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NEWS Memorial Day services set Memorial Day services will be held this weekend in the Farmington and Rosemount area. Page 3A
OPINION Contracts must be public Gov. Mark Dayton should sign a bill that would make contracts between government and private companies public records. Page 4A
THISWEEKEND
May 22, 2014 • Volume 129 • Number 12
City hires community development director Lakeville staff member takes the new job by Jennifer Chick SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE
As Farmington anticipates future growth in one of the fastest growing areas in the Twin Cities metro, the City Council has hired a new community development director. Adam Kienberger was approved to fill the community developmet director position at the council’s meeting Monday night. Currently, Kienberger is the economic development specialist for Lakeville where he coordinates economic development activities and acts as a liaison to several private and public sector partner organizations. “I’m very excited for Adam to come over here and get started,� Farm-
ington Mayor Todd build the commuLarson said. “I’m nity,� Kienberger excited for him to said. bring his knowlWorking in ecoedge and skill set to nomic developFarmington.� ment, Kienberger Fa r m i n g t o n said, is about doCity Council mem- Adam ing something difbers have placed Kienberger ferent every day. economic develop“You are always ment as one of the city’s working with different astop priorities in the com- pects of a community,� he ing years, and in March, said. “There is such a dithe City Council approved versity of subject matters the addition of a commu- you get to learn and work nity development director on with the community.� position to the city staff. He said enjoys making The position was reestab- connections and bringlished due to a staffing ing partners together. change after Farmington’s When Farmington reescity planner, Lee Smick, tablished the position in was dismissed. March, Dave McKnight, Kienberger will begin Farmington’s city adminhis new job on May 30. istrator, said the person “It’s a great opportuni- who fills the new posity, and I’m excited to make tion will oversee planning, the transition to FarmingSee DIRECTOR, 6A ton to help continue to
District 196 panel decides to keep book despite use of ‘R-word’ ‘Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You’ will stay on the shelves by Jessica Harper SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE
A book that was under consideration for removal for its use of the word “retard� will remain in nine District 196 libraries. A panel of teachers, parents and RosemountApple Valley-Eagan School District officials voted unanimously on May 14 to keep “Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You� on the shelves. The 11-member committee read and discussed the book by Barthe DeClements following a request by Jenna Boutain, a Farmington resident whose daughter attends a district school, to remove it due to concerns it uses the derogatory term for
students with disabilities. Boutain is also a special education teacher at Falcon Ridge Middle School in District 196. “This book does not just use the word ‘retardSee BOOK, 11A
Lund forges lifelong connections
Ink-brush serenity An exhibit featuring the East Asian art form Sumi-e is coming to the Robert Trail Library in Rosemount. Page 19A
SPORTS
Runners place third
Farmington’s Teacher of the Year tells her story by Jennifer Chick SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE
Brenda Lund feels that her main role as an educator is to make connections with students. Her peers have recognized that passion for teaching and have honored her as Farmington’s Teacher of the Year. Farmington’s Teacher of the Year is nominated and voted on by the teachers within Farmington Area Public Schools District 192. “It truly is an honor and it’s a humbling experience when you have so many amazing colleagues who deserve to be nominated,� Lund said. She teaches Advanced Placement Psychology at Farmington High School, a class she loves for the personal interaction she is able to share with her students. “One of my jobs as a teacher is to make things relevant in their lives,� Lund said. She See LUND, 10A
The Rosemount High School boys track and field team placed third at the True Team meet in Stillwater. Page 12A
Brenda Lund has been named Farmington’s Teacher of the Year. She teaches Advanced Placement Psychology and enjoys the lively discussions in her classes as she talks with students about relationships and what is happening in their lives. (Photo by Jennifer Chick)
Mosaic to reflect the community One Tile, One Rosemount effort to result in library artwork
ONLINE To receive a feed of breaking news stories, follow us at twitter.com/ SunThisweek. Discuss stories with us at facebook.com/ SunThisweek. Carly Schmitt interacts with others during a community art project. Schmitt is an artist and teacher who is undertaking her second mosaic tile art project this summer in conjunction with the Rosemount Area Arts Council. (Photo submitted)
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Rosemount residents will have a chance to leave their mark this summer. The Rosemount Area Arts Council will launch the One Tile, One Rosemount community art project in June in conjunc-
tion with the group’s first ArtBlast. The community art project will offer the chance for community members to personalize the 9,200 tiles that will form a mosaic painting inside the lobby of the Robert Trail Library – a branch of the Dakota County system.
Artist Carly Schmitt, who created the mosaic image of “Journey,� knows the galvanizing effect such a project can have on a community. In 2013, she worked with residents of the 13,000-population Vadnais Heights to personalize 11,424 tiles for a mural
Carly Schmitt’s “Journey� will be the image that will be created by the One Tile, One Rosemount community art project. Schmitt said the image of a river was inspired by a view from Spring Lake Park Reserve in the northeast tip of Rosemount. (Image submitted) that stretched over two communities that we can panels the city’s Commons say we all did something Building. together, or worked to“It is not very often in the life of today’s modern See MOSAIC, 11A
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