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SPORTSThisweekwww.thisweeklive.comwww.thisweeklive.com Farmington-LakevilleFarmington-Lakeville

OCTOBER 7, 2011 VOLUME 32, NO. 32

by Aaron VehlingTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Decked out in bicycling attire, Gary Schlegel had never been to City Hall in his couple decades of living in Lakeville. W h a t f i n a l l y b r o u g h t Schlegel to City Hall on Sept. 28 was his sup-port for Se-nior Center C o o rd i n a -tor Linda Walter, who was accused at a Sept. 19 City Council by Mayor Mark Bellows of lying to him about the new Heritage Center project. Schlegel is involved in several Senior Center pro-grams, including the bicy-cling group Health Angels with whom he had been riding before he showed up outside the conference room where a Sept. 28 closed meeting addressed the mayor’s allegations. “The whole thing (lie accusation) seems kind of strange,” Schlegel said, add-ing that Walter, who has been the coordinator since 1996, does a lot for Lake-ville’s senior community. “She’s a really great facilita-tor for various groups.” Judy Pease, a Senior Center member for 15 years, also showed up to offer her support to Walter. “I’ve never felt Linda lied to me or misled me in any-way,” Pease said. Stephanie Ross, also part of Health Angels, was the third supporter to show up at City Hall. Another Senior Center member who supports Wal-ter but was not at the meet-ing with the other three is Iris Huber. Thisweek caught up with her as she was preparing to dine on some chicken dumpling soup. “She’s very profession-al,” Huber said of Walter. “I don’t know how anybody could do a better job.”

Huber’s involvement in a line dancing class has been especially beneficial for her. “I have met the best friends in this line dance class,” she said. Huber said she has also been involved with pro-gramming at senior centers in Apple Valley and Farm-ington, but she likes Lake-ville’s because “everything is always so well run.” “I think she’s great,” Hu-ber said. “I hope that the City Council knows what they’ve got in her.”

Defamation On the heels of the Sept. 19 meeting, the low-pro-file Walter hired attorney Christopher Heinze who said he and Walter are con-sidering a defamation law-suit against Bellows over his public accusations. “My client doesn’t have any interest in holding the city hostage for a lot of money,” said attorney Chris-topher Heinze. “She’s an innocent bystander pulled into this political football with the City Council.” At the Sept. 19 council meeting, Bellows did not specify what the lie was, but called for an executive session to conduct a perfor-mance evaluation. Bellows was one of two people on the council to vote against the Heri-tage Center (the other was Council Member Colleen Ratzlaff LaBeau). He ini-tially did not name Walter as the alleged liar, but City Attorney Roger Knutson said Bellows would have to if he was calling for a spe-cial session. The Sept. 28 meeting yielded an official council statement, which Council Member Laurie Rieb read at the Oct. 3 council meet-ing. The statement said that “the mayor’s reference to a lie was intended to reflect a perception in the commu-nity that he is opposed to the (new) senior center” and

It wasn’t a lie after all Council backtracks Bellows’ lie accusation

against Walter; she considers defamation suit

Photo by Aaron Vehling

The Lakeville City Council prepares for a special meeting to discuss the mayor’s accusation that Linda Walter (lower left) lied to him about the Heritage Center project. Walter’s lawyer, Christopher Heinze, is to her right.

Walmart slowly emergesWalmart slowly emerges

Photo by Rick Orndorf

Construction crews have hit the ground hard near the intersection of I-35 and County Road 70 as they build Walmart’s foray into Lakeville. The store is slated to open in the fall of 2012.

Speak your opinionsFarmington budget events forthcomingby Laura Adelmann

THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

The city of Farmington is at a budgeting cross-roads. City Council members will soon decide whether to fundamentally transform the way the city budgets. Instead of bonding for major projects, the city would raise taxes to build a fund to pay cash and avoid adding more interest-bear-ing debt onto the city’s $38 million bond debt total. Combined with state changes to property tax calculations set to kick in next year, the plan would raise property taxes in all but four years through 2023. For an average-value

Crosstown rivalry heats up The Lakeville North and South football contest

will take center stage Friday, Oct. 7 when the two undefeated teams square

off at 7 p.m. at Lakeville North High School. To

read about how the friendly rivalry has taken

shape over the years, see Sports Page 12A.


Teachers in Lakeville public schools have been without a renewed contract since June 30, and as nego-tiations persist, the situa-tion is heating up. Education Minnesota Lakeville, the teachers union, has encouraged its members to enter their schools together, serve their eight-hour-day and leave together in solidarity, EML President Don Sin-ner said. The union has asked its members to refrain from going beyond contractual obligations until a new contract is negotiated. This means they won’t volunteer to chaperone dances or other extracurricular events in an official capacity, Sin-ner said. “But the work in the classroom and work we do

supporting students goes on,” Sinner said. The negotiations have not yet reached a point of discussing wages and bene-fits, Sinner said, but “we’re

trying to get this done as soon

as possible. It’s the best for everybody concerned.” School Board Chair Judy Keliher and Tony Massaros, director of ad-ministrative services, did not return Thisweek’s mes-sages by the time this story went to press. Originally, EML set Aug. 26 as a settlement tar-get. In previous years, the contract would need to be settled by Jan. 15, but a law passed during the last leg-

islative session eliminated such a deadline. Sinner emphasized that the temporary moratorium on volunteering doesn’t mean “there won’t be teach-ers at the South homecom-ing or football game. We will be there to support students, but not in official capacity.” He added that teach-ers will still support events such as the PTO nights at Culver’s. When asked about ru-mors that teachers at the high schools announced they will no longer write letters of recommendation, Sinner said that EML has sub-groups of members who make site-related deci-sions. Some teachers did an-nounce they would refrain from writing letters of rec-ommendation for students’

Labor negotiations heat up in LakevilleTeachers union contracts expired June 30, renewal pending

Bellows

See Opinions, 8ASee Negotiations, 8A

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Farmington mayor big on ‘shop local’by Laura Adelmann

THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

At the end of every City Council meeting, Farmington Mayor Todd Larson makes a point to urge residents to shop locally. His fre-quent pro-m o t i o n s haven’t gone unnoticed by residents and busi-nesses alike, but with mixed reviews. “I get ridiculed by doing that,” Larson said. “Some people don’t think I should be spending my time say-ing that after a city meeting. They say that’s not my job.” At the Oct. 3 council meeting, Larson clarified his “shop local” remarks to indicate he means not just downtown Farmington, but all businesses in Farmington. That clarification was added, he said, after a north-

ern Farmington business person told him it sounded like he was indicating a pref-erence for just the downtown businesses. And, when Council Mem-ber Julie May suggested dur-ing a city meeting this sum-mer that the city consider purchasing some items at a big-box hardware store out-side of the city instead of Farmington’s Pellicci’s Ace Hardware, Larson said he was disheartened. “I went to Pellicci’s and apologized the next day on the council’s behalf,” Larson said. May also later met with Pellicci store management; and at the council’s Aug. 1 meeting, she clarified she has no issues with the city shop-ping local stores. Larson said his passion for promoting Farmington businesses stems from his de-sire for convenient shopping and a strong job base in the city.

