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Burnsville caucuses kick off presidential race locally Santorumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s precinct win mirrors statewide result by Michael Ricci THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

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Republican caucus members listen to representatives from each Republican candidate on Feb. 7 at the start of the Senate District 38 caucus at Black Hawk Middle School in Eagan.

Santorum sweeps Senate districts 37, 38 Republican caucuses Wins state straw poll; Ron Paul finishes second, Mitt Romney finishes a distant third by Matthew Hankey THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

With the lack of available parking, one would think Mitt Romney was back in Eagan. But it was former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum people showed up to support at Senate districts 38 and 37 Republican caucuses Tuesday, Feb. 7.

Parked vehicles overflowed from the parking lots at Deerwood Elementary School and Black Hawk Middle School in Eagan and along the stretch of road connecting the two schools. The Black Hawk auditorium was standing room only for the hundreds of Republican caucus-goers. In total, 817 Republicans caucused

in District 38, which includes Eagan and a portion of northeast Burnsville, and 833 Republicans in District 37, which includes all of Apple Valley and Rosemount and southeast Burnsville. Santorum emerged as the winner in both Senate districts. Dakota County has traditionally been known as a conservative-leaning See Caucuses, 2A

Question: What do caucus attendees do? Answer: Vote in a straw poll. This is one of four actions, according to the Minnesota secretary of stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office, attendees can perform during a precinct caucus â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but for this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Republican presidential race, the straw poll has increased significance. Around 50 House District 40A, Precinct 2 Republican caucusgoers performed their civic duty Tuesday at Diamondhead Education Center in Burnsville. In an effort to expedite straw poll results, attendees voted to suspend regular rules briefly while voters wrote the names of their presidential favorites. Rick Santorum received 18 votes, while Mitt Romney followed with 11. Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul received eight apiece. The results, which mirrored the statewide returns as Santorum won Minnesota, came as a surprise to Burnsville residents Dan Rasmussen and Chuck Erickson. Prior to the caucus,

Rasmussen said that he was voting for Paul, saying his economic ideas were at least one reason. But the first-time caucus participant said Romney would not exactly be a bad choice either. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have nothing against Romney,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He would be my second choice.â&#x20AC;? Rasmussen, who attended the caucus with his wife, Sovanny, said he likes Romney for his family values. Meanwhile, Sovanny said she was in favor of Gingrich, namely for his years of experience, but she followed by saying she was still open to Paul. Her nearly split decision was partly based on Gingrichâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fiery response about his marriage Jan. 19 during a presidential debate. Sovanny was not impressed, despite the fact Gingrich received a standing ovation at the hall in South Carolina. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re supposed to be a figure of power and prominence,â&#x20AC;? she said of what she referred to as a defiant tone expressed by Gingrich. Erickson, a past House District 40A chair, said before the See District 40A, 13A

Distinguished Young Women enter spotlight Two local girls will compete in this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s homegrown event by John Gessner THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

A Burnsville-area tradition continues next week with the Distinguished Young Women of Minnesota scholarship competition Saturday, Feb. 18, at Eastview High School in Apple Valley. Two local girls, Alison Kispert of Burnsville and Aria Stiles of Apple Valley, are among the 10 contestants, who also hail from Hendricks, Ivanhoe, Wells, Willmar, Owatonna and Mora. A week of activities leading up to the competition, formerly known as Minnesota Junior

Miss, kicks off on Sunday, Feb. 12, with a welcome reception at Burnhaven Library in Burnsville. Burnsville has served as host city for the state competition since 1985. Out-of-town competitors stay with local host families. Restaurants and other business in Burnsville and surrounding cities host the girls, who make event appearances and get a whirlwind tour of the Twin Cities during their week here. The Kispert family of Burnsville has served as a host family since 2005, after catching the bug from neighbors. Alison and her parents, Scott and Karin, have looked forward to the day when she could compete in the program for high school seniors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would say weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve probably

all earn scholarship money with top-three finishes in academics, interview, talent, fitness and selfexpression, as well as top-three finishes overall. One state winner will advance to the national finals June 28 to 30 in Mobile, Ala., the national headquarters of Distinguished Young Women. Kispert and Stiles advanced to the state competition through an at-large competition held in November. The other eight advanced through competitions in Ivanhoe, Owatonna, Wells and Willmar.

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â&#x20AC;?Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a wonderful experience to grow up with this proup with the whole Distinguished gram,â&#x20AC;? said Alison Kispert, a Young Women motto,â&#x20AC;? which is member of the National Honor Society at her school, Minnehaha Be Your Best Self. The state competitors can See Young Women, 13A Aria Stiles

had 15-plus girls stay with us,â&#x20AC;? Karin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve all been just amazing role models for Ali growing up. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of grown

A gem of a scholarship Burnsville teachers turn out Mass audience at meeting meant to speed contract talks

Burnsville student will study astronomy at Cambridge by John Gessner THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Are the mysterious properties of black holes just too darned hard to figure out? Michael Coughlin doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think so. The 21-year-old Burnsville student will take a crack at proving it next year at the Cambridge Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Institute of Astronomy in England. Coughlin, a senior at Carleton College in Northfield, has been awarded a gem of an academic prize â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the Churchill Scholarship, which will provide up to $50,000 for his masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s studies next year at the storied General 952-894-1111 Distribution 952-846-2070 Display Advertising 952-846-2011 Classified Advertising 952-846-2000

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About 120 teachers, most wearing red T-shirts with the word â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unitedâ&#x20AC;? on the back, attended the District 191 School Board meeting Feb. 2 in a display of frustration over the pace of talks on a new two-year contract. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Your presence here tonight is a statement,â&#x20AC;? Burnsville Education Association President Libby Duethman wrote in a statement given to teachers who attended. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is meant to be a positive statement and a sign of our unity.â&#x20AC;? The mass audience was a bit unusual, given that the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage board didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t

even have any new business items to vote on. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s part of a series of steps â&#x20AC;&#x201C; including Wednesday T-shirt days for teachers wishing to wear their unity shirts in class â&#x20AC;&#x201C; union members have taken to apply pressure toward settling a 201113 contract. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a problem with that,â&#x20AC;? said Board Chair Ron Hill, who serves on the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teacher negotiating team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re anxious to reach a conclusion. Likewise, the School Board is anxious to reach a conclusion.â&#x20AC;? Both sides say negotiations didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t begin in earnest until after the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nov. 8 levy renewal referendum, which voters ap-

proved. And last year the Legislature lifted a Jan. 15 deadline for districts to settle teacher pacts or face financial penalties. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It takes some of the pressure off trying to hurry up and reach a conclusion on a contract thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s extremely important, not only to our teachers but to the programming and services we can offer our students,â&#x20AC;? Hill said in an interview. "I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be surprised to see both sides accelerate the pace here over the next two to three weeks,â&#x20AC;? he said, noting that more than half of Minnesota districts have yet to settle. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The atmosphere in See Teachers, 13A

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Brothers accused of swindling Eagan business by Jessica Harper THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Two brothers are scheduled to appear in court on felony charges in March after allegedly swindling hundreds of thousands of dollars from an Eagan business. Samuel O. Edem, 57, of Apple Valley, and Ernest

Caucuses/from 1A county. At Black Hawk, guest speakers state Sen. Ted Daley, R-Eagan, and state Rep. Diane Anderson, R-Eagan, called for a return to conservative values for the upcoming presidential election. All Republican presidential candidates had a speaker pitch for their nomination at the caucus, a couple of whom read letters penned by the presidential hopefuls. Mary Pawlenty, wife of former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, spoke on behalf of Mitt Romney. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s absolutely essential that we beat Barack Obama in the upcoming election,â&#x20AC;? she said. But it was the speakers on behalf of Ron Paul and Rick Santorum who received the loudest applause. In Minnesota, Santorum received 21,908 straw poll

Coughlin/from 1A of Burnsville, is one of 14 U.S. students awarded a 2012-13 scholarship by the Winston Churchill Foundation of the United States. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only the fifth Churchill Scholar in the history of Carleton College, one of 102 colleges that participate in the program. Another is the University of Minnesota, which boasts only six Churchill Scholars,

O. Edem, 50, of Brooklyn Park, have each been charged by the Dakota County Attorneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office with five counts of felony theft by swindle. The criminal complaint states the following: Ernest Edem is owner of Ephicient Pick Up and delivery service, a one-

man delivery operation, which had a contract with the Eagan company. He submitted numerous bills totaling $254,529, which were approved by his brother, Samuel Edem, for work that was never completed. Officials at the Eagan business contacted police

upon discovering the discrepancies. Police found emails Ernest allegedly sent to officials at the Eagan business in which he admitted to overbilling and apologized. Samuel Edem denied knowing about the overbilling, but admitted he

did not follow company procedures when receiving bills from his brother. Although the investigation found legitimate bills from Ernest, it also uncovered fraudulent transactions processed by Samuel Edem since January 2007. Samuel Edem is sched-

votes for president, nearly 45 percent of all votes, according to the Minnesota secretary of state website. Paul took second place, receiving 13,185 straw poll votes (27 percent). Romney was a distant third, receiving 8,207 votes (17 percent) and Newt Gingrich received 5,254 votes (11 percent). Santorumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s victory in the straw poll came as no surprise to District 37 Republican Chair Pat Staley, who spent the caucus night at Rosemount High School. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Minnesota has a habit of voting for the most conservative alternative to the front-runner,â&#x20AC;? Staley said, clarifying the â&#x20AC;&#x153;front-runnerâ&#x20AC;? as Romney. Eagan resident and transplanted Texan Tracy Reis is lending her support to Ron Paul, and not because he is also a native Texan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wanted to see what it

was all about,â&#x20AC;? Reis said of the caucus. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was tired of sitting back and doing nothing.â&#x20AC;? As far as Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chances, Reis said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think better than most people are going to expect.â&#x20AC;? Reis arrived to the caucus 40 minutes before the night officially kicked off at 7 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was able to get one of the good parking spots,â&#x20AC;? she said. Eagan resident A.J. Johnson also showed up to caucus for and support Paul. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think as far as all the other candidates go, they all represent the same thing,â&#x20AC;? Johnson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the only guy out there that would really shake things up. If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want the status quo, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to vote for Ron Paul.â&#x20AC;? Burnsville resident Paul Beseman came to see what all the hype was about. Like others, he hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t decided

which presidential candidate to support before the straw poll votes were taken. Beseman said he showed up â&#x20AC;&#x153;to see this experience. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never caucused before.â&#x20AC;? Like Beseman, Eagan resident and first-time caucus-goer Channing Luden wanted to get a taste of the Republican Party platform and experience grassroots politics. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wanted to get involved and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best to get involved at the local level,â&#x20AC;? Luden said. As far as lending support to a presidential candidate, Luden remained on the fence. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of been hard to decide,â&#x20AC;? said Luden, adding he likes certain campaign platform points of what Newt Gingrich, Paul and Santorum stand for. Burnsville resident Shawn Goffinet is fully supporting Paul for president.

Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s foreign policy stance of â&#x20AC;&#x153;non-interventionâ&#x20AC;? was the last of his Goffinet came to believe in, though now he said itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what he has grown to appreciate the most about the presidential hopeful. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We think we have the moral authority to teach people how to live at the end of a gun, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just wrong,â&#x20AC;? Goffinet said. On the Democratic side, District 38 DFL Chair Vicki Wright called the partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s caucus at Eagan High School a success. Officially, 508 DFLers caucused at the high school, far fewer than the multiple thousand who attended in 2008. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Four years ago we had over 3,000 because of the presidential race, and it really drew a lot because they wanted to vote for Hillary (Clinton) or Obama,â&#x20AC;? Wright said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We did not

the last one in 1991-92. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s incredibly humbling,â&#x20AC;? said Coughlin, who will begin his studies and research in October after graduating from Carleton with a double major in physics and astronomy and mathematics. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reading about a lot of the past winners, some of them are leaders in their fields. To be a part of that group is just incredibly humbling. In some ways, it feels like a lot to live

up to, too.â&#x20AC;? Coughlin believes we have the technology to begin understanding properties such as mass and motion of black holes, which render most telescopes useless because they emit no light. Astronomy is on the verge, he says, of uncovering mysteries of black holes by studying one of their products: gravitational waves. â&#x20AC;&#x153;GWs are ripples in

space-time radiating at the speed of light,â&#x20AC;? Coughlin wrote in his application for the Churchill Scholarship. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Current interferomic GW detectors, such as the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) in the United States and the Virgo Gravitational Wave Observatory in Italy, are reaching sensitivities such that these waves or products will be detectable.â&#x20AC;? As an undergraduate researcher, Coughlin has extensive experience in the study of gravitational waves. But his interest in black holes is also grounded in plain human curiosity.

How, he wonders, can the constant of gravity that holds us to the Earth be â&#x20AC;&#x153;infinitely warped into a singularityâ&#x20AC;? at the center of a black hole? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would say black holes are kind of the epitome of interesting objects that exist in the universe,â&#x20AC;? said Coughlin, who attended Sky Oaks Elementary in Burnsville and secondary school at Trinity at River Ridge in Eagan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re these things that within some distance nothing can escape. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where a lot of the concepts like wormholes and time travel and all that stuff come from. A

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expect that this year.â&#x20AC;? Despite a lower turnout, Wright said those who attended caucuses were enthusiastic and interested in being involved with local politics, particularly with the Minnesota House and Senate races. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is very exciting for us,â&#x20AC;? Wright said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is the first organizing step. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really encouraging.â&#x20AC;? Resolutions at the DFL caucus included opposition to the Republican-backed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage as well as opposition to requiring photo identification to vote at the polls. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re creating a problem when there isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t one,â&#x20AC;? Wright said of the Republicans. Matthew Hankey is Sun Newspapers community editor for Apple Valley, Eagan and Rosemount.

lot of the very most exciting science comes kind of directly from these. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of the coolest subjects you can study.â&#x20AC;? Coughlinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current undergraduate research, under the direction of Carleton physics and astronomy professor Nelson Christensen, focuses on researching the accuracy of various models of gravitational wave emissions from gamma ray bursts, which are emitters of high-energy photons. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now, I would like to extend this study to models of GW emission by black holes and other cosmic objects,â&#x20AC;? Coughlin explained in his Churchill application. He is a member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a â&#x20AC;&#x153;fairly unusualâ&#x20AC;? status for an undergrad, he said â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and has worked with scientists at Virgo in Italy on a summer visit. Coughlin has authored two journal articles and coauthored six. Two other papers await publishing. After Cambridge he plans doctoral studies in physics. Coughlin has already applied to several schools and been accepted by the University of Minnesota. A career? â&#x20AC;&#x153;NASA would definitely be a good fit, I believe,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would be happy, I guess, working for a private company. But I really do enjoy this kind of very basic research, how-does-the-universe-work kinds of things,â&#x20AC;? he said. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more to Coughlin than science. A member of Carletonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s competitive dance team and co-president of the campus salsa and Latin dance club, he hopes to join the Cambridge Dancersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Club. Then he could dance for British bragging rights in the annual Varsity Match with Oxford. John Gessner is at john.gessner@ecm-inc.com.

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Man allegedly stole car while Keep dogs leashed in parks, city says in Apple Valley for job interview Vehicle taken from Apple Valley Transit Station had key in ignition A man who was Apple Valley poin Apple Valley for lice spoke with the a job interview is acvictim, who recused of stealing a ported that his car car from the Apple key got stuck in Valley Transit Stathe ignition when tion. he parked at the According to the Benito transit station the criminal complaint, Hernandez morning of Jan. 30. 37-year-old Benito Romo Jr. In order to catch Hernandez Romo Jr. his bus, he left the told police he was walking key in the ignition and the through the transit stationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s car unlocked. When he reparking lot Jan. 30 when he turned from work at about noticed a vehicle with keys 5:30 p.m. that day, his car in its ignition and decided was gone. to take it. The vehicle was recov-

ered Feb. 1 when Lakeville police pulled Romo over for an unrelated offense. In a statement to police, Romo admitted taking the vehicle and said it was the first time he had stolen a car, according to the complaint. Romo, of Richfield, was booked into the Dakota County Jail and charged with motor vehicle theft, a felony punishable by up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Andrew Miller

Reports of unleashed dogs in Burnsville city parks â&#x20AC;&#x201C; particularly Alimagnet Park â&#x20AC;&#x201C; have city officials tightening their enforcement of an ordinance requiring pets to be kept on a leash while in public. Users of Alimagnet Park â&#x20AC;&#x201C; home to the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s enclosed, seven-acre Alimagnet Dog Park â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and residents in the surrounding neighborhood have grown concerned with the large number of dogs being let off-leash on adjacent city

trails and ball fields, according to a city news release. The Police Department will take a more proactive approach to enforcement in that area and begin issuing citations to violators in the near future, the release said. It is against the law to allow dogs off-leash on any public property, including the parking lots, trails and parkland of city parks, the city said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Burnsville strives to provide quality parks and facilities that can be en-

joyed by all residents and patrons,â&#x20AC;? said Burnsville Recreation and Facilities Superintendent J.J. Ryan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not everyone is comfortable around dogs. We ask that dog owners be courteous to those who may not want get so â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;up-close-andpersonalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; with our canine friends.â&#x20AC;? Alimagnet Dog Park is located at 1200 Alimagnet Parkway. For more information, visit www.burnsville.org/dogpark.

Paying it forward Eighth-grader donates winnings by Laura Adelmann THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

After the cheering died and the spotlight dimmed, 13 year-old Abby Haenni decided to pay it forward. The Christian Life School eighth-grader had been presented with a certificate and a $100 check by Farmington Police Chief Brian Lindquist during a Feb. 2 school assembly for her winning essay in a Minnesota Police Chiefs Association contest. But after Donovan and Andrea Dugan of Burnsville, former teachers, spoke of their plans to serve as missionaries in Indonesia for at least four years at the same assembly, Abby asked if she could donate the $100 to the couple. Abbyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mom, April Haenni, said after the assembly, she had tears of pride in her eyes when Abby asked for permission to give all her prize money to the missionary family. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was extremely proud,â&#x20AC;? April said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When her grandparents (Richard and

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Donovan and Andrea Dugan with their daughters, Natalie, 5, and Bethany, 2, will move to Indonesia in March to serve as missionaries. Candy Short) found out, they decided to match it.â&#x20AC;? The Dugans will provide theological training to develop Christian leaders in the primarily Muslim culture. Abbyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gesture encouraged the Dugan family as they embark on their adventure. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Abbyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s donation to our mission work reflects the generosity and faith of her upbringing,â&#x20AC;? Donovan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is remarkable that a teenage girl in our culture is able to prioritize generous faith over materialism. Abby is choosing to invest in her faith and values and it will benefit people on the other side of the world. Her actions show a maturity far

beyond her years and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re proud of her and thankful for her.â&#x20AC;? As for the essay award, Abby was one of 36 students in the state selected for the annual honor, writing about how to use technology for good. In her essay, Abby described the pros and cons of technology, noting the dangers of cyber-bullying but also detailing the life-transforming gift of cochlear implants to the deaf. Those interested in becoming a financial partner in the Duganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mission, visit www.onechallenge.org/donate. Laura Adelmann is at laura. adelmann@ecm-inc.com.

