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Thisweek Farmington-Lakeville NOVEMBER 5, 2010

VOLUME 31, NO. 36

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ELECTION RESULTS

Dahl voted out of office, Bellows elected mayor Bellows ran on fiscal-conservatism platform; Dahl dogged by inquiries into personal life during race by Derrick Williams

More Election Results inside

THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Lakeville’s two-term incumbent Mayor Holly Dahl was defeated by City Council veteran Mark Bellows on Nov. 2, ending a four-year run for Dahl as mayor. Bellows, who earned 58 percent of the vote, easily defeated Dahl, who netted just 42 percent. Bellows, who is also a pastor, ran on being a fiscal conservative and pledged to further reduce spending by a city government he said could be more efficient. For Dahl, the 2010 campaign was a gauntlet that dragged her personal life to

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the forefront of the race as she faced questions about unpaid and allegedly fraudulently-obtained business loans for her cancer-stricken husband Kevin Dahl’s business. Dahl was first elected mayor in 2006. It wasn’t her first time being elected by voters in Lakeville. Prior to

being mayor, she served for eight years on the Lakeville Area Public School District’s School Board. The victory for Bellows is nearly the same margin by which Dahl won re-election over then-council member Wendy Wulff in 2008. Photo by Rick Orndorf While Dahl couldn’t im- Senator-elect Dave Thompson, who defeated DFLer Steve Quist on Nov. 2 for the Senate mediately be reached after District 36 seat, is congratulated by Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, R-Stillwater, at the election, she did say the GOP party at the Sheraton Bloomington. last month in a story in See Mayor, 9A

Thompson rides Republican wave into Senate District 36 seat

Fogarty, Bartholomay win Farmington Council race

Dave Thompson takes over Sen. Pat Pariseau’s seat, handily defeats DFLer Steve Quist in election

Wilson loses reelection bid in close race for second by Laura Adelmann THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Farmington’s longestserving City Council incumbent, Christy Jo Fogarty, easily led all challengers in Tuesday’s election, earning 2,409 votes and capturing 21.24 percent of the vote. In an upset, newcomer Jason Bartholomay unseated Steve Wilson on the council, with 2,151 votes and 18.97 percent of votes cast in the race. He beat Wilson, who was seeking a third term on the council after being appoint-

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ed to the board in 2005 and reelected in 2006, by 175 votes. Wilson came in at 1,976 votes and earned 17.42 percent of the vote. Former council members David Pritzlaff and Jerry

by Derrick Williams THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Ristow, who also has served as mayor, ended the night in fourth and fifth place respectively. Pritzlaff earned 1,834 votes, a 16.17 percent capture and Ristow garnered 1,378 votes, 12.15 percent of ballots cast in the race. Challenger Don Hayes received 1,033 votes, a 9.11 percent share, and Lenny Hall had 511 ballots cast for him, a 4.51 percent share. In an interview Tuesday night, Fogarty thanked supporters and voters as well as See Council, 9A

State Republicans picked up 15 senate seats on Nov. 2, enough to take over the majority in St. Paul, and Dave Thompson said he’s excited to be part of it. Senator-elect for District 36, Thompson defeated DFL challenger Steve Quist by a hefty margin to take over for retiring Sen. Pat Pariseau, R-Farmington, when the legislature convenes again in January. “I’m honored,� Thompson, a Lakeville resident, said. “I didn’t really know what to expect and I’m

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grateful.� Thompson earned nearly 66 percent of the vote on election night, defeating Quist by more than 9,500 votes. “I congratulate (Quist) and wish him and his family the best. He ran a classy and issues-oriented campaign,�

Thompson said. Thompson said he never expected Republicans to pick up the majority in the state Senate, and said he’s excited to get to work. “We need to stay away from the kind of things that go on in politics that frustrate the public,� he said. This was the first time Thompson ran for public office. He said he began knocking on doors in May and has been doing the “things you need to do to demonstrate desire to be a good public servant.� Throughout election See District 36, 9A

Voters OK district’s renewal, reject tax increases; cuts loom Lakeville school district faces $15.4 million deficit over biennium after questions two, three voted down by Derrick Williams THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

On Nov. 2, Lakeville Area Public School District voters rejected levy questions asking for nearly $13.4 million in new tax dollars to fund operations and buy new computers. While a renewal of an existing levy was overwhelmingly passed, voters again rejected questions seeking new tax dollars. As a result, Lakeville’s School Board, over the next

biennium, now has the task of making $15.4 million in budget adjustments to its roughly $100 million budget. What that means for programs is unclear, Superintendent Gary Amoroso said.

“It means the system that we have in place today will not be in place next year,� Amoroso said. While he said he was happy the community passed question one, a tax neutral reauthorization of the $250 per pupil levy passed in 2003 that will provide the district with $5.8 million over the next two years, Amoroso said there will be challenges ahead. “As a homeowner and business needs to make

tough decisions on how to spend their dollars ‌ it’s no different for a school system,â€? Amoroso said. “And that process will begin in earnest.â€? Question one passed with 59 percent of the vote. But nearly 57 percent of voters rejected question two which asked for a new $524 per pupil levy that would have generated $12.4 million for the district over the next two years. Question three, a request

for a one-time technology infusion of $940,000 to purchase 875 new computers was voted down by just 131 votes. “It’s not an issue of people not supporting the schools,� Amoroso said. “There were a lot of people who supported the renewal — supported question one — but said we’re not in position to approve additional resources.� Amoroso said Lakeville’s levy was one among many

levy requests from schools around the metro area rejected by voters. “It’s a difficult time,� he said. Lakeville’s School Board isn’t new to making budget adjustments. Over the past four years, Lakeville’s school district has made $17.4 million in adjustments by way of cuts and fee increases. E-mail Derrick Williams at: lakeville.thisweek@ecm-inc.com

Brandtjen could attract ‘bigbox’ to anchor commercial area Developer worried 100,000 square-feet not enough to attract anchor tenant, city triples space allowance by Derrick Williams THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Lakeville’s massive 540 acre Spirit of Brandtjen Farms development now has the option to attract a big-box store to the corner of Pilot Knob Road and County Road 46. Lakeville’s City Council unanimously approved a Photo by Derrick Williams Lakeville’s massive Spirit of Brandtjen Farms development could soon attract a change to Spirit’s Planned Unit Development master plan durbig-box retail store to anchor its commercial development.

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Lakeville gets two new City Council members

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Incumbent Lakeville City Council member Kevin Miller was defeated on Nov. 2, losing to newcomers Matt Little and Colleen Ratzlaff LaBeau. Miller, who took over the remainder of Wendy Wulff’s term in 2009 when she was appointed by Gov. Tim Pawlenty to a Met Council post, garnered just 14 percent of the vote, good for third-place among the eight total candidates for the two council seats. The other seat was vacated by mayor-elect Mark Bellows when he decided to run for that seat this year over his council seat. Ratzlaff LaBeau earned 25 percent of the vote, the largest percentage among the candidates, and Little was second with 21 percent. Miller, 54, said he was honored to have had the opportunity to serve Lakeville on the council and that he

Colleen Matt Ratzlaff Little LaBeau planned on staying involved with the community. “I’ll move on and find ways to give back to Lakeville,� he said. The election was historic by some measure. Little, 25, becomes the youngest person ever elected to Lakeville’s City Council. “I’m in disbelief, I suppose,� Little said of winning. “But I’m going to get to work on solving the needs of the 6,500 or so people that voted for me.� Little, who began his campaign in March, ran on a platform of keeping taxes low, focusing on public safety, and getting youth in-

volved in the community. “We need to spend tax money smartly and when facing a choice Kevin between Miller maintaining public safety and other programs – public safety comes first,� Little said. Ratzlaff LaBeau, 48, will join the council as a voice for the business community, a platform she ran on. “I felt I was moving forward to help the business community and as a concerned citizen,� she said. “We won, it’s not that I won.� Ratzlaff LaBeau described herself as a “straight shooter� and said she wants to make a difference. “I don’t even like politics, to be honest,� she said. “But the current council didn’t seem to work together or

embrace and encourage the business community. I feel like I can make a difference there.� Both Miller and Ratzlaff LaBeau expressed enthusiasm for Little’s election, even if their politics don’t match his. “It shows the diversity of good candidates we had on the ballot,� Miller said. Ratzlaff LaBeau said she respects Little’s youth, maybe more than other candidates did. “I started my business when I was 22 years old,� she said. “It’s encouraging.� Little never thought his youth or perceived lack of experience would hinder him. “I started early and I started early to win,� Little said. “My message made sense and had broad appeal.�

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decided to run for school work, schools need to focus board because he is a be- resources on the classroom. Voters elected three new liever in the public educa- Sauser ran to focus on how people to take open seats tion system. But he said to improve communicaon the Farmington school in order for the system to tions among the district, board. The newly elected board members – Tera Lee, Brian Treakle and Melissa Sauser – will officially take their seats in January. Lee had about 21 percent of the vote, Treakle about 19 and Sauser about 16. Current board chair Veronica Walter came in fourth place with about 15 percent – not enough to keep her seat.

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parents and Farmington schools. E-mail Aaron Vehling at aaron. vehling@ecm-inc.com.

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The next free parenting workshop offered by the Lakeville and Farmington area school districts will be Tuesday, Nov. 9, 7 to 8:30 p.m., at Farmington High School, 20655 Flagstaff Ave., Farmington. Speaker Terri McCarthy will share practical methods to assist parents in dealing with issues they face when raising children in today’s society. McCarthy has been a school counselor for 26 years and is a licensed parenting consultant. She is the author of “Parents Get Your Head in the Game.� Her book will be available for purchase. Continuing education units will be available for each session for a small fee. Child care is not available. More information about all the workshops in the series can be found at www.farmingtonce.com or www.ce.isd194.k12. mn.us.

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Holberg, Garofalo cruise in state house races by Derrick Williams THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Both Lakeville’s and Farmington’s Republican incumbents will return to the state House of Representatives having cruised to re-election on Nov. 2. District 36A representative Mary Liz Holberg, R-Lakeville, defeated DFL challenger Colin Lee, by 32 percentage points, 66 to 34 percent. The story was similar for 36B representative Patrick Garofalo, R-Farmington, who defeated Sigrid Iversen, his DFL opponent, by the same 32-point margin. Both Republicans stand to gain leadership roles on committees they serve on with the Republicans taking control of the House. Garofalo is poised to take over the House’s K-12 committee as its chair, and Holberg the Ways and Means committee. In a Thisweek Newspapers story last week, Garofalo said he is not an enemy of the teachers’ union per se. He just does not agree with its approach to protecting all teachers, instead of focusing on rewarding the good ones. “We should reward the best and the brightest by giving them additional pay,� he

Mary Liz Patrick Holberg Garofalo said. “For those who aren’t doing a good job, we need to help them find a different job.� Garofalo said the current education system is “modeled after (19)50s and ’60s concepts. The system needs to be redesigned to be studentfocused, as opposed to adultfocused.� Iversen, a social studies teacher at Eagan High School, said she is not ruling out another run, but she quickly pointed her attention toward the local school districts with levy referenda. “My biggest concern is that the levies didn’t pass,� she said. Holberg said in an interview two weeks ago that her main concern heading into the next session is the looming $5.8 billion deficit facing the state. Holberg, a small business owner, says revenue isn’t the problem when it comes to the deficit. She points to the

fact Minnesota will see an increase of 7 percent in tax collections over the next biennium as proof. “We need to make cuts, and yeah, it’s going to be tough, but I think we have to get back to what’s necessary, maybe not what’s nice,� she said. “I don’t support raising additional taxes.� But Holberg said programs the legislature has a constitutional duty to provide, such as education and public safety, should be looked at last for cuts. “Those are things people can’t do for themselves necessarily,� Holberg said. “Does that mean we don’t look at individual areas in those programs for cuts? No. We just need to go back to the valid roles of state government.� Lee, Holberg’s opponent, said the state needs a balanced solution to cut the nearly $6 billion. “We can’t get away with just an increase in revenues and no cuts,� he said two weeks ago. But he says new and fair revenue streams must be found as well. Aaron Vehling contributed to this report. Email Derrick Williams at: lakeville.thisweek@ecm-inc.com

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Ray and Nancy Herschl of Burnsville are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter, Kimberly Anne, to Ryan Owen Timm on June 21, 2010 in Kapalua, Maui. Ryan is the son of Rob and Laura Timm of Oconomowoc, WI. The bride is a 2005 graduate of the Apple Valley High School and a 2009 graduate of The University of MN Twin Cities. She is employed by Curb-Crowser in Minneapolis. Ryan is a 2003 graduate of Oconomowoc High School and a 2007 graduate of The University of MN Twin Cities. He is employed by Empi in Shoreview.

