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Property taxes dip as values decline Rosemount sets final budget, levy for 2012 by Tad Johnson THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

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Two sold-out performances of Christmas at the Steeple Center in Rosemount were held Saturday, Dec. 3 at 2 and 7 p.m. The variety show, organized by the Rosemount Area Arts Council, included the debut performances by the Rosemount Community Band and the Rosemount Players acting troupe along with The Dance Connection of Rosemount, Singleton Street bluegrass band and music in the lobby by Terzetto String Trio (above). Prior to the 7 p.m. performance, Mayor Bill Droste said a few words before a tree was illuminated with colorful lights in the front of the venue â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the city-owned Steeple Center.

The average value residential property in Rosemount is estimated to have the city portion of property taxes drop by $35 in 2012, according to budget and levy amounts approved at the City Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dec. 6 meeting. Several factors are contributing to the projections, including: â&#x20AC;˘ taxable market values declining by about 5.5 percent, â&#x20AC;˘ a 0.38 percent increase in the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s budget, and â&#x20AC;˘ budgeting with regard to the Legislature ending the Market Value Homestead Credit aid program. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At the end of the day for the citizens of Rosemount, they have come out ahead because of the way

we have handled our levies for the past few years,â&#x20AC;? City Finance Director Jeff May said. The biggest change in the budget from 2011 to 2012 is the city will no longer have to overcompensate for funds the state said it would provide, but hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t for the past three years through the Market Value Homestead Credit program. Since the program was axed this year, that meant the city was able to take $429,507 out of its levy. May said he had only one resident contact him with a concern about property taxes recently. That homeowner was concerned his taxable market value had declined by 21 percent. May said that decrease reflected the effect of See Budget, 11A

Rosemount woman among those charged in marijuana bust by Tad Johnson

intent to distribute â&#x20AC;&#x201C; after what is believed to be one After drug task force of the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest mariagents seized nearly 400 juana busts, according to pounds of marijuana from Dakota County Attorney Jim Backstrom in an Inver Grove statements to the Heights residence media. and shut down a The total street val464-plant marijuaue of the marijuana na-growing operaseized is estimated tion in Zumbrota, to be in excess of $1 a 28-year-old Rosemillion. Last year mount woman is the Dakota County facing two felony Swenson Drug Task Force counts in Dakota seized approximateCounty District ly 47 pounds of marijuana. Court. Swenson may have faced Holly Joann Swenson was charged on Dec. 2 with drug charges after a Nov. two first-degree controlled 4 task force search of 9244 substance crimes â&#x20AC;&#x201C; posses- Inver Grove Trail, where sion and possession with See Marijuana, 11A THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

End of an era for Apple Man stabbed in neighborsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; domestic dispute Bruce Pagel says he needs surgery but Valley framing business doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have health insurance to cover it Gallery Editions to close at end of January by Andrew Miller THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

The struggling economy has forced a mainstay of Apple Valleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s business community to close its doors. William and Sharon Nygaard, who opened Gallery Editions in 1985, have announced that their picture framing and collectible store at 7707 147th St. will close at the end of January. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Business five to eight years ago was phenomenal, but as the economy changed and peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s incomes have changed, certain things get put on hold and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen a drop in demand,â&#x20AC;? said William Nygaard. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of a melancholy thing â&#x20AC;&#x201C; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something we built and now itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coming to an end.â&#x20AC;? The Nygaards opened the first incarnation of Gallery Editions in August 1985 in the Big Apple Mall, now the site of Ace Hardware. They found that first location while househunting in Apple Valley, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been residents of the city since 1987. The store moved to its cur-

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and grabbing a shovel to protect herself, the complaint An Apple Valley man who said. Arteaga began to kick was stabbed when he inter- his truck in anger, causing the alarm to go off. vened in a domestic The sound of the dispute at a neightruckâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s alarm woke borâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home now needs Pagel, who lives surgery to repair the about a half block damage to his arm. away. He and his Bruce Pagel, 46, adult son got in their says he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know GMC Suburban and how heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll pay for the $5,000 surgery be- Bruce Pagel drove to Arteagaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home to check it out. cause he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have There, Pagel said, he got health insurance. The man accused of stab- out of his vehicle and apbing Pagel, 29-year-old Ciri- proached Arteagaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife, who lo S. Arteaga, was charged was crying and clutching the in Dakota County District shovel. When he asked her if Court last week with assault she was OK, her eyes turned with a dangerous weapon toward the house, and Arteaand two counts of domestic ga emerged. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He came at me at a dead assault. According to the criminal run with a knife in his hand,â&#x20AC;? complaint, Arteaga allegedly Pagel said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I remember him struck his wife, causing her swinging at me â&#x20AC;&#x201C; he basically mouth to bleed and injuring unloaded on me like a maher shoulder, during a do- chine gun.â&#x20AC;? Pagel says he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t remestic dispute just after midnight Nov. 25 in the coupleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s member being stabbed in his home on the 12700 block of left hand, and wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t aware Garland Avenue near Cedar he was injured until after police arrived. Knolls Park. Pagelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife drove him to After the initial attack, Andrew Miller is at andrew. Arteagaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife fled the home, Fairview Ridges Hospital miller@ecm-inc.com. running behind a tool shed in Burnsville to get treat-

rent location in the Granada Center shopping complex in 2006 after stints in Apple Valley Square near Rainbow Foods and Time Square next to TCF Bank. William says he got into the framing business in an unlikely way â&#x20AC;&#x201C; as a janitor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;While I was in college I started a janitorial business, and many of the clients were art galleries,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I started doing my own framing, hanging it on my walls and selling it to friends.â&#x20AC;? After the store closes, William will continue working at his job as a Ramsey County veterans service officer. Sharon also works full-time outside Gallery Editions as a nanny. They look forward to spending more time with their grandchildren, and simply enjoying some time off. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t had a weekend off together in the last 40 years,â&#x20AC;? William said. Jan. 31 is Gallery Editionsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; last day in business.

