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Zoo seeks $15 million slice of bonding bill

NEWS Teacher named nonprofit’s CEO A former elementary school teacher in Apple Valley was named CEO of a nonprofit that delivers professional development for teachers. Page 3A

Funds would support needs in Discovery Bay, snow monkey exhibit, infrastructure

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Cooperation is key to success High schools and colleges working together on dual-credit course offerings benefits them along with students and businesses. Page 4A

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Metro Transit’s Red Line will start and end its runs at the Apple Valley Transit Station. Service is expected to start June 22. (Photo by Rick Orndorf)

Buses to paint the towns ‘Red’ Dreams of my youth, revisited Rosemount native Jim Trevis pays tribute to his family-farm roots in the debut novel, “A Mile of Dreams.” Page 19A

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work. Rapid transit to improve “I love walking out the door and options for Dakota County leaving my car behind,” said Abresidents bott, who has been using transit to by Tad Johnson SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Every weekday this winter, Lakeville resident Jean Abbott walked a half mile or so from her home to the Apple Valley Transit Station. There she would board a bus that would take her to the Mall of America where she would catch another bus that would drop her off near her office in Mendota Heights. Her commute takes her a little over an hour, but Abbott wouldn’t trade it for a possible shorter commute time by driving herself to

commute for the past six years. This summer, there may be a lot more Dakota County residents who feel the same way. Transit riders are expected to paint cities along Cedar Avenue “Red” when the region’s first busrapid transit service will start June 22. The Metro Red Line, which will have buses running like trains without the tracks, will begin serving its five station stops along the 11-mile route on Cedar Avenue in

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A request for $15 million in bonding funds is being made for the Minnesota Zoo. If approved by the Legislature, the appropriation would fund capital asset preservation improvements to the infrastructure and exhibits at the zoo. A hearing was held Thursday, April 4, before the Senate Environment, Economic Development and Agriculture Division Committee to hear Senate File 513 carried by Sen. Greg Clausen, DFL-Apple Valley. The committee heard 24 bonding requests. Clausen brought some Zoomobile animals with him to underscore the need. Making their home on two portable trees set up in a Capitol committee room were two slow loris Southeast Asia primates. Kevin Weir, supervisor of the Zoomobile Outreach Program, said the program touches 55,000 people annually and involves 550 hours of programming. The Zoomobile is a direct connection between the animals and people, an overall mission of the zoo. Lee Ehmke, director of the Minnesota Zoo, outlined the need for more See ZOO, 14A

Mayor: Good things in store

Softball teams ready for spring The Apple Valley and Eastview softball teams are waiting patiently for the weather to cooperate with the start of the season. Page 13A

Rosemount’s Mike “The Marine” Richman takes a swing during an MMA event earlier this year. (Photo by Nelson Trinidad)

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by Andy Rogers In her annual State of the City address on Wednesday at Valleywood Golf Course, Apple Valley Mayor Mary Hamann-Roland touted the Metro Red Line, the long-planned bus rapid transit service that’s set to launch on Cedar Avenue in June, as a boon for local businesses and an opportunity to grow more jobs in the city. The theme of the mayor’s address was “Apple Valley is Open to Business.” (Photo by Rick Orndorf)

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Appeal filed in suicide case by Andrew Miller SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

The Dakota County Attorney’s Office filed an appeal last week after a judge ruled that a state law against “advising” a person to commit suicide is unconstitutional. The ruling by District Court Judge Karen Asphaug on March

22 resulted in dismissal of a felony charge against Thomas “Ted” Goodwin, 66, a Florida resident and former leader of the Georgia-based right-to-die group Final Exit Network. Four members of Final Exit Network were indicted in May 2012 for See APPEAL, 14A

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Mixed martial arts fighters often say that every match is the biggest of their career. For Mike “The Marine” Richman, there was $100,000 at stake during his April 4 bout. The 28-year-old 2003 Rosemount High School graduate and Marine Corps veteran known for quick matches lost one of the biggest decisions of his career last week. He fell by unanimous decision to Frodo Khasbulaev in the Bellator Season 8 Featherweight Tournament Final at Ovation Hall in Atlantic

City, N.J. The road to get there was filled with upsets, grueling knockouts and unrepentant submissions. This match, which was televised on Spike TV, could have gone either way. All three judges’ scores gave it to Khasbulaev, but it wasn’t an obvious choice. One or two solid punches could have changed the outcome. “It was one of those tossup fights,” said Richman, who was used to winning matches early. “It felt like a win. It was pretty frustrating.” See RICHMAN, 12A

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District 196 teacher named CEO of nonprofit Carolyn Olijnek to start in May of teaching experience and her role as a mathematics trainer and presenter Carolyn K. Olijnek, a at various Math Recovery second-grade teacher at Conferences. She Shannon Park Elhas also created ementary School Math Recovery Inin Rosemount, was structional Guides named last week as and created a data the first chief execanalysis tool and utive officer of the framework for the Nashville, Tenn.District Assessbased nonprofit Carolyn ment Center. Math Recovery. In accepting the Olinjek The Farmington position, Olijnek resident was the mathemat- described Math Recovery’s ics intervention council’s mission through a quote choice due to her 20 years from the late and former

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Apple CEO Steve Jobs who once said: “Everyone here has the sense that right now is one of those moments when we are influencing the future.” “I believe we touch and are touched by the future every day,” Olijnek said in a press release. “I welcome the opportunity to reach out to districts and membership, both current and potential, to further the work of Math Recovery.” Math Recovery focuses primarily on the professional development of math teachers through its program, published training materials, conferences and training opportunities

in an effort to boost student achievement in math. Deb Farley, who chaired the search team, said Olijnek surfaced as the unequivocal choice. “(We are) proud to announce and support Carolyn Olijnek’s appointment as USMRC’s first CEO,” said Yvette Panasowich, the nonprofit board’s chairwoman. “The future is filled with endless possibilities for exponential growth under the direction of our new leader.” Olijnek has worked for 20 years in Minnesota public schools as an elementary school teacher with much of her experi-

ence in math. Prior to starting work at Shannon Park in 2011, Olijnek had been in District 196 since 1993 as a math trainer at Southview Elementary in Apple Valley and a teacher at Thomas Lake Elementary in Eagan. She has provided mathematics support and training for administrators, K-5 teachers, students, and parents, including development days for district staff. She has received formal training as a Math Recovery Intervention Specialist and completed the Advanced Specialist, AVMR

Champion, and SNAP Facilitator trainings. Olijnek has a master’s in education from the University of Minnesota and a bachelor of arts in elementary education with a minor in mathematics from the University of Minnesota-Morris. She will meet math professionals from across the country in her new CEO role from May 1-3 at the Math Recovery Annual Conference in Denver. For more information about Math Recovery, visit www.mathrecovery.org.

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Area Briefs Fundraiser set for AVHS speech team The Apple Valley High School speech and debate team will hold a Spaghetti Dinner and Bake Sale fundraiser from 4-7 p.m. Sunday, April 21, at the Apple Valley American Legion Post 1776, 14521

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Apple Valley woman guilty in armed hotel robbery tel wearing a Halloween mask, point a handgun at the night manager and demand money An Apple Valley woman from the cash register and safe. pleaded guilty in fedForcier made off with eral court Tuesday to $114 in the heist, and the armed robbery of a Campana, who has Northfield hotel. been identified in media Julie Ann Campana, accounts as Forcier’s ex23, admitted in her plea girlfriend, was the driver agreement that she was of the Pontiac Grand the lookout and getaway Julie Ann Prix that police stopped driver in the late-night Campana about 15 minutes after robbery of the Amerithe robbery. ca’s Best Value Inn in October While Campana was arrest2012 that saw her accomplice, ed without incident in the traf27-year-old Eric Wade Forcier fic stop, Forcier fled the scene, of Farmington, enter the ho- reportedly firing several shots by Andrew Miller

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Two escaped inmates from the federal prison camp in Duluth, including a former Eagan man, were arrested by federal marshals early Friday at the Hampton Inn in Burnsville. Gerald James Greenfield, formerly of Bloomington, and Michael Krzyzaniak, aka Michael Joseph Crosby, formerly of Eagan, were arrested shortly after 1 a.m., the U.S. Marshals Service announced. The arrest was at the Hampton Inn at Inter-

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New high school/college collaborations are win-win-win by Joe Nathan SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Mindi Askelson of Riverland Community College calls it a “win-win-win” collaboration. Scott Gengler of Irondale High School in Mounds View reports it’s “very rewarding.” John McDonald of Kingsland School District believes it’s “a better way of meeting student and family needs.” “It” is the encouraging, growing collaboration between high schools and colleges providing greater challenge for students, while saving them and their families thousands, sometimes tens of thousands, of dollars. Before graduating from high school, students earn free college credits, even a one-year career/technical certificate or two-year associate of arts degree. Bob Wedl, former Minnesota commissioner of education, recently recommended in a newspaper commentary that we should: “Abandon the 20th-century goal that high school graduates must be ready for post-secondary. The 21st-century goal must be that students will be well on their way to what they intend to do next with their lives when they exit high school. A redesigned system will have

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many students already completing a year of post-secondary learning or even an associate degree. Others will have completed their one-year career certifications.” Last year I described collaboration between Central Lakes College in Brainerd and Long Prairie/Grey Eagle School District. Students can earn enough credits in the high school to receive an A.A. degree before graduation. Principal Paul Weinzierl explained: “This not only helps us retain the funds, but also the leadership that some students take with them if they participate in post-secondary enrollment options.” That 1985 law allows Minnesota 11thand 12th-graders to take courses on college campuses, or “online” courses, full or part time, with state funds paying their tuition, books and lab fees. Last year, PSEO was expanded. Tenth-graders now may take a career/technical course on a

college campus. Sophomores earning a “C” or higher may take additional career/technical courses during their second semester. Last year U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan visited and praised Irondale High School, which built on the Long Prairie/Grey Eagle/Central Lakes collaboration. Scott Gengler, Irondale principal, told me “the biggest takeaway so far is that we have far more kids capable of college level rigor than have participated (in dual high school/college credit courses) in the past.” Some Irondale ninth-graders take advanced placement courses. Doing well means earning college credits. The school also has students taking “foundational classes” that help prepare them to take college level academic and or career technical classes. Their primary partner is Anoka-Ramsey Community College. Richard Rosivac, in his 15th year of teaching, helps coordinate Irondale’s program. For him, “this is not just about access, it’s about results.” He reported that approximately 53 percent of the school’s 1,631 students are enrolled in one or more dual credit courses. “We expect that percentage to grow.” Meanwhile, at Kingsland High

School, Superintendent John McDonald says about half of the high school’s 102 juniors and seniors are in one or more dual credit courses. Starting fall, 2013, juniors can take enough courses to earn an A.A. degree before high school graduation. Mindi Askelson, Riverland’s director of placement and K-12 school relations, explained the partnership with Kingsland, and a growing number of other high schools. Riverland faculty members are training and mentoring high school teachers to offer the college level courses. Riverland faculty also offers college level courses “online” and via television. She explained, “Providing a seamless transition between high school and college is one of the strategic values of the MnSCU system … for those academically and socially ready, we host post-secondary options students on campus.” Askelson is right. These are win-winwin collaborations. Joe Nathan, formerly a Minnesota public school teacher and administrator, directs the Center for School Change. Reactions welcome at joe@centerforschoolchange. org. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

No drones over St. Bonifacius, says this small-town City Council by Don Heinzman SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

St. Bonifacius, population, 2,286 in Hennepin County, may well be one of the first in Minnesota to pass a local ordinance restricting unmanned aerial drones, known as “spies in the skies.” A drone is an unmanned aerial vehicle controlled by pilots on the ground. It is used for reconnaissance and surveillance. The City Council’s new ordinance bans the use of drones within the city’s airspace, without a warrant, except where immediate death or serious injury exists. Violation of the ordinance is a misdemeanor. Further, the council is calling for a twoyear moratorium on use of the drones in Minnesota. It calls on the Congress and the state Legislature to adopt legislation prohibiting information obtained unlawfully from the domestic use of drones from being introduced in the federal and state courts.

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The resolution precludes the domestic use of drones equipped with anti-personnel devices designed to harm, incapacitate, or otherwise negatively affect a human being and pledges not to use city-owned leased or borrowed drones. Residents can fly a drone only over their own property. So far, the community has not received a complaint about drones invading its airspace. St. Boni is not alone with its concern. A bill has been introduced in the Minnesota Legislature that also would prohibit the use of drones for gathering evidence or

information on individuals except for highrisk instances or after obtaining a warrant. State Sen. Sean Nienow of Cambridge reports that the U.S. Congress has passed a law that requires the Federal Aviation Administration to allow drones wide access to U.S. airspace by 2015. The FAA predicts over 10,000 drones could be in use within the next five years. In its resolution, the St. Boni council says the rapid implementation of drone technology poses a serious threat to the privacy and constitutional rights of the American people. It can be armed with missiles and bombs and can be aloft up to 85 hours. Use of drones by the U.S. government has come under fire, because while it has targeted enemies, it also has killed innocent civilians. Even as the St. Boni City Council was developing its ordinance, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky conducted a 13-hour filibuster forcing the government to state

its policy on use of drones. The technology involving the use of drones boggles the mind. Some say that these unmanned “snoops” equipped with sensors can tell how many people are in a structure. It’s even possible that by involving other technologies, the drone could eavesdrop on a conversation. Like the St. Boni City Council, the American Civil Liberties Union is also concerned over the lack of safeguards while using this “big brother in the sky.” The council says so far the federal government and the state of Minnesota have failed to provide reasonable legal restrictions on the use of drones. That’s why the council believes taking the time and spending the money is worth it, even if it’s coming from one of the smallest communities in the metropolitan area. Don Heinzman is the former editor of the Elk River Star News. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

Letters Benefits of all-day kindergarten To the editor: I am writing in response to a letter criticizing Sen. Greg Clausen’s (DFL-Apple ValleyRosemount) support of all-day kindergarten. Contrary to what critics may say or think, there is a tremendous amount of research that supports all-day kindergarten for students. In fact, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s most recent data, 74 percent of children are enrolled in all-day kindergarten programs in the United States, compared to only 57 percent of Minnesota children. Minnesota studies of the Burnsville, Stillwater, Winona, North St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Mankato school districts show students enrolled in all-day kindergarten have significant increases in academic skills, decreases in the number of students identified as “learning disabled,” increased grade level performance, and decreases

in the achievement gap between white students and students of color. We need to view the funding of all-day kindergarten as an investment in Minnesota. Minnesota’s economic advantage has been and will continue to be its educated workforce if we invest in programs such as all-day kindergarten. Investing in students early on in their education will pay off with a higher educated workforce and less investment in social programs. The Legislature would be remiss not to fully fund all-day kindergarten; the rewards are too important to overlook.

