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by Aaron VehlingTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

When it comes to discus-sions about the Legislature right now, most of it centers on the current state govern-ment shutdown. There are calls to come to a compromise to pass the budget and get the state moving again. But what can be overlooked is the content

of that budget. Should it pass, the bud-get includes a 20 percent cut in funding to Metro Transit that could possibly eliminate all its bus routes to Lakeville, according to proposals the Met Council presented at a recent public meeting. The $109 million reduc-tion would hit some of the

center cities’ busiest bus routes, too, but the typi-cal scenario maps indicate Lakeville would be cut off from the system. “We’re trying not to be route-specific in the absence of a specific proposal or rec-ommendation,” said Metro Transit spokeswoman Bon-nie Kollodge. “But we’re also saying everything is on

the table. A 25 percent re-duction in service is huge.” About 131 of Metro Transit’s 146 routes would experience elimination or some level of reduction, Kollodge said. This comes on the heels of Metro Transit’s highest ridership year in decades. In addition, Lakeville’s Kenrick Avenue park-and-

ride, located off I-35, is an increasingly popular transit solution for area residents.

Thisweek Newspapers reported in late March that

Metro transit budget cuts could mean reduced transit in Lakeville

Photo by Rick Orndorf

Lakeville’s Kenrick Avenue park-and-ride facility, which serves at least 600 people a weekday, could be moth-balled because of budget cuts.

Once funding would be restored routes could be restarted

by John GessnerAND THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS STAFF

Comments from several legisla-tors in the solidly Republican south-ern suburbs show the depth of the standoff that has kept Minnesota government partially shut down since July 1. With $1.4 billion still sep-arating Republicans from DFL Gov. Mark Dayton in the fight over spending for the next two-year budget pe-riod, local Republicans are standing firm against Day-ton’s proposals to raise new tax revenue. “For me, where to get rev-enue to grow government isn’t the right question,” said freshman Sen. Dave Thomp-son of Lakeville, who repre-sents District 36. Sen. Chris Gerlach of Apple Valley, a Capitol vet-eran in a south metro area infused with freshmen from the 2010 electoral sweep that put both houses of the Legislature in Republican hands, said state spend-ing growth must be slowed. “I have pretty strong feelings that

our state spending for many years has been increasing so fast we abso-lutely have to bring down the spend-ing increase,” said the Apple Valley lawmaker, who represents District 37. “The root cause is overspend-

ing. The problem is not that we don’t tax Minnesotans enough.” Most Republican lawmak-ers say the $34.2 billion in spending they approved this session is the limit. Repub-lican legislative leaders have taken that stance into talks with Dayton. There’s a $5 billion gap between the Re-publican budget measures and forecasted spending for the 2012-13 biennium based on current spending levels. “The leadership has the pulse of our caucus,” said Senate Republican Dan Hall of Burnsville, a freshman representing District 40. “They’re certainly in agree-

ment with us as a caucus,” Hall said. “We feel good about where we’re at. We just feel sad about what the governor’s done. The governor, the DFL, the unions – they’re pretty

much all together on this: Raise tax-es. We’re pretty much saying that’s the wrong way; we don’t need that in this economy.” The Republican budget represents

Local Republicans standing firm

Photo by T.W. Budig

The state shutdown persists as DFL Gov. Mark Dayton and the GOP-led Legislature remain at philosophical odds over how to fund the government.

Shutdown standoff deep as GOP rejects new tax revenue

by Erin JohnsonTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Some Minnesota law-makers have declined their July paychecks, but more have continued to receive payment even as the state remains shut down for the foreseeable future. Gov. Mark Dayton an-nounced June 18 that he would refuse pay during the shutdown, and some lo-

cal legislators have followed suit. Sen. Ted Daley of Eagan is the only state senator in Thisweek’s coverage area who declined his July pay-check. Senators who chose to take their paycheck during the shutdown include Sen. Chris Gerlach of Apple Val-ley, Sen. Dan Hall of Burns-ville, and Sen. Dave Thomp-

son of Lakeville. In the House, Rep. Kurt Bills of Rosemount, Rep. Pat Garofalo of Farming-ton, and Rep. Doug Ward-low of Eagan have all de-clined their July paychecks. House members who continued to get paid during the shutdown include Rep. Diane Anderson of Eagan, Rep. Mary Liz Holberg of Lakeville, Rep. Tara Mack

of Apple Valley, and Rep. Pam Myhra of Burnsville. According to House pay-roll officials, lawmakers can choose to permanently not collect the pay, or they can still choose to collect the full amount retroactively when the shutdown ends.

Erin Johnson is at [email protected].

Is your legislator still collecting a paycheck?More are choosing to get paid during shutdown than not

Haugen, Farmington School Board sign three-year contract

by Laura AdelmannTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

With palpable excite-ment, the Farmington School Board unani-mously approved on Monday a three-year contract with Jay Haugen as the district’s new su-perintendent. Haugen’s an-nual salary starts at $180,000, but is prorated to $172,500 this year for a two-week late start. He officially begins the job July 15 and is scheduled for annual sal-ary increases of at least $4,500 through June 30, 2014, when the contract expires. In 2012-13, Hau-gen is scheduled to earn $184,500 and $189,000 in 2013-14. The contract allows Haugen the possibility of additional pay increas-es during the contract term but doesn’t specify amounts. It allows no pay cuts. Following the vote, the board and a few audience members broke into rous-ing applause. Haugen smiled broad-ly as Board Member Julie McKnight invited him to the podium to share his thoughts.

“I’m thrilled to be here tonight. I feel like I’ve re-ally found a home,” Hau-gen said. “We’re very excited to have you,” McKnight said, “and the communi-

ty is very excited as well. This is the beginning of a whole new future for us.” Following the vote, Haugen left the meeting to at-tend his last meet-

ing in the West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan School District, where he has been superintendent for about five years. He said in an inter-view he plans to continue straddling both positions through the transition pe-riod. Outgoing Farming-ton Superintendent Brad Meeks, who begins as superintendent of Steam-boat Springs, Colo., School District July 15, was not at the Farming-ton meeting. Meeks’ final sal-ary in Farmington was $176,000, but in 2010, he was also paid a $6,917 bonus for meeting some district goals. In his new position, Meeks’ salary was set at $165,000 under a one-

First-year salary pro-rated at $172,500, start date today

See Haugen, 13A

See Shutdown, 13A

See Transit, 5A

Pan-O-Prog scores big again this year


Music in the Park was among the many musical offerings of Lakeville’s Pan-O-Prog celebration. For more photos, go online at www.ThisweekLive.com.


Tate Gerc from Lakeville is the winner of the 4 years and under tractor pull division during Pan-O-Prog.

Jay Haugen

Dave Thompson

Pat Garofalo

More Pan-O-Prog photos on page 7A, and online at www.ThisweekLive.com

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The Lakeville school district is inviting the com-munity to help it interview its two superintendent candidates next week. Bob Laney, currently an assistant superinten-dent with the St. Louis Park School District, will be available from 5 to 5:45 p.m., at the Lakeville South High School lecture room Wednesday, July 20. Lisa Snyder, the cur-rent superintendent of the school district in Mer-rill, Wis., will be avail-able from 5 to 5:45 p.m., at the Lakeville South High School lecture room Thursday, July 21. On Tuesday afternoon, July 12, the Lakeville School Board identified Laney and Snyder from a pool of five finalists, who were isolated the day be-fore from an even larger

pool of 29 candidates. Laney has been a can-didate for superintendent positions in other districts at least a couple times in 2011. He was a candidate for the Shakopee lead-ership role in June and sought the top job in Still-water (against the likes of former Farmington su-perintendent Brad Meeks, who did not get that posi-tion either) in March. Toni Johns of School Exec Connect, Lakeville’s search firm, said at the school board meeting on Monday night Laney had demonstrated a skillful ability to manage budget cuts and tough transitions

St. Louis Park over the past few years. Snyder has been at her current job since 2009. She previously has worked in various ad-ministration and teaching capacities in the Holmen and Sparta school dis-tricts in Wisconsin and the Winona school district in Minnesota, according to a press release from the Merrill school district that was issued when she was hired there. Snyder received her doctorate in education from the University of Minnesota and her mas-ter and bachelor of sci-ence degrees from Winona State University. School board members had commented that they were highly impressed with both candidates. On July 21, the board will select the new super-intendent.

