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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011 VOLUME 32, NO. 31

by John GessnerTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

It will be all llamas and red pajamas in Burnsville on Thursday, Oct. 6. Throughout the community and the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District, tykes from preschool to first grade will be read the children’s book “Llama Llama Red Pajama.” It’s part of the national Read for the Record campaign sponsored by Jumpstart, a preschool literacy orga-nization, with support from the Pear-son Foundation.

This year’s goal is more than 2 million readings of the chosen book. Burnsville and District 191 are aiming for 1,300. Other Minne-sota participants are the Minneapolis, Minnetonka, Rochester and St. Paul school districts. Guest readers, including Minne-sota Education Commissioner Brenda Cassellius, will join the festivities as author Anna Dewdney’s book is read to children in District 191 preschool, kindergarten and first-grade class-rooms and in other settings, including

day cares and the Burnhaven Library. The book is “cute,” said Vicki Roy, a leader of the Read for the Record campaign in Burnsville and 191. “It takes a very short period of time to read. It’s something anybody can read. I have practiced with my grand-children, and in five to 10 minutes, you have it read.” Behind the campaign is a problem that the Jumpstart organization and a Burnsville-based group are trying to address.

Community reading event is Oct. 6 in Burnsville, District 191

Marathon man has more onhis mind than personal bests

Eicher, 28, raising money for Christian charity by running in Twin Cities, Uganda

Submitted photo

Aaron Eicher of Burnsville will compete with Team World Vision in the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon and in the MTN Kampala Marathon in November in Uganda.

Off and runningOff and running

Photo by Rick Orndorf

Running shoes thundered on the turf at the start of the 35th annual Eagle Invitational cross country meet hosted by Apple Valley High School last weekend. Eagan’s Sydney Speir took first place out of 121 runners with a time of 16 minutes, 13 seconds. For full coverage of the event, turn to Sports, 14A. For more photos, go online to www.ThisweekLive.com.

Black Hawk recognized for healthy eating efforts

by Jessica HarperTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

The school song plays, while the crowd cheers on the mascot. It seems like any ordinary pep rally at Black Hawk Mid-dle School, except the crowd isn’t cheering on the home team. Rather the students are cheering for nutrition.

Black Hawk Middle School was one of four schools in the nation this week to be recog-nized by Schwan’s Food Ser-vice for its efforts to boost nutrition among students – an effort that has been carried districtwide. As a part of Schwan’s LiveSmart X-Country Tour on Sept. 27, Black Hawk’s food service received a $2,000 donation. “We plan to use this toward a wall mural or an ice machine


Long-awaited plans for a CVS Phar-macy and other redevelopment on the old TCF Bank site in Burnsville’s Heart of the City are closer than ever. But the developer’s continued insistence on a second driveway entrance from Burnsville Park-way casts uncertainty on the project. The Planning Commission voted unani-mously Sept. 26 to recommend approval of the project, which would replace the bank building at Burnsville Parkway and Nicollet Avenue, a local landmark since 1974. The CVS store, with a plaza in front, would be built on the southwest corner of the prop-erty, close to the sidewalk as called for in the Heart of the City’s urban-design standards. Plans also include an outlot for future de-velopment – possibly a 5,000-square-foot retail and office building. Property owner Wellington Management Group would keep the outlot and sell 1.6 acres of the 2.45-acre site to CVS. The Planning Commission recommendation included a condition prohibiting a second ac-cess from Burnsville Parkway, which engineer-ing and planning staffers say presents a safety risk. The access is “very important to our client, and it is something we want to continue asking for,” said project manager Jon Lennander of Velmeir Cos., which builds CVS stores. The decision rests with the City Council, which is scheduled to act on the proposal next Tuesday (Oct. 4). Lennander said the access is needed for cus-tomer convenience. He said there are reports that the two exiting accesses to the property – at the Nicollet Avenue/126th Street intersection and a private driveway on Burnsville Parkway at the east end of the site – are congestion-prone. City staffers say the proposed access, a right-in-only on the Parkway 300 feet from the in-tersection with Nicollet Avenue, poses risks of rear-end collisions. The driveway would have a steep grade down into the site, causing “extensive deceleration” in the right lane of Burnsville Parkway for vehicles navigating the entrance. Pedestrians on the sidewalk in front of the entrance could cause vehicles to stop in the right lane, stacking up vehicles behind them. And with the intersection only 300 feet away, drivers would “have a tendency to look ahead to the signal, and may not be as aware of changes in traffic flow in front of them,” said a city staff report. The project has been a long time coming. The development group, called Burnsville Crossing LLC for this project, first struck a development contract, which included tax-increment financ-ing incentives, with the city in 2007. Plans origi-nally called for a pharmacy, a medical office building and a two-story parking deck. Since then there have been amendments to the contract, and Wellington has told the city that the slow economy hindered progress on the site. John Gessner is [email protected].

Fate of CVS plan rests with Burnsville council

Developer continues to insist oncontroversial driveway access

‘Llama Llama Red Pajama’ is aninvitation to childhood literacy


Aaron Eicher has trained for Sunday’s Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon with hopes of topping his personal-best time of two hours, 44 min-utes and 20 seconds for a 26.2-mile course. The Burnsville runner hopes to improve on his other Twin Cities Marathon appearance, in 2008, when he finished 88th out of more than 8,000 competitors. But personal bests aren’t all he’s chasing. Eicher, 28, will join about 180 other members of Team

World Vision who are run-ning Sunday to raise money for clean-water projects in Africa. Once that’s done, Eicher will turn his attention to Uganda, where on Nov. 20 he and six other Team World Vision runners will compete in the MTN Kampala Mara-thon to raise money for child sponsorships. “I don’t know too much other than Uganda’s about 3,500 feet in elevation. So there’s an elevation factor compared to here in Minne-sota,” Eicher said. “And it’ll probably be kind of warm

and humid, I’m assuming.” Eicher will be joined in the Kampala Marathon by fellow Team World Vision runner Abby Velin of Rose-mount. An Iraq war veteran and married father of two, Eicher is as serious about Christian charity as he is about run-ning. In addition to personal fundraising for World Vi-sion International through the Twin Cities Marathon, Eicher is rounding up child sponsors through the Kam-pala Marathon.

Photo by Jessica Harper

Students at Black Hawk Middle School get autographs from Vikings running back Lorenzo Booker, who spoke to them about the importance of healthy eating during a rally on Sept. 27. Black Hawk was recognized by Schwan’s Food Service that day for efforts to promote healthy eating at the school.

School presented a check for $2,000

from Schwan’s

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Members of four employee unions of the U. S. Postal Service used the sidewalks along Nicollet Avenue and Burnsville Parkway to deliver a message to 2nd District U. S. Rep. John Kline on Sept. 27. By rallying near Kline’s district office, the workers were trying to pressure the Lakeville Republican to sign onto a bill that they say addresses the financial crisis facing the Postal Service. The unions say the Postal Service is required to pre-fund 75 years’ worth of future retiree health benefits over the space of 10 years. No other federal agency is forced to pre-fund such benefits, especially on such an aggressive schedule, the unions claim.

Burnsville

Motorists will experience delays and detours in com-ing days at Interstate 35W and Highway 13 in Burns-ville as crews continue to construct a new MnPASS Express Lane and resurface ramps and loops. Sunday, Oct. 2: The ramp from southbound I-35W to westbound Highway 13 will close at 7 p.m. Oct. 2 and reopen by 7 a.m. Monday, Oct. 3. Motorists should follow the posted detour: eastbound Highway 13 to northbound I-35W to west-bound Highway 13. The ramp from east-bound Highway 13 to southbound I-35W will close at 7 p.m. Oct. 2 and reopen at 7 a.m. Monday,

Oct 3. Motorists should fol-low northbound I-35W to westbound Highway 13 to southbound I-35W. Monday, Oct. 3: The loop from southbound I-35W to eastbound Highway 13 will close at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 3, and reopen by 7 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4. Motorists should follow Burnsville Parkway to northbound I-35W to eastbound High-way 13. The ramp from west-bound Highway 13 to southbound I-35W will close at 7 p.m. Oct. 3 and re-open by 7 a.m. Oct. 4. Mo-torists should follow north-bound I-35W to Cliff Road to southbound I-35W. Tuesday, Oct. 4: The loop

from southbound I-35W to eastbound Highway 13 will close at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4, and reopen by 7 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5. Motor-ists should follow Burnsville Parkway to northbound I-35W to eastbound High-way 13. The ramp from west-bound Highway 13 to southbound I-35W will close at 7 p.m. Oct. 4 and re-open by 7 a.m. Oct. 5. Mo-torists should follow north-bound I-35W to Cliff Road to southbound I-35W. For more information on MnPASS, visit www.mn-pass.org. For travel infor-mation anywhere in Minne-sota, visit www.511mn.org or dial 5-1-1.