So, imagine my shock that neither of Apple Valley’s two state representatives Tara Mack and Anna Wills were sponsoring a bill to help fund the Apple Valley-based Minnesota Zoo. Instead, Will Morgan of nearby Burnsville is sponsoring the bill although Apple Valley’s Greg Clausen is sponsoring the Senate version. There are even three Republican co-sponsors (two in the House and one in the Senate) from western Minnesota and Washington County who are supporting this bill. The zoo is probably the largest tourist attraction in Dakota County and brings money and revenue to the county and especially to JIM SMOLA Apple Valley. There are President, Dakota Coun- also thousands of families ty United Educators and kids in Dakota County that use the zoo daily. The fact that Morgan is Mack, Wills carrying the legislation should back the and not Wills and Mack is frankly embarrassing to zoo their constituents. Mack To the editor: and Wills should sign on One of my biggest po- to the zoo bill as co-sponlitical frustrations is when sors ASAP. legislators are not pulling their weight so other legis- WILLIAM CORY lators are doing the work LABOVITCH for them. South St. Paul

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Town hall meeting turns ugly To the editor: On March 23, I attended a town hall meeting held by Sen. Greg Clausen, DFL-Apple Valley, and Rep. Anna Wills, R-Apple Valley. I anticipated a great meeting. It was actually going to be bipartisan. A Democratic senator and a Republican representative on the same stage – actually reaching across the aisle. While Clausen and Wills were polite and collegial to each other, agreeing to disagree on several items, but also agreeing on a number of topics, a few disruptive members of the audience seemed to have forgotten their manners at home. Their jeering and disrespectful comments, along with disrespectful behavior, ruined the town hall meeting for many other audience members. Some attendees reported feeling intimidated. One woman who had the courage to voice an opinion in the room was verbally abused to the point that she was in tears following the meeting. This is nothing more than adult bullying. That anyone should be made to feel like their opinions are unwelcome in a town hall gathering is inexcusable. Can we not expect more from our fellow neighbors and fellow citizens than a little common courtesy? When we go to

a public forum where input is being sought by our elected representatives, can we not expect that all can be heard, regardless of whether their opinions are the most popular, or not? We live in a democracy. We elected both Clausen and Wills. Both deserve our respect. While you may think you’re doing your representative a favor by being rude to the other, know that your ill-mannered behavior was a direct poor reflection on your representative. JEANNE SCHWARTZ Rosemount

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The end goal To the editor: It looks like Minnesota is actively encouraging more immigrants to cross the border illegally. Two bills that are currently moving through the Legislature will: (1) Provide drivers licenses (ability to vote?) to illegals in Minnesota – S.F. 271/H.F. 348 and (2) Provide in-state tuition to illegals – S.F. 723/H.F. 875. Along with other incentives, such as unemployment payments, food stamps, cash assistance, medical Insurance, etc., why wouldn’t a person from an impoverished Latin American country pack his bags and head North. And many of these are people that probably have never traveled to the U.S. for migratory work. The little secret behind the legislative proposals has more to do with inviting these illegals to become members of the political party promoting this than addressing some kind of social injustice.

To the editor: Isn’t it time to rethink the no-right-turn sign at the foot of the southbound exit of I-35E as it controls traffic entering County Road 42? Smart traffic lights, those lights coordinated with other lights in close proximity thus allowing left or right turns while urging caution by flashing a yellow light to the driver, are abundant these days. I believe there is a need for a similar light to be installed at this location. Currently, I estimate that one out of every five drivers disregards the noright-turn sign and I can completely understand their frustration after waiting, in some instances, as long as a minute and a half, while no west- KATHI WEINZETL bound cars are even vis- Eagan ible at this intersection.

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Fairview Health merger proposals draw scrutiny by Lisa Kaczke SPECIAL TO SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Two health care systems are proposing mergers with Fairview Health Services, causing Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson to question the motives behind the proposals. In the first of several expected public hearings, Swanson questioned the connections between philanthropist and University of Minnesota alum T. Denny Sanford and Sanford Health of Sioux Falls, S.D., and the University of Minnesota, both of which want to merge with Fairview. A potential merger would include the University of Minnesota Medical Center, which Fairview acquired in 1997. At the same time, the University of Minnesota is also attempting to strengthen its ties with Fairview. Both university and Fairview officials told Swanson the merger with Sanford Health won’t move forward if the university doesn’t support it. Mark Rottenberg, university general counsel, said U of M President Eric Kaler is suspending the acceptance of donations to eliminate a conflict of interest, including sports gifts, after Sanford’s financial connection to university athletics came to light. Any potential merger would affect Fairview Ridges Hospital, Burnsville’s second-largest employer and a fixture in the community since 1984. Fairview Health Services recently received City Council approval for a $60 million expansion on the Ridges Campus, which is to include a five-story medical office building, a 40,000-square-foot hospital expansion and a threelevel parking ramp. Officials with Sanford Health, Fairview and the university all rejected the labeling of “takeover” of

Fairview. Rottenberg said Kaler didn’t propose a merger, but rather is seeking a way to “align” the U and Fairview together as a fully integrated system. The university’s discussions with Fairview “substantially pre-date” any merger talks Fairview is having with Sanford Health, Rottenberg said. “We propose a new combination of our organizations in which the university acquires control of, and commits to enhance the historic mission of, Fairview in our state,” Kaler wrote in a Jan. 28 letter to Fairview board Chairman Chuck Mooty of Edina. “At this time, no specific proposal has been brought forward from the university for our board to consider or for us to share with employees or the public,” according to a Fairview statement. On the issue of Sanford Health, Fairview released a statement saying, “Our talks with Sanford Health are in the very early stages, which is why there has not been broad public discussion. No agreements or formal commitments have been made. And nothing will move forward unless we and our partners at the University of Minnesota believe there is merit to a merger.” Swanson asked during the public hearing on April 7 at the State Capitol whether Sanford Health’s goal was to become one of the few regional health systems in the Midwest. Link replied that consolidation will continue in the health care industry. After Swanson investigated debt collector Accretive’s “horrific” practices in Fairview hospitals last year, Fairview officials said they would begin the search for a new CEO, Swanson said. However, the CEO search hasn’t begun and instead, discussions of a merger with Sanford have been taking

place, she said. Mooty has been acting as interim CEO since last summer. During the public hearing, Swanson said her office has been receiving “mixed messages” from Sanford Health, ranging from merger talks being in the early stages to meetings being held once a week. She said she heard Sanford Health was planning to make the University of Minnesota Medical Center the “jewel in the crown of Sanford Health.” She also called out Sanford Health officials for not responding to her office’s request for information in the form of a subpoena. It was a “highly unusual” response, she said. If the merger occurs, it could create an estimated savings of $40 million to $60 million annually for the two health systems, Sanford Health Senior Vice President Becky Nelson said. She said Minnesota residents would likely be in the majority on the board of the merged health system, and a merger would provide more opportunities for care at the Fairview and university hospitals. When Swanson said that Minnesota expects nonprofit medical centers to focus their money on patients, Link pointed out that Sanford Health’s financial support of sports complexes is to encourage children to participate in sports. Two Minnesota House members have introduced legislation to stop the Sanford-Fairview merger. It would prohibit out-ofstate entities from controlling the University of Minnesota hospitals for one year. The legislation was introduced April 8. Lisa Kaczke is community editor of the Edina Sun Current. She can be reached at lisa.kaczke@ecm-inc. com.

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Area Briefs Registration open for â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Wizard of Ozâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Registration is open for dancers, actors and singers, ages 3-13, in Heartbeat Performing Arts Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s production of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wizard of Oz,â&#x20AC;? which will be staged in the amphitheater at Caponi Art Park in Eagan. Students, beginner to advance skill levels, will

prepare for the show during Heartbeatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s summer session of weekly classes that run July 8 through Aug. 22. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wizard of Ozâ&#x20AC;? will be presented on Friday, Aug. 23. Class sizes are limited. All dance, acting and singing classes will be held at Heartbeat, located at 7661 W. 145th St., Apple Valley. The summer class schedule can be found at www.heartbeat-studios.

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will give away 6- to 8-foott trees to residents of Rosemount. A variety of tree species will be available. The first 180 people who have proof of residency will receive a tree; limit one tree per household. The bare-root trees will need to be planted within 24 hours of the giveaway. The event is cosponsored by Dakota Electric. For more information, call 651-322-6000.

Life Line Screening will offer screenings for stroke and osteoporosis on April 22 at Timbers at Apple Valley, 14018 Pennock Ave., Apple Valley. Packages start at $159. For more information or Golf lessons to schedule an appoint- will be at ment, call 1-877-237-1287 or visit www.lifelinescreen- Emerald Greens Rosemount Parks and ing.com. Preregistration is Recreation is offering berequired. ginning and intermediate golf lessons for ages 16 Perennial sale and older. Lessons will set May 11 be taught by instructors/ Dakota Gardeners will professionals at Emerald hold a perennial sale from Greens Golf Course. The 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, cost of the seven-hour May 11, at Community of lesson package is $59 and Christ Church, 5990 134th includes two one-hour lesSt. Court, Apple Valley, sons on the driving range, 651-455-2889. Perennials two one-hour lessons donated by club members around the green and a and a limited supply of three-hour on-the-course annuals, herbs and veg- lesson. The first session etables will be available. starts the week of May 11. Garden gloves will be for Visit www.ci.rosemount. mn.us/parks for informasale also. tion regarding all sessions, days and times available. Friday Night For more information, call Live hosted by 651-322-6000.

Parks and Rec Rosemount Parks and Recreation will offer Friday Night Live for youth in grades 6-8 from 7-9:30 p.m. Friday, April 26, at the Rosemount Community Center. Activities include music and dancing by a disc jockey, foosball, air hockey, dome hockey, pingpong and open basketball in the gym. Admission is $2 or free with a donation of two nonperishable food items. For more information or to volunteer, call 651-3226000.

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Book sale is April 18-21 at the library The third annual Friends of Robert Trail Library book sale will be April 18-21 in the community room at the library. The sale will be open for members only 4-8 p.m. Thursday, April 18. Become a member at the door for $10. Sale hours will be 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 19 and 20, with a $3 bag sale 2-4 p.m. Sunday, April 21. Books will be available in childrens, teens and adult categories. All sale proceeds support the programs and services of Robert Trail Library. For more information, contact the Friends at gilby2048@frontier.com.

Spring Fair set April 27 at Trinity Lutheran Trinity Lutheran Church, 600 Walnut St., Farmington, will hold its annual Spring Fair from 5-7 p.m. Saturday, April 27. Dinner will be a hot roast beef sandwich, mashed potatoes and gravy, beverage and dessert. The event will include a bake sale. The Highview Country Singers will give performances at 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. Cost is $7.50 for adults; $7 for seniors and children ages 6-10; free for children under 6.

ing bullheads and ocean perch from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, April 13, at Gossips in downtown Farmington. The meal will include all the fixings, pasta salad, beans and dessert. Tickets are $8 in advance from any Lions member.

Eagan YMCA hosts Healthy Kids Day The Eagan YMCA, 550 Opperman Drive, will celebrate Healthy Kids Day from 6-8 p.m. Saturday, April 27. The event is free and open to the public. Pool and gym activities, family fitness samplers, face painting, a craft project, hands-on CPR, and a Scholastic book fair are some of the activities planned. For more information, go to Yhealthykidsday.org or call 612-230-9622.

Dakota County sending free nitrate test kits to select well owners Free nitrate testing kits will be sent to select well owners in Dakota County. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture provided Dakota County with a grant of $65,348 from Clean Water Land and Legacy Amendment funds for the project, and Dakota County is partnering with an independent laboratory to conduct nitrate tests. Within the next several weeks, MN Valley Testing Lab will mail free nitrate test kits to well owners in Castle Rock, Douglas, Hampton, Marshan, Nininger, Randolph, Sciota, Vermillion and Waterford townships, as well as the cities of Coates, Hampton, Hastings and Vermillion. Well owners in those communities can get their water tested for free by following the instructions in the kit mailed to them. Test results are kept private and will be mailed back to well owners. For more information, call MDAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kimberly Kaiser at 651-201-6280 or Dakota County Groundwater Protectionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jeff Luehrs at 952-891-7553.

More plastics accepted at The Recycling Zone

Dakota County has expanded the list of items accepted at The Recycling Zone. Besides basic plastic bottles and jugs, The Recycling Zone is also accepting yogurt, pudding and fruit cups; margarine, cottage cheese and other plastic tubs; and produce, deli and take-out containers. Cartons such as juice Farmington boxes and soup, wine and Lions fish fry milk cartons are also being The Farmington Lions accepted for free from resiwill hold a fish fry featur- dents and businesses.

