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special section Veterans comehome to work?

Civilian jobmarket provestough to crack as clock ticks

for Apple Valleycouple

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Bruce Jensen of Lakeville (right) has been looking for a job for three months. He is pictured here with General Raymond Odierno, who was head of the United States’ Iraq War operation and is currently the Army Chief of Staff.

Photo by John Gessner

Sam and Mindy Root of Apple Valley, pictured with their son, Alton, are both veterans re-entering the civilian job market at the same time. Mindy is expecting their second child.

by John GessnerSuN ThISweek

Sam Root’s service in the u .S . Army — the Guard, the Reserve and active duty — has spanned 21 years . Now the gig is up . Sam has been without a military paycheck since last October, and he’s re-tiring in August, when his last six-year enlistment expires . “I figured 21 years was a pretty good run,” said the 38-year-old Apple Valley resident, who can’t imagine continuing in the military after a hernia operation and surgery on his left shoulder and left knee . Sam and his wife, Min-dy, 33 — a fellow Guard veteran he met while both were training for deploy-ment to Iraq — aren’t completely unprepared for this fallow period, when both lack full-time work and the couple’s sec-ond child is on the way . But the clock is ticking on the full-time job that the Roots say at least one of them needs to land . Sam said he’s applied for nearly 50 jobs and landed only two inter-views, one for a janitor position . And the $197-a-month military insurance that covers Sam, Mindy, their son, Alton, nearly 2, and Sam’s two children from a previous marriage will expire in August, he said . “Fortunately, we’ve got money to last probably until about July or August to pay the bills,” Sam said . “we wisely were stashing cash for that . If worse comes to worst, I can probably get a contracting job in Afghanistan really easy . That’s kind of our worst-case scenario .”

by Aaron VehlingSuN ThISweek

In the three months he has been unemployed, Lt . Col . Bruce Jensen, 44, of Lakeville, has sent out more than 50 applications, has had five phone interviews and has been invited for two in-person interviews . Jensen has been in the military for 20 years, half of that on active duty . he returned to the united States in November 2010 from a tour in Iraq to find a fork in the road: Stay in active duty and be sent to North Carolina

by Tad JohnsonSuN ThISweek

The last thing on the minds of u .S . troops serv-ing in Iraq and Afghani-stan should be whether they have a job waiting for them when they return home . But for many return-ing veterans the inability to find work is a pervasive problem . It is estimated that the Minnesota unemploy-ment rate is 6 .4 to 7 .4 per-cent higher among post Sept . 11, 2001, veterans, which prompted a first-of-its kind employment Resource Team to deploy this month to kuwait, where the Rosemount-based 34th Red Bull In-fantry Division is outfit-ted . Jim Finley, veterans employment services di-rector for the Minnesota Department of employ-

a veteran’s search for a job

Local organizations available to help

Employment Resource Team

deploys to Kuwait to help

Rosemount-based Red Bulls

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Dr. Katie Klingberg, left, and nurse Sue Seline of the Apple Valley Medical Clinic volunteered their time and paid their own expenses to treat residents of Chimbote, Peru, during a weeklong medical mission trip through Los Amigos Medical Aid.

a mission of love Apple Valley Medical Clinic doctor and nurse

provide health care in impoverished Peru

by Andrew MillerSuN ThISweek

Sue Seline called it “the most amazing experience of my life .” Seline, a nurse, and Dr . katie klingberg, both of the Apple Valley Medical Clinic, recently spent a week providing medical care to the poverty-stricken residents of Chimbote, Peru . The mission trip through Los Amigos Medical Aid, a group of medical profes-sionals who volunteer their time and pay their own expenses to treat individuals in impoverished areas, saw Seline and kling-berg’s team of about 50 doctors, nurses and dentists providing care Feb . 25-March 3 to about 4,000 people in an old church con-verted into a clinic . “I have never seen poverty like that be-fore,” Seline said . “The people I helped, the people I met – it was such a humbling, eye-opening experience for me .” Life expectancy in Chimbote is 10 years

less than in the rest of Peru due to illnesses such as tuberculosis and polio that can be prevented with vaccines . A former thriving fishing village, Chim-bote was hit by economic difficulties that forced people to move inland where they now live in crowded shacks with no run-ning water, and no means of support for their families . with the exception of some “controlled chaos” at the makeshift clinic, klingberg said the treatment she provided in Chim-bote wasn’t much different than what she provides in Minnesota . “The difference was they can’t afford ibuprofen or simple over-the-counters,” said klingberg, a family medicine specialist who also has volunteered on medical mis-sion trips in the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica . The Apple Valley Medical Clinic donat-

local project is moving tribute to fallen officers

Thin Blue Line vehicle to

travel nationby Laura Adelmann

SuN ThISweek

After her mother whis-pered in her ear, the small blonde girl stopped excit-edly pointing at the police car in the parade . Appearing stunned among the people with their hands and hats over their hearts, she held an Ameri-can flag in her left hand and gave a solemn wave to Thin Blue Line Memorial Vehicle driver Leonard Schrader of Castle Rock . “I waved back,” said the former police reserve offi-cer, “but here’s this 50-year-old man driving this car, crying his eyes out .” The Thin Blue Line Me-morial Vehicle, refurbished in Schrader’s shop near Farmington last year, com-memorates the sacrifice of a life given for others . Across the Crown Vic-toria’s trunk is a list of 261 Minnesota officers killed in the line of duty . Included are five law enforcement officials who served in Dakota County: deputies Luther klug and Rudolph Fischer; eagan police investigator Louis Jeska; South St . Paul po-lice officer Leo Pavlak; and hastings police officer Al-bert Jacobson . Created in 2011, the mov-ing legacy is scheduled to appear at local and national events this year, including in washington, D .C . The vehicle was once driven by North St . Paul police officer Richard Crit-tenden Sr ., who was shot and killed Sept . 7, 2009, while protecting a woman and her daughter from a re-peat violent offender . Purchased at auction by Crittenden’s widow, Chris-tine, the squad has been painted and once again equipped with sirens and lights .

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area hoops stars honored Apple Valley’s Tyus Jones and eastview’s Joey king were named this week to the first-team All-State by the Associated Press .

acting dream comes trueDiagnosed with cancer, Jana Tack-Norland made a bucket list . She’ll be crossing one item off her list this month when she makes her acting debut .

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‘Local lunchday’ visit atWoodlandElementary MinnesotaCommission-er of Health Ed Ehlingervisited Woodland Elemen-tary in Eagan on “locallunchday.”HisvisitMarch22 highlighted efforts toimprovenutritionandfightchildhoodobesity. Woodland is one of themany schools partneringwiththeMinnesotaDepart-mentofHealth to improvethe local economy andschool lunchesbyusing lo-callygrownfoods.

AdvisoryCouncilmembersneeded District 196 residentsare invited to apply formembership on the Dis-trict 196 Budget AdvisoryCouncil(BAC).Thedistrictis accepting applicationsthrough April 30 for fourresident/parent positions.The termsofall fourposi-tionsareforthreeyearsbe-ginningJuly1. The BAC includes nineresident/parent members,threedistrictemployeesandDistrict Office staff. TheBACmeetsfourtosixtimesduring the school year attheDistrictOffice inRose-mount,usuallyfrom6:30to8p.m. The application is avail-able at www.District196.orgorbycalling(651)423-7715.

Education Briefs

DCTC Foundation hosts True Blue Gala Dakota County Tech-nical College’s Founda-tion will host its inauguralTrue Blue Gala on Thurs-day, April 19, at Brackett’sCrossing County Club inLakeville. Community membersand college supporters areinvited to attend the event,which was established toraise scholarship funds forstudentsinneed. Theeveningwillbeginat5:30p.m.withasocialhourand silent auction followedbydinnerat7p.m.andan

Students nominated for television awards Students from AppleValley,EastviewandLakev-ille South high schools arenominees for the2012Stu-dent Television Awards forExcellence. The awards, given outbytheNationalAssociationofTelevisionArtsandSci-encesUpperMidwestchap-ter,recognizesuperiorityinhigh school and post-sec-ondarymediaproduction. Students from AppleValley High School re-ceived seven nominations.Eastview students receivednine and Lakeville Southstudents garnered six. Acomplete listofentriescanbefoundatmidwestemmys.org. The award ceremony isscheduled fornoonApril1atTheTheatersattheMallofAmerica.

awards ceremony at 8 p.m.Gala tickets can be pur-chased online at dctc.edu/go/trueblue or by calling(651)423-8777. FormoreinformationontheTrueBlueGala,contactTharan Leopold, DCTCFoundation executive di-rector, at [email protected](651)423-8293.

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by Aaron VehlingThisweek Newspapers

The city of Lakeville has some of the most enviable park and recreation facilities in the state. Many of its 59 parks, 18 conservation areas and six greenways and seven nature trails are due to park dedi-cation fees charged to devel-opers (or land “donated” by developers), a common prac-tice in most cities that state statute supports. in November, the City Council approved a study to help it determine how to adapt park dedication fees to the new reality of the hous-ing market. The preliminary study, conducted by consultant Daniel Licht and presented at a recent council work ses-sion, indicated that Lakev-ille’s fees are in the middle when compared to similar cities across the region, such as plymouth, eden prairie, and Maple Grove. The fees are higher than woodbury and Blaine. The study proposes a new formula for determin-ing more reasonable fees that stay within or are lower than the 10 percent maximum re-quired by statute. park dedi-cation dollars can come in two forms: donated land or fees. The city currently charges developers: • $4,747 per lot for single-family units; • $4,153 per each multiple-family unit; • $7,693 per net acre for commercial developments; and • $4,558 per net acre for industrial developments. The formula proposal is not set in stone, but parks and recreation Director steve Michaud said it would be tied to “acreage and peo-ple’s needs.” City Council Member Colleen LaBeau asked why neighboring cities were not included in the fee compari-son. she said plymouth and eden prairie’s “land prices are substantially higher.” LaBeau also wondered why the city is paying money for studies. “it’s bogus,” she said. “i go by a lot of those parks and they are seldom used. people have their rainbow playgrounds in their yards.” LaBeau, who works in the real estate industry, con-ceded that families in search of a new home do ask about parks, but argues that Lakev-ille should “great creative.” “we need to have our vi-sion – figure out what the community really wants,” she said. Council Member ker-

rin swecker raised questions about LaBeau’s comments because LaBeau’s father, Jim stanton, is the developer whose protest about park dedication fees triggered the study. “i’ve got a number of calls today and two emails,” swecker said. “They are con-cerned about you having a comment on this because of your father. There is a very large perception, with your dad having 37 lots currently in process and another 111 coming, that if we lower the rate 5 percent it could affect him up to $40,000.” LaBeau said she spoke with City attorney roger knutson, who said there was no conflict of interest. “i wish it wasn’t him be-cause this started long before he came,” LaBeau said.

From boom to bust During boom times, park dedication fees provided Lakeville with the means for building and maintaining a variety of parks. in 2005 the city brought in $2.2 million in fees and land in lieu of fees, according to a table provided by Dennis Feller, Lakeville’s finance di-rector. as the economic down-turn became fully realized – and development slowed on the heels of reduced de-mand – the city’s park dedi-cation fees and land revenue dropped to about $108,000. since then, land values have declined while park ded-ication fees have either stayed the same or increased. after stanton’s protest last fall of the current fees, the city was legally obligated to re-assess its fee structure. stanton wrote a letter to a city at that time asking that the $176,000 in park dedica-tion fees from his most recent Crescent ridge project be put into an escrow fund until the city reviews its park dedi-cation rates. “i think we are very aware that land prices have plum-meted and development has substantially slowed,” stan-ton wrote. he added that the current fee of $4,747 per lot would amount to about 33 percent of the land cost for him. state law and city code govern fee rates, suggesting 10 percent as a reasonable fee percent-age. in 2011, the city’s park

dedication fees (land and cash) totalled about $477,000. about $393,000 of that was cash, with stanton’s share held in escrow pending the outcome of the study. in a phone interview with Thisweek, LaBeau said that the problem with the fees being high is that they are passed on to consumers. “percentage-wise,” she said of the relationship of fees to the overall cost to de-velop land, “the cost of land value is not in line anymore because of the plummeting factors.”

Not the first battle Though stanton’s protest is the first in Michaud’s de-cades with the city, Michaud said it is not the first time the economy has led to con-cerns about park-dedication fees and lawsuit threats from builders. Bob erickson, who was city administrator of Lakev-ille in the late 1980s through the early 2000s, said he ran into controversy over fees charged to commercial and industrial developments. The appropriateness of the fees on such develop-ments “was a very conten-tious issue at the time,” er-ickson said. it was based on to what extent those businesses place a demand on the open space system, he said. “That was evaluated and we determined that they con-tribute to organized softball leagues. … The employees certainly make use of trails, if not to the same degree and extent of residential proper-ties,” erickson said. erickson is now on the developer’s side of things; he works for welsh Companies. he said the city has amended its fees in recent years to accommodate senior housing, with the consider-ation that residents of some assisted-living facilities might not use the park systems. as for the need to address fees in light of new economic norms, erickson said it is necessary or else land devel-opment can become prohibi-tively expensive. There will be more dis-cussion on this topic, with a possible vote at the March 19 City Council meeting.

Aaron Vehling is at [email protected] or www.facebook.com/thisweeklive.

Money, land used to build outdoor amenities

Lakeville looks to temper developer’s park fees

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Residents gather for summer entertainment at one of Lakeville’s many parks. The City Council is looking at lowering fees it charges to developers to help pay for parks.

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spective. And if you disagree with those answers, remember we are your proverbial soapbox, too. if you haven’t ever considered how our newspaper and website can be essential, think of the information we disseminate about the things in your life – food, water, air, a place to live, a car to drive, clothes to wear, family, friends and community. we write stories about healthy eating, water quality, pollution, new roads and housing developments, in addition to car-rying ads for restaurants, car dealers and places to shop. while we carry plenty of information about those “essentials,” we specialize in the “people” part of that list. it’s the part of our work that can best differentiate ourselves in a highly compet-itive media market and it’s the most satis-fying for us and our readers. For the past combined 198 years, Sun, Thisweek and our sister publication, the Dakota County Tribune, have told the sto-

ries of countless people that never would have been written had it not been for a cu-rious reporter with the desire to write the story. we’ve told you about paraplegic artists, cancer survivors, child prodigies, energetic 100-year-olds, life-saving rescue work-ers and volunteers who give selflessly of themselves for so many causes. Today we are telling you about the challenges facing returning veterans as they seek employment in a very tight job market. we know these are the stories that mat-ter when ticket sales for local arts pro-grams take off after those programs are featured in Thisweekend. we know these stories matter when readers start a fund to pay for surgery for a man injured while breaking up a do-mestic dispute after we reported he would have been permanently disabled without medical treatment. we know these stories matter when we get a call from someone at a suicide hotline who says a depressed teen just called them after reading their phone number in our story about the topic. unlike a famous new York Jets quar-terback, i never make guarantees, but it is my sincere hope that the momentum we have summoned by creating this new newspaper will result in a greater capacity

to tell more of these kinds of stories. in the coming weeks, we plan to take a look at the problem of and solutions to teen drug abuse, the high cost of youth sports participation, commuting gridlock and much more. while you are enjoying the new look of Sun Thisweek newspaper, i hope you will notice the increased news, sports and arts coverage. And as you are sitting at your comput-er, cruise on over to the new SunThisweek.com and check out the reorganized menu of choices. we hope you like our addi-tions of Must-Read and featured stories and that you browse the site a bit using are new related-content widget. Remember all of that content you are reading and viewing comes from an edito-rial staff with over 100 years of combined experience covering Dakota County. we wouldn’t have been here this long and invested so much in merging Sun Thisweek if we didn’t think the people of Apple Valley, Burnsville, eagan, Farming-ton, Lakeville and Rosemount deserved to have their stories told. we hope you feel the same way.

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Business tax cuts are same old malarkeyTo the editor: Republican legislators are proposing a further series of business tax cuts with an implied promise of job creation. historically, tax cuts make the state’s budget-balancing problems worse, not better, as we try to dig out from under all the school, local government and human service “shifts” the Legislature has made. Moreover, after 20 years of business tax cuts, we have seen job creation nearly static, and our manufac-

turing sector gutted by outsourcing to China and Mexico. There is no visible con-nection between tax cuts and actual job creation or balanced state budgets. what the Republicans are proposing is the same old malarkey that got us into our current mess.

wiLLiAM J. GRAhAMBurnsville

Jim Carlson thanks DFLersTo the editor: i want to extend my deepest thank you to all the residents of Senate District

51 in Burnsville and eagan who attended and partici-pated in the DFL Senate District Convention on March 24. i am honored to have your DFL endorse-ment and i look forward to working tirelessly to bring fiscal responsibility and productivity back to the Legislature. Thank you to Mayor Mike Maguire for a well-fought campaign and for his strong dedication to our city and our district.

JiM CARLSOneagan

State leaders still uncomfortable in new rolesby Tom West

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if you think Minnesota’s state govern-ment may be somewhat dysfunctional, i may have stumbled upon a contributing factor. On March 16, i joined 10 other members of the eCM Publishers editorial Board for a day at the Capitol. we spent 45 minutes of quality time each with DFL Gov. Mark Dayton, Senate Majority Leader Dave Sen-jem and Senate Minority Leader Tom Bakk individually, and Republican Speaker of the house kurt Zellers and house Majority Leader Matt Dean together. The only leader we missed was house Minority Leader Paul Thissen. Dayton mentioned that it may be un-precedented that, after the 2010 election, the governor and all of the top legislative leader-ship positions changed personnel simultane-ously. in a stunning change of direction, the governor’s seat went from Republican to DFL, and both houses of the Legislature went from DFL to Republican. After the governor said that may never have happened before, i did some digging, and i think he may be right. The Legisla-ture’s website has complete records on the top positions only back to 1933, but those revealed that no matter which party was in charge, not all of the seats changed hands simultaneously. Much of that has to do with the state

Senate. The Senate has had only 11 majority leaders in all that time. The Legislature was ostensibly non-partisan until 1972. From 1933 to 1972, the Conservatives held the ma-jority, but only four different senators served as majority leader: Sens. Charles Orr, Archie Miller, John Zwach and Stanley holmquist. The DFL then took control with the 1972 election, but only two senators, nick Cole-man and Roger Moe, served as majority leader from 1973 to 2003. Since then, five people have held the post, a sign of the growing political instability in the state: DFLers John hottinger, Dean Johnson and Lawrence Pogemiller and Re-publicans Amy koch and Senjem. Bakk thought the Republicans were sur-prised when they gained the Senate majority for the first time in any of its caucus mem-bers’ careers. he said, “in 38 years, they nev-er had a majority and didn’t have a clue what to do.” Asked what he considered his biggest sur-prise since becoming minority leader, Bakk said, “The degree of their ineptness.”

