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August 5, 2016 | Volume 37 | Number 23
Vikings break ground with grand fanfare
NEWS LandďŹ ll deal falls through A proposal to clean up the old Freeway Landfill in Burnsville was declared dead by the state’s Pollution Control Agency. Page 3A
THISWEEKEND
Classic stage comedy Expressions Community Theater will present “Arsenic and Old Lace� Aug. 5-14 at the Lakeville Area Arts Center. Page 15A
Team grants naming rights to Twin Cities Orthopedic by Jessica Harper SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE
The Minnesota Vikings broke ground on their new headquarters and practice facility in Eagan this week, and the festivities included plenty of fanfare. Just before the ceremonial dig Aug. 2, a shovel was delivered to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell by a skydiver. Goodell took part in the ground-breaking ceremony with Vikings COO Kevin Warren, general manager Rick Spielman, coach Mike Zimmer, players Teddy Bridgewater, Harrison Smith and Laquon Treadwell, Eagan Mayor Mike Maguire and other Vikings officials. Vikings cheerleaders were on hand at the event. A large video screen was held up by backhoes and a dump truck lifted its back to reveal a banner after the Vikings announced a 20-year naming rights
agreement with Twin Cities Orthopedics. Under the agreement, the new facility — located at the intersection of Dodd Road and Lone Oak Parkway — will be called Twin Cities Orthopedics Performance Center, which will be adjacent to the TCO Stadium. Twin Cities Orthopedics has been the official orthopedic specialist for the team for several years. The NFL team plans to develop the 200-acre site in multiple phases over several years. The first phase of the project includes the construction of the Vikings corporate headquarters, training facilities, practice fields and a 6,000-seat stadium slated to open in March 2018. The small stadium within the development will be available to local high school teams for games and tailgating events and could be ex-
Eagan Mayor Mike Maguire (center) was presented a framed Vikings jersey by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell (left), Lenny Wilf (cousin of Vikings owners Zygi and Mark Wilf) and Vikings COO Kevin Warren during a ground-breaking ceremony Aug. 2. (Photo by Jessica Harper) panded to 10,000 seats if necessary, Vikings representatives said. Goodell described the new campus as having “incredible potential.� “This facility I saw for the first time last November when I was here for a
game,� he said. “It’s more than just a training facility, it’s just great for this community, but also I think the Vikings are showing how they pulled the community together.� Maguire, who was presented a framed Vikings
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jersey with the No. 1 and Eagan on the back, described the ground-breaking as “a big day for Eagan.� “The Vikings team headquarters and practice See VIKINGS, 16A
Apple Valley resident celebrates 100 years
SPORTS
by Andrew Miller SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE
New athletic director Virgil Jones starts his job this week as assistant principal and athletics director at Apple Valley High School. Page 9A
PUBLIC NOTICE Sun Thisweek Apple Valley is an official newspaper of the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District. Page 10A
Mr. Fuzzles, Apple Valley resident Dale Temte’s alpaca, was a hit with guests at the annual Business Watch Picnic held in Kelley Park on Tuesday in conjunction with Night to Unite. Visiting with Mr. Fuzzles are, from left, Stacie Burke, Nicole Clifton and Tori Haider. Temte was asked to bring his alpaca to the Business Watch Picnic by event organizers for some added fun; the picnic also featured food, entertainment, raffle prizes and booths hosted by area businesses. Later in the day, block parties were held in neighborhoods throughout the city for Night to Unite, the annual event sponsored by the Apple Valley Police Department aimed at strengthening community partnerships and bringing awareness to local crime prevention efforts. (Photo by Andrew Miller)
INDEX
Mom guilty of felonies for hiding daughters
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by Laura Adelmann SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE
Sandra Grazzini-Rucki was found guilty of six felony counts of deprivation of parental rights after a Dakota County District Court jury deliberated for about five hours before delivering the verdict Thursday, July 28. The 50-year-old Lakeville mother of five, charged with eight felony counts of deprivation of parental rights, had testified she left her two daugh-
ters with strangers for tion if it was handed over two years during a down. custody dispute and has Dakota County Athad no contact with any torney James Backof their children since strom said his office that time. was “very pleased� G r a z z i n i - Ru c k i with the verdict. showed no emotion as Grazzini“This is an importhe verdict was read. tant case,� Backstrom Rucki She was handcuffed said, adding that the and jailed, later released on county plans to continue with $100,000 bail. its related cases against third She will be sentenced at 9 parties involved with the girls’ a.m. Sept. 21 Grazzini-Rucki. disappearance. She had stated previously that See TRIAL, 16A she would appeal a convic-
The year Irene Morrison was born, Woodrow Wilson was president, World War I was raging in Europe, and Pancho Villa was leading the Mexican Revolution. Born July 3, 1916, Morrison celebrated her 100th birthday last month with friends and family at Apple Valley Villa, the seniorliving complex where she now resides. Morrison, who has one son and two grand- Irene Morrison children, said her best memories from the past century are rooted in family life. “I’ve had so many good things,� she said. “We had a good life. We had a happy life.� An Ohio native, Morrison married her high school sweetheart, LeRoy, while still in high school. She worked at a mosaic tile factory in Zanesville, Ohio, for two years, then moved with LeRoy to Canton, Ohio, where LeRoy took a job at a ball-bearing factory. Irene found employment at a five-anddime store — chopping candy was among her duties there — and later worked at an insurance company for many years. While LeRoy, a World War II veteran who served in the Pacific Theater with the U.S. Marines, was involved in a Masonic Lodge, Irene was involved in the lodge’s counterpart, the Order of the Eastern Star, rising to the position of top officer in her local chapter. In retirement, the couple moved to Florida, where Irene was active in her retirement community in Haines City, chairing a committee for a six-month project to build a new rec hall. About the time the couple moved to Florida, their one child, Bryan Morrison, See BIRTHDAY, 16A
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