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Fire-ravaged Arkley house tagged for demolition owner and the only other occupant at the time of the fire, told police that on the morning of the fire he to press. Consent agenda items are was lying on a bed when his wife considered routine, noncontroverentered the room, doused him with sial items voted on as a block with a gasoline, threw an oil lamp in his disingle motion. rection and struck him in the head with an exercise weight, the comRhonda The ďŹ re plaint said. On Dec. 2, police were dis- Arkley Stuart Arkley further told popatched to the home around 9:15 lice that his wife used a five-gallon a.m. on a report that Rhonda Arkley, pos- gas can to spread gasoline throughout the sibly distraught over her adult son’s No- house; he jumped out a window and fled to vember death from a heroin overdose, had a neighbor’s home to call 911. started a fire in the home with gasoline and After firefighters from the Apple Valley was threatening to kill herself. and Rosemount fire departments spent the When police arrived, Rhonda Arkley morning battling the blaze, Apple Valley was observed stabbing herself in the chest Fire Chief Nealon Thompson declared the with a screwdriver inside a locked car out- home a “total loss.â€? side the home. She fled in her vehicle when Rhonda Arkley, 50, has been charged she saw police, leading officers on a chase with three felonies – first-degree arson, secthat ended in Eagan when police deployed ond-degree assault, and fleeing from police. road spikes to deflate her tires, according She’s being held in the Ramsey County Jail to the criminal complaint. as she awaits her next court appearance, an She was taken to Regions Hospital in omnibus hearing, on Oct. 12. St. Paul for self-inflicted stab wounds and burns before being booked into jail. Andrew Miller is at andrew.miller@ecmStuart Arkley, the home’s other listed inc.com.

Homeowner in jail awaiting next court appearance for alleged arson by Andrew Miller

the condition of the home, according to Brady, and there’s a risk that the dwelling, which adjoins Tintah Park, “will attract the attention of curious members of the general public to ‘investigate’ the property.� There’s evidence to suggest “curious members of the general public� have already entered the property. After the fire, doors and windows were secured with sheets of plywood to prevent entry, but when Brady inspected the home in April he found the plywood securing the front door had been removed. The city is allowed under state statute to order the removal of a hazardous building, and the burden of removal falls upon the owner. If the owner fails to comply with the order, the city may demolish the building itself and then assess the costs to the owner. The Apple Valley City Council was set to vote on the demolition order for the Arkley house as part of the consent agenda at its May 12 meeting, after this edition went

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Apple Valley officials are seeking to have demolished the fire-ravaged home at 4754 W. 142nd St. because it poses a threat to public health. One of the homeowners, Rhonda Arkley, has been charged with arson in connection with the Dec. 2, 2010, fire that resulted in the destruction of the entire split-level home and attached two-car garage. A report from the city’s chief building official, Gregory Brady, notes that the home’s roof truss system has collapsed, joists have been severely burned and walls have been reduced to ash. “My investigation found that while the home appears to be sound from a view from the street, observations from the rear and sides, as well as the aerial photographs overlooking the home, clearly show the house structure is not structurally sound or safe,� Brady wrote. The city’s inspections and fire departments have been receiving complaints on

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Two Rosemount adults, toddler injured in Wisconsin crash by Tad Johnson THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Two Rosemount adults were seriously injured and a 4-year-old girl in their van sustained an injury of unreported severity in a two-vehicle, head-on crash in Baldwin Township, Wis., in the early morning hours of May 5, according to a press release from the St. Croix County Sheriff’s Department. True Vangh, 46, remained in critical condition at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, while Nkajlo Vangh was released from Regions as of

Tuesday afternoon. Julianna Vangh, 4, was taken to Gillette Children’s Hospital. A patient condition was not available as of press time. True and Julianna reportedly were not wearing vehicle safety equipment, while Nkajlo was wearing a seat belt. True was ejected from the northbound 2011 Toyota when it crashed into a southbound 2007 Kenworth milk truck, driven by Mitchell Anderson, 36, Glenwood City, Wis., at about 4:30 a.m. in the 900 block of South Highway 63.

The crash reportedly occurred in the southbound lane about four miles north of Interstate 94 near Baldwin, Wis. The highway was closed for five hours as law enforcement staff processed the scene. Anderson was treated for minor injuries at the scene and released. He was wearing a seat belt. The sheriff’s office did not indicate the family relationship of the Vanghs. Tad Johnson is at editor. thisweek@ecm-inc.com.

Felony charge follows ruckus by Andrew Miller THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

A noisy disturbance outside an Apple Valley residence last week drew the attention of police – and an alcoholrelated felony charge for the man causing the commotion. Apple Valley officers were dispatched to the residence on the 15100 block of Dunbar Boulevard just after midnight May 1 on a report of a domestic dispute in which Purvis Ray, 40, was banging on the front door of the dwelling, screaming at people inside and generally “causing a scene,� the criminal complaint said. When police arrived, Ray was observed driving a blue sedan, and an officer who knew

Dakota County Jail folRay’s license was lowing the incident and canceled stopped remained in custody the vehicle, the there as of Wednesday complaint said. The afternoon. He’s been officer who spoke charged with DWI-test with Ray noted a refusal, a felony, as well strong odor of alas driving after cancelcohol on his breath, lation-inimical to public bloodshot eyes and Purvis Ray safety, a gross misdeslurred speech. Ray told the officer he had meanor. His next court appearance not been drinking, but then “performed poorly on field is May 23 in Hastings. According to police, Ray sobriety tests and failed a preliminary breath test,� accord- driver’s license has been revoked four times in the last ing to the complaint. After he was placed under 10 years – in September 2003, arrest, Ray allegedly refused December 2005, February to answer when asked by po- 2007 and January 2010 – for lice if he would take a blood “driving impaired� incidents. or urine test, stating, “I plead Andrew Miller is at andrew. the fifth. Take me to jail.� Ray was booked into the miller@ecm-inc.com.

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Foster Willey Jr. talks about the Triskele sculpture he created to adorn the lawn of the Robert Trail Library during a dedication ceremony Tuesday, May 10. Willey and Rosemount historian Maureen Geraghty Bouchard spoke during the event, which also included an exhibit of Triskele coloring pages inside the neighboring Steeple Center. The Triskele is a frequent symbol in Irish culture.

Activity fees rise in District 196 by Jessica Harper THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

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While families attempt to pinch pennies in this tough economy, those in the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District will be forced to pay higher activity fees next school year. The School Board unanimously approved on May 7 raising fees by $10 for high school athletics and fine arts activities in the 2011-12 school year to help balance the budget. The measure is part of the district’s $8.5 million budget adjustments approved by the board in March. Though it’s a relatively small amount, the increase will result in steep fees for some popular sports.

For instance, hockey and football fees will be raised to $185 for the 2011-12 school year. “This is not something we look at cavalierly,� Board Member Art Coulson said. “We understand $10 can make a difference between a kid being able to play a sport or not play a sport.� The board also approved a proposal to impose a $10 graduation fee. This will go toward the cost of running the events, said Tony Taschner, communications director for District 196. Both activity and graduation fees are waived for students who qualify for free-and-reduced lunches, Taschner said.

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Family of Jeff Wilfahrt asked to attend ceremony in Washington, D.C. by Tad Johnson THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

The parents of a Rosemount man who was killed while serving in the U.S. Army in Afghanistan were invited to a May 6 ceremony at the White House, according to MinnPost.com. Lori and Jeff Wilfahrt have been outspoken in telling the story of their gay son, Spc. Andrew Wilfahrt, 31, who died Feb. 27 by an insurgent’s bomb. Jeff Wilfahrt testified in a state Senate committee hearing April 29 against legislation that would place a constitutional amendment on the ballot to define marriage as between a man

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A citywide cleanup day will be held for Rosemount from 8 a.m. until noon Saturday, May 21, at Dakota County Technical College, 1300 145th St. E. (County Road 42) in the west parking lot. The lineup will begin at the University of Minnesota research facility and

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hosted by first lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, the wife of Vice President Joe Biden. During the first event it was reported that representatives of gay and lesbian military families were specifically excluded, according to ABC news. For more on Jeff Wilfahrt’s comments at the state Capitol, go online at www.ThisweekLive.com and click on Rosemount. Tad Johnson is at editor. thisweek@ecm-inc.com.

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and a woman, which he depicted as an insult to his son. “On the battlefield, both heteros and homosexuals bleed red,� Wilfahrt said during the hearing. “I Andrew cannot imagine Wilfahrt what those last moments of life must have been for him. “He was bagged and carried from the field by his fellow soldiers, and I know his sexuality did not matter one whit to them,� he said. This is the second such White House military families recognition event

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extend north along Akron Avenue. Enter off of Highway 3 or Blaine Avenue onto 160th Avenue for easier line up. Rosemount will be working with J.R.’s Advanced Recyclers for collection and disposal of electronic equipment and appliances. Be prepared to

pay J.R.’s and the city of Rosemount separately for items requiring a fee. For a list of disposal prices, visit www. ci.rosemount.mn.us. Contact the city’s solid waste coordinator at (651) 3226005 with questions. The event is for Rosemount residents only.

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The sale will feature native grasses, daylilies, hostas, coneflowers, herbs, fruit and shrubs grown primarily in the gardens of Dakota County Master Gardeners. New for sale this year will be compost, aged horse

manure and several varieties of heirloom tomatoes. The list of plants for sale will be posted on the Master Gardeners of Dakota County blog at http:// blog.lib.umn.edu/mgweb/ dakota.

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Apple Valley Man whose license is cancelled charged with DWI, again Man has long history of drunk driving, drug convictions

marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Regarding this incident, Van Dam is charged with five felonies: first-degree DWI; first-degree DWI over .08; first-degree DWI with a prior felony and first-degree DWI over .08 with a prior felony. He is also charged with a gross misdemeanor charge of driving after cancellationinimical to public safety. Under Minnesota law, a driver’s license can be cancelled and denied indefinitely as inimical to public safety pending treatment and reha-

bilitation for a third or more impaired driving incident within a 10-year period. The penalty for each felony charge is imprisonment of three to seven years and/ or fines of $4,200 to $14,000. For the gross misdemeanor charge of driving after cancellation, if convicted Van Dam could additionally be sentenced to up to a year in prison and/or a fine of $900 to $3,000.