To submit an announcement Forms for birth, engagement, wedding, anniversary and obituaries announcements are available at our office and online at www.thisweeklive.com (click on “Announcements� and then “Send Announcement�). Completed forms may be e-mailed to class. thisweek@ecm-inc.com or mailed to Thisweek Newspapers, 12190 County Road 11, Burnsville, MN 55337. If you are submitting a photograph along with your announcement, please only submit photographs for which you have the right to permit Thisweek Newspapers to use and publish. Deadline for announcements is 5 p.m. Monday. A fee of $25 will be charged for the first 5 inches and $5 per inch thereafter. They will run in all editions of Thisweek Newspapers. Photos may be picked up at the office within 60 days or returned by mail if a self-addressed, stamped envelope is provided.

by Derrick Williams THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Michelle Volk

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And while the four candidates differed on many issues, when it came to the biggest of the election, all four supported the district’s three levy questions on the ballot seeking additional property tax dollars. With two of the ques-

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tion failing, the incumbent board now faces the task of adjusting $15.4 million over the next biennium from the Lakeville school district’s nearly $100 million budget. E-mail Derrick Williams at: lakeville.thisweek@ecm-inc.com

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Incumbents hold seats on Lakeville’s school board All three incumbents running for their seats on the Lakeville School Board managed to be re-elected on Nov. 2. Current board vice chair Michelle Volk, Roz Peterson and Jim Skelly will return. Outsider Randy Pronschinske narrowly missed election, though, finishing a mere 343 votes behind thirdplace finisher Skelly. Volk led all candidates with 10,043 votes, Peterson netted 9,376 votes, and Skelly earned 9,186. Pronschinske secured 8,843 votes.

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Lisa M. Lach, age 44 of Rosemount, passed away on Oct. 30, 2010 after a lengthy battle with cancer that she fought courageously. Lisa was a 1985 graduate of Rosemount High School and worked for Con Agra Corp for 20 years. She is survived by her loving mother, Pattie Lach and her partner Chuck Hardy,; father, Joe Lach; sisters, Lori (Manfred Richter) Lach and Jody (Louie ) Rein, nephew; Sydney Richter; aunts & uncles, Red Loyas, Darlene Davido, Rosemary (Medard) Kaisershot, Patricia Lach, Maureen (Jim) Wilson-Jarrard, Eileen (Alan Berenbaum) Lach and many cousins and friends. Mass of Christian Burial 11 AM Monday (11/8) at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, 13900 Biscayne Ave. Rosemount, MN, with visitation on Sunday from 5-8 PM at the White Funeral Home, 14560 Pennock Ave. also 1 hr prior to Mass at church. Interment Church Cemetery. Memorials will be donated to the American Cancer Society and Allina Hospice www.whitefuneralhomes.com Apple Valley 952 432 2001

Marjorie I. Trapp Trapp, Marjorie I. age 84 of Apple Valley passed away on 10/26/ 10. Born August 1, 1926 in St. Paul, MN. Preceded in death by husband Charles & son Gary, Survived by children Gilbert (Patricia), Ruth (Martin) Ohmann, Shirley (Steven) Emery, Charles, Wayne (Diane), and Mary (Dan) Anfinson. 12 Grandchildren, 17 Great Grandchildren. sister Elizabeth (Warren) West, Aunt Ruth Bode, brother in law Louie Trapp, George (Adella) Trapp & John Linkert. Sister in law Dorothy Englert. Marjorie loved her farm life with seven children to keep things busy. Crafting and card making kept her busy in her later years. She also loved family holidays and visiting friends. Funeral Service 11AM Friday, October 29, 2010 at Trinity Lone Oak Lutheran Church, 2950 Highway 55, Eagan, MN. Visitation 4-8pm Thursday at White Funeral Home, 14560 Pennock Ave. and also one hour prior to service at church. Interment, church cemetery. White Funeral Home Apple Valley 952-432-2001 www.whitefuneralhomes.com

Shirley J. Peterson Peterson, Shirley J. age 83, of Lakeville, born Sept. 30, 1927 in Minneapolis to George and Florence Fogarty, passed away October 31, 2010. Shirley worked at several nurseries including Minnehaha Falls Nursery in Apple Valley. She is preceded in death by husband, Richard. Survived by sons: Mike, Steve (Ellen) and Tom (Carie) Peterson; granddaughter; Keresten Turner; brothers, Gerald (Dorothy) and Eugene Fogarty; nieces; nephews; family and friends. Visitation 5-7 PM, Wednesday, Nov. 3 at Henry W. Anderson Mortuary, 14850 Garrett Ave., Apple Valley. Graveside service 9:30 AM, Thursday, November 4, 2010 Fort Snelling N at ional Cemetery. Henry W. Anderson (952) 432-2331 obit.HenryWAnderson.com

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Marjorie A. Hagen Marjorie A. Hagen age 90 of Apple Valley, formerly of Norf olk, N E passed aw ay at t he Regina Assisted Living in Hasting, MN on October 27, 2010. Marjorie was a lifetime member of the Apple Valley American Legion Post 1776, where she was past president of the ladies auxiliary and the Clown Club. She loved to sing karaoke. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Henry A. Schmode and her second husband, Selmer O. Hagen; brothers, Lloyd and Kenneth French; sister, Nettie Mae French; sister-in-law, Katie French. Marjorie is survived by her loving children, Julie (Butch) Isbel, Paulette (Bud) Vitello, Henry (Diane) Schmode, Doug (Sue) Schmode, Chris Hagen, and Sam (Vicki) Hagen; 11 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren; brothers, Jerry & Larry (Jonie) French. Funeral Service 11 AM Monday, Nov 1, 2010 at the White Funeral Home Chapel, 14560 Pennock Ave Apple Valley, MN (952 432 2001) with visitation on Sunday from 4-7 PM and 1 hr prior to service all at the funeral Home. Interment Fort Snelling National Cemetery. In Lieu of flowers memorials will be donated to the Regina Assisted Living Memory. a guest book at; www.whitefuneralhomes.com

Roxanne Cecilia Schutrop 65, passed away on October 24, 2010 in her Irving home. She was born on March 07, 1945 in Hutchinson, MN to Axel and Eileen (Moran) Rasmussen. Mrs. Schutrop had been a resident of Irving since 1972, where she was a member of St. Luke's Catholic Church. She retired after many years of service in 2006 from Irving ISD where she worked in the cafeteria at Austin Middle School. She was preceded in death by her husband, Michael George Schutrop and her parents. She is survived by her son, Jeffrey Schutrop and wife, Sandra of Irving, TX., daughter, Christina Schutrop of Lawton, OK., six grandchildren, Matthew Schutrop, Brandon Dickerson, Typhanie Andersen, Dane Schutrop, Conrad Schutrop, and Emily Andersen, four brothers, Thomas Rasmussen, Jerry Rasmussen, Christy Rasmussen, and Spinner Rasmussen, one sister, Judy Brunette all of Lakeville, MN. A rosary service was held on Thursday evening at 7:00PM at Chapel of Roses Funeral Roses Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial was held on Friday, October 29, 2010 at 10:00AM at St. Luke's Catholic Church. A private family burial followed at Calvary Hill Memorial Park in Dallas, TX. Chapel of Roses Funeral Home (972)554-1031

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County to cut 17 workers, 43 positions

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County department heads recommended position cuts THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

To help cover state aid cuts, Dakota County commissioners are recommending the county’s 2011 budget permanently eliminate 43 jobs that are currently unfilled and cut 17 positions that are filled. Dakota County spokes person Sharon Madsen said

commissioners spent the week in budget hearings with department heads who offered recommendations for positions that could be eliminated. Wednesday, commissioners recommended a levy of $129.4 million, an 0.8 percent increase from 2010. Primarily because of dropping property-tax val-

ues, taxes on a mediumvalue home will actually be reduced by a few dollars next year under the budget recommendation. County officials said the increased levy is necessary to cover expected state aid cuts due to the state’s expected $6 billion budget shortfall. To accommodate the

changes, commissioners are also prioritizing services to have the least possible affect upon residents. Filled jobs being recommended for elimination were not available by press time.

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Bellows wins hotly contested sheriff race

Challenger Scott: “I fought a clean campaign� by Laura Adelmann THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

who did anything for me ‌ but obviously God has a different plan for me,� Scott said. During the campaign, Bellows focused on safety and emphasized his decades of experience. Bellows has worked in Dakota County law enforcement for 30 years, starting with the Lakeville Police Department, where he advanced from a patrol officer to detective, sergeant and lieutenant. In 1999, Gudmundson recruited Bellows to the sheriff’s department as a commander, then in 2000 promoted him to chief deputy, a position he held until being appointed as sheriff. In an interview Tuesday, Bellows thanked supporters and the many local officials who endorsed him in the election. The long list of endorsements included Dakota County Attorney James

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holding an election, Dakota County commissioners appointed Bellows, who was Dave Bellows chief deputy, as sheriff. S c o t t called for an election and accused commissioners of being king-makers. Throughout his campaign, Scott raised issues about how employees were treated and questioned Bellows’ campaign practices. In an interview Tuesday night, Scott said he was disappointed, but proud that he ran a clean campaign. He wished Bellows good luck in his position as sheriff. “He’s been given a gift by the county’s residents, hopefully he does right by them,� he said, adding, “I appreciate all support I did get, and I thank everyone

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Voters on Tuesday replaced an incumbent judge who had been censured for ethics violations with an attorney who campaigned on restoring integrity and honesty to the First Judicial District bench. Larry Clark, an assistant county attorney with the Dakota County Attorney’s Office, won the seat with 66,409 votes, a 58.91 percent share of ballots cast. Incumbent Timothy Blakely, who was suspended from the bench in 2009 for ordering clients in his courtroom to obtain servic-

es from his own divorce attorney in exchange for over $64,000 in discounts, e a r n e d Larry Clark 46,063 votes, 40.86 percent of ballots cast in the race. In the August primary, Blakely had led his two challengers with 38 percent of votes cast. At that time, Clark had garnered 32 percent of ballots cast, beating third-place challenger Steven Allan Baker by 641 votes to earn the spot in the election.

In an interview Tuesday night, Clark thanked supporters, and said while he tried to keep his campaign positive, educating voters about Blakely’s ethics violations was a necessary evil. “I tried to focus on my qualifications, but voters also needed to know about my opponent,� he said. Clark has been an attorney with the county for 21 years, and said he’s going to miss the people there. “It’s like losing a part of my family,� he said. County Attorney James Backstrom, who ran unopposed and was re-elected Tuesday, was one of many

local officials who had endorsed Clark in the race. “I have the greatest respect for Jim, because he doesn’t just sit on his laurels as a county attorney‌he’s a very hard-working county attorney,â€? Clark said, adding, “I’ve been really proud to be a part of that.â€? During the race, Blakely never addressed the disciplinary action or spoke publicly about the incident; Tuesday night, he did not return calls seeking comment.