“I think it’s 100 percent my job to promote the city,” Larson said. But getting local residents to support their Farmington businesses is a constant chal-lenge, said Farmington Eco-nomic Development Special-ist Tina Hansmeier. “We are always looking for different ways to create that awareness of what is here,” she said. Several residents inter-viewed for this story said there isn’t enough business in the community, didn’t like the downtown parking situ-ation and they would like a big-box retailer such as Tar-get or Walmart to locate in Farmington. Jim Deegan has lived in Castle Rock Township for 57 years. He said he shops for groceries weekly at Savers in town, taking advantage of the store’s senior discount on Wednesdays. “We shop the deals,” Deegan said, but admitted

to shopping the big-name stores in Northfield, Lake-ville and Apple Valley. Stacy Schultz, owner of Fan Club Athletics, said residents don’t even know how many businesses are in Farmington. “People come in my store every day and say we didn’t know you were here. We’ve been here five years,” Schultz said. Larson said he is con-cerned when he hears some residents are surprised to dis-cover there’s a library down-town and remains commit-ted to address the apparent apathy among Farmington residents regarding shopping locally. “Our local businesses help the community. Whenever possible, we should always think of them first. They have a lot to offer and a lot to offer the community,” Larson said.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

Some critical of Todd Larson’s consistent message

Todd Larson

Fear vibrations fi ll Burnsville theater. Shadows. Fog. Terror.

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After the Metropolitan Council said it wouldn’t be able to fund buses for the Cedar Avenue Bus Rapid Transit line, the lo-cal transit authority has developed a plan to keep the line moving. The Minnesota Valley Transit Authority board has adopted a plan that would ensure operating funds for Cedar Avenue BRT at the expense of some portions of existing routes. To achieve the $1 mil-lion required annually to operate the Cedar buses, the MVTA looked at a se-ries of funding transfers and service cuts.

One source of fund-ing is a 2007 federal grant for operating express and limited-stop service on the I-35W corridor, which is also scheduled to host a BRT route. This $1.28 million grant is transfer-able because the projects for which it was awarded were covered by funding from another federal pro-gram, said Robin Selvig, MTVA’s spokesperson. Other sources of fund-ing include about $90,000 from the Met Council and $1.8 million from the MVTA, in addition to about $155,000 in to-be-determined service cuts to that organization’s ser-vice. The plan would need to be approved by the Met Council, in addition to the Transit Advisory Board, Selvig said. This is because the transfer of grant money changes the

scope of the project. If TAB scores the proj-ect high enough (against other projects nation-ally), the money would be granted. The $112 million Cedar line is currently under con-struction and is scheduled to open in fall 2012. Selvig said initially the Lakeville portion of the line would be inactive. The plan for the “station-to-station” service initially would be a route with six stops in Apple Valley, Eagan and Bloomington, terminating at the Mall of America. The I-35 limited-stop and express routes be-tween Lakeville and downtown Minneapolis are also slated to begin in fall 2012. BRT along that corridor is still in its early stages. Current construction at the I-35 split adds high-occupancy carpool lanes,

A possible funding plan for Cedar Ave BRT emergesSome service cuts,

funding shifts cited as possible

solutions

Selvig said. The problem of oper-ating expenses first arose last month when the Met Council refrained from purchasing buses because they did not have three years worth of such mon-ey on-hand. Metropolitan Council Regional Administrator Pat Born, citing $52 mil-lion in that organization’s recent budget reductions, wrote to Dakota Coun-ty Regional Railroad Authority Chair Will

Branning in late August that “the (Met) Council will be making some per-manent service adjust-ments to balance the bud-get.” “This means that the Council does not have funding available to ex-pand services” in the 2012-2013 biennium, Born wrote. After more than a de-cade of work, and the construction finally com-ing to fruition this year, it comes down to $1 million,

which is the Met Council’s share of the Cedar Avenue line’s $2 million subsidy. Selvig said officials are working hard to ensure the Cedar Avenue BRT will be operational by the scheduled time. “Our board has indi-cated throughout the pro-cess that failure is not an option,” Selvig said. Aaron Vehling is at [email protected] and www.facebook.com/thisweeklive.

ISD 194 School Board Following is the agenda for the 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11, closed session of the ISD 194 School Board in the District Office Board Room, 8670 210th St. W., Lakeville.

1. Preliminary Actions a. Call to Order b. Roll Call c. Agenda Additions2. Discussion a. Listening Session per MN Statute 122A.33, Subd.33. Additions to the Agenda4. Adjournment

ISD 194 School Board Following is the agenda for the 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11, regular meeting of the ISD 194 School Board in the District Of-fice Board Room, 8670 210th St. W., Lakeville.

1. Preliminary Actions a. Call to Order b. Pledge of Allegiance c. Roll Call and Board Intro-ductions d. Spotlight on Education/Good News e. Public Comment f. Board Communications g. Agenda Additions2. Consider Approval of Con-sent Agenda a. Board Minutes b. Employment Recommen-dations, Leave Requests and Resignations

c. Other Personnel Matters d. Payment of Bills & Claims e. Other Business Matters f. Acceptance of Gift Dona-tions g. Field Trips3. Consent Agenda Discussion Items4. Reports a. AYP Update – Mr. Molesky b. 2010-11 Annual Report on Curriculum, Instruction & Stu-dent Achievement – Ms. Swan-son/Ms. Knudsen c. First Reading Revised Policy D-80(E-70) Protection & Privacy of Student Records - Mr. Massaros d. 2011-12 Student Enroll-ment Update – Mr. Massaros e. Key Work of School Boards Discussion – Dr. Snyder5. Recommended Actions6. Additions to Agenda7. Information a. Superintendent’s Report b. Board Member Reports8. Adjournment

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Opinion

Garofalo using new math for schoolsTo the editor: I write to respond to House E-12 Education Fi-nance Chairman Rep. Pat Garofalo’s comments (Ga-rofalo concerned about school levy proposals, Sept. 28). While he declares he wishes to “honestly pres-ent funding facts,” read-ers should know that he is using an entirely different way of looking at educa-tion funding in order to claim credit for increases of over twice the amount schools actually received.

He avoids using accounting standards that have been used by both the DFL and GOP for decades. His new accounting method also enables him to deny that his House education finance bill actu-ally proposed to cut school funding for only the second time in history. Fortunately, Gov. Mark Dayton fought against the cut. In the budget com-promise reached this sum-mer, however, the budget was balanced by delaying school payments by 40 percent. Combined school debt now totals a historic

$3.5 billion or over $4,000 per student. Only one other state borrows from schools: California, and they bor-row less than half of what Minnesota borrows. In order to offset the borrowing costs that most districts now have to incur, Dayton insisted on some additional funds, so it is correct to say that educa-tion funding did increase. But not by the amounts Garofalo is claiming, if we look at facts by the usual state accounting methods. Garofalo achieves his claim only by counting fund-ing already in state law for

the 18,000 new students in Minnesota over the next two years. This is not at all the same as new money per student. I don’t blame Garofalo for trying to paint a better funding picture than the one he achieved, but I am alarmed that he is using his new methods to paint school districts across the state as much more well off than they are and then questioning their need to pass levy referenda. This is unprecedented and uncon-scionable. REP. MINDY GREIL-INGDFL Lead, House E-12 Education Finance Com-mittee

Generation’ didn’t need assistanceTo the editor: This letter is in response to the Sept. 23 column by Mary Ajax, “Life may not be fair but we can do things to level the field.” Many articles have been written on the subject of children and young adults reaching their highest goals. I not only went to school in District 197, but I also taught a highly successful adult class there. Since our parents were victims of the Great Depression I would like to make a comparison. They didn’t belong to the PTA but their sons and daughters became college graduates by earning their way and served their coun-try in outstanding service in World War II. Post-World War II, they became outstanding civil-ians, lawyers, doctors, den-tists, commercial pilots, CPAs, criminologists, tre-mendous business people and one became a world-recognized legend whose limits will probably never be tested. Funny thing, I can’t re-member any of these su-per folks ever seeking the assistance of the greater community, maybe because

their parents taught them to be self-reliant. Teachers, social workers and even superintendents could learn a lot from these men and women from three generations ago; they called them the “greatest genera-tion.

