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Symphony in the woodsThe Dakota Valley Summer Pops Orchestra and Chorale is set to perform July 12 at Caponi Art Park in Eagan.

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Reader feedbackEducation columnist Joe Nathan responds to reader concerns about his recent columns involving how to deal with college costs.

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Roundabout over budgetDakota County’s multi-lane roundabout at county roads 50 and 60 in Lakeville is almost $2 million over budget.

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FREEDOM DAYS PARADE

Above: Clowns from the Zuhrah Funsters added some levity to Apple Valley’s Fourth of July Freedom Days parade, which began at Pennock Avenue and Fireside Drive and headed north to its finishing point at Apple Valley High School. The event featured a colorful mix of area marching bands, cheerleading squads, civic organizations and other groups.

At left: The Eastview High School marching band was among the event’s many participants. More photos from the parade can be found on Page 2A and at SunThisweek.com.

(Photos by Andrew Miller)

AV chamber manager named president in Hastings by Andrew Miller

SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

The Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce is bidding farewell to its business manager Kristy Barse, who has been named presi-dent of the Hastings Area Cham-ber of Commerce. Barse, who has served with the Apple Valley chamber for three years, will replace Michelle Ja-cobs, president of the Hastings chamber for more than two de-

cades. Ed Kearney, Apple Valley chamber president, said Barse has had a “huge impact” in her three years as business manager, overseeing the chamber’s weekly and annual events, finances, of-fice management, fundraising and membership. During her time at the Apple Valley chamber, Barse helped lead the chamber’s Next Leaders Group of Young Professionals, as well as overseeing the ambas-

sador program. “Our members know her as one of the nicest people around and every-one loves her,” Kearney said. “We will really miss her. We were privileged to have had Kristy’s tal-ent for three years and are proud that Hastings will soon recognize they have hired one of the top up-and-coming community leaders south of the river.”

Barse, who attended Apple Valley High School and St. Catherine Univer-sity, started her career with Lifetouch before spending six years in Alexandria, Minn., working in event planning and fundraising. The married mother of one is now expecting her

second child.

Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

Kristy Barse

GARAGE reopening as music-only venue

First show is Saturday; recording studio under construction

Jack Kolb-Williams of Twin Cities Catalyst Music stood in the new recording studio of The GARAGE in Burns-ville. The studio is still under construction. (Photo by John Gessner)

by John GessnerSUN THISWEEK

DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

When The GARAGE held one last concert be-fore closing its doors last Dec. 20, some local scenesters worried that the Twin Cities’ premier all-ages music club was his-tory. Their worries are over. The Burnsville venue will reopen Saturday, July 11, at 4:30 p.m. for a multi-band show headlined by local rockers Time Atlas. The city-owned GA-RAGE is now leased and managed by the non-profit Twin Cities Catalyst Music, which has shows booked through August. No longer will the venue double as a city-run youth center during the week with concerts on the weekends. The after-school activities moved this past school year to nearby Nicollet Junior High and were run by the Burnsville Youth Col-laborative, a partnership between the city, School District 191 and the Burnsville YMCA. Youth activities are continuing this summer. The GARAGE, mean-while, is undergoing a $250,000 renovation whose centerpiece is a re-cording studio that will be available to District 191 music students and the public — including hun-gry young bands that have been The GARAGE’s mainstay. Equipment for the stu-dio, whose three rooms are being built in a former sport court space, should be in this fall, said Jack Kolb-Williams, who runs Twin Cities Catalyst Mu-sic with partner Logan Adams and a 13-member board of directors. “We’re doing business as The GARAGE,” said Kolb-Williams, who drew

a city paycheck while working for the venue from August 2012 to De-cember 2014 but now works pro bono for his nonprofit. “Everything from that perspective is not changing. The GA-RAGE is our vehicle to make all this stuff happen and to see the vision of the nonprofit through.” Opened in 1999 as a teen center, The GA-RAGE — located in a maintenance building near City Hall — was support-ed by various grants and annual contributions from the city’s general fund. In recent years, city of-ficials sought to expand youth programming by bringing in other agen-cies. A proposal to bring a Boys and Girls Club to Burnsville fell through. In its place came the Burns-ville Youth Collaborative, which establishes a clean break between the city and its former role of running a teen center, which offi-cials feared wasn’t finan-cially sustainable. “City Council felt that was the case,” said Julie Dorshak, the city’s recre-ation and community ser-vices manager. “And some of the grant funds were drying up at that point in time.” Burnsville Youth Col-laborative programs served nearly 100 students this past school year. Activities included schoolwork help and enrichment, sports, art, music, college visits, Youth in Government and engineering enrichment. This summer’s activity roster, which began June 22, includes outdoor ac-tivities at YMCA Camp Streefland, activities at Nicollet and Friday par-ticipation in District 191 Community Education’s Edge program. See GARAGE, 5A

10 years after the fire

The photo shows Gramercy Club at Burnhaven being re-built after a $5 million fire destroyed the senior housing co-op while still under construction. (Submitted photo)

Thriving seniorco-op to mark

anniversary year by John Gessner


The trail remains cold in an unsolved arson fire that destroyed a senior housing co-op under con-struction in Burnsville 10 and a half years ago. The Gramercy II build-ing at 150th Street and Burnhaven Drive was still months from completion when the fire was reported shortly after midnight on Dec. 16, 2004, by a pa-trol officer who smelled smoke. The burning structure, located above Interstate 35W north of Buck Hill Ski Area, lit the night sky with flames that authori-ties said reached 200 to 300 feet. Damage was pegged at $5 million, and the co-op’s opening was

delayed by six months. Today, Gramercy Club at Burnhaven Drive is full and thriving. The resident owners are celebrating the co-op’s 10th-anniversary year with an invitation-only open house on Thursday, July 16, from 2-4 p.m. Speakers will include Mayor Elizabeth Kautz.

“We invited the police and fire departments as a way of showing our ap-preciation for everything they’ve done for us, espe-cially through the fire,” said Julie Bestul, the co-op’s housing manager. Some original residents of the 76-unit co-op for

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FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION

Above: The dexter-ity of Apple Valley High School dance team members was on display at the Freedom Days pa-rade July 4 in Apple Valley

At left: The Apple Valley American Legion Post 1776 Color Guard kicked off the parade clad in decorative Revolu-tionary War-era uniforms.

Below: Apple Val-ley Mayor Mary Hamann-Roland was joined on her horse-drawn wagon by Tyus Jones, the 2014 Apple Valley High School gradu-ate who recently signed with the Minnesota Timber-wolves. (Photos by Andrew Miller)

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Lakeville roundabout almost $2 million over budgetCity assessed $1.15 million more for

project by Laura Adelmann


Dakota County’s multi-lane roundabout project at county roads 50 and 60 is over budget by more than $1.89 million, and the county says Lakeville is responsible for $1.15 million of the additional costs. Lakeville’s contribution to the project would rise from $3.4 million to $4.6 million, accord-ing to Dakota County. City Administrator Justin Miller said the city is reviewing the charges because officials do not believe they are all Lakev-ille’s responsibility. He said the City Council will discuss the issue at its July 27 work session when the capital improvement plan is reviewed. County officials originally estimated total project costs for the multilane roundabout at $9.45 million, but now estimate it will cost $11.35 million. One of the biggest reasons for the price increase is that the cost of acquiring property differed significantly from esti-mates. The county said right of way is needed from 43 parcels for which $1.33 million was in-cluded in the budget, but settle-ments have averaged 40 percent more than the appraised values. County Engineer Mark Krebsbach said six properties are left to settle, and the county is now estimating acquisition costs will top $2 million, an in-crease of almost $740,000 from the original budget. Costs also increased because the original estimate did not in-clude railroad signal relocation and utility relocation charges. The county said contracts with Progressive Railroad, CenterPoint Energy and AT&T for moving utilities increased project costs by $785,300. County Commissioner Liz Workman questioned the Pro-gressive Railroad signal costs at a June 16 board of commis-sioners meeting.

She noted that the railroad is part of the Dan Patch line, which is not used, and ques-tioned why the county should have to pay for not merely re-placing what is there but up-grading it. “I think it’s kind of silly that we have to pay for lights and gates and all these bells and whistles on a line that’s not used,” Workman said. “We’re a little bit at the mer-cy of the railroad,” responded Brian Sorenson, the county’s assistant transportation en-gineer. “Ultimately it is their right of way, and we have to work with them on what they see for the need for improve-ments. There’s not a whole lot of choice that we get here, un-fortunately.” Project cost increases charged to Lakeville also in-clude county staff time for conducting a traffic diversion study and design work for traf-fic signals.

Communication issues In addition to concerns about the significant project cost increases, Lakeville offi-cials are citing concerns that they were not aware of the in-creases until after the County Board voted to approve them. Both city and county offi-cials agree the city was emailed a spreadsheet detailing the cost increases June 3 and that the city never responded or ac-knowledged the email. “After we sent the spread-sheet, we didn’t really hear from Lakeville,” Krebsbach said. County commissioners were mistakenly informed before taking the vote at their meeting that Lakeville officials were not only aware of the cost increases but supported them. That issue was posed at the meeting by board Chairman Tom Egan, who first noted that Lakeville has disproportionate-ly received more cost overruns than other communities in the county because of the amount of growth occurring in Lakev-ille. “Is Lakeville supportive of their portion of these cost over-

runs we’re assessing to them?” Egan asked. “We’ve been sharing the spreadsheet,” Sorenson said. “It’s been a good tool for us to use to kind of communicate on where we sit, but yes, they are supportive of where we are with the project.” Miller said city staff did not have time to talk to county staff about the increases before the budget adjustments were approved by the County Board nine weekdays after the email was sent. Krebsbach called Sorenson’s response to Egan’s question an “overstatement.” “When we gave them the costs, I’m not sure we were spe-cific on what day we were go-ing to the board or anything,” Krebsbach said. “But I’m not even sure that city staff knew.” He added that a city-county joint powers agreement does not require the city to approve additional project costs. “When we enter into an agreement, a lot of the costs aren’t known until we’re well into construction or a lot of times even after construction,” Krebsbach said. He said in hindsight it might have been good for the county to be more specific and inform the city it was taking the in-creases to the board to amend the budget. “Certainly communication is key, and we want to keep everyone in the loop, but there isn’t a city action required,” Krebsbach said. Since the miscommunica-tion was realized, the county has taken steps to improve communications on important project developments. County Administrator Brandt Richardson said his expectation is that all county departments will keep all part-ners informed of those devel-opments. “I view this first and fore-most as a responsibility of the department undertaking the initiative,” Richardson said in an email to Sun Thisweek. “With hundreds of local proj-ects or programs, there is no

other way. Obviously it is my job, and the division direc-tor’s, to ensure that this hap-pens. None of us like surprises of this nature.” County Physical Develop-ment Director Steve Mielke, formerly Lakeville’s city ad-ministrator, did not respond to requests for comment. Commissioner Mary Liz Holberg said it is important people are fairly compensated for their property, but also that estimates more closely match project costs. Since planning for capital projects typically spans years, predicting those costs can be challenging due to unforeseen circumstances and changes of project scope, according to the county. Holberg said the county will try to engage with affected property owners earlier in the process to learn more about the property and the owner’s ex-pectations. The county attorney’s office will also be working closer with the highway department at the beginning of the process, she said. Holberg said she was also concerned that part of the problem could be that the county might have initially been “low balling” its offers. “In my world, I believe prop-erty owners should be fairly compensated,” she said. “That’s not an area where I want to cut corners. I want people to get what their property is worth.” Richardson said lately there has been more volatility in construction projects due to a number of factors including the bidding climate and right of way settlements. Lakeville Realtor Bryce Bol-stad said the market is heating up. He said property values are “absolutely up” from what they were just a few years ago. “Things are on the rise,” Bolstad said. “People that didn’t think they could sell a few years ago are now think-ing about it because they all the sudden have some equity in their home.” City Council members ex-

pressed concern about the lack of communication and a fund-ing increase that Mayor Matt Little described as “very sig-nificant.” He called the county’s lack of notice that the County Board was going to vote on the budget amendment “concern-ing.” “I think before you’d put it up for a vote, you’d let us know so we could be there,” Little said. Little also questioned whether the city is responsible for the entire $1.1 million as the county has asserted. “There are some offsets, so I don’t think we’re on the hose for an additional $1.1 million,” he said. Miller said the city has been working with the county for the last several weeks regarding the city’s cost share. “I don’t think we have neces-sarily agreed to that yet,” Miller said. “There’s some discussion about exactly what’s included in that overage and what’s the city’s responsibility and what’s the county’s and what might be some other party’s responsibil-ity.” He said other parties could include private contractors or the railroad. “It’s mainly a discussion about who’s responsible for what parts of the costs,” Miller said. “We just haven’t agreed to those terms yet.” Miller said the city is work-ing to prepare options for fund-ing an increase at the upcoming work session. Little expressed gratitude for Egan’s inquiry at the County Board meeting, and asked that in the future the county keep the city informed about when the board will take action on items that are so significant to the city. “It’s not OK to just go ahead and approve this without talk-ing to us,” Little said. “This will certainly be an opportunity to improve communications be-tween the city and the county.”

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].


Community supported art festival To the editor: On behalf of the Da-kota Center for the Arts board, I would like to thank our Eagan com-munity for supporting the 21st annual Eagan Art Festival celebrating “Ea-gan Our Home” and held on June 27 and 28 at Ea-gan Central Park. We had over 100 jur-ied artists exhibiting their art for purchase and great food and entertainment, serving over 8,500 area residents. I would like to thank our many sponsors for their support of this event, as well as the news media for their work in making our community viewers aware of the festival. We congratulate our artists who received awards for their amazing work and thank Theresa Cox, who worked with over 400 teens and adults to paint a mural that will be displayed at the Eagan Community Center. I would also like to thank the many volunteers who cheerfully greeted our patrons and supported our artists, and those artists

who provided wonderful demonstrations of their art and music. Thanks again, and we hope to see all of you again next year at the 22nd annual Eagan Art Festi-val, with even more artists and fun-filled activities for all ages.

MARGIE DANIELSEagan Art Festival Board

Bikes and pedestrians don’t mix To the editor: The Metropolitan Council will be weighing in on the Lebanon Hills Regional Park Master Plan this month. The plan currently includes a 6-mile multi-use thoroughfare through the park. It will meet ADA standards (width and slope) to pro-vide access for families with small children and those with disabilities. However, they will be competing with two-way bike traffic. Think about it. There is a reason bicyclists are not allowed to use neighbor-hood sidewalks. Walkers and riders are not a good mix. In Minneapolis it took a pedestrian death

to convince the Park and Recreation Board it should provide separate paths for cyclists and walkers. Bikes are not allowed on most beach boardwalks or the unpaved trails (including those at Lebanon Hills) because it is a dangerous mix. I think that our park-land should serve the entire community. But, if we want to provide a navigable, safe path for all, including people push-ing strollers and/or walk-ing with small children or those with mobility chal-lenges we should create an accessible loop trail leading from the Visitor Center to a scenic lake setting. Portage Lake is a perfect location for such a path since it is already accessible by an aggregate road. This would require the plan to be sent back to Dakota County. If you agree please let the Metropolitan Council know. You can email them at [email protected] or call 651-602-1000. The park fauna and flora will thank you.

