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FEBRUARY 11, 2011 VOLUME 31, NO. 50

by Aaron VehlingTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

On Jan. 30, Lakeville lost a man who many consider a father figure, a coach, a pillar of the community and a man of immense integrity. He helped young people enjoy math, inspired them to ex-cel in soccer, took on tough equal rights issues in Minnesota, served in the Army on multiple conti-nents and organized Caribbean cruises for dozens of his closest friends. James Kirkpat-rick III, 58, died in his Orchard Lake home with 30 fam-ily members and friends at his side. His son and sons-in-law carried him downstairs slowly as the whole house broke into song. As the Cre-mation Society came to get James, the sun crept up over the horizon as if to serve as both an act of assurance to the bereaved and as a welcome mat for the man who some refer to as a “renaissance statesman.” “It was beautiful,” said Wanda Kirkpat-rick, James’ wife of 34 years and the direc-tor of diversity and equal opportunity for the Metropolitan Council. “The rest of the day we talked about how wonderful he was

and how he touched all of our lives.” L i n d s a y Kauchick, a neigh-bor and close friend of the family, dedi-cated an essay for school to James. She was at the house that final day. She wrote that she had been in denial about the illness of the man she considered her second father. She thought the doctors would cure him. “I began to take his illness really hard and I just could not understand why something like this would ever hap-pen to someone so young, espe-cially when his first grandchild was on the way,” Kauchick wrote. “When his fi-

nal days had arrived, all of his friends and family gathered around him praying for peace and comfort over his almost lifeless body. I cried more than I had ever cried be-fore.” Before he succumbed to cancer, James’ life fit several chapters: Minnesota human rights commissioner, administrator for for-mer Attorney General Skip Humphrey, 20-year Army veteran, substitute teacher in District 194, father, soccer coach, founder

Lakeville’s Kirkpatrick was a ‘renaissance statesman’

Former human rights commissioner, substitute teacher inspired many in the community

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James Kirkpatrick III of Lakeville was a substitute teacher, career Army major, commissioner of human rights and, accord-ing to several people in the community, an inspiration.

Energy Hog visits schools

Photos by Rick Orndorf

Farmington school children celebrated Energy Week Feb. 7 -11 by visits from ‘Energy Hog,’ who taught about the importance of reducing energy waste at home and at school. Farmington Elemen-tary first-grade teacher Maureen Hudak (above, right) displays her cash savings for answering all her energy questions correctly during a Schools for Energy Efficiency assembly Feb. 8. SEE co-ordinator Anne Anderson (center) was the game show host and Farmington Elementary principal Ben Januschka was the other contestant. Farm-ington students and staff have reduced electrical use by 8 percent district-wide, resulting in an es-timated $192,486 in avoided costs. Four district buildings have collected the ENERGY STAR label including Farmington High School, Levi P. Dodge Middle School, and Akin Road and North Trail elementary schools. For more photos, go to ThisweekLive.com.

City depletes 2011 contingency funds for firefighters’ pension

Council seeks to reduce city’s 2012 pension obligationby Laura Adelmann

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Seven weeks into 2011, Farmington’s $45,841 contingency fund bal-ance for the year has been spent. That money, as well as another $5,697 of the city’s approximate $2 mil-lion fund balance, will help cover investment losses in the firefighter’s pension fund. After Farmington offi-cials passed a budget with $131,175 for the 2011 pen-sion fund contribution, the state found a calcula-tion error in December that increased the obliga-tion to $187,713. Because council mem-bers ratified the Fire Re-lief Association’s lump-sum benefit level, the city

is legally obligated to the contribution amount. “We recognize the er-ror does not remove the penalty from us to pay it,” Farmington City Admin-istrator Peter Herlofsky said. Because the city’s ac-counting firm, Kern DeWenter, Viere Ltd., was responsible for submit-ting the form with the in-correct figure, KDV paid $5,000 for interest on the additional obligation and time spent trying to re-solve the issue. During and after Mon-day’s meeting, elected city officials cited concerns about the sudden budget hit. In an interview, Mayor Todd Larson said he just learned about the situa-

tion last week and said his first thought was “here we go again.” At the meeting, City Council Member Christy Jo Fogarty said the city has had to pay more out of its budget to cover this obligation in the past, and they need to meet with the Firefighter’s Relief Board to negotiate reductions. “This is becoming a habitual debt for the city,” Fogarty said. “It’s really tough on our budget. … I just want to find a way to approach the fire de-partment to see what we can do to ensure that this doesn’t happen again in 2012, because frankly we can’t afford it.” The city contributed about $70,000 to the fund


The elimination of fifth-grade band and el-ementary art specialists, but the salvaging of a middle school industrial tech and a band position, are among the characteristics of the Lakeville School District’s approved budget-adjust-ment plan. After a month of a dozen or so meetings, the Lakev-

ille School Board approved its $15.8 million budget-adjustment plan at its Feb. 8 meeting. Almost 100 positions will be cut, affecting the staffing of co-curricular activities and athletics and enlarging class sizes at most levels. About $2 million in fed-eral Jobs Fund money will save 17 positions in K-2 classes so the number of students per class in those

grades will stay at 24 for K-1 and 28 for second grade. Plans for the closing of an elementary school began last week. On March 8, the board is expected to vote to close and repurpose an ex-isting building. “This is a very tough sit-uation,” said Board Chair-woman Judy Keliher. “We’re in our ninth and 10th years of budget cuts and what we must do is continue to pro-

vide quality education for our students.” Keliher said Lakeville is the 10th largest school dis-trict in the state but 43rd out of 48th in spending per pupil. “We have a great school system for the dollars we in-vest,” she said. The cuts total $6.8 mil-lion for the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 school years. The

194 Board approves budget cutsSome industrial tech, music positions saved but overall fine arts take a hit


So here we are. The Lakeville School Board has come to an agreement over a fee structure that would save high school athletics and activities slated for elimination under a Jan. 5 budget proposal. The decision came at the last minute during the Board’s final budget adjustment work session Thursday, Feb. 3. In previous weeks, the Board announced it was looking at tentative plans for keeping many of the

Board votes on fees for saved programs

Farmington city employees donate time off to colleague in need

Mike Nibbe continues his fight against cancerby Laura Adelmann

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Despite facing their own economic pressures, Farm-ington city employees have donated six months of their paid time off, the maximum time allowed, to help a col-league battling for his life. Blinking back tears, Mike Nibbe, 45, described the depth of what his col-leagues’ support has meant to him as he struggles to stay strong in his continu-ing battle with terminal colorectal cancer. “Ever since I walked through these (ice arena) doors, I was accepted as one of their own,” said Nibbe, a Red Wing resident and 24-year Farmington Ice Arena employee. “They are my second family.” The hockey-loving hus-band and father of three

said he was shocked with his cancer diagnosis two years ago, which came after he had stopped by a drop-in clinic for what he thought were minor symptoms. But instead of receiving a quick prescription, he and his wife, Tanya Nibbe, found themselves in an emergency room, where a doctor told the stunned couple he had

incurable, Stage 4 cancer and had only two months to live. “They told us from day one … you can get rid of the tumors, but they come back bigger, stronger and meaner. They actually learn to enjoy the chemo you give them. That’s why we’re out of options,” Tanya said.

Photo by Laura Adelmann

Mike Nibbe, a 24-year city employee, struggles daily in his two-year fight against terminal cancer. He said he considers colleagues family members for all the support they give him. It took only a few hours for employees to donate enough of their paid time off to Mike to reach the six-month maximum. He uses the time to recover be-tween treatments.

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Ballet Royale is bringing the work of three local visual artists to life

in a Feb. 11 show at the Lakeville Area Arts Center. See Thisweekend Page 14A

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A Farmington High School sophomore has been selected as a state finalist in the National American Miss Minnesota pageant. Miranda Larson, 16, will compete for the state title June 18-19 at the Crowne Plaza in St. Paul. Larson, the daughter of Farmington Mayor Todd Larson and City Municipal Services Coordinator Lena Larson, said she has par-ticipated in the state pageant three times and placed as one of the top five winners twice. Her love for pageants started about four years ago, when her friend, Ashley Fog-arty, current Miss Minnesota High School and daughter of City Council Member Chris-ty Jo Fogarty, encouraged Larson to enter a pageant. “My dad thought I was crazy, and that it would be the worst time of his life, but … he found out it was really fun. He won ‘Escort King’ the first year,” Larson said. In this pageant, competi-tions include personal inter-view skills, formal wear, com-munity service and on-stage personal introduction. Optional competitions

Larson will participate in in-clude casual wear modeling, talent and actress. Costs include participa-tion fees and costumes. Larson said through the pageant experience, she has grown in confidence and become more comfortable when speaking in public. Her goal is to win the crown, then step aside so oth-ers have a chance at the op-

portunity. While the pageants are competitive, Larson said the girls are friendly and sup-portive of each other. “It’s really fun. I have friends from all over now,” Larson said. The state winner will re-ceive $1,000, the official crown, banner, trophy, roses and go on to compete for the National American Miss

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Farmington High School sophomore selected Miss Minnesota finalist

Dakota County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Dan Scheuermann has been named commander of the department’s Opera-tions Division. “Dan brings a wealth of experience to his new assignment as head of the Operations Division,” Dakota County Sheriff Dave Bellows said on Wednesday in a press release. Scheuermann, a 22-year veteran of the sheriff’s office, is currently captain for the Pa-

trol Division and will start in his new role Feb. 14. During his career Scheuermann has been jail administra-tor, patrol sergeant, and served seven years as a detective with the Drug Task

Force. Scheuermann and canine partner Rajah were recog-nized as one of the top drug detection canine teams in the United States in 2006. Scheuermann was a 15-

year member of the Dakota County Special Weapons and Tactical Team. He has served as chief of law enforcement services during the Dakota County Fair since 2004. Scheuermann replaces Cmdr. William “Blair” An-derson, who left when he was appointed by Carver County Sheriff Jim Olson as his chief deputy. Scheuermann holds a bachelor’s degree from Mankato State University. He is married with a son and lives in Burnsville.

