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Successful coach to retireThe longtime Apple Valley boys soccer coach will retire, leaving behind a trophy case full of memories.

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History through a fi ctional lensDale Swanson, author of the historical novel “The Thirty-Ninth Man,” is set to speak April 19 at the Steeple Center in Rosemount.

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Preserve our water qualityThe ECM Editorial Board encourages state leaders to ensure the quality of drinking water by undertaking new initiatives.

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Big turnout for chamber expoAn estimated 6,000 people attended the annual Home & Garden Expo hosted by the Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce.

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Man charged after fatal crash at Cedar & 160th

Robotics in the spotlight

by Laura AdelmannSUN THISWEEK

DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

The Rosemount driver who police say ran naked into a home after fleeing the scene of a fatal crash at the Apple Valley-Lakeville border has been charged with multiple felonies. Eric Wesley Kasprzyk, 40, is charged with three

counts of criminal vehicular homi-cide (negligence and under the in-fluence; gross neg-ligence and leaving the scene) and one count of first-de-gree burglary, all felonies. Police say Kasprzyk was speeding in a white

BMW and driv-ing west in the eastbound lane on 160th Street near Cedar Avenue at around 8:30 a.m. April 1 before wit-nesses reported seeing a vehicle matching that de-

scription run a red light and crash into the driv-

er’s side door of a Toyota Camry, driven by 45-year-old Osah Phetsarath of Lakeville. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner report-ed that Phetsarath died of multiple blunt force inju-ries in the crash. Kasprzyk fled the scene, shedding his clothes, and burst into the

home of a family with two children, ages 2 years old and 6 months old, accord-ing to the Dakota County criminal complaint. He allegedly hid in a closet, but pushed his way out of it after one of the townhome occupants at-tempted to barricade him

Spring break nightmare Lakeville man home after

ordeal in Mexican jail by Laura Adelmann

SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Evan Tweed was scared. Forced into the back of a pickup truck and handcuffed to a metal bar next to an armed guard trained on him, the Lakeville businessman, husband and father was driven off by local police as panicked friends and family’s pleas of his in-nocence were ignored. “It was just so sur-real,” Tweed said “It was unbelievable, Everybody I was with in this group was completely shocked.” Tweed, his wife Teresa and son Sam, a Lakeville North High School senior, were expecting fun and good memories when they traveled to Mexico with a group of about 75 other Lakeville fami-lies over spring break in March. The Tweeds had gold-level accom-modations and perks at an all-inclusive Mexican resort, which has been a popu-lar spring break destination for many high school students and their families in and around Lakeville. Among them was Tim Durst of Lakeville, who was standing near Tweed at a club on the resort March 21 when an altercation occurred. “The next thing I know, Evan is in handcuffs,” Durst said. Spanish-speaking security guards quickly surrounded Tweed, who Durst said had not been involved in the alter-cation, pulled his arm behind his back and pushed him toward the exit. Tweed said their grip and command of him increased as he resisted and pro-claimed his innocence, then they threw him to the ground. Security guards circled him, and one pushed his knee into Tweed’s back, handcuffed him and dragged him into the lobby. “That creates a huge ruckus,” Tweed said. “Now, management is out there,

by Andrew MillerSUN THISWEEK


Two groups of local stu-dents are bringing their sci-ence know-how to an interna-tional stage later this month. The Iron Maidens, a FIRST Tech Challenge robotics team comprised of six Apple Val-ley High School 10th-graders, and The Diamonds, a middle school-age FIRST LEGO League team with students from Apple Valley and Rose-mount, have each qualified for the FIRST World Festival in St. Louis. It’s a milestone for both teams in the FIRST program, which seeks to develop sci-ence and technology skills in youths. The Diamonds have been together for five years, and their name is a reference to

Apple Valley’s Diamond Path Elementary, which they were attending when the team was formed. Coached by parent vol-unteers Tom and Vergene Downs, the team took first place at the state competition

earlier this year, the capstone event to the season for Minne-sota’s 630 teams. This year’s FIRST LEGO competition saw the Dia-monds competing in the Trash

Eric Kasprzyk allegedly ran from scene naked

Two Apple Valley teams

qualify for world championships

The Iron Maidens, a FIRST Tech Challenge robotics team from Apple Valley High School, are, from left, Emily DeBoard, Connie Knipe, Cori Roberts, Atalanta Stoeke, Barbara Tan and Marie Peña. (Photo by Andrew Miller)

The Diamonds, a middle school-age FIRST LEGO League ro-botics team based in Apple Valley, are, from left, Maggie Wus-sow, Rebecca Downs, Carson Hensold, Anrushi Tiwari, Alex Moran and Jacob Downs. (Photo submitted)

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Candidates endorsed in District 57 Republicans, DFLers line up for 2016 campaign

by Tad JohnsonSUN THISWEEK


The DFL and Re-publican Senate Dis-trict 57 conventions on April 2 resulted in endorsements of five candidates: DFLers Greg Clausen, Erin Maye Quade and John Huot and Republicans Cory Campbell and Anna Wills. Clausen, who was elected to the Senate in 2012 when he defeated Pat Hall with 54 per-cent of the vote, will run against Campbell in the general election. Huot and Wills will compete for the House District 57B seat that Wills has held since she was first elected in 2012 when she defeated Jeff Wilfahrt with 53 percent of the vote. She won re-election over Denise Packard earning 58 percent of the vote in 2014.

Maye Quade’s opponent in House District 57A is not known at this time after state Rep. Tara Mack announced at Saturday’s conven-tion she would not be seeking re-election. Republican Senate District 57 Chairman Pat Staley said a 57A candidate would likely be endorsed at a convention in May. He said a number of good candidates have expressed interest. Maye Quade said in a statement that she greatly appreciated Mack’s eight years of ser-

Erin Maye Quade

Anna Wills John Huot Greg Clausen

Cory Campbell

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State Rep. Tara Mack, R-Apple Valley, an-nounced April 2 she will not be seeking a fifth term in office. Mack, who chairs the House’s Health and Hu-man Services Committee, made the an-nouncement at the Senate District 57 GOP convention, as well as on her Twit-ter and Instagram accounts. “For the past 8 years, it has been an absolute honor to serve the community in which I was raised and I want to express

Rep. Mack will not seek re-election

Tara Mack

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See ROBOTICS, 11A See JAILED, 11A

See CHARGES, 8A

2A April 8, 2016 SUN THISWEEK - Apple Valley

Lunch with the chief

Apple Valley police Chief Jon Rechtzigel, right, was the guest speaker at the Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce luncheon held March 30 at Old Chicago Restaurant & Conference Center. Chamber President Ed Kearney, left, and Chamber Chairperson Sonya Busch, center, presented Rechtzigel with a plaque recognizing the Police De-partment’s continuing efforts in keeping the city safe. (Photo courtesy Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce)

Open house on County Road 42 bridge repairs Area residents can re-view plans to repair the County Road 42 bridge over Interstate 35W in Burnsville at an open house 3-7 p.m. Thursday, April 21, at Burnsville City Hall, 100 Civic Cen-ter Parkway, Burnsville. The Minnesota Depart-ment of Transportation has scheduled repairs for the bridge this summer. The work will be coor-dinated with a Dakota County project to extend the eastbound turn lane to northbound I-35W. Construction will in-clude repairing the Coun-ty Road 42 bridge deck, replacing bridge joints, re-pairing sidewalks, extend-ing the eastbound County Road 42 turn lane west of Buck Hill Road and reconstructing the signal at Buck Hill Road/south-bound I-35W ramp. During the open house, residents will have the chance to review prelimi-nary plans, official detour routes and local impacted routes. They can also ask questions and provide feedback. County Road 42 is a vital connection in the heart of the Burnsville Center shopping area. The road carries an average of 50,000 vehicles per day and a majority of them use the I-35W eastbound ramp from County Road 42. This can cause back-ups as far back as the Al-drich Avenue intersection. The bridge repairs will reduce the need for signifi-cantly larger maintenance repairs in the future, ac-cording to officials.

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No deadline extension, no community center by John Gessner


A representative for a pro-posed religious community cen-ter opposed by neighbors and city officials conceded April 5 that the proposed site near McAndrews Road in Burnsville is not a good fit. But he asked the Burnsville City Council for an extension of the deadline for removing part of the operation — a weekend school for children — that has been operating unlawfully. The answer was no. The council voted unanimously to deny a planned unit develop-ment change allowing the com-munity center and to stick with

a June 5 deadline for removing the school. The deadline is part of a city code enforcement ac-tion already in process. “I’m willing to go to June 5,” said Council Member Bill Coughlin, calling the deadline lenient for an unlawful property use. “My usual stance would be that it shut down tomorrow.” Building owner Eleven In-vestments LLC sought the PUD change to allow the Muslim community center, prayer hall and school in the office building at 13770 Frontier Court, north of McAndrews near Valley Nat-ural Foods and the city mainte-nance center. Numerous objections were raised by neighbors — many

Faith-based group seeking another location of whom fought successfully to keep a proposed Holiday and McDonald’s project out of the area two decades ago — and city staffers and members of the Planning Commission. The commission, citing a severe shortage of required parking, unsafe traffic circulation and other factors, voted March 28 to recommend that the council deny the request. Rick Lavelle of Creador Ar-chitecture asked the council to extend the June 5 deadline while his client, the Madina Commu-nity Center, finds a new site and signs a new lease. Center orga-nizers asked Lavelle last year to bid on the buildout of the Fron-tier Court building to accom-modate the center. Officials and neighbors are

frustrated that the project got its foot in the door with a school not allowed in a previously vacant building restricted by planned unit development zon-ing to office uses. The building owner and the center’s real estate broker should have known better, critics say. “Please, do not rent a space or lease a space that you have not checked with our staff,” Mayor Elizabeth Kautz told Madina representatives. The school has already oper-ated unlawfully for five months, said Jim Giebel, 1701 Victoria Lane, who said residents oppose a deadline extension. “The neighborhood has em-pathy for the situation they were placed in,” Giebel said. “I guess I do not feel totally it was their

fault.” Madina has a new real estate broker and is seeking another site in Burnsville, Lavelle said. Properties in Savage, Apple Val-ley and Lakeville are being con-sidered, but Burnsville is “the heart of the community,” he said. The center was proposed for one of three office buildings ap-proved, with neighborhood in-put, in a 1997 PUD. The office buildings would function mainly on weekdays, minimizing week-end disturbances, neighbors said. The community center would reverse that intent, they said. John Gessner can be reached at (952) 846-2031 or email [email protected].

Area BriefsClimate movie, discussion at Carmike “Climate Hustle – Red States vs. Blue States … Election-Year Political Battle and Debunking the ‘Myths’ of Global Warm-ing” will be shown at 7 p.m. Monday, May 2, Carmike 15 Cinema, 15630 Cedar Ave., Ap-ple Valley. “Climate Hustle” seeks to provide answers on the issue of global warming. The event in-cludes a panel discussion host-ed by U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, chairman of the House Science, Space and Technology Commit-tee, and will be headlined by for-mer Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate, Sarah Palin. For more information, go to www.carmike.com.

Dakota Gardeners hold plant sale The Dakota Gardeners will hold a plant sale 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 21, at Communi-ty of Christ Church, 5990 134th St. Court, Apple Valley, 651-455-2889. Perennials divided

and donated by club members will be available. A selection of annuals and vegetables will be included.

Simple Steps program begins For the 10th year, Dakota County is sponsoring Simple Steps, a free walking program for residents. Since 2007, more than 5,000 people have moved with Simple Steps, logging more than 15 million minutes of walk-ing. Simple Steps is a fun, easy way for people to improve their health. Join a group or start your own. Groups can range in size from one to 12 people. Walk regularly to be eligible for prizes, including a drawstring backpack. The program runs through July 31, and registra-tion is open through June 15. Register for the program by visiting www.dakotacounty.us and searching “Simple Steps” or by calling 651-554-6100. Simple Steps volunteers will be available to explain the pro-gram at the Health and Fitness Fair, 10 a.m. to noon April 9 at Red Pine Elementary School, 530 Red Pine Lane, Eagan.

Simple Steps is sponsored by the Dakota County Public Health Department. Partners include cities, parks, businesses and organizations in Dakota County.

Play for Patrick heart screening The Play for Patrick Foun-dation will host a youth heart screening 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sat-urday, April 16, at Shakopee East Junior High School, 1137 Marschall Road S., Shakopee. Sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause of sudden death in young people and is typically the result of undiagnosed structural or electrical heart disease. This event is sponsored by the Pat-rick Schoonover Heart Founda-tion in memory of 14-year-old Eastview Hockey Association player Patrick Schoonover, who died from undetected heart de-fects while playing hockey in November 2014. The Play for Patrick youth heart screening includes: a heart health survey investigating signs and symptoms/family history of a cardiac condition, blood pres-sure, electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG), echocardiogram (ultra-

sound of the heart) and con-sultation. Bystander CPR and automated external defibrillator training is also provided to the registered students and parents. Any student ages 14-18 is encouraged to register for the heart screening. The non-inva-sive process takes about 30 to 45 minutes and may save a life. Register for the screening at www.playforpatrick.org.

