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No longer horsing aroundCanterbury paddock analyst from Apple Valley had an early introduction to her future career.

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Rolling Stones tributeHits by the Rolling Stones are getting an acoustic makeover when tribute band Stoned Acoustic plays Eagan Market Fest Aug. 19.

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Pearson owes schools moreNewspaper columnist Joe Nathan says the company that created testing problems throughout the state owes schools more than it has offered.

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Dakota City melodramaDakota City Heritage Village’s melodrama by Children’s Castle Theatre is a launching pad for young stage players.

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Fun at the fair

Players in the Chil-dren’s Castle Theatre

presentation of “Little Daisy” ham it up on the Free Entertain-

ment Stage at the Dakota County Fair

on Tuesday. Volunteer Kay Bennett serves

lemonade at a stand in the Dakota City Heri-

tage Village in the 2015 Dakota County

Fair. Bennett is one of many volunteers

who helps give tours or shares stories about life in the 19th century

to fairgoers. More fair coverage is inside this edition and online at SunThisweek.com.

(Photos by Hannah Gullickson)

by Jessica HarperSUN THISWEEK

DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Three challengers will face four Rosemount-Apple Valley Eagan School Board incumbents this November. Craig Angrimson, of Ap-ple Valley; Michael Atherley, of Rosemount, and Sachin Isaacs, of Burnsville, filed for candidacy last week. Incumbents Joel Al-bright, Jackie Magnuson, Rob Duchscher and Bob Schutte also put their names in the race during the two-week filing period that ended

Aug. 11. All seven candidates will compete for four, four-year seats on the District 196 School Board. This will be Craig An-grimson’s second attempt to win seat the board. In 2013 Angrimson lost his bid for School Board against incum-bents Art Coulson, Gary Huusko and Mike Roseen. Angrimson, 59, said he believes he has a better chance this year. “I was a little green then,”

Who’s getting social?

by Hannah GullicksonSUN THISWEEK


When the Minnesota Zoo hired social media specialist Josh Le in 2012, it was followed by a significant increase in attendance. Zoo attendance exceeded ex-pectations by more than 50,000 within the last quarter of the fis-cal year they hired Le, according to Minnesota Economic Trends. It took Le eight months to double and triple the zoo’s Face-book and Twitter followers from 25,000 to 55,000 and from 3,000 to 11,400, respectively. But having multiple follow-ers isn’t the key to good busi-

ness. Knowing what the audience wants is. Prominent business leaders say that social media is one of the pri-mary aspects to promoting a busi-ness. “You have to have social me-dia to be in business,” said Bernie Laur, digital sales manager for Hubbard Interactive in St. Paul. Laur and his colleague, Me-lissa Budensiek, Hubbard’s digi-tal and social media consultant, teach and work alongside busi-nesses to maximize their social media use. Some of their clients are Nissan, Massage Envy, Old Home Peanut Butter, Minnesota Bound on KARE 11, and Zan-

tigo Restaurant. This May, they spoke at the Dakota County Regional Cham-ber of Commerce regarding the topic, outlining several key strate-gies they teach their clients.

Ads on Facebook Laur said if businesses want to reach their audiences, they can choose to pay Facebook to send advertisements to select audi-ences. Some of the demographic choices include age and gender, in addition to items an audience member “likes.” For instance, a makeup com-pany can target female audiences that “liked” other makeup com-

panies. “It used to be you wanted to get a lot of likers on your page, and you reach 15 percent of those people on average,” Laur said. “That number has been declining. Finally Facebook admitted if you want to reach your people, you need to spend money.” Erin Edlund, director of insti-tutional advancement and mar-keting for the Dakota County Technical College, said the col-lege sees an increase in students because of their social media ad-vertisements. “We have found that students

Local businesses, organizations try to find the

right formula with social media campaigns

Three to challenge District 196 incumbents

Prince of East Wind tours state for Winter Carnival by Hannah Gullickson

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When you own three Great Clips stores, you might have the financial freedom to do something a little out of the ordinary. Eagan’s David Medern-ach decided to spend 2015 as Prince Euros of the East Wind for the St. Paul Win-ter Carnival. Being Prince of the East Wind, a member of the Winter Carnival’s Royal Family, means more than walking in parades and making public appearances. For Medernach, it means making someone’s day a little brighter. “You touch people’s lives,” he said. “You get a chance to talk to some peo-ple, put a smile on their face. ... I go up to the old ladies and say, ‘I only give candy

to 29-year olds. Are you 29?’ ” Prince Euros is one of the legendary characters in the St. Paul Winter Carnival, which dates back to 1886.

Eagan’s David Medernach poses with his wife as Prince Euros of the East Wind, one of the St. Paul Winter Car-nival’s legendary characters. (Photo submitted)

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Area Briefs

Apple Valley manufacturer Uponor North America was recently honored with the prestigious Partner of Choice Award from Houston-based David Weekly Homes, the nation’s largest privately held home builder. Uponor, which manufactures plumbing, fire safety and heating/cooling piping systems, is one of only 12 companies out of 200 David Weekly Homes’s U.S. suppliers to receive the award in both 2014 and 2015. Pictured, from left, are: David Weekley, chairman of David Weekley Homes; Carl Hines, national builder sales manager at Uponor; and Bill Justus, vice president at David Weekley Homes. (Photo submitted)

Award for UponorTake the bus to State Fair Minnesota Valley Tran-sit Authority buses will run to the State Fair Aug. 27 through Sept. 7 from Burnsville, Eagan and Shakopee. On weekdays (except Labor Day), State Fair Express buses will oper-ate to/from the Burns-ville and Eagan transit stations and the State Fairgrounds. Buses will leave hourly from 8 a.m. at Burnsville and from 10 a.m. at Eagan, traveling to the Fairgrounds until 7 p.m. Buses return from the Fairgrounds from noon to midnight. On Saturdays, Sundays and Labor Day, buses will operate to/from the State Fair from the Burnsville, Eagan and Marschall Road (Shakopee) tran-sit stations beginning at 8 a.m. Buses will leave Burnsville and Eagan ev-ery 30 minutes from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Buses will depart Marschall Road every 60 minutes. Buses will leave the Fairgrounds to return to Burnsville, Eagan and Shakopee on the same schedule from noon to midnight. Round-trip fare is $5 cash for all riders age 5 and older; fares are free for children 4 and under. The round-trip fare is col-lected when boarding in Burnsville, Eagan or Sha-kopee, and no fare is col-lected on the return trip. Payment is required in the form of dollar bills and/or coins (no pennies). There are no one-way fares. Stored Value Cards, 31-Day Passes, Go-To Cards, U-Passes and Metropasses are not valid on State Fair services. MVTA also does not honor the Metro Tran-sit Bus Bargain fare. For more information,

call 952-882-7500 or visit www.mvta.com.

Girls on the Run registration Registration is now open for Girls on the Run, a curriculum- based youth development program for girls in third through fifth grade offered this fall at Southview and Green-leaf elementary schools in Apple Valley, Vista View Elementary in Burnsville, Oak Ridge Elementary in Eagan and Lakeview El-ementary in Lakeville. In the Girls on the Run program, girls spend 10 weeks preparing for a 5K run/walk event while learning about topics like conflict resolution, gos-siping, bullying, healthy eating and more. Practices begin in early September. Throughout the 10- week season, volunteer coaches lead groups of eight to 20 girls in games and lessons designed to encourage them to engage critically with the world around them. Coaches teach from a curriculum specifically geared toward pre- adolescent girls, us-ing team-building activi-ties, discussion questions, worksheets, games and running, to help empower girls to make important choices with confidence and compassion. The season culminates in a 5K run/walk celebra-tion on Saturday, Nov. 14, which is open to the pub-lic (including men, women and children). Cost is $150. Space is limited; register at www.gotrtwincities.org. Income- based financial assistance is available to families unable to pay the program fee.

Kids cheer clinic at Eastview The Eastview High School cheerleaders will hold a Kids Cheer Clinic on Saturday, Aug. 29, in the high school gym, 6200 140th St. W., Apple Valley. The clinic is open to chil-dren from kindergarten to eighth grade. The $40 registration fee includes a T-shirt and pom-poms, cheer booklet, snack and special award. Walk-ins are welcome the day of the event. Reg-istration and check-in for the clinic begin at 12:45 p.m. at the EVHS lower level entrance. The clinic runs from 1-4 p.m. with a performance at 3:45 p.m. for family and friends. All participants are in-vited to perform with the Eastview cheerleaders on Thursday, Sept. 3, at the Eastview High School football game. Send an email to ev h s l i g h t n i n g c h e e r @gmail.com for registration information.

Youth dance registration The Youth Dance En-semble and School, 12237

Wood Lake Drive, Burns-ville, is holding an open house from 4-7 p.m. Mon-day, Aug. 17. The nonprof-it dance center is accepting registrations for fall dance classes including ballet, jazz, tap and modern. Cre-ative movement classes are offered for preschoolers starting at the age of 3. Preprofessional classes fo-cus on technical advance-ment. Classes start Aug. 31. Call 952-941-5771 or visit www.ydeschool.com for more information.

New board members at Eagan Theater Company Eagan Theater Com-pany has named Christine Keuler and Michael Ober-mueller to its board of di-rectors. Keuler is a customer and partner experience advisor for Cisco Systems. Her primary focus on the ETC board will be to fa-cilitate the outreach pro-gram, which brings short theatrical performances to local nursing homes, com-munity events and other local venues. “What a great oppor-tunity to bring together

these passions of mine to help grow the performing arts in the Eagan commu-nity,” she said. Her other volunteer activities center on feed-ing the hungry locally and internationally, enhancing the lives of local home-less children and support-ing the military. A theater buff, both on stage and in the audience, she per-formed in ETC’s 2015 production of “My Fatal Valentine.” Obermueller is an at-torney with the law firm of Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A., where he practices in the areas of business, com-mercial and construction law. A former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, Oberm-ueller represented the east-ern half of Eagan from 2009-11. He is a member of the Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce and has served in volun-teer roles for the Dakota Center for the Arts, the Eagan Art Festival, and the Eagan Athletic Asso-ciation. He also represents underprivileged workers in unemployment compensa-tion appeals on a pro bono basis. Obermueller’s theater experience includes more

than 30 productions as an actor and director, includ-ing his performance in ETC’s 2012 production of “Dealt a Deadly Hand.”

Firearms safety A Minnesota Depart-ment of Natural Resourc-es Firearm Safety Course will be offered from 6:30-8:45 p.m. Sept. 15, 17, Oct. 6, 13, 20 and 27 in Lecture Room A, Valley Middle School, 900 S. Garden-view Drive, Apple Valley. Range day will be 7:30-11:30 a.m. Oct. 24. To preregister, send the student’s full name, age and name of parent or legal guardian to [email protected]. Registrants must be at least 11 years of age on or before Sept. 15. A confir-mation will be returned. Registration will be completed and class ma-terials handed out at the first class session on Sept. 15. Arrive at 6:15 p.m. on that first night to assist earlier registration com-pletion. The cost of the course is $7.50, paid to the DNR, when self-certifying online after the course is successfully completed. The DNR requires atten-dance at all classes and range day.

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A rising Lego star

Amanda Feuk built “The Tree” from more than 2,000 Lego pieces. Originally commis-sioned for her church, the piece later won the Best Artwork award at the Brickworld convention in Chicago and was sold. (Photo courtesy of Twin Cities Aesthetic)

Feuk wins over judges, welcomes

community to join the fun by John Gessner


Legos and AFOLs and LUGs. Who knew? Lego-maniacs share a vocabulary. Legos, of course, are the plastic construction toys made for 66 years by The Lego Group, which owns one of the world’s best-known brands. AFOLs are Adult Fans of Lego; LUGs are Lego User Groups. MOCs are My Own Creations — Lego artworks conceived by the builder, not assem-bled out of the box from a company design. “It’s all art, in my personal opinion,” said Burnsville resident Aman-da Feuk, a professional artist, rising Lego star and leader of a monthly family Lego night in Burnsville. “We’re a pretty tight-knit group — once some-one gets known, everyone knows them,” she said.

“There’s websites where we share pictures of what we’ve made. There’s a ton of sites like that.” Growing up in Burns-ville, Feuk, 32, didn’t play much with Legos, but she was into art. After gradu-ating from New Prague High School in 2002, Feuk earned a bachelor’s degree from the Art Institutes In-ternational in Minneapo-lis. “That led to about three to four years of free-lance work in 3-D mod-eling and a little bit of animation and logo work here and there,” Feuk said. “And then, unfortunately, the economy tanked. And when that happened, there weren’t a lot of job open-ings, and I didn’t really want to move to Califor-nia because I love Minne-sota.” She was hired seven years ago as a preschool teacher at the Early Child-hood Center of River Hills United Methodist Church in Burnsville, which she and her parents had joined. Four years ago, she was forcibly reac-quainted with Legos.

