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What you need to know before voting on Nov. 2

BY PAUL GROESSEL • SUN NEWSPAPERS Eden Prairie residents will be voting for city, county, state and U.S. representatives in this year’s mid-term elections.

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 2. Polls are open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

ELECTION For municipal races, there are two candidates running for mayor and six candidates running for two City Council seats. Terms are four years.

Jon Duckstad and Nancy TyraLukens are running for mayor.

Donna Azarian, Sherry Butcher Wickstrom, Dan Kitrell, Kathy Nelson, Jeremiah Pilon and Scott Pollino are running for City Council.

Mayor Phil Young is not running for re-election.

The seats for Council members Duckstad and Nelson are up for election.

For county races, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman and Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek are running for their seats unopposed.

For State seats, voters will vote for governor and House of Representative and Senate seats.

Senate District 42 and House Districts 42A and 42B lie in Eden Prairie.

Ron Case, DFL, is running against Senator David Hann, R, for Senate District42.

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Approximately 150 people showed up for the Eden Prairie School Board meeting Tuesday, Oct. 26, in the gym below the Administrative Services Center. The board decided to schedule a review and vote on a recommended boundary map and other school transition plans that begin next year, rather than having Superintendent Melissa Krull give the final approval in early November. The administration also added an additional 90-minute boundary input session, scheduled 6-7:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 8, at the Administrative Services Center. (Photo by Paul Groessel • Sun Newspapers)

Board to decide on boundaries, K-6 model Dec. 21 meeting could overturn transition plan

BY PAUL GROESSEL • SUN NEWSPAPERS The Eden Prairie School Board has decided to review a report on the K-6 transition process and an elementary school boundary map for an up-and-down vote at its Dec. 21 meeting.

That decision came during Tuesday night’s regular school board meeting, which was held in the gym below the Administrative Services Center to accommodate approximately 150 people in attendance.

The proposed boundary map was posted on the district website Oct. 7.

The switch to a K-6 instead of K-4 elementary school model was decided in February. The K-6 model adds a sixth elementary school.

Those changes could make as many as 1,100 students move schools beginning next year.

Until Tuesday’s meeting, the plan had been for Superintendent Melissa Krull to make a final decision on the boundary map by early November.

With the board’s decision to review the proposals in December, a denial would mean the K-6 decision would be overturned.

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Fifth boundary input session draws Somali community members

BY PAUL GROESSEL • SUN NEWSPAPERS

More than 50 people attended the final input session for elementary school boundary changes.

The district provided a Somali interpreter for the meeting, which had many members of the Somali community in attendance. (Photos by Paul Groessel • Sun Newspapers)

Building community and closing the achievement gap were two prevalent themes Oct. 25, during the fifth input session for proposed Eden Prairie elementary school boundary changes.

The school district had a Somali interpreter for the 4 p.m. meeting in hopes to attract Somali community members.

Around 50 people arrived initially and more people trickled in throughout the 90minute session, at the Eagle Heights gymnasium, located below the Administrative Service Center. That seemed a much larger crowd compared to the 8 a.m. session, with a Spanish interpreter speaking for the Hispanic community.

Initially, only two people arrived for the morning session and the district’s usual presentation was called off.

Second-grade Eagle Heights Elementary teacher Marcela Roos attended. She said she wasn’t sure why many people didn’t show up for the morning session, but more should be done to reach to the Hispanic community, she said.

Eventually around 10 people showed up to talk with school officials, according to Communications Director Camie Melton Hanily.

The district’s presentation during the evening session included their reasons for changing boundaries and what they considered while changing boundaries. They also addressed a few common concerns they’ve heard in the past few weeks.

New boundaries could affect an estimated 1,100 elementary students beginning next year.

Balancing campus capacity, balancing school socio-economic demographics and the added elementary school in the K-6

from K-4 elementary model are the reasons for the boundary changes, Chief Operating Officer Patricia Magnuson said.

After more than an hour, community members approached the microphone for comments and questions. The school district administration and board members did not answer questions or respond to comments, but they spoke to community members individually afterwards.

Most spoke in favor of the district’s current educational system and spoke in favor community building during the schools’ transition process, even if they didn’t state a specific stance on the boundary change.

Some Somali community members were concerned about the achievement gap and English as a Second Language programming.

A couple speakers said their children were entered into the district’s ESL program, even though they spoke English and didn’t think their enrollment in the program was required.

A district representative couldn’t be reached in time to address how students are enrolled into the ESL program.

Rukia Abdi said she didn’t approve of the boundary change, because having students switch schools partly based on Free and Reduced Price Lunch student demographics would not be an effective way to address the achievement gap.

Closing that gap is one concern of the group she works for, CrossingBarriers, which works to improve education for immigrants and students of color.

The group has worked with the school district to improve communication with the Somali community, but there was much work left undone, she said.

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Rukia Abdi listens to other community members’ comments during the final input session Oct. 25 for the proposed Eden Prairie Elementary schools boundary map. Abdi was concerned about how boundary changes will help address the achievement gap.

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Input FROM PAGE 2 “This is something that we’ve been trying to work on,” she said.

When she spoke during the meeting, she asked what role federal funds for the ESL and Free and Reduced Price Lunch programs played in the boundary change.

Schools that receive Title 1 funds for different programs are based on enrollment of students who receive free and reduced price lunch.

During the breakout session, Magnuson said those funds follow the students enrolled in the programs.

Another speaker, Abdimalik Mohamed, a representative from local nonprofit Bridging the Gap, wanted the people to know that the wake of the boundary changes should not be viewed as a racial divide for community members.

Like the nonprofit he works for, his main concern was about student achievement. Bridging the Gap has become active since the summer and now around 80 Somali students are involved in Friday evening and Sunday

afternoon activities open to Kindergarten through 12th-grade students at Oak Point Intermediate School, Mohamed said.

Integrating schools and listening to the school leaders is worth a shot, he said.

“If it’s going to bridge the gap and improve needs, I’m for it,” Mohamed said after the input session, “and the only way to find out is the result of it.”

But, other parents have had questions, have protested, e-mailed, commented and addressed several concerns about the boundary-making process, how it’s communicated and where it will go from here.

A School Board study session has been scheduled 6:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 1, at the Eden Prairie High School Performing Arts Center. It was scheduled after some parents asked for a town hall style meeting, so the district could answer questions they have about the boundary making process.

According to an e-mail sent to parents, the School Board will review community input that’s already been given and discuss it with the district administration. They will focus on major themes and frequently asked questions during the meeting.

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BY PATRICK LOCH • SUN NEWSPAPERS Aaron Johnson, with the help of most of his new pub’s staff, spent the waning months of summer gutting and remodeling the former Timber Lodge Steakhouse in Eden Prairie. A new venue, Prairie Ale House, will take its place as the ninth restaurant Johnson has opened. Designed to cater to sports fans and family diners alike, the gastropub will open to the public

by Nov. 1.

The concept is similar to Johnson’s latest venture, the Town Talk Tavern in Minneapolis. With the gastropub theme, he took the restaurant’s offerings of “traditional pub food and kicked it up a notch.”

The kitchen’s chef Tommy Begnaud learned his skill from Johnson while they worked together at the Town Talk Tavern. Johnson sold the tavern more than two years ago, but the two have now reunited to create a new and unique menu.

The food is “a collaboration between Aaron and I,” said Begnaud.

“Classic American cuisine with a twist on it.”

Menu items will vary from the Sick Pickle, a deep fried pickle stuffed with loads of heart-stopping goodness, to altered versions of comfort food such as the meatloaf sandwich.

Besides the coastal seafood offering of oysters, scallops and salmon, Begnaud has managed to keep the food local.

Another Town Talk Tavern star Adam Harness was enlisted to work behind the main bar on a pre-prohibition cocktail menu. Drinks like the Manhattan and Old Fashioned will be featured, as well as some unique specialties that Harness created during bartender challenges throughout the Twin Cities area.

Begnaud, who mentioned Harness just might be one of the best bartenders in Minnesota, is tasked to create all drink and mix compliments inhouse for Harness, including juices, vermouths, tonics and bitters.

Also, the trio has planned some oneof-a-kind fares with their line of adult malts. One, to be named Elvis or Presley, is a concoction of malt, bacon bourbon, peanut butter, chocolate and banana liqueur. The specialty bourbon, prepared by Begnaud’s staff, is made with rendered fat that has been added to bourbon, which is then

frozen, thawed and filtered through a coffee filter.

“It really gives it that bacon essence,” said Begnaud.

The Setup Aaron Johnson hired general contractor Mike Johnson to help get the right look and feel for his new pub.

Having most recently worked on Kieran’s Irish Pub in Minneapolis and Cooper Irish Pub in St. Louis Park, Mike Johnson has located several recycled materials to include in the setup.

The goods included scrap steel from a bridge in Duluth and wood paneling from a Minneapolis bank. The paneling will be used in the pub’s snug room, a private room directly behind the bar, and the steel will be used on the main bar to create what Aaron Johnson believes will be the “first steel bar in Minnesota.”

Patrons can belly-up on any one of the 32 chairs to be installed around the main bar. Beers to be poured from one of 12 taps (for now) will feature local favorites such as Summit and Surly, with other popular microbrews planned.

“We’re always going to be rotating the beer list,” said Aaron.

Once completed, the layout will offer a second bar and private room that can be reserved for private parties. In addition, there will be a low-table, family dining area on one side of the main bar and a high-table, sports-bar section on the other.

A little something for everybody, just as Aaron Johnson had planned.

“I firmly believe that a restaurant can be a place for everybody,” he said.

Prairie Ale House is located 16396 Wagner Way.

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Grace hosts son of Hamas revolutionary

BY PATRICK LOCH • SUN NEWSPAPERS Grace Church has finalized plans for its annual weeklong festival dubbed “The Causeâ€? to celebrate missionary outreach at home and abroad.

The week of events, Oct. 31 to Nov. 7, will include speeches by Mosab Hassan noted missionaries Yousef working across the globe. On the final night, International Night, the church has arranged an hour with storied author Mosab Hassan Yousef, son of a Hamas leader.

The story of Yousef, a man who dismissed a life of extremism in favor of one that centered around love and respect.

The church uses International Night “to provide not just information about what God is doing across the nation, but inspiration as well,� said Brenda Sandberg, director of local outreach and missions projects.

Prior to the evening’s 7 p.m. panel discussion with Yousef, the church’s Grand Commons lobby area will host the Tour of Nations. On display will be performances and foods from many of the different countries in which the church has missions. It runs 5:30–6:50 p.m., and like the entire International Night, is free of charge.

“Our International Night is the time we celebrate what God has done during the past year through our missionary and sister-church partnerships around the world,� says Dave Gibson, pastor of missions and outreach. “We invite everyone in the community to join us for this exciting celebration.�

Yousef converted to Christianity after being raised Muslim as the oldest son to a leader in a nationally recognized terrorist organization.

Yousef will discuss “how he has risked his life to expose the secrets and extremism of the Islamic Hamas organization,� according to the Church’s event brochure.

His book, “Son of Hamas,� was published earlier this year and chronicles the events leading up to “when Mosab turned away from terror and violence, and embraced instead the teachings of another famous Middle East leader,� on the publisher’s website.

The Grace Church has “a focus on the Middle East,� said Sandberg, and agreed with Yousef ’s message regarding faith and peace.

His belief that the Christian’s idea of “love your enemies� is the only way to peace in the Middle East parallel a focal point of the Church’s mission.

In all, the Grace Church employs 85 missionary units in eight different countries with 20 sister churches in their mission to spread the word of God locally and around the world.

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EP man faces two counts of voter fraud

BY PAUL GROESSEL • SUN NEWSPAPERS An Eden Prairie resident who voted in 2008 even though he was ineligible has been charged with a felony.

John Sesin, 45, has been charged with two felonies, one for registering to vote and another for voting Nov. 4, 2008.

His right to vote had been revoked because of a prior felony charge.

The following details and allegations were in the criminal complaint filed in Hennepin County District Court.

A Hennepin County detective obtained copies of a registration card and polling place roster that Sesin had filled out in 2008, even though Sesin said he did not recall voting in the election.

The detective received a Minnesota Voter Registration Card Sesin filled out on Election Day 2008 using photo identification. By signing the registration card, registrants certify “I have the right to vote because, if I have been convicted of a felony, my felony sentence has expired (been completed) or I have been discharged from my sentence.�

The card also notes that giving false information could lead to five years in prison, a fine up to $10,000 or both.

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He also signed a new registrants polling place roster for an Eden Prairie Precinct, one way to obtain a ballot for voting. That roster had the same right to vote language as the registration card.

In July 2007, Sesin pled guilty to Theft

by Swindle in Washington County District Court. He was set to be on probation until Sept. 17, 2012.

When a Hennepin County detective contacted Sesin in September, Sesin confirmed he was on felony probation and said he recalled the voting restriction when put on probation, but he did not recall voting in the 2008 election.

Sesin could face both up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine for each felony charge.

This charge was part of the Hennepin County Sheriff ’s investigation into alleged voter fraud during the 2008 election. There have been six people charged in separate voter fraud cases. Three of the suspects face two felony charges, and three other suspects each face one felony charge.

On Aug. 31, 2010, the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office submitted cases to the Sheriff ’s Office for investigation. A total of 110 voter-fraud allegations were turned over to the Sheriff ’s Office.

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BY JOHN O’BRIEN • GUEST COLUMNIST

BY EUGENE P. DIETZ • GUEST COLUMNIST By now more than 3,000 Eden Prairie utility customers have received a letter from me.

The letter speaks of clear water, sewers, inspections, city ordinance, surcharges and … sump pumps. In a 40-year career, I may not have become involved with a more controversial subject than sump pumps — although seal-coating streets and lawn watering regulations deserve honorable mention. Herein is the back story.

The major pipes that convey our wastewater to one of several treatment plants are owned and operated by the Metropolitan Council Environmental Services, the state agency created to treat wastewater from the metropolitan area. The majority of the sewer portion of your city utility bill pays for this service.

When someone brushes his teeth in St. Bonifacius, the water leaving the sink travels a long pipe journey through the Lakes area, the City of Minnetonka and through Eden Prairie before it goes under the Minnesota River to the Blue Lake Treatment Plant in Savage. The plant removes the toothpaste and other waste products before routing the treated water back to the river system where it eventually passes by New Orleans.

If you lived in Eden Prairie in 1987, you might remember the 90-inch pipe (yes, 7 1/2 feet in diameter) failure at the junction box on our side of the Minnesota River during the “Superstorm.” Why? Too much clear storm water and ground water from a variety of sources, including leaky manholes, improperly connected roof drains and … sump pumps.

Sump pumps provide a very necessary function in our homes, but it is absolutely illegal to discharge the water into the sanitary sewer system. The 90-inch pipe and those leading to it were all designed to accommodate future growth — presumably to 2030, but not so much clear water. The cost to add duplicate piping and treatment capacity is astronomical.

Six years ago, Met Council made a decision that the only cost-effective solution to preserve the capacity of their system — which serves you and me — was to mandate that cities remove clear water from their systems. We did a pilot study last year and found that the most significant and cost-effective “fix” in our residential neighborhoods was to remove the illegally connected sump pumps from the sanitary sewer system and direct the water outside as is required.

Why not say no to this mandate? Because if the city did not comply with the mandate and implement a plan to address the problem by December 2012, it and subsequently its utility customers (you and me), would be subject to a fine of $550,000 per year and other sanctions, including no additional connections to the system.

So, please accept my apology in advance of the next 11,000 of you who receive the letter from me. I know that it is inconvenient, but we really have no choice. If you have questions, there are phone numbers included for people to call who will be happy to provide more information.

Dietz is the director of public work for the city of Eden Prairie.

Too often, happenings at our nation’s capitol seem distant events, to say the least, but on Oct. 5, the White House got a lot closer.

Personally invited by President Obama to participate in the White House Summit on Community Colleges, North Hennepin Community College faculty member Dr. Eugenia Paulus was one of 150 invitees from across the country, one of a handful of faculty and the only attendee from Minnesota.

From her seat in the front row, about 10 feet away from Obama, she heard about the critical role that community colleges play in helping students reach their educational goals. Paulus heard that community colleges are considered by the President as key to the economic future of the United States.

Obama asked Dr. Jill Biden (wife of Vice President Joe Biden and professor at Delaware Technical Community College) to convene this event to bring together community colleges, business, philanthropy, federal and state policy leaders and students to discuss how community colleges can help meet the job training and education needs of the nation’s evolving workforce.

After Obama and others greeted the attendees, Jill Biden broke the audience into discussion groups to talk about what is working, what is not working and what we should be doing to improve our country’s community college system. Community colleges educate more than eight million students each year and the President wants to lead the world in the proportion of college graduates by 2020.

Paulus participated in the Community Colleges in the 21st Century breakout moderated by Melody Barnes, Director of the Domestic Policy Council and led

by Melinda Gates of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Paulus spoke about the major challenge of preparing today’s students for a tomorrow that has not yet been envisioned or created.

“It is not enough for students to know the material between the pages of a book – students must learn to think for themselves, be able to plan and participate in the creation of the future and acquire skills that will enable them to be life-long learners. Curriculum must be dynamic, constantly changing to meet the needs of potential employers, of professional program requirements and of academic careers,” Paulus said.

In later conversations with Vice President Biden, Jill Biden and Melinda Gates, Paulus shared her views on the importance of empowered educators. These educators have a passion for student success, for teaching, learning and their subjects. She suggested more emphasis on having mentors among educators, among recent graduates who could mentor new students and from the community.

Paulus also talked about how the profile of community college students is constantly changing – many now with two-year, fouryear and master’s degrees who return for skill development, career change and advancement opportunity.

“The summit offered me the chance to share the magic of community colleges,” Paulus said.

“Community colleges are where ordinary people get the chance to make their story extraordinary.”

As president of North Hennepin Community College, I am proud to have had Paulus sitting in the front row at the White House to advocate for our students and for the college – to elevate national awareness of the value and importance of community colleges.

O’Brien is the President of North Hennepin Community College.

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COMMENTS POSTED ONLINE Last week’s front-page story about the Eden Prairie School District threatening to bar the Sun-Current from school campuses generated a lot of feedback from the community. Here are some of the comments left at our website, minnlocal.com.

