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Company’s move to Rosemount is ‘big’ Pro fighter gets Proto Labs could become city’s third largest employer in three years by Tad Johnson THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

If Proto Labs meets its projections to have 300 employees at its new Rosemount location in three years, it would quickly become the city’s third largest employer. “It’s big,” Rosemount Community Development Director Kim Lindquist said. “We are really excited

about this for the current property owner to get a good sale and that (the building) will be full and full with employees.” The company, which has its headquarters on the west edge of the metro area in Maple Plain, started talking with city officials about expanding its plastic partsmaking business into Rosemount about two months

ago, according to Lindquist. She said the company selected the Rosemount Business Park site, in part, because it was looking for a location far enough from Maple Plain so it could draw upon a new employee base. They didn’t want to “compete with themselves” for hiring, Lindquist said. Proto Labs officials were unable to comment for this

story due to a mandated quiet period for its initial public offering (IPO). According to a 2009 Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development study, Rosemount’s top two employers are Flint Hills Resources (850) and the RosemountApple Valley-Eagan School District (767). Proto Labs has reported it will start with about 125 employees and grow to 300 in three years, according to See Proto Labs, 7A

‘Beauty & the Beast’

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Lauren Stepka is among the whimsically clad cast of student-actors in Eastview High School’s production of “Disney’s Beauty & the Beast.” The show directed by Eastview teacher Scott Durocher runs Dec. 9-17 in the high school’s auditorium. For show times, go online to www.district196.org/evhs.

60 days jail for assaulting wife by Andrew Miller

her head, neck and back. She was subsequently takA professional mixed en to the hospital. As part of Rogmartial arts fighter ers’ plea agreefrom Apple Valment, three ley was sentenced charges – child enWednesday to dangerment, do60 days in jail mestic assault by for a violent atstrangulation, and tack on his wife in pattern of stalkJune in which she Brett Rogers ing conduct – were was choked and dismissed. punched repeatedThe assault ly in the head and charge to which he pleadface. Brett Rogers, 30, was ed guilty carried a maxialso sentenced to three mum penalty of five years years probation and fined in prison and a $10,000 $500 by Judge Karen As- fine. Rogers, a heavyweight phaug in Dakota County fighter nicknamed “The District Court. In September, Rog- Grim,” was released from ers pleaded guilty to one his contract with Strikecount of felony third-de- force, a mixed martial arts gree assault in connection organization whose live with the June 29 incident events are broadcast on at his home on the 1000 CBS and Showtime, after his initial arrest in June. block of Whitney Drive. After the plea agreeDuring that incident, Rogers reportedly ment was reached, he punched his wife multiple made his mixed martial times in the head and face arts comeback Sept. 20 at as she lay on the ground the Titan Fighting Chamin the couple’s backyard, pionship 20, where he lost according to the criminal in the main event. Rogers is in custody in complaint. When police spoke with Rogers’ wife the Dakota County Jail. that night, they noted blood on her face, a miss- Andrew Miller is at aning tooth and injuries to drew.miller@ecm-inc.com. THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Walking a winding path Pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church explored other careers, the world before answering his calling to Rosemount by Tad Johnson THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Many people often wrongly assume that the path to a calling in the Catholic church is a direct line. Father Paul Paul Jarvis proves Jarvis otherwise. Jarvis, who was installed as the new lead pastor at St. Joseph Catholic Church in July, has trod a winding path that has led him to work in the public information office of the Metropolitan Council, the world of corporate communications, the Kingdom of Nepal and the Republic of Malta. After leaving the University of St. Thomas before completing his degree in economics and business administration, Jarvis was a cre-

ative director in the marketing communication department for BI Inc. He was good at what he did – managing projects, writing and winning the Oliver (the field’s equivalent to the Oscar). “Prior to winning it, I would have killed for it ... as proof of my worth,” he said. “After getting it, I realized the statue was just a hunk of metal. I soon left to complete my undergraduate education so that I could finally follow my absolutely certain sense of a calling to ordained ministry.” Even though he knew what he wanted, the path didn’t get any easier. He couldn’t return to St. Thomas because his major had been eliminated and though Macalester offered a program he

could afford, it didn’t allow him to take more than a half-load of courses. What he called the “equivalent of a K-Mart Blue Light Special scholarship” program did afford him was time. As a religious studies major, Jarvis spent two years studying Tibetan culture and language and religion in the Kingdom of Nepal through the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He then received a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship to study Catholic theology at the University of Malta, in the Republic of Malta. Jarvis graduated from Macalester in 1996, but the archdiocese’s vocations office told him he needed more Christian philosophy on his resume.

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St. Joseph Catholic Church’s Father Paul Jarvis relaxes during mission work in Ghana. That’s when the path led him He attended seminary for the back to St. Thomas where he Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minearned another degree – this one neapolis from fall 1999 to spring See Pastor, 7A in theology.

AVHS grad among nation’s elite at Annapolis Scott Tangen returns to Apple Valley over Thanksgiving to share Naval Academy experience by Andrew Miller

ies for Thanksgiving break, the 2009 Apple Valley High School gradScott Tangen’s deciuate stopped by his alma sion to enter the U.S. Namater and other area val Academy has opened high schools last week to doors – as well as the share his experience with hatch to a submarine. potential applicants to Tangen, now in his the service academies. third year at the federal For those high school service academy in Anstudents interested, it’s napolis, Md., spent a day far from a standard colsubmerged in a submalege application. rine near San Diego last The process usually starts in a student’s juScott Tangen, a 2009 Apple Valley High School nior year of high school graduate who’s now an aerospace engineering major at the U.S. Naval Academy, visited his alma with a pre-application, followed by a weeklong mater and other area high schools last week to share his experience with potential applicants to the seminar the summer before their senior year. federal service academies. Photo by Rick Orndorf Admittance requires THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

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summer, and the experience prompted the aerospace engineering major to re-evaluate his career options – in the air, or beneath the sea? “I’m looking at Marine Corps aviation, Navy aviation and submarines,” he said. “So, either planes or submarines.” Back in the Twin Cit-

nomination by a U.S. congressman, who are allowed to nominate one student to each academy per year. Only the best of the best – students who’ve stood out in academics, athletics and community service – make the cut. “We’re identifying who the leaders of our country are going to be for the future,” said retired Navy Capt. Chip Sharratt of Savage, a U.S. Naval Academy admissions rep for the south metro area. “What we’re really looking for is the character of the indi-

vidual – the bottom line is they have to be able to lead young men and women into combat if the president says so.” Tangen, who played soccer and ran track at Apple Valley High School and graduated as a salutatorian, was nominated to two service academies by U.S. Rep. John Kline – the Naval Academy and West Point. Those admitted don’t pay tuition, but there’s a service requirement after graduation. “It’s five years active See Tangen, 14A

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school enrollment is expected to drop by 50 students (0.62 percent) by October 2012, bringing the total to 8,037. Meanwhile elementary and middle school enrollment is expected to pick up slightly next school year. Projections show enrollment in the elementary schools will increase by 89 students (0.76 percent) by October 2012, bringing the total to 11,566 students. Middle school enrollment is expected to climb by 21 students (.035 percent) by that same time, bringing the total to 6,002. District officials expect enrollment may pick up once development begins on the eastern and southern portions of the school district. “At this point we can’t predict when that will happen,� Reis said.

Enrollment in the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District is expected to decline over the next five years. District officials conducted a survey that projects enrollment will fall by 67 students between 2012 and 2016. This will bring the total student population to 27,337. “The district’s enrollment has been declining since 2004, but it has slowed,� said Kim Reis, student information supervisor for District 196. Every school district’s state aid is largely based on enrollment. District officials said they are not concerned about funding as it relates to enrollment since the drop in enrollment has been small. The district’s enrollment is expected to decline in 2012 by 16 students (0.06 percent), which will bring the total Email Jessica Harper at: jessica.harper@ecm-inc.com to 27,420. The district’s high

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Opinion ECM Editorial State has lesson for feds in medical cost control Minnesota’s two U.S. senators, Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken, both Democrats, have made it clear that they will not hesitate in carrying the state’s best-practice measures to the halls of Congress. We hope they were listening and watching this fall as the state of Minnesota released what has to be considered good news. The news is in relation to a bold move by the Dayton administration to embark on a competitive bidding process for insurers who want a share of the $4 billion annual business to pay for medical assistance costs for state residents. It is now estimated that the state program will save upwards of $180 million in state taxpayer dollars over the next two years but without any cut in benefits or

forcing most enrollees to change their medical providers. It is also likely that the federal government will see corresponding savings due to the fact that medical assistance for the most part is funded by both the state and the federal government. Gov. Mark Dayton has held true to his promise to seek reform with such health care initiatives, and we applaud the work of his administration. It makes sense at the state level and it makes minds wonder why it wasn’t tried much sooner. It’s such plans and principles that can and should work at the national level, too, if only leaders there could be so driven. In one specific case, the federal government is now projecting that the Medicare Part D prescription

drug program will run an unfunded deficit of $700 billion in its first 10 years, according to estimates. Medicare Part D was passed by a Republican-controlled Congress in 2003 and signed into law by President George W. Bush. Under the 2003 legislation, Medicare is not allowed to negotiate drug prices with manufacturers. We understand the partisan deadlock that is blocking most efforts at meaningful change or reform in Washington. It’s an uphill battle to be sure. But we believe Sens. Klobuchar and Franken have just the moxie to help push this heavy ball up that steep hill. They are getting some help, too. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, signed into law in March of 2010 by President