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title in California, where she receives a complimentary Hollywood tour and tickets to Disneyland. Community members and businesses are invited to help Larson with pageant expens-es by calling (651) 238-6126 or through e-mail at [email protected].

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].


Opinion

All eyes on St. PaulTo the editor: The last three weeks in Lakeville have been brutal for many families. Our commu-nity has had to make many tough decisions about what we consider priorities when it comes to our children’s edu-cation. There are no good choices; the programs and teachers being cut help our kids reach their full potential as human beings. Different kids respond to different pro-grams and to cut them can be life altering to these young people. That being said, it has also been wonderful to see fami-lies and groups come together to save whatever program was important to their family. To see people engage in the pro-cess. Unfortunately, it should have happened earlier. That is not a judgment of any group or person. It is, what it is. It is also empowering. Great opportunity comes out of great stress and this is a situation where I see hope. This community now has a challenge in front of it. Can we take the momentum that has been created by this time of trial and use it over the long haul? I think we can. We simply need to engage with regularity with our com-munity. We need to make sure our money is being spent the right way before we refuse to levy money as a “statement.” We need to ensure programs and priorities are what we want as we move forward, not when they are being tak-en away. We need to pay attention, not only to our school board

but also to our legislators. Eighty percent of our funding comes from decisions reached in St. Paul. Hold them ac-countable. If you don’t like what they are doing, question them. They all take the job of public service very seriously. It will take time, and life is busy, I know that as well as anyone, but we can make sure our kids get what they need and deserve. SIGRID IVERSENLakeville

Cuts have an effectTo the editor: In a recent guest edito-rial, a writer pointed out that many instances of abuse on dates are considered merely “normal behavior” by the perpetrators and even the victims. It’s apparent that it will require education before much public awareness of what is appropriate on dates becomes common knowl-edge. In a comparable situa-tion on a public policy scale, some members of the Legis-lature think cuts in programs, which are the backbone of our state’s quality of life, won’t have any harmful con-sequences, and are in fact “normal behavior” in diffi-cult economic times. Recent legislation by the GOP-led House in Minne-sota has made tremendous cuts to programs in crucial areas of transportation, edu-cation, and social services. While members of the Re-publican majority frequently talk about making cuts, they rarely discuss the harmful consequences of their ac-

tions. For example, in the past, when Gov. Tim Pawlenty single-handedly “borrowed” $1 billion dollars from school districts, he never talked about the schools that are be-ing cut to a four-day school week, the reduction in teach-ing staffs, the reduction in after-school activities, or the classes that now have over 40 students per room. He acted as though his cuts wouldn’t affect schools and children, which is either naive or downright mean. Those cuts have conse-quences. According to the Quality Counts report (Edu-cation Week, Jan. 13, 2011), Minnesota is ranked 36th for education policy and perfor-mance. Worse, we now learn that La Familia Guidance Center, a nonprofit mental health agency serving West St. Paul’s Latino and Chicano communities, is closing – the result of shriveling govern-ment contracts and private support. La Familia joins Centro Legal, which pro-vided low-cost legal services for Hispanic immigrants and closed last year. The City Inc., an advocacy agency for Hispanics, closed last month. And La Escuelita, a Latino youth development agency, is in financial trouble. Yes, cuts have conse-quences. In this case, it ap-pears GOP cuts are destroy-ing the Latino community. I imagine they hope the Latino community doesn’t decide to cut Republicans in 2012.

JANICE R. SLAMAEagan

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At a dinner party Saturday night in Lakeville, just a few miles from where Walmart plans to build a new superstore, the con-versation turned to whether the giant retailer is good or bad for the community. Most of us at the party de-clared that Walmart isn’t where we enjoy shopping. Of course, we are fortunate folks who can afford the charming atmosphere and personal service you find in small shops on the main streets of our cities. And we agreed we don’t like seeing open land being filled up with big-box stores. But we also agreed it’s inevi-table that Lakeville, like neighbor-ing cities such as Burnsville, Ap-ple Valley and Eagan, is attracting Walmart and other mass retailers because it’s attracting people, who really decide which stores make sense. Years ago, I was interviewing Ted Mondale, then the chair of the Metropolitan Council. Mon-dale, now head of the Metropoli-tan Sports Facilities Commission, was presiding over an agency that was encouraging walkable de-

velopments where people could work, shop and play with-out getting into their cars – new downtowns with shops, restaurants and apartments above storefronts. Places like Burnsville’s Heart of the City or Apple Valley’s Cen-tral Village or the historic down-towns of Lakeville, Farmington and Rosemount. Despite encouraging those kind of developments, some of the Met Council grants were go-ing to developments that featured big-box stores, and I asked Mon-dale whether that was a contradic-tion. He said it was useless to try to stop big boxes, because the mar-ketplace has voted. “Consumers have decided they would rather pay wholesale than retail,” he said. This was about the time many of Lakeville’s citizens were pack-ing the City Council chambers over a proposal to allow a Su-perTarget at I-35 and County Road 46 – one exit north of the new County Road 70 interchange

where Walmart wants to build. That Target store was going into a beautiful, wooded piece of property that opponents said should be preserved. They said Target will destroy the environ-ment and local, independent busi-nesses. They said Target won’t support the community the way local businesses do. In other words, those opponents said many of the things about the SuperTar-get that people are saying about Walmart. At that time, I was on the board of the Downtown Lakeville Busi-ness Association (DLBA) and owned a building occupied by one of those independent business people who feared Target, which would be selling many of the gift items she sold, but at a much low-er price. At the time, the president of the DLBA was my good friend, Jody Enggren, who was managing her family’s century-old, independent grocery store in downtown Lake-ville. Under Jody’s leadership, the DLBA passed a resolution sup-porting the new SuperTarget, which has now been joined by a Best Buy, an Office Max and a

Marshall’s at the Timbercrest of Lakeville shopping center. Jody and the other downtown business owners weren’t naive about what the new Target might mean to them. In fact, a few years later, Enggren’s closed because of competition from the SuperTarget and other chains, including Cub and Rainbow. The DLBA members took the position that as Lakeville grows, it must be open to business develop-ment, even if the businesses who come take customers from those who were there before. When Cub decided to build near downtown Lakeville, I ex-pressed concern to Judy Ts-chumper, executive director for the DLBA. She told me to calm down. When she was promot-ing Burnsville’s new downtown, Heart of the City, as that town’s economic development director, Cub agreed to build there. Without the Cub that attracts large numbers of shoppers to the area, she said, it would have been very difficult to attract the small shops. The same argument was made when Target proposed a store in Apple Valley’s Cobblestone Lake

retail area. If big boxes take the lead, small boxes will follow. There are reasons to be con-cerned about the effect Walmart will have on small businesses. But the big store will pay property tax-es that the city needs as it wrestles with school cuts. It will provide jobs and low prices that some people desperately need as we slog through this difficult recession. And it will provide new compe-tition to businesses that, like Eng-gren’s Market, might not survive. But that’s the free-enterprise system that allows people to vote with their dollars when stores ask for your business. As one of my dinner-party friends concluded when weigh-ing the pluses and minuses of the nearby Walmart, maybe it will make it easier for her to sell her home so she can move to a place where independent, locally owned merchants still thrive. 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.

Walmart not your choice? We’re in the minority

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by Joe NathanTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Several people surprised me last week. They were critical of a prin-cipal and a superintendent who changed their minds. I’ll say more about these specific situations in a minute. Today I want to talk about peo-ple, including me, who make mis-takes, or are challenged by people who disagree with their ideas. Let’s start with a metro area school principal who initially ruled that two young women, who allegedly are lesbians, could not walk together in a “Snow Days” ceremony. They had been nomi-nated as “royalty” for the event. There was considerable controver-sy, and a lawsuit was threatened. Ultimately the principal changed his mind. He acknowl-edged the students’ selection.

The young women walked together. Ac-cording to press re-ports, other students warmly welcomed them. But even if many students had not been positive, the principal wisely used the “equal opportunity” approach to partici-pation in a school activity. Another example involves a Minnesota public school su-perintendent who has proposed many district changes. After hold-ing community meetings to dis-cuss the recommendations, she changed two things. Some people told me that modifying proposals makes her “look weak.” I think they make her look wise. First, the superintendent lis-tened to families who asked for a delay in the date by which they had to submit preferences for

their children’s 2011-12 school(s). These parents pointed out that the district was asking families to make a choice before the school board decided which schools would remain open, and which would be closed. The parents were right. The su-perintendent listened and moved back the date by which families had to submit their school choices. Her second change involved moving, rather than closing a school. The superintendent rec-ommended closing a school for various reasons, including the fact that the district needed the space for other programs. Parents pointed out that the school was having considerable success, and suggested that the district move the school into vacant space that it has. The superintendent agreed. I think the superintendent was

right. She acknowledged that sometimes other people’s ideas are better than her own. Finally, here’s a mistake I made in a recent column. I listed advice that various educators offer fami-lies about selecting schools. I ac-cidentally attributed a quote from another educator to Joann Knuth, executive director of the Minne-sota Association of Secondary School Principals. I have apolo-gized to her – and today to you, the reader. Knuth suggested that families ask: • “Does the school offer pro-grams, courses that will nurture my child’s passions/interests? • Does the school set high ex-pectations for all students to suc-ceed and be prepared for post secondary success? What is the evidence? • Does the geography work –

can my child get there easily and feel a community connection to it?” Credibility is critical, whether it’s a superintendent, a school principal or a newspaper colum-nist. Each of us makes mistakes. That doesn’t mean we should always change our minds when questioned. Young people watch what adults do, as well as what we say. Acknowledging mistakes makes sense. So does being open to con-sidering other views – and some-times changing our opinions and behavior.

Joe Nathan, former public school teacher, administrator, PTA presi-dent, parent of three public school graduates, now directs the Center for School Change at Macalester College. He can be reached at [email protected].

