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Lacrosse teams take to the fi eldEastview and Apple Valley high schools’ lacrosse teams get early-season assessments.

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A fairy tale for modern timesThe classic tale of Cinderella gets a modern twist in the Twin Cities Ballet production opening May 6 in Burnsville.

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Educator honoredColumnist Joe Nathan writes about the ways in which a Minnesota educator had an impact on many students.

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Candidates to seek 57A GOP nod

Enchantment on stage

No criminal charges in fatal ‘Nerf War’ crash

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Eighteen days after state Rep. Tara Mack, R-Apple Valley, told Senate District 57 convention at-tendees on April 2 that she wouldn’t seek re-election to the House, at least two candidates will be consid-ered at the May 14 House District 57 endorsing con-vention. “I am enthusiastic about the quality of peo-ple that we have running and may be running,” said

Pat Staley, Senate District 57 GOP chairman. He said he had spoken with a number of other people who also may be interested in the seat. The endorsed candidate would face DFL-endorsed can-

didate Erin Maye Quade, a frequent local political volunteer, provided there isn’t a Republican prima-ry. The two announced GOP candidates are Tasha Wells and Ryan Kirkley. Wells, of Apple Valley, said on Wednesday that she would seek the en-dorsement. “As a small business-woman and mother, I’ve faced many of the same challenges Minnesotans have and believe my ex-perience will help me

represent the people in our district,” she said in a statement. “I’m prepared to listen, work hard and earn the support of voters in Apple Valley and Lake-ville. Our area is a great place to live, work and raise a family and it would be my honor to serve the community I grew up in at the State Capitol.” Wells runs her own real estate business and is ac-tive in the Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce. She also has volun-teered in her children’s

schools, and she is cur-rently involved at Eastview High School as the parent volunteer coordinator and is a member of Parents are Key. Wells grew up in Apple Valley where she and her husband, Eddie, attended Apple Valley High School. They have four children and two grandchildren. Kirkley, a small busi-ness consultant for Sprint, says he has been involved in politics and local gov-

Suspect charged in ‘peeping Tom’ case

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An Apple Valley man who police be-lieve is responsible for several “peeping Tom” incidents in the past year was ar-rested April 11 and charged with a felo-ny. Police apprehended Perry J. Heaton, 41, just after 10 p.m. April 11 following a re-port of a man looking into the bedroom win-dow of a 15-year-old girl. According to the criminal complaint, po-lice found a ladder be-neath the girl’s window, and Heaton was found hiding behind a tree and curled up in a ball in a backyard next door to the vic-tim’s residence. “I’m very pleased my officers made this apprehension,” Apple Valley Police Chief Jon Rechtzigel said. “This individ-ual has been involved in several incidents during the past year which have been the cause of great concern in our neighbor-hoods. “Our families have a right to feel safe in their own homes and this deliberate violation of their privacy by an individ-

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No criminal charges will be filed in connection with the Dec. 4, 2015, double fatal one-vehicle rollover crash in Eureka Town-ship involving students from Lakeville South High School, according to the Dakota County Attorney’s Office. Dakota County Attor-ney James Backstrom said on Friday that among the reasons for not filing crimi-nal charges were that all of the youths in essence con-sented to the “Nerf War” that was being played at the time of the crash, and the elements of related po-tential charges — such as kidnapping, false impris-onment, criminal vehicu-lar homicide — cannot be proved beyond a reason-able doubt. Backstrom said it was the bumping of the driver by another person that caused the vehicle to leave its lane of traffic.

He said the driver of the vehicle was not speed-ing and could not neces-sarily have known there would be a risk of him be-ing bumped by other pas-sengers in the truck. There also was not sufficient evi-dence the driver was using a cellphone at the time of the crash. “While no criminal charges are being filed in this case, I hope that all youth take notice of how quickly tragedy can occur while operating a motor vehicle,” Backstrom said. “Games such as Nerf War have no place in a moving motor vehicle, as they can lead to distrac-tions to or interference with the driver with deadly consequences, as occurred in this preventable inci-dent. “In fact, these types of games which can in-volve aggressive behaviors among youth have no place in our schools and commu-nities and should end.” Lakeville South stu-

dents Jacob Christian Fly-nn, 17, and John Ashton Price IV, 18, who were pas-sengers, died in the crash, while driver Alex Hughes, 17, was seriously injured. A fourth occupant, Mason Kohlbeck, 18, who was the only person wearing a seat belt, suffered minor inju-ries. The attorney’s office concluded that all of the students in the vehicle were voluntary participants in a “Nerf War” game, which

they were playing after school Dec. 4, and that their actions related to the game led to the crash. “What this tragedy shows us is that seemingly innocent games such as Nerf War can have deadly consequences,” Sheriff Tim Leslie said. “Schools, law enforcement and par-ents should do all they can to prevent these types of games, which can lead to aggressive behaviors by the youth involved, and the

students involved should step up and agree not to participate in these type of activities.” “The education and safety of our students are of utmost importance,” said Lakeville Area School District Superintendent Lisa Snyder. “Following this crash, our students told us they made the decision to discontinue Nerf Wars and to our

Two emerge after state Rep. Tara Mack said she wouldn’t run for re-election

Investigation determines driver was bumped prior to rollover

Twelfth-graders Teja Lawrence, left, and Felipe Escudero are among the cast of “The Enchanted Pig,” which Apple Valley High School’s theater department will present April 28 to May 1 in the school’s auditorium. The comic fairy tale written by Charles Ludlam is composed of recycled elements from Shakespeare, Chekhov, folk tales and other sources. The Apple Valley production, which is appropriate for all ages, is directed by Mary Sue Adey. Show times are 7:30 p.m. April 28-30 and 2 p.m. May 1. Tickets are available at www.seatyourself.biz/avhs and at the AVHS box office one hour prior to each performance. A free senior citizen preview is scheduled for 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 27. (Photo by Andrew Miller)

A memorial was put up on 225th Street in Lakeville near the site of the December 2015 crash that killed two Lakeville South High School students and injured two others. (File photo)

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Apple Valley firefighter Nan Maurer, left, has her badge pinned on by her mom, Dot Maurer, during a ceremony to welcome the Fire Department’s seven new members at the April 14 City Council meeting. Pictured at right is firefighter Ryan McNulty. In addition to Maurer and McNulty, the group of new firefighters to take their oaths and receive badges last week includes Jason Gillen, Chris Kowalzek, Dave Morgan, John Sole and Lee Tuftee. The seven began their training with the department in September 2014 through the training academy run by Deputy Fire Chief Training Officer Chuck Russell, and they’ve been participating in on-the-job-training, with supervised call re-sponse and regular drill attendance, since March of last year. Even with the addition of the seven new firefighters, the Fire Department still has vacancies at each of its three fire stations; firefighter applications are being taken online at www.cityofapplevalley.org/employment. (Photo by Andrew Miller)

New firefighters take oathSexual Assault Awareness Walk 360 Communities hosts its seventh annual Sexual Assault Awareness Walk beginning with a program at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 27, at the Apple Valley Municipal Center, 7100 147th St. W. Guest speaker is survi-vor Jules, who will recount her experience of sexual assault and harassment in the workplace. Jules has completed 360 Communi-ties’ 40-hour sexual assault services advocacy training and has become a voice in the fight against sexual violence. The candlelight walk in remembrance of victims and in support of survi-vors begins at 8 p.m. Par-ticipants should bring a candle and flashlight for backup in case of rain or wind. Register for this free event at 360Communities.org.

Rotary, Legion combine for blood drive Apple Valley Rotary and the Apple Valley American Legion recently had 43 donors participate in a blood drive. The number of donors could have been larger, but several people were pre-vented from donating be-cause of their recent travel to countries where they may have been exposed to the Zika virus. The American Red Cross said the blood col-lected will save 129 lives. Bill Butler organized

and promoted the blood drive on Monday, March 14, with assistance from Robert Broun and others. About two months ago Butler was introduced to the idea of a blood drive by Mike Fries, an Apple Valley Chamber of Com-merce member, responsi-ble for donor recruitment for the American Red Cross out of St Paul. Butler took on the proj-ect, which had not been done before by the club. Fries said this was the first time Rotary and the Legion worked together on a blood drive. The Legion was active in promoting the blood drive, which was held in its special events room.

I-35E ramp at Diffley closing April 25 Motorists intending to exit southbound Interstate 35E at Diffley Road in Ea-gan will encounter a clo-sure and detour beginning April 25. The southbound I-35E exit ramp at Diffley Road will close for approximate-ly 30 days beginning 5 a.m. Monday, April 25. In ad-dition, westbound Diffley Road will be reduced to a single lane that same day. Once the southbound I-35E ramp work is com-plete near the end of May, the Diffley Road ramp to northbound I-35E will

close for approximately one week. Motorists should fol-low the signed detour in order to bypass the clo-sures. All lanes and ramps are scheduled to reopen by June 3. These closures are nec-essary as crews realign the southbound exit ramp, replace traffic signals and upgrade accessibility to meet current standards.

Genealogy program Using the Internet to uncover family history will be the subject of the Climbing Your Fam-ily Tree program 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 3, at Galax-ie Library, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. Guest speakers Tom Fisher, director of Lakev-ille LDS Family History Center, and Chris Larson, Galaxie Library genealogy specialist, will explore the resources available to re-search heritage and family history. The program is free. Pre-registration is advised. Contact Galaxie Library at 952-891-7045. The event is spon-sored by Friends of Galaxie Library. To be-come a member, contact Friends of Galaxie Li-brary at [email protected].

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Lawsuit: Burnsville cops, prosecutor violated accused’s rightsArson, assault charges were

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A former criminal de-fense lawyer who was ac-cused of setting fire to his girlfriend — charges that were eventually dropped, after he’d served two months in jail — is now su-ing the Burnsville Police Depart-ment, the Dakota County Attorney’s Office and other authori-ties. David J. Gherity, 62, and his then-girlfriend, Joan Isabella, allege that police, who had had pre-vious dealings with Gh-erity, “decided he should be a suspect, decided he should get a conviction” and initially “ignored ex-culpatory evidence” that removed him from the fire scene, said their attorney, Paul Egtvedt. The case became an “international media sen-sation” that has subjected Gherity to lasting “in-ternational shame, scorn and ridicule,” said the suit, filed this month in federal district court in St. Paul. “A cartoon was even produced in Taiwan de-picting Gherity setting his girlfriend on fire,” said the suit, which seeks damages greater than $75,000. The suit alleges Gher-ity’s constitutional rights were violated when he was arrested and jailed without probable cause and “false” charges were made that he had attempted to murder Isabella, his “close friend,” by setting her on fire. Witness statements and evidence were ma-nipulated, evidence was concealed and authorities allowed Gherity to remain in jail knowing he was in-

nocent, the suit alleges. In addition to naming the Police Department and county attorney’s of-fice, the suit names Po-lice Chief Eric Gieseke, Sgt. Max Yakovlev, re-tired detective Jeff Pfaff, County Attorney James Backstrom and Hennepin

Healthcare Sys-tems, which runs Hennepin County Medical Center. The case will likely be set for trial sometime next year, said Joseph E. Flynn, the at-torney represent-ing the city.

“Before that occurs we intend to bring motions to dismiss,” Flynn said, calling the allegations un-founded. “There was absolutely no predisposition here,” Flynn said in an email. “We proceeded with an in-vestigation and ultimately made an arrest based on compelling statements of the victim, forensic evalu-ation, and interviews of numerous witnesses,” he said, adding that “the district court determined there was a reasonable basis to arrest and to con-duct search warrants for evidence.” It’s not uncommon for charges to be dropped as new evidence becomes available, Flynn said. The fire occurred on Feb. 9, 2014, at Gherity’s parents’ condominium on Parkwood Drive in Burns-ville, where Gherity lived with Isabella, his girlfriend of 10 years, and had been his parents’ caregiver, the suit said. That morning Gherity went to St. Paul to help a friend go over the records of his lawn and garden maintenance company, Egtvedt said. The suit details how Isabella remained at the condo drinking, smoking

cigarettes, taking prescrip-tion medicine and clean-ing the condo, which was in foreclosure. With a blood-alcohol content exceeding 0.27, she fell asleep while smok-ing and having a candle lit at about 2:30 p.m., the suit says. The subsequent fire “burned her severely.” She walked down the hall ask-ing for help from residents who declined. Burnsville firefighters, responding at 2:44 p.m., found Isabella “in shock,” sitting on a sofa holding a coffee mug. “I burned my house down,” she reportedly said, according to the suit. Once hospitalized at Hen-nepin County Medical Center, Isabella was un-able to describe what hap-pened, the suit said. The Fire Department never made a determina-tion of arson, the suit said. The day after the fire police got a call from Isabella’s sister in Ari-zona, Kimberly Kohli, who told officer Yakovlev she thought Gherity had something to do with the fire. She later described Gherity to detective Pfaff as an abusive “lowlife” and “criminal” whose friends and associates were murderers and drug dealers and who may be a drug dealer himself. Yakovlev had dealt with Gherity in 2005, respond-ing to the condo after po-lice got a call from Kohli in Arizona. When Gherity asked for a warrant giving Yakovlev permission to enter and search, Yakovlev “arrested Gherity without probable cause and as-saulted him by slamming his head against a wall in retaliation” for the war-rant request, the suit al-leges. Gherity was subse-quently convicted of in-terference with police but granted a new trial and acquitted six years later

when an audio tape he obtained through a data request to the city proved his innocence, according to Egtvedt. Subsequent brushes with Burnsville police in-volved a police stop and warrantless trunk search “for no apparent reason,” and an officer forcing him-self into Gherity’s apart-ment and refusing to leave until he produced his driv-er’s license, the suit alleges. Gherity — suspended from practicing law in 2004 or 2005, his attorney said — has criminal con-victions for fifth-degree assault, dangerous weap-ons possession, disorderly conduct and not using a flotation device, accord-ing to Minnesota court records. Yakovlev told police personnel Gherity should be considered a suspect in the fire, the suit said. He dispatched another officer to call Kohli, who suggest-ed Gherity had drugged Isabella, put an “acceler-ant” on her and started her on fire, it said. Pfaff was assigned to the case and, knowing Gherity’s history with Ya-kovlev and the Police De-partment, “immediately viewed him as a suspect even though there was no indication of arson or oth-er crime,” the suit said. Pfaff called Gherity on Feb. 11, 2014. Gher-ity said he wanted a law-yer involved if he was considered a suspect. He also told Pfaff he’d been “at work in St. Paul” the day of the fire, and secu-rity camera footage could prove it. Irritated by Gherity’s responses, Pfaff “ramped up his campaign to frame”

David J. Gherity

Gherity — which includ-ed submitting Isabella’s clothing to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension claiming the offense in question was an “attempt-

ed homicide,” and telling a lab examiner there had been a history of domes-tic abuse between Gherity

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Tell the county what you think To the editor: A letter writer encour-aged people, especially those who support Dakota County’s plans, to speak out. The reality is, due to lack of transparency of our County Board, most people don’t know much about their plans. Dakota County is building bike trails – lots of them. What they are really doing is going after federal transportation al-ternative grants, intended for bicycle commuter routes, and constructing excessive bike highways through our valuable nat-ural areas. With federal grants se-cured, they are on a time crunch to spend the mon-ey. So in Spring Lake Park Reserve, the County Board approved eminent domain to seize personal property, and forced others, includ-

ing an elderly couple, to move from their beloved home. They exploded a portion of the Mississippi River Bluffs including an area the DNR recom-mended avoiding because of its unique conditions, and they tore apart un-fragmented forests, which had been valuable wildlife habitat. In total, they have spent more than $9 million on a project that has irrevers-ibly changed the landscape along the Mississippi Riv-er Bluffs – the very place The County’s 2002 Natu-ral Area Protection Plan prioritized for preserva-tion. People can tell the county what they think of their plans, or better yet in November’s elections, vot-ers can show them what they think of their plans.

