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March 1, 2013 | Volume 34 | Number 1

After losing daughter, parents look to help others ‘Make a Splash’ event March 3 is fundraiser for children’s hospital

by Andrew Miller SUN THISWEEK

Exceptional Businesswomen Apple Valley resident and Coldwell Banker Burnet President Robin Peterson will be the featured speaker at the 2013 Exceptional Businesswomen recognition event.

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OPINION Government data access With cases such as the buyout of a former District 191 administrator in mind, keeping government data open is an ongoing campaign.

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After the death of their 3-yearold daughter Mary from cancer in July 2009, Peter and Christine O’Keefe sought ways to channel their grief.

In addition to grief counseling, Peter worked on a basement remodeling project at the family’s Apple Valley home, while Christine began making runs to a local arts and craft supply store, buying hundreds of dollars worth of items.

She’d then bring the art supplies to the Minneapolis hospital where Mary had been treated, in hopes of brightening the stays of other kids there.

That altruistic effort has since blossomed into the Mary Moon Foundation, a nonprofit the O’Keefes created in Mary’s honor which conducts fundraising events to help finance art supplies, toys and games for the University of Minnesota’s Amplatz Children’s Hospital. (The foundation is so named because Mary’s nickname was Moon.)

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Peter and Christine O’Keefe of Apple Valley say that a multitude of toys, craft projects and other activities helped lessen the unease of their daughter Mary’s long hospital stay. The mission of the nonprofit they started in her memory is to help create that calming environment for other youngsters undergoing treatment at the University of Minnesota’s Amplatz Children’s Hospital.

“After you lose your daughter, you’re kind of left adrift,” Peter said. “Some people turn to bad habits. … We had a great support system while our daughter was

tivities helped put the youngster at ease, and the O’Keefes decided that was the environment they wanted to help create for other families with a child receiving treatment.

“We’re not giving to cancer research – we believe in that, and we’re glad it’s supported – but right now, today, there are children that are in the hospital, and we want to help those families,” Peter said.

The Mary Moon Foundation will be hosting its second annual “Make a Splash” event at the Water Park of America from 4 to 8 p.m. this Sunday, March 3. The event features discounted admission to the water park, games, entertainment and a silent auction.

Tickets to the “Make a Splash” event can be purchased through www.marymoonfoundation.org, for $12.

The foundation is also hosting an online auction in conjunction with “Make a Splash,” and details can be found on the website.

undergoing treatment, and we decided we wanted to give back.”

During Mary’s long stay at the children’s hospital, a multitude of Andrew Miller can be reached at antoys, craft projects and other ac- drew.miller@ecm-inc.com.

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Educators talk special ed funding, safety U.S. Rep. Kline holds roundtable

by John Gessner SUN THISWEEK

Dueling pianos in Lakeville Musical duo Deuces Wild! Dueling Pianos is bringing its fun-filled show to the stage of the Lakeville Area Arts Center next week.

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Photo by Rick Orndorf

Third-graders at Apple Valley’s Greenleaf Elementary strapped on snowshoes and hiked into the woods Tuesday, Feb. 26, as part of their physical education class. The weeklong unit led by physical education teacher George Beran also focused on teamwork, hiking and how snowshoes were used by different cultures throughout history.

More photos are online at SunThisweek.com.

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In preparation for an upcoming congressional hearing, U.S. Rep. John Kline steered part of the conversation toward school safety at an education roundtable Monday.

But the John Kline p a n e l i s t s, mostly school officials from Kline’s 2nd District, seemed more interested in special education funding than in guards and guns.

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Students create a peaceful retreat Middle school’s ‘sculpture garden’ reflects famous paintings

by Tad Johnson SUN THISWEEK

Wrestlers break new ground Sending 14 individuals to the state tournament is a first, even for the Eagles.

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Under the direcPhoto by Tad Johnson tion of art teacher Sue Rosemount Middle School students recreated a scene from Christian Riese Lassen’s Schmidt, a crew of about “Majestic Kingdom” for the sculpture garden project.

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Local teen to compete in ‘distinguished’ contest SES senior competes this weekend in Distinguished Young Woman competition for state title, college scholarship

by Jessica Harper SUN THISWEEK

In a world bombarded by beauty pageants, one Eagan teen hopes to be crowned for her intelligence, poise and talents.

Catie Deysach, 18, will compete on March 2 in the Minnesota Distinguished Young Women state finals at Eastview High School.

“I’m nervous but excited,” Deysach said.

“There’s a lot of talented girls.”

The competition is a part of the America’s Distinguished Young Women program, which is one of the nation’s oldest and largest scholarship programs for college-bound high school senior girls.

Catie Deysach Deysach, a senior at the School of Environmental Studies in Apple Valley, will compete against seven other girls from across the state and will be judged

on academics, interview, talent, fitness and self-expression. Self-expression consists of several factors including confidence, poise and eloquence.

The fitness portion of the contest will test the girls’ strength, endurance and flexibility through solo and group routines.

As Deysach prepares for Saturday’s competition, she’s focusing on practicing the fitness portion.

“I wasn’t as fit as I thought when I started,” she said. “It’s fun to see how far I’ve come since the local program.”

As in most contests, contestants are able to perform the talent of their

choice. Deysach plans to perform a baton twirling routine.

All contestants submitted their high school transcripts, ACT or SAT scores and a recommendation from their guidance counselor prior to the event.

Deysach was a top finalist in the local program called At Large, which enabled her to compete in the state finals.

At Large is a local Distinguished Young Woman program for teens who don’t have a distinguished program in their hometown.

Deysach heard about the program from her church youth group leader, who encouraged her to enter.

Deysach said she wasn’t sure about entering at first

but was intrigued by the contest’s focus on academics and talents instead of beauty.

“I like that I’m able to show who I am as a person,” she said. “This is more about being a good person who is smart, healthy and the best person I can be.”

Although Deysach lives in Eagan, she and the other contestants will stay with host families in Burnsville.

While there, the girls will be disconnected from the Internet and cellphones to rid them of all distractions from the task at hand.

If Deysach receives the title of Minnesota’s Distinguished Young Woman, she will earn a college scholarship and advance to the national competition in June in Mobile, Ala. As of Feb.

27, the organization was in the process of collecting funds for the scholarship and hopes to provide $8,000 toward the winner’s college education, said Summer Cline, state chair of the Distinguished Young Women program. On average, the winner receives a $3,000 scholarship.

Deysach plans to use the scholarship to attend St. Mary’s University in Winona.

Tickets for the state finals can be ordered by emailing Minnesota@distinguishedyw.org.

For more information on the Distinguished Young Women program, visit www.ajm.org.

Jessica Harper is at jessica. harper@ecm-inc.com or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

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The eighth annual South Metro Polar Bear Plunge was held Saturday, Feb. 23, at Crystal Lake Beach in Burnsville where hundreds of participants willingly jumped into the lake to raise money for Special Olympics Minnesota. After they took the plunge, groups had a chance to warm up in one of two hot tubs stationed on the shore. The event was organized by law enforcement agencies throughout the south metro. More photos are at SunThiweek.com.

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Public Safety Theft of husband’s ashes leaves woman grieving a second time

by John Gessner SUN THISWEEK

Patricia Eriksen takes a trip this time of year to blunt the memory of her husband, David, dying at home on Feb. 6, 2010.

