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Spartans secure state runner-up trophy ABOVE: Richfield fans cheer on the Spartan girls basketball team during the state Class 3A tournament finals March 17 at Target Center. Richfield, making its first state appearance, finished second after losing 65-45 to DeLaSalle in the title game. The Spartans concluded their season with a 27-5 record. (Photo by Brian Nelson – Contributing Photographer) LEFT: Richfield junior point guard Jessica January drives to the basket pursued by a DeLaSalle player during the Spartans’ 65-45 state 3A championship loss Saturday night. January was named to the all-state Class 3A tournament squad along with teammates Sierra Ford-Washington and Bry Guyton. (Photo by Brian Nelson – Contributing Photographer)
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such a project. The last time the concept was studied was 2001, and that study is considered outdated. The call for a renewed study comes after some city council BY ANDREW WIG – SUN NEWSPAPERS members and staff bristled at news that the 494 project — to be conducted in three phases, The city of Richfield has with completion scheduled for granted consent for a project fall, 2013 — would not use an scheduled for Interstate 494 late extra 26-feet of corridor the this summer. city of Richfield purchased in The Richfield City Council accordance with a MnDOT voted unanimously on the resoenvironmental impact study lution March 13, giving its from 2001. City Manager Steve blessing to a $30 million project Devich expressed his frustrathat will include the addition of tion during a special work sesa westbound auxiliary lane on sion in January that addressed the Interstate between Portland the upcoming project. Avenue and Nicollet Avenue, “I mean, I could look at that and between I-35W and Weekly and say, ‘Tough luck; that’s the Highway 100. Also, the freeway Super Savings! way it is,’ but we’ve been lookis to be resurfaced between ing forever for some help from Highway 100 and 24th Avenue. somewhere to help us finish MnDOT plans to reconstruct that piece we need to do on 77th the bridge at I-494 and Xerxes Street,” he told an MnDOT repAvenue as well. The project will resentative at the time. be funded mainly by federal dollars and cost nothing for Weekly Super Savings! At last week’s meeting, Richfield Public Works municipalities adjacent to the Director Mike Eastling assured project, which also include the council that the language in Bloomington and Edina. the resolution granting consent The consent comes with one — but demanding consideracaveat, however. The Minnesota tion — for the 77th Street Department of Transportation underpass, is indeed binding, must agree to again study the e e k l y S for u p e rresponding S a v i n g sto! concerns. possibility of anWunderpass The language referred to the 77th Street beneath Cedar call for the study as a “request,” Avenue, which would more conbut Eastling said that word will veniently link Richfield to the have the same effect as Mall of America area. “require.” Richfield has long pined for
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New ‘discovery art’ helps those with Alzheimer’s Richfield woman believes supernatural phenomenon is at work BY ANDREW WIG – SUN NEWSPAPERS Residents at Sunrise Senior Living in Minnetonka are seeing things. They see birds, flowers, dancers, men grooming their facial hair. The visions have been appearing for the past several months, on the third floor of the assisted living community, in what is called the Reminiscence Neighborhood, a place set up to comfort for those with Alzheimer’s disease. Every Tuesday afternoon the residents gather around the dining room table in the homey space and stare at glossy 8½-by-11-inch cards — colorful, splashy abstract prints painted by a Richfield resident who believes she is channeling something from a spiritual realm, in a kind of Alzheimer’s therapy that by all accounts is unprecedented. After about five months of the weekly exercise, of gazing into the work of Sheila Van Houten, the results from inside Sunrise’s memory care communi-
ty are phenomenal, staff there say. Normally taciturn residents are brought to life when guided through an interpretation of Van Houten’s work, they report. The artist calls it “discovery art,” consisting of seemingly random brush strokes and splotches that seem to come to life before the right kind of eyes. Bloomington resident Dan Dolliff ’s 80-year-old mother, Mary, is in the advanced stages of Alzheimer’s. One thing that holds her attention are reruns of “The Lawrence Welk Show.” It was on one day as Mary sat on the third floor at the Sunrise community. “Ordinarily she would have been glued to the music on TV,” Dolliff said. But then the art came out. “It was like somebody switched the set off and there was no other competition. It was just the cards,” Dolliff said. “That was an eyeopener for me.” Now, his mother, instead of sitting passive, was subject to “100 percent engagement” in what lay before her, tracing shapes and strokes with her fingers, Dolliff said.
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Richfield roads may lose a lane Public works outlines findings from pilot project BY ANDREW WIG – SUN NEWSPAPERS Some of Richfield’s main roads may be dramatically transformed in the coming years, with the strong possibility that some of the city’s four-lane thoroughfares may lose a lane. “It’s a drive to give the city a whole new look,� said Richfield Public Works Director Mike Eastling, addressing the community group, Penn Central, last Thursday. Portland, Nicollet, Penn avenues are among the candidates for three-lanes. The city has been studying the possibility of three-lane thoroughfares since October, 2010, when the public works department followed a mill-and-overlay of Portland Avenue with a pilot project that redrew traffic lines between East 68th Street and East 74th Street. Public works staff on March 13 presented what the department has found so far from what is called the Portland Avenue Land Configuration Pilot Project. Three-lane roads, where traffic levels allow, are supposed to increase safety in a number of ways, and have been
a recent trend in transportation planning, according to Jeff Pearson, transportation engineer for Richfield. Chief among purported benefits, three-lane roads, with the middle lane reserved for left-hand turns, reduce blind the spots on four-lane streets that are created when two vehicles wait for left turns at the same intersection, Pearson said. Three-lane roads are also said to reduce speeding. While studies show average speeds on such roads decrease only by one or two miles per hour, those with the most leaden feet — the outliers in the speed spectrum — are forced to ease up, stuck behind slower traffic. Additionally, three-lane roads also allow for wider shoulders, making more room for bicyclists. Following the repainting of the lines in October 2010, Richfield polled residents near Portland Avenue twice with online surveys — after six months, and after 12 months — receiving varying feedback on the new configuration. After the three-lane section was in place for one year, 63 percent of those living on it preferred the three-lane section to four lanes. But of those living one to two blocks away from Portland Avenue, 48 percent favored three lanes. Seventy-five residents responded the questionnaire at the 1year mark. More residents took the survey that
measured opinion after six months, with 260 responding. Among those living on Portland Avenue, 54 percent commented positively on the three-lane section, while 39 percent responded negatively. Respondents in general said the pedestrian experience improved, with 29 percent saying it was “good� or better than with the four-lane configuration, while 39 percent provided such a rating for three lanes. Biking got better, too, they said, with 14 percent of respondents ranking the three-lane biking experience favorably, compared to the 32 percent who sorated the four-lane experience. However, the percentage of respondents identifying driving difficulties actually increased in the 6-month survey — from 25 percent to 41 percent. These complaints were “little things in the grand scheme of things,� Pearson told the city council last week. “They identify [the issues] as difficulties but they’re not necessarily crippling to an infrastructure.� Pearson later attributed the report-
ed difficulties to a phenomenon he has come to expect when road changes occur. “It’s like any time you try to improve the road. It’s an improvement for the majority but there are going to be people that are affected negatively,� he said in an interview. While sentiment in the public works department favors the three-lane conversions for qualifying roads in Richfield, any final decision is still a ways off. “We probably will continue to leave [the Portland Avenue pilot project] as a three-lane section, and will continue to get feedback on that.� The Minnesota Department of Transportation has $18 million slated for roadwork in Richfield, most likely to be used in 2015 or 2016, and lane reductions could coincide with that work, Eastling said. Councilmember Fred Wroge expressed hesitance regarding the three-lane configuration at last week’s session, calling for more in-depth study while noting the relatively small sample size of respondents during the Portland Avenue pilot program.