District 3 seat with 93,937 votes. Voters also elected Jason Swenson, who was appointed to the District 2 seat vacated after the unexpected death of Board member Scott Norstad in April. Swenson received 29,781 votes for the abbreviated two-year term. Challengers for that

seat were Anthony Nelson, who garnered 24,857 votes; Doug Tipka, who had 21,892 votes and Dan Kuykendall, who earned 17,135 votes. —Laura Adelmann Laura Adelmann is at laura. adelmann@ecm-inc.com.

Seniors Farmington seniors The Rambling River Center is located at 325 Oak St. For more information on trips, programs and other activities, call (651) 2806970.

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free. In addition to the dis- $20. Registration deadline: play, treats and crafts will be Nov. 8. Call (888) 234-1294 available. to register.

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Soil and Water Board chair loses reelection bid In Tuesday’s election, voters replaced Soil and Water Conservation District Board Chair Scott Holm of Eagan with Diane Blake of South St. Paul. Blake will represent District 1 after earning 34,914 votes, 35.23 percent of votes cast in the race. Holm, who was first elected to the board in 2007

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Long gubernatorial campaign ends in recount by T.W. Budig THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Both men were poised Tuesday night to take over the position as the state’s top executive officer but the governorship is still on hold until a recount is finished between DFL candidate Mark Dayton and Republican candidate Tom Emmer. Early Wednesday, with most precincts counted, the margin of difference was less than a half of a percent, the triggering mechanism for a recount. Dayton held a 9,200-vote lead. Independence Party candidate Tom Horner drew 12 percent of the vote. He offered a concession late Tuesday night. The close election definitely brought back memories of the contested U.S. Senate seat, claimed by both senator Norm Coleman and challenger Al Franken.

It became Dayton vs. Emmer

be a leader,” he said. Emmer was born in 1961 in South Bend Ind., grew up in Edina and attended St. Thomas Military Academy. He played college hockey at the University of AlaskaFairbanks, where, one semester, he carefully arranged his classes as to provide the maximum amount of free time to hunt. Emmer coached youth hockey for years. He “instantly” knew, Emmer recently said, that he would marry Jacquie Samuel after meeting his future wife in 1984 — the couple have seven children, six boys and a girl. Sometimes depicted as an angry person — a characterization Emmer dismisses as “unfair” — Emmer is known for his blunt style of speech. “One thing you never wonder about is what he’s thinking,” Rep. Jim Abeler, R-Anoka said recently. “He doesn’t mince words,” Abeler said. “He’s a passionate individual,” Rep. Pat Garofalo, R-Farmington said. “And he doesn’t sugarcoat his feelings,” he said. Emmer’s two DUI arrests of decades ago were featured in a negative television ad against him, though Emmer recently said if the ad got people to rethink their personal behaviors, they could run the ad all they wanted. Emmer’s running mate and future Lt. Governor is Met Council Member Annette Meeks.

Let’s take a look at both combatants. An attorney by profession — seen by colleagues as a stellar debater — Emmer was first elected to the House in 2004 after public service on a local city councils. In and out of leadership in the House Republican caucus, Emmer defeated the former caucus leader to snag the party endorsement this spring. Still, Emmer has portrayed himself as operating outside of a party framework. Looking for one more “If you know anything about my history, it’s not line for resume about being a Republican or Democrat Mark Dayton a Democrat,” Emmer said re- is still looking for one more cently to the ECM Editorial line for his long political reBoard. sume — Governor of Min“A governor is suppose to

nesota. Dayton — who never sought the DFL State Party endorsement — earlier defeated the endorsed DFL gubernatorial candidate, House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher, and a former DFL lawmaker in a big money state primary battle. Dayton’s successful campaign for governor was the department store heir’s fifth for statewide office — Dayton served as state auditor and held various commissionerships within state government. Dayton served one term in the U.S. Senate, spending $12 million of his own money to defeated former Republican U.S. Sen. Rod Grams in 2000. “I said before I went to Washington I thought it was a cesspool. I said after I got there, I’d underestimated how bad it is,” Dayton said this summer, citing the power of special interest dollars in Washington. Proud of his vote against the Iraq War, Dayton nonetheless found serving in the U.S. Senate frustrating — the controversial closing of his U.S. Senate office out of concern over possible terrorist attack and self-applied “F” grade as senator provided gist for negative ads against him. From the time he left the Senate, Dayton eyed the Minnesota governor’s race, he explained this summer. “I certainly did not intend to retire and take up miniature golf,” he quipped. A divorcee with two adult sons — Dayton’s two black German shepherds Mesabi and Dakota sometimes greeted visitors to his campaign office — Dayton describes himself as self-critical.

“When that self-criticality doesn’t exist (in government) — when we’re not striving to improve the quality of services — I get very impatient,” Dayton said.

Considered studying medicine A standout high school hockey goalie, Dayton graduated from Yale University and for a time considered studying medicine. Instead, he wound up teaching 9th grade science in a poor neighborhood in New York City for a time. “I don’t think it’s guilt,” Dayton said of the origins of his political activism — an activisim that won him a spot on President Richard Nixon’s Enemies List. “I would hope if I came from modest circumstances I would still look at injustice and inequality and say, ‘These are wrong,’” Dayton said this summer. A recovering alcoholic and depressive, Dayton has diagnosed himself as feeling as healthy as anytime in his life. “I wouldn’t be undertaking this if I weren’t very confident that I wouldn’t only survive but thrive in the rigors,” he said this summer of being governor. Dayton’s running mate and future lieutenant governor is Sen. Yvonne Prettner Solon of Duluth.

State’s ailing finances were central issue The central issue of the 2010 gubernatorial campaign was the state’s ailing finances — a $5.8 billion projected state budget deficit looms ahead. The candidates all offered state budget proposals more

detailed than in past races. Their remedies differed. Emmer argued the projected budget deficit was illusionary to the extent it existed only if lawmakers assumed projected spending levels were unchangeable — something he did not. Why bother to have a Legislature if things could not be altered, he rhetorically asked. Unlike Emmer, Horner and Dayton looked to raising taxes. Horner proposed a state sales tax expansion — a slightly lower tax but broadened to some services and clothing — while also proposing to raise taxes on cigarettes by $1.50 per pack and increase the tax on alcohol. He also looked to having a racino at Running Aces in the City of Columbus and Canterbury Park in Shakopee as part of his budget solution.

Taxes for the rich

needed to move in the direction of same-sex marriage or civil unions. All the candidates indicated at least of degree of support for the expansion of gambling. All three indicated support for continuing the governor’s fishing and deer hunting opener.

All candidates support Vikings stadium solution All three spoke of finding a Vikings’ stadium solution, though expressed unwillingness to use state general fund revenues. One uncertain budget factor in upcoming months is additional federal stimulus funding — will there be any? The state budget crunch was eased in recent months by the availability of billions of one-time federal stimulus dollars. Minnesota governors often take the oath of office first on the Monday in January. In 2011, that would be Jan. 3. That date could be in jeopardy depending on the recount. The Minnesota Legislature will be begin its 20112012 legislative session on Jan. 4. The new Minnesota governor will make $120,303 a year. He’ll oversee more than 20 major departments and appoint state commissioners, judges and people to state boards. Among his duties includes being commander-in-chief of the Minnesota National Guard.

Dayton proposed raising the income tax on wealthier Minnesotans — the property tax on expensive homes, changing state tax law pertaining to nonresident “snowbirds” — and taking other measures to raise more revenue. His tax-the-rich approach in analysis proved to bring in less revenue than expected. Horner and Emmer flat out said they would not immediately pay back a $1.4 billion K-12 budget shift crafted by lawmakers last session, though Dayton said he would push off repayment only as a last resort. All the candidates spoke of the need for education reform. Dayton said he would sign a same-sex marriage bill T.W. Budig is at tim.budig@ — Horner indicated the state ecm-inc.com.

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Juvenile delinquents are out of control To the editor: I would really like to “thank” the parents who raised the juvenile delinquents who have found it to be great fun and amusing to smash rural mailboxes. For the fourth time in that many months we and our neighbors have had to replace our roadside mailboxes after finding them destroyed by these marauding thugs. Such stupid acts of vandalism and the fact they are done late in the night and on weekends makes me wonder: Where the parents are of these hoodlums? I assume the kids who have been trashing all these mailboxes can’t be very old because of the immaturity of the act itself. So where are the parents when these brats put on their ninja garb and steal into the night with the intent to seek and destroy a lowly but highly expensive bunch of mailboxes, not once, not twice, but four times? I doubt if our road has been the only one hit by this senseless pack of vandals. The question remains: Parents, do you know where your kids are in the middle of the night? TERRELL WILLIAMS Lakeville

A call for prudence in district’s budget planning

to point out a few judgments that the district made that had been questioned before the budget was passed by the School Board. First of all, when the budget was initially being prepared, the enrollment was projected go to up by 50 students. Yet, the district cut five elementary teachers out of the budget knowing that this would increase class sizes beyond its own policy. Second, when parents found out about the projected class sizes, they pushed the district to add the cost of teachers into the budget and then rebalance the budget. Parents asked the board to look closely at the district’s high administrative costs. Instead, the board passed the budget in June without the cost of teachers, and now these costs are in excess of the planned budget and in excess of the $637,000 revenue shortfall. Third, at the Citizens’ Finance Committee meeting in June, the district stated that it didn’t think actual enrollment as of Oct. 1 would be as high as projected. Looking at actual enrollment in June, it would have meant that over 200 new students would enroll over the summer. The district receives over $5,000 per student from the state. If the district did not believe all those students would materialize and, therefore, it would not receive the associated revenue, then the budget should have been changed, rather than passed with the higher-thanexpected revenue projections. Had more careful consideration been given to these items when they were brought up, the budget might be in a much better situation today. I hope the district and the board will be more prudent in making these judgments in the future.

