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Arts Center outdoor project begins phase two Art walk looks to display original sculpture

by Kayla Culver SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Upgrades to the Lakeville Area Arts Center became necessary after the building experienced continuous water infiltration and surface water that began affecting events. The art center staff took it as an opportunity to create a way for visitors to experience more works of art.

In 2018 the project not only addressed the water infiltration but began creating the art walk that surrounds the building. According to arts center manager Joe Masiarchin, phase one of the project relaid the sidewalks in a way that allows visitors to weave in and out of the artwork as well as increase accessibility by removing the remaining stairs.

Three community art projects are currently located along the sidewalk: The decorated moose, a mural and the mosaic sculpture from last year’s art festival are currently on display. The proj-

ect will continue to evolve throughout the year.

“2019 is an exciting phase of the project. Phase two is really all going to be done through fundraising,” Masiarchin said.

Phase two will focus on fundraising to add benches along the sidewalk as well as commission an original sculpture that will be displayed yearPhoto submitted round, wayfinding Mock up of the finished project outside of the Lakeville Area Arts Center. The signs and shade second phase of the art walk project began in 2019. The project features community trees. The Friends art work from the annual art festival and will also feature a commissioned work of of the Art Center art that will be displayed year-round. are working to raise Donors then have the choice to Masiarchin said they are open money through a commemorative sponsorship display the plaque on a bench, to what the commissioned art the wayfinding signs, next to the piece will look like. The only reprogram.

Those who donate have the decorative trees or the commis- striction they have is the size of option to have their name or sioned outdoor art as well as an the sculpture. business engraved on a plaque. option for general support.

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New burger hangout coming to Lakeville B-52 to open this spring

by Kayla Culver SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Gourmet Americanstyle burgers are heading to Lakeville this spring.

B-52 Burgers and Brew is currently making way as renovations occur at the previous Erickson Drug store in downtown Lakeville.

The restaurant originated in Inver Grove Heights but has decided to expand while hoping to become one of new hangout spots in the area.

Co-owner Mark Reese, who moved to Lakeville See B-52, 15A

Robbery suspect arrested in Bloomington He’s been charged in Northfield heist, may be linked to Lakeville robbery

by Suzy Rook SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Video footage from Northfield businesses and along Interstate 35 was key in helping police locate one of two suspects in a bank robbery Northfield.

Denadre Dontal McGowan, 33, of Bloomington, was charged with five

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felonies Friday, Jan. 18, including armed robbery and four counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, one for each person in Northfield’s Premier Bank at the time of the robbery — three employees and a customer. His reported accomplice is still at large.

Lt. Jim Punchochar from the Lakeville Police Department said they

are working with Northfield Police and the FBI on the investigation. He confirmed they believe the Northfield and a Dec. 22 armed robbery at the Lakeville branch of New Market Bank on Icenic Trail are linked, but it is still an ongoing investigation.

McGowan was not charged in connection to

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the New Market Bank robbery, which included surveillance images and video that reveal most of the suspect’s face.

In the robbery, the suspect showed a teller a handgun and demanded money.

In the Northfield robbery, McGowan and another man, both armed and partially covering

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their faces, reportedly entered the bank Jan. 15 just before noon, ordering those inside to put their hands up and then to get down on the floor. One employee was told not look at the robbers if she wanted to “get out alive.”

An employee was reportedly instructed by McGowan to get “hunDenadre Dontal McGowan See Robbery, 19A

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City of Lakeville Weekly Newsletter

MEETINGS Monday, January 28 City Council Work Session, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, January 29 Economic Development Commission, 4:30 p.m.

Meetings take place at City Hall unless otherwise noted. The public is invited to attend. Agendas are available online at lakevillemn.gov.

ANNOUNCEMENTS Lakeville Area Arts Center Art Walk Sponsorships Phase 1 of the Arts Center’s outdoor Art Walk project is complete and included new sidewalks, landscaping and lighting. Phase 2 is underway and will include the addition of benches, shade trees and commissioned artwork. You can support the arts by sponsorsing this project! Limited commemorative sponsorships are available. Go to LakevilleArtsCenterFriends.org for more details and to download a sponsorship form.

Parks & Recreation Events Ritter Fest $10 per family / $3 per person Sunday, January 27 from noon-3 p.m.

Ritter Farm Park - 19300 Ritter Trail Enjoy sleigh rides, snowmobile rides, snowshoeing and more!

SK8 Under the Stars: Middle School Skate for a Cause $19 per person Friday, February 8 from 6-8:30 p.m.

McGuire Middle School skating rink Support our local food shelf by bringing a non-perishable food item for a chance to win prizes.

Youth Ice Fishing Contest - FREE Saturday, February 9 from noon-2 p.m.

Valley Lake Park - 16050 Garrett Path Ages 13 and under eligible for prizes.

Come fish in pre-drilled holes on the lake. Register the day of the contest.

For more information, go to the Parks & Recreation calendar at lakevillemn. gov or call 952-985-4600.

Get Involved in Active Adults Programs at the Lakeville Heritage Center The Lakeville Area Active Adults membership is growing! We currently have more than 1,200 members ranging in age from 50 to 100 years old. Ages 50 and over are invited to become members and participate in our fun atmosphere, excellent programs and socializing—worth far more than the small annual membership fee. Get involved in exercise classes, trips, hobby groups, cards, games and much more.

Annual membership fees are $20 per individual or $35 per couple for Lakeville residents, and $25 per individual or $40 per couple for non-residents.

Here’s a sampling of some upcoming Active Adults events: Scam Prevention and Senior Safety Free and open to all—membership not required Tuesday, January 29 at 1 p.m.

Learn about scams targeting seniors, when to call 911 and proper drug disposal.

February Luncheon and Bingo $10 members / $12 non-members Tuesday, February 12 at 11:30 a.m.

Enjoy a lunch of oven roasted chicken, potatoes and gravy, corn, biscuits and strawberry shortcake. Bingo with prizes will follow lunch. Sign up by Thursday, February 7.

Stability Ball Exercise Classes $5 per class 2nd & 4th Wednesdays from 12:30–1:30 p.m.

Exercise multiple muscle groups while restoring and maintaining balance. Bring a stability ball, hand weights and a mat to class. Sign up by noon the day before class.

No Blarney Irish Tour $68 members / $78 non-members Tuesday, March 5 from 9:45 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Get a motor coach tour of St. Paul with a costumed guide followed by lunch at the St. Paul Hotel. Sign up by February 4.

All programs and events (other than special outings) are held at the Lakeville Heritage Center at 20110 Holyoke Avenue. For more information on the benefits of membership and to see other events being offered, visit LakevilleHeritageCenter.com or call 952-985-4622.

STAFF UPDATE Park Maintenance Division Hockey goals were installed at McGuire Middle School rink and warming house repairs were completed at Greenridge and Rolling Oaks. Lighting repairs were completed at multiple sites. Night shift rink flooding ended last week.

Streets Division The frequent changes in temperatures are affecting pothole formation.

Streets crews are focusing on pothole maintenance while the freeze/thaw conditions continue.

Planning Department A final plat application and plans have been submitted by Winkler Development for Berres Ridge 5th Addition, which consists of 34 singlefamily lots located west of Hamburg Avenue and north of 200th Street.

Garbage and Recycling Bin Placement Be sure to place your garbage and recycling bins on the curb, rather than in the street where they can become a hazard to snowplows and other vehicles. Also, store the bins after pickup—do not leave them on the curb for several days. Thanks for helping to keep Lakeville beautiful!

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Are bison coming back to Dakota County?

Officials studying the possibility of reintroducing them to help prairie ecosystems

by Andy Rogers SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Could bison once again roam in Dakota County?

That’s what Tom Lewanski, Dakota County Parks’ natural resource manager, wants to find out.

Dakota County is doing a feasibility study about possibly introducing bison into its parks.

It’s part of an overall plan to return the park system back to its natural state as much as possible.

The park system has recently gone through a series of prairie and savanna restoration projects, and its battle with the invasive buckthorn tree is ongoing.

The bison’s return could be a key part of the process, but it’s just an idea at this point.

“While bringing back bison is certainly an intriguing idea, there are more questions than answers at this point,” Dakota County District 4 Commissioner Joe Atkins said.

“My hope is that there might be Legacy funding and/or other partnerships available to cover costs.”

By fostering the prairies at Dakota County Parks, some of the natural elements have returned.

“It started with maximizing the diversity of plants in the area,” Lewanski said. “And if you build it, they will come. We can now document that some of the grassland birds have returned.”

Bison were once a key part of the ecosystem before pioneers settled in the area, but unlike birds who can fly here, there’s really

ing trail to go through the area where bison roam,” Lewanski said.

Introducing bison in parks has been done before in Minnesota.

Dakota County could partner with the Minnesota Bison Conservation Herd, which is a partnership between the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the Minnesota Zoo. The group preserves genetically diverse bison herds at Minneopa State Park in Mankato; Blue Mounds State Park in Luverne; and the Minnesota Zoo. Whatever Dakota County decides, don’t expect to bump into a bison at the park anytime this year.

Photo submitted Lewanski anticipates Dakota County will do a feasibility study to see what it would take to bring back bison to the area. going back to the Dakota no way for bison to come son) are so important for possibilities.

Whitetail sources in southern Rose- County Board of Commissioners in the fall to back unless people bring the whole system. If this Woods is near Vermillion mount. them here. works out, it will promote Highlands, a recreation Spring Lake Park in share his findings.

“We’ve been looking at a more sustainable prai- and wildlife management Hastings has the land, but other animals like snakes rie.” area jointly run by the with all the trails, there Andy Rogers can be reached and amphibians and other Bringing bison back University of Minnesota might not be enough dedi- at andy.rogers@ecm-inc.com. birds, trying to figure out to the area could provide and the Minnesota De- cated space for bison. what’s there,” Lewanski some educational oppor- partment of Natural Re“We don’t want a walksaid. “We realize we might tunities for residents as have to reintroduce some well. of those animals.”

There are questions The bison are what about fencing and safety.

Lewanski called keystone One of the biggest animals to prairies and sa- questions to answer is vannas. “where would they go?”

Their waste provides They would need five to nutrients for the soil. Their 10 acres per bison. fur is used by grassland “We know what birds for nests. wouldn’t work,” Lewanski Even their wallowing, said. which is when bison roll Neither Thompson around on the ground to County Park in West St. keep cool, helps expose Paul nor Lebanon Hills soil, which allows the a Regional Park in Eagan seeds to germinate. have enough prairie.

“Every inch of prairie But places such as land has a plant, so a seed Whitetail Woods in Farmhas a hard time finding ington and the Meisville soil,” Lewanski said. “(Bi- Ravine Park Preserve are

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Opinion Welcome and advice for Minnesota’s new governor In October, we opined that Tim Walz had the ability to “pull us together and move Minnesota forward as a vibrant state, a place we are proud to call home.”

Now governor, Walz spoke about his agenda in his recent inauguration address. In defining his theme “One Minnesota,” Walz said, “This does not mean we are all the same. One Minnesota means we work together across lines of differences to find our shared values and improve people’s lives.”

The new governor’s State of the State and his specific proposals for a budget due next month offer opportunities for him to shape plans for a more united Minnesota.

Many of Minnesota’s 5.6 million residents remain divided with conflicting rural-urban goals, something Walz seems well positioned to address as a 12-year Congressman from southern Minnesota’s 1st District. Disparities continue to exist along racial and economic communities, and our student achievement gap remains expansive.

Walz has filled all but two of 22 key cabinet positions, now awaiting legislative concurrence. Additionally, over 100 appointees to various state boards and commissions must be made to assure a smoothly functioning administration.

ECM Editorial He is also leaning on Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, former State House member from St. Louis Park and her insights as a member of the White Earth nation, creating a role for her that is well beyond the traditional low profile assignment.

We are encouraged Walz appears to reject the “winner take all” approach by allowing majority and minority lawmakers to be given a voice. Inviting such dialogue will be challenge number one for the new governor — and is worth taking.

Outgoing Gov. Mark Dayton and the Republican-controlled 2018 Legislature left important unfinished business. Walz and the new DFL majority in the House and the Republican’s slim Senate majority have urgent business.

Among our immediate concerns: The state income tax needs compliance with the new federal tax law and long-term transportation funding is unresolved.

Additionally, failures in the Minnesota Licensing and Registration System rollout, alleged fraud in child care subsidies, and backlogs in senior and child abuse investigations need attention.

Walz starts with a $1.5 billion budget surplus, a growing list of funding requests and ominous signs of a slowing economy.

A new two-year budget is expected to near $50 billion, an increase of nearly $6 billion. This continues a concerning trend. Spending increased 50 percent during the previous eight years, a trajectory unsustainable for Minnesota’s taxpayers.

Walz calls education “the most important public institution in America.”

He favors reducing class size, increasing teacher pay and rebuilding local schools.

We’d also urge consideration of a strong pre-K program emphasizing direct aid through the current $70 million early childhood scholarship program. Today 43,000 low-income four-year-olds and their families are unable to afford pre-K without assistance.

A prepared, productive workforce is the top concern of the state’s 150,000 private employers. Besides changes in the way we educate future workers, publicprivate efforts to support Minnesotans of any age with technology-intensive training, as well as stimulate affordable workforce housing are in order.

Minnesota must increase funding for transportation. Walz will propose a state gas tax increase, to be spent in an equi-

table manner throughout the state.

Affordable health care is a high concern among Minnesotans. The MNsure reinsurance program that aids working adults will expire this year without further authorization, and the federal government’s portion of this program is declining. Enhancing the ability of private employers to provide insurance should be a goal. Existing public health care programs must be sustainable without increasing costly bureaucracy. Walz likes the idea of using the current 2 percent tax on health care providers to increase state-subsidized coverage for low-income individuals; this idea should be carefully examined.

By every indication, Walz is an open, optimistic leader. He is well positioned to develop an honest conversation with policymakers, the media and the public that will foster a widely understood decisionmaking process.

A new governor is somewhat like a blank book and the author’s pen is in Walz’ hands. This is his opportunity to create an optimistic story for us all.

This is an opinion of the Adams Publishing-ECM Editorial Board. Reactions welcome. Send to: editorial.board@ecm-inc. com.

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the election campaigns her assets were listed as in excess of $1 million. It is possible that this taxdeductible donation will not be felt. However, what the citizens of this district need is for Craig and her democrat majority to pass a budget that includes the wall. Then the furloughed workers can return to the important jobs left behind.

To the editor: It was a most startling bit of hubris! In remarks published in the Jan. 11 edition, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig, D-Eagan, spoke of her empathy for furloughed government workers. She added that she would donate her salary to a food shelf during the shutdown. During RICHARD IFFERT

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Border security needed To the editor: Insufficient border security is creating a crisis in communities throughout America. Ninety percent of the heroin in America comes through our southern border, fueling the opioid epidemic, destroying families, and killing thou-

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sands of our fellow citizens. In the past two years, more Americans have died from opioid overdoses than died in the Vietnam war.

America welcomes more than one million legal immigrants every year

who go through a long vetting process. However, the current immigration system is broken due to a combination of outdated legal immigration rules and lax enforcement that exacerbates lawlessness.

In 2017 and 2018,

roughly 235,000 illegal immigrants were arrested on various criminal charges or convictions within the interior of the United States, including roughly 100,000 for assault, 30,000 for sex crimes, and 4,000 See Letters, 5A

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Despite what you hear, we are a unified state

by Don Heinzman SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

I get upset when I hear partisan political leaders imply that suburban residents oppose the state legislative policies favored by those living outside the Twin Cities.

Gov. Tim Walz will have no problem convincing suburban residents that we are “One Minnesota” with his desire to heal partisan divisions.

Well, let’s set the record straight.

Suburban residents depend on Minneapolis and St. Paul and on each other in the seven-county metropolitan area: Hennepin, Ramsey, Carver, Scott, Dakota, Washington and Anoka.

