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True team aspirations Eastview and Apple Valley’s track teams vied for spots in the state True Team meet but fell short of qualifying.

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Tribute to the Fab FourTribute band A Hard Day’s Night is set to perform classics from the Beatles’ catalog at the Steeple Center in Rosemount.

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Partners for SuccessGuest columnist Lisa Lusk shows how a program that helps young people succeed in school is making an impact.

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Lewis earns 2nd District GOP endorsement

Young tiger’s death was unexpected

All-girls robotics team recognized for outreach efforts

by Tad JohnsonSUN THISWEEK

DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Radio talk show host Jason Lewis earned the Republican endorsement in the 2nd District on Saturday after six rounds of balloting and an early exit from consideration by Burnsville businesswoman Darlene Miller, who will run against Lewis in an Aug. 9 primary. Lewis overcame a strong showing by South

St. Paul engineer David Gerson, who had sought the 2nd District en-dorsement against current U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville, in the past two election cycles. Gerson led after the first ballot, but Lewis took the lead in subsequent bal-lots before Gerson con-ceded the endorsement be-fore the seventh round of

results were read. Former state Sen. John Howe and Apple Val-ley resident Gene Rechtzigel trailed behind the front runners from the outset. “I am humbled

by your endorsement and I proudly accept,” Lewis said after being confirmed as the delegates’ selec-tion at Apple Valley High School.

“The endorsement of this district is so crucial,” he said. “To have the im-primatur of the activists in the district is so crucial and so important. You have got to have the grass-roots support, you have got to have the people to do the work on your team or you are not going to co-alesce around the cause in the fall.” “That is why I sought the endorsement, and it was the best decision I

made in this campaign, and I am proud to have it.” Before balloting began, Miller dropped out of consideration. Miller, who was endorsed by Kline in March, previously said she would be running in the primary. Howe has not made an announcement if he would run in the prima-ry. Lewis, known as “Mr. Right” on his KTLK-ra-

Neighbors sue food truck owner for damages

by Laura AdelmannSUN THISWEEK


State Farm Insurance, representing three neigh-bors whose property was damaged after a food truck exploded in Lake-ville last year, filed a civil lawsuit seeking more than $50,000 against business owner Martin Richie. Bradley Mann, Ken-neth Ackerman and Karl Weissenborn are named as plaintiffs with State Farm Fire and Casualty Compa-ny against Richie and his business, Motley Menus LLC, doing business as Motley Crews Heavy Met-al Grill. Also named as a defen-dant in the civil lawsuit are unknown individuals re-ferred to as “John Doe” in court documents. Plaintiffs allege Richie is negligent for the explo-sion, which the State Fire Marshal’s Office conclud-ed in a recent report was caused by leaking pro-pane. The report found three cooking griddle control knobs were left in the “off” position, but their

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SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

A 3-year-old Amur ti-ger at the Minnesota Zoo died last weekend follow-ing an emergency surgery, zoo officials said. The tiger, Nadya, had been ill the week before she died, but the cause of her illness was a mys-tery to zookeepers. Nadya had become lethargic and stopped eating, and blood tests revealed compro-mised liver function. When a painkiller was administered and Nadya still refused to eat, she underwent emergency ex-ploratory surgery, after which the tiger went into cardiac arrest, according to zoo officials. The re-sults of the surgery were inconclusive. A necropsy, or animal autopsy, is being con-ducted by the University of Minnesota in hopes of determining what caused Nadya’s death. The ti-ger had no pre-existing conditions, zoo officials said. “We are very sad over the unexpected passing of

Nadya,” Kevin Willis, the zoo’s vice president for biological programs, said in a news release. “Because she was hand raised here, she was one of our favorite animals and despite receiving the very best in medical care, she unfortunately didn’t survive. She will always be remembered by staff and volunteers as a sweet-natured tiger.” Nadya was transferred

from the St. Louis Zoo to the Minnesota Zoo in 2012 as a cub. Nadya was brought up with Sun-dari, a Minnesota-born cub, and both were hand-raised by zoo staff be-cause their mothers could not nurse them. Since it opened, the Minnesota Zoo has wel-comed more than 40 Amur tiger cubs. The zoo currently cares for four other tigers: Sundari and

Patrice, both 3, 6-year-old Putin, and 16-year-old Molniy. Molniy has already surpassed the frequently reported lifespan of 10-15 years for wild tigers, zoo officials said. He is being treated for a variety of age-related conditions in-cluding arthritis.

Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

by Jessica HarperSUN THISWEEK


An all-girls robotics team from Apple Valley High School has received international recognition for their efforts to promote science, technology, en-gineering and mathemat-ics (STEM) education in Minnesota. The Iron Maidens won the Connect Award at the First Tech Challenge World Championships, which was held April 27-30 in St. Louis. Top teams from across the globe bat-tle their robots in complex competitions at the annual event. The Connect Award is given to the one team deemed to be the best at community outreach to promote STEM educa-tion. “I love the opportunity to make an impact on the community,” team mem-ber Cori Roberts said. “And to be recognized is really exciting.” Over the past year, the

Iron Maidens have held an estimated 80 events in the area to promote STEM education, and have lob-bied at the state Capitol in favor of expanding STEM programs. The team — which is comprised of six Apple Valley High School sophomores — testified at the Legislature in March in favor of a bill that, if passed, would have pro-vided $3 million to expand STEM education pro-grams across Minnesota. That bill failed to pass the House and Senate. The teens also provided testi-mony in favor of expand-ing the First Robotics program in greater Minne-sota. In June, team members will travel to Washington, D.C., to lobby Congress for funding more STEM programs. The program provides team members an op-portunity to design, build and program their robot, which then battles in tour-

Radio talk show host prevails after sixth ballot

Apple Valley’s Iron Maidens to lobby in D.C. for STEM programs

Nadya, a 3-year-old tiger at the Minnesota Zoo, died last weekend after an emergen-cy exploratory surgery, results of which were inconclusive. (Photo: Minnesota Zoo)

Apple Valley High School’s Iron Maidens: Emily DeBoard, Cori Roberts, Atalanta Stoeke, Connie Knipe, Barbara Tan and Marie Pena (front) took home the Connect Award at the FIRST Tech Challenge World Championships in St. Louis April 27-30. The award is given to the one team deemed to be the best at community outreach to promote STEM education. (Photo submitted)

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Valley Middle School students and their families enjoyed an evening of music, dance and tacos during Spanish Culture Night on Wednesday, May 4. A group of eighth-graders performed Cuban music at the event, and Habaneros Tacos, a Minneapolis-based food truck, was on hand.

At left: Mictlan Miquiztli, a group of local Aztec dancers, brought traditional costumes and music to the event at the Apple Valley school. VMS student Melanie Rodriguez was among the dancers. (Photos submitted)

SPANISH CULTURE NIGHT AT VMS

Area BriefsBike sale to benefit Kids ’n Kinship Apple Valley resident Rick Anderson is set to host his eighth annual bike sale to benefit Kids ’n Kinship, a local youth mentoring program, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 14, at his home locat-ed at 12738 Ethelton Way. There will be more than 200 bikes for sale, ranging in price from $30 to $350, with models available for all ages and skill levels. Anyone who purchases

a bike can register to win one of two $25 gift certifi-cates for Famous Dave’s BBQ restaurant in Apple Valley. Throughout the year, Anderson gathers and tunes up donated bikes for the sale, with all pro-ceeds going to Kids ’n Kinship, an organization with which Anderson has served as a youth mentor.

MVTA adds language line The Minnesota Val-ley Transit Authority has

implemented a language line to assist non-English-speaking transit riders. Riders still call the MVTA at 952-882-7500, but when MVTA answers, callers should indicate what language is needed (such as Spanish, Manda-rin, Russian, etc.). MVTA operators will then call the language line to ob-tain someone who can speak the necessary lan-guage and translate the question(s) for MVTA and translate MVTA’s an-swers for the rider. This service is provided

through the State of Min-nesota MnIT Services on a per-call basis. Interpreters are available in some 170 languages. For more information, call 952-882-7500 or visit www.mvta.com.

Find solutions to plastic problems Lakeville Friends of the Environment, Clean Water Action, and Con-servation Minnesota host “Convenient Solutions to Plastic Problems” 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 17, at the Redwood Community Center, 311 County Road 42, Apple Valley. The event aims to help attendees find convenient solutions to living with less waste. Speakers in-clude students from the School of Environmental Studies, a Dakota County Master Recycler, electron-ics recycling experts, and a Dakota County food waste expert. RSVP at www.clean

water.org/plasticproblems. Call Debbie at 952-250-3320 with questions.

Fields of Fire paintball event The Lakeville Public Safety Foundation’s sec-ond annual Fields of Fire paintball event will be 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sun-day, May 15, at MN Pro Paintball, 22554 Texas Ave., Lakeville. General admission tickets are $50 at http://tinyurl.com/jtdqmb5 and include all battle gear. Ad-mission for active police and firefighters is $35 by contacting LPSF at [email protected]. Tickets at the event will be $60 general admission and $45 police and fire-fighter. To play paintball, par-ticipants must be 12 years of age or older. Those 18 or younger must have a parent or guardian sign a waiver available at the field on the day of the event or found online at www.

mnpropaintball.com. Fr more information, visit www.lpsfmn.org.

ProAct Golf Classic set Aug. 15 The ProAct Golf Clas-sic is set Aug. 15 at South-view Country Club in West St. Paul. The event supports people with dis-abilities and is ProAct’s only annual fundraising event. The foursome scram-ble-start tournament fea-tures skill contests, team prizes and group photos. It begins with 10:45-11:30 a.m. registration, lunch starting at 11 a.m. and a noon shotgun start. A live auction, raffle and gourmet dinner follow the game. Cost is $150 per golfer, which includes lunch and dinner, a golf cart, use of the clubhouse and practice facilities. The price for the dinner alone is $35. To register, go to pro-actinc.org.


Mother’s Day To the editor: I am a retired widow with three daughters living in Seattle, San Francisco, and Westport, Conn. I have seven grandchildren from them. None of them were able to be with me on Mother’s Day. I was having lunch at Perkins after church that day. As I finished my lunch, my server came up to me and said that the couple in the adjoining booth had taken care of my bill. It was a young couple with a small child and no mother or grand-mother accompanying them for lunch. I cannot express my feelings about their kind gesture. Their kindness made me cry and it made my day, week, month etc. I was not able

to thank them as they paid on their way out of the restaurant. This letter is to thank you from the bottom of my heart (and my daugh-ters thank you also).

KAREN KRUMPELMANNApple Valley

‘Climate Hustle’ hustleTo the editor: Curiosity led me to at-tend the May 2 showing of “Climate Hustle,” noted in the Area Briefs of these papers on April 8. It was described as, “Debunk-ing the ‘Myths’ of Global Warming.” Slightly over 30 people were in atten-dance. Based on the few I had an opportunity to talk with in the lobby prior to

the showing, plus their re-sponses both during and at the end, it appeared they were split relatively evenly between those who attended out of curios-ity and those who wished to reinforce their “climate change denial” opinions. At the end of the show about half of the attend-ees began applauding, un-til they realized how few were doing so and stopped rather abruptly. The showing consisted of seven segments with ti-tles such as “Stacking the Deck,” “Sleight of Hand,” “Switcheroo,” “Shell Game,” “Presto Chango,” “The Jig is Up,” each with basically the same five or six people making state-ments implying climate change is not even happen-

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Battle of ideologies in the Minnesota Legislature

Skybridge at 147th Street shouldn’t be built

360 Communities supports school success step by step

by Don HeinzmanSUN THISWEEK


The Minnesota House of Representa-tives may block the proposed metropol-itan-area extra half-cent sales tax that would enable the proposed Southwest Light Rail Transit project to stay on track. That extra half-cent would yield more than enough to get the federal money needed to plan and carry out the light rail line from Eden Prairie to Minneapolis. This deadlock between legislative Republicans and Democrats is a prime example where unaffected suburban leg-islators either ignore or oppose other sub-urban legislators’ interests. If Republican House members were to back their fellow suburban DFL leg-islators, the extra half-cent tax could be included in what will become this year’s transportation package. The fact is, suburban legislators show little interest in flexing exclusive suburban

power on behalf of their colleagues’ legis-lation. The division of suburban power is along ideological philosophies, not subur-ban interests. House Speaker Kurt Daudt is a Re-publican from the small community of Crown in northern Isanti County. He is opposed to light rail and favors a better bus transit system. Senate Minority Leader David Hann, also a Republican, is from Eden Prairie, the western edge of the proposed light rail, yet he has not rushed to support light rail.

Make no mistake – suburban legisla-tors have the numbers. Of the 67 Senate seats, suburban legislators hold 34: 18 DFL and 16 Republican. In the House, 56 are suburban legisla-tors: 32 Republican and 24 DFL. If there were a suburban caucus, it would have the potential of 90 members. Some say that voting blocs cause grid-lock. True enough, but consider that outstate legislators sometimes pool their votes, Minneapolis and St. Paul legisla-tors vote as an urban bloc and certainly the Iron Range has a bloc of votes. There are some unique suburban needs, particularly in education, with the need for every-day pre-K education and for the Legislature to contribute more aid for special education. Suburban communities, particularly, need better bridges, roads and highways because of traffic congestion. And as we’ve noted, light rail is need-ed to relieve traffic congestion and move

people to and from the suburbs, where the number of jobs is growing. Why are suburban legislators so reluc-tant to amass their votes and power for important legislation? Primarily because no leader is stepping up to organize a sub-urban caucus. Perhaps it’s because subur-ban issues are often as diverse as the geog-raphies that separate the east, west, north and south metro. This plea for a suburban caucus is not meant to pit suburbs against urban cit-ies. There’s general agreement that strong urban cities are vital for a vibrant seven-county area. If there were such a caucus, however, we would not be worrying about finding the funds to continue planning and build-ing the Southwest light rail line. Don Heinzman is a columnist for ECM Publishers. He can be reached through [email protected]. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

by Rich McCabeSPECIAL TO SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

As a taxpaying resident of Apple Val-ley living near and being familiar with the area around Cedar Avenue and 147th Street, I feel I have to respond to the May 6 guest column “Cedar Avenue skybridge – let’s finish the job” co-signed by Mayor Mary Hamann-Roland and several oth-ers. This is a pet project promoted by some in this city to change the charac-ter of this area in what they refer to as “Reinvestment Opportunity Areas” and outlined in the Apple Valley Bus Rapid Transit-Oriented Development Guide Plan at taxpayers expense. I was surprised when I learned that the bills – House File 3322 and Senate File 2369 – requested $5 million in bonding appropriation for an enclosed overpass over Cedar Avenue near 147th Street connecting the existing bus stations. The sad truth is that these stations have very

low usage and the expenditure of $5 mil-lion of taxpayer money is not justified or a prudent use of taxpayer dollars. To have a better idea of the usage of these stations, I did a study at two differ-ent (peak/rush hour) times, Wednesday, March 30, from 4-6 p.m. and Thursday, March 31, 6-8 a.m. On Wednesday, eight people got off the southbound busses, four people got off and five people got on the northbound busses. I observed that two people from the southbound bus-ses and one from the northbound busses crossed Cedar Avenue. On Thursday, five people got off the southbound busses and four people got off the northbound busses. One person from the northbound bus crossed Cedar Avenue. At other times during the day, there is almost no one using these stations.

