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January 11, 2013 | Volume 33 | Number 46

County considers changes to Pilot Knob in Eagan

NEWS Lakeville North AD pleads guilty Lakeville North High School Athletic Director Robert Ertl pleaded guilty to gross misdemeanor DWI. Lakeville parents reacted to his arrest. Page 10A

City, business owner blast proposal by Jessica Harper SUN THISWEEK

OPINION End the bickering Books gives good suggestions on how to reduce partisan rancor in Congress and the Minnesota Legislature. Page 4A

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This is a schematic of the new Burnsville Lions Playground in Cliff Fen Park.

Popular playground awaits replacement Skyland, built 22 years ago, has been removed by John Gessner SUN THISWEEK

Johnny Cash tribute concert Lakeville will be getting a case of the “Folsom Prison Blues” when Johnny Cash tribute artist Philip Bauer comes to town on Feb. 2. Page 15A

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Burnsville’s most popular playground, a corporate gift made to the city 22 years ago, is set to be replaced this spring with a new playground. The city has set aside $250,000 to replace Skyland Playground, the wooden “castle” complex in Cliff Fen Park, with a new metal and plastic playground. The Burnsville Lions Club has pledged another $50,000 for enhanced features.

The city’s Parks and Natural Resources Commission voted Monday to recommend the replacement and to call the new playground Burnsville Lions Playground. The City Council will consider the recommendation on Jan. 22. Skyland Playground was built in 1990 by more than 1,000 employees of Skyline Displays and community volunteers. Skyline, a maker of trade show displays and portable exhibits, donated most of the construction materials for the $200,000 playground. The company, now called Skyline Exhibits, has since moved its Burnsville location to Eagan. And the

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Amanda Nachman in St. Paul, where she spent part of her 15-year teaching career. “I had two choices,” said Nachman, who walks with a cane and sometimes forgets things as routine as eating. “I can look at all this bad stuff and say, ‘Life stinks; I’m going to crawl in a hole,’ or I can say, ‘This is possible.’ I don’t want anyone else to go through this. I want to do everything I can to change this. That’s what I’m doing. That’s why I wrote the book. That’s why I’m speaking.” The daughter of Len and Mimi Nachman of Burnsville and a 1984 graduate of Burnsville High School, Nachman was on a field trip with her third- and fourthgrade class from Lake Harriet Community School when the accident happened. “The back and head See INJURY, 16A

As a newcomer to Burnsville city politics, Suzanne Nguyen said she was surprised to even get her name on the ballot in November’s City Council election. Surprise gave way to reality Tuesday, when Nguyen was sworn in for a four-year term on the five-member council. After surviving the first cut, an August primary that halved the council field from eight candidates to four, Nguyen polled second among council candidates in the general election. She finished behind incumbent Mary Sherry, who won re-election to a second term. Nguyen outpolled former Council Member Steve Cherney and Bruce Johnson to win a seat vacated by the retirement of two-term Council Member Dan Gustafson. The election also returned to office Mayor Elizabeth Kautz, who defeated challenger Jerry Willenburg. “I thought the council had always been doing a good job,” said Nguyen, a 12-year Burnsville resident, “but seeing there was an open seat, I thought maybe I had something to contribute.” Nguyen (pronounced “Win”) said she and her campaign volunteers worked hard for the victory. “I personally hit every single precinct” before the Nov. 6 election, said Nguy-

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Newly elected Burnsville City Council Member Suzanne Nguyen took the oath of office Tuesday from City Clerk Macheal Brooks. Also taking the oath were Mayor Elizabeth Kautz and Council Member Mary Sherry, who were re-elected in November. en, 50. “I made sure that I got out there to talk to everybody that I could.” Nguyen said she also sought campaign advice from some old pros – Kautz, Gustafson and former Council Member and current County Commissioner Liz Workman. Nguyen said her campaign preparation included watching archived meetings, reading documents on the city website and contacting City Hall staffers with questions. “You have to get out there and do your research,” Nguyen said. She says now, as she did during the campaign, that she has no axes to grind.

“I really come to the table without an agenda,” Nguyen said. “I’m just here to serve the people of Burnsville the best I can.” Big tasks ahead for the aging city are property maintenance, park maintenance and attracting new families and businesses, Nguyen said. She’s a classroom and Art Adventure volunteer at Echo Park Elementary in Burnsville, where her daughter Anna is in third grade. Nguyen is married to Son Nguyen, a physician at Park Nicollet Clinic in Burnsville. Son is a Rosemount High See NGUYEN, 10A

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Burnsville continues to dominate South Suburban Conference girls Nordic skiing. Page 8A

City Council members heavily criticized the county’s plan to close the Wells Fargo driveway and called the recommendations as a whole “premature.” “I’m surprised construction could begin as early as 2014,” Mayor Mike Maguire said. Maguire criticized county officials for basing their recommendations, in part, on CSM’s development plans, which have since been withdrawn. CSM Equities, owner of the former Lockheed Martin property in Eagan intended to build a multistory retail complex on the 47-acre site, but put the plans on hold in December pending the county’s traffic study. Tom Palmquist, vice president of commercial development for CSM, declined to comment on the issue, saying company representative had not yet discussed the matter as a team. “We’re pursing a ghost of a development at the expense of existing business,” Maguire said. “I think the

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Life isn’t the same after brain injury

Two years ago this month, former Minneapolis schoolteacher Amanda Nachman was on a snowtubing trip with her students when one of them crashed into her at high speed, knocking her off her feet and onto her head. Two years later, unable to teach school, the Burnsville native is doing all she can to educate people on the vicissitudes of mild traumatic brain injury. Nachman, 46, has a new book – “Who Am I Again? A Teacher’s Story of Her Mild Traumatic Brain Injury” – which she self-published with help from North Carolina-based Lash and Associates Publishing, a leading source of information on brain injury. Nachman will discuss her book on Tuesday, Feb. 5, at 7 p.m. at Common Good Books in St. Paul. She will also speak to her synagogue, Beth Jacob Congregation in Mendota Heights, on Jan. 19. She’s written a blog on the Lash and Associates website and plans to become a volunteer advocate with the Minnesota Brain Injury Alliance. She’s also volunteer teaching one hour a week at the Talmud Torah school

playground has exceeded its 20-year life expectancy by two years. Located in the 40-acre Cliff Fen Park on Cliff Road just east of Nicollet Avenue, the playground was the city’s most popular, said Recreation Supervisor Garrett Beck, who’s heading the replacement project. It made Cliff Fen a popular park for birthday parties and family reunions, with people reserving shelters so their kids could use the playground, Beck said. Child-care centers and school groups would often stop by Cliff Fen — a destination site, not a neighbor-

Dakota County officials are considering drastic changes to Pilot Knob Road that has one Eagan bank worried and City Council members disappointed. In a presentation to the Eagan City Council on Jan. 8, county officials recommended adding a third southbound lane on Pilot Knob Road between Central Parkway and Yankee Doodle Road, adding southbound left turn lanes at Norwest Court and Marice Drive, modifying existing left-turn lanes and closing Wells Fargo’s driveway to Pilot Knob. County officials also recommended moving the bike trail between Marice Drive and Norwest Court farther away from the road. Finding a way to transition Pilot Knob from two lanes to three and back to two would be addressed during the design phase, said Chris Chromy, senior transportation project for Bolton and Menk, a engineering consultant for Dakota County. Construction on Pilot Knob could begin as early as 2014, he said. The study began in June.

Officials planned to finish it in November but the county took additional time to meet with business owners, Chromy said. County officials examined several options before developing its latest recommendations, he said.

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Company plans to renovate, not build new facility

Sen. Franken talks safety

Data Center in Eagan would be at former Tastee site by Jessica Harper SUN THISWEEK

Plans to build a 138,000-square-foot data center along Yankee Doodle Road in Eagan have changed. North Carolina firm, Five 9s Digital, is now looking to renovate the former Tastee Food Distribution center in Eagan rather than construct a new building. The move will save the company millions. Renovating the 87,000-squarefoot building on Neil Armstrong Boulevard will cost an estimated $40 million. A new facility would cost the company between $75 million and $100 million. Five 9s Digital hopes to finalize a purchase agreement for the former Tastee building as early as April. By saving on construction costs, the company intends to drop rental rates at

the facility. Five 9s Digital intended to renovate a space for the data center, but initially were unable to find a suitable building. In November, the firm announced it would build a center west of Pilot Knob to provide off-site data storage and disaster recovery options for telecommunications and Internet service providers as well as local and regional companies. The center will be owned and operated by Five 9s Digital and will build upon an already fiber-optic-rich environment in Eagan. Minnesota currently has only one major data center, located in Minneapolis, which funnels all telecommunications systems in the state. Jessica Harper is at jessica.harper@ecminc.com or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

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Sen. Al Franken visited Dakota Hills Middle School in Eagan for a school safety/ security roundtable meeting with community and District 196 administrators on Jan. 7. Franken visited privately at the school with several Minnesota educators, child advocates, and school-safety officials to discuss ongoing efforts to improve school safety. More photos are at SunThisweek.com.

Revenge video leads to child porn charges against Burnsville woman A 21-year-old Burnsville woman who said she sought revenge on a boyfriend for receiving oral sex from another female now faces child pornography charges for allegedly posting video of the incident, which included minors having oral sex. Kayla Jo Henry-Heagle is charged with one count of disseminating pornography involving minors and one count of possessing it, both felonies.

A Minneapolis man is accused of using a camera phone to record the sex scene, which occurred in a Burnsville hotel room. Antonio Meadez Trice, 26, is charged with one count of using a minor in a sexual performance/pornographic work, a felony. Two minor girls were recorded performing oral sex in the hotel room, one on a 17-year-old boy and one on a man, according to the criminal complaint.

In late June one of the girls, 17, who was paired in the video with the 17-yearold boy, told Wyoming, Minn., police she’d gotten a comment about the video on her social networking page. Both girls went to Henry-Heagle’s social networking page and found “voluminous comments” asking her to take down the video because the girls were minors. When questioned by Burnsville police, Henry-

Heagle said she posted the video on June 28, the complaint said. She described the video as two minor girls performing oral sex on two males — one 17, and one an adult she was dating at the time. She was “upset” he was with another female, the complaint said. “Henry-Heagle acknowledged knowing the females were minors, but said she didn’t care because she was so angry” at her boyfriend, the complaint

said. The events occurred “eight or nine months” prior to the June 28 posting, the 17-year-old girl told police. She and the other girl went to the hotel room to “party with some other people,” the complaint said. Trice allegedly shot the video on Henry-Heagle’s boyfriend’s phone. At one point in the video, he turned the camera on himself and made a com-

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2013 legislative session is off and running by T.W. Budig SUN THISWEEK

The new legislative session (2013-14) began Jan. 8 with lawmakers talking of good will and working together for the benefit of the state. “I think the rancor starts on Monday,” Rep. Jim Abeler, R-Anoka, said with a laugh. House and Senate members were sworn into office shortly after noon with House Speaker Paul Thissen, DFL-Minneapolis, and Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk, DFL-Cook, officially elected by their respective bodies to their leadership posts. “I really have high hopes for this legislative session,” Thissen said. Bakk spoke of the need for a gritty realism. “The campaign is over and it’s now time to govern,” Bakk said. “That means being honest with Minnesotans about our challenges and how we aim to resolve them. We each represent all of our constituents, not just one party or only those who voted for us.” Democrats hold the reins of state government, controlling the governor’s office, all state constitutional offices, the Legislature. Despite expressions of bipartisanship, a small dustup occurred in the House as Republicans attempted a parliamentary maneuver. “I’m not going to be rolled over,” House Minority Leader Kurt Daudt, RCrown, said prior to start of session.

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Rep. Will Morgan, DFL-Burnsville, was sworn in with his fellow House colleagues during the opening day of the 2013 legislative session. Dakota County was well represented in the House and Senate at the State Capitol in St. Paul on January 8. If he has to call the Dem- leaders have stressed the ocrats out, he will, Daudt primacy of the state budget. said. Democratic Gov. Mark The session opening Dayton is expected to rein the House was marked lease his proposed state more by hugs, hand shakes, budget Jan. 22, setting off a friends and supporters. process honed by the release Thissen, speaking about of the February budget the early bills, cited a school forecast later in the session. funding shift legislation — The February forecast repayment next biennium provides the final numbers — jobs and property tax for legislators to use on bills among others. which to base the budget. House Democrats are Area senators spoke of going to fulfill promises the need to get things done. they made during the elec“We owe it to our citition, he said. zens to get the job done,” Democratic legislative newly elected Sen. John

Final budget slightly higher than predicted in District 196 Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan maintains healthy fund balance by Jessica Harper SUN THISWEEK

The Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School Board on Jan. 7 approved a $382.2 million budget for 2012-13, which is nearly $40 million higher than expected. District 196’s final general fund budget is $306 million, which is 79.89 percent of the total budget. This fund accounts for money not allocated for specific purposes, such as food service. Of the district’s general fund budget, 70 percent goes into the classroom. The general fund balance is $41.3 million, which is $1.4 million (3.59 percent) above projections. The fund balance is used to cover unforeseen costs such as delays in state aid payments. The current balance is 13.4 percent of the general fund budget, which is above the district’s 8 percent goal.