PUBLIC SAFETY Police Reports Richfield police For March 8-11, the Richfield Police Department answered the following calls: March 8–An unknown suspect stole a 43-inch television worth $500 from a residence at 6938 16th Ave. S., a victim reported at 5:37 p.m. March 9–A catalytic converter was reported stolen at 7:07 a.m. from a van belonging to the Minnesota School of Business. The $500 part had been cleanly cut from the vehicle, which was parked on the north side of the school. Another van belonging to the school was untouched. The theft is one of several similar incidents in which catalytic con-
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Speak up for county library funding Unless advocates make some noise, dollars will continue to be cut At a time when more people than ever are using their community libraries, the funding gradually is being reduced. A good library is essential in a community now more than ever when people cannot afford to buy books and more people are using its computers, downloading E-books and checking out audio materials. At this time, advocates of local libraries need to protest some of these reductions during a time when services are most needed. Counties are responsible for providing a library system. Libraries get some revenue from the state while most of it comes from taxpayers in each county through special and general property tax levies. Hennepin and Ramsey County and its suburban libraries, bolstered by supportive county commissioners, are weathering the reductions better than most. Despite a $2.5 million reduction this year for the Hennepin County library, neither hours nor staff were cut. The director decided to buy fewer materials. The annual total budget for 2012 is $69.9 million. Thanks to some money from the Target ballpark sales tax revenue, worked out by the county board of commissioners, Hennepin opened some libraries on Sunday and added hours to the Central Library. They are, however, expecting revenues to be tight for a
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while. Hennepin library users checked out 18.3 million items in the 41 libraries last year. In Ramsey County where there are separate tax levies for St. Paul and its suburban libraries, hours have not been reduced and a reduction of $100,000 has resulted in a loss of two staff and less for the collection. The collection revenues have been hit the hardest dropping from $1.3 million in 2003 to $850,000 in 2012, Revenue to buy materials for the libraries has gone down from $1.3 million in 2003 to 850,000 in 2012. Fortunately, Ramsey and other libraries purchase materials through the Metro Library Service Agency (MELSA) at a lower price. Last year, the Ramsey County system circulated 4,317,000 materials and had 1.8 million visitors. The Dakota County Library system expects to circulate 5 million materials this year. No hours have been reduced and most of the nine libraries are open Sunday. Last year the county system circulated 4.9 million materials through its nine-library system. This year’s total budget from all sources is $11,691,000. Over the last few years, mostly through attrition and not filling positions the number
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Parents question teachers and journalists BY JOE NATHAN – GUEST COLUMNIST
In a story titled “Ralph’s Shoe Service is back in business” appearing on page 1 of the March 22 edition of the Sun-Current, a misspelling resulted in a word, inappropriate for a community publication, making its way into our pages. The Sun-Current regrets the error.
of fulltime equivalents has dropped from a high of 159 to 136. The counties’ revenues are suffering because tax capacity is going down due to all the foreclosures and shrinking commercial tax base. State legislators have cut local government aid and are requiring counties to do more with less and mandating more expenses with no extra money. The state auditor reports that cities and counties in the state have cut public library operating budgets and capital outlay by 42 percent between 2005 and 2009. Meanwhile, more people than ever are using libraries. More students are going to the library, because school districts are shortchanging their media centers, once called libraries. Home-schooled children are using the libraries more. Senior citizens are attending computer classes so they can use the library’s computers. Of course, the economy and particularly reductions in local government aid from the state to the counties partly are to blame for the underfunding and reduction in services. Advocates of community libraries need to speak up particularly to legislators about this slow erosion of library hours and services unless policy makers hear protests from users, funding for libraries will continue to be reduced.
Two frustrated questions at a recent Stillwater “Conversation in the St. Croix Valley” community meeting mirrored each other. One came from a parent of a teacher. The other came from a senior citizen, also a parent. Together, they help illustrate two passionate, opposite polls in our national debate about improving schools. One person identified her-
self as the mother of a teacher working with special needs students. She asked, “What can be done about the constant attack in the news media on teachers? It’s very demoralizing.” Last week I mentioned a national poll published by Met Life Insurance showing that teacher job satisfaction has dropped 18 points since 2008, to the lowest level in more than 20 years. Some teachers write to me and affirm what this poll found … many teachers feel
under attack. Yes, there is criticism. But any fair description of how newspapers and television depict teachers would find a variety of stories, not just “a constant attack.” Journalists also describe outstanding work that students and teachers are doing. There is coverage of award-winning teachers. It’s not all negative. NATHAN: TO NEXT PAGE
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Nathan FROM PREVIOUS PAGE There is a big disconnect between what some educators and many journalists see as the responsibility of the news media. Over the last 40 years, I’ve learned that some educators think the job of the news media is to promote local schools. Many journalists quote a Chicago writer named Finley Peter Dunne. He believed newspapers “comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.” While I understand some educators’ frustration with criticism sometimes found in a paper, I think that IS part of what journalists should be doing. The other side is that journalists should, and often do, report on progress and accomplishments. But there is not room or time to cover every event, every potentially interesting story. This brings us to the second speaker at the Stillwater meeting. He asked what could be done about the constant teacher union opposition to needed reforms. I responded that I think, again, the picture is more complicated. Some unions and their leaders have strongly supported changes that produced progress. I’ve written before about the successful effort in Cincinnati (district) public schools to close graduation gaps
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between white and African American students, and students from low and middle income families. The Cincinnati Federation of Teachers was a strong supporter of these efforts. Closer to home, I know of unions that have recommended laws, allowing, for example, site-governed public schools, new approaches to teacher training that make better use of the most effective K12 teachers in our schools, and more support for high quality early childhood programs. But statewide teacher unions and some local unions in Minnesota also have opposed programs like Post Secondary Option, open enrollment and chartered public schools. In both instances – coverage of teachers and impact of teacher unions, I think the picture is more mixed than sometimes described. What’s best for students? Recognizing we won’t always agree, I think students gain and schools improve when we acknowledge good work that is being done, along with mistakes that have made and problems that need attention. Joe Nathan, former public school teacher, administrator, PTA president and parent of three public school graduates, is director of the Center for School Change at Macalester College. He can be reached at jnathan@macalester.edu. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.
Hear from job-hunting experts at free Job Summit Job seekers will have the opportunity to learn more about resume writing, interviewing and other aspects of the job-hunting process Tuesday, March 27, at The Minnesota School of Business in Richfield, where the Minnesota Recruiting and Staffing Organization will hold its 3rd annual, free-of-charge Job Summit. Running from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., job seekers will hear from experts including Paul DeBettingies, who will speak on using social media in the job hunt. Joanne Meehl, the “Job Search Queen,” will present another program, called “Setting Your Job Search Motivation on Fire.” Additionally, a panel of human resources representatives from companies including Wells Fargo, Christopher and Banks and C.H. Robinson will discuss how they fill positions within their organizations. Job seekers can register for the summit for free at mnrsa.org or by emailing info@mnrsa.org.
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will argue for abandoning the procedures. Callison, whose district includes Edina, argued that the county always looks to be cost effective in doing its business, and defended the move toward implementing interim screening measures at buildings where high stress situations occur. “This is about probabilities, not about certainties,” she said. Dorfman recalled a 2003 shooting at the government center that prompted weapons screening for the facility in arguing for screening at suburban courts, which handle misdemeanor issues including traffic issues and some domestic violence cases. “There’s a legitimate security issue that needs to be addressed,” she said. The Hennepin County Sheriff ’s Office provides security for 96 county courtrooms in eight facilities. More than 3,400 weapons, from pocketknives to firearms, were confiscated at the government center in 2011, according to Sheriff Rich Stanek. There were 15 significant courthouse events at the suburban sites in 2011 that necessitated taking a person into custody, he added, noting that although some events may not appear to be significant, they may be for the person affected by the incident. “Weapons screening in all of our courthouses is needed,” he told the board. Bloomington City Attorney Sandra Johnson told the board that if the Edina courtrooms are to be closed, it should be after the security study of suburban courts, allowing cities to plan and budget for the increased time and expenditures associated with moving court proceedings from Edina to downtown Minneapolis or one of the other suburban divisions. Johnson was not opposed to a vote by the board on temporary weapons screening, but had previously disagreed with the need for increased security at the Southdale courts. “They are not logically or functionally intertwined,” she said. The administrative security analysis is due to the board by Nov. 1. Temporary security measures proposed for the Brooklyn Center and Minnetonka courts call for pass-through metal detection devices while metal detection wanding is planned in Edina. More than $600,000 in equipment and staffing was approved for the security plan.
