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Burnsville | Eagan February 17, 2017 | Volume 37 | Number 51

Park homeowners prevail in court

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City may appeal Rambush Estates ruling by John Gessner SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Active living for older adults Today’s special OurLife pages are included in this edition to offer insight into what older adults are doing in the Twin Cities. Page 7A-9A

NEWS Immigration arrests Nine immigration arrests in Burnsville and Apple Valley weren’t part of a nationwide action, officials say. Page 3A

OPINION Fund schools adequately Gov. Mark Dayton’s two-year funding blueprint for schools merits consideration, the ECM Editorial Board writes. Page 4A

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A judge has ruled for homeowners and against the city in a class action lawsuit over alleged property violations at Rambush Estates Manufactured Home Park in Burnsville. The Feb. 8 ruling says the city exceeded its authority in 2015 by inspecting the park and ordering corrective actions — primarily for “nonconforming� carports and attached awnings, outdoor storage and trash containers left in view. Burnsville’s actions were both discriminatory and pre-empted by federal and state laws governing manufactured home parks, according to the ruling by Dakota County

File photo by John Gessner

Homeowner Kathryn Eich stood under her carport at Rambush Estates Manufactured Home Park in July 2015. Her objection to being told she had a noncomforming carport and other city code violations on the lot she rents from the park mushroomed into a class action lawsuit the residents won Feb. 8 in Dakota County District Court. District Judge Colleen G. King. “Burnsville’s conduct does not comport with

traditional ideas of fair play and decency,� King wrote in her 45-page ruling. “Burnsville used its

CaringBridge founder reflects on 20 years Sona Mehring retiring in June by Andy Rogers

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District 191 levy: Renew it or lose it Voter approval needed in November by John Gessner

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CaringBridge has connected millions of people throughout the world in a time when they need it most. The website’s free personal, private pages have been filled with words of encouragement and prayers for decades. It’s something Sona Mehring, who is retiring in June nearly two decades after founding CaringBridge, is proud to have inspired. “It’s been

authority to force lowincome property owners to live up to standards that did not apply to their

property and were at times very costly to come into compliance with.� City officials say the Rambush Estates inspections were part of a threeyear program of “proactive,� mostly street-view inspections of all homes, businesses and apartment buildings in Burnsville. The ruling could have “broad impact across the state,� making manufactured home parks “sovereign� areas where municipalities have no right to enforce local property and zoning codes, said Paul Reuvers, the city’s attorney in the case. The city should appeal the ruling, Reuvers said. He and City Attorney Joel Jamnik will meet with the City Council in closed session on Feb. 21 to discuss next steps. Kathryn Eich, who installed a carport with

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School District 191 needs voter approval in November to continue collecting a $7.26 million operating levy voters approved in 2007. The 10-year levy expires after next school Photo submitted year (2017-18). Voter reCaringBridge founder Sona Mehring is retiring in June. newal would keep the a fantastic 20 years,� Meh- and streaming online vid- money flowing to the general fund for another ring said. eos. CaringBridge started as “(Eagan) been an ideal decade beginning in 201819. General fund spending a home business in Eagan for that year is projected at well before smartphones See MEHRING, 6A

$135.69 million. To renew the levy, the district would have to hold a special election this Election Day, Nov. 7, according to Lisa Rider, business services director. The Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School Board would have to call the election no later than Aug. 25. “We would lose that funding if it is not renewed or something else occurred,� Rider told the board Feb. 9. Board members didn’t comment during Rider’s levy report. The district plans to gauge public opinion with a community See LEVY, 7A

Strategies aim to raise achievement in Dist. 196 Music and dance of Ireland Irish tenor and “Riverdance on Broadway� star Michael Londra presents his “Celtic Fire� show at the Ames Center. Page 19A

PUBLIC NOTICE Burnsville-Eagan Sun Thisweek is the official newspaper for the cities of Burnsville and Eagan and school districts 191 and 196. Public Notices are on Page 13A.

State funds to target raising graduation rates, standardized test scores by Tad Johnson SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

State Achievement and Integration funds will be used in the RosemountApple Valley-Eagan School District in an effort to raise graduation rates

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two Racially Identifiable Schools. To reach these goals, six intervention strategies are slated to be implemented districtwide, while two additional strategies will be used at Echo Park and Oak Ridge elementary schools, which are Racially Identifiable since they have 20 percent more minority students than others in the district. Since the district is Racially Identifiable (also having 20 percent more

minority students than some neighboring districts), funds will go toward districtwide strategies to: - Modify curriculum to make it more culturally inclusive, - Increase the number of FRP and diverse students in AVID, honors and Advanced Placement courses, - Engage parents to assist in their child’s progress, - Increase the partici-

pation of minorities and FRP students in leadership and cocurricular activities with an academic focus, - Increase the percentage of minority staff in the district to 7 percent in 2018 and 9 percent in 2020, and - Offer a 2017 Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Summer Camp in conjunction with South Washington County See ACHIEVE, 17A

I-35E noise wall mulled New signals planned for Residents in Bride, MnDOT’s Dakota County-area engineer. three Burnsville intersections area east of MnDOT and the city freeway will be asked

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and improve standardized reading test scores among minority students and those from lower income households. As part of the district’s 2017-2020 AI plan, which the School Board approved Feb. 6, the goal is to have 90 percent minority students and those who receive free and reducedpriced (FRP) lunches graduate by 2020, reduce achievement gap test measures and improve reading test scores at the district’s

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Burnsville residents in an area east of Interstate 35E will have a say in whether a sound wall is built to reduce freeway noise. The wall would run from just north of County Road 42 to Portland Avenue. The Minnesota Department of Transportation has identified the area as one that would benefit from a wall, said Tara Mc-

will reach out to several dozen benefiting properties. MnDOT uses a balloting process to gauge resident interest. The City Council would still have to approve the $1.1 million project and contribute 10 percent of the cost. Council members gave the go-ahead at a Feb. 14 work session to poll the neighborhood. Construction wouldn’t occur for several years, according to a city staff report. “Some residents like them, some don’t,� McSee WALL, 6A

Roundabout at 11/Parkway distant possibility by John Gessner SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

New traffic signals, not roundabouts, are the top choices for replacement of Burnsville’s three oldest signals. Engineers from Dakota County and the city are recommending signals at County Road 5 and Burnsville Parkway, County Road 5 and 136th Street, and County Road

11 and Burnsville Parkway. The current signals are 27 to 37 years old and need replacing in the next few years, officials say. A roundabout remains a future option for County Road 11 and Burnsville Parkway if funding can be found for the $950,000 project. For now, officials are recommending a $350,000 signal project. The recommendations, presented to the City Council at a Feb. 14 work session, follow two community input meetings, the last held this month. Roundabouts had been

considered for all three intersections. Also considered, but rejected, was a plan to remove the signal at County Road 5 and 136th Street and create a limited-access intersection with no crossing and right turns only from 136th onto 5. At County Road 5 and Burnsville Parkway, the plan is to replace the signal and add right-turn lanes for northbound and southbound traffic. The plan, which requires some right of way acquisition, is See SIGNALS, 7A

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Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Winners from this competition advance to the national tournament. Parrallax Shift was a Tournament Winner, 3rd Captain, and won the PTC Design Award. The Q is Silqent from Eagan High School won second place in the Inspire Award category and was a tournament semifinalist. Iron Maidens from Apple Valley High School won third place in the Inspire Award category, in addition to winning the Motivate Award and being a tournament quarterfinalist.

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Open house on water, wetland management The city of Burnsville will hold a public open house 3:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22, to provide information and receive input from the public regarding an update to the city’s Water Resources Management Plan and Wetland Protection and Management Plan. The open house will

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Officials: Immigration arrests Flag etiquette were routine enforcement by Andrew Miller SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Nine arrests made by immigration officials in Apple Valley and Burnsville last week were part of routine enforcement efforts and not part of a large-scale, nationwide action, according to officials from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE. On Feb. 7, ICE officials made three arrests in Apple Valley and six in Burnsville. According to published reports, unmarked vehicles pulled over work vans in the Cedar Knolls mobile home park in Apple Valley and the Parkway Estates and Summit Park apartment complexes in Burnsville, areas where many Latino families reside. Authorities blocked some entrances to these residential areas and pulled over vehicles at nearby freeway entrances. An ICE spokesman told the Washington Post that the arrests in Apple Valley and Burnsville were for immigration viola-

tions based on ongoing investigations, not random sweeps. The local arrests coincided with immigration authorities making hundreds of arrests of undocumented immigrants in at least six states last week, the first largescale enforcement of President Donald Trump’s order in January to crack down on the estimated 11 million immigrants residing in the United States illegally, the Washington Post reported. Officials said known criminals were targeted in the raids, though the raids also saw arrests of some immigrants who did not have criminal records, the Washington Post report said. In the wake of the arrests in Dakota County, organizers from local Latino advocacy group Mesa Latina and ISAIAH, a coalition of Minnesota faith communities, went to the ICE office at Fort Snelling during office hours, only to find that the office had closed early without notice, the groups reported

in a joint statement Feb. 8. The groups also reported that their “rapid response team� visited the Apple Valley mobile home park to speak with residents and gather facts, and some helped construction workers drive their vans into the trailer park because police squad cars were still present in the area. “We do not yet know all the identities of those who have been taken, where they are being held, if they will be released or when a release may happen,� the statement from Mesa Latin and ISAIAH said. “We continue to hear from numerous local residents that they did end up taking people who have no criminal records. The actions of ICE have created chaos and fear in our community. The lack of public transparency and accountability is profoundly disturbing.�

urgently need volunteers to help make sure we can continue to reach the nearly 5,000 people we serve each month.� Immediate volunteer posts to fill are mobile pantry drivers, shoppers, and client attendants. Client attendants work face to face with clients to set up food appointments and make reminder calls. The mobile pantry program’s shoppers meet the mobile pantry bus at the distribution site and help clients choose and bag their choices. Drivers take the mobile pantry back and forth to neighborhoods in need and work with the shoppers to serve clients. No special driver’s license is required. The Open Door is a

Local DFL to hold forum on immigration

The Senate District 56 DFL Party will hold “Not My President’s Day,� a public forum on immigration, Monday, Feb. 20, from 7-8:30 p.m. at Open Circle Church, Contact Andrew Miller at 2400 Highland Drive, Burnsville. andrew.miller@ecm-inc.com. Speakers will include local immigrants

and attorney Howard Bass, a board member of the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota. Bass, an organizer with the ISAIAH Project, will speak on the interfaith sanctuary movement.

Burnsville State of the City address

The Open Door in urgent need of volunteers Volunteers are needed immediately at The Open Door to help with both its growing mobile pantry program and its bricksand-mortar food pantry in Eagan. Significant growth in the Mobile Program combined with the postholiday volunteer attrition are leaving the Eaganbased organization struggling to fill the gaps. “Our mobile food program has more than doubled since last year, and we need additional volunteers to help us meet the demand,� said Jason Viana, executive director. “The growth in demand coupled with the temporary loss of our ‘snowbirds’ is leaving a gap in our program coverage. We

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Eagan American Legion Post 594 donated 100 copies of “F is for Flag� to be used in the 93 Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District 196 first-grade classrooms to teach students about the U.S flag code and etiquette. Pictured are Post 594 Cmdr. John Flynn, District 196 Superintendent Jane Berenz, District 196 Director of Elementary Education Sally Soliday and Post 594 Adjutant Wayne Beierman. The post also donated U.S flags to the city of Eagan for service at the Community Center and Tribute Plaza and collected 24 unserviceable flags that had been dropped off in the newly installed collection box at the Community Center last week. Members also spoke to employees at the Eagan Sam’s Club about the American Legion and flag etiquette.

hunger relief organization dedicated to ending local hunger through access to healthy food. Through its collective programs, The Open Door serves more than 5,000 Dakota County residents each month, and distributes over 1 million pounds of food annually, more than half of which is fresh and/or perishable. On-site orientation sessions are available every week. To sign up for a 45-minute volunteer orientation or to learn more about The Open Door’s programs, visit www.theopendoorpantry.org or contact Nancy Wester at Nancyw@ theopendoorpantry.org or 651-605-2881 for more information.

Burnsville’s annual State of the City address is scheduled Wednesday, Feb. 22, at the Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. The event and keynote speech given by Mayor Elizabeth Kautz is scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m. and is open to the public. For those who are unable

to attend in person, the speech will be shown live on Burnsville Civic Channel 16/HD Channel 859 (for cable subscribers) and online at www.burnsville. tv/live. A luncheon will follow at the Ames Center. The luncheon is open to the public. Cost is $25. Preregistration

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Opinion Lawmakers must approve adequate school funding Gov. Mark Dayton has proposed a vigorous funding budget for education for the next two years. It’s a proposal that deserves serious consideration by state lawmakers. The proposal includes money for additional pre-k scholarships and student support staff, funding of the special education cross subsidy, funding to offset increases in district contributions to the teacher retirement fund, as well as several smaller provisions for targeted projects. The cornerstone of the proposal is an increase in the general education per-pupil formula of 2 percent for each year of the biennium, a total of $371 million. These are the dollars needed to maintain the current programs in which students are enrolled. In actual dollars, the proposal would add $121 in per-pupil funding in the first year and an additional $124 in the second year of biennium. The per-pupil funding amount would increase from the current $6,067 to $6,312 in fiscal year 2019. The basic funding formula has to meet three criteria: it has to be adequate, equitable and reliable. Some 855,527 pre-kindergarten through grade 12 students depend on these funds to insure the continuation of their programs at comparable levels in future years. Two

ECM Editorial percent is less than most school districts indicate they need to keep up with increasing costs. The Association of Metropolitan School Districts requested 2.5 percent and the Schools for Equity in Education sought 3 percent for each year of the biennium. Both Minnesota Department of Education Commissioner Brenda Cassellius and Tom Melcher, MDE director of finance, acknowledge that the projected annual inflationary increase in cost is closer to 2.5 percent. The bill has authorship from both sides of the aisle which is a great start. Legislators hearing the presentation of the budget from Commissioner Cassellius raised concerns as to the need for the increase and its value to school programs. Additional questions and concerns about the funding proposal are being asked by lawmakers. According to comments made to the Minnesota House Information Services, Rep. Jenifer Loon, Republican from Eden Prairie, believes “It’s a vigorous price tag. We have to look at the results for our mon-

ey.” Rep. Sondra Erickson, Republican from Princeton, said, “I think we may need a different pathway. We have a conundrum on how we look at education.” Concerns about the effectiveness of our public schools system of finance will always be before us and need to be addressed. Comments by Loon and Erickson are appropriate. However, we think they should be made in reference to the total cost of pre-k-12 schools, not to the increase needed to maintain the current system. Without a systemic plan for change and a data-based understanding of current cost, denying the funding increase penalizes students and/or burdens property taxpayers across the state. In past years when the basic per-student formula has been underfunded school districts cut programs and services, raised class size or appealed to their local taxpayers for a voter-approved operating tax levy. From 2003 to 2014 per-pupil funding was well below inflationary costs. It is only since 2014 that funding levels have approximated inflation. In light of the fact that for varying reasons more and more teachers are leaving education, it is imperative that public schools have the resources they need to remain competitive and retain quality instructors. In addition the state’s portion of the

per-student funding moved from: 6 percent federal, 19 percent property tax, and 75 percent state in 2003 to a projected 5 percent federal, 27 percent property tax and 68 percent state in 2017. It’s clear that more and more of the state-mandated obligations to fund public education have gradually shifted from state and federal sources to local property taxes. Taking care of the per-pupil formula increase should be the first priority of the educational funding package for the biennium. There are many other provisions that deserve careful consideration but the financial foundation of our school programs needs to be a priority. If anything the 2 percent per year allocation is light and should be increased. Educational funding is a complex, many-faceted reality. The complexity comes from the attempt to be adequate, equitable and reliable. Each of these three qualities needs to be addressed and it should start with “adequate.” This is an opinion of the ECM Publishers Editorial Board. Sun Thisweek and the Dakota County Tribune are part of ECM Publishers Inc.

Letters Finding common ground

Congress, including Rep. Jason Lewis, R-Woodbury, been so unwilling to listen to what we have to say? Lately the news has been full of coverage of Republican members of Congress cutting town hall meetings short, ducking and dodging questions, even sneaking out back doors to avoid having to answer to their constituents’ concerns. Some have even accused the constituents at their town halls of being “paid protestors” or “outside agitators,” referred to them as “children,” or even, as in Lewis’s case, refused to hold in-person town hall meetings at all. These members of Congress seem unwilling to face up to the possibility that their constituents just might disagree with what they’re doing, including threatening to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which would throw thousands of people off their health insurance policies, rolling back laws that protect us from pollution and gun violence, and refusing to investigate President Donald Trump’s myriad financial conflicts of interest and foreign ties that may be threatening our national security. For all those members of Congress, including and especially Lewis, maybe it’s time to stop ignoring their constituents’ very legitimate concerns and start listening to what we have to say. If he won’t hear our voice now, he will certainly hear it in November 2018.