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Thisweek Columnist Exceptional Businesswomen beacons of inspiration by Tad Johnson THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

The Jan. 9 edition of the Dakota County Tribune Business Weekly carried profiles of the 11 Dakota County Exceptional Businesswomen for 2012. The special edition was a preview to this newspaper and the Dakota County Technical College Foundationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event-recognition breakfast Thursday, Feb. 16, at the Best Western Premier Nicollet Inn, where Fairview Ridges Hospital President Beth Krehbiel will be the featured speaker. If you didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t receive one of the special editons that were sent to our business mailing list, you can find the stories posted on our website. After reading the front section of these stories, one should walk away inspired, ready to take on the next business challenge. Inspiration is easy to find among this class, which includes three company founders, three owner/entrepreneurs and five who hold top-level positions with some of the largest companies in Dakota County. I had the opportunity to conduct brief interviews with each of the women, and, as managing editor, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve read all of their stories. Talking to and reading about them had me constantly evaluating my own goals, priorities and vision for my own work. The wonderful aspect about this project is that it affords us, as reporters, and you, as readers, a chance to meet these amazing, hard-working and accomplished women whom otherwise we might have never profiled. Michele Engdahl, manager of government and community affairs for Thomson Reuters, put it best when she said the common thread that binds these winners together

work ethic of their team. is their ability to articuCarrie Guarrero knows late their business mesIN BRIEF the value in breaking lofty sage into the communigoals into small tasks as a life ty as ambassadors who Tickets for the Dakocoach, in addition to being give back to support ta County 2012 Excepthe senior vice president and other local efforts. tional Businesswomen regional manager for CornerThatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seen in winbreakfast buffet and cerstone Mortgage Company. ners like Peggy Johnemony are $20 per perShe says she couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t imagine son and Sheila Longie, whose son. Registration starts juggling her work and family volunteer efforts in the comat 7:30 a.m. The breakdemands (she has seven chilmunity are too numerous to fast will start at 8 a.m. dren) without the accountlist here. with the program comability of a life coach. Johnsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been tied in mencing at 8:30 a.m. Connie Braziel says she some way to nearly every Tables of eight can be likes to stay behind the scenes chamber of commerce in reserved for $140. at the Minnesota Zoo, which Dakota County, and Longie For more informais an easy thing to do since lights up when talking about tion about the award or the animals steal the show. her work with the Taste of a link to purchase tickBut sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in charge of daily Lakeville, which is a great ets, go online at www. community birthday party operations for a zoo that has ThisweekLive.com, look that she says connects people shattered attendance records for a link to the Exceplike a family. in recent years while undertional Businesswomen For those looking for a taking ambitious projects to page or go directly to confirmation that hard work inject new life into Dakota https://www.formstack. achieves major success, look Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most popular atcom/forms/?1158630no further than the different traction. 8MXgiJhcwU. paths of Theresa Wise and Terri Shepherd, founder Jamie Dahlen. and CEO Xact Resources Dahlen talks about the long nights and Inc., shows that keeping one eye on the busiearly mornings it took to turn the Best West- ness and the other on the outside world can ern Premier Nicollet Inn into the sparkling result in finding new niches and even a secjewel it has become in Burnsville â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the site of ond company. Shepherdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s firm is experiencthis yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s awards breakfast. ing rapid growth because she was not statisWise, senior vice president and chief in- fied with standing still and instead looking formation officer at Delta, also talks about for the next opportunity. Chris Holtan of Lancet Software Develthe days and nights needed to merge the millions of information technology records of opment Inc. proves that humor in the workNorthwest and Delta Air Lines by creating place can have some serious positive impact. From the outset, Lancetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s founders made thousands of subprojects with IT workers in Eagan. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a mind-boggling effort that she fun an equal partner with hard work as they says was made seamless to customers by the dubbed themselves the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;floun-

dersâ&#x20AC;? to communicate their effort of â&#x20AC;&#x153;floundering aroundâ&#x20AC;? to try anything to see what works. Holtan also talked about the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wall of Greatnessâ&#x20AC;? where profound (and not-so-profound) quotes are pasted up for all to â&#x20AC;&#x153;admire.â&#x20AC;? Sona Mehringâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s story is pure inspiration for those who think they have a great idea. She says her CaringBridge idea, which was born from a friendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crisis, was the first social network. She says she couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have imagined the nonprofit would become what it is today â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a hug for the world that is used by millions across the planet. While many women have encountered challenges in the workplace because of their gender, Sunny Bhakta, owner of Comfort Inn-Lakeville, has overcome dual discrimination. I was disappointed to learn that, as owner of her first hotel in Owatonna, she faced racism in the form of insults and rejected business because she happened to come from another part of the world. She said she also faced gender discrimination from the outset in Lakeville as employees resigned because they wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work for a woman. That goes to show that we still have a long way to go to overcome ignorance. These are just a few of the lessons our winners have taught me. They are very deserving of these awards, and it seems a small measure of gratitude for all they have given back to the community. Tad Johnson is at editor.thisweek@ecm-inc. com.

Letters Happy ending to TV theft saga To the editor: Wow. Words canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t express our gratitude to the generous people who came to our rescue after those

thoughtless people stole a large television set from the Burnsville Senior Center. As many people worked getting a mountain of gifts ready for distribution to our senior friends in need, in walked our own Santa

for a Senior carrying a new flatscreen television to replace our loss. Bryan Prettyman, co-owner of Ernieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pub and Grill, had experienced the same ordeal at his restaurant and felt he just had to help us. Bryan

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Myhra on school shift, session

ognized the change from a 70/30 to a 60/40 payment plan could cause cash flow problems for some school districts, so the school funding formula was increased by $50 per pupil for the 2011-12 school year and increased by $100 per pupil for the 2012-13 school year to pay for short-term borrowings. In 2011, I was privileged to chief author legislation, signed into law, to promote literacy by the end of third grade. The Legislature also passed a performancebased teacher evaluation system, an early graduation achievement scholarship program, and alternative teacher licensing. The economy is dependent on a well-educated work force, so continued attention will be focused this session on measures to improve education. Additional reform initiatives the Legislature is working on to improve jobs and Minnesotaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economy include enhancing the Angel Investment Tax Credit, phasing out and eliminating the business property tax, lowering energy costs by crediting hydropower in renewable energy goals, and establishing a limited moratorium on state rule making and regulations.

To the editor: Last December, the Office of Minnesota Management and Budget released the state budget forecast for the next two years, showing unexpected good news of an $876 million surplus. The surplus is primarily due to cost-saving results of the final budget passed by the Legislature and signed by the governor last summer. The budget surplus, as required by Minnesota statute, will first be used to replenish the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cash flow account, similar to a familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s checking account, and then to build up the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s budget reserve account, similar to a familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s savings account. Once the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cash flow and budget reserve accounts are replenished, the school shift, used to balance the state budget last summer, will be repaid. For the 2011-12 school year, the school shift is 60/40, meaning 60 percent of school funding is paid currently and 40 percent in the next year. The entire amount of school funding is paid to the districts; however, it is split between years. The previous Legislature used a 70/30 school shift to balREP. PAM MYHRA ance the state budget. Last summer, the Leg- District 40A islature and governor rec- Burnsville

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Melissa Kay Goettig of Apple Valley and Ryan Dale Van Wey of Grand Forks, ND are engaged to be married. Melissa, daughter of Mark and Deb Goettig, is a 2011 graduate of University of North Dakota with a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in nursing and is currently employed at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND. Ryan, son of Rick and Lorraine Van Wey, is the manager of Tubs of Fun! Pools and Spas in Grand Forks. An April 28, 2012 wedding is planned in the Twin Cities.

Age 12, of Lakeville MN passed away peacefully at her home Tuesday, surrounded by her family, after battling Lymphoma for two and a half years. Carina attended Lake Marion Elementary school in Lakeville. She loved animals, especially birds, doing art, swimming, and listening to music, especially Taylor Swift. Carina is survived by her loving parents, Kevin and Jill; brothers, Cameron and Quinten; grandparents, Ronald & Beverly Schrader and Alan & Marilyne Benson; aunts and uncles, Ann & George Gleim, Apple Valley, MN, Jeff Benson, Cedar Rapids, IA, Susan & Tim Esse r, De F o r es t , W I , Jenny & Jason Dugan, Lakeville, MN and Kara Schrader, Davenport, IA; cousins, Max, Kyle, Owen, Gavin, Kade and Eli; other relatives and friends. Funeral Service was at 11 AM Friday, (2/3) at Hosanna! Church, 9600 163rd St W. Lakeville, MN 55044 visitation was from 4 to 8 PM on Thursday (2/2) at the White Funeral Home, 20134 Kenwood TR., Lakeville, MN 55044 (952 469 2723). In lieu of flowers, memorials will used to fulfill Carina's wish to donate a Slushy machine to the BMT clinic 9th floor at the U of MN Hospital. On line condolences at www.whitefuneralhomes.com

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Letters PAC loss nothing to celebrate To the editor: So, we should all celebrate the quarter milliondollar Performing Arts Center loss. It could have been, and was projected to be, a greater loss. Is that the cause of the celebration? Oh, we also forgot to include the cost of the borrowed money it took to construct the PAC, the depreciation of the PAC property, the loss of property tax since it is a public structure, and most likely the cost of the original infrastructure. Government again appears to not blink an eye at losing other peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (taxpayersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;) money. I believe the studies done before the construction of the PAC predicted a loser. Looks like the city is also taking a run at being a bank. Part of the slush fund the PAC is using to guarantee folks performing in the PAC-sponsored performance series a minimum amount of money is a loan from the city. I guess no commercial banks were interested in taking the risk, so the â&#x20AC;&#x153;City of Burnsville Bankâ&#x20AC;? stepped forward. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next? Will the city get into the used-car business? If the PAC were a private company, it most likely would be on the bankruptcy auction block. The PAC seems to be more of an albatross than a cause to celebrate. TOM ANDERSON Burnsville

Eagan & Lakeville Resource Centers seek donations

Kuhn 50th Wedding Anniversary! William and Donna Kuhn will celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary on February 16th, 2012. They were married in Riverside, California in 1962. Both were former members of the United States Air Force. They have been blessed with a Daughter, Sandra and a Son, David along with 3 very special Grandsons.