On Feb. 11 she departed for Florida to visit her late husband’s cousins. Eriksen left her Burnsville home at 5:30 a.m.

Her nephew and housemate, Tyler McLean, who had been staying with friends, arrived home about 13 hours later.

The house had been burglarized.

Eriksen said she can live with most of the losses, including a laptop computer, ruby and emerald rings and a 4-gallon canister of coins.

But the theft of a silvercolored urn containing David’s ashes makes her heartsick — and determined to get it back.

“It’s the last thing I have left of him, other than the spiritual connection I feel,” Eriksen said.

“It’s the last physical connection I have to him.”

Eriksen, who’s lived at 1200 Echo Drive since the late 1970s, isn’t content leaving the case to the police, whom her nephew called immediately after discovering the burglary.

She made fliers with a photo of the urn and posted them at places around Burnsville, including the post office, Walmart, a Walgreens store and the Kwik Trip on County Road 11.

She went to the Burnsville Pawn America to see if the

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Patricia Eriksen provided this photo of the urn containing the ashes of her late husband, David.

Photo by John Gessner

Patricia Eriksen of Burnsville is heartsick over the theft of an urn containing her late husband’s ashes and is determined to retrieve it.

urn had been pawned. Eriksen monitors Craigslist for any of the other stolen items that might lead her to the urn.

She can’t imagine why anyone would take it.

“They took coins. So maybe they thought it somehow contained coins or something,” Eriksen said. “I’m not sure. They just didn’t know what they were doing.”

Eriksen admits to leaving

her front door unlocked when she left for Florida, knowing her nephew would return home later that day.

“I’ve always felt safe in Burnsville, and I’ve never locked my door in Burnsville,” she said. “Now it’s always locked, and I’m getting a home security system. When the cows are out of the barn.”

The items were stolen from her bedroom except for a Dell

adult children in their blended family, son Shannon and daughter Jennifer, did the driving, Eriksen said. Their last endeavor was racing sprint cars.

David, who was 58 when he died of esophageal cancer, was the “crew chief,” his wife said.

“He just got the power to the ground.”

She wondered at first whether David’s sister who lived in Apple Valley took the ashes for sentimental reasons. “I thought maybe she was feeling nostalgic, coming up on his three-year anniversary,” Eriksen said.

Tragically, the woman was found dead of a heart attack in her apartment on Feb. 17, Eriksen said.

“Everybody’s looked at all her stuff, and she didn’t take them,” Eriksen said. “It’s just some kid who didn’t know what they were.”

Jennifer Eriksen, David’s 32-year-old daughter, picked out the urn for her father’s funeral.

“This is the only thing I want back,” Patricia Eriksen said. “I describe all the other stuff, and that’s only to help me get back to this. Coin don’t mean anything. But this is my daughter’s last connection to her dad that’s still here.”

Eriksen said anyone who might have information about the urn may call her cell phone at (651) 249-9163.

laptop that was in the family room, Eriksen said. Her nephew arrived to find the front door open and her bedroom drawers removed from the dresser and placed on the bed, she said.

She reported stolen the glass canister of coins; a bag of coins; miscellaneous jewelry including a gold butterfly ring with three rubies (one missing), a gold butterfly ring with four emeralds and a silver bangle bracelet engraved with “To Mary from Bro. Bob;” a navy blue laptop with the Dell emblem in the corner; and the urn.

It’s a rectangular urn bearing a car-racing emblem with a steering wheel, checkered flags and a helmet. The urn is secured by four screws on the bottom. David Eriksen’s name John Gessner can be reached at is not engraved on it. or The emblem marks the Er- john.gessner@ecm-inc.com iksens as a racing family. The facebook.com/sunthisweek.

Felony charge follows gunshots outside Apple Valley residence An Apple Valley man who allegedly fired off multiple rounds from a handgun outside his home has been charged with a felony in district court.

Police say 56-year-old Richard J. Carothers appeared “extremely intoxicated” when he was taken into custody the night of Feb. 14 at his residence on the 200 block of Elm Drive.

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Carothers was transported to a hospital to be medically cleared for alcohol intoxication before being booked into the Dakota County Jail, police said.

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Keeping government data open is an ongoing campaign Eight dollars to take a photo of a public document?

Eight bucks, the district court administrator’s office in Little Falls told a reporter who requested not a copy of the document, but the mere “privilege” of shooting it.

That’s a fanciful interpretation of Minnesota data privacy law, which clearly prohibits unreasonable charges for access to government documents.

The public mustn’t nap when it comes to safeguarding its rights concerning public data and the overriding presumption of Minnesota law: that all government data are public unless expressly closed by law under exceptions that include privacy rights for individuals.

News organizations are usually the ones complaining when access to public data is barred or hindered, but Chapter 13 of the Minnesota statutes is for everyone.

Data-practices experts outside the press include state Rep. Mary Liz Holberg, R-Lakeville. She recently introduced legislation to not only guard against public employees wrongfully accessing data but to spread sunshine in the form of reports on violations.

“We’re really, really tired of it,” Holberg said, referring in part to a former Department of Natural Resources employee who improperly gained access to

ECM Editorial 5,000 Minnesotans’ drivers-license records.

Experts include citizen activist Rich Neumeister, who has waded into the one of the latest quagmires: buyouts of public school administrators under separation agreements.

Neumeister worked with state Rep. Pam Myhra, R-Burnsville, last year to pry open future government secrets after the controversial and mystery-shrouded $255,000 buyout of former BurnsvilleEagan-Savage school administrator Tania Chance.

Ever vigilant, Myhra is taking another crack this legislative session at tightening the portion of data privacy law that stipulates what the public is entitled to know about such deals. Why? Because the West St. Paul School District recently paid Henry Sibley High School Principal Robin Percival $64,590 to resign without saying why she resigned or received a buyout.

The fact that Myhra’s amendments from last year are not lawyer-proof shows that keeping government open and accountable is a continuous campaign.

Her new legislation attempts to further clarify exactly which public offi-

cials are subject to disclosure edicts in $10,000-plus buyouts. It reinforces a requirement already on the books that specific reasons for the buyout be disclosed.

That requirement proved toothless in the Burnsville case, the details of which may never be known to anyone but insiders.

Finally, Myhra’s amendments call for a description of the nature of the “acts, omissions, or other events that gave rise to potential liability, if the agreement releases the government entity from potential liability.”

In the Burnsville case, Tania Chance agreed to release her claims against the district as part of the separation.

Myhra’s attempt to uncover the nature of such claims could be thought of as the “What part of tell us the truth don’t you understand?” clause.

The clearer the disclosure requirements are, the less school districts and other government entities will have to wring their hands over liability for releasing private personnel data. Everyone wins, especially taxpayers.

State advisory opinions issued last year in 15 open records and data practices cases show that efforts to cover up are still routine and are routinely met with efforts to pry open. The opinions hold much good news for sunshine advocates.

A sampling: The Minnetonka School District

erred when it provided only a summary of the superintendent’s contract to a citizen who requested the entire contract.

The district had decided that only part of the contract was unprotected “public data.”

The Minneapolis Police Department was wrong in refusing to provide a copy of a squad-cam video of a traffic stop.

The department had claimed that the video was private personnel data because it showed the actions of an officer under internal investigation.

The previously mentioned BurnsvilleEagan-Savage district was wrong to redact portions of the Tania Chance separation agreement based on the district’s claim that it contained private personnel data.

