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Homelessness often invisible in suburbs Winter brings issues to light

by Andy Rogers SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

There aren’t snow covered tents visible from the freeway in the south metro or as many people using public transportation for shelter like they do in the heart of the Twin Cities.

“Maybe you don’t see panhandlers as much,” said Subashini Ambrose, executive director with Matrix Services. “One of the more common things you see in the metro is

someone with a backpack or extra luggage walking around. But Dakota County is more sprawling. ... They’re just not as visible. It’s not in plain sight.”

Ambrose said many homeless people in the south metro are found sleeping in their vehicle or staying at a friend’s house.

“They move from couch to couch, but we also have people who tent in the woods,” Ambrose said. “It varies.”

The reasons for homelessness vary. Ambrose noted a good majority of See Homeless, 28A

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Richard “Dick” Ames was surrounded by city officials, including Mayor Elizabeth Kautz, left, at a ceremony renaming the Burnsville Performing Arts Center the Ames Center. In 2013 Ames Construction reached a 10-year, $1 million naming-rights deal with the city.

Economic development on front burner Legendary contractor, philanthropist dies at 89 goes Funding level is ly debate throughout the Dick Ames founded Ames Construction in Burnsville

by John Gessner SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Richard “Dick” Ames, whose work as a contractor is spread across the nation and legacy as a philanthropist is abundant in local communities, died Jan. 30 of pneumonia. He was 89.

Ames was the local legend who stayed put, keeping the headquarters of his company, Ames Construction, in Burnsville even as it opened offices in other states and became one of the nation’s premier civil and industrial general contrac-

tors.

He built and rebuilt Burnsville’s Nicollet Avenue in the 1960s when it was a gravel road. Decades later he did the grading for the Denver International Airport, one of the megaprojects that vaulted Ames Construction to the top of its industry.

He and his family company donated millions. His name is on the Ames Arena in Lakeville, the Ames Sculpture in Burnsville and the Ames Center, Burnsville’s performing arts center. He received the first Director’s Award for his donations to the University of Minnesota Athletics Department.

“I’ve lived a fairytale life,” Ames said a few days before his death,

according to his obituary. But you couldn’t tell, say many who knew him, describing Ames as a blue jeans-wearing common man who grew up with the land and still planted crops later in life at his farm in Green Isle, Minn.

“When he was in his communities, his Lakeville, his Burnsville communities, he was just an everyday guy,” said Bob Erickson, a former city administrator and current School Board member in Lakeville. “He would always reach out to people. You didn’t have to go to him and say, ‘I’m so and so.’ He would always come to your table. He would always come to you.”

Ames’ memory for names and See Ames, 21A

topic for debate in Burnsville

by John Gessner SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Redoubled efforts are underway at City Hall to bring development and redevelopment to Burnsville.

The City Council approved an economic development plan in November and backed it up with extra funds in the 2019 city budget.

Whether the money is enough is a question council members will like-

year. The new spending includes hiring a consultant to market the city and develop branding.

Some staff reorganizations also demonstrate the focus on an economic development plan with five top goals — the first of which is ensuring the sustainability of Burnsville Center, which has struggled with vacancies, and the surrounding County Road 42 retail corridor.

Former City Planner Regina Dean has been promoted to redevelopment coordinator, a new See Develop, 15A

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Building heights will be re-examined in Burnsville Council also talks trash screening, diversity

by John Gessner SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

High-rise buildings could become part of Burnsville’s future landscape.

City Council members agreed at their annual daylong work session Feb. 1 to consider allowing taller buildings as the city fills out and redevelops.

The place to start is the transit-oriented development zoning districts around the city’s future bus rapid transit

stations, Community Development Director Jenni Faulkner said. The city is developing TOD rules for land around the future stops on Travelers Trail and Burnsville Parkway in the Heart of the City that will be part of the Orange Line between Burnsville and Minneapolis. A Burnsville Center station is expected in later years.

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Council members agreed to target the Heart of the City, County Road 42 and the Highway 13-County Road 5 area for potential high-rise buildings.

Current zoning rules in the Heart of the City allow maximum building heights of 79 feet, Gustafson said. The cityowned Ames Center and the five-story Gateway Office Plaza are the district’s tallest buildings and required variances to slightly exceed the limit, according to Gustafson.

“We did get an inquiry for a high-rise in the Heart of the City in 2018,” Faulkner said.

In some other parts of town, 25 feet is the maximum building height allowed by ordinance, he said.

Edina has allowed buildings of up to 13 stories, Mayor Elizabeth Kautz said.

Fire protection isn’t a concern, Fire Chief B.J. Jungmann said.

“Once you hit five stories you hit high-rise requirements in the fire code. ... The provisions are already there to meet the safety requirements,” he said.

Developer Healey Ramme is planning a pair of six- to eight-story residential buildings east of

Interstate 35E and Grand Avenue. The council rezoned the property for mixed use but has yet to receive a formal development proposal.

Trash screening At the suggestion of Council Member Cara Schulz, the council agreed to review its regulations for screening outdoor trash receptacles.

She pointed to the city’s own dilemma around screening receptacles at the Ames Center, “and yet we’re complete jerks to businesses when they’re not able to comply with screening.”

The Ames Center was designed to keep trash indoors but has outgrown that space, Faulkner said.

Officials have investigated and balked at the cost of outdoor screening. Building an outdoor enclosure is complicated by the size of the site and location of utilities on it, she said.

Last year the city issued about 20 permits for trash enclosures, which ranged in cost from about $2,000 to about $35,000, Faulkner said.

“That’s a small-business killer,” Council Member Dan Kealey said.

Schulz called for a “gentler” and “friendlier” approach to screening.

“Screening has been a point of contention with various (development)

applications,” said Council Member Vince Workman, who served on the Planning Commission before joining the council this year.

The regulations can squeeze homeowners, too, such as those on corner lots with three sides of street exposure, Kealey said.

The council will review trash screening at a future work session.

Diversity, inclusion

against a parking plan the council approved last month for an Islamic center that has bounced around rented spaces in Burnsville before buying a permanent building at 190 River Ridge Circle S. “I think Dar-Us-Salam kind of helped highlight that recently. A lot of people that I talked to from the mosque felt that it was them against the world.”

A diversity exercise will require staff time and city funds, said City Manager Melanie Mesko Lee, who participated in such an exercise in her previous job as Hastings city administrator.

It’s a “very big lift,” but “inspirational,” said Mesko Lee, who cautioned council members to carefully define their goals.

“We need to be very sensitive about how we approach it,” she said.

“We need to be very authentic.”

The goal is for “everyone in the city to feel like they have a voice in government, they have a voice in what’s going on in the community,” Gustafson said.

The council will discuss the topic at a future work session.

Council members agreed to consider sponsoring a communitywide exercise in diversity and inclusion.

Models for such forums are available through organizations including the YMCA and the Minnesota League of Cities. Kautz said officials have had preliminary talks with the Burnsville YMCA. “We (the city) can be the convener,” the mayor said.

The exercise, Kealey said, would fit with a goal articulated in the city’s new economic development plan — improving the image of the city and of Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District 191.

There’s a “national wave” of diversity and inclusion efforts, he said.

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Diffley and Braddock intersection project delayed Eagan will have 14 road construction projects in 2019

by Andy Rogers SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

A proposed 2019 project at the Diffley Road and Braddock Trail intersection in Eagan has been delayed, according to the city.

The joint Eagan and Dakota County project would give the intersection stoplights along with an additional turn lane on the north side of Braddock Trail this summer.

As it was being put together, the project drew attention from neighborhood residents who sought a more comprehensive plan.

Planners said the goal of the project was to improve pedestrian safety and relieve congestion at the intersection, which near Eagan High School, Dakota Hills Middle School and Northview Elementary.

The intersection is often congested before and after school with students heading to school and residents traveling to work.

While the intersection is not officially a school crossing, several students often walk to and from school using the intersection.

The district offers busing to students who live south

of Diffley Road so they don’t have to cross at the intersection.

The project delay will allow planners to address a variety of residents’ concerns and give them time to work with the school district on additional issues in the area.

There is also an issue with getting the steel needed for the stoplights in time.

“We’ve been experiencing a lot of difficulty getting steel and signal poles ordered in time,” said John Gorder, city engineer. “As we go along, it would be difficult to have the signals delivered in time to meet our construction schedule.”

He said they wanted to ensure the project was complete before school began in the fall. He confirmed that any project will likely be done in 2020.

Gorder said they will look at the feasibility of adding access to Eagan High School and Dakota Hill Middle School through the Northview Elementary driveway.

There’s also the possibility of adding a pedestrian trail connection from the Braddock and Diffley intersection to the Dakota Hills

parking lot.

Officials from the city and Dakota County will hold an informational meeting at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 11 at in Lecture Room 1 at Dakota Hills Middle School, 4183 Braddock Trail, to share more ideas and to listen to more resident concerns.

Although the decision will delay any possible safety improvements to the intersection, it was viewed as a win for area residents who pushed for the project to be put on hold.

A traffic study conducted in 2016, which can be viewed in the city’s website, found that several cars would use the right turn lane as a through lane when other vehicles would line up to take a left turn.

Motorists would then cross improperly in the right lane.

The project plan includes a separate right turn, through and left turn lanes with the addition of a lane on the north side of Braddock Trail to ease congestion for those turning onto Diffley Road.

The new traffic turn signals would have also had the ability add blinking yellow left turn signals, as well

as audible, timed pedestrian lights.

The meeting in November revealed several new suggestions from residents beyond the initial proposal.

People suggested a pedestrian bridge, reducing the speed limit, installing a school speed zone, enlisting more officials and officers directing traffic, building additional walking paths to Dakota Hills, and installing a crosswalk at Daniel Drive.

There’s also a concern about additional traffic traveling south on Braddock Trail. The road is winding and narrow, and travels through a residential neighborhood that lacks sidewalks.

Members of the neighborhood would like to discourage any additional traffic through the residential neighborhood. They believed many additional drivers used the neighborhood as a shortcut during rush hour.

Residents also suggested installing a sidewalk and/ or changing Braddock Trail to one way south of Diffley

Road.

Both changes would require neighborhood consensus.

Mayor Mike Maguire noted last year that many of the issues at the intersection are due to the choices pedestrians and drivers make.

While the city can’t influence the decisions residents make when driving, walking, or riding a bike, they can mitigate the circumstances through the design of the infrastructure.

“We have to find a balance between traffic movement and pedestrian safety,” Maguire said.

Maguire said there was nothing unusual about the process outside of the increase in public interest.

During Tuesday’s Eagan City Council meeting, there were six public hearings for street improvement projects.

There were informational meetings for five of those projects attracting a few residents, but none of them attracted the same kind of attention as the one at Diffley and Braddock.

The city has 14 projects

in 2019 street revitalization program starting in May, according to Public Works Director Russ Matthys.

Most of the projects are related to road resurfacing and come with assessments for about 500 property owners in Eagan.

During Tuesday’s meeting, a few residents had questions about the construction schedule and how the projects are assessed.

One resident questioned the need to refurbish the road in their neighborhood and suggested delaying the project to save money.

Matthys said the city inspects roads annually and the mill and overlay projects often are a preemptive measure. Without significant repairs, the roads may need to be completely redone, which has a significantly higher price tag.

While parts of a neighborhood road may look OK, there are often significant issues, according to Matthys.

Andy Rogers is at andy.rogers@ecm-inc.com.

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Opinion 360 Communities: Help in the moment; hope for the future

by Jeff Mortensen SPECIAL TO SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

The strain of the recent federal government shutdown highlighted a critical truth that faces most Americans: many people are only a paycheck away from financial hardship and instability. This is a reality that 360 Communities sees daily.

We exist to help people in their moment of crisis and provide hope for the future.

360 Communities delivers safety and stability that improves lives. That is our mission. With three effective program areas and community partnerships, we build trusting relationships, break cycles of violence, and produce measurable success. We work holistically to ensure people have a solid foundation on which to build a successful future.

In recent years, 360 Communities made critical investments and careful plans to bolster our ability to serve Dakota County. 2019 promises to be an exciting year of change and progress for the organization, particularly with our family resource centers and food shelves.

In January, we completed the move of our Burnsville Family Resource Center, Food Shelf, and administration offices to a new suite in the same building at 501 E. Highway 13 in Burnsville. Suite 112 is

Guest Columnist Jeff Mortensen a larger space that includes an attached warehouse and a larger food shelf to accommodate our healthy choice approach to serving families. In partnership with our landlord, we accomplished this move without incurring additional rental cost.

In late spring, the city of Rosemount will break ground on an expansion project for the Rosemount Family Resource Center. The project will take seven to nine months to complete. The expansion will increase our capacity to serve people by tripling the size of the resource center, creating a larger food shelf space, and adding needed office space. We are grateful for the local and state leaders, including state Sen. Gregory Clausen, DFL-Apple Valley, for making this project a reality. Thank you to The Well in Rosemount for generously offering to host our resource center and food shelf during construction so that we can continue to serve our neighbors in need.

360 Communities is intentional about

anticipating community needs, garnering appropriate resources, and leveraging volunteer and community strengths. We do all of this in partnership with people like you who share our vision of hope for the future.

We have many opportunities to get involved in the upcoming months.

• Minnesota FoodShare’s March Campaign is the largest annual food drive in the state and the best time to invest in healthy food support for families.

Every donation of money or food made to 360 Communities food shelves during March will qualify us for matching grant money from Minnesota Food Share. Our goal is to raise $100,000 and 100,000 pounds of food during the month. This drive will help us bolster our food shelves in time for the high demand summer months when children are out of school and families do not have access to free or reduced-priced lunches. Run a food or fund drive for 360 Communities. You can find food drive resources on our website 360Communities.org.

• The 34th Annual Domestic and Sexual Violence Awareness Luncheon is March 8. Safia Khan of the Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women will be our guest speaker. Join elected officials, law enforcement, advocates, and concerned

community members as we discuss the state of violence prevention and intervention in Minnesota and how we can all play a part in curbing domestic and sexual violence. For more details and to register for the event, visit 360Communities.org. We are also looking for nominations for the Community Caring Award.

Past honorees have demonstrated a deep commitment to ending domestic and sexual violence and supporting survivors in Dakota County. A nomination form is available on our website.

• Support the Rosemount Family Resource Center Expansion Project. Please consider contributing to our $100,000 fundraising goal that will help us furnish and support the operation of the expanded Rosemount Family Resource Center.

You can donate by visiting 360Communities.org.

With your support, we can provide immediate help to people in need and create greater hope for a bright future.

Jeff Mortensen is president and CEO of 360 Communities, a Dakota County nonprofit that delivers safety and stability that improves lives. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

Letters Why marijuana should not be legalized To the editor: Let us learn from Colorado’s mistake. After legalizing marijuana adult use is up 67 percent. Construction teams are significantly short men to fill jobs because they prefer to get high at lunch and are not hired

for lack of a commitment to not use during work days. College use up at least 18 percent; youth use up 5 percent and high school dropouts up. Studies show 17 percent of those who start using in adolescence become addicted leading to increased crime rates and dire for the nation.

Traffic deaths increased by 151 percent leading to almost 100 more deaths a

year.

There is medical proof of the dangers and need for a Food and Drug Administration label before we take this step of no return. The USA Today newspaper published these facts on Jan. 9, 2019. The National Academies of Sciences found significant health risks with using cannabis and cannabinoids.

