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April 27, 2012 | Volume 33 | Number 9

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OpInIOn

newSdanceworks at 25Lakeville-based DanceWorks has been teaching a variety of styles since November 1986 . Owner Ann Proudfoot details the trials and tribulations of owning ones own dream .

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Cedar transitway hits another roadblock

BRT operations likely to be delayed until spring, 2013

by Laura AdelmannSuN ThISWeek

The wait for Dakota Countys long-planned Bus Rapid Transit system is go-ing to get a little longer . Instead of a Novem-ber debut, the station-to-station shoulder-operating busway likely wont be op-erational until spring, 2013 . And, the system may be even further delayed if Ap-ple Valley and the county do not agree on design ele-

ments for stations at 140th and 147th Streets . Apple Valley officials want raised walkways over Cedar Avenue at those sta-tions as part of the initial project construction, while Dakota County has elimi-nated them from the plans until ridership grows to jus-tify the expense . During a contentious Regional Rail meeting April 24, county commissioners expressed frustration at the delayed opening and Apple Valleys demands for sky-ways . Dakota County Board Chair Nancy Schouweiler said at a recent meeting with county and city offi-

Photo by Aaron Vehling

Lakeville City Council Member Matt Little participates in a police canine unit demonstration at the Lakeville Police Department K-9 units 25th anniversary celebration Friday, April 20. Little wore a special sleeve so Shadows bite could not hurt his arm. Shadows handler, Officer Chad Loeffler (right), initiated and ended the dogs bite with verbal and non-verbal commands.

Lakevilles k-9 unit celebrates 25 years

Dogs are key part of police workby Aaron M. Vehling

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Lakeville Mayor Mark Bellows ran a short distance before a German shepherd jumped and bit his arm . Not long after, Council Member Matt Littles arm also found a home in the ca-nines mandible . In each instance, the dog, Shadow, held onto the arm tight until his handler, Offi-cer Chad Loeffler, told him to let go .

But all was well Bellows and Little each wore a spe-cial glove and suffered no injuries . It was all part of a demonstration . It has been 25 years since Dakota, partnered with Of-ficer Tom hakala, became the first dog in the Lakeville Police Departments then-new k-9 unit . The department cele-brated the milestone Friday, April 20, with demonstra-tions from Zeus and Shad-

ow, the current police dogs, and a short reception at the police headquarters . These are exceptional animals, Police Chief Tom Vonhof said . They are very much a part of the team . There have been seven police dogs in those 25 years, including Shadow and Zeus, who is paired with Officer Jason Jensen . Youve built up an in-

See k-9, 24A

See Cedar, 24A

by Michael RicciSuN ThISWeek

Two Dakota County cities prove that there is more than one way build, operate and define an arts centers role in the community . The 11-year-old Lakeville Area Arts Center turned a church into a community gathering place for performances, special events and class-es, while the three-year-old Burnsville Perform-ing Arts Center is banking on national enter-tainment to fill its revenue stream and its place in the arts scene . Because of the way the two arts center proj-ects were launched and supported by municipal governments, they have different relationships with their communities .

The embattled $20 million Burnsville project was opposed by one Burnsville City Council member and vocal local residents every step of the way, while city leaders cooperating with resi-dents was key to Lakevilles success . Following a year of deep deficit, in 2011, the Burnsville centers operating losses totaled more than $275,000 about $115,000 less than the more than $392,000 loss that was budgeted for the year . I am very pleased with the direction the BPAC is going financially and with its program-ming, said BPAC executive director Brian Lu-

ther, who was hired in October 2011 to become the centers third leader . We plan to continue this in the future . While the city contracts with Iowa-based VenuWorks to operate the facility, Friends of the BPAC, a volunteer and fundraising organi-zation, supports the center . The organization raised more than $400,000 in cash and in-kind donations from citizens, foundations and businesses during the centers construction .

Photos by Rick Orndorf

The Lakeville Area Arts Center (left) and Burnsville Performing Arts Center have coexisted in the south metro for the past three years.

Photo by Rick Orndorf

Much of the interaction at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center is between artist and patron.

Photo by Rick Orndorf

The Lakeville Area Arts Center targets much of its programming on workshops and classes for local residents to be involved in creating art.

Opportunities to see national acts and for local, emerging artists

to blossom

Arts centersCOexIST in south metro

Photo by Robyn Wright

Spring was in full bloom in downtown Lakeville Wednesday, April 25, creating a natural sanctuary in Pioneer Plaza.

a downtown spring

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In Brief Larry Werner, Sun Thisweek general man-ager and editor, writes today about how the arts enrich the lives of children .

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In Brief Transitway planning marches on despite delays .

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Charitable gambling dealMinnesota Legislature should allow electronic pulltabs and bingo to help fund Vikings stadium .

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home & Garden special sectionSpring in Minnesota means it is time to turn ones attention to projects around the house .

Inside todays edition

panthers top Cougars, 2-1The Lakeville North baseball team continued its winning ways with a 2-1 victory over its crosstown rival .

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Cd brings vets home againAn album of songs by local musicians about the modern veteran experience is being offered at this years Scoops for Troops .

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by Laura AdelmannSun ThiSweek

A group of three or four thieves shattered the front glass door of Gerster Jew-elers on April 19, demol-ished glass display cases and grabbed handfuls of merchandise, escaping within minutes. Farmington police re-sponded four minutes after the 10:23 p.m. store alarm sounded, but even with the assistance of its canine unit, found the crime scene abandoned and the floor covered in broken glass. They ran up and down and smashed every one of our display cases, said store owner Jim Gerster Jr. Someone ran up the back and someone ran up the front and another was holding the bag. Farmington Det. Sgt. Lee hollatz, who de-scribed the break-in as a smash and grab, said early estimates of damage and merchandise lost is $100,000. Jewelry missing includ-ed gold chains, rings, ear-rings and bracelets. Gerster said all the stores most valuable piec-es and customer jewelry was kept secure in the safe, which was not breached. hollatz said police be-lieve the thieves are profes-sionals. Gerster said there have been similar jewelry store break-ins recently around the Twin Cities, including stores in eagan and Apple Valley. Although neighboring bars and restaurants were open at the time of the break-in, there were no witnesses to the theft. The Gersters are work-

ing with their insurance company to cover the damage. A board was placed over the front door until a new, more secure replace-ment arrived wednesday, and Gerster said even af-ter thorough cleaning and shampoo all carpet must be replaced. Theres glass all over it, Gerster said. The glass dug its way deep into the carpet. i can see glass sparkles everywhere. hollatz said the police are still investigating the incident and increasing patrols in the downtown area. Farmington Business Association president Clyde Rath said business community members are concerned about the inci-dent and the loss the Ger-sters suffered. i think everybody was pretty surprised by it all, Rath said. They are concerned obviously that they were able to come in there that quickly and do as much damage as they

did, and were concerned for the Gersters in having their loss, he said. Rath said there is a heightened awareness among business owners to be more alert and aware of the people and activities downtown. Gersters Jewelry store has operated in Farming-ton since 1920 and has been in its current location since 1961. The only similar inci-dent Gerster could recall was years ago when some-one broke in and stole a watch, Gerster said. Days after the theft, Gerster said he felt violat-ed and expressed anger at the loss of freedom he felt. i thought this was Mayberry RFD, the safest place in the world, Ger-ster said. But it doesnt matter, you cant hide from the bad guys no matter where you go.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected] or facebook.com/sun-thisweek.

Gerster Jewelers victim of break-in

Police increase downtown patrol after smash-and-grab heist

Photo by Laura Adelmann

Jim Gerster Sr. is surrounded by broken glass after a Thursday night break-in at the Gersters Jewelry store owned by his son Jim Gerster Jr. An insurance representative is photographing the extensive damage.


