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Renovations at Rosemount High welcome School receives new parking lot, band space, entrance

by Andy Rogers SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Rosemount High School, which was built in 1964, looks a little newer in 2019.

The school received a facelift in recent months including an updated parking lot and an additional 12,000 square feet of building space.

The project includes a new rehearsal and music space to support a mas-

sively popular band program.

“We had absolutely outgrown the space,” RHS Principal Pete Roback said.

With more than 300 students in the marching band along with growing curricular band programs, space was limited.

“The old space was too small for the largest band and arts programs in the state,” said Kim Budde, assistant principal. “While

the 1964 construction served us well for a long time, we had no room to accommodate the size of the ensembles that we are currently working with.

There was no storage and practice rooms, ensemble space and storage were spread all around the school.”

The new space gives the band easier access to the outdoors for marching band rehearsal. They also have new sound lock

practice modules along with furniture, stands and upgraded technology for the program.

“It is larger to accommodate the large ensembles,” Budde said. “The acoustical treatment allows for larger groups to be able to hear (both during and after) rehearsals.

In addition, band storage is located directly off of the band room rather than in the hallway or the room itself.”

Bison in Dakota County?

Officials studying the possibility of bringing them back

by Andy Rogers

Dakota County will do a feasibility study to see what it would take to bring back bison to the area.

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Could bison once again roam in Dakota County?

Photo submitted That’s what Tom Lewanski, Dakota County Parks’ natural resource manager, wants to find out.

Dakota County is doing a feasibility study about possibly introducing bison into its parks.

It’s part of an overall plan to return the park system back to its natural state as much as possible.

The park system has recently gone through a series of prairie and savanna restoration projThe bison’s return “While bringing back swers at this point,” Daects, and its battle with could be a key part of the bison is certainly an in- kota County District 4 the invasive buckthorn process, but it’s just an triguing idea, there are Commissioner Joe Atkins tree is ongoing. idea at this point. more questions than anSee Bison, 13A

Through the design process, Budde said the district determined “we could have greatest impact by making the new construction a band room, renovating the existing space into a multipurpose room, changing the structure of the choir room and creating a performing arts lobby that would better meet the needs of our crowds that we have for theater, dance shows, concerts and parent events.”

The band rooms are located near the choir area and performing arts center, so the arts community is much more connected.

The former band room was outfitted with a sprung floor, mirrors and new lighting. It now serves as a multi-use space for performing arts, dance and choir.

“The layout is much the same size as our theater, so blocking and planning See RHS, 13A

Farmington aims to be more bike, pedestrian friendly First bike pedestrian plan meeting held Jan. 10

by Jody Peters SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Minnesota is seen by some as a bike lover’s paradise. In 2017, it was voted the second most bike-friendly state by the League of American Bicyclists.

But while dedicated bike lanes and trails are commonplace in cities like Minneapolis, those amenities are harder to find in Farmington.

Now the city is planning to improve condi-

tions for bicyclists and pedestrians through its bike pedestrian plan.

In June 2018, the city was awarded a $32,000 Statewide Health Improvement Partnership grant through Dakota County to create a bike pedestrian plan.

The goal is to create a safe, interconnected system of trails and sidewalks in Farmington. Hoisington Koegler Group Inc. was hired as the consulting firm to help design the See Bike plan, 16A

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DCTC and Inver Hills sponsor community career and internship fair

Business Calendar To submit items for the • Wednesday, Jan. 30, Business Calendar, email: 9-10 a.m., Meet the Chamber, darcy.odden@ecm-inc.com. Spire Credit Union, 1251 Town Centre Drive, Eagan. For new Apple Valley Chamber of and prospective members.

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Business networking group events: • Leads to Referrals Chapter of BNI meets 7:30 a.m.

Tuesdays at Vivo Kitchen, 15435 Founders Lane, Apple Valley. Information: Helen Peterson, 952-412-0265.

• Sunrise Results meets Thursdays at 7:45 a.m. for networking and an 8-9 a.m. meeting at Vivo Kitchen, 15435 Founders Lane, Apple Valley.

Information: Tom Van Delist, 612-325-7275.

Dakota County Technical College and Inver Hills Community College will hold a Career and Internship Fair 3-6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, in the Inver Hills Fine Arts Building, 2500 80th St. E., Inver Grove Heights.

The joint fair provides the colleges’ students, alumni and the community an opportunity to connect with employers actively hiring, as well as the

opportunity to learn more about career advancement through education.

Participating employers include Prime Therapeutics, Dakota County, First Judicial District-State of Minnesota, Metropolitan Council, Travelers Insurance and more. Attendees will get face time to learn about individual organizations and in some cases to apply in person directly through human resources

staff.

Upon arrival, attendees will receive a handout showcasing the employers and the types of positions they are hiring. This provides attendees the opportunity to seek out the employers who interest them most.

Attendees should dress in business attire and bring a resume. Learn more at: http://bit.ly/2yrfrfc.

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‘Blood moon’ rising

Photos contributed by Andrea Wambold

Eagan resident Andrea Wambold weathered freezing temperatures in the middle of the night Jan. 20 to capture images of the lunar eclipse and the “blood moon” from Ohman Park in Eagan. She said when she got back to her car it was 4 degrees below zero. “Chilly, but worth it,” she said.

Religion Human trafficking presentation at River Hills UMC River Hills United Methodist Church in Burnsville will hold a presentation on human trafficking 6:30-8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 28.

Attendees will learn about human trafficking, including who is vulnerable and to keep their eyes open to signs of trouble.

The presentation will be given by a representative from Homeland Security.

No registration is required. For more information, call 952-890-2515 or email riverhills@riverhillsumc.org.

SOTV and 360 Communities celebrate partnership Two longstanding community organizations, each striving to serve the people in their communities, are celebrating 20 years of partnership.

Shepherd of the Valley (SOTV) has collected school supplies and winter outerwear since 1999. Last year, it supplied $7,500, filled 454 backpacks, and donated 1,463 winter items to families supported by 360 Communities and local students in need.

In 2010, the church opened an on-site food shelf to serve families seeking assistance from

360 Communities. One of five “choice model” food shelves affiliated with 360 Communities, the SOTV Food Shelf has achieved “Super Shelf ” status, and now provides fresh produce, meat, eggs, dairy and healthier food options.

Last year, SOTV’s Food Shelf served 1,230 families with 165,355 pounds of groceries.

360 Communities has a circle of programs and resources that surround people in need and promote long-term self-sufficiency, including two shelters, two resource centers, a food shelf network, and programs that support school success.

To learn more about 360 Communities, visit www.360communities.org or call 952-985-5300.

SOTV offers a variety of ministries related to worship, Christian education, connecting with others in fellowship and service, and caring for people in times of need. For more information, visit www. sotv.org or call 952-4326351. Shepherd of the Valley is located at 12650 Johnny Cake Ridge Road in Apple Valley.

Luther College Nordic Choir to perform The Luther College Nordic Choir will perform Feb. 9-10 at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 12650 Johnny

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Women’s luncheon set Feb. 14 The Minnesota Valley Christian Women’s Connection will hold its Valentine luncheon 12-2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14, at Valleywood Golf Course, 4851 McAndrews Road, Apple Valley.

Speaker Lisa Fred will share “A Sanctuary in Suffering” on how the accidental death of her husband thrust her into the harsh reality of suffering but prompted unlimited opportunities for growth.

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Opinion Welcome and advice for Minnesota’s new governor In October, we opined that Tim Walz had the ability to “pull us together and move Minnesota forward as a vibrant state, a place we are proud to call home.”

Now governor, Walz spoke about his agenda in his recent inauguration address. In defining his theme “One Minnesota,” Walz said, “This does not mean we are all the same. One Minnesota means we work together across lines of differences to find our shared values and improve people’s lives.”

The new governor’s State of the State and his specific proposals for a budget due next month offer opportunities for him to shape plans for a more united Minnesota.

Many of Minnesota’s 5.6 million residents remain divided with conflicting rural-urban goals, something Walz seems well positioned to address as a 12-year Congressman from southern Minnesota’s 1st District. Disparities continue to exist along racial and economic communities, and our student achievement gap remains expansive.

Walz has filled all but two of 22 key cabinet positions, now awaiting legislative concurrence. Additionally, over 100 appointees to various state boards and commissions must be made to assure a smoothly functioning administration.

ECM Editorial He is also leaning on Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, former State House member from St. Louis Park and her insights as a member of the White Earth nation, creating a role for her that is well beyond the traditional low profile assignment.

We are encouraged Walz appears to reject the “winner take all” approach by allowing majority and minority lawmakers to be given a voice. Inviting such dialogue will be challenge number one for the new governor — and is worth taking.

Outgoing Gov. Mark Dayton and the Republican-controlled 2018 Legislature left important unfinished business. Walz and the new DFL majority in the House and the Republican’s slim Senate majority have urgent business.

Among our immediate concerns: The state income tax needs compliance with the new federal tax law and long-term transportation funding is unresolved.

Additionally, failures in the Minnesota Licensing and Registration System rollout, alleged fraud in child care subsidies, and backlogs in senior and child abuse investigations need attention.

Walz starts with a $1.5 billion budget surplus, a growing list of funding requests and ominous signs of a slowing economy.

A new two-year budget is expected to near $50 billion, an increase of nearly $6 billion. This continues a concerning trend. Spending increased 50 percent during the previous eight years, a trajectory unsustainable for Minnesota’s taxpayers.

Walz calls education “the most important public institution in America.”

He favors reducing class size, increasing teacher pay and rebuilding local schools.

We’d also urge consideration of a strong pre-K program emphasizing direct aid through the current $70 million early childhood scholarship program. Today 43,000 low-income four-year-olds and their families are unable to afford pre-K without assistance.

A prepared, productive workforce is the top concern of the state’s 150,000 private employers. Besides changes in the way we educate future workers, publicprivate efforts to support Minnesotans of any age with technology-intensive training, as well as stimulate affordable workforce housing are in order.

Minnesota must increase funding for transportation. Walz will propose a state gas tax increase, to be spent in an equi-

table manner throughout the state.

Affordable health care is a high concern among Minnesotans. The MNsure reinsurance program that aids working adults will expire this year without further authorization, and the federal government’s portion of this program is declining. Enhancing the ability of private employers to provide insurance should be a goal. Existing public health care programs must be sustainable without increasing costly bureaucracy. Walz likes the idea of using the current 2 percent tax on health care providers to increase state-subsidized coverage for low-income individuals; this idea should be carefully examined.

By every indication, Walz is an open, optimistic leader. He is well positioned to develop an honest conversation with policymakers, the media and the public that will foster a widely understood decisionmaking process.

A new governor is somewhat like a blank book and the author’s pen is in Walz’ hands. This is his opportunity to create an optimistic story for us all.

This is an opinion of the Adams Publishing-ECM Editorial Board. Reactions welcome. Send to: editorial.board@ecm-inc. com.

Letters Let them get back to work To the editor: It was a most startling bit of hubris! In remarks published in the Jan. 11 edition, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig, D-Eagan, spoke of her empathy for furloughed government workers. She added that she would donate her salary to a food shelf dur-

ing the shutdown. During the election campaigns her assets were listed as in excess of $1 million. It is possible that this taxdeductible donation will not be felt. However, what the citizens of this district need is for Craig and her democrat majority to pass a budget that includes the wall. Then the furloughed workers can return to the important jobs left behind.