“We had a nice big bucket of Legos in the kindergarten room,” Feuk explained. “One day the kids said, ‘Come play Legos with us.’ I started playing around and said, ‘Hey, this has potential.’ ” She discovered that the old rectangular blocks are supplemented by special-ized pieces and “minifigs,” or minifigurines. “There’s a pretty much infinite, crazy amount of elements out there,” Feuk said, adding that some-times the shape of a single piece will suggest a design or theme for one of her MOCs. “One of my favorite things about Lego is you really have to think out-side the box to come up with the lines and the angles and the dimen-sions that you want,” said Feuk, a member of Twin Cities-based TwinLUG. “It’s not as free as drawing or sculpting. They have thousands and thousands of pieces, but they’re never going to have exactly the right angle you’re going to need.” Feuk was given an ar-

tistic challenge earlier this year when the Rev. Robert Braudt, lead pastor at Riv-er Hills, asked her to “fill up the altar with Legos” for the church’s post-Eas-ter Art Sunday. “He said, ‘OK — your inspiration is ‘And he cre-ated,’ ” Feuk said. Seizing the challenge, she used more than 2,000 pieces to assemble a multi-hued tree, its trunk askew and its leaves overflowing on a 16-square-foot tri-fold board. She started “The Tree” with a com-puter sketch. The final piece (“Not quite abstract — more impressionistic”) has texture and contrast created by a smorgasbord of Lego pieces. “I have foliage pieces on there and animals and all sorts of sizes, and crates and barrels and bread and fish and apples and snakes, and the Harry Pot-

ter basilisk (giant snake),” Feuk said, noting that the trunk is fashioned from cow and horse pieces. After impressing churchgoers and her friends in TwinLUG, Feuk took “The Tree” in June to the Brickworld Lego con-vention in Chicago, which she said is one of the na-tion’s largest. The first-time competi-tor was “overwhelmed” when the tree was one of six nominees for Best Art-work and “just kind of floored” when it won top prize. What’s more, it was spotted by conventioneer and game designer Steve Jackson, creator of the Munchkin tabletop game. Feuk, a dedicated gamer, sold the piece to Jackson for an undisclosed sum and got him to sign some of her Munchkin stuff. “I was absolutely blown

away and honored,” said Feuk, who was also nomi-nated for Best Creation for a goldfish piece. On the third Friday of each month, Feuk can be found in the church fellow-ship hall, leading Family Lego Building Night from 6-8 p.m. She got the pas-tor’s permission to launch the program in June 2014. With donations from church members and oth-ers, Feuk rounded up 200 pounds of Legos. As many as 42 people have attend-ed, said Feuk, who asks that children come with supervision. “It tends to be mostly families,” Feuk said, “but I certainly welcome any-one.”

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

River Hills United Methodist Church hosts Family Lego Building Night the third Fri-day of each month. (Photo by John Gessner)


Dedicated pedestrian crossing To the editor: I love all of the running trails in Apple Valley and like to vary where I go. One way gives me great concern. Crossing Cedar at 140th Street is scary to say the least. I purposely wear brightly colored clothes if I’m in a heavily traveled area. The first time I encoun-tered a close encounter with a moving car, I as-sumed the people were turning on red. Imagine how upsetting it was to discover that the drivers have a green light to turn across the crosswalk when the “walk” light is on. It’s the people in the outer right hand turn lane from 140th westbound to north Cedar that must

have trouble seeing a pe-destrian. This last week I encountered an extreme near miss both as I went out and as I returned. The return was particularly up-setting as the car came at me from behind. A first thought is that I shouldn’t run this route. That would work for me, but why stay quiet when someone could get hit even though I knew there was a major problem and did nothing to try and change this. A dedicated pedestrian crossing light is needed for this intersection for an in-terval while there is a red light for right turns. Apple Valley has a his-tory of solving problems quickly. Please address this now.

JAN DAKER Apple Valley

Managing trees in Lebanon Hills To the editor: The controversy over the trails, tree removal, etc., at Lebanon Hills Re-gional Park lingers. If the reports are true, this land was once farm land. When the land was allowed to go fallow, Mother Nature reclaimed the land, and she wasn’t picky. Seeds were brought in by birds, wind and rain. It wasn’t long until it was covered with “scrub trees.” I grew up on a farm and saw this happen. Even to-day, the land is covered with “scrub trees.” It has been reported that buckthorn is one of the undesirable “scrub trees.” The city frequently asks homeowners to re-move this from their prop-erty. Removing this growth

will help homeowners in this battle. In removing the “scrub trees,” etc., more desirable trees can be planted. For example, crabapple trees can be planted. The fruit will feed the birds, squir-rels, and, removing “scrub trees” will help prevent the chance of a forest fire if lightning should ever strike. Forested areas need to be thinned every few years to prevent this from happening.

PHYLLIS A. PETERApple Valley

Faith and the access to food To the editor: No children deserve ac-cess to healthy food. The guest column by Chris Becker, “Hunger is not partisan: Children deserve access to healthy food,” was so typical of the socialists of our day. Our government has been handing out food for so long, this “religious lead-er” thinks children deserve it. Nowhere in our found-ing documents do we read that children, or anyone,

should be given any food or deserve access to food. So he resorts to scripture to support his food pro-gram; which he says is “central to his faith.” It may be central to his faith, but it is not at all central to what the holy Scriptures say. He has tak-en a verse out of context and applied it to govern-ment; that is distorting the Scriptures. Jesus was not talking to the government of his day, but rather individuals. The

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ECFE parenting classes could help prevent abuse

Very modest payback for problems Pearson testing produced

by Don HeinzmanSUN THISWEEK


Reports of child abuse in Minnesota are alarming. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 69,322 referrals were made to Child Protection in Minnesota in 2013. A total of 49,006 were screened out and 20,316 were screened for follow through. A study of 17,000 adults by the Kai-ser Permanente health care organization in 1997 showed that 28 percent of the respondents had suffered from physical abuse growing up. Is it possible that some of this abuse could have been prevented had the par-ents learned how better to parent, in-stead of spanking and abusing their chil-dren? There is an organization in most com-munities called Early Childhood Family Education where parents can learn how to parent their children as they grow from birth to kindergarten. ECFE usually is sponsored by lo-cal community education departments where parents can find information about the program: the classes, the times and the fees. Parents should watch for sea-sonal mailings. ECFE is funded mainly through state aid, fees and a community education tax levy. Fees are based on a sliding scale according to family income. Here’s how the program works in

Bloomington and Richfield, according to Carol Huttner, director of youth and family education and services. Parents can attend classes, with their kids, where they learn parenting and discipline strat-egies. Sometimes parents learn with the children present. Part of the time they are separated from their children when they meet with a licensed parent educa-tor and discuss the problems and frus-trations of raising their children. Mean-while, the children learn and play with an early childhood teacher how to share and get along with others. In the Bloomington system, parents in the prenatal and infant class learn how to deal with strategies to stop a baby from crying and how much of the crying is OK. They also learn how to calm the baby. In the toddlers class for parents of 2-year-olds, parents observe and play with the children but most of the time they discuss their problems and then hear strategies to deal with them. They learn about brain development and what is normal, the number of words verbal-

ized, the physical development and when the children should be able to crawl. They learn about nutrition and what is an appropriate weight They also learn strategies on how to win the power struggle when the child fights going to bed. “Give the child a choice,” Huttner said. “Do they either want to walk or do they want to be car-ried to bed? So they choose to go to bed one way or the other.” Another strategy is to develop a routine for going to bed: Brush their teeth, go to bed, hear a story. Parents also learn that a child may get out of control because they are eating too much sugar or not getting enough sleep. The parents learn to limit the time spent with screens and what the little ones watch on television and play on vid-eo games. These days some 3-year-olds even try to go to bed with their iPads, said Huttner. Using the strategies discussed in ECFE classes can prevent parents from hitting or spanking the child. Huttner said: “If you start to spank a child, when do you stop? ... It’s not a good long-term strategy. ... Better to count to five, take a deep breath or talk with the child.” Bloomington, like other districts, has a program for parents of children from 36 months to kindergarten where par-ents discuss a variety of topics with an early childhood teacher, but spend less time with their children present.

Anoka-Hennepin School District has a program similar to Bloomington, with classes based on the children’s ages. Beth Yokom, assistant manager for community education learning pro-grams, says Anoka has programs for children birth to 12 months where a li-censed educator joins the circle of par-ents. There are programs for children 9-20 months, 11-24 months and 18-36 months. Anoka also has classes with the parents in mixed classes in which there are one or more children of different ages. Yokom says they use a sliding fee scale based on family income. That fee for a 15-week class could be as low as $29 and up to $159. You would expect parents when sur-veyed to say ECFE helps them parent. In a survey taken in 2013 and conducted by ECFE, 96 percent of parents agreed that participating in ECFE improved their parenting. In all five areas – child’s communica-tion, reading enjoyment, language skills, problem solving and age-appropriate social skills – parents agreed ECFE im-proved them all. A website offers parents more answers about parenting: ParentsAware.org. Don Heinzman is a columnist for ECM Publishers. He can be reached through [email protected]. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

by Joe NathanSUN THISWEEK


“Minnesota nice” and a lovely sum-mer encourage me to be gracious. But having listened to more than 40 Minne-sota district and charter leaders describe massive disruption that Pearson testing produced earlier this year, I’m not feel-ing very charitable toward the company. So I’m not excited about the an-nouncement this week that Pearson will reduce its bill by $1 million from its $33.8 million contract and provide an estimated $4.6 million of addition-al services to Minnesota schools. De-tails on the settlement are at: http://bit.ly/1E4KwMT. It’s the start – but only the start – of what I’d call appropriate payback for the widespread problems it created in Min-nesota public schools. And I’m stunned that a company named HumRRO, hired by MDE to check out these problems, reported to MDE: “There is no way to identify students that were impacted by the disruptions that occurred as a result of the service interruptions to Pearson-Access” Really? All HumRRO had to do was ask some of the several dozen educators I quoted last spring to identify students who could describe testing problems.

For example, Hopkins Superintendent John Schultz explained: “Hopkins Pub-lic Schools has experienced multiple dis-ruptions in our MCA testing throughout the week. Our internal technical systems are working well, and our building staff members are well prepared to adminis-ter the tests to our students. We remain very concerned and extremely frustrated about the disruption.” Jay Haugen, Farmington superinten-dent, wrote, “Twice in the past week we experienced significant disruptions with MCA testing.” Terry Moffatt, academic director at DaVinci Academy in Blaine, told me: “We have had numerous issues with testing in the last week, from the admin-istrative site shutting down to students being kicked off the testing site. … We work very hard to create the best pos-sible testing environment, and those en-vironments have been disrupted to the

detriment of students.” Milaca Superintendent Jerry Han-sen wrote: “The conditions under which the tests were administered were varied and inconsistent from day to day, class to class, and student to student. Some students had to wait 20 to 40 minutes for the system to log them in, other stu-dents were dropped from testing when they used the Pearson-supplied calcula-tor (requiring them to start the process over), some were told their data was not uploaded after they completed the exam.” Duane Berkas, director of teaching and learning, Columbia Heights, re-ported teachers were “unable to log into the Pearson system in order to start an online testing session or once logged in, the system (became) extremely slow and at times completely unresponsive.” He noted, “In addition, we have at times had students dropped from the Pearson system while testing and unable to log back in to complete the test.” Apparently HumRRO used about $45,000 of time under an existing state contract. They produced a number of statistical tables – but somehow couldn’t find students? Minnesota Commissioner of Educa-tion Brenda Cassellius wrote: “The dis-ruptions experienced by students and

teachers this spring were simply unac-ceptable.” I agree. But I think Pearson owes Minnesota much more than it settled for. Denise Specht, Education Minnesota president, told me via email: “Pearson offered additional services like access to online test prep tools and creating more exams. That’s nice, but one of the things educators are begging for is more time to teach – not more time preparing for high-stakes tests. I think what’s missing in this settlement is the human element. No one asked how these disruptions im-pacted individual students and teachers, and that’s a problem.” Specht and I don’t always agree, but I think she nailed it this time. The Pearson-MDE agreement is a modest start toward compensating Minnesota students and educators for massive dis-ruption. I think Pearson got off easy. If things are not much better this coming year, MDE should demand much more in payback. Joe Nathan, formerly a Minnesota public school teacher, administrator and PTA president, directs the Center for School Change. Reactions are welcome at [email protected]. Columns re-flect the opinion of the author.

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giving of food to someone in need is a personal deci-sion. Jesus never said or implied that children de-serve food from someone other than their family. People should not dis-tort Scripture to support a socialist view. I agree, hunger and poverty are serious problems, but the problem will not even be helped through the school lunch program. The public school lunch program only fosters more dependency on government.

SCOTT HOLMEagan

Clean Power Plan is positive To the editor: I am writing to request Gov. Mark Dayton imple-ment a strong Clean Power Plan in Minnesota, pro-viding the first national protections on how much carbon can be released into our air by power plants. It’s an important investment in clean air, healthier commu-

nities, and sustainable jobs that support Minnesota families. Health: Advancing a strong Clean Power Plan will prevent up to 150,000 asthma attacks and up to 6,600 premature deaths across the country. Jobs: If Minnesota maximizes its clean energy potential, we stand to cre-ate more than 35,000 new jobs and over $2 billion in wages over the next 15 years. Our families deserve nothing less.

JACKIE CRAIGLakeville

Green business To the editor: Minnesota grows clean energy businesses that power our state and nation. Since 2000, employment in Minnesota’s clean energy economy has increased by 78 percent, providing more than 15,300 well-paying jobs as of 2014. It’s only going to get better – if Minnesota maximizes its clean energy potential, we

stand to create more than 35,000 new jobs and over $2 billion in wages over the next 15 years. There’s a reason that this state is a great place to grow businesses like 3M. Minnesota has long ad-vanced policies that make this growth possible. State policymaking sends clear messages to investors – is a state open for business or not? I urge Gov. Mark Day-ton to continue champion-ing policies that send clear market signals – signals that demonstrate Minne-sota’s commitment to effi-ciency and affordable ener-gy from renewable sources, along with solutions that significantly reduce car-bon emission rates, such as the Clean Power Plan. This is a time to acceler-ate investment, rather than slow it down. Let’s keep the green light on – Minnesota should be open for clean energy business.

HARLEY HORSAGERLakeville

LETTERS, from 4A

he said. “I’ve done more research over the past two years and know more.” Angrimson, an operator at the Met-ropolitan Council wastewater treatment facility in Eagan and former labor union president, said that he would serve as an advocate for teachers and students, and provide a new perspective. “I believe in the district so strongly,” he said. “I want to give back.” Angrimson said if elected, he would focus on closing the achievement gap and lobby for additional state dollars. “I’m not afraid to chase the issues,” he said. “If you want something, you need to do what’s needed to get it.” Angrimson, whose only child recently graduated from Eastview High School, said he supports the district’s proposed $130 million building bond and $50 mil-lion capital project levy that would fund building projects, security equipment up-grades and increased access to technol-ogy. He said he believes the district should consider seeking grant funding for the technology piece. “If we want to continue to be a top-notch school district, we need to improve technology and that comes at a cost, but I don’t think we’re going the right way,” he said. “If people are willing to help out, that should be explored, too.” Angrimson is not the only challenger who supports the proposed referendum.