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Police say a Farmington man with a history of DWI convictions was again driving drunk, despite his cancelled driver’s license, and is being held without bail in the Dakota County Jail. Craig Michael Van Dam, 29, was driving in the center of the southbound lanes of Galaxie Avenue on Wednesday, May 4, at about 1:08 a.m., when an Apple Val-

ley officer began following him, according to a Dakota County criminal complaint. Van Dam allegedly signaled to fully enter the right lane, but then swerved in the lane and hit or went over the left side lane divider several times. After the vehicle exited a roundabout on 153rd Street without a signal, the officer activated the squad’s lights for the driver to pull over. Van Dam allegedly

turned into a parkbreath test and a ing lot and drove urine test was sent to over a curb before the Bureau of Crimistopping. nal Apprehension The officer refor analysis, accordported he smelled a ing to the complaint. strong odor of alThe complaint also cohol and observed Craig states that Van Dam Van Dam, alone in Michael has had his driver’s the vehicle, to have Van Dam license revoked six watery, bloodshot times since 2002, and glassy eyes; he also not- and according to state court ed Van Dam’s speech was records, has been charged slurred. with multiple DWI-related Asked if he’d been drink- offenses in Dakota, Henneing, Van Dam allegedly said pin and Scott counties durhe had consumed one beer. ing that time. Van Dam failed a field Van Dam has also been sobriety test and preliminary convicted of possessing

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Apple Valley’s Ryan Price among 40 college students to retrace 1961 civil rights bus trip by Andrew Miller

saw their buses firebombed as they sought to defy Ryan Price said he ex- Southern states’ laws that pects the 2011 Student banned blacks from riding Freedom Ride to be “noth- interstate buses. Federal ing less than a life-changing rules barring segregation on interstate transportation experience.� were put in place Price, a 2009 gradsoon after. uate of Eastview Students were seHigh School who lected for the 2011 now attends Drake ride based on esUniversity in Iowa, says they submitis one of 40 college ted, extracurricular students from across activities and civic the country selected engagement. to participate in the Ryan Price “I applied because Freedom Ride May I am very passionate about 6-16. Sponsored by the PBS civil rights issues and passeries “American Experi- sionate about history,� said ence,� this year’s Freedom Price, of Apple Valley. “I Ride kicked off in Washing- remember learning about ton, D.C., and is retracing Freedom Rides in class at the 1961 bus trip through Eastview, and this was an the South that was a turn- opportunity to experience it ing point in the Civil Rights firsthand.� Price said he first got inmovement. During the 10-day trip, terested in civic engagement students are meeting with while a student at Greenleaf many of the original free- Elementary. “Every morning when I dom riders, who were accosted by angry mobs and was getting ready to go to THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

school I would run into my parents’ bedroom to watch the headlines on TV,� said the son of Perry and Kathy Price. Currently, Price pens a regular column for Drake’s student newspaper, The Times-Delphic, frequently tackling civil rights-related topics such as GLBT issues. He’s also the founder and president of Bulldog for a Day, a service group that brings low-income high school students to the Drake campus to experience college life, and serves as president of his fraternity, Sigma Phi Epsilon. Price and the other students selected for the Freedom Ride are posting blog entries and videos about their experience at www.pbs. org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/2011.

PACER Center will offer “Special Education: What Do I Need to Know,� a free workshop for Somali parents of children with disabilities, from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, May 20, at Burnsville Community Center, 1103

W. Burnsville Parkway #200, Burnsville. The workshop will be presented in Somali. Advance registration is requested. To register for the workshop, call PACER at (952) 838-9000.

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Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program will begin a new class on May 24 at Centennial House of Apple Valley. The eight-week class will meet from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Cost is $16. For more information, call Janis at (952) 891-2711, ext. 301. Centennial House is an Ecumen facility.

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Opinion Thisweek Columnist It’s about space, not conspiracy or corruption by Larry Werner THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Having spent more than 40 years in this business, I am fascinated by the theories people have about how we make decisions about what news to include in our papers and what to exclude. This past week, I heard from readers who were convinced they knew why we made the decisions we made. I appreciated the comments, but had to explain that their assumptions about us were incorrect. Too many of our decisions have too much to do with the deadlines we face as we try to shoehorn 10 pounds of news into a five-pound newspaper. The first comment was waiting on my voice mail when I got in Monday morning. It was from a Lakeville resident upset by what he considered our cover-up of the $361,000 financial package that is to be paid to Gary Amoroso when he leaves his position as Lakeville school superintendent July 1.

Are we trying to protect Amoroso from scrutiny? The second comment was an e-mail from an Apple Valley business asking why we seem to be using fewer of the company’s press releases. Was it because the company wasn’t buying enough advertising in our paper? I told these readers that the issue is space, not favoritism to a retiring school superintendent or advertisers. Let’s take the Amoroso story first. As we were putting together our April 8 edition of Thisweek Farmington-Lakeville, we ended up with more news than space. Among the stories our Lakeville and Farmington editors had written were the beginning of construction on Cedar Avenue for bus rapid transit, a controversy over whether a Lakeville city council member should be allowed to donate part of his salary to save a job at the police department, the death of a long-

time Lakeville fire chief and the search for a new Farmington city administrator. In addition, there were stories about the Lakeville and Farmington school boards conducting searches for superintendents. As it happens, Farmington Superintendent Brad Meeks has also announced that he’s leaving this summer. On Wednesday night, April 6, Lakeville editor Aaron Vehling discovered he had too much news for the space available. So he cut out of the Lakeville superintendent-search story the details of Amoroso’s retirement payment – $92,000 in severance, $91,000 in unused sick leave, $163,000 in medical insurance and $15,000 in dental insurance. Those numbers remained in the story as it appeared on our website, ThisweekLive.com, and in several other stories we’ve done. But because we made the mistake – on deadline – of cutting those numbers out of that story, we’ve

been accused of a cover-up. Now the accusation that we favor advertisers when deciding what press releases to carry. This one hurts. One of the sacred principles of our business is we separate our interests as ad sellers from our commitment to reporting the news without fear or favor. Years ago, I worked for an editor who ordered me to run a story an advertiser demanded, and I resigned rather than cave in to such pressure. Our journalists, under the leadership of managing editors Tad Johnson and John Gessner, decide what news to cover. Our sales staff, managed by Mike Jetchick, our sales manager, tell businesses that they should advertise to reach readers who are also potential customers. And they let advertisers know that sales can’t influence news. However, both of these incidents are related to a reduction in the space that’s available in the paper as ad sales have dropped in

the past few years. Printing 65,000 papers each week costs a lot, and since our only source of revenue is advertising, we and virtually every other paper in the country have shrunk the “news hole� as advertising has dropped. So while ads don’t determine who gets coverage, the amount of advertising does determine how much space we have in the printed papers. Fortunately, the space on our website is virtually unlimited. So when you don’t find what you expected in the paper, check our website. It’s probably there. And if you have more questions or theories about the choices we make, my e-mail is below – assuming it doesn’t get cut for space. Larry Werner is editor and general manager of the Dakota County Tribune and Thisweek Newspapers. He can be reached at larry. werner@ecm-inc.com. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

Guest Column Contrary to myth, property tax burdens hit harder here by Mike Maguire and Elizabeth Kautz MAYORS OF EAGAN AND BURNSVILLE

For years, we’ve been told Greater Minnesota communities needed to be specially protected from property tax increases because property taxes hit wallets in their communities harder than in ours. But a report from the Minnesota Department of Revenue shows these longheld assumptions are not true. Homeowners in the

Twin Cities metro area pay a 39 percent higher share of their income to property taxes than their Greater Minnesota counterparts. That fact is revealed in the Minnesota Department of Revenue’s “Residential Homestead Property Tax

Burden Report� released earlier this year. It’s a mythbuster of a report, providing hard evidence that property tax burdens in the Twin Cities metro area are more onerous than in Greater Minnesota. This comparison between homeowners with the same income, regardless of where they live, shows that metro area property taxpayers devote 3.19 percent of their income to property taxes compared to just 2.30

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percent in Greater Minnesota. As legislators and Gov. Mark Dayton grapple with a $5 billion budget deficit, there’s no question cuts will be made. We believe when lawmakers and the governor make those cuts, they should be mindful of these property tax inequities and do everything possible to make the situation better, not worse. If legislators hold to the outdated narrative that’s been spun at the state Capitol for years – that Greater Minnesota can’t afford to absorb any cuts in state programs – they run the risk of widening, not narrowing, the gap. The facts show that Twin Cities area taxpayers actually subsidize the costs of

Greater Minnesota services through a variety of ways. And now we know that property tax burdens in the metro area are higher than in outstate. To help educate citizens and legislators about this inequity the Municipal Legislative Commission, a coalition of 16 suburban communities including more than 834,000 residents and 529,000 employees, recently launched a website and educational campaign. You can learn more about it at our new website – www.PropertyTaxFairness.com. With the Legislature set to adjourn in late May, legislators will be making important decisions over the coming weeks. Take some time and reach out to our

area legislators – tell them we need property tax fairness and ask what they’re doing to make it happen. State changes to property tax relief programs and local government aid payments could have a major impact on our disproportionate property tax burdens. Lawmakers should take this opportunity to make things more fair. Mike Maguire is mayor of Eagan and chair of the Municipal Legislative Commission Board. Elizabeth Kautz is mayor of Burnsville, board member of the Municipal Legislative Commission, and president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Columns reflect the opinion of the authors.