The health effects are

especially disturbing for people prone to mental illness and those with mental illness at a time when our nation is seeing significant horrible crimes and homelessness by this group of people.

The report found substantial evidence of an association between use of cannabis and the development of schizophrenia or other psychoses, increased symptoms

of mania in individuals with bipolar disorders, depressive disorders, increased incidence of suicidal ideation, attempts and completions. Schizophrenia and bipolar disorders are two of the most devastating neurobiological disorders and the ones most associated with homelessness and incarceration. Both are major problems in our big cities today. The risks

are not limited to mental impairments alone.

The reviewers found substantial evidence of association between cannabis smoking and worse respiratory symptoms of chronic bronchitis, increased motor vehicle accidents and deaths. Social costs rise nearly $5 per $1 tax revenue.

TERRY W. BRANHAM Lakeville

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Letters Changing the world To the editor: In December, nine students from the School of Environmental Studies who have a passion for doing something about climate change traveled to Poland to attend an event known as COP 24 or the 24th Conference of Parties.

This is the second time that Poland has hosted the conference and this year it took place in Katowice, an old city built around a massive coal industry, which was the foundation of Poland’s economy. This location brought on a lot of views surrounding fossil fuels and how they are affecting the warming climate, which is currently expected to increase 4 degrees in the next decade.

The reasons why each student went on this trip varied from curiosity, to headway for a future career, to wanting to take direct action in the solutions being made.

SES had two primary reasons to attend as a group; to bring back what we’ve learned to help and change our community, and to draw attention to the youth aspect of climate negotiations.

So much happened in the two weeks that it was hard to truly absorb.

When you are young, your sight is limited by society, and often leaves you with an incomplete view. However, at COP we were able to expand our views for the first time, and it revealed something we couldn’t expect. At the conference, we saw many issues that are impacted by global climate change including women’s rights, gender equality, habitat endangerment and genetic modification. We unfortunately saw why we are still facing these issues, with negotiation breaking down and people who are in need not being heard. We also saw positive signs including farmers from all around the world coming together and making a change in local and global communities, indigenous people standing for their beliefs on the main floor, and leaders who were willing to lend an ear to people like us.

We experienced the

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Education Four District 196 elementary magnet schools earn national recognition Four elementary magnet schools in District 196 have been selected for recognition by Magnet Schools of America.

Cedar Park Elementary STEM School, Diamond Path Elementary School of International Studies and Glacier Hills Elementary School of Arts and Science are three of 106 magnet schools in the nation selected to receive a 2019 School of Excellence Award. In addition, Echo Park Elementary School of Leadership, Engineering and Technology was named a 2019 School of Distinction.

Magnet Schools of America advocates for high-quality instructional programs that promote choice, equity, diversity and academic excellence for all students.

The awards recognize magnet schools that show a commitment to high academic standards, curriculum innovation, successful desegregation/diversity efforts, specialized teaching staffs, and parent and community involvement. To be considered for an award, schools must submit an application that is scored by a panel of educators based on their demonstrated ability to raise student academic achievement, promote racial and socioeconomic diversity, provide integrated curriculum and instruction, and create strong family and community partnerships that enhance the school’s magnet theme.

Cedar Park, Diamond Path and Glacier Hills have received these awards in previous years.

This is the first time for Echo Park, which converted to a magnet school in 2016 along with Oak Ridge Elementary School of Leadership, Environmental and Health Sciences. In addition to the five elementary magnet schools, District 196 offers Valley Middle School of STEM for students in grades six to eight. The district’s K-12 STEM pathway of schools includes Cedar Park, Echo Park, Valley Middle and Apple Valley High School.

Enrollment at District 196 magnet schools is open to all students in District 196, as well as students who open enroll from another district, through an enrollment application and lottery process held each January. Transportation is provided for district students who are selected for enrollment in a magnet school. For more information, go to www.District196.org/ MagnetSchools/.

Eagan seeks starred rating at state one-act festival Eagan High School will perform “She Kills Monsters” 11:45 a.m. Friday, Feb. 8, at the state One-Act Play Festival at

O’Shaughnessy Auditorium in St. Paul. Eagan is making its 21st appearance at the state festival, the most of any school in the state.

Eagan won the Section 3AA competition with its performance of the play by Qui Nguyen. It is a tale of friendship, loss and acceptance centered on Agnes, a young woman grieving the death of her sister, who Agnes discovers was a passionate Dungeons and Dragons player.

The play is directed by Nancy Owzarek and Jackson Cobb is the technical director. Members of the cast are Isabelle Hopewell, Mara Currens, Neha Nayak, Graham Scott, Kai Wilson, Audrey Schwartz, Matt Anderson, Joey Galles, Evelyn Gore, Tessa Krog, Fiona Gray, Lillith Allan and Steve Xiaaj. The stage manager is Mary Dratz and members of the crew are Ava Lundquist, Jorge Mogollon, Addie Stern, Ella Janky and Tori Westenberg.

One-act does not involve direct competition. Judges rate the plays according to specific criteria, including pace, blocking, costuming and projection of the play’s meaning. Each production is limited to 10 minutes of stage preparation and 35 minutes of actual performance. The judges consult after each production and then openly critique each in front of the cast, crew and audience.

A starred rating is the highest award given to a one-act play.

More than one school can receive a starred-performance rating at the state festival. Eagan has earned 18 starred-performance ratings in its previous 20 appearances.

of their coursework and experience real-world learning through internships with business partners like SFM Mutual, Thomson Reuters and Uponor.

The grant also funded creation of Apple Valley’s fabrication lab, or “fab lab,” which has equipment and machines that give students the ability to design and make almost anything they can imagine.

“The fab lab has played a key role in helping us establish our ‘STEM for All’ philosophy by integrating its use into an increasing number of our courses,” Lynch said. “Learning becomes so much more authentic when students can design and produce products that can be used by others in the real world.”

The fab lab and the school’s commitment to providing opportunities for all students were main factors in the judges’ decision to select Apple Valley for the STEM Excellence Award.

“What E3 STEM helped me and other students achieve is incredible,” said Apple Valley senior Serena Abraham. “The combination of guidance and opportunities to explore different career fields has made me a more wellrounded student overall. With the support system in place, I can make the transition from high school to college and beyond with confidence.”

AVHS wins national STEM Excellence Award

28-31, Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District 191 will make up two of those days on Feb. 27 and March 11.

Both days were originally scheduled to be professional development or work days for teachers. Instead, they will be regular school days for staff and students.

The change does not affect the schedule for conferences, which start the evening of Feb. 27.

“We value every day our students are in our schools and learning,” said Superintendent Cindy Amoroso. “We also know that more snow days are a possibility, so we don’t want to miss the chance to use these two days to make up for missed time.”

The School of Environmental Studies in Apple Valley will host its annual Environmental College and Career Fair 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12.

A total of 35 colleges and organizations have confirmed their participation in this year’s fair.

This event is an arena style “fair” in which colleges provide information about their institutions and offer college/career guidance to students. There is no preregistration and the event is open to the public.

The School of Environmental Studies is located at 12155 Johnny Cake Ridge Road. For more information, contact Nathan Nelson at nathan.nelson@district196.org.

Lakeville Area Community Education programs

Three area third-grade classes qualify for first round of Final Four Reading Contest

Apple Valley High School received the 2019 STEM Excellence Award in the high school category at the national Future of Education Technology Conference in Orlando Jan. 30. The award recognizes schools for their innovative approaches to implementing science, technology, engineering and math education.

“This is tremendous recognition for our school and our program,” said teacher Jim Lynch, who oversees Apple Valley’s E3 STEM program. “It affirms the work we are doing and the opportunities we are providing students to explore STEM learning and career possibilities.”

In 2014, District 196 received nearly $3 million through a federal YouthConnect grant from the U.S. departments of education and labor. The grant supported the establishment of the E3 STEM program, focusing on exploration, education and employment.

Through partnerships with businesses and colleges, the program has expanded students’ opportunities for hands-on learning and exposure to career pathways in STEM-related fields. Students are able to earn college credits in some

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Basics of Seed Starting, adults: Tuesday, Feb. 12. Learn the steps of starting your own seeds, materials and supplies needed and which seeds to start indoors.

American Heart Association Basic Life Saving Full Course, adults: Saturday, Feb. 23. The BLS course trains participants to promptly recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate ventilations and provide early use of an automated external defibrillator.

Jr. Engineering and Building – Wheels and Gears, grades Kthree: Saturday, Feb. 16. Students working in pairs will take part in hands-on activities using LEGO Gears and special Technic engineering components that incorporate math, science and creativity. Students will work through building models that demonstrate mechanical and physical engineering. They will then use what they learned to solve challenges.

Parent/Child Date Night with Kidcreate Studio, children ages 5-12 with a parent/guardian: Thursday, Feb. 21. Follow easy step-by-step instructions to create a heart-themed painting.

Gift certificates for community education enrichment classes can now be purchased online. Visit isd194.ce.eleyo.com and type “gift certificate” in the search line.

District 191 sets two make-up days following winter weather SES to host annual After snow and historically Environmental College cold temperatures led to four days of school being canceled Jan. and Career Fair

Find more information at lakevilleareacommunityed.org or register for the Lakeville Area Community Education classes listed below at isd194.ce.eleyo. com.

Czech Kolaches, adults: Saturday, Feb. 16. Make variations in class and taste samples. Plan to take home an assortment to share with family, friends or to freeze.

Three area classes of thirdgraders – Gideon Pond Elementary (Burnsville), Rahn Elementary (Eagan), and Lake Marion Elementary (Lakeville) – have qualified for the first round of Read to the Final Four, a year-long, statewide reading initiative to promote and inspire reading for young people throughout Minnesota.

Read to the Final Four is an effort designed to engage youth and leave a lasting, positive impact in the 2019 NCAA Final Four host region. The NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four will be held in Minneapolis in April.

After several months of feverish reading, these three third-grade classes have qualified for the first round – the “Round of 68.” They are among 68 of 275 participating schools across Minnesota that qualified based on their respective number of minutes read to date.

Each week a new bracket will be announced with the final four schools attending Fan Fest at the Final Four, where the ultimate reading champion will be announced.

For more information, visit http://bit.ly/2DRaKMc.

Dakota United Hawks community night set The second annual Dakota United Hawks Community Night will be 6-7 p.m. Feb. 26 at Rosemount High School.

The evening includes free admission, Rosemount High School pep band, Irishette dance performance, Rosemount Double Dutch Club, $1 chuck-a-puck contest, full concessions, and prizes and raffle drawings.

District 194 School Board Following is the agenda for the 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, regular meeting of the District 194 School Board at Lakeville City Hall.

1. Preliminary Actions a. Call to Order b. Pledge of Allegiance c. Roll Call and Board Introductions d. Spotlight on Education e. Good News f. Public Comment g. Board Communications 2. Recommended Action a. Election of 2019 Board of Education Officers 3. Continued Preliminary Actions a. Agenda Additions b. Approval of Agenda 4. Consider Approval of Consent Agenda a. Board Minutes b. Employment Recommendations, Leave Requests and Resignations c. Other Personnel Matters d. Payment of Bills & Claims e. Wire Transfers/Investments f. Change Orders g. Bid Awards h. Other Business Matters i. Resolution Regarding Acceptance of Gift Donations j. Field Trips 5. Consent Agenda Discussion Items 6. Reports a. Lakeville North HOSA Future Health Professionals b. Presentation by Ehlers for the presale of the Certificate of Participation (COP) to fund the Cherry View Elementary Addition c. District Office and Cherry View Elementary Progress Report 7. Recommended Actions a. Approval of FY2018 Audit Report b. School Board Recognition Week Feb. 18-22, 2019 8. Additions to Agenda 9. Information a. Superintendent’s Report b. Board Members Reports 10. Adjournment

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Seniors DFL South Metro Senior Caucus

Cost is $15. Register by Feb. 14 at the Apple Valley Senior Center, 14601 Hayes The DFL South Metro Road, Apple Valley, or call Senior Caucus will meet at 952-953-2345. noon Wednesday, Feb. 13, at the Apple Valley Pizza Ranch, 15662 Pilot Knob Burnsville seniors The Burnsville Senior Road, 952-431-3333. Registration at noon; program Center is located in the Diamondhead Education at 12:30 p.m.

The program will fea- Center at 200 W. Burnsville ture a discussion on “2020 Parkway. Call 952-707Census How & Why & 4120 for information about Help” with speaker Marcia the following senior events.

Monday, Feb. 11 – SunAvner from Avner Consultrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Cribing.

The legislator of the bage, 9:30 a.m.; Fit Fun, month is former Rep. Erin 10:15 a.m.; Silver Sneakers, Murphy from SD64A and 11:30 a.m.; Card Recycle, the senators and represen- 12:30 p.m.; Pinochle, 12:45 tatives from CD2, SD2 p.m.; Coffee Talk – Fond Farewell, 2 p.m.; DefenCDs and Minnesota.

For information, call sive Driving Refresher, 5:30 p.m.

Roger at 952-412-7171.

Tuesday, Feb. 12 – Quilters, 9 a.m.; Eagles, 9:30 AV Seniors host a.m.; Fit Fun, 10:15 a.m.; Scrabble, 10:30 a.m.; Du‘Sock Hop’ plicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; luncheon Bloodmobile, 1:30 p.m.; The Apple Valley Se- Line Dancing. niors will host a “Sock Wednesday, Feb. 13 Hop” luncheon 11:30 a.m. – Woodcarvers, 8 a.m.; to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; at the senior center.

Taxes, 9 a.m. to noon; Malt Shop Melodies Cribbage, 9:30 a.m.; Fit will put participants in a Fun, 10:15 a.m.; Chair Tai party mood with upbeat Chi, 11 a.m.; Silver Sneak1950s music selections. ers, 11:30 a.m.; 500, 12:45 Wear 1950s garb and come p.m.; Hearing, 1 p.m.; Travprepared to dance. el Talk, 2 p.m.

House of Coates will Thursday, Feb. 14 – Fit serve meatloaf and pota- Fun, 10:15 a.m.; Fun & toes au gratin. For dessert Friendship (program, enwill be root beer floats. tertainment, lunch, cards

and bingo), 11 a.m.; Wood Carving, 6 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 15 – Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Painting, 9 a.m.; Fit Fun, 10:15 a.m.; Silver Sneakers, 11:30 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 12:15 p.m.

tion deadline is Friday, Feb. 15. Register by phone at 952-895-4500, online at http://bit.ly/2GmWlci, or in person at Burnsville City Hall’s Recreation Office, 100 Civic Center Parkway, Burnsville.

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Eagan seniors

The Eagan Parks and Recreation Department offers programs for seniors in Chocolate at the Sock the Lone Oak Room at the Hop for residents age 62 Eagan Community Center, and older is offered 1-3:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, at Burnsville City Hall, 100 Civic Center Parkway.

Singles, couples and friends are invited to boogie to the sounds of Elvis, sample tasty appetizers and satisfy their taste buds with a melt-in-their-mouth chocolate buffet.

The event includes games, door prizes and a photo booth. Those who share a photo of themselves “back in the ’50s” ahead of the event will be entered to win a prize.