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A two-seated trip for Richfield native dik Bolger to be reunited with vehicle he painted in wilder days BY ANDREW WIG – SUN NEWSPAPERS A Richfield native is in for a flashback this spring, when the 1961 Citroën, which he painted in a psychedelically inspired fashion more than 40 years ago, makes a return trip to Minnesota. The original painter of the tiny twoseater, dik Bolger — who spells his first name in all lower-case — came forward in February after seeing a story published in the Star Tribune. It detailed suburban Detroit resident Mike Mullen’s quest to find the artist responsible for the splashy paint job that graces the vehicle he purchased last summer, when he fell in love with the piece of work. The Richfield Sun-Current originally published a story about the vehicle Jan. 2, but Mullen later contacted the Star Tribune to broaden his search. It worked, and Mullen will reunite the Citroën with the one who imbued it with its colorful, whimsical spirit, during northeast Minneapolis’ Art-a-Whirl festival, the weekend of May 18-20. Bolger, a Richfield native but now a St. Paul resident, recalls painting the car in 1971 or 1972 with his older brother, now deceased, at their grandfather’s home near Lake of the Isles in
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New club takes flight, takes refuge, in Richfield gym Metro Flyers take over Central School gym, have grander plans BY ANDREW WIG – SUN NEWSPAPERS Every Wednesday evening, basketballs and dodge balls are replaced by flying pieces of foam inside the Richfield Central School gym, home to the state’s newest RC flying club. The Metro Flyers have rented out the space since December, taking refuge from the winter — and those who see the hobbyists as a nuisance — as they hone their flight skills. Central School is one of the dwindling number of places they can do so, said club co-founder Bill Jennings of Credit River Township. “The perception is that we bring trouble with us,” the 73-year-old retired computer-industry executive said. “It’s hard to establish a flying field because folks have a preconceived notion of danger and noise.” The members of the RC Flyers all belong to at least one other club, so they
have some options, including other places they can fly indoors. Jennings, however, decided to form the group after another club he is in got kicked off University of Minnesota-owned land near Rosemount, when the U decided to build a wind turbine on the field the club was leasing. So considering that, and the fact that winter hinders outdoor flying, the Metro Flyers have taken to a gym the size of a single basketball court, a space Jennings learned about as an instructor of computer classes for seniors there. The club is thinking beyond the confines of the gym though — of establishing an outdoor space where they can soar unencumbered and unharassed. Jennings envisions leasing a sod field south of the metro or maybe even a portion of land on someone’s farm, although he knows corn stalks can really tear up a wayward RC plane. So can gym walls, which for now will have to make up the Metro Flyers’ home. Two weeks ago, “we went through 17 props about,” said charter member Rick Leiviska of Apple Valley. RC FLYERS: TO PAGE 17
Mike Robin, foreground, and Rick Leiviska, fly their RC planes while taking care to avoid each other inside the tight confines of the Central School gym. Midair collisions are known to occur in the hobby. (Photo by Andrew Wig – Sun Newspapers)
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Housing a lurking issue for many seniors By Emily Hedges Edina resident Ron Anderson believes you could write a book about all that most seniors don’t know about their available housing options. So he’s decided to write it. “It can be very difficult to examine resources with no working knowledge of what the system provides. Most people can’t tell the difference between Medicare and Medicaid or what their options are,” he said. “That’s the challenge for seniors and their families, to understand their situation.” As a member of a family that has worked in senior housing for two generations, and with his current involvement in two independent living facilities, Woodbridge Cooperative of New Hope and Chardon Court, he is in a unique position to write the guide he personally needed not too long ago. While he and his family were considering placement of his mother, a Missouri resident, in an assisted living facility, she had a fall in her home that forced the issue. “Walking through as a participant, trying to direct traffic, prompted my research,” said Anderson. “We found there were options that were not very
good.” Like so many families, they were thrust into a situation where a quick decision was necessary. “There is tremendous psychological pressure looking out for the welfare of parents. Ron Anderson is writAll these decisions ing a book on senior for placement are housing options. made in the middle of a crisis. Something happens to force a decision in the middle of a Medicare-funded hospital stay,” said Anderson. “Decisions are made using a social worker at the hospital as a traffic cop.” Anderson says there is a big movement in development towards assisted living facilities, which can run seniors up to $60,000 a year in this market. “Most studies show that aging Boomers and Greatest-Generation seniors have a net worth of $240,000 including real estate,” he said. “With 90-plus the fastest growing demographic in America, how can this work over the long haul?” Anderson points out that when there
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RC Flyers FROM PAGE 12 He pointed to the glue gun, noting, “That’s the first thing we plug in when we get here.” The walls force the flyers to sharpen their skills as they maneuver their foam aircraft within the tight quarters. They can’t do some of the tricks allowed in open skies — the loops, rolls, “knife edges,” where a plane flies on its side for an extended period — but it lets the 12member group feed their passion yearround. “We don’t like to hang ’em up for the winter,” Jennings said. As proof of his dedication, Jennings owns 52 planes, keeping them “wherever they fit,” said the hobbyist, whose house has become a hangar. “I live in a large home and its full.” Another charter member, Danny Collier of Bloomington, has been flying 17 years, ever since a limo from the Make-a-Wish Foundation brought him to Hobby Warehouse in Richfield when he was about 11. “I went to the hobby store, picked out the plane I wanted. Hugged it,” said Collier, who battles sickle cell anemia. Collier later went to work in the shop, where he met the man considered the
group’s most skilled pilot, Mike Robin, a 44-year RC veteran, also from Credit River Township. The club’s co-founder and owner of a printing shop in Bloomington is well older than Collier, who is in his late 20s, but he and the group would like to see a new generation take to the skies — or the rafters. But some significant barriers pose challenges in attracting new flyers. There is the aforementioned question of space, for one. Also, the planes are not cheap — a basic foam beginner’s rig costs between $100 and $200, not counting the replacement parts inevitably required. The learning curve can be steep, too. Mastering the pitch and yaw requires finesse and much practice, so much so that there are technically accurate computer-based RC flight simulators on the market to help fliers do so. In the field, beginners start tethered to an instructor who is ready to flip a switch on his own controller should something go awry for the novice, much like driver’s ed instructors and their passenger-side breaks. “They crash and the get discouraged and they want to do something different,” said Robin, father of a 24-year-old and a 26-year-old, neither of which have taken up his hobby. RC FLYERS: TO PAGE 18
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RC FLYERS: FROM PAGE 17 To help youthful beginners get over these hurdles, some members of the club hope to purchase a trainer plane for newcomers. Still, “this is a popular hobby,” Jennings said. “It supports three hobby stores (in the area).” Two of them are in Richfield, which hosts Hub Hobby in addition to Hobby Warehouse. Despite some barriers to entry, the hobby attracts enthusiasts because the cost and potential early frustrations are well worth it, club members say. To Jennings, who is also licensed to fly the real thing, flying helps RC pilots decom-
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press. “It allows you to disconnect from the stress of the day,” he said, allowing for the constant potential that a plane worth thousands could take a nosedive with an erroneous flip of the sticks. “If you will, it replaces one stress with another.” Arriving at the Central School gym one evening last week — where they would remain flying, tinkering and gluing for at least the next two-and-a-half hours — Collier and Robin had just come from another flying club in Shakopee, like they couldn’t get enough. “None of us can,” Jennings explained. Info: metroflyers.org.
Mike Robin fixes a propeller after a crash inside Richfield’s Central School gym. Such incidents are common and the Metro Flyers go through numerous spare parts on any give evening. The ceiling and walls of the gym provide the pilots an extra challenge compared to a wide-open field. (Photo by Andrew Wig – Sun Newspapers)
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Pi it, you’ll like it Students at Richfield Dual Language School celebrated Pi Day March 14. The numerical representation of the date, 3.14, is Pi, the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. In celebrating Pi day, students in the school’s Enrichment Resource Classes program convened outside to compete in a 3.14-legged race, in which students were linked by a large rubber band with a partial paper cut out of a foot, to represent .14 worth of a foot. The race winners were awarded by being allowed to smash whipped cream pies in the faces of the fourth graders.
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Third graders admire the symbol for Pi drawn in whipped cream. Students were quizzed to conclude festivities. When one was asked to describe Pi, he resourcefully took the can of whipped cream and made the symbol. (Photos by Andrew Wig – Sun Newspapers)
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an artist friend. “She said, ‘Sheila, you’ve got talent.’” The palm reader kept painting, and noticed a peculiar phenomenon. When she finishes a painting, she walks away, “and when I come back an hour later,” she said, “faces show up.” They appear by the hundreds in each work, Van Houten said. “I’m still finding them.” In one painting, even Willie Nelson showed up. To Van Houten, the faces, plus the random assortment of images — from animals to landscapes to humanoid figures and a seeming preponderance of birds — that appear are not merely the result of random brush strokes. She believes something else is happening. “The only thing I can say is I’m spiritdirected. I’m what’s called a pure channel,” she said. When painting, “I don’t think of anything. I’ll just go and allow whatever to come through, come through.” “She kind of goes blank during these sessions … and something just kind of tells her to swoop up here, or mush here,” observed Scott Anderson who works alongside Van Houten offering services as a psychic. Despite her inclination toward the
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Ruth Ann Malone, foreground, is among the residents of the memory care section of Sunrise Senior Living in Minnetonka who seem to enjoy a positive, reflective effect from Sheila Van Houten’s artwork. In the background another resident, Mary receives guidance from staff member Linh Tran, while Jodie Kneip leads the session.