Help District 194 choose a new leaderSchool Board requests community input in hiring process

Bob Laney Lisa Snyder

Former Lakeville superintendent Gary Amoroso finished up nine years with the district on July 1 to accept a position as executive director of the Minnesota Associa-tion of School Adminis-trators.

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

Farmington School Board reinstates some of its pay


The Farmington School Board voted July 11 to re-instate stipends to board members for attending certain meetings. Board members will again receive a $30 sti-pend for each negotiation meeting, retreat and non-regularly scheduled meet-ing attended. If those meetings last beyond the initial three hours, board members will then begin to be paid $30 per hour to attend. The stipend pay will not be retroactive, but will be implemented immedi-ately. During the past two meetings, Board Members Julie Singewald and Julie McKnight have argued

for the board’s full pay and the stipends to be re-instated, In January, they were the only votes opposing eliminating the stipends and cutting the board chairperson’s salary from $5,250 to $4,500 and other board members’ pay from $4,200 to $3,600. Under the revised reso-lution, those reduced sala-ries will remain in place. Singewald said board members put in a lot of time beyond televised meetings, and previously stated she has used 76 hours of unpaid time from work to attend board meetings this year. Board Member Tim Burke voted against rein-stating stipends. He said taking pay cuts

is symbolic of the board’s willingness to lead by ex-ample in tough economic times. “We’re talking about the sentiment that goes with taking a little less for ourselves,” Burke said. But McKnight said district staff may have re-ceived the wrong message after the earlier vote, be-cause employees began to worry they would also be asked to take pay cuts. “Nobody has ever come up to me and said you get paid too much. The com-ment has always been the exact opposite no mat-ter what the salaries have been,” McKnight said.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

Board retains pay cuts, but adds back stipend pay


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Letter about gas tax was meant in jest To the editor: Last week, I wrote about a proposal about a variable tax to keep gas at $4/gallon. It was not intended to be taken seriously, but rather as a extreme example in-tended to start a conversa-tion of good ideas to re-duce the U.S.’s dependency on oil.

HARLEY HORSAGERLakeville

IRA tax reform to reduce U.S. debtTo the editor: The Investment Com-pany Institute estimates that in 2010 a total of $4.7 trillion was invested in IRA accounts. Approximately $1 tril-lion of this amount is due to the U.S. government when IRA distributions are made during retirement. Current policy requires that savers who have a stan-dard IRA account (taxable) and want to convert it to a Roth IRA account (non-taxable) pay the standard U.S. income tax rate on

their combined income and converted money. Conver-sion may also trigger an Al-ternative Minimum Tax if the amount to be converted is large. This heavy tax dis-courages standard IRA to Roth IRA conversions. The taxman thus must wait 20 to 30 years to get all of tax owed as the retiree slowly withdraws funds from their standard IRA account. If IRA savers were al-lowed to voluntarily con-vert a standard IRA to a Roth IRA but pay their conversion tax at a lower rate (say capital gains rate) with no AMT trigger, then many more savers would

make the conversion. This voluntary measure would be a win-win. The savers could covert their standard IRA to a Roth IRA and get the taxman out of their retirement accounts while the U.S. government would unlock tax revenue tied up in standard IRAs to pay down the U.S. debt. Please contact Rep. John Kline and our two Min-nesota senators and urge them to pass legislation that would allow standard IRA to Roth IRA conver-sions at a reduced tax rate so that the U.S. government can unlock this tax revenue to pay down the U.S. debt. CARL ROCKRosemount

Beholden to no new tax mantraTo the editor: Now that we’re ap-proaching the third week of the state government shutdown, I’m beginning to recognize the Minnesota GOP as a religious cult. What else to you call a cohesive group of people who are dogmatically faith-ful to a particular doctrine to a destructive degree? While Gov. Mark Day-ton and Democratic legis-lators have compromised and offered fair budget solutions featuring spend-ing cuts and modest tax increases, Republican leg-islators remain firmly com-

mitted to their “no tax” mantra. Meanwhile private con-tractors can’t do business with the government, pub-lic employees are without work, and vulnerable families and individuals are without needed assis-tance. Fortunately most cults come to an end and unless Republican legislators can’t realistically and reasonably compromise for the good of their constituents their cult will surely be disman-tled after the November 2012 election.

ERIC JAYNEApple Valley

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One of the few things resolved by the 2011 Minnesota Legis-lature is to propose a constitu-tional amendment to the voters that would limit valid marriages to only those between a man and a woman. While this was the only pro-posed amendment approved so far by the current Legislature, it has under consideration another 20 or so proposed constitutional amendments for the 2012 general election ballot. The Legislature was able to finalize the decision to place the marriage amendment on the general election ballot in large part because our state constitu-tion affords the governor no role in amending the constitution. Amendments require a simple majority of each house of the Legislature, and then an affirma-tive vote of a majority of Minne-sota voters voting at the general election in which the proposed amendment is on the ballot.

Amending Minnesota’s consti-tution is relatively easy compared with amending the U.S. Constitu-tion, which requires approval of two-thirds of each house of Con-gress and then approval of three-fourths of the state legislatures. The U.S. Constitution has been amended only 27 times since it was adopted in 1789, 222 years ago. The first 10 of those 27 amendments comprise the Bill of Rights and were all rati-fied in 1789. In the last 220 years the U.S. Constitution has been amended only 17 times. Of the thousands of proposed amend-ments considered by Congress over the past 222 years, only 33 have received the required two-thirds support of each house of Congress, and but 27 of those were ratified by the requisite three-fourths of state legislatures. On the other hand, in the 153 years that Minnesota’s consti-tution has existed, it has been amended 121 times. Over that pe-riod the Legislature has proposed

213 amendments, and the voters have rejected 92 of them, an ap-proval rate of 56.8 percent. The rates of approval and ac-ceptance of proposed Minnesota constitutional amendments have varied over the years, in part due to a subtle but significant change, made many years ago, in the standard for votes necessary to approve a proposed amendment. In the first 40 years of state-hood, Minnesota voters ap-proved 48 of the 66 proposed amendments, an approval rate of 73 percent. The original state constitution merely required an affirmative vote of those voting on the proposal — more “yes” votes than “no” votes. In 1898, desiring to make it more challenging to pass consti-tutional amendments, the Legis-lature proposed a constitutional amendment to change the stan-dard for adoption of a proposed constitutional amendment from an affirmative vote of a majority of those voting on the question to

an affirmative vote of those vot-ing in that election. With 70,000 voting “yes” and 33,000 voting “no” on this proposed amend-ment, the Minnesota Constitu-tion was amended. Ironically, with 253,000 peo-ple voting in that election, and 150,000 not voting on the pro-posed amendment, it would have been well short of the votes nec-essary had it been held to its own standard. Since 1898 the approv-al rate for constitutional amend-ments has dropped to about 50 percent, and the standard ad-opted in 1898 is still a part of our constitution. In more recent years the ap-proval rate for proposed amend-ments has been very high. Since 1980, 18 proposed constitutional amendments have been on the ballot, and the voters have ad-opted 17 of them. Politicians, academicians and editorial writers will debate what is appropriate to include in our constitution, and whether and

for what it should be amended. But it is clear that the plebiscite afforded citizens in the amend-ment process for our Minnesota Constitution is one that provides that all voices can have a say and all voters will have an impact, whether they intend to or not. While the Minnesota Con-stitution allows voters to over-ride the executive branch’s deci-sion, history suggests legislators should be cautious about over-using the amendment process. Voters should study the issues carefully, and use discretion in amending the state constitution. Future legislators might con-sider changing the Minnesota Constitution so it’s at least as dif-ficult to amend as the U.S. Con-stitution. This is an editorial from the ECM Editorial Board. Thisweek News-papers and the Dakota County Tribune are part of ECM Publish-ers Inc.