To the editor: The 2011 statistics of the Eagan & Lakeville Resource Center do not describe the hard, individual story of a family in need of food support, but the numbers do speak to the trend of the continuing struggles for many families in Dakota County. In 2011, upward of 9,940 households were served by the pantry food shelves of the Eagan & Lakeville Resource Center. This is a staggering 79 percent increase in families over 2010 and equates to more than 679,340 pounds of distributed food, a 77 percent increase in just one year.

The need is so great that the Lakeville Resource Center is expanding again (second time in 18 months) into another 500-squarefoot suite totaling over 3,000 square feet to accommodate the growth in families served as well as a goal to distribute more fresh and perishable foods, about 70 percent of the available inventory. The Eagan & Lakeville Resource Center is a nonprofit organization, which provides food support, community resource referral and community gardening (garden-to-table) for families residing in Dakota County. ELRC is often confused with 360 Communities, but we are not the same organization. ELRC is a separately incorporated 501(C)3 organization with the mission to serve those in need and to eliminate hunger in Dakota County. To find out how you can help those in need or to access food support, visit www.eaganrc.org or phone (651) 688-3189. The Lakeville Resource Center is located in suites 137 and 139 in the Holyoke Mall, downtown Lakeville. The pantry of the Eagan Resource Center is located at 3904 Cedar Grove Pkwy., Eagan. LISA HORN Eagan & Lakeville Resource Center executive director

Wardlow allows special interest loopholes To the editor: Eagan prides itself on its business-friendly attitude and our community has benefitted enormously from the companies that call Eagan home. But being business-friendly is one

thing; throwing your community under the bus is quite another. And thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exactly what state Rep. Doug Wardlow, R-Eagan, did when he authored legislation that would let predatory businesses off the hook to do what they want without consequence. During debates on Senate File 149 and Senate File 373, Wardlow rejected amendments that would have held businesses accountable when they misuse personal medical data, deceive and manipulate their own customers, and even when they destroy evidence of their wrongdoing. Wardlow claims that letting bad businesses off hook will create jobs. This may be true only for the consultants advising their clients on how best to drive a truck through Wardlowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s special interest loopholes. Wardlow, a business litigation attorney, claims that â&#x20AC;&#x153;lawyers are the problem;â&#x20AC;? insofar as that statement applies to him, I could not agree more. MIKE SUPINA Eagan

Taxes and fees

the writer might consider the policies of our former governor (and failed presidential candidate), which relied on increased fees to end users and property taxes at the local level to comply with his â&#x20AC;&#x153;no new taxesâ&#x20AC;? pledge. As for license tabs, my tabs this year were $90. Since Gov. Jesse Ventura flattened those fees, newer vehicles pay more for tabs but still less than when fees were based on the value of the vehicle, hence fewer dollars in the road maintenance accounts. Notice more than the usual number of potholes lately? The religion of tax cuts, and only tax cuts, as the answer to all public questions, seems an article of faith for many of the folks on the right. That government needs a certain amount of income to continue providing services is a fact. If the funding source is not broad-based, somebody is going to get squeezed and that is always the little guy. If tax credits to help increase hiring increase the number of taxpayers, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not opposed. The income gap is wider than ever in our countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history. And most of that happened during the Bush and Pawlenty administrations with tax cuts for the wealthy. The top earners have seen their income double over the last 20 years while the bottom 40 percent declined. We need an attitude adjustment at the Capitol. We need to move from â&#x20AC;&#x153;we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;tâ&#x20AC;? to â&#x20AC;&#x153;we canâ&#x20AC;? representation. In Apple Valley, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m supporting the election of Mike Germain and Roberta Gibbons to get that change of attitude.

To the editor: A recent letter questions why there should be state tax credits for businesses that hire people and disparages Gov. Mark Daytonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s jobs plan. He then complains about the fees and taxes he pays for his business and personal property. Well, that person hired with the tax credit just might be another customer for his business. Counterintuitively, government spending in times of recession keeps the economy JUDY FINGER moving where tightening Apple Valley the belt strangles it. As for fees and taxes,

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Thisweekend A whole lotta â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;uff daâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Ole & Lenaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 50th Anniversary and Vow Renewalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; plays the Lakeville Area Arts Center Feb. 18 by Andrew Miller THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Wedding anniversary? Oh, jeez. The lovably dim-witted Norwegian couple of Ole and Lena will be taking the stage of the Lakeville Area Arts Center on Feb. 18 for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ole & Lenaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 50th Anniversary and Vow Renewal.â&#x20AC;? The all-ages stage comedy features real-life husband and wife Michael and Julie Bateson as the title characters. Michael Bateson wrote and is directing the show, which follows Lenaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s preparations for a romantic anniversary celebration as Ole seeks ways to instead compete in an ice-fishing tournament. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lighthearted comedy, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just a series of Ole and Lena jokes,â&#x20AC;? Bateson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a story, we do a fair amount of improv and there are some interactive sections with the audience.â&#x20AC;?

The Batesons are no strangers to the characters. This is their third Ole and Lena show, having performed as the comic Scandinavian couple in two other shows Michael wrote â&#x20AC;&#x201C; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ole & Lenaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Family Christmasâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ole & Lenaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cruise Vacation.â&#x20AC;? Both of those shows were staged at the theater the Batesons owned and operated in Cannon Falls, the now-defunct Stone Mill Dinner Theater. South-of-the-river audiences will recognize Michael Bateson from his one-man Mark Twain shows last year at the Lakeville Area Arts Center and the Dakota County Fair. A Cannon Falls resident who works at Charter Media in Rosemount, he has been performing as the venerated Southern humorist for about 10 years. As a Twain fan since

childhood, he brings an encyclopedic knowledge of the authorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life and literary works to the act, and his impersonation comes complete with a white suit, wig and Missouri drawl. Making the switch from Mark Twain to Ole may seem like an odd transition, but as a character actor it comes with the territory, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mark Twain tends to be a little more challenging just because of all the research that goes into it,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ole is a little more freewheeling â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and a lot more fun.â&#x20AC;? Tickets for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ole & Lenaâ&#x20AC;? are $15 and can be reserved by calling (952) 985-4640 or visiting www.ci.lakeville.mn.us and clicking on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lakeville Area Arts Center.â&#x20AC;? Andrew Miller is at andrew. miller@ecm-inc.com.

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The husband-and-wife acting team of Michael and Julie Bateson will perform as the lovably dim-witted Ole and Lena next week at the Lakeville Area Arts Center.

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theater and arts calendar

Jenn Alexander to perform

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to 2 p.m. Saturday. Call (952) 895-4685 for more information.

Comedy Olivia Arrington with special guest Colleen Justice at 8:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, and 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, at MinneHAHA Comedy Club, 1583 E. First Ave., Shakopee (lower level of Dangerfieldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s), (612) 860-9388, www. minnehahacomedyclub.com. Tickets: $13 for early shows, $10 for late show.

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Vocalist Jenn Alexander will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, at the Lakeville Area Arts Center. Known locally as a worship leader at Hosanna Lutheran Church, Alexander will be backed by a four-piece band featuring strings, piano and acoustic instruments. Tickets are $15 and are available at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Advance purchase is recommended. For additional information, call (952) 985-4640.

theater and arts briefs Coffee concerts begin Feb. 19

Arts festival has call for artists

â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Time and Place for Musicâ&#x20AC;? is the theme of the fifth season of Chamber Music Coffee Concerts at the Lakeville Area Arts Center. The WolfGang, seven musicians who specialize in playing late baroque through early classical music on period instruments, will kick off the season at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19. The concerts are held in a casual cabaret setting with complimentary Caribou coffee and refreshments. Upcoming concerts in the series include: â&#x20AC;˘ The Vecchione/Erdahl Duo, Sunday, March 18. â&#x20AC;˘ Orkestar Bez Ime, Sunday, April 29. â&#x20AC;˘ Adam Kuenzel, flute, and Judith Gordon, piano, Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day recital, Sunday, May 13. Tickets are available at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave., or by calling (952) 985-4640. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for seniors and students. Season tickets for all four concerts are available at a 25 percent discount.

Artists are invited to submit an application to Lakevilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s juried art festival to be held Sept. 15-16 on the grounds of the Lakeville Area Arts Center. Artists may apply online at www. lakevilleartfestival.org, or by calling (952) 985-4640. Postmark deadline for the application is April 27.

Matthew Sanford at arts center Matthew Sanford, author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Waking: A Memoir of Trauma and Transcendence,â&#x20AC;? will talk about the accident that left him paralyzed as a teen and his journey to become a yoga instructor and leading advocate of integrative medicine from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, at Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. The event is free but requires a ticket. Call the Heritage Library at (952) 8910362 or register online at www.heritagelibraryfriends. com. Sanfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s appearance is a part of OneBook, OneLakeville.

IMAX family night is â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Wizard of Ozâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Monday, Feb. 20 in Lakeville The IMAX Theatre at the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley will host Dinner and a Movie Family Night on Monday, Feb. 20. Guests who purchase one adult admission ($9.75) to the 6:30 p.m. showing of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Ultimate Wave Tahiti: An IMAX 3D Experienceâ&#x20AC;? will receive one free childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s admission to the movie and a complimentary Subway sandwich (while supplies last) before the show. Dinner will be served in the lobby beginning at 5:30 p.m.

Candlelight event without snow The Trails by Candlelight event scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 11, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Lebanon Hills Visitor Center in Eagan is still on, but with minor changes. With the lack of snow this year, the event is being transformed into an evening of hiking and ice skating by candlelight. Four miles of wooded park trails will be lined with candles for an evening hike, and candles will also line a one-half mile ice skating trail and ice rink. Bonfires will be available for warming up, and the Lebanon Hills Visitor Center will be open late. Hot chocolate, hot dogs, mini doughnuts and more will be available for purchase in a concession trailer next to the visitor center. The event is open to all ages. The cost to participate in the event is $10 per person at the door. Youth ages 5 and under are free. Bring your own ice skates. For more information, visit www.dakotacounty. mn.us/parks.