I lived and raised a family in Bloomington, the fifth largest city in Minnesota, and I reported the development of suburban communities, as a reporter

Staff Columnist Don Heinzman and editor, in suburban newspapers.

I know a thing or two about the suburbs. They are neither urban nor rural.

They are self-governing communities whose cornerstones are schools and colleges.

We admire those “outstate” citizens living in such cities as Duluth, Rochester, Mankato, Albert Lea, Austin and Worthington, to mention a few. We appreciate those who grow the soybeans, corn and the turkeys, making Minnesota a leading producer of agricultural products.

Many of us were born and raised on a farm.

Why would we pick a fight with our outstate brethren when many of them are our parents and relatives?

For example, my hometown is Mankato. I have many college and high school friends who still live there.

To be sure, there are differences in facts and interpretation of needs. Transportation funding is one example where outstate residents may believe the urban areas get more funding. According to a survey by the Star Tribune, the metro contributes 52 percent of the vehicle sales, fuel taxes and registration fees and got back 32 percent. (Rural areas have 87 percent of the lane miles.)

According to a report from the Center for Rural Policy and Development in Mankato, there are common problems across the state — such as lack of af-

fordable child care, transportation funding, and workforce shortages — that may require different solutions.

I lived in both urban and small town communities and concluded that people in small towns are just as talented and friendly as those in bigger communities; they just prefer the neighborliness and culture of the smaller community.

Walz, who lives in outstate Mankato, has promised to make Minnesota “One.” He will get cooperation from the urban, suburban and outstate residents who already consider themselves and the rest of the state as “One Minnesota.”

Don Heinzman is a columnist for Adams Publishing Group of East Central Minnesota. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

Legislative measures can help keep our schools safe

by Greg Clausen SPECIAL TO SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

As a former teacher, principal and coach, I know how important it is for parents, kids and teachers to feel safe at school. Under tight budget constraints, schools are wrestling with an increasing list of demands for security upgrades, training teachers to identify and work with students struggling with mental illness, counselors and mental health professionals, and figuring out how to make local schools secure but also a positive learning environment. It is an overwhelming task and it is getting more difficult after each new school tragedy.

This year, I will be introducing a package of school safety measures to enhance school safety and to make our schools more secure. The first bill will increase funding for the Minnesota School Safety Center. The center provides training and resources to schools to help prepare and recover from a wide array of emergencies.

School emergency planning helps school staff know how to assist students through a crisis situation. The three-member staff at the Safety Center held 250 events in 2018 and drove 28,000 miles around Minnesota to provide schools with security advice. Staff tells us that schools are doing better in response to a crisis, but that they need help in preparing before a crisis happens. My legislation increases their funding to better serve our schools.

My school safety grants legislation appropriates $500 million for improvements related to violence prevention

Guest Columnist Sen. Greg Clausen and facility security. One bill secures the funding from bond proceeds and the other from the general fund. Schools can apply for up to $500,000 for each qualifying school building. In 2018, $25 million was appropriated for school safety in the Legislature’s Capital Investment bill. Grant requests from schools totaled 10 times that amount — about $250 million — for school security. It is clear our schools need and want help.

I’ve also introduced legislation to increase school-linked mental health grants. These grants are vital to increase accessibility for children and youths who are uninsured or under insured. Grants will improve clinical and function outcomes for children and youths with a mental health diagnosis and improve the identification of mental health issues for children and young people. This important initiative connects effective mental health services with schools and students. The project has proven particularly effective in reaching children who have never previously accessed mental health services. Unfortunately, schools lack the funding to provide adequate resources to students most in need. They also lack staff to help identify problems students face. Mental health grants would provide

Letters LETTERS, from 4A for homicides.

Not too long ago, Democrats understood the need to deal with the problems posed by illegal immigration. In 2009, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer stated, “Let me elaborate … illegal immigration is wrong, plain and simple.

Until the American people are convinced that we will stop future flows of illegal

immigration, we will make no progress on dealing with the millions of illegal immigrants who are here now, and on rationalizing our system of legal immigration.”

The border crisis is real and inaction is irresponsible. The funds requested by the Trump Administration are simply common sense. Support for a border wall is at an all time high. And yet, the Demo-

crats have shut down the government. Minnesotans expect U.S. Reps. Angie Craig, Collin Peterson, and Dean Phillips to represent us with common sense. Common sense would say it is long past time that American secure its borders, and reopen the government.

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more funding for much needed mental funds can be used to include equipment health counselors in our schools. We cur- for emergency situations, video monitorrently do not have enough mental health ing, and funding for resource officers in resources — both as a preventative mea- our schools. sure and to help students cope with trauChildren are our most precious posma, to help students lead healthy lives session. We need to keep them and our and reach their potential. local schools safe. It is important to inThe last piece of my school safety vest the resources to support our chillegislation increases the amount schools dren and educators to keep them safe in may levy to enhance school safety and our schools. staff needs. Currently schools may levy up to $36 per student. My bill would Sen. Greg Clausen, DFL-Apple Valley, increase that amount and also provide can be reached at 651-296-4120 or email additional funding for our intermediate at sen.greg.clausen@senate.mn. Columns school districts, which provide educa- reflect the opinion of the author. tional services to some of our most vulnerable students. The increase is needed because most Minnesota schools are at the maximum amount and cannot levy any additional dollars to face growing needs. The Safe Schools Levy allows school districts to levy locally for costs associated with student and staff safety issues. With the levy monTax & Accounting Services ey, schools can invest in school resource officers, counselors, social workers, chemical dependency CPA, LLC services, school security, 952.646.2444 drug abuse prevention • Free Electronic Filing programs, gang resistance education training and • Evening & Weekend Appts staff and student safety Experienced in Tax Planning and training. My legislation preparation of individual, small business, will also expand how the

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Staff promotions at Lakeview Bank Lakeview Bank, Lakeville, announced the following promotions.

Lori Wiebers has been promoted to assistant vice president, loan administration. She joined the bank Oct. 17, 2011, Lori Wiebers Julie May when it only had one commercial lender and $37 million in total loans outstanding. Since Bank offers help for then, Wiebers’ contributions in furloughed workers the loan administration area have Furloughed government embeen instrumental in the growth ployees and employees of federal of Lakeview Bank’s loan department, which now has three com- contractors impacted by the govmercial lenders and more than ernment shutdown can apply for $78 million in loans outstanding. a 90-day, no-fee, interest-free loan Julie May has been promoted of up to $1,500 from Old Nationto senior vice president and mort- al Bank.

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The bank will also offer payment extensions on certain existing loans and mortgages.

Arling emphasized that these programs are for Frandsen Bank customers only and are available to federal employees who are not receiving a paycheck because of the government shutdown. Federal contract workers are not eligible.

Frandsen has locations in Lakeville and Rosemount.

Closets For Life, a custom organization company, was founded by Lyrek, an Apple Valley resident, in 2005. The company works with residential clients as well as designers, builders and architects to create innovative storage solutions for all organizational needs including closets, garages, kitchens, mudrooms, home offices, wine cellars and more.

For more information, visit closetsforlife.com.

Angie’s List. This is the sixth year in a row Closets For Life has received the award.

Angie’s List Super Service Award 2018 winners have met strict eligibility requirements, which include maintaining an “A” rating in overall grade, recent grade and review period grade.

The SSA winners must be in good standing with Angie’s List, pass a background check, record a current trade license attestation and abide by Angie’s List operational guidelines.

“Of all the awards we receive, this is one of our favorites as it comes directly from our customers,” said owner Rick Lyrek. “As a locally owned company, we care deeply about our reputation. To earn a Super Service award for six years in a row confirms that we are successful in providing an exceptional experience to our

gram’s inception in January 2017, Ideal has given away $24,000 to 24 members chosen at random in the debit card promotion.

Ideal personal checking members age 18 and older receive one entry for each qualifying Ideal debit card transaction completed during the month on eligible cards.

Random drawings are conducted once a month for the promotional period, which runs through December 2019, from all eligible entries received for each drawing. Winners are chosen on the first Wednesday of each month. More details and official rules can be found at idealcu. com.

The credit union has a location in Eagan.

Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce events: • Thursday, Jan. 31, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Business After Hours, Augustana Care Apple Valley Villa, 14650 Garrett Ave., Apple Valley. Co-hosted by Augustana Care and GR Promotions.

Information: Fabiana at fabiana@applevalleychamber.com.

Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce events: • Wednesday, Jan. 30, 9-10 a.m., Meet the ChamClosets For Life earns Credit union’s ‘Use ber, Spire Credit Union, Angie’s List award & Win’ debit card 1251 Town Centre Drive, Eagan. For new and proApple Valley-based Closets giveaway is back spective members. Free.

For Life has earned a 2018 AnIdeal Credit Union’s monthly Registration required. Inforgie’s List Super Service Award $1,000 “Use & Win” debit card mation: Nicole McCarthy at reflecting an exemplary year of giveaway is back for another year 651-288-9200 or nmccarservice provided to members of of giving in 2019. Since the pro- thy@dcrchamber.com.

Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce events: • Tuesday, Jan. 29, 6-9 p.m., 2019 Annual Meeting, Brackett’s Crossing Country Club. Cost: $55 per person, $100 per couple, $420 per table of eight. Reservations required. Information: 952-469-2020.

Business networking group events: • Leads to Referrals Chapter of BNI meets 7:30 a.m. Tuesdays at Vivo Kitchen, 15435 Founders Lane, Apple Valley. Information: Helen Peterson, 952-412-0265.

• Sunrise Results meets Thursdays at 7:45 a.m. for networking and an 8-9 a.m. meeting at Vivo Kitchen, 15435 Founders Lane, Apple Valley. Information: Tom Van Delist, 612-325-7275.

News Briefs POPCORN CEILING REMOVAL WALLPAPER REMOVAL INTERIOR PAINTING Winter is on the way and so are the holidays. Now is a perfect time to schedule interior work for before or after the holidays. In the winter months we focus on interior work.

If your ceilings need repair and painting because of normal issues or stained from water damage we can repair these problems. We also remove popcorn ceilings and respray with an orange peel or knock down texture. Doing this makes your ceilings look more modern plus repairing areas that are needed. This also helps when selling your home.

We also remove wallpaper, repair areas needed an prime and paint your walls. Removing wallpaper and painting can make your walls look more modern and one of the least expensive ways to upgrade your home whether you are selling your home or staying in your current home.

For interior painting we repair areas needed and paint walls, ceilings, woodwork, paneling, basement floors and basement concrete or block walls. We often paint basement walls because of stains do to water issues.

We are also giving bids for spring exterior painting and deck work. I am a degreed Shop Teacher with vast amount of experience in finishing. All of our employees work for me and not subcontracted. Call Right Way today at 612-839-2239

Winter seed New Sociables to sowing workshops meet Feb. 4 New Sociables Womset The Open Door pantry’s Garden to Table program will hold free winter seed sowing workshops 1-3 p.m. Feb. 18 and March 15 in the fellowship hall at Mt. Calvary Church, 3910 Rahn Road, Eagan.

Participants will learn how to sow seeds in the winter in this hands-on workshop. The seeds sown will be used in the Garden to Table program, helping clients grow healthy food for their families.

Participants should bring clean empty milk jugs and, if they have them, a box cutter, duct tape and a drill. Children must be accompanied by an adult and are not permitted to use box cutters or drills.

RSVP to Alpag@ theopendoorpantry.org.

en’s Organization will meet 9:15 a.m. Monday, Feb. 4, at Spirit of Life Presbyterian Church, 14401 Pilot Knob Road, Apple Valley. The church is located a half mile north of County Road 42.

Guest speaker Matthew Carter, executive director of the Dakota County Historical Society, will present “Dakota County and Early Minnesota History.”

New Sociables is a nonprofit, nondenominational social group for all women living south of the Minnesota River. Activities include book club, share-a-recipe, a variety of card clubs, crafts, biking, tours, plays, lunch adventures and community service projects. For more information, visit newsociables.org.

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Education Minnesota Teacher of the Year candidates announced The 2019 Minnesota Teacher of the Year will be chosen from a field of 168 candidates. These candidates have accepted their nominations and completed the required materials to become eligible for the honor. The number of candidates this year is the third-most in the 55-year history of the award.

Candidates include pre-kindergarten through 12th-grade and Adult Basic Education teachers, from public or private schools.

Local candidates for 2019 Minnesota Teacher of the Year include: Burnsville-EaganSavage School District – Elizabeth Davidson, Erin Huber, Amy Smalley.

Lakeville Area Schools – Chad Bieniek, Ryan Rapacz, Jodie Sheets.

Ro s e m o u n t - A p p l e Valley-Eagan Schools – Laurie Herman, Tamara Morett.

The 2019 Minnesota Teacher of the Year will be announced Sunday, May 5, at the St. Paul RiverCentre. Over the coming weeks, a 25-member panel of community leaders will name a group of semifinalists and finalists.

Organized and underwritten by Education Minnesota, the Minnesota Teacher of the Year program receives support from Education Minnesota ESI, Educators Lifetime Solutions, EFS Advisors, Harvard Club of Minnesota Foundation, McDonald’s Restaurants of Minnesota, SMART Technologies and United Educators Credit Union.

actively hiring, as well as the opportunity to learn more about career advancement through education.

Participating employers include Prime Therapeutics, Dakota County, First Judicial DistrictState of Minnesota, Metropolitan Council, Travelers Insurance and more.

Attendees will get face time to learn about individual organizations and in some cases to apply in person directly through human resources staff.

Upon arrival, attendees will receive a handout showcasing the employers and the types of positions they are hiring. This provides attendees the opportunity to seek out the employers who interest them most.

Attendees should dress in business attire and bring a resume.

Learn more at: http://bit. ly/2yrfrfc.

St. Mary’s holds open house for adults returning to school St. Mary’s University of Minnesota will host an open house information session 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, at its Apple Valley Center at 14200 Cedar Ave. The event is free and open to all, especially those interested in pursuing one of St. Mary’s programs for adults, including a variety of bachelor’s completion and advanced degree options. Registration for the event is encouraged at https://sforce. co/2FQ9fiI. For more information on the open house or programs offered at the Apple Valley Center, call 612-728-5100, email tcadmission@smumn.edu, or visit www.smumn.edu/admission.

DCTC and Inver Hills sponsor community career STA holds Feb. 5 admissions event and internship St. Thomas Academy fair will host a Tuesday Tour Dakota County Technical College and Inver Hills Community College will hold a Career and Internship Fair 3-6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, in the Inver Hills Fine Arts Building, 2500 80th St. E., Inver Grove Heights.

The joint fair provides the colleges’ students, alumni and the community an opportunity to connect with employers

admissions event 9-10:15 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5, for parents/guardians to learn about the school.

It will feature an information session, parentled tours and class visits.

RSVP under “Tuesday Tours” at www.cadets. com/admissions/schedule-a-visit. The academy is located at 949 Mendota Heights Road, Mendota Heights. Call 651-454-

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Eagan Foundation scholarships are funded Light the Night through donations from gala set March 9 community members, The Eastview Com- area businesses, school ormunity Foundation’s fifth ganizations, family founannual Light the Night dations, and nonprofits. gala will be held 5:30-11 In its 28-year history, the p.m. Saturday, March Eagan Foundation has 9, at Crystal Lake Golf awarded nearly $1.6 million in scholarships.

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The event will feature an array of creative tablescapes, a unique sealed silent auction, an expanded designer purse raffle and a live auction.

Tickets for Light the Night 2019 are $85 at www.evcf.org/event/lightthe-night/.

For information on event sponsorship and/or auction donations, contact Jodi Hanson at jodi. hanson@evcf.org.

The Eastview Community Foundation provides scholarships for graduating Eastview seniors and grants for schools in the Eastview attendance area (including Diamond Path, Greenleaf, Highland, Oak Ridge, Thomas Lake, Blackhawk, Falcon Ridge, Scott Highlands, Eastview, SES, the ALC and Dakota Ridge). Since its inception in 2000, the foundation has given over $1 million to students and schools.

