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Judy not ruling out ballot recount option City prepared if request comes once votes are canvassed by Laura Adelmann THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS
Rosemount may soon be undergoing a manual ballot recount process for a City Council race. City Council Member Mark DeBettignies last week won re-election with 3,436 votes, but it was a narrow victory against chal- Tim lenger Tim Judy, Judy who ended the race with 3,410 votes, a difference of less than one-half of a percentage point. Minnesota law allows for a cityfunded recount if the winning margin is less than one-half of 1 percent of the total votes counted in the race. A written recount request must be submitted to the election jurisdiction within seven days of the canvassing of the general election, according to the Minnesota Secretary of State’s 2010 Election Recount Guide. Once a request is submitted, a 48-hour notification process begins, and the recount would probably begin a few days later, said Rosemount Communications Coordinator Alan Cox.
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Apple Valley High School’s boys soccer team won the state title on Nov. 4 at the Metrodome in Minneapolis with a 3-0 victory over Minneapolis Southwest in the final. It’s the ninth state title and the second straight for the Eagles; Apple Valley is on a state-record 48-game undefeated streak.
Apple Valley business has nits to pick Lice-beleaguered mother opens in-home head-lice removal service THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS
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less as possible.” The shampoos and conditioners Loch uses – such as Tea Tree and Lice Defense – were chosen because they’re “natural and chemical-free,” she said. Customers also have the option of having their homes deloused. As Loch tends to a child’s hair, one of her employees will bag up toys, vacuum, and clean the bedsheets of all the liceinfested individuals in the home. Children receive a “countdown calendar,” which allows them to count off the days until they get to open their bagged toys and blankets. Melissa’s Nitpickers offers an initial head check for $25, a fee that’s waived if treatment is needed. The head-lice removal service is
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Will workers such as teachers, bus drivers and retail sales clerks be able to afford to one day live in UMore Park? To help working families realize that goal, two University of Minnesota interns researched financing options to develop the planned sustainable community with affordable housing options. They recently presented their findings to Rosemount City Council members. General 952-894-1111 Distribution 952-846-2070 Display Advertising 952-846-2011 Classified Advertising 952-846-2000
more than just one year … to balance the budget.” Other priorities Hooppaw Apple Valley will be getnoted in his camting a “numbers guy” paign included ecoon the City Council nomic development when newly elected – specifically, retainClint Hooppaw takes ing existing businessoffice in January. es and attracting new Finance is Hoopbusinesses to the city paw’s area of exper– and public safety. tise – just don’t ask Regarding public him to measure the Clint safety, traffic issues circumference of a Hooppaw are the top concern, circle or do any other high school math minutiae. Hooppaw said. With the “I’ve never been a cal- construction along Cedar culus guy, but the finance Avenue in coming years, the numbers work for me,” said goal will be to prevent the the vice president at Anchor city’s other thoroughfares, Bank in Apple Valley, who such as Galaxie Avenue, along with incumbent John from becoming traffic bottleBergman was elected from necks. The goal is to “avoid the a field of 10 candidates in the City Council election on nightmare wherever we can,” he said of the looming traffic Nov. 2. It wasn’t dissatisfac- situation. The run for City Council tion with city government that prompted Hooppaw to was Hooppaw’s first bid for seek a seat on the council. elected office. Previously, Quite the opposite, actu- he served on city advisory ally – he said the city is cur- commissions in Eagan – the rently “well run” and that he Waste Reduction and Airwon’t be looking to make big port advisory commissions changes after taking the oath – before moving to Apple Valley five years ago. of office. He said he began camSo why run for council? “It felt like the right thing paigning around Labor Day, to do and the right time to door-knocking two to three do it,” said Hooppaw, a past evenings each week, and on Apple Valley Rotary Club Saturdays and Sundays. “The objective was pretty president who moved to the city with his wife, Jessica, simple – get out and meet as and their daughter in 2005. many people as you could,” “It wasn’t a big beef with the said Hooppaw, noting that he managed to door-knock city. Nothing like that.” Where he can offer help about 75 percent of houseis with the budget, he said, holds in the city. Hooppaw will occupy an area many cities will be struggling with in coming the seat on the City Counyears owing to the downturn cil currently held by Sharon LaComb, who opted not to in the economy. “What’s coming down the seek re-election. road is tougher budget decisions every year,” he said. Andrew Miller is at andrew. “You need to look ahead miller@ecm-inc.com. THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS
$100 for the first hour, $75 for the second hour and $50 for the third hour. Each treatment includes a followup visit about a week later. Loch also offers head screenings at day cares, schools and camps. Melissa’s Nitpickers is the first business of its kind in Minnesota, Loch said, though similar businesses exist on the east and west coasts. In addition to Loch, Melissa’s Nitpickers has two employees: Suze Fulford handles the home-delousing aspect of the business, and Loch’s husband, Mike, keeps the books. More about the business is at www.melissasnitpickers.com. Andrew Miller is at andrew. miller@ecm-inc.com.