RICHARD IFFERT Eagan

Border security needed To the editor: Insufficient border security is creating a crisis in communities throughout America. Ninety percent of the heroin in America comes through our south-

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ern border, fueling the opioid epidemic, destroying families, and killing thousands of our fellow citizens. In the past two years, more Americans have died from opioid overdoses than died in the Vietnam war.

America welcomes more than one million legal immigrants every year who go through a long vetting process. However, the current immigration system is broken due to a combination of outdated legal immigration rules

and lax enforcement that exacerbates lawlessness.

In 2017 and 2018, roughly 235,000 illegal immigrants were arrested on various criminal charges or convictions within the interior of the United See Letters, 5A

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Despite what you hear, we are a unified state

by Don Heinzman SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

I get upset when I hear partisan political leaders imply that suburban residents oppose the state legislative policies favored by those living outside the Twin Cities.

Gov. Tim Walz will have no problem convincing suburban residents that we are “One Minnesota” with his desire to heal partisan divisions.

Well, let’s set the record straight.

Suburban residents depend on Minneapolis and St. Paul and on each other in the seven-county metropolitan area: Hennepin, Ramsey, Carver, Scott, Dakota, Washington and Anoka.

I lived and raised a family in Bloomington, the fifth largest city in Minnesota, and I reported the development of suburban communities, as a reporter

Staff Columnist Don Heinzman and editor, in suburban newspapers.

I know a thing or two about the suburbs. They are neither urban nor rural.

They are self-governing communities whose cornerstones are schools and colleges.

We admire those “outstate” citizens living in such cities as Duluth, Rochester, Mankato, Albert Lea, Austin and Worthington, to mention a few. We appreciate those who grow the soybeans, corn and the turkeys, making Minnesota a leading producer of agricultural products.

Many of us were born and raised on a farm.

Why would we pick a fight with our outstate brethren when many of them are our parents and relatives?

For example, my hometown is Mankato. I have many college and high school friends who still live there.

To be sure, there are differences in facts and interpretation of needs. Transportation funding is one example where outstate residents may believe the urban areas get more funding. According to a survey by the Star Tribune, the metro contributes 52 percent of the vehicle sales, fuel taxes and registration fees and got back 32 percent. (Rural areas have 87 percent of the lane miles.)

According to a report from the Center for Rural Policy and Development in Mankato, there are common problems across the state — such as lack of af-

fordable child care, transportation funding, and workforce shortages — that may require different solutions.

I lived in both urban and small town communities and concluded that people in small towns are just as talented and friendly as those in bigger communities; they just prefer the neighborliness and culture of the smaller community.

Walz, who lives in outstate Mankato, has promised to make Minnesota “One.” He will get cooperation from the urban, suburban and outstate residents who already consider themselves and the rest of the state as “One Minnesota.”

Don Heinzman is a columnist for Adams Publishing Group of East Central Minnesota. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

Legislative measures can help keep our schools safe

by Greg Clausen SPECIAL TO SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

As a former teacher, principal and coach, I know how important it is for parents, kids and teachers to feel safe at school. Under tight budget constraints, schools are wrestling with an increasing list of demands for security upgrades, training teachers to identify and work with students struggling with mental illness, counselors and mental health professionals, and figuring out how to make local schools secure but also a positive learning environment. It is an overwhelming task and it is getting more difficult after each new school tragedy.

This year, I will be introducing a package of school safety measures to enhance school safety and to make our schools more secure. The first bill will increase funding for the Minnesota School Safety Center. The center provides training and resources to schools to help prepare and recover from a wide array of emergencies.

School emergency planning helps school staff know how to assist students through a crisis situation. The three-member staff at the Safety Center held 250 events in 2018 and drove 28,000 miles around Minnesota to provide schools with security advice. Staff tells us that schools are doing better in response to a crisis, but that they need help in preparing before a crisis happens. My legislation increases their funding to better serve our schools.

My school safety grants legislation

Guest Columnist Sen. Greg Clausen appropriates $500 million for improvements related to violence prevention and facility security. One bill secures the funding from bond proceeds and the other from the general fund. Schools can apply for up to $500,000 for each qualifying school building. In 2018, $25 million was appropriated for school safety in the Legislature’s Capital Investment bill. Grant requests from schools totaled 10 times that amount — about $250 million — for school security. It is clear our schools need and want help.

I’ve also introduced legislation to increase school-linked mental health grants. These grants are vital to increase accessibility for children and youths who are uninsured or under insured. Grants will improve clinical and function outcomes for children and youths with a mental health diagnosis and improve the identification of mental health issues for children and young people. This important initiative connects effective mental health services with schools and students. The project has proven particularly effective in reaching children who have never previously accessed mental health services. Unfortunately, schools lack the

Letters LETTERS, from 4A States, including roughly 100,000 for assault, 30,000 for sex crimes, and 4,000 for homicides.

Not too long ago, Democrats understood the need to deal with the problems posed by illegal immigration. In 2009, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer stated, “Let me elaborate … illegal immigration is wrong, plain and simple.

Until the American people

are convinced that we will stop future flows of illegal immigration, we will make no progress on dealing with the millions of illegal immigrants who are here now, and on rationalizing our system of legal immigration.”

The border crisis is real and inaction is irresponsible. The funds requested by the Trump Administration are simply common sense. Support for a border wall is at an all time

high. And yet, the Democrats have shut down the government. Minnesotans expect U.S. Reps. Angie Craig, Collin Peterson, and Dean Phillips to represent us with common sense. Common sense would say it is long past time that American secure its borders, and reopen the government.

JON RUKAVINA Eagan

funding to provide adequate resources to students most in need. They also lack staff to help identify problems students face. Mental health grants would provide more funding for much needed mental health counselors in our schools. We currently do not have enough mental health resources — both as a preventative measure and to help students cope with trauma, to help students lead healthy lives and reach their potential.

The last piece of my school safety legislation increases the amount schools may levy to enhance school safety and staff needs. Currently schools may levy up to $36 per student. My bill would increase that amount and also provide additional funding for our intermediate school districts, which provide educational services to some of our most vulnerable students. The increase is needed because most Minnesota schools are at the maximum amount and cannot levy any additional dollars to face growing needs. The Safe Schools Levy allows

school districts to levy locally for costs associated with student and staff safety issues. With the levy money, schools can invest in school resource officers, counselors, social workers, chemical dependency services, school security, drug abuse prevention programs, gang resistance education training and staff and student safety training. My legislation will also expand how the funds can be used to include equipment for emergency situations, video monitoring, and funding for resource officers in our schools.

Children are our most precious possession. We need to keep them and our local schools safe. It is important to invest the resources to support our children and educators to keep them safe in our schools.

Sen. Greg Clausen, DFL-Apple Valley, can be reached at 651-296-4120 or email at sen.greg.clausen@senate.mn. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

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Winter fun for everyone Winter Special Adventures helps people with disabilities enjoy winter activities

by Jody Peters SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

The weather outside may be frightful, but many Minnesotans embrace winter by hitting the trails in a snowmobile or UTV. Those pastimes can be challenging for certain people to pursue, however.

That became clear for the Farmington Sno-Tigers about nine years ago.

The snowmobile club was finishing up a meeting when one of the members left to pick up his child who had disabilities.

That got the group thinking about what they could do to help more people with disabilities experience winter outdoor activities like snowmobiling.

In 2011, they put on a Special Needs Ride, which drew 18 people. Gradually, the event got more popular, and in 2016, was renamed as Winter Special Adventures. In 2018, the event drew about 135 people.

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At a past Winter Special Adventures event, a volunteer from the Farmington High School football team helps an attendee prepare for a UTV ride. Winter Special Adventures puts on a yearly event where people with disabilities can enjoy outdoor and adults of all ages no “So we just kept going activities like UTV rides, snowmobiling and trolley rides. matter how big or small till 4,” Ralston said. “Ride the disability.” it as many times as you held at Boeckman Mid- People of all ages are wel- Office, and the FarmingParticipants’ siblings want. It means so much to dle School, 800 Denmark come to attend, and the ton Police and Fire de- and family members are us … to see how happy it event aims to be accessible partments.

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IMAX Theatre lights to go down Company closes movie house, zoo officials evaluating its future

by Tad Johnson SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

The IMAX Theatre adjacent to the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley will go dark on Jan. 27. When the house lights go down for the last time Sunday it won’t be in anticipation of the start of another blockbuster feature film or a nature-inspired documentary, it’s because the company that owns the movie house has decided to close it.

When the film machines will crank up after Sunday at the largest IMAX screen in the state is in doubt.

With the decision, IMAX, the corporation that operates more than 1,000 IMAX theatres in more than 66 countries around the globe, has turned over ownership to the zoo based on terms of the lease agreement, and Minnesota Zoo officials said it would communicate its intent for the space once decided.

The closure sparked much surprise and sadness across the south metro as many families held the theatre in high regard as it has been part of the community since April 5, 1997.

It was built at a time when IMAX 3D theaters were a novelty. With 600 seats and a six-story high screen, the IMAX in Apple Valley instantly turned into a destination.

The $8 million theater was built by the Minnesota Zoo Theatre Company, a branch of Toronto-based Larger Than Life Entertainment, according to a 1997 Thisweek Apple Valley story.

The company signed a long-term lease with the zoo as funding for the startup came from private investors, approximately a third of them from the Twin Cities, the newspaper reported in 1997.

Holly Ranning, of Apple Valley, worked at IMAX for 14 years from December 2004 until August 2018.

It was her first job, as it was for many Apple Valley area teens.

“There were ups and downs but overall a wonderful place to work,” she said in a Facebook post.

“I’ve had an incredible opportunity to work with and for amazing people. I was blessed to learn from some of the most incredible and smart people Karin Snortland, Louise Despres Pote, Kathy O’Connell, Karen

at the IMAX because of its large screen, one that other Facebook commentors billed as the “real IMAX.” “The movies that were in 3-D and were about the oceans were especially terrific because you really did feel like you were in the midst of the marine life compared to other IMAX theaters in the Twin Cities,” Schadewald said.

The movie theater at the Photo submitted zoo was often praised for The IMAX Theatre located adjacent to the Minnesota Zoo will be closed on Sunday by the IMAX corporation that operates more than 1,000 IMAX theaters across the world. According to the lease agreement, the decision means the building will be now owned by the state-run Minnesota Zoo, which is considering its options regarding the future of the site.

Nelson Albers, Cindy Johnson Purfeerst, Rodney G. Johnson, Doug Link, Craig Mince, Mark Henderson, Lynn Murrin Cannon, Michael Greenfield and so many more. We had a lot of fun along the way.”

Ronning, who worked as a hostess, floor manager, operations manager and general manager, said after being contacted by the newspaper that the IMAX Theatre was truly a home away from home.

She said the opening events for blockbuster movies were memorable for her, as they involved outside groups such as the Minnesota United Super Heroes (501st), Issue Needs Comics, iHeart Radio, and allowed her to meet many celebrities and fun people.

“I guess all I’m trying to say is I am sad to no longer be a member of the team but even more sad that the theater will no longer be there to view the best movie experience on the big screen,” she said.

Minnesota Zoo members, of which there are an estimated 200,000, were informed on Friday, Jan. 18, that the IMAX would be closing.

“The zoo has valued their IMAX partnership and willingness to provide zoo member benefits,” the Minnesota Zoo said in a statement.

The decision to close the theater was made by IMAX corporate without input from the state-run zoo’s leadership, according to the zoo.

“We thank all of our guests for their support over the past 21 years,” said an IMAX spokesperson contacted by the newspaper. “We encourage audiences in the area to visit our nearby IMAX theatre at the CMX Odyssey 15 in Burnsville to experience

today’s biggest blockbusters in the most immersive way.”