Eagan Foundation scholarship applications open Over 100 scholarships totaling in excess of $100,000 are now available from the Eagan Foundation to graduating high school seniors living in Eagan or attending a high school located in Eagan. The application system is available until 11:59 p.m. on Feb. 5.

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Seniors Lakeville seniors All Lakeville Area Active Adults events are held at Lakeville Heritage Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Call 952-985-4620 for information.

Monday, Jan. 28 – Yoga, 8:15 a.m.; Knitting Class, 9:30 a.m.; Wii Bowling, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; SS Strength & Balance, 11 a.m.; SS Cardio & Strength, noon; Texas Hold ’em and Mahjong, 1 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 29 – Dominoes and Poker, 9 a.m.; Creative Writing, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Party Bridge, noon; Scam Prevention and Senior Safety, 1 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 30 – Yoga, 8:15 a.m.; Line Dancing, 9 a.m. to noon; Poker and Hearts, 9 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15

nior Center, 14601 Hayes Road, is home to the following activities, which are organized and run by the Apple Valley Seniors and Apple Valley Parks and Recreation. The facility is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Monday through Friday.

For information, call 952953-2345 or go to www. cityofapplevalley.org.

Monday, Jan. 28 – Int. Line Dancing, 9:30 a.m.; Executive Committee, 10 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Pool, noon; Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Happy Stitchers, 1 p.m.; Spite & Malice, 1 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 29 – Quilting Bees, 9 a.m.; Tuesday Painters, 9:30 a.m.; Pool and Cribbage, noon; Pinochle, 12:30 p.m.; Hand & Foot Cards, 1 p.m.; Table Tennis, 1 Apple Valley p.m. seniors Wednesday, Jan. 30 – The Apple Valley Se- Donated Bread, 9 a.m.; Yoga – Intermediate, 9:45 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Velvet Tones, 10 a.m.; Yoga – Beginner, 11 a.m.; Pool, noon; Bowling at Apple Place Bowl, noon; Mahjong, 1 p.m.; Dominoes, 1 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 31 – Beg. Line Dancing, 9:15 a.m.; Tai Chi – Advanced, 9:30 a.m.; Tap, 10 a.m.; Int. Line Dancing, 10 a.m.; Tai Chi – Beginner, 10:30 a.m.; Pool, noon; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Table Tennis, 1 p.m.; 500, 1 p.m.; Color & Chat, 1 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 1 – Men’s Breakfast, 8:30 a.m.; Women’s Breakfast, 8:30 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Women’s Pool, 11 a.m.; Men’s Bowling at Apple Place Bowl, noon; a.m.; SS Strength & Balance, 11 a.m.; Pinochle, noon.

Thursday, Jan. 31 – Classic Voices Chorus, 9 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Red Hat Chorus, 10:30 a.m.; SS Strength & Balance, 11 a.m.; SS Cardio & Strength, noon; Euchre, Hand & Foot, noon; Beginner Tai Chi, 1:15 p.m.; Advanced Tai Chi, 1:45 p.m.; Zumba Gold, 3:30 p.m.; Beginner Line Dance, 5:30 p.m.; Lasagna Dinner, 5:30 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 1 – Yoga, 8:15 a.m.; Poker, 9 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; 500 Cards, 11 a.m.; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Social Painting, 1 p.m.

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Burnsville seniors The Burnsville Senior Center is located in the Diamondhead Education Center at 200 W. Burnsville Parkway. Call 952707-4120 for information about the following senior events.

Monday, Jan. 28 – Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Cribbage, 9:30 a.m.; Fit Fun, 10:15 a.m.; Silver Sneakers, 11:30 a.m.; Card Recycle, 12:30 p.m.; Pinochle, 12:45 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 29 – Quilt, 9 a.m.; Fit Fun, 10:15 a.m.; Scrabble, 10:30 a.m.; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Line Dancing.

Wednesday, Jan. 30 – Woodcarvers, 8 a.m.; Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Cribbage, 9:30 a.m.; Fit Fun, 10:15 a.m.; Chair Tai Chi, 11 a.m.; Silver Sneakers, 11:30 a.m.; 500, 12:45 p.m.; Coffee Talk – Honoring, 2 p.m.; Fare for All, 3 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 31 – Fit Fun, 10:15 a.m.; Wood Carving, 6 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 1 – Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Men’s Breakfast, 8:30 a.m.; Painting, 9 a.m.; Fit Fun, 10:15 a.m.; Silver Sneakers, 11:30 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 12:15 p.m.

Eagan seniors The Eagan Parks and Recreation Department offers programs for seniors in the Lone Oak Room at the Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Parkway. Call 651-675-5500 for more information.

Monday, Jan. 28 – Zumba Gold (Oasis), 9 a.m.; Zumba Gold Toning (Oasis), 10 a.m.; Fit for Life (Oasis), 11 a.m.; Landmark Tour, 1 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 29 – Quilting, 9:30 a.m.; Euchre/500, 12:45 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 30 – Coffee, Games and Conversation, 9 a.m.; Presentation, 10:30 a.m.; Potluck, 11:30 a.m.; Chair Zumba Gold (Boardroom), 11:30 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 12:45 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 31 – Dominoes, 9 a.m.; Bridge, 12:45 p.m.

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

Farmington seniors The Rambling River Center is located at 325 Oak St. For more information on trips, programs and other activities, call 651-280-6970.

Monday, Jan. 28 – Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Line Dance, 9:30 a.m.; Dominoes, 10 a.m.; Dulcimer Club, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10 a.m.; Recycled Cards, 12:30 p.m.; 500 Cards, 12:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 29 – Table Tennis, 8:30 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Wood Carving, 1 p.m.; Break the Winter Blues Party, 1:30 p.m.; Pickleball, 5 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 30 – Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Fitness Center Orientation, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old

Bread, 10 a.m.; Recycled Cards, 12:30 p.m.; Bridge, 1 p.m.; Coloring Group, 1 p.m.; Yoga, 5 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 31 – Table Tennis, 8:30 a.m.; Zumba Gold, 9 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Pinochle, 12:30 p.m.; Dulcimer Practice, 1 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 1 – Coffee Cafe, 8:30 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Cribbage, 10 a.m.; Bingo, 1 p.m.

Rosemount seniors The following activities are sponsored by the Rosemount Parks and Recreation Department and the Rosemount Area Seniors.

For more information, call the Rosemount Parks and Recreation Department at 651-322-6000.

Monday, Jan. 28 – Sunrise Partners, 8 a.m.; Bridge, 9 a.m.; Woodcarving, 9 a.m.; Bone Builders, 9:30 a.m.; 500, 1 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 29 – Coffee at Cub, 8 a.m.; Bid Euchre, 9 a.m.; Honoring Choices, 1 p.m.; Restorative Yoga, 1 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 30 – Sunrise Partners, 8 a.m.; Canasta, 10 a.m.

Thursday, Jan. 31 – Cribbage, 9 a.m.; Bone Builders, 9:30 a.m.; Pinochle, 1 p.m.; Yoga, 1 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 1 – Euchre, 9 a.m.; Woodcarving, 9 a.m.; Free Movie Friday, 1 p.m.; Jazz Concert, 7 p.m.

The Rosemount Area Seniors are located in the Steeple Center, 14375 S. Robert Trail. Check monitors and room schedules at the facility for activity locations.

News Briefs Boy Scout Troop 292 celebrates 25 years of service Boy Scout Troop 292 will celebrate its 25th anniversary at a special Court of Honor 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29. The event will take place at the troop’s sponsoring organization, Spirit of Life Presbyterian Church in Apple Valley.

The program will feature a recognition of the eight scoutmasters who have served the troop during the past quarter century. All troop alumni have been invited to the event.

The Court of Honor

will kick off with a “State of the Troop” presentation, including a slide show. Present Scouts will be awarded merit badges and rank advancements that they have achieved over the past few months.

The troop was founded in 1993 and was originally chartered by Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, also in Apple Valley. Spirit of Life became the charter partner in 2001. The troop has produced 42 Eagle Scouts in its 25 years.

“Our troop has a long history of service to Apple Valley and of preparing boys for life. It is fitting

that we honor each of the scoutmasters who have guided the troop over the past 25 years,” said Troop Committee Chair Ray Hagen.

The public is invited to the event. Spirit of Life is located at 14401 Pilot Knob Road, Apple Valley.

Troop 292 meets most Tuesdays at 7 p.m. at Spirit of Life. For more information, visit www. avtroop.com.

Legion Auxiliary, Unit 1776, will hold a Valentine’s Omelet Breakfast and Bake Sale 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, at the American Legion, 14521 Granada Drive, Apple Valley.

The breakfast features omelets made to order, hash browns, toast, fruit cups, orange juice, milk and coffee.

Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children under age 9, and free for children under 2. Event Legion auxiliary proceeds sponsor commuholds omelet nity, children, youth and veterans programs. Call breakfast 952-431-1776 for more inApple Valley American formation.

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News Briefs

Human trafficking presentation at River Hills UMC

Lakeville Parks and Recreation programs

Choir closing piece, “O Lord God” by Pavel Chesnokov.

Performances during worship services are free; tickets for the Feb. 9 River Hills United Methodist concert are $20 for adults and $10 for Church in Burnsville will hold a pre- students. Tickets are available online at sentation on human trafficking 6:30-8 tickets.luther.edu and at the door. p.m. Monday, Jan. 28.

Attendees will learn about human ‘Screenagers: Growing Up trafficking, including who is vulnerable and to keep their eyes open to signs of in the Digital Age’ showing trouble. The presentation will be given at SOTV by a representative from Homeland SeShepherd of the Valley Lutheran curity.

Church in Apple Valley is showing No registration is required. For “Screenagers” 4:30-6 p.m. and 7-8:30 more information, call 952-890-2515 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30. or email riverhills@riverhillsumc.org.

“Screenagers” probes into the vulnerable corners of family life and depicts the messy struggles over social SOTV and 360 media, video games and academics.

Communities celebrate The award-winning film offers solutions on how to help kids navigate the partnership Two longstanding community or- digital world. The film is appropriate ganizations, each striving to serve the for children 10 years of age and older.

The film will be followed with an people in their communities, are celoptional discussion time. Pizza, pop ebrating 20 years of partnership. and candy will be for sale in the church Shepherd of the Valley (SOTV) has collected school supplies and winter lobby from 4-7 p.m.

For more information, contact erin. outerwear since 1999. Last year, it supplied $7,500, filled 454 backpacks, and swenson-hatzung@sotv.org or visit donated 1,463 winter items to families sotv.org/events or call 952-432-6351. supported by 360 Communities and lo- The church is at 12650 Johnny Cake Ridge Road in Apple Valley. cal students in need.

In 2010, the church opened an onsite food shelf to serve families seeking Women’s luncheon set Feb. assistance from 360 Communities. One of five “choice model” food shelves 14 The Minnesota Valley Christian affiliated with 360 Communities, the SOTV Food Shelf has achieved “Super Women’s Connection will hold its ValShelf ” status, and now provides fresh entine luncheon 12-2 p.m. Thursday, produce, meat, eggs, dairy and health- Feb. 14, at Valleywood Golf Course, ier food options. Last year, SOTV’s 4851 McAndrews Road, Apple Valley.

Speaker Lisa Fred will share “A Food Shelf served 1,230 families with Sanctuary in Suffering” on how the ac165,355 pounds of groceries.

360 Communities has a circle of cidental death of her husband thrust programs and resources that sur- her into the harsh reality of suffering round people in need and promote but prompted unlimited opportunities long-term self-sufficiency, including for growth. She also will play her flute.

Luncheon cost is $20. Reservations/ two shelters, two resource centers, a food shelf network, and programs cancellations by Saturday, Feb. 9, to that support school success. To learn Jan at 651-434-5795 or tjmorse2@commore about 360 Communities, visit cast.net. Sponsored by Stonecroft. www.360communities.org or call 952985-5300.

MICAH South sponsors SOTV offers a variety of ministries related to worship, Christian educa- legislative breakfast MICAH South, an advocacy group tion, connecting with others in fellowship and service, and caring for for affordable housing, is sponsoring people in times of need. For more in- a Legislative Breakfast 7-9:15 a.m. formation, visit www.sotv.org or call Wednesday, Jan. 30, at St. John Neu952-432-6351. Shepherd of the Valley mann Catholic Church in Eagan.

There will be time for meeting with is located at 12650 Johnny Cake Ridge local elected officials, refreshments, Road in Apple Valley. and a panel discussion on the topic of support for housing solutions.

Luther College Nordic Choir building Panelists include Tony Schertler, director of the Dakota County CDA; Mary to perform The Luther College Nordic Choir Liz Holberg, Dakota County commiswill perform Feb. 9-10 at Shepherd of sioner; and other people involved with the Valley Lutheran Church, 12650 housing issues in Dakota County from Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Val- both the county and nonprofit organizations. ley.

Housing is becoming harder to afPerformances will take place at the 5 p.m. worship service Saturday, Feb. ford and everyone needs to be a part 9, along with the 8:30 and 9:45 a.m. of the solutions. Participants will orworship services Sunday, Feb. 10. The ganize around legislative districts at choir also will perform a 7:30 p.m. con- round tables and discuss issues with local officials. cert on Saturday.

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The program includes “Praise the Name of the Lord” by Sergei Rach- ly/2H3ioqm.

St. John Neumann Catholic Church maninoff, “Pater Noster” by Jacob Handl, Psalm 50 by F. Melius Chris- is at 4030 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. tiansen, as well as hymn arrangements, More information is at http://www.mispirituals and the traditional Nordic cah.org/.

Lakeville Parks and Recreation offers the following activities. Register at https://webtrac.lakevillemn.gov or call 952-9854600.

Nickelodeon Universe, Mall of America, Bloomington: Purchase all-day discount wristbands for $26 at the Lakeville Parks and Recreation office in City Hall, 20195 Holyoke Ave., or call 952-984-4600.

Pick up tickets at City Hall.

Life Time Climb Programs, ages 5-17, Life Time Fitness, 18425 Dodd Blvd., Lakeville. Age-appropriate climbing classes that teach terminology, safety and climbing techniques. Open to all, need not be a member of Life Time. Different days of the week are being offered depending on the age of your child. Fee varies, depending on number of sessions per month. Registration required.

On Belay, ages 16 and older, 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays, Life Time Fitness, 18425 Dodd Blvd., Lakeville. This class is for any climber looking to improve their rock climbing technique. It is open to all skill levels. Cost: $35 per session. Do not need to be a Life Time member to participate.

Ritter Fest, all ages, noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27, Ritter Farm Park, 19300 Ritter Trail. Spend quality time with friends and family enjoying sleigh rides, snowmobile rides, snowshoeing and more.

Cost: $10 per carload or $3 per person.

Lynch Friday Night Basketball, ages 6-9, 6:308 p.m. Fridays, Feb. 1-22, Century Middle School, 18610 Ipava Ave. This camp is for all boys and girls who are interested in improving their skills while having fun playing basketball. Kids will be separated by age, size and skill level. Cost: $89.

Youth Ice Fishing Contest, all ages, 12-2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, Valley Lake Park, 16050 Garrett Path.

Participants need to bring their own fishing equipment and bait. Prizes will be awarded to children ages 13 and under. Free.

Winter Basketball – Open Gym, adults 18 and older, 8-9:30 p.m. Wednesdays through April 30, Christina Huddleston El-

ementary, 9569 175th St. W. No open gym on Feb. 27, March 27 and April 24. Cost: $10 per player.

Learn to Skate Program, ages 3 to adult, Ames Arena, 19900 Ipava Ave., Lakeville. Indoor skating lessons are held Saturday mornings, March 9-May 4 (skip March 30) and Tuesday evenings, March 12-May 7 (skip March 26). Several skating levels and times offered. Cost: $89 per session and $125/PALS level.

Registration starts Feb. 23.

Beginner Line Dancing, ages 17 and older, 5:30-6:20 p.m. Thursdays, Feb. 28-April 11, Heritage Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Wear comfortable shoes (no tennis shoes).

Cost: $49 for LAAA members, $62 for nonmembers.