Both Isaacs and Atherley also support the $180 million bond and levy proposal. “These are needed and are timely,” Isaacs said. “We need to continue to be a great destination for education.” A 37-year-old father of two young children, Isaacs said that, if elected, he would advocate for providing all stu-dents regular access to tablets and other technology. “But it’s more than getting an iPad in front of children, it’s about integrat-ing technology into the curriculum,” said Isaacs, a senior product manager for NCS Pearson, a Minneapolis-based software company that provides educa-tional assessments and digital applica-tions. Atherley, 41, also supports increas-ing access to technology districtwide and said he believes doing so may help ad-dress the achievement gap, which is his main focus. “I’ve seen the benefits firsthand in my own children’s school,” he said. “Early studies show students respond well and that iPads are very useful in the class-room.” Atherley, a commercial banking team lead for Associated Bank, said he be-lieves emphasizing parent involvement is the most effective tool to close the gap. “Parent involvement is important. We need to look at what parents can do to help children achieve,” said Atherley, who is the father of a second-grader and fourth-grader in the district.

ELECTION, from 1A


Obituaries

SeniorsNew senior programs introduced During the Dakota County Fair, the Dakota County Sheriff ’s Office will introduce two new programs to improve the quality of life for senior citizens in Dakota County. The new programs, File of Life and Triad, will empower seniors to proactively take steps that will increase their health, safety, and peace of mind. The File of Life is a medical information packet that provides emergency personnel with the neces-sary medical data to begin immedi-ate treatment during an emergency call to a residence. “Our deputies will be talking to seniors at the Dakota County Fair and encouraging them to have this helpful information readily available in the case of an emergency,” said Dakota County Sheriff Tim Leslie. “If a first responder is armed with accurate information from the out-set of an emergency call, there is a greater likelihood immediate action will help save a life.” The National Association of Triads is a partnership of three organizations—law enforcement, older adults and community groups. These three work together to re-duce the victimization of seniors, decrease the fear of crime, and promote and facilitate the ongoing information exchange between law enforcement and older adults. No admission is required so seniors can sign up and talk to Dakota County deputies about topics like scams, so-cial media, winter driving, and exer-cise. “As our society ages, we need more and more services for those entering their senior years. It is my belief and the belief of the entire Dakota County Sheriff ’s Office that a proactive and organized ap-proach to the relationships we hold with our seniors is the best way to achieve the goals set forth by these two programs. Serving our seniors is a priority for the Sheriff ’s Office and the implementation of these two programs is necessary in order to uphold our promise,” Leslie said. Find out more information about File of Life and Triad by visiting their websites at: http://www.nation-altriad.org/ and http://www.folife.org/.

Apple Valley seniors The Apple Valley Senior Center, 14601 Hayes Road, is home to the following activities, which are or-ganized and run by the Apple Val-ley Seniors and Apple Valley Parks and Recreation. The facility is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For information, call 952-953-2345 or go to www.cityo-fapplevalley.org. Monday, Aug. 17 – Int. Line Dancing, 9:30 a.m.; Tap Dancing, 9:30 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Pool, noon; Bridge, 12:45 p.m.; Happy Stitchers, 1 p.m.; Defensive Driving, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18 – Quilting Bees, 9 a.m.; Bicycle Group, 9 a.m.; Tues-day Painters, 9:30 a.m.; Blood Pres-sure Checks, 11:15 a.m.; Catered Lunch, 11:30 a.m.; Pool, noon; Pi-nochle, 12:30 p.m.; Hand & Foot Cards, 1 p.m.; Table Tennis, 1 p.m.; Spanish – Intermediate, 1 p.m.; De-fensive Driving, 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19 – Donated Bread, 9 a.m.; F.F. on Spokes, 9 a.m.; Yoga, 9:45 a.m.; Morning

Stretch, 10 a.m.; Pool, noon; Domi-noes, 1 p.m.; Mahjong, 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20 – Beg. Line Dancing, 9:15 a.m.; Int. Line Danc-ing, 10 a.m.; FMSC, 11:30 a.m.; Pool, noon; Insurance Counseling, noon; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Tap Dancing, 12:30 p.m.; 500, 1 p.m.; Hardanger, 1 p.m.; Recreated Cards, 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21 – Men’s Break-fast, 8:30 a.m.; Women’s Breakfast, 9 a.m.; F.F. on Spokes, 9 a.m.; ES Meeting, 10 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Women’s Pool, 11 a.m.; Members Bingo, 12:30 p.m.; Holz Farm Trip, 1 p.m.

Burnsville seniors The Burnsville Senior Center is located in the Diamondhead Edu-cation Center at 200 W. Burnsville Parkway. Call 952-707-4120 for in-formation about the following se-nior events. Monday, Aug. 17 – Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Cribbage, 11 a.m.; Pinochle, 12:45 p.m.; SS Flex. Tuesday, Aug. 18 – Scrabble, 10:30 a.m.; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Defensive Driving Refresher, 5:30 p.m.; Line Dancing. Wednesday, Aug. 19 – Wood-carvers, 8 a.m.; Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Cribbage, 11 a.m.; Tai Chi MS, 11 a.m.; 500, 12:45 p.m.; BABS, 1 p.m.; Belle Luncheon, TBD, 1 p.m.; SS Flex. Thursday, Aug. 20 – Foot Clinic, 9 a.m.; Health Insurance Council, 9 a.m.; Belle Scrappers, 9:30 a.m.; Crafters, 10 a.m.; Wood Carving, 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21 – Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Painting, 9 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 12:15 p.m.; SS Flex.

Eagan seniors The following senior activities are offered by the Eagan Parks and Recreation Department in the Lone Oak Room at the Eagan Commu-nity Center, 1501 Central Parkway. Call 651-675-5500 for more infor-mation. Monday, Aug. 17 – Defensive Driving, 8 a.m. to noon; Zumba (Oasis), 9 a.m.; Recycled Cards, 9:30 a.m.; F&Fab (Oasis), 10 a.m.; FFL (Oasis), 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18 – Quilting, 9:30 a.m.; Euchre/500, 12:45 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19 – Coffee & Conversations, 9 a.m.; Brain Fit-ness, 9:30 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 12:45 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20 – Dominoes, 9 a.m.; Bridge, 12:45 p.m.; Book Club No. 4 (Library), 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21 – Zumba (Oasis), 10:15 a.m.; S/B/Yoga (Oasis), 11:10 a.m.; Bingo, 1 p.m.; Grandparents Day at Holz Farm, 1 p.m. Upcoming events: Eco Tour at Lebanon Hills, Thursday, Sept. 3, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Cost: $6, includes lunch. Transpor-tation on your own. Register by Aug. 24. Ages: 62-plus. Alma Wisconsin Tour of Winer-ies and Museums, Shopping, Friday, Oct. 2, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Cost: $39. Register by Sept. 21. South Metro Senior Expo at Ea-gan Community Center, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 1-4 p.m. Free. For the Monday Movie Matinees schedule for coming months, check out the Front Porch newsletter. For full information on senior events and details, read the Front Porch on the city of Eagan website.

Become a senior center member for a $10 annual fee and receive the Front Porch quarterly by mail. For questions or to register for events and pay by credit card, call Eagan Parks and Recreation Department.

Farmington seniors The Rambling River Center is lo-cated at 325 Oak St. For more infor-mation on trips, programs and other activities, call 651-280-6970. Monday, Aug. 17 – Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Dulcimer Club, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10 a.m.; Recycled Cards, 12:30 p.m.; 500 Cards, 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18 – Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Fitness Center Orienta-tion, 9:30 a.m.; Chair Exercise, 10 a.m.; Community Connections, 10 a.m.; Lady Slipper Garden Club, 10 a.m.; Wood Carving, 1 p.m.; Table Tennis, 2 p.m.; Defensive Driving, 5:30 p.m.; Yoga, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19 – Wii Games, 9 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10 a.m.; Bridge, 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20 – Coffee Guys/Gals, 9:30 a.m.; Pinochle, 12:30 p.m.; End of Summer Mem-ber Social, 1:30 p.m.; Table Tennis, 2 p.m.; EZ Play, 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21 – Wii Games, 9 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 9:30 a.m.; Snuffy’s Malt Shop, 10:30 a.m. Happy Harry’s Furniture Fund-raiser – Stop by Happy Harry’s Fur-niture in Farmington and mention the Rambling River Center when ordering/purchasing your new fur-niture. Happy Harry’s Furniture will give 10 percent of the purchase to the Rambling River Center.

Lakeville seniors All events are held at Lakeville Heritage Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Call 952-985-4622 for informa-tion. Monday, Aug. 17 – Fitness Nutri-tion, 9 a.m.; Computer Tutoring, 9 a.m.; Wii Bowling, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Financial Advice, 11 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 2, noon; Cribbage, 12:30 p.m.; Cards, 1 p.m.; Mahjong, 1 p.m.; Free Span-ish Classes, 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18 – Dominoes & Poker, 9 a.m.; Tappercize, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Zumba Gold, 10:30 a.m.; Party Bridge, noon; Billiards, 1 p.m.; Ice Cream Social & Musical Entertainment, 1:30 p.m.; Pilates Mat Class, 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19 – Men’s Golf at Gopher Hills, 8 a.m.; Health An-gels Biking, 8:30 a.m.; Line Dance Practice – Beginners, 8:30 a.m.; Poker & Hearts, 9 a.m.; Line Danc-ing, 9 and 10 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 2, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Pinochle, noon; Dime Bingo, 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20 – Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Red Hat Cho-rus, 10:30 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 2, noon; Euchre, Hand & Foot, noon; Quilting Group, 1 p.m.; Red Hat Chorus at The Rivers, 1:30 p.m.; Zumba Gold, 3:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21 – Yoga, 8:15 a.m.; Pickleball at Bunker Hill Park, 9 a.m.; Poker & 500, 9 a.m.; Digital Photography Club, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Holz Farm Event, 1-3:30 p.m.

ReligionFree kids carnival Spirit of Life Presbyterian Church will hold a free kids carni-val from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29. The church is located at 14401 Pilot Knob Road in Apple Valley. The carnival will feature games such as ring toss and bean bag toss as well as a rubber duck pond, a cake walk, a “bouncy house” and funky hair dying. Refreshments will include popcorn, cookies, Kool-Aid and snow cones. Rev. Tony Winter, parish associate, will be the DJ and will provide music during the carni-val. In September, the church will resume its after-school program on Wednesdays (known as Meet in the Middle or M & M). Sunday School will resume on Sept. 13, following the 10 a.m. worship service. For further information, call the church office at 952-423-2212, or visit www.spiritoflifeav.org. The church’s pastor is Rev. Rob Smith.

Revive Twin Cities Volunteers from around the Twin Cities will gather for a Revive Twin Cities outreach event from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15, at Faith Covenant Church, 12921 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. At this morning of worship, teaching and outreach, volunteers will reach out to the community

through conversation – meeting and praying for people in their daily lives. Training is provided on how to use a simple tool to share the gos-pel. Volunteers who have never done outreach before are encouraged to attend, watch and learn, and will be paired with experienced people. The event begins at 8:30 a.m. with worship and prayer, followed at 9:20 a.m. by training. At 10:30 a.m., par-ticipants leave in small teams for out-reach with others, and gather back at 12:30 p.m. to share testimonies. The event is free, and partici-pants can arrive anytime prior to 10:30 a.m. to be paired with others for outreach. Advance RSVP for the outreach can also be made at www.revivetwincities.org by clicking “Sign Up Here.” For more information, contact Sheri Richards at 952-898-9165 or visit www.revivetwincities.org.

Benefit concert for clean water Faith Covenant Church, 12921 Nicollet Ave. S., Burnsville, will host a benefit concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, for Team World Vision to bring sustainable access to clean wa-ter to people in Africa and beyond. The evening will include worship, stories and inspiration. Tickets are $15 and include a bottle of clean water. Children 12 and under are admitted free. Tickets can be purchased at TWVnightof-

worship.eventbrite.com.

Moving On course at Prince of Peace Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 13901 Fairview Drive, Burnsville, will present Moving On, a six-week course designed to help people who have acknowledged the death of their loved one and feel ready to move on with their life. Moving On was created by and will be led by Gloria Swanson, re-cently retired minister of vital aging at Prince of Peace. She will share in-formation about grief recovery and the moving on process. Participants will be given the tools and encour-agement to rediscover themselves and move on. Exercises will help them discover their talents, gifts, values and passions. They will come to understand their personality type and find new purpose for the future. The final session will include a mov-ing on ritual. Registration is required and par-ticipants are requested to attend all six sessions. There is no fee for this program, however, participants are expected to purchase the book: “LifeKeys: Discovering Who You Are Workbook.” The book will be available at the first session and will cost $8. For more information, contact Leu Killion, parish nurse, at [email protected] or 952-898-9320.