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Larry WernerTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Last Saturday was an-other one of those hot, humid days for the an-nual Pan-O-Prog parade in downtown Lakeville. Festival officials brag that it’s never rained on the pa-rade over its 45 years. But for those of us walking in the parade as representatives of Thisweek and the Dakota County Tribune, sunny skies mean a test of wheth-er we’re fit enough to survive the heat during this mile-long march of 135 floats, bands and other en-tries. As I handed out Thisweek note pads while trying to keep up with the truck carrying our banners, a guy shouted from the crowd, “Why is the young guy driving the truck?” That young guy, Jade Harper, husband of education reporter Jessica Harper, was driving be-cause it was his truck. And the

old guy wasn’t driving be-cause I love walking in the parade, even though it is a fitness challenge. Tad Johnson, our man-aging editor, loves a parade also. And even though he was on baby-sitting duty

with his 16-month-old daughter, Eleanor, he was there handing out note pads while pushing a stroller along Holyoke Avenue. It’s summer, and that means it’s time for the newspaper staff to join in community celebrations. We do it because it’s fun, and be-cause it’s what the staff of a com-munity newspaper should be do-ing. During almost 40 years work-ing for daily newspapers, I wasn’t once asked to march in a parade. But a local newspaper is expected to be closer to local people and lo-cal events. There’s no better time for us to do that than summer. We’ll be handing out note pads on July 30 at the Leprechaun Days

parade in downtown Rosemount. We are sponsors of Eagan’s Mar-ketfest, which attracts thousands of our neighbors on Wednesday evenings to the Community Cen-ter grounds for music, food and a farmers market. In September, we’ll be calling bingo numbers at Burnsville’s Fire Muster. We were at Apple Valley’s Freedom Days and Farmington’s Dew Days. Each spring as our “promotion committee” gathers to set up a schedule for festival participation, it’s tempting to say we’re all too busy to give up weekends and eve-nings for festivals. And since we give our papers away, rather than sell them, is it really necessary to spend time and money on promo-tion? Yes. Community journalism is more than publishing weekly papers and posting stories on Thisweeklive.com. It’s about building commu-nity by keeping people informed and being part of the events that

bring our neighbors together. My late mother-in-law, Helen Zweber, raised six kids on a farm near Lakeville before moving into town with her husband, LeRoy. One of her grandest days came several years after LeRoy died. Helen and her grammar-school beau, Bob White, had married shortly before Pan-O-Prog. I’ll never forget the joy they got rid-ing a golf cart in the parade with a “Just Married” sign on the back. It’s that kind of small-town summer fun that makes these fes-tivals irresistible to an aging news-paper guy who probably should have been driving the truck, rather than running behind. Maybe next year.

Larry Werner is editor and general manager of the Dakota County Tribune and Thisweek Newspa-pers. He can be reached at [email protected]. Columns re-flect the opinion of the author.

Summer is time for us to celebrate community


Thisweek Newspapers managing editor Tad Johnson walks along the Pan-O-Prog parade route with his daughter, Eleanor, 16 months.


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Route 467, which travels from the park-and-ride to downtown Minneapolis, had 600 users each week-day. Its average following its September 2009 open-ing was about 300 but soon doubled. So what would happen to that facility if the route were eliminated, albeit temporarily? “I don’t really care to speculate, but we have had to give that some consider-ation,” Kollodge said. “We would have to arrange to protect any idled facili-ties. We would, on a case-by-case basis, see if there were other options for use of the facilities, such as ‘park-and-pool.’ ” Once funds became available, the route and the park-and-ride would be restored as soon as pos-sible.

A balance The tension between commuter/express routes (such as those that origi-nate in the suburbs and travel directly to down-town Minneapolis) and local routes, which serve points around Minneapo-lis and St. Paul, is one source of the problem with Metro Transit’s attempt to address less funding from the state. Metro Transit oper-ates buses, light rail, com-muter rail, paratransit and dial-a-ride on a budget of about $375 million a year. Because most of its transit services are cen-tered on buses, those routes will take the brunt of the cuts, according to public meeting material from Metro Transit. As noted earlier, most of the routes would be af-fected somewhat. Here is a sample of the result of the 20 percent cut: • Lower performing routes eliminated. • Some high ridership routes eliminated, includ-ingmost U of M routes; riders shift to local service. • Park-and-ride could see two different out-comes: an elimination of all such service, or retain-ing high-ridership service to major park-and-ride markets while making deeper cuts to “local” or city and inner-ring subur-ban service. One thing to note is that this is not set in stone at this point. A budget has not been passed by the time Thisweek went to press Wednesday, July 13.

Not permanent State Rep. Mary Liz Holberg of Lakeville is the chair of the House’s Ways and Means committee, which deals specifically with how the Legislature spends money. She said the cut in Met-

Transit/from 1A ro Transit funding would be for the current bien-nium. “That’s why in the bill you see the general fund number bouncing back in the next biennium,” Hol-berg said. “It’s a way to get it done, but it’s not pretty.” She added that there is money available from the half-cent sales tax that five of the seven metro coun-ties levy in order to fund transit. Instead of the County Transit Improve-ment Board planning

for the proposed South-west Light Rail line from downtown to Minneapolis to Eden Prairie, she said, the tens of millions could be used to help buffer Metro Transit during the next two years. The current response to the budget cuts is not final, but Kollodge said Metro Transit prepared the route maps so “people aren’t caught off guard by the possible implications.” A more concrete pro-posal will be developed following August public

hearings. The plan would be implemented in August, Kollodge said. Though, as with most things state-related at this point, Kollodge said “a budget resolution could influence our budget plan-ning.”


Veterans’ memorial planned for Rambling River Park


By next summer, local organizers hope to begin development of a public memorial to Farmington-area soldiers who died in service to this country. Preliminary designs for the monument, to be locat-ed at Rambling River Park, show a granite tablet wall engraved with the names of fallen servicemen and women from the Farming-ton area, beneath the words: “All gave some, some gave all.” Topping the tablet is a blue granite sculpture of a folded American flag with the stars showing. An American flag is planned to flank one side of the monument and the POW/MIA flag is to fly on the other. In front of the veterans’ memorial, a full-size statue of a saluting soldier wear-ing a helmet and backpack is planned. The memorial wall is de-signed to be expandable in the future. Former City Council Member Leon Orr is lead-ing a group of veterans working on the project,

which they hope will cost $200,000 or less. Orr said many nearby communities, including Lakeville and Northfield, have built memorials, and people have talked for years about having one in Farm-ington. A few years ago, the city added a memorial to its master plan for Rambling River Park. “There are people from the Farmington area who unfortunately have in the past, and some who will in the future, give their lives while serving the military. … This (memorial) is simply to forever and ever recognize what they did,” Orr said. He said the monument will also include pavers that people can purchase to en-grave the names of those

who have served in the mili-tary but did not die in ser-vice; another granite tablet will list the names of major donors to the project. To raise money for the project, the group will hold its first fundraiser on July 28 from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Tamarack Ridge Shopping Center, 20700 Chippendale Ave. (Highway 3). The event is free, but do-nations for the project will be taken. Attractions that day, or-ganized by Tamarack Ridge businesses, include a block party with live music from local musician Ben Aaron, a bouncy house, K-9 demon-stration, face painting, the National Guard rock climb-ing wall and the Farming-ton Fire Department smoke house.