County seeks volunteers for wetland program Dakota County is looking for people who are eager to pull on a pair of waders and jump into monitoring the health of the community wetlands through the Wetland Health Evaluation Program (WHEP). Volunteers will work with a community-based team to monitor and collect informa-tion — such as data on plants and macroinvertebrates — that is used by cities to study health trends in order to better man-age wetlands and surrounding natural resource areas. Previous monitoring experience or sci-ence background is not neces-

sary to take part. WHEP volunteers will receive training in field methods, mac-roinvertebrate collection and identification, and plant survey techniques and identification. Volunteers are grouped into teams by city, and each team will take samples from three to five wetlands between June and Au-gust. Wetland monitoring teams will be formed in Apple Val-ley, Burnsville, Dakota County Parks, Eagan, Farmington, Hastings, Lakeville, Mendota Heights, Rosemount, South St. Paul and West St. Paul. Volunteers typically commit 10-20 hours of their time, which includes training, field work and lab analysis. The county pro-vides all of the training, equip-ment and leadership. Volunteer registration will be accepted through May 15. To sign up, go to www.da-kotacounty.us and search “vol-unteer.” Once on the volunteer website, click to sign up with Environmental Resources and create a new account. To learn more information, visit www.mnwhep.org or call the Dakota County Environ-mental Resources Department at 952-891-7000.


Legislation needed to address mental health issues To the editor: On Thursday, March 31, I joined together with hundreds of individu-als and attended Mental Health Day on the Hill. As

a social worker, working in the health care field I am reminded every day how mental illness affects ev-eryone in our community. I was proud to be a resi-dent of Dakota County when I realized that Sen. Greg Clausen, DFL-Ap-ple Valley, has continued to show great support for mental health.

One aspect of the men-tal health delivery system that is in need of special attention are mandated training programs, that will provide the tools and resources needed for deal-ing with an individual who is experiencing a mental health crisis. These indi-viduals are seen by law en-forcement, teachers, social

workers and mental health providers every day. Our Minnesota representatives currently are trying to pass two pieces of legisla-tion that would greatly im-prove upon crisis interven-tion services and help our children, parents, friends and neighbors in crisis more effectively. House File 2756 would require police to take four hours of training on men-tal-health-related topics every three years. Know-ing the number of people that they come into con-tact with that are expe-riencing a mental health crisis, I believe it’s critical that police officers receive a minimal amount of training. Senate File 2470, co-authored by Clausen, re-quires teachers to receive at least one hour of sui-cide prevention training (best practices or evidence based) every three years in order to renew their license. This proposal would not require teachers to have additional train-ing, but would require one of the two hours currently

dedicated to mental illness in children, to be suicide prevention. I want to thank Clau-sen for his mental health advocacy and urge our other state representatives to support H.F. 2756 and S.F. 2470. Please contact your representatives to ask for their support.

AMANDA TIERIApple Valley

Sugar-sweetened beverages not driving obesity To the editor: A March 31 letter, “Sugar-sweetened bever-ages, not so sweet,” fails to state that federal data on the U.S. diet shows unequivocally that sugar-sweetened beverages are not driving obesity or oth-er obesity-related diseases. Sugar from soda dropped 39 percent since 2000, while at the same time the rate of obesity and diabetes climbed steadily year after year up

to 24 percent in 2014. It defies logic to blame sug-ar-sweetened beverages for illnesses whose rates have gone up as soft drink con-sumption went down. Nutritional science tells us that that obesity and obesity-related conditions such as diabetes have mul-tiple risk factors, including genetics, a lack of physical activity and overconsump-tion of calories from any source. Beverages sweet-ened with sugar are actu-ally a small part of the daily diet, just 6 percent of calories. So why are we still singling out soda when we know that is not what’s driving the prevalence of obesity and diabetes in the U.S.? Shouldn’t we instead be doing all we can to inform Americans about how best to maintain a balanced diet in everything we eat and drink daily, and give people the choices to do it themselves? Blaming one small part of the entire diet will not address the whole picture.

Letters

OpinionDrinking water reaches a crossroads in Minnesota

Progress and problems with PSEO information

Water is gold, and it is getting more valuable,” says Gina McCarthy, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency direc-tor. Her words convey the growing pub-lic health focus on ensuring an adequate supply of safe drinking water, threatened to varying degrees around the country by agricultural contamination, overuse of groundwater and underinvestment in ag-ing distribution systems. Add grievous human error and you have Flint, Michigan, where an austerity measure imposed on a bankrupt commu-nity robbed its refashioned water system of a key anti-corrosion treatment. Flint was left with an outbreak of Legion-naire’s disease and untold worry over a generation of youngsters whose con-sumption of unsafe amounts of water-borne lead leaves them at heightened risk of neurological disorders. In Minnesota, Gov. Mark Dayton promises to give the quality of our lakes, rivers, streams and drinking water his ut-most attention during his last three years in office. He has asked for approval this year of $220 million in new water invest-ments. Amid all this attention, citizens and lawmakers want to know: Where do we stand? Is the water safe to drink? Largely, yes, the Minnesota Health Department says in its latest annual drinking water report. The department, which regulates municipal water systems, is charged with federal Safe Drinking Water Act compliance. “Minnesota has an excellent record in terms of water quality violations,” Dr. Deborah Swackhamer told the ECM

Editorial Board. Swackhamer is a retired professor of science, technology and public policy at the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs and is on the staff of the University of Minnesota’s Water Re-sources Center. Where safety is threatened, nitrates generated by agriculture are an increas-ingly prevalent but hardly new cause. Since 2008, the number of Minnesotans served by public water systems required by Safe Drinking Water Act standards to treat for nitrates has grown from 15,000 to 50,000, according to the Health De-partment’s May 2015 water report. Last year residents of Randall in Morrison County learned that one of their town wells had to be shut down be-cause it was fouled by nitrates exceeding 10 parts per million, the federal drinking water standard. And about 105 “non-community” water systems in Minnesota — those serving some schools, resorts or

other businesses — exceeded the stan-dard in 2014. The Clean Water Fund created by the Legacy Amendment sales tax that Min-nesota voters approved in 2008 is a need-ed boost for local cleanup efforts. The Health Department aims to use a por-tion dedicated to water projects to help 505 vulnerable community water systems — more than half of Minnesota’s 963 such systems — make water-protection plans by 2020. Passage of Dayton’s funding request is also needed to increase communities’ access to low-cost loans that make such projects affordable. But even with Lega-cy funds and Dayton’s budget boost, the work will have just begun. Minnesota’s Clean Water Roadmap, a Legacy project, calls for a 20 per-cent long-term reduction in the state’s groundwater nitrate levels. With up to 20 million acres of land in row crop production, it’s no secret that unregulated application of nitrous fertil-izer, especially for King Corn, is the chief source of nitrates. “The livelihood of Minnesota, one of its livelihoods, is growing corn, and yet it’s also one of the major polluters of drinking water and our other water,” Swackhamer said. Her idea to use Legacy funds to pay farm set-asides and help farmers culti-vate markets for new crops deserves con-sideration in future years. Taking only 5 percent of the most erodible farmland out of row-crop production would great-ly curtail pollutants, Swackhamer said. Meanwhile, the public pipes that de-liver water to our homes are in many cit-

ies aging beyond their useful, and health-ful, lives. That’s also true in many homes. Flint isn’t the only community with old lead pipes. Some 6.1 million remain nationwide, according to the American Water Works Association. And while most of the risk of excess lead in tap water can be managed through corro-sion control at the treatment plant, the AWWA declared in March that the safest course is eventually removing the pipes at a cost of more than $30 billion. In Minnesota the biggest costs await the system rebuilds and retrofits that will be needed to guarantee generations of safe water supply. Only in the last decade or so have ob-servers fully grasped the unsustainable rate at which aquifers are being depleted compared with their much slower re-charge rates, Swackhamer said, pointing to the Jordan-Prairie Du Chien aquifer complex, which supplies about 75 per-cent of the metro region’s groundwater. Her future gaze is on the mighty Mis-sissippi, which already supplies water us-ers in St. Paul and Minneapolis. “In terms of the quantity issue, it’s a question of just getting people to go back to using surface water,” she said. “It’s more expensive. But it’s a sustain-able choice. The other option is to, five generations from now, not have enough water, period.”

This is an opinion of the ECM Edito-rial Board. Sun Thisweek and the Dakota County Tribune are part of ECM Publish-ers. This is the second in a series of edito-rials the board will publish this year on the topic of water.

by Joe NathanSUN THISWEEK


A new statewide study of 87 Minne-sota district and charter websites shows real, commendable progress. The re-search shows dramatic increases in the number of schools that are providing “up-to-date information” for Postsec-ondary Enrollment Options, as required by state law. However, the study also identified several problem areas. The study was completed by the Center for School Change, where I work. We found disturbing results last sum-mer when our staff examined more than 120 websites to see if schools were providing accurate information about PSEO. We went back this month to see if there were improvements in four key areas, from August 2015 to March 2016: • Tenth grade PSEO option. Inclusion of this fact grew from 15 to 91 percent. • Opportunity to take PSEO courses online. Inclusion increased from 1 to 90 percent. • Recognition that PSEO tuition, re-quired fees and books are free to partici-pating students. This grew from 1 to 90 percent. • Availability of transportation funds to help students from low-income fami-lies get to a college for PSEO courses. This increased from 21 to 90 percent. Although we did not re-check this, it’s important for families to know they have until May 30 to notify their high school if a student is participating in PSEO for the 2016-17 school year. Less than 10 percent of websites we reviewed had this information in August 2015. Here’s what we found on some district and charter websites: PSEO information for Burnsville-

Eagan-Savage is found at http://bit.ly/1RGCAtY, Farmington Area at http://bit.ly/1MzRYsU, Lakeville Area at http://bit.ly/1PEnTTL and Rose-mount-Apple Valley-Eagan at http://bit.ly/1RpQEJF. All the districts’ websites have search functions that bring users to the respec-tive pages except for Farmington’s site. Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan Schools has PSEO information in sever-al places that can be found through the search function. Amy Olson, the Lakeville district’s communications director, notes that both Lakeville North and South have meetings to inform parents about dual-credit opportunities. She wrote: “Deans also will hold one-on-one meetings with students and parents who show interest in PSEO.” CSC staff hope that districts will make it easier for families and students to find website information about PSEO. Fif-ty-five percent of 87 websites we stud-ied did not have a search function that brought users to PSEO information. We encourage districts and charters to do this, though it’s not required by state law. Progress resulted in part because of Minnesota Department of Education Commissioner Brenda Cassellius, Fred Nolan, executive director of the Minne-sota Rural Education Association, Gary Amoroso, executive director of the Min-

nesota Association of School Adminis-trators, and Eugene Piccolo, executive director of the Minnesota Association of Charter schools. Commissioner Cas-sellius responded to the 2015 report by reminding school administrators last summer and again early this year about PSEO information requirements. Nolan, Amoroso and Piccolo encouraged edu-cators to carry out the mandate, which some had not heard about before last summer’s report. The report also summarizes the grow-ing research showing the value of PSEO and other dual-credit courses for all kinds of students. Participating students are much more likely to enter, but also graduate from a one-, two- or four-year higher education program. That’s in part because dual credit saves families thou-sands of dollars, and partially because high school students develop strong skills and more confidence by earning college credits. The report identified another kind of information that we hope will be shared with families. Many people have writ-ten to me, asking for information about how open colleges are to accepting vari-ous forms of dual credit. That might be PSEO courses taught on a college campus or via the Internet, or courses taught in high school, like Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, or College in the Schools. We contacted public two- and four-year colleges, as well as private four-year colleges, and found significant differenc-es in acceptance policies. For example, the public colleges and universities will accept up to two years of credit from PSEO, CIS, and depending on the end of class test scores, AP and IB. Accep-tance at private colleges varies. Hamline

University will accept up to two years, while Macalester and St. Olaf will ac-cept less than a year’s worth. There’s no single place to learn what acceptance policies are. CSC suggests that the Minnesota Legislature direct the Minnesota Office of Higher Educa-tion to gather and share this informa-tion. A bill has been introduced at the Legislature to do this. The PSEO law requires schools to dis-tribute information about PSEO to stu-dents in grades 8-11 and their parents. The CSC may ask schools next year to share PSEO information they give to families. We also may examine an issue some families have contacted us about: schools that discourage PSEO participa-tion by giving extra “weight” in grade point averages to dual-credit courses taken in high schools, but not to PSEO courses. Authors of the report include Russell Pekala, a Minnesota high school gradu-ate who took two years of PSEO courses and is now at Harvard, Malik Bush and John Miller, CSC’s co-directors, and yours truly. It’s available on our website at www.centerforschoolchange.org. While more information is needed, it’s important to acknowledge the prog-ress made since August. Thanks to Cas-sellius, Amoroso, Noland and Piccolo, and to the district and charter educators who made information more available.

Joe Nathan, formerly a Minnesota public school teacher, administrator and PTA president, is a former director and now senior fellow at the Center for School Change. Reactions are welcome at [email protected]. Columns re-flect the opinion of the author.

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Business Buzz

An estimated 6,000 people attended the annual Home & Garden Expo hosted by the Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce on April 2 at the Dakota County Western Service Center. The event featured about 120 exhibitors, with booths hosted by local home improvement companies, along with an array of family activities.

At left: Guests at the event had the chance for up-close encounters with animals from the Minnesota Zoo. (Photos courtesy Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce)

BIG TURNOUT FOR CHAMBER EXPO

Adams Radio names business manager Abby Snyder of Eagan has joined Lakeville-based Adams Radio Group as corporate business man-ager in charge of accounts payable, payroll and hu-man resources. Adams owns and operates radio stations in Indiana, New Mexico and Maryland. Snyder began her ca-reer in radio in 1998 as a promotions intern for a Twin Cities radio station. She later became an on-air talent in St. Cloud; Rapid City, South Dakota; and Duluth.