Barack Obama, is taking small but progressive steps to shrink the doughnut hole that many Part D participants face when their benefit limits are reached and the next $4,500 in prescription expense is cash from pocket. More shrinking needs to be done, and that can come through competitive bidding and/or outright negotiations with the large pharmaceutical companies, or by looking at reform that would allow the importation and re-importation of prescription drugs. Both could be considered competition to the current system. According to one estimate from the National Retiree Legislative Network, as much as $730 million, or 18 percent, of the nation’s Medicare Part D projected $4 billion costs for prescription

drugs over the next 10 years could be saved. Those are meaningful savings and rise to the level of totally wiping away the doughnut hole. It could also make a small but important reduction in the federal budget deficit. One of the ways to make changes and improve Medicare Part D is with competitive bidding, much like the state of Minnesota has done with its medical assistance costs. We know Sen. Klobuchar and Sen. Franken have voices that are being heard in Washington. It’s time they speak louder. An editorial from the ECM Editorial Board. Thisweek Newspapers and the Dakota County Tribune are part of ECM Publishers Inc.

Letters Thanks from the District 191 School Board To the editor: We, the members of the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School Board, would like to say “thank you� to the many residents of School District 191 who took the time to vote on Nov. 8 to renew an existing levy. We are grateful for your continued support. We also want to thank PTO members, parents, and others who helped educate voters about the importance of a positive vote for the students and families we serve. The renewed levy provides continued funding that is vital to our day-today operations. Moreover,

the public vote of confidence is uplifting – particularly during challenging economic times – to families with children in our schools, to our teachers and school staff members working hard to improve student achievement, to area businesses seeking skilled employees and to a vast majority of the residents in the communities we serve. The vote allows us to confidently move forward with renewed dedication to our most important work – to improve academic achievement and prepare well-rounded students to be contributing members of society. We, as your elected representatives, are committed to delivering the highest educational value for every

tax dollar you provide. It is both an honor and a privilege to serve a community that places a high priority on public education. RON HILL DAN LUTH SANDY SWEEP DEEDEE CURRIER JIM SCHMID PAULA TEIKEN BOB VANDENBOOM

Heartbroken To the editor: I am at a loss for words to describe my utter dismay – some misguided souls broke into the Burnsville Senior Center and stole our 52-inch flat screen television. We baked, we made craft items, and we did many oth-

er projects to raise funds to buy this TV. We truly need this television set as it is used by the defensive driving classes for those 55 and older, medical information classes and more. You can understand how violated we feel that someone would do such an act of disrespect. Yes, the school district does have insurance, but the deductible is so high our television doesn’t actually matter. Over the years, I have written many letters to the editor to convey my thanks and congratulations to friends and acquaintances in Burnsville and other communities who have helped us here at the center. Having to write this letter truly saddens me as this act is not indicative of the people in Burnsville – these are really troubled individuals. Thanks for bearing with me as I vented my disappointment – I am heartbroken. PEG FINK Burnsville

A shameful attack To the editor: The Nov. 25 letter to the editor by Betty Mackey would be humorous if it were not so blatantly dishonest. To refer to my photo from the Nov. 18 issue addressing the Burnsville High School senior class on Veterans Day somehow justifies her partisan attack on 2nd District Congressman John Kline is totally disingenuous and shameful. Yes, I left the Minnesota Republican Party in June 2009, over their continued election of inept and fiscally irresponsible leadership like Chairman Tony Sutton and rabid ideologue Deputy Chair Michael Brodkorb. If the Minnesota GOP ever gets smart enough to replace their pathetically poor leadership, I and many like me may return to the party. However, my statements from the 2009 guest edito-

rial in the Pioneer Press that the party was run by ideologues, bankers and lobbyists fits the DFL just as well. Evidence shows that Wall Street banks and K Street lobbyists supported the Democratic Party overwhelmingly in the 2008 election. How much of that money found its way to Minnesota I have no way of knowing. Reality is that both the Minnesota GOP and the DFL suffer from control by their radical right and left wing ideologues as well as lobbyists, unions, bankers and special interests. Unfortunately, I found that the Independence Party stands for nothing except to relish the position of spoiler. Is it any wonder that our great state is in deadlock? As for Kline, a retired U.S. Marine Corps colonel, he continues to represent 2nd District with very large electoral margins because the DFL lacks credible candidates to run against him. The people of the 2nd Congressional District have not seen a reason to replace Kline. I served in Iraq with Kline’s son in 2005, and I remain a supporter of the congressman. I suggest before Ms. Mackey tries to cherry pick something I said in 2009, and misrepresent my appearance recently in this newspaper that had nothing to do with Kline, she do her research and make sure her comments are based in truthful fact. JOE REPYA Lieutenant colonel, Army (retired) Eagan

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ing solution to the Vikings’ stadium debate. The NFL can totally fund the newly proposed Vikings football stadium (regardless of its final location in Minnesota) without public financing. The Vikings TV market includes areas outside of Minnesota and its taxing jurisdiction. These include the eastern Dakotas, northern Iowa, western Wisconsin and southern Canada between Winnipeg and Thunder Bay. If each Vikings gameviewing household is charged a set amount each week (say $2) to watch the game on a dedicated cable/ satellite TV channel, then a stadium could be funded in 12 years max. The NFL can charge this amount to every household in the viewing region, the Minnesota Legislature (or county governments) cannot do so. This method also provides an economic voting referendum each week for each Viking fan household (“yes� we want to pay to watch the game this week or “no� we don’t). In addition, even if the state does find funding for a stadium, they cannot guarantee a sellout for each home game over a 30-year lease, which means that most the Minnesota fan base (in the MinneapolisSt. Paul metro area) that would actually pay the “Viking taxes� may not ever see a home game on TV in the very stadium which they funded. A home game is blacked-out within a 75mile radius of the stadium, if a sellout is not reached within 72 hours of kick-off. Businesses have bought out remaining tickets to avoid a blackout in recent years, but a new stadium with higher ticket prices and personal seat license costs will likely increase the probability that a number of games will not be shown on local TV.

To the editor: In reaction to the Nov. 11 issue that contained both Ed Fischer’s political cartoon and T. W. Budig’s story on the Vikings’ visit to the Burnsville/Lakeville Cham- DENNIS CUMMINGS ber of Commerce luncheon Eagan on Nov. 8, I offer the follow-

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Sports Eagle boys hockey looking for new ways to score

Standings Boys Basketball Team

Conference W Apple Valley 0 B Kennedy 0 B Jefferson 0 Burnsville 0 Eagan 0 Eastview 0 Lakeville North 0 Lakeville South 0 Prior Lake 0 Rosemount 0

Overall L W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Friday, December 2 • Lakeville North at Edina, 7 p.m. • Lakeville South W at ayzata, 7 p.m. • Eastview at Duluth East, 7 p.m. Saturday, December 3 • St. Louis Park at Eagan, 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, December 6 • Wayzata at Eagan, 7:15 p.m. • Minnetonka at Bloomington Kennedy, 7:15 p.m. • Henry Sibley at Prior Lake, 7:15 p.m. • White Bear Lake Area at Lakeville South, 7:15 p.m. • Edina at Eastview, 7:15 p.m. • Hopkins at Burnsville, 7:15 p.m. • Eden Prairie at Apple Valley, 7:15 p.m. • Wayzata at Eagan, 7:15 p.m. Thursday, December 8 • Benilde-St. Margaret’s at Rosemount, 7:15 p.m. Friday, December 9 • North St. Paul at Eagan, 6 p.m. • Cambridge-Isanti at Bloomington Kennedy, 7:15 p.m. • Lakeville North Chanhassen, 7:30 p.m.

Girls Basketball Team

Conference W Lakeville North 0 Lakeville South 0 Apple Valley 0 Eastview 0 Eagan 0 Burnsville 0 B Kennedy 0 B Jefferson 0 Prior Lake 0 Rosemount 0

L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Overall W 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

L 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 3

Friday, December 2 • Shakopee at Eagan, 7:15 p.m. • Eden Prairie at Apple Valley, 7:15 p.m. • Prior Lake at White Bear Lake Area, 7:15 p.m. Saturday, December 3 • Owatonna at Lakeville South, 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, December 6 • Bloomington Kennedy at Eden Prairie, 7 p.m. • Apple Valley at Park - Cottage Grove, 7:15 p.m. • Lakeville South at Lakeville North, 7:15 p.m. Thursday, December 8 • Burnsville at Maranatha Christian Academy, 7 p.m. • Apple Valley at Richfield, 7:15 p.m. • Chanhassen at Bloomington Jefferson, 7:15 p.m. • Eden Prairie at Prior Lake, 7:15 p.m. Friday, December 9 • New Prague at Eastview, 7:15 p.m. • Farmington at Rosemount, 7:15 p.m. • Hopkins at Lakeville North, 7:15 p.m.