NIKA DAVIESApple Valley

Letters

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See the sign and recycle more wherever you go

Columnist responds to reader feedback

by Alisa ReckingerSPECIAL TO SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

You can help make recycling at home and special events easier with signs. Re-cycling, organics recycling and trash signs or labels help family members or guests know your expectations, and help ensure waste ends up where it belongs. “Excuse me, do you recycle?” We have all been there before. You are at a party. You finish your soda and snacks and you scan the room for where to drop your paper plate and plastic cup. You see a trash can and make your move. When you get there you realize that there are several bins to choose from. Which one is the recycling? You try to decipher by what is already in the bins, but you just cannot crack the code. Something as simple as putting a re-cycling and trash label on your collection

bins can be a huge step in preventing re-cyclables from ending up in the landfill. Avoid confusion by using free, down-loadable signs from the Recycling As-sociation of Minnesota. Labeling your bins lets guests know that you are seri-ous about recycling and allows them to participate with ease without you having to worry about policing your guests. For some guests who don’t care where bot-tles go, signs or labels can help them see just how effortless it is to set up a recy-cling system in their own home. Reflect your recycling values with colorful signs and simple sorting. Just taking a few minutes to set up a waste station is an important part of keeping your recycling efforts going. A “waste station” is a fancy term for

a simple concept: bins clearly labeled for trash, recyclables, and organics arranged side by side. Recycling bins should look different than trash cans, and labels should be large, clear and specific. Place your waste station where recycling and trash are generated, such as where the mail is opened, where the kids are clean-ing out school folders and where cans, bottles and jugs are tossed. When you are planning a get togeth-er at home, it’s important to help guide your guests to recycle without thinking too much. When you plan for where to put the snacks and beverages, you can also plan to create a clearly marked waste station. Do you have an event coming up? The same waste station planning and labelling applies. RethinkRecycling.com has resources for any size event, from birthdays, to bridal showers, to outdoor

events to help you keep your event green. Have a larger event planned? Local gov-ernments have rules, guidelines and re-sources. For example, many counties provide recycling bins for larger events for free. They can also help with items that you may have collected that are un-able to be picked up at curbside. Minnesotans recycle over 2.3 million tons of paper, glass, metals, plastics, yard waste and more each year, which creates new products such as cans, cardboard, newspaper, carpet, clothing, furniture and much more. RethinkRecycling.com, provided by the Solid Waste Manage-ment Coordinating Board, is your go-to guide for waste and recycling in the Twin Cities.

Alisa Reckinger is Hennepin County coor-dinator for Environmental Education and Outreach. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

This week I’m commenting on three concerns from readers about recent col-umns. Each involves how to deal with colleges and university costs. Ted Nelson, of Andover, dislikes the new Minnesota legislation I praised that will allow students from families with in-comes of up to $90,000 to receive up to two free years of tuition at Minnesota’s two-year public technical colleges. He wrote: “I was shocked when I read your article in the Union Herald. Families with adjusted gross incomes of $90,000 per year should not receive wel-fare that has nothing to do with merit or need. Our legislators should be ashamed for stealing the $90,000 per year criteria from the pages of Obamacare.” I think this law represents a great in-vestment in Minnesota’s families and our future. First, Minnesota employers are ex-pressing urgent needs for more people trained in a number of career and tech-nical fields. In some cases, technical jobs are not being filled and employers are not expanding because they can’t find enough well-trained people. Second, legislators recognize that col-lege costs are a growing challenge for many middle-class Minnesotans. There is

a fair amount of scholarship money for students from low-income families. Leg-islators wanted to expand opportunities for students from middle-income (up to $90,000 per year) families. I think the legislators were right. Elaine Zimmer, of Brooklyn Park, wrote: “As a mother of two and grandma of five, in the Twin Cities area, I loved your informative recent article on dual credits for high school. I have since found out that there is a fee involved at comple-tion of these courses, and the score (1-5) may make a difference in whether the college you choose recognizes them as such. I think it would be helpful if you could expand on this.” Zimmer is correct. While Minne-sota offers many opportunities for high school students to earn college credit, families should understand important details when helping students decide

which to take: • College in the Schools, offered by high schools in cooperation with the University of Minnesota, and concur-rent enrollment offered by high schools with Minnesota State College and Uni-versity System members, are completely free to students. College credit is not based only on how well students do on the final examination. • Postsecondary Enrollment Options courses offered either via the Internet or on a college campus also offer free tu-ition, books and lab fees. The only poten-tial cost is transportation to the campus. Families eligible for free or reduced-price lunches can apply to the Minnesota De-partment of Education for transporta-tion reimbursement. • Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and Project Lead the Way feature exams at the end of the class. These exams are not free. In some cases, districts pay the cost of these tests. I’m checking with districts on their policies and will report in the fall. Zimmer also is correct that the amount of credit colleges give also de-pends on how well students do on the final exam. There also are differences among colleges and universities in terms

of how much credit is given for each of these programs. More information com-ing this fall. Finally, several people familiar with former Carleton College president John Nason pointed out that my column about him did not include one of his ma-jor accomplishments. Nason was president of Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania during World War II. He was deeply disturbed by the government’s forcing Japanese Ameri-cans to live in camps with barbed wire around them. Nason arranged Swarth-more scholarships for 30 Japanese-American students in these camps. He also urged other college presidents to do something similar. Ultimately more than 3,000 Japanese-American students received such scholarships. Nason was a compassionate, courageous leader. Readers mentioned above are only a few of the many people who write each week. You help make this a more in-formed, and I hope, more useful column.

Joe Nathan, formerly a Minnesota public school teacher, administrator and PTA president, directs the Center for School Change. Reactions are welcome at [email protected].

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Support the summer meals program To the editor: For Minnesotans accus-tomed to long winters and brutal temperatures, sum-mer is a time to rejoice. We replace our snow blowers with lawnmowers, four-wheel drives with bicycles, and early bedtimes with late sunsets. Although most kids look forward to summer vacation all school year, it can be an incredibly stress-ful time for families strug-gling to keep food on the table. Approximately 21 million children from low income households eat school lunches every day. Once school lets out, how-ever, 85 percent of these same boys and girls go without federally supple-mented meals. This adds a significant burden to family food budgets. Re-cent polls suggest grocery bills grow by as much as $300 during the summer months. The national Summer Food Service Program was designed to bridge the nutrition gap during the summer months for low income families. While cer-tainly well-intentioned and effective in some commu-nities, the one-size-fits-all approach of the SFSP pre-vents it from reaching kids most in need of its services. As a result six out of seven children who may need meals are not getting them. No kid should ever go hungry, and Minnesotans have an opportunity to help those who struggle with hunger. Every five years, Congress reautho-rizes child nutrition pro-grams, including those dealing with summer meals. The current law ex-pires Sept. 30. Now is the time to act. It is impera-tive Minnesota lawmakers advocate for changes to current legislation to make national nutrition pro-grams more flexible. One

in six kids suffers from hunger in Minnesota, yet only 15 percent of those who qualify for free/re-duced school lunches are receiving summer meals. This is unacceptable, and I call upon state policymak-ers to do the right thing for Minnesota families.

SAMANTHA HURDApple Valley

Obamatrade 2015 To the editor: Congress has approved giving President Obama fast-track authority to ne-gotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) treaties. They trea-ties are being rushed and are very secretive. Mem-bers of Congress have to go to a secure room in the Capitol and are allowed to see only a section at a time. No copying is allowed, all notes must be surrendered and members of Congress are being threatened with legal action if they discuss what they read. Why would congressio-nal leaders and President Obama keep these texts of the treaties from the Amer-ican people? Sen. Ted Cruz realizes Obamatrade is en-meshed in corrupt back-room dealings. Why did Congressman John Kline support this corrupt deal? According to Tyler Darden of Zero Hedge, one independent economic analysis has been done on TPP and TTIP. It shows huge U.S. job losses under both and a considerable boost in profits of U.S.-based international corpo-rations. Why would Congress-man Kline have a job fair and yet support these trea-ties? We would also give up our sovereignty over workers rights, product safety and many other ar-eas to panels of interna-

tional lawyers. Donations from big business got many Demo-crats to vote for fast track. Zero Hedge said it took a paltry $1.15 million in bribes to get everyone on the same page. An average of $17,676 was donated for yes votes. Democratic senators Ron Wyden, Pat-ty Murray, Diane Fein-stein and others cashed in for TPP. Republican Sen. Rob Portman got $119,700 from 14 donors. Repub-lican congressmen Tom Emmer, Erik Paulsen and Kline voted for some part, maybe all, of the treaties. Did Kline and company receive money from big business, and if so, how much? Why would Kline vote yes and give so much power to the most corrupt man ever to occupy the White House? KEVIN MCCARNEY Lakeville

Shriners thanks To the editor: The Zuhrah Shriners Funster clowns had the honor of participating in the Freedom Days Parade on the Fourth of July on a beautiful day in Apple Valley. A highlight for us was when, along the pa-rade route, a mother and her daughter stepped out of the crowd along the pa-rade route and extended appreciation for the care that her daughter had re-ceived on her leg which was provided free of charge at the Shriners Hospital. All proceeds received from the Shrine Circus in the fall and from the Funsters participation at various parades throughout the summer go to help fund the hospital and the care that is provided there. Thank you, Apple Val-ley, for giving us the op-portunity to be part of your parade. See you at the circus in the fall.

“FRITZ” DON McNEILShakopee


Area Briefs

Jazz singer Patty Peterson, winner of the Minnesota Music Award for best vocalist, will be joined on stage by musician friends and family members for her perfor-mance on Friday, July 10, as part of the Music in Kel-ley 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, and vendors will be on hand offering festival food along with wine and beer. More information is at Face-book.com/MusicInKelleyPark. (Photo submitted)

Concert in Kelley Park Open house for water treatment plant The Apple Valley Pub-lic Works Department will host an open house from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, July 25, at the city’s Cen-tral Maintenance Facil-ity located at 6442 140th St. W., at the intersection of 140th Street and Flag-staff Avenue, adjacent to Eastview High School. A ribbon cutting will be held at 11 a.m. to celebrate the completion of the Water Treatment Facility Expan-sion Project. The event will provide an opportunity for chil-dren and adults to experi-ence a behind-the-scenes look at how drinking wa-ter is supplied to the com-munity and learn about equipment and programs used to build and operate the city’s infrastructure. Guests will be able to: – Tour the newly ex-panded Water Treatment Facility capable of supply-ing over 3 billion gallons of clean and safe drinking water per year. – Get a close-up view and demonstration of public works equip-ment, including snow-plow trucks, aerial bucket trucks, loaders, tractors, and other large equip-ment. – Visit with engineering

staff to learn about up-coming construction proj-ects within the city. – Meet with a building inspector to discuss plans for future home improve-ment projects. – Learn more about the city’s forestry and natural resources programs. – Enjoy refreshments.

Splash pad opens July 16 The new splash pad at Burnsville Lions Play-ground will hold its grand opening celebration at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 16 (weather dependent, sub-ject to change). The splash pad cov-ers approximately 2,000 square feet, with 12 to 15 water features meant to spray, soak, sprinkle and splash those who step within its reach. The grand opening will include mu-sic, ice cream and more. The splash pad is the most recent addition to the Burnsville Lions Play-ground provided by a $70,000 donation from the Burnsville Lions Club. The club had previously donated $50,000 to add the finishing touches to the new playground, which opened in 2013. The playground is lo-cated at Cliff Fen Park, 120 E. Cliff Road, Burns-ville. For more informa-

tion, visit www.burnsville.org/lionsplayground.

Teen driver safety program The Tire Rack Street Survival teen driver safety program will be offered 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sat-urday, Aug. 1, at Dakota County Technical College, 1300 145th St. E., Rose-mount. The program aims to improve driver compe-tence through hands-on experiences in real-world driving situations. Students will receive a short classroom session and then will learn how to manage everyday driv-ing hazards, obstacles and challenges in a controlled environment on an ad-vanced driving course. Students learn emer-gency braking and skid control, how to control proper braking, and how to avoid accidents. Students are taught in their own cars, so the skills they learn can be directly translated to their daily driving experiences. Tire Rack Street Sur-vival is a 501(c)(3) orga-nization and is the largest active nonprofit national driver education program that aims to teach teens the driving skills. The class is open to licensed and permitted

drivers ages 15-21. Forms, schedules and more infor-mation can be found on-line at www.streetsurvival.org. The cost is $75 per student and some insur-ance companies offer pre-mium discounts to gradu-ates.

Recycling award nominations Every year, the Recy-cling Association of Min-nesota recognizes the ef-forts of recyclers in the state. RAM is currently accepting applications for its annual awards pro-gram. Anyone can apply. Those from the private sector and public sector who have made a big im-pact on recycling in their community are encour-aged to apply. For more information about the award categories and to apply, go to: Recy-cle Minnesota.org.

Community Education classes District 196 Commu-nity Education will offer the following classes. To register, or for more infor-mation, call 651-423-7920 or visit www.district196.org/ce.

The Youth Collaborative’s estimated budget of $274,000 for 2014-15 includes $120,000 in school district funds, $58,000 from the city and $153,000 from grants, according to Dorshak. Twin Cities Catalyst Music is carrying on the music end of The GARAGE, which has been a training ground for local bands and kids who helped run the club. Readers of City Pages five times voted The GARAGE, with its main stage and coffe-house-style stage, as the Twin Cities’ best all-ages music venue. City officials are “thrilled” the tradition will continue un-der Twin Cities Catalyst Music,

Dorshak said. “It’s just a great partnership,” she said. “It really has fallen to-gether extraordinarily well.”

The new GARAGE The renovation includes an expanded cafe area and upgrad-ed restrooms. The biggest proj-ect is the studio, which includes an “isolation booth” that will double as a classroom, a con-trol booth and a “live room.” “You could fit a full orches-tra in here, a decent-sized one,” Kolb-Williams said, showing the high-ceilinged live room. “The occupancy is about 50 people.” Grants from the Otto Bremer Foundation and the Burnsville

Lions Club, along with city-controlled federal block grant funds and some leftover GA-RAGE funds, helped the city fund the renovation, Dorshak said. District 191, which was eager to see the studio built, will be its fiscal agent and control the rental calendar, she said. Come fall, district music teachers will be able to poke around the new space and de-cide how they might use it for their students, Kolb-Williams said. “A very loose goal would be 2016 to potentially have some of this stuff in place,” said the 30-year-old music industry pro, who has a bachelor’s degree in

music education, taught mu-sic lessons at Cyprus Classical Academy in Burnsville and is now production manager for the Varsity Theater in Minne-apolis. “Building curriculum and courses and that stuff is a little ways off.” Many details remain to be worked out, including public rental fees. Even today, when music can be recorded on a laptop, work-ing in a professional studio is elevating, Kolb-Williams said. “You can do it in a base-ment and you might get some of the things you want, but to actually have the professional setting where you’re extracted from your house or whatever,

it’s like going to work every day. Your mindset changes,” he said. “It just elevates everything to a whole other level.” The studio needs to be finan-cially accessible to young local bands that have counted on The GARAGE, Kolb-Williams said. “We can’t overcharge for it,” he said. “That is No. 1 on our list — it has to maintain that consistent vision of how The GARAGE has always kind of operated. We can’t gouge high school kids of the money they make working at Chipotle.”