Bordwell promoted at Adams Radio Sharon Bordwell has been promoted to corpo-rate controller for Lakev-ille-based Adams Radio Group. Adams owns and operates radio stations in Indiana, New Mexico and Maryland. Bordwell joined Adams Radio Group in October 2014 as a general accoun-tant. She previously served in public accounting spe-cializing in financial in-stitution audits. She also worked as a private con-sultant for small to mid-size companies. Bordwell is a graduate of Michigan Technology University and earned a bachelor’s degree in ac-counting and finance.

Uponor reaches agreement Uponor has reached an intellectual property licensing agreement with HeatLink Group Inc. and PexCor Manufacturing Inc. HeatLink Group Inc. and PexCor Manufactur-ing Inc. are affiliated com-panies based in Calgary, Alberta, that manufacture

and sell PEX pipe. The agreement, which allows their use of Uponor’s patented technology for PEX pipe manufactur-ing under license, resolves ongoing litigation in the U.S. and Canada regard-ing infringement of Up-onor’s Canadian Patent 2,232,376. On March 16, Uponor secured a favorable ruling from the Federal Court of Canada regarding its patent infringement case against the two compa-nies and had an additional case pending in the U.S. The ruling had required HeatLink, PexCor and related companies to halt manufacture and sale of PEX piping. Through the new agreement, they can resume business under a license agreement with Uponor.

The WomEn’s Circle Kate Boeckman, prod-uct manager, Wearable & Emerging Product Tech-nologies at Thomson Re-uters, will be the speaker at the next Dakota County Regional Chamber Wom-En’s Circle to be held 7:45-9 a.m. Thursday, April 21, at Valleywood Golf Course in Apple Valley. Boeckman is an at-torney with a passion for technology. She’s currently tracking wearable and other emerging product technologies, generating innovative opportunities for their use, and leading efforts to develop proof-of-concepts, partnerships, and products based on these technologies. She will share her unique ca-reer path and be showing some of their work on the Amazon Echo, smart watches and virtual reality. This event is included in the WomEn’s Circle membership. Guests may attend one time for a fee of $25. To attend as a guest, email Emily Corson

at [email protected].

Cricket Wireless opens in Apple Valley Cricket Wireless, a subsidiary of AT&T, has opened a new store in Ap-ple Valley at 7546 149th St. W. It is the company’s 43rd store in Minnesota. Cricket provides na-tionwide wireless service with no annual contract. Hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Fri-day, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Satur-day, and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Visit www.cricketwire-less.com for more infor-mation.

Fairview adds Burnsville counseling center Fairview Counseling Centers has opened at 156 Cobblestone Lane in Burnsville. It offers therapy for people with psychological and emotional difficulties such as depression and anxiety, trauma and loss, marriage and family prob-lems, medically related conditions, stress-related conditions, and workplace issues. Call 612-672-6999 for information.

Hanson joins media agency Katie Hanson has joined Burnsville-based Media Relations Agency as a graphic and Word-Press designer. She previously worked in visual design at Mirium in Minneapolis. Hanson earned a bach-elor of fine arts degree in graphic design as well as a bachelor’s degree in paint-ing with a minor in adver-tising from Drake Univer-sity in Des Moines, Iowa.

Business CalendarTo submit items for the

Business Calendar, email: [email protected].

Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce events: • Thursday, April 21, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Chamber Business After Hours, Lakeview Bank, 9725 163rd St. W., Lakeville. Free. Information: Fabiana at [email protected]. Dakota County Region-al Chamber of Commerce events: • Thursday, April 14, 8-9 a.m., Coffee Break, American Cancer Society, 950 Blue Gen-tian Road, Suite 100, Eagan. Open to all DCRC members. Free to attend. Information: Emily Corson at 651-288-9202 or [email protected]. • Tuesday, April 19, 12-1 p.m., Meet the Chamber, DCRC office, 3352 Sherman

Court, Suite 201, Eagan. For prospective and new members. Free. RSVP required. Informa-tion: 651-452-9872 or [email protected]. • Thursday, April 21, 7:45-9 a.m., The WomEn’s Circle, Valleywood Golf Course, 4851 McAndrews Road, Apple Val-ley. Speaker: Kate Boeckman, product manager, Wearable & Emerging Product Technolo-gies at Thomson Reuters. Fee: $150 annual associate fee; $25 to attend one time as a guest. Registration required. Informa-tion: 651-452-9872 or [email protected]. Burnsville Chamber of Commerce events: • Monday, April 11, 12-6 p.m., Twins Home Opener Game & Tailgate. Sold out. • Wednesday, April 13, 8-9 a.m., AM Coffee Break, Den-ny’s Restaurant, 12950 Aldrich Ave., Burnsville. Free to attend.

Information: [email protected]. Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce events: • Friday, April 8, 8-9 a.m., Teacher Appreciation Break-fast, Oak Hills Elementary. In-formation: Shelley Jans at [email protected]. • Thursday, April 21, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., General Mem-bership Luncheon – Randy Shaver, Crystal Lake Golf Club. Shaver is a news anchor at KARE 11 and a cancer survivor. Cost: $25 members, $40 non-members. Information: Shanen Corlett at 952-469-2020 or [email protected]. • Thursday, April 21, After Hours: Lakeview Bank – Leg-acy Awards, Lakeview Bank, 9725 163rd St. W., Lakeville. Information: Shanen Corlett at 952-469-2020 or [email protected].


Tools for Change workshop Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Burnsville will pres-ent Tools for Change, a free two-session workshop for se-niors, 1-3 p.m. Tuesdays, April 19 and 26. Prince of Peace is called to connect with seniors, both within the church and the south metro community, to provide the tools for them to recognize and positively deal with change. This two-session workshop will cover: • What makes change so dif-ficult.

• How changing your behav-iors and habits may be a good idea, but is not always easy. • Critical role of support dur-ing times of change. • Tools and ideas for deal-ing with changes that happen in your life. Guest speaker Dee Bailey is a human development consultant and certified life coach who has worked with adults in transition for over 30 years. This workshop takes place in the Christian Life Center, Room 200, at Prince of Peace Lu-theran Church, 13901 Fairview Drive, Burnsville. Contact Kari Snyder at [email protected]

or 952-898-9357 to register by April 15.

Spring fair at Trinity Lutheran Trinity Lutheran Church, 600 Walnut St., Farmington, will hold its annual Spring Fair 5-7 p.m. Saturday, April 30. The fair will feature a hot roast beef meal, bake sale, kids carni-val and bluegrass music by the Marbles Found Trio. Tickets will be sold at the door: $8.50 adults, $7.50 seniors and youth 6-18, $25 families, and free for children under 6. Proceeds will be used to sup-

port Lutheran Church Missouri Synod missionaries and both LCMS College and Military Ministries.

Alzheimer’s education at Hosanna Hosanna Church in Lakeville will host a free education series, “Get the Facts,” sponsored by the Alzheimer’s Association. The third of four free monthly classes will be held 6:30-8 p.m. on April 14 at 9850 163rd St. W. in Lakeville. The series is presented by The Fountains at Hosanna, a senior living com-

munity in Lakeville. The April 14 class, “Living with Early Dementia,” will fea-ture a panel discussion includ-ing individuals living with early stage dementia and their care partners. The final educational series class – “Effective Communica-tion Strategies with Dementia” – will be presented May 12 by Marsha Berry with the Alzheim-er’s Association of Minnesota-North Dakota. To RSVP for the educational series classes, contact Beverly Kossack at 952-435-7199 or [email protected].

Religion

SeniorsDFL Senior Caucus Bruce Yernberg, Minnesota State Retiree Council, AFL-CIO, is the guest speaker at the next meeting of the DFL Senior Caucus, South Metro Chapter at noon Wednesday, April 13, at the Apple Valley Pizza Ranch, 15662 Pilot Knob, Apple Valley, 952-431-3333. His topic is “Social Security Af-fects Everyone: Young and Old.” State Rep. Rick Hansen, District 52A, also will offer remarks on the current legislative session. Buffet lunch is available for pur-chase. The chapter meets the second Wednesday of every month. All are welcome.

Apple Valley seniors The Apple Valley Senior Center, 14601 Hayes Road, is home to the following activities, which are or-ganized and run by the Apple Val-ley 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.cityo-

fapplevalley.org. Monday, April 11 – Int. Line Dancing, 9:30 a.m.; Tap Dancing, 9:30 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Membership Committee, 11:15 a.m.; Zumba Toning, 11:30 a.m.; Pool, noon; Women’s Table Tennis, 12:30 p.m.; Bridge, 12:45 p.m.; Hap-py Stitchers, 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 12 – Quilting Bees, 9 a.m.; IMAX Coffee & Show, 9 a.m.; Zumba Gold, 9:15 a.m.; Tuesday Painters, 9:30 a.m.; Vol-unteer Appreciation (by invitation only), 9:30 a.m.; Cribbage, noon; Pool, noon; Pinochle, 12:30 p.m.; Alzheimer & Dementia Presenta-tion, 1 p.m.; Hand & Foot Cards, 1 p.m.; Table Tennis, 1 p.m.; Spanish – Intermediate, 1 p.m.; Spanish – Beginner, 2:30 p.m.; Defensive Driv-ing, 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 13 – Donated Bread, 9 a.m.; Yoga, 9:45 a.m.; Vel-vet Tones, 10 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Men’s Bowling at Apple Place Bowl, noon; Pool, noon; Fun Folks On Spokes Orientation, 1 p.m.; Dominoes, 1 p.m.; Mahjong, 1 p.m.; Tai Chi, 2 p.m.

Thursday, April 14 – Beg. Line Dancing, 9:15 a.m.; Int. Line Danc-ing, 10 a.m.; New Member Orienta-tion, 10 a.m.; Discover Group, 10 a.m.; Pool, noon; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Table Tennis, 1 p.m.; Hardanger, 1 p.m.; 500, 1 p.m.; Col-or & Chat, 1:30 p.m.; Social Seniors, 4 p.m. Friday, April 15 – Men’s Break-fast, 8:30 a.m.; Defensive Driving, 9 a.m.; Women’s Breakfast, 9 a.m.; Fun Folks On Spokes, 9:30 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Women’s Pool, 11 a.m.; Men’s Bowling at Apple Place Bowl, noon; Members Bingo, 12:30 p.m.

Area seniors Senior activities are offered by the Eagan Parks and Recreation De-partment in the Lone Oak Room at the Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Parkway. Call 651-675-5500 for more information. The Burnsville Senior Center is located in the Diamondhead Edu-cation Center at 200 W. Burnsville Parkway. Call 952-707-4120 for in-formation.

Michels earns Eagle Scout Award William R. Michels of Apple Valley Troop 293 has earned the Eagle Scout Award, the highest advancement award in the Boys Scout of America. He is the son of Ralph and Sue Michels of Apple Val-ley. The Michels have two other sons who have also earned their Eagle Scout awards, Ben (2009) and Kollin (2012). Will’s Eagle Scout proj-ect was to enhance Robert Erickson Park in Apple Valley with the planting of native wildflowers and the building of six mason bee houses and six bluebird houses. Pollinator signs were also posted to help educate the community about the endangerment of bees. Will has held a number of leadership positions within the troop. He was awarded the Order of the Arrow by his peers and

participated in many com-munity service projects. Highlights of his scout-ing experience include the Triple Crown high adven-ture camping experiences at Philmont Scout Camp in New Mexico, Bound-ary Waters canoeing, and Sea Base camp in Florida, along with several years at Tomahawk Scout camp. A May 1 Eagle Court of Honor is planned.

William Michels


Mikayla Raines received approval from the Lakeville City Council for an interim use permit that will allow her to keep and care for up to three domesticated wild foxes on the 10-acre agricultural property where she lives. (Photo by Laura Adelmann)

Lakeville woman will keep foxesSupporters step up for Mikayla

Raines by Laura Adelmann


After months of worry, Mikayla Raines was all smiles leaving the April 4 Lakeville City Council meeting. City Council members unanimously approved granting the 21-year-old an interim use permit that allows her to keep up to three domesticated wild foxes kenneled on the 10-acre agricultural property where she lives in south-western Lakeville. The permit included multiple stipulations, in-cluding that Raines will be continually permitted by the Minnesota De-partment of Natural Re-

sources for keeping the foxes, and that the per-mit is discontinued when she no longer lives at the property. Lakeville’s permit also automatically expires if she does not keep foxes on the property for more than one year. Multiple supporters attended and/or wrote letters urging the council approve the permit, not-ing her devotion to rescu-ing animals, experience and character. Amy Andrews said Raines helped care for children from traumatic backgrounds in out-of-home placement, teach-ing the children how to care for rescue animals. Andrews said Raines brought her rescue fox Farah to work and the children “found great

comfort” in the animals she had rescued, bonding with them and learning to care for them. Alicia Bourgoine said the foxes are “her life” and she uses them for ed-ucational purposes. “My kids would be devastated if Mikayla couldn’t bring her foxes over anymore,” Bour-goine wrote. “They are better mannered (than) most people’s dogs.” While only supporters attended the City Council meeting, concerns from neighbors were raised at the March 17 Planning Commission meeting. Neighbor Mark Len-ertz said he owns cattle next door to the property, and questioned if the fox-es could be in heat and at-tract predatory animals. Raines said two of

her foxes have been neu-tered and the third will be spayed soon. When the foxes are not in their cage, they are kept on a 60-foot long leash, she said. Since childhood, Raines has cared for or-phaned squirrels, bunnies and birds, and fed wild raccoons who came right up to her. Raines has given up college and the majority of her social life to care for the animals she res-cues, and said most of her money goes to their care. Mayor Matt Little said while keeping such animals may not work in certain areas of the city, it does on the rural agricul-tural property where she lives. Following the council vote, Raines, surrounded by friends and family following the approval, expressed relief that the permit was approved.

