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MAY 13, 2011 VOLUME 32, NO. 11

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Activity fees rise in District 196by Jessica Harper

THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

While families attempt to pinch pennies in this tough economy, those in the Rose-mount-Apple Valley-Ea-gan School District will be forced to pay higher activity fees next school year. The School Board unani-mously approved on May 7 raising fees by $10 for high school athletics and fine arts activities in the 2011-12 school year to help balance the budget. The measure is part of the district’s $8.5 mil-lion budget adjustments approved by the board in March. Though it’s a relatively small amount, the increase will result in steep fees for some popular sports. For in-stance, hockey and football

fees will be raised to $185 for the 2011-12 school year. “This is not something we look at cavalierly,” Board Member Art Coulson said. “We understand $10 can make a difference between a kid being able to play a sport or not play a sport.” The board also approved a proposal to impose a $10 graduation fee. This will go toward the cost of running the events, said Tony Tasch-ner, communications direc-tor for District 196. Both activity and gradu-ation fees are waived for students who qualify for free-and-reduced lunches, Taschner said. Booster clubs sometimes offer scholarships as well for those who do not qualify for a waiver, he said. There are no fees for

caps, gowns or diplomas. In addition to raising ac-tivity fees, the School Board approved, in a 4-2 vote, a 5-cent increase to its lunch prices to meet a mandate signed by President Obama earlier this year that re-quires school districts to charge $2.34 within the next two years. Board members Rob Duchscher and Bob Schutte voted against the proposal. “Our prices were rea-sonable. I’m appalled that the federal government can control lunch prices when it’s a local issue,” Duchscher said. Schutte agreed, saying that he felt the federal gov-ernment was over-reaching its authority. Board Member Mike Roseen was absent.

Breakfast prices will not change. The goal of the price change is to establish equity among free-and-reduced and full-price lunches. Currently, District 196 charges $2.05 for lunches at its elementary schools and $2.20 for lunches at its sec-ondary schools. The school district re-ceives $2.72, however, in federal reimbursement for free lunches. Any excess money is stored in the district’s food service fund. The district is required to use this money solely for food service and cannot use it for the general fund.

E-mail Jessica Harper at: [email protected]

by John GessnerTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

A large commercial va-cancy in Burnsville’s Heart of the City has been filled, thanks to a local immigrant family with a long entrepre-neurial history. The Vong family of Burnsville has signed a three-year lease for the ban-quet and kitchen space at Grande Market Square, ac-cording to Regina Vong. The youngest child of Narin and Somaly Vong, she manages the new Royal Banquet & Ballroom, which opened April 2. The mixed-use Grande Market Square and Grande Market Place buildings opened in 2004, the first new projects in the Heart of the City redevelopment dis-trict.

Grand Market Square, on the northwest corner of Burnsville Parkway and Nicollet Avenue, has been hampered by vacancies but may have turned a corner. The Vongs, hoping to at-tract Asian weddings and other events, will occupy an 11,000-square-foot space that has been mostly vacant since another banquet and events center, the Interna-tional Chefs’ Culinary Cen-ter, closed in October 2008. The third floor of Grande Market Square was vacated roughly a year ago by Nichols Financial Ser-vices Co. and Nichols De-velopment LLC, said Skip Nienhaus, Burnsville’s eco-nomic development coordi-nator. But a portion of the third

Photo by John Gessner

Regina Vong of Burnsville manages Royal Banquet & Ballroom, located in the long-vacant second floor of Grande Market Square in the Heart of the City.

Burnsville family continues entrepreneurial tradition with Royal

Banquet & Ballroom

Banquet space is vacant no morevacant no more

by Jessica HarperTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

As Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District 191 faces a potential $2.1 million budget shortfall, residents hope the district will still be able to invest in technology and lower class sizes. “We need smaller class sizes so children can learn

better,” Rosalba Medrano, a mother of a Nicollet Ju-nior High School student and a Burnsville High School grad, said through an interpreter. Medrano was among 15 parents and other resi-dents who gathered at Ce-dar School in Eagan on May 10 to discuss what they felt needs to be pre-

served within the budget next school year. The forum was one of three held this week. Several parents, includ-ing Medrano, said they specifically would like a to see a smaller teacher-student ratio within the English Language Learner program.

by Erin JohnsonTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Last year, Eagan’s 5K fun run celebrated its 25th anniversary. This year, the event is getting a makeover to be more inclusive of oth-er activities. “This year we have com-pletely revamped the event,”

said Kerry Phillips, rec-reation supervisor for the city of Eagan. “The ‘your way’ part of the new name means that participants have their choice to bike, roller blade, run or walk the 5K course in a noncompeti-tive, fun environment.” The Eagan 5K Your

Way Activity Festival will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 21 at the Eagan Festival Grounds at Central Park. The city wanted the event, which drew about 500 people last year, to en-courage residents of all fit-

Now bikers, rollerbladers can join runners andwalkers at family-friendly fitness event

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Last year’s Eagan Fun Run, which had about 500 participants, has been changed to the 5K Your Way Activity Festival and will include bikers, rollerbladers and walkers, as well as health and wellness activities.

Eagan fun run revamped as‘5K Your Way’ activity festival

District 191 parents: Reduceclass sizes, invest in technology

Celebrating 90 years

Photo by Erin Johnson

Hundreds of well-wishers gathered at the Caponi Art Park in Eagan on May 7 to celebrate founder Anthony Caponi’s 90th birthday, which coincided with the opening of the park for the 2011 season. The event included ice cream, cake, live music and a formal presentation honoring Caponi, a sculptor and former art department chair at Macalester College, who was born in Italy in 1921.

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See 5K, 14ASee Forum, 15A


Burnsville-Eagan-Sav-age School District 191 may face a budget deficit of $2.1 million next school year unless adjustments are made, district officials

say. Officials are consider-ing, among other options, using money from the dis-trict’s fund balance to bal-ance the budget without cutting spending. “If we do that, we will still meet state statute and not be penalized,” District 191 Finance Director Lisa Ryder said at a May 5 School Board workshop.

The shortfall is primar-ily caused by declining enrollment and flat state funding, Ryder said. Student enrollment has declined by 100 to 150 students per year for the past few years, said Ruth Dunn, communications director for District 191. Ryder noted that enroll-ment numbers for 2011-

Public invited to forums on

spending priorities

District 191 may face budget shortfall, adjustments

See Budget, 14A

See him, feel him. Chameleon Theatre Circle presents the rock musical

‘Tommy’ in Burnsville. See Thisweekend

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Construction of a new Highway 13-County Road 5 interchange isn’t imminent, but officials and business owners are already talking about the traffic hassles that await. Dakota County, the lead agency on the $40 million project, expects to award construction bids in fall 2012. Open-house meetings for business owners and residents began in February and will continue on June 23 at Burnsville City Hall. At least one more will be held after that. “13 is about to become a brand new highway,” Burns-ville City Council Member Dan Gustafson said at a May 10 council work ses-sion. The construction period will be painful, but the in-terchange will help busi-nesses in the end while also sparking redevelopment in the area known as the Min-nesota River Quadrant, Gustafson said. Still to be determined is whether one or two lanes in each direction will remain open in the construction zone, according to Burns-

ville Public Works Director Steve Albrecht. Business owners will be shown the pros and cons of each, he said. Limiting traf-fic to one lane gives more flexibility to maintain ac-cess to businesses, Albrecht said. Property acquisition to make room for the grade-separated interchange will begin late this year, Albre-cht said. Many familiar businesses will disappear. Seven par-cels need to be acquired, said project manager John Sass of the Dakota County Transportation Depart-ment. Sass said they are the Val-voline Instant Oil Change property, the Little Saigon restaurant (which the city has already purchased), the Lakota Fields LLC prop-erty occupied by Taco Bell, the Advantage Auto Glass property, the vacant Sinclair station, the Famous Dave’s property and the Namakan Properties LLC retail center at 1717 W. Highway 13. Appraisals will begin in August, Sass said in an in-terview. By law, funds will be provided to relocate the businesses, he said. Officials in Burnsville,

Savage and Dakota and Scott counties have sought the project for years. Traf-fic exceeds capacity at the at-grade intersection, re-sulting in extended periods of heavy congestion and a higher-than-average acci-dent rate, according to Da-kota County. Meanwhile, the Minne-sota Department of Trans-portation recently freed up funds to resurface Highway 13 from Interstate 35W in Burnsville to Interstate 35E Albrecht said. That work is scheduled for 2012. The highway surface is “awful,” Mayor Elizabeth Kautz said, “so this is good news.” In a related matter, the city is seeking to reopen to the public the Union Pacific railroad crossing at Wash-burn Avenue. The private crossing’s owner, Kraemer Mining and Materials, closed it in fall 2010 because of liability exposure. Burnsville officials say the closing hinders access to the Waste Management landfill in Burnsville and limits access to the Minne-sota River Quadrant.

John Gessner is at [email protected].

Highway 13-CR 5 interchangeproject will add traffic headaches

Open houses being held for affected businesses, residents

“I am going back to pris-on,” a St. Paul man report-edly said during an alleged assault on his girlfriend that included threats to kill her. “I might as well finish the job.” Russell Eugene Avent, 27, was charged May 4 in connection with the alleged assault, which occurred

at the Burnsville woman’s apartment on or between May 1 and 2. Avent is charged with third-degree assault, terror-istic threats, domestic as-sault by strangulation, false imprisonment and inter-ference with an emergency call. Police responded shortly

after noon on May 2 to a call from the victim, who said a man was trying to break into her apartment after assaulting her. Several of her front teeth were missing, she had scratches and abrasions on her face and head, and she was bleeding from the

St. Paul man charged in prolonged assault on Burnsville woman

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The former Burnsville Medical Alliance, which began in 2005 as an initia-tive from the city’s Economic Growth Committee to sup-port medical com-panies wanting to relocate to Burns-ville, is spreading its wings. It hopes to at-tract another 400 to 500 businesses in the technology sector, includ-ing IT companies, high-tech manufacturers and profes-sional service and consult-ing companies that support technology businesses. The organization has changed its name to the Burnsville STHEM Alli-ance. The acronym stands for science, technology, health care, engineering and mathematics.

A base for growth “Seven or eight years ago we looked at the strength of the business community and because of Fairview Ridges (Hospital) and its surrounding medical busi-nesses, we decided to make it (growth of the medical industry in Burnsville) a major initiative,” said Skip Nienhaus, economic devel-opment coordinator for the city of Burnsville. Since the initiative began, it has brought an additional 250 jobs to Burnsville, 20 existing medical-related

businesses have expanded to Burnsville and 24 new medical-related businesses have opened in the city. “There are more com-

panies in Burnsville supplying medical device companies than we were aware of when we began the initiative,” Nienhaus said. The Burnsville STHEM Alliance is

a collaboration of people dedicated to helping Burns-ville’s business community thrive. It is managed by the city of Burnsville, but sever-al people are involved in the initiative, including Cham-ber of Commerce President Daron Van Helden, the Economic Growth Com-mittee and several business owners. “We are there to help any existing companies grow and hope to attract similar types of companies to come to Burnsville,” Nienhaus said. The Burnsville STHEM Alliance is not a member-ship organization, as many people believe. The initia-tive offers free support to all medical-related compa-nies in Burnsville, and soon that will expand into the technology sector. It offers networking events and pro-vides up-to-date industry information to Burnsville’s business community. The alliance is a member of Minnesota Valley Med-

Net, a medical marketing organization in the south metro; LifeScience Alley, a metro-wide medical mar-keting group, and BioBusi-ness Alliance of Minnesota, which promotes bioscience business in the state.

