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Conference titles in reachSouth Suburban Conference titles are in reach for some of the spring sports teams in Burnsville and Eagan.

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A normal kid named Jerrad

Uponor unveils $18 million expansion

Sports fans find plenty to like at The Ballpark

Two vie for School Board seat

by Jessica HarperSUN THISWEEK

DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Two candidates as of Wednesday have put their names in the race for a seat on the Rosemount-Ap-ple Valley-Eagan School Board. Craig Angrimson of Apple Valley and John Millea of Rosemount filed for office on May 17. This will be Angrim-son’s third attempt to win a seat on the board. He ran in 2013 and again in 2015. Millea, a former Star Tribune prep sports re-porter, is media special-ist at the Minnesota State High School League. There is currently a vacant four-year-term on the District 196 School Board due to the resigna-tion of longtime Board Member Rob Duchscher. Duchscher stepped down in March due to a move outside the district. A special election will be held Aug. 9. Candidates can file until 5 p.m. May 31. All candidates must file

by John GessnerSUN THISWEEK


The climactic segment of the documentary film “Jerrad” begins at sunrise. A blue metal walker awaits Jerrad Solberg as he steps outside his Burnsville home. Leav-ing it behind, he grabs his backpack from his moth-er, Jolie, and heads for the school bus. Moments later the camera traces the curved, handicap-accessible ramp into the Burnsville High School cafeteria. It pans to a shot of some nearby steps, which Jerrad de-scends on his own as the music swells. It was the BHS junior’s first time in school with-out the walker he uses to balance a body perma-nently unbalanced by ce-rebral palsy. “Some people will think, just because of my expression, they’ll think I’m mad or something,” Jerrad said.

“He’s just focusing,” added BHS senior Scott Tinkham, the filmmaker and Jerrad’s good friend. “I have to try not to fall,” Jerrad said. “If I go too fast with one part of my body and not fast enough with the other” —

he laughed at the thought. Tinkham’s 15-minute documentary about Jer-rad’s journey with ce-rebral palsy won Best Documentary and Best-in-Fest at the EDU Film Fest, a statewide show-case for middle and senior

high filmmakers. More than 100 BHS students were bused to the festi-val screening on May 13 at the Showplace ICON Minneapolis theater. The budding film-

by Andrew MillerSUN THISWEEK


Uponor North Amer-ica welcomed Gov. Mark Dayton, along with a host of political and commu-nity leaders, to its Apple Valley headquarters May 16 to celebrate the open-ing of its $18 million ex-pansion. The expansion adds an additional 90,000 square feet to the company’s Apple Valley campus for office space and manu-facturing of Uponor’s crosslinked polyethylene (PEX) pipe, which is used in plumbing, heating/cool-ing, and fire safety sys-tems.

The new facility will generate 82 new jobs, ac-cording to Uponor offi-cials. “It’s a great moment for all of you on the Uponor team,” Dayton said. “This is what makes Minnesota successful — entrepre-neurs and those of you ex-ecutives who have a com-mitment to our state, to locate and expand here.” With the expansion, the company’s Twin Cit-ies area footprint is about 50 acres — which includes the Apple Valley campus along with the company’s distribution center and resin-processing center in Lakeville. “While this is our latest

expansion, it is certainly not our last,” said Bill Gray, president of Up-onor North America. “We are grateful to the state of Minnesota and the leaders of this local community for their support as we continue to grow.” Dayton presented Gray and Jyri Luomakoski, president and CEO of Finland-based Uponor Corporation, with a proc-lamation declaring May 16 “Uponor Day” in Min-nesota. Apple Valley Mayor Mary Hamann-Roland, along with City Council members John Bergman

by Andrew MillerSUN THISWEEK


Calvin Havercamp first started collecting baseball cards in 1971 when he was 13. His enthusiasm for the hobby waned, though, as his teenage years progressed. “When you’re 15 or 16, you’re more interested in cars and girls,” he said with a laugh. It wasn’t until 1987, when the Minnesota Twins claimed the World Series title, that Haver-camp began to get interested in sports cards again. And it just so happened that his brother, who was launching a career as an Elvis impersonator in Las Vegas, was looking to sell his sizeable collec-tion. Havercamp offered him $2,000 for the lot, and shortly thereafter opened The Ballpark, a sports card and memorabilia shop, in St. Louis Park. He moved the busi-ness to Apple Valley in the early 2000s.

The Ballpark, which Haver-camp said is the longest-operat-ing shop of its kind in Minnesota, is marking its 15th anniversary in Apple Valley this month. The shop will be hosting a Minnesota Vikings autograph-signing party from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, May 21, with former Vikings Dave Osborn and “Benchwarmer” Bob Lurtsema, along with current Vikings wide receiver Adam Thielen. Lurtsema will be bringing his own photos and signing auto-graphs for free, while autographs from Osborn and Thielen will be $10 apiece. The Ballpark will have color photos of Osborn and Thielen available for purchase. The autograph event May 21 will be the fourth in The Ball-park’s history. The shop twice hosted former Minnesota Vikings running back Chuck Foreman at its St. Louis Park location, and

Student’s award-winning documentary sheds light on cerebral palsy

New facility will provide 82 new jobs

Autograph event May 21 features past, current Vikings players

Jerrad Solberg, left, the subject of the short documentary “Jerrad,” and the filmmak-er, Scott Tinkham, were photographed after a screening and question-and-answer session May 13 at the EDU Film Festival. The two are students at Burnsville High School. The film won the Best Documentary and Best-in-Fest awards at the festival, presented by Best Buy and sponsored by IPR-College of Creative Arts. (Photo by John Gessner)

The ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark Uponor North America’s latest expansion included, from left, Jyri Luomakoski, president and CEO of Finland-based Up-onor Corporation; Bill Gray, president of Uponor North America; Apple Valley Mayor Mary Hamann-Roland; and Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce President Ed Kearney. (Photo by Andrew Miller)

Calvin Havercamp, owner of The Ballpark sports card and memorabilia shop in Apple Valley, holds one of the gems of his collection — a rare 1933 card, issued by a cigar company, featuring baseball great Babe Ruth. (Photo by Andrew Miller)

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Area Briefs

With Special Olympics Minnesota set to hold its annual state summer games at East-view High School in Apple Valley June 23-25, Apple Valley City Council members on May 12 presented Special Olympics representatives with a proclamation declaring June 24 “Special Olympics Day” in the city. Mayor Mary Hamann-Roland was the council sponsor of the proclamation. (Photo submitted)

Special Olympics recognitionMemorial Day ceremony in Apple Valley The Memorial Day Ceremony in Apple Valley will take place at 11 a.m. Monday, May 30, at Veter-ans Park, Post 1776 Apple Valley American Legion, 14521 Granada Drive. In the event of rain, the cer-emony will be held inside the American Legion. The memorial cer-emony is sponsored by the American Legion Post 1776 and will include the Post 1776 Honor Guard, Legion Officers, the Le-gion Auxiliary, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, as well as music by the Scott Highlands Middle School band. The Civil Air Patrol will lead a special POW ceremony. The public is invited to attend and encouraged to bring their own lawn chairs for the hourlong program and ceremony to honor our fallen heroes. For more information, call Lloyd Cybart at 952-456-6141, the Post 1776 Memorial Day project chair.

VFW holds luau for vets home The Rosemount VFW Post 9433 Men’s Auxiliary will hold a luau 12-5 p.m. Saturday, June 11, at 2625 120th St., Rosemount. Proceeds will benefit the Hastings Veterans Home. A bean bag tourna-ment will start at noon (16 teams, $25 per team). Prizes will be awarded to the best dressed man and woman (Hawaiian theme). A meal of pork loin sandwiches, fresh fruit and salads will be $10. Tropical drinks will be available. Call 651-423-9938 for more information.

Eagan YMCA celebrates 20 years The Eagan YMCA, 550 Opperman Drive, will celebrate its 20th anniver-sary by hosting a celebra-tion for the community on May 24 during its open

house week. Community members can gather from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to see the Y and enjoy hot dogs, cake and beverages while supplies last. This celebration is part of a week-long open house for the community from Monday, May 23, to Sunday, May 29. The Y asks the commu-nity to bring a gift to sup-port Independent School District 196 such as yel-low No. 2 pencils, thin dry erase markers, crayons or rolls of Scotch tape. Do-nations will be accepted throughout the week. For additional information, call 651-456-9622.

First responders recognized During National Emer-gency Medical Services Week each May, the Da-kota County EMS Advi-sory Council honors first responders, providers and others who have made ex-ceptional contributions to emergency services. In addition, Dakota County commissioners declared May 15-21 as EMS Week in Dakota County. Five people were rec-ognized recently by the

Dakota County Advisory Council for their out-standing response during two medical emergencies. HealthEast paramed-ics Joseph Baker and Anthony Bigelbach were honored for treating a child who suffered life-threatening injuries after being struck by a vehicle. The paramedics stabilized the boy and transported him to Regions Trauma Center. Thanks to their actions under pressure, along with the work of medical staff, the boy is expected to fully recover. Patrons at a restaurant were also recognized for helping a person who was found unconscious and not breathing. Maggey Carlson, Patricia Simond and Amanda Odegaard realized the customer was in cardiac arrest and quickly began performing CPR. The women, who are CPR trained, con-tinued assisting police as they administered oxygen and used a defibrillator. The customer regained consciousness by the time medics arrived and was released from the hospital days later. The EMS Advisory Council consists of repre-sentatives from the eight ambulance providers in the county, along with

hospital, police, fire and emergency management. The council helps assure prompt, quality, skillful and coordinated emer-gency medical services to the residents of Dakota County.

Sculpture, fountain unveiling The Burnsville Com-munity Foundation is sponsoring the June 2 un-veiling at Nicollet Com-mons Park of “Ascent,” a 16-foot tall, stainless steel and bronze sculpture and fountain featuring three eagles. The statue was commis-sioned by the Burnsville Community Foundation and represents “Giving Back” and “Community Service.” Schedule: 5:30 p.m., complimentary hors d’oeuvres and cash bar; 5:45 p.m., dedication and unveiling; 6-7 p.m., cre-ation process with sculp-tor Foster Willey; 7-9 p.m., live music in the park. Nicollet Commons Park is at 12600 Nicollet Ave. For more informa-tion about the Burnsville Community Foundation, visit www.burnsvillefoun-dation.org.

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Rosemount man pleads guilty to homicide chargeby Tad Johnson

SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

A 40-year-old Rosemount man pleaded guilty on May 11 to criminal vehicular homicide (gross negligence) and first-degree burglary, both felonies, in connection with a fatal crash and his subsequent actions in Lakeville and Apple Valley on April 1. At about 8:30 a.m. that day, Eric Wesley Kasprzyk caused a multiple vehicle crash, which killed Osah Phetsarath, 45, of Lakeville. “The defendant’s actions re-sulted in a senseless and avoid-able death and caused extreme fear to a family in the home he invaded as he fled the scene of

the crash,” said Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom in a news release. “Our thoughts are with the family and friends of Osah Phetsar-ath.” Phetsarath, who was born in Laos, was owner of Puffy Cream Donut Plus in Eagan. Prior to the crash, Kasprzyk was driving a BMW westbound in the eastbound lanes of 160th Street at a high rate of speed. It was also reported that he ran a red light and struck Phetsarath’s Toyota Camry. After the crash, Kasprzyk shed his clothes as he ran toward an Apple Valley residential area. He entered an occupied town-

home where he initially went into a hallway closet and shut the door.

One of the townhome occupants attempted to barricade the closet door, but Kasprzyk pushed his way out of the closet. Kasprzyk then locked all the exte-rior doors. After one of the town-home occupants called police, Kasprzyk at-

tempted unsuccessfully to physi-cally restrain one of the town-home occupants from unlocking the front door to allow police in. When officers entered the townhome, they took Kasprzyk into custody. Kasprzyk was transported to

Fairview Ridges Hospital and then Regions Hospital for evalu-ation, and during both trips be-came combative and had to be sedated, according to the com-plaint. Police said Kasprzyk told them he had been driving the BMW before the crash and be-lieved he was traveling between 50-60 mph at the time of impact. He allegedly said he uses marijuana and cocaine, but did not recall using drugs prior to the crash. The complaint said Kasprzyk also told police he did not know why he removed his clothing af-ter the crash and could not re-member anything until he woke up in the hospital. Kasprzyk was originally

charged with three counts of criminal vehicular homicide (negligence and under the influ-ence; gross negligence and leav-ing the scene) and first-degree burglary, all felonies. Dakota County District Court Judge Martha Simonett ordered a pre-sentence investi-gation and set the sentencing for Aug. 9 in Hastings. Backstrom praised assistant county attorney Kathy Keena, who prosecuted this case. He also thanked the Lakeville and Apple Valley police departments and Minnesota State Patrol for their investigation in this case.

Email Tad Johnson at [email protected]. Fol-low him on Twitter @editorTJ.