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New location a homecoming for dry cleaning clan Clover Cleaners now open on Burnsville Parkway by John Gessner SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

By day, 83-year-old Jane Heitzman runs her son’s dry cleaning store in Burnsville. If customers need alterations or tailoring, she does them by night at her Lakeville home. Jane’s long career in the dry cleaning business found yet another gear when her son, Jack, and his wife, Jody, bought the former Parkway Cleaners at 407 W. Burnsville Parkway and renamed it Clover Cleaners — a name that’s been in her family for more than 40 years. The store, which opened in January, is also a homecoming for the Heitzman clan. Tucked between Great Clips and Burn Premium Cigar Specialists, the new Clover Cleaners occupies the exact spot in the same strip mall where Jane and her late husband, Al, opened a Clover Cleaners 25 years ago. In fact, they were the first tenants in Parkway Plaza Mall when it opened in 1988, said Jane, who views the new store as “just another challenge.” “People say, ‘When are you going to retire?’ I say, ‘retire?’ That’s not in my vocabulary. I’d go crazy,” she said. But the new Clover Cleaners — the fifth in a succession of Heitzman family-owned stores — isn’t a one-woman operation. Jane is ably assisted by two 25-year-old granddaughters, Becky Heitzman and Stephanie

Hero, who each have a decade of experience in the business. Meanwhile, Jack and Jody look after their larger west Bloomington store on Ensign Avenue South, which they bought from Al and Jane in 1988. “You’ve got to work hard,” Jane said, “but it’s not a bad business to be in.” The Heitzman dry cleaning empire dates back to 1947, when Al’s parents started Oxboro Cleaners, Jane said. Al worked in the business but left to manage a dry cleaning store for the G & K Services chain, now a uniform-rental company. In 1972, when G & K offered its employees a crack at buying company stores, Al jumped. But he didn’t want the Edina store he’d been managing, Jane said. He opted for a store at 98th Street and Lyndale Avenue in Bloomington, near where he’d grown up. It was across the street from the original Oxboro Cleaners, which the family had since sold, Jane said. “That was a time when there were cleaners on every corner,” Jack said. “Now they’re few and far between.” The store was in the Clover Shopping Center, so Al and Jane took the name Clover Cleaners and put the family to work. “All the kids took their turns at the counter and helping out in the shop,” Jack said. “There were six kids, and we all worked the counter.” Al and Jane opened

Members of the Clover Cleaners family clan are, from left, Becky Heitzman, Jody Heitzman, Jane Heitzman, Stephanie Hero and Jack Heitzman. (Photo by John Gessner)

four stores in all, including the west Bloomington location and a store on West County Road 42 in Burnsville. Another of their children, Ellen, ran that store, which was sold last year. The couple bought the Burnsville Parkway store after moving from Bloomington to a home in Lakeville near Crystal Lake. They sold the store in the early ’90s after Al, who died 10 years ago, decided to retire. Jane never did. “Jane would float” between her children’s two dry cleaners, Jack said. “She would go and help

Ellen and come and help us.” Jack’s recollection of the Burnsville Parkway location was triggered whenever he visited his accountant, who’s in the same strip mall. The place had cycled through other owners, going by the names of Blue Moon Cleaners and Parkway Cleaners. Last November, Jack called Parkway Cleaners and asked the owners if they were interested in selling. “I was just nosing around,” he said. “I didn’t really want to do anything. I’d gotten close to looking at other proper-

ties and I’d kind of squirrel out of it.” His mother remembers her son’s decision to dive in and buy. “He said, ‘I am my father’s son. The ones who own Parkway, they do want to sell.’ ” First he made sure Jane was interested in running the place. “Jane, she’s 83, but she’s not an 83-year-old,” he said, noting that she works out after work and is active in her church, Church of the Risen Savior in Burnsville. All the cleaning and pressing is done on site at Clover Cleaners, which Jane said wasn’t the case

with the previous owners. “People don’t like that,” she said. “They like it on site. That’s why we’re anxious to get this started.” She’s struck by how much the Burnsville Parkway commercial strip has changed since her first go-around there. “All this stuff, the highrise (office building across the street), the Heart of the City — it wasn’t here,” she said. “We could see all the way downtown (Minneapolis).” John Gessner can be reached at (952) 846-2031 or email john.gessner@ecm-inc.com.

March drive brings in $72,000 and 66,000 pounds of food 360 Communities sees more community energy to help its five food shelves by Theresa Malloy SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

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Because of discounts available to the food shelf, 360 Communities is able to use cash donations to purchase more than $210,000 in groceries. Compton said this is especially helpful in the summer months when demand for food runs higher because families

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Business Briefs Leadership appointment at Think Mutual Chris Barnick has been named vice president of Community Banking for Think Mutual Bank. He will oversee Think’s Twin Cities business organization. Barnick has Chris 14 years of ex- Barnick perience in the banking industry, most recently as director of Branch Services at Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union. Think Mutual Bank has branch locations in Apple Valley and Eagan.

Executives named at Prime Therapeutics Glen Laschober has been appointed chief operating office and Ellyn Hosch has been promoted to chief information officer at Prime Therapeutics, an Eagan-based pharmacy benefit manager. Mostly recently, Laschober was president and CEO at Concorde Career College. He previously served as vice president and chief operations officer at US Oncology and Omnicare. He also held various senior leadership roles at CVS Caremark, Wellinx and ProVantage. Laschober earned a B.S. degree in industrial and manufacturing engineering from the University of Illinois and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago. Hosch joined Prime in 2008 as vice president of application development and support. Prior to joining Prime, she held leadership roles at Diversified Pharmaceutical Services, HealthPartners and UnitedHealth Group. Hosch earned an M.B.A. from the University of St. Thomas and an undergraduate degree from the University of Minnesota.

the massage therapy and mediTwo promoted cal assisting departments. at Burnsville insurance company Credit union Kraus-Anderson Insurance employees donate has named Tom Reuder vice president of sales and Kelly food, funds

Brenna assistant vice president of human resources and benefits services. Reuder has over 25 years of commercial insurance experience. He began with KAI in 1993 as marketing director. He received a B.A. in finance and economics from the University of St. Thomas and has earned his Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter designation. Kelly Brenna has over 20 years of experience in human resources and has served as KAI’s director of HR and benefits services since 2001. Brenna received Twin Cities Business magazine’s ”Five Star Health Insurance Professional Award” from 2010-12, and last year was selected to join the Medica Broker Advisory Council. Brenna earned her certification from the Society of Human Resources, and is a member of the National Association of Health Underwriters and Minnesota Association of Health Underwriters.

Employees at Burnsvillebased US Federal Credit Union raised $4,411.55 in cash and 868 pounds of food donations during the 2013 Minnesota FoodShare Campaign in March. Minnesota FoodShare, a project of the Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches, helps feed families in need and educates the public about the state of hunger in Minnesota.

Eagandale Business Center sold California-based Waba Financial has acquired the Eagandale Business Center, a two-building office development just off of I-494 and Pilot Knob Road in Eagan. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The property will be managed by Anderson Property Management.

University students to earn their degree while simultaneously completing their professional certification from Life Time Academy. Both entities have locations in Lakeville. Students enrolled at Globe University have the opportunity to earn their Health Fitness Specialist bachelor’s degree, Professional Fitness Trainer Program certificate through Life Time Academy and NASM certification credentials. Participating students study at the St. Louis Park Life Time location for lab instruction and application. More information is at www.ltacademy.net.

Antibullying workshop via Skype at Mackin “Bully” author Patricia Polacco will lead a professional development workshop via Skype from 9:30 a.m.-noon Saturday, April 20, at Mackin Educational Resources, 3505 County Road 42 W., Burnsville. Preregister for $25 at www. m y m a c k i n . c o m / s u r v e y s. php?id=15. Cost will be $30 at the door. For more information, contact Amy Baum at 800-245-9540 or amy.baum@ mackin.com.

Breakfast With Champions focuses James Barton wins on sales Flint Hills donates awards The Dakota County Re- to protect wildlife Apple Valley-based James gional Chamber of Com- habitat Barton Design-Build won CotY (Contractor of the Year) Awards in the Residential Interior Specialty and Residential Interior under $150,000 categories and was chosen as the regional winner in the Residential Interior Element category by the National Association of the Remodeling Industry.

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merce’s next Breakfast With Champions will feature sales and marketing expert Sam Richter’s presentation, “Know More! Selling.” The event will be 7:30-9 a.m. Thursday, April 25, at Holiday Inn Express and Suites, 1950 Rahn Cliff Road, Eagan Cost is $20 for members, $30 for nonmembers. To register, contact Jessy Annoni at 651-288-9202 or jannoni@ dcrchamber.com.

Dr. Craig Couillard has been named the faculty member of Life Time, Globe the quarter at the Minnesota School of Business – Lakeville partner for degree campus. Couillard has taught Life Time Academy has a at the Lakeville campus since it new partnership with Globe opened in 2009. He teaches in University that enables Globe

Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend refinery, Rosemount, recently donated $75,000 to Ducks Unlimited to help protect and restore habitat for waterfowl and other wildlife in Minnesota. The gift is the latest commitment from Flint Hills in a 28-year partnership with DU.

BBB calls for 2013 Torch Award nominations The Better Business Bureau of Minnesota and North Dakota (BBB) is calling for nominations for the premier award in business ethics – the BBB Torch Award for Ethics.

Previously called the Integrity Award, the Torch Award for Ethics is bestowed upon companies which display outstanding ethics in their dealings with customers, employees, vendors and their community. All for-profit businesses of any size, owned or operated in Minnesota or North Dakota, are eligible. Nominees must be in good standing with the BBB; however BBB accreditation is not a requirement to compete for the award. The nomination deadline is May 6. Nominations are open to the public. Companies can be nominated online by visiting thefirstbbb.org or by sending the company name, contact name, address, phone number, and email along with the nominator’s name and phone number to: BBB, Attn: Mackenzie Kelley, 220. S. River Ridge Circle, Burnsville, MN 55337; or by faxing the information to 651-695-2487. Company owners or employees may also nominate their own firms. Nominated companies will receive an official entry form from the BBB. An independent panel of judges will decide the award finalists and recipients. Winners will be announced live at the BBB’s 2013 Torch Awards for Ethics ceremony in October.

Grand opening at Bellacu Bellacu, an acupuncture health clinic, is hosting its grand opening celebration on April 18. The clinic is at 1200 Centre Pointe Curve in Mendota Heights. The event will kick off at 4 p.m. with a ribbon-cutting ceremony courtesy of the Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce. Local residents and businesses can stop by any time between 4-7 p.m. for refreshments, acupuncture demonstrations, free giveaways and more. For more information, visit http://bellacu.com or call 651686-0440.

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Taking laundromats into the 21st century New Eagan laundromat features Wi-Fi, satellite television, play area by Jessica Harper SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Residents in Eagan’s Cedar Grove neighborhood have a new place to bring their laundry — and connect to Wi-Fi. The Cedar Grove Laundromat, which opened on March 13 in the Shoppes at Cedar Grove, features much more than washers and dryers. The 2,300-square-foot space includes Wi-Fi, satellite television and a play area for young children. “I wanted to make this a place where I’d want to go do laundry,” said Deb Machacek, who owns and operates the laundromat with her husband, Steve. “We wanted to tailor it to the suburbs.” The mother of four was inspired to bring a play area into the business after noticing one in a doctor’s office. “It’s important to give people things to do, especially kids,” Deb said. Steve Machacek said he views the additional amenities as a way to differentiate the business from others while changing the image of laundromats.

Located at 1969 Silver Bell Road, Cedar Grove Laundromat is within walking distance from nearby apartments. Since opening a month ago, the laundromat has become popular with residents in apartments and single-family homes. “A lot of people who have their own machines like to come here for spring cleaning,” he said. Steve noted that their supersized machines can fit several comforters, rugs and other large items. The laundromat, which is open Monday through Sunday from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., is equipped with 26 machines of varying sizes. The Cedar Grove site is the latest expansion of the couple’s laundromat business. The also own Burnsville Laundromat and Metro Coin Laundry in Burnsville as well as laundromats in Chanhassen and Inver Grove Heights. Before opening their first laundromat in 2003, the couple spent more than a decade as landlords. “I like to remodel things so they look nice,” Steve said. “But with

Eagan residents Steve and Deb Machacek opened the Cedar Grove Laundromat last month in the Cedar Grove neighborhood. The couple own and operate four other laundromats in the south metro as well as rental property. (Photo by Jessica Harper)

apartments you lose control.” Frustrated by the drama that comes with being a landlord, Deb and Steve decided to change focus. “Washer and dryers don’t give us trouble. They don’t pay rent late or trash a place,” Deb said. The couple once

owned about 50 rental units, but have since sold all but three. They said they hope to eventually leave the rental business entirely to focus exclusively on their laundromats. The move wasn’t the couple’s first career change. Deb worked as a flight attendant for 18

years and Steve spent 20 years in the IT field before quitting their jobs to work full time on their businesses. Steve and Deb said they enjoy being their own boss. “If we are successful or not, we are responsible,” Steve said. “We are rewarded by our own hard

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Area Briefs Local groups receive arts grants

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Rosemount DECA team heads to nationals by Jessica Harper SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

A group of eight students will represent Rosemount High School this month in the national DECA competition with the hopes of coming home champions. DECA is a national extracurricular program in which students compete

in business and marketing events. This is the 14th consecutive year Rosemount students have qualified for DECA’s International Career Development Conference, which will be held from April 23 to 28 in Anaheim, Calif. Since 2008, the school has seen two national DECA champions.