PATRICIA LUETHEagan

Stop the madnessTo the editor: Finally, I reach my des-tination of home after a long day of work. It is a time to greet my family, have dinner, and relax on the couch. As we turn on the TV news, there is an-other headline that could be shocking to some, or maybe not anymore. The headline reports that there was another student who assaulted a school staff member during that school day. As a school social worker, so many things immediately go through my head. I focus on the details of how we can stop this madness and keep schools safe. Schools are intended to be an in-stitution for educating children. Schools are not meant to be places that drive our youths, especial-ly our most at-risk youths,

out of the classrooms and into the juvenile and criminal justice systems becoming a statistic of the school-to-prison pipeline. Schools are not meant to be where staff has to face the fear of becoming seri-ously injured from a stu-dent assault. Statistics show that the social problem of the school-to-prison pipeline disproportionately targets students of color, students with learning disabilities, and those with a history of abuse, neglect, or poverty. It is unfortunate that 26 percent of children in the United States will witness

or experience a traumatic event before they turn 4, according to the National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Vi-olence Prevention. So how do we keep schools safe and stop the aggression? State Sen. Dave Brown, R-Becker, is proposing a bill that calls for automatic expulsion of any student who at-tacks a teacher, but that is not an appropriate solu-tion. When looking at the prevalence of trauma and mental illness in adoles-cents, it is our job to advo-cate for more social work-ers, psychologists, and

mental health profession-als in schools to prevent the assaults. In schools, students are entering with intense and unmet needs that provoke these behav-iors. Schools are also chal-lenged with inadequate staffing and insufficient staff trainings on how to best support these stu-dents. Contact your legisla-tors and advocate for more mental health supports in schools to keep them safer for students and staff.

KATE SPEEDLINGLakeville

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Past students, cohorts honor a remarkable educator

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Almost 200 people gathered on April 9 to celebrate the work of a marvelous man, 85-year-old Wayne Jennings. After building houses and canoes and serving in the Army, Jennings has for more than 60 years inspired, encouraged and promoted research-based improve-ments in public schools. A modest, un-derstated person, Jennings mostly smiled and quietly thanked people for coming. But he has attracted national attention. The ceremony featured former students, from a playwright to a University of Chi-cago professor, who flew to Minnesota just to honor Jennings. With the encouragement of Rep. Da-vid Bly, DFL-Northfield, Gov. Mark Dayton proclaimed April 9 “Wayne Jen-nings Day” in Minnesota, in recognition of his amazing array of accomplish-ments. The statement noted that Jennings had been an award-winning teacher and principal, Mounds View School Board president, and chair or president of 14 other state or national groups. One of his proudest achievements was serving as founding principal of the St. Paul Open School, a K-12 option that opened in fall 1971. He and I met and worked together that fall. The U.S. De-partment of Education named Open School a “carefully evaluated, proven innovation worthy of national replica-

tion.” More than 10,000 people from around the world have visited the school. Now called Open World Learning Com-munity, it still operates in the St. Paul Public Schools District, serving grades six through 12, 45 years after it opened. Information about the school is available at http://open.spps.org/. The Open World school demonstrates several ideas that Jennings thinks are most important, including: • An adviser-advisee system, in which every student is known well by at least one adult in the building. The advisers help each student develop plans to meet school and state requirements and ac-complish goals they set for themselves. • Experiential, “hands-on” learning. The Open School featured a wood shop, where even elementary students could build things to help them understand practical applications of math and read-ing. It featured classes where students studied current local, state and national problems, discussed ways to deal with them and then took constructive ac-tion. Jennings was, and remains, a huge

advocate of what he calls “learning by doing.” • Helping all students find success. Jennings believes, “We need to help each youngster iden-tify her/his special talents/gifts, and then help devel-op them.” While principal at Open School, Jennings taught a class on magic – one of his many inter-ests. He told me, “Magic helped some youngsters see the value of reading and hard work.” Jennings has helped start, directed or chaired the boards of several district and char-ter public school options. He told me: “There’s no single best school for all stu-dents. I’m especially interested in creat-ing options for those students who aren’t or won’t be successful in traditional schools.” Jennings models active learning. Some of what he learned came from construc-tion, and some from serving as a “gandy dancer” during World War II, helping construct and maintain railroad ties. He’s been married for 46 years to another outstanding educator, Joan Sorenson. Jennings had completed a year of law school when he was drafted into the Army in 1952. Sent to Fort Riley in Kan-sas, he was told that he would be teaching

the “basic circuits of tele-phone operation” to other soldiers. “I liked teach-ing. It was so gratifying when students understood something we studied,” he explained. So he became an educa-tor. In 2006, the Univer-sity of Minnesota named him one of its 100 “most distinguished” alumni. Jennings remains an ac-tive member of several boards and writes regular-ly about learning, teach-ing and schools. A charter school, now 17 years old,

is named for him: http://www.jenning-sclc.org/. He strongly encourages young people to consider education as a career. He urges people “to visit unconventional schools where educators help students become lifelong learners and active, re-sponsible citizens.” Those are not just ideas for Wayne Jennings. He models them every day.

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

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Spring is the season when we all go through our homes and garages to look for “stuff” to place on our curbs for the haulers to pick up. Among that “stuff” are items needy families can use – furniture and house-hold goods. Don’t put those desks, chairs, lamps and tables on your curb for someone to steal or to be ruined by rain. Take them to nonprofit agencies that specialize in receiving donations that either give those items to needy families in your communi-ties or sell them in thrift stores to benefit people in need. Think for a moment of Samjuanita, who was about to have surgery for her cancerous knee. She found Bridging in Roseville and said: “I am so grateful to have a chair to sit in while I recover. I would have been sitting on the floor if it weren’t for Bridging’s help.” Those who want to donate need to understand what gently used furniture and household items these agencies will accept. Go to their websites, where they

often list what is accepted. You will find you can take many of these items in your car to the sites. A well-known Twin Cities nonprofit that accepts donations is Sharing and Caring Hands in Minneapolis. Still another is Arc’s Value Village Thrift Stores, whose proceeds are used to help people with disabilities. They have locations in Bloomington, Brooklyn Center, New Hope and Richfield. These stores will take donated boats, RVs, mo-torcycles and other vehicles. You can help in other ways: Donate money, start your own drive and volun-teer. Fran Heitzman, 91, founded Bridging in 1987 and over those years 75,000 fami-lies have been helped. Bridging is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with ware-

houses in Bloomington and Roseville. Heitzman gets tears in his eyes when he reads letters from people Bridging has helped, like the one from a mother who wrote, “I am so proud of my two simple beds and pillows after sleeping in a shel-ter for 18 months.” Following is a partial list of agen-cies that accept household goods and furniture that are processed and given to needy families. More information is listed on their websites. Sharing and Caring Hands – 525 N. Seventh St., Minneapolis. Open 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Online at http://www.sharingandcaring-hands.org. Bridging – 201 W. 87th St., Blooming-ton, and 1633 Terrace Drive (moving to 1730 Terrace Drive as of April 25), Ros-eville. Open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Online at http://www.bridging.org. Arc’s Value Village Thrift Stores – 10546 France Ave., Bloomington; 6330 Brooklyn Blvd., Brooklyn Center; 2751 Winnetka Ave. N., New Hope; 6528 Penn Ave. S., Richfield; and 1650 White

Bear Ave., St. Paul. Open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Online at http://www.arcsvaluevillage.org. Salvation Army Thrift stores – in the Twin Cities area, Bloomington, Burns-ville, Elk River, Fridley, Hastings, Min-neapolis and Maplewood. Greater Min-nesota locations, from Hibbing to Albert Lea, Fergus Falls to Winona. Online at http://salvationarmynorth.org. Savers and Unique thrift stores – in the Twin Cities area, Apple Valley, Bloom-ington, Burnsville, Columbia Heights, Coon Rapids, Minneapolis, New Hope, St. Paul and Woodbury. Online at https://www.savers.com. Love, Inc. – 1600 Bavaria Road, Chaska. Open 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mon-day, Wednesday and Friday. This is an organization involving 25 churches in Eastern Carver County. Online at http://loveincecc.org/donate/give-treasure. Don Heinzman is a columnist for ECM Publishers. He can be reached through [email protected]. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

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Wayne Jennings and his wife, Joan Sorenson. (Pho-to by Joe Nathan)


Education

Apple Valley Mayor Mary Hamann-Roland presents Eastview High School 10th-grader Noah Horgen with a proc-lamation declaring April 2016 “Robotics Month in the City of Apple Valley” at the April 14 City Council meeting. Students from Eastview and Apple Valley high schools involved in the FIRST robotics program exhibited their me-chanical creations for city officials and guests at the meeting. The city proclamation recognized the FIRST robotics program in fostering science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, skills in area youths. Horgen is a member of Eastview’s Cobalt Catalysts, one of two high school-age teams from Apple Valley to qualify for the FIRST world championships this month in St. Louis, Missouri; the other is the Iron Maidens from Apple Valley High School. (Photo by Andrew Miller)

Robotics Month in Apple ValleySchool Board sets filing dates to fill vacancy The Rosemount-Ap-ple Valley-Eagan School Board set filing dates of May 17-31 for district resi-dents interested in filing for candidacy to fill Rob Duchscher’s vacancy on the board.

Service academy info session set Congressman John Kline’s U.S. Service Acad-emy Information Session is Monday, April 25, at the Diamondhead Educa-tion Center in Burnsville. The information session for students will provide information to candidates and their families about the application process, and how candidates can seek nomination through his congressional office as well as their U.S. senators. The session will provide information about the ap-plication process to inter-ested students and their families including require-ments for admission, the application timeline, and the process for seeking a Congressional nomina-tion from a member of Congress. Representatives from the U.S. Air Force Acade-my, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, West Point, U.S. Naval Academy, and of-fices of Sens. Amy Klobu-char and Al Franken have been invited to participate. In January, Kline nom-inated 21 students from around Minnesota’s 2nd Congressional District to U.S. Service Academies for the class of 2020. Because he is retiring from Congress at the end of this year, Kline’s nomi-nation process for the ser-vice academy class of 2021 is earlier this year. In 14 years of Congress, Kline has nominated more than 300 students to U.S. Ser-vice Academies. Diamondhead Educa-

tion Center is at 200 W. Burnsville Parkway in Burnsville. Enter through Door 1.

Goodwill manager receives award Peggy Omarzu, the general manager of Good-will’s Apple Valley store, has received the Apple Ap-preciation Award from the Dakota County United Educators in Apple Valley to recognize the contribu-tions made to students in District 196. “We have been work-ing with District 196 on employing some of their students in our store. The students have limited avail-ability because of school and transportation chal-lenges. In working with District 196 and matching their needs and ours we came up with ideal hours for some students to work which would benefit both them and us,” Omarzu said. An award ceremony was held Wednesday, April 20, at Falcon Ridge Mid-dle School. DCUE is an organiza-tion made up of teach-ers and nurses in District 196. In the past few years they’ve sought to recog-nize individuals, groups or businesses within the com-munity who have made significant contributions to the schools in the com-munity.

Paying for college seminar “Paying for College Without Going Broke in the Process,” a free semi-nar presented by College Funding & Consulting of Apple Valley, will be offered 7:15-8:15 p.m. Thursdays, May 5 and 12, at Sylvan Learning Center, 4160 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. The seminar is designed for parents of high school freshmen, sophomores and juniors. It will pro-

vide information on what participants need to know about the college selection and funding process. RSVP for either date by emailing [email protected] or by calling 651-681-4488.

Improv class Homeward Bound Theatre Company will offer Introduction to Im-provisation 7-9 p.m. Tues-days, May 3-17, at Black Hawk Middle School in Eagan. Adult participants will learn improvisational techniques in storytelling and acting. Improvisation means making it up as you go along. It can help people gain confidence

and think on their feet in daily life. Wear comfort-able clothing. No prior performance experience necessary. For more information and cost of registration, call District 196 Commu-nity Education at 651-423-7920 or register online at www.district196.org/ce.

AVHS baseball fundraiser The Apple Valley High School Baseball Booster Club is holding a fund-raiser 4-8 p.m. Tuesday, April 26, at Chipotle, 7638 W. 150th St., Apple Valley.

Tell the cashier you’re sup-porting the cause to make sure that 50 percent of the proceeds will be donated to the booster club.

College news Luther College, Deco-rah, Iowa, fall dean’s list, from Apple Valley – Jac-queline Cychosz, Kjerstin Nelson, Austin Pickup, Aubree Tsurusaki, Savan-nah Van Sant. Aly Johnson, of Ap-ple Valley, was awarded Student of the Month for March 2016 by the Sunrise Rotary of Aiken, South Carolina, for being

a leader on the volleyball court and the classroom. Johnson is a senior nurs-ing major at the Univer-sity of South Carolina Aiken. Charles Fuller, of Ap-ple Valley, is the recipient of an Achievement Schol-arship from the Universi-ty of Minnesota, Morris. Davis Delaram, of Apple Valley, is the recipi-ent of a Dean’s Scholar-ship from Luther College, Decorah, Iowa.

To submit college news items, email: [email protected].


SeniorsApple Valley seniors The Apple Valley Senior Center, 14601 Hayes Road, is home to the following activi-ties, which are organized and run by the Apple Valley 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.cityofapplevalley.org. Monday, April 25 – Int. Line Dancing, 9:30 a.m.; Tap Danc-ing, 9:30 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Executive Committee, 10 a.m.; Zumba Toning, 11:30 a.m.; Defensive Driving, noon; Pool, noon; Women’s Table Ten-nis, 12:30 p.m.; Bridge, 12:45 p.m.; Happy Stitchers, 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 26 – Quilt-ing Bees, 9 a.m.; Zumba Gold, 9:15 a.m.; Tuesday Painters, 9:30 a.m.; Cribbage, noon; Pool, noon; Pinochle, 12:30 p.m.; Hand & Foot Cards, 1 p.m.; Table Tennis, 1 p.m.; Spanish – Intermediate, 1 p.m.; Spanish – Beginner, 2:30 p.m.