Ramp closures set in Burnsville

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Eagan

by Tad JohnsonTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

An Eagan woman, her two children and the fam-ily dog escaped a house fire in the early morning hours Thursday, Sept. 22, at 1314 Wilderness Run, despite the home not having working smoke alarms. While the home received significant damage, Eagan Fire Department officials are finding a teaching mo-ment from the blaze. The home did not have working smoke alarms since it was undergoing a renova-tion project that started in May and was expected to be completed in two weeks. While the home’s hard-wired system had to be shut down because of the reno-vation work, fire officials re-mind people that temporary battery-operated smoke detectors should be used in such instances. The woman told fire of-ficials that she woke shortly after midnight after she heard a noise that sounded like a doorbell, according to a fire department press re-lease. When she went upstairs she found the kitchen heav-ily involved with fire. It is suspected that the doorbell rang when the wire shorted during the fire. The woman and her children, who were stay-ing in the basement due to the project, attempted to go back to the main level to exit the home, but the fire had spread through the main level. They escaped through a basement patio door and went to a neigh-bor’s house to call 911. First arriving units re-ported heavy fire coming out of the windows of the home on all four sides. The cause of the fire was blamed on oil-soaked

ment. Fire officials reported that as the oil oxidized, heat was released. Since the heat was not dissipated, it built up and ignited the rags. The contractor had just finished sealing sev-eral wooden doors on Wednesday that were sitting throughout the home, and

fire officials believe their presence contributed to the fire’s quick spread. Fire officials urge people to use special waste cans for oil-soaked rags. These containers allow air to flow around the rags and dissi-pate heat. The waste cans should not have plastic lin-ers and should be emptied

daily. All five Eagan fire sta-tions along with one truck from Apple Valley battled the blaze. The last fire truck cleared the scene at about 7 a.m. There were no injuries during the fire.

Tad Johnson is at [email protected].

rags that spontaneously combusted after they were left behind in a cardboard

box following a woodwork staining project, according to the Eagan Fire Depart-

Fire in Eagan demonstrates need for smoke alarmsDoorbell wire shorting reportedly woke mother who escaped with her two children and family dog

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Eagan Fire Department firefighters battled a blaze in the early morning hours of Sept. 22 at 1314 Wilderness Run.


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Opinion

Fun Foods Catering is alive and wellTo the editor: Personally, and on be-half of the Lakeville Art Festival, I would like to ex-tend a big thank you to Do-ris LaMott Hoel, owner of Fun Foods Catering. For the past three years Doris and her team have catered the evening Awards Ceremony. This is, and continues to be, one of the highlights of our event for the artists and sponsors that attend. Not only has Doris been an “in-kind” sponsor offering a tremendous discount in support of the arts, she per-

sonally manages every fine detail of catering for the evening. I must say that Doris “ca-ters” in the most absolute full capacity of the word’s definition. She works to un-derstand the mood that her customer wishes to portray and then fully creates, in our case, a mood of camarade-rie and festivity. She advises on how to set the tone of the event, from table and chair placement, to traf-fic flow, color scheme and quite frankly, her work in food presentation is a work of art itself. She pairs a vari-ety of selected foods that are mouth-watering to the smell and melt-in-your-mouth de-

licious to the taste. She is a one-of-a-kind caterer that takes each job personally and builds a comfortable working relationship with her clients. Recently, I read an arti-cle in Thisweek section that portrayed a very negative feel and seemed to indicate that Fun Foods Catering is no longer in business. I am here to say that not only is Fun Foods Catering alive and well, Doris is a caterer that should be considered a first choice option for your event needs.

SHELLY CARNEY Director, Lakeville Art Fes-tival

Mad about road, sewer workTo the editor: I live in Burnsville and had my road repaved and sewer upgraded this sum-mer. I am being charged al-most $4,000 for this. I nei-ther wanted nor needed this. I certainly don’t want to pay for it. I have not been able to attend any meetings about this (I work in the evenings) and emails to the mayor and City Council have been ig-nored. I have a few questions about these projects. Why are my taxes not paying for this? My proper-ty values have gone down in the past few years, my taxes very little, so I believe I’ve paid my fair share. Is our city so misman-aged financially that they can’t pay for these improve-ments? Why are they doing them if they can’t afford them? Why are they doing so many at one time and not spreading them out so they can afford them? Where am I supposed to come up with $4,000? I budget my money. This was not in my budget. What happens if I refuse to pay? Does the city take my house? Garnish my wag-es? The total amount the city will collect from the residents of our road will be roughly 1 percent of the total budget of the project (if I’m reading the numbers correctly on our assessment notice). Is this really worth the time, effort and cost to collect? Isn’t this about how much the city has spent on hearings and paperwork and collection? My yard was completely torn up. Sod was put down (no landscaping was re-placed and in fact it took a lot of angry phone calls to get my broken mail box replaced!). The city has wa-tered for two months. Now the next two years are up to me – I get to pay the wa-ter bill too. This is after their “watering” with a fire hose drowned and killed the grass around the sod and tore up the edges of the sod. Really?! I would like an answer from a City Council person or the mayor as to how this

occurs and why they do this to citizens. By the way – I vote.

TRACY SEYMOURBurnsville

Library didn’t want new DVD to replace lost materialTo the editor: I just want to say, “Shame on Dakota County library!” Recently I had the unpleasant experience of losing a children’s library DVD, trying to do the right thing when I couldn’t find it – I replaced it with a brand new, still in the wrap-per copy of the same DVD. Boy, was I shocked when they didn’t want to take it! Three librarians were standing there arguing over whether or not that was “allowed” and quoted a “policy” that tech sup-port didn’t feel like adding a barcode to a single item. I asked them to check. Fi-nally, one agreed she would ask her supervisor and they took the new DVD and the old case and said they’d get back to me. When I got home I tried to find this policy, or really any policy on what happens when you are unfortunate enough to lose or otherwise damage a library DVD. There is no policy! Clearly, there needs to be one and it needs to be clearly displayed near the DVDs and also available on the website. After I got back I went online and talked with the reference librarian and asked who I could contact to let them know about the problem; she didn’t know. Could I contact someone? No, they don’t know who you would contact. Librar-ies are a public service and they need to be run with much more professional-ism. In today’s economy, more and more families (hope-fully) will take advantage of library services. In my family, the majority of the free DVDs we are checking out are educational DVDs about careers, science and space for my 8-year-old who is seriously struggling in school, I’m happy if he will watch or read anything

educational. Isn’t it silly that due to a non-existent “policy” from “tech sup-port” who doesn’t feel like adding a sticker to the DVD my family now won’t be able to use that public service to help them.

KRISTINA BLASENApple Valley

Kline’s job fair was a successTo the editor: Last week at the Eagan Community Center, U.S. Rep. John Kline hosted a career and jobs fair. More than 70 employers with available jobs, as well as or-ganizations providing job search services to job seek-ers, were on hand to provide direct assistance to Minne-sotans who are among the 15 million Americans look-ing for a job. I would like to thank the more than 1,200 job seek-ers and job providers who attended and helped make the event a success. Kline was pleased to be able to fa-cilitate interactions between job seekers and private-sector job creators from the health care, technology, financial, and retail indus-tries, as well as educational institutions and service or-ganizations. Throughout the summer, Kline heard from Minne-sota job creators, workers, and too many frustrated un-employed Americans who want to get America work-ing again. Like Kline, they want to see positive solu-tions that put the nation’s fiscal house in order and remove Washington’s regu-latory roadblocks to job creation. In Minnesota and in Washington, he will con-tinue working toward that end. We look forward to host-ing additional career and jobs fairs in the future. If you would like to be noti-fied about the next jobs fair, please visit Kline’s website at http://kline.house.gov and click on the “Contact John” link, or call his Min-nesota office at (952) 808-1213. BROOKE DOROBIALADistrict director for U.S. Rep. John Kline

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ECM Editorial

While the Minnesota Legisla-ture, controlled by Republicans, boasted it did not raise taxes last session, it eliminated the market value homestead credit, which could increase most homeowners’ property taxes by varying amounts on taxes payable next year. For 44 years, the state has part-nered with local government in giving relief to property taxpayers in the form of a credit. That cred-it was then used to offset a portion of the property tax. Unless city councils, school boards and county boards cut spending in the amount of the credit, almost every homeowner will pay all or part of the elimi-nated credit. It is unrealistic for local gov-

ernments to cut expenses to make up the loss of the credit to protect property taxpayers. Even if local tax levies were not increased by one dollar, the elimi-nation of the tax credit could re-sult in a higher property tax pay-able next year. That deduction could vary de-pending on the value of the prop-erty. Those with a home valued at $76,000 or less will not have to pay more while those with homes over that amount, up to $414,000, will pay more depending on the value of their property. What may not be realized is commercial and industrial prop-erty taxpayers also will be hit with the loss of the credit, because low-er-valued homestead properties

under the law will be excluded, thus lowering the tax base and in-creasing the rate. All this comes about as local governments are struggling to make ends meet, already feeling the loss of local government aid and declining property values. The Legislature cleverly will lay the blame on local governments, saying they, not the Legislature, determine the amount of local taxes. In effect, the state government is saving $261 million a year in cutting out the credit and forcing local property taxpayers to pick up the tab. Initiated by Republican legis-lators, removing the homestead credit became a part of the settle-

ment that brought an end to the government shutdown. When the deal eliminating the credit was first approved by both houses of the Legislature, Gov. Mark Dayton vetoed it. While it was signed into law by him, he said he did not agree with it. Republican leaders say they didn’t increase property taxes; they merely reformed the system, claiming the state never did fully reimburse the credit. They con-tend not fully reimbursing the credit resulted in local govern-ments never knowing what the credit reimbursement would be, making budgeting difficult. Two DFL legislators, Ann Lenczewski and Paul Marquart, will introduce legislation to repeal

the homestead credit elimination for 2012. Property taxpayers will have an opportunity to learn what their projected increase will be for 2012 in two months when Truth in Taxation statements will be sent. Each county is obligated to sched-ule a Truth in Taxation hearing. No doubt, taxpayers will com-plain, which should bring about the repeal of this unwarranted measure and will refute the claim that the Legislature did not in-crease taxes for next year.