Apple Valley lost most of its points from last year by Andy Rogers THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

The Apple Valley boys hockey team won’t be the same after averaging 4.6 goals per game last season. The Eagles lost most of their firepower over the offseason, leading coach Jerry Hayes to find new ways to win. Hayes feels he can build around a strong defensive core with Anthony Leong, Sean Lang and captain Derek Smith, who is playing his fourth year on varsity this year. “The question is are we going to get some scoring up front?” Hayes said. “Last year we had guys who had 40-50 points. This year we need to have a few guys with 20 points spread out.” The Eagles lost their top three scorers – AJ Michaelson, Hudson Fasching and Vince Pedrie – who had 139 combined points last season. “We’re not going to beat teams 6-0,” Hayes said. “We’re going to have to keep teams under two to three goals to win. We’re not going to put any pressure on one guy.” Hayes will look to players such as team captain Tate Erickson, Trent Heuer and Johnny Dirks, who have the most experience, along with Jordan Ocel and Ben Keckeisen to get some goals. “We definitely have to develop into that role,” Erickson said. “We’ll get to that point, I promise you that.” Minnetonka was a tough way to start the season on Tuesday. It was ranked No. 4 by “Let’s Play Hockey,” while Apple Valley ranked No. 17. The first-game nerves were on full display early, losing 6-0.

Photo by Andy Rogers

Apple Valley’s Sean Lang, No. 4, takes charge against Minnetonka on Tuesday. “It was a rude awaking,” Smith said. “I don’t think we were in game shape yet. I think we were a little slow at the beginning there.” The team was down by five goals at the midway mark, but settled down from there. The Eagles were outshot 27-16, but no one is panicking just yet. “It’s Nov. 29,” Hayes said. “We’re not too worried about it. You don’t win the section championship the first game of the year.” In the first period, Minnetonka had five shots and three goals. “It wasn’t pretty,” Hayes said. “We picked it up as it went along. They have a lot of guys who have been playing in the elite leagues and we have guys who have been playing for two weeks and it showed. “It will get better,” he said. “We saw some things that we know we can get better. As coaches it’s fun to look at the tape and now say, ‘I told you so.’ ”

Eastview The Lightning have a veteran group returning, meaning they know as well as anyone it’s not an easy task to compete in the world of high school hockey in Minnesota. Coming off a season in which the Lightning went 8-17-2, Eastview is ready to make a jump up the charts. With four returning defensive players, the top goaltender and the leading scorer back, expectations are high. “But we need to make the hard work pay off,” coach Drey Bradley said. “The conference is very strong again and we will need to bring our best to the rink every night. We need to continue to challenge each other in practice so we are ready for the challenges of the (South Suburban Conference.).” Scott Nelson leads the list of returning players after scoring 24 goals and 24 assists last season while making the all conference team. He’ll have help from returning forward Ryan McNa-

mara, who had 15 points last season. The defense is stacked with experience with Jon Plaszcz, Ryan Reger and Jake Heppner back in skates with two-plus years of varsity experience. All three have varsity scores and assists on their resume and they will help returning goalie Alex Wohl, who played 12 varsity games, keep their net clear. The Lightning defeated Hastings 3-1 in the season opener with goals from Nick Abbott, Nelson and Jake McGlocklin.

Burnsville

those players are looking for another shot. The Blaze lost nine players to graduation, including their top two scorers, but coach Janne Kivihalme said the strength of the team lies with the returning core of players that includes Cory Chapman, Hunter Anderson, Mason Wyman, Jake Senta, Nick Bohn, Teemu Kivihalme, Dan Ames and Jake Maxson. With Mike Dockry and Jace Childs gone, the team is losing 104 points from last season. The defensive presence of Eddie Wittchow, who was chosen in the sixth round by the Florida Panthers in last summer’s NHL Entry Draft, will also be missed along with star goalie Bodhi Engum. The Blaze have one of the more changeling schedules to kick off the season, starting with Minnetonka on Thursday, Hill-Murray on Saturday and BenildeSt. Margaret’s on Dec. 8. All three teams are ranked in the top 10 in Class AA. Before the New Year, Burnsville is scheduled to play Bloomington Jefferson, Eden Prairie and Duluth East, three other teams ranked in the top 20. When the South Suburban Conference portion begins, the Blaze have two games scheduled against Eagan, Lakeville South and Apple Valley, who are also ranked in the top 20. By the time playoffs begin in late February, the Blaze should be battle tested. “Returning players are hungry for another run,” Janne Kivihalme said. “The first few games is about experimenting and putting kids into challenging situation that will help us become a better team later.”

The Burnsville boys hockey team has been a force in the south metro with a 3812-7 record the past two seasons and the team plans on continuing its winning ways. The Blaze are coming off one of the more memorable seasons, when they played in the Section 2AA final for the first time since 2008. The Rogers is at Blaze lost to Edina 3-2 in the Andy section final, and several of andy.rogers@ecm-inc.com.

Wildcats off to fast start

Boys Hockey Team

Conference Overall W L T W L T Lakeville North 0 0 0 1 0 0 Eastview 0 0 0 1 0 0 Lakeville South 0 0 0 0 0 0 B Jefferson 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rosemount 0 0 0 0 0 0 Burnsville 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 Prior Lake 0 0 0 0 0 0 B Kennedy 0 0 0 0 1 0 Apple Valley 0 0 0 0 1 0 Friday, December 2 • Shakopee at Rosemount, 7 p.m. Saturday, December 3 • Hill-Murray at Burnsville, 3 p.m. • Edina at Lakeville South, 3 p.m. • Hopkins at Lakeville North, 3 p.m. • Eagan at Eden Prairie, 7 p.m. Tuesday, December 6 • Apple Valley at Plymouth, 7 p.m. • Bloomington Kennedy at Hopkins, 7 p.m. • Rosemount at Chaska, 7:15 p.m. Thursday, December 8 • Benilde-St. Margaret’s at Burnsville, 7 p.m. • East Ridge at Eastview, 7 p.m. • Minnetonka at Rosemount, 7 p.m. • Centennial at Bloomington Jefferson, 7:15 p.m

Girls Hockey Team

Conference Overall W L T W L T Lakeville North 1 0 0 2 1 0 Rosemount 1 0 0 1 2 0 Eagan 0 0 0 4 0 0 Apple Valley 0 1 0 4 1 0 B Jefferson 0 0 0 1 1 0 B Kennedy 0 0 0 1 2 1 Lakeville South 0 0 0 0 1 0 Burnsville 0 0 0 0 1 0 Prior Lake 0 0 0 0 2 0 Eastview 0 1 0 0 3 0 Friday, December 2 • Apple Valley at Lakeville South, 7:15 p.m. • Prior Lake at Bloomington Jefferson, 7:15 p.m. Saturday, December 3 • Visitation/SPA at Bloomington Kennedy, 3 p.m. • Burnsville at Eagan, 3 p.m. • Farmington at Lakeville South, 7 p.m. Tuesday, December 6 • Apple Valley at Eastview, 7 p.m. • Eagan at Prior Lake, 7 p.m. • Lakeville South at Burnsville, 7 p.m. • Bloomington Kennedy at Rosemount, 7 p.m. • Lakeville North at Bloomington Jefferson, 7:15 p.m. Saturday, December 10 • Bloomington Jefferson at Apple Valley, 2:15 p.m. • Eagan at Lakeville South, 2:45 p.m. • Eastview at Bloomington Kennedy, 3 p.m. • Prior Lake at Lakeville North, 3 p.m. • Burnsville at Rosemount, 3 p.m.

Photo by Rick Orndorf

Left: Eastview’s Brianna Zemien, No. 24 on the right, faces off against Prior Lake on Tuesday during a 6-1 victory. Erika Geary had three goals, Courtney Kukowski two and Cassidy Leininger one to improve the team’s record to 2-5. Right: Eagan’s Sarah Jackson, No. 4 on the top, takes a shot against Bloomington Jefferson on Tuesday during a 4-1 victory, putting the team’s record at 5-0. Megan Wolfe, Shelby Williams, Megan Juricko and Brooke Madsen had goals in the win and goalie Emma May had 18 saves. To view more photos of the game, visit www.ThisweekLive.com.

Girls basketball: Eagles on the rise Several key players back for area teams by Andy Rogers THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

After opening the season with a convincing 70-35 win over Rochester John Marshall on Tuesday, the buzz is growing louder for the Apple Valley girls basketball team. The Eagles lost just one player – leading scorer Jordan Sammons – to graduation last spring, so they bring an experienced lineup from a team that went 12-16 last season. Destiny Scott, Jaryn Pipkins, Sydney Schalk and Kati Erb are back along with a deep bench. “We bring back a lot of players with varsity experience,” coach Jeremy Gordon said. “We will also be able to spread the ball around more versus relying on one player to carry us.” Still, with leading scorer Sammons gone, the team needs a go-to player to emerge. “Our strength of spreading the ball around could be

a weakness,” Gordon said. “We will need a player, or two, to step up in certain games and want the ball, and want to take the big shot.”