Jeff Solomon, finance director for District 196, credits the slightly higher budget to cost savings acquired throughout the year and the state’s efforts to reinstate K-12 funding. District 196’s prudence paid off the most when it saved $2 million in energy costs this year. The school district was able to further boost its budget after it received additional state aid. The state gave the district an extra $50 per pupil in 2011-12 and another $50 per pupil in 2012-13. This amounts to $1.5 million each year in additional revenue. District 196 also received $2.96 million in compensatory funding this school year. Legislators passed the one-time money for 20 districts with the largest enrollment aside from Minneapo-

lis, St. Paul and Duluth. District 196 was granted the largest sum of this money. In addition to the boost in per pupil funding, the district received $1.63 million in literacy aid for 2012-13. The aid is based on literacy achievement of third- and fourth-graders. The additional state aid enabled the district to avoid seeking a new operating levy referendum. District 196 relies heavily on state aid: 74.88 percent of its revenue comes from state aid, while 18.49 percent is funded by property taxes. The remaining 6.63 percent is funded by federal aid and other sources such as fees. Jessica Harper is at jessica. harper@ecm-inc.com or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

Hoffman, DFL-Champlin, said. Former Rosemount High School Principal Greg Clausen, a DFL senator from Apple Valley representing District 57, brought his mother, also a former educator, with him for the opening day ceremonies. “It is a special day to reflect on the history and tradition and take on a responsibility to serve the state and its people,” Clausen said. He will serve on education and higher education committees. He said he is part of a legislative group that will introduce an education initiative at a news conference Thursday. Lawmakers face a projected $1 billion state budget deficit in the upcoming two-year budget cycle. “It’s clear that we’re facing a number of challenges, but I believe that if we work together, we can tackle them and make Minnesota an even better to place to live, work, and raise a family,” first-term Rep. Laurie Halverson, DFL-Eagan, said in a statement. “Voters expect a legislature that moves past gridlock and focuses on the basics.” Another first-term representative Anna Wills, RApple Valley, was selected

to serve on Education Policy, Education Finance, State Government Finance and Veterans Affairs committees. She spoke of closing Minnesota’s education achievement gap, paying back money borrowed from schools and revisiting the Veterans Jobs Credit proposal “to make it easier for Minnesota’s servicemen and women to find work when they return home.” Wills said in a statement she will make every effort possible to make sure the veterans credit bill is heard in committee.

Marriage vote Thissen indicated that a floor vote on same-sex marriage could happen this year in the House. “I think something will happen this year,” Rep. Rick Hansen, DFL-South St. Paul, said. Same-sex marriage advocates want a vote. Minnesotans United for All Families Campaign Manager Richard Carlbom views the session as the

right moment. “We believe 2013 is the best time,” he said. Carlbom feared that the momentum might have wained following the defeat in November of the proposed amendment to ban same-sex marriage, but senses it hasn’t. “I’m not going to proclaim victory,” he said when asked whether the votes existed to pass same-sex marriage legislation. Chuck Darrell, of Minnesota for Marriage, indicated the group would be active in the House. “In fact, the defeat of the Marriage Amendment was not a referendum to legalize gay-marriage. Far from it,” Darrell said in an email. “However, we are taking this threat to marriage very seriously. Minnesota for Marriage will not leave the field.” T.W. Budig can be reached at tim.budig@ecm-inc.com or facebook.com/sunthisweek. Political Editor Howard Lestrud contributed information for this story.

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State grant to help Caponi Art Park preserve its history The history of Caponi Art Park in Eagan is in the process of being preserved thanks, in part, to a $6,775 grant from the Minnesota Historical Society. The money will be used to organize and label 1,500 documents and photographs of the park that span two decades, said Cheryl Caponi, executive director of the park. Caponi’s husband, Tony, spent more than 40 years

planning, creating and improving the park on their 60-acre property. He first opened the park to the public in 1987 for schools and other organized groups. In 1992, Caponi founded Caponi Art Park, a nonprofit aimed at developing the park into a local and regional cultural resource. Since then, the park has provided free activities and performances by the region’s top artists.

“People get used to seeing things the way they are and not the way they used to be,” Cheryl Caponi said. “Our goal is to make sure the organization can tell the story of the park.” The 1,500 documents and photographs are part of a larger collection of approximately 20,000 items. Cataloging the entire collection will take several years, Caponi said. — Jessica Harper

Diffley Marketplace may add retail, restaurant spaces by Jessica Harper SUN THISWEEK

An Illinois real estate company is hoping to expand Eagan’s Diffley Marketplace complex by adding more retail and a family restaurant. Inland TRS Property Management, which owns Diffley Marketplace, proposes to create a 9,424-square-foot multitenant retail building and a 5,580-square-foot res-

taurant at 1004 and 1008 Diffley Road. A planned development amendment was approved by the City Council on Jan. 2 enabling Inland to move forward with its plans. Company representatives assured council members that the retail building will match the existing complex by Cub Foods off Lexington Avenue. The real estate company is looking to attract a child

care center to fill part of the retail space, but will need further approval before moving forward. Inland will need to seek a final planned development approval from the council after identifying a tenant for the restaurant. Jessica Harper is at jessica. harper@ecm-inc.com or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

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New book has good ideas how to reduce partisan gridlock While the federal government teetered on the so-called “fiscal cliff,” a new book suggests better ways to manage the nation’s affairs. “The Parties Versus the People” by former Oklahoma U.S. Rep. Mickey Edwards points out that the Founding Fathers were generally opposed to political parties. They felt that factionalism would be the undoing of the nation. Given the current political climate, his view is getting more attention. After all, ask yourself this question: Should your member of Congress or legislator be representing the interests of your entire district or only the interests of his or her political party? Unfortunately, the system has evolved, particularly in the last 30 years, not just to expect partisan conflict, but to encourage it, making citizens secondary to a party’s interests. Edwards offers changes that would get us back to what the Founding Fathers intended — that our elected representatives would be working in the common interest,

ECM Editorial not just for partisan advantage. Unfortunately, a constitutional amendment would be needed to alter the process. That’s unlikely because the people we elect have thrived under the partisan system as it is today. They don’t want things to change, but too many of them are extremists, of either the left or right. The first thing Edwards would do is create an open or non-partisan blanket primary. This form of primary was most recently adopted in California and has also been used in Louisiana and Washington. Today, in Minnesota, you can vote in either the Republican or the Democratic primary, but not both. Edwards’ idea would be to throw the candidates from all parties for a given office together in the primary and then have a run off between the top two finishers. Some districts are so lopsided that the

prevailing party is already known in advance. By having an open primary, two Democrats or two Republicans could advance to the general election, or perhaps a Democrat and a Green or a Republican and a Libertarian. Parties could still endorse candidates, but they would face the likelihood that the candidate who could capture the center of the electorate would be most likely to win. This is preferable to so-called “rankedchoice voting” that encourages extremism. The second thing Edwards would do is create non-partisan panels to oversee redistricting. Thirteen states have done so, and in Arizona, the governor has the power to “impeach” the head of the independent commission for “gross misconduct.” The tension in redistricting is between creating “representative” vs. “competitive” districts. The more competitive the districts, the higher the voter turnout. Incumbents, of course, don’t like competition. It makes it harder to keep their jobs. In Minnesota, the Legislature oversees

redistricting, but unless one party controls state government, it almost always ends up in the courts. As for campaign contributions, Edwards would limit them to be only from individuals who would be constituents, would require all contributions to be direct to candidates so donors can’t hide behind the state party or the “Super PACs,” would require more free radio and TV time for candidates, etc. Edwards has plenty of other ideas to dampen the partisanship. Each deserves robust debate, but how many Americans believe the national interest is served well today? These ideas would make politics more like the Founding Fathers envisioned it: a Congress or Legislature working for the good of all instead of just a political party. This editorial is a product of the ECM Editorial Board. Sun Thisweek and the Dakota County Tribune are members of ECM Publishers Inc.

Calendar sales to help veterans with PTSD by Don Heinzman SUN THISWEEK

If you are a lover of dogs and want to help a military veteran recover from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, you should consider buying a special 2013 calendar donated by Lynn and Paul Sansale of South St. Paul. You can buy this special “Rescued Heroes” calendar this month and help a Minnesota veteran suffering from the aftershocks of combat get a trained service dog. If 285 of these donated 1,000 “Rescued Heroes” calendars can be sold by mid-January, all the $15,000 in proceeds will go to train a dog for a Minnesota war veteran who requests that dog. K-9s for Veterans will choose the recipient. The calendars with 11 hand-painted rescued and trained therapy dogs and one service dog by artist Paul Sansale are on sale for $15 at front counters of 18 Frattallone Hardware stores in the Twin Cities area, including the Burnsville location. “Fitz,” the calendar cover dog, belongs to Tony, an Iraq veteran from Minnesota, who can’t get along without him. It costs $15,000 to train a service dog in Florida, including three weeks of training with the soldier suffering from PTSD. This story starts with the Sansales when they saw a friend’s trained service dog, “Lucy,” snuggle up to kids reading

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Don Heinzman at a Reading Education Assistance Day session. They fell in love with “Lucy” and decided to publish a calendar of rescued and trained Minnesota service dogs. Paul took photographs of 12 of these dogs and spent hundreds of hours painting them, while Lynn wrote the story of each – one a pit bull, Cedric, who was about to be euthanized and another of Dobie, a black lab, who was dropped four stories from a parking ramp. The Sansales were partial to the dogs, because they once had one, “Molly” who helped their daughter cope with cerebral palsy. They published the 2012 calendar featuring Paul’s paintings and Lynn’s stories, which drew national attention. So how did the Sansales get involved with providing service dogs to help veterans with PTSD? While they were marketing their calendar, Grace Morris, owner of a dog-sitting business in Brooklyn Center, told them about the nonprofit “Paws and Stripes” located in Albuquerque that provides

rational stores for their 2014 calendar. Through these calendars, they hope to inspire others to provide service dogs for veterans. Lynn has since learned of a Marine veteran, whose family lives in Blaine, who just got a service dog. The Kraus Hartig Post 6587 VFW Post of Spring Lake Park through a benefit helped pay for that dog. Cmdr. Don LaCroix says the former Marine and the dog are inseparable. Lynn has learned that Image submitted since Desert Storm and People can purchase the Rescued Dogs calendar at the 2010, a total of 63,241 men Burnsville Frattallone’s Ace Hardware, 1350 County Road and women from Min42 W. nesota have served in the armed services and 12,648 service dogs to veterans free. Jim Stanek, are believed to have PTSD. an Iraq war veteran, whose service dog She’s also helped organize “Minnesota “Sarge” helped him deal with PTSD, be- Service Dogs for Veterans” with the tag gan the service. line: “Fighting the invisible wounds of Last fall, working with Stanek and war.” K9s for Warriors in Florida, Lynn and Buying a calendar is part of the soluPaul drove 6,000 miles and visited 12 tion. veterans around the country with PTSD who told them how the service dogs aided Don Heinzman is an ECM/Sun columnist them and in some cases saved their lives. and a member of the ECM Editorial Board. Paul intends to paint these 12 dogs from He is at don.heinzman@ecm-inc.com. Colphotos he took on their two-and-a-half- umn reflect the opinion of the author. week trip, and Lynn will write the inspi-

Letters Story was inspirational

Drivers, be aware

creasingly concerned regarding the high volume of traffic mixed in with pedestrians. No matter what the day or time, without access to sidewalks, people of all ages are forced to walk on the road or cross four-lane Diffley Road, often in noncrosswalk areas, to access the only plowed trail in that location. After observing these dangerous situations, we tried to find a more viable solution. Despite countless phone, email, and in-person contacts with the city of Eagan including Mayor Mike Maguire, council members, Public Works Department and Police Department, it is apparent that no taxpayer-compensated representative wants to step up and help remedy this public safety issue anytime soon … if ever. At this moment, options seem limited except to plead