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

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Middle School Show Choir Camp (grades six to eight), 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday-Friday, July 20-24, Falcon Ridge Middle School, $95. Fab Lab Makers (grades six to 12), 12-3 p.m. Monday-Thursday, July 20-23, Apple Valley High School, $119.

How to Draw Cartoons (ages 5-12), 9 a.m. to noon Monday-Thursday, July 27-30, Falcon Ridge Mid-dle School, $119. Fishing Fanatics (ages 8-12), 9:30 a.m. to noon Monday-Thursday, July 27-30, Pinewood Commu-nity School, $109.


“Professional Service at an Affordable Rate”

SeniorsSenior Day at IMAX Theatre Senior Citizen Day is Tues-day, July 14, at the IMAX Theatre at the Minnesota Zoo, 12000 Zoo Blvd., Apple Val-ley. Complimentary coffee and refreshments will be served at 9 a.m. The film, “Nature’s Won-derland: Galapagos 3D,” will begin at 10 a.m. Cost is $6. For questions or group reserva-tions, call 952-997-9714 or email [email protected].

Apple 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, July 13 – Int. Line Dancing, 9:30 a.m.; Tap Danc-ing, 9:30 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Membership Com-mittee, 11:15 a.m.; Pool, noon; Bridge, 12:45 p.m.; Happy Stitchers, 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 14 – Quilting Bees, 9 a.m.; Bicycle Group, 9 a.m.; Tuesday Painters, 9:30 a.m.; IMAX Coffee and Show, 9:30 a.m.; Pool, noon; Pinochle, 12:30 p.m.; Cribbage, 1 p.m.; Ta-ble Tennis, 1 p.m.; Hand & Foot Cards, 1 p.m.; Spanish – Inter-mediate, 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 15 – Donat-ed Bread, 9 a.m.; F.F. on Spokes, 9 a.m.; Yoga, 9:45 a.m.; Morn-ing Stretch, 10 a.m.; Pool, noon; Dominoes, 1 p.m.; Mahjong, 1 p.m. Thursday, July 16 – Defen-sive Driving, 9 a.m.; Beg. Line

Dancing, 9:15 a.m.; Int. Line Dancing, 10 a.m.; Dinosaurs!, 10 a.m.; Pool, noon; Insurance Counseling, noon; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Tap Danc-ing, 12:30 p.m.; 500, 1 p.m.; Hardanger, 1 p.m.; Recreated Cards, 1 p.m. Friday, July 17 – Men’s Break-fast, 8:30 a.m.; Women’s Break-fast, 9 a.m.; F.F. on Spokes, 9 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Women’s Pool, 11 a.m.; Mem-bers Bingo, 12:30 p.m.

Golden Summer Games Burnsville Recreation is host-ing the 2015 Golden Summer Games for seniors ages 62 and older. The free events run 9-11 a.m. Wednesdays at North Riv-er Hills Park, 11501 19th Ave., Burnsville. Schedule: July 15 – Bocce Ball July 22 – Pickleball July 29 – Bean Bags Aug. 5 – Ladder Ball Aug. 12– Croquet Aug. 19 – Rain make-up or open activities Register by Friday, July 10, at www.burnsville.org/recreation.

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, July 13 – Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Cribbage, 11 a.m.; Card Recycle, 12:30 p.m.; Pinochle, 12:45 p.m.; SS Flex. Tuesday, July 14 – Treasure Island, 8:30 a.m.; Quilters, 9:30 a.m.; Scrabble, 10:30 a.m.; Defensive Driving Refresher, noon; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Troubadours, 1 p.m.; Line

Dancing. Wednesday, July 15 – Wood-carvers, 8 a.m.; Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Cribbage, 11 a.m.; Tai Chi MS, 11 a.m.; 500, 12:45 p.m.; Belle Luncheon Pool Par-ty, Gayle Dahl’s, Bloomington, 1 p.m.; SS Flex; Wednesday in the Park, 7 p.m. Thursday, July 16 – Health Insurance Council, 9 a.m.; Foot Clinic, 9 a.m.; Belle Scrappers, 9:30 a.m.; Crafters, 10 a.m.; Wood Carving, 6 p.m. Friday, July 17 – Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Painting, 9 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 12:15 p.m.; SS Flex.

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, July 13 – Defensive Driving, 8 a.m. to noon; Zumba (Oasis), 9 a.m.; Book Club No. 2, 10 a.m.; F&Fab (Oasis), 10 a.m.; FFL (Oasis), 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 14 – New Ulm Day Trip, 8 a.m.; Book Club No. 3, 10 a.m.; Euchre/500, 12:45 p.m. Wednesday, July 15 – Coffee & Conversations, 9 a.m.; Brain Fitness, 9:30 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 12:45 p.m. Thursday, July 16 – Domi-noes, 9 a.m.; Bridge, 12:45 p.m.; Book Club No. 4 (Library), 7 p.m. Friday, July 17 – Zumba (Oa-sis), 10:15 a.m.; S/B/Yoga (Oa-sis), 11:10 a.m.; Bingo, 1 p.m. Upcoming events: Basic iPad Use, Monday, July 20, 1-3 p.m. Cost: $3. Register by July 13. Ages: 55-plus. Pig Roast at Central Park Pa-vilion, Wednesday, July 29, 11

a.m. to 1 p.m. Includes lunch, entertainment and games. Cost: $20. Register by July 22. Ages: 55-plus. Duluth Tour, includes Glen-sheen Mansion, Thursday, Aug. 6, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Cost: $52. Lunch on your own. Regis-ter by July 27. Ice Cream Social and Market Fest in Central Park, Wednes-day, Aug. 12, 4-7 p.m. Free sun-daes for members, or purchase for $1. Grandparents/grandchildren outing at Holz Farm in Eagan, Friday, Aug. 21, 1-3:30 p.m. Cost: $7. Register by Aug. 10. Eco Tour at Lebanon Hills, Thursday, Sept. 3, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Cost: $6, includes lunch. Transportation on your own. Register by Aug. 24. Ages: 62-plus. Alma Wisconsin Tour of Wineries and Museums, Shop-ping, Friday, Oct. 2, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Cost: $39. Register by Sept. 21. South Metro Senior Expo at Eagan Community Center, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 1-4 p.m. Free. For the Monday Movie Matinees schedule for coming months, check out the Front Porch newsletter. For full information on se-nior events and details, read the Front Porch on the city of Ea-gan 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.

Lakeville seniors All events are held at Lakev-ille Heritage Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Call 952-985-4622 for information. Monday, July 13 – Health

Insurance Counseling, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Knitting Class, 9:30 a.m.; Wii Bowling, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Hearing Screening, 11 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Health-ways Flex Fitness 2, noon; Crib-bage, 12:30 p.m.; Cards, 1 p.m.; Mahjong, 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 14 – Domi-noes & Poker, 9 a.m.; Blood Pressure Checks, 9:30 a.m.; Tappercize, 9:30 a.m.; Craft Group, 9:30 a.m.; Creative Writ-ing, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Zumba Gold, 10:30 a.m.; Grandkids in the Kitch-en (Lunch), 11:30 a.m.; Party Bridge, noon; Billiards, 1 p.m.; Pilates Mat Class, 5 p.m.; dead-line, Diner’s Club and “Mary Poppins” Trip. Wednesday, July 15 – Men’s Golf at Gopher Hills, 8 a.m.; Health Angels Biking, 8:30 a.m.; Line Dance Practice – Begin-ners, 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.; Pinochle, noon; Dime Bingo, 1 p.m. Thursday, July 16 – Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Red Hat Cho-rus, 10:30 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 2, noon; Euchre, Hand & Foot, noon; Quilting Group, 1 p.m.; Red Hat Chorus at Ecumen Seasons, 1:30 p.m.; Zumba Gold, 3:30 p.m.; Din-er’s Club, Wiederholt’s (meet at H.C. at 4:15 p.m. to carpool), 5 p.m. Friday, July 17 – Yoga, 8:15 a.m.; Pickleball at Bunker Hill Park, 9 a.m.; Poker & 500, 9 a.m.; Digital Photography Club, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; deadline, Summer BBQ. Saturday, July 18 – Motorcy-cle Club Breakfast Ride, 9 a.m.

ReligionTokyo handbell choir in Eagan

The Glee Handbell Choir from Meiji Gakuin Higashimurayama High School in To-kyo will perform a 6:30 p.m. concert Sunday, July 19, at Peace Church, 2180 Glory Drive, Eagan. No admission will be charged for the concert, but a free-will offering will be taken to assist with the school’s 2017 tour, and for maintenance of the handbells. (Photo submitted)

VBS at South Suburban South Suburban Evan-gelical Free Church, 12600 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley, will offer Son Spark Labs Vacation Bible School at 6:30 p.m.

Aug. 2-6. At SonSpark Labs, explorers will find their imaginations spark to life as they research answers to universal questions by delving into the shadows of the ancient past, ex-ploring scientific wonders

of the present and search-ing beyond to an infinite future. Each session focus-es on one aspect of God’s Plan for You = Jesus! or GP4U=J! as revealed through God’s word. Registration informa-tion is at www.ssefc.org/online/Ministries/Chil-dren/VBS. Call 952-240-4465 for more informa-tion.

Summer Salon set July 19 Summer Salon, a con-cert of classical, opera and bluegrass music, is sched-uled for 7 p.m. Sunday, July 19, at Presbyterian Church of the Apostles, 701 E. 130th St., Burns-ville. A silent auction will begin at 6:30 p.m. A do-nation of $20, checks and cash only, is suggested. For more information, call 952-890-7877.


New Asian fusion restaurant is family affair

Local restaurateur Eric Guo (right) recently opened Hiko Sushi, an Asian fusion restaurant at 1466 Yankee Doodle Road in Eagan. His son, Ben (left), daughter, Yang-Yang, and wife, Angie, help with the family business. (Photo by Jessica Harper)

by Jessica HarperSUN THISWEEK


Eric Guo has worked in the restaurant industry for nearly three decades and it’s become more than a career. It’s become an extension of his fam-ily. Guo was first intro-duced to the industry in 1989 when he immigrated to the United States from Hong Kong at age 17. He began working as a cook at his brother’s Asian res-taurant in New Jersey. “I loved cooking at my brother’s restaurant,” the St. Paul resident said. “I learned this is what I wanted to do. It’s what I love to do.” Five years later, Guo moved to Minnesota to help run a friend’s restau-rant. The following year, he opened a restaurant in Mankato and New King Buffet in Brooklyn Cen-ter. He no longer owns the restaurant in Manka-to but continues to own and operate New King Buffet with his wife and two children. After two decades of success in Brooklyn Center, Guo, 46, decided to bring Asian fusion to Eagan by opening Hiko Sushi last month at 1466 Yankee Doodle Road. The menu includes a variety of sushi as well

as Japanese, Chinese and Thai dishes. Hiko offers several unusual sushi rolls such as the Spicy Pop Rock, which is a daily special that has spicy crab meat, jalapeno, avocado, and Pop Rocks inside the roll which is garnished with Pop Rocks on top. The combination gives a spicy, fruity flavor that has be-come a favorite among regulars, Guo said. Many of Hiko’s special rolls are named after car models to create a unique twist on popular rolls. “It adds some fun and relates to customers,” said Guo’s son, Ben, who works at the Eagan res-taurant. Hiko means prince or boy in Japanese, but it also means skilled fisher-man. Many of the sushi platters are served on a small wooden boat with a small wasabi fisherman at the back of the boat. Guo serves Hiko’s pineapple fried rice in a pineapple half to add to aesthetics and flavor. It was Hiko’s creative menu that first attracted Patti Kehr to the res-taurant when it opened. Since then the Lilydale resident has become a weekly regular. “The food is so fresh and affordable and the staff is terrific,” Kehr

said. “And their home-made sauces are amaz-ing.” Whether it’s sushi, stir-fry or Thai lettuce wraps, all of Hiko’s sauces are made on site. But it’s much more than good food, Kehr said. Guo and his em-ployees treat everyone like family, she said. Kehr and Guo often chat about Guo’s son, Ben, and daughter, Yang-Yang, who are attending Loyola University in Chi-cago and University of California, Los Angeles, respectively. Aside from two sushi chefs, Guo, his wife, An-gie, and their children do all the cooking, serving, cleaning and other daily operations. Both Guo children re-turn home in the summer to work at their parents’ restaurants. “They are such smart and talented kids,” Kehr said. Both Ben and Yang-Yang started working at New King Buffet when they were in middle-school. “I loved growing up in the family business,” Ben, 19, said. “It was great being around customers and making new friends.” Ben, who is studying accounting, said he hasn’t decided if he will contin-

Owner of New King Buffet opens Hiko Sushi in Eagan

ue to be involved in the family business after col-lege but enjoys returning on his breaks to help out. Hiko Sushi is open for lunch from 11 a.m.

to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and for dinner from 3 to 10 p.m. Monday through Thurs-day, 3 to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday and noon

to 9 p.m. Sunday.

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

Former Gift of Mary property to become industrial site by Jessica Harper


A 33-acre property in Eagan that was previously envisioned to be a shelter for homeless chil-dren will soon become an indus-trial site. The site — located between Highway 55 and Lone Oak Road — was purchased by Shar-ing and Caring hands in 2002 in hopes of building a private

school and 200-bed orphanage called The Gift of Mary. The controversial plans gained support from some polit-ical titans like former Gov. Tim Pawlenty, but resistance from some child advocates such as the North American Council on Adoptable Children in St. Paul and the National Coalition for Child Protection Reform, who claimed institutionalizing chil-dren has proven to be detrimen-

tal in the long run. The city approved the plans in 2002, but Sharing and Car-ing founder Mary Jo Copeland was unable to raise the necessary funds. Now Copeland plans to sell the property to commercial real estate investor Peter Deanovic, who intends to develop the site for industrial uses. The property is located within Eagan’s largely industrial Northeast Special

Area. Last year Ryland Homes sought to turn the site into low-density residential for 52 single-family homes, but the project was rejected by the Planning Commission partly due to con-cerns about aircraft noise in the area. The Eagan City Council unanimously approved on July 7 a comprehensive guide plan amendment that will change the

property’s designation from of-fice service to limited industrial. The council also approved re-zoning the site from agricultural to limited industrial. This will allow the site to be developed into as much as 295,00 square-feet of warehouse or distribution buildings.