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Men caught with fake credit cards get 18 months in jail

by Jessica HarperSUN THISWEEK


Three of five Las Vegas men arrested in Eagan last year for pos-sessing counterfeit credit cards and fraudulently purchasing gift cards were sentenced this week in Dakota County Dis-

trict Court. July Antonio Alvia, 40, Ozvaldo Pilas-Rojas, 45, and Giraldo Sallas-Alilas, 34, received 222 days in jail with credit for 148 days served on May 16 after pleading guilty to felony identity theft. The men also received 10 years probation and a

stayed 48-month prison sentence. Alvia, Pilas-Rojas and Sallas-Alilas and two other men: Alberto Perez-Martin, 35, and Al-berto Perez-Martin, 34, were charged in the case in December 2015. According to the crim-inal complaint, the men

allegedly purchased gift cards at one checkout register and moved to other checkout registers to purchase additional gift cards. Prosecutors say they would make these pur-chases using numerous different credit cards, and when one card would be declined they would pres-ent another card. The group used 14 different credit cards to purchase over $7,000 worth of gift cards at the Eagan Sam’s Club store. The group allegedly conducted the same scheme at the Apple Valley Sam’s Club earlier in the day. When arrested in the Eagan Sam’s Club park-ing lot on Dec. 21, mul-tiple credit cards were found when the defen-dants were searched. A search of Gutierrez-Ar-

regui’s vehicle located 126 more counterfeit credit cards and numerous gift cards, which totaled $21,000. In total, 159 counter-feit credit cards were re-covered by Eagan police. All of the credit cards found were in the names of one of the five defen-dants which were linked to real credit card num-bers belonging to victims of identity theft. Authori-ties have confirmed 157 different victims. After being read a Mi-randa warning Gutierrez-Arregui told investigators that he had received an email offering a work op-portunity in Minnesota, according to the criminal complaint. He said that he and the four other men came to Minnesota a few days earlier and phoned the Minnesota contact

person, who met with them and gave them a key to a motel room, tell-ing them to wait there for further instructions. He said a couple of days later a package con-taining approximately 200 credit cards was de-livered to the hotel room. Approximately 40 cards were in each of the five men’s names. The men were instructed to use these credit cards to pur-chase gift cards, which they would split with their “employer.” A jury trial is set to begin on June 27 in the case against Gutierrez-Arregui. Perez-Martin is expected to appear in court on Aug. 11.

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

Group was among five arrested in Eagan

DNA evidence leads to charges in burglaryFingerprint analysis

left on a bottle of tea has led to felony charges in a Farmington home bur-glary. Brandon Allen Wir-gau, 30, of Annandale, was charged in the Dako-ta County District Court with first-degree felony burglary (occupied dwell-ing) after DNA evidence allegedly showed he was at the scene following a Farmington home bur-glary about a year ago. According to the crim-inal complaint, Lakeville

police officers responded to a report from a Farm-ington homeowner, who said he heard noises in his garage, which he had left open, and found missing power tools and sports equipment May 18, 2015. A police dog tracked the scent a short distance away where some of the missing property was found. According to the criminal complaint, offi-cers found a bottle of tea and a glove at the garage, items the homeowner

said did not belong there. DNA testing and fin-gerprint analysis were matched to Wirgau’s prints and DNA samples on file. The homeowner said he didn’t know Wirgau and there was no reason for his fingerprints to be inside his garage. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in jail and a $35,000 fine.

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Skybridge would serve little purpose To the editor: Kudos to Mr. McCabe on his fact-finding usage of bus ridership at the bus stops between 145th and 147th streets on Ce-dar Avenue. Last year, the Dec. 11, 2015, edition of the Sun Thisweek broke the news of the proposed pedestrian bridge, and the cost. If this “skybridge” is

built, would it be possible to “see Russia on a clear day?” (Apologies to Sarah Palin.) I have been living in this area for 38 years. A lot of changes have taken place. As I go past this area, there are restaurants, medical offices, banks, car dealerships, convenient stores, etc. There aren’t any open spaces available for a park-and-ride facil-ity. Or, will some business-es be made to relocate to

make room for it? The transit station south of Cub Foods is in an ideal place. There was plenty of room to build the park-and-ride facility. I was surprised at the “lockstep” approach in backing this endeavor. Usually, there is a dissent-ing vote or two on a sub-ject. I urge readers to con-tact the mayor’s office re-garding this expenditure. We need to find out more about this. There seems to

be more than “meets the eye.”

PHYLLIS A. PETERApple Valley

Climate denial To the editor: Like a previous letter-writer (“ ‘Climate Hustle’ hustle,” May 13), I attend-ed the showing of the mov-ie “Climate Hustle” and I, too, was disappointed. I was disappointed because the movie spent most of the time proving that this alarmism was all media hype, political opportun-ism, and environmental-ist zeal. True enough, but I wish they had presented the overwhelming scien-tific evidence in support of that proposition. Not hav-ing done that allows the writer to say “ample data is available to prove the fallacy of most, if not all”

of a long litany of skep-tical positions, but with-out providing any of that “ample data” whatsoever. Think about it. The only “proof” we have that man-made CO2 will produce a climate catas-trophe 100 years from now are the computerized climate models, and the last 20 years have proven them wrong to near math-ematical certainty. Even Al Gore’s movie includes conclusive proof that CO2 is not the principal driver of global tempera-tures. Even if the models are right, they say doing nothing increases tem-peratures about to what is considered “beneficial”– the 2 degree target agreed at the Paris conference – and radical changes to manmade CO2 will have a negligible effect – roughly 0.05 degree – on tempera-tures. In short, we should

not trade more expensive (and less) energy today for essentially zero benefit 100 years from now.

JERRY EWINGApple Valley

Pollution causing deaths To the editor: The writer who attend-ed the recent showing of “Climate Hustle” nicely highlighted the specious claims of those deny-ing the reality of climate change. (“ ‘Climate Hus-tle’ hustle,” May 13) They are a loud minority stub-bornly clinging to the use of fossil fuels and rejecting the need for change. Over-whelming scientific con-sensus hasn’t convinced them, and it never will. However, there’s an-

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Charters are a valuable public school option

Protecting state’s most valuable natural resource

by Joe NathanSUN THISWEEK


Something unusual and important is happening in many Minnesota suburbs and small towns: the significant increase in the number of students attending charter public schools – an idea that started here in Minnesota, 25 years ago this month. These are free, public, non-sectarian schools open to all, with no ad-missions tests. Minnesota charter K-12 enrollment grew in the past 10 years from 17,544 in 2004-05 to 47,747 in 2014-15. Meanwhile K-12 enrollment in non-charter public schools decreased from 809,787 in 2004-05 to 795,185 in 2014-15. Nationally, the number of students enrolled in charters has grown from less than 100 in 1992 to an estimated 2.6 mil-lion in 2014-15, according to the Nation-al Alliance for Public Charter Schools, which offers information here: http://bit.ly/1NVy2BE. National Gallup polls consistently find more than 60 percent of Americans support the charter idea. Although char-ters are controversial for some, the ma-jority of Americans would agree with what Nekima Levy-Pounds, Minneapolis NAACP president and St. Thomas law professor, recently wrote to me, in part, via email: “It’s important for parents to have a choice in identifying schools that

will be the best fit for their children.” May 1-7 is National Charter School Week. Both President Barack Obama and a bipartisan group of U.S. senators have issued proclamations explaining that, as the president explained, charters “play an important role in our country’s education system.” The full proclama-tion is here: http://1.usa.gov/1WFY79c. While thousands of charter public schools have opened since 1991 in 42 states and the District of Columbia, na-tionally, most are found in cities. In Min-nesota, many suburban and small town families have access to the free public education offered in charters as well as traditional district schools. I don’t think either district or charter option is inherently better. We should be learning from the most effective schools, whether district or charter. Charters are found in the suburbs and in small and medium-size cities. More information about all 164 Min-nesota charters is available from the Min-nesota Association of Charter Schools

website, http://bit.ly/1SYe9sz. Eugene Piccolo, executive director of the Minnesota Association of Char-ter Schools, told me: “There’s no single reason why families select charters. For some, it’s a particular feature, like smaller class size and overall smaller school size. Others like the Montessori, Classical or International Baccalaureate curriculum. Some families want their children in a language immersion school that offers another language along with English.” One or more Minnesota charters of-fer instruction in Arabic, Chinese, Da-kota, German, Hmong, Korean, Ojibwe, Spanish or Russian. “Some families like the idea of an ‘on-line’ school. Other families like the idea that some charters are K-12, so that all the children can attend school together, if that’s the parents’ desire,” Piccolo said. That diversity of reasons Piccolo mentions is supported by parent surveys. Vanessta Spark, executive director of Spectrum High School in Elk River, shared a parent survey her school con-ducted in the 2014-15 school year. The most frequently cited reasons for select-ing Spectrum were small school size and high academic standards. Tom Kearney, superintendent and principal of New Heights School in Still-water, sent me a recent parent survey cit-ing small class sizes, more individualized attention and flexible academic program

as among the most frequently cited rea-sons for selecting the charter school. Amy Erendu, curriculum and ac-countability coordinator at PACT Char-ter School in Ramsey, reported that in the school’s most recent (2015) annual parent survey, the most frequently cited reasons for keeping their students at the school included small class size, empha-sis on character, teaching staff, culture of parent involvement in the classroom and non-school Fridays. There are few things as American as the ability to choose among various op-tions – whether it’s where to live, who we’ll elect to office or what job we have. We rightly value freedom. Fortunately, Minnesota has decided to provide fami-lies with a variety of public school op-tions, including both district and charter public schools. Minnesota wisely gives educators the chance to create the kinds of schools they think make sense for students. This gives more educators the power to use their professional insights and, most im-portant, helps more students succeed.

Joe Nathan, formerly a Minnesota public school teacher, administrator and PTA president, is a former director and now senior fellow at the Center for School Change. Reactions are welcome at [email protected]. Columns re-flect the opinion of the author.

If you live in an average U.S. house-hold, you may waste up to 10,000 gallons of water each year because of a faulty or outdated toilet, dripping faucets, leak-ing valves or other common plumbing issues, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. In Minnesota, where a growing population increasingly relies on an unseen water source that takes thousands of years to replenish, it is time for all of us to think about proac-tive water quantity management. In Minnesota, three-fourths of the water supply comes from groundwa-ter. This is the inverse of the rest of the country, whose water needs are mainly met by rivers, lakes or other surface wa-ter. In the past 25 years, Minnesota’s groundwater use has increased 35 per-cent, according to the Minnesota Envi-ronmental Quality Board’s “2015 Water Policy Report.” Municipally-supplied water systems, agricultural irrigation and industrial manufacturing are the three largest groundwater usage categories in Minne-sota, according to the report. Municipal water systems account for more than half of groundwater use, totaling ap-proximately 126 billion gallons of water in 2011. One-third of that water is used for residential irrigation or landscap-ing, according to a presentation at Gov. Mark Dayton’s water summit earlier this year. Be it irrigation, hosing down a ve-hicle, watering a lawn, filling a power plant tank, making snow on a ski hill or one of the many other purposes other than human consumption, there is an expense and consequence for how we manage this resource. Much of that wa-ter only gets used once before it must be treated through a sanitary system and

eventually dumped into the Mississippi or Minnesota rivers. Treated water that is deposited in those rivers can no longer contribute to the already sluggish recharge of aquifers from which it came. We are flushing re-usable – and sometimes nearly potable – water down a massive drain. Around Lake Minnetonka, ground-water levels have been declining for six decades, according to the Freshwater Society. It reports that groundwater lev-els near Lake Minnetonka communities have dropped more than 20 feet since 1945. The canary in the coalmine, though, might well be the story of White Bear Lake. It has long suffered from rising and falling water levels, many thought because of changes in rain or snowfall levels. While that does play a role, it does not completely explain the dramatic re-duction in lake levels in the last 13 years. Since 2003, the lake level has fallen by five feet. Through years of testing, re-searchers have now determined the lake is actually connected to groundwater aquifers. As more water gets pumped out of those aquifers by increased urban development, the lake level is reduced. In Southwest Minnesota, where groundwater is not nearly as plentiful, consumers have already learned how to be more conscious of their water con-sumption. In Marshall, that awareness has reduced per capita water usage to just 60 gallons per day. By comparison, residents in Coon Rapids, Champlin, Edina, Rosemount, Lakeville, Eden Prairie and Andover, on average, are

consuming more than 90 gallons per day (2008-2012 usage). Despite the publicized groundwater troubles, the beginning of a possible long-term, systematic solution may not be getting as much attention. In 2013, the DNR began drafting a strategic plan for its Groundwater Management Pro-gram. It also initiated three groundwater management pilot programs authorized by the state Legislature. Those programs are taking place in the east and north Twin Cities metro around White Bear Lake; the Bonanza Valley in West Cen-tral Minnesota, west of St. Cloud; and the Straight River near Park Rapids. The underlying objectives of the pilot program are: sustainable groundwater management through bolstered water-level monitoring and data collection; determining what water-level thresholds would require limiting water pumping; public involvement; and enhanced col-laboration among multiple water-related agencies. But these measures are only at the beginning of the water wells. The true management will have to come from demand-side of our systematically un-dervalued and under-appreciated com-modity. That includes wise use of water by residential consumers and industries. The EQB’s “2015 Water Policy Re-port” shows that agricultural irrigators, whose use accounted for 34 percent of Minnesota groundwater pumping (88 billion gallons) in 2011, have begun making low-pressure systems an indus-try standard, and the DNR plans on adding 39 weather stations to the cur-rent 11 across the state that help farmers better predict water needs. Some industrial consumers – who ac-counted for 8 percent of water ground-

water consumption in 2011 – have provided examples of more efficient consumption. For example, in the Twin Cities Metropolitan area, it took three engineering interns one summer to find a total of 44 million gallons of potential water efficiencies at three companies, ac-cording to the “2015 Water Policy Re-port.” Plumbing and water treatment codes could be updated to make recycled water easier to use in industry and agriculture. As an example, Mankato Energy Center reached an agreement with a wastewater treatment plant to use reclaimed water up to four times before it is discharged to the Minnesota River, saving an aver-age of 2.25 billion gallons of groundwa-ter per year. Eased regulations could save munici-pally-supplied water as well. The policy report also highlights that rainwater, gray water, stormwater and reclaimed wastewater could all be safely used for flushing toilets, irrigation, washing cars and recharging aquifers. Minnesota is not yet in a water quan-tity crisis. But, state agencies are uni-formly signaling the early warnings. The sooner that groundwater sustainability awareness and efforts spread, the easier it will be to balance water supply, de-mand, quality and costs. Proactive ef-ficiency efforts, local controls and state-wide measures will have to strengthen before across-the-board regulations be-come the only option for mitigating the areas of increasing water consumption and decreasing supply.