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A photo posted on Bruce Pagelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Facebook page shows the macabre progression of his injury after being stabbed in the hand Nov. 25.

for a Farmington trucking company but doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have health insurance, said he will use money set aside for his monthly gas and electric bills to cover the cost of that initial hospital visit. A friend has offered to pay for his MRI, but he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll pay for the surgery to repair his arm. He says his doctor told him thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a two- to threeweek window for the surgery, or there will likely be permanent damage. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m on a wing and a prayer right nowâ&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m permanently disabled I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll do, how Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll support my family.â&#x20AC;? Though faced with the ominous prospect of permanent injury, Pagel says if he had it to do all over again, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d do the same thing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Would I do this again? Yeah,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This woman needed help â&#x20AC;&#x201C; this had been going on for 10 minutes and we were the only ones who came to her aid. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not a hero â&#x20AC;&#x201C; I grew up old-fashioned, where neighbors help neighbors.â&#x20AC;?

ment for his wound about 45 minutes after the incident at Arteagaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home. The injury, he says, isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t limited to his hand. The knife severed a tendon, and the injury spread up his arm, tearing a bicep. The pain is severe. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every time I bend my arm it feels like hot needles poking into me,â&#x20AC;? said Pagel, who has posted photos of the macabre progression of the injury on his Facebook page (www.facebook.com/Bruce. Pagel). Andrew Miller is at andrew. Pagel, who works as a miller@ecm-inc.com. commercial truck driver

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Songbook comes alive

Santa Claus makes his rounds

Photos by Rick Orndorf

Photo by Rick Orndorf

Rosemount High School student Cole Tucker (above) and an ensemble of singers and dancers performed â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hey, Good Lookinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;? during a preview for the performing arts departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s OnStage 2011: An American Songbook. At right, a childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chorus performed â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hand for the Hogâ&#x20AC;? with soloists Saga Tollsten, Tim Morgenstern, Emma Anderson and Jonathan Mann. Performances will be at 7 p.m. Dec. 9, 10, 11, 15, 16 and 17 and 2 p.m. Dec. 11. For more photos, go to www.ThisweekLive.com.

He knows when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been sleeping and he knows when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re awake, as Santa visits with (from left) Noah, Ava, Brenna, and Kyla Vogel of New Prague during â&#x20AC;&#x153;Christmas in the Villageâ&#x20AC;? at Dakota City Heritage Village in Farmington on Dec. 3. Many of the buildings had costumed volunteer guides, and were opened and decorated for the holidays. For more photos, go online at www.ThisweekLive.com.

Eagan man faces felony for harassing neighbor couple by Jessica Harper THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

City Briefs Velvet Tones present Christmas concert

Moms to meet MOMS Club Apple Valley â&#x20AC;&#x201C; North (Moms Offering Moms Support) will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 15. The group is for Apple Valley part-time or full-time stay-at-home moms who live north of 140th Street. For location information, email momsclubapplevalleynorth@yahoo.com.

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ties. Eight similar letters were mailed to several other neighbors. An investigation led police to Gunderson, who when questioned by police, admitted he vandalized his neighborâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s property and harassed them. He also admitted to sending the letters, which he admitted contained false accusations. Gunderson told police he was angry at this neighbors for calling the police on him four years earlier, and that in hindsight he â&#x20AC;&#x153;would have done things differently.â&#x20AC;? Gunderson has previously been charged with gross misdemeanor harassment and stalking in 2005 for allegedly sending harassing emails to a member of the Rogers Area Youth Basketball Association in Rogers, Minn.

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The Velvet Tones, a senior adult community chorus, will present their second annual Family Christmas concert at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, in the banquet hall of the Rosemount Commu-

nity Center, 13885 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. The public is welcome to attend this free concert. Refreshments will be served following the performance. For additional information, call (952) 432-1081, email velvettones@gmail. com or visit www.velvettones.org.

An Eagan man faces felony charges for allegedly harassing his neighbors, vandalizing their property and sending libelous letters to city officials and other neighbors. Michael John Gunderson was charged in Dakota County District Court Dec. 5 with felony and gross misdemeanor stalking. The 47-year-old man is accused of harassing his neighbors and vandalizing their property between 2007 and 2008. The criminal complaint gives the following account: In 2007, Gunderson flooded his neighborâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s window well with a garden hose and poured water into the outside air intake for the homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s furnace, which damaged the furnace. Later that year, Gunderson turned on all the valves of the same neighborâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gas grill and tank, causing the

tank to empty. During the summer of 2008, Gunderson cut the coupleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s telephone and cable television connections, sliced their garden hose, threw their hummingbird feeder into the woods behind their home, and threw the top of a small portable fireplace on the ground. He also removed the grounding connector for the air conditioning, which disabled it. The couple installed a surveillance camera shortly after the vandalism, and Gunderson disabled that. In July 2010, Gunderson began yelling obscenities and making obscene gestures at the couple upon seeing them in their backyard. Gundersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s harassment didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop there. He sent two letters to the Eagan city administrator that falsely accused several police officials and Gundersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s neighbors of engaging in criminal activi-

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Burnsville woman indicted for mailing City taxes heading down under approved threatening letters with intent to extort money 2012 levy and budget in Burnsville A 48-year-old Burnsville woman was indicted in Minnesota U.S. District Court for allegedly mailing threatening letters and other letters meant to extort money. Deborah Mae Carlson was charged with 11 counts of mailing a threatening communication in an indictment filed Nov. 22 and unsealed Nov. 29 following Carlsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s initial appearance in federal court. The indictment alleges that on eight separate occasions Carlson sent threatening letters to the same victim. The letters were mailed March 1 and 11; April 5, 13, 20 and 27; and May

3 and 24, 2010. All contained a threat to injure the person. Carlson also allegedly sent letters in 2010 to various businesses in that personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name, demanding money. Those letters were sent to the store manager of an Eagan retail store on April 14, the store manager of an auto dealership in Apple Valley on April 15, and a veterinary center in Prior Lake on April 17. If convicted, Carlson faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison on one of the counts, because it contained both a threat and the attempt to extort money, and 10 years on the

other 10 counts. All sentences will be determined by a federal district court judge. This case is the result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Lakeville Police Department, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the Eagan Police Department, the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Police Department, and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. An indictment is a determination by a grand jury that there is probable cause to believe that offenses have been committed by a defendant.

by John Gessner THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

After months of preparation, Burnsvilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2012 budget and tax levy were approved Dec. 6 on a unanimous City Council vote. Next yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tax levy is $26.83 million, 3.7 percent less than this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. City taxes on a home valued at the citywide average of nearly $202,000 (which reflects a 2.7 percent drop in value from 2011 to 2012) will fall by about $100, according to the city.