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Myhra has been responsive To the editor: I read the April 29 letter to from Jen Waller McDevitt in regards to wanting to ask Rep. Pam Myhra, R-Burnsville, about cuts in education. I have e-mailed Myhra on three occasions regarding District 191 educational funding, and she responded by e-mail within 48 hours each time. I would suggest Ms. McDevitt simply send Myhra an e-mail with whatever question or concern she might have. Personally, given the fact the district wasted $800,000 the last two years with the failed Envision Academy and spent money sending

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teachers to the bigoted White Privilege Conference held a few weeks ago, I applaud Myhra’s decision to cut funding. Maybe with less money available the district will learn how to better allocate the funds it receives.

members asking the residents of Rosemount if they wanted an art sculpture any more than they asked the residents what they wanted to do about cats that are roaming. I would rather see my tax dollars going to something TOM McCASEY beneficial, like controlling Burnsville animals roaming than beautifying the city with “art.� I thought council members were supposed to be working for the city’s residents. Instead they seem to have an agenda to do what they To the editor: Why has the City Coun- deem beneficial instead of cil of Rosemount decided what the citizens of Rosean art sculpture is needed mount want. more than impounding cats? Something is obvious- ARLEEN LINKERT ly wrong with this situation. Rosemount I don’t recall council

City should spend money where it is needed most

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Dakota County Briefs Farm Park holds spring festival Filing opens for special election to fill Crichton’s council seat Holz Holz Farm Park will offer a.m. features the Minnesota Filing for the Burnsville City Council seat left vacant by the death of Council Member Charlie Crichton opens on Friday, May 13, and closes on Friday, May 27. A special election will be held on Tuesday, July 26. The winner will serve the remainder of Crichton’s fouryear term, which ends in December 2014. Crichton, an 18-year council veteran, died

at age 83 on March 13. Residents may file an affidavit for candidacy through the city clerk’s office weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at City Hall, 100 Civic Center Parkway. Completed affidavits must be at City Hall by 5 p.m. on May 27. There is a $5 filing fee. Filed candidates may withdraw from the race through June 1 at 5 p.m. Candidates must be eligi-

ble to vote in Minnesota, at least 21 when assuming office, and a resident of Burnsville for at least 30 days prior to the election. All polling locations will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. for the special election. Residents in Burnsville Precinct 13 should note that their polling location has been relocated from Berean Baptist Church to the City Maintenance Facility, 13713

a day of activities and learning for the whole family at its spring festival from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, May 15. Admission to the event is free but some activities require tickets, which can be purchased for 50 cents each at the event. Hayrides, pony rides, and farm animals will be available. Participants can watch demonstrations of 1940s style blacksmithing and farm implements, milk “Oreo� the virtual cow, and take part in rope making and other farm activities. Entertainment at 11:15

Flower fundraiser set for Rosemount High School band at Pahl’s Market

Open house slated May 21 at Ecumen Seasons New senior-living community Ecumen Seasons at Apple Valley will host a “grand opening� community open house from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 21. The event will feature live entertainment, model tours and refreshments. Door prizes include two roundtrip Sun Country Airline tickets, Twins tickets and more. Ecumen Seasons offers 134 one- and two-bedroom

Frontier Court. Polling information and maps can be found at www.burnsville. org/elections. Absentee balloting for the special election will begin on Friday, June 24, at City Hall. For more information, visit www.burnsville.org/elections or contact Macheal Brooks, city clerk, at (952) 8954490 or macheal.brooks@ ci.burnsville.mn.us.

apartment homes for seniors seeking independent or assisted living, and residents can add supportive services a la carte as their needs change. It is located at 15359 Founders Lane. Tours and additional information are available by contacting Dena Meyer at (952) 6985300, denameyer@ecumen. org, or www.seasonsapplevalley.org.

The Rosemount High School band will hold a spring flower fundraiser May 9-30 in partnership with Pahl’s Market in Apple Valley. When purchasing items at Pahl’s Market through May 30, customers should inform the cashier that they wish to benefit the RHS band.

At the conclusion of the “Spring Shopping Fundraiser Event,� Pahl’s Market will donate 10 percent of the total purchases back to the RHS band. Pahl’s Market hours: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Pahl’s is at 6885 160th St. W., Apple Valley, (952) 431-4345.

Raptor Center’s live bird program, Eagan’s Men’s Chorus at 12:30 p.m., Eagan Women of Note at 2 p.m. and musician Marv Gohman throughout the day. Children can play old-fashioned games, pedal around on toy tractors, and create a farm-themed craft. Picnic style food will be available for purchase. The event will be held rain or shine. For a full schedule of events and to download an event flyer, visit www.cityofeagan. com/holzfarm. Holz Farm Park is located at 4665 Manor Drive, Eagan, MN 55123.

Nominations sought for outdoor rejuvenation project The Longest Day Project, a local grass-roots organization, will take on an outdoor rejuvenation project on Saturday, June 25, for one or more deserving area households. Named in recognition of the longest day of the year, The Longest Day Project encourages the community to

nominate households in Apple Valley, Eagan, and Rosemount that are deserving of and that would benefit from an outdoor clean-up or minirenovation. Nominations can be submitted on or before June 5 at www.LongestDayProject.org.

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Burnsville

Announcements

Hydrant nozzles will speed connection

Pilot project is at complex with history of fires by John Gessner THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Fire-hydrant nozzles that reduce precious connection time will be installed on hydrants around Raven Hill Apartments in Burnsville. The Fire Department chose Raven Hill as a pilot site for nozzle retrofits or hydrant replacement because the complex, on Harriet Avenue South, has a

history of large fires. If any of the $50,000 allocated in this year’s budget for the pilot project is left over, it will be used on hydrants at the Woods of Burnsville complex on Portland Avenue. The nozzles, called Storz nozzles, speed the time it takes to establish a continuous water supply through a firehose by more than a minute, on average, Fire Chief B.J. Jungmann told the City Council at a May 10 work session. Time is crucial, as a fire

can double in size every 60 seconds, Jungmann said. Storz nozzles don’t require firefighters to connect adapters, eliminate “cross-threading� connection problems and eliminate the problem of chains catching while a cap is being removed, according to the department. Fires have destroyed units and displaced residents at Raven Hill twice in the past year – one last Sept. 11 and another on Jan. 22. Some of the hydrants around the complex can

be retrofitted, while others must be replaced, City Engineer Ryan Peterson said. That will require water to the complex to be shut off for perhaps four hours, Jungmann said. Residents will receive notice when the work is scheduled. The city has also begun Storz upgrades on streets being rebuilt or rehabbed.

families who live in the non-busing area, which this year is within one-half mile for elementary students and one mile for secondary students. Forty-eight students took advantage of the fee-for-service option this year. Nine were high school students, 27 were middle school students, 8 were in grades 1 through 5, and 4 were in kindergarten. Thirty-five students paid the full fee and 13 qualified for a reduced rate. In 2011-12, Dukek said more students will be eligible for fee-for-service busing due to approved budget reductions which extended each school’s non-busing area to within one mile for elementary students and one and one-half mile for secondary students. The fee will remain at $250 per student with a maximum fee of $500 per family. Families that qualify for free or reduced-price school meals will pay a reduced rate of $125 per student with a maximum fee of $250 per family. Registration is available through July 15 online, in person or by mail and will close until October 2011 so that routes may be adequately planned. One of the most frequently asked questions about fee-for-service Dukek said was, “Where will my bus stop be?â€? The answer is at the same stop as this year, and for new stops, within three blocks of their home or daycare. Dukek explained that letters will be sent home to identified families and day care facilities with fee-for-service option information and he encouraged people with questions to contact the Transportation Department. Berenz noted these transportation changes were part of the third year of budget adjustments but it was the first time transportation service areas have been impacted. Berenz asked the board to approve the 2011-12 Capital Expenditure Budget outlined in Exhibit E and presented for a first reading at the February 14 board meeting. The capital budget includes operating capital projects and health and safety projects. The operating capital budget includes expenditures of $10,531,827 and a negative projected ending fund balance of $325,436. The health and safety capital budget includes expenditures of $912,900 and a projected ending fund balance of $178,707. Motion by Sampers, seconded by Schutte and carried, with six members voting in favor, no members voting in opposition and no members abstaining, to approve the capital expenditure budget. Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent Kim Craven asked the board to approve revisions to the 2011-12 version of the Student Rights and Responsibilities handbook (Exhibit F) which were presented at the last board meeting. Motion by Duchscher, seconded by Schutte and carried, with six members voting in favor, no members voting in opposition and no members abstaining, to approve the handbook revisions. Purchasing/Receiving Supervisor Scott Gjesdahl said Exhibit G outlines background on all types of advertising the district may pursue including: • Website/electronic; • In printed materials; and • In schools and district facilities. A committee of district administrators and athletic directors developed a Request for Proposal (RFP) for facility advertising to control advertising in schools and the related revenue. The RFP received responses from School Space Media and Student Space Media. The administration recommends the district contract with School Space Media for the first year which would provide a 23 percent revenue share on all net proceeds and a guaranteed $40,000 payment up front. The School Board is scheduled to take action on the proposal at its May 9 board meeting. Coordinator of Food and Nutrition Services Wendy Knight said President Barack Obama signed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act into law in December 2010. The Act is aimed at improving school nutrition by increasing training for cafĂŠ workers, speeding up communication to districts when food is recalled, removing junk food from schools and boosting federal reimbursement. One of the intents of the law is to ensure that all public schools establish price equity between the full paid lunch, the free lunch and the reduced-price lunch. According to the Minnesota Department of Education, Knight said schools must raise prices by at least five cents if the current lunch price is between $1.60 and $2.45. The elementary lunch price would be raised to $2.10, secondary to $2.25 and adult to $3.30 (Exhibit H). There is no increase recommend-

ed for breakfast or milk prices. Lunch prices were last increased by 20 cents at all levels for the 2007-08 school year. The School Board is scheduled to take action on the increase at its May 9 board meeting. Director of Human Resources Tom Pederstuen asked the board to approve a change to the 2011-12 school calendar which extends the winter break through Monday, January 2, 2012, due to Monday being considered a federal holiday when January 1 falls on Sunday. The previously scheduled January 2 school day would be held on Friday, June 8, 2012 (Exhibit I). Motion by Schutte, seconded by Albright and carried, with five members voting in favor, Duchscher voting in opposition and no members abstaining, to approve the revised calendar. Bob Schutte expressed his appreciation for the gifts that were approved in Exhibit B5. Berenz said she sent letters to the two Girl Scouts who, at the last board meeting, suggested recycling paper in classrooms. She noted for the past several years all classroom waste has been recycled as 90 percent of it was recyclable materials, however the district was recently informed by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency that there must be separate, specialty containers for classroom recycling. Berenz commented on the development of district goals and outlined the process to be used to broaden this experience by involving community and staff members’ input through a Strategic Planning Task Force. The task force will be charged to develop a framework that assesses where the district currently is and where the district wants to be in the next five years. She said the process includes the following steps: • Analyzing key information regarding the system; • Providing a vision for the district’s future after review of current programming and level of student success; • Developing strategies or objectives to make the vision a reality; • Creating action steps to move the district from current conditions toward the new shared vision and its strategies or objectives; • Incorporating accountability measures for all aspects of the plan; and • Monitoring the action steps and adapting as needed. Motion by Schutte, seconded by Albright and carried, with six members voting in favor, no members voting in opposition and no members abstaining, to adjourn the meeting at 8:41 p.m. 2608256 5/13/11

John Gessner is at burnsville. thisweek@ecm-inc.com.