But another portion of that advisory from the state commissioner of administration said the district was not required to “create data” in response to a data request, and therefore was not required to provide additional specific reasons for the separation agreement.

We hope Rep. Myhra’s amendments are approved in the interest of less lawyering and more sunshine.

This editorial is a product of the ECM Editorial Board. Sun Thisweek and the Dakota County Tribune are part of ECM Publishers Inc.

Tell the governor he can’t be pro-jobs and anti-business

by David C. Olson SPECIAL TO SUN THISWEEK

Gov. Mark Dayton’s proposed budget has put Minnesota in the national headlines, and that’s not good. He proposes huge increases in taxes and spending with little reform in either. Policy-makers across the nation are seizing the opportunity to make a pitch to Minnesota businesses.

Rep. Erik Severson, a Duluth native now serving in the Wisconsin Legislature, fired one of the first salvos with a press release inviting companies to cross the border. Many may scoff at his open letter to Minnesota businesses, calling it premature and nothing more than a publicity stunt. But the underlying message cannot be lost: Minnesota can expect more serious efforts to lure businesses away if the governor’s anti-jobs measures are passed.

Rest assured, many are watching closely to see what happens.

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David C. Olson

From a Wall Street Journal editorial: “Washington may be a tax reform wasteland, but out in the states the action is hot and heavy. … This state reform trend is a rare bright spot in the current hightax era, and it will further sharpen the contrast in economic policies between GOP reform governors and the uniondominated high-tax models of California, Illinois, New York, Massachusetts and now Minnesota, where Gov. Mark Dayton proposed a huge tax hike. Let the policy competition begin.”

From Fox News: “A Florida Repub-

lican congressman is welcoming to his home state Minnesota residents who migrate south to escape the Midwest’s notoriously cold, harsh winters – now that their governor is trying to impose a socalled snowbird tax on them. ‘Dear Governor Mark Dayton,’ Rep. Trey Radel wrote. ‘… As a Floridian, I am overjoyed to hear about your plan to raise taxes on Minnesotans, most especially the so-called snowbirds. Your proposal gives us a chance to shine here in the Sunshine State.’ ” In fact, I was personally approached

by Florida Gov. Rick Scott during a meeting with my colleagues from around the country. He told me matter-of-factly, “I hope Governor Dayton’s menu of tax increases passes.”

A day doesn’t pass that business owners don’t share their alarm over the governor’s measures. We hear your concerns loud and clear and are working full time to underscore your priorities with policy-

makers.

There is no substitute, however, for business owners and managers bringing your message directly to those who make the decisions that impact your daily operations. We make it easy on March 13 at our 20th annual Business Day at the Capitol.

The governor will be on hand to address the luncheon and field questions; then we’ll transport you to the Capitol for prearranged visits with your legislators. Scott Wine, chairman and CEO of Polaris Industries, will deliver the keynote address.

Please join us for what traditionally is the largest business lobbying day at the Capitol. A record-breaking attendance is more important than ever this year.

David Olson is president of the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce – www.mnchamber.com. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

Letters Violence Against Women Act deserves support To the editor: At the Domestic Abuse Luncheon on Feb. 15, Leigh Block bravely recounted her story of how her ex-husband murdered their child, Mikayla Olson, after years of abusing both her and Mikayla (“A Mom Recounts Cries For Help” Feb. 22, 2013).

Her story in itself is horrific enough but is unfortunately not unique. Almost 20 years ago Vice President Joe Biden introduced a bill entitled the Violence Against Women Act in an attempt to bring support and justice to victimized women. The enormity of the passing of this bill cannot be underscored enough.

The horror of the exploitation that victims experience in their abuse is incomprehensible to the average person. Domestic violence refers to the pattern of violence that affects the quality of life for all women – it encompasses not only physical violence but also includes pervasive emotion-

al abuse and threats, control over finances, manipulation of the children and the idea that a man has the right to control his partner.

There has been argument that this bill discriminates against men but until we understand the essential basics of women’s rights in governmental laws, we can’t move forward in our fight against violence toward women. Previous versions of the VAWA did not fully accommodate women in lesbian relationships or Native-American women on tribal reservations that are not necessarily covered under federal law. It also does not provide for immigrant women afraid to report abuse for fear of deportation. The updates to the law will enforce violence prevention laws, hold perpetrators accountable and care for victims.

This bill is about real women being physically and mentally abused. That affects all of us.

For the House members to not support this bill is an insult and injustice to all people, not just to those being abused. U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar has worked hard to pass this in the Sen-

ate. We need Congress to put the partisan differences aside and work together to make this act a reality for all so that there aren’t more children suffering needlessly like Mikayla.

CINDY PRYZBILLA Lakeville

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During the next phase where we met in smaller groups to design our specific rain gardens, the leaders showed both expertise and patience. During installation, our assigned staff members, Mike and Lacey, made multiple home visits to guide us every step of the way. Their encouragement and experience was truly the best part of the program (even though the cost sharing part of the program covered almost half of our expenses for a larger than usual rain garden).

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Sequestration equals frustration To the editor: The lack of discussion of sequestration, the threat in Congress of massive cuts that will come if representatives and senators don’t act, is a failure of elected officials to govern and work for the good of all Americans.

Low approval ratings for

Congress and state legislators, 20 percent or below, show that citizens are disgusted with the crises generated by elected representatives.

It wasn’t always like this.

Before extreme stands by fringe groups, there were efforts to govern in an inclusive way. There were differences but moderates sought mutual solutions.

That’s not happening now. When congressional leaders made it clear their primary goal was to defeat the president, they set the stage for gridlock. Many filibusters later, after state government shutdowns, and failure to support relief for people suffering from Superstorm Sandy (including by U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville), it seems there’s insufficient interest in working for the American people. It’s just about grabbing power, gerrymandered districts, and voter suppression. It’s to protect the richest 2 percent, while seniors see cuts in Social Security benefits, and the unemployed lose support as See LETTERS, 7A

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Good intentions, no price tag in new national education report

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There are good intentions but no price tag and too many priorities in a new national Equity and Excellence Commission report. Here’s a brief summary of the report and a few reactions.

Several years ago, Congress created a 27-member group that included two national teachers’ union presidents, college faculty, several lawyers and directors of education advocacy organizations. Perhaps the commission’s most powerful words describe inequities in U.S. education opportunities compared to many other countries. It describes the current system as “unjust and unwise … we take the extraordinary diversity that should be our strategic advantage in the international economy and squander it.”

The 50-page report has dozens of recommendations in five areas: • Improving school finance and efficiency • Teaching, leading and learning opportunities • Ensuring access to high-quality early childhood education • Meeting the needs of students in high poverty neighborhoods • Governance and accountability to improve equity and excellence The report notes that many other countries ensure that high quality early childhood programs are available to all, that schools serving low-income students have higher funding, rather than less, as is the case in many states. The report praises other countries for doing a better job of recruiting and compensating teachers and school leaders. Commissioners call the U.S. “an outlier” among nations. Commission members insist we would have a much healthier economy if we dealt with these issues.

They acknowledge that: “By some measures, we spend as much as or even more as a share of our gross domestic product than do other nations, which underscores that the amount of money spent is not the only factor affecting student achievement. … It is critical to spend money strategically on things that work.”

