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Area athletes earn awardsEastview and Apple Valley high schools’ spring sports athletes have earned post-season honors.

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Windows into the pastJohn Cartwright, the featured artist at this year’s Eagan Art Festival, specializes in illustrations of railroads from a bygone era.

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Election 2016 primary nearsColumnist Don Heinzman encourages voters to start thinking about the choices they have during the primary and general election.

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Guilty plea in neglect caseAn Eagan man has pleaded guilty to child neglect and drug possession after his 4-year-old was found alone at an Eagan hotel.

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Vikings’ Dakota County plan gets green light

Freedom Days celebration kicks off next week

by Jessica HarperSUN THISWEEK

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The Minnesota Vikings will soon call Eagan home. The Eagan City Council decisively and unanimous-ly approved on Tuesday the Minnesota Vikings’ plans to build a new head-quarters and practice fa-cility at the former North-west Airlines site. Before the 5-0 vote, council members raised a few questions about the

amount of signage, types of projected images and potential parking issues at the site, but embraced the overall concept for the 200-acre development, which includes the Vikings facility, housing, retail, of-fice space, a hotel and con-ference center, and green space. Mayor Mike Maguire emphasized that the coun-cil’s minor questions are not an indication that the council is “anything less

than across-the-board ex-cited to have you.” Council Member Gary Hansen described the Vi-kings facility as “having Disney World in Eagan. It will become an interna-tional destination.” The NFL team plans to develop the site — lo-cated at the intersection of Dodd Road and Lone Oak Parkway — in multiple phases over several years. The first phase of the proj-ect includes the construc-

tion of the Vikings corpo-rate headquarters, training facilities, practice fields and a 6,000-seat stadium and would be located in the north-central portion of the site. The Vikings plan to break ground on its first phase in August. Team officials said the target date for moving into the new headquarters is March 2018, the month after the Super Bowl at U.S. Bank Stadium.

The smaller stadium in Eagan will be available to local high school teams for games and tailgating events and could be ex-panded to 10,000 seats if necessary, Vikings repre-sentatives said. “We want to leave a legacy for those who come behind us,” said Vikings COO Kevin Warren. “We want to not just take away, but give back. We want

by Andrew MillerSUN THISWEEK


A junior golf tournament, a kids fishing derby and a con-cert in Johnny Cake Ridge Park are among the opening events to Apple Valley’s annual weeklong Freedom Days festival. The festival, which is mark-ing its 50th anniversary this year, opens June 27 and runs through July 4 with events at sites through-out the city. The fun kicks off June 27 with the annual Freedom Days Junior Golf Classic at Valleywood Golf Course, followed June 29 with a kids fishing derby at the Lac Lavon fishing pier off Garden-view Drive. The fishing derby, hosted by the Minnesota Valley In-Fish-erman Club, runs from 6-8 p.m. with registration starting at 5:30. Participants are asked to bring their own fishing poles, and bait will be provided. Freedom Days is giving a nod to its 50th anniversary with a free concert on July 1 in Johnny Cake Ridge Park with music by Hor-nucopia, a brass-based pop rock band that will be performing mu-

sic from 1966 through 2016. July 1 will also see the open-ing of the J&K Amusements Carnival, which will run each day through the end of the festival. The family-oriented carnival with games and rides at Johnny Cake Ridge Park East runs 4-9 p.m. July 1-2, 5-10 p.m. July 3, and 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on July 4. The popular Dancin’ & Cruisin’ classic car and motor-cycle show returns this year to Johnny Cake Ridge Park East on July 2. The 4-9 p.m. event also in-cludes a vendor fair and music by DJ Sounds. Other events on offer include Cub Foods Family Fun Night, which will be held 5-9 p.m. July 3 at Johnny Cake Ridge Park East with a petting zoo, pony rides, a kids parade and exhibitions of Apple Valley police vehicles and fire trucks. The city’s Parks and Recre-ation Department is hosting a Fun Run on July 4, with 2-mile and 5-mile races starting at 8 a.m., followed by a “Half-Pint Half-Mile” at 9:45. All the Fun Run events take place at Hayes

The NFL team plans to break ground in August

Apple Valley’s Freedom Days celebration will include a fishing derby for kids, hosted by the Minnesota Valley In-Fisherman Club, at the Lac Lavon fishing pier from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, June 29. (File photo)

Burnsvilleofficerscleared in shooting

by John GessnerSUN THISWEEK


Three Burnsville police officers who fatally shot a man acting wildly and brandishing a knife outside a McDon-ald’s restaurant March 17 have been cleared by the Dakota County grand jury, County Attorney James Backstrom announced Tuesday. The grand jury concluded that of-ficers Taylor Jacobs, John Mott and Maksim Yakovlev were legally justified in using deadly force on Map Kong, 38, of Chaska, Backstrom said. A fourth officer involved in the incident, Lyn Tonne, didn’t fire. Officers fired 23 times at Kong, who was later found to have amphetamine and methamphetamine in his system. They first confronted him while he was sitting in his car, bouncing around er-ratically, flapping his arms up and down while holding what Police Chief Eric Gieseke described as a “large dagger.” “Drop the knife!” officers shouted repeatedly after breaking the passenger-side windows of the 2001 Pontiac Sun-fire. Two shots from Jacobs’ Taser didn’t affect Kong, who then flung open his door and bolted. The officers fired as he ran. In interviews with investigators, the three officers said they feared Kong might kill someone. Yakovlev said he feared for the safety of people entering

Above: Maddie Holtze, left, and Dominique Herskind visited with young guests following a performance by the Apple Valley Mobile Puppet Theater on Tuesday at Alimagnet Park. The city-sponsored puppet group performs at several city parks each weekday throughout the summer; the schedule is at tinyurl.com/zmod5yg. At left: Brandon Walkush emceed the performance on Tuesday. (Photos by Andrew Miller)

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Plans for the 19th Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District 196 elementary school in the northeast corner of the Spirit of Brandtjen Farm development in Lakeville include ball fields and boarding areas. (Photo submitted)

New District 196 elementary school in the worksConstruction

expected to start next month

by Laura AdelmannSUN THISWEEK


The Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School Dis-trict’s 19th elementary school is moving forward in Lakeville. Located in the north-eastern section of the Spirit of Brandtjen Farm south of 160th Street and west of Diamond Path, preliminary plans for de-veloping the property under a planned unit de-velopment received unani-mous approval by the Lakeville City Council at its June 20 meeting. Jacob Fick, with SBF Development Corpora-tion, said they originally planned the property for residential development, but they have had to make adjustments due to the economy. He said city staff sug-gested the site to District 196 officials seeking op-tions for locating an el-

ementary school to meet their growing populations in the southern areas of the district. Construction is expect-ed to begin next month with opening planned in September 2017. Council members fo-cused on driver access and avoiding the kind of traffic backups that occur during school end and start times at many schools in Lakev-ille. The school’s main ac-cess is to be off 162nd Street. A second public street access will be deferred un-til the 2018-19 school year because development has yet to occur in the area and street alignment and future street connections are unknown, according to architect Scott Mc-Queen. Preliminary site plans show separate meeting ar-eas for buses and parents, soft and hard playgrounds and ball fields near walk-ing trails that will build on the county’s greenway sys-tem. Council Members Ker-

rin Swecker and Bart Da-vis cited concerns about the lack of a second access to the school in case of emergencies. McQueen, with Wold Architects, said they are open to further discussion with staff but added first responders could get to the school using trail ac-cess off 160th Street in an emergency. “If it’s too nice (of an access), then mom and dad try to use it, so that’s part of the challenge al-ways,” McQueen said. Council Member Doug Anderson questioned whether the plan would re-ally eliminate the problem of traffic backups on city streets. “We need to design things in a way that you can handle the stacking in-ternally if that’s a behavior that we’re going to be deal-ing with,” Anderson said. “Because we have other schools that have signifi-cant issues and it creates pretty significant traffic problems.” McQueen said the school is one of the most

extensive stacking lengths of any in District 196, and estimated the length and width of the driveway should allow about 400 vehicles to line up on site, lessening traffic backups on public streets. “This will be one of the longest, or shall we say, most adequately designed stacking lengths that the

district has of their 18 oth-er elementaries,” he said. “So, we’re pretty confi-dent.” Mayor Matt Little called it a “great project,” and added he grew up in Lakeville but attended District 196 schools. “From my own person-al perspective, it’s exciting to have another 196 school

in Lakeville,” Little said. “I’m a proud Parkview Panda, so it’s going to be good. It’s a nice little project up there. Certainly the northeast corner of Lakeville is really happen-ing right now.”

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

Skyhawks sports camp hosts Olympic Day at Scott Highlands Skyhawks Sports Minnesota is hosting an Olympic Day cel-ebration in Apple Valley as part of its summer sports camps. Skyhawks’ celebration will take place 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, June 24, at Scott High-lands Middle School, 14011 Pi-lot Knob Road. 10:30 a.m. – Refreshments, activities and family resource tables will be open as camp par-ticipants showcase skills they learned at camp all week.

11:30 a.m. – Apple Valley Mayor Mary Hamann-Roland will present an Olympic Day proclamation. Immediately fol-lowing, children will assemble to receive their awards and pose with the Olympic Day flag. Representatives from Health Powered Kids by Allina Health will be on hand with giveaways and information about the im-portance of staying active, eat-ing well and balancing stress. All Skyhawks camp participants

will leave with an “Olympic” victory medal. “We are excited to take part in Olympic Day and inspire kids in the Apple Valley community,” said Lisa Damon, Skyhawks communications and customer relations manager. “Skyhawks and our partners, Health Pow-ered Kids by Allina Health, School District 196 and the city of Apple Valley are proud to support the Olympic movement and encourage children to lead

healthy, active lives.” Skyhawks Olympic Day event is one of more than 80 Skyhawks Olympic Day camps celebrating in June and 2,000 events taking place nationwide this summer. The events, designed to engage youth and promote the ideals of the Olympic movement, fea-ture athlete appearances, family-friendly activities and interac-tive learning experiences. Around the world, more than 160 countries take part in the

annual celebration. Olympic Day, created in 1948 to com-memorate the birth of the mod-ern Olympic Games, focuses on the Olympic values and ideals such as fair play, perseverance, respect and sportsmanship. In the U.S., Olympic Day events range from small gatherings to large, citywide events. For more information, con-tact Lisa Damon at 651-263-5159, or visit www.skyhawks.com/minnesota.

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Beloved ambassador of Lakeville was known for humor, caring heart by Laura Adelmann

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Frank Schoeben devoted his life to serving others. A prominent Lakeville busi-nessman, volunteer and com-munity leader, Schoeben was one of the original owners, and arguably the most visible, of the Chart House Restaurant, a local landmark where patrons could depend on his warm, friendly greeting. “His goal was just to make everybody smile and laugh and feel good,” said Judy Keliher, District 194 School Board mem-ber and close friend of Schoe-ben’s. “He was just a witty and funny guy and he loved to be silly.” Keliher said Schoeben always carried a red nose in his car and he would put it on whenever he pulled up next to another car on the road. “He’d put it on and look over at you and you’d just laugh,” Ke-liher said. “It’s things like that, that’s just Frank.” Schoeben died in the evening of June 21 after an extended bat-tle with cancer. Friends say he will be remem-bered for his strong sense of

humor, but also for his intuitive business skills, support to others and devotion to the community. Rev. Paul Marzahn, pastor of Crossroads Church, said Schoe-ben was an active volunteer who often gave him the keys to his pontoon boat for staff meetings. “He’d say get out of that stuffy church office,” Marzahn said. Friend and silent business partner Dick Ames said Schoe-ben’s hard work made the Chart House a success. “It was a very successful venture for both of us,” Ames said. “He was probably one of the hardest workers I’ve ever known. He was dedicated to that Chart House, I’ll tell you that.” Colleen LaBeau, an active Rotarian and Lakeville City Council member, said Schoeben was instrumental in helping the new Barley + Vine Restaurant get established, and served as a mentor to many people in the business community. “He played an advocate role. … He had a lot of friends in the community and was very, very well known,” LaBeau said. Keliher said she met Schoe-ben in the Rotary, and he went out of his way to offer her en-

couragement and support. “He was one of my biggest cheerleaders in anything that I did,” Keliher said. “He cared so much about what everybody did, and was there to support them in any way he could. He was always so thoughtful, and cared about everybody. He’d always ask about the kids. Every little detail, he paid attention and he just didn’t forget.” She said he would often send encouraging texts or phone mes-sages when he knew she had some important meetings or events she had scheduled. Schoeben was a big supporter of the local sports programs as well. Any time a Lakeville team went to state, he invited the team, their families and the dis-trict to the Chart House for a free breakfast. “He called it the breakfast of champions,” Keliher said. “He

just did so much to support the community.” Bob Erickson, former city ad-ministrator and current member of the District 194 School Board, called Schoeben “one of Lakev-ille’s finest ambas-sadors.” He said Schoeben was a strong fam-ily man, devoted to wife of over

50 years Vicki Schoeben, their three children and was a dedicated grandparent. “Shelley and I are deeply sad-dened by (his) passing,” Erick-son said. “We’ll miss him. He was a very special friend of ours and we had a special place in our heart for him.” Schoeben was an active mem-ber of the Lakeville Rotary, in-strumental in the success of the Taste of Lakeville, served on the Lakeville Citizens Bank Adviso-ry Board and sold the land next to the Chart House that allowed development of Kingsley Shores Senior Care Facility.

Marzahn described Schoe-ben’s death as a “huge loss” to the community. “And not just on the business side,” Marzahn said. “There’s a lot of good businessmen in Lakeville, but he was a pres-ence.” Keliher agreed, noting that “everything he touched did something to give back to the community.” Marzahn said donors have started the Frank Schoeben Leg-acy Fund at Crossroads Church that will be used to provide scholarships to college students. He said the fund is a way to carry on Schoeben’s motto: “ser-vice above self.” “It’s encouraging to see the community coming together and say they want to continue service above self in the name of Frank,” he said. Schoeben is survived by fam-ily that includes wife Vicki, their three children and many grand-children. A celebration of life service at Crossroads Church was still be-ing planned at the time this edi-tion went to press.