The 3.7 percent drop in the city levy reflects the end of Minnesotaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Market Value Homestead Credit taxrelief program. Burnsville wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to levy the $1.21 million it would have had to pay to reimburse homeowners qualifying for the credit. Burnsville and some other cities had complained for years that the state didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t reimburse them for the credit. While the levy is falling, eligible homeowners will no longer receive the state

credit, either. The 2012 budget is $87.34 million, compared with about $81 million in 2011. City taxes account for 42 percent of a Burnsville homeownerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tax bill and 28 percent of a commercial property ownerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bill, said Heather Johnston, the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chief financial officer and director of administrative services. John Gessner is at burnsville. thisweek@ecm-inc.com.

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A Christmas for Christians â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and Muslims by Aaron Vehling THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

We are in Advent season, the time when Christians prepare to celebrate the birth of our lord and savior Jesus Christ. It turns out some Muslims prepare for this, too. Khaled Elabdi, of Lakeville, is a Sufi Muslim. In his home, along with images of some key Sufist sheikhs, is a depiction honoring Christ. Elabdi said Sufis honor Jesusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; birth because they see him as a prophet of God. He even cited a reference to Jesus as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;messiahâ&#x20AC;? in an English translation of the Quran. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Do I accept Jesus as my savior? I do, because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m awaiting him,â&#x20AC;? Elabdi said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just as you are.â&#x20AC;? Elabdi will join the congregants of the Spirit of Joy church in Lakeville on Sunday, Dec. 11, at 9:30 a.m. to discuss Sufis and Christmas, in addition to the idea that â&#x20AC;&#x201C; by God â&#x20AC;&#x201C; people with dif-

ferent backgrounds can indeed get along. Everyone is welcome to attend. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a wonderful opportunity to build interfaith relations in Lakeville,â&#x20AC;? said the Rev. Jan Linn, Spirit of Joy co-pastor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lord knows the world needs the religions to get along.â&#x20AC;? Elabdi is originally from Morocco, a nation at the crossroads of European, Middle Eastern and African thought for more than a millennium. The concept of diverse people tolerating one another is not new to him. In his more than 20 years raising children in America with his wife, Theresa Kruser, Elabdi has at times served to translate the teachings of Sheikh Khaled Bentounes, the head of his global Sufi order, into books in English and French. His day job is as an ESL teacher at McGuire Middle School. To help someone like me understand what Sufism is, Elabdi quoted Bentounes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If Islam is a body, then Su-

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Khaled Elabdi fism is the heart,â&#x20AC;? he said. That heart â&#x20AC;&#x201C; that intimacy with God â&#x20AC;&#x201C; goes beyond even the personal connections of prayer at the mosque. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is that intimate prayer that gives you more strength,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That is when you and God share moments of intimacy. It will depend on your softness toward and knowledge of God â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and his grace towards you.â&#x20AC;? Another possible way to put it:

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Worship God as if you are in his presence, as if you are seeing him. Know that if you are not able to, know that he is.â&#x20AC;? More orthodox Muslims often disagree with the Sufisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; take on Islam. The celebration of Christmas is a source of befuddlement to them. But Elabdi sees celebrating Jesus as part of the deal. His family has a Christmas tree, and his in-laws will come over and eat and open gifts with his family. Those are cultural parts of the celebration, though. After all, the Christmas tree and gifts were not always part of the Christian calendar. Beyond that, the Sufis apply their theological approach to honoring Jesus. They see how far the season has gone from honoring Christ in favor of retail dominance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The spirit of prayer is gone,â&#x20AC;? Elabdi said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The spirit of prophecy is gone. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that spirit we want to revive. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what Sufism is all about: the spirt of all things.â&#x20AC;? Judaism, Christianity and Is-

lam all share a common heritage going back to Abraham. Linn said realizing this commonality â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but also remembering to be decent to the non-Abrahamic religions â&#x20AC;&#x201C; is a must. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The way to be in peace is to learn and respect one another,â&#x20AC;? Linn said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need to get along. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll make us a better place to live.â&#x20AC;? Elabdi sees his efforts to discuss Sufi Islam in an ecumenical sense as a way to heal a false wedge placed by those who would rather there be divisions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unfortunately, there are people who want Christians and Muslims to be separated,â&#x20AC;? he said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but we are awaiting Christâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s return just like you guys are.â&#x20AC;? It is a nice thought for the season. What better gift than respect is there to give someone? Aaron Vehling is the Lakeville Editor for Thisweek Newspapers. You can reach him at aaron.vehling@ ecm-inc.com, or at www.facebook. com/thisweeklive. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

Letters Support needed for 360 Communities initiatives To the editor: 360 Communities is working to create the community we want for the future. Your support is needed. Mary Ajax, president and chief executive officer of 360 Communities, was the guest speaker at the Apple Valley Rotary Club meeting Nov. 30 at the En-

joy! restaurant. Ajax said that in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;new normalâ&#x20AC;? with growing needs and shrinking resources, it will take all of us working together to turn around the trends and address the needs. 360 Communities is leading community efforts to create the community we want for the future. Mary said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are there for all of you. â&#x20AC;Ś A great need can happen to any of us.â&#x20AC;? In Apple Valley alone, more than 1,500 residents

have been helped with basic needs so far this year. Many people accessing food shelves are people who worked for the same company for over 20 years and have now lost their jobs. 360 Communitiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; partner food shelf in Apple Valley, Shepherd of the Valley Church, has distributed 75,000 pounds of food this year. Lewis House, 360â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s domestic abuse safe homes, served 156 Apple Valley women and children this year. Police are reporting

more domestic assault arrests. Poverty and diversity are significantly increasing in Dakota County. The Apple Valley Rotary Club held an auction at a recent meeting and raised over $5,000 to provide a wonderful Christmas for 15 families. The club members will meet at 360 Communities Dec. 7 to wrap the gifts purchased. This is an annual event for the Apple Valley Rotary Club. By supporting 360 Communities we change lives and help to strengthen communities. The need is great right now, and I am confident that everyone will find a way during this Christmas season to support 360 Communities. The address is 501 E. Highway 13, Suite 102, Burnsville, Minn., 55337. The phone number is (952) 985-4001. The website is www.360communities.org. BILL TSCHOHL Rotary Club member Apple Valley