“Thank you Sun Current for being a voice for our community in which we love and support. Freedom of speech should always prevail and no one should legally deny us that. The E.P school board clearly is covering up something and not telling the public the whole truth.”

“Go Sun Current — The EP School Administration apparently feels you are doing too good of a job helping to inform the citizens of EP. It’s amusing to me that the school’s lawyer is trying to ban you from attending meetings, etc when if it wasn’t for your paper many people wouldn’t have known about the boundary changes.

Magnuson downplayed the issue that the administration was slow to get the word out as “there was a pretty good map in last week’s paper.” Keep reporting the news — it’s your responsibility to the community. “ “Thank you Sun Current for your support. I am not a parent of a child in the school district but I am a citizen of Eden Prairie. I attended the school board meeting last week. I asked the board why the general public has not

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been informed of the boundary changes.

Krull responded to me and said the letters would be going out in this week’s mail. That was last week. I still have not received the information she promised.

She is not being honest to the citizens of Eden Prairie What else is she not being honest about?”

“Just wanted to say “thank you” to Mr. Wahl for his two articles (Sept. 16 and Oct. 21). I hope the district leaders hear what you have said because they certainly are not listening to us! Thank you for supporting the Eden Prairie residents!

“Just for the record: Sun Newspapers, don’t stop your vigilance of the EP schools, from the classroom to the boardroom to the ‘coffees’ that are de facto circumventions of open meetings laws.”

“Thank you Paul for standing up to Krull’s attempt to threaten you. Your articles on the EP school district are accurate and reflect what many of us have experienced for years.”

“The school buildings and meetings are open to anyone from the public.

The paper is just trying to ensure it stays that way. The school district would have a hard time arguing someone is “trespassing” when it is public property and especially at events when other members of the public are in attendance.”

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“Thank you SUN newspapers! The arrogance of the Eden Prairie school officials is sickening. Keep up the good fight, ignore the threats, and remind the school officials of the First Amendment!”

“To have a school district administration where freedom of speech and freedom of the press is met with litigation is alarming to say the least. Using taxpayer dollars on lawyers to keep the public in the dark is unacceptable.”

“Paul Wahl comes off as arrogant, because...well, he is arrogant. But that doesn’t mean he’s wrong. And this once great school district, in attempting to treat a local newspaper like a naughty child, comes off looking even more childish — and more arrogant.”

“For more background information see: http://www3.edenpr.org/public/Home . aspx http://www.facebook.com/#!/group. php?gid=10150108040915099 http://yesforneighborhoodschools. org/”

Remember the judges To the editor: The elections for Minnesota Supreme Court have been high jacked by politics.

For years we have been prevented from voting for judges because of the practice of judges resigning before their term expires and then having the position appointed, which carries through the election and prohibits someone else being placed on the ballot.

This process of serial resignations and appointments is clear “machine politics” at its worst.

The one thing most people do not have enough information on when they go to vote is judges.

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I encourage each of you reading this to check out his website, www.kitrell4ep.com. Dan will listen to what the residents have to say and act on it. I trust him with my vote in this election; and I hope you will join me on Nov. 2.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR FROM PAGE 8

Butcher Wickstrom for EP City Council To the editor: During a time of economic uncertainty, true leadership is essential. Slashing city expenditures based upon a political philosophy and claiming to represent taxpayers in Eden Prairie does not represent the leadership I and many others seek on the City Council.

I want a leader who listens to what services Eden Prairie residents either want or expect and then balances that input both with financial resources available and innovative ways to deliver those services.

Sherry Butcher Wickstrom is that person.

During economic uncertainty, we need leaders who implement innovation as a way to provide services more efficiently and save the taxpayers’ money.

On a day-to-day basis, Sherry implements innovation with businesses. This professional experience is invaluable to city business as well.

Twelve years of Eden Prairie City Council experience, devotion to public service, respectful dialogue with colleagues and constituents and implementing innovation to save taxpayer money is “the package” that Sherry will bring to the council with your vote.

During these tough economic times, I look for a positive leader who implements innovative and seeks creative solutions to fiscal challenges.

Please join with me in voting for Sherry on Nov. 2.

Geri Napuck Eden Prairie

Keep Nelson in office To the editor: Those of us who follow Eden Prairie City Council activities closely appreciate the contributions made by Kathy Nelson during her current term. She is knowledgeable about the issues our city faces.

She is fair and reasonable, always considering all points of view. She is strong and independent, not influenced by outside interests or a personal agenda.

We can continue to benefit from her unwavering commitment to our community. I urge voters to keep Kathy on the City Council for another term. This would be very good for Eden Prairie.

Kate Owings Eden Prairie

Kitrell: I’ll represent residents’ needs To the editor: Each city council candidate will represent all residents if elected. However, each resident must understand the priorities of all candidates to vote for the one that will best represent their priorities.

Based on the past priorities of some of the “experienced” candidates, they approved what will ultimately lead to $742,000 in renovations for a coffee house. Residents approved a $6.65 million referendum to improve the Community Center, but as of December 2008, $11.2 million has been spent on the building, with the excess funding coming from various funding sources.

I will represent residents like Gordon, Solvig, Jerry, Lori and others that are concerned about being taxed out of their homes and not being able to continue to live in the community that they helped to make the Best Small City in America. I am a fiscal conservative that has pushed for a transparent budget process and will control spending rather than raise taxes. I am an involved citizen that continues to be active in adoptive family and child abuse issues. I am a proven leader with more than 25 years of real world business experience.

It has been my pleasure to meet so many residents during this campaign. I am committed to representing all residents through financial discipline, community focus, and common sense. You may learn more on our website at Kitrell4EP.com or at Kitrell4EP on Facebook. I would appreciate your vote on Nov. 2.

Dan Kitrell Eden Prairie

and city workers, as well as leaders and elected officials from neighboring cities, the county and the state.

It was an honor for me to serve under her sensible leadership. Without a doubt, a vote for Tyra-Lukens is in the “best interest” of the city of Eden Prairie.

Tracy Luke Minnetonka Also writing in support of TyraLukens were Pete and Sue HardmanConklin of Eden Prairie.

Candidates are pleasing To the editor: When I heard that Nancy Tyra-Lukens and Sherry Butcher Wickstrom were looking to return to city government, I couldn’t have been more pleased. In their prior terms they proved to be the kind of visionary, intelligent and committed leaders we need for Eden Prairie.

Nancy was part of a Chamber of Commerce trip to China that my husband and I joined. I can say first- hand that Eden Prairie businesses were well represented by Nancy in our meetings with business leaders in Loudi, China.

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Her professionalism earned the respect of all the officials we met.

Nancy has the ability to look outside the city of Eden Prairie to find ways to collaborate with businesses, other agencies and units of government to improve what happens here. Residents only needs to check out her website, nancytyralukens.com, to see her long history of community involvement.

I am supporting Sherry because of her proven track record of working to keep Eden Prairie the vibrant community it is today. As a frequent user of parks and trails, I appreciate Sherry’s support of funding for them.

I attended a leadership-training program that Sherry led, and she practices what she preaches. An independent thinker, she listens to constituents, does her research, and makes fiscally sound decisions that have a positive impact on the future of our city.

Please join me in supporting Nancy for mayor and Sherry for Eden Prairie City Council on Nov. 2.

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Tyra-Lukens supporter To the editor: I recently retired as a lieutenant from the Eden Prairie Police Department after 25plus years of service. My first and foremost concern was always doing what was in the “best interest” of Eden Prairie residents.

My work as a police department administrator gave me a unique perspective to many issues and challenges that the city has faced and is facing today. It is because of this insight that I encourage Eden Prairie residents to vote for Nancy Tyra-Lukens for mayor on Election Day. When she served this community as a Council member and then as Eden Prairie’s mayor, Tyra-Lukens provided ethical, knowledgeable and non-partisan leadership. She was, and still is, highly respected among many citizens

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To the editor: My husband, Jon, is running for Eden Prairie mayor. After many years spent raising children, having a law practice, being involved with many professional, civic and charitable organizations, four years ago and with my blessing, Jon decided he had the passion, time, credentials and wherewithal to run for City Council.

The citizens who are aware of his campaign platform know he is the guy at City Hall who is committed to advocating for the city to live within its means, just as many of us have always done and believe it is admirable to continue to do so.

As with every political campaign, not all candidates are completely homogeneous. However, first and foremost, he is sincere in his belief that by being fiscally conservative in these lean economic times is in the taxpayers’ best interest.

Granted, I am his biggest cheerleader, but I do want you to know he has been, and will continue to be, the watchdog at City Hall who cares how your hardearned money is spent and to insure that taxpayer money is utilized to its highest and best use.

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Nelson is a voice of reason for Eden Prairie To the editor: We need Kathy Nelson on our City Council. Kathy listens, does her homework and brings a common sense approach to the table. With the recent departure of our city manager, we need to maintain experienced leadership on the City Council while at the same time advocating for new ideas and ways of solving city challenges.

Kathy strongly advocates for public services. She believes that there are priorities for funding and takes care of the budget like it is her own checkbook.

Kathy advocates for our seniors, keeping our senior center operating and helped to expand the athletic fields for our children.

She insists that our roads be properly maintained because it is more efficient than having to pay for the costly repairs of neglect. Kathy has worked hard to attract high-tech business to our community and has been a two-year member of the Southwest Light Rail Policy Committee, advocating for Eden Prairie.

She regularly attends the Chamber meetings to stay abreast of our business leaders’ concerns.

Kathy attends every City Council meeting fully prepared and knowledgeable of the issues to be discussed, listens to community concerns brought forward and is often the voice of reason during discussion.

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Franzese asks for vote To the editor: As a 39-year resident of the district, I ask for your vote to serve as your commissioner for Three Rivers Park District 5, which includes the cities of Bloomington, Eden Prairie and St. Anthony. I am proud that during my tenure, I have been able to lead efforts for significant improvements to Regional Park and Park Reserve facilities and Regional Trails in the district.

Under my leadership as chair of the Budget and Finance Committee for 10 years, the board designed and developed Bryant Lake Park and the new Silverwood Park, greatly expanded Richardson Nature Center, reconstructed and expanded miles of trails, rehabilitated and expanded the HSSA ski-snow board facilities and redesigned the Hyland play area.

Additionally, the board added an offleash dog area, driving range and two disc golf areas, and greatly expanded nature based programming. At the same time, we eliminated parking fees and achieved an AAA credit rating.

Recently we reduced the budget to keep the property tax levy flat (0 percent increase).

I have strongly advocated for environmental stewardship efforts and the conservative management of our financial resources, to ensure that future generations will be able to enhance the quality of their lives via our wondrous system of parks and trails.

I pledge to be your experienced, effective and committed voice, and ask for your vote on the Nov. 2 ballot!

Rosemary Franzese St. Anthony

In support of Gibbs To the editor: I urge you to vote Nov. 2 for John Gibbs for Three Rivers Park District commissioner.

The Three Rivers Park District parks and trails add much to the quality of life and property values in our community. John knows that and will represent us well to preserve our great park system.

I am proud to have known John for many years, and he is an involved member of our community. Please check out www.gibbsforparks.com and join me in supporting John for Three Rivers Park District. You’ll be glad that you did.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR FROM PAGE 10

Send Case to senate To the editor: If anything illustrates the importance of electing officials who listen to their constituents, it’s the current Eden Prairie school boundary issue.

At the time of the School Board elections last fall, who would have predicted the current breakdown in communication between the school board and families, resulting in parent rallies, police presence at town hall meetings and negative publicity for Eden Prairie Schools?

We have another election facing us, and the issues surrounding our state will affect us as deeply as this local issue. It’s for this reason I am voting for Ron Case for State Senate.

Ron has been tested over time on the City Council and has proven to be a representative who listens and works to understand issues – and then resolve the issues collaboratively.

When our neighborhood was threatened by a poor development plan, Ron came out to our street and took time to understand our concerns. He worked with city planning and the developer to reach an agreeable outcome.

This is just the sort of representation we deserve in our government. Please send this message by sending Ron to the State Senate on Nov. 2.

Beth Beutell Eden Prairie

Ruud understands healthcare challenges To the editor: We’re honored to have Maria Ruud as our representative at the State Capitol.

As a healthcare provider, Maria understands the challenges facing the healthcare system.

We had the pleasure of joining Maria last year when she was recognized by the Minnesota chapter of the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network as its “Legislator of the Year.”

We applaud her appreciation of the importance of screening and prevention especially when it comes to cancer.

As owners of small businesses, we appreciate that Maria has walked the walk in being bi-partisan – including cofounding and co-chairing the Small Business Caucus with Republican Keith Downey of Edina.

When Maria isn’t leading, she is providing healthcare as a nurse practitioner. Her experience gives her a powerful

voice for an often unrecognized segment of the population, Maria is a hardworking, bi-partisan and in-corruptible representative of the people in her district and deserves our votes on Nov. 2.

Carol Grabowski and Joel Greenwald Minnetonka Also writing in support of Ruud are Reade Bailey, Rod Fisher, Stephen Wells, Rose Heck, Billee Kraut, Margaret Nelson, Jerry Nystuen and Carol Seiler.

Government-run health care really not that bad To the editor: In response to a letter from Nancy Axelson in support of Kirk Stensrud (Oct. 14), she appears to know very little about government-run heath care systems around the world. They operate more efficiently than an insurance company rationed system with better outcomes.

The United States spends twice the amount on health care than other developed countries, with inferior overall results.

The current system is broken and requires reform. The Obama solution is a step in the right direction but is hardly radical.

Also, to be opposed to universal health care (health care for all) shows little compassion and in my mind is totally immoral.

I urge the electorate to ignore misleading information about governmentrun health care.

Brendan Keenan Eden Prairie

Stensrud knows business To the editor: I am writing in support of Kirk Stensrud for the Minnesota State House seat in Senate District 42. I do not know Kirk personally but have talked with him on the phone.

Kirk is a lifelong resident of Minnesota and a resident of Eden Prairie for 23 years. He has been an active participant in the community and Minnetonka School District.

He is a small business owner so knows what it is to make payroll and that you can’t spend money that you don’t have.

As a businessman, he knows what kind of policies can make Minnesota competitive again. He also knows what policies hurt job growth. Higher taxes

especially hurt small business where most of the job growth originates. I urge you to vote for Kirk.

Ruth Wollenberg Minnetonka Also writing in support of Stensrud is Andreas Scholz.

Referendum is critical To the editor: On Nov. 2, voters in the Hopkins School District will decide the outcome on two ballot questions – one for a Capital Projects Levy for curriculum and technology and the other for a Capital Bond for safety and security construction improvements.

Despite current financial hardships, please find a way to support these critical needs of the Hopkins Schools.

I am taking this opportunity to thank all residents of the Hopkins School District for the opportunity to serve as Hopkins High principal for 20 years. Those were the best years of my professional career.

During this period, the district received national recognition as a “lighthouse for technology.” President

Ronald Reagan and U.S. Education Secretary Terrel Bell made an official visit and presented an award.

During this period, Hopkins High was the first high school in Minnesota cited as a “School of Excellence” by the U.S. Department of Education. Thanks to the unfailing support of residents, the Hopkins District, its schools and students have continued to earn numerous awards and special recognitions.

I do not want to be remembered as a Hopkins principal during “the golden years.” Please vote “yes” on both ballots.

What is good for the district is good for every sector of the community.

For more information on this necessary referendum, access the district’s website at hopkinsschools.org or click on hopkinsvoteyes.org to read more.

Thank you for the outstanding support you have always given your schools.

Tom Bauman Excelsior Also writing in support of the referendum are Eddie Ryshavy and Karen Kreienbrink.

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Referendum too costly To the editor: The Hopkins School District is asking voters to endorse a new referendum.

I urge you to vote “no” for the following reasons.

• The current budget is funding through 2012, so why increase this before that money is spent?

• Before you vote, call the school district and ask how many of our students we are funding come from outside the district.

Those in authority You’d be surprised at the answer. If they are from outside the district, they don’t contribute to the referendum.

• Even though the $60 annual cost for a $300,000 home seems small, let me put in perspective. I am retired and have Social Security and what I make on savings, a very fixed income. The $60 equals one week of groceries or one month of prescription drugs.

This is not a small impact. Before you vote, ask questions and make an informed decision.

Vote no on this referendum.

Jim Bechthold Minnetonka

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BY REV. BRENDAN PRIGGE • GUEST COLUMNIST It’s election time again. Yard signs abound, and airwaves are filled with political ads.

Come Wednesday, there will be a few more spots available on TV and radio. Yard signs will find a new home in the garage or garbage.

Then what? We will have exercised our right to vote, and whether “our” candidate wins or loses, life goes on, we’ve done our part. Or have we? When I vote, I feel empowered. After I vote, I sometimes feel powerless.

The Bible reveals a responsibility that continues even after our right has been exercised.

1 Timothy 2:1-2 urge us to pray for all those in authority, the end result being that we may live peaceful and quiet lives.

What good will prayer do?

Well, let’s say that the candidates you vote for aren’t elected. Your disappointment may soften as you pray for those people. Pray that God would give them wisdom, guidance, diligence, and patience.

I’ve found it’s more dif-

ficult for me to be upset with people when I’m praying for them. I end up being a little more empathetic, a little more patient and a little more loving toward those for whom I pray.

You don’t have to agree with someone to pray for them. One might argue that the more you disagree, the more prayer is in order. In addition, when we pray for our leaders we’re reminded that it is God who is ultimately in control.

I know that when we acknowledge the fact that God is in control, it raises some difficult issues, but I acknowledge that fact just the same and I trust that one day the big picture will be made clear to me.

God is in control. He promises to hear our prayers, and the Bible says that prayer is powerful and effective. (James 5:16) After exercising your right, continue with your responsibility. Pray for those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives.

Prigge is pastor of Victory Lutheran, Eden Prairie. He can be reached at revbprigge@victorylcms. org.

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Diamond jubilee brings time for reflection to Richfield church Oak Grove Lutheran Church will celebrate anniversary Oct. 31

BY NICK CLARK • SUN NEWSPAPERS Oak Grove Lutheran Church has reached a milestone this month.