sidize the least productive members of society. I would invite Fedde and her likeTo the editor: To the editor: minded friends to scrutiI was glad to read Jessica On any given school day nize the myriad benefits Harper’s Dec. 14 article on between 7 and 8 a.m. and available to Dakota County young Mandi Simon and 2:15 and 6:15 p.m. within residents who do not pay her charitable initiative, Si- a one-mile radius of Bradincome taxes. In addition to mon Says Give. dock Trail and Diffley welfare, there are programs Mandi, a fourth-grader Road, traffic congestion for child care, subsidized at Visitation School, is a results from hundreds of housing, a burgeoning food generous, other-centered vehicles traveling to/from stamp program, subsidized student with big dreams work and the three schools transportation, ongoing to help those in need. I am (Northview Elementary unemployment benefits and sure that the Visitation com- School, Dakota Hills Mida variety of Pell grants unmunity is proud of Mandi’s dle School, and Eagan High available to the most indusexemplary leadership and School) clustered in this trious taxpayers. service qualities. Happy in area. Despite school zone It is most bemusing that this holiday season to see designation and Diffley she would promote a notion such a positive article about Road labeled “hazardous” that the poor pay a higher a youthful, but no less im- by District 196, the speed rate of income tax than the pressive member of the lo- limit remains 45 mph. (Did wealthy pay. According to cal community. Kudos to you know a pedestrian has a the Federal Reserve in St. Sun Thisweek. I hope to 10 percent chance of survivLouis, those income earnsee more articles in 2013 on al when struck by a vehicle ers in the bottom 50 percent young leaders in the Burns- at that rate of speed? Unpay no income taxes. There ville-Eagan area. doubtedly, their definition is no reason for anyone to of living would be comproput forth such absurdities or MARY PAT FERRARO mised.) to suggest that government BOB and THERESA Eagan Area residents are incan fix our current economEISELE ic mess other than getting Eagan change in Eagan” incorrect- Myhre joined two months out of the way. GovernCorrection ly stated that Linda Myhre later. Sun Thisweek regrets do not create wealth. A story in the Jan. 4 edi- joined the police force two the error. The real way to ments Capitol left in the hands of tion of Sun Thisweek titled years after Lori Tripp. fix this mess investors, who are willing to “2012 year of growth and take risks, is the only way To the editor: our nation can restore prosUnbelievable! I always enjoy read- perity to recession weary ing Betty Fedde’s inane citizens. rants that are in the Sun Thisweek. Fedde’s cease- DONALD L. DeGENARO John Gessner | BURNSVILLE NEWS | 952-846-2031 | john.gessner@ecm-inc.com less wars against the most Eagan Jessica Harper | EAGAN NEWS | 952-846-2028 | jessica.harper@ecm-inc.com productive members of this Andy Rogers | SPORTS | 952-846-2027 | andy.rogers@ecm-inc.com society are reminiscent of Show some Mike Shaughnessy | SPORTS | 952-846-2030 | mike.shaughnessy@ecm-inc.com those who led the USSR on Mike Jetchick | AD SALES | 952-846-2019 | mike.jetchick@ecm-inc.com a path that destroyed the courtesy Keith Anderson | DIRECTOR OF NEWS | 952-392-6847 | keith.anderson@ecm-inc.com lives of millions of inno- To the editor: MANAGING EDITORS | Tad Johnson | John Gessner cents. After experiencing many Does she really believe incidents of selfishness and that creating more disin- rudeness recently, and with PUBLISHER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julian Andersen THISWEEKEND EDITOR . . . . . . . . . . . Andrew Miller centives to being produc- my faith in humanity gone, PRESIDENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marge Winkelman PHOTO EDITOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rick Orndorf tive will lead a country to I am reduced to writing this GENERAL MANAGER. . . . . . . . . . . . Jeffrey Coolman SPORTS EDITORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andy Rogers prosperity? Should the most letter to voice my frustraBURNSVILLE/DISTRICT 191 EDITOR . . . John Gessner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Shaughnessy productive members of our tion. A couple weeks ago I EAGAN/DISTRICT 196 EDITOR . . . . . . Jessica Harper SALES MANAGER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Jetchick society who produce goods decided to run to Burnsville and services in great de- Center to shop. Trying to mand by consumers be pun- turn from westbound Coun15322 GALAXIE AVE., SUITE 219, APPLE VALLEY, MN 55124 ished for their hard work? ty Road 42 into the Aldrich 952-894-1111 FAX: 952-846-2010 She demands that the Avenue mall entrance my www.SunThisweek.com | Office Hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Friday federal government and trip was delayed twice, once U.S. Rep. John Kline sub- by mindless people who inwith our fellow drivers: Please – for everyone’s sake – slow down, be attentive, stay off your phone, obey the traffic/crosswalk laws, and show courtesy to other drivers and pedestrians no matter if you’re driving in a parking lot, a neighborhood, or on one of our many roadways. Our mission and main concern is for the safety of pedestrians – the students walking to school, the parents pushing a stroller or holding a child’s hand, the joggers, the owners exercising their pets, the bicyclists, and so many others. Those people you encounter while driving your vehicle are irreplaceable neighbors, classmates, siblings, parents, and friends to someone, whether you know them or not. Drive with care.

tentionally pulled into the intersection knowing they had no chance of clearing, thereby blocking all of the cross traffic for their own green cycle, and another time by the dozen or so cars that ran the red light once I did have an opportunity to go. Then I went to the grocery store. I was lucky to be in the right place at the right time and caught a new checkout opening. The cashier in the lane next to me asked if someone who only had a few items and had been waiting awhile could go ahead of me. I said yes. As the person I agreed to let ahead of me came, she was accompanied by someone else who decided they should be able to go too, and began piling their goods ahead of mine. I was reduced to standing there dumbfounded. I’ve had people bump me in order to get their grocery items on a conveyor belt, people move in front of me while I was looking at a store shelf just so they could look at the same shelf for something, people load up to 20 items in the 6 items or less express lane. Is this what we’ve come to? Is this what we’ve become as a society? Have we become narcissistic to the point that we do whatever we want to do at the time, regardless of who else it affects? Is getting home two minutes sooner worth endangering lives by running a red light? Is it that hard to go up a block and turn around instead of cutting across several lanes of traffic to turn? Shame on these people and their selfish ways. May karma exact a heavy toll on them. JOHN MORGAN Burnsville

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Burnsville history comes alive

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Sophia and Kirsten Shabaz work at Sophia’s 2011 cocoa stand fundraiser for the children of Swaziland, Africa. That event raised $1,300 and provided more than 5,000 meals for the children; Sophia hopes to raise $2,000 for the children by selling cocoa at the Prairie Lake Park warming house from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12.

Girl, 10, raises funds for African orphans by Laura Adelmann SUN THISWEEK

Volunteers will have the cocoa stand ready. The event this year is expanding to include an auction for a pinewood coffee table donated by Orchard Tables, a Minneapolis company that supports the children of Swaziland. “For every table they sell off their website (www. orchardtables.com) 15 kids will be fed for an entire month,” Kirsten said. Sophia said she learned about the orphans’ struggles at church and wanted to help. “It made me real sad they don’t have what we have,” Sophia said. “I’m not sure if they get to go to school or get a pet or have food like we have.” Kirsten said she has encouraged Sophia to take action to help the orphans and is proud of Sophia’s efforts. “We encourage our kids to think globally,” Kirsten said, “to think about kids less fortunate than them. … My husband and I are just humbled by her heart. Yearround she thinks about this.” Sophia said she hopes her hot cocoa stand will inspire others to get involved. “I hope to let more people know about Swaziland, and get them to help,” Sophia said. “I want them to be healthy and get food and have rest.”

A Lakeville girl hopes her hot cocoa stand will help feed a hungry world. Sophia Shabaz, 10, will serve homemade cocoa to skaters and visitors at the Prairie Lake Park warming house at 18179 Kingsway Path in Lakeville from noon to 3 p.m. Jan. 12. Donations are requested and will be given to Children’s Cup, an organization serving orphans in Swaziland, Africa, a small warravaged country where disease and natural disasters are rampant. Sophia started the stand in 2010 as a fundraiser for friends who were moving there to work with the children. With help from her parents, Cyrus and Kirsten Shabaz, Sophia served cocoa from a stand in their garage and raised $300 to benefit Swaziland; last January, visitors to Sophia’s cocoa stand donated $1,300, which at 24 cents each, provided over 5,000 meals to the African orphans. This year, Sophia is hoping to earn $2,000 to support those children who only receive one meal per day and often walk far distances to receive it. To recognize the children’s plight, the community is invited to meet Kirsten and Sophia at the Lakeville SuperTarget parking lot at 18275 Kenrick Avenue at 11 Laura Adelmann is at laura. a.m. Jan. 12 to walk to the adelmann@ecm-inc.com or warming house together. facebook.com/sunthisweek.

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About 80 people attended the opening reception Jan. 3 for “Stories of Burnsville,” a January exhibition at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center gallery. The exhibition, staged by the Burnsville Historical Society, includes photos, documents, old plat maps and a number of artifacts representing Burnsville’s farming origins. It also features video interviews with figures such as former Township Clerk Mike O’Connor and former City Clerk Evelyn Kjos. The historical society is seeking to interview newer residents to present a continuing oral history. Mayor Elizabeth Kautz, greeting the reception audience, invoked old Burnsville farm family names such as Kennelly, Connelly, Kelleher and McAndrews. “As I look around, I see descendants of all the families who made Burnsville,” she said.

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District 191 board selects superintendent search firm After interviewing three search firms on Jan. 3, members of the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School Board of Education selected School Exec Connect to assist them in finding a new superintendent to replace Randy Clegg, who is retiring after this school year. School Exec Connect specializes in superintendent searches for suburban and regional centers. The firm, founded in 2004, conducted more than 40 national searches last year including the Eden Prairie, West St. Paul and South Washington County school districts. Four retired Minnesota superintendents will lead the District 191 search. They are Kenneth Dragseth, former Edina superintendent and the 2003 National Superintendent of the Year; Antoinette Johns, former superintendent in Brooklyn Center; Charles Kyte, former superinten-

dent in Northfield and former executive director of the Minnesota Association of School Administrators, and Robert Ostlund, former superintendent of Wayzata Public Schools. The district will be attractive to candidates, Dragseth said, because of its larger size and the attributes it offers, such as magnet schools. The five-phase search process will include focus groups, interviews and an online survey to determine the qualities, skills and experiences desired in a new superintendent, followed by creation of a Leadership Profile. That will occur in January and February. In February, candidates will apply online through the School Exec Connect website and will be screened. The consultants will select qualified and vetted candidates to present to the board. In March and April, the

Education Briefs Weigel to be keynote speaker Catholic theologian George Weigel will be the keynote speaker at Trinity School at River Ridgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2013 Spring Benefit Dinner on Saturday, April 13, at the school in Eagan. Reservations for tables and individual seats will be available beginning Jan. 15. Visit www.TSRR.org for reservations.

Tiny Tots registration Registration for the ISD 191 Tiny Tots preschool program for the 2013-14 school year will begin on Jan. 14. Eligible students must be 3 years old by Sept. 1, 2013, and be toilet trained. Registration is accepted on a first-come, firstserved basis, regardless of participation in a previous year. Tiny Tots preschool has three locations: Diamondhead in Burnsville, Rahn in Eagan and Hamilton in Savage. Morning, afternoon and evening classes are offered in one, two or three day a week options, 2.5 or 3 hours a day. Tuition is based on the number of days of attendance. There is a $40 annual, non-refundable registration fee.

For more information, contact the ISD 191 Community Education office at (952) 707-4111 or visit www.communityed191. org. A limited number of scholarships are available to ISD 191 residents, call (952) 707-4142 for more information.

Military historian leads classes District 191 Community Education will offer classes by military historian Dan Hartman. Participants can study the great battles of the American Revolution on Jan. 24, Gettysburg â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Turning Point on Jan. 31, or The Normandy Campaign on Feb. 7. Each class is one session and costs $39. Classes are held from 1 to 3 p.m. at Diamondhead Education Center, 200 W. Burnsville Parkway. Preregistration is required. Register at www. communityed191.org or call (952) 707-4150.

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College news The Art Institutes International Minnesota, December 2012 graduate, Caitlin Dicks of Burnsville, B.S., interior design. Minnesota State University, Mankato, fall 2012 graduates, from Burnsville â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Oluwaseyi Ademola-Sadipe, B.S., management; Omar Ali, B.S., accounting; Victor Bakardjiev, B.S., psychology; Katie Devaney, M.S., teaching and learning: curriculum and instruction; Dominic Digatono, B.S., construction management; Jonathan Dimond, B.A., English, and B.A., history; Andrew Ferderer, B.S., physical education (non-teaching), cum laude; Mary Johnson, M.S.N., nursing; Teresa Kenney, B.S., special education, magna cum laude; Katherine Knutson, B.A., English; Dinah Lillestrand, B.S., history; Alan Nelson, B.S., mathematics, magna cum laude; Kristina Nowak, B.S., nursing; Clifford Rippel, B.S., nursing; Laura Sampson, B.S., nursing; Lauren Smith, B.S., law enforcement, summa cum laude; Stephanie Smithburg, B.S., open studies; Christopher Tran, specialist, educational leadership; Sarah Wiens, B.S., family consumer science, and B.S., psychology, magna cum laude.

SUN THISWEEK - Burnsville - Eagan January 11, 2013

Eagan Briefs Meet Eagan administrator candidates The city of Eagan invites members of the public to an informal opportunity to meet and greet the candidates vying to be the next Eagan city administrator from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17, in the Oaks Banquet Room at the Eagan Community Center. Current and longtime Administrator Tom Hedges will be retiring in coming weeks. Light snacks and refreshments will be provided. There is no formal program.

Apply now for community grant Applications are now being accepted for the Eagan Foundationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2013 community grants program. Community organizations are encouraged to submit grant proposals to fund Eaganbased initiatives. Eligible grantees are nonprofit organizations based in Eagan and focused on serving the Eagan community. Past grants have typically been $1,000 or less, however, applicants are encouraged to submit detailed grant applications reflecting the amount requested. For applications and grant criteria, visit www.eaganfoundation.org. Grant applications are due Friday, Feb. 15. Awards will be announced in early spring 2013. For more information, contact the Eagan Foundation at admin@eaganfoundation.org.

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Open houses set for greenway corridors Dakota County will hold open houses for two greenway corridors â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the Lake Marion-South Creek Greenway and the MendotaLebanon Hills Greenway â&#x20AC;&#x201C; for residents to review and comment on the plans. The open houses are part of the year-long master planning process for the two greenways. The open houses will be 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 15, at the Lebanon Hills Regional Park Visitor Center, 860 Cliff Road, Eagan, and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, at the Lakeville Water Treatment Facility, 18400 Ipava Ave., Lakeville. Attendees can review and provide feedback to the planning team on alignment alternatives, design character, trailheads, habitat restoration, interpretive themes and more. The information for both greenway corridors will be presented at each open house. The Lake Marion-South Creek Greenway travels 18 miles from the Minnesota River in Burnsville to Lake Marion in Lakeville and on to Rambling River Park in Farmington. The MendotaLebanon Hills Greenway travels 11 miles from the Village at Mendota Heights through the communities of Mendota Heights, Inver Grove Heights and Eagan to Lebanon Hills Regional

Park. For more information, visit the project website at www.hkgi.com/projects/dakota.

The Minnesota Valley Transit Authority (MVTA) has scheduled public meetings to receive input on proposed service changes to routes in conjunction with the opening of the METRO Red Line service this spring. A meeting was held Thursday, Jan. 10, at Eagan City Hall. Another meeting is planned from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 16, in the Regent Room at Apple Valley City Hall. There will be information regarding MVTAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current routes and proposed changes to local routes that operate on or feed to Cedar Avenue (Routes 420, 437, 438, 440, 441, 442, 444, 445 and 475). Brief presentations will be offered each evening at 5:30 and 6:15 p.m. Otherwise, the meetings will follow an open house format. Additionally, there will be a public hearing on the regional Title VI policies from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, at the Dakota County Burnhaven Library in Burnsville. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, states: â&#x20AC;&#x153;no person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color or national origin, be excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.â&#x20AC;? This is part of a series of regional meetings that the Metropolitan Council is offering on proposed policies.