Giant Step Theatre will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wizard of Ozâ&#x20AC;? at Lakeville North High School beginning Saturday, Feb. 11. Performances are 2 and 7 p.m. Saturdays, Feb. 11 and 18; 2 and 6 p.m. Sundays, Feb. 12 and 19; 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17; and 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 20. Tickets are $6 at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave., or by phone at (952) 9854640.Â Remaining tickets can be purchased at the door for $8.

Concerts Tim Patrick and his Blue Eyes Band will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, at Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave. Tickets are $19 at the box office, Ticketmaster.com or (800) 982-2787. Jenn Alexander will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, at Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. Tickets are $15. Information: (952) 9854640. The Dakota Valley Symphony and Chorus will present a concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12, in the Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave. Three pieces will be performed: Schubertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Alfonso and Estrella Overture, Dvorakâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Violin Concerto and Mozartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Requiem. Tickets range from $5 to $15 and can be purchased in person at the box office, or via Ticketmaster at (800) 982-2787 or ticketmaster. com. More information is at www. DakotaValleySymphony.org. Chamber Music Coffee Concert featuring The WolfGang, 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19, at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for seniors and students. Tickets are available at the arts center or by calling (952) 985-4640. Exhibits â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reoccurring Patterns: from Macro to Micro,â&#x20AC;? an exhibit of paintings by Northeast Minneapolis artist Eleanor McGough, is open through Feb. 25 at Burnsville Performing Arts Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Art Gallery, 12600 Nicollet Ave. Exhibit hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.

Theater The Lakeville Area Arts Center, in conjunction with Ballet Royale Minnesota, will present the third annual â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Evening of Art and Danceâ&#x20AC;? at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10. Tickets are $10 and are available at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. For tickets or additional information, call (952) 985-4640. Giant Step Theatre will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wizard of Ozâ&#x20AC;? at Lakeville North High School at 2 and 7 p.m. Saturdays, Feb. 11 and 18; 2 and 6 p.m. Sundays, Feb. 12 and 19; 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17; and 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 20. Tickets are $6 at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave., or by phone at (952) 985-4640. Remaining tickets can be purchased at the door for $8. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ole and Lenaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 50th Wedding Anniversary and Vow Renewalâ&#x20AC;? will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, at the Lakeville Area Arts Center. Tickets are $15. Reservations can be made by calling (952) 985-4640. The Chameleon Theatre Circle will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Almost, Maineâ&#x20AC;? at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 24-25, March 2, 3, 5, 9, 10 and at 2 p.m. March 11 at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave. Tickets are $20 ($17 for seniors and students) at the box office, by phone at (800) 982-2787) or online at Ticketmaster.com. Spencers: Theatre of Illusion will bring magic to the Burnsville Performing Arts Center in a 7:30 p.m. performance on March 8. Tickets range from $15 to $39 and can be purchased in person at the box office, by calling (800) 982-2787 or at Ticketmaster.com.

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Standings Boys Basketball Team

Conference W L Eastview 11 0 Lakeville North 10 1 Apple Valley 9 2 Eagan 7 4 Prior Lake 5 6 B Kennedy 5 6 Rosemount 3 8 Lakeville South 3 8 B Jefferson 2 9 Burnsville 0 11

Overall W L 19 0 18 1 16 3 11 8 9 10 8 11 9 10 8 11 5 13 0 18

Friday, Feb 10 • Lakeville North at Eastview, 7:15 p.m. • Bloomington Kennedy at Apple Valley, 7:15 p.m. • Burnsville at Eagan, 7:15 p.m. • Rosemount at Lakeville South, 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, Feb 14 • Lakeville South at Prior Lake, 7:15 p.m. • Apple Valley at Eastview, 7:15 p.m. • Bloomington Kennedy at Rosemount, 7:15 p.m. • Bloomington Jefferson at Burnsville, 7:15 p.m. • Eagan at Lakeville North, 7:15 p.m. Thursday, Feb 16 • Eagan at Apple Valley, 7:15 p.m.

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

Conference W L 12 1 11 2 9 4 8 5 7 6 6 7 4 9 4 9 2 11 2 11

Overall W L 17 4 16 4 13 8 11 10 12 9 8 13 9 12 7 14 7 14 7 14

Friday, Feb 10 • Apple Valley at Bloomington Kennedy, 7:15 p.m. • Eagan at Burnsville, 7:15 p.m. • Lakeville South at Rosemount, 7:15 p.m. • Eastview at Lakeville North, 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, Feb 14 • Prior Lake at Lakeville South, 7:15 p.m. • Eastview at Apple Valley, 7:15 p.m. • Rosemount at Bloomington Kennedy, 7:15 p.m. • Lakeville North at Eagan, 7:15 p.m. • Burnsville at Bloomington Jefferson, 7:15 p.m. Thursday, Feb 16 • Rosemount at Eastview, 7:15 p.m.

Boys Hockey Team

Conference Overall W L T W L T Eagan 14 0 0 20 2 0 Burnsville 9 3 1 13 8 1 Lakeville South 9 4 0 13 8 0 Apple Valley 7 4 2 10 8 2 Prior Lake 6 6 0 13 9 0 B Jefferson 5 7 1 5 14 2 Lakeville North 5 7 0 10 11 0 Eastview 3 9 0 9 12 1 Rosemount 1 12 0 4 17 0 B Kennedy 0 7 0 4 17 0 Saturday, Feb 11 • Apple Valley at Lakeville South, 3 p.m. • Eagan at Bloomington Jefferson, 3 p.m. • Lakeville North at Rosemount, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb 14 • Eden Prairie at Apple Valley, 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb 16 • Rosemount at Apple Valley, 7 p.m. • Bloomington Jefferson at Prior Lake, 7 p.m. • Eastview at Lakeville North, 7:15 p.m. • Lakeville South at Bloomington Kennedy, 7:15 p.m. • Burnsville at Eagan, 7:15 p.m.

Eagan boys team qualifies for state Nordic meet for second straight year Eagan’s Hedblom, Burnsville’s Hett win respective section titles by Andy Rogers THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

The ISD 196 boys Nordic team has plenty to cheer about after the Section 1 meet on Tuesday at Trollhaugen in Dresser, Wis. Seven of the top 12 placers were wearing ISD 196 ski outfits, and the Eagan boys team edged out Lakeville North, which had the top two racers, by seven points to send the entire team to state. Nick Acton was Eagan’s top placer, coming in third. Josh Podpeskar placed sixth, and teammates Jacob Edmond (11th), Ryan Larson (12th), Jacob Carlson (43rd), Chris Acton (45th) and Patrick Acton (51st) finished fast enough to qualify, all as underclassmen. Larson is in his first year, coming in with a hockey background, and both Podpeskar and Edmond made drastic strides from a year ago. Eagan qualified as a team in 2011, although several of its top skiers were seniors. Nick Acton was one of them, placing 67th overall. “I wasn’t very happy last year,” Nick Acton said. “I’d like to do a lot better this year than fifth. The whole team is going to have to step it up and I think we can do it.” The Eagan boys combine with fellow ISD 196 schools Rosemount, Apple Valley and Eastview during the season. Rosemount’s Nick Couillard (fourth in the section) will make a return trip to the state meet along with David Bumgarner (ninth) and former teammate Apple Valley’s Rhett Carlson (eighth). They were all part of a combined ISD 196 team that won the South Subur-

Photos by Andy Rogers

Right: Eagan’s Laura Bailly, No. 22, is neck and neck with Lakeville South’s Megan Kilbride, No. 20, at the Section 1 meet on Tuesday. Below: Eagan’s Nick Acton skis at the Section 1 meet in Dresser, Wis., on Tuesday. His team qualified for state. To view more photos of the meet, visit www. Thisweeklive.com.

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ban Conference championship earlier this month. “I wish we could compete as one team, but we obviously did fine as one Eagan team,” Nick Acton said. “I’ll cheer them on at state just like I would someone from Eagan. It’s weird thinking I’m going to compete against them.” Nordic skiing was a popular sport at ISD 196, as it had the biggest roster in team history. Much of the large numbers can be attributed to the abundance of snow last season.

“People kept telling their friends how fun it was,” Nick Acton said. “With a lot less this time around, the fond memories remain. I feel like most people I’ve talked to are planning to come back. I think they all really enjoyed it.” In Section 3 at Theodore Wirth Park in Minneapolis, Burnsville’s Mike Johnson qualified for state after finishing fifth overall. The state Nordic meet is scheduled for Feb. 16 at Giants Ridge in Biwabik.

Burnsville has given Minnesota several quality skiers to represent the school at state and 2012 was no different. Vivian Hett won the South Suburban Conference title as well as the Section 3 title on Tuesday. She finished 11th last season as a freshman at state. She will bring her entire team with her this time around. Thanks to Jordan Horner’s fifth place and Tori Felton’s eighth place finish along with Krista Bain, Jane Koch, Kjerstin Narvesen and Johanna Weber, the Blaze won the Section 3 title a few days after winning the South Suburban Conference title. In Section 1, Eagan’s Sonja Hedblom blew the competition away in Dresser, Wis., as she qualified for her third state meet as a junior. Hedblom was 19th at state last season and the runner up in the South Suburban Conference championships. She finished 19th at

state last season, but didn’t feel like it was her best effort. “I really want to get top 10,” Hedblom said. “Last year it wasn’t my race. I can’t psych myself out when it’s warm like that. Last year it was a mess trying to get kick wax going.” Last season the state meet featured rain and 40 degree weather. The lack of snow this season has brought anxiety to skiers as well. “When it’s really warm and sticky and there’s not such a great glide, it’s such a bummer,” Hedblom said. “But it wasn’t as bad as everyone imagined not having snow. Everyone is in the same position. We’ve all accepted the fact.” Her teammate Eagan’s Roxanne Holt just made the cut to join her at state finishing in the final qualifying spot. Andy Rogers is at andy. rogers@ecm-inc.com.