FRANKLIN WICKERLakeville

was appreciatedTo the editor: I attended the Sept. 27 Lakeville School Board meeting, and I was very happy with what I learned. Although there were sev-eral items of good news, I was particularly happy to hear Superintendent Lisa Snyder’s presentation on Strategic Direction, and her Dashboard of Quality Indicators. This is an excellent way to inform the community about the district’s key ob-jectives. It represents a sig-nificant advance in trans-parency and accountability, two priorities on my list of things we needed in a new superintendent. I firmly believe that continued improvement in transparency and ac-countability are keys to better performance by our district. Snyder is to be congratulated for starting off on the right foot in our district. I look forward to the future enhancements that she will bring to our schools.

DAN NELSONPrior Lake

To increase job numbers, stop shipping themTo the editor: “Outsourcing” is a word that rolls nicely off the tongue. It sounds like a technical solution that saves money for hard-strapped small businesses in tough times. In a recent letter, a wom-an who manages the office

of local U.S. Rep. John Kline, heralded the success of a jobs fair in the name of the representative. She ignored the support the representative gives to lead-ers in his party who refuse to repeal the subsidies busi-nesses receive to move jobs overseas. In tax havens like Bermuda and the Bahamas they escape U.S. tax laws and higher wages. It’s good to support small businesses and the infrastructure they need to succeed, and sub-sidies for outsourcing are something else again. Not only have these tax breaks reduced the job market, they have decimat-ed the U.S. manufacturing industry. Job conditions for employees at these overseas facilities are primitive, of-ten causing employees to face unnecessary risks to make their products cheap-er. Under the World Trade Organization, enforcement of trade laws in our coun-try has been weakened to give an advantage to these companies who have moved overseas to make their products. A solution to increas-ing health care costs would help American businesses hire more employees, and the representative has ada-mantly refused to work with Democrats on that question. He publicly con-demns government pro-grams to help people who need health insurance, while he readily accepts government health insur-ance for himself. We need more than a job fair; we need to reward companies that create good jobs here in the U.S.A. Small business owners in the south metro area want more from the govern-ment than a “race to the bottom” in wages and job conditions. Minnesotans are bright; we used to have the best education system right here. For the success of businesses, we need to get back to building that. PAUL HOFFINGEREagan

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Larry WernerTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

No one has ever ac-cused me of being Mr. Ex-citement. And that might be why Lakeville grew on me when I moved there in 1999. When I walk into Mainstreet Coffee Cafe for lunch, Tracy Hum-melgard’s employees ring up my order without asking because they know I get the same salad every day. When I started watching the Lakeville City Council meetings on local cable (something you ex-citing people probably don’t do), I found the dull predictability that made me feel right at home. However, things have changed in Lakeville, and the City Council meetings there are beginning to ri-val those in Burnsville and Farm-ington for liveliness. As we have been reporting since the last election, the Lake-ville council tends to split between two holdovers from the good,

dull old days plus a young newcomer on one side and, on the other side, the new mayor, Mark Bellows, and another newcomer, Colleen Ratzlaff LaBeau. The most recent con-troversy was provoked by

a 3-2 vote to renovate the old downtown police station into a home for the Senior Center, the Historical Society and Lakeville’s Beyond the Yellow Ribbon orga-nization. That plan involves sell-ing the old Senior Center, which has outgrown its current building because the director, Linda Wal-ter, has turned it into one of the most successful gathering spots for seniors in the metro area. In the course of debating the Senior Center move, Bellows im-plied Walter had lied to him – a comment that led to a threat by Walter to sue for defamation. At Monday’s council meeting, a statement was issued that says the mayor didn’t really mean to say

Walter had lied to him but that his comment was about a perception in the community that Bellows is opposed to the new senior center. This is pretty wild stuff in a community known for quiet, ef-ficient governance. Down the road in Farming-ton, both the City Council and the School Board spent a couple years fighting over a number of issues, including their relationship with the city administrator and the school superintendent. Both have resigned, and newly-elected folks in Farmington seem to be working better with the new chief administrators. Even Burnsville has settled down after years of 3-2 votes having to do with building a new downtown, called Heart of the City, and then deciding to spend $20 million on a Performing Arts Center. The city of Eagan has had its exciting times, especially when Pat Awada (now Anderson) was mayor. The council meetings then

were marked by threats about law-suits and restraining orders. One of the major controversies was a proposal Anderson endorsed to move an orphanage to Eagan. The current mayor, Mike Ma-guire, and longtime City Ad-ministrator Tom Hedges tend to manage Eagan with unexciting predictability. Over in Apple Valley, Mayor Mary Hamann-Roland keeps things lively with her enthusiasm and Italian passion for people and her city. But the council members tend to get along and produce few headlines. The environment in Rosemount is similarly calm. So it’s Lakeville’s turn to at-tract attention for lively public discourse. What could be more fun for controversy-lovers than a battle between a mayor who runs a church for recovering addicts and a senior citizen who has be-come a hero to fellow seniors who flock to her old-folks hangout? What makes the Lakeville

drama even more dramatic is the arch-rival of Bellows is Matt Lit-tle, a 20-something newcomer to the council who has rallied the se-nior population in support of the new center. And what is perhaps the most surprising aspect of this situation is that Bellows isn’t a newcomer to the council. He defeated incumbent Holly Dahl for mayor after spend-ing years as a soft-spoken member of a soft-speaking council. Assuming Bellows runs for re-election next year, he’ll have some work to do with the followers of Linda Walter – those Baby Boom-ers and older who, unlike the young, tend to vote. It’s way too much excitement for my taste. Larry Werner is editor and general manager of the Dakota County Tribune and Thisweek Newspapers. He can be reached at [email protected]. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

The good, dull old days in Lakeville are over

District information

The ‘Greatest


District 194School BoardProceedings

This is a summary of the Independent

School District No. 194 Special Board of

Education Meeting on Tuesday, September

13, 2011 with full text available for public

inspect ion on the dist r ict websi te at

www.isd194.k12.mn.us or 8670 210th

Street W., Lakeville, MN 55044

The meeting was called to order at 5:01

p.m. All board members and cabinet were

present.

Discussion: Discussion was held regard-

ing the proposed 2011 Property Tax Levy.

Meeting adjourned at 6:47 p.m.

__________________________________

This is a summary of the Independent

School District No.194 Regular School

Board Meeting on Tues, September 13,

2011 with full text available for public

inspect ion on the dist r ict websi te at

www.isd194.k12.mn.us or District Office at

8670 210th Street W., Lakeville, MN 55044

The meeting was called to order at 7:02

p.m. followed by pledge of allegiance. All

board members and administrators were

present.

Public comment: Jack Peterson, 7411

142nd Ct. W, EML committee member

shared a video showing the commitment of

Lakeville teachers.

The following Consent Agenda items

were approved: minutes of the meeting on

August 23; resignations, leave of absence

requests, employment recommendations;

payment of bills and claims subject to

annual audit; and donations.