Eagan The two words Eagan head coach Liz Carpentier used to describe the Wildcats this season was young and talented; the extremes of both. “This is the most talented team we’ve had since I’ve been the coach at EHS,” Carpentier said. “This is also one of the youngest teams I’ve had since I’ve been coach at EHS.” Leading the list of talented players is Jess Hart, who signed a letter of intent to play basketball at South Dakota State earlier this month. “Jess is a strong leader and doing her best to get the younger girls used to the rigors of a full varsity season,” Carpentier said. “She is excited by the opportunity the season brings, as are all four seniors and the entire squad, for that matter. She has worked on her conditioning and ball-handling to

prepare her not only for this year (but next).” Other experienced players returning are Lindsey Gonsior, Tori Thompson and Lindsey Micheletti. Gonsior is a two-year starter who plans to play basketball at Augsburg College next year. The junior class features three-year starter Sammi Delzotto and two-year starter Bryn Parsons. They plan on proving this is one of the most talented Eagan teams in a long time. The youth comes from the bench as there are four seniors on the roster. “I am concerned about how we’ll deal with the pressures of varsity ball,” Carpentier said. But every team is coming into the season relying on girls playing their first varsity minutes. The plan is to grow and be the best they can by March.

Eastview Paul Goetz, the only coach Eastview girls basketball ever knew, stepped down as head coach after last season, but he’s still there.

Goetz has moved into an assistant role, as he’s taking every opportunity he can to watch his son play in Rosemount. Melissa Guebert moved up from the traveling program at Eastview where she coached fifth- through eighth-grade girls. Her basketball career includes Miss Basketball for South Dakota in 1983 and she’s still the alltime leading scorer for Augustana College. She has two team captains – Amber Mehr and Emily Young – who have been on varsity since their ninth-grade years. Mehr has grown up with a basketball in hand, while Young brings a strong inside presence. Another team captain, Paige Palkovich, who plans to play softball at the University of Minnesota next year, brings a wealth of athletic ability to the guard position. “The nice thing about those three is that they’re so different,” Guebert said. “We have three different personalities. It’s a good balance. They’re great role mod-

els.” The Lightning will have sharp shooter Meg Ryan and post player Hannah Shie on their side. Junior standouts include defensive spark plug Mikael Wilson and Tyra Johnson. Eastview will rely on freshman point guard Madison Guebert, who is Melissa’s daughter. She was named to the Hamline alltournament team last week during which the girls went 1-1. “She brings a lot of composure, which is rare for a young player,” Melissa Guebert said. With experience and talent, Melissa Guebert says the biggest issue is finding a go-to player. The experienced players have looked to Jenna Dockter, Amanda Beckman and Alex Beckman in recent years, but they’ve since graduated. “The biggest challenge is getting those seniors to be the leaders and learn how to be the ones who step up,” Melissa Guebert said. Andy Rogers is at andy.rogers@ecm-inc.com.


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Lundin sees first Wild action

Sports Briefs Webb named to AllTournament team Kyle Webb, a midfielder on Apple Valley’s 2009 state championship team, was named to the National Campus Championship Series All Tournament soccer team at the NCCS national championship tournament for collegiate club teams held in Phoenix, Ariz., Nov. 17-19. Webb plays outside midfield for the Minnesota Gophers men’s soccer club. The Gophers earned a quarterfinal slot in the championship bracket by beating Florida in a shootout on Friday, Nov. 18, morning. They advanced to the Final Four on Friday night when they beat Cal Berkley

2-1 on a late second half goal by Webb. The Gophers lost on Saturday morning in the semifinals to Missouri, 1-0. The Final Four showing was the Gophers’ best performance in the tournament since 2003. Webb’s former Apple Valley teammate Bijan Jabari also is a member of the team.

Brumm named AllMIAC Conference Augsburg College football player Marcus Brumm from Lakeville was named to the All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference squad as a secondteam quarterback last week. It was his third all-conference honor, after earning

All-MIAC first-team honors in 2009 and All-MIAC second-team honors last year. Brumm led the MIAC in passing yardage per-game for the third straight year, averaging 229.5 passing yards per-game. He completed 196-of-340 for 2,295 yards and 15 touchdowns in 2011. He earned MIAC Offensive Player of the Week honors after a 26-of-42, 401-yard, four-touchdown effort, including a last-second, game-winning touchdown pass, in Augsburg’s 32-31 win at St. John’s on Sept. 24. In his three seasons at Augsburg (27 games), Brumm finished second in school history in every career passing category 607for-1,102 for 6,974 yards and 46 touchdowns.

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Apple Valley’s Mike Lundin, No. 2, played in his first game for the Minnesota Wild on Monday night. The Apple Valley native has been out with injuries to start the season. He was activated Monday night and faced his former team, the Tampa Bay Lightning, in a 3-1 win at the Xcel Energy Center.

‘BabyLove’ brings families together New birth and child-care education center aims to support new moms by Jessica Harper THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

For the past four years, Veronica Jacobsen has become intimately acquainted with countless families as a birthing coach and prenatal and neonatal educator. Yet Jacobsen felt she couldn’t provide the kind of one-on-one support she desired in her classes at area hospitals. “With a hospital, you don’t know who will be teaching the class or what it will be like,� she said. Most classes were taught by different educators to large groups of parents in an auditorium, and Jacobsen wished to created a more intimate setting. Last September she and fellow doula (birth coach) Brittany Kubricky achieved this goal by opening BabyLove, a birth and child care education center at 4590 Scott Trail in Eagan. The independently-

owned center offers childbirth, breast-feeding, baby care and safety classes. All classes are taught by Jacobsen or Kubricky, and the cost between $40 for car seat safety to $165 for Lamaze. Jacobsen noted that some health insurance providers will pay for Lamaze classes, which provide education in natural child birth. The center also hosts workshops and free moms’ groups. BabyLove client Erin Stertz-Follett said she heard about the center from Jacobsen, who served as her doula. The 34-year-old mother of two said she was intrigued by the center’s small class sizes. No more than 10 mothers can register for a class. “With my first child we took hospital classes, and it wasn’t a terrible experience but too specific to the hospital,� she said.

Stertz-Follett said she appreciates that the center’s educators provide objective information. Sara Gumke, another client, said she enjoys the support she gets from both owners and moms at BabyLove. “They are good about reassuring you that you are not the only one,� she said. The 29-year-old firsttime mom said she also likes that BabyLove’s nursing mom’s club fit well in her busy schedule. These experiences are what Jacobsen and Kubricky were hoping for when they opened BabyLove. “We wanted to create a place where parents could learn and grow,� Jacobsen said. The only challenge so far, she said, has been in marketing the center. It was Jacobsen’s own experiences as a new mother that inspired her to become a certified doula in 2007.

While in labor with her first child, Jacobsen became frustrated with the hospital staff’s bedside manner. “There was no support from the doctor or nurses,� she said.�I decided I wanted to be the person I needed as a first-time mom.� Over the following years, the Richfield resident coached countless numbers of mothers and earned certifications in childbirth education, lactation counseling and child-seat safety. Jacobsen taught various classes for the next three years at hospitals, while continuing to serve as a doula. Jacobsen said the most rewarding aspect of being a doula and child-care educator is the opportunity to support mothers during a life-changing experience. “It’s wonderful to be with them from pregnancy through birth to the child’s earliest years,� she said. Jacobsen was the one

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Erin Stertz-Follett plays with her 8-month-old daughter, Evelynn, at BabyLove where she attends classes and a nursing mom’s groups. who inspired Kubricky to become a doula after she coached Kubricky’s first child birth. Kubricky trained with DONA, an international doula association, in 2010 and is awaiting certification. She is a certified childbirth

educator. For more information on Jacobsen, Kubricky or BabyLove, visit www.BabyLoveMN.com or call (651) 200-3343. E-mail Jessica Harper at: jessica.harper@ecm-inc.com

Task force report to address bullying by T.W. Budig ECM CAPITOL REPORTER

A mother spoke of her son’s suicide at the launch of a task force on Tuesday, Nov. 29, one tasked by Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton to make recommendations on the problem of school bullying. Tammy Aaberg, whose 15-year-old son, Justin, was bullied in the Anoka-Hennepin School District and later committed suicide, appeared at a state Capitol press conference to endorse the creation of the task force. “Every day we do nothPhoto by T.W. Budig Tammy Aaberg, whose teenage son Justin was a victim of ing leaves more students bullying in the Anoka-Hennepin School District, appeared feeling defenseless and at the state Capitol on Nov. 29 to endorse the creation of an afraid of going to school,� Aaberg said. “Bullying and anti-bullying task force. harassment happens daily

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from bullying for reasons of race, religion, sexual orientation and physical appearance. School boards need guidance, Aaberg said. Protocols need to be in place to educate bullies on the effects of the their behavior, she explained. She also spoke of the need for stronger enforcement regarding school districts’ responses to bullying. Former Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty vetoed a bullying bill in 2009 that would have created the classifications Aaberg calls for. “I wonder how many lives would have been saved had the bill passed in 2009 instead of being vetoed,� she said. Pawlenty at the time called bullying a serious problem, but argued the legislation passed by the then DFL-controlled Legislature was duplicating existing state law.