Opinion

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Charitable gambling deserves the break Hope for a Vikings stadium deal this leg-islative session waxed and waned this week, the result of irresolute or ornery legislators who seem to reflect the conflicted views of their constituents. But the rush to assemble a stadium fund-ing package did expose a problem that de-serves fixing, with or without a stadium package. Minnesotas charitable gambling outlets have fought high taxes and dwindling re-ceipts for years. Under a stadium deal forged in the House of Representatives, the charities got much of the relief they sought, and the state got its source of annual stadium debt payments from increased charitable gam-bling revenues. The deal allows charities to add electron-ic pulltab operations wherever they operate traditional paper pulltabs. Gamblers would play out of the same jar, whether tearing cardboard tabs or touching images on the screen of a portable device kept inside the venue. The deal also allows electronically linked bingo, which would allow play within a single tavern or through a network of digitally con-

nected bars and restaurants. If the games offer an 85 percent payback to players, number-crunchers at the Minne-sota Gambling Control Board estimate, they will add $72 million a year to charitable gam-bling activity in the state. The stadium deal splits that down the middle $36 million to the state for debt payments, and $36 million to the organiza-tions in the form of tax relief and reform that would cut their tax bills by an average of 29 percent. Among the tax changes is a switch to taxing gross gambling receipts instead of taxing net receipts. Its not a perfect stadium solution. It may fall $6 million short right off the bat, and if expanded gambling revenue is less than fore-casted, backstop measures such as a stadium seat-licensing fee and a ticket tax would kick in. If I had it to do over again, I wish no-body had ever suggested we be tied to a sta-dium, King Wilson, executive director of Allied Charities of Minnesota, told the ECM

Editorial Board. But someone did suggest it DFL Sen-ate Minority Leader Tom Bakk, Wilson said because it seemed a politically viable way in a shrinking menu of options to raise the states share of stadium funding. Charitable gaming is fighting years of ero-sion. During its early boom phase, the indus-try was hit with an abrupt tax increase that helped balance the state budget but, Allied Charities says, has never been revisited. State gambling taxes on charities jumped from $26.85 million in 1989, the year the tax was raised, to $52.63 million in 1990. Allied Charities also blames the smoking ban, a lowered threshold for drunken driving and the Great Recession for driving down business. Gross receipts for charitable gambling peaked in 2000 at $1.48 billion (before prizes paid to players). By 2009, they had fallen to slightly less than $1 billion. The number of charitable gambling op-erations has fallen in recent years from 1,800 to 1,200, Wilson said. The erosion is felt in local communities. People have differing views about whether

gambling money should go to public pur-poses, but in the case of charitable gambling, the benefits are some of the most visible and most taken for granted. Charitable gambling helps pay for fields, for dugouts, for park equipment and police gear. About 30 percent of charitable gam-bling proceeds in Minnesota go to local gov-ernments, according to Allied Charities. Wil-son said 95 percent of what his organization in Columbia Heights gives away goes to the school district and the city recreation depart-ment. The stadium package and the charitable gambling solution deserve a final look before the 2012 Legislature limps home. If legisla-tors have another go at the stadium in 2013, charitable gambling should remain on the table. The high-drama politics may not be what Wilson wanted, but the exposure may help him gain what his members and their com-munities deserve. This editorial is a product of the ECM Edito-rial Board. The Dakota County Tribune and Sun Thisweek are part of ECM Publishers Inc.

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Enough with the stadium threats To the editor: Is it just me, or are there others out there who are sick of hearing about the Vikings stadium? At a time when some school districts have build-ings in need of repair, and families dont have money to pay for food or car re-pairs, Gov. Mark Dayton threatens us to build a sta-dium or lose the Vikings.

As an old mother, I know I learned if you put a baby in the playpen against that childs wishes, the child will cry and scream to get out. If you wait and hold your own, the child will ad-just to the toys within and quiet down and be happy with the situation. As a taxpayer I say hog-wash to Dayton. I dont like his threats. Let the big time (and highly paid) sportsmen build their own stadiums throughout our

USA. Does the governor want a future generation of men in their 40s whose bodies are already suffering the ef-fects of the rough sport, or does the governor want to plan a future generation of scientists, social workers, musicians, etc. Think.

ELIZABETH SCHREINERLakeville

National Day of Reason offers alternativeTo the editor: On Thursday, May 3, while Christians prostrate on the Capitol steps in St. Paul for the National Day of Prayer, the Minnesota Atheists will be celebrat-ing the National Day of Reason inside the Capitols rotunda at noon. The cel-ebration is open to the pub-lic and we welcome all who are interested. The National Day of Reason is celebrated by sec-ular organizations through-out the nation on the first Thursday in May as a collective response to the National Day of Prayer. This is also a day that we highlight religious-based unconstitutional practices, policies, and referendums such as the anti-GLBT marriage amendment on this Novembers statewide ballot. While it may be true that the texts of Abrahimic reli-gions (Christianity, Islam, and Judaism) forbid GLBT sexual relationships, we can take comfort that we do not live in a Christian nation where the Bible dictates our lives in the bedroom. John Adams left little doubt about religions role in our government when he and Congress rati-fied the Treaty of Tripoli

in 1797 which clearly in-dicates that the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion. Its also important to note that the framers of our Constitution carefully made no mention of God or Jesus in our nations most sacred, law giving docu-ment. Our godless Consti-tution was written by men of science and reason who valued the teachings of Spi-noza, Locke, and Hume. It is due to their devotion to reason, not Jesus, that the framers wrote Congress shall make no law respect-ing an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. Most atheists and many people of faith agree that our nation is strengthened when we preserve the Jef-fersonian wall between reli-gion and government. Both institutions are cheapened when one overreaches into the other. Whether youre tired of impressionable children being led by their public school teacher to pledge their allegiance to a na-tion under God or policy makers making an overt display of prayer, you can respond by actively cel-ebrating reason every day with the Minnesota Athe-ists.

ERIC JAYNEApple Valley

Stingy legislatorsTo the editor: A letter from parents about the proposed reduc-tion for a school schedule caught my eye. Reduced buying power in a local school district is forcing the district to make sug-gestions that reduce time in school, a concern for parents. This forced reduction in class time is necessitated by the stinginess of a state Legislature bent on forc-ing funding to come from the local school district rather than from the state level. This extreme ideo-logical stance punishes our children, and change a hopeful future to one that is, at best, only mediocre. Minnesota used to have a national reputation as a leader in education fund-ing. No longer is that so. Local economists bemoan it, school districts are ex-pected to do more with less, and parents are con-cerned. Nothing moves the decision makers. Leg-islators, some of them ed-ucators themselves, need a wake-up call that may not be able to be delivered un-til November.

JUDY FINGERApple Valley

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When I was growing up in small-town Michigan, my mother was offered a hand-me-down accordion after cousin Billy got a new one. She asked me whether I would take accordion lessons, an offer I politely declined, and Ive regretted that decision until this day. I love the arts but never took lessons in a musical instrument, in singing, in painting or any other artistic pursuit, but Ive seen the power of art in the lives of my children and others. Whether it was in the beautiful rendi-tion of Youve Got a Friend that my older son sang to his wife at their wedding, or the excellent education my younger son received at an art charter school after he couldnt find success at mainstream schools, Ive seen the difference art can make in the lives of kids. And in Dakota County, the opportunities are everywhere for children to succeed as art-ists, even if they cant succeed as athletes or scholars. No one knows that better than Hel-en Peterson, who has spent her career teach-ing young people to play musical instruments. She is director of the Minnesota Valley Con-servatory of Music and Kindermusik of the Valley in Burnsville. While expressing optimism about her thriving private businesses that provide mu-sical instruction to youth, she is distressed by cutbacks in music programs in the public schools. It opens the brain and calms the body, Peterson said about music in the basement office of an old mansion that is home to her businesses and other arts organizations. Music touches every part of the brain. Later in the day, she would be teaching a music-appreciation class to toddlers and their parents. No, she isnt teaching babies how to play the piano, but she is letting them feel the

rhythms of music while parents rock them and massage them. She believes that a child who hears a musical piece when very young will retain some memory of it when he or she hears it later in life. That familiarity, Peterson believes, breeds a comfort with music that helps kids learn reading, writing, math and other life skills. I think the arts whether visual art, mu-sic arts or dramatic arts put math, science, the social sciences into context, she said. She said jazz helps us understand the events of 1920s America. And musical beats, she said, are mathematical. Music students tend to learn other disciplines, such as math, more easily, she said. So she offers Kindermusik movement and music classes to children from newborn to 6 years of age at the building on River Ridge Circle overlooking the Minnesota River. And in her other business, the Minnesota Valley Conservatory of Music, she offers instruc-tion to older children and adults in a dozen instruments. She also teaches in a North Min-neapolis outreach program, where she sees the calming effects of art on the at-risk youth who live there. Children learn that music is something they can use to work through emotions and to control their emotions, she said. Peterson, who took over the conserva-tory of music after its founder, Scott Winters, couldnt keep it going while he was dealing

with other business issues at the old man-sion he tried to turn into a center for the arts. Because she was operating her Kindermusik franchise down the hall from the conservato-ry, she decided to try to keep both businesses going. Both are now profitable, proving to her that there is great demand for music educa-tion in Dakota County. Despite that demand, she said, music pro-grams are being cut back as school districts wrestle with funding issues. It breaks my heart, she said, to see how much music is being dropped out of schools. She mentioned cuts in music programs in Lakeville, where she lived before moving to Savage, and the threat to the arts as the fi-nancial pinch forces cuts in other local school districts. Getting back to my two sons, I think about the gift their artistic skills have made in their lives. For Eric, who is 36, music was an activity

that he pursued in addition to athletics. He was captain of the soccer team at Edina High School, but he also sang in the school choir, and he now uses his singing voice at weddings his and his sisters in recent years and in bars equipped with karaoke machines. For Zack, who is 21, art played a more crucial role when he was young. Zack had soccer skills, but his attention deficit disorder made it difficult for him to comply with the directives of coaches and to coordinate his play with teammates. His teachers tried to be patient with him, but large classrooms and homework made it im-possible for Zack to succeed in the Lakev-ille schools. During one of his most difficult times, in fourth grade, he agreed to try out for a play by Giant Step Theatre, which is run by Pete Martin, the longtime, now retired, direc-tor of community education in Lakeville. Zack, like so many young people, didnt fit in on the athletic field. But he found his place at ARTech charter school in Northfield, on the stage of Martins Giant Step and in weld-ing classes at Dunwoody Institute, where he learned the skills he needed to become a met-al artist. We tend to salute the people who teach our kids to hit a baseball and kick a football, and they are to be thanked for their efforts. But its just as important to thank the Helen Petersons and Pete Martins of our commu-nity, who teach our children the value of art, which, Peterson says, is more than a sidelight for kids. Its a way of knowing, she said. Larry Werner is editor and general manager of Sun Thisweek and the Dakota County Tribune. He can be reached at [email protected]. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