“I hope that will continue and I think it will. We have a very talented group,” said Ryan Harrison, DECA adviser for Rosemount High School. “Either way, I think they will do their best and walk out of the events with their heads held high.” Six of the students competing this year qualified for the national

competition by finishing among the top three in their event during DECA’s state competition on March 5 in Minneapolis. While there, they competed against 1,600 students from across the state. RHS senior Amelia Volker said she is excited to compete at nationals for the third consecutive year.

Volker, who has participated in DECA since her freshman year, said she views DECA as a way to prepare for owning her own dental practice someday. Two other Rosemount students were invited to attend the conference but won’t participate in the competition. The group is among

120 students who participate on the Rosemount High School team. The chapter is the largest in the district and seventh largest in the state, said Harrison, who teaches business and marketing at RHS.

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Apple Valley High School earned the team title at the Section 3AA tournament, which was held April 4 at East Ridge High School. The top three finishers in each of the 13 speech events qualified for the state tournament. State qualifiers from District 196 are listed below by school. Apple Valley High School had 15 students qualify for 15 spots at the state tournament: Nader Helmy in Original Oratory – first place; Max Courtright in Creative Expression – first place; Stephanie Lenertz in Great Speeches – first place; Georgia Schmitt in Informative Speaking – first place; Patricia Reeves in Poetry Reading – first place; Moti Begna in Original Oratory – second place; Ian McKeag in Creative Expression – second place; Morgan Potter in Discussion – second place; Rebecca Crepeau in Extemporaneous Reading – second place; Sarah Reagan in Great Speeches – second place; Miriam Kelberg in Informative Speaking – second place; Jordan Larson in Great Speeches – third place; Kelly Fix in Prose Reading – third place; Olivia Schiffman in Storytelling – third place; Jacob Voss in Informative Speaking – third place. Eagan High School had 16 students qualify for 13 spots at state: Sophie Callahan in Discussion – first

place; Justin Wirsbinski in Dramatic Interpretation – first place; Cole Scheller and Quincy Nkwonta in Duo Interpretation – first place; Reid Emmons in Prose Reading – first place; Tarryn Michaelson in Storytelling – first place; Andrew Friedman and Nat Cobbett in Duo Interpretation – second place; Emerald Egwim in Prose Reading – second place; Jacob Guzior in Creative Expression – third place; Yodahe Heramo in Dramatic Interpretation – third place; Alyssa Oakman and Nick Martin in Duo Interpretation – third place; Carly Mau in Extemporaneous Reading – third place; Ben Heying in Humorous Interpretation – third place; Laura Hanzal in Original Oratory – third place. Eastview High School had six students qualify for six spots at state: Alex Leehan in Humorous Interpretation – first place; Erica Floding in Extemporaneous Reading – first place; Ashesh Rambachan in Extemporaneous Speaking – first place; Cuong Duong in Dramatic Interpretation – second place; Perry Abdulkadir in Extemporaneous Speaking – second place; Jack Kurila in Extemporaneous Speaking – third place. Rosemount High School’s Nicole Hutchinson qualified for state by taking second place in Storytelling.

Jessica Harper is at jessica. harper@ecm-inc.com or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

Education Briefs Area students selected for Youth Tour Five local high school students were recently selected to receive an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., sponsored by Dakota Electric Association. The winners are Zachary Eichten, Rosemount High School; Brett Johnson, Farmington High School; Cory Kroonblawd, Concordia Academy; Anna Larson, Christian Life School; and Miranda Lawell, Apple Valley High School. The students will participate in the National Rural Electric Association’s annual Washington, D.C., Youth Tour scheduled for June 14-20. Shivaali Maddali, Eastview High School and Alexa Ochocki, Cannon Falls High School were selected as alternates.

District 196 Community Education District 196 Community Education will offer the following classes. To register, or for more information, call 651-423-7920 or visit www.district196. org/ce. • Mill City Mobs: Gangster Tour, 9 a.m.-5

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tion and higher School of Excellence awards recognize magnet schools that show a commitment to high academic standards, curriculum innovation, successful desegregation/ diversity efforts, specialized teaching staffs, and parent and community involvement. Enrollment at the magnet schools is open to any elementary-aged student in the district through an enrollment application and lottery process which is held each January. For more information about enrollment, go to www. D i s t r i c t 1 9 6 . o rg / M ag netSchools.

All three elementary magnet schools in District 196 – Cedar Park Elementary Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) School, Diamond Path School of International Studies and Glacier Hills Elementary School of Arts and Science – are recognized as schools of distinction for 2013 by Magnet Schools of America. The School of Distinc-

Cup Cafe, Burnsville High School Senior Campus, Diamondhead Education Center, Upper Level D Wing, 200 W. Burnsville Parkway, Burnsville. The event is a fundraiser for BrainPower in a BackPack, Burnsville High School’s youth service project that provides weekend food for elementary school children in ISD 191 who might otherwise go hungry. For a freewill dona-

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District 196 students qualify for state speech Students representing Rosemount-Apple ValleyEagan schools won 35 of the 39 qualifying spots at the Section 3AA tournament and will be competing for medals at the State Speech Tournament for Class AA schools on Friday, April 19, at Blaine High School.

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Church group reaches trafficking victims in India by Laura Adelmann SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Amidst India’s poverty, squalor and suffering they prowl, those who spin lies, to entice families to sell their children with promises of work, money and prosperity. Their false promises were exposed by a group that included Lakeville’s Hosanna Church members and teachers who spent spring break in Aurangabad, India, sharing the truth about human traffickers’ tactics to sell children into slavery. They educated parents, teachers and residents while offering families opportunities to improve their lives and resources to relieve their poverty. Thousands of men, women and children are tricked or abducted from impoverished areas for use as sex or slave labor around the world, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. In 2009, the head of India’s Central Bureau of Investigation estimated that there are more than 1 million children in the commercial sexual exploitation industry in India. Hosanna’s Jim and Adri Carlson are helping to lead a local abolitionist movement, working with other organizations locally and abroad in the fight to free labor and sex slavery victims from the brutalization they endure. In India, the Carlsons and six others worked with the nonprofit organization Hands of Freedom to train teachers who will educate students at a new school planned to open soon. Hands of Freedom offers micro loans, training and mentoring to people there wishing to start their own business such as sewing. A requirement of the program is that their children be enrolled in school; if there is not one available, the organization works

with them to open one or find an alternative. The group of Hosanna volunteers trained staff who will work at a “Hope Center” planned to be located in the red light district, a safe place for children of the workers and away from traffickers. Jennifer Needham, Lakeville, is a Farmington teacher who was part of the trip. She said women are so devalued in that society that most female babies are aborted or killed in infanticide; many of those who end up at orphanages are often sold to traffickers. Living in hopelessness and poverty, the allure of cash compounded with promise of a better life for their children often proves tempting for Indian families, but the Carlsons led a trafficking awareness session warning them of what really happens to children who are sold to traffickers who profit over their repeated rape, torture, manipulation and abuse. “When men come promising great jobs in the city and want to buy your girls, it’s a lie,” Needham said.

Local efforts Young human trafficking victims are also found locally. In Minnesota, homeless youths are approached for sex within 48 hours of becoming homeless, according to Minneapolis rescue organization Source Annex, and there are increasing reports of high school students being coerced into prostitution, many by “boyfriends” whose initial charm morphs into control through lies, threats, beatings, rape and addiction. In Lakeville, awareness of the local human trafficking issue has grown because of the work of the Carlsons and newspaper articles in Sun Thisweek that highlighted the issue. Lakeville police Chief Tom Vonhof has invited Adri and anti-trafficking

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Rosemount’s Mike “The Marine” Richman battles during a Bellator event earlier this year. (Photo by Nelson Trinidad)

Mike “The Marine” Richman (Photo submitted) $100,000 and earned a world-title shot. “I took the defeat with grace,” Richman said. “I’m ready to start healing and training again.” Richman went to the doctor on Tuesday for an X-ray. The doctors ringside suggested it was a boxer’s fracture. His next match hasn’t been scheduled, but he estimated he’ll be back in the ring sometime in midto-late summer. The Bellator season begins in early fall.

ing up to a match, he was training twice a day, six days a week. His training included sparing, juijitsu, wrestling, strength and cardio training with Olympic-style lifting and sprints. During the offseason, Richman said he “only” trains once a day. “You need to schedule that recovery,” he said. Richman’s career started with a 9-0 record during which he forced seven submissions and two technical knockouts mostly in the first round competIn training ing in area Brutaal: Fight In the eight weeks lead- Night bouts.

His rise earned him an invitation to compete with Bellator MMA in 2012, which is the second largest mixed martial arts promoter in the U.S. He’s to the point where this is his full-time job. It didn’t start that way. He was paid $200 for his first professional fight in 2008. “It’s definitely a process,” Richman said. “You have to pay your dues. I was working full time, training and fighting. Now I can pay my bills and do what I love.” Making MMA fighting a career seemed like a natural progression for Richman, who joined Marine Corps when he was 18. It helped with the self-discipline required for the physical and mental demands of training and competing in MMA. “Inside of you, you know what you feel you’re good at,” Richman said.

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Eastview coach inherits a roster with potential Softball team coming off 3rd-place section finish by Mike Shaughnessy SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

It might not have been a scene reminiscent of “The Godfather,” but Trevor Monroe finally got an offer he couldn’t refuse. He was head baseball coach at Rosemount for five years but stepped down after the 2009 season because of family considerations. He said he had not actively been looking for another high school head coaching job and even turned down a few offers. But last summer the timing and circumstances were right and he agreed to become Eastview’s head softball coach. Monroe already was in the high school building as a physical education, wellness and safety education teacher, and he has 15 years of experience coaching

club softball. And when he’s at the field, family won’t be far away. Monroe’s daughter Hailey, a ninthgrader, open-enrolled at Eastview after playing last year for a Farmington team that qualified for the state tournament. Trevor Monroe was an assistant coach at Farmington in 2012. The Lightning went to Disney Wide World of Sports in Florida the last week of March to train during spring break. Monroe said the team looked good in scrimmages against team from other states, although he added some of the competition wasn’t as strong as Eastview will see in the South Suburban Conference. “The biggest thing we have to remind our program, our players and our coaches about is we play in the best conference in the state,” Monroe said.

“No matter how good we think we are, we need to keep improving.” Eastview was 13-9 last season and finished third in the Section 3AAA playoffs. Several key players graduated, but others are back this season, including sophmore Melissa Barry, who will move from outfield to shortstop. Barry was honorable mention all-conference in 2012. The Lightning also has depth in the pitching circle with as many as three candidates. Sophomore Kerrigan Hoshaw got experience during the 2012 playoff run. Junior Mckenzie Hanegraaf is back after missing last season because of an injury. Senior Marissa Leners can pitch and play outfield. Hanegraaf and Hoshaw also can play first base. “I think they’re all going to throw in the circle,” Monroe

said. “They’ve all been doing a nice job.” Sophomore Kara Sjostrom returns at catcher, but might miss some games early because of an injury. Sophomore Julia Luciano, who usually plays third base, will fill in at catcher if Sjostrom can’t play. Leners and infielder Christie Seaberg lead a group of seniors that also features catcher Emily Larson and infielder Rachel Young. Courtney Wissbaum, a sophomore, is the likely starter in center field. Monroe said the ninth-grade class portends a bright future for the softball program and could make an impact this year as well. Hailey Monroe is the only slap hitter and one of the few left-handed hitters in the program. She is likely to start in

left field. Jamie Reynolds is a potential middle-of-the-order hitter. Samantha Gall has a lot of speed and can play several positions, Trevor Monroe said. Ericka Schlosser is a corner infield candidate, and Sydney Jo Dose is a catcher. Bad weather has forced the Lightning to postpone its first four games. Eastview was to play Thursday at Wayzata and its next scheduled game is Monday at home against Burnsville. Monroe said he hopes the regular season will prepare the team for another good run in the playoffs. “Our goal is to get to the final four (in the section),” he said. “A lot of our girls experienced it last year. Once you get there, anything can happen.” Email Mike Shaughnessy at mike.shaughnessy@ecm-inc. com.

Former Eastview coach Eagles’ All-Star goes to Frozen Four Gibbons is assistant at St. Cloud State He also was an assistant coach at a couple of WCHA schools and an assistant coach for an American Hockey League None of the players involved in this team. He was an assistant coach for the weekend’s NCAA Frozen Four men’s U.S. Junior National Team in 2006. hockey championship have Dakota Champs on the mat County ties, but one coach does. That’s Mike Gibbons, who was head Two Apple Valley wrestlers won coach at Eastview High School from championships at the USA Wrestling 1997 to 2007 and now is an assistant Cadet and Junior Folkstyle Nationals coach at St. Cloud State University. The last weekend in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Huskies faced No. 1-seeded Quinnipiac Mark Hall defeated Jacob Cooper of on Thursday night in Pittsburgh, with Springport Wrestling Club 7-2 for the the winner to play Yale or Massachu- 160-pound championship in the Cadet setts-Lowell for the national champion- division. Hall, a freshman, went 48-1 ship at 6 p.m. Saturday. None of this during the high school season and won year’s Frozen Four teams has ever won his third consecutive Minnesota Class the national title. AAA individual championship. Gibbons is an assistant to SCSU Bobby Steveson defeated Sohrab Mohead coach Bob Motzko. The Huskies, vahedi of S. K. Golden Boys Wrestling whose roster has 14 Minnesota natives, 9-5 for the Junior division 182-pound tied for the Western Collegiate Hockey title. Steveson recently moved to Apple Association regular-season champion- Valley from Indiana and is expected to ship. They defeated Notre Dame 5-1 wrestle for Apple Valley High School and Miami 4-1 in the NCAA regionals next winter. in Toledo, Ohio. Apple Valley junior Seth Gross, a Gibbons led Eastview to third place two-time state high school individual in the 2001 state Class AA tournament, champion, took true second in the Juwhich was the school’s first appearance nior division at 132. Dayton Racer was at state. He was a three-time section third at 152 in the Junior division. Kyle coach of the year. Rathman was fourth in the Cadet diviBefore coming to Eastview, he was sion at 88. head coach for one year at Bemidji State, See NOTEBOOK, 14A where Gibbons played college hockey. by Mike Shaughnessy SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Two weeks after helping Apple Valley win its first state high school boys championship, Dustin Fronk (right) played in the 31st Minnesota High School All-Star Basketball Series. Fronk had 18 points – all on three-point baskets – and five rebounds as the Gold All-Stars defeated the Maroon team 130-95 on Friday at St. Cloud State University. (Photo by Bill Jones)

Will youth come through for Apple Valley softball?