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City plans to open a license centerLocal business questions if city’s contracted vendor is competitionby Laura Adelmann

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Within weeks, Farm-ington will become home to Dakota County’s new-est license center. At its Feb. 7 meet-ing, the Farmington City Council approved a con-tract with Vinton Lewis, president of Quick-Serv License Center, to open and operate a deputy reg-istrar’s office at City Hall. By month’s end, city officials hope the center will be open for residents to purchase fishing and hunting licenses and ve-hicle tabs, and conduct vehicle title transfers. The business will be lo-cated on City Hall’s east side entrance level. Services will not in-clude passports, which are processed by the federal government, or birth and death certificates, which are handled by the county. At Monday’s meeting, City Administrator Peter Herlofsky said because Quick-Serv is assuming the risk of opening a new business, it will not pay the city rent this year. Beginning in 2012, the city will receive 25 percent of the filing fees collected that exceed $100,000. If the business makes

less than $100,000 annu-ally, the city will receive no rent from the business. The city can terminate the agreement if by the third year, 2013, Quick-Serv doesn’t make more than $100,000. Quick-Serv will track and report its monthly sales to the city; rent will be due the first of the month following when-ever sales top $100,000. For the next decade, ev-ery first of the new year, the sales tally is again re-set to zero. The contract allows both parties to mutually agree upon a new monthly rent amount at any time, and beginning in 2013, Quick-Serv can terminate the lease if sales are under $100,000. Negotiating the con-tract took a lot of time, Herlofsky said, and one of the city’s concerns was whether the city selling fishing and hunting li-censes would affect local businesses. In an interview Tues-day, Pellicci Ace Hard-ware store manager Stuart Emich said he is concerned the city has brought in a competitive business. “I think it might take

away some of our busi-ness. We were the only ones in town that sell hunting and fishing li-censes,” Emich said. While he added the hardware store doesn’t make much money sell-ing the licenses (about 50 cents to a $1 on a typical license), their availability attracted customers who may also purchase bait, tackle or household items. Emich said other busi-nesses located near Pel-licci’s Ace Hardware may also lose sales if their cus-tomers who would have purchased licenses from them are diverted from that retail area to City Hall. At the meeting, City Council Member Christy Jo Fogarty said the busi-ness doesn’t make money on the licenses, and selling them was “more of a con-venience thing” because they were already pur-chasing fishing and hunt-ing supplies. “The people who buy them there will prob-ably continue to buy them there,” Fogarty said. Herlofsky said the city was not going to try to pull customers away, but that the new license cen-ter will offer additional

services unavailable at a retailer. “We were sensitive about that from the begin-ning,” Herlofsky said. The contract speci-fies that the city will provide utilities, janito-rial services, maintenance and matching municipal building furniture as well as signs and marketing materials for Quick-Serv. For example, the city may permit Quick-Serv to insert advertising pam-phlets within utility bills and provide introductions of its employees in news-papers and television ads as well as information at banks and Farmington auto dealerships. Quick-Serv will pro-vide its own electronic equipment, documents and trained staff. Initial-ly, the office will operate weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. In a separate council action, Herlofsky was ap-pointed deputy registrar, per an agreement with the State Public Safety De-partment specifying that a city employee be appoint-ed to operate the license center.


Officials detail bond paymentsInformation to be presented at Feb. 14 workshopby Laura Adelmann

THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

After years of questions from citizens and Farm-ington City Council mem-bers regarding city project spending, clear answers are soon to be available. Through a complicated, detailed investigation, city officials have developed a poster-size spreadsheet that details bonds issued and outlines payment schedules into the future. Unrolling the several-feet-long working copy spreadsheet, City Admin-istrator Peter Herlofsky said the information will be consolidated and presented to council members at their Feb. 14 workshop when they discuss franchise fees. The city has proposed paying for road seal coating projects by implementing franchise fees, an amount added to residents’ utility bills. In the past, residents were to be assessed 50 percent

of the seal coating costs, but recently, City Engineer Kevin Schorzman discov-ered residents were paying more than half of the seal coating costs because of an estimation error. Schorzman determined the situation occurred be-cause legal, administrative and engineering fees were estimated at 27 percent of the total cost, when in fact those services averaged 13.6 percent of project costs. The issue served to heighten concerns of resi-dents, who have asked ques-tions in public meetings regarding how funds have been spent, with particular emphasis on the city’s road and bridge fund. To better match that fund’s purpose, in a Feb. 3 interview, Herlofsky said the city is renaming it. “We don’t refer to it as the road and bridge fund anymore, because it doesn’t truly describe what we have. What we have is really a

Spaghetti dinner, bingo with KCs The Farmington Knights of Columbus will host a spaghetti dinner and bingo Saturday, Feb. 26, beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the Church of St. Michael, 22120 Den-mark Ave., Farmington. The spaghetti dinner will cost $7.50 for adults, $5 for children 6-12, and $25 for families. Admission for chil-dren 5 and younger is free. Proceeds will be used for charitable and service proj-ects sponsored by the KCs.

Wendy’s Wiggle, Jiggle & Jam Celebrate the end of

the Farmington Library’s Read-to-Me Club with Wendy’s Wiggle, Jiggle & Jam from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 25. Every-one will take turns lead-ing dances and songs with rhythm instruments, pup-pets and plush toys.

Navy Seaman Recruit Bret A. McDowall, son of Julie and William McDow-all of Farmington, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. McDowall is a 2010 gradu-ate of Farmington High School.

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project fund, which has a variety of bonds, a variety of revenue streams,” Her-lofsky said. He added that the plan he will present to the coun-cil will allow the city to pay its current bonds without having to raise the levy. If new bonds are is-sued, current tax collections would not cover the extra payments and the levy may have to increase, he said. According to the city, its total bond debt is $57.8 mil-lion and its 2011 levy is $9.1 million. This year, the city has budgeted to cover $4.7 mil-lion in bond payments. Next year, it will have $4.8 million in bond debt payments to cover. The 6:30 p.m. workshop will be held at City Hall.


Pesticide recertification workshop scheduled Minnesota farmers who apply restricted-use prod-ucts on their farms can choose to renew their Pri-vate Pesticide Applicator’s permit by attending a re-certification workshop of-fered by University of Min-nesota Extension at 8:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 25, at the Dakota County Extension and Conservation Center in Farmington. The workshop will last approximately 3-1/2 hours. To receive credit for recer-tification, participants must attend the entire workshop. Participants should bring a government-issued photo ID and a second form of identification, their current Private Pesticide Certifica-tion number, and the $50 fee (cash or check only). Pre-registration is not re-quired. For more information about the Farmington workshop, contact Phyllis Bongard at (651) 480-7757.


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of the People’s Fair, among others. But most of all, Wanda said, James was fun. They traveled a lot together, tak-ing several cruises across the Caribbe-an. When James was in the military, the Kirkpatricks lived all over the United States and at some bases in Germany. James even spent a tour in Seoul, South Ko-rea. So it was fitting, then, that James’ Feb. 3 “Cel-ebration of Life” at Ho-sanna Lutheran Church in Lakeville was the oppo-site of funeral. About 700 people, sporting Hawaiian shirts and leis, reminisced, read scripture and sang the “Love Boat” theme, a nod to a man who would blast that song in his office be-fore he went on his next cruise. “That’s what James would have loved,” Wanda said. “He didn’t want peo-ple to cry for him.” In the summer, Wanda said he would take his own children and the neighbor-hood kids to Valleyfair a few times a week. “The whole neighbor-hood is our family,” Wanda said. Almost every day, chil-dren would knock on the Kirkpatricks’ door to ask if that day would be the day that Valleyfair was on the docket. A modest, hard-working man, James tolerated can-cer to the extent he could, showing up to work in a

suit and tie until Dec. 24, 2010, his last day as a mem-ber of Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s Cabinet.

Wanda said she had argued with him about work-ing too hard as his health was declin-ing, but he was committed. “He said, ‘I prom-ised I would work until the 24th,’” she said.

Wendy Adler Robinson, who Gov. Mark Dayton appointed as acting com-missioner following James’ departure, said in a state-ment that James brought a combination of profession-alism and warmth to the office. “He was sensitive to in-justice, and his basic sense of fairness was evident to all who had the opportu-nity to work with him,” she said. “These qualities will be remembered, but perhaps not as much as his smile, his laugh, his per-sonal warmth and the love of his family. He will be greatly missed.”

Moving to Lakeville Wanda and James met at Virginia Tech in the 1970s and were again stationed in Virginia when the opportu-nity came to move perma-nently to Minnesota. The Kirkpatricks came to Lakeville in 1998 when James began his work with the Minnesota attorney general’s office. They were in northern Virginia at the time and James was ready to move into civilian work. “(James) was not a law-yer, but he had great or-ganizational and financial

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skills,” Wanda said. “That’s why they hired him.” The Kirkpatricks had enjoyed Minnesota when they were stationed here in the ‘80s. James was the University of Minnesota’s ROTC instructor at the time. “Of all the places we’ve lived over the years, Minne-sota was the one we wanted to come back to,” Wanda said. “It was clean and had good schools. Also, we could afford to live here.” Most parents are con-cerned about the quality of their children’s education, but James was very thor-ough about his research. Linda Swanson, the communications coordina-tor for the Lakeville school district and a friend of the Kirkpatricks, witnessed this investigation firsthand. In fact, it was how she met him. “I had been on the job for maybe three or four years,” she said. “He would call with a list of questions about curriculum, diver-sity, etc.” Usually parents call for a couple months with ques-tions before they make a decision about Lakeville schools. James, though, be-ing meticulous and careful with his decisions, called for a year, Swanson said. “I learned to recognize his voice,” she said. James served on the Orchard Lake Elementary PTO and helped offer a dif-ferent perspective during the boundary change deci-sions at the time. “I think James was the first minority on one of those kinds of committees in Lakeville,” Wanda said. She said her husband was able to offer another viewpoint to the conversa-tion “without offending anybody.” Swanson and her family spent many holidays with the Kirkpatricks, Swanson said. “They have the most amazing crowd (celebrat-ing holidays with them),” Swanson said. “He was fun to be around. James had so many stories.” James loved work-ing for Humphrey–and Humphrey enjoyed having James around. “He had such a won-derful nature about him,” Humphrey told Thisweek. “He was very organized,

and frankly I needed that.” When Humphrey de-cided to run against Norm Coleman and Jesse Ven-tura for the governorship, James’ appointed position suddenly developed an ex-piration date. He entered the private sector as a revenue genera-tor for National Car Rent-al. The primary task of the job was setting rental car rates for the company on a national level.