To understand the time involved in crossing Cedar Avenue, I walked from the southwest corner of Cedar and 145th to the transit station on the east side of Cedar Avenue. It took me less than four minutes, including the changing of stoplights and the changes to traffic flow. I also walked from this station to the northwest corner of the intersection, which took three minutes. I found the buttons on the stoplights very responsive and to work efficiently with understand-able auto information and warnings. I had no problem with this activity. There is a lack of parking in the mixed-use area of 147th thus negating the park-and-ride activity. Not only would this project cost the taxpayers $5 million to pay off the bonds but also the interest costs. My rough es-timate for a general obligation bond, 2 percent for 20 years, would be an addi-tional $2 million or a total of $7 million for the project. An appropriation bond

interest cost at 4 percent for 20 years would be an additional $4 million. This would be even more for a 30-year bond. Also, if built, the ongoing maintenance and other costs would be the responsibil-ity of the local taxpayers. Regardless, this project given the very low number of individuals using the station in my estimation does not seem to justify the expenditure of tax funds, especially given that the state has over $8 billion in bond obligation currently outstanding with a debt service of about $1 billion annually. I am troubled that sponsors of this bill and local elected officials are not concerned about the proper stewardship of taxpayer dollars. I am also troubled that the city of Apple Valley would request money for this project without solid data to support its benefit.

Rich McCabe is an Apple Valley resident. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

by Lisa LuskSPECIAL TO SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Tears of joy and relief streaked down Sandy’s face when she processed the news. It was December, and the latest test results showed that her first-grader, Ky-lie, was now reading slightly above grade level, a monumental improvement from where she was at the beginning of the school year. Sandy was proud because she knew where her daughter had come from and the teamwork it took to get to this point. Just a year before, the divorced mother of two young children felt overwhelmed. Sandy’s ex-husband gave her no financial support, so she worked hard on her own to provide everything she could for her daughters. Her full-time retail job was not enough to makes ends meet. When school staff discovered that the family was struggling financially, they referred her to 360 Communities Partners For Success family support worker Beth Utz for help. Beth set Sandy up with a 360 Communities food shelf appoint-ment to help meet some of the family’s basic needs, connected her with donated school supplies and coats, and helped her work with Dakota County to keep her family’s medical insurance active. 360 Communities’ school-based Part-ners For Success helps preK-12 students and families overcome barriers to school success. Family support workers partner with students, parents, and educators to open lines of communication, connect families to stabilizing community re-sources, and implement effective home-based strategies that increase parental

involvement, boost attendance, and im-prove academic performance. The stabilizing support that Beth pro-vided as well as regular check-ins helped establish her as a trusted person in San-dy’s life. So this year, at fall conferences, when Sandy discovered that Kylie was having trouble with reading and writ-ing, she called Beth immediately. The first-grade teacher reported that Kylie was below grade level in reading and had trouble with sentence construction. San-dy felt lost, not knowing how to help her daughter. Beth encouraged Sandy to try a PFS Family Learning Plan. She told her that some strong intervention early can be all it takes to help a child to start feeling successful. They worked together with the first-grade teacher to develop the FLP. It involved Sandy reviewing Kylie’s home-work each night, Kylie reading out loud to her mom every night for 10-15 min-utes, and Kylie writing three sentences each night with editing and guidance from Sandy. Initially, it was tough for them to carve out the time to stick to the FLP consis-tently. In the first week, they followed through with the plan on only three out of five weeknights. However, the teacher could already notice a small improve-

ment in Kylie’s work, and Beth shared that with Sandy during their weekly con-versation. This success inspired Sandy and Kylie to make a deeper commitment to the plan. The following week, Sandy and Kylie reported that they were able to stick to the plan each weeknight. After four weeks, the routine produced dra-matic gains for Kylie. Beth modified the family learning plan to include more reading time, and supplied Kylie with new and interesting books. She suggested that Sandy and Kylie make regular trips to the library to ensure Kylie always had something new to read. By December, it was clear that all of the intensive work was paying off for everyone involved. Kylie appeared to be on a clear path to academic success. This is critical because research by the Annie E. Casey Foundation says reading proficiency by the third grade is a leading indicator of future school success. Ac-cording to the study, students who can-not read proficiently by the third grade are four times more likely to drop out of high school than proficient readers. Partners For Success is a program that the University of Minnesota’s Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement says has at least a five-to-one social return on investment thanks to increased food security, increased housing stability, and increased parental involvement. The 2015 study says that preventing as few as four students from dropping out of high school per year, generates social benefits that far exceed the cost of the program. Benefits include personal earnings gains, higher tax rev-enues, public health savings, and crime

reduction. This program is successful because of the trusting relationships that family support workers are able to build with parents, students and teachers. By work-ing together to open lines of communi-cation, and to craft custom solutions to a family’s unique set of circumstances, success can be accessible to everyone. As the 2015-2016 school year comes to a close, Kylie’s transformation has been remarkable. Her teacher reports that she has become one of the top students in her class. Sandy is using a reading list for the summer from her local library to help Kylie build on the success she has achieved this year. By guarding against summer reading loss, Sandy is ensuring a solid start to another successful school year in the fall. You can make sure this innovative program helps create steps for success for more students like Kylie. On May 21, 360 Communities’ Second Annual Steps for Success benefit walk takes place on the Thomson Reuters campus in Eagan. Help support students, families and teachers by raising funds for 360 Communities’ Partners For Success program. WCCO-TV’s Matt Brickman will emcee the event which includes 1- and 2-mile walks, free food, music by The Divers, face painting, games, and prizes. For more details and to register, visit 360Communities.org.

Lisa Lusk is director of School Success at 360 Communities, a nonprofit based in Dakota County that works to prevent violence, ensure school success, and pro-mote long-term self-sufficiency. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

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ing, let alone that humans have a part in causing it. Included in the various segments were statements that “Small groups of people are making climate change claims, confirm-ing them by ‘group think’ and propaganda”; “Earth is getting greener – CO2 is fertilizing the planet”; “There was less ice in Ant-arctica in the 1930s than there is today”; “It was warmer in Greenland in the 1930s than it is now”; “Antarctic ice cap is grow-ing”; “Indices of extreme weather are absent”; “Hurricanes in the U.S. have not increased in in-tensity or frequency since 1900”; “There has been lit-tle change in drought in 60 years”; “Global tempera-tures have held steady”; “There is no evidence of warming since 1998.” Ample data is available to prove the fallacy of most, if not all, of the above statements. In truth, re-cords for the Earth’s hot-test year were set in 1997, 1998, 2005, 2010, 2014 and 2015 per NOAA. The only “hustle” ex-posed was in the claims such as those above plus the $16.07 admission.

CARL W. “BILL” IRELANDApple Valley

Costs matter; so wake up, MinnesotaTo the editor: Minnesota business property taxes are among the highest in the nation. We rank as high as second in the country for some properties in Greater Min-nesota and sixth highest in the Twin Cities metropoli-tan area. In fact, Minne-sota businesses comprise 12.4 percent of the total property market value, but pay 32 percent of the total property tax. Costs matter and the Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce believes that

the Minnesota Legislature has an opportunity to pro-vide business property tax relief this year. Did you know that busi-nesses pay an extra prop-erty tax? Only businesses and cabins are required to pay a state business prop-erty tax in addition to their local property tax. Busi-nesses pay 95 percent of the $856 million tax that is automatically increased every year. The revenue for this tax goes to the state general fund not local governments and accounts for nearly 30 percent of a business property tax bill. Businesses have helped generate a projected bud-get surplus exceeding $900 million and we are count-ing on our legislators to share some of the surplus with businesses across the state in the form of busi-ness property tax relief. With only a few days re-maining in the 2016 Legis-lative Session, we urge the governor and local legisla-tors to pass business prop-erty tax relief and remove the automatic inflator. There is no reason to wait for another year. States surrounding Minnesota do not impose this burden on their businesses. Let’s

be competitive and make Minnesota the best place to start and grow a busi-ness. Wake up, Minnesota!

VICKI STUTEDakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce president

Kindernook says goodbye To the editor: The Kindernook doors will be closed forever at the end of May due to road expansion plans in Lakeville. I was hoping someone would just move the little red school house to a new location, that was me being selfish. Thanks to a parent recommendation, I be-gan bringing my daycare kids to this preschool pro-gram about a decade ago. At first it was convenient choice, but it did not take too very long to discover what a treasure we had un-covered in Kindernook. The preschoolers al-ways come home with fun songs, stories, and games to share. They loved every minute of preschool. Lau-ra Saarela and Yvonne Kes run the preschool because they love the children, it

is truly a labor of love in-side that little quaint red house. The older kids al-ways want to go back and visit these ladies on their off days, that simply says so much about them. I am sure many people had kids who attended Kindernook at some point along the way. So please take the time to stop in or write a note to thank them and wish them well. They

are having a Goodbye Ga-rage Sale 1-4 p.m. Friday, May 27, and 9-11 a.m. Saturday, May 28. It will be bittersweet let-ting go, but like the saying goes all great things come to an end. We will treasure them and be thankful for the time they shared help-ing our children to bloom and grow into awesome young children. We are so blessed they have taught in our community as long as they did.

PAM STEINHAGEN and AUDREY BAUERLakeville

Two programs deserve Kline’s support To the editor: Two programs have helped low-income work-ers and struggling fami-lies keep food on the table at home. They are the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Supple-mental Nutritional Assis-tance Program (SNAP). EITC helped keep 9 million Americans out of poverty last year, most of them children. SNAP has been a bul-wark against hunger for families without a lot of

resources. Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, is supporting extending the EITC to cover previously ineligible childless people. He has set up a group of House committee chairs, a Task Force on Poverty, Op-portunity and Upward Mobility, to examine and make recommendations on programs like EITC and SNAP. Speaker Ryan recom-mends expanding eligibil-ity for the Earned Income Tax Credit. Minnesota’s 2nd District Congressman John Kline is a member of this Task Force, and is re-tiring in January. He has a chance to make a differ-ence before leaving office for struggling citizens in his district and the entire country, as leaders in his party are advocating. Let’s extend full EITC to childless workers. Let’s keep SNAP as a lifeline strategically administered and guaranteed by the federal government for all qualified Americans. And let’s recognize these pro-grams as both humanitar-ian policies and lucrative financial investments.

PAUL HOFFINGEREagan

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SeniorsApple Valley seniors The Apple Valley Senior Center, 14601 Hayes Road, is home to the following activi-ties, which are organized and run by the Apple Valley Seniors and Apple Valley Parks and Recreation. The facility is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For information, call 952-953-2345 or go to www.cityofapplevalley.org. Monday, May 16 – Int. Line Dancing, 9:30 a.m.; Tap Danc-ing, 9:30 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Defensive Driving, noon; Pool, noon; Women’s Table Tennis, 12:30 p.m.; Bridge, 12:45 p.m.; Happy Stitchers, 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 17 – Quilt-ing Bees, 9 a.m.; Zumba Gold, 9:15 a.m.; Tuesday Painters, 9:30 a.m.; Bike Group, 10 a.m.; Blood Pressure Checks, 11:15 a.m.; Catered Lunch, 11:30 a.m.; Cribbage, noon; Pool, noon; Pinochle, 12:30 p.m.; Hand & Foot Cards, 1 p.m.; Table Ten-nis, 1 p.m.; Spanish – Intermedi-ate, 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 18 – Donat-ed Bread, 9 a.m.; F.F. on Spokes,

9:30 a.m.; Yoga, 9:45 a.m.; Vel-vet Tones, 10 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Men’s Bowl-ing at Apple Place Bowl, noon; Pool, noon; Dominoes, 1 p.m.; Mahjong, 1 p.m. Thursday, May 19 – Beg. Line Dancing, 9:15 a.m.; Int. Line Dancing, 10 a.m.; FMSC, 11:30 a.m.; Pool, noon; Insur-ance Counseling, noon; Dupli-cate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Table Tennis, 1 p.m.; Hardanger, 1 p.m.; 500, 1 p.m.; Color & Chat, 1:30 p.m. Friday, May 20 – Men’s Breakfast, 8:30 a.m.; Defensive Driving, 9 a.m.; Women’s Break-fast, 9 a.m.; F.F. on Spokes, 9:30 a.m.; Nicollet Island Presenta-tion, 10 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Women’s Pool, 11 a.m.; Men’s Bowling at Apple Place Bowl, noon; Members Bingo, 12:30 p.m.

Burnsville seniors The Burnsville Senior Center is located in the Diamondhead Education Center at 200 W. Burnsville Parkway. Call 952-707-4120 for information about the following senior events. Monday, May 16 – Sunrise

Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Cribbage, 10 a.m.; Pinochle, 12:45 p.m.; SS Flex. Tuesday, May 17 – Scrabble, 10:30 a.m.; SS Yoga, 10:30 a.m.; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Line Dancing. Wednesday, May 18 – Wood-carvers, 8 a.m.; Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Cribbage, 10 a.m.; Chair Tai Chi, 11 a.m.; 500, 12:45 p.m.; Belle Luncheon Por-ter Creek, 1 p.m.; SS Flex. Thursday, May 19 – Foot Clinic, 9 a.m.; Health Insurance Council, 9 a.m.; Belle Scrappers, 9:30 a.m.; Crafters, 10 a.m.; SS Yoga, 10:30 a.m.; Defensive Driving Refresher, noon; Wood Carving, 6 p.m. Friday, May 20 – Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Painting, 9 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 12:15 p.m.; SS Flex.

Eagan seniors For information on senior events, read the Front Porch newsletter on the city of Eagan website. Become a senior center member for a $10 annual fee and receive the Front Porch quarter-ly by mail. Call 651-675-5500 for more information.

Rosemount seniors The Rosemount Area Seniors are located in the Steeple Center, 14375 S. Robert Trail. For infor-mation on programs and activi-ties, call the Rosemount Parks and Recreation Department at 651-322-6000.

Lakeville seniors All Lakeville Area Active Adults events are held at Lakev-ille Heritage Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Call 952-985-4622 for information. Monday, May 16 – Yoga, 8:15 a.m.; Computer Tutoring, 9 a.m.; Interval Walking, 9:30 a.m.; Knitting Class, 9:30 a.m.; Wii Bowling, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Health-ways Flex Fitness 2, noon; Crib-bage, 12:30 p.m.; Cards and Mahjong, 1 p.m. Deadline: St. Paul Saints Game. Tuesday, May 17 – Dominoes & Poker, 9 a.m.; Creative Writ-ing, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Zumba Gold, 10:30 a.m.; Party Bridge, noon; Ping Pong, 12:30 p.m.; Billiards, 1 p.m.; Bingo, 1 p.m.; Pilates Mat Class, 5 p.m.

Wednesday, May 18 – Men’s Golf at Gopher Hills, 8 a.m.; Health Angels Biking, 9 a.m.; Poker & Hearts, 9 a.m.; Line Dancing, 9 and 10 a.m.; Health-ways Flex Fitness 2, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Pinochle, noon. Thursday, May 19 – Interval Walking, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Classic Voic-es Chorus at Kingsley Shores, 10:30 a.m.; Red Hat Chorus at Villages–Lonsdale, 10:30 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 2, noon; Euchre, Hand & Foot, noon; Quilting Group, 1 p.m.; Classic Voices at Augustana Re-gent, 1:30 p.m.; Red Hat Chorus at Millstream Commons, 1:30 p.m.; Zumba Gold, 3:30 p.m.; Lasagna Dinner, 5:30 p.m. Friday, May 20 – Yoga, 8:15 a.m.; Pickleball, 9 a.m.; Poker & 500, 9 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m. Saturday, May 21 – Driver Safety Class (four hour), 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; Motorcycle Club Ride, 9 a.m.