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



Student helps moms ‘one diaper at a time’

Kaitlyn Stock, 16, founder of Kaitlyn’s Kloset, stands by her cupboards filled with baby food, hangers, diapers and toys. These cupboards line her basement, which serves as the storehouse for Kaitlyn’s Kloset. (Photo by Hannah Gullickson)

Kaitlyn’s Kloset is model of

community serviceby Hannah Gullickson

SUN THISWEEK


Kaitlyn’s Kloset, a lo-cal nonprofit that donates baby items, grew from the dream of a Rosemount High School student who wanted to give to families in need. Kaitlyn Stock, 16, has been running Kaitlyn’s Kloset for six months. With her family, she dis-tributes baby clothes, food and items to families sur-rounding her hometown. She has more than 1,300 members from as far away as New England. Stock said she’s al-ways been giving since her childhood. When she was 13, she bought a stroller with her own babysitting money, not knowing at first how she’d use it. “We shook our heads – not really sure where this was going,” said Stock’s mother, Kristen, on the blog Kaitlyn’s Kloset-MN. Stock said when she found a home for that stroller, for a baby whose mother had gone to pris-on, she found her desire to help others. Two years later, she launched Kait-lyn’s Kloset. “Kaitlyn’s Kloset grew from the dream of a young girl; who was hell-bent on saving the community one diaper at a time,” Kristen wrote on the blog. At Stock’s Grace Lu-theran Church, band drummer Michael Miller said her selfless acts have helped him see how much she’s blessed her commu-nity. “She is a remarkable young lady,” Miller said. “To see everything she does at the age she’s at. ... She sees a need and does it – almost willpower not knowing any better.” Stock was encouraged to start her charity from her mentor who works at Pay It Forward, an inter-national nonprofit that does “random acts of kindness” in communities worldwide. Stock and her mother were volunteering at Pay It Forward until Stock’s mentor saw that Stock wanted to do more than what she was doing for Pay It Forward. She gave Stock the nudge she need-ed to start her own ven-ture. At first, Stock and her mother bought used baby items and donated them. As Kaitlyn’s Kloset grew, they told their recipients to return the items once their children outgrew or didn’t need them. Then the next recipients would do the same. The Stocks’ basement is filled with baby clothing, toys, food, diapers and family movies. Boxes are stacked to the ceiling and labeled with different baby ages for clothing. “It wasn’t always this efficient,” Kristen said. “Sometimes the basement was totally filled.” Stock was enthusiastic as she gave a tour, showing

off pink baby clothes and opening her cupboards to rows of canned baby food, toys, hangers and diapers. “So we do stuff just without thinking, and it’s become second nature,” Stock said. “And I do wish that people could feel what that is.” Kristen said the Stock family empathize with the families they meet because they know what it was like to be in need. When Kaitlyn was a toddler, Kristen had medi-cal issues while pregnant with her second daughter, Ashley. Her husband at the time had little income. From that experi-ence, the family grew and learned to see others in the same light. “We are all in need,” Stock and her mother said. Because of that empa-thy, Stock and her mother said Kaitlyn’s Kloset is more about giving baby items. It’s about fulfill-ing physical, spiritual and emotional needs. Countless stories have come from Kaitlyn’s Klos-et. A former meth addict lost her desire for meth when she joined Kaitlyn’s Kloset. Stock and her sis-ter sponsored a baby with leukemia by hosting a lem-onade stand. Two boys whose fam-ily couldn’t make them a birthday cake received one from the Stocks. “Well, I was not going to let those boys not have a birthday cake,” Kristen said. “So we went and picked up a birthday cake and celebrated their birth-day with them. “And we do it because they need it and we don’t think twice,” Kristen said. “If it means our grocery budget is a little less that week, OK. We’re willing to make that sacrifice.” Kristen records some of these stories on their blog.

“We’ve been told mul-tiple times that we have restored faith,” Kristen wrote. Kaitlyn’s Kloset’s 1,300 members are mostly on Facebook. Members can donate, request items, or organize materials for the charity. Some live as far as away as New England or the West Coast. For safety, Stock, her mother and members of Kaitlyn’s Kloset meet in public settings such as school parking lots or li-braries to exchange the items. Sometimes these mem-bers don’t even donate or request items at all. They pray and give encourage-ment via Facebook com-ments. Stock said at times, she’s gotten overwhelmed with the work it takes to run Kaitlyn’s Kloset. She also works at a full-time job this summer. “There have been times when I’m lying on the floor,” she said, surround-ed by all the items around her. “(But) it’s the people (that keep me going).” Stock said she isn’t in the charity for being rec-ognized. Yet she received two awards and was nomi-nated for numerous schol-arships for her work. This spring she was awarded the Star of the North Congressional Award by U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville. This award recognizes individu-als who have done extraor-dinary community service. “I never thought it would happen,” she said. “To be up there with kids who’ve done more than me, and I’m sure they’re looking at me the same way.” “I think she has a won-derful approach,” Miller said. “So many young mothers out there in our community are struggling. “By providing this means for these mothers

to get the supplies — the clothing, the toys, whatev-er they need — definitely fills a huge need, unfortu-nately a growing need in our community,” he said. Miller said adults can be encouraged to do what Stock does, even in their spare time. “But we do it within the confines of the life we run,” he said. “And to see Kaitlyn doing so much good and again at that age is just incredible. I’ve never seen anybody quite (like her).” Stock will be a ju-nior next year. But even through jobs, senior year and college, she said she will maintain Kaitlyn’s Kloset. “I am going to do this until the day I die,” she said. Members can follow Stock’s progress at her blog kaitlynsklosetmn.com or join her Facebook group at Kaitlyn’s Kloset-MN.

Email Hannah Gullickson at [email protected].


Business Buzz

Jon Erickson and Josh Hebzunski were granted license to open Lakeville’s first taproom, Angry Inch Brewing, at the July 6 City Council meeting. Neighboring business owner Marty Richie was also granted a full liquor license for his new restaurant, Heavy Metal Grill. Both businesses are opening in the former Ace Hardware building on Holyoke Avenue. Richie said he is working to open soon after experiencing construction delays; he had hoped to open by Pan-O-Prog this week. Erickson and Hebzunski said they plan to open their brewery in August. The duo also announced plans to implement a sober driver program with free drink rewards for those who use it. Both businesses are part of Lakeville’s efforts on downtown revitalization. (Photo by Laura Adelmann)

Inching toward openingLakeville Life Time Fitness sold The Life Time Fit-ness business, based out of Chanhassen, was sold to a group of three inves-tors for $900 million. As part of the deal, the new owners are selling off in-dividual buildings, which will then be leased back to Life Time Inc. for 20 years. A New York City investor purchased the Lakeville building for $29.2 million. The buildings in St. Louis Park and Eden Prairie were sold to other buyers for a combined $60.2 mil-lion.

Illetschko promoted at Merchants Bank Mary Illetschko has been promoted to vice president/mortgage loan officer at Merchants Bank in Lakeville. “Mary has been a great contributor to the success of Merchants Bank and the Lakeville office,” said Merchants Bank in Lakev-ille President Dan Vlasak. “She has been a consis-tently high producer, rank-ing in the top three in the organization in total vol-ume for loans closed, and she also helps her mort-gage customers become customers in other areas.” Illetschko has been with the Merchants Bank orga-nization for nearly four years and in the mortgage industry for 24 years.

Breakfast With Champions Dr. Scott Morrell, president of Stone Arch Organization Develop-ment, will be the featured speaker at Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce’s Breakfast With Champions from

7:30-9 a.m. Thursday, July 23, at Southview Country Club, 239 Mendota Road E., West St. Paul. Morrell will speak about organiza-tional tensions. Cost is $20 for mem-bers and $30 for nonmem-bers, including breakfast. RSVP to Chelsea Johnson at [email protected] or 651-288-9202.

Wells Fargo names district manager Becca Cooper has been named district manager for Wells Fargo & Com-pany’s South Central Min-nesota’s Southern District. Cooper has responsi-bility for nine stores in Bloomington, Burnsville, Lakeville, Prior Lake and Savage. She is based in Bloomington. “Becca has consistently demonstrated a commit-ment to quality and doing the right things in the right way for our customers and our team members dur-ing her 18 years at Wells Fargo,” said Autumn Way, Southern Minnesota area president. “Her leader-ship will be invaluable to the South Central Minne-sota’s Southern District.” In 1997, Cooper began her career as a teller in Chaska. Her experience also includes lead teller, service manager and store manager. Since 2014, she has been district manager for the I-35 district.

Family night at AV Medical Center Apple Valley Medi-cal Center’s fourth an-nual Family Night will be 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 14. “We are honored to give back to the communi-ty that has been our home for the last 40 years,” said Mike Foley, administrator and chief operating offi-

cer of the family medicine clinic located there. “We want to provide a night for the whole family at a med-ical center for the whole family.” Free bike helmets will be given to the first 100 children under the age of 16. Children must be pres-ent to receive a helmet, and there is a limit of two per family. In addition, physi-cians will perform back-to-school and sports phys-icals for $25, with the fees going back to local area schools. Appointments for these physicals are recom-mended, but not required. Patients are asked to pay with cash or checks pay-able to the school of their choice. During the Family

Night event, health care experts will share informa-tion on a number of health topics, and free screenings will be available for blood pressure, body fat, vari-cose veins, hearing and more. Children can enjoy a jumping house, and at-tendees will be able to tour a working fire truck. The evening also will include free refreshments and mu-sic by Bob and the Beach-combers. Admission is free. Apple Valley Medical Center is at 14655 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley.

Bank partners with Simon Says Give TCF National Bank is partnering with Eagan-based nonprofit Simon Says Give for a school

supply drive to prepare students in Minnesota for the first day of school. TCF Bank branches in Minnesota are collection points in July for Simon Says Give’s High 5 for Supplies drive. Backpacks, school sup-plies and financial contri-butions can be dropped off at any TCF Bank branch in Minnesota from July 1-31. Fifty dollars provides one child a back-pack complete with sup-plies. Volunteers will fill backpacks with supplies in early August. Back-packs are distributed to el-ementary, middle and high school students through local youth organizations, such as the YMCA Twin Cities, Boys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities, and Tubman. TCF branches are lo-

cated in Apple Valley, Burnsville, Eagan, Lakev-ille and Rosemount.

Board named at Biothera Eagan-based Biothera Holding Corp. announced the election of the board of directors for Biothera Pharmaceutical Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary that is developing a clini-cal stage cancer immuno-therapy drug. The 10 directors are Brent Ahrens, general partner, Canaan Part-ners; Dr. Alex Giaquinto, former senior vice presi-dent, Schering-Plough; Mike Grey, chairman and CEO, Reneo Pharmaceu-ticals, and venture part-ner, Pappas Ventures; Dr. Annalisa Jenkins, CEO,

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Dimension Therapeutics; Steven Karel, chief admin-istrative officer, Biothera Holding Corp.; Andrew LaFrence, vice president of finance and chief fi-nancial officer, SurMod-ics Inc.; Richard Mueller, chairman and CEO, Bio-thera Holding Corp.; Wal-ter Ogier, founder, presi-dent, CEO and director, Acetylon Pharmaceuticals Inc.; Dr. Bruno Oster-walder, former senior vice president, senior strategic advisor oncology, Global Research and Drug De-velopment, Merck Serono; and Dr. Dwight Porter,

chairman of the board, Biothera Pharmaceutical Inc., and president, Ap-plied Decision Resources.

Inman Connect Ambassadors Minnesotans Jennifer Snyder and Brooke Wol-ford have been selected as two of 40 Inman Connect Ambassadors for Inman Connect San Francisco, Aug. 4-7. Inman is a leader in independent real estate and technology news. Inman Connect Am-bassadors are real estate professionals chosen for their outstanding work in the industry, their dedica-

tion to the vision of In-man, and their work in raising the bar via educa-tion and events. Snyder is the CEO and founder of Marketing Ideas for Agents; Wolford is regional manager for Re/Max Results. “The Selection Com-mittee chose ambassadors who are committed to cre-ating an engaging, fun ex-perience for our members. I’m honored and excited to have each one of them on the Inman ‘team’ in San Francisco,” said Will Hansen, vice president of events at Inman and staff director of the ambassa-dors.

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Burnsville Chamber of Commerce events: • Wednesday, July 15, 8-9 a.m., July AM Cof-fee Break, Kingsley Shores Senior Community, 16880 Klamath Trail, Lakeville. Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce events: • Thursday, July 16, 7:45-9 a.m., The wom-En’s circle: Leading with Authenticity and Pas-sion, Valleywood Golf Course, 4851 McAndrews Road, Apple Valley. Speaker: Jeanne Crain, group president for Bremer Financial Corpora-tion and chief executive officer of Bremer Bank’s Twin Cities Region. Annual associate member-ship fee is $150; one-time guest fee is $25. Reg-

istration/information: Chelsea Johnson at [email protected] or 651-288-9202. • Thursday, July 16, 3:30-4 p.m., ribbon cut-ting, New Heights Physical Therapy, 1270 North-land Drive, Suite 175, Mendota Heights. New Heights will hold an open house until 6 p.m. at its new location. Free. Register at www.dcrcham-ber.com. Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce events: • Wednesday, July 15, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Lakeville General Membership Session Recap, Minnesota Horse and Hunt Club, 2920 E. 220th St., Prior Lake. Clay pigeon shooting, 1:30-3 p.m. Lunch, $25; clays, $30. Registration re-quired. Information: Shelley Jans at [email protected].

Dennis Charles Hel-mer, 54, of Farmington, was sentenced to 150 months in prison and or-dered to pay $1.3 million in restitution on Tuesday for orchestrating an elab-orate coin fraud scheme that defrauded dozens of elderly victims, according to the United States At-torney’s Office. According to court documents, Helmer, who was also known as Den-nis Diamond, Mr. Dia-mond and Jeff Jones to hide previous convic-tions, operated Wholesale Assets Worldwide and Best Price International, which would appraise, buy, sell and trade coins and precious metals. From 2009 to 2014, Helmer contacted doz-

ens of individuals, mostly in their 80s and 90s, and persuaded them to en-trust him with $1.3 mil-lion in money, coins and precious metals based on false promises. He told the victims he had 75 employees, $500 million in annual revenue and provided false docu-ments pertaining to the credibility of his business. Instead of filling the orders, he sold the coins and used the money to fulfill other orders, make payments, pay personal expenses and attempted to fund start-up costs for another company. According to court documents, Helmer wrote in his guilty plea that he targeted elderly victims because it was

easier to steal from them. He purposely targeted individuals who were suf-fering from dementia, in hospice care, legally blind and victims of a stroke. After discovering his operation was under in-vestigation in 2013, Hel-mer moved his operation to Florida. He was indicted Aug. 5, 2014, and pleaded guilty on Sept. 25, 2014. This case is the result of an investigation con-ducted by the United States Postal Inspection Service and the Minneso-ta Department of Com-merce. Helmer was convicted four counts of theft by swindle in 2002 and again in 2006 and 2008.

