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Farmington coach, mentor dies Louis Schmitz started community hockey

coach Al Maki, was a World War II veteran who worked at Dakota Electric for 34 years until his retirement in 1989. His dedication to the community was well known, and he earned numerous awards and honors over the years, many for his involvement in coaching youth athletics, including hockey, football and baseball. According to a WCCO news report, Schmitz was diagnosed with a severe case of Louis Schmitz stomach cancer on ThanksRicky Schmitz. giving weekend. Schmitz, whose name Many former players is on the city hockey arena gathered to say an emotional alongside high school hockey See Schmitz, 8A

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One of downtown Lakeville’s newer buildings, owned by Hewitt Investments, LLC, has gone into foreclosure. It currently houses Holly’s Centre Stage Dance. Former tenants include Kazolly’s Sweet Shop and Game Time. Paradise Pizza and Grill was to locate there, but its owners failed to pay rent.

Downtown Hewitt building goes into foreclosure Location houses Holly’s Centre Stage Dance by Aaron Vehling THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

The uncertain economy has struck a downtown Lakeville business owner. The building housing Holly’s Centre Stage Dance has gone into foreclosure, according to a legal notice

in the Dakota County Tribune. The building, at 20721 Holyoke Ave., has had trouble keeping tenants since it was built four years ago. Kazolly’s Sweet Shop and Game Time, a modern video arcade, once con-

ducted business there. In 2010, Paradise Pizza and Grill was supposed to open on the main level, in the former Kazolly’s space, but Paradise owners Timothy and Rochelle Falkenberg encountered finanSee Hewitt, 2A

A legendary hockey coach and mentor, Louis Schmitz, 85, of Farmington died from complications related to stomach cancer on Friday, Dec. 30. Schmitz moved from Red Lake Falls to Farmington in 1954 and helped build organized hockey, creating rinks and teaching players to skate outdoors. “He did it all out of his own pocket,� said Louis’ son,

ECM Publishers acquires Sun Newspaper Group ECM Publishers Inc. has acquired the Sun Newspaper Group from American Community Newspapers II, combining two large Minnesota newspaper groups. Signing the agreement for ECM, Friday, Dec. 30, were Publisher and Chief

Executive Officer Julian Andersen, President and Chief Operating Officer Marge Winkelman, and Chief Financial Officer Rod Garbe. ECM is based in Coon Rapids, Minn. American Community Newspapers II is based in Dallas, Texas.

FARMINGTON

Year in Review

More change may come to Farmington in 2012

The newly acquired newspaper group will be called ECM-Sun Group LLC. The combined company will now include 500 associates and 55 publications, reaching 700,000 homes weekly. “The merger of the Sun Group into ECM PublishSee ECM, 8A

LAKEVILLE

A year of austerity 2011 saw local governments undergoing cuts, restructuring by Aaron Vehling THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Reorganization, elections may yield new leadership by Laura Adelmann THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

In Farmington, reverberations of last year will likely be felt in the city decisions made throughout 2012. Following a fiscally challenging 2011, Farmington may soon undergo reorganization of city services, operations and staff. The focus on restructuring grew after an error was discovered in late 2011 that eliminated the city’s centerpiece of its 2012 budget, a controversial plan to cut debt and pay cash for major city projects. A majority of the Farmington City Council backed the plan that raised property taxes to cut the city’s dependence on interest-heavy bonding for major city projects. Mayor Todd Larson and Council Members Jason Bartholomay and Christy Jo Fogarty hailed the plan as a long-term solution to save money and cut the city’s $38 million debt. But Council Members Terry Donnelly and Julie May sided with most residents attending open house meetings about the plan, endorsing plan goals, but opposing its

City cuts, additions Photo by Laura Adelmann

Farmington Mayor Todd Larson presented a plaque of recognition to former City Administrator Peter Herlofsky at a May 31, 2011, reception held in Herlofsky’s honor. multiple tax increases, especially in an uncertain economy. Council supporters indicated they were prepared to cut items to reduce plan costs, but just before the city’s deadline to approve its 2012 budget, a calculation error was discovered that erased all support for the plan. Cost estimates of the plan to an average-valued residential property more than doubled from $81 to about $200. In November, after five months of council focus on the plan, it was shelved,

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and elected officials scrambled to pass the city’s 2012 budget. Under deadline pressure, Council members decided against staff recommendation and used one-time fiscal disparity funds to buy down the levy. The action buffered business and non-homestead properties from some sharp property tax increases resulting after the Legislature ended the market value homestead credit. It also created a See Farmington, 5A

A new city council sought to further lighten the burden on taxpayers. It voted to eliminate an inhouse electrical inspector and contract with an outside party, for a savings of $77,000 over two years. In December, citing reduced construction, City Administrator Steve Mielke merged the Operations and Maintenance and Engineering departments to create a Public Works Department. The move was precipitated by longtime city engineer Keith Nelson retiring in September. Operations and Maintenance head Chris Petree became the Public Works director. The city’s tax levy, which was flat in 2011 when compared to 2010, will be reduced by about $900,000 for 2012.

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Community members crowded the Lakeville School Board chambers in the first part of 2011 to advocate for keeping programs that were on the chopping block. The district faced a $15.8 million deficit for the 2011-12 and 2012-13 school years.

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District 194 Former superintendent Gary Amoroso promised “systemic change� in January 2011 as the district faced a $15.8 million budget deficit for the 2011-12 and 2012-13 school years. Budget adjustments were pervasive, leading teachers and community members in the hundreds to petition the School Board to keep their respective programs and courses. The district closed Crystal Lake Elementary off County Road 46 and repurposed it into the See Lakeville, 2A


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cial issues of their own, including foreclosure of their home. The Falkenbergs had signed a lease and had equipment and decor in place to start the pizza restaurant, but it did not come to pass, according to Dakota County court records. Hewitt sued the Falkenbergs in November, 2010, for $23,520.03 in unpaid rent. According to court records, Paradise did not respond to the suit and thus awarded Hewitt a default judgment of $25,903.12 (which includes court and attorney

MOST READ LAKEVILLE-FARMINGTON STORIES IN 2011 AT THISWEEKLIVE.COM • Teacher contract negotiations heat up in Lakeville • Lakeville crash slows I-35 traffic Saturday • Lakeville native could become Charlie Sheen’s Tiger Blood intern • Some Farmington home sewer lines are asphalt soaked cardboard • Benefit set for Farmington mom who suffered sudden stroke at work • Founder of Belzer auto dealership dies • Lakeville City Council debates social media usage • Walmart to build new location in Lakeville this year •Farmington man allegedly taught child to grow pot • Update: Walmart to build new location in Lakeville this year changes in the district. Amoroso left in early summer to accept the executive director position at the Minnesota Association of School Administrators. The School Board initiated a comprehensive interview process during the summer that included the input of community members, both inside and outside of the district staffing rolls. The board chose Lisa Snyder, a superintendent of schools in Merrill, Wis. Snyder promised to ramp up the district’s technology, a journey on which she and the board have of-

fees) on Dec. 23. Holly Hewitt, proprietor of Holly’s Centre Stage Dance, developed the building five years ago to house a dance studio that could accommodate her ballooning enrollment numbers, in addition to other businesses. The outstanding mortgage on the property is about $807,000. According to the legal notice, the Dakota County Sheriff ’s Department intends to hold a public auction on Jan. 12 to sell the property. Thisweek could not connect with Hewitt by the time this story went

ficially embarked. Some provisions in Amoroso’s contract, including a severance package in excess of $350,000, led to tighter negotiations between the board and Snyder, whose contract does not include severance. Whereas Amoroso earned $191,000 a year by the time he left the school district on July 1, Snyder entered it earning $169,500 (or $148,000 pro-rated for the 10-anda-half months she works in the fiscal year). Aaron Vehling is at aaron. vehling@ecm-inc.com or www. facebook.com/thisweeklive.

to press to determine the future of her business, or who potential buyers of the building could be. Judy Tschumper, executive director of the Downtown Lakeville Business Association, said she was shocked when she heard the news. “I just hope that someone will be able to come in and help Holly out,� she said. “I hope everything will work out the best for her.� Aaron Vehling is at aaron. vehling@ecm-inc.com or www. facebook.com/thisweeklive.