UMore affordable housing options presented by U of M students by Laura Adelmann
Hooppaw will bring finance skills, no grudges to council Council member-elect will replace Sharon LaComb on City Council
by Andrew Miller
August 2010 with the idea that the small, parasitic inMelissa Loch decided sects that live on the scalp to open Melissa’s Nitpick- can be eliminated without ers, an in-home head-lice recourse to toxic chemicals removal service, after her – and that the removal of own daughters got head lice head lice needn’t come with a social stigma. – twice. “The stigma is “When you first so horrible and get lice, you freak it doesn’t need to out,” said Loch, of be,” said Loch, Apple Valley. “We noting that one got it twice in our myth about head family and it was like, lice is that they’re ‘Seriously?’ ” an indicator of Loch, two of Melissa poor hygiene. “Acwhose three daugh- Loch tually, lice like ters attend Diamond Path Elementary in the cleaner hair.” When Loch goes to a Rosemount-Apple ValleyEagan School District, said home for lice removal, she she grew concerned after first shampoos and blow purchasing lice-removal dries the child’s hair, then products at an area drug- goes through the hair, store, and noticing that the strand by strand, with a over-the-counter treatments special lice-removal comb. contained potentially harm- A second round of shampooing is followed by a final ful chemicals. “The thing is, the prod- hair check and application ucts that are sold over the of a leave-in conditioner.” “Typically, it takes two counter contain a small amount of pesticides,” she to three hours depending on said. “I got a little concerned the thickness of the hair,” right away when I saw it said said Loch, who brings a you shouldn’t leave it on DVD player and videos for the child to watch during the longer than 10 minutes.” Loch founded her limit- lice-removal process. “I try ed-liability corporation in to make it as easy and pain-
In a Nov. 8 e-mail, Judy said he would make no decision until after the results were canvassed, and did not respond to further questions and phone calls. This edition went to press before the ballots were certified by City Council members Wednesday night, in a meeting held before the Mark council’s work sesDeBettignies sion. However, Cox indicated officials are prepared for a recount if a request comes in. He said Rosemount ballots have been sealed in boxes and kept securely stored at Rosemount City Hall since they were counted Nov. 2. “Election judges sealed the envelopes containing the ballots that were cast, and the extra blank ballots that were on hand in case more voters turned out, as soon as the voting machines were opened after the polls closed election night,” Cox said. “The judges brought those envelopes and the rest of their paperwork back to City Hall. The city clerk (Amy Domeier) locked the envelopes in a room to which only she has a key. The envelopes have See Recount, 3A
Allie Klynderud, who will graduate in December with a degree in housing studies, researched and presented information on financing models for affordable housing at UMore Park. Leslie Theiste, who is pursuing a degree in architecture, presented information on green affordable housing options. Klynderud presented several financing options, including a shared equity model that provides subsidized housing for multiple families,
because the funding becomes attached to the property itself. Under this model – also called resale-restricted, owner-occupied housing – a low-income family purchases the home below its value, with financial help from a nonprofit. The nonprofit entity stays in contact with the family to ensure the property doesn’t deteriorate and that mortgage payments stay current. When the home is sold, it is listed at a price lower than its appraised value; assuming the home appreciates, the seller still makes a profit but See Housing, 3A
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