The Richfield place of worship is celebrating 75 years as an active conVisit gregation. minnlocal.com Generations of people have passed through for videos, more the doors as Richfield’s photos and daily news updates evolution transformed the town from a farming community in the ‘30s to the inner-ring major metropolitan suburb it is today.

But with the obvious changes in the neighborhoods around the building that sits at 7045 Lyndale Ave. South, the motivations of those inside the church have remained unchanged.

Simply put – they take care of the kids.

“Make no mistake about it, there are still children living in our neighborhoods,” said Oak Grove Education Coordinator Kris Brehmer. “We want to be that comfortable home-away-fromhome where children feel save and have a sense of an extended family. We love to hear the shouts of laughter of children in our halls.”

In its early beginnings, those halls belonged to Fred and Emma Paulson.

Oak Grove’s roots trace back to March of 1934 when the Paulsons opened their home on Oak Grove Blvd. to the children in town as a place to congregate.

That original Sunday School-like gathering would go on to spark the formation of a women’s group known as Ladies Aid. As Christmas neared that year, the Paulsons opened their doors to all of Richfield.

An overflowing crowd arrived, and within a year, Oak Grove Lutheran Church would open.

The first of what would be three buildings was completed in July of 1935.

It came with a price tag of just under $6,000, but it also came with a spontaneous opening.

Ladies Aid held a bake sale, and by nightfall, those who had come listened

to a message from Dr. Karl Ermisch of Augsburg College.

Everyone was welcome, which is another Oak Grove signature that still exists.

“We feel that offering a welcoming place of hospitality is an important part of our mission,” said current Senior Pastor Tom Zarth.

Oak Grove has also continually extended that hand out into the community. It was one of the 13 original churches that helped start Volunteers Enlisted to Assist People, which currently serves Richfield, Bloomington and Edina.

A number of current members are also active volunteers with Meals on Wheels, Loaves and Fishes, and Feed My Starving Children. The church also hosts a long-standing 12-hour volleyball marathon that supports charities each February.

Their international outreach is just as great, as Oak Grove also helps with the University of Minnesota’s Hospitality of the Chinese group, which serves Chinese students attending the school.

But at its core, Oak Grove has maintained a sense of small-town values reminiscent of what life was like before a post-World War II boom turned Richfield into the bustling suburb it has become.

“In a way, this is a modern day main street,” said Oak Grove member Gordon Hanson. “It’s a place where we see children grow up, share personal milestones like new births and marriages, offer support for those who experience life troubles and walk through the journey of life together. “ That journey will hit year No. 75 this month. To celebrate, Oak Grove will mark the milestone during its 8:30 and 11 a.m. services Sunday, Oct. 31.

The day will be commemorated with a guest speaker from the Minneapolis area Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, as well as a choir performance that will bring the current congregation from back in the 1930’s to present day, and beyond.

“Anniversaries are typically times to look back on the past,” said Brehmer.

“But I like to think that this anniversary is really a look toward the future. Fred and Emma Paulson’s hospitality in opening their home to Sunday School children was an inspiration. I like to think we are today planting the seeds for the next 75 years of growth at Oak Grove.

Oak Grove Lutheran Church in Richfield is celebrating its 75th year as an active congregation this year.

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Catching ALD symptoms Kalb said some of David’s earliest symptoms were behavior problems, school grades going down and problems listening – all things that could be misdiagnosed as ADHD. She recommended parents asked their doctors for a simple blood test to rule out ALD and be sure to bring their child to a specialist, such as a neurologist.

It is essential to diagnose ALD as early as possible, according to the Stop ALD Foundation. Evidence indicates the two available treatments for the disease – Lorenzo’s oil and stem cell transplantation – only work during a narrow window either before symptoms develop or early after their onset.

The disease most severely affects boys and men. The most devastating form of ALD appears in childhood, according to the foundation – generally between the ages of 4 and 10.

Normal, healthy boys suddenly begin to regress, it said. At first, they simply show behavioral problems, such as withdrawal or difficulty concentrating.

Gradually, as the disease ravages their brain, their symptoms grow worse, including blindness and deafness, seizures, loss of muscle control and progressive dementia. The downward spiral leads to either death or permanent disability, usually within 2 to 5 years from diagnosis.

For more information, visit stopald.org.

BY MARC INGBER • SUN NEWSPAPERS The last few months have been some of the most difficult of Myra Kalb’s life, due to her son’s battle with Adrenoleukodystrophy, or ALD, a rare genetic disease.

She has been by his bedside 24/7 in his room at the University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital since June.

But thanks to a group of volunteers from the Twin Cities Jewish Healing Program, Kalb hasn’t been alone.

“It’s been a blessing to be taken under a wing, so to speak,” she said. “It was overwhelming at first, but they have become like friends and family. Helping us out, it has been incredible.”

Most Twin Cities area hospitals have Christian chaplains who are able to pray with and support families going through difficult times.

Jewish families that are dealing with an illness often have a rabbi from their synagogue come out to the hospital to provide support.

However, about half of the Jews who live in the metro area aren’t affiliated with a synagogue, according to Judy Marcus, coordinator of the Jewish Healing Program.

It is these people whom the program is specifically designed to serve. The program is an entity of Minnetonkabased Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Minneapolis.

The Jewish Healing Program was begun in 1994. “It became clear there were a lot of people in the Twin Cities dealing with illness who needed emotional and spiritual support,” Marcus said. “Illness isn’t just about medicine – it’s about feeling people are praying for you.”

In Kalb’s case, the issue is that her family’s synagogue is located hundreds of miles away, in their home city of Miami. It was two years ago – about the time she started planning for her older son’s Bar Mitzvah – that Kalb began to notice a change in her younger son, David Cox. The doctors initially thought David, who was 8 at the time, suffered from attention-deficit disorder. But after medications didn’t seem to work and David’s handwriting became erratic, Kalb began

David Cox, 9, of Miami is being treated for the genetic disease ALD at the University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital in Minneapolis. The disease has left him unable to talk and unresponsive, and he requires bedside care 24/7. Volunteers from the Jewish Healing Program have been assisting his mother, Myra Kalb, since the family arrived from Miami this summer. (Submitted photo) to suspect there was something more serious going on.

The family went to see a neurologist and eventually David was diagnosed in May with ALD, a genetic disease that leads to degeneration of the central nervous system.

After researching the disease, the family decided David should come to the University of Minnesota hospital for a cord blood transplant.

The family decided Kalb and David would fly to Minneapolis for the operation and her husband, Jeff, would stay back home in Miami with their other son, Jonathan.

When the two first arrived in June, David was active, talking and walking around. He had the cord blood transplant Aug. 4 – “his new birthday,” as Kalb likes to say.

He remained coherent and active after the transplant, but a few days after the operation, there was a setback.

While sitting in his hospital room, the Hickman line that provided medicines to David accidentally got wrapped around his leg and detached.

Doctors performed surgery to reattach it, but David became incoherent and is yet to recover. He has remained in his hospital bed, unable to speak and

unresponsive. “It’s basically like he’s a baby again,” she said.

Though medically stable, David is unable to eat and doctors are unsure if he will recover. He was scheduled to have a feeding tube inserted and may be discharged from the hospital by the end of the month.

Kalb and David are hoping to return to Miami in November – but the David who arrived in Minneapolis this summer is far different from the one who will be going back. He will need someone by his side 24/7.

“It took a bright mind and rendered it to nothing – that’s what the disease did,” Kalb said. “The illness is the hardest. It just takes your life away. David was an honor roll kid – he was such a sweet boy.”

While in Minneapolis, Myra has a room at the Ronald McDonald house, but she almost never uses it because she is at David’s bedside.

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Jewish Healing Program The Twin Cities Jewish Healing Program provides a link between health care providers and their Jewish patients.

It partners with all Twin Cities healthcare facilities in an ongoing effort to provide care and spiritual support to Jewish patients – a service that is otherwise unavailable to Jewish individuals who are not affiliated with a synagogue.

To ensure that every Jewish patient requesting a clergy visit receives one, trained and supervised volunteers visit patients and the Healing Program has a clergy rotation.

The program’s goal is to offer “comfort, hope and strength to people experiencing loss, life challenges, illness, dying and grief.”

It has 25 volunteers, who range in age from 23 to 89. The healthcare facilities they visit include hospitals, nursing homes and hospice programs. The program also provides Jewish ritual items to patients, such as electric Chanukah menorahs and prayer books.

To request a volunteer visitor or become a volunteer, contact Judy Marcus, Twin Cities Jewish Healing Program Coordinator, at 952-542-4840 or jmarcus@jfcsmpls.org.

FROM PAGE 16 Five trained Jewish Healing Program volunteers have been visiting and supporting Kalb each week. They work in pairs – one typically sits with David while another helps Kalb take a break from the hospital.

The volunteers have taken Kalb to Rosh Hashanah services, picked her husband up at the airport and gone shopping and to dinner with her as well.

On one weekend visit from Kalb’s husband, a volunteer spent the entire night with David so the couple could go to the movies.

Kalb said it’s been wonderful to be part of the Twin Cities Jewish community through the healing program.

“You would never know we were not friends for years,” she said. “I’ve been blessed to have met everyone that I have.

The volunteers are true diamonds with the most clarity and beauty.”

David Cox’s family has set up a fund for donations to help with its medical bills. To donate to Wachovia Bank’s David Cox Fund, call 800-922-4684. The account number is 3000191977816.

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JFCS 100th anniversary The Twin Cities Jewish Healing Program is part of Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Minneapolis, a social service agency that has served people of all backgrounds since 1910.

The organization’s services cover every stage of life, with programs that address childhood literacy, youth education, mentorship, career services, counseling, resettlement, seniors’ independence, end-of-life services and more.

The agency began as a volunteer organization called the Associated Jewish Charities. The idea at the time was to help many of the Jews who were immigrating to the Twin Cities from Eastern Europe.

“It was basically helping to re-settle people,” CEO Judy Halper said. It provided residents with mental health, employment, financial assistance and other types of services.

It continued this type of assistance with World War II refugees in the 1940s and ‘50s, as well as many Soviet Jews who arrived in later years. Though it has many Jewish-oriented programs, Halper pointed out that the organization served people of all backgrounds.

She said it was the largest social service agency in the west metro. “It would be great if more people knew about us and the ways we can help people from birth to death,” she said.

Jewish Family and Children’s Service held a 100th birthday party in February and honored its past presidents and volunteers at its annual meeting in June.

It will hold its Annual Benefit, featuring comedians Andy Kindler and Kathleen Madigan, 5:45 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, at the Downtown Minneapolis Hilton, 1001 Marquette Ave. S. The organization served 16,000 people this year – 1,000 more than last year. “The amount of need is going up,” Halper said. “We have fewer resources and its very challenging.”

It has a staff of 130, as well as 900 volunteers, who work the equivalent of 19 full-time staff members. Two of the organization’s main financial backers are United Way and the Jewish Federation.

“Our vision is that JFCS will be a place to work, volunteer and be served,” Halper said. “That’s what we strive for every day.”

It is located at 13100 Wayzata Blvd., Suite 400, Minnetonka. For more information about the organization and its centennial, call 952-546-0616 or visit jfcsmpls.org or jfcs100.com.

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Schools FROM PAGE 1 Krull said the administration has been telling parents and teachers to get ready to change schools starting next year, and now that may not happen since things could be “up in the air.”

Boardmember John Estall said the K-6 resolution in February included the superintendent getting support from the community in the process.

Krull disagreed, saying the resolution did not have that stipulation, but Estall said resolutions are based on policies.

Boardmember Chuck Mueller wanted to have a specific date for the board’s review of a transition report and map, rather than leaving it open undetermined.

But, since the school board would be reviewing plans anyway, Board Chair Kim Ross said any board member with a specific concern could bring it up when a plan is presented.

Boardmember Suzanne Kutina also wanted to make sure the community knew the school board would provide formalized input on a set date.

Boardmember Holly Parker said it may be weird for the school board to provide map input and task force input since the process hasn’t led to

that, and they haven’t directly been involved with planning.

At this point, Boardmember Ranee Jacobus said, they are still weighing input and considering the boundary proposal, and maybe each board member could reach a decision before the Dec. 21 meeting.

The scheduled review and vote on a transition plan and proposed map Dec. 21 was approved unanimously.

Operational Expectations Under the School Board’s Governance Policy, the school board reviews various educational and administrative policies to make sure the superintendent and the district administration are meeting expectations.

The model is intended to keep many day-to-day operational decisions to the administration, while the school board monitors to make sure the administration’s actions are deemed appropriate.

Each policy is reviewed once a year, unless the school board agrees to remonitor a policy.

These are called Operational Expectations, often referred to as O.E. The school board reviewed O.E. 9, Communicating with Stakeholders, on Tuesday.

Stakeholders who spoke said they share a desire for educating all students in the district, regardless of background and uniting as a community.

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But, when it comes to communicating the district’s decision-making process regarding the attendance border details, how the change will improve the achievement gap, research about boundary change methods and other factors, questions have arisen. Community members have sent questions and concerns through e-mails, public comments, neighborhood discussions and online groups.

Resident and former Eden Prairie School Board member Ann Yonamine said the current board and administration forgot communication is a twoway street; trust from community members is being lost, and the Governance Policy is the heart of the issue.

She said the policy has moved the power from the school board to the superintendent, who provides evidence for being in compliance under policies, but the school board should be conducting its own research to determine if the superintendent is in compliance.

She urged the administration and school board to listen to people and remove the governance model.

Parent Caroline Nelson re-presented to the school board a petition she started in the spring, requesting the board reconsider the K-6 decision approval it made Feb. 23, a week after that K-6 model was recommended, leaving little time for public comment.

Nelson first presented the petition with almost 800 signatures to the School Board in June, when the board members expressed a desire for everyone to move forward cohesively.

She also pointed out the administration’s contradictory statements about school capacity and holding spaces for incoming Spanish Immersion students to help balance demographics at Eagle Heights Elementary.

Of the 16 speakers, lawyer Daniel Shulman spoke in favor of the boundary changes.

Krull’s evidence for being in compliance with communicating with stakeholders included a parent survey with high marks, state and national awards to the communication’s department, different district publications and initiatives for its website, videos and district e-mail.

After considering Krull’s reasoning and the community’s input, school board members made multiple motions and amendments that connected the stakeholders’ policy to the boundary map decision.

The school board unanimously voted the administration was complying, but a separate motion passed 4-3 that said compliance was for day-today operations, but not for the current schools’ transformation process.

Boardmembers Parker, Jacobus, Estall and Kutina voted in favor of the motion.

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EDUCATION St. John’s in Hopkins hosts open house St. John’s Catholic School in Hopkins will host a kindergarten and family open house 9:30-11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 15.

Visitors will have the opportunity to tour the school and see students and teachers in action. The school is located at 1503 Boyce Street.

Info: 952-935-7787.

‘The Dinosaur Musical’ runs Nov. 5-13 at HHS Hopkins High School’s Royal Productions will present “The Dinosaur Musical” Nov. 5-13 at the school’s auditorium.

The family-friendly musical comes from the creator of “A Year with Frog and Toad.”

Adult tickets are $13 – children and seniors’ tickets are $10. For show times and ticket purchases, visit hhstheater.org. Hopkins High School is located at 2400 Lindbergh Drive, Minnetonka.

Holy Angels event set The Academy of Holy Angels, a Catholic school in Richfield, will hold an open house 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 3 and Thursday, Nov. 4.

The school includes grades nine through 12. The open house will include an activities fair, school tours, faculty and student presentations and financial aid and scholarship information.

The open house will begin in the Convocation Center of the Academy of Holy Angels at 6600 Nicolett Ave. S. in Richfield.

For more information or to receive an admissions packet, contact Admissions Director Jesse Foley at 612-798-2621.

Forest Hills Fall Carnival The Eden Prairie Forest Hills Elementary School PTO is hosting the school’s Fall Carnival 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 30, at the school, 13708 Holly Road, Eden Prairie.

There will be raffle prizes and games for all ages, including Minnow Racing, ER for the Uninjured, Alien Hair Salon, Inflatable Moon Bounce, Bingo, Pop Toss and other games.

Lunch and carnival snacks will be available.

Tickets and wristbands will be available at the door.

Info: foresthillscarnival.com.

Community Ed classes The following Eden Prairie Community Education classes are taking place at Central Middle School, 8025 School Road.

Registration deadline for the listed classes is Nov. 9.

• North Indian Vegetarian Cuisine, 6:30-9:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 15. Cost is $39.

• South Indian Vegetarian Cuisine, 6:309:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 17. Cost is $39.

• Metabolism Boosters & Busters, 67:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 18. Cost is $29.

• Holiday Cookie Bake, 1-4 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 21. Cost is $39 Information: 952-975-6942.

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Election FROM PAGE 1 Rep. Maria Ruud, DFL, is running against Kirk Stensrud, R, for House District 42A. Ray Daniels, DFL, is running against Rep. Jenifer Loon, R, for the House District 42B seat.

Eden Prairie is in the Third Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Republican incumbent Erik Paulsen will take on DFLer Jim Meffert and Independence Party candidate Jon Oleson.

Polling locations An eligible voter may vote only in the precinct in which they live. To be eligible, a voter must register. In Minnesota, voters may register before an election or on Election Day at their polling place.

Voter eligibility Registration remains current until a voter moves, changes his or her name or does not vote for four consecutive years.

Voters must re-register by completing a new application if they do not meet these criteria.

To be eligible to vote on Election Day, voters must be at least 18 years old, a citizen of the United States, and have resided in Minnesota for 20 days immediately preceding Election Day. The following individuals are not eligible to vote: persons with a felony conviction record who have not had it discharged, expired or completed; persons under court-ordered guardianship where a court has revoked their voting rights; and persons ruled legally incompetent by a court of law.