Strong words. Dayton used only slightly less so. Asked what has surprised him the most since becoming governor, he said, “The intransigence of the Legislature. i have never before seen the inability to compromise.” The Republicans, of course, see things differently. Dean said when he first came to the Legislature he was told to vote his con-science first, to vote his constituents’ wish-es second and to vote his caucus’ position third. “You pull closest together when you’re getting shot at,” he said, “which we’ve been getting a lot of.” Senjem noted that of the 37 senators of the Republican caucus, 21 are freshmen. he served as minority leader from 2007-2010, and stepped aside when the party gained the majority. however, koch then resigned after having an affair with a Senate staffer, and the GOP again turned to Senjem. he said his biggest surprise has been, “how important people think this position (majority leader) is. All of a sudden, people seemed to care what i said and what i thought. … i came out of the fabric of (the Mayo Clinic) where one leader doesn’t decide everything.” Zellers said his biggest surprise as speaker has been “the ebbs and flows of every day.” when the GOP took control, it had a $5 billion budget deficit to fix. Today, the state’s financial analysts say Minnesota has a $1.3 billion budget surplus. Zellers said they have a good record to run on because they closed the gap without increasing state taxes. DFLers have charged that local property taxes have gone up significantly, at least in outstate Minnesota, because the Repub-licans changed the formula regarding the homestead credit. Dean countered that, saying, “(The

DFL’s) only response is to raise taxes and grow government.” “it isn’t about us,” Zellers said. “it’s about small business owners.” Bakk said that he has never seen a cau-cus vote with more unity than the Repub-licans do now. while acknowledging, “they (the Republicans) are very principled,” Bakk characterized the GOP position as “this is what we promised on the campaign trail, and we aren’t going to change, even if we learned something down here.” Zellers said he was proud of progress made by the 33 freshmen GOP legislators. “if you’re not careful, you can learn a heck of a lot down here every day,” he said. if there’s one thing i’ve learned over the years covering politicians is that when you get to speak with them face-to-face, gener-ally you will find most of them are decent people trying to do the job for which they were elected. with every one of the legisla-tive leaders and the governor in new posi-tions last year, it is less surprising that they all miscalculated about what it would take to pass a budget, thus leading to the summer shutdown last year. You can decide for yourself from the statements above who is being most parti-san, but i came away thinking neither side is comfortable in their new roles. nor should they be. The voters have them on a short leash, and that won’t change any time soon.

Tom West is the editor and general man-ager of the Morrison County Record, which is part of ECM Publishers Inc. He may be reached at (320) 632-2345 or by e-mail at [email protected]. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.


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by Hunter Paulson-Smith

Sun ThiSweek

There is a very special place located next to the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley. it is a place where students are prepared with real world skills through an interdisciplinary cur-riculum. it is a place where teachers encourage students to get involved in their com-munities. it is a place where i never know what to ex-pect. it is a place called the School of environmental Studies, and over the past two years of attendance, i have come to consider it my second home. SeS is an optional high school connected with the Minnesota Zoo offered to School District 196 students during their junior and se-nior years. SeS has prepared me with real world skills such as public speaking and teamwork. Particularly dur-ing senior year at SeS, a significant portion of the curriculum is dedicated to exposing students to public speaking.

A few months ago, as a part of the population unit, we were assigned a project in which we had to present a world issue relating to pop-ulation. we could choose to complete one out of a few presentation styles, includ-ing a poster board exhibit, a featured speaker and a 15-minute speech in the school auditorium. i was selected to be a featured speaker, and i gave my speech on world hunger and unequal dis-tribution of food. in the process of preparing and giving my speech, i gained much confidence in myself as a researcher and speaker that i couldn’t have gained from a textbook. At SeS, we are not taught by exam-ple. Rather, we are taught through our own experi-ences.

A lot of the work as-signed at SeS is group work. As in real professions, working in groups helps stu-dents learn communication and balance between not participating and taking over the entire project. One of the first proj-ects students do as juniors at SeS is called Pond Pro-file. in this project, groups travel to a local pond and collect data regarding water quality, aquatic animal spe-cies and vegetation in and around the pond. each per-son has roles and responsi-bilities to fulfill regarding the final product, which is a lengthy technical pa-per about the health of the group’s pond. This project, along with many other as-signments in the SeS curric-

by John KlineSPeciAl TO Sun ThiSweek

cindy is a single mom living in the suburbs. like most Minnesotans, she drives to work. “with the low income i receive and the tremen-dous increase in gas prices, i am questioning whether or not i can stay in this job,” she told me. “Since jobs are difficult to find, i might not have a choice, (but) the results are dev-astating and affect me as a consumer in so many ways.” cindy’s account is rep-resentative of the frus-tration Minnesotans are experiencing day to day, week to week, paycheck to paycheck, and gas pump

to gas pump. “with gas prices in-creasing, food prices in-crease, clothing prices in-crease, etc,” she said. “it is a snowball effect, affect-ing consumers in all areas of their lives … making it nearly impossible to make ends meet financially. Something has to give.” last month, the presi-dent told leaders in con-gress he would join us in working to develop “an

all of the above” energy strategy. For years, i have been championing a com-prehensive approach that would reduce our depen-dence on hostile regions of the world and increase all forms of American energy. My plan is based around stopping government poli-cies that are driving up energy prices and expand-ing American energy pro-

A different kind of school We need forward thinking to increase energy independence


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ColumnistJohn Kline

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Arsonist gets one year in jailAlso sentenced to drug and alcohol treatment program

by Andrew MillerSun ThiSweek

The man who set fire to an Apple Valley home with six people inside last August has been sentenced to a year in jail. Aaron M. Fer-rarese, 21, of Apple Valley, was also or-dered by District Judge Tim werma-ger at the sentenc-ing hearing March 21 to serve 15 years probation, perform 200 hours of com-munity service and complete a drug and alcohol treatment pro-gram. According to the crimi-nal complaint, Ferrarese was acting on a grudge with the college-age son of the home’s owners when he used a soda can full of gas-oline to light a fire on the home’s porch. The Aug. 26 fire saw

flames engulf the front of the two-story house on the 14300 block of Fridley way. neither the intended victim nor his parents were home, though the residence was occupied at the time of

the fire by the vic-tim’s grandparents – including former Minnesota Vikings running back Dave Osborn – and four girls they were babysitting. emergen-cy personnel ar-rived at the home within minutes of

the fire being reported just before 1:30 a.m. The occupants said they awoke to a crackling noise and discovered that the ex-terior of the home near the front door was ablaze. They made it out safely and di-aled 911. Ferrarese told police he felt the young man whose

parents’ house he targeted “got away with everything,” and that he wanted him to “feel some pain,” the com-plaint said. he stated he did not know if anyone was in the house when he set the fire and did not check to find out. Ferrarese pleaded guilty to first-degree arson in Feb-ruary. During the sentencing hearing March 21, Ferra-rese apologized to the fam-ily and told the court he was addicted to alcohol and marijuana when he started the fire, according to a Pio-neer Press report. Ferrarese, who’s in cus-tody at the Dakota County Jail, received credit for 209 days served to his one-year jail sentence.

Andrew Miller can be reached at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

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The Rosemount Lions Club Spring egg hunt will be Saturday, March 31 at 10 a.m. at the Ames Soc-cer Complex at Dakota County Technical College in Rosemount. The egg hunt for chil-dren ages 10 and under will have three divisions for ages 1-3, 4-6 and 7-10. each age group will have lots of eggs and candy to hunt for and have a chance to find the “golden” egg, which can be turned in for a special prize. Children must be ac-companied by an adult and should bring baskets or bags to hold treats. People are encouraged to arrive early; the event begins at 10 a.m. sharp. A costumed bunny will be visiting, and people are encouraged to bring cam-eras to take posed pictures with the bunny. Donations for 360 Com-munities and the Fam-ily Resource Center will be accepted. items such as non-perishable food, paper products, toiletries and in-fant items will be appreci-ated. To get to the hunt site, turn south onto Akron Av-enue from County Road 42; the soccer complex will be on your left. in case of inclement weather, the egg hunt will be held Saturday, April 7. Call the information line at (651) 322-6020 and select no. 6 for event cancella-tions and event make up information. For more in-formation, call Rosemount Parks and Recreation at (651) 322-6000. The event is sponsored by the Rosemount Lions Club in cooperation with the Rosemount Parks & Recreation Department.

Pancake breakfast Prior to the egg hunt, children and their parents can fuel up at the Rose-mount Lions Club Pancake Breakfast at Applebee’s restaurant in Rosemount from 8-10 a.m. Saturday, March 31. Tickets are $8 per per-son at the door. Proceeds from the event will help the Lions with their charitable donations in the commu-nity.

—Tad Johnson

Spring hunt to be egg-citingRosemount Lions

host event at Ames Soccer

Complex

Apple Valley earns Yellow Ribbon status

Program seeks to assist military members and their families


Bill Tschohl remembers a less-than-warm welcome home for soldiers returning from Vietnam. The Apple Valley resi-dent says he hopes Beyond the Yellow Ribbon will pro-vide military members with the respect and community support they deserve. “i remember a lot of people that served in Viet-nam, and it was like the plague if you served there,” said Tschohl, a longtime lo-cal realtor. “The emphasis (of Beyond the Yellow Rib-bon) to me is just honoring these fellas, showing them respect, helping them out.” Beyond the Yellow Rib-bon is a program spear-headed by the Minnesota national Guard to help ser-vice members, veterans and their families, especially those dealing with deploy-ment or post-deployment integration. Tschohl has been part of the effort to make Apple Valley a Yellow Ribbon City — a certification that will be made official today (Friday, March 30). Apple Valley and two other cities will be certi-fied in a 3 p.m. ceremony at Trinity evangelical Luther-an Church, 10658 210th St. w., Lakeville, Gov. Mark Dayton and Minnesota national Guard Adjutant General Richard C. nash will attend. To gain certification, Apple Valley’s eight Yel-low Ribbon subcommittees were required to complete action plans showing ways different segments of the community can support veterans now and in the fu-ture. Bruce Folken, chairman of Apple Valley’s Yellow Ribbon steering committee, likened the organization to “the hub of a wheel,” a directory of sorts that co-ordinates efforts by local

groups – such as the Rotary Club, American Legion, Chamber of Commerce and churches – that pro-vide resources, services and training opportunities to military members and their families. “You have a lot of peo-ple within a community doing things on parallel tracks, but they often times don’t know what the others are doing – they’re doing great things, but they don’t interlock,” Folken said. “we don’t offer much besides getting all these people together. But then, all of a sudden you’ve got all kinds of people with all kinds of great ideas, and you really see how strong a community is and what it’s capable of.” Other Dakota Coun-ty communities such as Rosemount, Lakeville and Farmington have already become Yellow Ribbon cities, and Folken, a mem-ber of the Dakota County human Services Advisory Committee, said the com-mittee’s goal is to have all cities within the county earn Yellow Ribbon status. Apple Valley’s Yellow Ribbon group has about 40 members and meets month-ly. The group, which has no budget, is now seeking non-profit status so it can accept donations, Folken said. in addition to the certi-fication ceremony in Lakev-ille, the Apple Valley group will celebrate its Yellow Ribbon status with an event at the city’s American Le-gion post, planned for late April. To get involved with Be-yond the Yellow Ribbon lo-cally, visit Facebook.com/applevalleyyellowribbon-network.

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

A place to turn in crisisMental health urgent care collaborative opens

by Laura AdelmannSun ThiSweek

After nearly a decade of multi-jurisdictional plan-ning, residents in three Min-nesota counties, including Dakota, have access to ur-gent care for adults in men-tal health crisis. instead of bringing adults who may be de-pressed, suicidal or irratio-nal to hospital emergency rooms, under a partnership with Dakota, Ramsey and washington counties, adults can receive emergen-cy mental health treatment at a new urgent care facility dedicated to mental health. “we’re talking about a huge culture shift,” said kirk Fowler, Ramsey Coun-ty human Services Depart-ment, to a crowd of Dakota County social workers at a March 23 meeting. “There’s probably any-where from 2,000 to 4,000 folks per year who go to (an east metro) hospital voluntarily, either walk in or dropped off by a family member, who could easily go to an urgent care center,” Fowler said. The new urgent care cen-ter, at 402 university Ave. e. in St. Paul, allows patients to receive crisis psychiatric care, assessment, stabiliza-tion and support. Dakota County Social Services Supervisor Brian McGlinn said in hospital emergency rooms, patients have waited hours, some-times even a day, before

they are assessed. “So they can sit there in the emergency room or locked in a (padded) room for a number of hours be-fore they are even seen,” McGlinn said. At the adult mental health urgent care, certified peer recovery specialists, people who have received mental health treatment themselves, are available to help calm and guide pa-tients. They also serve as hope-ful examples of how to live with a mental health diag-nosis. walk-ins are welcome, and patients do not need to have health insurance to re-ceive services. in the same building is a new detoxification center, because people with mental health needs often also need chemical health treatment, said Brian Smith, a Dakota County social worker. “Someone under the in-fluence has to sober up be-fore we can do a true mental health assessment,” he said. People treated at the ur-gent care center may be in severe depression, suicidal, paranoid or hearing and seeing things, McGlinn said. “Families may be con-cerned about their safety, and their ability to take care of themselves,” McGlinn said. Fowler said urgent care patients receive drug and mental health screenings

and are stabilized so they can begin receiving psychi-atric help quickly. The new system avoids gaps between the time they have an emergency and when they have a consistent mental health provider. while a collaborative ef-fort, the urgent care services are not meant to replace emergency services also available in Dakota County. A Crisis Response unit

operates 24 hours a day at (952) 891-7171 if a person is an immediate danger to self or others. Available to callers are phone and in-person crisis consulting, intervention, and if needed, crisis beds available through a residen-tial treatment provider con-tracted by Dakota County. Ramsey County bonded for $9 million to pay for the urgent care center, and

services are funded by the Mental health Crisis Al-liance. Funding includes a two-year, $800,000 grant provided by an anonymous donor. Mental health urgent care can be reached at (651) 266-7900.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

Photo by Laura Adelmann

Kirk Fowler, manager with Ramsey County Human Services, informed a crowd of Dakota County social workers March 23 about a new multi-jurisdictional mental health urgent care that is an alternative to hospital emergency rooms.

YMCA community events The YMCA in Burns-ville has planned the fol-lowing events: • From noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, April 15, the first Minnesota Valley YMCA Bowlathon will be held at Brunswick Bowl in Lakev-ille. A team entry fee of $75

for five bowlers is required and each team is asked to raise an additional $85 or more in support per bowl-er. For more information about the events, call (952) 898-9622.

PUBLIC NOTICECity of Apple Valley

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Cityof Apple Valley will hold a public meetingon the City’s Storm Water Pollution Preven-tion Program (SWPPP), which is a require-ment of the National Pollution DischargeElimination System Phase II (NPDES II)storm water permit. The meeting will beheld on Tuesday, May 1, 2012, at 6:30 p.m.,in the Council Chambers at the MunicipalCenter, 7100 West 147th Street. A briefpresentation will provide information on theCity’s SWPPP followed by a summary ofthe draft annual report. Time will be allowedfor public comment following the presenta-tion.

Copies of the SWPPP are available forviewing at the Municipal Center (7100 West147th Street) and at the Central Mainte-nance Facility (6442 West 140th Street).The SWPPP is also available for viewing onthe city website. Written comments may besubmitted prior to May 1, 2012 at the fol-lowing address:

City of Apple ValleyATTN: Jeff Kehrer7100 West 147th StreetApple Valley, MN 55124

DATED March 26, 2012.2954075 3/30/12

PUBLIC NOTICEINDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196

Rosemount-Apple Valley-EaganPublic Schools

Educating our students to reachtheir full potential

DAKOTA HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOLBUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEM

REPLACEMENTNotice is hereby given that sealed bids

will be received for the Dakota Hills MiddleSchool Bu i ld ing Automa t ion SystemReplacement by Independent School Dis-tr ict 196, at the Fac i l it ies and GroundsOffice located at 14445 D iamond PathWest, Rosemount, MN 55068, until 2 p.m.,April 19, 2012, at which time and place bidswill be publicly opened and read aloud.

Complete instructions on how to obtainB idding Documen ts can be found a t :http://www.district196.org/District/LegalNotices/index.cfm.

If you should have any questions regard-ing this bid you may contact the FacilitiesDepartment at (651) 423-7706.

Joel Albright, Board ClerkIndependent School District 196

2953914 3/30-4/6/12

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ulum, helps students excel in communication and leadership skills. Another large part of the school’s mission statement in-cludes involvement in the com-munity. After teachers prepare us with practical skills, we are encouraged to “take to the streets,” if you will, and put what we’ve learned into action. All seniors complete a senior project toward the end of the year that requires them to get out in the community and at-tempt to make a difference in a big way. In 2007, a 175-foot wind tur-bine was built at SES as a senior project. The turbine provides electricity for the city grid, giv-ing back to the community, as well as leading by example in alternative energy sources. Other students from SES at-

tended the Conference of the Parties in Copenhagen, Den-mark, in 2009 and then Can-cun, Mexico, in 2010. The SES teachers and curriculum allow and encourage students to get involved beyond the walls of the school. Although SES is not a school for everyone, if you’re inter-ested in the environment, want a more hands-on approach to learning, or value commu-nity involvement as a part of academic learning, you should consider this alternative school. Attending SES for the past two years has helped me grow as a student and leader as well as prepared me for college and be-yond.