Teaching and soccer In the early 2000s, Na-tional was bought by an-other company. Wanda said James was offered a position in the new Flor-ida headquarters, but he declined. “We looked at the school systems and the cost of living down there and said ‘we’ll pass on that,’ ” she said. James became finance and accounting manager at Sky Chefs, a company that provides food service to airlines. After the terror-ist attacks of Sept. 9, 2001, the company decided to consolidate and move to Texas. James had to turn down another move. But that led to one of his most favorite positions, Wanda said. “That’s when he became a substitute teacher,” she said. “We couldn’t go any-where in Lakeville without some little kid saying ‘Hey Mr. Kirkpatrick, when are you coming to my class again?’ ” James taught all levels from K-12. “He brought so much life into the classroom,” Swanson said. Given his economics and business background, it was natural for James to teach mathematics. The students would of-ten use worksheets, Wan-da said, but James had them do their work on the board. “They could show their work. It got them in-volved,” she said. As a soccer coach, James inspired many kids to overcome obstacles and be the best they could be. “You were more than just our soccer coach,” wrote Alex Morrison in a letter to James. “To all of us players of the C2 Lakeville Tornadoes, you were a wise mentor to the minds of growing boys.”

Human rights In 2003, then-Human Rights Commissioner Vel-ma Korbel hired James as her deputy. He helped her stream-line operations, upgrading computer technology and reducing the backlog of cases. “A lot of that was just treating people right in the office and getting them to be proud of what they were doing,” Wanda said. When Korbel left her post in 2010, James served as acting commissioner briefly before Pawlenty hired him officially. As commissioner, James entered into the perennial fight over “Ladies’ Night,” a promotion bars use to get business by enticing women with free drinks. He issued a statement in June that declared Ladies’ Night a violation of Min-nesota human rights laws. “If you give ladies the upper hand, it’s not equal opportunity,” Wanda said. But with all his profes-sional and personal ac-complishments, James ad-hered to a strict code of modesty. Wanda said that when she and James would meet people on cruises, he would simply say he “worked for the state.” Wanda said she had to be the one to men-tion what he actually did. “He was very humble about that,” she said. James’ final trip was this past Christmas. He had always wanted to see the volcanoes in Hawaii and so the Kirkpatricks (including their three adult children and spouses) and some other family mem-bers all set forth to the islands of Kauai and The Big Island to do just that. “He was really sick,” Wanda said. But he was determined. This last excursion, ac-companied by 20 family members in all, allowed him to gaze at active vol-canos, the vast blue ocean and the humbling expanse of the Hawaiian topogra-phy. But what he enjoyed the most, Wanda said, was what he always enjoyed the most: family. “While we were sitting around the table in Kauai, each of us talked about the best thing about being here (in Hawaii),” she said.

“James said the best thing for him was ‘hearing my children and their cousins interact, laugh and have fun,’ knowing they’ll have people to keep them go-ing.”

It’s not ‘goodbye’ James had to go to the emergency room twice on that trip. After enduring the nine-hour flight home, James went to the hospi-tal where the doctor told him he did not have long to live. By this point, James de-clared “I’m ready to go.” The news was a relief to him, Wanda said, because he “did not want to be kept alive on so many medica-tions and by extraordinary means.” “He didn’t have to make amends (with people),” Wanda said. “He lived his life so he didn’t have to.” James’ deep Christian faith offered him great comfort. “He knew he was going to the Lord,” Wanda said. During his final couple days, James was too sick to be responsive but, Wanda said, “we knew he was lis-tening.” People stayed at his bedside singing, praying and giving testimonials, as the hospice nurse Nancy checked on his vitals. Nancy could tell his final minutes were ap-proaching, so she instruct-ed Wanda to gather people around. Wanda’s sister had come from India to care for her. As James’ breath-ing became labored and his last minutes ap-proached, Wanda said her sister whispered to James, “Don’t worry, We’ll take care of Wanda.” Then he drew his last breath. Or so they thought. It turned out he had one more left in him. “Even then he was a fun guy,” Wanda said. As attendees at the Cel-ebration of Life ceremony sang the “Love Boat” theme, for some it felt like a goodbye, but a tempo-rary one. As they sang the cho-rus, this sentiment rang true: “(The) Love Boat soon will be making an-other run.” E-mail Aaron Vehling at [email protected].


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Florence LarsonFlorence Larson was born on

November 2, 1920, on the familyfarm near Lake Wilson, MN, toHenry and Alice Kench Ander-son. Born on the day that War-ren Harding was elected to theU.S. presidency, she was namedfor First Lady Florence Harding.She grew up on the farm andattended the District #93 Sunny-side country school. After gradu-ating from Lake Wilson HighSchool in 1937, she attendedMankato State Teachers College,became a teacher and taughtschool near Slayton, MN. Shemarried Fred Larson on May 12,1962 in Sioux Falls, SD wherethey made their home. Florenceenjoyed working in WashingtonHigh School cafeteria for manyyears until age 75. In Novemberof 2001 Florence and Fred movedto the Twin Cities to be near theirchildren. Fred passed away onMay 2, 2004. Florence then livedindependently in her own apart-ment in Apple Valley, enjoyingher many friends living nearby.Six days before she died shebecame too ill to care for herselfand moved to the home of herdaughter, Pam, to receive care.She died there on February 4,2011.

Florence loved nature, espe-cially flowers and birds, andenjoyed the fall season and thenorth woods. She was an avidreader and liked starting her daywith the cryptoquip and cross-word puzzles. She was alwayshappy when she could take adaily walk. She was a fan of theMinnesota Twins and also fol-lowed several other Minnesotasports teams. Spending time withher family was also a joy to her.

Florence is survived by herchi ldren: Pam (Marv) Mar-tensen, Phil (Joan) Peterson,Linda (Donn) Satrom, Kathy(Paul) Kurtis, and Scott (Mary)Larson; eleven grandchildren,Kristen Van Dyke, Erik Mar-tensen, Brooke Swart, Christo-pher and Matthew Peterson,Ryan and Brynne Satrom, Johnand Jay Kurtis, and Michael andRachel Larson, six great-grand-children, Ryan Martensen, Jackand Madeline Van Dyke, MaliaPe te r son , and Brayden andJoshua Kurtis , and a sister,Laura (Ed) Delaney of Kalama,WA. She is preceded in death byher parents , husband, Fred,grandson, Kyle Satrom, brother,Francis Anderson, and two sis-ters, Elsie Hageman and Marga-ret Anderson.

Memorial service at GoodShepherd Lutheran Church inLake Wilson, MN was held onThursday, February 10, 2011 at12:00 p.m. with Rev. Bruce Bergofficiating. Interment is at Hill-side Cemetery Lake Wilson, MN.

Memorials are preferred to theGood Shepherd Lutheran Churcho r t h e L a k e W i l s o n U n i t e dM e t h o d i s t C h u r c h . T o t z k eFuneral Home of Slayton incharge of arrangements. To sendcondolences visit totzkefuneral-home.com.

In loving memory ofGary AldenBanks

Of Kasson, MN (formerly ofFarmington). Born August 14,1951. Gary passed away sud-denly on Jan. 26,2011.

He attended school in Farming-ton, MN and moved to Kasson,MN in 1970.

He loved spending time with hisgrandson, NASCAR racing andgardening. He is survived by hiswife, Martha Banks; two daugh-ters, Ashley Banks (MitchellMadery), Nicole Banks; grand-son, Maverick Madery; three sis-t e r s , Sharon (Tom) Tay lor ,Lakewood, CO; Cindi (Curt)R o e , E a g a n , M N ; M e l o d y(Randy) Finley, Dodge Center,MN; one brother, Wayne (Ida)Banks, Rochester,MN. He waspreceded in death by his father,Alden Banks, his mother, JoanLarson, and his brother, SheldonBanks.

Margaret M.“Peggy”McDermott

Age 73, of Savage, MN. It iswith heavy hearts that we sendout this notice of the passing ofour Mother Dear. Our belovedmother, sister, grandmother andfriend fought off pancreatic can-cer with such determination, shedid not want to leave us. She ispreceded in death by her hus-band, Michael; parents Margaret& Arnold Friendshuh. Survivedby children Beth (John) Heisler,Amy (Teresa Anderson) McDer-mott, Meg (Gary) Lattery, andJosie (Paul) Hadden; grandchil-dren Eric, Nate, Mike, Kara,K a t e & A a r o n ; s i s t e r s A n n(Larry) Thompson, Sue (Richard)Garrison; brothers Tom, Steve(Mary Weisz), and Mark Friend-shuh; brothers-in-law Patrick andLawrence McDermott; also byher extended family from DavidFong’s. Memorial Mass was heldat 11 a.m. Wednesday, January12, at St. John the Baptist Catho-lic Church, 4625 W. 126th St.,Savage, MN. Gathering of fam-ily and friends was Tuesday from5-8 p.m. AT CHURCH. Inter-ment Church Cemetery. WhiteF u n e r a l H o m e B u r n s v i l l e952-894-5080 www.whitefuneral-homes.com

Dennis FrancisBarry

Age 53, of Jackson Twp., NJpassed away on Thursday, Feb-ruary 3, 2011, at home. Born inPhiladelphia, PA, Dennis grew upin Jackson, NJ, and also residedin Lakeville, Minnesota, beforemoving back to Jackson 5 yearsago.