Lakeville businessman Tom Mork and City Council Member Doug Anderson have returned to Minnesota after going on “Tom’s Big Ride,” a biking trip along the Missis-sippi River to raise awareness of mental health issues. (Photo submitted)

Tom’s Big Ride: A success by Laura Adelmann


Lakeville businessman Tom Mork arrived back in Minnesota this week after embarking upon a 2,100-mile, 39-day bike adven-ture dubbed “Tom’s Big Ride” to spread awareness of mental health issues. Three other riders have made the entire journey and at least 15 others have joined them for one or more stages of the bike ride that followed scenic back roads along the Mis-sissippi River from Loui-siana to Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota. Mork said this week that the adventure raised more than Mork’s $100,000 goal to support the National Alliance on Mental Illness. A welcome celebration was held Aug. 7 in Min-nehaha Falls that Mork described as “emotional” in his blog, tomsbigride.org. Along the journey, Mork spoke to a variety of groups and individuals about mental illness, in-cluding his family’s strug-gles after his daughter was diagnosed with bipolar disorder during college af-ter a series of dangerous and bizarre behaviors that included secretly marry-ing a 35-year-old man they later discovered was trying to avoid deportation. With her family’s help, Christine Mork was able to get the marriage annulled and is living a productive life, managing the disease and has started her own business online selling art she creates. Mork said in a news re-lease the story he tells in-cludes “ignorance, despair, bewilderment, humor, and yes … hope.” He has detailed his journey on his blog, and has shared stories of those he has met along the way: “After returning from

A look back on the ride of a lifetimedinner I opened up my email and read one from a Tom’s Big Ride supporter telling me that just this past week her nephew had taken his own life after struggling with mental illness for a long time,” Mork wrote in one post. “She wanted me to know that his family was being surrounded by loving, caring, supportive people, and she thanked me for the efforts we are making to bring more awareness to the whole is-sue of mental illness. So … tomorrow, we ride for El-liot and his immediate and extended family. You will be in our morning prayer for safe riding and on our minds as we head north to Greenville.” He described meeting a youth who had been diag-nosed with attention defi-cit disorder that had made his life so difficult that “he would have rather died of a heart attack because at least people then would have understood that he had an illness.” Mork said he met a woman who successfully battled clinical depression for over 18 years with med-ication and therapy and a close friend never knew of it. “She has dealt with her mental illness and it has

not defined her!!” Mork wrote. As his ride nears com-pletion, Mork said in an email interview that the biggest surprise of the trip was discovering how much people along the route embraced what they were doing to raise awareness about mental illness. He said the most impor-tant memory of the trip was the people they met who shared their stories for whom they dedicated days of their ride, including Morgan from Memphis who struggles with an eat-ing disorder or Katie from the Reelfoot Lake area in Tennessee who shared her struggles with anxiety and depression. Mork said his relation-ship with fellow riders has grown after being together “pretty much 24/7 for five weeks.” “We still get along great,” Mork said. “We have come to respect each other for the sacrifices we’ve made to make this trip happen and for our respective riding abilities, and we have learned to communicate quite well when we’re riding to keep each other safe. If our re-lationships have changed, it’s that we’re better friends than when we started.”


Forecast is bright at the fair this weekend

The 2015 Dakota County Fair, Aug. 10-16, included 4-H contests, carnival rides, snacks and visits to Dakota City Heritage Village. (Photo by Hannah Gullickson)

Fairgoers at the 2015 Dakota County Fair participate in a carnival game where they fish for toy sharks with a fishing rod. (Photo by Hannah Gullickson)

Above: Volunteers offered a threshing demonstration in the Dakota City Heri-tage Village at the Dakota County Fair on Tuesday.

At right: A little girl peeks at a gray mini rex rabbit in the 4-H exhibits at the 2015 Dakota County Fair. (Photos by Hannah Gullickson)

Machines of all different kinds were found at the Dakota City Heritage Village on Tuesday. The fair started Aug. 10 and continues through Aug. 16. More is at dako-tacountyfair.org.


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Melodrama offers tradition of boos and cheers Children’s Castle Theater puts on ‘Little Daisy’ for Dakota County

Fair crowdsby Hannah Gullickson


Melodrama never gets old when actors bring stories to life. Lakeville’s Children’s Castle Theater lets actors belt out, sing or stampede in hilarious or musical skits for actors of all ages and talents. At the Dakota County Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 11, the company’s actors performed a melodrama called “The Adventures of Little Daisy,” a story about a penniless girl named Daisy, who must reap a fortune in order to keep her evil landlord from taking her family’s house and marrying her. Melodramas allow the audience to boo at the vil-lain or cheer on the hero. At the Dakota County Fair, audience members packed the seats and booed or cheered at the appropriate times. Usu-ally the narrator showed cards that told the au-dience when to boo or cheer. Eight children partici-pated as actors, with two adults playing the father and wandering gypsy mother who had amnesia and forgot her long-lost children. The whole play, ac-cording to Megan Hays, who played Daisy, was a spoof on melodramas. While most melodramas

are serious about their exaggerations, this play made fun of melodrama conventions such as the villain’s evil laughter and the hero’s good looks. The company is now 20 years old. Kayla Yae-ger, one of the directors, said Children’s Castle Theater gives children the opportunity to grow in their theater acting. “It originally started with a group of people that saw there weren’t a lot of areas for children to be involved in the arts,” she said. “They put on something that would give them a different ex-perience.” Children’s Castle The-ater sets up workshops for groups or individuals with almost no age limit. While they recommend children starting at 5, they have invited children as young as 3 years old with parental supervi-sion. Their oldest mem-ber was around 70 years old. “We recommend 5 as a good starting age,” Yae-ger said. “That’s when most kids are getting to the age where they’re more outgoing and able to be on their own a little more.” In their 2016 season, they will be putting on a winter musical called “Yo Viking,” which is a mash of pirate and Viking themes, and a comedic version of “The Wizard of Oz” in the summer. Many of the actors, bubbly and excited, said the theater company feels like another family to

The villain (right), played by Gabriel Orlando, and his minion, played by Mason Conrad, ponder how to best outwit the hero and make Daisy, the heroine, marry the villain. Their show, “The Adventures of Little Daisy,” was per-formed by Children’s Castle Theater at the 2015 Dakota County Fair. (Photo by Hannah Gullickson)

them. They get to bond with each other and meet new people. “It’s been a blast to be in it,” said Gabriel Or-lando, who played the villain. “It’s a really fun and interesting thing. It’s a really good kid show to watch, because it’s lots and lots of emotion and lots of action to keep get-ting into it.” “I like CCT because it’s a good company and they

make really good plays, and I’ve been doing it for a long time. I’ve done four (or) five shows,” said Ma-son Conrad, who played the villain’s minion. “I’ve been doing shows with them since I was 11 and I’m now 15. And it’s crazy how much I’ve done with them,” said Hays. “They’ve helped me grow so much because I started out as a pirate, and they’ve given me big-

ger parts to challenge me and it’s been an amazing experience.” “It’s really helped me gain self-confidence,” said Melin Banetmore, who played the narrator. “When I was younger I was really shy and I just kept (to myself). ... These friends ... are now my family. It’s such a commu-nity here. And it’s such a great thing to be part of.” Children’s Castle The-

ater has several more shows at the Dakota County Fair from Friday to Sunday. Their schedule can be found at childrens-castletheater.org. The daily schedule of the fair is at SunThisweek.com/tag/Dakota-County-Fair-2015.

Email Hannah Gullickson at [email protected].


SportsCanterbury paddock analyst had an early startHermann trying to share her love of horse racing

with wider audience

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


Real Quiet won the 1998 Kentucky Derby, and Angela Hermann, an 11-year-old from Apple Valley, cheered him all the way home. Why did Hermann care? One, she loved hors-es. Two, she had picked Real Quiet to win. “I guess you could say that was the beginning of the end,” Hermann said with a laugh. Picking win-ners now is part of Her-mann’s job as paddock an-alyst at Canterbury Park, a job she has had for five years. Her association with the racetrack goes back much farther. As soon as she was legal to drive, she sought a job at Canter-bury. “I had a job I could walk to, which I quit the day I got the call from Canterbury,” she said. After starting as an usher, she also worked in group sales, guest services and the track’s informa-tion office before becom-ing paddock analyst. Her predecessor in that role was Burnsville native Kev-in Gorg, who was leaving

to take a job with Fox Sports North. “I kind of took the baton from Kevin,” Her-mann said. “He taught me a lot, and I also picked up a lot from other people throughout the country.” In addition to handi-capping races, Hermann writes material for the race program and appears on Canterbury Park TV pro-ductions that are simulcast to tracks throughout the country. According to Canter-

bury Park’s statistics, Her-mann has correctly picked the winners in 30 percent of the races in the 2015 live racing season. Her re-turn on investment is .87, meaning that anybody who followed all her hand-icapping plays in every race would have turned a profit. “You’d always like the percentages to be better,” she said, “but it’s not easy. We have more horses here now. That makes it more difficult to handicap races,

but it’s also more fun. It’s tough to have more than 30 percent winners with-out picking every favor-ite.” In 2012, Canterbury Park struck a deal with the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, own-ers of Mystic Lake Casino just down the road in Prior Lake, that pumped more money into purses for the track’s live racing season. In exchange, Canterbury Park dropped its efforts to add slot machines.

Some racing observ-ers said the deal saved live racing at Canterbury. It allowed the track to offer more money for purses and extend its live rac-ing season at a time when other tracks in the United States were cutting back or closing. It also ensured that Hermann would have plenty to do. With more races and more horses running at the track, she said it now takes her five or six hours to do the re-search necessary to handi-cap one day of live racing. She said track officials understand they have to connect with more than the hard-boiled racing en-thusiasts. “They’re trying to reach out to a younger audience,” Hermann said. “I don’t know of any other track that’s had a ‘Zombie Night.’ We have promo-tions like that here every week.” Hermann said she’s one of five or six women across the country who are paddock analysts at racetracks. When she sits behind a microphone to call a day of races – as she did last Sunday in place of regular track an-nouncer Paul Allen, who was doing play-by-play of the Vikings’ preseason opener – that’s even more rare. Hermann also called a full slate of races at Can-terbury in August 2013, which made her the first

woman to do so at a North American thoroughbred track. Hermann said she’s open to calling more races in the future, but added that she really likes her role as paddock analyst. Someday, she hopes it’s something she can do year-round. Even though Canterbury’s live rac-ing season has been ex-tended, it still lasts only four months. She also has worked as an analyst at tracks in Nebraska and suburban Chicago. Growing up, Hermann said she always liked sports but didn’t play because she was so locked into horse racing, to the point where she would go to a daily newspaper’s sports section for handicapping infor-mation. Then she would watch Canterbury’s late-night wrap-up show on TV to see how she fared. That sometimes caused trouble at home, Hermann said, because the show usually aired after her bedtime. That’s not an issue now. Instead, Hermann wants to share her love of racing with a wider audience. “If someone tells me they have more fun at the track because of some-thing I did, that’s a really good day,” she said.

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Apple Valley native Angela Hermann is one of the few women in the United States employed as horse racing analysts. She is paddock analyst at Canterbury Park, a job she has held for five years. (Photo by Coady Photography)

State lacrosse finalists

Apple Valley teams reached the championship game in two divisions at the recent Youth Lacrosse of Minnesota state tournament at Centennial High School. The Under-15B team (top photo) defeated Orono in the state final, and the U13B team (above) finished second to Burnsville. (Photos submitted)

Riptide swimmers perform well in state, national competitions The Riptide Swim Team of Apple Valley wrapped up an 18-week season with strong perfor-mances by its members in national and state meets. Regan Smith, an Olym-pic Trials qualifier in the 100- and 200-meter back-stroke races, competed at the USA Swimming Junior National Championships in San Antonio, Texas, and placed second in the women’s 100 backstroke. Smith, at 13, the young-est competitor in the meet, finished in 1 minute, 1.32 seconds. That set a Minne-sota record, breaking Ra-chel Bootsma’s 13-14 age group mark of 1:01.71. Smith’s time also was the fourth-fastest in history for the USA Swimming women’s 13-14 age group. It’s also the fourth-fastest time for the 18-and-under age group this year. Seven Riptide swim-mers competed at the first USA Swimming Futures Championships in West

Lafayette, Ind. Riptide finished 17th of 84 clubs in the team competition. Kelly Leonard com-peted in three events at the Futures Champion-ships and placed first in the 200 backstroke. Her time was just four-tenths of a second off the Olym-pic Trials qualifying stan-dard. Leonard also placed eighth in the 100 back-stroke and competed in the 400 medley relay. Tommy Weiss com-peted in four events and placed seventh in the 100 butterfly, earning a Ju-nior National qualifying time. Quenton Steffen’s best finish in three events was 15th in the 200 breast-stroke, where he earned a Junior National qualifying time. Lucia Rizzo compet-ed in five events, scoring team points in the 1,500 freestyle (ninth place), 800 freestyle (12th) and 400 freestyle (12th). Brianna Alexander competed in five individual events and

scored team points in the 100 breaststroke (16th), 200 breaststroke (18th) and 400 individual medley (15th). Shea Bougie placed 19th in the 400 individual medley. Alexander, Bougie and Grace Herron also com-peted in all three relays. Rizzo swam in the two freestyle relays. Fifty Riptide swimmers competed in the Minne-sota Long Course Cham-pionships last weekend at the University of Min-nesota. Taylor Barabash, Skyler Leverenz, Keely McLean, Haakon Naugh-ton, Zach Nelson, Tim Rizzo and Cora Smith qualified for the Central Zone 14-and-under Long Course Championships. The Riptide Swim Team has more than 300 members and trains at the Bluewater Aquatic Center in Apple Valley. Mike Par-ratto is the team’s head coach.

