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Dakota County

Tribune

Farmington | Rosemount and the surrounding areas

www.dakotacountytribune.com

March 8, 2018 • Volume 133 • Number 1

Accident at the Community Expo

NEWS

Community leaders involved in golf cart mishap by Jody Peters SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Lorna Landvik in Rosemount Lorna Landvik will be the featured speaker during the Rosemount Writers Festival & Book Fair on Saturday, March 24. Page 2A

OPINION Good time to think ‘sunshine’ Columnist Peggy Bakken shows that even as snow covers the ground it’s a good time to talk about Sunshine Week. Page 4A

THISWEEKEND

Rosemoun’t connection The Rosemount Area Historical Society’s History Talk will reveal the city’s connection to a post-WWII Air Force base in Greenland. Page 17A

SPORTS Wrestlers achieve at state Rosemount and Farmington wrestlers sought podium positions at the state tournament this past weekend. Page 10A

PUBLIC NOTICE The Dakota County Tribune is an official newspaper of the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District. Page 12A

INDEX Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . 10A Public Notices . . . . . . 12A Classifieds . . . . . . . . . 13A Announcements . . . . 16A

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Farmington School Board Member Jake Cordes apologized for not alerting a district staff member after a golf cart he was driving caused $178.53 worth of damage at the Farmington Community Expo on Jan. 27 at Farmington High School. “Biggest regret of the entire accident was not alerting a district staff member that Saturday,

something we should have done. I don’t know why we didn’t report it right away. That question I cannot answer. But I’m very sorry that we didn’t report it right away,� Cordes said during the Feb. 26 School Board meeting. Although no staff member was alerted of the incident, Cordes said he had every intention of telling FHS principal Jason Berg the following Monday. However, before he

by Andy Rogers

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A look at how to vote and who the candidates are

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The Rosemount Area Athletic Association is at a transitional point in its history. Paul Essler, RAAA president, said the organization is taking steps to transform the culture into one focusing on respect and positivity. “We’re drawing a line in the sand,� Essler said. They’re all in with the Positive Coaching Alliance. “The city is behind us,� Essler said. “The high school is behind us. We’re asking all coaches to embrace the same philosophy and we’re getting really strong support.� What is that PCA? According to its website, its mission is to have youth and high school student athletes have a

make up for that custodial time that was wasted.� The accident took place between 10 and 11 a.m. Three community leaders were involved: Cordes, Dew Days co-chair John Guist and Mayor Todd Larson. During the golf cart ride, which lasted roughly 15 minutes, the three men went through a set of double doors on the south side of the boys locker

Township elections: Castle Rock Township

‘Line drawn’ with Positive Coaching Alliance

by Jody Peters SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

asked to resign and coaches have been let go if they don’t buy into the philosophy. “If they can’t be a positive coach in front of our kids, they can’t be

On March 13, township residents across the state will vote for candidates to represent their community. Currently there are 1,781 townships in Minnesota, according to the Minnesota Association of Townships website, and approximately 924,158 Minnesotans live in a township. Townships are the original form of local government in Minnesota. They’re divided into areas of land that are 36 square miles. The township is run by a board of supervisors, who typically serve two- to six-year terms. Supervisors must be residents of the township.

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Greg Coleman, former NFL punter and current Minnesota Vikings sideline reporter for KFAN, speaks during the Rosemount Area Athletic Association annual stakeholders meeting Feb. 25. positive, character-building experience resulting in better athletes and people. RAAA has conducted a number of PCA workshops for leaders, coaches and parents as both stand-alone work-

shops, and to coach and parent meetings. RAAA began a partnership with the organization about three years ago, but it wasn’t universally embraced. Essler said members of the board have been

Living history with fourth-graders District 192 students create living wax museum

by Jody Peters SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

What do Sally Ride, Albert Einstein and the Crocodile Hunter have in common? They’re all people who made a positive difference in the world. Last Friday, North Trail Elementary students dressed up as these famous figures, and others, for their “wax museum� project. The project introduces the concept of biographies to students. Teachers asked students to choose a deceased person who made a difference and to research that person for about a month. Once the students had enough information to make a one-minute speech, they created and memorized a script that they recited during the wax museum presentation. During a visit to North Trail’s wax museum, parents filed into the cafeteria. All the fourth-grade students sat in silence as their character, their heads

bowed. A girl with braids and a bonnet remained still until a nearby “button� was pressed — in this case, a pile of books. She then sprang to life and recited a brief history of Laura Ingalls Wilder. Throughout the cafeteria, other students were doing the same. Each had a unique button that corresponded to their figure. For example, a student dressed as Steve Irwin had a plush crocodile for his button, while another dressed as Sally Ride had a toy space shuttle. According to fourthgrade teacher Diana Kell, who first introduced the wax museum project to North Trail six or seven years ago, the project is an interactive way to learn about biographies. “It’s writing, it’s speech, it’s drama because they all dress up. And so we just thought it’d be a great cumulative assessment for them to learn about biographies and pick a specific person,� Kell said.

Since its inception, the project has undergone some slight changes. The teachers used to let students choose any deceased historical figure, but decided to change that policy this year. “We used to have it where it was kind of wide open, and then we got kind of really random people. So now we just have a list and they can pick from the list people that had a positive influence in the world,� Kell said. Another reason the school moved to a teacher-approved list is they wanted to be sure students could find enough information on their figure. Fourth-grade teacher Kelly Galarneau said that students sometimes had a hard time finding gradelevel, kid-friendly materials for their research. If a student wanted to do a project on Herb Brooks, for example, they Photo by Jody Peters might find a library book, Fourth-grade students at North Trail Elementary dressed but “it would be 437 pag- as historical figures for their wax museum project. Ales long and written at an bert Einstein, Sally Ride, Steve Irwin, Neil Armstrong and Laura Ingalls Wilder were among the famous figures See MUSEUM, 8A represented.

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fix the door. The cost has already been paid back to the high school. Cordes has also offered to do volunteer work at the high school “to make up for the time it took to watch the video to find this out.� He and Berg haven’t worked out the final details for that yet, and Berg has suggested waiting until after spring break. Cordes said he will be “insisting that I perform custodial duties or something along those lines to

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could do so, Berg found out about the incident through video surveillance. When Berg asked Cordes about the incident, Cordes said he apologized profusely and offered to make it right by covering the repair costs. The total cost of $178.53 covered the replacement part for the golf cart that was damaged, the paint and Bondo to repair a door and the cost of labor for the custodian to

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