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The 15th annual Vocalmotion and Ovation Performing Arts Camp closed Friday, June 17, with a show by 100 campers in grades two through eight in the Rosemount High School Performing Arts Center. The performance included selections from the musical “Matilda” such as the song “When I Grow Up” and spoken word sections. Camp staff included Rosemount High School teachers Gina Toso, Laura Sandham and Christina Morris along with 24 RHS students from the performing arts program who gain teaching experience during the camp. Many of the staff members participated in this camp when they were younger. “Over the years it’s been a lot of fun for us to meet kids as campers, then welcome them into the pro-gram as high schoolers and eventually see them ‘pass the torch’ to the next group of kids. It’s a pretty cool tradi-tion,” Sandham said. (Photos by Tad Johnson)

Song-and-dance summer fun Eagan man pleads guilty after 4-year-old found wandering alone An Eagan man has pleaded guilty to child ne-glect and fifth-degree drug possession charges after his 4-year-old daughter was found alone and crying at an Eagan hotel front desk. Michael John Alexan-der, 40, pleaded guilty on June 1 in a Dakota County court. A child endanger-ment charge was dismissed as part of a plea agree-ment. According to court re-cords, an employee at the hotel found the young girl crawling on the front desk at about 1:30 a.m. June 29, 2015. The employee ap-proached the child, who was crying, and picked her up. While attempting to locate the girl’s parents, another hotel guest told the employee the name of the girl’s parents, which enabled him to determine

which room they were in. The employee knocked on the door several times, but no one answered. Upon entering the room with an access key, the em-ployee found a 1-year-old boy sleeping on a blanket on the floor and Alexander sleeping in a bed. The em-ployee attempted several times to wake Alexander and told him his daughter had been wandering the hallways alone. Alexander allegedly appeared “out of it” and the employee suspected he was under the influence of drugs, so the employee left the room and flagged down an Eagan police officer. When the officer arrived at the room, the 4-year-old girl answered the door cry-ing hysterically and repeat-edly said, “My brother, my brother,” while pointing at the 1-year-old boy on the

floor. The officer checked the child and determined he was OK. Both children had “extremely full dia-pers” and the 4-year-old’s diaper was so full it was leaking. The officer attempted several times to wake Al-exander without success. Eventually Alexander awoke and appeared very confused. Alexander con-firmed that he was the fa-ther of the children but was unable to provide the officer with his children’s full names. The officer found a glass water pipe and a bub-ble pipe in plain view in the room. After further search-ing the room, the officer found a small plastic bag containing methamphet-amine inside a trash can. A sentencing hearing is set for Aug. 11 in Hastings.

—Jessica Harper


More guns don’t make us safer To the editor: Gun advocates claim that more guns reduces the number of gun deaths. Statistically speaking, suc-cessful defense with a gun is only 1 per 5,000 people per year (Federal Bureau of Justice victim survey). The FBI’s “Study of Ac-tive Shooter Incidents in the United States Be-tween 2000 and 2013” lists only one case when a non-police, non-security armed civilian stopped a mass shooting. There is no credible study to sup-port the assertion that having more civilians with guns, especially assault weapons, will reduce gun deaths. But there’s solid research and case stud-ies from around the world that show more guns in-creases the number of gun deaths. On June 19, 2015, after the shooting at the AME church in Charleston, S.C., Scott Martelle of the LA Times wrote: “The no-tion that a good guy with a gun will stop a bad guy with a gun is a romanti-cized vision of the nature of violent crime.” In 2012 there were “259 justifiable gun-related homicides, or incidents in which au-thorities ruled that killings occurred in self-defense.”

But, there were “1.2 mil-lion scenarios in which there was potential for someone to kill in self-defense.” That’s only 0.02 percent. In 2012, there were 20,666 homicides, sui-cides and unintentional gun fatalities. With a gun in the home, a woman is five times more likely to be shot by her partner, suicide is 10 times more likely to be successful, and children have accidentally killed family members and friends. And then there is the occasional act of stu-

pidity when someone de-cides deadly force is justi-fied for an avoidable or survivable confrontation. I would much rather take my chances with few-er guns in society. There are plenty of case studies around the world to show this works to reduce gun deaths. I attended an ecu-menical vigil Sunday night to pray about the epidemic of gun violence in U.S. so-ciety. But faith without ac-tion is dead (James 2:17). So I’m also asking every-one to act. Let’s counter the NRA, and begin to

take reasonable actions to truthfully make our coun-try safer.

BILL MIDDLECAMPApple Valley

Democrats deceptive message on gunsTo the editor: I urge you all to con-sider the ridiculous and deceptive message coming from our Democratic pres-ident when speaking of terror attacks. He wants us to believe that “no guns” will take care of the ideol-ogy problem of terrorism. The party message wants you to believe terrorism and people motivated to kill Americans is all about guns. It is an insane argu-ment and as always the press does not question it, but repeats it. We only have to look at France where they have the tight-est gun control laws in Europe and yet terrorists

massacred 130 innocent young people. I submit to you another example found in the history of Germany that Hitler’s first priority was to confiscate all guns. When that was done he began to purge Germany of the Jews and political opponents. You will recall that Hit-ler already controlled all the medical care for the population as well which is the other factor to taking complete Socialist/Com-munist style control of a nation. Australia confiscated more than 600,000 guns from law abiding citizens. The first year results are now in: Australia-wide, homicides are up 3.2 per-cent, assaults are up 8.6 percent; armed robberies are up 44 percent. In the state of Victoria alone, homicides with fire-arms are now up 300 per-cent. (Note that while the law-abiding citizens turned them in, the crimi-nals did not and criminals still possess their guns!) The confiscation of guns was exactly what the Founding Fathers witnessed in Europe and why they established the Second Amendment that Americans have the right to possess firearms to pro-tect themselves, their prop-erty and God forbid that our government become so corrupt as to make us all subjects to their power. My view of the Demo-cratic Party is they wel-come illegal immigrants that take American jobs because those they wel-come are coming from So-cialist nations and we give them free homes and wel-fare they need to live and work here so they will ob-viously vote for Comrade Democrat so and so. Think about it. Get in-formed and vote out the

socialist leaning corrupt government of the Demo-cratic Party

TERRY BRANHAMLakeville

Changes needed in gun control To the editor: The U.S. Senate did not pass any of the recent gun control amendments that were put forth in reaction to the Orlando shooting. This is no surprise if the Senate will pass legislation after scores of children were gunned down, how would this be any differ-ent? People tout the Sec-ond Amendment and the Constitution as if it were etched in stone and cannot be touched. Gun rights activists continue to hide behind the Constitution as if it were a wall that can-not be breached. As much as the late Justice Antonin Scalia would argue against this, the Constitution is a “living breathing” docu-ment that can and needs to be changed over time. That is why there are 27 amendments, it has been changed 27 times. The 13th Amendment was needed to end slavery, the 14th to end the 3/5 Com-promise and make sure everyone was counted as a full person, the 19th to ban alcohol was shortly repealed by the 21st, and so on. Former Chief Justice Warren Burger said this in regards to how the NRA has reshaped how people think about the Second Amendment supposedly giving them unfettered ac-cess to any and all guns, “A fraud on the American People.” Enough people

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Plan ahead to register for summer, fall elections

Staggering and soaring in response to Orlando shooting

by Don HeinzmanSUN THISWEEK


Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon wants Minnesota to be No. 1 in voter turnout. For years Minnesota led the nation in voter turnout only to be beaten by Maine with 58.7 percent in the 2014 midterm election, compared to Minne-sota’s 50.5 percent. Observers say a voter turnout per-centage in the mid-70s could put Min-nesota on top this fall. Simon is challenging us to be sure to register to vote as part of a special cam-paign he calls “Pledge to Vote.” Naturally, he wants everyone to vote in this presidential election, which is a tall order. The upcoming election could

bring out a national record-number of voters, and now, 800,000 eligible voters are not registered. The campaign is aimed at those 800,000. Simon and his staff have devel-oped a voter outreach kit for all those who want to get involved in registering voters. You can register online to vote and join the over 100,000 Minnesotans who have done so since September 2013. Go

to mnvotes.org and follow the direc-tions. To register to vote, you must be a U.S citizen, 18 years of age before the elec-tion, a resident of Minnesota for at least 20 days and, if you’ve been convicted, finished with all parts of any felony sen-tence. To register online, you will need your Minnesota driver’s license or Min-nesota ID card number or the last four digits of your Social Security number. You also can register by absentee bal-lot, available June 24 for the primary election, and you can register on Elec-tion Day. The get-out-the-vote kit has voter registration applications, Pledge to Vote cards, envelopes to return the applica-tions and cards, “I Will Vote” stickers, 2016 election overview cards, and a

poster. Naturally, you will want to vote to elect the most qualified people who will make decisions that could affect your lives. The goal to be No. 1 of all states in voter turnout will make this a more in-teresting election. Why not just ask one person you know if they are registered to vote? Tell them about the close elections in Minnesota history – the most recent, the election of Al Franken over then Sen. Norm Coleman by 312 votes. On your mark, get set – register and vote.

Don Heinzman is a columnist for ECM Publishers. He can be reached through [email protected]. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

by Joe NathanSUN THISWEEK


Sometimes, as individuals and as a nation, we soar. At other times, we stagger. The tragic murders in Orlando were terrible. And make no mistake: Youngsters hear about these things. What should we be saying to them? We should talk not only about the tragedy, but also how others have, and we might, respond. Many kids know about these mass murders. We don’t want to scare young people, but we should be giving them a chance to talk about it if they want to. Who brings a gun to a nightclub and kills 49 people? Someone with huge problems, someone who should not have access to guns. And when I describe his action as a “stagger,” I don’t mean to minimize the terror and horror that he produced. I think it’s important for young peo-ple to also know about and learn from the wonderful response of thousands of people to this tragedy. But first, it might help if we knew more about the victims. The Orlando Sentinel has posted in-

formation about each of the 49 victims here: http://bit.ly/1UuFNLM. That same paper reported that hun-dreds of people in Orlando lined up to donate blood (read that story here: http://bit.ly/232rhBg). Fred Rogers, who won many awards for his PBS TV program geared to chil-dren, described advice from his mother that seems relevant today: “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’” (Read more from the Fred Rogers Company about helping children in times of crisis: http://bit.ly/PSgBVE.) People all over the country are trying to do that. Here in Minnesota there were vigils and a superb statement by Jana

Shortal, a KARE 11 TV reporter who describes herself as “a gay woman.” She explained that her mom called her after the shooting to urge that she “stay in-side.” Shortal responded that she is go-ing to “live outside, in the name of love.” KARE 11 also is sharing places where people can contribute to help families of the victims. (Shortal’s statement and other information is here: http://kare11.tv/1ZMEADU.) Families might want to spend time this summer on projects that help oth-ers. For some it will be raising money. Others will donate blood. Some will de-cide to work on gun control. Doing something as a family sends a powerful, positive message to young-sters. Modeling by adults is critical. We need to show young people that we shouldn’t settle for being depressed and angry, and then shrug our shoulders and say: “There is nothing I can do.” I appreciate and agree with Stephen Colbert’s observations in response to the Orlando shooting (watch the video at http://bit.ly/1VZ55qs for his mono-logue in full): “Despair is a victory for hate. Hate

wants us to be too weak to change any-thing. Now, these people in Orlando were apparently targeted because of who they love. And there have been out-pourings of love throughout the country and around the world. Love in response to hate. “Love does not despair. Love makes us strong. Love gives us the courage to act. Love gives us hope that change is possible. Love allows us to change the script. “So, love your country. Love your family, love the families and the victims and the people of Orlando, but let’s re-member that love is a verb and ‘to love’ means to do something.” We’ve been stunned and saddened by the Orlando murders. But standing up and taking some constructive action is how we soar – as people and as a nation. Joe Nathan, formerly a Minnesota public school teacher, administrator and PTA president, is a former director and now senior fellow at the Center for School Change. Reactions are welcome at [email protected]. Columns re-flect the opinion of the author.

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Recovery home in Burnsville to get its eight bedsControversy lingers over

A Woman’s Way by John Gessner


With sharp words from one, Burnsville City Council members voted unanimously Tuesday for preliminary approval of a controversial request to al-low eight beds instead of a six at a group home in a single-family neighbor-hood. The council set in mo-tion approval of a “rea-sonable accommodation” under the Federal Fair Housing Act to allow eight beds instead of the six allowed by city code at A Woman’s Way, 720 151st St. E. The program serves chemically dependent women. The controversy has pit-ted neighbors who say this group home and others in their area have caused traffic, parking and trash problems against treat-ment advocates, including former A Woman’s Way residents who say the pro-gram saved them. Council members say conditions of approval,

including a requirement that all employees park in the garage or driveway except when snow is being removed from the drive-way, should alleviate past problems. The conditions attached to the reasonable accommodation ruling give the city unprecedent-ed control over operations at a group home, council members said. The program has oper-ated eight beds in violation of city code, which allows only six at group homes in single-family neighbor-hoods, and sought the rea-sonable-accommodation ruling to preserve what advocates say is the num-ber of residents needed to make treatment effective. What the property own-er, Carol Ackley, hasn’t admitted is that eight beds are needed to cover over-head and turn a profit, Council Member Mary Sherry charged. Ackley is selling River Ridge Treat-ment Center in Burnsville, whose programs include A Woman’s Way, and Sherry said the new owner of the business stated at a June 13 hearing before the Planning Commission that the sale is contingent on approval of the appeal.

The new operator of River Ridge is Options Inc. “This business has deep pockets,” said Sherry, who said the city could lose in court if it denied the re-quest and took after Ack-ley’s “prominent, success-ful lawyer,” Bill Griffith, president of Larkin Hoff-man Attorneys. “This lawyer lives on Summit Avenue. You don’t. I don’t,” Sherry said in a prepared statement. “This lawyer knows that if the City Council, in an effort to maintain the nice, affordable middle-class neighborhoods we have here in Burnsville, denies this request to stuff this home with eight unrelated adults, with head-swivel-ing turnover, and compare it to a family, he will have us in court faster than you can say ‘Summit Avenue.’ ” Ackley had operated two eight-bed homes next door to one another — A Woman’s Way and Lotus House at 716 151st St. E. Burnsville allows six dis-abled residents to occupy group homes in single-family residential districts, and permits for seven to 16 in multifamily districts. The code violation

came to light last De-cember when the city was asked about the legality of the land use in prepa-ration for a real estate transaction. Ackley has since closed Lotus House. A condition of approval of the reasonable accom-modation request is that the property owner and operator of A Woman’s Way agree to not open or operate another group home with in one-fourth of a mile. In January, Ackley submitted the request for eight beds at both homes. The city sent a letter deny-ing it. In March, Ackley filed an appeal under the Federal Fair Housing Act. During a public hearing June 21, Mark Senn, 708 162nd St. E., asked why the council would reward A Woman’s Way after it has operated unlawfully. He said group homes oc-cupy “three or four homes within a one-block area.” Nafisa Mohamed, of Minneapolis, said she was at A Woman’s Way a year ago and it changed her life. The home setting “really makes a big difference,” she said, questioning why anyone would want to “shut it down.”