This is an opinion of the ECM Edito-rial Board. Sun Thisweek and the Dakota County Tribune are part of ECM Publish-ers Inc.

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other reason to make the change to clean energy – one that may just change their minds. According to a recent report from the World Health Orga-nization, air pollution is causing more than 3 mil-lion premature deaths each year and “wreaking havoc on human health.” This isn’t just happening “somewhere else.” We all share the air. It’s time to retire the use of fossil fuels. They are killing us quickly when we breath them and more slowly through climate change. There are solu-tions. This election year ask your candidates how they intend to address this problem. Then “vote cli-mate.”

LAUREL RE GANApple Valley

Give credit where credit is due To the editor: It’s not often I read an opinion of Don Heinzman. I usually glance at the title, won-der why the paper allows a quarter-page space for his hot air each week and move on. After reading the adjacent, very well written article involving the Cedar Avenue skywalk in last week’s paper, I somehow felt compelled to read an opposing opinion. If we had “a metropol-itan-area extra half-cent

sales tax that would enable the proposed Southwest Light Rail Transit project to stay on track,” wrote Mr. Heinzman. It “would yield more than enough to get the federal money.” What is it with this line of thinking? Why doesn’t any published opinion ask where the money is com-ing from? Federal money? You mean somebody in New York may end up helping to pay for our lo-cal project? Hold it! Could that mean I, a Minnesota resi-dent, may be helping to pay for some project in, say, Georgia? But it’s all justified by touting the community’s vibrancy.

With this investment, a community is able to thrive, to ultimately pay back and thus you have the magic, government-involved formula to make for a successful country. Mr. Heinzman wants to give government a pat on the back for a commu-nity’s vibrancy instead of giving that credit where it’s due – the individuals who actually do the lifting and pay the taxes. It’s al-most like putting the gov-ernment at odds with the people. A community’s vi-brancy isn’t so much due to government’s public transportation schemes and overreach, as anyone

in government would have us believe. (I mean, it’s their job on the line!) No, it’s due to the individu-als within the community who go to work, become involved in their churches, schools, and children’s ac-tivities. Build our roads, keep us safe, and get out of the way. Read your con-stitution! If ECM Publishers is weekly going to allow a quarter-page of its space to go to this wacky think-ing, at least offer that same amount of space to some-one who can restore sanity with some common sense.

MARK BELLILELakeville

Projects ignore public input To the editor: Our Dakota County officials are spending a lot of money from vari-ous funding sources and our taxes to develop as-phalt trails in some of our parks that have terrain not suited for speeding bikes along with walkers and other park users. The public has commented and strongly opposed their plans in both Spring Lake Park Reserve and Lebanon Hills Regional Park. The opposition for development was 95-98 percent. The natural re-source area of these parks

have been neglected for decades. They have cho-sen to develop and spend ridiculous amounts of money not intended for that use. They are now working on some of the neglected natural re-source needs that the public has requested for many years. These parks are reserve and regional parks that are enjoyed for their natural beauty. Natural resource restora-tion is a need much more than millions of dollars that has been and will be spent on trails and de-velopment. This has and will change these parks and the natural and wild-life habitat that people love(d). The lack of trans-parency with this entire process resulted in many people not aware of these plans or the open house meetings. Many people did comment throughout the open house process. The majority was in op-position of the current Master Plan (95-plus percent) This informa-tion is public and avail-able through the Dakota County website. The public comments and op-position were completely ignored. I do not understand how this can happen with known public disapprov-al.

PATRICIA LUETHEagan

Letters

Terrorist attacks in Brussels reveal European unity by Anna LeikvoldSPECIAL TO SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

In March, I had the privilege of go-ing on a school trip to London and Paris through Eastview High School for my AP European history class. Little did we know, we would be living through the ef-fects of a moment in history that instilled fear for all of Europe as well as the rest of the world. On March 22, four days after the sus-pected Paris attacker was detained, Brus-sels was attacked. The suspected Paris at-tacker, Salah Abdeslam was most likely involved in the Nov. 13 shooting that left 129 dead and many more injured. The Brussels attack occurred the first day we arrived in Paris. There were three bomb-ings in total, two at the Brussels airport and one Maalbeek Metro Station, leav-ing 32 dead and 300 injured. These were the deadliest attacks of terrorism in Bel-gium’s history. As grateful we were that we were safe, our hearts and prayers went out to the people of Brussels, less than 200 miles away. The way that Europe stayed together in this crisis was something my classmates and I were very astonished by. After the way Belgium stood with Paris when it was attacked, it was very clear that Paris did the same. We saw this through exten-sive news footage, the trending hash-tag, “Pray for Belgium,” and the appearance of the Belgium flag throughout the city. However, the most amazing symbol of unity was the Eiffel Tower, which was il-luminated with the colors of the Belgium flag, standing as a reminder that Europe, and the world, would stay strong. This had a big effect on all of us. Experiencing this firsthand made us all feel very con-nected to the situation and realize how

small the world really is. We were only in Paris for four days but fear of more attacks led to an almost immediate increase of security, which continued after we left. Although I as-sume that security is always tight at na-tional monuments, it seemed that it was increased substantially. The guards held guns larger than me and were very in-timidating to say the least. The Eurostar, our transportation from London to Par-is, cancelled some trains to Belgium, and the day after we left, footage of armed guards at the airport we were at was cov-ered on the news. This made most of us feel a bit on edge, but our tour guide said not to worry, just to be a little extra cau-tious. We had limited Internet access, and most of us couldn’t understand French news, so we didn’t know all of the details until we got back to the U.S. In Apple Valley we live relatively shel-tered from the world, and in Europe we experienced things we don’t usually expe-rience. It wasn’t just the Belgium attacks that were a bit of a culture shock. It was the pickpockets and gypsies on every cor-ner, the worker strikes throughout Paris and the recklessness of London drivers. All of these things, although they may seem negative, only added to the experi-ence. Some of my classmates said they missed the Minnesota Nice and predict-ability of home but everyone who went agreed that it was an amazing experience

that they are very grateful for and will re-member for the rest of their lives. My classmates had slightly different feelings about the attacks. Megan Olson said that when it happened she wasn’t “scared per se for our safety because the teachers were calm.” However, when we got home she was “a little more freaked out because I realized it easily could have been us, and we got lucky.” Preethi Ku-mar had a slightly different opinion of the event, she said that attacks could

happen “anywhere at any-time and its not worth the energy to live in fear.” She also said she appreciated the uniqueness of our ex-perience and seeing how the world stood together and that “being one of the few people who saw the Eiffel Tower lit up with the Belgium flag was a re-ally cool experience.” The most important thing my classmates and I learned on this trip was not to be afraid of the world; it was that if we all stand against the threat of terrorism together, there is nothing we can’t do. We need to show our strength and love for one another. The last night of our trip we climbed to the top of the Eiffel Tow-er that was lit with the Belgium flag and felt the connection of where we were to the people who lost their lives a few days before. The trip succeed-ed in its goal of teaching us about the history of

these two cities, but it also put us right in a moment of history that none of us will forget.

Anna Leikvold is an Eastview High School junior and participant in the School Dis-trict 196 Mentor Program. She wrote the guest column through her work with Sun Thisweek and Dakota County Tribuune staff. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

GuestColumnistAnna Leikvold

Eastview High School students gather beneath the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, during their history class’s spring break study abroad trip. (Photo submitted)

LETTERS, from 4A


SeniorsSenior Health & Wellness Day at the Y The Eagan YMCA will cel-ebrate Senior Health & Fitness Day 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 25. The Eagan YMCA is among several Ys across the Twin Cit-ies that will be participating in the theme to follow the ABC’s of Staying Young at Heart: Stay Active, Stay Brilliant and Stay Calm. Members and guests will enjoy an open house with special events and programs promoting overall well-being through physical fitness, good nutrition, brain health activities, relaxation and meditation, pre-ventive care and more. Activities at the Eagan YMCA will include seated/guid-ed meditation, senior fitness assessments, cribbage, shuffle-board, hands-only CPR, group fitness center orientations, book swap, Jeopardy and essential oil scanning. The Eagan YMCA is at 550 Opperman Drive. For more in-formation, call 651-456-9622.

Apple 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 23 – Int. Line Dancing, 9:30 a.m.; Tap Danc-ing, 9:30 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Executive Committee, 10 a.m.; Pool, noon; Women’s Table Tennis, 12:30 p.m.; Bridge, 12:45 p.m.; Happy Stitchers, 1

p.m. Tuesday, May 24 – Quilting Bees, 9 a.m.; Zumba Gold, 9:15 a.m.; Tuesday Painters, 9:30 a.m.; Bike Group, 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 25 – 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.; Historians, 10:15 a.m.; Men’s Bowling at Apple Place Bowl, noon; Pool, noon; Dominoes, 1 p.m.; Mah-jong, 1 p.m. Thursday, May 26 – Beg. Line Dancing, 9:15 a.m.; Knitters, 9:30 a.m.; Int. Line Dancing, 10 a.m.; Pool, noon; Duplicate 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 27 – F.F. on Spokes, 9:30 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; ES Meeting, 10 a.m.; Women’s Pool, 11 a.m.; Men’s Bowling at Apple Place Bowl, noon; Stamping & Scrap-booking, 1 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 23 – Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Cribbage, 10 a.m.; Card Recycle, 12:45 p.m.; Pinochle, 12:45 p.m.; Defensive Driving Class, 1 p.m.; SS Flex. Tuesday, May 24 – Quilters, 9 a.m.; Scrabble, 10:30 a.m.; Stroke Support, 10:30 a.m.; SS Yoga, 10:30 a.m.; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Defensive Driving Class, 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 25 – Wood-carvers, 8 a.m.; Senior Fitness Day, 8:30 a.m.; Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Cribbage, 10 a.m.; Chair Tai Chi, 11 a.m.; 500, 12:45 p.m.; SS Flex; Fare for All, 3 p.m. Thursday, May 26 – Mobile

Optical, 9 a.m.; Blood Pressure, 10:15 a.m.; SS Yoga, 10:30 a.m.; Fun & Friendship (program, entertainment, lunch, cards and bingo), 11 a.m.; Wood Carving, 6 p.m. Friday, May 27 – Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Painting, 9 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 12:15 p.m.; SS Flex.

Eagan seniors The following senior activi-ties are offered by the Eagan Parks and Recreation Depart-ment in the Lone Oak Room at the Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Parkway. Call 651-675-5500 for more information. Monday, May 23 – Zumba (Oasis), 9 a.m.; Drop In Time, 9:30-11:30 a.m.; F&Fab, 10 a.m.; FFL (Oasis), 11 a.m.; Drop In Time, 1-4 p.m. Tuesday, May 24 – Health In-surance Counseling, by appoint-ment only, 8:30 a.m. to noon; Como Trip, 9:30 a.m.; Recycled Cards, 9:30 a.m.; Euchre/500, 12:45 p.m.; Lone Oak Series: Zentangle, 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 25 – Coffee, Conversations & Games, 9 a.m.; Member Only Pizza Party, 11 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 1:15 p.m. Thursday, May 26 – Domi-noes, 9 a.m.; Nimble Fingers, 9:30 a.m.; Bridge, 12:45 p.m. Friday, May 27 – Drop In Time, 9:30-11:30 a.m.; Zumba (Oasis), 10:15 a.m.; S/B/Yoga (Oasis), 11:10 a.m.; Bingo, 1 p.m. For full information on se-nior events and details, 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 quarterly by mail. For questions or to register for events and pay by credit card, call Eagan Parks and Recreation Department.