To the editor: No, Bill Clinton was not a Republican (Candace Reyes Feb. 10 letter). Some might have us believe that securing our country is partisan and it’s not. The questions raised in the letter however are a common Republican theme. I would like people to rest assured that we all want similar things — safety for ourself and family, freedom to express our ideas and a happy healthy life. I can see why there is so much confusion over why people have stepped up to defend our democracy because the rhetoric of the Republican Party is so deceitful and full of fear it becomes confusing. So lets clear up a few things. The current resistance is a direct response to the lies being fed to the American people. It’s not a response to whether should we keep America safe or not, but how we, as a free nation and civil society, choose to implement the laws that keep us safe. Presidents have for decades worked to secure our borders, a fact is President Barack Obama increased deportation more than any other president before him. Let’s not confuse refugees and our already extreme vetting process with immigration as a whole. To be clear, yes, we should protect America, but let us do so without fear as our guide and without SARAH WESTERGREN a religious bias but with Eagan an understanding that we are in part a great county A majority did because of our ability to welcome all who seek the not vote for American dream. Lewis

However, his accessibility and voting record to date indicate that he is ignoring the fact that the majority of votes in the 2nd District was not cast in his favor. He received 174,030 votes in the 2016 election. However, 196,185 constituents voted for Angie Craig or Paula Overby. Both ran on a far more progressive platform than Lewis’s campaign platform. Lewis met in the past week with 3M representatives and small businesses. That is good. Yet, there are still no open to the public town halls scheduled, responses to emails from constituents are simple form letters, and his district staff members continue to state that they do not know his schedule and when he will be in the district. Why won’t he find time to meet face to face with constituents who have different views than those reflected in his campaign platform? When and how will Lewis listen to the majority of 2nd District constituents? Will his voting record reflect the desires of 2nd District constituents regarding health care reform, education and the environment or will it reflect his opinions and a partisan GOP platform? MARYANNE SIMONITSCH Eagan

President should release tax returns

tions as outlined below. What are the ethics violations? When the president publicly criticizes retailers like Nordstrom for dropping his daughter’s clothing line, he’s profiting unethically from his office. Article 6 of the Constitution prohibits any officeholder from accepting “emoluments” (fees) from any foreign state; the president violates this clause whenever his companies do business with a foreign country. Minnesotan Richard Painter, the chief ethics counsel to President George W. Bush and a Republican himself, has sued to constrain the president’s conflicts of interest and violations of the Emoluments Clause. Lewis and our Republican-controlled Congress are avoiding their responsibility to hold the president accountable. Because of the wide-ranging investments by the president’s companies, it is difficult to know his obligations to foreign governments. Valuable light would be shed by the release of his income tax returns. Congress passed a law in 1924 authorizing such a release in rare circumstances, and used it in 1974 to untangle the inflated tax deduction claimed by President Richard Nixon for donating his official papers. The Presidential Conflicts of Interest Act, H.R. 371, has been introduced in this session to make releasing tax returns and resolving business conflicts of interest mandatory for presidents and those who would run for president. To earn the trust of voters, the president must disclose more and distance himself more from his personal fortune during his time in office. I call on Lewis to speak out against these ethical and constitutional violations, and to support H.R. 371 and the immediate release and investigation of the president’s tax returns.

To the editor: Americans expect their politicians, especially their presidents, to demonstrate high standards of personal ethics. The president’s failure to release his tax returns and to place his business asTo the editor: sets into a blind trust have STACY ANGERHOFER We seem to be in one of shredded these standards. Eagan the most divisive periods When one branch of govin our country’s history. ernment (the executive in Lewis should Identifying a path forward this case) fails ethically, we hold a town hall requires listening to each expect the other branches other. This is true for us as (the legislative and the juTo the editor: individuals and especially dicial) to hold the failing Members of Congress true for our representatives. branch accountable. I call STEVE REINHARDT are employed by and an- U.S. Rep. Jason Lewis, R- on U.S. Rep. Jason Lewis, Eagan swerable to their constitu- Woodbury, was elected to R-Woodbury, to act against ents, so why have so many represent all constituents. the president’s ethical viola- Dan Patch Line Republican members of To the editor: For many years I lived near the Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railroad — the Dan Patch Line — in Burnsville and A division of ECM Publishers, Inc. Lakeville. So I was curious John Gessner | BURNSVILLE NEWS/MANAGING EDITOR | 952-846-2031 | john.gessner@ecm-inc.com what guest columnist, WilAndy Rogers | EAGAN NEWS | 952-846-2027 | andy.rogers@ecm-inc.com liam Hume, had to say in Mike Shaughnessy | SPORTS | 952-846-2030 | mike.shaughnessy@ecm-inc.com “Burnsville, railroad should Mike Jetchick | AD SALES | 952-846-2019 | mike.jetchick@ecm-inc.com resurrect Dan Patch Line” Darcy Odden | CALENDARS/BRIEFS | 952-846-2034 | darcy.odden@ecm-inc.com in the Feb. 10, 2017, issue. Tad Johnson | MANAGING EDITOR | 952-846-2033 | tad.johnson@ecm-inc.com The writer has some Keith Anderson | DIRECTOR OF NEWS | 952-392-6847 | keith.anderson@ecm-inc.com great ideas, but what he failed to mention is the law passed by our Minnesota PUBLISHER & PRESIDENT ........ Marge Winkelman SPORTS EDITOR .......................Mike Shaughnessy Legislature, in all its wisGENERAL MANAGER........................... Mark Weber THISWEEKEND EDITOR ...................Andrew Miller dom, many years ago. That BURNSVILLE/DISTRICT 191 EDITOR .. John Gessner NEWS ASSISTANT ............................ Darcy Odden law prohibits the planning EAGAN EDITOR.................................. Andy Rogers SALES MANAGER ............................. Mike Jetchick or development of the Dan DISTRICT 196 NEWS ..........................Tad Johnson Patch Line as a commuter or light-rail route. That 15322 GALAXIE AVE., SUITE 219, APPLE VALLEY, MN 55124 law helped seal the fate of the Dan Patch Line as a gi952-894-1111 FAX: 952-846-2010 ant linear parking lot that so many like to complain

about today. I am a rail fan and enjoy the tranquil sight of the railroad cars parked along the line. I would like nothing better than to see the Dan Patch Line in use again, but there are some legislators that need convincing of that before anything can happen. RALPH FREDLUND Lakeville

Menial work of servants To the editor: Straight from Webster: menial adj/ 1: of or relating to servants. Noun: a domestic servant. According to Judy Finger’s letter to the editor (“Address issue with compassion” Feb. 3) the roofing work that my grandfather, my father and myself have done for the last 80 years or so to feed, clothe and shelter our families has been “menial.” I don’t know how the United States survived before recent immigrants (many illegal that get paid cash and do not pay taxes) arrived to do all of the “menial” work that she listed. How is this for an immigration policy? If someone wants to live in the United States and become a legal citizen then go through the legal process, learn the English language (and speak it when they are out in public), follow the laws of this country and don’t protest (aka: gather illegally, riot, destroy property, disrupt other citizens lives and businesses, put our police forces lives in jeopardy, cost the taxpayers millions of dollars by their actions) about everything that does not benefit them. These are the actions of many legal citizens also. If they don’t like it here, leave and quit disrupting law abiding citizens’ lives. They will not be missed. Finally, those who are in need of a roofing “servant” please call me. I do all of my own work. No rookies, no subcontractors, no employees. As always, callers do not have to press 1 for English. If callers get my voicemail, I am out doing my menial work. Note: A good read is “The Case Against Immigration” by Roy Beck (required reading for many college classes). A special thanks to all who have protected us in the past and those who currently put their lives on the line for us every day. Stay safe. MICHAEL BJORKSTRAND C & J Roofing Inc. Burnsville

Lewis is right on changes needed To the editor: In her letter to the edi-

tor last week, “Lewis, GOP rolling back the wrong regulations,” Nika Davies, displayed a shocking sense of ignorance or a deliberate departure from the truth. She would have us believe that U.S. Rep. Jason Lewis, R-Woodbury, voted to gut the restrictions on the mentally handicapped to purchase guns. The House voted to repeal a narrowly tailored rule from the Obama era. This rule mandated that the names of certain individuals who receive Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income and who use a representative to help manage these benefits due to a mental impairment, be forwarded to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. This is a far cry from eliminating background checks of the mentally ill prior to purchasing guns. Davies claims that Lewis and the GOP would endanger Minnesotans’ drinking water by correcting the Stream Protection Rule. According to the office of Surface Mining’s own projections, the proposed rule would eliminate 10,749 coal mining jobs in Appalachia. This rule imposed additional permitting and reporting requirements and restricts various mining activities. It only vaguely defines permit requirements, monitoring, and stream classifications, which it applies to both surface and underground mining. It removes flexibility in how companies reclaim mine sites by requiring reforestation even though wildlife organizations are working with the coal industry to provide grassland habitats for a wide range of species. Furthermore, it ignores regional differences and efficient state regulations including Minnesota’s. Davies also objected to eliminating rules requiring oil and gas companies to disclose payments to foreign governments. The present regulations put America’s public companies at a huge disadvantage against foreign competitors such as Russia and China. The economic opportunities of millions of struggling Americans aren’t helped by such political regulations that give foreign companies a huge advantage over American public companies. The SEC’s rule forced publicly-traded American energy companies to disclose proprietary information, giving their foreign competitors access to valuable private information. I hope this explanation will help everyone understand that a glaring headline or some misleading fake news needs further examination. ANNE MEURER Shakopee

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Education Metcalf Middle School chess sweeps state grade level championships The Metcalf Middle School chess team continued its long tradition of excellence at state competitions, setting the bar even higher by sweeping team and individual honors at the Statewide Grade Level Championships held Feb. 11 at the school. Metcalf teams won the sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade team championships, with another seventh-grade team finishing third. Sixth-grade team members were Gavin Kellen, Will Moe, Audra Johnson, Aiden Richard, DJ John and Victor Ekstrand. Members of the winning seventh-grade team were Calvin York, Max Fox, Justin Joubert, Ellie Scheldberg and Simon Palmer. Members of the eighth-grade winning team included Adam Stadick, Jakob Callenius and Ibraheem Malik. Among individuals, sixthgrader Gavin Kellen, seventhgrader Calvin York, and eighthgrader Adam Stadick all took first place in their grade levels. Max Fox took fifth place among

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Metcalf chess coach Brian Ribnick with seventh-grade team members Calvin Yorke, Max Fox, Justin Joubert, Ellie Scheldberg and Simon Palmer. For more photos, go to www.facebook.com/metcalfchess. seventh-graders. The clean sweep by Metcalf was unprecedented at the state grade level championships. Coach Brian Ribnick called it “thrilling and a bit unexpected,� and noted that it was also the first time Metcalf – which changed from a junior high to

College News University of North Dakota, Bismarck, fall dean’s list, from Burnsville – Nicholas DyrstadCincotta, Derek Fradenburgh, Madison Haberlack, Kay Hager, Melissa Heilman, Logan Litman, Evan Marian, Samantha Woebke; from Eagan – Allie Fabry, Elizabeth Gruenke, Erica Lutz, Matthew Mills, William Poirier, Alexandra Schlichting, Ashley Thorpe, Savannah Walker, Ryan Wolbert. University of North Dakota, Bismarck, fall president’s list, from Burnsville – Geneva Brandt, Evan Marian, Rebecca Sengbusch, Samantha Woebke; from Eagan – Joseph Deraney, Alexandra Schlichting, Savannah Walker. University of WisconsinStevens Point, winter graduate, Anna Keenan, of Burnsville, B.S., wildlife ecology and man-

agement, cum laude. Northwestern College, Orange City, Iowa, fall dean’s list, Sarah Beaton, of Burnsville. Valley City State University (North Dakota), fall dean’s honor roll, Kyle Svare, of Burnsville. Concordia University Wisconsin, Mequon, fall honors list, from Eagan – Jacob Erdman, Rebecca Erdman, Marta Peterson. University of Dubuque (Iowa), fall dean’s list, Erika Moede, of Burnsville. Bethel University, St. Paul, fall dean’s list, from Burnsville – Erica Jensen, Abigail Keelin, Emily Munson, Briita Nelson, John Olsen, Jonathan Thweatt; from Eagan – Abner AriasOlson, Emily Atkinson, Berit Hansen, Margaret Jackson, Gregory Owen, Jenna Peterson,

a middle school this year – had entered the sixth-grade competition. Metcalf’s chess teams, along with teams and individuals from Photos contributed by Abdirahman Abdullahi other District 191 schools, will Eagan High School students Amran Ahmed (left) and Ruweyda Ali compete in the Minnesota State (right) led a group in a traditional Somali dance, called dhaanto durMiddle School Chess Champiing the Somali Culture Night on Feb. 3 at the school. The event also onships in March. included a fashion show where students modeled traditional Somali clothes. To finish off the event, attendees gathered in the school cafeteria. People from different backgrounds, and different areas of the metro, joined together to enjoy the evening, and have a taste of Somali cuisine.

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Sophie Ringold, Rachel Rock, Matthew Schull, Amy Wolbert. Bethel University, St. Paul, fall graduate, McKenna Young, of Burnsville, B.S., biology. Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, fall dean’s list, from Burnsville – Brittany Courteau, Katie Keelin, Nicholas Kowalski, Alexa Pearson, Gretchen Seewald; from Eagan – Linnea Anderson, Lauren Casey, Zachariah Dawson, Jana Elliott, Kjorte Harra, Sarah Knutson, Sophia Lyseng, Mia Massaro, Ryan Masso, Megan Mullaney, Haley Pesik, Allison Peterson, Kristin Podratz, Gabrielle Rosati, Laura Swenson.

Community invited to ‘Reimagine Minnesota’ conversation

Community members in Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District 191 are invited to join in a conversation about making Minnesota schools work for all students. The event is part of a collaborative effort between District 191 and 40 other school districts to address integration, access, opportunity and educational achievement. “Your voice will help make sure this important work succeeds,� said Superintendent Joe To submit college news items, Gothard. “Please plan to attend email: reporter.thisweek@ecm- this community conversation.� inc.com. The Reimagine Minnesota event will take place 6-8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, March 8, at Diamondhead Education Center, 200 W. Burnsville Parkway in Burnsville. Enter door 1 on the upper level. Register for this free event by going online at www.isd191.reimagineminnesota or contacting Jami Kenney at 952-707-2005 or jkenney@isd191.org. Child care for children, age 2 and older, will be available as will interpreters in Spanish and Somali. Upon registering, note if these services are needed. Transportation will be available to some areas of the district. Light refreshments will be provided.

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MEHRING, from 1A location for us to continue to grow,� Mehring said. “The city has done a great job with infrastructure.� Now the organization has a worldwide footprint, but its headquarters is still in Eagan supporting a staff of more than 40 employees. Mehring has seen CaringBridge grow to a place where a new page is created every six minutes. The internet was just entering into America’s conscious in 1997 when Mehring made the first post. Facebook was seven years away from going online, and it was eight years prior to the launch of YouTube. “(CaringBridge) was done right from the very beginning,� Mehring said. “It’s always been a protected safe space within the crazy online environment.� WALL, from 1A Bride said. The wall is part of MnDOT’s annual $2 million program of “standalone� walls not tied to highway projects, she said. For an area to qualify,

Mehring was inspired to create the website when two of her good friends had a premature baby. She was asked to make phone calls to relatives throughout the world, but after making a few, she felt there had to be a better way to connect their loved ones together and keep them informed. “I had a background with the internet and technology, so I knew how to make a website,� Mehring said. “Baby Brighid was born June 7, 1997, but she unfortunately lived a short nine days. From that experience, my mission leaped forward to foster love, hope and compassion for people who are on a health journey and I never looked back.� The website allows anyone to create their own website to help connect loved ones with the people experiencing some kind of health situation.

It’s grown organically through the years, and remained protected from the “outside noise� of the internet, Mehring said. A few years after CaringBridge went online, Mehring received a call from a woman in New York, who said the website essentially saved her husband’s life. “After reading all the comments from loved ones on the site, the woman said it made a huge difference,� Mehring said. “It turned his hopelessness around to hope. She said overnight he got out of this cycle of despair and decided to fight.� Health issues can last several years. Mehring recalled two twins who were both born with medical situations who had ongoing needs. Their community was updated along the way more than a decade later when one received a heart trans-

plant. Mehring feels the company has stayed focused on its core mission. It’s remained a nonprofit, so it hasn’t relied on selling advertisements or data. “It’s grown through the power of charitable giving,� Mehring said. “People see the value. It’s a fast-moving environment. We’re constantly keeping up-to-date with the back end of infrastructure and user expectations.� More and more users are viewing the site via mobile device than ever. “A few years ago 20 percent of our users were on mobile,� Mehring said. “Now it’s 80 percent.� She said keeping up with mobile devices was one of CaringBridge’s biggest challenges because as a nonprofit, it was hard to maintain charitable giving via mobile. “No one gave on mo-

bile the first couple years,� Mehring said. “We worked hard to make sure people were connected but we didn’t consider the giving aspect. It was a hard lesson learned.� Looking at the next 20 years, Mehring see opportunities for users to connect with others in similar situations to reduce isolation. She also sees the site integrated into people’s care plans where a doctor talks to patients how important it is to communicate with family and friends. But those decisions will be made by other people. Come July, Mehring will officially retire, but she has no plans on slowing down. Her focus is on fostering women in leadership positions, entrepreneurship and innovation. “I truly want to retire, but I have a great opportunity to do some speaking

and support others,� Mehring said. “I’m 55, and I consider this an early retirement, but I’ll probably be more busy than ever. I don’t have any specific plans but I have some interests in following my passions.� She’s been planing for retirement for several years and began the transition a while ago. Liwanag Ojala took over as CEO last year. “The transition has been positive,� Mehring said. “The secret is to be intentional about it. I didn’t walk in one day and say I’m retiring. I worked with the board to ensure so we don’t miss a beat.� She said she feels the next 20 years are in good hands.

a certain percentage of properties must realize noise relief of at least 5 decibels, McBride said. Another part of Burnsville — at Highway 13 and Horizon Drive — was explored for the program last year but didn’t qualify.