An editorial from the ECM Edito-rial Board. Thisweek Newspapers and the Dakota County Tribune are part of the ECM Publishers Inc.

Homestead credit turns out to be a political football

Clarification Regarding a Sept. 16 story about Fun Foods Catering, the business closed at the Neighborhood House in St. Paul, but is continuing to operate, according to owner Doris LaMott Hoel.


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In a homecoming week blemish at Burnsville High School, a student or group of students is being con-nected with vandalism at ri-val Prior Lake High School. In an announcement to students Friday morning, BHS Principal David Helke reported that graffiti was spray-painted inside and outside Prior Lake’s stadi-um Thursday night. “The vandalism was directly connected with Burnsville High School and the Blaze,” Helke said in the announcement, which was read at both the main cam-pus and senior campus. Burnsville plays Prior Lake tonight (Friday) in its homecoming game. Home-

coming week is Sept. 19 to 24. Helke said the vandalism was a criminal act and vio-lation of school policy that caused $2,000 to $3,000 in damages. A $200 reward is being offered to BHS stu-dents for information on who was responsible. “Be a responsible re-porter and do not let this

type of behavior define our community,” Helke said in his announcement, which also went out to the school’s email subscribers. Anyone with information may call Helke at (952) 707-2101 or text CrimeStoppers at 274637. Text YAC Blaze, followed by your message.

— John Gessner

Vandalism connected to BurnsvilleHigh a blemish on homecoming week

A Burnsville man who shot his ex-wife to death as their three children watched was sentenced Monday to life in prison without parole, plus 21 years, the Free Press of Mankato reported. Joel Munt, 35, fatally shot 32-year-old Svetla-na Munt of Mankato on March 28, 2010, in Manka-to’s Rasmussen Woods Park. During his trial, Munt said he “snapped” and somehow left his body when he rammed his SUV into his ex-wife’s car before shoot-ing her several times, the Free Press reported Mon-day. A Blue Earth County jury found Monday that Munt wasn’t insane at the time of the shooting. Last week, the jury found Munt guilty of murder, robbery, kidnapping and assault, the

newspaper report-ed. The couple’s three young children were in the car with Svetlana Munt when Joel Munt rammed the vehicle into some trees and

then shot his ex-wife. “Daddy killed my mom-my,” a Blue Earth County sheriff ’s deputy heard one of the children say. The vic-tim was found face-down in the car and declared dead at the scene. Witnesses found the car pinned to some trees by the SUV, which was still in gear and spewing smoke from a spinning tire. Munt fled the park in an SUV he stole at gunpoint from a couple who had stopped to help after seeing the smoke. The couple removed their children from the SUV, and Munt fled the park with

his children in the vehicle, according to the criminal complaint. A sheriff ’s deputy spot-ted the vehicle and arrested Munt. According to the Free Press, court records show that Svetlana reported in October 2006 that Joel had threatened to burn their Minnesota Lake house down with her inside if she didn’t obey him. “I told Joel that I have rights and he told me that I do not. We were arguing about a divorce and he told me that he would make me disappear,” she is quoted as saying in an affidavit re-questing a protection order. On his personal web-site, Joel Munt complained about the divorce, the judi-cial system and his inability to get full custody of the children, the newspaper re-ported in April 2010.

— John Gessner

Burnsville man gets life in ex-wife’s murder in Mankato

Joel Munt

Burnsville


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(Mensing) MarksHeather was awarded a Doctorof Dental Science Degree from

the University of MinnesotaSchool of Dentistry onFriday, May 13, 2011.

She is a 2003 graduate ofLakeville High School,

and a 2006 graduate of theUniversity of St. Thomas,and currently employed by

Rollyn P. Lee, D.D.S.of Amery, WI.

Heather is the wife of DerekMarks of St. Paul, and she is the

daughter of Bruce and MarieMensing of Lakevillle.

Malecha - SieleniDennis and Pauline Malecha of

Lakeville, would like to announcethe engagement of their son, Jus-tin Joseph Malecha to ChristineElizabeth Sieleni, daughter ofThomas and Gretchen Sieleni ofInver Grove Heights, MN.

Justin is a 2004 graduate ofLakeville High School and earneda Bachelor’s degree in Businessf r o m t h e U n i v e r s i t y o fWisconsin-Stout. He is co-ownerof “Outdoor Innovations” (land-scapes/lawn maintenance/snowremoval).

Christine is a 2004 graduate ofSimley High School and earned adegree in Hotel, Restaurant andTourism Management from theUniversity of Wisconsin-Stout.She is employed by Golden Val-ley Golf and Country Club as aCatering and Sales Manager.

A November 2011 wedding isplanned.

Bradfish-Bartkowicz

Ms. Leslie Brooks of AppleValley and Mr. Richard Bradfisho f E a g a n a n n o u n c e t h eengagement of their daughter ,Lindsay Bradfish , to MatthewBartkowicz, son of Dave andNancy Bartkowicz of CirclePines.

Lindsay is a 2004 graduate ofLakeville High School and a 2008graduate of the University ofWisconsin - Madison. She iscurrently employed by TargetCorporate as an expert on thebusiness intelligence team.

Matt is a 2002 graduate ofCentennial High School and a2006 graduate of the Universityof Minnesota. He recently earnedhis PhD in Aerospace Engineer-i n g a t t h e U o f M a n d i semployed by GoHypersonicIncorporated.

A w e d d i n g i s p l a n n e d i nStillwater for October 1st, 2011.

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age 65 passed away September22, 2011. Services will be held atMary Mother Church in Burns-ville, MN at a later date to bedetermined. Burial will follow atResurrection cemetery. Susannewas the daughter of Florence andRichard Bonin. Raised with hersiblings in Minneapolis, MN andgraduated with a nursing degreefrom the University of Minne-sota. Susanne enjoyed movies,summer trips to the North Shorewith her family and collectingsnowmen. She was a nurse formany years and spent many yearsat Blue Cross as a case manager.She was a strong advocate forHemophilic care. Susanne wasvery proud of her children andtheir accomplishments and shedearly loved her grandchildren.She is survived by children Chris-topher (Mary) , Tim, & Dan(Jamie) Lower; grandchildrenCierra, Hailley, Jania, Jaycen,Hayden, Hannah & Jacklyn;brother Richard (Corinne) Lowerof Burnsville; sister Barb (Joe)Eitter of Mason City, IA, sisterPatti Gaalaass of Minneapolis,MN, brother Frank Bonin ofMinneapolis, MN and DianePeterson deceased. Blessed beher memory.

Arrangements are with WhiteFuneral Home.

Online condolences atwww.whitefuneralhomes.com

In Memory ofHarold Rice1986-2011A quarter of a century

you have been gone.Your Life was a blessing,your memory a treasure.

You are loved beyond wordsand missed beyond measure.

Love Always,Your Family

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Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester (Lor-raine) Wil l iams III of Rose-m o u n t , M N a n d J e f f r e y B .deRegnier, of Prior Lake, MNare pleased to announce theupcoming marr iage of the i rdaughter, Lisette M. deRegnier toThomas P. Anderson, son ofCatherine Anderson and the lateBrian Anderson, of Harrisburg,SD.

Lisette is a 2005 graduate ofRosemount High School and a2009 graduate of AugustanaCollege in Sioux Falls, SD. She isemployed by HealthPartners andthe American Red Cross as aregistered nurse and currentlyattends Walden University inpursuit of her Masters degree inNursing Education.

Thomas is a 2003 graduate ofOwatonna High School in Owa-tonna, MN and a 2006 graduateof the Art Institute of Minnesota.He currently attends RasmussenC o l l e g e i n p u r s u i t o f h i sBachelor’s degree in criminal jus-tice. He is employed by Aramarkas a chef.