The event is sponsored

by Ecumen Centennial House, Ecumen Seasons at Apple Valley, The Commons on Marice, The Rivers, The Rosemount Senior Living, Home Instead Senior Care, Augustana Care, Apple Valley Villa, Emerald Crest and the city of Burnsville.

Cost is $15. Registra-

1501 Central Parkway. Call 651-675-5500 for more information.

Monday, Feb. 11 – Zumba Gold (Oasis), 9 a.m.; Zumba Gold Toning (Oasis), 10 a.m.; Book Club No. 2, 10 a.m.; Fit for Life (Oasis), 11 a.m.; Joy of Coloring, 1 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 12 – Book Club No. 3, 10 a.m.; Euchre/500, 12:45 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 13 – Coffee, Games and Conversation, 9 a.m.; Cribbage,

9 a.m.; Blood Pressure Checks, 10:30 a.m.; Chair Zumba Gold (Boardroom), 11:30 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 12:45 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 14 – Dominoes, 9 a.m.; Nimble Fingers, 9:30 a.m.; Bridge, 12:45 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 15 – Tabata Gold (Oasis), 9:15 a.m.; Fitness for the Brain, 9:30 a.m.; Zumba Gold (Oasis), 10:15 a.m.; S/B/Y (Oasis), 11:10 a.m.; Bingo, 1 p.m.

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College News Wisconsin Lutheran College, Milwaukee, fall dean’s list, from Burnsville – Rachel Lehne; from Eagan – Nathan Wolfrath.

Bethel University, St. Paul, fall dean’s list, from Burnsville – Mason Calcutt, Abigail Keelin, Thanh Tuyen Nguyen, Rebecca Simonsen, Theresa Stone; from Eagan – Kayla Brunner, Cameron Ellis, Berit Hansen, Caroline Johnson, Nicholas Johnson, Taylor Kopfer, Sam Nguyen, Mackenzie Novak, Elizabeth Olson, Gregory Owen, Deborah Philips, Miranda Sullivan, Jaren Tschetter, Jacob Van Wyk, Amy Wolbert.

St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana, fall dean’s list, from Burnsville – Megan Orzolek; from Eagan – Maria Bruno.

University of Wisconsin-River Falls, fall dean’s list, from Burnsville – Hannah Barrott, Carys Fisher, Claire Johnson, Lukas Martinez, Michelle Stage; from Eagan – Riv-

er Breda, Jacob Carlson, Courtney Carson, Kristen Castillo, Rose Froehle, Joshua Hunt, Catherine Igo, Kayla Johnson, Taylor Paulsrud.

Wheaton College (Illinois), fall dean’s list, from Eagan – Hannah Dettmer, Zildjian Meyer, Erik Ostrem.

Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington, fall dean’s list, Mariah Krey, of Eagan.

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, fall dean’s list, from Burnsville – Elizabeth Cummings, Will Gallmeier, Elana Heier, Michaela Thielen, Lauren Woods; from Eagan – Trevor Anderson, Hannah Fromm, Abigail Gaedtke, Jessica Gartner, Margaret Harings, Carter West.

Baylor University, Waco, Texas, fall dean’s list, from Eagan – Elizabeth Gosnell, Matthew Martens.

Edgewood College, Madison, Wisconsin, fall dean’s list and semester

honors, Ryan Gale, of Burnsville.

The College of St. Scholastica, fall graduates, from Burnsville – Steven Bang, B.S., nursing, cum laude; Justin Duda, B.A., psychology; Mohameddeq Farah, B.A., computer information systems; Courtney Klein, B.S., nursing, summa cum laude; Carleen Manno, B.S., nursing; Jacqualyn Rivera, B.S., elementary education; Yonnette Thorman, M.S., health information management; from Eagan – Christine Allen, B.S., nursing; Marion Kebaso, B.S., nursing, cum laude.

Minnesota State University Moorhead, fall dean’s list, from Burnsville – Danielle Gillem, Connor Hume, Josiah Wimbley; from Eagan – Max Cutshall, Ashley Rezachek.

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Obituaries

George T. Weierke George T. Weierke, age 92 of Farmington, MN passed away peacefully on January 31, 2019.

George was born in Rosemount, MN on December 3, 1926 to parens Paul and Emily (Kirchner) Weierke. George served his country during the Korean War. He worked for Dakota Electric for over 40 years. George had many KREELHV KXQWLQJ DQG ÂżVKLQJ ZHUH his favorites.

He was preceded in death by siblings Raymond, Paul, Laurence, Frank, Clarence, Oran, Clyde, Florence, Cora and Frances. George is survived by his wife of 68 years Shirley; and siblings Gladys (Chuck) Johnson and Jackie (Bill) Erickson, and many nieces and nephews.

A private Interment will be held at a later date.

Michelle D. Lynch Lynch, Michelle D. (nee: Kenney), age 54 of Lakeville passed away peacefully on February 2, 2019, after a short and courageous battle with cancer.

At the time of her death Michelle was surrounded by family and friends. She was born on June 3, 1964, the daughter of Paulyne Davio and Martin Kenney.

Michelle graduated from John Burroughs High School in Burbank, California. Michelle obtained her Bachelor’s Degree from U.C.L.A., and her Law Degree from Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles, CA, where she met her beloved husband Scott Lynch. Michelle and Scott were married on September 12, 1992 at Saint Finbar Catholic Church in Burbank, CA. 0LFKHOOH ZDV D 3DUWQHU DW WKH ODZ ¿UP RI .QXWVRQ )O\nn & Deans, P.A. in Mendota Heights where she specialized in providing legal representation to school districts.

Michelle also served on the Board of Directors for the Academy of Holy Angels. Michelle’s most important role was being a devoted wife to Scott and a loving mother to Collin and Troy.

In her spare time, she enjoyed spending time and entertaining her family and friends at their lake home on Bay Lake. Michelle was a humble and faithful servant and a devoted parishioner at All Saints Catholic Church in Lakeville.

She is survived by her husband Scott Lynch; her sons Collin and Troy; her mother Paulyne Davio and step-father Domenic Vennari; her father Martin Kenney; her brother Kevin Kenney of Edwards, CO, her sister Kendra Kenney of Burbank, CA; her mother-in-law Beverly Lynch of Cedar Rapids, IA; her sister-in-laws Linda Stigers of Allentown, PA, Jeannie (Clark) Cogley of Des Moines, IA, and Lori Kaplan of Sussex, WI; and her nieces and nephews Bret, Julie, Jennifer, Kim, Karie, Steven (Gabby), Clayton, Jason, Kristi, Karla, Stephanie.

She was preceded in death by her father-in-law Willard Lynch, sister-in-law Dixie Baughman and step-father Frank Davio.

The Mass of the Christian Burial will be held on Friday, February 8, 2019 at 11:30 a.m. at All Saints Catholic Church, 19795 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. Visitation will begin on Thursday, February 7, 2019 from 5:00-8:00 p.m. at White Funeral Home, 20134 Kenwood Tr., Lakeville (952-469-2723), and also one hour prior to Mass at church. Memorials preferred to the family to be used for scholarships for students at All Saints Catholic School and Academy of Holy Angels.

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Richard “Dick� J. Ames Richard “Dick� J. Ames, born May 4, 1929, passed away on January 30, 2019, leaving an enduring impact that will echo for generations through his family, business, and community. As founder of Ames Construction, Dick was a driving force to a multitude of successful construction projects in the commercial, energy, transportation, mining, rail and water and wastewater industry sectors.

Dick was born and raised in Farmington, Minnesota, the eldest of eight children born to Chester and Ruby (Reisinger) Ames. He and his siblings worked the family farm, where they learned the value of hard work, honesty, and a commitment to “family first� that would carry through a lifetime.

Dick loved sports and excelled as a competitive athlete, playing football, basketball and track in high school. With an ambition to become a coach, Dick sought a teaching degree—the prerequisite for coaching—and enrolled at Mankato State Teachers College after his high school graduation. However, Dick left school the following year to farm with his grandfather in Taopi, Minnesota. At the age of 22, Dick was married with two sons and his father encouraged him to find stable work outside of the family farm. Starting as a day laborer for a local highway construction company, Dick dedicated himself to the company and quickly advanced to become the owner’s right-hand man.

In 1962, Dick founded Ames Construction, and he considered his thirteen-year-old son Larry—who lent an extra pair of hands after school and on weekends—to be his first employee. Within months, Dick’s brother, Butch, became a partner in the business, and over the next several years, their brothers John, Tom and Ron, along with their nephew Mark Brennan, joined the company. Together they built Ames Construction into one of the premiere heavy civil and industrial general contracting companies in the nation. A proud and dedicated industry advocate, Dick received many industry honors over the years, including the AGC of Minnesota Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006.

Dick married twice and had five children. It was with his second wife, Georgeanne “Lollie� Ames, whom he married in 1968, that he pursued an interest in Arabian horses, founding their Cedar Ridge Farms, in Jordan, Minnesota, in the early 1970s. They have been prolific breeders, principally of Arabian English Pleasure and halter horses, and have shown extensively in most divisions, with Dick excelling at amateur driving. In the late 1970s, he was one of the founders of the Minnesota Medallion Futurity, and later, as he enjoyed competing in reining, he became one of three founders of the Arabian Reining Futurity. A former recipient of the APHA Amateur Showman of the Year, Dick is also a nominee for the 2018 APHA Show Ring Accomplishments. Along with his wife, Lollie, Dick is being recognized as a 2018 leading breeder in the Arabian industry.

In the late 1980s, Dick renewed a relationship with raising and showing championship Percheron draft horses—a tradition deeply rooted in the Ames family history. Today the Ames Percheron Farm is located adjacent to Cedar Ridge Farms. As symbols of strength, a strong work ethic and teamwork, the Ames Percherons have served as official ambassadors of Ames Construction since 1993, appearing at countless community events. The stately 4-, 6-, and 8-horse hitch teams deliver award-winning performances in competitions and exhibitions throughout the United States and Canada.

Perhaps the only thing that overshadowed Dick’s big personality was his big heart. Dick and the company have given monetary support, countless hours of volunteer time, and pro bono construction work to worthwhile causes in the communities in which it works. In addition to “giving back� through the company, Dick’s genuine desire to lend a helping hand led him to invest in local businesses, schools and churches, donating his time and attention to help his community thrive. He brought a world-class draft horse competition to the Scott County Fair in his hometown of Jordan, which rivals some of the best national competitions. He led the revival of the charm and nostalgia of the OK Corral restaurant, which was renamed the Jordan Supper Club. He joined others to bring a locally based business back from the brink of failure, saving countless jobs in the community. Thanks to the loyalty and dedication of its employees who were determined to make it succeed, that company is now a thriving business.

Dick valued loyalty and was dedicated to his faith, family, friends—and football. Perhaps imagining himself as the coach he once aspired to be, he was one of the University of Minnesota’s biggest cheerleaders and faithful supporters of the Golden Gophers football team. Dick became the first Director’s Award recipient, presented by the University’s Athletics Department to honor a lifetime of support for Gopher Athletics.

Dick was as comfortable in the boardroom as he was on his Green Isle crop farm, where he loved working the land, watching things grow, and maintaining a friendly rivalry with his brother, Butch, to see which of them would bring in the bigger crop each year.

Dick stayed physically active until he was hospitalized in early January for a backache and remained sharp as a tack until the day before he passed away from pneumonia. “I’ve lived a fairytale life,� he observed just a few days before. “I’ve surrounded myself with remarkable people and lived a very full life. In fact, I can’t even believe this isn’t a dream.�

For all of his accomplishments, Dick was known for simply being Dick—larger than life, well-meaning, fearless in saying what he believed, and supporting causes he cared about with a legendary reputation for his generosity. Dick had a quick smile, infectious laugh, and always extended a warm handshake to everyone he met. We celebrate Dick Ames—an unforgettable character who lived every day of his life to the fullest.

Preceded in death by his parents, Chester and Ruby, and his son Bruce, Dick is survived by his wife, Lollie; brothers Butch, Tom, John and Ron; sisters Audrey, Peggy and Mary; sons Larry and Alan; daughters Marilyn and Lara; stepsons Dave and Richard Thomas and stepdaughter Toni Walsh; 15 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.

Memorial donations may be made to: Mayo Clinic Pulmonary Research, Attn: Department of Development, 200 1st St. SW, Rochester, MN 55905, specify “in honor of Dick Ames.�

Visitation: Thursday, February 7, 2019, 3-8 p.m., Mount Olivet Church, 5025 Knox Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55419. Service: Friday, February 8, 2019, 10 a.m. Visitation, 11 a.m. Service, Mount Olivet Church, 5025 Knox Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55419.

Celebration of Life following the service, join us at the University of Minnesota Athlete’s Village, Bierman Field Athletic Building, 516 15th Ave. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455. Interment: Private burial will be at the Farmington Cemetery.

Arizona Celebration of Life: A Celebration of Life to honor Dick will also be held on February 12 at the Midwest Training Centre, 9707 E Cactus Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85260, starting at 4 p.m.

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Regional Chamber of Commerce will hold its Banks honored 2019 Women’s Leadership Forum March 22 at for community the Radisson Blu Hotel involvement at the Mall of America in The Minnesota Bankers Bloomington.

Association recognized 35 The annual event is an Minnesota banks for their opportunity to recognize, community involvement. honor and celebrate key Banks play a vital role in leaders and organizations their communities and to in the community. honor and recognize their The 2019 forum will in- involvement, the MBA clude: created the Community • Nancy M. Dahl, stra- Champion recognition tegic advisor, mentor and program. speaker, will share her exArea banks honored periences in leadership po- as Community Champion sitions and offer thought- include Citizens Bank provoking conversation Lakeville and all Frandsen on how to lead in both Bank and Trust locations. the community and the In total, the 35 banks professional world. She donated over $3.9 milhas worked in multiple lion to their communities industries, rising to be a and worked with over 500 seasoned executive and au- organizations in the past thor of “Grounded: Lead- year. Over 1,500 employing your Life with Inten- ees from these banks dedition.” cated 49,381 hours at a va• Kathy Robideau, mar- riety of volunteer events or ket president and publish- programs in 2018. er of the Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal, will moderate a panel discus- Chamber’s women sion. luncheon features • Awards will be preFOX anchor sented to the change Kelcey Carlson, FOX maker of the year, woman 9 News anchor, will be the business of the year, and guest speaker at the 11 a.m. partner of the year.

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Religion Burnsville church gets new name, logo The Illumination Church Board in Burnsville voted unanimously to rename the church “Mercy Road Church.” The name change was announced to the congregation on Jan. 27.

“For the past two years, there has been some confusion concerning our church name and we have been mistaken for other factions that are not Biblebased congregations. We wanted our name to truly reflect what we do and to be transparent to both Christians looking for a church home as well as skeptics who may be interested in starting a dialogue,” said the Rev. Mike Lotzer.

“Over the past year, the board, staff and Pastor Mike Lotzer started considering renaming the church to communicate more clearly to those on the outside the kind of church community we are on the inside,” added board president Chuck Wilson. “After thorough discussions, a congregational town hall meeting, distribution of surveys both inside and outside the congregation, and a six-week season of prayer, the board voted to change the name to Mercy Road Church.”

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The word “mercy” points people to the forgiving love of God poured out in Christ through the cross. The word “road” reminds us that we are on a journey of faith and nobody fully arrives this side of eternity.