PiYo, all ages, 7-7:45 p.m.

Mondays, Feb. 25-April 1 (skip March 25) and/or Thursday, Feb. 28-April 4 (skip March 28), Lakeville South High School, 21135 Jacquard Ave. PiYo combines the benefits of pilates with yoga. Cost: $30 for five sessions (one time a week); $50 for 10 sessions (two times a week).

Gift Cards. Give the gift of classes at the art center, summer sport camps, Active Adult membership, tennis lessons and more. Gift cards are available in denominations of your choice. No expiration. Call 952-985-4600 for more information.

Public Skating Schedule: Dec. 15-Feb. 18 (weather permitting).

Monday-Friday, 4-9 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sunday, 12-8 p.m.

Holidays/school release days: Feb. 18, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Parkview Park will be open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Feb. 7-8.

A map of outdoor rinks can be found at www.lakevillemn.gov.

Inclement weather: Follow on Twitter @ LakevilleParks or call 952985-4690, option 1. Status of rinks will be made one hour before the scheduled opening of rinks.

Snowshoe Rental: Snowshoe rental is available. Call 952-985-4600 to reserve a pair or for more information and availability. Cost: $3 per pair/per day, three-day minimum on weekends. Deposit: $75 per pair. Three sizes to choose from: up to 150 pounds, 200 pounds and/ or 275 pounds. Pick up

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and return snowshoes at Lakeville City Hall, 20195 Holyoke Ave., 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday.

Dakota Electric offers students free trip to Washington, D.C. Dakota Electric Association will provide five high school juniors and seniors the opportunity to travel to Washington, D.C., as part of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s Youth Tour, June 15-20.

Each June, more than 1,500 students from across the country travel to Washington, D.C., for the NRECA Youth Tour.

During the trip, they learn about electric cooperatives and government, meet elected officials and tour national monuments and sites, including the Smithsonian, the FBI building and more.

“We are happy to be able to offer this educational opportunity to our local students,” Dakota Electric’s President and CEO Greg Miller said.

“This is a great way to teach our young people about our national government and electric cooperatives.”

To apply, students who live in a household that receives power from Dakota Electric can pick up an application from their high school guidance counselor, download it off the web or pick one up at Dakota Electric’s Farmington office. To find the application online and learn more, go to www. dakotaelectric.com, scroll to the bottom of the page and select “Education Programs” from under “Community.”

The application deadline is Feb. 21. Interviews are scheduled for March 14 and 19. For more information, call Peggy Johnson at 651-463-6110 or 1-800-874-3409, ext. 110.

Job Transitions Group meets Jen Radke will present “LinkedIn Basics” at the Jan. 29 meeting of the Easter Job Transitions Group.

The group meets 7:30 a.m. Tuesdays at Easter Lutheran Church – By the Lake, 4545 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. Call 651452-3680 for information.

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Jan. 25, 2019 SUN THISWEEK LAKEVILLE

IMAX Theatre lights to go down Company closes movie house, zoo officials evaluating its future

by Tad Johnson SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

The IMAX Theatre adjacent to the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley will go dark on Jan. 27. When the house lights go down for the last time Sunday it won’t be in anticipation of the start of another blockbuster feature film or a nature-inspired documentary, it’s because the company that owns the movie house has decided to close it.

When the film machines will crank up after Sunday at the largest IMAX screen in the state is in doubt.

With the decision, IMAX, the corporation that operates more than 1,000 IMAX theatres in more than 66 countries around the globe, has turned over ownership to the zoo based on terms of the lease agreement, and Minnesota Zoo officials said it would communicate it’s intent for the space once decided.

The closure sparked much surprise and sadness across the south metro as many families held the theater in high regard as it has been part of the community since April 5, 1997.

It was built at a time when IMAX 3D theaters were a novelty. With 600 seats and a six-story high screen, the IMAX in ApPhoto submitted ple Valley instantly turned The IMAX Theatre located adjacent to the Minnesota Zoo has hosted many blockbuster into a destination. movie premieres, such as those related to the Star Wars movie franchise.

The $8 million theater was built by the Minnesota Zoo Theatre Company, a branch of Toronto-based Larger Than Life Entertainment, according to a 1997 Thisweek Apple Valley story.

The company signed a long-term lease with the zoo as funding for the startup came from private investors, approximately a third of them from the Twin Cities, the newspaper reported in 1997.

Holly Ranning, of Apple Valley, worked at IMAX for 14 years from December 2004 until August 2018.

It was her first job, as it was for many Apple Valley area teens.

“There were ups and downs but overall a wonderful place to work,” she said in a Facebook post.

“I’ve had an incredible opportunity to work with and for amazing people.

I was blessed to learned

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The IMAX Theatre located adjacent to the Minnesota Zoo will be closed on Sunday by the IMAX corporation that operates more than 1,000 IMAX theaters across the world. According to the lease agreement, the decision means the building will be now owned by the state-run Minnesota Zoo, which is considering its options regarding the future of the site. from some of the most in- son Albers, Cindy John- Cannon, Michael Greencredible and smart people son Purfeerst, Rodney field and so many more.

Karin Snortland, Lou- G. Johnson, Doug Link, We had a lot of fun along ise Despres Pote, Kathy Craig Mince, Mark Hen- the way.”

O’Connell, Karen Nel- derson, Lynn Murrin Ronning, who worked

as a hostess, floor manager, operations manager and general manager, said after being contacted by the newspaper that the IMAX Theatre was truly a home away from home.

She said the opening events for blockbuster movies were memorable for her, as they involved outside groups such as the Minnesota United Super Heroes (501st), Issue Needs Comics, iHeart Radio, and allowed her to meet many celebrities and fun people.

“I guess all I’m trying to say is I am sad to no longer be a member of the team but even more sad that the theatre will no longer be there to view the best movie experience on the big screen,” she said.

Minnesota Zoo members, of which there are an estimated 200,000, were informed on Friday, Jan. 18, that the IMAX would be closing.

“The zoo has valued their IMAX partnership and willingness to provide zoo member benefits,” the Minnesota Zoo said in a statement.

The decision to close the theater was made by IMAX corporate without input from the state-run zoo’s leadership, according to the zoo.

“We thank all of our guests for their support over the past 21 years,” said an IMAX spokesperson contacted by the newspaper. “We encourage audiences in the area to visit our nearby IMAX theatre at the CMX Odyssey 15 in Burnsville to experience today’s biggest blockbusters in the most immersive way.”

IMAX, which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, was founded in 1968.

Its theaters are located in destination entertainment centers and multiplexes as well as educational institutions worldwide, according to the company.

Competition wasn’t cited as a factor in the closing, but there are currently six other IMAX theaters in the Twin Cities, including the Omnitheater at the Science Museum in St. Paul, along with theaters in Burnsville, Edina, Roseville, Eden Prairie and Maple Grove.

Emagine Theaters recently installed a “Monster Screen” at its site in Lakeville.

Those locations are all situated in high traffic downtown or mall areas or visible spots off major interstates.

When the theater opened in 1997, tickets were $7 for adults and $5 for children. They now run $16 for adults and $13 for children for feature films. Tickets are cheaper for shorter documentary films.

IMAX officials did not comment when asked when it revealed the closure decision to staff members and how many employees would be affected by the decision.

“I’m very sad, disappointed, and surprised to hear about it because I have seen many movies and screenings at the IMAX Zoo theater over the years,” said longtime movie reviewer Wendy Schadewald, of Burnsville, whose Short Redhead Reel Reviews appear weekly on SunThisweek.com.

Schadewald said she enjoyed going to screenings at the IMAX because of its large screen, one that other Facebook commentors billed as the “real IMAX.” “The movies that were in 3-D and were about the oceans we’re especially terrific because you really did feel like you were in the midst of the marine life compared to other IMAX theaters in the Twin Cities,” Schadewald said.

The movie theater at the zoo was often praised for its quality experience by local residents.

“I appreciate all the years of being able to catch a real IMAX movie and not going to another theater to pay for their phony ‘IMAX’ Thank you!,” said one commentor on the IMAX-Apple Valley Facebook page.

Due to the closing of the theater, all member benefits related to the IMAX will end on Jan. 27.

“We are working hard to reevaluate current benefits and look forward to adding some new opportunities in the future,” zoo leadership said.

Any questions regarding gift cards or tickets should be directed to IMAX at 952-431-4629 or info@imax.com prior to Jan. 27.

Tad Johnson can be reached at tad.johnson@ecm-inc.com.

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Lake Marion teacher wins redesign contest Music teacher Victoria Sundberg receives $50,000 to give her classroom a makeover

by Kayla Culver SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

One Lake Marion Elementary School teacher now has the opportunity to provide her students with new equipment and furniture thanks to an online contest.

Music teacher Victoria Sundberg didn’t expect to win the grand prize, valued at $50,000, after entering the Flip Your Classroom contest through Atmosphere Commercial Interiors. Now she gets to redesign her classroom for 30 students.

“I completely went into shock mode when I found out. I always thought if I was somebody that won something I would scream or jump up and down, but it turns out I freeze,” Sundberg said.

On Jan. 16 Sundberg knew the company would be announcing who won the contest and was constantly checking her email to see if she was the winner. While she was teaching a first-grade class, Principal Bret Domstrand came to get Sundberg.

“The principal came

thought she should try even if she didn’t win because her classroom could use an update.

“Over my lunch I filmed myself walking around the room talking about what I thought I would do if I won the prize and what things would be really beneficial to have,” she said.

Sundberg has been teaching music at Lake Marion for three years. This year she was moved into the school’s multipurpose room, called the commons.

The room is not a classroom Photo submitted typical Lake Marion music teacher Victoria Sundberg, Principal Bret Domstrand and a first-grade because its layout class receive a check for $50,000 to redesign the music room from Atmosphere Commercial features tiered steps, a stage area and no Interiors. chairs. into the room and told as she was presented with vate, charter and magnet Sundberg said the room me, ‘I need to talk to you a large $50,000 check and schools with enrollment is great for performances for a second.’ Of course I balloons. The first-graders over 125 students. Sund- but can be difficult for stuthought I was in trouble in her classroom joined berg sent in her video just dents to move around durfor something. I walk out in on the excitement and before the deadline. ing their activities. One of the door and there were all “went nuts” she said.

The idea to enter the the updates she is looking these cameras and people Atmosphere Commer- contest came from Dom- to accomplish is to obtain clapping,” she said. cial Interiors started the strand, after he sent an movable furniture so the Sundberg’s frozen reac- contest in November 2018. email to staff regarding students no longer need tion was caught on film It was open to public, pri- the contest. Sundberg to sit on the floor during

class. The furniture can also be easily pushed aside for when students participate in musical activities.

“There is not a lot of storage space, so cabinets to safely store the instruments is a huge part of what I want to do,” she said.

Purchasing new instruments and safely covering cords to the audio equipment are also on Sundberg’s list of improvements. Sundberg will be a part of the entire process and have a lot of say while the room is being redesigned; however, the design team made up of professionals and teachers will also bring ideas and solutions.

The room is expected to be redesigned over spring break. An unveiling of the room will take place the first day back.

“I’m really humbled and happy that this happened. It’s something every student in the school will be able to enjoy, and that’s what I’m most excited about,” she said.

Kayla Culver can be reached at kayla.culver@ecm-inc.com.

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Jan. 25, 2019 SUN THISWEEK LAKEVILLE

Winter fun for everyone Winter Special Adventures helps people with disabilities enjoy winter activities

by Jody Peters SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

The weather outside may be frightful, but many Minnesotans embrace winter by hitting the trails in a snowmobile or UTV. Those pastimes can be challenging for certain people to pursue, however.

That became clear for the Farmington Sno-Tigers about nine years ago.

The snowmobile club was finishing up a meeting when one of the members left to pick up his child who had disabilities.

That got the group thinking about what they could do to help more people with disabilities experience winter outdoor activities like snowmobiling.

In 2011, they put on a Special Needs Ride, which drew 18 people. Gradually, the event got more popular, and in 2016, was renamed as Winter Special Adventures. In 2018, the event drew about 135 people.

WSA’s annual event, held the first Saturday in February, is free and held at Boeckman Middle School, 800 Denmark Ave., Farmington.

This year’s event will take place Saturday, Feb. 2, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The event will be held snow or shine, and participants should dress for the weather.

People of all ages are

go toward putting on the February event.

It’s all worth it when they see people come back year after year, Ralston said.

She remembers a year when the event was starting to wrap up at 3 p.m., but one girl wanted to keep riding and wouldn’t get off the snowmobile.

“So we just kept going till 4,” Ralston said.

“Ride it as many times as you want.

It means so much to us … to see how it makes Photo submitted happy Winter Special Adventures’ mission is to help people with disabilities experience outdoor activities like snowmobiling and these guys.”

UTV rides. The group’s annual event is held the first Saturday in February and is open to people of all ages. Participants She said she can also enjoy trolley rides and visits from service dogs, the Dakota County Sheriff’s Office, and the Farmington Fire and sometimes thinks the volunteers get Police departments. a bigger kick out of the event than welcome to attend, and has volunteered with I knew it was something I Ralston said. the individuals. the event aims to be acces- WSA/Special Needs Ride just wanted to be a part It’s in line with WSA’s “I know all of us volunsible for everyone, no mat- for about six years, said of. It was really fun — the mission, “to provide a teers love it. We look forter their disability. the event is completely smiles you’d get, and you’d safe, fun and adventurous ward to it all year round, It features attractions free, from the food to the make a relationship with a experience for children especially when you see like snowmobile and UTV pictures. lot of them,” Ralston said. and adults of all ages no some of those guys and rides, trolley rides, and vis“We don’t even ask for She added that anyone matter how big or small they just get so excited and its from service dogs, the donations the day of. We is welcome, and WSA has the disability.” jump up and down.

Dakota County Sheriff’s want everybody to come a modified sled for wheelParticipants’ siblings “It’s just a lot of fun,” Office, and the Farming- and honestly enjoy the chair users called the Cool and family members are Ralston said. ton Police and Fire de- day. It’s all about those in- Rider that can be pulled welcome to the rides as To learn more about partments. dividuals,” Ralston said. behind a UTV. well, Ralston said.

Winter Special AdvenThere will also be souRalston said when She remembers one She added that many of tures or to donate, visit its venir photo opportunities, she first volunteered, she participant who came two the volunteers have family website, www.winterada coloring station, and free helped participants put years ago was a wheelchair members or children with ventures.org. People interhot dogs, chips and hot on their helmets and has user, but he was still able disabilities, so “it hits close ested in volunteering can chocolate. helped every year since. to enjoy a couple of UTV to home” for them. email winterspecialadvenRebecca Ralston, who “From that day forward rides.

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Homecoming for Islamic center Dar-Us-Salam clears parking hurdle at its own building

by John Gessner SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

A Burnsville Islamic center that has bounced between rental spaces for a decade finally secured use of its permanent home Jan. 22.

The City Council voted unanimously to allow Dar-Us-Salam, a cultural center and prayer hall, to use off-site leased parking next to its building at 190 River Ridge Circle S. The congregation bought the north Burnsville building — which opened in 1991 as the Minnesota River School of Fine Art — and last May was granted a conditional use permit to operate a religious institution.

Since then, a parking hangup has prevented Dar-Us-Salam from moving in, according to Q Mursal, Apple Valley, a Somali native who manages the center and has led it through the approval process. The 100-member congregation, which

is looking to grow, still holds daily prayer services at 603 Travelers Trail, its third rented space in Burnsville in 10 years.

The River Ridge Circle building has 71 parking stalls but needs 124 to accommodate the proposed building occupancy. Better Business Bureau, which owns the adjacent office building to the west, is willing to help.

But BBB wants to share its parking through a lease, not a deed restriction as city ordinance requires, according to a city staff report.

That left Dar-UsSalam needing a change to the permit granted last year to allow off-site leased parking. City planning staff opposed the arrangement, saying the congregation has space available to build parking.