Under the boards

Eagles have just one senior in program by Mike Shaughnessy SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Apple Valley’s younger softball players don’t necessarily have to wait their turn. If they show coach Chris Sikich they’re good enough, they can play now. The Eagles have one senior in their program – Karleigh Crepin, who will start the season in the pitching circle. Crepin’s defense will consist of all underclassmen, but several of them already have varsity experience. Sikich takes over as head coach this season after being an assistant coach the last six years. He coached many of the Eagles’ players when they were on his junior varsity team and knows what they can do. “We can have a good season,” Sikich said. “This is a good group of players.” The Eagles had winning records three of the last four seasons, including 13-9 in 2012. Last year, they started seeing better results against teams from the rugged South Sub-

urban Conference. But Apple Valley graduated three all-conference players and two honorable mention all-conference players from that team. It will be up to players such as sophomores Rachel Goodman and Colleen Moore to keep the program moving forward. “They had a lot of varsity at-bats last year,” Sikich said. “Where they’ll fit into the lineup (defensively), we’re not sure yet. But they’ll take some big at-bats for us.” Goodman was honorable mention all-conference last season. Erin Robson, a junior, is likely to play somewhere in the infield. There’s still some inexperience, and it hasn’t helped that the Eagles have been confined to their gym for most of the spring. They did have some workouts at the Irish Sports Dome in Rosemount over spring break. “Ninety percent of the girls stayed here over spring break, so that was nice,” Sikich said. “We got a lot of swings in the (batting) cage

and a lot of reps at the dome.” Sikich said it looks like the players are good at making contact, which is half the battle in softball. Softball offense is more about forcing the defense into mistakes than waiting for extra-base hits. “We have some girls with speed,” the coach said. “We want to make sure our girls aren’t overwhelmed at the plate, that they can get some good at-bats and take advantage of some things.” The Eagles are anxious to try some of the things they learned in practice, but their first three scheduled games were postponed. Prospects for playing Thursday at Eden Prairie appeared iffy. At the time this edition went to press, the Mankato West Invitational was still on for Saturday at Caswell Park. That might end up being the Eagles’ season opener. Email Mike Shaughnessy at mike.shaughnessy@ecm-inc.com.

St. Paul Athena Awards ceremony is Wednesday Apple Valley, Eagan, Eastview, Rosemount athletes among those honored by Mike Shaughnessy SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

The St. Paul Area Athena Awards ceremony is 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 17, at the Prom Center in Oakdale. The Athena Awards recognize metro-area high schools’ top senior female athletes. Apple Valley, Eagan, Eastview and Rosemount are part of the St. Paul chapter; Burnsville High School is part of the Minneapolis chapter,

which will have its ceremony May 3. Jaryn Pipkins, a track and field and basketball standout, is Apple Valley’s Athena Award winner. She has a 3.79 gradepoint average and will compete in track and field at Dartmouth College. Eagan’s winner is Danielle Anderson, whose accomplishments include second place in the 3,200 meters at the 2012 state Class AA track and field meet and fourth in

the 2012 Class AA cross country meet. She will run cross country and track at the University of Minnesota. Eastview Athena Award winner Taylor Tvedt will play lacrosse at Lehigh University. She has been an Eastview lacrosse captain since her sophomore year and has eight letters combined in lacrosse and hockey. The Rosemount Athena Award winner is Hannah Halterman, a three-

sport athlete (soccer, basketball, track) in high school. She will attend the University of North Dakota next fall and play soccer. Halterman has been a team captain in soccer and basketball. Tickets for the St. Paul Athena Awards ceremony are available by contacting Kathy McIntyre at 651-645-1858. Email Mike Shaughnessy at mike.shaughnessy@ecminc.com.

In a rebounding battle between two South Suburban Conference players, Eastview’s Ben Oberfeld gets the ball from Prior Lake’s Carson Shanks at the Minnesota High School All-Star Basketball Series on Friday at St. Cloud State University. Oberfeld had 12 points and 13 rebounds in the Blue All-Stars’ 118-106 loss to the Green team. On Saturday, when the series moved to Macalester College in St. Paul, Oberfeld had 13 points and seven rebounds as Blue defeated Maroon 113-101. Oberfeld has signed to play basketball for Bucknell University. (Photo by Bill Jones)

Solner competes at snowboarding nationals Cole Solner of Apple Valley participated in the United States Amateur Snowboard Association national competition March 30-April 5 at Copper Mountain, Colo. He competed in halfpipe in the boys 10-11 age group, finishing 33rd of 58 riders from across the country. Solner trains with the G Team snowboarding club at Buck Hill.

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Business Calendar To submit items for the Business Calendar, email: darcy. odden@ecm-inc.com. Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce events: • Thursday, April 18, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Lakeview Bank After Hours, joint event with the Burnsville and Lakeville chambers. The 2013 Legacy Award recipients will be honored.

APPEAL, from 1A their alleged involvement in the death of 57-year-old Doreen Dunn of Apple Valley. Dunn, who suffered pain for 10 years following a 1996 medical procedure, used helium asphyxiation to kill herself on May 30, 2007, after joining Final Exit Network. Asphaug ruled that the state law prohibiting “advising” a suicide is unconstitutional beZOO, from 1A capital investment in the zoo and said it is because of state support that it has become a world-leading zoo. Ehmke said the zoo has become much more self-reliant. In the past, operations were funded 60 percent by biennial appropriations. That total has been reduced to 29 percent. Over the past 40 years, the state has invested millions of dollars in capital improvements at the zoo, one of only two stateowned zoos in the nation. These funds, matched by privately raised dollars, over the years have allowed the zoo to provide Minnesotans with memorable visits, while conducting critical conservation research and delivering environmental education through state-of-the-art technology. The zoo is in its 35th year, and its facilities are aging and in need of upgrading, Ehmke said. He emphasized that the focus is on taking care of the existing assets of the zoo. Currently, total asset preservation (infrastructure and exhibit renewal) needs $43.6 million, Ehmke said. He said the 2013 legislative request has

Burnsville Chamber of Commerce events: • Saturday, April 13, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Home Remodeling Fair & Consumer Expo, Burnsville High School. Cost: $200 plus $25 for electricity (if needed) for members; $300 plus $25 for electricity (if needed) for nonchamber members. Free to attend the show. • Thursday, April 18, 4:30-6:30

p.m., Business After Hours, Lakeview Bank Legacy Awards, 9725 163rd St. W., Lakeville. Information: Tom Mork at tmork@lakeview-bank. com. Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce events: • Thursday, April 18, 4-4:30 p.m., ribbon cutting and open house, Bellacu Acupuncture Health Clinic, 1200 Centre Pointe Curve, Suite 375,

Mendota Heights. Information: Jessy Annoni at 651-288-9202. • Tuesday, April 23, 5-7 p.m., open house for Ruthe Batulis, Mendakota Country Club, 2075 Mendakota Road, Mendota Heights. Cost: $15. RSVP to Jessy Annoni at 651288-9202. Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce events: • Friday, April 12, 7:30-8:30 a.m.,

Teacher Appreciation Breakfast, Oak Hills Elementary. • Friday, April 12, 8-8:30 a.m., MN Chamber Conference Call, chamber conference room. • Thursday, April 18, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Networking After Hours, Lakeview Bank – Legacy Awards, 9725 163rd St. W., joint with Burnsville and Apple Valley chambers.

cause the language is overly broad. Additionally, in her ruling the term “encouraging” a suicide was narrowed to only include physical acts or language “promoting or urging” a person to commit suicide. While all charges against Goodwin were dismissed, two other Final Exit Network members – Roberta Massey, 67, of Bear, Del., a Final Exit Network “case coordinator,” and Dr. Lawrence Egbert, 85, of

Baltimore, the group’s former medical director – still face charges. The fourth Final Exit Network member indicted in the case – Jerry Dincin, a Chicagoarea psychologist and former president of the group – died in March and charges against him were dismissed as a result. In the indictment – which included 17 charges against Final Exit Network, among them assisting another to commit

suicide and interference with a death scene – Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom alleged that Egbert and Dincin were present inside Dunn’s home at the time of her death. Robert Rivas, attorney for Final Exit Network, said “Exit Guides” from the organization are often present when the person takes their life but never participate or assist in the act. Rivas has argued that “encouraging” or “advising” a

suicide is covered under free speech and thus a law prohibiting it is unconstitutional. Backstrom said his office will not appeal the dismissal of charges against Goodwin, but will contest the district court’s ruling as it relates to Egbert and Massey, and to Final Exit Network as a corporation.

been pared to $15 million. The zoo request includes three components: • Discovery Bay – Discovery Bay was first built in 1997 and after 15-plus years of saltwater exposure and ongoing use, it has been in need of significant repairs. The zoo last year received $4 million of the requested $7 million to undertake critical maintenance. It’s now asking for $3 million to complete this task. Part of the repair work will help the zoo accept a group of five or six Hawaiian seals, the most endangered seal in U.S. waters. Only 1,100 are left in the wild. The exhibit will be above water and below water. • Snow monkey exhibit – This exhibit is in need of $6.7 million to provide the zoo’s resident population of snow monkeys with a habitat and support areas appropriate for today’s exhibition and animal welfare standards. The exhibit was opened in 1978 “and looks pretty much the same and in need of repair,” Ehmke said. A goal is to create a natural habitat for the monkeys from Japan. Funds, if approved, will be used to complete a renovation design. • Infrastructure needs

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– Repairs to existing state-owned zoo buildings and grounds will consume $5.2 million of the total dollar request. The monies will help keep the buildings and grounds functional and safe. The zoo has identified and prioritized a series of infrastructure repairs needed for its buildings and facilities. These range from replacing sidewalks to behind-the-scenes needs for mechanical system improvements. Ehmke said the Minnesota Zoo is a gateway for STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education. The zoo gets children focused on real things, an educational goal, Ehmke said. The zoo has had an economic impact, as much as $146 million a year, Ehmke said. He said the zoo is always “shovel ready” for asset preservation. “We are taking our place with other major cultural institutions in the state and these funds will allow us to continue and Sen. Carrie Ruud, R-Breezy Point, is intrigued by a grow,” Ehmke said. Minnesota Zoo visitor at a Environment, Economic Howard Lestrud can be Development and Agriculture Division Committee reached at howard.le- hearing last week. The visitor brought by Kevin Weir of the zoo is a slow loris. (Photo by Howard Lestrud) strud@ecm-inc.com.

The folkstyle nationals is considered the first part of the USA Wrestling youth “Triple Crown,” with the other two legs taking place this summer in Fargo, N.D.

Football AllStars Apple Valley wide receiver Steven Wilson, Burnsville defensive back Andrew Herkenhoff and Eastview offensive lineman Michael Backus were selected to play in the Minnesota High School All-Star Football Game this summer. The three will play for the South All-Star team, which will take on the North All-Stars at 1 p.m. June 29 at St. Cloud State University. The South team also will have linebacker Mitch Johnson and defensive lineman Karl Finkel from state Class 6A runner-up Lakeville North. Email Mike Shaughnessy at mike.shaughnessy@ ecm-inc.com.

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an effort to give current bus riders another option and encourage more commuters to start riding buses instead of crossing the Minnesota River with the other 90,000 motorists daily who make the north or south trip in a car. Planners are hoping the Red Line’s no-scheduleneeded convenience and its 30-minute trip time are attractive enough to help reduce traffic congestion on the heavily traveled Cedar Avenue. That trip time is expected to improve if the Minnesota Department of Transportation is successful in completing a more direct bus access to the Cedar Grove station in the next year (see sidebar). Express bus service in the corridor, which won’t change after the Red Line launches, carries nearly 650,000 riders annually. The Met Council projects the Red Line will carry 480,000 passengers by year three of its implementation. Projected weekday ridership is set at 3,650 by 2030 – nearly a million for the year. Abbott says she’s looking forward to the station-to-station service because it is expected to increase the frequency of buses at her stop. Currently, Abbott says her route departs every half hour from Apple Valley, but Red Line buses are expected every 15 minutes during peak travel periods. Running every 30 minutes during off-peak hours, Red Line buses will run from approximately 5 a.m. to midnight, Monday through Friday, and 7:30 a.m. to midnight, Saturday and Sunday at an annual operating cost of $3.2 million. Arlene McCarthy, metropolitan transportation services director for the Met Council, called the Red Line a complement to express service.

being able to read a book (she knocks off about one a week), closing her eyes for a bit, getting to know other riders and exercise. A fare during the rush hours of 6-9 a.m. and 3-6:30 p.m. is $2.25, while other fares are 75 cents. Abbott has used her bus connection to the Mall of America to go to the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport, Burnsville Center, downtown St. Paul and other locations throughout the Twin Cities. She said another benefit of the Red Line will be Sunday service, so she can go to such places for “fun.” Abbott used to drive her car to work for about four years, but a co-worker turned her on to the idea of possibly biking during a portion of her commutes. “Now I promote it with the people I work with,” she said. “I love the time I spend on the bus or riding my bike.”

out goal is to have a total of 13 station stops, extend service to Lakeville and make the Red Line 16 miles long by 2030. Plans are in the works to establish a bus-rapid transit Orange Line along the I-35 corridor. The Minnesota Valley Transit Authority will be restructured in conjunction with the launch of Red Line service to enhance connections with the line. More about those changes will be announced in the coming weeks. Look for a future story to review those changes or go to mvta.com. Communities will plan events to help celebrate the launch of the new service, including a period of time to ride the Red Line for free. More about the Red Line is at www.metrotransit.org/metro-red-line. Email Tad Johnson at tad.johnson@ecm-inc.com.

