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JANUARY 7, 2011 VOLUME 31, NO. 45

Apple Valley-RosemountApple Valley-Rosemount

Back to business for local legislators

by Laura AdelmannTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

It will take at least 10 hours over three days for Rosemount City Council members to interview all 18 residents who have applied to fulfill the remaining two years of Kurt Bills’ council term. The vacancy, created when Bills was elected to the Minnesota House on Nov. 2, is expected to be filled by February. Applicants include sev-eral residents who ran in the November election and some who were eliminated in the August primary. Residents who applied by the Dec. 30 deadline are: Amal Abdulahi, Gloria Jor-genson, Joseph K. Kurle, Dennis Winsor, Robert Leuth, Patrick Staley, Mai-la C. Ellefson, Matthew J. Kearney, David J. Ganfield, Denise Lyn Bednar, Pamela L. VanderWiel, Sharon E. Peterson, Tim Judy, Wil-liam Olson, Paul Ness, Ryan Johnson, Jeanne Schwartz and Shawn Mulhern. Ellefson and Winsor lost their bids for a seat on the council in the primary, and

Kurle and Judy were de-feated by incumbents Kim Shoe-Corrigan and Mark DeBettignies in the election. Council members set in-terviews for Jan. 11 and 12 from 6 to 9 p.m., and on Jan. 15 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. All interviews will be conducted by the full coun-cil and open to the public. The council designated Jan. 19 for a second round of interviews, if they are needed. On Jan. 15, after the first interviews have been com-pleted, the council will an-nounce either the candidate selected or name the can-didates who will be asked back for second interviews. Rep. Bills will be hon-ored at a reception on Tues-day, Jan. 18, from 6:30 to 7:15 p.m. in the council chambers at Rosemount City Hall. The public is invited to the event, which will take place between that night’s Port Authority and council meetings.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

Photos by Rick Orndorf

Legislators from Apple Valley and Rosemount were at the state Capitol in

St. Paul on Jan. 4 for the opening of the 2011 legislative session. Top right: Kurt

Bills, R-Rosemount, took his new seat as representative of House District 37B, the

seat previously held by DFLer Phil Sterner. At right: Rep. Tara Mack, R-Apple Valley,

began her second term as House District 37A representative; she’s pictured with Rep.

Patrick Garofalo, R-Farmington. Above: District 37 Sen. Chris Gerlach, R-Apple

Valley, was joined by his son Garrett at the opening of the session.

Rosemount City Council plans three days of candidate interviews

18 residents apply to serve remainder of Bills’ term

by Andrew MillerTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

The Rosemount Area Arts Council is wasting no time in 2011. A bluegrass concert series, an author talk, a mystery-theater dinner and a poetry slam for high school students are among the activities the local nonprofit arts group has planned this month. The arts council has partnered with Celt’s Irish Pub and Grill to of-fer Bluegrass Americana Family Night, eight nights of free bluegrass music from January through April. Each band will play from 7 to 9 p.m. at Celt’s, located at 14506 South Robert Trail in Rose-mount, beginning Jan. 13 when the Ditch Lilies will take the stage. On Jan. 27, Rose-mount’s own Sawtooth bluegrass band will per-form, and Feb. 13 features Singleton Street. Other performers in the series

include Switched at Birth, the Eelpout Stringers, Chris Coole and Ivan Rosenberg, Blue-grass Pals, and the Mid-dle Spunk Creek Boys. The all-ag-es, Thurs-day-night e v e n t s are sup-p o r t e d by a grant from the M e t r o p o l i -tan Regional Arts Council, and there’s no cover charge. Celt’s will run food specials during the performances.

Baseball buff to speak Stew Thornley, author of “Baseball in Minneso-ta: The Definitive Histo-ry,” will speak at the Rob-ert Trail Library at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18, as part of the Rosemount arts council’s “Meet the

Author” series. The winner of the Na-tional Baseball Research Award, Thornley has

also authored a compendium of grave sites

of famous Minneso-tans titled “Six Feet

Under: A G r a v e y a r d Guide to Minnesota.” T h o r n -

ley is the fifth speaker in the arts

council’s Meet the Author series, which is free and open to the public. Past speakers in the series have been Craig Macintosh, author of the World War II suspense novel “The Fortunate Or-phans”; longtime Golden Gophers sports announcer Ray Christensen, author of “Gopher Tales”; for-mer Star Tribune reporter Betty Wilson, author of “Rudy! the People’s Gov-

Bluegrass, gun molls and more

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Above: Rosemount’s own Sawtooth bluegrass band is set to perform Jan. 27 as part of the Bluegrass Americana Family Night concert series at Celt’s Pub. At left: The Rosemount Area Arts Council’s third annual mystery-theater dinner on Jan. 29 at the Steeple Center will have guests attempting to help solve a gangland-style murder that occurs during dinner. Attendees are encouraged to dress as their favorite gangster or gun moll.

January jam-packed with arts events in Rosemount

by Jessica HarperTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District 196 faced many hills and valleys in 2010.

Comic-book controversy Dissension ensued in April when an Apple Valley mother demanded a popular comic series be banned from school district libraries. The “Bone” series by Jeff Smith is comprised of nine volumes about the adventures of the Bone fam-

ily – bald, white, big-nosed cartoon characters – whose epic journey be-gins when they’re exiled from their hometown of Boneville. It has won multiple awards, in-cluding 10 Eisner and 11 Harvey awards for comic books. Twelve of the district’s 18 el-ementary schools currently have at least one of the “Bone” books in

their libraries. Ramona DeLay, an educational assistant with the Burnsville-Ea-gan-Savage School District, discov-ered them when her fifth-grade son checked one out from the Southview Elementary library. DeLay objected to the fact that one of the main settings of the books is a pub and that some char-acters smoke cigarettes and pipes, fix races and take bets. DeLay told the district the books were too mature for children in ele-mentary school and insisted the dis-

trict remove them from its libraries. Library advocates claimed that she was taking her objections too far. They insisted that the library must contain a variety of books to suit the needs of varying ages and interests. In a 10-1 vote, a committee of teachers, parents, a principal and two school media specialists decided to keep the books on library shelves. The committee concluded after reading a letter from the book’s au-thor that the series sends a valuable

message: Bad behavior and stupid choices result in bad things happen-ing.

New boundaries, building In addition to controversy, the district saw several new develop-ments. The School Board approved a proposal in February to change some school boundaries in hopes of opening space at its two mag-net schools, Diamond Path and Glacier Hills.

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ily – bald white big-nosed cartoon

Year in Year in ReviewReview

2010 sees controversy, change, achievement in District 196

See Events, 12A

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New year begins with new local legislators

Photo by Rick Orndorf

Newly elected members of the state Legislature were sworn in at the Capitol on Jan. 4 before beginning their first session. Left: Doug Wardlow, of Eagan, is joined by his father, Lynn, as takes his new seat as representative of House District 38B, the seat that was previously held by Lynn until 2008. Wardlow defeated DFLer Mike Obermueller. Above: Rep. Pam Myhra (seated with her husband, Chuck) begins her two-year term in House District 40A. Myhra, of Burnsville, defeated two-term DFLer Will Morgan.

by John GessnerTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

A proposed stoplight in Burnsville’s Heart of the City that was hotly debated in 2009 now has a formerly divided City Council’s full blessing. Council members voted unanimously Jan. 4 to in-stall the light at Nicollet Avenue and 126th Street, which has a marked pedes-trian crosswalk and is next to Nicollet Commons Park. Future redevelopment of the TCF Bank site to the south clinches the need for the light, said Coun-cil Member Dan Kealey,

one of three who voted in March 2009 to delay plans for the signal, whose cost was estimated at $250,000. Kealey said the city has now received an application for the once-languishing TCF project. A CVS Phar-macy and an office-retail building are planned on the property, which is owned by Wellington Management Inc. “We have a very busy area there,” said Kealey, who was joined in the 2009 vote by council members Charlie Crichton and Mary Sherry. “It’s going to get a lot busier when the develop-

ment is done.” Council members had differed over whether, to save money for other street-related projects, steps short of a full stoplight could be used to safeguard pedes-trians crossing Nicollet at 126th. They argued over whether the city had direct-ed too much money and at-tention at the Heart of the City downtown redevelop-ment district. “I’m convinced it is time to install that,” Sherry said Jan. 4, adding, “I don’t like spending extra money right now that might be spent elsewhere.”

Consistent stoplight sup-porters are Council Mem-ber Dan Gustafson and Mayor Elizabeth Kautz, who lives in a nearby con-dominium. “I’ve supported this for a long time, primarily for the safety reasons that are down there,” Gustafson said. In January 2009 the council ordered a study to determine if a light was needed. Consultant SEH Inc. said the intersection met two state “warrants” for a signal and that a third will be met with coming devel-opment.