The couple will be married onSeptember 30, 2011 at St. JohnNeumann Church in Eagan, MN.The couple will reside in InverGrove Heights, MN.

Rita FredOn February 22, 1931 in Dick-

inson, North Dakota, Gervaseand Agnes (Weber) Manning,announced the birth of theirdaughter Rita Evelyn. She mar-ried Howard Fred on November17, 1956 at St. Patrick's CatholicChurch in Dickinson.

Graduating with a degree as aRegistered Nurse, Rita worked atthe Dickinson Hospital. In 2000,Rita moved to Burnsville to becloser to her family. Rita was adevoted Catholic, with a wonder-ful sense of humor and enjoyedthe company of everyone. Ritawas 80 when she passed awaypeacefully in the early morninghours of Saturday, September 17,2011 at Ebenezer Ridges CareCenter in Burnsville, MN.

Rita will always be loved andforever missed by her children,Rae (Rick) Zapernick of Arizona,Colin (Darcie) Fred of Canada,R e v a ( K e n d a l l ) M o e l l e r o fFlor ida , Jon (Lisa ) Fred ofWashington DC, Roberta (Tom)Bezdicek of Minnesota and Paula(Chris) Teiken of Minnesota;grandchildren Taylor, Jacob andRachel Bezdicek, Jason Fred, Benand Kayla Teiken; step-grand-children, Kira Hamilton andLandon Moeller; brother, Dan(Ruth) Manning of Nebraska; sis-ter Jean (Leo) St. Michel of Con-necticut; other relat ives andfriends. Rita is preceded in deathby husband, Howard; parents,Gervase and Agnes Manning;siblings, Catherine Williams, PatTusler and Bill Manning.

The Funeral Mass will be onFriday October 21 at 1 p.m., withvisitation starting at 11:30 a.m. allat St. Patrick's Catholic Church229 Third Ave. W, Dickinson.ND. Rita will be laid to rest nextto her husband and parents at St.Patrick's Cemetery in Dickinson,ND.

The Fred family is served withhonor, care, and compassion byBallard-Sunder Funeral Home,P r i o r L a k e , M N C h a p e l .www.ballardsunderfuneral.comand the Stevenson Funeral Home,D i c k i n s o n , N o r t h D a k o t a .www.stevensonfuneralhome.com

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ParkerLook who’s 3 on October 3rd!

Happy Birthday, Parker!Love, Nana & Bumpa

Carol Jayne(Mattson) Morse

Age 66, of Dundas, passedaway September 19, 2011. Sur-vived by mother, Marion Matt-son; sisters, Sally Holien andBetty Bluem and their families;other family and friends. Pre-ceded in death by husband,George; father, Clayton Mattson;grandparents, Albert and AnneMattson and Martin and ThyraElstad. Graduate of AugsbergCollege. Worked in Social Ser-vices as a Social Worker andDirector for 30 years. Gravesideservice 11 AM was held Tues.,Sept. 27 at Fort Snelling NationalCemetery assembly area #1.Cremation Society Edina Chapel(952-924-4100).

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James and Susan Engelhart ofR o s e m o u n t a n n o u n c e t h ee n g a g e m e n t o f t h e i r s o nAlexander to Anne Lawver ,daughter of Martin and KellyLawver of Beloit, Wisconsin.

Anne is a 2006 graduate ofTurner High School in Beloit,Wisconsin and Alex is a 2006graduate of Rosemount HighSchool. Both graduated in 2010f r o m U W L a C r o s s e . A n n eearned her Bachelors degree inEnglish with a minor in Commu-n i c a t i o n s . A l e x e a r n e d aBachelor’s degree in �sociologyand a minor in criminal justice.

The couple will be married onOctober 29, 2011.

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by Tad JohnsonTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Argosy University-Twin Cities, a for-profit college in Eagan, is alleged to have unlawfully collected state taxpayer-financed student financial aid, according to a lawsuit filed by Minne-sota Attorney General Lori Swanson. The lawsuit was filed against Argosy’s parent company, Pennsylvania-based Education Manage-ment Corporation, the sec-ond largest of its kind in the U.S., which was ineligible to receive state financial aid because it paid incentive compensation to recruiters based on the enrollment of new students. The lawsuit also reported that the EMC school Art Institutes International of

Minneapolis was involved in the alleged illegal activity. “Incentive payments by for-profit colleges to their recruiters are illegal because they can lead to a hard-sell atmosphere where students are sometimes hustled to enroll in expensive pro-grams paid for by taxpayer-backed student loans, hurt-ing both students who are trying to better themselves and taxpayers who must pick up the tab if the loans default,” Swanson said in a press release. The attorney general joined the U.S. Depart-ment of Justice and five other states – Florida, Indi-ana, Kentucky, Illinois, and California – in the lawsuit, which was filed in federal court in Pennsylvania. Argosy and AIA re-

ceived at least $1,288,514 in state student aid under Minnesota’s student grant, aid, scholarship, and loan programs since July 1, 2010, representing about 1,278 fi-nancial aid awards. According to the com-panies’ websites, annual tuition and fees are about $16,662 per year at Argo-sy University. The Eagan campus offers programs in psychology, marriage and family therapy, education, business, and health scienc-es. EMC had net revenues in fiscal year 2011 of $2.8 billion. Nationwide, EMC received over $2.6 billion in federal financial aid fund-ing in fiscal year 2011. In addition to Goldman Sachs’ 41.8 percent own-

Eagan for-profit college named in lawsuitAttorney general says Argosy University-Twin Cities

illegally collected state financial aid

Police search for suspect in string of robberies


Local police are search-ing for a man they believe committed a string of rob-beries and led them on a high-speed chase. Police believe the sus-pect committed robberies in Eagan, Mendota Heights, Bloomington and West St. Paul. He is described as a bald, white man, approximately 5-foot-11 and 190 pounds. Police responded at 7:45 p.m. Sept. 25 to a report of

a robbery at Little Caesar’s Pizza on Diffley Road in Eagan. No weapon was seen, and once the suspect ob-tained the cash he left on foot, according to a release by Eagan Police. During their investiga-tion, police found a GMC Yukon with a damaged window that they believe may have been used in other robberies that occurred in Bloomington and West St. Paul. Police also suspect the man was involved in a Mendota Heights robbery on Sept. 26. Approximately 20 min-utes after police received the report of the Mendota Heights robbery, a Rose-

mount officer located the Yukon and attempted to stop it. The man refused, and led Rosemount and Eagan po-lice on a high-speed chase. The suspect drove through Eagan and surrounding communities, reaching speeds of 90 mph. Once the driver reached St. Paul, he stopped and fled on foot. No injuries were reported. The case is still under in-vestigation. Anyone with informa-tion about the robberies is encouraged to call local law enforcement. E-mail Jessica Harper at: [email protected]

Eagan

Man led police on high-speed chase

that started in Rosemount

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THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

It doesn’t happen much, but occasionally folks do get lost inside the corn maze that opened earlier this month at Applewood Orchard in Lakeville. “We had to go in once and get a family that basi-cally got stuck in the far-thest end of the maze,” said Mark Parranto, who runs the orchard with his wife, Kathy, and two adult sons, Christopher and Jon. With nine-foot-high walls of corn that were planted extra thick so you can’t see through them, the massive labyrinth covers eight acres with over two miles of paths. Unlike a lot of corn maz-es, “this one is a real maze,” said Parranto. “If you turn left where you should have turned right, it’s going to bring you back in a circle.” Those who find them-selves running in circles once inside have options. Guests are furnished with “passports” containing trivia questions which, if answered correctly, tell you which way to turn at num-

bered signs posted through-out the maze. Everyone who enters is also provided with a map, but if you really lose your sense of direction, there’s always your cell phone. At the entrance to the maze is a telephone you can call if you get lost, and one of the “corn cops” – Applewood staff – will come find you. This is the first year the Parrantos have offered the maze at their orchard, which they’ve been running since 1995. It’s an addition to their regular lineup of harvest-season attractions, which include a mini maze for kids that’s made out of evergreen bushes and takes about 10 minutes to com-plete. That’s a considerably lesser time than most peo-

ple spend working their way through the corn maze. It’s split into two phases – an easier course that can take as little as 15 minutes, and a more elaborate course that can last more than an hour. For the truly adventur-ous, the orchard lets guests attempt to navigate the maze in the dark – it’s open until 6 p.m. most days, but on Fridays and Saturdays it stays open until 10 p.m. with last admission at 9. As for the demograph-ics of the maze’s after-dark trekkers, “it’s mostly teen-agers,” said Parranto. “It’s harder – we provide flash-lights, but they don’t cast a lot of light.”

Andrew Miller is at [email protected].