To the editor: I am writing in response to the article on Farmington School District 192 enrollment being below projections. Predicting the future is never an easy task, and it is always easier in hindsight to question the LAURA BEEM judgment used. However, I would still like Lakeville

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Workers will need to improve their skills through more education and training by Don Heinzman THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Throughout the political campaigns, the major battle cry we heard was jobs. Minnesota is doing better than most states with a 7 percent unemployment rate compared with the national rate of 9.6 percent. That’s little comfort to the unemployed and underemployed. Contrast the 7 percent to the lowest rate of 4 percent in peak times of December 2007 in Minnesota. The biggest loss was in construction jobs – 1.69 million since July 2008, due in part to the collapse of the housing industry. Economists are saying some of those jobs will never come back. Furthermore, economists are saying it will be a long time before people will be employed like they were before the severe recession. So what happened to the jobs? According to economists, many workers lost their jobs to technology. Employers are finding they can do more with less thanks to computer technology. Jobs in Minnesota were also lost when leading companies decided to manufacture their products overseas, where costs of doing business, particularly wages, are lower. There are some reasons for optimism. A survey of employers taken by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development revealed job creation is better than it has been in the last 10 years. Over the last 12 months, 80,000 jobs have been added, and the level of jobs has gone up by 2.9 percent compared with 1.3 percent nationally. The problem is that jobs for the middle class are disappearing. Thousands of jobs have been lost in manufacturing – machinist work, welding and soldering, tool and dye making, electronic assembling and machine tool setting. Jobs in demand in the future will be the high-skills jobs, for people having two- or four-year degrees. According to a survey by EMSI, Strategic Advantage for MnSCU, by 2013 there will be a need for 8,000 more nurses, 1,228 more biomedical engineers and 1,351 more net-

work systems and data communications analysts. At the same time, jobs that don’t require as much education and have lower salaries will also be in demand, such as nursing assistants, home health aides, building cleaning people and sales. Projections are showing that the fastest growth will be in jobs for biomedical engineers, personal home health aides, registered nurses (13,000 more by 2019), skin care specialists, physicians assistants, biochemists and biophysicians, athletic trainers, networking systems workers, financial analysts and assistants, and veterinary technicians. At the work force center in Anoka County, there’s been more placement in health care, an increase in trucking and transportation industry openings, and an in increase in some production, retail sales and bookkeeping positions. The county was hard hit by loss of jobs in construction and manufacturing. The work force center, however, lacks federal and state funds to do enough retraining, because now there are 300 jobseekers on the waiting list. A spokesperson said that in the future 70 percent of the jobs will require postsecondary training, and workers are going to have to retool and upgrade their skills on an ongoing basis to stay employed. Tom Stinson, state economist, says the strength of Minnesota’s work force over the past 50 years has been the state’s investment in education and training. That’s why, Stinson says, Minnesota ranks in the top 10 states for per-capita income, up from a ranking of 25th in per-capita income 50 years ago. It is obvious that Minnesota will have to invest even more in education to educate and retrain not only young students but adults to survive in the post-recession period. Don Heinzman is chairman of the ECM Publishers Inc. Editorial Board. Thisweek Newspapers and the Dakota County Tribune are part of ECM. He is at don. heinzman@ecm-inc.com. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

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Thisweekend ‘A Night of Magic’ at the PAC World-renowned illusionist Rob Lake comes to Burnsville by Andrew Miller

billed as a “theatrical spectacleâ€? replete with dancPerhaps most impres- ers, costume changes and a sive about illusionist Rob light show – and, of course, Lake’s repertoire of Lake’s resumĂŠ is stage magic. The the work he’s done show travels with a for other magifull-time cast of 18. cians. Lake began his A stage percareer in magic at former in his own the age of 10 by right, Lake also performing for civic has created illugroups and chilsions and effects Rob Lake dren’s parties in his for world-class magicians such as David Cop- native Oklahoma. In adperfield, Criss Angel and dition to his stage shows, he’s created illusions for David Blaine. Lake, who recently re- Broadway productions; he turned from sold-out tours created all of the illusions of Japan and Australia, is for the popular “Disney’s bringing his stage show, Beauty and the Beast.â€? In 2008, Lake was rec“A Night of Magic,â€? to the Burnsville Performing ognized for his magical prowess with the Merlin Arts Center on Nov. 9. “A Night of Magicâ€? is Award, given to the interTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

IN BRIEF Rob Lake presents “A Night of Magic� at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9, at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center. Tickets range from $24.50 to $39.50 and are available at the PAC’s box office and through Ticketmaster at (800) 982-2787 or Ticketmaster.com national magician of the year. More about Lake’s Nov. 9 performance in Burnsville is at www.burnsvillepac.com.

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thisweekend briefs ‘The Nutcracker’ at BPAC Nov. 19-21

James Sewell Ballet, in collaboration with Envision Academy of the Arts, will present Le Dance Off at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 2, on the main stage at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave. Le Dance Off is a wry twist on the craze of celebrity-infused competitive dance. What happens when art and commerce collide? You be the judge. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students. Tickets are available at the box office or at Ticketmaster. com. For more information, call (952) 895-4680.

“The Nutcracker� will be presented by Twin Cities Ballet of Minnesota Nov. 19-21 at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center. This original full-length, professional production of “The Nutcracker� ballet – the first and only south of the Minnesota River – has become a cherished holiday tradition for many. The ensemble cast of approximately 120 performers include professional dancers from local and national ballet companies, area ballet students, and community members. Orchestra level tickets are $25 for adults and $20 for children under 12 and seniors 65-plus; balcony level tickets are $16 and $12. Tickets can be purchased at the box office, via Ticketmaster by calling (800) 982-2787 or through ticktetmaster.com. Group discounts are available.

Eagan Art House pottery sale The annual Eagan Art House Pottery Sale will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20. The sale features pottery and artwork of Eagan Art House instructors and students. Admission is free. Guests also can donate bowls to the Empty Bowls project to benefit families in need. The Eagan Art House is located at 3981 Lexington Ave. S. in Patrick Eagan Park. Call (651) 686-9134 for more information.

Watercolor exhibit at BPAC The Minnesota Watercolor Society’s Illuminated exhibit will be on display through Nov. 13 in the art gallery at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave.,

Burnsville. For more information, call (952) 895-4685.

Men’s chorale to perform Nov. 12 The Minnesota Valley Men’s Chorale will perform two fall concerts. The chorale will be joined on Friday, Nov. 12, by Vox, the men’s ensemble from Eagan High School, and on Saturday, Nov. 13, by the Eastview High School Concert Choir. Both concerts will be at 7:30 p.m. at Grace Lutheran Church, 7800 W. County Road 42, Apple Valley. The 40-voice choir will perform a concert of sacred and secular pieces, spirituals and show tunes. A free-will offering will be taken. For more information, visit www.mvmcsings. org or call chorale director Steve Boehlke at (651) 423Photo submitted 3501. Acoustic folk duo Bill and Kate Isles will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6, at the Lakeville Area Arts Center. Tickets are $15.

Family night at IMAX

The Great Clips IMAX Theatre at the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley will host family night on Monday, Nov. 15. Guests who purchase one adult admission ($9.50) to the 6:30 p.m. showing of “Bugs! 3D: A Rainforest

Saturday, Nov. 6

Stoned Acoustic, 7:30 to 10 p.m., Jo Jo’s Rise & Wine, 12501 Nicollet Ave., Suite 100, Burnsville, (952) 736-3001. Touched (front), The JohnRock It Science, 9:30 p.m., Bogart’s Nightclub, 14917 Gar- ny Holm Band (back, $10 covrett Ave., Apple Valley, (952) 432- er), 9:30 p.m., Neisen’s Sports Bar and Grill, 4851 W. 123rd St., 1515. Paul Woell Jazz Trio, 7:30 Savage, (952) 846-4513. Chicago Gentleman’s All to 10 p.m., Jo Jo’s Rise & Wine, 12501 Nicollet Ave., Suite 100, Male Revue, 9:30 p.m., McKracken’s Pub, 3120 W. Highway Burnsville, (952) 736-3001. Shaw Brothers (front), Poi- 13, Burnsville, (952) 277-0197. BLT Folk, 8 to 11 p.m., The son Tribute Band & Headshots (back), 9:30 p.m., Neisen’s Ugly Mug, 18450 Pilot Knob Sports Bar and Grill, 4851 W. Road, Farmington, (651) 463123rd St., Savage, (952) 846- 6844. Larry Johnson on key4513. Smokescreen, Babe’s Music boards, 7 to 11 p.m., Chateau Bar, 20685 Holyoke Ave., Lakev- Lamothe, 14351 Nicollet Court, Burnsville, (952) 435-7709. ille, (952) 469-5200. GB Leighton, 9:30 p.m., McKracken’s Pub, 3120 W. Highway 13, Burnsville, (952) 277Strange Daze, Primetime 0197. Sports Bar & Grill, 14103 Irving Gel, Primetime Sports Bar & Ave. S., Burnsville, (952) 435Grill, 14103 Irving Ave. S., Burns- 6111. ville, (952) 435-6111. Late for Lunch, 8 to 11 p.m., The Ugly Mug, 18450 Pilot Knob Road, Farmington, (651) 463Good for Gary, Babe’s Music 6844. Bar, 20685 Holyoke Ave., LakevLarry Johnson on key- ille, (952) 469-5200. boards, 7 to 11 p.m., Chateau Dirty Word, 9:30 p.m., McKLamothe, 14351 Nicollet Court, racken’s Pub, 3120 W. Highway Burnsville, (952) 435-7709. 13, Burnsville, (952) 277-0197.

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Utter Chaos 9:30 p.m., Neisen’s Sports Bar and Grill, 4851 W. 123rd St., Savage, (952) 8464513.

Friday, Nov. 12 6 Wheel Drive, 9:30 p.m., Bogart’s Nightclub, 14917 Garrett Ave., Apple Valley, (952) 4321515. Nikki & Jim, 7:30 to 10 p.m., Jo Jo’s Rise & Wine, 12501 Nicollet Ave., Suite 100, Burnsville, (952) 736-3001. Spirit of Radio (front), In Vayne (back), 9:30 p.m., Neisen’s Sports Bar and Grill, 4851 W. 123rd St., Savage, (952) 8464513. Series Five, Babe’s Music Bar, 20685 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville, (952) 469-5200. Urban Myth, 9:30 p.m., McKracken’s Pub, 3120 W. Highway 13, Burnsville, (952) 277-0197. Zed Leppelin, Primetime Sports Bar & Grill, 14103 Irving Ave. S., Burnsville, (952) 4356111. East of Innocence, 8 to 11 p.m., The Ugly Mug, 18450 Pilot Knob Road, Farmington, (651) 463-6844. Larry Johnson on keyboards, 7 to 11 p.m., Chateau Lamothe, 14351 Nicollet Court, Burnsville, (952) 435-7709.

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Theater “Thoroughly Modern Millie,� presented by Lakeville North High School, performs at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 11, 12, 13, 18 and 20, and at 2 p.m. Nov. 20. Tickets are assigned seating with prices of $9/adult, $7/senior citizen (55+), and $5/student or child. Purchase tickets at LNHStheatreTickets@ gmail.com. Burnsville Civic Light Opera will present “Mame� Nov. 5-7 at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center. Tickets range from $15 to $25 and are available at Ticketmaster.com and at the box office, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Information: (952) 895-4680. Exhibits The Minnesota Watercolor Society’s Illuminated exhibit will be on display through Nov. 13 in the art gallery at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. An opening reception will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 14. Information: (952) 895-4685. Classes/workshops Brushworks School of Art offers fine arts classes for teens and adults. Register online at www.BrushworksSchoolofArt. com or call (651) 214-4732. Join other 55-plus adults at the Eagan Art House to create

beaded jewelry. The Jewelry Club meets on the third Friday of each month from 1 to 3 p.m. Class fee is $3 per person and includes all supplies. Bring any old jewelry you would like to re-make. The Eagan Art House is located at 3981 Lexington Ave. S. For more information, call (651) 686-9134. The Eagan Art House offers classes for ages 4 through adult. For class and registration information, visit www.cityofeagan. com/eaganarthouse or call at (651) 686-9134. Soy candle making classes held weekly in Eagan near 55 and Yankee Doodle. Call Jamie at (651) 315-4849 for dates and times. $10 per person. Presented by Making Scents in Minnesota. Country line dance classes

held for intermediates Mondays 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Rambling River Center, 325 Oak St., Farmington. Cost is $5 per class. Call Marilyn at (651) 463-7833. Beginner country line dance classes on Wednesdays, 5:307:30 p.m., at the Lakeville VFW, 8790 Upper 208th St. $5/class. Call Marilyn (651) 463-7833. Country line dance classes on Wednesdays at the Lakeville Senior Center, 20732 Holt Ave. Beginners, 9-10 a.m.; Intermediate, 10 a.m.-noon. $5/class Call Marilyn (651) 463-7833. The Lakeville Area Arts Center offers arts classes for all ages. For class and registration information, visit www.lakevillemn.gov or call the Arts Center office at (952) 985-4640.