Traffic volumes and speeds on Nicollet make vehicle access from 126th Street difficult and less safe than it would be with a light, according to SEH. The company found in-adequate gaps in peak-hour traffic for pedestrian cross-ings at Nicollet. Crossings are delayed, and pedestri-ans often make “two-stage” crossings, stopping and waiting in the median for traffic to clear. “It’s not a good situa-tion there for two or three times a day,” said Bud Os-mundson, Burnsville’s pub-lic works director and city

engineer. A woman was struck by a vehicle and injured on June 23, 2009, while in the marked crosswalk. A total of $250,000 is identified for the project in the city’s 2011 capital im-provements plan. Osmund-son is proposing another $60,000 for flashing yellow arrows on the new Nicollet Avenue signal at 126th and at the Travelers Trail and Burnsville Parkway signals on Nicollet.

John Gessner is at [email protected].

Once-disputed stoplight is now a go in the Heart of the City

Burnsville

by Erin JohnsonTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

The city of Eagan’s cable access station has garnered several accolades since its debut in 2009. Last spring it was hon-ored by the Humphrey In-stitute’s Public and Non-profit Leadership Center for its unique public-private partnership with Thomson Reuters. Now the station has won two first-place awards in government programming from the National Asso-ciation of Telecommunica-tions Officers and Advisors. NATOA serves as the na-tional trade association for community television sta-tions. The first award, for best promotion of a city, was given to Eagan for its 150th anniversary/Found-er’s Day historical reenact-ment video, and the other was awarded for the city’s “Make Me a Monster Con-

test Promo” video. The historical reenact-ment video was also nomi-nated in two categories for a regional Emmy. Eagan Television, or E-TV, is a four-person stu-dio operating out of an 870-square-foot space in the lower level of the Thomson Reuters Eagan campus. The city is proud to have received the awards, said Tom Garrison, Eagan’s di-rector of communications. “Building on the suc-cess of E-TV’s award for government innovation, to have now received the high-est honors in the country in two categories from our peers in community televi-sion is another sign that we’re building something special in the programming available on Eagan Televi-sion,” he said. Erin Johnson is at [email protected].

E-TV wins national awardsEagan’s cable station is a

partnership with Thomson Reuters

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‘Irish’ freshman dances his way to Dublin

by Jessica HarperTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

From the moment Evan Lowe first saw an Irish dance performance at St. Paul’s Harriet Island, he knew he was hooked. All he wanted from then on was to become a famous dancer. “The music is so inspir-ing,” said Lowe, a 14-year-old freshman at Rosemount High School. Now Lowe is one step closer to fulfilling his dream as he heads to Dublin, Ire-land, in April to compete in the World Irish Dancing Championships. This will be Lowe’s first trip overseas. “I’m very excited,” he said. “I think that every-thing happens for a reason.” As an Irish descendent, Lowe said he is excited to explore his ancestral home-land. He said he would love to take along his mom, Patty Spencer, whose mother is an Irish immigrant. It is her heritage that drives much of Lowe’s pas-sion for the dance. “It gives me meaning of where we came from since mom was adopted, and we don’t know much about her heritage aside from that,” he said. Spencer said it has been her life-long dream to visit Ireland, but she does not have the funds, adding that they plan to hold fundraisers to help pay for Lowe’s trip. Lowe started perform-ing Irish dances with a local school when he was 7 years old, and quickly moved to its top level. By the time he was in eighth grade, Lowe was itch-ing to compete so he joined

O’Shea Irish Dance in St. Paul. His teacher and the school’s founder, Cor-mac O’Shea, is an original “Riverdance” performer. In June, Lowe won the Mid-America Oireachtas re-gional championship in Chi-cago, which enabled him to qualify for the world cham-pionship. Lowe took home four awards, including the travel-ing championship trophy. Lowe said he hopes the championships will help launch a dancing career af-ter high school. He said he would like to join the Trin-ity Irish Dance Company in Chicago. “It would mean a lot for me to get into the show,” he said. E-mail Jessica Harper at: [email protected]

Eagan man pleads guilty in fatal Inver Grove crashMatthew Russell Willis was speeding when he crashed,

killing passenger in head-on collisionby Erin JohnsonTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

An Eagan man has pleaded guilty to causing a fatal crash in 2008 that killed his passenger and severely injured the occu-pants of the other vehicle. Matthew Russell Willis, 26, has pleaded guilty to one count of criminal ve-hicular homicide and two counts of criminal vehicu-lar operation causing great bodily harm. He is scheduled for sen-tencing March 7. Authorities said Wil-lis was speeding around a curve the morning of May 10, 2008, when he hit his brakes and lost control, causing his car to skid into oncoming traffic. His black BMW crashed head-on into a Chevy SUV driving in the opposite di-rection. Willis was driving northbound on Highway 3 near 82nd Street in Inver Grove Heights at the time of the crash, according to the criminal complaint. Willis suffered serious injuries in the crash and was transported to Re-gions Hospital in St. Paul. His passenger, a 22-year-old identified as E.M.N. in the criminal complaint, was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy re-vealed the passenger died from multiple traumatic injuries, including a brain injury, skull fractures and liver lacerations. The driver of the SUV was transported to Re-gions where she was hos-pitalized for a week with

traumatic brain injury and fractures to the ribs, neck and sternum. She ultimately was out of work for about five months for surgeries and treatment, said Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom. “She had significant in-juries that will affect her for the rest of her life,” he said. The passenger of the SUV was also transported to Regions with severe in-juries, including two bro-ken arms, a collapsed lung and a broken pelvis. She, too, will suffer life-long consequences from this collision, Backstrom said. Witnesses told the State Patrol the BMW was speeding as it approached a curve, and that it appeared to cross from the north-bound lane into oncoming traffic in the southbound lane.

One witness said she knew the car was not go-ing to make the turn, say-ing it was “going too fast and out of control.” She reported hearing screech-ing tires and seeing the collision in her rear-view mirror. The State Patrol re-constructed the crash and determined the BMW was traveling 75 mph in a 50-mph zone. The Chevy SUV was traveling about 32 mph at the point of im-pact. There were no road or weather conditions that contributed to the crash that night, the State Patrol said. According to state sen-tencing guidelines, Willis is facing 48 months in prison for the homicide charge, but the judge could choose an upward or downward departure. The judge could also add more prison time for the two other counts,


New Year’s Eve marked the end of an era in the south-metro business com-munity. Dinesh Shah, owner of Oxboro Cleaners & Laun-derers, retired Dec. 31 after more than 20 years in busi-ness at the corner of County Road 42 and Garden View Drive in Apple Valley. “I’ll miss my customers – emotionally I’m so much in touch with them as friends,” Shah said. “I’m really, re-ally proud that my custom-ers have given me all these years.” A native of the east Af-rican nation of Tanzania, Shah and his three brothers immigrated to the United States in 1983 and soon went into business, run-ning Oxboro Cleaners lo-cations in Burnsville and Bloomington. Shah opened a third location, in Apple Valley, in 1987. Jim Amireault of Apple Valley, a longtime patron of Shah’s dry-cleaning business, said he’ll miss the friendly demeanor and hon-esty Shah brought to the job. “You brought a shirt in and there was 50 cents in it, he’d make sure you got the 50 cents back,” Amireault said. As a testament to his

work, lining the interior walls of Oxboro Cleaners are “thank you” notes and even a letter to the editor praising Shah’s ability to lift stains and refresh 40-year-old wedding dresses. In 2007, Oxboro Clean-ers was named Best Dry Cleaner in Thisweek Newspapers’ Top Banana Awards (Oxboro tied with Lakeville Cleaners for the honor). That same year, the business was selected Best Dry Cleaner by Apple Val-ley Magazine. Shah, an Apple Valley resident whose daughters Tina and Bindi worked at Oxboro Cleaners during

their high school years, be-came a familiar face in the city, both to those look-ing to get their dress shirts cleaned and their pants pressed, and to local school groups and civic organiza-tions in need of fundraising help. “We’ve done a lot of work for the schools, for the churches, different or-ganizations,” said Shah, pointing to notes and pho-tos posted on the business’ walls from youth athletic teams and other groups Oxboro Cleaners has sup-ported over the years. In retirement, Shah said he plans to travel – to visit

friends and relatives in Tan-zania and India – and do volunteer work. Oxboro Cleaners will remain open in its present location under new owner-ship. Shah said he couldn’t provide details of the own-ership transfer because some of the terms of the agreement have yet to be fi-nalized. Oxboro Cleaners is lo-cated at 980 Garden View Drive. Contact the business at (952) 432-3892.

Andrew Miller is at [email protected].

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Dinesh Shah opened Apple Valley’s Oxboro Cleaners in 1987, four years after immigrating to the United States from Tanzania. He retired Dec. 31.