IMAX, which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, was founded in 1968.

Its theaters are located in destination entertainment centers and multiplexes as well as educational institutions worldwide, according to the company.

Competition wasn’t cited as a factor in the closing, but there are currently six other IMAX theaters in the Twin Cities, including the Omnitheater at the Science Museum in St. Paul, along with theaters in Burnsville, Edina, Roseville, Eden Prairie and Maple Grove.

Emagine Theaters recently installed a “Monster Screen” at its site in Lakeville.

Those locations are all situated in high traffic downtown or mall areas or visible spots off major interstates.

When the theater opened in 1997, tickets were $7 for adults and $5 for children. They now run $16 for adults and $13 for children for feature films.

Tickets are cheaper for shorter documentary films.

IMAX officials did not comment when asked when it revealed the closure decision to staff members and how many employees would be affected by the decision.

“I’m very sad, disappointed, and surprised to hear about it because I have seen many movies and screenings at the IMAX Zoo theater over the years,” said longtime movie reviewer Wendy Schadewald, of Burnsville, whose Short Redhead Reel Reviews appear weekly on SunThisweek.com.

Schadewald said she enjoyed going to screenings

its quality experience by local residents.

“I appreciate all the years of being able to catch a real IMAX movie and not going to another theater to pay for their phony ‘IMAX’ Thank you!,” said one commentor on the IMAX-Apple Valley Facebook page.

Due to the closing of the theater, all member benefits related to the IMAX will end on Jan. 27.

“We are working hard to reevaluate current benefits and look forward to adding some new opportunities in the future,” zoo leadership said.

Any questions regarding gift cards or tickets should be directed to IMAX at 952-431-4629 or info@ imax.com prior to Jan. 27.

Tad Johnson can be reached at tad.johnson@ecm-inc. com.

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Coming full circle

Woman who was once a mentee is now a mentor

by Patty Dexter SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Apple Valley’s Melissa Wikstrom isn’t sure how her mother learned about Kids ‘n Kinship, but she’s glad she did.

Wikstrom, a 39-yearold mother of two boys, ages 7 and 5, was matched with a mentor, Barb Ostlund, when she was a child, around age 7.

Prior to that, life had been difficult for her, her older sister, younger twin brothers and their single mother. Wikstrom’s siblings were also matched with mentors through the organization. “I think it showed me a different life that I didn’t know, that I wasn’t experiencing in my own family.

My mom was very loving and she tried her best, but it was hard on her,� she said. “(Ostlund) was married, so I would see her husband every once in a while and see a healthy marriage and a loving home.�

The mentoring experience has come full circle for Wikstrom. For the last year and a half, she’s mentored an 11-year-old girl named Aryana Swisher, a student at FIT Academy in Apple Valley. “It’s a lot easier than I expected,� Wikstrom said of the experience.

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The organization serves youth from mostly singleparent homes, but children from two-parent families or who are being raised by their grandparents or other relatives can also be accepted into the program.

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and experience a reduction or absence of risky behaviors.�

In the communitybased program, mentors spend time with their matched child doing different activities. Additionally, Kids ‘n Kinship sponsors four seasonal activities for all participants.

Volunteers mentor a child at school each week in the classroom in the school-based program. “Mentors work on literacy issues, support class work and build trust in the relationship,� according to the organization.

Being mentored

“It was kind of chaotic at home, so it was really nice to get one-on-one time which was rare for me to get, one-on-one time with any adult,� Wikstrom recalled.

Ostlund often took Wikstrom to her home to make crafts with her or they went out to dinner or a movie. Wikstrom accompanied her on a few trips. “She was a really good listener,� Wikstrom said. “She’s a very calm and quiet personality, which I think was good for me because I was a very quiet kid, very shy.�

In a speech given at a recent Kids ‘n Kinship gala, Wikstrom said over 30 years later her life is more wonderful than her 5-year-old self could have imagined. She’s thankful to Ostlund for providing her with a safe haven to recover from trauma that happened in her life. “It took a long time to get here and it was with the help of many loving adults, counselors and friends that helped me to become my true self,� she said.

Wikstrom was born in Peoria, Illinois, and her family later moved to Minnesota. She mainly lived in Lakeville while she was growing up and graduated from Lakeville High School.

She later attended Hamline University and Roosevelt University.

Wikstrom and her family have lived in Apple Valley since 2013.

After her mother signed her and her siblings up to be mentored in Kids ‘n Kinship, Wikstrom found Being a mentor Wikstrom said she that Ostlund was an adult with whom she could have thought about becoma calm and understanding See Mentor, 9A relationship.

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ing a mentor after moving back to Minnesota from California. She decided to start by being a school-based mentor and this was where she was first connected with Aryana. They spent time working on homework, talking and playing games during visits.

After the first year Wikstrom mentored Aryana in school, she decided to transition to becoming a community mentor for Aryana.

Wikstrom said she thought they connected well in school, but she wasn’t sure if Aryana had wanted to continue with the program. Aryana later told her she would have been “devastated” if Wikstrom had not chosen to keep being a mentor.

“Just hearing that was a wakeup call,” Wikstrom said.

Aryana said their past interactions have included her spending time at Wikstrom’s house playing with her sons, Luke and Aleks. They have also done things like go to the Science Museum and spend time at Millz House in Apple Valley.

“It’s very fun. We hang out pretty much ...

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Turn lane to be put in near Bourbon Butcher

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Construction expected in 2020

by Jody Peters SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

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Melissa Wikstrom and Aryana Swisher gather for a photo after decorating gingerbread houses. Also pictured are Wikstrom’s sons Aleks and Luke. every month,” she said.

Wikstrom said Aryana has fit in well with her family and her boys frequently ask when they will see her again.

“They love her and she is great with them.

She always makes sure that they’re listening and safe,” she said.

Aryana and Wikstrom have been a good match and the relationship has been positive for Aryana, said Sandy Gibbens, a family friend who helps care for Aryana.

“It’s been another ad-

ditional positive force for her,” she said.

Wikstrom said anyone who is thinking about being a mentor should at least start the process of applying. It took her a while before she could begin, but she’s found the wait was worth it.

“There’s so many kids who could use a positive role model and one-onone time,” she said.

Patty Dexter can be reached at patty.dexter@ecm-inc. com.

Drivers traveling on Highway 3 are probably well aware that it can be a dangerous road.

With speeding traffic and more development along the Highway 3 corridor, it can be challenging to safely travel to homes or businesses in the area.

But now the city of Farmington is working to improve safety conditions.

During the City Council’s Jan. 7 meeting, the city approved a design contract with Bolton & Menk to design a left turn lane on southbound Highway 3 at 209th Street (near Bourbon Butcher).

The city received funding from the Metro Cooperative Partnership Program to install the turn lane in 2020. According to the city council agenda, the co-op program will “pay for construction costs and up to an additional 8 percent for construction inspection.”

Katy Gehler, Farmington’s director of public works and city engineer,

said that the turn lane project is now partnering with a larger MnDOT project along Highway 3. These improvements (initiated by Empire Township) include turning and bypass lanes from 197th Street on the north to Chesterfield Way on the south.

Now, all the Highway 3 improvements are being managed as one project.

“Because of the close proximity and trying to manage construction all in one summer, it made a lot of sense to put them together so we don’t have conflicts between different contractors,” Gehler said.

Part of the reason for the turn lane at 209th Street was safety, which “has been expressed as a concern,” Gehler said.

“It was a factor that went into consideration of trying to be preemptive about safety concerns there,” she said.

Farmington will only have to pay for the design costs of the project. The total cost of the survey, preliminary design and final design is $72,900, which will be financed using the

city’s street reconstruction fund.

The co-op program supports up to $505,000 for construction and construction-related costs like engineering.

Drivers traveling through Highway 3 next summer shouldn’t be too disrupted. The project is still being designed, so the specifics have yet to be worked out, Gehler said.

She said the road will be widened slightly where the turn lane is, but MnDOT has right of way to accommodate the improvement, and no utilities will need relocation.

“We’re trying to work within the cross-section of what’s already there, meaning you won’t see a lot of work in the ditch lines. There may be some blending of driveways on the west side of the road,” Gehler said.

As for how long the project is expected to take, Gehler said the city won’t know those details until the 2020 construction season.

Jody Peters can be reached at jody.peters@ecm-inc.com.

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Jan. 25, 2019 DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Supper Bagging events grow Volunteers raising money at Cub in Eagan, Rosemount,Apple Valley

by Andy Rogers SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

With more people dealing with the partial U.S. government shutdown, unemployment, underemployment, health scares, broken down vehicles and more, food shelves in the area are seeing increased business.

Residents gearing up for a Super Bowl party will have an easy way to help out next weekend.

Hundreds of area volunteers will be bagging groceries at Cub Foods in Eagan, Rosemount and Apple Valley for a Super Bagging event to raise money for The Open Door and 360 Communities on Feb. 2 and 3.

“People are very generous in our community,” said Scott Swenson, market president of Home Federal Savings Bank and The Open Door Super Bagging event leader.

“We have people who will buy three of those prepackaged donation bags, and then turn around and

leave a nice tip. That’s how we get those high numbers. They’re very generous in our community.”

Area politicians, public figures, business owners, city staff and volunteers will be bagging groceries for The Open Door at the Cub Foods in Eagan (Diffley and Lexington, Cliff Lake Center and Town Centre) as well as the Cub Foods in Apple Valley in the Southport Center.

Swenson added Eagan Police Chief Roger New will be bagging along with the basketball team he coaches.

He also said U.S. Rep. Angie Craig from Eagan along with RosemountApple Valley-Eagan School District Superintendent Mary Kreger and recently retired Superintendent Jane Berenz are on the schedule as well, along with volunteers from Eagan Rotary and Eagan American Legion.

“It just keeps growing,” Swenson said. “Part of this is bringing community members together and to

network and to meet other members of the community. It’s high energy. People keep coming back.”

The goal is to raise $50,000 in cash and food for The Open Door Pantry, a food shelf in Eagan.

For more information or to volunteer, visit theopendoorpantry.org.

360 Communities is also holding a Super Bagging event at the Rosemount Cub Foods on Feb. 2 and 3 when they will also bag groceries for tips to support the Rosemount Family Resource Center Food Shelf.

The building is about to triple in size thanks to funding from the Minnesota Legislature.

“It’s going to really allow us to serve people better,” 360 Communities Marketing and Communications Director Tony Compton said. “There will be more office space and place for people to meet.

They’ve moved to a shopping model there.”

When the new addition is complete, there will be

additional costs such as signs and office furniture.

This is the first year 360 Communities has participated in the event. Swenson said he met with 360 Communities to share best practices and other ideas on how to get it off the ground.

Now in its sixth year, Eagan’s Super Bagging event initially started with just one store.

Swenson was supervising a group of high school students during a separate fundraiser and thought it would be fun to bring the leaders of the community together to raise money for The Open Door. It’s grown now to six stores.

“We’ll go up over $100,000 for our six-year total,” Swenson said. “It makes a difference.”

Now is a good time to donate to the food shelves.

There’s always an influx of donations around the holidays, but now food shelves are starting to thin out.

“There’s additional federal employees who are utilizing the food shelf

resource,” Swenson said.

“I’ve heard that poverty rates are higher in the suburbs right now than they are in the city. People are challenged with food right now.”

360 Communities is gearing up for the Minnesota Food Share Month in March (www.mnfoodshare.org), which is a big push for donations to get food shelves through summer.