Sen. Scott Dibble, DFLMinneapolis, and Rep. Jim Davnie, DFL-Minneapolis, two lawmakers who have worked on bullying legislation, appeared at the press conference and also endorsed the formation of the task force. Dibble called it an issue “crying out for leadership.� Recently, Democratic Attorney General Lori Swanson proposed anti-bullying legislation, and Dayton views his and Swanson’s efforts as complementing the other. Although Dayton said there was no reason the task force couldn’t conclude its report prior to August 2012, Dibble is “dubious� of an anti-bullying bill being passed by the Republicancontrolled Legislature after lawmakers return to the Capitol in January. T.W. Budig is at tim.budig@ ecm-inc.com.

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PUBLIC NOTICE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196 Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan Public Schools Educating our students to reach their full potential CALL FOR BIDS EXCESS ATHLETIC AND FIELD TRIP TRANSPORTATION Notice is hereby given that BIDS will be received for excess Athletic and Field Trip Transportation by Independent School District 196 at the District Office, 3455 153rd Street W, Rosemount, MN 55068, until 11 a.m., December 19, 2011 at which time and place bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Complete instructions on how to obtain Bidding Documents can be found at: http://www.district196.org/District/LegalNotices/ index.cfm If you should have any questions regarding this bid you may contact the Randy Dukek, Coordinator of Transportation. Art Coulson, Board Clerk Independent School District 196 2837095 12/2-12/9/11

PUBLIC NOTICE ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS CITY OF APPLE VALLEY Sealed bids will be received until 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 5, 2012, at the office of the City Clerk, City of Apple Valley, 7100 147th Street W., Apple Valley, MN 55124, at which time they will be publicly opened and read, for the purpose of securing a vendor to supply: 2012 LEASE OF EIGHT (8) 72-INCH MOWERS Each bid shall be accompanied by a certified check, cashiers check or bid bond in the amount of 5% of the gross bid, made payable to the City of Apple Valley, which shall be forfeited to the City in the event the bidder fails to enter into a contract. The City Council reserves the right to retain the deposits of the bidders for a period not to exceed 60 days after the date and time set for the opening of bids. Specifications and proposal forms may be obtained from the Apple Valley Community Center, 14603 Hayes Road, Apple Valley, MN 55124. The City Council reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive irregularities and informalities therein and further reserves the right to award the contract in the best interests of the City. Dated this 22nd day of November, 2011. /s/ Pamela J. Gackstetter Pamela J. Gackstetter, City Clerk 2835725 12/2/11

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT, REZONING AND PRELIMINARY PLAT IN THE CITY OF APPLE VALLEY, DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning Commission of the City of Apple Valley, Dakota County, Minnesota, will meet at the Municipal Center, 7100 W. 147th Street, on Wednesday, December 21, 2011, at 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as possible. The purpose of the meeting is to hold a public hearing on proposed amendment to the 2030 Comprehensive Plan Map to re-designate 24.64 acres of the property from “MBC� (Mixed Business Campus) to “C� (Commercial); rezoning 24.64 acres from “SG� (Sand and Gravel) to “RB� (Retail Business); and preliminary plat to subdivide 55.75 acres into one (1) lot and five (5) outlots. Said hearing relates to property generally located at the southeast corner of County State-Aid Highway 42 and Flagstaff Avenue, and legally described as: That part of the East half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 34, Township 115, Range 20, Dakota County, Minnesota, lying south of the southerly right of way line of County State Aid Highway Number 42, northerly of the north line of Outlot B, ORCHARD POINTE, according to the recorded plat thereof and easterly of the easterly right of way line of Flagstaff Avenue. OUTLOT B, ORCHARD POINTE, according to the recorded plat thereof, Dakota County, Minnesota. That part of the Northwest Quarter (NW 1/4) of Section Thirty Five (35), Township One Hundred Fifteen (115) North, Range Twenty (20) West of the Fifth Principal Meridian, Dakota County, Minnesota, except the North 75.00 feet thereof described as follows: Commencing at the northwest corner of said Northwest Quarter of Section 35; thence on an assumed bearing of South 0 degrees 06 minutes 46 seconds West, along the west line thereof, a distance of 75.00 feet to the point of beginning of said parcel to be described; thence continuing South 0 degrees 06 minutes 46 seconds West along said west line thereof, a distance of 1778.73 feet; thence North 87 degrees 21 minutes 52 seconds East a distance of 266.73 feet; thence easterly and southeasterly a distance of 304.36 feet along a tangential curve concave to the southwest, said curve having a radius of 450.00 feet and a central angle of 38 degrees 45 minutes 08 seconds; thence North 36 degrees 07 minutes 00 seconds East, not tangent to said curve, a distance of 445.81 feet; thence North 0 degrees 06 minutes 46 seconds East a distance of 826.38 feet; thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 19 seconds East a distance of 510.58 feet; thence North 0 degrees 01 minutes 46 seconds East a distance of 310.00 feet; thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 19 seconds East a distance of 647.71 feet; thence easterly and southeasterly a distance of 293.98 feet along a tangential curve concave to the southwest, said curve having a radius of 400.00 feet and a central angle of 42 degrees 06 minutes 36 seconds; thence southeasterly and easterly a distance of 338.08 feet along a reverse curve concave to the northeast, said curve having a radius of 460.00 feet and a central angle of 42 degrees 06 minutes 36 seconds; thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 19 seconds East, tangent to last described curve, a distance of 100.00 feet to the east line of said Northwest Quarter of Section 35; thence north 0 degrees 03 minutes 14 seconds West, along said east line of the Northwest Quarter, a distance of 580.00 feet to the south line of said North 75.00 feet of the Northwest Quarter of Section 35; thence South 89 degrees 51 minutes 19 seconds West, along said south line, a distance of 2648.42 feet to the point of beginning. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that these proceedings are instituted by action of Fischer Sand and Aggregate, LLC. All interested parties will be given an opportunity to be heard at said time and place. DATED this 23rd day of November, 2011. /s/ Pamela J. Gacksetter Pamela J. Gackstetter, City Clerk 2837213 12/2/11

Pastor/from 1A 2004, during which time he was deacon at St. John Neumann in Eagan. He was ordained in May 2004. His first three assignments were as priest at Our Lady of Grace in Edina, vicar at the Basilica of St. Mary in downtown Minneapolis. and pastor of Guardian Angels Church and School in Chaska for about three and a half years. “During that time, the parishioners grew their parish from around 350 households to over 1,000 households,� he said. “I emphasize that the growth was parishionergrown because we embraced a parishioner-empowering model, one that taps into the giftedness of disciples sharing in Christ’s priestly, prophetic and servant-leader ministry. With God’s grace, collaborating parishioners can do anything. Move mountains, even.� Jarvis was assigned to St. Joseph in July so he could be closer to his parents, who live in Northfield. “My mom is vexed with Alzheimer’s, and I like to help with respite care,� he said. Jarvis will read “The Christmas Story� during Christmas at the Steeple Center on Saturday, Dec. 3, in the former St. Joseph Church. Thisweek took the occasion to ask Jarvis to answer a few questions about his new calling and the reading he will deliver this weekend. What do you like about being at St. Joseph? In an age of anonymity, people in Rosemount still know and care about each other. There is still this hometown feeling in this growing suburb. At St. Joseph, we want to be “the village� for people in need of it. We all need it, if you think about it. We also treasure tradition as well as relevance. There is something for everyone here, and I really like that. It’s also extremely hospitable. With all this said, one word really describes St.