Free ice cream and sno-cones will be given away and a raffle will be held to win a pair of Minnesota Twins tickets. Orr invited anyone in-terested in helping with the memorial project to attend one of the meetings, held at 7 p.m. on the third Tues-day of every month at the Farmington VFW. “You don’t need to be a veteran to be involved. We just need people who are interested in seeing this take place,” Orr said. Organizers discussed plans for the memorial at the 6 p.m. Farmington Parks and Recreation Ad-visory Commission meeting Wednesday at City Hall.


First fundraiser for memorial to be July 28

A rendering indicates how the veterans’ memorial area may be laid out in Rambling River Park.Graphic submitted


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PUBLIC NOTICESPECIAL PLANNING COMMISSION

MEETING &PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

Eureka Township

Notice is Hereby Given; the PlanningCommission of Eureka Township will hold apublic hearing on Monday, July 25, 2011 inthe Eureka Town Hall located at 25043Cedar Ave., beginning at 7:00 pm. The pur-pose of the public hearing is for proposedamendments to Ordinance 2, Chapter 2,Section 1(C) & Ordinance 3, Chapter 4,Section 16 Variances.

A Copy of the proposed ordinances can befound online at http://eurekatownship-mn.us,at the Dakota County Library branches inFarmington and Lakeville, or from the TownClerk 952-469-3736 during office hours-Tuesday and Thursday 10:00 am to 2:00 pmand via e mail at [email protected].

Anyone wishing to express an opinionabout the proposed ordinance orally or inwriting will be heard at the public hearing.

Dated this 15th day of July, 2011.Nanett SandstromClerk/ Treasurer of Eureka

2679517 7/15/11

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Kaitlyn Rosenbush was crowned Miss Lakeville 2011, and Alexis Friesen and Jaycee Nelson were crowned Lakeville’s first and second Princesses, at the Miss Lakeville 2011 Scholarship Pageant at Lakeville South on July 6. The pageant consisted of four competition events, be-ginning with a private inter-view with the judging panel the morning of the pageant, and three events at the eve-ning competition itself. Rosenbush said her duties as Miss Lakeville exposed her to more of Pan-O-Prog than she had seen in years past. “We just showed up at every Pan-O-Prog event and did something different ev-erywhere we went. … We got to announce floats at the parade, we were in the parade, and we got to be at the kiddie parade just say-ing hi to kids,” she said. “I don’t think I’ve ever been to every single Pan-O-Prog event. It’s so much fun.” Rosenbush will be a freshman at North Central University this fall. She was sponsored by the Kohln-hofer Insurance Agency,

and won a $2,000 schol-arship in addition to her crown, sash and title. She will participate in the St. Paul Winter Carnival Vis-iting Royalty program and will also represent Lakev-ille in the Minneapolis Aquatennial Queen of the Lakes 2011 competition.

Princesses Lakeville’s First Princess 2011 is Alexis Friesen, who was sponsored by the Life Wellness Center. This fall she will be a sophomore at the University of Minneso-ta-Twin Cities, studying ge-netics and Spanish. As First Princess, she won a $1,000 scholarship. “One thing that I think people don’t understand is that the Miss Lakeville pageant is not just a beauty pageant, it’s a scholarship program, and all of us that were crowned were awarded scholarships to help us in our higher education,” she said. Friesen talked about her and her fellow Lakeville royalty’s duty as ambassa-dors for the city. “We go out to other cit-ies and coronations and pa-rades, and really represent Lakeville in multiple com-

Kaitlyn Rosenbush crowned Miss Lakeville She says role allowed her to experience

more Pan-O-Prog than ever before

munities, including here in Minnesota and in Wiscon-sin,” she said. Jaycee Nelson is Lakev-ille’s Second Princess, and was sponsored by Brack-ett’s Crossing Country Club. She won a $500 scholarship, and will be a junior studying marketing and finance this fall at the University of St. Thomas. As Princesses, Nelson and Friesen “are Miss Lakeville’s sidekicks. … We just tag along, the three of us as royalty, and attend Pan-O-Prog events,” Nel-son said. During the audience interview portion of the pageant, Nelson was asked to explain Pan-O-Prog to someone who has never be-fore attended. “I just told them that it’s a really great community celebration, a great way to bring Lakeville together,” she said. In her duties as Second Princess, Nelson enjoyed meeting community mem-bers. “My favorite part about being a princess would have to be just seeing all the little kids and meeting all the people in our community,”

she said. “Lakeville’s such a great place, and I’m so hap-py to call this place home.” At the pageant, contes-tants had to begin with a personal introduction of themselves and their spon-sors to the audience, and then participated in an “All About Me” event, in which they put together an outfit and explained to the audi-ence why it described them. The pageant ended with an evening gown competi-tion, for which contestants were judged based on com-portment, grace and their response to a live interview question. The competi-tion is meant to encourage “personal and professional growth,” according to the pageant website. Pan-O-Prog means something different to each of the members of royalty, but Rosenbush summed it up well. “(It’s about) tradition,” Rosenbush said. “We’re unique and we love to cel-ebrate that and where we’ve come from.”

Taylor Thomas, of Lakeville, is a Thisweek intern and studies journalism at Northwestern Uni-versity in Evanston, Ill.


Kaitlyn Rosenbush was crowned Miss Lakeville 2011 at a ceremony on July 6. She is pictured here during the grand parade on Saturday, July 9.


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Indonesia experience Sumunar Indonesian Gamelan and Dance En-semble will perform at Caponi Art Park and Learning Center’s Theater in the Woods outdoor am-phitheater at 6:30 p.m. Sun-day, July 24, as part of the Summer Performance Se-ries. Artists from Sumunar will perform cultural music on the gamelan – an Indo-nesian orchestra of bronze and teak instruments – and a dance ensemble will ac-company the orchestra. Admission to the perfor-mance is free; a donation of $4 per person is suggested. Gelato will be for sale. More information is at www.ca-poniartpark.org. Sumunar will also per-form at Caponi Art Park on July 19 at 10 a.m. as part of the Family Fun Tuesday se-ries.

Dinner and a movie night on July 18 The Great Clips IMAX Theatre at the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley will host Dinner and a Movie Family Night on Monday, July 18. Guests who purchase one adult admission ($9.50) to the 6:30 p.m. showing of


Kate Kidwell, left, and Sarah Shervey are a conspicuous presence as the narrators of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” as they are the only white-costumed actors in an otherwise colorfully clad cast. Eagan Summer Community Theatre’s production of the classic Andrew Lloyd Webber musical opens tonight (Friday, July 15) and runs through July 30 at Eagan High School. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for senior citizens and children under 12, and can be purchased by calling (651) 683-6964 or at the door.

‘JOSEPH’ COMES TO EAGAN STAGE

theater and arts briefs

by Andrew MillerTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

His junior year at Eagan High School, Jordan Oxbor-ough had to make a tough de-cision: sports or theater? The three-sport athlete and regular in the school’s theater productions knew he couldn’t devote his full attention to both. “I loved cross country, but I chose theater,” said the 19-year-old actor. “I couldn’t balance both of them. I can honestly say it was the most difficult decision I had to make in high school.” He hasn’t looked back. The 2010 Eagan graduate is now working toward his goal of a career in theater, a goal that’s brought him back

to his alma mater this sum-mer. Oxborough is cast in the lead role of Joseph in Eagan Summer Community The-atre’s production of “Joseph

and the Amazing Technicolor Dream-coat.” He’s also lead-ing acting camps for students in grades one through five at the high school this summer. The “Joseph” role puts him back on

the stage where it all started. In sixth grade, he scored a small part in the high school’s production of “The Secret Garden,” a show in which his older brother Jared, then a 12th-grader, was also cast. During high school, Ox-borough was a regular in the

school’s annual “Encore” music and dance reviews and starred in shows such as “Pip-pin” and “High School Mu-sical.” He plans to pursue a musical theater degree from Minnesota State University-Mankato after completing his general credits at a local com-munity college. After that, he said, it’s just a matter of where the casting calls take him. “It’s a tough business, but I want theater in some shape or form to be part of my life – be it acting, directing, stage managing,” he said. “Theater has always been my passion and the stage has always been a second home to me.”

