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Thisweek Apple Valley-Rosemount OCTOBER 15, 2010

VOLUME 31, NO. 33

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Three Rosemount brothers all attain Eagle Scout rank

Bomb squad responds to report of suspicious items

by Laura Adelmann

Taped, pellet-filled plastic Easter eggs found in Apple Valley field

THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

News that three Rosemount brothers have all attained the rank of Eagle Scout left some Cub Scouts in awe the other day. On Oct. 24, Dane Raberge, 18, will be recognized as an Eagle Scout, the Boy Scout organization’s highest rank, joining his brothers Chase and Weston Raberge in achieving the honor. The Cub Scout boys, who were selling popcorn outside a local store for their scout pack, were impressed to learn of the brothers’ achievements because of the effort and dedication that goes into attaining Eagle. To qualify, scouts must first earn at least 21 merit badges, participate in scoutmaster conferences to set and evaluate individual achievement goals, and lead a major service project. According to the National Eagle Scout Association, only about 5 percent of all Boy Scouts attain the Eagle Scout rank. For his Eagle Scout project, Dane, a Rosemount High School senior, managed a remodeling project of a Sunday school classroom at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church in Apple Valley. He organized volunteers, obtained materials and led the effort to paint the room’s walls and remove and replace carpeting and ceiling tiles. In 2005, Dane’s oldest brother Chase Raberge, now 23, managed a landscaping project for his Eagle badge. And in 2008 the middle brother, Weston Raberge, now 21, built and installed all the racks of coat hooks at Paideia Academy, a charter school in Apple Valley. Parents of the young men are Todd and Kim Raberge of Rosemount.

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by Andrew Miller THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

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Brothers Weston (left), Dane and Chase Raberge of Rosemount have all attained the rank of Eagle Scout. “It’s just a huge sense of pride it gives you that all three managed to accomplish the Eagle,� Kim said. She added that Dane plans to become a second-grade teacher, inspired by his second-grade teacher, Kay Shaw, who still teaches at Shannon Park Elementary where Dane attended. Chase owns his own townhome in Rosemount and is a volunteer police reserve officer for the city. He was just laid off from his job as a security guard and is looking for employment. Weston wants to become a police officer and has joined the Air Force. He

is working part-time as an emergency medical technician for the city of Cottage Grove, and leaves to begin his service Nov. 29. Dane will be awarded the Eagle Scout rank at 2 p.m. on Oct. 24 during a Court of Honor ceremony at the Rosemount American Legion. The boys’ scoutmasters are expected to attend, and Rosemount Mayor Bill Droste has been invited; the public is welcome. Laura Adelmann is at dceditor@frontiernet.net.

Several plastic Easter eggs, initially thought to have been converted into explosive devices, were found in a field in Apple Valley last week, prompting a response from a police bomb-squad unit. An entomologist searching for soybean aphids in the field on Upper 147th Street near Europa Avenue Oct. 6 came across the plastic eggs, which had been sealed with tape. “He pulled one apart and found what he thought was some shot and a couple wires,� said Apple Valley Police Capt. Jon Rechtzigel. An Apple Valley patrol officer responded to the scene around 11:15 a.m., and the Bloomington Police Department’s bomb squad was called out as a precautionary measure. The bomb squad used a robot to blast the plastic eggs with a directed stream of water and thus break them open. It soon became clear that “there really wasn’t a threat to anybody,� Rechtzigel said. Inside the eggs, police found soybeans, plastic BBs and, in one egg, a spent firecracker. “It looked like some kids rigged these up, probably for playing war games or something,� Rechtzigel said. Police have retained the soybean- and pellet-filled plastic eggs as evidence, but don’t plan to devote any additional resources to an investigation. Rechtzigel said the decision to call in the bomb squad was the right move. “You never can be 100 percent certain, so you want to play it safe and do the right thing,� he said. Andrew Miller is at andrew.miller@ecm-inc.com.

Rosemount may Eagles set state record for consecutive wins soon be seeking friends, tweeting Photo by Rick Orndorf

City considers opening Facebook, Twitter accounts by Laura Adelmann THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Rosemount may be getting into the social network. At an Oct. 13 City Council work session, held after this issue went to press, council members discussed whether to join the growing number of cities setting up Facebook and Twitter accounts. Cities that have already joined Facebook include Chanhassen, Brooklyn

Park, St. Louis Park, Blaine, Mankato and Burnsville. Some of the issues city officials were to explore is whether to allow the public to post comments on their sites, or if the city would only include posts already published on its See Networking, 10A

Apple Valley’s Tom Obarski, No. 3, passes the ball during the Section 3AA soccer quarterfinals against Hastings. The Eagles won the game 10-0, putting their winning streak at 42 games. The previous Minnesota record for a consecutive winning streak in boys soccer was 40, set by Stillwater in the 1990s. Apple Valley is the defending Class AA state chamampion, and the team upped its 2010 season record to o 18-0 with the win over Hastings.

Rosemount man answers to Dakota County charges Former Minneapolis cop pleads guilty to armed robbery by Laura Adelmann THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

A decorated war veteran and former Minneapolis Police officer has pleaded guilty to seven counts of armed robbery charges. Timothy Edward Carson, 29, of Rosemount, was earlier this month sentenced to 10 years in prison for five counts of aggravated robbery in Hennepin County. The time will be served concurrently with a previous eight-year sentence he received for committing armed robbery of an Apple Valley bank in January. On Tuesday, with his criminal defense General 952-894-1111 Distribution 952-846-2070 Display Advertising 952-846-2011 Classified Advertising 952-846-2000

attorney Andrew Small, Carson made his first appearance and entered guilty pleas in Dakota County court on five additional counts of first-degree aggravated robbery and two counts of firstdegree attempted aggravated robbery. Carson will be sentenced Dec. 14 in Hastings. “We intend to seek appropriate consequences for this brazen and violent criminal behavior committed by an officer sworn to uphold the law,� said Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom. Previously in court, Carson has demonstrated remorse for his actions, which

have been attributed to overed to commit robberies and die in whelming problems including his a police confrontation so his famwife’s false claims she and their ily could receive $250,000 from baby daughter had been raped, his life insurance policy. and that she had fatal leukemia But on Dec. 15, 2009, when Carand was undergoing chemotherason committed his first robbery at py. a dry cleaning business, there was Carson was also broke, and un- Timothy no police confrontation. der pressure as their house was in Carson Carson’s psychologist testified foreclosure. that he decided to keep going until In addition, the former SWAT team he was caught, so his family would have member suffered from brain damage and money to carry them through until the post-traumatic stress disorder from his insurance would pay off from his death. service in Iraq, for which he received two He robbed various stores and a wommedals for bravery and saved the lives of an of her ATM card until Jan. 6 when he some fellow soldiers. encountered an alert Apple Valley Police In court testimony, Carson is said to officer. have snapped, and last November decid- See Carson, 10A

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