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Adventure!� will receive one free child’s admission to the movie and a complimentary ice cream treat from Cold Stone Creamery (while supplies last) before the show. Ice cream treats will be

5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13. The zoo will provide the backdrop for this exotic evening of appetizers, music, and a variety of wines. The event is for adults only. For more information, call (952) 431-9500 or visit www.mnzoo.org.

Acoustic folk duo Bill and Kate Isles are performing at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6, at the Lakeville Area Arts Center. Bill suffered a sudden cardiac arrest over 17 years ago. Instead of ending his life, it jump-started his creative energies which resulted in a national tour of 150 shows per year. He is joined by his wife, whose gentle presence and intuitive harmonies have endeared her to audience members of all ages. Their show is a mix of storytelling, song and slapstick comedy suitable for served in the lobby begin- families. Tickets are $15 and are ning at 5:30 p.m. available at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave., (952) 985The Minnesota Zoo will 4640, or online at www. host Wild About Wine from lakeville-rapconnect.com.

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Presented by the Guthrie Theater. Registration required. Intro to Shakespeare for adults from 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 13. Presented Burnhaven Library 1101 W. County Road 42, by the Guthrie Theater. Registration required. Burnsville, (952) 891-0300 Burnhaven Library is closed for remodeling through late Heritage Library 20085 Heritage Drive, LakevApril 2011. ille (952) 891-0360 Farmington Library Art, Design and Fear from 508 Third St., Farmington 3 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 7. (651) 438-0250 MN Mosaic: Saturday Presented by local artist Steve Movie Matinee: “Sweet Land� Holzgraefe. Baby Storytime for babies from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6. Based on the short story, “A up to 24 months and their careGravestone Made of Wheat� givers from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. by Will Weaver, this love story Monday, Nov. 8. Super Slithery Snakes captures both the challenging and humorous sides of im- Storytime for all ages from 4 to migrating to Minnesota in the 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9. Storytime for ages 2-3 early 1920s. Rated: PG. Teen Advisory Group for from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Wednesages 12-18 from 6 to 7 p.m. days, Nov. 10, 17 and 24. Games Galore for ages 12Monday, Nov. 8. Dance Dance Revolution 18 from 10 a.m. to noon Saturfor ages 12-18 from 3:30 to day, Nov. 13. National Gaming Day: 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9. Microsoft Excel 2007 class Board and Wii Games for all from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. ages from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 13. 9. Registration required. Storytime for all ages from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Fridays, Nov. Robert Trail Library 14395 S. Robert Trail 12 and 19. Games Galore for ages 12- Rosemount, (651) 480-1210 MN Mosaic: Gregg Aamot 18 from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, for all ages from 1 to 3 p.m. Nov. 13. Saturday, Nov. 6. Veteran Minnesota journalist Gregg Aamot, Galaxie Library 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple author of “The New Minnesotans,� will lead a discussion and Valley, (952) 891-7045 Baby Storytime for babies answer questions about recent up to 24 months and their care- immigrants to the state. Baby Storytime for babies givers from 9:30 to 10:15 a.m., 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. or 6:30 to up to 24 months and their care7:15 p.m. Mondays, Nov. 8, 15, givers from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9. 22 and 29. Games Galore for ages 12Storytime for ages 4-6 from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Tues- 18 from 3 to 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12. days, Nov. 9, 16 and 23. Mad Science of Minnesota Storytime for ages 2-3 from 10:15 to 10:45 a.m. or 11 for ages 4 and older from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Fridays, Nov. 12 to 11:15 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 13. and 19. Minnesota Percussion Once Upon a Time Storytelling for ages 7-9 from 10:30 Trio for all ages from 2 to 2:45 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 13. p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13. All Dakota County libraries will be closed for Veterans Day, Thursday, Nov. 11.

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Storytime for all ages from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 18. Sing, Play, Learn! for ages 0-5 from 2 to 2:45 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18. Presented by MacPhail Center for Music. Registration required. Teen Advisory Group for ages 12-18 from 3:15 to 4:15 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18. Waggin’ Tales for ages 5-10 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 20. Read aloud to a therapy dog.

Saturday, Nov. 6 Full Powered Living, a day retreat, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Shaars Bluff Retreat Center near Hastings. Includes gentle yoga, activities, and discussion. Information: (952) 435-4144 or www.counselingandhealing.com. Fall craft sale by the RHS choir department from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Rosemount High School, 3335 142nd St. Information: Lou at (651) 247-2642. Holiday festival, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Lutheran Church of the Savage Library Ascension, 1801 E. Cliff Road, 13090 Alabama Ave. S.E., Burnsville. Features craft sale, Savage, (952) 707-1770 lunch menu and bake sale. Preschool Storytime for Fair trade sale from 10 ages 3-6 at 10:30 a.m. Mon- a.m. to 4 p.m. at St. John Neuday and Tuesday, Nov. 8 and 9. mann Church, 4030 Pilot Knob Theme is Dog Show. Road, Eagan. Cash or check Harry Potter Family Movie only. Information: Lorna at Morning at 10:30 a.m. Satur- (952) 894-2438 or Jeanne at day, Nov. 13. Call the library for (651) 681-9575. movie information. The Picturing Minnesota Monday, Nov. 8 Nature Photography ExhibiSurviving the Holidays tion is on display through Nov. seminar from 8:30 to 11:30 28. a.m. at Faith Covenant Church, Nicollet and 130th Street, Wescott Library Burnsville. Help for those ex1340 Wescott Road, Eagan periencing loss by death to (651) 450-2900 make it through the difficult Movies for Kids from 10:30 holiday season. Registration to 11:15 a.m. Monday, Nov. 8. fee is $8. RSVP to Dorothy at Storytime for ages 2-3 (952) 808-0775. from 10:15 to 10:45 a.m. or 11 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays, Nov. 9, Thursday, Nov. 11 16, 23 and 30. Fall auction and luncheon Fall Craftapalooza for ages by the MN Valley Christian 12-18 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Women’s Connection from Tuesday, Nov. 9. All supplies noon to 2 p.m. at Enjoy! resprovided. taurant, Apple Valley. Cost: Storytime for ages 4-6 $16. Information: Carole at from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Fridays, Nov. 12 and 19. Storytime for all ages from 4 to 4:30 p.m. Fridays, Nov. 12 and 19. Waggin’ Tales for ages 5-10 from 10 to 11 a.m. Satur- To submit an item for the Groups Calendar, send it by e-mail to day, Nov. 13. Read aloud to a reporter.thisweek@ecm-inc.com. therapy dog. Games Galore for ages 1218 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Satur- Miscellaneous Speak N Eagan Toastmasday, Nov. 13. ters meets Thursdays from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. New members are welcome. Meetings are at Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Parkway, Eagan. For more information, visit www. speakneagan.org. Word Masters Toastmasters meets the first and third Saturday of the month from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Coldwell Banker Burnet Realty, 1875 Plaza Drive, Eagan. For more information, contact info@word-

(952) 895-9287 or Lisa at (952) 403-0773. Saturday, Nov. 13 Second Saturday of Service hosted by Burnsville Rotary and Burnsville Breakfast Rotary from 9 to 11 a.m. to help DARTS with outdoor work for a local senior. Meet at JoJo’s Rise and Wine, 12501 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Anyone age 16 and older is welcome. Come early (8:30 a.m.) and we’ll buy you a cup of coffee and a sweet roll. Information: BurnsvilleRotary@gmail. com or BBreakfastClub@ gmail.com. Shred-it community event from 9 a.m. to noon at Keystone Communities of Eagan, 3810 Alder Lane, Eagan. Hosted by Keystone and MetLife. MetLife will provide information on identity theft. Eagan Police will have a fingerprinting clinic for children. Hot apple cider, coffee and treats will be served inside. Holiday craft and bake sale by the Valley Lake Girl Scouts from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Greenleaf Elementary School cafeteria, 13333 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. For more information, visit www. valleylakegirlscouts.org. Turkey Bingo hosted by the Rosemount Knights of Columbus at 6:30 p.m. at St. Joseph’s Social Hall, 13900 Biscayne Ave. W., Rosemount. Ongoing The American Red Cross

will sponsor the following blood drives. For more information, call 1 (800) 448-3543 or 1 (800) GIVE-LIFE or visit www.redcrossblood.org. • Nov. 6, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Faith Covenant Church, 12921 Nicollet Ave. S., Burnsville. • Nov. 6, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Gander Mountain, 16861 Kenyon Ave., Lakeville. • Nov. 8, 1 to 7 p.m. at Easter Lutheran Church – By The Lake, 4545 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. • Nov. 9, 1 to 6 p.m., Valley Christian Church, 17297 Glacier Way, Rosemount. • Nov. 9, 1:30 to 6:30 p.m., School District 191 – Community Education Center, 200 W. Burnsville Parkway, Suite 102, Burnsville. • Nov. 11, 1 to 6 p.m., Hope Church, 7477 145th St., Apple Valley. • Nov. 11, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., RDO Equipment, 12500 Dupont Ave. S., Burnsville. • Nov. 12, 12:30 to 5:30 p.m., Easter Lutheran Church – By The Lake, 4545 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. Thisweek Newspapers accepts submissions for calendar events in Apple Valley, Burnsville, Eagan, Farmington, Lakeville and Rosemount by fax at (952) 8462010, by e-mail at reporter. thisweek@ecm-inc.com or by phone at (952) 846-2034. Deadline for submissions is 5 p.m. Monday.

groups calendar masters.org. The Dakota County Star Quilters quilt guild meets the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Parkway, Eagan. Our meetings consist of speakers, demonstrations or community service projects all designed to share our love of quilting. Visitors welcome. For more information, visit www.dakotacountystarquilters.org. The Minnesota Valley Photography Club meets at 7 p.m. the first Thursday of every month, September through June. There are monthly workshops and frequent field trips. For more information, call or e-

mail Nancy Salinas at (612) 6169149, nancy45@charter.net or Mitch Voehl at (651) 688-7219, mitch.voehl@summitanalysis. com, or visit www.minnesotavalleyphotoclub.org. Socrates CafÊ, a discussion group, gathers to talk about questions in the spirit and style that the philosopher Socrates brought to ancient Greece. The group meets Tuesdays at 7 p.m. at JoJo’s Rise & Wine, 12501 Nicollet Ave., Suite 100, Burnsville, MN 55337; phone (952) 736-3001. For more information, visit www.socratescafemn.org, e-mail questionsanywhere@yahoo.com or call (952) 890-8782.

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County commissioners easily win reelection bids In contested races, incumbents win more than half the vote by Laura Adelmann

by about $10.6 million. Schouweiler called the situation pretty grim, and said they are planning to terminate about 40 vacant positions to adjust the budget. “I don’t know if we’re going to have to lay anyone off,� Schouweiler said. Gaylord added that commissioners will work to prioritize the 363 different programs and services the county provides. Aside from the budget, Schouweiler said the county will next year focus more on developing Robert Street into transit corridor of some type. County Attorney James Backstrom and County Commissioner Paul Krause, Lakeville, both ran unopposed and were reelected.

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Dakota County voters returned all three county commissioners up for election to their seats, and two of the incumbents won over seasoned challengers in their respective areas. Nancy Schouweiler won reelection with 9,226 ballots cast, which earned her 51.99 percent of the vote. Challenger Inver Grove Heights City Council member Bill Klein had 8,471 votes, a 47.73 percent share of the votes. Kathleen Gaylord defeated Sunfish Lake Mayor Molly Park’s 6,926 votes (44.26 percent) with 8,639 votes, or 55.20 percent of ballots cast. Tuesday night, Schouweiler thanked supporters and voters. “I thank them all for their ongoing support and

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trust in me. It’s a strong vote of confidence to get reelected,� she said, adding that in many races incumbents weren’t doing so hot. Gaylord was picking up signs when contacted Tuesday night and said she had some good indications of the election when speaking with people door-to-door. “I’m pleased that everyone has confidence in me to take on the challenges we’re facing in the next few years,� she said, referring in part to the challenge of re- Laura Adelmann is at laura. ducing the county budget adelmann@ecm-inc.com.

