Ballet Royale is bringing the work of three local visual artists to life in a Feb. 11 show at the Lakeville Area Arts Center. See Thisweekend Page 10A
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Roof collapse closes church With entire building unusable, Heritage Lutheran held Sunday services outside in parking lot; church may reopen this weekend by Andrew Miller and Tad Johnson THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS
Officials at Heritage Lutheran Church in Apple Valley sounded a note of optimism this week following the gymnasium roof collapse Feb. 4 which temporarily made the entire church building unusable. While services last Sunday were held outside in the parking lot of the damaged church, there’s a chance services this weekend will be back indoors. “We are truly hoping to
IN BRIEF News about this story was originally posted online last Friday. For more breaking news, go online at www. ThisweekLive.com. be back in the sanctuary by Sunday,� church staff member Rhonda Eisenbeis said Wednesday. Rev. Karl Anderson, the pastor at Heritage Lutheran, was expected to make a
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decision by noon Thursday (after this edition went to press) on whether to hold Sunday services inside. As of Wednesday afternoon, the church was still awaiting the OK from city safety officials to re-open parts of the church, Eisenbeis said. “Our facilities are being dried out and temporary walls erected along the gym,� a post on the church’s website, www.heriPhoto by Tad Johnson tagelutheran.org, informed congregation members Rev. Karl Anderson of Heritage Lutheran Church in Apple Valley talks with congregation members after Sunday’s prayer service outside the damaged church. Anderson called on See Church, 12A the congregation to hope, pray, get to work and watch as the building rises from the grave.
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by Jessica Harper THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS
An employee was injured early Tuesday morning in a vehicle fire at Spectro Alloys in Rosemount. According to Rosemount Fire Chief Scott Aker, the fire appears to have started at 12:37 a.m. when a payloader dumped scrap metal into a furnace and molten metal shot out onto the vehicle, causing it to erupt into flames. Rosemount firefighters and a HealthEast ambulance arrived within 10 minutes. Apple Valley firefighters were on stand-by at the Rosemount fire station to respond to other calls. Firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze within 30 minutes and Spectro Alloys’ building was not damaged in the fire, Aker said. The injured employee was transported by another Spectro Alloys employee to Apple Valley Medical Center, which referred him to Regions Hospital, Aker said. The employee was released from the hospital by 9:30 a.m. The incident is under investigation by Rosemount Fire Marshal John Kendall. Spectro Alloys is an aluminum recycling facility that serves the Midwest. The plant is located at 13220 Doyle Path near Highway 55 in Rosemount. Another Spectro Alloys employee was injured in October of 2008 when there was an explosion at the facility’s shredding bin.
by Jessica Harper THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS
A Rosemount man has been charged for allegedly forcing a young girl to wear diapers and urinate on herself while he shot photos and video, which he posted online. Richard Michael Marquardt, 35, of Rosemount was charged by the Dakota County Attorney’s Marquardt Office Feb. 8 with five counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct and one count of possession of pornography involving minors. According to the complaint, the girl told her mother on Jan. 20 that Marquardt, a family friend, took nude photos of her. Rosemount police were notified and the girl reported that Marquardt made her urinate on herself and touched her inappropriately for the past four years. While conducting a warranted search of Marquardt’s home Jan. 21 police found a computer, digital camera, cell phone and associated media, which were seized. See Charges, 12A
Employee injured in fire at Spectro Alloys in Rosemount
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Valleywood Golf Course played host to horse-drawn hayrides, snow tubing, a community bonfire and other outdoor activities on Sunday as part of Apple Valley’s 34th annual Mid-Winter Fest. The festival organized by the city’s Parks and Recreation Department ran Feb. 5-6 at sites throughout the city. More photos are at Thisweeklive.com.
E-mail Jessica Harper at: jessica.harper@ecm-inc.com.
If you’re not careful, nature kills Rosemount author Cary Griffith explores the wonders and dangers of the natural world in nonfiction works ‘Opening Goliath’ and ‘Lost in the Wild’ by Andrew Miller THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS
For Rosemount resident Cary Griffith, it all began at Indian Creek. The avid outdoorsman and author of the wilderness-survival-oriented nonfiction works “Opening Goliath� and “Lost in the Wild� says his fascination with the natural world – the sense of wonder it offers, the dangers it holds – began at an early age in his hometown of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. “There was this creek off the end of the street where I lived and we spent our entire summers down there – wading, fishing, spearing carp,� he said. “It really was kind of a Huck Finn existence.� The outdoors-centered subject matter he tackles in his books isn’t quite so idyllic as his experiences at Indian Creek. His first book, “Lost in the Wild,� is a chilling account of two hikers who lost General 952-894-1111 Distribution 952-846-2070 Display Advertising 952-846-2011 Classified Advertising 952-846-2000
their way in the wilderness. “Opening Goliath,� published in 2009 and winner of the Minnesota Book Award, recounts the story of the three teenagers who died in a St. Paul cave in 2005 when a fire robbed the subterranean space of oxygen, as well as the story of John Ackerman and his fellow cavers’ exploration of the huge Goliath Cave complex in southeastern Minnesota about a half decade ago. Griffith became acquainted with Ackerman after publishing an article about cave exploring in Minnesota Conservation Volunteer, and soon grew enamored of the sheer chutzpah evinced by Ackerman and the other Goliath Cave explorers. “What these guys do is nothing short of absolute crazy,� he said. “The caves in southeastern Minnesota are cold, dark and dank, and these guys get into wet suits and crawl on their bel-
lies through razor-sharp sections.� Griffith, who’s employed as a writer for the Ceridian Corporation Griffith doing press releases, executive memos and other corporate documents, describes his nonfiction book work as an avocation. He’s set to speak at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 15, at the Robert Trail Library as part of the “Meet the Author� series sponsored by the Rosemount Area Arts Council and the library. He said his talk at the free library event will be a “CliffsNotes version� of the stories in “Opening Goliath,� and will feature a slideshow and PowerPoint presentation. In addition to his nonfiction, Griffith has begun work on a series of mystery novels set in Minnesota’s
IN BRIEF Cary Griffith will speak at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 15, at the Robert Trail Library in Rosemount as part of the “Meet the Author� series sponsored by the Rosemount Area Arts Council and the library. The event is free and open to the public. North Woods that center on a special agent with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. He’s completed the first novel, “Wolves,� and is shopping the manuscript around to publishers as he writes other installments in the series. Thematically, each of the novels focuses on one animal native to the North Woods and the ways in which that animal’s attributes manifest in human behavior.
“ ‘Wolves’ is about the human variety as well as the natural kind,� he said. “Opening Goliath� and “Lost in the Wild� are available for purchase through online booksellers such as
Amazon and Barnes & Noble. More about the author is at www.caryjgriffith.com. Andrew Miller is at andrew. miller@ecm-inc.com.
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