“Oh, I’m so relieved that I can have my fox-es,” Raines said. “Oh my God, they’re my children, so if I was going to lose

them I don’t know what I’d do. I’m very ecstatic.”

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected] seeks Ambassador candidates

Eagan’s July 4th Funfest is seeking young men and women ages 10-19 to be candidates for its Ambassador pro-gram. Candidates from Eagan, Apple Valley, Burnsville, Mendota, Mendota Heights, Sunfish Lake and Rosemount are eligible to apply. Those who attend school or worship in Eagan are also eligible. The candidate program begins in May with Ambassadors selected on July 11. A candidate information meeting will be 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 11, at Think Mutual Bank, 4245 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Eagan. Ambassador candidates promote and participate in Eagan’s July 4th Fun-

fest celebration through appearances, volunteer tasks, and button book sales. A panel of judges will make the Ambas-sador selections based on observations of candidate social interaction skills, communication, attitude and volun-teerism. Funfest Ambassadors represent Ea-gan throughout the year participating in community events, parades, festivals, volunteer activities, and service projects. Ambassadors qualify for a scholarship after successfully completing their year of service. For more information about the pro-gram, go to www.eaganfunfest.org.


Even the 2015 U.S. Di-etary Guidelines say that Americans can balance their beverages, along

with all else they eat and drink. Our industry fully supports the goal to help Americans achieve and maintain a healthy weight. To help Americans man-

age their calorie intake, our industry places clear calorie labels on the front of every can, bottle and pack we produce. Through innovation we are provid-

ing the smaller portion sizes and no- and lower-calorie options that con-sumers want. Our Balance Calorie Initiative has set an indus-

try-wide goal to reduce beverage calories con-sumed per person nation-ally by 20 percent by 2025. To meet that goal, we are undertaking broad, mea-surable actions in prod-uct innovation, marketing communications, distri-bution and education to drive consumer behavior changes and help improve America’s health.

TIM WILKINMinnesota Beverage As-sociation president

Editor’s note: Wilkin is a former state representative of Eagan.

No more money for light rail To the editor: It is easy to understand our governor’s goals, but who understands his rea-sons? Gov. Mark Dayton’s obsession with more intru-sive government in every aspect of our lives cannot be denied. It is inconceiv-able that his plan to force 3-year-olds into govern-ment schools has any mer-it. Nor is it reasonable that his idea to spend an addi-tional $100 million to de-

crease the income gap has any chance of doing that. Billions have been poured into this war on poverty without gain and the gov-ernor has not struck on any new ideas that will change the outcome. These imprudent ideas are topped by his pen-chant to waste more mon-ey on light rail transit. The governor has quietly inserted a proposed sales tax into the Supplemental Budget Recommendation. This sales tax, called the Metropolitan Area Transit Tax, is designed to raise over $561 million by 2019. It would be used to fund three more light rail lines. Light rail has proven to be the most costly, ineffi-cient, and inflexible mode of moving passengers, still the governor wants more. It is possible that no one understands why stat-ists insist on these boon-doggles, at least none are given to us. Hopefully our legislators understand the meaning of moral virtues as given to us by Aristotle and wasteful government will be truncated forever.

RICHARD IFFERTEagan

LETTERS, from 4A

in it. The criminal complaint said Kasprzyk entered the kitchen, briefly struggled with the male homeowner, then entered the dining room near the couple’s toddler and put a comfort-er around his shoulders, ignoring the male hom-eowner’s repeated requests for him to leave. At one point, police said Kasprzyk grabbed the homeowner’s jacket, tied it around his waist and told the man to “get the gun,” and the homeowner re-sponded there was no gun. Kasprzyk allegedly asked for some clothing, but the man refused. Police say Kasprzyk locked the front door and garage door, then held the male resident’s wrist when police arrived and asked him not to open the door, but the resident broke free of him and officers en-tered. Police said Kasprzyk was excited, talkative but unable to hold a conver-sation and appeared to be under the influence of drugs when he was arrest-ed. Kasprzyk was trans-ported to Fairview Ridges Hospital and then Regions Hospital for evaluations, and during both trips be-came combative and had to be sedated, according to the complaint. Police said Kasprzyk

told them he had been driving the BMW before the crash and believed he was traveling between 50-60 mph at the time of im-pact. He allegedly said he uses marijuana and co-caine, but did not recall using drugs prior to the crash. The complaint said Kasprzyk also told police he did not know why he removed his clothing after the crash and could not re-member anything until he woke up in the hospital. In a news release, Da-kota County Attorney James Backstrom said the crash “appears to be an-other example of impaired driving that has tragically taken another life on our roads and a home invasion that threatened the safety of the home’s occupants.” The release said the Minnesota Office of Traf-fic Safety has reported 75 traffic-related deaths have occurred so far in 2016, compared to 62 deaths at this same time last year in Minnesota. Bail was set on April 4 for $250,000 without con-ditions and $200,000 with conditions by Dakota County District Court Judge Christopher Lehm-ann. Kasprzyk’s next ap-pearance is set for 9 a.m. May 11 in Hastings. Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

CHARGES, from 1A


Falcon Ridge Middle School will be present the secret-agent spoof “Get Smart” at 7 p.m. Friday, April 8. Forty-five students will perform in this takeoff of the “Mr. Big” episode from the original TV series. The two-act play is directed by Michael Skaar and Julianne Skaar, with technical direction by Cathy Pollock. Tickets are available at seatyourself.biz and through the Falcon Ridge Middle School website. (Photo submitted)

Education

‘Get Smart’ at Falcon Ridge

Seven Valley Middle School students have been selected for membership in the Min-nesota Band Directors Association State 6-8 Concert Band. They completed a rigorous recorded audition and were chosen from over 500 applicants from the state. They will perform a concert at Duluth East High School on Sunday, April 10, under the direction of former Falcon Ridge Middle School band teacher John Greene. Front row, from left: Maddy Braatz, Sophia Kickhofel, Krystanah Lumantas. Back row: Julia Lee, Laurel Carter, Sam Hubley, Jakob Fossen. (Photo submitted)

Students named to state concert band

Legislative Advisory Council has four citizen positions open District 196 is accept-ing applications through May 13 for four at-large citizen positions on the district’s Legislative Advi-sory Council. Applicants should have some experi-ence in government affairs lobbying and/or the legis-lative process. The terms of all four positions are for two years beginning July 1, 2016. The purpose of the LAC is to increase citizen participation in the legisla-tive process and communi-ty understanding of legis-lative issues and how they impact District 196. The council’s role is to provide input on and advocate for the district’s legislative priorities, review legisla-tive suggestions submit-ted by citizens and staff, and provide input to the School Board regarding proposed legislation. The LAC meets at least four times during the school year, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. LAC membership con-sists of seven citizen mem-bers with experience in government affairs lobby-ing and/or the legislative process, and one represen-tative from each of eight district advisory councils who are appointed to the LAC annually by their council. The district com-munications director and members of the School Board’s Legislative Com-mittee serve as ex-officio members. The LAC is a nonpartisan council and members are expected to maintain neutrality re-garding party politics. People interested in be-ing considered for LAC membership must submit an application by May 13. The application is avail-able at www.District196.org or by calling 651-423-

7775. Completed appli-cations should be mailed to Independent School District 196, Director of Communications, 3455 153rd St. W., Rosemount, MN 55068, or faxed to 651-423-7633. Depending on the number of appli-cations received, short in-terviews may be necessary the week of May 23.

Expanding Your Horizons event School District 196 and Inver Hills Community College are co-sponsoring a conference designed to motivate girls in grades six to eight in the study of science and math. The Expanding Your Horizons Conference will be held 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sat-urday, April 30, at Inver Hills Community College, 2500 80th St. E., Inver Grove Heights. The conference will feature a keynote address by Kaitlin Tyler, a 2008 graduate of Apple Valley High School who is cur-rently a graduate student in materials science and engineering at the Uni-versity of Illinois. Tyler’s research focuses on trying to alter the structure of materials on the micro and nanoscale to change how they interact with light. Participants will take part in two hands-on ca-reer workshops; learn about careers in science, technology, engineering and math, and interact with positive women role models who are active in math and science-based careers. There will be an optional tour of the col-lege at the end of the conference. Parents and teachers may register for concurrent workshops on college planning and STEM careers. Cost is $15 for students and $9 for adults, and in-cludes a T-shirt and lunch. Limited bus transporta-tion is available from Dis-

trict 196 middle schools. Registrations will be ac-cepted through April 20 and can be made online at www.District196.org/ce, using the class code: YEYHS-S1. For informa-tion about registration, call District 196 Commu-nity Education at 651-423-7920.

Daddy and daughter dance The ninth annual Dad-dy and Daughter Dance, for dads and daughters ages 3 to 11, will be 6-8 p.m. Saturday, April 23, at Falcon Ridge Middle School in Apple Valley. Cost is $30 for one child, $15 each additional child. Register at http://tinyurl.com/zl8r36a. For more information, call District 196 Community Education at 651-423-7920.


by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


Chuck Scanlon, the only head boys soccer coach Apple Valley High School has had – and the winningest coach in state history – has announced his retirement. After founding the AVHS soccer program in 1978, Scanlon coached his teams to 586 victories and nine state champion-ships, with the most re-cent state titles coming in 2009 and 2010. Scanlon also coached Apple Val-ley girls hockey teams to state championships in 1995 and 1998. Between the two sports, his teams were 11-0 in state finals. The Eagles made 17 trips to the state tourna-ment, the first coming in 1983. The following year, Apple Valley won its first state championship. The Eagles also won state titles in 1988, 1989, 1992, 1997 and 2006. Scanlon was the Na-tional High School Coaches Association boys soccer coach of the year in 2010. He has been in-ducted into several halls of fame, including the Minnesota State High School League’s and Be-midji State University’s. He also will retire from his safety education teach-ing position at AVHS, where Scanlon taught since the school opened in 1976.

Olympic

wrestling trials Shortly after winning his state-record sixth indi-vidual high school cham-pionship, Mark Hall will wrestle this weekend of a spot on the U.S. Olympic team. Hall, who wrestled for Apple Valley High School and now is wrestling out of the Olympic Train-ing Center in Colorado, finished first at 74 kilo-grams (163 pounds) in the freestyle division in a last-chance qualifier last weekend in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Hall scored a take-down in the final seconds of the match to edge An-thony Valencia 5-4. As a high school se-nior, Hall will be among

the youngest wrestlers in the U.S. Olympic Trials that will be held this week-end in Iowa City, Iowa. Former Apple Valley wrestler Justin LaValle, who competed in col-lege at Old Dominion and North Dakota State, advanced to the trials in the Greco-Roman divi-sion. He won at 59kg (130 pounds) in last weekend’s last-chance qualifier. LaValle wrestles for the Minnesota Storm club, as does former AVHS wrestler Devin Scott, who qualified for the Greco-Roman trials at 66kg.

Steveson takes

national title Also in Cedar Falls last weekend, Apple Val-ley sophomore Gable Steveson dominated the 220-pound weight class in the USA Wrestling Ju-nior National Folkstyle Championships. Steve-son, who went undefeated during the 2015-16 high school season and won his second state cham-

pionship, had two falls, two technical falls and a major decision during the tournament. He won the championship match by technical fall. Steveson, a 2015 Cadet World champion, is still eligible to wrestle in the Cadet division but chose to move up to the Junior division for last weekend’s tournament.

Badgers turn

to alumni Two coaches with Burnsville ties were cho-sen to try to help resurrect the University of Wiscon-sin men’s hockey program. Mark Osiecki and Don Granato, teammates on Burnsville High School’s 1985 state championship team and Wisconsin’s 1990 national champion-ship team, were named as-sociated head coaches at Wisconsin last week. The new head coach is Tony Granato, Don’s brother and another Wisconsin alumnus. The Badgers cleaned

house after going 12-46-13 the last two seasons, firing head coach Mike Eaves and his assistants. Tony Granato is a former Colorado Ava-lanche head coach and is in his second year as an assistant coach with the Detroit Red Wings. Osiecki was an assistant coach at Wisconsin from 2004-10 and currently is associate head coach for the Rockford IceHogs in the American Hockey League. Don Granato coached almost five years in the U.S. National Team Development Program. Osiecki was head coach and Don Granato an as-sistant coach for the 2015 U.S. World Junior team. Don Granato has started his new duties at Wisconsin, with Tony Granato and Osiecki ex-pected to arrive full-time after their teams’ seasons end.