Saints give Kvasnicka a chance to play the game on his termsFormer Lakeville

standout says he’s enjoying

the ride by Mike Shaughnessy


It would be overstating the case to say that get-ting released by the Min-nesota Twins was the best thing to happen to Mike Kvasnicka. But it’s fair to say he’s happy with how things have worked out. Instead of clinging to a dream of playing in the majors, Kvasnicka latched on with the St. Paul Saints in time for their historic season. The Saints, who likely will clinch an American As-sociation playoff berth this week, already have set a franchise attendance record in their new ball-park. Kvasnicka, the former Lakeville High School and Lakeville North three-sport athlete, said he’s loved every minute of it. Where else could he go to a family reunion in the morning and play base-ball in the evening? “I was at my in-laws’ family reunion at Cleary Lake today,” he said be-fore the Saints’ 7-4 vic-tory over the Winnipeg Goldeyes last Saturday. “They had a big pavilion. I got to have some grilled food and potato salad, and then drove up for the game.” Kvasnicka, one of three Minnesotans select-ed in the first round of the Major League Baseball draft in the last 20 years (the other two are current Twins players Joe Mauer and Glen Perkins), has been saying all summer his professional baseball career will end when this Saints’ season does. Asked if the Saints’ success – they were 58-16 as of Monday and had the best record in the Ameri-can Association – has caused him to reconsider, he said “actually, it’s gone the other way. It’s more

solidified. I’m trying to enjoy the game, the team. It’s easy to do because it’s a really fun team and we’re doing well.” In one sense, it’s been liberating because Kvas-nicka, 26, said he doesn’t have to worry about whether he’s going to be promoted, demoted or released. Whatever hap-pens with the Saints, an independent minor league club, he knows he’s stay-ing home. “It’s no pressure with that. It’s the best part about it,” he said. “I still don’t know if I could (go back to affiliated base-ball). You know you’re being evaluated, judged constantly, because that’s how it works. “I always put a little more pressure on myself than was necessary, or was perceived necessary.” While he plays for the Saints, Kvasnicka also is busy planning the next phase of his life. Last week he registered for fall semester classes at the University of Minnesota. He had about 30 credits left to obtain when he left the university in 2010 to sign with the Houston Astros, who took him with a first-round supple-mental pick in that year’s MLB draft. Kvasnicka is pursuing a degree in youth studies. Where he goes from there isn’t quite certain. It could involve teaching. It likely will involve coaching. Af-ter specializing in baseball for the last seven or eight years, Kvasnicka said he’d love to coach football or hockey. Kvasnicka’s wife Kim, a soccer and track stand-out at Lakeville North

and St. Catherine Uni-versity, works as a nurse at Fairview Ridges Hos-pital in Burnsville. She is due to give birth to the couple’s first child in early September. “I’m not going any-where,” he said. “I was going to move on from baseball. Just because (the Saints) were 12, 13 miles away, that’s the rea-son I’m here. I wasn’t go-ing to pack up and move down the road again.” Kvasnicka has a .306 average with 10 homers and 61 RBI for the Saints, whose lineup features six regulars with averages of .300 or higher. He tied a team record with three homers in a game against Fargo-Moorhead on June 26. A switch-hitter, Kvas-nicka hit two of those homers right-handed and one left-handed. “Pretty good. It’s been up and down, like most seasons are,” Kvasnicka said when asked to evalu-ate his play this season. He was slowed by an an-kle injury earlier this sea-son but said it is almost fully healed. He’s looking to make one more memory with the Saints in the Ameri-can Association playoffs next month. “This season has been a blast. Everybody here knows we should win the whole thing. I don’t think we’re cocky, I think we just know we’re the best team,” Kvasnicka said. “We have a lot of guys who are looking to win a ring. My whole thing is to wrap up that fairy tale.”

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Even though he’s batting better than .300 for the St. Paul Saints, Lakeville native Mike Kvasnicka said he is sticking to his plan to make 2015 his final season in professional baseball. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)


The Royal Family includes King Boreas, Queen of the Snows, the Princes and Princesses of the Four Winds, and the evil Vulca-nus Rex, along with a host of guards and prime min-isters. The idea for the Royal Family characters dates back to 1937, when col-umnist Frank Madden created the characters that continue to be celebrated every year. With the title of Prince Euros, there comes a lot of responsibility. Medernach and the Royal Family are required to make about 250 public appearances in the year they are chosen. They tour the state and country for events such as parades, coronations and fairs. Sometimes they ap-

pear at the request of an organization or event. “We do about ... seven or eight events a week,” Medernach said. “It gets a little overwhelming.” But he feels it’s worth the time and cost. “You meet a lot of great people. It’s amazing some of the young people you meet through what-ever festivals you’re a part of,” he said. The pageants from the St. Paul Winter Carnival interact and meet with other festival dignitaries from across the state and country, including those from the Minneapolis Aquatennial. By the end of the year, Medernach expects to have spent about $20,000 for his costume and par-ticipation. “I was fortu-nate to get a sponsor that

is covering about half that cost,” he said. When Medernach pass-es on his sword to the next candidate, the ceremony will involve the announce-ment and coronation of the next members of the Royal Family. For Medernach, the memories of being Prince Euros and seeing others will live on. “I love interacting with the little kids and the se-nior citizens, handing out candy. A lot of people want their picture taken with me, do selfies with my (genie outfit). I don’t know how many Face-book pages I’m on,” he said, laughing. “The amount of pic-tures we’ve taken as a fam-ily. It’s amazing.” Medernach is the for-mer CFO of DeLaSalle

High School in Minne-apolis and owner of Great Clips locations in Edina, Crystal and Richfield. He got his master’s degree in finance from the Uni-versity of Minnesota. He also volunteers occasion-ally with his wife at places such as Feed My Starving Children. Medernach said when he’s done being Prince Eu-ros, he will keep managing his Great Clips stores and volunteering with his wife. More information about the St. Paul Winter Carnival can be found at wintercarnival.com.


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LEGAL NOTICES

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in conditions of the following described mort-gage:

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

blauch and Nancy Knoblauch, hus-band and wife.

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-tronic Registration Systems, Inc.

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

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

TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registra-

tion Systems, Inc.TRANSACTION AGENT’S

MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE:

100814900000342316LENDER OR BROKER AND

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

RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: Flagstar Bank, FSB

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

TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 01.22412.04.070LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF

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

Dakota County, Minnesota.COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY

IS LOCATED: DakotaORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT

OF MORTGAGE: $177,255.00AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED

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

$197,204.04That prior to the commence-

ment of this mortgage foreclosure proceeding Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee complied with all notice requirements as required by stat-ute; That no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or other-wise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof;

PURSUANT to the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows:

DATE AND TIME OF SALE: September 4, 2015 at 10:00 AMPLACE OF SALE: S h e r i f f ’ s

Office, Law Enforcement Center, 1580 Hwy 55, Lobby #S-100, Hast-ings, MN to pay the debt then se-cured by said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs and disbursements, includ-

ing attorneys’ fees allowed by law subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns unless reduced to Five (5) weeks under MN Stat. §580.07.

TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise pro-vided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must va-cate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed under section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on March 4, 2016, unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next week-day, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.

MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE: None

“THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAG-OR’S PERSONAL REPRESEN-TATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMIN-ING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREM-ISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICUL-TURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.”Dated: June 30, 2015Flagstar Bank, FSBMortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-EBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-688892-15-002233 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

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MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE CERTIFICATE

OF ASSUMED NAMEMinnesota Statutes, 333

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

ASSUMED NAME: Clinical Skin TherapeuticsPRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 14655 Galaxie AveApple Valley, MN 55124NAMEHOLDER(S): Apple Valley Medical Clinic, Ltd.

14655 Galaxie AveApple Valley, MN 55124I, the undersigned, certify that

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

DATE FILED: July 29, 2015SIGNED BY: Susan Berg

Published inApple Valley

August 7, 14, 2015429383

MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DRAFT 2035 LONG-TERM COMPREHENSIVE PLAN

PRE-PUBLICATION INFORMATION MEETINGThe Metropolitan Airports Com-

mission (MAC) is preparing a draft 2035 Long-Term Comprehensive Plan (LTCP) for the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP). The purpose is to identify facility needs, based on forecasted num-bers of passengers and aircraft operations, at MSP for the years between 2015 and 2035.

At this time, the document is in pre-draft form.

To introduce the public to the initial findings and to the LTCP process and timeline, prior to draft publication, the MAC will hold a public information meeting on:

Thursday, August 27, 20155 to 8:30 PMMAC General Offices6040-28th Avenue SouthMinneapolis, MN 55450MAC staff will provide a presen-

tation at 5:30 and 7:00 PM. Follow-ing each presentation, members of the public will have an opportunity to speak one-on-one with staff and airport consultants.

A formal 45-day public comment period will occur at a later date once the MAC Board has approved the draft document for publication. The public will be able to submit formal comments during this time. Additional public meetings also will be held once the draft is published.

Information regarding this public information meeting and the draft MSP 2035 Long-Term Comprehen-sive Plan can be found at http://www.metroairports.org/Airport-Authority/Metropolitan-Airports-Commission/Public-Meetings/Other-MAC-Meetings.aspx.

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August 14, 2015432673

Eagan’s David Medernach, second from left, speaks to a crowd at Afton State Park in his Prince Euros of the East Wind outfit, resembling a genie. To his left is Prince Ti-tan of the North Wind, and to his right are Prince Zeph-yrus of the West Wind and Prince Notos of the South Wind. (Photo submitted)

really use our social media platforms to seek out in-formation when they are new students,” she said. “We have had a good amount of success with (social media advertising), and it is a cost-effective strategy for getting our name out there, since we can really hone in on our target audience,” Edlund said. “But the vast major-ity of our followers have come through keeping at it.”

Tweaking

keywords Laur and Budensiek said businesses can im-prove their social media promotions by tweak-ing their keywords and metatags. For instance, if Old Home Peanut Butter uses keywords such as “all nat-ural peanut butter” and “Minnesota” in its web-site, users will most likely find the website if they type similar keywords in a search engine such as Google. Metatags work almost the same way. Budensiek explained that metatags are like key-words that a business types

in the website’s HTML coding, the behind-the-scenes backdrop of a web-site. Users won’t see the metatags, but if a busi-ness types “creamy pea-nut butter” in a website’s HTML coding, users will most likely be able to find the website using the same keywords.

Tracking views Several tools such as Google Analytics and Sprout Social help busi-nesses keep track of their websites’ views or clicks. Laur and Budensiek recommend Google Ana-lytics, which keeps track of statistics such as how long users stay on a Web page and which cities the users are from. Budensiek gave an ex-ample of a website post she follows that was writ-ten six years ago. “It still gets about 2,000 views a month,” she said. “So we’re going to push that.” Edlund said she and her marketing team, which also works with Inver Grove Heights Commu-nity College, use Social Sprout. This sends out timed messages and al-lows its users to respond to posts. “We go in and set

up messages in advance whenever we can, promot-ing events or important in-formation,” she said. “We try really hard to respond to any questions or com-ments we receive within four hours during the week if at all possible. “That is actually some-thing that Sprout helps us track – how we do in responding to engaged us-ers.”

Know what users

want The greatest strategy is knowing what users re-ally want and which social media outlets they use the most. Laur said some people think they need to spend money in order to get a good return on their in-vestment. “But even those words don’t say anything,” he said. He said it’s interacting with customers that mat-ters more. “Driving people to your website. … That’s a really positive return on investment,” Laur said. Laur and Budensiek said they helped sell a $38,000 Nissan to a Twit-ter follower who casually tweeted about needing a new car.

They helped car dealers get featured on Pinterest. “Actually their pins were so popular, they got ... 9,000 followers in a cou-ple of weeks,” Budensiek said. When Laur and Buden-siek manage their clients’ social media accounts, they do a variety of pro-motions, such as posting texts, photos or videos and tagging relevant com-panies in their posts. “We tried an event where you can bring your dog to a dealership,” Laur said. “When we’d post on these auto dealers’ Face-book pages, we would tag Secondhand Hounds,” who was another Hubbard client. “And now the message wasn’t just reaching Sec-ondhand Hounds’ follow-ers. (We were) broadening that reach,” he said. Budensiek said when businesses post on social media, the posts have to be “something captivating to the audience.” Laur said, “Facebook likes video and photos better than just text. We would put a photo (on) Twitter, but we’ll promote that and we’ll see people commenting ... and we en-gage with that.” Edlund said she and her marketing team discov-

ered that DCTC students, alumni and employees find the latest information via social media. “These days we in-clude our social media information on almost all of our marketing materi-als. It’s linked everywhere throughout our website, we have signage in the building, and more,” she said. “So there is incentive to be engaged via social me-dia.” Some businesses reach out to their members with an emphasis on social me-dia. The Dakota Coun-ty Regional Chamber of Commerce provides networking opportuni-ties for its members, and uses social media to send out newsletters, promote events within the chamber, congratulate new mem-bers and inform existing ones of business issues concerning the county and region. The chamber that primarily serves Eagan, Rosemount and Farming-ton has about 500 mem-bers and more than 100 networking events every year. “As a member-based organization, we are con-tinually working on new ways to provide exposure

for our members, whether that is providing them ac-cess to our chamber-based networking and education events, or more directly spreading their own news and accomplishments to our followers in the local community,” said Chelsea Johnson, communications and events manager. Johnson said social me-dia is an “integral part” in growing businesses’ con-tacts, exposure and ap-pearance. The chamber invites guest speakers such as Laur and Budensiek to teach its members on tac-tics, such as social media campaigns. Regarding its own growth, the Chamber of Commerce isn’t always sure whether social me-dia is the main tool for promoting or increasing members, according to Johnson. “Although we don’t know for sure if these ef-forts are a key component to growing our member-ship and attracting attend-ees to events, we utilize social media in these ways in the hopes of doing so,” Johnson said.


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4510 Apartments/Condos For Rent

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5000 SERVICES

5090 Asphalt/Black-topping/Seal Coating

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5110 Building &Remodeling

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612-423-2784

Value Home Exteriors LLC- Roofing- Siding- Decks

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5140 Carpet, Floor& Tile

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SANDING-REFINISHINGRoy’s Sanding Service

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5160 Commercial &Residential Cleaning

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5510 Full-time

5390 Roofing, Siding& Gutters

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A-1 Work Ray’s Handyman No job too small!!