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Year in Review

A roller-coaster year in Lakeville

Pillars of the community lost, national attention gained by Aaron Vehling THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

In 2011, Lakeville lost a number of well-known community members. A few people thrust the city into the national spotlight as well.

Memorials On Jan. 30, James Kirkpatrick III, 58, died, surrounded by friends and family in his Orchard Lake home. He was a popular substitute teacher in the Lakeville school district, in addition to being a Human Rights commissioner for former Governor Tim Pawlenty and an administrator for former Attorney General Skip Humphrey. He was also highly active in Lakeville soccer. “You were more than just our soccer coach,� wrote Alex Morrison in a letter to Kirkpatrick. “To all of us players of the C2 Lakeville Tornadoes, you were a wise mentor to the minds of growing boys.� Kirkpatrick was also a 20-year Army veteran and one of the cofounders of the People’s Fair. Barry Christensen, 67, died April 5 from a heart attack. He was a longtime volunteer fire chief from 1978 to 2000. The city had one fire station and 35 firefighters when he started, growing to three stations with 75 firefighters by the time he retired. As a neighbor and friend, former City Administrator Bob Erickson said their cul-de-sac group would have dinner parties. “Neighbors would get together and share memories and talk about the successes of our daughters,� Erickson said. “Most recently, we’d talk about our grandkids.�

James Kirkpatrick Longtime auto dealer Jeff Belzer, 70, died Nov. 20. He started out his career as a lawyer, often representing car dealers. He grew to love the business. After decades selling cars, he built up a formidable business that serves customers all over the metro. Erickson remembers being impressed with a deal Belzer struck to combine two competing brands into one dealership. Chevrolet is a General Motors brand and Dodge is a brand of GM rival Chrysler. “His GM-Chrysler dealership in Lakeville was the first of its kind in the United States,� Erickson said. “I was so impressed and pretty excited for the community to have a shared dealership like that under one roof.� Bob Jensen, 83, died Nov. 27. He served Lakeville in several capacities, including mayor, Dakota County commissioner, state legislator and town board supervisor. He was mayor during a time of great expansion. The village and township of Lakeville had merged, creating the 38-square-mile

city that exists today. The population in 1960 topped out at under 1,000, but would balloon more than 700 percent to 7,500 people a decade later. He championed the Airlake Industrial Park and was heavily involved in Pan-O-Prog, which was designed to promote Airlake Industrial Park, said Sarah Matasosky, one of Jensen’s daughters. Jensen also sought to ensure Lakeville had a proper parks system. “Dad always felt strongly about the parks in Lakeville,� Matasosky said. Celebration Church co-founder Connie Lundstrom died Dec. 13 at 73, after a battle with cancer. Lowell and Connie Lundstrom founded Celebration in 1996, after years of cross-country evangelical trips in a Nash Rambler station wagon. According to Celebration’s website, Lundstrom was an accomplished singer and author. In 1986, she recorded, “Connie,� a music album that her husband said “touched my heart so deeply that I broke down and cried.�

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From ‘tiger blood’ to Carmel Shannah Henderson, a Lakeville South graduate who now attends the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, courted national fame when she was a finalist for Charlie Sheen’s Tiger Blood Internship. The social media/public relations position required prospective interns to utilize Twitter and YouTube to build a following and thus make a case for why that person should be See People, Page 7A

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Opinion Guest Columnists

Gambling is not a simple stadium solution Gov. Mark Dayton, legislative leaders and the Minnesota Vikings are working hard to find a deal they can all support to build a new stadium. Their discussions have brought the subject of expanded gambling to the forefront. While gambling proponents will always be there to push new casinos and slot machines as a way to solve the state’s financial issue du jour, this moment of heightened discussion is a good time to point out major problems with their proposals that seem to get very little attention in the media or at the Legislature. It is important to understand that Minnesota’s state constitution prohibits most gambling. The constitution has been amended only twice to allow specific types of gambling: once for pari-mutuel betting at racetracks, and once to establish the state lottery. Tribal casinos exist in Minnesota and throughout the coun-

try because of the Indian Gambling Regulatory Act, which was passed by Congress in 1988 and supersedes state gambling prohibitions. An 18-page opinion issued by the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office in March 2005 states that a state-run casino does not fall under the definition of the state lottery as understood and approved by voters and “that the operation of slot machines, roulette wheels or craps by the State would violate Article XIII, Section 5 of the Minnesota Constitution.� The opinion further concludes that in order to pursue creation of any state-run casino, the governor and Legislature should “first seek approval of a constitutional amendment from the voters.� There is another constitutional problem with these proposals. The only possible way for these proposals to be considered legal is to conclude that they are

authorized under the constitutional provision creating the state lottery. This is the opposite of the conclusion in the attorney general’s opinion. But even assuming that the attorney general was wrong and that casinos can be built as part of the state lottery, then according to the constitution “not less than 40 percent of the net proceeds from any state-operated lottery must be credited to the (environment and natural resources) fund.� All of the gambling-based stadium proposals that we have seen fail this constitutional test. The proposals use various gimmicks that will not hold up in court to give money to the state as a gambling tax or fee. They pretend that this money that comes to the state is somehow different and would not be considered as “proceeds� to the state from the lottery. This gimmick is clearly designed to get around the consti-

tution and would not be allowed by a court. The attorney general opinion states that failure to allocate 40 percent of proceeds to the environment and natural resources fund is “clearly unconstitutional.� An attorney, who is working for the racetracks that are attempting to get a law passed to authorize casinos at their tracks, argues that the state’s constitution doesn’t actually prohibit most gambling as we assert. He says the constitution only mentions “lotteries� and, therefore, everything else is permitted. It sounds logical. But the existence of his racing clients and the fact that establishing their pari-mutuel gambling businesses required a constitutional amendment is proof to the contrary. In the 1800s, when Minnesota’s constitution was written, there were no state lotteries as we think of them today. The term lottery was used to describe any

game of chance, from betting on horses to craps. Most important, it has always been interpreted as such by Minnesota courts. Expanded gambling isn’t the simple “solution� that proponents claim. The current proposals are actually risky and unreliable. They are an invitation for extended court battles. The governor, the Legislature, the Vikings and all of us would be better served by focusing on solutions that don’t violate the state’s constitution. The writers are ECM Editorial Board member Gene Merriam of Coon Rapids, a former DFL state senator and former Department of Natural Resources commissioner, and Dennis Ozment of Rosemount, a former Republican state representative and former chair of the Legislative Committee on Minnesota Resources. Thisweek Newspapers and the Dakota County Tribune are part of ECM Publishers Inc.