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196 Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan Public Schools Minutes of April 25, 2011 Regular Board Meeting Chairperson Jackie Magnuson called the regular School Board meeting to order at 6:04 p.m. on April 25, 2011 at Dakota Ridge School. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by the School Board. There was a moment of silence for Debbie Lewis, a first grade teacher at Woodland Elementary School, who recently passed away. Present: Joel Albright; Art Coulson, clerk; Rob Duchscher, vice chairperson; Jackie Magnuson, chairperson; Kevin Sampers; Bob Schutte, treasurer; and Superintendent Jane K. Berenz. Absent: Mike Roseen. Motion by Duchscher, seconded by Albright and carried, with six members voting in favor, no members voting in opposition and no members abstaining, to approve the agenda. School Board members recognized: • Cedar Park Elementary Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) School and Diamond Path Elementary School of International Studies, who received national Magnet School of Distinction Awards; • Matt Kelliher, Apple Valley High School senior, who was named Mr. Minnesota of Wrestling; • Jim Jackson, Apple Valley High School, who was named Minnesota Wrestling Coaches Association Head Coach of the Year; • Geri Dirth and Chuck Scanlon, Apple Valley High School, who were named to the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) Coaches Hall of Fame; • Students of the year from Apple Valley and Rosemount high schools; and • Andrew Hausmann, Rosemount High School senior, who received the MSHSL Triple A Award. Superintendent Berenz noted there were school nurses in the audience and asked the School Board to recognize them and approve the resolution outlined in Exhibit K, District 196 School Nurses Appreciation Week, May 2-6, 2011. Motion by Coulson, seconded by Duchscher and carried with six members voting in favor, no members voting in opposition and no members abstaining, to approve the resolution. Berenz invited Dakota County United Educators (DCUE) president Jim Smola to the podium and asked the School Board to approve the resolution outlined in Exhibit J, District 196 Teachers Appreciation Week, May 2-6, 2011. Motion by Schutte, seconded by Sampers and carried with six members voting in favor, no members voting in opposition and no members abstaining, to approve the resolution. Berenz congratulated: • Twenty-six students who medaled at the state speech tournament, including 7 students who won 6 of the 13 state titles in individual events; • Five teams representing Northview Elementary School, Woodland Elementary School and Rosemount Middle School who had top finishes at the state Destination ImagiNation tournament; and • Retiring employees and Outstanding Ser-

vice Award recipients who were recognized at the annual Partners in Education banquet. There was no Special Communication Request. There was no request to speak during Open Forum. Motion by Duchscher, seconded by Albright and carried, with six members voting in favor, no members voting in opposition and no members abstaining, to approve the following Consent items: Minutes of the March 28 regular and April 14 special School Board meetings (exhibits A1 and A2); Claims for March 23-April 19, 2011 (Exhibit B1); Electronic funds transfer schedule for March 19-April 15, 2011 (Exhibit B2); Schedule of investments for March 19-April 15, 2011 (Exhibit B3); Treasurer’s report for the month ending March 31, 2011 (Exhibit B4); Gifts received during March 2011 (Exhibit B5); Contract with ACF Technologies for the 2011-12 Fire Alarm Upgrades at Cedar Park, Parkview and Rosemount elementary schools for $97,232 (Exhibit B6); Contract with Minnesota Roadways for bid item #1, pavement of the Eagan High School track, for $129,666 and Fisher Tracks for bid item #2, surfacing for $137,000 (Exhibit B7); Contract with Minnesota Roadways for pavement work at Apple Valley High School, Black Hawk Middle School and Greenleaf, Northview, Red Pine, Westview and Woodland elementary schools for $433,262 (Exhibit B8); School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SW-PBIS) in-kind grants estimated at $15,700 per school for Diamond Path, Parkview and Woodland elementary schools and Dakota Ridge School (Exhibit B9); A collaboration with St. Mary’s College for professional development costs to participate in the U.S. Department of Education i3 Reading Recovery Scale Up project (Exhibit B10); A $2,994 grant from the Education Minnesota Foundation to purchase six iPads for the Communication Interaction Disorder (CID) Program at Eagan High School (Exhibit B11); Statewide Health Improvement Program (SHIP) grants totaling $9,648 to improve the safety of walking and biking to school (Exhibit B12); An agreement with the City of Rosemount to improve pedestrian and bicycle crossings at Shannon Park Elementary School and Rosemount High School using SHIP funds totaling $14,000 (Exhibit B13); Contract under the State of Minnesota Cooperative Purchasing Venture for the rental of 18 copiers from Imaging Path (Exhibit B14); Separations, leaves of absence and new staff (Exhibit C1); A resolution for the termination and nonrenewal of contracts for probationary teachers, long-term substitute and reemployed retired teachers (Exhibit C2); An agreement for private nursing services with Pediatric Home Service through the 2011-12 school year (Exhibit D1); A resolution to expel a student immediately, through the first trimester of the 2011-12 school year, continuing through and including December 1, 2011 (Exhibit D2); and A resolution to expel a student immediately, through the second trimester of the 2011-12 school year, continuing through and including March 8, 2012 (Exhibit D3). Coordinator of Transportation Randy Dukek reported on the first year results of the fee-for-service transportation option for

This is a summary of the Intermediate School District 917 Regular School Board Meeting on Tuesday, April 5, 2011, with full text available for public inspection on the district website at www.isd917.k12.mn.us or the District Office at 1300 145th Street East, Rosemount, MN 55068. The meeting was called to order at 5:00 PM. The meeting was held at 1300 145th Street East, Rosemount, MN. Board Members Present: Dan Cater, Deb Clark, Jill Lewis, Vicki Roy, Tom Ryerson, Kathy Lewis, Vanda Pressnall, Veronica Walter. Board Members Absent: None. Administrators Present: Melissa Schaller, Dan Hurley, Nicolle Roush. Others present: Linda Berg. Good news reports were presented. The following Consent Agenda items were approved: minutes, personnel, bills to be paid, investment report, and wire transfers. Motion passed approving the Agreement with Dakota County and the Juvenile Services Center for Educational Services. Resolution passed Relating to the Termination and Nonrenewal of the Teaching Contracts of Lindsay Bankston, Theresa Bowlin, Joel Ellingson, Dale Engman, Dawn Epps, Cristin Ford, Karey Heim, Laura Jandl, and Nicholas Neibauer, probationary teachers. Motion passed approving the ISD 917 Calendar for 2011-2012. Adjournment at 5:35 PM. 2599651 5/13/11

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Cowles - Pierce Anne Caroline Cowles of Apple Valley and Wade David Pierce of Golden Valley, were married August 27, 2010 at Stonebrooke Golf Course in Shakopee. Anne, daughter of Bob and Bonnie Cowles, is a Medicare Sales Specialist at BlueCross BlueShield and Wade, son of Sherry and David Pierce of Brooklyn Park, is a Credit Analyst at Venture Bank in Golden Valley. The couple honeymooned in Mexico.

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Donna E. (Dufour) Burton of Burnsville, passed away peacefully on May 4, 2011. Preceded in death by son, Bobby & Jimmy; son-in-law, Keith McNeill; parents; siblings, Loret t a D uf our, Art hur D uf our (Billie) Dufour, Leola Omtvedt (Trygve), Eva Reiter (Vern), George Dufour. Donna was born September 5, 1933, in Mpls., MN and graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1951.She was employed by ISD # 191 for 18 years. Survived by her loving husband of 59 years Robert; children, Susan McNeill, Tracy Gnerer (George), Barbara Weisman (Scott); grandchildren, Matthew, Zachary, Kelly, Casey, Katie, Brooke & Samantha; great grandson, Liam; sister, Phyllis (Jack) Howatt; sister-in-law, Toni DuFour, many nieces, nephews & close friends. The family would like to thank the MN Masonic Home, especially the D-2 staff for the loving care Donna received. Mass of Christian Burial 2 PM Saturday, May 7, 2011 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church 4625 West 125th Street, Savage, MN with visitation one hour prior to Mass at church. Interment Church Cemetery. Memorials preferred to the MN Masonic Home, ATTN: Care Center or American Lung Association White Funeral Home Burnsville 952-894-5080 whitefuneralhomes.com

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Sports Standings Baseball Team

Conference W L Eastview 11 2 Burnsville 10 2 Apple Valley 8 5 Lakeville North 8 5 Eagan 7 6 Prior Lake 5 7 B Kennedy 5 8 B Jefferson 4 9 Lakeville South 3 9 Rosemount 2 10

by Andy Rogers Overall W L 12 4 12 3 10 6 9 7 10 6 6 7 4 9 2 10 4 9 3 11

Monday, May 16, 2011 • Burnsville at Rosemount, 4:15 p.m. • Lakeville South at Apple Valley, 4:15 p.m. • Eagan at Lakeville North, 4:15 p.m. • Eastview at Bloomington Kennedy, 7 p.m. • Prior Lake at Bloomington Jefferson, 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 18, 2011 • Apple Valley at Eagan, 4:15 p.m. • Rosemount at Lakeville South, 4:15 p.m. • Bloomington Jefferson at Eastview, 4:15 p.m. • Bloomington Kennedy at Burnsville, 7 p.m. • Lakeville North at Prior Lake, 7 p.m. Saturday, May 21, 2011 South Suburban Conference showcase • Rosemount vs. Eagan at Alimagnet Park, 11 a.m. • Lakeville North vs. Eastview at Alimagnet Park, noon • Apple Valley vs. Prior Lake at Alimagnet Park, 2:30 p.m. • Bloomington Jefferson vs. Bloomington Kennedy at Alimagnet Park, 4 p.m. • Lakeville South vs. Burnsville at Alimagnet Park, 6 p.m.