An expanded focus Darlene Miller, president and CEO of Permac Indus-tries, a precision parts man-ufacturer in Burnsville that has clients in the medical industry, has been involved with the city’s initiative since its inception. “The Burnsville Medical Alliance has been a strong partner uniting commu-nity leaders such as City Council members, city staff, and CEOs of businesses in Burnsville for a common goal of positive growth in the medical industry,” Mill-er said. “Now I am excited we have broadened our scope to include STHEM companies. The more in-formation and support we can all share and provide to bring potential new busi-nesses to Burnsville and to those of us already here will bring a stronger, healthier and more financially stable, inviting city.” The decision to incor-porate STHEM companies is to support the science, technology, engineering and math training that Burns-ville-Eagan-Savage School District 191 has heavily in-vested in, along with the nanotechnology program offered at Dakota County Technical College in Rose-mount.

“A lot of cities across the country have similar initia-tives,” Nienhaus said. “Ev-ery city does it a bit differ-ently. In Burnsville, our city employees are more hands-on.” One success story that came from the Burnsville STHEM Alliance was a partnership between Fairview Ridges Hospital and Inver Hills Community College that resulted in a $192,000 grant from Minne-sota’s Job Share Partnership for state-of-the-art cardiac arrest training for nurses. The training program con-sisted of more specific mod-ules than before, allowing medical personnel to receive the most relevant training in a shorter amount of time, thereby saving the hospital money. The Burnsville STHEM Alliance measures success in many ways. “If we had a company that picked Burnsville be-cause they would have more than enough skilled workers to choose from, that’s where we’re going to go; that’s where we’re going to stay,” Nienhaus said. The initiative is funded through the state, and like most nonprofit organiza-tions, has faced budget cuts over the last few years. Despite the economic chal-lenges, Burnsville doesn’t rely on incentives to get businesses to come to the city. “We are known to be business-friendly,” Nien-haus said.

“We continue to push forward with all of the posi-tive (things about our city) and the hurdles will just go away,” he said of the eco-nomic challenges. The Burnsville STHEM Alliance is currently making changes to include STEHM businesses. The conversion is expected to be completed

next month. For more information, contact Nienhaus at (952) 895-4454, or visit www.burnsvillemedical.com.

Stacey Ackerman is a free-lance writer who lives in Lakeville. Staff writer John Gessner contributed to this article.

Burnsville STHEM Alliance broadens its approachFormer Burnsville Medical Alliance adds attracting technology-sector

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Myhra has been responsiveTo the editor: I read the April 29 letter to from Jen Waller McDe-vitt in regards to wanting to ask Rep. Pam Myhra, R-Burnsville, about cuts in education. I have e-mailed Myhra on three occasions regard-ing District 191 educational funding, and she responded by e-mail within 48 hours each time. I would suggest Ms. McDevitt simply send Myhra an e-mail with what-ever question or concern she might have. Personally, given the fact the district wasted $800,000 the last two years with the failed Envision Academy and spent money sending

teachers to the bigoted White Privilege Conference held a few weeks ago, I ap-plaud Myhra’s decision to cut funding. Maybe with less money available the dis-trict will learn how to better allocate the funds it receives. TOM McCASEYBurnsville

City should spend money where it is needed mostTo the editor: Why has the City Coun-cil of Rosemount decided an art sculpture is needed more than impounding cats? Something is obvious-ly wrong with this situation. I don’t recall council

members asking the resi-dents of Rosemount if they wanted an art sculpture any more than they asked the residents what they wanted to do about cats that are roaming. I would rather see my tax dollars going to something beneficial, like controlling animals roaming than beau-tifying the city with “art.” I thought council mem-bers were supposed to be working for the city’s resi-dents. Instead they seem to have an agenda to do what they deem beneficial instead of what the citizens of Rose-mount want.

ARLEEN LINKERTRosemount

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For years, we’ve been told Greater Minnesota communities needed to be specially protected from property tax increases be-cause property taxes hit wallets in their communities harder than in ours. But a report from the Minnesota Department of Revenue shows these long-held assumptions are not true. Homeowners in the

Twin Cities metro area pay a 39 percent higher share of their income to property taxes than their Greater Minnesota counterparts. That fact is revealed in the Minnesota Department of Revenue’s “Residential Homestead Property Tax

Burden Report” released earlier this year. It’s a myth-buster of a report, provid-ing hard evidence that prop-erty tax burdens in the Twin Cities metro area are more onerous than in Greater Minnesota. This comparison be-tween homeowners with the same income, regardless of where they live, shows that metro area property taxpay-ers devote 3.19 percent of their income to property taxes compared to just 2.30

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by Larry WernerTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Having spent more than 40 years in this business, I am fascinated by the theo-ries people have about how we make decisions about what news to include in our papers and what to exclude. This past week, I heard from readers who were convinced they knew why we made the decisions we made. I appreciated the com-ments, but had to explain that their assumptions about us were incorrect. Too many of our deci-sions have too much to do with the deadlines we face as we try to shoehorn 10 pounds of news into a five-pound newspaper. The first comment was wait-ing on my voice mail when I got in Monday morning. It was from a Lakeville resident upset by what he considered our cover-up of the $361,000 financial package that is to be paid to Gary Amoroso when he leaves his position as Lakev-ille school superintendent July 1.

Are we trying to protect Amoroso from scrutiny? The second comment was an e-mail from an Apple Valley business asking why we seem to be using fewer of the company’s press re-leases. Was it because the

company wasn’t buying enough advertising in our paper? I told these readers that the is-sue is space, not favoritism to a retiring school superintendent or advertisers. Let’s take the Amoroso story first. As we were putting together our April 8 edition of Thisweek Farmington-Lakeville, we ended up with more news than space. Among the stories our Lakeville and Farmington editors had written were the beginning of construction on Cedar Avenue for bus rapid transit, a contro-versy over whether a Lakeville city council member should be allowed to donate part of his salary to save a job at the police department, the death of a long-

time Lakeville fire chief and the search for a new Farmington city administrator. In addition, there were stories about the Lakeville and Farm-ington school boards conducting searches for superintendents. As it happens, Farmington Super-intendent Brad Meeks has also announced that he’s leaving this summer. On Wednesday night, April 6, Lakeville editor Aaron Vehling discovered he had too much news for the space available. So he cut out of the Lakeville superinten-dent-search story the details of Amoroso’s retirement payment – $92,000 in severance, $91,000 in unused sick leave, $163,000 in medical insurance and $15,000 in dental insurance. Those numbers remained in the story as it appeared on our web-site, ThisweekLive.com, and in several other stories we’ve done. But because we made the mistake – on deadline – of cutting those numbers out of that story, we’ve

been accused of a cover-up. Now the accusation that we favor advertisers when deciding what press releases to carry. This one hurts. One of the sacred principles of our business is we separate our in-terests as ad sellers from our com-mitment to reporting the news without fear or favor. Years ago, I worked for an editor who ordered me to run a story an advertiser demanded, and I resigned rather than cave in to such pressure. Our journalists, under the leadership of managing editors Tad Johnson and John Gessner, decide what news to cover. Our sales staff, managed by Mike Jetchick, our sales manager, tell businesses that they should adver-tise to reach readers who are also potential customers. And they let advertisers know that sales can’t influence news. However, both of these inci-dents are related to a reduction in the space that’s available in the paper as ad sales have dropped in

the past few years. Printing 65,000 papers each week costs a lot, and since our only source of revenue is advertising, we and virtually every other paper in the country have shrunk the “news hole” as adver-tising has dropped. So while ads don’t determine who gets coverage, the amount of advertising does determine how much space we have in the printed papers. Fortunately, the space on our website is virtually unlimited. So when you don’t find what you expected in the paper, check our website. It’s probably there. And if you have more ques-tions or theories about the choic-es we make, my e-mail is below – assuming it doesn’t get cut for space.

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percent in Greater Minne-sota. As legislators and Gov. Mark Dayton grapple with a $5 billion budget deficit, there’s no question cuts will be made. We believe when lawmakers and the gover-nor make those cuts, they should be mindful of these property tax inequities and do everything possible to make the situation better, not worse. If legislators hold to the outdated narrative that’s been spun at the state Capitol for years – that Greater Minnesota can’t afford to absorb any cuts in state programs – they run the risk of widening, not narrowing, the gap. The facts show that Twin Cities area taxpayers actu-ally subsidize the costs of

Greater Minnesota services through a variety of ways. And now we know that property tax burdens in the metro area are higher than in outstate. To help educate citizens and legislators about this inequity the Municipal Legislative Commission, a coalition of 16 subur-ban communities includ-ing more than 834,000 residents and 529,000 em-ployees, recently launched a website and educational campaign. You can learn more about it at our new website – www.Property-TaxFairness.com. With the Legislature set to adjourn in late May, leg-islators will be making im-portant decisions over the coming weeks. Take some time and reach out to our

area legislators – tell them we need property tax fair-ness and ask what they’re doing to make it happen. State changes to proper-ty tax relief programs and local government aid pay-ments could have a major impact on our dispropor-tionate property tax bur-dens. Lawmakers should take this opportunity to make things more fair.

Mike Maguire is mayor of Eagan and chair of the Mu-nicipal Legislative Commis-sion Board. Elizabeth Kautz is mayor of Burnsville, board member of the Mu-nicipal Legislative Commis-sion, and president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Columns reflect the opinion of the authors.


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Filing for the Burnsville City Council seat left va-cant by the death of Council Member Charlie Crichton opens on Friday, May 13, and closes on Friday, May 27. A special election will be held on Tuesday, July 26. The winner will serve the re-mainder of Crichton’s four-year term, which ends in De-cember 2014. Crichton, an 18-year council veteran, died

at age 83 on March 13. Residents may file an affi-davit for candidacy through the city clerk’s office week-days from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at City Hall, 100 Civic Cen-ter Parkway. Completed af-fidavits must be at City Hall by 5 p.m. on May 27. There is a $5 filing fee. Filed candidates may withdraw from the race through June 1 at 5 p.m. Candidates must be eligi-

ble to vote in Minnesota, at least 21 when assuming of-fice, and a resident of Burns-ville for at least 30 days prior to the election. All polling locations will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. for the special election. Residents in Burnsville Pre-cinct 13 should note that their polling location has been relocated from Berean Baptist Church to the City Maintenance Facility, 13713

Frontier Court. Polling in-formation and maps can be found at www.burnsville.org/elections. Absentee balloting for the special election will begin on Friday, June 24, at City Hall. For more information, visit www.burnsville.org/elections or contact Macheal Brooks, city clerk, at (952) 895-4490 or [email protected].

Filing opens for special election to fill Crichton’s council seat Holz Farm Park will offer a day of activities and learn-ing for the whole family at its spring festival from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, May 15. Admission to the event is free but some activities require tickets, which can be pur-chased for 50 cents each at the event. Hayrides, pony rides, and farm animals will be avail-able. Participants can watch demonstrations of 1940s style blacksmithing and farm implements, milk “Oreo” the virtual cow, and take part in rope making and other farm activities. Entertainment at 11:15

a.m. features the Minnesota Raptor Center’s live bird pro-gram, Eagan’s Men’s Chorus at 12:30 p.m., Eagan Women of Note at 2 p.m. and musi-cian Marv Gohman through-out the day. Children can play old-fash-ioned games, pedal around on toy tractors, and create a farm-themed craft. Picnic style food will be available for purchase. The event will be held rain or shine. For a full schedule of events and to download an event flyer, visit www.cityofeagan.com/holzfarm. Holz Farm Park is located at 4665 Manor Drive, Eagan, MN 55123.

Holz Farm Park holds spring festival

New senior-living com-munity Ecumen Seasons at Apple Valley will host a “grand opening” commu-nity open house from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 21. The event will feature live entertainment, model tours and refreshments. Door prizes include two roundtrip Sun Country Air-line tickets, Twins tickets and more. Ecumen Seasons offers 134 one- and two-bedroom

apartment homes for se-niors seeking independent or assisted living, and resi-dents can add supportive services a la carte as their needs change. It is located at 15359 Founders Lane. Tours and additional information are available by contacting Dena Meyer at (952) 698-5300, [email protected], or www.seasonsapplev-alley.org.