“If they just knew what a difference it makes for people, I don’t think any-one would complain about a parking spot,” Mo-hamed said. Former A Woman’s Way resident Leni Kosek, 13401 Morgan Ave., Burnsville, said she was “on my way to death” before it helped her turn around. “Why can’t we help more people? Why can’t there be just two more people in that house?” she asked. Residents support and mentor each other and sleep two people to a room, Griffith said. “This number (eight) is really essential for the model of care,” he said. Eight conditions rec-ommended by the city planning staff are tied to the approval. In addition to the parking restric-tions for employees, resi-dents will not be allowed to have personal vehicles there and the house won’t be used for staff meetings with staff from other loca-tions. A fence must be built around the backyard, and service providers com-ing to the house must also park in the driveway. That could be a problem, Griffith said. “That’s your problem,” Sherry shot back. A Woman’s Way must also have an operations plan to address neighbor-

hood concerns and screen trash containers or store them in the garage as re-quired by city code. The conditions give the city oversight it doesn’t normally have over group homes, said Mayor Eliza-beth Kautz. “It’s the best scenario I think we could hope for to protect your interests in the neighborhood,” Coun-cil Member Dan Kealey said. Burnsville officials have repeatedly said they welcome licensed group homes but want them spaced throughout the city, not clustered. The state Legislature gives spacing regulation only to Minneapolis and St. Paul, though Burnsville has long sought such legisla-tion, Kealey said. No one disputes that more treatment facili-ties are needed or that A Woman’s Way has many strong testimonials, Sher-ry said. But using federal law to usurp city code is “an in-sult to all who have worked to develop city code so all can live peacefully side by side — families and group homes,” she said. The council voted to prepare findings of fact for approval of the appeal. Action is expected at the July 5 council meeting.

John Gessner can be reached at (952) 846-2031 or email [email protected].

Swimming fundraiser for MDA is July 22-23 A team of six Rose-mount High School girls are hosting their fifth an-nual Swim2Win4MD 24 hour swim-a-thon July 22-23. All proceeds of the event will benefit the Mus-cular Dystrophy Associa-tion, and support families battling muscular dystro-phy and research. Muscu-lar dystrophy currently has no cure and is 100 percent fatal. Similar to past years, the event will consist of participants swimming for 20-minute time slots, bringing a minimum of a $5 donation per slot. Organizers say this event is an easy, unique and super fun way to sup-port MDA and most im-portantly help those affect-ed by muscular dystrophy. Swim2win4MD will be held at the Bluewater Aquatic Center in Apple Valley, and it will run from 2 p.m. July 22 to 2 p.m. July 23. Organizers say they are hoping for an incredible turnout this year, as their goal is to raise $24,000 for the MDA and have 500 participants.

Organizers of the Swim2Win4MD 24 hour swim-a-thon July 22-23 gathered for a team photo. (Photo submitted)

They encourge com-mitted swimmers or those who rarely hit the pool to participate, serve the com-munity, change lives and make a difference. “We are incredibly ex-cited to be able to have the opportunity to continue this amazing fundraiser for another year,” team member Lizzie Johnson said. “Being able to see the impact we have made on children with muscular

dystrophy so far is very re-warding, and we look for-ward to seeing more suc-cesses in the future.” In the past four years the group has raised over $75,000 to donate for MDA. For more information, to sign up to swim, or make a donation, log onto the website at www.swim-2win4md.com or email t g id i . sw [email protected].


Area BriefsHousing services for individuals with disabilities available Local disability service pro-vider Fraser offers supportive living services for adults with disabilities at Parkside Apart-ments in Apple Valley, off County Road 42. Services are person-centered and may in-clude assistance with budgeting and bill paying, cleaning/main-taining their apartment, menu planning and cooking, medica-tion administration and partici-pating in the community. This program, Fraser Sup-portive Living, provides an op-tion for adults who want to live more independently in the com-munity and require less support than a typical group home. Parkside Apartments is lo-

cated in a quiet residential area with access to many shops and amenities. Parkside offers a gym, sauna and business center/community room. Fraser is seeking residents and staff for this new program. Roommate opportunities may also be available. To learn more, visit www.fraser.org or contact [email protected].

Tuesdays in the Garden Dakota County Master Gar-deners offer free classes on a variety of garden topics 6:30-8 p.m. most Tuesday evenings this summer at the red barn on the Dakota County Fairgrounds, 2008 220th St. W., Farmington. In case of rain, class will be held inside the red barn. Call 651-

480-7700 to register. June 28: Shrub Pruning, Faith Appelquist. A certified arborist, Appelquist covers which shrubs to prune and when to maximize bloom and vigor. Type of prun-ing cuts, proper tools, and com-mon pruning mistakes are dis-cussed. July 12: Containers for Ev-ery Season, Mike Gonzo. Enjoy beautiful looking containers through every season with these easy container planting tech-niques. July 26: Perfect for Pollina-tors, Cheryl Forrest. Plant a beautiful garden with native plants that are pollinator-friend-ly. See our native garden plant-ings in full flower. Aug. 16: Award Winning Vegetables, Cheryl Fox. Come and learn which vegetables are the standouts in Minnesota seed trials. Tour the trial garden to

see which varieties have proven worthy. Aug. 30: Year Round Com-posting, Barb Webb. Turn or-ganic waste into nutrient-rich soil with composting tips and tricks. Learn about vermicom-posting techniques and see a vermicomposting demonstra-tion. Visit www.dakotamastergardeners.org for more infor-mation.

NAMI parent education night in Eagan NAMI Minnesota (National Alliance on Mental Illness) will present a free class for parents and caregivers of children liv-ing with a mental illness. The class will teach an integrated approach to wellness that pro-

vides participants with tools and principles to immediately imple-ment practical, research-based interventions into learning and therapeutic environments. The training will be 6-8 p.m. Mon-day, June 27, in the South Oak Room of the Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Parkway, Eagan. For registration or infor-mation, contact NAMI at 651-645-2948 or go to namihelps.org.

Job Transitions Group meets Robb Grandt will present “The One Thing” at the June 28 meeting of the Easter Job Tran-sitions Group. The group meets at 7:30 a.m. at Easter Lutheran Church – By The Lake, 4545 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. Call 651-452-3680 for information.

ReligionCommunity meals at Grace Grace Lutheran Church in Apple Valley will serve free community meals on Mondays, July 11 and 25. Dining hall doors open at 5:30 p.m. and dinner is served from 6-6:30 p.m. These meals are for se-nior citizens, single-parent families, families in transi-tion and all others in the surrounding community seeking a healthy meal in a relaxed atmosphere. Although the meals are free, donations are accept-ed. For more information, call the church at 952-432-7273. Grace Lutheran Church is located at the intersection of Pennock Avenue and County Road 42.

Women’s luncheon The Minnesota Val-ley Christian Women’s Connection will hold its July luncheon 12:30-2

p.m. Thursday, July 14, at GrandStay Hotel and Conference Center, 7083 153rd St., Apple Valley. Deb Lord will share “When Am I Good Enough?” – a humorous and honest look at our-selves and others. Special feature will be a Chris-topher & Banks fashion show. Cost is $16. Reserva-tions/cancellations: Jan at 651-434-5795 or tj-morse2@comcast .net . Sponsored by Stonecroft (stonecroft.org).

Summer Salon set July 17 Summer Salon, a cham-ber concert of classical music, will be presented 4 p.m. Sunday, July 17, at Presbyterian Church of the Apostles, 701 E. 130th St., Burnsville. A silent auction will begin at 3:30 p.m. The program will fea-ture opera, arias and in-strumental music. Julie Amacher, Classical Min-nesota Public Radio’s host

and producer, will host. Participants include Dolce Wind Quintet, cellist Val-erie Kahler and violin-ist Andrea Blain, tenor Tesfa Wondemagegnehu, soprano Maire Clement, clarinetist Ryan Lohr and pianist John Kuntz. A donation of $20, checks and cash only, is suggested. Concert pro-ceeds will support church music programs. For more information, call 952-890-7877 or visit www.ChurchApostles.org.

Annual sale at Rosemount church Lutheran Church of Our Savior, 14980 Dia-mond Path, Rosemount, holds its annual sale 1-7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 3; 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4; and 8 a.m. to noon (bag sale for most items) Friday, Aug. 5. The church is located at the corner of County Road 42 and Dia-mond Path.

SeniorsApple Valley seniors The Apple Valley Senior Center, 14601 Hayes Road, is home to the following activi-ties, which are organized and run by the Apple Valley Seniors and Apple Valley Parks and Recreation. The facility is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For information, call 952-953-2345 or go to www.cityofapplevalley.org. Monday, June 27 – Int. Line Dancing, 9:30 a.m.; Tap Dancing, 9:30 a.m.; Executive Committee, 10 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Defensive Driv-ing, noon; Pool, noon; Women’s Table Tennis, 12:30 p.m.; Bridge, 12:45 p.m.; Happy Stitchers, 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 28 – Quilting Bees, 9 a.m.; Tuesday Paint-ers, 9:30 a.m.; Bike Group, 9:30 a.m.; Pool, noon; Cribbage, noon; Pinochle, 12:30 p.m.; Hand & Foot Cards, 1 p.m.; Table Tennis, 1 p.m.; Spanish – Intermediate, 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 29 – Do-nated Bread, 9 a.m.; F.F. on Spokes, 9 a.m.; Yoga, 9:45 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Men’s Bowling at Apple Place Bowl, noon; Pool, noon; Mahjong, noon; Dominoes, 1 p.m. Thursday, June 30 – Beg. Line Dancing, 9:15 a.m.; Int. Line Dancing, 10 a.m.; Pool, noon; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Table Tennis, 1 p.m.; 500, 1 p.m.; Color & Chat, 1:30 p.m. Friday, July 1 – Men’s Break-fast, 8:30 a.m.; F.F. on Spokes, 9 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Women’s Pool, 11 a.m.; Men’s

Bowling at Apple Place Bowl, noon; Members Bingo, 12:30 p.m.

Burnsville seniors The Burnsville Senior Center is located in the Diamondhead Education Center at 200 W. Burnsville Parkway. Call 952-707-4120 for information about the following senior events. Monday, June 27 – Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Cribbage, 10 a.m.; Card Recycle, 12:30 p.m.; Pinochle, 12:45 p.m.; SS Flex. Deadline: Fall Colors. Tuesday, June 28 – Treasure Island, 8:30 a.m.; Quilters, 9:30 a.m.; Stroke Support, 10:30 a.m.; Scrabble, 10:30 a.m.; SS Yoga, 10:30 a.m.; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Line Danc-ing. Wednesday, June 29 – Wood-carvers, 8 a.m.; Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Cribbage, 10 a.m.; 500, 12:45 p.m.; Wednesday in the Park, 7 p.m. Thursday, June 30 – SS Yoga, 10:30 a.m.; Wood Carving, 6 p.m. Friday, July 1 – Closed for the holiday.

Eagan seniors The following senior activi-ties are offered by the Eagan Parks and Recreation Depart-ment in the Lone Oak Room at the Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Parkway. Call 651-675-5500 for more information. Monday, June 27 – Drop In Time, 9-11:30 a.m.; Zumba (Oa-sis), 9 a.m.; F&Fab, 10 a.m.; FFL (Oasis), 11 a.m.; Drop In Time, 1-4 p.m.

Tuesday, June 28 – Health In-surance Counseling, by appoint-ment only, 8:30 a.m. to noon; Euchre/500, 12:45 p.m.; Lone Oak Series: Rockwell, 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 29 – Coffee, Conversations & Games, 9 a.m.; Potluck, 11:30 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 12:45 p.m. Thursday, June 30 – Domi-noes, 9 a.m.; Bridge, 12:45 p.m. Friday, July 1 – ESB Meeting, 9 a.m.; Zumba (Oasis), 10:15 a.m.; S/B/Yoga (Oasis), 11:10 a.m.; Bingo, 1 p.m. For full information on se-nior events and details, read the Front Porch newsletter on the city of Eagan website. Become a senior center member for a $10 annual fee and receive the Front Porch quarterly by mail. For questions or to register for events and pay by credit card, call Eagan Parks and Recreation Department.

Farmington seniors The Rambling River Center is located at 325 Oak St. For more information on trips, pro-grams and other activities, call 651-280-6970. Monday, June 27 – Cof-fee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Dulcimer Club, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10 a.m.; Dominoes, 10:30 a.m.; Recycled Cards, 12:30 a.m.; 500 Cards, 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 28 – Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Fitness Center Orientation, 9:30 a.m.; Chair Exercise, 10 a.m.; Wood Carv-ing, 1 p.m.; Table Tennis, 2 p.m.; Yoga, 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 29 – Wii Games, 9 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10

a.m.; St. Paul Saints Game, 11:15 a.m.; Bridge, 1 p.m. Thursday, June 30 – Zumba Gold, 9:15 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Tap Dance, 10:45 a.m.; Pinochle, 12:30 p.m.; Table Tennis, 2 p.m. Friday, July 1 – Call the Ram-bling River Center for informa-tion. Happy Harry’s Furniture Fundraiser – Stop by Happy Harry’s Furniture in Farming-ton and mention the Rambling River Center when ordering/purchasing new furniture. Hap-py Harry’s Furniture will give 10 percent of the purchase to the Rambling River Center.

Rosemount seniors The following activities are sponsored by the Rosemount Parks and Recreation Depart-ment and the Rosemount Area Seniors. For more information, call the Rosemount Parks and Recreation Department at 651-322-6000. Monday, June 27 – Bridge, 9 a.m.; 500, 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 28 – Coffee, 8 a.m., Rosemount Cub; Bid Eu-chre, 9 a.m.; Bunco, 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 29 – Walk-ing Club, 9 a.m.; St. Paul Saints Game, 11:45 a.m.; Yoga, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 30 – Crib-bage, 9 a.m. Friday, July 1 – Euchre, 9 a.m. The Rosemount Area Seniors are located in the Steeple Cen-ter, 14375 S. Robert Trail. Cards and games take place in Room 100. Check room schedules at the facility for locations of other

programs and activities.