Canine partnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death brings out best in community

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To the editor: My name is Andy Helgerson. I am a police officer for the city of Eagan and for the past seven years I have been assigned to the departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s canine unit. On Nov. 5, I lost my canine partner â&#x20AC;&#x153;Maverickâ&#x20AC;? to cancer. Since that time, I have received an overwhelming amount of support, wellwishes, cards, letters and condolences from members of the community. I would like to extend a heartfelt â&#x20AC;&#x153;thank youâ&#x20AC;? to the citizens of Eagan, members

of the Eagan Police Department and all who have given their support and prayers during this difficult time. Maverick was a truly unique dog and he is missed by both my family at work and at home. He was a true ambassador of the community, the department and police canine. His absence has left a large gap in my life, but I am comforted by the support that I have received from you all. Words cannot express how it happy it makes me knowing that Maverick had a positive impact on peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lives. Sincere thanks and gratitude to you all! ANDREW HELGERSON Officer with the Eagan Police Canine Unit

Union would ensure quality care for children

Sadly, this attitude is not exclusive to a few malcontents. The investment hailed by University of Minnesota and former Minneapolis Federal Reserve research chief, Art Rolnick, as yielding the highest return, was described by U.S. House Education Chair, Republican John Kline, in unflattering terms earlier this year. Asked about the Head Start program for low-income youngsters, he commented that it was a â&#x20AC;&#x153;glorified baby-sitting program.â&#x20AC;? As a member of a teachers union, I can attest that the quality of education is superior when teachers have a union to help prevent burnout due to working conditions which have become increasingly more difficult over the years, and studies show a union helps students receive a higher quality of teaching. No longer is it economically feasible to expect a parent to be able to quit work when a child arrives. The pattern is that Mom and Dad return to their job, if it is still available, after six weeks or a couple months. Then the care and raising of our youngsters falls to workers in whom we would like to place the greatest trust. Our tiny, young people deserve the highest possible quality in the child care they receive. The standards and practices of a group of care-givers who are unionized is that kind of high quality, and I want to see it possible for those workers to receive all the training and development a union can provide.

To the editor: Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s upsetting to read letters like the one from somebody at a chamber of commerce who would like us to scrimp on what we spend on our most precious resource, our children. This attitude is sad, particularly when we read that investments in the quality care and education of our youngest children is the investment with the highest return in our countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s portfolio. Granted, it may be difficult for low-income parents to afford the cost of quality care for their children, and that is a reason we should expand amounts available under the Child Care and Development Block Grant, which can LARRY KOENCK help low-income families Eagan with their child care costs.

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Sports Standings Boys Basketball Team

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

L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

L 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2

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. Saturday, December 10 • Lakeville North vs. Champlin Park at Minnetonka, 12:30 p.m. • Minneapolis South at Rosemount, 2 p.m. • Eastview vs. Benilde-St. Margaret’s at Minnetonka, 3:15 p.m. • Bloomington Jefferson at Chaska, 6 p.m. • Bloomington Kennedy at Rochester Century, 7:30 p.m. • Apple Valley vs. Tartan at Minnetonka, 7:45 p.m. Tuesday, December 13 • Lakeville South at St. Paul Johnson, 7 p.m. • Apple Valley at Henry Sibley, 7 p.m. • Bloomington Jefferson at Richfield, 7 p.m. • Eden Prairie at Burnsville, 7:15 p.m. • Chaska at Lakeville North, 7:15 p.m. • Prior Lake at Waconia, 7:15 p.m. • Rosemount at Shakopee, 7:15 p.m. Thursday, December 15 • Hill-Murray at Lakeville South, 7:15 p.m. Friday, December 16 • Prior Lake at Eden Prairie, 7 p.m. • Burnsville at Chaska, 7:15 p.m. • Saint Michael-Albertville at Eagan, 7:15 p.m. • St. Louis Park at Apple Valley, 7:15 p.m. • Bloomington Kennedy at Minneapolis Washburn, 7:15 p.m. • Superior at Eastview, 7:15 p.m. • Bloomington Jefferson at Chanhassen, 7:30 p.m.

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Conference W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

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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. Saturday, December 10 • Owatonna at Apple Valley, 2:30 p.m. • Chanhassen at Bloomington Kennedy, 3 p.m. • Spring Lake Park at Lakeville South, 3 p.m. Tuesday, December 13 • Lakeville North at Edina, 7 p.m. • Shakopee at Bloomington Jefferson, 7:15 p.m. • Farmington at Lakeville South, 7:15 p.m. • Red Wing at Eagan, 7:15 p.m. • Somerset at Apple Valley, 7:15 p.m. • Hopkins at Eastview, 7:15 p.m. • New Prague at Prior Lake • Rosemount at Tartan, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, December 15 • Henry Sibley at Eagan, 7:15 p.m. Friday, December 16 • Eagan at Lakeville South, 7:15 p.m. • Apple Valley at Bloomington Jefferson, 7:15 p.m. • Eastview at Bloomington Kennedy, 7:15 p.m. • Burnsville at Prior Lake , 7:15 p.m. • Lakeville North at Rosemount, 7:15 p.m.

Boys Hockey Team

Conference Overall W L T W L T Lakeville North 0 0 0 2 0 0 Eastview 0 0 0 1 1 0 Rosemount 0 0 0 1 1 0 Burnsville 0 0 0 1 1 0 Eagan 0 0 0 1 1 0 Apple Valley 0 0 0 1 2 0 B Jefferson 0 0 0 0 1 0 Lakeville South 0 0 0 0 1 0 Prior Lake 0 0 0 0 1 0 B Kennedy 0 0 0 0 3 0 Saturday, December 10 • Eastview vs. Bloomington Kennedy at the Dakotah Ice Arena, 10 A.M. • Burnsville vs. Rosemount at the Dakotah Ice Arena, 12:15 P.M. • Eagan vs. Lakeville South at Dakotah Ice Arena, 2:30 P.M. • Prior Lake vs. Lakeville North at Dakotah Ice Arena, 4:45 P.M. • Bloomington Jefferson vs. Apple Valley at the Dakotah Ice Arena, 7 p.m. Tuesday, December 13 • Bloomington Kennedy at Rogers, 7 p.m. • Duluth East at Lakeville North, 7 p.m. • Wayzata at Prior Lake, 7:10 p.m. Thursday, December 15 • Bloomington Jefferson at Minnetonka, 7 p.m. • Burnsville at Eastview, 7 p.m. • Apple Valley at Prior Lake, 7 p.m. • Lakeville North at Eagan, 7:15 p.m. • Bloomington Kennedy at Irondale, 7:30 p.m. • Rosemount at Lakeville South, 7:30 p.m.