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Father Paul Jarvis shares a laugh with Biscuit during a Blessing of the Animals event at Guardian Angels Church in Chaska. Joe’s parishioners: engaged. And I don’t mean engaged to be married, though we have quite a few of those as well. Parishioners take ownership of their parish; it’s why they could build both a new church and a new school within 10 years. It’s why you can’t shake a stick and not hit a volunteer. This is not a parish of “pew potatoes,� the spiritual equivalent of “couch potatoes.� What do you like about being in a position that allows you to help people in their lives? I feel more complete when I hand it over, and allow God to work through me as an instrument. I like being a catalyst in helping others be instruments as well. What kind of sermons are most interesting to you? Relevant ones. Sermons that reach back into ancient wisdom – Jesus’ wisdom – and apply them to everyday life. I have an obsession with history, and like bringing the historical context into breaking open the word (scripture). Parishioners have also found that I like to give out homework. Even the most interesting and relevant of homilies (sermons)

have a relatively short shelflife. An hour. A day. Maybe a few days. Just as a physical fitness coach assigns a regimen to be done through the rest of the week – hopefully implement or incarnating the lessons learned in the gym gathering – so too do I try to hand out a regimen (called “homework�) to parishioners to implement Jesus teachings on a particular weekend. I think you could describe my homilies as aerobic, just as I believe spirituality is aerobic and transformative in heart, mind and being. What kinds of comments do you receive from people after your sermons? I think they find them informative, aerobic and helpful in terms of practicing the spirituality laid out in the Gospels. I will consider myself a successful instrument if they catalyze transformation. The church is involved in all kinds of community service projects. Which ones are most important to you? The ones that incarnate or live out Matthew chapter 25; the ones that emerge from the movement of the Spirit through our congrega-

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at St. Joe’s is done by volunteers and parishioner-leaders. And budgets are helped with tons of volunteers. But the real reason why we emphasize volunteering is that spirituality does indeed need to be aerobic. Why did you like the idea of participating in Christmas at the Steeple Center? When my family would travel from Woodbury to my grandparents’ farm nearly every other week when I was a child, we would drive by the beautiful Rosemount landmark. I always wanted to check inside it. And I finally did as a seminarian. One day, I was in the area, and saw the door open. I went inside and looked at the beautiful historic structure. I felt at home. But I also feel at home in our new, far larger church building. I feel at home in both the new and the venerable. I think most people do nowadays. How do you keep the Christmas story fresh for people? In my tiny brain’s imagination, I image myself in the narrative, in the story. It’s an old Jesuit method, really. Not my idea. And I move with the story. I think – no, I know that – we talk with our body as well. And so in narrating the incarnation of God, I try to, well, incarnate the story in my story-telling. Our Jewish brothers and sisters do this very well in Seder Meals during Passover. What is the most important message of the Christmas story? St. Athanasius, one of the Church Fathers, said that God became man so that man could become God. This is poetic shorthand that says God assumed the form of a human being so that human beings could become, through grace, of God. In our Catholic liturgies, we rarely if ever use last names. Why? Because we all have the same last name, “of God.�

tion. Personally, I enjoy relating with all age groups – but I find two agape projects particularly life-giving: being present to people dying or neglected or hospitalized/ hospiced/nursing homed ... and the folks at Sharing and Caring Hands in downtown Minneapolis. We’re not godparenting the latter at St. Joe’s (we’re already very involved in Loaves & Fishes), but I’ll be promoting and volunteering with St. Thomas Beckett, our sister-parish to the north, as it begins their participation in this ministry. It would be one of our interparish collaborations. Collaboration between parishes, congregations, and other faith communities is huge for me. Christmas is a time that brings many people to your church. How do you keep them engaged in church live throughout the year? There is a joke around here that if people get too close to me, I may grab their arm and starting twisting ‌ arm-twisting them into doing something. Sure, it is true that much Tad Johnson is at tad.johnof what we do around here son@ecm-inc.com.

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Age 69, formerly of Sleepy Eye, died peacefully at his home in the presence of his family on Sunday, November 27, 2011. The visitation was held Thursday from 4-7 p.m. at Ballard-Sunder Funeral Home, 4565 Pleasant Street SE, Prior Lake, and one hour prior to the mass at church. The Mass of Christian Burial was on Friday at 11 a.m. at St. John the Baptist C a t h o l i c C h u r ch , 4625 W est 125th Street, Savage. Pat was laid to rest at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, with full military honors. Pat was born August 2, 1942, in Minneapolis, Minn. He was later adopted by E. A. “Ted� and Ann C. (Nusser) Berdan. He grew up in Sleepy Eye, Minn. and graduated from St. Mary’s High School. In January 1960, Pat joined the U.S. Army. Pat primarily was a self-employed manufacturers’ representative. He was united in marriage to Elaine Schueller on July 2, 1966, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Sleepy Eye, Minn. They made their home in Burnsville, Minn., where they raised their two children, Christopher and Katie. An avid sports fan, Pat also enjoyed fishing, boating, golfing, softball, and coaching his kids’ sports teams, as well as watching football, hockey, and car racing. Pat liked to travel and a history buff especially WWII. Mostly, he cherished spending time with his family and especially his grand girls, Sophia and Kennedee. Pat will be deeply missed by wife, Elaine; son, Christopher (Manami) Berdan of Robbinsdale; daughter, Katie (Tom) Voller-Berdan of Duluth; grandgirls, Sophia Voller-Berdan and Kennedee Berdan; sister, Marnie Roberts of Tucson; sister-in-law, Donna Berdan of Nisswa; and many other loving relatives and devoted friends. Pat is preceded in death by his parents, Ted and Ann; birth father, William “Peter� Harriman; brothers, Paul and Robert Berdan. Arrangements made by Ballard-Sunder Funeral Home, Prior Lake Chapel

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Robert C. “Bob� Jensen Age 83, of Rosemount, formerly of Lakeville, died Nov. 27th surrounded in prayer at The Lodge hospice in Burnsville following his battle with colon cancer. Known for his dedication to community, Bob served the greater Lakeville area as Lakeville mayor, Dakota County Commissioner, and in the State of Minnesota House of Representatives. His leadership delivered infrastructure and park development during the rapid growth of the area from the 1960’s to the 1990’s. Bob was born to Axel and Alma Jensen on October 29, 1928 in Minneapolis. He was raised on a farm south of Buck Hill Ski area, formerly the site of Jackson Landscape Supply, Inc. Bob attended Orchard Lake School and married Bernice Pahl on September 21, 1948. In 1949, they started their family and began dairy farming in New Market. In 1957, they moved to Lakeville, built a large family farm and Bob became involved in local government. In 2001, they moved to Rosemount and began enjoying winters in Arizona. Bob was also active in the Optimist club, the Lions club, and the Knights of Columbus. Bob was preceded in death by his parents Axel and Alma and his son, Bernard. He is survived by his lovely wife of 63 years, Bernice and his children, Jane (Kirby) Smith, Ken (Patti) Jensen, Doris (Steve) Wilson, Beverly (Bruce) Rydeen, Jerry Jensen, Sarah (Jack) Matasosky, Mary (Gary) Morgan, Willy Jensen (special friend Ina Newton) Tom (Lori) Jensen, Kate (Eric) Herness along with 19 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Bob is also survived by his close brothers Jim (Arlene) Jensen, Vernon (Tonete) Jensen and sister, Camilla (Stanton) Lilly. Memorials will be shared among Bob’s favorite civic favorites, including Lakeville Parks. Memorial Mass will be 11 AM, Monday, Dec. 5th at Church of St. Joseph, 13900 Biscayne Ave., Rosemount with visitation Sunday, Dec 4. from 2-6pm, White Funeral Home, 20134 Kenwood Trail, Lakeville and 1 hour prior to Mass at church. White Funeral Home Lakeville 952-469-2723 www.whitefuneralhomes.com

Betty Lou Koentopf Age 81 of Burnsville passed away November 24, 2011 at her home. Betty Lou (Henderson) Koentopf was born to Alf and Eleanor Henderson in Minneapolis on June 15, 1930. Betty graduated from Lakeville High School in 1948. It was there she met Virgel and it was love at first sight. They were married October 22, 1949, renewed their vows on their 60th wedding anniversary, and were blessed to celebrate their 62nd wedding anniversary this past October. Betty was a homemaker, and also worked as a secretary for many years. She last worked with Virgel as his marketing secretary for CJ Sales until they retired in 1998. Betty played the piano beautifully and had a song for every occasion. She loved many things such as music and dancing, and was very talented with crafts, needlepoint, and gardening. Betty enjoyed playing cards with family and friends and was very involved with her church. She had a wonderful sense of humor and wit. Betty and Virgel have six children, twenty grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. They made time for everyone and were very involved with their children and grandchildren. Betty was always putting others first, and was the most caring and forgiving person to all who knew her. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, daughter, aunt, and friend. Betty was courageous in her battle with cancer. She never complained and was strong in her faith. Betty was an inspiration to many, and will be greatly missed. Preceded in death by her brother, Robert Henderson. Survived by her husband, Virgel; children: Kathryn Herbert, Karen Rose, Keith (Teresa), Kimberly (Bryan) Olson, Konstance (Ted) Hill, Kirsten (Tim) Skalsky; 20 grandchildren; 6 great grandchildren; brother, Ronn (Glenice) Henderson; also by other loving relatives and friends. Memorial Service, was 11am Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at Hosanna! Lutheran Church (160th and Ipava Ave) Lakeville. Memorial Visitation was one hour prior to the service at church. In lieu of flowers memorials preferred to The Gideons International. White Funeral Home Lakeville 952-469-2723 www.whitefuneralhomes.com

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Ashley Folsom, daughter of John and Cindy Folsom of Apple Valley and Nate Bohmbach son of Mick and Patt Bohmbach of Hager City, WI announce their engagement. Ashley is a 2001 graduate of Apple Valley High School and a 2005 graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato. Ashley works at HighJump Software in Eden Prairie, as an Events & Tradeshow coordinator. Nate is a 2001 graduate of Red Wing High School and a 2005 graduate of the University of Minnesota Duluth. Nate works at Ergodyne in St Paul, as a Product Line Manager. A New Years Eve wedding is planned in Minneapolis.