—Andy Rogers

Farmington man gets 12 years prison for coin fraud scheme

Stolen vehicle recovered in Lakeville A vehicle reported sto-len from Mystic Lake Ca-sino in Prior Lake on July 3 was recovered by police the same day in Lakeville and a suspect was taken into custody. Lakeville police were called to a residential area just before 2 p.m. on a re-port of a suspicious vehi-cle. Upon arrival, officers found a heavily damaged vehicle parked on the side of the road, according to

a criminal complaint. Police located the driv-er — Gregory A. Ritter, 26, of Dawson, Minn. — walking through the neighborhood, the com-plaint said. Ritter told police he fell asleep driving and struck a street sign, then panicked and left the ve-hicle because he did not have a valid license, ac-cording to the complaint. He further told police

he had borrowed the vehi-cle from a woman he met at Mystic Lake Casino the night before, though police later learned the vehicle had been reported stolen from Mystic Lake earlier in the day. Ritter has been charged with motor vehicle theft, a felony. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a fine of $10,000.

—Andrew Miller


SportsNation’s biggest Legion baseball tourney starts Friday

Apple Valley, Burnsville,

Lakeville North host Gopher

Classic pool playby Mike Shaughnessy


Nine teams from the Sun Thisweek and Dakota County Tribune coverage area will play in the Go-pher Classic, which bills it-self as the country’s largest American Legion baseball tournament. Ninety-six teams will begin pool play Friday at 16 sites across the metro

area, including Legion Field in Apple Valley, Ali-magnet Park in Burnsville, Lakeville North High School, and Frederickson Field in Elko. They’ll play down to a championship game at 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 14, at Veterans Field on the Minnetonka High School campus. Local teams in the Go-pher Classic include Apple Valley, Eastview, Farm-ington, Burnsville and Rosemount. Eagan and Lakeville North each are sending two teams to the tournament. Each site has six teams in its pool. Pool play runs through Sunday night,

and the winner of each pool goes to single-elimi-nation playoffs that start Monday. Apple Valley opens Gopher Classic pool play at 5 p.m. Friday at Legion Field against the Green Bay (Wis.) Shockers. The 76ers also play at 7:30 p.m. against Giant Valley, a Minnesota team with players mostly from Min-nehaha Academy. On Saturday, Apple Valley plays Fridley Gold Eagle (Totino-Grace) at 5 p.m. and Omaha (Neb.) Concordia at 7:30. Apple Valley’s final pool-play game is 7:30 p.m. Sunday against the Rochester Red-

hawks. At Alimagnet Park, the Burnsville Cobras take on Brandon Valley of South Dakota in pool play at 4:30 p.m. Friday, followed by Dickinson, N.D., at 7. On Saturday, Burnsville plays Coon Rapids at 4:30 p.m. and Wayzata at 7. The Cobras’ final pool-play game is 7 p.m. Sun-day against Alexandria. Lakeville North Red, the defending Minneso-ta state Legion baseball champion, takes on De-troit Lakes in its Gopher Classic opener at 7 p.m. Friday at Frederickson Field. On Saturday, North takes on Gopher Post Of-

fice of Minneapolis at 2 p.m. at Lakeville North High School and Bloom-ington Blue at 7 p.m. in Elko. Both of North’s Sunday pool-play games are in Elko, scheduled for 11:30 a.m. against Gil-lette, Wyo., and 4:30 p.m. against the Rochester A’s. Elsewhere in the metro, Eastview and Farmington will go to Gopher Classic pool play at Benilde-St. Margaret’s in St. Louis Park. The Eagan Patri-ots go to pool play at Chanhassen High School, with the Patriots’ second team playing at Veter-ans Field in Minnetonka. Rosemount goes to pool

play at Braemar Park in Edina. Lakeville North’s second team will be in the North St. Paul pool at McKnight Legion Field. In the 2014 Gopher Classic, Apple Valley, Eastview and Lakeville North won their pools and advanced to the single-elimination playoffs. East-view defeated Lakeville North 7-6 in the round of 16 but lost to Excelsior in the quarterfinals. Apple Valley lost to Coon Rap-ids in the round of 16. Excelsior went on to beat Tri-City Red 11-3 in the championship game.

Apple Valley guard Tre Jones signs autographs for campers at the Eagles’ youth basketball clinic in June. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)

Tre Jones likes his role as ‘facilitator’Much like his famous brother, AVHS player has had eventful summer

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


Tre Jones’ older brother seemingly has been every-where in local media the last couple of weeks after the Minnesota Timber-wolves worked a deal to bring him home. And no one has been happier to see what has happened to Tyus Jones than his younger brother. “He’s been working his whole life to get drafted,” Tre said hours before the June 26 NBA draft. “He’s taking it really well. Being humble, like always, down to earth.” But the story of Jones family basketball success doesn’t end there because Tre, a sophomore-to-be at Apple Valley High School, also has had an eventful summer. He and Eagles teammate Gary Trent Jr. played for the USA Bas-ketball men’s Under-16 national team that won the FIBA Americas Champi-onship last month in Ar-gentina. Trent was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player; Jones had 19 steals in the event, a competition record for the U.S. U16 team. The day after his brother became one of the newest Timberwolves, Tre Jones and his AVHS teammates competed in a team camp at the Univer-sity of Minnesota. It was there that Gophers coach Richard Pitino offered Tre Jones a scholarship.

Jones is likely to have a lot of scholarship offers to sift through between now and November 2017, when the 6-foot-2 point guard could sign a National Let-ter of Intent. His profile, already rising, went up even further when Team USA routed its first four opponents in the FIBA Americas Championship, then came from behind to beat Canada 77-60 in the title game. Jones said his role with Team USA “wasn’t much different” than what he’s asked to do at AVHS or with his AAU team, the Howard Pulley Panthers. “My job is to be a fa-cilitator, run the team, try to lead the team on the de-fensive end, too,” he said. First, he and Trent had to go through tryouts in Colorado Springs, Colora-do, before being named to the 12-player roster for the FIBA Americas Champi-onship. “Tyus has been out there and he said, be your-self, be confident, commu-nicate a lot, bring inten-sity. I did that, and I think they liked it,” Tre Jones said. Tyus Jones won three gold medals in interna-tional tournaments with USA, including the FIBA Under-17 World Champi-onship in 2012. “The (international) game has changed a little since he played. The teams are different,” Tre said. “He let me experience that

for myself. Some teams, more athletic, some are less athletic but have a lot of shooters. “It’s a different game, more like Europe. It’s somewhat slower, and a lot different than it’s played in America.” The U.S. averaged about 115 points in its first four games in the FIBA Americas tourney and won each game by at least 40. A 24-second shot clock made it almost impossible for opponents to slow down the game and keep the margin closer. Canada, which Tre Jones said was the best team the U.S. faced in the tourney, took a 20-point lead in the first quarter of the championship game. “We had a really slow start. We were selfish on the offensive end and had no intensity on the defen-sive end,” Jones said. “We had no energy at all. But by halftime, we were down just 10 and knew we could come back.” Jones averaged 20.6 minutes, 4.6 points, 6.2 re-bounds and 3.8 steals dur-ing the FIBA Americas tournament. Trent, who will be an AVHS sopho-more this fall, was the team’s leading scorer, aver-aging 16.8 points. Shortly after the tournament, Trent received a schol-arship offer from Duke, where Tyus Jones played for one year – and helped the Blue Devils win the national championship –

before turning pro. “(Trent) performed on the big stage,” Tre Jones said. “In the Canada game, we were up by four and he hit three consecu-tive threes and got the lead back up to double digits. He helped us finish the game.” Jones attempted only 22 shots in five games at the tournament, sticking to his role as a guard who created scoring opportuni-ties for teammates. He doesn’t anticipate that changing much by November, when Apple Valley sets out to defend its Class 4A champion-ship. The Eagles return their entire starting lineup. Last season, Jones aver-aged 8.2 points, 4.5 re-bounds and 4.7 assists. Asked if he would shoot more next season, Jones said, “we have one of the best scorers in the country, if not the best, in Gary Trent Jr. Brock Bertram is a 6-11 center. Cam Kirksey is a talented, athletic player and Jordan Bolton is another good scorer. I like to facilitate, try to set them up for easy shots.” “His role changed in the playoffs for us, certainly,” Apple Valley coach Zach Goring said. “He turned into our best perimeter de-fender, guarding (Cretin-Derham Hall’s Joe) Rosga and then J.T. Gibson (of Champlin Park) in the championship game. But I think you’ll see him score

more for us next season. He’s been working on his three-point shot and pull-up jumper.” The Eagles, who have won two of the last three state Class 4A champion-ships, will be everybody’s team to beat this winter. Jones said playing for Team USA will help him handle that kind of pres-sure. “When you go to the training camp, you get better every day because

you’re playing the best competition in America,” he said. “We talked a lot about mental toughness. When you get tired, you have to keep playing and get tougher and get out of your comfort zone, so that when you’re out of your comfort zone you can still play your role and per-form.”

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Freedom Days run crowns winnersApple Valley’s Erik Rosvold wins men’s 2-mile



Calvin Lehn of Rosemount won the men’s 5-mile race at the Apple Valley Freedom Days Fun Run on Saturday, while Marina Paul took the women’s champion-ship. Erik Rosvold of Apple Valley and Lauren Peterson of Farm-ington were winners in the 2-mile race. Both races started and ended at the Apple Valley Community Center. More than 400 runners participated. Lehn, 21, a former Rosemount High School athlete and now on the cross country and track teams at St. Olaf College, had a winning time of 26 minutes, 23.57 seconds in the men’s 5-mile. Kyle Serreyn, 24, of Lakeville was second in 28:11.21. The rest of the top 10: Marco Santos, 25, 28:20.31; Al-exander Berhe, 18, Rosemount, 28:53.65; Benjamin Noriega, 19, Rio Rico, Ariz., 29:00.14; Jason Mansur, 28, St. Paul, 29:31.71; Nathaniel Blichfeldt, 16, Savage, 29:36.03; Mike Farley, 24, West St. Paul, 31:01.77; Jan Rybar, 53, Apple Valley, 31:22.10; Robinson Ewald, 20, Burnsville, 31:48.87. Paul, 22, won the women’s 5-mile in 31:53.63. Alicia Mansur, 26, of St. Paul was 33:25.73 and Camille Sjoquist, 18, a June 2015 graduate of Apple Valley High School, took third in 34:24.67. Also finishing in the top 10: Abi-gail Fouts, 19, Eagan, 35:56.04; Kate Tavakley, 40, Burnsville, 36:36.60; Abbey Singleton, 21, Lakeville, 36:50.56; Jude Reinert-son, 50, Apple Valley, 37:14.95; Lauren Stach, 16, Savage, 37:54.17; Ellie Sullivan, 17, Prior

Lake, 37:54.47; Sydney Regalado, 14, Rosemount, 38:00.97. Rosvold, 22, of Apple Valley ran to a 35-second victory in the men’s 2-mile, finishing in 10:20.43. Rosvold ran cross country and track at Eastview High School and the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Jonathan Meaden, 16, of Rose-mount was second in 10:55.75 and 50-year-old Kevin Zanker of Burnsville placed third in 10:56.41. Also in the top 10: Ben Goessling, 32, Minneapo-lis, 11:12.67; Nate Williams, 17, Lakeville, 11:15.70; Jason Schultz, 46, Lakeville, 11:30.97; Andy Wen-tzel, 24, Rogers, 11:32.78; Kyle Steinberg, 17, Burnsville, 11:37.39; Brian Janaszak, 38, Apple Valley, 11:42.11; B.J. Knight, 44, Apple Valley, 12:00.73. Peterson, 14, won the women’s 2-mile in 11:25.22. Peterson, who will be a ninth-grader at Farm-ington High School this fall, com-peted in the state high school cross country and track meets in 2014-15. Four runners younger than Pe-terson finished in the top 10 in the women’s 2-mile. The rest of the top 10: Hannah Olson, 21, Rich-field, 11:39.82; Teresa Stanley, 32, Northfield, 12:31.67; Jessica Okey 37, Richfield, 13:36.90; Jenna Ny-blom, 12, Lakeville, 13:39.35; Mar-garet Dalseth, 12, 13:47.25; Dana Piper, 36, Apple Valley, 13:57.69; Daisy Islas, 9, 14:06.04; Jenna Leech, 30, Apple Valley, 14:09.13; Emma Meyer, 12, 14:49.98. Runners ages 5 to 71 finished the women’s 2-mile race. Age range for finishers in the men’s 2-mile was 8 to 77. In the men’s 5-mile, the youngest finisher was 9

and the oldest was 86. In the wom-en’s 5-mile, age range for finishers was 14 to 73. Following are age-group win-ners in the 5-mile and 2-mile races: Men’s 5-mile: Sean Rooney, West Palm Beach, Fla. (9 and under, 42:21.44); Elliot Ewald, Burnsville (10-14, 35:36.19); Ber-he (15-19); Lehn (20-29); Nathan Lanser, Wauwatosa, Wis. (30-39, 32:43.13); Claver Hoehn, Apple Valley (40-49, 33:23.52); Rybar (50-59); Rick Schuldt, Farmington (60-69, 39:25.85); Leland Bigger, Apple Valley (70-79, 51:53.07); Rogers Anderson (80 and over, 1:06:35.55). Women’s 5-mile: Regalado (10-14); Sjoquist (15-19): Paul (20-29); Kerri Nelson, Apple Valley (30-39, 41:30.56); Tavakley (40-49); Reinertson (50-59); Jan Daker, Apple Valley (60-69, 44:28.38); Judy Cronen, Lakeville (70-79, 54:37.44). Men’s 2-mile: Calan Schuldt, Lakeville (9 and under, 14:48.96); Brennen Peterson, Farmington (10-14, 12:16.70); Meaden (15-19); Rosvold (20-29); Goessling (30-39); Schultz (40-49); Zanker (50-59); Brooke Taney, Burnsville (60-69, 16:06.97); Don Domfeld, St. Paul (70-79, 17:37.43). Women’s 2-mile: Islas (9 and under); Peterson (10-14); Kate-lyn Toner, Apple Valley (15-19, 15:18.42); Olson (20-29); Stanley (30-39); Jenny Leroux, Apple Val-ley (40-49, 15:30.32); Linda Kaye, Eagan (50-59, 15:48.34); Patty Buckley (60-69, 18:07.26); Bar-bara Schuldt, Farmington (70 and over, 28:48.43).