Girls Hockey Team

Conference Overall W L T W L T Lakeville North 3 0 1 4 2 1 Eagan 2 0 1 6 0 2 Rosemount 2 1 1 3 4 1 Apple Valley 2 2 0 6 2 0 Lakeville South 1 1 1 4 2 1 B Jefferson 2 2 0 5 3 0 Eastview 2 2 0 3 5 0 Burnsville 0 2 1 0 6 1 Prior Lake 0 3 1 1 6 1 B Kennedy 0 1 0 2 6 1 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. Tuesday, December 13 • Apple Valley at Prior Lake, 5 p.m. • Bloomington Kennedy at Minneapolis Novas, 7 p.m. • Rosemount at Lakeville South, 7:15 p.m. • Burnsville at Eastview, 7:15 p.m. • Lakeville North at Eagan, 7:15 p.m. Thursday, December 15 • Prior Lake at Eden Prairie, 7 p.m. • Rosemount at Cottage Grove, 7:30 p.m.

Area boys basketball teams Lightning aim eager for conference tipoff for strikes Rosemount players expect better 2011-12 season, Tyus Jones-led Eagles looking to return to section final by Andy Rogers

2014 as a five-star recruit by Rivals, Jones will be asked to lead the team as a sophomore. “Tyus has improved his outside shot, his defense and his leadership skills this offseason,” head coach Zach Goring said. He will miss Tom Schalk, who is now playing Division I basketball with William and Mary, but several key members of last year’s team that advanced to the Section 3-4A final are back. Mitch Heschsel and Grant Christian are the senior captains after playing a few minutes of varsity last season. They are joined by sharpshooter Dustin Fronk, a starter from last year, and Harry Sonie, who filled in after Jones went down in an early-season injury in 2010. “We’re young,” Goring said. “We only have two seniors.” The Eagles will get some reinforcements from last year’s junior varsity squad with Dennis Austin and Robert Tobroxen. The Eagles will rely on their quickness and shooting ability, but the size and rebounding capabilities of Schalk will be missed. The Eagles lost to Eden Prairie on Tuesday 89-85. Jones led with 37 points and Fronk added 24. The Eagles will participate in the eighth annual Tip Off Classic at Minnetonka this weekend with an 8:15 p.m. game against Tartan on Saturday.

While no one will worry about it until March, the playoffs for area basketball teams will look a little different in 2012. While Apple Valley, Eastview, Eagan and Rosemount remain in Section 3-4A, they will have several new opponents this year. Gone are Burnsville, Lakeville North and last year’s section champ Lakeville South. Instead, the teams will compete against Cretin-Derham Hall, East Ridge and Henry Sibley. While East Ridge has yet to qualify for state, Henry Sibley has been on a run, qualifying from 2008-2010, and Cretin-Derham Hall qualified last year for the first time in nearly a decade. For now, teams are putting together their rotations and discovering their strengths in nonconference games in preparation for the South Suburban Conference portion of the schedule. The conference figures to be challenging once again with No. 2 Eastview, No. 4 Apple Valley and No. 8 Lakeville North all ranked in the top 10 in Class 4A.

3-4A playoffs. Rosemount upset No. 2 seed Eagan in the quarterfinals 60-59 to advance to the semifinal for the first time since 2008. Coach Bryan Schnettler hopes to use that victory as a springboard into the 2011-12 season. “We return a lot of guys from a team that got better game by game last year,” Schnettler said. “We have great kids, who listen, work hard, and like being around each other. They are fun to work with every day.” Matt Nelson, who was all-conference and the team’s leading scorer, returns along with Brandon Forcier, who was all-conference honorable mention, and the team’s thirdleading scorer Charlie Broback. Garrett Goetz, Tyler Liermann, Micah Marshall, Jordan Tumilson and Keijuan Brown returned to the court after seeing a few varsity minutes a season ago. Schnettler considers the team’s chemistry, inside game and defense its strengths, but the Irish will need to rely on a few young guards to get to the next level and finding a go-to scorer will be paramount.

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The Irish started with a 3-1 record in 2010-11, but finished the regular season with an eight-game losing streak. Only one of those losses were by double digits. Of the team’s 20 regular season losses, 10 were by six points or less. Close games finally went the Irish’s way in the Section

When a team has a player of Tyus Jones’ caliber, expectations will always been high. Jones spent last summer playing with the USA Basketball Men’s U16 National Team, which won a gold medal in the FIBA Americas U16 Championship. Ranked the No. 6 player Andy Rogers is at andy.rogin the country for the class of ers@ecm-inc.com.

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Eastview’s Joey King, No. 24, goes up for a shot against Edina on Tuesday. He scored 33 points in an 86-61 victory. His teammate, Ben Oberfeld, had 16. The Lightning won the South Suburban Conference last season with many of the same players. King, who is one of the top players in the state, will join forces with Oberfeld, Chris Narum, Danny Krueger, Quinn Trusty, Jordan Bolger and Darin Haugh on the court again for 2011-12.