Voter Registration Those not already registered to vote may register at their polling location on Election Day. To register, residents must have one of the following authorized proofs of residence:

Eden Prairie Polling Locations Precinct 1 King of Glory Lutheran Church 17850 Duck Lake Trail

Precinct 11 St. Andrew Lutheran Church 13600 Technology Drive

Precinct 2 Eden Prairie Assembly of God 16591 Duck Lake Trail

Precinct 12 Eden Prairie Community Library 565 Prairie Center Drive

Precinct 3 Immanuel Lutheran Church 16515 Luther Way

Precinct 13 Hennepin Technical College 13100 College View Drive

Precinct 4 Life Church 14100 Valley View Road

Precinct 14 Pax Christi Catholic Community 12100 Pioneer Trail

Precinct 5 Prairie Hill Evangelical Free Church 17200 Valley View Road

Precinct 15 Eden Lake Elementary School 12000 Anderson Lakes Parkway

Precinct 6 Christ Lutheran Church 16900 Main Street

Precinct 16 Pax Christi Catholic Community 12100 Pioneer Trail

Precinct 7 City Hill Fellowship 12901 Roberts Drive

Precinct 17 Prairie Lutheran Church 11000 Blossom Road

Precinct 8 Wooddale Church 6630 Shady Oak Road

Precinct 18 Eden Prairie Presbyterian Church 9145 Eden Prairie Road

Precinct 9 Resurrection Life Church 16397 Glory Lane

Precinct 19 Grace Church 9301 Eden Prairie Road

Precinct 10 Eden Prairie United Methodist Church 15050 Scenic Heights Road

• Valid Minnesota driver’s license, learner’s permit or identification card showing current name and street address in precinct.

• Oath of a registered voter in the precinct who can verify the registrant’s address.

• Registration in the same precinct indicating a previous address.

• Late registration notice sent from the Hennepin County Elections Office.

• Tribal ID card issued by a tribe recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs containing a name, address in the precinct, signature and picture.

Voters may also register by showing a combination of one photo ID from the list below, and one type of utility bill or

of relating the presence of God in our vocations in the world. Music will be provided by soloists Dorothy Benham and Ron Rydell and pianist Darin Tysdal. Seating for the breakfast is 6:45 a.m. and the program is 7:30 a.m. The cost is $10 a person. Childcare will be available. For more information email jvevea@ctkb.org or call 952-881-8600.

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RELIGION Church breakfast set Christ the King Lutheran Church, 8600 Fremont Ave. S., will host Gen. John W. Vessey, Jr. at a Fellowship Breakfast 7:30 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 3.

Vessey served in World War II as well as the Korea and Vietnam Wars. He will speak

St. Peter’s Church is holding its 32nd annual craft fair, Pete’s Boutique, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 30. Shop for handmade treasures, holiday gifts and homebaked goodies. The church is located at 6730 Nicollet Ave. S in Richfield.

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rent statement with current name and address in the precinct.

Acceptable photo IDs (may be expired but must contain voter’s name and photo): Minnesota driver’s license, Minnesota ID, Tribal ID, U.S. passport, U.S. military ID. Acceptable bills (delivered electronically or by mail but must show current address and name): Utility bill due within 30 days of Election Day; rent statement dated within 30 days of Election Day. More information about voting and registering to vote is available through the city.

Information: edenprairie.org.

Community Editor Katie Mintz contributed to this report.

Cannon, Mary Elizabeth October 2, 1926 October 19, 2010 Mary Elizabeth Cannon Passed away peacefully on October, 19, 2010 at the age of 84 in Eden Prairie, MN. Formerly of Columbus, Ohio.

Graduate of Mt. Carmel Hospital School of Nursing in Ohio. Preceded in death by parents Kathleen (Scanlon) and Bertrand Scallan; husband Joseph Cannon; daughter Christine (Cannon) Irwin; and son Steven Cannon. Survived by brother George Scallan of Columbus, Ohio; children Patrick (Carol) Cannon, Kathleen (Rick) Arras, Michael (Elizabeth) Cannon, Daniel (Carole) Cannon, Maryann Cannon, Jeanne Cannon, Megan (Clay) Anderson; son-inlaw Jack Irwin, daughter-in-law Kimberly Cannon Kelley; grandchildren Shannon, Erin, Ricky, Philip, Robert, Sean, Morgan, Luke, William, Christine, Devyn, Joseph, Molly, Casey; great-grandchildren Ryan, Elizabeth, Cannon and Caroline; and many dear friends and neighbors. Mary will be deeply missed by all who loved her. Mary was a devout Catholic whose unwavering faith, positive attitude and very generous giving nature were an inspiration to all who knew her. She took great pride in her Catholic faith, her Irish heritage, her career as a Registered Nurse, her unending love for her family, and the enjoyment derived from a cold beer and a great Ohio State (go Buckeyes!) or Notre Dame football game.

Memorial Mass 11 am, Friday, October 29 at St Hubert's Catholic Community in Chanhassen, MN. Interment at St. Hubert's Catholic Cemetery, Chanhassen, MN.

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No tricks, just treats for Plymouth teen’s Gold Award project

BY JARED HUIZENGA • SUN NEWSPAPERS This weekend all of the ghouls and goblins will go door-to-door, demanding treats in exchange for not playing tricks. And, thanks to one Wayzata High School student, a whole lot more of them will be out and about in costumes they might not otherwise have had.

Kristin Rachor, a 16-year-old from Plymouth, earlier this year came up with a unique idea of how to complete her Girl Scout Gold Award project and meet a need to help some local children in the community.

“I heard of another [Gold Award] project that collected prom dresses and I thought that Halloween costumes would be a fun offshoot of that,” she said.

Kristin – after gaining approval of her project from scout officials – set a rather lofty goal for herself: collect and distribute at least 200

Halloween costumes to low-income children.

Even Kristin’s family questioned her lofty goal – at least at first they did.

Visit “When she first minnlocal.com proposed it, we for videos, more thought 200 was a photos and daily long shot,” her news updates father, Lloyd, said.

“But then the basement filled up pretty quickly ... it’s a fun idea, infectious.”

Kristin started collecting the costumes this spring.

She got the word out by putting flyers up at local churches and talking to church officials.

“Some of them would let me come in after sales and take whatever didn’t sell,” she said. “And some of them even let me have the first pick of them.”

In all, Kristin collected about 250 costumes, ranging from a two-person dragon to an astronaut complete with helmet to a full-on Mickey Mouse getup.

When it came time to distribute the costumes, Kristin selected a couple of apartment complexes with large child populations and put flyers up throughout the buildings. But even with a built-in “customer” base, Kristin wasn’t sure what to expect.

“I was actually afraid that no one would come,” she said of her first distribution on Oct. 13. “But it turned out pretty well.”

Kristin and Lloyd estimate that about 50 of the costumes went out during the first distribution and were hoping another on Oct. 20 would drain the supply.

“It was really fun to see the kids ‘shop,’” Lloyd said. “He had the bars [on the racks] set low so the kids could really see the costumes.”

“There were a couple that picked their costumes out right away, but stayed for almost the entire times trying other ones on ... they were having a blast.”

Even if the remainder of the costumes didn’t go, Kristin had a backup plan.

“The remainder will probably go to Arc in Golden Valley,” she said. “I really want to try to get them out for this year.”

Completing her Gold Project is something that’s been a long time coming for Kristin, who has been active in Girl Scouts since starting off as a Brownie at age 6.

Lloyd said he was very proud of his daughter’s efforts throughout and for choosing such an ambitious final project.

Kristin, too, is excited for the project’s completion.

“I’ve just had so much fun with my troop,” she said. “And I’m really excited for the Gold Award.”

Softball has been more than just a game for John Seamans Shorewood resident inducted into Minnesota Softball Hall of Fame

BY CHRIS DILLMANN • SUN NEWSPAPERS The saying, “It’s just a game” is not the case for Shorewood resident John Seamans.

Seamans was inducted into the Minnesota Softball Hall of Fame Oct. 22 during the 26th Softball Hall of Fame Banquet at the Monterey Ballroom in Owatonna. The Softball Hall of Fame biannually recognizes individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the game.

“I was totally surprised, and I did not expect my name to come up for something like this” Seamans said. “You look at some of the names with me and my gosh, there are some great athletes in there.”

Seamans is one of inducted this year. He has been involved with the sport for 41 years. Seamans has always loved sports, especially the

ones he may not have been the best at.

“Softball is a great sport because it looks like it’s a real easy game, and it didn’t come real easy to me,” Seamans said. “I love sports that just don’t come natural to me.”

A 1960 Minnetonka High graduate, Seamans started playing when he got graduated from college. Attending Bemidji State on a football scholarship.

Seamans then tried out for the old Houston Oilers football team. When that didn’t work out, he started playing softball for the Southshore Softball League when he arrived back in the South Lake Minnetonka area.

“It was something to do with my brothers and buddies,” Seamans said.

He started playing on his first team with Bruce Carmichiel, who owned an auto body repair shop and sponsored the team.

Seamans began coaching football for the Minnetonka Athletic Association, which he did for more than 20 years.

Coaching baseball and keeping up with his children’s growing love for sports, he also found time to become more involved with the softball league. Seamans began

taking over more roles and eventually became league director.

“If it weren’t for him, that softball league, and all they have accomplished would not have happened,” said Jeanne Straus, Executive Director of Minnetonka Community Education.

“You have to have somebody that serves as the glue.”

Community Education provides the fiscal management for the league, which had 28 teams this past year, but has had as many as 50 teams some years. Before community education became involved with the leagues, Seamans was performing administrative duties as well.

As league director, Seamans did just about everything from choosing the bats, to running the team manager meetings. Also, Seamans sponsored charity softball tournaments benefiting Spina Bifida research.

“He’s one of the nicest men I have ever met, he’s so personable,” Straus said. “He’s a real people person, he sees the best in everybody, and he wants the best for the league and their families.”

The banquet honored those who have made softball better for Minnesota.

“It’s a great honor for a lot of these people to be inducted, there are a lot of great names in the Minnesota Softball Hall of Fame, said Anne Strong with the Minnesota Sports Federation.”

Seamans said the most rewarding part of his softball career was all the people he met over the years traveling around the state.

After hanging his full-time hat up last year, Seamans still stays involved with the sport, but misses being so involved.

“I love the game, and I still love going to watch my sons play,” he said. “If there’s a softball game and I’m going some place and don’t have to be there in a hurry I’ll pull off the road and watch the game … it’s just a game I was drawn to.”

Those who worked close with him can attest to that.

“I have to tell you I miss working with him, his follow-up on everything was unlike anybody I have worked with,” Strauss said. “I think part of it was his love for the game, part of it was he knew what to do and he was efficient … things just got done.”

Looking back on the experience, Seamans never looked at it as just a game, but a lifestyle.

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‘Away in the Basement’ opens Nov. 5 “The audience falls in love with these characters and they want to see what’s going to happen to them next,” she said. “It’s like a sitcom.”

According to producer Curt Wollan, the plays’ comical female characters are similar to the people he grew up with.

“My mom was a church basement lady and so were my aunts,” he said. “It’s fun to see them onstage and play around with the characters.”

The play is written to appeal to a wide demographic, including those who don’t normally go to the theater or who aren’t Lutheran, Grosch said.

“Even if they’re not Lutheran people recognize the main characters,” she added. “You have the matriarch and the wide-eyed innocent and the comic relief.”

The fourth play is already being worked on, according to Jansen, Wollan and Grosch.

The plan is to have five shows but Wollan says there may be others – if people continue to want to see more.

“For me each one is getting more fun because we’re getting better as a team,” Grosch said.

“Away in the Basement: A Church Basement Ladies Christmas” previews Thursday, Nov. 4, opens the next day and continues through Jan. 16, 2011.

Tickets are currently on sale at plymouthplayhouse.com or by phone at 763-553-1600.

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“Away in the Basement: A Church Basement Ladies Christmas,” premieres Nov. 5. Pictured (left to right) are cast members Tara Borman (Beverly Engelson), Dorian Chalmers (Mrs. Elroy Engelson, Karin), Janet Paone (Mrs. Lars Snustad, Vivian) and Greta Grosch (Mrs. Gilmer Gilmerson, Mavis). (Submitted photo)

The holidays are near and the ladies are headed back to the basement.

The Plymouth Playhouse will premier “Away in the Basement: A Church Basement Ladies Christmas,” the latest installment in the popular “Church Basement Ladies” series Thursday, Nov. 4.

The original cast will retur n for the third installment in the musical comedy series, which is produced by Plymouth-based Troupe America, Inc. According to Troupe America Publicist Linda Twiss, the new musical will feature the church basement ladies’ preparations during the day of the annual Sunday school Christmas program.

All three installments are inspired by books by authors Janet Letnes Martin and Suzann Nelson, including the bestseller “Growing Up Lutheran.”

The Church Basement Ladies became the most successful show produced by Troupe America, according to Twiss.

The first two plays have spread beyond the Midwest, said composer Drew Jansen.

“This show has set box office records around the country,” he said.

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BY JENNIE OLSON • SUN NEWSPAPERS If there’s one thing that those who come in contact with Lakeville resident Rev. Linus Nyambu have learned it’s that he can’t help but give back to others.

Whether it’s helping new immigrants assimilate into the culture, donating more than 350 acres of land in Africa to a university, pastoring his church in Bloomington or building relationships with the daily customers who come to his Designer Consignment store in Lakeville, Nyambu said that it gives him joy to give.

As a part of this heart for philanthropy, Nyambu uses Designer Consignment to give professional clothes to low-income individuals for job interviews. He sometimes gives up to three or four outfits per person.

“I believe that if you like how you look, you’re more confident,” Nyambu said. “For me, as a business owner, if the person in the interview looks nice, then they look like they can work for me.

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Also, for people who don’t have nice clothes to wear to church, Nyambu will donate up to seven outfits so that

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“It’s not about dressing up,” he said.

“It’s about feeling confident as a part of the group.”

Nyambu was born in Kenya and worked as an occupational therapist for the Ministry of Health. During that time, he founded Redeemed Gospel Church in Msambweni, Kenya, before moving to the United States with his family in 1995.

Once he settled in Minnesota, Nyambu joined Bethany College of Mission in Bloomington for cross-cultural training. He then founded the Twin Cities House of Prayer, which was later called Ascending Praise Church, and received a Doctor of Ministry from the Minnesota Graduate School of Theology.

Designer Consignment is just another way that Nyambu gives back to his community in his vocation.

“I have always loved to give,” Nyambu said. “I’ve done this sort of thing with all of my businesses.”

Designer Consignment sells brand names such as Louis Vuitton, Coach, Guess, Gucci, DKNY, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Jessica McClintock and others.

The store is in the process of moving from its current location in Lakeville Crossing to Country Road 42 and Glendale Avenue in Savage. The new store will be called “Treasures” and is expected to be up and running by the end of November.

Nyambu was not the first business owner to come up with the idea of giving professional clothes to low-income families. He said that he got the idea through Dress for Success, an international organization that is headquartered in New York City and has 113 worldwide affiliates. The Twin Cities affiliate was started in January of this year.

Dress for Success works with lowincome women to provide them with business attire and interview skills to help them enter and thrive in the mainstream work place. Women come to Dress for Success and receive an interview outfit along with several hours of coaching, all for free.

“Once they’re members of our organization, they get a lot of benefits, both in the information and clothing,” Jeri Quest, executive director of the Twin Cities Affiliate, said.

After being hired at a job, the women can then come back to Dress for Success and get a week’s worth of separates, along with joining the job retention program called the Professional Women’s Group.

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Rosemount woman uses Craigslist to help find engagement ring

BY PATRICK LOCH • SUN NEWSPAPERS It wasn’t exactly how she had planned it.

Only two months after saying “Yes!” and accepting her engagement ring, Bridgit Nistler lost it somewhere between Burnsville and Rosemount.

Now, two years later, she is praying that Craigslist can help her find it.

“I was actually at home in Rosemount when I noticed it was missing,” Bridgit said. “It was [in] the evening, after I was running errands in Burnsville.”

That night, she had visited Burnsville’s Keep In Touch massage parlor and Byerly’s grocery store.

Neither could help her find the ring.

“I called the massage place, talked to the front desk and they searched everything,” said Bridgit. “Byerly’s had no written reports of anything.”

She then went home and continued the search.

“I made brownies that day. I searched through the whole pan,” she said. “I went through everything, even the garbage.”

The ring, purchased by her husband, Michael, was bought online while he was working in Iraq in 2007. He had it sent to his parent’s house for the time being.

In July 2008, the day Michael returned home, Bridgit picked him up from the airport and together they drove to Munsinger Gardens in St. Cloud.

Michael’s parents had the ring waiting.

Bridgit was delighted by the proposal and the symbol of love that came along with it.

“My husband was in Iraq for one year as a contract firefighter,” said Bridgit.

“And that is how we were able to purchase the ring of my dreams.”

Unfortunately, after a mundane day of errands, the physical aspect of that dream would be lost.

The two decided not to re-purchase the r i n g because of t h e finances involved.

Bridgit, devastated and embarrassed, couldn’t ask for the public’s help right away.

“I was more ashamed that I lost the ring,” she said.

“A piece of me was lost that day.”

Her skepticism of Craigslist further accounted for the delay.

“I didn’t feel like it was trustworthy,” she said.

But now she’s ready to use the online advertisement and hopes that somebody can “come forward and do the right thing.”

Since posting the lost and found request, she has received only one reply.

The responder asked Bridgit if she had gone to the PDQ gas station in Apple Valley the night she lost the ring.

She hadn’t. And because the locations are miles apart, Bridgit doesn’t consider it a legitimate lead.

Michael is again contracted as a firefighter overseas, this time in Afghanistan. He will return home on two weeks rest and relaxation shortly If the ring can be found soon, Michael could be home to see Bridgit put the ring on once again.

To contact Bridgit with any information regarding her lost ring, E-mail her through the Craigslist post at: http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/dak /laf/1973508690.html.

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Second-graders get hands-on learning

BY CHRIS DILLMANN • SUN NEWSPAPERS

(Above) Renee Nesnidal, right, demonstrates to Anna Maples how iron in cereal is actually magnetic Oct. 19 during Nesnidal’s hands-on demonstration on magnetism for Sara Lovelace’s secondgrade class at Groveland Elementary School in Minnetonka.

(At right) Jolie Shedd attempts to make her bat float using magnets at Groveland Elementary School in Minnetonka.

One experiment was using magnets with the same charge to repel, making the bat float as if it were flying.

(Photos by Chris Dillmann • Sun Newspapers)

Second-grade students from Sara Lovelace’s second-grade class at Groveland Elementary School in Minnetonka received a hands-on lesson in physics while having fun at the same time.

The students learned about magnetism from Dr. Renee Nesnidal, who makes classroom visits to give students a hands-on experience in science.