A noise wall was once offered along Interstate 35W in the Crystal Lake area, but neighbors rejected it, Mayor Elizabeth Kautz said. Poor response to the balloting, in which no vote was a “no� vote, may have hurt its pros-

pects, City Engineer Ryan Peterson said. Residents like the wall on the west side of I-35W south of Burnsville Parkway, said Council Member Dan Gustafson, who lives in the area. To fund its share

of slightly more than $100,000, the city could use general funds, draw from its share of state aid for roads or assess benefiting property owners, Peterson said. Assessments would likely douse potential sup-

port for the project, Council Bill Coughlin said.

Contact John Gessner at john.gessner@ecm-inc.com or 952-846-2031.

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Rain garden workshop set in Burnsville Burnsville residents are invited to attend a free introductory workshop to see how rain gardens, native gardens and shoreline stabilization projects benefit local water quality and help wildlife. Residents may attend the Landscaping for Clean Water Rain Garden workshop 6:15-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, or Thursday, April 13, at Burnhaven Library, 1101 County Road 42, Burnsville. Participants will learn about the benefits and

function of rain and native plant gardens. In addition, trained instructors will provide examples of gardens that add variety and interest to yards and provide habitat for pollinating insects such as butterflies. Rain gardens also filter storm water runoff, which helps stop pollutants from flowing to lakes and streams through storm drains. Design and installation assistance is available to attendees. Burnsville offers grants of up to $1,000

for residents with qualified water quality improvement projects. The application deadline for the city grant program is Monday, May 8. Registration is required by emailing swcd@ co.dakota.mn.us or calling 651-480-7777. Visit www.dakotacountyswcd. org for more information. For more information on the workshops and the Burnsville Natural Resources Department visit www.burnsville.org/raingarden.

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plans call for a signal with an eastbound right-turn lane. The estimated cost is $350,000. Bryant Ficek, a consultant for the planning team, joked that he recommends the signal with “a heavy heart� because a multilane roundabout would have worked well there. But work on the intersection is a few years away, so a roundabout option remains, he said. Meeting attendees also favored a roundabout if funding can be found, according to the county. Fatal and serious crash-

es are almost nonexistent in roundabouts, Ficek said, although propertydamage crashes sometimes increase. He said engineers will consider flashing yellow arrows for the new lights. “It seems that most people really like them,� he said. The first project, at County Road 5 and Burnsville Parkway, is scheduled for 2018.

used to write the 201718 general fund budget, which the board will approve in June. Spending of $131.8 million and revenues of $127.2 million are projected. A projected spenddown of $4.6 million in reserves will be needed to avoid budget cuts. That would leave the unassigned year-end fund balance at 8.8 percent of general fund spending. District policy calls for a

balance of at least 8 percent. Board Member Dan Luth said he’s still concerned, as in past years, about the district’s continual “deficit spending.� “I’m really hoping that this tightens up� before the board approves the budget in June, he said.

estimated at $500,000. A roundabout is estimated at $1.05 million. About 900 feet from that intersection is 5 and 136th, where plans call for a signal with a westbound right-turn lane. The cost is estimated at $350,000, compared with $550,000 for a roundabout. Many of the 35 people who attended the most recent meeting favored keeping the signal at 136th, according to the county. At County Road 11 and Burnsville Parkway, LEVY, from 1A survey this spring. The 2007 operating levy is one of two on the books in District 191. The other, approved by voters in 2011, was renewal of an existing levy and expires after the 2022-23 school year. In other budget action, the board approved a set of spending and revenue assumptions that will be

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8A February 17, 2017 SUN THISWEEK - Burnsville - Eagan

Lakeville leaders oppose Dan Patch line Bloomington student urges neutrality

by Laura Adelmann SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

For the second time in as many years, a Bloomington man plans to publicly ask the Lakeville City Council to consider adopting a neutral stance regarding revival of the Dan Patch Rail line. Eric Ecklund, 23, plans to address the council at its March 6 meeting. A University of Minnesota student working toward an urban studies major with emphasis on transportation planning, Ecklund said he believes if Lakeville officials back down from the city’s stated opposition to development of the rail line, their action will help forward ideas for passenger rail on Dan Patch between Minneapolis and Northfield. “If the Lakeville City Council agreed to be more neutral, I think that would help boost discussion on the local level between communities and MnDOT (Minnesota Department of Transportation) of what they would want from the Dan Patch Line,� Ecklund said in an email to the newspaper. “It also might encourage St. Louis Park to take a second look at their stance on the Dan Patch Line.� Lakeville’s official position opposes any state or federal funding that supports the study, planning, design or engineering of the Dan Patch Corridor, according to the city’s 2017 Legislative Priorities document, unanimously approved by the City Council in January. The document states

due to limited funding, priority should be given to expanding existing road and bridge infrastructure and also the bus rapid transit system. Established in 1908 by Marion Willis Savage, owner of the Dan Patch race horse, the rail corridor connects Minneapolis and the southern suburbs and intentionally runs directly through Lakeville because Savage built Antlers Park as a major attraction to draw rail passengers. The rail corridor expanded and at one point included freight traffic, but eventually closed and a portion of the line next to County Road 50 in Lakeville and stretching into residential backyards is used by Progressive Rail as a parking lot for unused freight cars. Neighbors throughout Lakeville have long protested the rail car storage, citing safety and aesthetic concerns in addition to falling property values. The city also has also taken an official position in its Legislative Priorities document seeking federal laws or rules that prohibit railroad car storage in urbanized residential neighborhoods without written consent of the city. State Sen. Matt Little, DFL-Lakeville, called the legislative ban against discussion of opening the Dan Patch line “a bit silly,� stating legislators should always be able to talk through issues, but said rail on the Dan Patch line does not make economic sense. “We need real invest-

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Train cars are frequently parked on rail tracks in residential neighborhoods in Lakeville. ment in highways, bridges and buses right now,� Little said. State Rep. Jon Koznick, R-Lakeville, said he opposes spending money on trains and the state needs to be using resources on roads and bridges. He said opening the Dan Patch line would be costly, create environmental problems, and noted strong community opposition to the proposal, citing concerns about the commotion and speed passenger service would create through the city. “The vast majority of our community doesn’t want our tax dollars spent on another expensive train,� Koznick said. “To be clear, trains do not relieve congestion and are more expensive to build and operate than bus. People have some romantic idea about trains and the fact is that trains are not great transportation policy for Lakeville. It’s a ridiculous idea and the issues and numbers don’t

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support a passenger or light rail train here. There are good and practical reasons the Legislature put a prohibition on further state planning in 2002. A bad idea doesn’t get better with age. It might make a good bike or walking trail, the city of Savage is free to explore that option, with their tax dollars.� Ecklund, who said he has been interested in trains for most of his life, remains determined to garner support for the project. He has created a Facebook page, “Support the Dan Patch Rail Line,� that has 161 “likes.� On that social media page, Ecklund’s support of the rail line has spurred some disagreement with Lakeville residents, most who expressed opposition to the idea or commuter rail through the city, citing issues about costs and the possibility the tracks would be shared with freight carrying hazardous materials. Some of those who have commented are part of another Facebook page, “Move Progressive Rail’s Train out of Lakeville neighborhoods,� which includes a link to a petition to ban residential rail

car storage in Lakeville. The petition has generated almost 300 signatures toward their goal of 500 signatures. Multiple signers complained about the visual blight caused by the many graffiti-splattered rail cars and how the cars frequently block road access for lengthy period of times. Tyler Tetrault of Lakeville called the rail cars a “visual nuisance� and wrote they have caused major delays for himself and his teammates when they are moved. Tetrault said there are several blind crossings without appropriate equipment to notify oncoming cars of their imminent move. Ecklund said reviving the Dan Patch line would force rail car storage to end permanently in Lakeville. In a Facebook post, he said the passenger trains would be stored in a facility rather than on the tracks. Lakeville resident Timothy Cleveland posted, “Good. Then store them in Minnetonka, Edina, etc. Lead by example. Lakeville is not a rail yard.� Dennis Shannon posted that opening passenger rail on the Dan Patch line would cause trains to run through some residential back yards, but Ecklund said the passenger trains would be short and quiet. He said expanding roads will do little to alleviate traffic, and with Lakeville’s growing population more options for getting around are needed. Ecklund said while his primary focus is the Dan Patch line, he would also like to get discussion going about the Dakota Rail Corridor between Minneapolis and Hutchinson, the Minnesota Valley Line

between Minneapolis/St. Paul and Mankato, and the Red Rock Corridor between St. Paul and Hastings. “I’m trying to get the word out, get more supporters, and bring some discussion to the local, regional, and state levels of government on this topic,� Ecklund said. Lakeville officials are unlikely to lend support to Ecklund’s cause. Mayor Doug Anderson said he supports the city’s legislative position opposing any use of the Dan Patch line for commuter rail. “I think it comes down to where’s the best place to put funds associated with transportation,� Anderson said. “And we’ve got higher priority issues in Lakeville associated with transportation than spending money on a commuter rail line.� He said higher priorities are County Road 70 and the County Road 50 bridge at Interstate 35. “These are much more important to us from a community standpoint as well as an economic standpoint,� Anderson said. He added the rail line is in “really bad shape� and would need a lot of repairs to operate again. Anderson also cited concerns regarding the rail car parking in Lakeville, but said Progressive Rail is a good business that has painted over the graffiti at times and is doing good work to support Airlake Industrial Park. “We’ve got to find a point of understanding in terms of the rail cars,� Anderson said. “There’s safety issues, and the graffiti is annoying.� Contact Laura Adelmann at laura.adelmann@ecm-inc.com.

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Having an impact on young lives Eagan, Lakeville, Farmington women serve as foster grandparents BY SUE WEBBER CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Dakota County Juvenile Service Center, Hastings For the last 16 years, Mary Monahan, a resident of Eagan, has served at the Dakota County Juvenile Service Center in Hastings. Three days a week, for three to four hours a day, she works with 13- to 18-year-olds who are incarcerated there. “They all call me grandma,� she said. “I don’t try to teach.

Deb Knutsen has volunteered weekly for the last ďŹ ve years. I’m not a disciplinarian. I’m just there. I sit with them during class and at lunch. Sometimes they want to talk. Mostly, they need someone to listen to them.â€? If someone looks sad, Monahan might ask if they want to talk. Generally, the conversa-

tions are about pets, siblings or school, she said. Sometimes, especially on holidays, Monahan brings cookies or fudge with her to her volunteer post. Monahan, who has five children, 12 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren of her own,

said she’s always enjoyed volun- enjoy them. They’re pretty sweet teering. “I like people, and I like kids. Things just didn’t go well volunteering. It’s good for me,� for them.� said Monahan, who previously served at the Dorothy Day Center in St. Paul. As for the young people she FOSTER - TO NEXT PAGE meets each week, she said, “I

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Adventures for a Lifetime

Grandparents don’t have to be blood relatives to have an impact on the younger generation. The Foster Grandparents program, sponsored by Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota, bears that out. The program began in 1965, as part of President Lyndon Johnson’s “War on Poverty.� Now, an estimated 900 Foster Grandparents serve throughout Minnesota. According to Ron Urbanski, assistant director of Senior Corps and Neighbor to Neighbor programs for LSS, the local foster grandparents range in age from 64 to 86. They serve as role models mentors and friends to the young people they see on a regular basis. It’s a chance for the young people to build a relationship with another adult.

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Three generations share a home amicably in Richfield BY SUE WEBBER CONTRIBUTING WRITER Family is at the center of everything that happens in the Richfield home where Sheri and Doug Nelson have lived for the last 26 years. Throughout their 41-year marriage, the Nelsons, parents of three children and grandparents to four, have maintained close ties with their families of origin, and now, their own progeny. At the moment, three female relatives who are in transition are temporarily boarding at the Nelsons, each moving in with a pet, as well. All three of them work– one also is in college– and each has her own car, so the driveway is full. In addition to the Nelsons and their dog, Taylor, their five-bedroom home is temporarily occupied by daughter Sarah, granddaughter Kayla, and Sheri’s sister Roberta. Each has a pet: Sarah has Sammy the cat, Kayla has a dog named Melody, and Rebecca’s dog is Cocoa. Sheri and Doug are both still working: Sheri is a Twin Cities property manager and Doug is a maintenance technician. “Doug is the best guy in the entire world,” Sheri said. “He is a saint, in my opinion. He’s very helpful. He’s like the calm, and I’m like the storm. He’s always solving things.” The Nelsons have had “people in and out of our house for a long time,” according to Sheri. “My mom and dad lived with us for a year, then my oldest brother and his wife, then my sister and her two kids,” she said. “I’m so glad I got to spend a lot of time with my mom before she died; I was very close with my mom. After she died, my dad lived with us for 10 years.” At one time, two of the Nelsons’ grandchildren lived with them for 18 months. Doug was raised in a family with three other brothers. Coming from a family with four brothers and two sisters, Sheri said, “I was raised with the idea that you just take care of family; that’s what you do.” Her mother ran three restaurants and

Currently sharing the Nelson three-generational home in Richfield are, clockwise from left: granddaughter Kayla, Sheri, Doug, daughter Sarah, and Roberta, Sheri’s sister. (Submitted photo) her dad owned a construction company. refrigerator of the groceries we need. “We all helped with the businesses,” she They all help with the housework. Evsaid. “My aunts and uncles’ boys worked erybody keeps up their own room. If there, too.” someone gets in to a bind for some reaIt was just natural for her, Sheri said, son, someone else will pitch in and help to take care of family, and that includes out, but being in a bind can’t be a habit. hosting most of the holiday gatherings. The same goes for cleaning of their asYears ago, the Nelsons added two bed- signed room. rooms in the basement of their home. “Everyone does their own laundry on “It’s like a two-bedroom apartment,” she their assigned day. I take care of doing said. “The girls each have their own TV the general towel supply for the bathsets in their rooms.” room upstairs, but bathing and showerDoug said he originally had designs ing towels are up to the individual; they on building a workshop in the basement. each have their own bath sheet/towels.” “By the time I had the sheetrock on, we Sheri grocery shops once a week and needed a bedroom for our son and his keeps the family’s two freezers full. “I future wife,” Doug said. “So I put up an- might go to Sam’s Club and buy a whole other wall, and the basement became a boatload of chicken or beef,” she said. two-bedroom apartment.” “If they want something other than Organization is the key to keeping what I get, they have to buy it themthings running smoothly within an ex- selves,” Sheri said. “They’re on their own tended family that includes three gen- for snacks.” erations. “It’s not hard if you get orgaIf work schedules conflict with mealnized,” Sheri said. “There’s a place for time, the women cook on their own. everything. Keeping lists is important. Dish cleanup is shared by whoever ate at You make charts. We keep a list on the mealtime.

“During the week, when Doug and I are working, whoever comes home from work first starts dinner,” Sheri said. “We have a binder that contains the menu for that night in front, along with any recipes that are needed.” Sometimes the housemates cook together, she said. Friday nights belong to Doug. “Sheri and I have an agreement that I go out and ride my motorcycle on Friday nights,” he said. The Nelsons are both graduates of Bloomington Kennedy High School. Doug grew up in Bloomington, and Sheri has lived in Minneapolis, Burnsville and Bloomington. Having been active with her father in the construction business, Sheri went from high school to taking business law classes at Normandale Community College, and thought about being an attorney. But she married young and had two children, so she got into the property management business instead. In her 40-year career, she has managed marketrate cooperatives, condominiums, NS cooperative, commercial and warehouse properties. Doug, in the meantime, was a cabinetmaker, and then briefly pursued classes to be an x-ray technician. He says he inherited his dad’s “ability to understand things very easily. When I was a senior in high school, my dad bought a boat kit in a box, a 22-foot cabin cruiser, and put it together. He learned how to do all of it by buying a book. From him, I got the ability to fix things and understand things. I’m always interested in learning new things.” Eventually, Doug worked in Sheri’s family’s construction business, starting as a laborer, then got into brick laying, tuck pointing and heating and air conditioning. Doug sums up his view of the family’s present living arrangement succinctly: “We have to be considerate of other people. Because we’re all family, it’s easy to be respectful and still tease the heck out of each other.”

Foster Grandparent program seeing results FOSTER - FROM PREVIOUS PAGE A native of north Minneapolis, Monahan has lived in Eagan since 1957.

the fifth year Foster Grandparents have been working with students at the school. “Foster Grandparents contacted us in the spring of 2012,” Bertucci said. “Their program coordinator met with our principal and me to see if we would be interested in partnering with them and piloting their program, and the rest is history. Deb and Mary have been with us ever since. “Deb and Mary truly make a difference in the lives of their students. They help their students, not only with their reading, but with their overall confidence. They get to know each student well. They establish great relationships. Their students can tell how much they care.” Farmington Elementary School Principal Kim Bollesen said, “We truly love having our Foster Grandparents in our building. They are such an asset and so good with the kids. LaVonne does a wonderful job with scheduling and helping them with anything they need.”

Mary Hansen is a Foster Grandparent at the same school her own children attended.

Mary Monahan has served at the Dakota County Juvenile Services Center in Hastings for the last 16 years.