End of an era at Oxboro CleanersLongtime owner Dinesh Shah retires; business will remain open with new owner

City to seek easements for Diamond Path trail project

Construction to start in 2012by Laura Adelmann

THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

City officials will begin seeking easements from properties located along the east side of Diamond Path this year. The land will be used to construct a paved trail on Diamond Path from Coun-ty Road 42 to Connemara Trail. Construction for the $305,030 project is slated to begin next year, thanks to a funding agreement between the city and Dakota Coun-ty. The joint powers agree-ment states that the city will

pay 45 percent of the cost, which is $150,750, and Da-kota County will fund 55 percent of the project, or $154,280. In addition, the un-known cost of easements is to be split by the city and county by the same percent-age basis. A public hearing regard-ing the project will be held in the spring, and a summa-ry of the entire project, in-cluding some mill and over-lay work, will be presented at that time.


Rare Malayan tapir now on exhibitPhoto submitted

One-year-old “Jon-hi,” a Malayan tapir, recently came to the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley from the Omaha Zoo and is now on exhibit on the zoo’s Tropics Trail. Eventually the zoo plans on breeding Jon-hi with its resident female tapir, seven-year-old “Bertie,” but for now Jon-hi will be on exhibit in the mornings and Bertie in the afternoons. According to zoo staff, Malayan tapirs are one of the most endangered species in Southeast Asia, with populations declining due to habitat loss from deforestation, flooding caused by the construction of dams, and illegal trade. Though they resemble anteaters, Malayan tapirs are closely related to horses and rhinoceroses; there are less than 50 Malayan tapirs in U.S. zoos.

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Rosemount

Photo by Jessica Harper

Rosemount High School freshman Evan Lowe (left) took home four awards, including the championship trophy, at the Mid-America Oireachtas regional championships for Irish dancing in Chicago. Pictured with Lowe is his instructor Cormac O’Shea, an original “Riverdance” performer and founder of O’Shea Irish Dance in St. Paul.

Backstrom said.

Erin Johnson is at [email protected].


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by Larry WernerTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

No one has ever ac-cused me of being Mr. Excitement. Years ago, I worked as a reporter at a newspaper in Detroit and was known for organiz-ing lunch outings to the federal building cafeteria. In that cafeteria, you could escape the crime and corruption of downtown Detroit and enjoy a meal of Salisbury steak and overcooked vegetables with civil-service workers dressed in short-sleeve white shirts. Boredom, I maintain, is under-rated. So my preference in radio sta-tions is Minnesota Public Radio, which was broadcasting live from the opening day of the Minneso-ta Legislature on Tuesday. Gary Eichten, host of the Midday show, was interviewing my friend, Dave Thompson, the new Repub-lican state senator from Lakeville. Eichten asked whether there is any opportunity for compromise between the no-tax Republicans, such as Dave, and Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton, who ran on a

platform of making higher taxes for the wealthy part of a solution to the $6 bil-lion state deficit. No, Thompson said. He said he and the other Re-publicans who have taken over both houses of the

Legislature were elected because they oppose new taxes. Here we go again – more rhet-oric from the extremes and too little discussion about common ground among dull, but effec-tive public servants who used to get things done before talk radio, talk cable, blogs and partisan po-larization corrupted our civic dis-course. In fairness to Dave Thompson, he worked for years in talk radio, where he expressed conservative views until his show was discon-tinued by KSTP. His views were well known to the voters who sent him to St. Paul after Sen. Pat Pariseau of Farmington retired. In other words, it’s unrealistic to expect Thompson, a freshman legislator, to emerge as a moder-ate after a radio career in which he argued that liberals hold the key to societal ruin. But I do hold

out hope that some of our more experienced local legislators, such as Rep. Mary Liz Holberg of Lakeville and Rep. Pat Garofalo of Farmington, will find a way to the middle, where things get done. Holberg, Garofalo and Sen. Chris Gerlach of Apple Valley are three Republicans who have been elected to key leadership roles in the House and Senate. It’s my sense whose three possess the good-government sensibilities we’ve come to expect from our public servants in Dakota Coun-ty. For years, we’ve enjoyed a tra-dition of city councils and school boards that have kept the noise down and the public good in the forefront. As a Lakeville resi-dent, I used to feed my appetite for dullness by watching telecasts of the city council meetings. The discussion at those meetings was minimal, and most votes were unanimous. And the city worked pretty well. However, even that body is showing signs of the polarization that has become the norm these days. The new mayor, Mark Bel-lows, was the lone vote against

a city budget at the last meeting before the old council was suc-ceeded by a new council. He has been joined on the new coun-cil by Colleen Ratzlaff LeBeau who, like Bellows, has argued that Lakeville city government is anti-business and is spending too much. So Lakeville council meetings should produce more exciting television in the coming months. But nothing like what’s been going on recently next door in Farmington, where the school board has spent $10,000 to inves-tigate one of its members, and the city council has badgered the city administrator into firing some-one to save money. In Burnsville, longtime coun-cil member Charlie Crichton has been causing excitement for years over the issue of spending for such projects as Heart of the City and the Performing Arts Center. But a majority has prevailed, keeping things relatively placid. Then there’s Eagan, where a mayor known to be reasonably liberal works effectively to keep things boring, even though his city is known for big corporations

you might expect to stir things up with pro-business demands that have swept into the public arena. We need a little more of Ea-gan’s civility and less of the us-versus-them that marked state government when Eagan resident Tim Pawlenty waged war with the Democratic legislature while he was governor. I’ve been in this business a long time, and I’m pleased most main-stream newspapers have resisted the temptation to get involved in the mud fights that characterize politics, talk radio, cable televi-sion and partisan blogs. We do our best to report fairly on our communities, our schools, our businesses and the people who make Dakota County work. It might sound like a dull way to make a living, but, like Salisbury steak, overcooked vegetables and public radio, it’s the way I like it. Best wishes for a quiet, un-eventful 2011.

Larry Werner is editor and gen-eral manager of Thisweek News-papers and the Dakota County Tri-bune. He can be reached at [email protected].

My wish for the new year: boring civility

Both schools had waiting lists this year while nearby schools saw a drop in enroll-ment. The changes are expect-ed to essentially shrink the attendance areas around the magnet schools, send more students to nearby schools and free up space at Diamond Path and Glacier Hills. Some board members applauded the move, saying they were glad to avoid the more contentious boundary change proposals experi-

enced by other school dis-tricts, including Burnsville-Eagan-Savage. A similar bound-ary change was success-fully enacted four years ago between Cedar Park and Greenleaf elementary schools. Boundary changes were not the only new thing to hit District 196. In July, the board ap-proved a $1.4 million, 15-year, lease-to-own agree-ment with C. Chase Co. of St. Louis Park for a 14,000-square-foot build-ing.

It’s a new, larger site for the district’s Adult Basic Education and Early Child-hood and Family Education programs. These programs include GED, English and foreign language classes as well as citizenship and computer instruction. There are also classes that teach parenting skills and school readiness for children. A Coldwell Banker Burnett office previously occupied the red brick, colonial-style building at 14420 Glenda Drive in Ap-

ple Valley.

Awarded excellence Student achievements were also recognized this past year. Several Apple Valley High School students re-ceived the prestigious 2010 Midwest Regional Emmy Award last fall. The students were hon-ored in the Community/Cable Public Access-Edu-cation category, beating out several more professional outfits from Minneapolis, St. Paul and its suburbs. The school’s news show, which is in its fifth year, is produced in a profession-al-scale studio in the high school. Students get the oppor-tunity to try out every as-pect of production, from camera operation to on-screen performance.

Global consciousness High school students weren’t the only ones on the cutting edge this year. Rosemount and Scott Highlands middle schools received an insight into Chi-nese language and culture this past year. The district welcomed two new teachers, Xu Jia and Xing Bei, to teach Man-darin at the middle schools. Xu is from Wuhan, a central Chinese city, and is here through a U.S. State Department program. Xing, from Anhui Province, is here through Hanban, a Chinese government-fund-ed program. Both women’s programs

fund their labor and living costs while they practice their already fluent English in what has become their fa-vorite country. Back home, both women teach English – a required subject – at public schools. While teaching in the United States, Xu and Xing have been staying with host families in Apple Valley and Rosemount, respectively. Students in District 196 have been able to learn about modern China and clear up misconceptions the Chinese may have about Americans. There are 175 students enrolled in Chinese lan-guage electives in those two middle schools, according to district officials.

Failed levy referendum The district faced disap-pointment in November when its operating levy ref-erendum failed. Voters rejected the $15.4 million tax increase by a margin of 54 percent to 46 percent. As many as 76 school districts across the state had levy referenda on the ballot, according to the Minnesota School Boards Association. Of those, 41 districts saw referenda pass. About 35 districts failed to pass an operating levy question. Of the 41 that passed, 29 dis-tricts passed all questions and 12 had mixed results.