Dakota County Briefs

Open house slated May 21 at Ecumen Seasons

The Longest Day Project, a local grass-roots organiza-tion, will take on an outdoor rejuvenation project on Satur-day, June 25, for one or more deserving area households. Named in recognition of the longest day of the year, The Longest Day Project en-courages the community to

nominate households in Ap-ple Valley, Eagan, and Rose-mount that are deserving of and that would benefit from an outdoor clean-up or mini-renovation. Nominations can be submitted on or before June 5 at www.LongestDay-Project.org.

Nominations sought for outdoor rejuvenation project

The Rosemount High School band will hold a spring flower fundraiser May 9-30 in partnership with Pahl’s Market in Ap-ple Valley. When purchasing items at Pahl’s Market through May 30, customers should inform the cashier that they wish to benefit the RHS band.

At the conclusion of the “Spring Shopping Fundraiser Event,” Pahl’s Market will donate 10 per-cent of the total purchases back to the RHS band. Pahl’s Market hours: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Pahl’s is at 6885 160th St. W., Ap-ple Valley, (952) 431-4345.

Flower fundraiser set for Rosemount High School band at Pahl’s Market


Petrash-VidmanRandall and Teri Petrash of

F a r m i n g t o n a r e p l e a s e d t oannounce the engagement andu p c o m i n g w e d d i n g o f t h e i rdaughter Darcy to Race Vidman,son of Robert and MeredithVidman of Colchester, Connecti-cut, formerly of Apple Valley.

Darcy is a 2003 graduate ofFarmington High School and a2007 graduate of Hamline Uni-versity and presently working ona teaching degree in social stud-ies. Race is a 2002 graduate ofEastview High School and ispresently working in St.LouisPark.

Darcy and Race will be mar-ried at the Fort Snelling Chapelin St.Paul on July 23, 2011 andthe reception will follow at RoyalCliff in Eagan.

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Cowles - PierceAnne Caro l ine Cowles of

Apple Valley and Wade DavidPierce of Golden Valley, weremarr ied August 27 , 2010 atStonebrooke Golf Course inShakopee.

Anne, daughter of Bob andBonnie Cowles, is a MedicareSales Specialist at BlueCrossBlueShield and Wade, son ofSherry and David Pierce ofB r o o k l y n P a r k , i s a C r e d i tAnalys t at Venture Bank inGolden Valley.

The couple honeymooned inMexico.

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Donna E.(Dufour) Burton

of Burnsvi l le , passed awaypeacefully on May 4, 2011. Pre-ceded in death by son, Bobby &J i m m y ; s o n - i n - l a w , K e i t hMcNeill; parents; siblings, Lor-etta Dufour, Arthur Dufour(Billie) Dufour, Leola Omtvedt(Trygve), Eva Reiter (Vern),George Dufour. Donna was bornSeptember 5, 1933, in Mpls., MNand graduated from RooseveltHigh School in 1951.She wasemployed by ISD # 191 for 18years. Survived by her lovinghusband of 59 years Robert; chil-dren, Susan McNei l l , TracyGnerer (George), Barbara Weis-man (Scott); grandchildren, Mat-thew, Zachary, Kelly, Casey,Katie, Brooke & Samantha; greatgrandson, Liam; sister, Phyllis(Jack) Howatt; sister-in-law, ToniDuFour, many nieces, nephews &close friends. The family wouldlike to thank the MN MasonicHome, especially the D-2 staff forthe loving care Donna received.Mass of Christian Burial 2 PMSaturday, May 7, 2011 at St. Johnthe Baptist Catholic Church 4625West 125th Street, Savage, MNwith visitation one hour prior toM a s s a t c h u r c h . I n t e r m e n tChurch Cemetery. Memorialspreferred to the MN MasonicHome, ATTN: Care Center orAmerican Lung Associat ionW h i t e F u n e r a l H o m eB u r n s v i l l e 9 5 2 - 8 9 4 - 5 0 8 0whitefuneralhomes.com

Gretchen LeighHarstad

Born February 22, 2011 at12:51 PM. She weighed 7lbs 3.4ozand was 20 inches long.

Proud parents are Dan & Kateof Farmington.

Axel ChristopherSwanke

Axel Christopher Swanke wasborn at 4:14 pm on April 8, 2011in Northfield, MN to proud par-ents, Shane & Maria Swanke ofLakeville.

Axel weighed 7lbs 5oz and was20.5 inches long.

He was welcomed home by hisbig sister Alivia.

Grandparents are Jim & PegSwanke of Apple Valley, Tim& Julie Schoeck of Osakis andScott and Darla Calverley ofFinlayson.

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196 MinutesDistrict 196School BoardProceedingsINDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196

Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan

Public Schools

Minutes of April 25, 2011

Regular Board Meeting

Chairperson Jackie Magnuson called the

regular School Board meeting to order at

6:04 p.m. on April 25, 2011 at Dakota Ridge

School.

The Pledge of Allegiance was led by the

School Board.

There was a moment of silence for Debbie

Lewis, a fi rst grade teacher at Woodland El-

ementary School, who recently passed away.

Present: Joel Albright; Art Coulson, clerk;

Rob Duchscher, vice chairperson; Jackie

Magnuson, chairperson; Kevin Sampers;

Bob Schutte, treasurer; and Superintendent

Jane K. Berenz.

Absent: Mike Roseen.

Motion by Duchscher, seconded by Al-

bright and carried, with six members voting

in favor, no members voting in opposition

and no members abstaining, to approve the

agenda.

School Board members recognized:

• Cedar Park Elementary Science, Technolo-

gy, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)

School and Diamond Path Elementary

School of International Studies, who re-

ceived national Magnet School of Distinc-

tion Awards;

• Matt Kelliher, Apple Valley High School

senior, who was named Mr. Minnesota of

Wrestling;

• Jim Jackson, Apple Valley High School,

who was named Minnesota Wrestling

Coaches Association Head Coach of the

Year;

• Geri Dirth and Chuck Scanlon, Apple Val-

ley High School, who were named to the

Minnesota State High School League

(MSHSL) Coaches Hall of Fame;

• Students of the year from Apple Valley and

Rosemount high schools; and

• Andrew Hausmann, Rosemount High

School senior, who received the MSHSL

Triple A Award.

Superintendent Berenz noted there were

school nurses in the audience and asked

the School Board to recognize them and

approve the resolution outlined in Exhibit

K, District 196 School Nurses Appreciation

Week, May 2-6, 2011.

Motion by Coulson, seconded by Duch-

scher and carried with six members voting



resolution.

Berenz invited Dakota County United

Educators (DCUE) president Jim Smola to

the podium and asked the School Board to

approve the resolution outlined in Exhibit J,

District 196 Teachers Appreciation Week,

May 2-6, 2011.

Motion by Schutte, seconded by Sam-

pers and carried with six members voting



resolution.

Berenz congratulated:

• Twenty-six students who medaled at the

state speech tournament, including 7 stu-

dents who won 6 of the 13 state titles in

individual events;

• Five teams representing Northview El-

ementary School, Woodland Elementary

School and Rosemount Middle School

who had top fi nishes at the state Destina-

tion ImagiNation tournament; and

• Retiring employees and Outstanding Ser-

vice Award recipients who were recog-

nized at the annual Partners in Education

banquet.

There was no Special Communication

Request.

There was no request to speak during

Open Forum.

Motion by Duchscher, seconded by Al-

bright and carried, with six members voting



following Consent items:

Minutes of the March 28 regular and April

14 special School Board meetings (exhib-

its A1 and A2);

Claims for March 23-April 19, 2011 (Ex-

hibit B1);

Electronic funds transfer schedule for

March 19-April 15, 2011 (Exhibit B2);

Schedule of investments for March

19-April 15, 2011 (Exhibit B3);

Treasurer’s report for the month ending

March 31, 2011 (Exhibit B4);

Gifts received during March 2011 (Exhibit

B5);

Contract with ACF Technologies for the

2011-12 Fire Alarm Upgrades at Cedar

Park, Parkview and Rosemount elemen-

tary schools for $97,232 (Exhibit B6);

Contract with Minnesota Roadways for

bid item #1, pavement of the Eagan High

School track, for $129,666 and Fisher

Tracks for bid item #2, surfacing for

$137,000 (Exhibit B7);

Contract with Minnesota Roadways for

pavement work at Apple Valley High

School, Black Hawk Middle School and

Greenleaf, Northview, Red Pine, Westview

and Woodland elementary schools for

$433,262 (Exhibit B8);

School-Wide Positive Behavioral Inter-

ventions and Supports (SW-PBIS) in-kind

grants estimated at $15,700 per school

for Diamond Path, Parkview and Wood-

land elementary schools and Dakota

Ridge School (Exhibit B9);

A collaboration with St. Mary’s College for

professional development costs to par-

ticipate in the U.S. Department of Educa-

tion i3 Reading Recovery Scale Up project

(Exhibit B10);

A $2,994 grant from the Education Min-

nesota Foundation to purchase six iPads

for the Communication Interaction Disor-

der (CID) Program at Eagan High School

(Exhibit B11);

Statewide Health Improvement Program

(SHIP) grants totaling $9,648 to improve

the safety of walking and biking to school

(Exhibit B12);

An agreement with the City of Rosemount

to improve pedestrian and bicycle cross-

ings at Shannon Park Elementary School

and Rosemount High School using SHIP

funds totaling $14,000 (Exhibit B13);

Contract under the State of Minnesota

Cooperative Purchasing Venture for the

rental of 18 copiers from Imaging Path

(Exhibit B14);

Separations, leaves of absence and new

staff (Exhibit C1);

A resolution for the termination and non-

renewal of contracts for probationary

teachers, long-term substitute and re-

employed retired teachers (Exhibit C2);

An agreement for private nursing services

with Pediatric Home Service through the

2011-12 school year (Exhibit D1);

A resolution to expel a student immediately,

through the fi rst trimester of the 2011-12

school year, continuing through and includ-

ing December 1, 2011 (Exhibit D2); and

A resolution to expel a student immedi-

ately, through the second trimester of the

2011-12 school year, continuing through

and including March 8, 2012 (Exhibit D3).

Coordinator of Transportation Randy

Dukek reported on the fi rst year results of

the fee-for-service transportation option for

families who live in the non-busing area,

which this year is within one-half mile for

elementary students and one mile for sec-

ondary students. Forty-eight students took

advantage of the fee-for-service option

this year. Nine were high school students,

27 were middle school students, 8 were in

grades 1 through 5, and 4 were in kindergar-

ten. Thirty-fi ve students paid the full fee and

13 qualifi ed for a reduced rate.

In 2011-12, Dukek said more students will

be eligible for fee-for-service busing due to

approved budget reductions which extend-

ed each school’s non-busing area to within

one mile for elementary students and one

and one-half mile for secondary students.

The fee will remain at $250 per student with

a maximum fee of $500 per family. Families

that qualify for free or reduced-price school

meals will pay a reduced rate of $125 per

student with a maximum fee of $250 per

family. Registration is available through July

15 online, in person or by mail and will close

until October 2011 so that routes may be

adequately planned.

One of the most frequently asked ques-

tions about fee-for-service Dukek said was,

“Where will my bus stop be?” The answer is

at the same stop as this year, and for new

stops, within three blocks of their home or

daycare.

Dukek explained that letters will be sent

home to identifi ed families and day care

facilities with fee-for-service option informa-

tion and he encouraged people with ques-

tions to contact the Transportation Depart-

ment.

Berenz noted these transportation chang-

es were part of the third year of budget

adjustments but it was the fi rst time trans-

portation service areas have been impacted.

Berenz asked the board to approve the

2011-12 Capital Expenditure Budget out-

lined in Exhibit E and presented for a fi rst

reading at the February 14 board meeting.

The capital budget includes operating capi-

tal projects and health and safety projects.

The operating capital budget includes ex-

penditures of $10,531,827 and a negative

projected ending fund balance of $325,436.