Softball Team Burnsville B Jefferson Eastview Prior Lake Lakeville South Eagan Apple Valley Lakeville North Rosemount B Kennedy

Conference W L 11 0 9 3 6 4 6 4 6 5 5 5 4 7 3 8 3 8 1 10

Overall W L 14 1 14 3 7 7 8 6 9 6 8 7 8 7 6 10 4 9 5 11

Monday, May 16, 2011 • Prior Lake at Eastview, 4:15 p.m. • Apple Valley at Burnsville, 4:15 p.m. • Rosemount at Lakeville North, 4:15 p.m. • Eagan at Bloomington Kennedy, 4:15 p.m. • Lakeville South at Bloomington Jefferson, 4:15 p.m. Tuesday, May 17, 2011 • Rosemount at Forest Lake, 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 18, 2011 • Minneapolis South at Bloomington Kennedy, 4 p.m. • Stillwater Burnsville at Stillwater, 4:30 p.m. Thursday, May 19, 2011 • Section 3AAA

Boys Lacrosse Team

Conference W L Eastview 5 1 Rosemount 4 1 Eagan 4 2 Prior Lake 2 1 Apple Valley 4 3 Burnsville 2 3 Lakeville South 2 3 Lakeville North 2 4 B Jefferson 2 4 B Kennedy 0 5

Overall W L 5 3 8 1 7 2 7 2 7 5 3 4 3 4 4 4 3 6 1 7

Monday, May 16, 2011 • St. Thomas Academy at Bloomington Kennedy, 5:30 p.m. • Bloomington Jefferson at Eden Prairie, 6 p.m. • Prior Lake at Chanhassen, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 17, 2011 • Eastview at Burnsville, 5:30 p.m. • Apple Valley at Bloomington Kennedy, 6 p.m. • Bloomington Jefferson at Lakeville North, 6 p.m. • Rosemount at Lakeville South, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 18, 2011 • Eagan at Prior Lake, 7:30 p.m. • Buffalo at Apple Valley, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 19, 2011 • Prior Lake at Bloomington Jefferson, 6 p.m. • Eden Prairie at Eastview, 6 p.m. • Lakeville North at Burnsville, 7 p.m.

Girls Lacrosse Team

Conference W L B Kennedy 6 0 B Jefferson 6 1 Apple Valley 3 1 Lakeville North 4 1 Burnsville 3 2 Eagan/Rosemount 1 4 Eastview 0 3 Lakeville South 0 6 Prior Lake 1 3

Eagles baseball putting the pieces together

Overall W L 11 0 3 1 7 2 6 2 5 5 4 4 2 3 2 6 1 7

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It’s rare when a team’s hitters start the season rocketing balls to outfield gaps, striking out batters at will and turning double plays with ease. It’s taken the Eagles of Apple Valley a few weeks to get all the parts working together, but after beating South Suburban Conference leading Burnsville 9-1 on Monday, it appears the machine is running smoothly. “We came out and executed like we thought we were going to all year,” coach Jeremy Hendrickson said. “We like the direction we’re going in all aspects. We’re finally hitting like I thought we would.” Hendrickson feels it all started with a 7-4 win against Bloomington Jefferson on May 4. “It’s been our fielding and hitting. They’ve been below where we wanted it to be, but in the last five games it’s been there,” senior catcher Aaron Gretz said. The players had a good feeling after winning their own Wooden Bat Classic last weekend besting Brookings, S.D., 6-4, in the final.

Photo by Andy Rogers

Apple Valley’s Michael Berens turns a double play in the 9-1 win against Burnsville on Tuesday. “That was fun for the guys. They got to see something different,” Hendrickson said. Before the playoffs begin, Apple Valley will take

The athletic department at Burnsville High School will be offering a variety of summer sports camps for students in grades first through 12th. Registration forms and materials can be found on the athletics page on the Burnsville High School website. Contact Jeff Marshall, interim athletic director, at (952) 707-2111 or at jmarshall@burnsville.k12. mn.us for any questions or additional information.

Rosemount After winning their first two games, the Irish haven’t been able to put two wins back-to-back since. Fielding has been an issue for the Irish. In the 7-2 loss to Lakeville North on Monday, the team had five errors. The Irish also average less than three runs per game, which is the lowest in the South Suburban Conference. The Irish will get a chance to improve with a game against Burnsville on Monday and at Lakeville South on Wednesday. Rosemount will go up against Eagan at 11 a.m. May 21 in the conference showcase. Andy Rogers is at andy.rogers@ecm-inc.com.

out for the Blaze Lightning hit peak Watch Burnsville cranking out more runs than they did last year prior to sections by Andy Rogers

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It’s a good time for tennis players to be playing their best with the Section 3AA tournament beginning Tuesday. With one match remaining on the regular season schedule, the Eastview boys have earned at least a share of the South Suburban Conference title. “Right now the guys are peaking at the right time and are getting better with every match,” coach Jeff Olsen said. “We’re setting our sights on a good showing at sections.” The No. 2 doubles team of Rachit Kshetrapal and Dan Falkenberg is undefeated in South Suburban Conference play. Tommy Vang is undefeated the past five weeks. Eastview’s top doubles team of Aaron Larson and Sam Cychosz have been winning often as well. “We also have been getting steady play from our No. 2 singles Nishaan Pal and Will Biernat is starting to heat up,” Olsen said. “Our biggest surprise has been the improving play of

Photo by Rick Orndorf

Eastview’s Dan Falkenberg returns the ball in a match against Apple Valley in a 5-2 win on Tuesday. our third doubles team of Dan Spika and Matt Haugdahl as they have quietly won their last six matches.” Andy Rogers is at andy.rogers@ecm-inc.com.

Tennis action heats up

Monday, May 16, 2011 • Eastview at Prior Lake, 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 17, 2011 • Apple Valley at Bloomington Kennedy, 4 p.m. • Lakeville South at Rochester John Marshall, 6:30 p.m. • Bloomington Jefferson at Lakeville North, 7:30 p.m. • Eastview at Burnsville, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 18, 2011 • EHS / RHS at Prior Lake, 6 p.m. • Bloomington Jefferson at Owatonna, 7 p.m. Thursday, May 19, 2011 • Prior Lake at Bloomington Jefferson, 4 p.m. • Lakeville North at Burnsville, 5:30 p.m. • Eastview at Apple Valley, 6 p.m.

Registration for Burnsville summer camps open

on Prior Lake at 2:30 p.m. during the South Suburban Conference Showcase next weekend at Alimagnet Park in Burnsville.

The Lightning continue to be one of the top teams in the metro losing once between April 18 and May 9. The Lightning took a hit early in the season when pitcher Ty McDevitt’s season ended when he injured his shoulder. Despite the loss, the team’s pitching prowess from Alec Knop, Adam Moorse, Tom Jerle, and Austin Lindquist have held opponents to around three runs per game, which is by far the lowest in the South Suburban Conference. “All four have low ERAs and the ability to get a strikeout when we need it,” coach Tom Strey said. “Those four have filled the void left by Ty’s injury and have made the most out of their extra opportunities.” While they are holding opposing offenses in check, Eastview’s offense is not productive enough for Strey’s liking even as it averages six runs per game. “In order to peak for the playoffs, our hitting needs to continue to improve,” Strey said. “We have several position players who are having great years, but we need to hit more consistently throughout our entire

lineup.” The players at the top are effective. Alec Knop (.512 batting average and 16 runs), Matt Larson (.300. 17 RBI), Taylor Branstad (.341, 16 runs), and David Barry (.429 average) keep the bases crowded, but they don’t always get home. The Lightning will compete with Lakeville North at the conference showcase at noon next weekend.

Photo by Rick Orndorf

Apple Valley’s Hudson Fasching (top) returns the ball in a match against Eastview on Tuesday. His team lost 5-2. The Eagles are scheduled to play in the Section 3AA team competition beginning Tuesday. The individual tournament begins May 27. Eagan’s Brady Radermacher (left) sends the ball back to a Lakeville North foe in a 6-1 win Tuesday.

It would be hard to prove the Burnsville baseball team is better at this point than it was in 2010, considering the talent that graduated. The Blaze have a similar record after 15 games to what they did in 2010 when they finished second in the state. Coach Mick Scholl feels there’s another gear for this year’s version of the Blaze. “Last year’s team had a bunch of seniors, and they clicked right away,” Scholl said. “We haven’t really clicked on all cylinders. We’re starting to see it, but we’ve got to get there. There’s still some time.” They learned on Tuesday that a high rank and a good record doesn’t mean teams are going to hand them wins. Burnsville was held to two hits in a 9-1 loss to Apple Valley, by far its worst loss of the season. “The best part is that we get to play again tomorrow,” Scholl said. “I told them next time we see (Apple Valley) could be in the playoffs. We’ll remember this one so it won’t happen again.” Hitting the ball hasn’t been an issue for Burnsville. The Blaze are averaging almost nine runs per game, which is more than last year. Fueling the offense are Matt Stemper, Dan Motl, and Andy Lieser, whose batting averages are better than .450. “We’re seeing the ball real well,” Stemper said. “I can rely on every single person on this team. I feel confident every time I’m on base that they’ll get me home no matter who is up.” Pitching has been a strength with Adam Lambrecht, Bo Hellquist and Brian Vanderwoude’s ERAs below 3.00. They know the road back

Photo by Andy Rogers

Burnsville’s Bo Hellquist throws off the mound in a 9-1 loss to Apple Valley on Tuesday at Alimagnet Park. to state won’t be easy in Section 3AAA with teams such as Apple Valley, Eastview and Eagan. Burnsville will play Rosemount and Bloomington Kennedy before playoffs begin May 27. The Blaze will play Lakeville South in the South Suburban Conference showcase at 6 p.m. May 21 at Alimagnet Park in Burnsville.

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solid starting pitching and relief work since the first couple of weeks,” Walsh said. “Our hitting has been a strength at times. We just have to continue to work to be consistent at the plate with our approach.” Eric Peterson has a .604 on base percentage with a .442 batting average. Stevens is also hitting above .400. Tommy Bodeker and Brady Loew both hit above .300 with more than 10 RBI apiece. Like many other teams, it’s the fielding that has taken the longest to refine. “We can be very good defensively, but we lack some consistency,” Walsh said. “Getting outside regularly for practice should help.” Eagan has games against Section 3AAA foes Lakeville North and Apple Valley this week before playing Rosemount at 11 a.m. at the showcase at Alimagnet next weekend.

The Wildcats have been more up than down this spring, but three recent onerun losses – Burnsville on May 2, Eastview on May 6 and Bloomington Kennedy on Monday – didn’t sit well. “We had a chance to win those games,” head coach Robert Walsh said. “We just have to keep working at getting better to beat great teams like them.” The Wildcats’ pitchers Kevin Kunik (2.24 ERA) and David Stevens (2.06 ERA) have kept the team in Andy Rogers is at contention. “We’ve been getting very andy.rogers@ecm-inc.com.