The gregarious Van Houten offers 30 different personal services out of her home in southeast Richfield. Among them, she is a palm reader, a career coach and a ghost buster. She remembers the exact day she added “artist” to the list: May 5, 2011. “I woke up one morning,” Van Houten said. “I just started to paint and I had no idea whether I was good or not.” The native of south Minneapolis said that without thinking, she decorated the canvas with a wild procession of brush strokes, with intriguing results. She showed her kaleidoscopic work to
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supernatural, Van Houten describes herself as “a very practical person,” and she wanted her work to do something more than just sit there. “I thought to myself, how in the world are we going to make use of all these paintings?” she said. “We don’t really have any wall space left.” She remembers comforting her dying father by bringing him pictures of ice crystals supposed to have been charged with positive emotions, “and he got very peaceful and he sort of fell asleep,” she remembers, “and he died the next morning.” Van Houten also is motivated by the memory of her mother, whom she lost to Alzheimer’s. “I thought, ‘I think what I’m supposed to be doing is to put this art in the hands of Alzheimer’s patients,’ so that’s what I’ve been doing,” she said. “It’s just been a riot to see how
As the ladies in Sunrise’s Reminiscence Neighborhood sat around the table last week, with the wildly vivid prints spread out, staff member Jodie Kneip asked the ladies to describe the first thing they noticed in the pink and yellow arrangement lying before them. “There’s a man there,” said one woman, smiling. “He looks like a lot of fun.” Kneip asked what they would call the painting. “‘Bouquet of Flowers,’” said one. “‘My Mother’s Garden,’” another offered, sparking a strain of conversation among the women about their mothers and gardens. One resident saw a tree on fire. Kneip asked where at. Yellowstone National Park, the woman replied, prompting a short round of recollections on trips out
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west. Kneip brought out another painting. One of the ladies called it “‘Midnight Dream.’” The others agreed: This is a very good name for the strokes of purple and pink, and black and white. One saw a snowy hill. So did some others. Another saw two girls dancing. “How do you think they know each other?” Kneip asked. She has learned to give such prompts in the past five months leading what they call “art critiques.” She has taught herself as she goes, because “discovery art,” fresh from van Houten’s brush, came with no instructions. Results have improved as Kneip has refined her guidance. “The first time, I was like, ‘Isn’t this a cool painting?’ And they were like, ‘Yeah that’s cool.’” That was about it. But a light bulb went off during a trip to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. The museum hosts tours as therapy for those
with Alzheimer’s and Kneip noticed how the tour leaders instigate lively discussion by asking the right questions. She has since borrowed from these methods of effacement. The effects of the past several months of guided gazing have been clear, Sunrise staff say. “It seems to promote a feeling of bonding,” Kneip said. “People who … maybe spend time with themselves in the other room, maybe don’t sit with other ladies … Certain residents really seem to become more attached to the residents around them after (the art sessions).”
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riences and feedback, and eventually, I think, more science-based evaluation of it,” he said. Kane agrees. While “there is no theoretical basis for why Alzheimer’s patients would be attracted to (the paintings) … it’s provocative; it’s interesting, and it needs more work.” Kneip theorizes that part of the art’s efficacy is its open-endedness and the creative, judgment-free environment it fosters in a daily world that has become sometimes befuddling for the residents of the Reminiscence Neighborhood. “They know they’re not going to be wrong,” she said. “Anything they say is right and beautiful and valuable, and it
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Wild Edible Buffet Where: Wood Lake Nature Center, 6710 Lake Shore Dr., Richfield When: 1-2:30 p.m. Info: 612-861-9365
City Council Meeting Where: Richfield Municipal Center, 6700 Portland Ave. S. When: 7 p.m. Info: 612-861-9700
Family Center Kids Count Where: Central School Gym, 7145 Harriet Ave. S. When: 5-7:30 p.m. Info: 612-243-3042
Varsity Syncro Swimming: vs. Columbia Heights Where: Richfield Middle School, 7461 Oliver Ave. S. When: 6-9 p.m. Info: classicsuburban.org
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Taft Athletic Facility Improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 33,600
(Official Publication) BILL NO. 2012-5 TRANSITORY ORDINANCE NO. 18.78 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF MONEY FROM THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND FOR CERTAIN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS CITY OF RICHFIELD DOES ORDAIN:
Roosevelt Park Play Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 75,000
Section 1: It is found and determined to be necessary and expedient for the City to expend money from the Special Revenue Fund for the making of capital improvements listed in Section 2 hereof, for which the City would be authorized to issue general obligation bonds.
Debbie Goettel, Mayor
Section 2: The capital improvements and amounts of expenditures for such improvements which are authorized to be paid from the Special Revenue Fund under Section 7.12, Subdivision 2 of the City Charter, are as follows: Outdoor Pool Renovation Loan Repayment. . . . . . . . . . $ 103,800 Major Park Maintenance Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 100,000 Lincoln Field Internal Loan Repayment. . . . . . . . . . $ 92,600 Community Center Lower Level A/C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 45,000
Section 3: The expenditures herein authorized shall be made pursuant to such contracts as are authorized from time to time by Council action. Passed by the City Council of the City of Richfield this 13th day of March, 2012. ATTEST: Nancy Gibbs, City Clerk (Mar. 22, 2012) D2-Bill2012-5
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SPRING SEASON OPENERS Richfield High School spring sports squads have begun pre-season practices. The Spartan softball squad is scheduled to open its season at 4:15 p.m. Tuesday, April 3, at Hill-Murray.
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State title up for grabs Minnesota high school sports March Madness ends this weekend as the state Class 4A boys basketball tournament convenes at Target Center. Defending champion Hopkins is the top seed. The Royals were scheduled to play Woodbury in the quarterfinals March 21. Winner of that game advances to the semifinals against either No. 4 seed Osseo or Duluth East at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 22. In the lower bracket, Eden Prairie met No. 3 seeded Eastview and No. 2 Lakeville North played Moorhead in quarterfinal games. Winners of those lower-bracket games meet in the semifinals at 8 p.m. Thursday. State Class 4A championship game is 8 p.m. Saturday, March 24.
All-star basketball series Many of the state’s top senior players will appear in the 30th annual Minnesota High School AllStar Basketball Series a week after the state tournament. Doubleheaders will be Friday, March 30, at Halenbeck Hall on the campus of St. Cloud State University and Saturday, March 31, at Leonard Center on the campus of Macalester College in St. Paul. Minnetonka’s Latrell Love and Sanjay Lumpkin of Benilde-St. Margaret’s will play for the Gold All-Stars. Isaiah Gray of BSM will be a member of the Green squad. Siyani Chambers of Hopkins will participate for the Maroon team. Shawn Bear of Richfield and Isaiah Zierden of BSM will compete for the Blue squad. – Compiled by Greg Kleven
LEFT: Richfield senior guard Hannah Wise (35) collides with a DeLaSalle defender during the Spartans’ 65-45 loss in the state Class 3A finals March 17 at Target Center. RIGHT: Spartan guard Sierra Ford-Washington drives to the basket pursued by DeLaSalle’s Allina Starr in Richfield’s state 3A championship loss. Ford-Washington was named to the all-tournament team along with teammates Jessica January and Bry Guyton. (Photo by Brian Nelson – Contributing Photographer)
Spartans settle for second at state Richfield girls make first trip to tournament a memorable one BY GREG KLEVEN - SUN NEWSPAPERS Richfield made its first appearance in a state girls basketball tournament a memorable one. The Spartans capped a historic season with a second-place finish in the State Class 3A Tournament March 14-17. Richfield lost 65-45 to DeLaSalle in the title game March 17 at Target Center. Richfield ended its impressive season with a 27-5 record. The Spartans won Classic Suburban Conference and Section 5 championships before finishing second at state. Richfield earned its first trip to state with a 72-61 victory over Holy Family
Catholic in the Section 5 title game March 8. The Spartans were seeded first at state and made a strong run to the Class 3A championship game. Richfield defeated Red Wing 68-53 in the quarterfinals March 14 at Williams Arena. The Spartans followed with a 45-28 semifinal triumph over Hutchinson March 15 at Target Center. But Richfield was unable to dethrone DeLaSalle (28-3) as state champion losing by 20 points to the third-seeded Islanders. Spartan players were frustrated in the title game by missed open shots and DeLaSalle’s aggressive defense that limited Richfield’s leading scorer Jessica January to 12 points, 13 under her season average. The Islanders also won the battle of the boards by achieving a 58-36 rebounding advantage.