Wednesday, April 27 – Do-nated Bread, 9 a.m.; F.F. on Spokes, 9:30 a.m.; Yoga, 9:45 a.m.; Velvet Tones, 10 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; His-torians, 10:15 a.m.; Men’s Bowl-ing at Apple Place Bowl, noon; Pool, noon; Dominoes, 1 p.m.; Mahjong, 1 p.m.; Tai Chi, 2 p.m. Thursday, April 28 – Beg. Line Dancing, 9:15 a.m.; Knit-ters & Crocheters, 9:30 a.m.; Int. Line Dancing, 10 a.m.; Pool, noon; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Table Tennis, 1 p.m.; “The Jump,” 1 p.m.; Hardanger, 1 p.m.; 500, 1 p.m.; Color & Chat, 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 29 – F.F. on Spokes, 9:30 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Women’s Pool, 11 a.m.; Men’s Bowling at Apple Place Bowl, noon; Members Bingo, 12:30 p.m.

Free food for seniors Second Harvest Heartland is partnering with 360 Communi-ties for Nutrition Assistance Program for Seniors (NAPS)

distribution in Apple Valley, Burnsville, Farmington, Lakev-ille and Rosemount. NAPS provides a 30- to 35-pound box of wholesome food – low in salt and sugar con-tent – that may include canned fruits, vegetables and juice, dry and shelf stable milk, Ameri-can cheese, canned meat, peanut butter or dried beans, cereal, rice or pasta. This food is available to eli-gible seniors once a month. Eli-gibility is based on age (60 years and older), household size and income. NAPS is a USDA program that is funded through the Farm Bill. All area seniors who are in-terested are encouraged to ap-ply for NAPS. Contact Second Harvest Heartland at 1-800-365-0270 and leave a message that includes your name, phone number and the best time to re-turn the call. A NAPS represen-tative will contact you to assist in completing an application, check program eligibility and provide additional information.

Library hosts Silver Teas Dakota County Library is hosting its 11th Silver Tea series in May. The free programs are especially for folks age 55 and older. Willow Brae, 1-2 p.m. Mon-day, May 2, Robert Trail Li-brary, Rosemount. Listen to tra-ditional Scottish and Irish music performed by Willow Brae, a musical ensemble that weaves Irish folktales and stories into a unique combination of Celtic harp and wind instruments. Space is limited. Jerry Frasier, comic magi-cian, 1-2 p.m. Thursday, May 5, Farmington Library. Enjoy close-up miracles, stage illusions and magical fun and laughs. Swingin’ on a Star: the Voice of Van Heusen, 1-2 p.m. and 2:30-3:30 p.m. Friday, May 6, Burnhaven Library, Burnsville. Vicky Mountain and her swing-ing band bring back memories with the musical compositions and collaborations of Jimmy Van Heusen, songwriter and

Academy Award Winner of “Swinging on a Star,” “All the Way” and “Call Me Irrespon-sible.” Space is limited. Dragonfly, 10:30 a.m. to noon, Wednesday, May 11, Galaxie Library, Apple Valley. Listen to traditional songs dat-ing back to the Civil War, well-known sing-along tunes, and original melodies sung by Drag-onfly, a group of south metro folk singers ages 59 to 89. Re-freshments begin at 10:30 a.m.; performance at 11 a.m. La Familia Torres-Peña, 2-3 p.m. Thursday, May 12, Wescott Library, Eagan. Listen to a live-ly performance by the Torres-Peña family, who are part of a full-scale mariachi band, as they talk about Mexican traditions, sing songs, and play the guitar, violin, vihuela and accordion. Jason Hernandez, 10:15-11:30 a.m. and 12:15-1:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 17, Heritage Li-brary, Lakeville. Sing along with tenor and instrumentalist, Jason Hernandez, as he performs stan-dards of the jazz age and Italian romantic numbers.


and Isabella and that Gh-erity was telling hospital doctors to “pull the plug” on her, the suit alleges. Pfaff interviewed Kohli on March 3; she told him that during a Feb. 23 visit Isabella “looked scared” and nodded yes when Kohli asked her if Gherity had done this to her, the suit alleges. Isabella was heavily medicated and “in and out of a medical coma” at the time, the suit said. Pfaff and another of-ficer interviewed Isabella on March 4. She told them Gherity wasn’t in-volved, she wasn’t afraid of him, she didn’t know how the fire started, she’d been drinking, smoking and taking medication that day, and she didn’t remember what she had told the paramedics, the suit said. Pfaff tried to “coerce and manipulate” her to incriminate Gherity, the suit alleges. Isabella be-came so upset she cried, and hospital staff asked the officers to leave, it al-leges. On April 1 Pfaff made a statement of probable cause for an arrest war-rant on two charges of first-degree arson and a charge of first-degree as-sault. The statement made “false” and “misleading” assertions and omitted key points — including Isabella’s admission to starting the fire, her intox-ication, and the fact that the Fire Department nev-er made a determination of arson, the suit said. Also omitted was Gh-erity’s offer of alibi evi-dence, it said. The state-ment was “an attempt to frame and convict an in-nocent man.” Police arrested Gher-ity on April 2 with 12 to 15 squad cars at the scene and officers cheering, high-fiving and fist- and chest-bumping, the suit alleges. Gherity’s bail was set at $150,000. Despite knowing since Feb. 11 that Gher-ity claimed to be on vid-eotape in St. Paul, Pfaff didn’t apply for a war-

LAWSUIT, from 3A rant to view the tape until April 7, the suit said. Pfaff subsequently filed a warrant application for phone records that were “consistent with Gherity’s innocence,” the suit said. “Despite this further knowledge of Gherity’s innocence, defendants kept Gherity in jail,” it said. The county attorney’s office didn’t provide Gh-erity’s lawyer with the videotape “and other ex-onerating evidence” until May 23, the suit said. At a May 30 omnibus hear-ing his bail was reduced to $10,000, which Gherity posted. On June 13, the county attorney’s office dropped the charges. “We are not certain how (the fire) happened,” County At-torney James Backstrom said, according to the suit. “We concluded (Gher-ity) should not have been charged.” Flynn, the city’s at-

torney, pointed out that the “reasonable doubt” standard for conviction is much higher than the “probable cause” stan-dard for an arrest. “With regard to the al-legations about the alibi evidence, the alibi evi-dence was obtained due to the initiative of the inves-tigating officer in obtain-ing a search warrant and having the alibi evidence forensically examined,” Flynn said. Gherity and Isabella are no longer together but remain friends, Egtvedt said. The case has caused both “severe emotional distress” with physical symptoms — which in Gherity’s case included headaches, anxiety at-tacks, inability to sleep, nausea and vomiting, the suit said.

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

ReligionEnvironmental liturgy for Earth Day St. Thomas Becket Music Minis-try presents “Missa Gaia/Earth Mass” 7 p.m. Friday, April 29, at St. Thomas Becket Church, 4455 S. Robert Trail, Ea-gan. “Missa Gaia” is an environmental lit-urgy of contemporary music written by Paul Winter in 1982. It features soprano sax along with other instruments, a choir, vocal soloist, and the calls of wolves, whales, and other animals that are woven into the pieces, sometimes used as the melody. Excerpts from Pope Francis’s document on the environment, Laudato Si’, are interspersed throughout the lit-urgy. A freewill offering will be taken; hospitality will follow. More details are at www.st.thomasbecket.org.

Foot Long Fun Run is April 23 Campus Faith Clubs will host its in-augural Foot Long Fun Run Saturday, April 23, at Cleary Lake Park, 18106 Texas Ave., Prior Lake.

Registration and packet pick-up will be 9:30-10:30 a.m. The 5K run and walk begin at 11 a.m., fol-lowed by a 12:30 p.m. awards ceremo-ny. Cost is $15 per student; $25 per adult. Register at http://tinyurl.com/h5uh2mx.

National Day of Prayer events The 65th annual National Day of Prayer is scheduled for Thursday, May 5. Events are organized by individu-als who plan prayer times according to their faith. A full listing of events can be found at www.nationaldayofprayer.org. • State Capitol event, 9 a.m., at Christ Lutheran Church on Capitol Hill, 105 University Ave. W., St. Paul. • Burnsville National Day of Prayer, 10:30 a.m., Valley Ridge Presbyterian Home, 1921 Burnsville Parkway W., Burnsville. • Lakeville National Day of Prayer, 12-1 p.m., City Hall, 20195 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. Presentation of the col-ors by the Lakeville VFW, then join in prayer for the city and nation.


Above: Al Welcher, right, and Mary Hagen shared the first

dance after being crowned king and queen at the Senior Prom

held April 18 for residents at The Timbers senior living

community in Apple Valley. The event, which included dinner and

live music, sought to capture the spirit of high school prom

dances of yesteryear.

At right: Guests at the Senior Prom didn’t have to guess which

of the punch bowls had been spiked — the one with peach

schnapps was clearly marked. (Photos by Andrew Miller)

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A student at McGuire Mid-dle School in Lakeville is facing potential felony charges after school officials learned of a “se-rious potential threat” against a staff member Wednesday, April 13. District 194 Superintendent Lisa Snyder and McGuire Mid-dle School Principal Joshua Al-

exander sent district parents and guardians an email Wednesday night stating police were “im-mediately” notified after school and district officials learned of a threat by a student against an unidentified staff member. Lakeville Police Lt. Jason Po-linski said the department was contacted by the school to inves-tigate a series of “extremely dis-turbing and threatening videos” recently posted on YouTube.

“We conducted a thorough investigation,” Polinski said. “The case has been forwarded to the county attorney’s office for their review and charging,” Polinski said the videos have been removed from YouTube and are considered evidence in the case. In its email, District 194 said the incident was isolated, and students and staff at the school were not in danger.

The district did not detail information about disciplinary actions, but noted the school is following district procedure and policy. According to district policy, a student that demonstrates “willful conduct that endangers the student or other students, or surrounding persons, includ-ing school district employees, or property of the school,” may be dismissed from school.

The district and police of-ficials said they cannot release additional information due to privacy laws. Polinski said the student could face felony charges. He added police continue to work with the district to ensure the safety of the school and stu-dents.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

Area BriefsRaising Healthy Kids event Local businesses have joined together to present the Raising Healthy Kids event benefiting 360 Communities. This free event is hosted by Thrivent Financial, Sarah Leitschuh Counseling LLC, and Discover Family Chiropractic. Each event host will provide a brief presentation about their areas of expertise regarding raising healthy children. Although the event is free, organizers ask participants to bring a nonperishable food or toiletry items to benefit 360 Communities.

The event is offered at two lo-cations: • Tuesday, May 3, 7-8:30 p.m., BabyLove, 4590 Scott Trail, Suite 102, Eagan. • Thursday, May 5, 7-8:30 p.m., Discover Family Chiro-practic, 5920 148th St., Suite 110, Apple Valley. Healthy refreshments will be served. RSVP to 952-431-5655.

Master Gardeners hold plant sale The Dakota County Mas-ter Gardener plant sale will be 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 14, in the Horticulture Build-

ing at the Dakota County Fair-grounds, 4008 220th St. W., Farmington. The sale will again include heirloom tomatoes, sun and shade perennials, grasses, ground covers, vegetables and herbs grown primarily in the gardens of Dakota County Master Gardeners. Shoppers can review plant care instructions at the Univer-sity of Minnesota Extension website at www.extension.umn.edu/gardeninfo. Master Gardeners will be on hand to answer questions and provide garden advice and free coffee. Purchases may be made with

cash, check or credit card. The sale will be held rain or shine. Bring a cart or wagon for faster checkout. Visit www.DakotaMasterGardeners.org for a list of plants that will be for sale and additional information about programs offered by the Master Gardeners of Dakota County.

Dakota Electric hosts Energy Trends Expo Dakota Electric Association, along with Lakeville Friends of the Environment, will host the Energy Trends Expo 6-8 p.m.

Tuesday, May 3, at the Eagan Community Center, 1501 Cen-tral Parkway, Eagan. This free informal vendor expo will feature local solar in-stallers and electric vehicle ex-perts who can provide resources and guidance for anyone inter-ested in learning more about res-idential solar energy projects or purchasing an electric vehicle. Special learning labs will provide educational opportuni-ties on the basics of solar and electric vehicles. Dakota Electric staff will be on hand to answer questions. The event is open to all. To find out more, visit www.dakotaelectric.com.


Business BuzzMiller named to new post at SFM Mutual Eagan resident Terry Miller has been named executive vice president and chief operating officer at Bloomington-based SFM Mutual Insurance Co. Miller was the company’s original controller, and he rose through the ranks in his 30-plus years at SFM to become vice president of accounting, vice president of finance, and then senior vice president and chief financial officer. Over the years, he’s overseen the evolution of the finance de-partment’s role from focusing on just the basics of accounting and financial statements to pro-viding deep data analysis into forces and trends that affect the business. Miller started in the newly created role April 18. He is a certified public ac-countant and chartered finan-cial analyst. He’s also a member of the Minnesota State Society of CPAs, the American Institute of CPAs, the CFA Institute and the Insurance Accounting and Systems Association. He serves

on the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies Accounting Issues Committee and the Insurance Federation of Minnesota’s Tax Committee as well as the board of directors for Small Sums, a St. Paul-based nonprofit.

Mortgage company opens in Apple Valley Bell State Bank & Trust is opening a Bell Mortgage office at 15322 Galaxie Avenue, Suite 112, in Apple Valley. Bell Mortgage, in existence since 1880, has 22 Twin Cities metro locations.

Roseman awarded license Katie Roseman, of Burns-ville-based insurance agency King and Companies, has ob-tained her life and health insur-ance license. Roseman also has a Minne-sota property and casualty in-surance license. She started her insurance career at Farmers In-surance, Eagan.

Holistic center opens in Rosemount W’ren: A Center for Health and Healing, a holistic wellness center focused on natural treat-ments utilizing Eastern medi-cal practices, will hold a grand opening and open house 2-5 p.m. Saturday, May 7, at 15170 Chippendale Ave., Suite 200, Rosemount. The center shares space with Rapp Chiropractic. The grand opening will fea-ture demonstrations, light re-freshments and food, service specials, and giveaways. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 651-423-2900 or visit www.wrenhealth.com. W’ren is owned by Jodi Pel-tier, a licensed holistic health practitioner. The center provides acupuncture, Chinese medicinal Rx, food therapy counsel and planning, Tui Na (orthopedic massage), and facial rejuvena-tion. W’ren’s services focus on ailments including menopause, athletic medicine, anxiety and stress, digestive complaints, pain reduction, trouble sleeping, and facial rejuvenation.

Peltier graduated from Northwestern Health Sciences University in Minnesota. She will begin her doctoral fellow-ship in 2016 focusing on inter-nal/physical medicine special-ties.

Social Security advisor education A Social Security education course for professional advisors is offered 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, May 13, at Roundbank, 3380 Vermillion River Trail, Farmington. The National Social Security Advisor program is by Premier Social Security Consulting of Cincinnati on behalf of the Na-tional Social Security Associa-tion. The program is designed to help financial advisors, insur-ance agents, CPAs, enrolled agents and other professional advisors learn the Social Se-curity system in order to bet-ter counsel clients to help them maximize Social Security in-come. Those who pass an exam fol-lowing the program can become certified NSSA Advisors.

For more information about the National Social Security Advisors certificate program, go to www.nationalsocialsecurityassociation.com.