Northern Lights volleyball champs get help from several local players



Four players from Dako-ta County helped a Mizuno Northern Lights Juniors Volleyball Club team win its division at the AAU Na-tional Championships in June. Arianna Barrett and Kennedy Brady, both of Lakeville North High School, Madeline Macki-nac of Rosemount High and Emily Tran of Eagan High played for the North-ern Lights 15-2 team, which won the 15 Premier division at the AAU nationals in Orlando, Fla. Barrett was named MVP of the 15 Pre-mier tournament, and Bar-rett and Brady were named All-Americans. Barrett, an outside hit-ter, will be a sophomore at Lakeville North in the fall. She played on the Panthers’ junior varsity team in the 2014 high school season. Brady, a middle and left-side hitter, also will be a sophomore at North and played varsity volleyball last season. Mackinac, a setter and right-side hitter, was the Rosemount junior varsity MVP last season and lettered for the varsity team. Tran, a setter and right-wide hitter, will be a sophomore at Eagan. Other members of the 15-2 team are Mary Camp-bell of Bethlehem Academy, Danielle Pioske of Waconia,

Isabella Ratzloff of East Ridge, Camden Schank of Howard Lake-Waverly/Winsted, Elizabeth Stark of Minneapolis Washburn and Ella Trotter of St. Louis Park. The team’s head coach is Damien Fox, varsity volley-ball coach at Faribault High School. The team also compet-ed in the U.S. Junior Na-tional Championships that concluded July 1 in New Orleans and finished fifth overall in the 15 USA divi-sion. The Northern Lights 15-2 team had an 81-14 re-cord during the club season. Fourteen teams from Northern Lights placed in the top five in their divisions at the AAU nationals. The club sent seven teams to the U.S. Junior Nationals, with the fifth place by the 15-2 team being the highest fin-ish. Several players from last year’s Northern Lights 15-1 team, which won open divi-sion championships at the AAU and junior national tournaments, competed for the club’s 16-1 team this season. That team placed 54th in the 17 Open division at the AAU tourney and 19th in the 16 Open division at the U.S. junior nationals.



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:March 13, 2009MORTGAGOR:Robert L. Bean, a single person.MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-

tronic Registration Systems, Inc..DATE AND PLACE OF RE-

CORDING: Recorded April 9, 2009 Dakota County Recorder, Docu-ment No. 2648926.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association. Dated March 5, 2013 Recorded March 12, 2013, as Document No. 2936558. And thereafter assigned to: Federal National Mortgage As-sociation. Dated December 10, 2014 Recorded May 5, 2015, as Document No. 3064513.

TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registra-

tion Systems, Inc.TRANSACTION AGENT’S

MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE:

100177050500055124LENDER OR BROKER AND

MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STAT-ED ON MORTGAGE: Cornerstone Mortgage Company

RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: Seterus, Inc.

MORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-DRESS: 938 Redwood Drive, Ap-ple Valley, MN 55124

TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 01.11711.05.080LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF

PROPERTY: Lot 8, Block 5, Apple Valley 12th Addition

COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Dakota

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $123,750.00

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

$137,995.11That 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 31, 2015 at 10:00 AMPLACE OF SALE: Sheriff’s Of-

fice, Law Enforcement Center, 1580 Hwy 55, Lobby #S-100, Hastings, MN

to pay the debt then secured by said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs and disbursements, including at-torneys’ fees allowed by law sub-ject 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 February 1, 2016, 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 27, 2015Federal National Mortgage Asso-ciationMortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-EBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-6888110 - 15-001114 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

Published in Apple Valley

June 5, 12, 19, 26, July 3, 10, 2015

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INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196

ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN

PUBLIC SCHOOLSSTATE OF MINNESOTA

NOTICE OF FILING DATES FOR SCHOOL

BOARD ELECTIONNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

the period for filing affidavits of candidacy for the office of School Board member of Independent School District 196 shall begin at 7:30 a.m., Tuesday, July 28, 2015, and shall close at 5 p.m., Tuesday, August 11, 2015.

The School Board election shall be held from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, November 3, 2015. Four members will be elected to the School Board for terms of four years each.

Affidavits of candidacy are avail-able during office hours (7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, July 28 - August 10, and until 5 p.m., on Tuesday, August 11, 2015) from the Office of the School Board, 3455 153rd Street West, Rosemount (651-423-7736). Candidates must pay a non-refundable $2 filing fee or submit a petition of at least 500 signatures. A candidate must be an eligible voter, 21 years of age or more on assuming office (January 4, 2016), must have been a resident of District 196 for 30 days before the school district general election and may not be registered as a convicted sex offender.

A person who meets the can-didacy qualifications may also be-come a candidate if five or more voters draft the candidate by filing an application on behalf of the can-didate with the school district clerk. Proof of service of the application on the candidate must be endorsed on the application. The same filing fee requirements and timeline are applicable.

Both the affidavits of candi-dacy and candidacy by application forms must be filed in the Office of the School Board and the filing fee paid prior to 5 p.m., Tuesday, Au-gust 11, 2015.

Dated: June 23, 2015BY ORDER OF THE SCHOOL

BOARD/s/ Gary L. HuuskoSchool Board Clerk

Published inApple Valley, Lakeville,

Burnsville/EaganJuly 10, 2015

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DATE OF MORTGAGE:June 7, 2007MORTGAGOR: Daovone Chan-

thalinh, a single person.MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-

tronic Registration Systems, Inc.DATE AND PLACE OF RE-

CORDING: Recorded June 28, 2007 Dakota County Recorder, Document No. 2527097.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR LEHMAN XS TRUST MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SE-RIES 2007-15N.

Dated February 6, 2015 Record-ed March 9, 2015, as Document No. 3055695.

TRANSACTION AGENT:

Mortgage Electronic Registra-tion Systems, Inc.

TRANSACTION AGENT’S MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE:


MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE:

AEGIS Wholesale CorporationRESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE

SERVICER: Nationstar Mortgage LLCMORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-

DRESS: 14255 Footbridge Way, Apple Valley, MN 55124


PROPERTY: Lot 5, Block 1, Cedar Isle Estates 6th Addition, Dakota County, Minnesota.

COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Dakota

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $478,400.00

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




DATE AND TIME OF SALE: August 13, 2015 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 February 16, 2016, 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.


“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: June 10, 2015U.S. Bank National Association, as TrusteeMortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-EBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-688821-15-001605 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

Published in Apple ValleyJune 19, 26,

July 3, 10, 17, 24, 2015409217




DATE OF MORTGAGE: August 14, 2012MORTGAGOR: Bradley J. Kno-

blauch and Nancy Knoblauch, hus-band and wife.

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-tronic Registration Systems, Inc.

DATE AND PLACE OF RE-CORDING: Recorded February 21, 2013 Dakota County Recorder, Document No. 2931988.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: Flagstar Bank, FSB. Dated October 1, 2013 Recorded October 9, 2013, as Doc-ument No. 2980278.

TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registra-

tion Systems, Inc.TRANSACTION AGENT’S

MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE:


MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: Gold Star Mort-gage Financial Group, Corporation

RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: Flagstar Bank, FSB

MORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-DRESS: 7038 135th Street West, Apple Valley, MN 55124


PROPERTY:Lot 7, Block 4, Eagle Hills, Third,,

Dakota County, Minnesota.COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY

IS LOCATED: DakotaORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT

OF MORTGAGE: $177,255.00AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED

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




DATE AND TIME OF SALE: September 4, 2015 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.

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 under section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on March 4, 2016, 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.


“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: June 30, 2015Flagstar Bank, FSBMortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-EBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee

4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-688892-15-002233 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

Published inApple Valley

July 10, 17, 24, 31, August 7, 14, 2015

418177

MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE AMENDMENT

TO CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED NAMEMinnesota Statutes, 333

The filing of an assumed name does not provide a user with exclu-sive rights to that name. The filing is required for consumer protection in order to enable customers to be able to identify the true owner of a business.

ASSUMED NAME: Transmission Doctor PlusPRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 15425 Cedar Avenue SouthApple Valley, MN 55124NAMEHOLDER(S): Valley Transmission, Inc.15425 Cedar Avenue SouthApple Valley, MN 55124This certificate is an amendment

of Certificate of Assumed Name File Number 246731

Originally filed on January 19, 2001 under the Name Transmission Doctor

I, the undersigned, certify that I am signing this document as the person whose signature is required, or as agent of the person(s) whose signature would be required who has authorized me to sign this document on his/her behalf, or in both capacities. I further certify that I have completed all required fields, and that the information in this document is true and correct and in compliance with the appli-cable chapter of Minnesota Stat-utes. I understand that by signing this document I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Section 609.48 as if I had signed this document under oath.

DATE FILED: June 30, 2015SIGNED BY: Lawrence Maronick


July 10, 17, 2015418333

MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE CERTIFICATE

OF ASSUMED NAMEMinnesota Statutes, 333

The filing of an assumed name does not provide a user with exclu-sive rights to that name. The filing is required for consumer protection in order to enable customers to be able to identify the true owner of a business.

ASSUMED NAME: Primrose School of Apple ValleyPRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 15455 Embry PathApple Valley, MN 55124NAMEHOLDER(S): Little Badgers, Inc15455 Embry PathApple Valley, MN 55124I, the undersigned, certify that

I am signing this document as the person whose signature is required, or as agent of the person(s) whose signature would be required who has authorized me to sign this document on his/her behalf, or in both capacities. I further certify that I have completed all required fields, and that the information in this document is true and correct and in compliance with the appli-cable chapter of Minnesota Stat-utes. I understand that by signing this document I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Section 609.48 as if I had signed this document under oath.

DATE FILED: January 2, 2015SIGNED BY: Melisa M. Schultz


July 10, 17, 2015412571


MINN. STAT. 580.025, 580.04Date: June 18, 2015YOU ARE NOTIFIED that default

has occurred in the conditions of the following described Mortgage:

1. Date of Mortgage: April 5, 2004

2. Mortgagors: Daniel E. Kuk-lock and Ronda K. Kuklock, as joint tenants

3. Mortgagee: Wells Fargo Fi-nancial Minnesota, Inc.

4. Recording Information: Re-

corded on April 28, 2004, as Docu-ment Number 2198959, in the Office of the County Recorder (or Registrar of Titles) of Dakota Coun-ty, Minnesota.

5. Assignments of Mortgage: Assigned to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., its suc-cessors and assigns by written as-signment recorded on 04/15/2005, as Document Number 2313317 in the recording office stated in paragraph 4. Further assigned to Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC by written assignment recorded on 09/26/2014, as Document Num-ber 3031359 in the recording office stated in paragraph 4. Further as-signed to Bucks Financial V, LLC by written assignment recorded on 09/26/2014 as Document Number 3031360 in the recording office stated in paragraph 4. Further as-signed to Home Expo Financial Inc. by written assignment recorded on 04/20/2015 as Document Number 3062714 in the recording office stated in paragraph 4. Further as-signed to 2nd Chance Mortgages, Inc. by written assignment record-ed on 04/20/2015 as Document Number 3062715 in the recording office stated in paragraph 4.

6. Tax parcel identification num-ber of the mortgaged premises: 01-31003-01-050

7. Legal description of the mort-gaged premises: Lot 5, Block 1, Greenleaf Fourth Addition, Dakota County, Minnesota.

8. The physical street address, city, and zip code of the mortgaged premises: 13549 Findlay Avenue, Apple Valley, MN 55124

9. The person holding the Mort-gage: is not a transaction agent, as defined by Minn. Stat. 58.02, subd. 30. The name of the residential mortgage servicer and the lender or broker, as defined in Minn. Stat. 58.02 is: 2nd Chance Mortgages Inc.

10. The name of the mortgage originator, as defined in Minn. Stat. 58.02, is: Wells Fargo Financial Minnesota, Inc.

11. The requisites of Minn. Stat. 580.02 have been satisfied.

12. The original principal amount secured by the Mortgage was $49,486.06

13. At the date of this notice the amount due on the Mortgage, including taxes, if any, paid by the holder of the mortgage, is: $ 45,150.71.

14. Pursuant to the power of sale in the Mortgage, the Mortgage will be foreclosed, and the mort-gaged premises will be sold by the Sheriff of Dakota County, Minne-sota, at public auction on Septem-ber 3, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at Dakota County Sheriff’s Office, 1580 High-way 55, Hastings, MN 55033.

15. The time allowed by law for redemption by Mortgagor or Mort-gagor’s personal representative or assigns is 6 months after the date of the sale.

16. Minn. Stat. 580.04(b) pro-vides, “If the real estate is an own-er-occupied, single-family dwelling, the notice must also specify the date on or before which the mort-gagor must vacate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated un-der section 580.30 or the property redeemed under section 580.23.” If this statute applies, the time to va-cate the property is 11:59 p.m. on March 3, 2016.

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.Name of Mortgagee or Mortgage Assignee: 2nd Chance Mortgages Inc.Name and address of Attorney for Mortgagee or Mortgage Assignee: Lesley A. Hoenig, Barham Legal LLC, 2644 Kull Road, Lancaster, Ohio 43130

Published inApple Valley

June 26, July 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, 2015

410960

Changing a perspective on suicide

The Rev. Paul Jarvis, formerly of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Rosemount, and sever-al of the church’s members entered the woods behind Highland Cemetery to consecrate the ground surrounding the graves of unbaptized children and those who died of suicide and were buried in the late 1800s and early 1900s. (Photo by Tad Johnson)

Jarvis consecrates graves from the

19th centuryby Hannah Gullickson

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It was a somber and honoring day when Rev. Paul Jarvis, the former pastor of the Church of St. Joseph, consecrated several graves buried out-side the main grounds of Highland Cemetery in Lakeville on Memorial Day. Prior to Jarvis’ service, the graves were considered unconsecrated since they were located outside the main grounds.. The graves contained six unbaptized infants and a man who died by suicide from the late 1800s. “Since we cannot bring these brothers and sisters into the already conse-crated grounds, we’ll bring the consecrated grounds to them,” said Jarvis, who recently was reassigned to another church due to health concerns. The main intentions for

consecrating these graves were to honor those bur-ied and to bring new un-derstanding to the topic of mental health and suicide. Jarvis explained that in earlier times, Christians would bury those who died by suicide and “those considered to be morally problematic” in burial sites outside the church’s con-secrated grounds. He said many Christians didn’t fully understand mental illnesses such as depres-sion and addiction. “Today, we understand that undiagnosed, untreat-ed, mistreated or under-treated depression is at the root of the vast majority of suicides,” Jarvis said. “And since we now bet-ter understand psychol-ogy, we no longer judge a victim of suicide as fully morally culpable. This is why victims of suicide are buried now in consecrated ground,” he said. Bill Bradley, the di-rector of worship at St. Joseph, described the consecration service as meaningful to all those who attended or were un-

able to attend. “We have a new under-standing not only about the condition of things like depression but also the understanding of the soul and how we can’t judge that,” he said. “And so instead of be-ing the judgers we simply accept. … That very ser-vice was about ... recog-nizing (the individuals) as being part of the faith.” Bradley said, “It was very touching because it was Memorial Day.” The service was at-tended by many St. Joseph parishioners and members of the community follow-ing a ceremony in the main grounds by Rosemount VFW and American Le-gion members to honor military veterans. . Bradley said that while the main service honored veterans, the second ser-vice focused on conse-crating the ground. The congregation gathered together and prayed be-fore Jarvis consecrated the graves.