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All Home Repairs! Excell Remodeling, LLC Interior & Exterior Work

One Call Does it All!Call Bob 612-702-8237or Dave 612-481-7258

Home Tune-up • Fix It • Replace It

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5340 Landscaping

AB LANDSCAPING General Landscaping

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612-644-3580

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5340 Landscaping

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RETAINING WALLSWater Features & Pavers. 30+ Yrs Exp /Owner Operator

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5350 Lawn &Garden Services

Lawn Mowing starts at $29 Call or text 952-261-6552 Liberty Lawn Care


3 Interior Rooms/$275Wallpaper Removal.

Drywall Repair. Cabi-net Enameling and

Staining. 30 yrs exp. Steve 763-545-0506

612•390•6845Quality ResidentialPainting & Drywall

Ceiling & Wall TexturesH20 Damage-Plaster Repair

Wallpaper RemovalINTERIOR � EXTERIOR

**Mike the Painter Interi-or/ exterior, Wallpaper, 35 yrs exp, Ins 612-964-5776


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Int/Ext • Free Est. • 23 Yrs.Will meet or beat any price! Lic/Ins

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5380 Plumbing

SAVE MONEY - Competent Master Plumb-er needs work. Lic# M3869.

Jason 952-891-2490


Re-Roofing & Roof Repairs - 30 Yrs Exp

Insured - Lic#20126880 John Haley #1 Roofer, LLC.

Call 952-925-6156


A Family Operated Business

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Tear-offs, Insurance Claims BBB A+, Free Est. A+ Angies List Lic # BC170064 Certified GAF Installer - 50 yr warranty.

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Removal, Stump Grinding 612-644-8035 Remove Large

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Al & Rich’s Low CostStump Removal, Portable Mach. Prof. tree trimming

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Jeff 612-578-5299

Easy Tree Service, LLCTree Trim / Removal

Lic / Ins. Eugene 651-855-8189

NOVAK STUMP REMOVALFree Ests. Lic’d & Ins’d

952-888-5123

Silver Fox ServicesTree Trimming/RemovalFully Licensed & Insured

BBB AccreditedRegistered W/Dept of Ag.

Located in Bloomington Family Owned & OperatedFree Est. Open 8am-7pm

952-883-0671 612-715-2105

Tall Oaks Tree ServiceTree Removal & Trimming

Free Ests ◆ Fully InsuredAerial Lift 651 707 5074

Thomas Tree Service25 yrs exp./ Expert Climb.

Immaculate Clean-up! Tree Removal/TrimmingLot Clearing/Stump Removal

Free Ests 952-440-6104

TREE TRUST LANDSCAPE SERVICESYour Tree Care Experts!

Removal & Pruning Emerald Ash Borer Trtmt952-767-3880 Free Est

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5440 Window Cleaning

Rich’s Window Cleaning Quality Service. Afford-able rates. 952-435-7871

Sparkling Clean Window Washing Free ests. Ins’d. 952-451-1294

5500 EMPLOYMENT

5510 Full-time

All Stars Montessorian Apple Valley privately owned child care center isseeking a FT Assistant Toddler Teacher Exp. working w/toddlers a plus!Email: [email protected]

Castle Rock Bank a long standing and well estab-lished community bank, is currently accepting re-sumes from an individual with Bank Lending and/or Bank Management ex-perience. All inquires can be made directly with Dave Nicolai at 651-463-4014

Customer Service Representative

Multiply locationWe are a DME (Durable Medical Equipment) Com-pany. Seeking outgoing & professional candidates for a long term opportunity.This position is to assist customers in store and over phone. Full time, benefits available, DME experience pref’d. Please email resume to:

[email protected]

Drivers WantedRegional/OTR

Home Weekends. Class ALate Model Equipment

$.44 cents/mile Call Nik: 651-325-0307

Equipment MechanicTrenchers Plus

BurnsvilleFull Time - Insurance – 401K. Basic Repair Skills, Willing to Learn, Must have own tools. Email: brian.stetz@

trenchersplus.com

5510 Full-time

Fantasy GiftsSales Clerk

Full Time Days, Mon-Friset schedule.

Burnsville Location2125 Highway 13 W

Applications at store orSend resume to:

[email protected]

Finish Carpenters

Schwieters Co. Wants You!$1000 HIRING BONUS!

We Offer Year-Round Work and Great Benefits for Expe-rienced Finish Carpenters. Work throughout the metro.

Call 612-328-3140 to schedule an interview.

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Get your Auto Maintenance & Light

Repair Certificate

Classes begin Aug. 24 at DCTC.

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651-379-5608


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5510 Full-time

Learn English or Get Your

HS Diploma or GED! Classes

begin Sept. [email protected]

952-431-8316

Local & Line HaulDrivers Needed

Home Daily!For Once Really Feel

APPRECIATED!Expedited Freight Systems, an established service driven regional LTL Truck-ing Co that appreciates it’s Drivers is seeking expe-rienced local pick-up & delivery & night line haul Drivers to operate out of our Brooklyn Park, MN terminal. We offer a com-petitive hrly pay of $19.20/ hr to start plus other op-portunities to add to your compensation. We also of-fer a benefit pkg including vision, dental major medi-cal, 401K & life ins. Requirements: Class A CDL with HazMat En-dorsement & clean driving record; Consistent work history; Min 2 yrs prior driving experience; Pass physical & pre-employ-ment screen. Ideal can-didate will have previous LTL experience. Inquiries to Bruce Anderson at 763-238-5369 or [email protected]

Olympic Hills Golf Club Eden Prairie-FT- PM Line Cook. Tues -Sun. Includes Benefits! Call: 952-941-6262 or apply in person.

Route driver sub,pull pop/snack orders from IPad, load on trucks, prep ma-chines and install at loca-tions, stock, general ware-house. FT days Monday - Friday. [email protected] orfax resume: 952-707-1994

5510 Full-time

Nurse PCA

Regency Home Healthcare

has immediate opportu-nities for compassionate people to join our team!

RN’s and LPN’s Our agency is searching for nurses in Eagan, Hastings, Farmington, St.Paul, Ma-plewood, Roseville, Blaine, New Brighton, and Crystal.

All applicants must have current RN or LPN license. We welcome new gradu-ates & experienced nurses.

Regency provides services to all age’s pediatrics to geriatric. We specialize in medically complex cases including vent dependant clients. This allows the nurses to experience ICU level care in clients home. Our nurses enjoy the ben-efit of full or part-time schedules. We have an ex-cellent office staff that pro-vides respectable customer service. Also, Regency pro-vides extensive training with our veteran staff.

PCA’SPart time day and/or eve-ning PCAs to care for in-dividuals in their homes. Help needed in the Mounds View, Apple Val-ley, Eagan, St Paul, White Bear Lake, Shoreview, and Lino Lakes areas. Re-sponsible for assisting with client cares, food prepa-ration, light housekeep-ing, and laundry. Must be compassionate, have great attention to detail, excellent problem solving skills, strong communica-tion skills, and must have a valid driver’s license.

If interested please submit online application at:

www.regencyhhc.com or fax resume attn: Brittni @ 651-488-4656. EOE

5510 Full-time

Security OfficersGeneral Security Services Corporation has Secu-rity Officer opportunities throughout the Minneapo-lis/St. Paul areas. We have openings for FT and PT positions, Overnight week days and all hours on the weekend.

Position A- Fri-Sat 2100-0300

Position B- Mon-Fri 1200-2000

Position C- Sun-Wed 1600-0000

Position D - Sat & Sun 0800-1600

Position E - Sat/Sun 0700-1500,

Mon/Tues 1500-2300 and Thurs 2300-0700

You must have a HS Diplo-ma/GED and able to pass a criminal background check. Previous security experience (Military or Law enforcement) pre-ferred but not necessary.

If interested please send resume with contact infor-mation to [email protected] or call 952-858-5092.

E O E / A A / D i s a b i l i t y /Veterans/M/F Employer

5520 Part-time

Augustana of Apple Val-ley, non-profit, is seeking a PT Evening receptionist for EO weekend day, plus some evenings. Qualified candidates: reception ex-perience a plus, able to work with older adults, Microsoft Office, Excel-lent communication skills. Make a difference in the lives of those we serve at www.augustanacare.org/jobs. or email to: [email protected]

5520 Part-time

Front Desk Personnel/Exam

Technician (Lakeville)

Now Hiring: Busy private optometric practice look-ing for outgoing, confident, and dependable front desk personnel/exam techni-cian. Experience is a plus, but we are willing to train this individual. At McDon-ald Eye Care Associates you are a part of a team providing care to patients of all ages. We stay up to date on the latest technol-ogy and fashion trends. Also, enjoy every other weekend as a THREE DAY WEEKEND! If you have had experience in the medical field or you are interested in gaining experience in the medi-cal field, we’d love to hear from you! If you are inter-ested in becoming an op-tician or exam technician contact us! Front desk per-sonnel assist with checking in patients, handling insur-ance, and entering in pa-tient health history into the electronic health records. Exam technicians perform pretesting for patients pri-or to seeing the doctor. Please forward resume to:

Doctor Molly McDonald, [email protected], or give us a call at

952-469-3937.

Compensation competitive with

experience.

Kennel help needed PT Must have passion for

Dogs! 952-435-7536

5520 Part-time

Now Hiring/TrainingSchool Bus DriversPT, benefits, paid holidays$750 Hiring bonus

Call Denise952-736-8004

Durham School Services

PT - Housecleaning So. of the river. 2 to 3 days a week. 952-892-6102


Commnity Living Options,

Seeking motivated people to implement

programs & com-munity integration.

Starting pay $11.05 FT/PT & Relief avail.

651-237-1087 or www.clo-mn.com

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application address.

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651-237-1087or

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Quality Inn and Suites Now Hiring! FT or PT

Housekeeping, Front DeskShuttle Drivers.Apply in person.

Quality Inn and Suites1950 Rahncliff Ct, Eagan.

651-681-9266


5540 Healthcare

CNA/ Hospice Aide- Bloomington, MN, Asera-Care Hospice is now hiring FT-CNA positions. Under direct supervision of regis-tered nurse, provides per-sonal care for patient & as-sists with activities of daily living. Must be certified by state as a home health aide from approved train-ing program as required by state/ federal regulations, maintains CPR certifica-tion. Daily travel required. Must have 24-hr access to motor vehicle & maintain personal auto liability in-surance. Must maintain valid DL and pass post-of-

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Seeking PT RN/LPN nurse to work every other week-end 2 hours. Nurse must be 21 years of age or older. Must have a registered nurse license. Two years nursing experience serving people in the field. Must have valid driver’s license.Please send resume to Ma-ria at [email protected] or contact me directly at 651-395-5106.

Business BuzzSkyline Exhibits milestones Skyline Exhibits, an exhibit designer and producer, is cele-brating its 35th anniversary this month. The company started in 1980 in Burnsville. At its inception, Skyline consisted of its founder and a K-car. Today, Skyline has nearly 130 dealers with repre-sentation in 30 countries and has served well over 100,000 cli-ents. Its headquarters are in Ea-gan. This month, Skyline also cel-ebrates the second birthday of WindScape, its air-powered ex-hibit system that is the compa-ny’s fastest selling new product. More information is at www.skyline.com.

Hospital names community relations director Northfield Hospital & Clin-ics has hired Betsy Spethmann as director of community rela-tions, effective Aug. 4. She suc-ceeds Scott Richardson, who retired in July. Spethmann will oversee ex-ternal communications for the organization, including com-munity events and partnerships. She also will supervise some in-ternal communications for staff and providers across Northfield Hospital, the five primary care

clinics and six specialty care clinics. She has worked most recently as a communications consul-tant, and has 20-plus years as an editor and journalist. She served as executive director of North-field Area United Way from 2010-14.

Inspire Me Family Fun Fest Inspiration Design Center, 2200 W. Highway 13, Burns-ville, is throwing The Inspire Me Family Fun Fest from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19. Free for all ages to attend, this daylong charity event will feature food trucks, music and beer along with free activities for kids, including balloon art-ists, bounce houses, pony rides and face painting. Those who bring a nonper-ishable food item or school sup-ply to donate to 360 Communi-ties can paint their name on the Elko Speedway Figure 8 School Bus and receive a free ticket to the Oct. 3 Eve of Destruction event where they can watch the Inspire Me Bus Race. Limited to one free ticket per person with a school supply or food item do-nation. All proceeds from The In-spire Me Family Fun Fest will benefit HopeKids Minnesota and 360 Communities. HopeKids is an organization

that provides events, activities and a support community for children with cancer and other life-threatening medical condi-tions. 360 Communities helps more than 14,500 people each year at its two domestic violence shelters, five food shelves, and two family resource centers. For more information, visit www.inspirationdesigncenter.com.

Turning Leaf school supply drive Turning Leaf Chiropractic in Lakeville is holding a school supply drive this month with a goal of collecting more than 1,500 school supplies. Anyone who brings in five items or more will be entered into a drawing for free Nickelodeon Universe wristbands. The supplies will be donated to the Lakeville schools. Turning Leaf is also partner-ing with Ready, Set, Achieve to raise funds and school supplies. On Thursday, Aug. 13, from 6-7:30 p.m., people who stop by Buffalo Wild Wings in Lakeville and drop off some school sup-plies will get a free chair mas-sage. Turning Leaf Chiropractic is at 10440 185th St. W., Suite 300, Lakeville, 952-898-0525. Dur-ing the construction at County Road 50 and 185th Street, access to the Lakeville Professional Plaza is from the east.

Digital marketing secrets PR Caffeine is sponsoring the 2015 Digital Marketing Secrets conference from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, at Better Busi-ness Bureau, 220 River Ridge Circle S., Burnsville. Conference topics include business planning, social me-dia, search engine optimization (SEO), pay-per-click (PPC), mobile marketing, and return on investment (ROI) tracking. Speakers include: Kari Switala, chief operat-ing officer of Wild Fig Market-ing and a national trainer on LinkedIn and Constant Con-tact. Switala helps small busi-ness owners identify strategies for growth and business success through email marketing and LinkedIn. Ben Theis, founder and direc-tor of Skol Marketing. The for-mer manager at Google and re-porting analyst for Target helps small businesses and nonprofits get found online. Ryan Berkness, founder and CEO of PR Caffeine. Within his expertise of digital marketing techniques, Berkness focuses on providing ROI through effective SEO. Dan Rollins, owner and creative director of LiveWire Films. He specializes in creating video marketing solutions for small businesses and nonprofits.