Farmington seniors The Rambling River Center is located at 325 Oak St. For more information, call 651-280-6970. Monday, May 23 – Cof-fee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Dulcimer Club, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10 a.m.; Dominoes, 10:30 a.m.; Recycled Cards, 12:30 p.m.; 500 Cards, 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 24 – Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Fitness Center Orientation, 9:30 a.m.; Chair Exercise, 10 a.m.; Wood Carv-ing, 1 p.m.; Chiropractic & Se-niors, 1 p.m.; Table Tennis, 2 p.m.; Yoga, 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 25 – Wii Games, 9 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10 a.m.; AMP Class, noon; Lap Robes, 1 p.m.; Bridge, 1 p.m. Thursday, May 26 – Zumba Gold, 9:15 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Sit-n-Stitch, 9:30 a.m.; Tap Dance, 10:45 a.m.; Pi-nochle, 12:30 p.m.; Table Tennis, 2 p.m. Friday, May 27 – Wii Games, 9 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 9:30 a.m.; Bin-go, 10:30 a.m.

Rosemount seniors The Rosemount Area Seniors are located in the Steeple Center, 14375 S. Robert Trail. Monday, May 23 – Bridge, 9 a.m.; 500, 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 24 – Coffee, 8 a.m., Rosemount Cub; Bid Eu-chre, 9 a.m.; Bowling, 9:30 a.m., Eagan; Bunco, 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 25 – Walk-ing Club, 9 a.m.; Velvet Tones, 10 a.m., Apple Valley Senior Center; Card Bingo, 1 p.m.; Yoga, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 26 – Crib-bage, 9 a.m.; Advisory Board Meeting, 1 p.m. Friday, May 27 – Euchre, 9 a.m.; Lunch Out, 11:30 a.m.,

Longbranch, Farmington; Bowling, 1 p.m., Apple Valley; Hand & Foot, 1 p.m.

Lakeville seniors Events are held at Lakeville Heritage Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Call 952-985-4622 for in-formation. Monday, May 23 – 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.; Legal Ad-vice, 11 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 2, noon; Cribbage, 12:30 p.m.; Cards and Mahjong, 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 24 – Dominoes & Poker, 9 a.m.; Craft Group, 9:30 a.m.; Creative Writing, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Zumba Gold, 10:30 a.m.; Volunteer Appreciation Lunch, 11 a.m.; Party Bridge, noon; Ping Pong, 12:30 p.m.; Billiards, 1 p.m.; Pilates Mat Class, 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 25 – 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 26 – Interval Walking, 9:30 a.m.; Blood Pres-sure Checks, 9:30 a.m.; Motor-cycle Club Ride, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Red Hat Chorus, 10:30 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Health-ways Flex Fitness 2, noon; Eu-chre, Hand & Foot, noon; Red Hat Chorus at Trinity Terrace, 1:30 p.m.; Zumba Gold, 3:30 p.m. Friday, May 27 – Yoga, 8:15 a.m.; Pickleball, 9 a.m.; Poker & 500, 9 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.


EducationSchool Support Champion of Change Apple Valley resident Anna Angeles-Farris was recognized May 11 by the White House as a “School Support White House Champion of Change.” She was one of 12 school support profession-als from across the coun-try selected by the White House for their leadership and tireless work to ensure that students in our na-tion’s schools receive the support and motivation they need to succeed. Angeles-Farris is a custodian in the Lakev-ille Area School District. Since 2005, she has been involved in the Early Childhood Family Educa-tion (ECFE) program, and has been a member of the ECFE Council in Lakev-ille. She is an advocate for the arts and served as a member of the Lakeville Art Festival committee.

Rosemount Band Garage Sale raises $14,521 The 14th annual Rose-mount High School Band Garage Sale raised $14,521 after expenses, which was the most the sale has ever netted and $5,586 more than last year. A huge thank you to

everyone who donated and volunteered to make it a huge success,” said the school’s band directors in an email to support-ers. “There are so many people to thank for mak-ing the 14th Annual RHS Band Garage Sale a record breaking year for the pro-gram!” The funds raised will go toward school-owned instrument maintenance and repair along with mu-sic for Concert and Jazz Band, Solo and Ensemble and Percussion Ensemble.

District 917 Student Art Display Show is June 21 The fourth annual District 917 Intermediate School Student Art Dis-play Show will be 4-7 p.m. Thursday, June 21, at the Rosemount Steeple Cen-ter. The public is invited to the opening that includes work by students from various high schools who attend the cooperative dis-trict. Students will display their work in the areas of graphic design, journal-ism, math and culinary arts. Among the high schools represented are Farmington, Lakeville, Burnsville, Dakota Area Learning School, and oth-ers. The event is organized

by the Rosemount Area Arts Council. More is at rosemountarts.com.

Eastview Community Foundation awards The Eastview Commu-nity Foundation awarded a record 132 scholarships totaling over $97,000 to students in the class of 2016 at Eastview High School. The scholarships are supported by community members, businesses and foundation events. The Eastview Commu-nity Foundation Scholar-ship and Grants award ceremony will be held 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 31, in the Eastview Performing Arts Center. For a full list of schol-arship winners and do-nors, visit evcf.org. EVCF grants are de-

signed to fund projects requested by the schools that feed students into Eastview High School. A total of $11,970 is be-ing awarded to applicants from Diamond Path El-ementary, Greenleaf El-ementary, Falcon Ridge Middle School and East-view High School. Grants will help fund various programs that can’t be funded by school sources for projects that support special coaching, literacy, mindfulness, dra-ma and journalism as well as technology enhance-ments.

College news University of South Dakota, Vermillion, spring graduate, Kelly O’Connor, of Apple Val-ley, B.S.N., nursing. University of Nebras-ka-Lincoln, spring gradu-ate, Caroline Hiltner, of Apple Valley, B.S., interior

design. University of Kansas, Lawrence, spring gradu-ates, from Apple Valley – Ethan Bollom, B.S., sport management; Meredith Mitsch, B.S., journalism. University of Mary, Bismarck, North Dakota, spring dean’s list, Kayla Berntsen, of Apple Valley. Minnesota State Uni-versity, Mankato, spring graduates, from Apple Valley – Kelsey Brumm, B.S., family consumer sci-ence, cum laude; Patrick Buchwald, B.S., manage-ment; Lance Cabak, B.S., information technology, magna cum laude; Mi-chael Davis, B.S., com-munity health; Allison Kincade, B.S., family consumer science; Lauren Kraemer, B.S., market-ing; Joseph Kruegel, B.S., marketing; Michael Lar-son, M.S., educational leadership; Molly Neuen-schwander, B.S., nursing; Ali Peterson, B.S.S.W., so-

cial work; Samra Russell, B.S., psychology, magna cum laude; Benjamin Sch-neider, B.S., international business; Kathryn Son-nenburg, B.S., manage-ment; Jai Sorrot, M.B.A., business administration; Kayla Tanberg, B.S., ex-ercise science, magna cum laude; Emily Thooft, B.S., family consumer science. Tianyu Niu, of Apple Valley, is a participant in the University of North-western (St. Paul) Sym-phonic Band 2016 East Coast Spring Tour. Mary Rose Weber, of Apple Valley, participated in the Student Research Fair at the National Tech-nical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology (New York). She presented “Real-Time Text Display with Auto-matic Captioning.”

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Park bond proposal defeated in Rosemount referendumMeasure would have provided ice rink, field development

by Tad JohnsonSUN THISWEEK


The city of Rosemount’s pro-posed $15 million parks and recreation bond referendum was defeated in Tuesday’s special election by a 56.6 to 43.4 percent margin. The “no” votes held the lead in the tally throughout the en-tire reporting of precincts as five out of seven precincts rejected the measure. The total vote tally was 1,685-1,292 – a 393-vote margin. The Rosemount City Council will canvass these unof-ficial vote totals at a special Fri-day meeting. The city’s proposal to issue up to $15 million in bonds would have financed the completion of four Parks and Recreation De-partment projects: • Add a second ice rink at a location to be determined for an estimated $8.7 million. • Add four soccer-sized fields at Flint Hills Fields along with parking, a trail and some ad-ditional work for an estimated $2.6 million. • Add two more youth

baseball-sized fields at UMore Fields, along with lighting for all fields and adding a parking lot for approximately $1.7 million. • Create a four-season use feature at Central Park for $1 million. “(Rosemount Area Athletic Association) is disappointed with the outcome today, and it is no doubt a setback for the youth in our community as well as the hundreds of volunteers that work so hard and put in countless hours in the support of young people in Rosemount,” wrote Paul Essler, RAAA presi-dent in an email to the newspa-per. “It is a difficult and unfortu-nate message to deliver to our kids that the majority of voters are unwilling to make a small financial sacrifice to support the youth in our community,” he wrote. “It is also unfortu-nate that the land that was do-nated and entrusted to the city of Rosemount in 2006 and 2007 to utilize for youth sports will sit vacant even longer.” If it was approved, the esti-mated tax impact to the median value home of $238,250 would have been $99 per year for the 20-year life of the bonds. The city says most commer-cial and industrial properties

would have experienced an an-nual property tax increase of around 1.6 percent. The total number of votes – 2,997 – is well below the number of the city’s registered voters during the 2012 presidential-year general election – 13,375. Some opponents were critical of the city for setting the special election in May when they said voter turnout would be low. Opponents also said that the price tag for the bond package was too high and disproportion-ately benefited those who skate. Among the most vocal sup-porters of the bond referendum were Rosemount Area Hockey Association leaders who said the rink was needed based on its participation growth of 40 percent over the past five years from 400 to 640, less than ideal practice times, the inability to host big tournaments, the need to travel to rinks outside of Rosemount to find practice and game space, and the economic boost it could provide. “RAHA is disappointed with these results but will not let this slow our momentum in introducing kids to the game of hockey and encouraging them to participate in the multiple sports provided by the associa-tions in our community,” wrote

Craig Nelson, RAHA president, in an email to the newspaper. “The need for these facilities is not going away, and we are hopeful that the momentum and awareness built over the last sev-eral months will continue.” The Rosemount Community Center Ice Arena was built in 1993. The privately owned The Pond indoor ice rink is the host of many RAHA activities, but the ice sheet is smaller than that at the city’s ice rink. From 2013 to 2015, participa-tion in RAAA in-house baseball increased from 557 to 638, in-house soccer from 824 to 1,052, and summer lacrosse from 198 to 386. As participation has grown, the project list was identified over the course of several public meetings in the past year with user groups of the proposed fa-cilities. “We thank the voters who voted ‘yes’ to this referendum, as they understand the impor-tance and value of the work we do,” Essler wrote. “We aren’t giving up, as it is imperative that we have the facilities we need to continue to perform the im-portant work in our community of working with our youth and ‘Developing Better Athletes and Better People.’ ”

Essler and Nelson both said their associations would con-tinue to work with the city on alternative means to add these facilities. “It is important to the qual-ity of life in Rosemount that we carry on this mission,” Essler said. It’s not the first time Rose-mount voters have denied a city bond referendum in recent years. Rosemount voters rejected an $8 million proposal in April 2008 that would have provided funds to create an outdoor rec-reation complex and update the former St. Joseph Church. The city’s intention was to use $6.8 million to create the com-plex and $1.8 million to upgrade the former church to allow it to be used as an arts center. Since that time the Steeple Center has been opened in the former church site and added a $2.39 million, 10,000-square-foot addition. The field development at Flint Hills and UMore fields have cost the city about $2 mil-lion.

Email Tad Johnson at [email protected]. Fol-low him on Twitter @editorTJ.

Vinnie Rose kicks off Farmington ‘Music in the Park’ series

Farmington native Vinnie Rose is scheduled to kick off Farmington’s Music in the Park series at 7 p.m. May 26 at Rambling River Park, 17 Elm St. (Photo submitted)

Local musician mixes originals, covers by Andy Rogers

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Vinnie Rose is excited about his opportunity to entertain Farmington residents next week a few miles away from where he grew up. The Farmington native will kick off this year’s Music in the Park series at 7 p.m. May 26 at Ram-bling River Park. The prolific singer, songwriter and guitarist knows more than 1,000 songs from the 1920s to now and plans to play a few. He says he really does love all types of music and won’t hesitate to follow a hip-hop song with Sinatra.

“It’s hard to categorize me, but I’d rather have that than compromise who I am,” he said. “I’m not go-ing to limit myself to one type. We can’t advance as a culture if we stick to one type.” He’ll also mix in a few originals. The perfor-mance will serve as a bit of a soft release of his new recording “Cold Wind Blowin.’ ” It will be his second release of original songs. His first recording “The American Dream” came out in 2015. “Half the songs (on The American Dream) I wrote a decade ago, things I had written in college,” Rose said. “The others

were a blend of things from recent years. It was a very happy album; big on love songs. A very good-natured CD.” His new release “Cold Wind Blowin’ ” took a more serious tone. “I’m a lot older now,” Rose said. “Not that I’m bitter, but it’s just part of living. It’s a reflection of real life. Songs are a little darker. Some of it is still happy, but some of the stuff is about going through your problems. It’s cold stuff. Mature stuff.” The recordings also have local connections. Rose was born and

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raised in Farmington and his love of music grew while attending school. His love was fostered by teachers such as Ran-dy Ferguson and Jeff Gottwig, he said. He attended the Uni-versity of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and learned the art of jazz guitar and music composition. He dabbled in a few other careers be-fore committing full time to music in 2014. “It was always in my heart to be a musician,” Rose said. He plays “at a ton” of weddings, but he also takes time out for shows at wineries, breweries, tap-rooms, coffee shops and pizza parlors. Since going full time, his schedule has been cra-zy. “I work nights and weekends,” he said. “My wife works during the day. Raising a family, you have to plan out everything. You have to plan family time. Weekends don’t exist for me.” His song “One More Change” is a reflection of his challenges. One song many Farm-ington residents will con-nect with is “Hometown.” “It’s about coming back to Farmington and how things don’t look the

same,” Rose said. “Peo-ple either look different or they aren’t there any-more.” He filmed a music video featuring many of Farm-ington’s landmarks such as the train tracks down-town, the Dakota County Fairgrounds, and even the Farmington Steakhouse. “It was crazy,” Rose said. “I ran into an old friend. Even though the song is about how things don’t look the same and you’ve moved on in life, it still feels good. That’s your hometown. Even though it changes, it’s home and we love it.” He said Farmington has cleaned up a lot and improved in many ways since he graduated. “There’s just memories you have of certain build-ings,” Rose said. “When I grew up here it was a small town. There were like 8,000 people. You could walk down the train tracks to Hardee’s. You used to know everybody. There was a cornfield across from my house growing up and now it’s a huge subdi-vision. “Time has changed for the better. You make new memories with new peo-ple. It’s been built up.” Like any artist, he loves to play his original music, but recognizes the market for originals is small.