Hunter Paulson-Smith is a Sun Thisweek intern who attends the School of Environmental Studies in Apple Valley.

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duction to lower costs and create more jobs. In January 2009, the average price of gas nationwide was ap-proximately $1.80 per gallon. Three years later, it has more than doubled, and recent news reports suggest we will be seeing $4 per gallon gas in Minnesota soon. Not long after his inauguration, the president introduced his first major energy initiative: a national energy tax that, according to him, would cause rates to skyrocket. Shortly thereafter, he plugged stimulus dollars into the now-defunct Solyndra, which has cost American taxpayers nearly a half billion dollars. Meanwhile, in the U.S. House of Representatives, my colleagues and I have passed at least seven bi-

partisan job-creating energy bills that currently await a vote in the U.S. Senate. These policies – avail-able for review on my website at http://kline.house.gov – allow us to harness our abundant supply of natural resources in America, de-velop new sources of energy, and create jobs here at home. Washington is all too willing to play the blame game with high gas prices. But Minnesotans don’t want to hear it, and I don’t want to play it. Rather than focus on political winners and losers in the energy debate, we need to remem-ber people like Cindy, a single young mother in the suburbs do-ing what she can to provide for her family. Rising prices at the pump shouldn’t compel Cindy and oth-ers like her to ponder whether or not she should keep her job or choose between gas and groceries.

Rising gas prices hurt families, commuters, job seekers, and small business owners. We need to work together to pass reforms and re-move roadblocks to provide relief at the pump and create jobs, in-cluding a forward-thinking solu-tion that includes oil, natural gas, nuclear, and clean renewable ener-gies. As one constituent told me last week, “We need to start being part of the process.” The time for unlocking Amer-ica’s abundant energy resources is overdue. The clock is ticking. Cin-dy can’t wait. Minnesotans can’t wait. America can’t wait. John Kline, R-Lakeville, represents Minnesota’s 2nd Congressional District. He and his wife, Vicky, live in Lakeville. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

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by Aaron VehlingSun ThiSweek

Lakeville north senior Al-exa kloncz held a jar up for all the class to see. The brown sludge rolled slowly like mo-lasses as kloncz tipped the jar in various directions. The fourth-graders in Joe hemann’s class at Oak hills elementary in Lakeville looked aghast. The tar-filled jar served as a powerful visual aid to complement Lakeville north senior Olivia Gustafson’s les-son about the dangers of cig-arettes. its contents amount-ed to the tar from a year of smoking. “i think cigarettes should be against the law forever,” blurted out one girl. There was a series of visu-al aids on display for the stu-dents to understand some of the 4,000 chemicals in ciga-rettes: a vial of formaldehyde and accompanying fake frog to illustrate that chemical’s preservation properties; rat poison, toilet bowl cleaner; batteries (to represent bat-tery acid); and a candle wax, among others. The students also under-went an experiment centered on breathing through straws, to simulate the effect on respiration associated with smoking. Students expressed vary-ing degrees of awe and disgust as Gustafson and kloncz navigated informa-tion on the ills of all types of tobacco. One student admit-ted that her parents smoked

and that she was going to tell them all about the dangers. The kids Teaching kids program is provided by the university of Minnesota’s extension service. high school teens volunteer to teach elementary students about various chemical and peer pressure issues over the course of three sessions. Bryan wilkom, exten-sion’s Dakota County coor-dinator for the program, said there is immense value in using the practice known in the education community as “cross-age teaching.” it is one thing for a teach-er or another adult to lecture, but there is extra power in the student-to-student peer con-nection. “Younger kids see high school students in the class-room and their eyes light up,” he said. Judy Johnson, the Lakev-ille school district’s chemical

prevention specialist, said the program has been active in Lakeville since the mid-1990s. A federal “Safe and Drug-Free Schools” grant had funded the program for the bulk of that time. But the funding was cut last year and so Johnson sought a $3,500 grant from the Lakeville ed-ucation Foundation to keep it going. She is not sure where funding will come from next year and beyond. For Gustafson, the pro-gram is about connecting with the students as a form of early intervention. “i realized that substance abuse has gotten out of hand in high school,” she said. “if you teach them when they are younger, they will realize the bad effects when they are older (when peer pressure is stronger).” it is also rewarding to spend time with the young

students. “They are super fun and energetic,” she said. Gustafson and kloncz also showed a video starring kids in peer pressure settings. One week the program centered on alcohol. The vid-eo they showed at the Friday session last week depicted typical scenarios relating to chewing tobacco and smok-ing. it also echoed a lesson Gustafson and kloncz gave about advertising, designed to give the students the pow-er to see through the psychol-ogy of certain types of mar-keting. At the end of the session, two Lakeville north teens read the fourth-graders’ anonymous questions on in-dex cards and passed out a letter for the children to give to their parents. “it’s a way to keep parents involved,” wilkom said. Among the major com-ponents of the lesson that the young people are to use is a three-part mantra for fending off temptation: Be candid (speak up/against peer pressure); be prepared (think about reasons not to drink alcohol or do drugs or smoke); and be yourself (make positive choices). Gustafson hopes the pro-gram has an impact, “it’s important for the youth to know these things.” Aaron Vehling can be reached at [email protected] or facebook.com/sun-thisweek.

Teens teach fourth-graders about peer pressure

U of M Extension program aims to illustrate dangers of drugs, alcohol

Photo by Aaron Vehling

Lakeville North senior Alexa Kloncz shows Oak Hills Elementary fourth-graders a jar filled with tar as Lakeville North senior Olivia Gustafson discusses the dangers of cigarette smoking.

Ronnei - NelsonAmy Ronnei, daughter of Scott

and Kathy Ronnei of Eagan,MN, and Brian Nelson, son ofWayne and Rita Nelson of AppleVa l ley , MN , announce theirengagement.

Amy is a 2004 gradua te ofBurnsville High School and a2008 graduate of UW-Madison.

Br ian is a 2007 graduate ofBurnsville High School and a2011 graduate of the U of M.

An October 2012 wedding isplanned.

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Women of FaithBrunch

& AntiqueAppraisals“What’s it Worth”?

Bring in an antique forappraisal by

The Peterson SistersApril 14, 2012

Brunch 11:30amFaith United Methodist Church

710 8th StreetFarmington, MN

Brunch $8 Reservations Req.Appraisal Fee: $5 per ItemCheck - in begins at 11am!

More info call651-460-6110 or 651-463-8735.

No coins, stampsor large pieces, please

Maxine MackeyMaxine Mackey, 83 of Mesa,

AZ passed away on March 22,2012. Maxine was born on may21, 1928 in Okemah, OK whereshe spent her childhood days. Shemarried Oak Mackey in 1949 inAnchorage, AL. Being a dedi-cated airline pilot’s wife, she livedin numerous states inc ludingAlaska, Wisconsin, Michigan andMinnesota (Farmington) whileraising their six children. She wasan active member of the Repub-lic Airline Pilot’s Wives group forover thirty years. In 1992 shemoved to Mesa, AZ and has beenan active member of the commu-nity. She was the Chairman ofConvent ions and D irector ofCorrespondence for the SecondAir Division Association-EighthAir Force; an active member ofthe Assistance League of EastValley serving as Chairman of the2011 & 2012 Annua l FashionShow Fund-ra iser; regu lar lyattended her Red Hat luncheonsand served in various Ministriesat St. Bridget Catholic Church.Maxine is survived by her hus-band Oak of 62 years, their chil-dren, Randa l l , Susan, Doug,Robert, James & Anne; five sonsand daughter’s in-law , seveng r a n d c h i l d r e n a n d e l e v e ngreat-grandchildren. Memorialdonations can be made to Assis-tance League of East Va l ley ,Attn.: J. Parnell, 1950 N. Ari-zona Ave, Ste. 3, Chandler AZ85225 in lieu of flowers.

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Rivard - MihmRaymond and Ruth Rivard of

Lakeville are pleased to announcethe upcoming wedding of theirdaughter Kassi to Austin Mihm,the son of S teve and JacqueMihm, also of Lakeville. Kassi, a2007 graduate of Lakeville SouthHigh School, is a student at theUniversity of Minnesota, TwinC i t i e s m a j o r i n g i n I n t e r i o rDesign, with a minor in FamilySoc ia l Sc ience. Kass i is a lsoworking as an intern at Cuning-ham Group Architecture in Min-neapolis. Austin, a 2004 gradu-ate of Lakeville High School, is agraduate of Metro State Univer-sity, with a degree in Interna-t i o n a l B u s i n e s s . A u s t i n i semployed at Best Buy Corporateas a Merchant Analyst. Kassiand Austin are planning on out-door wedding in July.

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Senior calendar The following activitiesaresponsoredbytheRose-mount Parks and Recre-ation Department and theRosemount Area Seniors.For more information, callthe Rosemount Parks andRecreation Department at(651)322-6000. Monday, April 2–Bridge,9 a.m., Do Drop Inn; TaxAssistance, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.,Rosemount CommunityCenter, Room 212; 500, 1p.m.,DDI Tuesday, April 3 – Cof-fee, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m., Rose-mount Cub; Bid Euchre,9 a.m., DDI; Blood Pres-sureChecks,11a.m.,RCC;Catered Meal, 11:30 a.m.,

RCC(RSVPrequired) Wednesday, April 4–Wa-ter Color Painting, 9 a.m.,DDI; Yoga, 9 a.m., Room221 (registration required);Velvet Tones, 10 a.m., Ap-pleValleyCommunityCen-ter; Bowling, 1 p.m., CityLimitsinRosemount Thursday, April 5 – Bin-go,1p.m.,DDI Friday, April 6–Euchre,9 a.m., DDI; Bowling, 1p.m.,ApplePlace inAppleValley

Tax assistance Taxhelpwillbeavailableonafirst-come,first-served,walk-inbasiseachMonday.AARPwillhavevolunteersat the Rosemount Com-

munity Center (Room 212)eachMondaythroughApril9 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Peo-ple should bring necessaryforms. For more informa-tion, call AARP at 1-888-687-2277.

Red Green Thechampionofunder-achieving men everywhere,Red Green (aka SteveSmith),willofferhomespunwisdom and philosophiesonrelationshipsatMonday,May7duringatriptotheO’Shaughnessy Theater inSt.Paulfrom5:45-10p.m. It’stimetobringouttheflannel shirt, find the sus-penders, dig out the ducttape and join Red Green

forafamousPossumLodgemeeting. The cost of thistrip is $70.50/person; regis-tration deadline is April 9.Registrationcanbedoneatthe Parks and RecreationOffice, (651) 322-6000.Spaceislimited.MOAtrip A trip to the Mall ofAmerica for shopping andto see the special exhibit,Diana: A Celebration willbe Monday, April 30 form10a.m.-3:20p.m. Lunch will be on yourown. At 1 p.m. we will headupstairs to the fourth floorfor the award-winning ex-hibition celebrating the lifeand work of Diana, Prin-

cessofWales. This cost of this trip is$30.50/person; registrationdeadline isApril16.Regis-tration can be done at theParks and Recreation Of-fice,(651)322-6000. Spaceislimited.

Spam Museum A Spam Museum TourandtripwillbeWednesday,May 9 from 8:15 a.m.-4:30p.m. The bus will arrive inAustin to tour the historicHormel House, the statelyhomeofGeorgeA.Hormelfrom 1901-1926. The OldMill Restaurant located inthe historic Ramsey FlourMillontheRedCedarRiv-

erwillbethesiteforlunch. ThefinalstopwillbetheSpamMuseumthatisdedi-cated to the meat first cre-ated at the Hormel FoodsCorporationplantin1937. The cost of this trip is$57.00/person; registrationdeadline is April 23. Reg-istrationcanbedoneattheParks and Recreation Of-fice,(651)322-6000. TheRosemountAreaSe-niorsDoDropInn isopentoseniorcitizens9a.m.to4p.m.,Monday-Friday. TheroomislocatedintheRose-mount Community Centerand allows seniors a placetostopbyandsocializedur-ingtheweek.

Senior Briefs

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AplantoprotectEagan’sartparkmayaddthesculp-ture-dotted woodland toEagan’s list of city-ownedparks. Local officials and di-rectors of the Caponi ArtPark and Learning Centerhope to obtain $1 millioninpublicgrantsforthecitytopurchasetheprivatepor-

tionof theparkonDiffleyRoad. That portion is cur-rentlyownedbyanonprof-it,whichoperatesthepark. “This will ensure thepropertyisretainedasopenspace,” said Craig Harris,president of Caponi ArtParkBoardofDirectors. Supporters of CaponiArt Park have worried forseveral years about the fu-ture of the park upon the

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If the plan moves forward, the city of Eagan would purchase the privately owned portion of Caponi Art Park in Eagan. That portion of the property contains the bulk of the park’s sculptures, amphitheater, and the Caponi family home and studio. The city currently owns 30 acres of the property.

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Supporters of Caponi Art Park have worried for several years about the future of the park upon the passing of its founder Anthony Caponi, a retired Macalester College pro-fessor who, at age 90, is still an active artist and a director of the park.

passingof its founder ,An-thonyCaponi,aretiredMa-calester College professorwho,atage90,isstillanac-tiveartistandadirectorofthepark. In 2005, the city pur-chased 10 acres of the 60-acreproperty. D a k o t aCounty bought another 20acres of the park land andturneditovertothecity. Caponi Art Park tookout a mortgage to pur-chase the remaining prop-erty, which contains thebulk of its sculptures, itsamphitheater, and the Ca-poni family home and stu-dio. The nonprofit wasgiven some flexibility sincethe mortgage is in the Ca-ponifamilyname. Sincethen,thenonprofithas expanded its program-ming to meet the demandsofgrowingattendance. Thenumberofvisitorsatthepark leaped from4,200in2007to17,000lastyear. Despite this growth, theorganization has struggledto make its mortgage pay-ments,Harrissaid. “It’s a small organiza-tion and the economy hasnot been very receptive,”hesaid.“It’sbeenchalleng-ing.” Cityandcountyofficialsbegan exploring the possi-bility of public ownershiplast year, after being ap-proachedbyCaponiBoardmembersforhelp. “Wehopethiswillenablethe park to continue as italways has,” said AnthonyCaponi, founder and artis-ticdirectoroftheartpark.“Our goal from the begin-ningwastoeducateandin-

spire.” The city plans to ap-plyfortwograntsfromtheDepartmentofnaturalRe-sources,andishopingtogetatotalof$400,000. City officials view theplan as a way to protect auniqueassetinthecity,saidTomHedges,Eagancityad-ministrator. “This park has regionalsignificance,” Hedges said.“It’sdifferentthanwhatwehave anywhere else. Rose-mount, Apple Valley andother Dakota County resi-dentswillseekthatout.” Dakota County officials

agreedlastweektocontrib-ute up to $400,000 from itFarmland and natural Ar-easPreservationfund. not all county lead-erswereonboardwith theidea,though. “I’mnotopposedtothepark, but it’s time to putthem on notice. They needto lookatotherresources,”said Commissioner Wil-lis Branning whoabstainedfromthevote. Branningsaidhebelievesthe Caponi Art Board hasasked too many times forassistance in the past fewdecades.

“I’mgettingclosetosay-ingno,”hesaid.”Ithinkit’sincumbentuponthecity.” The city of Eagan haspledged between $300,000and$400,000fromitsparkdedication funds collectedbydevelopers. CaponiArtParkwillalsocontributemonetarilytothepurchase,andwillcontinuetooperate theparkand itsartsprograms.

Jessica Harper is at [email protected] or face-book.com/sunthisweek.

EaganUsed athletic shoes wanted The St. Thomas BecketCatholic Church youthministry group is seekingdonations of used athleticshoes from the communitythrough Thursday, April 5,as a Green Sneakers proj-ecttoraisefundsforaJunemission trip. Twelveyouthparticipants ages 16 to 18,andfouradults,willheadtoJamaica to serve the com-

munityofSt.Ann’sBayforsevendays,workinginpeo-ple’shomes, inorphanages,andincommunitycenters. The Green Sneakersprojecthelps toraise fundsforthetrip.Theyouthmin-istrygroupreceives$.50perpound of sneakers it turnsintoGreenSneakers(www.greensneakers.org). A collection bin is lo-catedinthechurch’sgather-ing space area. Donationscan be dropped off duringweekendmasshours(Satur-day5p.m.,Sunday9a.m.,11a.m.and5p.m.)ordur-

ingweekdayofficehours(9a.m.to5p.m.). For questions aboutthe project, visit www.st.thomasbecket.org orcontact Eric Duffy at(651) 683-9808 or [email protected].

BurnsvilleChrist in Passover Liz Goldstein of Jewsfor Jesus will recreate the

traditionalPassover serviceand explain how it fore-shadowed Jesus’ death andresurrection in a presenta-tion called “Christ in thePassover” at 7 p.m. Satur-day,March31,atLutheranChurch of the Ascension,1801E.Cliff Road,Burns-ville. The event is free. Formoreinformation,call(952)890-3412.

Greg Tamblyn comedy concert Humorist and songwrit-

er Greg Tamblyn will per-form a comedy concert at7p.m.Sunday,April15,atunityoftheValleySpiritu-alCenter,4011W.Highway13,Savage.Ticketsare$20.Doorsopenat6:30p.m. Tamblyn’s concerts fea-ture songs such as “Self-Employment Made HarderbyDifficultBoss,”“AnalogBrain in a Digital World,”and“TheShootoutAtTheI’mOkYou’reOkCorral.”More information aboutTamblyn is at GregTamb-lyn.com.

Religion Briefs Mothers of Multiples hold spring sale MinnesotaValleyMoth-ersofMultipleswillholditsannualspring/summerusedclothing and equipmentsale on Saturday, March31.Thesalewillbeopentothepublicfrom11a.m.to2p.m.attheEaganCommu-nity Center, 1501 CentralParkway,Eagan. Admissionis$2andtick-etswillgoonsaleat10a.m.Formoreinformation,visitwww.mvmom.org.


