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Dakota County
Tribune
Farmington | Rosemount www.dakotacountytribune.com
NEWS
and the surrounding areas July 20, 2017 • Volume 132 • Number 21
Big crowds for Bluegrass and Beer
Perfect pork chops await The Rosemount Knights of Columbus have years of experience in perfecting the pork chop on a stick. Page 8A
Wait is almost over Rosemount Leprechaun Days begins tomorrow
OPINION
by Tad Johnson
School lunch is essential
SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE
School food service managers are keeping their fingers crossed, hoping the federal school lunch program funding will not be changed. Page 4A
THISWEEKEND
hoto by Andy Rogers
The line for beer was long at the Bluegrass and Beer event July 14 at Caponi Art Park in Eagan. With Rosemount’s own Sawtooth Brothers on the stage, the evening was featured one of the largest crowds at the park all year.
With Rosemount Leprechaun Days starting its 10-day run tomorrow, the committee is still seeking volunteers, and there are some event updates to pass along. Last week’s special section included a story about registering for events that listed the incorrect date for Sneaky Pete’s Garden Tractor Pull and the Third Annual Golf TourSee EVENT, 14A
Summer Spectacular to cruise back Car show raises money for community initiatives by Maren Bauer SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE
Choir concert in the park Longtime Twin Cities musician J.D. Steele will lead the MacPhail Community Youth Choir in a Friday performance in Apple Valley. Page 19A
SPORTS Rosemount advances The Rosemount Green advanced in the first round of the state American Legion baseball tournament. Page 9A
PUBLIC NOTICE The Dakota County Tribune is an official newspaper of the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District.
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Four men in jeans with salt-and-pepper hair stepped out from around the cars to greet me with grins. Ron Willson, with whom I’d set up the meeting, introduced me to Dick Clemmer (the owner of Dick’s Hot Rod Shop), Tim Hanna, the co-chair for the Summer Spectacular, and Duane Barclay, a long-time member of the Southern Cruzers club. As we settled in, Hanna was eager to jump in and share the history of the event. It had originally been a part of Lakeville’s Pan-o-Prog, but club members wanted a big event that encompassed more than just a hundred cars and some hamburgers. Since 2005, the Summer Spectacular boasts a car show, business/shopping expo, swap meet, and multiple food vendors. Why do they do it? “It was either cars or sports, and I wasn’t coordinated enough for sports� reflects Duane Barclay, Southern Cruzers’ month-
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Checking out the cars at 2016 Summer Spectacular. This year’s show will be at the Dakota County Fairgrounds on August 26, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. edge and expertise. One read through “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance� — the story of a Minnesota man’s road trip on an aging motorcycle with his son — can lead to a deeper appreciation of keeping an old machine in top condition. To those who enjoy the craft of auto maintenance, it’s a riddle to be solved and a puzzle to piece together. Something starts clicking or leaking, they
grin and rub their hands together. Kind of like the robotics team, these car enthusiasts enjoy the thrill of the challenge. While they might be stuck in a nostalgic loop looking at these older cars, they also love the possibility of future car problems, aka car puzzles. The Summer Spectacular isn’t unlike most car shows. In order to entice other
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Event to feature internationally-renowned speaker by Tad Johnson SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE
Dakota County has been on the leading edge of community efforts to stop human trafficking, and an upcoming event aims to continue that trend. The “Civilian First Responder: Seeing the Unseen� workshop will
be held 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, at Lighthouse Christian Church in Rosemount in an effort to help people notice the signs of sex trafficking in their community and learn the steps to take to prevent it. The event will feature Becky McDonald, the founder and president Women At Risk Interna-
tional, which created the training program. McDonald became a crusader of women’s rights when she was 14 after one of her friends was wounded, raped and rendered unable to speak. Her efforts have spanned 40 countries, including fighting against sexual slavery in Asia, helping widows left behind
after the war in Kosovo and preventing sex trafficking in America. She has shared her expertise with Homeland Security, law enforcement, medical personnel, college students, women’s groups and churches. Elaine Addison, a Lakeville resident who attends Lighthouse, connected with Apple Valley
resident Terri Hands who helped organize a similar workshop in Minneapolis where McDonald was the featured speaker. Hands provided the contact with McDonald to have her speak in Rosemount. Addison said attending the conference changed See WORKSHOP, 14A
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family members to accompany their hot rod friends, but may not be interested in the cars themselves, food and crafts await them. The event includes the Business/Shopping Expo, which is organized by Gypsy Dreams Production, along with food vendors, music all day, a swap meet and car corral. Since many of the
Sex trafficking prevention workshop slated
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ly newsletter writer (Cruz News), on when he first got interested in cars. “It was either cars or sports, and I wasn’t coordinated enough for sports� said Duane Barclay, the Southern Cruzers’ monthly newsletter writer, on when he first got interested in cars. Members of the Southern Cruzers are getting ready for the Summer Spectacular car show that doubles as a reunion and fundraiser for community initiatives. Last year’s show raised $6,000. With the previous 11 shows, the organization has given more than $101,000 to charities and for scholarships. Attendance at the event has been strong in recent years, but the four members of the Southern Cruzers the newspaper spoke to lamented the fact that their grandchildren aren’t interested in these older cars. Some in the younger generation, though, like seeing the passion of a father or grandfather as they talk about the intricate workings of a motor and an elder’s years of knowl-