Photo by Larry Werner

Helen Peterson, director of the Minnesota Valley Conservatory of Music and Kindermusik of the Valley in Burnsville, knows the value of teaching young people to love music.

The arts enrich the lives of children in powerful waysSun ThisweekColumnistLarry Werner

Editors note: Jayne is asso-ciate president of Minnesota Atheists


by Aaron M. VehlingSun ThiSweek

Delaying roundabout construction and increas-ing senior center fees were among the topics the Lakeville City Council dis-cussed at its April 23 work session. The council does not take official action at work sessions, but the meetings are often the incubator for ideas voted on at regular meetings.

Roundabout delay interim City engineer Zachary Johnson and Pub-lic works Director Chris Petree recommended that the city delay construction of a roundabout at 205th Street and kenrick Avenue. This would allow for potentially more favorable bids in spring 2013, because that would be at the start of the construction season, Johnson said. Consultant SRF is about 95 percent complete with the roundabouts plans. The $630,000 project would take six to eight weeks to complete, follow-ing a three to four week bidding process, Johnson said. The construction cost would be about $500,000, with the balance going to-ward engineering and other costs. The citys 2012-2016 Capital improvement Plan budgeted for a $375,000 project, but the costs in-creased because of several significant design changes and safety improvements, Johnson said. walmart, which will be located down the street and

across interstate 35, has committed $75,000 in an escrow toward the project. To use the money, the city needs to complete the proj-ect by 2014, Johnson said. The remaining $555,000 would come from Street Reconstruction Bonds, which would be repaid with property tax levies of about $61,000 per year for 10 years, Johnson said. The more favorable bid-ding season could drive down the tax levy because of the reduced cost of the project, he added.

Senior Center fees Senior Center rates are set to double, generating be-tween $18,000 and $22,000 annually in revenue. Below are the current rates with the proposed in-crease in parentheses: Resident single mem-ber: $9 a year ($18); Resident couple: $15 ($34); non-resident single: $15; ($30). There is no spe-cial for non-resident cou-ples. Of the about 1,110 Lakeville Senior Center members, 60 percent are residents. Part of the reasoning be-hind the rate increase is the improved amenities at the heritage Center, which will open this fall, Parks and Recreation Director Steve Michaud said. Mayor Mark Bellows said the increase is still rather low. when i tell people se-nior fees are $9, he said, they say a month? Discussion began about a tiered system. Given that

working people in their 50s can use the centers hun-dreds of offerings, the may-or said, we can justify the higher dues. The senior center recent-ly introduced a punch card system, in which historical-ly free programs now carry a surcharge. Free programs now re-quire a single punch, valued at 50 cents, Michaud said. Council members in general were not enthused by the system. we can give it a go, but if it didnt work out, i wouldnt be terribly disap-pointed, Council Member kerrin Swecker said.

Reduced regulation its nearly game over for an early Reagan-era ordi-nance that regulated devic-es such as pinball machines and other arcade amuse-ments. it was a trend back then to require places with vend-ing and amusement devices to pay a license fee for per-mits to operate such devic-

es. This was an era before ubiquitous personal video game systems, and so the ordinance (based on a 1970s state statute) was de-signed to prevent potential nuisances associated with the devices at places such as bowling alleys, movie the-aters and bars. Revenue is marginal, topping out at about $3,000 a year from renewals, asso-ciate planner Allyn kuen-nen said. in the 30 years since its passage, there have been no cases of issues or nui-sances associated with the amusement devices, kuen-nen said. he recommended eliminating the regulation effective January 2013. Council Member Col-leen LaBeau lauded the rec-ommendation, saying that it will make doing busi-ness easier in Lakeville.

Aaron Vehling can be reached at [email protected] or facebook.com/sun-thisweek.

Roundabout delayed; senior fees could increaseNo more circuses for Lakeville Arenas

Official cites desire to not offendby Aaron M. Vehling

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The circus might have been in town earlier this week, but in the future, Lakeville Arenas (which operates the Ames and hasse arenas) will no longer rent its sites to cir-cuses that use animals. This is in part because of pressure from PeTA, the animal rights group, which notified Lakeville Arenas about the The Great American Fam-ily Circus that performed on Monday night, April 23. Owned by the Liebel family, the circus company has been fined by the united States De-partment of Agriculture in relation to the housing of an elephant, accord-ing to a story in the Or-lando Sentinel. in an email exchange between kristine Baney of PeTA and Shayne Ratcliff, manager of the Arenas, Ratcliff said that while the organization was contractually obli-gated to host the April 23 circus, we have reevalu-ated our rental policy and will no longer of-fer our facility to circus companies in the future. in the email, Ratcliff said that he met with the board of directors of the Arenas on April 18 and formalized the policy. According to PeTA, the Liebel Family Cir-cus has a long history of animal abuse, includ-ing chaining animals so

tightly that they cant move and denying them veterinary care. PeTA commends Lakeville Arenas for tak-ing a stand against cru-elty to animals, public endangerment and vio-lations of federal law, said PeTA Foundation Director of Captive Ani-mal Law enforcement Delcianna winders in a statement. Ratcliff said that though PeTA provided some key information that contributed to the boards decision, ul-timately the decision rested on the viability of circuses as entertainment for the community. we realized that cir-cuses in general could be offensive, Ratcliff said. Lakeville Arenas hosts events such as circuses and derbies to gener-ate revenue to offset ice rates. it was never our in-tent to offend anyone, he said. The City of Lakeville and the Lakeville school district jointly own Lakeville Arenas. Tom Liebel, owner of the circus company, could not be reached for comment.

Aaron Vehling can be reached at aaron.ve-h l i n g@ e cm - i n c . c om or facebook.com/sun-thisweek.


by Aaron M. VehlingSun ThiSweek

For more than 25 years, Ann Proudfoots Lakeville-based Danceworks Per-forming Arts Center has navigated the cutthroat wa-ters of intense competition, the confounding dynamics of changing dance trends, family tragedy and a par-ticularly brutal economic re-cession to reach the thriving station it enjoys today. People come up to me and say this program is great, Proudfoot said. Thats the best thing, where you have something you get so much joy from. Danceworks started in november 1986 as Cedar Street Danceworks at 160th Street and Cedar Avenue with a 1,200-square-foot stu-dio. it was one of the first dance studios in town. Proudfoot and her hus-band, who worked with northwest Airlines, moved from the Chicago area be-cause he was relocated. Proudfoot had been operat-ing a dance studio for four years and decided to open Danceworks when they ar-rived. when you start any business, the high point is the excitement and actually building a program and hav-ing it succeed, she said. The studio has moved around Lakeville, grow-ing larger as time has pro-gressed. now the company has two locations: one near County Road 50 and Dodd

Boulevard and another far-ther north at Dodd Boule-vard and 175th Street, the latter topping out at 14,000 square feet. The former is for sale, Proudfoot said, be-cause we dont need it any-more. The studio offers training to an age range of 3 to adult in styles ranging from the foundations, such as ballet, jazz, tap, ballroom, to vari-ous forms of hip-hop and modern dance. You have to do it all nowadays, Proudfoot said. She has not raised rates in six years and strives to main-tain a teacher-to-student ra-tio of 1:12. You have to remain competitive with other local programs, she said. The hard part is i feel the quality is so much higher; my over-head is higher because of the quality of my instructors.

Always the dance Proudfoot has always been a performing arts afi-cionado, even if she did not necessarily have an official outlet for it. She grew up in Chicago with aspirations to take classes at a dance studio. we didnt have access to it and wouldnt be able to af-ford it, she said. That situation changed drastically, thanks to a change in geography and the generous offerings of her new suburban school dis-trict. i was introduced to it as part of a physical educa-

tion class as part of the high school curriculum, she said. She went on to the uni-versity of utah in Salt Lake City and majored in dance and physical education. Be-fore getting into the dance studio business, Proudfoot taught physical education in the Chicago public school system.