The health and safety capital budget in-

cludes expenditures of $912,900 and a

projected ending fund balance of $178,707.

Motion by Sampers, seconded by Schutte

and carried, with six members voting in fa-

vor, no members voting in opposition and no

members abstaining, to approve the capital

expenditure budget.

Administrative Assistant to the Super-

intendent Kim Craven asked the board to

approve revisions to the 2011-12 version

of the Student Rights and Responsibilities

handbook (Exhibit F) which were presented

at the last board meeting.

Motion by Duchscher, seconded by

Schutte and carried, with six members vot-

ing in favor, no members voting in opposi-

tion and no members abstaining, to approve

the handbook revisions.

Purchasing/Receiving Supervisor Scott

Gjesdahl said Exhibit G outlines background

on all types of advertising the district may

pursue including:

• Website/electronic;

• In printed materials; and

• In schools and district facilities.

A committee of district administrators

and athletic directors developed a Request

for Proposal (RFP) for facility advertising to

control advertising in schools and the related

revenue. The RFP received responses from

School Space Media and Student Space

Media. The administration recommends the

district contract with School Space Media

for the fi rst year which would provide a 23

percent revenue share on all net proceeds

and a guaranteed $40,000 payment up front.

The School Board is scheduled to take

action on the proposal at its May 9 board

meeting.

Coordinator of Food and Nutrition Ser-

vices Wendy Knight said President Barack

Obama signed the Healthy, Hunger-Free

Kids Act into law in December 2010. The Act

is aimed at improving school nutrition by in-

creasing training for café workers, speeding

up communication to districts when food is

recalled, removing junk food from schools

and boosting federal reimbursement. One

of the intents of the law is to ensure that

all public schools establish price equity be-

tween the full paid lunch, the free lunch and

the reduced-price lunch.

According to the Minnesota Department

of Education, Knight said schools must raise

prices by at least fi ve cents if the current

lunch price is between $1.60 and $2.45. The

elementary lunch price would be raised to

$2.10, secondary to $2.25 and adult to $3.30

(Exhibit H). There is no increase recommend-

ed for breakfast or milk prices. Lunch prices

were last increased by 20 cents at all levels

for the 2007-08 school year.

The School Board is scheduled to take

action on the increase at its May 9 board

meeting.

Director of Human Resources Tom Peder-

stuen asked the board to approve a change

to the 2011-12 school calendar which ex-

tends the winter break through Monday,

January 2, 2012, due to Monday being

considered a federal holiday when January

1 falls on Sunday. The previously scheduled

January 2 school day would be held on Fri-

day, June 8, 2012 (Exhibit I).

Motion by Schutte, seconded by Albright

and carried, with fi ve members voting in fa-

vor, Duchscher voting in opposition and no

members abstaining, to approve the revised

calendar.

Bob Schutte expressed his appreciation

for the gifts that were approved in Exhibit B5.

Berenz said she sent letters to the two Girl

Scouts who, at the last board meeting, sug-

gested recycling paper in classrooms. She

noted for the past several years all class-

room waste has been recycled as 90 percent

of it was recyclable materials, however the

district was recently informed by the Min-

nesota Pollution Control Agency that there

must be separate, specialty containers for

classroom recycling.

Berenz commented on the development

of district goals and outlined the process to

be used to broaden this experience by in-

volving community and staff members’ input

through a Strategic Planning Task Force.

The task force will be charged to develop a

framework that assesses where the district

currently is and where the district wants to

be in the next fi ve years. She said the pro-

cess includes the following steps:

• Analyzing key information regarding the

system;

• Providing a vision for the district’s future

after review of current programming and

level of student success;

• Developing strategies or objectives to

make the vision a reality;

• Creating action steps to move the district

from current conditions toward the new

shared vision and its strategies or objec-

tives;

• Incorporating accountability measures for

all aspects of the plan; and

• Monitoring the action steps and adapting

as needed.

Motion by Schutte, seconded by Albright

and carried, with six members voting in fa-

vor, no members voting in opposition and no

members abstaining, to adjourn the meeting

at 8:41 p.m.

2608256 5/13/11

917 Minutes

District 917School BoardProceedingsThis is a summary of the Intermediate

School District 917 Regular School Board

Meeting on Tuesday, April 5, 2011, with full

text available for public inspection on the

district website at www.isd917.k12.mn.us

or the District Office at 1300 145th Street

East, Rosemount, MN 55068.

The meeting was called to order at 5:00

PM. The meeting was held at 1300 145th

Street East, Rosemount, MN. Board Mem-

bers Present: Dan Cater, Deb Clark, Jill

Lewis, Vicki Roy, Tom Ryerson, Kathy Lewis,

Vanda Pressnall, Veronica Walter. Board

Members Absent: None. Administrators

Present: Melissa Schaller, Dan Hurley, Nicolle

Roush. Others present: Linda Berg. Good

news reports were presented. The following

Consent Agenda items were approved: min-

utes, personnel, bills to be paid, investment

report, and wire transfers. Motion passed

approving the Agreement with Dakota

County and the Juvenile Services Center for

Educational Services. Resolution passed

Relating to the Termination and Nonrenewal

of the Teaching Contracts of Lindsay Bank-

ston, Theresa Bowlin, Joel Ellingson, Dale

Engman, Dawn Epps, Cristin Ford, Karey

Heim, Laura Jandl, and Nicholas Neibauer,

probationary teachers. Motion passed

app rov ing the ISD 917 Ca lenda r fo r

2011-2012. Adjournment at 5:35 PM.

2599651 5/13/11


Fire-hydrant nozzles that reduce precious connection time will be installed on hy-drants around Raven Hill Apartments in Burnsville. The Fire Department chose Raven Hill as a pilot site for nozzle retrofits or hydrant replacement be-cause the complex, on Har-riet Avenue South, has a

history of large fires. If any of the $50,000 al-located in this year’s bud-get for the pilot project is left over, it will be used on hydrants at the Woods of Burnsville complex on Port-land Avenue. The nozzles, called Storz nozzles, speed the time it takes to establish a continu-ous water supply through a firehose by more than a minute, on average, Fire Chief B.J. Jungmann told the City Council at a May 10 work session. Time is crucial, as a fire

can double in size every 60 seconds, Jungmann said. Storz nozzles don’t re-quire firefighters to con-nect adapters, eliminate “cross-threading” connec-tion problems and elimi-nate the problem of chains catching while a cap is being removed, according to the department. Fires have destroyed units and displaced resi-dents at Raven Hill twice in the past year – one last Sept. 11 and another on Jan. 22. Some of the hydrants around the complex can

be retrofitted, while others must be replaced, City En-gineer Ryan Peterson said. That will require water to the complex to be shut off for perhaps four hours, Jungmann said. Residents will receive notice when the work is scheduled. The city has also begun Storz upgrades on streets being rebuilt or rehabbed. John Gessner is at [email protected].

Hydrant nozzles will speed connectionPilot project is

at complex with history of fires

Burnsville


SportsStandings

BaseballTeam Conference Overall W L W LEastview 11 2 12 4 Burnsville 10 2 12 3 Apple Valley 8 5 10 6 Lakeville North 8 5 9 7 Eagan 7 6 10 6 Prior Lake 5 7 6 7 B Kennedy 5 8 4 9B Jefferson 4 9 2 10Lakeville South 3 9 4 9 Rosemount 2 10 3 11

Monday, May 16, 2011 • Burnsville at Rosemount, 4:15 p.m. • Lakeville South at Apple Valley,

4:15 p.m. • Eagan at Lakeville North, 4:15 p.m. • Eastview at Bloomington Kennedy,

7 p.m. • Prior Lake at Bloomington

Jefferson, 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 18, 2011 • Apple Valley at Eagan, 4:15 p.m. • Rosemount at Lakeville South,

4:15 p.m. • Bloomington Jefferson at Eastview,

4:15 p.m. • Bloomington Kennedy at Burnsville,

7 p.m. • Lakeville North at Prior Lake, 7 p.m. Saturday, May 21, 2011South Suburban Conference showcase • Rosemount vs. Eagan at Alimagnet

Park, 11 a.m. • Lakeville North vs. Eastview at

Alimagnet Park, noon • Apple Valley vs. Prior Lake at

Alimagnet Park, 2:30 p.m. • Bloomington Jefferson vs.

Bloomington Kennedy at Alimagnet Park, 4 p.m.

• Lakeville South vs. Burnsville at Alimagnet Park, 6 p.m.

SoftballTeam Conference Overall W L W LBurnsville 11 0 14 1 B Jefferson 9 3 14 3 Eastview 6 4 7 7 Prior Lake 6 4 8 6 Lakeville South 6 5 9 6 Eagan 5 5 8 7 Apple Valley 4 7 8 7 Lakeville North 3 8 6 10 Rosemount 3 8 4 9 B Kennedy 1 10 5 11

Monday, May 16, 2011 • Prior Lake at Eastview, 4:15 p.m. • Apple Valley at Burnsville, 4:15 p.m. • Rosemount at Lakeville North,

4:15 p.m. • Eagan at Bloomington Kennedy,

4:15 p.m. • Lakeville South at Bloomington

Jefferson, 4:15 p.m. Tuesday, May 17, 2011 • Rosemount at Forest Lake, 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 18, 2011 • Minneapolis South at Bloomington

Kennedy, 4 p.m. • Stillwater Burnsville at Stillwater,

4:30 p.m. Thursday, May 19, 2011 • Section 3AAA

Boys LacrosseTeam Conference Overall W L W LEastview 5 1 5 3 Rosemount 4 1 8 1 Eagan 4 2 7 2 Prior Lake 2 1 7 2 Apple Valley 4 3 7 5 Burnsville 2 3 3 4 Lakeville South 2 3 3 4 Lakeville North 2 4 4 4 B Jefferson 2 4 3 6 B Kennedy 0 5 1 7

Monday, May 16, 2011 • St. Thomas Academy at

Bloomington Kennedy, 5:30 p.m. • Bloomington Jefferson at Eden

Prairie, 6 p.m. • Prior Lake at Chanhassen, 7:30 p.m.Tuesday, May 17, 2011 • Eastview at Burnsville, 5:30 p.m. • Apple Valley at Bloomington

Kennedy, 6 p.m. • Bloomington Jefferson at Lakeville

North, 6 p.m. • Rosemount at Lakeville South,

7:30 p.m.Wednesday, May 18, 2011 • Eagan at Prior Lake, 7:30 p.m. • Buffalo at Apple Valley, 7:30 p.m.Thursday, May 19, 2011 • Prior Lake at Bloomington

Jefferson, 6 p.m. • Eden Prairie at Eastview, 6 p.m. • Lakeville North at Burnsville, 7 p.m.

Girls LacrosseTeam Conference Overall W L W LB Kennedy 6 0 11 0B Jefferson 6 1 3 1Apple Valley 3 1 7 2 Lakeville North 4 1 6 2 Burnsville 3 2 5 5 Eagan/Rosemount 1 4 4 4 Eastview 0 3 2 3 Lakeville South 0 6 2 6 Prior Lake 1 3 1 7

Monday, May 16, 2011 • Eastview at Prior Lake, 7 p.m.Tuesday, May 17, 2011 • Apple Valley at Bloomington

Kennedy, 4 p.m. • Lakeville South at Rochester John

Marshall, 6:30 p.m. • Bloomington Jefferson at Lakeville

North, 7:30 p.m. • Eastview at Burnsville, 7:30 p.m.Wednesday, May 18, 2011 • EHS / RHS at Prior Lake, 6 p.m. • Bloomington Jefferson at Owatonna,

7 p.m.Thursday, May 19, 2011 • Prior Lake at Bloomington

Jefferson, 4 p.m. • Lakeville North at Burnsville,

5:30 p.m. • Eastview at Apple Valley, 6 p.m.