Lightning nip the Panthers Photo by Rick Orndorf

Lakeville North’s Charlie Hayes tries to get by Eastview’s Samuel Schovanec in a South Suburban Conference lacrosse match Tuesday. Eastview won 6-5. The loss snapped a two-game win streak for the Panthers, who beat Lakeville South 10-2 on May 6 and Farmington 7-3 on May 4. It was Eastview’s fifth win in six games. For more photos, go to www.ThisweekLive.com.


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Education

District 196 looks to advertising for revenue by Jessica Harper THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

As the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District faces a lean budget next school year, it is looking to advertising as a new source of revenue. In a 5-1 vote on May 9, the School Board approved a contract with School Space Media, a St. Paul-based ad agency, to provide advertising in the district’s athletic and performance facilities. Board Member Mike

such a high commission and voted against the item. Board Member Rob Duchscher echoed Coulson’s sentiments but voted in favor of the proposal saying, “Let’s do a little fishing (for other agencies) for next year.� Although advertising will be permitted in public arenas, it will still be prohibited from academic settings, district officials said. E-mail Jessica Harper at: jessica.harper@ecm-inc.com

District 196 looks to line of credit to help balance the books The Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District is considering opening a line of credit with a local financial institution to help balance the budget. The district’s need for credit is a result of previous cuts to state aid, said Jeff Solomon, finance director for District 196. “Since the state had to pull cash from the district, our cash flow is in jeopardy,�

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Roseen was absent. The agreement guarantees the district will receive $40,000 for the first year of sales. However, the agency is assuming it will generate a net earning of $174,473. Under this assumption, the district would receive 23 percent of net earnings, while School Space Media would pocket 77 percent. Board Member Art Coulson took issue with the possibility the agency could receive

he said. “Our fund balance would dry up by the end of this next year without (the line of credit).� If approved by the School Board, this would be the district’s first time opening a line of credit, Solomon said. State statute allows school districts to borrow up to 95 percent of their average monthly expenses. For District 196, this is $24 million.

Just like a personal line of credit, the district can borrow incrementally or the full credit limit to balance their check book. Solomon said the school district would likely borrow incrementally as needed. The School Board will likely vote on the proposal at its June 13 meeting. — Jessica Harper

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• Approve job descriptions and positions for three Special Ed Regional Cluster Coordinators New business: • Approve Curriculum Management Plan • Approve the BEST Student/ Parent Handbook for 2011-2012 • Approve the ECSE Parent Handbook for 2011-2012 Adjourn to Board Workshop on College & Career Readiness and Post-Secondary Planning and Budget Planning

Items may need to be added or removed from the tentative agenda after it is published. For an update on agenda items, call the superintendent’s office at (952) 707-2005.

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Thisweekend Pinball wizardry, a modern messiah and more Chameleon Theatre Circle presents the rock musical ‘Tommy’ in Burnsville by Andrew Miller THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

The 1975 film version of “Tommy� is a landmark in cinematic freakiness. The story of a deaf, dumb and blind pinball champion with a messiah complex includes, among a litany of other mind-warping elements, an LSD-dealing prostitute, an unexplainable flood of baked beans, and a syringe-covered, suit-of-armor-like drug-delivery mechanism. Plus there’s plenty of psychedelic animation and a score by British rockers The Who, along with a vicious rumble between rival motorcycle gangs that are brought into immediate harmony when Roger Daltrey arrives on the scene piloting a hangglider. Burnsville-based Chameleon Theatre Circle’s production of “The Who’s Tommy� tones down some of the phantasmagoria – there’s no messy deluge of beans, for one – and focuses more on Tommy’s story of healing and redemption following early abuse at the hands of sadistic relatives, according to director Bradley Donaldson.

IN BRIEF Chameleon Theatre Circle presents “The Who’s Tommy� May 20-June 19 at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $15 for adults, $13 for students/seniors, and are available at the PAC’s box office and through Ticketmaster (1-800-982-2787 or Ticketmaster.com). For show times and other information, visit www.burnsvillepac.com. With the show set to open May 20 for a month-long run at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center, Thisweek spoke with Donaldson about pinball, the “dark side� of the storyline, and how the Chameleon production compares with the film. Pinball is a focal point of the film version of “Tommy,� and the movie is loaded with dozens and dozens of pinball machines. How many pinball machines are featured in this production? One. We are building it on our own – it’s going to be the Chameleon Theatre Circle pinball machine with the Chameleon logo. We found a broken-down machine in Brooklyn Park. It’s beaten, it’s old, and we’re going to repaint it, clean up the rust and rewire the operating system.

What was the name of the old pinball machine you bought? It was a beach-themed machine with a palm tree and a girl in a bikini. The back panel was missing (when we bought it) so we don’t know the name. What will happen to the Chameleon pinball machine after the run of “Tommy�? We may actually opt to raffle it off, or it’ll become a historical item for Chameleon that we display in the lobby during other productions. One of the final scenes in the film version of “Tommy� is a cult-like sensory deprivation experiment culminating in the mass destruction of pinball machines. Does Chameleon’s version conclude with any such mayhem?

It does not. We’re really looking at this production as telling the story of the healing of the inner child, and it’s very focused on how experiences shape us, on nature versus nurture. It’s a very “Les Miserablesâ€?-style ending with the song “Listening to You.â€? Any notable psychedelic freakouts in this production? Not to the level of the movie, but it’s not realistic. ‌ There’s this random hallucinogenic scene during “The Acid Queenâ€? where they start hopping (Tommy) up on drugs, but we don’t garb our Acid Queen in armor or anything. Promo bills for the show note that it’s “not suggested for young children.â€? Why? There are adult themes, scantily clad dancers for the Acid Queen segment, and this is going to have some disturbing moments. ‌ Uncle Ernie molesting the 10-yearold Tommy – we make it very, very evident. I’m hoping you see the audience shifting uncomfortably because you shouldn’t be able to watch that and not get uncomfortable. This is not a kids show. What are some of the

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Tara Lucchino, left, and Adam Scarpello are among the cast of “The Who’s Tommy,� which opens next week in the Burnsville Performing Arts Center’s Black Box Theater. songs in Chameleon’s “Tommy� that audiences will recognize? “Acid Queen,� “Pinball Wizard,� “Sensation.� For “Listening to You� we wanted it to be this wall of sound that just decimates the audi-

Sounds and flavors of India in Lakeville May 15 Veena performer Nirmala Rajasekar will bring classical South Indian music to the Lakeville Area Arts Center in a performance at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 15. Rajasekar, winner of a McKnight Artist Fellowship award, will be joined by three leading Indian percussionists: Thanjavur Murugaboopathi on the mridangam, Sriram Natarajan on the khanjira, and Balaji Chandran on the ghatam. The concert will conPhoto submitted Nirmala Rajasekar will perform at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 15, clude with Indian reception in the final recital in this year’s Highview Hills by Walker food, door prizes, and an announcement of next year’s Coffee Concert series at the Lakeville Area Arts Center.

ence, and they do that. It’s a high-octane show – the amount of sweat pouring off (cast members) at times is sort of disturbing. Andrew Miller is at andrew. miller@ecm-inc.com.

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lineup of performers in the series. This is the fourth and final recital in this year’s Highview Hills by Walker Coffee Concert series, “Savor the Flavor of a World of Music!� Concerts are in a casual, conversational cabaret setting, with complimentary refreshments and coffee. Tickets are $12 adults and $10 seniors and students and are available by calling (952) 985-4640 and also at the door. The concert will last approximately one and a half hours with intermission and post concert reception.

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Minnesota’s largest gathering of Scots is coming to the Dakota County Fairgrounds in Farmington. The seventh annual Minnesota Scottish Fair and Highland Games runs from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, May 14, and will feature music, food and dance throughout the day. Festival favorites such as the Parade of Scots and the heavy athletics (including the Caber toss, stone put and hammer throw) return to this year’s festival. General admission is $15; more information is at www.mnscottishfair.org.

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The eighth annual Poets in the Park at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 15, brings a growing urban art form – spoken word or “slam poetry� – to an unconventional space – Caponi Art Park’s Theater in the Woods. Poets in the Park features a teen spoken word competition and special performances by the New Heist break-dance crew, and spoken word artists Cynthia French (national slam champion) and Thadra Sheridan. The event is free and open to all ages. Teens ages 13-19 are invited to perform and compete for prizes. Teens can register from 1:30 to 2 p.m. at the event. In the event of rain, the poetry slam will be held at the Eagan Community Center. Visit www.caponiartpark.org/poetsinthepark for details.

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May 13, 2011 THISWEEK

Sports

Burnsville

Goalie keeping the Lightning active

Burnsville man faces tax charges Renovation of fire station to begin

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players who are either sophomores or younger. “I wouldn’t call it rebuilding, but we’re definitely a growing team right now,� DeZellar said. The Lightning have kept their record around .500 with some help from Emily Snodgrass and Julia Young’s goal-scoring abilities. Defenders Taylor Fienhage and Delaney McCay help Tvedt keep the opponent’s score low. The girls hope the spark they got from beating Champlin Park 8-7 last Saturday will carry them through the final weeks of the season. “It was a fabulous game, very competitive,� DeZellar said. “They pretty much played until the very end. We’re starting to learn when we’re up by a goal to settle the ball down.� The Section 3 tournament is scheduled for May 23. Eastview’s main competition will come from Apple Valley and the Bloomington schools, the top three teams in the South Suburban Conference.

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The Eastview girls lacrosse team features a young lineup with just two seniors. While they may not be winning every game, they are getting close. One big reason is the play of sophomore goalie Taylor Tvedt. Although the Lightning haven’t played as many games as other metro teams, Tvedt has the state’s third best save total (averaging more than 20 per game). “Once we catch up in games to other teams’ goalies, she’ll be one of the top goalies in the state,� Eastview head coach Lauren DeZellar said. In the 10-7 loss to Eagan/ Rosemount on May 5, Tvedt had 41 saves. Eagan/ Rosemount’s goalie Kate Sullivan had five. “Every team we play can’t believe how good she looks,� DeZellar said. “She’s really aggressive. She goes after every ball.� She will often come out of the goal to play defense averaging more than five intercepts per game. It’s helped the younger team mature and gain expeRogers is at rience without the trouble Andy of getting blown out. The andy.rogers@ecm-inc.com. Lightning have nine regular

Sports Briefs Registration open for Birnamwood junior league

The Minnesota Wrestling Coaches Association recognized Kelliher as the Mr. Minnesota of Wresting and Jackson as the Head Registration for the Coach of Year. Birnamwood Golf Course’s Summer Junior Golf league is open for youths entering grades third through 10th. Participants will choose to play either Mondays or Wednesdays beginning June The Apple Valley soft12. The nine-week league ball team won the reschedwill conclude with a tour- uled Mankato West tournanament for all league mem- ment last weekend. bers. A free golf clinic for The girls defeated participants will take place Chaska in the final, 4-3, in June 4. Advance registra- extra innings with Emily tion is encouraged. The cost Kieser scoring the winning for the league is $145 or run. Lauryn Charboneau $32.50 with the purchase of threw a shutout in the semia Birnamwood annual pass. finals beating Mankato Online registration is avail- West, 3-0, and the Eagles able at www.birnamwood- rallied in the bottom of the golfcourse.com. seventh to beat Rochester Lourdes in the quarterfinals, 8-7.