Blaze boys basketball rebuilds by Andy Rogers THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Last season the Burnsville boys basketball team was senior heavy, meaning the 2012 edition will rely on several new starters in a difficult landscape in the south metro. Senior captains Chase Roullier, Ryan Swanson, Zach Maxon and Bryan Heard take over after coming off the bench most of last season. “(They’re a) hard working team with tremendous character and leadership,” coach Matt Eppen said. “But we lack experience and size. “We hope to improve consistently throughout the year and play our best at tournament time.” Playing well late in the season is something Eppen knows the Blaze can do. Last season the Blaze won four of their final five regular season games. “This year’s team is entirely different,” Eppen said. “We feel we have a good idea of how to compete in our league and section, so now we are trying to devel-

op our teams accordingly.” The Blaze kicked things off with perennial state powerhouse Hopkins on Tuesday losing 94-46. It doesn’t get much easier Tuesday when Eden Prairie comes to town. “We get the two teams that were in the state championship last year right off the bat,” Eppen said. “One of the biggest issues we are looking to address is consistency. By playing two great teams right away we can begin to see what players are able to step into roles. They are going to be two tough games but great learning experiences as well.” Burnsville is changing sections for playoffs this season. The Blaze will move to Section 2AAAA with southwestern suburban schools along with Bloomington, Chanhassen, Eden Prairie, Lakeville South, Prior Lake and Shakopee.

record and beating teams like Apple Valley, Lakeville South and Eastview. Six of the team’s top nine players have since graduated leaving senior captains Shea Mandli, Nick Sabatke, and Drew Bauer in charge. The Wildcats will rely on their size with eight players out of their top nine between 6-foot-2 and 6-foot8. Other players looking to contribute are Jackson Prestrud, Mitch Knutson, David Satre, Eric Woodcock and Isaiah Pearson. The team will be seniorstrong but probably the biggest concern is the lack of varsity experience. “We lost a lot of players to graduation last year,” coach Mike Sullivan said. “The goals for the season are what they are every year and that is to compete for conference, section and state championships.” The Wildcats lost a close Eagan game to Wayzata on TuesThe Wildcats had a day, 57-53. Sabatke had 18 thrilling regular season in points. Mandli added 13. 2010-11 finishing second in Photo by Rick Orndorf Rogers is at Burnsville’s Ryan Swanson, No. 30, finds a lane to drive the South Suburban Con- Andy ference by compiling a 14-4 andy.rogers@ecm-inc.com. through against Hopkins on Tuesday.

Wildcat hockey loaded for another run Eagan boys team returns top five scorers from last season’s state third-place team by Andy Rogers THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Expectations are high for the Eagan boys hockey team this season, and it’s easy to see why. Coming off a season in which the Wildcats finished third in the Class AA state tournament, the team returns many starters. “I think our strength is our team being veteran, the kids know what it takes at this level,” coach Mike Taylor said.

Captains Eli May, Michael Zajac and Will Merchant along with Nick Kuchera and Sam Wolfe are back. They were the top five scorers on the team last season. With returning defenders Derick Kuchera and Connor McGovern, too, the team has lofty goals for 2011-12. The boys come into the season with a No. 2 rank in Class AA from Let’s Play Hockey. It would mean more to the squad if it were able to keep it that way. “I know expectations are high but we have a long way to go,” Taylor said. “It is a long season and we need to keep getting better each day.” The trouble is there’s no

goalie on that list of returning players. Tommy Bodeker and Alex Cimochowski have both graduated. The Wildcats will rely on Christian Butler as their last line of defense with Andrew Lindgren backing him up. “Christian has played well in our first two games,” Taylor said. “Andrew has been good in practice.” The Wildcats are off to a 1-1 start with an 8-1 win over Hastings and a 2-1 loss to Eden Prairie, even though the Wildcats outshot the Eagles. Eagan will play Lakeville South at Prior Lake at 2:30 p.m. Saturday. Andy Rogers is at andy.rogers@ecm-inc.com.

Sports Briefs Timberwolves clinic in Lakeville

Eagle lacrosse coach steps down

The Minnesota Timberwolves Holiday Basketball Clinic for boys and girls in third through eighth grade will be from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Dec. 11 at Lakeville South High School. The cost is $55, which includes a Timberwolves ticket. To register visit www.thebasketballacademy.com or call (612) 673-8444.

Apple Valley High School boys lacrosse coach Ben Uzlik has resigned after four years of leading the Eagles. He said his new position with the Minnesota State Patrol no longer allows him the schedule flexibility to continue coaching.

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Thisweekend Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book sensation Junie B. comes to Lakeville stage The Playâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The Thing presents holiday show Dec. 16-29 by Andrew Miller THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Friends in real life, Amanda Jackson and Whitney Schultz become bitter rivals when the curtain rises. Jackson, 10, plays the title character in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Junie B., First Grader in Jingle Bells,

Batman Smells! (P.S. So Does May),â&#x20AC;? which opens next week at the Lakeville Area Arts Center. Schultz, 9, plays Junie Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pint-size nemesis May. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have to pretend to hate each other,â&#x20AC;? said Jackson of Burnsville. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not actually mad

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School taxes flat for homeowners percent. Most of that stems from teachersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; decision to opt out of the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s incentive-pay plan, called Pro Pay. The Burnsville Education Associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s executive board voted in September to not put annual renewal of the plan up for a full union vote. That means the district will no longer receive â&#x20AC;&#x201C; or pay â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $2.8 million in Pro Pay incentives. The property-tax portion of $895,400 is dropped from the 2012 levy. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a decline of $102,000 in the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lease levy, noted Lisa Rider, executive director of business services. The district is no longer renting space at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center for an arts magnet school, which it discontinued this school year. Although the total levy is lower than this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, a state law change is nudging property taxes up for most taxpayers, according to the district. The change â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a market value homestead â&#x20AC;&#x153;exclusionâ&#x20AC;? that replaces a state credit â&#x20AC;&#x201C; reduced the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tax capacity by 4.9 percent. Had the change been in effect for taxes payable in 2011, school taxes on a $200,000 Burnsville home would have been $964 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $21 more than the homeowner actually paid, according to the district.

District 191â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2012 levy is 2.85 percent lower than in 2011 by John Gessner THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

School taxes on homeowners will remain flat next year in Burnsville-Eagan-Savage District 191. The owner of a $200,000 home in Burnsville will pay an estimated $967 next year, the same as in 2011. The owner of a $350,000 Burnsville home will pay an estimated $1,753, a dollar less than in 2011. Taxes on commercial-industrial property valued at $2 million will rise from $10,904 to an estimated $11,030. The School Board approved the 2012 levy Dec. 1 after holding its annual truth-in-taxation hearing. No one spoke at the hearing. The levy totals $32.95 million, with most district funding coming from the state. Total budgeted revenue for 2011-12 is $146.16 million, with a total budget of $160.06 million. The largest portion of the levy â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $22.93 million â&#x20AC;&#x201C; will go to the general fund. Property taxes fund 22 percent of the 2011-12 general fund, which totals $109.01 million. The total levy is $967,070 less John Gessner is at burnsville. than this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, a decline of 2.85 thisweek@ecm-inc.com.