Bry Guyton led the Spartans in scoring with 15 points and Sierra FordWashington finished with 10 points. Richfield had three players selected to the all-state Class 3A tourney squad. Those honorees were guards January and Ford-Washington and center Guyton.
Community support Richfield’s state tourney appearance unified the community more than ever. The Spartans filled 40 buses with fans for their state quarterfinal game at Williams Arena. And Richfield supporters were in full force at Target Center for the final two rounds. “This was a great experience for both the players and community,” said Richfield coach Lee Ann Wise. RICHFIELD GIRLS: TO PAGE 29
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Kreidler paces Flyers to fourth place in floor hockey South Suburban squad finishes 10-5-1 BY GREG KLEVEN – SUN NEWSPAPERS
South Suburban Flyers ninth-grade winger Andrew Mortinson (14) carries the puck past a Robbinsdale/Hopkins/Mound Westonka defender during the state adapted floor hockey tournament March 17 at Bloomington Jefferson High School. The Flyers lost 8-1 in this semifinal game and finished fourth at state. (Photo by Brian Nelson – Contributing Photographer)
Richfield High senior Karen Kreidler capped her adapted floor hockey career in style scoring eight goals in three state tournament games March 16-17 at Bloomington Jefferson High School. Kreidler helped her South Suburban Flyers team place fourth at state in the Physically Impaired (PI) Division. The Flyers are composed of high school players from Richfield, Edina, Bloomington and Eden Prairie. South Suburban defeated BrainerdPillager 9-4 in Friday’s quarterfinals. The Flyers lost to eventual state champion, the Robins, 8-1 in Saturday’s semifinals. The Robins represent Hopkins, the Robbinsdale schools and Mound Westonka. South Suburban concluded tournament play with an 8-5 loss to AnokaHennepin in the third-place game later that day. South Suburban finished with a 10-5-1 record. The Flyers were second in the South Division with an 8-1-1 record during the regular season. “We finished the season strong at state,” said Flyers coach Dan Slinden. “We worked hard as a team. “Kreidler scored eight goals in the tournament and is our team’s career
scoring leader with 228 goals. She was named to the all-state tournament team along with Kennedy junior Dequan Williams.” Williams supplied three goals and four assists in the tournament. He is the team’s career assists leader in that category with 80. The Flyers scored six times in the third period to pull out a 9-4 victory over Brainerd-Pillager in the quarterfinals. Kreidler supplied four goals and one assist. Williams and ninth-grader Alexei Dickinson had two goals and three assists each. Senior Nicholas Nieson and ninthgrader Jacob Yancy collected one assist apiece. Kreidler scored the Flyers’ lone goal during an 8-1 loss to the Robins in the semifinals. The Robins went on to defeat Dakota United 7-2 in the title game. South Suburban goalie Christopher Reichel made 24 saves. The Flyers settled for fourth-place honors. South Suburban lost 8-5 to Anoka-Hennepin in final-round action. Kreidler led the Flyers’ offense with three goals and two assists. Williams and freshman winger Andrew Mortinson scored one goal each. Goalie Reichel stopped 13 shots. “Sophomore Daniel Schmitz did a good job at defense for us this season and Reichel played well in goal,” said coach Slinden. “I was very happy with the way our season went.”
Dhein is named Richfield hockey team’s MVP Senior center Mick Dhein was one of several Richfield boys hockey players who received post-season individual honors. Dhein was the recipient of the Spartans’ Darby Hendrickson Most Valuable Player Award. He also earned All-Classic Suburban Conference honors and finished his prep hockey career with 170 points according to Richfield head coach John Christ. Dhein scored 29 goals and collected 42 assists for 71 points during his senior season. Junior forward Kevin Krohn was named Most Improved Player. The Al Payne Mr. Hustle Award went to senior
defenseman Ryan Erickson. Senior forward Tim Harris was presented the team’s Hobey Baker Award for character and community contributions. Senior forwards Tyler Martinez and Sam Schrick received all-conference honorable mention. Richfield finished the season with a 917-1 overall record after losing 14-1 to Beck in the Section 2A quarterfinals Feb. 24 at Parade Ice Garden. The Spartans opened the playoffs with a 5-2 victory over Providence Academy Feb. 22 at Parade. -Compiled by Greg Kleven
Richfield senior forward Mick Dhein was the recipient of the Spartans’ Darby Hendrickson Most Valuable Player Award. Dhein was also an all-conference selection and finished his senior season with 29 goals and 42 assists for 71 points. (Photo by Brian Nelson – Contributing Photographer)
Girls basketball FROM PAGE 27 “Richfield is a like a small town in a big city and its community will always be there to support you. “Our girls were fantastic during the tournament but couldn’t make key shots against DeLaSalle. “Our players worked hard to get to state.” After a slow start in the title game, Richfield took a 12-10 lead before DeLaSalle went on an 11-2 run midway in the first half. The Spartan had good scoring opportunities throughout the first half but couldn’t get shots to drop trailing 33-22 at halftime. The Spartans pulled to within six points in the second half (43-37) before DeLaSalle steadily increased its lead. Guard Allina Starr was the Islanders’ leading scorer with 24 points. Forward Tyseanna Johnson finished with 16 points.
Road to the finals The Spartans relied on strong defensive efforts and valuable scoring contributions from January and FordWashington as they won first- and second-round state tournament games. Richfield, seeded No. 1 in the tourney, defeated Red Wing 68-53 in the quarterfi-
nals March 14 at Williams Arena and came back the following day to dominate Hutchinson for a 45-28 semifinal victory at Target Center. Richfield’s pesky defense created 25 turnovers as the Spartans defeated Hutchinson 45-28 in the semifinals. January provided 23 points and nine rebounds for the winning Spartans. Ford-Washington came through with 10 points. Guyton dominated the boards with 10 rebounds. Richfield went on a 14-3 run late in the first half to build a 26-13 halftime advantage. “Our main goal was to run and have some fun,” said coach Wise. “Our defense also ramped up.” January directed the Spartan offense and made things happen defensively with her quickness and ball-stealing skills. “I wanted to make sure my teammates got into the game,” said January. Richfield got off to a slow start in the quarterfinals before beating Red Wing 68-53. The Wingers led 29-24 at halftime. However, Richfield came back strong in the second half outscoring Red Wing 44-24. January scored 16 of her 21 points in the first half. Ford-Washington finished with 20 points. Hannah Wise had nine points and Hailey Lindblom contributed seven points.
SHORTS Youth soccer events Richfield Soccer Association (RSA) is accepting registrations for its boys and girls competitive and recreational summer soccer programs for players ages 818. For registration forms, go to www.richfieldsoccer.org and click either the competitive or recreational links at the top of the home page. • RSA will conduct a coaching clinic from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, April 21, at the STEM school. All RSA recreational and competitive soccer coaches are required to attend. Equipment will be distributed at the clinic. • RSA will also celebrate the start of the summer soccer season with a jamboree at Spartan Stadium from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 12. All teams will take to the field for mini-games and other activities.
Dwan singles golf league Registrations are being taken for the Dwan Golf Club singles league in Bloomington. The nine-hole league will be held Sundays starting in May. The singles league is open to all
metro-area men and women. For more information, contact Cindy Burton at 612-501-7738 or Bruce Lietzke at 952-943-8787.
Creekside golf league There are openings in the Creekside Senior Golf League for new members, either as regulars or substitutes. The co-ed league meets Monday mornings at Hyland Greens Golf Course in Bloomington. The 16-week season starts in May and lasts through August. This is a 9-hole league played on a par-3 course. First tee time is 9:30 a.m. There will be a league organizational meeting at 8:30 a.m. Monday, April 19, in Minnesota Valley Room 116 at Creekside Community Center, 9801 Penn Ave. S. Information: 952-881-6863 (Arvie Bunch). Richfield sports shorts releases should be sent to sports editor Greg Kleven at gkleven@acnpapers.com. Deadline is 3 p.m. Thursdays for publication in the following week’s edition.
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Pool/Hot Tub Surrounds
Jon Dimich Deck Creations
612-418-3677 Lic 20490464
www.jddeckcreations.com DECKS/PORCHES TWO TEACHER CONST. *Professionals Who Design* And Build Quality 19+ years (BBB) Visit us for photos@ Twoteacherconstruction.com Lic #BC073200 952-472-5670
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Drywall
Best Bids, Quality & Service for Over 20 Years! Family Owned & Operated SchlemmerElectric.com 612-296-6000 Sr. Disc
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Fencing
2210
Built-Rite Fence Company Chain Link, Color Vinyl, All Styles of Wood, Iron 30+ Yrs of Proven Reliability Call For Free Est 952-934-4899
2230
Flooring & Tile
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20+ Years In Tiling
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2100
Cement, Masonry, Waterproofing
Call 952-451-1037
2100
Cement, Masonry, Waterproofing
18+ Years
Zick’s Concrete Solutions, L.L.C. Exp I know your Todd Zick
2230
Flooring & Tile
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Escobar Hardwood Floors & Ceramic Tile Work, llc We offer professional services for your wood floors! Installs/Repair Sand/Refinish Free Ests Ins'd Mbr: BBB Professional w/10 yrs exp.