Lakeville seniors All Lakeville Area Active Adults events are held at Lakev-ille Heritage Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Call 952-985-4622 for information. Monday, June 27 – Yoga, 8:15 a.m.; Computer Tutoring, 9 a.m.; Interval Walking, 9:30 a.m.; Knitting Class, 9:30 a.m.; Wii Bowling, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Health-ways Flex Fitness 2, noon; Cribbage, 12:30 p.m.; Cards & Mahjong, 1 p.m.; Basic Spanish Class, 1:30 p.m. Deadline: Aus-tin/SPAM Trip. Tuesday, June 28 – Dominoes & Poker, 9 a.m.; Craft Group, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Party Bridge, noon; Ping Pong, 12:30 p.m.; Billiards, 1 p.m.; Pilates Mat Class, 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 29 – Men’s Golf at Gopher Hills, 8 a.m.; Health Angels Biking, 8:30 a.m.; Poker & Hearts, 9 a.m.; Line Dancing, 9 and 10 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 2, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; St. Paul Saints Game, 11 a.m.; Pinochle, noon. Thursday, June 30 – Inter-val Walking, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Red Hat Chorus, 10:30 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Health-ways Flex Fitness 2, noon; Eu-chre, Hand & Foot, noon; Zum-ba Gold, 3:30 p.m. Friday, July 1 – Pickleball, 9 a.m.; Poker & 500, 9 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Dupli-cate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.

Dakota Electric assists with environmental efforts Dakota Electric As-sociation donated more than 5,200 tree seedlings this spring, wrapping up a full schedule of assisting with community plantings and environmental events throughout its service ter-ritory. Each year, Dakota Electric participates in a variety of Arbor Day and environmental events by donating seedlings and providing educational in-formation and assistance. Again this year, Dakota Electric donated larger trees to the Arbor Day cel-ebrations in Apple Valley, Eagan, Farmington, Hast-ings and Rosemount. New

this year, Dakota Electric sponsored Tree Trust at Parkview Elementary, Rosemount. Besides fund-ing the planting, Dakota Electric had several volun-teers on hand, helping the students with the plant-ing event. The final result, worked on by all students, is a landscaped area with a variety of plants and benches that will provide a natural learning area for years to come. Part of Dakota Elec-tric’s active spring sched-ule included coordinating volunteers at Whitetail Woods Regional Park, where 86 volunteers plant-ed nearly 1,000 trees in the

newest Dakota County park. “As a not-for-profit electric cooperative, we are happy to assist our local communities and schools with their celebra-tions,” said President and CEO Greg Miller. “By providing trees and seed-lings, and even volunteers at some events, Dakota Electric can give back to our communities in a last-ing way.” Since 1997, Dakota Electric has provided more than 146,000 tree seedlings to Arbor Day and other events in the lo-cal area.

A group of kids helps plant trees at Whitetail Woods, near Farmington, this spring. Dakota Electric joined with Dakota County Parks to organize a group of more than 80 volunteers to work in the park as part of Minnesota Touchstone Energy Cooperatives’ GreenTouch Day in May. (Photo submitted)


EducationSTEM camp at area schools Camp Invention, a summer enrichment day camp program, is coming to area schools this sum-mer. For students entering grades one through six, Camp Invention is a week-long adventure featuring hands-on problem solving using science, technology, engineering and math-ematics (STEM). Schools hosting Camp Invention include: Pinewood Elementary, 4300 Dodd Road, Eagan, June 27-30. Highland Elementary, 14001 Pilot Knob Road, Apple Valley, July 11-15. For additional informa-tion or to find the nearest location for registration, visit www.campinvention.org.

Free meals for children at three District 196 schools Free meals will be avail-able for all children July 11 to Aug. 11 at Cedar Park, Echo Park and Oak Ridge elementary schools in District 196. Children do not need to attend one of these schools or any Dis-trict 196 school to receive the free summer meals and there is no income eligibil-ity requirement. All chil-dren who show up during serving times will receive a free meal. Lunch will be served Monday through Friday, July 11 to Aug. 11, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at Echo Park and from noon to 1 p.m. at Cedar Park and Oak Ridge. Breakfast will also be available at all three sites July 25 to Aug. 11 when Camp Pro-pel summer school is in session. Breakfast serving times will be 8-8:30 a.m. at Echo Park and 9-9:30 a.m. at Cedar Park and Oak Ridge. Adults may also eat during these times; the cost is $2.15 for breakfast and $3.80 for lunch (cash only). These three schools qualify for Summer Food Service Program funding from the USDA based on the percentage of students who qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The goal is to help as many children as possible get the nutritious meals they need during the summer when they are not attend-ing school. Cedar Park Elementary STEM School is located at 7500 Whitney Dr. in Apple Valley. Echo Park Elementary School of Leadership, Engineering and Technology is located at 14100 County Road 11 in Burnsville. Oak Ridge Elementary School of Leadership, Environmen-tal and Health Sciences is located at 4350 Johnny Cake Ridge Road in Ea-gan. For more information about the free summer meals program, call the district’s Food and Nutri-tion Services Department at 651-683-6957.

Summer academy for environmental, food and ag sciences The Summer Academy for Environmental, Food and Agricultural Sciences is offered July 18-22 at In-ver Hills Community Col-lege. The academy is an opportunity for students entering grades 10-12 to spend one week explor-ing career opportunities in the environmental, food and agricultural sciences. There are still a few spots open. The academy is a col-laborative effort with Inver Hills Community College and Dakota County 4-H/ University of Minnesota Extension. The goal of the acad-emy is to include students who might not traditional-ly think of pursuing such

a career, and who may not realize the breadth of op-portunities available. Certified teachers and content experts will lead each session. Planned ac-tivities include pollinator health investigations, soils lab, horticulture experi-ments, food science labs, water quality evaluation, small animal handling workshop, forestry and wildlife management. There will also be field trips to the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus and the Univer-sity of Wisconsin in River Falls. Friday will focus on career and college readi-ness, with a parent work-shop 1-3:30 p.m. Friday, July 22, to help parent/families navigate college options and financing. The academy runs 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. July 18-22 at Inver Hills Commu-nity College. Cost is $75 and includes lunch and T-shirt. Need-based schol-arships are available. In-formation: www.inverhills.edu/agriculture.

Three Eagan High School juniors win national writing awards Eagan High School

juniors Audrey Heinz, Ella Laurent and Kayla Ryan were selected to receive Certificates for Superior Writing in the 2016 National Achieve-ment Awards in Writing sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). Of the 533 juniors na-tionwide who were nomi-nated for the award by their schools’ English teachers, 264 received Cer-tificates of Superior Writ-ing. Heinz, Laurent and Ryan were the only three students from Minnesota to earn the recognition this year. Recipients are selected based on writing samples they produced during their junior year. Each nominee submit-ted two samples of writ-ing – one of their best and one based on a theme chosen by the Achieve-ment Awards Advisory Committee – to a panel of national judges. Writ-ing samples were judged on content, purpose, au-dience, tone, word choice, organization, develop-ment and style. The National Achieve-ment Awards in Writing was established in 1957 to encourage high school stu-dents in their writing and to publicly recognize some of the best student writers in the nation. NCTE sub-

mits the names of award recipients to colleges and universities, and students receive a certificate and cards highlighting their achievement to attach to their college application forms.

Sober education goes statewide online PEASE Academy, a re-covery high school in Min-neapolis, has joined with Minnesota Virtual High School to offer middle and high school students fully accredited degree pro-grams online. A full range of second-ary school studies will be offered, leading to a regu-lar high school diploma. Students will be in regular contact with faculty mem-bers, and instruction and counseling will be provid-ed through teleconferenc-ing and phone contacts on an ongoing basis. Minnesota Virtual teachers will provide the required subject courses, while PEASE chemical de-pendency counselors and social workers will provide ongoing support and di-rection for students. The online portions are built on a platform developed for the PEASE outreach

by the staff at Minnesota Virtual, which has exper-tise in developing teaching programs for use online. Those interested in ap-plying for the fall term can call PEASE Academy at 612-378-1377, or contact the school online at pease-academy.org. The name PEASE stands for Peers Enjoy-ing A Sober Education. PEASE Academy and Minnesota Virtual High School are part of Minne-sota Transitions Charter School, which has seven different schools based in the Twin Cities, serving the needs of distinct stu-dent populations.

Aquatics program receives grant The District 196 Com-munity Education Aquat-ics Program received a 2016 Make a Splash grant from the USA Swimming Foundation. Make a Splash grants provide funding for free or reduced cost swim lessons.

College news Bemidji State Universi-ty, spring dean’s list, Anna Edgren, of Apple Valley. Bethel University, St. Paul, spring graduates,

from Apple Valley – Da-vid Cayton, B.S., nursing; Charles Deneen, B.A., economics and finance; Stephanie Houlihan, B.A., communication studies; Jonathan Moe, B.S., biol-ogy. Bethel University, St. Paul, spring dean’s list, from Apple Valley – Emily Anderson, Anne Birken-holz, SangWoo Kim, Jonathan Moe, Tajirinere Onesirosan, Matthew Thomas, Peighton Welsh. Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, spring dean’s list, from Apple Valley – Joshua Chatfield, Elissa Graupmann, Eric Hanson, Madeline Jen-tink, Woo Jin Jeon, Kristi Manning, Davis Petros, Natalie Sieve, Sarah Van-yo, Olivia Yeo. Iowa State University, Ames, spring dean’s list, from Apple Valley – Jake Asmus, Estifanos Fairch-ild, Eric Flaming, Jacob Gerlach, Alexander King, Dustin Lafrance, Szumei Leow, Selia Schneider, Matthew Slane, Cole Spruck. Minnesota State Col-lege - Southeast Technical, Winona, spring president’s list, Samantha Scholler, of Apple Valley.

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Crowd lines up for Hy-Vee opening day

Hundreds of people lined up, starting Monday night, for the Tuesday 6 a.m. grand opening of the Lakeville Hy-Vee store located at 160th Street and Pilot Knob Road. Store staff posted a live video feed of the first customers entering the grocery store. The store’s Facebook page in-cluded comments of encouragement from the community, including Amy Michelle O’Connell, who called Hy-Vee “the Cadillac of grocery shopping.” (Photo submitted)

Lakeville store live-broadcasts excited crowd



Lakeville Hy-Vee opened its doors June 21 to hundreds of enthusi-astic shoppers, some who had camped overnight to be one of the grocery store’s first customers through the doors. Minutes before walk-ing into the store at Pilot Knob Road and County Road 46, people in line started chanting “Hy-Vee” as Andrew Dicken-son, assistant manager of perishables, recorded the action live on Facebook. Jen Knesel, store di-rector, said Dickenson proposed the idea of live feeds when they recently passed out free watermel-on. She said interacting with the community on social media has been “a hit,” allowing them to connect with customers. “People are engaging in it and loving it,” Kne-sel said. Dickenson recorded video of Hy-Vee staff

welcoming shoppers with cheers and applause. The first 300 customers re-ceived a free bag of gro-ceries. The store’s Facebook page later featured pho-tos of smiling shoppers, including one wearing a hand-made “Welcome Hy-Vee!” T-shirt. In addition to tra-ditional grocery stock, Lakeville’s Hy-Vee in-

cludes a large clothing department, a health clinic, restaurant and gas station. Knesel said the Lakev-ille location is the first to have a Mexican grill, juice and smoothie bar and an Asian grill, where food is prepared hibachi-style. She said it is also the first to feature its own sweet shop with fresh

fried doughnuts and its own pastry chef to create cakes, cupcakes and pas-tries. The gas station in-cludes a car wash and convenience store filled with a large selection of grab-and-go snacks, sandwiches, an extensive coffee bar, sodas, teas, lemonade and slushies. Dickenson said that through the store’s fuel-saver program, customers can get up to a quarter off of gas when purchas-ing items marked with a black dot. He added that they have plans to soon launch an online delivery service for customers. The Lakeville store marks the Iowa-based company’s third Twin Cities location. Addi-tional Hy-Vee stores are planned to open in Brooklyn Park and Ea-gan later this year. “You can tell this com-munity is very excited for us to be here,” Knesel said. “And we’re also very excited to be able to serve the community.”


PetSmart store may open in LakevilleBusiness

proposed to be near Hy-Vee



The new Lakeville Hy-Vee store is the first of what developers are plan-ning to become a retail center. Construction is pro-posed for an 18,000- square-foot PetSmart store located at the south-west corner of 160th Street and Elmhurst Lane, just north of the Hy-Vee store that opened June 21 in the Spirit of Brandtjen Farm commer-cial addition.

As proposed, the store would sell food and sup-plies as well as offer pet grooming services and training classes. They would hold lim-ited pet adoption events, but do not plan to offer boarding or veterinary services as do some other PetSmart locations. The Lakeville Plan-ning Commission unani-mously recommended approval of the proposal at its June 16 meeting, but rejected the business’ request for wall signage bigger than city code al-lows. PetSmart had pro-posed to locate over its entry a 54-inch sign that would be 169 square feet,

69 feet over the allotted 100-square-foot sign al-lowed under ordinance. The company also proposed installing three outside wall signs, but commissioners agreed with staff’s recommenda-tion to allow two signs outside walls facing a street or driveway that comply with the city’s 100-square-foot limit. Planning Commission member Karl Drotning said allowing PetSmart’s requested signage would have made PetSmart’s signs larger than any oth-er in the city, including those allowed for com-mercial businesses locat-ed near Interstate 35. The commission also

recommended approval for a free-standing sign up to 100-feet tall near the PetSmart store, with space for signs of four tenant spaces, provided the future businesses are not allowed to build addi-tional freestanding signs on their lots. Proposed as a planned unit development, devel-opers have more flexibil-ity to deviate from stan-dards typically required by city ordinance. The Lakeville City Council is expected to consider the proposal at its July 5 meeting. Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].


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Business BuzzFairview physician recognized Eagan Fairview physi-cian Christina Dunn was recognized on the 2016 list of “Rising Stars” by Mpls. St. Paul Magazine. Dunn is an internal medicine physician at Fair-view Clinics – Eagan. She was one of 11 Fairview physicians to be named to the list, which highlights exceptional physicians who have been practicing medicine for 10 years or less. Physicians named to the list are chosen by their peers in the field.

Old Chicago celebrates 40th anniversary Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom will celebrate its 40th anniversary Saturday, July 9, with the “World’s Largest Tap Takeover”

event nationwide in part-nership with Sam Adams. The event will take place at 94 Old Chicago locations coast-to-coast, including Apple Valley, and will feature 15 draft beers from Sam Adams. The beers on tap will in-clude Boston Lager, Sum-mer Ale, Rebel Grapefruit IPA, and Porch Rocker, the Longshot Homebrew Competition winning beers, and specialty beers from the brewery includ-ing Double Bock, Rebel Rouser Double IPA and Grumpy Monk Belgian IPA. Old Chicago is located at 14998 Glazier Ave. in Apple Valley. Call 952-891-4600 for more infor-mation.