Farmington Elementary School Deb Knutson and Mary Hansen each work with a dozen second- and fourth-graders from 9 a.m. to noon five days a week at Farmington Elementary School. Knutsen, now in her fifth year at the school, said she got acquainted with Farmington Elementary when her grandchildren were students there. “I really believe volunteering is important,” said Knutson. “It’s fun. Some kids don’t like reading at all. I really feel good when I see kids improving in reading.” Before she began her work as a school volunteer, Knutsen worked as a Ramsey County probation officer for 35 years. A native of St. Paul, Knutsen has lived in Farmington for 45 years. She has a daughter and three grandchildren. Mary Hansen, also of Farmington, has been a Foster Grandparent at Farmington Elementary for more than four years. “It’s the school our five children went to,” said Hansen, who has lived in Farmington all her life and also has one grandchild. “The teachers give us lots of support. They’re glad we’re there.” When she first heard about the need for Foster Grandparents, Hansen said, “It sounded like something I could do. I’m not new to volunteering. It keeps you young, and I’m really happy to do it.” She’s found that Farmington Elementary “really is a nice place to work. Sometimes I get hugs from the kids when I come into the room, or when they see me in the hall, and sometimes even when they run into me at the grocery store.” LaVonne Bertucci, a Title 1 reading specialist at Farmington Elementary, coordinates the program and also is an internal coach for the school’s Minnesota Reading Corps tutors. Bertucci said this is

reading gains for some of the students that have been reading with ‘Grandma Pat.’ Our teachers all vie for time with Grandma Pat.”

About Foster Grandparents

Pat Bromley of Lakeville monitors a fourth-grader’s reading progress.

Akin Road Elementary School, Farmington Pat Bromley of Lakeville has been volunteering four hours a day, four days a week at Akin Road Elementary in Farmington for four years. “I help them with reading,” Bromley said. “The teacher chooses who I read with. Some children are pretty shy; some are friendlier than others.” “I’m really glad I got into Foster Grandparents,” she said. “It’s really been good for me. I intend to keep up with it.” A native of Farmington, Bromley has lived in Lakeville for five years. “This is the second year we have participated in the Foster Grandparent program,” Principal Lisa Reichelt said. “We have been very happy with both the ‘grandparents’ we have had. Just yesterday, a first-grade teacher shared the success shown in

Foster Grandparents must be 55 years of age, and must commit to volunteering for 10 or more hours a week, Urbanski said. A pre-service orientation and training is required, and volunteers also are required to participate in ongoing formal and independent training, he said. Volunteers and their service sites are matched by location in a variety of ways. “Sometimes a school district hears about Foster Grandparents working in another district, or a principal moves to a different school from a district where they had the program and calls us,” Urbanski said. “Sometimes volunteers hear about us and we approach the school.” The school sets the schedule for each volunteer. Staff members from the Senior Corps office meet with each volunteer every month at the site they are serving. Volunteers also are evaluated once a year. A staff of 15 manages the 900 volunteers serving throughout Minnesota, Urbanski said. About 20 percent of the Foster Grandparents are men. Minnesota is one of two states that receives additional support for its Foster Grandparents program. The Minnesota Legislature has for 30 years supported the program through the Minnesota Board on Aging, Urbanski said. Many of the senior volunteers have been with the program for two decades or more, according to Urbanski. “Grandma Gail just retired in Red Wing at the age of 93, after 33 years with the program,” he said. “Talk about a second career!”

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Discovering The Mature Lifestyle February 17, 2017

Grandparents rely on faith in helping with grandkids BY SUE WEBBER CONTRIBUTING WRITER Jean and Pete Allard are both retired from their careers, but they aren’t retired from the job of being parents. “We never really quit,� Jean said. “We have a ministry under our roof.� That description, she said, is their own, adapted from a phrase from a book by Max Lucato, as follows: “Your mission field is under your own roof.� The Chanhassen couple, who have two sons, a daughter and four grandchildren, are especially close to their daughter, a single mother who has two daughters of her own. At one time, their daughter and granddaughters lived with Allards for 18 months. That required “reconfiguring the bedrooms, and storing our daughter’s possessions,� Pete said. “When our daughter was out of work, we paid expenses here and there and kept them going with the necessities of life.� “Our daughter has always been a single parent,� Jean said. “It’s really a tough row to be a single mom these days; it’s not been easy. We were her babysitters. We are helping her to be able to keep going. It’s been an interesting ride. We don’t take any big, long vacations. You do what you have to do.� The Allard’s oldest granddaughter, 22, graduated with honors from Iowa State College in December and is living with her grandparents until she finds a job. She stayed

Jean and Pete Allard of Chanhassen maintain close ties with their daughter and granddaughters. (Submitted photo) with them during college breaks, as well. “We do a lot for our 17-yearold granddaughter, who is a junior in high school,� Jean said. “We go to all her school conferences and open houses, and we pick her up at school.� When their granddaughters were both in high school and living with the Allards Pete said, “We were their school bus. Jean and I shared the duties. You kind of go with the flow. You do a lot of praying and getting ready to put the keys in the car when someone needs a ride.� Once or twice a week, the Allards have their daughter and granddaughters over for dinner. Every Saturday, Jean and her daughter sit down together to review her finances: “She’s debt-free,� Jean said.

Water aerobics at the Chaska Community Center is something Jean enjoys twice a week. “It keeps my head on straight,� she said. “It’s so important for people with arthritis. It keeps me limber. And I enjoy the fellowship of the other women.� Her religious faith and involvement at church also help to “keep her head on straight,� Jean said. “We are good friends with our daughter. I’ve learned all the things not to say.� Pete agrees. “Our faith means a lot to us, and we lean on that,� he said. “The good Lord takes care of us. He has a plan for our lives, and we do what we can do. I have good peace of mind about this.� Having grown up as an only child, Pete said, “When you

have children, you kind of fly by the seat of your shorts. You get through by the grace of God. And then they grow up and you think, ‘I should have done this, or I should have done that.’ When grandkids come along, you have another opportunity. You see life through different eyes. You give advice when asked.� The Allards are rewarded with expressions of gratitude from their daughter and granddaughters, according to Jean. “They are so grateful and so expressive about it,� she said. “That goes a long way.� “We do have other friends who are helping out with grandkids — maybe not as extensively — but definitely making a difference in their grandkids’ lives,� Jean said.

She cites an article called “Grandparents in the Gapâ€? by Jay Kesler, former president of Taylor University, who spoke at a conference the Allards attended. “While it is spiritual, it certainly addresses what’s happening in our society now and in the past,â€? Jean said. “It was an inspiration to me way back in l999.â€? The Allards at one time were in a Koinonia group of six couples, where they supported each other and shared what was going on in their lives. In her counseling work, Jean led support groups for women, following the 12-step program, “that at the same time helped me in my life.â€? Jean grew up in St. Louis Park, spent one year at Coe College in Iowa and finished with her liberal arts major at Michigan State. She eventually worked at Kerker & Associates advertising agency in the Twin Cities. When she retired in 2004, she was working as a chemical dependency counselor. Pete, a native of Connecticut, attended the University of Maine and the University of Bridgeport. A designer, he worked for Franklin Manufacturing in Minneapolis, Westinghouse in Ohio, Cornelius in Anoka and then went into his own design business, Industrial Design Center, for 35 years. One of their sons is married and lives in Korea. The other, a resident of Chanhassen, has two sons.

More and more, we are becoming a society separated by age. Some call it “Aging Apartheid.�

Current housing trends segregate the generations with mixed results Not so long ago or far away, families were a lot more extended. Multiple generations lived together. Grandma and grandpa were part of the household. Often a few great grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins were also an integral part of the family. All ages accepted each other and mixed and mingled as part of everyday life. It’s different now — and getting “differenter� all the time. Dramatic changes in longevity, life styles, family make-up and economics have led to an explosion of housing options— especially for senior citizens. Today, many seniors choose to “age in place� in the old family home with increasing help and support from technology and outside care-giving service providers. But they can also retire to gated communities. Or live in a variety of independent or assisted living apartments, condos or coops. I even know one senior who live on an actual “Funny Farm.� Increased choices and greater independence for older adults is good. But segregating generations and building walls between age groups is not. More and more, we are becoming a society separated by age. Some call it “Aging Apartheid.� This housing trend supports vital aging and a more active lifestyle for older adults, but it also separates seniors from

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... by Bob Ramsey children and youth. Unless older folks have grandchildren, they don’t know what today’s “kids� are really like. And younger people don’t know or understand old people. Segregation feeds stereotypes and myths about all ages. Without regular, realworld contact, seniors begin to accept the widespread negative stereotype of teens and younger people as rude, crude, loud, entitled, shallow, even dangerous. Building walls between the generations robs older adults of access to the joy, wonder, energy, optimism, passion and idealism of youth, Likewise, without firsthand knowledge, young people are uncomfortable around seniors and internalize the common perception that age is all about loss, decline, and dependence. They begin to equate age with disease and death; and accept the false notion that older adults cannot be productive, creative, engaged or happy and fun loving. Like the small boy who spotted my wife and me at a local Dairy Queen and yelled at his dad, “There’s some really old people

over there. I didn’t know old people ate treats!� (Yikes! We were busted.) British author George Orwell observed, “The child thinks growing old is an almost obscene calamity. . . all who have passed the age of thirty are joyless grotesques, endlessly fussing with things of no importance without having anything to live for.� This doesn’t sound like the seniors I know. Without frequent and natural connections with older adults, youth never benefit from the gifts of experience, wisdom, discernment and perspective that come only with age. Likewise, they are denied access to many potential heroes, mentors and role models. Current trends in senior housing appear settled in for a while. Yet the results are mixed. According to Pam Hoyle, chair of the Vital Aging Network, the challenge for age-segregated communities is to figure out: “How do we educate society to not only the joy of growing older, but also the tremendous value of older adults in our community and in our nation?� Community leaders need to create natural opportunities for regular contact and interaction

among age groups. Life is better when all ages can talk to each other, work together, play together, help each other and team up to help others. That’s what makes a true community; not just a bunch of people of differ-

ent ages living segregated lives in the same town. I want a community where it’s natural and normal to see strollers and walkers parked together. What do you want?

Bob Ramsey is a lifelong educator, writer and advocate for vital aging. He can be contacted at 952-9229558 or by email at joyrammini@comcast.net.

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12A February 17, 2017 SUN THISWEEK - Burnsville - Eagan

Sports Dunne’s goal: Become king of Crashed Ice Burnsville native is 2nd in ice cross downhill standings by Mike Shaughnessy SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Maxwell Dunne became an internet video legend shortly after his introduction to ice cross downhill. It wasn’t necessarily because of something he did well, Dunne notes. In one of his first competitive trips down a sheet of ice filled with bumps and turns, he mistimed a jump and sailed through the air much farther than a rider is supposed to. But he landed on his skates – and without injury – and it wasn’t long before people started admiring the jump online. “You’re supposed to lift your legs (just before a jump, to limit the amount of time spent in the air), and I didn’t,� Dunne recalled. “People couldn’t believe I landed that jump.� In only about two years in the sport, Dunne, a Burnsville native, has become one of its top performers. He’s second in the Red Bull Crashed Ice overall standings after finishing seventh in the recent meet in St. Paul. He trails series leader and defending champion Cameron Naasz (a Lakeville native) with three races remaining, including one Satur-

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Burnsville native Maxwell Dunne is second in Red Bull Crashed Ice overall standings with three events remaining. The only skater ahead of him is Lakeville native Cameron Naasz, the defending Crashed Ice series champion. day in La Sarre, Quebec. He has yet to win a race but moved up the standings because of consistency. Earlier this season he had three consecutive second-place finishes. That doesn’t mean he races conservatively – Dunne also holds the record for fastest recorded speed, sailing down a track in Munich, Germany, at 82 kilometers an hour, or about 51 mph. Dunne, 27, played hockey and competed in track and field at Burns-

ville High School. The hockey career helped him develop the skating skills necessary to thrive in ice cross downhill, but the track career helped him develop everything else. He was a two-time Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference champion in the decathlon, competing for the University of St. Thomas. “You train different muscle groups when you train for the decathlon, and that’s helped me in

(ice cross downhill),� Dunne said last week before leaving for his next meet in Canada. “In decathlon, you’re also out there by yourself without teammates to help, and that’s definitely something that transfers over.� He wanted to try the sport when it was introduced to Minnesota in 2012 but couldn’t because he still was competing in college track and field. About two years ago he jumped in with both

skates. He’s one of the sport’s busiest athletes; in 2015-16 he was one of just a few who competed in all 10 Crashed Ice and Riders Cup events. “It’s reached the point where you have to train almost year-round to be successful,� he said, “but I think the biggest improvement I’ve made is in race strategy – where you can attack the course, where you can pass, what lines to take. Those are things you can learn only by racing.� In addition to being one of Dunne’s rivals on the track, Naasz is one of his closest friends. They’re part of a Minnesota group of riders that train together in the off-season. It helps to be self-reliant during competition, but the group approach helps during training. To Dunne, it makes perfect sense that the top two riders in the Crashed Ice overall standings live within a few miles of each other. “There are a couple other guys in the top 10 in the U.S. who are from Minnesota,� he said. “And there are about five or 10 who get together to train at least once a week in addition to the training they do on their own. I think one of the hardest things to do would be training for

this sport without somebody else to push you.� When the ice cross downhill season is over, Dunne will return to his other job as a physical and health education teacher. Currently, he substitute teaches in districts 194 and 196. He also was pole vaulting coach for the Lakeville North High School track and field program last spring and runs a summer pole vaulting camp in Lakeville. It’s still not easy to make money in the sport, and the ones who do have been successful at lining up sponsorships. Life has a way of changing priorities, too; Dunne will get married in September. But he said he doesn’t believe he’s come close to reaching his potential in ice cross downhill and still wants to see how far the sport can take him. “Eventually the plan is to become a full-time teacher,� he said. “But we have a rider who recently retired, and he was competing at 40. If I could still do it at 30, I’d love to. If I stay healthy, I don’t see anything stopping me from doing that.� Contact Mike Shaughnessy at mike.shaughnessy@ecminc.com.

Eastview, South return to section title games Eastview hires volleyball, girls lacrosse coaches

by Mike Shaughnessy SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Eastview breezed into the Section 3AA girls hockey championship game for the fifth consecutive year, scoring three goals in about five minutes in the second period of a 5-1 semifinal victory over Apple Valley on Saturday afternoon. The No. 1-seeded Lightning will seek its third straight section championship when it plays East Ridge, a 2-1 double-overtime winner over Eagan in the other semifinal, at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Veterans Memorial Community Center in Inver Grove Heights. Eastview lost to Eagan in the 2013 section final and fell to Burnsville the next year. The last two years the Lightning has beaten Eagan in the section final. East Ridge is in a section championship game for the first time. “Our older kids who have played the last couple of years, I don’t think they have much for nerves going into it,� Eastview coach Herb Harvey said. “That was partially the difference (against Apple Valley). We’ve had that experience. We always know that first period in a game like this is going to be breaking the ice a little bit. We weathered the storm, and everything was fine after that.�

by Mike Shaughnessy SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Photo by Mike Shaughnessy

Eastview forward Natalie Snodgrass shoots during Saturday’s Section 3AA semifinal game against Apple Valley. Snodgrass scored two goals in the Lightning’s 5-1 victory. Saturday’s victory was the Lightning’s seventh in a row and ninth in the last 10 games. Eastview (15-10-2) took the lead in the first period on Natalie Snodgrass’ goal. About midway through the second period, things fell apart for Apple Valley (12-13-2). Snodgrass took a wrist shot that caught the goalpost, but an official ruled emphatically the puck also crossed the goal line. An Apple Valley turnover led to a 2-on-0 breakaway for Eastview and Mary Keating converted, giving the Lightning a 3-0 lead. Less than 30 seconds later it was 4-0 on Haley Ford’s wrist shot from the slot. Junior defender Sophia Leong scored Apple Valley’s goal at 11:07 of the third

period. Eastview’s Annie Luzum closed the scoring with a power-play goal with 2:20 remaining. “The best scoring chance (the Eagles) had, they scored,� Harvey said. “Our girls got a little relaxed in the third period being up 4-0, but it was good to get the ‘W’.� Eagan, the No. 2 seed in Section 3AA, had 48 shots on goal but scored only once in losing to third-seeded East Ridge. To qualify for the state tournament for the third year in a row, “we’ll have to play solid in our defensive zone and let (goalie Kaitlyn) Pellicci see the puck,� Harvey said. “We can’t have breakdowns that lead to quality scoring chances. We’ll get our scoring chances, but in any section final you have to play well defensively.�

Eastview High School’s volleyball and lacrosse teams have new coaches, both of whom are familiar with the territory. Ryan Dehnel, an Apple Valley native whose resume includes three years as head coach at Burnsville High School, will be the Lightning’s volleyball coach. He coached Burnsville to third place in the 2009 state Class 3A tournament when the Blaze’s top athlete was Tori Dixon, a future University of Minnesota and U.S. national team member. After leaving Burnsville, Dehnel coached at St. Michael-Albertville for five seasons, leading the Knights to three conference championships and one section championship match appearance. Dehnel is a graduate of Apple Valley High School and Augsburg College. He also has a master’s degree in education leadership from Southwest State University. He teaches health and physical education at Central Middle School in Eden Prairie. He has been head coach at Bloomington Kennedy High School and Augsburg College as well as an assistant coach at South-

west State University. The Mustangs reached the NCAA Division II tournament three consecutive years while Dehnel was there. He also has extensive club coaching experience at Northern Lights, Minnesota One and Southwest Minnesota Juniors. Dehnel has been a coach and technical director for the Burnsville Thunder and STMA Juniors. Dehnel replaces Dave Laufenberger, who resigned during the offseason. Kate Leavell, who coached in Lakeville from 2010 through 2012, will be Eastview’s girls lacrosse coach. Leavell was the state coach of the year in 2010, the last season Lakeville North and Lakeville South had a combined girls lacrosse program, and led that team to the state tournament. She coached Lakeville North’s team the next two seasons before her husband’s job transfer took their family to Georgia. She coached at two high schools in Georgia over three years before the family returned to Minnesota. Eastview players and parents will be introduced to Leavell at a meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27, in Lecture Room C250 at Eastview High School.