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2250
Furniture Repair
REPAIRS DONE IN HOME 35 Yrs Exp. Wood, Upholstery& Recliner. 10Yr guar. on re-gluing Free Est. Pick up & Delivery Mitchell 952-935-3349
2260
Garage Door
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651-457-7776
2280
Hauling
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2290
Handyperson
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2350
Landscaping
2290
Handyperson
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Schultz'e Contracting Inc
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952-451-3792
R.A.M. CONSTRUCTION Any & All Home Repairs
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952-994-4303 George Elite Repair & Tile
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HANDY RANDY
• Garage Slabs • Driveways • Walks • Blockwork • Footings LICENSED • BONDED • INSURED • LIC # L303-50172 • Steps INSTALLATION & REPAIR • Patios SERVING ENTIRE METRO • Overlays
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alandsapecreations.com
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2350
Landscaping
Visit our website:
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#1 in Customer Service & Professional Design
COMPLETE LANDSCAPING SERVICES:
Making homes shine since 1994. Honest, Reliable, Detailed. Rena: 763-545-8035
Pavers: Patios/Walks/Drives, Retaining Walls, Boulders, Flagstone, Concrete, Tree & Shrub Planting, Sprinkler Systems, Decorative Rock, Sod, Grading, Mulch & Black Dirt 18+ years exp. Free Ests/Lic’d/Ins’d
763-441-7575 Insulation & Weatherproofing
763-477-2612 ( 30 YRS) www.lewisinsulation.com Old Home Specialists –Walls/ Attics/Venting/Spray Foam
fernbrooklandscape.com
2360
Lawn & Garden
#1 All Area Lawn Lawn cleanups/wkly mow Roto-tilling. 612-532-1162
Landscaping
$40 Lawn Aerations
Multi Neighbor Discount
Mark 651-768-9345
FREE ESTIMATES We will beat any written estimate by 10-20%
612-272-3619 612-387-4849
www.adcreativelandscaping.com
Retaining walls, Fire pits, Paved patios, Water features, Paved walkways & driveways
SOFTSCAPES Mulch, Rock, Edging, Sod, Plantings & Irrigation Services
16 Years of Experience Mowing, Spring and Fall Cleanups Fertilization Aeration / Free Est.
Weekly Mowing & Spring Clean-Ups Any Other Outdoor Needs. Call 952-278-0126 aggressiveoutdoorservices.net
Van Buren Landscape Call 952-292-7453 vanburenlandscape.com
2360
Lawn & Garden
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✤ Clean Ups ✤ Lawn Mowing ✤ Mulch
www.outdoorperfection.com
952-835-LAWN Moving, Storage & Shipping
A Local Mover
Robinson Moving Over 27 Years of Service 10% Disc. for season contract Insured / Free Estimates Contracts include: Spring Clean Up Weekly Mowing Fall Clean Up
952-888-4296
Field of Green Lawncare
Resid & Comm Free Ests Lawn Clean Ups, Wkly Mowing Roto-tilling & Aeration. Call Now For Neighbor 952-807-1612 Discounts!
Call For Spring Specials Free Ests. 763-479-6777
Household & Office Movers Reasonable Rates ICC 52334 35Yrs Exp Sr. Disc Call 763-566-8955
2420
Painting
Ext/Int Painting Reasonable Rates FREE Est. EARL 952-944-7983
*A and K PAINTING* Int./Ext Painting/Staining & texturing. Free Est. 952-474-6258 Ins/Bond Major Credit Cards Accepted 3 Interior Rooms/$250 Wallpaper Removal. Drywall Repair. Cabinet Enameling and Staining. 30 yrs exp. Steve 763-545-0506
Quality Residential
Aahhh! A Fresh New Look For SPRING!
Certified Professional, BBB
est 1999
Ret. Walls, Sod, Mulch, Rock, Pavers, Fences, more!
Landscape 2000 Inc.
Call NOW To Make An Appointment.
Call 952-882-9029
Call To Book 2012 Lawn Serv.
Commercial – Residential Full Lawn Care Services Wkly Mowing, Spring & Fall Clean-ups, Aeration Fertilizing, Hydroseeding. Landscaping Services
Free Ests/Ins 952-446-9707
Landscape Design, Installation, Hardscapes & Maintenance. Mowing & Delivery Services.
TOM'S LAWN SERVICE Spring Clean-ups & Aeration New Customers Free Fert.
2380
Groundscape Inc.
31+Yrs Exp in Landscaping Designing & Planting Retaining Walls Concrete: Drives & Patios Paver Patios & Drives Drainage Solutions Irrigation Lighting
Lawn & Garden
2360
SORENSEN LAWN CARE
Call NOW For
Painting & Drywall Ceiling & Wall Textures H20 Damage – Plaster Repair
100% Satisfaction Guaranteed!
Lawn & Garden Maintenance Services
Spring Clean-Up Walls Pavers
Garden Design or Remodel Lawn Mowing & Clean-Ups Lawn & Plant Maintenance Container/Raised Gardens Experienced. Creative Designs. Beautiful Results.
952-933-6390 Fully Insured
Van Buren Landscape 952-292-7453
2420
Mike’s Lawn & Landscape EXPERT LAWN CARE Mike Korogi OWNER/OPERATOR
Mowing
Wall Paper Removal INTERIOR EXTERIOR
Fertilizing
peterdoranlawn.com Painting
612-716-1251
Right Way PAINTING 20 years exp. Degreed Shop Teacher
Weekly Lawn Care • Spring & Fall Cleanups Satisfaction Guaranteed
Exterior/Interior Painting Powerwashing • Decks • Fences Window Glazing & Repairs 2 Year Labor / 10 Year Paint Warranty
Cell (612) 865-3430 • Bus. (763) 786-5215 strikercoach@earthlink.net
612.839.2239 • 612.866.0949
LOWEST PRICES, BEST QUALITY
HARDSCAPES
www.greenvalleymn.com
Aggressive Outdoor Services
Prof House & Office Cleaner High Quality, Comm/Res Ref/Ins/Bond. Call Lola 612-644-8432 or 763-416-4611
2350
16yrs Exp Owner/Operator Weekly Mowing, Fertilizing, Pruning, Power Rake, Aeration Landscaping. Call 952-406-1229
SorensenLawnCare.com
*10% off 1 st Cleaning* BEST CLEANING WE CLEAN YOU GLEAM
2320
Lawn & Garden
2360
952-884-3200
Housecleaning
MN Lic BC20122701
Tile Drywall Trim Cabinets Doors Windows Baths Flooring Randy 612-281-8930
Patios, Walks, Retaining Walls Shrubbery Removal & Replacement Shrubs, Trees, Perennials Planted Deco. Rock, Edging, Brush/Buckthorn Clearing Mulch Installation (Many Varieties) Complete Landscape Renovation & Design
3 Generations of Concrete Expertise
Water Features & Pavers.
30+ Yrs Exp /Owner Operator
THE CLEAN TEAM
YOUR HOMETOWN LANDSCAPER
www.MinnLocal.com
• Decks • Basements • Kitchen/Bath Remod • Roofing & Siding • All Types of Tile
2310
Landscaping
RETAINING WALLS
All HOME REPAIR
Specializing In Residential Concrete #1 in Well Pit Steps Patios • Sidewalks • Driveways Exposed Aggregate • Bobcat Work Free Estimates • References • Fully Ins. • Bonded
Awards
R&J Construction
HOME SPARKLERS Reliable Fussy Reasonable 20+ yrs, Ref/Ins 612-869-3661
Jim Cooper, Jr. Landscaping Inc. Quality Work Since 1983
READERS’ CHOICE
2350
Regrout, Tile, Painting, Etc. We Do it All • Lowest Rates
Member: MNLA • Licensed/Insured • FREE Estimates
BLOOMINGTON READER’S CHOICE AWARD WINNER!
Handyperson
www.bestcleaningservices.com
problems... We’re neighbors!