He was employed as an airlinemechanic for Continental Air-lines, Newark, NJ, for 5 years.

Mr. Barry was a U.S. Air ForceVeteran and received the AirForce Good Conduct Medal andthe Air Force Longevity ServiceAward.

Dennis was a Communicant ofSt. Veronica’s Roman CatholicChurch in Howell, NJ.

He was predeceased by his Par-ents, William and Dorothy Barry.He is survived by his two Sonsand a Daughter, Erik Barry ofBarnegat, NM, Dennis Barry, Jr.of Lakeville, MN and KaitlinBarry of Lakeville, MN; his threeBrothers, Patrick Barry of Brick,NJ, James Barry of Jackson, NJ,and William Barry of Reynolds-burg, OH; his three Sisters, AmyYansick of Delran, NJ, KarenBurke of Toms River, NJ, andLynn Barry of Jackson, NJ; andhis Grandson, Mason Barry ofBarnegat, NJ.

The GEORGE S. HASSLERFUNERAL HOME, 980 Ben-netts Mills Rd., Jackson Twp.,NJ 08527 (732)-364-6808 is incharge of arrangements.

Dorothy A.Becker

Age 79, of Bloomington, MN,passed away Feb. 2, 2011.

Preceded in death by son ,Bruce. Survived by husband of 58years, Warren; daughters, Carol(Rich) Femling, Joan Becker,Laura (Jolly) Holloway; grand-children, Melissa, Brian, Jenna,Christopher, Meisha, Mary Ellen,Desiree, Sarah, Mariah); twostep-grandchildren, five greatgrandchildren; sisters, Eileen andGladys; two brothers, and manyother re la t ives and fr i ends .Dorothy's spirit of resourceful-ness will live on in the hearts ofthose who knew her. She was aloving wife , mother , grand-mother, great-grandmother, andan exceptional volunteer at herParish. She will be greatly missed.Mass of Christian Burial was heldTuesday, February 8th, 11:30AM at St. Richard's CatholicChurch, 7540 Penn Ave. S., Rich-field. Visitation was Monday,February 7th, 4-8 PM at GillBrothers Funeral Chapel, 9947Lyndale Ave. S., Bloomington,and one hour prior to mass atchurch. Memorials preferred toOur Lady of Good Counse lHome, 2076 St. Anthony Ave, St.Paul MN 55104 or St. Richard'sCatholic Church. Private inter-ment Ft. Snelling National Cem-etery.

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F a r m i n g t o n a r e p l e a s e d t oannounce the engagement of theirdaughter, Laura Beth, to BryanMichael Gehrke, son of Bruceand Sandy Gehrke of Lakeville.

Laura is a 2004 graduate ofL u t h e r a n H i g h S c h o o l i nBloomington, MN and a 2009graduate of UW-River Falls. Sheis currently employed part-timeby Kraft Foods and works atEdina Realty as a real estateagent. Bryan is a 2003 graduateof Lakeville High School. He iscurrently employed full-time byKraft Foods.

A September 2011 wedding isplanned at St. Paul’s LutheranChurch in Prior Lake.

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Mike completed radia-tion treatments, and has en-dured two years of gruelling chemotherapy. As the tumors have grown more powerful, so have the six-hour treat-ments. “As the tumors grow bigger, the treatments are harsher, there are more side effects, and it’s harder to re-cover,” Mike said. “I only have a few good days be-tween treatments.” Mike isn’t the only one in his family facing devastat-ing health issues. Tanya has been diag-nosed with CRPS, a pain-ful neurological disease that causes seizures. Her muscles are also beginning to waste because of the disease. Their 7-year-old son, Ian, was born premature and kept hospitalized for his first 27 months. He is still on a feeding tube, and struggles to breathe because of lung damage due to a birth defect. Their 16-year-old son Aaron, who often has to care for his siblings because both parents are too sick

to get out of bed, has also endured numerous surger-ies for Legg-Perthes disease, a condition that causes the femur to die. When Aaron was 4, he spent months in a body cast; the couple put his hos-pital bed in the middle of their living room and repo-sitioned him every hour. “It’s been a rocky road,” Tanya said. She said Mike has taken every chemotherapy drug there is and the cancer has become immune to it, so he is starting the process over in hopes to prolong his life. “I have to be there for my kids,” Mike said. He said his dream is to living long enough to see his children graduate and get married. Tanya said she and Mike don’t have a lot of support outside of his co-workers and aren’t good at asking for help. Money raised from a benefit co-workers held last year was spent on medical bills. Tanya said the donation of time off from work, all 1,040 hours, was a gift that left them in tears.

“It was just these joyful tears. I was just in shock. I couldn’t believe that these people were willing to give up their family time, their vacations, to us,” Tanya said. The city is still determin-ing next steps once Nibbe’s donated leave time runs out. “We’re all hoping for the miracle that he goes into remission and comes back,” Farmington Human Resources Director Brenda Wendlandt said. The Nibbes have been to-gether since they were teen-agers, and Tanya said she has no idea what she and the children will do without Mike. “The thought of losing him just kills me,” she said. A bank account has been established at Castle Rock Bank to help the Nibbe family. To donate, write “Mike Nibbe benefit” on the memo line of the check and mail it to the bank at 27925 Dan-ville Ave., Box 518, Castle Rock, MN 55010.


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balance of the adjustments comes from an operating deficit that last year was covered by federal stimulus dollars and some existing fund balance.

High schools The plan cuts 24 posi-tions from the high school, saving more than $1.4 mil-lion but pushing the class size average to 37. The upside for many students will be the salvag-ing of Early Bird for grades 10 and 11, which allows students to take music and world languages before normal school hours. Early Bird was originally planned for elimination. Geology and Space Sys-tems will remain its own class for the next couple years, but will eventually be-come integrated into other classes over four years. Physical education will be reduced to a service level at the minimum allowed in the state.

Middle schools Nearly 26 positions are slated to be cut at the mid-dle school at a savings of more than $1.5 million. The

industrial tech program, which was originally slated for elimination, will remain with one teacher.

Elementary schools Despite the pleas of scores of teachers and ad-vocates, fifth-grade band and art specialists are slated for elimination. The infor-mal plan for fifth-grade band would be to move it to Community Education, officials have said, but noth-ing is finalized. Physical education will be reduced, as will the over-all number of classroom teachers. A total of almost 23 po-sitions are slated to be cut at a savings of more than $1.3 million.

Special education Almost 10 positions will be cut, saving more than $200,000. In addition, the district will reduce tuition by $300,000 to District 917, which offers some special education services. Lakev-ille will handle this pro-gramming in house. With the addition of a federal budget shift, the to-tal saved comes to almost $730,000.

Districtwide A change in the start and end times at the buildings will reduce six bus routes at a savings of $330,000. The shuttle routes be-tween the two high schools will be cut, as will be the school energy efficiency program director. This saves an additional $453,000. As previously reported, the district plans to save $725,000 through the clos-ing and repurposing of a northern elementary school.

It’s not over As is often the case with such complex funding mechanisms, this all could change, said Superinten-dent Gary Amoroso. “If our state revenue is reduced, we’ll have to revisit this,” Amoroso said. School Board Member Jim Skelly acknowledged this. “It could be a state fund-ing decrease or enrollment impacting it,” he said, “but we have to make a decision based on the best informa-tion we have tonight.”

E-mail Aaron Vehling at [email protected].

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by Andy RogersTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Instead of getting upset, good teams tend to learn from setbacks. That’s the approach Farmington girls basketball head coach Jason Berg took after his team lost its third game this season on Tues-day. The Tigers have high ex-pectations this season, so losing to the Chanhassen Storm on Tuesday was a bit of a letdown. The girls held the lead a few times in the second half, but ultimately lost 53-50. It would be more cause for concern if it wasn’t un-characteristic of Farming-ton to miss all those shots and pass the ball to the side-line. “Sometimes we just wanted to get the ball out of our hands to escape the pressure,” Berg said. “That’s the first time it really hap-pened.” The Tigers turned the ball over 24 times, which is 10 more than average.

“That’s a team that plays at a hectic pace,” Berg said. “I thought we had them pre-pared but I guess not.” The Tigers’ first goal is to win the Missota Conference, but they’re one game out of first with the loss. Going into the game, Farmington and Chanhassen were tied with Shakopee and New Prague with a 6-2 record. Berg wasn’t too con-cerned. “We take bits and pieces from every game and move on,” Berg said. “This game for the big picture doesn’t impact what our goals are, it just makes it a little harder. It’s a little disappointing even though we didn’t play well at times and we were still in it.” The girls will host Shakopee at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, hoping to avenge their biggest loss of the season. Shakopee defeated Farmington on Jan. 14 by a score of 41-34. It was the Tigers’ lowest point total of the season by far. “(Shakopee) is a physical

team,” Berg said. “You’ve got to be really good on of-fense. They’ll try to take you out of what you want to do. They’ll shove and push you around.” Their next goal is Sec-tion 1-4A. Many of Farm-ington’s players played in the Section 1-4A finals two years ago when they lost to Rochester John Marshall by eight points. Now that they’re seniors, Elena Koch, Jamie Ke-nealy, Shelby Calhoun and Jordan Bridges don’t want to miss out. Scoring leader Taylor Meyer was also on the roster two years ago as a freshman along with Isis Alexander. “They put a lot of time in,” Berg said. “I think they’d be disappointed if they don’t move on from the section tournament.” With a healthy veteran lineup, Farmington is in line for the No. 1 seed with five games left. The only other teams in Section 1-4A with a winning record are Owa-tonna (12-7) and Rochester

Mayo (13-6). Farmington defeated them both earlier this season. The Farmington girls basketball team has never

played in the state tourna-ment. Andy Rogers is at [email protected].


In the competitive world of south metro wrestling, Lakeville hasn’t spent much time in the spotlight. That could change soon. Both Lakeville North and South are in the midst of their best seasons in a long time, and they are do-ing it with young lineups. The south metro is load-ed with powerhouse teams such as Hastings, Apple Valley, Owatonna, Prior Lake and Albert Lea, but this year the state tourna-ment announcer could be saying Lakeville more than once.