“When you start your music career at 35 and married, you’re a provider, and you’re not taking big risks,” Rose said. He knows what it takes to “make it.” He went to school with members of the Grammy-winning band Bon Iver. As an ordained minister, he officiated the marriage of drummer Sean Carey. “It might be easy for me to say I missed my chance, but I feel like I made it,” Rose said. “Not many people get to say they’ve reached their dreams at 35. I’ve accomplished what I need to accomplish.” If there’s inclement weather, Rose’s Music in the Park performance will be moved to Farmington City Hall, 430 Third St. For those who can’t at-tend Rose’s performance next week, Rose will have an official release party for his new recording from 8:30-11:30 p.m. June 24 at Gossips, 309 Third St., Farmington. A full sched-ule of his performances is available at www.vinni-erose.com. Other Music in the Park performances in-clude The Blutopians on June 30, The Percolators on July 28 and The Teddy Bear Band on Aug. 25. Email Andy Rogers at [email protected].

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Recovery-home controversy unsettled in Burnsville by John Gessner


Controversy in Burns-ville over an adjacent pair of group homes for female alcoholics in recovery has taken a turn with news that one of the homes has been closed. But the City Council has yet to act on a pending request that the remaining home be allowed to con-tinue operating eight beds instead of six, the city’s limit for group homes in single-family neighbor-hoods. The matter has drawn widespread attention from recovery advocates, who say the successful pro-

grams’ eight-bed arrange-ment optimizes a family-living ethic that helps make recovery possible. But some neighbors of the two homes (A Wom-an’s Way at 720 151st St. E. and the closed Lotus House at 716 151st St. E.) say they generate an ex-cessive amount of traffic, parking and trash. They’re among “four or five group homes in close proximity within the neighborhood,” some neighbors complain, according to a city staff report. City Council mem-bers insist Burnsville wel-comes group homes but is harmed by overconcentra-tions of them.

“We are a welcoming community, but we don’t want a concentration of group homes in a neigh-borhood because it does have an impact on the neighborhood,” Mayor Elizabeth Kautz said. Property owner Carol Ackley’s appeal under the Federal Fair Housing Act to allow eight beds per house came before the council May 17. Her at-torney, Bill Griffith, said that Lotus House has closed and he would sub-mit a new application for A Woman’s Way only. Reducing the total number of beds at the two houses from 16 to eight is a compromise, Griffith

said — though he agreed with council members that the Lotus House home, which is up for sale, can’t be precluded from sale to another group-home op-erator. The council voted unanimously to await a new application for a “reasonable accommoda-tion” ruling under federal law and to send the mat-ter back to the Planning Commission first. The commission heard exten-sive testimony May 9 on the appeal before voting 4-1 to recommend denial. The city planning staff also recommends denial. “You have been operat-ing with more beds than is allowed,” Kautz told Ack-ley. Ackley was the owner and director of River Ridge Treatment Center at 14750 Lac Lavon Drive, Burnsville. It included the two homes. Ackley has since sold the business to Options Inc. Options Inc. isn’t pursuing a group home at the Lotus House location, Griffith said. City ordinance allows

group homes of up to six people in R-1, single-fam-ily residential districts and permits for group homes of seven to 16 people in multifamily districts. The hosting of eight people per house came to light last December when the city was asked about the legality of the land use in preparation for a real estate transaction, accord-ing to a city staff report. The city took no code enforcement action, giv-ing Ackley time to resolve the problem or for her county license review to come up, at which point the city would have com-mented. In January, Ackley submitted the reasonable accommodation request. The city sent a letter deny-ing it, and Ackley filed an appeal in March. It asked that the state-licensed group home A Woman’s Way be allowed to go from six to eight residents, and that Lotus House — which operated under a state boarding and lodg-ing license — be allowed to have eight unrelated

people living there instead of the four allowed in city code. “My deepest hope is that Burnsville would be proud to have this kind of sanctuary in their commu-nity for women who need help,” Ackley told the council. Kira Smith, who said she’s 25 years into recov-ery and worked for Ackley at both houses, said the two extra residents “add another part to a fam-ily,” which “impacts the whole” of the program. “To you, it’s just a num-ber,” she told the council. Tyrone Lovick, who lives next door to the properties at 712 151st St. E., said they’ve provided a “valuable service.” But the neighborhood is affected by the “satura-tion factor and the num-ber of vehicles, and not on a once-in-a-while basis — it’s on a constant basis,” he said.

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

From the Archives

With NASA’s Gemini manned spaceflight program in full swing, space travel was on the minds of many Americans in the summer of 1966. Among them were these youngsters, who rode on their neighborhood’s rocket-themed float in Eagan’s Fourth of July parade. The group was dubbed “The Emerald Astronauts,” on account of their families hailing from Emerald Lane in Eagan. The photo was published in the July 7, 1966, edition of the Dakota County Tribune.


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Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce events: • Tuesday, May 24, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., State of the City with Mayor Mary, Hayes Community and Senior Cen-ter, 14601 Hayes Road, Apple Valley. Cost: $20. Information: Fabiana at [email protected]. • Thursday, May 26, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., NEXTLeaders Luncheon, Old Chicago, 14998 Glazier Ave., Apple Valley. Speaker: Erik Therwanger of

Think GREAT. Cost: $15. RSVP to Fabiana by May 24 at [email protected]. Dakota County Region-al Chamber of Commerce events: • Friday, May 20, 11 a.m. to noon, ribbon cutting, Endur-ance House Twin Cities, 3825 Cedar Grove Parkway, Suite 110, Eagan. Information: 651-452-9872. • Tuesday, May 24, 8-9 a.m., Coffee Break, Neighbors Inc., 222 Grand Ave. W., South St. Paul. Open to all DCRC members. Free. Information/RSVP: Emily Corson at [email protected].

• Tuesday, May 24, 4 p.m., ribbon cutting, Studio Vibe, 1975 Seneca Road, Eagan. In-formation: 651-452-9872. Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce events: • Tuesday, May 24, 2-3 p.m., Ambassadors: Anniver-sary Visits. Meet at chamber office. Information: Shanen Corlett at 952-469-2020. • Monday, June 6, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Chamber Golf Tournament, Willinger’s Golf Course, Northfield. Cost: $165 per golfer or $660 per four-some. Information: Tim Roche at [email protected].

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BBB alert on Troje’s Trash Based on a pattern of complaints and 17 com-plaints which have gone unanswered, Better Busi-ness Bureau of Minnesota and North Dakota is is-suing an alert on Troje’s Trash and Recycling Ser-vices. The firm is based out of Inver Grove Heights and provides residential and commercial trash pick-up service. Com-plaints have alleged missed pick-ups, delayed service and customer service is-sues. “There’s an established pattern of problems and the company has thus far failed to address the un-derlying issues leading to customer complaints,” said Dana Badgerow, pres-ident and CEO of BBB of Minnesota and North Da-kota. BBB has received 68 complaints against the company in the last three years, which is the length of time BBB keeps com-plaints on file. Most com-plaints involve situations where customers allege that trash and recycling pick-ups were missed, a day or two late, or – in some cases – delayed until the next week. Many cus-tomers have reported mul-tiple instances of missed service. Some complain-ants also say phone calls to the company were not returned. Another issue custom-ers have complained about is being held to the com-pany’s contract – which in-cludes a $250 cancellation

fee– when they allege the company is in breach of that contract. Based on in-formation in BBB’s files, it appears the company does not permit customers to cancel in writing; instead they must talk to the own-er in person. Some cus-tomers say it was very dif-ficult to reach the owner, with lengthy delays before they were able to do so. Troje’s Trash and Re-cycling Services has re-sponded to some of the complaints BBB has brought to their atten-tion. In their responses, the company has offered to ensure improved service in the future or, in some cases, made adjustments to customers’ balances and released them from their contracts. However, 17 complaints filed through BBB have been closed as unanswered, with another nine complaints closed as unresolved. BBB has also received nine customer re-views on the company, all classified as “negative.” Troje’s Trash and Recy-cling Services has an F rat-ing. In early December of 2015, BBB invited the company to discuss the pattern of complaints in an attempt to identify and address underlying issues. However, the company didn’t respond. Troje’s Trash and Recycling Ser-vices was a BBB Accred-ited Business from 2010 until 2014, when their BBB Accreditation was re-voked due to an increased

volume of complaints. According to court doc-uments, Troje’s Trash and Recycling Services filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January of this year. BBB advises customers looking for trash hauling services to do the follow-ing: • Research companies for free at bbb.org. Trash haulers are regulated by the state as to what they can and cannot pick up and how they dispose of waste; however, they are licensed by cities, towns or county. Some cities and municipalities designate a trash collection service and charge homeowners via their monthly utility bills. • Seek multiple esti-mates and get everything in writing. Door to door salespeople might tell you they will cancel service with your current service provider. However, they may not have the author-ity to do so. • Read the contract thoroughly before signing it. Be clear on cancellation policies and whether or not the contract automati-cally renews. Ask if your rates will increase once any introductory periods are over. • If you experience ser-vice or billing issues, try to work them out directly with the company. How-ever, if you’re unable to resolve your concerns, file a complaint with BBB and also with your city offices.


Business BuzzBalyeat joins Provincial mortgage team Juliana Balyeat has joined Lakeville-based Provincial Bank as senior mort-gage consultant in the bank’s Ap-ple Valley office. Prior to join-ing Provincial, Balyeat was as-sistant branch manager at a local commu-nity bank. Her previous experience includes private banking officer, nation-al account manager for VISA Corporate Card for a major national bank, and 12 years as a flight attendant for Northwest Airlines. A resident of Lakeville, Baly-eat is a member of the Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce and is on the District 194 Com-

munity Education Advisory Board.

James Barton wins Chrysalis award James Barton Design-Build, an Apple Valley remodeling firm, has been honored with a 2016 Chrysalis Award for Re-modeling Excellence in the Out-door Living category. The firm’s entry featured a full outdoor kitchen, bathroom with shower, stone grill with bar seating, a fire pit area and a dou-ble garage with future loft space.

Thank the military in May MidCountry Bank is part-nering with its affiliate, Pioneer Services, in an effort to extend to military members the thanks of the local community. In May, National Military Appreciation Month, people can write a let-

ter of appreciation and drop it off at any MidCountry Bank location. Then with the help of nonprofit A Million Thanks, the well wishes and encouragements will reach the troops. MidCountry Bank has a branch in Apple Valley. Call 952-997-5625 for more informa-tion.

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.

Affinity Plus donates gift bags to hospital Through a partnership with three Affinity Plus branches in the Twin Cities metro area, 225 gift bags were donated to Chil-dren’s Hospital in Minneapolis

to be delivered to patients and their families. The contents of the gift bags were donations from members and employees, and included coloring books, crayons, craft items, and puzzle books. The credit union employees in Lakeville helped coordinate the collection of gifts and do-nations, and employees from Lakeville, Roseville, and Farib-ault helped deliver the gift bags to the hospital location in Min-neapolis.

Open house at Drees Drees Performance Training, 1211 Cliff Road E., Burnsville, is hosting an open house to cel-ebrate its one-year anniversary 2-5 p.m. Saturday, June 4. The event features food, drinks and yard games. Call 651-470-7920 for more informa-tion.