Agendas Eagan City Council Following is the agenda for the 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13, special meeting of the Eagan City Council in the Eagan Room of the Eagan Municipal Center.

1. Roll call and adoption of the agenda 2. Visitors to be heard 3. 2011 Eagan Business Survey results 4. Review process for considering special event permits 5. Business licenses and permits 6. Other business 7. Adjournment

Judge blocks child care union vote Governor says he respects Ramsey County courtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision by T.W. Budig ECM CAPITOL REPORTER

Ramsey County District Court Judge Dale Lindman blocked on Monday, Dec. 5 a proposed child care unionization vote scheduled to be held within a few days. Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton by executive order recently put the election into motion. Opponents say the governor has no right, arguing such an action rightly belongs to the Legislature. In a statement, Dayton said he respected the court decision. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am pleased the court was clear that I did not misuse my authority in issuing the executive order,â&#x20AC;? Dayton said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I continue to believe that in a democracy, people should have rights to elections to determine their own destinies.â&#x20AC;? Dayton said he would meet with the state attorney generalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office to decide what steps should be taken next. The unionization vote would affect about 4,300 Minnesota athome child care providers who accept state-subsidized children. Lisa Thompson, a St. Paul child care provider and pro-vote activist, said she was â&#x20AC;&#x153;real surprisedâ&#x20AC;? by the restraining order because similar unionization votes had taken place successfully in other states. Thompson was critical of Republicans â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Senate Republicans last week approved the filing of a friend of the court brief to support a lawsuit filed by a group of child care providers, including Becky Swanson of Lakeville, opposing the vote. Thompson said she did not believe Republicans had her best interests as a child care provider in mind. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is no predetermined agenda,â&#x20AC;? Thompson said. When asked what a child care providers union would push for if formed, she said the agenda would emerge from the members. One thing child care provid-

ers already share is a desire to be heard, Thompson said. Service Employees International Union Local 284 Executive Director Carol Nieters charged that on the eve of an important vote conservative corporate interests and their â&#x20AC;&#x153;lapdogsâ&#x20AC;? in the Legislature threw a wrench into the wheels of democracy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This sham lawsuit and their entire campaign of misinformation is just another example of the vicious attacks on working families by national corporate interests and the politicians who do their bidding,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;From Ohio to Wisconsin and New Hampshire to Minnesota, the story is the same: they will stop at nothing to deny working people the right to form a union for a voice in our democracy.â&#x20AC;? The lawsuit was backed by Minnesota Majority, the Minnesota Free Market Institute and other groups. Pat Gentz, a Lakeville child care provider, said opponents of the child care unionization vote were â&#x20AC;&#x153;really pleasedâ&#x20AC;? with the court order. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The battle has still not been won yet,â&#x20AC;? said Gentz, noting that further legal action was possible. Gentz was not one of the parties in the suit. Annette Meeks, of the Freedom Foundation of Minnesota, said her group was pleased. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s developments are great news for the scores of child care providers from across Minnesota who have worked tirelessly to preserve their independence and fight against a coercive and intrusive unionization scheme by the governor and labor unions,â&#x20AC;? she said in a statement. Senate Health and Human Services Committee Chairman David Hann, R-Eden Prairie, was pleased â&#x20AC;&#x201D; you never know what a court might do, he said. Hann, who stood outside the Governorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office in protest the

day Dayton formally announced his executive order, said he does not oppose unionization. If a group of child care providers wanted to call themselves a union, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s up to them, he said. Hann opposes Daytonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s executive order, arguing the governor breached the separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches of government. Hann believes the Minnesota Senate would not approve holding a child care unionization election as proposed by the governor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just because they (issues) belong there (in the Legislature), doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean we should do them,â&#x20AC;? he said. Hann held open the possibility of a future committee hearing should Dayton advance legislation. Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch, R-Buffalo, also expressed satisfaction with the order. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The unionization of child care providers has been a longtime goal of AFSCME (American Federation of State, County, Municipal Employees) and SEIU and the governorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attempt appears to be payoff for political support he received from those unions in the 2010 election,â&#x20AC;? Koch said in a statement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need is government overreaching into an already highly and carefully regulated industry to expand the power and influence of public union organizations in the state,â&#x20AC;? she said. Lindmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s order allows for a further hearing on Jan. 17, 2012. Under Daytonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s executive order, state government agencies would formally acknowledge the bargaining powers of a child care union, should one have emerged from the vote, and negotiate with the union in good faith. T.W. Budig is at tim.budig@ecminc.com.

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Valentyn Beckius Ashley Marie Valentyn and Matthew David Beckius of Lakeville would like to announce their engagement. Ashley is the daughter of Paul Valentyn of Faribault and Scott and the late Brenda Fischler of Lakeville. Matthew is the son of David and Pamela Beckius of Jordan. Ashley is a 2006 graduate of Lakeville North High School and a 2010 graduate of The Cosmetology Training Center. Ashley is a Hairstylist at Barger's Salon in Lakeville. Matthew is a 2004 graduate of Jordan High School and a 2005 graduate of Dakota County Technical College. Matthew is a Lineman for Xcel Energy. A September 15th wedding is planned at St. Mary's Chapel in Faribault.