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January 11, 2013 SUN THISWEEK - Burnsville - Eagan

Burnsville girls Nordic skiers win 2 more meets Eagan’s Acton wins boys pursuit title at South Suburban Conference True Team by Mike Shaughnessy SUN THISWEEK

Burnsville further cemented its status as the South Suburban Conference’s top girls Nordic skiing team by winning two meets in three days last week. The Blaze won the SSC True Team meet Saturday at Valleywood Golf Course in Apple Valley, two days after taking the girls team title in another SSC meet at Kenwood Trail Middle School in Lakeville. Burnsville’s girls team has won every conference meet it has entered this season. The SSC True Team meet allowed schools from outside the conference to compete. One of them was Winona Cotter, which won the boys team championship. Burnsville junior Vivian Hett was girls pursuit champion at Saturday’s meet with a combined time of 27 minutes, 41.6 seconds for the classic and freestyle legs. She had the fastest individual time in each. Sonja Hedblom of ISD 196 was second in 28:49.8. Also making the top 10 in the girls pursuit race were Roxy Holt of ISD 196 (fifth, 30:24.5), Margie Freed of Eastview (sixth,

30:40.7), Jordan Horner of Burnsville (eighth, 31:27.0) and Jane Koch of Burnsville (10th, 32:24.9). In girls individual sprints, a separate event, Burnsville juniors Tori Felton and Krista Bain were the top two finishers in 3:47.1 and 3:52.9. Eastview’s Annika Martell was fourth in 4:15.9. Burnsville teams also took first and second in the girls team sprint competition. The Blaze had 39 points in the overall team competition, with Prior Lake second at 34.5. Eastview was fifth with 24.5 and ISD 196 finished sixth with 18.5. Eagan was boys runnerup with 31 points, four behind Winona Cotter. ISD 196 was sixth with 22 points. Burnsville was 10th, scoring two points. Eagan senior Nick Acton was the boys pursuit winner in 24:00.5, edging Bloomington Jefferson ninth-grader Zak Ketterson by 1.3 seconds. Ketterson was first in the classic race and Acton took first in freestyle. Ketterson had a 2.2-second lead over Acton going into the freestyle race. Josh Podpeskar of Eagan was third in boys

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Jane Koch helped Burnsville win the girls race at a South Suburban Conference Nordic skiing meet Jan. 3 in Lakeville. pursuit in 25:43.0. Rhett Carlson of ISD 196 was boys individual sprint winner in 3:03.2. The next two finishers were Eagan skiers – Ryan Larson in 3:07.5 and Jacob Edmond in 3:13.8. Eagan was first in the boys team sprint race. Hett and Ketterson

were individual winners at the South Suburban Conference 5-kilometer classic race at Kenwood Trail Middle School, while Burnsville’s girls and Eagan’s boys were the firstplace teams. Hett’s winning time was Photo by Rick Orndorf 15:31. Burnsville teamEagan’s Nick Acton finished second and first in two South See NORDIC, 9A Suburban Conference Nordic skiing races last week.

Glimmers of light for Blaze hoops teams Boys, girls break losing streaks by Mike Shaughnessy SUN THISWEEK

In South Suburban Conference basketball, a team with a young roster can be in for a lot of long nights. Both Burnsville High School varsity teams had rough going early in the 2012-13 season before seeing glimmers of hope during the holiday break. Burnsville’s girls, who have just two seniors on their roster, lost their first six games before winning three of the next four. The boys team, which has just one senior, lost its first seven before winning consecutive games for the first time since the 2010-11 season. The Blaze girls, 3-8 overall, defeated St. Anthony and Spring Lake Park in a tournament in Roseville, then beat Bloomington Jefferson 58-43 on Jan. 4 when they returned to SSC play. Burnsville had a 13-point halftime lead against Jefferson then kept the game out of the Jaguars’ reach in the second half. Coach Steve Ray viewed that as a positive sign. “We had some big losses early in the season, but even in those games there were times when we did well,”

Ray said. “Now it’s a matter of doing those things for the whole game. The kids are buying into what we’re doing and fighting hard.” Burnsville is playing two ninth-graders regularly, and there’s only one senior among its top seven scorers. The younger players’ learning curve might have had an impact on the record, as did the schedule. “I challenge anyone to say we didn’t have a tough schedule,” Ray said. During December, Burnsville played three ranked teams in Class 4A – Edina, Eastview and Bloomington Kennedy – as well as Maranatha Christian Academy, the top-ranked team in Class 1A. “When the other teams are playing seniors and we’re playing freshmen and sophomores, it’s tough,” Ray said. “We’ve had some injuries and we’re playing some young kids, but the last couple of weeks we’ve played better defense and have been able to score some more points.” Sophomore guard Katrina Mogren had 11 points in Burnsville’s victory over Jefferson. Junior guards Maddie Kempf and Sam

Connolly scored 11 points each, and ninth-grader Hannah Mitby had 10. That balance is typical of what the Blaze has had all year. Four players – Georgi Donchetz, Connolly, Mogren and Kempf –average 7.3 to 8.8 points a game. During its recent run of success, the Blaze was able to force turnovers and score in transition. That will be tougher to do against the skilled teams in the South Suburban, meaning Burnsville must execute its halfcourt offense. “We’ll have to take care of the ball, no doubt,” Ray said. Lakeville North, known for tenacious defense, figured to test the Blaze’s ability to break pressure and execute in the halfcourt in a South Suburban Conference game Tuesday night. And it was tough for Burnsville, which lost 66-41. Burnsville’s next home game is 7 p.m. Friday against Apple Valley.

Burnsville boys Burnsville’s 82-68 victory over Hastings on Dec. 28 ended a 13-game losing streak over parts of two seasons. When the Blaze

Notebook: Eastview’s Rukavina has big week

beat Bloomington Jefferson 45-43 on Jan. 3, it gave the team consecutive victories for the first time since March 2011. That gave the Blaze hope for more victories in the future, although continuing the streak this week was expected to be a difficult assignment. Burnsville lost to Lakeville North 77-52 on Tuesday and faced Apple Valley on Thursday. Lakeville North was 10th and Apple Valley second in last week’s state Class 4A rankings. Joe Morris, a sophomore forward, scored 12 points in the Blaze’s victory over Jefferson. Guard Eli Rogers, the team’s only senior, had 11 points, and junior guard Zach Smith scored 10. Smith had 20 points, junior forward Ben Nienow 18 and Morris 15 against Hastings. That was Burnsville’s first victory since beating Jefferson on Feb. 14, 2012. Burnsville takes on Rosemount at home at 7 p.m. Jan. 15.

Eagan boys showing they’re competitive Gorder averaging 22.7 points for basketball team by Mike Shaughnessy SUN THISWEEK

Eagan had no illusions about being favored when it took the floor against No. 2-ranked Apple Valley in a South Suburban Conference boys basketball game Tuesday night. But coach Matt Vollum said he felt a lot better about his team’s chances than he might have a month ago. “I honestly believe we’re going to compete,” Vollum said Tuesday afternoon, a few hours before the Wildcats lost 74-63 at Apple Valley. “Are we going to win? I don’t know, and it’s kind of irrelevant in my mind. I want to see if we can step up to the challenge and force Apple Valley to do some (different) things and play to us. We have one more Mike Shaughnessy is at mike. game against them this seashaughnessy@ecm-inc.com or son and we could play them again in the section (tournafacebook.com/sunthisweek. ment), so this game will give

us an idea of what we need to do.” The first part of the season has mostly been about Vollum, the Wildcats’ firstyear head coach, learning the strengths and weaknesses of his team. The players, meanwhile, have had to adjust to the expectations of a new coaching staff. So far, so good. Eagan went 5-3 in its first eight games. The first two losses were by a combined five points. “Going into the season, I really had no idea how good we might be,” Vollum said. “I watched them a lot in the summer, but that’s a different style of play. I thought we’d be a good defensive team because we’re pretty long and athletic, but I didn’t know that we’d be able to score as much as we have.” The Wildcats averaged See EAGAN, 9A

Blaze back on track

Duel between top-ranked wrestlers thwarted by Mike Shaughnessy SUN THISWEEK

Last weekend was a big one for Eastview junior Jacob Rukavina, who won his weight class at the Burnsville Invite wrestling tournament and helped the Lightning take the team championship. Rukavina defeated Cory Berry of Champlin Park 6-2 in the 160-pound championship match at Saturday’s tournament in Burnsville and won all four of his matches last week. He’s 19-2 this season and is ranked eighth in Class 3A at 152 by the Guillotine, a statewide online wrestling publication. The previous week, Rukavina finished third of 50 wrestlers at 160 pounds at the Bi-State Classic in La Crosse, Wis. He defeated two Wisconsin wrestlers ranked in the top five in their weight classes. His only loss at the tournament was 3-2 against a defending Wisconsin state champion. A junior captain and

varsity wrestler since eighth grade, Rukavina has an 88-57 career record. That means he has a good chance of reaching 100 victories this season. The Lightning’s Anthony Munos was first at 152 at the Burnsville tournament. Casey Dravis (138), Luke Dodd (145) and Nick Pegelow (220) were runnersup. Eastview scored 214 points at the tournament. Amery, Wis., was second with 163 and Burnsville took third with 143.5. Burnsville had no individual champions, but Michael Ramirez finished second at 106, Lucas Grossoehme was runner-up at 170 and Kevin Moruri took second at 182. AV 5th at Cheesehead meet Apple Valley senior Daniel Woiwor finished first at 160 pounds in the Cheesehead Invitational last weekend in Kaukana, Wis., and was one of five Eagles wrestlers to finish in the top five. Apple Valley was fifth in the

team standings and was the top Minnesota team in the tournament. Simley, which placed seventh, was the other Minnesota team in the top 10. Southeast Polk of Iowa won the team championship. Woiwor (22-3) defeated Tim Miklus of Southeast Polk 12-4 in the championship match at 160. In six victories at the Cheesehead Invitational, Woiwor had three technical falls, one pin, one major decision and one decision. Also placing in the top five for Apple Valley were Gannon Volk (fourth at 113), Maolu Woiwor (third at 120), Mark Hall (third at 152) and Paul Cheney (fourth at 220). To some wrestling observers, the tournament was significant as much for what did not happen as for what did happen. Two Minnesota Photo by Rick Orndorf wrestlers – Hall at 152 and Burnsville defenseman Teemu Kivihalme moves the puck out of the Blaze zone during a Simley’s Jake Short at 145 – were ranked first nation- South Suburban Conference boys hockey game against Bloomington Jefferson on Tuesday night. Burnsville won 4-1 to move back above .500 at 7-6-1. The Blaze was 0-3-1 in its previous four games. See NOTEBOOK, 9A

SUN THISWEEK - Burnsville - Eagan January 11, 2013

NORDIC, from 8A

One on two

mates Horner, Felton and Koch finished sixth, ninth and 10th. Eastview’s Freed was fifth and ISD 196’s Holt placed seventh. Eagan’s Acton, Podpeskar and Larson were second through fourth in the boys race, and Edmond tied for fifth. Carlson of ISD 196 was eighth. Eighth-grader Nate Blichfeldt led Burnsville with a 19th-place finish. South Suburban Conference skiers were scheduled to compete at Battle Creek Park in St. Paul on Wednesday. Some of the conference’s top skiers will compete Saturday at the Mesabi Invitational at Giants Ridge, site of the state meet in February. Mike Shaughnessy is at mike.shaughnessy@ecm-inc. Photo by Rick Orndorf com or facebook.com/sun- Eastview’s Margie Freed skis at a South Suburban thisweek. Conference Nordic meet Jan. 3 in Lakeville.

EAGAN, from 9A

the state Class 4A championship game. Eagan senior guard Ryan Johnson had 13 points against Lakeville North. Gorder had 21 points and senior forward Brian Koenig 11 as Eagan defeated St. Michael-Albertville 58-50 in a non-conference game Saturday. Johnson had 15 points in the Apple Valley game to lead four Eagan players who reached double figures. Senior forward Mark Woodcock and sophomore guard G.T. Johnson have been the Wildcats’ rebounding leaders, Vollum said. Johnson’s effectiveness on the boards has been another surprise. “He really goes after the ball,” the coach said. Vollum said he’s still learning about his squad, but it appears the pieces are in place for the Wildcats to be a team opponents have to take seriously. “Maybe if we’d done a few things differently we could have started out 7-0,” Vollum said, “but I’m happy with what I’ve seen so far.”

almost 70 points through their first eight games. What they lack in pure perimeter shooters and unstoppable low-block scorers, they’ve made up with determination and intelligence, Vollum said. Junior guard Michael Gorder is a prime example. After averaging about four points a game last season, he’s second in the conference this year with a 21.5 average. “It’s safe to say he’s been one of our pleasant surprises,” Vollum said about Gorder. “He’s really crafty. He can score in a number of different ways – threes, drives to the basket, offensive rebounds. He sees the floor well and is able to take advantage of the things he sees out there.” Gorder scored 36 points in the Wildcats’ 83-81 loss to Lakeville North on Jan. 3. The Panthers’ J.P. Macura had 32 to boost his conference-leading scoring average to 27.3 a game. Macura also is one of the conference’s surprise stories after playing hardly at all Girls basketball last season for a Lakeville Eagan’s girls were 9-3 North team that reached overall and 3-2 in the South

