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Apple Valley | Rosemount September 14, 2012 | Volume 33 | Number 29
Hit-and-run driver left couple injured, alone One victim was a longtime Rosemount Elementary School teacher by Laura Adelmann Sun Thisweek
State continues to excel on ACT Minnesota continues to be a leader in the percentage of students taking and scoring well on the ACT test. Page 4A
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Police are looking for a young man, possibly Hispanic, involved in a hit-and-run accident that injured a retired Rosemount teacher and his legally blind wife on Labor Day. The man was driving a black older four-door sedan, possibly a Pontiac, Aug. 31 when he plowed into David and Doreen Kennedy’s vehicle at around 5:30 p.m. as David was backing out of their driveway on Maple Street in Farmington. The loud noise of the crash startled 18-year-old college stu-
dent Brooklynn Searles, who was about two blocks away unlocking her car. She said she witnessed the man, wearing a flat-billed hat and a Run-D.M.C. T-shirt, get out of his damaged car, run to the Kennedy’s car and after about 20 seconds sprint back to his car and drive from the scene. “He literally ran into his car, got in, put it in reverse, flew backwards, whipped his car around and left,” Searles said. Doreen said the man came Photo by Laura Adelmann to her side of the car and asked with a Spanish accent if she was David and Doreen Kennedy stand next to the rental car they were forced to get after their car was totaled in a Labor Day hit-and-run accident that occurred at See hit-and-run, 5A the end of their Maple Street driveway, seen in the background.
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It’s time for booya in Apple Valley Firefighters’ annual event is Sept. 15 by Andrew Miller Sun Thisweek
Eastview loses to Wayzata The Eastview football team lost to No. 2 Wayzata last week, but there were some encouraging signs in the loss. Page 10A
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Photo by Rick Orndorf
Rosemount Area Athletic Association youth football players gave out high fives to Rosemount High School varsity football team members as they were introduced in the game against Eden Prairie on Sept. 8. RAAA players were introduced and formed a tunnel to cheer on the Irish as they were introduced before the first home game. More photos are at SunThisweek.com.
Bootlegging in your backyard Local historian John Loch digs up details of the moonshineproducing underworld in Prohibition-era Dakota County. Page 8A
Online Look for photos from this weekend’s Rosemount High School marching band festival. For a full schedule of One Book, One Rosemount events, go online to the Rosemount page. Check out the opinion section where letters from all the communities Sun Thisweek covers are printed.
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For Apple Valley firefighters, cooking booya means burning the midnight oil. Under the watchful eye of head cook and retired Assistant Fire Chief Dan Engel, firefighters begin preparing the savory stew a day in advance of their annual File photo booya fundraiser, chopping vegeta- Each year, Apple Valley firefighters begin bles for three to the cooking process a day in advance of their four hours before booya fundraiser. filling the massive booya pots with meat and oth- lief Association. er delectables for the all-night In fact, it takes longer to cooking process. make the 400 or so gallons Start to finish, it’s about an of booya than it does to sell 11-hour undertaking. The end all of it. Each year, firefightresult is 400 or so gallons of ers start dishing up the booya booya which the firefighters in the late morning, and they sell, by the bowl and by the usually run out by about 3 quart, as a fundraiser for the Apple Valley Firefighters’ ReSee booya, 5A
Springsteen strums up money for marching band Rock legend’s autograph graces Rosemount’s silent auction item by Tad Johnson Sun Thisweek
What do Bruce Springsteen, Adele, Muhammad Ali and Justin Bieber have in common? They are all supporters of the Rosemount High School marching band. Well, at least indirectly. Memorabilia items centered around the international icons are part of a massive $43,000-plus estimated value silent auction Saturday, Sept. 15, during the marching band’s home show at Irish Stadium. If the chance at claiming an autographed Ali boxing glove or a Springsteen guitar are not enough to get you in the door, what about a Masters golf tournament package or a trip to see the Chicago Cubs from a Wrigleyville rooftop? Those and nearly 100 other items are part of the auction that runs from 4 p.m. when the gates open until about 8 p.m. The auction aims to raise money for the marching band that has seen cuts in recent years. Past fundraisers have collected enough money to buy the program sheet music for the year or an instrument or two, but
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The Eastview High School marching band will be one of the competitors in the Rosemount High School Marching Band Festival on Saturday, Sept. 15, at Irish Stadium. this effort aims to shatter minimum bid needed for the Swift. those money-raising efforts. $7,853 estimated item to be There’s a cruise ship ex The Masters package, sold. cursion, hotel stays and a which includes a hotel stay Other items on the list 40-person bowling party on and tickets to the practice include autographed mem- the list. rounds, has the highest re- orabilia from Aerosmith, Bids can be placed on oil serve ($3,900), which is the Ringo Starr and Taylor changes, restaurant gift cer-
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tificates and bottled water for a year. As with most good ideas, this one started with a simple connection. Gretchen Flynn, the mother band members Michael (2006) and seniors Molly and Patrick, had a friend refer her to Megan Jackson, who runs Shakopee-based Plan4APlan Event Coordination. After the marching band’s golf tournament fundraiser had gone flat, they turned to Jackson to organize a silent auction in conjunction with the marching band festival. “I know that we would not have had the success with the auction without her connections,” Flynn said. In past years, the silent auction has had about $16,000 worth of prizes donated, so being shy of about tripling that is a big deal. Jackson said she has connections to about 2,500 local businesses and retailers from all over the United States. “As an event coordinator, I love doing this type of work,” she said. “It is a See band, 5A
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