After all these years, she could not pinpoint one dance style that is her favor-ite. ive enjoyed professional performances of all types, Proudfoot said. As is true with all art, tastes in dance can be rather subjective. Some leave you in tears, she said. Others you look at and think what the heck are they doing up there? Proudfoot, along with her staff of adult instructors, have enjoyed years of instill-ing the arts in students in Dakota County. The average tenure of a teacher at Dance-works is about 14 years. That is fairly low turn-over, Proudfoot said. Very few places can say that, she said. it is with those teachers that she found a thriving business.

The amazing staff and the friendships: Thats what has led to the success of the program, Proudfoot said. i have awesome teachers. Ballet teacher David Stright has worked with Proudfoot for about 14 years. he said his boss has in-tegrity. its a good thing to have in a boss, she said. So ive stayed. Stright, of inver Grove heights, has a professional background as a ballet danc-er and teaches special educa-tion at a charter school for his day job. (Proudfoot) has high standards for teachers, Stright said. Students learn to dance, they dont just come in and have a good time. nevertheless, Proudfoot does not approve of a hos-tile learning environment whether the bullying is from students or teachers. Shes really committed to it being a nice, emotion-ally safe place for kids to come, he said. Among the most memo-rable moments over the past 25 years, Proudfoot said, are those that involve helping students participate in dance who could otherwise not do so. ive given a lot of kids free classes because they couldnt afford it, she said. its probably something that when you see them do something, you get so much joy out of it. One girl eventually be-came a semi-professional dancer after spending eight years at Danceworks free of charge. She went on to get a scholarship in dance, Proudfoot said. now she is an attorney. Proudfoot offers free classes to low-income fami-lies because i think that if i were that young girl, how nice it would be to work hard and get so much joy out of this. her own experience with challenged access to

a studio contributes to this empathy. new competition over the years and even the worst economic recession since the 1930s have not derailed Proudfoots goals. But what has changed her plans is an accident on a dock in a lake. Proudfoot said that her husband and three sons have always come first. But when her son was paralyzed after falling off a dock and div-ing into too-shallow water, her energies have been refo-cused. Scott was a science ma-jor, whose first job involved purifying synthetic DnA. A champion diver in Lakeville, Scott went head first when he fell off that dock on July 9, 2011. with a broken neck, Scott has endured months of physical therapy and treat-ment, though maintaining movement above his chest and a clear, acute mind. Modern technology, such as voice activated software, have helped immensely, Proudfoot said, but he still needs his family. She foresees transitions in the next few years, she said. At this point, family comes first. Proudfoot sees herself getting more involved in state politics, advocating for legislation that would pro-vide funding for stem cell re-search surgery centered on which could provide her son with a future opportunity to walk again. Overall, Proudfoot said it has been a good run, and that 95 percent of it has been positive. im fortunate to have the people in my life that i do, she said. As part of the celebra-tion of the studios 25 years, Danceworks will put on a recital at 10 a.m. and 1 and 4 p.m. May 12 at Lakeville north high School. Aaron Vehling can be reached at [email protected] or facebook.com/sun-thisweek.

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DanceWorks in Lakeville is celebrating more than 25 years of dance education, starting out in a 1,200-square-foot space and eventually expanding to one that covers more than 14,000 square feet. Owner Ann Proudfoot said most of her experiences during these more than two decades teaching dance have been pleasant ones.


Dental therapists on the rise?Farmington resident appears on television,

before Congress to spread messageby Laura Adelmann

Sun ThiSweek

Farmington City Coun-cil Member Christy Jo Fogarty has taken the national stage to encour-age expansion of the first dental therapy program that trains dental hygien-ists to perform some of the same services as dentists. Dental therapists pro-vide dental services to the poor and uninsured who are not getting regular treatments, in part due to a shortage of providers who accept Medicare and other public assistance. in 2009, Minnesota be-came the first state in the nation to allow dental ther-apy training, and Fogarty, a dental hygienist, was in the programs first graduat-ing class last year. Dental therapists fill cavities, clean teeth and perform extractions under a dentists supervision. After 2,000 hours expe-rience, they earn the title of advanced dental thera-pist, and are free to ex-pand their work outside of the dentist office, such as in nursing homes, to perform additional procedures but still following a dentists treatment plan. Although the idea of similar educational pro-grams have been discussed in other states, Minnesotas front-runner status has al-lowed Fogarty a platform upon which to advocate for the program to spread be-yond state borders. At the request of u.S. Sen. Al Franken, in Febru-ary Fogarty testified before a u.S. Senate committee for expanding the training to other states. She was also interviewed for a PBS Frontline re-port about the issue set to air in June. The show took hours to film and the crew almost

took over part of the clin-ic, Fogarty said. She said they asked a wide range of questions that she was instructed to respond as if they had not asked her a question. i thought theyd inter-view me for five or 10 min-utes and it would be about a two-minute spot, but it was a two-and-a-half hour interview, Fogarty said. it really surprised me. Testifying in washing-ton, D.C., was a whirlwind experience for Fogarty, who said she arrived, testi-fied and returned home in less than 24 hours. She had been recom-mended to appear before the committee by her in-structor. Fogarty remains inter-ested in more opportunities to advocate for similar pro-grams in other states.

She said Vermont legis-lators are interested in the program, including u.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, chair of the committee that Fog-arty addressed. while Fogarty is work-ing to expand dental thera-py programs in other states, the American Dental Asso-ciation and similar advo-cacy groups oppose allow-ing non-dentists to perform surgical or irreversible den-tal care like extractions, citing patient safety con-cerns. Fogarty said an ad-vanced dental therapist is not a replacement for a dentist, but will help every-one, including seniors and children, have access to oral health care.

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Farmington resident Christy Jo Fogarty has advocated in Washington, D.C., to encourage expansion of a dental therapy program that trains dental hygienists to perform some of the same services as dentists.

College news Tessa Beckstrom, daugh-ter of John and Lisa Beck-strom of Lakeville, was hon-ored with the Outstanding Community Service Award on April 15 at the university of Minnesota-Duluth. She is a sophomore at uMD. Stephanie Olson of Ap-ple Valley was recognized with the kloubec Scholar-ship in Character in Lead-ership iii at the Jamestown College (n.D.) honors Convocation on April 12.

Chess tourney A team from Greenleaf elementary, Apple Valley, won first place in the South-ern Metro Chess Tourna-ment hosted by Lakeville Area Community educa-tion on April 14 at McGuire Middle School in Lakeville. A total of 35 schools participated in the tourna-ment matching 86 players in 240 games of chess. Lakevilles Cherry View elementary took second place and Lakeview ele-mentary placed third.

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Forces join to battle homelessnessCampaign launch is May 14 at Mary, Mother of the Church

by John GessnerSun ThiSweek

Jean MacFarland of Burnsville has been helping people in need find homes for 35 years. MacFarland and her late husband, Tom, were foster parents for Dakota County. in the early 1990s Jean was director of the Lewis house womens and family shelter. Today MacFarland chairs the board of the 125-congregation Metro-politan interfaith Council on Affordable housing. For all the attention focused on homelessness over the years including in relatively prosperous Da-kota County, once thought immune to it MacFarland says theres never been a better time to attack the problem. her optimism stems from campaigns unfolding statewide under the head-ing home Minnesota ban-ner. Locally, the heading home Dakota campaign will be launched at a public forum on May 14 at 6:30 p.m. at Mary, Mother of the Church in Burnsville. what really excites me about heading home Da-kota is that this is a com-munitywide effort, a col-laborative, bringing people together to work on (hope-

lessness), MacFarland said. i wouldnt say that ive seen any of that. Orga-nizations may partner to-gether on a project, but this is all sectors in the commu-nity really working together on it. heading home Min-nesota is a public-private partnership working to end homelessness. it includes in-dividual campaigns in eight counties and in six regions blanketing Minnesota. nationally, more than 250 plans have been devel-oped the result of a Bush administration push to bring community resources to bear, said eric Grum-dahl, housing manager for Dakota County Social Ser-vices. The ultimate goal: end homelessness in 10 years, Grumdahl said. its an ambitious goal, he said. it will require a lot of work. Dakota County gov-ernment including the countys housing and rede-velopment agency are on board. Some 60 parties to the effort include local gov-ernment agencies, churches and faith-based groups and long-standing housing ad-vocates such as MiCAh and the Coalition for Af-fordable Transitional hous-

ing, a group of congrega-tions that provides six units of transitional housing in Dakota County. how widespread is h o m e -l e s s -

ness in the county? we dont have signifi-cant numbers sleeping on the streets and such, Mac-Farland said. But theres more to it. The countys annual point-in-time count, measured this year on Jan. 25, showed 1,013 Dakota County residents to be homeless. Thats a 20 percent in-crease from the 2011 count of 841, although the county added two categories to the 2012 count: people living in an apartment or home with the utilities shut off (66) and people in a treatment facility or hospital (32). The increase is 9 percent if those categories are excluded.