Guest Columnist Visit to Lakeville revives memories of long ago CONTRIBUTED BY THE LAKEVILLE AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Living in a cottage on a lake, learning how to hook a fish and sharing meals with an elderly gentleman were some of the memories that Bob Still carried with him for well over 70 years. Still was only 3 in 1935 when his family moved to Lakeville yet he had vivid memories of living at the Weichselbaum Resort on Lake Marion for more than a year. A quest to get in touch with his early years recently brought the Washington state resident back to Minnesota. While researching his roots, Still had talked by telephone with Wally Potter of the Lakeville Area Historical Society. Potter told him that Betty Weichselbaum lived in Lakeville not far from the former site of the resort. She is a cousin of Clarice and Frank “Spud� Weichselbaum, who operated the resort when the Still family lived there from spring 1935 to summer 1937. Last fall, Still, a retired interior designer who has lived on Mercer Island, Wash., for many years, flew to Kansas City. There he met his younger brother, David Still, who had agreed to drive on a trip to Minnesota. They first stopped in Albert Lea where the Still family had lived for several

years after their stint in Lakeville. David was born after the family had relocated to Kansas City. Their father, Orval, who worked for the Great Lakes Pipeline Company, had moved his family from Oklahoma to Lakeville when a pipeline was constructed through the area. He worked at a booster plant, according to Still. At that time, the family included his wife, Esther, and two young sons, Rod and Bob. While in Lakeville, Bob Still, now age 79, shared his memories with Betty Weichselbaum, who is 91. He recalled that his family moved to a cottage at the resort in summer 1935. He was not sure why the family did not rent a house, although he speculated that Spud Weichselbaum might have worked with his father and offered him the cottage. He said his parents “hit it off � with Clarice and Spud and kept in touch for many years. Still remembered that the cottage had just one room with two beds so his parents hung a sheet between the beds for privacy. In his written account of the Minnesota years, Still stated that the cottage had no running water but did have electricity – a single bare bulb hanging from the

ceiling, along with a small icebox. Meals were eaten in the dining room of the main house, where Clarice and Spud lived. A community outhouse served all the cottages. Still wrote that he and Rod learned how to thread a worm on a hook, fish off the resort’s dock and remove a fish from the hook. He remembered catching sunfish, blue gills and crappies. The boys also learned how to remove leeches from their feet by sprinkling them with salt and that it was a good idea to stay away from hornet nests. Family photographs show the boys in front of the small cottage and young Bob standing outside next to his birthday cake. When cold weather arrived, the Stills moved to a large room on the second floor of the main house. Once again, sheets divided the room to form two bedrooms. Bob Still remembered that sweet-smelling apples from the resort’s orchard were stored that fall in a community dining hall separate from the main house. Still recalled watching a hog-butchering event, with the carcass suspended over a large barrel of boiling water. He also remembered watching ice blocks

being cut from the frozen Lake Marion. The ice was cut into two to three foot blocks and hauled on a horse-drawn wagon outfitted with runners. The blocks were covered by insulating layers of sawdust and stacked in a shed called an icehouse for summer use in the resort kitchen and the cottages. It was after the move to the main house that young Bob Still made the acquaintance of the elderly Frank Weichselbaum, the father of Spud and Clarice. The elder Mr. Weichselbaum used the downstairs sunroom as his bedroom and took his meals there. Still recalled that he was sometimes invited into the room at mealtime, when Mr. Weichselbaum delighted in sharing asparagus with him. He said asparagus has always been a favorite. Shortly after moving to Albert Lea, the family came back to Lakeville to attend Frank Weichselbaum’s funeral. Still recalled that the open casket was on display in the

front parlor, surrounded by sweet-smelling flowers. On his recent visit to Lakeville, Betty Weichselbaum showed him the obituary for the old gentleman. The family made other trips to visit Spud and Clarice, including a visit over Christmas and the New Year’s holiday. In the late 1940s Clarice took a DC-3 to Kansas City to visit the Stills. For many years, Clarice remembered the boys at Christmas time by sending a greeting card containing a dollar for each of them. While reminiscing, Betty Weichselbaum told Bob Still about the history of the resort. She said that her grandparents, John and Margaret, had come to Lakeville Township in 1856 and settled on land along Prairie Lake, later renamed Lake Marion. The couple began farming and built a large house on the property. They began renting their upstairs bedrooms to people who came to fish or vacation at the lake. Later the Weichselbaums added a large dining hall and 10

sleeping cottages. People came by train to stay at the resort, which had its own depot. John and Margaret Weichselbaum died in the early 1900s. Then Betty’s father, Joseph, and his brother, Frank, ran the resort together for 11 years. After Joseph married Charlotte, Betty’s mother, he sold his ownership to Frank and his wife, Minnie, and bought the farm next door. Betty said that Frank and Minnie had eight children; Spud and Clarice were the youngest. After their parents died, they ran the resort until 1943. Then the resort was rented out for a few years. In 1972, the resort buildings were razed and burned. The property was sold and subdivided into 13 lots for homes. In a thank you letter following his visit, Bob Still commented, “It was such a warm feeling recalling and sharing episodes of times long passed,� adding, “Wouldn’t it have been nice to have met in the dining room of the Weichselbaum ‘Big House’?�

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$337,258 hole in the 2013 budget that City Administrator David McKnight said will require the city to cut costs in 2012. All jobs and city services are on the table for potential cuts, he said. On a 3-2 vote, an $8,565,982 levy was passed, with the council rejecting a plan to decrease the levy by 1.65 percent. Instead, the council eliminated the $141,192 proposed levy cut, and will use the money for a contingency fund; it may help fill some of the $337,258 funding gap for 2013. Even if it all was applied to the gap, about $196,000 will have to be cut from the budget for next year.

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Groundbreakings Farmington and Dakota County officials celebrated an all-too-rare groundbreaking ceremony for the development of Vermillion River Crossing, a 66-unit senior housing complex built in the Vermillion River Crossing development. Construction of the project, located on Duschane Parkway south of County Road 50 and west of Denmark Avenue, began in the summer and features 32 one-bedroom units and 34 two-bedroom units. The project was the Dakota County Community Development Agency’s first affordable senior housing project in Farmington and will house residents ages 55 and up. In August, city officials celebrated construction of Immanuel Dental on the McVicker lot, located between the Farmington Steakhouse and Gossips on Third Street. With development of the

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Farmington Mayor Todd Larson administered the oath of office to City Administrator David McKnight at the Sept. 6, 2011, council meeting. City Council Members Jason Bartholomay and Julie May looked on. 3,000-square-foot building, Dr. Linden Dungy doubled the size of his former Elm Street practice, going from three to six chairs. Development of the property marked a significant victory for the city’s economic development officials who worked to fill the space for about 20 years. In 1991, the last buildings were torn down from the space, and development plans for the lot have fallen through over the years. The city has used the lot, which was owned by the Farmington Economic Development Authority, to display a public Christmas tree. Dungy started seeing patients in his new building

including in county government, leaving his position as city administrator in Mendota Heights to come to Farmington. During interviews with the council, McKnight emphasized a focus on economic development and improving the city’s bottom line. He also indicated a strong commitment to the community and long-term interest in the position.

on Thursday, Dec. 29.

New leadership In May, Farmington City Engineer Kevin Schorzman was named interim city administrator. Meanwhile, the council conducted their own search for a permanent city leader. After a two-month process, on June 29, the council unanimously selected from five candidates lifelong Farmington resident and former City Council Member Dave McKnight as the city’s next administrator. McKnight brought an eclectic mix of experience,

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died of cancer at 45 years old. Nibbe was an upbeat, sports enthusiast, husband and father of three from Red Wing who was often interacting with crowds at the city’s Schmitz-Maki Ice Arena. He was unexpectedly diagnosed with terminal colorectal cancer in 2009, and endured aggressive radiation and chemotherapy treatments. When he ran out of paid time off, Farmington city employees together contributed six months of their own accumulated paid leave, the maximum allowed, to help Nibbe and his family cover mounting medical bills. City staff membersalso organized and contributed to several fundraisers. In a February interview, Nibbe said he considered his colleagues his second family. Nibbe was buried wearing a Farmington shirt and a jacket from the ice arena. “He touched a lot of lives,� said Schorzman, who called Nibbe a “great person� who would be “sorely missed.�

Looking forward This year, the council focus will be on the city budget, with the likelihood that some form of the debt plan be reintroduced. Operations and staffing will be discussed. The year will also include discussions of employee benefits as union contracts are negotiated. City clerical and maintenance workers and nonunion employees who are not department heads will receive a one percent raise in 2012, but benefits packages are expected to be reviewed. In December, the council raised concerns about accrued leave, vacation, step adjustments, compensatory time off and sick leave. McKnight said those benefits will be discussed during collective bargaining sessions. In an interview Monday, Larson said he also anticipates a strong emphasis on economic development in 2012.