Holocaust remembrance

Members of Grace Lutheran Church in Apple Valley observed Holocaust Remem-brance (Yom Ha Shoah) at worship services on Sunday, May 1, and Wednesday, May 4. Annual observances of this type were begun in the early 1990s, following an act of Congress establishing the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Standing with Grace pastors the Rev. John Matthews, second from left, and the Rev. Andrea Roske-Metcalfe, center, are people who read selections about the Shoah, including Daniel Oertelt, second from right, a member of Grace whose grandfather, Henry, was a survivor of several concentration camps. (Photo submitted)

Local teen receives Eagle Scout award Dominick Dressler had always wanted to be-come an Eagle Scout. He accomplished this at age 15 on March 11. To earn Scouting’s highest award, Dressler had to earn 21 merit badges, serve as a leader in his troop, and complete a community service proj-ect. Dressler has been a member of Troop 290, chartered at Shepherd of the Valley, for four years. He has served as chap-lain aide, troop guide and patrol leader. He has earned all four religious emblem awards and will be presented The Protes-tant God and Country 4 Star Award at his court of

honor. He is also a mem-ber of Order of the Ar-row. Dressler’s service proj-ect took place at Quarry Point Park on June 6, 2015. Leading 41 Scouts and adults. Dressler planted trees, fixed up the large planter that holds the scoreboard, and cleaned up the park by trimming branches, mulching and picking up trash. The project took nine months to plan and complete. Dressler goes to East-view High School and is in ninth grade. He has been a member of the boys swimming and div-ing team for two years at Eastview. He received a

letter this past season. Dressler’s Eagle Scout Court of Honor ceremo-ny will be May 15 at Mes-siah Lutheran Church. He is the son of Brian and Jennifer Dressler.

Dominick Dressler


District 196 considers device protection planSpecial School Board election set for Aug. 9 by Jessica Harper


The Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School Dis-trict is considering offer-ing district families an electronic device protec-tion plan that would cover

tablets and other devices students take home in the event of accidental dam-age. “This will protect fami-lies against larger fees in the event a device is acci-dentally damaged,” said District Technology Coor-dinator Ed Heier during a May 9 board meeting. If approved by the School Board, the option-al plan would cost $20 per

device per year. The first incident would be covered completely. A second inci-dent would require a $40 deductible and incidents thereafter would require a “conversation with the parents,” Heier said. Lost devices would be covered by the plan if re-ported to police. The plan wouldn’t cover intentional damage. The School Board is ex-

pected to vote on the pro-posal at its June 13 meet-ing.

In other news A special election will be held on Aug. 9 to fill a vacant seat on the Rose-mount-Apple Valley-Ea-gan School Board. School Board Member Rob Duchscher resigned in March due to a move outside the district. State

law requires the district to conduct an election to fill the vacancy for the remainder any outgoing board member’s term. Duchscher’s term ends January 2020. Filing for candidacy will be held May 17-31.

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

Education BriefsNational Merit $2,500 scholarship winners The National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced this year’s Na-tional Merit $2,500 Schol-arship winners. Area winners include: Sophia Moschkau, Apple Valley, Apple Valley High School; Edward Hoey, Eagan, Trinity School at River Ridge; Britta Koenen, Eagan, Eagan High School; and Jacob Grunklee, Rosemount, Rosemount High School. The 2,500 Merit Schol-ar designees were chosen from a talent pool of more than 15,000 finalists in

the 2016 National Merit Scholarship Program.

Erickson receives DCTC Advocacy Award Lakeville resident Bob Erickson is the recipient of the Dakota County Technical College Foun-dation’s 2016 DCTC Ad-vocacy Award. The award recognizes an individual or business that has displayed extraor-dinary support for the college mission through partnerships, community engagement and the pro-motion of technical edu-cation as a pivotal com-ponent in the quest for economic prosperity. Erickson’s professional successes and extensive volunteer contributions have spanned over 25 years. He’s known for his commitment to legislative efforts, fiscal accountabil-ity and fundraising for DCTC. During the past de-cade, Erickson has been an advocate on the DCTC Foundation Board, serv-ing as board chair for two years. He has leveraged his personal and professional connections to benefit DCTC students, raising money for scholarships, hardship grants, and equipment. Erickson has been ac-tive in other foundation initiatives including the es-tablishment of the Foun-dation Finance Commit-tee, lobbying for Phase 1 and 2 state bonding proj-ects, which resulted in the renovation of 118,000 square feet, and his favor-ite event, Scholarship in the Haystack. He continues to serve the south metro in a va-riety of roles including: chair of the Friends of the Lakeville Area Art Center; treasurer, Lakeville Area Schools Board of Educa-tion; Citizens Bank Board; vice chair, Intermediate

School District 917 Board; and president, Bellante HOA.

Garage sale at Kindernook Kindernook Preschool, which is closing due to Highway 50 construc-tion, is holding a garage sale of all preschool and playground items 1-4 p.m. Friday, May 27, and 9-11 a.m. Saturday, May 28. Kindernook is located at 20088 Kenwood Trail in Lakeville, between Ipava Avenue and Dodd Boule-vard.

District 196 teams excel at state Twelve Destination ImagiNation teams rep-resenting nine District 196 schools had top-three finishes at the state tour-nament April 9 and quali-fied to compete at the DI Global Finals in Knox-ville, Tennessee, May 25-28. Destination Imagi-Nation is a worldwide, performance-based com-petition that develops students’ creative skills through problem-solving, improvisation, teamwork and independent thinking. Teams of students ranging from elementary to high school compete by age level in one of seven differ-ent challenges or problem categories. A total of 24 teams from District 196 schools qualified for the state tour-nament at regional com-petitions held this spring. The following 12 teams had top-three finishes at state to earn a spot at the Global Finals: • The Little Chicks team from Woodland El-ementary School finished first in the In Plain Sight scientific challenge. Team members are Kaira Cul-len, Greta Jensen, Arianna Johnston, Julie Koudelka and Phoebe Noel; parent coach is Julie Jensen. • Super Seven from

Shannon Park Elementary School finished first in the Get a Clue fine arts chal-lenge and was selected to receive the Renaissance Award for outstanding design, engineering or performance. Team mem-bers are Zoe Smith, Katja Smith, Robert Magan, Jack Shoemaker, Abrial Westbrock, Sam Ockwig and Hanna Meyer; parent coach is John Smith. • Manatee Express from Dakota Hills Middle School finished first in the Get a Clue fine arts challenge. Team members are Kylie Kennedy, Molly Mimm, Kristine Nguyen and Jordan Brisky; parent coach is Amy Mimm. • Weight for Inspiration from Dakota Hills Middle finished first in the Mu-sical Mashup structural challenge. Team members are Jack Burright, David Tschida and Lucas Wil-liams; parent coach is Darla Agard. • The Five Firing Fire-crackers team from North-view Elementary School finished first in The Meme Event service learning/outreach project chal-lenge. Team members are Connelly Jarrell, Kate Fi-field, Addison Smith and Sophie McShane; parent coaches are Becky John-son, Carmen McShane, Michelle Smith and Trina Fifield. • The Psychedelic Crea-tures team from Scott Highlands Middle School finished first in The Meme Event challenge and was selected to receive the Torchbearer Award for their fundraising efforts to help a family struck by cancer twice. Team mem-bers are Halle Decker, Abby Duensing, Maura Hewitt, Henry Lambert, Pranav Mathur and Brady Thomas; parent coach is Judi Thomas. • Driven By Change from Woodland Elemen-tary finished second in the Pace of Change technical challenge and was select-ed to receive the DaVinci Award for outstanding creativity in the elemen-tary division. Team mem-bers are Samson Axelrod, Jacob Braginsky, Karen Miller, Maggie Williams and Aidan Zilge; parent coach is Darla Agard; stu-dent co-coaches are Drew Agard, David Tschida and Cole Anderson. • Dragon Bolts from Rosemount Middle School finished second in the In Plain Sight chal-lenge. Team members are Ryan Armstrong, Yagor Balotsin, Caelin Smith

and A.J. Meyer; parent coach is Leah Armstrong. • Lost at Sea from Ea-gan High School finished second in the In Plain Sight challenge and was selected to receive the Di-Vinci Award for outstand-ing creativity in the high school division. Team members are Drew Agard, Cole Anderson, Quinn Foerster and Maxwell Schwartz; parent coach is Darla Agard. • The Scary Bubbles team from Woodland El-ementary finished third in the Pace of Change challenge. Team mem-bers are Lily Axelrod, Harper Madson, Grace Nelson, Hailey Siwek, Cassie Turner and Angie Wohletz; parent coaches are Brianna Axelrod and Eydie Nelson. • The 3…2…1! team from Falcon Ridge Mid-dle School finished third in the Close Encounters improvisational challenge. Team members are Mor-gan Gallagher, Sarah He-lou, Kennedy Brom, Ara Wenzel and Sophie An-derson; parent coaches are Kristin Helou and Camille Gallagher. • Magical Diamonds from Diamond Path El-ementary School of In-ternational Studies fin-ished third in The Meme Event. Team members are Benjamin Conner, David Conner, Damon Green, Rylie Lunke, Isabella Pet-tit, Kate Sidla and Ayla Weers; parent coaches are Corrin Sidla and Judi Thomas.

Community Education District 196 Commu-nity Education will offer the following classes. To register, or for more infor-mation, call 651-423-7920 or visit www.district196.org/ce. Time to Downsize? Making a Daunting Task Doable, 6:30-9 p.m. Mon-day, May 16, Falcon Ridge Middle School, $29. CPR/AED for the Lay Rescuer – Adult, Child and Infant, 6-9:30 p.m. Monday, May 16, Falcon Ridge Middle School, $70. Basic Electrical Work-shop, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Mon-day, May 16, Scott Hig-lands Middle School, $19. Freezer Meal Work-shop: Grilling, 6:30-9 p.m. Tuesday, May 31, Scott Highlands Middle School, $99. Open swims, Scott Highlands Middle School. Information: http://tinyurl.com/zbhjjg9.


County Board approves CR 50 design in LakevilleMcDonald Eyecare

to be acquired by Laura Adelmann


After almost two years of negotiations and alternatives, a definitive design for widening a segment of County Road 50 in the heart of Lakeville is set for approval. In committee, Dakota Coun-ty commissioners on May 10 unanimously recommended a road design, estimated to cost $2.1 million, that addresses the future of multiple long-standing Lakeville businesses located on County Road 50 between Ipava Avenue and Dodd Boulevard. To clarify the best road design option, a study was conducted primarily focusing on McDon-ald Eye Care, White Funeral Home and Lakeville Dental, whose frontages closely abut County Road 50. Lakeville officials working with the county have already negotiated and acquired several neighboring homes, the Kinder-nook Preschool and Farm Show Magazine and the Emond build-

ing; they will be removed to al-low for the expansion. Under the recommended design, McDonald Eye Care, which is a business and a home, is proposed by city and county officials to be acquired and relo-cated to adjacent space created by the acquisitions of the neigh-boring properties. White Funeral Home and Lakeville Dental are proposed to remain in the same location, with changes to their access and parking lots. A new city street, a backage road, will be built behind the businesses, located between the businesses and a neighborhood on Ideal Way. The new backage road will provide connections to Icenic Trail and County Road 50 and provide access to the remaining businesses. Their front drives to County Road 50 are planned to be closed under the new design. Under the design, the paved trail is also located alongside the new road instead of along County Road 50, where space is tight between the businesses and the road. Dakota County Engineer Bri-

an Sorenson said the plan moves Lakeville Dental’s parking lot to the building’s rear, possible after the Emond building is removed. He said the county worked closely with business owners to create the design, which the owners preferred to another op-tion that would have put a paved trail along County Road 50, but under both scenarios consid-ered, White Funeral Home own-ers felt their building orientation would be compromised, accord-ing to Sorenson. “If we reorient them, under both scenarios, I think they felt like their situation isn’t really situated properly anymore to re-ceive people as they park and en-ter the building,” Sorenson said. He said the project estimate includes compensation for dam-ages related to White Funeral Home, land acquisition, access removal and rear approach, costs to cure parking, new busi-ness location identity and new signs for the businesses. Sorenson said the road design challenges by the businesses’ close proximity to County Road 50 were compounded by the rail-road across from the businesses

on County Road 50. “To expand this roadway, we wouldn’t be able to move toward the railroad,” Sorenson said. “The expansion would have to happen toward the north and the east, which creates an issue potentially with the businesses.” In addition, Progressive Rail had for years since the 2008-2009 Recession regularly parked train cars on tracks next to the road, which goes through the heart of downtown Lakeville, but recently removed them all. Sorenson said the recom-mended design for County Road 50 provides more efficiency and safety to the transportation sys-tem than the other option, while also providing a better buffer to the residential properties to the north. He said it also provides more direct access to and from the area in all directions, allows traf-fic on County Road 50 to find businesses easily and provides more efficient maintenance of the access road. Appraisals are planned to be conducted from May to July with first offers expected to be made to property owners this

fall. Phase one construction of the project is proposed to start next summer or fall, which Sorenson said will start with the backage road and the business’ parking areas to allow businesses access before the major work in 2018. Multiple Lakeville officials attended the meeting and ex-pressed support for the recom-mended design option. Lakeville Public Works Di-rector Chris Petree said the city, council members and business owners favor it over the other one and added they started to con-sider the road work after hearing from residents concerned about traffic flow on the road as plans for the county roads 50 and 60 roundabout project were being presented to the community. “It’s a very critical area for us,” Petree said. “We have some multigenerational businesses we’ve been talking about. The county has partnered with us, and we really appreciate the work county staff has done.”

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

Lakeville’s annual community celebration, Pan-O-Prog, turns 50 this year. Plans are underway for an enhanced event that honors the event’s storied past. (Photo by Laura Adelmann)

Lakeville’s Pan-O-Prog turns 50Community

celebration to be bigger, better

by Laura AdelmannSUN THISWEEK


Lakeville’s annual com-munity celebration is turn-ing 50 and all are invited to the party. Planning started months earlier than nor-mal, said Pan-O-Prog Committee President Jaci Taylor and are still underway as organizers work hard to enhance the already feature-packed schedule of events July 4-10. Among the biggest change is the return of carnival rides to be locat-ed in downtown Lakeville from Thursday, July 7, to Sunday, July 10. Taylor said the carnival selected runs an award-winning, quality opera-tion that will feature about a dozen mechanical rides, including a Ferris wheel along with carnival games with prizes. “We’re actually expand-ing the site location,” she said of the area that will have more food booths than in the past. Taylor said a passport for unlimited rides for all four days will be avail-able for about $50 starting about a month before Pan-

O-Prog starts. Details about where to get the passports are still being worked out. “Once the carnival opens up, that passport will not be available to purchase,” she said, add-ing that individual tickets will be sold during the event, and unlimited rides are planned to be offered on Thursday night and Sunday afternoon. The Lakeville Area Arts Center will offer more craft projects for visitors to create, and the committee is also develop-ing a display featuring the history of Pan-O-Prog, a project headed up by Sun Thisweek and the Dakota County Tribune’s Mike Jetchick, a longtime com-mittee member and Pan-O-Prog volunteer. A commemorative pin, button and booklet will be available for purchase to-gether at a special price. Taylor said they plan to have a community draw-ing for bigger-ticket items. The event will be bus-tling with Pan-O-Prog alum, including its past presidents and Miss Lakeville winners. The traditional softball tournament is being re-placed with a Wiffle ball tournament, but many of the other popular events Pan-O-Prog is known for will remain unchanged.

Its annual Fourth of July fireworks show is on the schedule. Beer, Brats and Bingo is set for July 7. Cruise Night and the car show are July 8. The kid-die and grand parades will return July 9. Taylor said the baby crawl event will be held again this year, and pre-dicted organizers will bet-ter display rules so there is less confusion. Last year, a baby was disqualified from the race for crawling in a different way than the traditional hands-and-knees method. The ruling was upset-ting to family members and drew significant me-dia attention. Taylor, co-owner of Primrose School in Lakev-ille, said Pan-O-Prog would not happen without businesses in the commu-nity coming together. “It would not happen without the local busi-nesses supporting it,” Taylor said. “They rely on sponsorships from the lo-cal businesses to actually keep this event going on. It’s really about the busi-nesses giving back to the community and the com-munity appreciating the businesses that are part of their local community.” She said generations of Lakeville-area residents have built fond memories at Pan-O-Prog, some even

schedule their holidays around it to take advan-tage of all the fun activi-ties it offers. “It’s about the tradition of coming back to Pan-O-

Prog year after year,” she said. “There’s so much to do during that week for the young and the old. I think it’s really a great event for the entire family.”

