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May 12, 2011 • V36.19
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Remembering the fallen Eagan, Apple Valley soldiers inspire events
each of these soldiers have created ways to remember them, and share their lives with the public at large.
BY JOSEPH PALMERSHEIM SUN NEWSPAPERS
Apple Valley High School Senior Jordan Jenkins conducts the wind ensemble at a rehearsal Tuesday, May 3. The ensemble will be performing Jordan’s original piece, “Anthem,” at a concert Wednesday, May 25. (Photo by Jennie Olson • Sun Newspapers)
Apple Valley student premieres original instrumental composition BY JENNIE OLSON SUN NEWSPAPERS Not many high school seniors can say they have composed and published a four-minute-long instrumental piece. Apple Valley High School student Jordan Jenkins managed to do
this while graduating in the academic top 10 of his class at the high school. Jordan’s “Anthem” will be premiered at a concert in the Apple Valley High School Theater 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 25. Jordan, who showed an interest in composition at an early age and
has been involved with music since he was in kindergarten, began arranging tunes for instrumentalist and jazz ensembles at the high school. The jazz ensemble performed one of his arrangements when he was only a freshman. Instrumental Music
Teacher Corey Desens came up with the idea for Jordan to compose a wind ensemble piece in a mentorship program and conduct it his senior year. The high school’s wind ensemble is an auditioned band for students
When a soldier falls on the field of battle, many things follow: the knock on the door that any parent dreads, the folded flag at the funeral, and afterwards, the dreadful silence that marks a part of life forever missing. According to the U.S. Central Command, 5,994 U.S. soldiers have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan since both Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom started. Some of these soldiers came from Minnesota, including Marine Lance Corporal Daniel Olson of Eagan, Army Corporal Conor Masterson of Woodbury and Army 1st Lt. Christopher Goeke of Apple Valley. Following their deaths, parents of
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Four years ago, Gwen Olson, Sandy Masterson and Dawn Meyers started Scoops for Troops, a 5K and ice cream social event in Eagan designed to remember those lost in war. More than 400 people participated in the 5K Saturday, May 1, and the event raised nearly $10,000 for the Troops Fallen Heroes Children’s Education Fund, a nonprofit which supports the families left behind. Each of the women knows the pain of that kind of loss: Sandy and Gwen lost sons in Afghanistan and Iraq, and Dawn lost her brother, Adam VanAlstine, in Iraq. Sandy and Gwen’s con-
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