Age 74 of Rosemount, MN, passed away on November 25, 2011. Lee is preceded in death by parents, Oscar and Mary Ruth Myers; brothers, Raymond “Bud� Myers and Julius Myers; and sister, Mary Myers. He is survived by his wife, Jessie “Kay�; children, Debra, Teresa, Vicki (Chuck) Jensen, Glenda (Steve) Ellingson, Brian (Debi) and Patrick; 6 grandchildren, Joshua, Lucas, Nicholas, Megan, Tyler, and Jacob; sister, Joan Fusselman; also by many nieces and nephews and friends. Mass of Christian Burial was held Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at All Saints Catholic Church, Lakeville. Interment was at All Saints Cemetery. www.whitefuneralhomes.com

To submit an announcement Forms for birth, engagement, wedding, anniversary and obituaries announcements are available at our office and online at www.thisweeklive.com (click on “Announcements� and then “Send Announcement�). Completed forms may be e-mailed to class.thisweek@ ecm-inc.com or mailed to Thisweek Newspapers, 12190 County Road 11, Burnsville, MN 55337. If you are submitting a photograph along with your announcement, please only submit photographs for which you have the right to permit Thisweek Newspapers to use and publish. Deadline for announcements is 4 p.m. Tuesday. A fee of $50 will be charged for the first 5 inches and $10 per inch thereafter. They will run in all editions of Thisweek Newspapers. Photos may be picked up at the office within 60 days or returned by mail if a self-addressed, stamped envelope is provided.

Sharon “Kay� Eisma Age 67 of Prior Lake, passed away November 27, 2011 surrounded by her family. Preceded in death by son, Todd. Survived by husband, Don; children, Stephanie, Steve (Karmin), Tom (Shari), Joel (Kristen); treasured grandchildren, Nathan, Brandan, Lauren, Emily, Evan, Caleb; parents, Charles and Helen Houlton; siblings, Elaine (Chuck) Skogman, Bruce (Janet) Houlton, Doug (Sue) Houlton. Beloved wife, sister, daughter, mother and grandmother. Kay had a heart of gold and lived a life of love. A disciple of Christ she lived life to the fullest and cherished her family. She will be missed. Funeral Service, was held 11 AM Thursday December 1, 2011 Peace Reformed Church 2180 Glory Dr. Eagan. Visitation was Wednesday, November 30, 2011 from 5-8PM at White Funeral Home 12804 Nicollet Ave. S. and also one hour prior to service at church. Interment Pleasant View Cemetery. Memorial to the Center for Lung Science and Health, University of Minnesota. Additional Memorial Service 11AM Sat. Dec. 3, 2011 at United Methodist church Ireton, Iowa. Reception to follow. White Funeral Home Burnsville 952-894-5080 www.whitefuneralhomes.com


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Lawsuit seeks to stop child care union vote Lakeville child care provider among group of 10 by T.W. Budig ECM CAPITOL REPORTER

A Lakeville child care provider has joined with a group of about 10 others in a legal effort to block the child care unionization vote recently put in motion by Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton. Becky Swanson, who has 10 children enrolled in her at-home child care service in Lakeville, spoke at a State Capitol press conference on Monday, Nov. 28, announcing the filing of the lawsuit. “I really think we have a very good case,� said Swanson, who has appeared at recent Capitol hearings in opposition to the vote. Her interest in the vote, which is planned for December and could result in the unionization of some child care providers, was originally aroused, she said, by bothersome union activists who contacted her at her business. Swanson, who does not

have state-subsidized children enrolled in her child care and is not eligible to vote, objects to the unionization effort because it could result in a union bargaining with the state on issues affecting nonunion child care providers. There are already child care provider associations with a voice at the state Capitol, she argued. The idea of having a vote is backward, opponents argue, because a minority could have power over the majority of the 11,000 child care providers in the state choosing not to join the union. Beyond the question of unionization, opponents argue that Dayton has no legal authority to call for the vote. Tom Revnew, one of the attorneys representing the opponents, also argues the state Bureau of Mediation Services has no legal authority to design or conduct the election. The Service Employees International Union and the Association of Federal, State, County and Municipal Employees have been working toward the vote.

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Child care provider Becky Swanson of Lakeville and attorney Tom Revnew appeared at a State Capitol press conference on Nov. 28 to announce the filing of a lawsuit against a pending unionization vote involving Minnesota child care providers. Their supporters argue that unionization could mean better benefits, higher pay, and less onerous regulations. The vote simply provides an option for providers to unionize or not. Some of the groups backing the opponents include Education Liberty Watch, Minnesota Family Council, Minnesota Majority and Minnesota Free Market Institute.

Dan McGrath, of the Minnesota Majority, said his group is financially backing the lawsuit. “It’s fundamentally wrong,� he said of the pending vote. McGrath in an email said that Senate Republicans, who have recently indicated that they intended to file suit against the vote, were aware that Monday’s suit filing was coming.

ers the chance to decide for themselves whether or not they want to form a union. Governor Dayton believes they should have the right to make that decision.� Eric Lehto, organizing director for AFSCME Minnesota Council 5, called the lawsuit “frivolous.� “Governor Dayton has legal authority to direct the Bureau of Mediation Services to conduct a union election and to determine appropriate bargaining units of child care providers. Voters in this election include only licensed, subsidized providers who have a direct financial relationship with the state of Minnesota,� Lehto said in a statement. “If a majority of providers come together in a democratic process, Gov. Dayton will recognize their professional voice. Union membership will be voluntary and all providers will retain their constitutional right to participate in the policy-making process.�

Dayton spokeswoman Katharine Tinucci in a statement responded to the filing of the lawsuit. “The debate around unionization of family child care providers started years before Governor Dayton was elected to office,� she said. “By refusing to call for T.W. Budig is at tim.budig@ an election, his predecessors ecm-inc.com. denied licensed, registered family child care provid-

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South Central College Is currently seeking individuals for the following positions on our Faribault campus:

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Apt. Caretaker Couple Wanted-PT

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Program Counselor

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Administrative Assistant

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I am looking to contract dependable and responsible adults to deliver the Star Tribune newspaper in the Burnsville/Savage areas in the early morning hours. There is a $100 incentive available after 4 wks of route delivery. Profit potential is from $400 to $800 per month. For more information contact John @ 952-895-1910.

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Motor Routes

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Program Counselor(s) Richfield

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Please apply at:

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Houseaides PT/FT Community Assisted Living

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Thisweekend ‘Nutcracker’ returns to Burnsville PAC Experience Elvis Twin Cities Ballet of Minnesota presents the Christmas classic Dec. 9-11 Twin Cities Ballet of Minnesota has found magic in its new home at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center. The nonprofit dance group, formerly known as Lakeville City Ballet, is run by Rick and Denise Vogt of Lakeville’s Ballet Royale dance studio. They moved their flagship holiday production of “The Nutcracker� to the Burnsville venue in 2010 after several years of staging the show at Lakeville South High School. “The whole theater experience – for the dancers, producers and audience – has been tremendous,� Rick Vogt said of the move to the 1,000-seat Performing Arts Center. “The move was to better reflect the quality and level the show has achieved.� The cast of approximately 120 in this year’s show consists of professional dancers and ballet students, the bulk of whom hail from Ballet Royale. They’ll be presenting “The Nutcracker� five times over three days, Dec. 9-11. Tickets range from $12 to $26 and are available at the box office and via Ticketmaster at (800) 982-2787 or ticketmaster. com. More information about the production is at Carly Fredericks and Rachel Schwartz, both 14 and TwinCitiesBallet.org. of Lakeville, rehearsed their roles in “Nutcracker� on —Andrew Miller Tuesday at the Ballet Royale studio in Lakeville.

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More than 100 dancers, both ballet students and professionals, have a part to play in Twin Cities Ballet’s “Nutcracker� production.

The Burnsville Performing Arts Center has announced it will host “Hope is Alive,� an Elvis tribute concert and silent auction to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, on Saturday, Jan. 21. The concert will feature The Elvis Experience (above), the father-and-son duo of Steve and Tommy Marcio, whom south-of-the-river audiences may remember from their hip-swiveling, lipcurling performances at Burnsville’s Wednesdays in the Park summer concert series. Tickets for the Jan. 21 event are $21 and can be purchased at the Performing Arts Center’s box office and through Ticketmaster at (800) 982-2787 or Ticketmaster.com.

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Chameleon Theatre Circle’s production of the musical comedy, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,� will be Dec. 2-18 at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets are $20 at the box office ($17 for seniors, students, audio description patrons, and groups of eight or more). Tickets are also available from Ticketmaster by phone at (800) 982-2787 or online at Ticketmaster.com.