More about Pan-O-Prog is at panoprog.org.



SportsRosemount defense changes the game

Fourth-ranked Irish shut out fifth-ranked

Eastview in second half

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


Shutting out a qual-ity opponent for an entire half seldom happens in lacrosse. But Rosemount’s boys were able to do it, and it helped the Irish earn an important victory on the road. Trailing by three goals about halfway through the second quarter, Rose-mount’s defense held East-view scoreless the rest of the way while the offense got the Irish back into the game. Fourth-ranked Rosemount scored the fi-nal six goals of the game – and the only four goals of the second half – to win 9-6 at fifth-ranked East-view on Tuesday night. “We put in a new de-fense (Monday) to use at certain times, then we went to that defense the entire second half,” Rosemount coach Lance Kuehn said. “No goals. It’s kudos to our goalie for making saves and our defense for being smart enough to take one day of practice – actually, about 30 minutes of practice – and executing it great. It shows the caliber of play-ers we have.”

Rosemount still trailed 6-5 after a scoreless third quarter. Irish midfielder Chris Giere scored early in the fourth quarter to tie the game. Several minutes later, goalie Matt Follmer made a save and fired an outlet pass down the field that Rosemount turned into a goal by junior at-tackman Luke VanOver-beke. It was Rosemount’s first lead since early in the first quarter. Follmer made several other saves to keep the Irish in front. “He had one of the best games I’ve ever seen him play,” Kuehn said. Follmer said Rose-

mount’s second-half de-fensive switch turned the game in the Irish’s favor. “We started playing a zone to keep their shooters out-side,” he said. “Those long shots came in slow, but that was all we were giving them.” Junior midfielder Si-mon Hatlen scored the fi-nal two goals of the game as Rosemount pulled away late in the fourth quarter. Rosemount is 7-1 over-all and 6-1 in the South Suburban Conference go-ing into Thursday’s home game against Apple Valley at 7:30 p.m. The Irish play host to conference leader Lakeville North (6-0 in the

league) at 7:30 p.m. Tues-day, May 17. Eastview (5-2, 4-2) plays Lakeville North at home at 5:30 p.m. Thurs-day. The Lightning, which had won its previous five games – including a vic-tory over Bloomington Jefferson, last year’s state runner-up – started slowly against Rosemount, allow-ing a goal in the first min-ute and falling behind 2-0 before the game was six minutes old. Then, six different players found the net as Eastview scored six of the next seven goals. Sopho-more midfielder Joe Still-ings gave Eastview a 3-2

lead with a goal in the final minute of the first quarter. Noah Desrocher, Tyler Hanson and Terry Johnson scored in the first six minutes of the second quarter, but those proved to be the Lightning’s final goals of the game. Rosemount defensive changes challenged its players to “be more ath-letic and move even more as a team,” Kuehn said. “In our normal defense it’s two or three guys work-ing together, but this is six guys working together constantly. It’s mentally challenging and you have to be athletic, and there’s not many teams that have athletes and smart guys like we do. “We trust our offense to score. Our defense did

enough to win this game and our offense did what they normally do.” Kuehn said sophomore midfielder Jack Reber was 15-for-17 on faceoffs, an important statistic because faceoff victories often lead to goals. Rosemount and East-view now are in differ-ent playoff sections, so a rematch could only take place at the state tour-nament. Follmer is not counting out that possibil-ity. “This win is pretty big. Knowing what we can do against them gives us con-fidence,” he said.

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

McKeag receives Cheney Legacy Scholarship Apple Valley High School senior Ki-eran McKeag is the 2016 recipient of the Paul Cheney Legacy Scholarship. McKeag was Class AA boys shot put champion at the 2015 state track and field meet and finished fifth in discus. He was the Most Valuable Player for the 2015 Eagles football team, playing line-backer and running back. He will attend the University of Minnesota and com-pete in track and field. The $1,000 scholarship is open to any Apple Valley senior football player or wrestler. It was established by the Cheney family after Paul Cheney’s death March 31, 2015. Paul Cheney, a 2014 AVHS graduate, was a state champion wrestler as well

as Most Valuable Player of the Eagles’ 2013 football team that reached the state quarterfinals. He also coached in Val-ley Athletic Association wrestling and worked as an official at youth wrestling tournaments and football games. The scholarship is awarded to the student-athlete judged to best exemplify Cheney’s dedication and leadership.

District 196 adult, junior tennis programs School District 196 Community Ed-ucation is offering a variety of tennis leagues and lessons for adults and youth this summer. Youth lessons are taught by Patty Mraz, a longtime youth, high school and college coach. More information about the adult and youth tennis programs is available at www.district196.org/ce.

Notebook: local athletes up for Lions awards

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


High school athletes from Apple Valley, Lakeville North, Eastview and Rosemount are among finalists for the St. Paul Downtown Lions Club amateur athletes of the year awards. Winners will be announced at a banquet Tuesday, May 17, at Mendakota Country Club in Mendota Heights. Mark Hall of Apple Valley and Drew Stewart of Lakeville North are two of seven finalists for the male athlete of the year award. Hall, who has signed with Penn State, is the only six-time in-dividual wrestling champion in Minne-sota high school history and also helped Apple Valley win six team champion-ships. Stewart has appeared in nine state tournaments or playoffs with North’s football, basketball and baseball teams. He signed with Augustana University to play football. Margie Freed of Eastview, Brittany McLean of Rosemount and Megan Wen-man of Rosemount are finalists for the Lions female athlete of the year award. Freed won the state Nordic skiing pursuit championship in February and last fall helped lead Eastview to the state cross country meet. She will ski at the University of Vermont. McLean won the Ms. Volleyball award after leading Rosemount to second place in the Class 3A, Section 3 tournament. Rosemount lost in five sets to Eagan, which went on to win the state championship. McLean will play volleyball at the University of Minnesota. Wenman will swim at the University of North Dakota after a dec-orated high school career that included second place in the 200-yard individual medley and fourth in the 100 butterfly at the 2015 state Class AA meet. This is the 72nd year of the Down-town Lions award program.

Saints sign Gretz Former Apple Valley High School and Ohio State University baseball player Aaron Gretz is likely to be on the St. Paul Saints’ roster when they begin their season May 19 against the Gary SouthShore Railcats at CHS Field. Gretz is one of two catchers on the Saints roster. He played four seasons at Ohio State from 2012 through 2015. In his senior year he batted .279 with one home run and 18 runs batted in. He played 46 games, including 39 starts. Last summer Gretz played in two games for two different independent mi-nor league teams, including one with the Saints. Gretz will be one of several Minne-sota natives on the Saints roster. Others are infielder Nate Hanson and pitchers Caleb Thielbar and Mark Hamburger, all of whom have spent time in the Min-nesota Twins organization.

Locals power Gophers Senior outfielder Paige Palkovich of

Apple Valley has a .288 average with five homers and 31 RBI for the Univer-sity of Minnesota softball team, the No. 2 seed in this weekend’s Big Ten Confer-ence tournament. The Gophers are 38-12 overall, 19-3 in the Big Ten, and are ranked 23rd nationally. Palkovich has started all 50 games in center field. She has a .422 on-base percentage, .492 slugging per-centage and has stolen six bases in eight attempts. She is the only player in the starting lineup who has not committed an error. Palkovich is an Eastview High School graduate, where she was a captain of the softball and basketball teams. Several local players also are help-ing the Minnesota baseball team turn things around after a rare dismal season in 2015. This year the Gophers are 30-15 overall and tied for second in the Big Ten at 12-5. Junior pitcher-outfielder Matt Fiedler, an Eagan native who played high school baseball at St. Paul Acad-emy, is one of the Gophers’ leading pitchers and hitters. He leads the team in innings pitched with 70.1 and has a 7-2 record and 3.97 earned-run average. The seven victories lead the pitching staff. Fiedler also is batting .404 with six home runs (tied for second on the team) and 33 RBI (third on the team). Senior outfielder Dan Motl, a Burns-ville High graduate, is batting .318 with three homers and 24 RBI. Matt Stem-per, also a Burnsville alumnus, has a .275 average with one homer and 12 RBI in 36 games. Freshman catcher Cole McDevitt, an Eastview graduate, has appeared in 11 games with a .429 average, two homers and five RBI. Burnsville graduate Tyler Hanson has pitched in 13 games and has a 3-2 record and 5.14 ERA. Eastview gradu-ate Ty McDevitt is 3-1 with a 5.40 ERA in 10 appearances. The Gophers play their final home series of the regular season May 19-21 against Ohio State at Siebert Field.

Hermann’s announcing job Apple Valley native Angela Hermann last week was named track announcer for the rest of the winter/spring season at Golden Gate Fields, a horse racing track in Berkeley, Calif. She became the first full-time female track announcer in the United States. Hermann was paddock analyst at Canterbury Park for five years and also was substitute track announcer. Her as-sociation with Canterbury Park goes back to when she started working there as an usher while still in high school. The Golden Gate Fields season ends June 12. After that, Hermann will join the simulcast team at Santa Anita Park near Los Angeles.

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Lightning 3rdin Great 8 (Above) Eastview’s Grace Gall pitches against Maple Grove in the third-place game at the Eastview Great 8 Invita-tional softball tournament Saturday. (Right) Jessi DeCovich rounds third base after homering in the Lightning’s 10-1 victory. Eastview (12-4 overall) de-feated Hermantown 9-0 in the first round and lost to Mankato West 3-0 in the semifinals. Mankato West, the top-ranked team in Class 3A, defeated Eagan 2-0 in the championship game. (Photos by Mike Shaughnessy)

Eastview’s Noah Linder takes a shot at the goal defended by Apple Valley’s Sam Kot-sonas (6) during the Lightning’s 9-1 victory May 5. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)

Jake Ford (7) of Eastview defends against Rosemount’s Chris Giere during a South Suburban Conference boys la-crosse game Tuesday night. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)

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Registration open for Dew Days events in Farmington

Registration for several events during Farmington Dew Days is open at the website at www.farmingtondewdays.com. (Photo submitted)

by Andy RogersSUN THISWEEK


There aren’t any major changes to Farmington Dew Days this summer, but based on the number of happy participants in recent years, that’s a good thing. Organizer Darla Don-nelly agrees that the event has really hit its stride. “It has everything, all the traditional things that bring people down,” Don-nelly said. The favorites are back and the recently added events are growing. Last year more kid-ori-ented events like a bouncy house and bungy tram-poline filled the streets of downtown. Donnelly said she expects an expanded experience for youths. “We have a lot of ven-

dors coming in to do stuff for the kids,” Donnelly said. “We’ll have more face painting and people doing things with hair.” Some of the newer events are growing such as the chili cook-off, bean bag tournament and vol-leyball tournament. “Those are really start-ing to catch on,” Donnelly said. Whether one is into running, softball, volley-ball, tossing bean bags, cruising cars or racing beds, registration is open for all of the Farmington Dew Days events at www.farmingtondewdays.com. Other main attractions include Farmington Roy-alty Ambassador Corona-tion on June 14; Flavors of Farmington on June 15; Beer, Brats and Bingo June 16; car cruise June

17; bed races June 17; Dew Run June 18; and a parade June 18. Donnelly said there are also openings for the Fla-vors of Farmington, an event featuring a selection of food and drinks from local businesses June 15. Donnelly also said they’re always looking for volunteers. Bingo has become pop-ular, which means they need more help, and the beer garden is also always looking for volunteers. They also welcome any local clubs to come togeth-er for some group volun-teering. Donnelly said the lacrosse team does all the clean up at night. Contact Donnelly at [email protected] for more information. They are also still look-ing for arts and crafts

vendors for the air fair and business expo from noon- 8 p.m. June 17 and 10 a.m.-8 p.m. June 18 in downtown Farmington. Contact Dallas Hodg-kins at buseymomof3@

gmail.com for more infor-mation. And don’t forget the Dew Days button. The button contest was won by Haley Zinnel, a 14-year-old student from Dodge

Middle School. More about Dew Days is also at SunThisweek.com/tag/Dew-Days-2016.

Email Andy Rogers at [email protected].

Police: Thief stole charity donations in EaganSocial media video led suspect to turn self in, police say

by Jessica HarperSUN THISWEEK


Eagan police say a man ac-cused of stealing donation jars from local gas stations turned himself in Tuesday after a video of him in the act was circulated on social media. During both thefts, which oc-

curred about 10 minutes apart May 5, the suspect asked a store clerk for a job application and then left with donations from the checkout counter, police said. The man used the application to hide the box or jar and had an accomplice as a lookout. He nabbed an estimated $40. Police began publicizing videos of the thefts May 10 and within about 12 hours, a 26-year-old man turned himself in and admitted to the thefts,

police said. Christopher Arsenio Hall was ar-rested for suspicion of misdemeanor theft and was taken to the Dakota County Jail. There was also a felony warrant is-sued for Hall’s arrest for an unrelated crime in Ramsey County. The first theft occurred at SuperAmerica at Pilot Knob and Yankee Doodle roads about 1:17 p.m., when Hall allegedly took a donation box for Min-

nesota military fami-lies. He then allegedly snatched a jar for World Vision at Lucky’s Station at Coachman and Yan-kee Doodle roads. “This has happened be-fore but it’s not a regular occurrence,” said Officer Aaron Machtemes, me-

dia spokesperson for the Eagan Police Department. “What was unusual about this is that he had an accomplice and in a relatively short period of time he went to

two different locations and used the same techniques.” Machtemes advises business-es to keep donation boxes within the view of employees and emp-ty the boxes on regular basis in an effort to prevent theft. “The less the reward, the less chance someone will risk get-ting in trouble for stealing it,” Machtemes said.

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

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MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE CERTIFICATE

OF ASSUMED NAMEMinnesota Statutes, 333

The filing of an assumed name does not provide a user with exclu-sive rights to that name. The filing is required for consumer protection in order to enable customers to be able to identify the true owner of a business.

ASSUMED NAME: Hidalgo Market BakeryPRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 14857 Granada AvenueApple Valley, MN 55124NAMEHOLDER(S): Hidalgo Market Inc.12641 Nicollet Ave SBurnsville, MN 55337I, the undersigned, certify that

I am signing this document as the person whose signature is required, or as agent of the person(s) whose signature would be required who has authorized me to sign this document on his/her behalf, or in both capacities. I further certify that I have completed all required fields, and that the information in this document is true and correct and in compliance with the appli-cable chapter of Minnesota Stat-utes. I understand that by signing this document I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Section 609.48 as if I had signed this document under oath.DATE FILED: April 20, 2016SIGNED BY: Alfonso Dothe-Baxcajay

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INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196

This is a summary of the April 18, 2016 School Board meeting with the full text available for public inspection at www.district196.org or at the District Office or by stan-dard or electronic mail.

The meeting was called to or-der at 6 p.m. on April 18, 2016 at Dakota Ridge School followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Present: Albright, Coulson, Huusko, Mag-nuson, Roseen, Schutte and Supt. Berenz.

Motion by Schutte, seconded by Roseen and carried with a 6-0 vote to approve the agenda.

Students, staff and schools were congratulated on being national, state and local award recipients and champions. Berenz thanked teachers and school nurses for their work.

Motion by Roseen, seconded by Huusko and carried with a 6-0 vote to approve Consent items: board meeting minutes; claims; electronic funds transfer sched-ule; schedule of investments; gifts totaling $24,064.09; advertising revenue totaling $2,103; contracts with AFC Technologies LLC total-ing $208,860 and with Marschall Line, Inc. for supplemental trans-portation; personnel separations, leaves of absence and new staff, and resolution terminating certain probationary teachers.

The board heard a construction and preliminary design update for elementary school #19.