Parallel hires Lakeville resident Lakeville resident Jeff Jungers has been hired as proj-ect manager at Minneapolis-based Parallel Technologies, a facilities and IT infrastructure company. Jungers will manage the day-to-day tasks for complex, large-scale infrastructure projects in the company’s Building Infra-structure division. Jungers was previously senior project manager at Parson Tech-nologies. He holds a bachelor’s degree in communications and business from Concordia College, Moor-head.

Breakfast With Champions Jon O’Malley, founder of YouProfit, will present “4 Ways

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to Better Profits” at the next Break-fast With Champions event 7:30-9 a.m. Thursday, April 28, at Southview Country Club, 239 E. Mendota Road, West St. Paul. The event is sponsored by the Da-kota County Regional Chamber. Cost is $20 for members, $30 for nonmem-bers. RSVP to Emily Corson at [email protected] or 651-288-9202.

Xcel Efficiency Partner awards The following local companies re-ceived Xcel Energy Efficiency Partner awards for helping local customers lower their energy costs and reduce their impact on the environment: Data Center Systems Inc., Burnsville; John Henry Foster, Eagan; Mulcahy Company, Eagan; Louis DeGidio Services Inc., Lakeville. The awards, presented April 13 at Pinstripes in Edina, recognized con-tractors, equipment suppliers and en-gineers that contributed the greatest electricity and natural gas savings to Xcel Energy’s Minnesota conserva-tion programs in 2015. Xcel Energy offers incentives, such as rebates and funding for energy ef-ficiency studies and upgrades, to its business and residential customers to encourage them to make energy-effi-cient choices.

New mortgage office in Burnsville Inlanta Mortgage has opened an office in Burnsville at 540 Gateway Blvd., Suite 200. Tom Montouri and Patrick LeVoir manage the office. Montouri has originated loans for the past 25 years, closing more than 3,500 loans in his career. LeVoir has been in the mortgage business for over 25 years. Mike Burnett and Trish Hamm joined the office as loan officers. Montouri can be reached by phone at 952-641-1860 or via email at [email protected]. LeVoir can be reached at 952-641-1861 or [email protected].

Six-course wine dinner at Morgan’s Morgan’s Farm to Table Restau-rant in Burnsville and Phillips Wine and Spirits will present a six-course wine dinner 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 12. The featured wines will be from the Maisons Marques & Domaines family of vineyards. Cost is $75 per person. Reserva-tions can be made by phone at 952-435-1855, email at [email protected], or in person. Morgan’s Farm to Table is located in the Best Western Premier Nicollet Inn, 14201 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. More information is at www.mor-gansfarmtotable.com.

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Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce events: • Thursday, April 28, 11:30 a.m. to noon, NEXTLeaders Luncheon, Buffalo Wild Wings, 14658 Cedar Ave., Suite D, Ap-ple Valley. Speaker: Gary Pahl, Pahl’s Market. Cost: $15. RSVP to Fabiana at [email protected]. • Tuesday, May 10, 7:30-9 a.m., Chamber Coffee Connec-tion, Augustana Care Apple Val-ley Villa, 14610 Garrett Ave., Ap-ple Valley. Information: Fabiana at [email protected]. Burnsville Chamber of Commerce events: • Tuesday, April 26, 4-6 p.m., ribbon cutting, Firefly Credit Union, 1400 Riverwood Drive, Burnsville. Information: Tricia An-drews at [email protected]. • Wednesday, April 27, 7:30-9 a.m., SMYPros – Turning Busi-ness Cards Into Connections, Burnsville YMCA, 13850 Port-land Ave. S., Burnsville. Registra-tion required. Annual fee: $150. Attend one event as a guest for $20. Information: [email protected]. • Wednesday, April 27, 10:30-11:30 a.m., ribbon cut-ting, Ascend Chiropractic & Well-ness LLC, 200 E. Travelers Trail, Burnsville. Information: Tricia An-drews at [email protected].

• Thursday, May 5, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Business After Hours, Liv-INN Suites, 13080 Aldrich Ave. S., Burnsville. Information: Tricia Andrews at [email protected]. • Wednesday, May 11, 8-9 a.m., AM Coffee Break, Anchor Bank, 550 W. Burnsville Parkway, Burnsville. Information: Tricia An-drews at [email protected]. Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce events: • Tuesday, April 26, 8-9 a.m., Coffee Break, The Steeple Cen-ter, 14375 S. Robert Trail, Rose-mount. Open to all DCRC mem-bers. Free. Registration required. Information: Emily Corson at 651-288-9202 or [email protected]. • Wednesday, April 27, 7:30-9 a.m., SMYPros – Turning Busi-ness Cards Into Connections, Burnsville YMCA, 13850 Port-land Ave. S., Burnsville. Annual fee: $150. Attend one event as a guest for $20. Registration re-quired. Information: Emily Cor-son at 651-288-9202 or [email protected]. • Thursday, April 28, 7:30-9 a.m., Breakfast With Champions, Southview Country Club, 239 E. Mendota Road, West St. Paul. Speaker: Jon O’Malley, “Four Ways to Better Profit.” Cost: $20 members, $30 nonmembers. Registration required. Informa-tion: Emily Corson at 651-288-9202 or [email protected]. • Thursday, May 5, 4-5 p.m., ribbon cutting, Ohana Home &

Design, 720 Main St., Suite 107, Mendota Heights. Information: 651-452-9872 or [email protected]. • Friday, May 6, 7:30-9 a.m., Legislative Breakfast Se-ries – Donkeys vs. Elephants, The Commons on Marice, 1380 Marice Drive, Eagan. Speak-ers: Minnesota’s political party leaders, Keith Downey (GOP) and Ken Martin (DFL). Cost: $25 members, $30 nonmembers. Call 651-452-9872 to register. • Thursday, May 12, 8-9 a.m., Coffee Break. Information: Emily Corson at 651-288-9202 or [email protected]. Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce events: • Friday, April 22, 2-3 p.m., ribbon cutting, Frenchies Mod-ern Nail Care, Holyoke Ave. (next to Toppers Pizza). Information: Shanen Corlett at 952-469-2020 or [email protected]. • Tuesday, April 26, 2-3 p.m., Ambassadors: Anniversary Vis-its. Meet at chamber office. In-formation: Shanen Corlett at 952-469-2020 or [email protected]. • Tuesday, May 3, 4-5 p.m., Cash Mob. Details to be an-nounced. Information: Shanen Corlett at 952-469-2020 or [email protected]. • Friday, May 6, 7:30-8 a.m., Teacher Appreciation Breakfast, McGuire Middle School. Infor-mation: Bob Finke at [email protected].


ernment since working on his first campaign at age 13. “I am running for state representative because I

want to give back to my community and restore individuals’ faith in the system through honest government,” he said on his website. “All too often, our elected officials seek

power and influence for the sake of personal gain rather than out of a genu-ine interest in the well-be-ing of their communities. With this in mind, I pledge to you, the community of 57A, to be open and trans-parent in my communica-tion with you; to manage potential challenges with integrity and honesty; and to do everything I can to better our district by lis-tening to your concerns and your ideas.” While attending the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, he worked as a university security offi-cer. He has been a youth coordinator in multiple campaigns, most recently spearheading a national grassroots organization in 2016. Kirkley has volun-teered with the Dakota County Parks department on prairie restoration and with his church. House District 57A covers a southern portion of Apple Valley and a por-tion of northeast Lake-ville.

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

knowledge, they have not resumed playing it. We continue to encourage our families to talk about safe driving behaviors with their students, including always wearing seat belts and avoiding driving while distracted.” Leslie spoke about the importance of wearing seat belts during a press confer-ence in December 2015. He reiterated that in Friday’s statement. “The importance of wearing seat belts can-not be overstated,” Leslie said. “Seat belts save lives. This tragedy is a clear re-minder of how one mo-ment can impact so many lives. While other factors can contribute to the like-lihood of a crash, such as impairment, recklessness and negligence, we can-not predict when or how accidents will happen. Seat belts give us the best chance to survive those un-predictable moments.” As part of the game, students were routinely “kidnapped” and taken to locations away from school grounds where they were shot with a Nerf bullet. According to investiga-tors, on Dec. 4, Flynn was surrounded by Hughes, Flynn and Kohlbeck and placed inside a 2005 Toyota Tundra. Witnesses indicat-ed that Flynn first resisted being placed in the truck, aided by two friends, but these friends soon left and Flynn entered the truck. Hughes was the only occupant in the front seat, and in the back seat were Flynn in the middle, Price to Flynn’s left and Kohl-beck to Flynn’s right. The truck left the school parking lot, turning south on Jacquard Avenue, east on 215th Street West and south on Dodd Boulevard. Another vehicle contain-ing the two other students

who had initially tried to prevent Flynn from be-ing placed in the truck followed the truck, but executed a U-turn and proceeded north on Dodd Boulevard when the truck turned west on 225th. The occupants of the second vehicle did not wit-ness the crash. The driver of the second vehicle in-dicated that at all times in which he was following the truck, speed limits and other traffic rules were be-ing followed. As the truck traveled west on 225th Street West, approximately one-half mile west of the intersec-tion of Dodd Boulevard, a witness driving a car in the opposite direction told investigators that the truck was approaching her in the wrong lane of traffic when it swerved into the other lane and back again when it started to roll over. The witness estimated that the truck rolled three or four times and she saw two young men ejected while it was rolling. The witness immediately stopped and called 911. When law enforcement and paramedics arrived at the scene, it was deter-mined that Flynn and Price had been ejected from the truck and were deceased. Hughes suffered serious head and back injuries and was transported by heli-copter to Hennepin Coun-ty Medical Center. Kohl-beck was transported to Hennepin County Medical Center by ambulance with minor injuries. Kohlbeck told investi-gators that Price jumped from the back seat to the front passenger seat ap-proximately 30 seconds to one minute prior to the crash. He said Price was in the front seat when the crash occurred. Flynn remained in the back seat center position. Kohlbeck thought the driv-

er was nudged somehow as Flynn leaned forward. He acknowledged that Flynn may have been attempting to avoid being shot with a Nerf gun, or he may have been attempting to gain possession of a Nerf gun from the front seat, but he was unable to see what was happening. Price or Flynn bumped the driver, who then veered off course and over-cor-rected in his attempt to return the truck to the proper lane, according to Kohlbeck. He told inves-tigators that no one was using a phone and that Hughes had both hands on the steering wheel at the time he was bumped and lost control of the truck. The Dakota County Sheriff ’s Office and the Minnesota State Patrol accident reconstruction determined there was no suspicion of impairment by the driver and that the truck was traveling at or near the posted speed limit at the time of the crash. The investigation revealed that two photographs found on the driver’s cell-phone were taken around the time of the crash. The images are too blurry to determine what is depicted. Backstrom and Leslie expressed their sympathy to the families and friends of Flynn and Price and their hopes that Hughes fully recovers. “This tragedy has deeply affected our school community as well as the families and friends of John Price and Jake Flynn,” Snyder said. “We know grief has no specific timeline. We continue to provide support to our stu-dents and staff as needed.” Students who are ex-periencing grief can call Lakeville Area Public Schools Student Support Services at 952-232-3333 or email [email protected].

CRASH, from 1A

CANDIDATES, from 1A


SportsTalented young players give Lightning hope by Mike Shaughnessy


It’s not as if Eastview has a lot of control over the South Suburban Con-ference schedule, but play-ing last year’s state runner-up in the season opener was one of the most dif-ficult ways possible for the Lightning girls lacrosse team to begin its season. But, as co-head coach Lauren DeZellar looks at it, the Lightning is a young team with a lot to learn over a short season. Might as well start the process right away. Lakeville South de-feated Eastview 17-6 in both teams’ season opener Tuesday night, giving the Lightning players a much better idea of areas they need to improve to make a playoff run similar to last year’s, when they reached the Section 3 champion-ship game. “We graduated 12 se-niors, and of those, seven were starters,” said DeZel-lar, who shares head coaching duties with Dana Mueller. “It’s a very young team, but a lot of them came on to our (varsity) team last year. Now they have to adjust to bigger roles.” One player who will have the same role is Sam Tyo, a senior captain and

the Lightning’s starting goalie. Tyo, who will play at Iona College in New York, has some experi-enced defenders in front of her, including senior captain Cassidy Leininger and senior Annika Mar-tell. Senior forward Marie McNamara is the Light-ning’s third captain and will be one of the play-ers trying to replace the skilled offensive players that graduated last spring. Graduated players Rachel Munos, Taylor Carroll and Anna Schoonover scored 26 of Eastview’s 34 goals in three section play-off games. Schoonover is playing Division I lacrosse at Central Michigan (as is Lakeville South gradu-ate Logan Halvorson, the 2015 Ms. Lacrosse award winner). The coaches are opti-mistic about the potential of several younger play-ers, including sophomore midfielder Mary Keat-ing and junior midfielder Ally Ford, both of whom played for the Eastview hockey team that reached the state tournament in February. Sophomore midfielder Holly Sodomka, another high-potential player, had two goals and one assist against Lakeville South and had a team-high six

ground ball recoveries. Sodomka and Keating both played on the Min-nesota Elite club team last summer. Keating and junior for-ward Ally Hodgen also scored twice each in the Lakeville South game. Hodgen also played on Eastview’s state-qualifying hockey team, as did junior midfielder Allie Tuccitto. Speaking before the Lakeville South game, DeZellar predicted the Cougars would try to put a lot of pressure on the Lightning, especially in the midfield. “We’re worked in practice on controlling the ball and making good passes,” the coach said. “We’ve had a lot of chang-es because 12 seniors are gone, but it also gives oth-er girls an opportunity to step up and fill roles.” For now, the coaches have opted for a short bench, with only four players available to sub-stitute. Players currently on the junior varsity will stay there for a while to get more time on the field. “The biggest thing for us right now is to give the players on our JV an op-portunity to develop, and then they can move up,” DeZellar said. Although the Light-ning had a rough start in its season opener, its goals

remain high. One of them is to advance at least as far in the section playoffs as it did last year. “I think it’s an attain-able goal,” DeZellar said. “Some of the kids in our

program are young, but they have the skill level.” Eastview plays at Sha-kopee at 5:30 p.m. Thurs-day and at Cretin-Derham Hall at 2:30 p.m. Saturday before its home opener

against Farmington at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 26.

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Eastview sophomore midfielder Holly Sodomka (6) scored two goals in the Lightning’s 17-6 loss to Lakeville South on Tuesday. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)

Girls lacrosse team falls in opener at Lakeville South

Eagles race to 3-0 start

Apple Valley midfielder Marryk DeGoey leaves a couple of Minneapolis players in his wake after he comes away with the ball during a boys lacrosse game Saturday afternoon at Apple Valley High School. The Eagles defeated Minneapolis 12-7 and on Tuesday beat Shakopee 7-6 in overtime to improve to 3-0 overall. Jacob DeWall had three goals and Jacob Savard scored twice against Shakopee. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)

Notebook: Sheridan recuperating at home

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


Eastview High School girls basketball manager Michael Sheridan, who had surgery last week to re-move a brain tumor, was released from the University of Minnesota Medical Center on Monday and is re-cuperating at home. After becoming ill on April 7 while working at the school, Sheridan, 22, was taken to the hospital. Tests revealed he had a lemon-sized tumor on his brain, possibly related to some radiation treatment he had years ago, according to the family’s CaringBridge.org journal. After the tumor was removed April 12, doc-tors analyzed it and confirmed it was not malignant. Sheridan experienced some complications the day after his surgery but his condition then stabilized. He was released early Monday afternoon.