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

SportsLightning returns several key players from 2015 champsBiggest unknown

is in pitching circle

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


What can Eastview’s softball team do to top last season, which ended with a state championship? Don’t ask the Light-ning. The state tourna-ment, which is about two months away, is about the furthest thing from coach Trevor Monroe’s mind. The team doesn’t play a game that counts until Tuesday, April 12, when it goes to Lakeville North for its season opener. “Our goal is to compete this year,” Monroe said. “We feel that we have the ability to compete with the better teams in our confer-ence and section.” And if it takes a few weeks for the Lightning to hit its stride, the coaches and players won’t panic. Last season Eastview was 4-3 after seven games, then won its last 20 and took the state Class 3A cham-pionship. The Lightning wasn’t even ranked in the top 10 in Class 3A until mid-May. Eastview graduated several key players from the state championship team, including Kerrigan Hoshaw, who pitched all but nine innings of the Lightning’s 2015 schedule; infielder Julia Luciano, who drove in the winning run in Eastview’s 2-1 vic-tory over Anoka in the Class 3A championship

game; and shortstop Me-lissa Barry and catcher Kara Sjostrom. However, several girls who had important roles on the championship team are back, including seniors Hailey Monroe, Sam Gall, Jamie Reynolds, Sydney Dose, and sophomore Abby Lien. Lien was the leadoff hitter and played second base in Eastview’s three state tournament games. She’s also an accomplished catcher but is likely to start this season at shortstop, where she played as an

eighth-grader while Barry was out because of an in-jury. Hailey Monroe is a fifth-year varsity player who switched from out-field to first base last sea-son. Gall will return to the outfield after starting in right field in 2015. Clutch hitting by Gall and Monroe helped make last year’s state champion-ship possible. Gall dou-bled to score Monroe with the only run of Eastview’s Class 3A semifinal victory over Maple Grove. Mon-roe singled in the tying run

in the sixth inning of the championship game. Reynolds is expected to take over at third base. She has been the Lightning’s cleanup hitter most of the last four seasons while playing several positions. Dose served as a courtesy runner for Hoshaw last season but will be in the starting lineup this season, either at catcher or in the outfield. Dose, Gall and Mon-roe all are fast and can use their speed on the bases to put pressure on the oppo-nents’ defense.

The Lightning is hop-ing several underclassmen show they’re ready for the jump to varsity softball. “Some of these girls have played (junior varsity) the last couple seasons and in some cases have felt they were ready for varsity,” Trevor Monroe said. “We are hoping that now they show us their time is now and that they are ready to play at this level.” Sophomore Grace Gall pitched the nine innings Hoshaw didn’t pitch last season and will get the first chance in the circle

this year. Eastview and Rose-mount tied for the South Suburban Conference championship last season. Rosemount might be this year’s SSC favorite be-cause the Irish return one of the state’s top pitchers, junior left-hander Gabby Sprang, who has com-mitted to the University of Tennessee. Lakeville North, Prior Lake, Shako-pee, Eagan and Farming-ton also could compete for the conference champion-ship. Teams currently in the South Suburban Confer-ence also have won eight of the last 13 state Class 3A championships. With the state softball playoff expanding to four classes this year, all 10 SSC teams have moved to Class 4A. Eastview is one of four SSC teams assigned to Section 3; the others are Apple Valley, Eagan and Rosemount. Eastview’s first home game is Thursday, April 14, against Apple Valley. South Suburban teams will play 14 games against other schools from the league but only nine will count in the conference standings. Games between SSC teams April 12, 14, 18, 20 and May 17 are regular-season games that will not count in the league standings. That leaves a single round-robin of nine games that will determine the champion.

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Eastview’s Sam Gall slides into third base during a 2015 state softball tournament game against Maple Grove. Gall is a senior outfielder for the defending state large-school champion Lightning. (File photo)

Local schools hand out their Athena Awards by Mike Shaughnessy


The Athena Awards, a Minnesota high school sports tradition, will hon-or top senior female ath-letes from the metro area in the coming weeks. Athletes from Apple Valley, Eagan, Eastview, Farmington, Lakeville North, Lakeville South, Rosemount and Trinity at River Ridge will be among those attending the St. Paul Area Athena Awards luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 20, at the Prom Center in Oak-dale. More information about the St. Paul lun-cheon is available at stpau-lathena.com. Following are capsules of Athena winners from Apple Valley, Eastview and Rosemount:

Sidney Bethke

Apple Valley Bethke earned 11 let-ters in three sports, includ-ing six in gymnastics. She was a five-time All-South Suburban Conference and t w o - t i m e A l l - S t at e g y m n a s t , and was named to the All-S e c t i o n 2AA team all six years of her ca-reer. Bethke won five MVP awards with the gymnas-tics team, which she cap-tained for four years. Soccer is the sport Bethke will pursue in col-lege. She has signed with Bemidji State University, where she will major in nursing. She earned three letters in soccer at Apple Valley, one all-conference award and was named her team’s MVP in 2015. Bethke also earned two letters in track and field. She has won her school’s Eagle Excellence Award twice and was part of a team academic excellence award in soccer in 2015. Her community involve-ment includes Feed My Starving Children and the Messiah Lutheran Church outreach programs.

Kelly Smith

Eastview Smith has been part of Eastview dance teams that won five state champion-ships, including the high kick and jazz divisions in 2016. She was All-South Sub-urban Con-ference and All-State in dance two years run-ning, and was named to the all-tournament team in high kick at state in 2016. Smith earned four varsity letters in dance. She is a two-time letter-winner in soccer, and in 2015 led her team in goals and assists. She won the Lightning’s Ms. Offense award. Smith has earned four letters in track and field and was a state quali-fier in the high jump in 2014. Last year, she was named to the Academic All-State team in track and field. A member of the LINC Leadership Committee, Smith will attend Iowa State University and try out for the dance team.

Brittany McLean

Rosemount McLean, the Irish vol-leyball team’s career leader in kills (1,588) and service aces (133) as well as its sin-gle-season leader in kills (490), will contin-ue her ath-letic career next season at the Uni-versity of Minnesota. McLean was named Ms. Volleyball in 2015 after leading Rose-mount to a 24-6 record and second place in the Class 3A, Section 3 tour-nament. The Irish lost a five-set section final to Ea-gan, which went on to win the state championship. She earned five letters in volleyball, was All-South Suburban Confer-ence three times and All-State twice.

Sidney Bethke

Kelly Smith

Brittany McLean

Chuck Scanlon holds the trophy after Apple Valley won the state Class AA boys soc-cer championship in 2009, the eighth of nine titles for the Eagles during Scanlon’s tenure. (File photo)

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and everybody is coming out to see what’s going on ... my son is just hys-terical, pleading ... please don’t let them take my dad away.” Suddenly, Mexican police pull up, talk with management, chain Tweed to the truck, and leave with him in the back under armed guard for what would be a 30-minute drive to a Mexi-can jail. “The whole ride, I’m thinking I can’t believe this is happening,” Tweed said. “Then my next thoughts were ... I’m going to jail in a Mexican prison. I’m never going to get out of here.” The truck passes multiple barbed-wire fenced checkpoints with armed guards in Playa del Carmen, where Tweed said he was taken into a facility that resembled a barn and smelled like an outhouse. Tweed said he was questioned and photographed, but never saw any charges against him and despite re-peated requests, he was not allowed to see any videotape of the altercation that he was certain would prove he was not involved. He said police took his wedding ring, watch, belt and socks and re-moved the laces from his shoes before forcing him to undergo a strip-search. Allowed to wear his shorts, T-shirt and shoes, sans socks and laces, po-lice escorted Tweed through gates and past rows of smelly, stained cells as arguments between Spanish-speaking prisoners echo around him. He saw two women in a cell, one bloodied, “curled up in a ball,” and the other wearing a dress, barefoot and crying. Tweed said he was locked in a dirt, blood and feces-covered cell alone. A hole in the floor with a steel bowl covered in feces served as a toilet; there was no cot or furniture. A puddle of moldy liquid was along a wall; ants and bugs roamed the floor. A small barred window did noth-ing to appease the “overwhelming stench,” and he said he covered his nose with his shirt. “Directly across from me was a cell with a man completely sprawled out on the floor passed out,” Tweed said. Back at the resort, Durst said he and others were frantically trying to find out where Tweed was taken and how to get him out. Durst said resort workers’ told them to wait until morning to get Tweed released, which they did, but later learned was bad advice. “I come to find out if we would have followed the police department with Evan in a taxi we could have got him out right there for $50,” Durst said. Instead, Tweed spent a sleepless night standing in the prison to avoid sitting on the floor. Hours after he was jailed, the wom-an who had been crying in the adja-cent cell asked him if he spoke Eng-lish.

Tweed said he was astounded to learn she was from Eagan, staying in the same resort on spring break with her 18-year-old daughter. He said the woman told him she remembered having a few drinks, but then blacked out and woke up in the prison. “She thought maybe someone drugged her or something and still didn’t know why she was there,” Tweed said. “She said her daughter must be absolutely freaking out not knowing where her mom was. She said she had no idea if her daughter knew what to do to find her.” Tweed said he promised he would help her get out. The next morning, Tweed was brought to a “holding pen” and a clerk said he could be released if he would pay a $180 fine; if not, he would have to stay another 36 hours in the cell. He quickly agreed, and was allowed to make a call. Durst played a large role in Tweed’s eventual release. He called the Mexican police sys-tem “corrupt,” and said the next morning he learned how to navigate it from a helpful taxi driver who had worked in Minnesota and spoke Eng-lish. The driver took him to the jail, and directed him how much to pay to res-cue Tweed. “It’s almost like it was rehearsed for the security people to figure out how to get money out of the whole thing,” Durst said. Tweed said before he was allowed to leave the jail, he was also forced to sign blank forms he didn’t understand that were written in Spanish. After scrawling an illegible signa-ture, the clerk also required him to write a line at the bottom that stated he did not need to speak to the U.S. Embassy. When Durst arrived with cash, Tweed followed through on his prom-ise to the Eagan woman, insisting to the guards she had to come with him. Another $180 was paid for the woman, then the taxi driver returned them to the resort. While the woman’s ordeal was over, resort security refused Tweed entrance and were about to force him out when Mia McHugh Liguori, a Lakeville business owner and influential corpo-rate client of the resort, stepped in. Through her contacts and influ-ence, security aborted plans to force him out of the resort. Tweed said the ordeal ruined their vacation and described the experience as surreal. He warned travelers outside the U.S. to beware of situations that can happen without warning. “Even if you’re in an all-inclusive resort, you’re never safe from any-thing,” Tweed said.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

Trek challenge, consisting of a recycling-themed proj-ect and a robot game. For its project, the team designed a recyclable pizza box with a perforated bot-tom. Generally, pizza boxes are difficult to recycle be-cause of the cheese that ad-heres to the bottom of the box. The team’s box design allows the bulk of the box’s cardboard to be recycled while the bottom, covered with pizza detritus, can be easily torn out and thrown away. The Diamonds con-sulted an attorney and ob-tained a provisional patent for the pizza-box design, along with conducting a survey on social media to determine whether con-sumers would be inclined to patronize pizza shops with such a box. The robot game, which saw the Diamonds using Lego robots to complete recycling-themed tasks on a small playfield, requires a wide range of tech skills, including computer pro-gramming and engineering. Troubleshooting is key. “It’s about solving prob-lems in different ways,” said Diamonds team member Jacob Downs. “This pro-gram’s really showed me I might want to become an engineer when I go to col-lege.” The Iron Maidens, now in their second year to-

gether, earned their berth at the FIRST World Festi-val by winning the Connect Award at the North Super Regional Championships in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, earlier this year. The award recognizes outreach efforts in the community and busi-ness arena. “A very important part of FIRST and our team is community outreach,” said Iron Maidens member Cori Roberts. “As a team we’ve chalked up 75 events and over 800 hours of commu-nity outreach.” The Iron Maidens have held robotics demonstra-tions for an array of grade schools, civic organiza-tions and other groups, and helped to create FIRST LEGO League teams at Valley Middle School. And they helped create two ad-ditional FIRST Tech Chal-lenge teams at their high school. They’ve also brought their passion for science to the state Capitol, where in March 2015 they testified before the Minnesota Leg-islature, asking for support for STEM — science, tech-nology, engineering and mathematics — funding. The Iron Maidens, who are coached by parent vol-unteers Jason Stoeke and Anne Marie DeBoard, have embraced a steampunk aesthetic, and at the World Festival they’ll be sporting custom-made steampunk hats — complete with retro-

tech flourishes like copper gears and goggles. Team members say they chose the name “Iron Maidens” to encapsulate the idea they’re an all-female team working with technology. At the World Festival, they’ll be putting their ro-bot through the RES-Q challenge, which is modeled after rescue situations faced by mountain explorers. Ro-bots score points by setting off rescue beacons, deliver-ing small plastic “climbers” to a shelter, and hanging from a pull-up bar. The Iron Maidens say the value of the FIRST Tech Challenge is the skills it builds — in technology and other areas. “A key point of all this is communication — we’ll use that as adults in our busi-nesses,” said Iron Maidens member Marie Peña. “It gives you a lot of amazing skills,” added teammate Emily DeBoard. “None of us knew how to build a robot before this.” Both the Iron Maidens and the Diamonds have launched gofundme pages to solicit donations to help offset the costs of traveling to the FIRST World Fes-tival. The pages are: www.gofundme.com/ironmaid-ensftc and www.gofundme.com/TheDiamonds.

Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

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Diamonds team members Maggie Wussow, left, and Rebecca Downs make adjustments to the playing field for their Lego robotics project. (Photo by Andrew Miller)


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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 the conditions of the following de-scribed mortgage:

DATE OF MORTGAGE: October 16, 2009ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT

OF MORTGAGE: $172,975.00MORTGAGOR(S): Benjamin R.

Dugan and Meghan Dugan, Hus-band and Wife

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-tronic Registration Systems Inc., as nominee for U.S. Bank National Association

TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registra-

tion Systems, Inc.MIN#: 100021268300525777LENDER: U.S. Bank National Association .DATE AND PLACE OF FILING:

Dakota County Minnesota,Registrar of Title, on November 9, 2009, as Document No. T653765.