Motion by Schutte, seconded by Roseen and carried with a 6-0 vote to approve the 2016-17 capital budget.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Albright and carried with a 6-0 vote to approve 2016-17 Overview of Student Rights and Responsibili-ties handbook revisions.

A proposal was presented to in-crease breakfast and lunch prices by $.10 each to take effect for the 2016-17 school year. The board is scheduled to take action on the in-creases at its May 9 meeting.

Motion by Roseen, seconded by Huusko and carried with a 5-1 vote (with Albright voting no) to approve the resolution establish-ing May 17-31 as filing dates for a special School Board election to fill the remainder of the four-year term expiring in Jan. 2020. Board mem-bers commented on the current law and pending legislation around fill-ing school board vacancies.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Schutte and carried with a 6-0 vote to approve the resolution declaring April 18-22, 2016 to be Volunteers Appreciation Week.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Schutte and carried with a 6-0 vote to approve the resolution declaring May 2-6, 2016 to be Teachers Ap-preciation Week.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Roseen and carried, with a 6-0 vote to approve the resolution declaring May 2-6, 2016 to be School Nurses Appreciation Week.

Coulson invited the community to attend the Honoring of District 196 American Indian Seniors cer-emony on April 29 at the School of Environmental Studies.

Berenz responded to parent Lisa Anderson that the policy to not honor DNR/DNI orders in the school setting is upheld.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Albright and carried with a 6-0 vote to adjourn at 6:58 p.m.

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This is a summary of the May 2, 2016 School Board meeting with the full text available for public in-spection at www.district196.org or at the District Office or by standard or electronic mail.

The meeting was called to order at 4:38 p.m. at the District Office. Present: Albright, Coulson, Huus-ko, Magnuson and Supt. Berenz.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Coulson and carried with a 4-0 vote to approve the agenda.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Albright and carried with a 4-0 vote to approve a resolution to ex-pel a student immediately, through the second trimester of the 2016-17 school year, continuing through and including March 9, 2017.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Albright and carried with a 4-0 vote to adjourn the meeting at 4:48 p.m.

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ASSUMED NAME: Studio C Hair DesignPRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 13786 Frontier Court Suite 106Burnsville, MN 55337NAMEHOLDER(S): Cheryl Almen Landru7036 142nd Street WestApple Valley, MN 55124Joseph Daniel Landru7036 142nd Street WestApple Valley, MN 55124I, the undersigned, certify that

I am signing this document as the person whose signature is required, or as agent of the person(s) whose signature would be required who has authorized me to sign this document on his/her behalf, or in both capacities. I further certify that I have completed all required fields, and that the information in this document is true and correct and in compliance with the appli-cable chapter of Minnesota Stat-utes. I understand that by signing this document I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Section 609.48 as if I had signed this document under oath.DATE FILED: May 7, 2016SIGNED BY: Cheryl Almen Landru


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ASSUMED NAME: OokaPRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 6520 150th Street WestApple Valley, MN 55124NAMEHOLDER(S): Ooka Bistro, Inc.6520 150th Street WestApple Valley, MN 55124I, the undersigned, certify that

I am signing this document as the person whose signature is required, or as agent of the person(s) whose signature would be required who has authorized me to sign this document on his/her behalf, or in both capacities. I further certify that I have completed all required fields, and that the information in this document is true and correct and in compliance with the appli-cable chapter of Minnesota Stat-utes. I understand that by signing this document I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Section 609.48 as if I had signed this document under oath.DATE FILED: April 4, 2016SIGNED BY: JinFen Gao, Owner


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PUBLIC NOTICECellco Partnership and its con-

trolled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) proposes to build a New 85-foot Monopole Communications Tow-er. Anticipated lighting applica-tion is medium intensity dual red/white strobes. The Site is located along Cedar Avenue, Apple Valley, Dakota County, MN 55124; N 44° 44’ 33.99” W 93° 13’ 9.65”. Fed-eral Communications Commission (FCC) Antenna Structure Registra-tion (ASR, Form 854) filing number is A1005413.

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS – Interested persons may review the application (www.fcc.gov/asr/applications) by entering the filing number. Environmental concerns may be raised by filling a Request for Environmental Review (www.fcc.gov/asr/environmentalrequest) and online filings are strongly en-couraged. The mailing address to file a paper copy is: FCC Re-quests for Environmental Review, Attn: Ramon Williams, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554. HISTORIC PROPERTIES EFFECTS – Public comments regarding po-tential effects on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Jackson Mueller, Wireless Projects, Environmental Resources Manage-ment, 3200 Windy Hill Road SE, Suite 1500W, Atlanta, GA 30339, email: [email protected], tele#: 1-678-486-2700.


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2016 Wall Rehabilitation Notice is hereby given that

sealed bids will be received for the 2016 Wall Rehabilitation by Independent School District 196, hereinafter called the Owner, in the Coates Conference Room at the ISD 196 District Office located at 3455 153rd St W, Rosemount, MN 55068, until 10:00 a.m. local time on May 19, 2016, at which time and place bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

A pre-bid conference will be held on May 12, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. in the Coates Conference Room at the ISD 196 District Office located at 3455 153rd St W, Rosemount, MN 55068.

For complete instructions on how to obtain Bidding Documents, please visit our webpage at: http://www.district196.org/District/Legal-Notices/index.cfm.

If you should have any questions regarding this bid you may contact the Facilities Department at (651) 423-7706.Joel Albright, Board Clerk Independent School District #196


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dio show for several years, is a resident of Woodbury. Woodbury is not in the 2nd District boundary, but candidates do not need to be residents of a House district to run in that dis-trict. The self-described Libertarian has run for Congress before – in 1990 when he lived in Colorado. “I want to unite this party like I want to unite this country and this dis-trict,” Lewis said.

He said the nation has had enough division the past eight years and “we don’t need any more of that.” He said he intends to protect the American dream, which is about ris-ing as high as one’s ability will take someone. He said he wants to have a positive message and stick to the issues. Lewis said he wants to reform the budget process, re-enact budget sequestra-tion, reform the Federal Reserve, get rid of the na-

tional debt and restore prosperity to the Ameri-can people. “I don’t care who you supported in this endorse-ment process,” he told the delegates. “You did your duty, your obligation to the Constitution, your state and your district and everything that is impor-tant in America. If I can live by those standards, and I intend to, I will have served you proudly, and that is my goal. … I believe in faith, hope and charity. None of those are possible

without freedom.” Kline said in September 2015 he would not seek another term after first winning election in 2002. The Democratic Party has endorsed St. Jude Medical vice president of global human resources Angie Craig, of Eagan. She was endorsed by 2nd District DFLers on May 7.

Email Tad Johnson at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @editorTJ.

three propane gas controls were all found in the “on” position following the in-cident. A propane gas mani-fold valve supplying the griddle was also found in the “on” position. It also concluded doors to the truck were left un-locked and Richie and his girlfriend, Lisa Caufield, were away from home with friends at the time of the blast. The lawsuit alleges Richie is negligent either because he failed to turn off propane gas or al-lowed or did not prevent unknown individuals to gain access to the food truck, which was parked in his driveway before it exploded around 11 p.m. March 6, 2015. It also cites Lakeville city code, which prohibits parking commercial vehi-cles or equipment in resi-dential areas. There were no injuries in the blast, which neigh-bors reported felt like a bomb went off. It scattered debris, shattered windows and damaged several homes, including Richie’s. In an answer to the al-legations, Richie admitted the food truck was “some-

times temporarily” parked at his residence, but denied any negligence or allow-ing any individual to gain access to the food truck while it was temporarily parked in the driveway. The response also states that evidence gathered in-dicates an unknown per-son or people gained ac-cess to the truck, which was unlocked according to the State Fire Marshal

report. Richie’s answer said that the person or people “manipulated valves and control knobs which even-tually led to an explosion.” It said the last time Richie was in the truck all the valves and control knobs were in off posi-tions so no propane was flowing through the sys-tem or into the truck. The lawsuit seeks pay-

ment of interest, costs and other relief as courts deem just for damages that took months to repair and forced some neighbors to seek temporary housing as work was completed. Court documents pro-pose a jury trial date of Dec. 1 and estimates it will last four days.


naments against other ro-bots. Competitions vary, but often have robots place rings on a pole or compete in basketball-like games. Teams form alli-ances with competitors in which two teams compete against another group of two teams. Teams are also responsible for marketing themselves to one another and to sponsors. The Iron Maidens was formed last school year by five of its team members as a way to pursue their passion for science, sports-

manship and engineering. “I thought it was a great way to meet people and improve my programming skills, which I had a little experience with,” Atalanta Stoeke said. Connie Knipe joined that first year after a con-cussion forced her to drop out of high school sports. “At first I thought of it as something to do since I couldn’t play sports anymore, and I’ve always been interested in science,” Knipe said. “Now I can’t think of doing anything else. I’ve made so many friends here and learned

so many valuable skills.” Iron Maidens team member, Marie Pena, joined the team earlier this year. Pena said she has been interested in pro-gramming since she was a 3-year-old helping her fa-ther build computers. Some of the Iron Maidens, such as Knipe and Stoeke, plan to pur-sue careers in science and engineering, while others plan to pursue other fields. They all agree that the skills they acquire through FIRST Robotics can be applied to any career path. “I’ve realized that

STEM is everywhere,” said Pena, who plans to study business after high school. “Doing this can get you everywhere. It has aspects that apply to every field.” Team mentors are Nick Aarestad, Anne Marie De-Board and Jason Stoeke and sponsors include Da-kota Electric, Frontier Communications, Geny-sis Credit Union, Land o’ Lakes and Uponor. Jessica Harper is at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

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Marty Richie’s house where his food truck exploded propelling debris as far as 500 feet and damaging as many as a dozen homes nearby. Neighbors said they felt the explosion from miles away. (File photo)

Area BriefsFairview Home Care and Hospice seeks volunteers Fairview Home Care and Hos-pice is seeking volunteers in the communities of Bloomington, Burnsville, Apple Valley, Lakeville and Eagan. Support volunteers for Fairview Home Care and Hospice do things like provide companionship, offer caregiver relief or run errands for homebound individuals. Volunteers must be at least 18 years old and be willing to complete a background check and health screening. They must have their own transportation and undergo re-quired volunteer training. Most volunteers average two to four hours per week. They are asked to give a minimum time commit-ment of three months or 50 hours of total service. Those interested in volunteering can apply online at www.fairview.org/hospicevolunteers.

Job Transitions Group to meet Kris Albright will present “Non-Profits” at the May 17 meeting of the Easter Job Transitions Group. The group meets at 7:30 a.m. at Eas-ter Lutheran Church – By The Lake, 4545 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. Small group sessions are offered following the meeting at 9:30 a.m. each week on many different topics. Call 651-452-3680 for informa-tion.

VBS at Camp Sacajawea The Church of Christ will have a free Vacation Bible School July 27-29 at Camp Sacajawea in Lebanon Hills Regional Park, 5120 McAn-

drews Drive. The school for ages 4 years old through sixth grade will have the theme of “The Promise Voyage of the Alpha and the Omega.” Registration will be at 6:45 p.m. with activities from 7-8:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday. The sessions will include Bible study, puppets, skits, refreshments and more. An adult class is available. Preregister by phone at 651-452-1102 by leaving a voice mail with the participant’s name and contact phone number.

Calvary moves to high school Calvary Church, a regional evan-gelical church in the New Prague area, is moving to the New Prague High School auditorium starting Sunday. The Sunday schedule is: Bible & Life 9:15 a.m.; fellowship, 10:15 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.

Local girl organizes charity drives CAP Agency Ambassador Sanya Pirani of Prior Lake organized an April 30 Feed My Starving Children packing event resulting in 41,904 packed meals, enough to feed 115 children for one year. Sanya also presented a $1,100 check from do-nors to FMSC at the event. Sanya, a fourth-grader at Jeffers Pond Elementary School, has been working as a CAP Agency Ambas-sador since December 2015. She has raised over $1,600 through her Compassion Jar project and Book-mark for Help project. She has plans for a community service award program where youths could earn gold, silver or bronze medals by rendering service to the local community. This summer Sanya is organizing a food drive and

school supply drive in collaboration with libraries in all three counties. Learn more about Sanya’s chari-ty projects at http://sanyapirani.wix.com/mycharity.

Native Plant Market Burnsville will hold its second annual Native Plant Market 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 21, in the parking lot across from City Hall, 100 Civic Center Parkway. The sale will be open for both residents and nonresidents. Native wildflowers, ferns and grasses will be for sale from multiple vendors at this farmer’s market-style event. The sale will be held rain or shine. Only cash or checks will be accepted – no credit cards. Exhibitors at the sale will in-clude the Master Gardeners of Dakota County and the Dakota County Soil & Water Conserva-tion District. For more informa-tion, visit www.burnsville.org/nativeplants.

NAMI parent resource group NAMI Minnesota (National Al-liance on Mental Illness) provides support groups to help parents dis-cover resources to meet the chal-lenges of raising a child with mental illness, learn coping skills and de-velop problem-solving skills. Parent resource groups are fa-cilitated by a parent who has a child with a mental illness and who has been trained to lead support groups. A parent resource group meets 6:30-8 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 12650 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley. Pizza is served at 6 p.m. Child care is available. For information, contact NAMI at 651-645-2948.


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3500 MERCHANDISE

3520 Cemetery Lots

Dawn Valley 2 lots Garden of Ten Commandments. $2,500/BO. 952-934-3686

Glen Haven, Crystal, 1 plot Garden of Apostles, valued $2,625; asking $1,200/BO. Call 763-544-4791

Sunset Memorial, One Plot, Block 2, Lot 345. $2200. Call 763-537-0099

3600 MiscellaneousFor Sale

Two Wooden Playhouses w/wooden people and fur-niture. $210 for both. 763-535-4608 or 612-868-5826

4000 SALES

4030 Garage& Estate Sales

3 SistersEstate Company

helps seniors downsize, and/or prepares any es-tate for liquidation. Let’s meet! 763-443-0519

Anoka - ESTATE SALE 5/21-22, 9a-3p. SEE PICS AT: www.oldisknew.com/upcoming- Sales 927 South Street, Anoka

Apple Valley - 5/ 19 - 5/218a-5p -(5/19 & 20) 8a-3p-(5/21) Furn, HH, cloz, lotsof misc! 12968 Finch Way

Apple Valley Huge Mov-ing Sale-3 Families! Antiqs, furn, HH, tools, more! 5/20-21 (8-5) 14080 Friday Ln

Apple Valley, 5/13 & 14, 8-5. MOVING! Vintage glass, dolls & toys; HH, yard, furniture, sports memorabilia, tools. Pennock & 139th Ct

Apple Valley- 5/13 & 5/14, 9am-5pm. Moving Sale!

15875 Garrett Path-East of Cedar Ave off Cty Rd 46


AppleValley, 5/19-20, 9-4 & 5/21, 9-2, Multi-Family! HH, Vntge doll furn, La-dies & Kids Cloz, Toys! Doll House/Accs, Bird Cg, De-cor. 13865 Granada Ave.

Bloomington - 2 SALES!

5/19 (8-5); 5/20-21 (8-3)8312 Sheridan Avenue S.

2601 Sheridan PlaceFurn., antiqs, vinyl, HH items, sample & business clothes, tools, vintage, hard cover books, collectibles, outdoor. CASH ONLY

Bloomington - 5/12 - 5/149a-6p - 5 Family Sale!

HH, Antiques, linens, ruby glassware, Xercise equip,

books- 4317 W 91st St.

BLOOMINGTON

CitywideGarage SalesMay 19-20-21Sale list & maps avail. Wed, May 18 for $3 at:Haller & Associates

Heritage Plaza Shopping Center

10510 France Ave SInfo: 952-831-3798

Bloomington Multi-Family5/11-12 (8-5) HH items, cloz, furn., & much more!100th Street & 10th Ave.