A number of people moving out of troubled Country Village Apart-ments in Burnsville, whose rental license has since been

revoked, contributed to the 20 percent increase, Grumdahl noted. under the federal defini-tion of homelessness, Da-kota County had only 353 homeless people on Jan. 25. The Department of hous-ing and urban Develop-ment doesnt count people who are doubling up or in similarly precarious ar-rangements as homeless. even under the narrower federal definition, Dakota Countys homeless count was 17 percent higher than the 2011 count of 302. Statewide, the number of people without perma-nent shelter rose 25 percent from October 2006 to Octo-ber 2009, according to the wilder Foundation, which takes a county every three years. On any given night, there

may be 13,000 homeless Minnesotans, not counting people doubling up or liv-ing temporarily with family or friends, wilder estimates. homelessness is a family problem. Dakota Countys 2011 count showed that 46 percent of homeless people sheltered in emergency or transitional housing were children under 18 accompa-nied by parents. By measures of our need, Dakota Countys homeless population has grown, Grumdahl said. were not getting a han-dle on the situation, Mac-Farland said. Meanwhile, the vacancy rate for rental housing in Dakota County is 3.4 per-cent, the lowest in a decade, Grumdahl said. According to the countys Commu-nity Development Agency, it takes annual income of $49,160 about $24 an hour to afford the average three-bedroom apartment in Dakota County. The low availability of affordable, sustainable housing is one of the most substantial challenges in ending homelessness, Grumdahl said.

in an extensive report, heading home Dakota sets out goals and two dozen strategies for preventing homelessness, ensuring an adequate supply of hous-ing, boosting outreach to the homeless, improving services and systems for ad-dressing homelessness, and engaging the public in fight-ing the problem. The work will take mon-ey nearly $42 million over five years, heading home Dakota estimates. nearly 80 percent of that is for brick-and-mortar construc-tion, renovation and preser-vation of affordable hous-ing. The campaign, under the direction of its lead agency, the Affordable housing Co-alition, is eyeing federal and state grants, county and city funds and private funding. My heart is in hous-ing, MacFarland said. its so basic to the well-being of children and families and individuals.

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beauty, ended her life journey onApril 13, 2012, surrounded byfamily and loved ones. Born Feb.22, 1925, in Iroquois, So. Dak.,the youngest of five children ofHenry and Ethel Wiedenman,Georgia married the love of herlife, RaymondW. Terwilliger, onSept. 19, 1944, in San Diego,Ca l i f . Fol low ing the end ofWWII, Georgia and Ray farmedfo r s e v e ra l y e a r s i n Sou thDakota, and resettled in Minne-sota in 1953.Georgia attended South Dakota

State University, Brookings, andearned an associates degree fromNormandale Community College.She served as executive assistantto the super intendent of Ind.School District 191 for 28 years.Her dedication, impeccable workethic, and professional demeanorset the standard through the ten-ure of five different superinten-dents. The Georgia D. Terwil-liger Media Center at HiddenValley Elementary School wasestablished in her honor in 1989.After her retirement, Georgia

spent her remaining years doingwhat gave her most joy, spendingtime with family and friends.Georgias graciousness, patience,gentle spirit, accepting nature,and generous and loving heartendeared her to all who had thegood fortune of knowing her. Shew i l l be remembe red fo r he rsmiles, her courage, her sense ofwonder, and her calm and caringpresence. She has been a gift toher family, her friends, and to thewor ld, and she w i l l be sorelymissed.Preceded in death by parents,

Henry and Ethel, and siblingsBoyd (E la i n e ) W i edenman ,Phoebe (Nick) Jones, Maxine(Gene) Annis, and Reva (Duane)Garry. Survived by loving hus-band of nearly 68 years, Ray-mond Terw i l l iger ; chi ldren,Char lene (Ca l ) Hoe, Pamela(Sonny Haas) Terwilliger, andScott (Peg) Terwilliger. She wasimmen se ly p roud of he r 10grandchildren: Kala (Kapua)Hoe, Liko (Hoku) Hoe, KawaiHoe, Brian Martodam, Craig(Sara) Martodam, Shana (Jeff)Schmidt, Alisa (Jim Carter)Mar-todam, Ke l ly (Ma t t ) Dav is ,Kristofer (Ashley Bendt) Terwil-liger, and Nikolas Terwilliger;and her great-grandchildren:Kahiwa, Maile Emma, Keenan,Marla, Bailey, Blake, Brayden,and Austin.A celebration of Georgias life

will be Friday, June 29, 2012, 2-7p.m., at Cleary Lake RegionalPa rk Pav i l i on , P r i o r Lake .Memo r ia l s p re fe r red to theAlzheimers Association, or to acause close to your heart.

Edward Wallin8/11/1957-3/18/2012

THANK YOUThanks to the support of fam-

i ly , fr i ends , and communi tymembers , Eddie was ab le toreceive the final arrangementsand resting place he so richlydeserved. Thank you again foryour generosity and kindness. Edwas truly a shining star in theLakeville Community.

Coltrain -MoenchTom and Sher i Moench of

Lakeville announce the engage-ment of their son Jeff, to Saman-tha Coltrain, daughter of Rickand Cheri Coltrain of Balwin,Wis.Samantha is a 2007 graduate of

Baldwin High School. She is cur-rently employed at Club Monacoat MOA.Je f f i s a 2002 g radua te o f

Lakeville High School. He is cur-rently employed at Walsh Con-struction of St. Paul. A Septem-ber wedding is planned.

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whether its style, rebel-lion, symbolism or culture, everyone has a unique rea-son for getting a tattoo. But one eagan tattoo shop own-er hopes area residents will get inked for a good cause fighting breast cancer. Rockin Tattoos will give tattoos of pink ribbons and other cancer symbols from noon to 6 p.m. May 5 in an effort to raise money for the Susan G. komen 3-Day walk. Artists will also ac-cept requests for other rib-bon colors, which symbolize various types of cancer. In addition to permanent tattoos, which cost between $40 and $300, attendees can purchase temporary tattoos for $2 at the event called Tats for Tatas. while waiting for their tattoos, attendees will be able to munch on pizza donated by Carbones. All proceeds will be do-nated to a local 3-Day team called Team Breast Foot Forward. Owner Joe Christensen said he was inspired by his sisters battle with cancer to become involved in raising money for cancer research. After seeing how so many people helped my sis-ter, I wanted to give back, Christensen said. At age 36, Christensens sister, Tina Marsh, was di-agnosed in 2007 with breast cancer, which had already metastasized to the lymph nodes.

I was devastated, she said. All I could think about was my three boys. At ages 1, 6 and 7, Marshs sons were too young to understand the se-riousness of her illness. Christensen, too, was stunned by the news. It didnt seem real at first, he said. You never think it will happen to some-one close to you. Over the next two years, Marsh endured chemother-apy, a single mastectomy and several reconstructive surgeries. Through it all, Marsh said she was able to stay strong with the support of family and friends. During her battle, Chris-tensen donned the image of a pink ribbon and horseshoe, along with Tinas name on his leg, in dedication of her courage and luck. Marshs cancer has been in remission for several years now, and today she dedicates her time to raising aware-ness. Previously, Christensen has helped raise money for the Angel Foundation. So, naturally he agreed without hesitation to raise money for his sisters cancer walk team. Pink Courage will be at the event as well to sell its iconic pink goods. The non-profit plans to donate 20 percent of its proceeds to the team.

Rockin Tattoos is located at 3390 Coachman Road, Suite 210, in eagan. For more information, call (651) 340-0257 or visit rockintat-toos.net.

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

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Rockin Tattoos owner Joe Christensen plans to host an event at his shop May 5 called Tats for Tatas to raise money for a Susan G. Komen 3-Day team. His sister, Tina Marsh, is a member of the team and a breast cancer survivor.

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FarmingtonSpring fair Trinity Lutheran Church, 600 walnut St., Farmington, will hold its annual Spring Fair from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, May 12. Dinner will be a hot roast beef sandwich, mashed po-tatoes and gravy, beverage and dessert. Cost is $7 for adults; $6.50 for seniors and children ages 6-10; free for children under 6. The event will include a bake sale.