Andrew Miller is at [email protected].

Athlete turned actor shooting for the starsAthlete turned actor shooting for the starsEHS grad returns to his alma mater for leading role in ‘Joseph’

Oxborough

Photo by Rick Orndorf and Aaron Vehling

Above, Firefighter Tim Bohlman serves a customer dur-ing the Waffle Breakfast on July 9 at Fire Station No. 1. Below, hundreds lined Holyoke Avenue in downtown Lake-ville to catch a glimpse of custom and classic cars such as this hydraulic-reinforced low-rider.

Photos by Rick Orndorf

L o c a l residents had a chance to participate in a wide range of contests from a softball tournament to pet show judging.

“Deep Sea 3D” will receive one free child’s admission to the movie and a complimen-tary Subway sandwich and drink (while supplies last) before the show. Dinner will be served in the lobby begin-ning at 5:30 p.m.

Digital montage exhibit on exhibit The Great Frame Up, 1004 W. County Road 42, Burnsville, will host an ex-hibition by Minnesota digi-tal montage artist James

Edward Scherbarth for the month of July through Aug. 11. Call (952) 898-1677 for more information.

Festival offers panorama o’ fun for allFestival offers panorama o’ fun for all

Soul Asylum and frontman Dave Pirner played on July 9 to a crowd of at least a thousand people. Read Aaron Vehling’s review

of the concert at www.thisweeklive.

com.

Photo by Aaron Vehling


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James FreeAge 74, of Northfield passed

away on July, 4, 2011 in CannonFalls, Minnesota. He is precededin death by his parents, Francisand Clara Free; brother, Robert.Survived by loving wife of 48years, Janice (Hecht) Free, chil-dren, Renee Rote, John Free andCindy (Garr) Nelson; grandchil-dren, Cindy, James, Amber,Chelsea and Jordan; great grand-c h i l d r e n , A i d a n a n d R y a n .Funeral service was held Thurs-day, July 7, 2011 at the WhiteFuneral Home, 901 3rd Street,Farmington. Interment at FortSnelling National Cemetery. Inlieu of flowers, memorials pre-ferred to donors choice of chari-ties.

White Funeral HomeFarmington 651-463-7374

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Knutson -Hanson

Barb Knutson and Steve Han-son are happy to announce theywere married on January 1st,2011.

Barb is the daughter of HerbBuermann and the late JoanBuermann of Richmond, MN.Steve is the son of Ron and AnneHanson on Winthrop, MN.

The wedding took place at theHoliday Surf and Racquet Clubin Destin, Florida.

Steve has been a resident ofRosemount for 21 years, andworks at Carleton College inNorthfield for the past 20 years.

Barb has been a resident ofRosemount for the past 18 years,and has been the owner of LittleBlessings Childcare for the past21 years.

They have three beaut i fu ldaughters that have graduatedfrom Rosemount High School,and attend the University ofMinnesota, University of Wis-consin Stevens Point and Ras-mussen College in Eagan.

Schafer -Gossman

Steve and Kim Schafe r o fH a s t i n g s , M N ( f o r m e r l y o fRosemount, MN) are pleased toannounce the engagement/wed-ding of their daughter, NicoleRenee Schafer to Benjamin EliGossman, son of Dan Gossmanof Janesvi l le , MN and MarySherwood of Mankato, MN.

Nicole is a 2004 graduate ofRosemount High School. Sheattended Minnesota State Uni-versity of Mankato and gradu-ated with a Bachelor’s Degree inFinance and Accounting. She iscurrently employed with StateFarm in Mankato, MN as anoffice manager and an insuranceaccount representative.

Benjamin is a 2003 graduate ofWelcome Memorial High School,Lake Crystal, MN. He is cur-rently a foreman/painter withReichel Painting Inc. located inMankato, MN.

The couple will wed on August6th, 2011 in an outdoor cer-emony at Sibley Park Mankato,MN; the ceremony will be fol-lowed by a reception in Mankato,MN at the AmericInn Hotel. Thecouple will reside in Mankato,MN where they purchased theirfirst home in August 2009. Theyplan to honeymoon this winter inthe Caribbean’s.

Noreen MarieLaramy

Age 65 of Lakevil le passedaway peacefully on July 6, 2011.Preceded in death by her father,Richard Farrell and infant grand-son, Leo. Survived by her hus-band, Jay; sons; Jay R. (Wendy),Brian (Linda), and Todd (Chrys);grandchildren; Jay W., Saman-tha, Alexis, Bennett, and Mor-gan; mother, Terese Farrell; sib-lings: Richard (Jennifer) Farrell,Elaine (Bob) Breedlove, andRobert (Peggy) Farrell; also byother loving relatives and manyfriends. Mass of Christian Burialwas Tuesday, July 12, 2011 atChurch of the Risen Savior (CR42) Burnsville.

White Funeral HomeApple Valley952 432 2001

Laura C. Miller Age 16, passed away June 14,

2011 in St. Paul, Minnesota. BornMarch 14, 1995 in Burnsville,M N t o M i k e a n d C i n d y(Gorkowski) Miller. Preceded indeath by grandfather, RobertMiller. Survived by her father,Mike; mother, Cindy; brother,Sean; sister, Sarah; grandparents,Mary Miller, Robert and StellaGorkowski; aunts and uncles,Darryl and Deb Engel, Frank andLinda Gorkowski, Jim and JackieGorkowski , John and MaryGorkowski, Bob and Sue Attwell,Joe Miller, Julie Miller, Brian andAshley Miller; as well as manycousins and friends who loved herdearly.

Laura was a passionate learner,not only in school but in her hob-bies; crocheting, knitting, sewing,jewelry making, drawing, poetry,and piano. Her wardrobe, alongwith her jewelry and bedroom,was dominated by the colorpurple. She was almost neverwithout a book in her hand. Sheenjoyed having quiet time to her-self just as much as she lovedbeing around others. Laura wasan inspiration to those aroundher for her honesty and kindspirit, and she always put othersbefore herself. Laura’s family andfriends will greatly miss her gentleloving spirit.

Visitation Friday, June 17, 2011from 4-8pm at White FuneralHome in Apple Valley. Funeralmass Saturday, June 18, 2011 at11am at St. Thomas Becket, 4455South Robert Trail, Eagan. Pri-vate family interment. In lieu offlowers, memorials to the funeralhome will fund a scholarship inLaura’s name.

Memorials will be going to theLaura C. Miller Scholarship fund.

Melvin DanielSchermann“Dan”Age 50 of Lakevil le passed

away on July 4, 2011 in Burns-ville, Minnesota. He is precededin death by his brother, RandySchermann. Dan is survived byhis loving wife of 20 years, Mary(Ocel) Schermann; chi ldren,Kylie, Tyler and Trevor; father,Melvin J (Karen) Schermann;mother, Kay (Joe) Gerou; sib-lings, Lori Knutson and John(Jenny) Schermann; brothers andsisters in-law, Terrie(Alex) Ver-duzco, Danny (Kim), Jeff (Pam),P e t e , C h e r y l , P a u l a ( M i k e )G a f f n e y a n d J o e O c e l ;parents-in-law, Sam (Mary) Ocel;20 nieces and nephews. Also byother loving relatives and friends.Funeral Service was held SundayJ u l y 1 0 , 2 0 1 1 a t H o s a n n a !Church, 9600 163rd Street W.,Lakeville.

White Funeral HomeLakeville 952-469-2723

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Miller - RathnamMark and Nancy Miller of

Lakeville, MN are pleased toannounce the engagement of theirdaughter Ivy Nicole Miller toSharad Rathnam, son of CaptS.S. and Pushpa Rathnam ofBangalore, India.

Ivy is a 2002 graduate ofLakeville High School and a 2006graduate of Drake Universitywith a B.S. in psychology andB.A. in Creative Writing. She iscurrently a PHD candidate inClinical Psychology at BostonUniversity, Boston, MA.