Off-site parking is used elsewhere in Burnsville but only when no more space exists, a staff report said.

Also, a deed restriction

would assure permanent parking space, while a lease can be terminated at any time — and if that happens in the fall, there’s no time to build parking before winter, according to staff.

The staff opinion was overruled by both the council and a unanimous recommendation from the Planning Commission a week earlier.

Cheers erupted from the packed chamber of Dar-Us-Salam members after the council vote. To help mitigate parking during busy Friday prayers, Dar-Us-Salam has agreed to hold two afternoon services instead of one.

“You purchased this property,” Council Member Cara Schulz said. “It is your property to do what you wish to do with it, as long as you are not harming someone else.

And I have seen nothing to this point that says you are going to be harming anyone in any way.”

Dar-Us-Salam’s re-

quest is “very reasonable,” Council Member Dan Gustafson said.

It was a “long, hard journey for you even to get to Burnsville, and I welcomed you home then (last May),” Gustafson said. “I plan to support you tonight and welcome you home now.”

Dar-Us-Salam’s journey through Burnsville city government attracted attention from more than just congregation members. Jaylani Hussein, executive director of the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, told the City Council that peak traffic time will be noon to 2 p.m. Fridays — not during morning or evening rush.

“That is constant for any mosque across the nation,” he said.

But traffic is one of the chief reasons cited when cities reject mosques — a reason often overturned in court, Hussein said.

“Usually when a

mosque is presented anywhere in the state of Minnesota and perhaps across the United States outside of major urban communities, there is some opposition to it, neighbors who may not fully understand who this community is, who suspect,” he said.

Two commercial building owners have raised concerns about overflow parking encroaching on other businesses in the area. Dar-Us-Salam insists it is not equipped to hold funerals, which can generate large volumes of traffic.

Jason McKenzie of the nearby Skateville roller rink told the council his business is also willing to provide parking, though not through a legal agreement. Friday is a slow day for Skateville, and what business there is usually comes by bus, he said.

Several young people told the council how much Dar-Us-Salam means to them. It’s a place to hang out, be accepted, be men-

tored and mature, they said.

“Growing up I often struggled to find a connection with people who look like me in the school systems and other places in the city,” said Khalid Omar, of Lakeville. “But I found those connections at Dar-Us-Salam.”

It is a “peaceful, enriching home for my community,” Omar said.

It offers weekend classes for students, said a city staff report. Staff consists of eight part-time teachers and administrators and one full-time employee.

The building will include classrooms, a library and reading area, a lounge and a lunchroom, the report said.

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

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Jan. 25, 2019 SUN THISWEEK LAKEVILLE

Continuing a musical tradition Farmington students celebrate over 20 years of making dulcimers

by Jody Peters SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

For many children, their first musical instrument was something simple: a tissue box with rubber bands or a couple of paper plates stapled together with popcorn kernels rattling inside.

Plenty of schools have recorder units in third or fourth grade as well.

But music class looks a little different in Farmington. Dulcimers have been the instrument of choice for the last 20 years or so.

Each District 192 elementary school has a Dulcimer Day where stu-

dents create their own musical instruments, learn to play them, and get to keep them for years to come.

Dulcimers are fretted string instruments similar to zithers. Typically they have three to four strings, but the versions created in Farmington schools have a single string.

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Meadowview Elementary fourth-graders learn to play their single-string dulcimers on Jan. 18. Musicians Ross Sutter and Karen Mueller visit Farmington elementary schools every year to teach students how to build and play the instruments.

That makes it easier for the fourth grade students to learn, explained Karen Mueller, who helps lead the dulcimer workshops with fellow musician Ross Sutter.

“It’s a great instrument for kids to get introduced to strings because the frets are numbered, so the music is written out by fret number,” Mueller said.

“It’s a way that they can start to play music without having to even be able to read notes.”

Mueller is a top-rated dulcimer and autoharp player who was voted the 1986 international autoharp champion. She teaches general music classes during the week, teaches private lessons, and does school residencies across the state and across the country.

Her co-teacher, Sutter, is also a musician who plays guitar, dulcimer, button accordion and bodhran (Irish drum). He has created instrument building workshops that have been implemented from Chicago to Sweden, but it all started in Farmington.

About 30 years ago, Sutter was teaching at the Science Museum of Minnesota when he noticed that if children were building instruments, they were usually things like Kleenex box guitars.

He wanted change that; to teach children to build inexpensive, easy-to-play instruments that were sig-

nificant.

Sutter experimented with various ideas, and eventually landed on the one-string dulcimer. He estimates that he first taught the dulcimer-building workshop in the late ’90s, at Akin Road Elementary in Farmington.

It started as a weeklong unit, but after one to two years, Sutter enlisted the help of Mueller. Soon, Farmington parents volunteered to help build the dulcimers, and the weeklong construction was cut down to a single school day.

Now the dulcimer days have become a tradition in Farmington. Last Friday, parent volunteers packed the fourth-grade commons area at Meadowview Elementary, helping their children string the instruments.

Looking around at the parents, Sutter joked, “Some parents sort of figure out their life according to how many dulcimers they’ve built now.”

“If they have four kids, they’ll say, ‘Yup, this is my fourth dulcimer — life is moving on,’ ” Sutter said.

Building and playing the instruments not only teaches the children about music, it also helps in other subjects. Students learn math when they measure and mark fractions on the fingerboard, and learn about the science of sound.

The workshop has proved successful — Sut-

ter estimates he and Mueller help students build about 2,000 dulcimers a year in various school districts, with about 600 of those built by Farmington students.

Some students have gone on to bring their dulcimers to college, and Sutter said one former dulcimer-building student is now a nationally touring mandolin player.

Dulcimer fever has also spread to the senior population: The Dum Ditties Dulcimer Club regularly meets at Farmington’s Rambling River Center, and Mueller and Sutter have taught people of all ages to build and play the dulcimer.

But whether he’s teaching Minnesota seniors or Swedish schoolchildren, Sutter remembers where the dulcimer workshops began.

“It all started in Farmington and it was the support of the teachers here. … I’ve always been really grateful to Farmington for having supported this project and encouraged it,” Sutter said.

Upcoming dulcimer workshops will be held Feb. 22 at North Trail Elementary, Feb. 25 at Farmington Elementary, Feb. 28 at Riverview Elementary and March 1 at Akin Road Elementary.

Jody Peters can be reached at jody.peters@ecm-inc.com.

SUN THISWEEK LAKEVILLE Jan. 25, 2019

Burnsville launches street project with Lakeville Two areas set for road work

by John Gessner SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

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The Burnsville projects are in areas adjacent to Crystal Lake. Work will consist of street rehabilitation (mill and overlay) and more extensive reclamation, in which the pavement is ground up and mixed with aggregate beneath to build a new base.

Burnsville assesses 40 percent of rehabilitation and reclamation costs to property owners.

The work with Lakeville is part of an estimated $12.5 million Burnsville plans to spend on street and underground utility projects this construction season. The council will act on the rest of the projects in March.

The Burnsville City Council launched a street project Jan. 22 that will be undertaken with southern neighbor Lakeville.

The council ordered plans and bid advertisement for $1.5 million in street projects in the Maple Island and Bluebill Bay areas.

Lakeville will do its own street work in the area under a joint powers agreement with Burnsville.

The joint project is needed because the Burnsville streets can be accessed only via Lakeville streets, said Monica Heil of WSB & Associates, a consultant for Lakeville, which will lead the entire project. John Gessner can be reached The cities will also benefit at john.gessner@ecm-inc.com from economies of scale, or 952-846-2031.

over a year ago, will be the operating manager.

Co-owners also include Brandon Bramscher, Ryan Wentz and Mike McMan. The four met while working for Major Sports Cafe.

Reese said the four happened to all be looking for an opportunity to run their own place around the same time. They decided to come together to open the first B-52 and are all working on the second location.

The Lakeville location was chosen carefully and intentionally, he said. While the four were looking for a space, they wanted to make sure their concept was something the area was missing. The downtown area was recommended on more than one occasion.

“We were told to think a lot about going into downtown. They’re trying to revitalize it and make it an area where everyone in the town goes to. It seems like there is always something going on there. If

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A gourmet burger from B-52 Burgers and Brew. The new restaurant opens in downtown Lakeville this spring. you ever go there at night in the summer, you’ll see people hopping from place to place and that’s really very cool,” he said.

The menu for the Lakeville location will be very similar to the first location, Reese said. The menu will include salads, appetizers and various styles

of protein but will remain heavy on burgers.

The space was gutted out in order to create an open-air concept, according to Reese. This will allow customers to see what is happening downtown while eating.

“We are going to utilize a lot of see-through

garage doors to make that happen. You’ll be able to see all the action from the homefront,” he said.

The restaurant and bar is expected to open early March and will be located at 20751 Holyoke Ave. Kayla Culver can be reached at kayla.culver@ecm-inc.com.

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Jan. 25, 2019 SUN THISWEEK LAKEVILLE

Another ‘Hutch’ rises in law enforcement His father set an example for new Hennepin sheriff

by John Gessner SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Being a cop looked like a dream job to Dave Hutchinson. He was a toddler when his father, Jerry, got a German shepherd for a partner and became Burnsville’s first K-9 officer in 1982.

“He got to take home a car, with a dog,” Dave said.

The youngster went on ride-alongs with the team known as “Starsky and Hutch” (the shepherd got his name in a name-thedog contest). As a kindergartener, Dave got home when his dad was just waking up after the overnight shift. They’d hang out together — father, son and Starsky — until Dave’s mother, Peggy, came home from work.

Dave became a cop after graduating from Burnsville High School in 1999 and earning a law enforcement degree from Alexandria Technical and Community College. Jerry, who retired from the Burnsville police in 2000, has been there to pin the badge on him at every job — first in Bayport, Minnesota, then the Metro Transit Police Department, and on Jan. 7 when Dave was sworn in as Hennepin County sheriff.

In November he narrowly ousted incumbent

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Retired Burnsville police officer Jerry Hutchinson pinned the sheriff ’s badge on his son, newly elected Hennepin County Sheriff Dave Hutchinson. Dave is a 1999 graduate of Burnsville High School. He was sworn into office Jan. 7 by Hennepin County District Judge Carolina Lamas, a 1996 Burnsville graduate.

Rich Stanek in an underdog campaign that’s been portrayed as part of a wave of victories fueled by political progressives, younger voters and people of color. Dave is the first openly gay sheriff in Hennepin County and, according to a recent MinnPost article, possibly the Midwest.

“Peggy and I think of it as kind of like a Disney movie, where you don’t really think something’s go-

ing to happen that’s going to be so positive,” Jerry said. “Then it happens, and it’s the right thing that happens. The outgoing sheriff — well, he needed to be the outgoing sheriff, is all I can probably say.”

He and Peggy, a Delta Airlines retiree, now live in Edina after raising three sons — Troy, Scott and Dave, the youngest — in Burnsville.

“In my opinion, I’m

worked with his father for awhile when Jerry was hired as a part-time investigator after his retirement.

But Dave, known to many as “Hutch,” wanted to work in an urban setting. He was hired by Metro Transit police where he worked for 13 years, the last five as sergeant of the North Side Community Engagement Team based in Minneapolis.

Dave has served “in the poorest and most forgotten neighborhoods of Hennepin County,” his campaign bio says.

“The North Side gets a bad rap, but actually it’s an interesting place,” Dave said. “It’s a high density of crime, but the majority of people there are really great people. It’s nice working in a community where they actually need the police. Ninetynine percent of the people loved us.”

During the campaign he promised a different approach to working with immigrant communities and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Stanek administration did “more than they had to do to cooperate with ICE,” Dave said.

“We’re going to do what’s His own path mandatory by law.”

Starting his career in His father endorses Bayport, a small St. Croix that approach.

River town, Dave actually “The thing I like the

a little biased, but I still think he’s one of the best Burnsville cops ever to walk the streets there,” Dave said of his father.

In addition to launching the K-9 program, Jerry “pretty much pioneered” Burnsville’s police chaplain program, Dave said. His specialties included hostage negotiator and crime-scene technician.

“I grew up watching it, and I got the itch as a youngster,” Dave said.

Eager to sell the K-9 program to fellow cops, Jerry said he made himself available around the clock for calls needing services such as tracking of criminal suspects. Another officer, Steve Hoppert, became the department’s second K-9 officer in 1983, and the program remains today.

The Starsky and Hutch team served from 1982 to 1988. Before and after his retirement, Jerry taught in the police-skills program at Hennepin County Technical College. Today he’s an instructor with Minnesota Crisis Intervention Training, working with police officers alongside Peggy, a facilitator.

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That’s what’s so exciting.

It will be unique to us,” he said.

Even though the commissioned piece will remain outside all year, the other pieces will rotate throughout the year. Masiarchin said the goal is to have six or seven pieces along the art walk.

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best is he thinks every person in Hennepin County, regardless of who you are or what you do, should not be afraid to talk to law enforcement,” Jerry said. “Currently, there are some people that are afraid to talk to law enforcement because they think they’re going to be deported or something.

Dave wants everybody in the county to feel free, if they’re a victim of a crime, to report that crime without a fear of being put in jail or kicked out of the country.”

Dave, 38, lives in south Bloomington with his husband, Justin. He said he didn’t come out until his early 30s, when he found someone he loved enough to take that step.

First he told Troy, then Scott, then his mother.

Jerry was last.

“He never cared I was gay and he never would have. But I kept a secret from this guy forever,” Dave said.

“It’s all very good,” his father concluded. “He’s the sheriff of the largestpopulated county in the state of Minnesota. He got there by being honest and straightforward and just caring about people.”

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

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Sports Gagliardi Trophy winner leads on and off the field Rosemount’s Jackson Erdmann wants one more run at national title with Saint John’s

by Mike Shaughnessy SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

A few years ago Jackson Erdmann traveled halfway across the country to pursue a football player’s dream of playing for a top-level Division I college team.

Last winter Erdmann traveled halfway across the world for reasons that had nothing to do with football and everything to do with making a difference.

He went to Thailand to work with organizations that helped victims of child sex trafficking.

Recently, the St. John’s University quarterback and Rosemount High School graduate said he could see his post-football life being about giving a voice to people who don’t have the opportunity to speak for themselves.

Right now, however, Erdmann still has some football goals to accomplish. After leading St. John’s to the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship and the NCAA Division III quarterfinals (where the Johnnies lost to eventual champion Mary Hardin-Baylor 21-18), he is already preparing for his final college season in 2019.

“The goal is the national championship,” said Erdmann, the 2018 winner of the Gagliardi Trophy as Division III player of the year. “Before last year, we’d had a run of several 10-2 seasons in a row. And that’s good, but we don’t

Photo by Jennifer McNelly

Saint John’s quarterback and Rosemount native Jackson Erdmann won the Gagliardi Trophy as the nation’s top Division III football player. He led the division with 47 touchdown passes in 2018. think that’s what St. John’s football is about. We think we should have a chance to win the MIAC and national championships every year.”

The Johnnies have won 33 MIAC championships but only one from 2010 through 2017 as their archrival, the University of St. Thomas, took over as the league’s dominant team.

In 2018 St. John’s was 12-1 overall and 8-0 in the MIAC, including a 40-25 victory over St. Thomas on Oct. 13. The St. Thomas game, played in front of an overflow crowd at the Johnnies’ Clemens Stadium, came just six days after the death of longtime SJU football coach John Gagliardi, whose 489 victories ranks first in college football history.

Erdmann passed for 470 yards (a season high) and three touchdowns against St. Thomas. For

the season, he threw for 3,450 yards and his 47 touchdown passes were the most in Division III. Not surprisingly, it means a lot to Erdmann to win a trophy named for the legendary coach at his school. He was announced as the Gagliardi Trophy winner in mid-December and will receive the award Feb. 25 during the annual Johnnie Standup at the Metropolitan Club and Ballroom in Golden Valley.

The award goes to a player who has excelled in athletics, academics and community service. Erdmann, a global business major, is close to finishing his undergraduate degree.