(42yr Blmgtn Resident)
952-465-2227
2290
100% Satisfaction Guaranteed
612.869.2454
2100
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A Fresh Look, Inc. LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED SINCE 1978
Mowing • Fertilizing Spring & Fall Cleanup Landscaping Snowplowing
READERS’ CHOICE
Awards
Voted #1 Lawn Care Company by Sun Readers
www.MinnLocal.com
www.fertilawnmn.com Bloomington, MN • 952-884-7331
Interior/Exterior Painting by the Pros Bonded & Insured Free Est. • Senior Discounts
Lic. #BC626700 Credit Cards Accepted
612-825-7316/952-934-4128 www.afreshlookinc.com
31
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Painting
Roofs, Siding, & Gutters
2510
A German Craftsman
Paint, Plaster, papering 30yrs quality work, Ref's Seasonal Rates. Reliable roosterpainting.com Est. Int/Ext 952-484-4867 Allen's Perfect Painting Ceiling & Drywall Repair BBB Member. Call anytime. Lic/Ins. Free Est. 612-388-2884
Bell Professional Painting 23 yrs serving SW Ext Ptg Best Prices 952-949-0444 DAVE'S PAINTING and WALLPAPERING Int/Ext • Free Est • 23 Yrs Will meet or beat any price! Lic/Ins Visa/MC BBB 952-469-6800 DAVE'S Painting Int/Ext 3 Rooms $175. Paper rem Enamel Refs avail. 952-201-1577
St. Christoper Decorating Old World Craftsmanship/24 Yrs
Int Painting/faux/Rlph Lauren Expert Cabinet Refinishing Wallpaper Installation
A Family Operated Bus.
Re-roofs Tear-offs BBB Free Est. MC/Visa No Subcontractors Used. Lic/Ins. 952-891-8586 Re-Roofing & Roof Repairs – Snow & Ice Removal - 30 Yrs Exp Insured - Lic#20126880 John Haley #1 Roofer, LLC. Call 952-925-6156 Roofing * Siding Gutters * Soffit/Fascia TOPSIDE, INC. 612-869-1177 Licensed * Bonded * Insured 32 Yrs Exp. A+ Rating BBB TOP QUALITY ROOFING
FOR LESS $$$
Two Teacher Construction Re-roofing-Tearoffs. Large crew done in a day! Immaculate clean-ups Ins Lic # BC 073200 Ref's
952-472-5670
BBB
952-451-7151 Ins/Bonded
2430
Sell It, Buy It, Search For It In Sun Classifieds
Paperhanging
PRO PAPER HANGING Removal, Paint/Plaster
www.MinnLocal.com
Why Wait Roofing LLC
Will Beat Anybody's Price! NEW HORIZONS TREE & LANDSCAPING
BIG TREES & STUMPS CHEAP!!
612-210-5267 952-443-9957
Fully Licensed & Insured “We take pride in our work”
612-203-4309
Lic #20156835 • Insured We Take Care of Insurance Claims Offering the Best Extended Manufacturers Warranty Tree Service
2620
15% Spring Discount
Forget The Rest Call The Best!!
www.vincestree.com Full Tree & Landscape Services. Serving The Entire Metro Area. 763-954-1063 BBB Accredited Business
Roofs, Siding, & Gutters
2510
Any & All Home Repairs
FREE ESTIMATE S
35yrs Exp. 952-377-4612
Plumbing
612-275-2574
AJ's Tree Service Trimming & Removal Free Estimates & Insured
Special $89/with ad!
CHIP & CLIP BUCKTHORN SPECIALIST Tree Trimming & Removals Chip & Haul Any Brush Or Tree Material. Best Rates. Chipper Always Available
612-827-7980
A Good Job!!
15 yrs exp.
Thomas Tree Service Immaculate Clean-up! Tree Removal/Trimming Lot Clearing & Stump Removal Free Estimates 952-440-6104
Tree Service
Parkway Tree Service Quality Work At Affordable Prices! Trimming/Removal & Stump Removal. Lic/Ins. Free Ests Leo 612-210-0381/952-933-1458 TREE REMOVAL/TRIMMING Shrub Pruning Free Ests Lic'd / Ins'd / 20 Yrs Exp. 952-922-7543 / 763-535-7512
2630
Upholstery & Slipcovers
Affordable Custom Uphols Upholstery – Slipcovers Visa/MC Jan 612-824-7376
2660
Window Cleaning
Window Cleaning 612-529-4444 Window Cleaning Professionally Done. Most Houses $89. 952-454-8445
2620
Tree Service
High Risk Climbing, Stump Grinding and Storm Clean Up ng 20% Sopurint Disc
952-934-7600
Quality Work and Low Rates
www.idealtreemn.com Since 1978
DAN WIMMER
(952) 881-2122 • (612) 599-6385
A RENEW PLUMBING •Drain Cleaning •Repairs •Remodeling •Lic# 060881-PM Bond/Ins 952-884-9495
An Honest Plumber
Ins/Bond Lic. #57327-MR Dan 952-465-2926
Master Plumber. Semi retired. Bath remodeler, tile, piping, misc. Lic. #058689PM 651-983-6300 Credit cards accepted. SAVE MONEY - Competent master plumber needs work. Lic#M3869 Jason 952-891-2490
2490
Powerwashing
Cemetery Lots
For Sale: 4 Lots Glenhaven Good Samaritan Garden $7,000 for all. 320-243-3165
Furnishings
3160
BR Set: Qn. size, light wood, bkcase hdbrd, triple drssr, 2 nite stands. Mint cond! $400. 952-831-2998
Glen Haven: 2 plots, 2 Pine Log Handmade Twin vaults w/companion head- Loft Bed $500or OBO 763stone. Value $8,990. Asking 559-9344. $4,300/BO. 218-828-3608 Grandview Park Cemetery, Hopkins, MN. 2 side by side plots, $950 ea. 602-861-8082
3110
Collectibles & Art
'91 World Champion MN Twins – Bobbleheads, full set (26). New – in original pkg., $599. Call 952-927-0788
Estate Sales
EDEN PRAIRIE 11003 Bell Oaks Estates Fri., March 23 (8:30-5:30) #'s Friday at 8am
Beautiful fine art! HH furnishings, quality furniture, patio furniture, sporting goods, & much more!
www.willmatthill.com EDINA - 5210 Villa Way Antiqs, furn, collectibles, 50” HD TV, DR sets, more!
3/22 (1-7); 3/23-25 (9-7) HAM LAKE
1141 133rd Lane NE Sat., March 24 (8:30-4:30)
Misc. Wanted
3270
WANTED Hifi/stereo equip., HAM, & misc. old electronics. Andy 651-329-0515 Buying Old Trains & Toys
STEVE'S TRAIN CITY
952-933-0200 Musical Instuments
3280
Piano player: mahog. Upright. $849 612-377-4715
3500
Sat., March 24 (8:30-4:30)
Garage Sales this week Bloomington
3506
Estate 3/24 (8-4); 3/25 (104) Furn, tools, china, HH, misc. 9219 Chicago Ave So.
Richfield
3567
Moving Sale: Furn, Antiq, HH, Fri 3/23 (12-5), Sat 3/24 (8-4) 6800 Oliver Ave S
#'s Saturday at 8am
Sun., March 25 (8:30-3:30) Model car collection, die cast items, Coca-Cola & vintage memorabilia, high quality furniture & furnishings
www.willmatthill.com
Free Ests Lic’d & Ins’d
Lic # 20431519BC
3090
3130
Ideal Tree Service Tree Removal, Tree Trimming
Roofing • Siding • Windows
*A One Man Company* 30 yrs exp. Call Steve 612-788-5558 Lic#4040
2620
952-883-0671 Tree Removal BBB Accredited Silver Fox Services
CONSTRUCTION & REMODELING
763-792-2999 Geno's Sewer & Drain
Tree Service
2620
Tear-offs & New Construction Siding & Gutters Over 17 yrs exp. Free est. Rodney Oldenburg
Work Guar/Refs/Ins/Free Ests
2470
Roofs, Siding, & Gutters
2510
In the Community, With the Community, For the Community
3050
Boutiques/Craft Shows & Gifts
Storm Damage Restoration Roofing ■ siding ■ windows Established 1984
(763) 550-0043 (952) 476-7601 (651) 221-2600 3500 Vicksburg Lane Suite 400-351 P l y m o u t h , M N 5 5 4 4 7 Lic # 6793
2490
Powerwashing
2490
Powerwashing
Senior Discounts
POOF! Sell your stuff in
5100
Senior Rentals
3050
Boutiques/Craft Shows & Gifts
Heart Promotions 651-438-3815
ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS! AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING
Sun•Classifieds
BOB’s
and watch it disappear!