Watch out for the BlazeBurnsville cranking out more runs than they did last year

by Andy RogersTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

It would be hard to prove the Burnsville baseball team is better at this point than it was in 2010, considering the talent that graduated. The Blaze have a similar record after 15 games to what they did in 2010 when they finished second in the state. Coach Mick Scholl feels there’s another gear for this year’s version of the Blaze. “Last year’s team had a bunch of seniors, and they clicked right away,” Scholl said. “We haven’t really clicked on all cylin-ders. We’re starting to see it, but we’ve got to get there. There’s still some time.” They learned on Tuesday that a high rank and a good record doesn’t mean teams are going to hand them wins. Burnsville was held to two hits in a 9-1 loss to Ap-ple Valley, by far its worst loss of the season. “The best part is that we get to play again tomorrow,” Scholl said. “I told them next time we see (Apple Val-ley) could be in the playoffs. We’ll remember this one so it won’t happen again.” Hitting the ball hasn’t been an issue for Burnsville. The Blaze are averaging al-most nine runs per game, which is more than last year. Fueling the offense are Matt Stemper, Dan Motl, and Andy Lieser, whose batting averages are better than .450. “We’re seeing the ball real well,” Stemper said. “I can rely on every single person on this team. I feel confident every time I’m on base that they’ll get me home no matter who is up.” Pitching has been a strength with Adam Lam-brecht, Bo Hellquist and Brian Vanderwoude’s ERAs below 3.00. They know the road back

to state won’t be easy in Sec-tion 3AAA with teams such as Apple Valley, Eastview and Eagan. Burnsville will play Rose-mount and Bloomington Kennedy before playoffs begin May 27. The Blaze will play Lakeville South in the South Suburban Con-ference showcase at 6 p.m. May 21 at Alimagnet Park in Burnsville.

Eagan The Wildcats have been more up than down this spring, but three recent one-run losses – Burnsville on May 2, Eastview on May 6 and Bloomington Kennedy on Monday – didn’t sit well. “We had a chance to win those games,” head coach Robert Walsh said. “We just have to keep working at getting better to beat great teams like them.” The Wildcats’ pitchers Kevin Kunik (2.24 ERA) and David Stevens (2.06 ERA) have kept the team in contention. “We’ve been getting very

solid starting pitching and relief work since the first couple of weeks,” Walsh said. “Our hitting has been a strength at times. We just have to continue to work to be consistent at the plate with our approach.” Eric Peterson has a .604 on base percentage with a .442 batting average. Ste-vens is also hitting above .400. Tommy Bodeker and Brady Loew both hit above .300 with more than 10 RBI apiece. Like many other teams, it’s the fielding that has tak-en the longest to refine. “We can be very good de-fensively, but we lack some consistency,” Walsh said. “Getting outside regularly for practice should help.” Eagan has games against Section 3AAA foes Lakev-ille North and Apple Val-ley this week before playing Rosemount at 11 a.m. at the showcase at Alimagnet next weekend.

Andy Rogers is at [email protected].

Eagles baseball putting the pieces togetherby Andy RogersTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

It’s rare when a team’s hitters start the season rocketing balls to outfield gaps, striking out batters at will and turning double plays with ease. It’s taken the Eagles of Apple Valley a few weeks to get all the parts working together, but after beating South Suburban Confer-ence leading Burnsville 9-1 on Monday, it appears the machine is running smooth-ly. “We came out and ex-ecuted like we thought we were going to all year,” coach Jeremy Hendrickson said. “We like the direction we’re going in all aspects. We’re finally hitting like I thought we would.” Hendrickson feels it all started with a 7-4 win against Bloomington Jeffer-son on May 4. “It’s been our fielding and hitting. They’ve been below where we wanted it to be, but in the last five games it’s been there,” se-nior catcher Aaron Gretz said. The players had a good feeling after winning their own Wooden Bat Classic last weekend besting Brook-ings, S.D., 6-4, in the final.

“That was fun for the guys. They got to see some-thing different,” Hendrick-son said. Before the playoffs be-gin, Apple Valley will take

on Prior Lake at 2:30 p.m. during the South Suburban Conference Showcase next weekend at Alimagnet Park in Burnsville.

Eastview The Lightning continue to be one of the top teams in the metro losing once be-tween April 18 and May 9. The Lightning took a hit early in the season when pitcher Ty McDevitt’s sea-son ended when he injured his shoulder. Despite the loss, the team’s pitching prowess from Alec Knop, Adam Moorse, Tom Jerle, and Austin Lindquist have held opponents to around three runs per game, which is by far the lowest in the South Suburban Conference. “All four have low ERAs and the ability to get a strikeout when we need it,” coach Tom Strey said. “Those four have filled the void left by Ty’s injury and have made the most out of their extra opportunities.” While they are hold-ing opposing offenses in check, Eastview’s offense is not productive enough for Strey’s liking even as it aver-ages six runs per game. “In order to peak for the playoffs, our hitting needs to continue to improve,” Strey said. “We have sev-eral position players who are having great years, but we need to hit more consis-tently throughout our entire

lineup.” The players at the top are effective. Alec Knop (.512 batting average and 16 runs), Matt Larson (.300. 17 RBI), Taylor Branstad (.341, 16 runs), and David Barry (.429 average) keep the bases crowded, but they don’t always get home. The Lightning will com-pete with Lakeville North at the conference showcase at noon next weekend.

Rosemount After winning their first two games, the Irish haven’t been able to put two wins back-to-back since. Fielding has been an is-sue for the Irish. In the 7-2 loss to Lakeville North on Monday, the team had five errors. The Irish also aver-age less than three runs per game, which is the lowest in the South Suburban Con-ference. The Irish will get a chance to improve with a game against Burnsville on Monday and at Lake-ville South on Wednesday. Rosemount will go up against Eagan at 11 a.m. May 21 in the conference showcase.


Photo by Andy Rogers

Apple Valley’s Michael Berens turns a double play in the 9-1 win against Burnsville on Tuesday.

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Burnsville’s Bo Hellquist throws off the mound in a 9-1 loss to Apple Valley on Tuesday at Alimagnet Park.

Tennis action heats up


It’s a good time for ten-nis players to be playing their best with the Section 3AA tournament beginning Tuesday. With one match remain-ing on the regular season schedule, the Eastview boys have earned at least a share of the South Suburban Conference title. “Right now the guys are peaking at the right time and are getting better with every match,” coach Jeff Olsen said. “We’re setting our sights on a good show-ing at sections.” The No. 2 doubles team of Rachit Kshetrapal and Dan Falkenberg is unde-feated in South Suburban Conference play. Tommy Vang is undefeated the past five weeks. Eastview’s top doubles team of Aaron Larson and Sam Cychosz have been winning often as well. “We also have been get-ting steady play from our No. 2 singles Nishaan Pal and Will Biernat is start-ing to heat up,” Olsen said. “Our biggest surprise has been the improving play of

our third doubles team of Dan Spika and Matt Haug-dahl as they have quietly won their last six matches.”


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Eastview’s Dan Falkenberg returns the ball in a match against Apple Valley in a 5-2 win on Tuesday.

Lightning hit peak prior to sections

Lightning nip the PanthersPhoto by Rick Orndorf

Lakeville North’s Charlie Hayes tries to get by East-view’s Samuel Schovanec in a South Suburban Confer-ence lacrosse match Tues-day. Eastview won 6-5. The loss snapped a two-game win streak for the Panthers, who beat Lakeville South 10-2 on May 6 and Farm-ington 7-3 on May 4. It was Eastview’s fifth win in six games. For more photos, go to www.ThisweekLive.com.


Apple Valley’s Hudson Fasching (top) returns the ball in a match against Eastview on Tuesday. His team lost 5-2. The Eagles are scheduled to play in the Section 3AA team competition beginning Tuesday. The individual tournament begins May 27. Eagan’s Brady Radermacher (left) sends the ball back to a Lakeville North foe in a 6-1 win Tuesday.

Registration for Burnsville summer camps open The athletic department at Burnsville High School will be offering a variety of summer sports camps for students in grades first through 12th. Registration forms and materials can be found on the athletics page on the Burnsville High School website. Contact Jeff Mar-shall, interim athletic direc-tor, at (952) 707-2111 or at [email protected] for any questions or additional information.


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As the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School Dis-trict faces a lean budget next school year, it is looking to advertising as a new source of revenue. In a 5-1 vote on May 9, the School Board approved a contract with School Space Media, a St. Paul-based ad agency, to provide advertising in the district’s athletic and performance facilities. Board Member Mike

Roseen was absent. The agreement guaran-tees the district will receive $40,000 for the first year of sales. However, the agency is as-suming it will generate a net earning of $174,473. Under this assumption, the district would receive 23 percent of net earnings, while School Space Media would pocket 77 percent. Board Member Art Coul-son took issue with the possi-bility the agency could receive

such a high commission and voted against the item. Board Member Rob Duchscher echoed Coulson’s sentiments but voted in favor of the proposal saying, “Let’s do a little fishing (for other agencies) for next year.” Although advertising will be permitted in public arenas, it will still be prohibited from academic settings, district of-ficials said.


District 196 looks to line of credit to help balance the books The Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District is considering opening a line of credit with a local financial institution to help balance the budget. The district’s need for cred-it is a result of previous cuts to state aid, said Jeff Solomon, finance director for District 196. “Since the state had to pull cash from the district, our cash flow is in jeopardy,”

he said. “Our fund balance would dry up by the end of this next year without (the line of credit).” If approved by the School Board, this would be the dis-trict’s first time opening a line of credit, Solomon said. State statute allows school districts to borrow up to 95 percent of their average monthly expenses. For District 196, this is $24 million.

Just like a personal line of credit, the district can bor-row incrementally or the full credit limit to balance their check book. Solomon said the school district would likely borrow incrementally as need-ed. The School Board will like-ly vote on the proposal at its June 13 meeting.

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Education

ISD 191 School Board The Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District 191 Board of Education will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 19, at Diamondhead Education Center (upper level, senior campus), 200 W. Burnsville Parkway. Before the meeting, a Superintendent’s Listen-ing Session will take place from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the same location. This is an opportunity to talk infor-mally with Superintendent

Randy Clegg on any topic. The tentative agenda for the business meeting in-cludes:Public recognition: Ignition Program at Burnsville High SchoolConsent agenda: • Minutes of May 5, 2011 School Board meeting and Closed Session • Human Resources • Donations • Payroll, Expenditures, Re-ceipts and Investments • Budget Analysis • Approve the job descriptions and positions for a Teaching & Learning Assessment Coordinator, a Professional Development Coor-dinator and a Curriculum Coordi-nator

• Approve job descriptions and positions for three Special Ed Re-gional Cluster CoordinatorsNew business: • Approve Curriculum Man-agement Plan • Approve the BEST Student/Parent Handbook for 2011-2012 • Approve the ECSE Parent Handbook for 2011-2012 Adjourn to Board Workshop on College & Career Readiness and Post-Secondary Planning and Bud-get Planning Items may need to be added or removed from the tentative agenda after it is published. For an update on agenda items, call the superintendent’s office at (952) 707-2005.

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Veena performer Nir-mala Rajasekar will bring classical South Indian music to the Lakeville Area Arts Center in a performance at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 15. Rajasekar, winner of a McKnight Artist Fellow-ship award, will be joined by three leading Indian percus-sionists: Thanjavur Muruga-boopathi on the mridangam, Sriram Natarajan on the khanjira, and Balaji Chan-dran on the ghatam. The concert will con-clude with Indian reception food, door prizes, and an an-nouncement of next year’s

lineup of performers in the series. This is the fourth and final recital in this year’s Highview Hills by Walker Coffee Concert series, “Sa-vor the Flavor of a World of Music!” Concerts are in a ca-sual, conversational cabaret setting, with complimentary refreshments and coffee. Tickets are $12 adults and $10 seniors and students and are available by calling (952) 985-4640 and also at the door. The concert will last approximately one and a half hours with intermission and post concert reception.