Girls Hockey Team

Conference Overall W L T W L T Lakeville North 14 2 1 19 5 1 Eagan 13 2 2 19 3 3 Lakeville South 13 3 1 19 5 1 B Jefferson 8 8 1 12 11 2 Burnsville 5 7 5 9 11 5 Rosemount 5 8 4 8 13 4 Apple Valley 6 10 1 12 12 1 Eastview 6 10 1 9 15 1 Prior Lake 2 13 2 5 18 2 B Kennedy 0 9 0 6 17 2 Wednesday, Feb. 8 • East Ridge at Eagan, 7 p.m. • Eastview at Hastings, 7:15 p.m. • Rosemount at Apple Valley, 7 p.m. • Burnsville at Park 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11 • Eagan/East Ridge vs. Hastings/ Eastivew winners, 5 p.m. at Veteran’s Memorial Civic Center in Inver Grove Heights • Apple Valley/Rosemount vs. Park/ Burnsville winners, 7 p.m.at Veteran’s Memorial Civic Center in Inver Grove Heights Wednesday, Feb. 15 • Section 3AA final, 7 p.m. at Veteran’s Memorial Civic Center in Inver Grove Heights

Nordic Tuesday, Feb. 6 • Section 1, Dresser, Wis. Girls: 1. Winona, 372; 2. Lakeville North, 360; 3. Lakeville South, 356; 4. Northfield, 297; 5. Hastings, 285; 6. Eastview, 282; 7. Eagan, 277; 8. Simley, 259; 9. Park, 187; 10. New Prague, 89; 11. Apple Valley, 68; 1. Sonja Hedblom, Eagan; 2. Amy Ferguson, Lakeville North; 3. Erin Keane, Winona; 4. Maggie Singer, Lakeville South; 5. Kaitlyn Lindaman, Winona; 6. Cherisse Wolvington, Winona; 7. Sara Nelson, Lakeville North; 8. Rachel Peterson, Hastings; 9. Margie Freed, Simley; 10. Caraline Slattery, Lakeville South; 11. Roxanne Holt, Eagan; Boys: 1. Eagan, 372; 2. Lakeville North 365, Winona 352, 3. Northfield 338, 4. Lakeville South 315, 5. Apple Valley 294, 6. Rosemount 250, 7. Hastings 232, 8. Simley 202, 9. Park 126, 10. Eastview 121, New Prague 76 1. Ben Saxton, Lakeville North; 2. Lewis Kunik, Lakeville North; 3. Nick Acton, Eagan; 4. Nick Couillard, Rosemount; 5. Josh Podpeskar; 6. Will Olstad, Northfield; 7. Noah Poling, Winona; 8. Rhett Carlson, Apple Valley; 9. David Bumgarner, Rosemount; 10. Michael Picken, Lakeville South. • Section 3, Theodore Wirth Park, Minneapolis Boys: State qualifiers: 5. Mike Johnson, Burnsville; Girls: State qualifiers: 1. Vivian Hett; 5. Jordan Horner, 35:51.7; 8. Tori Felton, 37:06.0; 15. Krista Bain; 16. Jane Koch; 24. Kjerstin Narvesen; 48. Johanna Weber,

Alpine • Section 6, Buck Hill, Burnsville Boys state qualifiers: Tom Flickinger, Burnsville; Girls state qualifiers Team:Burnsvile: (Lizzie Drusch, Erica Lindsay, Laura Garbe, Maddie Roberts, Toni Carlstrom, Michelle Korthauer.)

Burnsville girls ski to state by slimmest of margins Blaze wins tiebreaker for second in Section 6 Alpine meet by Mike Shaughnessy THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Nervous skiers, coaches and parents gathered in front of the restaurant at Buck Hill to find out who was going to the state meet and who wasn’t. They knew the Section 6 girls team competition would be close. What they couldn’t have known was how close. Five points separated the first- and fourth-place teams at the Feb. 7 section meet. Bloomington Jefferson took the title by four points, which was a wide margin compared to what came next. Burnsville and Lakeville South tied for second place, with Lakeville North fourth, one point back of the Blaze and Cougars. Because only two teams advance to the state meet, the Burnsville-Lakeville South tie had to be broken by the No. 5 skiers on each team. Toni Carlstrom’s 52ndplace finish proved to be big for Burnsville because it was 12 places better than South’s No. 5 skier. And with that, the Blaze girls are in the state meet Wednesday, Feb. 15, at Giants Ridge. “We have five girls who can score points for us,” said Burnsville coach Luke Abrahamson. “And if we needed a sixth, we’d be fine.” Lizzie Drusch (fourth, 50.46 seconds), Erica Lindsay (19th, 54.18), Laura Garbe (26th, 55.86) and Maddie Roberts (31st, 58.01) were the top four skiers that counted toward Burnsville’s team total. Carlstrom’s time, which proved to be critical, was 1:01.36. Mi-

Photo by Rick Orndorf

Burnsville’s Michelle Kourthauer skis at the Section 6 meet at Buck Hill on Tuesday. The girls finished second, which was good enough to qualify the entire team for state next week. The team includes Lizzie Drusch, Erica Lindsay, Laura Garbe, Maddie Roberts, Toni Carlstrom and Korthauer. On the boys side, Tom Flickinger qualified for state as an individual. chelle Kourthauer was 62nd overall in 1:03.53. While Burnsville’s state meet appearance might be considered an upset, members of the Blaze said they sensed something was brewing. “I kind of hoped we’d have a chance,” Drusch said. “We needed everybody to stand, and everybody did.” Abrahamson said Bloomington Jefferson appeared to separate itself – albeit slightly – from the competition in the South Suburban Conference. But, he added, he saw an opportunity for Burnsville in the Section 6 meet, if the Blaze could seize it.

“Based on their scores, we thought Jefferson was the favorite” in the section, Abrahamson said. “But then we said, ‘OK, if all our girls step up, ski their best and have clean runs, it could be enough’” to get Burnsville to state. Unlike some other teams in its section, Burnsville’s girls have nobody who competes in U.S. Ski Association meets on the weekends. That means the Blaze has to rely on consistency over star power. “There are some really good teams in our section,” Abrahamson said. “But when we see Burnsville, Burnsville, Burnsville on the results sheet, finishing

Amanda Larson placed sixth individually in 50.83 at the Section 6 meet and will return to state. She was 33rd in the 2011 state meet. Lakeville North’s Briar Smith took 12th overall in 52.31. The top 10 individuals who are not on one of the two state-qualifying teams also advance to state. Apple Valley was eighth in the girls team standings, with Claire Hefke and Marta Iseite finishing 22nd and 23rd. Cassie Torbenson was 45th individually for Eastview, which was 12th in the team competition. Section 6 boys Burnsville came up short in its effort to qualify for state for the second consecutive year. Chanhassen and Edina were the top two teams in the Section 6 meet, and the Blaze was 40 points behind Edina. Burnsville junior Tom Flickinger qualified for state individually after finishing 11th overall in 49.42. Also qualifying individually was Lakeville North’s Connor Croasdale, who finished fourth in 47.72. He led the Panthers to seventh in the team competition. Chad Serba was Apple Valley’s top finisher in 35th place. The Eagles were 11th in the team standings. Travis O’Brien finished 31st overall to lead Lakeville South to 12th place. Eastview was 13th, with Parker Zeilon leading the Lightning by finishing 30th individually.

together, it moves us up and pushes other teams down.” Burnsville probably won’t go into the state meet as one of the favorites, and that will help the Blaze keep their goals modest. “The first time I was there, I straddled [a gate],” said Drusch, who qualified for the 2010 state meet as an eighth-grader. “So personally, the priority is to have two good runs.” Abrahamson’s goal for the team is even simpler. “Just go and have fun,” he said. “Going to the state meet is a great accomplish- Mike Shaughnessy is Sun ment. It should be fun.” Newspapers Dakota County sports editor.

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THISWEEK February 10, 2012

Irish downed by Lakers

Eagan falls to Jefferson

Photo by Rick Orndorf

Rosemountâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jordan Tumilson drives for two of his six Photo by Rick Orndorf points in the second half of the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s loss at home to Prior Eaganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jess Hart, the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all-time leading scorer, drives to the basket for two of her 24 points in a 63-48 loss to Lake 52-50 on Monday. The Irish led the game in the first Bloomington Jefferson on Feb. 6 at home. The Wildcat defense had no answer for the Jaguarsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Britney Scherber, who half by seven points, but a strong Laker second half shut down Rosemount. finished with 31 points for the night.

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Every penny counts Eagan school raises money for leukemia and lymphoma by Matthew Hankey THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Parents know how hard it is to have their kids wait in line, let alone volunteer to donate money. But such an occurrence has happened every morning at 9:10 a.m. at Thomas Lake Elementary School in Eagan since the second week in January. Thomas Lake students have been participating in the Leukemia and Lymphoma Societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pennies for Patientsâ&#x20AC;? campaign, donating money that will help fund blood cancer research and aid patients fighting the illness. Before school each day, students wait in line to donate a dollar to pop a balloon and win prizes. Thomas Lake fifth-grade teacher and student council adviser Josie Vandewege said this is the second year the school has participated in the fundraiser. Last year, the nearly 400 Thomas Lake students donated nearly $1,200. With that figure in mind, Thomas Lake staff made this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goal $1,500. As of last week, the school had already eclipsed that figure, and Vandewege said reaching $2,000 is a real possibility.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;This year, we did really well and we have way surpassed our goal already,â&#x20AC;? Vandewege said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re happy about that.â&#x20AC;? As of Jan. 26, Vandewege said the school had raised more than $1,700. The Pennies for Patients program kicked off with a Jan. 9 student assembly with a presentation from a Leukemia and Lymphoma Society representative who explained the diseases to the students and told them how their donations would be used. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think that helped the kids understand where the money was going,â&#x20AC;? Vandewege said. Since then, Vandewege and the student council have been in charge of running the program. All homeroom classes have a bucket in which the students place their donations. Prizes are awarded to the classrooms with the heaviest buckets. In addition to the donation buckets, students are raising money by performing songs on the closed-feed school television station. Students vote by donating pennies for their favorite performance. The campaign was slated to end Jan. 20, but students have been clamoring for more time to write and perform their songs, typically a rap or a song with original lyrics for familiar holiday melodies. The campaign ended Jan. 31 with an all-school

assembly, said Vandewege, who has been overwhelmed by the student response. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had so many people want to sing a song, but I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t realize I had so many elementary kids that wanted to write a song and then want to sing a song,â&#x20AC;? Vandewege said. Thomas Lake Principal Mary Jelinek said the campaign has been eye-opening for many students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great for our students to recognize that big efforts require community support,â&#x20AC;? she said. Jelinek said the enthusiasm the students have shown over the past few weeks has made her proud. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been really fun to see,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been the focus that Josieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s done â&#x20AC;Ś to get a broader sense of community with the students. She understands kids. She helps bring out their skills both inside and outside the classroom.â&#x20AC;? Vandewege said all students should be commended for the generosity and the student council should be recognized for the hours they put in managing the campaign. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The student council kids have been amazing,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We worked really hard,â&#x20AC;? said fifth-grader and student council member Jane Otteson. Matthew Hankey is Sun Newspapers community editor for Apple Valley, Eagan and Rosemount.