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SportsEastview nudges ahead in tight SSC raceNorth, Burnsville

remain in contention

for baseball title by Mike Shaughnessy


Eastview moved clos-er to the South Subur-ban Conference baseball championship Tuesday without even playing, but the Lightning’s work was far from done. The Lightning got some help from crosstown rival Apple Valley, which defeated Lakeville North 3-0 on Tuesday to drop North 1.5 games behind Eastview in the conference race. Going into Wednes-day’s play Eastview was 13-3 in SSC games with two remaining. Burnsville (12-4), Lakeville North (11-4) and Prior Lake (10-5) also remained in the race. That means Eastview would win the champion-ship outright with victo-ries in its last two confer-ence games. But one of then was Wednesday at Burnsville (which took place after this edition went to press) in what was a must-win for the Blaze. Eastview plays at Shako-pee at 7 p.m. Thursday in its final South Subur-ban game and faces Coon Rapids at 7 p.m. Monday at Legion Field to close the regular season. However the confer-ence race finishes, it’s good preparation for the section playoffs that be-gin next week. “Playing these kind of games at the end of the conference schedule is perfect for us,” Eastview coach Tom Strey

said. “They’re close games against good opponents, which is what we’ll see in the section tournament.” “We don’t want to get too far ahead of our-selves,” said Lakeville North coach Tony Market, whose team was scheduled to play conference games on five consecutive days this week, “but if we play well we have a chance to be right there” in the con-ference race. The other priority for North is to be ready for the Class 4A, Section 1 play-offs. Having games on five consecutive days this week could put a lot of pressure on the North pitchers, but they’ll have several days

of rest between the final regular-season game and first playoff game, Market said. Eastview (14-3 overall) defeated Prior Lake 3-2 on Monday for its fifth vic-tory in a row and second consecutive come-from-behind victory. Kyle Cal-vert’s single in the bottom of the seventh drove in the game-winning run. Mason Hall hit a solo home run in the sixth and Tommy Springer had an RBI sin-gle in the fifth. Danny Ka-pala pitched a complete game, allowing five hits. Kapala helps give the Lightning a strong ro-tation, along with se-niors Riley Johnson and

Dylan Brend. “Danny has pitched well all year and has gotten a little better every time out,” Strey said. Johnson was the win-ning pitcher in a 7-4 vic-tory over Eagan on Sat-urday. Strey said Johnson didn’t have his best curve-ball against the Wildcats but was able to adjust. “That’s tough for a high school pitcher to do,” Strey said. “Sometimes if things don’t start well they don’t get better. The last couple of times Riley pitched it was very windy and maybe that flattened out his curveball a little. He started throwing his fastball more and was able to hit the corners with it.”

Apple Valley’s Nick Kraemer pitched a three-hit shutout against Lakev-ille North on Tuesday, earning his first victory of the year and putting a dent in the Panthers’ conference championship hopes. The previous day Lakeville North defeated Rosemount 7-4 behind Billy Riach’s pitching and some timely hitting. Tyler Fietek was 2-for-3 with four runs batted in. The eighth and ninth hitters in the order, Kaden Tou-

signant and Nick Fossey, combined for four hits and four runs scored. North had hoped for more production from the bottom of its order and might be getting it. “In the Rosemount game, the bot-tom three guys in our or-der were at a .700 to .800 clip as far as getting on base,” Market said. “They gave us a lot of good at-bats.”

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Riley Johnson was the winning pitcher in Eastview’s 7-4 victory over Eagan on Satur-day. (Photos by Mike Shaughnessy)

Notebook: Apple Valley to honor 2006 baseball champs by Mike Shaughnessy


The Apple Valley High School baseball program will recognize the 10th anniversary of its 2006 state Class 3A cham-pionship before Thursday’s game against Lakeville South at Legion Field. Presentation of the 2006 team will be at 6:15 p.m. with the game starting at 7. Approxi-mately a dozen players from the 2006 team are expected to at-tend as well as its coach, Allen Iversen, who’s now head coach at Lakeville South. Steve Mc-Guiggan, a player from the 2006 team, will throw out the first pitch. The 2006 Eagles won their final 10 games, including nine in the section playoffs and state tournament, and finished 19-8 overall. Apple Valley defeated Cretin-Derham Hall 10-4 in the Class 3A championship game.

Panthers set

conference record Lakeville North won the third of four South Suburban Conference girls golf tourna-ments Monday at Stonebrooke Golf Club in Shakopee. The Panthers’ 309 total set school and conference records, and was 34 strokes better than runner-up

Eagan. The victory also puts North in a strong position to win the conference championship. With two victories and a second place in the first three tournaments, North holds a two-point lead over Rosemount in the overall standings. That means the Pan-thers can clinch the conference title by finishing first or second at the final SSC tournament

Tuesday, May 24, at Emerald Greens. A third-place finish would clinch at least a tie for the conference championship. Rosemount would have to finish at least two places ahead of North in the May 24 tourney to win the overall title. Math-ematically, Eagan and Eastview remain in the running but their chances are slim. Three players shot in the 70s

in the SSC tourney at Ston-ebrooke; all were from Lake-ville North. Sophomore Megan Welch and senior Brianna Vetter tied for first with 73s, while sev-enth-grader Emma Welch shot 76. Eagan players Sarah Rutzick (82), Carly Schriner (84) and Jo-salyn Abbott (85) were fourth through sixth. Rosemount was led by senior Jessica Petersen,

who shot 85 to tie for sixth.

Fight to the fi nish in

lacrosse Lakeville North assumed control in South Suburban Conference boys lacrosse with a 15-11 victory at Rosemount on Tuesday. The Panthers are 7-1 in conference games and can win the league outright with a home-field victory over Lake-ville South at 8 p.m. Thursday. If Lakeville South (4-4 in league games) upsets North, Rosemount (7-2), Prior Lake (7-2) and Eastview (6-2) have a chance to grab a piece of the championship. Lakeville North raced to a 5-0 first-quarter lead at Rosemount on goals by Alec Jensen, Luke Anderson, Max Johnson, Luke Spanier and Christian Valentini. Calvin Dahl scored five goals, a career high, over the final three quarters. The Panthers led by as many as seven goals in the second and third quarters before Rose-mount went on a run, but the Irish could not get the deficit below three goals. Luke VanOverbeke scored five goals, all in the second half, to lead Rosemount.


Apple Valley’s 2006 baseball team won the state Class 3A championship, defeating Cretin-Derham Hall 10-4 in the final. (File photo)

Jesse Fan runs the bases for Eastview in Saturday’s game against Eagan.

Eagan names Rickey Foggie head football coachFormer Gophers

quarterback coached at Red

Wing last 2 years

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


Rickey Foggie, who came into prominence in Minnesota football as the University of Minnesota’s starting quarterback for four years in the 1980s, has been named head coach at Eagan High School. Foggie’s appointment was announced Friday and he met with the Wild-cat players the same day. He replaces Rick Sutton, who resigned in February

after 10 seasons as head coach. Foggie, 49, was head coach at Red Wing High School the last two years. His teams were 3-7 in 2014 and 6-4 in 2015. Be-fore going to Red Wing, he had been head coach at Park Center High School. He also has coaching ex-perience with several are-na football teams and was offensive coordinator at Burnsville High School in the 2000s. He said he believes the Wildcats’ program is close to being competitive with the state’s top Class 6A teams. “It’s already set up to be a good, competitive program,” Foggie said. “It

just needs a few tweaks. I hope to go in and change the culture a little bit. I want the kids to work their butts off and have fun doing it.” The new coach said he will emphasize condition-ing because the Wildcats’ best players are likely to be on the field a lot. “My whole philosophy is your best players have to play on both sides of the football,” said Foggie, who also ran Red Wing’s strength and conditioning program in his two years there. “Conditioning is going to be first and fore-most, no question. We’ve got to to get the kids in better condition and get them in the weightroom

more.” He was the University of Minnesota’s starting quarterback from 1984 through 1987. Foggie was the Gophers’ captain in 1987 and is sixth in career passing yardage in school history. Foggie will be his own offensive coordinator. He didn’t want to give many clues about his philosophy but said, “we’ll play fast.” After finishing his ca-reer at Minnesota, Fog-gie played professionally with five different teams in the Canadian Football League as well as with sev-eral arena teams. Foggie “comes to Ea-gan with a great football background from his

years as a player at the University of Minnesota and in the Canadian and arena football leagues. He brings a wealth of knowl-edge of the game,” said Eagan High School ath-letic director Sandra Set-ter. His time on the Burns-ville staff planted a seed that Foggie might prefer coaching high school foot-ball as opposed to profes-sionals. “I had a great time coaching arena foot-ball, but I’d had my fill of it,” he said. “The most fun I had was as a high school player, playing football with my friends. Coaching high school football was a great opportunity to give other kids that same expe-

rience.” He said he is working on filling out his coaching staff, which he hopes to have in place by June 13, the first day of the Min-nesota State High School summer waiver period that allows high school coaches to work with their teams. An Eagan resident, Foggie takes over a Wild-cats team that was 4-6 last season and reached the round of 16 in the Class 6A playoffs. Eagan’s 2016 season opener is Sept. 1 at home against Stillwater.



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MEETING MINUTESAPRIL 5, 2016

This is a summary of the In-termediate School District 917 Regular School Board Meeting on Tuesday, April 5, 2016, with full text available for public inspection on the district website at www.isd917.k12.mn.us or the District Office at 1300 145th Street East,

Rosemount, MN 55068.The meeting was called to order

at 5:30 PM. Board members pres-ent: Bob Erickson, Ron Hill, Dan Cater, Deb Clark, Jill Lewis, Joanne Mansur, Vanda Pressnall, Melissa Sauser, and administrators were present. Board members absent: Dick Bergstrom. Recommended actions approved: March 15, 2016 Regular School Board meeting and School Boar Work Session min-utes, personnel items, bills, wire transfers, investment reports, FY 16 Revenue & Expenditure budgets for Carl Perkins Grant Award, dona-tions, Temporary Employee Report, revised Policy 6.74--Special Edu-cation Health Services, Resolution relating to the termination and non-renewal of the teaching contracts of probationary teachers, and 917 Calendar for 2016-2017. Motion to deny leaves of absence requests passed. Adjournment at 6:14 PM.


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CITY OF APPLE VALLEY ORDINANCE NO. 1009

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF APPLE

VALLEY, MINNESOTA, AMENDING CHAPTER 35 OF THE CITY CODE

ENTITLED CITY POLICIES BY AMENDING SECTION 35.26 REGULATING LATE

FEES FOR UNTIMELY LICENSE/PERMIT

RENEWAL APPLICATIONSThe City Council of Apple Valley

ordains:Section 1. Section 35.26 of the

Apple Valley City Code is hereby amended by changing Section 35.26(C) to read as follows:

(C) Penalty for late application.(1) When a licensee or permit

holder fails to make application for a renewal or to pay the required fee on or before December 31 or on the date for which the renewal applica-tion is required to be filed as may be specifically provided for each li-cense or permit, the renewal appli-cation will not be accepted or con-sidered until and unless the license or permit holder submits payment of a late fee of 130% of the amount of the license or permit fee for the licensing period, not to exceed $30 more than the license or permit fee. If the licensee or permit holder fails to file the application for renewal, along with the license or permit fee and late fee on or before the li-cense or permit expiration date, the license or permit shall be deemed expired.

(2) When a person fails to make application before opening a busi-ness of a type which is required to have a license or permit or before taking over an existing business, he or she shall not be issued a license or permit except upon payment of a fee of 130% of the amount of the license or permit fee for the licens-ing period not to exceed $30 more than the license or permit fee.

Section 2. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage and publication.

PASSED this 12th day of May, 2016./s/ Mary Hamann-Roland Mary Hamann-Roland, MayorATTEST:/s/ Pamela J. Gackstetter Pamela J. Gackstetter, City Clerk


May 20, 2016549754

INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT 917 REGULAR

MEETING MINUTESMAY 3, 2016

This is a summary of the In-termediate School District 917 Regular School Board Meeting on

Tuesday, May 3, 2016, with full text available for public inspection on the district website at www.isd917.k12.mn.us or the District Office at 1300 145th Street East, Rose-mount, MN 55068.

The meeting was called to order at 5:12 PM. Board members pres-ent: Dick Bergstrom, Bob Erick-son, Ron Hill, Dan Cater, Deb Clark, Jill Lewis, Joanne Mansur, Vanda Pressnall, Melissa Sauser, and ad-ministrators were present. Board members absent: none. Recom-mended actions approved: School Board Minutes April 5, 2016, dona-tions, bills, Blood Borne Pathogens Control Plan, Resolution Approv-ing Teachers’ Appreciation Week, DCALS Lead Teachers and Special Education Lead Teachers. Ad-journment at 6:28 PM.


Burnsville-Eagan Sun ThisweekLakeville Sun Thisweek

May 20, 2016550652

CITY OF APPLE VALLEYNOTICE OF

PUBLIC HEARINGON-SALE WINE AND 3.2 PERCENT MALT LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATIONNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

the City Council of the City of Apple Valley, Dakota County, Minnesota, will meet at the Municipal Center, 7100 147th Street W., on Thursday, June 9, 2016, at 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as possible. The purpose of the meeting will be to hold a public hearing on the ap-plication of Ooka Bistro, Inc., d/b/a Ooka, for ON-SALE WINE and 3.2 PERCENT MALT LIQUOR LICENS-ES pursuant to City Code Section 111.22.

The business, which will be operated in conjunction with the proposed licenses, is a restaurant located at 6520 150th Street W., Ste. 400.

The owner and officer of the cor-poration is:

JinFen Gao, PresidentAll interested parties will be

given an opportunity to be heard at said time and place.

DATED this 12th day of May, 2016.BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUN-CIL/s/ Pamela J. GackstetterApple Valley City Clerk


May 20, 2016551009

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196

ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN

PUBLIC SCHOOLSCALL FOR PROPOSALS

STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM

Notice is hereby given that PRO-POSALS will be received to award a contract for purchasing a single Student Information System solu-tion by Independent School District 196 at the District Office located at 3455 153rd St W, Rosemount, MN 55068 until 2:00 PM, Friday, June 17, 2016, at which time and place Proposals will be publicly opened.