Find Dory at Wet World To encourage interest in fish as a hobby, movie-goers can redeem their

“Finding Dory” ticket stub during the month of June for a free beta fish or a $5 discount on oth-er saltwater fish at Wet World in Eagan. The store is stocked with blue regal tangs, which are featured in the film about a friendly forgetful fish, who is in search of her family. To celebrate the open-ing of the movie, Wet World will feature a vari-ety of special events dur-ing the month of June. The store is at 3390 Coachman Road, Suite 212, in Eagan. For more information, vis-it wetworldeagan.com.

Lyons joins Adams Radio Jeff Lyons has been named promotions and event marketing man-ager for Adams Radio of Las Cruces, New Mexico. Lakeville-based Adams owns and operates KGRT FM, KSNM FM, KHQT

FM, and KWML AM in Las Cruces. Lyons was previously with Cumulus Radio in Huntsville, Alabama, where he served in a simi-lar capacity. He has served in radio promotions and events for over 15 years. Lyons is a graduate of the University of Maryland. He also attended Florida State University and has graduate certification in special events manage-ment.

Chuck & Don’s supports nonprofits Pet supply store Chuck & Don’s has chosen two Minnesota-based non-profit organizations as the recipients of its annual Raising Awareness fund-raiser: Lakeville-based Pawsitive Perspectives As-sistance Dogs (PawPADs) and Wyoming-based Wildlife Science Center (WSC). The Raising Aware-ness campaign is a way for Chuck & Don’s to give back to the community while empowering its cus-tomers to do the same. Customers can pur-chase a balloon in-store between now and July 31, or participate in dog wash and nail trim events oc-curring throughout the month of June. All pro-ceeds will go directly to PawPADs and WSC. Chuck & Don’s stores are located in Eagan, Lakeville, Rosemount and Savage. To learn more, visit www.chuckanddons.com.

Member relations director hired Lori Oelrich has been hired as member relations

director for the Dakota County Regional Cham-ber of Commerce. She has extensive pro-fessional experience in various sales positions including nearly 12 years with Midwest Coca-Cola Bottling. She is a graduate of the College of St. Benedict and resides in Burnsville with her husband and three boys. Oelrich will spend a few days in the office in early July and begins full-time on July 18.

Scantron acquires Nebraska company Eagan-based Scantron, a provider of managed IT and print services, as well as hardware maintenance solutions with its Har-land Technology Services brand based in Omaha, has acquired P&L Tech-nology Inc., an Omaha-based provider of man-aged IT services for small and mid-size businesses.

Credit union names director Herbert “Jay” Hall has joined Woodbury-based Ideal Credit Union as di-rector of branch opera-tions. Hall has over 27 years of experience in the finan-cial services industry. He started as a teller at Nor-west Bank, which later merged with Wells Fargo, and worked his way up to district manager. Prior to joining Ideal, he worked as branch manager for Wings Financial Credit Union and coordinated the open-ing of the new Wings of-fice in Woodbury. Ideal Credit Union has an Eagan location.

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Dakota County Region-al Chamber of Commerce events: • Tuesday, June 28, 8-9 a.m., Coffee Break, The Rose-mount Senior Living at Steeple Center, 14344 Cameo Ave., Rosemount. Open to all DCRC members. Free to attend. Infor-mation: Emily Corson at [email protected]. Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce events: • Friday, June 24, 11 a.m. to noon, ribbon cutting, Buf-falo Wild Wings – Lakeville, 1825 Orchard Trail. Buffalo Wild Wings celebrates its remodel. Information: Shanen Corlett at 952-469-2020 or [email protected]. • Friday, June 24, 3-4 p.m., ribbon cutting, Lakeville Brew-ing Company, 8790 Upper 208th St. W., Lakeville. Infor-mation: Shanen Corlett at 952-469-2020 or [email protected]. • Wednesday, June 29, 9-11 a.m., Professional Educational Programs (PEP) – Erik Ther-wanger (Think GREAT!), Muller Family Theater, Lakeville. Cost: $20 individual, $30 individual plus one (same company), $10 each for group of five or more, $75 max for whole office. Infor-mation: Shanen Corlett at 952-469-2020 or [email protected].

Eagan’s Cedar Grove neighborhood won’t have a Hilton hotel any time soon. Morrissey Hospi-tality has withdrawn its proposal to build a Home-2Suites by Hilton near Twin Cities Premium Out-lets. The hotelier withdrew its plans last month, which was followed by the death of the company’s founder and former CEO Bill Mor-rissey. City officials said they are actively marketing the property and hope to find someone interested in building a hotel there. Other projects in Cedar Grove continue to move forward. Ryland Homes has started construction on 50 rowhomes near Ce-dar Grove Transit Station and Inland Group, a Spo-kane, Wash., developer, is finalizing development agreements for a 173-unit “active” senior housing project at the corner of Ea-gan Outlets Parkway and River Valley Way. Construction is also un-derway on the pedestrian overpass and median bus platform for the Cedar Grove Transit station. The improved station is expect-ed to open in early 2017. The Flats at Cedar Grove apartments contin-ue to fill up quickly with 93 percent of units leased and 92 percent occupied, according to property management. Twin Cities Premium Outlets repre-sentatives report that the outlet mall is also continu-ing to have strong perfor-mance.

— Jessica Harper

Hotelier withdraws plans for Cedar Grove


have died already: 50, 14, 27, 12, 13, 13, 32. Those are not just numbers, those are the number of people that have died in recent U.S. mass shoot-ings. Please, make yourself heard, America needs a change before more sense-less mass shootings occur.

KEVIN HAMLIN Eagan

Minnesota’s economic blues To the editor: Minnesota is a blue state. That means that we have high taxes, lots of government spending, and endless government regulations. How is that working out for Minneso-tans? Not very well. Con-sider the following, from the Brookings Institution, the Bureau of Labor Sta-tistics, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, and the Internal Revenue Ser-

vice: • Over the last decade, Minnesota’s economic growth rate has been be-low the national average. • Since 2004, Minneso-ta ranks only 30th among the states in rate of job growth. • Since 2004, Minne-sota’s growth in annual av-erage wage has been below average. • 70 percent of Minne-sotans have experienced a decline in real wages since 1999. • The Twin Cities met-ropolitan area ranks only ninth out of the top 15 U.S. urban areas in eco-nomic growth since 2000. • Since 2000, the per-centage of Minnesotans employed in high-tech jobs has declined. • Since the end of the last recession, job growth in Minnesota has dispro-portionately been in low-wage jobs. • Internal Revenue Ser-vice data show that every year, Minnesota suffers a

net loss of thousands of families to other states. This is partly because residents are leaving Min-nesota, but also because people in other states are not choosing to move to Minnesota. • The IRS data show that in 2014 alone, the families that left Minneso-ta took with them—after netting out the incomes of families that moved to Minnesota from other states — $948 million in annual income. Minnesota once had a strong, diverse economy that was the envy of most other states. But in recent years, Minnesota’s eco-nomic performance has lagged. It is telling that the last Minnesota company to join the Fortune 500, United Health Group, was founded in 1977. It has been nearly 40 years since Minnesota gave birth to a company that went on to become one of the coun-try’s 500 largest. Minnesota can do bet-

ter. In fact, Minnesota has done better. But Min-nesotans can’t expect to keep following the same policies and get different results. In order to do bet-ter, Minnesota needs to re-think its high-tax, high-spending, high-regulation approach. Being blue is bringing Minnesota down.

JOHN HINDERAKERCenter of the American Experiment president

the restaurant, entering the parking lot or travel-ing on Highway 13 and the restaurant’s frontage road. Police on Tuesday re-leased four officer body-cam videos of the incident (with the dead man’s body digitally hidden) and doc-uments from the Minne-sota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension’s investiga-tion of the shooting. “It was not the outcome anyone wanted, includ-ing our officers,” Gieseke said Tuesday in a letter to community and media members. “This was the first fatal officer-involved shooting in Burnsville in 35 years, and it has im-pacted the family of Map Kong, our department and

the entire community.” Gieseke praised the of-ficers’ “skilled use of their training under pressure” and said results of the in-vestigation upheld the de-partment’s “philosophy on body cameras” and repu-tation for transparency. “This incident put us to the test,” the chief said. “Thank you to those who have been patient during the investigative process.” A report from the crim-inal division of the county attorney’s office summa-rized the shooting, which occurred shortly after 6:25 a.m. at the McDonald’s at 2901 Highway 13 W. The report included accounts of the BCA’s interviews with officers and others who saw Kong acting er-ratically.

Kong first appeared at the restaurant at 2:30 a.m. March 17 to use the drive-thru window. The night manager said Kong was scratching at his chest and appeared to be “tweak-ing.” He wouldn’t make eye contact, and the man-ager had to yell at him to give him his change, the report said. When the manager went out to his car at 3:30 and 4 a.m., Kong was still there, “rocking back and forth” in the driver’s seat. When the manager fin-ished his shift at 6:10 a.m., Kong was still there, rock-ing back and forth. Another employee who arrived at 5 a.m. ap-proached the vehicle and said Kong held a knife up near the car window. The

employee backed away. A restaurant customer who arrived at 5:30 a.m. noticed Kong and said his strange behavior con-tinued for another half hour. Another customer described him as “flop-ping all over” and moving “violently.” Another restaurant em-ployee called 911 at 6:16 a.m. and gave the phone to the first customer, who reported that Kong was jumping up and down and back and forth inside the car and waving a knife. The customer wasn’t cer-tain if Kong was alone in the car, the report said. A BCA agent inter-viewed one of Kong’s neighbors in Chaska, who said he had come over at 10 or 11 the night before.

Kong “yelled for (the neighbor) to let him in be-cause someone was trying to hurt him,” the report said. The neighbor de-scribed him as hallucinat-ing and acting “crazy.” Kong said he was “being followed by a female who was trying to hurt him,” the report said. He used the man’s shower for 10 minutes, then told him “the devil and ghosts” were in the house. The man said he’d never seen Kong this way and offered to take him to a hospital. Kong seemed scared, fled the house without socks or shoes and drove away. Toxicology tests re-vealed the drugs in his

system, the report said. He suffered 15 gunshot wounds to his head, neck, torso, right arm and right thigh. He had a graze gun-shot wound to his left fore-arm. Under state law, an al-lowed use of deadly force by a peace officer in the line of duty is to protect the officer and others from “apparent death or great bodily harm,” Backstrom said. Since 1990, it’s been the policy of his office to present deadly-force cases involving law enforcement officers to a grand jury to determine whether the use of deadly force was justi-fied under the law, he said.

SHOOTING, from 1A

Park. The Apple Valley American Legion, 14521 Granada Drive, is hosting festivi-ties on July 4, with a chicken barbecue starting at 11 a.m., with food, beverages, music, raffles and other activities until 5 p.m. The festival concludes in spectacular fashion July 4 with the Freedom Days parade starting at 1 p.m. at Fireside

Lane and Pennock Avenue. The Family Leisure Pre-Fireworks Party runs from 6-10 p.m. in Johnny Cake Ridge Park East with music, dancing, games and food vendors, followed at 10 p.m. by a fireworks show in the park. Visit avfreedomdays.com for the full schedule of events.

Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

FREEDOM, from 1A

LETTERS, from 4A

to create something very unique.” After 35 years, the team’s front office and players have outgrown their current facilities at Winter Park. Its locker rooms are small and con-fined, and its two outdoor practice fields don’t have space for spectators, Vi-kings officials say. The new headquarters will also bring team manage-ment and media under one roof. Vikings officials have previously predicted the new headquarters and practice facility would bring 175 jobs to Eagan and that the overall proj-ect could generate 6,500 jobs in addition to increas-

ing tourism and the city’s tax base. The development’s later phases, which would take place over the next 10 years, includes a mix of high-density housing, retail, office, mixed-use buildings, and a hotel and conference center. Small parks and greens spaces are planned throughout the development, which would be connected by a network of walking and bike trails. “The goal is for people to be able to park their car once and do multiple things. They can shop be-fore their doctor appoint-ment or get a cup of coffee during their work break,” said David Murphy, senior principal at Crawford Ar-chitects, a Kansas City,

Mo., firm hired by the Vi-kings. Hansen, who is a mem-ber of the Minnesota Valley Transit Authority Board, said he is hopeful that the project’s empha-sis on walkability will lead to the expansion of public transit in northern Eagan. Only one resident raised objections to the project during the public hearing. Several others expressed their support and excite-ment for the development. “Eagan is fortunate to have this opportunity as a corporate partner and neighbor,” said Ju-lie Manworren, president and CEO of Living Well, an Eagan-based nonprofit that serves people with disabilities. Living Well’s headquarters are currently

located to the west of the former Northwest Airlines site. The nonprofit has sold its property to the Minne-sota Vikings to include in its redevelopment plans and is currently searching for a larger office space in Eagan. When asked if the team plans to move its training camp from Mankato to Eagan, Vikings officials said the team doesn’t plan to do that at this time. The team’s contract with Minnesota State Univer-sity, Mankato extends into 2018.

Jessica Harper is at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

VIKINGS, from 1A

Letters


SportsSSC names all-conference baseball, softball teams The South Suburban Conference recently re-leased its all-conference baseball and softball teams. Following are the all-conference and honor-able mention selections:

BaseballAll-conference Apple Valley – Henry Luetje (sr.), Zach Parks (jr.), Justin Firpo (so.). Shakopee – Travis Larsen (sr.), Jacob Poppitz (sr.), Peter Hagstrom (sr.). Burnsville – Sam Carl-son (jr.), Kyle Ferderer (sr.), Colin Strey (sr.), Sam Schneider (sr.), Mike Schiller (sr.). Eastview – Riley John-son (sr.), Dylan Brend (sr.), Tommy Springer (so.), Kyle Calvert (sr.), Brady Miller (jr.). Lakeville North – Billy Riach (sr.), Joey Larson (sr.), Ross Bastyr (sr.), Nick Juaire (so.). Prior Lake – Nick Han-son (sr.), Lawson Zenner (sr.), Nick Raddatz (sr.). Eagan – Nathan Kuhn (sr.), Andy Walker (sr.). Lakeville South – Aus-tin Vandewiele (sr.), Jared Saufferer (sr.). Rosemount – Grif-fin Lanoue (jr.), Nathan Sprouls (sr.). Farmington – Sam Wil-son (jr.).Honorable mention Farmington – Dylan Bergstad (sr.), Mikey Fredrickson (so.). Rosemount – Danny Phyle (sr.), Will Nelson (sr.), Austin Valenzuela

(sr.). Lakeville South – Kelby Johnson (sr.), Joe McKib-ben (jr.). Eagan – Sam Schae-fer (jr.), Jack Husemann (jr.), Jordan Borman (sr.), Dane Miller (so.). Prior Lake – Austin Warren (sr.), Jimmy Lar-son (sr.), Garrett Guelt-zow (sr.). Lakeville North – Mitch Frederick (sr.), Tyler Fi-etek (jr.), Nick Spitt (so.). Eastview – Danny Ka-pala (jr.), Alex Lindstrom (jr.), Mason Hall (sr.). Burnsville – Noah Robb (sr.), Max Hanson (jr.),

Jackson Martens (jr.). Shakopee – Logan Becker (sr.), Matt Theis (sr.), Drew Hanbury (sr.). Apple Valley – Jacob Wegner (sr.), Matt Arens (sr.), Tayler Stanley (sr.).