In July, city officials’ joined the community in mourning the untimely death of Mike Nibbe, a Laura Adelmann is at laura. 25-year city employee who adelmann@ecm-inc.com.

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the city was forced to deplete its hard-won $45,841 contingency to cover losses in the firefighters’ pension fund. In March, some council members discussed the possibility of seeking pay concessions from some senior staff members, including Herlofsky. Under Herlofsky’s contract, which was up for renewal May 18, a reduction of salary or other financial benefits was deemed to be a termination. During early 2011 meetings, tension was palpable, and after the March 28 Economic Development Authority meeting, Herlofsky suddenly submitted his resignation letter to three Photo by Laura Adelmann City Council members. Farmington and Dakota County officials joined May 4, 2011, to celebrate the groundbreaking “Here� was the only of the 66-unit, 77,020-square-foot senior center complex in Vermillion River Crossing. comment Herlofsky made to Larson, Bartholomay and Fogarty as he handed each a sealed envelope containing copies of his resignation, which cited May 31 as his last day; he then walked out of council chambers. Weeks after resigning, Herlofsky threatened to sue the city for $65,000 in severance, equal to six months’ salary. In June, the Farmington City Council settled out of court with Herlofsky, giving him about $32,500 in severance and $34,500 in accrued benefits.

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The Farmington School Board began 2011 mired in controversy, but ended the year poised for educational transformation. After years of conflict, board members diligently worked through issues and now appear unified toward educational change in 2012. The board was far from unified last January, after three new members were sworn into office and voted into leadership positions. Tension filled the Jan. 10 meeting when Tera Lee was elected chair, Brian Treakle was made vicechair and Melissa Sauser was elected as board clerk. Incumbent members Julie Singewald and Julie McKnight were suddenly in the minority and unsuccessfully opposed several votes. Among the issues McKnight and Singewald opposed was the majority’s approval of a full review of the 2010 written investigative report regarding

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severance and allowances for accrued sick and vacation days. Meeks was also eligible for up to one year of district-paid family health care coverage after leaving the district, but the agreement included a stipulation that he never again could be employed by the district. After being selected as a finalist for administrative openings at several different schools, Meeks was hired in June as superintendent of Steamboat Springs Schools in Colorado. In the weeks following Meeks’ resignation, tensions in the district were heightened by the additional resignations of Finance Director Jeff Priess and Human Resources Director Linda Goers. In addition to that, the board struggled with arduous budget decisions. In March, the board passed an unexpected vote to cut the director of administrative services poSee Schools, Page 7A

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sition and three support staff members. Those kinds of major decisions and changes motivated principals, teachers and parents to raise concerns at board meetings about district direction and the board’s leadership style.

Leader search Board members hired consultant Kenneth LaCroix to guide their search for a new superintendent. They described their ideal candidate as an experienced visionary, passionate about education and a charismatic, strong communicator who could help heal the community. In June, the board unanimously voted to hire

Jay Haugen, who had been superintendent of West St. Paul-Mendota HeightsEagan School District for five years. After his hiring, Haugen met community members and led workshops with board members with the intention to resolve issues.

Future focus

With Haugen’s guidance, the board has defined goals that include individualizing education for students to find their natural talents and integrating technology into the classroom. The board is working together in a more cohesive manner, and Haugen has begun holding informal roundtable meetings with Laura Adelmann is at laura. the community. As planning begins for adelmann@ecm-inc.com.

People/from Page 3A Sheen’s intern. Henderson did not make the cut, but the media coverage led to job offers. “He makes me feel like I should always be myself and not change for anyone,â€? she said. “Sheen doesn’t conform to social norms. He goes against them and does his own thing. He’s very comfortable with himself.â€? Steven Alexander Cross of Lakeville made international news when he abandoned his son with neighbor Joanne Pahl and fled across the country to Carmel, Calif., to start a new life. He was arrested in nearby Cambria and extradited to Dakota County on charges of child abandonment. An unemployed architect who faced foreclosure, the despondent Cross said he saw it as the only way to provide a better life for his son. “I had to walk away from (his son),â€? Cross wrote to an ex-girlfriend. “So awful the house is gone ‌ I drove to Carmel with nothing. I sleep on the street ‌ Please call (Cross’s son)

the 2012-13 school year, state funding changes and budget-stretching decisions are set to dominate discussions. The board also is expected to determine how to address facility needs in the district. Previous plans included several remodeling projects, but were put on hold after the district took advantage of state legislation, authored by Rep. Pat Garofalo, R-Farmington, allowing the district to repay a 1991 $8.8 million loan interest-free. The state received the much-needed money early, and Farmington taxpayers saved about $34 million in the process.

Shannah Henderson and see if he picks up his cellphone at this number please if so send me a message I probably only have a couple days ‌ No one I called would help me ‌ I didn’t know what to do.� He would eventually seek custody of his son, but remains under a no-contact order.

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around the project, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars. Though a city department, the arts center’s creation depended on the cooperation of the school district and the All Saints parish, in addition to community arts and charity groups, to come to fruition. Since its opening, the LAAC has served more than 300,000 visitors. The Friends of the Lakeville Area Arts Center, a nonprofit group, has raised more than $800,000 over the past 10 years to support the facility. In addition to showcasing local theater and visual arts, the LAAC also hosts visiting speakers and private groups, serves an educational capacity and is the home of Taste of Lakeville and the Lakeville Art Festival. Lakeville Finance Director Dennis Feller said the city will make its final debt payment on the LAAC in 2013 and its last bond payment in early 2014.

The Lakeville Area Arts Center (LAAC) celebrated its 10th anniversary. The downtown venue was opened in the old All Saints Aaron Vehling is at aaron.vehling@ecm-inc.com or www. Catholic Church in 2001. At its beginning, the facebook.com/thisweeklive. community coalesced

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ECM/from 1A ers continues the growth of ECM, combining two strong, well-managed Minnesota media organizations,� Andersen said. “This combination creates opportunity and capability to enhance services provided to both readers and advertisers, to be active partners in an extended group of Minnesota communities, and to provide many associates the chance to step up to bigger responsibilities.� “We are excited about this new opportunity to expand our footprint in the Minneapolis-St. Paul market as ECMSun Group, LLC,� Winkelman said. “ECM Publishers Inc. is continuously transforming the way we operate and continues to improve our ability to meet the challenges of the changing newspaper

industry. By combining our award-winning publications, strong community websites, and adding digital and social media to the mix, we will be able to communicate to our readers and deliver advertisers’ messages in a timely and effective manner.� “I am very excited about the future of our new company and the opportunities to grow and expand the business,� said Jeffrey Coolman, general manager of the ECM-Sun Group. “Combining the strengths of both companies will create one of the best community newspaper groups in the country. It is the people who strengthen our ability to succeed.� Both ECM and the Sun Group are comprised of newspapers, shoppers, and websites. ECM publishes 15 news-

Town hall meeting Jan. 11 to focus on tax reform Minnesota Department of Revenue Commissioner Myron Frans will host a town hall meeting on tax reform from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, in the community room at Farmington Library, 508 Third St. The meeting will begin with a short presentation and then be opened up for questions and discussion. Frans will ask Farmington taxpayers to share their views on:

• What they look for in a good tax system • What they consider a fair tax system • What could make the tax system more simple Farmington is one of the stops on the commissioner’s statewide tour to gather ideas for the governor to improve Minnesota’s tax system. More information is available at http://taxes. state.mn.us/Pages/taxreform.aspx. �

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plant and acquired an independent delivery company that now operates as a division of ECM. In a sequence of transactions over the past 30 years, ECM acquired additional newspapers. Andersen, son of the late former governor, said ECM believes many Minnesotans agree with investor Warren Buffet who said recently, after acquiring his hometown newspaper — the Omaha World Herald: “There are still a lot of things newspapers can do better than any other media. I’m not comfortable without an honest-to-God newspaper in my hand.� Dirks, Van Essen & Murray, a newspaper merger and acquisition firm based in Santa Fe, N.M., represented American Community Newspapers in the transaction.