The commission recognizes the value of research but again, nothing on how much or how to most effectively spend research funds.

The report has a single sentence referring to congressional promises regarding funding of students with special needs: “Financial support for these students (with disabilities) should meet the origi-

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Joe Nathan nal federal commitment promised.” Yes, it should.

Commission members should make that commitment a priority. Congressional funding for students with disabilities has never reached 30 percent of the overall cost, much less the 40 percent funding that Congress promised.

Here’s a link to the report: http:// www2.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/eec/ index.html.

As the report was released, I listened and asked two questions. Then via email, Minnesota Commissioner of Education Brenda Cassellius and I talked.

“We did not provide input,” she said.

That’s unfortunate, because the commissioner and governor know that many of the report’s recommendations will cost a lot of money. I asked, and commission members acknowledged that their report included dozens of recommendations but not how much some would cost, or how to pay for them.

Gov. Mark Dayton’s proposed education budget urges spending an additional $300 million on early childhood and K-12 education. He suggests more funding for strong programs serving 3 to 4-year-olds, kindergarten students, students with special needs, and greater funding equity among districts, all of which the commission recommends.

Moreover, the state has identified outstanding district and charter public schools, and plans to arrange for them to help other schools. Sharing takes some, but not a lot of money.

Cassellius praised the report’s tone.

“All children deserve an equitable opportunity to succeed and excel,” she said.

Agreed.

Give the governor and commissioner credit for proposing a budget and taking other actions that help move Minnesota in the direction the national commission recommends.

Joe Nathan, formerly a Minnesota public school teacher and administrator, direct the Center for School Change. Reactions welcome, joe@centerforschoolchange.org.

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Burnsville woman invests in a vision Grant House is a Rush City landmark

by Jon Tatting SPECIAL TO SUN THISWEEK

Barb Johnson wants the story behind The Grant House known to all who visit and treasure it.

She’s inspired by the nostalgia, the architecture, the old brick and mortar, the French carpet, the history — from the fire of 1895 to records indicating frequent visits by President Ulysses S. Grant — and the people who take pride in its place in the Rush City community.

They drive her to bring the establishment back to what it once was.

Johnson, who lives in Burnsville, is in her third month of owning The Grant House Hotel & Eatery, 80 West 4th St., which was previously owned

by Todd Johnston. She closed on the business last Nov. 29, which was not in her plans after retiring from a rewarding career as a flight attendant for the U.S. government.

Johnson said she discovered the opportunity when her ex-husband in San Diego contacted her about a hotel and restaurant business that was up for sale in a town north of

the Twin Cities.

“I said to him, ‘Why in the world would I buy a hotel and eatery, and where is Rush City?’ ” she recalled. “He said to check it out and see.”

So she made the trip north in June of last year and instantly fell in love with what she saw and felt upon setting foot in the front entry.

“Right when I walked in, I knew I had to have it.

It was mine,” she said with enthusiasm. “I remember saying, ‘This is beautiful, this is beautiful.’ It kind of spoke to me. The rest is history, and I jumped in with both feet.”

In her first days as owner, Johnson said she “Barbified” the place by dressing the dining room tables with fresh, new tablecloths and putting her collection of antique china on display. Also helping out have been her daughter and son-in-law, Shannon and Dan Clarke, who are minor partners with a share of the ownership.

In switching from the government world, which had Johnson serving thousands of troops being transported to the Middle

East earlier in her flying days, to small-town business ownership, she admits she still feels stress, but in a different way. She consumed herself with thinking about the hotel and restaurant all last summer. And it has yet to stop.

“I’m feeling more stress because I want to get The Grant House up to speed,” she said. “When I purchased it, I saw a lot of things I wanted to do immediately. For one, I wanted to redecorate all the rooms in the hotel.”

Johnson calls herself a “repurposer,” meaning she likes to use things that are secondhand, things that had meaning in another’s life at some point. She began collecting and purchasing items reflective of the historic eatery and hotel and put them in storage throughout the summer.

“I shared my vision with my good friends (one, an artist; the other, a professional floral designer) who helped redecorate the rooms,” she noted.

“The first room took three days.”

From the main dining area to the Rose Room to

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The Grant House Hotel & Eatery is a prominent piece of Rush City history.

Photo by Jon Tatting

Barbara Johnson of Burnsville is the new owner of The Grant House Hotel & Eatery in Rush City, Minn.

the 11 renovated rooms that make up the hotel in the upper floors, her mission has been adding the right touch that complements the history, beauty and environment that make The Grant House so special to Rush City.

In fact, she is planning a “history wall,” complete with old pictures and things to show people the historical path The Grant House has taken.

“I want people to know where it started, how it got here and everything in between,” she explained.

“It’s been traumatic for the old girl.”

In her research of The Grant House, Johnson quickly became attracted to the interior’s fine woodwork, done by a gentleman who spent around six years and likely seven figures on the renovations.

“It took a lot of love and vision of grandeur to renovate this girl from the way she started out, and it took him four years to complete the woodwork,” she said. Yet it was never in good enough shape to open for him at the time, she added.

She has learned about the unique relationship between The Grant House and the community that’s

housed it since 1880.

“Rush City was an integral part of the hotel, and the hotel was important to the town. It has stood the test of time, as other businesses have come and gone. The Grant House has survived. Somewhere in her bones she has the will to live in spite of all,” Johnson said.

She’s proud of her staff, as all 14 employees who worked for Johnston are still on duty. The Grant House reminds her of growing up in a small town outside of Lakeville where her mom and dad were proprietors of a gas station.

“I didn’t expect this kind of family environment,” she said of the bond she has with the staff. “I’ve forgotten what this is like, what a small town really offers. We have each other’s back, even when life happens.”

As for the community, “There are gracious people here in Rush City,” she said. “It’s a wonderful feeling to be here. There is a lot to the town that’s fun and vibrant. People care here.”

She added of people’s feelings toward The Grant House, “People really love this place. There’s a lot of

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Johnson is optimistic with the direction The Grant House is taking under her leadership.

This spring, she’ll plant flower beds and an herb garden outside to match the beauty on the inside.

Always a “repurposer,” she even has a few iron bed frames with head and foot boards from the 1800s that can be used in the flower bed. “It was ready for the scrap yard,” she confessed.

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LETTERS, from 4A they struggle to survive the recession.

We shouldn’t just blame one party for the gridlock. We should loathe the stubbornness and remember the inaction at the next election. Unfortunately that’s almost two years away. Some intend to continue being mean and destructive, undermining the economy and frustrating the will of the people to get anything done. It’s a sorry situation for our country and state.

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Don’t take away right to self-defense

lence is codified into laws so that criminal behavior can be chastised and punished in a non-violent manner. Civilized nations, reluctantly dragged into war, even abide by the rules of “just war doctrine.�

The belief that all citizens of civilized countries will voluntarily conform to the desires of a majority has had horrific consequences. Today many of the victims of these ideas are the innocent victims of criminals. The quixotic belief that civil societies can control the acts of its violent members with more laws is dangerous.

Laws which disarm the victims as well as the criminals have caused much harm.

Unfortunately, those whose penchant it is to not conform to the rules of a just and civil society are not affected by more laws.

Those who pay for this naivete are those who comply with the laws that make them unable to defend themselves. The time is now to tell our legislators taking away the right to self-defense is the antithesis of a caring and civilized society.