Looking ahead at 2011 With 2010 coming to a close, District 196 officials are looking ahead at the

new year. The boundary changes imposed next fall will send new students living in the Glacier Hills attendance area to nearby Woodland Elementary, which has seen declining enrollment. In both cases, the new schools are closer to the stu-dents being reassigned than the magnet schools were, according to district offi-cials. Students who already go to Diamond Path or Gla-cier Hills will be allowed to stay at those schools, as will their incoming siblings. All other students will automatically be enrolled at the other schools for the 2010-11 school year. The district will also spend much of this year preparing to move the Adult Basic Education and Early Childhood and Fam-ily Education programs into their new building. The move is expected to occur in September, but sev-eral steps are involved first, including renovation of the new site. Additionally, district of-ficials face a possible $23 million budget adjustment for the 2011-12 school year as a result of the failed levy referendum. District administration is assuming the Legislature will cut K-12 funding 7 per-cent in 2011. If that number is higher, then district cuts could be higher.

E-mail Jessica Harper at: [email protected]

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Eva Schela KuntzAge 100, of New Ulm, formerly ofthe Le Sueur area died on Monday,January 3, at the Oak Hills LivingCenter in New Ulm. Mass of Chris-tian Burial will be on Saturday,January 8, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. at St.Anne's Catholic Church in Le Sueurwith Fr. George Grafsky officiating.Visitation will be two hours prior tothe Mass at church from 9:00 a.m. -11:00 a.m. Interment will be in Cal-vary Cemetery in Le Sueur, MN.Eva Schela was born October 27th,1910 in Devils Lake, North Dakota.

She was delivered at home with the help of her mother's mother (Jose-phine). She was born to John and Theresa (Burckhard) Schela, the 2ndchild of eight children. She was named after her mother's sister, AuntEva. She grew up on the west side of Devil's Lake which was a Ger-man community that they called the "settlement". Many of themigrants were from Germany and Russia. John arrived in Americafrom Russia at the age of 20 and her mother Teresa came from Ger-many with her family at about the age of 8. Eva's first home was onWest 10th street. At the age of 8 or 9 the family moved across the alleyto 211 West 10th Street. Eva's father bought a grocery store where shespent a lot of time working and helping out. Later, a new store wasbuilt with living quarters upstairs which included a bedroom and akitchen. Eva would work many times in the evenings; she would havefriends over and they would sit on the front "stoop" of the store. Whencustomers came in she would wait on them. When she was 18 years oldshe stared working for the new Montgomery Ward as a clerk. Shethought she got the job because she could speak English and Germanand could help all the Germans from the settlement that could notspeak fluent English. She worked at Montgomery Ward for 4 years.Eva made twenty eight cents an hour, which equaled out to $11.00dollars per week. Of this amount she was able to keep one dollar andthe rest was given to her parents, very typical in those days.

Eva was united in marriage to Alex Kuntz on Monday, May 12, 1930in Devil's Lake. They were married at St Joseph's Catholic Church.They honeymooned in Minot, North Dakota, 100 miles away. Theonly other time she had been out of Devil's Lake was to Grand Forkswhere she bought her wedding dress.

Alex worked as a baker, and the two of them lived in Devil's Lake,ND. They moved a few times, finally ending up in Sebeka, MN, wherethey owned and operated their own bakery for the next 32 years. In1974 Alex and Eva retired, sold the bakery, and moved to LeSueur,MN. There they bought a home on Central Street where they lived foryears until the passing of her dear husband. Eva then moved to SunrisePlaza where she stayed until January of 2004 when she moved to OakHills Assisted Living Center in New Ulm, MN.

Throughout life Eva enjoyed many things including being a memberof the Catholic Foresters, Christian Mother's Society, and being thePresident of the Women's group for the Lady of Assumption CatholicChurch in Menahga. Along with this, she also enjoyed being a part ofthe church choir. In LeSueur Eva gave much of her time helping otherswhere she participated in quilting, clipping coupons, etc. She alsobrought smiles to faces when she played in The Over 60 Kettle Band.In her spare time she loved to play bingo and spend time with herfamily.

Eva took much pride in her family and was always kind andconsiderate to everyone she met. She enjoyed visiting with relativesand friends, and meeting new people. Eva was a wonderful person witha heart for helping.

Eva is survived by her children, Dalores Kern of Ramsey, MN,Marlene (Myron) Bertrang of Le Sueur, MN, Donald (Mary) Kuntzof Glenwood, MN, Robert (Mary) Kuntz of Burnsville, MN, Kathy(Eugene) Wellmann of Hanska, MN, 23 grandchildren, 54 greatgrandchildren, 20 great, great grandchildren. She is also survived bysisters and brother in-law, Lorraine (Ray) Metzger of Byron, andElizabeth Sweeney of Devil's Lake, North Dakota, sister in-lawKatherine Walker of Maddock, ND, sister in-law Steffenna (Bill) Ryanof Harvey, ND, and many nieces, nephews, and friends.

Eva was preceded in death by her husband Alex and daughter MaryKuntz. Her Parents John and Teresa Schela, Sister and husband Kayand Jack Hanson, Brothers and wives John and Evelyn Schela, Frankand Billie Schela, brother George Schela, Mike Schela and Son in-lawKen Kern.

Eidem, Charles J.age 31 of Burnsville passed away

on 12/28/10. Survived by parentsJohn & Helen Eidem; Sister Jenny(Jeremy) Rodewald; Niece Alyssa& Nephew Samuel; Also by otherloving relat ives and fr iends.Funeral Service 11AM Thursday,1/6/10, at Shepherd of the ValleyLutheran Church, 12650 JohnnyCake Ridge Rd. Apple Valley,MN. Visitation 5-8pm Wednes-day, White Funeral Home, 12804Nicollet Ave. S. and also one hourprior to service at church, Inter-ment, Kongsvinger LutheranCemetery, Donnelly, MN.

White Funeral HomeBurnsville, 952-894-5080www.whitefuneralhomes.com

Doren E. NoorlunAge 90 of Farmington, passed

away December 27, 2010. Dorenserved in the US Army duringWWII. Preceded in death by wife,Bernice; brother, Raymond, Rus-sell and Gaylord Noorlun; sisters,Ileen Hollembaek and LillianGreenspun. Doren is survived byhis brother, Erwin (Audrey)Noorlun; sister, Doris (Lew)Hawley; daughters, LorraineHaukos, Barbara LaForett andDoreen Benson ; son , Cra ig(Cathy) Noorlun; many grand-children and great-grandchildren.Doren was loved by all who knewhim, especially his little Patsy.

A memorial service was held2PM Saturday, January 1, 2011at the White Funera l HomeChapel, 901 3rd Street. A gath-ering of family and friends tookplace one hour prior to service.Interment Little Falls State Vet-erans Cemetery at a later date.

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Rosemount City Council members who won re-election in November – Kim Shoe-Corrigan, Mayor Bill Droste, and Mark DeBettignies – renewed their oaths of office on Jan. 4.

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City changes sidewalk snow removal ordinanceby Laura Adelmann

THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Rosemount residents will have an extra day to remove snow or ice from sidewalks before being cited for not complying with the city or-dinance. Noting the recent heavy snowfalls that have occurred this winter, council decided to extend cleanup deadlines from 24 hours to 48 hours within a snow event. The change was prompt-ed by recent citizen com-plaints about snow removal in the city. According to Rosemount officials, concerns have been expressed that both the city and individual residents have not complied with the

original ordinance’s plow-ing deadlines. During a recent work session, council members discussed whether the city should suspend snow re-moval requirements to rec-ognize exceptional snow events. However, because cir-cumstances regarding snow events are so varied, council members concluded that it is difficult to set a minimum standard that would war-rant suspending snow re-moval requirements. Variables that make stan-dardized determinations difficult include the amount of snow already on the property, the time period of the snowfall and the water

content of the snow. To recognize those varia-tions, the council retained the current ordinance al-lowing the council to weigh individual circumstances to determine when an extraor-dinary event has occurred. Also retained was the right of the council to sus-pend a property owner of the obligation to remove the snow. However, without that consideration, if a resident does not remove the snow or ice, the city has a certain time period to perform the work or hire it out and then bill the resident for it.



SportsStandings

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

Friday, January 7 • Lakeville South at Apple Valley,

7:15 p.m. • Eagan at Bloomington Jefferson,

7:15 p.m. • Bloomington Kennedy at Lakeville

North, 7:15 p.m. • Prior Lake at Rosemount, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, January 8 • Shakopee at Rosemount, 6:15 p.m. • Apple Valley at Target Center 2011

Timberwolves Shootout, 7 p.m.

Monday, January 10 • Minnetonka at Bloomington

Kennedy, 7:15 p.m.

Tuesday, January 11 • Lakeville North at Eastview,

7:15 p.m. • Burnsville at Eagan, 7:15 p.m. • Rosemount at Lakeville South,

7:15 p.m. • Bloomington Jefferson at Prior Lake,

7:15 p.m. • Bloomington Kennedy at Apple

Valley, 7:15 p.m.

Friday, January 14 • Lakeville South at Prior Lake,

7:15 p.m. • Eagan at Lakeville North, 7:15 p.m. • Bloomington Kennedy at

Rosemount, 7:30 p.m.