Spring signings A number of local athletes last week signed Na-tional Letters of Intent to compete for college pro-grams. The first day of the spring NLI signing period was April 13. Fourteen Burnsville High School athletes signed last week: Jimmy Adeoshun (football, Ridgewater College), Trenton Alderson (football, Itasca College), Abdirahman Farah (football, Ridgewater College), Jason Gumm (basketball, Northern Iowa Communi-ty College), Abdikadir Hassan (football, Itasca Col-lege), Ahmed Ibrahim (track and field, Concordia-St. Paul), Angela Le (swimming, Denison University), Jake Parrent (football, Itasca College), Gianna Rog-ers (track and field, Northern Iowa Community Col-lege), Andy Samuel (track and field, North Dakota), Michael Schiller (baseball, Century College), Tucker Shepley (basketball, Northwestern-St. Paul), Luke Simon (football, Ridgewater College) and Johanna Weber (cross country/track and field, North Dakota State). Eastview seniors Laura Bestul (cross country/track and field, Loyola University, Chicago), Sydney Dose (volleyball, Missouri Southern State), Margie Freed (Nordic skiing, Vermont) and Nick Kilen (swimming and diving, Cornell) also signed last week. Signing from Lakeville South were Jamie McNa-mee (track and field, Sioux Falls), Noah Rasinski (golf, Concordia-St. Paul), Greta Knower (basket-ball, Southeastern University, Florida), Chloe Cros-by (hockey, Minnesota State, Mankato), Janna Haeg (hockey, St. Cloud State) and Brianna Miller (basket-ball, Concordia-St. Paul). The school also recognized Clay Geary for accepting a preferred walk-on offer to play football at the University of Minnesota. Apple Valley’s Katie Moynihan signed to play lacrosse at Concordia-St. Paul, Frank Kelly signed with Augustana to play tennis and Prince Hyeamang signed with American University to wrestle. Three Rosemount athletes signed: Jessica Ojala to play soccer at Air Force, Jason Zabel to play la-crosse at Rockhurst, Daniel Sampers to play soccer at Jamestown. Lakeville North’s Claire Blascziek signed with Mayville State to play basketball.

Mega Meet track The first big outdoor track and field competition of the season – the annual Lakeville North Mega Meet – will be Saturday at Lakeville North High School. Approximately 30 girls and boys teams are expect-ed to compete in the meet, which begins at 10 a.m. Farmington is in the field for the boys meet and another South Suburban Conference squad, Prior Lake, is entered in the girls meet. Other schools send-ing teams to the Mega Meet include former SSC members Bloomington Jefferson and Bloomington Kennedy. The Minnehaha Academy boys and Prior Lake girls are defending Mega Meet team champions.

Lightning 3rd, Eagles 4th in SSC golf openerReller, Koenig tie for second place by Mike Shaughnessy


Lakeville South ap-pears to have picked up where it left off from the 2015 boys golf season – and that was what coach Kirk Reiners was hoping for. The Cougars, who were third in last year’s state Class 3A tournament and finished third and second in their first two tourna-ments of 2016, won the first of four South Sub-urban Conference tour-naments Monday at Val-leywood in Apple Valley. The Cougars’ 301 total was three better than sec-ond-place Lakeville North and four better than third-place Eastview. South’s depth and bal-ance became readily ap-parent. The Cougars had five players shoot 77 or lower in the varsity tour-ney and were the only team that didn’t have to count a score in the 80s. Three players in the junior varsity tournament broke 80; all were from Lakeville South. Lakeville South, fourth in the Minnesota Golf As-

sociation’s all-class state rankings, isn’t shy about stating its ambitions. Its players and coaches cre-ated a hashtag, #Trek-ToBunker, a reference to Bunker Hills in Coon Rapids, the site of the state tournament. “After being third in the state tournament last year and having the best score of the second day, the goal is to win the conference and section again, then win the state tournament,” Reiners said. Five of the six South players who competed in

last year’s state tourna-ment are back this year. On Monday at Valley-wood, senior Noah Rasin-ski shot 73 (2 over par) to place fourth overall. Se-nior Trey Sheehan shot 75 and junior Tanner Sper-ling had a 76. Senior Matt Mills and junior William Moore both shot 77. Dane Kuhr, a senior, was junior varsity medalist with a 76. Lakeville North junior Max McGlade, a state tournament qualifier last season, shot 68 at Valley-wood and was medalist in Monday’s SSC tourna-

ment. Max McCarthy shot 76, Ryan Oberg had a 79 and John Henke shot 81. North, currently eighth in the MGA rankings, went through a building phase last season and now hopes to challenge South for the conference and Class 3A, Section 1 cham-pionships. Eastview senior Jake Reller tied for second in-dividually with a 72 and helped his team to third place in Monday’s tourna-ment. Will Frazier, a fresh-man, shot 74 and senior Luke Doolittle shot 79. There was a bit of sepa-ration between the top three teams and the rest of the field. Apple Valley shot 318 to finish fourth, with 2015 state qualifier Jon Koenig tying for sec-ond individually with 72. Eighth-grader Nick La-Motte shot a career-best 77. Farmington was fifth at 327, Eagan was seventh at 329, Burnsville was eighth with 329 and Rosemount was 10th with 334. Burns-ville senior Nolan Saw-chuck shot 78 and was in 13th place individually.

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Apple Valley’s Miles Hendrickson plays a shot out of the sand during the Bunker Hills Invitational last week in Coon Rapids. The Eagles returned to familiar surroundings at Valleywood on Monday and placed fourth in the first South Suburban Conference tournament of the spring. (Photo by Jason Olson)


LEGAL NOTICES

CITY OF APPLE VALLEYNOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Apple Valley has contracted with Assets 2 Cash, LLC, a vendor of K-BID Online Auction, to conduct a public sale of unclaimed personal property and surplus City property. Items will be posted on K-BID’s website at www.K-BID.com beginning April 29, 2016. Bidding will close on May 10, 2016. All items will be sold as is, to the highest bidder. Items will be available for inspection on May 9, 2016, and available for pick up on May 12 and 13, 2016, from the Central Maintenance Facility, 6442 140th Street W., in Apple Valley, located approximately one-half mile east of Galaxie Avenue on the south side of 140th Street W.

Pursuant to City Code, Section 35.02, the true owner of unclaimed personal property may reclaim the same, upon satisfactory proof of ownership, from the City Clerk, either prior to the sale or by making application within six (6) months from the date of the sale.

Items to be sold include approximately 100 bicycles, in various conditions. A partial list of bicycle models and other unclaimed personal property includes:

Huffy Mongoose Pacific Razor Raleigh Thruster

Magna Murray Next Roadmaster Schwinn Trek

2001 Chevrolet Impala 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt Jewelry and Watches

2001 Honda Accord Cameras and Cases Purses, Backpacks, Cases

2002 Volkswagen Jetta Car Seat Covers Sports Equipment

2003 Ford Expedition Clothes and Shoes Sunglasses

2003 Honda Accord Electronic Equipment Tools and Tool Boxes

2003 Toyota Camry Gaming Equipment Walker

A partial list of City surplus property also being sold includes:

1997 HME Pumper Truck2003 Chevrolet Impala

Desks and TablesDisplay Racks and Shelves

Police Vehicle Accessories and Equipment

2004 Ford Club Wagon Electronic Dart Board Popcorn Machine

2005 Chevrolet Trail Blazer File Cabinets Portable Radio Equipment

2008 Chevrolet Impala Floor/Turf Sweeper Pumps and Motors

2010 Ford Crown Victoria Generator Radio Headsets (FireCom)

17 Ft. Old Town Canoe GoPro Hero 3 Respirator Masks

Air Compressors Grillers/Smokers Skateboards

Automotive Equipment Guitars Sod Cutter

Battery Chargers Kerosene Heater Snowblowers

Blower/Mulcher/VacsBose Soundlink Mini

Liquor-Related Clothing and Promotional Items

Tools and Misc.EquipmentTool Boxes

Chairs Mowers TVs

Computers Parts Washers Video Production Equip.

Copier/Fax/Printers Plow Accessories Weed WhipperDATED this 14th day of April, 2016.Pamela J. Gackstetter, City Clerk

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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

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

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That default has occurred in the conditions of the following de-scribed mortgage:

DATE OF MORTGAGE:May 31, 2007ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT

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

Jackson, A Single ManMORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-

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

TRANSACTION AGENT:Mortgage Electronic Registra-

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

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

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

LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY:

Lot four (4), Block four (4), Morn-ingview second addition, according to the plat thereof now on file and of record in the office of the county recorder within and for Dakota county, Minnesota, together with

the benefits and subject to the bur-dens of that certain declaration of covenants conditions, easements and restrictions filed as document no. 610198.

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

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

IS LOCATED: DakotaTHE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO

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

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

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

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

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

to pay the debt then secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any actually paid by the mortgagee, on the premises and the costs and disbursements allowed by law. The time allowed by law for redemption by said mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns is 6.00 months from the date of sale. If Mortgage is not reinstated under

Minn. Stat. §580.30 or the prop-erty is not redeemed under Minn. Stat. §580.23, the Mortgagor must vacate the property on or before 11:59 p.m. on November 9, 2016, or the next business day if Novem-ber 9, 2016 falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.

“THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAG-OR’S PERSONAL REPRESEN-TATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMIN-ING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREM-ISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICUL-TURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.”

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

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INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196

This is a summary of the April 4, 2016 School Board meeting with the full text available for public in-spection at www.district196.org or at the District Office or by standard or electronic mail.

The meeting was called to or-der at 6 p.m. on April 4, 2016 at Dakota Ridge School followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Present: Albright, Coulson, Huusko, Magnu-son, Roseen and Supt. Berenz.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Albright and carried with a 5-0 vote to approve the agenda.

Board members recognized Da-kota United Hawks on winning a state championship. Berenz con-gratulated students who partici-pated at state tournaments.

Finance Director Jeff Solomon introduced Karen Dayon, the new transportation coordinator.

Lisa M. Anderson spoke about the DNR-DNI order they have for their son. Dr. Randall Sercombe spoke in support of Mrs. Anderson.

Motion by Roseen, seconded by Huusko and carried with a 5-0 vote to approve Consent items: board meeting minutes; board as-signments; Identified Official with Authority (IOWA); claims; electronic funds transfer schedule; schedule of investments; treasurer’s reports; gifts totaling $60,673.92; contract with Commercial Flooring totaling $613,905; contract with Haldeman-Homme for student lockers totaling $591,770; personnel separations, leaves of absence and new staff; resolution terminating certain pro-bationary teachers; pay rates for substitute, temporary and part-time employees, and easements with the City of Rosemount for sidewalks/trails.

The board heard a legislative up-date relating to education.

Admn. Asst. to the Supt. Kim Craven proposed revisions to the 2016-17 Overview of Student Rights and Responsibilities hand-book and highlighted changes. The board is scheduled to take action on the revisions at its April 18 board meeting.

Motion by Roseen, seconded by Albright and carried with a 5-0 vote to approve modifying the employee group health insurance plan design and increasing the premiums two percent as of July 1, 2016.

Berenz reported the district once again spent more money on regular classroom instruction and less money per pupil on adminis-tration and support services than the average for school districts in the metro area and statewide. She encouraged people to consider serving on one of the district advi-sory councils.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Albright and carried with a 5-0 vote to adjourn at 6:40 p.m.

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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: Barking Good Healthy TreatsPRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 7120 146th St. W.Apple Valley, MN 55124NAMEHOLDER(S): Don Hoffmann7120 146th St. W.Apple 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: April 11, 2016SIGNED BY: Don Hoffmann, Owner


April 15, 22, 2016534309

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 consumers to be able to identify the true owner of a business.

ASSUMED NAME: Image360-Apple Valley, MNPRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 14608 Felton Court-Suite 109Apple Valley, MN 55124NAMEHOLDER(S): S&K FROG, Inc.18121 Kindred CourtLakeville, MN 55044I, 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: April 8, 2016SIGNED BY: Steve Moore


April 22, 29, 2016536734

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196

ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN

PUBLIC SCHOOLSEDUCATING OUR

STUDENTS TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIALCALL FOR QUOTATIONS

SUPPLEMENTAL ATHLETIC AND FIELD TRIP SERVICE

Notice is hereby given that quo-tations will be received for Supple-mental Athletic and Field Trip Ser-vice by Independent School District 196 at the District Office, 3455 153rd Street West, Rosemount, MN 55068, until 11:00 AM, Mon-day, May 9, 2016, at which time and place quotes will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Complete instructions on how to obtain Quotation Documents can be found at: http://www.dis-trict196.org/District/LegalNotices/index.cfm.

The School Board of Indepen-dent School District 196 reserves the right to reject any or all Quotes and to waive any informalities.Gary Huusko, Board ClerkIndependent School District 196

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CITY OF APPLE VALLEYNOTICE OF HEARING

ON PROCEEDINGS FOR VACATION OF PUBLIC

GROUNDS IN THE CITY OF APPLE VALLEY

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

the Municipal Center of the City of Apple Valley, Dakota County, Min-nesota, will meet at the City Hall, 7100 147th Street West, at 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as pos-sible, on Thursday, May 12, 2016, to consider the matter of vacation of the following described public grounds in the City of Apple Val-ley, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 412.851:

All that part of Lot 2, Block 1, Apple Valley Square 4th Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof, City of Apple Valley, Da-kota County, Minnesota, described as follows:

Commencing at the southwest corner of said Lot 2; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 sec-onds East (assumed bearing) on the west line of said Lot 2, a dis-tance of 157.99 feet to a point on the westerly line of a utility ease-ment according to said Apple Val-ley Square 4th Addition; thence South 08 degrees 22 minutes 33 seconds East on said westerly line, 90.46 feet to a point on the south line of said easement; thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East on said south line, 57.54 feet to the point of beginning; thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East on said south line, 215.00 feet; thence North 00 de-grees 00 minutes 00 seconds East, 15.00 feet to a point on the north line of said easement; thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West on said north line, 215.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 00 min-utes 00 seconds West, 15.00 feet to the point of beginning.

Such persons as desire to be heard with reference to the pro-posal will be heard at this meeting.