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LAKEVILLE, MINNESOTA 55044Lakeville Area Public Schools (ISD #194)

will receive single prime sealed bids for theLakeville North High School Roof Replace-ment until 2 p.m. local time on May 3, 2012at the District Office, 8670 210th StreetWest, Lakeville Minnesota 55044, at whicht ime and place a l l b ids w i l l be pub l ic lyopened and read aloud.Bidding documents, including the Pro-

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E. 24th Street, M inneapolis, MN 55404(612) 722-2303, facsimile (612) 722-3745,will provide complete sets of the BiddingDocuments to prospective bidders andsubcontractors. The copies will be avail-able about April 16, 2012. Both a depositcheck i n the amoun t o f $70 and anon-refundable check in the amount of $30made out to Lakeville Area Public Schools( ISD #194) fo r each se t o rde red a rerequired or Bidding Documents may beordered via the internet at www.e-arc.comand clicking on the PlanWell icon, then thePublic Plan Room icon, select LakevilleNorth High School Roof Replacement. Thefollowing information must accompany thedeposit: Company name, mailing address,street address, phone and facsimile num-bers and type of b idder ( i .e. Genera l ,Mechanical or Electrical Subcontractor toGeneral, or other). A refund of $70 will besent to prime contractors who submit a bidto the Owner and subcontractors for eachset (including addenda) returned to Ameri-can Reprographics Company in good con-dition within ten (10) calendar days of theaward date, subject to the conditions of AIADocument A701. Refunds will not be givenif the plans are returned to the ArchitectsOffice.Make proposals on the bid forms sup-

plied in the Project Manual. No oral, tele-graphic or telephonic proposals or modifi-cations will be considered. Submit witheach bid, a certified check or acceptablebidders bond payable to Lakeville AreaPublic Schools (ISD #194) in an amountequal to five percent (5%) of the total bid.The successful bidder will be required tofurnish satisfactory Labor and MaterialPayment Bond, and Performance Bond.Bids may not be withdrawn within thirty

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Independent School District #194 willreceive single prime sealed bids for theMulti-Site Bituminous Repairs until 2:00p.m. local time on May 3, 2012 at the Inde-pendent School District #194 District Office,8670 210th Street West, Lakeville, Minne-sota, 55044, at which time and place allb ids w i l l be pub l ic ly opened and readaloud.Bidding documents, including the Pro-

posal Form, Drawings and Specifications,will be on file at the Offices of the Architect,Wold Architects and Engineers, 305 St.Peter Street, St. Paul, Minnesota 55102.(651) 227-7773; at the Minneapolis Build-ers Exchange; Builders Exchange at St.Paul; McGraw Hill Construction/Dodge PlanCenter; Reed Construct ion; iSqFt P lanRoom (Brooklyn Center); and from Ameri-c a n R e p r o g r a p h i c s C om p a n y a twww.e-arc.com.This project includes: Crack fill, sealcoat,

and repair of existing bituminous parkingsurfaces at multiple facilities throughout theSchool District.American Reprographic Company, 2007

E. 24th Street, M inneapolis, MN 55404(612) 722-2303, facsimile (612) 722-3745,will provide complete sets of the BiddingDocuments to prospective bidders andsubcontractors. The copies will be avail-able about April 16, 2012. Both a depositcheck i n the amoun t o f $70 and anon-refundable check in the amount of $30made out to "Independent School District#194" for each set ordered are required orBidding Documents may be ordered via theinternet at www.ersdigital.com and clickingon the PlanWell icon, then the Public PlanRoom icon, select Multi-Site BituminousRepairs. The following information mustaccompany the deposit: Company name,mailing address, street address, phone andfacsimile numbers and type of bidder (i.e.Genera l , Subcontractor to Genera l , orother). A refund of $70 will be sent to primecontractors who submit a bid to the Ownerand subcontractors for each set (includingaddenda) returned to Amer ican Repro-graphics Company in good condition withinten (10) calendar days of the award date,subject to the conditions of AIA DocumentA701. Returns will not be given if the plansare returned to the Architect's Office.Make proposals on the bid forms sup-

plied in the Project Manual. No oral, tele-graphic or telephonic proposals or modifi-cations will be considered. Submit witheach bid, a certified check or acceptablebidder's bond payable Independent SchoolDistrict #194 in an amount equal to fivepercent (5%) of the total bid. The success-ful bidder will be required to furnish satis-factory Labor and Material Payment Bond,and Performance Bond.Bids may not be withdrawn within thirty


tion of the project on or before August 17,2012.Board of EducationIndependent School District No. 1948670 210th Street WestLakeville, Minnesota 55044Kathy Lewis, ClerkPublish: April 20, 2012 & April 27, 20122980503 4/20-4/27/12 PUBLIC NOTICE

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Independent School District #194 willreceive single prime sealed bids for CrystalLake Center Improvements until 2:00 p.m.local time on May 1, 2012 at the Indepen-dent School District #194, District Office,8670 210th Street West, Lakeville, Minne-sota 55044, at which time and place all bidswill be publicly opened and read aloud.Bidding documents, including the Pro-

posal Form, Drawings and Specifications,will be on file at the Offices of the Architect,Wold Architects and Engineers, 305 St.Peter Street, St. Paul, Minnesota 55102.(651) 227-7773; at the Minneapolis Build-ers Exchange; Builders Exchange at St.Paul; McGraw Hill Construction/Dodge PlanCenter; Reed Construct ion; iSqFt P lanRoom (St. Paul, MN); Albert Lea BuildersExchange; Builders Exchange of Rochester,and from PlanWell at www.e-arc.com.This project modifications includes: Inte-

rior improvements to the Crystal Lake Edu-cation Center, including new interior fin-ishes, mechanical, electrical, doors anddoor hardware, minor space reorganization.American Reprographics Company, 2007

E. 24th Street, M inneapolis, MN 55404(612) 722-2303, facsimile (612) 722-3745,will provide complete sets of the BiddingDocuments to prospective bidders andsubcontractors. The copies will be avail-able about April 16. Both a deposit check inthe amount of $70.00 and a non-refund-able check in the amount of $30.00 madeout to "Independent School District #194"for each set ordered are required or Bid-ding Documents may be ordered via theinternet at www.e-arc.com and clicking onthe PlanWell icon, then the Public PlanRoom icon, select Crysta l Lake CenterImprovements. The following informationmust accompany the deposit: Companyname, mailing address, street address,phone and facsimile numbers and type ofbidder (i.e. General, Mechanical or Electri-cal Subcontractor to General, or other). Arefund of $70.00 will be sent to prime con-tractors who submit a bid to the Owner andsubcontractors for each set ( inc ludingaddenda) returned to Amer ican Repro-graphics Company in good condition withinten (10) calendar days of the award date,subject to the conditions of AIA DocumentA701. Refunds will not be given if the plansare returned to the Architect's Office.Make proposals on the bid forms sup-

plied in the Project Manual. No oral, tele-graphic or telephonic proposals or modifi-cations will be considered. Submit witheach bid, a certified check or acceptableb idder's bond payab le to IndependentSchool District #194 in an amount equal tofive percent (5%) of the total bid. The suc-cessful bidder will be required to furnishsatisfactory Labor and Material PaymentBond, and Performance Bond.Bids may not be withdrawn within thirty


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DISTRICT #1942980786 4/20-4/27/12


MULTI-SITE FLOORING REPLACEMENTLAKEVILLE, MINNESOTA

Lakeville Area Public Schools (ISD #194)will receive single prime sealed bids for theMulti-Site Flooring Replacement until 2:00p.m. local time on May 2, 2012 at the Dis-t r ic t O f f ice, 8670 210th S t ree t West ,Lakeville, Minnesota 55044, at which timeand place all bids will be publicly openedand read aloud.Bidding documents, including the Pro-

posal Form, Drawings and Specifications,will be on file at the Offices of the Architect,Wold Architects and Engineers, 305 St.Peter Street, St. Paul, Minnesota 55102.(651) 227-7773; at the Minneapolis Build-ers Exchange; Builders Exchange at St.Paul; McGraw Hill Construction/Dodge PlanCenter; Reed Construct ion; iSqFt P lanRoom (St. Paul, MN); and from PlanWell atwww.e-arc.com.This project inc ludes : Remova l and

replacement of existing carpet and VCTflooring at multiple facilities throughout theSchool District.American Reprographic Company, 2007