Eagles softball wins Mankato West tournament

Eagle wrestlers honored

Apple Valley’s Destin McCauley, Matt Kelliher and head coach Jim Jackson were recently honored for their wrestling efforts in 2010-11. McCauley was named the regional Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award winner by the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum. He was also awarded the National Wrestling Coaches Association Senior Wrestler of the Year.

Lakeville North Junior volleyball camp set Registration for summer volleyball camps at Lakeville North is open at www. Lakevillenorthjuniors.com. Girls from all schools are welcome to attend. There is a youth camp for grades 3-8 from July 11-14 and a high school camp July 18-21 at Lakeville North. Questions can be sent to lnhsvbboosters@charter.net. The registration deadline is May 20.

A Burnsville man is charged with eight felony tax crimes, the Minnesota Department of Revenue announced Wednesday. The Scott County attorney’s office has charged Kenneth Johnson, 26, with four counts of willful failure to file tax returns and four counts of willful failure to pay tax for tax years 2006 through 2009. Johnson was arrested in April in New Mexico, where he was attempting to cross the border into Mexico, the Revenue Department said in a news release. He is awaiting extradition. A warrant was issued in relation to the charges. According to the criminal complaint, Johnson failed to file state income tax returns for several years. An investigation found he had worked in the drywall business for at least seven years. Johnson was self-employed and operated KJ Drywall. After collection action by the department, Johnson began operating as BCL Inc. The complaint also

states contractors’ payments issued to Johnson or his business totaled more than $68,000 in 2006, $341,000 in 2007, $441,000 in 2008 and $116,000 in 2009. Deposits in bank accounts registered to Johnson’s business totaled $400,000 in 2007, $695,000 in 2008 and $147,000 in 2009. One of the accounts was closed soon after Revenue Department collection officers levied the account. In addition, Johnson applied for loans in 2005 and 2006 and claimed to earn $135,000 and $114,000 for each of those years on the loan applications. In 2009, Johnson admitted to a collection officer that he had been avoiding the tax debt for several years. He owes an estimated $47,000 to the state. A warrant was issued for Johnson in relation to the charges. Each felony is punishable by up to five years in prison, up to a $10,000 fine, or both.

Work will begin next week on an addition and partial renovation at Burnsville Fire Station No. 1, 911 140th St. W. Budgeted as part of the city’s five-year capital improvement plan, the project will include: • Two new apparatus bays. • A third apparatus bay resulting from the reconfiguration of current space. • Dedicated storage space for personal protective equipment and medical supplies. • Space for equipment repair and maintenance. • Storage space for additional equipment and supplies. The station’s 30-year-old natural gas heating units will be replaced with an energy-efficient infrared heating system. Skylights will also be added and apparatus bay lighting replaced with improved, energy-efficient systems. As a result of the increased space, a 25-yearold wooden shed currently used for storage in the fire station parking lot will be removed. “This addition and reno-

vation will allow for a more efficient use of space by our firefighter/paramedics,� said Burnsville Assistant Fire Chief Dan Hove. “We have been working with limited storage space for vehicles, fire gear, equipment and training materials for some time. This much-needed addition will provide ease of use, and allow us to continue to provide high-level fire and emergency medical services to residents into the future.� The construction contract was awarded to Gopher State Contractors Inc., whose bid of $518,000 was accepted by the City Council on April 5. The city estimates it will save up to 15 percent on the project because of a competitive construction market and low material costs. Construction is expected to be complete by midsummer and won’t disrupt department services, the city says. The Fire Department’s annual open house iwll be held at the newly renovated station in October. Visit www.burnsville.org/fire for more information.

Dakota County Briefs Fundraiser for Eagan Police Explorers The Eagan Police Explorers will hold a spaghetti dinner fundraiser from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, May 22, at the Rosemount/Eagan VFW, 2625 120th St. W., Rosemount. Tickets: $10 donation. The menu includes spaghetti with meat sauce, salad, French bread and dessert. Tickets should be purchased in advance by calling Linda Myhre at (651) 675-5733.

Foreclosure open house set May 24 The Dakota County Community Development Agency (CDA) will host a foreclosure open house from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 24, at Pleasant Hill Library, 1490 S. Frontage Road, Hastings. Homeowners who are worried about their mortgage payments, would like more information about the foreclosure process, or are interested in learning about the new Fannie Mae partnership are encouraged to attend. Trained homeownership specialists will be on-hand to provide information about what happens during the foreclosure process, homeowners’ rights and recommendations for longterm housing needs. Homeowners will be able to meet confidentially with CDA staff to ask questions and get advice. Those unable to attend can call the CDA’s Foreclo-

sure Hotline at (651) 675- School of Environmental 4555 to speak with a hom- Studies in Apple Valley raised $1,365 for DARTS, eownership specialist. a local volunteer based organization that provides transportation services to connect all generations of people to resources in the community. The orgaA family member caring nization was represented for an aging parent in the by SADD advisor Kathy Rosemount area would ap- Herro and students Miriam preciate a four-hour break Ramirez, Jordan Pinneke, from daily caregiving re- Madysen Moore, and Ersponsibilities each week. icka Bucki. The family member would like to attend a caregiver Burnsville honorees • Burnsville resident Misupport group from noon chael Fix was driving on to 4 p.m. on Wednesdays. To help this family care- Highway 13 last fall when giver, or for information he hit what he described as about other volunteer op- a “wall of money.â€? As he portunities at DARTS, con- gathered more than $1,000 tact Barb Tiggemann, (651) of cash, he also found a 455-1560 or barb.tigge- daily planner with writing mann@darts1.org, or visit in Russian. He called the phone number on the daily www.darts1.org. planner and met with the man who lost the money and his daily planner. • Seniors Dillon Arbuckle, Kathryn Budde, Rebecca Area residents were rec- Gifford, and Abbey Jaeger ognized by U.S. Rep. John organized a book drive that Kline, R-Lakeville, at the yielded 3,500 books that “Star of the Northâ€? cer- were distributed to Gideon emony last month at the Pond, Neill, and Sioux Trail Lakeville Area Arts Center. elementary schools. • Marion Gustafson Apple Valley honorees made hats for 225 kin• Apple Valley residents dergarten and first-grade James and Mary Jo Madsen students at Echo Park Eland their teen-age boys Jar- ementary School. Accepted and Erik, spent 12 days ing the congressional award building two cinderblock were Gustafson, school homes for 10 members of social worker Pam Keuler, a Haitian family as part of and Steve Hylbak, who is a team from the Builders known locally as the “Hat Outreach Foundation of Man.â€? He read the book, the Minnesota Builders As- “Do You Have a Hat?â€? to sociation. kids who received hats from • The Students Against Gustafson. Destructive Decisions • The Friday morning (SADD) chapter at the knitting club at the Burns-

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ville Area Senior Center made more than 700 winter wear items, hung them on a Christmas tree, and invited families and students to pick an item off the tree. Accepting the award were Shirley Blix and Doris Beason. • The Dan Patch American Legion Auxiliary and TCB Sweethearts in Burnsville made a visit to the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center to deliver 24 blankets, 192 pairs of socks, and other items for patients. The group also folds pocket flags for the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan for the “Beyond the Yellow Ribbonâ€? organization in Prior Lake.

Eagan honoree • Scott Swenson was the volunteer chairman for the city-wide food drive held as part of Eagan’s sesquicentennial birthday party. Swenson engaged more than 110 local groups in surpassing the goal of raising more than 400,000 pounds of food for the Dakota County food shelves. He was joined by wife Carol and daughter Laura in accepting the award.

Starting a business workshop is May 19 at Wescott Library “Starting a business� is the topic of a workshop at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 19, at the Wescott Library in Eagan. LaVon Dennistoun from SCORE will be the speaker. Register for the workshop at the Wescott library.

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Dakota County Eagan fun run revamped as ‘5K Your Way’ activity festival Now bikers, rollerbladers can join runners and walkers at family-friendly fitness event by Erin Johnson

“This year we have completely revamped the event,� said Kerry Phillips, recreation supervisor for the city of Eagan. “The ‘your way’ part of the new name means that participants have their choice to bike, roller blade,

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sure checks and professionals will be on hand to provide stretching, and the Southwest YMCA will host a family game and activity area featuring an inflatable jumper, outdoor games and more. A shorter youth dash around the park paths will take place at 11:30 a.m. with all youth runners receiving a small prize item and ribbon, and a Kid’s Bike Safety Rodeo will check bike safety and helmet fittings and have helmets available for sale at a discounted rate of $4. In addition, a family art area will allow participants to create a banner to carry during the event, and Kid’s Dance will provide festive kid-friendly music, dancing, contests and prizes. Four hundred people have already pre-registered for the event, which is more than had pre-registered in previous years, Phillips said. “We’re excited that residents are embracing the new format,� she said. Pre-registration closed May 9, but participants can still register beginning at 8:15 a.m. the day of the event. “I hope the changes to this event will make it more inviting to everyone who wants to get active this summer,� said Eagan Parks and

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Last year’s Eagan Fun Run, which had about 500 participants, has been changed to the 5K Your Way Activity Festival and will include bikers, rollerbladers and walkers, as well as health and wellness activities. Recreation Director Juli Seydell Johnson. “The 5K will be low-key and welcoming to all participants. Our goal is to have our parks and trails filled with walkers, runners, and bicyclists all year long.� Registration costs $15 per person or $35 per family of three or more. To download a flier and registration form, visit www.cityofeagan.com/ specialevents. The event will be held rain or shine. The Eagan 5K Your Way Activity Festival is the first in a series of seven run

events in the local Ground Pounders Race Series, which also includes races hosted by Burnsville (June 11), Farmington (June 18), Apple Valley (July 4), Lakeville (July 9), Rosemount (July 23) and Savage (Aug.13). For a Ground Pounders flier, visit www.cityofeagan. com/specialevents. Erin Johnson is at eagan. thisweek@ecm-inc.com.