SoftballAll-conference Apple Valley – Megan Munro (sr.), Dominique Dabu (sr.), Burnsville – Emily Carl-son (sr.), Angela Woll-muth (jr.). Eagan – Lindsey Har-ford (sr.), Taylor Luecke (jr.), Alyssa Jolliffe (jr.), Molly Swanberg (sr.).

Eastview – Sam Gall (sr.), Hailey Monroe (sr.), Abby Lien (so.). Farmington – Carly Esselman (sr.), Maddie Muelken (jr.), Caitie Dully (jr.). Lakeville North – Sarah Genz (jr.), Shayla Steinly (sr.). Lakeville South – Erin Cozad (sr.), Madison Rut-ter (sr.). Prior Lake – Angie Mc-Beain (sr.), Rocky Bjorge (sr.), Caitlin Stone (sr.), Jocelyn Kirk (so.). Rosemount – Meghan Olson (jr.), Danielle So-renson (so.), Gabby

Sprang (jr.). Shakopee – Sarah Ja-kovleski (jr.), Natalie Sta-mos (sr.).Honorable mention Apple Valley – Sabriya Passmore (9th), Rachel Niedelkorn (jr.), Jaycee Lentz (jr.). Burnsville – Bridget Armstrong (jr.), Megan Osterhaus (so.), Heidi Stewar (9th). Eagan – Samantha Sog-ge (jr.), Heidi Nelson (so.). Eastview – Jamie Reyn-olds (sr.), Grace Gall (so.), Jessi DeCovich (so.). Farmington – Nicole

Pierick (sr.), Emma Frost (so.), Olivia Hazelbaker (9th). Lakeville North – Amanda Moncelle (jr.), Paige Anderson (so.). Lakeville South – Mari-ah Uphoff (sr.), Michaela Thielen (sr.). Prior Lake – Madeline Larson (jr.), Abby Sagert (so.), Sydney Trees (so.). Rosemount – Shan-non Dawson (jr.), Ken-nedy Rieck (sr.), Vanessa Dougherty (sr.). Shakopee – Damara Theis (sr.), Megan Schmidt (jr.), Ashley Herold (9th).

Apple Valley sophomore Justin Firpo (above) and Eastview senior Hailey Monroe were among players named to the All-South Suburban Conference baseball and softball teams. (Photos by Mike Shaughnessy)

Notebook: state clay target tournament is Saturday

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


The final Minnesota State High School League-sponsored tournament of 2015-16 – the state clay target tourney – will be Saturday. Team competition starts at 9 a.m. and individual competi-tion begins at 3 p.m. at Minne-apolis Gun Club in Prior Lake. Teams and individuals qualify for the tournament though the Minnesota State High School Clay Target League’s annual tournament that ended Tues-day in Alexandria. More than 7,000 shooters were expected to compete in the clay target league’s event. Apple Valley won the Class 4A division at the state clay tar-get league tournament to qual-ify for Saturday’s state tourna-ment. The Eagles’ Kory Miller and Maggie Halstead were the male and female top guns in Class 4A, and Katie Vogel of Apple Valley was the junior varsity female top gun. Miller, Halstead, Ryan Baer, Bryant Mickelson, Caleb Er-landson, Eric Gunderson and Jordan Ellis will represent Ap-ple Valley at the state tourney. The field for the state tour-nament is not yet complete be-cause winners in the Class 8A competition had not been an-nounced as of presstime. Sever-al teams from the Sun Thisweek and Dakota County Tribune coverage area are in Class 8A, including Burnsville, Eastview, Farmington, Lakeville South and Lakeville North. Lakeville South won the 2015 state team championship. A skeet shooting tourna-ment, sponsored by the clay target league, takes place at 9 a.m. Sunday at the Min-neapolis Gun Club. Twenty-seven schools had skeet teams this spring including Lakeville South, which won last year’s skeet tournament. According to the clay tar-get league, more than 10,300 shooters competed this spring in trap and skeet.

Baseball all-stars The Minnesota High School All-Star Baseball Series has ex-panded to six teams and takes place this weekend in Chaska and Chanhassen. Several local players have been named to the Metro South all-star team, including Dylan Brend and Riley John-son of Eastview, Kyle Ferderer and Sam Schneider of Burns-ville, Nathan Kuhn and Andy Walker of Eagan, Henry Luetje

of Apple Valley, Jared Sauffer-er and Austin Vandewiele of Lakeville South, and Billy Ri-ach and Joey Larson of Lakev-ille North. Lakeville North as-sistant coach Eric Gassman is one of the Metro South coach-es. The format change cre-ated two new metro-area all-star teams. Now there are four teams representing the metro area, one representing north-ern Minnesota and one from southern Minnesota. The Metro South team is scheduled to play Metro East at 2:30 p.m. Friday at Chaska Ath-letic Park and faces the South all-stars at 7:05. The three other teams have pool play at Chanhassen High School. The event continues Saturday in Chaska with games at 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. For more in-formation, visit www.mshsbca.org.

Football in summer The final state high school all-star football game to be held in the summer is 1 p.m. Satur-day at St. Cloud State Univer-sity. After Saturday’s game, the event will change its date and location, moving to early De-cember at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. Saturday’s Minnesota Foot-ball Coaches Association Tackle Cancer All-Star Foot-ball Game will be the 54th high school all-star game in Minnesota, with the first being played in 1945. For the sixth consecutive year the game fea-tures North and South all-star teams, with the metro area es-sentially split in half to help stock both rosters. Lakeville North wide receiv-er Nick Fossey and quarter-back Drew Stewart will play for the South team, as will Burns-ville offensive lineman Jesse Orak and Eagan offensive line-man Nathan Nguon.

Girls lacrosse

All-State game Team Yellow defeated Team White 17-12 in the Minnesota High School Coaches Asso-ciation Girls Lacrosse All-State Game on Tuesday at Benilde-St. Margaret’s. Lakeville South teammates Chloe Crosby and Amanda Boisjolie scored two goals each for Team Yellow, while Ap-ple Valley’s Molly Moynihan scored for Team White.

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Wildcats win their last 2 at state lacrosseVictories over Tartan,

Anoka earn consolation trophy



Eagan’s second appearance in the state boys lacrosse tour-nament ended with the Wildcats taking home the consolation championship trophy. Winning two of three games in the state tournament also as-sured Eagan of finishing with a winning record (11-8), some-thing that seemed unlikely in early May when the Wildcats were 1-4 and beset by injuries. Eagan went 5-1 in the postsea-son, with the only loss coming against No. 1-seeded Lakeville North in the state tournament quarterfinals June 15 at Min-netonka High School. Lakeville North routed Ea-gan by 13 goals in late April as part of the Wildcats’ struggling start. It was closer at the state tournament, but North never trailed on its way to a 14-11 vic-

tory. Lakeville North led 13-6 with about seven minutes left to play before Eagan scored four consecutive goals to prevent the Panthers from coasting the rest of the way. Junior midfielder Brandon Wuertz scored four goals and took nine of the Wildcats’ 22 shots. Sophomore midfielder Andrew Chvatal scored three goals and junior attackman Aaron Propson scored two. Lakeville North went on to the championship game Satur-day before losing to Prior Lake 12-5 in an all-South Suburban Conference state final. Tartan lost only one game before the state tournament but fell to Wayzata 9-8 in the first round. That sent the Titans to a consolation semifinal game against Eagan, and the Wildcats exploded for 10 goals in the sec-ond half of their 15-7 victory June 16 at Chanhassen High School. Sophomore midfielder Isaac Peifer had four goals and one assist. Wuertz and Chvatal each scored three goals, and sopho-

more Cole Powell had a goal and three assists. Midfielder Alex Rude won 12 of 14 faceoffs and goalie Jack Courington made 13 saves. Eagan defeated Anoka 12-5 in the consolation champion-ship game Saturday at Min-netonka High, taking control of the game with five consecutive goals in the second quarter. Chvatal had his third con-secutive three-goal game in the state tournament. Peifer also scored three times, and Wuertz and Propson had two goals each. Courington stopped 18 of 23 Anoka shots. Eagan finished third at state in 2010, when four teams quali-fied for the tournament. The Wildcats lose 11 seniors from their state tournament ros-ter but will return several play-ers who had strong postseasons, including Chvatal, Peifer, Pow-ell, Wuertz and Courington.

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

South boys don’t want to peak at 2nd placeThree Eastview

players compete at state golf tournament



Lakeville South graduated four of the top six players from a boys golf team that finished second in the state tournament, but coach Kirk Reiners consid-ers it the start of something, not the end. “This is just the start of a journey,” Reiners said last week after the Cougars played in the state Class 3A tournament at Bunker Hills in Coon Rapids. “I made a statement at the banquet at the end of last season that the days of Lakeville South rebuild-ing are done. We just reload.” Reiners said about two dozen players either from the Lakev-ille South program or the junior program at Heritage Links were at Bunker Hills to watch the state tournament. The message was clear: That’s where they want to be someday. “This is not just about this year,” Reiners said. The Cougars were third in the 2015 Class 3A tourney be-fore their runner-up finish this year. Their ambition is to get to where teams such as Minneton-ka, Edina and Wayzata are now – contending for the state cham-pionship annually. Last week, they got to see

what that would require as Minnetonka shot 297 in both rounds of the tournament, and the Skippers’ 594 total won the Class 3A championship by 13 strokes. The Skippers’ Ben Si-gel had rounds of 67 and 72 for 5-under 139, winning the indi-vidual medal by six strokes. The Cougars’ 607 total wasn’t quite what Reiners was looking for, but certainly re-spectable given the conditions. They played through rain for much of the first round before storms halted play for the day with four South players having between one and four holes to complete. Those players had to return at 7:30 a.m. June 15 to finish their first round, then the Cougars returned to their ho-tel and waited several hours for their second-round tee times. “We got very close to posting the number I wanted,” Reiners said. “I would have taken 300-300–600. We got close. This Minnetonka team, they’re for real, and hats off to them.” Two Lakeville South players, junior Tanner Sperling and se-nior Noah Rasinski, had top-10 finishes. Sperling tied for fifth place with two rounds of 74 and a 148 total. Rasinski shot 73-76–149, good for a tie for 10th. “Historically, I haven’t done that well here,” said Sperling, who tied for 33rd in the 2015 state tournament. “The key is driving. It’s kind of a bombers’ course. If you can hit it long and

straight you’ll have an advan-tage, because you’ll have wedges into the par-4s and long and mid irons into the par-5s.” Senior Matt Mills tied for 32nd with 76-79–155. Trey Sheehan, also a senior, shot 83-75–158 to tie for 44th. Senior Drew Kairis shot 80-81–161 to tie for 62nd and junior William Moore tied for 65th with 82-81–163.

Class 3A individuals Lakeville North sophomore Megan Welch shot 71, the low-est score on the second day of the Class 3A girls state tourna-ment at Bunker Hills, to tie for second place. Welch was tied for 13th after a 78 in the opening round June 14. Two other players shot 71 (2 under par) during the tourna-ment – Taylor Ledwein of New Prague and Cayla Kim of Still-water, both of whom did it in the first round. Ledwein went on to win the girls individual championship with 71-72–143. Eastview senior Hayley Christensen tied for 56th with 86-89–175. Eastview junior Luke Doo-little shot 81 in the second round to tie for 32nd in the boys tourney with a 155 total. Doo-little was tied for eighth after the opening round. Jake Reller, a senior from Eastview, tied for 26th with 76-78–154.



LEGAL NOTICES

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in conditions of the following described mort-gage:

DATE OF MORTGAGE: December 17, 2002MORTGAGOR: Kristine M.

Caffey f/k/a Kristine M. Torres and Marty J. Caffey, wife and husband.

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-tronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Ryland Mortgage Company

DATE AND PLACE OF RE-CORDING: Recorded October 9, 2003 Dakota County Recorder, Document No. 2121873 and Cor-rected by Corrective Mortgage Dated: 12/17/2002 and Record-ed: 5/14/2015 as Document No. 3066798.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: Bank of America, N.A., successor by merg-er with BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP f/k/a Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP. Dated September 23, 2011 Recorded November 9, 2011, as Document No. 2829804.

TRANSACTION AGENT: Mort-gage Electronic Registration Sys-tems, Inc.

TRANSACTION AGENT’S MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE:

100050500007328848LENDER OR BROKER AND

MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE:

Ryland Mortgage CompanyRESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE

SERVICER: Carrington Mortgage Services LLC

MORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-DRESS: 6705 Folkestone Road, Apple Valley, MN 55124

TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 013215005215LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF

PROPERTY:Unit No. 215, Hawthorne, CIC

No. 368, according to the recorded plat thereof, Dakota County, Min-nesota.

Together with the benefits con-tained in Declaration for CIC No. 368, dated May 10, 2002, filed September 23, 2002 as Document No. 1938601

COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Dakota

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $187,350.00

AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NO-TICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY MORTGAGEE:

$183,088.94That prior to the commence-

ment of this mortgage foreclosure proceeding Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee complied with all notice requirements as required by stat-ute; That no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or other-wise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof;

PURSUANT to the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows:

DATE AND TIME OF SALE: July 26, 2016 at 10:00 AMPLACE OF SALE: Sheriff’s Of-

fice, Law Enforcement Center, 1580 Hwy 55, Lobby #S-100, Hast-ings, MN to pay the debt then se-cured by said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs and disbursements, includ-ing attorneys’ fees allowed by law subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns unless reduced to Five (5) weeks under MN Stat. §580.07.

TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise pro-vided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must va-cate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed un-der section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on January 26, 2017, unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next week-day, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.

MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED

FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE: None

“THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAG-OR’S PERSONAL REPRESEN-TATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMIN-ING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREM-ISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICUL-TURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.”

Dated: May 20, 2016Bank of America, N.A.Mortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-EBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-688885-15-010068 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

Published in theApple Valley Sun ThisweekMay 27, June 3, 10, 17, 24,

July 1, 2016553905

NOTICE OF SALEOF PERSONAL PROPERTY

TO SATISFY LIEN THEREONNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

the personal property described as follows: 2008 Skyline Manufac-tured Home, VIN # X3310630WBA, currently located at 12295 Geneva Court, Apple Valley, Minnesota 55124, together with all miscel-laneous personal property located therein

will be sold at public auction by the Dakota County Sheriff on the 26th day of July, 2016 at 10:00 A.M., at Cedar Knolls Community Office, 12571 Garland Avenue, in the city of Apple Valley, County of Dakota, State of Minnesota, to pay and satisfy a lien which is claimed to be due thereon of all parties listed with the Minnesota Driver & Vehicles Services as the “OWNER” being listed as Christopher Patrick Herzog (05/14/1974) of the afore-mentioned home, thereof to: Realty Systems - Arizona, Inc., in the sum of Three-Thousand, One Hundred, Eighty-Seven Dollars and 00/100 ($3,187.00) computed to the day of said sale, exclusive of the ex-penses of said sale and of the ad-vertising thereof, together with the necessary expenses of advertising and making said sale; and that the grounds of said lien are storage of and care for tenant’s personal property remaining on landlord’s premises following abandonment by tenant.

Dated: June 20, 2016Robert F. McEvoy, Agent Realty Systems - Arizona Inc.

Published in theApple Valley Sun Thisweek

June 24, July 1, 8, 2016564882

CITY OF APPLE VALLEYNOTICE OF

PUBLIC HEARINGPROPOSED AMENDMENT

TO THE PARK DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS IN THE CITY OF APPLE VALLEYNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

the City Council of the City of Apple Valley, Dakota County, Minnesota, will meet at the Municipal Center, 7100 147th Street West, on Thurs-day, July 14, 2016, at 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as possible. The purpose of the meeting is to hold a public hearing on a proposed amendment to the Apple Valley park dedication requirements. The proposed amendment relates to the benchmark value of raw land for single family.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that these proceedings are insti-tuted by the City of Apple Valley. All interested parties will be given an opportunity to be heard at said time and place.

DATED this 21st day of June, 2016./s/ Pamela J. Gackstetter City Clerk


June 24, 2016565192


NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in the conditions of a mortgage dated November 16, 2001, executed by Tracy L. Gunderson and Joseph D. Woodford, as mortgagor(s) to Firstar Bank, N.A. as mortgagee in the original principal amount of One Hundred Eighty-seven Thou-sand Two Hundred ($187,200.00) Dollars, recorded with the Dakota County Recorder, State of Minne-sota, on February 14, 2002, as doc. no. 1863025; that all pre-foreclo-sure requirements have been com-plied with; that no action or pro-ceeding has been instituted at law to recover any part of the debt se-cured by said mortgage; that there is claimed to be due thereon the sum of One Hundred Ninety-one Thousand One Hundred Thirteen and 90/100 ($191,113.90) Dollars on this date; and that pursuant to the power of sale therein the mort-gage will be foreclosed and the property in Dakota County, Minne-sota, described as follows:

Real property in Dakota County, Minnesota, described as follows: Lot 6, Block 4, Sunshine Estates. Subject to all easements, cov-enants, conditions, reservations, leases and restrictions of record. All legal highways, all rights of way, all zoning, building and other laws, ordinances and regulations, all rights of tenants in possession, and all real estate taxes and assess-ments not yet due and payable.

Being the same property con-veyed by deed recorded in docu-ment no. 1512333, of the Dakota County, Minnesota records.

Property address: 12520 Ever-est Trail, Apple Valley, MN 55124

Parcel I.D. #: 01.73200.04.060will be sold by the sheriff of said

county at public auction on August 30, 2016, at 10:00 o’clock A.M. at Sheriff’s Office, Law Enforcement Center, 1580 Highway 55, Hast-ings, Minnesota, to pay the debt secured by the mortgage, including costs and attorneys’ fees allowed by law subject to redemption by the mortgagor(s), their heirs or assigns, within six (6) months from the date of sale. The mortgagor(s) must vacate the property on or before 11:59 p.m. on February 28, 2017 (if that date is a Saturday, Sunday or holiday, then the date to vacate is the next date thereafter which is not a Saturday, Sunday or holiday), if (i) the mortgage is not reinstated under §580.30, or (ii) the property is not redeemed under §580.23.

THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAG-OR’S PERSONAL REPRESEN-TATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESI-DENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICUL-TURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.Dated: June 20, 2016 U.S. Bank National Association, successor by merger to Firstar Bank, N.A.Ralph L. Moore, STEIN & MOORE, P.A., Attorneys for Mortgagee, 332 Minnesota Street, #W-1650St. Paul, MN 55101 (651) 224-9683


June 24, July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 2016565325




DATE OF MORTGAGE: December 10, 2010MORTGAGOR: Jeffrey S. Ham-

mill, a married man.MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-

tronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Ryland Mortgage Company

DATE AND PLACE OF RE-

CORDING: Recorded December 28, 2010 Dakota County Recorder, Document No. 2775070.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: Bank of America, N.A., successor by merg-er to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP f/k/a Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP. Dated December 13, 2011 Recorded December 27, 2011, as Document No. 2838715. And thereafter assigned to: Ryland Mortgage Company. Dated March 18, 2015 Recorded March 23, 2015, as Document No. 3057622 and by Assignment of Mortgage Dated: 4/14/2014 and Record-ed: 4/25/2014 as Document No. 3008612.

TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registra-

tion Systems, Inc.TRANSACTION AGENT’S

MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE: 100050500009398856

LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: Ryland Mortgage Company

RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: LoanCare, LLC

MORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-DRESS: 15889 Eastbend Way, Apple Valley, MN 55124


PROPERTY:Lot 1, Block 4, of Cobblestone

Lake South Shore 3rd Addition, ac-cording to the recorded plat there-of, Dakota County, Minnesota



AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NO-TICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY MORTGAGEE: $346,668.57

That prior to the commence-ment of this mortgage foreclosure proceeding Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee complied with all notice requirements as required by stat-ute; That no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or other-wise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof;


DATE AND TIME OF SALE: July 19, 2016 at 10:00 AMPLACE OF SALE: S h e r i f f ’ s

Office, Law Enforcement Center, 1580 Hwy 55, Lobby #S-100, Hast-ings, MN to pay the debt then se-cured by said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs and disbursements, includ-ing attorneys’ fees allowed by law subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns unless reduced to Five (5) weeks under MN Stat. §580.07.


MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE: None

“THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAG-OR’S PERSONAL REPRESEN-TATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMIN-ING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREM-ISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICUL-TURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.”Dated: May 16, 2016Ryland Mortgage CompanyMortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-

EBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-6888100-16-002805 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.


July 1, 2016553770

CITY OF APPLE VALLEYDAKOTA COUNTY,

MINNESOTA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING

ORDINANCENOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the Planning Commission of the City of Apple Valley, Dakota County, Minnesota, will meet at the Municipal Center, 7100 147th Street West, on Wednesday, July 6, 2016, at 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as possible. The purpose of the meeting is to hold a public hearing on a proposed amendment to Planned Development No. 703/zone 6 (Article 28), Appendix F of Chapter 155 of the Apple Valley Code of Ordinances. The proposed amendment relates to a request for an increase in the number of as-sisted living units in a continuum of care facility from its current 15% to 30% to the total number of units provided.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that these proceedings are institut-ed by action of South Shore Devel-opment and Presbyterian Homes and Services. All interested parties will be given an opportunity to be heard at said time and place.

DATED this 16th day of June, 2016.Pamela J. GackstetterCity Clerk


June 24, 2016564004

CITY OF APPLE VALLEYDAKOTA COUNTY,

MINNESOTANOTICE OF PUBLIC

HEARING PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning Commission of the City of Apple Valley, Dakota County, Minnesota, will meet at the Munici-pal Center, 7100 W. 147th Street, on Wednesday, July 6, 2016, at 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as possible. The purpose of the meet-ing is to hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to Chapter 155 of the City Code of Ordinances by adding Section 155.500. The proposed amendment relates to temporary family health care dwellings in residential districts and the provisions of Minn. Stat. § 462.3593 (Laws 2016, Chapter 111, Section 3).

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that these proceedings are insti-tuted by action of the City of Apple Valley.

All interested parties will be given an opportunity to be heard at said time and place.

DATED this 20th day of June, 2016.By: /s/ Pamela J. Gackstetter City Clerk


June 24, 2016564759




DATE OF MORTGAGE: May 9, 2014MORTGAGOR: William F. Nae-

gely and Jacqueline Naegely, hus-band and wife.

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-tronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Tradition Mortgage, LLC.

DATE AND PLACE OF RE-CORDING: Recorded May 16, 2014 Dakota County Recorder,

Document No. 3011617.ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-

GAGE: Assigned to: Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC. Dated April 4, 2016 Recorded April 27, 2016, as Document No. 3124616.

TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registra-

tion Systems, Inc.TRANSACTION AGENT’S

MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE:

1004184-0504093770-3LENDER OR BROKER AND

MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE:

Tradition Mortgage, LLCRESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE

SERVICER: M&T BankMORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-

DRESS: 14329 Estates Avenue, Apple Valley, MN 55124


PROPERTY:Lot 35, Block 1, Pilot Knob Es-

tates Ninth Addition, Dakota Coun-ty, Minnesota



AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NO-TICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY MORTGAGEE:

$127,238.76That prior to the commence-

ment of this mortgage foreclosure proceeding Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee complied with all notice requirements as required by stat-ute; That no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or other-wise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof;


DATE AND TIME OF SALE: July 19, 2016 at 10:00 AMPLACE OF SALE: Sheriff’s Of-

fice, Law Enforcement Center, 1580 Hwy 55, Lobby #S-100, Hast-ings, MN to pay the debt then se-cured by said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs and disbursements, includ-ing attorneys’ fees allowed by law subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns unless reduced to Five (5) weeks under MN Stat. §580.07.


MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE: None

“THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAG-OR’S PERSONAL REPRESEN-TATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMIN-ING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREM-ISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICUL-TURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.”

Dated: May 16, 2016Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLCMortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-EBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-688837-16-002994 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.


July 1, 2016553765


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ACCOUNTING FULL TIMEAccounts Payable and General AccountingPleasant Office in Prior Lake. 8-5Excellent Pay and bene-fits. Please send resume to: [email protected]

Class A CDL Regional/OTR Flat Bed Drivers needed. Flat bed drivers home weekends. $4000 Hiring Bonus. Excellent Benefits! Will consider

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CUSTODIANAll Saints Church & SchoolMust be organized self-starter w/attention to de-tails. Resp. incl. maintain-ing cleanliness of church/school facilities & grounds; coordination & implemen-tation of event setup/take down. Exp. pref’d. Hrs: M-F 11:30am – 8pm. Apps available in church office, or submit via email to:[email protected] - No calls please

Customer Service Representative for local insurance agency. Prefer insurance license for prop-erty/casualty. Responsi-bilities include answering phone, taking payments, resolving customer con-cerns and sales as neces-sary. Please email resume

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DRIVER WANTED Class A Must be 21 yrs. old, 2 yrs. tractor /trailer experience. Based in Eagan, MN; driv-ing late model Peterbilt day cab tractors, no week-ends, home every night. Rail experience a plus. Competitive hourly wage with health benefits & 401k plan available. Call Greg or Kathy at 651-686-7221 /Citi-Cargo -Staff Services.

Journeyman PlumberFarmington Plumbing & Heating is looking for an experienced Journeyman Plumber for new home construction & service calls. Must be able to work independently. Wages DOQ. For more info call Laura or Dan 651-463-7824

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RN & LPN Openings International Quality Homecare Corp seeking p/t & f/t Nurses to work with complex homec-are clients in Eagan, MN. Competitive Pay + Bene-fits: RN $35/hr LPN $28/hr. Apply Online: http://www.alphaiqh.com/careers.htm or call Leslie(507) 252-8117


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5540 Healthcare

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Janitorial CleanerMultiple Shifts Available. Savage, 2 hrs per night af-ter 5:30pm, 5 days a week. Lakeville, 3-4 hr shifts, 3-5 days/wk, evening & day. $11/hr to start. Call Mike & leave msg. 952-758-4238

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Reimbursed Senior Volunteers

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theater and arts briefs

theater and arts calendar

Eagan Art Festival this weekend The 22nd annual Eagan Art Festival runs 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 25, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 26, in Central Park, 1501 Central Parkway, Eagan. The free, family-friendly event hosts a juried art show of 100 artists, en-tertainment, art demonstra-tions and community art activities. Preview the entertain-ment schedule and the ac-tivities for kids at http://www.eaganartfestival.org.

Riverwalk Market Fair Music by Neil Rowley, fresh local produce and ar-tisan foods, arts and crafts,

and a free children’s activ-ity sponsored by Vintage Band Festival will be fea-tured at Riverwalk Market Fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 25, in down-town Northfield’s Bridge Square. For more informa-tion, visit www.RiverwalkMarketFair.org.

Tribute to Michael Jackson Damian Brantley pays tribute to the King of Pop in “Remember The Time – Tribute to Michael Jack-son” 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19, and Saturday, Aug. 20, at the Mystic Showroom in Prior Lake. Brantley performs in the award-winning live tribute show Legends in Concert. He took two years to com-pletely hone his talent of looking and sounding like

To submit items for the Arts Calendar, email: darcy.

[email protected].

Books Mystery writers work-shop, 1-4 p.m. Saturday, June 25, Barnes & Noble, 1291 Promenade Place, Eagan. Led by author Marilyn Jax. Free. In-formation: marilynjax.com.

Call for Artists The Dakota County Public Art Citizen Advisory Commit-tee is seeking original works of art for its sixth Community Art Exhibition. Theme of the ex-hibit is “Landscapes of Dakota County.” Artists 8 years old and older living in Dakota County can submit original two-di-mensional art that meets the committee’s criteria outlined online. One entry per person is allowed. The submission dead-line is July 8. For a complete list of criteria that submissions must meet, visit www.dako-tacounty.us and search “art exhibit.” To learn more, contact Jean Erickson at 651-438-4286 or [email protected].