Lotzer, an Apple Valley resident, previously served on active duty in Iraq as an Army chaplain. After military service, he served as a pastor at both Faith Covenant Church and Hosanna Church. Two years ago, Lotzer accepted a call to serve as the lead pastor of this intimate and growing congregation in Burnsville.

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“I’ve known Mike since he was a young man. He knows God’s word well and he teaches with a wisdom beyond his years. He speaks to you with candor, openness and humor, too,” Bohline said. “I love this new church name – Mercy Road. This business of being a Christian is not static … it’s dynamic, moving, growing … just like the journey you are all on together with the leader of your flock, Mike. He loves this church family and you are blessed to have him as a leader,” Bohline added.

Mercy Road Church is located at 12156 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. For more information, visit www. mercyroadmn.com or call 952-210-0750.

Religion Briefs Lutheran choir and hymn festival in Lakeville

Men’s community breakfast in Apple Valley

Several area Lutheran choral singers and musicians will perform at the Lutheran Choir and Hymn Festival 7-8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Lakeville.

Guest conductor is Mark Potvin, choir director and instructor of music at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa.

Besides St. John’s Lutheran, participating churches include Christiania Lutheran in Lakeville, Christus Victor Lutheran in Apple Valley, Farmington Lutheran in Farmington, and Lord of Life Lutheran in Lakeville.

The choirs will lead hymn singing and perform choral pieces under Potvin’s direction.

The event is free and open to the public. St. John’s Lutheran Church is at 20165 Heath Ave. in Lakeville. Call 952469-4916 for more information.

Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church in Apple Valley will hold a men’s community breakfast 9-11 a.m.

Saturday, Feb. 16, featuring stories of emergency preparedness.

The speaker will be Brian Olson, who has inside knowledge on the chaos of responding to federally declared emergencies: hurricanes, earthquakes and terrorism. Olson sees God at work through his experience working with national and international agencies for emergency preparedness.

The community breakfast costs $5 and is open to all area men. For more information and to register, visit sotv. org/events or call 952-432-6351. The church is located at 12650 Johnny Cake Ridge Road in Apple Valley.

Community meals at Grace Lutheran Grace Lutheran Church will serve free community meals on Mondays, Feb. 11 and 25. Dining hall doors open at 5:30 p.m. Dinner is served from 6 to 6:30 p.m.

These meals are for senior citizens, single-parent families, families in transition and all others in the surrounding community seeking a healthy meal in a relaxed atmosphere. Although the meals are free, donations are accepted.

For more information, call the church at 952-432-7273. Grace Lutheran Church is located at the intersection of Pennock Avenue and County Road 42 in Apple Valley.

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Women’s luncheon set Feb. 14 The Minnesota Valley Christian Women’s Connection will hold its Valentine luncheon 12-2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14, at Valleywood Golf Course, 4851 McAndrews Road, Apple Valley.

Speaker Lisa Fred will share “A Sanctuary in Suffering” on how the accidental death of her husband thrust her into the harsh reality of suffering but prompted unlimited opportunities for growth. She also will play her flute.

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Luther College Nordic Choir to perform The Luther College Nordic Choir will perform Feb. 9-10 at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 12650 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley.

Performances will take place at the 5 p.m. worship service Saturday, Feb. 9, along with the 8:30 and 9:45 a.m. worship services Sunday, Feb. 10. The choir also will perform a 7:30 p.m. concert on Saturday.

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Students take in the sun’s power in Eagan Glacier Hills Elementary School students talk solar

by Andy Rogers SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

If solar energy is the wave of the future, a group of fifth-graders at Glacier Hills Elementary in Eagan are ready to go surfing.

The students at the Eagan magnet school were recently visited by a group from the Minnesota Solar Energy Industries Association and IPS Solar after finishing a unit on solar power.

Solar business expert Eric Pasi of IPS Solar spoke to students about solar gardens throughout Minnesota. He answered questions about solar power and other green energy career paths, as well as the benefits of solar power.

Students even played a few games.

Pasi used the time to show students how solar power operates, even in Minnesota where the weather doesn’t always seem to cooperate.

Pasi said Minnesota receives as much sunlight as northern California and northern Florida and more than places such as Houston.

He showed the class what happens when it’s cold, sunny, cloudy or raining.

“They’re seeing the science behind it,” Pasi said. “They’re really engaged.”

Liz Lucente, Minnesota Solar Energy Industries Association program director, noted that awareness and interest in clean energy alternatives exceeded expectations.

Pasi said solar panel costs have dropped dramatically in the last 12 years, and they’ve gotten over 50 percent more

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Minnesota is ranked sixth in the country in the amount of solar panels installed.

According to the Minnesota Department of Commerce, more than 145 schools had solar installations. While Glacier Hills isn’t one of them, the classes inside “showed an impressive knowl-

edge and understanding of solar in Minnesota,” Lucente said.

“Students have access to real time and history production information,” Pasi said. “We run workshops and seminars for teachers in how to incorporate that into their curriculum.”

“Really, solar provides a win, win, win situation for the schools. It saves money.

There’s a STEM learning opportunity and (it’s) good for the environment,” he said.

He also noted that solar installer is the fastest growing job title in the country.

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District 196 preparing for more belt-tightening Early projections indicate more budget adjustments possible even with increased state aid

by Patty Dexter SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

The Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School Board recently got a first look at preliminary budgeting assumptions for the next few years.

They indicate more budget adjustments may be necessary in future years even if the Legislature increases education funding for districts.

On Jan. 28, Director of Finance and Operations Mark Stotts outlined an initial proposal for assumptions related to enrollment, the district’s unassigned fund balance, revenue and expenses. He said the preliminary assumptions have already been presented to the budget advisory committee and the superintendent’s cabinet.

Stotts gave financial projections based on four dif-

ferent scenarios for the level of an increase in general education funding from the state for the next biennium.

The projections estimated what the district’s finances could be if the district got a 1 percent, 2 percent, 3 percent or a 4 percent increase in general education funding in 2019-20 and 2020-21 and a 1 percent increase in subsequent years.

The district believes 1 and 2 percent are conserva-

tive estimates, 3 percent is optimistic and 4 percent is “really optimistic,” Stotts said.

In December the School Board approved a set of three 2019 legislative priorities, one of which included a request for lawmakers to increase basic education funding by 4 percent per year.

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Stotts said there are many unknown factors affecting school finance and budgeting, and districts are often trying to hit a moving target with things like enrollment.

“It’s really complicated,” he said.

All of the projections assumed that the goal would be to maintain the unassigned fund balance at 5 percent of expenses and that enrollment was expected to increase from 28,551 students in 2019-20 to 29,944 students in 2023-24. Other revenue sources are expected to remain constant at the current legislative authority and the referendum authority at the level authorized in the 2013 election would be adjusted for inflation.

Under expenses, all of the projections assumed that to keep class sizes at their current levels instructional staffing would increase by 10.23 full-time equivalents, 20.65 FTE, 12.82 FTE, 14.38 FTE and 10.89 FTE in between 201920 and 2023-24. There will be salary and benefits assumptions set by the School Board as contracts are negotiated.

Non-salary and nonbenefits costs are estimated to increase by 2 percent over the five years. Utility and transportation costs are expected to follow “historical growth rates.” A budget reduction of $7 million is planned for the 2019-20 school year, according to the presentation.

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general education funding would mean that about $24 million in budget reductions could be necessary between 2019-20 and 2022-23. Under this scenario, the fund balance reserve would decrease from 7.07 percent in 2019-20 to 2.87 percent in 2023-24.

About $9 million in cuts could be needed in 2021-22 and $13 million in reductions in 2022-23 could be needed if the district received a 3 percent increase in general education funding. This scenario projected the fund balance to decrease from 7.56 percent in 201920 to 2.91 percent in 202324.

“This is really consistent with the message we’ve been giving people when we’ve made our presentations, that even if we get 3 percent that’s good. That’s not going to solve the problem.

We’re still going to have to make reductions,” he said.

A 4 percent increase in general education funding would mean $17 million in reductions would be needed in 2023-24. The fund balance would go down from 8.04 percent in 2019-20 to 2.39 percent in 2023-24, according to Stotts.

Board Member Sachin Isaacs asked how much weight the board should put into projections going out to 2021, since there are many unknown variables like how much of an increase the Legislature will approve for general education funding.

Stotts said those projections will affect when the School Board may decide to go out for a referendum.

“We’re going to have to make some kind of assumptions when making that decision,” he said. He added later that while the district isn’t growing as fast as initially projected by demographer Hazel Reinhardt, in a few years the district may be in a position where more space and discussion of a possible bond referendum is needed.

Stotts said administrators will soon begin developing the 2019-20 budget.

The budget advisory committee recommended using an assumption that there would be a 2 percent increase in general education funding during the current biennium. The School Board members agreed that Stotts and his staff should use that as an assumption.

In all of the funding increase scenarios, the district would be able meet its goal of maintaining the fund balance reserve at 5 percent of expenses from 2019-20 to 2022-23, but not 2023-24.

Stotts said if the district got a 1 percent increase in general education funding, about $28 million in budget reductions would be needed between 2019-20 and 202223. The fund balance reserve would drop from 6.59 percent in 2019-20 to 2.63 percent in 2023-24.

“Keep this in mind, not a number that you are looking for is ever going to come to fruition. We will never hit these numbers exactly,” Patty Dexter can be reached Stotts said, adding that the at patty.dexter@ecm-inc. numbers show a trend. com.

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Students creating designs for Minnesota Zoo exhibit

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The moose exhibit at the Minnesota Zoo is in need of some updates and the zoo is seeking outside help for the best way to redesign it.

Third- through eighthgrade students in Minnesota and Wisconsin schools are being given a chance to assist the zoo with its project through the ZOOMS! STEM Design Challenge presented

by Flint Hills Resources.

“We have students solve real engineering problems at the zoo. These are problems we face on a daily basis,” said Kristi Berg, STEM specialist at the zoo.

Berg said the program is in fifth year and is open to elementary age and middle school students. The program is being piloted with two high schools this year and the zoo plans to expand it to 12th grade next year.

Woodland, Westview, Deerwood, Echo Park, Oak Ridge, Cedar Park, Parkview and Glacier Hills elementary schools in the Rosemount-Apple ValleyEagan School District, and Eastview and Lakeview elementary schools from Lakeville Area Schools are among the roughly 30 schools participating this year.

According to Berg, the zoo is focusing on the moose exhibit this year because the exhibit has been minimally updated since the zoo opened in 1978.

The space has now become outdated for the six moose that live there and the zoo wants to make the exhibit more interactive.

“We want it to be one of our top exhibits that draws visitors and highlights the research being done in Minnesota,” Berg said.

The planning for the moose exhibit is still in the brainstorming phase, but designers hope to divide the exhibit in half to allow for more than one moose to be seen by visitors at a time, the zoo’s website states. Berg said presently, only one moose at a time can be released from the holding area into the overall exhibit space.

Berg said there are two components of the challenge that teachers and their classrooms can participate in – enrichment

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Westview Elementary fourth-graders Annie Rasmussen and Chesney Demars work on their moose enrichment project for the ZOOMS! STEM Design Challenge on Feb. 4. and exhibit design. The enrichment is something for an animal which encourages their natural behavior in the exhibit.

The process starts in late September during a teacher workshop the zoo hosts for teachers interested in having their students participate in the design challenge. This school year, teachers heard from a moose researcher, met a moose handler and got a behind-the-scenes look at the moose. The zoo also trains teachers to incorporate the challenge into their curriculum.

“Everything we do is standards aligned,” Berg said.

Berg said schools have until mid-February to submit their projects and teachers can implement it any time they want after the workshop.

The projects that are submitted are narrowed down to 40 that are chosen to participate in the ZOOMS! STEM Design Challenge exhibition at the zoo in March. At least one group from every participating school is able to attend.

During the exhibition, two judges who are zoo staff members listen to student presentations. Awards are given out for first, second and third place along with team effort and conservation. The enrichment and exhibit challenge winners get a backstage look with a moose and can pitch their ideas to the moose keeper, Berg said.

“We can never promise

anything because there’s a high requirement for animal welfare and safety. It has to be very carefully considered money-wise and safety-wise,” she said of choosing when to use students’ ideas.

Molly Andersen, a teacher for the gifted and talented and Young Scholars programs at Westview Elementary School in Apple Valley, is guiding fourth-grade gifted and talented students through the challenge this year. She and past students have participated for a few years, she said. This year they’re doing the enrichment part of the challenge.

“It’s good to get the STEM challenge with them and teach them the engineering, design process. We’re not a magnet school so it’s a good way to bring that into our classrooms,” she said. “They get to work in groups and teamwork is really good.

It’s challenging.”

On Feb. 4, many of her fourth-grade students were in the process of putting the finishing touches on their prototypes and presentation boards and giving their product a name.

Seraphina Garcia said her group came up with a star that would hold moose treats and hang from a tree. The star would rotate to make it more challenging for the moose to get the food.

Seraphina said one of the issues with the zoo’s moose is that they are often bored and spend a lot of time laying down.

“We’re hoping with the star it can help boost their activity so they won’t be laying down the majority of the time,” she said.

Xander Wetzel and his group came up with a design they named the “WFD” (Willow Tree Feeder Drone). Xander said the design involves a drone on a zipline that would carry a bucket with food or water in it. The bucket would drop the food or water into a feeder which would dispense it through a pipeline into a tree. The moose would walk up a bridge and onto a pressure plate. Once the moose presses the pressure plate, the contents would be dropped into small pools.

“We combined all of our ideas,” he said of where the group’s inspiration came from.

Andersen said her students have not only learned about the design and engineering process, they have picked up problem solving and research skills.

Berg said the design challenge allows teachers to incorporate what they’re doing for STEM training and fits the zoo’s mission of connecting with the broader public.

“We want to support what teachers are doing in their classroom that includes kids getting ready for careers with real STEM skills,” she said.

Patty Dexter can be reached at patty.dexter@ecm-inc. com.

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Learn more about local services and resources for children, teens and young adults who have physical, intellectual and learning disabilities,ADHD,Autism Spectrum Disorder, or mental health issues!

Who should attend?

■ Parents/Caregivers and their children who have concerns about their child’s development, school progress, or mental health well being

What to expect?

■ Over 30 local resource booths ■ 4-H activities for children ■ Free wellness screenings ■ Door prizes Sensory Storytime by the Dakota County Library

■ Learn about County programs and services

■ Transit training from GoDakota and MVTA

■ Interpreters available in Spanish and Somali For questions, contact Andrea Grossman at 952.891.7328 or andrea.grossman@co.dakota.mn.us

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One killed, another injured in Hampton home explosion

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others searched for the man’s spouse. The man was later taken to Regions Hospital Burn Center for care.

According to the release, at about 8:55 a.m., more than two hours after the original call, a body was recovered from within the blast debris. There is no confirmation as to the body’s identity, but law enforcement believe the man and his wife were the only occupants inside the home at the time of the explosion.

The Sheriff’s Office says it received reports from those that heard the explosion in Hastings, some 12 miles away.

Identification of the victims will be released once confirmed and family members are notified.

An explosion in a Hampton home in southern Dakota County early Tuesday morning left one person dead and another badly burned.