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ary, Schmitz is survived by his wife of 62 years, Jean; nine children: Sandy (Dan) Pudil, Randy (Nancy), Billy (Sue), Ricky (Chad), Shelly, Tommy (Melissa), Bobby (Michelle), Jody (Bob) Slette, and Lisa Guse, 12 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; siblings, Lucille Desotell, Marilyn Newton, and Tony (Crystal) Schmitz. A visitation for Louis Schmitz will be held Friday Jan. 6 from 3 to 9 p.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Farmington, and for an hour prior to the funeral, scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 7 at the church. St. Michael’s is located at 22120 Denmark Ave.

goodbye during the weekend of Dec. 23, the 47th annual alumni hockey game. “He was very proud of all his kids, not only his immediate kids, but his extended kids,� said Ricky Schmitz, referring to players his father had coached. Schmitz’s honors include the 2008 Don Clark Memorial Hockey Award, induction into the 1992 Farmington High School Hall of Fame and a the 2008 Excellence Award for Contributions to the Youth Athletic Programs in Farmington. He also won the WCCO Good Neighbor Award and was the 1989 Outstanding Citizen of the Year. Laura Adelmann is at laura. According to his obitu- adelmann@ecm-inc.com.

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(September 14, 1983 - December 26, 2011) Elliott, Maggie Jo age 28 of Eagan passed away unexpectedly on December 26, 2011 surrounded by her loving family. Maggie is survived by her mother Dawnelle (Dennis) Mueffelman and father Glenn (Natalie) Elliott. Siblings Michael (Jennica) Elliott, Jessica (Scott) Snyder and Elise Elliott. Nephews Finn and Sawyer Elliott and Baby Snyder. Step Family Amy (Eric) Sovis and their children Alexys, Noah and Samuel; Nick Mueffelman. Also by other loving aunts, uncles, relatives and many friends. Memorial Mass 11AM Friday 12/30/11 at St. Joan of Arc, 4537 3rd Ave. S. Mpls, MN. Gathering of family and friends was held, Thursday, December 29, 2011, 4pm-9pm at White Funeral Home, 14560 Pennock Ave. and also one hour prior to Mass at church. Maggie was a 2002 graduate of Eagan High School and 2006 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Maggie had many passions including Volleyball, Youth Ministries and most of all family and friends. She will be deeply missed by all. In lieu of flowers, memorials preferred. White Funeral Home Apple Valley 952-432-2001 www.whitefuneralhomnes.com

Was born March 13, 1940, in Starbuck, Minnesota, to Leonard Irvin and Dora Alvina (Hoff) Skarsten. He was baptized in Swift Falls and confirmed in 1955 at Salem English Lutheran Church in Minneapolis. He spent his childhood in Swift Falls and the family moved to Minneapolis when he was 12. He graduated from West High School in Minneapolis with the Class of 1958. On August 8, 1959, Darrell was united in marriage to Nancy Finman, lived in Minneapolis and then moved to Burnsville in 1964 where they lived until their divorce in 1989. In 1991 he was united in marriage to Donna Campbell at the Little Brown Church in the Vale. They were divorced in 2002. He earned a drafting degree in 1966 and went to work for Gage Tool and Die, as a draftsman. In 1974, Darrell started his own business called Dana Engineering, where he specialized in sheet metal fabrication. In 1984, he expanded into a new state-of-the-art facility and pioneered computer-optimized sheet metal fabrication. He held multiple patents for innovative design and creation of sheet metal components. Darrell was knowledge hungry and did a lot of reading and was proud of the fact he could play Jeopardy with the best of them. He was able to play several musical instruments including the accordion, guitar, and the organ, and loved working crossword puzzles. Darrell was called from this life on December 26, 2011. He attained the age of 71 years, 9 months and 13 days. Darrell is survived by his children: Kim (Kent) Lehmann of Swatara, Cynthia (Dale) Swanson of Swatara, and Brian (Alicia) Skarsten of Stevens Point, WI; eight grandchildren: Jeremy (Rachael) Lehmann, Joshua (Bobby Jo) Lehmann, Rachel Lehmann, Kristin Swanson, April Swanson, Kyle Swanson, Connor Skarsten, and Kayla Skarsten; seven great grandchildren: Preston, Jeremy Jr., Jade, Raven, Gavin, Justin and Caleb; brother: Allan (Sandy) Skarsten of Burnsville; nieces Lisa Burk and Amy Skarsten of Burnsville, and many other relatives and friends. Preceding him in death was his first wife Nancy in 1997, and his parents.

Genevieve Anna Deutsch (March 5, 1923 - December 24, 2011) Genevieve A., Deutsch (Mahowald), age 88 of Elko, MN on December 24, 2011. Wonderful, loving mother of 9 children. Preceded in death by husband of 52 years , Clarence George, daughter Mary Georgine, brothers, Aelred and Edward and son-in-law Bernard A. Carlson, Jr. Survived by children Pauline Carlson of West St. Paul, Helen (David) Jandro of Rosemount, Charles (Kay) Deutsch of New Hope, Stephen (Donna) Deutsch of Watkins, John (Sandy) Deutsch of Lakeville, Raymond (Cindy) Deutsch of Elko, Julianne (Jeffrey) Scott of Bloomington, Daniel (Darcy) Deutsch of Lonsdale; 30 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren, and brother George Mahowald of Burnsville. She taught us grace, dignity, and character through her love of God, her devotion to Him, love for family by her steadfast guidance, commitment to her church and community through her years as organist and choir member, and as a trusted loyal bank employee. Was ever so gently placed into the arms of God on Christmas Eve. Will be sadly missed by all. Mass of Christian Burial was Wednesday, December 28 at St. Nicholas Catholic Church, New Market, MN. Interment St. Nicholas Church cemetery. White Funeral Home Lakeville 952-469-2723 www.whitefuneralhomes.com

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 4 p.m. Tuesday. A fee of $50 will be charged for the first 5 inches and $10 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 selfaddressed, stamped envelope is provided.


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Sports Standings South Suburban Conference

Year in Review

Boys Basketball Team

Conference W Lakeville North 1 Eastview 1 Apple Valley 1 B Jefferson 1 B Kennedy 1 Rosemount 0 Lakeville South 0 Eagan 0 Prior Lake 0 Burnsville 0

Overall L W 0 9 0 8 0 7 0 4 0 3 1 6 1 5 1 4 1 4 1 0

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Friday, Jan 6 • Lakeville North at Bloomington Kennedy, 7:15 p.m. • Apple Valley at Lakeville South, 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, Jan 10 • Lakeville South at Rosemount, 7:15 p.m. • Eastview at Lakeville North, 7:15 p.m. Thursday, Jan 12 • Lakeville North at Eagan, 7:15 p.m.

Girls Basketball Team

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

L 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3

Overall W 8 7 7 7 5 5 4 3 3 2

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Friday, Jan 6 • Lakeville South at Apple Valley, 7:15 p.m. • Bloomington Kennedy at Lakeville North, 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, Jan 10 • Rosemount at Lakeville South, 7:15 p.m. • Lakeville North at Eastview, 7:15 p.m.