South In South’s case, this could be its best season ever. “I’ve wrestled on this team since seventh grade, and never seen this before,” senior Eric Hensel said. The Cougars won their third conference match in a row Feb. 3 beating Burns-ville, 39-30, following wins against Lakeville North and Eagan. It was the first time in school history South won three conference matches in a row. “It’s not an easy thing to do being in one of the top conferences in the state,” coach Mike English said. “With the exception of Ap-ple Valley, anybody can beat anybody on any night. With a younger team like this, it’s a big confidence boost.” They finished third at the

Lakeville North Duals last weekend besting Park of Cottage Grove, 39-32, and Lakeville North, 54-30,with a loss coming against Pla-inview-Elgin-Millville, 42-30. Lakeville South has two of the state’s top-ranked wrestlers in their weight class. Hensel was ranked No. 2 at 171 pounds by the Guillotine and Zane Peter-son is No. 1 at 215. Both are seniors, so this is their last chance to shine as Cougars. “I’m going to push it,” Hensel said. “I’m going to get some conditioning go-ing so I can go six minutes hard.” Two wrestlers can only account for a maximum 12 points, so both Peterson and Hensel go for the pin every chance they get. “Anything less is unac-

ceptable,” Hensel said. In addition to this dy-namic duo, other Cougar wrestlers have contributed to the success. Zane’s brother, Tom Pe-terson, has a bright future ahead of him, as the sopho-more is ranked No. 8 at 189. “He’s going to be the real deal,” Hensel said. Dalton Peterson and Austin Britnell have crossed or are close to crossing the 20-win mark. English sin-gled out Kyle Fatturi as an-other emerging talent. “He’s only been wres-tling a year now,” English said. “He’s not getting all the victories, but he’s doing a good job.”

Lakeville North With just one senior, the Panthers have translated their youthful exuberance

into wins. “It’s gone a lot better than people were giving us credit for in the begin-ning of the year,” co-coach Geoff Staab said. “We weren’t really on anybody’s radar. We’re beating some teams that people didn’t think we’re going to beat.” Although they lost to Apple Valley 57-9 on Feb. 3, no one was too upset. “We used it as a mea-suring stick to see where you’re at to see how you can compete against some of the best guys in the na-tion,” Staab said. “We did all right.” The Panthers played host to an eight-team dual tournament last weekend coming in fourth. North also finished fourth at the South St. Paul Veldman Invitational the weekend

before. “We’re winning the matches we should and sometimes winning some people didn’t think we would,” Staab said. “That’s what makes this so fun.” The wrestlers are enjoy-ing themselves. “It’s a huge improve-ment over the past two years,” junior Anton Kalis-ta said. “Everyone is work-ing hard.” Kalista feels the Pan-thers have the ability to win their first two team matches at the Section 2AAA team meet Feb. 19 at Chanhassen. Prior Lake is the favorite with Shakopee and Chaska/Chanhassen right behind them. “I don’t think we’re go-ing to win this year, but next year we could go to state,” Kalista said. “We’ll have some great guys com-ing back, but this year I want to win the first two matches and get to the fi-nals.” Kalista has spent time ranked in the top 10 along with Zach Goldberg. They hope to win their weight classes at the Section 2AAA individual meet Feb. 26 at Prior Lake. They are both the section’s top-ranked wrestlers in their respective weight classes. Lucas Westrich and Aaron Baker both have more than 20 wins this sea-son, and Colton Pasvogel is getting near that mark. “We have a lot of guys who can come in and win matches when they’re not favored,” Staab said.

Andy Rogers is at [email protected].

SportsStandings

Boys basketballTeam Conference Overall W L W LEagan 9 2 16 3 Eastview 9 2 15 3 Lakeville South 9 2 14 5 Apple Valley 7 4 11 8 Lakeville North 6 5 8 11 B Kennedy 5 6 10 9 Burnsville 3 8 8 10 Prior Lake 3 8 6 12 Rosemount 3 8 6 13 B Jefferson 1 10 3 14Friday, Feb 11• Eastview at Lakeville North, 7:15 p.m. • Lakeville South at Rosemount, 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, Feb 15• Lakeville North at Eagan, 7:15 p.m. • South Prior Lake at Lakeville South, 7:15 p.m. Friday, Feb 18• Burnsville at Lakeville North, 7:15 p.m.

Girls basketballTeam Conference Overall W L W LLakeville North 13 0 19 2 Eastview 11 2 17 4 Prior Lake 9 4 11 9 B Jefferson 8 5 15 6 B Kennedy 8 5 12 9 Eagan 5 8 8 13 Apple Valley 5 8 7 12 Rosemount 3 10 8 13 Burnsville 3 10 6 15 Lakeville South 0 13 1 20Friday, Feb 11• Lakeville North at Eastview, 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, Feb 15• Eagan at Lakeville North, 7:15 p.m.• Lakeville South at Prior Lake, 7:15 p.m.

Boys HockeyTeam Conference Overall W L T W L TBurnsville 13 0 1 15 3 3 Eagan 9 3 2 14 5 2 Apple Valley 9 4 1 14 6 1 Lakeville South 9 4 1 12 7 1 B Jefferson 9 4 1 11 8 2 Lakeville North 6 8 0 9 11 1 Eastview 5 8 1 7 13 1 Prior Lake 3 10 1 6 12 3 Rosemount 2 11 0 5 15 0 B Kennedy 0 13 0 2 18 0Saturday, Feb 12• Lakeville North at Lakeville South, 3 p.m. Tuesday, Feb 15• Lakeville South at Apple Valley, 7:15 p.m.Thursday, Feb 17• Apple Valley at Lakeville North, 7 p.m. • Lakeville South at Eastview, 7:15 p.m.

Girls HockeyTeam Conference Overall W L T W L TLakeville South 15 1 2 21 2 2 Rosemount 14 3 1 19 5 1 Lakeville North 13 5 0 19 6 0 Eastview 12 5 1 16 7 2 Eagan 10 6 2 14 9 2 Burnsville 8 9 0 11 13 0 Prior Lake 6 12 0 8 17 0 B Jefferson 5 12 0 9 16 0 Apple Valley 3 15 0 6 20 0 B Kennedy 0 18 0 1 24 0Friday, Feb. 11Section 1AA quarterfinals• Rochester Century/Winona at Lake-ville South, 7 p.m.• Rochester Mayo at Lakeville North, 7 p.m.Wednesday, Feb. 15Section 1AA semifinals• Lakeville North/Rochester Mayo win-ner vs. Dodge County/Farmington win-ner, 7 p.m., at high seed• Owatonna/Rochester John Marshall winner vs. Lakeville South/Century/Winona, 7 p.m., high seed. Friday, Feb. 18Section 1AA finals• 7:30 p.m. Four Seasons Arena, Owa-tonna.

Farmington Boys Basketball

Team Conference Overall W L W L Chaska 6 1 15 4 New Prague 5 2 14 4 Shakopee 5 2 10 8 Red Wing 4 3 12 7 Chanhassen 4 3 8 10 Farmington 2 5 8 11 Northfield 2 5 3 15 Holy Angels 0 7 4 15

Friday, Feb 11• Farmington at Shakopee , 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb 15• Holy Angels at Farmington, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb 18• Farmington at Northfield, 7:30 p.m.

Girls BasketballTeam Conference Overall W L W LShakopee 7 2 17 3 New Prague 7 2 15 5 Chanhassen 7 2 13 6 Farmington 6 3 16 3 Red Wing 5 4 14 5 Chaska 3 6 9 12 Holy Angels 1 8 5 15 Northfield 0 9 7 13

Friday, Feb 11 • Shakopee at Farmington , 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb 15 • Farmington at Holy Angels, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb 18 • Northfield at Farmington, 7:30 p.m.

Boys HockeyTeam Conference Overall W L T W L T Holy Angels 11 0 0 15 6 0New Prague 9 2 0 12 10 0 Red Wing 6 5 0 7 14 0 Chanhassen 5 6 0 9 10 1 Farmington 4 7 0 10 12 0 Northfield 4 8 0 7 13 0 Chaska 3 8 0 4 15 2 Shakopee 3 9 0 5 16 0

Monday, Feb 14• Chanhassen at Farmington, 7:15 p.m. Thursday, Feb 17• Farmington at Red Wing, 7:15 p.m.

Girls HockeyTeam Conference Overall W L T W L TFarmington 12 0 0 18 6 0 Chaska/Chan 9 3 0 16 9 0 Shakopee 9 3 0 15 9 1 Red Wing 4 7 1 12 12 1 Northfield 4 7 1 9 12 3 New Prague 2 9 1 8 16 1 Holy Angels 0 11 1 1 19 1

Friday, Feb. 11• Dodge County at Farmington, 7 p.m.

Metro teams eclipse outstate in Section 1Lakeville and Farmington girls hockey teams have earned top seeds in playoffs


It hasn’t always been this way, but for the past two seasons, Lakeville has dom-inated Section 1AA in girls hockey. South won in 2009 and last year it was North’s turn after a five-year drought for Lakeville girls hockey state appearances. No. 1 seed Lakeville South hasn’t lost a game since 2010 and is unde-feated against Section 1AA opponents. They have a vet-eran roster of scorers, de-fenders and goalie Chelsey Landen, a 2011 Let’s Play Hockey Senior Goalie of the Year Award finalist. The Cougars average 4.8 goals per game while surrendering less than two. They have already won more than 20 games this season. The Cougars de-

feated Eastview and Rose-mount back-to-back at the end of the reg-ular season to win the first South Subur-ban Confer-ence title and second con-ference title in a row. They even swept their biggest rival – Lake-ville North – this season. It’s impressive consider-ing the conference has im-proved this year with sever-al programs spending time on the top 10 list. All signs point to the No. 1 seeded Cougars advanc-ing to the Xcel Energy Cen-ter in two weeks. If that sounds familiar, it’s because you could have said similar things about the Cougars one year ago. Only Lakeville South didn’t play at state. Lake-

ville North beat South, 2-0, in the section final and rep-resented the city at state in-stead. An argument could be made that both teams are better this year. That’s certainly true for Lakeville North. Last year, they went into the section tournament with a sub-.500 record. This year they are 19-6. That gives them the No. 2 seed, so if North and South were to meet again, it would be in the final. An all Lakeville final won’t be easy as section competition is formidable. Farmington comes in with the No. 3 seed. Al-though the Tigers weren’t up against the likes of Rose-mount, Eastview and Eagan every night, they had an im-pressive run playing as well as any team in the state.