In addition to traveling to Thailand last winter to assist abused and disadvantaged children, he has assisted with causes closer to home, such as helping teach English as a second language in programs near

SJU’s Collegeville campus.

“Without my teammates and coaches, I’d have had no chance whatsoever to win it,” Erdmann said. “Once you’re around here for a while, you understand the kind of community St. John’s is and how important John was to it. Being able to receive this award is an unbelievable honor.”

After playing several positions early in his youth football career in Rosemount, Erdmann started playing quarterback full-time in seventh grade. By 2012, his sophomore season, he was on the varsity at Rosemount High School, where his father Jeff has been head coach since 1999. Jackson became the starting quarterback midway through the 2012 season. The next year he was a starter on an Irish team that reached the Prep Bowl before losing to Eden Prairie.

Not long after that Prep Bowl he had a couple of health setbacks that threatened his football career. First, there was a bout with mononucleosis.

Second, and much more dangerous, was contracting acute cerebellar ataxia, a condition that for a while prevented him from standing without assistance.

It took months of rehabilitation to regain his football skills, but Erdmann was back on the field and led the Irish to the South Suburban Conference championship and a spot in the Class 6A quarterfinals.

In that playoff game against SSC rival Lakeville North, both teams’ quarterbacks sustained injuries. The Panthers’ starter got a concussion and missed the rest of the game. Erdmann was hit on the leg while running with the ball the third play of the game. Despite being obviously hobbled, he directed the Irish to a 13-0 lead before North, using a backup quarterback, rallied to win 14-13.

Later, it was revealed Erdmann had continued playing on a fractured fibula. “What I remember most is how much it hurt,” he said. “But I didn’t think at the time it was anything as serious as a broken fibula, and there was no way I wanted to come out of the game.”

One of the programs he contacted to assess Division I interest was Penn State, and that led to the Nittany Lions offering him a preferred walk-on spot in 2015. He spent one season at Penn State, after which the team changed offensive philosophy and sought a quarterback who was a pass/run threat.

Erdmann, more of a traditional drop-back thrower, didn’t think the new offense would match his skill set. He contacted St. John’s, a school he called “the toughest one to say no to” while being recruited, and asked if the Johnnies were still interested.

He has been the Johnnies’ starting quarterback three seasons. What’s more, going to St. John’s

helped fuel a passion for social work that in some way figures to be part of his post-football future.

“It would definitely have been difficult to do that at Penn State, or any other Division I program,” he said. “Football is so much more of a job there.

Between the team activities, the lifting, and the stuff you’re doing on your own, you’re spending 40 to 60 hours a week on football. And then you have to make time to study.”

Erdmann hoped to return to Thailand this winter to work on more projects to help children. The logistics didn’t work out, but he expects to be back at some point. Before next football season he plans to spend time in Mexico to do more training as an ESL instructor, something he’s interested in doing after his playing career.

For the near future, football is the priority. It’ll be a somewhat different group that takes the field for the Johnnies as they pursue a national title in 2019, but the quarterback will be familiar.

“A lot of the guys I played with the last three years are going to graduate,” he said. “But we think we’ve helped St. John’s football get back to where it was, and that means we’ll have good players coming in every year.”

Mike Shaughnessy can be reached at mike.shaughnessy@ecm-inc.com.

SSC roundup: Panther boys topple top-ranked Prior Lake

by Mike Shaughnessy SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Lakeville North, ranked sixth in Class 4A boys basketball, defeated No. 1-ranked Prior Lake 77-68 on Tuesday in a game between the top two teams in the South Suburban Conference standings.

Senior Tyler Wahl scored 22 points for the Panthers, leading four North players in double figures. Tommy Jensen had 16 points, Eli Mostaert had 13 and Tate Staloch scored 12.

Lakeville North is 7-0 in the conference and 12-3 overall going into Friday’s

7:15 p.m. home game against Lakeville South.

That is the second half of a girls-boys varsity doubleheader at North. The girls varsity game starts at 5:30 p.m.

After splitting its first six games, Lakeville North has won nine in a row.

Lakeville South’s boys are 6-8 overall and 3-4 in the league after edging Burnsville 58-56 on Tuesday.

Boys hockey Rosemount and Eagan are tied for first place in the South Suburban Conference after both teams won Tuesday. Lakeville

North dropped two points behind the leaders after losing 2-1 at Eastview on Tuesday. The Panthers are tied for third place with Lakeville South.

Rosemount and Eagan have 18 points in conference play, although Rosemount has played one fewer game. The Irish improved to 9-2 in conference play by shutting out Burnsville 5-0 on Tuesday.

Eagan is 9-3 in conference play after winning 3-1 at Prior Lake on Tuesday.

Max Meekin, Cole Gibson and Cullen Myhre scored for the Wildcats, all in the second period.

Derek Manzella made 32

saves.

Lakeville North and Lakeville South both are 8-3 in the conference. Eastview’s Josh Eernisse scored the winner at 2:44 of the second period in Tuesday’s home game against North.

The Panthers’ Keaton Kranz scored in the second period to tie the game.

Lakeville South stayed in touch with the conference leaders by winning 4-1 at Farmington on Tuesday. Cameron Boche, Jacob Steinhagen, Zach Oelrich and Sam Elasky scored for the Cougars, and Nico Aguilera had two assists.

Photo by Mike Shaughnessy

Lakeville North forward Spencer Schneider skates in on Eastview goalie Bennett Weestrand but is denied during the Panthers’ 2-1 loss in South Suburban Conference boys hockey Tuesday at Apple Valley Sports Arena. The loss knocked the Panthers out of a tie for first place in the league.

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Jan. 25, 2019 SUN THISWEEK LAKEVILLE

Supper Bagging events grow Volunteers raising money at Cub in Eagan, Rosemount,Apple Valley

by Andy Rogers SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

With more people dealing with the partial U.S. government shutdown, unemployment, underemployment, health scares, broken down vehicles and more, food shelves in the area are seeing increased business.

Residents gearing up for a Super Bowl party will have an easy way to help out next weekend.

Hundreds of area volunteers will be bagging groceries at Cub Foods in Eagan, Rosemount and Apple Valley for a Super Bagging event to raise money for The Open Door and 360 Communities on Feb. 2 and 3.

“People are very generous in our community,” said Scott Swenson, market president of Home Federal Savings Bank and The Open Door Super Bagging event leader.

“We have people who will buy three of those prepackaged donation bags,

and then turn around and leave a nice tip. That’s how we get those high numbers. They’re very generous in our community.”

Area politicians, public figures, business owners, city staff and volunteers will be bagging groceries for The Open Door at the Cub Foods in Eagan (Diffley and Lexington, Cliff Lake Center and Town Centre) as well as the Cub Foods in Apple Valley in the Southport Center.

Swenson added Eagan Police Chief Roger New will be bagging along with the basketball team he coaches.

He also said U.S. Rep. Angie Craig from Eagan along with RosemountApple Valley-Eagan School District Superintendent Mary Kreger and recently retired Superintendent Jane Berenz are on the schedule as well, along with volunteers from Eagan Rotary and Eagan American Legion.

“It just keeps growing,” Swenson said. “Part of this is bringing community

members together and to network and to meet other members of the community. It’s high energy. People keep coming back.”

The goal is to raise $50,000 in cash and food for The Open Door Pantry, a food shelf in Eagan.

For more information or to volunteer, visit theopendoorpantry.org.

360 Communities is also holding a Super Bagging event at the Rosemount Cub Foods on Feb. 2 and 3 when they will also bag groceries for tips to support the Rosemount Family Resource Center Food Shelf.

The building is about to triple in size thanks to funding from the Minnesota Legislature.

“It’s going to really allow us to serve people better,” 360 Communities Marketing and Communications Director Tony Compton said. “There will be more office space and place for people to meet.

They’ve moved to a shopping model there.”

When the new addition

is complete, there will be additional costs such as signs and office furniture.

This is the first year 360 Communities has participated in the event. Swenson said he met with 360 Communities to share best practices and other ideas on how to get it off the ground.

Now in its sixth year, Eagan’s Super Bagging event initially started with just one store.

Swenson was supervising a group of high school students during a separate fundraiser and thought it would be fun to bring the leaders of the community together to raise money for The Open Door. It’s grown now to six stores.

“We’ll go up over $100,000 for our six-year total,” Swenson said. “It makes a difference.”

Now is a good time to donate to the food shelves.

There’s always an influx of donations around the holidays, but now food shelves are starting to thin out.

“There’s additional federal employees who are

utilizing the food shelf resource,” Swenson said.

“I’ve heard that poverty rates are higher in the suburbs right now than they are in the city. People are challenged with food right now.”

360 Communities is gearing up for the Minnesota Food Share Month in March (www.mnfoodshare.org), which is a big push for donations to get food shelves through summer.

“It’s the largest food drive in the state,” Compton said. “About 300 food shelves are participating.

The aim is to boost food shelves in the summer because that’s one of the worst times. Kids are out of schools so they’re not getting that free or reduced lunch. And people are on vacation, so donations tend to go down.”

Even though the unemployment rate is low, that doesn’t mean those employed are exempt from looking for food.

“The high employment rate masks a greater prob-

lem, I believe,” Compton said. “It’s underemployment and low wages and high rent. When you’re working really hard, sometimes multiple jobs and it’s hard to afford housing, that’s when we see people.

One major crisis can put you in a bad spot. If your car breaks down, it can have a domino affect.”

360 Communities isn’t just a food shelf.

“For us, it’s a doorway where we can start to have a holistic look at the situation and address the barriers that we can,” Compton said. “When families come looking for food they’re often behind on rent.”

He said by helping people stay in their home and keeping them stable and safe, “they have a better chance,” Compton said.

“We want to help stabilize the situations.”

For more information and to volunteer, visit www.360communities.org.

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

Renovations at Rosemount welcome School receives new parking lot, band space, entrance

by Andy Rogers SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Rosemount High School, which was built in 1964, looks a little newer in 2019.

The school received a facelift in recent months including an updated parking lot and an additional 12,000 square feet of building space.

The project includes a new rehearsal and music space to support a massively popular band program.

“We had absolutely outgrown the space,” RHS Principal Pete Roback said.

With more than 300 students in the marching band along with growing curricular band programs, space was limited.

“The old space was too small for the largest band and arts programs in the state,” said Kim Budde, assistant principal. “While the 1964 construction served us well for a long time, we had no room to accommodate the size of the ensembles that we are currently working with.

There was no storage and

practice rooms, ensemble space and storage were spread all around the school.”

The new space gives the band easier access to the outdoors for marching band rehearsal. They also have new sound lock practice modules along with furniture, stands and upgraded technology for the program.

“It is larger to accommodate the large ensembles,” Budde said. “The acoustical treatment allows for larger groups to be able to hear (both during and after) rehearsals.

In addition, band storage is located directly off of the band room rather than in the hallway or the room itself.”

Through the design process, Budde said the district determined “we could have greatest impact by making the new construction a band room, renovating the existing space into a multipurpose room, changing the structure of the choir room and creating a performing arts lobby that would better meet the needs of our crowds that we have for

theater, dance shows, concerts and parent events.”

The band rooms are located near the choir area and performing arts center, so the arts community is much more connected.

The former band room was outfitted with a sprung floor, mirrors and new lighting. It now serves as a multi-use space for performing arts, dance and choir.

“The layout is much the same size as our theater, so blocking and planning for plays and musicals can happen in this space,” Budde said. “There are always students in this space. We love that we can now have multiple rehearsals happening at the same time.”

The renovation also created a south commons area and a new south entrance.

“It’s essentially a new entrance to the building,” Roback said. “That space has been transformed into this inviting open community space.”

New furniture was delivered during the winter break allowing students and staff to use the space

as they see fit.

“We didn’t really have space like this,” Roback said. “During concerts, people spill out and sit on the furniture. It’s an area were people can eat concessions during events at the gym. We took out some windows so you can look into the gym. We’re finding during the day, classrooms are using the space for collaborative work. It’s giving us some flexibility.”

The Rosemount High School parking lot was reconfigured last summer to help ease congestion.

With Rosemount High, Middle and Elementary school all in the same area, about 4,500 students and staff pass through the area every day.

The new parking lot has a separate bus and parent drop-off zones along with new parking stalls and new stop signs.

“It was much needed from a safety perspective,” Roback said. “Essentially we’ve taken a parking lot where there was a lot of mixing of pedestrians, cars and buses to a more streamlined flow. It’s much

safer not only for parents dropping their kids off but for students who drive (their own vehicles) and use the buses.”

Both Rosemount Middle School and Elementary just south of the high school also received a new bus loop and drop-off location.

While Roback said it’s a dramatic improvement over the previous configuration, they’re still in the process of trying to improve the efficiency.

“We have to maximize parking space,” Roback said. “We have enough space right now, but our population is growing and we’re a bit landlocked at this point. There’s only so much we can do.”

He said the intersection at Highway 3 and 142nd Street is still problematic.

“We’ve had some productive meetings with different legislators and with (the Minnesota Department of Transportation) to look at options to create a safer intersection there,” he said.

The Rosemount City Council listed an interchange at Highway 3 near

RHS as one of its 2019 priorities for the Minnesota Legislature.

The council says the fact that thousands of students and parents use the intersection as a single access point to enter and exit the school as a need for some kind of change.

The legislative priority list is the council’s priorities, which it submits to Minnesota Legislature, Metro Cities and League of Minnesota Cities.

“We continue to be engaged with conversation with the school district, the county and MnDOT about the intersection,” City Administrator Logan Martin said. “It’s one of the busiest and certainly most dangerous intersections in the city.”

The upgrades at RHS are about 95 percent complete, Roback said.

“There are some odds and ends,” Roback said.

“It’s been a facelift for the school. It’s provided some energy for us. It’s a great way to kick off the new year.”

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News Briefs Eagan YMCA seeks Community Board members The Eagan YMCA is looking for a few good people to serve on its volunteer Community Board.

Community Board members serve as voting members with the authority and responsibility to identify, support and promote excellence in YMCA programs and services to meet the needs of the entire community.

Community Board members: • Support YMCA programs and services by leading in planning, monitoring and evaluating YMCA programs and services.

• Take an active leadership role in giving and securing financial resources for the YMCA Annual Giving Program so that no one is turned away due to financial need.

• Advocate for the YMCA in Eagan.

The board term is for three years, and a board member can serve two consecutive terms.

To obtain an application form, stop by the member service desk at the YMCA in Eagan, 550 Opperman Drive.

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Thrive Therapy offers workshops, book club Upcoming workshops at Thrive Therapy in Burnsville include: Loving Effectively: Reconnecting with the Love Languages, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9. A workshop of selfdiscovery through Gary Chapman’s book, “The Five Love Languages.”

Cost: $15.

Clear Communication, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, March 23. Learn how to express anger in a way that doesn’t push people away. Cost: $20.

February Book Club, 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 23. “Girl, Wash Your Face” by Rachel Hollis will be discussed. Cost: $15.

March Book Club, 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 16. “The Body is not an Apology” by Sonya Renee Taylor will be discussed. Cost: $15.

Register at thrivetherapymn.com/workshops.

Thrive Therapy is located at 11990 Portland Ave., Burnsville.

Farmington KCs host chili bingo and cook-off challenge The Farmington Knights of Columbus will host their fifth annual Chili Bingo and Cook-Off Challenge on Saturday, Jan. 26, at the Church of St. Michael,

dreds” and put them in a backpack while his accomplice attempted to restrain the customer with a zip tie. Once the employee returned with the backpack, the men fled out the bank’s rear door.

Police used the footage to track a black Pontiac Grand Prix they believed the robbers used to escape.

The men reportedly headed west on Highway 19 and north on the interstate before exiting on I-494 in Bloomington. From there, investigators used information from another bank robbery in a neighboring county to piece together the vehicle’s license plate and owner.

Based on that information, authorities searched a Bloomington apartment where McGowan was be-

lieved to be staying, reportedly finding $800, a handgun, ammunition, a backpack, zip ties, and clothing and other items consistent with descriptions witnesses provided police and security video from the robbery.