DATED this 14th day of April, 2016./s/ Pamela J. Gackstetter, City Clerk


April 22, 29, 2016536537

ual seeking some sick form of gratification upsets me beyond words.” The homeowner who reported the April 11 inci-dent told police that when she arrived home from work at 10 p.m. she saw someone — later identi-fied as Heaton — kneeling in front of a vehicle next

to the garage, according to the complaint. She ini-tially thought it was her husband, but when she ap-proached, Heaton stood up and ran away from the house. The woman’s 15-year-old daughter was in her room at the time of the in-cident, and the blinds were open. Police seized the lad-der — a wooden A-frame

ladder about 5 feet, 5 inch-es tall — as evidence. Police also located a pair of black gloves within feet of where Heaton was arrested. Police spoke with Hea-ton after he was taken to the Apple Valley Police Department, where he ad-mitted using a ladder to look at a “lady” through a window at the residence in question, the complaint

said. He told police he chose that house because the lights were on inside. Heaton further told police he chooses random houses to peep into if the lights are on inside, because he wants “to see what other people are doing,” the com-plaint said. He admitted “window peeping” approx-imately six times in the past two years. He said he does

not drive to the residences, but walks, and is driven to look into windows by “the excitement.” Heaton’s been charged with interference with pri-vacy, a felony punishable by up to two years in pris-on and a $5,000 fine. His next court appearance is set for May 25 in Hastings. Rechtzigel said the case underscores the impor-

tance of reporting suspi-cious activity. “This serves as a great reminder to call the police if you see something that just doesn’t seem right,” he said. “This guy was car-rying a ladder around in our neighborhoods after dark.”

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By Mail: 10917 Valley View Road Eden Prairie, MN 55344 Attn: Classified

In Person: Visit the Eden Prairie office to place your Classified ad, make a payment, or pick up your Garage Sale Kit.

LOCATIONEden Prairie

10917 Valley View Road952-392-6888

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Garage Sales Transportation$54• 3 lines, 4 weeks, All zones• Additional lines: $7.00• Private party only

Merchandise Mover $54• 3 lines, 4 weeks, All zones• Additional lines: $7.00• Merchandise $151.00 or more

$50 Package• 4 line ad• 2 week run• FREE Garage Sale Kit*• Metro Wide Coverage – 318,554 homes

$52 Package• 4 line ad• 2 week run• FREE Garage Sale Kit*• Metro Wide Coverage – 318,554 homes• Rain Insurance – we will re-run your ad up to two weeks FREE if your sale is rained out.

Additional Lines $10.00Ads will also appear on www.mnSun.com each Wednesday by 9:00 a.m.

*Garage Sale Kits can be picked up at the

Eden Prairie office.

• Wheels 1010-1070• Sporting 1510-1580• Farm 2010-2080• Pets 2510-2520• Announcements 3010-3090• Merchandise 3510-3630• Sales 4010-4030• Rentals/Real Estate 4510-4650• Services 5010-5440• Employment 5510-2280• Network Ads 6010

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4020 Crafts, Boutiques& Flea Markets

1020 Junkers& Repairables




5170 Concrete/Mason-ry/Waterproofing

5110 Building &Remodeling


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1050 RV’s & Campers

2000 5th Wheel, Excel Ltd., RKE35. Includes generator, 4 power jacks, & 3 slides.$25K/BO. 612-387-3698

1500 SPORTING

1530 Watercraft

Will Trade LAKE SUPE-RIOR Lot for BOAT, I have Lot 7 Superior Vieux De-velopment in Bayfield, WI with amazing view of Madeline and Long Is-land. Looking to trade for power or sailboat. I paid $85K for the lot. Please email Mark at [email protected] or call at 612.819.0072

3000 ANNOUNCEMENTS

3070 OrganizationalNotices

EG/BV & Savage AA MeetingsSun 6:30pm AA,

Mon 10am Alanon, & 6:30pm AA,

Tues 6:30pm & 8pm AA, Wed 12noon AA,

Thur 6:30pm Alanon& 8pm AA,

Fri 6:30pm AA,Sat 10am ACA,

Sat 8pm AA (Speaker) 3600 Kenebec Dr. 2nd floor, Eagan

(Off Hwy 13)

3500 MERCHANDISE

3510 Antiques &Collectibles

◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆Vintage & Antique SalesHistoric Downtown Carver

7 Vintage ShopsOpen 3 Days Every Month!Thurs (10-5); Fri-Sat (10-4)

April 21, 22, 23Facebook:

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3600 MiscellaneousFor Sale

2015 Toro zero turn mower 42” deck w/mulching kit $2,000 Call 952 913-3664

Two Wooden Playhouses w/wooden people and fur-niture. $210 for both. 763-535-4608 or 612-868-5826

4000 SALES

4010 Auctions

Commercial RestaurantEquipment

Auctions

Benlee’s Cafe/BakeryEquipment Auction

Worthington, MN

Collector Cars, Motorcycle

Online AuctionStillwater, MN

More Information at

AcesBid.com


Prior Lake - Spring Boutique, April 29, 30, & May 1, 8 am to 5 pm. Plants, garden décor, vintage items, jewelry, pet accessories, can-dles, repurposed, home décor, blankets, much more. 2290 233rd Street E.

4030 Garage& Estate Sales

3 Sisters Premier Estate Sales

Moving & Tag Sales,Clean-Outs

LET’S MEET!

763-443-0519

Apple Valley115+ GARAGE SALES

Diamond Path N’brhoodSat, April 30 (8am - 4pm)Maps avail. at Gas Stations

N. of Cty Rd 42 betweenDiamond Path & Pilot Knob

Apple Valley One day only 4/23 (8-4). House Wares, Boys, Mens, Womens, cloz

14057 Flintwood Court

Bloomington 4/21-23 (8-5); 4/28-29 (8-5) HH items, decor, furn., cloz/shoes10211 Humboldt Ave So.

Bloomington Garage Sale @St. Bonaventure Ambrose Hall

90th Street & 10th Ave.Preview 5/3 (5:30-7:30) $1 Adm;

5/4 (9am-7pm); 5/5 is 1/2 price @ 9am; $3/bag 12-4pm

Bloomington

Huge Sale - HUGE!100+ Families contributing

April 28, 29, 30 (8-5)8444 1st Ave. South

All ProceedsBenefit Missions

Bloomington, Sat 4/30, 8-4 Multi Family Sale

w/furniture, boys clothing size 4T-7, toys & misc.

2101 West 92nd Street

Burnsville, 4/26-30, (9-5). Huge Sale! Ladies, girls s-l, men’s xl cloz, Dept 56, American Girl, HS books, home decor, & misc. 15506 Fremont Ave S

C H A S K A / J O N AT H A N : 30th Annual Jonathan Fes-tival of Garage Sale. Sat. April 30 (8-3) 100+ garage sales, maps, food, satellites at World Learner School 112050 Hundertmark Rd

Eagan Downsizing Sale!4/22-23 (10-7) Furn., art, antiqs, cloz, shoes, purses, HH. 1542-B Clemson Dr.

Eagan, POTTERY SALE: Fri. & Sat. 4/29-30, 9-5. 3430 Rolling Hills Drive

Edina Moving/Downsizing4/29-30 (9-5) Antiq. rock-er, HH items, furn., yard, tools 4909 Lantana Lane

4030 Garage& Estate Sales

Edina5th Annual Sale Boutique,Vintage, and many HH items! April 21-22-23 (9-5) 4393 Mackey Ave.

Edina-4/30 & 5/1- 10am-5pm. Estate Sale! furn, HH, refrig, freezer,dishes &

more! 7478 Cahill Rd

Excelsior United Methodist ChurchAnnual Spring SaleThurs, April 28 (5-8pm)$3 Adm. - Thurs. only;

Fri, April 29 (2pm-7pm)Sat, April 30 (9am-Noon)(Sat. - Bag Sale $4/bag)

• Food Available •Hwy 7 to Christmas Lk Rd

For info: 952-474-5471

Farmington, 4/21-23, 9-6 Huge Fishing Sale - Rods, Reels & Tackle inc. Muskie +other outdoor & HH items

20919 Carver Street

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theadspider.comGldn. Valley Estate/Moving 4/22-23 (9-5) Gardening stuff & more! 2140 Orkla Drive (Winnetka & 23rd)

Hopkins

• • Rummage Sale • •ST. GABRIEL’S

CATHOLIC CHURCH(formerly St. Joseph’s)

13th & MainstreetThurs, April 28 (9:30a-8p)

Fri, April 29 (9:30a-5p)Sat, April 30 (9:30a-12:30p)

Low Prices - No Junk!SAT., APRIL 30

$1/Bag soft goods, or 1/2 price!

New BrightonCHRIST THE KING

LUTHERAN CHURCH1900 7th St. NW

Huge Rummage Sale! 250+ Families! Presale: $5 Adm. May 4 (6:30-8:30);May 5 (9-9); May 6 (9-7);

May 7 (9-2). $5 “Leaf” Bagsale on 5/7 from 1-2pmAccepting Donations:

Beg. Sunday, May 1 at noon

Osseo Moving Sale 4/28 - 5/1 & 5/5 - 5-8,

9am - 4pm. Some furn & misc. 9678 Valley Forge Ln

Plymouth Peace LutheranChurch 20th Annual

Rummage Sale3695 Hwy 101 & Medina RdThurs-Fri, 4/28-29 (8a-6p); & Sat, 4/30 (8a-12p).All proceeds go to non-profit

Plymouth, 4/21, 4/22, 4/23, 8 am - 3 pm. MOVING SALE:Household items, tools, yard equipment, tread-mill, snow blower, furni-ture items. 15915 4th Ave. N., Plymouth, MN

Richfield - HUGE SALE!UM Church of Peace

4/28-29 (9-5); 4/30 (9-1)6345 Xerxes Ave. So.

To place your Classified Ad contact Jeanne Cannon at: 952-392-6875 or email:

[email protected]

4500 RENTALS / REAL ESTATE

4510 Apartments/Condos For Rent

To place your Classified Ad contact Sharon Brauer at: 952-392-6873 or email:

[email protected]

4530 Houses For Rent


[email protected]

4570 StorageFor Rent

Lonsdale Mini-Storage7 sizes available. 5’x10’ to 10’x40’. Call 507-744-4947 leave message.

4610 Houses For Sale


[email protected]

5000 SERVICES

5080 Child &Adult Care

To place your Classified Ad contact Jeanne Cannon at: 952-392-6875 or email:

[email protected]

5090 Asphalt/Black-topping/Seal Coating

30+ Years ExperienceAsphalt Paving & SealcoatQuality Work W/Warranty

LSC Construction Svc, Inc 952-890-2403 / 612-363-2218

Mbr: Better Business Bureau

H & H Blacktopping612-861-6009

5140 Carpet, Floor& Tile

Above All Hardwood Floors Installation-Sanding-Finishing

“We Now InstallCarpet, Tile & Vinyl.”

952-440-WOOD (9663)

Escobar Hardwood Floors, LLC

We offer professional services for your wood floors!

Installs/Repair Sand/RefinishFree Ests Ins’d Mbr: BBB

Professional w/15 yrs exp.

952-292-2349

SANDING-REFINISHINGRoy’s Sanding Service

Since 1951 952-888-9070

5160 Commercial &Residential Cleaning

Call Mary Lou for a free estimate. Reasonable rates

& ref’s. 612-865-3392

Professional Cleaning w/o paying the high priceHonest, dep, reas. Exc. refs Therese 952-898-4616


**A CONCRETE**PRESSURE LIFTING

“THE MUDJACKERS”Don’t Replace it Raise it!Save $$$ Walks- Steps-

Patios- Drive-Garage Floors- Aprons- Bsmnts-

Caulking Ins/Bond 952-898-2987

CONCRETE & MASONRYSteps, Walks, Drives,

Patios Chimney Repair. No job to Sm.

Lic/Bond/Ins John 952-882-0775 612-875-1277

Concrete, Chimneys Drain Tiles, Brick, Stone.Custom, New or Repair. Christian Brothers

ConstructionMinn Lic. BC679768

612-716-0388


A+ BBB Member

Owners on job site952-985-5516• Stamped Concrete

• Standard Concrete • Driveways • Fire Pits & Patios • Athletic Courts • Steps & Walks • Floors & Aprons www.mdconcrete.net

DAN’S CONCRETEDriveways, Patios, Sidewalks, Blocks,

Footings, Etc. Insured26 Years of Experience

612-244-8942

Dave’s Concrete & Masonry

39 yrs exp. Free ests. Ins’d. Colored &

Stamped, Driveway Specialist, Steps, Side-walks, Patios, Blocks,

& Floors. New or replacement. Tear out

& removal. Will meet or beat almost any quote!

• 952-469-2754 •

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*** HUBCRETE Inc. ***Drives, Patios, Walks

Steps, Walls & AdditionsStamped & Color avail.Chimney repair & blockNO $ dwn/CC acceptedIns./bonded 30 yrs exp.

CARL 612 979-3518

Kelly O’Malley “As owner,

I’m always on site!”Driveways SidewalksPatios StepsFloors Stamped

612-756-3060 - 30 yr [email protected]

Lowell Russell Concrete

BBB A+ Rating - Angies List Honor Roll

From the Unique to the Ordinary

Specializing in drives, pa-tios & imprinted colored & stained concrete. Interior

acid stained floors and counter tops.

www.staincrete.com952-461-3710

[email protected]

Rick Concrete & Masonry

All Types of Concrete Work! Additions, drive-ways, patios, stamped & colored. Tear out & replace

612-382-5953


St. Marc Ready Mix Concrete

1-100 yards delivered. Both small & large trucks. Con-tractors & Homeowners.

952-890-7072

To place your Classified Ad

contact Elliot Carlson at: 952-392-6879 or email:

[email protected]

5190 Decks

DECK CLEANING

& STAINING Professional and Prompt

Guaranteed Results.

◆651-699-3504◆952-352-9986 www.rooftodeck.com

Code #78

Deck Staining & Repair612-590-1887

Exp’d/Ins/MN Lic.#639793

5210 Drywall

PINNACLE DRYWALL*Hang *Tape *Texture

*Sand Quality Guar. Ins., 612-644-1879

5220 Electrical

DAGGETT ELECTRICGen. Help & Lic. Elec.

Low By-The-Hour Rates651-815-2316Lic# EA006385


5390 Roofing, Siding& Gutters

5510 Full-time

5420 Tree Care &Stump Removal



5370 Painting &Decorating

5350 Lawn &Garden Services




5510 Full-time 5510 Full-time

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5260 Garage Doors

GARAGE DOORS & OPENERS

Repair/Replace/Reasonable

Lifetime Warranty on All Spring Changes

www.expertdoor.com 651-457-7776

5270 Gutter Cleaning

To place your Classified Ad

contact Elliot Carlson at: 952-392-6879 or email:

[email protected]

5280 Handyperson

0 Stress! 110% Satisfaction!Status Contracting, Inc. Kitchens & Baths, Lower Level Remodels. Decks.

Wall/Ceiling Repair/Texture Tile, Carpentry, Carpet,

Painting & Flooring#BC679426 MDH Lead Supervisor

Dale 952-941-8896 office 612-554-2112 cell

We Accept Credit Cards“Soon To Be Your

Favorite Contractor!”Statuscontractinginc.com

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#1 Home Repair No job too small!!

Quality Work @ Competi-tive Prices! We do it All!