To the editor: The peoples of civilized nations love to proclaim their virtues that they believe make them an integral part of the “civilized world.� Among the most important of these virtues is the rejection of all forms of violence at any level as a means of solv- RICHARD IFFERT ing problems. Their abhorrence of vio- Eagan

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Volunteer a fixture at Fairview Ridges Hospital Hospital’s volunteers logged 68,000 hours last year

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A computer printout tallying Carl Johnson’s volunteer hours at Fairview Ridges Hospital in Burnsville runs four pages.

Soon he’ll need a fifth, and surely more to follow.

The 40-year-old Eagan resident has logged 532 hours over 202 visits since he started volunteering in October 2008.

Johnson puts together education packets for patients on the hospital’s third floor, which houses a medical surgical unit and the intensive care unit.

Johnson, who has restrictive lung disease and scoliosis, has been an ICU patient himself and considers his regular Wednesday volunteer gig a way of giving back to the hospital.

“This is where I want to be,” Johnson said. “I like it. I blend in with everyone. I know a lot of people here. They know me. It’s a nice place to volunteer, and a nice place to get treatment.”

He first came to Fairview Ridges in December 2006, with pneumonia followed by respiratory failure. A ventilator allowed

him to breathe.

“That’s why I’m on oxygen” today, Johnson explained. “I use a vent at night when I sleep. I hook it up to the trach. I had the trach put in in January 2008.”

Johnson had two more hospital stays in the year after his first, which included insertion of the tracheotomy tube.

“That was the best-case scenario for me if I wanted to live,” said Johnson, who lives with his mother and older sister and worked in accounting for many years.

The scoliosis inhibits his lung function and caused one leg to be shorter than the other, Johnson explained. But his life is full.

“I’m doing the volunteering and exercising,” he said. “I drive a car. I live a pretty normal life. I go to the State Fair.”

Johnson comes to Fairview Ridges on Mondays and Thursdays for a wellness and exercise program, which he said includes treadmill and weights.

“Between January last year and this year, I lost 15 pounds,” he said. “It’s helped me a lot with the

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Carl Johnson of Eagan is pictured at Fairview Ridges Hospital, which he visits one day a week for volunteering and two days a week for exercise.

breathing. I don’t have to use as much oxygen as I used to. There’s not as much weight on my lungs.”

Johnson is one of about 550 adult volunteers at Fairview Ridges and a “very dedicated” one, said Debbie Hummel, the hos-

pital’s volunteer services leader.

The adult volunteers and 152 junior volunteers 14 and older devoted more than 68,000 hours of service in 2012, Hummel said.

Johnson’s work assembling information packets

for incoming patients is indispensable, she said.

“I don’t know how it would get done, I honestly don’t,” she said. “The nursing staff is here for patients. These are clerical items that people just don’t seem to have the time to do, but they’re im-

portant. It would be much more costly if we had to send this kind of stuff out to be put together by a third party.”

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Which Wich Superior Sandwiches opened on Feb. 19 next door to Sports Clips at 2000 Rahncliff Court in Eagan.

The restaurant, part of the Texas-based national chain, offers 51 named sandwiches and lets customers create any number of combinations from its 61 toppings.

“We offer unique options that are very good but very Photo by Jessica Harper Which Wich opened on Feb. 19 at 2000 different,” owner Jeff Eccles Rahncliff Court in Eagan. The sandwich said.

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The franchise attempts to set itself apart with a clean, brightly colored, modern design in each store.

Eccles left corporate America to open his first Which Wich restaurant last year in Savage.

“I was approaching 50 and decided I wanted to do something for myself,” the Eagan resident said.

Eccles said he initially wanted to open a small independent business but was drawn to the franchise after speaking with the owner of

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“I loved the decor and atmosphere,” Eccles said. “It’s more hip and modern than our competitors.”

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& Chiropractic, physical therapy help to heal injuries

BY ROXI REJALI CONTRIBUTING WRITER Randy Miller doesn’t plan to let his body’s aches and pains slow him down.

The 60-year-old Lakeville resident likes to stay in shape by staying active. In fall 2011, a year-and-a-half ago, he injured his left shoulder while playing golf.

“It only hurt really when I took the club back in my back swing and I’d just feel this kind of pulling,” he said. “I’d go out and play and be really sore for a couple of days afterwards.”

He was diagnosed with a slight tear in his shoulder’s rotator cuff. After an MRI, a surgeon recommended surgery but Miller decided to try chiropractic treatment instead.

Miller’s therapies included massage, stretching exercises and treatment with a percussor, a hand-held tool that vibrates against the body.

With significantly less pain in his shoulder, Miller has returned to the golf course.

“It’s kind of a lifestyle that I like to live, with being able to go play golf or play basketball

or lift weights,” he said.

“It’s kind of my routine I do or try and do each week.”

Miller is just one of the many Americans who visit a chiropractor to treat health conditions. A 2007 government study showed that 8.6 percent of American adults use chiropractic or osteopathic therapies. Some osteopathic doctors provide manual manipulation or massage as part of their treatment, according to the Mayo Clinic.

Adults most often use complementary and alternative medicine treatments to treat back or neck pain, joint pain or stiffness as well as arthritis, according to the study by the Centers for Disease Control.

Miller was treated by Dr. Loren Stockton, chiropractor and owner of Health for Living Chiropractic clinic in Burnsville.

Stockton uses principles of applied kinesiology and manual muscle testing to diagnose problems. The chiropractic technique isolates individual muscles and tests them for resistance and strength. Stockton also

uses conventional diagnostic tests, such as blood tests.

“Whenever there’s disturbance between the local tissues, whether it’s the vertebrae, the muscle, etcetera, there’ll be weakness associated with that,” he said.

said. He tests for allergies to wheat or dairy products by placing a small amount of gluten or dairy extract in the patient’s mouth and observing how the body’s muscles react.

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Treatments include spinal or joint adjustments, myofascial therapy and nutrition counseling.

Applied kinesiology methods can also detect sensitivity or allergy to foods or environmental chemicals, Stockton

tion to the substance, he said. “Something in the nervous system is adversely reacting to that substance,” he said.

Treatment can include an elimination diet, which eliminates the harmful substance for a

few weeks, and then retesting the patient.

Treatments are designed to help bring the body into balance, he said. “It’s about being able to pursue life vigorously, enjoy it, being able to sleep at night and be a participant.”

Physical therapy offers another way to treat musculoskeletal and pain problems.

Treatment goals at Reynolds Rehab Physical Therapy clinic are relieving pain, improving function and allowing patients to resume activities of daily life, said physical therapist Jonathan Reynolds.

Much of the therapy involves treating damaged soft tissue like muscles, ligaments or tendons.

Many patients have acute injuries like sprains or strains, said Reynolds, who owns clinics in Eagan and Minneapolis.

Despite surgery or other treatments, others have chronic pain from headaches, back or shoulder pain that has lasted for weeks, months or years.

Treatments include ischaemic compression, which involves applying pressure to a muscle’s

painful trigger points, helping to relieve pain and loosen muscles.

“Sometimes the treatments that we do are uncomfortable or sometimes painful, but they actually help to relieve discomfort because of the fact that you’re freeing up tension in the muscle and in so doing, you’re stimulating the blood supply,” he said.