Sounds and flavors of India in Lakeville May 15

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Nirmala Rajasekar will perform at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 15, in the final recital in this year’s Highview Hills by Walker Coffee Concert series at the Lakeville Area Arts Center.

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Minnesota’s largest gathering of Scots is coming to the Dakota County Fairgrounds in Farmington. The seventh annual Minnesota Scottish Fair and Highland Games runs from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, May 14, and will feature music, food and dance throughout the day. Festival favorites such as the Parade of Scots and the heavy athletics (including the Caber toss, stone put and hammer throw) return to this year’s festival. General admission is $15; more information is at www.mnscottishfair.org.

‘Alice in Wonderland’ ballet DanceWorks Perform-ing Arts Center in collabo-ration with DanceWorks Repertory Ensemble will present “Alice in Wonder-land” along with ballet, jazz, tap, danceline and hip hop dances on Sunday, May 22, at Lakeville North High School. Show times are 10

World War II re-enactment event Dakota City’s second annual World War II his-torical re-enactment event will take place Saturday, May 21, and Sunday, May 22, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Dakota City Heritage Village in Farmington. More than 20 living history organizations will portray American, British, Cana-dian, Russian and German soldiers. Events will include a European Theater battle, firing and field demonstra-tions plus a dance. New this year will be a 1940s fashion show and home front dis-plays by the Lakeville and Rosemount historical soci-eties. Food and beverages will be available. A symposium will fea-ture speakers including Liz Stohfus, one of 1,200 World War II WASP pi-lots, and Yogi Punsh, who served with a German artil-lery unit. Admission will be $5 for those 13 years and older, $3 for ages 3 through 12 and $10 per carload. Children under 3 will enter free. Dakota City is at 4008 220th St. W. on the fair-grounds in Farmington. For information, visit www.dakotacity.org or call Boorom at (612) 432-2231 or Dakota City at (651) 460-8050.

Poets in the Park is May 15 at art park The eighth annual Poets in the Park at 2 p.m. Sun-day, May 15, brings a grow-ing urban art form – spoken word or “slam poetry” – to an unconventional space – Caponi Art Park’s Theater in the Woods. Poets in the Park features a teen spoken word com-petition and special perfor-mances by the New Heist break-dance crew, and spoken word artists Cyn-thia French (national slam champion) and Thadra Sheridan. The event is free and open to all ages. Teens ages 13-19 are invited to perform and compete for prizes. Teens can register from 1:30 to 2 p.m. at the event. In the event of rain, the poetry slam will be held at the Eagan Community Cen-ter. Visit www.caponiart-park.org/poetsinthepark for details.

Metcalf Comedy Club showcase Students in the comedy club at Metcalf Junior High in Burnsville will perform their own standup material at 7 p.m. Sunday, May 15, at MinneHaHa Comedy Club, 1583 First Ave. E., Shakopee. The event will in-clude a guest spot by teach-er, comedian and club advi-sor Chris Adams. Tickets are $3 at the door; call (320) 207-0225 to reserve seats in advance.

Dinner and a movie night on May 16 The Great Clips IMAX Theatre at the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley will host Dinner and a Movie Family Night on Monday, May 16. Guests who purchase one adult admission ($9.50) to the 6:30 p.m. showing of “Mysteries of Egypt” will receive one free child’s admission to the movie and complimen-tary pizza from Broad-way Pizza in Apple Valley (while supplies last) before the show. Pizza will be served in the lobby beginning at 5:30 p.m.

theater and arts briefs

by Andrew MillerTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

The 1975 film version of “Tommy” is a landmark in cinematic freakiness. The story of a deaf, dumb and blind pinball champion with a messiah complex includes, among a litany of other mind-warping elements, an LSD-dealing prostitute, an unexplainable flood of baked beans, and a syringe-covered, suit-of-armor-like drug-de-livery mechanism. Plus there’s plenty of psy-chedelic animation and a score by British rockers The Who, along with a vicious rumble between rival motor-cycle gangs that are brought into immediate harmony when Roger Daltrey arrives on the scene piloting a hang-glider. Burnsville-based Chame-leon Theatre Circle’s produc-tion of “The Who’s Tommy” tones down some of the phantasmagoria – there’s no messy deluge of beans, for one – and focuses more on Tommy’s story of healing and redemption following early abuse at the hands of sadistic relatives, according to director Bradley Donald-son.

With the show set to open May 20 for a month-long run at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center, Thisweek spoke with Donaldson about pin-ball, the “dark side” of the storyline, and how the Cha-meleon production compares with the film. Pinball is a focal point of the film version of “Tommy,” and the movie is loaded with dozens and dozens of pinball machines. How many pinball machines are featured in this production? One. We are building it on our own – it’s going to be the Chameleon Theatre Circle pinball machine with the Chameleon logo. We found a broken-down machine in Brooklyn Park. It’s beaten, it’s old, and we’re going to re-paint it, clean up the rust and rewire the operating system.

What was the name of the old pinball machine you bought? It was a beach-themed machine with a palm tree and a girl in a bikini. The back panel was missing (when we bought it) so we don’t know the name.

What will happen to the Chameleon pinball machine after the run of “Tommy”? We may actually opt to raffle it off, or it’ll become a historical item for Chame-leon that we display in the lobby during other produc-tions.

One of the final scenes in the film version of “Tommy” is a cult-like sensory depriva-tion experiment culminating in the mass destruction of pin-ball machines. Does Chame-leon’s version conclude with any such mayhem?

It does not. We’re really looking at this production as telling the story of the heal-ing of the inner child, and it’s very focused on how experi-ences shape us, on nature ver-sus nurture. It’s a very “Les Miserables”-style ending with the song “Listening to You.”

Any notable psychedelic freakouts in this production? Not to the level of the movie, but it’s not realistic. … There’s this random hallu-cinogenic scene during “The Acid Queen” where they start hopping (Tommy) up on drugs, but we don’t garb our Acid Queen in armor or anything.

Promo bills for the show note that it’s “not suggested for young children.” Why? There are adult themes, scantily clad dancers for the Acid Queen segment, and this is going to have some dis-turbing moments. … Uncle Ernie molesting the 10-year-old Tommy – we make it very, very evident. I’m hoping you see the audience shifting un-comfortably because you shouldn’t be able to watch that and not get uncomfort-able. This is not a kids show.

What are some of the

songs in Chameleon’s “Tom-my” that audiences will recog-nize? “Acid Queen,” “Pinball Wizard,” “Sensation.” For “Listening to You” we want-ed it to be this wall of sound that just decimates the audi-

ence, and they do that. It’s a high-octane show – the amount of sweat pouring off (cast members) at times is sort of disturbing.

Andrew Miller is at [email protected].

Pinball wizardry, a modern messiah and moreChameleon Theatre Circle presents the rock musical ‘Tommy’ in Burnsville


Tara Lucchino, left, and Adam Scarpello are among the cast of “The Who’s Tommy,” which opens next week in the Burnsville Performing Arts Center’s Black Box Theater.

Chameleon Theatre Circle presents “The Who’s Tommy” May 20-June 19 at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $15 for adults, $13 for stu-dents/seniors, and are available at the PAC’s box office and through Ticketmaster (1-800-982-2787 or Ticket-master.com). For show times and other information, visit www.burnsvillepac.com.

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A Burnsville man is charged with eight felony tax crimes, the Minnesota Department of Revenue announced Wednesday. The Scott County at-torney’s office has charged Kenneth Johnson, 26, with four counts of willful fail-ure to file tax returns and four counts of willful fail-ure to pay tax for tax years 2006 through 2009. Johnson was arrested in April in New Mexico, where he was attempting to cross the border into Mexico, the Revenue De-partment said in a news release. He is awaiting ex-tradition. A warrant was issued in relation to the charges. According to the crimi-nal complaint, Johnson failed to file state income tax returns for several years. An investigation found he had worked in the drywall business for at least seven years. Johnson was self-employed and op-erated KJ Drywall. After collection action by the de-partment, Johnson began operating as BCL Inc. The complaint also

states contractors’ pay-ments issued to Johnson or his business totaled more than $68,000 in 2006, $341,000 in 2007, $441,000 in 2008 and $116,000 in 2009. Deposits in bank ac-counts registered to John-son’s business totaled $400,000 in 2007, $695,000 in 2008 and $147,000 in 2009. One of the accounts was closed soon after Rev-enue Department collec-tion officers levied the ac-count. In addition, Johnson applied for loans in 2005 and 2006 and claimed to earn $135,000 and $114,000 for each of those years on the loan applica-tions. In 2009, Johnson ad-mitted to a collection offi-cer that he had been avoid-ing the tax debt for several years. He owes an estimat-ed $47,000 to the state. A warrant was issued for Johnson in relation to the charges. Each felony is punish-able by up to five years in prison, up to a $10,000 fine, or both.

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The Eastview girls la-crosse team features a young lineup with just two seniors. While they may not be winning every game, they are getting close. One big reason is the play of sophomore goalie Taylor Tvedt. Although the Lightning haven’t played as many games as other metro teams, Tvedt has the state’s third best save total (averag-ing more than 20 per game). “Once we catch up in games to other teams’ goal-ies, she’ll be one of the top goalies in the state,” Eastview head coach Lau-ren DeZellar said. In the 10-7 loss to Eagan/Rosemount on May 5, Tvedt had 41 saves. Eagan/Rosemount’s goalie Kate Sullivan had five. “Every team we play can’t believe how good she looks,” DeZellar said. “She’s really aggressive. She goes after every ball.” She will often come out of the goal to play defense averaging more than five in-tercepts per game. It’s helped the younger team mature and gain expe-rience without the trouble of getting blown out. The Lightning have nine regular

players who are either soph-omores or younger. “I wouldn’t call it re-building, but we’re defi-nitely a growing team right now,” DeZellar said. The Lightning have kept their record around .500 with some help from Em-ily Snodgrass and Julia Young’s goal-scoring abili-ties. Defenders Taylor Fien-hage and Delaney McCay help Tvedt keep the oppo-nent’s score low. The girls hope the spark they got from beat-ing Champlin Park 8-7 last Saturday will carry them through the final weeks of the season. “It was a fabulous game, very competitive,” DeZel-lar said. “They pretty much played until the very end. We’re starting to learn when we’re up by a goal to settle the ball down.” The Section 3 tourna-ment is scheduled for May 23. Eastview’s main compe-tition will come from Apple Valley and the Bloomington schools, the top three teams in the South Suburban Conference.


Goalie keeping the Lightning active

Registration open for Birnamwood junior league Registration for the Birnamwood Golf Course’s Summer Junior Golf league is open for youths entering grades third through 10th. Participants will choose to play either Mondays or Wednesdays beginning June 12. The nine-week league will conclude with a tour-nament for all league mem-bers. A free golf clinic for participants will take place June 4. Advance registra-tion is encouraged. The cost for the league is $145 or $32.50 with the purchase of a Birnamwood annual pass. Online registration is avail-able at www.birnamwood-golfcourse.com.

Eagle wrestlers honored Apple Valley’s Destin McCauley, Matt Kelliher and head coach Jim Jack-son were recently honored for their wrestling efforts in 2010-11. McCauley was named the regional Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award winner by the Na-tional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum. He was also awarded the National Wrestling Coaches Associa-tion Senior Wrestler of the Year.

The Minnesota Wres-tling Coaches Association recognized Kelliher as the Mr. Minnesota of Wresting and Jackson as the Head Coach of Year.

Eagles softball wins Mankato West tournament The Apple Valley soft-ball team won the resched-uled Mankato West tourna-ment last weekend. The girls defeated Chaska in the final, 4-3, in extra innings with Emily Kieser scoring the winning run. Lauryn Charboneau threw a shutout in the semi-finals beating Mankato West, 3-0, and the Eagles rallied in the bottom of the seventh to beat Rochester Lourdes in the quarterfi-nals, 8-7.