“Do I want to work with people? Absolutely,� he said “Will I do what I believe is not in the best interests of this state or my Senate district to make a deal? No. People have spoken. They’re done — enough government spending, enough taxation. Stop it. Make it smaller. That’s what people are saying.� Quist didn’t immediately return phone calls seeking comment.

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night, Thompson said he was a bit nervous. “I was never presumptuous enough to assume results,� he said. Thompson said he’ll serve the district, which includes both Lakeville and Farmington, by trying to reduce taxes, government, and help grow business. “People are tired of government getting bigger and spending more,� he said. “I will serve this Sen- E-mail Derrick Williams at: ate district best by voting lakeville.thisweek@ecm-inc.com for legislation that promotes fiscal responsibility.� Thompson’s first major challenge will be getting to work on Minnesota’s massive $5.8 billion deficit. But he said he’ll only go so far to work with Democrats interested in taxing to raise revenues to address the shortfall.

all the candidates who ran, calling them people who are all tremendously smart and talented. She declared this, her third term in office, as the final time she will serve on the Farmington City Council. “I’m a strong believer in term limits. This is my third and final term,� she said. However, she didn’t rule out seeking another office, but said she’s undecided at this time.

Mayor/from 1A Thisweek Newspapers that she still felt she was doing, and could continue to do, a good job leading Lakeville, despite her personal struggles. “In my personal life, sometimes I walk around and it’s a bit of a fog. But then I come to City Hall and I can focus on my work for the city and this community,� Dahl said. “I think I’m a good person for this

of park and open space. Lakeville’s Planning Director Daryl Morey said changing the PUD to allow larger commercial space will help Tradition market the property. Fick said Tradition doesn’t have a site plan, but he acknowledged the developer has “tested the waters and there is some excitement.� For more information about Spirit of Brandtjen Farm, visit www.homesofspirit.com.

nearly 200,000 square-feet of retail space. Spirit of Brandtjen Farms was originally approved by the Lakeville City Council in 2005 with the understanding that it could take decades to fully build out. But by the time it’s completed, the mixed use development will have more than 2,000 homes of varying residential density homes, from executive estates to town homes, as well as a commercial E-mail Derrick Williams at: space, miles of trails, and acres lakeville.thisweek@ecm-inc.com

Heritage Library reading groups set next meetings The Heritage Library in Lakeville offers two reading groups. The evening group will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 1; the afternoon group will meet at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 2. The title for discussion will be “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo� by Stieg Larsson. The reading groups are free and open to anyone who enjoys reading and discussing books. New attendees are welcome, and no advance registration is necessary. The Heritage Library is located at 20085 Heritage Drive; call (952) 891-0360 or visit www.dakotacounty.us/library.

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job. We were an exception to many of the rules when it comes to where Lakeville ranks among Minnesota cities in terms of satisfaction.� Bellows, who also couldn’t be reached for comment, told Thisweek Newspapers last month that he was running for mayor, in part, out of frustration. “I’m running on a set of values and a vision I have for the city. I feel it’s a bit

like a call to duty,� he said. He said he was recruited, in large part by the business community, because of his fiscally conservative track record, and his interest in better communication. “The answer is not to throw your hands up in frustration and disengage from the process,� Bellows said.

Laura Adelmann is at laura. adelmann@ecm-inc.com.

E-mail Derrick Williams at: lakeville.thisweek@ecm-inc.com

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This is a summary of the Independent School District No. 194 Regular Board of Education Meeting on Tues., October 12, 2010 with full text available for public inspection on the district website at www.isd194.k12.mn.us or District Office at 8670 210th Street W., Lakeville, MN 55044 The meeting was called to order at 7:02 p.m. followed by pledge of allegiance. All board members and administrators were present with Skelly arriving at 8:50 p.m. Public Comment: Randel Pronschinske, 9885 Upper 173rd Ct., shared when the board candidate public forum will be shown on Channel 22; Andrew Resner, 9866 Upper 173rd Ct. W., shared thoughts on question 2; Ronda Willsher, 16777 Jaguar Pl., for Citizens Vote Yes shared that information on the levy questions can be found on their website; Don Sinner, 9115 205th Street W., spoke in support of passing levy questions; Brian Short, 8930 177th Street W., shared concern for passage of question 2 and shared support of the Citizens Vote Yes Committee. The following Consent Agenda items were approved: minutes of the meeting on September 28; resignations, leave of absence requests, employment recommendations; payment of bills and claims subject to annual audit; alt facilities change orders; Ames Arena Agreement; donations; and field trips. Reports presented: November levy election update; Special Education Update; First reading of revised policy A-80 Use of School Facilities and Equipment; 2010-11 student enrollment update. Recommended actions approved: Request for Public Fora by Citizens Vote Yes Committee. Adjournment at 8:59 p.m. 2400654 11/5/10

“I am thrilled to be elected to the Farmington City Council. I look forward to putting our city in a better fiscal position and improving the quality of life for our residents,� he said. Wilson said he was grateful to all the people who supported him. “I am grateful for their support, and the opportunity I’ve had to serve the city. I enjoyed every minute of it,� Wilson said.

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Also reached Tuesday night, Bartholomay thanked voters, supporters and volunteers, congratulated Fogarty, and said he’s looking forward to working with other council members and Farmington Mayor Todd Larson. He also thanked Wilson for his service and dedication to the Farmington community. Bartholomay added that the other candidates in the race brought forward good ideas that he will pursue as a council member.

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For millennia, they have been equal parts companion and beast of burden: a member of the family and hardworking servant. Add to that a partner in competition. Student and horse came together at Eagan High School this year to create the school’s inaugural Equestrian Club, an organization in which students can compete in horse-related sport (and letter in it). The club has 12 students— all girls, though it is open to boys. At the Sept. 18 Dressage Team Challenge in Lake Elmo, the club placed second in that particular riding form, a British style of competition. The club placed third in the western competition on Sept. 11. Maggie Jackson, a student at Eagan High School, was one of the two freshman (the other Drew Gocke) who won the second place prize. She said she is excited to finally have a way to compete and let-

ter in an activity she loves. “I have a passion for it,� Jackson said. “It’s nice because now it’s actually a school sport.� Jackson said she hopes to ride for the club throughout high school. The competition, she added, “was really nice because it was our first year of being a team.� The success of the Equestrian Club’s first foray was, Jackson said, “surprising.� “The first place teams were huge,� she said.

Family-funded Eagan’s Equestrian Club joins a number of other District 196 high schools with such clubs, though the Eagan incarnation is the first to have a sizeable roster and eligibility to compete, said club advisor Caroline Jackson. Eastview has five members, Rosemount and Apple Valley each have two. In order for a given Equestrian Club to compete in the Minnesota High School Equestrian Asso-

letter in the club, too, but the affiliation ends there, said Sandra Setter, Eagan High School’s athletics director. “They are identified in the yearbook, but they are affiliated with a national governing body,� Setter said. As for funding, supplies and practice facilities, not to mention the animals themselves, the riders and their families are on the hook. “They ride their own horses and use their own riding facilities,� Jackson said. There is a fund-raising banquet that Jackson said she hopes will acquire funds to pay for awards, trophies and competition dues. Based on this year’s performance, club members Submitted Photo are excited for the future. Maggie Jackson (left) with Ziggie, a paint horse, and Drew Gocke (right) with Sandman, “Overall,� Jackson said, an Arabian horse. “with this being the first year (of the club), it has ciation (MHSEA) compe- of low numbers in Rose- own schools, Jackson said. been a very successful and titions, it must have two mount and Apple Valley is Eastview can compete in fun riding season.� riders competing in each that they must join anoth- western competitions but of the western and dressage er 196 team and compete. not the dressage. E-mail Aaron Vehling at aaron. disciplines. A consequence They can’t represent their Students at Eagan can vehling@ecm-inc.com.

EFH firms file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Commercial real estate developer, owner Eugene Happe, says Burnsville companies are playing defense against troubled lender M&I Bank by John Gessner THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Two companies tied to a longtime commercial real estate figure in the Burnsville area have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The separate filings by EFH Realty Advisers Inc. and EFH Co., both of Burnsville, are defensive actions against M&I Bank’s refusal to renew building loans, said Eugene Happe, president of EFH Realty Advisers. The bank was granted court-ordered receivership of the two companies on Sept. 30, Happe said. Their only defense was to seek Chapter 11, allowing time to reorganize, he said. The financially troubled bank is seeking to call in

loans that comprise about 65 percent of a portfolio of properties valued at nearly $100 million, Happe said in an interview last month. “We’ve been negotiating for about six months,� said Happe, who says he’s been involved in construction of 48 buildings in Burnsville, his chief territory. “They simply want to be paid off. With the number of properties that we have, there’s no possible way we can do that. We’re in litigation with the bank. It will probably continue for some time.� Happe is president and owner of EFH Realty Advisers, a property-management company. Several years ago he sold the construction side of the business, EFH Co., to Michael Whalen, the president, and

Jim Schultz, Happe said. EFH properties include several buildings along County Road 42 in Burnsville’s western office-industrial corridor, known as Southcross Corporate Center. The two companies actually own no real estate, Happe said. The properties are owned by individual investment groups – including him and his wife, who are primary owners in 11 limited-liability corporations that own buildings, he said. The bank took aim at the EFH companies in an attempt to gain control of the entire real estate portfolio, he said. “We never missed a payment to M&I,� Happe said. “But we can’t pay off mortgages, either.�

The bank, “desperate for cash,� appears to be under pressure from federal regulators to shore up its finances, Happe said. It had told him in February it would renew the EFH loans by May, but the bank changed its mind, he said. “We’re told that they have no alternative but to force repayment of loans,� Happe said, noting that the bank has halted funding to EFH projects under construction. Other commercial developers are facing similar pressures from lenders, Happe said. But EFH is also hamstrung by some troubled properties, according to Mike Valentine, a longtime owner, builder and broker of commercial real estate

south of the river. “It’s more relative to how many loans he had rolling over at the same time or in the same year,� said Valentine, of Commercial Properties Group in Burnsville. “He’s got occupancy issues big-time,� Valentine said of Happe. He said troubled EFH projects include an office building in Lakeville near the Brunswick Zone entertainment center, which Happe developed; a retail project on Diffley Road at Interstate 35E, a shopping center in Prior Lake and three office-industrial buildings along County Road 42 in west Burnsville – one on 143rd Street and two at Judicial Road near Burnsville Parkway. “Once he files bank-

ruptcy, he’s protected,� Valentine said. “I can almost guarantee you he will survive, just because he’s got enough equity in many of his assets.� Happe acknowledged some vacancy problems but said his “core business� is “still strong� with “good tenants.� “We’re basically in business running the buildings,� he said. “We hope to maintain that. Who knows what will happen. We may give some back to the bank, or the bank may come to their senses and negotiate something that will work until this economy turns around.� E-mail John Gessner at john.gessner@ecm-inc.com.