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Bluegrass and gospel quintet Monroe Crossing will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Lakeville Area Arts Center. Tickets are $18 in advance or $20 at the door. Tickets are available at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. For tickets or additional information, call (952) 985-4640.

theater and arts calendar Concerts Lorie Line “Christmas Bells are Ringing!� will perform Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 3 at 3 p.m. at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets are $47 at the box office, by calling (800) 982-2787 or at ticketmaster.com. The Allegro Choral Academy will present its winter concert, Hallelu, at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 12650 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley. Tickets are $8 for adults and $6 for seniors/children. Children under 12 are free. Information: www.allegroca.org. Bluegrass and gospel quintet Monroe Crossing will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Lakeville Area Arts Center. Tickets are $18 in advance or $20 at the door. Tickets are available at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave., (952) 985-4640. The Dakota Valley Symphony will present “Amahl and the Night Visitors� at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets range from $5 to $15 and can be purchased at the box office, by calling Ticketmaster at (800) 982-2787 or at ticketmaster.com. The South Metro Chorale will present its Christmas concerts at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, at All Saints Catholic Church, 19795 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville, and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 4625 W. 125th St., Savage. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for students/seniors at (612) 386-4636 or south_ metro_chorale_tickets@yahoo. com. Eagan Women of Note will hold their winter concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18, at Peace Church, 2180 Glory Drive, Eagan. The concert is free, but a $5 per person donation is requested. Information: www.eaganwomenofnote.org. The BoDeans will perform at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 30, at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets are $39 and $42 at the box office, all Ticketmaster locations, by phone at (800) 745-3000 and online at ticketmaster.com. Theater Chameleon Theatre Circle will present “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee� Dec. 2-18 at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets are $20 at the box office ($17 for seniors, students, audio description patrons, and groups of eight or more), from Ticketmaster by phone at (800) 982-2787 or online at ticketmaster.com.

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Children’s Castle Theater will hold auditions for the musical “Peter Pan� from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 12 and 13, at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. The script includes more than 60 singing roles for ages 5 and older as well as a handful of non-singing roles. Visit www.childrenscastletheater.com or email childrenscastletheater@gmail. com for more information.

The Lakeville Area Arts Center will host its annual Holiday Art Sale from noon to 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10. The sale will remain open through Dec. 16 during business hours. As part of this sale, the pottery studio will sponsor an “empty bowls� fundraiser. Potters have donated their time to produce approximately 60 soup bowls, which will be available at a suggested donation of $8 each. All proceeds will go to 360 Communities food shelf. The Lakeville Area Arts Center is located at the corner of Holyoke Avenue and 210th Street. For more information, call (952) 9854640.

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Fire caused by barbecue Christmas gift for the ears ashes placed in trash can by Tad Johnson

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Apple Valley family escaped without injury, but home rendered uninhabitable THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

A fire that ravaged an Apple Valley home last Saturday was caused by improperly disposed of charcoal briquettes from an outdoor barbecue, according to city Fire Chief Nealon Thompson. Ashes from briquettes used in the barbecue the night before had been placed in a plastic trash can outside the home on the 14600 block of Hanover Lane, starting a

fire at about 4:45 p.m. Nov. 26 that quickly spread inside, Thompson said. The family was home when the fire broke out, but escaped without injury and called 911. Firefighters from the Apple Valley and Lakeville fire departments spent about 45 minutes extinguishing the blaze. The fire rendered the home uninhabitable, with Thompson declaring the Andrew Miller is at andrew. structure a “complete loss.� miller@ecm-inc.com.

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day, Dec. 18, at the Apple sessions is mandatory. For more information or Valley Community Center, to register, go to www.cityo- 14603 Hayes Road. Three “from scratch� Apple Valley Parks and fapplevalley.org. recipes will be used and Recreation will offer a onebakers will take home aptime “Try Zumba� trial proximately five dozen course from 8:30 to 9:30 treats. Cost is $18. a.m. Monday, Dec. 12. RegBring two cookie sheets ular Zumba sessions will Apple Valley Parks and begin Wednesday, Dec. 14, Recreation will offer a Holi- and containers to take home the baked goods. 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. day Take & Bake class for Register by Dec. 12 at Pre-registration for Try teens in grades five through Zumba and regular Zumba eight from 1 to 4 p.m. Sun- www.cityofapplevalley.org.

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“We have such a good history of music in our district,� Zschunke said of the Rosemount-Apple ValleyEagan School District. “We want to show that if you stick with the choir program or the music program, this is what can happen.� The band has created a new dynamic in many of the participants’ families. Zschunke said some members are the parents of school-age children who have a new-found interest and inspiration in music after hearing their parents practicing at home, too. He said before schoolage students likely were on their own practicing, but now many parents are getting involved with their own instruments. It is a fortunate by-product of the band, which aims to be about much more than music. “I have told them many times: ‘Thank you for letting me conduct you,’ � Zschunke said. “And they have said: ‘This is so much fun for us.’ It’s a great mutual admiration club.� To find out more about the band, go online to http://rosemountcommunityband.yolasite.com. Tad Johnson is at editor. thisweek@ecm-inc.com.

County seeks input on local greenways

Robert Trail Library Pancake breakfast programs offered benefit Dec. 11

History book club to meet Dec. 13

Robert Trail Library, 14395 S. Robert Trail, will offer the following programs: • Blues for Teens and Kids, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 10. • Make & Take: Hardware Jewelry and Duct Tape Crafts, teens, 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15. • Electronic Book Basics, adults, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7. Registration required. • Book Group, adults, 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 19. Book to be discussed is “Plainsongâ€? by Kent Haruf.

The next meeting of the newly formed History Book Club will be at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13, at the Dakota County Robert Trail Library. New members are welcome. The book selected for December is “Rise to Rebellion� by Jeff Shaara. The club is a partnership between the Rosemount Historical Society and the Robert Trail Library. For more information about the historical society, go online to www.RosemountEvents.com.

Rosemount Knights of Columbus Council 5569 will hold a pancake breakfast for Farmington resident Kerri Davis from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, at St. Joseph Social Hall, 13900 Biscayne Ave. N., Rosemount. Davis, a kindergarten teacher at St. Joseph School in Rosemount, lost her home in a recent fire. The breakfast menu will include pancakes, ham, sausage, scrambled eggs, coffee, juice and water. A free-will offering will be taken to support Davis.

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Area residents are invited to an open house to review and provide comments on two future greenway corridors in Rosemount and Empire Township. The open house is scheduled 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8, at Rosemount Community Center, 13885 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. Input from the open house

will help shape the future of the Rosemount Interpretive Greenway from Lebanon Hills Regional Park to Spring Lake Park Reserve and the Mississippi River Regional Trail and the Vermillion Highlands Greenway from Lebanon Hills Regional Park to the Vermillion River. Staff will be on hand to an-

swer questions and give information on alignment alternatives, design character, habitat restoration and interpretive themes. The two greenways are part of a planned 200-mile countywide greenway network. For more information, visit the project website at www. hkgi.com/projects/dakota.

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more than 50 astronauts, two Nobel Prize recipients and one U.S. president (Jimmy Carter). Tangen, whose cousin also attended the Naval Academy, said he was drawn to it by the leadership and career-train-

ing experiences it offered. “It’s a really challenging atmosphere,� he said. “You’re pushed to try your hardest every day.�

reserves,� Tangen said. The roster of Naval Academy graduates gives some idea of the caliber of students Tangen is now among. Annapolis graduates include

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Damages were estimated at $225,000. Ashes from barbecues, as well as ashes from fireplaces and recreational fires, can retain heat and flames for up to 72 hours, Thompson said. Plastic trash cans are combustible and should not be used to dispose of ashes. “We would remind all homeowners to properly dispose of ashes by using a water source and subsequently disposing of them in a metal can,� he said.

When director John Zschunke set out to form the Rosemount Community Band this fall, he had no idea what to expect in terms of numbers and talent. As word of the band’s formation spread through the community, dozens of players found reason to dust off instruments that hadn’t resonated for years and attend the first practice on the last Sunday in September. “They just played wonderfully,� Zschunke said of their first song. “As they were playing I thought: ‘Oh my gosh, we have something here.’ It sounded like something out of ‘The Music Man.’ It was almost instantaneous.� The 75-member band will share its gift of music Saturday, Dec. 3, as it will stage its debut performance during the variety show “Christmas at the Steeple Center.� Anticipation for the show is running high. “We are looking forward to performing,� Zschunke said. “It will be great to have an audience.� The band’s seasonal songs will be intermingled with other acts, which will include brief theatrical, vocal music and spoken word performances.

“That’s why we do it, for the love of music and love of playing for people,� Zschunke said. “When you play in a band together and play for an audience you have an emotional tie in the performance.� Band members range in age from recent college graduates to grandparents. They are lawyers, nurses, plumbers and even band directors. Not all of them are from Rosemount. Some hail from Apple Valley, Burnsville, Lakeville, Eagan and Farmington. Some of them haven’t played for 20 years, according to Zschunke. The intergenerational and geographical mix of players has created a vibrant atmosphere because “they have such a commonality in their joy of playing music,� Zschunke said. Zschunke, a band director at Rosemount Middle School for the past 22 years, said he has challenged the band with complex material, which they “have eaten up.� “We have some outstanding players who have joined our band,� Zschunke said. The goal of the band is to share its music and the message with the community and to school-age players that instrumental talent should grow with age.


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