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PAUL BUNYAN TREE SERVICE, INC. Tree Trimming & Removal Insured 952-445-1812

paulbunyantreeserviceinc.com $0 For Estimate Timberline Tree & Landscape. Spring Discount - 25% Off Tree Trimming, Tree Removal, Stump Grinding 612-644-8035 Remove Large Trees & Stumps CHEAP

651-699-3504

J4OutdoorServices.com

612-275-2574

Code #78

Trimming & Removal Free Estimates & Insured

Guaranteed Results.

Call 612-998-9093

Dependable

Great Service

JOE'S LAWN SERVICE

Commercial & Residential Dethatch Clean-up Mow Aerate Fertilize Reas Rates/Free Ests/Insured

* BLOMQUIST * EXTERIORS

952-894-9221

Liberty Lawn Care Professional Lawn Mowing starts at $25. Spr. Cleanup starts at $59. 952-261-6552

2420

Siding- Roofs-Soffit-Fascia -Gutters- Lic#20172580

612-978-9679

www.blomquistexteriors.com

* Roofing * Siding

Painting

Gutters * Soffit/Fascia

TOPSIDE, INC. 612-869-1177 Licensed * Bonded * Insured 33 Yrs Exp. A+ Rating BBB

*A and K PAINTING*

Int./Ext Painting/Staining & texturing. Free Est. 952-474-6258 Ins/Bond Major Credit Cards Accepted

A Family Operated Business

3 Interior Rooms/$250 Wallpaper Removal. Drywall Repair. Cabinet Enameling and Staining. 30 yrs exp. Steve 763-545-0506

4 Seasons Painting

Roofing/Tear-offs

Free Ests.

Int/Ext Comm/Res 952-997-6888 10% Off

Roofs, Siding, & Gutters

2510

New Construction

BBB Free Est. MC/Visa

No Subcontractors Used.

AJ's Tree Service

952-883-0671 Mbr: BBB Tree Trimming & Removal

Silver Fox Services

A Good Job!!

15 yrs exp.

Thomas Tree Service

Immaculate Clean-up! Tree Removal/Trimming Lot Clearing & Stump Removal Free Estimates 952-440-6104

ArborBarberMN.com

612-703-0175 Mbr: BBB Trimming, Removal & Stump Grinding. TREE SERVICE newbeginnings treeservice.com Receive 10% Discount for all your tree work thru the mo. of March. Remember your Oaks & Elms must be done this month! Free ests 763-250-8227

Window Cleaning

2660

Rich's Window Cleaning Quality Service. Affordable rates. 952-435-7871

Lic/Ins. 952-891-8586

Quality Residential

Painting & Drywall Ceiling & Wall Textures

H20 Damage – Plaster Repair

Wall Paper Removal INTERIOR EXTERIOR

•Ben's Painting•

Will meet or beat prices! Int/Ext, Drywall Repair

Paint/Stain/Ceilings. We accept Visa/MC/Discvr.

952-432-2605 DAVE'S PAINTING and WALLPAPERING Int/Ext • Free Est • 23 Yrs Will meet or beat any price! Lic/Ins Visa/MC 952-469-6800

Visit www.sunthisweek.com for updated news.

Re-Roofing & Roof Repairs – Snow & Ice Removal - 30 Yrs Exp Insured - Lic#20126880 John Haley #1 Roofer, LLC. Call 952-925-6156

TURN YOUR CAR INTO CASH!

Window Cleaning 651-646-4000 3000

Merchandise Antiques

3010

Spring Sale

Sun•Classifieds 952-846-2000 Painting

2420

A Fresh Look, Inc. Interior/Exterior Painting by the Pros Bonded & Insured Free Est. • Senior Discounts

Fri.-Sun., April 12 - 14 Antiques on Mainstreet 913 Mainstreet Hopkins, MN 952-931-2144 Mon-Sat 10-6; Sun 12-5

Vanity & Chest of Drawers American Walnut veneers on solid. Circa 1920's. Good cond. Call 651-463-2186

Having a Garage Sale?

612-825-7316/952-934-4128 www.afreshlookinc.com

Tree Service

2620

Modern Landscapes •Retaining Walls •Paver Patios •Design & Installation “Committed to Excellence” 612-205-9953 modernlandscapes.biz

11 Vintage Shops within minutes - 7 in Carver & 4 in Chaska 3 Days Every Month!

April 18, 19, 20

Thurs (10-5); Fri-Sat (10-4) Antiqs, Vintage & Seasonal Facebook: The Occasional Shops of Carver & Chaska

* Quality * Quality *

8628 Langley Ct

Wed., April 10 2-7pm Thurs., April 11 9-5 Fri., April 12 9-3

Antique Furniture, Vintage Tonka Trucks, Dinning Room Set, Tools, Toro Lawn Mower, Craftsman Cabinets, Worklights, shop vac & tools, Dishes, Estate Home Decor, Treadmill, Sales Books, Fall & Christmas Apple Valley Moving Sale Decor, LL Bean Breaded April 18-19-20 (8-4). Furn., Area Rugs, HO Gauge childrens books, misc. Train Track & Accessories., Infinity Stereo items. 14326 Glenda Dr. Speakers & Equipment, Clothing, Mens Vintage To Place Your Sale Ad Schwinn Varsity 10 speed Contact Jeanne at bike, Womens Schwinn 952-392-6875 Bike, Standing Bike Rack, Deadline: Mondays at 3pm Stihl gas blower, trimmer & hedger

3130

3160

New In Plastic!! $150 MUST SELL!! 763-360-3829

Misc. For Sale

Lakeville: ECFE Kids' Stuff Sale Sat., 4/20 (8am2pm). $1 adm until 10am; 50% off at 11:15am-1pm; $5 Bag Sale 1:30-2pm. Kenwood Trail MS 19455 Kenwood Trail, Lakeville www. lakevilleECFEsale.com

2000 Toro 52” Walk Behind Mower. Runs great! Plymouth: Wayzata HS Kawasaki eng., $800/BO. Annual Band Sale 4955 Peony Ln. N., Sat., 4/20 Call 651-248-5742 (8-2) in HS cafeteria. All 75 Gal. Aquarium wood- donations tax deductible & en stand etc. All access. accepted Fri., 4/19 (2:30-7:30) $90 612-991-0910 Had to downsize, furniture in storage, must sell! Elegant dining room table + 8 chairs (originally $4,600; selling for $1,800). Couch-extremely comfortable, good shape ($100). Couchbought from Hom Furniture in 2006, great shape ($400). Oversized living room chair, great shape ($200) High quality, sectional couch w/ottoman, suede and leather ($900). 612-802-6256 Sunsetter Awning green motorized 15' wide $800 612-250-1699

3500

Burnsville - Twin Home

for lease. Avail. May 1st 3BR, 2 full bath, 1250 sq ft. $1295+utils. 612-978-6227 Duplexes/Dbl Bungalows For Rent

5300

Fgtn: 4/5 BR, 2 BA, 2000sf + w/o bsmnt. All new: hdwd flrs, SS appls. & more! Lg yd, $1295/mo + utils 507-271-1170

Houses For Rent

5400

AV/LV: Rent w/opt buy. 4BR, 3 BA, $1600 /mo. Avl 4/15. 952-393-7615

Apartments & Condos For Rent

6400

ANNUAL HUGE SALE

Emerson Church

7601 Girard Ave So., Richfield

Apple Valley: ZOO Neighborhood Sale •Furn. •HH •Clths & Much More! McAndrews Rd & Foliage Ave. 5/2, 5/3, 5/4 8am-4pm

Bloomington: 4709 Heritage Hills Dr. 4/19-20 (9-4). Everything Must Go! Burnsville Moving Sale 12524 33rd Ave. So. 4/11-12 (8-5) Furn, HH, X-mas, more

Eagan 75+ Families!

All Saints Lutheran Church - 3810 Lexington

Ave. S. (Lexington & Wescott) 4/19 (8-5:30) & 4/20 (8-4) Eagan Moving Sale: 4/12 (9-5), 4/13 (9-1) Furn: Antiq. rocker, 2 Qn BR sets, comp. desk, wrt. iron kitch tbl & chairs, LR sofa & chair, end tbl, Kirby vacumn. Crafts/art: painting storage shlvs. 8' x 4'; artist's work tbl, (9) storage unit drwrs, light tbl. Tools & equip: Keller step ladder, 10' ext. ladder, elec. leaf blower, lawn edger, shop vac., and misc tools! 3899 Worchester Drive Edina - Friends of Southdale Library Book Sale Huge selection incl. Kids books! Friends Members preview 4/18 (5-8pm) Sale:

4/19-20 (10-4); 4/21 (12-4) $5 bag day 7001 York Ave. S. Elko: Moving Sale! 26700 Woodcrest Court 4/19 & 20th 9-5pm. Tools, guns, furn & lots more! EXCELSIOR – Moving 5500 Maple Heights Rd.

Thurs-Sat, 4/18-20 (8-5)

Furn., clock, tools / yard, small applcs, plants, gaming

Farmington: 19461 Elmwood Circ. April 19, 20 & 27th 9-5pm. Lots of stuff! Come check us out! Kingsview La N. 4/12-14, 9a-6p. (494/Carlson Pkwy)

Tree Service

7000

Real Estate Apartments & Condos For Sale

7400

8100

St. Anthony:

Patriots Marching Band Fundraiser Sale - 4/20 (9-6); 4/21 (9-4)) Bag Day St. Anthony Highschool

3303 33rd Ave NE

For info: 612-706-1095

3700

Leisure

3720

Boats, New & Used

Chrysler 17ft, fiberglass open bow-tri hull, Good Cond. *New price $875 612-825-6283

Apple Valley/Lakeville border: 3 BR, 2 BA dbl wide. Avail. immed. $17,900 Financing avail. 612-581-3833

Burnsville: Rambush Estates

1340 sq ft Manuf. Home One level living. Garden tub in master bath. W/D in home. Deck. $1270/mo.

952-890-8440

RADON

Digital Testing 612-865-2879

Pets

3970

Fem. Cockatiel $100. Less than 2 yrs old. 952-8944734

4000

Homes for Sale

8400

Agriculture/ Animals/Pets

3900

Sat, April 20 (8am - 2pm) $1 / Bag Sale from 2-3pm

Fgtn: 1 BR Apt. laundry, Sec. Bldg. $535 incls. Utils. Car plug-in. 507-271-1170

2BR, 2BA $775/1200 SF, 1 BR $625 800 SF, DW, AC, large balcony, Garage $40mo Brookside Apartments 16829 Toronto Ave. SE, St. Alphonsus Parish Prior Lake MN 7031 Halifax Ave N. 612-824-7554 $3 per person Pre Sale: 4/12 (5-9pm) Sale: 4/13 (9Manufactured 2pm) 4/14 (9-2pm) $3 per bag Homes

Garage Sales

Richfield

2620

Senior Rentals

Furnishings

QN. PILLOWTOP SET

3260

Rentals

Huge Moving 5100 Sale

Family Care Child Care

4100

9000

Employment Help Wanted/ Full Time

9100

Diesel Mechanic Foreman: Great Pay / Benefits. APPLY www. durhamschoolservices.com or stop by 3100 West Hwy 13 Burnsville, MN 55337

Farmington Fun Loving! Lic'd. Ages 2 +. PreFinish Carpenters school prog. Theme days. Schwieters Companies is Kelly 651-460-4226 hiring entry level to expeFarmington PT/FT Day- rienced finish carpenters. care 2yrs+. Drop in avl. Top Benefits & Pay: Kathy (651) 463-3765 tools/medical/dental/401k Farmington: Lic'd 10 yrs majority of work on west exp! Opngs. Inf-Schl. Age. & south side of metro area. Not required to go to office. MVES. 651-463-4918 Please call 612-328-3140 to schedule an interview. Turn your unneeded items in to www.finishcarpenters.com

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952-846-2000 Pets

3970

Mig and Tig Welders Up to $20/hr 651-774-9675

Pets

3970

NINA AND NINO ARE BEST FRIENDS Nina and Nino are Chihuahuas that are best friends and want to stay together. They are 4 and 5 years old and wonderful at only 3-4 lbs each. Adoption fee is $500 for the pair. Call volunteer Stacey with Last Hope at 651-414-9939 to meet them or come to the adoption day this Saturday at the Apple Valley Petco from 11-3. You can also see many other dogs and cats looking for permanent, loving homes!

Last Hope, Inc. (651) 463-8747 www.last-hope.org

5100

Senior Rentals

Roofs, Siding, & Gutters

2510

General Contractors Storm Damage Restoration Roofing ■ siding ■ windows Established 1984

(763) 550-0043 (952) 476-7601 (651) 221-2600

30+ Yrs Exp /Owner Operator

763-420-3036 952-240-5533 Offering Complete Landscape Services

2100

The Original

Roofs, Siding, & Gutters

N ATTENTIO SENIORS! Senior Discounts

Water Features & Pavers.