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Apple Valley’s Erica Power maintains possession as Burnsville’s Maddie Dockry (16) and Karis Volk defend during a Jan. 3 South Suburban Conference girls hockey game won by Apple Valley 2-1. Apple Valley is 11-6 overall after beating Bloomington Jefferson 3-2 on Suburban Conference after Saturday. Burnsville defeated Prior Lake 6-1 on Saturday to improve to 9-6-2. defeating Apple Valley 6260 on Tuesday night. NOTEBOOK, from 8A Sammie Delzotto had 14 points, Kelli Wickard 13 and Olivia Weinberger ally in their weight classes. Short entered the 10 for the Wildcats, who Cheesehead tourney at 152 in hopes of challenging Hall, a ninth-grader and two-time trailed 34-27 at halftime. Senior captains Bryn state champion who went into last weekend’s Parsons and Delzotto meet with an 86-match winning streak. Hall won his first four matches at the scored 19 and 12 points in a 58-52 loss to Lakeville Cheesehead to run his streak to 90 before losing 3-2 in the semifinals to Brian Murphy North last Friday. Eagan had a five-game of Glenbard (Ill.) North, who’s ranked third winning streak before fall- nationally at 152. Short defeated Murphy 3-1 ing to Lakeville North, in- in the championship match. Hall defeated Short at the 2011 Minnecluding three victories at the St. Olaf Invitational. The sota Christmas Tournament. The two are Wildcats’ other two losses unlikely to face each other in another high were to Edina and Eastview, school match because this is Short’s senior both of which were in the year and Simley wrestles in Class 2A in the top six in last week’s state postseason (Apple Valley is in 3A). Class 4A rankings. Parsons (13.1 points per Bison do it again North Dakota State University won its game) and Delzotto (12) are the Wildcats’ leading scor- second consecutive NCAA Football Chamers. Sophomore forward pionship Subdivision title, and some local Dani Bischoff averages 9.1 players helped the Bison do it. NDSU defeated Sam Houston State 39points. Eagan played at home 13 on Saturday in Frisco, Texas. Zach Vraa, a against Rosemount on Mr. Football award winner from Rosemount Photo by Mike Shaughnessy Thursday. The Wildcats High School, caught one pass for 31 yards. Eastview’s Mikaela Wilson (5) deflects the travel to Prior Lake for a 7 C.J. Smith, a defensive back from Burnsville ball as Apple Valley’s Hannah Gallmeier High School, and Zack Johnson, an offen- tries to pass downcourt during a Jan. 4 South p.m. game Jan. 15. sive lineman from Eastview, also saw action Suburban Conference girls basketball game Mike Shaughnessy is at mike. in the game for the Bison. won by Eastview 62-43. Eastview, which It’s the second consecutive national title last week was ranked second in Class 4A, shaughnessy@ecm-inc.com or for North Dakota State, which beat Sam improved to 13-1 after beating Rosemount facebook.com/sunthisweek. Houston State 17-6 in the 2012 champion- 71-33 on Tuesday. Apple Valley lost to ship game. Eagan 62-60 on Tuesday to drop to 6-6.

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Lakeville North athletic director pleads guilty to DWI by Laura Adelmann SUN THISWEEK

Lakeville North High School’s athletic director pleaded guilty Dec. 20 to gross misdemeanor DWI after being arrested June 7 when he tested with a .13 blood-alcohol level. Robert Lorenz Ertl, 47, of Northfield, received a stayed one-year jail sentence, but will serve 10 days of electronic home monitoring, perform 240 hours of community service and pay $615 in fees and fines. Ertl was also required to complete a chemical evaluation and will be under supervised probation for two

years. Linda Swanson, Lakeville Area Public Schools communications director, said Ertl told Superintendent Lisa Snyder, Executive Director of Administrative Services Tony Massaros, and Lakeville North High School Principal Marne Berkvam about the incident during the second week of June 2012. According to Lakeville police, an officer reported passing Babe’s Sports Bar three times in an hour and seeing a man sitting in a green Jeep in the front parking lot each time. The officer then spotted

the Jeep being driven very slowly onto 206th Street, then parking near the deadend with its lights turned off. Soon, the vehicle’s interior lights were turned on, and the officer parked behind the Jeep, directed a spotlight toward it and asked the driver, later identified as Ertl, what he was doing. Ertl allegedly told the officer, “I stopped to make a phone call because I don’t think I should be driving,” according to the Lakeville police incident report. The officer reported Ertl said he had consumed a few drinks

at Babe’s Sports Bar. The officer also reported Ertl smelled of alcohol, swayed when he walked, had bloodshot eyes and failed some of the field sobriety tests. Ertl was arrested and processed at the Lakeville police station. A written statement from the district said Ertl has been forthright in describing the incident and is taking steps to address the issue. “During the past seven months he has demonstrated his commitment to positively resolving this matter,” the statement said.

In the statement, Ertl said he “is taking action to get his life in order.” “I entered treatment seven months ago and have been sober since,” he said. “I informed my supervisors about the issues when I began treatment and I am sorry and apologize to the district and the community for the negative impact this may have on our district.“ In an interview, Swanson said Ertl “is doing the things he needs to do to maintain his job.” Ertl started with Lakeville schools in 1993 and was named activities director in August 2010 after serving in

2009 as interim activities director. According to court records, Ertl was also charged with a DWI in 2008. Under a plea agreement, the DWI was dropped and he pleaded guilty to careless driving. Ertl paid $619 in fees and fines, served 40 hours of community service and was on supervised probation for a year. Laura Adelmann is at laura. adelmann@ecm-inc.com or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

Parents sound off on athletic director’s arrest Some criticize district response by Laura Adelmann SUN THISWEEK

Some parents are raising concerns about the Lakeville Area School District’s support of Bob Ertl, Lakeville North High School’s athletic director who pleaded guilty to DWI last month. Ertl told district officials of his June DWI arrest, has sought treatment, and the district is supporting him in the steps he is taking to address the issue, but some parents think he should be fired. “I think he needs to be removed,” said Lakeville parent Genny Andrusko. “There needs to be accountability regarding the position he holds.” She said the DWI should have been “the straw that

NGUYEN, from 1A School graduate whose parents also live in Burnsville, said Nguyen, who grew up in Minneapolis and lived in Edina before coming here. “We’ve always enjoyed Burnsville,” she said.

broke the camel’s back,” referring to Ertl’s history related to drinking and driving. Ertl was charged with a DWI in 2008, but under a plea agreement charges were dropped to careless driving. Lakeville Schools Communications Director Linda Swanson said the district has received several emails from parents concerned about Ertl’s arrests and the district’s response. In an email, Gail Rutan said she was “appalled” by the situation and asked for his dismissal. “His role is so much more than a teacher,” she wrote in the Jan. 4 email. “He is in charge of addressing all of the issues of alcohol and drug issues with students and parents. There is NEVER a reason to get behind the wheel of a car

after even one drink. By not taking actions, which the community is aware of, you seem to be condoning his behavior. This is very confusing for the students and community.” Katherine Grant-Erickson said in an email Ertl should be “made an example of what NOT to do.” She stated in an email that there should be some repercussions. Tony Massaros, administrative services director, said Ertl was “up-front” with school officials about the situation and the district intends to continue his employment. Ertl has apologized publicly for the incident. “I very much continue to apologize for my decisions and the actions I made. It is not the way I want Lakeville and Lakeville North to be represented,” Ertl said. “I

made some grave mistakes and I have taken action since that very day, the next day, to get my life back on a positive track, and I continue to make those efforts.” Ertl is one of about 40 or 50 district employees not represented by a union and earns $101,275 annually under his contract that expires June 30. Massaros said Ertl’s contract does not automatically roll over and will be included among the non-affiliated employee contracts the board will eventually consider, likely after it negotiates union contracts. District employees under a non-affiliated contract may be terminated when it expires but requires the district provide six-month notice. Massaros said the district did not learn of the arrest until Ertl came forward.

He said background checks are conducted on all district hires, but are not continued after their employment. Board Chair Roz Peterson said the board will likely review its policies and contracts and the district will continue to monitor the situation involving Ertl. She emphasized the incident happened away from work and noted Ertl has been forthcoming and done everything the district asked of him to make sure similar things don’t happen in the future. “From that standpoint, you have to support the person for doing the right things and getting help,” she said. “He has stayed sober since the incident and I think he should be commended for that. I don’t think someone should be penalized for doing the

right things.” Some district parents are supportive of the district’s position. Don Moran wrote the board Jan. 9 to express his support for Ertl, noting that while he does not condone drinking and driving, said it is important to remember “we all make mistakes.” He credited Ertl for seeking treatment, stating that it “speaks to his integrity and desire to do the right thing.” Moran said he is using the situation as a teachable moment for his children. “As the son of a recovering alcoholic, I know firsthand how important it is for a person to feel supported and I believe Bob has taken the right steps in his sobriety.”

“There are a lot of parks here, which are great when you’re raising a family. We’ve enjoyed the school system (District 196). And most recently, I’m happy that we have some arts to offer – we have the Burnsville Performing Arts Center.

“We have the ice rink. A lot of the things we do are family-oriented. We love Buck Hill Ski Area. I think we have great businesses, and everything’s conveniently located.” Nguyen is a Minneapolis Washburn High School

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Business Briefs Superior Service’s Sjolseth receives entrepreneur award Dan Sjolseth of Superior Service Center, Eagan, received the 2012 Bob Klas Sr. Entrepreneur Award at the Dakota-Scott Workforce Investment Board’s annual legislative and awards event held Dec. 14 at the Eagan Community Center. The award recognizes a local entrepreneur’s success story. The inaugural award was presented to Bob Klas Sr. in 2008. Award winners are selected based on their success as shown by business growth, the individual’s leadership in the business and/or civic communities, and the mentorship they provide to other entrepreneurs. In 1981, Sjolseth started his business out of his three-car garage at his home in Richfield. Three years later, he leased a 3,000-square-foot facility in Eagan. Four years later, Sjolseth moved his Superior Collision operation to a 12,000-squarefoot building in Eagan’s Cedarvale area. In 2008, Sjolseth brought collision business and mechanical repair together under the Superior Service Center banner at one 20,000-square-foot structure in the heart of Eagan’s business and shopping areas. The state-of-the-art facility has 29 employees and more than $4 million in annual sales. Sjolseth is a member and serves on the board of the Alliance of Automotive Service Providers, where he is also on the body shop and mechanical boards. He is a member of the Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Eagan Rotary Club, and an Eagan Fourth of July Fun Fest Sponsor.

Plus Center’s Szabo receives youth employment award Orz Szabo, Plus Center, Burnsville, received the Willis E. Branning Excellence in Youth Employment Services Award at the Dakota-Scott Workforce Investment Board’s annual legislative and awards event held Dec. 14 at the Eagan Community Center. The award was just renamed for Branning, a long-time Dakota County commissioner and advocate for youth and youth employment opportunities. The award is presented to an organization, program, employer or an individual

in Dakota County who has demonstrated a commitment to and effectiveness in preparing young people ages 14 to 21 to enter the workforce. Szabo is the owner/manager of the Plus Center, which employs the principles of conductive education to assist the complete development of children with motor disabilities. Conductive education is a system of educating children with motor disabilities by combining a traditional school curriculum with a motor control curriculum.

Blue Cross wins CLIO award for ‘Tomorrow’ advertisement

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, Eagan, has received a 2012 CLIO Healthcare gold level award for its “Tomorrow” ad, one of two national gold awards given this year for video entries. The commercial uses humor, real life scenarios and a song parody to motivate Minnesotans to make healthy changes today. Viewers are then directed to the Blue website, where they can find inforLaDonna Boyd receives Cross mation to get started making healthy lifestyle changes. Friend of Workforce The CLIO Healthcare Awards is an Development Award extension of the CLIO Awards, one of LaDonna Boyd, Rosemount, received the world’s most recognized competitions the Mark McAfee Friend of Workforce for advertising, design and communicaDevelopment Award at the Dakota-Scott tions. The CLIO Healthcare Awards are executed with the same commitment to Workforce Investment excellence and rigorous standards as the Board’s annual legislaCLIO Awards and judged based on stantive and awards event held dards specific to the health care industry. Dec. 14 at the Eagan ComA list of the 2012 winners and entries is munity Center. at www.cliohealthcare.com/catalog/2012/ The award is presented video. to an individual who has championed workforce issues at the local, state or LaDonna Eagan’s Buffets Inc. federal level. Boyd was the Boyd economic development dinames two executives rector at Dakota Electric for many years until retiring in early 2012. She has been to its board of directors Eagan-based Buffets Inc. has appointa champion of workforce and economic development issues at local, state, nation- ed restaurant executive Philip Friedman and marketing executive F. Warren Elal and international levels. She chaired the Dakota-Scott Work- lish to its board of directors, thereby force Investment Board for many years completing the new seven-member board and also served on Chamber of Com- of directors formed after the company merce boards, advisory groups for Da- emerged from bankruptcy. Both execukota County Technical College and Inver tives possess over 30 years of restaurant Hills Community College, and was a industry experience and each has held leader of other local economic develop- leadership positions at growth and turnaround brands in the restaurant and hosment groups. Boyd was a member of the Governor’s pitality industries. The appointments are Workforce Development Council, the effective immediately. Minnesota Workforce Council Association, and the Economic Development Association of Minnesota. She also served Prime executive on committees focused on workforce issues for the National Association of appointed to Pharmacy Counties and the United States ConferQuality Alliance ence of Mayors. Peter Wickersham, senior vice president, cost of care at Eagan-based Prime Therapeutics, has been appointed to a four-year term on the board of directors of Pharmacy Quality Alliance, a collaborative organization committed to

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Prime Therapeutics receives Innovators in Business Award Eagan-based Prime Therapeutics has been awarded the 2012 Innovators in Business – Governor’s Newcomer Award by Florida Gov. Rick Scott for the outstanding contributions of Prime Therapeutics Specialty Pharmacy to the state’s economic growth. Prime was honored during an evening reception at the Florida governor’s mansion in Tallahassee on Dec. 10. The Governor’s Innovators in Business Awards recognize outstanding contributions toward improving and diversifying Florida’s economy plus distinctive community investment efforts, particularly relating to industries targeted for economic development and high wage job growth.