“It’s the largest food drive in the state,” Compton said. “About 300 food shelves are participating.

The aim is to boost food shelves in the summer because that’s one of the worst times. Kids are out of schools so they’re not getting that free or reduced lunch. And people are on vacation, so donations tend to go down.”

Even though the unemployment rate is low, that doesn’t mean those employed are exempt from looking for food.

“The high employment rate masks a greater problem, I believe,” Compton

said. “It’s underemployment and low wages and high rent. When you’re working really hard, sometimes multiple jobs and it’s hard to afford housing, that’s when we see people.

One major crisis can put you in a bad spot. If your car breaks down, it can have a domino affect.”

360 Communities isn’t just a food shelf.

“For us, it’s a doorway where we can start to have a holistic look at the situation and address the barriers that we can,” Compton said. “When families come looking for food they’re often behind on rent.”

He said by helping people stay in their home and keeping them stable and safe, “they have a better chance,” Compton said.

“We want to help stabilize the situations.”

For more information and to volunteer, visit www.360communities.org.

Andy Rogers can be reached at andy.rogers@ecm-inc.com.

New burger restaurant and bar coming to Lakeville B-52 to open this spring

by Kayla Culver SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Gourmet Americanstyle burgers are heading to Lakeville this spring.

B-52 Burgers and Brew is currently making way as renovations occur at the previous Erickson Drug store in downtown Lakeville.

The restaurant origi-

nated in Inver Grove Heights but has decided to expand while hoping to become one of new hangout spots in the area.

Co-owner Mark Reese, who moved to Lakeville over a year ago, will be the operating manager.

Co-owners also include Brandon Bramscher, Ryan Wentz and Mike McMan. The four met while work-

ing for Major Sports Cafe.

Reese said the four happened to all be looking for an opportunity to run their own place around the same time. They decided to come together to open the first B-52 and are all working on the second location.

The Lakeville location was chosen carefully and intentionally, he

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A gourmet burger from B-52 Burgers and Brew. The new restaurant opens in downtown Lakeville this spring. said. While the four were looking for a space, they wanted to make sure their concept was something the area was missing. The downtown area was recommended on more than one occasion.

“We were told to think a lot about going into downtown. They’re trying to revitalize it and make it an area where everyone in the town goes to. It seems like there is always something going on there. If you ever go there at night

in the summer, you’ll see people hopping from place to place and that’s really very cool,” he said.

The menu for the Lakeville location will be very similar to the first location, Reese said. The menu will include salads, appetizers and various styles of protein but will remain heavy on burgers.

The space was gutted out in order to create an open-air concept, according to Reese. This will allow customers to see what

is happening downtown while eating.

“We are going to utilize a lot of see-through garage doors to make that happen. You’ll be able to see all the action from the homefront,” he said.

The restaurant and bar is expected to open early March and will be located at 20751 Holyoke Ave. Kayla Culver can be reached at kayla.culver@ecm-inc.com.

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Lakeville Art Center outdoor project begins phase two Art walk looks to display original sculpture

by Kayla Culver SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Upgrades to the Lakeville Area Arts Center became necessary after the building experienced continuous water infiltration and surface water that began affecting events. The art center staff took it as an opportunity to create a way for visitors to experience more works of art.

In 2018 the project not only addressed the water infiltration but began creating the art walk that surrounds the building.

According to arts center manager Joe Masiarchin, phase one of the project relaid the sidewalks in a way that allows visitors to weave in and out of the artwork as well as increase accessibility by removing the remaining stairs.

Three community art projects are currently located along the sidewalk:

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Mock up of the finished project outside of the Lakeville Area Arts Center. The second phase of the art walk project began in 2019. The project features community art work from the annual art festival and will also feature a commissioned work of art that will be displayed year-round.

The decorated moose, a mural and the mosaic sculpture from last year’s art festival are currently on display. The project will continue to evolve throughout the year.

“2019 is an exciting

phase of the project. Phase two is really all going to be done through fundraising,” Masiarchin said.

Phase two will focus on fundraising to add benches along the sidewalk as well as commission an original

sculpture that will be displayed year-round, wayfinding signs and shade trees. The Friends of the Art Center are working to raise money through a commemorative sponsorship program.

Those who donate have the option to have their name or business engraved on a plaque. Donors then have the choice to display the plaque on a bench, the wayfinding signs, next to the decorative trees or the commissioned outdoor art as well as an option for general support.

Masiarchin said they are open to what the commissioned art piece will look like. The only restriction they have is the size of the sculpture.

“I think that’s what’s so neat about it. Instead of going out and buying a piece of art we want, we want the artist to suggest a piece and create a piece specifically for that area.

That’s what’s so exciting.

It will be unique to us,” he said.

Even though the commissioned piece will remain outside all year, the other pieces will rotate

throughout the year. Masiarchin said the goal is to have six or seven pieces along the art walk.

Finishing the art walk is not the only thing Masiarchin said he is looking forward to in 2019. The arts center in-house theater group, Expressions Youth Theater, is performing “Peter Pan and Wendy” from Feb. 15-23. The production will not only feature the classic tale but will include animation for the first time.

Disney’s “Newsies” will be performed Children’s Castle Theater from March 15-24 and “Chicago” will be performed by The Play’s The Thing Production from May 10-19.

A full list of production and events can be viewed at http://www.lakevilleareaartscenter.com.

Kayla Culver can be reached at kayla.culver@ecm-inc.com.

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Education RHS speech team opens season strong

Over the coming weeks, a 25-member panel of community leaders will name a group of semifinalists and finalists.

Organized and underwritten by Education Minnesota, the Minnesota Teacher of the Year program receives support from Education Minnesota ESI, Educators Lifetime Solutions, EFS Advisors, Harvard Club of Minnesota Foundation, McDonald’s Restaurants of Minnesota, SMART Technologies and United Educators Credit Union.

FHS jazz bands sweep region contest Photo submitted

The Rosemount High School Speech Team opened the season on Jan. 19 with a strong showing at the Chanhassen Speech Tournament. The team as a whole was named the Small Entry Sweepstakes Champion and several students earned individual awards.

They include: AJ Tabura, second in varsity oratory and fourth in varsity impromptu; Alexis Johnson, fourth in varsity drama; Lauren Sanday, second in novice poetry; and Tanvi Adige, fifth in varsity impromptu honors and sixth in varsity creative honors.

With his second-place oratory finish, Tabura is also now fully qualified for the 2019 National Individual Events Tournament of Champions.

District 196 students shine at state debate tournament Two District 196 students won championships and 10 others advanced to the elimination rounds of the state debate tournament Jan. 18 and 19 at the University of Minnesota.

Eagan High School seniors Ayush Patel and Jason Scheller won the state championship in public forum debate. They defeated a team from Edina in the quarterfinals, then topped Eastview High School senior Harika Thota and junior Nikhil Kapur in the semifinal round to advance to the championship, where they defeated a team from St. Paul Academy and Summit School. Patel and Scheller, who fell in the quarterfinal round of last year’s state tournament, argued the affirmative that the United States should prioritize reducing the federal debt over promoting economic growth. Eastview seniors Siddharth Addagudi and Rohin Alapati advanced to the quarterfinal round in public forum debate.

In congressional debate, Eagan senior Grant Davis finished state runner-up, Eastview sophomore Layla Foster finished in fifth place and Apple Valley High School senior Abby

Brachio took sixth place.

In congressional debate, students debate a variety of legislative bills and resolutions.

In policy debate, sophomore Anika Jackson and junior Charlie Huang of Rosemount High School advanced to the semifinal round before they were defeated by the state runnersup from Edina. This year’s policy resolution was, “Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially reduce its restrictions on legal immigration to the United States.”

In Lincoln-Douglas debate, Apple Valley High School senior Brandon Schellhaass advanced to the quarterfinals. This year’s Lincoln-Douglas resolution was, “Resolved: The United States ought not to provide military aid to authoritarian regimes.”

A total of 22 District 196 students qualified for and competed at this year’s state debate tournament.

This was the 118th annual State Debate Tournament, the longest-running event of the Minnesota State High School League.

The head coaches for debate in District 196 are Scott Voss at Apple Valley, Chris McDonald at Eagan, Todd Hering at Eastview and Cort Sylvester at Rosemount. Sylvester was named the 2019 Minnesota Debate Teachers Associa-

tion Coach of the Year and Eastview assistant coach Zachary Prax received the 2019 James Graupner Distinguished Service Award from the Minnesota Debate Teachers Association.

Minnesota Teacher of the Year candidates announced

Farmington High School sent four big bands to compete in the Minnesota State High School League Region 1AA Solo/ Ensemble Festival Jan. 19 at Lakeville South High School. Farmington Jazz 1 took top honors amongst all jazz ensembles, known as a “Best in Site” Award.

Under the direction of Erin Holmes, Jazz I was not only was recognized as the top jazz band (out of 10 ensembles competing from six schools), but did so with a perfect score of 40 out of 40.

Jazz II, under the direction of Bradley Mariska, also got a perfect score of 40. A third Farmington ensemble, Birdland Jazz, also received a Superior Rating (36/40 points), while Blue Note Jazz received an Excellent Rating (34/40 points).

Music performed spanned a wide range of styles and genres, from swing hits like “Fly Me to the Moon” and rock clas-

sics like “Shake, Rattle, and Roll,” to more contemporary jazz hits like Ellen Rowe’s “Point/Counterpoint” and Patty Darling’s “The Next Chapter.”

Dozens of student soloists were featured, with over 90 students total participating in jazz band at FHS this year.

The bands will present their programs to the public at the Winter Jazz Concert 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 11, in the FHS Recital Hall. The concert is free and open to the public.

For more info, visit www.

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Light the Night gala set March 9 The Eastview Community Foundation’s fifth annual Light the Night gala will be held 5:30-11 p.m. Saturday, March 9, at Crystal Lake Golf Club.

The event will feature an array of creative tablescapes, a unique sealed silent auction, an expanded designer purse raffle and a live auction.

Tickets for Light the Night 2019 are $85 at www.evcf.org/event/lightthe-night/.

For information on event sponsorship and/or auction donations, contact Jodi Hanson at jodi.hanson@evcf.org.

The Eastview Community Foundation provides scholarships for graduating Eastview seniors and grants for schools in the Eastview attendance area (including Diamond Path, Greenleaf, Highland, Oak Ridge, Thomas Lake, Blackhawk, Falcon Ridge, Scott Highlands, Eastview, SES, the ALC and Dakota

Ridge). Since its inception in 2000, the foundation has given over $1 million to students and schools.

College News Ripon College (Wisconsin), fall dean’s list, Katherine King, of Farmington.

Monmouth College (Illinois), fall dean’s list, Caroline King, of Farmington.

Carthage College, Kenosha, Wisconsin, fall dean’s list, Zachary Hedquist, of Farmington.

University of New England, Biddeford and Portland, Maine, fall dean’s list, Brittany Morrison, of Rosemount.

Augsburg University, Minneapolis, fall dean’s list, from Farmington – Abigail Bollig, Austin Dollimer, Jennifer Ellenburg, Abigail Garofalo, Victor Gliva, Natalee Lessert; from Rosemount – Jordan Dean, Kylee Frank, Lukas Gillett, Moemen Ibrahim, Luke Mickelson, Alissa Tuccitto.

To submit college news items, email: reporter. thisweek@ecm-inc.com.