Ray 612-281-7077

100% Satisfaction Guaranteed

952-451-3792 R.A.M. CONSTRUCTIONAll Home Modifications

Specializing in Handicap Assesabilty for all ages

� Carpentry

� Baths & Tile � Windows

� Water/Fire Damage � Doors

Lic-Bond-Ins

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

One Call Does it All!Call Bob 612-702-8237

Home Tune-up • Fix It • Replace It

• Upgrade It Over 40 Yrs Exp.

Ins’d Ron 612-221-9480

To place your Classified Ad contact Mike Specht at: 952-392-6877 or email:

[email protected]

5300 Heating &Cooling Services

To place your Classified Ad contact Michelle Ahrens at: 952-392-6883 or email:

[email protected]

5340 Landscaping

E-Z Landscape Retaining / Blder Walls Paver Patio Rock & Mulch Bobcat Work

Call 952-334-9840www.e-zlandscape.com

Ken’s LandscapingWe Haul Brush & More...

612-402-9631

LANDSCAPES BY LORAlandscapesbylora.com

Quality work @ competitiveprices. 15+ yrs exp.!

612-644-3580

Modern Landscapes • Retaining Walls • Paver Patios • “Committed to

Excellence” • Spring Pricing 612-205-9953

modernlandscapes.biz

Pavers PlusPaver Patios & DrivewaysRetaining Walls, Rock &

Mulch. 612-644-4836

5340 Landscaping

RETAINING WALLS Water Features & Pavers 30+ Years of Experience

763-420-3036 952-240-5533

Offering Complete Landscape Services

apluslandscapecreationsmn.com

Rock-N-Water LandscapesPond & Water Garden

Cleaning, Repair, & Install.

◆ Jeff 952-322-4269 ◆


$40 Lawn AerationsMulti Neighbor DiscountWkly Mowing/Dethatching

Mark 651-245-7876

All Your GREEN Needs:Mowing Lawn Care

Landscaping20+ Yrs Exp Free Ests

Call 651-695-1230SorensenLawnCare.com

GARDEN TILLINGBILL WILL TILL

$40/1st 400sq ft 651-324-9330

Garden Tilling Good Rates!!!!

Call Shannon 952-288-5304

Green & Black LLC Lawn Maintenance

• Fertilizer • Irrigation• Mulch Install 651-356-9193

JM Lawn & SnowWeekly Mowing, Core

Aeration, Fertilizing +more

Josh 763-400-1986

Lawn & TurfWkly Mowing, Power Rake, Aeration. 952-236-4459lawnandturfonline.com


3 Interior Rooms/$275Wallpaper Removal.

Drywall Repair. Cabinet Enameling and

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

612•390•6845Quality ResidentialPainting & Drywall

Ceiling & Wall TexturesH20 Damage-Plaster Repair

Wallpaper RemovalINTERIOR � EXTERIOR

*A and K PAINTING*Schedule Spring Painting! Stain/Texturing. Free Est. 952-474-6258 Ins/LicMajor Credit Cards Accepted

Ben’s PaintingInt/Ext, Drywall Repair

Paint/Stain/Ceilings. Visa/MC/Discvr.,

benspaintinginc.com

952-432-2605

DAVE’S PAINTING and WALLPAPERING

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

Visa/MC 952-469-6800

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

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

No Subcontractors Used

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

Ins. 952-891-8586

◆ Roofing ◆ Siding Gutters ◆ Soffit/Fascia

TOPSIDE, INC. 612-869-1177

Lic CR005276 ◆ Bonded ◆ Insured

35 Yrs Exp. A+ Rating BBB


$0 For Estimate Timberline Tree & Landscape.

Spring Discount - 25% Off Tree Trimming, Tree

Removal, Stump Grinding 612-644-8035 Remove Large

Trees & Stumps CHEAP!!

◆ 651-338-5881 ◆Exp’d. Prof., Lic., Ins’d.

Reasonable Rates. absolutetreeservicemn.com

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

••• 952-469-2634 •••

ArborBarberTrees.com612-703-0175 Mbr: BBB

Trimming, Removal & Stump Grinding.

BretMann Stump GrindingFree Ests. Best$$ Ins’d

Bck Yrd Acc 612-290-1213

Call Jeff forStump Removal

Narrow Access Backyards Fully Insured

Jeff 612-578-5299

Visit us atSunThisweek.com

Easy Tree Service, LLCTrim/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


Thomas Tree Service25 yrs exp./ Expert Climb.

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

Free Ests 952-440-6104

▶ Total Tree Care ◀24 Hr. Emergency ServiceCertified Arbortist on Staff

Satisfaction GuaranteeSave Up To 10% Off

▶ 651-331-1042 ◀

5440 Window Cleaning

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

5500 EMPLOYMENT

5510 Full-time

CF Industries, global leader in nitrogen

fertilizer manufacturing and distribution, is now looking for a Terminal Operator at our Pine

Bend Terminal located in Rosemount, MN. Due to the on-call nature of the job,

successful candidates will be located within

30 minutes driving distance of the facility.

As a Terminal Operator, you will have a wide

range of responsibilities including: monitoring the loading/unloading of Anhydrous Ammo-nia, grounds mainte-nance, maintaining

instrumentation, electrical, mechanical,

pneumatic, pump-ing and refrigeration

systems. You will work extended hours includ-ing holidays, nights and weekends and in vari-

ous weather conditions. You will participate in

Environmental, Health and Safety inspections and audits of CF’s poli-

cies and procedures. We are looking for can-didates with mechani-

cal, electrical and/or in-strument aptitude and we are willing to train the right individual.

CF offers its employ-ees a challenging and rewarding workplace environment, attrac-

tive salaries and a competitive benefits

package. CF Industries promotes a high-

integrity, safety-focused culture that guides our day-to-day work and

applies to every aspect of our operations.

To apply, go to: http://tinyurl.com/

pbtoperator

Irrigation Installer/Laborers Needed

Great pay. 651-457-6037Wagner Sod Company


5520 Part-time 5520 Part-time 5520 Part-time

5530 Full-time orPart-time

5530 Full-time orPart-time

5510 Full-time 5510 Full-time 5510 Full-time

Ecumen Seasons at Apple Valley seeks a

Part Time Bus Driverto join its team. Ecumen Seasons at Apple Valley consists of 106 indepen-dent living and assisted living rental apartment homes, as well as 28 ad-ditional residences for se-niors requiring memory care services. Ecumen cre-ates home for older adults wherever they choose to live. Our employees are dedicated to empower-ing our customers to lead richer, fuller lives and have consistently recognized Ecumen as a “Best Place to Work,” an award by the Minneapolis-St. Paul Busi-

ness Journal.This position requires a person with a valid driver’s license. To apply, please go to our website:

www.ecumen.orgEOE/AA.

Drug Free Workplace.

MP Nexlevel, a leader in the underground utilities industry, is looking for 2 Laborers to work in our Lakeville yard. No exp. needed, will train. Valid driver’s license is required. Full benefits package of-fered. Please apply at www.mpnexlevel.com or send a resume to [email protected]. EOE/AA/M/F/Dis-ability/Veterans

NOW HIRING ATTRUGREEN!

Inside/Outside Sales Reps$570.00 BASE+Commission

Lawn Specialist $500 - $700 Weekly!! Please Contact Eric or

Brian atat : 612-401-5787

for more information.EOA AA/M/F/D/V

5520 Part-time

PSA/PCAs needed to work with Special Needs Chil-dren/Adults in my Eagan

home. 651-271-9922

5520 Part-time

Now Hiring / Training

School Bus DriversPT, benefits, paid holidays

$15.50 per hour$750 Hiring bonus

Call Denise

952-736-8004Durham School Services

Payroll position, for local Farmington business.

30-40 hours per week, approx 10am to 5pm.

Payroll/Admin experience pref’d. If interested, please

email your resume to: [email protected]

PT - Housecleaning So. of the river. 1 to 2 days a week. Approx. 8 hrs per

day. 952-892-6102

PT Counter SalesNAPA Auto Parts in Burns-ville. Flex hours. Must have strong automotive knowl-edge. Stop by the store to complete an application.

3100 West Hwy 13,Burnsville next to Menards

Reimbursed Senior Volunteers

Earn Money while visiting Seniors. Lutheran Social Service of MN Senior Com-panion Program needs vol-unteers (age 55+) willing to help others as friendly visitors & with outings in the community. Tax-free hourly stipend, mileage reimbursement & other benefits. Contact Kate Neuhaus 651-310-9447 – [email protected]

Reliable HCAs for Bville & Rsmt group homes. All hours. Able to drive handicapped vehicle. Must have clean driving record. 651-452-5781

Child Care Providers

Advertise your openings in

Sun•Thisweek Classifieds

952-392-6888

5540 Healthcare

Community Assisted Living in Apple Valley & Farmington is looking for dedicated employees to work as Certified Nursing Assistants taking care of six seniors in our assisted

living homes. We are currently looking to fill PT/FT positions on Eve-nings, Nights & QO W/E

Days. All shifts include E/O weekend. CNA

positions start at $13 /hr. Call: 952-440-3955 for

application address.

Nurses/CNAs/PCAs

Regency Home Healthcare is seeking part time and full time Nurses/CNA/PCA’s to provide services to clients in group settings and/or private homes in Dakota County. Must be compas-sionate, dependable, have great attention to detail, strong problem solving skills, excellent communi-cation and clinical skills. Nurses must have a current MN nursing license and CPR. If interested please submit an online applica-tion at www.regencyhhc.com or email resume to [email protected]

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Obituaries Obituaries

theater and arts briefs

theater and arts calendar

Folk concert in Lakeville Folk musician Dennis Warner and his band The D’s are set to perform at the Lakeville Area Arts Center on Friday, April 29. Warner’s concerts blend humor, audience partici-pation and serious music into a memorable and fun experience for adults and families. The Clearwater, Minn., musician performs in about 100 cities each year, and has visited all 50 U.S. states and a large part of Canada in his tours. He re-leased his 10th CD, “Beep Beep,” in May of last year. Highlights of his career in-clude a performance at the Kennedy Center in Wash-ington, D.C., as well as a YouTube video hit, “I’m My Own Grandpa,” which has more than 600,000 views. Tickets for the concert are $18 and are avail-able at www.LakevilleAreaArtsCenter.com and in person at the arts center located at 20195 Holyoke Ave. More about Warner is at www.WarnerSongs.com.

Water For People concert The Minnesota Section of the American Water Works Association Water For People Committee is holding its eighth annual benefit concert Saturday, April 30, at Bogart’s Event Center, 14917 Garrett Ave., Apple Valley. The event is open to the public. Local group Big Bob and the High Rollers will perform. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. with an entry fee of $10. There will be a silent auction and raffles. All proceeds benefit Water For People and the mission of safe water for everyone, forever. For more information, visit http://www.mnawwa.org/.

Coro Singers to perform The Twin Cities Coro Singers are set to perform songs from the Italian Bel Canto (“beautiful music”) era at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 24, at Family of Christ Lutheran Church, 10970 185th St., Lakeville. The ensemble, directed

by Brad Bradshaw, is not-ed for its full-voice vocal technique. There is no ad-mission charge, but free-will donations are suggest-ed, and reservations are recommended by calling 800-542-8805. More about the group is at www.corosings.org.

Chorale’s spring concert South Metro Chorale, a 50-voice mixed choir out of Prior Lake, presents its spring concert Saturday, April 30, at 7:30 p.m. at Shepherd of the Lake Lu-theran Church, 3611 Shep-herdspath N.W. in Prior Lake, and Sunday, May 1, at 3 p.m. at St. Richard’s Catholic Church, 7540 Penn Ave. S. in Richfield. The concert theme is “Wade in the Water” featuring Mendelssohn’s Psalm 42 with orchestra, chorus, and soloist along with other works by Aar-on Copland, James Erb, Joshua Shank, René Clau-sen, and more. Tickets are $12 adults, $8 seniors and students. Tickets can be purchased at the door, by phone at 612-386-4636, by email at [email protected], or online at SouthMetroChorale.org.

Burnsville author a Midwest Book Awards finalist Burnsville resident Brenda Elsagher is a final-ist in the 26th annual Mid-west Book Awards for her book, “Your Glasses Are on Top of Your Head.” The book is a finalist in both the health and hu-mor categories. Winners will be announced at the Midwest Book Awards Gala on May 13 at the Ol-son Campus Center at Lu-ther Seminary in St. Paul. The competition, spon-sored by the Midwest Independent Publishing Association, is judged by experts from all aspects of the book world, including publishers, writers, edi-tors, librarians, teachers and book designers. They select award winners and finalists based on overall excellence. “Your Glasses are on

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Call for Artists The Dakota County Public Art Citizen Advisory Commit-tee is seeking original works of art for its sixth Community Art Exhibition. Theme of the ex-hibit is “Landscapes of Dakota County.” Artists 8 years old and older living in Dakota County can submit original two-di-mensional art that meets the committee’s criteria outlined online. One entry per person is allowed. The submission dead-line is July 8. For a complete list of criteria that submissions must meet, visit www.dako-tacounty.us and search “art exhibit.” To learn more, contact Jean Erickson at 651-438-4286 or [email protected].

Comedy Hal Sparks and Charlene Mae, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday, April 29, and Saturday, April 30, Mystic Lake Comedy Club, Prior Lake. Tickets: $19. Mature audiences only. Information: 952-445-9000 or mysticlake.com.

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

Events Farm Babies at the Min-nesota Zoo, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 25 to April 30. Informa-tion: mnzoo.org. Victorian Tea by Dakota City Heritage Village, 11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 7, at Crystal Lake Golf Club, Lakeville. Infor-mation: www.dakotacity.org or 651-460-8050, ext. 3. Tickets will not be sold at the door. Barrel racing star Amber-ley Snyder will be the keynote speaker at a May 14 fundrais-ing event for the CanDoCowgirl Mentorship program, mentoring youth to achieve their eques-trian dreams, at Cornerstone on the Vermillion, 4650 200 St. E., Hastings (6 miles east of Farmington). She will share her story of “Tragedy to Triumph.” Features food and beverage stands, silent auction, photo opportunities. Doors open at 4 p.m. Tickets: $40 in advance at www.candocowgirl.com or $45

at the door.

Exhibits A children’s art exhibit is on display March 9 to April 25 at the art gallery at Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. The gallery is closed weekends. Information: 952-895-4685. Quilt show hosted by Rose-mount Area Arts Council, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. April 25-29 and 9 a.m. to noon April 30, Steeple Center, Rosemount. Free.