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

(MN# BC215366) •

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Free Estimates

Cabinetry & Counters

Expert Cabinet/Trim & Window-Wood Refinishing

Very cost-effective, beautiful results! Usually, windows only need the planes replaced Free Estimates. Call or Text! St. Christopher Decorating

952-451-7151

2090

Carpet & Vinyl

0%Hassles 100%Satisfaction All Carpet & Vinyl Services Restretch Repair Replace www.allcarpetmn.com

952-898-4444

2100

Cement, Masonry, Waterproofing

CONCRETE & MASONARY

Steps, Walks, Drives, Patios Chimney Repair. No job to Sm. Lic/Bond/Ins

John 952-882-0775

2110

Chimney & FP Cleaning

SWEEP • INSP. • REPAIR

Full Time • Professional Ser. Certified Registered / Insured 29 Yrs Exp. Mike 651-699-3373

londonairechimney service.com

2170

Drywall

3-D Drywall Services 36 yrs-Hang • Tape • Spray • Painting 651-324-4725 Drywall Finishing 25+ yrs exp. Call Gene 952-452-1726

2290

952-451-3792

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

Concrete Dumpster Service Carpentry Baths & Tile Fencing Windows Gutters Water/Fire Damage Doors Lic•Bond•Ins Visa Accepted

• Gen. Help & Lic. Elec. • Low By-The-Hour Rates 651-815-2316 Lic EA006385 JNH Electric 612-743-7922

Bonded Insured Free Ests Resid, Comm & Service. Old/New Const, Remodels Serv Upgrades. Lic#CA06197 Lew Electric: Resid & Comm. Service, Service Upgrades, Remodels. Old or New Constr. Free Ests. Bonded/Insured Lic#CA05011 612-801-5364

TEAM ELECTRIC

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952-500-1088

LLC

l Interior / Exterior Painting l Texturing l Drywall l Deck Staining l Epoxy Resin Garage Floors l Fine Finishing & Enameling

HANDYMAN

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

Fully Insured Free Estimates

PRE-HOLIDAY DISCOUNT 15% OFF!

Home Tune Up

Plumbing

2470

Fix It • Replace It • Upgrade It Any Size Project Over 40 yrs experience Ron 612-221-9480 Licensed • Insured

A RENEW PLUMBING •Drain Cleaning •Repairs •Remodeling •Lic# 060881-PM Bond/Ins 952-884-9495

Jack of All Trades Handyman

MASTER PLUMBER 20+ yrs. Exp. Bonded, Insured Lic 62398-PM Mark 612-910-2453

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

SAVE MONEY - Competent master plumber needs work. Lic#M3869 Jason 952-891-2490

651-815-4147

Locally owned & operated

Roofs, Siding, & Gutters

2510

R&J Construction

* ROOF SNOW & ICE REMOVAL

* Decks * Basements *Kitchen/Bath Remod *Roofing & Siding *All Types of Tile

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

Free Quotes & Ideas

Call Ray 952-484-3337

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

Housecleaning

Prof House & Office Cleaner High Quality, Comm/Res Ref/Ins/Bond. Call Lola 612-644-8432 or 763-416-4611

Painting

2420

Roofing/Tear-offs New Construction

BBB Free Est. MC/Visa

No Subcontractors Used.

Lic/Ins. 952-891-8586

Painting

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

612-210-5267 952-443-9957

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

Escobar Hardwood Floors Carpet & Ceramic Tile We offer professional services for your wood floors! Installs/Repair Sand/Refinish Free Ests Ins'd Mbr: BBB Professional w/12 yrs exp.

952-292-2349

Snow Removal

2570

Roof Snow Removal & Ice Dam Steaming. Insured 612-226-5819 Roof Snow/Ice Removal 30 Yrs Exp – Insured Lic#20126880

John Haley #1 Roofer, LLC. Call 952-925-6156

Snow Plowing

Comm./Res. Insured, Senior Discount

612-810-2059

This space could be yours

952-846-2000 Painting

2420

Credit Cards Accepted

612-825-7316/952-934-4128 www.afreshlookinc.com Roofs, Siding, & Gutters

2510

4 Seasons Painting

Free Ests.

Roofs, Siding, & Gutters

2510

Hauling

Quality Residential

General Contractors

Painting & Drywall Ceiling & Wall Textures

H20 Damage – Plaster Repair

Storm Damage Restoration Roofing ■ siding ■ windows Established 1984

Wall Paper Removal INTERIOR EXTERIOR

•Ben's Painting•

accept Visa/MC/Discvr.

952-432-2605

(763) 550-0043 (952) 476-7601 (651) 221-2600 3500 Vicksburg Lane Suite 400-351 P l y m o u t h , M N 5 5 4 4 7 Lic # 6793

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Tree Service

2620

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

Senior Discounts

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Great Service Affordable Prices

2490

Powerwashing

2490

Powerwashing

2490

Powerwashing

Handyperson

0 Stress! 110% Satisfaction!

Status Contracting, Inc.

BOB’s

Kitchens & Baths, Lower Level Remodels. Decks. Wall/Ceiling Repair/Texture Tile, Carpentry, Carpet, Painting & Flooring #BC679426

MDH Lead Supervisor

Dale 952-941-8896 office 612-554-2112 cell “Soon To Be Your Favorite Contractor!”

Statuscontractinginc.com

(952) 431- 9970 MN Lic. BC096834

Direct Solutions LLC For all your home remodeling & repair needs. Ests. Derrick 952-237-2750

Al's Seasonal Services

Tree Trimming & Removal Call 763-498-9249 We Accept Credit Cards

Insured

Window Cleaning

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

www.sparklewashcmn.com

3150

Fireplace & Firewood

FIREWOOD

2 Years Dried

Oak & Birch - $120 4' x 8' - Delivered. Quantity discounts.

763-238-5254

Ideal Firewood

Dry Oak & Oak Mixed 4' x 8 'x 16” - $120; or 2 for $220 Free Delivery

952-881-2122 763-381-1269

3160

Furnishings

QN. PILLOWTOP SET

New In Plastic!! $150 MUST SELL!! 763-360-3829 Couch, loveseat, chair Tan/gold microfiber. Exc condition! $499 952-843-8138 Solid Oak Rnd DR Tbl, 2 lvs., 6 chrs. Exc cond! Asking $350/BO. 612-868-2597

Window Cleaning 651-646-4000 3000

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Merchandise Antiques

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

January 17, 18, 19

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

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Auctions

Online Equipment Auctions Pizza Restaurant Stone Deck Pizza Oven Wood Stone Oven Equipment Auction Stillwater, MN Multiple Walk ins Sports Bar Decor Equipment Auction Maplewood, MN More information at

Computer Desk 56” & Printer Stand. $25 952435-2019

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Cemetery Lots

Bloomington Cemetery Plots priced at $1200 each Call 952-884-0868 For Sale: 4 Lots Glenhaven Good Samaritan Garden

STEVE'S TRAIN CITY

Polaris Snowmobile & ATV's. Non-working only. Will pick-up, will pay cash! Call 612-987-1044

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Estate Sales

5.5 hp, elec. start, like new! $350/BO. 952-884-4280

3500

Eden Prairie Moving Sale!

antiq, hh, furn, tools, Sat, 1/12, 10-5. 9650 Franlo Rd

3700

Leisure

3720

Boats, New & Used

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

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3950

Affordable Firewood

4' x 8' x 16” cord - $125 Free delivery & stack.

Call Tom 612-867-6813 Pets

Horses & Livestock

Herd of beef cows, black, bred Charolais, vacc., pored and wormed, big cows. Call 320-220-5501

4100

FIREWOOD

Agriculture/ Animals/Pets

Black & Red beef cows, bred black, Ivemec poured on vacc., $1325 each. Call 320-746-1405.

Deadline: Mondays at 3pm

Fireplace & Firewood

Garage Sales

Eagan Estate Sale 1621 Murphy Pkwy, Sat. Jan 12th 9-3pm Furn, artwork, & much more! Free items!

4000

952-392-6875

Snowblowers & Equipment

YardMan Snowblower

Contact Jeanne at

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Misc. Wanted

Buying Old Trains & Toys

AcesBid.com

3090

Misc. For Sale

952-933-0200

Vintage Occasional Sales

3970 Tree Service

6-10-15-20 Yd Dumpsters

Don't Want It - We Haul It! Call Scott 952-890-9461

952-883-0671 Mbr: BBB Tree Removal Silver Fox Services

3130

Paint/Stain/Ceilings. We

651-457-7776

Tree Service

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

GARAGE DOORS & OPENERS

Free Ests. 952-890-2403

Lic. #BC626700

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

5% Discount With Ad

Garage Door

SNOW PLOWING

Commercial & Residential Dependable – Insured - Exp'd LSC Construction Svcs, Inc Mbr: Better Business Bureau

Lic #BC156835 • Insured We Take Care of Insurance Claims Offering the Best Extended Manufacturers Warranty

Interior/Exterior Painting by the Pros Bonded & Insured Free Est. • Senior Discounts

*A and K PAINTING*

Snow Removal

Why Wait Roofing LLC

A Fresh Look, Inc.

www.bestcleaningservices.com

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Flooring & Tile

Above All Hardwood Floors Installation•Sanding•Finishing “We Now Install Carpet, Tile & Vinyl.” Call 952-440-WOOD (9663)

2280

651-452-4802

Gary's Trim Carpentry Home Repair, LLC Free Estimates, Insured. All Jobs Welcome 612-644-1153

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A Family Operated Business

Full Interior & Exterior www.ktpainting.com

Dakota Home Improvement Kitchens, Baths, Bsmts Drywall, Tile & Flooring CC's accept'd 952-270-1895

PINNACLE DRYWALL *Hang *Tape *Texture*Sand Quality Guar. Ins. 612-644-1879

DAGGETT ELECTRIC

•FREE ESTIMATES •INSURED

All Home Repairs! Excell Remodeling, LLC Interior & Exterior Work One Call Does it All! Call Bob 612-702-8237 or Dave 612-481-7258

*10% off 1 st Cleaning* BEST CLEANING WE CLEAN YOU GLEAM

Electric Repairs

Roofs, Siding, & Gutters

2510

100% Satisfaction Guaranteed

2310

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Painting

2420

Handyperson

PearsonDrywall.com 35 yrs taping, ceiling repair, remodel 952-200-6303

Bonded • Insured

gardnerconcrete@integra.net

Building & Remodeling

Most contractors who offer to perform home improvement work are required to have a state license. For information on state licensing and to check a contractor's license status, contact the MN Dept. of Labor and Industry at 651-284-5069 or www.dli.mn.gov

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612-824-2769 952-929-3224 Family Owned & Operated

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Family Care Child Care

If you need to go to work, & yr child is sick - an exp. local nanny can be there quick!Chrissy 952-220-0852 Openings at Mimi's I'ntl Daycare L.P.E. Military Disc. 651-242-8566

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Pets

HERCULES IS STRONG WITH LOVE! Hercules is a 2-year-old stunningly handsome classic tabby with patches of swirls. He was dumped in a standard size cat carrier crammed in with 3 other cats! He has been in his foster home now for 6 months. While he has been overlooked online, his foster Mom has conveniently not brought him to adoption days. Hercules is such a lovable lug his foster family is incredibly attached! He gets along great with cats, dogs and all ages of people. He loves to cuddle and is the sweetest “head butting” cat on the planet. Hercules does have one strange quirk in that every evening he demands to be fed his can of Fancy Feast while the rest of the day he happily eats his hard kibble! If you are looking for the perfect cuddly, loving kitty and don’t mind his “food demands”, then Hercules is the perfect pet for you! Adoption fee $160. For more info on Hercules call 651-463-8747 or email charliemeow@gmail.com. To see other cats and dogs looking for homes please view our website www. last-hope.org or see them at our three adoption events Saturdays from 11-3 at Petco Apple Valley, Petco Burnsville and Petsmart Eagan.

Last Hope, Inc. (651) 463-8747

SUN THISWEEK - Burnsville - Eagan January 11, 2013

5400

Houses For Rent

Big Lake, 4BR, 2BA, Avail now! 3 Car Garage, Most Appliances, Central Air. Newer Home, MUST SEE, not trashy rental. Deck, Sprinklers, finished basement, pet fence-some allowed. $1400. 320-492-7113

Rosemount- 3br 2 ba att

2 car gar, appliances, w/d fenced yd $1250. 952-412-5168

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Rental Information

All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise â&#x20AC;&#x153;any preference limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex handicap, familial status, or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.â&#x20AC;? Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians; pregnant women; and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275.

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Roommates Wanted

LV: LL of newer TH, Âž BA, walk out, $550 include utils, high spd int & cable. No Pets. 612-790-5043

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Apartments & Condos For Rent

Eagan: 2 BR 2BA Condo $975/mo heat included underground prkg. Fireplace W/D in unit 612-860-6151 Farmington Studio Apt. Heat pd. Gar. avl. No pets. 612-670-4777

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Real Estate

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Health Care

9050

PCAs

Regency Home HealthCare is seeking both part time/full time; day, evening and night PCA's to care for clients in their homes throughout the metro. Seeking help in Mendota Heights, Apple Valley, Burnsville, Blaine, and Big Lake. Responsible for all client cares, light housekeeping and food prep. Must be compassionate, reliable, have great attention to detail, excellent problem solving and communication skills. If interested please submit online application at: www.regencyhhc.com or fax resume attn: Julie @ 651-488-4656. EOE.

RN/LPN's

Regency Home HealthCare is seeking part time and full time; day, eve and night RN/LPN's to provide services to ventilator dependent clients in group settings throughout the metro. Seeking help in the Hastings, Burnsville, and Cottage Grove area. Must have great attention to detail, strong problem solving skills, excellent communication and clinical skills. Current MN nursing license and CPR required. If interested please submit online application at www.regencyhhc.com or fax resume attn: Julie @ 651-488-4656. EOE

9100

Help Wanted/ Full Time

Adults-Earn Your HS Diploma or GED Test Prep!