Johnson selected for Dorian Festival Minnehaha Academy student Brandon Johnson of Rosemount was selected to take part in the 69th annual Dorian Vocal Festival held Jan. 12-14 at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa.

The Dorian Festival is the nation’s largest select high school choral festival, and Johnson participated in two days of rehearsals, concerts and lessons that culminated in a grand concert.

The 2019 Minnesota Teacher of the Year will be chosen from a field of 168 candidates. These candidates have accepted their nominations and completed the required materials to become eligible for the honor. The number of candidates this year is the third-most in the 55-year history of the award.

Candidates include prekindergarten through 12thgrade and Adult Basic Education teachers, from public or private schools.

Local candidates for 2019 Minnesota Teacher of the Year include: Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District – Elizabeth Davidson, Erin Huber, Amy Smalley.

Lakeville Area Schools – Chad Bieniek, Ryan Rapacz, Jodie Sheets.

Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan Schools – Laurie Herman, Tamara Morett.

Photo submitted The 2019 Minnesota MSHSL clinician Ryan Anderson (Dover-Eyota High School) critiques Jazz I Teacher of the Year will be announced Sunday, May 5, following its “Best in Site” performance Jan. 19 at Lakeville South High School. Both at the St. Paul RiverCentre. Jazz I and Jazz II received perfect scores of 40/40 at the contest.

13A Department of Transportation) to look at options to create a safer intersection there,” he said.

The Rosemount City Council listed an interchange at Highway 3 near RHS as one of its 2019 priorities for the Minnesota Legislature.

The council says the fact that thousands of students and parents use the intersection as a single access point to enter and exit the school as a need for some kind of change.

The legislative priority list is the council’s priorities, which it submits to Minnesota Legislature, Metro Cities and League of Minnesota Cities.

“We continue to be engaged with conversation with the school district, the county and MnDOT about the intersection,” City Administrator Logan Martin said. “It’s one of the busiest and certainly most dangerous intersections in the city.”

The upgrades at RHS are about 95 percent complete, Roback said.

“There are some odds and ends,” Roback said. “It’s been a facelift for the school. It’s provided some energy for us. It’s a great way to kick off the new year.”

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RHS, from 1A for plays and musicals can happen in this space,” Budde said.

“There are always students in this space. We love that we can now have multiple rehearsals happening at the same time.”

The renovation also created a south commons area and a new south entrance.

“It’s essentially a new entrance to the building,” Roback said. “That space has been transformed into this inviting open community space.”

New furniture was delivered during the winter break allowing students and staff to use the space as they see fit.

“We didn’t really have space like this,” Roback said. “During concerts, people spill out and sit on the furniture. It’s an area were people can eat concessions during events at the gym. We took out some windows so you can look into the gym. We’re finding during the day, classrooms are using the space for collaborative work. It’s giving us some flexibility.”

The Rosemount High School parking lot was reconfigured last summer to help ease congestion.

With Rosemount High, Middle and Elementary school all in the same area, about 4,500 students and staff pass through the BISON, from 1A said. “My hope is that there might be Legacy funding and/or other partnerships available to cover costs.”

By fostering the prairies at Dakota County Parks, some of the natural elements have returned.

“It started with maximizing the diversity of plants in the area,” Lewanski said. “And if you build it, they will come. We can now document that some of the grassland birds have returned.”

Bison were once a key part of the ecosystem before pioneers settled in the area, but unlike birds who can fly here, there’s really no way for bison to come back unless people bring them here.

“We’ve been looking at other animals like snakes and amphibians and other birds, trying to figure out what’s there,” Lewanski

Photo by Andy Rogers

Recent renovations at Rosemount High School include a redesigned south entrance. area every day.

The new parking lot has a separate bus and parent dropoff zones along with new parking stalls and new stop signs.

“It was much needed from a safety perspective,” Roback said. “Essentially we’ve taken a parking lot where there was a lot of mixing of pedestrians, cars and buses to a more streamlined flow. It’s much safer not only for parents dropping their kids

said. “We realize we might have to reintroduce some of those animals.”

The bison are what Lewanski called keystone animals to prairies and savannas.

Their waste provides nutrients for the soil. Their fur is used by grassland birds for nests.

Even their wallowing, which is when bison roll around on the ground to keep cool, helps expose soil, which allows the a seeds to germinate.

“Every inch of prairie land has a plant, so a seed has a hard time finding soil,” Lewanski said. “(Bison) are so important for the whole system. If this works out, it will promote a more sustainable prairie.”

Bringing bison back to the area could provide some educational opportunities for residents as well.

There are questions

off but for students who drive (their own vehicles) and use the buses.”

Both Rosemount Middle School and Elementary just south of the high school also received a new bus loop and dropoff location.

While Roback said it’s a dramatic improvement over the previous configuration, they’re still in the process of trying to improve the efficiency.

about fencing and safety.

One of the biggest questions to answer is “where would they go?”

They would need five to 10 acres per bison.

“We know what wouldn’t work,” Lewanski said.

Neither Thompson County Park in West St. Paul nor Lebanon Hills Regional Park in Eagan have enough prairie.

But places such as Whitetail Woods in Farmington and the Meisville Ravine Park Preserve are possibilities.

Whitetail Woods is near Vermillion Highlands, a recreation and wildlife management area jointly run by the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources in southern Rosemount.

Spring Lake Park in Hastings has the land, but with all the trails, there might not be enough dedi-

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“We have to maximize parking space,” Roback said. “We have enough space right now, but our population is growing and we’re a bit landlocked at this point. There’s only so much we can do.”

He said the intersection at Highway 3 and 142nd Street is still problematic.

“We’ve had some productive Andy Rogers can be reached at meetings with different legisla- andy.rogers@ecm-inc.com. tors and with (the Minnesota

cated space for bison.

“We don’t want a walking trail to go through the area where bison roam,” Lewanski said.

Introducing bison in parks has been done before in Minnesota.

Dakota County could partner with the Minnesota Bison Conservation Herd, which is a partner-

ship between the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the Minnesota Zoo. The group preserves genetically diverse bison herds at Minneopa State Park in Mankato; Blue Mounds State Park in Luverne; and the Minnesota Zoo. Whatever Dakota County decides, don’t ex-

Carter, executive director of the Dakota County Historical Society, will present “Dakota County and Early Minnesota History.”

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Monday, Jan. 28 – Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Line Dance, 9:30 a.m.; Dominoes, 10 a.m.; Dulcimer Club, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10 a.m.; Recycled

Cards, 12:30 p.m.; 500 Cards, 12:30 p.m.

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Sports Gagliardi Trophy winner leads on and off the field Rosemount’s Jackson Erdmann wants one more run at national title with Saint John’s

by Mike Shaughnessy SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

A few years ago Jackson Erdmann traveled halfway across the country to pursue a football player’s dream of playing for a top-level Division I college team.

Last winter Erdmann traveled halfway across the world for reasons that had nothing to do with football and everything to do with making a difference.

He went to Thailand to work with organizations that helped victims of child sex trafficking.

Recently, the St. John’s University quarterback and Rosemount High School graduate said he could see his post-football life being about giving a voice to people who don’t have the opportunity to speak for themselves.

Right now, however, Erdmann still has some football goals to accomplish. After leading St. John’s to the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship and the NCAA Division III quarterfinals (where the Johnnies lost to eventual champion Mary Hardin-Baylor 21-18), he is already preparing for his final college season in 2019.

“The goal is the national championship,” said Erdmann, the 2018 winner of the Gagliardi Trophy as Division III player of the year. “Before last year, we’d had a run of several 10-2 seasons in a row. And that’s good, but we don’t think that’s what St. John’s football is about. We think we should have a chance to win the MIAC and national championships every year.”

Photo by Jennifer McNelly

Saint John’s quarterback and Rosemount native Jackson Erdmann won the Gagliardi Trophy as the nation’s top Division III football player. He led the division with 47 touchdown passes in 2018.

The Johnnies have won 33 MIAC championships but only one from 2010 through 2017 as their archrival, the University of St. Thomas, took over as the league’s dominant team.

In 2018 St. John’s was 12-1 overall and 8-0 in the MIAC, including a 40-25 victory over St. Thomas on Oct. 13. The St. Thomas game, played in front of an overflow crowd at the Johnnies’ Clemens Stadium, came just six days after the death of longtime SJU football coach John Gagliardi, whose 489 victories ranks first in college football history.

Erdmann passed for 470 yards (a season high) and three touchdowns against St. Thomas. For the season, he threw for 3,450 yards and his 47 touchdown passes were the most in Division III. Not surprisingly, it means a lot to Erdmann to win a trophy named for

the legendary coach at his school. He was announced as the Gagliardi Trophy winner in mid-December and will receive the award Feb. 25 during the annual Johnnie Standup at the Metropolitan Club and Ballroom in Golden Valley.

The award goes to a player who has excelled in athletics, academics and community service. Erdmann, a global business major, is close to finishing his undergraduate degree.

In addition to traveling to Thailand last winter to assist abused and disadvantaged children, he has assisted with causes closer to home, such as helping teach English as a second language in programs near SJU’s Collegeville campus.

“Without my teammates and coaches, I’d have had no chance whatsoever to win it,” Erdmann said. “Once you’re around here for a while, you understand the kind of com-

munity St. John’s is and how important John was to it. Being able to receive this award is an unbelievable honor.”

After playing several positions early in his youth football career in Rosemount, Erdmann started playing quarterback full-time in seventh grade. By 2012, his sophomore season, he was on the varsity at Rosemount High School, where his father Jeff has been head coach since 1999. Jackson became the starting quarterback midway through the 2012 season. The next year he was a starter on an Irish team that reached the Prep Bowl before losing to Eden Prairie.

Not long after that Prep Bowl he had a couple of health setbacks that threatened his football career. First, there was a bout with mononucleosis.

Second, and much more dangerous, was contracting acute cerebellar ataxia,

a condition that for a while prevented him from standing without assistance.

It took months of rehabilitation to regain his football skills, but Erdmann was back on the field and led the Irish to the South Suburban Conference championship and a spot in the Class 6A quarterfinals.

In that playoff game against SSC rival Lakeville North, both teams’ quarterbacks sustained injuries. The Panthers’ starter got a concussion and missed the rest of the game. Erdmann was hit on the leg while running with the ball the third play of the game. Despite being obviously hobbled, he directed the Irish to a 13-0 lead before North, using a backup quarterback, rallied to win 14-13.

Later, it was revealed Erdmann had continued playing on a fractured fibula. “What I remember most is how much it hurt,” he said. “But I didn’t think at the time it was anything as serious as a broken fibula, and there was no way I wanted to come out of the game.”

One of the programs he contacted to assess Division I interest was Penn State, and that led to the Nittany Lions offering him a preferred walk-on spot in 2015. He spent one season at Penn State, after which the team changed offensive philosophy and sought a quarterback who was a pass/run threat.

Erdmann, more of a traditional drop-back thrower, didn’t think the new offense would match his skill set. He contacted St. John’s, a school he called “the toughest one to say no to” while being recruit-

ed, and asked if the Johnnies were still interested.

He has been the Johnnies’ starting quarterback three seasons. What’s more, going to St. John’s helped fuel a passion for social work that in some way figures to be part of his post-football future.

“It would definitely have been difficult to do that at Penn State, or any other Division I program,” he said. “Football is so much more of a job there.

Between the team activities, the lifting, and the stuff you’re doing on your own, you’re spending 40 to 60 hours a week on football. And then you have to make time to study.”