CERTIFICATE NO. 145460ASSIGNED TO: U.S. BANK

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Dated: September 26, 2013 , and recorded October 7, 2013 by Document No. T723517.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY:

Lot Ten (10), Block Four (4), Apple Valley Seventh Addition, ac-cording to the recorded plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the Registrar of Titles in and for Da-kota County, Minnesota

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 981 CORTLAND DR S, APPLE VALLEY, MN 55124PROPERTY I.D: 011170604100COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY

IS LOCATED: DakotaTHE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO

BE DUE ON THE MORTGAGE ON THE DATE OF THE NOTICE: One Hundred Ninety Thousand Four Hundred Twenty-Six and 23/100 ($190,426.23)

THAT no action or proceeding has been instituted at law to recov-er the debt secured by said mort-gage, or any part thereof; that there has been compliance with all pre-foreclosure notice and acceleration requirements of said mortgage, and/or applicable statutes;

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: 10:00 AM on April 18, 2016PLACE OF SALE: Sheriff`s Main

Office, Law Enforcement Center, 1580 Highway 55, Hastings MN 55033-2343

to pay the debt then secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any actually paid by the mortgagee, on the premises and the costs and disbursements allowed by law. The time allowed by law for redemption by said mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns is 6.00 months from the date of sale. If Mortgage is not reinstated under Minn. Stat. §580.30 or the prop-erty is not redeemed under Minn. Stat. §580.23, the Mortgagor must vacate the property on or before 11:59 p.m. on October 19, 2016, or the next business day if October 19, 2016 falls on a Saturday, Sun-day or legal holiday.

“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: March 4, 2016U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIA-TIONRandall S. Miller & Associates, PLLCAttorneys for Assignee of Mort-gage/MortgageeCanadian Pacific Plaza, 120 South Sixth Street, Suite 2050Minneapolis, MN 55402Phone: 952-232-0052Our File No. 15MN00280-1THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

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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: The Apple Valley Arts Founda-

tionPRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 3689 Fairbanks AveWebster, MN 55088NAMEHOLDER(S): The Apple Valley Arts Founda-

tion3689 Fairbanks AveWebster, MN 55088I, 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: March 24, 2016SIGNED BY: Sonya Busch

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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 the conditions of the following de-scribed mortgage:

DATE OF MORTGAGE:May 31, 2007ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT

OF MORTGAGE: $150,000.00MORTGAGOR(S): Timothy J.

Jackson, A Single ManMORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-

tronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for American Brokers Conduit

TRANSACTION AGENT:Mortgage Electronic Registra-

tion Systems, Inc.MIN#: 100024200017553997SERVICER:Bayview Loan ServicingLENDER:American Brokers Conduit.DATE AND PLACE OF FILING:

Dakota County Minnesota, Record-er, on July 26, 2007, as Document No. 2533099.

ASSIGNED TO: Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company Dated: August 8, 2014, and recorded August 15, 2014 by Document No. 3025283.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY:

Lot four (4), Block four (4), Morn-ingview second addition, according to the plat thereof now on file and of record in the office of the county recorder within and for Dakota county, Minnesota, together with the benefits and subject to the bur-dens of that certain declaration of covenants conditions, easements and restrictions filed as document no. 610198.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 7779 157th St W, Apple Valley, MN 55124

PROPERTY I.D:01-49101-04-040COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY

IS LOCATED: DakotaTHE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO

BE DUE ON THE MORTGAGE ON THE DATE OF THE NOTICE: One Hundred Eighty Thousand One Hundred Four and 49/100 ($180,104.49)

THAT no action or proceeding has been instituted at law to recov-er the debt secured by said mort-gage, or any part thereof; that there has been compliance with all pre-foreclosure notice and acceleration requirements of said mortgage, and/or applicable statutes;

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:10:00 AM on May 9, 2016PLACE OF SALE: Sheriff`s Main

Office, Law Enforcement Center, 1580 Highway 55, Hastings MN 55033-2343

to pay the debt then secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any actually paid by the mortgagee, on the premises and the costs and disbursements allowed by law. The time allowed by law for redemption by said mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns is 6.00 months from the date of sale. If Mortgage is not reinstated under Minn. Stat. §580.30 or the prop-erty is not redeemed under Minn. Stat. §580.23, the Mortgagor must vacate the property on or before 11:59 p.m. on November 9, 2016, or the next business day if Novem-ber 9, 2016 falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.

“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: March 25, 2016Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Com-panyRandall S. Miller & Associates, PLLCAttorneys for Assignee of Mort-gage/MortgageeCanadian Pacific Plaza, 120 South Sixth Street, Suite 2050Minneapolis, MN 55402Phone: 952-232-0052Our File No. 16MN00027-1THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.


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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: Aurora Pet SupplyPRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 14587 Boxwood PathRosemount, MN 55068NAMEHOLDER(S): John Joseph Travalent IV14587 Boxwood PathRosemount, MN 55068I, 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: March 17, 2016SIGNED BY: John Travalent IV


April 8, 15, 2016531915

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196

This is a summary of the Mar. 14, 2016 School Board meeting with the full text available for public in-spection at www.district196.org or at the District Office or by standard or electronic mail.

The meeting was called to order at 6 p.m. on Mar. 14, 2016 at Da-kota Ridge School followed by the Pledge of Allegiance and a moment of silence for two students who had passed away. Present: Albright, Coulson, Duchscher, Huusko, Magnuson, Roseen, Schutte and Supt. Berenz.

Duchscher announced his res-ignation, effective immediately, due to his recent move out of the dis-trict. He received a standing ova-tion from the audience and left at 6:05 p.m.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Coulson and carried with a 6-0 vote to approve the agenda.

Board members and Berenz recognized students and staff members on qualifying for and, in several cases, winning state cham-pionships; a starred performance, and being state, regional and local award recipients.

Berenz thanked social workers for the important work they do with elementary school students and families.

Motion by Roseen, seconded by Huusko and carried with a 6-0 vote to approve Consent items: board meeting minutes; board dates for 2016-17; claims; electronic funds transfer schedule; schedule of in-vestments; treasurer reports; gifts totaling $164,429.61; quarterly gifts totaling $26,100.28; advertising revenue totaling $545.08; grants totaling $9,461.43; personnel sepa-rations, leaves of absence and new staff; resolution terminating certain probationary teachers, and a reso-lution to expel a student.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Schutte and carried with a 6-0 vote to approve the Achievement and Integration (AI) Plan amendment. The amended plan includes expan-sion of magnet programming to Echo Park and Oak Ridge elemen-tary schools and a partnership with South Washington County Public Schools.

Motion by Schutte, seconded by Huusko and carried with a 6-0 vote to approve the AI budget that sup-ports the goals of the AI Plan.

Motion by Schutte, seconded by Coulson and carried with a 6-0 vote to approve accepting the Native American Parent Advisory Committee (NAPAC) Resolution of Concurrence, approved by NAPAC at its March 7, 2016 meeting. The resolution must by be submitted annually to the Minnesota Depart-ment of Education (MDE) to declare whether the committee concurs with educational programs offered for American Indian students.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Schutte and carried with a 6-0 vote to approve a purchase agreement with SBF Development Corp., an affiliate of Cobblestone Lake, LLC, for land for the 19th elementary school near the southwest corner of County Road 46 (160th Street) and Diamond Path in Lakeville at a price of $3,774,000 for the approxi-mately 22.4-acre site.

Albright thanked Duchscher for his service on the board.

Berenz commented on the in-creased graduation rate which went from 88 to 90 percent over the last five years and the decrease of the gap between white students and all ethnic subgroups.

Motion by Roseen, seconded by Huusko and carried with a 6-0 vote to adjourn at 7:20 p.m.


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INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT #196

ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN

PUBLIC SCHOOLSEDUCATING OUR

STUDENTS TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL

CALL FOR BIDS2016 HARDSCAPE REHABILITATION

Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received for the 2016 Hardscape Rehabilitation by Independent School District 196, at the District Offices (Dakota Confer-ence Room) located at 3455 153rd St. W., Rosemount, MN 55068, until 10:00 a.m. local time on Tuesday, April 26, 2016, at which time and place bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

For complete instructions on how to obtain Bidding Documents, please visit our webpage at: http://www.district196.org/District/Legal-Notices/index.cfm.

If you should have any questions regarding this bid you may contact the Facilities Department at (651) 423-7706. Joel Albright, Board ClerkIndependent School District #196


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CALL FOR BIDS2016-2017 DAIRY

PRODUCT BIDNotice is hereby given that

sealed bids will be received for the Food and Nutrition Services’ Dairy Products by Independent School District 196, at the District Office, 3455 153rd St West, Rosemount, MN 55068, until 8:30 A.M. local time on Tuesday, April 26, 2016, at which time and place bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Complete instructions on how to obtain Bidding Documents can be found at: http://www.district196.org/District/LegalNotices/index.cfm.

If you should have any questions regarding this bid you may contact the Food and Nutrition Services Of-fice at (651) 683-6957.Joel Albright, Board ClerkIndependent School District 196

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STUDENTS TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL

EASTVIEW HIGH SCHOOL 2016 FIRE ALARM REPLACEMENT

6200 140TH STREET WESTAPPLE VALLEY, MINNESOTA

Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received for the Eastview High School 2016 Fire Alarm Replacement by Inde-pendent School District 196, at the Facilities and Grounds Office located at 14445 Diamond Path West, Rosemount, MN 55068, until 2:00 p.m., April 12, 2016, at which time and place bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Bidding documents, including the Proposal Form, Drawings and Specifications, will be on file at the Offices of the Architect, Wold Architects and Engineers, 332 Min-nesota Street, Suite W2000, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101. (651) 227-7773; at the Minnesota Builders Exchange; McGraw Hill Construc-tion/Dodge Plan Center; Reed Construction; iSqFt Plan Room (St. Paul, MN); and from PlanWell at www.e-arc.com/MN/Plymouth..

A pre-bid meeting is scheduled for April 4, 2016 at 3:00 PM at East-view High School (meet at west public entrance). Attendance at this meeting is highly recommended.

This project includes: Fire Alarm Replacement.American Reprographics Com-

pany, 4730 Park Glen Road, St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416 (612) 722-2303, facsimile (612) 722-2958will provide complete down-loadable sets of the Bidding Docu-ments to prospective bidders and subcontractors. The downloads will be available March 25, 2016. A deposit check in the amount of $25 made out to ARC for each set downloaded via the internet at www.e-arc.com and clicking on the PlanWell icon, then the Public Plan Room icon, select Eastview High School 2016 Fire Alarm Replace-ment.

Make proposals on the bid forms supplied in the Project Manual. No oral, telegraphic or telephonic proposals or modifications will be considered. Submit with each bid, a certified check or acceptable bid-der’s bond payable to Independent School District #196 in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the total bid. The successful bidder will be required to furnish satisfactory Labor and Material Payment Bond, and Performance Bond.

Bids may not be withdrawn within thirty (30) days after the scheduled time of opening bids, without the consent of the Owner. The Owner reserves the right to accept any bid or to reject any or all bids, or parts of such bids, and waive informalities or irregularities in bidding.

The Owner requires Substantial Completion of the project on or be-fore August 19, 2016.Joel Albright, Board ClerkIndependent School District 196


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CITY OF APPLE VALLEYNOTICE OF INTENT

TO CONSIDERISSUANCE OF FRANCHISE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Apple Valley, Dakota County, Minnesota, will meet at the Municipal Center, 7100 147th Street W., on Thursday, May 12, 2016, at 7:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible. The purpose of the meeting will be to hold a public hearing on the City’s intent to consider issuance of a competitive franchise. This notice is given in accordance with Minne-sota law. All interested parties will be given an opportunity to be heard at said time and place.

The application requirements are set forth in Minnesota Statutes, Section 238.081, subd. 4. In addi-tion:

1. Applications in response to this Notice must be submitted to the City by 4:00 p.m., April 22, 2016.

2. Applications must be in writ-ing, notarized, and consistent with the application requirements. Ap-plicants must submit an original and two copies of the application. A copy of the application must be mailed or delivered to Robert J.V. Vose, Esq., Kennedy & Graven, 470 US Bank Plaza, 200 South Sixth Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402.

3. Each application shall be submitted along with an applica-tion fee of $5,000.00 in the form of a certified check made payable to the City. Applicants will be re-quired to reimburse any expenses not covered by the application fee.

4. Applicants are requested to be present at a public hearing be-fore the City beginning at 7:00 p.m. on May 12, 2016.

5. The minimum system design and services to be offered are re-flected in the City’s Policies and Procedures.

6. Upon review of the application(s) and completion of the public hearing, the City will make a recommendation regard-ing award of franchises. Such recommendation shall be based on applicable law and the record including the application, informa-tion provided by the applicant, and other relevant information received by the City including the results of any negotiations with applicant(s) and any information submitted by the incumbent franchise company.

7. In no event will submission of a conforming application entitle any applicant to grant of a fran-chise. The City expressly reserves the right to reject both conforming and non-conforming applications.