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November 5, 2010 THISWEEK

Sports South tops North in section semifinals

Standings Football Team

Conference W Rosemount 7 Lakeville North 5 Lakeville South 4 Eastview 4 Eagan 4 Prior Lake 4 Burnsville 3 B Kennedy 2 Apple Valley 1 B Jefferson 0

Overall L W 0 7 2 5 2 4 2 4 3 4 3 4 4 3 5 2 6 1 7 0

Cougar football team to play at Rochester Century on Friday night in the Section 1-5A final 0 2 3 3 3 3 4 5 6 7

Tuesday, October 26 • Lakeville South 38, Rochester John Marshall 8 • Lakeville North 39, Farmington 14 • Eagan 48, Henry Sibley 12 • Burnsville 22, Apple Valley 12 • Eastview 12, Bloomington Jefferson 0 Saturday, Oct. 30 • Lakeville South 21, Lakeville North 7 • Eagan 38, East Ridge 20 • Rosemount 42, Burnsville 14 • Eastview 20, Bloomington Kennedy 0 Friday, Nov. 5 • Eastview at Rosemount, 7 p.m. • Lakeville South at Rochester Century, 7 p.m. • Eagan at Cretin-Derham Hall at St. Thomas, 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 11 • Lakeville South/Century winner vs. Eastview/Rosemount winner, 7 p.m. Griffin Stadium, St. Paul Friday, Nov. 12 • Eagan/Cretin-Derham Hall winner vs. Mounds View/Stillwater winner, , 7 p.m. Griffin Stadium, St. Paul

Volleyball Team

Conference Overall W L W L Lakeville North 9 0 25 1 B Jefferson 8 1 23 3 Eastview 6 3 18 9 Lakeville South 5 4 19 7 Apple Valley 5 4 18 8 Burnsville 4 5 13 14 Rosemount 3 6 15 11 Prior Lake 3 6 11 15 Eagan 2 7 8 13 B Kennedy 0 9 9 16 Wednesday, Oct. 27 • Rosemount def. Simley 25-13, 25-15, 25-13 • Eagan def. Boomington Kenndy 2517, 25-18, 27-25 • Burnsville def. Park 25-13,25-11,25-15 Friday, Oct. 28 • Eastview def. Burnsville 25-15, 25-21, 25-18 • Bloomington Jefferson def. Rosemount 25-19, 25-16, 28-26 • Lakeville North def. Eagan 25-21, 2521, 25- 15 • Apple Valley def. Lakeville South 2523,18-25,25-21,16-25,15-7 Wednesday, Nov. 3 • Apple Valley at Lakeville North, 7 p.m. • Eastview vs. Bloomington Jefferson at Lakeville North, 5:45 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6 • Eastview/Jefferson winner vs. Apple Valley/Lakeville North winner, 7 p.m. Section 3AAA finals, at South St. Paul

by Andy Rogers THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

The Lakeville South football team is one step away from competing in its fourth state tournament since the school opened in 2005. To get there, the Cougars will have to do something no one has been able to do this year: beat Rochester Century. No one is worried about traveling 70 miles to play a football game. “They’d go to Siberia to play in a section final,” coach Larry Thompson said. No. 3 seed South is heading south as the underdog on Friday, Nov. 5. No. 1 seed Rochester Century is 9-0 and is averaging 45 points per game this season. Century is hungry too, as the school has never played in the state tournament. As the No. 1 seed, Century took a first-round bye into the section tournament and defeated Rochester Mayo 42-25 last weekend. Quarterback Nick Beise passed for more than 300 yards in the win. “They like to pass,” Thompson said. “We’ll have to do some of the same things we did (against North in the semifinals). We have to keep them from moving around and keep them off the edges. “They’re a good team but so are we. We’ll just go down there and see what happens.”

Photo by Rick Orndorf

Lakeville South’s Nick Sanborn, No. 45, tackles Lakeville North’s Joel Oxton, No. 9, during the Section 1-5A semifinals on Oct. 30. Lakeville South won 21-7. Century’s defense hasn’t put up the same high marks as the offense. The team has given up double-digit points seven times this season, including 44 to Winona. But the offense has been good enough to keep them ahead. Recent section history has trended toward Lakeville. North won it in 2007 and 2009. South was section champ in 2008. The Cougars got to the section final thanks to a 21-7 victory over Lakeville North on Saturday, Oct. 30. South’s DJ Hiller was a running back on a mission against North. The senior wasn’t going to let this be his last game of high school football. He had 30 attempts for 239 yards and two touchdowns in the win. “It was a lot of fun,” Hill-

er said. “We knew we could come in here and get a win.” At the beginning of the season South favored the pass over the running game, but the team evolved over the season. “We didn’t want to be so one-dimensional,” Thompson said. “We didn’t want to have to throw 40 times a game to win.” The Cougars found they had more weapons than one to win a game. “We have so many really good guys who can make things happen,” Hiller said. “It’s not all one player. One game it might be (quarterback) Mitch (Leidner) or Casey (Troup) or Trent (Bertamus). ” Thompson said no one had to swallow any pride during the change in philos-

Boys Soccer Team

Conference Overall W L T W L T Apple Valley 9 0 0 18 0 0 Eagan 7 2 0 14 2 3 B Jefferson 6 1 2 10 3 4 Burnsville 4 3 2 9 8 2 B Kennedy 4 4 1 12 5 1 Lakeville North 4 5 0 6 5 5 Lakeville South 2 6 1 7 9 2 Prior Lake 2 6 1 6 8 1 Eastview 2 6 1 6 9 2 Rosemount 1 8 0 4 12 1 Tuesday, October 19 • Apple Valley, 3, Eagan 0 • Lakeville North 1, Lakeville South 0 Thursday, Oct. 28 • Lakeville North 2, Bloomington Jefferson 1 (4-2 SO) • Apple Valley 6, Elk River 0 Tuesday Nov. 2 • Apple Valley 2, Lakeville North 1 Thursday, Nov. 4 • Apple Valley vs. Minneapolis Southwest, 3 p.m. • Stillwater Area vs. Lakeville North, 8 a.m.

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

Conference Overall W L T W L 7 0 2 14 1 4 6 2 1 11 4 1 4 1 4 9 4 4 5 3 1 11 3 3 4 3 2 10 5 2 3 3 3 11 4 4 4 5 0 6 7 3 3 4 2 7 7 2 1 7 1 6 8 3 0 9 0 1 11 3

Tuesday, October 19 • Eagan 1, Apple Valley 0 • Lakeville South, 1, Northfield 0 Thursday, Oct. 28 • Mounds View 1, Eagan 0 • Eden Prairie 3, Lakeville South 0

Girls Swimming Thursday, Nov. 18 • Class AA state meet, University of Minnesota

Farmington Football Team

Conference W Shakopee 6 Northfield 6 New Prague 4 Chaska 3 Holy Angels 2 Red Wing 1 Farmington 1 Chanhassen 1

L 0 0 2 3 4 5 5 5

Overall W 7 6 4 3 2 2 1 1

L 0 1 3 4 5 5 6 6

Tuesday, October 26 • Lakeville North 39, Farmington 14

Volleyball Team

Conference W Shakopee 7 Northfield 6 Chanhassen 5 Chaska 4 New Prague 3 Farmington 2 Red Wing 1 Holy Angels 0

L 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Overall W 18 16 20 12 7 8 11 4

Wednesday, Oct. 27 • Farmington 3, Hastings 0 Friday, Oct. 29 • Northfield 3, Farmington 0

L 8 7 6 10 16 18 16 18

Photo by Rick Orndorf

Lakeville North’s Al Erikson makes a leaping catch in the Section 1-5A semifinals. ophy. “These guys are football players first and they want to win,” Thompson said. It was a disappointing end to the season for the Panthers, who came in as the No. 2 seed. Lakeville North had beaten South already this season, on Oct. 8, by a score of 14-3. “The biggest difference was turnovers,” Thompson said. “And we wanted to make sure (running back Jack Berg) didn’t get outside as much.” Berg was held to 39 yards off 11 carries and quarterback Trey Heid threw for 38 yards and ran for 61. The Panthers entered the season with few returning starters, and left feeling

proud of their effort. “These guys are football players. We may have only had 20 seniors this year,” coach Brian Vossen said. “Some teams, they have 60 seniors and 20 really good seniors. We had 20 really good seniors.” The Panthers played through injury and inexperience to a 7-3 overall record. With several underclassmen playing a big part in the season, along with positive returns from the junior varsity, sophomore and freshman teams this year, the future is promising for Vossen. “We’re going after it next year,” Vossen said. Andy Rogers is at andy.rogers@ecm-inc.com.

Fenske in the running for the top 20 Photo by Rick Orndorf

Lakeville South’s DJ Hiller, No. 22, breaks free during the Section 1-5A semifinal on Oct. 30. He ran for 239 yards.

Farmington boys cross country takes eighth in Section 1AA, girls 10th by Andy Rogers THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Lakeville South girls off and running to state Cross country runners from Lakeville finish highly at sections by Andy Rogers THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

The young, gutsy Lakeville South girls cross country team continues to be one of the top teams in the state in 2010. On a breezy, chilly afternoon at Brooktree Golf Course in Owatonna on Oct. 28, the girls won the Section 1AA title with 40 points. The team’s top six runners all finished in the top 20 and all seven runners crossed the finish line before the fifth runner from any other team made it. South got help from all over the school system. Eighth-grader Annie Brekken was the second runner to finish at sections. A few steps behind came senior Meghan Barry and eighth-grader Kaytlyn Larson, at fifth and sixth, respectively. Ninth-grader Megan Lubow was 13th, junior Megan Kilbride 14th, ninth-grader Erin Kilbride 18th and ninth-grader Jenny Machaj 28th. The Cougars started strong, with Brekken and Larson in the top five at the first mile. After 2,000 meters, the pack split up, with Larson challenging for the lead and Brekken right behind. The two kept stride with North’s Taylor Perkins and Albert Lea’s Chrissy

Monson. Most cross country races are decided in the final stretch and this one was no different. With 400 meters to go, Brekken and Monson broke away, racing stride-forstride to a photo finish. Less than a second separated Brekken from the win. Barry ran a tactical race, moving from 20th place at the mile up to fifth. All seven runners posted seasonbest times. The girls will race on Saturday, Nov. 6, at St. Olaf College in Northfield. The girls team was ranked fourth by the latest Minnesota High School coaches’ poll behind Eden Prairie, Monticello and Andover. Last season the Cougars ran to fourth at state behind Eden Prairie, Prior Lake and Elk River.

North girls qualify

Johnson took four more seconds to finish, coming in fourth. Their combined places with Michelle Ferguson (19th), Haley Eskierka (26th) and Sam Broughton (32nd) will put the girls on a bus to the Class AA state meet on Saturday in Northfield. Last year the girls finished in ninth place. They were runners-up in 2008, fifth in 2007, sixth in 2006 and they won in 2005.

Panther boys The Lakeville North boys team will join the girls at the Class AA state meet on Saturday after placing second in sections behind Owatonna. Ben Saxton was the fastest Panther, coming in third, and Joey Brenner was right behind him at fourth place. The team’s top five runners all finished in the top 22 out of 98 participants. Sam Bach (12th), Spencer Castillo (20th) and Jason Dawson (22nd) made sure the Panthers were going to go to state for the second-straight year. Last year the boys team was third in the state and Saxton finished in ninth place.

The Panthers have a long history of running at the state tournament. The girls were runners-up behind South in Section 1AA; the last time the girls didn’t qualify for state was in 2000 before the school added North to its name. Perkins and Emma Johnson made it tough for any other team to catch North. Perkins took third, nine Andy Rogers is at seconds out of first, and andy.rogers@ecm-inc.com.