Erdmann hoped to return to Thailand this winter to work on more projects to help children. The logistics didn’t work out, but he expects to be back at some point. Before next football season he plans to spend time in Mexico to do more training as an ESL instructor, something he’s interested in doing after his playing career.

For the near future, football is the priority. It’ll be a somewhat different group that takes the field for the Johnnies as they pursue a national title in 2019, but the quarterback will be familiar.

“A lot of the guys I played with the last three years are going to graduate,” he said. “But we think we’ve helped St. John’s football get back to where it was, and that means we’ll have good players coming in every year.”

Mike Shaughnessy can be reached at mike.shaughnessy@ecm-inc.com.

South Suburban roundup: Irish boys skaters regain first place

by Mike Shaughnessy SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Rosemount and Eagan are tied for first place in South Suburban Conference boys hockey after both teams won Tuesday.

Lakeville North dropped two points behind the leaders after losing 2-1 at Eastview on Tuesday. The Panthers are tied for third place with Lakeville South.

Rosemount and Eagan have 18 points in conference play, although Rosemount has played one fewer game. The Irish improved to 9-2 in conference play by shutting out Burnsville 5-0 on Tuesday.

Rosemount goalie William Tollefson made 17 saves in the victory at Burnsville Ice Center.

Noah Berg had two goals and an assist.

Eagan is 9-3 in confer-

ence play after winning 3-1 at Prior Lake on Tuesday. Max Meekin, Cole Gibson and Cullen Myhre scored for the Wildcats, all in the second period.

Derek Manzella made 32 saves.

Lakeville North and Lakeville South both are 8-3 in the conference.

Eastview’s Josh Eernisse scored the winner at 2, minutes, 44 seconds of the second period in Tues-

day’s home game against North. The Panthers’ Keaton Kranz scored in the second period to tie the game.

Lakeville South stayed in touch with the conference leaders by winning 4-1 at Farmington on Tuesday. Cameron Boche, Jacob Steinhagen, Zach Oelrich and Sam Elasky scored for the Cougars, and Nico Aguilera had two assists.

Girls basketball Farmington lost for the first time this season but has built a two-game lead in the South Suburban.

How’s that possible?

For one thing, it helps if the loss takes place in nonconference play, as was the case for the Tigers when they fell to Chaska 53-51 at the Martin Luther King Day showcase at the University of St. Catherine on Monday. The next day, the

Tigers routed Eagan 67-29 to improve to 9-0 in the SSC and 16-1 overall.

The Tigers, ranked fourth in Class 4A, defeated fifth-ranked and defending state champion Eastview 62-39 at home last Friday. The Tigers dominated behind 16 points by guard Molly Mogensen, 13 by Peyton Blandin, and 11 each from guard Paige Kindseth and forward Sophie Hart.

16A Jan. 25, 2019 DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE BIKE PLAN, from 1A plan.

As part of the planning process, the city invited community members to be part of its Bike Pedestrian Plan Committee, which will meet a total of three times until the plan’s expected deadline of June 2019.

The committee is composed of 14 people, including eight Farmington community members, four city staff members and two HKGI consultants.

At the committee’s first meeting Thursday, Jan. 10, members shared thoughts about Farmington’s current trail system and went over the schedule for the coming months.

The meeting also provided information about responses the city has gotten from its online surveys and social pinpoint tools so far.

Responses The city’s bike pedestrian plan survey, which was launched the beginning of December, is open until Feb. 1.

The survey asks participants for demographic information such as age and mobility level, how often they walk or bike and why, their comfort and skill level with biking, what keeps them from biking more, and important destinations to walk or bike to.

As of the Jan. 10 meeting, 571 people had taken the survey. Results showed that most people walked or biked for recreation or exercise as opposed to transportation, and most participants felt that the biggest barriers to walking or biking more were icy sidewalks, destinations

bicyclist Kyle Anderson, said they avoid biking or walking along Highway 3 because of speeding traffic and related safety concerns.

Committee members noted that Prairieview Park and Rambling River Park currently have poor trail conditions. They also discussed that it can be dangerous to cross Pilot Knob Road to get to businesses and along 195th Street West.

Some issues that committee members would like to address are increased lighting along trails, more signage, widening of trails for better accessibility and interconnectivity among trails and parks.

What’s next The city is encouraging residents to get involved by taking its online survey until February, which can be accessed at https:// bit.ly/2T4v16c. People can also provide feedback in person at the Farmington Community Expo at Farmington High School on Jan. 26 from 9 a.m.noon.

The next committee meeting will be in midMarch. The exact date has yet to be determined, but has been narrowed to either March 14 or 21.

Those who have questions about the bike peGraphic courtesy of the city of Farmington destrian plan are invited A map of Farmington’s parks and trails. The city is looking to improve its trail system for cyclists and pedestrians to contact Parks and Recby developing a bike pedestrian plan. Residents are encouraged to share their thoughts about Farmington’s trails via reation Director Randy Distad at 651-280-6851 or an online survey, which can be accessed at https://bit.ly/2T4v16c. email at RDistad@Farmbeing too far apart, and walking destinations like Park and the south side of the committee wants to fo- ingtonMN.gov. traffic and roadway safety the high school, Rambling North Creek Park. cus on. concerns.

River Park and downAt the meeting, some Jody Peters can be reached Committee discussion of the problem areas dis- at jody.peters@ecm-inc.

The city’s other online town. response method, a Social They also noted there Committee members cussed were Highway 3 com.

Pinpoint tool, received 80 were trail gaps along Flag- provided feedback on and Flagstaff Avenue near comments. Participants staff Avenue and Highway problem areas in Farm- the high school. Some identified biking and 3, and near Middle Creek ington and what priorities committee members, like

Business Buzz Staff promotions at Lakeview Bank Lakeview Bank, Lakeville, announced the following promotions.

Lori Wiebers has been promoted to assistant vice president, loan administration. She joined the bank Oct. 17, 2011, when it only had one commercial lender and $37 million in total loans outstanding. Since then, Wiebers’ contributions in the loan administration area have been instrumental in the growth of Lakeview Bank’s loan department, which now has three commercial lenders and more than $78 million in loans outstanding.

Julie May has been promoted to senior vice president and mortgage department

manager.

She has been with the bank since before it even started, having joined the original staff on Lori Wiebers April 12, 2004.

May organized the mortgage department and has since been responsible for all of Lakeview Bank’s one- to four-family residential mortgage lending, Julie May both into the secondary market and for its own loan portfolio.

Orthology opens clinics at YMCAs Orthology Inc. has partnered with the YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities to place Orthology clinics in 22 YMCA sites in Minneapolis, St. Paul and surrounding communities. The clinics offer professional and personalized physical therapy to both YMCA members and the general public.

Clinics are open at the Burnsville and Eagan YMCA locations. More information is at www.orthology.com.

government shutdown can apply for a 90-day, no-fee, interestfree loan of up to $1,500 from Old National Bank.

Clients who are furloughed can call the Old National Bank Client Care Centers at 800-7312265 or visit its banking centers for assistance. Old National has locations in Apple Valley, Burnsville, Eagan, Farmington and Lakeville.

Bank offers help to customers who are federal employees

Frandsen Bank & Trust will offer interest-free loans and loan payment deferments to existing customers who are federal emFurloughed government em- ployees and are not receiving a ployees and employees of fed- paycheck due to the government eral contractors impacted by the

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shutdown.

The loans will be made available to qualifying customers effective immediately, according to Patrick Arling, president of the Lakeville market for Frandsen Bank & Trust. In addition to charging no interest, the bank will not charge any up-front loan fees.

The bank will also offer payment extensions on certain existing loans and mortgages.

Arling emphasized that these programs are for Frandsen Bank customers only and are available to federal employees who are not receiving a paycheck because of the government shutdown. Federal contract workers are not eligible.

Frandsen has locations in Lakeville and Rosemount.

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Farmington Farmington Library events The Farmington Library, 508 Third St., will offer the following programs. Call 651-438-0250 or visit www.dakotacounty.us/library for more information.

Dolphins: Our Ocean Friends, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Friday, Feb. 1. Learn about dolphins with science teacher Rob Ellos who uses props, theatrical techniques, humor and audience participation to introduce these amazing marine animals. Ages: 4-10.

Open Studio, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1. Work on a current art or craft

project while visiting with other makers. Get help with individual projects.

New textile techniques demonstrated as requested. Geared for adults and youth ages 10 and older.

Sew Simple Tote Bags, 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2.

Learn how to machine sew an easy tote bag. Supply list available at the Farmington Library. Basic sewing skills helpful. Registration required. Geared for adults and youth ages 12 and older.

Blind Date with a Book, Feb. 1-14. Purchase a book for $1 at this blind date book sale where each book is covered in wrapping paper and offers a clue on what the book is

Rosemount Openings on Rosemount City Council Advisory Committees The Rosemount City Council is looking to fill 11 openings on commissions that advise the council.

Openings for 2019 include: • Three three-year terms on the Parks and Recreation Commission, which meets 7 p.m. on the fourth Monday of the month.

• Three three-year terms on the Planning Commission, which meets 6:30 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of the month.

• One three-year term on the Utility Commission, which meets 5:30 p.m. on the third Monday of the month.

• Four three-year terms on the Environmental & Sustainability Task Force, which meets 5:30 p.m. on the third Tuesday of the month.

Residents interested in serving on a commission may pick up an application at City Hall. Commission application forms are also available on the city website, under “Government” and then “Commissions.” Applications are due by Feb. 22.

Interviews will be held in March. All commission and task force terms begin April 1. Commissioners receive a $35 stipend for each regular meeting they attend. Task force positions are unpaid. More information is at https://

about. Sponsored by the via farmingtonyellowrib- More information is at prizes: $50 for first, $25 for Friends of the Farming- bonnetwork@gmail.com http://bit.ly/2FOTmcu. second and $10 for third. ton Library. or 651-560-0488.

The winners will be announced during the dinner Farmington KCs that follows.

Veterans dinner to DeNet family host chili bingo A homemade chili dinbe held Feb. 4 fundraiser set Jan. and cook-off ner will be served at 5:30 p.m. and bingo will begin Farmington Yellow 26 challenge when dinner is done at Ribbon Network invites The Farmington The Farmington about 6:45 p.m. Also on all military veterans and Youth Hockey Associaservice members to a free tion is throwing a fund- Knights of Columbus the menu will be chips, dinner on the first Mon- raiser Saturday, Jan. 26, will host their fifth annual coleslaw and all the fixin’s. day of every month at 6 to support the family of Chili Bingo and Cook-Off Hot dogs will be available p.m. The monthly dinners 14-year-old hockey player Challenge on Saturday, upon request for children. are held at various loca- Charlie DeNet and Gil- Jan. 26, at the Church of Popcorn, soft serve ice tions in Farmington; Feb- lette Children’s Specialty St. Michael, 22120 Den- cream, beer, wine and pop will also be available. The ruary’s dinner will be held Healthcare. The fundrais- mark Ave., Farmington.

The Chili Cook-Off cost is $8 per person with on Feb. 4 at Trinity Care er runs 4:30-6:30 p.m. at Center, 3410 213th St. W. Carbone’s Pizzeria, 10 N. Challenge judging begins a maximum charge of $25 at 4:30 p.m. and there is no per family. All proceeds Those interested in at- Eighth St., Farmington. charge to enter. Contes- will go towards local chartending are asked to RSVP The event includes $10 by email or phone at least bottomless beer, silent tants may enter their chili itable efforts. one week ahead of time, auctions and 50/50 raffles. between 3:30 and 4:30 p.m. and compete for cash

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Rosemount Parks and Recreation programs Register for the following classes online at www.ci.rosemount.mn.us/ parks, at the parks and recreation office, or call 651-322-6000 for more information.