Plan adds house district to local area Senate district proposed containing portions of Burnsville, Lakeville and Savage by T.W. Budig ECM CAPITOL REPORTER

The state House on May 6 passed its legislative redistricting plan on a 69-to-58 vote, with lawmakers in the House alcoves and retiring room studying maps of the 201 redrawn legislative districts. The plan would give the cities in Thisweek Newspapers’ coverage area one more state representative, squeezing it into a full senate district for Burnsville and portions of Lakeville and Savage. Burnsville’s House District 40A is currently paired with 40B in Bloomington to the north. The plan divides Lakeville in a new way. Currently most of Lakeville is in House District 36A, while a southeast corner is in 36B. The new plan puts a northcentral portion of Lakeville in a district with Burnsville, which has tended to lean more Democratic in past elections than the rest of Dakota County. Another northeast portion

IN BRIEF To view the proposed redistricting map, go online to www. ThisweekLive.com. In related news, the House Redistricting Committee congressional redistricting map released Monday, May 9, still showed the 2nd District containing all of Dakota County. The 2nd District is currently represented by U.S. Rep. John Kline, RLakeville. of Lakeville is attached to a house district with Apple Valley, which would drop a portion of southern Burnsville that is in the current 37A. The rest of the map has some changes for Eagan, Rosemount and Farmington. Eagan will comprise most of a new senate district with two house districts as it does currently. Apple Valley and Rosemount will share a senate

district, with the east portion of Apple Valley remaining in a house district with Rosemount. Farmington and the rural areas to its south and east will remain in a house district that is part of a senate district with most of Lakeville. The question whether the courts, rather than lawmakers, ultimately will redraw the state’s political map necessitated by the U.S. Census remains open with some lawmakers. House Tax Committee Chairman Greg Davids, RPreston, while endorsing the efforts of the redistricting committee, said redistricting would “most likely� be settled in the courts. Rep. Melissa Hortman, DFL-Brooklyn Park, an attorney who serves on the House Redistricting Committee, criticized the redistricting plan. Hortman suggested Republicans in drawing the map gerrymandered it to create districts favorable to Republican incumbents.

“To me it looks like a pretty Republican map,� Hortman said. Rep. Paul Marquart, DFLDilworth, said Democrats set out to create “The People’s Map,� and criticized Republicans for too speedily moving the redistricting process along. Committee Chairwoman Sarah Anderson, R-Plymouth, countered by saying Democrats had offered two suggestions to her, and she used both of them. “I’m very proud of this plan,� Anderson said. It upholds the Voting Rights Act, she said. The redrawn districts are compact, sensible, and “preserve counties, cities and townships, and they maintain communities of interest,� she said. Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton has indicated he’ll look for bipartisan support in judging the merits of a redistricting plan. Additional reporting by Tad Johnson. T.W. Budig is at tim.budig@ecm-inc.com.

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Dakota County Banquet space is vacant no more Burnsville family continues entrepreneurial tradition with Royal Banquet & Ballroom by John Gessner THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

A large commercial vacancy in Burnsville’s Heart of the City has been filled, thanks to a local immigrant family with a long entrepreneurial history. The Vong family of Burnsville has signed a three-year lease for the banquet and kitchen space at Grande Market Square, according to Regina Vong. The youngest child of Narin and Somaly Vong, she manages the new Royal Banquet & Ballroom, which opened April 2. The mixed-use Grande Market Square and Grande Market Place buildings opened in 2004, the first new projects in the Heart of the City redevelopment district. Grand Market Square, on the northwest corner of Burnsville Parkway and Nicollet Avenue, has been hampered by vacancies but may have turned a corner. The Vongs, hoping to attract Asian weddings and other events, will occupy an 11,000-square-foot space that has been mostly vacant since another banquet and events center, the International Chefs’ Culinary Center, closed in October 2008. The third floor of Grande Market Square was vacated roughly a year ago by Nich-

ols Financial Services Co. and Nichols Development LLC, said Skip Nienhaus, Burnsville’s economic development coordinator. But a portion of the third floor was recently occupied by At Home Title, which Nienhaus said moved from another Burnsville location. The building’s mortgage borrower, Grande Market Square LLC, has struggled to make payments. The building’s mortgage, which has a $3.37 million balance, went up for auction this week. The mortgage loan is labeled “nonperforming� on an Auction.com announcement of the auction. It says the last payment date was Jan. 1, 2009. “There were a number of tenants in that building that became insolvent,� said Andrew Halverson, spokesman for Sherman Associates, which developed the Grande Market buildings and is part of Grande Market Square LLC. “When a company becomes insolvent, they obviously are not able to pay the rent,� which affected Grande Market Square LLC’s ability to make mortgage payments, according to Halverson. The mortgage was packaged in a fund that was sold by the now-defunct Bear Stearns, according to Halverson. The seller is C-III Asset Manage-

ment LLC. Family business The Vongs are longtime Burnsville residents who came to Minnesota from Cambodia more than three decades ago, said Regina, 23. She grew up helping out in the family shops her parents ran on University Avenue in St. Paul. Her father, Narin, and mother, Somaly, bought a strip mall in the 1980s at University and Farrington Street, where they ran a number of businesses, including a grocery store, a jewelry store, an Asian restaurant and an Asian food wholesale business, Regina said. An aunt ran a salon, and an uncle ran an Asian video store, she said. “I guess you could say my parents were kind of pioneers in Asian businesses on the street (University), because there weren’t very many,� Regina said. “Asians kind of flock together.� Her parents still own the mall but now lease the spaces to other shopkeepers. “Both my mother and father are very ambitious,� Regina said, noting that her father earned doctorate degrees in both business and law. “Especially with Asians, we always have to prove ourselves a little more. It’s in the DNA.� Regina is close to finishing a bachelor’s degree in inter-

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do.� Except for a caterer who briefly leased the kitchen, the banquet space has been vacant since International Chefs’ Culinary Center founder Ron Achterkirch of Burnsville closed his cash-strapped business in October 2008. “I love the location,� said Regina, who lives with her parents. “I literally can walk to my home from here.� She hopes to compete in the Asian wedding market with JUN BO in Richfield and U Garden in Minneapolis, Chinese restaurants that host many weddings. “There’s a market for it be-

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Religion Rummage and book Friday Mornings Out Depression support Friday Mornings Shepherd of the Valley sale at SouthCross OutTheprogram at Shepherd Lutheran Church in Apple SouthCross Community Church will hold a rummage and book sale from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 21. Proceeds will support outreach ministries, including a free summer concert scheduled for July. The church is at 1800 County Road 42 E., Burnsville, at the border with Apple Valley. Call (952) 432-4286 for further information.

Valley offers a depression support group from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesday evenings of each month. Upcoming dates are May 10 and 24. This support group is for those experiencing depression and those concerned about someone experiencing depression. The public is welcome. For more information, call (952) 432-6351. Shepherd of the Valley is at 12650 Johnny Cake Ridge Road.

ville Senior Center – ISD 191, 200 W. Burnsville Parkway, Burnsville. • 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. June 4 (four-hour refresher), Lakeville Senior Center, 20732 Holt Ave., Lakeville. • 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. June 13 (four-hour refresher), Lakeville Senior Center, 20732 Holt Ave., Lakeville. • 6 to 10 p.m. June 14 (four-hour refresher), Apple Valley Villa, 14610 Garrett Ave., Apple Valley. • 1 to 5 p.m. June 13 and 14 (eight-hour full course), Apple Valley Villa, 14610 Garrett Ave., Apple Valley. • 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 10 (four-hour refresher), Rambling River Center, 325 Oak St., Farmington. • 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 8 and 9 (eight-hour full course), Commons on Marice, 1380 Marice Drive, Eagan. • 6 to 10 p.m. June 6 and 7 (eight-hour full course),

Kowalski’s, 1646 Diffley Road, Eagan. • 1 to 5 p.m. June 6 (fourhour refresher), Kowalski’s, 1646 Diffley Road, Eagan. • 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. June 13 (eight-hour full course), Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Parkway, Eagan. • 8 a.m. to noon June 2 (four-hour refresher), Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Parkway, Eagan. • 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. June 7 (four-hour refresher), Burnsville – AAA Minnesota/Iowa, 600 W. Travelers Trail, Burnsville. The courses are open to the public; however, preregistration is requested. The fee for the four-hour refresher is $20; the eight-hour course is $24. For more information or to register, visit www. mnsafetycenter.org or call 1-888-234-1294.

change is to establish equity among free-and-reduced and full-price lunches. Currently, District 196 charges $2.05 for lunches at its elementary schools and $2.20 for lunches at its secondary schools. The school district receives $2.72, however, in federal reimbursement for free lunches.

Any excess money is stored in the district’s food service fund. The district is required to use this money solely for food service and cannot use it for the general fund.

Seniors Driver improvement classes offered The Minnesota Highway Safety Center will offer 55-plus driver-improvement courses on the following days: • 1 to 5 p.m. June 15 and 16 (eight-hour full course), Crossroads Commons, 17725 Glasgow Ave., Lakeville. • 2 to 6 p.m. June 9 (fourhour refresher), Commons on Marice, 1380 Marice Drive, Eagan. • 1 to 5 p.m. June 1 (fourhour refresher), Burnsville Senior Center – ISD 191, 200 W. Burnsville Parkway, Burnsville. • 6 to 10 p.m. June 6 (fourhour refresher), Burnsville Senior Center – ISD 191, 200 W. Burnsville Parkway, Burnsville. • Noon to 4 p.m. June 13 (four-hour refresher), Burns-

Fees/from 1A cal issue,� Duchscher said. Schutte agreed, saying that he felt the federal government was over-reaching its authority. Board Member Mike Roseen was absent. Breakfast prices will not change. The goal of the price

E-mail Jessica Harper at: jessica.harper@ecm-inc.com

of the Valley Lutheran Church, 12650 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley, is currently accepting registrations for the 201112 school year. FMO is a program for children ages 2 to 5. Class time is 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. For more information, contact Susan at (952) 985-7354 or susan. mitsch@sotv.org.

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