Headed to state: Three local teams return to Nordic skiing meet by Mike Shaughnessy SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Eastview graduated its top four skiers – including the state girls pursuit champion – from its 2016 girls Nordic team, so the last place some might have expected to find the Lightning this week is back at the state meet. “We have a group of girls who all started skiing as seventh- and eighth-graders at Falcon Ridge (Middle School),� said Brian Abery, head coach

of the ISD 196 Nordic program that includes the Eastview girls team. “I don’t think I’d say I’m surprised they qualified for state. They’re a good group of girls who want to take the Eastview team forward.� Eastview’s girls, Eagan’s boys and Burnsville’s girls will return to the state team competition Thursday at Giants Ridge in Biwabik. The Eagan boys and Burnsville girls finished first at the Section 1 meet last week in Bloomington; Eastview was second in the girls team competi-

tion. Burnsville junior Kelly Koch goes into the state meet at first in the girls individual rankings; she was 11th at the 2016 state meet, won by Margie Freed of Eastview. Patrick Acton of Eagan is third in the boys individual rankings. Senior Ana Brakke and ninth-grader Gabby Kraemer are the only returnees from last year’s Eastview state team, which finished seventh. They finished fourth and sixth in the Section 1 pursuit competition.

Koch, senior Krista Holmstrom, junior Hanna Holmstrom, senior Taylor Horner and ninth-grader Kaitlyn Qualley skied for Burnsville’s fifth-place team at the 2016 state meet. Burnsville goes into this year’s state meet unranked. Acton and Eagan teammate Ryan Steger finished first and second in the Section 1 boys meet. Dylan Schuller and Ryan Conroy also finished in the top 10. Individual qualifiers for the state girls meet include Brianne

Brewster of Lakeville South, Harmony Weber-Langer of Lakeville South and Emma Drangstveit of Lakeville North. Boys individual qualifiers include Nathaniel Blichfeldt of Burnsville, Tyler Haroldson of Lakeville South, Bryant Ruff of Eastview and Duncan Ince of Lakeville North. The boys 5-kilometer freestyle race is 10 a.m. Thursday, followed by the girls freestyle at 11:15. Classic races will be in the afternoon with the boys at 2 p.m. and the girls at 3.

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LEGAL NOTICES MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED NAME Minnesota Statutes, 333 The filing of an assumed name does not provide a user with exclusive rights to that name. The filing is required for consumer protection in order to enable customers to be able to identify the true owner of a business. ASSUMED NAME: Apple a Day Wellness Inc. PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS: 1577Murphy Pkwy Eagan, MN 55122 NAMEHOLDER(S): Kelley Consulting Group, Inc. 1577Murphy Pkwy Eagan, MN 55122 Patricia Claire Kelley 1577Murphy Pkwy Eagan, MN 55122 I, the undersigned, certify that I am signing this document as the person whose signature is required, or as agent of the person(s) whose signature would be required who has authorized me to sign this document on his/her behalf, or in both capacities. I further certify that I have completed all required fields, and that the information in this document is true and correct and in compliance with the applicable chapter of Minnesota Statutes. I understand that by signing this document I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Section 609.48 as if I had signed this document under oath. DATE FILED: December 14, 2016 SIGNED BY: Patricia Kelley Published in the Burnsville-Eagan Sun Thisweek February 17, 24, 2017 652479

CITY OF EAGAN ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed proposal bids will be received by the City of Eagan, Minnesota, in City Hall at 3830 Pilot Knob Road, until 10:30 A.M., C.D.S.T., on Thursday, March 16, 2017, 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 following: STORMWATER & WATER QUALITY PONDS SEDIMENT REMOVAL & OUTLET IMPROVEMENTS City Contract No. 17-05 Involving Approximately: 877 L.F Siltation Log 441 L.F. Floatation Silt Curtain 82 TN Dredging/Excavating MPCA Dredged Material Management Level 3 82 TN Disposal of MPCA Level 3 Excavated Material at a Landfill 423 TN Dredging/Excavating MPCA Dredged Material Management Level 2 423 TN Disposal of MPCA Level 2 Excavated Material at a Landfill 41 C.Y. Boulevard Topsoil Borrow 13 TN Class III Rip Rap and Filter Fabric 84 TN Class IV Rip Rap and Filter Fabric Together with miscellaneous Clearing & Grubbing, Seeding and Turf Establishment Contractor shall finally complete all the work at all sites by October 27, 2017. Further, for each of the two project locations, once construction has begun at a particular pond, Contractor shall have no more than 10 working days to complete the work in that pond, with the exception of final restoration. Complete digital contract bidding documents are available at www.questcdn.com. You may download the digital plan documents for $20.00 by inputting Quest project # 4830639 on the Web site’s Project Search page. Please contact QuestCDN.com at 952-233-1632 or info@questcdn. com for assistance in free membership registration, downloading, and working with this digital project information. Complete contract documents may also be seen at the offices of the City Clerk and City Engineer, Eagan, MN, at 3830 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan, MN 55122, Phone (651) 675-5646. Contractors desiring a hardcopy of the complete bidding documents may obtain them from the office of the City Clerk, Eagan, MN upon payment of $50.00. No money will be refunded to any person who obtains plans and specifications. Each bid proposal shall be accompanied by a bidder’s bond naming the City of Eagan as obligee, a certified check payable to the Clerk of the City of Eagan or a cash deposit equal to at least five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid, which shall be forfeited to the City in the event that the bidder fails to enter into a contract. The City Council reserves the right to retain the deposits of the three lowest bidders for a period not to exceed forty-five (45) days after the date and time set for the opening of the bids. No bids may be withdrawn for a period of forty-five (45) days after the date and time set for the opening of bids. Payment for the work will be by cash or check. 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. Christina M. Scipioni, Clerk, City of Eagan Published in the Burnsville-Eagan Sun Thisweek February 17, 24, 2017 652488

CITY OF BURNSVILLE NOTICE OF PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE ON AN UPDATE TO THE CITY’S WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PLAN AND WETLAND PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN The City of Burnsville will be holding a Public Open House to provide information and receive input from the public regarding an update to the City’s Water Resources Management Plan (WRMP) and Wetland Protection and Management Plan (WPMP) in Burnsville City Hall Council Chambers, 100 Civic Center Parkway, Burnsville, Minnesota, from 3:30-6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 22, 2017. The City has prepared Draft Plans for review and comment that will be available on the City’s webpage on February 10, 2017. The url for the webpage is www.burnsville.org/nrmanagement

Residents will have an opportunity to review and provide input on a range of water resource topics addressed in the Draft Plans, including lake water quality goals, aquatic vegetation, pond and water body high water levels, localized flooding, design standards for development and redevelopment projects and wetland buffers. Residents will be able to provide input at the meeting. Copies of the City of Burnsville’s current and draft updated WRMP and WPMP are also available on the City’s website at www.burnsville.org. The City will consider all comments as the plan update process moves forward. If you are unable to attend the open house but are interested in providing information that can be used in the update please contact the City’s WRMP and WPMP Update engineering consultant Rebecca Nestingen at 651.490.2175 or rnestingen@sehinc.com. Published in the Burnsville-Eagan Sun Thisweek February 10, 17, 2017 650515

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT #196 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS FALCON RIDGE MS, ATP, DAKOTA RIDGE MS, EASTVIEW HS, SES, NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARY, EAGAN HS - SECURE VESTIBULE UPGRADES Notice is hereby given that Independent School District #196, will receive multiple prime sealed bids for the ISD#196 Falcon Ridge MS, ATP, Dakota Ridge MS, Eastview HS, SES, Northview Elementary, Eagan HS Secure Vestibule Upgrades in the Vermillion Conference Room at the District Office – 3455 153rd Street W. Rosemount, MN 55068 until 1:00pm on Tuesday, March 14th, 2017 at which time they will be opened and read aloud. The work for this bid package includes Contracts for: #0610 General Construction, #2300 Mechanical, #2600 Electrical. Reference Specification Section 01 12 00 Contract Work Scope Descriptions for detailed listing of items included in each Contract. A pre-bid conference will be held at the District Office in the Vermillion Conference Room, 3455 153rd Street W. Rosemount, MN 55068 - at 2:00PM on March 7th, 2017. All bids must be sealed and marked for the appropriate contract for which the bid is submitted. Bids shall be submitted in exact accordance with Bid Documents (including Instructions to Bidders and Proposal Forms) and Contract Documents (including Drawings and Specifications) as prepared by Wold Architects & Engineers. Documents will be available on or about February 27th, 2017, for public inspection at the Wold Architects & Engineer’s office (332 Minnesota Street, W2000, St Paul, MN 55101), the Construction Manager’s office (7500 Olson Memorial Highway, Suite #300, Golden Valley, Minnesota 55427), Minneapolis; St. Paul, Mankato, Rochester, St. Cloud and Mid-Minnesota Builder’s Exchanges; Reed Construction Data (CMD) and McGraw-Hill Construction Plan Room. Bidders may obtain sets of Bidding Documents by contacting Amber Sager at the office of the Construction Manager, Wenck Construction, 7500 Olson Memorial Highway, Suite #300, Golden Valley, Minnesota 55427. Plans will be distributed electronically only. Contractors will be responsible for printing plans if hard copies are desired. The bids shall be accompanied by a certified check, cashier’s check, or corporate surety bond in an amount equal to five (5%) percent of the base bid, as bid security. No personal checks will be accepted. No bids may be withdrawn within 45 days after opening the bids. A bidder may withdraw his or her bid at any time prior to the date set for receiving bids, or authorized postponements thereof. Thereafter, bids may be withdrawn only after 45 days have elapsed after bid date, provided Independent School District #196 has not acted thereon. Bids may be withdrawn only by written request. Independent School District #196 reserves the right to reject any or all bids received and to waive informalities and irregularities in the bidding. Bid results maybe be accessed by going to www.wenck. com and clicking on Bid Results at the bottom of the home page. Joel Albright Board Clerk Published in the Apple Valley Sun Thisweek, Lakeville Sun Thisweek, Burnsville-Eagan Sun Thisweek February 17, 24, 2017 653511

CITY OF EAGAN DAKOTA COUNTY MINNESOTA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PROPOSED EASEMENT VACATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE City Council of the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota, will meet at the City Hall, 3830 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan, Minnesota 55122, on Tuesday, March 7, 2017, 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 vacation of public right-of-way over and across the following described property in the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota: That part of Outlot A and Lot 1, Block 1, VIKING LAKES, according to the recorded plat thereof, Dakota County, Minnesota, formerly dedicated as Northwest Parkway, LONE OAK THIRD ADDITION, according to the recorded plat thereof, Dakota County, Minnesota. Dated: February 7, 2017 /s/ Christina M. Scipioni City Clerk Dakota County, Minnesota Published in the Burnsville-Eagan Sun Thisweek February 17, 24, 2017 653073

INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 917 REGULAR MEETING MINUTES FEBRUARY 7, 2017 This is a summary of the Inter-

mediate School District 917 Regular School Board Meeting on Tuesday, February 7, 2017, with full text available for public inspection on the district website at www.isd917. k12.mn.us or the District Office at 1300 145th Street East, Rosemount, MN 55068. The meeting was called to order at 5:00 PM. Board members present: Dick Bergstrom, Dan Cater, Bob Erickson, Joanne Mansur, Vanda Pressnall and Dee Dee Currier. Members absent: Jill Lewis, Wendy Felton and Melissa Sauser. Other administrators were present also. Good news reports were presented. The following Consent Agenda items were approved: minutes, personnel, donations, bills to be paid, wire transfers and the investment report. Donations in the amount of $510. Reports and Motions: The Strategic directives document was reviewed; maintenance payments to Member districts approved; Resolution Directing Administration to Make Recommendations for Reductions in Programs and Positions and Reasons Therefore was approved; and the revised 2016-2017 budget for 917 was approved. Adjournment at 5:45 PM. Published in the Apple Valley Sun Thisweek, Lakeville Sun Thisweek, Burnsville/Eagan Sun Thisweek February 17, 2017 652283

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 191 REGULAR MEETING MINUTES JANUARY 26, 2017 This is a summary of the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Regular School Board Meeting on Thursday, January 26, 2017, with full text available for public inspection on the district website at www.isd191.org or the District Office at 200 West Burnsville Parkway, Burnsville, MN. The meeting was held at the Diamondhead Education Center, 200 W. Burnsville Parkway, Burnsville, MN, 55337 and was called to order by Chair Alt at 6:30 p.m. Board members Alt, Currier, VandenBoom, Schmid, Miller, and Schatz were present. Luth was absent.

Superintendent Gothard, Student Representative Green, administrators, staff and members of the public were also present. Schatz led the Pledge of Allegiance. The following Consent Agenda items were approved: minutes; personnel; resolution to approve and accept donations; payroll checks, deposits, receipts and investments; budget analysis; and change orders. Recommended actions approved: agenda; change orders, 2017 Pay Equity Report; and signage on windows at Burnsville High School for Firefly Credit Union. Reports: Burnsville Promise; verbal reports from VandenBoom on behalf of the Technology Committee; Schmid on behalf of the Policy Review Committee; Currier on behalf of the Student Performance and Achievement Committee, District 917, and the Burnsville Hall of Fame; Schatz on behalf of Foundation 191; and Gothard on behalf of AMSD. The meeting adjourned at 7:18 p.m. to a board workshop. The workshop began at 7:18 p.m. and concluded at 8:43 p.m. The purpose of the workshop was FY17 Revised Budget and FY18 Budget Assumptions. Published in the Burnsville-Eagan Sun Thisweek February 17, 2017 653395

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 194 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS MULTI-SITE EXTERIOR WALL REPAIR MCGUIRE MIDDLE SCHOOL 21220 HOLYOKE AVENUE LAKEVILLE, MINNESOTA 55044 KENWOOD TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOL 19455 KENWOOD TRAIL WEST LAKEVILLE, MINNESOTA 55044 Independent School District #194 will receive single prime sealed bids for Multi-Site Exterior Wall Repair until 2:00 PM local

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CITY OF EAGAN ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed proposal bids will be received by the City of Eagan, Minnesota, in City Hall at 3830 Pilot Knob Road, until 10:30 A.M., C.D.S.T., on Wednesday, March 15, 2017, 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 following: POND GP-1.2 IMPROVEMENTS City Contract No. 17-02 City Project 1239 Involving Approximately: 1 LS Traffic Control 1.2 AC Clearing & Grubbing 2 EA Salvage and Reinstall Flared End Section 5550 SY Salvage and Respread Topsoil 4754 CY Common Excavation – Onsite 2775 CY Muck Excavation 6475 CY Berm Borrow Material Import 50 TN Aggregate Base Class 5, 100% Crushed 54 TN Wearing Course Mixture 245 CY Premixed Iron/Fine Filter Aggregate 265 CY Coarse Filter Aggregate 540 LF Slotted and Solid PVC Pipe and Fittings 20 LF HDPE SDR-11 Pipe 90 LF Reinforced Concrete Pipe, Bends, and Manhole 7900 SF 45 Mil EPDM Liner 1 LS Temporary Cofferdam Together with Tree Protection, Removals, Temporary Dewatering, Erosion Control, and Site Restoration. Complete digital contract bidding documents are available at www. questcdn.com. You may download the digital plan documents for $20.00 by inputting Quest project #4849430 on the Web site’s Project Search page. Please contact QuestCDN.com at (952) 233-1632 or info@questcdn.com for assistance in free membership registration, downloading, and working with this digital project information. Complete contract documents may also be seen at the offices of the City Clerk and City Engineer, Eagan, MN, at 3830 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan, MN 55122, Phone (651) 675-5646. Contractors desiring a hardcopy of the complete bidding documents may obtain them from the office of City Clerk, Eagan, MN upon payment of $50.00. No money will be refunded to any person who obtains plans and specifications. Each bid proposal shall be accompanied by a bidder’s bond naming the City of Eagan as obligee, a certified check payable to the Clerk of the City of Eagan or a cash deposit equal to at least five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid, which shall be forfeited to the City in the event that the bidder fails to enter into a contract. The City Council reserves the right to retain the deposits of the three lowest bidders for a period not to exceed forty-five (45) days after the date and time set for the opening of the bids. No bids may be withdrawn for a period of forty-five (45) days after the date and time set for the opening of bids. Payment for the work will be by cash or check. The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive irregularities and informalities therein and further reserves the right to award the contract to the best interests of the City. /s/ Christina M. Scipioni City Clerk, City of Eagan Published in the Burnsville-Eagan Sun Thisweek February 17, 24, 2017 653985