2100

Cement, Masonry, Waterproofing

2510

RETAINING WALLS

alandscapecreations.com

3500 Vicksburg Lane Suite 400-351 P l y m o u t h , M N 5 5 4 4 7 Lic # 6793

Cement, Masonry, Waterproofing

Senior Rentals

5100

We Specialize In:

Child Care Providers

Licensed

(MN# BC215366) •

Lawn & Garden

Mowing • Fertilizing Weed Control Landscaping

READERS’ CHOICE

Bonded • Insured

2490

Awards www.MinnLocal.com

www.fertilawnmn.com Bloomington, MN • 952-884-7331

3050

Boutiques/Craft Shows & Gifts

Hastings Armory

River Valley Boutique

Senior Discount! License # BC637738 Insured www.constructivesolutionsllc.com

Voted #1 Lawn Care Company by Sun Readers

Boutiques/Craft Shows & Gifts

Heart Promotions 651-438-3815

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LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED SINCE 1978

3050

Saturday, April 20 9am-3pm

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Awards

Lawn & Garden

Boutiques/Craft Shows & Gifts

952-846-2000

Powerwashing

2490

Powerwashing

2490

Powerwashing

Free Estimates

2360

3050

THINK SPRING Arts&Crafts Show

www.gardnerconcrete.net Family Owned & Operated

2 BRs available

Hwy. 316 South, Hastings, MN

READERS’ CHOICE

612-824-2769 952-929-3224

Apartments

651-463-2511

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612-810-2059 Kevin

• Buckling Walls • Foundation Repair The • Wet Basement Repair Origina • Wall Resurfacing • Garage/Basement Floors

Spruce Place Senior

Great Service Affordable Prices

QUALITY SERVICE Since 1949

Concrete & Waterproofing, Inc.

2360

5000

Eden Prairie

Advertise your sale with us Plymouth Estate Sale, 100

952-846-2000

Lic. #BC626700

Antiques

Vintage Occasional Sales

AB LANDSCAPING Spring clean-ups, shrub trimming, mulch work, perennial gardens & general landscaping. Call Al 952-432-7908

SANDING – REFINISHING Roy's Sanding Service Since 1951 CALL 952-888-9070

The Origina

absolutetreeservicemn.com

3010

Edging, Mulch, Rock, Plantings

Troy's Decks & Fence Free Est./Lic BC581059 New/repairs 651-210-1387

The Origina

651-338-5881

Absolute Tree Service Exper. prof., lic., Ins. Reas. rates.

www.rooftodeckmn.com

& STAINING

Credit Cards Accepted 100% Satisfaction Guar!

Tree Service

2620

Professional and Prompt

Landscaping

2350

RICHTER Landscaping, LLC Retaining Walls, Pavers,

Fencing

2210

Specializing in residential & commercial repairs & maintenance. Fully insured. Lic#20639540

651-815-4147

Electric Repairs

2180

Jack of All Trades Handyman

Al & Rich's Low Cost Stump Removal, Portable Mach. Professional tree trimming & removal. ◆ ◆ 952-469-2634 ◆ ◆

Fertilizer/Weed Control Lawn Care/Landscaping Irrigation/Blowouts Concrete

DECK CLEANING

HANDYMAN

Carpentry, Remodeling, Repair & Painting Services. I love to do it all! 612-220-1565

Stump Removal

20+ Yrs Experience Roggenbuck Tree Care, LLC. Licensed-Bonded-Insured Call (612)636-1442

952-484-3337 Call Ray * Decks * Basements *Kitchen/Bath Remod *Roofing & Siding *All Types of Tile Free Quotes & Ideas

Lic #BC156835 • Insured

2600 LLC

R.A.M. CONSTRUCTION Any & All Home Repairs

R&J Construction

Tear-offs & New Construction Siding & Gutters Over 18 yrs exp. Free est. Rodney Oldenburg

Full Interior & Exterior www.ktpainting.com

952-292-2261

premiereonelandscapes.com

Call 651-695-1230

Specializing in drives, patios & imprinted colored & stained concrete. Interior acid stained floors and counter tops.

Why Wait Roofing LLC

612-210-5267 952-443-9957

•FREE ESTIMATES •INSURED

$40 Lawn Aerations

Dale 952-941-8896 office 612-554-2112 cell

❖ Lowell Russell ❖ ❖ Concrete ❖ From the Unique to the Ordinary

Landscape Concrete Hardscapes

Roofs, Siding, & Gutters

2510

BOB’s Commercial and residential pressure washing Decks strip & seal, roof washing, house washing, concrete cleaning and staining. Full exterior washing.

Our job is to make you look good!

763-225-6200

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Spring 2013 Show April 11-21 Buck Hill Ski Chalet 15400 Buck Hill Road Burnsville, MN 55306 For more information: Jodi Francisco (612) 247-0600 Janine Kusnierek (612) 532-3255 Email: rivervalleyboutique@gmail.com www.rivervalleyboutique.weekly.com Like us on Facebook! Seasonal • Gift Items • Home Decor • Jewelry and Accessories • Edibles Credit Cards Accepted • No Strollers Please • We Stock New Items Daily

SUN THISWEEK - Apple Valley April 12, 2013 17A

9100

Administrative Assistant

Help Wanted/ Full Time

Academic Advisor

Mackin Educational Resources is looking for a FT, Admin. Asst. M-F, Days. Must have Adv. Microsoft Excel/ Word. Excellent written and communication skills, Great phone skills a must. For further details go to www.mackin.com employment link Warehouse/Production

Material Handler Seasonal 2nd Shift 12:00pm to 9pm Duties include receiving, storing, shipping and building loads. Must be able to operate a forklift. Other daily distribution yard duties as required. Must have high school equivalent. Please send resume to: Boise Building Material, 8714 215th Street W. Lakeville, MN 55044 or fax to 952-469-2692 or E-mail to JudyNorman@bc.com Boise is an Equal Opportunity Employer

LAKEVILLE

Dual Position Class B CDL Driver & Concrete Manufacturer Competitive Wages! FULL BENEFITS For more information Call (800) 672-0709 Monday thru Friday 8 am - 4 pm To Apply Submit resume to:

Email: hr@brown-wilbert.com or FAX: (651) 842.3493 or Mail to: Brown-Wilbert, Inc. 2280 N. Hamline Avenue St. Paul, MN 55113

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South Central College Assist in the development and implementation of off-campus recruiting activities Facilitate the college admissions process for prospective and re-entering students Provide academic advising for Liberal Arts students pursuing an AA degree Assist in the development and implementation of student engagement and retention strategies Coordinate Accuplacer college readiness assessment

For complete details and qualifications see www.southcentral.edu Click on Quick Links, Employment/HR SCC is an equal opportunity, affirmative action educator and employer and a member of MnSCU.

Automotive Sales Burnsville Volkswagen Great opportunity to join the Luther family of dealerships at our new state of the art facility. Significant income potential selling new and used vehicles at the metro's #1 VW dealer in customer satisfaction for the last two years. VW is one of the fastest growing auto companies around. Our sales consultants averaged over 200 units each in 2012! Be proud of what you sell with Consumer Reports best picks, 40+ MPG diesels, and IIHS top safety picks. Aggressive pay plan and great benefits including 401k, medical, and dental. Auto sales experience preferred. Call Tim Wilkins or Tom Walsh at 952-8929400 or submit an application online at www.lutherauto.com and click on employment.

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Production Manufacturers/ General Warehouse Work in our door shop assembling prehung door units using industry machinery and power tools. Exp in a door shop pref but not required. Qual include ability to lift heavy objects unassisted on a repetitive basis, operation of wood working equip and inventory scanners. Also hiring for a warehouse product pullers. Qual are same as above. Good oral and written skills and ability to work as part of a team a must. Pre-employment physical and drug screening required. Interested applicants should mail resume to:

J. B. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Meara Co. Attn: Bob Benson 12301 Dupont Ave S Burnsville, MN 55337 Or email to: bbenson@jbomeara.com No agencies please

IMMEDIATE NEED! *BURNSVILLE BRANCH*

ALL experience levels encouraged to apply! Outside Sales Representative Salary + Comm. General Laborers â&#x20AC;˘ Lawn Care Specialists Hourly+ x 1/2 +Comm. Benefits: Full Time/Paid Training & benefits youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d expect from the U.S. Industry Leader! Required to pass: Drug screen, background & motor vehicle record checks. APPLY TODAY! Call Christy to schedule an interview at 612-490-5849 or contact her via email at: christyswecker@ trugreenmail.com or apply online at www.jobs.trugreen.com AA/EOE/M/F/V/D

LIGHT MANUFACTURING WinCraft, a leader in the professional sports market, has expanded its business and has created opportunities to join our team. WinCraft has a continued philosophy of commitment to manufacturing the finest quality products, offering value for our customers and providing exceptional customer service for 52 years.

Jimmy John's Hiring delivery drivers, cashiers, sandwich makers & entry level managers. Day, night, weekends. 1615 Co. 42. Burnsville 952-435-5400 LOVE TO WRITE? Motivated? Creative? School friendly hours. Balance career and family you can have it all! www.publicity.com /careers/openings/ Call Cynde at 612-798-7218 MANAGEMENT TEAM TWIN CITIES AREA MINI STORAGE Couple needed for immediate opening. Mostly indoor heated Mini Storage. Large Apt.+Salary+Ins.+ Bonuses. OFFICE DUTIES: Computer knowledge, Billing, filing & Collections SITE MANAGEMENT General maintenance cleaning & security. Send resume to: Sharbo, Inc 670 Pelham Blvd Ste.201 ST Paul, MN 55114 or e-mail:office@popp.net

OTR Flatbed Driver Home most weekends. Late model equipment. Full benefits. Drivers can take their truck home. Allow one small pet. Commercial Transload of MN, Fridley. Contact Pete: psandmann@ctm-truck .com or 763-571-9508 Professional Sales Rep needed. Requirements: friendly, motivated, good communicator, organized, working vehicle. DOORTO-DOOR sales to homeowners. Knowledge of construction industry helpful. Salary+commission+bonu ses. Send resume to: info@tpcmn.com

Veterinary Asst.

Seeking a caring, dependable, multi tasker with great people skills. FT plus every other Sat. AM. Drop off, or email resume to Southfork Animal Hospital Lakeville, MN 55044 techs@southforkvet.com

FT position with unlimited earning potential consists of selling used automotive parts. We are looking for a self motivated, courteous sales professional to join our team. Must have excellent computer skills, be detail oriented and have the ability to work with customers on the phone and in person. Hours: 7:30am to 5 pm Monday thru Friday. Starting Pay $15/hr and up depending upon experience, with transitioning to commission based pay. Email resume to: rick.metro@ integraonline.com or Apply in Person at: Metro Auto Salvage 11710 E. 263rd St. Lakeville, MN 952-461-8285

9200

Help Wanted/ Full Time

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Help Wanted/ Part Time

Care needed for elderly woman, lifting, transferring and bathing is needed. Night & Overnight hrs Call 952-451-7663

DRIVERS SCHOOL BUS

Full Time Sales

Help Wanted/ Part Time

Are you heading into retirement or are you a homemaker and looking for a 4 to 6 hour position? We need safety conscious people, who like working with children. Bloomington Public Schools is offering paid training, health and dental insurance, pension plan, sick time, paid holidays, flexible hours. Pay is $14.44- 17.18/hr. Please call for applications: (952) 681-6323 www.Bloomington.k12. mn.us/ About BPS/Job Opportunities

Fantasy Gifts Salesclerk

Burnsville location 2125 Highway 13 Lakeville location 11276 210th St. Evenings and weekends. Part time, set schedule. Applications at store or Send resume to: Helpwanted@ fantasygifts.com

MAKE a DIFFERENCE in the LIFE of a Senior: â&#x20AC;˘ PT Mornings, Evenings, and Overnights â&#x20AC;˘ Companionship, Meals, Errands, Light Housekeeping, Transportation, Med Reminders, Personal Care. To apply visit: www.homeinstead.com/505 and click on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Become a CAREGiverâ&#x20AC;? Or call: 952-767-6596

Book Processors & Shelvers Needed Attention to detail required. Friendly casual environment. Seasonal Pos. days & eveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hrs, 8am â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 8pm. For more info go to www.mackin.com â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Employment

PT CAREGIVERS Awake Nights 8 pm - 8 am Thursday, Friday & Saturday

Call Rob at 612-670-1380 9250

Help Wanted/ Full & Part Time

9250

Help Wanted/ Full & Part Time

Needed Grades 7-12 Previous classroom exp. required. Private school Lakeville. Email; ron@ipcincorp.com

is currently experiencing rapid growth in our public transit division We are now hiring for:

Transit Drivers Full Time & Part Time Monday - Friday Please Apply at: 3600 Blackhawk Rd, Eagan or 11550 Rupp Dr, Burnsville Visit www.schmittyandsons.com for on-line application and more employment opportunities. 952-985-7516 Pre-employment drug test required. EOE

9810

Junkers & Repairable Wanted

$$$ $200 - $10,000 $$$ Junkers & Repairables More if Saleable. MN Licensed

www.crosstownauto.net

612-861-3020 651-645-7715

Medical Clinic Cleaner, Part time day shift Mon- $225+ for most Vehicles Free Towing day thru Friday 11:00 am 651-769-0857 to 3:00 PM $10.00/hour. Time is split between clinTrailers ics in Eagan and Apple Valley. Entry level position, requires a personal vehicle. Apply online WANTED! Boat or utility trailers. Old, used or browww.bweclean.com ken. CASH. 651-431-8016

9860

PT HHA/PCA/HMKR

positions in Southern Metro. Apply at Alliance Health Care 2260 Cliff Rd. Eagan, MN 55122 M-F 8:00am4:00pm or call us at 651-895-8030 for more information. Reliable HCAs for Rsmt & BV group homes. Wkend hours. 651-452-5781 Window Cleaners Wanted: Will train, start at $10$15/hr. Ladder exp. a plus. 952-431-5521

9250

Help Wanted/ Full & Part Time

Cook Needed PT/FT hrs. Exp. pref. Please contact Vicki 651-757-6508 Firehouse Grille hiring cooks & dishwashers Call 952-461-4600 for info.