After starting the season 6-5, the girls have lost once since Dec. 21, 2010, going undefeated in the Missota Conference. Two of those early losses came against Lakeville North and South three months ago – a long time ago in high school hockey terms. The Tigers have had their best season since ad-vancing to state in 2008 and 2007. If a team from south of Cannon Falls wins Section 1AA, it will be a disap-pointment in Lakeville and Farmington. Owatonna has a good record at 19-6, but it lost to North, South and Farming-ton. North and South also kept Owatonna’s top play-er, Cailyn McCauley, from scoring during their meet-ings. Dodge County has a nice record at 17-4-2, but it

doesn’t have any signature wins. Anything can happen, but I just don’t see them beating North, South or Farmington which have more complete teams. Rochester John Marshall and Mayo hovered around .500 this season, and Roch-ester Century and Winona have struggled. Farmington will wel-come Dodge County at 7 p.m. Friday night. Roch-ester Mayo will come to Ames Arena to play North at 7 p.m. South will play host to the winner between Century and Winona at 7 p.m. The semifinals are sched-uled for Feb. 15 and the fi-nals for Feb. 18 at Four Sea-sons Arena in Owatonna.

Andy Rogers is at [email protected].

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE

Lakeville wrestling fighting for position among the bestLakeville North

and South grapplers take big

leaps forward

Photo by Andy Rogers

Lakeville North’s Lucas Westrich goes up against Eastview’s Chris Bechly. Lakeville North lost to Eastview 44-24 on Feb. 3.

Tigers learn from loss to Storm

Photo by Andy Rogers

Farmington’s Isis Alexander drives to the basket in a game against Chanhassen on Tuesday. Farmington lost 53-50.

Farmington girls basketball still in the hunt for Missota Conference title

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Lakeville Area Public Schools (ISD #194)will receive single prime sealed bids for theJFK Elementary Mechanical Improvementsuntil 2:00 p.m. local time on March 1, 2011at the District Office, 8670 210th StreetWest, Lakeville Minnesota 55044, at whichtime and place all bids will be publiclyopened and read aloud.

Bidding documents, including the Pro-posal Form, Drawings and Specifications,will be on file at the Offices of the Architect,Wold Architects and Engineers, 305 St.Peter Street, St. Paul, Minnesota 55102.(651) 227-7773; at the Minneapolis Build-ers Exchange; Builders Exchange at St.Paul; McGraw Hill Construction/Dodge PlanCenter; Reed Construction; iSqFt PlanRoom (St. Paul, MN); and from PlanWell atwww.ersdigital.com.

This project includes: Removal andreplacement of existing penthouse/rooftopmechanical equipment (i.e. air handlingunits, condensing units, etc.) including allassociated ductwork, piping, electrical,ceiling grid and tile system, and penthousewall repair work.

Engineering Repro Systems, 2007 E. 24thStreet, Minneapol is, MN 55404 (612)722-2303, facsimile (612) 722-3745, willprovide complete sets of the BiddingDocuments to prospective bidders andsubcontractors. The copies will be avail-able about February 7, 2011. Both adeposit check in the amount of $70 and anon-refundable check in the amount of $30made out to “Lakeville Area Public Schools( ISD #194)” for each set ordered arerequired or Bidding Documents may beo r d e r e d v i a t h e i n t e r n e t a twww.ersdigital.com and clicking on thePlanWell icon, then the Public Plan Roomicon, select JFK Elementary MechanicalImprovements. The following informationmust accompany the deposit: Companyname, mailing address, street address,phone and facsimile numbers and type ofbidder (i.e. General, Mechanical or Electri-cal Subcontractor to General, or other). Arefund of $70 will be sent to prime con-tractors who submit a bid to the Owner andsubcontractors for each set (includingaddenda) returned to Engineering ReproSystems Imaging in good condition withinten (10) calendar days of the award date,subject to the conditions of AIA DocumentA701. Refunds will not be given if the plansare returned to the Architect’s Office.

Make proposals on the bid forms sup-plied in the Project Manual. No oral, tele-graphic or telephonic proposals or modifi-cations will be considered. Submit witheach bid, a certified check or acceptablebidder’s bond payable to Lakeville AreaPublic Schools (ISD #194) in an amountequal to five percent (5%) of the total bid.The successful bidder will be required tofurnish satisfactory Labor and MaterialPayment Bond, and Performance Bond.

Bids may not be withdrawn within thirty(30) days after the scheduled time of open-ing bids, without the consent of the Owner.The Owner reserves the right to accept anybid or to reject any or all bids, or parts ofsuch bids, and waive informal i t ies orirregularities in bidding.

The Owner requires Substantial Comple-tion of the project on or before August 12,2011.Independent School District No. 1948670 210th Street WestLakeville, Minnesota 55044Michele Volk, ClerkPublish: February 11, 2011

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School Board Meeting on Monday, January10, 2011 with full text available for publicinspect ion on the Distr ict websi te atwww.farmington.k12.mn.us or DistrictOffice at 421 Walnut Street, Farmington,MN 55024.

Board Member McKnight cal led themeeting to order at 6:30 p.m. with thePledge of Allegiance.

Board members Lee, Sauser, Treakle,McKnight, Singewald and SuperintendentMeeks were present as well as other staffand community members.

Board members were sworn into office.Board Member Tera Lee was nominated asBoard Chair, Board Member Treakle wasnominated as Vice Chair, Board MemberSauser was elected Clerk, and BoardMember Burke was elected Treasurer.Chair Lee assigned board members to the2011 standing committees.

The Board discussed the current salariesand stipends. A motion was approved toestablish the 2011 salaries for the boardmembers at $4,200 for the Board Chair and$3,600 for all other members and no com-pensation for other meetings.

Superintendent Meeks shared goodnews. No public comments were made.T h e f o l l o w i n g c o n s e n t i t e m s w e r eapproved: Certified Retirements, CertifiedLeave of Absences, Non-Certified Employ-ments, Non-Certified Resignations, ExtraCurricular Employments, and the 12/13/10Board Meeting Minutes.

Reports and communications approved:SEE Report, Facilities Projects Update,2011-2012 Budget Projections and Pro-cess Update, Strategic Planning Update,Superintendent Evaluation Summary,1/24/11 Board Work Session, and BoardRetreat.

Recommended Act ions Approved:Redacted Version of Burke Investigationr e l e a s e d t o B o a r d M e m b e r s , a n d2011-2012 Calendar Amendment.

Board members shared their remarks.Adjournment at 8:40 p.m.2499161 2/11/11

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School District 917 Regular School BoardMeeting on Tuesday, January 4, 2011, withfull text available for public inspection ont h e d i s t r i c t w e b s i t e a twww.isd917.k12.mn.us or the District Officeat 1300 145th Street East, Rosemount, MN55068.

The meeting was called to order at 5:00PM. Board Members Present: Dan Cater,Deb Clark, Jill Lewis, Tom Ryerson, VickiRoy, Vanda Pressnall, Veronica Walter.Board Members Absent: Kathy Lewis.Administrators Present: Nicolle Roush,Melissa Schaller, Dan Hurley, Cory Lan-genfeld. Others present: Linda Berg. Goodnews reports were presented. The follow-ing Consent Agenda items were approved:minutes, personnel, bills to be paid, invest-ment report, and wire transfers. Cory Lan-genfeld reported on changes in the Tech-no logy Depar tment . Super in tendentChristiansen report on the Charter autho-rizer application. Recommended actionsapproved: Temporary Employee Report;Policy 410, Family Medical Leave Act; andWells Fargo Line of Credit. Adjournment at6:01 PM.2503091 2/11/11

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Four tiers The new fee structure will have four tiers for athletics (whereas previous proposals had only three). Hockey, which is cur-rently $280 per student, will increase to $630. About $18,000 in revenue

from hockey games will be factored into the budget to contribute to lower fees. Golf and gymnastics, which were slated for elimi-nation originally, see fee in-creases to $440 per partici-pant. The former is currently $230 and the latter $280. Competitive cheer, an-other athletic program slated for elimination at one point, will cost $295 per person, which is only $15 more than the current cost. The fourth tier, with such sports as football, soccer, lacrosse and wrestling, will cost $270, a nominal in-crease over current fees. For activities, the in-creases will not exceed $25. Speech and debate would be $215, chess and math league $150, and drama and the one-act play $135. Intramurals would stay at

$75. School Board Member Roz Peterson commended district staff and community members. “I do think this was a community-wide process,” she said. Board Chairwoman Judy Keliher said the whole pro-cess has been difficult, but was proud of what people did to salvage the programs. Jeff Rosenthal, parent of a Lakeville gymnastics athlete, was pleased with the result. He is part of the booster club that contrib-uted a counterproposal to elimination. “Overall,” he said, “we met our goal of staying around and minimizing the impact on each family.”