E. 24th Street, M inneapolis, MN 55404(612) 722-2303, facsimile (612) 722-3745,will provide complete sets of the BiddingDocuments to prospective bidders andsubcontractors. The copies will be avail-able about April 16, 2012. Both a depositcheck i n the amoun t o f $70 and anon-refundable check in the amount of $30made out to "Lakeville Area Public Schools( ISD #194)" fo r each se t o rde red a rerequired or Bidding Documents may beordered via the internet at www.e-arc.comand clicking on the PlanWell icon, then thePublic Plan Room icon, select Multi-SiteFlooring Replacement. The following infor-mation must accompany the deposit: Com-pany name, ma i l i ng add ress , st ree taddress, phone and facsimile numbers andtype of bidder (i.e. General, Mechanical orElectrical Subcontractor to General, orother). A refund of $70 will be sent to primecontractors who submit a bid to the Ownerand subcontractors for each set (includingaddenda) returned to Amer ican Repro-graphic Company in good condition withinten (10) calendar days of the award date,subject to the conditions of AIA DocumentA701. Refunds will not be given if the plansare returned to the Architect's Office.Make proposals on the bid forms sup-

plied in the Project Manual. No oral, tele-graphic or telephonic proposals or modifi-cations will be considered. Submit witheach bid, a certified check or acceptablebidder's bond payable to Lakeville AreaPublic Schools (ISD #194) in an amountequal to five percent (5%) of the total bid.The successful bidder will be required tofurnish satisfactory Labor and MaterialPayment Bond, and Performance Bond.Bids may not be withdrawn within thirty


tion of the project on or before August 17,2012.Independent School District No. 1948670 210th Street WestLakeville, Minnesota 55044Kathy Lewis, ClerkPublish: April 20, 2012 & April 27, 20122980796 4/20-4/27/12

PUBLIC NOTICEMULTI-SITE WALL FINISH PROJECT

Lakeville, MinnesotaIndependent School District #194 will

receive single prime sealed bids for theMulti-Site Wall Finish Project until 3:00 p.m.local time on May 2, 2012 at the DistrictOffice, 8670 210th Street West, Lakeville,Minnesota, 55044, at which time and placeall bids will be publicly opened and readaloud.Bidding documents, including the Bid

Form, Drawings and Specifications, will beon file at the Offices of the 7773; at theMinneapolis Builders Exchange; BuildersExchange at St. Paul; McGraw Hill Con-struction/Dodge Plan Center; Reed Con-struction; iSqFt Plan Room (St. Paul, MN);St. Cloud Builders Exchange; and fromAmer ican Reprographics Company atwww.e-arc.com.This project includes: Vinyl wall covering

remova l , subst ra te p repa ra t i on andrepainting of existing surfaces at multiplefacilities throughout the District.American Reprographics Company, 2007

E. 24th Street, M inneapolis, MN 55404(612) 722-2303, facsimile (612) 722-3745,will provide complete sets of the BiddingDocuments to prospective bidders andsubcontractors. The copies will be avail-able about April 16, 2012. Both a depositcheck in the amoun t of $70 .00 and anon-refundable check in the amount of$30.00 made out to "Independent SchoolD istr ict #194" for each set ordered arerequired or Bidding Documents may beordered via the internet at www.e-arc.com.The following information must accompanythe depos i t : Company name, ma i l ingaddress, street address, phone and fac-s imile numbers and type of b idder (i.e.Genera l , Subcontractor to Genera l , orother). A refund of $70.00 will be sent toprime contractors who submit a bid to theOwner and subcontractors for each set(including addenda) returned to AmericanReprographics Company in good conditionwithin ten (10) calendar days of the awarddate, sub ject to the condit ions of AIADocument A701. Refunds will not be givenif the plans are returned to the Architect'sOffice.Make bids on the bid forms supplied in

the Project Manual. No oral, telegraphic ortelephonic bids or modifications will beconsidered. Submit with each bid, a certi-fied check or acceptable bidder's bondpayable to Independent School District#194 in an amount equal to five percent(5%) of the total bid. The successful bidderwill be required to furnish satisfactory Laborand Material Payment Bond, and Perfor-mance Bond.Bids may not be withdrawn within thirty


tion of the project on or before July 6, 2012(Cherry View Elementary), July 27, 2012(Lakeview Elementary) and August 17, 2012(Lake Marion Elementary).Board of EducationIndependent School District No. 1948670 210th Street WestLakeville, Minnesota 55044Kathy Lewis, ClerkPublish: April 20, 2012 & April 27, 2012

DISTRICT # 1942980823 4/20-4/27/12


LAKEVILLE SOUTH HIGH SCHOOLTRACK AND TENNIS RESURFACING

21135 JACQUARD AVENUELAKEVILLE, MINNESOTA 55044

Independent School District #194 willreceive s ing le p r ime sea led b ids fo rLakev i l le South H igh School Track andTennis Resurfacing until 2:00 p.m. localtime on May 1, 2012 at the ISD #194 Dis-t r ic t O f f ice 8670 210th S t ree t West ,Lakeville, Minnesota 55044 at which timeand place all bids will be publicly openedand read aloud.Bidding documents, including the Pro-

posal Form, Drawings and Specifications,will be on file at the Offices of the Architect,Wold Architects and Engineers, 305 St.Peter Street, St. Paul, Minnesota 55102.(651) 227-7773; at the Minneapolis Build-ers Exchange; Builders Exchange at St.Paul; McGraw Hill Construction/Dodge PlanCenter; Reed Construct ion; iSqFt P lanRoom (St. Paul, MN); and from PlanWell atwww.e-arc.com.This project includes: Repair and resur-

fac ing of the ex ist ing track and tenniscourts at Lakeville South High School.American Reprographics Company, 2007

E. 24th Street, M inneapolis, MN 55404(612) 722-2303, facsimile (612) 722-3745,will provide complete sets of the BiddingDocuments to prospective bidders andsubcontractors. The copies will be avail-able about April 16, 2012. Both a depositcheck i n the amoun t o f $70 and anon-refundable check in the amount of $30made out to " Independent School District#194" for each set ordered are required orBidding Documents may be ordered via theinternet at www.e-arc.com and clicking onthe PlanWell icon, then the Public PlanRoom icon, select Lakeville South HighSchool Track and Tennis Resurfacing. Thefollowing information must accompany thedeposit: Company name, mailing address,street address, phone and facsimile num-bers and type of b idder ( i .e. Genera l ,Mechanical or Electrical Subcontractor toGeneral, or other). A refund of $70 will besent to prime contractors who submit a bidto the Owner and subcontractors for eachset (including addenda) returned to Ameri-can Reprographics Company in good con-dition within ten (10) calendar days of theaward date, subject to the conditions of AIADocument A701. Refunds will not be givenif the plans are returned to the Architect'sOffice.Make proposals on the bid forms sup-

plied in the Project Manual. No oral, tele-graphic or telephonic proposals or modifi-cations will be considered. Submit witheach bid, a certified check or acceptableb idder's bond payab le to IndependentSchool District #194 in an amount equal tofive percent (5%) of the total bid. The suc-cessful bidder will be required to furnishsatisfactory Labor and Material PaymentBond, and Performance Bond.Bids may not be withdrawn within thirty


tion of the project on or before August 3,2012Independent School District No. 1948670 210th Street WestLakeville, Minnesota 55044Kathy Lewis, ClerkPublish: April 20, 2012 & April 27, 20122980746 4/20-4/27/12

PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE OF HEARING ONPROPOSED ASSESSMENT

195TH STREET EAST IMPROVEMENTPROJECT

Not ice is hereby given that the TownBoard of Credit R iver Township, ScottCounty, Minnesota, will meet at 7:00 p.m.on the 7th day of May, 2012, at the CreditRiver Town Hall, to pass upon the pro-posed assessment of costs related to theimprovements of 195th Street East. Thearea proposed to be assessed is all thoseproperties abutting or having access to195th Street East, all located in Credit RiverTownship.The proposed assessment roll is on file

for public inspection by contacting LisaQuinn, Credit River Town Clerk. The totalamount of the proposed assessment is$76 ,549 . Adop t i on o f the p roposedassessment by the Town Board may betaken at the hearing. Written or oral objec-tions will be considered at the meeting. Noappeal may be taken as to the amount ofthe assessment unless a written objection,signed by the property owner, is filed withthe Town Clerk prior to the hearing or pre-sented to the presiding officer at the hear-ing.An owner may appeal an assessment to

the District Court pursuant to MinnesotaStatutes Section 429.081 by serving writ-ten notice of the appeal upon the TownChairman or Town Clerk within thirty (30)days after the adoption of the assessmentand filing such notice with the District Courtwithin ten (10) days after service upon theTown Chairman or the Town Clerk.The Town Board may consider adopting

a deferment policy at this public hearingpursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section435.193 through 435.195. Minnesota Stat-utes Sect ion 435.193 through 435.195authorize a Town Board to defer the pay-ment of assessments against homesteadproperty owned by persons 65 years of ageand older, or who are retired because ofpermanent and total disability under cir-cumstances where it would be a hardshipfor such person to make the assessmentpayments. When deferment of the specialassessment has been granted and is termi-nated for any reason provided in that law,all amounts accumulated plus applicableinterest become due. If the Town Boardadopts a deferment policy any assessedproperty owner meeting the requirementsof this law may, within 30 days of the con-firmation of the assessment, apply to theTown Clerk for the prescribed form for suchdeferral of payment of this special assess-ment on said owner's property.