Marijuana/from 1A Swenson had been staying periodically in recent months, discovered 14.42 pounds of marijuana, drug paraphernalia and several guns. But the big pot bust came later when an electric bill inside the residence led the task force to the growing operation in Zumbrota. Then a tip led agents on Nov. 30 to finding 72 30-gallon plastic containers with what is believed to be 376.77 pounds of marijuana inside a hidden room at the Inver Grove Heights residence. A pegboard made to look like a portion of a wall concealed a doorway, which led to the room that agents didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find the first time around on Nov. 4. Samples selected at random from six of the containers tested positive for marijuana. The suspected marijuana plants in the containers

were stripped of stalks and seeds before weighing. Scott Bradley Cunningham, 42, was listed as a resident of the house and his name was on the electric bill with the Zumbrota address. During the second search, agents were greeted by Cunningham, 42, and Swenson who came out of a bedroom and apparently was sleeping at the residence. Agents also found Brian Lee Speldrick, 52, at an outbuilding on the property. During the execution of the search warrant, agents also found marijuana cigarettes, drug paraphernalia, a shotgun and a safe. Speldrick was carrying $4,448 in cash. During the Nov. 4 search at approximately 7 p.m., agents were greeted by 12 juveniles, but not Cunningham. Cunningham was contacted, returned to the residence, spoke briefly with agents but declined to make

curs throughout the budget. The city also hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t filled two vacated positions and has found savings in everything from printing costs to energy spending by installing new boilers in the Steeple Center. The top three areas where taxes generated from an average value home in Rosemount go to are police (24.36 percent), street maintenance (10.47 percent) and general operations for parks (8.64 percent). With the city portion of taxes dropping, other pieces of the tax pie are holding the line. Property taxes on the average Rosemount residence are projected to increase by $1 for Dakota Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s portion and decline by $36 for the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District. For more information about the budget, go to the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website at www. ci.rosemount.mn.us and read previous stories at www.ThisweekLive.com through links from this story post.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing shall be conducted by the City Council of the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota (the "City") on Tuesday, December 20, 2011, at 8:00 p.m. at the Apple Valley Municipal Center located at 7100 West 147th Street, Apple Valley, Minnesota 55124, relating to the City of Apple Valley's proposed adoption of a Spending Plan for Tax Increment Financing District No. 13, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 469.176 Subd. 4m, inclusive, as amended. Copies of the Spending Plan are on file and available for public inspection at the office of the City Clerk at the Municipal Center. All interested persons may appear at the hearing and present their view orally or prior to the meeting in writing prior to the public hearing. 2842464 12/9/11

PUBLIC NOTICE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196

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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

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the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new Market Value Exclusion, which shows amounts lower than the true market value. May said this homeownerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s market value had dropped by only 7.4 percent in the past year. The taxable market value of the average Rosemount home is projected to dip from $213,300 to $201,600. That slide isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t as steep as the past two years when market values slipped by 8.8 percent in 2010 and 7.8 percent in 2011. Over that time, the city portion of taxes on an average Rosemount property have dropped from $1,025 to $857 (16.4 percent). With only a moderate increase to the city budget from 2011 to 2012, the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s total levy is expected to decline 5.75 percent ($630,325). In the budget, some operating funds are being increased while others are trimmed. For example, a $73,900 increase in the Fire budget is being offset by decreases in Police ($56,800) and Street Tad Johnson is at editor. Maintenance ($54,800). thisweek@ecm-inc.com. Similar give and take oc-

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any statement. After the residence was secure, agents walked across the front yard and secured a garage outbuilding. Located in the garage were Jerilyn Reis, 41, of Keister, Minn., and Brian Lee Speldrick, 52, no address listed. Reis declined to speak with agents. The search of the property located miscellaneous drug paraphernalia, suspected marijuana plants in three plastic buckets/bins in the woods, more plants found on the ground, mari-

Dale and Lois Guggemos will celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary with an Open House Reception, hosted by their children and grandchildren, Sunday December 18th, 2:00-5:00 pm at St. Michaelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Catholic Church, Farmington, MN. Please let your good wishes be their gift.

After nearly four decades the rank of lieutenant. He in law enforcement, Apple left that post to become Valley Police Chief Scott police chief for the city of Johnson is retiring at the Mendota Heights in 1998. end of this week. In retirement, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The time is right Johnson said he â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the department is looks forward to in good shape, and spending time with Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m 56 years old,â&#x20AC;? his granddaughsaid Johnson, who ter, and spending announced his retime at his cabin up tirement to city offinorth. cials late last month Scott The City Council and will serve his fi- Johnson discussed the pronal day on the force cess it will underDec. 9. take to fill the police chief Before signing on as Ap- vacancy at an informal ple Valleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s police chief in meeting Thursday, Dec. 8, Photo submitted 2001, Johnson served with after this edition went to The Apple Valley High School competition cheer team took first place in its division at the Lakeville Police Depart- press. ment for 24 years, rising to â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Andrew Miller the Santaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cheer Shop competition at Prior Lake High School on Dec. 4. The team also earned the top overall score for the entire competition.

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Apple Valley woman receives Community Innovator Award Joanne Carlson of Apple Valley received this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Community Innovator Award from The Arc Minnesota. The award is given to an individual or organization who develops a unique program to increase the inclusion or self-determination of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Carlson is a professional writer with experience in both the corporate and nonprofit communities. She was approached by The Arc Greater Twin Cities to help with the agencyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new e-learning program for parents of children with developmental disabilities. Carlson donated numerous hours to the project writing and designing content. Now that the program is up and running, parents will have access to crucial information about topics affecting them and their children, and they can learn at a pace

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Joanne Carlson (right), receives The Arc Minnesotaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2011 Community Innovator Award from Hunter Sargent (center), The Arc Minnesota Awards committee co-chair, and Pam Carlson (left), director of community relations for The Arc Greater Twin Cities. and time that is convenient for them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If Joanne had not generously donated her time and expertise, our online learning program would not have been possible,â&#x20AC;? said Pam Carlson, director

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James Barton Design Build, Apple Valley, recently received two 2011 Contractor of the Year (COTY) awards for outstanding achievements in the Residential Kitchen $60,000-$75,000 category and Residential Bathroom $30,000-$60,000 category. The awards are sponsored by the Minnesota chapter of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry. Barton (right) and project senior designer Tamra Mueller are pictured with NARI President Charlie Kundinger at the COTY Awards Gala on Nov. 18.

of community relations for The Arc Greater Twin Cities. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She has literally helped our chapter and the people we support and serve enter a new world. She has helped change lives for years to come.â&#x20AC;?

Residents asked to rate Rosemount Residents of Rosemount are invited to share their opinions on city services in a brief online survey through December. The survey, linked to the News section of the Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s homepage, www. ci.rosemount.mn.us, consists of 11 questions. Areas covered include public safety, public works, and recreation services. Rosemount is among more than 100 cities taking part in the Minnesota State Auditorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Performance Measurement Program. Joining the program fits with the Rosemount City Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s efforts of the last few years to collect data on how well the city provides services to the community. The League of Minnesota Cities will compile the results of the survey and supply the outcome to the city early next year.

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