Girls basketballTeam Conference Overall W L W LLakeville North 3 0 9 2 Eastview 3 0 9 2 B Jefferson 2 1 9 2 B Kennedy 2 1 5 5 Burnsville 2 1 5 5 Rosemount 1 2 6 5 Eagan 1 2 3 7 Prior Lake 1 2 3 7 Apple Valley 0 3 2 7 Lakeville South 0 3 1 10

Friday, January 7 • Lakeville North at Bloomington

Kennedy, 7:15 p.m. • Apple Valley at Lakeville South,

7:15 p.m. • Rosemount at Prior Lake, 7:15 p.m. • Bloomington Jefferson at Eagan,

7:15 p.m.

Tuesday, January 11 • Eastview at Lakeville North,

7:15 p.m. • Eagan at Burnsville, 7:15 p.m. • Lakeville South at Rosemount,

7:15 p.m. • Prior Lake at Bloomington

Jefferson, 7:15 p.m. • Apple Valley at Bloomington

Kennedy , 7:15 p.m.

Thursday, January 13 • Lakeville North at Eagan, 7:15 p.m.

Friday, January 14 • Rosemount at Bloomington

Kennedy, 7:15 p.m. • Prior Lake at Lakeville South,

7:15 p.m. • Burnsville at Bloomington Jefferson,

7:15 p.m. • Eastview at Apple Valley, 7:15 p.m.

Boys HockeyTeam Conference Overall W L T W L TApple Valley 4 0 0 8 2 0 Burnsville 3 0 1 5 3 1 Lakeville North 2 1 0 5 4 1 B Jefferson 2 1 0 3 5 1 Eagan 2 1 1 6 2 1 Eastview 2 2 0 4 5 0 Lakeville South 1 2 0 3 4 0 Rosemount 1 2 0 4 6 0 Prior Lake 0 4 0 2 6 1 B Kennedy 0 4 0 2 8 0

Saturday, January 8 • Lakeville South at Prior Lake, 3 p.m. • Lakeville North at Burnsville, 7 p.m. • Bloomington Kennedy at Apple

Valley, 7:15 p.m. • Rosemount at Bloomington

Jefferson, 7:30 p.m. • Eastview at Eagan, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, January 11 • Eden Prairie at Burnsville, 7 p.m. • Lakeville South at Rosemount,

7:30 p.m. • Eastview at Cottage Grove, 7:30 p.m. • Eagan at Hastings, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, January 13 • Lakeville South at Lakeville North,

7 p.m. • Burnsville at Apple Valley, 7:15 p.m. • Eastview at Bloomington Jefferson,

7:30 p.m.

Girls HockeyTeam Conference Overall W L T W L TLakeville North 6 1 0 11 2 0 Lakeville South 8 1 1 11 2 1 Eastview 7 2 0 11 3 1 Rosemount 6 2 1 10 4 1 Eagan 5 4 0 8 7 0 B Jefferson 3 5 0 7 9 0 Burnsville 3 5 0 6 9 0 Prior Lake 3 6 0 4 10 0 Apple Valley 1 7 0 4 11 0 B Kennedy 0 9 0 1 13 0 Friday, January 7 • Lakeville South at Breck, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, January 8 • Bloomington Kennedy at Apple

Valley, 2:15 p.m. • Rosemount at Bloomington

Jefferson, 2:15 p.m. • Lakeville North at Burnsville, 3 p.m. • Eastview at Eagan, 3:15 p.m. • Lakeville South at Prior Lake,

5:30 p.m.

Tuesday, January 11 • Lakeville South at Lakeville North,

7 p.m. • Burnsville at Apple Valley, 7:15 p.m. • Eastview at Bloomington Jefferson,

7:15 p.m. • Bloomington Kennedy at Eagan,

7:15 p.m.

Thursday, January 13 • Rosemount at Prior Lake, 5:15 p.m. • Eastview at Eden Prairie, 7 p.m.

Winter wonderland: A look ahead into 2011by Andy RogersTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

If the winter sports season seems long, that’s because it is. The fall sports season is about three months long and spring goes for about two and a half months, but from No-vember to March, the win-ter season takes the gold medal. Although, the end is closer than it looks. For some, the winter season is half over (girls hockey), for others it’s just getting start-ed (boys basketball). Most teams have a good idea what they’re about after a month of play. The first order of busi-ness for any team with high aspirations is winning the South Suburban Confer-ence. So who is ahead? Let’s take a look.

Girls hockey The conference is shaping up to be a three-way race between Lakeville North, Lakeville South, Eastview and

Rosemount with Eagan nipping at their skates. It’s hard to name a favorite. Eastview beat Rosemount, who tied with Lakeville South, who then defeated Lakeville North, who turned around to top Eagan, who handed Lakeville South its first loss of the season. They’ll all play each oth-er again in January.

Boys hockey Apple Valley has skated out to an early lead in the conference. The Eagles av-erage more than five goals per game, the highest in the league, and they have one of the top goalies in Min-nesota, allowing two goals

per game. Burnsville is keeping up. The Blaze played a bru-tal schedule and had some close, disappointing loss-es, but they’re hanging in there. Burnsville will make the trip to Apple Valley on Thursday, Jan. 13, in a game that could go a long way in deciding the confer-ence champion. Although Eagan might have something to say about all that. The Wild-cats got a boost of con-fidence after winning the South St. Paul tournament during the holiday break. The Wildcats have aver-aged the fewest goals per game in the conference.

Girls basketball Even though it’s a new conference, the same two teams always seem to be fighting it out for the top spot. Eastview and

Lakeville North are back at it again. Both teams have had two-game losing streaks, but both look like state tournament contend-ers. The girls have a date on Tuesday, Jan. 11, at Lakev-ille North. North swept Eastview last season, but the Lightning nearly upset North in the section finals. Both Rosemount and Burnsville have jumped out early as well. Their records may not be as polished, but both teams played well in 2010 against some quality competi-tion.

Boys basketball There’s still more than two months left in this department. The confer-ence featured several top 10 teams when the sea-son started and it hasn’t changed much. Apple Valley has had to

regroup owing to injuries, but they’re not out with Tom Schalk still around. Eagan started hot just like last year, starting 6-0, but the Wildcats have cooled a bit. If you like scoring, take a look at Lakeville South. Alex Richter and the gang have opened some eyes. Don’t be fooled by their record. Eastview still might have the edge early, espe-cially after beating Eagan handily on Tuesday. The Lightning defense is strict and doesn’t allow much room for error. Lakeville South and Eastview will meet on Jan. 25 at South for a rematch of last year’s Section 3-4A finals. It could be the first of three meetings between the two teams.

Andy Rogers is at [email protected].

ISD 196 Nordic skiers brimming with talentAndy Dodds, Chris Parr and Sonja Hedblom are Junior Olympics-caliber skiersby Andy RogersTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

With four high schools combining into one Nor-dic team, ISD 196 has put together quite the ski pro-gram in 2011. During the regular sea-son, Eagan, Eastview, Ap-ple Valley and Rosemount combine into one Nordic team, but they split for sec-tions. They synthesize into a powerful boys team with two planning on skiing at the 2011 Junior Olympics this year. Apple Valley’s Andy Dodds and Eagan’s Chris Parr have finished in the top two or three in just about

every race for the past two years. “They’re both doing ex-tremely well,” ISD 196 head coach Brian Abery said. “They’re focused on going to senior nationals.” They’ve been trying to balance both high school and club skiing with Min-nesota Valley, but it’s not always easy. There’s only so much time with snow, and sometimes the schedules clash. They’re not the only ones with slick skis on this year for ISD 196. Eagan’s Matt Edmond and Johan Hedblom along with Rose-mount’s David Bumgarder and Nicholas Couillard

have emerged as confident skiers. “The boys are looking really strong,” Abery said. “Enough that it looks like Eagan will have a real good chance this year at sec-tions.” During conference races, ISD 196 has been taking up half of the top 15 places. During a South Subur-ban classic race on Dec. 21, Dodds and Parr finished at second and third and seven ISD 196 skiers placed in the top 15. On the ISD 196 girls team, Eagan’s Sonja Held-blom has been leading the way down the tracks. The sophomore is already a

two-time state tournament skier and another Junior Olympics hopeful. “She is by far our top girl skier,” Abery said. “She’s one of these kids that come around once in a lifetime.” She qualified for nation-als last year and she’d like to do it again in 2011. “She still has a bunch to learn from a technique and strategy standpoint, but she’s still one of the top five or six female high school skiers in the state,” Abery said. “The sky is the limit for her.” ISD 196 also features a pair of runners from Eastview and one from Eagan looking for some

cross training with Nordic. Eastview’s Mackenzie Burkstrand and Anne Fer-guson along with Eagan’s Michaela Banz have pushed themselves into the top 10-15 in the conference, which “is a significant improve-ment over last year,” Abery said.