Bloomington, Huge Sale! Thurs, Fri, Sat 8-5. Kids cloz (girls nb-6x, boys nb-18 mo) toys, books & more.

1 Sheridan Ave S

Bloomington, May 19, 20 & 21 , 9 AM to 4 PM. Furniture, desks, tools,collectables, desks, kitchen items and much, much more! 9526 Woodbridge Road

Bloomington- 5/12 - 5/14, Start at 9am. Multi Family! Spring Valley Dr- between Lyndale & Nicollet on bluff

Bloomington-5/13 & 5/14 9a-4p. Floral Craft Items!Vases, Yarns, Craft Books,

HH, Dish set, Stemware10914 Vincent Ave S.

Brooklyn ParkCity Wide Garage SalesThurs-Sat, May 12-14

Over 120 Sales!This is a great opportunity to meet your neighbors and score some deals!To view and/or download mobile maps of registered sales please go to: www.

brooklynpark.org/garagesale

Free printed maps for all registered sales are also available at the Commu-nity Activity Center.

Burnsville Gramercy Club15001 Burnhaven Drive5/19-20 (8-5). 1/2 price 5/21 (8-3). (Corner of 150th & Buck Hill Rd.) See signs!

BURNSVILLE, May 19-20-21, 8-5. Multi Home Sale!Toys, Furniture, Clothes SUMMIT OAKS

Burnsville- 5/21 & 5/22 10a-3p. Moving Sale!

Furniture & More! 77 Garden Drive

EAGAN 5/19-21, 8-53+ House Sale - HH items, x-mas items,old trunk,furn

4110 Blueberry Lane

EAGANLexington Square N’brhdSat, 5/14 (8-3) 35+ Homes!SE crnr of Lexington & Wescott

EAGAN, 5/12th to 15th, 8-5 Furn, HH items, bike, rug W clothes & wedding decor

1814 Taconite Trail

Eagan, 5/19-21, 8a-5p Kids & Womens Cloths, Tools Cake Decorating Supplies & Golf Clubs 2 Family Sale 1771 GABBRO TRAIL

Eagan: Moving Sale! Ev-erything must go! 5/13-14, (8-5) Furn, HH, bedding & more! 4557 Oak Chase Cir


EAGAN: May 19-20th, 9-5pm, Hawthorne Woods Neighborhood Sale - Lots of HH items, kids & adlt cloz, books, perennials & MORE! 4341 Dorchester Court (Signs @ Dodd & Diffley)

EDEN PRAIRIE Preserve Neighborhood 40+ homes! Sat., 5/14 Maps 5/10 @

preserveassociation.com11221 Anderson Lakes Pkwy

Eden Prairie, 5/19-21, 9-6 HH, office, Estee Lauder, M+W apparel S-L, books, music, tradeshow displays.13188 Cardinal Creek Rd.

Eden Prairie, May 19 - 20, 8am-5pm. Furn, grills, household, tools, equip-ment, cloz & more. 6996 & 7001 Royal Link Court

Eden Prairie: Kids Consignment Sale

200+ Families May 20-22, 10a-7p

Champions Hall7000 Washington Ave S.edenprairie.jbfsale.com

Eden Prairie: Lots of Kitch-en items! Patio swing, bar stools, lawnmower, kids wagon. 5/20 (8-5); 5/21 (8-12) 8596 Norwood Circle

Edina: Mega Church-wide Kids Rummage Sale 5/20-5/21 (7-3) www.normluth.org

Normandale Lutheran Church

6100 Normandale Road

Farmington- 5/19 - 5/218am-6pm - Clothes, Furn,

Jewelry, Lots of Misc! 19735 English Ave

Golden Valley2000 Wisconsin Ave. N.Multi-Fam Sales 5/12-13-14(8-6) HH, collctbls, furn, an-tqs, yard/guy stuff Must see! Hwy 55 & N. on Winnetka, W on Duluth, right on Wisc.

Golden Valley, 5/13-14, Fri. 8-5, Sat. 8-1, Antiques, Books, Purses, HH items. 6445 Hwy 55 (frontage rd)

HOPKINS

Annual Plant SaleHennepin County Master

Gardeners Sat., 5/21 (9-2) Indoor - Hopkins Pavilion 11000 Excelsior Blvd.

Lakeville, 5/19 - 21, 8-4Camping, Sports, Electron-ics, Laptop, Furn, LOTS HH 16245 Harmony Path

Lakeville, 5/19-21, Thurs 8am-7pm, Fri 8am-5pm, Sat 8am-2pm. Kids & More Sale! Save BIG on Everything for Baby, Child, Teen, Adults & Home. Quality New & Gen-tly Used Clothes, Shoes, Toys, Books, Games, Baby Gear, Costumes, DVDs, Sports, Furniture, Mater-nity, Home Goods, Purses, Crafts & Much More! Ames Arena, 19900 Ipava Ave.

Lakeville, Huge Sale!!5/18-5/21, 9-5 pm. Furn, cloz, home decor, much more! Jaeger Path

Lakeville, May 19, 20 & 21, 8-5. MOVING SALE-Antiques, Furniture, Household 17984 Fullerton Ct.

Lakeville, May 19-21, 8am-5pm. Serger & misc sewing supplies, Pfaltzgraff, col-lector toys, misc HH items. 19160 Inndale Court.

LAKEVILLE, Thur. May 19, Fri. May 20 & Sat. May 21, 8-4pm, ea. day. Dept 56 Snow Village, Byer’s Carolers, Luggage, Games, Cloths, Lot’s of Halloween Decorations from haunted house, kids toys, high chair, wagon, home decor, kitchen items, cycle helmet & fishing gear

18316 JUSTICE WAY

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Lakev ille-5/21-8a-2p. Moving Sale! Furn, HH, Bedding,Lots of misc. Cash Only! 20259 Hunter Ct

Medina, 5/19-21, 8 to 3 Huge 4 family sale!

HomeDecor, Furn, clothes, shoes, toys, books & more.

4495 Maple Leaf Court

Minnetonka Multi-Family,Moving Sale 5/20-21 (9-4) HH, tools, seasonal, furn.3739 Park Valley Rd.

Mtka: Huge Multi-Fam Sale! 5/12-14 (9-5). Antqs, HH, cloz, makeup samples, designer items & much misc. 13611 McGinty Rd E


Mtka: Moving Sale! 5/20-21 (9-5) Antqs, collect., HH, furn, chickens & misc. 10600 Belmont Rd

New Hope -Muti-Family! 5/19-5/21, (8a -5:30p.) An-tiques, Dept 56, quilting fab, womens cloz,dish sets, scrapbook paper & stamps

5417 Xylon Ave N

New Hope, 5/20-21, 9-5 HH, tools, golf, printer

womens clz reg/+ & misc. 4407 Independence Ave

PlymouthChelsea Woods Annual

Garage Sale Sat., 5/21 (8-4) Townhouse Community - Vicksburg & Cty Rd 6 -

20+ Families. Follow signs!

Plymouth ESTATE of Doll Collector 5/12-13 (10-6)1st bisque MA F&B, 40’s MIB BarB’s 11730 50th Av N

Plymouth Tiburon Assoc.Multi-Homes 5/19-21 (8-5)36th Ave No. & Pilgrim Ln.Antiqs., collectbls., unique decor, X-mas, books, tools, fish equip. 763-595-8880

Plymouth- 5/19, 5/20 & 5/21, 8a-4p. Moving Sale! Furniture, Tools, Decora-tions. 12400 48th Ave N

Plymouth: Kingswood An-nual Multi-Houses Sale! Cnty Rd 101 & 1st Ave N. 5/19-20 (8-5), 5/21 (9-3)

Richfield 5/19-20 (8-4); & 5/21 (8-1:30) Cloz $4 bag, all else 1/2 price. St. Nicholas Church Recycle/Bake Sale Also this year - Perennials! 7227 Penn Ave. South

RichfieldCity Wide

Garage SalesThursday - Saturday

May 19, 20, 21

FREE Sale Listfor buyers available

starting May 16th at:

Richfield City Hall6700 Portland Ave.

Richfield Comm. Center 7000 Nicollet Ave S

Richfield Liquor Stores

Craig’s List & website: www.

richfieldrecreation.com

For more information612-861-9363

Robbinsdale, May 13, 8-6 & 14, 8-4. Big 2 family sale! Downsizing! Formi-

ca table, furniture, yard items and more. 1 block N of old Rdale Sr. High.

3840 Toledo Ave. N 55422

Rosemount

Rosemount UMC Sale!May 25-27 Wed (5-7); Thurs (8-7); & Fri (8-12) Cloz, toys, furniture, HH & more! Info: 651-423-247514770 Canada Ave. West

Rosemount, 5/19-21, 8-5 Lots of HH items, furn, clzrugs, toys, books & movies 13587 Crosscliffe Place(Crosscroft of Evermoor)

Rosemount- 5/18 - 5/21, 8a-6p-furn,cloz, Seasonal/home,scrap book supplies, toys, Longa Berger Baskets

14146 Abbeyfield Ave

Shoreview: 2 Day Garage Sale 5/20 & 5/21, 9-4. furn, cloz, lighting, kids toys, hh, snowblower, lawn mower, & motorcycle parts,

959 Scenic Dr.

Shorewood- 5/12, 5/13 & 5/14- 8am-4pm. Lots & Lots of Goods! Cash Only

5980 Glencoe Rd

St Louis Park Multi-Family5/14 (9-4) Toys, furn, HH, Patio set, Dollhouse, much more! 3900 Xenwood Ave. S.


St Louis Pk Neighborhood W. of Hwy 100, S of Hwy 7, N of Excel Blvd. Sat 5/14, 8-4. Furn, computer elec-tonics, toys, bikes, cloz, hh collectibles, much more!

To place your Classified Ad contact Jeanne Cannon at: 952-392-6875 or email:

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Wayzata/Mtka Estate Sale17404 Bay Lane

5/13-14 (9-5) Vintage, col-lectibles, furn. Cash only.

4500 RENTALS / REAL ESTATE

4510 Apartments/Condos For Rent

Apple Valley: 1 BR Condo, W/D,garage ,No pets. Avail now! $785 952-942-5328

To place your Classified Ad contact Sharon Brauer at: 952-392-6873 or email:

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4520 Townhomes/Dbls/Duplexes For Rent

Lakeville: 3BR, 2.5 BA, TH. Off Dodd Rd & Cedar $1450 Avl June 1st. 612-868-3000

4530 Houses For Rent

Elko/New Market- 4Br,2Ba AC,W/D,DW,2 car htd gar, 3rd gar/storage, deck, lrg fenced yard. $1500+ util mo. Gary : 612-849-0473


[email protected]

4570 StorageFor Rent

Lonsdale Mini-Storage7 sizes available. 5’x10’ to 10’x40’. Call 507-744-4947 leave message.

4610 Houses For Sale


[email protected]

5000 SERVICES

5080 Child &Adult Care

To place your Classified Ad contact Jeanne Cannon at: 952-392-6875 or email:

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5090 Asphalt/Black-topping/Seal Coating

30+ Years ExperienceAsphalt Paving & SealcoatQuality Work W/Warranty

LSC Construction Svc, Inc 952-890-2403 / 612-363-2218

Mbr: Better Business Bureau

Small Driveways

Parking Lots

5090 Asphalt/Black-topping/Seal Coating

H & H Blacktopping612-861-6009

M. Jones Asphalt Paving(Better Price)

☑ Sealcoating ☑ 2 Inch Overlays ☑ Resurfacing ☑ Sawcutting ☑ Driveway Replace- ments & Parking Lots

Licensed & Insured

5140 Carpet, Floor& Tile

Above All Hardwood Floors Installation-Sanding-Finishing

“We Now InstallCarpet, Tile & Vinyl.”

952-440-WOOD (9663)

Escobar Hardwood Floors, LLC

We offer professional services for your wood floors!

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

Professional w/15 yrs exp.

952-292-2349

SANDING-REFINISHINGRoy’s Sanding Service

Since 1951 952-888-9070

5160 Commercial &Residential Cleaning

Professional Cleaning w/o paying the high priceHonest, dep, reas. Exc. refs Therese 952-898-4616


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

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Caulking Ins/Bond 952-898-2987

A+ BBB Member

Owners on job site952-985-5516• Stamped Concrete

• Standard Concrete • Driveways • Fire Pits & Patios • Athletic Courts • Steps & Walks • Floors & Aprons www.mdconcrete.net

CONCRETE & MASONRYSteps, Walks, Drives,

Patios Chimney Repair. No job to Sm.

Lic/Bond/Ins John 952-882-0775 612-875-1277

Concrete, Chimneys Drain Tiles, Brick, Stone.Custom, New or Repair. Christian Brothers

ConstructionMinn Lic. BC679768

612-716-0388


Concrete ExcellenceDriveways Patios

Sidewalks Garage Floors Aprons Steps

Brick Paving Retaining Walls

Decorative ConcreteTear Outs & Replacement

Free EstimatesContact Troy

@ 952 457-8504Concrete-Excellence.com

ConcreteServicePlus.comAll your concrete needs. 651-248-8380

DAN’S CONCRETEDriveways, Patios, Sidewalks, Blocks,

Footings, Etc. Insured26 Years of Experience

612-244-8942

Dave’s Concrete & Masonry

39 yrs exp. Free ests. Ins’d. Colored &

Stamped, Driveway Specialist, Steps, Side-walks, Patios, Blocks,

& Floors. New or replacement. Tear out

& removal. Will meet or beat almost any quote!

• 952-469-2754 •

*** HUBCRETE Inc. ***Drives, Patios, Walks

Steps, Walls & AdditionsStamped & Color avail.Chimney repair & blockNO $ dwn/CC acceptedIns./bonded 30 yrs exp.

CARL 612 979-3518

Kelly O’Malley “As owner,

I’m always on site!”Driveways SidewalksPatios StepsFloors Stamped

612-756-3060 - 30 yr [email protected]

Lowell Russell Concrete

BBB A+ Rating - Angies List Honor Roll

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

St. Marc Ready Mix Concrete

1-100 yards delivered. Both small & large trucks. Con-tractors & Homeowners.

952-890-7072


5370 Painting &Decorating

5420 Tree Care &Stump Removal

5390 Roofing, Siding& Gutters

5350 Lawn &Garden Services





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5190 Decks

DECK CLEANING

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◆651-699-3504◆952-352-9986 www.rooftodeck.com

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PINNACLE DRYWALL*Hang *Tape *Texture

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5220 Electrical

DAGGETT ELECTRICGen. Help & Lic. Elec.

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

5260 Garage Doors

GARAGE DOORS & OPENERS

Repair/Replace/Reasonable

Lifetime Warranty on All Spring Changes

www.expertdoor.com 651-457-7776

5270 Gutter Cleaning

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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 Supervisor

Dale 952-941-8896 office 612-554-2112 cell

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Quality Work @ Competi-tive Prices! We do it All!

Ray 612-281-7077

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952-451-3792 R.A.M. CONSTRUCTIONAll Home Modifications

Specializing in Handicap Assesabilty for all ages

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5280 Handyperson

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

One Call Does it All!Call Bob 612-702-8237

Home Tune-up • Fix It • Replace It

• Upgrade It Over 40 Yrs Exp.

Ins’d Ron 612-221-9480

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[email protected]

5300 Heating &Cooling Services

To place your Classified Ad contact Michelle Ahrens at: 952-392-6883 or email:

[email protected]

5340 Landscaping

E-Z Landscape Retaining / Blder Walls Paver Patio Rock & Mulch Bobcat Work

Call 952-334-9840www.e-zlandscape.com

Ken’s LandscapingWe Haul Brush & More...

612-402-9631

LANDSCAPES BY LORAlandscapesbylora.com

Quality work @ competitiveprices. 15+ yrs exp.!