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5220 Electrical

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5420 Tree Care &Stump Removal



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5510 Full-time

Class A CDL Drivers. Local plants haul. year round work. Call after 3:30 612-554-8141

ENGINEER-Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. is seeking a Field Service Engineer in Minneapolis, MN, to pro-vide technical onsite sup-port, installation, set up, and repair for company’s x-ray, check weigher, and metal detector product lines. Must be willing to travel nationally up to 75% of the time. BS + 2yrs of exp or Associate degree + 3yrs of exp. See full req’s & ap-ply online: http://career-sat.thermofisher.com. Req # 22919BR EOE.

5510 Full-time

Cabinets/Countertops

BWS designs, fabricates and installs custom coun-tertops and cabinetry for the residential and com-mercial markets. We have openings in the follow-ing depts. Countertop Installation for granite, laminate and solid surface, cabinet maker. Related experience helpful. BWS offers competitive com-pensation in accordance with experience. Benefits available.

Interested individuals can send resume or apply at:Bob’s Wood Specialties, Inc.

14200 Ewing Ave SBurnsville, MN 55306Phone: 952-890-4700

Fax: 952-890-6448EOE

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DaRan Inc., a familyowned OTR/Regional trucking company in

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valid CDL. DaRan offers a competitive benefit pkg

w/medical, dental, life & IRA.Apply at

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Finish CarpentersSchwieters Co. is hiring.

$1000 hiring bonus for Exp. Finish Carpenter

Great Benefits! Year round work throughout the metro

area. 612-328-3140 to schedule an interview.

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Retail Sales Associates:Located throughout the MSP Airport, World Duty Free Group (WDFG) has 31 stores ranging from Book-stores to newsstands to specialty retail and brand-ed stores. We are looking for people with experience in retail. Our bookstore positions require previous bookstore or library expe-rience. All positions are full-time and have a full benefits package. Union environment. Apply on line at: http://jobs.usa.wdfgcareers.com/Minnesota/jobs.aspx

5510 Full-time

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20,000 teammates.

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5510 Full-time

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“That word (consecra-tion) is important in our sense of Christian teach-ing because the difference between consecration (and

blessing) is (that consecra-tion is) to set apart as holy and so it’s different than any other ground,” Brad-ley said. “Blessing is sim-ply beautiful. “And so this is the way

to bridge the old with the new, what I would call the timeless,” Bradley said. “To recognize that God’s idea of saving us is eter-nal and not defined in our time.”

Highland Cemetery sits between Pilot Knob and Dodd Road in Lakeville, owned by the Church of St. Joseph in Rosemount. Much work has been done in recent years to dis-

cover the graves by local archaeologist and Rose-mount Historical Society member Jerry Mattson along with the Friends of Highland Cemetery. “So now at Highland

Cemetery we recognize it as not any ground but holy ground,” Bradley said.

Email Hannah Gullickson at [email protected].

GRAVES, from 13A

buyers 55 and older still live there, Bestul said. When the fire delayed their transition plans, some were put up in apartments, others lived with family members and some delayed selling their homes, she said. Bestul has a history with the project, the sec-ond phase of a co-op de-velopment that started with the 2003 completion of the adjacent Gramercy Club at Greenhaven on

Greenhaven Drive. Her husband, Stuart, was the project manager on the Burnhaven building when it went up in flames. He worked for builder Frana Cos., which was hired by the first develop-er, Gramercy Corp. “I’ll never forget that day,” Bestul said. “It was, like, 4 in the morning when Stu got the call. It was, like, ‘Turn your TV on!’ Oh, my gosh.” The entire frame of the building was finished and about a third of it had

been drywalled, Bestul said. After the fire, “They pretty much had to bring it all back down to the basement and start over,” she said. It was one of the cost-liest fires in memory in Burnsville. It accounted for most of the nearly $6 million in citywide fire damages in 2004 — a total that dwarfed those of the several years before and after. “That’s probably the worst one I can think of,” the late Burnsville fire in-

spector Dave Crosbie told the St. Paul Pioneer Press in 2005. “It’s an extreme act.” Crosbie and the Fire Department were un-equivocal in their arson ruling. “It still is unsolved,” Bestul said. “They’re thinking it was arson be-cause there were some other fires in the area dur-ing that period.”

Rebuilding Gramercy exited the project and dissolved after

the death of owner Mike Conlan, Bestul said. A new developer, Coopera-tive Communities, took it over, said Bestul, who worked for that company at the time. “I was an interior fin-isher,” she said. “When people purchased a home, I sat with them to pick out their interior finishes.” She returned as hous-ing manager two and a half years ago, working for management company Ebenezer. The project has been

fully sold for nearly two years, with 25 potential buyers on a waiting list, Bestul said. Amenities include a swimming pool, which few co-ops have, she said, a clubhouse and vir-tual golf. The many social activities are planned by some of the co-op’s 16 ac-tive committees, she said. “Everybody knows their neighbors here,” Bestul said.

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

CO-OP, from 1A

EducationFiling opens July 28 for four School Board seats Four of the seven at-large po-sitions on the School Board of Independent School District 196 are up for election in the Nov. 3 General School Board Election. The terms of Joel Albright, Rob Duchscher, Jackie Magnuson and Bob Schutte expire Jan. 4, 2016. The term of each open po-sition is four years, from Janu-ary 2016 to January 2020. The two-week filing period for School Board candidates will open Tuesday, July 28, at 7:30 a.m. and run through Tuesday, Aug. 11, at 5 p.m. All candidates must file during this two-week period in order to be placed on the ballot. The School Board is respon-sible for developing policy to ensure the proper care, man-agement and control of district affairs, and supporting the dis-trict’s mission of educating our students to reach their full po-tential. Any person may be a can-didate who is eligible to vote; would be at least 21 years old

upon assuming office (Jan. 4, 2016); is a resident of the school district for at least 30 days be-fore the election; has not filed as a candidate for any other office at the upcoming general elec-tion; and is not a sex offender who has been convicted of an offense for which registration is required under Minnesota Stat-ute 243.166. Affidavits of candidacy are available during office hours (7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday) in the Superin-tendent’s Office of Independent School District 196, 3455 153rd St. W., Rosemount. Completed affidavits of candidacy must be filed at the Superintendent’s Office by 5 p.m. Aug. 11, along with a $2 filing fee or a petition with at least 500 signatures of eligible voters in place of the fil-ing fee. Five or more voters may also draft a candidate by filing an application on behalf of the candidate. The candidate must indicate his or her willingness to serve by signing the application. The same filing fee requirements and timeline apply. Persons considering running for one of the four open posi-

tions may also call the Super-intendent’s Office at 651-423-7736 for more information or to schedule an informational meet-ing.

College news Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, spring dean’s honor roll, Alexis Devitt, of Apple Valley. Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, spring dean’s list, Shannon Maguire, of Apple Valley. University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, spring dean’s list, from Apple Valley – Areej Aleid, Cody Bestul, Ryan Bohnenstin-gel, Valeria Brukhis, Kelly Fix, Taryn Glynn, John Hassenstab, Josef Hofmeister, Michael Ka-gan, Thomas Knutson, Rachel Larson, Jennifer Loomis, Paige Martin, Katherine Matthews, Benjamin Michels, Alyssa Radi-chel, Ryan Reger, Sarah Rumon, Lauren Schaffran, Tavis Sinn. Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, spring graduate, Rebecca Scherrer, of Apple Valley, B.A., biological chemistry. She also was the recipient of the Adam M. Thornton ’81 Memorial

Prize. South Dakota State Univer-sity, Brookings, spring dean’s list, from Apple Valley – Afo-lake Adewumi, Julia Lam, Sa-mantha Peterson, Scott Splett. Dillon Kurila, of Apple Val-ley, is the recipient of a $2,000 Valspar Foundation scholar-ship. He is a biology major at Loyola University Chicago – Water Tower in Chicago, Illi-nois. Concordia University, St. Paul, spring dean’s list, from Ap-ple Valley – David Getty, Dylan Novacek, Madeline Swain. Minnesota State Univer-sity, Mankato, spring dean’s list, from Apple Valley – Zach-ary Berkebile, Deanna Bernard, Kelsey Brumm, Lance Cabak, Evan Carlson, Kristofer Carl-son, Ashley Comstock, Jennifer Edd, Hunter Gomez, Thomas Harrington, Jordan Koplitz, Elizabeth Luetje, Noah Merten, Kellie Metzger, Ali Peterson, Elizabeth Quast, Leah Rhode, Samra Russell, Michael Schlies-man, Justine See, Tyler See, Haylee Sieben, Eric St. Aubin, Kayla Tanberg, Kalley Whet-stone, Abrar Zawed. University of Wisconsin-Riv-

er Falls, spring dean’s list, from Apple Valley – Lynnette Bier-baum, Danielle Bloch, Monique Davis, Kelsey Klaustermeier, Megan Reily, Hailey Smith, Cora Spear, Malory Tshioko, Anna Udenberg. University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, spring graduate, Elizabeth Anderson, of Apple Valley, B.S., biology. University of New Hamp-shire, Durham, New Hamp-shire, spring dean’s list, Marissa Nelson, of Apple Valley. The College of St. Scholas-tica, Duluth, spring graduates, from Apple Valley – Kali Baven-der, M.S., teaching; Beth Deter-man, M.S., teaching; Meghan Keegan, B.A., biology, cum laude; Karen Limke, B.S., health information management, cum laude; Judith Mutie, D.N.P., ad-vanced practice nursing; Emilee Schlosser, B.A., health sciences, cum laude; Lynnette Yohn, B.S., health information manage-ment.

To submit college news items, email: [email protected].


Obituaries

Engagements

Sheady/HoppsMike and Jan Sheady of

Lakeville, MN, announce the engagement of their daughter, Kelsey Anne Sheady, to Adam Joseph Hopps, son of Mark Hopps and Susan Renee of Coon Rapids, MN.

Kelsey is a graduate from St. Cloud State Uni-versity and received her Juris Doctorate from Wil-liam Mitchell College of Law. Adam is a graduate of University of Wiscon-sin-Stout.

An August 20, 2016 wedding is planned in their new hometown of Nisswa, MN.

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‘Barefoot in the Park’ in Lakeville The Lakeville Area Arts Center is present-ing Neil Simon’s stage comedy “Barefoot in the Park” by Expressions Community Theater at 7:30 p.m. July 31, Aug. 1, 6-8, and 2 p.m. Aug. 2 and 9. Tickets are $13 and are available online at www.LakevilleAreaArtsCen-ter.com, or at the Lakev-ille Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. For more information, call 952-985-4640.

Video gaming demonstration In conjunction with the July 24 release of “Pixels,” Paragon The-aters in Burnsville is of-fering a video gaming demonstration from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 25. Paragon also is offering a guess who and a gaming character con-test. Information on the contests can be found at http://www.paragonthe-aters.com/promotions.

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Auditions Eagan Theater Company will hold auditions for a female version of “The Odd Couple” 4:30-7:45 p.m. Monday, July 27, and Tuesday, July 28, at Rasmussen College, 3500 Fed-eral Drive, Eagan. Cast includes six women and two men age 30-plus. Interested individuals should prepare a 1- to 2-minute contemporary, comedic mono-logue or read from the script. Headshot photos and resumes welcomed but not required. Email Jennifer Kudelka, direc-tor, at [email protected] with questions and/or to indi-cate preferred date and times. Callbacks, if needed, will be Saturday, Aug. 1, at Rasmus-sen College. Performances will be the first two weekends in October.

Books “To Kill a Mockingbird,” 6 p.m. Thursday, July 16, Burn-haven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville. The 1962 film starring Gregory Peck won three Oscars. Free. SouthSide Writers, Sat-urday workgroup for aspiring writers, offering critique, sub-mission and manuscript prep-aration information, support and direction, 10 a.m. to noon, Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. Information: 651-688-0365.

Comedy Zainab Johnson and Jim-my Shubert, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday, July 10, and Saturday, July 11, Mystic Lake, Prior Lake. Mature audiences only. Tickets: $19. Information: 952-445-9000 or www.mysticlake.com.

Events/Festivals Lakeville Pan-O-Prog, July 4-12. Information: www.pano-prog.org. International Festival of Burnsville, 3-9 p.m. Saturday, July 11, Nicollet Commons Park, 12600 Nicollet Ave. S., Burnsville. Free. Information:

www.intlfestburnsville.org. Rosemount Leprechaun Days, July 17-26. Information: www.rosemountevents.com/leprechaun.html. Minnesota Scottish Fair & Highland Games, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, July 18, 980 Discovery Road, Eagan. Infor-mation: mnscottishfair.org. Great Midwest Rib Fest, July 24-26, Mystic Lake, Prior Lake. Information: http://mid-westribfest.com/.

Exhibits A watercolor exhibit by Rita Ryan runs 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays through July 31 at Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Informa-tion: 952-985-4640. “Cultural Perspectives: Worldly Treasures” runs July 9 to Aug. 9 at the art gallery at Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Information: 952-895-4685.

Music Music in Kelley Park fea-turing Patty Peterson, Friends and Family, 6-9 p.m. Friday, July 10, at Kelley Park, 6855 Fortino St., Apple Valley. Free. Food and beverages avail-able for purchase. Information: http://avartsfoundation.org/. Dakota Valley Summer Pops Orchestra and Chorale, 6:30 p.m. Sunday, July 12, part of Caponi Art Park’s Sum-mer Performance Series in the park’s Theater in the Woods outdoor amphitheater, 1220 Diffley Road, Eagan. Opening act: Storyteller Beverly Cott-man. A $5 per person dona-tion is suggested. Information: 651-454-9412 or http://www.caponiartpark.org. Northern Winds Band (symphonic band), 7 p.m., Sun-day, July 12, as part of Sun-day Night Music in the Park at Nicollet Commons Park, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Free. Patty Griffin, Mavis Sta-ples and Amy Helm, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, July 12, in the amphi-theater at the Minnesota Zoo as part of Subway Music in the Zoo. Tickets: $52, $64.50 VIP box seat. Information: http://suemclean.com/.