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

The School Board of Indepen-dent School District 196 reserves the right to reject any or all Propos-als and to waive any informalities.Joel Albright, Board ClerkIndependent School District 196

Published in theApple Valley Sun Thisweek,

Lakeville Sun Thisweek, Burnsville/Eagan Sun Thisweek

May 20, 27, 2016550197

Area BriefsBike auction to benefit Rambling River Center The Rambling River Center will hold a live bike auction 8-10 a.m. Satur-day, June 18, at the Ram-bling River Center, 325 Oak St. The unclaimed bikes have been collected by the Farmington Police De-partment and stored for the past year. Anyone who has had a bike lost or stolen in the last year and who would like to make sure it will not be in the auction should call the Farmington Police Department at 651-280-6700. Once the auction begins bikes cannot be claimed.

Criminal expungement clinic The Dakota County Law Library will host a free legal information clin-ic on criminal expunge-ment 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 24, in Room W106 at the Dakota County West-ern Service Center, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Val-ley. Christopher Hanrahan from Volunteer Lawyers Network will present the program. Expungement is the

process of going to court to ask a judge to seal a court record. Usually, people ask for an expungement when they have been denied a job, housing, or a pro-fessional license because of their criminal back-ground. This clinic will be held the fourth Tuesday of each month in Apple Valley. For more information, call the Dakota County Law Library at 651-438-8080.

Job Transitions Group to meet Dale Henry will pres-ent “Become Your Own Superhero!” at the May 24 meeting of the Easter Job Transitions Group. The group meets at 7:30 a.m. at Easter 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 information.

Workshop on training German shepherds The German Shepherd Club of Minneapolis and St. Paul will host an out-door workshop tutorial on owning and training Ger-

man shepherds on July 17 and Aug. 14 at the Apple Valley American Legion. The workshop teaches owners of German shep-herds and German shep-herd mixes how to form a closer bond with this pack-driven animal and how to solve issues. The outdoor events will be open to all Ger-man shepherd dog owners for $30, but will be free to veterans. For more infor-mation, visit gsdcmsp.org under “events.”

VBS at Camp Sacajawea The Church of Christ will have a free Vacation Bible School June 27-29 at Camp Sacajawea in Leba-non Hills Regional Park, 5120 McAndrews Drive. The school for ages 4 years old through sixth grade will have the theme of “The Promise Voy-age 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 in-clude 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 partici-pant’s name and contact phone number.


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3000 ANNOUNCEMENTS

3070 OrganizationalNotices

EG/BV & Savage AA MeetingsSun 6:30pm AA,

Mon 10am Alanon, & 6:30pm AA,

Tues 6:30pm & 8pm AA, Wed 12noon AA,

Thur 6:30pm Alanon& 8pm AA,

Fri 6:30pm AA,Sat 10am ACA,

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(Off Hwy 13)

3500 MERCHANDISE

3510 Antiques &Collectibles

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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

3580 Household/Furnishings

CA King Pillowtop revers-ible Mattress, w/6 drwr pedestal base. Good cond! $125/BO. 952-322-1114

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, 5/19-5/21/16, 9:00 - 6:00. Massive Sale! Antiques, furniture, cabinets, ap-pliances, home decor, cloths, shoes, etc. 13058 Herald Court

Apple Valley, May 21st, 8 am - 2 pm. Multi Street/Multi Family 1st Annual Neighborhood Garage Sale!! Begin @ 125th St. W

Apple Valley: 5/26-28 (10-6), HH, furn, antqs, appl, toys, office & craft items, cloz, bks & lots more. Come See! 8374 140th St W

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.

Arden Hills, 5/19, 20, 21, 8am-5pm. Multi-family sale: furniture, antiques, clothing, tools, house-hold items. 3327 Katie Ln

BlaineCommunity Garage Sale

Club West Neighborhood Hwy. 65 then East on

109th Ave NE. Follow signs.Thurs-Sat, June 2-3-4

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

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


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

Burnsville, 5/20 & 21 Huge Sale - Fri 8-5, Sat 8-12 Stampin’ up, Toys, Books, Tbl & Mitre Saws, Pwr Washer, Trdmill, Log-Splitter & Patio13104 S. Manor Drive

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

Furniture & More! 77 Garden Drive

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4110 Blueberry Lane

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952-392-6888Eagan, 5/19-21, 8a-5p Kids & Womens Cloths, Tools Cake Decorating Supplies & Golf Clubs 2 Family Sale 1771 GABBRO TRAIL

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, 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: 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

HOPKINS

Annual Plant SaleHennepin County Master

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

Lakeville MOVING 5/26-28 (8:30-4) Lrg. & small furn, fish/camp equip., HH. All must go! 16785 Jaguar Ave.


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

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.

Minnetonka- 5/19 & 5/20, 9a-5p. furn, linens,dishes HH ,games, DVD’s ,CD’s,

girls cloz, toys, electronics, Pack n Play - 10905 Joy Ln

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

NE MinneapolisMidweek Retro Estate Sale

2710 Ulysses St. NE5/24 (11-6) #’s at 10:30am;

5/25-26 (10-3)Go to: gentlykept.com

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

New Hope, 5/20-21, 9-5. Estate Sale- Furniture, pool table, household misc, ap-pliances. 5955 Indepen-dence Ave. N.

Plymouth - 5/25 - 5/27, 9am- 5pm- Furn, HH, toys,books, Adult & teen clothes

4465 Vinewood Ln N

PlymouthChelsea Woods Annual

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

20+ Families. Follow signs!

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

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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.

St. Louis Park, Satur-day, May 21, 8-3. 19th Annual Sale 25+ houses; Watch for Map and sale items on Browndale Neighborhood’s Face-book Page on May 20

Browndale Neighbor-hood Near Excelsior Blvd. and Wooddale Av-enue by Miracle Mile

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

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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


[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


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5000 SERVICES

5080 Child &Adult Care

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5090 Asphalt/Black-topping/Seal Coating

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Parking Lots

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M. Jones Asphalt Paving(Better Price)

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5140 Carpet, Floor& Tile

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5140 Carpet, Floor& Tile

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5390 Roofing, Siding& Gutters

5350 Lawn &Garden Services

5370 Painting &Decorating



5420 Tree Care &Stump Removal


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CARL 612 979-3518

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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.

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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.

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5260 Garage Doors

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5270 Gutter Cleaning

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Vintage sports cards adorn the walls of The Ballpark in Apple Valley. In addition to trading cards, the shop also offers collectibles such as signed baseballs and bats, and programs from notable sporting events. (Photo by Andrew Miller)

Gov. Mark Dayton, left, was on hand for the ceremony at Uponor’s Apple Valley campus on Monday. He presented Uponor officials with a proclama-tion declaring May 16 “Uponor Day” in the state of Minnesota. (Photo by Andrew Miller)

and Clint Hooppaw, also presented a proclamation to Uponor leaders, desig-nating May 16 “Uponor Day” in the city. Among those on hand for the ribbon-cutting cere-mony were state Sen. Greg Clausen, DFL-Apple Val-ley; state Rep. Anna Wills, R-Rosemount; School District 196 Superinten-dent Jane Berenz; and Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce President Ed Kearney. The ribbon-cutting ceremony, in fact, didn’t involve ribbon — officials clipped a length of Up-onor’s patented PEX pipe to mark the facility’s open-ing.

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maker and the stocky kid with the walker and black-rimmed glasses — similar to those he wore as a toddler in scenes from his early therapy — first met at Nicollet Junior High. But just barely. It wasn’t until this winter that Tin-kham, determined to complete a feature film before he gradu-ates to college film studies, ap-proached Jerrad and his fam-ily with the documentary idea. “I knew there was a story behind the walker,” Tinkham said. The Solbergs responded with full cooperation. “I went into this documen-tary not knowing who he was, really, what an amazing kid he is,” Tinkham said. “The only difference between him and me is he can’t walk as well as I can. Everything’s here and here (pointing to his head and heart). He’s a normal kid.” Jerrad said he welcomed the project as a way to show his abilities. “I really like it because hopefully it will give people a new perspective on people with disabilities and different things they can do,” Jerrad said. “People with disabilities want opportunities.”

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since birth Cerebral palsy is caused by a lack of oxygen at birth that affects the brain, Jerrad’s father, Jerry, explained in the film. Jerrad’s cerebral palsy — “minimal” compared with that of many sufferers, his father said — afflicts primarily his left side. “When he was about 3 or 4, the therapist who was working with him, she said he walked a couple of feet without any help,” Jerry said in the film. “I was kind of overjoyed, but it didn’t really seem to catch on. I was just concentrating on what I could do to strengthen his legs, what I could do to strengthen him in his legs so that he can walk, so that he will walk.” A three-wheel recumbent bicycle purchased with the help of a nonprofit organiza-tion became a staple in Jerrad’s

physical development and gets a starring role in the film. Jerrad’s day in school with-out his walker is a testament to his abilities and gives the film narrative punch. The reality is that he navigates crowded hallways and handles a heavy backpack better with the walker, which he continues to use in school. But he won’t forget that day in early March, trailed by Tinkham and his big Canon camera with high fives all around. “It was pretty cool,” Jerrad said. “But I was also kind of nervous because there were a lot of kids around and my bal-ance isn’t the best without it. And so if they were to hit me just right, even if it wasn’t that hard, it could throw off my balance just enough so I’d end up falling or something.” Tinkham, 18, produced highlight videos for the Blaze football team the last two years and one for the boys hockey team. Tyler Krebs, the school’s video production teacher and head football coach, said his student told him he was work-ing on the documentary but didn’t seek outside help. “And I didn’t see it until the end,” Krebs said. “I’m kind of glad I didn’t. I really think it’s more powerful that it was his.” Tinkham will begin film production studies next year at the University of Arizona and said he hopes to eventu-ally transfer to the University of Southern California’s pres-tigious film school. Jerrad, 18, is an infielder for the Blazing Cats physically im-paired adaptive softball team and hopes to later volunteer as a coach. He said he intends to apply for admission to St. Cloud State University. “None of this would have been possible — raising Jerrad — without the Lord,” Jerry Solberg said. “He was around every turn, around every cor-ner. ... He brought people into my life and into Jerrad’s life to help with everything. And he gave me the material to work with — this boy, who was born the way he was born, with a great attitude.” John Gessner can be reached at 952-846-2031 or email [email protected].

JERRAD, from 1A

last year held a signing with Foreman and Lurtse-ma in Apple Valley. In addition to vintage baseball, football, bas-ketball and hockey cards, The Ballpark offers an ar-ray of sports memorabilia — signed bats and balls, programs from historic games — as well as collect-ing supplies such as plastic ball cubes and folders for storing cards. The Ballpark is located at 203 150th St. W. More about the shop is at the-ballparkinc.com.

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during the two-week filing pe-riod in order to be placed on the ballot. Any person may be a candi-date for School Board in District 196 who: • is eligible to vote; • would be at least 21 years old upon assuming office (Sept. 12, if the election is held Aug. 9); • is a resident of the school district for at least 30 days before

the election; • has not filed as a candidate for any other office at the up-coming general election, and • is not a sex offender who has been convicted of an offense for which registration is required un-der Minnesota Statute 243.166. Completed affidavits of can-didacy must be filed at the Su-perintendent’s Office during the two-week filing period, along with a $2 filing fee or a petition with at least 500 signatures of

eligible voters in place of the fil-ing fee. Five or more voters may also draft a candidate by filing an application on behalf of the candidate. The candidate must indicate his or her willingness to serve by signing the application. The same filing fee requirements and timeline apply.

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Obituaries

Graduations

Nicole LaumerNicole Laumer, daugh-

ter of Julie and Todd Laumer, having earned a Bachelor of Science de-gree in Human Resource Development with a mi-nor in Leadership, partic-ipated in commencement exercises May 12 at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Nicole is a 2012 graduate of Rose-mount High School.

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Eagan Art Festival set June 25-26 The 22nd annual Eagan Art Festival is scheduled for June 25-26 at Eagan’s Central Park, 1501 Central Parkway. This is a free, family-friendly event that in-cludes a juried art show of more than 100 art-ists, live entertainment, food and art activities for the entire family. “What’s Your Story?” is this year’s theme. More information is at www.eaganartfestival.org.

Beatles tribute concert Beatles tribute band A Hard Day’s Night is set to perform 7 p.m. Saturday, May 21, at the Steeple Center in Rose-mount. 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 Rose-mount Area Arts Coun-cil are $15 and can be purchased at www.rose-mountarts.com or at the door. More about the band is at www.hardday-snighttribute.com.

Three short plays in Rosemount The Second Act Play-ers, the Rosemount Area Arts Council’s senior theater group, will pres-ent three short plays 7 p.m. Thursday, May 26, at the Steeple Center in Rosemount. The plays — “It’s

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Auditions Eagan Summer Com-munity Theatre will hold auditions for Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” 6-9 p.m. May 31, June 1 and 2, at Eagan High School (east entrance). Flounder (child’s role for ages 8-14) auditions 4-6 p.m. May 31. Students in grades 8-12 and adults may audition. Come prepared for dance auditions. Callbacks: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 4. Information: http://www.ea-ganhs.portal.rschooltoday.com/page/10218.