Registration for the confer-ence is at www.dmsmn.com/reg-ister and includes a ticket for the conference, a catered lunch and a conference workbook. The Early Bird Special is $297 and is available until Sept. 30.

Outlet mall birthday Twin Cities Premium Outlets in Eagan celebrates its one-year birthday with a weekend Birth-day Bash Aug. 14-16. Friday events include live en-tertainment by Divas through the Decades and Pan-Handlers, family activities and compli-mentary cake from Kowalski’s. The first 200 people in line on Friday will receive a gift and one person will find a hidden gift card in their gift. Saturday events include a live radio broadcast from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. with The Shop Girls from myTalk 107.1 and fashion shows produced by Twin Cities Live at 3 and 4 p.m. Sunday events in-clude family activities and live entertainment by Tim Sigler and American Bootleg. Drawings and VIP shopper sign-ups will be held throughout the festivities. Hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Aug. 14-15 and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Aug. 16. Twin Cities Premium Outlets is at 3965 Eagan Outlets Park-way. Visit premiumoutlets.com/twincities for more information.

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Apple Valley Chamber of Com-merce events: • Wednesday, Aug. 19, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Business After Hours, Uponor, 5325 W. 148th St., Apple Valley. Infor-mation: 952-432-8422. • Thursday, Aug. 20, 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m., NEXTLeaders Lunch, Old Chicago Cedar Room, 14998 Glazier Ave., Apple Valley. Guest speaker: Congressman John Kline. Open to all Apple Valley Chamber members. Cost: $15. RSVP to [email protected]. Burnsville Chamber of Com-merce events: • Tuesday, Aug. 18, 11:30 a.m. to 1

p.m., “Lunch and Learn” Marketing via Social Media, Better Business Bureau, 220 River Ridge Circle S., Burnsville. Registration required at burnsville-chamber.com, free to attend. Lunch provided by zero1zero Innovations. • Wednesday, Aug. 26, 4-7 p.m., Speed Networking Event, Porter Creek, 14201 Burngarten Drive, Burnsville. Free to attend; registration required at burnsvillechamber.com by Aug. 17 due to limited space. Burnsville Noontime Rotary events: • Monday, Aug. 17, 12:05-1:15 p.m., “Coyotes living in developed ar-eas,” Best Western Premier – Nicollet Inn, 14201 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Speaker: Bob Fashingbauer, wildlife supervisor for Dakota County. Coy-ote sightings in Burnsville have been

close to natural habitat but people need to be aware of several precau-tionary measures. Fashingbauer will talk more in depth about coyotes liv-ing in developed areas. Dakota County Regional Cham-ber of Commerce events: • Tuesday, Aug. 18, 12-1:30 p.m., Meet the Chamber, chamber office, 3352 Sherman Court, Suite 201, Ea-gan. New and prospective member orientation. Free. Registration re-quired. Information: 651-288-9200. • Wednesday, Aug. 19, 8-9 a.m., Farmington Coffee Break, Farmington Fire-Rescue Department, Fire Station No. 2, 19695 Municipal Drive, Farm-ington. Free. Open to all DCRC mem-bers. Registration required. Informa-tion: Chelsea Johnson at [email protected] or 651-288-9202.

• Thursday, Aug. 20, 7:45-9 a.m., The womEn’s circle: Legislative Panel – We’re More Than Donkeys and Ele-phants, Valleywood Golf Course, 4851 McAndrews Road, Apple Valley. Leg-islative panel with Sen. Terri Bonoff, District 44; Rep. Roz Peterson, Dis-trict 56B; and Rep. Laurie Halverson, District 51B. Moderator: Lin Nelson, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota. Annual associate membership fee is $150; one-time guest fee is $25. Reg-istration/information: Vicki Stute at [email protected] or 651-288-9201. Lakeville Area Chamber of Com-merce events: • Tuesday, Aug. 18, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Lakeville Women in Business Luncheon, Crystal Lake Golf Course, 16725 Innsbrook Drive, Lakeville.

Erik Therwanger, founder, author and speaker for Think Great, will present “The Leadership Connection.” Cost: $25 members, $40 nonmembers. Reg-istration required. Information: Shelley Jans at [email protected]. • Tuesday, Aug. 18, 4:30-6:30 p.m., After Hours, Cannon River Win-ery, 421 Mill Street W., Cannon Falls. Hosted by the Lakeville, Northfield and Cannon Falls chambers of com-merce. Information: Shelley Jans at [email protected]. • Friday, Aug. 21, 6-11 p.m., DLBA Block Bash, Market Plaza in down-town Lakeville. Tickets: $5 in advance at Lakeville Ace Hardware stores, Ben Franklin, Pink Door Boutique or Citi-zens Bank in Lakeville. Tickets at the door are $10.


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Stand-up comedy at Mystic Julian McCullough and Jon Rudnitsky take the Mystic Comedy Club stage at 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28, and Sat-urday, Aug. 29, at Mystic Lake in Prior Lake. McCullough has ap-peared on “Inside Amy Schumer” and as a fre-quent panelist on “Chel-sea Lately.” He can be seen Saturday nights as the host of TBS’s “Very Funny News” and on MTV2’s “Guy Code.” McCullough also has his own “Comedy Central Presents” stand-up spe-cial and has appeared on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.” Rudnitsky performs at comedy clubs in the Los Angeles area and won The Laugh Facto-ry’s Laugh Bowl College Comedy Competition. He recently made his tele-vision debut on “Crimi-nal Minds.” Tickets are $19. Ma-ture audiences only. Contact the box office at 952-445-9000 or visit mysticlake.com for de-tails.

Men’s chorale rehearsals The Minnesota Val-ley Men’s Chorale begins rehearsals Aug. 17 for its fall concert season. The non-auditioned choir re-hearses at 7 p.m. Mon-days at Grace Lutheran Church, 7800 W. County Road 42, Apple Valley, to prepare for three con-certs in mid-November. For more information, visit www.mvmcsings.org

or call Steve Boehlke at 651-423-3501.

New chorale director Conductor, singer and educator Richard Car-rick is the new artistic director of the South Metro Chorale. He holds degrees from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and the University of Oregon in voice and choral con-ducting, respectively. Carrick serves as artis-tic director of the Calli-ope Women’s Chorus, as-sistant conductor of the Oratorio Society of Min-nesota, music director for Glendale United Meth-odist Church, and teach-es full time at Burroughs Community School. He has sung professionally with the Minnesota Cho-rale, the St. Paul Cham-ber Orchestra Chorale, Magpies and Ravens, and IMPLS. The South Metro Cho-rale’s fall/winter rehears-als begin Sept. 8 at Hid-den Oaks Middle School in Prior Lake. To audition for the chorale, email Carrick at [email protected]. The group is looking for all voices, es-pecially tenors and bass-es.

Tommy Emmanuel returns Acoustic guitarist Tommy Emmanuel brings his brand new Classics & Christmas Tour to Ames Center in Burnsville at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2. Tickets go on sale at

To submit items for the Arts Calendar, email: darcy.

[email protected].

Auditions Expressions Community Theater will hold auditions for the comedy “Christmas Belles” 6-8 p.m. Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 at the Lakeville Area Arts Cen-ter, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Bring a headshot or current photo along with your calendar. Au-ditions will consist of readings from the script. Rehearsals begin Sept. 14. Show dates are Nov. 13-15 and 19-22. For cast descriptions, go to http://minnesotaplaylist.com/classi-fied/christmas-belles-audition-notice. Information: Jim Ander-son at 651-283-6118 or the arts center at 952-985-4640.

Books SouthSide Writers, Sat-urday workgroup for aspiring writers, offering critique, sub-mission and manuscript prep-aration information, support and direction, 10 a.m. to noon, Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. Information: 651-688-0365.

Call for artists Eagan Art House’s 10th annual Harvest of Art Com-munity Art Exhibit, Sept. 13 to Oct. 30. Open to all south-of-the-river artists, ages 8-18 and ages 19 and older. All media accepted. Registration fee: $16 per person for up to two pieces of artwork (ages 8-18); $21 per person (ages 19 and older). Deadline: Aug. 24. Complete guidelines are at www.eagan-arthouse.org. Information: 651-675-5521.

Comedy

Julian McCullough and Jon Rudnitsky, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Aug. 28-29, Mystic Lake, Prior Lake. Mature audiences only. Tick-ets: $19. Information: 952-445-9000 or mysticlake.com.

Events/Festivals Dakota County Fair, Aug. 10-16, Dakota County Fair-grounds, 4008 W. 220th St., Farmington. Information: 651-463-8818 or www.dakotacoun-tyfair.org. Northern Thunder Motor-cycle Rally, Aug. 21-23, Mystic Lake. Information: www.mysti-clake.com. Burnsville Fire Muster, Sept. 8-12. Information: www.burnsvillefiremuster.com. Ramble Jam, Sept. 11-12, Dakota County Fairgrounds, 4008 W. 220th St., Farmington. Information: www.ramblejam-country.com. Caponi Art Park Bluegrass Festival, Sunday, Sept. 13, Caponi Art Park and Learning

Center, 1220 Diffley Road, Ea-gan. Information: www.capon-iartpark.org or 651-454-9412.

Exhibits Outdoor Painters of Min-nesota exhibit runs Aug. 13 to Sept. 19 at the art gallery at Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Information: 952-895-4685. Gary Holthusan painting exhibit is on display through late September at Robert Trail Library, 14395 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount.

Music Tina & the B-Sides with Molly Maher & her Disbeliev-ers, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15, in the amphitheater at the Minnesota Zoo as part of Sub-way Music in the Zoo. Tickets: $37, $49.50 VIP box seat. Infor-mation: http://suemclean.com/. RAIN – A Tribute to The Beatles, 8 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 15, Mystic Lake, Prior Lake. Tickets: $37 and $46. Informa-tion: www.mysticlake.com or 952-445-9000. The Robert Cray Band with Sonny Landreth, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18, in the amphitheater at the Minnesota Zoo as part of Subway Music in the Zoo. Tickets: $45, $57.50 VIP box seat. Information: http://suemclean.com/. Jonny Lang with Guthrie Brown & the Family Tree, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, in the amphitheater at the Minnesota Zoo as part of Subway Music in the Zoo. Tickets: $65, $77.50 VIP box seat. Information: http://suemclean.com/. Barebones Production: Outdoor Performance Art and Puppetry with opening act Drumheart, Women’s Drum Center, 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 23, as part of the Summer Per-formance Series at Caponi Art Park’s Theater in the Woods outdoor amphitheater in Eagan. Free, but a $5 per person dona-tion is suggested. Information: www.caponiartpark.org. James Vincent McMorrow with Kevin Garrett, 7:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 24, in the amphi-theater at the Minnesota Zoo as part of Subway Music in the Zoo. Tickets: $38, $50.50 VIP box seat. Information: http://suemclean.com/.

Theater Uponor Shakespeare Un-der The Stars “Twelfth Night,” presented by Apple Valley Live! Theatre Company, 7 p.m. Aug. 14-16, 21-23 and 28-30 at Kel-ley Park, 6855 Fortino St., Ap-ple Valley. Free.

Workshops/classes/other Allegro Choral Academy is currently accepting regis-trations for singers entering grades two through nine. Stu-

dents in grades seven to nine must schedule an audition by emailing [email protected]. Registration and other infor-mation is at www.allegroca.org or 952-846-8585. The Allegro season begins on Sept. 17. Pretty Princess Party for girls ages 3 to 6, 2-3:30 p.m. Wednesdays, July 22 through Aug. 19, at Footsteps Dance Studio in Burnsville. Singing, dancing, acting, tumbling and games taught by dance teacher and educator Karin Wilde-Ber-ry. The Pretty Princess Party allows little girls to celebrate being a princess in God’s king-dom. Cost is $25 per class ses-sion. Information: [email protected]. Kind Hearts Princess School filled with singing, dancing and acting, celebrat-ing being a princess in God’s kingdom. Ages 4-7: Mondays, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Sept. 28, Oct. 12-26, Nov. 2-16. Ages 3-5: Wednesdays, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Oct. 7-28, Nov. 4-18. Held at Footsteps Dance Studio in Burnsville. Cost: $97. Princess-es wear whatever makes them feel beautiful that allows for movement. They will need bal-let shoes for proper ballet tech-nique. Information: Miss Karin at [email protected]. Teen Poetry Jam/Rap Bat-tle, 4-5 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at Apple Valley Teen Center, 14255 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley, 952-953-2385. Ages 12-18. Drawing & Painting (adults and teens) with Christine Tier-ney, 9 a.m. to noon Wednes-days, River Ridge Arts Building, Burnsville. Information: www.christinetierney.com, 612-210-3377. Brushworks School of Art Burnsville offers fine art education through drawing and painting. Classes for adults and teens. Information: Patricia Schwartz, www.BrushworksS-choolofArt.com, 651-214-4732. Soy candle making class-es held weekly in Eagan near 55 and Yankee Doodle. Call Ja-mie at 651-315-4849 for dates and times. $10 per person. Presented by Making Scents in Minnesota. Line dance classes Mon-days at Lakeville Heritage Cen-ter, 20110 Holyoke Ave., begin-ners 1-2 p.m., intermediate 2-4 p.m. Information: Marilyn, 651-463-7833. The Lakeville Area Arts Center offers arts classes for all ages, www.lakevillemn.gov, 952-985-4640. Rosemount History Book Club meets 6:30-8 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Robert Trail Library. Infor-mation: John Loch, 952-255-8545 or [email protected].