612-644-3580

Modern Landscapes • Retaining Walls • Paver Patios • “Committed to

Excellence” • Spring Pricing 612-205-9953

modernlandscapes.biz

Pavers PlusPaver Patios & DrivewaysRetaining Walls, Rock &

Mulch. 612-644-4836

RETAINING WALLS Water Features & Pavers 30+ Years of Experience

763-420-3036 952-240-5533

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$40 Lawn AerationsMulti Neighbor DiscountWkly Mowing/Dethatching

Mark 651-245-7876

All Your GREEN Needs:Mowing Lawn Care

Landscaping20+ Yrs Exp Free Ests

Call 651-695-1230SorensenLawnCare.com

GARDEN TILLINGBILL WILL TILL

$40/1st 400sq ft 651-324-9330

Garden Tilling Good Rates!!!!

Call Shannon 952-288-5304

Green & Black LLC Lawn Maintenance

• Fertilizer • Irrigation• Mulch Install 651-356-9193

JM Lawn & SnowWeekly Mowing, Core

Aeration, Fertilizing +more

Josh 763-400-1986


Lawn & TurfWkly Mowing, Power Rake, Aeration. 952-236-4459lawnandturfonline.com

5370 Painting &Decorating

3 Interior Rooms/$275Wallpaper Removal.

Drywall Repair. Cabinet Enameling and

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

612•390•6845Quality ResidentialPainting & Drywall

Ceiling & Wall TexturesH20 Damage-Plaster Repair

Wallpaper RemovalINTERIOR � EXTERIOR

*A and K PAINTING*Schedule Spring Painting! Stain/Texturing. Free Est. 952-474-6258 Ins/LicMajor Credit Cards Accepted

Ben’s PaintingInt/Ext, Drywall Repair

Paint/Stain/Ceilings. Visa/MC/Discvr.,

benspaintinginc.com

952-432-2605 DAVE’S PAINTING

and WALLPAPERINGInt/Ext • Free Est. •30 Yrs.

Will meet or beat any price! Lic/Ins

Complete Handyman SvcVisa/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

No Subcontractors Used

Tear-offs, Insurance Claims BBB A+, Free Est. A+ Angies List Lic # BC170064 Certified GAF Installer - 50 yr warranty.

Ins. 952-891-8586


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

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35 Yrs Exp. A+ Rating BBB


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Spring Discount - 25% Off Tree Trimming, Tree

Removal, Stump Grinding 612-644-8035 Remove Large

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◆ 651-338-5881 ◆Exp’d. Prof., Lic., Ins’d.

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Al & Rich’s Low CostStump Removal, Portable Mach. Prof. tree trimming

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BretMann Stump GrindingFree Ests. Best$$ Ins’d

Bck Yrd Acc 612-290-1213

Call Jeff forStump Removal

Narrow Access Backyards Fully Insured

Jeff 612-578-5299

Easy Tree Service, LLCTrim/Removal. Lic/Ins Eugene 651-855-8189

NOVAK STUMP REMOVALFree Ests. Lic’d & Ins’d

952-888-5123

Thomas Tree Service25 yrs exp./ Expert Climb.

Immaculate Clean-up! Tree Removal/TrimmingLot Clearing/Stump Removal

Free Ests 952-440-6104

5440 Window Cleaning

Rich’s Window Cleaning Quality Service. Afford-able rates. 952-435-7871

5500 EMPLOYMENT

5510 Full-time

Accounting Clerk- A/R-Office

Seeking a detail oriented individual for busy office. Benefits include health, life, 401k and profit shar-ing. Fax or email resume to

952-881-6480 [email protected]

Anchor Block Companyhas a full time opening for a Machine Operator/ 2nd Shift at our Shakopee facility. Become part of the Oldcastle team. Apply online at: www.oldcastle.com/careers/Search careers and enter job requisition #84687 to see full job description and apply.

Class A CDL Regional/OTR Flat Bed Drivers needed. Flat bed drivers home weekends. Min.1 yr. exp. preferred Will con-

sider new CDL Drivers.Commercial Transload of Minnesota Truck-lines, Inc. 7151 University

Ave. Fridley, MN 55432. [email protected] fax : 763-571-9549

or call: 763-571-9508 ask for Pete or Chris

Fleet & Senior Fleet Technician

Dakota County is seeking motivated individuals to fill multiple Fleet & Senior Fleet Technician positions. The positions perform a va-riety of skilled tasks in the repair of autos, trucks, and equipment. Visit our web-site for a full job descrip-tion & to apply on-line:

www.dakotacounty.us

Receiving/Warehouse FT position available with great wages, health, life, 401k & profit sharing. Clean work environment & convenient Bloomington location Must be able to lift 75lbs. Fax or email resume to 952-881-6480. [email protected]


5530 Full-time orPart-time

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Caregivers Neededfor gentleman in his home. 15-40 hrs a week. Contact son, John, 651-888-0225 or Father, Don, 651-307-1271

Delivery/Warehouse-PT position for an organized multi-tasker with attention to detail. Help pull orders.

Load/unload trucks. Delivery to metro area job sites. Requires valid D.L.

Apply in person Ben Franklin Electric 12401Wasburn Ave S. Burnsville.

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Great summer pool job!Pool technician to work at City of Apple Valley Pools. Responsible for pool clean-ing and chemical mainte-nance. We will train! Requires strong procedural and customer service skills and ability to work inde-pendently.Must be at least 18 years old and able to work out-side for long periods. Pay $13/hr!To learn more and apply: www.hawkinsinc.comEOE/AA:M/F/Disabled/Veteran Employer/Drug Free Workplace

Now Hiring / Training

School Bus DriversPT, benefits, paid holidays

$15.50 per hour$750 Hiring bonus

Call Denise

952-736-8004Durham School Services


Gate AttendantPT/FT positions currently open. Flexible scheduling, checking customers in & out of lumberyard. Starting

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Immediate Full/PT open-ing for Payroll Clerk. Col-lect, Calculate & enter data weekly. Prepare reports Tracks overtime, vacation, sick days & reimburse-ments. Maintains employ-ee confidence and protects payroll operations by keep-ing information confiden-tial. Light bookkeeping & general clerical duties Knowledge of ADP helpful.Email resumes: [email protected]

Temporary help want-ed, May through June 24. Assist with insect rearing. Call in after-noons. Crop Character-istics, Inc., Farmington. 651-460-2400.


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Family fun at Holz Farm The Holz Farm Spring Festival runs 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, May 15, at Holz Farm Park, 4665 Manor Drive, Eagan. The 1940s restored park offers food, music and activities for all ages. Information: www.ci.eagan.mn.us/index.php/recreation/community-events.

‘The Producers’ in Lakeville The Play’s The Thing Productions will present the musical version of Mel Brooks’s classic comedy

“The Producers” May 13-22 at the Lakeville Area Arts Center. The show features a cast of about 20 adults and teenagers, with lead-ing roles played by Mat-thew Loyd of Burnsville; Max Mayleben, a Farm-ington High School ju-nior; and Maddie Railton, a 10th-grader at Lakeville South High School. Show times are 7:30 p.m. May 13-14 and 20-21, and 2 p.m. May 15 and 22. Tickets are $14 and are available at www.Lakevil-leAreaArtsCenter.com or by calling 952-985-4640. Tickets will also be avail-able at the door prior to performances.

Velvet Tones spring concert The Velvet Tones, a senior adult community chorus based in Apple Val-ley, will present their an-nual spring concert 3 p.m. Sunday, May 15, at the Apple Valley Senior Cen-ter, 14601 Hayes Road. The free, public concert by the 80-member cho-rus will include musical selections such as “Sweet Home Chicago,” “One Love,” “Footloose,” and “Fascinating Rhythm.” Twin Cities radio and TV personality Stan Turner is set to emcee the event. Refreshments will be served following the concert, and free-will do-nations will be accepted. For more information, call 952-432-1081 or visit www.velvettones.org.

Women of Note spring concert “The Sound of Si-lence,” “The Impossible Dream,” and “The Rose” are a few of the favorite songs the Eagan Women of Note will sing during their “Dream. Live. Sing.” spring concert 4 p.m. Sun-day, May 22, at Black-hawk Middle School, 1540 Deerwood Drive, Eagan. Tickets are $10 adults, $5 children under 12. Visit www.eaganwomenofnote.org for more information.

Paragon Theater summer offers Paragon Odyssey 15 Theater, Burnsville, offers a free kids summer mov-ies series 10 a.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thurs-days, June 21 to Aug. 18. The film lineup can be found at paragontheaters.com/promotions. The free

movies are for families only. Armed Forces Day. On Saturday, May 21, all ser-vice members will receive a free small popcorn (or $1 upgrade to a large). Also, from May 16-31, a percentage of all doubles combos sold will be donat-ed to fill the USO Feature Films Library. A sensory-friendly screening of “The An-gry Birds Movie” will be shown at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 21. Paragon Theaters will now offer one sensory-friendly screening a month for children with autism or other special needs and their families (low sound and lights on). Father’s Day. Treat dad to a hot dog and receive a free small popcorn Satur-day, June 18, and Sunday, June 19. Visit www.paragonthe-aters.com/promotions for more information.

‘The Abolitionists’ at Carmike Former CIA and Homeland Security agent Tim Ballard brings the battle against child sex-trafficking to the big screen in “The Abolition-ists” at 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 16, at the Carmike 15 Theater, 15630 Cedar Ave., Apple Valley. The film takes viewers behind-the-scenes as Bal-lard and his team of op-eratives risk their own lives to free innocent children from trafficking. A special, 30-minute panel discussion, includ-ing ideas and suggestions about what film attendees and others can do to assist with the fight, follows the feature with its executive

producer Gerald Molen. Call 952-431-4859 for information.

MMA at Mystic Lake Mixed martial arts makes its return Friday, July 15, to Mystic Lake Casino Hotel in Prior Lake. Doors open at 5 p.m. with fights scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. The main card, which will be broad-cast live on nationwide television via AXS-TV, starts at 9 p.m. The event will be regulated by the Minnesota Combative Sports Commission. Resurrection Fighting Alliance, one of the pre-mier MMA promotional companies in the United States, makes its fifth ap-pearance at Mystic Lake, this time presenting RFA 40. RFA 40 features the return of the “Bash Broth-ers.” Identical twins Mel-vin and Marvin Blumer, nicknamed the “Bash Brothers,” are two of the state’s top prospects, ranked No. 1 and No. 3 in Minnesota at 135 pounds. The event also marks the return of Minnesota Martial Arts Academy standout Dan “The Hit-man” Moret and Mario Roberto Jui-Jitsu product Chad “Blitz” Curry. The main, televised portion of RFA 40 also features the return of UFC veteran Chico Camus (15-7), who’s taking on Ce-sar Sklvavos (12-4) in a 125-pound showdown. Tickets range from $35-$100. Tables are $600 and $1,000. Contact the box office at 952-496-6563 or visit mysticlake.com for more details.

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Friday, May 13 Church of St. Michael’s Spring Fling, 5:30 p.m., 22120 Denmark Ave., Farmington. So-cial hour: 5:30 p.m. Dinner: 7:30 p.m., catered by Longbranch Saloon & Eatery. Games, silent auction, ’50s costume con-test, dinner, collectible cars on display 4-6 p.m. Tickets: $50. Information: www.stmichael-farmington.org.

Saturday, May 14 Metro Republican Women Mother and Daughter Break-fast, 8:30 a.m., Mendakota Country Club, 2075 Mendakota Drive, Mendota Heights. Speak-er: Smead Manufacturing CEO and President Sharon Avent. Cost: $18 members, $20 non-members, $10 students. Walk-ins welcome. Bike sale for Kids ’n Kin-ship, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., 12738 Ethelton Way, Apple Valley. Prices range from $30 to $350. Information: www.ricksbikesale.com. Plant sale by the Dakota County Master Gardeners, 9 a.m. to noon, in the Horticulture Building at the Dakota County Fairgrounds, 4008 220th St. W., Farmington. Includes heir-loom tomatoes, sun and shade perennials, grasses, ground covers, vegetables and herbs. Information: www.DakotaMas-terGardeners.org.

Sunday, May 15 Fields of Fire paintball event by the Lakeville Public Safety Foundation, 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., MN Pro Paintball, 22554 Texas Ave., Lakeville. In-formation: www.lpsfmn.org.

Holz Farm Spring Festival, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Holz Farm Park, 4665 Manor Drive, Eagan. Information: www.ci.eagan.mn.us. Free Supercharge Your Brain workshop presented by Mindful Health, 2:15-3 p.m., Platinum Yoga/USA Karate Burnsville, 509 E. County Road 42, Burnsville. Learn how super-foods can nourish the brain, how healthy fat can improve brain function, and how lifestyle plays a major role in brain health. All-levels yoga class prior to work-shop from 1-2 p.m., free for new students and members. Intro-duction to yoga class following workshop from 3:15-4 p.m., free for new students & members. RSVP: [email protected], 612-720-1335, or https://www.facebook.com/events/467934533406244/.

Saturday, May 21 Plant sale by the Dakota Gardeners, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Community of Christ Church, 5990 134th St. Court, Apple Valley. Perennials divided and donated by club members. A selection of annuals and veg-etables also included. Informa-tion: 651-455-2889. Plant sale by the Lakeville Area Garden Club, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., 9975 W. 194th St., Lake-ville (corner of County Road 50 and 194th Street). Selection of perennials, annuals, hanging baskets and garden miscella-neous. Plant sale by the Sweet Sioux Garden Club, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Faith Covenant Church parking lot, 12921 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Perennials divided and donated by club members. A selection of annuals and veg-etables also included. Sale pro-ceeds used for scholarships.

Beatles tribute band A Hard Day’s Night is set to perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 21, at the Steeple Center in Rosemount. The Minnesota-based tribute band seeks to create a high-energy, authentic replication of a Beatles concert, with songs spanning the Fab Four’s catalog. Tickets for the event presented by the Rosemount Area Arts Council are $15 and are available in advance at www.rosemountarts.com. More about the band is at www.harddaysnighttribute.com. (Photo submitted)

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Auditions Children’s Castle Theater will hold auditions for “The Wizard of Oz” 6 p.m. May 16 and 17 at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. The retelling is a non-musical version with roles for approximately 100 ac-tors ages 5 through adult. The comedic tale follows Dorothy as she is swept away by torna-do to the colorful Land of Oz. All Dorothy wants is to return to her farm but she has one small problem – the Wicked Witch (who dreams of becoming a great dancer) cannot achieve her goal without the ruby red slippers Dorothy wears on her feet. Rehearsals will be in Farmington with performances June 24-26 in Lakeville. Infor-mation: www.childrenscastle-theater.org.

Books What Writers Should Know About Editors, Tues-day, May 17, meeting room at Perkins, 17387 Kenyon Ave., Lakeville. Program of the Ro-mancing the Lakes chapter of Romance Writers of America. The group meets the third Tues-day of the month at Perkins. Socialize, 6-7 p.m.; business meeting, 7-8 p.m.; program, 8-9 p.m. Information: www.romancingthelakeswriters.com. Author Jeffrey Burton, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 17, Robert Trail Library, 14395 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. Bur-ton will discuss his novel “The Lynchpin” as part of the Meet the Author series. Free. Book sale by the Friends of the Elko New Market Library, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, May 20; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Satur-day, May 21, with a $7 bag sale 12-2 p.m. Book donations and volunteers needed. The li-brary is at 110 J. Roberts Way, Elko New Market. Information: http://tinyurl.com/gow6678.

Call for Artists The Dakota County Public Art Citizen Advisory Commit-tee is seeking original works of art for its sixth Community Art Exhibition. Theme of the ex-hibit is “Landscapes of Dakota County.” Artists 8 years old and older living in Dakota County can submit original two-di-mensional art that meets the committee’s criteria outlined online. One entry per person is allowed. The submission dead-line is July 8. For a complete list of criteria that submissions must meet, visit www.dako-tacounty.us and search “art exhibit.” To learn more, contact Jean Erickson at 651-438-4286 or [email protected].