8. Any successful applicant(s) will be required to accept the fran-chise granted within thirty (30) days after adoption.

9. Any questions concerning applications should be directed to Robert J.V. Vose, Esq., Kennedy & Graven, 470 US Bank Plaza, 200 South Sixth Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402; telephone (612) 337-9275; e-mail: [email protected]


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vice and wished Mack’s family the best. “I believe it’s time for new leadership in St. Paul, and I am excited to talk with the voters of District 57A about the direction of our community and state,” Maye Quade said. “We must work together to build an economy that works for the people of District 57A and all of Minnesota, not just the wealthy few. That means ensuring all students are afforded the opportunity to thrive in school, as well as fixing our state’s roads and bridges.” Maye Quade was born and raised in Apple Val-ley and is a 2004 graduate of Eastview High School where she participated in music, softball and swim-ming. She earned majors in political science and jus-tice and peace studies with a minor in theology at the University of St. Thomas. Maye Quade worked on President Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign and was a com-munity organizer for Gov. Mark Dayton following that. She worked for Target for three years and is cur-rently a community rep-resentative for U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minne-apolis. Maye Quade is married to wife Alyse, who is also a community organizer. “My decision to run for state representative is grounded in the firm belief that our government can continue to lift up Minne-sotans, so long as policy is guided by people, not par-tisanship,” she said on her website. “I am proud of my transparent record of service and am committed to securing a sustainable educational, economic and environmental future for the residents of House District 57A.” Huot, a longtime Rose-mount resident, enters the race with government re-lations experience in the region and in Washington, D.C. After working as an emergency medical tech-nician with Life Link III for 28 years and volunteer firefighter for five years, he served as a government relations specialist for a medical transportation company, primarily work-ing on health care reform. Currently he is a li-censed Realtor and con-sultant in health care and government relations. “My life has been dedicated to service,” he said. “For the last three decades working in emer-gency medical services I have been helping people at their worst times. Now I look forward to the op-portunity to help and serve the community in another capacity. It is time to put my experience and knowledge to work for the people of our district.” He and wife Angela have three boys who at-tended Rosemount public schools. He said they are active parishioners at St. Thom-as Becket in Eagan, and he is a volunteer coach for youth sports and a basket-ball and football official for the Minnesota State High School League. Wills announced her in-

tention to seek re-election in District 57B in Febru-ary. She said at the time that she was proud of her accomplishments and be-lieved there was more she can do if re-elected. Wills cited accomplish-ments that included fund-ing for the Minnesota Zoo, passing a measure that will help save District 196 more than $500,000 per year by allowing it to build another bus hub, and passing legislation to streamline special educa-tion paperwork for teach-ers. Wills said she also successfully authored leg-islation that secured $7 million in bonding to com-plete the Transportation and Emerging Technolo-gies wing at Dakota Coun-ty Technical College. A former legislative aide, Wills and husband Rob have a son, Gideon, who was born Feb. 4. Campbell, a financial services professional who has worked in the insur-ance industry for more than 17 years, is seeking his first political office with his Senate District 57 campaign. The Apple Valley resi-dent said when announc-ing candidacy in Febru-ary: “I am running for the State Senate because I have seen firsthand how government overreach can be harmful to businesses and families. I believe money is better spent by citizens and local commu-nities rather than special interests in St. Paul.” Campbell is a mem-ber of Easter Church, the Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce. He has served on various chamber committees. He is a volunteer at Augus-tana Health Care Center and served as vice chair-man of Caring Organiza-tions Respecting Elders Board of Directors. When he won in 2012, Clausen became only the third member of the DFL party to serve a Senate district that covers Apple Valley and/or Rosemount since 1967 and the first in 23 years. He said in a press release following his endorsement that he has been humbled by the outpouring of sup-port from district leaders and constituents. “I would be honored to go back to St. Paul and represent the district again if they re-elect me in No-vember,” he said. “Having served as a teacher, coach and principal in Rose-mount and Apple Valley high schools, I know this district and understand education related concerns shared by families and communities across Min-nesota.” In the current legisla-tive session, Clausen is the chief author of more than 40 bills, including bond-ing for the Minnesota Zoo and a bill providing state tax credit for 529 college savings plans. Clausen said he was in-strumental in the passage of all-day kindergarten and the creation of the SELF student loan refi-nancing program.

Email Tad Johnson at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @editorTJ.

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my gratitude to everyone that has supported me for so many years,” Mack wrote in a post on her In-stagram account alongside a family photo. “As a wife and a moth-er of two amazing young kids, I want the next chap-ter of my life to be focused on our family and raising these amazing little peo-ple.” Mack made no men-tion of the Aug. 25, 2015, incident in which a Leba-non Hills Regional Park ranger allegedly found Mack and state Rep. Tim Kelly, R-Red Wing, “mak-ing out” in the front seat of a parked vehicle. Mack paid a $260 fine for a mis-demeanor nuisance viola-tion in connection with the incident.

Kelly, who is also mar-ried, announced Feb. 17 he would not seek re-election. Mack’s announcement not to seek re-election last weekend was an appar-ent reversal for the House District 57A legislator, who urged Republican at-tendees at the Senate Dis-trict 57 caucus on March 1 to support her campaign, and that she would contin-ue to be their voice in St. Paul. Mack, a former legis-lative aide, is serving her fourth term in the House. She was first elected in 2008. House District 57A covers a southern portion of Apple Valley and a por-tion of northeast Lake-ville.


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5390 Roofing, Siding& Gutters





5420 Tree Care &Stump Removal



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5500 EMPLOYMENT

5510 Full-time

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5510 Full-time

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5510 Full-time

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5510 Full-time 5510 Full-time 5560 Seasonal Hiring

5540 Healthcare

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theater and arts briefs theater and arts calendarComedy dinner theater event The Eagan Theater Company will present the comedy “Let Him Sleep Till It’s Time for His Funer-al” April 15-16 at Brianno’s Royal Cliff Center, 2280 Cliff Road, Eagan. Set in the 1950s, the dinner theater event takes on the guise of a classic early television sitcom – an episode of a fictional show titled “Life with Edna,” in which Edna decides to throw a surprise funeral-themed 60th birthday for her husband Harold, who mistakenly jumps to the conclusion he’s about to be murdered. The audience is encour-aged to wear 1950s attire. The event is being presented in partnership with the Ea-gan 55 Plus/Seniors Group. Tickets for the dinner and play are $42 and are available at www.etc-mn.org, and in person at the Eagan Community Center until April 11; tickets will not be available the nights of the performances.

‘Eloquence’ at AVHS The Apple Valley High School speech team will present “Eloquence” 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 9, in the school theater. “Eloquence” is a show sponsored by the speech team where 80 students will perform passages from their selections and where six award-winning seniors will be highlighted. The show mixes some performances with music and visual images to create an entertaining evening. Call 952-431-8200 for ticket information.

‘The Art of Healing’ tour Rosemount author Narate Keys is producing the “The Art Of Healing” book tour with fellow au-thor Peuo Tuy from April to September in Minne-sota and across the nation. Keys is the author of “The Changes ... Immi-gration Footprints of our Journey.” Tuy’s book is “Khmer Girl.” Both believe young Cambodians and other oppressed people should voice their identities and experiences as children of immigrant parents affect-ed by war, genocide and oppression. Their first book sign-ing event is 5:30 p.m. Fri-day, April 22, at 408 Cedar Lake Road S. in Minne-apolis. It includes poetry, spoken word and open mic. The April 22 event also features yoga at 4 p.m. at 400 Cedar Lake Road S. The events are free. To sign up for the open mic list, RSVP to [email protected]. Space is limited.

Sensory-friendly movie screening Paragon Odyssey 15 Theater in Burnsville of-fers a sensory-friendly screening of Disney’s “The Jungle Book” for children with autism or other spe-cial needs at 10 a.m. Satur-day, April 16. The screening features lights on and low sound. The theater will be ac-cepting monetary dona-tions for the National Autism Association throughout April.

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Books Mystery author J.A. Jance will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 21, at the Gal-axie Library, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley, as part of the Club Book author series. She will discuss her latest book, “Clawback.” Free. In-formation: http://tinyurl.com/ja8vg14.

Call for Artists The Eagan Art House is accepting registrations for the visual art exhibition titled “One x One.” Two- and three-dimensional artwork will be accepted for display in May and June. Registrations are due April 15. There is no fee to participate. Visit www.ea-ganarthouse.org for complete registration and submission details.

Comedy Ralphie May, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 14, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets: $35-$45 at the box office, 800-982-2787 or Ticketmaster.com.

Dance “Cinderella 1944: A Love Story,” presented by Twin Cities Ballet of Minnesota, 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 6 and 7, and 2 p.m. Sun-day, May 8, at Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burns-ville. Classic Cinderella tale with a modern twist. Tickets: $18-$34. Information: http://bit.ly/24MxqU6.

Events Farm Babies at the Min-nesota Zoo, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 25 to April 30. Informa-tion: mnzoo.org. “Skating Through Route 66,” presented by Heritage Figure Skating Club and the Farmington and Lakeville Learn to Skate programs, 7 p.m. April 15-16 and 1 p.m. April 17 at Hasse Arena, 8525 215th St. W., Lakeville. Cost: $8 adults, $5 students and seniors. Information: www.heritagefsc.org.

Exhibits A children’s art exhibit is on display March 9 to April 25 at the art gallery at Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. The gallery is closed weekends, March 30-31 and April 7. Information: 952-895-4685.

Music Burnsville Rotary’s Con-cert for Caring featuring Rhythmic Circus, 8 p.m. Saturday, April 23, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets: $38 at the box office, 800-982-2787 or Ticketmaster.com. Stephen Stills, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Barry Goldberg as The Rides with their Pierced Arrow Tour, 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 2, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets: $39.50-$79.50 at the box office, 800-982-2787 or Ticketmaster.com.

Theater “On Golden Pond,” pre-sented by Expressions Com-munity Theater, 7:30 p.m. April 7-9 and 2 p.m. April 10, at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Tickets: $13 at www.Lakevil-leAreaArtsCenter.com or by phone at 952-985-4640. “Catch Me If You Can,” presented by The Chameleon Theatre Circle, April 1-24, at Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets: $22 adults, $19 students at the box office, 800-982-2787 or Ticketmaster.com. “The Music Man,” pre-sented by Twin Cities Home-schoolers for the Arts, 7 p.m. April 14 and 1 and 7 p.m. April 15 at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holy-

oke Ave. Tickets: $12 at the box office or www.Lakevil-leAreaArtsCenter.com. “To Kill a Mockingbird,” presented by Burnsville High School, 7:30 p.m. April 14-16, 21-23, and 3 p.m. April 17, at Mraz Center, Burnsville High School. Tickets: $8 adults, $7 senior citizens, $6 students. There is no senior preview performance for this pro-duction. Tickets available at http://www.theatrebhs.com/tickets/. “Let Him Sleep ’Till It’s Time for His Funeral,” com-edy dinner theater presented by the Eagan Theater Com-pany, 6 p.m. Friday, April 15, and Saturday, April 16, at Brianno’s Royal Cliff Center, 2280 Cliff Road, Eagan. Tick-ets: $42 at www.etc-mn.org or at the Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Park-way, Eagan. Tickets are not available at the door. “BRAVO 2016: Pass-port,” presented by Eastview High School, senior preview 3:30 p.m. April 19; 7 p.m. April 21-23 and 28-30; 2 p.m. April 24, Eastview High School. Tickets: $9 adults, $7 senior citizens and $5 stu-dents at https://search.seaty-ourself.biz/evhs and at the box office one hour prior to each performance. Informa-tion: 952-431-8900. “Saturday Night Fever – The Musical,” 8 p.m. April 22-23, Mystic Showroom, Prior Lake. Tickets: $36-$47. Information: 952-496-6563 or mysticlake.com. “Mary Poppins,” pre-sented by Lakeville South High School, 4 p.m. April 21 senior preview; 7 p.m. April 22-23, 28-30; and 2 p.m. April 23, LSHS auditorium, 21135 Jacquard Ave. Tick-ets: $10 adults, $7 students and seniors at http://lshs.seatyourself.biz and one hour before curtain. Information: 952-232-3322. “Mary Poppins,” present-ed by Eagan High School, 3:30 p.m. April 27 senior pre-view; 7 p.m. April 29-30, May 5-7; and 2 p.m. May 1, Eagan High School. Information: 651-683-6900. “The Enchanted Pig,” presented by Apple Valley High School, 3 p.m. April 27 senior preview; 7:30 p.m. April 28-30; 2 p.m. May 1, Apple Valley High School Theatre. Tickets: www.seatyourself.biz/avhs beginning April 18 or at the box office 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. school days beginning April 26 and one hour before each performance. Informa-tion: 952-431-8200.