Lakeville North Junior volleyball camp set Registration for summer volleyball camps at Lakev-ille North is open at www.Lakevillenorthjuniors.com. Girls from all schools are welcome to attend. There is a youth camp for grades 3-8 from July 11-14 and a high school camp July 18-21 at Lakeville North. Questions can be sent to [email protected]. The regis-tration deadline is May 20.

Work will begin next week on an addition and partial renovation at Burns-ville Fire Station No. 1, 911 140th St. W. Budgeted as part of the city’s five-year capital im-provement plan, the project will include: • Two new apparatus bays. • A third apparatus bay resulting from the recon-figuration of current space. • Dedicated storage space for personal protec-tive equipment and medical supplies. • Space for equipment re-pair and maintenance. • Storage space for addi-tional equipment and sup-plies. The station’s 30-year-old natural gas heating units will be replaced with an en-ergy-efficient infrared heat-ing system. Skylights will also be added and apparatus bay lighting replaced with improved, energy-efficient systems. As a result of the increased space, a 25-year-old wooden shed currently used for storage in the fire station parking lot will be removed. “This addition and reno-

vation will allow for a more efficient use of space by our firefighter/paramedics,” said Burnsville Assistant Fire Chief Dan Hove. “We have been working with limited storage space for ve-hicles, fire gear, equipment and training materials for some time. This much-need-ed addition will provide ease of use, and allow us to con-tinue to provide high-level fire and emergency medical services to residents into the future.” The construction con-tract was awarded to Go-pher State Contractors Inc., whose bid of $518,000 was accepted by the City Council on April 5. The city estimates it will save up to 15 percent on the project because of a competitive construction market and low material costs. Construction is expected to be complete by midsum-mer and won’t disrupt de-partment services, the city says. The Fire Department’s annual open house iwll be held at the newly renovated station in October. Visit www.burnsville.org/fire for more information.

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Dakota County BriefsFundraiser for Eagan Police Explorers The Eagan Police Ex-plorers will hold a spaghetti dinner fundraiser from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, May 22, at the Rosemount/Eagan VFW, 2625 120th St. W., Rosemount. Tickets: $10 donation. The menu in-cludes spaghetti with meat sauce, salad, French bread and dessert. Tickets should be purchased in advance by calling Linda Myhre at (651) 675-5733.

Foreclosure open house set May 24 The Dakota County Community Development Agency (CDA) will host a foreclosure open house from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tues-day, May 24, at Pleasant Hill Library, 1490 S. Front-age Road, Hastings. Homeowners who are worried about their mort-gage payments, would like more information about the foreclosure process, or are interested in learning about the new Fannie Mae part-nership are encouraged to attend. Trained homeownership specialists will be on-hand to provide information about what happens dur-ing the foreclosure process, homeowners’ rights and recommendations for long-term housing needs. Home-owners will be able to meet confidentially with CDA staff to ask questions and get advice. Those unable to attend can call the CDA’s Foreclo-

sure Hotline at (651) 675-4555 to speak with a hom-eownership specialist.

Support a Rosemount caregiver A family member caring for an aging parent in the Rosemount area would ap-preciate a four-hour break from daily caregiving re-sponsibilities each week. The family member would like to attend a caregiver support group from noon to 4 p.m. on Wednesdays. To help this family care-giver, or for information about other volunteer op-portunities at DARTS, con-tact Barb Tiggemann, (651) 455-1560 or [email protected], or visit www.darts1.org.

‘Stars of the North’ recognized Area residents were rec-ognized by U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Lakeville, at the “Star of the North” cer-emony last month at the Lakeville Area Arts Center.

Apple Valley honorees • Apple Valley residents James and Mary Jo Madsen and their teen-age boys Jar-ed and Erik, spent 12 days building two cinderblock homes for 10 members of a Haitian family as part of a team from the Builders Outreach Foundation of the Minnesota Builders As-sociation. • The Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) chapter at the

School of Environmental Studies in Apple Valley raised $1,365 for DARTS, a local volunteer based or-ganization that provides transportation services to connect all generations of people to resources in the community. The orga-nization was represented by SADD advisor Kathy Herro and students Miriam Ramirez, Jordan Pinneke, Madysen Moore, and Er-icka Bucki.

Burnsville honorees • Burnsville resident Mi-chael Fix was driving on Highway 13 last fall when he hit what he described as a “wall of money.” As he gathered more than $1,000 of cash, he also found a daily planner with writing in Russian. He called the phone number on the daily planner and met with the man who lost the money and his daily planner. • Seniors Dillon Arbuck-le, Kathryn Budde, Rebecca Gifford, and Abbey Jaeger organized a book drive that yielded 3,500 books that were distributed to Gideon Pond, Neill, and Sioux Trail elementary schools. • Marion Gustafson made hats for 225 kin-dergarten and first-grade students at Echo Park El-ementary School. Accept-ing the congressional award were Gustafson, school social worker Pam Keuler, and Steve Hylbak, who is known locally as the “Hat Man.” He read the book, “Do You Have a Hat?” to kids who received hats from Gustafson. • The Friday morning knitting club at the Burns-

ville Area Senior Center made more than 700 winter wear items, hung them on a Christmas tree, and in-vited families and students to pick an item off the tree. Accepting the award were Shirley Blix and Doris Bea-son. • The Dan Patch Ameri-can Legion Auxiliary and TCB Sweethearts in Burns-ville made a visit to the Minneapolis Veterans Af-fairs Medical Center to de-liver 24 blankets, 192 pairs of socks, and other items for patients. The group also folds pocket flags for the troops in Iraq and Afghani-stan for the “Beyond the Yellow Ribbon” organiza-tion in Prior Lake.

Eagan honoree • Scott Swenson was the volunteer chairman for the city-wide food drive held as part of Eagan’s sesquicen-tennial birthday party. Sw-enson engaged more than 110 local groups in surpass-ing the goal of raising more than 400,000 pounds of food for the Dakota County food shelves. He was joined by wife Carol and daugh-ter Laura in accepting the award.

Starting a business workshop is May 19 at Wescott Library “Starting a business” is the topic of a workshop at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 19, at the Wescott Library in Eagan. LaVon Dennistoun from SCORE will be the speaker. Register for the workshop at the Wescott library.

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PUBLIC NOTICEPUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

CITY OF EAGANDATE/LOCATION OF HEARING: Advi-

sory Planning Commission Meeting:

Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at 6:30 pm, City

Hall Council Chambers, 3830 Pilot Knob

Rd

DEVELOPMENT/APPLICANT: Roclar

Warehouse, Inc./Rodney Henrickson

LOCATION/LEGAL DESCRIPTION:

3660 Kennebec Drive, Part of Lot 6, Block

2, Cedar Industrial Park, Dakota County

REQUEST(S):

Conditional Use PermitA Conditional Use Permit to allow out-

door storage of materials, equipment,

licensed vehicles and storage containers

necessary for the operation of business

activity involved in light concrete con-

struction and landscaping.

File Number: 17-CU-10-12-10

QUESTIONS: Call the Planning Depart-

ment at (651) 675-5685 or contact Sarah

Thomas, the Planner at (651) 675-5696 or

[email protected] with the above

information.

CITY OF EAGAN

Christina Scipioni - City Clerk

2607653 5/13/11






Rd

DEVELOPMENT/APPLICANT: Oak Hills

Church/Darren Lee


1560 Yankee Doodle Rd, Lot 1, Block 1,

Nature Preserve

REQUEST(S):

Interim Use PermitAn Interim Use Permit to allow a commu-

nity garden.

File Number: 16-IN-02-04-11


ment at (651) 675-5685 or contact Sarah

Thomas, the Planner at (651) 675-5696 or


information.

CITY OF EAGAN


2607591 5/13/11






Rd

DEVELOPMENT/APPLICANT: Competi-

tion Engines/Randal Quam


2980 Lone Oak Circle, Lot 2, Eagandale

Center Industrial Park No. 2

REQUEST(S):


door storage of cars & car trailers.



ment at (651) 675-5685 or contact Pam

Dudziak, the Planner at (651) 675-5691 or


information.

CITY OF EAGAN


2607540 5/13/11


CITY OF EAGANPROPOSED CODE CHANGE: An Ordi-

nance Amendment to Chapter 11 relative to

establishing a zoning permit process.

WHEN: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at 6:30

pm

WHERE: Advisory Planning Commission

Meeting, City Hall Council Chambers, 3830

Pilot Knob Rd

ANY QUESTIONS: Call the Planning

Department at (651) 675-5685 or contact

Mike Ridley, the Planner at (651) 675-5650

or [email protected] with the fol-

lowing information:

DEVELOPMENT NAME: Ordinance

Amendment - Zoning Permit

CASE #: 01-OR-08-03-11

CITY OF EAGAN


2607528 5/13/11

PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE OF THE CITY OF EAGAN

POLICY OF NONDISCRIMINATION

ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITYThe City of Eagan is committed to the

policy that all persons have equal access to

its programs, services, activities, facilities

and employment without regard to race,

color, creed, religion, national origin, sex,

disability, age, sexual orientation, marital

status or status with regard to public

assistance.

Auxiliary aids for persons with disabilities

will be provided upon advance notice of at

least 96 hours. If a notice of less than 96

hours is received, the City of Eagan will

attempt to provide such aid. Telephone:

(651) 675-5000; TDD: (651) 454-8535.

2599890 5/13/11

PUBLIC NOTICEORDINANCE NO. 479 2ND SERIES

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EAGAN,

MINNESOTA, AMENDING EAGAN CITY

C O D E C H A P T E R T W O E N T I T L E D

"ADMINISTRATION AND GENERAL GOV-

ERNMENT" BY AMENDING SECTION 2.50

REGARDING ADVISORY COMMISSIONS

AND COMMITTEES GENERALLY; AND BY

ADOPTING BY REFERENCE EAGAN CITY

CODE CHAPTER 1 AND SECTION 2.99.

The City Council of the City of Eagan

does ordain:

Section 1. Eagan City Code Chapter Two

is hereby amended by changing Section

2.50, to read as follows:

Sec. 2.50. Advisory commissions and

committees generally.All advisory commission and committee

appointments authorized by ordinance or

resolution shall be made by the council at

the second regular meeting in April of each

year or at such other time as determined by

the council and such appointments con-

firmed prior to the expiration of the existing

terms. The term of each appointee shall be

established and stated at the time of his

appointment. Each commission or com-

mittee shall be composed of a maximum of

seven regular members who shall serve

staggered (three or four members subject

to appointment each year) two-year terms,

unless otherwise required by statute, Code

or resolution. However, no member may

serve more than five consecutive two-year

terms or more than ten consecutive years

on any one commission or committee. An

additional person may be appointed to

each commission or committee as an alter-

nate for a period of one year and shall have

all of the powers and duties of a commis-

sion or committee member during the

absence of a regular member. Notwith-

standing the provisions of this section, the

council may by resolution establish special

ad hoc committees or groups consisting of

any number of members appointed for

periods at the council's discretion. New

appointees shall assume office at the first

meeting of the commission or committee

after appointment. However, all appointees

to commissions and committees shall hold

office until their successors are appointed

and qualified. All vacancies shall be filled in

the same manner as for an expired term,

but the appointment shall be effective

immediately when made and only for the

unexpired term. No appointed commission

or committee member shall be an employee

of the city, but an ex officio member may

be so employed. All appointed commission

and committee members shall serve with-

out remuneration, but may be reimbursed

for out-of-pocket expenses incurred in the

performance of their duties when such

expenses have been authorized by the

council before they were incurred. The

chairman and secretary shall be chosen

from and by the commission and commit-

tee membership to serve for the current

year. Any commission or committee mem-

ber may be removed by the council for

misfeasance, malfeasance or nonfeasance

in office and the position filled as any other

vacancy. Each commission and committee

shall hold its regular meetings at a time

established and approved annually by the

commission or committee. The city admin-

istrator shall be an ex officio member of all

commissions and committees, and may be

represented by an assistant or some per-

son duly authorized by the city administra-

tor. All commissions and committees shall

act as advisory to the council. Except as

otherwise provided, this section shall apply

to all commissions and committees.