Yoga, ages 50 and older, 1-2 p.m. Thursdays, Room 200, Steeple Center. Session 2: Feb. 7-28; register by Feb. 6. Session 3: March 7-28; register by March 6. Session 4: April 4-25; register by April 3. Proper breathing and gentle postures will be taught to enhance physical strength and mobility.

Chairs are available and can be used to adapt poses for comfort. The class environment will help promote peaceful, joyful and healthy individuals. Participants are encouraged to bring their own mats.

Cost: $25 per session.

Restorative Yoga, 1-2 p.m. Tuesdays, Room 200, Steeple Center. Session 2: Feb. 5-26; register by Feb. 4. Session 3: March 5-26; register by March 4. Session 4: April 2-23; register

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All experience levels are welcome.

Participants are encouraged to bring their own mats, but other equipment is provided.

Cost: $25 per session.

Resource & Education Fair is Feb. 23 The fourth annual South of the River Resource & Education Fair will be 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 23, at Dakota County Western Service Center, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley.

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Thisweekend Theater and Arts Briefs Arts organizations receive grants Three arts organizations with programs in Dakota County are the recipients of $10,000 Arts Learning grants from the Minnesota Regional Arts Council.

Minnesota Productions Inc., doing business as Theater NOW, received a grant to fund a hands-on, creative expression course for seniors focused on radio/audio broadcasting including storytelling, script writing,

interviewing, and careful listening, speaking clearly and effectively while “on the air,” and how to focus on a specific task as a team.

OboeBass! received a grant to present its “Pages of Music” series of seven monthly onehour education programs to five senior residences throughout the Twin Cities metro area. Activities will occur between June 2019 and January 2020.

Twin Cities Catalyst Music Inc. received funding for a year-

long free after-school recording studio audio and video production program to be held at THE GARAGE’s 2,000-sqare-foot recording studio in Burnsville.

The grant recipients will provide high-quality, age-appropriate arts education for Minnesotans to develop knowledge, skills, and understanding through the arts for children, youth, and adults by engaging people in extended arts experiences and activities with clearly articulated learning objectives.

The Arts Learning grant program is a direct result of the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund of the Legacy Amendment.

Eagan Art House watercolor workshop The Eagan Art House will offer “Set Free Your Watercolor,” a three-day workshop that runs 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 20-22 at Art Works Eagan, 3795 Pilot Knob Road.

Award-winning watercolor artist Andy Evansen will teach students how to identify what to paint and execute quickly.

Students will use value studies to identify the large shapes in a scene. Demonstrations each day reinforce the lessons and individual attention will be given by the instructor.

Cost is $340. Register at https://www.cityofeagan.com/ register (Activity No 11025063BW1).

Music of John Denver Layne Yost presents “Tribute to the Music of John Denver” 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15, at Rosemount Steeple Center. Yost, along with Jon Shimoda and Carol McDowall, capture the simple soul of Denver’s music through guitar, fiddle and upright bass arrangements.

Woven within the music are stories that give insight into Denver’s life and legacy. Tickets for the Rosemount Area Arts Council event are $22 at Brown Paper Tickets (find link at rosemountarts.com) and at the Steeple Center box office 10 a.m. to noon Mondays and 2-4 p.m. Fridays.

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Theater and Arts Calendar To submit items for the Arts Calendar, email: darcy.odden@ecm-inc.com.

Dance For the Love of Dance, 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27, Farmington High School. Dance groups from around the metro perform.

Tickets: $10 adults, $5 students at the door. Information: 651-341-7520.

Events Apple Valley Mid-Winter Fest, Feb. 2-3, Apple Valley Community Center/Hayes Park. Information: www.cityofapplevalley.org.

Exhibits “The Best of Bonnie and Friends III,” a visual arts show led by Burnsville painter Bonnie Featherstone, runs through Jan. 30 in the gallery of Burnsville’s Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave. Information: ames-center.com.

“Breathing Space,” an exhibit of abstract landscapes

by Annie Young, is on display through Jan. 31 in the Healing Arts Gallery at Fairview Ridges Hospital, 201 E. Nicollet Blvd., Burnsville. Information: annieyoungarts.com.

Black and white photo-

graphs by Bill Rodman and acrylic paintings by Greta Sandquist are on display January-March at the Steeple Center, 14375 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. Free.

Music Divas Through the Decades, tribute band concert, 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25, Steeple Center, 14375 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. Tickets: $22 general admission, $18 RAAC members at rosemountarts. com.

EHS carnival concert, 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 28; 5 p.m. carnival, Eagan High School.

Information: 651-683-6900.

AVHS concert band/wind ensemble concert, 7 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 28, Apple Valley High School. Information: 952431-8200.

Circling Through the Seasons, jazz duo, 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, Steeple Center, 14375 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount.

Tickets: $15 at rosemountarts. com or the box office.

The Young and the Rest, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. Tickets: $30 at LakevilleAreaArtsCenter.com, $35 at the door.

EVHS jazz showcase band concert, 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 4, Eastview High School.

Free. Information: 952-4318900.

Theater “Church Basement Ladies: You Smell Barn,” runs to Feb. 14 at the Black Box Theater at Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets: $32-$42 at the box office, 800-982-2787 or Ticketmaster. com.

Evening of One Acts, with plays presented by ISD 191 middle schools, and “Almost, Maine,” presented by Burnsville High School, 7 p.m.

Jan. 25-26. Tickets: $5 at the door. Information: https://bit. ly/2T0XBoU. “The Magic of Bill Blagg,” 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets: $30-$40 at the box office, Ticketmaster. com and 800-892-2787.

“The Burn,” one-act play presented by Apple Valley High School, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29. Free. Donations for AVHS Theatre Boosters accepted at the door. Pie reception follows.

Information: 952-431-8200.

“Portrait of a Madonna,” Tennessee Williams’ one-act

play, presented by Eastview High School, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29. Cost: $5. Information: 952-431-8900.

Arts Lab, presented by Rosemount High School, 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, senior preview; 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 1-2. Information: 651-683-6969, ext. 37540.

VISTA Full Circle Show, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, and Saturday, Feb. 2, and 2 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 3,Visitation’s DeSales Auditorium, 2455 Visitation Drive, Mendota Heights.

Admission: $10 adults, $5 students and seniors. Information: 651-683-1700.

Workshops/classes/other Intro to Square Dancing, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29, in the gym at Good Shepherd Church, 151 County Road 42 E., Burnsville. No previous experience required. Solos, couples and families welcome. Partners provided. Free.

Ages: 8-98. Casual attire. Information: 612-759-9235 or ComeSquareDance.com.

Loft Literary now offers writing classes in Rosemount.

“Personal Writing” with Peter Blau, 1-4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, Rosemount Area Arts Council/Steeple Center, 14375

S. Robert Trail. Register: loft. org/classes.

Tinkergarten, a playbased, outdoor learning experience for children ages 18 months to 8 years and their parents, offers classes in Lakeville and Eagan. Information: https://tinkergarten.com.

Creative dance classes, ages toddler to 7, Ballet Royale Minnesota in Lakeville. Information: balletroyalemn.org or 952-898-3163.

Yoga wind down class is the first Thursday of the month at Precision and Flow Pilates, 13708 County Road 11, Burnsville. Information: www.precisionandflowpilates.com.

Oil painting workshop with Dan Petrov Art Studio for six consecutive Thursdays, 4-7 p.m., 190 S. River Ridge Circle, Burnsville. Preregister by phone at 763-843-2734.

Drawing & Painting (adults and teens) with artist Christine Tierney, classes 9 a.m. to noon Tuesdays and 9 a.m. to noon Wednesdays, River Ridge Studios, 190 S. River Ridge Circle, Burnsville. Information: www. christinetierney.com, 612-2103377.

Brushworks School of Art Burnsville offers fine art education through drawing and

painting. Classes for adults and teens. Information: Patricia Schwartz, www.Brushworks SchoolofArt.com, 651-2144732.

The Lakeville Area Arts Center offers arts classes for all ages, www.lakevillemn.gov, 952-985-4640.

Rosemount History Book Club meets 6:30-8 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Robert Trail Library. Information: John Loch, 952255-8545 or jjloch@charter.net.

SouthSide Writers, Saturday workgroup for aspiring writers, offering critique, submission and manuscript preparation information, support and direction, 10 a.m. to noon, Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. Information: 651688-0365.

Dakota Speakers Toastmasters meets 6-7 p.m. Mondays at Apple Valley Ecumen Seasons Learning Center. Information: http://dakota.toast mastersclubs.org/.

Community Spirits Toastmasters meets 7 p.m. Tuesdays at Ebenezer Ridges Care Center, 13820 Community Drive, Burnsville. Information: h t t p s : / / 6 7 4 2 . t o a s t m a s t e rsclubs.org/.

DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE Jan. 25, 2019

Acoustic performance

Family Calendar

The Guitar Shop in Rosemount is hosting a free family-friendly acoustic performance by Lynn Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien 7-9 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 25. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien is an award-winning vocalist, songwriter and improviser with a mission to empower the soul. Her music blends genres like folk, blues, jazz and rhythm and blues. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien just launched her new album, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rising,â&#x20AC;? which features a full band, string and brass sections, and a choir. The Guitar Shop is at 14555 S. Robert Trail, Suite 205, Rosemount. For more information, call 651-3448177 or visit guitarshopmn. com.

To submit items for the Family Calendar, email: darcy.odden@ecm-inc.com.

Friday, Jan. 25 Beginner snowshoeing, 4-5:30 p.m., Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve, Savage. Scenic, guided hike. Equipment provided. Will hike if no snow. Cost: $5. Reservations required at 763-559-6700.

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Theater and Arts Briefs Vic Ferrari Symphony on the Rocks postponed Due to unforeseen circumstances, Vic Ferrari Symphony on the Rocks has postponed its Feb. 2 show at the Ames Center. This show has been rescheduled for Nov. 9 at the Ames Center.

As a thank you for understanding the date change, Symphony on the Rocks will perform with an extra special guest in November, according to a press release.

Symphony On The Rocks is slated to perform popular rock tunes â&#x20AC;&#x153;on a massive scaleâ&#x20AC;? and a few Christmas favorites, too.

Tickets purchased for the initial show will be honored for the new date.

For those unable to attend the new date, refunds are available at point of purchase. Contact the Ames Center, 952895-4680, with questions.

Enchanted Tales Film Series in Rosemount Marcus Theatreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rosemount Cinema will offer the Enchanted Tales Film Series Jan. 25-Feb. 18. The films â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Little Mermaid,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lilo & Stitch,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tangledâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beauty and the Beastâ&#x20AC;? will be back on the big screen for $5 per ticket.

Each film will play on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays â&#x20AC;&#x201D; plus one bonus Monday (Feb. 18). Showings will take place at 10 a.m., 12:15 p.m., 2:30 p.m. and 4:45 p.m.

Film schedule: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Little Mermaid,â&#x20AC;? Jan. 25-27; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lilo & Stitch,â&#x20AC;? Feb. 1-3; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tangled,â&#x20AC;? Feb. 8-10; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beauty and the Beast,â&#x20AC;? Feb. 14-18.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit: www.MarcusTheatres.com/EnchantedTales. The Rosemount Cinema is at 15280 Carrousel Way, Rosemount. Call 651-322-1775 for more information.

ing art exhibits by the Burnsville Visual Arts Society, begins Tuesday, Feb. 5, at Burnsville City Hall, 100 Civic Center Parkway. An opening reception will be held at 5 p.m.