Property values declinefor residential, up for ag

Building permits up slightly from last year


Residential property values continued a down-ward trend in 2012, while agricultural property values increased, according to Da-kota County Assessor Bill Peterson. The value of most Da-kota County residential properties dropped between 6 and 8 percent in 2012, he told Dakota County com-missioners on Tuesday. Some agricultural prop-erty values jumped 20 percent in 2012, causing estimated property tax pay-ments to rise in 2013. Commissioner Paul krause of Lakeville said he has received calls from ag-ricultural property owners worried about the increases. Peterson said the state uses agricultural values from southwest Minnesota to determine true agricul-ture property values, where

land is not influenced by nearby development. “Our county has always gotten ag values from other parts of the state because of the metropolitan influence on lands,” Peterson said in an interview with Sun Thisweek. he added that the farm-ing economy is very good, with corn prices up and farm land selling for over $10,000 per acre in some ar-eas. “while locally in town-ships, land is selling for up-wards of $6,000 an acre, the taxable value is at $5,700,” Peterson said. Countywide, property values dropped from $37.7 billion in 2011 to $35.9 bil-lion in 2012, a 4.8 percent decrease. Peterson said about 40 percent of commercial properties saw an average of 2 to 5 percent reductions in their values.

Residential construction permits increased from 460 in 2011 to 467 in 2012, a sta-tistic that Peterson said was encouraging that this year would mean better growth in the county. while the numbers are not near pre-recession numbers where the county would average 2,500 to 3,000 residential building permits in a year, Peterson said “at least we’re heading in a better direction.” Taxpayers wishing to discuss or challenge their property tax assessments can attend open book meet-ings scheduled throughout Dakota County in April. The one at the county’s western Service Center, at 14955 Galaxie Avenue in Apple Valley, is April 10-12 from 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.




Dan Gustafson, a Burnsville City Council member who has emerged from bankruptcy, is going into the food-truck business with the Wicked Palate.

by John GessnerSun ThiSweek

Customers of the wick-ed Palate food truck soon to debut in Burnsville should approach the fare without remorse. The proprietors sure aren’t offering any apologies. They will serve American food writ large, with high regard for flavor and little for calorie or cholesterol count. The still-developing menu will include the “Fat A$$ Burger,” the Palate’s thick double burger. The “OMG Burger” will be topped with pulled pork, deep-fried cracklin pork, caramelized onions and “MOJO” sauce. “which is our secret sauce,” said Dan Gus-

tafson of Burnsville, who is launching the wicked Pal-ate with his wife, Suzanne. “we’re going to have some fun with this,” Gus-tafson said. “This business is not only about providing good food, but people need to have fun when they stop at our truck.” The wicked Palate will start arriving in a matter of weeks at parks and business parks in Burnsville, said Gustafson. Last week the couple took delivery of the 20-foot culinary caravan, a trailer hauled up from Georgia and deposited along the curb in front of their Lacota Lane home. The wicked Palate is a comeback attempt for Gus-tafson, a two-term City Council member whose

Chapter 7 bankruptcy made headlines in 2010. Gustafson, now 59, had $1.28 million in debts dis-charged in federal bank-ruptcy court. Before filing for bankruptcy he experi-enced a sharp, recession-driven downturn in his business, an eagan freight-forwarding franchise called Concert Group Logistics. The franchisor took over the failing franchise and cancelled Gustafson’s con-tract. Gustafson claimed $223,375 in assets, the larg-est of which was his home, worth $212,000 in 2009. Post-bankruptcy, he worked for nine months as a route manager for the Mendota heights location

Street eats in BurnsvilleCity Council member to unveil American-style food truck

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Business BriefsChamber hosts HR Roundtable Hiring the right candi-date will be the topic forthe next Human ResourcesRoundtable hosted by theDakota County RegionalChamber from 7:30 to 10a.m. Wednesday, April 25,at thechamberoffice,1121Town Centre Drive, Suite102,Eagan. Industry professionals

Kelly Brenna and EmilyRuhsamwillleadtheround-table, which will includea continental breakfast.Cost is $149 for each busi-nessandincludesuptotwocompany representatives.Additional representativesmayattendatareducedfee. For more informationor to enroll, contact KellyBrenna, SPHR, at [email protected].

Uponor North America names new president BillGrayhasbeennamedpresident of Uponor NorthAmerica, effective Feb. 15.He is alsoamemberof theUponor Group executivecommittee. Gray has served as thevicepresidentforUNASalessince June 2011. In that ca-pacity, he was responsible

fortheleadershipofallUp-onor North American salesefforts in the United StatesandCanada. Previously,hewasgeneralmanager for Uponor Ltd.in Canada for three yearswhere he oversaw all Cana-dian operations, includingsales, marketing, demandmanagement and technicalandcustomerservice. Gray isaseasonedveter-an in theHVACand indus-

trial supply industries withmore than17yearsof salesand marketing experience,withbachelordegreesinartsand commerce. He is basedin Apple Valley, UponorNorth America’s headquar-ters. The company is in theprocess of finding a can-didate to fulfill the vicepresident of Uponor NorthAmericaSalesposition.

Valley Natural Foods sets Run for Hope Burnsville-based ValleyNatural Foods will host itssecondannualRunforHope5K,scheduledforSaturday,May12. Last year’s event attract-edover170participantsandraised $5,500 for Hope forTomorrowMentoring,a lo-cal organization that workswith middle school stu-dents in Burnsville, AppleValley, Eagan, Lakeville,Bloomington and WhiteBearLakeschools. Morethan70HFTlead-ersinthelocalbusinesscom-munityvolunteertomentorstudents each month, help-ing them set goals, buildconfidence and outline apathforfuturesuccess. All race proceeds fromdonationsandparticipationcostswillbenefitHFT. The timed event will be-ginat8a.m.atValleyNat-ural Foods, 13750 CountyRoad 11, Burnsville. Theroute starts on McAndrewsStreetEastandturnsofftofollow roads in the residen-tialareassurroundingValleyNaturalFoods. Last year,HFTused thefunds raised to open a newLakevillechapter,topayformentee transportation costsfor corporate and collegevisits along with paying forcurriculummaterials. Fundsraisedattheeventwill help the organizationsupportthestart-upofnewchapters, develop new cur-riculum, invest in websiteupgrades and support thehiringofanexecutivedirec-tortosolidifyfuturegrowth. The Run for Hope 5Kevent isopen to individualsof all ages. Children undertheageof18needthesignedpermission from a legalguardiantoparticipate.Theregistration cost is $28.25per person. Register beforeApril20tobeguaranteedaT-shirtthesizedesired. To register for the eventor to learn how to sponsorit, visit www.runforhope5k.com.

Networking group to have Visitors Day ThePowerLinkschapterofBusinessNetworkInter-national will hold VisitorsDayat7:20a.m.Thursday,April 5, at the HighviewHills Senior Living Cen-ter, 20150 Highview Ave.,Lakeville. Local businessrepresentativesareinvited. Visitors should park inthe church parking lot be-hind the senior center. Allvisitors are asked to bring100 business cards to net-workwithlocalprofession-als. BNI is a group of busi-nessprofessionalsthatmeetonce a week, get to knowandtrusteachother,andre-ferbusinessbackandforth.Only one business fromeach industry is allowed tojointhegroup.

Floral design company hosts bridal workshop As part of the grandopeningofStudioBFloralDesign,Burnsville,thewed-ding professionals at Makeit Grand! will host a freeDIYBridalWorkshopfrom1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, April22,atTheGardenofRiverRidge, 190 S. River RidgeCircle, Burnsville. A num-ber of do-it-yourself ideasforweddingswillbedemon-strated.StudioBFloralDe-signisat190S.RiverRidgeCircle. Call (612) 788-7575formoreinformation.

Cat medical service makes house calls HouseCallsforCats,anat-home veterinary servicejust for cats, is acceptingnew clients in the Eaganarea. Owner and veterinar-ian Dr. Lisa Mekka of-fers appointments Tuesdaythrough Saturday, with af-ternoon and evening hoursregularly available. Formoreinformationgoonlinetowww.HouseCallsforCats.com or call (651) 300- 4-CAT.


of freight company Manna Distribution Services. “It just didn’t work out,” Gustafson said. He and Suzanne pivoted to the growing food-truck movement in the Twin Cit-ies. “It’s pretty good-sized,” Gustafson said of their investment in the Wicked Palate. “We were blessed by Suzanne’s parents, let’s put it that way. They both died in the past year. She got a small inheritance, (divided among) six kids.” Is it scary launching a business at 59? “Actually, no one em-ploying me is far scarier,” Gustafson said. “We chose to invest in a business that we thought we could grow,” he said, freely admitting that he would have been a poor candidate for a business loan. “You’ve got to take risk in life if you want reward.” Food trucks in the Twin

Cities tend to have gour-met or specialty leanings, leaving an opening for his American fare, said Gus-tafson, who promises high-quality meats and buns on his truck. “I haven’t eaten off a truck yet that wasn’t good food, and trust me, we’ve tried them,” he said. He’s taking menu advice from a friend, trained chef Nate Bode, the former own-er of Burnsville businesses Kraemer’s Catering and the AppleWood Rustic Grille and AppleWood Event Center. “The core menu is what we came up with, Suzanne and I,” Gustafson said. “Nate is helping us devel-op the different spices and sauces we’re going to use.” Along with those burg-ers, entrees will include Chicago-style hot dogs and beef sandwiches and South-ern pulled-pork sandwiches. “That’s a Southern-style pulled pork with the cole slaw on top,” Gustafson

said. “In the South, when you order a hot dog or pulled pork, they always ask if you want slaw.” Don’t forget fries. “We’re going to have reg-ular fries and sweet potato fries, like Nate served at Ap-pleWood,” said Gustafson, who, after losing his freight franchise, helped Bode at his business before it was felled by what Gustafson described as a recession-driven drop in catering cli-ents. “Nate used to sell out of those all the time.” Gustafson has obtained a transient merchant per-mit from the city of Burns-ville and was in the process of finalizing a license from the state Department of Health. “You can park your truck on any (Burnsville) street it’s legal to park on,” he said. “Because I’m a council member, I did my diligence. I went from the city attorney on down, talk-ing to people about how to make this thing work.”

He and Suzanne hope to draw enough business to hire an employee or two. For now, Dan said, the Wicked Palate will remain in Burnsville. Where, exactly? “All over — wherever there’s a crowd,” he said.

John Gessner is at [email protected].

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Suzanne Gustafson stood beside the food trailer she and her husband, Dan, plan to cart around Burnsville.


Dan Gustafson checked out the inside of his new food trailer, which he plans to name the Wicked Palate and cart around Burnsville.


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Bucket list brings her to the stageDiagnosed with cancer, Jana Tack-Norland fulfills acting dream


There’s an urgency to Jana Tack-norland’s buck-et list. The 54-year-old Sav-age resident was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in June of 2010, and un-derwent surgery to have a tumor removed from her abdomen. it was during the two and a half months she took off work to recover from the surgery that she drew up a list of all the things she wants to do before she dies. This month, she gets to cross “act in a play” off her list. She’s cast as the fun-loving eccentric Rema Jean in “Mama won’t Fly,” an ensemble comedy opening April 13 at the Lakeville Area Arts Center. “it’s something i’ve al-ways wanted to do,” said Tack-norland, a social worker whose only pri-or acting experience is a school play in junior high. “in a roundabout way, can-cer motivated me to pursue a dream.” After chancing upon an online auditions announce-ment for the play being produced by the Lakeville-based community theater group expressions, Tack-norland decided to take the plunge. “i walked in (to audi-tions) and i was totally

intimidated by all these people who have a theater background,” she said. “i thought, they’re gonna think i’m a nut.” Shortly after auditions, she got a call from Andy wilkins, the show’s direc-tor, offering her a part. “i was absolutely over-joyed – i didn’t think i’d hear back. if he had offered me a job as a prop person, or even a job scrubbing toilets, i would’ve done it,” she said with a laugh. wilkins said Tack-nor-land’s lack of stage experi-ence is overshadowed by the zest she’s brought to the stage during rehearsals. “it’s really nice to see someone with that much enthusiasm,” he said. “She’s brought out the sort of sassiness i was look-ing for in the character. … She’s really just stepped in and helped bring the char-acter to life.” To stave off stage fright, she’s made one request of friends and family who will be coming to see her per-form. “The only thing i’ve asked is for everybody not to tell me the night they’re coming,” she said. Acting in a play is the first of three items on Tack-norland’s bucket list. This fall, provided her health remains stable, she’ll be traveling to england, Scotland and wales with her daughter. And next

year she hopes to take part in a cattle drive. “i’m a cowgirl, i own a horse, and i’ve always wanted to go out west and do a cattle drive,” she said. “when i tell people this they think i’m crazy.”

her role in “Mama won’t Fly” is modest – about 15 lines in a single scene in the first act. But the experience, she said, has been a dream come true. “it’s a really nice diver-

sion from living with my illness, which has a high probability of coming back, usually with a ven-geance,” she said. “i try to keep busy and stay posi-tive, and this has been won-derful – it’s like adult play

time. “it’s really been the time of my life.”

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


Jim Berger of Eagan and Tony Sasso of Rosemount star in “The Odd Couple,” Farmington Community Theater’s first production.

Farmington Community Theater debuts ‘The Odd Couple’ opens Friday in the high school’s Recital Hall


Local actors have in-vested their time, talent and even their furniture to bring theater to Farming-ton. The Farmington Com-munity Theater will debut Friday and Saturday with its first performance, “The Odd Couple,” at the recital hall in Farmington high School. “we’ll be the first ones to do an actual show on that stage,” said Ana hell-zen, the play’s director and

Farmington Community Theater’s artistic director. “it has only been used for concerts and dance recit-als.” hellzen, a Lakeville resident, was recruited to start the intergenerational community theater group by Dayna Railton, direc-tor of The Play’s the Thing Productions, a nonprofit children’s community the-ater group that performs in Burnsville, Lakeville and Farmington. hellzen intends for the Farmington Community

Theater to attract partici-pants from youths to se-niors to perform or work behind the scenes in pro-ductions that she said will include major musicals. She hopes to receive a grant to cover significant royalty fees for the group’s first musical this fall, which may be “Mamma Mia,” “The Music Man” or “South Pacific.” with funds tight, actors in “The Odd Couple” have provided their own cos-tumes, props and even do-nated furniture to help the fledgling theater group.

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with a ninth-grade play her only prior acting experience, Jana Tack-norland said she didn’t have high hopes of landing a part when she auditioned for “Mama won’t Fly” in Lakeville. “i walked in (to auditions) and i was totally intimi-dated by all these people who have a theater background,” she said. “i thought, they’re gonna think i’m a nut.”

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‘True Love’ TheChameleonTheatreCirclewill present “True Love” at 7:30p.m. April 13-14, 20-21, 23, 27-28 and at 2 p.m. April 29 at theBurnsville Performing Arts Cen-ter,12600Nicollet Ave. The performance on Friday,April 20, will be audio describedforthevisuallyimpairedandwillbe followed by a post-show dis-cussion with the actors, director

and members of the productionteam. TheperformanceonSaturday,April 28, will feature AmericanSignLanguageinterpretation. General admission tickets are$20($17forseniors,students,au-diodescriptionandASLpatrons).Purchase inpersonat theBurns-villePerformingArtsCenterboxoffice, via Ticketmaster at (800)982-2787 or www.ticketmaster.com.

‘Bell Fantasia’ Threelocalhandbellensembleswill present “Bell Fantasia” at7:30p.m.Friday,April27,at theBurnsville Performing Arts Cen-ter,12600NicolletAve. Bellsof theLakes,agroupofauditionedringersfromtheTwinCities, will be joined by the St.OlafHandbellChoirandoneofthe few auditioned communityyouth handbell ensembles in the

nation, Northern Lights RingersfromtheTwinCities. The performance will featuresomeof themusic from theDis-neyfilm“Fantasia.” Tickets range from$15 to$25andcanbepurchasedat theboxoffice,atTicketmaster.comorbycalling(800)982-2787.

To submit items for the Arts Calendar, email: [email protected].

Call for Artists The18thannualEagan Art Fes-tivalisnowacceptingartistapplica-tionsforWorldArtCelebrationtobeheld9a.m.to5p.m.Saturday,June23, and10a.m. to5p.m.Sunday,June24.Applications canbe com-pletedonlineoronpaperandmustbe postmarked by April 2. Find itall at www.eaganartfestival.org oremail [email protected].

Comedy Bob Phillips with special guestKate Brindle at 8:30 p.m. Friday,March30,andSaturday,March31,atMinneHAHAComedyClub,1583E.FirstAve.,Shakopee(lowerlevelof Dangerfield’s), (612) 860-9388,www.minnehahacomedyclub.com.Tickets:$13. Lisa Lampanelli, “The LovableComedy Queen of Mean,” 8 p.m.Friday, March 30, at Mystic Show-room, Mystic Lake Casino Hotel,PriorLake.Tickets:$59,(952)445-9000,mysticlake.com.

Concerts Glen Campbell’s “Goodbye Tour” at8p.m.Friday,April13,Mys-tic Lake Casino Hotel, Prior Lake.TicketsgoonsaleatnoonMarch3.Pricesare$32and$39.Information:(952)445-9000ormysticlake.com. The Minnesota Valley Men’s

and Women’s Chorales will “Singinto Spring” with their concerts at7:30 p.m. Friday, April 20, at St.Joseph Catholic Church in Rose-mount, and Saturday, April 21, atGrace Lutheran Church in AppleValley. Tickets are available at thedoor or from any chorale memberfor$5. Lorie Line’s “Live In The Sun-shine” performance, 7:30 p.m.Tuesday, May 8, at Lakeville AreaArts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave.Tickets are $39 and are availableattheartscenterorbycalling(952)985-4640.