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An Eagan man faces felony charges after he allegedly broke into a home and threatened several people with a loaded handgun. Nicholas Yoon Lee, 28, was charged in Dakota County District Court Feb. 1 with terroristic threats, three counts of second-degree assault and two counts of first-degree burglary. He was also charged with fifth-degree controlled substance for possessing a large amount of marijuana. The criminal complaint states the following: On the afternoon of Jan. 30, Lee stormed into an acquaintanceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eagan home, brandished a semi-automatic handgun and demanded money.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY OF EAGAN, DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA Project No. 1069 - Cliff Ridge Street Improvements NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota, will meet at the Eagan Municipal Center at 3830 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan, Minnesota 55122, on Tuesday, February 21, 2012, at 6:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as possible. The purpose of the meeting will be to hold a public hearing on the improvements, known as Project No. 1069. The proposed project is in accordance with the preliminary engineering report dated January, 2012, prepared by the City Engineer. The estimated cost of the foregoing improvement is as follows: $78,000. The area proposed to be assessed for said improvements is described as follows: The area located within the Southeast 1â &#x201E;4 of Section 27, lying North of Cliff Road, East of Pilot Knob Road, in Township 27, Range 23, in the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota. All persons who desire to be heard with respect to the question of whether or not the above improvements should be made shall be heard at said time and place. Dated January 17, 2012 BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL /s/ Christina M. Scipioni By: Christina M. Scipioni Eagan City Clerk 2896861 2/3-2/10/12

NOTICE OF THE CITY OF EAGAN POLICY OF NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY The City of Eagan is committed to the policy that all persons have equal access to its programs, services, activities, facilities and employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, marital status or status with regard to public assistance. Auxiliary aids for persons with disabilities will be provided upon advance notice of at least 96 hours. If a notice of less than 96 hours is received, the City of Eagan will attempt to provide such aid. Telephone: (651) 675-5000; TDD: (651) 454-8535. 2896701 2/3-2/10/12

NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE ALTERNATIVE FACILITIES BONDS TO FINANCE CERTAIN PROJECTS INCLUDED IN THE DISTRICTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TEN-YEAR FACILITY PLAN

PUBLIC NOTICE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196 Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan Public Schools Educating our students to reach their full potential CALL FOR BIDS EXCESS TYPE III TRANSPORTATION Notice is hereby given that BIDS will be received for excess Type III Transportation "on an as needed basis" by Independent School District 196 at the District Office, 3455 153rd Street W, Rosemount, MN 55068, until 11 a.m., February 24, 2012 at which time and place bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Complete instructions on how to obtain Bidding Documents can be found at: http://www.district196.org/District/LegalNotices/ index.cfm. If you should have any questions regarding this bid you may contact the Randy Dukek, Coordinator of Transportation Joel Albright, Board Clerk Independent School District 196 2895423 2/3-2/10/12

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY OF EAGAN, DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA Project No. 1071 - Signal Point/ Knob Hill Professional Park Street Improvements NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota, will meet at the Eagan Municipal Center at 3830 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan, Minnesota 55122, on Tuesday, February 21, 2012, at 6:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as possible. The purpose of the meeting will be to hold a public hearing on the improvements, known as Project No. 1071. The proposed project is in accordance with the preliminary engineering report dated January, 2012, prepared by the City Engineer. The estimated cost of the foregoing improvement is as follows: $95,100. The area proposed to be assessed for said improvements is described as follows: The area located within the Southeast 1â &#x201E;4 of Section 21, lying North of Diffley Road, West of Pilot Knob Road, in Township 27, Range 23, in the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota. All persons who desire to be heard with respect to the question of whether or not the above improvements should be made shall be heard at said time and place. Dated January 17, 2012 BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL /s/ Christina M. Scipioni By: Christina M. Scipioni Eagan City Clerk 2896816 2/3-2/10/12

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY OF EAGAN, DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA Project No. 1066 - Country Hollow/ Coventry Pass 1st & 2nd Street Improvements NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota, will meet at the Eagan Municipal Center at 3830 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan, Minnesota 55122, on Tuesday, February 21, 2012, at 6:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as possible. The purpose of the meeting will be to hold a public hearing on the improvements, known as Project No. 1066. The proposed project is in accordance with the preliminary engineering report dated January, 2012, prepared by the City Engineer. The estimated cost of the foregoing improvement is as follows: $785,600. The area proposed to be assessed for said improvements is described as follows: The area located within the East 1â &#x201E;2 of Section 24, lying South of Tyne Lane, West of the City Limits with Inver Grove Heights, East of Dodd Road, North of Diffley Road, in Township 27, Range 23, in the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota. All persons who desire to be heard with respect to the question of whether or not the above improvements should be made shall be heard at said time and place. Dated January 17, 2012 BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL /s/ Christina M. Scipioni By: Christina M. Scipioni Eagan City Clerk 2896861 2/3-2/10/12

PUBLIC NOTICE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196 Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan Public Schools Educating our students to reach their full potential Elementary Band Equipment and Music Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received for Elementary Band Equipment and Music by Independent School District 196, at the District Office located at 3455 153rd St W, Rosemount, MN 55068 until 10 a.m. on February 24, 2012, at which time and place bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. A five percent Bid Bond, Certified Check or Cashier's Check must be submitted with the bids. Complete instructions on how to obtain Bidding Documents can be found at: http://www.district196.org/District/LegalNotices/ index.cfm. If you should have any questions regarding this bid you may contact Renee Ervasti at 651-423-7617. Joel Albright, Board Clerk Independent School District 196 2895448 2/3-2/10/12

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY OF EAGAN, DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA Project No. 1072 - Boulder Ridge (Heine Court) Street Improvements NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota, will meet at the Eagan Municipal Center at 3830 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan, Minnesota 55122, on Tuesday, February 21, 2012, at 6:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as possible. The purpose of the meeting will be to hold a public hearing on the improvements, known as Project No. 1072. The proposed project is in accordance with the preliminary engineering report dated January, 2012, prepared by the City Engineer. The estimated cost of the foregoing improvement is as follows: $26,200. The area proposed to be assessed for said improvements is described as follows: The area located within the Northeast 1â &#x201E;4 of Section 28, lying South of Diffley Road, West of Pilot Knob Road, in Township 27, Range 23, in the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota. All persons who desire to be heard with respect to the question of whether or not the above improvements should be made shall be heard at said time and place. Dated January 17, 2012 BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL /s/ Christina M. Scipioni By: Christina M. Scipioni Eagan City Clerk 2896798 2/3-2/10/12

PUBLIC NOTICE ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS The City of Eagan is initiating a second phase of its project to extend fiber and duct to business areas of the city and make capacity available on a non-descriminatory basis to providers serving those businesses. Sealed proposal bids will be received by the City of Eagan (the "City"), Minnesota, in City Hall at 3830 Pilot Knob Road, until 10:30 A.M., C.S.T., on Thursday, March 15, 2012 at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud for the furnishing of all labor and materials and all else necessary for the project as described in the contract bidding documents. The scope of the project involves approximately: 48,000' of linear construction including both open trenching and directional boring, placement of conduit, pulling fiber optic cable, as well as placement of approximately 90 handholes/vaults. Complete digital contract bidding docum e n t s a r e a v a i l a b l e a t http://cityofeagan.designnine.com . The City has limited financial resources to commit to the project. Accordingly, the Project must be accomplished with a minimum of interruption, on time, and without cost overruns. Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting: A mandatory pre-bid conference will be held at 9:00 A.M., C.S.T. at the Eagan Municipal Center at 3830 Pilot Knob Road on Friday, February 17, 2012 at 9:00 in the Eagan City Council chambers (first floor). The purpose of the conference is to provide details and answer questions regarding updtated evaluation/ selection criteria that will be used, along with bid price, to select a Contractor for contract award under the Best Value contracting authority as allowed under Minn. Stat. Chapter 16C and Minn. Stat. Â§161.3206. Failure to attend this meeting shall eliminate an absent bidder's bid submission from contract award consideration. Attendance at the conference will be recorded. All related technical requirements, deadlines and bidder's bond requirements will be discussed. The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids and technical proposals, to waive irregularities and informalities therein and further reserves the right to award the contract to the best interests of the City.