Reynolds also uses joint mobilization techniques that involve gently stretching adhesions or soft tissue bands that can develop around a joint after an injury. For example, he will manipulate a sprained ankle in different directions to break adhesions around the joint.

Minimizing pain allows patients to do the strengthening and stretching exercises that are so important to recovery, he said.

“Relieving pain and restoring mobility helps us to get them back to a functional level much, much quicker,” he said.

“It gets them back closer to their normal activities of daily living, whether it’s walking or lifting 50 pounds to get back to work.”

Massage can provide pain relief

BY ROXI REJALI CONTRIBUTING WRITER Think of massage and you might think of pampering, relaxation and stress melting away.

But massage can also be a way to relieve pain and muscle tension, improve blood flow and restore joint movement, according to the Mayo Clinic.

About 25 percent of adult Americans have had a professional massage, according to a 2012 survey by the American Massage Therapy Association. Of the respondents who had at least one massage in the last five years, 43 percent reported that they received it for health conditions such as pain management, injury rehabilitation, migraine relief or overall wellness.

Massage therapists use a wide range of techniques.

Massage therapist Kar-

en Bauer often combines several treatments in a single session, matching the techniques to her clients’ needs. “My style is more integrative, so I do use a lot of different things at once. But then it just adds to the whole healing process,” she said.

The techniques are effective with migraines, lower back and rotator cuff pain, tendinitis and sciatica.

Deep tissue massage is the mainstay of her business at Balancing Life’s Journey Massage in Eagan. Bauer uses deep pressure on the connective tissue and painful trigger points, sometimes using her elbows and forearms.

“Trigger points are the main cause of pain in different areas,” she said. “I can essentially inactivate those trigger points,” she said. “A lot of people’s chronic back

or lower back pain or sciatica can be just turned off, because the muscles are not tight anymore.”

During a session, Bauer may also use reflexology with deep pressure on the feet, where reflex points are believed to correspond to different parts of the body.

She uses acupressure by pressing on the top of the shoulders or the thumbpad, the fleshy area between the thumb and index finger. If she notices that a client’s breathing is congested, she might add aromatherapy, using pungent eucalyptus. v often works away from painful areas, to avoid aggravating injuries and allowing the body to rest and heal itself. “You get the full benefits of a massage by doing the whole body because then it can balance itself out,” she said.

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Education Briefs Preschool scholarship Grace Preschool will give a $300 scholarship in honor of Neoma Isaak, founder, teacher, and director of Grace Preschool (formerly Grace Nursery School). The scholarship will be awarded this spring to an outstanding graduating senior who attended GPS and who will be continuing his/her education at a four-year college next fall. Applications are available at area high schools, or at Grace Preschool, 7800 County Road 42, Apple Valley. Application deadline is April 12.

Project Explore dance Teens ages 13 to 18 with disabilities are invited to Project Explore’s Teen St. Patrick’s Day Dance from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, March 15, at Valley Middle School, 900 Garden View Drive, Apple Valley.

Participants who require assistance must bring their parent or guardian. Cost is $5. Registration deadline: March 11. Information: (651) 423-7931.

Photos by Rick Orndorf

Greenleaf Elementary School students went on a winter excursion using snowshoes in the woods near the school this week. More photos are at SunThisweek.com.

Robert Trail Library The Robert Trail Library in Rosemount has planned the following programs for youths. Call (651) 480-1200 for more information.

• Blackout Poetry, 2:30 to 4 p.m. Friday, March 8.

• Making Pin-Back Buttons, 3:30 to 5 p.m.

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The communities of Farmington and Rosemount are rich in history and tradition playing key roles in the growth and development of Dakota County. It is in that spirit that starting on March 14, 2013, residents of these two cities will see a change in their community newspaper. On that date Sun Thisweek delivered to Farmington and Rosemount residents will change its name to the Dakota County Tribune.

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College news University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kan., fall 2012 honor roll, from Rosemount – Megan Lindemann, Heather Snay.

University at AlbanySUNY, Albany, N.Y., fall 2012 dean’s list, Taylor Grzywacz of Rosemount.

University of Dubuque, Iowa, fall 2012 dean’s list, Andrew Malicki of Apple Valley.

Dartanion Walker of Rosemount is the recipient of a Northern Illinois University Dean’s Award.

The award is given to graduating students who demonstrate significant achievement and leadership in the areas of scholarship, campus and community activities, and professional service. He was also named to the fall 2012 dean’s list at NIU. University of Iowa, Iowa City, fall 2012 president’s list, Alexander Odendahl of Rosemount.

University of Iowa, Iowa City, fall 2012 dean’s list, from Apple Valley – Kaitlyn Brennan, Elizabeth Wolf; from Rosemount – Kelly Birkholz, Erin Marshall, Alexander Odendahl.

University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, fall 2012 dean’s list, Katherine Berkopec of Apple Valley.

University of Wisconsin-Stout, fall chancellor’s award recipients, from Rosemount – Lilli Gray, Katelynn Selig, Teraisa Guarneros, Tyler Henkemeyer, Annie Foster, Kyle Mills, Trenton Thompson.

News Briefs Parent training on mental health crisis The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Minnesota will hold a free parent training class from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 19, in the Lone Oak Room at the Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Parkway, Eagan.

The topic will be “Mental Health Crisis 911.” It will help answer questions parents ask such as “Can I call 911 for my child’s mental health emergency?

What will happen when the police arrive? Are they trained to deal with a mental health crisis? Will my child be arrested?”

Free child care is available in “The Blast,” but reservations are mandatory. Call (651) 645-2948, ext. 300, to register.

Hope for Recovery workshop The National Alliance on Mental Illness of Minnesota (NAMI Minnesota) will hold a free, oneday education workshop that provides families and individuals with information on mental illnesses, practical coping strategies, and hope for recovery. The workshop will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturday, March 9, at the Prior Lake Public Library, 16210 Eagle Creek Ave. Registration is requested.

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Friends for life with Beta Sigma Phi Beta Sigma Phi is a noncollege-affiliated international women’s friendship network. Learn more at an informational meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 6, at Al Baker’s Restaurant, 3434 Washington Drive, Eagan.

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A Dakota County judge has ordered a new hearing this spring to determine if laboratory equipment at the St. Paul Crime Lab could have contaminated other drug evidence used in multiple drug convictions.

Dakota County Judge Kathryn Messerich on Feb. 21 granted defense attorney Lauri Traub’s motion to reopen the Frye-Mack hearing to consider evidence of forensic investigative reports that found more problems at the St. Paul Crime Lab than had already been uncovered during testimony that started last summer.

Dakota, Washington and Ramsey county attorneys also announced an agreement to vacate drug convictions since July 1, 2010, if drug evidence retesting determines a negative result or the drug evidence used in a conviction is unverifi-

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Dakota County courtroom testimony last year revealed chronic and significant deficiencies in testing, procedures and training that led to the Minnesota Public Defender’s Office recent request for retesting of prosecutions dating to 2001.

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“The St. Paul Police Department Crime Lab did not appear to follow good laboratory practices in general,” stated a report by Schwarz Forensic Enterprises.

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High-speed chase through Farmington ends in arrest Police: Drunken suspect hit speeds over 100 mph A California man ac- lation in January of this cused of fleeing a traffic year. When the officer asked him to step stop and leadout of the vehicle, ing police on a Ruiz sped off at a high-speed chase high rate of speed, through Farmingfirst north on ton last week is Fifth Street and now facing multhen east on Main tiple charges in Street. district court.