“I basically try to do experiments kids can do at home,” Nesnidal said. “So I look around my house, and try to find cool experiments with household items, and try to find things that are really hands-on because the kids really respond to actually doing the experiments instead of me lecturing.”

Nesnidal started teaching kids physics in graduate school volunteering with a traveling physics show at the University of Wisconsin called “The Wonders of Physics.”

The program provided shows for kids in early elementary through high school.

Also, working with the “Wisconsin Center for Academically Talented Youth” and the “Expanding Your Horizons” programs that provided weekend workshops for kids, several of those workshops were specifically designed to target middle school girls to encourage them to stick with science.

“That really kind of opened my eyes to the idea that, especially girls, need a female role model to show them they can do science too,” Nesnidal said.

Yet, Nesnidal understands the importance of getting every student to appreciate science.

“I just love watching the kids get so excited about science,” she said. “I think it’s really neat when they can take what I’ve taught them, apply it, and get really excited.”

How the kids feel “Learning about magnets was fun, and we did fun experiments,” said student, Greta Lindberg.

“I liked the bat because there was gravity.”

One of the experiments Nesnidal and the students did was holding a little foam bat with the same charged magnet as another magnet to watch it float due to the same charge.

“I liked the bats because it was kind of floating, and that was really cool,” said student Ben Binder.

Trying to find ways to keep students learning, while having fun at the same time is the goal the Lovelace. Every year Lovelace tries to write at least one grant to give her students the best learning experience she as a teacher can provide, which was how she was able to bring Nesnidal in to teach her students.

“I feel it’s necessary to give kids as many learning experiences as you can,” Lovelace said.

“I just think it’s very important in my classroom to bring lots of outside resources in.”

Lovelace said this year her students are particularly interested in science, and plans her curriculum accordingly. Lovelace also feels her role, as an educator, is to try and find the best ways to reach her students.

“I believe in raising the bar,” Lovelace said. “Whatever I can do to bring outside resources to make kids learn, motivate and inspire them … I’m going to do everything I can to meet their needs, not only in science, but all academic areas.”

The hands-on approach usually works, too.

“When I come back the second time, that’s always more fun because they get so excited I’m back,” Nesnidal said. “They really want to know what I’ll be teach them this time.”

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Quest said. “We build relationship and community for these women so they’re not figuring out everything on their own.�

Volunteers are needed just as much as business-appropriate clothing to make Dress for Success an effective organization. The volunteers spend time with the clients and give them support to make a difference in their lives.

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The Paulus family raises funds and food for STEP during spookfest

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The couple began the tradition of decorating the house 14 years ago, soon after they moved into their St. Louis Park residence. “We have always loved Halloween and hoped to start something fun in our new neighborhood,� Julie Paulus said.

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Five years ago, Roger and Julie Paulus decided to embrace their reputation on Halloween and use it to further a cause. For the past five years, they have spread the word throughout the community that everybody can come explore and enjoy their yard and help themselves to candy, but they asked that people bring one can of food for STEP’s food shelf.

Every Halloween, they are able to provide STEP with hundreds of pounds of food and thousands of dollars.

The Paulus family loves to dress up every year on Oct. 31, but they especially enjoy delivery day, the day after Halloween. “The reaction we get every year from people who work at STEP is incredible,�

Roger Paulus said. “They are totally awed by the amount of food we collect in one night.

Though the couple did not make the donation mandatory in order to gain entrance into their yard, they found that most people complied with their request. Roger Paulus is proud of this idea and its effectiveness. “This way, people can give as well as get,� Roger Paulus said, referring to the food many visitors provide and the tour they receive.

During this time of economic crisis, Julie and Roger Paulus are helping Minnesotans in their time of need.

The Paulus family lives at 2929 Dakota Ave. S. in St Louis Park. Their house opens when trick-or-treating normally starts at about dusk and ends at about 10 p.m. People of all ages may join in the fun. The couple suggests each person bring at least one can of food, though there is no requirement.

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CVS pharmacy, Southdale YMCA projects get OK from Edina Projects progress after previous plans pulled

BY KATIE MINTZ • SUN NEWSPAPERS After some waiting, changes are coming to southeast Edina.

The Edina City Council gave approval Tuesday, Oct. 19, to projects at two sites where previous plans have not materialized.

CVS will build a new pharmacy on the corner of York Avenue and 69th Street, and Southdale YMCA will undergo a substantial remodel and addition a few blocks to the south.

CVS The Edina City Council unanimously approved the final development plan for CVS pharmacy, 6905 York Ave. S. The 13,000-square-foot drug store will be located on a vacant lot across York Avenue from the Westin Galleria, and just blocks from other pharmacies including Walgreens, Cub and Target.

The 24-hour store will include a drivethrough window.

The City Council first approved a final development plan for the site in 2008. At the time, it included a two-building, 18,000-square-foot retail center, as well as a 114-unit, four-story apartment building. The developer of that project built the apartments but did not move forward with the retail center.

A condition of the previous plan specifically prohibited drive-through

facilities. Councilmember Ann Swenson said she was reluctant to amend the final development plan to allow such a window at CVS under the new plan.

She said she was concerned waiting cars would overflow into the street, and wanted to consider adding a condition that would limit the drive-through to strictly prescription pick-up.

Mayor Jim Hovland said he was not in favor of a pharmacy-only window.

“I feel like there’s a facility to the south that’s a direct competitor that doesn’t have the same limitations,” said Hovland.

The amended final development plan retained variances approved in 2008 to construct the building 15 feet closer to York Avenue and 69th Street than the standard 35-foot setback allows. The city supported the variances to encourage a more pedestrian-friendly environment.

Hovland said CVS was lucky the variances were already in place to avoid getting “hit by Krumdmenacher,” a recent Minnesota Supreme Court decision that has made it extremely difficult for cities to issue variances.

The plan includes a sidewalk bisecting the 90-stall parking lot, giving residents at the adjacent apartment building safe access to the store. There will also be pergolas drawing attention to the sidewalk in parking lot, a raised crosswalk at the drive-through window and other pedestrian-friendly amenities like benches and bike racks.

Gordon Johnson, an attorney representing developer Velmeir Companies, said the proposal is tailored to Edina.

“I think what we have tonight is a proposal for a CVS that is not the usual commercial building that you might see,” he said. “This is an enhanced CVS designed to fit the particular needs of the community.”

The single-story brick building will have large windows, some slated to be filled with graphics of local icons.

Councilmember Mary Brindle said it’s a “beautiful place.”

“It looks to me like you tried to shoehorn this thing in here to make it work and you’ve gone to some lengths to make sure the traffic flow, the pedestrian flow is both attractive and going to be effective. I appreciate that,” Brindle said.

YMCA The Edina City Council also unanimously approved a preliminary development plan and preliminary rezoning for Southdale YMCA, 7355 York Ave. S. The YMCA announced earlier this year it was abandoning a plan to construct a new 73,000-square-foot center and 130-unit housing facility for people with disabilities, citing the current fundraising environment.

The revamped plans for renovation before the City Council proposed a 15,000-square-foot addition to the existing 69,000-square-foot structure. The cost is estimated at $9 million.

Edina Planning Director Cary Teague said the Edina City Council granted preliminary approval for the previous plan in January 2009. At the same time, it approved a Comprehensive Plan amendment for the site from quasi-public to mixed use.

The new plan for an addition also requires a rezoning from single-family residential to a planned office district, he said.

He said the Planning Commission had concerns about pedestrian safety at the site and wanted a sidewalk through the parking lot to link the building with the sidewalk along York Avenue.

“We’ll work with the applicants to address those site planning issues,” Teague said.

The final development plan and rezoning application will return to the Planning Commission at a future meeting before heading back to the Edina City Council.

Teague said the earliest the Planning Commission could hear the final proposal is at its Wednesday, Dec. 1, meeting.

Anita Bydlon, vice president of new development for the YMCA of Metropolitan Minneapolis, said the organization has worked for several years to come up with an appropriate plan for the Southdale YMCA. “We believe we’ve come upon that plan and hope to have your support as we move forward through this process,” she said.

The addition and extensive renovation inside will include a revamped youth program space, a new fitness center on the ground level, additional studio space for fitness, yoga and Pilates classes, a new warm-water pool with zero-depth entry and more.

The Southdale YMCA was constructed in 1975 and serves the communities of Edina, Richfield, Bloomington, Eden Prairie and south Minneapolis.

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LEGAL NOTICES Foreclosure Notice (Official Publication) NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT LIEN FORECLOSURE SALE THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THS ACTION THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that default has been made in the terms and conditions of the Declaration of Valley View Condominium Association, Inc., (hereinafter the “Declaration”) recorded in the office of the Registrar of Titles of Hennepin County, Minnesota as Document No. 1617761, which covers the following property: Unit No. 7581, Common Interest Community No. 538, Condominium No. 538, Valley View Condominium, a condominium located in the County of Hennepin, Minnesota, Certificate of Title No. 769410 7581 Villa Court, Eden Prairie, MN 55346 PIN: 10-116-22-42-0092 THAT pursuant to said Declaration, there is claimed to be due and owing as of September 23, 2010, from Debra Hornig, to Valley View Condominium Association, Inc., a Minnesota non-profit corporation, the amount of $4,392.21, for assessments, late fees and collection costs, plus additional assessments and other amounts that may have accrued since the date of this notice, including the costs of collection and foreclosure; THAT prior to the commencement of this foreclosure proceeding, Lienor complied with all notice requirements as required by status; that no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or otherwise to recover the debt secured by said lien, or any part thereof; THAT the owner has not been released from her financial obligation to pay said amount; THAT pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 515B.3-116, said debt creates a lien upon said premises in favor of Valley View Condominium Association, Inc., as evidenced by a lien statement recorded on August 24, 2009, in the office of the Hennepin County Registrar of Titles as Document No. T4680271; THAT pursuant to the power of sale granted by the owner in taking title to the premises subject to said Declaration, said lien will be foreclosed by the sale of said property by the sheriff of said County at the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office, Civil Division, Room 30, 350 South 5th Street, City of Minneapolis, County of Hennepin, State of Minnesota, on November 23, 2010, at 10 a.m., at public auction to the highest bidder, for cash, to pay the amount then due for said assessments, together with the costs of foreclosure, including attorney’s fees as allowed by law. The time allowed by law for redemption by the unit owners, their personal representatives or assigns is six (6) months from the date of said sale.

DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: The date on or before which the owner must vacate the property if the account is not brought current or the property redeemed under Minn. Stat. § 580.23 is May 23, 2011. If the foregoing date is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, then the date to vacate is the next business day at 11:59 p.m.

REDEMPTION NOTICE THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION

BY THE OWNER, THE OWNER’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED. Valley View Condominium Association, Inc., Lienor Dated: September 23, 2010 By /s/ Thomas P. Carlson Thomas P. Carlson (024871X) Carlson & Associates, Ltd. 1052 Centerville Circle Vadnais Heights, MN 55127 (651) 287-8640 ATTORNEY FOR VALLEY VIEW CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC. (Oct 7, 14, 21, 28, Nov 4, 11, 2010) D4 Hornig Foreclosure

COMMUNITY NOTES Certificate of Assumed Name

Certificate of Assumed Name

(Official Publication) MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED NAME Minnesota Statutes Chapter 333 The filing of an assumed name does not provide a user with exclusive rights to that name. The filing is required for consumer protection in order to enable consumers to be able to identify the true owner of a business.

State the exact assumed name under which the business is or will be conducted: ShiJie you Massage State the address of the principal place of business.

Space #5536/8251 Flying Cloud Drive, Eden Prairie, Mn 55344 List the name and complete street address of all persons conducting business under the above Assumed Name.

ShiJie You 635 Prairie Center Drive #119, Eden Prairie, MN 55344 DBA: I certify that I am authorized to sign this certificate and I further certify that I understand that by signing this certificate, I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Minnesota Statutes Section 609.48 as if I had signed this certificate under oath.

(Official Publication) MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED NAME Minnesota Statutes Chapter 333 The filing of an assumed name does not provide a user with exclusive rights to that name. The filing is required for consumer protection in order to enable consumers to be able to identify the true owner of a business.

State the exact assumed name under which the business is or will be conducted: SKS Sales and Marketing State the address of the principal place of business.

4737 11th Ave South, Minneapolis, MN 55407 List the name and complete street address of all persons conducting business under the above Assumed Name.

Stephen Stoelzing 4737 11th Ave S, Minnepolis, MN 55407 DBA: I certify that I am authorized to sign this certificate and I further certify that I understand that by signing this certificate, I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Minnesota Statutes Section 609.48 as if I had signed this certificate under oath.

FILED: Sept 23, 2010

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Certificate of Assumed Name (Official Publication) MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED NAME Minnesota Statutes Chapter 333 The filing of an assumed name does not provide a user with exclusive rights to that name. The filing is required for consumer protection in order to enable consumers to be able to identify the true owner of a business.

State the exact assumed name under which the business is or will be conducted: LearnNowJava State the address of the principal place of business.

10250 Valley View Road, Suite 121, Eden Prairie, MN 55344 List the name and complete street address of all persons conducting business under the above Assumed Name.

LearnNow, LLC 10250 Valley View Road, Suite 121, Eden Prairie, MN 55344 DBA: I certify that I am authorized to sign this certificate and I further certify that I understand that by signing this certificate, I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Minnesota Statutes Section 609.48 as if I had signed this certificate under oath.

FILED: Oct 01, 2010 /s/ Craig Jensen, President (Oct 21 & 28, 2010) D4- LearnNowJava dba

Certificate of Assumed Name (Official Publication) MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED NAME Minnesota Statutes Chapter 333 The filing of an assumed name does not provide a user with exclusive rights to that name. The filing is required for consumer protection in order to enable consumers to be able to identify the true owner of a business.

State the exact assumed name under which the business is or will be conducted: Stephanie Tkach, LICSW State the address of the principal place of business.

2908 Humbolt Avenue South, Suite 6, Minneapolis, MM 55419 List the name and complete street address of all persons conducting business under the above Assumed Name.

Stephanie Tkach 5752 Irving Av S, Minneapolis, MN 55419 DBA: I certify that I am authorized to sign this certificate and I further certify that I understand that by signing this certificate, I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Minnesota Statutes Section 609.48 as if I had signed this certificate under oath.

FILED: Sept 27, 2010 /s/ Stephanie Tkach, LICSW (Oct 21 & 28, 2010) d4- Stephanie Tkach, LICSW dba

Probate Notice (Official Publication) STATE OF MINNESOTA DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF HENNEPIN Fourth Judicial District PROBATE COURT DIVISION Court File No. 27-PA-PR-10-1142 Estate of ALFRED OLIVER NYBO A/K/A ALFREDO O. NYBO, Decedent NOTICE OF INFORMAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS (INTESTATE) Notice is given that an application for informal appointment of personal representative has been filed with the Registrar. No will has been presented for probate.

The application has been granted.

Notice is also given that the Registrar has informally appointed Dennis O. Nybo, whose address is 17462 Haralson Drive, Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55437, as personal representative(s) of the Estate of the Decedent. Any heir or other interested person may be entitled to appointment as personal representative or may object to the appointment of the personal representative. Unless objections are filed with the Court (pursuant to Minn. Stat.

524.3-607) and the Court otherwise orders, the personal representative has full power to administer the Estate including, after 30 days from the date of issuance of letters, the power to sell, encumber, lease or distribute real estate.

Any objections to the probate of the will or appointment of the Personal Representative must be filed with this Court and will be heard by the Court after the filing of an appropriate petition and proper notice of hearing.

Notice also given that (subject to Minn. Stat. 524.3801) all creditors having claims against the Estate are required to present the claims to the personal representative or to the Court Administrator within four months after the date of this Notice or the claims will be barred.

Dated: October 7, 2010 Alonna J. Warns, Registrar Mark S. Thompson, Court Administrator Attorney for Personal Representative: Wendy L. Brandt 1609 West County Rd. 42, #294 Burnsville, Minnesota, 55306 Attorney License No. 0292928 Phone: 952-451-2225 (Oct 28 Nov 4, 2010) D4-Alfred Oliver Probate

DBA How to Publish Your Assumed Name Mail a photocopy of your FILED APPLICATION for your Certificate of Assumed Name along with a check for $45 (additional fee for more than 2 names in Section 3) made out to: Sun Newspapers, ATTN: Legal Notices 10917 Valley View Road, Eden Prairie, MN 55344

Volunteers sought for Special Olympics event Special Olympics Minnesota is seeking volunteers for its state bowling tournament Nov. 12-14. Competition takes place in Blaine, Brooklyn Park and Lakeville. Volunteers must be at least 15.

Opportunities include serving at the awards ceremonies, organizing registration, facilitating games and more. Info: 612-604-1274 (Emily Halbur).

Brain training seminar A free seminar for adults, “Training the Brain to Improve Learning Ability,” is 6:30-8 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 28, at the Therapy for Me! Clinic, 7570 Market Drive, Eden Prairie.

Baird Johnson, Executive Director of LearningRx in Chanhassen, will present the scientific foundation behind brain training, demonstrate specific training techniques used to strengthen mental skills and explain the connection to improved learning, reading ability, attention skills and academic performance.

Registration is required and available by calling the clinic.

Information: 952-944-0240.

Author speaking at ISM Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, bestselling author and internationally recognized lecturer and parent educator, will be speaking twice at The International School of Minnesota, 9-11 a.m. and 4-6 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 11.

Her presentation, “Sleepless in America: Is This Child Misbehaving or Missing Sleep?” is open to the public and could be helpful for anyone who has or works with children and teens.

Kurcinka will cover topics such as the scientific link between misbehavior and missing sleep; the importance of sleep for maximizing children’s health, development and performance; how normal everyday events leave children too tense to sleep, and tools to help you and the children you live or work with get the sleep they need.

Kurcinka provides training internationally for families and professionals.

She is licensed as a parent educator and early childhood teacher and has pioneered efforts to bring temperament, neurobiology, the importance of sleep and emotion coaching into homes, schools, medical practices and businesses.

The International School of Minnesota is located 6385 Beach Road, Eden Prairie. Info: 952-918-1816.

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28 Baby Storytime Where: Eden Prairie Library 565 Prairie Center Drive When: 9:30 a.m.