Boys Hockey Team Eagan Burnsville Lakeville South Apple Valley Eastview Lakeville North B Jefferson Prior Lake Rosemount B Kennedy

Conference Overall W L T W L T 4 0 0 8 2 0 3 0 0 7 4 0 3 1 0 6 3 0 2 1 1 5 4 1 1 2 0 7 4 0 1 2 0 5 5 0 0 2 1 0 8 2 0 2 0 5 5 0 0 3 0 3 7 0 0 1 0 3 8 0

Saturday, Jan 7 • Lakeville North at Lakeville South, 3 p.m. Tuesday, Jan 10 • Lakeville North at Wayzata, 7 p.m. • Rochester Century at Lakeville South, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan 12 • Lakeville South at Apple Valley, 7 p.m. • Rosemount at Lakeville North, 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan 14 • Lakeville North at Apple Valley, 2:15 p.m.

Girls Hockey Team

Conference Overall W L T W L T Lakeville North 7 1 1 11 3 1 Eagan 6 1 1 12 2 2 Lakeville South 6 1 1 11 3 1 Eastview 4 4 1 6 8 1 Burnsville 2 3 3 5 7 3 B Jefferson 3 4 0 7 7 1 Apple Valley 3 5 0 9 6 0 Rosemount 2 4 2 5 9 2 Prior Lake 0 7 1 2 11 1 B Kennedy 0 3 0 4 11 2 Saturday, Jan 7 • Lakeville North at Lakeville South, 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, Jan 10 • Lakeville South at Apple Valley, 7 p.m. • Rosemount at Lakeville North, 7 p.m. Friday, Jan 13 • Benilde-St. Margaret’s at Lakeville North, 7 p.m. • Lakeville South at Breck, 7:30 p.m.

Missota Conference

Boys Basketball Team

Conference W Chanhassen 0 New Prague 0 Holy Angels 0 Northfield 0 Red Wing 0 Chaska 0 Farmington 0 Shakopee 0

L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Overall W 7 6 5 4 4 4 4 2

L 3 3 3 6 6 6 7 7

Thursday, Jan 12 • Shakopee Farmington at Shakopee, 7:30 p.m.

Girls Basketball Team

Conference W Red Wing 0 Chanhassen 0 Northfield 0 Shakopee 0 New Prague 0 Holy Angels 0 Chaska 0 Farmington 0

L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Lakeville athletes give fans reason to cheer Lakeville North, South each made headlines in 2011 by Andy Rogers THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

It’s no secret that people in Lakeville like to play sports. In 2011, they proved once again they’re pretty good at it. Every team goes through ups and downs, but for one weekend in November, Lakeville North went through a gauntlet of peaks and valleys. The football team was playing at the Metrodome and the volleyball team at the Xcel Energy Center in early November, both in the midst of remarkable seasons. The football team won the South Suburban Conference with an undefeated regular season and won the Section 1-5A title, which included a season sweep over rival Lakeville South. Fans filled the seats at the Metrodome on Nov. 11 to watch quarterback Trey Heid and one of the best defenses in Minnesota play at the Class 5A state quarterfinal. A late field goal by Cretin-Derham Hall ended the team’s season, but not before having perhaps its best season since the school won the state title in 2003. The volleyball team also made headlines after nearly winning itssecond straight state title the following day. The Panthers lost to Eden Prairie in a wild five-game final after winning a state title in 2010. The 2011 Panthershad a new head coach and they were without two Division I recruits who helped them win it all in 2010. Still, Alyssa Goehner led the Panthers to a Section 3AAA title over Lakeville South, which was ranked No. 1 in the state and won the South Suburban Conference title, along with the Southwest Minnesota Challenge in Marshall. In March, the boys hockey team for Lakeville North went on a run unmatched by any team in school history and just about every other team in the state. The Panthers went 10-14-1 during the regular season but goalie Charlie Lindgren and the rest of the boys saved their best for March. The Panthers won the Section 1AA title, which included a wild overtime victory

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Lakeville North’s Trey Heid lifts up the Section 1-5A title, which qualified the team for state. against Lakeville South in the final. At state, the Panthers won the consolation title by beating Moorhead and White Bear Lake. The Lakeville North girls soccer team had perhaps the best regular season in Minnesota in 2011. The girls went undefeated in a challenging South Suburban Conference and adopted a team-first attitude. The girls went on to win the Section 1AA title in the playoffs, but lost to Wayzata and Centennial at state. Led by Rachel Banham and Apiew Ojulu, the Lakeville North girls basketball team was once again the talk of Minnesota in 2011 winning the South Suburban Conference title. The girls finished third at state after a disappointing loss in the Class AAA semifinal to Eden Prairie 49-32. The girls shot 28.6 percent from the field and went 0-16 from the three-point line. The girls turned things around the following day to take third with a 68-50 win against White Bear Lake. Several individuals were standouts as well. Ben Saxton won the state Nordic

skiing title in February by almost 10 seconds. Lakeville North’s Nicole Naatjes won the state girls pole vaulting title leading the Panthers to fifth as a team. The girls track team also won the South Suburban Conference.

Cougars growl Lakeville South’s Zack Petersen became the first Lakeville wrestler to win a state championship in March. He was the champion at 215 pounds. The Cougars sent more wrestlers to state than ever before including Eric Hensel and Tom Petersen. A few days later, Riley West, Jon Christensen and Alex Richter and the rest of the Lakeville South boys basketball team gave the school a thrill in playoffs. The Cougars finished third in the South Suburban Conference behind Eagan and Eastview, but found another gear in the playoffs, where they got some revenge over Eastview, which swept the Cougars during the regular season and ended its season in 2010 in the Section 3-4A final. The Cougars defeated a highly

talented Apple Valley team featuring at least two Division I recruits to qualify for the state tournament for the first time since 2006, but the Cougars lost to the eventual state runner-up Eden Prairie by four points in the state quarterfinal. The Lakeville South girls hockey team had a memorable 2011, starting with a South Suburban Conference title and a Section 1AA title in February. The girls qualified for state featuring several Division I recruits. In the summer, the school hired one of the biggest names in women’s hockey in the United States – Natalie Darwitz – with Tom Osiecki, her US Women’s National team coach, as her assistant. In June, Lakeville South’s Lee Bares won the Class AA state title in the pole vault. He is the first Lakeville South boy to win a state title in track and field. The Cougar volleyball team had its best season in school history by winning the South Suburban Conference for the first time and by spending a significant portion of the season ranked No. 1 in the state. The only team that found a way to defeated the Cougerswas Lakeville North, which ended South’s season in the Section 1AAA final in November. The Cougars rallied to a 26-2 season, winning the Aerie Challenge, Farmington Tournament and Cretin-Derham Hall tournament in the process. Lakeville South’s girls cross country team was undefeated during the regular season, won the conference, and finished second at state with strong runs by Kaytlyn Larson, Annie Brekken, Megan Lubow, Megan Kilbride and Erin Kilbride. University of Minnesota recruit Mitch Leidner quarterbacked an exciting football season that saw the team ranked in the top 10 in Class 5A. It wasn’t all good news in Lakeville. Early in the year, Panther girls hockey head coach Buck Kochevar slipped on the ice during practice, sending him to the hospital instead of coaching in the playoffs, but the good news is he’s back leading the team into 2012During difficult budget discussions, the Lakeville School Board considered athletic activi-

ties such as gymnastics and golf among others up for elimination, but in late winter, board members decided use higher participation fees and rely on more fund-raising to keep them active. Here’s a slice of what made headlines in 2011: • Lakeville North boys golfers were sixth at state in June. • Lakeville North’s Connor Croasdale downhill skied to 19th at the state Alpine meet. Lakeville South’s Hayleigh Adams was 23th in the girls state Alpine meet. • Lakeville North girls Nordic team skied to sixth at state. Michelle Ferguson was fifth individually. • The Lakeville South boys golf team finished second in the South Suburban Conference, its best place ever. • The Lakeville North boys swimming and diving team was 10th at state in 2011 and the South team was 11th. Lakeville North girls were 12th at state and South was 18th. • For the first time in school history, Lakeville South had a representative at the state girls tennis tournament. Erika Williams and Shelby Henderson made it to the state consolation final. • Paula Moltzan, who went to school at Lakeville South, was nominated to the U.S. Ski Team as a member of the U.S. Developmental Ski Team joining Lakeville’s Matthew Strand. • Lakeville North’s Milan Mader was named to the Minnesota State High School League Hall of Fame. • The Lakeville alumnus BJ O’Brien helped St. Norbert College win the NCAA Division III Frozen Four national championship in March. • Lakeville’s Aaron Crandall helped the University of Minnesota-Duluth win the Division I national title on Saturday at the NCAA Frozen Four. • Lakeville North alumni Tyler Swanson and Lakeville South’s Marcus Brumm connected on a Hail Mary to defeat St. John’s as members of the Augsburg College football team. It was the first for Augsburg at St. John’s since 1980. Andy Rogers is at andy. rogers@ecm-inc.com.

