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Burnsville | Eagan April 11, 2014 | Volume 34 | Number 6
District 191 launches grade, facilities review
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by John Gessner
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Easter worship guide inside Inside this edition is a special section devoted to services related to Easter throughout Dakota County. Inside this edition
NEWS Eastview receives honor Eastview High School’s concert choir was among a select few groups to perform last month at a regional choral director’s conference in Iowa. Page 2A
OPINION Invasive species fight State officials can approve provisions to help stop the spread of invasive species, but it is local residents who will help ensure that resources are protected. Page 4A
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Music in the Zoo returns The annual concert series returns with shows all summer at the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley. Page 19A
Larry Kahlow and his wife, Jennifer, own Eagle Magic Store on County Road 11 south of Highway 13 in Burnsville. (Photo submitted)
The ultimate trickster Eagle Magic Store owner continues to amaze by Martha Lueders UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MURPHY NEWS SERVICE
Those who walk into the Eagle Magic Store in Burnsville will see a colorful display of tubes and boxes bearing Chinese writing and Egyptian hieroglyphics. In the back is an entire room filled with antique tricks, Larry Kahlow, owner of the practical joke and magic store, said. Kahlow, who is in his 60s, has owned Eagle
Magic for 45 years and has managed it himself since 2008. “I have a lot of titles,� Kahlow joked. “But it’s kind of pretentious to call yourself the CEO of a one-person store.� Regardless of what Kahlow calls himself, he is the owner of what he said is the oldest magic store in the United States. Eagle Magic was founded by Collin Pentz and opened in 1899, Kahlow said. The store
was inherited by one of Pentz’s employees. She was running the store the first time Kahlow set foot inside Eagle Magic’s doors at 8 years old. Kahlow remembers looking at the gag jokes in particular. “I probably bought a snake in a can and rubber dog doo,� Kahlow said. He had an eye operation in downtown Minneapolis not long after visitSee MAGIC, 14A
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Car enthusiasts can store their vehicle, have it detailed and get their drycleaning done all at the same place. Fellow enthusiast and owner Mischa Redmond aimed to carve a niche in the vehicle-storage industry when he opened Auto Vault on March 31 in Eagan. The membership auto storage business not only provides storage at its 16,000-square-foot garage located at 1675 Meadow View Road, but it also
provides airport shuttle services, dry cleaning and shoe shining for executive members. Though the business goes beyond the norm, it aims to keep its membership dues affordable, said Jason Kramer, director of business development. While most of its competitors sell individual garages, which typically start at $130,000, Auto Vault offers memberships that start at $2,500, which allow clients to store their cars, trucks or motorcycles in one shared garage. Members also have options for quarterly and an-
nual storage and discounts for storing multiple cars. “We are targeting all auto enthusiasts, not just those who own BMWs and Maseratis,� Kramer said. Although vehicles are stored together in one large garage dubbed “the vault,� Kramer said the company ensures its clients’ prized possessions are secure by installing fingerprint scanner access and video surveillance, among other security measures. When they’re not out enjoying on their vehicles, See AUTO, 14A
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Auto enthusiast Mischa Redmond opened Auto Vault, an auto storage business in Eagan, on March 31 at 1575 Meadow View Road. Auto Vault’s prized possession, a McLaren, which features the company’s logo, is on display and available to members for ride-alongs. The company will host a grand opening 2 to 6 p.m. May 10 at its office. (Photo by Jessica Harper)
Noah by the book Man charged with arson after girlfriend suffers burns Burnsville author publishes children’s book David Gherity allegedly placed fire accelerants on victim’s body by Tad Johnson SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE
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A 60-year-old Burnsville man was charged April 4 with three felony counts related to a Feb. 9 fire in which his girlfriend suffered second- and thirddegree burns and was hospitalized in a medically induced coma. David John Gherity was charged with felony first-degree assault and two counts of felony firstdegree arson for allegedly placing fire accelerants on the woman’s clothes while she was sleeping and then starting a fire at the residence on the 12000 block of Parkwood Drive.
He was arrested April 2 and is being held in jail on $50,000 bond with conditions. David The vicGherity tim is recovering in the Hennepin County Medical Center Burn Unit after suffering burns to her scalp, right hand, face, head, neck and legs, and losing her ear. After the victim emerged from a coma, she allegedly indicated on Feb. 23 that she was scared of Gherity and that he “did this,� according to the criminal complaint. The victim told police March 4 that on the day of the fire Gherity was stressed and she had been drinking and had taken See GHERITY, 13A
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The story of Noah’s Ark has gotten a popularity boost with the success of “Noah,� the Hollywood film starring Russell Crowe. Burnsville resident Doreen Schultz has made her own contribution to the canon by writing “The Days of Noah,� an illustrated children’s book first published last April and recently re-released by Tate Publishing & Enterprises, a Christian publishing house. Unlike the “Noah� film, Schultz’s book, written in rhyming verse, lets the Book of Genesis epic speak for itself, without reimagining or narrative license. “I follow the Bible story,� said Schultz, 50. “I have not added anything else. It all follows the Bi-
ble.� “As a child I went For Schultz, to church with my who hadn’t seen parents and went the movie yet, to Bible school,� the message of Schultz said. “But the story of manI think in Florida kind’s near-exis where I really termination and Doreen got involved in the rebirth is simple: Schultz church. I started “I think really it’s attending different just a matter of trusting seminars, and they really and believing in God no got me interested in these matter what.� promises.� Raised a Lutheran, Those promises are Schultz is now an adher- the subject of Schultz’s ent of the Seventh-day first book, “LIP Service Adventist Church, which (Leaders of Intercessory emphasizes the second Prayer),� a study guide coming of Jesus Christ she self-published in 2011 and practices the Sabbath through Christian pubon Saturday. lishing house Xulon Press. She moved to Burns- It compiles and examines ville last September with biblical promises in areas her husband, Kenn, to such as family, healing, take a job as a microbiol- wealth and knowledge. ogy supervisor at Abbott “These promises, the Northwestern Hospital in ones I’ve written down, Minneapolis. She previ- are conditional,� Schultz ously worked at hospitals said. “If you meet the in Mason City, Iowa, and See NOAH, 14A Winter Springs, Fla.
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Auto storage business creates niche in Eagan
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A re-examination of grade configurations and building use in School District 191 is underway. The Burnsville-EaganSavage School Board voted April 3 to direct top administrators to develop a plan for board consideration. Dubbed “Vision One91,� it will “define a system of grade alignment, facilities use and programming that will deliver on District 191’s mission to ensure that each student is real-world ready,� said a report from Superintendent Joe Gothard. He said the review will be a more “holistic� look at facilities and programs than past discussions about changing school boundaries. The board discussed changing boundaries in 2012 and 2013 under former Superintendent Randy Clegg. Gothard, who replaced Clegg, recommended last December that the district hold off on making boundary changes for the 2014-15 school year. Demographic and enrollment imbalances
between schools have spurred talk of new boundaries, which haven’t been changed since 1996. The district has seen declining enrollment and rapid demographic change since then. Gothard also proposed in December that the district study new grade configurations, with a four-year high school, middle schools of grades six through eight and K-five elementary schools. That should come before evaluating the need for boundary changes, he said at the time. “We have a community who’s invested and ready to step up and do some things we haven’t done in the past,� Gothard said April 3. “It’s time to greenlight this,� Board Member Dan Luth said. “Let’s get going.� The new review launched April 3 will also take the district’s prekindergarten and post-high school programs into consideration, Gothard said.
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