CITY OF EAGAN ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed proposal bids will be received by the City of Eagan, Minnesota, in City Hall at 3830 Pilot Knob Road, until 11:00 A.M., C.D.S.T., on Wednesday, March 15, 2017, 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 following: POND AP-42 IMPROVEMENTS City Contract No. 17-03 City Project 1238 Involving Approximately: 1 AC Clearing and Grubbing 130 LF Remove Sewer Pipe (Storm) and Outlet Structure 375 LF Salvage and Reinstall Chain Link Fence 1 LS Salvage and Reinstall Flared End Section 10920 SY Salvage and Respread Topsoil 7970 CY Common Excavation – Onsite 2920 CY Muck Excavation – Offsite 795 CY Suitable Borrow Material 250 TN Aggregate Base Class 5, 100% Crushed 1 LS Construct 4 Ft Outlet Control Structure 125 LF 18 Inch RC Pipe and Flared End Section 585 CY Premixed Iron/Fine Filter Aggregate 375 CY Coarse Filter Aggregate 560 LF Slotted and Solid PVC Pipe and Fittings 11950 SF 45 Mil EPDM Liner Together with Traffic Control, Removals, Temporary Dewatering and Cofferdam, Erosion Control, and Site Restoration. Complete digital contract bidding documents are available at www. questcdn.com. You may download the digital plan documents for $20.00 by inputting Quest project # 4859191 on the Web site’s Project Search page. Please contact QuestCDN.com at (952) 233-1632 or info@questcdn.com for assistance in free membership registration, downloading, and working with this digital project information. Complete contract documents may also be seen at the office of the City Clerk and City Engineer, Eagan, MN, at 3830 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan, MN 55122, Phone (651) 675-5646. Contractors desiring a hardcopy of the complete bidding documents may obtain them from the office of the City Clerk upon payment of $50.00. No money will be refunded to any person who obtains plans and specifications. Each bid proposal shall be accompanied by a bidder’s bond naming the City of Eagan as obligee, a certified check payable to the Clerk of the City of Eagan or a cash deposit equal to at least five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid, which shall be forfeited to the City in the event that the bidder fails to enter into a contract. The City Council reserves the right to retain the deposits of the three lowest bidders for a period not to exceed forty-five (45) days after the date and time set for the opening of the bids. No bids may be withdrawn for a period of forty-five (45) days after the date and time set for the opening of bids. Payment for the work will be by cash or check. The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive irregularities and informalities therein and further reserves the right to award the contract to the best interests of the City. /s/ Christina M. Scipioni City Clerk, City of Eagan Published in the Burnsville-Eagan Sun Thisweek February 17, 24, 2017 653986

CITY OF EAGAN REVISED ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed proposal bids will be received by the City of Eagan, City Hall located at 3830 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan, MN 55122, until 10:30 A.M., C.D.S.T., on Thursday, March 2, 2017, 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 following: VIKINGS PARKWAY IMPROVEMENTS City Contract No. 16-22 Involving Approximately: 16,000 CY Common Excavation 34,500 CY Select Granular Borrow Mod 5% (CV) 12,700 CY Aggregate Base Class 5 (CV) 5,300 TON Bituminous SP Wearing Course Mixture 9,100 TON Bituminous SP Non-Wearing Course Mixture 62,900 SF Concrete Walk (4” to 6”) 1,100 SY 8” Concrete Pavement 5,000 LF RCP Storm Sewer (12” to 36”) 23,200 LF Concrete Curb & Gutter 10,800 LF 2” Non-Metallic Conduit (Street Lighting) 34,000 LF Underground Wire No 6 & No 8 (Street Lighting) 64 EA Install Lighting Unit & Base 7,900 LF Pavement Markings - Epoxy 800 SF Sign Panels Together with Miscellaneous Structure Installations, Adjustments & Site Restoration Complete digital contract bidding documents are available at www. questcdn.com. You may download the digital plan documents for $30.00 by inputting Quest project #4770203 on the Web site’s Project Search page. Please contact QuestCDN.com at (952) 233-1632 or info@questcdn.com for assistance in free membership registration, downloading, and working with this digital project information. Complete contract documents may also be seen at the offices of the City Clerk and City Engineer, Eagan, MN, at 3830 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan, MN 55122, Phone (651) 675-5646. Contractors desiring a hardcopy of the complete bidding documents may obtain them from the office of the City Clerk, Eagan, MN upon payment of $50.00. No money will be refunded to any person who obtains plans and specifications. Best Value Contracting Selection: This project is extensive, involving many affected property owners. Timing of the project is critical for the safety of the general public and to minimize disruption. In addition, 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. The City believes that only a contractor with good experience in constructing this kind of project is necessary. Two factors will be considered in the contractor selection process: price and performance. The process for the consideration of proposals for the award of this Project will take into account not only the Contract amount bid for construction items, but also the bidder’s ability and performance on previous similar projects, within and outside the City of Eagan, and the bidder’s availability of major equipment to perform this project. The evaluation criteria to be utilized will be the total proposal price divided by the aggregate average technical performance score, as determined by the technical evaluation committee. Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting: A mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting will be held at 10:30 A.M. C.D.S.T. at the Eagan Municipal Center at 3830 Pilot Knob Road on Tuesday, February 21, 2017 in the Eagan Room (2nd Floor). The purpose of the conference is to provide details and answer questions regarding the evaluation/ selection criteria that will be used, along with bid price, to select a Contractor for contract award under the Best Value Contracting Authority. Failure to attend this meeting shall eliminate an absent bidder’s bid submission from contract award consideration. Attendance at the conference will be recorded. Technical Proposal Deadline: Prospective Bidders’ technical proposals must be received by 10:30 A.M. C.D.S.T., Monday, February 27, 2017 at the Eagan Municipal Center at 3830 Pilot Knob Road. Each bid proposal shall be accompanied by a bidder’s bond naming the City of Eagan as obligee, a certified check payable to the Clerk of the City of Eagan or a cash deposit equal to at least five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid, which shall be forfeited to the City in the event that the bidder fails to enter into a contract. The City Council reserves the right to retain the deposits of the three lowest bidders for a period not to exceed forty-five (45) days after the date and time set for the opening of the bids. No bids may be withdrawn for a period of forty-five (45) days after the date and time set for the opening of bids. Payment for the work will be by cash or check. The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive irregularities and informalities therein and further reserves the right to award the contract to the best interests of the City. Christina M. Scipioni Clerk, City of Eagan Published in the Burnsville-Eagan Sun Thisweek February 10, 17, 2017 651130

CITY OF EAGAN ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed proposal bids will be received by the City of Eagan, Minnesota, in City Hall at 3830 Pilot Knob Road, until 10:30 A.M., C.D.S.T., on Thursday, March 9, 2017, 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 following: CEDAR INDUSTRIAL PARK PROJECT NO 1227 Street Overlay WATERVIEW PROJECT NO 1229 Street Overlay LEXINGTON POINTE 11TH, 12TH, & 14TH PROJECT NO 1231 Street Overlay SOUTH HILLS 1ST PROJECT NO 1233 Street Overlay

WOODGATE 2ND ADDITION PROJECT NO 1228 Street Overlay PINETREE FOREST PROJECT NO. 1230 Street Overlay GARDENWOOD PONDS 1ST – 3RD PROJECT NO 1232 Street Overlay GOPHER EAGAN INDUSTRIAL PARK (KUTOFF COURT) PROJECT NO 1234 Street Overlay HALLEY’S 1ST ADDITION (BISCAYNE AVENUE) PROJECT NO 1235 Street Overlay City Contract No. 17-01 Involving Approximately: 60,000 S.Y. Mill Bituminous Pavement 4,800 L.F. Concrete Curb & Gutter Removal & Replacement 10,300 TON Wear Course Bituminous SP Mixture 6 EA Remove & Replace Manhole Structures 220 L.F. 24” sewer pipe (RCP & PP) 48 SF Truncated Domes Detectable Warning Paver Plates 440 S.F. 4-in Concrete Sidewalk 240 S.F. 6-in Concrete Ped Ramp 1,000 S.Y. Concrete Driveway / Valley Gutter Removal & Replacement 120 CY Boulevard Topsoil Borrow 180 S.Y. Sod (Highland) 1,000 S.Y. Seed & Hydromulch 50,000 GAL Water for Turf Establishment Together with Miscellaneous Structure Adjustment & Site Restoration Complete digital contract bidding documents are available at www. questcdn.com. You may download the digital plan documents for $20.00 by inputting Quest project #4848863 on the Web site’s Project Search page. Please contact QuestCDN.com at 952-233-1632 or info@questcdn.com for assistance in free membership registration, downloading, and working with this digital project information. Complete contract documents may also be seen at the offices of the City Clerk and City Engineer, Eagan, MN, at 3830 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan, MN 55122, Phone (651) 675-5646. Contractors desiring a hardcopy of the complete bidding documents may obtain them from the office of the City Clerk, Eagan, MN upon payment of $50.00. No money will be refunded to any person who obtains plans and specifications. Best Value Contracting Selection: This project is extensive, involving many affected property owners. Timing of the project is critical for the safety of the general public and to minimize disruption. In addition, 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. The City believes that only a contractor with good experience in constructing this kind of project is necessary. Two factors will be considered in the contractor selection process: price and performance. The process for the consideration of proposals for the award of this Project will take into account not only the Contract amount bid for construction items, but also the bidder’s ability and performance on previous similar projects, within and outside the City of Eagan, and the bidder’s availability of major equipment to perform this project. A Technical Proposal must be submitted by each prospective bidder so the Contractor’s performance can be evaluated prior to the submission of a bid. Technical Proposal Deadline: Prospective Bidders’ technical proposals must be received by 10:30 a.m. C.D.S.T., Monday, February 27, 2017, at the Engineering Division (1st Floor), Eagan Municipal Center, 3830 Pilot Knob Road. Each bid proposal shall be accompanied by a bidder’s bond naming the City of Eagan as obligee, a certified check payable to the Clerk of the City of Eagan or a cash deposit equal to at least five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid, which shall be forfeited to the City in the event that the bidder fails to enter into a contract. The City Council reserves the right to retain the deposits of the three lowest bidders for a period not to exceed forty-five (45) days after the date and time set for the opening of the bids. No bids may be withdrawn for a period of forty-five (45) days after the date and time set for the opening of bids. Payment for the work will be by cash or check. 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. Christina M. Scipioni, Clerk, City of Eagan Published in the Burnsville-Eagan Sun Thisweek February 17, 24, 2017 653795

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LEGAL NOTICES time on February 28, 2017 at the District Office, 8670 210th Street West, Lakeville, Minnesota 55044, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Bidding documents, including the Proposal Form, Drawings and Specifications, will be on file at the Minnesota Builders Exchange; McGraw Hill Construction/Dodge Plan Center; Reed Construction; iSqFt Plan Room (St. Paul, MN); and from PlanWell at https://order.e-arc. com/arcEOC/Secures/PWELL_PrivateList.aspx?PrjType=pub Albert Lea Builders Exchange; Austin Builders Exchange; Mankato Builders Exchange; Builders Exchange of Rochester; Mid Minnesota Builders Exchange (Willmar, MN). This project includes: Exterior brick tuckpointing, exterior through wall flashing installation, boiler plant chimney demolition and associated structural modificatins. American Reprographics Company, 4730 Park Glen Road, St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416 (952) 697-8800, facsimile (952) 697-8803 will provide complete downloadable sets of the Bidding Documents to prospective bidders and subcontractors. The downloads will be available on or about February 10, 2017. A deposit check in the amount of $25 made out to ARC for each set downloaded via the internet at http://www.e-arc.com/ mn/saintlouispark and clicking on the PlanWell icon, then the Public Plan Room icon, select Multi-Site Exterior Wall Repair. Make proposals on the bid forms supplied in the Project Manual. No oral, telegraphic or telephonic proposals or modifications will be considered. Submit with each bid, a certified check or acceptable bidder’s bond payable to Independent School District #194 in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the total bid. The successful bidder will be required to furnish satisfactory Labor and Material Payment Bond, and Performance Bond. Bids may not be withdrawn within thirty (30) days after the scheduled time of opening bids, without the consent of the Owner. The Owner reserves the right to accept any bid or to reject any or all bids, or parts of such bids, and waive informalities or irregularities in bidding. The Owner requires Substantial Completion of the project on or before June 23, 2017 (KTMS) and August 11, 2017 (MMS) as described per the contract documents. A pre-bid walkthrough has been scheduled for Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. starting at McGuire Middle School. Please meet at the main building entrance. Board of Education INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT #194 Published in the Burnsville-Eagan Sun Thisweek Lakeville Sun Thisweek February 17, 24, 2017 653559

CITY OF EAGAN NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT HEARING DELINQUENT NUISANCE ABATEMENT BILLS DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota, will meet at the Eagan Municipal Center located at 3830 Pilot Knob Road, in said City on March 7, 2017 at 6:30 p.m. to consider the proposed assessment of delinquent nuisance abatement billings in Eagan. The proposed area to be assessed is described in the assessment roll on file with the City Clerk in her office, which roll is open to public inspection. Written or oral objections will be considered at the public hearing. No appeal may be taken as to the amount of any assessment unless a written objection, signed by the affected property owner, is filed with the City Clerk prior to the hearing or presented to the presiding officer at the meeting. An owner may appeal an assessment to district court pursuant to M.S.A. §429.081 by serving notice of the appeal upon the Mayor or Clerk of the City of Eagan within thirty (30) days after the adoption of the assessment and filing such notice with the District Court of Dakota County within ten (10) days after service upon the Mayor or Clerk. Further information relating to these assessments may be obtained from the Special Assessment Division at Eagan City Hall and any questions should be directed to that Division. Dated: February 13, 2017 /s/ Christina M. Scipioni Christina M. Scipioni City Clerk, City of Eagan Published in the Burnsville-Eagan Sun Thisweek February 17, 2017 653285

CITY OF EAGAN PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE DATE/LOCATION OF HEARING: Advisory Planning Commission Meeting: Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at 6:30 pm, City Hall Council Chambers, 3830 Pilot Knob Rd DEVELOPMENT/ APPLICANT: Chick-fil-A/Jason Hill LOCATION/LEGAL DESCRIPTION: 3420 Promenade Ave, Lot 1, Block 1, City Vue Commons 3rd Addition REQUEST(S): Planned Development Amendment A Planned Development Amendment to amend the Preliminary Planned Development from two buildings/uses to one. File Number: 15-PA-01-01-17 QUESTIONS: Call the Planning Department at (651) 675-5685 or contact Sarah Thomas, the Planner at (651) 675-5696 or sthomas@ cityofeagan.com with the above information: CITY OF EAGAN Christina M. Scipioni - City Clerk Published in the Burnsville-Eagan Sun Thisweek February 17, 2017 654048

CITY OF EAGAN PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE DATE/LOCATION OF HEARING: Advisory Planning Commission Meeting: Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at 6:30 pm, City Hall Council Chambers, 3830 Pilot Knob Rd DEVELOPMENT/ APPLICANT: Comfort Suites/Rajiv Judge LOCATION/LEGAL DESCRIP-

TION: Outlot A, Eagandale Office Park 6th Addition REQUEST(S): Planned Development Amendment A Planned Development Amendment to allow a four-story, 86 room hotel. File Number: 03-PA-03-01-17 QUESTIONS: Call the Planning Department at (651) 675-5685 or contact Pam Dudziak, the Planner at (651) 675-5691 or pdudziak@ cityofeagan.com with the above information: CITY OF EAGAN Christina M. Scipioni - City Clerk Published in the Burnsville-Eagan Sun Thisweek February 17, 2017 654023

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT #196 ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATING OUR STUDENTS TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL SECTION 00 11 13 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS CALL FOR BIDS 2017 ROOF REHABILITATION Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received for the 2017 Roof Rehabilitation by Independent School District 196, at the District Office (3455 153rd Street, Rosemount, MN 55068) in the Dakota Conference Room, until 10:00 A.M., local time on March 2, 2017, at which time and place bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. In general, the work consists of the removal of the existing roof systems and associated materials on approximately 75,900 ft of the facilities and installation of new roofing systems as specified. It is the Owner’s intent to award the project to lowest responsive Base Bid. The Responsible Contractor that provides the lowest responsive Base Bid is required to provide a minimum of two (2) roofing crews working simultaneously within the District, fully equipped and staged, consisting of 8 to 10 laborers per crew until completion of the Contract or as directed by the Owner’s Representative. Bidding Documents have been prepared by ZMD Engineered Solutions, LLC (ZMD), 28 – 2nd Street NW, Suite #100, Osseo, MN 55369 (telephone: 763-515-8733) and will be available on February 16, at 12:00 p.m. To order documents and view project information such as Drawings, Specification, updated plan holder list, addenda and bid results, visit the Franz Reprographics web site at www.franzrepro.com and select the Franz Public Plan Room. Please login with your email address and password, or Register if this is your first time in the Plan Room. Select the project from the list of public projects. Once you have selected the project, please review the Bid Package Information for ordering documents. To receive Electronic Downloads, Bid Addenda and Shipped Order Confirmations for this project, you must make the following email address a Safe Sender in your Outlook Email: info@ipdservices.com These notifications are sent from this email address, not from the email address of ZMD Engineered Solutions, LLC or Franz Reprographics. If you do not do this, your email server may block the receipt of these notifications. To make an email address a Safe Sender, please do the following: With the Inbox of Microsoft Outlook open, select the Actions drop-down menu across the top of the Outlook screen. Then select Junk E-mail, and then select Junk E-mail Options. Next select the Safe Senders tab and then select the Add button. You can then type in: info@ipdservices.com and click OK. There is a ? (help) button in the upper right hand corner you can select for assistance with using the Online Plan Room. If you still have problems, please contact Franz Reprographics by phone at 763503-3401. Documents may also be reviewed at ZMD, Dodge Data and Analytics, Reed Construction Data Plan Room and the Minnesota Builders Exchange. A pre-bid conference will be held on February 21, 2017 at 10:00 A.M. Attendees are to meet at the District Office (3455 153rd Street, Rosemount, MN 55068) in the Dakota Conference Room. All interested bidders (Prime Contractors and Sub-Contractors) must submit with their bid the “Contractor Responsibility Affidavit and Acknowledgement Form� as provided in the Bid Documents verifying compliance to Minnesota Statute 16C.285, Subd. 3. A Bid Bond or Certified Check for 5% of the maximum bid payable to Independent School District 196, is required as a guarantee that if the bid is accepted, the Bidder will execute and file the proposed contract and provide 100% Performance and Payment Bonds within ten (10) days after the award of the Contract. The Certified Check will be returned to the Bidder as soon as the Contract and Bonds are executed. If, after ten (10) days, the Bidder shall fail to execute said Contract and Bonds, the Certified Check or Bid Bond shall be forfeited to Independent School District 196, as liquidated damages. The Owner reserves the right to waive irregularities and to reject any and all bids. No bid may be withdrawn for a period of thirty (30) days after the date set for the opening thereof. As indicated in the Bidding Documents and at the Owner’s discretion, liquidated damages in the amount of Five-Hundred-Dollars ($500.00) per calendar day will be assessed against the Contract if the project is not completed on the dates indicated. This Advertisement for Bids is issued by the authority of Independent School District 196. Joel Albright, Board Clerk Published in the Apple Valley Sun Thisweek Burnsville-Eagan Sun Thisweek Lakeville Sun Thisweek February 10, 17, 2017 651486