Events Rosemount ArtBlast, June 18-26. Information: http://www.

the pop legend. “The most difficult thing wasn’t sounding like Jack-son or dancing like him, but it was doing both at the same time,” said Brantley. Tickets go on sale 10 a.m. Saturday, June 25, for $23 and $32. Visit mysticlake.com for more details.

Mystery writers workshop Mystery author Marilyn Jax will lead a free mystery writers workshop 1-4 p.m. Saturday, June 25, at the Barnes & Noble in Eagan. Jax spent close to 20 years as a fraud investigator with the state of Minnesota before turning her attention to mystery writing. At the workshop, Jax will focus on secrets for crafting mystery tales — touching on plots, charac-ters, clues, and twists and turns. Attendees will hone their new skills through writing exercises. A ques-tion-and-answer session will be included. The workshop is ap-propriate for writers of all levels, and there’s no cost to attend. The Eagan Barnes & Noble is at 1291 Prom-enade Place. Jax has two more work-shops planned at Barnes and Noble for 2016 – Oct. 22 (Edina) and Oct. 29 (Ea-gan). For more informa-tion, visit marilynjax.com.

Eagan student in Circus Juventas Eagan student Amelia Lloyd is starring in Circus Juventas’ “Wonderland” this summer, commemorat-ing the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonder-land.” The production runs July 28 to Aug. 14 at 1270 Montreal Ave., St. Paul. Tickets go on sale June 27 through Ticketworks (www.ticketworks.com), 612-343-3390, or by calling the Circus Juventas box of-fice, 651-699-8229.

Voices of the Valley Voices of the Valley is a Cannon Valley Trail inter-pretative program that runs 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays to assist visitors’ explora-tion and understanding of the Cannon River Valley. Resource persons are avail-able on Saturdays from May through September, weather permitting. Trail events are scheduled at 26674 144th Ave. Way, Welch. All are welcome, not just bikers. July 2 – Rod Johnson, archaeologist, displays ar-tifacts and demonstrates “flint knapping.” July 9 – Brenda Owens and Lee Mensinger play gui-tar and sing. July 16 – Merchants

Bank Cannon Falls provides goodies. July 23 – Perkins Red Wing provides treats. July 30 – Goodhue County Dairy Association’s Dairy Princesses are on hand to greet everyone and hand out treats. Information: https://can-nonvalleytrail.com/voices-of-the-valley/.

Comedy at Mystic Lake Chris Porter and feature act Gabe Noah will take the Mystic Comedy Club stage 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday, July 8, and Saturday, July 9, at Mystic Lake in Prior Lake. Best known for finishing third on season 4 of “Last Comic Standing,” Porter has also been featured in his own “Comedy Central Presents” special and “Live at Gotham.” He has been a touring comic since the age of 23. Born and raised in Kansas City, Porter brings laughter drawn from his own experience and obser-vations. Noah is a regular in clubs across the Midwest and was voted “Best Comic” by his peers in Minneapo-lis at The Reapies comedy awards. He’s been invited to perform at festivals across North America. As a found-ing member of The Tur-keys, dubbed a “comedy boy band super group” by City Pages, Noah’s work has been featured on the front page of Cracked.com and

is on the MyDamnChannel.com comedy network. Tickets are $19. Mature audiences only. Contact the box office at 952-445-9000 or visit mysticlake.com for details.

MST3K reunion at Carmike The 20th RiffTrax Live event with an exclusive Mys-tery Science 3000 Reunion show will be shown live at Carmike 15 Theatres in Ap-ple Valley 7 p.m. Thursday, June 28, followed by a spe-cial re-broadcast 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 12. Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett celebrate 10 years of Riff-Trax with a night of riffing and comedy with most of the original Mystery Science Theater 3000 stars. Joining the trio live from the State Theater in Min-neapolis will be MST3K creator Joel Hodgson (Joel Robinson), Trace Beau-lieu (Dr. Clayton Forrester, Crow T. Robot), Frank Conniff (TV’s Frank), Mary Jo Pehl (Pearl Forrester), Bridget Nelson (Nuveena, Mr. B Natural), and the host of the revived MST3K, Jo-nah Ray (“The Nerdist Pod-cast” and “The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail”) and more. Tickets for the showing are $15. Call 952-431-4859 or visit https://www.carmike.com for more informa-tion.

rosemountarts.com. Elko New Market Fire Rescue Days, June 23-26. In-formation: www.ci.enm.mn.us. Pizza in the Village, 5:30-8:15 p.m. Friday, June 24, Da-kota City Heritage Village, 4008 220th St. W., Farmington. Infor-mation: dakotacity.org or 651-460-8050. Eagan Art Festival, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 25, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 26, Central Park, 1501 Central Parkway, Eagan. Infor-mation: www.eaganartfestival.org. Apple Valley Freedom Days, June 27 to July 4. Infor-mation: www.avfreedomdays.com/. Eagan July 4th Funfest, July 2-4. Information: www.eaganfunfest.org. Lakeville Pan-O-Prog, July 4-10. Information: www.panoprog.org. Rock and Rockets, 5 p.m. Monday, July 4, Mystic Lake, Prior Lake. Features fireworks display, food trucks, live music. Information: mysticlake.com/rockandrockets.

Exhibits The Rosemount Area Arts Council is exhibiting works of Rita Corrigan and Cheryl Kluen-der, along with a photo exhibit from members of the Minne-sota Valley Photography Club titled “Bridges,” through the end of June in the Steeple Cen-ter, 14375 S. Robert Trail, Rose-mount. Free. Hours: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Fri-day. The “Out and About” and “Color in Commons” exhib-its run June 16-July 16 at the Northfield Art Guild’s Center for the Arts, 304 Division St. S., Northfield. An artist recep-tion is 7-9 p.m. Friday, June 24. Information: www.northfieldartsguild.org.

Music Music in Kelley Park fea-turing Riverside Swing Band, 6-9 p.m. Friday, June 24, at Kelley Park, 6855 Fortino St., Apple Valley. Free. Food and beverages available for pur-chase. Information: http://avartsfoundation.org/. American Bootleg (clas-sic rock, pop, punk, funk), 6-8 p.m. Friday, June 24, as part of the Summer Fun Series, Twin Cities Premium Outlets, 3965 Eagan Outlets Parkway, Eagan. Special guest appearance by Elizabeth Ries of “Twin Cities Live.” Free. Information: 612-444-8850.

Buddy Guy with Matt An-dersen, 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 24, in the amphitheater at the Minnesota Zoo as part of U.S. Bank FlexPerks Rewards Music in the Zoo. Tickets: $66, $78.50 VIP box seat. Information: http://suemclean.com/. Music in the Parks, 6-8 p.m. Sunday, June 26, White-tail Woods Regional Park am-phitheater, 17100 Station Trail, Farmington. All ages. Free. Styx, 8 p.m. Sunday, June 26, Mystic Lake, Prior Lake. Tickets: $49 and $59. Infor-mation: 952-496-6563 or mysticlake.com. South of the River Com-munity Band, 7 p.m. Thursday, June 30, at Central Park amphi-theater, 2893 145th St., Rose-mount. Part of the Summer Music in the Park series. Bring a blanket or lawn chair for seat-ing. Free. Call 651-322-6020 and select option 6 to check for cancelation due to inclement weather. The Blutopians, blues, 7 p.m. Thursday, June 30, as part of Music in the Park at Ram-bling River Park, 117 Elm St., Farmington. Free. In case of bad weather, the concert will be at Farmington City Hall, second floor, 430 Third St. Morris Day and The Time, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 30, in the amphitheater at the Minne-sota Zoo as part of U.S. Bank FlexPerks Rewards Music in the Zoo. Tickets: $50, $62.50 VIP box seat. Information: http://suemclean.com/. The Jayhawks, 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 1, in the amphithe-ater at the Minnesota Zoo as part of U.S. Bank FlexPerks Re-wards Music in the Zoo. Tick-ets: $47, $59.50 VIP box seat. Information: http://suemclean.com/. Bruce Hornsby and The Noisemakers, 7:30 p.m. Satur-day, July 2, in the amphitheater at the Minnesota Zoo as part of U.S. Bank FlexPerks Rewards Music in the Zoo. Tickets: $48, $60.50 VIP box seat. Informa-tion: http://suemclean.com/. Smorgasboard (polka), 7 p.m. on July 3 as part of Sun-day Night Music in the Park at Nicollet Commons Park, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Free.

Theater “The Wizard of Oz,” pre-sented by Children’s Castle Theater, 7 p.m. June 24-25 and 2 p.m. June 25-26, Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holy-oke Ave., Lakeville. Tickets: $13 adults, $10 age 60 and older or 10 and younger, $8 balcony, at

www.LakevilleAreaArtsCenter.com or by phone at 952-985-4640. “The Compleat Wrks of Willm Shakespr (Abridged),” 6:30 p.m. Sunday, June 26, at Caponi Art Park’s Theater in the Woods outdoor amphithe-ater, 1220 Diffley Road, Eagan. Cost: $5 donation; no one will be turned away. Information: www.caponiartpark.org.

Workshops/classes/other Yoga at the Brewhouse, an all-level slow flow yoga class by Goswami Yoga, 10 a.m. Sunday, June 26, Nutmeg Bre-whouse, 1905 County Road 42 W., Burnsville. Cost: $10. Reg-ister at https://squareup.com/store/goswami-yoga. Informa-tion: www.goswamiyoga.com. Preparing artwork for ex-hibit workshop presented by Wet Paint Artists’ Materials and Framing, 6-8 p.m. Friday, July 22, at the Eagan Art House. Free. Information: [email protected] or 651-675-5521. Watch Me Draw Art Stu-dio, 20908 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville, classes: Ladies Night Out, 6-8 p.m. the second and fourth Friday of the month, cre-ate a 9x12 acrylic painting, $30. Date Night Painting, 6-8 p.m. the first and third Friday of the month, choose to paint individ-ual canvases or one large can-vas, age 21 and older, $55 per couple includes light appetiz-ers. Coffee & Canvas, 9-11 a.m. Wednesdays, $25 per class. In-formation: www.watchmedraw.net or 952-469-1234. Yoga classes at Precision and Flow Pilates, 13708 Coun-ty Road 11, Burnsville. Candle-light Yoga, 7-8 p.m. Thursdays, $20. Drop in or sign up at www.precisionandflowpilates.com. Kind Hearts Princess School offers a variety of fun Christian summer classes for girls and boys ages 3-14 in-cluding Bible Ballerinas, Da-vid’s Mighty Men, Ballet Jazz Fusion Pretty Princess inside & out, Tap & Praise and more. Tuesday-Thursday camps are held in Burnsville June-Au-gust. For a complete summer schedule, email Miss Karin at [email protected] or call 952-688-9348. Teen Poetry Jam/Rap Bat-tle, 4-5 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at Apple Valley Teen Center, 14255 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley, 952-953-2385. Ages 12-18.

Obituaries

Anniversaries

Jack and Harriet Becker

Jack and Harriet cel-ebrated their 55th Wed-ding Anniversary on June 16th, 2016. They have 3 children, 7 grandchildren, and 1 great-grandchild!

Their everlasting love for each other is a joy to witness day in and day out. Much love from your family.

Wayne and Marvel Murphey

Happy 65th Anniver-sary, Mom and Dad, on June 30th. You two are such great examples and we love you so very much!

Deb, Tom, Diane, Wayne, Brian, Jennifer, Grant, Emma, Holly, Tami, Taylor, Ella, Carter, Pressly, Denise, Dustin, Dawn, Bob, Anna and Erin


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Railroads the engine behind artist’s workJohn Cartwright

is featured artist at Eagan

Art Festival by Andrew Miller


John Cartwright’s in-terest in railroads was fostered at an early age. An illustrator who specializes in railroads and trains from the past, Cartwright comes from a family steeped in the culture of railroads. His father worked for the Great Northern Railway, and his mom worked for the St. Paul Union Depot. Both his grandfathers also worked for Great North-ern. “Railroading was changing during my for-mative years — many fewer passenger trains, no depots and ca-booses, and many less miles of track — and I grasped that,” said the Shoreview-based art-ist. “Changes are always fun to record, hence my interest in documenting the rail history of the 1960s and 1970s.” Cartwright, who’s had a booth at the Eagan Art Festival each year for about the past 10 years, has been named the fea-tured artist at this year’s festival, which runs June 25-26 in the city’s Cen-tral Park. One of Cart-wright’s illustrations adorns the brochure for this year’s festival. What he’ll have on offer in his booth at the festival are reproduc-tions of the nearly 550 ink drawings he’s com-pleted since taking up railroad illustrations.

Cartwright, who said his goal is to promote and preserve the region’s transportation heritage, bases his illustrations on old photographs — either photos he took himself 20-30 years ago, or photos obtained from books and museums. Nearly all his draw-ings are 10-by-14 inches and, after the initial pen-cil sketch, are made with technical pens and India ink. He makes some mi-nor alterations to the original images — rear-ranging some of the ele-ments, leaving out items such as cars. “I sometimes add trains to my artwork based on research of what operated in the time period represent-ed,” he said. “I sell art-works to a lot of train buffs and they know ev-ery detail so I have to be very accurate.” Getting the details right takes time. Cart-wright said he spends about 40-50 hours on each of his drawings. “However, I work on many works at once and they sometimes take years to complete,” he said.

John Cartwright, a Shoreview-based illustrator who’s been named the featured artist at this year’s Eagan Art Festival, specializes in railroad illustrations. He’s completed nearly 550 ink drawings of trains and train stations in his career. “I got interested in railroads at a very early age — under 5 — after being exposed to it from both parents,” he said. “My father worked for the Great Northern Railway and my mother worked for the St. Paul Union Depot.”

More about the artist can be found at his web-site, www.artrail.com.

Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

The Riverside Swing Band is set to perform two free concerts this weekend in Apple Valley and Eagan. The Twin Cities-based six-piece band is bringing its blend of jazz, swing and blues to Apple Valley on Friday, June 24, as part of the summerlong Music in Kelley Park concert series hosted by the Apple Valley Arts Foundation. Admission is free to the 6-9 p.m. concert in the park, located at Founders Lane and West 153rd Street in Apple Valley’s Central Village, where vendors will offer festival food along with beer and wine. The band will also perform at 11:45 a.m. Saturday, June 25, as part of the weekend-long en-tertainment lineup at the Eagan Art Festival, which is held at the city’s Central Park, 1501 Central Parkway. More about the band is at Facebook.com/river-sideswingband. (Photo submitted)

Swinging into the south metro

John Cartwright


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