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Ruiz has been charged with fleeing police in a motor vehicle, a felony punishable by up to three years in prison and a $5,000 fine. He’s also facing two counts of DWI; one count of driving after revocation; and one count of failure to provide proof of insurance.

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Exceptional Businesswomen 2013 Teaching others to realize their dreams Coldwell Banker Burnet president’s background in education informs her current work if people aren’t willing to share them, “they aren’t in touch with themselves.”

In addition to launching a training program, she’s also When Ralph Burnet hired Robin Peterson 36 years ago built an operation from square one. She opened a to sell homes out of his company’s Eagan office, Penew Bloomington office, hiring 50 agents in nine terson didn’t see her career path in real estate. months.

The former junior high school teacher from She says her hiring philosophy is to surthe East Coast saw the opportunity more as round herself with “go-getters.” a way to try something new after Burnet “If you don’t love what you are doing … sold the family a home in Eagan in 1976. you need to be passionate about what Once she started selling homes, someyou are doing,” she said. “I want thing clicked. people to come to me and say ‘I “I loved what I was doing,” she said. “I want your job.’ ” couldn’t get enough of it.”

2013 Her role as a teacher continues In each role the Apple Valley resident as president. and this year’s Exceptional Businesswomen Peterson is responsible for featured speaker has undertaken, she exhibdaily operations for the firm’s 36 ited such talent and passion for her work that adsales offices, including nearvancement came calling for the Edina-based ly 3,000 sales associates in Coldwell Banker Burnet president since Minneapolis-St. Paul, St. 2000.

Cloud, Rochester and in western Her open and energetic leaderWisconsin. ship style has led her to become an As one of three women assistant manager, branch managin the company’s regional top er, training director, regional vice roles, Peterson says she’s open president and executive vice presito “crazy ideas” and encourdent before rising to her current ages people to “let it rip” during role. brainstorming sessions.

One of her biggest breaks in She said a workplace the business was when Burnet should be “fun” and that “creativasked her to help manage the ity drives activity” in business. firm’s office in Apple Valley, She traces her work ethic to her the city in which she and husfather, who owned a textile busiband Fran have lived since ness in New Jersey. Her father died 1979. when she was only 16, after which She told Burnet that she she became even more involved in would accept the position, the family business. but the company didn’t have a As for her positive attitude, Petermanagement training program to son attributes that trait to her mothhelp guide her into the new role. He then er who “always looked for the good asked Peterson to create one. in people.”

Using her teaching background and While the life of a real estate experience as one of the top sales assoagent can blur the line between ciates in only a short amount of time, family and work life, Peterson’s Peterson wrote the course and later beNo. 1 priority is her family. came a training director focusing on proWhen her children, daughter viding mentoring and shadowing opportuDana and son Derek, were growing nities for new agents. up they often would accompany PeWhile rising through the ranks, she said Robin Peterson terson to open houses and when work it helped to have someone believe in her, and needed to be done in the office.

Coldwell Banker Burnet aims to provide a She said that taught them the nurturing environment where associates can value of hard work, which seems to have stuck for the two feel the same kind of support.

“Ralph told me that I could do anything I wanted to do,” Eastview High School graduates and standout tennis players. Dana turned her passion for tennis into her professionshe said.

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This year’s winners in the fourth class of Exceptional Businesswomen are: • Sharon Hoffman Avent, Smead Manufacturing Company president and CEO, Hastings • Ruthe Batulis, Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce president • Catherine Byers Breet, ARBEZ Inc. owner, Eagan • Jeanne Hutter, Lakeville Convention & Visitors Bureau director • Rosealee Lee, Dakota County Technical College hospitality faculty member, Rosemount • Debi McConnell, Medi-Car Auto Repair owner, Rosemount • Patti McDonald, McDonald Eye Care Associates business administrator, Lakeville • Susan McGaughey, Valley Natural Foods general manager, Burnsville • Kristina Murto, Ensemble Creative & Marketing owner, Lakeville • Linda Peterson, Beau Monde Salon owner, Burnsville • Stacey Stratton, True Talent Group president, Apple Valley The award, which has been given by the Dakota County Tribune and Sun Thisweek since 2010, recognizes women who have distinguished themselves in Dakota County business and community efforts.

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Eagan, Eastview advance to boys final Neighboring schools battle for hockey section title

by Mike Shaughnessy SUN THISWEEK

Eagan last played in the state boys hockey tournament about 12 months ago. For Eastview, the wait has been a little longer – say, 12 years.

One of them was going back after Thursday night’s Section 3AA championship game at the State Fair Coliseum.

No. 1-seeded Eagan and No. 3 seed Eastview won semifinal games Saturday night to advance to the final.

The championship game took place after this edition went to press; for an update, visit www. sunthisweek.com.

Eagan was looking for a third consecutive trip to the state tournament after finishing third and sixth the previous two years. The Wildcats (233-1) defeated East Ridge 5-2 on Saturday for their 13th consecutive victory and 22nd in their last 24 games. Eastview (17-9-1) advanced with a 4-0 victory over Apple Valley.

Eastview was the last team to beat Eagan, winning 4-2 on Jan. 12 when Lightning goalie Zachary Driscoll made 64 saves.

Eagan outscored opponents 83-23 over its next 13 games, including a 7-1 victory over Eastview in a South Suburban Conference rematch Feb.

Photo by Mike Shaughnessy

Eastview’s Ryan McNamara (8) tries to knock Apple Photo by Mike Shaughnessy Valley’s Kevin Falteisek off the puck during the Section Nick Abbott of Eastview carries the puck during the Lightning’s 4-0 victory over Apple 3AA boys hockey semifinals.

Valley in the Section 3AA boys hockey semifinals.

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The Wildcats were dominant at times against East Ridge – particularly in the first period, when they outshot the Raptors 21-2 and took a 2-0 lead.

They also scored early in the second before East Ridge came back with two goals and scrambled back into the game.

“We did a very good job in the first period.

It was one of our best periods of the year,” Eagan coach Mike Taylor said. “In the second, we decided we wanted to stickhandle a little bit, and they got back in the game.”

Eagan’s top line did most of the damage against East Ridge. Cullen Willox had two goals and two assists, Zach Schultz scored twice and Zach Glienke had a goal and two assists.

The Wildcats defeated Park of Cottage Grove 5-0 in the section quarterfinals Feb. 21 as Josh Loew had two goals and one assist and goalie Andrew Lindgren made 21 saves.

Eastview (17-9-1) had consecutive 4-0 shutouts of Rosemount and Apple Valley in the first two rounds of the section tournament. The Light-

ning went into the section final seeking its second trip to the state tournament and first since 2001.

Eastview and Apple Valley split two one-goal games during the regular season, but the Lightning was off and skating after junior forward Cole Cooper scored on a breakaway at 11:37 of the first period.

Mitch Beattie and Nick Abbott added goals in the second period and Ryan McNamara scored in the third. Jake McGlocklin had two assists and Driscoll made 21 saves.

Driscoll stopped 21

shots as the Lightning shut out Rosemount in the quarterfinal round.

McGlocklin, John Snodgrass, Beattie and Abbott scored the goals. McNamara had three assists while Abbott and Pierce Erickson had two each.

Senior goalie Austin Leslie made 34 saves for Rosemount, which finished 10-16.