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[email protected].

Friday, Aug. 14 Splash Dash Water For People 5K Run/Walk, 6 p.m. at Cleary Lake Park in Prior Lake. Fee is $35 for adults, children 12 and under are free. Includes goodie bag and T-shirt. Prizes are available. Strollers welcome. Register at: www.mnawwa.org/event/SplashDash2015.

Saturday, Aug. 15 Toss and Kick Cancer Tour-nament and Fundraiser for Mike Jacobs, noon, Lakeville North High School, 19600 Ipava Ave., Lakeville. Includes silent auction, food, children’s activities. Movies in the Park, “Fro-zen,” at dusk at the Central Park Amphitheater near City Hall, Rosemount. Bring blankets and lawn chairs. Weather-related up-dates: 651-322-6020, option 6.

Sunday, Aug. 16 Open house, 1-4 p.m., Lutz Railroad Garden, 2960 Egan Ave., Eagan. Visit Conductor Bud

From the Archives

This morose-looking canine had no intention of putting on a happy face for his big photo shoot. Jerry Hesler of Lilydale captured this image of melancholy-laden pet Tucker peering through a fence; the image, published in the Nov. 10, 1980, edition of Thisweek News, earned an honorable mention in the animal/wildlife category of the newspaper’s reader photo contest.

10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 14, at the box office, Ticket-master.com or by calling at 800-745-3000. Ticket prices are $49.50 and $39.50.

Peddlers market at LeDuc The LeDuc Historic Estate, 1629 Vermillion St., Hastings, is hosting a Peddlers Market from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Satur-day, Aug. 29. Admission to the grounds is free, but guided tours at 10 and 11:30 a.m. and 1, 2:30 and 4 p.m. are available at regular rates. Guests can see the rain garden and watch how black walnuts are shelled and prepared for eating. Outdoors will be a farm-ers market, art fair, plant and bake sale. The Sim-mons Shed will offer an-tiques and collectibles. Artists and people wishing to participate in the farmers market should contact Susan Dredge at [email protected] or call 651-438-8480. This event is spon-sored by Friends of LeDuc and proceeds will be used for funding youth programs at the LeDuc Historic Estate. The es-tate is owned by the city of Hastings and man-aged by Dakota County Historical Society. Visit www.dakotahistory.org for more information.

A little Irish music Dunquin Irish Trio performs at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 30, as part of the LeDuc Or-chard concert series at the LeDuc Historic Es-tate, 1629 Vermillion St., Hastings. Dunquin was founded over 15 years ago by pianist and composer Sherry Ladig and her husband Don Ladig, who plays Irish whistles, flutes and smallpipes. They are joined by award-wining Irish fiddler Rosa Wells. Dunquin takes its name from the small town of Dunquin, Coun-ty Kerry, in the west of Ireland, where the Ladigs travel frequently to learn traditional tunes from lo-cal musicians. Dunquin was also an embarka-tion point to America for many Irish emigrants. A freewill donation will be taken for the band. Volunteers of the LeDuc Historic Estate will also offer refresh-ments for a nominal cost. Visit www.dakotahistory.org for more informa-tion.

Riverwalk Market Fair Music by singer-song-writer Matt Arthur, fresh local produce and flow-ers, and arts and crafts will be featured at Riv-erwalk Market Fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Satur-day, Aug. 15, in down-town Northfield’s Bridge Square. For more infor-mation, visit www.River-walkMarketFair.org.

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ThisweekendThisweekend by Andrew Miller


About 45 youths with Al-legro Choral Academy will be performing for their big-gest audience yet this fall. The Dakota County-based youth choir orga-nization is set to sing the National Anthem to open the Minnesota Twins game Sept. 24 at Target Field in Minneapolis. Now entering its 10th season, Allegro begins its evening choir instruction for youths in grades 2-9 at East-view High School in Apple Valley on Sept. 17. That leaves about a week between the Allegro ensembles’ first rehearsals and their big date with Major League Base-ball. “This will be our first time at a professional sport-ing venue,” said Gregory Douma, co-founder and artistic director at Allegro.

“We’ve scheduled one extra rehearsal before the Twins game, and when we start classes Sept. 17 we’ll be hit-ting the National Anthem pretty hard.” Allegro offers weekly vo-cal instruction on Thursday evenings, with students di-vided into three ensembles based on age and ability level. Vivace and Prima Voce — the ensembles for stu-dents in grades 2-6 — are non-audition groups, while the Bel Canto ensemble is geared to advanced students in grades 6-9. The organization has planned three concerts for its upcoming 10th season, with traditional choral con-certs in December and May, as well as its “Allegro’s Got Talent” concert in March that will feature contempo-rary pop music, and plenty of student solos, in a nod to the popular TV talent com-

petition “America’s Got Tal-ent.” Funds raised at Allegro’s concerts are channeled into the organization’s Music Support Grant program, which offers grants to local school and church music programs. About 500 students have sung with Allegro since its inception, and enrollment each year is about 100. Al-legro aims to make vocal in-struction and performance opportunities available to all through its financial-as-sistance program. “We feel strongly we don’t want to turn anyone away — we never have and we never will,” Douma said. “We don’t want cost to be a barrier to music.” For registration informa-tion, visit www.allegroca.org or call 952-846-8585.

Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

Allegro Choral students look to Target Field

Allegro Choral Academy is entering its 10th season this fall with evening youth choir classes starting Sept. 17. From left are Allegro students Megan Welch, Britton Vandenheuvel and Alejandro Anariva-Ploetz. (Photo submitted)

Stoned Acoustic, a Rolling Stones tribute band, is set to perform at Eagan Market Fest from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19. The St. Paul-based band does acoustic covers of Rolling Stones hits such as “Brown Sugar” and “Start Me Up.” Eagan Market Fest, a weekly farmers market and community festival, is held each Wednesday during the summer and early fall from 4-8 p.m. at the city’s Central Park Festival Grounds next to the Eagan Community Center. (Photo submitted)

Rolling Stones tribute

Twins game is first public performance in youth choir group’s 10th season

and his railroad garden. If rain-ing, trains will not run. Free. In-formation: 651-454-3534, www.lutzrailroadgarden.net, [email protected].

Monday, Aug. 17 Mentor information session by Kids ’n Kinship, 6-6:45 p.m., Robert Trail Library, 14395 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. RSVP to [email protected] or call 651-333-9468. Visit www.kid-snkinship.org for more informa-tion.

Tuesday, Aug. 18 Family Fun Tuesday – Raga-mala Dance Company, 10-11 a.m. in the Sculpture Garden at Caponi Art Park, Eagan. $4 per person donation suggested. Information: 651-454-9412 or www.caponiartpark.org.

Wednesday, Aug. 19 Eagan Market Fest, 4-8 p.m., Eagan Festival Grounds at Central Park, 1501 Central Park-way. Farmers market, entertain-ment by Stoned Acoustic (Roll-ing Stones tribute). Information: www.cityofeagan.com/market-fest or 651-675-5500.

Friday, Aug. 21

Outdoor movie, “Dolphin Tale 2,” rated PG, 7:30 p.m. seating, dusk showtime, part of Burnsville’s “Flicks on the Bricks” series at Nicollet Commons Park in the Heart of the City.

Sunday, Aug. 23 Ice Cream Social by Osman Shrine Temple, 1-4 p.m. Lost Spur Golf Club and Event Center, 2750 Sibley Memorial Highway, Eagan. Featuring Peterson pop-corn and ice cream and Great American cookies. Cost: $2 per serving while supplies last. Magic of Patrick Wallace at 2 p.m. Spe-cial guest Mrs. Minnesota, Kate Howe, of Burnsville. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Call 651-452-5660 or email [email protected] with questions. Cat claw clipping clinic by Feline Rescue Inc., 2-4 p.m., Chuck & Don’s Pet Food Outlet, 1254 Town Centre Drive, Eagan. All cats must be transported in a carrier for their safety. Free. Infor-mation: http://felinerescue.org/.

Ongoing Emotions Anonymous meetings, 7:30-9 p.m. Tues-days at SouthCross Community Church, 1800 E. County Road 42 (at Summit Oak Drive), Apple Val-ley. EA is a 12-step program for those seeking emotional health.

All are welcome. Information: http://www.emotionsanonymous.org/.

Reunions Burnsville High School Class of 1985 30th reunion, Saturday, Aug. 15, at Buck Hill’s Whittier Room. Additional events on Friday, Aug. 14, and Saturday morning golf. Information: www.Braves85.com, [email protected] or 952-891-8377.

Blood drives The American Red Cross will hold the following blood drives. Call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org to make an appointment or for more information. • Aug. 15, 10:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville. • Aug. 15, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Crossroads Church, 4100 Lex-ington Way, Eagan. • Aug. 17, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Eagle Valley Bank Building, 14800 Galaxie Ave., Suite 101, Apple Valley. • Aug. 17, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Minnesota School of Business, 17685 Juniper Path, Lakeville. • Aug. 18, 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Family of Christ Lutheran Church, 10970 185th St. W., Lakeville.

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Downtown Rosemount has two new neighbors

A Cat and the Fiddle A Fair, owned by Katherine Snyder, and Rustic Junk’tion, owned by Deborah Pelch, Vicki Schomaker, Bailey Schomaker and Brittany Navratil, moved into 145th Street West in downtown Rosemount. Both are boutique shops that open weekly or twice a month. (Photo by Hannah Gullickson)

From left: Brittany Navratil and her baby, Vicki Schomaker, and Bailey Schomaker are three of the four-women business at Rustic Junk’tion at 2980 145th St. W. in Rose-mount. Deborah Pelch, not pictured, helped launch the business. (Photo by Hannah Gullickson)

A Cat and the Fiddle A Fair and Rustic Junk’tion move into 145th

St. W.by Hannah Gullickson


Downtown Rose-mount has two new neighbors that moved into 145th Street West. Rustic Junk’tion and A Cat and the Fiddle A Fair offer boutique items from jewelry to furniture, add-ing to the small-town feel of Rosemount’s cozy at-mosphere along Highway 3. But they’re not open usual hours. They’re based on the occasional sales model, which means they open weekly, biweek-ly or monthly. The store owners have different views on how the occasional sales mod-el works for them. Katherine Snyder, owner of the 7-year-old A Cat and the Fiddle A Fair, said the idea of oc-casional sales is wearing

off. “When there were a couple (of boutique shops), you had a killing business. But when ev-erybody figures out it’s a really fun thing to do and it’s something they can do while raising a family, that piece of the pie gets smaller and smaller,” she said. Snyder opened her store in Rosemount in 2008, when she was open monthly. But as her busi-ness grew, she got more vendors to fill her shop and more customers wanting longer hours. “They don’t want to shop once a month. They kind of want it when they want it,” Snyder said. “So that’s what I find, and the customers have been ask-ing for it. And so we did it.” Currently she has 16 vendors that supply her shop’s items. Her mer-chandise includes jars, vases, pottery, clocks, chairs, dressers, candles, jewelry, toys, books, flow-ers and paintings with hu-morous or inspirational

quotes. Snyder said if business keeps increasing for her store, she will switch to retail hours. “For me, I just need to stay ahead of the curve,” she said. “So if it’s going in that direction, I’m go-ing to be the first to go there.” Rustic Junk’tion, on the other hand, has an easier time with its ev-ery-other-weekend time frame. “I think it’s better for us because we all have full-time jobs. It would be a little too hard to do both,” said Vicki Scho-maker, co-owner of Rus-tic Junk’tion. Rustic Junk’tion is a family-owned business. Deborah Pelch, her sis-ter, Vicki Schomaker, and nieces Bailey Schomaker and Brittany Navratil opened the store on June 27 of this year. Navratil, who lives in Waconia, said she found a lot of occasional sales stores there that seemed successful with their “ev-ery other weekend or

once-a-month type of sales.” “It seems the more people you can tell about it, the more you can get them to come in and come that time. It leads up to a hype, I guess,” she said. Both Rustic Junk’tion and A Cat and the Fiddle A Fair discovered that part of the hype of oc-casional sales is spread-ing news word of mouth. Whenever they have cus-tomers, they tell them about the other boutique shops in downtown Rose-mount. Several include A Bushel & A Peck, Divas & Denim, and Wish. “They’ve all been su-per helpful for us,” Bailey said. “When they get a cli-ent, they’re like, ‘Oh, Rus-tic Junk’tion just opened up.’ So we’re very grateful for that.” “All of them have been very, very supportive,” Vicki said. “And we tell our customers, too. You know, there’s a place over here, there’s one down there.”

Rustic Junk’tion offers boutique items such as Sweet Pickins Milk Paint, a local brand of organic paint, and DIY classes where customers can cre-ate signs with their names stenciled onto them. Since they’re brand-new to the business, they’re still figuring out how often they’ll be offer-ing their DIY classes. Both Rustic Junk’tion and A Cat and the Fiddle A Fair said they’re grate-ful to be where they are now and for the warm re-ception they’ve had with customers. “It just came at the right time,” Bailey said. When Pelch found the spot for Rustic Junk’tion, she called her family and said, “What do you guys think about doing a store?” “We found a great space, and here we are,” Bailey said. “I think for a com-munity it’s good to keep the downtown part of Rosemount growing and bringing in new stuff,”

Navratil said. “It’s fun when we get repeat customers. It’s like, ‘Oh I remember you! You came in here two weeks ago,’ ” she added. “I think your custom-ers speak a lot about your success,” Snyder said. “I just make it a habit of get-ting to know my custom-ers and having that per-sonal relationship with them. It’s special for me and it’s special for them. I find that really reward-ing.” A Cat and the Fiddle A Fair is open Thursdays to Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Sundays from noon to 3 p.m. Rus-tic Junk’tion’s summer hours are Friday noon to 6 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Customers can find more information at acat-andthefiddle.com or face-book.com/rusticjunk-tionmn.


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