CITY OF EAGAN PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE DATE/LOCATION OF HEARING: Advisory Planning Commission Meeting: Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at 6:30 pm, City Hall Council Chambers, 3830 Pilot Knob Rd DEVELOPMENT/ APPLICANT: Cub Foods/Dave Jamieson

LOCATION/LEGAL 1940 Cliff Lake Road, Lot 1, Block 1, Cliff Lake Centre DESCRIPTION: REQUEST(S): Planned Development Amendment A Planned Development Amendment to allow a pharmacy drive-thru. File Number: 29-PA-02-01-17 QUESTIONS: Call the Planning Department at (651) 675-5685 or contact Pam Dudziak, the Planner at (651) 675-5691 or pdudziak@ cityofeagan.com with the above information: CITY OF EAGAN Christina M. Scipioni - City Clerk Published in the Burnsville-Eagan Sun Thisweek February 17, 2017 654032

CITY OF EAGAN DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT HEARING DELINQUENT UTILITY BILLS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota, will meet at the Eagan Municipal Center located at 3830 Pilot Knob Road, in said City on March 7, 2017 at 6:30 p.m. to consider the proposed assessment of delinquent utility billings in Eagan. The proposed area to be assessed is described in the assessment roll on file with the City Clerk in her office, which roll is open to public inspection. Written or oral objections will be considered at the public hearing. No appeal may be taken as to the amount of any assessment unless a written objection, signed by the affected property owner, is filed with the City Clerk prior to the hearing or presented to the presiding officer at the meeting. An owner may appeal an assessment to district court pursuant to M.S.A. §429.081 by serving notice of the appeal upon the Mayor or Clerk of the City of Eagan within thirty (30) days after the adoption of the assessment and filing such notice with the District Court of Dakota County within ten (10) days after service upon the Mayor or Clerk. Further information relating to these assessments may be obtained from the Utility Billing Department at Eagan City Hall and any questions should be directed to that Department. Dated: February 13, 2017 /s/ Christina M. Scipioni Christina M. Scipioni City Clerk, City of Eagan Published in the Burnsville-Eagan Sun Thisweek February 17, 2017 653280

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE SS Minnesota, LLC, doing business as Simply Self Storage located at 4025 Old Sibley Memorial Hwy. Eagan MN, 55122, intends to enforce its lien on certain personal property belonging to the following at the facility. The sale will take place (unless otherwise withdrawn) via an on-line auction at www. storagetreasures.com on February 22nd, 2017 beginning at approximately 10:00 AM and concluding on March 8th, 2017 at approximately 10:00 AM. This public sale will result in the goods being sold to the highest bidder. Certain terms and conditions apply. R. Otterness – Misc. Household Items R. Otterness – Misc. Household Items P. Kallevig – Boxes, Suitcase, Boxes S. Colvin – Clothes, Carpet Cleaner, Kids Beds N. Karels – Bedframe, Boxes D. Nelson – Television, Wheelchair, Trunk L. Rodriguez – Luggage, Microwave, Totes S. Kirk – Totes, Stools, Chairs J. Wacker – Tool Chest, Car Jack, Furniture R. Pereira – Bikes, Furniture, Totes J. Sorensen – Drywall Sprayers, Ladder, Totes D. Arneson – Furniture, Totes, Tool Chest L. Ramos – Refrigerator, Exercise Equipment, Aquarium J. Manneh- Bikes, Speakers, Chairs C. Larson – Chairs, Table, Boxes A. Perez – Furniture, Treadmill, Grill D. Nyaosi – Grill, Boxes, Freezer Published in the Burnsville-Eagan Sun Thisweek February 17, 24, 2017 648474

CITY OF EAGAN PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE PROPOSED CODE CHANGE: An Ordinance Amendment to Chapter 11 Section 11.70 updating Table A and general updates to the Sign Ordinance. WHEN: Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at 6:30 pm WHERE: Advisory Planning Commission Meeting, City Hall Council Chambers, 3830 Pilot Knob Rd ANY QUESTIONS: Call the Planning Department at (651) 6755685 or contact Mary Granley, the Planner at (651) 675-5690 or mgranley@cityofeagan.com with the following information: DEVELOPMENT Sign Ordinance Amendment CASE #: 01-OR-01-01-17 CITY OF EAGAN Christina M. Scipioni - City Clerk Published in the Burnsville-Eagan Sun Thisweek February 17, 2017 654042

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RAMBUSH, from 1A park management’s blessing when she moved in 12 years ago, was told in a May 22, 2015, letter from the city to remove the metal structure. Her objection was taken up by attorney Valerie Sims, who got the case certified as a class action on behalf of Rambush Estates residents and obtained a temporary injunction halting the city from inspection and enforcement activity at the park. About a month later, in early November 2015, the city adopted a new appeal process for city code violations and rescinded all pending violations at Rambush Estates, located at 14709 W. Burnsville Parkway. “Rambush is a community of friendly, caring people. I am proud of the way we all came together to object to the way we were treated by the city of Burnsville,� said Eich, 70. “I invite you to drive through our neighborhood this summer to see the many well-kept yards and flower gardens,� she added. King’s ruling cited an exchange between Mayor Elizabeth Kautz and former Council Member Mary Sherry from the council’s June 12, 2012, work session discussion of plans for the citywide code enforcement program. Sherry said the community is becoming older, ACHIEVE, from 1A Schools. In 2015, the graduation rate for District 196 FRP students was 76.2 percent while Hispanic, AfricanAmerican and American Indian students’ graduation rates were 80.3, 81.2 and 85.7, respectively. In 2015, the gap in Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment Reading scores between FRP and non-FRP students was

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“but it’s also becoming more ethnically diverse, and it’s also having a lot of rental properties ... and many of the people who are either purchasing or renting these homes don’t really — � Kautz: “They don’t know how to take care of the property.� Sherry: “Well, and they don’t — it’s not in their culture.� The exchange suggests the city’s “targeted enforcement was deliberate and was designed to strongarm property owners into conforming to what Burnsville believed would make the property compliant with Burnsville’s code and Burnsville’s vision for its city,� King wrote, noting that Rambush Estates homeowners faced “threat of high reinspection fees, criminal citations, and assessments against their property.� Kautz and Sherry “absolutely� could have used different words, Reuvers said. But a reading of the entire work session transcript shows the council’s intent was to treat everyone in the city fairly by going to proactive instead of complaint-triggered inspections, which had been the city’s practice, according to Reuvers. “What can be fairer than to look at every single property in the city as opposed to waiting for your neighbor to complain about you to trigger enforcement?� he said,

noting that many cities, including Bloomington, also do that. The housing crisis caused problems statewide with poor home upkeep, he said. “Clearly the assertion that this was designed to target or discriminate just doesn’t make sense,� City Manager Heather Johnston said. “This is a citywide program. It is wellscheduled out.� Burnsville’s other two manufactured home parks — Arbor Vista and Sunny Acres — also underwent inspections, Johnston noted. The city is working amicably with Arbor Vista on its violations, she said. Last year, about 93 percent of property owners citywide who were notified of code violations fixed them after the first notice was sent, she said. “We struggle with the challenges of property maintenance,� Kautz said last week. Violation notices come with an “education process� for property owners. “It’s across the board that we enforce our ordinance,� she said. “There is no discrimination, not at all.�

said. At Rambush Estates, the city notified residents who received violation notices for unauthorized carports and awnings that they could apply for variances if they could demonstrate the structures met the state building code. An application fee of $1,750 — $750 of it refundable — was required, along with a survey certificate prepared by a land surveyor, according to the judge’s ruling. Several residents did request variances. The city was “helping people come into compliance,� Reuvers said. “That’s what the city did from the beginning.� King ruled that Burnsville pre-empted federal and state law regulating manufactured homes. While cities must require a permit for the installation of a manufactured home, their authority ends there, she ruled. “Giving the rules their plain and ordinary meaning, it is clear that Burnsville has no enforcement authority after the initial installation for periodic or annual inspections,� the judge wrote. The city cited incorrect codes when flagging carport and awning violations, she wrote. For carports, it cited its property maintenance code instead of the building and zoning codes. For awnings, it cited the property maintenance code instead of the Manufactured Home Building

Code. And the city enacted its property maintenance code for “appearance and aesthetic objectives,� not for “safety and protection,� King wrote. “In fact, it is a guise to force manufactured home parks to look like single family housing which is contrary to the intent and purpose� of federal and state laws governing manufactured homes, she wrote. The city has provided “no evidence how a wheelbarrow being out for an indeterminate amount of time, or how a properly sealed garbage container affects the safety and protection of any persons or property.� The city’s “voluntary cessation� of enforcement activity doesn’t mean it couldn’t have resumed it, wrote King, who found that the city’s enforcement “was without due process of the law.� She barred the city from enforcing its property maintenance and zoning codes at the park. King didn’t rule on whether the class action plaintiffs are entitled to damages. A “settlement conference� will be heard March 6 in Dakota County District Court.

The enforcement program forced low-income families to comply with local rules and laws not required of them under federal and state law, King wrote.

Burnsville launched in 2013 the proactive program of enforcing the city’s building, zoning and property maintenance codes. The city was divided into six sections to be inspected over three years. The sections and schedules were posted on the city website. Uncorrected violations are subject to reinspection fees and, ultimately, court citations. The city argued that its enforcement within manufactured home parks is allowed by state law and rules. The state’s manufactured home building code is part of the state building code, and cities that adopt the state building code are obligated to enforce it, Reuvers said. The state building code applies to structures such as carports and sheds that aren’t attached to the manufactured home, he said. And the city’s zoning code regulates setbacks from the home and lot lines, Reuvers said. Contrary to the judge’s findings, cities aren’t preempted from regulating the state building code and their zoning codes in manufactured home parks, he said. “We’re not going inside the home,� he said. “The Department of Health certainly inspects the parks.� But cities do have authority to require permits for accessory structures and govern zoning requirements such as setbacks, he

33 percent. The gap between minority and white students was 18 percent. The district aims to reduce those gaps to 14 and 10 percent by 2020, respectively. In the new plan, the district also aims to increase Reading test scores at Oak Ridge and Echo Park among FRP and minority students from their current percentages in the 40s to 69 and 72 percent, respectively, by 2020.

Additional intervention at the schools will focus on curriculum development and an increase in family engagement. At the start of the 2016-17 academic year, Oak Ridge and Echo Park elementary schools were converted to magnets. Oak Ridge’s curriculum focuses on Leadership, Environmental, and Health Sciences, while Echo Park emphasizes Leadership, Engineering, and Technol-

ogy. District 196 has reduced minority populations at RI schools in the past by using magnet programs. The district is slated to receive $4,516,807 in AI funds in fiscal year 201718. Of those funds, 30.5 percent will go toward transportation, 22.5 percent on magnet program implementation, 18.75 percent on multicultural

family advocates, 12.23 on AVID instruction, 9.56 percent for enrichment programs, 3.78 on administration and 2.98 percent to hire Equity Partners — a 0.2 full-time equivalent position in each of the schools to assist in the implementation of the AI strategies. The Minnesota Department of Education says the purpose of the AI program is to pursue racial and economic integration,

increase student achievement, create equitable educational opportunities, and reduce academic disparities based on students’ diverse racial, ethnic, and economic backgrounds. Currently, 134 school districts receive funding from this program.

Who has authority?

Contact John Gessner at john.gessner@ecm-inc.com or 952-846-2031.

Contact Tad Johnson at tad. johnson@ecm-inc.com or at twitter.com/editorTJ.

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theater and arts briefs Somali dance troupe at Burnhaven Library The Somali Museum Dance Troupe performs traditional dances in a free program 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 25, at Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville. Traditional Somali dances will be performed including Jaandheer, Hirwa, Seylaci, Buraanbur and more. The program is presented by the Somali Museum of Minnesota. Call the library at 952891-3000 for more information.

Author event in Rosemount Mystery and suspense author Colin T. Nelson is set to speak 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21, at Rosemount’s Robert Trail Library as part of the Meet the Author series presented by the Rosemount Area Arts Council. Admission is free. Nelson, of Edina, plans to discuss his novel “Up Like Thunder,� about an American finance expert who disappears in the southeast Asian nation of

Myanmar. More information is at www.rosemountarts.com. The Robert Trail Library is located at 14395 S. Robert Trail.

Classic movie night Feb. 24 The Rosemount Area Arts Council is hosting screenings of classic James Bond films starring Sean Connery as part of its ongoing Classic Movie Nights series. The next screening is scheduled Friday, Feb. 24, at the Steeple Center in Rosemount. Admission is free. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the film begins at 7 p.m. Refreshments will be available for purchase. Because of the licensing agreement for the film, the name of the movie can’t be published in a newspaper, though Bond enthusiasts interested in knowing in advance which Connery-era film will be shown can visit www.rosemountarts.com.

Coffee Concert series 10th anniversary Osmo Vänskä and Min-

March 3-5 at Twin Oaks Middle School, 15860 Fish Point Road S.E., Prior Lake. The family musical is based on the English folktale, “Jack and the Giant� and is directed by Kay Dunning and Sheri Brunner. “Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum!� features a cast of over 50 actors from Prior Lake and the surrounding areas. Performances are 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 3 and 4, and 2 p.m. Sunday, March 5. Tickets are $14 for adults, $10 for seniors 65-plus and children 12 and under. Tickets are available at www.plplayers.org and at the door (cash or credit cards). A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the CAP Agency of Scott, Carver and Dakota counties. Audience members are encouraged to donate cash or food items in the lobby before or after the show. For more information on CAP Agency and its programs, check out capagency.org/donate.

in Harmony Show, held in the Blaine City Hall. Rita and Donald Corrigan lived in Rosemount for more than 40 years and raised five children. She taught art for 25 years at St. Joseph Catholic School and in the Rosemount public school system. She plans to open a gallery in the former Corrigan Electric Building, once owned by her husband, who died in 2015. For more information, call 651-777-7251 or email benedictinecenter@ stpaulsmonastery.org. The Benedictine Center, a ministry of the Benedictine Sisters at St. Paul’s Monastery, is located at 2675 Benet Road in Maplewood.