True Team in the future? One big event on the ho-rizon for ISD 196 is hosting the two-day Martin Luther King race on Jan. 17 and 19. The event will feature five races on Saturday and Monday in which every ski-

Wildcats shut out Eagles


Eagan’s Shaniah Anderson, No. 11, tries to get the puck from Eagan’s Megan Juricko during a 5-0 win for Eagan on Tuesday night. The victory brought Eagan’s record above .500 for the third time this season. The Wildcats are scheduled to host four straight home games starting with Eastview on Saturday. The loss for Apple Valley was its 10th in a row. After starting the season 4-1 with victories against Minneapolis, Tartan, Bloomington Kennedy and Richfield, the Eagles have had trouble scoring with nine goals in the 10 losses. Apple Valley can break the streak at 2:15 p.m. Saturday when Bloomington Kennedy comes to town.

Blaze doused by Kennedy


Burnsville’s Jermisha Watson goes up for the shot against Bloomington Kennedy on Tuesday night. The Blaze lost 87-73. Watson and Jessican Ranke led to the team a 5-2 start, but the loss to Kennedy was it’s third in a row since.

Eagles win Cheesehead, Christmas tournamentsby Andy RogersTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Apple Valley wrestling coach Jim Jackson always says that if you want to be the best, you have to beat the best. He likes to make sure his wrestlers get a chance to wrestle some of the best in the country, and they’ve been successful so far. Apple Valley won the Cheesehead Invitational in Kaukauna, Wis., on Jan. 4 with 734.5 points. In second place was Blair Academy from New Jersey with 652. Simley was third with 559.5. The tournament featured some of the top teams from Iowa, Wisconsin, Wyoming, California, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Georgia and Minnesota. Apple Valley’s Destin McCauley was crowned the champion at 152 pounds.

Brandon Kingsley, Matt Kelliher, Dakota Trom, Matt Hechsel, Jake Waste, Dan Woiwor and Steven Keogh were all runners-up in their respective weight classes. The Eagles also won the 34-team Minnesota Christ-mas Tournament held Dec. 17-18 in Rochester. Kingsley, Trom, Mark Hall, McCauley and Waste were all first in their weight classes. Up next for Apple Valley is the Clash in Rochester on Friday and Saturday. The Eagles are the defending champions.

Eastview The Eastview wrestling team finished 21st out of 54 teams and 12th in Divi-sion 1 at the Bi-State Clas-sic Dec. 29 and 30 in La Crosse, Wis.

Mitch Rechtzigel earned his 100th win by defeating Ryan Smith of Hudson 2-1 in the seventh-place match. Erik Ehresmann was ninth and Jacob Ruka-vina 10th in their respec-tive weight classes. BJ Groskreutz, Derek Becker and Josh Blake were all 13th.

Eagan The Eagan wrestling team enters the new year with some excitement. The Wildcats fared well at the Park Triangular, best-ing New Richmond, Wis., 30-27 and Park 35-24 on Dec. 21. The Wildcats have sev-eral wrestlers with high ex-pectations this season. Mitch Johnson went 2-2 at state last season, and he’s ranked No. 7 at 215 pounds in the state by the latest

Guillotine rankings. Jacob Lueck has also jumped on the scene at 285 pounds with a No. 9 rank-ing. Several of their team-mates who placed at the Section 3AAA individual meet last year would like to get their placings a little higher this time around. Conner Moore finished third, Bob Rada fifth, and Michale Rahman and Mike Marsh sixth.

Rosemount The Irish wrestlers got a boost of confidence right before the holidays by win-ning the Kenyon-Wanamin-go Tournament. Adam Hedin (112 pounds), Adam Jackson (152) and Josh Francois (160) won their respective weight classes. Dan Rosa (103) and

Steve Levine (125) were the runners-up. Levine was ranked No. 10 and Jackson No. 8 in the latest Guillotine ranking, and Rosemount was includ-ing in the “Lean and Mean” section in Class AAA.

Burnsville The Blaze also had an ex-citing meet at Kenyon-Wa-namingo, coming in third. Bill Underhill won his weight class at 103 pounds. He’s one of two wrestlers back with state tournament experience along with Andy Underhill. D’Narious Lewis has also jumped on the scene this season, winning at 135 in the Kenyon-Wanamingo tournament. He was ranked No. 10 in the latest ranking.


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Too much snow? Few sports rely on the weather as much as Nordic skiing. Not only do you need snow, but the temperature and the depth of the snow can affect a race. “I’ve been spending my time grooming a lot more than usual,” Abery said. “The meltdown helped us.

It made real solid packed snow. For the first time in 15 years of coaching we had no dryland training to start out. “We’ve had years with a month of dryland.” It’s helped the newer ski-ers the most since they’re getting more time on the snow than ever before.

Fresh snow There’s been a steady in-flux of talent in the south metro – not just at the top, but from middle school as well. ISD 196 has a new crop

of eighth- and ninth-grad-ers. “They’re going to be our stars of the future,” Abery said. Underclassmen such as Eastview’s Kaley Hedberg and Eagan’s Josh Podpeskar have already raced on varsity despite jumping on to skis only recently. “(The sport) has been growing at a steady pace,” Abery said. “I think the snow has helped.”


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Eagan Mite outdoor jamboree is Jan. 15 The Eagan Hockey Asso-ciation Mite Outdoor Jam-boree is scheduled for Jan. 15. The U8 girls teams will play at 9 a.m. and the Mite 2/3 teams at 11 a.m. at Rahn outdoor ice rink in Eagan.

Eagan gymnastics ranked No. 1 The undefeated Eagan gymnastics team took over the No. 1 spot in the Class AA poll released on Dec. 27 by the Minnesota Girls Gymnastics Coaches Asso-ciation. The Wildcats won the Abby Invite on Dec. 18 with a team score of 137.65, beat-ing a 12-team field that in-cluded ranked teams from Cambridge-Isanti, Wayzata,

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Tom Schalk breaks all-time scoring record at Apple Valley Apple Valley senior for-ward Tom Schalk broke the school’s all-time basket-ball scoring record over the Christmas holiday in the opening minutes of the game on Dec. 30 at the Granite City Classic. He topped Aaron Ford’s record of 1,286 points set in 2007. He finished the game with 24 points, but it wasn’t enough as Orono prevailed 78-70. To get to the Granite City Classic finals, Apple Valley defeated Duluth East 69-65 on Dec. 29 with Schalk

posting a double-double of 23 points and 14 rebounds. The Eagles are scheduled to play in the Timberwolves Shootout this weekend. The team will face Linn-Mar High School from Marion, Iowa, at the Target Center at 7 p.m. Linn-Mar is ranked No. 1 in Iowa in the top class. Tickets for the game will be available during Friday night’s home game against Lakeville South. The cost is $10.

Blaze win home tournament The Burnsville girls hock-ey team won its own tourna-ment over the holiday break. The girls defeated Proc-tor/Hermantown/Duluth Marshall 5-0 in the tourna-ment finals on Dec. 30. Kasey Evans and Page Skaja each had two goals in

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Eagan wins South St. Paul tourney The Eagan boys hockey team closed out 2010 with a 6-2-1 record thanks to winning the South St. Paul Tournament during the holi-day break. The Wildcats outscored opponents 16-2 in three games from Dec. 27-29. Eagan defeated South St. Paul in the finals 4-1. In the games leading up to the finals, the Wildcats defeat-ed North St. Paul 7-0 and Woodbury 5-1.

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

ComedyJoe Lovitt with special guest

David Johnson at 8:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 7, and 8 and 10:30 p.m. Sat-urday, Jan. 8, at the MinneHAHA Comedy Club, 251 W. Burnsville Parkway, Burnsville (lower level of Carbone’s), (612) 860-9388, www.minnehahacomedyclub.com. Tick-ets are $12.50 (early show) and $9 (late show). On deck for Jan. 14-15: Cathy Ladman and Ron Lamprect.Theater

“Antigone” presented by Envi-sion Academy of the Arts at 7 p.m. Jan. 13-14 at the Black Box Theatre at Burnsville Performing Arts Cen-ter. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students; available at ticket-master.com. Information: (952) 895-4685.

“Peter Pan” presented by the Burnsville Civic Light Opera Jan. 21-23 on the main stage at Burns-ville Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $25/$15 adults, $20/$15 se-niors, $15/$15 students; available at ticketmaster.com. Information: (952) 895-4685. Classes/workshops Dan Petrov Art Studio in Burns-ville offers oil painting classes for beginners, intermediate and ad-vanced skill level painters. Register online at www.danpetrovart.com or call (763) 843-2734.

Teens Express Yourself with Paint, 5 to 7 p.m. Mondays, winter/spring and summer at Brushworks School of Art in Burnsville. Register online at www.BrushworksSchoolo-fArt.com or call (651) 214-4732.