Exhibits The Burnsville VisualArts Soci-etywillholdits30thannualmemberartshow,Art Fete,March8throughApril14attheBurnsvillePerformingArtsCenter,12600NicolletAve.Theexhibitisfreeandopentothepublicduringgalleryhours:9a.m.to5p.m.MondaythroughFridayand10a.m.to2p.m.Saturday. Anexhibitofoilpaintingsbyart-istHolly StoneisondisplaythroughApril 17 at the Lakeville AreaArtsCenter, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Infor-mation:(952)985-4640.

Theater ThePriorLakePlayerswillpres-ent “Fiddler on the Roof” March30-31at7p.m.atTwinOaksMiddleSchool,15860FishPointRoadS.E.,PriorLake.Ticketpricesare$14foradults,$10forseniorsandstudents,and$8forchildrenage12andun-

der.Information:www.plplayers.org. ThePlay’stheThingProductionswillpresent“Joseph and the Amaz-ing Technicolor Dreamcoat” attheLakeville Area Arts Center, 20965HolyokeAve.,onFridays,SaturdaysandSundaysMarch23-April1.Tick-etsare$12adults,$10seniors/stu-dents,andcanbepurchasedonline(http://www.ci.lakeville.mn.us) or atthedoor.

Workshops/classes Music Together in the Valleyof-fersclassesforparentsandtheirin-fant,toddlerandpreschoolchildrenin Rosemount, Farmington, Lakev-ille and Apple Valley. Information:www.musictogetherclasses.com or(651)439-4219. The Eagan Art House offersclassesforallages.Foracompletelisting go to www.eaganarthouse.orgorcall(651)675-5521. Dan Petrov Art StudioinBurns-ville offers oil painting classes forbeginners, intermediate and ad-vanced skill level painters, www.danpetrovart.com,(763)843-2734. Teens Express Yourself with Paint, 5 to 7 p.m. Mondays atBrushworksSchoolofArt inBurns-ville, www.BrushworksSchoolofArt.com,(651)214-4732. Drama/theater classes forages4andupatRiverRidgeArtsBuild-ing,Burnsville,(952)736-3644. Special needs theater program(autism-DCD), ages 5 and older,Burnsville,(952)736-3644. Join other 55-plus adults at the

EaganArtHouse tocreatebeadedjewelry.The Jewelry ClubmeetsonthethirdFridayofeachmonthfrom1to3p.m.Feeis$3andincludesallsupplies.Bringanyold jewelryyouwouldliketore-make.3981Lexing-tonAve.S.,(651)675-5500. Savage Art Studios, 4735 W.123rdSt.,Suite200,Savage,offersclasses/workshops for all ages. In-formation: www.savageartstudios.comor(952)895-0375. Soy candle making classesheldweekly inEagan near 55 andYankeeDoodle.CallJamieat(651)315-4849 for dates and times. $10per person. Presented by MakingScentsinMinnesota. Country line dance classesheld for intermediates Mondays1:30to3:30p.m.atRamblingRiverCenter, 325 Oak St., Farmington,$5/class. Call Marilyn (651) 463-7833. Beginner country line dance classesonWednesdays,5:30-7:30p.m., at the Lakeville VFW, 8790Upper208thSt.$5/class.CallMari-lyn(651)463-7833. Country line dance classesonWednesdaysattheLakevilleSeniorCenter,20732HoltAve.Beginners,9-10 a.m.; Intermediate, 10 a.m.-noon. $5/class. Call Marilyn (651)463-7833. TheLakevilleAreaArtsCenterof-fersarts classesforallages,www.lakevillemn.gov,(952)985-4640.

“We’rebuildingfromthebottom up,” Hellzen said.“Thesetisopen,soitleavesit to the imagination whatthewallslooklike.” The theater group in-tends to share its propsandcostumeswiththehighschool theater departmentand will raise funds so astage curtain and riggingcan be installed in the re-citalhall. “We are trying to startpooling our resources to-gether … do some moreplays and build up moneysowecandobiggerproduc-tions and shows,” Hellzensaid. “The Odd Couple” fea-tures Jim Berger of Eaganastidy,sinus-honkingFelixUnger and Tony Sasso ofRosemountassloppy,cigar-smokingOscarMadison. Other actors includeGordy Schmidt of Farm-ington; Catherine Hunterof Burnsville; FranklinHellerofMendotaHeights;Scott Hellzen of Lakeville,and Anne Felix of PriorLake, who plays Vinny, amale poker player with ahigh-pitchedvoice. Set in the sloppy NewYork apartment of OscarMadison, the comedy asksthe same question as themovie and television showupon which the originalNeil Simon play is based:Can two divorced menshareanapartmentwithoutdrivingeachothercrazy? Performances are at7:30p.m.Friday,March30and at 2:30 p.m. Saturday,March31. Tickets available at thedoorare$14foradultsand$10forseniorsandchildrenages12andunder.


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Theater/from 14A

But Sam — who istrained in ground surveil-lance radar operation andelectronic warfare signalsintelligence — hates thethought of once againleaving his family, includ-ing 11-year-old Becca and12-year-oldNoah. His last deployment, toIraq, ended in 2007 andconsumed 22 months ofpreparation and service incountry. “I missed all of Becca’skindergarten and firstgrade, and all of Noah’s

first and second grade,”Sam said. “I don’t want todothatagain.” Despite his training asan intelligence analyst andtheadministrativeworkhe’sdone for the Guard, Samsaid his job search is likelyhampered by his lack of acollegedegree. Not that the 1992 Ea-gan High School graduatewouldtradehisyearsofser-vice.Hedidhisbasictrain-ing between his junior andsenioryearsinhighschool. “It’s in my blood,” Samsaid. “I’m not sure howmany greats it is grandfa-

ther,buthewascaptainofthemilitiaontheMayflow-er,MilesStandish.Myfam-ilyonmymother’ssidehasfoughtineverywartheU.S.hasbeen in. It justwasmycalling,Iguess.” HewentstraightintotheArmy Reserve and signedup for four years of activedutyin1993.Whenthatwasover Sam joined the 34thRed Bull Infantry Divisionof the Minnesota NationalGuard. “I was going nuts with-outtheArmy,”Samsaid.“Ilovedthebrotherhood.” While doing weekendwarrior duty, Sam workedon the ground crew forNorthwestAirlines.

“I was a bag-smasher,”hesaid. Inlate2000SamstartedatemporaryGuardjobpro-cessing security clearancesin preparation for a RedBulldeploymenttoBosnia. AfterthathereturnedtostackingluggageforNorth-west — “a pretty mindlessjob”—untiltrainingforhisIraq deployment began in2005. Samsaidhisdeploymentincludedthreemonths’dutyonaguntruck. “I got shot at twice,” hesaid. “Fortunately, therewerenoIEDs.” After the deployment,whichSamsaidwaslength-ened for three months by

President Bush’s troopsurge, Sam returned toNorthwestAirlines. But inthe last fewyearshe’s been a self-proclaimed“Guard bum,” taking tem-porary job assignments astheycame. He said he coordinatedtraining and intake of newequipment in preparationfordeploymentof the34thInfantry Division’s head-quarterstoIraq. “Wehad24differentcon-tracts.Wehad27systems,”Sam said. “It was worth$240 million. All sorts ofstuff,fromnewweaponstocommunications gear. Wetrained 900 soldiers in anine-monthperiod.” After that he landed ajob at the Minnesota Na-tional Guard Joint ForceHeadquartersinSt.Paul. “I was their all-hazardsintelligence analyst,” Samsaid. “The first thing I didwhen I got there was pre-paringforthe2009flood.” Theassignmentranout,and so has a six-monthwaiver that kept Sam em-ployed in temporary posi-tions longer than Guardprotocolallows. Mindy, a stay-at-homemomafterAltonwasborn,is in the midst of her own

job search. She’s a substi-tute paraprofessional inSchoolDistrict196. “She’s re-entering theworkforceforthefirsttimein a few years, too,” Samsaid.“Shehasher commu-nications degree and she’sclosetogettinghermaster’s.I think that’s the reasonshe’s getting more inter-viewsthanme.” Samwouldlovetoworkasacrimeanalystforapo-lice department, or maybeas a veterans service repre-sentativewiththeMinneso-ta Department of VeteransAffairs. He’s applied to Target,Best Buy and other com-paniesthathefigurescouldput his intelligence and se-curityknowhowtowork. There’s always Afghani-stan.Ormaybe,Samsaid,agovernmentintelligencejobinWashington,D.C. “Ihavebeenalittleselec-tive on where I’ve put myapplication in,” he said. “Iwant to enjoy my job. It’sgettingtothepoint,though,whereI’mgoingtostartap-plying for the jobs I don’twant.”

John Gessner can be reached at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

Couple/from 1A

by Jessica HarperSUNTHISWEEk

Former state Sen. JimCarlsontooktheDemocrat-icendorsementattheDFLSenate District 51 conven-tionSaturday,March24. Carlson, who was un-seated in 2010 by Repub-lican Sen. Ted Daley, con-tended with Eagan MayorMike Maguire for the en-dorsement inahigh-profilecampaign. “Itfeelsgoodthatwegotthat kind of support fromfellow DFLers,” Carlsonsaid. Carlson took 200 del-egatevotes,or60percentofthe ballots, while Maguirereceived133delegatevotes,or40percent. Maguire could not bereachedforcomment. Morethan350delegatesgathered at the endorse-ment convention, whichwas held at Dakota HillsMiddle School in Eagan.It was the inaugural DFLconvention for the Senatedistrict and its two Housedistricts,whichwerecreatedbyastateredistrictingmapreleasedinFebruary. District 51 covers mostofEaganandnorthBurns-ville. Carlson, an Eagan resi-dent,saidheisconfidenthewilldefeatDaleyinthegen-eralelection,addingthathebelieves low voter turnoutwas a major factor in Dal-ey’s2010win. “(U.S.Sen.Amy)klobu-char, (President) Obamaand a few (state constitu-tional)amendmentswillgetyoungpeopleout,”Carlsonsaid, adding that he plansto improvehisstrategythistimearound. Republicans’ focus onsocialissuesinsteadofjobsand education will help

Democrats win in 2012,Carlsonsaid. “Ithinkpeoplearegoingto see through those ma-nipulations,” he said. “Weneed to undo some thingstheGOPputthrough.” If elected, Carlson saidheplanstofocusonjobcre-ationandfiscalresponsibil-ity, which he said includesinvesting in infrastructureandeducation. Carlson said he believestheLegislaturemustacceptthe federal health care actandworktomakeimprove-mentsasnecessary. In addition to receiv-ing the DFL endorsement,Carlson was recently en-dorsed by Education Min-nesota, the largest educa-tionunioninthestate. Former state Rep. San-dra Masin received theDemocratic endorsementforHouseDistrict51A. Masin, who was unseat-ed in 2010 by RepublicanRep. Diane Anderson, saidsheisconfidentshewillre-gainherseat. “Diane Anderson andother Republicans havesteered this state in thewrong direction,” Masinsaid. Masin, an Eagan resi-dent, pointed to recentschool funding and taxshifts as examples of poor

decisions made by the ma-jorityparty. “Overall,mybiggermes-sageisthatweneedtofocuson creating stability withstatefinances,”shesaid. Masin expressed herfrustration over legislativedecisionsthatshesaysplacea greater burden on prop-ertytaxpayers. “2012 gives us a goodopportunity to get thingsright,”shesaid. Laurie Halverson cap-tured the Democratic en-dorsement for House Dis-trict51B. “I’m very honored toget the endorsement,” shesaid. The Eagan resident haspreviously served her com-munity in various capaci-ties, such as a member ofthe Eagan Advisory Parksand Recreation Commis-sion. Halverson said she hasno reservation about com-peting against RepublicanRep.DougWardlow. “Theyaren’tgoingtobeabletowalkawayfromtheirirresponsible behavior,” shesaid. If elected, Halversonsaid she plans to ensurepublic schools are repaidand put among the state’stop priorities. She said shealsoplans to focusonsup-porting affordable healthcareandjobcreation. “We need to get peopleback to work — that’s themostimportantthing,”Hal-versonsaid.Jessica Harper is at [email protected] or face-book.com/sunthisweek.

Carlson scores Democratic endorsement

Jim Carlson

Masin, Halverson take endorsements in 51A, 51B


Spring has sprung in Apple Valley Photosubmitted

The Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce will have its Home & Garden Expo at the Dakota County Western Service Center, 14955 Galaxie Avenue, Apple Valley, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. March 31. Nearly 5,000 people attended last year. There is free parking and free admission. Among the attractions will be Minnesota Zoo animals, fire trucks and free children’s arts and crafts.

Lakeville fire victim diesFirst fire-related death in city in 20 years

A Lakeville man whosustained injuries from aMarch4housefirehasdied. Arthur Raymond Jones,84, died on March 25 atHennepin County MedicalCenter. On March 4, theLakeville Police Depart-ment responded toamedi-cal assistance call at kal-marTrail,accordingtocityreports.Aneighborhadnotseenanelderlymaleneigh-

bor in several days andbecame concerned for hiswelfare.Uponarrivalatthehome,policeofficers foundJones on the kitchen floorwith burns to his legs andevidenceofasmallfirethathad extinguished itself inthekitchen. Allina Paramedics re-sponded to the scene andtransported Jones to theHennepin County Medi-

cal Center. Jones regainedconsciousness before beingtransported. NofoulplayissuspectedandtheLakevillepoliceandfire departments continueto investigate the causeof the fire. Lakeville FireChiefMikeMeyersaidthisisthefirstfire-relateddeathinLakevillein20years.-AaronVehling

Farmington diesel spill cleanup completedRecycling business source of leak

by Laura AdelmannSUNTHISWEEk

The amount of dieselspilled into the VermillionRiveronMarch21inFarm-ington was 25 gallons orless, according to the Min-nesota Pollution ControlAgency. Hours after FarmingtonParks Department workersdiscovered the diesel leak,roadsnearFourthandWil-low streets were closed asstate, county and local of-ficials worked to containthe fuel from traveling far-therdowntheriver,partsofwhichareaprotectedtroutstream. Officials have concludedthespillcamefromastormsewer located on a nearbylot owned by FarmingtonbusinessownerCollinGar-vey. InaninterviewwithSun

Thisweek, Garvey said hehad leased the property toCole Empey since Novem-ber, and Empey operateda metal-recycling businesstherewithoutproblem. Empey previously oper-ated a similar business inCastleRock,butshutdownafter the township took le-gal action against him foralleged zoning ordinanceviolations. Rolland Meillier, envi-ronmental specialist withDakota County Environ-mental Management, saidlastweekattheCastleRocksite Empey had “some mi-norhazardouswaste viola-tions as far as containeriz-ing certain solids, and justorganizationalstuff.” City Planner Lee Smicksaid last week Farmingtonofficials were unaware ofhow big Empey’s new op-

erationhadgrown,andshecited concerns about pos-sible zoning violations anda lack of business permitsforthesite. She would only say onMonday that the investiga-tionisongoing. Garveysaidhehadnoti-fied the Farmington Plan-ning Department that theoperationwouldbe locatedonthelotbeforeherentedittoEmpey. “He’sjustaguytryingtomakealiving,”Garveysaid.“He’sahard-workingguy.” Since the incident,Empey has significantlycleaned and organized theFarmingtonsite. InaninterviewwithSunThisweek, Empey said hehas been waiting “quite awhile” for a permit fromDakotaCounty,andthathehascooperatedwithinvesti-

gators.Headdedhehasnotbeentoldtostopwork. Empey said the leakcamefromanold45-gallongastankandestimatedheldabout5gallonsofolddieselfuelinit. He said he laid it about40 to 50 feet from a stormdrain, and surmised rainwashedthedieselout. “I feel like I’m walkingoneggshells,becauseevery-one’s upset with me,” Em-pey said. “Nobody wantsto feel like they’re buggingpeople. I’m not a jerk of aperson.” Empey said he operatedadrywallcompanyuntiltheeconomy and non-payingcustomers ended that busi-ness. He said he started recy-cling metal by cleaning upoldfarmsites;nowhebuysoldmachineryofliquidated

companiestosellthemetal. The MPCA hired BayWest to oversee the rivercleanup, which involvedfloating booms collectingfuel and a vacuum deviceusedtoskimitoff theriver. Farmington Fire ChiefTim Pietsch said onWednesday that cleanup iscomplete, but the MPCAmay keep floating boomsontherivertoensureallthefuelhasbeencollected. Farmington Fire Mar-shal John Powers said lastweekthatcleanupcostsandany possible civil penaltiesarelikelytobebilledtotheresponsibleparty. Headdedthatif thecostsarenotpaidtheywilllikelybeassessedtotheproperty.


Country Garden to offer classes at Thomas Lake Country Garden Nurs-erySchool,incollaborationwith School District 196,will offer new classes nextschoolyearatThomasLakeElementary School, 4350ThomasLakeRoad,Eagan.Parents who have childrenwho are age 4 by Sept. 1may register for the classesthatwillbeheldonTuesday,Wednesday and Thursdaymorningsorafternoons. Country Garden is alsoaccepting enrollments fornext school year classesat Highland ElementarySchool, 14001 Pilot knobRoad,AppleValley.Parentsmay register 3-year-oldsfor Monday/Wednesdaymornings or afternoonsand 4-year-olds for Tues-day/Thursday mornings orafternoonsatHighlandEl-ementary. More information is atwww.countrygardennurs-eryschool.comor(952)432-2476.