According to a release from the Dakota County Sheriff’s Office, at 6:14 a.m. deputies and first responders from Northfield Area Fire and Rescue Service and Randolph/Hampton Fire Service were dispatched to a reported house explosion at 24705 Lewiston Boulevard, just south of Hampton.

When they arrived, Dakota County deputies saw a man wandering with severe burns over much of his body. He told the deputies that he was looking for Reach associate editor Philip his wife. Responders began pro- Weyhe at 507-645-1115. viding care and first aid, while

Home intruder encounters family A home intruder who came face to face with a Burnsville family Jan. 27, including a 3-year-old girl, faces a felony charge of second-degree burglary.

Sergio Abarca Rivera, 36, was arrested while leaving the family’s apartment on the 2500 block of Williams Drive through the sliding glass door.

A window screen in the apartment had been cut, according to the criminal complaint filed in Dakota County District Court.

A couple and one of their three children encountered Abarca Rivera at around 3:28 a.m., when the panicked mother grabbed her 3-monthold child, hid in a closet with a shotgun and called 911. The dispatcher said she sounded “frantic.�

The couple’s 3-year-old daughter told a police investigator the next day the man in the apartment “had lain on her pillow the day before and

talked to her,� the complaint said. The girl said she didn’t understand what he was saying.

The couple were asleep in their bedroom when the woman felt the blanket move.

Thinking it was one of the children, she rolled over and saw Abarca Rivera standing there.

Her husband awoke to the woman’s screams about someone in the bedroom. He found and confronted Abarca Rivera in the apartment, yelling and asking how he got in and why he was there, the complaint said.

Abarca Rivera “did not try to get away, did not fight him, and just remained there speaking Spanish,� the complaint said.

As Abarca Rivera exited the sliding glass door police ordered him to his knees. He didn’t comply, so police put him on his stomach and handcuffed him.

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Through a telephone interpreter, an officer asked Abarca Rivera if he had entered through a cut window screen.

Abarca Rivera claimed he lived in the complex and thought he was in his apartment, or that he was trying to find his apartment.

He said he didn’t have his apartment keys. Police found two sets of keys on him. He refused to tell the officer where he lived. “He apologized to the residents and stated that he did nothing wrong,� the complaint said.

The property manager and maintenance workers don’t know Abarca Rivera and don’t think he lives there, according to the complaint.

A preliminary breath test showed his blood-alcohol level was .182, the complaint said. — John Gessner

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Develop, from 1A position. She’ll be primarily responsible for Burnsville Center/County Road 42 redevelopment activities and continued development and redevelopment in the Heart of the City, the plan’s No. 3 goal.

Dean will also serve in a “concierge” role on redevelopment projects, guiding developers from concept to approval.

Sarah Arnold has been promoted from assistant planner to planner. Her duties will include building awareness of the city’s existing housing and commercial programs and developing new ones as needed — the No. 4 goal.

Economic Development Coordinator Skip Nienhaus will take on the No. 2 goal — improving the image of BurnsvilleEagan-Savage School District 191 and the city.

He’ll also work on the No. 5 goal — maintaining Burnsville’s status as a regional destination.

The city has spent $117,135 on a Burnsville Center/42 study that has yielded concept plans for a reinvigorated mall property within a “Center Village” of distinct mixed-use neighborhoods and business districts north and

south of 42.

On top of that, the city is spending an additional $360,000 on economic development this year, including the marketing consultant and marketing and branding expenses.

Funded through the Economic Development Authority budget, the new spending will drop to $260,000 in 2020 and beyond under current plans, according to Community Development Director Jenni Faulkner.

The city also has a $1.1 million Dakota County grant reserved for projects such as buying and assembling land for resale to developers and helping developers fund building teardowns.

The council set the EDA levy at $742,000 in 2019. Under state law, the council, acting as the EDA, can levy up to $1.2 million.

“You are probably aware of this, but if we continue under the current strategy we’re going to exhaust our (EDA) fund balance in five years,” City Manager Melanie Mesko Lee told the council at a Feb. 1 work session.

“That’s really not a good strategy.”

She urged council members to consider raising the

EDA levy. An additional $100,000 would raise city taxes on the averagevalued Burnsville home by $2.95 a year, Faulkner said.

“You’ve outlined some pretty ambitious things you want to get done, and you’ve put a lot of money into the studies to give you that information,” Mesko Lee said. “It would really be a shame to stop there.”

“As Melanie said, we’ve never levied to the max,” Mayor Elizabeth Kautz said. “What do we want to do if we’re serious about this?”

“I’ll assume,” Council Member Dan Kealey said, “that this discussion is just a prelude to a budget discussion six months from now.”

Council Member Dan Gustafson has pushed for discussion of a local option sales tax, which would raise far more money than the EDA levy. The tax would require voter approval and enabling legislation from state lawmakers.

Council members affirmed Feb. 1 they’ll debate that issue later this year.

John Gessner can be reached at john.gessner@ecm-inc.com or 952-846-2031.

Hall co-authors bill to protect kids operating lemonade stands Children who operate lemonade or hot dog stands would be protected from petty calls to the police under a bill currently moving through the Senate. The legislation, co-authored by state Sen. Dan Hall, RBurnsville, would allow any child under 14 to operate a lemonade stand, hot dog stand, or another temporary stand without a permit.

Last year, a 13-yearold boy in Minneapolis nearly had his hot dog stand shut down when the health department received a complaint that he was selling without a permit.

Rather than shut his stand down, the police paid for his permit. Similar incidents involving police have happened in Colorado, Missouri, Georgia, Texas,

and California.

“This legislation is just pure common sense,” Hall said. “Children operating lemonade stands are trying their first foray into business, and we shouldn’t discourage that at all. These opportunities help our children learn the value of money — how to earn it, and why it’s important to have it. Additionally, these stands allow kids to exercise their creativity and give them an additional opportunity to play and work collaboratively with others.

Why would we ever want to discourage that?”

Under the bill, children may operate a lemonade stand, hot dog stand, or sell other goods without a permit if they meet the following requirements:

• The stand must be temporary.

• The stand must be operated by a child under age 14.

• The stand must be located on private property and with permission of the property owner.

• The stand’s gross receipts must be less than $1,000.

• If selling potentially hazardous food, the operator must post a sign that says “products sold at this stand are not subject to state inspection or regulation.”

The bill was heard in the Senate Health and Human Services Committee on Jan. 24, where it passed on a unanimous voice vote. It awaits action on the Senate floor.

Events set at Burnhaven Library Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville, has planned the following activities.

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Book Bingo for Adults, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday,

Feb. 12. Grown-ups only bingo night to win books and DVDs. Snacks provided. No registration required.

Civil Rights and Voting in Minnesota, 1:30-3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16.

Join Augsburg College professor and Minnesota Book Award-winning author William Green for a discussion on civil rights and voting in 19th-century Minnesota. No registration required.

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The Tropical Beach Party will be held at the Minnesota Zoo Feb. 16 to March 10 when children can bring pails or sand toys to play in two of the biggest indoor sandboxes in Minnesota. The party is free to participate in with a paid admission, and members can bring a friend for half price on weekdays except for Monday, Feb. 18. The event’s sandboxes on the Tropics Trail and in Discovery Bay use 34 tons of sand. In addition to the sand fun there will be special activities, a Sea Turtle Storytime, Incredible Creatures show, Tropical Reef Dive Show, the Hawaiian Monk Seal Demo and sea turtle tote bags while supplies last. More is at http://mnzoo.org/TBP.

Area Realtors earn awards The St. Paul Area Association of Realtors held its annual Winter Social on Jan. 9 at the St. Paul Hotel.

Over 225 Realtors, guests and staff attended to honor outgoing president Man Huynh of Edina Realty-St. Paul, and to install new 2019 association president Patti Jo Fitzpatrick of Edina Realty-Roseville. The association has 7,000 members with over 2,000 from the southern suburbs.

At the event Lynn M. Leegard, senior vice president and general counsel at Shamrock Development Inc. of Coon Rapids, was awarded the 2018 William Tschohl and James Stanton Distinguished Service Award.

The award was presented to Leegard by Patrick Ruble, president-elect of SPAAR and of Coldwell Banker Burnet-Coon Rapids, who was honored with the award last year.

The award was established to honor a Realtor member who has provided outstanding contributions and service to the real estate industry. The recipient goes above and beyond and has a proven record of service.

Leegard is a longtime member of the association and she has served at the local, state and national

levels. Her many roles at SPAAR have included educator and member of the merger team. She serves as an Realtors Political Action Committee trustee and is in the RPAC Hall of Fame.

The award was named for Bill Tschohl, an Apple Valley resident and retired Realtor, who previously received the Southern Twin Cities Association of Realtors version of the award in 2003 and 2007.

After that time the award carried his name and Stanton’s name was added in 2011 when STCAR merged with SPAAR. Stanton died in 2017.

Amy Peterson, Edina Realty-Coon Rapids, received the 2018 Realtor of the Year Award. Peterson is a member of the Association Board of Directors, Realtors Charitable Foundation and has represented SPAAR as a National Association of Realtors director. She is a past recipient of the Rising Star Award. Peterson has been a full-time Realtor with Edina Realty for the past 15 years.

Julie Overbye Ledy received the 2018 Better Communities Award. She founded the nonprofit Adoption is Love Fund in 2017 to raise awareness about adoption and foster care.

Diana Allen, a SPAAR director who serves on the Community Engagement Committee, and Mark Mason, a SPAAR director and member of the Executive Committee, both received the 2018 Rising Star Award.

Association CEO John Fridlington was very pleased with turnout for the event, Huynh’s accomplishments and the potential for another successful year under the leadership of Fitzpatrick, who has been active in the association for many years.

Among special guests for the Winter Social were Chris Galler, Mendota Heights, CEO of the Minnesota Association of Realtors; Joe McKinley, community engagement director of SPAAR; Tracy Douglas, COO; and Jennifer Kovacich, communications director.

Others attending, from the southern suburbs, included past presidents Jim Butcher, Mike Heinzerling and Dennis Mathis of Edina Realty-Lakeville; Rich and Kay Hanson of Coldwell Banker Burnet-Lakeville; William Tschohl, formerly of Coldwell Banker Burnet-Eagan with his wife, Nancy, and Colleen Ratzlaff LaBeau with ReMax AdvantageLakeville.

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Burnsville senior Kyle Atkinson had an opportunity to be a Big Ten Conference athlete, if he wanted it. The only question was, which sport?

After weeks of deliberation, he made his choice Tuesday, announcing he would attend the University of Minnesota and compete in track and field. Atkinson signed his National Letter of Intent on Wednesday, the first day of the winter signing period.

Atkinson was second in the Class AA track and field meet in the shot put in 2018 and also qualified

in the discus. His football ability complicated the decision; Atkinson was an All-State defensive tackle for the Blaze last season and was selected to play in the Blue-Grey All-American Bowl in Dallas.

Rutgers offered Atkinson a football scholarship, and he also made a campus visit to UCLA. Atkinson and Blaze teammate Marcus Shepley played in the Minnesota Football Showcase, the state’s high school all-star game, in December. On Tuesday, Shepley signed to play football at Minnesota-Duluth.

Several players from Class 6A football champion Lakeville North also signed Wednesday. Brian Curtis, the school’s alltime single-season rushing leader, went to Southwest

Minnesota State. Offensive lineman Jack Hansen signed with Minnesota State Mankato and wide receiver Evan Peterson signed with ConcordiaSt. Paul. Other North football standouts such as offensive lineman Bryce Benhart (Nebraska) and defensive linemen Will Mostaert and Eli Mostaert (both North Dakota State) signed during the early Division I period in December.

The February signing window is open to all sports except basketball, which had an early signing period in December and will re-open the window in April. Following are other reported signings by athletes in the Sun Thisweek and Dakota County Tribune coverage area: Eagan – Taylor El-

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Mike Shaughnessy can be Kyle Atkinson of Burnsville throws the shot put at the reached at mike.shaugh- 2018 state Class AA track and field meet, where he nessy@ecm-inc.com. finished second. On Wednesday he signed a National Letter of Intent to attend the University of Minnesota.

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SSC teams seeded 1st in two girls hockey sections

Balky knees push Lindsey Vonn toward retirement

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Semifinal rounds will be Saturday

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The South Suburban Conference has sent two teams to the state girls hockey tournament since the league started in the 2010-11 school year.

That streak is favored to continue in 2019 as SSC teams are No. 1 seeds in two Class AA sections.

Numbers are in the South Suburban’s favor in Section 3AA, where the conference has five of the eight teams and five of the top six seeds. Eagan, which finished third in the 2018 state tournament, is the top seed in Section 3AA after winning the South Suburban Conference championship. In Section 1AA, SSC teams Farmington and Lakeville North are the top two seeds.

Although Eagan drew the No. 1 seed in Section 3AA, the Wildcats are not expecting a waltz through the playoffs. If Eagan (196) defeats eighth-seeded

der, football, Sioux Falls; Soren Thrawl, men’s lacrosse, Lewis.

Eastview – Larry Wright, football, Minnesota; Isaiah Misukanis, football, Sioux Falls.

Farmington – Alijah Moe, football, Bemidji State.

Lakeville North – Gavin Baker, baseball, Indiana State; Kate Battaforyen, women’s track and field, Southwest Minnesota State.

Rosemount – Max Carter, football, Minnesota State Moorhead; Andrew Reuter, football, Minnesota Duluth; Luke Majewski, men’s lacrosse, Lewis.

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Burnsville captain Lyndsey Howard moves the puck in a recent game at Lakeville North. The Blaze are seeded second to Eagan in the Section 3AA playoffs that started this week.

Hastings in the first round Wednesday night, its next opponent would be fourth-seeded Apple Valley (10-10-5) or fifthseeded Eastview (9-13-2) in the semifinals. Apple Valley was 1-1 against Eagan in the regular season.

Eastview lost two games to Eagan by a combined three goal.

In the other half of the Section 3AA bracket, No. 2 seed Burnsville (187) faced seventh-seeded Park of Cottage Grove in Wednesday’s quarterfinals. The Blaze had a 9-1 regular-season record against section oppo-

nents and split two games against Eagan.

Rosemount (11-13) received the sixth seed and played at third-seeded East Ridge (15-8-1) on Wednesday, with the winner facing Burnsville or Park in the semifinals on Saturday.

Section 3AA semifinal games will be played at the home rinks of the higher-seeded teams. The championship game is 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, at Veterans Memorial Community Center in Inver Grove Heights.

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Lindsey Vonn will compete in the downhill race at the world championships Sunday in Sweden, after which the most successful female skier in history says she will retire.

Vonn, who got her start in the racing program at Buck Hill, said in an Instagram post last week her body – and particularly her knees – had sustained too much damage to continue racing. Initially, she planned to retire in December but moved up the timetable because of pain in both knees. She has had multiple surgeries on both knees, including one last spring where a significant portion of cartilage was removed. In November, she tore a ligament in her left knee during training and missed several World Cup races. Vonn said she will need reconstructive surgery on the left knee.

She tore two ligaments in her right knee in a crash at the 2013 world championships.

“Despite extensive therapy, training and a knee brace, I am not able make the turns necessary to compete the way I know

I can,” Vonn said in the Instagram post. “My body is broken beyond repair and it isn’t letting me have the final season I dreamed of.