Comedy Tracy Morgan: Picking Up the Pieces, 8 p.m. Friday, May 27, Mystic Lake Casino, Prior Lake. Tickets: $30. Informa-tion: 952-445-9000 or www.mysticlake.com.

Dance AVHS Danceworks 2016: Feel the Beat, 7:30 p.m. May 19-21, Apple Valley High School. Tickets: $7 adults, $5 students and senior citizens. The box office is open for ticket sales one hour prior to each performance. Information: 952-431-8200. RHS modern dance com-pany performance, 7 p.m. Fri-day, May 20, Rosemount High School. Information: 651-423-7501. EVHS spring dance show, 7:30 p.m. May 21-22, Eastview

High School. Information: 952-431-8900.

Events Impressions on Ice Skat-ing Show, 7 p.m. Friday, May 13, and Saturday, May 14, at the Burnsville Ice Center, 251 Civic Center Parkway. Re-served tickets: $16. General admission tickets: $8 adults, $5 students ages 5-17 and seniors ages 62-plus, free for ages 4 and younger. Informa-tion: www.burnsvilleicecenter.org. Barrel racing star Amber-ley Snyder will be the keynote speaker at a May 14 fundrais-ing event for the CanDoCowgirl Mentorship program, men-toring youth to achieve their equestrian dreams, at Corner-stone on the Vermillion, 4650 200 St. E., Hastings (6 miles east of Farmington). She will share her story of “Tragedy to Triumph.” Features food and beverage stands, silent auc-tion, photo opportunities. Doors open at 4 p.m. Tickets: $40 in advance at www.cando-cowgirl.com or $45 at the door. Taste of Lakeville, 5-9 p.m. Thursday, May 19, Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holy-oke Ave. Ages 21 and older. Tickets: $35 in advance, $45 day of the event. Information: https://www.tasteoflakeville.org.

Exhibits The Rosemount Area Arts Council is hosting a gal-lery opening for works of Rita Corrigan and Cheryl Kluender, along with a photo exhibit from members of the Minnesota Valley Photography Club titled “Bridges,” 6-8:30 p.m. Tues-day, May 24, in the Steeple Center, 14375 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. Free.

Music LSHS percussion and ensemble concert, “The Big Bang – Search for the Golden Cowbell,” 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 13, Lakeville South High School auditorium. Informa-tion: 952-232-3300. Eagan Men’s Chorus spring concert, 7:30 p.m. Sat-urday, May 14, Advent United Methodist Church, 3945 Lex-ington Ave. S., Eagan. Tickets: $10 adults, $5 students, free for those 12 and younger. In-formation: Tom Mullon at 651-683-9880 or [email protected]. Velvet Tones spring con-cert, 3 p.m. Sunday, May 15, Apple Valley Senior Center, 14601 Hayes Road, Apple Val-ley. Free-will donations accept-ed. Information: 952-432-1081 or www.velvettones.org. All Saints Music Festival, 6 p.m. Friday, May 20, Little Log House Pioneer Village, Hastings. Music by TC Cats and Hairball. Tickets: www.all-saintsmusicfestival.com. Gregg Allman, 8 p.m. Sat-urday, May 21, Mystic Show-room, Prior Lake. Tickets: $59 and $69. Information: 952-496-6563 or www.mysticlake.com.

Theater BHS Showcase, 7:30 p.m. May 12-14 and 19-21, Burns-ville High School’s Mraz Cen-ter. Information: 952-707-2100. “The Producers,” pre-sented by The Play’s The Thing Productions, 7:30 p.m. May 13-14 and 20-21, 2 p.m. May 15 and 22, at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. Tickets: $14 at www.LakevilleAreaArtsCenter.com, 952-985-4640 or at the door.

Workshops/classes/other Eagan Art House is part-nering with Minnesota Center for Book Arts to offer book arts

workshops. Teaching Book Arts to Youth: The Language of Books, 6-9 p.m. Wednes-day, May 18, at the Eagan Art House, 3981 Lexington Ave. S.; Jill Weese, instructor. Cost: $45, including supplies. Call 612-215-2520 or register on-line at www.mnbookarts.org/ontheroad. Information: [email protected] or 651-675-5521. The Eagan Art House of-fers workshops presented by Wet Paint Artists’ Materials and Framing on preparing artwork for exhibit. Workshops are 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 21, and 6-8 p.m. Friday, July 22. All workshops are free and will be held at the Eagan Art House. Information: [email protected] or 651-675-5521. Watch Me Draw Art Stu-dio, 20908 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville, classes: Ladies Night Out, 6-8 p.m. the second and fourth Friday of the month, create a 9x12 acrylic painting, $30. Date Night Painting, 6-8 p.m. the first and third Friday of the month, choose to paint individual canvases or one large canvas, age 21 and older, $55 per couple includes light appetizers. Coffee & Canvas, 9-11 a.m. Wednesdays, create a 9x12 acrylic painting of sun-flowers (May 11), water lilies (May 18) and African splendor (May 25); $25 per class. Infor-mation: www.watchmedraw.net or 952-469-1234. Yoga classes at Preci-sion and Flow Pilates, 13708 County Road 11, Burnsville. Slow Flow Yoga, 7-8 p.m. May 14, $20; Candlelight Yoga, 7-8 p.m. Thursdays, $20. Drop in or sign up at www.precision-andflowpilates.com. Brunch Yoga, 11 a.m. to noon May 22 at Inspiration Design Center, 220 Highway 13, Burnsville, $10. Register at www.gos-wamiyoga.com. 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. Drawing & Painting (adults and teens) with artist Christine Tierney, 9 a.m. to noon Tues-days, River Ridge Studios, 190 S. River Ridge Circle, Burns-ville. Information: www.christi-netierney.com, 612-210-3377. Brushworks School of Art Burnsville offers fine art education through drawing and painting. Classes for adults and teens. Information: Patricia Schwartz, www.BrushworksS-choolofArt.com, 651-214-4732. 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. Line dance classes Wednesdays at Lakeville Heri-tage Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave., beginners 9-10 a.m., in-termediate 10 a.m. to noon. Information: 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. In-formation: John Loch, 952-255-8545 or [email protected]. SouthSide Writers, Sat-urday workgroup for aspiring writers, offering critique, sub-mission and manuscript prep-aration information, support and direction, 10 a.m. to noon, Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. Information: 651-688-0365.

The Eagan Men’s Chorus will present its spring concert on 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 14, at Advent United Methodist Church, 3945 Lexington Ave. S., Eagan. The chorus will be joined by the Augustana Trombone Quartet at the concert. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for students and children under 12 get in free; tickets will be available at the door. Twice a year, the chorus performs a public concert to raise money to support its mission of providing entertainment at senior-living facilities, veterans homes and hospitals. More about the group is at www.eaganmenschorus.org. (Photo submitted)

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Beauty meets ballet in BurnsvilleMiss America in attendance at Ames Center performance

Twin Cities Ballet wel-comed a special guest to one of its performances of “Cinderella 1944: A Love Story” last weekend. Betty Cantrell, the reigning Miss America, rearranged her touring schedule to attend the show at the Ames Center in Burnsville. Cantrell is a longtime friend of Twin Cities Ballet company member Natalie Rossi, who danced the lead role of Cinderella in the pro-

duction. Rossi said she and Cantrell have been best friends since kindergarten. “This was the last show of the season, and it meant so much to me that she was able to make time in her busy schedule to come,” Rossi said. As Miss America, Cantrell serves as the Na-tional Goodwill Ambassa-dor for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. She was crowned Miss Geor-gia in 2015 before receiv-ing the 2016 Miss America title. Cantrell, who greeted and posed for photos with the public following the

performance of “Cinder-ella 1944,” said she was impressed with the show by the Lakeville-based dance company. “The choreography, the story, the dancers and the music made this show absolutely incredible,” she said. “Seeing my best friend in her element was such a wonderful experience for me. I enjoyed being in Minnesota and going to the ballet, and I can’t wait to come back for ‘Nut-cracker,’ ” which Twin Cit-ies Ballet stages annually during the holiday season.

—Andrew Miller

Miss America Betty Cantrell, left, stands with Twin Cities Ballet associate artistic director Rick Vogt and company dancer Natalie Rossi at a performance of “Cinderella 1944” at the Ames Center last weekend. (Photo courtesy Twin Cities Ballet of Min-nesota)

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Business BuzzChuck & Don’s events in Rosemount Chuck and Don’s Pet Food and Supplies, 3852 150th St. W., Rosemount, will host a farmers market event 12-3 p.m. Satur-day, May 21, for customers to learn about local pet food com-panies. Free samples and coupons from Midwestern manufacturers will be offered at booths locat-ed in the store. Representatives from Tuffy’s Pet Foods, Sojos, Fromm Family Foods and Zig-nature will be available for ques-tions. The store will host a Meet the Trainer event 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, May 22, for customers to ask questions and learn more about their dog’s behavior from a certified trainer. Tristan and Kratos from Dog Day Getaway will answer training questions and do some tricks and off-leash demos. Both events will be held dur-ing Chuck and Don’s 26th an-nual birthday celebration, which runs May 21-24. Call 651-423-3774 for more information.

Chamber golf tourney in June The Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce holds its annual Golf Classic Monday, June 6, at Willinger’s Golf Course. Registration and lunch begin at 11 a.m. followed by a noon shotgun start and 6 p.m. awards and dinner. Cost is $165 and includes lunch, dinner and golfer gift bag. Registration is required.

Sponsorships are available. Register online at www.lakev-illechamber.org. Call 952-469-2020 for more information.

Governor’s Safety Award for Uponor Uponor North America, Ap-ple Valley, was recently awarded the Governor’s Safety Award for the second year in a row. Since 1934, the annual Gover-nor’s Safety Awards program has honored Minnesota em-ployers with exceptional safety performance. Uponor received an Outstanding Achievement Award based on continuous im-provement in its Environmental Health & Safety programs and incident rate. The company was one of 77 businesses to receive the Outstanding Achievement honor this year. The Governor’s Safety Awards is coordinated by the Minnesota Safety Council.

Parkway Place building architect Roh Perera, owner of the Parkway Place building in Burnsville, has selected Farid Jean Sabongi of Sabongi Con-sulting Group Inc., Eagan, as the building’s architect. He is the designer of the Mediterranean Cruise Cafe. The proposed Parkway Place remodeling includes space on the first floor for retail stores and offices plus a restaurant with patio seating for 60, a din-ing area for 180, and a banquet room that will accommodate 80 guests. The second floor is slated to be office space. The building’s

exterior will be updated with new lighting, landscaping and signage. For more information, email [email protected] or [email protected].

BCBS names executive Elizabeth “Betsy” Moran has been named vice president and CEO of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Northern Plains Alliance, a consortium of six regional Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in seven states that provide Medicare Part D services. Mo-ran also is assuming the role of chief operating officer for Clear-Stone Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of Aware Integrated Inc., the parent company of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota. ClearStone provides consulting, administrative and transactional services to Blues plans and other organizations participating in managed Medi-care or Medicaid programs. The Northern Plains Alliance is ClearStone’s largest client. Moran had served in an in-terim leadership role for Clear-Stone over the past six months. In her selection as permanent chief operating officer, Moran will lead ClearStone’s strate-gic direction, working with the board and the health plans of the Northern Plains Alliance, and managing the strategy for its Medicare Part D offering, MedicareBlue Rx. She will work cross functionally and collabor-atively with Blue Cross leaders in legal, finance and actuarial. Prior to her new appoint-ments, Moran was vice presi-dent, legal affairs and Blue Cross general counsel, providing

leadership and representation on legal matters affecting Aware Integrated Inc., Blue Cross and affiliate companies. She joined the company in 2013. Moran earned her law degree, with honors, from the Univer-sity of Minnesota Law School and her bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota.

Hospitality award winners Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce’s 2016 STAR Hospi-tality Award winners are: Above and Beyond Award: (Eric) Sebero Perez Nava, Min-nesota Horse & Hunt Club. Top Shelf Award: Kyle Mor-ris, Green Mill Restaurant. Everyday Hero: James O’Meara, Brackett’s Crossing Country Club. Excellence in Leadership: Nicole Larson, Baymont Inn & Suites. Spirit of Family Award: Ma-rie Danielski, Chart House Res-taurant. These winners will be cel-ebrated at the chamber’s May 17 Tourism Luncheon. Call 952-469-2020 for information.

Community shred event Better Business Bureau of Minnesota and North Dakota and Firefly Credit Union, along with Shred Right and Green Lights Recycling Inc., will of-fer a shred event from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 21, at Firefly Credit Union, 1400 Riv-erwood Drive, Burnsville, and 17533 Cedar Ave., Lakeville.

The fraud prevention event will help metro residents and small business owners dispose of outdated, unnecessary or sensitive financial documents safely and securely. This year, electronics re-cycling will also be offered at Firefly Credit Union locations participating in the event. A complete list of no-cost and with-fee electronics recycling can be found online at fireflycu.org/events. BBB staffers will be on hand to provide information to partic-ipants on how to secure person-al information and avoid fraud. Event attendees and small busi-ness owners can bring up to two boxes of documents or CDs for free shredding.

Speed networking for charity The SMART group (South Metro Area Referral Team) is opening its morning meeting to business owners from across the Twin Cities for a morning of speed networking, proceeds of which will benefit 360 Commu-nities. The event runs 8-10 a.m. June 14 at Mediterranean Cruise Cafe, 12500 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Open networking starts at 8 a.m. with registration, coffee and open conversation. From 8:30-9:30 a.m., the group will be divided up for speed networking circles. Announcements, prize winners and additional oppor-tunities for open networking will be 9:30-10 a.m. RSVP at http://tinyurl.com/hb2atvv.

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Apple Valley Chamber of Com-merce events: • Friday, May 13, 6:30-11 p.m., 2016 Chamber Gala: Purple Rain, Crystal Lake Golf Club, 16725 Inns-brook Lane, Lakeville. Tickets: $100. Table sponsorship: $1,200 (table of 10). RSVP to Fabiana at [email protected].

• Monday, May 16, 9-11 a.m., rib-bon cutting, Uponor, 14800 Everest Ave. (behind Uponor’s main build-ing), Apple Valley. RSVP at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/T68BHTH. Information: Tanya Ruszczyk at 952-997-5302. • Tuesday, May 24, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., State of the City with Mayor Mary, Hayes Community and Senior Center, 14601 Hayes Road, Apple Val-ley. Cost: $20. Information: Fabiana at [email protected].

Dakota County Regional Cham-ber of Commerce events: • Monday, May 16, 12-1 p.m., Let’s Do Lunch! Rosemount Business Council, Rudy’s Redeye Grill, 14845 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. Dutch treat lunch. RSVP to ensure a seat. Infor-mation: 651-452-9872. • Tuesday, May 17, 12-1 p.m., Meet the Chamber, DCRC office, 3352 Sherman Court, Suite 201, Eagan. For new and prospective members. Free to attend. RSVP required. Information:

651-452-9872. • Wednesday, May 18, 3:30-6 p.m., SMYPros event, The Lewis House, 214 Fourth St. E., Hastings. The South Metro Young Professionals will be helping 360 Communities to spruce up Lewis House in Hastings. Sod and flowers have been donated. Bring gardening gloves and wear grubby clothes. After doing a little yard work, have a refreshing beverage (location to be determined). Information/RSVP: Emily Corson at ecorson@dcrcham-

ber.com. • Thursday, May 19, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., The WomEn’s Circle: 20 Les-sons Learned in 20 Years, Lost Spur Golf & Event Center, 2750 Sibley Me-morial Highway, Eagan. Speaker: Tami Krause of the Minnesota Vikings and former network television host with ShopNBC/EvineLive. Annual fee: $150. Attend as a guest one time for $25. Information/RSVP: Emily Corson at [email protected].

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