Sharad is a 1996 graduate ofJamnabai Narsee School, Bom-bay, India, a 2001 graduate of theUniversity of Maine-Orono witha B.S. in Mechanical Engineering,a 2003 graduate of Georgia Techwith a M.S. degree in MechanicalEngineering, and a 2008 gradu-ate of MIT with a Masters inBusiness Administration. He iscurrently employed with FidelityInvestments in Boston.

A fall wedding is planned atthe home of the bride's parents.

Happy 1stAnniversary!Mr & Mrs J.P. Heisel

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Al and ShariRamswick

The children of Al and Shari(Weidenbach) Ramswick happilyannounce their parents’ 50thwedding anniversary.

They were married on July 15,1961, at Gethsemane LutheranChurch in Hopkins. They havetwo chi ldren, Robin (Drew)F u l l e r a n d K e l l y ( A m y )Ramswick, and three grand-children. They resided in Eaganfor over 30 years before movingto Prior Lake. Their love andcommitment is an inspiration andwe congratulate them on this veryspecial day!

Klein-ConreyChelsea Marie Klein, daughter

o f J e f f & K a r e n K l e i n o fLakeville, and Trevor Alan Con-rey, son of Michael & NancyConrey of Lakeville, announcetheir engagement.

Chelsea is a 2004 graduate ofLakeville High School and a 2008graduate of Bemidji State Univer-sity. Trevor is a 2002 graduate ofLakeville High School.

A February 25, 2012 wedding isplanned in Minneapolis.

Viola Henrietta(Vye) Nelson

Age 101, of Farmington,passed away Dec. 31,2010 in San Diego, CA.V y e w a s b o r n o n t h e

family farm (in a log cabin) westof Webster, MN. Dec. 27, 1909 toWilliam and Anna (Keske) Wiese.She was baptized and confirmedat St. John’s Lutheran Church inWebster . After her primaryschooling, she attended a beautyschool in Minneapolis. She wasunited in marriage to Christ Nel-son in 1932. They sett led inFarmington where she opened theCharm Beauty Shop which sheowned until the early 50’s. Sheand Christ purchased the Farm-ington Auto Co. in 1947. Theywere married 59 years until hisdeath in 1992. Upon retirement,they spent the winters in SunCity, AZ. and the summers inFarmington. Vye’s final yearswere spent with her daughter andfamily in California in the winter,Farmington in the summer, liv-ing alone there and driving untilshe was 99. She and Christ lovedto travel . They visited manycountries and places in the US.Vye was a long time member ofFarmington Lutheran Church.She held many positions in thechurch and sang in the choir. Shewas active in Eastern Star servingdifferent offices at the local andstate level. She was very devotedto her fa i th , her fami ly andfriends. Her unwavering love andsupport was known by everyoneshe touched. Vye was very giftedin the hobbies she pursued. Herpastime was spent doing hardan-ger, needlepoint, knitting, read-ing and playing cards, especiallybridge, and she was a wonderfulcook. At 100 years old she wasknitting caps for cancer survivors!Viola Nelson is survived by chil-dren, Vordyn Nelson and KayMahoney, sister-in-law BeverlyW i e s e , 7 g r a n d c h i l d r e n , 1 1g r e a t - g r a n d c h i l d r e n , a n d 1great-great grandchild. She waspreceded in death by her parents,her husband, and 7 brothers andsisters. Her 8th and final siblingpassed away in Feb. 2011. Shewas and always will be the lovingmatriarch of our family. She trulyloved her extended family andfriends and they loved her. Andnow she is with the Lord and thefamily and friends that have gonebefore her. A memorial servicewill be held on July 23, 2011 at11am at Farmington LutheranC h u r c h , 2 0 6 0 0 A k i n R o a d ,Farmington, MN. Visitation willbe 1 hour prior to the services atthe church In lieu of flowers,m e m o r i a l s m a y b e m a d e t oFarmington Lutheran Church orSan Diego Hospice, 4311 3rdAve., San Diego, CA ; Att’n:Foundation

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Alice Henry Age 85, of Lakeville passed

away peacefully at her home onJuly 7, 2011. She is preceded indeath by her parents, Joseph andCather ine Dircks ; s ib l ings ,Walter, Marcella Campion, Ray,George , Mar t in and Bern ieDircks. Survived by loving hus-band of 61 years, Lester Henry;children, Joe Henry (Maria Lilia),Jean (Gene) Casler, Kathy (Don)Monnens, Mike (Debi) Henryand Mark (Diane) Henry ; 8g r a n d c h i l d r e n a n d 1 8great-grandchildren; sister, Ber-nadine (Donald) Damann. Alsoby many other loving nieces,nephews, realtives and friends.Mass of Christian Burial, 11AMMonday, July 11 at All SaintsCatholic Church, 19795 HolyokeAve., Lakeville with visitationone hour prior to Mass at church.Pall Bearers: Tracy, Rick andCory Henry, Brian and ScottMonnens and Cory Ellingson.Interment All Saints CatholicCemetery, Lakeville. In lieu off l o w e r s , m e m o r i a l s w i l l b edonated to St. Jude’s Children’sHospital.

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Jefferey ScottAllcorn

Passed away on July 5, 2011.He was born on April 9, 1968 inAlliance, Ohio to his parents Mr.& Mrs. Robert Allcorn of 11002Schoolcraft Road, Burnsville. Hewas for many years a Pulltabseller at Casper’s Sports Bar inEagan.

Funeral arrangements are beingheld up for the present time. Inlieu of flowers donations shouldbe given to Burnsville SpecialOlympics 13201 Highview Driveor Presbyterian Church of theApost les 701 East 130th St .Burnsville.

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Obituaries Dakota Electric As-sociation members and their families should mark the date for the 14th an-nual Member Appreciation Event from 4 to 8 p.m. on July 28. During the event, Dakota Electric provides complimentary admission to the Minnesota Zoo for those who purchase elec-tricity from the cooperative. Tickets to the event were included in electric bills, or members may bring a copy of a recent bill. Members attending the event are en-couraged to bring food or cash to be donated to lo-cal food shelves. In the last 13 years, Dakota Electric’s members have donated more than eight tons of food and more than $5,000 toward local food shelves. Cooperative members can enjoy the zoo’s new 3M Penguins of the Afri-can Coast and many other exhibits, including Russia’s Grizzly Coast, the Minne-sota Trail, World of Birds Show, free monorail rides and more. The IMAX The-ater is also providing dis-counted movie prices. Dakota Electric’s guests will also enjoy swing music from Opus One and walk-around magic by Bob Mill-er. Children can enjoy the splash pad, the Woodland Adventure play area and Louie the Lightning Bug, Dakota Electric’s safety mascot, who will be greet-ing children. Dakota Elec-tric welcomes its members and their families to enjoy this great family event. More information can be found at www.dakota-electric.com.

Dakota Electric members event slated at zoo

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The Minnesota state shut-down doesn’t immediately affect my job. Meaning I still have one. I don’t buy lottery tickets or play the ponies. I purchased a fishing license on opening day. It does affect my friends di-rectly. My friend Matt Boyer from Eagan works for the state in St. Paul. Believing that all the shutdown talk was pos-turing, he never seemed too concerned. He still feels the same way. After a two-week vacation he came home to a pink slip and decided to extend his va-cation. We always pride ourselves on being spontaneous. After a five-minute planning phone call and an abbreviated work week, I was headed to the North Shore for an impromp-tu backpacking adventure. The Superior Hiking Trail isn’t run by any state pro-

gram. It’s run by a non-profit agency with several vol-unteers. The trail begins in Duluth and ends at the Canadian border 277 miles away with 82 camp-sites along the way. It takes at least three weeks to complete. We set aside three days. We didn’t exactly need the government to hike the Supe-rior Hiking Trail. There was no reservation or permit to hike the trail. No one knew what we were up to except for our wives. We came across several like-minded vacationers who, un-like the legislators in St. Paul, all got along. On the way, we crossed paths with Split Rock Lighthouse, Gooseberry Falls and Temperance River state parks, all technically closed. People parked on the highway shoulders to hike and swim

anyway. The buildings were locked and there were no rangers available for questions, but Minnesotans weren’t going to let that hinder their vacations. We filled our water bottles from Lake Superior and trust-ed the instincts passed down from Lewis and Clark. While camping at Split Rock Lighthouse State Park and Gooseberry Falls is un-available, sites along the Su-perior Hiking Trail are free to use by anyone. These aren’t the drive up your RV type. They’re about four miles from any parking lot and the electricity comes from the batteries you bring with. You could share your site with any variety of people. We ran into groups that had a 6:30 p.m. bed time and others who planned on doing 150 miles in four days with nothing but a hammock and chocolate bars. If you go, three things you must have: bug spray, water and comfortable hiking boots.