Information: 952-847-5375

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29 Steven Copes: Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 1 Where: Wooddale Church 6630 Shady Oak Road When: 10:30 a.m. and 8 p.m.

Info: www.thespco.org

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Jason Lewis book signing

Halloween on the Mall

Where: Dunn Bros.

8107 Eden Prairie Rd. When: Noon Info: 952-934-0145

Where: Eden Prairie Mall 8251 Flying Cloud Drive When: 3-5 p.m.

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1 EP Schools boundary map study session Where: Eden Prairie High School Performing Arts Center, 17185 Valley View Road When: 6:30 p.m.

Information: edenpr.org

2 Election Day Where: 19 precinct polling locations When: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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3 Job Transition Group meeting Where: St. Andrew Lutheran Church, 13600 Technology Drive When: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

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HENNEPIN COUNTY Lead removal grants available to homeowners To highlight National Lead Poisoning Prevention week Oct. 24-30, Hennepin County’s Lead Control Program is providing a free grant for those eligible to remove sources of toxic lead from homes.

Hennepin County has the highest number of children with elevated lead levels. The county arranges lead abatement testing and evaluation and contracts with neighborhood partners to do home lead removal such as

replacing windows and stabilizing other surfaces.

Lead home inspections are free.

Both owner-occupied and rental units are eligible if they are in Hennepin County, were built before 1978, have old windows, and are occupied by a household with an income below 80 percent of the median income. If owner-occupied the property must have children under age six either living there or frequently visiting.

Lead can come from a variety of sources – primarily in chipping or peeling paint manufactured before 1978. It also can be present in toys, jewelry and

from lead dust in the air, yards and play areas. Children can even be exposed if a parent works in a place that contains high lead levels, such as an auto body shop.

Info: 612-348-2020 or 612-348-2114 or visit www.hennepin.us/leadcontrol.

County offers low-cost vaccination clinics Hennepin County is offering low-cost immunizations, including flu shots, to people who lack health insurance or whose health insurance does not cover

vaccines. Donations are requested but not required for the immunizations.

The clinic schedule: • 3 to 5:30 p.m., Nov. 2 and 16 at the Bloomington Clinic, Bloomington Division of Health, 1900 W. Old Shakopee Road.

• 9 to 11 a.m., Nov. 23, Brooklyn Center Clinic, Hennepin County’s Brookdale Service Center, 6125 Shingle Creek Parkway.

• 8:30 to 11 a.m., Nov. 5, Downtown Minneapolis Clinic, Hennepin Health Services Building, 525 Portland Ave. S., lower level.

Info: 612-348-2884.

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MARK YOUR CALENDAR Eden Prairie’s girls swimming and diving squad will compete in section competition Nov. 11-13 at the Art Downey Aquatic Center in Edina.

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Eden Prairie’s Lesley Chilton (13) maintains ball possession during regular-season action. Chilton was credited with an assist during the Eagles’ 2-0 victory over Jefferson in the Section 2AA title game Oct. 19 at home. Eden Prairie is the top seed in the state AA tournament.

Maddie Buxton The Eden Prairie junior tennis player placed second in singles at the Section 2AA individual tournament last week and qualified for the state tournament. She teamed with Makenna Borg to win the state Class AA doubles championship last season as a sophomore.

Grayson Levine The Eden Prairie senior ran 10 yards for a touchdown to tie the score 21-21 in the fourth quarter against Wayzata Oct. 20 in Lake Conference football action. The Eagles lost 28-27 in overtime. Levine scored on an 11yard run and 31-yard interception return in Eden Prairie’s 52-14 win over Minnetonka the previous week.

(Photo by Brian Nelson • Contributing Photographer)

Stephen Hari The Eden Prairie senior running back powered his way for two 1-yard touchdown runs during the Eagles’ 28-27 overtime loss to Wayzata.

Rich Johnson Johnson, an Eden Prairie resident, shot a hole-in-one on the 155yard 16th hole at Olympic Hills Golf Club, using a 7-iron.

Dan Virgin The Eden Prairie senior forward scored two goals and picked up one assist during the Eagles’ 5-1 Section 2AA boys soccer quarterfinal win over Bloomington Kennedy Oct. 14.

Andrew Larson The Eden Prairie junior running back had 1,076 yards on 123 carries entering the Eagles’ final regularseason game against Wayzata.

(Editor’s note: Send nominations for Stars of the Week honors to sports editor Greg Kleven at gkleven@acnpapers.com. Youth, high school, college and adult recreational sports athletes will be considered.)

Eagle girls primed for state title soccer efforts Uhl scores twice as EP blanks Jefferson, 2-0, for Section 2AA crown

BY GREG KLEVEN • SUN NEWSPAPERS There has been one goal on the minds of Eden Prairie’s girls soccer players from the beginning of fall practices – win a state AA championship.

The Eagles are three victories away from attaining that lofty goal after claiming the Section 2AA title.

Eden Prairie, 17-0-1 overall, ended its regular season ranked first in the state.

The Eagles won the Lake Conference Championship as well.

The Eagles are the top seed in the state AA tournament and will play Lakeville South (9-8-3) at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28, at Park of Cottage Grove High School.

Winner of that game advances to the semifinals against either fourth-seeded Eagan (16-1-4) or Mounds View (13-5-2) at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 1, in the Metrodome.

State AA championship game is 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4, at the Metrodome.

Stillwater (20-1-0) was seeded second in the state pairings while Wayzata (14-2-3) received a third seed.

“Our team has had high expectations throughout the season,” said Eden Prairie coach Tony Bidwell. “However, the competition will be fierce at state.

“Goals are always a premium in tournament play. There could be a lot of lowscoring games at state. We need a little luck to finish No. 1.”

Eden Prairie didn’t need much luck to win the Section 2AA title thanks to Eagle senior forward Taylor Uhl. Uhl, one of the leading soccer scorers in the state, netted both Eagle goals during a 2-0 victory over Jefferson in the Section 2AA championship game Oct. 19 at Aerie Stadium.

Lesley Chilton and Rebecca Sparkman picked up assists on those Eagle goals.

“We scored both goals in the first half and kept applying pressure in the second half,” said Bidwell. “We had several more scoring opportunities but couldn’t put the ball into the net.

“We were very happy to win the Section 2AA title. We had two tough games in the final rounds beating Burnsville and Jefferson by the same scores.”

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AD Eden Prairie Grayson Levine (6) watches as Wayzata defender Sean Hamlin deflects a pass away from him during the Eagles’ 28-27 overtime loss to the Trojans Oct. 20 on the road.

Eagles are top seed Eden Prairie’s football team is the No. 1 seed in the Class 5A, Section 6 playoffs and earned a first-round bye Oct. 26.

The Eagles (7-1) will host fourth-seeded Minnetonka (4-4) or fifth-seeded Edina (44) in the section semifinals at 7 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 30, in Aerie Stadium.

Championship game is 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 5, at the site of the higher-seeded team.

Eden Prairie concluded its regular season with a second-place finish in the Lake Conference. The Eagles lost 28-27 in overtime to champion Wayzata Oct. 20.

(Photo by Brian Nelson • Contributing Photographer)

State AA girls tennis The state Class AA girls tennis singles and doubles tournaments begin at 8 a.m.

Thursday, Oct. 28, at the Baseline Tennis Center on the University of Minnesota campus.

Championship matches will be Friday, Oct. 29. Eden Prairie junior Maddie Buxton will be one of the contenders for the Class AA singles title.

Buxton finished second in the Section 2AA tournament. Last year, Buxton teamed with Makenna Borg to win the Class AA doubles crown.

State cross country meet Eden Prairie should be represented in the state Class AA boys and girls cross country meets Saturday, Nov. 6, at St. Olaf College in Northfield.

The Eagle girls team was ranked No. 1 in the state heading into sectional competition.

Eden Prairie’s defending state championship boys squad has been ranked in the top three this season. Eagle senior Aaron Bartnik is the defending Class AA boys 5K medalist.

State soccer playoffs Eden Prairie’s girls soccer team will compete in the state tournament after winning the Section 2AA championship with a 2-0 victory over Bloomington Jefferson.

The Eagles are 17-0-1 entering state competition. Quarterfinal rounds are Oct. 27-29 with the semifinals at the Metrodome Monday, Nov. 1. The Class AA title game is Thursday, Nov. 4, at the Metrodome.

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Eagles look for possible rematch with Wayzata Eden Prairie loses Lake title game 28-27 in OT

BY GREG KLEVEN • SUN NEWSPAPERS If you missed Eden Prairie’s 28-27 overtime loss to Wayzata Oct. 20, there is a strong possibility that the Lake Conference football squads will meet again in the state Class 5A championship game a month from now.

The Eagles (7-1) fell from the unbeaten ranks with the one-point loss to Wayzata (6-0). The Trojans wrapped up the Lake title before a home crowd estimated at 8,000.

Wayzata gained revenge for a 7-3 loss to Eden Prairie in the state quarterfinals last season.

The setback kept the Eagles from claiming the “new” Lake Conference crown. But it didn’t cost Eden Prairie its No. 1 seed in the Section 6 playoffs.

The Eagles had a first-round bye Oct. 26 in the seven-team Section 6 tourney.

Eden Prairie will play fourth-seeded Minnetonka (4-4) or fifth-seeded Edina (4-4) in the semifinals at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30, at Aerie Stadium.

The section title game is 7 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 5.

“It was a great game between two very similar teams when we lost at Wayzata,” said Eden Prairie coach Mike Grant. “Wayzata has good speed and is well-coached.

“Both squads are state-caliber teams.

We could meet Wayzata again in the state finals.”

Eden Prairie should have its leading rusher available for the playoffs. Junior running back Andrew Larson, a 1,000yard rusher, suffered a hard hit to the head in the first half against Wayzata.

Larson was held out of the second half for precautionary reasons.

Overtime thriller It was a competitive struggle between the top two teams in the state Class 5A rankings. And the decision went to Wayzata in overtime.

The Trojans had first possession in overtime and scored on a third-down 10yard pass from Sasha Doran to Tanner Helgren. The kick put Wayzata ahead 2821.

Eden Prairie took over and scored three plays later on a 1-yard touchdown run by senior fullback Stephen Hari.

Eden Prairie lined up for a tying kick.

However, the plan was to go for the win with a pass out of placekicking formation. Eden Prairie was unable to pull off

its trick play as holder Ryan Bull was smothered by Trojan defenders after receiving a low snap.

“We had two receivers wide open in the end zone but unfortunately weren’t able to get off a pass,” said Grant.

The first quarter ended in a 7-7 tie.

Eden Prairie’s Hari scored on a 1-yard run, but Wayzata answered with a 7-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Doran to Aaron Roth.

Sophomore running back Mitch Underhill boosted the Wayzata advantage to 14-7 in the second quarter on a 7yard run.

Eden Prairie David Platner’s 47-yard field goal try was blocked late in the second quarter.

Hari scored his second touchdown on a 1-yard run with 4:46 left in the third quarter. Platner’s conversion tied the score at 14-14.

Again, Wayzata took the offensive and went ahead 21-14 on a 26-yard pass from Doran to Helgeson with 4:12 remaining.

Eden Prairie drove for the tying score, converting on several fourthdown situations. Grayson Levine ran 10 yards for a touchdown after Bull caught a key 28-yard pass from quarterback Brian Athey.

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Buxton swings for another state girls tennis medal

Eagle volleyball gets top seed in section tourney

EPHS junior is Class AA singles entrant after winning a gold medal in doubles last season

BY GREG KLEVEN • SUN NEWSPAPERS

BY GREG KLEVEN • SUN NEWSPAPERS Last year’s trip to the state Class AA girls tennis tournament was a memorable one for Eden Prairie’s Maddie Buxton.

As a sophomore, Buxton combined with Makenna Borg to win the state doubles championship.

This season the Eagle junior is headed to the state singles tourney with a 20-5 record.

Buxton earned the state tourney trip with a true second finish in the Section 2AA individual tournament last week. She defeated Heather Sullivan of Mankato West 6-3, 6-0 for the second and final state qualifying spot.

Buxton lost 6-4, 6-4 to champion Jessa Richards of Minnetonka in her previous section match.

Buxton will meet Andover sophomore Faith Lee in the first round of the Class AA singles tournament at 8 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 28, at the Baseline Tennis Center on the University of Minnesota campus.

Quarterfinal matches will be played in the afternoon. Semifinal and final matches held Friday, Oct. 29, at 8 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. respectively.

“I am hoping for the best and have high expectations for the state tournament,” said Buxton. “There are a lot of good players in the tournament, but I have been working hard and am excited about my chances.”

Eden Prairie coach Greg Witta believes Buxton’s strong work ethic can pay off in the state tourney.

“Maddie works very hard and goes the extra mile to improve,” said Witta. “Maddie is a lefty who is tough to play because of her slicing serve.”

Buxton won four consecutive matches to reach the final two rounds of the Section 2AA tourney.

Eden Prairie’ other section singles entrant, junior Allison Malmsten, split a pair of matches.

In doubles competition, Eden Prairie’s duo of junior Cassy Deng and senior Megan Howe had a 1-1 record in section play.

Eden Prairie’s other doubles team of seniors April Fard and Ziyue Chen also won a match before getting eliminated.

Eden Prairie junior lefty Maddie Buxton returns a shot during singles action. The Eagle standout placed second in the Section 2AA individual tournament to earn a berth in the state singles tournament this week at the Baseline Tennis Center on the University of Minnesota campus.

(Photo by Brian Nelson • Contributing Photographer)

Eden Prairie girls cruise to Lake CC championship Platner wins 4K race to pace Eagle runners Eden Prairie placed all five of its runners in the top 10 while winning the Lake Conference girls cross country championship.

The Eagles finished first in the fiveteam meet with 27 points. Wayzata finished second (74), ahead of Hopkins (79), Edina (89) and Minnetonka (100).

Eden Prairie senior Megan Platner was medalist in the girls’ 4K race in 14 minutes, 57.0 seconds.

Eagle senior Alexandra Rudin finished fourth (15:24.4) and junior Carlin Schulz was sixth (15:32.3).

Also aiding Eden Prairie’s cause were ninth-grader Hannah Jeter (seventh, 15:34.4) and junior Andria Tauer (ninth, 15:59.0).

Eden Prairie’s was third in the boys race at the Lake championships.

Edina won the boys team title with 41 points and Wayzata placed second (47).

Eden Prairie had 66 points, ahead of fourth-place Minnetonka (93) and fifthplace Hopkins (125).

Senior Kyle Bratrud placed second with a 5K time of 15:56.6. Senior

Mohamed Mohamed was fifth (16:07.5) and ninth-grader Cal Lawton finished 17th (16:54.3).

Eagle junior Ricardo Reyes was 20th (17:00.1) and sophomore Henry Zurn placed 22nd (17:01.8).

Eden Prairie’s runners were scheduled to compete in the Section 6AA meet Oct. 27 at Gale Woods Farm in Minnetrista.

Top two teams advance to the state Class AA meet at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6, at St. Olaf College in Northfield. The top 10 individuals who are not members of state qualifying teams also will advance.

– Compiled by Greg Kleven

Eden Prairie volleyball coach Chad Becker is not taking his team’s No. 1 seed in the Class 3A, Section 2 playoffs for granted.

“We have a target on our back with that top seed,” said the Eagle coach. “This was the first time since 1996 that an Eden Prairie volleyball team has been seeded that high.

“It is going to be a tough section with several talented teams.”

Eden Prairie, 17-9 overall, received a first-round bye and will meet eighth-seeded Minnetonka or ninth-seeded Mankato West at 7 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 29, at home.

Winner of that match qualifies for the semifinals at 7 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 4, at the highest seed. Section 2 title match is 6 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 6, at the highest seed.

Waconia and Shakopee are the second and third seeds in what should be a competitive section.

Eden Prairie finished the regular season with a second-place record of 6-2 in the Lake Conference. Wayzata was undefeated in eight conference matches.

The Eagles finished second in the Eden Prairie Invitational, were fifth at the Eagle Invitational at Apple Valley and placed third in the Eastview tourney.

“We played a tough non-conference schedule,” said Becker. “One of our regular-season highlights was a win over Shakopee that snapped its 43-match winning streak.

“Depth has been an asset for our squad. We have 10-11 players contributing on the varsity.”

Senior outside hitter Annie Wilhite leads the Eagles in kills, aces and blocks. She ranks second on the team in digs.

Sophomore defensive specialist Jamie Cairncross ranks first on the team in digs.

Senior setters Andie Kuebler and Becka Mozes are tops on the team in assists.

Providing leadership are senior co-captains Ashley Alonzo (middle hitter) and Ashley Snuggerud (outside hitter).

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Baseball coaches needed The Eden Prairie Baseball Association is accepting applications for traveling team coaches for the 2011 season. Coaches are needed for youth teams (players ages 10-15) along with the Mickey Mantle and Senior Babe Ruth squads.

Travel coach application forms are online at www.epbaseball.com, or call Doug Kaufman at 952-210-4094 and leave a message with name, address, phone number and age/level you are interested in coaching.

E-mail completed applications to doug_kaufman@comcast.net or send to: Doug Kaufman, EPBA, 9504 Olympia Drive, Eden Prairie, MN 55347.

Interviews will be conducted in November.

Eden Prairie junior Dane Niemira (9) displays excellent body control while taking possession of a loose ball as he was pursued by Jefferson’s Michael Hibbs during the Eagles’ 1-0 loss in the Section 2AA title game Oct. 19 on the Jaguars’ home field.

Eden Prairie defeated Kennedy (5-1) and Edina (3-2) in previous section playoff games and finished with an 11-6-3 overall record.

Concordia University honors Lind

(Photo by Brian Nelson • Contributing Photographer)

Wayzata takes top spot in football power rankings Wayzata prevailed in a matchup of the top two Class 5A high school football teams in the state. The Trojans, previously ranked second, edged No. 1 Eden Prairie 28-27 in overtime to clinch the Lake Conference championship Oct. 20.

As a result, Wayzata moves into the No. 1 position in Sun Newspapers’ Top 10 power rankings compiled by sports editor Greg Kleven.

Here are the rankings after week eight of the prep football season: 1) Wayzata (6-0) … The Trojans matched Eden Prairie’s speed, depth and talent in the Lake thriller before an estimated 8,000 home fans.