Join other 55-plus adults at the Eagan Art House to create beaded jewelry. The Jewelry Club meets on the third Friday of each month from 1 to 3 p.m. Class fee is $3 per person and includes all supplies. Bring any old jewelry you would like to re-make. The Eagan Art House is located at 3981 Lexington Ave. S. For more information, call (651) 686-9134. The Eagan Art House offers classes for ages 4 through adult. For class and registration informa-tion, visit www.cityofeagan.com/eaganarthouse or call at (651) 686-9134.

Soy candle making classesheld weekly in Eagan near 55 and Yankee Doodle. Call Jamie at (651) 315-4849 for dates and times. $10 per person. Presented by Making Scents in Minnesota.

Country line dance classesheld for intermediates Mondays 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Rambling River Center, 325 Oak St., Farmington. Cost is $5 per class. Call Marilyn at (651) 463-7833.

Beginner country line dance classes on Wednesdays, 5:30-7:30 p.m., at the Lakeville VFW, 8790 Upper 208th St. $5/class. Call Marilyn (651) 463-7833.

Country line dance classes on Wednesdays at the Lakeville Senior Center, 20732 Holt Ave. Beginners, 9-10 a.m.; Intermediate, 10 a.m.-noon. $5/class Call Marilyn (651) 463-7833. The Lakeville Area Arts Cen-ter offers arts classes for all ages. For class and registration informa-tion, visit www.lakevillemn.gov or call the Arts Center office at (952) 985-4640.

To submit items for Thisweekend’s Music Calendar, e-mail:

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Friday, Jan. 7Brat Pack Radio, Bogart’s

Nightclub, 14917 Garrett Ave., Apple Valley, (952) 432-1515.

Space Needle (front) and Undefined Purpose (back), 9:30 p.m., Neisen’s Sports Bar and Grill, 4851 W. 123rd St., Savage, (952) 846-4513.

Audio Circus, Babe’s Music Bar, 20685 Holyoke Ave., Lakev-ille, (952) 469-5200.

Ten Cent Pistol, Primetime Sports Bar & Grill, 14103 Irving Ave. S., Burnsville, (952) 435-6111.

Ken Wanovich, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Rudy’s Redeye Grill, 20800 Kenrick Ave., Lakeville, (952) 469-0711.

Paul Woell & Company, 7:30 to 10 p.m., Jo Jo’s Rise & Wine, 12501 Nicollet Ave., Suite 100, Burnsville, (952) 736-3001.

Poor Cousin John, 8-11 p.m., The Ugly Mug Coffee, Bar and Grill, 18450 Pilot Knob Road, Farmington, (651) 463-6844.

Saturday, Jan. 8Monsters of Mock, 9:30 p.m.,

Neisen’s Sports Bar and Grill, 4851 W. 123rd St., Savage, (952) 846-4513.

Dan Thayer, 7:30 to 10 p.m., Jo Jo’s Rise & Wine, 12501 Nicollet Ave., Suite 100, Burnsville, (952) 736-3001.

Tim Fast, 8-11 p.m., The Ugly Mug Coffee, Bar and Grill, 18450 Pilot Knob Road, Farmington, (651) 463-6844.

Wednesday, Jan. 12Strange Daze, Primetime

Sports Bar & Grill, 14103 Irving Ave. S., Burnsville, (952) 435-6111.

Thursday, Jan. 13Jimmy and the Band of

Souls, 9:30 p.m., Neisen’s Sports Bar and Grill, 4851 W. 123rd St., Savage, (952) 846-4513.

Friday, Jan. 14Pop Rocks, Bogart’s Night-

club, 14917 Garrett Ave., Apple Valley, (952) 432-1515.

Mister Peabody (front) and Stoned Acoustic (back), 9:30 p.m., Neisen’s Sports Bar and Grill, 4851 W. 123rd St., Savage, (952) 846-4513.

Smoke Screen, Babe’s Music Bar, 20685 Holyoke Ave., Lakev-ille, (952) 469-5200.

JB Leighton, Primetime Sports Bar & Grill, 14103 Irving Ave. S., Burnsville, (952) 435-6111.

Timothy Howe, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Rudy’s Redeye Grill, 20800 Kenrick Ave., Lakeville, (952) 469-0711.

No Name Jazz, 7:30 to 10 p.m., Jo Jo’s Rise & Wine, 12501 Nicollet Ave., Suite 100, Burnsville, (952) 736-3001.


The Lakeville Area Arts Center hit upon a winning formula with its “coffee con-certs” series last year: Sunday afternoon chamber music, plus coffee and refreshments, in a casual cabaret setting. The series returns this year with a twist: The theme this season is “Savor the Flavor of a World of Music,” and each concert will feature refresh-ments from the region of the world where the music origi-nates. The Ouchard Piano Trio kicks off this year’s concert se-ries on Jan. 16 with works by Dvorak, Chopin and others, and Eastern European food will be served. The trio fea-

tures violinist Peter McGuire and cellist Arek Tesarczyk of the Minnesota Orchestra, along with pianist Claudia Chen, an instructor at Macal-ester College. The series continues Feb. 13 with the Vecchione/Erdahl Duo – featuring Rolf Erdahl (bass) and Carrie Vecchione (oboe), the husband-and-wife team who have organized the coffee concerts, accompanied by Ann Benjamin on harp. Works by Brahms, Shosta-kovich and Prokofiev will be paired with food from France and the Mediterranean re-gion. On April 3, guests can take in Latin American vo-cal music, featuring soprano Maria Jette, along with Latin American food. The four-part concert series concludes May 15 with “Sounds and Flavors of India,” with veena player Nirmala Rajasekar and per-cussionist Tanjore K. Muru-gaboopathi. Erdahl, of Apple Valley,

reports that the coffee con-certs are again the recipient of a Metropolitan Regional Council Arts grant, and also receive support from a host of local sponsors. All the concerts are Sunday afternoons at 2 p.m. at the arts center, with coffee and refresh-ments included as part of the admission price, which is $12 for adults and $10 for students and seniors. Each concert will last about an hour and a half, with an intermission and post-concert reception. Tickets are available at the door or in advance by call-ing (952) 985-4640. Those in-terested in attending all four concerts in this year’s series can get a discount on admis-sion – season tickets are $36 for adults and $30 for students and seniors. The Lakeville Area Arts Center is at 20965 Holyoke Ave.


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The Ouchard Piano Trio – featuring, clockwise from

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The Galactic Cowboy Orchestra is bringing its spacey blend of jazz, country and rock – what band members have termed “bug-eyed bluegrass from Zeta Reticuli” – to the Lakeville Area Arts Center on Friday, Jan. 14. The concert promises to be a multimedia spectacle, with backscreen graphics throughout the show along with screenings of short films starring the Minneapolis alt-rock quartet. “We love taking audiences on musical adventures,” said bassist John Wright. “We do toe-tappin’ front porch bluegrass, and then stretch its DNA into other dimensions.” Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. concert are $15 and are available by calling (952) 985-4640.

‘Church Basement Ladies’ in Burnsville The Burnsville Perform-ing Arts Center will host the first stop for the national tour of Troup America’s “Church Basement Ladies 2! A Sec-ond Helping” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 13. The original version of “Church Basement Ladies” opened at the Plymouth Playhouse in 2005. This time around, the year is 1969 and the world is a changing. As folks protest the Vietnam War and women are demand-ing equal pay for equal work, in their small rural Minne-sota community, the ladies of the Lutheran church base-ment kitchen are dealing with changes of their own.

Tickets range from $34 to $39 and can be purchased in person at the box office, via Ticketmaster at (800) 982-2787 or ticketmaster.com.

Family night at IMAX The IMAX Theatre at the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Val-ley will host family night on Monday, Jan. 17. Guests who purchase one adult admission ($16) to the 6:30 p.m. showing of “TRON Legacy” will receive one free child’s admission to the movie and complimenta-ry sandwiches from Subway (while supplies last) before the show. Sandwiches will be served in the lobby beginning at 5:30 p.m.

Winter art classes Registration is open for winter classes at the Eagan Art House. Classes are available for age 4 through adult. For a complete listing go to www.eaganarthouse.org. For more information, call the Eagan Art House at (651) 686-9134.

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per sewing, 9:15 a.m.; yoga, 9:45 a.m.; morning stretch, 10 a.m.; Velvet Tones prac-tice, 10 a.m.; dominoes, 1 p.m.; Write Your Life Story, 1 p.m.; mah jongg, 1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 13: Dupli-cate bridge, 12:30 p.m.; 500, 1 p.m.; pool, 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 14: Morning stretch, 10 a.m.; ethnic pot-luck, noon.