Workshops/classes/other Career Planning for Art-ists, 6:30-9 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, in the Eagan Room at Eagan City Hall, 3830 Pi-lot Knob Road. Presented by Eagan Art House and Spring-board for the Arts. Free, but registration required at 651-675-5500 or www.cityofea-gan.com. Information: [email protected] or 651-675-5521. Eagan Art House is part-nering with Minnesota Center for Book Arts to offer a series of four book arts workshops. Letterpress: Print on a Table-Top Platen Press, Wednesday, April 27; Jason Yoh, instruc-tor. Bookbinding: Pamphlet Stitch and Asian Stab Bind-ing, Wednesday, May 4; Sue Bjerke, instructor. Paper: Two Decorative Japanese Paper Techniques, Wednesday, May 11; Jana Pullman, instructor. Teaching Book Arts to Youth: The Language of Books, Wednesday, May 18; Jill Weese, instructor. All work-shops held at the Eagan Art House, 3981 Lexington Ave. S., from 6-9 p.m. Cost: $45 per class, including supplies. Call 612-215-2520 or register online at www.mnbookarts.org/ontheroad. Information: [email protected] or 651-675-5521. The Eagan Art House of-fers workshops presented by

Wet Paint Artists’ Materials and Framing on preparing artwork for exhibit. Work-shops are 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, May 11, and Sat-urday, May 21; and 6-8 p.m. Friday, July 22. All workshops are free and will be held at the Eagan Art House. Informa-tion: [email protected] or 651-675-5521. Square dancing, 7-8 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, in the gym at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 151 County Road 42 E., Burnsville. No previ-ous dance experience re-quired. All ages; no partner needed. Free. Wear comfort-able shoes and casual attire. Questions: 651-423-1206 or 612-759-9235. Rosemount Area Arts Council classes at the Stee-ple Center (www.rosemoun-tarts.com): Watercolor class, 6-8 p.m. April 11, $22 RAAC members; $24 nonmem-bers. Felted Vases, Vessels & Bowls, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 22, $36 RAAC members, $40 nonmembers (plus a $20 ma-terials fee payable to instruc-tor). Basket Weaving: Heart Embellished Basket, 6-9 p.m. April 12 and 16, $11 RAAC members, $12 nonmembers (plus a $10 materials fee pay-able to the instructor). Bas-ket Weaving: Yarn Storage Basket, May 10 and 17, $11 RAAC members, $12 non-members (plus an $18 materi-als fee payable to the instruc-tor). Watch Me Draw Art Stu-dio, 20908 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville, classes: Ladies Night Out, 6-8 p.m. the sec-ond and fourth Friday of the month, create a 9x12 acrylic painting, $30. Date Night Painting, 6-8 p.m. the first and third Friday of the month, choose to paint individual canvases or one large can-vas, age 21 and older, $55 per couple includes light appetiz-ers. Coffee & Canvas, 9-11 a.m. Wednesdays, create a 9x12 acrylic painting, $25. Information: www.watchme-draw.net or 952-454-2736. Teen Poetry Jam/Rap Battle, 4-5 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at Ap-ple Valley Teen Center, 14255 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley, 952-953-2385. Ages 12-18. Drawing & Painting (adults and teens) with artist Christine Tierney, 9 a.m. to noon Tuesdays, River Ridge Studios, 190 S. River Ridge Circle, Burnsville. Informa-tion: www.christinetierney.com, 612-210-3377. Brushworks School of Art Burnsville offers fine art education through draw-ing and painting. Classes for adults and teens. Informa-tion: Patricia Schwartz, www.BrushworksSchoolofArt.com, 651-214-4732. Soy candle making classes held weekly in Eagan near 55 and Yankee Doodle. Call Jamie at 651-315-4849 for dates and times. $10 per person. Presented by Making Scents in Minnesota. Line dance classes Wednesdays at Lakeville Her-itage Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave., beginners 9-10 a.m., intermediate 10 a.m. to noon. Information: Marilyn, 651-463-7833. 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 Rob-ert Trail Library. Information: John Loch, 952-255-8545 or [email protected]. SouthSide Writers, Sat-urday workgroup for aspir-ing writers, offering critique, submission and manuscript preparation information, sup-port and direction, 10 a.m. to noon, Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. Infor-mation: 651-688-0365.

For more information, call 952-892-3456.

Victorian Tea luncheon set May 7 Dakota City Heritage Village holds its annual Victorian Tea 11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 7, at the Crystal Lake Golf Club in Lakeville. The theme is “Mothers.” Lady Jane leads the festivities with music, luncheon and tea. Ladies may wear a special hat or costume, but it is not re-quired. For more information, visit www.dakotacity.org or call 651-460-8050, ext. 3. Tickets will not be sold at the door.

Boxing title match live at AV theater The Carmike 15 theater in Apple Valley will broad-cast live the Canelo Alva-rez vs. Amir “King” Khan title fight 8 p.m. Saturday, May 7. WBC, Ring Magazine and Lineal Middleweight World Champion Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 knock outs) makes his first title defense of 2016 against former two-time world champion and resurgent contender “King” Khan (31-3, 19 KOs). Visit www.carmike.com for more information.

Local author pens fishing guide Eagan author Bob Tre-vis has written “Fly-Fish-ing for Trout in Southeast Minnesota,” the first guide to Minnesota’s Driftless Area trout streams since 2001. His book is based on more than three decades spent exploring the more than 150 creeks, streams and rivers flowing there, as well as more than a dozen years he spent guiding on those waters. The book provides trout anglers in-sight into almost 700 miles of trout streams found in Minnesota’s southeastern corner. The book’s 172 pages are filled with stream profiles, including ac-cess points, stream size, types of trout swimming in each, and what kind of water and “fishability” anglers can expect. More than 75 color photos and more than a dozen color maps help prepare anglers for their visit to these wa-ters. Each stream chapter is also linked to the DNR maps for that area. The guide also includes cover-age of Dakota County’s Vermillion River and cen-tral/metro trout waters. More information is at www.troutchasers.net, and the book is for sale via the website, or at Twin Cities fly shops.

True Brew Gala supports scholarships The Dakota County Technical College Foun-dation will host the True Brew Gala 5 p.m. Thurs-day, April 28, at Brackett’s Crossing Country Club in Lakeville. This year’s gala will highlight DCTC’s new Brewing & Beer Steward Technology program, and support all DCTC stu-dents. A unique take on the “True Blue Gala,” the True Brew Gala promises chef-inspired cuisine paired with craft beer, DCTC fundraising trivia by Triv-ia Mafia, and Granny’s Donuts. The gala features a si-lent auction, a Wall of Beer, and recognition of faculty, students and friends who have advanced the college mission of “ed-ucation for employment.” Tickets can be pur-chased at http://tinyurl.com/ze8hrer. Contact foundation director Mi-chelle Krenzke at 651-423-8236 or [email protected] with questions.


‘Thirty-Ninth Man’ author Dale

Swanson set to speak April 19



The title of Dale Swanson’s historical novel “The Thirty-Ninth Man” alludes to a dark episode in Minnesota history. Blending fictional events and historical facts, the de-but novel from the Prior Lake author, released in 2013 by North Star Press, opens in 1804 and culminates with the Dakota War of 1862. The book takes its name from the real-life mass execu-tion by hanging of 38 Native Americans in Mankato. Orig-inally, 39 men had been slated for execution, but one was pardoned at the last minute by President Abraham Lincoln. Through his research into the period, Swanson learned that the man pardoned was named Tatemina, or Round

Wind, and had been accused by two boys of raping and killing their mother. Lincoln issued a pardon when it came to light Round Wind had been at another location when the incident took place. Swanson is set to discuss “The Thirty-Ninth Man” at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, at the Meet the Author event at the Steeple Center in Rose-mount. Admission is free to the event presented by the

Rosemount Area Arts Coun-cil. Swanson said his hope for the novel is to give readers a better sense on Minnesota his-tory, especially incidents that are rarely covered in school history courses. “I hope readers get a deep-er understanding of what took place,” said Swanson, who volunteers with Native Strong-Authentic Relation-ship with the Creator, a Min-neapolis nonprofit that serves Native American communi-ties. “So many people have a really skewed understanding of what took place.” While many of the book’s characters are actual people from Minnesota’s past — Josiah Snelling, John Jacob Astor, Lawrence Taliaferro, among others — the protago-nist, Anton McAllister, is fic-tional. The story follows McAl-lister in his interactions with unscrupulous fur traders, the U.S., Army, and power-ful chiefs from the Chippewa

and Dakota nations. When Round Wind is accused of war crimes and sentenced to death, McAllister finds himself in a race to save his friend from the gallows. Swanson is also the au-thor of “The Wild Ways: Mystery of the Hanging Tower,” a fantasy novella geared to young read-ers which is set on Lake Minnetonka and cen-ters on a boy contacted by a group of animals seeking to stave off the destruction of their habitat. He’s currently working on sequels to both “The Thirty-Ninth Man” and “The Wild Ways: Mystery of the Hanging Tower.” More about the author is at www.d a l e - swa n s o n .com.


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Saturday, April 9 Metro Republican Wom-en meeting, 8:30 a.m., Men-dakota Country Club, 2075 Mendakota Drive, Mendota Heights. Speakers from Min-nesota Excellence in Public Service training program. Cost: $18 members, $20 nonmembers, $10 students. Walk-ins welcome. Bowling event by the Farmington Tigers A to Coo-perstown 2016 Baseball Team, 4-5:30 p.m., Farming-ton Lanes, 27 Fifth St., Farm-ington. Cost: $15, includes shoe rental, pizza slice and a pop. Limited space available for bowling. Beer bash, 4-6 p.m., $10 (includes souvenir pint glass). Funds raised sup-port the team’s August trip to All-Star Village in Cooper-stown, New York.

Wednesday, April 13 Buffalo Wild Wings “Eat Wings Raise Funds” fund-raiser for the Minnesota Au-tism Center, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., 1280 Promenade Place, Eagan. Customers should tell their server they are there for MAC. Buffalo Wild Wings will donate a percentage of the proceeds to MAC. This event is family friendly. Visual kid’s menus will be available at the MAC table.

Saturday, April 16 Free health care di-rectives class, 9:30 a.m., Rosemount United Method-ist Church, 14770 Canada Ave., Rosemount. Presented by Fairview Health Services. Regist rat ion/ in format ion: www.fairview.org/choices or 612-672-7272. Walk-ins wel-come. Earth Day – Patrick Ea-

gan Park cleanup, 10 a.m. to noon. Meet in the main parking lot behind the Eagan Art House, 3981 Lexington Ave. Children welcome. Bring gloves and boots. Garbage bags provided. Refreshments served afterward. Informa-tion: 651-470-2687, www.ea-gancoregreenway.org. Service Day Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Savage City Hall, 6000 McColl Drive. A free and fun service fair for all ages. Visitors can participate in quick, simple, youth-led service projects. Firetrucks, face-painting, CPR demon-strations, art projects, hot dog meal, ice-cream sun-daes and more available. Participants are encouraged to bring gently used books and toys, brown paper gro-cery bags, new toiletries (any size), non-perishable food items, and spare change to help purchase goats for families in need in Kenya. Information: www.servicedaysaturday.wix.com/savage.

Sunday, April 17 Breakfast buffet by the Lakeville Lions Club, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Lakeville Heritage Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. Menu: buttermilk and buckwheat pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage links, doughnuts, cookies, coffee, orange juice, milk. Cost: $8 adults, $4 children ages 4-10, free for children under 4. Bowling for Brains, 12-4 p.m., AMF Southtown Lanes, 7941 Southtown Shopping Center, Bloomington. Pro-ceeds benefit the American Brain Cancer Association. Information: www.bowlingfor-brainsmn.org. Wine fundraiser for Wind-mill Animal Rescue, 1-5 p.m., Next Chapter Winery, 16945 320th St., New Prague. Cost:

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The Lakeville Area Arts Center’s season of Coffee Concerts continues Sunday, April 17, with a performance by the Ladyslipper Ensemble. The group — composed of mez-zo-soprano Sahar Hassan, cellist Arek Tesarczyk and pianist Claudia Chen — will be joined by guest artists Francesca Anderegg, on violin, and Rolf Erdahl, on bass, for the concert titled “Music of the Americas.” The performance will feature the music of composers André Previn, David Evan Thomas, Charles Ives and others. Tickets for the 2 p.m. concert are $15 for general admission, $12 for seniors 60 and up, and $6 for ages 12 and under, and can be purchased at www.LakevilleAreaArtsCenter.com or at the arts center located at 20965 Holyoke Ave. The ticket price includes complimentary coffee and refreshments. More about the concert series is at Facebook.com/coffeecon-certs. (Photo submitted)

‘Music of the Americas’

The Lakeville Area Arts Center will play host to a performance by indie-folk band The Hunts on Saturday, April 16. The seven siblings in the Virginia-based band were featured in Entertainment Weekly last year, and their hit song “Make This Leap” is featured in the national Milk-Bone commercial. Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. concert are $22-$26 and are available at www.LakevilleAreaArtsCenter.com or by calling 952-985-4640. The arts center is at 20965 Holyoke Ave. (Photo submitted)

Hunts concert in Lakeville

$20 or two for $30; children 12 and under are free. Non-alcoholic beverages, ad-ditional wine, and beer will be available for purchase. Volunteers are also needed. Tickets available online, at Windmill Feed and Pet and at Something for All in Lons-dale.

Ongoing Emotions Anonymous meetings, 7:30-9 p.m. Tues-days at SouthCross Commu-nity Church, 1800 E. County Road 42 (at Summit Oak Drive), Apple Valley. EA is a 12-step program for those seeking emotional health. All are welcome. Information: http://www.emotionsanony-mous.org/out-of-the-dark-ness-walks.

Blood drives The American Red Cross will hold the following blood drives. Call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org to make an appointment or for more information. • April 8, 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Easter Lutheran Church – By The Lake, 4545 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. • April 8, 1-7 p.m., Bruns-wick Zone XL, 11129 162nd St. W., Lakeville. • April 9, 10:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville. • April 9, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. • April 13, 1-7 p.m., Rose-

mount Community Center, 13885 S. Robert Trail, Rose-mount. • April 14, 1-7 p.m., St. James Lutheran Church, 3650 Williams Drive, Burns-ville. • April 14, 1-7 p.m., St. John Neumann Catholic Church, 4030 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. • April 14, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Valmont Industries, 20805 Eaton Ave., Farming-ton.

• April 15, 1-7 p.m., Apple Ford Lincoln, 7200 W. 150th St., Apple Valley. • April 15, 1-6 p.m., Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 151 E. County Road 42, Burnsville. • April 19, 1-6 p.m., Unit-ed Methodist Church, 14770 Canada Ave., Rosemount. • April 19, 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Family of Christ Lutheran Church, 10970 185th St. W., Lakeville.

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