The exhibit runs through May 30 and may be viewed any time City Hall is open.

BVAS was formed in 1981 by a group of visionary residents from Burnsville and surrounding suburbs who came together with a common goal â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to bring awareness of the arts to Burnsville. For 37 years, the organization has striven to help residents access, experience and participate in the fine arts.

Today, the BVAS vision lives to cultivate lifelong appreciation of the visual arts to strengthen and inspire creative expression through community opportunities. BVAS also serves as a resource to help promote local art events, as well as connect artists to organizations and events to display their artwork.

For more information on the Burnsville Visual Arts Society, visit bvasmn. org.

Chameleon premieres â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;My Beautiful Infinityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

The Chameleon Theatre Circle, Apple Valley, presents the world premiere of â&#x20AC;&#x153;My Beautiful Infinityâ&#x20AC;? Feb. 1-17 at the Bloomington Center for the Arts.

Inspired by visual artist M.C. Escher, David Vazdauskasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s play â&#x20AC;&#x153;My Beautiful Infinityâ&#x20AC;? is a twisting and playful examination of one manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quest to find love.

The play was first runner-up in The Chameleon Theatre Circleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 18th annual New Play Festival.

Performances are 7:30 p.m. Feb. 1-2, 4, 7-9 and 14-16, and 2 p.m. Feb. 3, 10 and 17.

All performances take place at the Bloomington Center for the Arts Black Box Theatre, 1800 W. Old Shakopee Road, Bloomington. Tickets are $25 for adults; $22 for students, seniors, Fringe Burnsville societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rotating Button holders, and groups of 8-19; $19 for groups of 20 or more. Tickets are art exhibit begins available online at www.chameleontheâ&#x20AC;&#x153;Art of Spring Colors: Visions atre.org.

Emerge,â&#x20AC;? the latest in a series of rotat-

Saturday, Jan. 26 Farmington Community Expo, 9 a.m. to noon, Farmington High School, 20655 Flagstaff Ave. Free. Information: farmingtonCE.com or 651-4603200.

Winter Farmers Market, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Apple Valley Bachmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 7955 150th St. W., in the greenhouse. Information: 952-431-2242. Presented in partnership with the St. Paul Farmers Market.

Eagan Indoor Market, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Oasis Room, Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Parkway, Eagan. Information: https://www. cityofeagan.com/visit-the-indoor-market.

Planning and Planting a Successful Garden, 10:30 a.m. to noon, Farmington Library, 508 Third St., Farmington. Learn how to read a seed packet and decide which varieties are best for your garden. Discover how much room plants need and which vegetables need to be started indoors. Bring favorite seed packets to get customized tips.

Presented by Dakota County Master Gardener Barb Webb.

Free.

Myelodysplastic Syndromes Support Group, 4-5 p.m., Burnhaven Library main meeting room, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville. A patientled support group open to all individuals affected by MDS. Refreshments provided. To register or for more information, contact Lori Nelson at 952892-3659 or curtlori45@yahoo. com.

Fundraiser for DeNet family and Gillette Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Specialty Healthcare, 4:306:30 p.m., Carboneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pizzeria, 10 N. Eighth St., Farmington.

Includes $10 bottomless beer, silent auctions and 50/50 raffles. Information: http://bit. ly/2FOTmcu.

Sunday, Jan. 27 Ritter Fest, 12-3 p.m., Ritter Farm Park, 19300 Ritter Trail, Lakeville. Sleigh rides, snowmobile rides, snowshoes and hot chocolate. Cost: $10 per family or $3 per person.

Information: lakevillemn.gov, 952-985-4400.

Tuesday, Jan. 29 Consumer law clinic, 1-4 p.m., Galaxie Library, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley.

Get help with consumer law matters such as debt collection, garnishment, credit issues, foreclosures, contracts and conciliation court with a free 30-minute consultation from a volunteer attorney. Call 952-431-3200 to schedule an appointment. Sponsored by Legal Assistance of Dakota County, Dakota County Family Court and Dakota County Law Library.

Wednesday, Jan. 30 Memory Care Support Group, 2-3 p.m., Augustana Regent at Burnsville, 14500 Regent Lane, Burnsville. Information: Amanda Hanson at 952-898-8728.

Thursday, Jan. 31 Family law clinic, 1-4 p.m., Galaxie Library, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. Receive a free 30-minute consultation from a volunteer attorney regarding family law matters such as divorce, child custody, child support, visitation, paternity issues, spousal maintenance, and domestic abuse. This clinic is a joint program of Legal Assistance of Dakota County, the Dakota County Family Court, and the Dakota County Law Library. Call 952-891-7241 to schedule an appointment.

Friday, Feb. 1 Family snowshoeing with hot cocoa, 4-5:30 p.m., Cleary Lake Regional Park, Prior Lake.

Equipment provided; will hike if no snow. Ages: 4 and older.

Cost: $6. Reservations required at 763-559-6700.

Forever Wild Family Friday: Sledding Party, 7-8:30 p.m., Lebanon Hills Visitor Center, 860 Cliff Road, Eagan.

Bring a sled. All ages. Free.

Information: www.co.dakota. mn.us/parks.

Ongoing Marriage Encounter weekend, Feb. 16-17, Mt. Olivet Conference and Retreat Center, Farmington. Information: www.marriages.org or

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Eagan parkrun, a free weekly timed 5K run, 9 a.m.

Saturdays at Thomas Lake Park, 4350 Thomas Lake Road, Eagan. Rain or shine. To get a time recorded and stored online, register at www.parkrun.us/register and bring your barcode with you. Information: www.parkrun.us/eagan.

Emotions Anonymous, 7:30-9 p.m. Tuesdays at SouthCross Community Church, 1800 E. County Road 42 (at Summit Oak Drive), Apple Valley. EA is a 12-step program for those seeking emotional health. All are welcome. Information: http://www.emotionsanonymous.org/out-of-thedarkness-walks.

Recovery International, 3 p.m. Tuesdays at Mary, Mother of the Church (Room 9), 3333 Cliff Road, Burnsville. Park in lower lot. Self-help group for depression, anxiety, fears, panic attacks, anger and more.

Information: Rita at 952-8907623 or www.recoveryinternational.org.

Al-Anon Finding Hope Beginners Group, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Saturdays at Mary, Mother of the Church, 3333 Cliff Road, Burnsville. Troubled by someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drinking? Al-Anon can help. More information: alanon-alateen-msp.org.

Death Notices

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Thomas Dorance Ryan Ryan, Thomas Dorance, 55, of Prior Lake, MN, passed away unexpectedly on January 16, 2019.

Born September 5, 1963 the youngest of six children. He grew up in Lakeville, MN and graduated from Lakeville High School in 1982.

Preceded in death by father, Dorance Ryan, sister Peggy Ryan, stepfather Edwin Tousignant, and brothers-in-law Barry Lovelace and Brad King.

Survived by mother, Kathleen (McHugh) Ryan Tousignant, loving wife of 30 years, Janet (Falkenhagen) Ryan, son Nicholas Ryan (Sara Freeburg and Kellen) and daughter Sami Ryan (Teddy Bulinski and Lucy), brother Jerry Ryan, sisters Joni Ryan, Judi Hawkins (Steve), Patsy Ryan (Mark Zweber), many nieces, nephews and cousins, and countless friends.

Tom was a Senior Sales Representative for Aggregate Industries where he worked for 30 years and was a member of St. Catherineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Catholic Church. He served as a YROXQWHHU ÂżUHÂżJKWHU IRU WKH FLW\ RI /DNHYLOOH IRU \HDUV Besides his love for his family, Tom will be remembered for his passion for golf, riding motorcycles with friends, and kindness and loyalty to others. He brought joy to everyone he knew and always had a new (or old) Irish joke.

A Mass of Christian Burial was held at All Saints Catholic Church on Monday, January 21, 2019 at 11 a.m. with visitation beginning at 9 a.m.

In honor of Tom, please do a good deed for someone.

White Funeral Home Lakeville 952-469-2723 www.whitefuneralhomes.com

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News Briefs Purple Heart recipient speaks at Apple Valley Yellow Ribbon Dinner

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Francisco, whose grandfather was in the Korean War and served in the Air Force, said his great uncle served in the Purple Heart recipient Air Force and he was shot Krist Francisco was hondown over Germany durored at the Apple Valley ing World War II and was Beyond the Yellow Ribbon a prisoner of war for one Network dinner Jan. 17 at year. the Apple Valley AmeriFrancisco enlisted in can Legion Post 1776. the Army in January 2009 Francisco was a special and took his basic training guest and speaker during at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. the 31st Veterans AppreHe was deployed to Afciation Dinner held by the ghanistan in 2010. He was network. a gunner of a Mine-ReThe dinner was attendsistant Ambush Protected ed by 90 veterans, guests vehicle. and volunteers of the netOn the day he was inwork. jured his vehicle was travFrancisco of Prior eling through 13 “hot Lake, formerly of Apple spots” when his vehicle hit Valley, shared his experiPhoto submitted an improvised explosive ences as an E4 Specialist in Jay Peterson (left), Apple Valley Beyond the Yellow Ribbon vice president, and device buried in the road. the U.S. Army. Francisco’s Paul Chellsen (right), AVBYRN president, presented Purple Heart Medal recipient The 500-pound bomb parents, Boyd and Lori and guest speaker Krist Francisco with a Beyond the Yellow Ribbon Medallion in threw the truck into the Francisco of Apple Valley, appreciation of his service and for sharing his story with fellow veterans. air and flipped it over the were present for the dinedge of the road with passengers inside – the driver, commander and himself.

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The explosion left Francisco trapped in the vehicle and blinded by debris in his eyes. His leg had severe damage in two places below the knee and his ankle was broken. He lost consciousness for a time.

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also pointed out a special 50th anniversary banner on display, which was arranged by AVBYRN member William Tschohl.

Chellsen said Mayor Mary Hamann-Roland will be the guest speaker at the Veterans Appreciation Dinner on Thursday, March 21.

During the event, Scouts from Troop 293 of Apple Valley made the Presentation of the Colors, which was led by Stephen Chellsen, an assistant Scoutmaster and Eagle Scout.

A special thanks was extended to Cmdr. Richard Tollefson, new Legion club manager Steve Maxon and office manager Joan Guse for their support.

The next Veterans Appreciation Dinner will be Feb. 21, at the Apple Valley American Legion Post 1776, 14521 Granada Drive.

For those who would like to reserve a space for the next dinner, contact YellowRibbon@special. com or 952-923-5014.

The mission of the Beyond the Yellow Ribbon Network volunteer members is “Assisting Veterans and active service members in our community in any way we can.”

Those who would like to volunteer to help veterans or learn more about AVBYRN, contact the group at 952-423-5014.

Winter seed sowing workshops set The Open Door pantry’s Garden to Table program will hold free winter seed sowing workshops 1-3 p.m. Feb. 18 and March 15 in the fellowship hall at Mt. Calvary Church, 3910 Rahn Road, Eagan.

Participants will learn how to sow seeds in the winter in this hands-on workshop. The seeds sown will be used in the Garden to Table program, helping clients grow healthy food for their families.

Participants should bring clean empty milk jugs and, if they have them, a box cutter, duct tape and a drill. Children must be accompanied by an adult and are not permitted to use box cutters or drills.

RSVP to Alpag@ theopendoorpantry.org.