My body is screaming at me to STOP and it’s time for me to listen.”

On Tuesday, Vonn crashed during the women’s Super-G race at the world championships in Are, Sweden. She received medical attention but told reporters after the race she would be able to race in Sunday’s downhill.

Vonn has 82 World Cup victories, second most in history and the most by a female skier. She won four World Cup overall championships in five years from 2008 through 2012.

She had wanted to compete long enough to challenge Ingemar Stenmark’s all-time World Cup record of 86 victories before deciding her body wouldn’t hold up. Last October, Vonn announced she would retire at the end of the 2018-19 World Cup season, then extended that to December 2019 to make her final race at Lake Louise in Canada before deciding last week it was time to step away.

American Mikaela Shiffrin won the Super-

G race Tuesday. Shiffrin, with 56 World Cup victories, is the active skier with the best chance of surpassing Vonn’s women’s record of 82 victories.

Vonn’s career includes three Olympic medals, one gold in downhill in 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, one bronze in Super-G in 2019 and one bronze in downhill in 2018 in Pyeongchang, South Korea. She missed the 2014 Olympics because of a knee injury.

In an interview with Sun Thisweek Newspapers in August 2017, Vonn said the injuries already had started to change how she trained. “I think I work harder. I have to spend more time working out than I used to,” she said. “I need an extra 30 minutes just to warm up my knee.

When I ski, when I train, it’s a lot of extra work to make sure my body is staying healthy.”

While recovering from one of her knee surgeries, Vonn started a foundation that provides programs and scholarships for young girls. She told NBC last fall she planned to become a business owner after retiring from skiing.

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Burnsville’s Berg is boys section pursuit champion

Wildcats of all ages put on a show

Eastview girls going to state meet for 6th straight year

by Mike Shaughnessy SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Eastview’s girls team will go to the state Nordic skiing meet for the sixth consecutive year after winning the Section 1 championship Tuesday in Bloomington.

The Lightning placed four skiers in the top 15 in the pursuit competition at Hyland Recreation Area to win the team championship by eight points over Winona, which had two top-five individuals but no one else higher than 20th.

Eastview and Winona advance to the state meet Thursday, Feb. 14, at Giants Ridge in Biwabik.

Burnsville senior Matthew Berg won the Section 1 boys pursuit championship and Prior Lake and Winona took the top two spots in the team competition. Eagan’s boys team finished third, six points out of a place in the state meet.

Eastview juniors Gabby Kraemer and Josie Roberts were sixth and seventh in the pursuit competition.

Kraemer jumped three spots in the 5-kilometer freestyle race – the second stage of the pursuit competition – and finished in 39 minutes, 13 seconds.

Roberts’ time was 39:17.

Seniors Anna Schumann (12th, 40:21) and Kira Gunawan (15th, 41:12) also placed in the top 15 for the Lightning.

Junior Claire Nack (21st), senior Annika Challgren (41st) and sophomore Kate Helou completed Eastview’s section roster.

Eastview’s best finish in its previous five trips to the state meet was sixth in 2015. The Lightning’s Margie Freed, now skiing for the University of Vermont, won the state pursuit championship the following year.

Six individuals who were not on one of the qualifying teams also advanced to the state girls meet. That group includes Lakeville South junior Brianne Brewster, who was third in the pursuit race in 38:46. Also advancing was Rosemount junior Regan Hansen, ninth overall in 39:40.

Winona’s Anni Skillcorn was Section 1 girls pursuit champion in 36:39.

Rosemount, Lakeville South and Burnsville were fifth through seventh in

the girls team standings.

Lakeville North and ISD 196 (Apple Valley, Eagan and Rosemount) were ninth and 10th.

Burnsville’s Berg posted the fastest time in each leg of the boys pursuit race to win in 30:10, almost half a minute ahead of the runner-up. Berg returns to the state meet aiming to improve on his 59th-place finish in 2018.

Eagan junior Joshua Wherman finished ninth in the section meet in 32:18 to advance to state. Wildcats junior Brian Dilla was 11th in 32:53 and also advanced. George Grunklee, who competes for the combined ISD 196 team that includes Apple Valley, Eastview and Rosemount high schools, will advance to state after placing 10th in pursuit in 32:37.

Photos by Mike Shaughnessy

(Above) Eagan High School boys hockey plays encourage their Eagan Mite counterparts in a between-periods exhibition during Saturday night’s varsity hockey game against Lakeville North.

(Left) The Wildcats’ Cullen Myhre tries to score on a wraparound against Lakeville North goalie Caleb Mayer.

Eagan defeated North 4-3.

On Tuesday, the Wildcats beat Lakeville South 3-2 in overtime to pull into a tie with Rosemount for first place in the South Suburban Conference.

Section 6 Alpine Complete results from Tuesday’s Section 6 Alpine skiing meet at Buck Hill weren’t available at presstime, but Edina’s Adam Berghult and Eden Prairie’s Becca Divine were individual champions.

Berghult, a ninth-grader, had a two-run time of 46.73 seconds, winning by more than one second over his brother Carl, whose combined time was 48.12.

Top-10 finishers for the boys also included Lakeville South junior Kyle Wentworth, third in 48.51; Eagan senior Izak Hofstad, fifth in 49.12; Lakeville South junior John Olson, sixth in 49.67; Lakeville South sophomore William Nida, eighth in 50.47; Eastview sophomore Ryan Whalen, ninth in 50.94; and Lakeville South sophomore Joe Olson, 10th in 50.99.

Eagan sophomore Camden Palmquist, who finished second in the 2018 state meet, did not ski in the Section 6 race.

Divine, the defending state girls individual champion, was medalist in the Section 6 meet in 48.19, six-tenths of a second ahead of Lakeville North sophomore Peyton Servais. Lakeville South senior Lauren Geary was third in 49.23 after holding the lead following the first run. Another senior from South, Lauren Nida, finished fifth in 49.60.

The state meet is Wednesday, Feb. 13, at Giants Ridge.

Hockey, from 17A state tournament last year broke a five-year absence.

Eastview had a threeyear run of Section 3AA championships from 2015 to 2017. Burnsville’s last trip to state was 2014 and Rosemount’s only state appearance was in 2011.

Apple Valley is seeking its first section championship since 2003.

Farmington, Lakeville North and Lakeville South have been passing the Section 1AA championship back and forth since 2008. In that time, Lakeville South has won the section five times, Lakeville North four times and Farmington twice.

Farmington earned the No. 1 seed in the section despite having the third-best record of the eight teams. The Tigers are 12-11-2 overall but 5-0 against Section 1AA teams, including two victories over Lakeville North, two over Lakeville South and one over Northfield.

Photo by Mike Shaughnessy

Jenna Ruiz (10) is one of the top forwards for Eagan, the No. 1 seed in the Section 3AA girls hockey playoffs.

The Tigers faced ninthseeded Rochester John Marshall in the quarterfinals Wednesday at Schmitz-Maki Arena. A victory would keep Farmington at home to play fourth-seeded Northfield (16-9) or fifth-seeded Lakeville South (7-17-1) at 7 p.m. Saturday.

No. 2-seeded Lakeville North (15-9-1) played host

to seventh-seeded Rochester Century in the quarterfinal round Wednesday.

A North victory would have the Panthers playing at home Saturday night against third-seeded Dodge County or sixthseeded Owatonna.

The Section 1AA championship game is 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14, at Steele County Four Sea-

sons Centre in Owatonna.

Lakeville South is defending section champion.

Section champions will advance to the state Class AA tournament Feb. 2123 at Xcel Energy Center.

Consolation-round games will be played at the TRIA Rink in downtown St. Paul.

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Eagan food pantry wins services Fare For All coming to Easter Lutheran on Tuesday, Feb. 12 IN Food Marketing & Design has named The Open Door its 2019 Food For All Partner, which means the Eagan-based food pantry will receive half of the proceeds (up to $10,000) from the agency’s 5 percent Give Back Campaign and $10,000 worth of pro-bono marketing services.

“We are so honored to be chosen for this partner-

ship and can’t wait to expand our impact with the help of IN Food Marketing & Design,” said Jason Viana, The Open Door’s executive director.

IN Food Marketing & Design is a Minneapolis-based marketing and advertising agency that specializes in the food industry. Eagan resident Anita Nelson is the agency’s president and owner.

Easter Lutheran is hosting Fare For All 3:305:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12.

Fare For All is a program selling packs of fresh produce and frozen meat for up to 40 percent off grocery store prices.

It’s a community-supported, budget-stretching

program open to everyone. Fare For All gives people who don’t need food support the opportunity to help just by purchasing the food to keep it less expensive.

The program purchases groceries from wholesalers and volunteers pre-package the food into

packs. The Produce Pack includes 16 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables for $10. There are two sizes of frozen meat packs: a Mega Meat Pack (eight to nine frozen meats) for $25 and a Mini Meat Pack (four frozen meats) for $11.

In January, the Hot

Buy is boneless/skinless chicken breasts, 3 pounds for $5 (limit two per household).

Easter Lutheran Church is at 4545 Pilot Knob Road in Eagan (corner of Cliff and Pilot Knob roads). Everyone is welcome.

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Legals 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: CrossFit Eagan PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS: 980 Discovery Road Eagan, MN 55121 NAMEHOLDER(S): ProozyFit LLC 980 Discovery Road Eagan, MN 55121 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: January 23, 2019 SIGNED BY: Jeremy Segal Published in the Sun Thisweek February 1, 8, 2019 901403

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: Each One Teach One PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS: 12751 County Road 5, Suite 106 Burnsville, MN 55337 NAMEHOLDER(S): Misti Farrow 12751 County Road 5 Burnsville, MN 55337 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: November 26, 2018 SIGNED BY: Misti Farrow Published in the Sun Thisweek February 8, 15, 2019 904824

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: JerCares PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS: 13017 Irving Avenue S Burnsville, MN 55337 NAMEHOLDER(S): Jerome Kalinowski 13017 Irving Avenue S Burnsville, MN 55337 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: January 18, 2019 SIGNED BY: Jerome Kalinowski Published in the Sun Thisweek February 1, 8, 2019 902139

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: Sol Happy Furniture PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS: 816 3rd Ave. S. South Saint Paul MN 55075 NAMEHOLDER(S): Stefanie M Rodriguez 816 3rd Ave. S. South Saint Paul MN 55075 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: January 29, 2019 SIGNED BY: Stefanie Rodriguez Published in the Sun Thisweek February 8, 15, 2019 903457

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: Sunset Glow Consulting PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS: 14838 Rosewood Lane Burnsville, MN 55306 NAMEHOLDER(S): Sunset Glow Enterprises, LLC 14838 Rosewood Lane Burnsville, MN 55306 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: January 18, 2019 SIGNED BY: James J. Kretsch, Jr. Published in the Sun Thisweek February 1, 8, 2019 901794

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: Sunset Glow Guide Service PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS: 14838 Rosewood Lane Burnsville, MN 55306 NAMEHOLDER(S): Sunset Glow Enterprises, LLC 14838 Rosewood Lane Burnsville, MN 55306 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: January 18, 2019 SIGNED BY: James J. Kretsch Jr. Published in the Sun Thisweek February 1, 8, 2019 901799

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: Sunset Glow Outdoors PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS: 14838 Rosewood Lane Burnsville, MN 55306 NAMEHOLDER(S): Sunset Glow Enterprises, LLC 14838 Rosewood Lane Burnsville, MN 55306 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: January 18, 2019 SIGNED BY: James J. Kretsch Jr. Published in the Sun Thisweek February 1, 8, 2019 901797

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: Tokens of Wood PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS: 3111 W 135th Circle Burnsville, MN 55337 NAMEHOLDER(S): Melissa Chauvin Barclay 3111 W 135th Circle Burnsville, MN 55337 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: March 13, 2018 SIGNED BY: Melissa Chauvin Barclay Published in the Sun Thisweek February 8, 15, 2019 904032

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 191 REGULAR MEETING MINUTES JANUARY 10, 2019 This is a summary of the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Regular School Board Meeting on Thursday, January 10, 2019, 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 Vice Chair Currier at 6:30 p.m. Board members Alt, Currier, Miller, Schatz, Holweger, Hume and Chester were present. Superintendent Amoroso, Student Representative Mia Katzmarek, administrators, staff and members of the public were also present. Miller led the Pledge of Allegiance.

Currier led Alt, Holweger, Hume and Chester in the Oath of Office.

Presentations and Reports: Hidden Valley Elementary Principal Overview; Blended Learning Cohort; and verbal reports from Student Representative Katzmarek, Superintendent Amoroso, and Board Members Miller and Alt. Consent Agenda Items approved: minutes; personnel; donations; report on listening session; second reading of Policies 206, 404, 413, 504, 506, 509, 525, 530, 602, 606, 707, 709, and 902; second reading of new Policy 722; out-of-state travel for Currier; and schedule board workshop on Jan.22. 2019.

Action items approved: agenda; Alt was nominated and elected chair; Miller was nominated and elected vice chair; Schatz was nominated and elected clerk, Currier was nominated and elected treasurer; set board salaries; schedule listening sessions and regular board meetings; electronic (telephone) fund transfer; authorize the use of facsimile signatures on payroll and claim checks; designate official depositories; committee assignments will be determined at a future meeting; designate Amoroso as the agent in filing applications for federally funded programs; appoint legal firms; designate Sun ThisWeek as the official paper; authorize Cindy Amoroso and Jami Kenney as the Identified Officials with Authority for ISD 191; secondary course catalog, and sign letter of agreement with School Exec Connect.

The meeting adjourned at 7:53 p.m. to a board workshop.

The workshop began at 8:05 p.m. The purpose of the workshop was committee structure. The workshop ended at 9:25 p.m.

All motions carried unanimously unless indicated otherwise.

Published in the Sun Thisweek February 8, 2019 904937

NOTICE AND ORDER OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR PROBATE OF WILL AND APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF DAKOTA FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT PROBATE DIVISION Court File No.: 19-HA-PR-19-51 Estate of Elaine E. Klamm, aka Elaine Klamm, Decedent It is Ordered and Notice is given that on March 14, 2019, at 9:00 am., a hearing will be held in this Court at 1560 Highway 55, Hastings, MN 55033, Minnesota, for the formal probate of an instrument purporting to be the Will of the Decedent dated, November 19, 2009, (“Will”), and for the appointment of Edward R. Klamm, Sr., whose address is 12409 County Road 11, Burnsville, MN, 55337 as Personal Representative of the Estate of the Decedent in an UNSUPERVISED administration. Any objections to the petition must be filed with the Court prior to or raised at the hearing. If proper and if no objections are filed or raised, the Personal Representative will be appointed with full power to administer the Estate including the power to collect all assets, to pay all legal debts, claims, taxes and expenses, to sell real and personal property, and to do all necessary acts for the Estate.

Notice is also given that (subject to Minnesota Statutes section 524.3-801) all creditors having claims against the Estate are required to present the claims to the Personal Representative or to the Court Administrator within four months after the date of this Notice or the claims will be barred.