Reports presented: District communica-

tion update; 2011-12 student enrollment

update.

Adjournment at 7:43 p.m.

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Courtney Sayther, daughter ofTom and Laurel Sayther of Min-neapolis, and Kyle Norman, sonof Jim and Karen Norman ofGlyndon, MN will be married onOctober 15, 2011.

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A number of well-known Lakeville businesses failed the city’s recent liquor com-pliance checks. Baldy’s BBQ, Brackett’s Crossing, Chart House, Crystal Lake Golf, FIN LLC (new owners of Ronin Cafe), Mainstreet Cafe, Porterhouse, Sawa Japan Steak and Sushi, SuperValu (Cub Foods), Tak Shing, Teresa’s and the VFW all received $500 civil sanctions for selling liquor to an un-derage person working in tandem with the Lakeville Police Department between June 16 and July 19 of this year. City Administrator Steve Mielke explained that the process works as follows:

An underaged man or wom-an will attempt to purchase alcohol either at an off-sale establishment (such as a li-quor store) or an on-sale business (such as a bar or restaurant). The individual will pres-ent an ID that clearly indi-cates that person is under-age. If the sale is made, then a police officer will issue a citation on the spot. “Sometimes the servers don’t bother to even ask for ID,” Mielke said. Actually, most of the ci-tations are related to that, he said. The city checks its own actions as well. The last time Lakeville Liquors was cited was before Mielke be-gan his tenure seven years ago. If a municipal liquor

store clerk makes an illegal sale, it is a firing offense, he said. Business owners are giv-en the opportunity to avoid a public evidentiary hearing at the City Council meeting by entering into a “Stipu-lation of Facts and Civil Sanction,” according to documents in the meeting packet. All the businesses filed this. All paid the $500 fine, with the exception of Tak Shing. The fine would have cre-ated a financial hardship for that restaurant, and so the police department and City Clerk Char Friedges recom-mend imposing a 30-day liquor license suspension instead of a fine. The City Council approved the sus-pension as part of its con-sent agenda on Oct. 3.

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

Several Lakeville businesses cited for underage liquor sales

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Volunteers sought for Armful of Love Volunteers who want to help answer phones or inter-view potential Armful of Love 2011 recipients should con-tact 360 Communities prior to attending the Oct. 17 or Oct. 18 training session. This is the 39th year of Armful of Love, which provides gifts and food to families in need in Dakota County dur-ing the holidays. Volunteers in these two areas need to attend a training session either at 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17, or at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18. The sessions will take place at 360 Com-munities, 501 E. Highway 13, Suite 102, Burnsville. Some changes have been made for 2011 so even experi-enced volunteers need to attend. To RSVP to a session, call (952) 985-4075, or email [email protected]. Volunteers for other positions will be trained on the job as needed.

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It’s no coincidence Cha-meleon Theatre Circle is staging “The Woman in Black” in the weeks leading up to Halloween. The classic ghost story registers rather high on the eerie meter. As one character points out early in the show, this a tale of “haunting and evil, fear and confusion, horror and tragedy.” Shadows and dread abound. It’s billed as horror – but not the gore-spraying Freddy Krueger variety. No chainsaw-wielding maniacs, apocalypse bloodbaths or diseased zombie hordes. “If anything, it’s more like Alfred Hitchcock,” di-rector Benjamin Kutschied said of the play, which is based on a 1983 novel by Susan Hill (and soon to be a motion picture starring Daniel Radcliffe of “Harry Potter” fame). The Hitchcock terror-vibe comes across in the shadows suffusing the set, the haunt-ing sound effects (howling winds, a baby crying, an old-fashioned music box), and a storyline that blurs past and present, imagination and re-ality.

The story: Arthur Kipps (played by Charles Num-rich), haunted by an encoun-ter years in his past, hires a young actor (Kieran Adcock-Starr) to help him tell his disturbing tale, and together they explore the world of a remote, fog-shrouded Eng-lish village in bringing Kipps’ harrowing experiences to life. The mindset of Numrich as he gets into character for “The Woman in Black” gives some idea of the depths of darkness into which the pro-duction delves. In an interview, Numrich said that to enter the grim headspace required of the role, he dredges up old mem-ories of holding his young son, just after the boy had been diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. “It can be a dark place to go,” he said. “That – when you think about your own child dying – is a scary place to be.” The fear is omnipresent on stage. “If we can get the audi-ence breathing at the same rate as us, they’ll get the fear, too,” Adcock-Starr said. “They’re going to feel it,” Numrich added.

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Charles Numrich, left, and Kieran Adcock-Starr star in Chameleon Theatre Circle’s “The Woman in Black.”

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theater and arts briefstheater and arts briefsSymphony presents ‘American Classics’ Dakota Valley Sym-phony will launch its 2011-12 season Sunday, Oct. 9, at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center with “American Classics” featuring author and illus-trator Debra Frasier nar-rating 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 pur-chased in person at the box office, at www.Dako-taValleySymphony.org or via Ticketmaster at (800) 982-2787 or ticketmaster.com.

Dakota City hosts Harvest Moon Festival A Harvest Moon Festi-val is planned for Friday, Oct. 21, and Saturday, Oct. 22, at Dakota City Heri-tage Village in Farmington. Hours will be 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. both days. Children will take part in activities designed to ac-quaint them with chores and leisure activities of the early 1900s. Costumed in-terpreters will lead the ac-tivities and staff the build-ings. A “Not Too Spooky Hayride” will be offered from 6 to 8 p.m. several times both nights. Cost is $2 for children ages 4 to 12 and $4 for ages 13 and older. Children ages 3 and younger are free. The maximum charge is $12 per carload. The village is located at the Dakota County Fair-grounds, 4008 220th St. W., Farmington. For more in-formation, visit www.dako-tacity.org.

‘Born to Be Wild 3D’ in Spanish The Great Clips IMAX Theatre at the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley will host a special 9:40 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, show-ing of “Born to Be Wild 3D” in Spanish in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. Seating will begin at 9:25 a.m. Cost is $9.50 for adults and $7 for children and se-niors.

Rumble with ‘Real Steel’ Next-generation boxing film “Real Steel: The IMAX Experience” opens Oct. 7 at the Great Clips IMAX The-atre at the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley. Minnesota’s Top Team boxing academy will be in the lobby from 6 to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7, demonstrat-ing specialized boxing, Muay Thai kickboxing and jiu jitsu moves to movie-go-ing audiences. For information on tick-ets and show times, call (952) 431-4629 or visit max.com/minnesota.


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by Laura AdelmannTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Citizens who complained about their $6,000 property tax assessments at the Oct. 3 Farmington City Council meeting weren’t only fo-cused on dollars. Many said they under-stood the need for the city to repair the aged Walnut Street area water and sewer lines, but cited frustrations

over their inability to grow grass in the rocky topsoil that the contractor left on boulevards at the project’s end. Farmington resident Tom Jensen said he has done the same type of work for 35 years, and called the material used to replace the rich topsoil that was re-moved the worst he’s ever seen. “The material is full of rocks,” Jensen said. City Council Member Jason Bartholomay said: “I think there’s some legiti-mate concerns there.”