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Sportsby Andy Rogers

Sun ThiSweek

Many people enter col-lege with dreams of play-ing professional sports but most of them leave knowing they must rely on their de-grees to get jobs. As a four-year starter for the university of South Dakota football team, Tom Compton’s football career might not yet be over. Compton has come a long way since starting at left tackle for the Rose-mount high School foot-ball team that played in

the Metrodome for the first time in 2006. As a 6-foot-4, 260-pound linemen, he was still grow-ing and molding into a college-ready player five years ago. After spending years in the weight room, he’s caught the eye of nFL scouts. Last month he was in-vited to the nFL Scouting Combine in indianapolis. he was among 300 college athletes there and he mea-sured out as one of the top offensive line prospects. Rosemount football

coach Jeff erdmann said it’s hard to judge whether a high school football player has the potential to play at the nFL level because there are so many choices a stu-dent-athlete makes while in college. Compton had the disci-pline to go with ability and luck to make it on the list of potential nFL players. “The fact that Tommy has gotten to this position speaks volumes about how he invested in himself dur-ing college,” erdmann said. “Rosemount football is

very excited for Tommy and where his career may take him.” he’s up to 314 pounds now, making him similar in size to many other nFL linemen. his measures similarly to nFL players in many other respects. he ran 5.11 seconds in the 40-yard dash, one of the more popular ways to judge the athleticism of nFL prospects. it was fifth best among offensive linemen, beating Riley Reiff from the university of iowa, consid-

ered by many to be a first-round prospect. he was third best in the broad jump and in the top eight in the vertical jump, three-cone drill, and 20-yard shuttle run. Still, anyone who has watched football knows you’re not running around cones as an offensive line-man in the nFL. Compton was part of a prolific offense at South Dakota. The Coyotes had the second-best rushing offense in the Great west Conference and no. 3 pass-

ing offense. he started two years at right tackle before playing his last two seasons at left tackle. in the nFL, he could be moved to guard. he’s been projected as a fourth- or fifth-round draft choice and is ranked no. 168 by nFLdraftscout.com. The nFL Draft runs April 26-28 and will be televised by eSPn.

Andy Rogers can be reached at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

Draft prognosticators predict he’ll land in the fourth or fifth round

Rosemount’s Compton eyeing NFL Draft

by Mike ShaughnessySun ThiSweek

Two South Suburban Conference boys basket-ball players – Apple Valley’s Tyus Jones and eastview’s Joey king – were named first-team All-State on Tuesday by the Associated Press. Jones also was the AP’s state Player of the Year to go with the Gatorade Min-nesota Player of the Year award he received last week. The sophomore guard aver-aged 28.1 points, eight as-sists, 4.8 rebounds and three steals per game as the eagles went 23-6 and reached the Class 4A, Section 3 cham-pionship game. Jones, who has already played three varsity seasons, is a recruit-ing target of virtually every major college men’s basket-ball program in the country. king, a senior forward who has signed with Drake university, averaged 23.9 points in leading eastview to a 30-2 record, the Class 4A, Section 3 championship and a share of the South Suburban Conference title. he is one of five finalists for the Mr. Basketball award, given annually to the state’s top senior player. Siyani Chambers of hopkins, Tyler Vaughan of Braham and Johnny wo-odard of Duluth east also were named first-team All-State. Several local players received honorable men-tion, including center Ben Oberfeld and guard Darin haugh of eastview, Lakev-ille north forwards Tyler Flack, Brett Rasmussen and Ryan Saarela, and Trinity’s Tony kuplic.

Mike Shaughnessy is at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

Eastview’s King is first-team All-State

Jones earns another Player of Year award

Photo by Rick Orndorf

Apple Valley’s Tyus Jones (left) and Eastview’s Joey King shake hands following the Class 4A, Section 3 boys basketball championship game. Both players were named first-team All-State by the Associated Press, and Jones was the AP’s state Player of the Year.


high school baseball is about to change. The question is, how much? new bats designed to slow offensive produc-tion are being put into play this spring. it’s widely assumed they will make it more difficult to hit for power and put more of a premium on so-called “small ball” such as bunting, steal-ing bases and the hit and run. “Power is going to be a big question for every-body,” eagan coach Rob walsh said Tuesday from Sarasota, Fla., where his team is training dur-ing spring break. “when you talk about power, you might be going from hitting the ball over the fence to gap-to-gap pow-er. But high school base-ball is like that already.” walsh said it will be difficult to assess the new bats’ effect until teams play a few games. Just in case, though, the wildcats made sure to work on small-ball fun-damentals in Florida in preparation for their sea-son opener at Lakeville South on wednesday. new metal or com-posite bats are designed to more closely simu-late the performance of wood bats, mainly by reducing the “trampo-line effect” – the amount the bat flexes, or gives, at impact, which resulted in faster ball speed off the bat and longer carry. The bats were introduced in college baseball in 2011, and batting aver-ages, runs per game and home runs per game all declined. “i think if you hit it on the sweet spot, the ball’s still going to go a long way,” walsh said. “if you don’t, you could see the ball die out there. it could force kids to become better technical hitters.” eagan goes into 2012 looking for its fourth consecutive winning season. The wildcats were 14-9 last year, los-ing three times each to state Class 3A champion Burnsville and Section 3 runner-up eastview. Although the wild-cats had a lot of seniors last season, walsh found enough playing time for underclassmen that eagan has 12 returning letter-winners this year. its best player is likely to be senior infielder evan Peterson, an All-State player last season who has signed with Min-nesota State, Mankato. Peterson is expected to start at shortstop for the wildcats. eagan also should have pitching depth. Re-turnees David Stevens and kevin kunik will

be starters, as will Dan holzer. walsh said Ste-vens will play several other positions when not pitching, perhaps seeing most of his non-pitching time at third base. Josh Loew is expected to be behind the plate. Alex Mangan, who saw some part-time varsity duty last year, likely will be at first base. Senior infielder Brett Lindsay is coming back after breaking his leg in an automobile accident last year. “he’s looked good down here [in Flor-ida],” walsh said. Outfield candidates include Danny Alvarez, nick wolff and Randy krypel. Junior Patrick higgins also could see time in the outfield, and another junior, Cole Pe-terson, has the versatility to play infield or out-field. nick Laramy, Alex Rayman and Jordan Brandt are among others seeking playing time. with the new bats, it’s hard to know how much power the wildcats will produce, walsh said. “But i really think, as a whole, we will hit for av-erage.” The bats also might affect how pitchers work, knowing that balls hit off the handle or to-ward the end of the bat are less likely to fall in for hits. “we’ve always stressed that you have to pitch to both sides of the plate, so i don’t know if it will make a lot of difference for us,” walsh said. “But a lot of times in the past i’ve seen a pitcher throw inside, then watched the ball go off the handle of the bat into the outfield for a hit, and the pitcher got a bit discouraged.” The South Suburban Conference could be a minefield again this year. it has the defending Class 3A state champion (Burnsville), and walsh noted that Bloomington kennedy, a team that went 7-13 in the regular season, also made last year’s state tournament. “it’s just like any oth-er year – if you don’t play well, you’re going to lose,” walsh said. “i can’t think of a team in our conference that won’t be strong. “Burnsville has so many players back. They’ve won the section the last couple of years, and the rest of us are try-ing to get there.” As for the wildcats, “we should be solid de-fensively,” walsh said. “we’ve have experienced kids back at several po-sitions and some depth with our pitching.”


Wildcats wait to assess effect of toned-down bats

Eagan baseball team returns 12 lettermen

Thirteen local players in Great 8 festivalNotebook: All-star weekend for hoops, hockey


eastview standout Joey king and Lakeville north seniors Tyler Flack and Ryan Saarela will be among 40 players participating in the Minnesota high School Basketball Series this week-end in St. Cloud and St. Paul. The event, in its 30th year, is a four-team, two-day tournament featuring the state’s top high school seniors. king and Saarela will play for the Maroon team, while Flack will play for the Green squad. Action begins Friday at halenbeck hall on the St. Cloud State university campus, with the Blue and Gold teams playing at 7 p.m., and the Maroon and Green teams playing at 8:45 p.m. The all-star series moves to Macalester Col-lege on Saturday, with the losers of Friday’s games playing at 2:15 p.m. and the

winners tipping off at 4 p.m. king, a 6-foot-9 for-ward who has signed with Drake university, averaged 23.9 points this season and helped the Lightning fin-ish 28-2. eastview tied for the South Suburban Con-ference championship and won the Class 4A, Section 3 title. Flack and Saarela led Lakeville north to a 30-2 record and second place in the Class 4A tournament, the highest finish ever for a Lakeville boys team at state. Flack, a 6-7 forward, missed the Panthers’ first 10 games of the 2011-12 season be-cause of a broken wrist but averaged 13.4 points a game after his return. he had 12 points, seven rebounds and three blocks in north’s 49-47 loss to Osseo in the Class 4A championship game March 24 at the Target Cen-ter. Flack has signed with the university of South

Dakota, becoming the first Lakeville player to join a Division i men’s college program. Saarela, a 6-5 forward, averaged 12.1 points for the Panthers this season. in three state tournament games, he averaged 10.7 points and 9.3 rebounds.

Great 8 hockey Thirteen boys from Apple Valley, Burnsville, eagan, Lakeville north and Lakeville South will com-pete in the Ted Brill Great 8 hockey Festival beginning Friday at wakota Arena in South St. Paul. Defenseman Charlie heller and forwards Alex harvey and Mike Chui-nard of state Class AA third-place finisher Lakev-ille South will play for the Section 1A-1AA squad in the eight-team tournament, which showcases many of the state’s top senior play-ers.

heller had 22 points (two goals, 20 assists) this season. harvey, playing on the Cougars’ top line with Mr. hockey award winner Justin kloos, had 79 points on 36 goals and 43 assists. Chuinard had 14 goals and 15 assists for 29 points. Also playing for the Section 1A-1AA team are Lakeville north senior for-wards Blake winiecki (25 goals, 32 assists, 57 points) and evan Peterson (28-23–51). Burnsville defenseman Jake Maxson and for-wards Cory Chapman and hunter Anderson will play for the Section 2A-2AA team. Maxson had seven goals and eight assists for 15 points for a Blaze squad that was runner-up in Sec-tion 2AA. Chapman, one of the top forwards in the South Suburban Confer-

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Eagan’s Palluck an All-American UniversityofWisconsin-LaCrossegymnastKatiePalluck,a2011gradu-ate of Eagan High School, finished10thonfloorexerciseattheNationalCollegiateGymnasticsAssociationin-dividual championships March 24 inBrockport,N.Y. Palluckscored9.45intheeventtoearnNCGAsecond-teamAll-Ameri-ca recognition. She also helped UW-La Crosse finish third in the teamcompetitionMarch23.

AVHS graduates in track nationals Several Apple Valley High Schoolgraduateshadstrongperformancesat

theNCAADivisionIIIIndoorTrackand Field Championships on March9-10inGrinnell,Iowa. MikeHutton,a seniorat theUni-versityofSt.Thomas,wonthemen’s800-meter race in 1 minute, 52.26seconds.Heishisschool’sfirstmen’sNCAA individual champion in 18years and the first ever to win a na-tional title in a track event (UST’sother champions competed in fieldevents). Dalen Dirth, a senior at LutherCollege, finished fifth in theheptath-lonwith4,829pointsandearnedAll-Americarecognition. HamlineseniorBrennanMcKeagwas10thinthemen’sweightthrowat58feet,4.75inches.

ence, had 57 points on 26goalsand31assists.Ander-sonhad18goalsand30as-sistsfor48points. Twin brothers DerickandNickKucherawillrep-resent Eagan on the Sec-tion 3A-3AA team. DerickKuchera,adefenseman,had22 points (seven goals, 15assists)foraWildcatsteamthat won the South Subur-ban Conference champion-ship and finished sixth inthe state tournament. NickKuchera played forwardandscored55pointson17goalsand39assists. Apple Valley forwardTate Erickson (9-17–26)and defensemen AnthonyLeong (6-9–15) and DerekSmith (5-19–24) also willplay for the Section 3A-3AA team. Apple ValleyHighSchoolassistantcoach

ChrisSikichwillbeoneofthecoachesofthe3A-3AAteam. The Section 1A-1AAteam will play a quarterfi-nal game against Section5A-5AA at 6 p.m. Friday.The Section 2A-2AA and3A-3AAteamswillmeetat9 p.m. Consolation semifi-nal games are 12:30 and 3p.m. Saturday, with semi-final games at 1 and 3:30p.m. Games Sunday are atnoon(seventhplace),12:30p.m.(thirdplace),2:30(fifthplace) and 3 (champion-ship). Top players from theGreat8tournamentwillbenamed to a team that willcompete in the MinnesotaHigh School National In-vitational Tournament theweekend of April 19-22 inPlymouth.

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ed $1,500 for the mis-sion trip, and the mon-ey was used to purchase mattresses and bed frames for families who previously had been sleeping on the floor. Seline and Klingberg personally delivered a set of bunk beds to a family with a 15-year-old son who, because of bone cancer, had one of his legs amputated. “We met the family and the son – that was probably the best ex-perience of the whole trip,” Seline said. More striking than the heart-rending pov-erty in Chimbote,

Klingberg said, was the joy of the people and the gratitude they had for the simple medical care provided. “I received a hug, a thank you, bright eyes and smiles that will fill me for months to come,” Klingberg said. “You go there expect-ing to change things, but you’re the one who’s changed.” To learn more about mission work in Chim-bote, visit Friendsof-chimbote.org.

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or transition to civilian life and be a part of his young daughters’ lives on a daily basis. He chose the latter. It took another year to transi-tion from active duty to the National Guard. “That was a family deci-sion,” he said. “They need their father in their lives.” Unemployment has been frustrating, Jensen said, but he is “not ready to throw in the towel just yet.” The unemployment rate for veterans who served post-9/11 was 12.1 percent in 2011, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Sta-tistics. A survey by the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America of 4,000 mili-tary members puts the rate closer to 17 percent. Add to that the lifestyle transition from a constantly stressful combat situation to the vastly different world of civilian life, and the chal-lenges veterans like Jensen face are daunting. Right now he could tech-nically be qualified as “very underemployed,” because he works one weekend a month with the National Guard at Camp Ripley as a comptroller for the U.S. Property and Finance Of-fice. But that is not enough on which to raise two daughters, ages 10 and 13. “Looking for a job is kind of like sales,” he said. “You need to fill your fun-nel full of names. Also, ask for help. So many people are oriented toward helping vets.” Jensen’s active duty mili-tary experience involved overseeing a staff of about eight people at the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command in Baghdad. His team issued regular brief-ings to Gen. Raymond Odi-erno, commanding general of the U.S. Iraq War efforts. Outside of his military experience, Jensen has an accounting degree from St. John’s University in Colle-geville, Minn., is a certified public accountant and has about 10 years of experi-ence in sales and account-ing he earned while serving as a reservist prior to 2002,

when he went into active duty. The Army paid well, he said. Nowadays, Jensen tries to seek out and apply for at least one job a day, or book an informational interview or networking meeting each day. “I’m trying to maintain a positive attitude,” Jensen said, conceding that a con-stant upbeat attitude is im-possible. “You just have to keep that ‘warrior ethos’ – like we like to call it in the military – and keep plug-ging away.” To get job interviews, Jensen has relied heavily on personal contacts, “rather than sending an application into the abyss.” “It’s about getting your story out there,” Jensen said. “That is so important.” He still recommends ap-plying for jobs online if that is required. But working those contacts is key. “A person could literally lock themselves up for 40 hours a week on their com-puter, sending applications out until they are blue in the face,” he said. Jensen has found in his job searches that companies often use software to detect buzzwords in applicants’ re-sumes. This makes it hard for someone like Jensen, with nuanced experiences, to articulate them on paper. His resume in the federal system is 12 pages long, he said. That format allows for a more complete picture of his job history, but it doesn’t translate to the civilian sec-tor. “It has got all my certifi-cations, awards, courses. … It goes into the ‘nth’ detail about what I did for differ-ent jobs,” he said. “I wish I could use my government resume for civilian jobs.” Which is why personal connections are so valuable. “Utilize the local unem-ployment center vet rep,” he said. “Network with people you know … friends that perhaps you won’t get a job from, but might know peo-ple.” Local organizations that can help in Lakeville in-clude churches and Beyond the Yellow Ribbon.

Jensen also recommends veterans try LinkedIn, the professional social media site that can connect job-seekers with job-providers. Jensen seeks help from resources such as the vet-erans services of the Min-nesota Department of Em-ployment and Economic Development and his com-munity at Trinity Evangeli-cal Free Church in Lakev-ille.

Back to school But for veterans who do not have Jensen’s credentials and are looking to go back to school, Dakota County Technical College might have a solution. In August it debuts its web-centric Yellow Ribbon Entrepreneurs Initiative, a veterans-oriented offshoot of DCTC’s existing entre-preneurial program. Program instructor Christine Pigsley said the inspiration for it came from her experience as DCTC dean of students. “I was seeing veterans coming back to college and having a hard time fit-ting into the mainstream college system,” she said. “They were often missing class because of issues such as PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) or the needs of their family as part of the reintegration process.” Jobs were an issue, too. It is illegal for an employer to not save a space for a vet’s return to his or her old job, but the exact job descrip-tion does not have to be the same. “ S e l f - e m p l o y m e n t seemed like a natural fit,” Pigsley said. “They could use the military experience and skills they had gained to create a new job for themselves with more flex-ibility than in a traditional 8-to-5 job.” Veterans are in an espe-cially good position to re-turn to college and study in fields such as entrepreneur-ship. As part of the GI Bill, the federal government cov-ers most of a veteran’s tu-ition and materials, Pigsley said. To top it off, she said, veterans can still qualify for financial aid.

