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A local historian has uncovered a hidden chapter of Rosemount’s past. See Thisweekend Page 7A.

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Thisweek Apple Valley-Rosemount OCTOBER 8, 2010

VOLUME 31, NO. 32

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Former Rosemount mayor dies in mower accident Reinke known for helping others and his gift of gab

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Ceremony marks change of command for Red Bulls Brig. Gen. David Elicerio replaces Maj. Gen. Richard Nash by Laura Adelmann THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

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elected in 1974. Among THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS the challenges Reinke helped Former Roseguide the new mount Mayor city through were Raymond W. Rethose related to inke died the way he the issues created lived: helping othby the merger. ers. Raymond Reinke Reinke, 75, was Reinke and the council killed on Friday, Oct. 1, when the lawn trac- also handled issues related tor he was riding to mow to the city’s growing popua neighbor’s ditch flipped lation, which doubled from over and rolled on top of 2,000 to 4,000 during the 1960s. him. He was an engineer and A passerby saw the tractor laying on its side and resigned as mayor in 1974 when his job moved him to alerted police. Reinke, a 1953 Rose- the town of Hawley in westmount High School gradu- ern Minnesota, where he reate, served as a supervisor tired. Reinke’s wife, Jackie, said on the Rosemount Township Board, and voted to the couple just celebrated merge with the Village of their 50th anniversary in Rosemount, which mapped July. She said Reinke loved to the city as it exists today. He was twice elected as chat with people, and was Rosemount mayor, first to a 9 a.m. regular at the lothe Village of Rosemount in cal gas station where he and June 1972, and then was re- See Reinke, 4A

Traffic clogged Highway 3 on Oct. 2 as people clamored to witness the installment of Brig. Gen. David J. Elicerio as the new 34th Red Bull Infantry Division commander at the Rosemount Armory. Elicerio replaced Maj. Gen. Richard Nash during the ceremony, which featured Nash passing the unit flag to Elicerio. A Ham Lake resident, Elicerio has a 30-year career with the Minnesota National Guard, serving in numerous senior staff positions, commanding troops at the company, battalion and brigade levels. In 2005, Elicerio headed the 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 34th Infantry, which served a record-setting 16 extra months in Iraq during the troop surge. “This division has served us all well and is a critical component to our history and our future,� Elicerio said. “I am fully committed to my best effort and challenge each of you to commit to the same as we move through this transition.� Soldiers, family members and officials including Rosemount Mayor Bill Droste attended the ceremony. Droste said it was the first time he

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Maj. Gen. Larry Shellito, adjutant general for the Minnesota National Guard, presents the 34th Infantry Division colors to Brig. Gen. David Elicerio during the Oct. 2 change of command ceremony. had ever attended a changing of the command ceremony, and was impressed with the service, which featured a military band. During the ceremony, Maj. Gen.

Fired up for fire safety Left: Eight-year-old Kaleb Maughan was all smiles as he tried on firefighters’ gear at the open house hosted by the Apple Valley Fire Department on Tuesday, Oct. 5. The family event at Fire Station 1 on Hayes Road was one of three open houses the department held as part of Fire Prevention Week 2010; this year’s theme was “Smoke alarms: A sound you can live with.�

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At right: Eleven-year-old Erika Olson, left, and her sister Ayla, 15, were joined by Apple Valley Mayor Mary Hamann-Roland when they met Radar, a K-9 officer with the city’s police department, at the open house on Tuesday.

Area schools tackle waste Districts 191, 196 look at increased recycling measures while cutting costs by Aaron Vehling

materials could be diverted from trash to organics composting and recycling programs. The study used six schools from Minneapolis and Hopkins school districts as a basis for calculating statewide numbers. Because such things do not occur in a vacuum, Thisweek decided to look at two south metro school districts, Burnsville-Eagan-Savage (District 191) and Rosemount-Apple ValleyEagan (District 196), to see just what happens to all their waste. See Recycling, 9A

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Where does it all go? Stand in a large school building and contemplate the consumption going on and the waste that follows: thrown-out food, milk containers, scraps, plastic bottles, old school supplies; basically, anything people involved in such activities would throw out or recycle over the course of a day. A recent Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) study found that as much as 78 percent of school waste General 952-894-1111 Distribution 952-846-2070 Display Advertising 952-846-2011 Classified Advertising 952-846-2000

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Guilty plea entered in murder of cab driver by Andrew Miller

During the investigation, police found Palm’s cell A 19-year-old man has phone in Abdikarim’s possession. Cell phone repleaded guilty to cords show that Abmurder in connection dikarim made several with the August 2009 calls with the phone. death of a cab driver Abdikarim was iniin Apple Valley. tially charged with Abdirahman Abthree counts of murdikarim of Apple der – including firstValley pleaded guilty Oct. 4 to second- Abdirahman degree murder (while committing aggradegree murder (while Abdikarim vated robbery) and committing a felony) for killing 41-year-old Mi- second-degree murder (with intent to kill). chael A. Palm II. Prosecutors offered AbdiPalm was found stabbed to death in his cab on Aug. 1, karim a plea agreement for the 2009, in the parking lot of a one count of second-degree commercial building on Gla- murder because two witnesses have disappeared and another zier Avenue. According to the criminal recanted his statement to pocomplaint, police found Palm lice, Dakota County Attorney dead in his taxi with stab James Backstrom said. Both wounds in his forehead, face, witnesses are believed to have left the state. neck, arm and hand. Abdikarim’s sentencing Palm’s cell phone and GPS system had been taken and a is set for Dec. 14 in Dakota bloody screwdriver was found County District Court in near his body on the floor of Hastings. State sentencing guidelines call for 15 to 21 his van. DNA analysis by the Min- years in prison in this case. nesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension linked Abdi- Andrew Miller is at andrew. karim to the murder weapon. miller@ecm-inc.com. THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

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Students at Cedar Park Elementary in Apple Valley are among those in District 196’s elementary schools who compost organic waste in a district effort to teach while practicing environmental due diligence. Ahmed Abuelhassan, Jaxson Baty, Jocelyn Gasga, Cassie Hoffman, Chloe Jackson, Miguel Omana, Allisyn Pohl, Kiko Vang and Dominick Todora (pictured here in no particular order) all worked with composting as part of their kindergarten curriculum.

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