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INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 194 (LAKEVILLE) STATE OF MINNESOTA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the School Board of Independent School District No. 194, State of Minnesota (the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Districtâ&#x20AC;?), adopted a resolution (the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Resolutionâ&#x20AC;?) on November 22, 2011, stating the intention of the School Board to issue general obligation alternative facilities bonds (the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bondsâ&#x20AC;?) in the total principal amount of not to exceed $7,740,000 pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 123B.59 and Chapter 475, as amended. The proceeds of the Bonds will be used to fund a portion of the costs of the following projects at various District facilities, as included in the Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ten-year facility plan approved by the School Board and the Commissioner of Education, and related financing costs: * remove and replace ceiling tiles, worn wall surfaces, gym divider walls, casework and countertops, clock systems, fire alarm systems, classroom and office carpet, gym and parking lot lights, deteriorating roof assemblies, wash fountains, ceramic tile flooring, ceramic walls, toilet partitions, and toilet fixtures; * paint worn wall surfaces and lockers; * remove and replace exterior sealant at existing brick joints, window assemblies and door assemblies; * remove and replace building automation system components, dehumidification system condensing units, rooftop air handling systems, unit ventilator condensing unit systems, steam boiler plants, and building monitoring systems; * sealcoat and/or overlay parking lots and drive areas; * resurface tennis courts and running tracks and remove and replace ball field backstops; and * other miscellaneous deferred maintenance projects included in the Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s approved ten-year facility plan. The total amount of District indebtedness as of December 1, 2011, is $169,002,884. If these proposed Bonds were issued after that date, the total indebtedness of the District at that time would be $176,742,884. Dated: November 22, 2011 BY ORDER OF THE SCHOOL BOARD /s/ Kathy Lewis School District Clerk Independent School District No. 194 (Lakeville) State of Minnesota 2898491 2/10/12

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY OF EAGAN, DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA Project No. 1075 - Great Oaks Lane/ Great Oaks Circle Street Improvements NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota, will meet at the Eagan Municipal Center at 3830 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan, Minnesota 55122, on Tuesday, February 21, 2012, at 6:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as possible. The purpose of the meeting will be to hold a public hearing on the improvements, known as Project No. 1075. The proposed project is in accordance with the preliminary engineering report dated January, 2012, prepared by the City Engineer. The estimated cost of the foregoing improvement is as follows: $50,700. The area proposed to be assessed for said improvements is described as follows: The area located within the West 1â &#x201E;2 of Section13, lying South of Yankee Doodle Road, West of Elrene Road, in Township 27, Range 23, in the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota. All persons who desire to be heard with respect to the question of whether or not the above improvements should be made shall be heard at said time and place. Dated January 17, 2012 BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL /s/ Christina M. Scipioni By: Christina M. Scipioni Eagan City Clerk 2896773 2/3-2/10/12

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY OF EAGAN, DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA Project No. 1070 - Oak Chase 4th Street Improvements NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota, will meet at the Eagan Municipal Center at 3830 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan, Minnesota 55122, on Tuesday, February 21, 2012, at 6:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as possible. The purpose of the meeting will be to hold a public hearing on the improvements, known as Project No. 1070. The proposed project is in accordance with the preliminary engineering report dated January, 2012, prepared by the City Engineer. The estimated cost of the foregoing improvement is as follows: $46,200. The area proposed to be assessed for said improvements is described as follows: The area located within the Southeast 1â &#x201E;4 of Section 27, lying North of Cliff Road, East of Pilot Knob Road, in Township 27, Range 23, in the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota. All persons who desire to be heard with respect to the question of whether or not the above improvements should be made shall be heard at said time and place. Dated January 17, 2012 BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL /s/ Christina M. Scipioni By: Christina M. Scipioni Eagan City Clerk 2896838 2/3-2/10/12

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caucus that he was not particularly fond of any of the four candidates, saying each one has flaws. This did not deter him from sharing whom he planned to vote for in the straw poll. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am thinking a little about Santorum,â&#x20AC;? he said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but I probably â&#x20AC;&#x201C; here at the caucus â&#x20AC;&#x201C; will vote for Newt.â&#x20AC;? Erickson further stated that Gingrich was experienced at the federal level and a pure debater. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think he debates very well and would be able to give (President) Obama a run for his money.â&#x20AC;? Both the Paul and Gingrich supporters said they were very surprised to see Santorum get 18 of 45 votes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good surprise,â&#x20AC;? Rasmussen said. When asked if he was surprised, Erickson said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Certainly. I thought Romney would walk away with it.â&#x20AC;? Erickson said he thought that Santorumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s appeal was due to a religious element, but he was quick to say he was not sure of this assessment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not sure what it was,â&#x20AC;? he said, adding he would be sticking with Newt. Fellow Burnsville resident Jim Luckman said his support was for Santorum because of his family values, his calm demeanor, and his directness while speaking as a candidate. Michael Ricci is Sun Newspapers community editor for Burnsville and Lakeville.

major possibly in nursing hopes of majoring in commercial music for violin. or music.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I do bluegrass fiddling. Violin and fitness So thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where the comAria Stiles, whose par- mercial style comes in,â&#x20AC;? ents are Karen and John Stiles said. At Eastview, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a Stiles, is an Eastview High School senior who is pin- member of the Chamber ning her hopes for the com- Singers and sings, dances petition on her musical tal- and plays in the theaterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual â&#x20AC;&#x153;BRAVO!â&#x20AC;? producents and fitness. A violinist, Stiles knows tion. Stiles is in cross country last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Distinguished Young Woman of Min- and track and was senior nesota, Leeza Ali, through captain in cross country shared musical experiences. this year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll do OK in Stiles is a member of two classical quartets, includ- the talent part,â&#x20AC;? Stiles said. ing the 2011-12 MacPhail â&#x20AC;&#x153;But weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see. Everybodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s String Quartet. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a for- so smart, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in mer member of the Min- there for a reason.â&#x20AC;? nesota Youth Symphony and recently returned from John Gessner is at john.gessNashville, Tenn., where she ner@ecm-inc.com. was scouting colleges with

ance in light of the fact that we expect very little, if any, increase (in funding) over the next couple years,â&#x20AC;? Hill said. The two sides met almost weekly in January and have meetings scheduled through February, he said. A few meetings were held in November and December. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Currently, we are working through language items,â&#x20AC;? Hill said.

Duethman asked to be put on the agenda to speak Feb. 2, but the board turned her down. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to give either side a soapbox to operate from,â&#x20AC;? Hill said. The approximately 750 union members are working under a contract that expired on July 1. John Gessner is at john.gessner@ecm-inc.com.

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Learn more about this curious creature â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the cotton-top tamarin â&#x20AC;&#x201C; at the Minnesota Zooâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Our World Speaker Series. On Feb. 12 the topic is â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Art and Science of Animal Trainingâ&#x20AC;? with animal training expert Steve Martin. Information about the free lecture series is at www.mnzoo.org.

Zoo has the cure for the winter blues Tropical Beach Party, Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Love Tourâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; among events this month by Andrew Miller THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

The Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley is offering an escape from the cold, gray weather with a Tropical Beach Party and other events this month. The Tropical Beach Party runs Feb. 18-20 on the zooâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tropics Trail. The family-oriented event includes a giant indoor sandbox, calypso music and face painting, in addition to the Tropics Trailâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s year-round array of exotic animals. Zookeepers will be on hand to talk about the animals, and children can get a hug from Snoopy, who will be making appearances throughout the holiday weekend-long event which is free with regular zoo admission. On Feb. 14, the zoo is

hosting a one-of-a-kind Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day experience called the Love Tour, an event for ages 21 and up that provides a glimpse into the breeding and courtship rituals of a variety of animals. Cost is $175 per couple for this private event which includes dinner, with proceeds benefitting zoo conservation programs. Advance registration is required at www.mnzoo.org. The zooâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Our World Speaker Series will play host on Feb. 12 to Steve Martin, who will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Art and Science of Animal Training.â&#x20AC;? Martin, who set up the Minnesota Zooâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first bird show in 1980 and has worked at more than 85 zoological facilities, teaches animal keepers and trainers current training techniques and philosophies. The Speaker Series, which aims to introduce zoo-goers to experts in local and global wildlife conservation and environmental issues, is free to attend, but pre-registration is required

on the zooâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website. The series continues March 18 with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cultivating the Wonder of Nature in Childhoodâ&#x20AC;? presented by Antioch University professor David Sobel. On the lighter side of zoo offerings this month is the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Do The Waddleâ&#x20AC;? Facebook video contest, which celebrates the penguins in the zooâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newest exhibit, â&#x20AC;&#x153;3M Penguins of the African Coast.â&#x20AC;? The Facebook-exclusive contest runs through Feb. 29. Facebook fans can download the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Do the Waddleâ&#x20AC;? jingle, create a video between 15 and 60 seconds in length, and upload their own waddle dance videos to the zooâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Facebook page, www.facebook.com/mnzoo. On March 1, voting begins and is open to everyone. The grand prize winner will receive a $500 Best Buy gift card.

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The zooâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dolphin calf Taijah, seen here swimming with her mom Allie shortly after her birth in July 2010, died Monday night after coming down with a sudden illness.

Zooâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dolphin calf dies after sudden illness Complications from stomach ulcer was cause of death

The Minnesota Zooâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s female dolphin calf Taijah died Monday after coming down with â&#x20AC;&#x153;a sudden and acute illness,â&#x20AC;? zoo officials said. Taijah began showing signs of severe illness Monday morning and an ultrasound showed fluid in her stomach, according to zoo officials. She was immediately put on medication and her condition seemed stable until late Monday night. Zoo officials said the cause of death was complications from a stomach ulcer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a very sad day at the Minnesota Zoo,â&#x20AC;? said Kevin Willis, the zooâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s director of biological programs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Known for her spunky personality and playful antics, Taijah was a favorite among staff and guests Andrew Miller is at andrew. alike. She was a bright spot miller@ecm-inc.com. in anyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s day.â&#x20AC;?

Born at the zoo in July 2010, Taijah was the calf of Allie, a 24-year-old Atlantic bottlenose dolphin who has been at the zoo since 2008, and Semo, 48, believed to be the oldest dolphin currently in human care.

Taijahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grandmother, April, died at the zoo in February 2011 at age 44 after battling age-related health issues in preceding months. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Andrew Miller

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