Music Spring choral concerts by the Minnesota Valley Men’s and Women’s Chorales, 7 p.m. Friday, April 22, Grace Lu-theran Church, 7800 W. County Road 42, Apple Valley; 7 p.m. Saturday, April 23, Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 12650 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley. Tickets: $10 at www.MVMCsings.org or www.MVWCsings.org or at the door. Celebration of Young Mu-sicians Festival, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 23, Ed-ward Neill Elementary, 13409 Upton Ave. S., Burnsville. Open to students in grades four to six. Cost: $18. Bring your own lunch. Information: http://www.isd191.org/schools/edward-d-neill-elementary. Burnsville Rotary’s Con-cert for Caring featuring Rhythmic Circus, 8 p.m. Sat-urday, April 23, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets: $38 at the box office, 800-982-2787 or Ticketmaster.com. The Twin Cities Coro Singers, 7 p.m. Sunday, April 24, Family of Christ Luther-an Church, 10970 185th St., Lakeville. Free-will donations accepted. Reservations rec-ommended by calling 800-542-8805. Dennis Warner and The D’s, 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 29, Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Tickets: $18 at the arts center and www.LakevilleAreaArtsCenter.com. Stephen Stills, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Barry Goldberg as The Rides with their Pierced Arrow Tour, 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 2, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets: $39.50-$79.50 at the box office, 800-982-2787 or Ticketmaster.com. AVHS Jazz Singers con-cert, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 5, Apple Valley High School. Information: 952-431-8200. LNHS Cabaret, 6:30 p.m. May 6-7, Lakeville Arts Center. Information: 952-232-3600.

FHS spring choir concert, 8 p.m., Friday, May 6, Farming-ton High School. Information: 651-252-2501. Anderson Ponty Band, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 10, Ames Center, 12600 Nicol-let Ave., Burnsville. Tickets: $32.50-$79.50 at the box of-fice, 800-982-2787 or Ticket-master.com.

Theater “Catch Me If You Can,” presented by The Chameleon Theatre Circle, April 1-24, at Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets: $22 adults, $19 students at the box office, 800-982-2787 or Ticket-master.com. “BRAVO 2016: Passport,” presented by Eastview High School, 7 p.m. April 21-23 and 28-30; 2 p.m. April 24, East-view High School. Tickets: $9 adults, $7 senior citizens and $5 students at https://search.seatyourself.biz/evhs and at the box office one hour prior to each performance. Information: 952-431-8900. “Much Ado About Noth-ing,” presented by Lakeville North High School, 7 p.m. April 21-23 and 2 p.m. April 23, Lakeville North High School auditorium. Tickets: $10 adults, $5 students and seniors. For ticket reservations, email [email protected]. “The Iliad, The Odyssey, and All of Greek Mythology in 99 Minutes or Less,” present-ed by Farmington High School, 7 p.m. April 21-23 at Boeckman Middle School. Information: 651-252-2501. “Saturday Night Fever – The Musical,” 8 p.m. April 22-23, Mystic Showroom, Prior Lake. Tickets: $36-$47. Infor-mation: 952-496-6563 or mys-ticlake.com. “Mary Poppins,” presented by Lakeville South High School, 7 p.m. April 22-23, 28-30; and 2 p.m. April 23, LSHS auditorium, 21135 Jacquard Ave. Tickets: $10 adults, $7 students and se-niors at http://lshs.seatyourself.biz and one hour before curtain. Information: 952-232-3322. “Mary Poppins,” presented by Eagan High School, 3:30 p.m. April 27 free senior pre-view; 7 p.m. April 29-30, May 5-7; and 2 p.m. May 1 and 7, Eagan High School. Tickets: $9 adults, $7 senior citizens, $5 students at www.eagan.k12.mn.us or call 651-683-6964 for tickets beginning April 25. “The Enchanted Pig,” pre-sented by Apple Valley High School, 3 p.m. April 27 senior preview; 7:30 p.m. April 28-30;

2 p.m. May 1, Apple Valley High School Theatre. Tickets: www.seatyourself.biz/avhs or at the box office 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. school days beginning April 26 and one hour before each performance. Information: 952-431-8200.

Workshops/classes/other Eagan Art House is part-nering with Minnesota Center for Book Arts to offer a series of four book arts workshops. Let-terpress: Print on a Table-Top Platen Press, Wednesday, April 27; Jason Yoh, instructor. Book-binding: Pamphlet Stitch and Asian Stab Binding, Wednes-day, May 4; Sue Bjerke, in-structor. Paper: Two Decorative Japanese Paper Techniques, Wednesday, May 11; Jana Pull-man, instructor. Teaching Book Arts to Youth: The Language of Books, Wednesday, May 18; Jill Weese, instructor. All work-shops held at the Eagan Art House, 3981 Lexington Ave. S., from 6-9 p.m. Cost: $45 per class, including supplies. Call 612-215-2520 or register online at www.mnbookarts.org/ontheroad. Information: [email protected] or 651-675-5521. The Eagan Art House of-fers workshops presented by Wet Paint Artists’ Materials and Framing on preparing artwork for exhibit. Workshops are 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, May 11, and Saturday, May 21; and 6-8 p.m. Friday, July 22. All workshops are free and will be held at the Eagan Art House. In-formation: [email protected] or 651-675-5521. Basket Weaving: Yarn Storage Basket, offered by the Rosemount Area Arts Coun-cil May 10 and 17 at Steeple Center, $11 RAAC members, $12 nonmembers (plus an $18 materials fee payable to the instructor). Information: www.rosemountarts.com. Watch Me Draw Art Stu-dio, 20908 Holyoke Ave., Lake-ville, classes: Ladies Night Out, 6-8 p.m. the second and fourth Friday of the month, create a 9x12 acrylic painting, $30. Date Night Painting, 6-8 p.m. the first and third Friday of the month, choose to paint individual can-vases or one large canvas, age 21 and older, $55 per couple in-cludes light appetizers. Coffee & Canvas, 9-11 a.m. Wednes-days, create a 9x12 acrylic painting, $25. Information: www.watchmedraw.net or 952-454-2736. 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. Alla Prima Oil Painting, oil painting workshop with Dan Petrov, starts April 28 for six consecutive Thursdays, 6-9 p.m., 190 South River Ridge Circle, Burnsville. Preregister by phone at 763-843-2734 . Drawing & Painting (adults and teens) with artist Christine Tierney, 9 a.m. to noon Tues-days, River Ridge Studios, 190 S. River Ridge Circle, Burns-ville. Information: www.christi-netierney.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 Wednesdays at Lakeville Heri-tage Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave., beginners 9-10 a.m., in-termediate 10 a.m. to noon. Information: Marilyn, 651-463-7833. The Lakeville Area Arts Center offers arts classes for all ages, www.lakevillemn.gov, 952-985-4640. Rosemount History Book Club meets 6:30-8 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Robert Trail Library. Infor-mation: John Loch, 952-255-8545 or [email protected]. 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.

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Twin Cities Ballet’s ‘Cinderella 1944’ runs May 6-8

by Andrew MillerSUN THISWEEK


Cinderella and air raid sirens may not seem like a natural pairing, but Lakeville-based Twin Cit-ies Ballet is looking to meld elements of the clas-sic fairy tale with the stark realities of World War II in its original ballet “Cin-derella 1944: A Love Sto-ry.” The show, which plays the Burnsville Ames Cen-ter’s main stage May 6-8, is set in England during World War II, and tells the Cinderella tale through dance and music, rather than words and song. It features an array of histor-ical flourishes — wartime newsreel footage, sand-bags, war posters — along with a compilation of clas-sical music edited together with sound effects. “This is not simply Cin-derella set in a different time — it’s inspired by the thematic elements of the classic Cinderella tale, but it’s an original story,” said Rick Vogt, associate artis-tic director at Twin Cities Ballet. In this version, Cin-derella (played by Natalie Rossi) is orphaned and goes to live with her aunt and cousins in a country village. Instead of Prince Charming, she falls in love with a U.S. Army captain (Raydel Caceres). Rossi and Caceres, both

Twin Cities Ballet company members, recently per-formed in the dance troupe’s “A Minnesota Nutcracker” at the Ames Center during the holidays; Rossi was the Sugar Plum Fairy, while Ca-ceres was cast in the role of Cavalier. Joining them as Cinder-ella’s “snooty cousins” in “Cinderella 1944” will be fellow company members Jennifer Christie and Zoë Marinello-Kohn, who also were featured in “A Minne-sota Nutcracker.” With a cast of about 100, “Cinderella 1944” features dancers drawn mainly from Ballet Royale Minnesota, the Lakeville dance studio run by Vogt and his wife De-nise. Denise Vogt wrote and choreographed the show, and did a good deal of historical research for the production on a trip to

England, her home coun-try, in the summer of 2011, interviewing family mem-bers and friends about their wartime experiences. Her family network of-fered up stories about food rationing, building bomb shelters and carrying gas masks, along with more quotidian details such as hairstyles and fashions. “It was key to design-ing the show, both for the dancing and the produc-tion design,” Denise Vogt said. “I really think it brings the production to another level, and height-ens the audience’s experi-ence.” The upcoming run of the show will be the sec-ond staging of “Cinderella 1944,” which was first per-formed at the Ames Cen-ter — then the Burnsville Performing Arts Center — in 2013.

“Cinderella 1944” is the second ballet written by Denise Vogt for Twin Cities Ballet, formerly Lakeville City Ballet. The dance company’s first original production “Wiz-ard of Oz — The Ballet,” debuted in 2012. “Cinderella 1944” is billed as a family-friendly production that’s geared to a general audience — even those not familiar with ballet, Rick Vogt said. “It’s very approach-able,” he said. “If you’ve never seen a ballet in your life, you’re going to know what’s going on. It’s a

Church of Cash, a Johnny Cash tribute band, is set to perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 30, in Rosemount as part of the ongoing “Concerts at the Steeple Center” series presented by the Rosemount Area Arts Council. Tickets are $15 and are available at www.rosemoun-tarts.com; tickets also will be available at the door. The Steeple Center is located at 14375 S. Robert Trail; more about the band is at www.churchofcashmusic.com. (Pho-to submitted)

Johnny Cash tribute

This season of Coffee Concerts at the Lakeville Area Arts Center concludes May 1 with a performance by Lyra Baroque. The Twin Cities “early music” ensemble is conducted by Jacques Ogg, and the May 1 concert will feature guest soloist Jaap ter Linden, internationally ac-claimed master of the viola da gamba. The concert is titled “Baroque Lowerstring Extravaganza,” and Linden has devised a program focusing on bass instruments — music for viola, viola da gamba, cello, and base de violon. Tickets for the 2 p.m. concert are $15 for general admis-sion, $12 for seniors and $6 for ages 12 and under, and can be purchased at www.LakevilleAreaArtsCenter.com or at the arts center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. The ticket price includes complimentary coffee and refreshments. More about the concert series is at Facebook.com/coffeecon-certs. (Photo submitted)

Baroque extravaganza

Natalie Rossi, left, is Cinderella and Raydel Caceres plays the Prince Charming-like Army captain in the Twin Cities Ballet production. (Photo by Sarah Lopez Donovan)

“Cinderella 1944” is the second original story ballet written by Denise Vogt for Twin Cities Ballet. With a cast of about 100, the production features dancers drawn mainly from Ballet Royale Minnesota, the Lakeville dance studio run by Rick and Denise Vogt. (Photo by Brianne Bland)

Top of Your Head” is a collection of funny stories on aging, ranging from forgetfulness and chang-ing interests to how sex and relationships change as we age. Elsagher is a comedian, author and national speaker who de-livers a joyful, hopeful message in the face of ad-versity.

Summer fun at Mystic Lake Major entertainment and outdoor events this summer at Mystic Lake in Prior Lake include: Kesha, 8 p.m. Thurs-day, June 16, Mystic Showroom. Cost: $59 and $69. Tickets on sale 10 a.m. April 23. Northern Thunder Motorcycle Rally, Sunday, June 26. The third annual Northern Thunder Mo-torcycle Rally rolls in with a charity ride, vendors and giveaways. Styx performs live in the Mystic Show-room at 8 p.m. Tickets are $49 and $59. Rock and Rockets, Monday, July 4. This free all-ages event features food

trucks, live outdoor music and fireworks. Junk FM and Chris Hawkey per-form before a musically-choreographed fireworks show. Guests are invited to bring their own chairs; no coolers. The party contin-ues indoors with Junk FM on the Promenade Stage. Hank Williams Jr., 8 p.m. Thursday, July 14, Mystic Amphitheater. Tickets on sale 10 a.m. April 30 for $39, $55, $69 and $79. The Great Midwest Rib Fest, July 22-24. The nation’s top rib cookers compete for thousands of dollars in prizes in this free all-ages event. Features The Great Midwest Art Fest, free outdoor music and after-parties Friday and Saturday night. Dia-mond Rio performs Fri-day, Survivor on Saturday and Arch Allies on Sun-day. Goo Goo Dolls with special guests Collective Soul and Tribe Society, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 30, Mystic Amphitheater. Tickets are $29-$65. Find more information about events, promotions and giveaways at mysti-clake.com.

great ‘first time at the bal-let’ experience.” Tickets for the show range from $18 to $34 and are available at the Ames Center box office, by call-ing 800-982-2787, and on-line at Ticketmaster.com.

Show times are 7 p.m. May 6-7, and 2 p.m. May 8. More information is at twincitiesballet.org.

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Saturday, April 23 Foot Long Fun Run, 5K run or walk, 9:30-10:30 a.m. regis-tration, Cleary Lake Park, 18106 Texas Ave., Prior Lake. Fun run at 11 a.m.; award ceremony at 12:30 p.m. Cost: $15 per student, $25 per adult. Register at http://tinyurl.com/h5uh2mx. Sponsored by Campus Faith Clubs. Pro-ceeds from the event will go to-wards supporting local faith clubs and the service projects they sponsor.

Sunday, April 24 Kids ’n Kinship bowl-a-thon, 3-7 p.m., Cedarvale Lanes, 883 Cedar Grove Parkway, Ea-gan. Registration fee: $25. Reg-ister at https://kinshipbowlfundraiser2016.eventbrite.com. Infor-mation: www.kidsnkinship.org.

Monday, April 25 U.S. Service Academy in-formation session, 6-8:30 p.m., Diamondhead Education Center, Door 1, 200 W. Burnsville Park-way, Burnsville. Hosted by U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville.

Wednesday, April 27 Memory Care Support Group, 2-3 p.m., Augustana Re-gent at Burnsville, 14500 Regent Lane, Burnsville. Information: Jane Hubbard at 952-898-8728. Sexual Assault Awareness

Walk, 7:30-9 p.m., city of Apple Valley, 7100 147th St. W., Apple Valley. Refreshments and pro-gram, 7:30 p.m.; walk, 8 p.m. Register for this free event at www.360communities.org.

Thursday, April 28 Earth Day Forum on climate change hosted by Citizens’ Cli-mate Lobby of Minnesota, 6-8 p.m., Burnhaven Library, 1101 County Road 42, Burnsville. Pre-sentation by Veda Kanitz, chair of the Minnesota DFL Environmen-tal Caucus, and Bruce Morlan, GOP party activist from North-field. Question-and-answer ses-sion follows. Free. Information: [email protected].

Friday, April 29 Spring open house by the MOMS Club of Eagan-East, 10-11 a.m., Woodcrest Church, 525 Cliff Road, Eagan. Fun activities and snacks for children. Learn about the club for moms who live east of Pilot Knob Road in Ea-gan. Contact [email protected] for more information.

Saturday, April 30 YEA trade show, 9 a.m. to noon, Holyoke Crossing Mall, downtown Lakeville. The trade show features the young entre-preneurs from the YEA program and their business propositions. Each student will have a booth in which their business will repre-sented.

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