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in 2008 and 2009. Then in 2010, the city contribution jumped to $195,584, according to Farmington Finance Direc-tor Teresa Walters. Council Member Julie May cited concerns about the council’s lack of over-sight and control of the in-vestments. “It just seems to me there’s something funda-mentally wrong here. The council has no – I don’t want to use that word – au-thority, but we have to carry

all the liability,” May said. Herlofsky said the city approves the benefit level and the employees can in-vest the money based on their own choice. “That’s the problem,” May said, stating they should be limited to invest-ing in “safe funds” that in a later interview she sug-gested may include Money Market accounts. Herlofsky said the issue can be raised with the Fire Relief Association in the summer when new figures will be available. He noted that all invest-

ments have been hurt by the economy, and to emphasize she didn’t mean to imply any mismanagement of funds. Walters said the city plans to try to save at least $5,600 throughout the year to help cover the funds spent. “At this point in time, we can’t pinpoint exactly where we’re going to save that money, but we’re certainly going to try and cut back wherever we can,” she said.


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Farmington seniors The Rambling River Cen-ter is located at 325 Oak St. For more information on trips, programs and other ac-tivities, call (651) 280-6970.

AARP Tax Aid AARP volunteer tax aides will be available to as-sist elderly and low income adults with their taxes from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesdays, Feb. 1 through April 12. Call for an appointment.

Fashion show fundraiser Taylor Marie’s Apparel will be at the Rambling River Center at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 15, for a fashion show fundraiser planned by the Ladyslip-pers Garden Club. The event will include music, prizes and refreshments. Tickets are on sale now for $3 at the RRC. Deadline: March 11.

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Heritage Library reading groups set next meetings The Heritage Library in Lakeville offers two read-ing groups. The evening group will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 23; the afternoon group will meet at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, March 3 (attendees should feel free to bring a lunch). The title for discussion will be “Gilead” by Marilynne Robinson. “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” by Dee Brown is the book chosen for the meetings on March 30 and April 7. The reading groups are free and open to anyone who enjoys reading and

discussing books. New at-tendees are welcome, and no advance registration is necessary. The Heritage Library is located at 20085 Heritage Drive; call (952) 891-0360 or visit www.da-kotacounty.us/library.

Lakeville Area Garden Club The Lakeville Area Garden Club will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 14, at the Main Street Manor in downtown Lakeville (8725 209th St., corner of Holyoke and 209th, south side of building). Arborist Sterling Malcomson from Rainbow Tree Care will speak on basic tree trim-ming and care. For more information, call Virginia at (651) 463-8056.

Scott County offers immunization clinics on Mondays Scott County Public Health offers walk-in im-munization clinics Mon-days from 1 to 5 p.m. at 792 Canterbury Road S., Suite A160, Shakopee. The clinic office is located in the Workforce Development Center at the opposite end of the building of the WIC office. For information, call (952) 496-8555.

Free snowmobile event Feb. 12 The Lakeville Sno Trackers Snowmobile Club will host a meet-and-greet event from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12, at 8500 E. 250th St., Elko. Area residents are invited to ride local trails and warm up with the Sno Trackers with a bonfire and free hot dogs, hot co-coa and coffee. For more information, contact Mike McGinnis, (952) 985-5184, [email protected], or visit www.lakevillesno-trackers.com.

Lakeville seniors The Lakeville Senior Center is located at 20732 Holt Ave. All senior center inquiries should be directed to Linda Walter, senior co-ordinator, at (952) 985-4622 or [email protected].

How to avoid probate Glenn Nord, Lakeville attorney, will address trends in estate planning at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 16. Sign up by Feb. 14.

Watercolor class Tina Sheppard will teach a watercolor class from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 23. Cost is $15. Deadline for sign-up and payment is Feb. 18. A minimum of three students are needed.

Blood pressure checks River Valley Home Health will perform free blood pressure checks from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 16.

Wellness habits Dr. Tom Palashewski from Emergent Health Chi-ropractic Wellness Inc. will speak about wellness habits at 1 p.m. on Feb. 17. Sign up by Feb. 15.

Tap dancing Tap dancing classes are held from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. on Mondays. Cost is $5 per class.

Turtle Lake casino “Nifty Fifty Day” is Wednesday, Feb. 23, at St. Croix Casino, Turtle Lake, Wis. Leave the Lakeville Se-nior Center at 8:15 a.m. and return around 4:15 p.m. All passengers over age 50 will receive $10 in quarters at the casino. Cost is $5 (non-refundable), payable to City of Lakeville. Sign up with payment by Feb. 15.

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theater and arts calendar

by Andrew MillerTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Ballet Royale Minnesota is bringing the work of three local visual artists to life in a Feb. 11 performance at the Lakeville Area Arts Center. “An Evening of Art and Dance” will feature middle and high school-age dancers from Ballet Royale perform-ing routines choreographed by three of the dance acad-emy’s instructors – co-direc-tors Rick and Denise Vogt, and modern dance and creative movement teacher Bailey Anderson – with each piece inspired by the work of a local artist. “The premise of this whole evening is to take a pre-existing visual piece of art and interpret it – based on the mood, the colors, the brush strokes – and choreo-

graph it to music,” said Rick Vogt, who devised a dance from his interpretation of a painting by Jimmy Longo-ria. Denise Vogt based her dance on a photo by James Flint of Lakeville’s James Flint Photography; Ander-son used a painting by Ali-son Price for her choreogra-phy. The show’s format will re-veal whether or not the cho-reographer captured what the artist was shooting for. “Each artist will intro-duce their piece of art, then the choreographer will talk and say ‘Well, this is what I saw,’ then the dancers will perform the piece,” Rick Vogt said. The event will conclude with coffee, refreshments and an informal Q-and-A

with the choreographers and artists. “An Evening of Art and Dance” is one of about a dozen performance oppor-tunities Ballet Royale offers its students each year, Rick Vogt said. In May, Ballet Royale will stage “The Wiz-

ard of Oz” at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center as a collaboration with Envision Academy of the Arts and

Twin Cities Ballet of Minne-sota. More about the Lakeville dance academy is at www.

balletroyalemn.org.

Andrew Miller is at [email protected].

‘An Evening of Art and Dance’

Photo by Rick Orndorf

Student dancers at Ballet Royale Minnesota in Lakeville rehearse Tuesday for their upcoming “An Evening of Art and Dance” performance at the Lakeville Area Arts Center. The event features visual artwork by local artists interpreted through music and dance by choreographers at Ballet Royale.

Lakeville’s Ballet Royale fuses dance, visual art for Feb. 11 event

“An Evening of Art and Dance” will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 11, at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Tickets are $10 and will be available at the door. For more information, call the arts center at (952) 985-4640.

IN BRIEF

Oboe, bass, harp & lots of java

Photos submitted

The Lakeville Area Arts Center’s “coffee concerts” series continues at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 13, with a performance by the Vecchione/Erdahl Duo – featuring Rolf Erdahl (bass) and Carrie Vecchione (oboe), the Apple Valley husband-and-wife team who’ve organized the concert series – accompanied by harpist Ann Benjamin, right, a frequent performer with the Minnesota Orchestra. Now in its second year, the concert series features chamber music, plus coffee and refreshments, in a casual cabaret setting; this year’s theme is “Savor the Flavor of a World of Music,” and each concert includes refreshments from the region of the world where the music originates. At the Vecchione/Erdahl Duo show, works by Brahms, Debussy and others will be paired with food from France and the Mediterranean region. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for students and seniors, and are available at the door or by calling (952) 985-4640. The arts center is at 20965 Holyoke Ave.

Spring ballet registrations Ballet Royale Minnesota, Lakeville, is now accepting spring term registrations for all levels of its Pre-Ballet Creative Dance Program for children ages 12 months to 6 years. For more information visit www.BalletRoyaleMN.org or call (952) 898-3163.

Duo to highlight Valentine event The Classics, a duo which performs Sinatra-era music in an energetic Las Vegas-style show, will be at the Lakeville Area Arts Center for a 7:30 p.m. show on Saturday, Feb. 12. Chocolate dessert and champagne will be available for purchase. Tickets are $15 and are available at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Call (952) 985-4640 for more informa-tion.

Bite of Burnsville is March 3 Black and Whyte Duel-ing Pianos, formerly The Shout House, will perform classic rock ’n’ roll hits from the 1950s to the present during the 19th annual Bite of Burnsville from 6 to 10 p.m. Thursday, March 3, at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center. The Bite highlights area restaurants and caterers with samples of appetizers, entrees, and desserts from over 20 establishments. The evening will include a silent auction with more than 200 items and a live auction with packages in-cluding a Twin Cities wine tour, a Marco Island get-away, a stocked bar and more. Tickets are on sale for $40 each. Tickets can be pur-chased in person at the box office, at Ticketmaster.com, by calling (800) 892-2787 or by calling the Burnsville Chamber at (952) 435-6000. For more details, visit www.biteofburnsville.net.

‘Sirens of the Sixties’ in Burnsville The Girl Singers of the Hit Parade: Sirens of the Sixties will perform at 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 26, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 27, in the Black Box Theatre at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center. Featuring Colleen Raye with Debbie O’Keefe and Katie Gearty, the show cel-ebrates the vocal prowess of singers such as Dionne War-wick, Cass Elliot, Leslie Gore, Barbra Streisand, and more. Tickets are $19 for adults and $16 for students and can be purchased in person at the box office, at Ticketmaster.com, or by calling (800) 892-2787.

Trio of one actsat arts center A trio of one-act plays will be performed at the Lakeville Area Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sun-days, Feb. 18-20 and 25-27. Shows include “This Property is Condemned” by Applause Community Theatre, “The Bay at Nice” by Dakota Fine Arts Con-sortium, and “For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls” by The Play’s the Thing Pro-ductions. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for senior/students and are available by calling (952) 985-4640 or (952) 469-3099. The Lakeville Area Arts Center is at 20965 Holyoke Ave.

Giant Step stages ‘Alice In Wonderland’ Giant Step Theatre’s “Alice In Wonderland” is finishing its two-week run at Lakeville North High School, 19600 Ipava Ave. The play features 152 young actors from the south-of-the-river area, performing in two separate casts. Performances are 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 11; 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12; 2 and 6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 13. Tickets are available for $6 at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave., and at Lakeville Area Schools Community Educa-tion, 8755 Upper 208th St. Remaining tickets can be purchased at the door for $8.