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Dakota County
Tribune
Farmington | Rosemount and the surrounding areas
www.dakotacountytribune.com
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August 3, 2017 • Volume 132 • Number 23
A CENTURY OF MEMORIES Rosemount High School Centennial Celebration slated Sept. 22 and 23
by Tad Johnson SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE
Sun Family Living inside Inside this edition is the August version of Sun Family Living with a special focus on back to school information. Inside
OPINION Help needed to provide meals The Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District Foundation is hoping people can donate funds to help feed children in need in the district. Page 4A
This fall, the chatter of young voices will fill the halls of a school building that has stood the test of time in Rosemount. While Rosemount High School’s first graduates have long since passed, their pioneering and enduring spirits will be alive during the Rosemount High School Centennial Celebration on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 22 and 23. One hundred years ago, the Rosemount community came together to help fund the construction of a school structure that still stands today near the city’s core. Looking at photographs from the early years of the high school,
one can see the familiar backdrop of the school that served all grades, then a high school and currently a portion of the middle school. In the faces of the students, one might see themselves. They might detect confidence, shyness, happiness or sadness, and realize how fleeting life is while the old brick building endures. Such perspective on the years should give additional incentive for Rosemount graduates to make the trip back to school to see their friends again, and for community members who didn’t graduate from RHS, but are still connected Photo submitted to the high school in some way, to The Rosemount High School graduating class of 1927 sit on the steps of the high school building at the time, which is now a part of Rosemount See CENTURY, 5A Middle School.
A grand day for a parade
Man dies in Valmont workplace accident by Tad Johnson SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE
THISWEEKEND
Dance troupes to perform
A 36-year-old Northfield man died Thursday, July 27, after an industrial accident at Valmont Industries in Farmington. The man has been identified by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner as Enrique Rosas Murga who died of multiple blunt force injuries around 2:30 a.m. Rosas Murga was helping operate a machine that tapers aluminum pipe into flag poles and light poles, according to KSTP-TV, citing Farmington police. “The employee associate was a well-liked, hardworking individual who would always step up to help teammates in production,� said Valmont employee James Morris in a statement. “We have
Mexican dance troupes Kalpulli Ketzal Coatlicue and Chinelos San Pablo Apostol are coming together to perform 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 6, in the outdoor amphitheater at Caponi Art Park. Page 15A
The Rosemount Leprechaun Days Grand Day Parade 2017 was held under what were deemed as perfect weather conditions on Saturday, July 29, which brought out thousands of people to see the floats and other entries march down 145th Street. The parade included the Rosemount High School marching band, several other high school groups, local seniors, several businesses and much more. More photos are inside this edition and online at SunThisweek.com.
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Chautauqua uses comedy to give history lesson
The Dakota County Tribune is an official newspaper of the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District. Page 10A
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Photo by Tad Johnson
Longtime cast member reflects on its run at the Dakota County Fair by Maren Bauer SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE
In its 13th year, the Chautauqua variety show at Dakota City Heritage Village will be sure to delight its audience members at the Dakota County Fair, which starts Aug. 7 at the Dakota County Fairgrounds in Farmington. Dewey Roth, who has been with the show since its premiere in 1999, loves being able to stretch his creativity and expand his education. His acting career began when he was in third grade at a northeast Indiana school where he was cast as Prince Charming. He’s been involved in commu-
nity theater ever since. Shortly after Roth changed careers from being a youth pastor to a technical writer, Pete Martin reached out to him to be part of Giant Step Theatre. Roth ended up sticking around for 16 more years. The two have worked together, along with Eric Peltoniemi, in creating original scenes and songs every year for the Dakota County Chautauqua. Roth estimates that 80 percent of the material is new each year. For the most part, the variety show is comedic. This year’s theme — “It Photo submitted
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