Coffee, 20700 Chippendale Ave., Theresa Caputo, psychic Farmington. Free. medium, 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, Mystic Lake, Prior Lake. TickTheater ets: $45-$95. Tickets: $19. InforShowcase, presented by mation: 952-496-6563 or mystiBurnsville High School, 7:30 p.m. clake.com. Thursday and Friday, Feb. 16-17, “One Woman Sex and the Burnsville High School. Informa- City,� 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. tion: 952-707-2100. 21, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet “The 39 Steps,� presented Ave., Burnsville. Tickets: $30 at by The Chameleon Theatre Cir- the box office, 800-982-2787 and cle, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 17-18, 24-25, Ticketmaster.com. and 2 p.m. Feb. 19 and 26. TickBroadway 2017: Planes, ets: $22 adults, $19 students and Trains and Automobiles, senior seniors at Ticketmaster.com and preview 3 p.m. Thursday, Feb. Music 800-982-2787. 23; 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 651 Jazz, 7 p.m. Saturday, “The Taming of the Shrew,� Feb. 24-25 and March 3-4; 2 p.m. Feb. 18, Steeple Center, 14375 S. presented by Eagan High School, Sundays, Feb. 26 and March 5, Robert Trail, Rosemount. Tickets: 7 p.m. Fridays, Feb. 18 and 24, Apple Valley High School. Tick$10 at www.rosemountarts.com. Thursday, Feb. 23, and Satur- ets: $9 adults, $7 senior citizens, Dave and Ted, piano duo, 2 day, Feb. 25, Eagan High School. $5 students at http://seatyourself. p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, Lakeville Tickets available online at www. biz/avhs. Information: 952-431Area Arts Center, 20965 Holy- eagan.k12.mn.us, at the ticket 8200. oke Ave. Tickets: $18 and $22 office 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. school “Almost, Maine,� presented at LakevilleAreaArtsCenter.com. days, and one hour prior to per- by Eastview High School, 7 p.m. Information: 952-985-4640. formances (651-683-6964). Friday and Saturday, Feb. 24-25, Deuces Wild, dueling pia“Dial M for Murder,� pre- Eastview High School. Informanos, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, sented by the Northfield Arts tion: 952-431-8900. Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Guild Theater, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 17Holyoke Ave. Tickets: $24 and 18 and 24-25, and 2 p.m. Feb. 19 Workshops/classes/other $28 at LakevilleAreaArtsCenter. and 26, 411 Third St. W., NorthCouples Paint & Date Night com. Information: 952-985-4640. field. Tickets available at North- at Lakeville Brewing Co., 7-9 Alison Cromie, 10-11:30 fieldArtsGuild.org/theater or 507- p.m. Monday, Feb. 20. Cost: $45 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, BlueNose 645-8877. per couple. Register at www. watchmedraw.net. Information: 952-469-1234. Parent-Child Picassos, Obituaries 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 25, Watch Me Draw Art Studio, 20908 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. Cost: $40 per pair. Register at Age 71 of Burnsville, MN watchmedraw.net or through Lakeville Area Community Edupassed away peacefully in his cation. Information: 952-469home on Friday, February 03, 1234. 2017. Chart House Restaurant Dick was born July 1, 1945 in Paint a Sunset on the Dock, 7-9 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27, 11287 Rapid City, SD to Noel and SuKlamath Trail, Lakeville. Register zanne Manley. He graduated from at watchmedraw.net. Information: Rapid City High School, received 952-469-1234. his BS & MS from South DakoKarma Yoga, 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 19, Bald Man ta State University and PhD from Brewing Company, 2020 SilUniversity of Iowa. ver Bell Road, Taproom: Suite He began his career in Mon28, Eagan. Suggested donatana working with disadvantaged adults and later moved tion: $15 (includes a beverage), to Minnesota to assist in the development of the Minneso- proceeds benefit a nonprofit ta Occupations Information System. Upon the completion chosen by the class. RSVP:

https://www.facebook.com/ events/2222281614663689/. Yoga, 9:30 a.m. Saturday, March 11, Nutmeg Brewhouse, 1905 County Road 42 W., Burnsville. Cost: $15. RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/ events/618067145052760/. Yoga wind down class is the first Thursday of the month at Precision and Flow Pilates, 13708 County Road 11, Burnsville. Information: www.preci sionandflowpilates.com. Barre classes, six-class session begins 5 p.m. on March 7, $54. Sign up through www. communityed191.org/. Details: https://www.facebook.com/ events/373617246343657/. Clock Out Yoga, six-class session begins 5 p.m. on March 2, $54. Sign up through www. communityed191.org/. Details: https://www.facebook.com/ events/373617246343657/. Teen Poetry Jam/Rap Battle, 4-5 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at Apple Valley Teen Center, 14255 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley, 952953-2385. Ages 12-18. Drawing & Painting (adults and teens) with artist Christine Tierney, classes 9 a.m. to noon Tuesdays and 9 a.m. to noon Wednesdays, River Ridge Studios, 190 S. River Ridge Circle, Burnsville. Information: www. christinetierney.com, 612-2103377. Brushworks School of Art Burnsville offers fine art education through drawing and painting. Classes for adults and teens. Information: Patricia Schwartz, www.Brushworks SchoolofArt.com, 651-214-4732. Soy candle making classes held weekly in Eagan near 55 and Yankee Doodle. Call Jamie at 651-315-4849 for dates and times. $10 per person. Presented by Making Scents in Minnesota. The Lakeville Area Arts Center offers arts classes for all ages, www.lakevillemn.gov, 952-9854640.

nesota Orchestra colleagues are coming to the Lakeville Area Arts Center 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26, to perform clarinet quintets of Mozart and Brahms. Leading players of the Minnesota Orchestra joining maestro Vänskä in this concert include Erin Keefe, concertmaster; Peter McGuire, principal second violin; David Auerbach, violist; and Silver Ainomäe, associate principal cello. Besides the Mozart and Brahms quintets, the “Erosâ€? piece has a special place in Vänskä’s and Keefe’s repertoire as it was a wedding present from their Finnish composer friend, Kalevi Aho. This recital is a gala celebration of Lakeville’s 10th season of Coffee Concerts at the LAAC. Tickets are available online at www.LakevilleAreaArtsCenter.com or at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. For more information, call 952985-4640. Tickets are $25 general admission. Ticket price includes complimentary coffee and refreshments.

won third place in a juried art show sponsored by the Benedictine Center in Maplewood. Her oil on canvas titled “The Grandeur of God—Iceland� illustrates the Icelandic sky at sunset in vivid colors. Her work has earned a total of four awards in this annual competition, with first place awarded to her in 2014 and second place in 2013 and 2016. The juried competition, called “Seeing God,� features area artists whose creative process captures a sense of the divine when seeing the world. About 40 artists submitted their work, which will be on display at St. Paul’s Monastery in Maplewood until March 3. The top three winners share a $375 prize. Corrigan has been painting all her life, focusing most recently on landscapes of northern Minnesota and scenes from travel abroad. Her art is being exhibited in Mount Calvary Lutheran Church in Excelsior during Lent; at the Banfill-Locke Art Center in Fridley, from Rosemount March 11 through April 8; artist wins and at the Wyoming Center ‘Fee, Fi, Fo, for the Arts in Wyoming unaward Fum!’ til March 18. Her oil, “GlaRita Corrigan, a longThe Prior Lake Players time resident of Rosemount, cial Sunset,� was accepted into the International Arts present “Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum!�

theater and arts calendar To submit items for the Arts Calendar, email: Dance darcy.odden@ecm-inc.com. Under the Lights dance show, senior preview 3:30 p.m. Books Thursday, Feb. 23; 7 p.m. Friday Meet the Author: Colin Nel- and Saturday, Feb. 24-25, Roseson, 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. mount High School. Tickets: $7 21, Robert Trail Library, 14395 S. adults, $5 students and seniors at Robert Trail, Rosemount. Nelson www.district196.org/theatrearts discusses “Up Like Thunder,� or 651-683-6969, ext. 37540. his first mystery novel in the Pete Somali Museum Dance Chandler series that offers sus- Troupe, 11 a.m. to noon Satpense set in exotic locations. He urday, Feb. 25, Burnhaven Liwill sell and sign his book. Pre- brary, 1101 County Road 42 W., sented by the Rosemount Area Burnsville. The troupe performs Arts Council. traditional dances from Somalia including Jaandheer, Hirwa, SeyCall for Artists laci, Buraanbur and more. PreThe Eagan Art House is ac- sented by the Somali Museum cepting registrations for the visual of Minnesota. Free. Information: art exhibition titled “One x One.� 952-891-0300. Two- and three-dimensional artwork will be accepted for display Events in March and April. Registrations Crystal Ball, 6-10 p.m. Satare due Feb. 22. There is no fee to urday, Feb. 18, Mystic Lake, Prior participate. Visit www.eaganart- Lake. Information: mysticlake. house.org or call 651-675-5531 com. for complete registration and “The Price is Right Live,� 8 submission details. p.m. Friday, Feb. 24; 4 and 8 p.m. The Eagan Art Festival, to Saturday, Feb. 25; 4 p.m. Sunday, be held June 24 and 25, is taking Feb. 26; Mystic Lake, Prior Lake. applications for artists and food Tickets: $19. Information: 952vendors online at www.eaganart- 496-6563 or mysticlake.com. festival.org.

Obituaries

Bonnie Rae Coloroso (April 3, 1936 - February 8, 2017) Coloroso, Bonnie Rae (Lovstad) age 80 of Burnsville passed away on February 8, 2017. Preceded in death by husband William. Survived by children Perry Coloroso and Shay (Scott ) Crawford; grandchildren Malana and Halle; siblings Larrie Lovstad and Sandra (Terry) Barrett; also by many loving relatives and friends. Memorial Service 11 AM Monday, February 20, 2017 at White Funeral Home, 12804 Nicollet Ave. S. Gathering of family and friends one hour prior to service. White Funeral Home Burnsville 952-894-5080 www.whitefuneralhomes.com

Marcus S. Kemper, 65 Marcus S. Kemper, age 65, of Eagan, passed away Feb. 9, 2017. Preceded in death by parents. Survived by loving wife of 41 yrs., Mary; sons, Jason (Sarah) & Nathan (Jenny); grandchildren, Haley, Alyssa & Moriah; sister, Melanie (Neal) Robinson; & many other family members and friends. Funeral Service was Tuesday, Feb. 14th at First Baptist Church. Visitation was Monday, Feb. 13th at Klecatsky & Sons Eagan Chapel, 1580 Century Pt. (Yankee Doodle @ Coachman) in Eagan & also prior to the Service at church. Interment Ft. Snelling National Cemetery. In lieu of ÀRZHUV PHPRULDOV SUHIHUUHG KLECATSKY & SONS EAGAN CHAPEL 651-454-9488 www.klecatskys.com

Margaret Anne Raub, 92 Raub, Margaret Anne, age 92, of Apple Valley, passed away peacefully on February 10, 2017 surrounded by her family. Anne was happily married to her husband Tony for 72 years. She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, two sisters, and her beloved son, Dick. Anne enjoyed walking, shopping, and decorating, but her true joy was spending time with family. She was a marvelous cook and hostess. Anne was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. Survived by husband, Tony; daughters, Rosie, Cathy (Larry) Lande, Patti (Mike) Hecht, and son, Mike (Linda) Raub; 10 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. She will be missed by many. Celebration of Anne’s life will take place on Friday, February 17, 11 a.m. at St. Michael’s Church, Farmington, MN with a gathering of family and friends at 10 a.m.. Memorials in Anne’s name may be made to Grace Hospice, 1015 4th Ave N, Suite 206, Minneapolis, MN 55405. Interment, Ft. Snelling National Cemetery. White Funeral Home Farmington 651-463-7374 www.whitefuneralhomes.com

Exhibits Asian brush painting by local artist Jim McGuire and pastels by Vicki Wright are on display through March at Steeple Center, 14375 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. Presented by the Rosemount Area Arts Council. “Paradise Lost� exhibit by the North Star Watermedia Society runs through March 2 at the art gallery at Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Information: 952-895-4685.

Richard Noel Manley

of this project, Dick began his business career where he served as a Senior Consultant to numerous manufacturing companies throughout the Midwest. Toward the latter part of his career Dick and his son, Noel, started the On-Demand Services Group, Inc., an information technology consulting company. Dick had strong entrepreneurial interests which led to the start and development of numerous businesses in the Minneapolis area. Dick had a strong passion for giving back to the community. He helped establish Burnsville Skatepark, served on the Board of 360 Communities, as well as, having served in different leadership capacity with the Burnsville Rotary Club and other professional organizations such as Friends of Burnsville Performing Art Center. Dick is survived by his high school sweetheart & wife for 49 years, Hope (Gabert). Dick was adored by their children and grandchildren: sons, Noel (Emily) Manley, Maricopa, AZ and Sean (Stephanie) Manley, Lakeville, MN; daughter, Heather (Rhett) Manley, Minnetrista, MN; grandchildren: Courtland, Lexie, Austin and Emma. He is survived by his Stepmother, Joanne Manley, Rapid City, SD and so many other special family and friends. Memorial Service will be Saturday, February 18, 2017 at 1 PM with visitation one hour prior at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 13901 Fairview Dr., Burnsville, MN 55337 (952) 435-8102. Following the Service, there will be a celebration of Dick’s life from 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM at Morgan’s Nicollet Inn, 14201 Nicollet Avenue S, Burnsville, MN 55337 (952) 435-2100. ,Q OLHX RI ÀRZHUV PHPRULDOV DUH SUHIHUUHG WR %XUQVville Rotary Club, Attn: Richard Manley Memorial Fund, PO Box 1346, Burnsville, MN 55337 in support of programs near and dear to Dick’s heart. Please make checks payable to Burnsville Rotary Foundation or donate online at: www.burnsvillerotary.org Reference Site Page: Richard Manley Memorial Fund.

Robert August Korthauer Robert Korthauer, age 90, of Rosemount, MN passed away at home surround by his loved ones on February 12. Preceded in death by his loving wife June. Survived by his three children Karen (Tom) Hankes, David (Mary) Korthauer, and Roberta (Robert) Lane. Eight grandchilGUHQ DQG ÂżYH JUHDW JUDQGFKLOGUHQ A memorial service will be held at Rosmeount United Methodist Church, 14770 Canada Ave West, Rosmeount, MN 55068 on Monday, February 20th. Visitation at 9:30 am, service at 10:30 am.

Beach party event at zoo The Minnesota Zoo’s annual Tropical Beach Party event runs through March 12. This year’s party includes two giant indoor sandboxes. Beach party weekend activities include face painting, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; family craft activity, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; animal enrichment, 1:30 p.m. Sundays; animal close encounter, 11 a.m. The Minnesota Zoo is at 13000 Zoo Blvd., Apple Valley. For more information, call 952-431-9500 or visit mnzoo.org.

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Thisweekend Music and dance from the Emerald Isle ‘Celtic Fire’ comes to Ames Center stage by Andrew Miller SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Michael Londra is bringing the songs, stories and dances of his native Ireland to American stages with “Celtic Fire,� which plays at the Ames Center in Burnsville on Tuesday, March 14. “I’m from Wexford in the southeast of Ireland, so I try to paint a picture of home during St. Patrick’s season,� said Londra, a tenor who served as lead vocalist in “Riverdance on Broadway.� “We do it a little differently at home — no green beer — and I will for sure get people singing, they might shed a tear, and they will also leave having learned some Gaelic.� Fans of “Riverdance�

and “Lord of the Dance� will likely find plenty to enjoy in “Celtic Fire,� which Londra described as a stripped-down version of those productions. “Being the lead singer of ‘Riverdance on Broadway’ was an honor and, in many ways, launched my career as a solo artist,� he said. “When I started touring myself, I wanted to take Irish music and dance and strip it to its bare essentials. “In our show, we try to give you a picture of Ireland without the bombast of the bigger shows. It involves the best of Irish musicians, dancers and myself giving you honest raw talent.� “Celtic Fire� has a cast of 13 musicians and dancers, many of whom previously performed in Photo submitted “Riverdance� and “Lord Irish tenor Michael Londra presents “Celtic Fire� March of the Dance.� All of 14 at the Ames Center. The show features 13 musicians Ireland’s national inand dancers, many of whom are drawn from the casts of struments are employed in the production, some “Riverdance� and “Lord of the Dance.�

more familiar to American audiences than others. “My favorite Irish instrument is the uilleann — pronounced ‘illin’ — pipes,� Londra said. “They are the plaintive pipes you hear in the movies. They are softer on the ear than bagpipes. We also have the low whistles, which are just beautiful for slow airs. Of course we have the fiddle and penny whistle, too.� In addition to the Ames Center per-

formance, Londra is bringing “Celtic Fire� to an array of venues throughout the country in March, with stops in Iowa, Michigan, Indiana and Texas. Tickets for the Burnsville show are $30-$40 and are available at the Ames Center box office, at Ticketmaster.com or by calling 800-982-2787. More about the production is at michaellondra. com/celtic-fire. Contact Andrew Miller at andrew.miller@ecm-inc.com.

Taking to the stage with the Second Act Players Theater group for those 50 and older offers workshops by Andrew Miller SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

The Second Act Players senior theater group returns this year with classes and performance opportunities for those 50 and older. The theater organization, part of the Rosemount Area Arts Council, debuted last year with five short play productions as well as the premiere of a two-hour play penned by a Dakota County writer. The group held classes in set construction, costuming, play production and other aspects of stagecraft in its inaugural year, and also took five “road tripsâ€? to attend plays at theater venues throughout the Twin Cities area. The first year saw membership hit about 30 people, and “we are always looking for new members,â€? said John Loch, RAAC board member and one of the organizers of the Second Act Players. “As far as highlights of our first year — and there were many — I think the best is the number of passionate, enthusiastic seniors that joined,â€? Loch said. “It really was fulfilling to see seniors who never had acted before progress during the year.â€? This year, the group has scheduled public performances that include an audience-participation mystery theater event in April, a melodrama during the ArtBlast festival in June, and another premiere of a full-length play by local playwright Denis LaComb in August. Those interested in taking part in the Second Act Players have a number of class offerings to choose from in the coming months. All classes are held at the Steeple Center in Rosemount. Among the offerings: • Introduction to Directing, 2-4 p.m. March 15. • Stage Management,

3-5 p.m. April 11 and 13. • Shakespeare, 3-5 p.m. April 18 and 20. • Improvisation workshop, 4-6 p.m. May 8, 11 and 15. • Play Pre-production, 3-6 p.m. May 31. Cost for the classes ranges from $10-$25 for members of Second Act Players and $20-$40 for nonmembers. Membership is open to adults 50 and older, though the classes are open to adults of all ages. To sign up for a class Photo submitted or for more information, contact John Loch at jj- Jim Berg of Twin Cities Magic & Costume applies zomloch@charter.net or 952- bie makeup to Jean Crewson during the Second Act Players’ “Theatrical Makeupâ€? course last spring. 255-8545.

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