Farmington’s Elliot Fenske earned another shot to run at the Class AA state cross country meet on Saturday, Nov. 6 at St. Olaf College in Northfield. He finished seventh in the Section 1AA meet on Oct. 28 in Owatanna, which was a little slower than he’d hoped. He battled it out with the leader for the first mile, but he was also fighting a cold. By mile two he slipped back, and with 800 meters left he fell out of step with the state qualifiers. As the 11th runner, he charged through the final 400 meters passing four runners to take seventh. “Elliot was still feeling the congestion at practice Monday but it appears to be clearing up, so hopefully he is ready by Saturday,” coach Keith Revels said. “Last season he was 28th in the state meet, I know he would like to at least be in the top 20 this year.” Overall, the Tigers continued their trend upward. The boys finished in eighth place, which is one slot better than last year. They had six runners in by 18 minutes, 31 seconds on the 5,000-meter course. The next runner across the finish line for Farmington came a minute and a half later. Lincoln Kirchoff was 60th and Ben Olson was 61st. Both came close to breaking 18 minutes. Dan Block finished 67th in his first section meet. Carl Elmer fought off a leg cramp to finished 68th. Adam Wallenta was 72nd and Alec Wilson 86th.

“As a team we did see some improvement,” Revels said. “Our two-through-five guys were running high 18s to low 19s early on. By the end of the year we were running low 18s, almost 17. The Tigers will lose just two runners to graduation in Fenske and Elmer who were the No. 1 and 2 for most of the year. “It will hurt but we have some potential returning,” Revels said. Juniors Kirchoff and Chad Retterrath, who was injured most of the season, should be key guys for the Tigers in 2011. Sophomores Olson, Wallenta and Wilson were also part of the varsity seven most of this year along with freshman Block. “That’s a solid core group that a year older may even be better,” Revels said.

Girls cross country The Tigers finished in 10th place out of 14 teams at the Section 1AA meet. The young team saw all of its runners finish in less than 18 minutes on the 4,000-meter course. Maricia Pacheco was the first runner across for Farmington. She finished in 20th place out of 97 runners. Maria Kiminski and Bailey Opsal were about 45 seconds behind her in 49th and 50th place, respectively. Sofia Chadwick was 61st, Victoria Jacoby 69th, Marissa Stewart 74th and Morgan Medved 76th. None of the team’s top seven runners were seniors this year. Andy Rogers is at andy.rogers@ecm-inc.com.


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Panthers make top teams sweat at state soccer

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Lakeville North defeats Bloomington Jefferson in quarterfinals, plays Apple Valley close

by Andy Rogers THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

When Apple Valley boys soccer player Tom Obarski left the field at the Metrodome on Tuesday, he was exhausted. “That was as close as any team has played us all year,� Obarski said. “We’ve never been tied that late in the game. It was the most competitive gave we’ve played in so far.� Apple Valley just defeated Lakeville North 2-1 in the Class AA state semifinals thanks to a goal by Dane Grundstrom with 1 minute, 33 seconds remaining. Up to that point, the Eagles were in danger of breaking their two-season- long winning streak. “It was just a really hardfought game on both sides,� Apple Valley coach Chuck Scanlon said.�We’re just happy we got the win.� Lakeville North lost to Apple Valley earlier in the season 1-0, although, the Panthers didn’t get nearly as many looks at the goal as they did in the semifinals. The Panthers hung with Apple Valley through most of the game. They had eight shots on the Eagles goal. After more than an hour of back and forth, the topseeded Eagles breathed a brief sigh of relief when the team’s leaders, Simon Goettl and Obarski, had about enough of a 0-0 score. Goettl assisted Obarski in breaking the tie at 66:16, but it didn’t last long. North’s Torbjorn Morkeberg scored an unassisted goal a few minutes later. It was the first goal Apple Valley had gave up in more than a month. The Panthers’ hopes for a shootout were crushed when Grundstrom found an opening with 90 seconds remaining. North was riding high af-

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Lakeville North’s Torbjorn Morkeberg, No. 21, heads the ball against Apple Valley in the state semifinals on Nov. 2. �

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Lakeville North boys soccer celebrate a quarterfinal victory against Bloomington Jefferson on Oct. 28. ter an upset in the quarterfinals. The Panthers stunned No. 4 seed Bloomington Jefferson in the quarterfinals. 2-1 (4-2 SO). Jefferson took an early lead, but John Hopkins’ goal at the 65:08 forced overtime. Lakeville North was unseeded with a 10-5-5 record. “All season we’ve been low-scoring, so we thought the only way to stay is to keep things tight,� North coach Pete Tyma said. “If they scored more goals, it would be too difficult to catch up.� Tyma admitted the Panthers were playing for a shootout because he felt keeper Connor Revsbeck could give them a win.

“He took this team on the back,� Tyma said. “After that (Jefferson) goal he said. ‘I got it.’ We’re confident and we didn’t care. “We had faith in Connor. We had faith in our ability. We had faith in our shooters.� Revsbeck let in two goals during the shootout and scored one of Lakeville North’s four to secure the quarterfinal victory. Lakeville North played in the Class AA third-place game against Stillwater on Thursday. The results were unavailable at presstime.

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November 5, 2010 THISWEEK

Minnesota voters engineer stunning change in state Legislature by T.W. Budig THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

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A benefit for the Hanson children – Thorin, 9, Ingrid, 11, and Bjorn, 1 – has been set for Nov. 15.

Benefit set for children of family torn apart by violence by Laura Adelmann THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

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tain a master’s degree and was recently laid off from her job. The children have become somewhat withdrawn, and are taking a break from some of their activities for now, Brown said. Brown said he hopes they will be encouraged attending the event and seeing how local businesses and volunteers are eager to help. Contributors include the Holiday Inn, Lakeville; members of the Burnsville, Lakeville and Dakota County chambers of commerce; and Country Cabinets of Lakeville. “It’s ‌ been very therapeutic for myself to be involved in this,â€? Brown said. “It’s great to do as much as I can for those kids. I don’t always know the right words to say, or how to act around the kids other than to just be there for them. This is one way we can support them.â€? For more information, contact Brown at (651) 2411769. Laura Adelmann is at news. thisweek@ecm-inc.com.

DifďŹ cult to maintain high-water mark House DFL leaders had expected to lose seats — House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher, DFL-Minneapolis, said it’s difficult to maintain a high-water mark. But Kelliher expected Democrats to keep control of the House. Nationally, too, Democrats sustained significant losses, losing control of the U.S. House. Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar explained she is not basking in doom and gloom as some Democrats. “We’re going to have to work together,â€? she said of Democrats and Republicans. “Courage is going to be defended now by not standing alone but standing next to someone you don’t always agree with and working for the betterment of the country,â€? she said. Democrats in the U.S. Senate maintained control by a slim margin. Stunning Republican gains in Minnesota extend beyond the Legislature to the state’s congressional delegation.

Stunning upset in 8th District

All the other U.S. House members were re-elected. In the high-profile 6th Congressional District race, Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann trounced her Democratic challenger, Sen. Tarryl Clark of St. Cloud. Unlike the Democratic wave of 2006 that saw two state Republican constitutional officers defeated, all the DFL state constitutional officers were re-elected.

Otto, Swanson, Ritchie win State Auditor Rebecca Otto, Attorney General Lori Swanson, and Secretary of State Mark Ritchie all won second, four-year terms. In the governor’s race, it appears the tight contest between Republican gubernatorial candidate Rep. Tom Emmer and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mark Dayton may be heading to a recount. Early Wednesday morning, Dayton at the Democratic election night party at the Hilton in Minneapolis took the stage, joking about the amount of energy the crowd had at 2 a.m. Dayton said the voting counting process would take time. He was “cautiously optimistic,� he said. Dayton has about 9,000 vote lead as of Nov. 3). Emmer told his supporters gathered in Bloomington election night the votes were going in the right direction. Independence Party candidate Tom Horner conceded the race Tuesday night after winning about 12 percent of the vote. “We showed that there’s still a (political) center in Minnesota,� Horner said. Horner said he was sincerely interested in working with either Dayton or Emmer in the future on solving the state’s problems.

In the 8th Congressional District, political newcomer Chip Cravaack of Lindstrom upset 18-term DFL Congressman James Oberstar, House Transportation and T.W. Budig is at tim.budig@ ecm-inc.com. Infrastructure chairman.

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Organizers are hoping to draw a crowd to a Nov. 15 benefit in Lakeville to help children from an Eagan family ripped apart by domestic violence. In August, Charles Hanson and his wife, Svetlana Hanson, were fatally shot through their window as they sat in their Eagan living room. Police said the shooter – Svetlana’s ex-husband, Robin Bhattacharyya – then walked to the side of the house and used the same shotgun to take his own life. Three children, including the Hansons’ infant son, were upstairs and not harmed during the shooting. The children – ages 11, 9, and 1 – are now living with relatives and trying to adjust to a new life. To assist their new families financially, and also to support the Lewis House, an Eagan women’s shelter, community businesses and volunteers have rallied to organize the event. The benefit, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn, 20800 Kenrick Ave., Lakeville, will feature entertainment, a silent auction, speakers, food and beverages. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased online at www. hansonchildrenbenefit.com. Speakers will include Apple Valley chiropractor Dr. Hal Brown and the two oldest children, as well as Leslie Metzen, senior director of violence prevention with 360 Communities.

Sarah Gutierrez, co-owner of the nonprofit Chicks for a Cause, is volunteering her time and expertise to help run the event, and said while the benefit is intended to be fun, it is also an opportunity to inform people about domestic abuse. “We’re not just throwing a party. We want to educate people and bring awareness of domestic violence,� Gutierrez said. All ticket proceeds will go directly to support the Hanson children, and some of the other funds raised will help support the Lewis House. Brown said he was close to Charles, who was previously married to Brown’s sister. Brown said the tragedy was horrible and affected many, including first responders, friends, coworkers and the entire family. Brown said the baby has been taken in by Charles’ brother and wife of Duluth, who already have two preschool-age children. He said the two older children are being raised in Eagan by their mother, who has delayed her plans to at-

Minnesota voters Nov. 2 engineered a stunning change in the Minnesota Legislature, taking away control of the House and Senate from Democrats and giving Republicans majorities in both bodies. “We knew it was possible, but I didn’t expect it,� said Sen. Ray Vandeveer, R-Forest Lake. “It’s actually kind of stunning,� he said of Republicans wrestling control of the Senate — a body Republicans/ conservatives haven’t held in almost 40 years. Senate Republicans picked up 16 seats — “and every one of them is solid,� said Senate Minority Leader David Senjem, R-Rochester. There’ll be no recounts. “Now we have to understand we have some responsibility — responsibility comes with winning,� he said. “And we understand that.� One former Republican senator who swept back into the Senate in a strong win was Sean Nienow of Cambridge. “The message I had resonated,� Nienow said. He told voters, Nienow said, that state revenues are increasing and the state just needs to live within the increase. Light bulbs went on, the former senator said. “And the light bulbs would go on. And people would say, “Ya,� said Nienow, who defeated Sen. Rick Olseen, DFL-Harris, by a wide margin. In the House, Republicans picked up between 21 to 23 seats, said House Minority Leader Kurt Zellers, R-Maple Grove, early Wednesday morning. Zellers attributes the big increase to excellent candidates who honed on the message of jobs and the economy, and the wise use of campaign funds. “We are so proud of our candidates,� he said. Rep Matt Dean, R-Dellwood, is convinced Zellers

will be the next Speaker of the Minnesota House. Rep. Mary Liz Holberg, R-Lakeville, was surprised by the number of seats House Republicans gained. “It’s pretty amazing,� she said. “As we suffered in 2006 with a Democratic wave — anti-war, anti-(President) Bush — Democrats in Minnesota are suffering with the anti-Washington, anti-spending, anti-(President) Obama wave,� Holberg said. “It’s a tough business,� she said of politics.

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