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ment and Economic De-velopment (DEED), said the effort was a way to get ahead of the curve for the estimated 20 percent of the 2,700 soon-to-be returning Minnesota veterans who don’t have a job waiting for them. Organized by the Min-nesota National Guard, the program helped his office, which provides intensive services to about 4,000 vet-erans annually, to prepare for the influx of unem-ployed veterans. Finley said the program planned to connect with about 550 Minnesota ser-vice members over five days, but it ended up reaching 1,100 troops from 10 differ-ent states. A majority of those vet-erans are in their early 20s and don’t have much work experience beyond their military service. “The Red Bulls is an infantry division,” Finley said. “Because of the nature of their work and that they are younger soldiers, we see that high unemployment rate. “They may not have

had a job when they were deployed,” Finley said. “A number of them left unem-ployed.” The workshops, of which six were held each day, focused in such areas as

building a resume, job in-terviewing, networking, and organizing a job search. In addition to DEED staff, representatives from the Minnesota State Col-leges and Universities, U.S. Bank, Best Buy and Target conducted workshops. Finding work is neces-sary because Finley says having a job solves a lot of other problems that soldiers will already face. Those include reconnect-ing with family, friends and their community; concerns about finances, and over-coming negative psycho-logical issues related to their service (of which about 49 percent of National Guard members encounter to some degree, according to a 2007 Department of Defense re-port). “Most of these (veter-ans) are going to come back with none of these issues,” Finley said. “Unfortunate-ly the ones you are going to hear about are the ones who have issues. Our hearts break every time we read about these (veterans who have problems).” Finley knows the value of community support ser-vices because he saw the

negative effects when many of his fellow soldiers were derided and dismissed when they returned home from the Vietnam War. “We are all veterans,” Finley said. “We have been through our reintegration. We have been through all of the things these veterans are going through.” He said about half of his staff served in a recent con-flict, which helps them to stay current with challenges. For a department whose motto is “Serving America’s Finest,” its sole purpose is to help these veterans find work. To that end, Finley said his co-workers feel very re-sponsible for each veteran and had to put forth this ex-traordinary effort in Kuwait to help them find success. “It was an incredible ex-perience,” Finley said. “I think everyone on our team would agree with that. “We wanted to get in front of all of these sol-diers,” Finley said. “I am sleeping better at night be-cause we were able to do that.”

Tad Johnson can be reached at [email protected].

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In BrIef There are two online resources for Minnesota businesses and veterans to tap into: • Positivelyminnesota.com/veterans allows busi-nesses to post openings and allows veterans to search postings in addi-tion to having tools to help them in their searches. • Minnesotaworks.net is the state’s labor exchange pool, which is free for businesses and job seekers. The Minnesota Depart-ment of Employment and Economic Development will have its Veterans Ca-reer Fair from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 11 at the Earle Brown Heritage Center, 6155 Earle Brown Drive, in Brooklyn Center. Up to 100 Minnesota busi-nesses are expected to have booths at the event, which will be pre ceeded by a job-search workshop for veterans from 9-10 a.m.

Pigsley and DCTC staff members surveyed veterans who were currently attend-ing the school. “Flexibility was the key,” she said. In this case, flexibility meant making the program Internet-oriented, she said, “so students could go to school at the time when they were most effective; some during the night and others during the day. If a student has a bad day, they can do their school work on the next day.” Family was also key. DCTC sees the program as a family affair centered around a veterans-only co-hort. This allows for them to support each other as they progress through the program. There is also the oppor-tunity through Credit from Prior Learning, which Pig-sley said awards veterans college credit for past post-secondary coursework and

military experience and training. To achieve its goal of a 30-student cohort, DCTC is taking advantage of the on-line component to “branch out nationally, even inter-nationally … if we had a cohort group that was go-ing to deploy and we had soldiers interested in tak-ing online courses together while deployed,” Pigsley said. “It really makes our program globally applicable and, we believe, unique.” For more information on the program, go to DCTC’s website (http://blogs.dctc.edu/youblue/2012/03/08/yellow-ribbon-entrepre-neurs/).

Maintainingperspective Meanwhile, Jensen tries to maintain some perspec-tive in his job search. He said he realizes that with a large number of veterans and nonveterans seeking

jobs, it is a “classic supply and demand issue.” Jensen has informational interviews coming up, and by sticking with his net-working methods and war-rior ethos, he is optimistic that he will soon find an ac-counting/operations job. In the midst of active duty in Baghdad, Jensen took that time to contem-plate what he really wanted out of life when he returned to Lakeville. The single fa-ther finds himself coaching his daughter’s track team and passing the time with both his children as much as he can. “I want to be able to have a day job and spend time in the evenings with my fam-ily,” he said. “The American Dream is really ‘it.’ ”

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District 196 magnet schools earn merit awards All three elementary magnet schools in Dis-trict 196 were selected to receive merit awards for 2012 from Magnet Schools of America, a national as-sociation that advocates for school desegregation, theme-based/specialty edu-cation and public schools of choice. Cedar Park Elementary Science, Technology, Engi-neering and Math (STEM) School and Diamond Path Elementary School of In-ternational Studies were two of only 54 schools na-tionwide and three in Min-nesota selected to receive the highest honor, the Mag-net School of Excellence Award. Glacier Hills Ele-mentary School of Arts and Science was also selected to receive a Magnet School of Distinction Award.

District 196 recognized for financial reporting For the 10th consecutive year, District 196 was select-ed to receive the Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Asso-ciation of School Business Officials International. This year’s award recog-nizes excellence in the prep-aration and issuance of the district’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for fiscal year 2011. The 2011 Comprehen-sive Annual Financial Re-port was approved by the School Board in November 2011. The complete report is available at www.Dis-trict196.org/district/depart-ments/finance.

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Rosemount’s Jacob Stern swims at the Class AA state swimming and diving meet. He won the 100-yard breaststroke and he was part of the state championship 200 medley relay.

Apple Valley’s Brandon Kingsley won his fourth state title at 160 pounds during the Class AAA state individual wrestling tournament.

Eagan goalie Christian Butler and Eli May, No. 14, defend in the Class AA state boys hockey tournament on March 8 against Moorhead. The Wildcats finished second in the consolation bracket.

Burnsville’s Andy Underhill (second place) and Apple Valley’s Seth Gross (first place) accept their medals in the 120 weight class at the Class AAA state individual tournament.

The Dakota United CI adapted hockey team finished third at the state tournament on March 17.

2012 State Tournaments


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CHARLIE IS QUIET & PLAYFUL!Charlie is 6 years old and was an elderly lady’s dog. He would love a quiet home with just one human and he shines. He is over-weight and only can eat dog food! He is neutered and current with shots. If you can-not walk much, don’t worry, he loves play-ing ball and will bring it back to your chair!! See him and all our dogs on www.last-hope.org. Call Barb at 651-779-4148 to meet Charlie!!

Housecleaning 2310

Housecleaning, Wkly, bi-wkly. Prof., Exp., Depend-able. Lisa 952-484-7317

THE CLEAN TEAM Making homes shine since

1994. Honest, Reliable,Detailed. Rena: 763-545-8035

Landscaping 2350

100% Satisfaction Guar!RICHTER Landscaping,

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• Spring DethatchingVisit our website at

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GM Lawn & Snow Care

RETAINING WALLSWater Features &

Pavers. 30+ Yrs Exp /Owner Operator763-420-3036 952-240-5533

Offering Complete Landscape Services

alandsapecreations.com

Landscaping 2350

Lawn & Garden

2360

Powerwashing2490

Lawn & Garden

2360

$40 Lawn AerationsMulti Neighbor Discount

Mark 651-768-9345

Landscaping 2350

Lawn & Garden

2360

Powerwashing2490

Lawn & Garden

236016 Yrs Exp. Wkly Mowing

Serving South MetroSORENSEN LAWN CARE

Free Ests 651-454-6100

16yrs Exp Owner/OperatorWeekly Mowing, Fertilizing,

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Aggressive Outdoor Services Call NOW For

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�Dethatch �Clean-up �Mow �Aerate �Fertilize

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Green & Black LLCFull Lawn Maintenance Svc

•Irrigation Install• Repairs• Patios • Walls • Drive-

ways Licensed InsuredNate 651-356-9193

J 4 Outdoor ServicesLawn Care

Residential/CommercialLawn Care, Landscaping,

Tree Trimming 612-998-9093

REILAND'S GROUNDMAINTENANCE, LLC

Comm. & Res. Lawn Mowing & Trimming,Spring/Fall Clean-Up,

Dethatching, Aerating &Shrub Pruning. Insured.“Offering over 20 years of

professional experience inthe field.” Contact Len

at 952-237-9132 or len@reilandsgroundmain

tenance.com

TOM'S LAWN SERVICESpring Clean-ups & Aeration

New Customers Free Fert.Call 952-882-9029

Lawn & Garden

2360

Weekly Lawn Mowingspring cleanup & de-thatching. call Kevin 952-292-4874

Painting2420

“George's Painting”*Int/Clean Quality Work!*Lowest $$ 651-829-1776

3 Interior Rooms/$250Wallpaper Removal. Drywall

Repair. Cabinet Enameling andStaining. 30 yrs exp. Steve 763-545-0506

Q uality R esidential Painting & Drywall

Ceiling & Wall Textures H20 Damage – Plaster Repair

Wall Paper RemovalINTERIOR EXTERIOR

•Ben's Painting•Will meet or beat prices!

Int/Ext, Drywall Repair

Paint/Stain/Ceilings We

accept Visa/MC/Discvr

952-432-2605DAVE'S PAINTING

and WALLPAPERINGInt/Ext • Free Est • 23 Yrs

Will meet or beat anyprice! Lic/Ins Visa/MCBBB 952-469-6800

FREE ESTIMATES • INSDFull Interior & Exteriorwww.ktpainting.com

KEITH THOMAS PAINTING651-452-4802 BBB

Int./Ext. Painting &Remodeling, 25 yrs, Ins.,

Ref's. Mike 763-434-0001

Jerry's Painting Interior Exterior & Texture

952-607-1009/612-636-9501

Painting Int/Ext.,Sheetrock/Repair, Stain-ing Free est. Ins./since

1992. Jerry's RemodelingLLC 952-447-3587

St. Christoper DecoratingOld World Craftsmanship/24 Yrs

Int Painting/faux/Rlph LaurenExpert Cabinet Refinishing

Wallpaper Installation 952-451-7151 Ins/Bonded

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952-500-1088Interior/Ext Painting

TexturingDrywallDeck StainingEpoxy Resin GarageFloorsWood Floors

• Sanding • RefinishingFully Insured/Free Ests.

Book now for the 2012 Season!

Painting2420

Powerwashing2490

Plumbing2470

A RENEW PLUMBING•Drain Cleaning •Repairs

•Remodeling •Lic# 060881-PMBond/Ins 952-884-9495

Plumbing2470

Plumbing, Heating & ACNew Remodel & Repair952-492-2440 lic. 59502PM

SAVE MONEY - Competentmaster plumber needs work.Lic#M3869 Jason 952-891-2490

Roofs, Siding,& Gutters

2510

A Family Operated Bus.

Re-roofs Tear-offs BBB Free Est. MC/Visa No Subcontractors Used.Lic/Ins. 952-891-8586

A Family Operated Business

Bormann Brothers RoofingNew, Tear-Offs, Free Est.No Subcontractors Used

Lic 20170064/Ins.952-891-8586 BBB

Re-Roofing & Roof Repairs 30 Yrs Exp

Insured - Lic#20126880 John Haley #1 Roofer,LLC. Call 952-925-6156

Roofing * Siding Gutters * Soffit/FasciaTOPSIDE, INC. 612-869-1177 Licensed * Bonded * Insured32 Yrs Exp. A+ Rating BBB

Tear-offs & New ConstructionSiding & Gutters

Over 17 yrs exp. Free est.Rodney Oldenburg

612-210-5267952-443-9957

Lic #20156835 • Insured

Why WaitRoofing LLC

Offering the Best ExtendedManufacturers Warranty

We Take Care of Insurance Claims

StumpRemoval

2600

Al & Rich's Low CostStump Removal, PortableMach. Prof tree trimming& removal. 952-469-2634

Painting2420

Boutiques/Craft Shows & Gifts

3050

TreeService

2620

$0 For Estimate Timberline Tree & Landscape.

Spring Discount - 25% Off Tree Trimming, Tree

Removal, Stump Grinding 612-644-8035 Remove Large

Trees & Stumps CHEAP

612-275-2574AJ's Tree Service

Trimming & RemovalFree Estimates & Insured

A Good Job!! 15 yrs exp.Thomas Tree Service Immaculate Clean-up! Tree Removal/Trimming

Lot Clearing & Stump RemovalFree Estimates 952-440-6104

Absolute Tree ServiceExper. prof., lic., Ins. Reas.rates. 651-338-5881absolutetreeservicemn.com

NORTHWAY TREESERV. Trim/Removal,brush chipping, stump

grinding. Ins'd. Terry 952-461-3618

TreeService

2620

TREE REMOVAL/TRIMMINGShrub Pruning Free Ests

Lic'd / Ins'd / 20 Yrs Exp.651-455-7704

WindowCleaning

2660

Window Cleaning

651-646-4000

Merchandise3000

Antiques3010

A Gathering of FriendsAntiques Market

Vintage / Garden Finds Primitives/Cottage WaresMarch 29, 30, 31 & April 1

Thurs & Fri 9-8; Sat 9-6;Sunday 10-3Bachman's

6010 Lyndale Ave S., Mpls FREE ADMISSION

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TreeService

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3050

CemeteryLots

3090

For Sale: 4 Lots GlenhavenGood Samaritan Garden$7,000 for all. 320-243-3165

CemeteryLots

3090

Glen Haven: 2 plots, 2vaults w/companion head-stone. Value $8,990. Asking$4,300/BO. 218-828-3608

Grandview Park Cemetery,Hopkins, MN. 2 side by sideplots, $950 ea. 602-861-8082

Clothing &Jewelry

3100

Ladies: 3X Wm's Clothesgood condition $50

651-686-7167

Collectibles& Art

3110

'91 World Champion MNTwins – Bobbleheads, fullset (26). New – in originalpkg., $599. Call 952-927-0788

EstateSales

3130

EAGAN2950 Pilot Knob Rd.

3/31 (10-6); 4/1 (2-5)and 4/14 (10-5)

Antiqs, tools, furn., HH items

MINNETONKA5543 Bristol Lane

Sat., March 31 (8:30-4:30)#'s Saturday at 8am

Sun., April 1 (8:30-3:30)Eclectic collection of furn.,

high quality jewelry, Gold &Silver all in modern home.www.willmatthill.com


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TreeService

2620


3050

Furnishings3160

BR Set: Qn. size, lightwood, bkcase hdbrd, tripledrssr, 2 nite stands. Mintcond! $400. 952-831-2998

Furnishings3160Couch, loveseat, chairTan, microfiber, Solid Exccond $499. 952-843-8138

Pine Log Handmade TwinLoft Bed $500or OBO 763-559-9344.

Simmons LoveseatHunter green, fabric. Exc.cond! $250/BO 952-423-1303

Misc.For Sale

3260

COURT RESOURCES-SAVE! Bkrptcy Debt Re-lief $860* Divorce/Custody$570* Civil/Criminal DUIstart $165* *court fees ad-ditional 763-792-4940, 218-828-4483Elec. Wheel Chr, Walkers,Bedside commodes, Hospi-tal bed, 6” toilet seat w/sideloc. Price to Sell. 612-26-2977

Misc.Wanted

3270

� � WANTED � �Hifi/stereo equip., HAM,& misc. old electronics.

Andy 651-329-0515

Buying Old Trains & ToysSTEVE'S TRAIN CITY

952-933-0200

MusicalInstuments

3280

Piano player: mahog. Upright. $849

612-377-4715

Leisure3700

Pets3970

SeniorRentals

5100

Boat Services,Storage & Slips

3730

Don't Be Left AgroundCome Boat the Mississippiwww.watergatemarina.netSlips available for all sizes

Plenty of water!Call JP at 651-695-3783

SportingGoods & Misc

3810

Personal Gun Collectionfor Sale. High quality! Callfor pricing. 612-408-0222

Agriculture/Animals/Pets3900

Pets3970

Peeka & Boo, 2 sweet &beautiful, bro & sis, orangetabby cats, together only toa special loving home. Alltests/shots/spay/neut. $75for both. Jerry 952-888-9524

Puppies Lab /Retriever / mix ready 4/6.3 black female, 3 blackmale, 3 white male. $150.651-463-2185.

Family Care4000

ChildCare

4100

Farmington M,W,F Day-care 2yrs+. Drop in avl.

Kathy (651) 463-3765

FMGTN, licnd., Homechild car FT opngs Inf+

18yrs exp. Preschool pro-gram & more RVES

Lynn 651-463-2758

Lakeville, Licensed. 35yrs exp. FT openings in-fant to 5 yrs. 952-953-6162

Rentals5000

Pets3970

SeniorRentals

5100

Townhouse ForRent

5200

Eagan, 2BR, 1BA, 900.002 bedroom with washerand dryer shared off streetparking big yard own en-trance 651-500-3015

FGTN: 2 BR, 1-1/2 BA, 2-lvl TH, appls, gar.

Avail 5/1 $850mo+util. Call 651-463-4921

You are invited to tour our Model

Apartment Home

Market Village for 55+ Opened March 1, 2012

Please call Cindy at 952-461-1644 or

612-865-6625 to arrangefor a personal tour of

the model.

Market Village100 J Roberts Way

Elko New Market, MN 55054

Great Service Affordable Prices

Senior Discounts

Commercial and residential pressure washingDecks strip & seal, roof washing, house washing,

concrete cleaning and staining. Full exterior washing.

Our job is to make you look good!763-225-6200

www.sparklewashcmn.com

BOB’s

SPRING &SUMMER

SCHEDULE

9242 HUDSON BLVD NORTH • LAKE ELMO, MN

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CLOSED MONDAYS, TUESDAYS & EASTER SUNDAYHours: Wed thru Fri 10am-8pm • Sat 10am-6pm • Sun12pm-5pm

Furniture • Garden Ware • Florals • Home AccentsPrimitives • Antiques • One of A Kind

Glassware • Treasures & So Much More• • Inventory Restocked Daily • •

Wednesday, March 14 thru Sunday, April 15, 2012

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0812

No strollers allowed.Handicap accessible.

THINK SPRING&&Arts Crafts ShowSouthtown Mall

March 30, 31 & April 1 Fri 10-9 • Sat 10-6 • Sun 11-4Penn Ave. & 494, Bloomington

Heart Promotions651-438-3815

Ideal Tree Service& Landscaping

Retaining Walls • Tree Planting • Plants & Shrubs • Fencing • Sod • Bobcat Work • Tree Removal • Tree Trimming • Rock & Boulder Retaining Walls

Complete Landscaping Service / Free EstimatesQuality Work and Low Rates

20%Spring

Discount

DAN WIMMER • (952) 881-2122612-599-6385 • www.idealtreemn.com

LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED SINCE 1978

Mowing • Fertilizing Spring & Fall Cleanup

Landscaping Snowplowing

Voted #1 LawnCare Company by

Sun ReadersREADERS’CHOICE

READERS’CHOICEAwards

www.MinnLocal.com

www.fertilawnmn.comBloomington, MN • 952-884-7331

952.278.0126CALL NOW FOR ALL YOUR

LANDSCAPING NEEDS!