Enter the maze of maize

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With nine-foot-high walls of corn that was planted extra thick so you can’t see through it, the maze at Applewood Orchard covers eight acres with over two miles of paths.

Lakeville’s Applewood Orchard offers corn maze this fall

The corn maze at Applewood Orchard is open sev-en days a week through Oct. 31. Cost is $7 for adults, $5 for ages 6 to 16, and kids 5 and under are admitted free. The orchard is located at 22702 Hamburg Ave., Lakeville. More information is at http://applewoodor-chard.com/applewood1.

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theater and arts briefsSymphony presents ‘American Classics’ Dakota Valley Sympho-ny will launch its 2011-12 season Sunday, Oct. 9, at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center with “Ameri-can Classics” featuring au-thor and illustrator Debra Frasier narrating a musical rendition of her children’s book, “On the Day You Were Born.” The concert also will feature music by compos-ers Aaron Copland, Franz

Liszt and Philip Glass. Tickets range from $5 to $15 and can be purchased in person at the box office, at www.DakotaValleySym-phony.org or via Ticketmas-ter at (800) 982-2787 or tick-etmaster.com.

Anthony Caponi to have book launch Anthony Caponi, found-er of Eagan’s Caponi Art Park, has written a new book titled “Meaning Be-yond Reason,” a collection

of essays describing the re-lationship between meaning and intuition. Caponi Art Park will host a public launch party for the book from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9. Signed cop-ies will be for sale. Caponi will read a select passage from the book at 2 p.m. next to the outdoor fireplace in the Sculpture Garden. More information about the book and the book launch event is available at www.caponiartpark.org/meaningbeyondreason.


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O’Riley to perform Classical pianist Christo-pher O’Riley will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21, at the annual Friends of the Burnsville Perform-ing Arts Center fundraiser. Tickets are $30 for adults, $27 for seniors and $20 for students. Tickets can be purchased at the box office, 12600 Nicollet Ave., or via Ticketmaster at (800) 982-2787 or ticketmaster.com.

Author talk at Heritage Library Author Bonnie Rough will discuss and read from her work at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10, at the Heritage Li-brary in Lakeville. Her memoir, “Carrier: Untangling the Danger in My DNA,” describes her journey to uncover the com-plicated details of her fam-ily’s past. This presentation is part of Dakota County Library’s Minnesota Mosaic cultural arts series. For more information, visit www.dakotacounty.us/library or call (952) 891-0362. The library is at 20085 Heritage Drive, Lakeville.

Haunting tale The Chameleon The-atre Circle will kick off its 14th season with the classic ghost story, “The Woman in Black.” Performances are sched-uled at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 7-8, 13-15, 17, 21-22 and 2 p.m. Oct. 23 at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave. The performance on Fri-day, Oct. 14, will be audio described for the visually impaired, and there will be an audience discussion with the actors, director and crew following the Oct. 15 performance. Tickets are $20 at the box office ($17 for seniors, students, audio descrip-tion patrons, and groups of eight or more). Purchase by phone at (800) 982-2787 or online at www.ticketmaster.com.

‘Fairy Tale Adventures!’ The Prior Lake Play-ers will present “Fairy Tale Adventures!” at 7 p.m. Oct. 7-8 and 14-15 and at 2 p.m. Oct. 9 at Twin Oaks Middle School, 15860 Fish Point Road S.E., Prior Lake. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and students, and $8 for children ages 12 and under. Tickets will be available at the door approximately one hour prior to each performance. All seating is general admis-sion. For more information, visit www.plplayers.org.

ValleySCARE opens at Valleyfair ValleySCARE is open weekends through Oct. 30 at Valleyfair in Shakopee. Halloween Haunt is open at night on Fridays and Sat-urdays, with bonus nights on Thursdays, Oct. 20 and 27. Planet Spooky (non-scary fun) is open during the day on Saturdays and Sundays only. Information: www.valleySCARE.com.

Harvest of Art The Eagan Art House’s sixth annual Harvest of Art community art exhibit is on display through Oct. 26 at various community locations including the art house, Easter Lutheran Church, Ring Mountain Creamery, Dunn Brothers Coffee and the Eagan Com-munity Center. Call (651) 675-5521 for more informa-tion.

Expressions theater to have auditions Expressions Community Theater will hold auditions for “You Better Watch Out” from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 3, at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. If needed, callbacks will be Oct. 6 at 6:30 p.m. Auditions are for one male and one female to play the part of husband and

theater and arts briefsFive by Design’s ‘Club Swing’

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Vocal quintet Five by Design will present “Club Swing” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center. The show celebrates the songs and personali-ties that defined American popular culture during the Swing era, and features the music of Benny Goodman, Cole Porter and Nat King Cole, among others. Tickets range from $22 to $29 and are available at the arts center’s box office, (800) 982-2787 or Ticketmaster.com. More information about “Club Swing” is at www.fivebydesign.com.

Country music festival coming to Dakota County Fairgrounds

Event is major fundraiser for Farmington Rotaryby Laura Adelmann

THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Farmington’s Ramble Jam promises to be a rock-ing fun way to support an organization that helps the community. Six local and national bands will take the indoor stage Oct. 1 at the Dakota County Fairgrounds dur-ing the day-long festival, and Farmington Rotary’s biggest fundraiser. Featured bands are Frankie Ballard, Bomshel, Rocket Club, Lost High-way, Hitchville and Sara Lynn Wallin, an up-and-coming regional act. Food, games and vendor displays will provide en-tertainment between band sets. The gates open at noon and Hitchville kicks off the festival at 1:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 if pur-chased in advance (avail-able at www.ramblejam-country.com) and $20 at the gate.

Recreational vehicle and camper sites are available for $20 with water and elec-tric or $15 for just the site; reservations can be made by calling (651) 463-6900. Much of the money raised through the event will go to support STRIVE, Students Taking Renewed Interest and Value in Edu-cation, a mentoring pro-gram for Farmington High School students at risk of dropping out of school. The event is sponsored by the Farmington Rotary, a community service orga-nization that adheres to its motto, “Service above self.” “We really hope that the city comes out and sup-ports us, so that we can in turn support the city,” Ro-tary Club President Linda Landwehr said. More information is also available at facebook.com/ramblejam.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

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PUBLIC NOTICENotice of Public Sale

SS MNRI, LLC doing business as Simply

Self Storage intends to enforce its lien on

certain personal property belonging to the

following, at the facility. The sale will take

place (unless otherwise withdrawn) on

Wednesday, October 12, 2011 on or after

10 am at the Simply Self Storage location at

4025 Old Sibley Memorial Highway, Eagan,

MN 55122. Phone 651-894-5550. This pub-

lic sale will result in the goods being sold to

the highest bidder. Certain terms and con-

ditions apply.

E. Krenzel #114B -

Tables, Chairs, Bed Frame

G. Mahler #131A -

Desk, Table, Boxes

C. Nelson #267 -

Tools, Toys, Patio Furniture

R. Hanson #300A -

Toys, Books, Holiday Decorations

C. Bailey #354 -

Tool Box, Sporting Goods, Furniture

G. Mahler #532 -

Table, Headboard, Boxes

W. Smith #826 -

File Cabinet, Shelving, Desk

2749760 9/23-9/30/11

PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE OF ASSESSMENT HEARING

PROJECT NO. 1037 - WOODLANDS/

SUNRISE HILLS ADDITION

NEIGHBORHOOD STREET

REVITALIZATIONNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City

Counci l of the City of Eagan, Dakota

County, Minnesota, will meet at the Eagan

Municipal Center located at 3830 Pilot

Knob Road in said City on October 18,

2011, at 6:30 p.m. to consider the pro-

posed assessment of s t reet over lay

improvements relating to Improvement

Project 1037 in the following described

area:

The area proposed to be assessed for

any such improvements is described as

follows:

The area within the East 1⁄2 of Section 14,

lying North of Wescott Road, and East of

Lexington Avenue, in Township 27,

Range 23, in the City of Eagan, Dakota

County, Minnesota.

The area proposed to be assessed is all

property described above, all as more fully

and particularly described in the assess-

ment roll on file in the City Clerk's office,

which roll is open to public inspection. The

total amount of the proposed assessment is

$155,232.07. Written or oral objections will

be considered at the public hearing.

No appeal may be taken as to the

amount of any assessment unless a written

objection, signed by the affected property

owner, is filed with the City Clerk prior to

the hearing or presented to the presiding

off icer at the meeting. An owner may

appeal an assessment to District Court pur-

suant to M.S.A. Section 429.081 by serving

notice of the appeal upon the Mayor or

Clerk of the City of Eagan within thirty (30)

days after the adoption of the assessment

and filing such notice with the District Court

of Dakota County within ten (10) days after

service upon the Mayor or Clerk.