Several Tiger athletes complete best seasons yet Girls swimming, track, gymnastics, basketball have record-setting seasons by Andy Rogers THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

It was the best year ever for many Farmington athletes in 2011. For starters, Farmington High School had its own state champion. Tyler Magalis proved to be the best diver in Minnesota last year, winning the one-meter event at the Class AA state meet. He was the second state champion in diving from Farmington. His swim team, along with fellow state participant Brian Huls, won the Missota Conference and Section 1AA True Team title. In the spring, Farmington proved to have perhaps the best Tiger girls track team in school history. The girls broke several school records on their way to a fourth-place finish at the Class AA state meet in June. The 4x400-meter relay team helped secure Farm-

ington’s spot among the top teams in the state. Alyssa Parco, Erin Hickey, Maria Kiminski and Isabelle Ferm crossed the finish line in fourth place. Parco added to the score with a third-place finish in the 300 hurdles. Her teammate Nadia Lorenz emerged as a track and field star, leaping her way to silver medals in both the long jump and 100 hurdles. Lorenz also was part of the Farmington gymnastics team that made headlines with positive performances throughout in 2011. The girls sent three members to the Class AA state individual meet where Kiana Lord finished sixth on the balance beam and 19th all around. Lorenz was 10th in the vault and teammate Terra Klima flipped to 26th in the bars. The girls hockey team were repeat Missota Conference champions in 2011 thanks to aggressive play by forwards Krystal Baumann, Hannah Alexander and goalie Jessica Erchul. The girls advanced to the Section 1AA final game with an overtime victory over Lakeville North, but lost to Lakeville South.

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Farmington’s Tyler Magalis won the state diving title in 2011. The Taylor Meyer-led girls basketball team had perhaps its best season on record, winning the Missota title and advancing to the Section 1AAAA final. The girls were stunned in the

Avestruz, Abby Haugen and Kristen Kracke led the Farmington girls swim team to 13th at state. The girls set new school records in eight events, capping off another historic season. In the fall, the school’s football team won its homecoming game against Northfield 28-0, breaking a year-long losing streak in week three of the season. Here’s a list of other notable Farmington headlines in 2011: • Carl Elmer was the fifth-best wrestler at 140 pounds at the Class AAA state individual wrestling meet in March. • The Tigers boys lacrosse team got its first-ever victory in April. • The boys soccer team had its best season ever with an 8-7-2 record. The girls soccer team kept things competitive as well, finishing 8-8-1. • The boys hockey team advanced to the second round of the Section 1AA tournament by beating Rochester John Marshall 6-1, but lost to Lakeville South in the next round.

playoffs by lower-seeded Rochester Mayo, falling one game short of reaching the state tournament for the first time ever. They finished with a 23-4 record. Andy Rogers is at andy. Kaitlyn O’Reilly, Zoe rogers@ecm-inc.com.


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January 6, 2012 THISWEEK

Sports Tigers end year with a win

No snow? Quite a predicament for skiers Lakeville Nordic surviving without snow, just like everyone else by Andy Rogers THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

There hasn’t been much snow for people to ski on this winter, which is trouble for a few athletes in Lakeville who had big plans for 2012. Lakeville North’s Ben Saxton, who won the state Nordic individual state championship last year and enters the season ranked No. 1 in the state, has been chasing snowflakes all winter. Saxton’s primary goal is to qualify for the Junior Nationals team to compete in Turkey later this month. If he does, that will be the end of his high school career. “If he does not make the team, he will return to win every meet he competes in, all the way to defending his state title,� Lakeville North Nordic head coach Rich Heilman said. His teammate Lewis Kunik is ranked No. 6 in the state. Assuming Saxton makes the national team, Kunik is aiming to win the Photo by Rick Orndorf Farmington’s Sean Johnson, No. 21, fights for control in a 3-1 loss to Hastings on Dec. 20. Section 1 and state title. If he The Tigers improved to 4-4-1 by New Year’s, closing out the year with a 5-1 victory over returns, he may have to settle for being No. 2. Shakopee to move the team’s record to 4-4-1. “Lewis has beaten Ben

before. Their competitive friendship as teammates is a spirit that is definitely an advantage to both of them,� Heilman said. “Ben and Lewis would like to get the boys team to the state meet, but without Ben, should he be in Turkey, it will be a tougher job.� Without snow, Nordic skiers have spent most of their practices focusing on dryland training. “The training has been as good as ever for cardiovascular fitness conditioning and strength, but on-snow specific skill building has been difficult,� Heilman said. “New skiers are at the biggest disadvantage.� Over the winter break, Lakeville skiers headed north to Wisconsin to try out trails in Hayward and to upper Michigan near Ironwood. Locally, Green Acres in Lake Elmo and Elm Creek in Maple Grove make their snow, which allows for races, but it’s too far for afternoon practices. The Panthers girls team is led by Amy Ferguson, who finished third in the conference and fourth in the section last season, and by Sara Nelson. Ferguson would like to challenge Eagan’s Sonja Hedblom and Burnsville’s Vivian Hett for the confer-

ence title this season and get to state. “Sara and Amy can lead this team to a second consecutive Section 1 title with the support and improvement of skiers numbers three through seven – Cassie Nickisch, Hannah Evers, Emily Wilson, Carrie Hanson and Brianna Vetter,� Heilman said. The Lakeville South girls team features Margaret Singer and Caroline Slattery, both ranked among the top-10 in the South Suburban Conference. Michael Picken leads a young boys team with Alexander Rittenhouse. Another thing the Lakeville North and South Nordic teams lack is coaching depth. After the latest round of budget cuts, half of the Nordic coaching staff was eliminated from the district. Between North and South, they went from two head coaches and two assistants to one of each. Heilman is still the head coach for Lakeville North, and Andrew Poffenberger leads South. “We fund raise for his position and his assistant’s position,� Heilman said. Andy Rogers is at andy. rogers@ecm-inc.com.