_____/s/____________________Lisa Quinn, Clerk

2980905 4/20-4/27/12

PUBLIC NOTICETOWN OF EUREKA PUBLIC NOTICE:CALL FOR ROAD GRAVEL BIDS

The Town Board of Eureka Township iscalling for gravel bids, to be used on town-ship roads/ projects. The outside of theenvelope should indicate, "Bid for Gravel"Type of Materials:Material to follow specifications as pre-

sented in Chapter 3138, Aggregate forSurface and Base Courses, of the MnDotStandard Specifications for ConstructionMaterial. (2005 edition)

1. 100 % crushed limestone-, meetingMnDot Spec #3138-1 Class 5b modifiedwith not less than 8% or more than 12%passing the #200 sieve.

2 . Sur fac ing gravel mee t ing MnDo tSpec#3138-1 Class 5a modified with notless than 8% or more than 12% passingthe #200 sieveEureka Township reserves the right

to test materials.Measurement:Each load must be weighed by a certi-

fied weighing device and a receipt will bedelivered to a township official at time ofdelivery.Quantity:Material #1 Approximately 4600 tons

delivered to var ious Eureka Townshiproads.Material # 2 Approximately 4000 tons

delivered to var ious Eureka Townshiproads.Start date, quantity, delivery location and

rate of delivery to be as directed by EurekaTownship representative.Bidders are advised to submit bids by the

ton, all taxes included, delivered.Sealed bids should be mailed to: Eureka

Township Office, P.O. Box 576, Lakeville,MN 55044.B ids w i l l be accepted unt i l 7:00 p.m.

Monday, May 14, 2012.B ids w i l l be pub l ic ly opened a t the

Regular Town Board Meeting on Monday,May 14, 2012 at 8:00 PM, at the EurekaTown Hall located at 25043 Cedar Ave.Farmington, MN.

Nanett SandstromClerk/Treasurer of Eureka4/20 & 4/27/2012

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Lakeville man charged in alleged drunken burglary Police say he had .22 blood alcohol levelby Aaron M. Vehling

Sun ThiSweek

A 19-year-old Lakeville man is facing charges for an alleged drunken burglary that occurred on April 14. At about 4 a.m., accord-ing to the criminal complaint, an inebriated Anthony Ga-ron Reme entered a Lakeville home through an unlocked garage, removed several elec-tronic gadgets from the ho-meowners cars, searched a refrigerator for a water bottle and proceeded to zone out. According to the crimi-nal complaint, it all started when the homeowners wife awoke, hearing some activ-ity downstairs. The wife awoke the husband, who en-countered Reme searching through his refrigerator. The homeowner asked Reme what he was doing and who he was. water bottle, Reme said. The homeowner repeated the question. im looking for a water bottle, Reme allegedly re-plied. My friend Zach told me i could get a water bottle. The homeowner told po-lice he instructed Reme to sit down because he was go-ing to call the police. Reme complied. in the meantime, Reme appeared to act weird and seemed zoned out, the homeowner told the police. Once officers arrived, the complaint said, they noticed that Reme seemed intoxicat-ed and had trouble speaking in complete sentences. They searched Reme and found the homeowners keys in his pock-et, which the homeowner had said were previously on the

kitchen sink. Reme voluntarily submit-ted to a breath test, which resulted in a measured blood alcohol level of .22, the complaint said. Officers noticed that a DVD player had been re-moved from one of the cars in the driveway and was sit-ting atop a garbage can in the garage. They also no-ticed several other electronic items organized neatly on the island in the kitchen. The homeowner assured police those items were not there when he went to bed, and said it appeared that they were removed from var-ious locations in the kitchen and living room. A cars GPS unit was found in the pantry in the kitchen. According to the com-plaint, Reme told police he had entered the home with two friends through an un-locked garage, and that his friend Jake lived at the house. however, it became evident that Reme was unsure which of his friends accompanied him into the house. Police searched the house and garage and did not find anyone else. Reme is charged with first-degree burglary, tam-pering with a motor vehicle and underage drinking. The latter two charges are mis-demeanors that could mean up to 90 days in jail for each charge, but the former charge is a felony that carries a max-imum of 20 years in jail.

Aaron Vehling can be reached at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.


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by John GessnerSun ThiSweek

School District 191 didnt follow state data pri-vacy law when it concealed information in its $255,000 separation agreement with ex-administrator Tania Chance, a state agency has said. The Burnsville-eagan-Savage district shouldnt have redacted nine lines from the agreement or

withheld two letters of rec-ommendation for Chance written by district officials, the agency said. The redacted lines re-vealed that Chance, the districts former human re-sources director, had agreed to drop charges against the district she had pending with the state Department of human Rights, and to drop a complaint about Su-perintendent Randy Clegg

made to the Minnesota Board of School Adminis-trators. The agreement also re-quired letters of recom-mendation for Chance from Clegg and School Board Chair Ron hill. under the agreement, Chance was paid $254,815 and resigned on Feb. 1, with 18 months remaining on her two-year contract. The Star Tribune and St.

Paul Pioneer Press objected to the redactions in copies of the agreement the dis-trict released. in response, on Feb. 24, the districts attorney, Maggie wallner, sought an advisory opinion from the Department of Adminis-trations Policy Analysis Division on her advice that portions of the agreement were classified under state law.

That opinion came on April 20 from Department of Administration Com-missioner Spencer Cronk. On April 23, the district released the unredacted agreement on its website. The district continued to shield the redacted in-formation for nearly two months after news broke that the charges existed. Less than a week after wallner sought the opin-ion, Thisweek newspa-pers (now Sun Thisweek) obtained a full copy of the agreement, without blacked-out lines and with copies of the recommenda-tion letters. Thisweek pub-lished a story revealing the redacted lines and excerpts from the recommendation letters. Other media outlets later obtained copies. The settlement angered many district residents and teachers, culminating in a hostile audience of nearly 200 at a School Board lis-tening session on March 1. Anger deepened when board members said they could divulge no details on the advice of their attorney. even now, the nature and details of Chances claims against the district remain hidden from the public. in a March 2 statement responding to Thisweeks story, the district said that most claims made to (state) agencies are dis-missed. But to get a dismissal, an employer must spend significant time and money even for claims that have no merit whatsoever, the statement said. when employers are faced with potential litiga-tion, they have to consider the cost of defense versus settlement and that is especially true for a public school district, it said.

in an April 23 statement accompanying release of the unredacted agreement, the district repeated its con-tention that it had no choice but to follow its attorneys advice and redact informa-tion that it believed was private data. no school district can afford to release informa-tion that is later determined to be private data about an employee that can cost a school district hundreds of thousands of dollars, the district said.

Opinion State statute requires that terms of and specific reasons for a public-em-ployee buyout of $10,000 or more be made public. wallner contended that only information in the agreement that revealed terms of the agreement was public. The stipulations that Chance release the district from charges constituted conditions of the agree-ment, not terms, wallner contended. Commissioner Cronk re-jected that distinction, opt-ing instead for the plain language of the law and its common and approved us-age. Cronk also wrote in his opinion that the redacted lines did constitute spe-cific reasons for the agree-ment. wallner had con-tended that the redacted version already provided legally sufficient reasons for the agreement. The letters of recom-mendation, Cronk wrote, are presumptively public.

John Gessner can be reached at [email protected] or facebook.com/sun-thisweek.

District 191 erred in not releasing full agreement with Chance State agency opinion released


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Wednesday, May 2 Drive One 4UR School fundraiser from 3 to 8 p.m. in the west parking lot at Eastview High School. Take a free 10-minute test drive in a new Apple Valley Ford vehicle and Ford will donate $20 to the Eastview Senior Party. Must be 18 or older with a valid drivers license. One person per household can participate. Qualified drivers will get a free hot dog combo meal and be entered into a raffle to win a 2013 Ford Explorer. Contact Diana Hogan at [email protected] to schedule an appointment. Walk-ups also welcome.

Thursday, May 3 Lakeville National Day of Prayer from noon to 1 p.m. at Lakeville City Hall, 20195 Holyoke Ave.

Saturday, May 5 Kids and More Sale from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Ames Arena, 19900 Ipava Ave., Lakeville. Childrens clothing, toys, home decor, sports equipment, mens and womens clothing and more. Free parking and admission. Information: www.TreasureHuntSales.com. Spring Fling family fund-raiser from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Primrose School of Lakeville North, 9711 163rd St. W., Lakeville. Families attend-ing can enjoy food, bouncers, pony rides, petting zoo, face painting, crafts, silent auction,

and carnival games. Proceeds will support local charities. Information: www.primros-elakeville.com or (952) 435-8885.

Sunday, May 6 Kids and More Sale from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Ames Ar

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