Houseaides FT & PT

Community Assisted Living is looking for FT & PT Houseaides to work in our residential homes taking care of 5/6 Seniors in Farmington & Apple Valley. We have openings on Evenings and Awake Overnights. All shifts include E/O weekend. Previous direct care experience is preferred. Call 952-440-3955 for application address.

Detailer /Lot Person

Dodge of Burnsville seeks an energetic, motivated, detail oriented person to perform misc. duties incl. washing and detailing new & used vehicles and maintaining car & truck inventory. Minimum 18-yrs old. Must have clean driving record.

Apply in Person I35W & Cliff Road

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• April 13, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Sassy Sista’s Boutique – Old Chicago, 14998 Glazier Ave., Apple Valley. • April 13, 10:15 a.m.-3:15 p.m., Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville. • April 13, Wescott Library, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. • April 16, 1-7 p.m., Lutheran Church of Our Savior, 14980 Diamond Path, Rosemount. • April 16, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Family of Christ Lutheran Church, 10970 185th St. W., Lakeville. • April 17, 2-7 p.m., Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 151 E. County Road 42, Burnsville. • April 19, 12:30-5:30 p.m., Easter Lutheran Church – By The Lake, 4545 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan.

To submit items for the Arts Calendar, email: darcy. odden@ecm-inc.com. Books “One Yard Wonders” authors Rebecca Yaker and Trish Hoskins, 7-8 p.m. Thursday, April 18, at Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. M. R. Tain, author of “Peace, Man,” book signing, 10:30 a.m.-noon Saturday, April 20, Jo Jo’s Rise & Wine, 12501 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Comedy Julian McCullough with Nick Rutherford, 7 and 9:30 p.m. April 26-27, Mystic Lake Casino. For mature audiences. Tickets are $19 at www.mysticlake.com. Comedy for Caring, 8 p.m. Saturday, April 27, at Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave. Features The Second City comedy troupe from Chicago. Sponsored by the Burnsville Rotary. Tickets are $39 and are available at the box office and at ticketmaster. com.

Now in its 21st year, Music in the Zoo returns this summer with three months of concerts in the Minnesota Zoo’s outdoor amphitheater. American folk singer Joan Baez (above) opens the concert series on June 6; also among the 20-plus shows booked this summer are Melissa Etheridge, Pat Benatar, Cheap Trick and Brian Wilson. The full schedule can be found online at www. suemclean.com/zoo. Tickets, ranging in price from $28 to $75, go on sale April 27 at all Ticketmaster locations. (Submitted photo by Dana Tynan)

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family calendar To submit items for the Family Calendar, email: darcy.odden@ecm-inc.com. Friday, April 12 Little Black Dress event for women, 7-10 p.m., Celebration Church, 16655 Kenyon Ave., Lakeville. Guest speaker: Wendie Pett, fitness and nutrition expert. Entertainment: Holly Berry, flutist. Appetizers and specialty dessert bar, boutique. Tickets: $25 at www.celebrationchurch.net or 952-8987200.

Catholic Church, 22120 Denmark Ave., Farmington. Tickets: $6.50 in advance, $7 at the door. Children 5 and under are free. Call Mary at 651-4606141 for tickets. Hosted by the Knights of Columbus Ladies Auxiliary.

Monday, April 15 Guardianship workshop for families of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, 6-8 p.m. at MRCI, 15191 Boulder Court, Rosemount. Free. RSVP by April 12 to Dena Felper of The Arc Saturday, April 13 Greater Twin Cities at 952-915Home Remodeling Fair & 3665 or denafelper@thearcgtc. Consumer Expo, 10 a.m.-4 org. p.m., Burnsville High School, 600 E. Highway 13, Burnsville. Wednesday, April 17 Free. Information: www.burnsApple Valley South MOMS villechamber.com/. Club (Moms Offering Moms Support) meeting, 9:30 a.m. at Sunday, April 14 Christus Victor Church, 7510 Lakeville Lions breakfast Palomino Drive, Apple Valley. buffet, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Heritage For more information, email Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. All- momsclubofapplevalleysouth@ you-can-eat pancakes, scram- live.com. bled eggs, sausage, doughnuts, beverage. Adults: $8. Thursday, April 18 Ages 4-10: $4. Under 4: Free. Empty Bowls for Full BelAll-you-can-eat Belgian lies, fundraiser for BrainPower waffle breakfast, 8:30 a.m.- in a BackPack, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., 12:30 p.m., St. Michael’s Campus Cup Cafe, Burnsville

High School Senior Campus, Diamondhead Education Center, Upper Level D Wing, 200 W. Burnsville Parkway. Free-will donation for a soup and bread meal and a handmade pottery bowl. Information: https://sites. google.com/a/isd191.org/emptybowls. Free Alzheimer’s workshop, “Techniques to Handle Challenging Behaviors/Activities to Encourage Engagement” combination class, 10 a.m.-noon, Home Instead Senior Care, 1600 E. Cliff Road, Burnsville. RSVP: http://alzheimerscare34april.eventbrite. com/# or 952-882-9300. Gotta go ... again? Treatments for female incontinence, 6:30-7:30 p.m. at Fairview Ridges Hospital, Conference Rooms A and B, 201 E. Nicollet Blvd., Burnsville. Free, but registration required at fairview.org/bladdertalk or 612672-7272.

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South Metro Chorale concerts South Metro Chorale will present “Schubert Meets Copland” at 7:30 p.m. on May 3 at Shepherd of the Lake Lutheran Church in Prior Lake and

at 3 p.m. on May 5 at St. Richard’s Catholic Church in Richfield. Tickets are $10 ($8 students/seniors) and can be purchased by calling 612-386-4636. Visit www.SouthMetroChorale. org for more information.

Atina Diffley to present at Lawshe Atina Diffley, author, farmer, and organic farming advocate, will be the presenter at Lawshe Memorial Museum, 130 Third Ave. N., South St. Paul, at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 25. The event by the Dakota County Historical Society is free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.dakotahistory.org or call 651-552-7548.

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teen poets set in the county In celebration of National Poetry Month, Caponi Art Park and Learning Center, Eagan, will host poetry programming for aspiring teen poets in collaboration with the School of Environmental Studies, Dakota County Library, and the Apple Valley Teen Center. All poetry programs are sponsored by Valley Natural Foods. Caponi Art Park is working with two senior students at the School of Environmental Studies in Apple Valley to coordinate teen poetry slam programming. The Apple Valley Teen Center will host Poetry Jam from 4-6 p.m. Friday, April 19, as part of the program. Youth in grades six through 12 can stop by for poetry writing, reading, and snacks. Staff will be on hand and prize drawings will be awarded. Caponi Art Park and Learning Center and the Dakota County Library will also host a screening of “Louder Than a Bomb” from 6-9 p.m. Saturday, April 20, at the Teen Center. The documentary chronicles the story of four teams of poets preparing for and competing in the world’s largest youth poetry slam. The program will culminate in the Poets in the Park Teen Poetry Slam from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, May 5, in Caponi Art Park’s Theater in the Woods outdoor amphitheater. The event will feature a spoken-word poetry competition emceed See BRIEFS, next page

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Thisweekend Local author enshrines family’s story in ‘A Mile of Dreams’ Rosemount native Jim Trevis featured at April 16 author event journalism degree from the University of Minnesota, and now works as the marketing and communications director at a Minnesota-based health care nonprofit.

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Jim Trevis’ first novel, “A Mile of Dreams,” turned out to be a special “goodbye gift” for his dad. Trevis, who grew up on a small dairy farm just south of Rosemount in the 1960s, says the book is a fictional account of his early family life, and the novel’s main characters are loosely based on himself and his parents, Walter and Marie Trevis. “The book has taken on a great personal meaning for me,” he writes on his website, trevisbooks. com. “I received my first copy the same day I found out my 94-year-old dad had ‘weeks’ to live. He started reading the book and loved it, saying it reminded him of happier times on the farm. “He died without finishing it, but the book is in his casket and I know he has read it and is sharing it with the other angels in heaven.” Trevis, who will be featured at the April 16 “Meet the Author” event at the

Free classical concert set for April 14 Violinist Tarn Travers and pianist Matt McCright have a special free concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 14, as part of the Open Door Music series in Eagan. The concerts are held at Saints Martha and Mary Episcopal Church, 4180 Lexington Ave. S., to benefit area food shelves. There will be a free will offering of either cash or canned goods. The concert features Sonatas by Beethoven and Brahms along with Bartok’s First Rhapsody. Travers is currently the artist-in-residence at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, and Matt McCright is a highly regarded pianist and is on the piano faculty at Carleton College. The Sunday concert caps off the 2012-13 season and is an opportunity for those who appreciate fine music to take in a concert and hear directly from the musicians about the works they are performing.

Council and admission is free. More information is at www.rosemountarts. com. Email Andrew Miller at andrew.miller@ecm-inc.com.

Jim Trevis, who grew up on a small dairy farm just south of Rosemount in the 1960s, calls “A Mile of Dreams,” his loosely autobiographical first novel, “a testament to my parents and a disappearing way of life.” (Photo submitted) Steeple Center in Rosemount, self-published “A Mile of Dreams” in 2010, and a year later saw publication of his second novel,

BRIEFS, from previous by slam master Cynthia French with music by local musicians. Teens ages 12-19 are invited to perform their original poems and can register from 1:302 p.m. at the event. More information is at http:// www.caponiartpark.org/ poetsinthepark. In the event of inclement weather, the poetry slam will be relocated to Wescott Library in Eagan.

The “Meet the Author” event featuring Trevis on April 16 runs from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Steeple Center, 13885 S. Robert Trail. It’s sponsored by the Rosemount Area Arts

“A Very Good Man.” While he describes the family-farm drama “A Mile of Dreams” as “a testament to my parents and a disappearing way of life,” Trevis took a different tack with the second novel. “A Very Good Man” follows a marketing vice president for a pharmaceutical company who survives a suicide attempt and takes his son’s advice to “become a very good man,” devoting himself to performing kind deeds for others. At the heart of this moral fable, Trevis says, is the question, “What would you do to make the world better today if you had a second chance?” Trevis, a Rosemount High School graduate who now lives in Lake Elmo with his wife, Chris, says he wanted to be a novelist since the age of 13. He graduated with a

Highview Hills Coffee Concert Series “Up Close and Personal” at the Lakeville Area Arts Center

CRASH Visual Percussion Ensemble Sunday, April 28, 2013 – 2 pm

BELL’ ALMA DUO Kathie Kienzle, Harp Michele Frisch, Flute Sunday, May 19, 2013 – 2 pm

Tickets: $14.50 Adults, $12 Senior & Students All concerts are held at the Lakeville Area Arts Center 20965 Holyoke Ave. 952.985.4640

This activity is made possible, in part, by funds provided by Metropolitan Regional Arts Council (MRAC) from an appropriation by the Minnesota Legislature.

Burnsville Rotary fundraiser promises hilarious comedy for a good cause A premiere comedy troupe is heading to Burnsville for a good cause. The Second City, the legendary Chicago comedy troupe, will be in the city for a special “Comedy for Caring” fundraiser on Saturday, April 27 at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave. S. The Rotary’s third annual Comedy for Caring community fundraising event is being presented through the generous support of The Walser Foundation and The Dr. LaChapelle Charitable Fund. “Both of our two very generous underwriters believe strongly in our mission to give back to the community in which we serve,” said Jim Schmitt, fundraising chairperson for the Burnsville Rotary. “We are really proud of that.” The special “Laughing Matters” night of satire and cutting-edge improv will include some of the sharpest sketches and songs from The Second City’s 50-plus year history. Before The Second City takes the stage at 8 p.m., guests are invited to arrive when the doors open at 6 p.m. to bid on live and silent auctions items, and enjoy complimentary appetizers and delicious desserts to be served by volunteers from some of the 31 charities that Burnsville Rotary supports. Attendees also will enjoy music by The Real Big Band, an 18-piece jazz ensemble. If you can’t be at the show, you can still support Burnsville Rotary by shopping online. Beginning Thursday, April 18, visit

www.BiddingforGood.com/BurnsvilleRotary to bid on more than 230 value-packed items. It works just like eBay and all proceeds will go to Burnsville Rotary. Every item you buy helps someone in need. Burnsville Rotary partners with 31 deserving local charities, such as the Lewis House, DARTS, Meals on Wheels, YMCA and 360 Communities. One of the smaller recipients of the Burnsville Rotary’s support is Brain Power in a Backpack, which prepares and provides food for low income families with school age children to take home on weekends. Rotary also works with a 360 Communities’ program called Partners for Success, to tutor and counsel disadvantaged families with school-age children. Another of the Rotary’s initiatives is the Burnsville High School Junior and Senior Ethics Seminar, in which 40-50 juniors and seniors from the school participate in a fullday interactive workshop to explore what business ethics is all about. Tickets for Comedy for Caring are $39 and are available at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center box office and Ticketmaster. com, or 1-800-982-2787. VIP seating with a cast meet-and-greet is $75. For more information about Burnsville Rotary, go to www.burnsvillerotary.org, or find them on Facebook at Facebook.com/ BurnsvilleRotary.

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