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by Laura Adelmann THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

City leaders say some Farmington homeowners are being falsely informed by their mortgage lenders Ahmed Abdul Stanley that they must purchase expensive flood insurance. Farmington City Engineer Kevin Schorzman said if homeowners haven’t needed flood insurance in the past they don’t need it now. The city has a link on its website, www.ci.farmington. mn.us, to a letter homeownAhmed Abdul ers can provide their lender Stanley arrested that proves their property been revalidated out of in Farmington on has the floodplain designation. Changes to federal floodChristmas Day plain maps triggered the by Laura Adelmann lender notices, Schorzman THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS said, and the city has been Laura Adelmann is at laura. A man is in the Dakota receiving calls from con- adelmann@ecm-inc.com. County Jail on charges he drove drunk with a 2-yearold in his vehicle. Ahmed Abdul Stanley, 22, of Owatonna, was Call Laura at (952) 469pulled over on Christmas 4126 for further informaDay on Denmark Avenue tion or visit www.kinderafter Farmington police nook.com. were alerted to a swerving vehicle that almost crashed Travel expert Rayne Olinto another one, the Dason will share tips and tricks kota County criminal comfor booking online travel plaint said. and finding the best travel Before initiating the stop, police reported ob- resources at the library Helen’s Country Cafe, 12 serving the vehicle swerv- from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12, at Heritage Library, Church St., New Market, ing and seeing the driver Heritage Drive, will host a spaghetti dinner pass onto a gravel road and 20085 Lakeville. Registration is re- fundraiser for Windmill Anfishtail. Stanley allegedly told quired. Call (651) 450-2918 imal Rescue, a nonprofit nokill shelter, from 5 to 7 p.m. the officer he’d had a cou- for more information. Tuesday, Jan. 24. Cost is $10 ple of beers; the report for adults and $7.50 for chilstated he slurred his speech dren 12 and younger. and exhibited slow reaction The dinner includes garlic times. bread, spaghetti, coleslaw, After failing both field beverage, and a dessert. sobriety tests and a prelimKindernook Preschool Tickets can be pre-orinary breath test, Stanley in Lakeville will hold regis- dered by sending an email was arrested. The officer reported tration for 2012-13 classes to windmillanimalrescue@ Stanley became “very agi- from 9 a.m. to noon Satur- yahoo.com. For more information, tatedâ€? and started swearing day, Jan. 21. Open houses are scheduled from 9 to 11 call the cafe at (952) 461and slamming his head into a.m. on Jan. 11 and 18 and 4955 or Windmill Animal the rear seat partition. According to the com- from 1 to 3 p.m. on Jan. 12. Rescue at (952) 461-2765. plaint, another officer arranged for the toddler’s mother to pick up the child while Stanley was taken to the Farmington police station. Police say he agreed to a breath test and the results showed he had a blood alcohol level of .15, almost ďż˝ ďż˝ twice the legal limit. ďż˝ ďż˝ Police also stated officers located a partially

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Two Lakeville police officers were honored Jan. 3 for their role in helping save the life of Chelsea Skog, whose car was hit head-on by a drunk driver on Buck Hill Road in August 2010. At a Lakeville City Council meeting, Police Chief Tom Vonhof and Gov. Mark Dayton presented officers Jeff Hanson and Michelle Roberts with the Life Saver Award for their heroism. Skog’s father, Greg Skog of Eagan, nominated them for the honor. Dayton was present because Skog was a campaign intern and is a family friend. Chelsea Skog and a passenger were both trapped inside their Toyota Prius after colliding with the Chevrolet pickup. Both teens were transported via ambulance and helicopter to the hospital at the time. The pickup driver was arrested for DWI. Chelsea Skog suffered two broken femurs and a broken collar bone. Greg Skog said just saying thanks was not enough, so nominated the officers. Hanson and Roberts were first on the scene. Several other officers responded later. They were also honored. Chelsea Skog had been handing out fliers for Dayton’s campaign earlier in the evening, Dayton said. “If it had not been for your response, I don’t think either of them would be with us today,� said Dayton. Aaron Vehling is at aaron. vehling@ecm-inc.com or www. facebook.com/thisweeklive.

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Thisweekend theater and arts briefs

Bluegrass Americana Family Night returns to Celts Pub in Rosemount by Andrew Miller THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Celts Pub & Grill in downtown Rosemount will once again resound with the quick-pickin’, foot-stompin’ sounds of bluegrass music when it plays host to the monthly Bluegrass Americana Family Night series. Co-sponsored by the Rosemount Area Arts Council, the free-admission event offers a different bluegrass band the second Thursday of each month and runs through April. The down-home sounds kick off next week with a Jan. 12 concert by Switched at Birth, a fixture of the local bluegrass scene whom south-metro audiences will remember from the band’s performance last summer during Rosemount Leprechaun Days. On Feb. 9, the event will feature Sawtooth, a bluegrass quintet that includes three brothers of Rosemount’s Birtzer family – Clint on guitar, Luke on fiddle, and Shane on banjo. The series continues March 8 with American Rootsmusic duo The Ditch Lilies, and concludes April 12 with The Eelpout Stringers. Funded with money from a Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund grant, the concerts are free

Meet local authors at Galaxie Library

Dakota County Library’s first local author fair will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, at Galaxie Library, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. Forty adult, teen and children’s authors will be on hand to talk about and sell their books. Keynote speaker David Housewright, a mystery author, will talk about writing and publishing at 1 p.m. The Loft Literary Center will present two workshops: “Tips for Publication� at 2 p.m. and “The Nuts & Bolts of Picture Book Writing� at 3 p.m. Refreshments will be provided and drawings for free books will be held. For more information, visit www.dakotacounty.us/ Photo submitted library, search local author Switched at Birth – including Mark Briere, left, and Rick fair, or call (651) 450-2918. Anderson – are set to perform Jan. 12 at Celts Pub & Grill in downtown Rosemount as the kickoff concert to this year’s Bluegrass Americana Family Night series. The concerts run from 7 to 9 p.m. and admission is free.

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and open to all ages. All the shows run from 7 to 9 p.m. Celts Pub & Grill is located at 14506 S. Robert Trail. More information about the concerts is at www.bluegrassamericanaweekend.com under the “Family Night� link.

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Steeple Center. This year’s theme is “Cabin Fever� and guests are encouraged to dress in their best North Woods attire as they’ll be assisting a county sheriff in tracking down a killer – during dinner, no less – with prizes for the sleuths who solve the whodunit. Tickets for the event, which also includes a silent auction, are $38 and are available at www.rosemountaac.org under “Rosemount Area Arts Council.�

The bluegrass kickoff concert at Celts next week is one of two events the Rosemount Area Arts Council is sponsoring this month. On Jan. 28, the arts council will present its fourth annual Mystery Dinner The- Andrew Miller is at andrew. ater event at Rosemount’s miller@ecm-inc.com.

The 11th annual Winter Jackets reading program for adults runs Jan. 17 to Feb. 29 at all Dakota County libraries. The program encourages adults to take time to enjoy the simple pleasure of wintertime reading, write reviews and attend

author programs. In addition, for every book read and reviewed, participants are entered into a weekly prize drawing. Author programs include: • Peter Geye, “Safe from the Seaâ€? author, 7 to 8:15 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, at Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. • Ellen Baker, author of “I Gave My Heart to Know Thisâ€? and “Keeping the House,â€? 7 to 8:15 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, at Heritage Library, 20085 Heritage Dr., Lakeville. • William Kent Krueger, author of the Cork O’Connor series, 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 28, at Pleasant Hill Library, 1490 S. Frontage Road, Hastings. • John Reimringer, “Vestmentsâ€? author, 7 to 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21, at Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Rd. 42, Burnsville. • Faith Sullivan, author of three novels including “The Cape Ann,â€? 10:15 to 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28, at Wentworth Library, 199 E. Wentworth Ave., West St. Paul. For more information, visit www.dakotacounty.us/ library and search “winter jackets.â€?

Expressions-Lakeville Community Theater will hold auditions for the comedy “Mama Won’t Fly� from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 9, and Tuesday, Jan. 10, and from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Auditions will consist of readings from the script. Characters range in age from 30 to 70. Bring a current photo. Performances will be held April 13-15 and 20-22. For more information, contact Andy Wilkins at (612) 293-0173 or jandrewwilkins@gmail.com.

Allegro Choral Academy auditions The Allegro Choral Academy is currently holding auditions for its second semester. Vivace (grades two to three, in Burnsville/ Rosemount), Prima Voce (grades four to six, in Lakeville/Rosemount) and Bel Canto (grades six to eight, in Lakeville/Rosemount). Contact artisticdirector@ allegroca.org or visit www. allegroca.org for more information.

theater and arts calendar To submit items for the Arts Calendar, email: reporter. thisweek@ecm-inc.com.

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