Notice is further given that pursuant to

the Minnesota Statutes, Sections 435.193

to 435.195, the City of Eagan has adopted

City assessment deferral. This ordinance

provides that the Eagan City Council may

defer the payment of special assessment

against homestead property, which is

owned and occupied by a person 65 years

of age or older or retired by virtue of dis-

ability when the assessment would create a

hardship upon the property owner. Appli-

cations for deferral must be made not later

than ninety (90) days after the assessment

is adopted.

Further information relating to these

assessments and an application for defer-

ral of assessments may be obtained from

the Special Assessment Division of the

Public Works Department and any ques-

tions should be directed to that Division.

Dated: September 20, 2011

/s/ Christina M. Scipioni

By: Christina M. Scipioni

City Clerk - City of Eagan

2769257 9/30/11


PROJECT NO. 1042 -

BRIDLE RIDGE 1ST ADDITION

NEIGHBORHOOD STREET










area:



follows:

The area within NW 1⁄4 of Section 24,

lying North of Diffley Road, South of

Wescott Road, West of Dodd Road, all in

Township 27, Range 23, in the City of

Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota.




































is adopted.











2769244 9/30/11

PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE OF THE CITY OF EAGAN

POLICY OF NONDISCRIMINATION

ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITYThe City of Eagan is committed to the

policy that all persons have equal access to

its programs, services, activities, facilities

and employment without regard to race,

color, creed, religion, national origin, sex,

disability, age, sexual orientation, marital

status or status with regard to public

assistance.

Auxiliary aids for persons with disabilities

will be provided upon advance notice of at

least 96 hours. If a notice of less than 96

hours is received, the City of Eagan will

attempt to provide such aid. Telephone:

(651) 675-5000; TDD: (651) 454-8535.

2769186 9/30/11


PROJECT NO. 1032 -

TROTTERS RIDGE/ STAFFORD PLACE

NEIGHBORHOOD STREET










area:



follows:

East 1⁄2, Section 23, and Northwest 1⁄4 and

Southwest 1⁄4, Section 24 lying North of

Diffley Road (CSAH 30), and East of

Lexington Avenue (CSAH 43), in Town-

ship 27, Range 23, in the City of Eagan,

Dakota County, Minnesota.




































is adopted.











2769197 9/30/11


PROJECT NO. 1041 -

HILLS OF STONEBRIDGE 1ST ADDITION

NEIGHBORHOOD STREET










area:



follows:

Northeast 1⁄4 of North 1⁄2 and the South 1⁄2

of North 1⁄2 and North 1⁄2 of Southwest 1⁄4

of South 1⁄2 of Section 24, lying North of

D i f f l ey Road (CSAH 30 ) , South o f

Wescott Road, East of Lexington Avenue

(CSAH 43), and West of Dodd Road,

Township 27, Range 23, in the City of

Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota.




































is adopted.











2769218 9/30/11

Most homeowners to see lower District 196 taxes


Most homeowners can expect a smaller tax bill this year from the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District. On Sept. 26, the School Board unanimously ap-proved a payable 2012 prop-erty tax levy limit of $75.8 million, which is 3.38 per-cent less than the payable 2011 levy. “This will be good for our taxpayers,” School Board Member Rob Duch-scher said. The decision was prompted by news that Dis-trict 196 will receive addi-tional state aid in the future. The state promised the district an extra $50 per pu-pil this school year and an-other $50 per pupil in 2012-13. This amounts to $1.5 million each year in addi-tional revenue, Finance Di-rector Jeff Solomon said. District 196 will receive $2.96 million in compen-

satory funding starting in 2012-13. The state Legislature passed the one-time money for 20 districts with the larg-est enrollment aside from Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth. District 196 is expected to receive the largest sum of this money, Solomon said. The district also expects to receive $1.63 million in literacy aid for 2012-13. This aid is based on the lit-eracy achievement of third- and fourth-graders. The elimination of the market value homestead credit is another reason the district decided to lower its property tax levy, Solomon said. MVHC previously pro-vided a credit on some homeowners’ property tax bills, and without it some could see their property taxes increase even if their home value declined. Solomon estimates that most homeowners in Dis-trict 196 will pay less or the

same in district taxes this year if their home value fol-lows the market trends. Home values in the dis-trict are expected to drop 6.4 percent this year, which is more than the state aver-age of 5.3 percent. This is the third consecu-tive year property values have fallen faster than the state average, Solomon said. “But the rate is slowing,” he added. Solomon noted that home values in the district climbed faster than those statewide during the hous-ing boom. “Now it is correcting it-self,” he said. The School Board can lower the property tax levy upon its final approval, but cannot increase it. Last month, the School Board also decided against sending a levy referendum for voter approval. E-mail Jessica Harper at: [email protected]

ership EMC, Providence Equity Partners owns 31.5 percent and Leeds Equity Partners owns 7.6 percent. The release reported that EMC generates the major-ity of its marketing leads from web-based advertis-ing, according to its 2010

Annual Report. It also purchases leads from aggregators and uses television and print me-dia advertising, radio, lo-cal newspaper, telephone campaigns, and direct mail campaigns. Students who express interest in enrolling at an EMC college are con-tacted by EMC recruiters.

Federal law prohibits for-profit colleges from pay-ing “any commission, bonus or other incentive payment” to any person engaged in student recruiting, which is based either directly or indirectly on the recruiter’s success in enrolling new stu-dents.

Tad Johnson is at [email protected].

Lawsuit/from 7A

The Eastview Communi-ty Foundation will hold its fourth annual Art Madness from 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, at The Barn at Spirit of Brandjten Farms, Lake-ville. The evening will include cocktails, hors d’oeuvres

and a silent auction featur-ing more than 100 original pieces of artwork donated by local students, residents and professional artists. Cost is $35 in advance or $40 at the door. Pur-chase tickets at www.evcf.org. Proceeds will be used

for scholarships, grants and random acts of kindness for Eastview High School and its nine feeder schools. To donate art, contact Sue Spaniol at [email protected].

Art Madness slated Nov. 5 at Brandjten Farms

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Apts &Condos

HousesFor Rent

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BurnsvilleLakeville

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Thursdays 7:30 PMA closed, mixed

meeting atGrace United

Methodist ChurchEast Frontage Roadof 35W across fromBuck Hill - Burnsville

Farmington AAClosed Mixed Meetings

Mon, Wed, Thursat 8 PM

Open Meeting 2nd Sat.

Alanon MtgsThurs at 8pm

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Rosemount

651-423-2299

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FootballTeam Conference Overall W L W L Lakeville South 4 0 4 0 Lakeville North 3 0 4 0 Rosemount 3 1 3 1 Prior Lake 2 1 2 2 B Kennedy 1 2 1 3 Eagan 1 2 1 3 B Jefferson 1 2 1 3 Eastview 1 3 1 3 Burnsville 1 3 1 3 Apple Valley 0 3 0 4

Friday, September 30 • Prior Lake at

Bloomington Kennedy, 7 p.m. • Rosemount at

Lakeville South, 7 p.m. • Bloomington Jefferson at

Eagan, 7 p.m. • Apple Valley at Eastview, 7 p.m. • Burnsville at Lakeville North, 7 p.m.

Friday, October 7 • Eagan at Prior Lake, 7 p.m. • Bloomington Kennedy at

Bloomington Jefferson, 7 p.m. • Apple Valley at Rosemount, 7 p.m. • Lakeville South at

Lakeville North, 7 p.m. • Eastview at Burnsville, 7 p.m.

Friday, October 14 • Bloomington Jefferson at

Apple Valley, 7 p.m. • Lakeville North at

Bloomington Kennedy, 7 p.m. • Prior Lake at Lakeville South, 7 p.m. • Rosemount at Eastview, 7 p.m. • Burnsville at Eagan, 7 p.m.

VolleyballTeam Conference Overall W L W LEagan 5 0 13 3 Lakeville South 4 1 16 1 Lakeville North 4 1 14 2 B Jefferson 4 1 15 3 Apple Valley 3 2 8 8 Eastview 2 3 8 9 Burnsville 1 4 6 8 Prior Lake 1 4 5 8 Rosemount 0 4 5 6 B Kennedy 0 4 7 9

Tuesday, October 4 • Lakeville South at

Bloomington Jefferson, 7 p.m. • Bloomington Kennedy at

Prior Lake, 7 p.m. • Eastview at Rosemount, 7 p.m. • Eagan at Apple Valley, 7 p.m. • Burnsville at Lakeville North, 7 p.m.

Thursday, October 6 • Lakeville South at

Bloomington Kennedy, 7 p.m. • Bloomington Jefferson at

Lakeville North, 7 p.m. • Rosemount at Eagan, 7 p.m. • Prior Lake at Eastview, 7 p.m. • Apple Valley at Burnsville, 7 p.m.

Friday, October 7 • Lakeville North tournament, 5 p.m. • Apple Valley October Classic, 5 p.m. • Burnsville Tournament, 5 p.m. • Rosemount at

St. Michael-Albertville, 5 p.m.