Design, Retaining Walls,Boulders, Rock, Mulch & More.CONCRETE: Driveway, Walks, Steps, Patios

Residential & Commercial

FREEEstimates

952-492-3005

• Professional Applications

• Kill those nastyweeds

• Guard against disease and insects

• Control Crabgrass• Lawn Aerating• Hydroseeding• Sprinkler

Installation• Mole Control

Serving the area for over

24 years!

2nd Generation Company… 3rd Generation Customers

A Fresh Look, Inc.Interior/Exterior Painting by the Pros

Bonded & InsuredFree Est. • Senior Discounts

Lic. #BC626700Credit Cards Accepted

612-825-7316/952-934-4128www.afreshlookinc.com

Storm Damage RestorationRoofing ■ siding ■ windows

Established 1984

(763) 550-0043(952) 476-7601(651) 221-2600

3500 Vicksburg Lane Suite 400-351Plymouth, MN 55447 Lic # 6793

General Contractors

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2000 FORD RANGER3.0L, V6, 5 spd, PS, PB, ABS, Air Bags, New Topper/Bedliner, A/C, CD. Excellent Condition. 159K. $4,490 or best offer.

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WE BUY AND TOWUNWANTED & WRECKED VEHICLES

MN Licensed Dealer ~ Call for Quote

952-469-5112www.expressHRcenter.com

OPENINGS FOR:• Warehousing • Assembly

• Light ManufacturingPay range is $9-$12 per hour. Two convenient locations in Lakeville and Savage. Please call or visit our website for more information.

RentalInformation

5500

All real estate advertisingin this newspaper is sub-ject to the Fair HousingAct which makes it illegalto advertise “any prefer-ence limitation or dis-crimination based on race,color, religion, sex handi-cap, familial status, or na-tional origin, or an inten-tion, to make any suchpreference, limitation ordiscrimination.” Familialstatus includes childrenunder the age of 18 livingwith parents or legal cus-todians; pregnant women;and people securing cus-tody of children under 18.

This newspaper will notknowingly accept any ad-vertising for real estatewhich is in violation ofthe law. Our readers arehereby informed that alldwellings advertised inthis newspaper are avail-able on an equal opportu-nity basis. To complain ofdiscrimination call HUDtoll-free telephone numberfor the hearing impairedis 1-800-927-9275.

Apartments &Condos For Rent

6400

AV–Palomino East Apt.Blowout special, 3 BR,

2BA , 1st floor cornerunit. Avail immed. W/D

in unit. Free cbl $99 depCall David 952-686-0800

EaganSet back in a secludedarea of Eagan. Beaut. land-scaping, 55+ co-op unit,2BR, 2BA. Reduced! Easyaccess to trails & EaganComm Ctr. 651-994-6778

Lakeville, 2BR, 1BA,650sq. ft. Heat, Parking In-cluded $695 Immediate oc-cupancy in top 4 Plex 2Bdrm apt in quiet neigh-borhood close to down-town. Newly rennovated,quiet neighbors. No Pets.952-564-9801.

LV, 2BR, 1BA, $675 Quiet4-plex, Heat/water/gar in-cluded, No pets, Avail4/15, 1 month free w/ 12month lease, (612) 802 -5775

Rosemount: 2 BD Off St.pkg. Includes heat & wa-ter. NO PETS. AvailableNOW. $600. 952-944-7983

Real Estate7000

Apartments& Condos For Sale

7400

RENTS START AT1 BR $685

$250 OFF FIRSTMONTHS RENT Rosewood Manor

14599 Cimarron Ave.Rosemount

651-423-2299

Apartments& Condos For Sale

7400

RENTS START AT1BR $685

$250 OFF FIRSTMONTHS RENT Rosewood Manor

14599 Cimarron Ave.Rosemount

651-423-2299

Farms &Land

8200

LAKE PEPIN FARM $49,900!

Vast views overlooking thelake; email for video tour!

Thousand Lakes Realty Inc.866-346-7006

www.1000Lakes.com

Employment9000

BusinessOpps & Info

9020

Advertising DisclaimerBecause we are unable tocheck all ads that areplaced in our media, weencourage you to be safeand be careful before giv-ing out any importantinformation such as creditcard numbers or socialsecurity numbers, whenresponding to any ad.

If you're not afraid tospeak in front of smallgroups and like the idea ofunlimited income poten-tial, please call Andy Bess-er @ 612.454.5821

HealthCare

9050

Full-time Clinical Services Director(Must be an RN and have

2 yrs exp with Hospice,Mgt, and Medicare)

At Hospice Advantage, webelieve our employees areour Greatest Asset! Weoffer:

401k programw/match - All employ-ees eligible!Competitive Salaryw/bonus program!Mileage reimbursedat $0.51 per mile!Full Benefits Pack-age!Paid weekly!

If interested, please visitour website at:

www.hospiceadvantage.net

& click on the "Careers"tab at the top to search &apply for Lakeville, MNor Minneapolis, MN open-ings.

Help Wanted/Full Time

9100


9100

CITY OF APPLE VALLEY

Information Technology InternIntern position avail-

able June 2012 - August2012, Monday - Friday,

40 hours per week. Provide technical assis-

tance with the I.T. Department for the sup-port of PC users, hard-

ware and software installation, and otherIT related projects and

tasks. Job posting, qualifications and appli-

cation informationavailable at;

www.cityofapplevalley.orgclick on employment.

AFFORDABLE,INDEPENDENT LIVING

COMMUNITYSenior (62+) bldg, 1 bdrm,525 sq ft, clean apartments,elevators, indoor atrium w/goldfish pond, backyard withgazebo, library, laundry on-site,professional staff, great locationnear shopping, transit, andlibrary, off street parking, heat/electric/water/trash paid. Rentsstarting at only $493.

Call the rental office at952-831-1446

Legacy/Premier Management

Edina/Yorktown Continental Apartments

School Bus DriversFirst Student’s Burnsville location is seeking

School Bus Drivers. What we offer:• Competitive hourly pay Starting at $14.00

• Full training leading to a Commercial Driver’s License(CDL) • Chance to work independently

• Family-friendly positionRequirements: • Be at least 21 years of age

• Have a valid driver’s license • Have a minimum ofthree years driving experience • Be able to pass a

background investigation and a drug test

To apply please contactJared Reid or Dale Clementson

[email protected] [email protected]

952-894-3460Burnsville, Minnesota

www.firststudentmn.comEqual Opportunity Employer

Flower MartsNOW HIRING

Rosemount • BurnsvilleMendota Heights

Seasonal Outdoor WorkApril to July

Employee DiscountFlexible Hours

Apply Online:

Linders.com


9100

CSR/Account Rep

Responsibilities:Providing Informa-tion for PotentialMembers. Update Current Mem-bers Account Infor-mation Assist in Setup &Troubleshooting ofNew Member Equip-mentGeneral Sales & Mar-keting Support Ef-forts

Qualifications:College degree is astrong plus. (HighSchool Diploma /GED required)Excellent verbal andwritten communica-tion skills required.Flexible Schedule(nights, weekendsand holidays are amust).Ability to multi task1+ year experience ina customer serviceenvironment is astrong plus.

Knowledge of computersand Microsoft software re-quired (Word/Excel)

We offer a starting salaryof $14 - $17 per hour.(PT/FT) Interested Candi-dates should forward re-sumes to :[email protected]

Join Our TeamCrew Leads/Crew Members Needed

Prescription Landscape islooking for energetic andmotivated persons to joinour production teams. Wehave openings at both lo-cations, Crystal and St.Paul. Job duties includeoperating mowing equip-ment, physical labor; up toand including bending,kneeling and lifting up to45 lbs, and other duties asassigned. Seasonal andyear-round positionsavailable. Year-round po-sitions include snow andice management; plowing,shoveling, etc. Experiencehelpful but not required,on the job training avail-able. Some positions re-quire a valid and cleandriver's license. Pre-em-ployment drug/alcoholtesting required. Compen-sation: $10.00-$18.00 pend-ing experience. For moreinformation visit our website at: www.rxlandscape.comor email [email protected] or phone

Sue at 651-379-4713


9100

Castle Rock Bank is currently accepting ap-plications for a full-time

bilingual (Spanish) tellerposition. Previous tellerexperience is required.Please contact either Eric or Dave Nicolai

at 651-463-4014

DRIVER/WHSE NEEDEDFT to deliver cabinetry

and work in a warehouseenvironment. Good driv-

ing record req. Knowledgeof the Twin Cities area

helpful. Warehouse exp.Preferred. Health benefits,

401K & 2 weeks pd vaca-tion. Immediate start.

Apply in person at: DIVERSIFIED DIST., INC.

11921 Portland Ave. So.,Ste A., Burnsville, MN

55337 (952)808-9646

Open House from9am to 11am onWednesday for FoodManufacturing. All skilllevels & warehouse/Fork-lift. Call for more info

952-924-9000

Now HiringFoldcraft Co., a 100% em-ployee-owned, foodservicefurnishings manufactureris seeking energetic, quali-fied candidates for the fol-lowing positions at ourBloomington, MN loca-tion:

1st Shift Production-Sewing1st Shift Production-gen-eral (cabinetry, ware-house, upholstery)Staff/Job Cost Accoun-tantAccount Manager

To learn more about theseopportunities, and how toapply, visit our website atwww.plymold.com and

click on our News andEvents tab.

OTR TEAM DRIVERSEAGAN, MN

The TFE Toro TransportExpress is seeking quali-fied professional OTRTeam Drivers (Class A) tosupport the private ToroFleet. An Excellent safetyrecord is required. Benefitpackage includes competi-tive wages, comprehen-sive medical, dental andvision coverage; companypaid pension, matching401k, 9 paid holidays, com-pany paid vacation, fueland operational bonus in-centives and more. Homeevery weekend! Male/ Fe-male teams welcomed.

To apply, contact Jack at800-476-3514.

The TFE Toro TransportExpress is an EOE


9100

HOUSE CLEANERS$80-$110/day FT/PT

7:20am-3:00pm. We pro-vide CAR. Burnsville

Location. 952-432-2134

ProductionSupport Specialist

Seeking dependable en-ergetic person w/posi-tive attitude to workwith other team mem-bers in a clean, natural-light office environ-ment. Successful candi-date must be able towork w/various datasets within MS Word &Excel, perform mailmerges and have dataentry skills. Attentionto detail is critical. Oth-er duties include lightpaper assembly and theuse of office printingequipment.

FT position, M-F, 8:30 am-5pm. Solid ben-

efit offerings. Musthave AA/AS or equiva-lent work experience.

Apply online at: www.

medimedia.com/careers.aspx

Sales Reps* BURNSVILLE &

MINNETONKABRANCH *

Looking for a CAREER,NOT just a pay check?All experience levels encouraged to apply!Competitive base +

commission Benefits:

Paid Training, benefitspackage and fuel reim-bursement.

Required to pass: Drug screen, backgroundand motor vehicle recordchecks. Apply at:

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The Thin Blue Line Memorial Vehicle was previously driven by North St. Paul police offi-cer Richard Crittenden Sr., who was killed in the line of duty Sept. 7, 2009. The vehicle will appear in parades and events across Dakota County and at the Peace Officer’s Memorial Day event May 15 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Graphics of a bald eagle in flight, riding wings of stars and stripes, are dis-played on both sides of the vehicle, and another more detailed eagle design is planned to be displayed across its hood. Two flags, mounted in special holders, are carried in the vehicle’s front end during events. A memorial to Critten-den appears on each side with his name and photo. Driving the vehicle, said Schrader, is a “privilege” and a way to honor those who gave the ultimate sacri-fice. Schrader, owner of a po-lice equipment installation business near Farmington, said “countless” hours have been put into assembling and maintaining the memo-rial vehicle. Equipped with a light bar, siren, speakers and public address system for parades, the vehicle is sched-uled to appear in Lakeville’s Pan-O-Prog parade and in Hastings this summer. Organizers plan for the vehicle to appear in parades at Burnsville’s Fire Muster, Farmington’s Dew Days and Rosemount’s Lepre-chaun Days, said retired Northfield police Capt. Roger Schroeder, another of the memorial’s organizers. On May 15, the vehicle will appear in Washington,

Memorial/from 1A D.C., for Peace Officers Me-morial Day, an annual event during Police Week to hon-or America’s fallen officers and the families left behind. Along the way, the Thin Blue Line Memorial Vehicle will appear at memorial events in Mississippi, Ten-nessee and Kentucky. “We’re looking for small-town America events,” Schroeder said. Minnesota officers’ fu-nerals are the top priority for use of the vehicle, avail-able at the family’s request,

Schrader said. “If we’re requested by a family, we’ll be there,” he said. “It is truly, truly an honor to drive this car anywhere we go, and to tell people of the daily sacrifice that Minnesota law enforce-ment makes.” For more information and to request a visit, go to www.tblmemorialvehicle.com.



by Michael RicciSuN THISWEEK

With the event a few weeks away, preparation required to accommodate thousands of riders is in full swing for what has been de-scribed as the kickoff to the outdoor bicycling season. The 2012 Minnesota Ironman Bicycle ride will begin and end in Lakev-ille on Sunday, May 6, at Lakeville North High School, 19600 Ipava Ave. The event marks the 13th consecutive year the state’s longest, and one of the larg-est, tours to start and finish within the city. The shorter routes are almost entirely within city limits. The Ironman ride is the primary means of funding for the Minnesota Council of Hostelling International, whose mission is to develop culturally sensitive world citizens through education-al programs, promotion of responsible travel, and posi-tive hostelling experiences. According to Jon Ridge, Ironman director, the ride is the perfect way to kick off the spring biking season, and it continues to offer a number of features to which riders can look forward. This includes four route op-tions. “This allows for all levels of riders to find a distance that meets their interest and level of riding challenge,” Ridge said. “When the weather is lousy we often see riders switch to a shorter route allowing them to still finish the ride even on a bad weather day.” Ridge added that sec-tions of each route may fol-low along with other routes, but they split off as needed to cover the various distanc-es offered. Beginning in Lakeville, the 68-mile route heads west to Jordan along with the 100-mile route. “At this 22-mile mark, riders will choose between

the 68 or 100-mile route,” Ridge said. “The 68-mile route continues through New Prague and on to the second rest stop of Lon-sdale before returning to Lakeville. The 100-mile route will offer rest stops in Le Sueur, Montgomery and Lonsdale.” The ride continues to of-fer two popular route op-tions of 17 and 30 miles, which wind through Lakev-ille, Prior Lake and Burns-ville. These shorter routes offer fully stocked rest stops. Though the Ironman event may be a dream to the Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce due to the thou-sands of people who will be descending upon the city the first Sunday of May, or-ganizers still have work to do. Lakeville Police Chief Tom Vonhof said the first planning meeting for the upcoming Ironman ride this year occurred March 31, 2011, and one command staff person attends all the planning sessions. But certainly more than one of Lakeville’s finest is needed the day of the event. “We dedicate one super-visor for the all-day event, and in 2011 we had a total of 22 officers, including both sworn and volunteer police reserve, work the event,” he said. “All of the costs of the additional po-lice staffing are paid for by the Ironman organizers.” Vonhof added that the biggest challenge each year is planning and coordinat-ing the event and that due to shorter routes being almost entirely in Lakeville, “there is a significant amount of coordination needed be-tween the ... police, parks, and public works depart-ments. To facilitate the planning and coordination, we have (many) planning sessions with Hostelling In-ternational.”

The chief noted the one area in which all concerned benefit. “We are very fortunate in Lakeville to have a site in LNHS, which is very condu-cive to handling the volume of both people and vehicles associated with the event,” he said. “The volume im-pact of persons and vehicles is also lessened to some de-gree by the variety of the lengths of the ride routes, as not everyone shows up at the same time of the day to begin their ride.” Mike Popovich of Burns-ville is a 59-year-old who has taken part in the ride each of the past four years, in addition to several years prior, since the ride was re-located to Lakeville more than 12 years ago.

“I really enjoy it. It’s a very serious hobby with me,” he said, adding that he owns many bicycles with the newest being around 15 years old. “It’s got a lot of intrinsic value in the ma-chine.” Popovich said he is not obsessed with the activity like some riders, but he in-stead takes pride in getting the most out of his ride. “I don’t have all of the latest and greatest stuff,” he said. Popovich said he has one bike that he has ridden more than 10,000 miles. Popovich began training for this year’s event earlier this year. “(Late winter) is the time of the year I do a lot of strength training, alternat-ing with inside bike riding,”

he said. Popovich said he uses a wind trainer - a device that allows one to ride a bike indoors while remaining stationary - to help prepare, along with maintaining his equipment. “Those are just the things that you prepare for,” he said. “You just want to succeed, so you set yourself up to do that.” Popovich defines success by enjoying the ride and taking all of the scenery in, not finishing as quickly as possible since the event is a tour and not a race. “The main objective is to complete the ride and have fun doing it,” he said. However, this does not mean that the ride comes without challenges, such as

cold weather and even snow once in a while. “At least if you are in decent shape, the physical is easier,” he said. “You just need to get past the mental aspect.” Popovich said what he enjoys most about the an-nual event is the ride itself and camaraderie with other riders. “I look forward to it ever year,” he said. “It’s like opening day.” Riders who sign up as a team or group of eight or more will get a $5 discount on registrations made on or before March 31. The ride and registration hotline is (651) 251-1495. The website is ironmanbikeride.org.

City, cyclists prepare for IronmanAnnual event slated May 6 in Lakeville

Photo by Rick Orndorf

Riders participate in last years Ironman bike ride that starts and ends in the city of Lakeville. The event is slated for the first Sunday in May this year.

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