Learn in class or online, 24-7. Like District 196 ABE on Facebook. Email ABE@district196.org or call 952-431-8316. Seeking entry level carpenter. Strong candidate will have some experience framing or other similar carpentry work. Must be comfortable with heights and heavy lifting. Must provide own transportation to south metro area. Call Chris at 612-749-9752

Manufactured Homes

Apple Valley/Lakeville border: 3 BR, many updates pets OK. $29,900 financing avl. 612-581-3833

Carr's Tree Service

is seeking FT employees experienced in climbing & bucket work for our tree crews. Applicants must be 18 yrs of age & have a clean, valid driver's license. CDL Beneficial. Qualified applicants call 1-888-470-3355

FT Receptionist

Sunâ&#x20AC;˘Classifieds 952-846-2000

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Senior Rentals

Answer busy phones, reception experience preferred. Email resumes to: mwinecke@ cornermedical.com

Senior Rentals

5100

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Apartments

651-463-2511 2 BRs available

9100

Help Wanted/ Full Time

9100

Class "A" CDL Delivery Drivers

McLane, the world's leading provider of grocery and foodservice supply chain solutions and a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary, is looking for experienced and dependable Class "A" CDL Delivery Drivers for our Northfield, MN location. McLane provides excellent pay & benefits -401(k) with match, Medical Dental, Vision, Life and Disability, Safety Bonus. Driver's average wage is $60,000/yr in the first year. Qualifications: Must possess a valid Class A CDL license Have at least 100- 200K verifiable miles Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. repeatedly Clean MVR & safe driving history Customer service skills Experience delivering food and/or beverage a plus! If interested in the CDL Class A Driver position contact: McLane MN 1111 W 5th Street Northfield, MN 55057 Lobby hours are Monday to Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm (507) 664-3038 Hollie for more information Fax: (507) 664-3042 email: mnhr@ mclaneco.com

McLane is a drug-free environment. EOE, M/F/D/V

Contract Drivers

Dynamex, an industry leader in the same day delivery business, has route and on call opportunities available. Your own vehicle is needed. Build your own company and be your own boss. To find out more call 651-746-5945

Carpenter/Framer

Duplexes/Dbl Bungalows For Sale

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Business Opps & Info

Advertising Disclaimer Because we are unable to check all ads that are placed in our media, we encourage you to be safe and be careful before giving out any important information such as credit card numbers or social security numbers, when responding to any ad.

Coates/Hwy 52 2 BR Duplex $700 + utils. Refs. 651-437-7590

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Employment

Help Wanted/ Full Time

9100

Help Wanted/ Full Time

Community Editor Sun Newspapers (ECM Sun Group), publishers of community newspapers in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, has an opening for a community editor. The editor will be based in the Osseo office & cover the city of Eden Prairie. The beat includes general reporting, government news, features, religion, seniors, & business news. Quark or InDesign experience preferred. The successful candidate will have a degree in journalism or related area, & experience reporting for a newspaper in an internship or professionally. Entry level, full time with benefits, including 401(k).

Mail or e-mail cover letter & writing clips to: Dan Callahan, Sun Newspapers 33 2nd St. N.E., Box 280 Osseo MN 55369 E-mail applications may be sent to dan.callahan@ecm-inc.com.

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FT. Infant Teacher & FT. Toddler Teacher Small Christian Childcare seeking fun loving teachers to work with Infants and toddlers in Burnsville Email resumes to: ecc@riverhillsumc.org

952-895-0423

HOUSE CLEANERS

$80-$110/day FT/PT 7:20am-3:00pm. We provide CAR. Burnsville Location. 952-432-2134 Immediately hiring for a large food production company located in Shakopee 1st shift starting at 5am no weekends. Pay is $8/ hr. No experience needed!! Apply today at

jobs@awardstaffing.com or call (952)924-9000 for more info.

Now Hiring!

Warehouse/Packaging/ Assembly All shifts. Entry level to skilled positions available. Email resume to: jobs@awardstaffing.com or call (952)924-9000 for more info. OTR Flatbed Driver. $1200 sign on bonus. Out 10-14 days. Late model equipment. Full benefits. Drivers can take their truck home. Allow one small pet. Commercial Transload of MN, Fridley, MN. Contact Pete: psandmann@ctm-truck.com

or 763-571-9508

Production Manager

Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church A full job description and application can be found at http://www.sotv.org

Quality Inspector

Established millwork and door distributor in Burnsville needs experienced Quality Inspector. Technical skills and eye for detail required. Also must have ability to follow established quality standards and communicate effectively. Prior experience in carpentry or millwork desired. Position will work in production dept. Sal DOQ. Please submit resume to mail to: skittams@ jbomeara.com or mail to: Sue J B O'Meara Co. 12301 Dupont Ave S Burnsville, MN 55337 No phone calls please Quality Process Engineer FMS Corporation is an innovative and opportunity driven company located in Bloomington, MN specializing in the manufacturing of powder metal parts. Our company is currently looking for a Process Engineer to develop and support our production processes and work extensively in implementing lean concepts and quality systems. Qualified individuals must lead lean manufacturing initiatives and work well in a fast paced environment. Candidates must have 3 plus years engineering experience in manufacturing environment preferably in the powder metal process or injection molding. Please send resume with salary requirements to: mbronson@ fmscorporation.com EEO Social Services

Thomas Allen Inc. Program Manager Burnsville

37 hrs/wk Flexible, Benefit Eligible. Overall management of a home serving 4 women with DD, writing and revising programs, assist in overseeing medical needs, monitor meds, hire, train, and supervise staff. Must be a DC with 2 yrs exp. working with DD or a QDDP w/ 1 year exp. with DD, 1 yr Supervise exp. req'd Exp w/ behaviors & psych meds pref'd, DL., Clean record, Contact: Katya@ thomasalleninc.com MORE openings and info at www.thomasalleninc.com Start your new year with new opportunities in metal stamping/fabrication. Tempco Manufacturing is looking for individuals with solid skills in Welding, Quality Inspection (CMM), Tool Making, Press set-Up, Estimator, Material/Job Planner and Account Executive. Visit our website at www.tempcomfg.com for more information or forward your resume to alebold@tempcomfg.com

Full Time Sales

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

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Sales HOME IMPROVEMENTS $1,000 Hiring Bonus!! Custom Remodelers is a Twin City based multi-million dollar home improvement company. Due to an over abundance of leads, we are in need of 2 more sales people for our siding and window divisions.

Qualifications: â&#x20AC;˘ Willingness to learn â&#x20AC;˘ Highly motivated â&#x20AC;˘ Career oriented â&#x20AC;˘ Sales experience preferred but not required.

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If you are seeking a change to a strong, reputable company, Call Ryan or Mike at 651-784-2646

9200

Help Wanted/ Part Time

Home-Based B2B

www.infotechmarketing.com

B2B interviewing & selling services exp pref. No home calling. 15+hrs/ wk avail from your home. College a plus. Strong verbal & written skills. M-F days. $14-$20/hr. Call 952-252-6000 Housekeeping/Laundry Hardworking, dependable Best Western 651-452-0100 Looking for Leaders Now! Sara Blaine Designer Jewelry. Beautiful prdts! Trnk shows, gen.comm. Great oppt. Call Patricia: 612-7995892/612-396-4510 for appts. Medical Clinic Cleaning, Eagan/Apple Valley, Two positions available. 1 Dayshift 11:00 am to 3:00 PM Mon thru Fri and 1 Evening shift 29 hours/wk starting after 8:00 PM each night. $10.00 per hour at very nice facilities. Apply online www.bweclean.com

9200

Help Wanted/ Part Time

Market Research Firm: Seeks detail oriented people to edit mystery shop reports online. Excellent spelling, grammar and phone skills a must! Paid online training; flex PT hours; pay averages $12-14 per hour. Requires min of 4hrs/day M-F & 1 wknd / mo. Those fluent in French encouraged to apply. Email resume & cover letter to: QEApps@BestMark.com Midwest Veterinary Supply seeks a parttime warehouse employee to pull/pack orders in a fast-paced environment. Apply online at www.candidatelink .com/Midwest VeterinarySupply Office Cleaning $10/hr to start. 2 hrs/eve, 4 days per wk. Near Cty Rd 42, Hwy 3 Rsmnt Mike 952-758-4238

Receptionist/CA

PT PM receptionist in well-established Bsvl chiro clinic. M-W 1-6:30; Th 9-1; F 11:30-4:30. Exp pref. Email: dsgeary@ frontiernet.net 952-200-1538 Social Services

Thomas Allen Inc. Program Counselor Burnsville

Hours: Mon-Fri 7am-10am One year experience with DD, MI and challenging behaviors req'd, Must be able to assist 4 female clients with morning cares and perform cleaning tasks. Contact: Chriso@ thomasalleninc.com MORE openings at www.thomasalleninc.com Temporary PT Help Wanted: Donna's Cleaning is hiring, 1-2 days per week. Transportation necessary. 952-892-6102

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Teller/Customer Service Position New Market Bank, a locally owned community bank, is currently seeking a part-time teller who is flexible and can float between all four branches in New Market, Lakeville & Prior Lake. Schedule and hours will vary between 20 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 35 hours a week, include Friday nights until 6pm and Saturdays from 9:00-12:00. Responsibilities include performing all teller functions including crossselling bank products and services and new account knowledge. To complete an application, stop at any of our branches. Locations can be found on our website at www.newmarketbank.com or call (952) 469-1600. EOE.

PT Custodian Eagan, MN IRET Properties (IRET) is a growing, profitable, family-oriented company looking for team members who have initiative, a strong work ethic and a desire to be a part of a company that believes in work-life balance. IRET is currently seeking a Part-Time Custodian in Eagan, MN. Position includes performing all janitorial and light maintenance duties for a residential property. For complete job description, and to submit your application and resume, please visit www.iret.com/careers. IRET offers a highly competitive salary, DOE. Must be able to pass a drug screen and background check prior to being hired.

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Help Wanted/ Full & Part Time

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theater and arts briefs Fundraiser for local musician The MN Blues Society will sponsor a fundraiser from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 20, for Burnsville resident Steve Vonderharr and his duo partner, Kit Kildahl, who were chosen to compete in the 2013 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tenn. They will compete in the solo/duo category. The “Road to Memphis” fundraiser will be held at Whiskey Junction, 901 Cedar Ave. S., Minneapolis. Suggested donation for the event is $10. Silent auction items are needed. To donate items, contact Chad Nordstrom at (612) 554-4583 or chad@mnbs.org. Visit www.mnbs.org for more information.

Mystery dinner theater Jan. 26 The Rosemount Area Arts Council will host its fifth annual Mystery Dinner Theater event Saturday, Jan. 26, at Rosemount’s Steeple Center. This year’s interactive murder mystery is titled “Rock’n’roll Forever.” The event includes a cash bar and silent auction. Tickets are $39 and are available at www.rosemountarts. com.

Children’s theater The Play’s the Thing Productions offers the following opportunities for children: • Auditions for “Charlotte’s Web: The Musical” will be held at Metcalf Junior High School, 2250 Diffley Road, Burnsville. Children ages 8 to 18 are encouraged to audition and must email Dnacsr@ aol.com for an audition appointment (times available are 6, 7 or 8 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 14, and Tuesday, Jan. 15). Performances will be at the Lakeville Area Arts Center for two weekends in mid-March. For more information go to www.childrenstheatretptt.com. • Sign-ups for the western melodrama “Wagon Wheels a’Rollin’ ” are available through Farmington Community Education. For more information and to sign up, go to www.farmingtonce.com. Homeward Bound Theatre Company and School District 196 Community Education are offering children ages 8 to 14 an opportunity to be part of the theatre production of “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” at Black Hawk Middle School in Eagan. Rehearsals will be 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturdays, Jan. 26 to April 27, with technical rehearsals from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 30, and Thursday, May 2. Performances will be 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, May 4. Students will learn all aspects of theater including set design and construction, make-up, lighting, acting and movement. Cost is $199. For more information or to register, call (651) 423-7920.

IMAX family night The IMAX Theatre at the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley will host Family Night on Monday, Jan. 21. Guests who purchase one adult admission ($5) to the 6:30 p.m. showing of “Wild Safari” will receive one free child’s admission to the movie and complimentary Subway sandwich and drink (while supplies last) before the show. Dinner will be served in the lobby beginning at 5:30 p.m.

theater and arts calendar New comedy club launches Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Prior Lake, has launched the Mystic Comedy Club. Lisa Landry and feature act Joe Zimmerman will perform at 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15, and Saturday, Feb. 16. Michael Kosta and feature act Mike Stanley will take the stage at 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday, March 1, and Saturday, March 2. Tickets are $19. Contact the box office at (952) 445-9000 or go to mysticlake.com for more details.

Elvis tribute at Mystic Lake “Elvis Lives: The Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Event” will be presented at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 9, and 2 p.m. Sunday, March 10, at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel. The show features Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest winner Bill Cherry, along with top five finalists Kevin Mills, Leo Days and Ben Klein, joined by Lori Russo as Ann-Margret. Tickets are $21 and $28. Contact the box office at (952) 445-9000 or go to mysticlake.com for more details.

Sons of Norway meetings move to Apple Valley Beginning in January, Sons of Norway-Norsota Lodge meetings will move to Heritage Lutheran Church, 13401 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley. Meetings are held at 7 p.m. on the second Saturday of the month from August through May. For more information, contact Polly Bergerson at (612) 419-1789.