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Burnsville City Council Following is the agenda for the 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 11, work session of the Burnsville City Council.1. Meeting with Legislators – 6:30 p.m.2. BPAC Advisory Commission Update – 7:30 p.m.3. Snow Plowing Policy House-keeping Amendments – 7:50 p.m.4. Round Table – 8:05 p.m. • Reports on Advisory Boards & External Organizations

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ISD 194 School Board Following is the agenda for the 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 11, regular meeting of the ISD 194 School Board in the Board Room.1. Preliminary Actions a. Call to Order b. Pledge of Allegiance c. Roll Call and Board Intro-ductions2. Recommended Action a. Election of School Board Of-ficers for 20113. Continued Preliminary Actions a. Good News b. Public Comment c. Board Communications d. Agenda Additions4. Consider Approval of Consent Agenda a. Board Minutes b. Employment Recommenda-tions, Leave Requests and Resigna-tions c. Other Personnel Matters d. Payment of Bills & Claims e. Other Business Matters f. Acceptance of Gift Dona-tions g. Field Trips5. Consent Agenda Discussion Items6. Reports a. Online Learning - Ms. Knud-sen b. 2011-13 Budget Adjustment Draft - Dr. Amoroso7. Continued Recommended Ac-tions a. Set Salary for Board Mem-bers for 2011 b. Establish Time and Date for Regular School Board Meetings for 2011 c. Consider Board Committee Assignments and Representatives to Agencies/Organizations d. Designate the Official School District Publication for 2011 e. Consider Designation of Dis-

trict Legal Counsel f. Consider Organizational Matters Related to Business Office Functions: 1. Approve Designation of Of-ficial Depositories for School Dis-trict Funds and Investments 2. Approval of Collateral Cur-rently Pledged by Present Deposi-tories 3. Authorize Business Man-ager to Use Facsimile Signatures for Checks and Use of Last Year’s Plate 4. Authorize Superintendent or Business Manager to Make Short-Term Investments and to Perform the Duties of Clerk and Treasurer 5. Authorize Superintendent and Business Manager to Lease, Purchase, and Contract for Goods and Services within General Bud-get Categories 6. Authorize Superintendent or Business Manager to Utilize Wire Transfers of Investments and Pay-ments g. 2011-12 Calendar – Dr. Amoroso8. Additions to the Agenda9. Information a. Superintendent’s Report b. Board Member Reports10. Adjournment

William Byrne Elementary wins district chess tourney William Byrne Elemen-tary in Burnsville emerged as the champion in the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District’s 2010 El-ementary Chess Tourna-ment on Dec. 18 at Metcalf Junior High. A team from Hidden

Valley Elementary in Sav-age placed second while the team from Sioux Trail El-ementary in Burnsville was third. Sixth-grader Brian Bill-man from the William By-rne team won the top indi-vidual title. Rounding out the top 10 in order were Pratik Nehete, Ryler McDowall, Matthew Fischer, Joseph Mosoti, Connor Van Dorpe, Alex Gude, Sidharth Addagudi, Zander Gorton and Matt Helke. The top grade levels were won by Garrett Devine (sixth grade), Jenna Lich-ty (fifth grade), Kendrick Hjelmberg (fourth grade), Jarett Mosoti (third grade), Laitin Renner (second grade) and Erik Gorton (first grade and under). The top primary novice champion was Katherine Berge.

Home-school ballet classes Heavenly Home-School Ballet will begin a new 12-week session of classes from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Thursdays starting Jan. 20 at Bal-let Royale Minnesota in Lakeville. Classes are de-signed for ages 7-12. E-mail [email protected] for more information.


PUBLIC NOTICEPublic Hearing Notice

City of Apple Valley

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Cityof Apple Valley will hold a public hearing onthe draft Apple Valley Wellhead Protection(WHP) Plan Part 2 Amendment which is arequirement of the Minnesota WellheadProtection Rule 4720, part 4720.5300. Thehearing will be held on Thursday, January27, 2011, at 8:00 p.m., or as soon thereaf-ter as possible, in the Council Chambers ofthe Municipal Center, 7100 147th Street W.,Apple Valley, Minnesota, as part of theregular City Council meeting.

The WHP Plan Part 2 Amendment isdesigned to continue Apple Valley’s effortsto prevent human-caused contaminationfrom entering the public water supply wells.The plan identifies the groundwater aquiferarea that supplies water to the wells over a10-year period. Based on the level of vul-nerability of the aquifer within this area,potential sources of contamination wereidentified and a management plan was cre-ated for this area.

A copy of the draft WHP Plan Part 2Amendment is available for public review atthe Municipal Center (7100 147th Street W.)and the Central Maintenance Facility (6442140th Street W.). Members of the public areinvited to attend the public hearing andprovide comments or questions about thedraft WHP Plan Part 2 Amendment at thattime. Questions regarding this notice maybe directed to the Public Works Superin-tendent - Utilities at 952-953-2400.

DATED this 7th day of January, 2011.Pamela J. GackstetterApple Valley City Clerk

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because no other Burnsville business has suffered such a hardship, backers argued. “I was on my way to work one day and there I saw the fence,” said Kiley Lyke of Rixmann-Burnsville LLC, noting that the new sign will cost the company nearly $100,000. “No one notified us.” “If I were them, I’d be furious, absolutely furi-ous, to be forced to spend a hundred thousand dollars because the state put a wall in front of my business,” said Council Member Dan Kealey, who joined Coun-cil Member Dan Gustafson and Mayor Elizabeth Kautz in voting for the sign. Burnsville officials have for years supported resi-dents’ efforts to get noise walls along the freeway. State approval of 20-foot walls on both sides from Burnsville Parkway to McAndrews Road was fi-nally triggered by plans to extend the northbound MnPASS Express Lane in Burnsville. Kautz said the walls are “much-needed for the com-fort of our residents” but at a cost to LivINN, which is on a frontage road long plagued by business vacan-cies. “Yours is the only busi-ness you can’t see because the wall blocks your busi-ness fully,” Kautz said. That’s a shame, the com-pany says, because it invest-ed “millions” in the build-ing, a former Days Inn, after buying it in 2005. “We had great curb ap-peal, and now, coming from the south, that’s completely

gone,” Lyke told the coun-cil. Council members Char-lie Crichton and Mary Sherry voted against the sign because of its size. Mathematically, the sign’s extra height is an ad-vantage, negating the need for a larger sign, Crichton said. “If it’s the same size, it looks bigger, because you’re looking at it from an alti-tude down,” he said. “It’s closer to your eye.” Northbound motorists will see the sign longer as they drive, Crichton said. Sherry called for a com-promise – maybe 240 feet in size and 52 feet high, she said. At least one nearby resi-dent, on Forest Glen Drive, is worried that LivINN’s sign could prompt requests

from other area business owners, Sherry said. The council needn’t wor-ry about setting a precedent because approval of the sign is through a change in LivINN’s planned unit de-velopment, which is unique to that property, Gustafson argued. That won’t necessar-ily protect the council from charges of favoritism, Sher-ry said. The council “can wave its hand and do just about any-thing, but I’m concerned about the integrity of this council,” she said. Sherry also noted that the hotel has a billboard in Lakeville showing what exit to take to get there.

John Gessner is at [email protected].

ernor: The Life and Times of Rudy Perpich”; and LG Bradshaw, author of “Dot to Dot.”

Teen poetry slam All high school students are invited to participate in and the public is invited to attend “An Evening of … Spoken Word,” a poetry slam/spoken-word compe-tition at 7 p.m. Jan. 28 at the Steeple Center. General admission is $5; cost to compete is $8, with the winners taking home cash prizes. The event is being or-ganized by students from Rosemount High School in partnership with the Rosemount arts council. For more information, in-cluding poetry slam rules

and sign-up details, e-mail [email protected].

Guns and grub The Rosemount arts council is getting all mobbed up for its third annual mystery-theater dinner on Jan. 29 at the Steeple Center. The gangster-themed event will have attendees helping a detective solve a murder that occurs some-time during the dinner. Guests are encouraged to attend dressed as their favorite gangster or gun moll. There will be a cos-tume contest as well as a silent auction. Tickets are $38 and are available at www.rosemountaac.org.


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by John GessnerTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

A Burnsville hotel that has literally disappeared behind a new sound wall along Interstate 35W has been granted permission to erect an extra-high, extra-large sign to reannounce its presence to motorists. The City Council voted 3-2 Jan. 4 to allow a new pylon sign for the LivINN Hotel at 13080 Aldrich Ave. South, the west I-35W frontage road south of Burnsville Parkway. The new sound wall eliminates the view of the building from northbound I-35W and at some points blocks views of the hotel’s current pylon sign, which is 32 feet high. The council approved the request by hotel owner Rixmann-Burnsville LLC for a sign that’s 54 feet high, 3 feet higher than city code allows for pylon signs, and 288 square feet in size. Council members agreed that the hotel needs a sign that’s visible over the wall. They differed on the sign’s size. City code al-lows freestanding signs of up to 200 square feet. The company argued that’s too small for a sign that high. Two-hundred square feet “has been a consistent stan-dard for the community and has been applied to other freeway frontage sites,” said a city staff report. The deviation is justified

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Disappearing hotel will get new sign that pokes over noise wall


The LivINN Hotel west of Interstate 35W in Burnsville has literally disappeared from the view of northbound traffic behind a new sound wall. The owner gained City Council approval to erect a new sign that’s visible over the wall.

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