Saturday, October 8 • Lakeville North tournament, 9 a.m. • Apple Valley October Classic, 9 a.m. • Burnsville Tournament, 9 a.m. • Rosemount at

St. Michael-Albertville, 9 a.m.

Tuesday, October 11 • Eastview at Lakeville South, 7 p.m. • Burnsville at Rosemount, 7 p.m. • Lakeville North at

Apple Valley, 7 p.m. • Bloomington Kennedy at

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

Boys SoccerTeam Conferece Overall W L T W L TEastview 6 0 1 11 0 1 B Jefferson 4 1 2 7 2 4 Apple Valley 4 2 1 9 3 1 Lakeville North 4 2 1 8 3 2 Prior Lake 4 3 0 8 5 0 Eagan 3 3 1 9 3 2 Burnsville 3 3 1 5 4 4 B Kennedy 2 5 0 8 6 0 Rosemount 1 5 1 3 8 2 Lakeville South 0 7 0 4 7 1

Saturday, October 1 • Rochester Century at

Lakeville South, 11 a.m. • Hastings at Eastview, 11 a.m. • St. Paul Academy at

Apple Valley, 1 p.m. • Shakopee at

Bloomington Jefferson, 1p.m. • White Bear Lake Area at

Prior Lake, 1 p.m.

Tuesday, October 4 • Burnsville at Lakeville North, 5 p.m. • Lakeville South at

Bloomington Jefferson, 7 p.m. • Bloomington Kennedy at

Prior Lake, 7 p.m. • Eastview at Rosemount, 7 p.m. • Eagan at Apple Valley, 7 p.m.

Thursday, October 6 • Bloomington Jefferson at

Lakeville North, 5 p.m. • Rosemount at Eagan, 5 p.m. • Prior Lake at Eastview, 5 p.m. • Apple Valley at Burnsville, 5 p.m. • Lakeville South at Bloomington

Kennedy, 7 p.m.

Girls SoccerTeam Conferece Overall W L T W L TLakeville North 5 0 2 12 0 2 Burnsville 5 2 0 10 3 0 Eastview 4 1 2 9 2 2 Eagan 4 2 1 10 2 1 Rosemount 4 2 1 9 3 1 Apple Valley 2 3 2 5 7 2 Lakeville South 2 3 1 7 3 2 B Jefferson 1 4 2 3 8 2 Prior Lake 1 4 1 5 6 1 B Kennedy 0 7 0 2 8 1

Saturday, October 1 • Shakopee at

Bloomington Jefferson, 11 a.m. • Blaine at Eastview, 1 p.m.

Tuesday, October 4 • Lakeville South at

Bloomington Jefferson, 4:30 p.m. • Bloomington Kennedy at

Prior Lake, 5 p.m. • Eastview at Rosemount, 5 p.m. • Eagan Apple at Valley, 5 p.m. • Burnsville at Lakeville North, 7 p.m.

Thursday, October 6 • Lakeville South at Bloomington

Kennedy, 4:45 p.m. • Bloomington Jefferson at

Lakeville North, 7 p.m. • Rosemount at Eagan, 7 p.m. • Prior Lake at Eastview, 7 p.m. • Apple Valley at Burnsville, 7 p.m.

Best-of-the-best on display at Eagle Invitational in Apple Valley

by Andy RogersTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Area teams spiked vol-leyballs with the best last weekend at the Eagle Invita-tional at Apple Valley High School. Traditionally the premier regular season tournament, the invitational featured seven of the top 10 teams in Class AAA, two top-five Class AA teams and the top

Class A team. Eagan finished in sev-enth place, beating Centen-nial and Apple Valley, while losing to Bloomington Jef-ferson and Shakopee both by scores of 2-1. Apple Valley was eighth after winning its first round game against Alexandria, but lost the other three to Blaine, Marshall and Eagan.

Eastview finished 11th, beating Moorhead and Hibbing while losing to Shakopee and Bethlehem Academy. Blaine won the title by beating Bloomington Jef-ferson in the final. Lakeville North finished third and Wayzata fourth.

Andy Rogers is at [email protected].


Top: Eastview’s Lindsey Ryan, No. 20, and Alyssa Besch, No. 14, go for the block against Apple Valley. Bottom left: Eagan’s Nicole Johnson, No. 4, sets the ball at the Eagle Invitational on Sept. 24. Bottom right: Apple Valley’s Maren Loe, No. 4, spikes the ball at a 16-team tournament on Saturday in her home gym.

Flickering Blaze hoping for a clean bill of healthSeveral injuries have kept Burnsville boys soccer from being at full strength


The Burnsville boys soc-cer team may be down, but the players don’t feel they are out of the race yet. Since starting the season 5-1-2, Burnsville has played a brutal schedule and the players have paid for it phys-ically. During Tuesday’s 4-1 loss to Bloomington Jef-ferson, Burnsville’s biggest loss of the season, the Blaze were down to about four players on the bench. “We have about six or seven guys injured right now,” head coach Bill Toranza said. “It’s tough out there.” Their maladies include a mix of concussions, knee injuries and the flu. The team is playing it safe and hoping to get the majority of sidelined players back for the playoffs. Nearly two weeks ago, the Blaze started a stretch that began with Eden Prai-rie and will end with Apple Valley next Thursday where they will have played eight

games against teams that have been ranked in the top 10 in Class AA. “That’s a good thing,” Toranza said. “You’re not going to get better by play-ing a bunch of cupcakes.” The Blaze lost to Eden Prairie 1-0, and to Eagan 1-0 on a last-minute play. They also tied with No. 1 ranked Eastview 1-1, but that’s when the injuries

started to pile up. The players knew the stretch from Sept. 19-Oct. 6 would be a challenge. “We just wanted to come in and get some wins and ties and try not to get nega-tive” senior defender Quinn Franti said. “We’re not ranked in the top 10, so we’re not supposed to win these. We had to keep them close. To come out and tie a

team like Eastview and play Eagan and Eden Prairie close, I think if we were able to get one goal, we would be up there with them.” With a limited lineup, the team has had to shuffle players to different posi-tions and it showed against Jefferson. “It’s not an excuse,” Toranza said. “We had to come out and play, but we were a little thrown off.” It will take time to get the new pieces to connect again. “It just wasn’t working tonight,” senior goalkeeper Daniel Nimtz said. “We’re good at weaving in and out of people and we weren’t hitting each other.” The Blaze will close the regular season with a game at Lakeville North, a state participant last year, on Tuesday and a home match versus last year’s state champion, Apple Valley, on Thursday. “These next few games we’re trying to get our line-up set for sections,” Nimtz

said. “Just get some of these guys healthy. We need to rest up our top guys right now.” When the Section 3AA playoffs begin, Burnsville will be ready after a regu-lar season of playing teams that will likely make up most of the state tourna-ment. “We’re not the one peo-ple are going to expect to come out and win it all, but we’ve shown we can play with those teams,” Franti said. The Blaze have come up big in the final moments of games a few times with a last-minute goal. The play-ers hope they can define their season that way too, with a late run in the last moments. “We don’t give up right up to the last minute,” Fran-ti said. “We’ve won games right at the end. The thing is we never let up. We have a lot of heart.”


Speir wins Eagle Invitational


Eagan’s Sydney Speir won the 35th annual Eagle Invitational last week-end at Apple Valley High School, running faster than several of Minneso-ta’s top varsity runners. Speir ran the course in 16 minutes, 13 seconds, which was the fastest time in Eagan school history on the course. “It is very hard to (get a personal record) on this course,” Eagan head coach Robin Graham said. “Some courses are geared more toward pac-ing and tactics – this was one of them.” As a team, Eagan fin-ished in 10th place. Nick Vecellio was the next Wildcat to cross the finish line (41st). As a team, Eastview was the runner-up, 26 points behind the winners from Eden Prairie. Ken Hoffman and Nick Oelke finished in about the same time, coming in third and fourth, respectively. David Saulter, Dan Spika and John Dolan also ran to-gether finishing 19th, 30th and 31st, respectively. Host team Apple Val-ley came in fourth place. Alex Brandel was the team’s leader in 13th. “We had many individ-uals run their best races of the year so far and conse-quently had our best team finish of the year so far,” Eagle coach Rollie Greeno said. Alexa Nelson led the Eagle girls team in 19th. Overall Apple Valley was sixth in the girls race.

Roy Griak Invite The Irish boys team was up against some of the best runners in the Midwest at the Roy Griak Invitational at the Univer-sity of Minnesota on Sat-urday. The boys finished third behind Bismarck, N.D., and Dowling Catholic from Iowa and ahead of Wayzata. Trevor Capra

finished 32nd out of near-ly 350 runners and Nathan Rock was 36th. Hannah Grim led the girls team to a 20th-place finish. She came in 56th. The Eagan girls team finished in fourth overall. Danielle Anderson ran to third place and Anna Van Wyk was 22nd. “Our team goal was to place in the top 10, and we achieved that and then some,” head coach Lisa Langenhahn said. The Wildcats were the top finishers from Minne-sota. Burnsville’s top two boys runners, Cole O’Brien and Abdullahi Salah, ran the Roy Griak. O’Brien was eighth and Salah 36th. The Burnsville girls team ran to 37th overall. Vivian Hett came in 14th out of nearly 350 runners.