To submit items for the at the Eagan Art House from Arts Calendar, email: darcy. 3:30 to 5:30 Thursdays, Feb. odden@ecm-inc.com. 7 and March 7, and from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturdays, Feb. 2 and Books March 2. Cost: $3. InformaPeter Vodenka will share tion: (651) 675-5521. his book, “Journey for FreeHeavenly Moves Home dom: Defecting from Com- School Ballet will begin a munist Czechoslovakia,” from 10-week series of classes for 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. ages 3-9 at 2:30 p.m. Fridays 15, at Robert Trail Library, beginning Feb. 8 at Footsteps 14395 S. Robert Trail, Rose- Dance Studio in Burnsville. mount. Information: berrygood2@ charter.net. Exhibits Princess Prep School – Rosemount Art Gallery Lakeville will begin a sevengrand opening, 1 to 3 p.m. week session for ages 3-9 at Sunday, Jan. 13, at Robert 4:30 p.m. Mondays beginning Trail Library, 14395 S. Rob- Feb. 4. Information: berryert Trail, Rosemount. Infor- good2@charter.net. mation: www.rosemountarts. Adult painting open com. studio from 9 a.m. to noon An acrylic painting exhibit the first and third Fridays of by Sue Kemnitz is on dis- the month at the Eagan Art play through Jan. 30 at Lake- House, 3981 Lexington Ave. ville Area Arts Center, 20965 S. Fee is $5 per session. InHolyoke Ave. Information: formation: (651) 675-5521. (952) 985-4640. Music Together in the “Our Burnsville” exhibit Valley offers classes for parby the Burnsville Historical ents and their infant, todSociety chapter of the Dakota dler and preschool children County Historical Society will in Rosemount, Farmington, be on display Jan. 3-31 in Lakeville and Apple Valley. the gallery at Burnsville Per- Information: www.musictoforming Arts Center, 12600 getherclasses.com or (651) Nicollet Ave. 439-4219. The Eagan Art House Workshops/classes/other offers classes for ages 4 Registration is open for through adult. For a complete spring classes at MacPhail listing go to www.eaganartCenter for Music. Classes house.org or call (651) 675begin the week of Jan. 28 and 5521. run through June 9. InformaDan Petrov Art Studio tion: www.macphail.org or in Burnsville offers oil paint(612) 321-0100. ing classes for beginners, Teen Poetry Jam/Rap intermediate and advanced Battle from 4 to 6 p.m. Tues- skill level painters, www.danday, Feb. 5, at Apple Valley petrovart.com, (763) 843Teen Center, 14255 Johnny 2734. Cake Ridge Road, Apple ValTeens Express Yourself ley, (952) 953-2385. Ages 12- with Paint, 5 to 7 p.m. Mon18. Cost: $3 in advance (reg- days at Brushworks School of ister at www.cityofapplevalley. Art in Burnsville, www.Brushorg), $2 each per group of 10, worksSchoolofArt.com, (651) $4 at the door. 214-4732. Teen artist gatherings Drama/theater classes

family calendar To submit items for the Fam- Church, 13900 Biscayne Ave. ily Calendar, email: darcy. W., Rosemount. Free-will offerodden@ecm-inc.com. ing will be taken. Proceeds will go to The Roch Benefit Fund. Saturday, Jan. 12 The Roch Hannasch story can Spaghetti dinner by the be viewed at http://www.caringRosemount Knights of Colum- bridge.org/visit/Roch. bus, 5:45 to 7:30 p.m., in the social hall at St. Joseph Catholic Tuesday, Jan. 15 Informational meeting for Team In Training (TNT), benefitting The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, 6:30 p.m., Jo Jo’s Rise and Wine, 12501 Nicollet Ave., Suite 100, Burnsville. Receive training to run or walk full and half marathons, or complete triathlons, century (100mile) bike rides, or even trail runs, all while raising funds to cure cancer. Learn more about TNT at www.teamintraining.org/ mn. RSVP: http://www.teamintraining.org/mn/firsttimehere/ tellmemore or (763) 852-3042. Walk-ins welcome.

Saturday, Jan. 19 Journey to Financial Freedom seminar, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Woodcrest Church, 525 Cliff Road, Eagan. Registration required. Information: (651) 681-9800 or www.woodcrestchurch.org. Family Winter Walk, 10 a.m. to noon at Ritter Farm Park, 19300 Ritter Trail, Lakeville. Cost: $5 per person or $15 per family.

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Community Center celebrates 10 years A year-long celebration is in the works to celebrate the 10th birthday of the Eagan Community Center, which opened in May 2003. Watch for monthly promotions, celebratory events throughout the year and community appreciation each month through 2013, including a little surprise gift for guests on the 10th of each month. Kicking off the celebrations in January: • $3 admission to the Blast Indoor Playground all

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Thisweekend ‘Journey for Freedom’ author in Rosemount Peter Vodenka featured at ‘Meet the Author’ series On a cold rainy night in 1983, Peter Vodenka made the decision that would change his life forever. It was then that Vodenka, his wife and their two young children began their journey from behind the Iron Curtain toward America. “We ran for our lives across the border from Peter Communist Yugoslavia Vodenka to western Austria while being chased by guards with automatic weapons,” Vodenka writes on his website, www.journeyforfreedom.com. “We had spent 10 years planning our escape. We had not told our families of our plan, and left them and everything we owned behind. “If my wife and I had been captured alive, we would have faced an automatic 10-year sentence in a hard-labor camp with the most dangerous criminals. Our children would have been taken and raised in government-run institutions.” Vodenka recounts his family’s harrowing ordeal in his 2010 book “Journey for Freedom: Defection from Communist Czechoslovakia.” He’ll be discussing those experiences at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 15, at the Robert Trail Library in Rosemount as part of the ongoing “Meet the Author” series. Vodenka, now the owner of a Minnesota construction company, says he felt compelled to write the book following the terrorist attacks of 9/11. “Since the 9/11 tragedy, I have felt strongly that Americans need to be re-

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Johnny Cash tribute act coming to Lakeville Lakeville will be getting a case of the “Folsom Prison Blues” when a Johnny Cash tribute act comes to town Feb. 2. Taking the stage as the gravelly voiced country music icon at the concert at Lakeville South High School will be Minnesota musician Philip Bauer, a decorated performer in his own right. Bauer launched his music career in the mid-1980s by winning the Minnesota State Fair talent contest. He played with various cover bands throughout the 1990s, and in 1998 moved to Branson, Mo., as a regular performer there. Among the highlights of Bauer’s career are opening for country music star LeAnn Rimes, along with performing in 2005 at the 10-year memorial concert to remember the victims of the Oklahoma City bombing, where he shared the stage with the likes of Vince Gill and Toby Keith. His current gig, “The Legend of Johnny Cash” show, has the Minnesota performer touring the United States, Canada and Mexico for performances at theaters, casinos, fairs and festivals, and he recently completed a 16-city tour of Australia. Tickets for the Feb. 2 show sponsored by the Lakeville Area Arts Center and the Lakeville Rotary range from $23.50 to $28.50 and are available online at www.Lakevil-

l e A re a A r t s C e n t e r. c o m and at the arts center located at 20965 Holyoke Ave. More about “The Leg-

end of Johnny Cash” show, including video clips of Bauer performing, is at www.philipbauer.com. —Andrew Miller

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ERIN ALDRIDGE, VIOLIN VIRTUOSO Beth Gilbert, Piano Sunday, January 27, 2013 – 2 pm

VECCHIONE/ERDAHL DUO JULIE JOHNSON & THE NO-ACCOUNTS

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MN Roots & Crossovers Sunday, February 24, 2013 – 2 pm

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.

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PILOT KNOB, from 1A study should have been halted until we know what the CSM development will look like.” Council Member Cyndee Fields agreed saying the recommendations are premature and that she believes the county needs to include the segment of Pilot Knob between Yankee Doodle and I-35E. Kristi Sebastian, Dakota County engineer, noted that the section of Pilot Knob from Yankee Doodle to I-35E has previously been studied. “Long term there will be a three-lane southbound lane to 35, which would require a new bridge,” she said. County officials contend that CSM’s proposal wasn’t the driving force in continuing the traffic

study. “The CSM proposal brought to a head something that needed to be addressed,” Sebastian said. Pilot Knob currently has safety and congestion issues between Central Parkway and Yankee Doodle Road, they said. To date, drivers struggle during peak hours to find a gap in the road when turning onto Pilot Knob from side streets. County officials expect traffic volumes will continue to grow. Traffic currently becomes congested on Norwest Court and Pilot Knob Road. There have been 33 crashes at that intersection in the past five years, several of which were right angle crashes, Chromy said. The Norwest Court crash rate is higher than the metro average for a similar in-

tersection, he said. The intersection of Yankee Doodle and Pilot Knob roads also exceeds capacity, Chromy said. The county is limited in its ability to make improvements to that intersection due to its proximity to I-35E, he said.

Businesses upset City Council members weren’t the only ones frustrated with the county’s recommendations. Several business representatives, including those from Wells Fargo, voiced their dissent at Tuesday’s special council meeting. Ellen McInnis, director of the Twin Cities local government relations for Wells Fargo, said that removing the driveway at Pilot Knob will hurt customer service and profits.

McInnis noted that the Wells Fargo branch on Pilot Knob has significantly invested in Eagan by providing tax revenue and hundreds of jobs. The branch plans to add more jobs in the near future, she said. The Eagan branch is the most active by volume in Minnesota and has been profitable for 30 years, McInnis said. “This improvement may be unnecessary,” she said. “Because there have been no major accidents at the driveway.” Chromy contended that redirecting drivers to Norwest Court would improve safety by giving drivers more time to stop before their turn. It would also force people to drive farther before making a U-turn, he said. Engineer Vern Swing

disputes that position. Swing, who is president of RLK, an engineer firm hired by Wells Fargo and Extended Stay, said he believes removing the driveway won’t significantly improve safety. Using similar configurations in Brooklyn Park, West St. Paul and Eagan as examples, Swing contends the roadway, though not ideal, conforms with existing configurations. Swing added that engineers don’t need to do much planning for drivers to stop before their turn, because people typically slow down and continue through the turn — not stop. Maguire and several council members sided with the concerned business leaders. “People who drive there expect a little congestion to Wells Fargo,” he said.

“That’s why, in part, we built the ring road.” Maguire noted that regardless of the driveway, drivers who want to go south would need to make a U-turn or go around the ring road. Chromy agreed that the county’s recommendation to close the driveway is not ideal but insisted it is the best option available. Maguire suggested the county should consider mitigating safety issues by converting the driveway to a right in, and right out path. Though they felt the county’s plans were premature, council members said they could support the rest of the recommendations for Pilot Knob Road. Jessica Harper is at jessica. harper@ecm-inc.com or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

PLAYGROUND, from 1A en components continued to deteriorate, both above hood park — for playtime, and below ground, Beck he said. said. Bolts began pulling Several times Skyland away from rotting wood. was named Dakota Coun“Over the last two years, ty’s best playground in read- our maintenance staff has ers choice awards sponsored had to remove pieces of by Thisweek Newspapers equipment, replace pieces (now Sun Thisweek). of equipment,” he said. “It was an incredibly “They’ve done a great job successful playground for us extending the life of it until over the last 22 years,” Beck we got to the point where said. we could replace it. It is But city crews tore it gone now, and the reason it down this year as the wood-

is gone is it simply could not have lasted any longer from a safety standpoint.” The Skyline company has declined to contribute to a new playground. City Council deferral of annual contributions to a parks capital fund in recent tight budget years delayed the project back. But $250,000 was budgeted for 2013. The city hired a consultant to solicit playground proposals. City

staffers chose a plan by St. Croix Recreation/Burke Manufacturers. The 6,800-square-foot play area includes more than 70 playground features, “which is far more than Skyland ever had,” Beck said. Features include slides, a rock wall, a climbing feature and a spinning feature, he said. Five “towers” are proposed within the complex, which is designed for children ages 2 to 12.

The $300,000 cost is less than the $450,000 to $500,000 it would have taken to build a new wooden playground, Beck said. The $50,000 Lions Club contribution allows the park to have five towers instead of three, Beck said. Club member Bill Johnson, a volunteer in the city’s Inspections Department, raised the idea of contributing to the playground, said Mayor Elizabeth Kautz,

also a Lion. “It’s a great thing because the Lions like to be involved in giving back to the community in areas where it enriches not only the lives of families, but kids,” the mayor said. Work is to begin once weather allows and will take about 10 days, Beck said.

A symptoms of a bad concussion, or what the doctors refer to as a mild traumatic brain injury.” Having gone to 17 places for diagnosis, treatment and therapy, Nachman said her treatment for MTBI lacked focus and cohesion, and she began to educate herself about the condition. She said her medical travels included a dizzy and balance clinic that

couldn’t address her underlying brain injury and a neurologist, one of two she saw, who doubted the concussion diagnosis and suspected stroke instead. Receiving care under the rules of workers compensation complicated things, said Nachman, who tried to return to fulltime teaching but lasted only a week. “I kept getting sent to one place or another,” she

said. “At the time we were maybe naive,” said Nachman, who has two children in college and lives with her husband, Scott Verson, in Mendota Heights. “We didn’t have the right kind of information and I wasn’t able to do the kind of research I can do now to try to seek those things out.” At a concussion clinic she was given an impor-

tant neuropsychological baseline test – something a previous doctor had indicated only athletes with concussion need, Nachman said – that showed cognitive impacts from her injury. She eventually found a more holistic treatment regimen for all her ailments through the Sister Kenny Institute. But her challenges persist, from both her brain

and back and hip injuries. Nachman is applying for Social Security disability status. “I think if you have a strong sense of self and a strong support system, you can just about overcome anything,” she said. “I’m a fighter.”

INJURY, from 1A pain were immediate,” said Nachman, who suffered whiplash and a back and hip injury along with concussion. “Then the halos (light-sensitive distortions) came. Then my memory and walking abilities slowly went. I couldn’t speak very well. And then my fine motor skills, all that kind of went away. It was pretty much all the Class

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