Authorities did not say the “neighboring county” robbery was the Lakeville one, though in that robbery the man did not conceal his face and a description of the suspect mirrors McGowan’s. The car used by that robber was reported to be a black passenger car.

Video of the Lakeville robbery can be seen at vimeo.com/310419580.

Suzy Rook is managing editor of the Northfield News.

Sun Thisweek and the Dakota County Tribune added to this report.

ners will be announced during the dinner that follows.

A homemade chili dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m. and bingo will begin when dinner is done at about 6:45 p.m.

Also on the menu will be chips, coleslaw and all the fixin’s. Hot dogs will be available upon request

for children. Popcorn, soft serve ice cream, beer, wine and pop will also be available. The cost is $8 per person with a maximum charge of $25 per family. All proceeds will go towards local charitable efforts.

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MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE AMENDMENT TO CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED NAME Minnesota Statutes, 333 The filing of an assumed name does not provide a user with exclusive rights to that name. The filing is required for consumer protection in order to enable customers to be able to identify the true owner of a business.

ASSUMED NAME: Propelware PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS: 17645 Juniper Path #200 Lakeville, MN 55044 NAMEHOLDER(S): Transaction Pro, LLC 1209 Orange Street Wilmington, DE 19801 This certificate is an amendment of Certificate of Assumed Name File Number 3497918-2 Originally filed on September 25, 2009 I, the undersigned, certify that I am signing this document as the person whose signature is required, or as agent of the person(s) whose signature would be required who has authorized me to sign this document on his/her behalf, or in both capacities. I further certify that I have completed all required fields, and that the information in this document is true and correct and in compliance with the applicable chapter of Minnesota Statutes. I understand that by signing this document I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Section 609.48 as if I had signed this document under oath.

DATE FILED: December 13, 2018 SIGNED BY: Joel Hughes Published in the Sun Thisweek January 18, 25, 2019 897023

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE

ROBBERY, from 1A

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The Chili Cook-Off Challenge judging begins at 4:30 p.m. and there is no charge to enter. Contestants may enter their chili between 3:30 and 4:30 p.m. and compete for cash prizes: $50 for first, $25 for second and $10 for third. The win-

Notice is hereby given that on March 6, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. at 165 Anthony Drive, Lot 59, Lakeville, Dakota County, MN 55044 the following property will be sold by public auction by the Sheriff of Dakota County: A 2001 DUTH Manufactured Home, VIN number dhin31403d and any contents therein or about the premises.

This sale will be held to satisfy a claim upon the above described property held by Armor Village MHC. DVS records indicate that this property is owned by Roy R. Wilson, 165 Anthony Drive, Lakeville, MN 55044. The secured party of record is National City Bank, PO Box 5570, Cleveland, OH 44197 The Premises were abandoned by the then current occupant of the Premises on October 24, 2018.

The amount of the claim against the above referenced property is $2,520.00 computed to the date of the sale at the rate of $20.00 per day, exclusive of the expenses of making said sale.

The grounds for the lien held by the landlord are as stated in Minn.

Stat. § 504B.271(1), in that the landlord is holding and storing the personal property described above to its preservation and care.

Dated: January 2, 2019

CONLAN LAW FIRM, PLLC /s/ Mick L. Conlan 100 S. Fifth Street, Suite 1900 Minneapolis, MN 55402 Email: mconlan@conlanlaw.com Fax: 612-293-9815 Published in the Sun Thisweek January 11, 18, 25, 2019 896055

NOTICE OF INFORMAL PROBATE OF WILL AND APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF DAKOTA FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT PROBATE DIVISION Court File No.:19-HA-PR-18-942 Estate of Eugene Lloyd Williams, a/k/a Eugene L. Williams, Decedent Notice is given that an application for informal probate of the Decedent’s Will, dated March 14, 2016, (“Will”), has been filed with the Registrar. The application has been granted.

Notice is also given that the Registrar has informally appointed Bruce Williams, whose address is 16601 Imperial Way, Lakeville, Minnesota, 55044, as personal representative of the Estate of the Decedent. Any heir, devisee or other interested person may be entitled to appointment as personal representative or may object to the appointment of the personal representative. Unless objections are filed with the Court (pursuant to Minnesota Statutes section 524.3607) and the Court otherwise orders, the personal representative has full power to administer the Estate, including, after 30 days from the date of issuance of letters, the power to sell, encumber, lease or distribute real estate.

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

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

Dated: January 4, 2019 /s/ Susan Eggert Registrar Heidi Carstensen Court Administrator Attorney for Personal Representative Thomas H. Olive Thomas H. Olive Law, P.A. 5270 W. 84th Street, Suite 300 Bloomington, MN, 55437 Attorney License No: 14423X Telephone: (952) 831-0733 FAX: (952) 831-1208 Email: tolive@tolivelaw.com Published in the Sun Thisweek January 18, 25, 2019 897045

CITY OF LAKEVILLE SUMMARY BUDGET STATEMENT The purpose of this report is to provide summary 2019 budget information concerning the City of Lakeville to interested citizens. The budget is published in accordance with Minn. Stat. Sec.471.6965. This is not the complete City budget. The complete City budget may be examined at Lakeville City Hall, 20195 Holyoke Avenue, Lakeville, MN or on the City website (www.lakevillemn.gov).

The City Council approved this budget on December 3, 2018.

Governmental Funds Revenues: General Property Taxes Tax Increment Franchise Fee (Cable TV) Special Assessments Licenses and Permits Intergovernmental Revenue Charges for Services Court Fines Investment Income Miscellaneous Revenues Transfers from Other Funds Bond Proceeds Total Revenues Expenditures: Current: General Government Public Safety Streets and Highways Culture and Recreation Economic Development Other Debt Service Principal Payments Interest and Fiscal Charges Capital Outlay Transfers to Other Funds Total Expenditures Net Property Tax Levy Requirement to Fund this Budget

ADOPTED BUDGET

ADOPTED BUDGET

$29,932,247 $27,977,754 686,497 564,406 687,840 688,473 2,112,355 1,727,423 2,390,498 2,356,882 6,462,337 3,861,769 7,608,510 7,910,536 346,000 425,000 429,540 358,299 1,385,185 1,483,677 4,341,422 3,956,406 13,108,089 11,007,698 69,490,520 62,318,323

6,556,024 6,522,863 13,663,225 13,096,293 4,744,244 4,715,882 4,178,823 3,963,910 375,237 365,675 79,466 8,135,000 9,420,000 3,963,800 3,952,693 27,694,230 26,006,374 1,904,651 1,974,181 71,294,700 70,017,871 $(1,804,180) $(7,699,548) $29,948,890 $28,001,550 2019 2018 ADOPTED ADOPTED BUDGET BUDGET

Enterprise and Internal Service Funds Revenues: Sales $15,360,906 $15,003,435 Cost of Sales 11,583,628 11,307,073 Gross Profit 3,777,278 3,696,362 Charges for Services 14,944,537 13,298,135 Intergovernmental Revenue 279,824 240,164 Investment Income 88,511 78,070 Miscellaneous Revenues 2,816 1,812,951 Transfers from Other Funds 48,690 278,872 Contributed Assets 1,100,000 1,100,000 Total Revenues 20,241,656 20,504,554 Expenses: Personnel Services 4,250,817 4,118,701 Contractual Services 12,558,211 11,485,918 Supplies 550,012 524,207 Heat, Light, and Power Depreciation 4,538,637 3,553,576 Interest Expense 325,514 294,286 Transfers to Other Funds 2,485,461 2,261,097 Total Expenses 24,708,652 22,237,785 Net $(4,466,996) $(1,733,231) Published in the Sun Thisweek January 25, 2019 899105

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Schmitty & Sons is an employee owned company seeking full & part time transit bus drivers for our South Metro locations.

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5540 Healthcare DIRECT SUPPORT Bridges MN is hiring Direct Care Staff in Burnsville, Prior Lake and Carver. All hours available including AM, PM, overnights and weekends. Paying $14+/ hour. Please call or text Donna for an immediate interview, 651-348-9825

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( Weekday Routes: Monday â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Friday ( Paid Training â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Onsite Training and Testing ( Health Benefits & PTO for Full-Time ( 401K Company Match ( Employee Stock Option Plan Requirements: Able to pass a DOT physical and drug screen. Good driving record, work history and background.

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Schmitty & Sons MRCI is looking for a PartTime Route Driver in Rosemount. $14.74+/hour with split shift hours, MonFri 7am-9am and 2:30pm4:30pm, this position is responsible for the safe transportation of clients in an MRCI vehicle, loading and unloading clients, maintaining timely routes, and obeying all local and state laws.

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is seeking school bus drivers to serve the Lakeville School District.

Discover a rewarding position that offers: â&#x20AC;˘ Paid Training - Onsite training & testing â&#x20AC;˘ Monday through Friday work week â&#x20AC;˘ Holidays & non school days off â&#x20AC;˘ Summers off (if desired) â&#x20AC;˘ Bring your kids on the bus Must be a safe and dependable driver. All applicants are subject to a pre-employment drug screen and background check.

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Creating relationships and giving gifts Local author spreads business philosophy through new book

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What started as a knack for gift giving turned into a business career for Lakeville businesswoman and author Deb Brown. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lifelong Loyal Clients: How Smart Professionals Turn Relationships into Revenuesâ&#x20AC;? is the title of Brownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s debut book as well as her philosophy for creating and maintaining relationships between businesses and their clients. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Over the years Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve developed my own way of doing things and how my philosophy on how business owners can build relationships. That

led me to writing the book about the way I do things,â&#x20AC;? she said.

The idea of building and maintaining relationships to increase profit is what Brown specializes in. Her philosophy goes further and focuses on four main business relationships: prospects, clients, past clients and referrals partners.

Working with small businesses all over the country, she helps business owners who are looking to improve, grow and create lasting impressions through her â&#x20AC;&#x153;WOWâ&#x20AC;? concept â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which stands for welcome, ongoing outread and whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next.

How each business applies this philosophy is specific to

them. Brown guides them in how to make a good first impression, how to continuously expose their business over time and then consider what is next for their relationship with their clients or customers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love finding unique ways to make other peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clients feel special. I love spreading a little joy and kindness,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Brown recently celebrated her book release at Cream of the Cakes bakery with owner Liz Shannon. Brown emphasized her relationship with Shannon because she would order custom cakes from Shannon to give out to clients. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how I started my

journey, because I had known her for so many years and I wanted to show another way to appreciate partners,â&#x20AC;?

Brown said.

Brown added she hopes to keep promoting kind and helpful ways to create business-client relationships and hopes to write a second book that is more interactive for learners.

More information can be found at https://touchyourclientsheart.com.

Kayla Culver can be reached at kayla.culver@ecm-inc.com.

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Burnsville will study the idea

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ter tower is Minnesotaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest, city officials believe. Rehabilitation work on the outside and inside of the tower will cost an estimated $3.4 million, according to Peterson.

Burnsville also has the Colonial and Buck Hill towers.

Based on his research, it appears of handful of cities do accept ads on water towers and some are studying it, Kealey said.

The staffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s research will cover the nation as well as Minnesota because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s uncertain how widespread the practice is.

Cities would need to set prices and ground rules for the types of ads allowed, Kealey said.

A price of $3,000 to $5,000 a month might be in the ballpark, he suggested.

Longtime Burnsville companies such as Ames Construction, PepsiCo and Northern Tool may welcome the opportunity, according to Kealey. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have a lot of legacy companies that have made Burnsville home, maybe before Burnsville was even a city, that might consider something like this, to put their brand next to the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Burnsville,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;? he said.

Researching the idea shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be a high staff priority, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not offended by it,â&#x20AC;? Council Member Vince Workman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mind learning more about what the logistics of it would be.â&#x20AC;?

Do corporate logos belong on city water towers?

The Burnsville City Council has agreed to study the question.

Advertising could generate a modest amount of revenue and give prominent local businesses more exposure, said Council Member Dan Kealey, who raised the idea at a Jan. 15 council work session.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vast â&#x20AC;&#x153;white spaceâ&#x20AC;? between the city logos on Burnsvilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s three towers that presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;an opportunity for the city to gain some revenue that can go toward certain funds that always struggle, like for instance, the parks area and rehabilitating parks,â&#x20AC;? Kealey said.

He wants the idea studied before the city begins scheduled repainting of its largest tower, the Heather Hills tower. Most of that work will happen in 2020, Public Works Director Ryan Peterson said.

Council members agreed to have staff research how other cities handle ads on water towers, though Mayor Elizabeth Kautz bristled at the idea. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Council Member Kealey: Logos on city-owned water towers?â&#x20AC;? she asked. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You say that like itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a crazy idea, Madame Mayor,â&#x20AC;? he replied.

Kautz said she fears a â&#x20AC;&#x153;slippery slope,â&#x20AC;? with corporate logos ending up on city vehicles. Logos could diminish the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brand, John Gessner can be reached at john.gessner@ecm-inc.com she said.

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Office investigator post. looking for those s are â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just glad no one responsi- was hurt.â&#x20AC;? ble for leaving large Tim Maust commented in the middle of rocks causing damage a road that he, too, had hit a rock to tiple vehicles. The mul- about 5 p.m. Saturday were found along rocks night on County Road 27.

217th He posted Street East and a picture of a Dakota 50-pound Avenue in Credit rock River the undercarria lodged in Township. ge of his car.

On Wednesday, Oct. The Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office 17, sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deputies said requested to provide were there appears to be five veextra hicles involved patrol to the area in hitting after ceiving multiple reports re- the rocks, four sustained rocks in the roadway, of damage. There were no inac- juries from the cording to a news crashes. release. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are actively Lakeville resident invesDartigating ren Rust took to Facebook the circumstances around these to post that one of instances his ve- and we are hicles hit a boulder thankful that on nobody has Oct. 17 on County been injured 8. Rust removed the Road as a result,â&#x20AC;? Sheriff Luke melon-sized rock water- Hennen said in a statefrom the ment.

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Thisweekend Theater and Arts Briefs Arts organizations receive grants Three arts organizations with programs in Dakota County are the recipients of $10,000 Arts Learning grants from the Minnesota Regional Arts Council.

Minnesota Productions Inc., doing business as Theater NOW, received a grant to fund a hands-on, creative expression course for seniors focused on radio/audio broadcasting including storytelling, script writing,

interviewing, and careful listening, speaking clearly and effectively while “on the air,” and how to focus on a specific task as a team.

OboeBass! received a grant to present its “Pages of Music” series of seven monthly onehour education programs to five senior residences throughout the Twin Cities metro area. Activities will occur between June 2019 and January 2020.

Twin Cities Catalyst Music Inc. received funding for a year-

long free after-school recording studio audio and video production program to be held at THE GARAGE’s 2,000-sqare-foot recording studio in Burnsville.

The grant recipients will provide high-quality, age-appropriate arts education for Minnesotans to develop knowledge, skills, and understanding through the arts for children, youth, and adults by engaging people in extended arts experiences and activities with clearly articulated learning objectives.

The Arts Learning grant program is a direct result of the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund of the Legacy Amendment.

Eagan Art House watercolor workshop The Eagan Art House will offer “Set Free Your Watercolor,” a three-day workshop that runs 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 20-22 at Art Works Eagan, 3795 Pilot Knob Road.

Award-winning watercolor artist Andy Evansen will teach students how to identify what to paint and execute quickly.

Students will use value studies to identify the large shapes in a scene. Demonstrations each day reinforce the lessons and individual attention will be given by the instructor.

Cost is $340. Register at https://www.cityofeagan.com/ register (Activity No 11025063BW1).

Music of John Denver Layne Yost presents “Tribute to the Music of John Denver” 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15, at Rosemount Steeple Center. Yost, along with Jon Shimoda and Carol McDowall, capture the simple soul of Denver’s music through guitar, fiddle and upright bass arrangements.