2) Blaine (8-0) … The Bengals defeated Armstrong 35-6 in the regular-season finale and have outscored their opponents by an average of 25 points per game.

3) Eden Prairie (7-1) … The Eagles might get a chance for revenge against Wayzata in the state playoffs.

4) Rosemount (8-0) … South Suburban champion Irish defeated Eagan 35-14.

5) St. Thomas Academy (8-0) …

Cadets earn share of Classic Suburban crown after 54-13 win over Henry Sibley.

6) Cretin-Derham Hall (7-1)…Raiders impressive in 48-0 shutout of Woodbury.

7) Totino-Grace (7-1)…The Eagles are

a Class 4A power and defeated North Branch 55-6.

8) South St. Paul (8-0) … Classic Suburban co-champion Packers overpowered Tartan 48-6.

9) Rogers (7-0) … The Mississippi 8 Conference champion cruised to 40-6 victory over Buffalo.

10) Shakopee (8-0) … Missota Conference champion won 35-7 over second-place Northfield.

Playoff teams to watch: Stillwater (71), Mounds View (7-1), Northfield (6-2), Lakeville North (6-2), Osseo (6-2), Andover (6-2) and Spring Lake Park (6-2).

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Eden Prairie resident Roger Lind was inducted into the Concordia University (St. Paul) Athletic Hall of Fame Oct. 1.

Lind was a 1976 graduate of Hopkins Eisenhower High School and went on to play baseball for Concordia.

Lind held a single-season home run record of 12 for 25 years. He played first base and catcher for Concordia and was named Most Valuable Player and earned all-conference honors.

Lind is still involved in athletics as a head coach in the Eden Prairie Baseball Association. He coached a Class AAA travel team to two state championships. He is also a hockey referee and has worked in six state high school tournaments.

Lind works as a sales representative for Greater Midwest Fundraising. He and his wife, Lori, have two children, Luke (15) and Erin (10).

Youth volleyball program registration The Eden Prairie Junior Olympic traveling volleyball program is accepting registrations.

Girls in grades 4-12 who live or attend school in Eden Prairie are eligible to register for the 2011 season. Registration information is available at www.epvolleyball.com. Registration is open until Nov. 20.

Local holes-in-one recorded Eden Prairie golfers shot hole-in-ones recently.

Mark Fincham recorded an ace on the 120-yard sixth hole at Braemar Executive Golf Course, using a pitching wedge.

Terry Larson aced the 156-yard eighth hole at Bearpath Golf and Country Club, using a 6-iron.

Thomas McGrew knocked in a hole-in-one on the 160-yard eighth hole at Bent Creek, using a hybrid club.

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Call 952-278-0126

ANDERSON LAWN •Fall Clean-Ups •Snow Plowing Call 952-933-4856

Dawn's Cleaning Exp & Reliable, Ref's on Request 612-978-8542 Let me do your cleaning for you! 6+ yrs exp. Free est. By the job. 612-532-5809 THE CLEAN TEAM Since 1994. Honest, Reliable, Detailed. Rena: 763-545-8035

2320

Insulation & Weatherproofing

Energy Focus Insulation Attic, Walls, Vents, Ice Dam Control. 35 yrs Exp/Insured Henry 952-884-0307 763-477-2612 ( 30 YRS) www.lewisinsulation.com Old Home Specialists –Walls/ Attics/Venting/Ice Dams

Blown–In Insulation Attics & Exterior Walls Contact: Brad 763-221-5717

2350

Landscaping

Fall Clean-Ups, Over-Seed, Snow Plowing. Reas Rates.

Neighborhood Discount

952-393-1168 / 952-270-8935 Fall Cleanups & Winter Snow Plowing.

Tom's Lawn Service Call 952-882-9029 Fall Gutter Cleaning & Yard Clean-Ups. Seamless Gutters: Repaired, Covers. Sr Disc. 763-300-1106 Field of Green Lawncare Resid & Comm Free Ests Fall Clean Ups, Wkly Mowing 952-807-1612 & Plowing.

2380

Moving, Storage & Shipping

A Local Mover 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

*A1 CEILING & WALLS* Expert Texturing-Ptg -Water Damage Reas. Prices-Senior Disc. *Free Est. 612-927-5532*

Fall Clean-Up & Fall Fertilization peterdoranlawn.com

Catherine's Cleaning Personalized service to meet your needs. Free est. Ref's. Family-owned & operated 15 yrs.

952-239-3349

Lawn & Garden

Robinson Moving

www.bestcleaningservices.com HOME SPARKLERS Reliable Fussy Reasonable Ref/Ins 612-869-3661

2360

FALL CLEAN-UPS Premier Lawn Care Free Est/Ins 952-888-1029

FALL LEAF & FLOWER GARDEN CLEAN-UP. Call 952-292-6979

2420

Painting

*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. 25 yrs exp.

Steve 763-545-0506 CHEAP IS GOOD Good & Cheap Is Better!!

Call STOA's Painting Free Est 612-716-7349

BLUE LADDER PAINTING “I take pride in my work so you can take pride in your home”

Professional painting service designed to meet all of your residential and commercial painting needs.

Free Estimate

CALL KEVIN MCNEALEY FOR SPECIAL FALL RATES:

15 Years Experience

(612) 825-1809 • (612) 685-0210 Ref. Available • Licensed • Bonded • Insured

A Fresh Look, Inc. Interior/Exterior Painting by the Pros Bonded & Insured Free Est. • Senior Discounts

Lic. #20626700 Credit Cards Accepted

10% off any project over$1000!!!

A Change For Your Landscape or Are You Looking For Some Fresh Ideas?

Experienced in Design, Installation, Maintenance, Pavers, Walls, Drain Tile, Bobcat Serv.

MNLA Certified Professional.

Van Buren Landscape Call 952-292-7453

Double Exposure Place your classified ad with us and be placed on our Web Site!

952-392-6888

612-825-7316/952-934-4128 www.afreshlookinc.com

Right Way PAINTING 20 years exp. Degreed Shop Teacher Exterior/Interior Painting Powerwashing • Decks • Fences Window Glazing & Repairs 2 Year Labor / 10 Year Paint Warranty

612.839.2239 • 612.866.0949 WWW.RIGHTWAYMN.COM

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Painting

2420

Painting

Escobar Painting & Drywall, LLC We offer professional services for your Painting & Drywall Int/Ext Paint Comm/Res Free Ests Ins'd Mbr: BBB Prof./10yrs 952-292-2349

Quality Residential Painting & Drywall

2430

Ceiling & Wall Textures

Paperhanging

H20 Damage – Plaster Repair

PRO PAPER HANGING Removal, Paint/Plaster Work Guar/Refs/Ins 25yrs Exp. 952-377-4612

A German Craftsman

Paint, Plaster, papering 30yrs quality work, Ref's Seasonal Rates. Reliable roosterpainting.com Est. Int/Ext 952-484-4867

Scofield's Decorating Paint, Removal, Papering, Free est. 612-670-3740

2470

Special $89/with ad! *A One Man Company* Toilets, Faucets, Sm jobs Steve 763-497-2280 Lic#4040

612-802-8100

Roofs, Siding, & Gutters

2510

FREE ESTIMATES www.RoenRoofing.com Fully Insured • References • Lic #20626353

Quality Work @ Reas. Rates .

Siding & Windows LIFE TIME GUAR. Ins/ Lic. BBB

TOP QUALITY Roofing for LESS $$$ Re-roofing-Tearoffs.New Const . Large crew done in a day! Immaculate cleane-ups Ins Lic # 20073200 Ref's

952-472-5670

BBB

A Family Operated Bus.

• All types of Roofing • Seamless Gutters • Siding • Masonry • Insurance Claims

MISSION STATEMENT

“Your Home, Our Reputation”

ROOFING // WINDOWS // SIDING Free Estimates & Inspections Serving Entire Metro Area INSURANCE CLAIMS SPECIALIST

We are a Leader in the Home Improvement Industry.

Our Focus is Professional Behavior, Quality Workmanship, Diligent Production Management and Follow-Up. James Hardi Siding Factory trained installers

CALL NOW & SAVE 10% OFF

Find rewarding volunteer opportunities in Class 9450

Re-roofs Tear-offs BBB Free Est. MC/Visa No Subcontractors Used.

Lic/Ins. 952-891-8586 BLOMQUIST EXT SidingRoofs-Soffit-Fascia-Gutters Lic#20172580 763-754-2501 www.blomquistexteriors.com

Roofs, Siding, & Gutters

Tear-offs & New Construction Siding & Gutters Over 17 yrs exp. Free est.

Rodney Oldenburg

Will Beat Anybody's Price!

612-210-5267 952-443-9957

NEW HORIZONS TREE & LANDSCAPING

BIG TREES & STUMPS CHEAP!!

Lic #20156835 • Insured Offering the Best Extended Manufacturers Warranty

2570

Fully Licensed & Insured “We take pride in our work”

Snow Removal

612-203-4309

Residential Snow Removal We use a snow blower & shovel on your driveway & sidewalk.

Monthly or Per-Time Rates

(651) 644-6900 (952) 920-8888

15% Summer Discount

Insured

2490

Powerwashing

A Good Job!!

Kevin 612-810-2059

TREE REMOVAL/TRIMMING Shrub Pruning Free Ests Lic'd / Ins'd / 20 Yrs Exp. 952-922-7543 / 763-535-7512

Quality Work Since 1983

SNOW PLOWING Licensed Insured www.jimcooperjrlandscaping.com Free Estimates

(612) 869-2454

2620

Tree Service

Tree Service

2620

Ideal Tree Service Tree Removal, Tree Trimming 20% Fall & Senior Discount the time NOW is Oaks & to trimlms E

High Risk Climbing, Stump Grinding and Storm Clean Up

Quality Work and Low Rates Free Ests Lic’d & Ins’d

DAN WIMMER

(952) 881-2122 • (612) 599-6385 www.idealtreeandlandscape.com

Our job is to make you look good!

763-225-6200 www.sparklewashcmn.com

Arbor Tech Tree & Landscape, Inc.

• Tree Trimming • Storm Cleanup • Tree Removal • Land Clearing • Stump Removal • And Much More...

FREE ESTIMATES Winter Discounts Senior Discounts Senior Discounts

763-219-7796 Great Service • Affordable Prices Serving the Entire Metro Area LICENSED/INSURED

www.arbor-tech.com

2 lots–Glen Haven Mem Gardens In Garden of Nativity. + 2 Vaults. $1200 621-309-6833

Dawn Valley Memorial Park, Bloomington, 1 lot $600. 952-888-2958 Dawn Valley Memorial Park Eden Prairie. 1 lot, $1000/BO

320-762-8111 651-260-1335

Affordable Custom Uphols Upholstery – Slipcovers Visa/MC Jan 612-824-7376

Dawn Vlly: 2 lots-open, close, vault, marker all incl. Must sell $3500 ea. Sue 952-447-2962

Custom Drapes, Blinds, Upholstery, Bedspreads 35 yrs. Lake's 952-447-4655

Glen Haven, Crystal, MN: 3 lots in Christus Garden.

Retail $2595 ea. asking $750 ea. 218-251-3767 320-676-8944

2660

Window Cleaning

BLUE SKIES Window Cleaning 14 Yrs Exp Free Est. Insured

952-467-2447 Luke

Glenhaven Mem. Gardens Garden of Good Samaritan 4 lots $1000 each / or $3500 for all. 763-537-8296 Glenhaven Mem. Gardens, Garden of Nativity - 4 Lots: $1,000 each / OBO. Lot 65, Block-B, Sect 10 651-338-7684

Plymouth, MN

Estate Sales

3130 Window Cleaning 612-529-4444

3000

3050

Merchandise Boutiques/Craft Shows & Gifts

Art Show & Sale 10/30 (11-3) Durham Party Rm. 7201 York Ave. So., Edina (Parking in rear - see signs)

Snow Removal

2570

Jim Cooper, Jr.,Inc. LANDSCAPING

Over 25 yrs Professional Service

Commercial and residential pressure washing Decks strip & seal, roof washing, house washing, concrete cleaning and staining. Full exterior washing.

Upholstery & Slipcovers

15 yrs exp.

Thomas Tree Service

~ Seasonal Contracts Available ~

Call For Free Estimate www.WesternConstructionInc.com

(7663)

Tree Trimming & Removal.

Lot Clearing. Full Yard Landscaping. Fully Insured.

Call 612-390-0293 Dynamic Tree & Landscaping

Immaculate Clean-up!

Tree Removal/Trimming Lot Clearing Free Estimates 952-440-6104

SNOWPLOWING

ACCREDITED BUSINESS

2630

15% Fall Discount

SNOW PLOWING

Comm & Resid Sr. Discounts

Triple Glass for the Price of Double Glass

612-275-2574

Cemetery Lots

3090

Tree Trimming & Removal

612-396-9345

peterdoranlawn.com

Limited Offer

Trimming & Removal Free Estimates & Insured

Premier Tree Service

The Asphalt Company

Plowing/Shoveling

Fast Turnaround SERVING THE Reduce Energy Bills ENTIRE METO AREA Free Estimates MN LICENSE Bank Financing #20316811 Available BONDED • INSURED

AJ's Tree Service LLC

763-670-0260

952-888-5885

Family Owned & Operated Since 1949

Tree Service

0$ A Bid Bill's Tree & Shrub Care.

Save 33% - Insured Sr. Discounts 612-845-0957

“We Stand By Our Name!”

WINDOWS/SIDING

2620

NOVAK STUMP REMOVAL

Why Wait Free Est Lic/Ins 952-888-5123 Roofing LLC 2620 Tree Service

GOODE SNOWPLOWING

ROOFING • SIDING • WINDOWS • EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE • Hardiplank® Siding • QUICK RESPONSE TIME • HAIL DAMAGE 763-550-0043 • FREE INSPECTIONS 952-476-7601 • STATE LIC# 6793 • ESTABLISHED IN 1984 651-221-2600 www.GatesGeneralContractors.com

Stump Removal

2600

Commercial Snowplowing and Lawn Mowing.

Call 952-334-9840

952-544-ROOF Powerwashing

2510

Reas. Rates/Very Dependable Yearly Contract 612-968-2311

qiar

6465 Wayzata Blvd, #400 St. Louis Park, MN 55426

2490

Volunteer

Roofs, Siding, & Gutters

952-442-1002 612-875-7747 Cell

Powerwashing

612-724-2672 Local Owner/Installer. High

Shingles /Cedar Shake Reas rates-. 20+ yrs exp. Lic/Ins

SAVE MONEY - Competent master plumber needs work.

Lic#M3869 Jason 952-891-2490

ROEN ROOFING INC.

2490

RC EXTERIORS

Ins/Bond Lic. #57327-MR Dan 952-465-2926

Roofs, Siding, & Gutters

Roofs, Siding, & Gutters

Plumbing

763-792-2999 Geno's Sewer & Drain

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

2510

An Honest Plumber

2510

RAINBOW ROOFING

Allen's Perfect Painting Ceiling & Drywall Repair BBB Member. Call anytime.

Lic/Ins. Free Est. 612-388-2884

3 Rooms $175. Paper rem Enamel Refs avail. 952-201-1577

Plumbing

A RENEW PLUMBING •Drain Cleaning •Repairs •Remodeling •Lic# 004914PM Bond/Ins 952-884-9495

2510

Wall Paper Removal INTERIOR EXTERIOR

DAVE'S Painting Int/Ext

2470

In the Community, With the Community, For the Community

Bake & Craft Sale Benefit - Sat, Nov. 6 (10-2) $5 Soup & Bread Lunch (11-2) Bethlehem Lutheran Church 5701 Eden Prairie Rd, Mtka (N. of Hwy 62) 952-934-9633 Crafters Needed for Bazaar on Nov. 6 (9-2) @ Brooklyn United Methodist Church in Brooklyn Center. $25 for 6 ft space. Sheila 763-566-7262

Holiday Craft Sale Fri. & Sat, 10/29-30 (9-5) Unity of The Valley Spiritual Ctr. 4011 W. Hwy 13, Savage

Arden Hills - 1832 Grant Rd 10/29 (9-6); 10/30 (10-3) Royal Albert & other fine China, accordion & organ, furn., rockers, gun cabinet, snowblower, cookbks, HH & many “treats” Cash only See: www.gentlykept.com

EDINA 4901 Larkspur Lane Friday, 10/29 (8-4) Saturday, 10/30 (8-2) #'s 7am Friday

Spode/Copeland dish set, glassware, large oriental rug, child's tea set, mantle clock, brass bed 1930's era, iron bed, oak sideboard, MayBell guitar, vintage. hats/toys, games, books, records, 1920's pump organ, Lawnboy mower, Amana 17 cf. uprt freezer.

EbenezerEstateSales.org Ebenezer Hands & Hearts

Fireplace & Firewood

3150 FIREWOOD

Affordable Firewood OAK & BIRCH, 2 YRS DRIED

4 x 8 x 16. Free delivery & stack. 612-867-6813 FIREWOOD

3080

Children's Column

Infant-Toddler 6-sect, heavy Playland-Play yard exc cond. $50. 952-944-1046

3090

Cemetery Lots

2 lots Garden of Devotion.

Glen Haven Mem. Gardens, $1500 for both. 651-213-0610

3050

Boutiques/Craft Shows & Gifts

100% Premium Dried Oak 24+ yrs Exp 507-280-7780 www.procutfirewood.com FIREWOOD

Clean Oak/Mix Firewood

Very dry! 4'x8'x16” $125 Solid stack. Quantity disc.

763-238-5254 Reach More Readers Place your classified ad with us and automatically get an ad on our Web Site!

3050

Boutiques/Craft Shows & Gifts

Holiday Bazaar Church of the Assumption Crafts, Food, Vendors and more!

Saturday, November 6, 2010 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

305 E 77th St • Richfield, MN

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In the Community, With the Community, For the Community

3160

Furnishings

BED: $145 New QUEEN Pillowtop; KING $265; FULL $135. Can deliver.

612-419-2707 Blck leather, couch & love seat, good cond $1200/set.

3 mod glass tables set, $150. Maytag W/D (gas) $150 both. 763-559-3134 Buffet end, coffee tbles, 4 antq. chairs, iron bed frame, brass/glass bkcase, train set. 952-406-0329/Jeff

Misc.