Eastview’s Dan Spika, Apple Valley’s Robinson Ewald and Jack Crippes, and Eagan’s Nate Johnson run at the Eagle Invitational on Saturday at Apple Valley High School.


Eagan’s Sydney Speir won the Eagle Invitational last weekend in Apple Valley out of 121 runners.

Photo by Andy Rogers

Burnsville’s Scott McNulty, No. 2, looks to pass against Bloomington Jefferson on Tuesday.


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Something may soon sprout that Burnsville hasn’t seen much of lately — new housing. In a depressed real estate market, one landowner is looking to finish off a va-cant parcel of residential property, and another re-cently floated plans before the City Council. In both cases, the land has sat vacant and changed hands during the economic downturn.

Minnwest Bank Central now owns 6.2 acres north and east of 122nd Street East and Parkwood Drive. The bank wants to build 17 townhomes in five buildings along 122nd Street. During the boom days of 2005, construction giant Toll Brothers Inc. gained City Council approval for 68 condominium units. Toll Brothers then sold the property to McDevitt Homes, which built a single five-unit building in 2006. That building is now oc-

cupied, but the rest of the property is empty, which has prompted some com-plaints from neighbors about maintenance, erosion and illegal dumping. “Well, I guess unattract-ive is about the best way you can describe it,” City Plan-ner Chris Slania told the Planning Commission Sept. 26. The commission voted unanimously to recommend approval of Minnwest Bank’s plan, which goes be-fore the council next Tues-

day (Oct. 4). The bank is switching gears from condos to town-homes. The units will have “something of a rowhouse or old-fashioned town-home” appearance, Slania said. Garages will be in back, with access from a private driveway. Some tree replanting would be required after ex-tensive grading in 2005 and 2006, Slania said. There’s also a vacant lot on 134th Street, west of Su-perAmerica, where TIER2

Funding Group of Wayzata has floated plans for 14 sin-gle-family homes. Two separate plans, one for townhomes and office space and one just for town-homes, have come and gone since 2003. The council frowned on the latter plan because of density con-

cerns, and the application was withdrawn. Council members gave a warmer reception to the newest plan at a work ses-sion in July, but there’s been no formal proposal.

John Gessner is at [email protected].

Amid real estate trough, housing projects pop up

The gift The gift of foodof food


Volunteers loaded food into a family’s vehicle Tuesday, Sept. 27, at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Burnsville. Prince of Peace was one of three Twin Cities sites for a Salvation Army food distribution made possible by a gift from international charity Feed the Children. The distributions, in Burnsville, Minneapolis and St. Paul, provided food for 1,200 families. Each pre-selected family received a 25-pound box of food, a 10-pound box of personal care items and a box of Avon products. The boxes are designed to help a family of four for up to a week. The distribution is part of Feed The Children’s “Americans Feeding Americans Caravan,” which has helped more than 280,000 families across the country since it began in 2009.

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community projects in im-poverished spots around the world. While in Uganda the team will visit the village of Lwammaggwa, where he will meet 9-year-old Dinah, a girl sponsored by Eicher and his wife, Anne. “Child sponsorship is 35 dollars a month, which is two, maybe even three times less than the average monthly cable bill,” Eicher said.

Sponsorship money “goes to the community for things like clean water, health care, education and agriculture,” he said. “And when World Vi-sion enters a community,” Eicher said, “they are com-mitted to being there 15 to 20 years, until the com-munity becomes basically self-sufficient and won’t dip back into the poverty level.”

A veteran of seven mar-athons, Eicher said running and service are a good fit. “I’ve been a Christian my whole life,” said Eicher, whose son, Owen, is 5, and daughter, Addison, is 15 months. “I have a heart for the poor and needy. I just really feel that as a Chris-tian, that’s something that God demands or asks of us, to help those in desper-ate need.”

From 2001 to 2005 Eicher served two tours in Iraq. The Marine sergeant was an aircraft mainte-nance specialist with an attack helicopter squadron at a forward operating base about 30 miles south of Baghdad. Now he works for the U.S. Department of Veter-ans Affairs, looking after another group of people in need. Eicher is a veterans

service representative in a pension program that as-sists vets with little or no income. “We are swamped, to say the least,” Eicher said. Eicher can be reached at (651) 431-8546. Or visit www.teamworldvision.org/uganda for information on sponsoring a child.


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to make fruit smoothies,” said Cindy Landgrebe, food and nutrition manager for Black Hawk. “This money will go a long way in pro-moting healthy meals.” The school has made numerous changes to its menu in an effort to make it healthier. Specifically, salt and sug-ar has been reduced, while fresh fruits and vegetables, and whole grains have been increased. “We have evolved with the times by making chang-es for years to meet new standards,” said Janeen Pe-terson, president-elect of

the Minnesota School Nu-trition Association and a registered dietician with the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District. The school has also gone beyond basic standards by starting a farm-to-table program in which it orders locally grown goods. “The beauty of it is that it introduces kids to where food is grown,” Peterson said. It was this and similar efforts that stood out when Schwan’s sought a candi-date for its LiveSmart tour, said Jim Clough, president of Schwan’s. “They have a real com-mitment to nutrition,”

Clough said. Clough was not the only one to recognize the school for its efforts. U.S. Sen. Amy Klobu-char sent a recorded speech, and Minnesota Vikings run-ning back Lorenzo Booker spoke to students about the importance of healthy eat-ing. “Your body is like a ve-hicle; if you want it to run well, you need to take care of it,” he said. Booker told students how he has changed his own eating habits to stay in good health and encourages his fellow Vikings to do the same. At the end of the rally,

students had a chance to ask Booker questions and get autographs. When one student asked Booker who was most in-fluential in life, he said his mother. “She’s the cornerstone of who I strive to be,” he said. Booker advised students to “understand that you have responsibility to your-self and everyone in your school and community. When you do something good or bad, think of that responsibility.”

E-mail Jessica Harper at: [email protected]

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“About half of the stu-dents who arrive at kinder-garten do not arrive quite ready to learn – universally, but here in Burnsville also,” said Roy, a retired District 191 School Board member. Roy, who remains active in education circles through Minnesota’s Alliance for Student Achievement, also co-chairs the MyBurnsville Early Literacy Community Team. The MyBurnsville cam-paign is a grass-roots effort to tackle community chal-lenges, including the early literacy needs of a city with growing racial and econom-ic diversity. The early literacy team is brainstorming ways the community can help Dis-trict 191 improve students’

reading proficiency by the time they finish third grade. “We know if we get (chil-dren) to kindergarten ready to learn, then they’ll stay on task and at grade level,” said Roy, who co-chairs the team with fellow Burnsville resident Kittie Alexander. The team has begun a se-ries of information sessions for teachers and child-care providers on state early-learning standards. And it hopes to intro-duce a program in District 191 called Ready for Kin-dergarten, Roy said. Now operating in Mankato, the program provides learning materials for children ages birth to 5 and three annual coaching sessions for par-ents on ways to help them learn. “It is costly,” Roy said. “That’s going to take us

some time.” The team is also looking at ways to get used books into the hands of local chil-dren. “The average number of books in a low-income area is one book per 300 children,” compared with 13 books per child in house-holds where children read a lot, Roy said. She hopes the Oct. 6 Read for the Record event will bring attention to early-childhood literacy. In District 191 preschool and elementary classes, reading duties will be han-dled by teachers and guest readers, Roy said. “Out in the community, we have asked grandparents to read to their grandchil-dren,” she said. “If I care for a child in the neighbor-hood, would I be willing

to read to them. You can go online to read the book. You do not have to have a hard copy of the book. We have asked preschools, for-profit and not-for-profit, to participate, and home-schoolers, to participate.” Burnhaven Library in Burnsville will hold a pa-jama party at 6:30 p.m. The Barnes and Noble book-store in Burnsville will hold a morning reading with Mayor Elizabeth Kautz and an afternoon reading. Burnsville Rotary Club members will do morn-ing and afternoon read-ings at Burnsville Center. “Any way we can get to kids,” Roy said. Guest readers will in-clude state Sen. Dan Hall of Burnsville at Sky Oaks Elementary in Burnsville at 10:30 a.m., and Sen. Ted

Daley of Eagan at Rahn El-ementary in Eagan at 1 p.m. Cassellius will read in the lower level of Diamondhead Education Center at 10 and 10:30 a.m. The day’s final reader will be District 191 Superin-tendent Randy Clegg, who

will read to open that eve-ning’s School Board meet-ing. “Llama Llama Red Paja-ma” is available free online at www.wegivebooks.org.


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