Commercial and residential pressure washing Decks strip & seal, roof washing, house washing, concrete cleaning and staining. Full exterior washing.
Merchandise
392-6888
5100
Senior Rentals
Boat Services, Storage & Slips
Don't Be Left Aground Come Boat the Mississippi www.watergatemarina.net Slips available for all sizes Plenty of water!
Call JP at 651-695-3783
3810
Sporting Goods & Misc
Personal Gun Collection for Sale. High quality! Call for pricing. 612-408-0222
Agriculture/ Animals/Pets
3900
3970
Pets
Peeka & Boo, 2 sweet & beautiful, bro & sis, orange tabby cats, together only to a special loving home. All tests/shots/spay/neut. $75 for both. Jerry 952-888-9524
4000
Family Care
4200
Child Care Wanted
Shakopee - FT Nanny Mature, loving Nanny with Infant experience for Twins Beg. 5/15/12 $550 wk
LCHS 651-209-1111 lovingcarehomeservices.com
5100
Penn Ave. & 494, Bloomington
3000
3730
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Great Service Affordable Prices
Leisure
5000
Southtown Mall
General Contractors
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Rentals Senior Rentals
South Mpls: New opportunity to rent a 1BR apartment in an established 55+ building. Convenient location. Call 612-721-5077
5400
Houses For Rent
LKVILLE RENT2OWN Bad Credit ok. 4Br/3Ba $1850/mo. 612.216.6248 Turn your unneeded items in to
$$$$$$$$ Sell your items in Sun Classifieds
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5100
Senior Rentals
Affordable
rents based on income for qualified adults 62 years of age and better Controlled access entry Elevator Laundry facility on site Community room with kitchen Great location, close to bus line, medical and shopping Computer lab
Our job is to make you look good!
763-225-6200
www.sparklewashcmn.com
SOUTH HAVEN APARTMENTS 3400 PARKLAWN AVE EDINA More Information:
952-831-3372 www.commonbond.org
In the Community, With the Community, For the Community
5500
Rental Information
All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex handicap, familial status, or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians; pregnant women; and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275.
Home Health Aides Needed! Earn $10.00-$12.00/hr. helping Seniors in their homes. Seeking HHA's for eve, o/n, wknd shifts. Fluent English + car required. Apply online at: www.homeinstead.com/167
6400
EDINA CONDO 4 RENT
2 BR, 2 BA, 1800sf Sec Bldg No Pets/Smoke $1500/mo. Appt Only Av Now 858-663-0939
9100
Help Wanted/ Full Time
Thomas Allen Inc.:
Registered Nurse: South St. Paul, Burnsville, Bloomington Registered Nurse 5-6 hrs/wk can be split into two positions. Must be RN, Driver's Lic, Insur, clean record, own vehicle. Prefer 3 years experience with developmental Disabled or seniors. Contact: Sandy Q, Fax resume 651-450-7923
Biz-2-Biz Interviewing Home Based Business mktg experience. No home calling. 15+hrs/ wk avail from your home. M-F days. $13-$18/hr. Call 952-252-6000 infotechmarketing.com
Contractor Drivers Independent Contractor with own Dock, Cube or Sprinter.
* * * * *
$12.00 PER HOUR TO START. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY
Sign on Bonus and Fuel Surcharge provided. Build your own company and be your own boss.
GREAT JOB WITH GREAT BENEFITS
Help Wanted/ Full Time
Exec/Admin Ass't Wealth mgmt firm in NorWe're looking for motivated mandale Lake complex individuals to join Min- seeks person with 5+ yrs nesota's #1 real estate team. exp. Excellent inter-perWe'll provide the training sonal and communication and resources. You bring skills. Strong knowledge the desire for personal and of MS Office. Accurate, definancial growth. Together tail-oriented, mature and we'll build your real estate trustworthy multi-tasker. 25-35 hours per week. career. Call Irene Levy at Available immediately. 952-949-4759 or email: Fax cover letter and iblevy@cbburnet.com resume to 952-921-8667
Dynamex, an industry leader in the messenger and dedicated logistics delivery business has Contractor Driver opportunities available.
Help Wanted/ Full Time
9100
A New Career
Social Services
9100 Apartments & Condos For Rent
Health Care
9050
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Open House from 9am to 11am on Wednesday for Food
Crew Leads/Crew Members Needed
Prescription Landscape is looking for energetic and motivated persons to join our production teams. We have openings at both locations, Crystal and St. Paul. Job duties include operating mowing equipment, physical labor; up to and including bending, kneeling and lifting up to 45 lbs, and other duties as assigned. Seasonal and year-round positions available. Year-round positions include snow and ice management; plowing, shoveling, etc. Experience helpful but not required, on the job training available. Some positions require a valid and clean driver's license. Pre-employment drug/alcohol testing required. Compensation: $10.00-$18.00 pending experience. For more information visit our web site at: www.rxlandscape.com or email sueleatherman@ rxlandscape.com or phone Sue at 651-379-4713
9050
5100
5100
Oak Grove
Spring Deals
TWO MONTHS FREE Rent
952-373-2200
www.OakGroveSR.com
Help Wanted/ Part Time
Inventory Takers Needed! Starting Pay: $9/hr. Regular p/t work. Paid Travel/ per diem. Paid Training. Group health plan after 90 days. Apply Online: www.RGIS.com/careers keyword 51 Medical Assistant Busy peds clinic in West metro needs FT MA w/ 2yrs+ peds exp. Strong caring work ethic. X-Ray cert preferred. Fax resume to Tara @ 952-473-7908
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Reader Advisory: The National Trade Association we belong to has purchased the above classifieds. Determining the value of their service or product is advised by this publication. In order to avoid misunderstandings, some advertisers do not offer employment but rather supply the readers with manuals, directories and other materials designed to help their clients establish mail order selling and other businesses at home. Under NO circumstance should you send any money in advance or give the client your checking, license ID, or credit card numbers. Also beware of ads that claim to guarantee loans regardless of credit and note that if a credit repair company does business only over the phone it is illegal to request any money before delivering its service. All funds are based in US dollars. Toll free numbers may or may not reach Canada
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MERCHANDISE MOVER (CMM) $44.00
• 3 lines, 4 weeks, choose 2 zones • Additional lines: $7.00 • Merchandise $151.00 or more • Includes mnsun.com website
GARAGE SALES (CGS) $40
• 3 lines, 2 weeks, All zones • Additional lines: $10.00 • FREE Garage Sale Kit available at one of our three offices - Or we can mail it to you for an additional $4.50 • Rain Insurance $2.00 • Includes mnsun.com website
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CONTACT US
Classified Phone Classified Fax Classified Billing Legal Notices
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DEADLINE: Mondays at 3:00 pm* *Earlier on Holiday Weeks BY PHONE: BY FAX: BY MAIL:
952-392-6888 952-941-5431 10917 Valley View Road Eden Prairie, MN 55344 Attn: Classified IN PERSON: Visit the Eden Prairie Classified Office
HOW TO PAY
• 3 lines, 4 weeks, choose 2 zones • Additional lines: $7.00 • Includes mnsun.com website *Includes www.wikimetro.com website
We gladly accept VISA, American Express, Mastercard, personal checks, and cash.
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EDEN PRAIRIE 10917 Valley View Road
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PLEASE FILL OUT THIS FORM COMPLETELY Mail order form to: Sun•Classifieds, 10917 Valley View Road • Eden Prairie, MN 55344 Or fax order form to: 952-941-5431 Deadline: Mondays at 3:00 pm - Earlier deadline on Holiday Weeks Note: Newsprint does not fax legibly, you must fax a photocopy of the completed order form below. Please use this order form when placing your Classified ads.
• Use the grid below to write your ad. • Please print completely and legibly to ensure the ad is published correctly.
TO PLACE YOUR AD
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BUSINESS SERVICES
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PRIVATE PARTY RATES
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• Punctuate and space the ad copy properly. • Include area code with phone number. • 3 line minimum
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■ Sun•Current South
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MEGHAN SMITH
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Senior Meghan Smith ranks in the top 10% of her class and has been selected to receive a Senior Achievement Award for Curricular Excellence. She is a 3 year member of Kennedy’s Sinfonia Orchestra as an accomplished violinist. Meghan also is a 3 year member of the Science Olympiad team, winning two awards in competition. KENNEDY
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BRENNA GIBBS Senior Brenna Gibbs was named an Advanced Placement Scholar with Honor by the College Board, and has been selected to receive a Senior Achievement Award for Leadership. Brenna is a 4 year member of Jefferson’s Student Council, a member of the Debate team and a 3 year member of the Wind Ensemble.
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