Bartholomay said he had difficulty posting election signs along boulevards last fall because he kept hitting rocks, a problem he didn’t encounter in other areas of the city. Farmington City Engi-neer Kevin Schorzman said the soil was inspected and meets the contractual crite-ria for replacing topsoil re-moved for the project. Gary Zajac, project manager for S.M. Hentges & Sons Inc., the contractor that performed the work, said in a later interview that his employees pick rocks

out of the dirt as they go through it. “I’d have a hard time say-ing there’s a rock over one inch in there. Our guys pul-verized it,” Zajac said. He explained the dirt is screened, placed, tilled, graded and seeded. At the meeting, Farm-ington Mayor Todd Larson said he’s in the turf business and it is important for new seed to be fertilized and reg-ularly watered to become properly established. Under the contract, for the first 30 days, the com-pany was responsible for

watering the seed. Then that responsibility fell to home-owners. Zajac also said rocks rise to the top when there is a lot of rain. At the meeting, home-owners expressed frustra-tion, stating the end prod-uct doesn’t look good. “We’re paying $6,000 per home. For this, it should be right, Jensen said. Resident David Rotty said his driveway approach is now crooked on one side and the grass isn’t growing to help mask the problem. “I don’t think it looks

very good,” he said. City Council Member Christy Jo Fogarty said she’s heard similar bad soil complaints with past proj-ects, enough that she called it “a chronic problem.” Fogarty asked that the city consider upgrading its contractual requirements for materials used to replace topsoil. Schorzman said the city will review methods used for reestablishing city bou-levards.


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Ramble Jam draws a crowd at Dakota County Fairgrounds


Farmington Rotary Club members were hap-py and exhausted after the turnout for their biggest annual fundraiser Oct. 1. Ramble Jam, held at

the Dakota Count Fair-grounds and presented with the help of country music radio station K102, is being called a huge suc-cess by Rotary Club Presi-dent Linda Landwehr. “The weather was spec-tacular. We’re so happy. Everybody is bone-crush-ing exhausted, and it isn’t just the fact that we made some money, but that we’re going to be able to

give back to the commu-nity. We’re just really ex-cited,” Landwehr said. While exact figures have yet to be tallied, Landwehr reported there were 1,500 wristbands sold to people over age 21; there were also 67 camp-sites booked for the event and people attended the event from as far away as Madison, Wis. Vendors reported brisk

sales and have already committed to returning to the event next year, Land-wehr said. “The bands had a good experience, too,” she said, noting that several bands stayed after their time on stage, hung out with the crowds and enjoyed the event. “The feedback we got from people who attended was that they really liked

the local and regional bands and they liked the format,” Landwehr said. She added that the Ro-tary Club is likely to hold a similar event next year. “We’re most excited about the opportunity we have to give back to Farm-ington and the larger com-munity,” Landwehr said. The Farmington Ro-tary Club is a service or-ganization that sponsors

student scholarships, pro-grams and even supports an orphanage in Bolivia. Bands that played at Ramble Jam included Bomshel, Frankie Ballard, Rocket Club, Lost High-way, Hitchville and Sara Lynn Wallin.


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that the lie “is not attrib-utable to Walter.” It went on to say that the council acknowledged that Walter’s performance as head of the Lakeville Senior Center has been “positive.” Last week Heinze commented to Thisweek Newspapers about the statement (but would not clarify at the time what the statement said). “We’re happy with the statement that will be read into the record on Mon-day, but that doesn’t mean that’s good enough,” Heinze said at the time. “The conclusion of the meeting states what we al-

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homestead property of $199,800, the plan would add $80.90 to the 2012 tax bill. A non-homestead prop-erty at the same value would increase by $292.90 next year. In the remaining years of Farmington’s proposed plan, increases for the aver-age value homestead prop-erty range from $52.80 to $14.40 and from $62.80 to $17.10 for a non-home-stead property. That initial bigger tax hike planned in 2012, said City Engineer Kevin Schorzman, is to catapult the city from a budget that

spends more than it takes in to one that collects more than it spends. After hearing from con-cerned citizens recently, several City Council mem-bers and Mayor Todd Lar-son have questioned the plan that raises taxes so much in a struggling econ-omy. Larson has said he plans to propose an alternative that will likely reduce the 2012 preliminary levy by $400,000 for street rehabili-tation and instead bond for that money. But before setting the final levy and budget in December, the city has set three budget open house meetings to gather input

from residents. The first meeting is Monday, Oct. 10, from 4 to 6 p.m. at City Hall. There will not be a for-mal presentation, but bud-get information will be available, and city officials will be present to answer questions and listen to the public. Additional budget meet-ings, also at City Hall, are set for 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25 and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 14. “We want everyone to give us your opinion and provide input,” Larson said.


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applications for college, he said, but there were also some who wrote a bunch for students the night be-fore the announcement. Ultimately, it comes down to an ever-increasing workload. “I’ve heard of a high school teacher who had to write 70-80 in a shortened time frame,” Sinner said. “Teachers do this out of kindness of their hearts to help students. As class

sizes increase, it falls dis-proportionately on certain people.” If a high school class-room has on average 37 students and a teacher has five classes, the 185-student workload allows for only so much in a day. A decade ago that num-ber might be 135 kids, Sin-ner said. “That’s a 40 percent in-crease in workload, but we are still expected to do ev-erything excellent,” he said, “which we do. A lot of this

is about time – and time to be able to service students in a professional manner.” If the negotiations get closer to the January dead-line for many college appli-cations, Sinner said, EML would try to accommodate that. The next closed meeting to discuss negotiations is Monday, Oct. 10. Aaron Vehling is at [email protected] and www.facebook.com/thisweeklive.

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ready know, which is that Linda is a great asset to the city of Lakeville and the senior center that she runs.” Walter is retaining Heinze “out-of-pocket for my fees,” Heinze said, adding that he will seek to recoup fees either in court or in a settlement. Regarding the toll these accusations have taken on Walter, Heinze said it has “caused her a great deal of stress. Linda didn’t lie to the mayor or anyone else on the City Council.” After Rieb read the statement, Knutson said that council members and city staff were not per-mitted to comment on the statement because it re-lated to a personnel issue. The question of liabil-ity arises. If Walter does indeed sue Bellows, who would be financially li-able if a court ruled in her

favor, or if a settlement was reached? Minnesota Newspa-per Association attorney Mark Anfinson said the city could possibly be li-able if it could be proven that the defendant acted maliciously in an official capacity. The Heritage Center, to be located across from City Hall in the old police station, is to open next year as the new Senior Center, new Lakeville Area Historical Society and official space for the Lakeville Yellow Ribbon organization. The $1.1 million facil-ity, which has divided the council for much of 2011, will be funded large-ly with donations and money from existing city funds. Aaron Vehling is at [email protected] and www.facebook.com/thisweeklive.

Sign up for the follow-ing classes at www.Lakevil-leAreaCommunityEd.net or call (952) 232-2150 for more information. • Money Matters classes, adults. Write Your Own Will, 6:30 to 8 p.m., Mon-

day, Oct. 17. Keeping the Estate in the Family, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 27. Sell Like a Pro on eBay, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 25. How to Get Into College and Pay for It, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 26.

Lakeville Area Community Ed classes • Women, Weight and Hormones, adults, 6:30 to 8 p.m., Monday, Oct. 17. • SCORE: Starting Your Own Business Series, adults, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Mondays. Free. How to Start Your Own Business, Oct. 10. Marketing and Advertising Your Busi-ness, Oct. 17. Legal Aspects and Financial Management, Oct. 24. Developing a Busi-ness Plan, Nov. 7. Attend one or all four. • Silver Clay Jewel-ry, adults, 6:30 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 19. • Spanish for Beginners (Levels 1 and 2), adults, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Thursdays, Oct. 13-Dec. 15 (omit Oct. 20 and Nov. 24).