Woven within the music are stories that give insight into Denver’s life and legacy. Tickets for the Rosemount Area Arts Council event are $22 at Brown Paper Tickets (find link at rosemountarts.com) and at the Steeple Center box office 10 a.m. to noon Mondays and 2-4 p.m. Fridays.

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

Dance For the Love of Dance, 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27, Farmington High School. Dance groups from around the metro perform.

Tickets: $10 adults, $5 students at the door. Information: 651-341-7520.

Events Apple Valley Mid-Winter Fest, Feb. 2-3, Apple Valley Community Center/Hayes Park. Information: www.cityofapplevalley.org.

Exhibits “The Best of Bonnie and Friends III,” a visual arts show led by Burnsville painter Bonnie Featherstone, runs through Jan. 30 in the gallery of Burnsville’s Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave. Information: ames-center.com.

“Breathing Space,” an exhibit of abstract landscapes

by Annie Young, is on display through Jan. 31 in the Healing Arts Gallery at Fairview Ridges Hospital, 201 E. Nicollet Blvd., Burnsville. Information: annieyoungarts.com.

Black and white photo-

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

Music Divas Through the Decades, tribute band concert, 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25, Steeple Center, 14375 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. Tickets: $22 general admission, $18 RAAC members at rosemountarts. com.

EHS carnival concert, 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 28; 5 p.m. carnival, Eagan High School.

Information: 651-683-6900.

AVHS concert band/wind ensemble concert, 7 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 28, Apple Valley High School. Information: 952431-8200.

Circling Through the Seasons, jazz duo, 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, Steeple Center, 14375 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount.

Tickets: $15 at rosemountarts. com or the box office.

The Young and the Rest, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. Tickets: $30 at LakevilleAreaArtsCenter.com, $35 at the door.

EVHS jazz showcase band concert, 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 4, Eastview High School.

Free. Information: 952-4318900.

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

Evening of One Acts, with plays presented by ISD 191 middle schools, and “Almost, Maine,” presented by Burnsville High School, 7 p.m.

Jan. 25-26. Tickets: $5 at the door. Information: https://bit. ly/2T0XBoU. “The Magic of Bill Blagg,” 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets: $30-$40 at the box office, Ticketmaster. com and 800-892-2787.

“The Burn,” one-act play presented by Apple Valley High School, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29. Free. Donations for AVHS Theatre Boosters accepted at the door. Pie reception follows.

Information: 952-431-8200.

“Portrait of a Madonna,” Tennessee Williams’ one-act

play, presented by Eastview High School, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29. Cost: $5. Information: 952-431-8900.

Arts Lab, presented by Rosemount High School, 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, senior preview; 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 1-2. Information: 651-683-6969, ext. 37540.

VISTA Full Circle Show, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, and Saturday, Feb. 2, and 2 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 3,Visitation’s DeSales Auditorium, 2455 Visitation Drive, Mendota Heights.

Admission: $10 adults, $5 students and seniors. Information: 651-683-1700.

Workshops/classes/other Intro to Square Dancing, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29, in the gym at Good Shepherd Church, 151 County Road 42 E., Burnsville. No previous experience required. Solos, couples and families welcome. Partners provided. Free.

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

Loft Literary now offers writing classes in Rosemount.

“Personal Writing” with Peter Blau, 1-4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, Rosemount Area Arts Council/Steeple Center, 14375

S. Robert Trail. Register: loft. org/classes.

Tinkergarten, a playbased, outdoor learning experience for children ages 18 months to 8 years and their parents, offers classes in Lakeville and Eagan. Information: https://tinkergarten.com.

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

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

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

Drawing & Painting (adults and teens) with artist Christine Tierney, classes 9 a.m. to noon Tuesdays and 9 a.m. to noon Wednesdays, River Ridge Studios, 190 S. River Ridge Circle, Burnsville. Information: www. christinetierney.com, 612-2103377.

Brushworks School of Art Burnsville offers fine art education through drawing and

painting. Classes for adults and teens. Information: Patricia Schwartz, www.Brushworks SchoolofArt.com, 651-2144732.

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

Rosemount History Book Club meets 6:30-8 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Robert Trail Library. Information: John Loch, 952255-8545 or jjloch@charter.net.

SouthSide Writers, Saturday workgroup for aspiring writers, offering critique, submission and manuscript preparation information, support and direction, 10 a.m. to noon, Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. Information: 651688-0365.

Dakota Speakers Toastmasters meets 6-7 p.m. Mondays at Apple Valley Ecumen Seasons Learning Center. Information: http://dakota.toast mastersclubs.org/.

Community Spirits Toastmasters meets 7 p.m. Tuesdays at Ebenezer Ridges Care Center, 13820 Community Drive, Burnsville. Information: h t t p s : / / 6 7 4 2 . t o a s t m a s t e rsclubs.org/.

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The Guitar Shop in Rosemount is hosting a free family-friendly acoustic performance by Lynn Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien 7-9 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 25. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien is an award-winning vocalist, songwriter and improviser with a mission to empower the soul. Her music blends genres like folk, blues, jazz and rhythm and blues. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien just launched her new album, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rising,â&#x20AC;? which features a full band, string and brass sections, and a choir. The Guitar Shop is at 14555 S. Robert Trail, Suite 205, Rosemount. For more information, call 651-3448177 or visit guitarshopmn. com.

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

Friday, Jan. 25 Beginner snowshoeing, 4-5:30 p.m., Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve, Savage. Scenic, guided hike. Equipment provided. Will hike if no snow.

Cost: $5. Reservations required at 763-559-6700.

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Theater and Arts Briefs Vic Ferrari Symphony on the Rocks postponed Due to unforeseen circumstances, Vic Ferrari Symphony on the Rocks has postponed its Feb. 2 show at the Ames Center. This show has been rescheduled for Nov. 9 at the Ames Center.

As a thank you for understanding the date change, Symphony on the Rocks will perform with an extra special guest in November, according to a press release.

Symphony On The Rocks is slated to perform popular rock tunes â&#x20AC;&#x153;on a massive scaleâ&#x20AC;? and a few Christmas favorites, too.

Tickets purchased for the initial show will be honored for the new date.

For those unable to attend the new date, refunds are available at point of purchase. Contact the Ames Center, 952895-4680, with questions.

Enchanted Tales Film Series in Rosemount Marcus Theatreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rosemount Cinema will offer the Enchanted Tales Film Series Jan. 25-Feb. 18. The films â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Little Mermaid,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lilo & Stitch,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tangledâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beauty and the Beastâ&#x20AC;? will be back on the big screen for $5 per ticket.

Each film will play on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays â&#x20AC;&#x201D; plus one bonus Monday (Feb. 18). Showings will take place at 10 a.m., 12:15 p.m., 2:30 p.m. and 4:45 p.m.

Film schedule: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Little Mermaid,â&#x20AC;? Jan. 25-27; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lilo & Stitch,â&#x20AC;? Feb. 1-3; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tangled,â&#x20AC;? Feb. 8-10; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beauty and the Beast,â&#x20AC;? Feb. 14-18.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit: www.MarcusTheatres.com/EnchantedTales. The Rosemount Cinema is at 15280 Carrousel Way, Rosemount. Call 651-322-1775 for more information.

ing art exhibits by the Burnsville Visual Arts Society, begins Tuesday, Feb. 5, at Burnsville City Hall, 100 Civic Center Parkway. An opening reception will be held at 5 p.m.

The exhibit runs through May 30 and may be viewed any time City Hall is open.

BVAS was formed in 1981 by a group of visionary residents from Burnsville and surrounding suburbs who came together with a common goal â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to bring awareness of the arts to Burnsville. For 37 years, the organization has striven to help residents access, experience and participate in the fine arts.

Today, the BVAS vision lives to cultivate lifelong appreciation of the visual arts to strengthen and inspire creative expression through community opportunities. BVAS also serves as a resource to help promote local art events, as well as connect artists to organizations and events to display their artwork.

For more information on the Burnsville Visual Arts Society, visit bvasmn. org.

Chameleon premieres â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;My Beautiful Infinityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

The Chameleon Theatre Circle, Apple Valley, presents the world premiere of â&#x20AC;&#x153;My Beautiful Infinityâ&#x20AC;? Feb. 1-17 at the Bloomington Center for the Arts.

Inspired by visual artist M.C. Escher, David Vazdauskasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s play â&#x20AC;&#x153;My Beautiful Infinityâ&#x20AC;? is a twisting and playful examination of one manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quest to find love.

The play was first runner-up in The Chameleon Theatre Circleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 18th annual New Play Festival.

Performances are 7:30 p.m. Feb. 1-2, 4, 7-9 and 14-16, and 2 p.m. Feb. 3, 10 and 17.

All performances take place at the Bloomington Center for the Arts Black Box Theatre, 1800 W. Old Shakopee Road, Bloomington. Tickets are $25 for adults; $22 for students, seniors, Fringe Burnsville societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rotating Button holders, and groups of 8-19; $19 for groups of 20 or more. Tickets are art exhibit begins available online at www.chameleontheâ&#x20AC;&#x153;Art of Spring Colors: Visions atre.org.

Emerge,â&#x20AC;? the latest in a series of rotat-

Saturday, Jan. 26 Farmington Community Expo, 9 a.m. to noon, Farmington High School, 20655 Flagstaff Ave. Free. Information: farmingtonCE.com or 651-460-3200.

Winter Farmers Market, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Apple Valley Bachmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 7955 150th St. W., in the greenhouse. Information: 952-431-2242. Presented in partnership with the St. Paul Farmers Market.

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

Planning and Planting a Successful Garden, 10:30 a.m. to noon, Farmington Library, 508 Third St., Farmington. Learn how to read a seed packet and decide which varieties are best for your garden. Discover how much room plants need and which vegetables need to be started indoors. Bring favorite seed packets to get customized tips.

Presented by Dakota County Master Gardener Barb Webb.

Free.

Myelodysplastic Syndromes Support Group, 4-5 p.m., Burnhaven Library main meeting room, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville. A patientled support group open to all individuals affected by MDS. Refreshments provided. To register or for more information, contact Lori Nelson at 952892-3659 or curtlori45@yahoo. com.

Fundraiser for DeNet family and Gillette Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Specialty Healthcare, 4:306:30 p.m., Carboneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pizzeria, 10 N. Eighth St., Farmington.

Includes $10 bottomless beer, silent auctions and 50/50 raffles. Information: http://bit. ly/2FOTmcu.

Sunday, Jan. 27 Ritter Fest, 12-3 p.m., Ritter Farm Park, 19300 Ritter Trail, Lakeville. Sleigh rides, snowmobile rides, snowshoes and hot chocolate. Cost: $10 per family or $3 per person.

Information: lakevillemn.gov, 952-985-4400.

Tuesday, Jan. 29 Consumer law clinic, 1-4 p.m., Galaxie Library, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley.

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

Wednesday, Jan. 30 Memory Care Support Group, 2-3 p.m., Augustana Regent at Burnsville, 14500 Regent Lane, Burnsville. Information: Amanda Hanson at 952-898-8728.

Thursday, Jan. 31 Family law clinic, 1-4 p.m., Galaxie Library, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. Receive a free 30-minute consultation from a volunteer attorney regarding family law matters such as divorce, child custody, child support, visitation, paternity issues, spousal maintenance, and domestic abuse. This clinic is a joint program of Legal Assistance of Dakota County, the Dakota County Family Court, and the Dakota County Law Library. Call 952-891-7241 to schedule an appointment.

Friday, Feb. 1 Family snowshoeing with hot cocoa, 4-5:30 p.m., Cleary Lake Regional Park, Prior Lake.

Equipment provided; will hike if no snow. Ages: 4 and older.

Cost: $6. Reservations required at 763-559-6700.

Forever Wild Family Friday: Sledding Party, 7-8:30 p.m., Lebanon Hills Visitor Center, 860 Cliff Road, Eagan.

Bring a sled. All ages. Free.

Information: www.co.dakota. mn.us/parks.

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

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Eagan parkrun, a free weekly timed 5K run, 9 a.m.

Saturdays at Thomas Lake Park, 4350 Thomas Lake Road, Eagan. Rain or shine. To get a time recorded and stored online, register at www.parkrun.us/register and bring your barcode with you. Information: www.parkrun.us/eagan.

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

Recovery International, 3 p.m. Tuesdays at Mary, Mother of the Church (Room 9), 3333 Cliff Road, Burnsville. Park in lower lot. Self-help group for depression, anxiety, fears, panic attacks, anger and more.

Information: Rita at 952-8907623 or www.recoveryinternational.org.

Al-Anon Finding Hope Beginners Group, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Saturdays at Mary, Mother of the Church, 3333 Cliff Road, Burnsville. Troubled by someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drinking? Al-Anon can help. More information: alanon-alateen-msp.org.

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Thomas Dorance Ryan Ryan, Thomas Dorance, 55, of Prior Lake, MN, passed away unexpectedly on January 16, 2019.

Born September 5, 1963 the youngest of six children. He grew up in Lakeville, MN and graduated from Lakeville High School in 1982.

Preceded in death by father, Dorance Ryan, sister Peggy Ryan, stepfather Edwin Tousignant, and brothers-in-law Barry Lovelace and Brad King.

Survived by mother, Kathleen (McHugh) Ryan Tousignant, loving wife of 30 years, Janet (Falkenhagen) Ryan, son Nicholas Ryan (Sara Freeburg and Kellen) and daughter Sami Ryan (Teddy Bulinski and Lucy), brother Jerry Ryan, sisters Joni Ryan, Judi Hawkins (Steve), Patsy Ryan (Mark Zweber), many nieces, nephews and cousins, and countless friends.

Tom was a Senior Sales Representative for Aggregate Industries where he worked for 30 years and was a member of St. Catherineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Catholic Church. He served as a YROXQWHHU ÂżUHÂżJKWHU IRU WKH FLW\ RI /DNHYLOOH IRU \HDUV Besides his love for his family, Tom will be remembered for his passion for golf, riding motorcycles with friends, and kindness and loyalty to others. He brought joy to everyone he knew and always had a new (or old) Irish joke.

A Mass of Christian Burial was held at All Saints Catholic Church on Monday, January 21, 2019 at 11 a.m. with visitation beginning at 9 a.m.

In honor of Tom, please do a good deed for someone.

White Funeral Home Lakeville 952-469-2723 www.whitefuneralhomes.com

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News Briefs Mental health support group meets in Burnsville

announced.

Mohamed’s Daily Nutrients app shows information about requirements for daily nutrients and also contains a quiz.

Over 220 members of the U.S. House of Representatives held a Congressional App Challenge in 2018. The Congressional App Challenge aims to engage students in computer science. It spans 47 states and territories.

Over 5,200 students participated in the regional competitions. They submitted over 1,700

in recovery lead NAMI Connection groups.

For more information, contact Lyn at 612-749-5408 or Liz A NAMI Connection free at 612-578-1501. peer support group for adults recovering from a mental illness Eastview student wins meets 6:30-8 p.m. Thursdays in room 15 at Mary, Mother of app challenge Eastview High School stuthe Church, 3333 Cliff Road E., dent Izdihar Mohamed is the Burnsville.

The group is sponsored by Minnesota 2nd Congressional NAMI Minnesota (National District winner of the 2018 Alliance on Mental Illness). Congressional App Challenge, Trained facilitators who are also the office of Rep. Jason Lewis

original student-created apps, a 96 percent growth in number of apps from last year’s App Challenge. Winners are listed online at CongressionalAppChallenge. us.

Participants can challenge themselves in a time-trial format racing a 10- to 14-mile singletrack loop through trees and snow after sundown. They can warm up at the trailhead after for awards, door prizes and Frozen Frolic Fat good times. Divisions include Bike Race at Murphy- men’s, women’s, and U-17. Helmets are required.

Hanrehan Park Cost is $15 for those who Three Rivers Park District preregister and $20 for samehosts the Frozen Frolic Fat Bike day registration. Call 763-559Race 5:30-8:30 p.m. Monday, 6700 to preregister.

Feb. 4, at Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve, Savage.

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