Wanted

3270

WANTED: Clean used furniture & household goods for Low Income Store. Prompt, free pickup. 612-859-9615

Fridley

3529

5000

Huge Garage Sale & Fall Open House Sat., Oct 30 9am - 1pm Banfill Crossing Sr. Apts

Musical Instuments

3280

8310 University Ave NE Bake sale

Baldwin Console Piano w/bench, medium oak fin., built 1980, $800. 952-935-1566

3600

Clarinet. Good condition.

Clean, one owner. $500.

763-227-4570

3609

Craft sale

Garage Sales next week

3665

3230

Lawn/Garden Equipment

06 Torybuilt leaf vacuum and chipper. $300 763-234-3740

3240

Machinery & Tools

Craftsman Air Compressor, 2 hp, 220 volt, gd condition, $150. 612-751-6324

3250

Medical Supplies

Medical REVO 3-wheel pride scooter, new, $1,000.

763-559-3134

3260

Misc.

For Sale

Comic Books – Superhero 1,000's @ .25 cents each.

Must sell. Carl 612-849-4874

Garage Sales this week

3500

Apple Valley

3503

Duplexes/Dbl Bungalows For Rent

West Blmgtn- 3BR 2BA 5820 Old Shakopee Road 1100 sq ft, w/d

2+ car gar, privt backyd, $1260/mo. + util. $500 gift certificate w/signed lease!

952-994-6723

Burnsville

Entrtnmt cntr, lgt oak, GRAND PIANO: 6 foot, Artist used supplies & furn glss doors , 64x18x44”, fts Haddorff, Cherry. Exc con- sale! Easels. 190 S River 27” TV, $299. 952-432-2657 dition! $5,000. 952-881-3125 Ridge Cir. 11/4-6 (9-4) Recliner: Black leather, Piano: Story & Clark, stuw/full body massage. Like dio. One owner, Exc cond!

Plymouth new! B/O 763-449-0189 $1,950/BO. 612-865-3525 Sofa & Recliner, matching, $425. Antiq. kidney shape desk, $325. 763-535-4608

5300

Rentals

5400

Houses For Rent

Cologne: 3BR, 2BA, 3 Car, Blt 2005, $1,300/mo + util.

Call Shawn 952-334-0227

Department 56 Sale

This space could be yours.

November 5-6 (9-4) Cash only. 16405 9th Ave. North

952-392-6888

Bloomington

Huge Moving Sale 10/30-31 (10a-5p) 5688 133rd St. Ct. Furn, men 2X cloz & more.

3506

Bloomington

Family-Run Estate Sale!

Sat, 10/30 (7-5). Cash only.

9120 Bryant Ave.

3519

Crystal

Dressers, clean cloz up to 5x, HH, giftware, vint. & new jewelry. 5517 Welcome Ave N 10/29-30 (9-5)

3525

Edina

10/29 (8-5) Treadmill, exerc. bike, HH, toys, tools, furn. 6806 Dovre Dr (E. exit

ONE LEVEL LIVING Beautiful large town home next to Minnesota River Bluffs. Main floor has over 1,800 square feet with large master suite and great open floor plan. 11208 Wyoming Rd. $389,000. Call for showing today!

Wade Thommen 952-994-2035 Edina Realty

OPEN HOUSE!

Richfield

Oct. 31 • 1-3

Fish Tank - 46 Gal Bow 169 /Londonderry-Bren Rd) front & access. Woodgrain stand. $250/bo 651-456-9211 Sample Sale: Gifts, Stationary, HH, more! 10/28 (9-5), 10/29 (9-12) 7024 Wexford Rd

3270

STEVE'S TRAIN CITY

952-933-0200 Polaris Snowmobile & ATV's. Non-working only.

Will pick up, will pay cash! 612-987-1044

Sell it, Buy it See it in Sun•Classifieds www.mnSun.com

READY FOR NEW OWNER! Lovingly cared for 3 bdrm home with many updates! Eat-inkitchen, finished rec room. Loads of storage, 2 car garage, great yard, quiet street, close to bus, shopping and more!

Home warranty. Reduced to $164,000. 6220 5th Ave. S.

Coldwell Banker Burnet Kaye Fredrikson Call 612-309-4410

COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES FOR SALE • FOR LEASE

FOR LEASE - Bloomington 8147 Pleasant Ave S 3,244 sf office/warehouse Loading dock, industrial power.

Near 35W & 494 intersection. $1,650/month net.

Jim 952-888-9225 or 612-799-0755

OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE

IMMEDIATELY

850 sq ft. Owner will help with build out.

Great location!

On Old Shakopee Road, near 35W. Signage included.

952-835-4284 ext. 2

Rooms For Rent

Move in Special / Furn.

Studio Rooms for Rent Incl. all utils., phone, cable & Internet from $799/mo.

Call Michael 763-227-1567

5700

Storage

Classic Car/Boat Storage Secured building in floor heat. Local area. Please call Steve 612-518-3526 Winter Storage available for motorcycle or jet ski. $50 per month. 952-474-1956

6400

Apartments & Condos For Rent

To place an ad in Commercial Properties Call 952-392-6876 Approximately 6400 sq ft of warehouse space, with one dock, private warehouse office and one drive in door. South Blmgtn $3500 per month gross rent.

(Includes taxes, insurance, utilities, all operating expenses.)

Call 651-414-6055 for details/showing.

Apartments & Condos For Rent

6400

EDEN PRAIRIE 952-934-5109

Live Among Friends Upscale Community Indoor Pool, Spa & Sauna Business Center, Game Room, Exercise Facility Washer/Dryer, Ceiling Fans & Fireplaces Underground Parking.

Near Airport, MOA & Southdale.

Studio, 1 & 2 BR's $750 - $1545

See us at our Open House Fri., Oct. 29 10am-3pm Refreshments served The Oaks on Pleasant 6600 Pleasant Ave

The Best Deal In Town!

14017 Chestnut Drive Near E.P. Mall Outdoor Pool & BBQ's Easy access to 494 & 169 Wood-burning F/P Garage incl. with Rent 1BR $750 2BR $850 NO Pets Please!

9000

9020

Employment Business Opps & Info

Recession Proof Business WallStreetsDirtySecret.com

612-987-6873 Not MLM

9050

Health Care

Live in PCA

Bloomington 2br Shining Clean corner apt! All new windows, heat pd. $795.

9948 Penn 952-881-8373 Edina - 50th & France 1BR w/ deck. $685 + elec.

612-210-9744 320-274-3398 Excelsior 1BR $695, 2BR $790, 1 block to Lake Mtka!

Quiet, clean, ht pd, Gar avl , cat OK. 952-401-3457

RICHFIELD

612-866-6797

GREENBRIER 6445 Queen Ave. S. Spacious 1BR & 2BR Apartments in quiet, residential area. On bus line, near Southdale.

Heat & storage incl., A/C, elevator, BBQ.

1BR $635 2BR $750 TWO MONTHS FREE! No Pets Please

9100

Help Wanted/ Full Time

Administrative Assistant

Richfield

612-259-2700

Hopkins - Opus Area Attractive, lg 1 BR condo, built-ins, DW, pool, nice! $595 952-432-4515

Misc.

Wanted

Buying Old Trains & Toys

5600

Responsibilities include servicing new and existing account processes, providing administrative, sales and customer service support, database management, general office duties & various projects as needed. Must have strong organization & communication skills, aptitude for detail & numbers, proficiency in MS Office & the ability to learn and work within deadlines on multiple programs. Email: info@qais.biz or send to: QA Investment Services, Attn: Shelley Hall, 10225 Yellow Circle Drive, Suite 101, Minnetonka, MN 55343.

Biz-2-Biz Interviewing Home Based Business proj experience.

No home calling. 10+hrs/ wk avail from your home M-F days? $12-$18/hr.

Please call 952-252-6000 infotechmarketing.com

Dock Trucks and Cube Vans

Dynamex a national leadNeeded in Hopkins for er in the same day courier client with high person- industry is in need of Inal care needs. Experi- dependent Contractors ence preferred. Need with their 24-26 ft dock someone ASAP. Call trucks with lift gates and Molly: 952-814-7400 16 foot cube vans. Work available immediately, Mon- Fri. Social Services Must be able to pass back ground and drug screen.

PT Direct Care Must be able to obtain Positions A group home in Bloom- commercial insurance. ington is looking for outMust be able to speak going individuals! 2 yrs clearly on Nextel. exp w/DD and valid DL reIf interested please call q'd. 4 positions: Awake Jodi 651-746-5945 or Night & 3 Program CounJim 651-746-5943 selors. Email resume to: yolandad@ thomasalleninc.com For details check us out online: www.thomasalleninc.com Drivers - Class A AA/EOE Local, Reg or OTR, Clean MVR, 2 yrs recent exp. No felonies. 651-917-5387 or Help Wanted/ 763-782-6858 Full Time

9100

ASSOCIATE TRAINEE Real Estate Career Fast Growth Potential Rolland 952-949-4724 Irene 952-949-4759 rsmaagaard@cbburnet.com Coldwell Banker Burnet cbburnet.com EOE

Bloomington

MATURE DRIVERS $400 + per wk driving passengers to medical appointments. Clear criminal Background driving rec, neat appearance, Exc. people skills, ability to pass a physical. Leave Msg on Care Cab. Msg Ctr for Cathy 1-800 437-2094 (Local Company.)

9100

Help Wanted/ Full Time

Education

Teachers New Horizon Academy is accepting resumes for Teachers for our in-house substitute network.

Candidates must have experience in a licensed early childhood program, and college credits in Early Childhood or Elementary Education or related field of study. Full or Part time flexible Schedules are available, two or more days per week, typical shifts are 8-5 or 9-6. Send resumes to: katier@nhacademy.net E.O.E.

WE WANT TAILORS! PT/FT positions for exp. tailors. Very nice, brand new store.

Excellent starting pay+benefits.

Lisa (320)-339-0045 (952)-474-5243 Tailors on 79th Chanhassen

We’re

bigger than you think.

Med. Receptionist Full-time position in Edina. Experience a must.

Benefits. Fax resume to: 952-920-0232

If you like music-sports and $$$ OPEN 1-3 SUNDAY 10/31 Stop by this beauty at 3717 Canterbury Dr and take a look! 4br/2bath/walkout rambler on private lot. $209,900.

Joel Songstad 612-597-1646 Edina Realty

Generous base + bonus, incentives, spiffs and awards. Clear speaking voice and positive attitude are all you need. Casual atmosphere. Day hours, off at 2:00pm on Fridays.

Immediate openings.

Call--952-252-4150

Sun•Classifieds

Delivered to your door every Thursday

952-392-6888

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9100

Help Wanted/ Full Time

Be a Superstar at Sun Newspapers

INSIDE SALES Are you outgoing, positive and self-motivated?

Sun Newspapers has an immediate opening for an entry level inside sales professional to join our team. With this position, you will be responsible for using your business development skills to identify and build long-term relationships with new and existing accounts.

Duties and Responsibilities: Identify sources of sales leads, prospects and referral sources to build account list Analyzing customer needs and identifying solutions Develop and maintain good business relationships Closing sales over the phone Tracking and achieving/exceeding sales goals Requirements 0-2 years sales and customer service experience Strong persuasive prospecting and interpersonal closing skills Professional communication skills and presence on the phone Energy, self-motivation, enthusiasm, integrity Outstanding organization skills Computer proficiency If you believe you have what it takes to be a superstar, send your resume to:

careers@ acnpapers.com

9200

Help Wanted/ Part Time

Administrative Professional Hardware.com (http://us.hardware.com) located in Edina, is seeking a PT administrative professional to assist in daily AR/AP and other administrative tasks. Must be detail-oriented, have excellent organizational skills and the ability to multi-task. College degree and/or accounting experience required. This position is part-time with a flexible schedule and competitive pay: EOE Please email resume to: jeni.daly@hardware.com NO CALLS/NO TEMP AGENCIES PLEASE!

Help Wanted/ Part Time

9200

952-392-6888

Local market research firm is looking for 25 detail oriented people to edit mystery shop reports. Excellent spelling, grammar & phone skills a must! Requires minimum of 4 hrs/day & 1 wknd/mo. We offer paid training, flexible hours, & the opportunity to work from home.

Pay averages $12-14/hr.

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9810

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9820

Motorcycle, Moped, Motor Bike

Motorcycles Wanted!

Cash for used & Damaged 651-285-1532

9900

Vans, SUVs, & Trucks

'95 GMC conversion Suburban. 139,000 mi, 1 owner. Well maint. TV, VCR, custom int, 4x4. $4,900/BO. 763-420-5254, 612-328-1648

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HELENA HOWARD Senior Helena Howard is a National Merit Semifinalist, and Advanced Placement Scholar with Distinction, a member of National Honor Society and ranks in the top 10% of her class.

Helena is a Science Olympiad, a set designer for the Jefferson Theatre Company and is a member of the Tennis and Track & Field teams. She volunteers as a dog walker for the Humane Society.

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Reader Advisory: the National Trade Association we belong to has purchased the following 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.

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Since 1981 WE ARE A+ RATED WITH THE BBB

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435 1st Ave. E. in Downtown Shakopee (across from Holiday) 952-884-9555

‘10 Ford Explorer XLT V6, 4x4, 3rd row, 20M, sharp ride!

$26,900

‘09 Chevy Cobalt ‘10 Dodge Nitro SUV CALL FOR 4 dr, SE, 2WD, only 17M, DAILY INCOMING LT Sedan nicely equipped INVENTORY! MANY CD, Alloy Wheels, Nicely VEHICLES ARRIVE Equipped, 29M, & SELL DAILY $11,295 02 Ford Explorer XLT BEFORE PRINT!

$17,295

‘03 Ford Ranger Super Cab XLT

‘08 Kia Optima LX

‘06 Ford F150

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$10,999

Super cab, XLT, 5.4 4x4, only 42M, nice options

$11,288

‘07 Toyota Camry LE ‘09 Dodge Charger

‘09 Kia Rondo LX

Nicely equipped, extra nice, 34M. Super Clean!

Room for all the gear, great MPG, 46M

$12,995

$11,688 ‘09 Ford Focus SE Sedan Super Clean! Only 20M

$11,990 ‘09 Kia Spectra EX A lot of car for the money!

Only 35M

$10,495 ‘10 Dodge Avenger

Your deserve something nice for how hard you work. This is it! 29M

$13,695 ‘09 Hyundai Sonata GLS

‘09 Kia Borrego V6, 4x4, 3rd row seating, whole lot of ride for the money! 20M

$20,750 ‘05 Subaru Forester XT

$14,988 BEST REPUTATION IN MINNESOTA!

‘10 Chevy HHR LT CD, Loaded, 20M, Cute!

$13,795

$12,995

XLT, 4x4, Running boards, black & sharp! 41M

ALL CARS CERTIFIED INSPECTED ‘07 Chrysler PT Cruiser

$17,795

‘10 Jeep Patriot Sport 4x4 18M, get ready for the season

‘07 Volvo S60 2.5T, 1-Owner. Lease return, 57M, pwr roof, htd lthr seats, Impeccable.

$15,495 ‘05 Chevrolet Trailblazer LT V6, 4x4, htd leather, p. roof, loaded, 91M

$17,995

$12,398

‘09 Pontiac G5

‘09 Chevy Impala LT

2dr, Equipped!!! Spoiler, 38M. It’s Red & Sassy

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$13,995

$9,395

Silver, automatic, sedan, great mpg!

5.3L, 4x4, htd lthr,mem, 20 inch chromes, new tires, 76M, loaded!

‘10 Dodge Grand Caravan 5 Dr., SXT, Loaded, Stow ‘n Go, Exc. Cond., Nicely Equipped, 24M

Bright blue, 41M & super cute!

$18,995

‘04 Chevy Cavalier

‘06 Nissan Maxima SE

Coupe, custom rims w/new tires, Skyroof, 1 owner, 53M, stunning!

5 speed, extremely clean, 88M

$4,900 ‘10 Ford Escape XLT V6, ld’d, includes P. seat & alloys! Only 33M

$18,790 ‘05 Ford F150 Super Crew XLT

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16 Ft Tandem Utility w/4 Wheel Brakes

$15,388

‘10 Hyundai Sonata GLS 20M, JD Powers says “Buy this Car”

$14,495 ‘10 Cadillac DTS This one is meticulous!

Super low miles! 21M, Shop this price!

4x4, 5.4 V8, 94M, side steps, tow pkg, $29,495 tonneau, black, 1 owner! ‘05 Toyota Corolla LE Cute as a bugs ear. WOW, Rare!

SALE PRICED AT

$16,995

14 'dump 14,000 GVW

$19,644

‘09 Chrysler PT Cruiser

$9,244

Tandem Axle Cargo

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$8,795

‘05 GMC Sierra 1500 ‘07 Ford Fusion SE SLT Crew Cab V6, well equipped, alloys, 57M

$12,695

ATV Trailers w/Side Loading Ramps - 12 & 14 Ft Available

$21,290 ‘09 Chevy Aveo

$20,995

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4 Dr, 4x4, XLT, nicely equipped.

Extra clean, 35M

‘11 Kia Sorento LX AWD, only 1574, factory warranty to 60M!

18 Ft Flat Bed w/Dove Tail

‘09 Ford Explorer

$15,990

AWD, power roof, ht’d leather, loaded, WOW! ‘10 Toyota Corolla LE Red hot new body style nicely Only 48M equipped including cruise, 39k miles!

‘07 Ford Explorer

$8,250

4 dr, SXT, 3.5L, Loaded, Spoiler, Alloys, 37M, Just Gorgeous!!

$12,788

38M. w/p roof Full factory warranty up to 60M miles!

Touring, CD, Alloys, 61M

$18,790

V6 4x4, 5 pass, only 51M low mileage, gem, Just in time for Winter.

$8,280

‘09 Hyundai Elantra GLS 4dr, only 38M, black and cute as a bugs ear!

$11,887

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In the Community, With the Community, For the Community

WHEN NOBODY

STOOD UP, Senator David Hann Did.

THANK

YOU Senator Hann FOR PUTTING

PATIENTS

OVER POLITICS.

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