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June 6, 2013 • Volume 129 • Number 14
City reworks proposed budget with state levy limits
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State caps levies at 3 percent, draft budget levy now calls for 5.87 percent by Theresa Malloy SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE
The Farmington City Council and city department heads continue work on the 2014-2015 budget with new state restrictions that cap the tax levy at 3 percent. At a previous budget workshop, council members said they want the levy to fall between 3-5 percent. As the budget stands now in its drafted form, next year’s general fund budget has more than a 5 percent increase than 2013, which would call for 5.87 percent levy increase. “We are not done working,” City Administrator David McKnight said. “This is a work in progress.”
Look inside this edition to find a special section with Farmington Dew Days information inside, including a schedule of events for the June 1015 summer festival. Inside this edition
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Rosemount High School handed out diplomas to 517 graduating seniors Saturday, June 1, during a commencement ceremony held in the school’s gymnasium. More photos are inside this edition and online at SunThisweek.com. (Photo by Theresa Malloy)
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Rosemount High School graduates 517 students Saturday’s ceremony held inside due to inclement weather ronmental Studies students. “The class of 2013 has provided the leadership and lived up to the expectations of the community,” RHS Principal John Wollersheim said. “Class of 2013, we’ll never forget you.” He said it’s not the list of accomplishments, but the individual stories and students that make this class special. “There are a lot of good kids out here,” he said. “From where I’m standing, this group looks pretty dang good.”
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Local dancer in ‘Psst!’ Rosemount High School grad Jesse Schmitz-Boyd is featured in the new show from Off Leash Area. Page 19A
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The Rosemount High School gym was packed full of parents, families and spectators for the 2013 graduation ceremony Saturday, June 1. Due to rain throughout the afternoon and evening, the ceremony was held inside, so students were allowed four spectator tickets. Guests could also watch the ceremony live-streamed in other rooms. Diplomas were presented to 517 students who walked across the stage, which Email Theresa Malloy at theresa.malloy@ included home school and School of Envi- ecm-inc.com.
Former School District 196 teacher and coach Bob Sadek died May 31. He was 70. (File photo by Rick Orndorf)
Fundraiser aims to ‘channel’ events
by Mike Shaughnessy
Company’s would connect RHS to some homes by Tad Johnson SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE
Some Rosemount households may be able to watch Rosemount High School football or theatrical performances live from their comfort of their own homes if a fundraising goal is met this summer. Fiber To The Home Communications, which provides cable, Internet and phone services to four neighborhoods in Rosemount, is working with
Blazing Cats won the program’s first adapted softball title during this past weekend’s state tournament. Page 12A
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the Rosemount High School Site Council Parents group in an attempt to raise $10,000 through the “Irish Up! Fiber & Channel Project” to provide fiber-optic connectivity for the high school and Irish Stadium. “Supporting RHS programs in order to enrich our school is a key purpose of the Site Council,” Rebecca Busho, Site Council president, said. “Being able to
Bob Sadek, a longtime School District 196 teacher and coach who led Rosemount High to the 1981 state large-school football championship, died May 31 at age 70. A celebration of Sadek’s life is scheduled for 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 11, at Grace Lutheran Church, 7800 W. County Road 42, Apple Valley. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Monday, June 10, at Henry Anderson Mortuary, 14850 Garrett Ave., Apple Valley, and Tuesday at the church one hour before services. Interment will be at Acacia Cemetery in Mendota Heights.
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Marking a milestone:
Cats claw to the top
Longtime teacher/ coach Bob Sadek dies
Looking back at Farmington High School’s first commencement
by Theresa Malloy SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE
The Farmington High School graduation on Friday, June 7, marks more than just the graduation of another senior class: It is the 130th commencement ceremony in Farmington almost to the exact date of the first one June 6, 1884. The Dakota County Tribune covered the event. A week prior to the event the community was encouraged to come in an article that read: “The influence of a large attendance will not vanish with the day, but will abide to stimulate and inspire the pupils to more earnest endeavor in the A photograph of a Farmington class assembly dating back to the turn of the century, from the collection work of coming years.” of the Farmington Area Historical Society. A portrait of Dr. Levi Dodge hangs on the left between the The conclusion of a story windows. (Photo submitted) written after the event resonates with Farmington residents today: “The position occupied by the Farmington high school and the by Theresa Malloy reputation it enjoys is certainly SUN THISWEEK a matter of local pride. Few vilDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE lages in the state of the size of In its 130-year history, Farmington High School ours, have schools that can comhas been located in four different buildings. This pare with the one maintained class of 2013 is the first that spent all four years at here. No pains or expense should the newest location on Flagstaff Avenue. be spared to maintain its present Farmington was classified as a city high school high stand and advance it as rapin its early days. idly as may be possible.” The first high school in District 40 was housed in The ceremony was housed in this building (at right), which was sold in 1913 and the music hall as “the stage was See YEARS, 6A See FARMINGTON, 6A
Farmington High School through the years
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