Books Book sale by the Friends of the Elko New Market Li-brary, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fri-day, May 20; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 21, with a $7 bag sale 12-2 p.m. Book donations and volunteers needed. The library is at 110 J. Roberts Way, Elko New Market. Information: http://tinyurl.com/gow6678.

Call for Artists The Dakota County Pub-lic Art Citizen Advisory Committee is seeking original works of art for its sixth Com-munity Art Exhibition. Theme of the exhibit is “Landscapes

of Dakota County.” Artists 8 years old and older living in Dakota County can submit original two-dimensional art that meets the committee’s criteria outlined online. One entry per person is allowed. The submission deadline 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, con-tact 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. In-formation: 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. Informa-tion: 952-431-8200. RHS modern dance company performance, 7 p.m. Friday, May 20, Rose-mount High School. Informa-tion: 651-423-7501. EVHS spring dance show, 7:30 p.m. May 21-22,

Eastview High School. Infor-mation: 952-431-8900.

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

Music All Saints Music Festival, 6 p.m. Friday, May 20, Little Log House Pioneer Village, Hastings. Music by TC Cats and Hairball. Tickets: www.allsaintsmusicfestival.com. LSHS choir Encore Night, 7 p.m., Friday, May 20, Lakeville South High School. Tickets: $5 at the door. Gregg Allman, 8 p.m. Saturday, May 21, Mystic Showroom, Prior Lake. Tick-ets: $59 and $69. Informa-tion: 952-496-6563 or www.mysticlake.com. Eagan Women of Note spring concert, 4 p.m. Sun-day, May 22, Black Hawk Middle School, 1540 Deer-wood Drive, Eagan. Tickets: $10 adults, $5 children under 12. FHS spring band con-cert, 7 p.m., Monday, May 23, Farmington High School. Information: 651-252-2501. LNHS band concert, 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 24, Lake-ville North High School. Infor-mation: 952-232-3600. Vinnie Rose, acoustic guitarist and vocalist, 7 p.m. Thursday, May 26, as part of Music in the Park at Ram-bling River Park, 117 Elm St., Farmington. Free. In case of bad weather, the concert will

be at Farmington City Hall, second floor, 430 Third St. EVHS grand finale band concerts and awards, 6 and 8 p.m. Thursday, May 26. In-formation: 952-431-8900. AVHS concert/symphon-ic/wind ensemble concert, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 26, Apple Valley High School. In-formation: 952-431-8200. BHS spring choir con-cert, 6:30 and 8 p.m. Thurs-day, May 26, Mraz Center. Information: 952-707-2100. LNHS choirs spring pops concerts, “Party in the USA,” 6 and 8 p.m. Thursday, May 26, Lakeville North High School. Tickets: $5 adults, $3 seniors, free for students. In-formation: 952-232-3600. BHS varsity band/jazz ensemble concert, 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 31, Mraz Cen-ter, Burnsville High School. Information: 952-707-2100. EHS spring instrumen-tal concerts and awards, 6 p.m. (grade nine) and 7:30 p.m. (grades 10-12) Tuesday, May 31, Eagan High School. Information: 651-683-6900.

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

Workshops/classes/other The Eagan Art House of-fers workshops presented by Wet Paint Artists’ Materials and Framing on preparing art-work 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. Informa-tion: [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 sec-ond 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 can-vas, age 21 and older, $55 per couple includes light appetiz-ers. 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. 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. Kind Hearts Princess School offers summer camps for boys and girls ages 3-14 Mondays-Wednesdays at Footsteps Dance Studio, 12004 12th Ave. S., Burns-ville. Camps include dance, princess and Bible-themed. First camp is June 14-16; last camp is Aug. 9-11. Cost: $30 per camp. Information: http://tinyurl.com/h7utmce or email Miss Karin at: [email protected]. Teen Poetry Jam/Rap Battle, 4-5 p.m. the first

Tuesday of each month at Ap-ple 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 Tuesdays, River Ridge Studios, 190 S. River Ridge Circle, Burnsville. Informa-tion: www.christinetierney.com, 612-210-3377. Brushworks School of Art Burnsville offers fine art education through draw-ing and painting. Classes for adults and teens. Informa-tion: Patricia Schwartz, www.BrushworksSchoolofArt.com, 651-214-4732. Soy candle making classes held weekly in Eagan near 55 and Yankee Doodle. Call Jamie at 651-315-4849 for dates and times. $10 per person. Presented by Making Scents in Minnesota. Line dance classes Wednesdays at Lakeville Her-itage Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave., beginners 9-10 a.m., intermediate 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 Rob-ert Trail Library. Information: John Loch, 952-255-8545 or [email protected]. SouthSide Writers, Sat-urday workgroup for aspir-ing writers, offering critique, submission and manuscript preparation information, sup-port and direction, 10 a.m. to noon, Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. Infor-mation: 651-688-0365

Your Move,” “If You Can’t Beat Them” and “At Halftime” — each run 10-15 minutes. Tick-ets are $2. More infor-mation about the Second Act Players is at www.rosemountarts.com.

‘The Crucible’ at Trinity School The 2016 class of Trinity School at River Ridge’s production of “The Crucible” by Ar-thur Miller will include Burnsville residents Eliz-abeth Walter and Cecilia Nicklaus. “The Crucible” tells the chilling tale of the Salem witch trials as fear builds, accusations fly, and the town is torn apart by suspicion. Twenty citizens are ex-ecuted as families turn against each other in the heat of this traumatic or-deal. The content and in-tensity of some scenes may not be suitable for young children. Shows are set for 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 20, and Saturday, May 21, at

Trinity School at River Ridge, 601 River Ridge Parkway in Eagan. General admission tickets will be available at the door and cost $6 for adults, $4 for stu-dents and seniors, or $25 per family. For more in-formation, visit www.tsrr.org or call 651-789-2890.

Summer camps at Eagan Art House The Eagan Art House offers summer camps for children ages 6-11. Camps include: Clay and Sculpture Camp, Paint-ing Camp and Drawing Camp. For more infor-mation, visit www.ea-ganarthouse.org or call 651-675-5521.

Tasseldega Nights at speedway For the third consecu-tive year, racing fans at Elko Speedway and Deer Creek Speedway will re-ceive free admission dur-

ing Tasseldega Nights, a special family event sponsored by the Min-nesota Corn Growers Association to promote clean, renewable, home-grown ethanol fuel. Gates open at 5 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m. on June 4 at Elko Speedway. On July 16 at Deer Creek Speedway near Rochester, gates open at 2 p.m. for music and other family activi-ties, with racing kicking off at 6 p.m. Admission to both Tasseldega Nights races is free. In addition to a night of free racing, fans can play games, try and catch a commemorative T-shirt from the T-shirt cannon and win free eth-anol-blended fuel. Fans can stroll through the 45-foot Bio-fuels Mobile Education Center, get a pre-race picture in an ethanol-powered race car and visit the American Lung Association in Minne-sota booth to learn more about the air quality benefits of ethanol. For more details, go to www.mncorn.org, www.elkospeedway.com or www.deercreekspeedway.com.

Comedy at Mystic Lake Sarah Tiana and fea-ture act Will Weldon will take the Mystic Comedy Club stage at 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday, June 3, and Saturday, June 4, at Mys-tic Lake in Prior Lake. Tiana is a stand-up comic, writer and ac-tress who focuses her comedy on growing up in the South, dating and living life as a single woman in Los Angeles. She has been featured on “@midnight,” “Chelsea Lately” and “The Josh Wolf Show.” Tiana’s big break came after her performances on “Reno 911.” As an avid sports fan, she wrote for the ESPY Awards and the Rob Riggle football seg-ments. Tiana has per-formed over 12 tours of comedy for the troops including Germany, Singapore, Afghanistan and Guam. Her expe-riences performing for the troops was featured in the documentary film “Comics on Duty: We Love You Mrs. Bevins.” Tickets are $19. Ma-ture audiences only. Contact the box office at 952-445-9000 or visit mysticlake.com for de-tails

The Northfield Arts Guild will present the stage comedy “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” June 17-19 and 23-25 at 7:30 p.m. in Northfield’s Central Park, 421 Fourth St. E. The Tony Award-winning play written by Christopher Durang follows two middle-aged siblings who are caught off guard when their celebrity sister and her boyfriend threaten to sell their family house. The Northfield production is directed by Michelle Schwantes with a cast that includes Tom Johnson, Susan Dunhaupt, Felicia Crosby and Charlie Krenzel. Tickets for the show, which is recommended for mature audiences, are $17 for adults, $13 for students and seniors, and are available at NorthfieldArtsGuild.org or by calling 507-645-8877. (Photo submitted)

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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. Pet vaccination clinic, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Windmill Feed and Pet Supply, 350 Main St., Elko New Market. Discounted vaccinations. A community service collaboration between Windmill Animal Rescue, Wind-mill Feed and Pet and Scott Lake Veterinary Center (Prior Lake). Bring pets on a leash or in a carrier. Information: http://tinyurl.com/j83cpyv. Healthy Divorce work-shop, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Thrive Therapy, 190 River Ridge Circle S., Suite 208, Burnsville. Free. RSVP required. Informa-tion: http://thrivetherapymn.com or 612-568-6050. Wing Ding fundraiser by the South Metro Flyway Chap-

ter of Ducks Unlimited, noon to 4 p.m., Rack’s Sports Bar and Grill, 2400 Cliff Road E., Burns-ville. Features wings, games, raffles, silent auction and more. Information: mn.ducks.org.

Sunday, May 22 All-levels yoga class, 11 a.m. to noon, Inspiration De-sign Studio, 2200 Highway 13, Burnsville. Cost: $10. Stay for refreshments and mimosas. Preregister at www.goswamiyoga.com.

Tuesday, May 24 Criminal expungement in-formational clinic, 1:30 p.m., Room W106 at the Dakota County Western Service Cen-ter, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. Free. Information: Dako-ta County Law Library at 651-438-8080.

Wednesday, May 25 Memory Care Support Group, 2-3 p.m., Augustana Regent at Burnsville, 14500 Regent Lane, Burnsville. Infor-mation: Jane Hubbard at 952-898-8728.

Ongoing Elko New Market City-wide Garage Sale, May 19-21. Maps and addresses of the garage sale locations will be available on the city’s website (www.ci.enm.mn.us) one week prior to the sale. Information: 952-461-2777. Rosemount Citywide Ga-rage Sale, May 19-21. Informa-tion: www.ci.rosemount.mn.us/parks. Burnsville Community-wide Garage Sale, May 20-21. Information: http://www.burns-ville.org. Emotions Anonymous

meetings, 7:30-9 p.m. Tues-days at SouthCross Commu-nity Church, 1800 E. County Road 42 (at Summit Oak Drive), Apple Valley. EA is a 12-step program for those seeking emotional health. All are wel-come. Information: http://www.emotionsanonymous.org/out-of-the-darkness-walks.

Blood drives The American Red Cross will hold the following blood drives. Call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit red-crossblood.org to make an ap-pointment or for more informa-tion. • May 23, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., St. John’s Lutheran Church, 20165 Heath Ave., Lakeville. • May 24, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Burnsville Alternative High School, 2140 Diffley Road, Ea-gan. • May 27, 12-6 p.m., Car-mike 15 Theatres, 15630 Cedar Ave., Apple Valley. • May 28, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Culver’s, 3445 O’Leary Lane, Eagan. • May 30, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Culver’s, 17800 Kenwood Trail, Lakeville.

The Minnesota Zoo’s herd of bison saw a new addition recently with the birth of a calf on April 30. The birth, the zoo’s first in 2016, is the 43rd bison born at the zoo since it opened in 1978. Zoo officials said the birth is especially excit-ing because bison were recently named the “first national mammal” of the United States after Presi-dent Obama signed into law the National Bison Legacy Act. The zoo’s herd of nine bison, with more calves expected this year, can be viewed on the Northern

Trail. The largest land ani-mals in North America, bison were also once the most abundant, with an estimated 30 million to 60 million before European settlement. During the late 19th century, bison were hunted to near extinction until fewer than 1,000 remained in the United States. The last wild bison observed in Minnesota was in Norman County in 1880. In 2012, the zoo and the Minnesota Depart-ment of Natural Resourc-es teamed up to help pre-serve the American bison

— in 2015, 11 genetically rare bison were released into Minneopa State Park near Mankato in an effort to expand the Minnesota conservation herd from 90 to 500. Bison eat mainly grass-es and sedges — roughly 15 pounds per animal per day, according to zoo of-ficials. Bison spend their mornings eating and their afternoons chewing cud. They’re also known to grunt periodically — to communicate and keep contact with the rest of the herd.

—Andrew Miller

Minnesota Zoo welcomes bison

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The calf born April 30 is the 43rd bison born at the Minnesota Zoo since it opened in 1978. (Photo: Minnesota Zoo)

“Autumn Path Two Harbors” by Rita Beyer Corrigan is among the pieces that will be on display at the Steeple Center in Rosemount as part of a new exhibit sponsored by the Rosemount Area Arts Council. Also featured is work by artist Cheryl Kluender, and members of the Minnesota Valley Photography Club. The gallery opening is set for 6-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 24; there will be light refreshments, and artists will be on hand to discuss their work. The exhibit will be on display through the end of June and can be viewed during regular Steeple Center hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

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