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Nearly a year after Chateau Lamothe closed in Burnsville, two local entrepreneurs are hoping to breathe new life into the former French American restaurant by turning it into a pub and grill. “This is a neighborhood with a casual atmosphere, so we feel it will fit right in,” said John Pleschourt co-owner of Ernie’s Pub and Grill. The casual dining restau-rant named after Pleschourt’s father is set to open in late Oc-tober. Pleschourt and his part-ner, Bryan Prettyman, looked across the nation for a site but settled on the former Chateau building for its visibility from busy roads. The site is on Nicollet Court near County Road 42 and the point where I-35E and I-35W

meet. The restaurant is also close to Pleschourt and Prettyman’s homes in Burnsville. The two men met in the hospitality industry years ago and became fast friends. As a young man, Ple-schourt, 43, set his sights on teaching history, but fell in love with the hospitality industry while waiting tables as a college student. Though he completed his degree, Pleschourt spent the next 25 years working his way up to management at several establishments throughout the Twin Cities. Hospitality was a calling for Prettyman from the start. He earned an associates de-gree in business and went on to manage hotels and resorts across the nation for more than 20 years. The 45-year-old began his

career at Trump Towers in At-lantic City where he once liter-ally bumped right into Donald Trump. “He was nice about it but his handlers started rushing to-ward me,” Prettyman said with a laugh. The two Burnsville men financed the restaurant using savings and retirement funds alone. “We felt self financing put more pressure on us to make it work,” Pleschourt said. Now the two men are fo-cused on making the place their own. Though they plan to keep some of the existing glass art work and light fixtures, much of the decor will be replaced. Pleschourt and Prettyman emphasized that their restau-rant will be family friendly. “It’s a pub, not a sports bar or a college hangout,” Pretty-

man said. “We want people to enjoy a drink after work or with dinner.” The Burnsville men said they believe their unique menu will set the restaurant apart from its competition. “We want items that you can’t find at any other bar and grills,” Pleschourt said. Some of Ernie’s unusual fare includes popovers, salm-on wellingtons and hand cut steaks. The restaurant will also have a breakfast menu that will include creme brulee french toast.

The pub will have a vast drink menu which will further set Ernie’s apart from the pack, Pleschourt said. Though they aimed to make the menu unique, the two men also set out to make it af-fordable. “Our menu is designed with the recession in mind so the av-erage family of four can afford to go out to eat,” Pleschourt said.

Pleschourt said he isn’t concerned about the location, which is visible from the freee-way but is at the end of an en-trance road to hotels. “I think the atmosphere will drive people to come off the beaten path,” he said.

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by Andy RogersTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Fans of high school foot-ball in Lakeville have mo-mentous plans on Friday night. The undefeated Lakev-ille South football team will travel two miles to play undefeated Lakeville North for a 7 p.m. football game that is expected to attract fans, friends and family from all over. Even alumni like Lakev-ille North’s Tyler Swanson and Lakeville South’s Mar-cus Brumm plan on taking a break from life at Augsburg College in Minneapolis for the occasion. So what’s the big deal? For one, the winner will be in the lead for the South Suburban Conference title. For another, home field advantage for the Section 1-5A tournament is up for consideration. But most im-portantly, city-wide brag-ging rights are on the line. This is the game ev-eryone’s been waiting for since the season began, and

while it’s a rivalry, no one describes it as heated. “It’s a pretty cool deal and a great thing for our community,” Lakeville South head coach Larry Thomp-son said. “I respect those guys tremen-dously and they re-spect us. Both teams want to win bad. It’s a great game between friends.” Some of the friends have gone on to do great things to-gether. Swanson, a 2009 gradu-ate of Lakeville North, and Brumm, a 2007 graduate of South, know a little some-thing about important foot-ball games. The two played a big part in Augsburg’s 32-31 victory over St. John’s Uni-versity on Sept. 24 in front of 12,000 people. With 0.6 second left, Swanson caught a 32-yard touchdown pass from Brumm on the final of-

fensive play of the game. It was the first time since 1980 the Auggies had defeat-ed St. John’s. “That last play, when you watch a basketball game, sometimes you know when it’s just going to go in,” Augsburg head coach Frank Haege said. “When I saw Marcus go back, I saw the window and I knew we had a chance. I sprinted down to the end

zone to celebrate with the players. It was one of those times where everything was in slow motion.” The South-North con-nection was complete giv-ing the Division III college from Minneapolis a high-light for the record books. “My helmet got ripped off while I was in the air,” Swanson said. “I was tack-led by my entire team. It was pure joy. We were all going crazy in one big pile.” The Auggies wanted it badly. With many players from Lakeville on its roster, the alumni had to dig down deep to their entire football experience to pull off the win. “It’s about winning, any sport is,” Haege said. “There’s no feeling like get-ting a big win. We all work so hard, and the wins are never easy, but that’s what makes it special.” In high school, Swan-son and Brumm last played against each other dur-ing Brumm’s senior year in both basketball and football, but they’ve been friends since Swanson was in middle school. Of all the games that stand out, it’s the North-South games that they remember the most. “Those are definitely the biggest games of the year,” Brumm said. “The whole city is there to watch you play.” It’s easy to get caught up in the spectacle of the occa-sion, but sometimes that’s what it’s all about.

“You try to treat it like a normal game, but when you get there you’re like ‘wow’ when you see all the people there,” Swanson said. “You should take it in for at least a little bit. Just live it up and keep your confidence level up.” They plan on watching the game from the stands on Friday night, like many other Lakeville fans. The school is expecting several thousand people in atten-dance. “The thing is we’ll prob-ably be next to each other in the stands,” Brumm said. “But we’ll be cheering for our old teams for sure.” While the teams have played in win-or-go-home situations in the playoffs, they’ve never faced one an-other with undefeated re-cords. “We won the first cou-ple,” Thompson said. “Late-ly it’s been a lot tougher. They’ve won here, we won up there. It will be a great

game. Turnovers will decide the game.” Both teams feature a top-flight, passing-heavy offense that average 30-plus points per game led by star quar-terbacks. Lakeville South’s Mitch Leidner, who has completed 55.7 percent of his passes for 919 yards, 11 touch-downs, three interceptions, and North’s Trey Heid, who has completed 61.7 percent of his passes for 1,069 yards, nine touchdowns and six in-terceptions, both have had remarkable seasons. South’s defense has al-lowed 9.6 points per game, leading the conference, while North has allowed 14.2, third in the conference. Something’s going to break on Friday night. “We’ll be ready,” Leidner said. “They’re not going to know what hit them. We’re pretty confident.”

Andy Rogers is at [email protected].


