sale$3 Adm. 7/28-29 (10-7); 7/30(9-12). Sat. - ½ Price & Boxsale 10:30-12 www.bumc.org

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Sat 7/30 ONLY (8-2), kidscloz up to sz 14, toys, biketrailer. 8230 Penn Ave S.

Moving 7/28-30 (8-4) Tools,car parts, X-mas, furn.,Mn/Wmn cloz 8439 12th Av S

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Christ Lutheran Church641 89th Ave. NE, Blaine

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Garage Salesnext week3600

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July 21-23 (8-3) Antiqs,tools, HH items, fish house,more! 12610 58th Ave. N.

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P.E.O. Multi-Family SaleFurn, HH gds, plus! 7/21-23(9-5) 7917 South Bay Curve

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Oak Baby BR Set, furn.,kids toys/cloz, HH 7/22-23(8-4) 8120 Rhode Island Cir

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Estate Sale! 7/22-23 (8-3)1888 129th Ave NE, Mens,tools, HH & more!

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