Section 2. Eagan City Code Chapter 1

entitled "General Provisions and Definitions

Applicable to the Entire City Code Includ-

ing 'Penalty for Violation'" and Section 2.99,

entitled "Violation a Misdemeanor" are

hereby adopted in their entirety by refer-

ence as though repeated verbatim.

Section 3. Effective Date. This ordinance

shall take effect upon its adoption and pub-

lication according to law.

ATTEST: CITY OF EAGAN

City Council

/s/ Christina M. Scipioni /s/ Mike Maguire

_______________ ______________

By: Christina M. Scipioni By: Mike Maguire

Its: City Clerk Its: Mayor

Date Ordinance Adopted: May 3, 2011

Date Ordinance Published in the Legal

Newspaper: May 13, 2011

2599867 5/13/11

PUBLIC NOTICEINDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196

Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan

Public Schools

Educating our studentsto reach their full potential

TEMPERATURE CONTROL UPGRADE

Notice is hereby given that sealed bids

will be received for the Rosemount Middle

School Temperature Control Upgrade by

Independent School District 196, at the

Facilities and Grounds Office located at

14445 Diamond Path West, Rosemount,

MN 55068, until 11 a.m., May 24, 2011, at

which time and place bids will be publicly

opened and read aloud.

Complete instructions on how to obtain

Bidding Documents from Engineering Repro

Systems can be found at: http://www.district

196.org/District/LegalNotices/index.cfm.

If you should have any questions regard-

ing this bid you may contact the Facilities

Department at (651) 423-7706.

Art Coulson, Board Clerk

Independent School District 196

2596975 5/6-5/13/11






Rd

DEVELOPMENT/APPLICANT: Panera

Bread/Tony DiSanza


1260 Promenade Place, Lot 7, Block 2,

Eagan Promenade

REQUEST(S):

Planned DevelopmentA Planned Development Amendment to

allow drive-through service and modifi-

cations to the building and signage.

File Number: 10-PA-02-04-11





information.

CITY OF EAGAN


2607617 5/13/11






Rd

DEVELOPMENT/APPLICANT: RJ Ryan/

Kevin Lindquist

LOCATION/LEGAL DESCRIPTION: 905

Yankee Doodle Road and, Lot 1, Block 1,

Eagandale Center Industrial Park No. 5 and

915 Yankee Doodle Rd Lot 13, Block 4

Eagandale Center Industrial Park No. 4

REQUEST(S):


door storage of semi trailers.


Interim Use PermitAn Interim Use Permit to allow outdoor

storage of semi trailers.

File Number: 11-IN-03-04-11





information.

CITY OF EAGAN


2607634 5/13/11

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Dance will provide festive kid-friendly music, dancing, contests and prizes. Four hundred people have already pre-registered for the event, which is more than had pre-registered in previous years, Phillips said. “We’re excited that resi-dents are embracing the new format,” she said. Pre-registration closed May 9, but participants can still register beginning at 8:15 a.m. the day of the event. “I hope the changes to this event will make it more inviting to everyone who wants to get active this sum-mer,” said Eagan Parks and Recreation Director Juli Seydell Johnson. “The 5K will be low-key and welcom-ing to all participants. Our goal is to have our parks and trails filled with walk-ers, runners, and bicyclists all year long.” Registration costs $15 per person or $35 per family of three or more. To down-load a flier and registration form, visit www.cityofea-gan.com/specialevents. The event will be held rain or shine. The Eagan 5K Your Way Activity Festival is the first in a series of seven run events in the local Ground Pounders Race Series, which also includes races hosted by Burnsville (June 11), Farmington (June 18), Ap-ple Valley (July 4), Lakeville (July 9), Rosemount (July 23) and Savage (Aug.13). For a Ground Pounders flier, visit www.cityofeagan.com/specialevents.

Erin Johnson is at [email protected].

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2012 are “still in flux” as students continue to open-enroll and migrate across district boundaries. State aid has remained flat for three years. At the same time, the district is assuming it will spend $1.5 million next school year on integration programs. However, state legislators are discussing whether to al-ter or eliminate the state in-tegration funds. District 191’s budget also includes $3.8 million in compensatory education funding. Officials expect little change in that funding based on legislative propos-als. The district could face a $22.8 million deficit by 2013-2014, according to Ry-der’s projections, but only if voters don’t renew the dis-trict’s 2002 referendum levy of $845.68 per pupil. The district could ask voters to renew the levy in 2011 or 2012. Renewal

would shrink the projected 2013-2014 deficit to $14 million.

Fund balance tocushion the blow? Drawing $2.1 million from the district’s general fund balance next year would leave the balance at $10.2 million. The unreserved fund bal-ance — money not dedi-cated to specific programs — would be $6.5 million, or about 6 percent of the dis-trict’s budget. District 191’s policy is to maintain an unreserved fund balance that is at least 8.3 percent of its budget. The board will be consid-ering several 2011-12 bud-get options over the next few weeks, which include a combination of spending increases and cuts. “These are all things we have brainstormed,” Ryder said. “Nothing is defini-tive.” A few ideas include add-ing a few elementary teach-ers to cut class sizes, in-creasing the supply budget by 5 percent, and increasing gifted and talented staffing by one part-time person. Ideas for potential cuts include eliminating five resource-teacher positions, eliminating five gifted and talented positions, estab-lishing a four-day school day or closing a junior high school. These are just a few of the ideas district officials have discussed. For a full list, visit www.isd191.org. Officials will be asking parents, teachers and com-munity members to provide ideas and rank budget pri-orities during community forums from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday, May 9 at Burns-ville City Hall, 100 Civic Center Parkway; from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 10 at Cedar School, 2140 Diffley Drive, Eagan; and from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednes-day, May 11 at Savage City Hall, at 6000 McColl Drive.


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The ELL program is not the only one with class sizes that are too large, they said. Parents agreed they want the district to lower class sizes in all studies. “I think you can find as much research that class size has an impact in achieve-ment,” Hall said. Hall added that she be-lieves the only way to have large class sizes and still meet the needs of students is through technology such as white boards. Several parents, includ-ing Hall, urged district offi-cials to invest in upgrading technology in the schools.

“As a taxpayer, I think it affects the property tax val-ue if we don’t have schools that are up to par with sur-rounding districts,” Hall said. Rich Wagner, a father of a Sioux Trail Elemen-tary student and two BHS graduates, said he thinks the district should provide ma-terials in alternative formats such as digital versions of

books and other academic materials. In addition to class size and technology, parents said they want the district to continue to invest in pro-grams for children with dis-abilities, school safety, early childhood education and the arts.


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mouth, according to the criminal complaint. The woman’s year-old baby was still in the apart-ment, the complaint said. She told police she’d been involved with Avent for the last month and a half and for about six or seven months five years ago. He stayed at her apartment two or three days a week. They argued the after-noon of May 1, with Avent accusing her of having sex with another man the night before.

He grabbed the woman by the hair and threw her to the floor, threatening to kill her, the complaint said. He allegedly forced her into a standing position and forced her to remove her clothes. He allegedly hit her and asked about her cheat-ing. He allegedly used the cord from a vacuum cleaner to bind her ankles, repeat-ing threats to kill her and “stomp” her face. When a neighbor texted the woman asking to use her vacuum cleaner, Avent removed the cord and took

the vacuum to the neigh-boring apartment, the com-plaint said. After returning to his girlfriend’s apartment, Avent allegedly punched her in the face while forcing her to admit she’d had sex with another man the night before. “Victim believed that she lost consciousness during the initial blows,” the com-plaint said. “She also felt crunching in her mouth and discovered that her teeth had been knocked out.” Avent later turned off the lights and forced the woman

upstairs, “where he began crying,” the complaint said. He then went downstairs and yelled for her. As she approached, he allegedly dragged her down the re-maining stairs, threw her over a rocking chair and put his hands around her neck. She told police she couldn’t breathe and talk, and that Avent held his hands around her neck for about a minute. The assault stopped and started at several points, she told police. Avent allegedly hid the cordless phone and disconnected several phone

cords so she couldn’t call for help. She said he choked her three times during the night and held a kitchen knife inches from her body, threatening to kill her. He eventually left the apartment to talk to the neighbor, giving her money to buy him cigarettes. While he was out of the apart-ment, the victim locked the door, found a phone and called 911 as Avent tried to break a window to get back in. He had taken the vic-tim’s cell phone. He left the building and

was arrested while driving. The neighbor told police that she called the woman after seeing police at the apartment. Avent answered. “Did you put your hands on her?” the neighbor asked. “Yeah, I did,” Avent allegedly responded. The neighbor said that after the police left she spent the night with the victim, who constantly vomited blood “because Avent had not let her go to the bath-room and spit the blood out,” the complaint said.

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floor was recently occupied by At Home Title, which Nienhaus said moved from another Burnsville location. The building’s mortgage bor-rower, Grande Market Square LLC, has struggled to make pay-ments. The building’s mortgage, which has a $3.37 million balance, went up for auction this week. The mortgage loan is labeled “nonperforming” on an Auction.com announcement of the auc-tion. It says the last payment date was Jan. 1, 2009. “There were a number of ten-ants in that building that became insolvent,” said Andrew Halv-erson, spokesman for Sherman Associates, which developed the Grande Market buildings and is part of Grande Market Square LLC. “When a company becomes insolvent, they obviously are not able to pay the rent,” which affect-ed Grande Market Square LLC’s

ability to make mortgage pay-ments, according to Halverson. The mortgage was packaged in a fund that was sold by the now-defunct Bear Stearns, according to Halverson. The seller is C-III Asset Management LLC.Family business The Vongs are longtime Burns-ville residents who came to Min-nesota from Cambodia more than three decades ago, said Regina, 23. She grew up helping out in the family shops her parents ran on University Avenue in St. Paul. Her father, Narin, and mother, Somaly, bought a strip mall in the 1980s at University and Far-rington Street, where they ran a number of businesses, including a grocery store, a jewelry store, an Asian restaurant and an Asian food wholesale business, Regina said. An aunt ran a salon, and an uncle ran an Asian video store, she said. “I guess you could say my parents were kind of pioneers

in Asian businesses on the street (University), because there weren’t very many,” Regina said. “Asians kind of flock together.” Her parents still own the mall but now lease the spaces to other shopkeepers. “Both my mother and father are very ambitious,” Regina said, noting that her father earned doc-torate degrees in both business and law. “Especially with Asians,

we always have to prove ourselves a little more. It’s in the DNA.” Regina is close to finishing a bachelor’s degree in international business at National American University. She’s harbored vi-sions of a business career in Asia, but for now she’s staying close to home. Her parents view Royal Ban-quet & Ballroom as not only a promising new venture, but a career-starter for the youngest of their three children. “In Asian culture, basically the youngest usually take care of the parents,” said Regina, who says many Asian-Americans of her generation have distanced them-selves from traditions she embrac-es. “I think that may be what mo-tivated them to find me something to do.” Except for a caterer who briefly leased the kitchen, the banquet space has been vacant since In-ternational Chefs’ Culinary Cen-ter founder Ron Achterkirch of Burnsville closed his cash-

strapped business in October 2008. “I love the location,” said Re-gina, who lives with her parents. “I literally can walk to my home from here.” She hopes to compete in the Asian wedding market with JUN BO in Richfield and U Garden in Minneapolis, Chinese restaurants that host many weddings. “There’s a market for it be-cause we do need somewhere else to go for weddings,” Regina said. “The community gets bigger and bigger.” But she’s aiming for other ban-quet and meeting business, too, in the 450-seat facility, which has an on-call kitchen staff. “We specialize in Asian cuisine, but we do American cuisine, too,” Regina said. “We’re very flexible in our menu.” Royal Banquet & Ballroom can be reached at (651) 395-9198.

John Gessner is at [email protected].

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Burnsville resident Regina Vong is manager of Royal Banquet & Ballroom.