Music in Kelley Park fea-turing Michael Monroe, 6-9 p.m. Friday, July 17, at Kelley Park, 6855 Fortino St., Apple Valley. Free. Food and bever-ages available for purchase. Information: http://avartsfoun-dation.org/. Xibaba (Brazilian, jazz and world music), 7 p.m. Sunday, July 19, as part of Sunday Night Music in the Park at Nicollet Commons Park, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Free. Ry Cooder, Sharon White and Ricky Skaggs, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 16, in the amphi-theater at the Minnesota Zoo as part of Subway Music in the Zoo. Tickets: $55, $67.50 VIP box seat. Information: http://suemclean.com/. Indigo Girls, 7:30 p.m. Fri-day, July 17, in the amphithe-ater at the Minnesota Zoo as part of Subway Music in the Zoo. Tickets: $54, $66.50 VIP box seat. Information: http://suemclean.com/. Dave Koz with Rick Braun and Kenny Lattimore, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 18, in the amphitheater at the Minnesota Zoo as part of Subway Music in the Zoo. Tickets: $48, $60.50 VIP box seat. Information: http://suemclean.com/. John Butler Trio, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, July 19, in the amphi-theater at the Minnesota Zoo as part of Subway Music in the Zoo. Tickets: $45, $57.50 VIP box seat. Information: http://suemclean.com/.

Theater “Beauty and the Beast,” presented by Eagan Commu-nity Theater, 7 p.m. July 17-18, 22-25, 29-31, Aug. 1; 2 p.m. July 19, 26 and Aug. 1, Eagan High School. Senior citizen pre-view 7 p.m. July 16. Tickets: $15 adults, $10 seniors and children under 12. Information: http://www.eaganhs.portal.rschooltoday.com/.

Workshops/classes/other Pretty Princess Party for girls ages 3 to 6, 2-3:30 p.m. Wednesdays, July 22 through Aug. 19, at Footsteps Dance Studio in Burnsville. Singing, dancing, acting, tumbling and

games taught by dance teacher and educator Karin Wilde-Ber-ry. The Pretty Princess Party allows little girls to celebrate being a princess in God’s king-dom. Cost is $25 per class ses-sion. A 10 percent discount is available for the first eight stu-dents who enroll in all five ses-sions. For more information, email [email protected]. 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. Drawing & Painting (adults and teens) with Christine Tier-ney, 9 a.m. to noon Wednes-days, River Ridge Arts Building, Burnsville. Information: www.christinetierney.com, 612-210-3377. Brushworks School of Art Burnsville offers fine art education through drawing and painting. Classes for adults and teens. Information: Patricia Schwartz, www.BrushworksS-choolofArt.com, 651-214-4732. Soy candle making class-es held weekly in Eagan near 55 and Yankee Doodle. Call Ja-mie at 651-315-4849 for dates and times. $10 per person. Presented by Making Scents in Minnesota. Country line dance class-es on Wednesdays at the Lakeville Senior Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Beginners, 9-10 a.m.; Intermediate, 10 a.m. to noon. $5/class. Call Marilyn 651-463-7833. Line dance classes for intermediates, 1:30-4 p.m., weekly schedule to be deter-mined at American Legion, 14521 Granada Drive, Apple Valley, $5/class. Call Marilyn 651-463-7833 for details. The Lakeville Area Arts Center offers arts classes for all ages, www.lakevillemn.gov, 952-985-4640. Rosemount History Book Club meets 6:30-8 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Robert Trail Library. Infor-mation: John Loch, 952-255-8545 or [email protected].

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Friday, July 10 Relay For Life of Eagan begins at 6 p.m., Eagan High School, 4185 Braddock Trail, Ea-gan. Information: www.relayfor-life.org/eaganmn. Outdoor movie, “Bears,” rated G, 7:30 p.m. seating, dusk showtime, part of Burnsville’s “Flicks on the Bricks” series at Nicollet Commons Park in the Heart of the City.

Sunday, July 12 Third annual Aviation Day pancake breakfast hosted by the Lakeville Lions, 8 a.m. to noon, Airlake Airport, 22100 Hamburg Ave., Lakeville, 952-469-4414. Meal includes pan-cakes, eggs, sausage, coffee and orange juice. Cost: $8 adults, $5 kids 12 and under. Hot dogs and brats served at 11:30 a.m. by the

Boy Scouts.

Tuesday, July 14 Family Fun Tuesday – Bare-Bones Productions: Outdoor Puppetry and Performance Art, 10-11 a.m. in the Sculpture Gar-den at Caponi Art Park, Eagan. $4 per person donation suggest-ed. Information: 651-454-9412 or www.caponiartpark.org. Free civil legal advice clinic, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Room 110A, Dakota County Northern Service Center, 1 Mendota Road, West St. Paul. No appointment neces-sary. Information: Dakota County Law Library, 651-438-8080. Tuesday Evenings in the Garden – Save the Harvest with Cathy Johnson, 6:30-8 p.m. in front of the red barn at the Da-kota County Fairgrounds, 4008 220th St. W., Farmington. Learn canning and freezing techniques and enjoy summer produce all year round. Class includes a pickling demonstration. Class

size is limited; register by call-ing 651-480-7700. Information: www.dakotamastergardeners.org.

Wednesday, July 15 Storytime in the Park with children’s librarian Cathy Mc-Guire, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Farm-ington Preserve, 19975 Embers Ave., Farmington. She will read a few stories and Farmington Rec-reation staff will play parachute games and offer an art activity based on the theme of the day, All About Beaches. Free. Eagan Market Fest – Clas-sic Car Show & Oldies Music Night, 4-8 p.m., Eagan Festival Grounds at Central Park, 1501 Central Parkway. Farmers mar-ket, entertainment by Elvis tribute artists Steve and Tommy Marcio, 4-5:30 p.m., and The Rockin’ Hollywoods, 6-8 p.m. Informa-tion: www.cityofeagan.com/mar-ketfest or 651-675-5500. Tricia & the Toonies (mu-

sic, skits, puppets and audi-ence participation), 7 p.m., as part of the Wednesday in the Park Concert Series at Civic Center Park, 75 Civic Center Parkway, Burnsville. Free. Rain location: Diamondhead Educa-tion Center, 200 W. Burnsville Parkway.

Thursday, July 16 Ms. Catherine, 10 a.m. at Central Park Amphitheater, 2893 145th St., Rosemount. Part of the Summer Music in the Park series. Bring a blanket or lawn chair for seating. Free. Call 651-322-6020 and select option 6 to check for cancelation due to inclement weather. Thursday Rockin’ Readers, 11:15 a.m. at Nicollet Commons Park, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burns-ville. Harriet Bishop Elementary Principal Erika Nesvig will read books to children. Books are geared toward elementary and preschool children.

Fun Day at Dakota City Dakota City Heritage Village will offer Family and Friends Fun Day on Friday, July 17. Costumed guides will lead tours starting at 10 a.m. and running every half hour until the last tour at noon. Tours last 90 minutes. Visitors can view horse-drawn buggies, farm ma-chinery and displays in the museum. Guests are welcome to pack a pic-nic lunch to eat on the grounds. Cost is $5 per person, age 3 and up. Tickets can be purchased at the en-trance gate on the day of the tour. A ticket is needed to be in the village. Dakota City Heritage Village is located at 4008 220th St. W., Farmington. For more information, vis-it www.dakotacity.org or call 651-460-8050.

Lakeville author’s trilogy Lakeville author Ken-neth Kappelmann has re-leased hardback editions of his Hidden Magic tril-ogy. In the first book of the fantasy trilogy, “The Hid-den Magic: The Return of the Dragons,” a group of companions face chal-lenges, death, love and fate. The choices they make could save the world or lead it into dragon rule and tyranny forever. In the next two books, “The Dragon Unknown Part I and Part II,” these companions seek to mas-ter the powers put before them and learn The Hid-den Magic will either save them or end their trek for

peace. Published by Tate Pub-lishing and Enterprises, the books are available through bookstores na-tionwide, from the pub-lisher at www.tatepublish-ing.com/bookstore, or by visiting barnesandnoble.com or amazon.com.

Riverwalk Market Fair Music by Bonnie and the Clydes, Instant Mu-

sic for kids by Vintage Band Festival, fresh lo-cal produce, and arts and crafts will be featured at Riverwalk Market Fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sat-urday, July 11, in down-town Northfield’s Bridge Square. For more informa-tion, visit www.Riverwalk-MarketFair.org.

‘Art and Ale’ fundraiser Tickets are on sale

for the Northfield Arts Guild’s “Art and Ale” fundraiser to be held 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, at Northfield Arts Guild Center for the Arts, 304 Division St. S., Northfield. “Art and Ale” is a night filled with art in all kinds of forms – a live musical hootenanny, samplings of local home brew and craft beer, the final night of the North-field Teachers gallery show, and grown-up make-and-take art proj-ects. Tickets are $40 for a single ticket, $35 each for two or more. Tickets can be purchased online at northfieldartsguild.org/event/art-ale/.

Songwriting judges Judges for the Inter-national Songwriting Competition include Lorde, American Au-thors, Tom Waits, Pat Metheny, Bill Withers, Sara Evans, Bastille, Avi-cii, Hardwell, Casting Crowns, Boyz II Men, Moby, Daddy Yankee and more. Open to both ama-teur and professional songwriters, ISC offers 22 genres of music for people to enter their songs. ISC gives away more than $150,000 in cash and prizes shared among the 68 winners – including an overall Grand Prize consist-ing of $25,000 cash and more in merchandise and services. To enter a song, or for more information, go to www.songwritingcompe-tition.

Lakeville native Lauren Davis performed at the Shell Lake Arts Center’s final jazz improvisation and combo concert on Friday, July 3, in Shell Lake, Wisconsin. The concert was a culmination of a weeklong Jazz Impro-visation and Combo camp, where participants received instruction from professional jazz musicians from across the nation on improvisation, instrument master classes, jazz history and more. (Photo submitted)

Davis performs at Shell Lake


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The Dakota Valley Summer Pops Orchestra will present “Their Last Full Measure: A Commemoration of the End of the Civil War” at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, July 12, at Eagan’s Caponi Art Park. The concert, part of the art park’s Summer Performance Series, will include works by composers Aaron Copland and Robert Maderich II. Storyteller Beverly Cottman is the opening act. Admission is free with a $5 per person suggested donation, and guests are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets to spread on the outdoor amphitheater’s grassy slopes. More information is at www.caponiartpark.org. (Submitted photo by Russ Borud)

Symphony in the woods

The Rosemount Area Arts Council is looking to form a theater group for se-nior citizens this year, with a debut production planned for spring 2016. According to organizers, the group will take part in classes led by professional instructors in all aspects of theater, including acting, theatrical makeup, stage de-sign and construction, stage management and costum-ing. There will also be script readings, with no memoriza-tion required. No theater experience is necessary to join the group, which is geared to adults 50 and older, organizers said. Classes are scheduled

to begin when the Steeple Center, currently under con-struction, is completed and the Rosemount Area Arts Council can establish its headquarters in the building, which is scheduled for some-time between September and November of this year. And next spring, the new theater group will produce and perform a play for a public audience, organizers said. The arts council is seek-ing input from the com-munity to shape the theater group’s programming, and to that end a community meeting has been scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 13, at the Robert Trail Li-

brary, 14395 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. Adults 50 and older, or residents who know adults 50 and older, are invited to attend the meeting. The mission of the the-ater group, organizers said, is to make theater accessible to older adults locally, use theater to stimulate positive attitudes toward aging and improve the health of par-ticipants. For more information, contact Jeanne Schwartz at 612-272-0997 or [email protected]. More about the Rose-mount Area Arts Council is at www.rosemountarts.com.

—Andrew Miller

Senior theater group forming in Rosemount Community meeting set Aug. 13Fur-Ever Wild, a work-

ing agricultural farm in Lakeville, is offering up-close encounters with a wolf puppy through its Pet-n-Play program. The farm, 10132 235th St. W., is open every Saturday and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m. and offers visi-tors a chance to interact with farm animals and wildlife in a safe environ-ment. General admission is $7.50 for adults, $5 for kids, or a family of four for $20. The wolf puppy Pet-n-Play is $20 per per-son for 20 minutes. More information is at www.fureverwild.org. (Photo submitted)

Wolf pup playtime

The John Butler Trio, an Australian roots and jam band, are set to perform at the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley on July 19 as part of the summerlong Music in the Zoo concert series. Tickets are $45 and can be purchased by phone at 800-514-3849 and online at www.etix.com. Other concerts at the zoo this month include Blackberry Smoke, Mason Jennings, and the Okee Dokee Brothers. (Submitted photo by Kane Hibberd)

Roots rock at the zoo


Hailee Kane wins Leprechaun Days Button Design Contest

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Hailee Kane, who will be a ninth-grader this fall at Rosemount High School, has won this year’s Rosemount Lepre-chaun Days Button De-sign Contest. Hailee entered the con-test as a Rosemount Mid-dle School student when contest organizers made students at the school aware of the contest. “To be honest, it sur-prised me a bit,” Hailee said of winning. “By the time I got the letter, I had completely forgotten about the contest. It was pleasant news at least.” Hailee said she has had an affection for art since she was in the second grade. “I drew a picture of a dragon, the teacher thought it was good, and I simply continued from there,” she said. Hailee said she likes to draw many anime-related pictures. The leprechaun she drew for this year’s button has anime features as it gives a wink while dancing on the Rose-mount Central Park stage as a backdrop. She said she aimed to make a leprechaun who was upbeat to get people in the mood of Lepre-chaun Days. The Central Park setting and text were designed by the Dakota County Tribune and Sun Thisweek graphic design staff. Hailee said the Lepre-chaun Days event she is

most looking forward to this year is the petting zoo, which will be at Fluegel’s Farm, Garden and Pet at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 18. A petting zoo will also be part of the Lightin’ Up the Leprechaun event at Lighthouse Christian Church on the same day 12:30-3 p.m. The Rosemount Area Seniors will be selling this year’s official button at several locations through-out Rosemount prior to the start of Leprechaun Days, which runs July 17 to 26. The seniors also will be selling buttons at several events throughout the 10-day festival. Buttons cost $1 and proceeds of sales support Rosemount Area Seniors programs. “I feel quite honored, really,” Hailee said of having her artwork on the buttons. “The fact that my art will be seen by so many people is kind of mindblowing.” More about Lepre-chaun Days is at www.RosemountEvents.com.

Tad Johnson is at [email protected] and twitter.com/editorTJ.

Above: 2014 Eagan Funfest ambassadors competed in the annual Eagan Brain Freeze ice cream eating competition. Karalyn Giles, who will compete for the Minneapolis Aquatennial Queen of the Lakes title later this month, won the first round. 2015 Eagan Funfest ambassador candidates, local dignitaries and festival-goers also competed in the Brain Freeze.

At left: 2014 Eagan Funfest ambassador Reece Peters waves to the crowd during the Funfest Fourth of July Pa-rade. Eagan Funfest kicked off on July 3. The annual parade on July 4 began at the intersection of Yankee Doodle and Blue Cross roads and headed east to its finish-ing point at Yankee Doodle Road and Central Parkway. The festival included an an-nual car show, carnival and Funfest Brain Freeze compe-tition, among other events. (Photos by Jessica Harper)

Brain freeze at Eagan Funfest

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