The rest are luxuries. You car-ry everything with you: sleep-ing bags, tents, tuna fish, pea-nut butter, long sleeve shirts for 90 degree days, etc. Five extra pounds could seriously dampen your excitement when the sun is at its peak. And you really start to notice the lack of breezes in Minnesota. The variety in trail eleva-tion allows for a few spectacu-lar views of cliffs and water-falls. The swampy lowlands promote wildflowers as flies which seem to enjoy the smell of insect repellent. Unless they use a different ruler on the north shore of Lake Superior, plan on about a mile an hour. We did 30 miles in about 48 hours. After all that fresh air it was nice to be inside for a while and drink up the air conditioning. Driving north of Duluth might not be in your unem-ployment budget, but there are several hikes in Dakota

County open to the public. Lebanon Hills in Eagan has miles to wander. It’s a county park, so hike away. Outdoor activity is pre-scribed for almost everyone suffering from the blues. The south metro has a park seem-

ingly within a mile of every house. For more information about the Superior Hiking Trail visit www.shta.org.

Andy Rogers is at [email protected].

Sports

by Andy RogersTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

The Minnesota Wild felt like they signed a steady, vet-eran defender when they ac-quired four-year NHL pro Mike Lundin last weekend. The 2003 Apple Valley High School graduate felt at home, finally. After graduating, he played for the University of Maine, where he caught the eye of the Tampa Bay Lightning, which selected him 104th in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. He played within the Tam-pa Bay organization for 224 games the past four seasons, including the team’s most re-cent run to the Eastern Con-ference finals. The Lightning’s season ended when one goal in game seven favored the Boston Bruins, which went on to win the Stanley Cup. Fol-lowing the game, Lundin was a free agent. It’s nice to be paid to play hockey and skate in the NHL, but being a free agent is tough on the nerves. “It’s been a little bit of a crazy summer with free agency not knowing where you’re able to play,” he said. “The Wild were always in the

picture. You have to factor in opportunity and money and who wants you. It’s a lot to take in. You listen to teams that don’t want you or don’t like your game. It’s tough. When it ends up you get to play for your home team it’s a good way to end it.” It was always a dream of his to play for the Wild, but with 30 teams in the NHL it was not up to him. “It seemed like a long shot,” Lundin said. “My friends were always asking: ‘When are the Wild going to sign you?’ Once I heard they were interested, I thought it would be amazing if it worked out.” He hopes his playoff ex-perience will rub off on the Wild, which hasn’t been to the playoffs since 2008. “It’s hard to explain how intense it is,” Lundin said. “That first game out there is so fast and intense. I thought, ‘I don’t see how they can keep this up. We’re all going to be injured in a few weeks.’ ” Lundin is used to being one of the younger players on defense, but with the Wild he’s older than about half of his teammates.

“It’s a new role for me,” Lundin said. “I always felt like a younger guy.” Lundin’s numbers don’t stand out on the stat sheet, but that’s OK for defenders. “I’m steady, solid,” Lundin said when asked what Wild fans can expect. “I haven’t put up a ton of points or been real offensive at the high level. Hopefully I can contribute and help other guys score.” For Lundin fans, it will be much more fun to watch him play this year. “I always made a point to watch him play,” Apple Valley head coach Jerry Hayes said. “As much as I hated watch-ing the Lighting jersey with the Eastview connection I al-ways made a point to go when they were in tow. It’s nice now I don’t have to block off one particular day. I can go to a lot of games now.” Hayes had an idea that he had something special when Lundin stepped on the ice al-most 10 years ago. “He was so dominant and such a great skater,” Hayes said. “He used to play 42 out of 48 minutes and just take a breather. I don’t know if I ever saw a high school player play

as much. He neutralized so many other players and didn’t take a lot of penalties. It was just so effortless.” If anything, his level of pride and excitement to play for Minnesota may be un-matched by anyone on the team. Though he is much traveled, he has always main-tained an address in the south metro having been born in Burnsville and raised in Apple Valley. “Just the experience of high school hockey in Min-nesota is something,” he said. “You don’t really know it until you go out into the world and see other guys who haven’t had that.” When training camp be-gins in a few months he won’t have to pack up the family and belongings from his resi-dence in Lakeville like he has in previous years. His wife Shelly Lundin is a coach with the Apple Valley volleyball team and he has a son “I’ll be right home and stay at my own house,” Lun-din said. “My dad was saying I haven’t seen a Minnesota winter in nine years now. In hockey, there are two worlds: offseason and season. They’re

separate. A lot of people aren’t lucky enough to be in the same city for both of those lives.” It will also give him the opportunity to stay active in the Minnesota hockey com-munity. He remain in contact with his high school coaches Jerry Hayes, Chris Sikich and Bob Altavilla and skates with high school players in summer camps.

Lundin won’t be alone on the Wild either. Kyle Medvec, a 2006 graduate of Apple Val-ley, made the Wild Develop-ment Camp roster this sum-mer. They both hope to give everyone in Minnesota some-thing to cheer about when the season opens Oct. 8.

Andy Rogers is at [email protected].

Shutdown blues got you down? Go outside

Photo by Andy Rogers

The Superior Hiking Trail is free and open during the government shutdown.

Although the state parks are closed, there’s plenty of outdoor adventure left in summer

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE

Lundin’s hockey journey comes home


Mike Lundin, left, will switch jerseys this upcoming season as a member of the Minnesota Wild after spending the past four seasons with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Lundin gradu-ated from Apple Valley in 2003.

Apple Valley High School alumnus, Lakeville resident signs with Minnesota Wild

Pan-O-Prog runners outpace the rain


The Lakeville Pan-O-Prog four-mile runners watched rain clouds

cover Lake Marion at the start of their race, but the rain held off for

most of the races on July 9. The men’s four-mile winner was Matt

Volz, at right, with a time of 21 minutes, 18 seconds. The women’s

four-mile winner was Elizabeth Yetzer, far right, with a time of

23:04. For more photos from the race, go online to

www.ThisweekLive.com.

Cougar dance team pancake breakfast July 23 There will be a pancake breakfast to raise money for the fall dance season hosted by the Lakeville South dance team from 8-10 a.m. on July 23 at Applebee’s, 1840 Ken-rick Ave., in Lakeville. Each meal is $5. People will be served by the Cougar dancers and have the opportunity to purchase a gift basket.