The Lakeville North girls soccer team reached its first goal of the 2011 season on Tuesday night. With a 2-1 overtime win over Burnsville, the Pan-thers won the South Subur-ban Conference title. It was a close battle be-tween the two top-10 ranked teams by the state coaches association. The Panthers took a 1-0 lead in the sec-ond half, but the Blaze tied it off a corner kick to send the game into overtime. “We needed to settle down a little bit and move the ball around,” co-head coach Bulut Ozturk said. “With Burnsville coming out aggressive and physical, it threw us off a bit.” Less than two minutes into overtime, Alexa Traka-lo scored her second goal of the game and the girls held on for the remaining eight minutes to win. “(Burnsville was) really aggressive from the get-go,” senior forward Simone Ko-lander said. “I’m sure they really wanted to beat us. We didn’t play well against them last year, so it felt re-ally good to win.” Heading into playoffs, this was the kind of game that the girls were hoping to have. “We have to go through some adversity,” Kolander said. “We tied Eastview and Eagan. That shook our con-fidence a little. Are we as good as we think we are? “We proved to ourselves today that we can handle these situations.” With an undefeated re-cord, the Panthers moved

up to the No. 1 ranked team in the state coaches associa-tion poll. “I really wanted this team to stay the No. 1 team in the state,” Trakalo said. It’s not just a number either. If the team remains ranked No. 1 it will have home field advantage in the section, and if the team wins the Section 1AA title, it will have a much better draw at the state tournament. “It’s good to get the rec-ognition,” Trakalo said. “People can’t say now that ‘Oh, they got lucky,’ or whatever. We deserve to be No. 1.” The Panthers qualified

for state in 2009 for the first time as Lakeville North, but fell short last year. Instead, city rival Lakeville South won the section tournament and played at state for the fifth time in six years. “I feel like it’s our year now,” Kolander said. “We really, really want it bad. We had a down season last year. This year with our new coaches, they’ve pointed in the right direction. It’s our time now.” The Section 1AA tourna-ment is scheduled to begin Oct. 11.


SportsStandings

FootballTeam Conference Overall W L W L Lakeville South 5 0 5 0 Lakeville North 4 0 5 0 Prior Lake 3 1 3 2 Rosemount 3 2 3 2 Eagan 2 2 2 3 Eastview 2 3 2 3 B Jefferson 1 3 1 4 B Kennedy 1 3 1 4 Burnsville 1 4 1 4 Apple Valley 0 4 0 5

Friday, Oct 7• Apple Valley at Rosemount, 7 p.m. • Lakeville South at Lakeville North, 7 p.m. Friday, Oct 14• Lakeville North at Bloomington Kennedy, 7 p.m. • Prior Lake at Lakeville South, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct 19• Lakeville North at Prior Lake, 7 p.m. • Lakeville South at Burnsville, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct 25 • Section Playoffs begin

VolleyballTeam Conference Overall W L W LEagan 6 0 15 3 Lakeville South 5 1 21 1 Lakeville North 5 1 16 2 B Jefferson 4 2 16 4 Eastview 3 3 9 9 Apple Valley 3 3 8 10 Rosemount 1 5 7 7 B Kennedy 1 5 8 10 Burnsville 1 5 6 9 Prior Lake 1 5 5 10

Friday, Oct 7• Lakeville North tournament, 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct 8• Lakeville North tournament, 9 a.m. Tuesday, Oct 11• Eastview at Lakeville South, 7 p.m. • Lakeville North at Apple Valley, 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct 13• Lakeville North at Shakopee, 7 p.m.

Boys SoccerTeam Conference Overall W L T W L TEastview 7 0 1 14 0 1 B Jefferson 5 1 2 9 2 4 Prior Lake 5 3 0 10 5 0 Eagan 4 3 1 10 3 2 Apple Valley 4 3 1 10 4 1 Lakeville North 4 3 1 8 4 2 Burnsville 4 3 1 6 5 4 B Kennedy 2 6 0 8 7 0 Rosemount 1 6 1 3 9 2 Lakeville South 0 8 0 5 8 21

Tuesday, Oct 11• Section tournament

Girls SoccerTeam Conference Overall W L T W L TLakeville North 6 0 2 13 0 2 Eagan 5 2 1 12 2 1 Eastview 4 1 3 10 2 3 Burnsville 5 3 0 11 4 0 Rosemount 4 2 2 10 3 2 Lakeville South 3 4 1 9 4 2 B Jefferson 2 4 2 5 8 2 Apple Valley 2 4 2 5 8 2 Prior Lake 2 5 1 7 7 1 B Kennedy 0 8 0 3 9 1

Tuesday, Oct 11• Section tournament

Girls SwimmingTeam Conference W LRosemount 5 0Prior Lake 4 1Lakeville North 4 1Lakeville South 3 2Apple Valley 3 2Eastview 3 2Eagan 3 2Burnsville 0 5Bloom Jefferson 0 5Bloom Kennedy 0 5

South Suburban Conference

FootballTeam Conference Overall W L W LHoly Angels 4 0 5 0 Shakopee 4 0 5 0 Red Wing 3 1 4 1 Northfield 1 3 2 3 Farmington 1 3 1 4 New Prague 1 3 1 4 Chaska 1 3 1 4 Chanhassen 1 3 1 4

Friday, Oct 7• Northfield at Farmington, 7 p.m. Friday, Oct 14• Farmington at Chaska, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct 19• New Prague at Farmington, 7 p.m

VolleyballTeam Conference Overall W L W L Chanhassen 4 0 14 2 Shakopee 3 1 16 2 Chaska 3 1 9 6 Red Wing 3 1 11 11 Holy Angels 1 3 7 11 New Prague 1 3 5 10 Northfield 1 3 5 16 Farmington 0 4 6 17

Thursday, Oct 13• Farmington at Chaska, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct 18• New Prague at Farmington, 7 p.m.

Boys SoccerTeam Conferece Overall W L T W L T Holy Angels 6 0 0 9 2 3Shakopee 4 1 1 7 6 2 Northfield 4 2 0 9 5 1 Farmington 3 2 1 7 6 2 Chaska 3 2 1 4 6 2 Chanhassen 1 4 1 5 8 1 Red Wing 1 5 0 4 7 2 New Prague 0 6 0 0 14 0

Tuesday, Oct 11• Farmington in Section 1AA tourna-ment.

Girls SoccerTeam Conferece Overall W L T W L T Northfield 6 0 0 10 3 2Shakopee 4 0 2 8 4 3 Holy Angels 3 2 1 7 5 3 Chanhassen 3 2 1 7 6 1 Farmington 2 3 1 7 7 1 Chaska 2 3 1 4 5 2 Red Wing 1 5 0 3 10 0 New Prague 0 6 0 1 13 1

Tuesday, Oct 11• Farmington in Section 1AA tourna-ment.

North, South football rivalry among friends

Photo by Kyle Krohn

Lakeville South’s Trent Bertamus, No. 1, finds room to run after breaking away from a Rosemount defender last Friday.

Photo by Kyle Krohn

Lakeville North’s Charlie Hayes, No. 8, looks to run after catching a pass against Rosemount last Friday.

Tyler Swanson

MarcusBrumm

Panthers win conference title

Photo by Andy Rogers

Lakeville North’s Sarah Fisco, No. 28, defends against Burnsville’s Hannah Keirstead, No. 9, on Tuesday night.