Dated: January 24, 2019

BY THE COURT /s/ Christopher Lehmann Judge of District Court Heidi Carstensen Court Administrator Attorney for Petitioner Gerald H. Brandenhoff Attorney at Law 7900 Xerxes Avenue South, #928 Bloomington, MN 55431 Attorney License No: 0010820 Telephone: (952) 944-5150 FAX: (952) 842-0999 Email: gerald@brandenhofflaw.com Published in the Sun Thisweek February 8, 15, 2019 904343

NOTICE OF INFORMAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS (INTESTATE) STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF DAKOTA FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT PROBATE DIVISION Court File No. 19HA-PR-19-71 Estate of Mary K. Richter, also known as Mary Kathryn Richter and Mary Katheryn Richter, Decedent Notice is given that an application for informal appointment of personal representative has been filed with the Registrar. No will has been presented for probate. The application has been granted.

Notice is also given that the Registrar has informally appointed Larry L. Richter, whose address is 515 Smithtown Court, Excelsior, Minnesota, 55331, as personal representative of the Estate of the

Decedent. Any heir or other interested person may be entitled to appointment as personal representative or may object to the appointment of the personal representative. Unless objections are filed with the Court (pursuant to Minnesota Statutes section 524.3-607) and the Court otherwise orders, the personal representative has full power to administer the Estate including, after 30 days from the date of issuance of letters, the power to sell, encumber, lease or distribute real estate.

Any objections to the appointment of the Personal Representative must be filed with this Court and will be heard by the Court after the filing of an appropriate petition and proper notice of hearing.

Notice is also given that (subject to Minnesota Statutes section 524.3-801) all creditors having claims against the Estate are required to present the claims to the personal representative or to the Court Administrator within four months after the date of this Notice or the claims will be barred.

Dated: February 1, 2019 /s/ Susan Eggert Registrar Heidi Carstensen Court Administrator Attorney for Personal Representative Jeanne E. Morris Morris Law Firm, P.A. 8101 - 34th Avenue South, Suite 310 Bloomington, MN, 55425 Attorney License No: 177209 Telephone: (952) 767-3070 FAX: (952) 767-1140 Email: jmorris@morrislawfirmpa.com Published in the Sun Thisweek February 8, 15, 2019 904435

NOTICE OF INFORMAL PROBATE OF WILL AND INFORMAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF DAKOTA DISTRICT COURT FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court File No.: 19HA-PR-19-32 In Re: Estate of Phyllis B. Vossen, Decedent.

Notice is given that an Application for Informal Probate of Will and Informal Appointment of Personal Representative was filed with the Registrar, along with a Will dated March 6, 2008. The Registrar accepted the application and informally appointed Cynthia L. Gitzen, 13191 Garnet Avenue, Apple Valley, MN 55124, and Craig S. Vossen, 1420 Irving Lane, Burnsville, MN 55337, to serve as the co-personal representatives of the Decedent’s estate.

Any heir, devisee or other interested person may be entitled to appointment as personal representative or may object to the appointment of the personal representative. Any objection to the appointment of the personal representative must be filed with the Court, and any properly filed objection will be heard by the Court after notice is provided to interested persons of the date of hearing on the objection.

Unless objections are filed, and unless the Court orders otherwise, the personal representative has the full power to administer the estate, including, after thirty (30) days from the issuance of letters testamentary, the power to sell, encumber, lease, or distribute any interest in real estate owned by the Decedent.

Notice is further given that, subject to Minn. Stat. §524.3-801, all creditors having claims against the Decedent’s estate are required to

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Ames, from 1A faces was “unreal,� said his brother and business partner, Raymond “Butch� Ames. He was at home in a board room and on a tractor, planting corn, Butch said. The company came to Burnsville in about 1967, buying the site of an old block building that had been the town hall.

The building stills stands, though the company has expanded the site at 2000 Ames Drive, west of County Road 5 and south of County Road 42. “He said we would never leave while he was alive,� Butch said. “He’s dead now, and I have to say we won’t leave here in our generation. This is the home base.�

Burnsville resident Mike O’Connor, a township clerk in the 1960s, remembers Ames being hired to plow snow and complete water and sewer connections. His reputation was honest, his work “unparalleled,� O’Connor said. “Dick has been such a wonderful supporter of Burnsville and so many people and causes that we don’t even know about,� he said. “He was a giant of a man, and a beautiful man. We’ll never see one like him again.�

Grew up farming Ames was born and raised in Farmington, the oldest of Chester and Ruby Ames’ eight children, according to his obituary. Chester worked on rented farmland in the Farmington-Lakeville area, Butch said. Ames attended school in Farmington until ninth grade and then attended Lakeville High School.

A three-sport athlete for the Panthers — football, basketball and track — the 1947 graduate wanted to become a coach and enrolled at Mankato State Teachers College.

But he left college to farm with his grandfather in Taopi, Minn., and by 22 was married with two sons. His father “encouraged him to find stable work outside the family farm,� the obituary says.

He was hired by Farmington’s Verdie Volden, the owner of Volden Construction Co, a highway contractor who also did conservation work on local farms. “He worked with him about nine years,� Butch said. “He started as a la-

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A senior yearbook photo of Richard “Dick� Ames, who graduated from Lakeville High School in 1947. borer, just doing anything he could. He was a pretty good (equipment) operator, not a bad mechanic, learned how to weld. He became his right-hand person. And then Verdie decided to quit, and Dick just decided that’s what he was going to do.�

He bought a Caterpillar D8 bulldozer — which today occupies a ceremonial spot outside the Ames headquarters — and launched the company in 1962. Butch said he joined within six months.

In Burnsville, the company’s early projects included grading roads for Pemtom, the company building homes in River Hills, and grading Cliff Road between Highway 13 and Cedar Avenue. “It was all dirt at that time, pipe and dirt,� Butch said. Today, the multipurpose contractor has made its mark in the commercial, energy, transportation, mining, rail and water and wastewater sectors. Grading the land for Burnsville Center was a milestone project for the company, Butch said. “We’re one of the biggest general contractors in the United States,� he said. “And we were just fortunate to be able to do that. It’s being in the right place at the right time. “We’re people people.

That’s the whole thing, just getting along with people, and you wouldn’t ask your people to do something you wouldn’t pitch in and do yourself.�

O’Connor said Ames had a sixth sense for sizing up a job. “The guy was absolutely fearless, even if he borderline couldn’t afford it,� said O’Connor, who

has remained friends with Ames, a fellow snowbird in the Phoenix area, where Ames had a horse ranch along with his horse ranch in Jordan. “This goes way back. He had a unique ability to analyze and was a quick study in any potential job, no matter how much it cost. ... He had a quick way of getting a handle on, ‘Is it doable or not? Do we want to bid or don’t we want to bid?’ And a good trait in some of the successful contractors is knowing when not to bid.�

Philanthropy

Sculpture, a project of the Burnsville Community Foundation, at Burnsville Parkway and Pleasant Avenue. The $250,000 artwork and surrounding mini-park features a workingman guiding a large dirt tiller behind a pair of Ames’ beloved Percheron horses.

Mayor Elizabeth Kautz recalled the 2001 unveiling, which included an Ames-funded celebration that featured a parade, with his horses, from Civic Center Park to the sculpture site.

Ames donated in-kind work for construction of the Ames Center and Nicollet Commons Park in the Heart of the City, Kautz said. He donated work for installation of the “Ascension� sculpture in the park. “There is just so much that he and his family have done for Burnsville that we don’t have all of that documented,� the mayor said. “And there are a lot of things he also did anonymously that I know about that I will not talk about.�

In 2013, Ames signed a 10-year naming-rights deal with the city that is pumping $100,000 a year into Ames Center operations. “He has made a difference in so many lives, certainly in mine,� Kautz said. “I’m so honored and grateful for just having the privilege of being his friend, because when you’re friends with Dick Ames, you’re a true friend.�

Ames donated $250,000 and $150,000 in in-kind services for the Lakeville Ames Arena, which opened in 1994. Without the gifts, it wouldn’t have been built at the time, said Erickson, the Lakeville city administrator from 1989 to 2004. “He was so humble,�

Erickson said. “It wasn’t about him wanting his name on something. We did that our of sheer gratitude. Dick never pressed for that.�

Dick and Butch made a contribution in 2005 that established the Lakeville North High School Panther Hall of Fame. Both are “Sponsor� inductees. And Dick donated the electronic scoreboard at Lakeville South High School.

Ames was a former partner in the Chart House restaurant in Lakeville and joined others in reviving the OK Corral restaurant in Jordan and renaming it the Jordan Supper Club.

John Gessner can be reached In Burnsville, Ames at john.gessner@ecm-inc. commissioned and do- com or 952-846-2031. nated the bronze Ames

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Thisweekend Theater and Arts Briefs Bite of Burnsville features guest judge The 28th annual Bite of Burnsville presented by the Burnsville Chamber of Commerce will be 5:309 p.m. Thursday, March 7, at Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville.

The celebration showcases food samples from some of the best restaurants in Burnsville and the local area, and includes a social hour, auction, raffles and awards. Joining the judging panel this year is Twin Cities chef Josh Hedquist, who has appeared on Food Network’s “Guy’s Grocery Games” and “The Ultimate Thanksgiving Challenge” with Giada De Laurentiis.

Hedquist is chef at Spasso in Minnetonka.

Three awards are presented at the event: • People’s Choice – Voted as the No. 1 crowd pleaser of the night by event attendees.

• Chef’s Choice – Chosen by last year’s winning chef by judging on taste, appearance, creativity and crowd appeal.

• Design to Savor – Guest judge awards the restaurant that provides the best overall guest experience through food, hospitality and visual display.

Restaurants participating in the 28th annual Bite of Burnsville include, but are not limited to, Burger Jones, The Buzz Coffee & Café, Crystal Lake Golf Club, The HoneyBaked Ham Co., Jensen’s Café, Legends Club, Lucky’s 13 Pub, The Mediterranean Cruise Café, Morgan’s Farm to Table, Roasted Pear, Valley Natural Foods, and Vivo Kitchen.

Event tickets are $50 and can be purchased at the Ames Center box office or online at www. b i t e o f bu r n s v i l l e. c o m .

Event proceeds contribute to the annual operating expenses of the Burnsville Chamber of Commerce.

Front Porch Players stage ‘On Golden Pond’

Young artists featured

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An artists reception for Red Pine Elementary students was held at the Robert Trail Library in Rosemount on Sunday, Feb. 3. The event was sponsored by the Rosemount Area Arts Council and Friends of Robert Trail Library. Fifth-grade artist Jenna O’Keefe is with (from left) Robert Trail librarian Jerry Erickson, Friends of the Library member Karen Hedtke, mother Kari O’Keefe, brother Liam, Jenna, brother Noah, father Michael, and Arts Council and Friends of the Library member John Loch. Peg Gust is the art teacher at Red Pine. The student work will be displayed during the month of February.

“On Golden Pond” 7 p.m.

Fridays, March 1 and 8, and 2 and 7 p.m. Saturdays, March 2 and 9, at Steeple Center, 14375 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount.

The play is written by Ernest Thompson and directed by Keith Reed.

Cast members include Jim Schiffman (Norman), Jeff McAlpin (Bill), Robin Gilmer (Ethel), Josh Liggett (Billy Jr.), Kate Kennedy Spindler (Chelsea) and Thom Van Dorp (Charlie).

Tickets for the familyfriendly show are $15 general admission and $12 for RAAC members. Tickets can be purchased at rosemountarts.com or at the box office 10 a.m. to noon Mondays and 2-4 p.m.

Fridays.

For more information, call Keith Reed at 651261-1954.

‘Defending the Caveman’ in Burnsville

“Defending the Caveman,” the longest running solo play in Broadway history, makes a stop 8 p.m.

The Front Porch Play- Saturday, Feb. 9, at Ames ers of Rosemount present Center, 12600 Nicollet

Ave., Burnsville.

Written by Rob Becker, the play offers an insightful prehistoric look at the original battle of the sexes.

Tickets are $20 at the box office, by phone at 800-982-2787 or online at Ticketmaster.com.

adults, $15 for seniors and $5 for students. Purchase tickets at the box office, by phone at 800-892-2787 or online at Ticketmaster. com.

‘Grieg and Friends’ performance at Ames Center

Anthony Shore’s “Elvis In Concert featuring Johnny Cash” performs 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14, at Ames Center in Burnsville.

Tickets are $25-$35 at the box office, by phone at 800-892-2787 or online at Ticketmaster.com.

The Dakota Valley Symphony and Chorus presents a concert of “Grieg and Friends” 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, at Ames Center in Burnsville.

The program will open with Antonin Dvorak’s rousing “Carnival Overture.”

Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg’s “Piano Concerto in A minor” will feature Elise Bombaro on piano.

The concert will unite the Dakota Valley Symphony and Chorus with The Liturgical Choir of the University of St. Thomas for the complete “Requiem in D minor” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Tickets are $20 for

Elvis with Anthony Shore

‘Peter Pan & Wendy’ in Lakeville Expressions Youth Community Theater presents “Peter Pan & Wendy” Feb. 15-23 at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. When the carefree and careless Peter Pan flies into the nursery of the Darling home, Wendy follows her instincts for maternity and adventure, bringing her little brothers along to the magical Neverland to

take care of the motherless Lost Boys. Soon the Darling children are swept into Peter’s deadly battle with Captain Hook and his mostly-fearsome pirate crew. With so much excitement, why ever go home again?

Performances are 7 p.m. Feb. 15-16 and 22-23 with a 2 p.m. matinee on Feb. 17.

Tickets are $13 at LakevilleAreaArtsCenter. com. Call 952-985-4640 for more information.

mission to the presentation is free.

Professional genealogist John Vanek will present a case study on how he identified his sperm donor father using genealogy and DNA. Attendees will learn how to safely use DNA while conducting their own research.

The museum is at 130 Third Ave. N., South St. Paul. For more information, call 651-552-7548 or visit www.dakotahistory. org.

‘Meet the Author’ in Rosemount

‘Hee Haw’ star to perform

Rosemount Area Arts Council’s February “Meet the Author” event 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, features Melissa Meyers, author of “Beneath the Ancient Dust: Inspirational Stories from Nine Years in Afghanistan.”

When the author began to work in Afghanistan with an international aid and development organization, she stepped into a world vastly different from her western worldview.

Her senses were assailed with images of pastures dotted with sheep, men plowing in fields, women in flowing head coverings, green tea being poured into glass cups, and fresh bread baking in tandoors.

It was an ancient land with antiquated rules.

These experiences of encountering a pastoral society were intertwined with the reality of the nation of Afghanistan having an international crisis at its doorstep. Through these everyday experiences, the author began to find truth and meaning that coupled with her faith.

“Meet the Author” is a free event at the Robert Trail Library, 14395 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount.

For more information, contact Keith Reed at 651261-1954.

Lulu Roman, a star of the longtime variety television series “Hee Haw,” will perform during the Lakeville-based Minnesota Gospel Opry’s concert event 5 p.m., Saturday, March 30, at Oak Grove Middle School, 1300 W. 106th St., Bloomington.

Roman, who has battled drug addiction and an unhealthy lifestyle, has turned her life around, which she has documented her book “This is My Story; This is My Song.”

She will have a book signing at 4 p.m. prior to the concert.

Tickets are $20 and $25 in advance. They cost $5 more on the day of the concert at the door.

To purchase tickets, go online to www.iTickets. com or call 1-800-9659324.

More is at MinnesotaGospelOpry.com.