Lakeville North football camp starts July 25 The Lakeville North foot-ball staff is sponsoring sum-mer football camp for athletes entering third through 12th grade July 25-28. The camp for grades three to six will run from 1-4 p.m. July 25-28. The cost is $90. Grades seven and eight run from 1- 4 p.m. on July 25-28. Equipment checkout is at 9 a.m. in the Lakeville North High School parking lot. The cost is $90. Grades nine-12 will go from 9 a.m.-noon on July 25-

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a 6 percent spending in-crease, noted District 37A Rep. Tara Mack of Apple Valley, who is serving her second term in the House of Representatives. “We expect the state to receive 6 percent more in revenue without raising taxes in the upcoming bi-ennium, and that should be enough to support state government priorities,” Mack said. “Families and businesses everywhere are making do with flat or re-duced incomes in this econ-omy, and government must acknowledge today’s reali-ties as well.” Freshman Rep. Doug Wardlow of Eagan places the blame for the shutdown squarely on Dayton’s shoul-ders, and urges the gover-nor to call a special session and pass a lights-on bill. “I hope he will change his mind, because the shut-down is totally unnecessary and unwarranted,” said Wardlow, who represents District 38B. “The governor has not made a case for additional revenue,” Wardlow said. “I cannot support a tax in-crease, especially in difficult economic times like these.” Gerlach rejects conten-tions that Republicans aren’t willing to compro-mise with Dayton. He said their budget is the largest in Minnesota history, with $500 million more for K-12 education and about $800 million more for health and

human services. “We’ve met his budget numbers on six or seven omnibus spending bills,” Gerlach said. “There have been enormous compro-mises.” The Republicans’ $34.2 billion represents revenue announced in a February forecast that was slightly more upbeat than the previ-ous forecast. “I personally would pre-fer to be spending less than $34 billion,” said Thomp-son, the Lakeville senator. He agreed to the higher figure “in the interest of caucus unity,” Thompson said. “I don’t intend to go beyond that.” District 36B Rep. Pat Garofalo of Farmington, who is chair of the state House’s education finance committee, said at a Lakev-ille Area Chamber of Com-merce legislative forum Wednesday that he would be open to gambling rev-enue. “I’m always willing to support a racino,” Garo-falo said, adding that such a facility could “grow the economy” in addition to providing revenue. Rep. Kurt Bills, who rep-resents District 37B, agreed that racino could be a way to add revenue to the state budget. He said the main rea-son budget stalemates have been so common recently is that people are focused too much on short-term fixes and not developing 20-year solutions.

He said he is working on such a long-range group de-veloping a 21st century tax policy. Now the battle has turned political with both sides blaming each other, which Bills said doesn’t help negotiations or Min-nesotans. Bills said he wished the Republicans’ budget had been approved by the gov-ernor. One idea that Bills called his “favorite” compromise was Dayton accepting the Republicans’ budget in ex-change for Dayton being granted all or most of his bonding bill. Bills said this could have avoided another negotia-tion round in the 2012 ses-sion, which primarily focus-es on the bonding bill. The statewide influx of Republican freshmen from the 2010 election, which swept the DFL delegations in Eagan and Burnsville out of office, has changed the dynamic of the 2011 Legis-lature “somewhat,” accord-ing to Thompson. “Many of us come from a business background, an entrepreneurial back-ground,” he said. “That being said, many folks have tried to draw a division and make it sound like freshmen versus experi-enced members,” he said. “I have not experienced that.”

John Gessner is at [email protected].

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year contract that may be ex-tended by Feb. 1. His salary is prorated to $158,654 this year because of the later start date. Haugen’s contract in-cludes 30 vacation days an-nually, and he can accrue and cash out a maximum of 60 vacation days upon separa-tion from the district. At the end of his contract, Haugen can be paid up to 200 days of accrued paid sick leave. Annually, Haugen will re-ceive $1,500 in his flex spend-ing account for medical and dental expenses not covered in the district’s insurance plan. The district will contrib-ute $3,000 per contract year to Haugen’s post-retirement health care savings plan and match Haugen’s contribu-tions to his 403(b) deferred compensation plan up to $8,500 each contract year. Farmington School Board members expressed thanks to those who helped during the superintendent search and interview process and indi-cated they were eager to be-gin working with Haugen. Board Member Tim Burke, who noted the con-tract negotiations took just minutes, said, “Every time I get the chance to talk to (Haugen), I’m more and more certain that we made the best possible choice we could.”


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As if closed state parks and a shuttered lottery weren’t enough, now the state shutdown will affect what kind of beer you can drink. MillerCoors, maker of scores of brands that go be-yond those suggested in its name, will lose its right to sell products in Minnesota because it did not renew its brand label registration be-fore the state shutdown on June 30. Under state statute, brewers must renew those registrations, pertaining to each label on a beer brand, every three years. Lakeville City Admin-istrator Steve Mielke said the city’s liquor operations will be affected but not to a great extent, despite Miller-Coors’ pervasive product

line. “Most likely people will just switch beer brands,” he said. If people opt out of switching brands and forgo beer altogether, then sales could be affected, he said. Lakeville’s Liquor Op-erations Director Brenda Visnovec said she received a call from MillerCoors on Wednesday, July 13, indicat-ing that the company would be sending people to Lakev-ille’s municipal liquor stores to remove product. Visnovec, who has served in her role for 29 years, said a major beer distribu-tor having to pull its entire product line because of a shutdown is unprecedented. “Nothing like this has ever happened,” she said. “I can’t think of anything similar.” Reports in regional me-

dia indicate that Miller-Coors did indeed turn in its registration before the shutdown, but experienced some problems. Initially, it paid too much (Visnovec said the cost is about $30 per brand). Then when the company submit-ted its corrected registration check on June 27 nothing happened. Visnovec said MillerCo-ors had planned this past week to argue its case before a judge. The problem might not stop with MillerCoors. Vis-novec said Anheuser-Busch, maker of Budweiser, Mich-elob and Busch (and more), could face the same prob-lem in October. MillerCoors’ beer offer-ings include Blue Moon, Miller, Coors, Molson, Fos-ters and Mickey’s products. Visnovec said that res-

taurants and bars could lose their ability to sell all liquor if they do not have the op-portunity to renew their “buyer’s card,” which the state requires businesses to have to purchase liquor. “Some of them didn’t re-alize you need both a liquor license and buyer’s card,” she said. Retailers such as Lakev-ille Liquors also need one. Visnovec said the city’s card expires on Dec. 31. Mielke said on Wednes-day, July 13, that the Miller-Coors products could be pulled off the Lakeville Li-quors shelves by the week-end. By the time Thisweek went to press on that same day, the issue had not been resolved.


Shutdown could take beer awayProducts to be taken off shelves because of inability to renew brand registration

Students come first for new principalby Laura Adelmann

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Akin Road Elementary students are likely to see a lot of their new principal, Laura Pierce, this year. “As a principal, you’ll find me in the classroom with children every day,” Pierce said. The Farmington School Board recently welcomed Pierce to the district to re-place Karen Bergman, the long-time Akin Road El-ementary principal who re-signed and is now principal at Countryside Elementary School in Edina. Pierce, a Farmington resi-dent of 16 years and whose two sons are Farmington High School graduates, comes to the district with ex-perience, passion and vision. Calling Bergman “an outstanding leader,” Pierce said that as ARES new prin-cipal, she intends to build upon the foundation that

Bergman put in place. She said the school’s ris-ing test scores have made

teachers and parents very proud, but she wants to take that to the next level and help children discov-er and develop their natural talents. Pierce also intends to emphasize the

importance of reading and math and provide support for students who are strug-gling in those areas. “My love is helping chil-dren learn to read. When I see they get it, when they get that sparkle in their eye, there’s nothing more special than that in education,” she said. Pierce added that build-ing relationships with the students is among her top priorities and she will ad-vocate for all students to be involved and active in their school. Since 2007, Pierce served as principal at Gideon Pond

Elementary School in Burns-ville; previously she was a dean of students at Century Middle School in Lakeville. She also has teaching ex-perience in several private schools, including Torah Academy in Minneapolis. Her degree, from Pur-due University, is in K-12 physical education, and she earned her master’s degree from St. Mary’s University in Winona. Pierce said she enjoys working with teachers and all stakeholders in schools, but particularly parents be-cause “they’re the No. 1 ad-vocate of kids.” Pierce’s official hire date was July 1, and she said she is looking forward to the start of the school year. “I just want to be the best principal I can be for the Farmington School District … and the children at Akin Road,” she said.


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