Girls soccer team feels confident with No. 1 ranking in the state

Club soccer facility opening in Lakeville

South Metro Futbol Club sets up shop in warehouse


The South Metro Fut-bol Club, formerly Farm-ington Club Soccer, is moving to its indoor train-ing facility in Lakeville this month. It’s the only club-based training facility in the area, according to club president Ken McGlauchlen. Other Minnesota Youth Soc-cer Association teams use school gymnasiums and the Irish Dome in Rose-mount. The South Metro Fut-bol Club used to be at the dome until leasing its own facility became a more at-tractive after factoring scheduling issues and rent-al costs. “All the rates we’re hav-ing to pay, it made more sense to have our own facil-ity,” club coordinator Brett Weisser said. “Now we can rent it out to other organi-zations when they need it.” The 6,000-square-foot facility features 4,000 square feet of turf with high ceilings and padded walls. There are meeting fa-cilities for coaches instruc-tion and team parties. “It becomes more of a club house,” McGlauchlen said. “It’s not just for the traveling side of things. It’s a complete club environ-ment.” The ability to train on turf during the winter months is also an attractive feature. “During winter, we don’t have that many op-

tions,” McGlauchlen said. The facility is located in a Airlake Business Park that used to house Party Bound at 21034 Heron Way. There will be an open house from 2-5 p.m. Oct. 16. For more information visit www.southmetrofc.com. The facility opens at a time when the club has re-branded itself as another option to players in all the south metro communities. The club changed its name in July from the Farming-ton Club Soccer to South Metro Futbol Club to try to appeal to other commu-nities including Lakeville, Farmington and beyond. “We kept the Tigers and the color,” McGlauchlen said. “There’s a lot of local community pride. … We’ve had mostly a positive reac-tion. We had people who felt we were betraying our look, but most people are happy for our change. It’s still the same club with the same values and motiva-tions.” The club competes against programs from Lakeville, Burnsville, Eagan, Dakota Rev and Valley United. “We’re all pulling from the same population,” McGlauchlen said. “By changing the name we get rid of our boundaries. It allows for something dif-ferent.”


South 24, North 19Sept. 16, 2005

Lakeville South had just opened, so the Cougars were without a senior class. The Cougars were 0-2 lead-ing up to the game, but shocked observers thanks to some crafty special teams play and believing in themselves. Later that season South went on a six-game winning streak and played in the Class 4A state tournament. North recovered nicely, winning four of its next five games.

South 46, North 13 Sept. 16, 2006

It was as lopsided as the ri-valry would get. North went 1-8 while South ended up playing the Prep Bowl in November, fin-ishing as the runner-up in Class 5A. The teams didn’t play in 2007 when North qualified for state.

South 24, North 21 Oct. 31, 2008

The two teams didn’t play during the regular season, so they saved it for the playoffs. South edged the Panthers in the Section 1-5A final to play in the state tournament.

South 27, North 14 Sept. 18, 2009

The teams met twice in the 2009 season. South got its fourth straight win over North on its way to a 6-2 regular season, but the tables were about to turn.

North 12, South 6 Oct. 31, 2009

In the Section 1-5A semifinals, North got its first win over South when it mattered most. North’s rushing attack kept South out of rhythm in one of its lowest-scoring games in years. The Panthers went on to win the section title and play at state.

North 14, South 3 Oct. 8, 2010

The Panthers defense was even better in 2010, holding South’s powerful passing attack in check on the Cougars’ home field.

South 21, North 7 Oct. 30, 2010

The Cougars returned the favor a few weeks later in the Section 1-5A semifinals. The Cougars went on to win the sec-tion and play at state. Both teams relied on several juniors in key roles in 2010 and they’re back for another bout Friday night.

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can suggest patients fill their prescriptions at one of a growing list of phar-macies that offer reduced rates for the uninsured. Some doctors in the network typically charge patients without insur-ance $25 to about $50 for office visits, depending on the level of treatment sought. One Twin Cities clinic that is part of the net-work charges an annual fee of $540 for singles and $1,400 for families to pro-vide care that includes all visits, lab tests and x-rays. Why would doctors avoid insurance and take on patients without full insurance coverage? Twila Brase, registered nurse and president of Minnesota-based Citizen’s Council on Health Care, has said many in the medi-cal profession are bogged down in the increasing loads of paperwork and bureaucracy that accom-pany insurance mandates. “Cumbersome is a good way to describe the current managed care sys-tem,” said Mary Johnson, a Patient Doctor Direct organizer who works with doctors interested in the network. Patient Doctor Direct member Dr. James Eelke-ma, owner of Timewise Medical in Burnsville, said he likes the freedom to treat patients without answering to insurance mandates and bean-coun-ters. He said when he worked in a “big box clinic,” in-surance companies would sometimes deny patients prescriptions they had been prescribed, a situa-tion that frustrated him. “If they need the drug, they need the drug,”

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APPLE VALLEY • BURNSVILLE • EAGAN

by Andrew MillerTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Judy Yarrington says not all of her encounters with ghosts and spirits have been pleasant ones. Quite the opposite, in fact. Once, in the darkness of an abandoned cemetery late at night, she felt a malevolent spirit lunging at her with sinis-ter intent. Suffused with fear, she wanted nothing more than to make a run for it. But there was work to do, and a report to file. As an investigator with the Hastings Paranormal Team, Yarrington enters homes, businesses and other venues where ghosts and spirit activ-ity have been reported, and attempts to document all the things going bump in the night. “It’s just such a thrill to do it, and it’s an even bigger thrill when you get something on tape,” said Yarrington, an insurance company employee who describes her paranor-mal investigations as a hobby. The Hastings Paranormal Team was founded in 2006 by a group of Hastings neigh-bors after Tim Kelly, now the lead investigator, reported paranormal activity in his home and wanted to assemble a team to look into it. Now with six members, the group employs a host of recording equipment – video and audio devices, EMF me-ters, even dowsing rods – in probing reports of strange, seemingly supernatural goings-on. The investiga-tions are aided by two of the group’s members, including Yarrington, who identify as “sensitives,” people particu-larly keen to perceiving spirits. Many of the investigations are at the request of home or business owners who want answers to apparition sight-ings or anomalous noises. The team works for free (though they accept donations), and they pledge to maintain the anonymity of their clients when it comes time to docu-ment their findings, Sometimes, an investiga-tion will yield nothing. Other times, though, it’s like they’ve chanced upon a hidden, other-dimensional vortex of seething phantasmal horrors. Fear comes with the terri-tory. Yarrington recounted a re-cent investigation, in the city of Savage, in which she saw a “very angry, very aggressive” apparition pacing back and forth. The spirit-being, she says, actually threatened to kill one of the investigators. “I was pretty scared,” she said. “There’s places I’ve gone in and had the hair stand up on the back of my neck.”

The inside story The Hastings ghost hunt-ers will be sharing findings from their forays into the darkness at an 11 a.m. Satur-day, Oct. 15, presentation at the Galaxie Library in Apple Valley. Their presentation, “Para-normal Activity Revealed,” has been a crowd pleaser when they’ve presented it at libraries in the past. “People love it – they have recordings of paranormal sounds and video of paranor-mal activity that they play,” said Gladys Kim of the Pleas-ant Hill Library in Hastings, which has hosted presenta-tions by the paranormal team. “They’re not ghostbusters per se – they don’t help people get the ghosts out, but they, I guess, help people live with them.” Other presentations by the paranormal team at Da-kota County libraries this month include stops at the Burnhaven Library in Burns-ville (Oct. 18), the Inver Glen Library in Inver Grove Heights (Oct. 19), the Robert Trail Library in Rosemount (Oct. 22), the South St. Paul Library (Oct. 27), and the Pleasant Hill Library (Oct. 29). The events are geared to-ward adults and teenagers, and admission is free. Details are at www.co.dakota.mn.us under “Leisure and Recre-ation.” More about the Hastings Paranormal Team is at www.hastingsparanormalteam.com.

Andrew Miller is at [email protected].

Investigators probe things that go bump in the nightParanormal research team will discuss its eldritch encounters at the Galaxie Library

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