‘DNA Discoveries’ presentation The Dakota County Historical Society will host a genealogy presentation called “DNA Discoveries” 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, at the Lawshe Memorial Museum. Ad-

Guitarist performs in Rosemount The Guitar Shop in Rosemount will host free live music by Mike Graebner 7-9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8.

Graebner is an accomplished guitar player as well as a top stringed instrument teacher at The Guitar Shop. With over 25 years of teaching and performing all over the Twin Cities area, he is known for his work in commercials and presentations.

The Guitar Shop is located at 14555 S. Robert Trail, Suite 205, Rosemount. For more information, call 651-344-8177 or visit www.guitarshopmn. com.

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Arts Calendar

Family Calendar

To submit items for the Arts Calendar, email: darcy.odden@ecm-inc.com.

To submit items for the Family Calendar, email: darcy.odden@ecm-inc.com.

Books Thrive Therapy Book Club, 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 23, Thrive Therapy, 11990 Portland Ave., Burnsville. “Girl, Wash Your Face”

by Rachel Hollis will be discussed. Coffee provided. Cost: $15. Registration required at thrivetherapymn.com/workshops.

Comedy Ali Sultan, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, Art Works Eagan, 3795 Pilot Knob Road. Tickets: $30. Information: artworkseagan.org.

Events Art Works Eagan birthday celebration, 6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, 3795 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. Free. Information: artworkseagan.org.

Exhibits Black and white photographs by Bill Rodman and acrylic paintings by Greta Sandquist are on display January-March at the Steeple Center, 14375 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. Free.

“Art of Spring Colors: Visions Emerge,” an exhibit by the Burnsville Visual Arts Society, runs through May 30 at Burnsville City Hall, 100 Civic Center Parkway. Information: http://bvasmn.org/.

“Mirrored Mosaics: Artists’ Reflections on Being Muslim in Minnesota,” runs Feb. 10 to March 29 at Art Works Eagan, 3795 Pilot Knob Road. Free opening reception: 5:30-7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10.

Information: artworkseagan. org.

Music Monroe Crossing, 7 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 8, Steeple Center, 14375 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. Tickets: $25. Information: rosemountarts.com.

LSHS jazz band/Encore Nightclub, 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, presented by Lakeville South High School at the Lakeville Area Arts Center. Information: 952-232-3300.

FHS winter jazz concert, 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 11, Farmington High School. Information: www.FarmingtonTigerBands.org.

Tribute to the Music of John Denver, 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15, Steeple Center, 13475 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount.

Tickets: $22 at rosemountarts. com or the box office.

Free and Easy, 6-9 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 16, Bogart’s Entertainment Center, 14917 Garrett Ave., Apple Valley. Part of the Frozen Apple Music Series. Free. Information: avartsfoundation.org. A 21-plus ticketed event follows. Information: www.bogartsentertainmentcenter.com/events.

Theater “Church Basement Ladies: You Smell Barn,” runs to Feb. 14 at the Black Box Theater at Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets: $32-$42 at the box office, 800-982-2787 or Ticketmaster. com.

“My Beautiful Infinity,” presented by The Chameleon Theatre Circle, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 7-9, 14-16, and 2 p.m. Feb. 10 and 17 at the Bloomington Center for the Arts, 1800 W. Old Shakopee Road. Tickets: $25 adults, $22 students and

seniors. Information: www. chameleontheatre.org.

“Akeelah and the Bee,” presented by Burnsville High School, 7 p.m. Feb. 7-9 and 2 p.m. Feb. 9. Tickets: $7 adults, $6 senior citizens, $5 students at mrazcentertickets.com.

“The Scarlet Letter,” adapted by Kelli Tatum, presented by (lumin)theater lab, 7 p.m. Feb. 8-10, 15-17 and 22-23, Hastings City Hall, 101 Fourth St. E., Hastings. Tickets: $11-$49 at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3606048.

“Defending the Caveman,” 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets: $30 at the box office, 800-9822787 and Ticketmaster.com.

“Peter Pan & Wendy,” presented by Expressions Youth Community Theater, 7 p.m.

Feb. 15-16 and 2 p.m. Feb. 17, Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. Tickets: $13 at LakevilleAreaArtsCenter.com.

Workshops/classes/other Intro to Square Dancing, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, in the gym at Good Shepherd Church, 151 County Road 42 E., Burnsville. No previous experience required. Solos, couples and families welcome. Partners provided. Free.

Ages: 8-98. Casual attire. Information: 612-759-9235 or ComeSquareDance.com.

Loft Literary now offers writing classes in Rosemount.

“Personal Writing” with Peter Blau, 1-4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, Rosemount Area Arts Council/Steeple Center, 14375 S. Robert Trail. Register: loft. org/classes.

Creative dance classes, ages toddler to 7, Ballet Royale Minnesota in Lakeville. Information: balletroyalemn.org or 952-898-3163.

Yoga wind down class is the first Thursday of the month at Precision and Flow Pilates, 13708 County Road 11, Burnsville. Information: www.precisionandflowpilates.com.

Oil painting workshop with Dan Petrov Art Studio for six consecutive Thursdays, 4-7 p.m., 190 S. River Ridge Circle, Burnsville. Preregister by phone at 763-843-2734.

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, 651-2144732.

The Lakeville Area Arts Center offers arts classes for all ages, www.lakevillemn.gov, 952-985-4640.

Rosemount History Book Club meets 6:30-8 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Robert Trail Library. Information: John Loch, 952-255-8545 or jjloch@charter.net.

SouthSide Writers, Saturday workgroup for aspiring writers, offering critique, submission and manuscript preparation information, support and direction, 10 a.m. to noon, Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. Information: 651-688-0365.

Saturday, Feb. 9 Winter Farmers Market, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Apple Valley Bachman’s, 7955 150th St. W., in the greenhouse. Information: 952-431-2242. Presented in partnership with the St. Paul Farmers Market.

Eagan Indoor Market, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Oasis Room, Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Parkway, Eagan. Information: https://www. cityofeagan.com/visit-the-indoor-market.

Citizens’ Climate Lobby of Dakota County, 10:30 a.m., Galaxie Library, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. Information: citizensclimatelobby.org.

Loving Effectively: Reconnecting with the Love Languages, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Thrive Therapy, 11990 Portland Ave., Burnsville. Workshop uses Gary Chapman’s book, “The Five Love Languages.”

Cost: $15. Registration required at thrivetherapymn. com/workshops.

Lincoln Day High Tea by the Metro Republican Women, noon, Mendakota Country Club, 2075 Mendakota Drive, Mendota Heights. Speaker: Annette Meeks, CEO of the Freedom Foundation of Minnesota, on “Why Elections Matter.” Cost: $30 members, $20 students. Information: metrogopwomen.org.

Sons of Norway Norsota Lodge meeting, 2 p.m., Heritage Lutheran Church, 13401 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley. Speaker: Dick Enstad, “The History of Cod Fishing in Norway’s Lofoten Islands.” Soup luncheon follows.

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Sunday, Feb. 10 Valentine’s omelet breakfast and bake sale by the Apple Valley American Legion Auxiliary, Unit 1776, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., American Legion, 14521 Granada Drive, Apple Valley.

Made-to-order omelets, hash browns, toast, fruit cups, orange juice, milk and coffee.

Tickets: $10 adults, $5 children under 9. Free for children under 2. Information: 952-431-1776.

Omelet breakfast by the Lakeville Knights of Columbus, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., All Saints Church – Murphy Hall, 19795 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville.

Build-your-own omelets with hash browns, sausage, pancakes, coffee and juice. Cost: $10 adults, $8 children age 11 and younger. Proceeds support Boy Scout Troop 260.

Monday, Feb. 11 Lakeville Area Garden Club, 7 p.m., Living Waters Church, 22222 Dodd Blvd., Lakeville. Master Gardener Theresa Rooney shares tips on starting plants from seed. All are welcome.

Tuesday, Feb. 12 Consumer law clinic, 1-4 p.m., Galaxie Library, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley.

Get help with consumer law matters such as debt collection, garnishment, credit issues, foreclosures, contracts and conciliation court with a free 30-minute consultation from a volunteer attorney. Call 952-431-3200 to schedule an appointment. Sponsored by Legal Assistance of Dakota County, Dakota County Family Court and Dakota County Law Library.

Understanding Alzheimer’s and Dementia, 6-7 p.m., The Fountains at Hosanna, 9850 163rd St. W., Lakeville.

Learn the facts about Alzheimer’s and dementia at this free seminar. RSVP at 952-4357199.

Wednesday, Feb. 13 Family law clinic, 4-7 p.m., Galaxie Library, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. Receive a free 30-minute consultation from a volunteer attorney regarding family law matters such as divorce, child custody, child support, visitation, paternity issues, spousal maintenance, and domestic abuse. This clinic

is a joint program of Legal Assistance of Dakota County, the Dakota County Family Court, and the Dakota County Law Library. Call 952-891-7241 to schedule an appointment.

Eagan Garden Club, 7-9 p.m., Commons on Marice, 1380 Marice Drive, Eagan.

Speaker: Rick Rodich on “Rock Gardening.”

drives. Call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit red crossblood.org to make an appointment or for more information.

• Feb. 8, 12-6 p.m., AMC Apple Valley 15 Theatres, 15630 Cedar Ave., Apple Valley.

• Feb. 8, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Kowalski’s Market, 1646 Diffley Road, Eagan.

• Feb. 8, 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Easter Lutheran Church –

By The Lake, 4545 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan.

• Feb. 9, 10:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville.

• Feb. 9, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan.

• Feb. 9, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Parkway, Eagan.

• Feb. 11, 12-6 p.m., St. John’s Lutheran Church, 20165 Heath Ave., Lakeville.

• Feb. 12, 1-7 p.m., Berean Baptist Church, 309 E. County Road 42, Burnsville.

• Feb. 13, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Dakota County Western Service Center, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley.

• Feb. 13, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., HOM Furniture, 17055 Kenyon Ave., Lakeville.

• Feb. 13, 1-7 p.m., Empire Township, 2577 Vermillion River Trail, Farmington.

• Feb. 14, 12-6 p.m., Culver’s, 3445 O’Leary Lane, Eagan.

• Feb. 15, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville.

Saturday, Feb. 16 Civil Rights and Voting in MN, 1:30-3 p.m., Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville. Augsburg College professor and Minnesota Book Award-winning author William Green discusses civil rights and voting in 19th-century Minnesota. Free. Information: https://www.co.dakota. mn.us/libraries.

Ongoing Marriage Encounter weekend, Feb. 16-17, Mt. Olivet Conference and Retreat Center, Farmington. Information: www.marriages.org or 651-454-3238.

Emotions Anonymous, 7:30-9 p.m. Tuesdays at SouthCross Community Church, 1800 E. County Road 42 (at Summit Oak Drive), Apple Valley. EA is a 12-step program for those seeking emotional health. All are welcome. Information: http://www.emotionsanonymous.org/out-of-thedarkness-walks.

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“The volunteers were homeless people have jobs. incredible,” Ambrose “The cost of living in said. “They’re bringing Dakota County is higher in lunches and supplying than the average pay,” more meals than they usuAmbrose said. “It’s hard ally do. People have been to find an apartment or able to stay inside and stay something based on what safe.” they can afford.”

Typically on an average So many homeless in- night, the shelter houses dividuals find themselves about 43 people. But with sleeping on a mat on the the cold, Ambrose said floor of a church. they’ve “seen new people Matrix Housing Ser- who can’t really stay in vices operates a tempo- their car.” rary winter shelter at area Eagan Police spokeschurches for 50 adults person Aaron Machtemes from Nov. 1 to mid-April. said the department reLast week during the ceived calls regarding peoextremely cold weather, ple who were unprepared Matrix was at near capac- for the weather during the ity, according to Ambrose. cold snap.

Ambrose said while The department reit’s typically an overnight ceived three calls about an shelter, Matrix was staffed individual walking withduring they day when the out a coat on the corner of temperature dipped well Yankee Doodle and Pilot

Knob roads when temperatures were at their lowest.

“People were on the lookout for it,” Machtemes said.

Machtemes said panhandling is rare in the area, but it happens.

It’s not illegal to ask for money or hold up a sign, but if the individual is disrupting traffic, they could be asked to leave, he said.

Officers don’t come across too many people living in tents, but they enforce city ordinances if they do.

“If someone set up a tent on private property, like an apartment complex or something, we can enforce trespassing if that’s an issue,” Machtemes said If officers come across a homeless individual, it’s usually via referral, such as a wellness check or

from a concerned citizen.

“If they’re willing to go (to a shelter), we’ll give them a ride there,” Machtemes said.

Machtemes said Eagan works with both Matrix and the Dakota County Crisis center.

Matrix operates out of area churches and typically stays in the same place for a week or two.

Ambrose said they annually reach out to churches near public transportation stops that have access to a large space, such as a gym, along with laundry and shower facilities.

Last week they were at Grace Lutheran in Apple Valley. Earlier this year, the shelter operated out of The Well in Rosemount.

Many people come back every night, according to Ambrose.

“Unless we move someplace farther away from their job, like if it’s more than an hour on the bus, they come back,” Ambrose said.

Ambrose also found another common issue is that many homeless individuals have pets.

“Their sole family member may be a dog and they don’t want to abandon their dog,” Ambrose said. “We’re one of the first shelters to integrate pets. We figure out a way to take them in.”

While some of the funding for Matrix comes from Dakota County and volunteers, Matrix is always looking for donations and new volunteers.

“Some people just take a bag of laundry home and wash some of the blankets and towels,” Am-

brose said. “There’s lots of ways to volunteer.”

Ambrose said Matrix is hoping to set up a permanent site in the near future.

The organization is currently preparing a space at Grace Lutheran Church for people to stay during daytime hours.

“We believe everyone having a shelter and housing is the main goal here,” Ambrose said. ”We try to meet people where they’re at. ... We try to help move barriers and help connect them with the right service provider.”

For more information, visit http://matrixhousingservices.org.

Andy Rogers can be reached at andy.rogers@ecm-inc. com.

Eagan Television offers summer camps for students

Help name Burnsville’s newest summer festival series

Eagan Television is offering two summer camps for students.

ETV’s Video Production Camp, ages 11-14, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday, June 10-13, ETV Studios, DLL-S500, 610 Opperman Drive, Eagan. Learn everything about making videos, including shoot-

Beginning in summer 2019, Burnsville will be launching a new summer festival series, and the city needs help giving it a name.

The festival, which will begin at 11 a.m. on the Thursdays of June 6, July

ing, acting and directing.

Working in a small group, participants create their own movie using ETV’s professional equipment.

They will learn what it’s like to work in a real TV station and create a talk show. Everything created will air on ETV and YouTube. Cost: $250.

ETV’s Advanced Video

Production Camp, ages 15-18, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Monday through Thursday, July 22-25, ETV Studios, DLL-S500, 610 Opperman Drive, Eagan.

Students will expand their filmmaking skills as they work with a small group to write, produce, shoot and edit a short film. Cost: $250.

25 and Aug. 22, will be an opportunity to celebrate the community with a day-long street fair in and around Nicollet Commons Park and the Ames Center Plaza. It will include mobile food vendors, craft and market vendors, live

entertainment and more.

Residents are invited to vote for their favorite among a short list of festival names at https://tinyurl.com/BVFest. More details will be available soon.

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