Seventh-seeded Apple Valley upset No. 2 Cretin-Derham Hall on Feb. 21 in the only game of the first two rounds of the Section 3AA tourney that the lower seed won.

Collin Trankel, Jacob Smith, Mason Pres-

ton and Logan Kohorst scored for the Eagles.

Christian Smith had two assists and goalie Mac Wartick made 25 saves.

The Eagles finished 6-21 after their semifinal loss to Eastview.

The Section 3 champion will play in the state Class AA quarterfinals March 7 at Xcel Energy Center. Seedings and quarterfinal pairings will be announced Saturday by the Minnesota State High School League.

Mike Shaughnessy is at mike.shaughnessy@ecminc.com or facebook.com/ sunthisweek.

For Apple Valley, a wrestling first

Youth is served

Eagles have state qualifiers at all 14 weights

by Mike Shaughnessy SUN THISWEEK

Photo by Bill Jones

Rosemount seventh-grader Josey Schlie competes at the state Class AA gymnastics meet Saturday at the University of Minnesota Sports Pavilion. She finished 22nd allaround (36.175), eighth on vault (9.55), 22nd on uneven bars (9.00), 30th on balance beam (8.225) and 14th on floor exercise (9.40). Schlie’s teammate, ninth-grader Abby Nelson, won a medal on balance beam by placing third with 9.525. The top two gymnasts in that event scored 9.55.

Irish relay sets records on way to state meet Rosemount takes second in Section 3AA swimming

by Mike Shaughnessy SUN THISWEEK

Rosemount qualified athletes for state in eight events and set one section record, but the Section 3AA boys swimming and diving championship slipped out of the Irish’s grasp.

The team title went to Lakeville South, which scored 364.5 points in last Friday’s section finals at Hidden Oaks Middle School in Prior Lake. That was 14 points more than Rosemount, which finished second.

The Irish will go to this week’s state meet at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center with the second-fastest seed time in

the 200-yard freestyle relay. Andrew Urness, Kyle Bodine, Sam Kendall and Sheldon Hatlen won that event at sections in 1 minute, 26.84 seconds, breaking section and pool records set two years ago by another Rosemount relay.

Hatlen also swam on the Rosemount team that held the previous section and pool records.

Urness, Bodine, Kendall and Hatlen also finished second in the 400 freestyle relay in 3:13.43 and advanced to state.

Rosemount junior Daniel Monaghan was a section champion in diving with 416.10 points.

The runner-up, Eagan senior Keith Krawza, was

less than six points behind.

Urness qualified in the 200 freestyle by finishing third in 1:45.22 and beating the state cutoff time.

He also bettered the state cut in the 100 butterfly, where he finished sixth in 54.03.

Hatlen was runner-up to Eagan’s Bill Leighton in the 50 freestyle and finished in 21.80. He also was second in the 100 freestyle in 48.18.

Ninth-grader Noah Peterson advanced in the 500 freestyle, finishing fifth in 4:52.01 and bettering the state qualifying standard.

Rosemount, which finished fourth at state last See SWIM, 14A

Apple Valley’s 20 state team championships and 30 consecutive appearances in the state tournament going into this season were unmatched in Minnesota high school wrestling history. But still, last week the Eagles found something to do that they had never accomplished before.

For the first time in school history, Apple Valley qualified someone for the state individual tournament at every weight Saturday in the Section 3AAA individual tournament at Burnsville High School.

They’ve come close to doing it before. The last two years, the Eagles had state qualifiers at 13 of the 14 weight classes, Apple Valley High School athletic director Pete Buesgens said.

The state Class AAA individual tournament starts at 5 p.m. Friday at Xcel Energy Center. Finals will be Saturday night.

Apple Valley’s state qualifiers included three wrestlers who won individual championships last season – Maolu Woiwor, Seth Gross and Mark Hall.

Woiwor (37-5) was section champion at 113 pounds after winning state at 106 last year. Gross (19-1), who missed about half of the season because of an injury, won two matches by fall and one by technical fall on his way to the 132-pound section championship. His state title last year was at 120.

Hall (41-1) will compete at 152 as he goes for a third consecutive state individual championship. The ninth-grader pinned two opponents at the section tourney and won the title match by technical fall.

Also qualifying was Eagles senior Danny Woiwor (39-3), a state individual champion two years ago. He was first at 160 in the Section 3AAA tournament, winning all of his matches by pin.

Eighth-grader Zach Chytka (3012) won the section title at 106. Junior Gannon Volk (35-7) was the champion at 120 after edging Reid Lyden of East Ridge 6-5 in the semifinals. Ninth-grader Brock Morgan (29-13) took first at 126. Sophomore Dayton Racer (26-1), a state runner-up last year, was section champion at 145.

Apple Valley senior David Johnson (20-1) edged Rosemount’s Sam Moeller 2-1 in the section championship match at 182. Junior Trom Peterson (29-13) defeated Eastview’s Jack Buck 10-9 in the 195-pound final, and junior Paul Cheney (37-4) had a bye and two pins on his way to the title at 220.

Three Eagles wrestlers advanced to state by taking second place. Senior Scott Mattison (22-18) defeated Austin

Swanson of Rosemount in the truesecond match at 138. Jackson Graham (27-13), a junior, was second at 170 and junior Josh Hyeamang (28-16) won a true-second match to advance at 285.

Maolu Woiwor, Gross, Hall and Danny Woiwor were first in their weight classes in the final Guillotine state rankings of the season, released last week.

Apple Valley made its 31st consecutive appearance in the state team competition and went for its 21st consecutive title on Thursday. The team competition took place after this edition went to press. For an update, visit www.SunThisweek.com.

Rosemount With Apple Valley wrestlers taking half of the available spots at the state tournament from Section 3AAA, it left the other eight schools in the section to scrap for the remaining 14 places. Rosemount grabbed three of them.

Adam Hedin (126), Sam Moeller (182) and Payton Otterdahl (220) all took second place in their weight classes. Hedin, a freshman who missed part of the season because of injury, is 15-3.

Moeller (36-6) lost 2-1 to Apple Valley’s David Johnson in the championship match at 182. Otterdahl (32-10) pinned Burnsville’s John Dahl in the true-second match at 220.

The Irish hoped to get senior Dan Rosa (35-5) through at 120, but Rosa lost to Apple Valley’s Gannon Volk 9-2 in the championship match. Reid Lyden of East Ridge then beat Rosa 12-4 for true second.

Jake Baker (113), Kwame Owusu (132) and Austin Swanson (138) also were third in their weight classes.

Eastview The Lightning had several wrestlers with a chance to make it to state, but only Jacob Rukavina advanced. Rukavina, who placed second at 160, is a two-time state qualifier.

A key match for Rukavina at the section tournament was his 3-2 victory over Burnsville’s Lucas Grossoehme in the semifinals. Although Rukavina lost to Apple Valley’s Danny Woiwor in the final, he did not have to wrestle for true second because Grossoehme, a wrestler he already defeated, took the thirdplace match.

Thirteen Eastview wrestlers placed in the section tournament. Third-place finishers were George Farmah (126), Anthony Munos (152) and Jack Buck (195).

Mike Shaughnessy is at mike.shaughnessy@ecm-inc.com or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

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Notebook: Rosemount Squirts win 128-team tourney

by Mike Shaughnessy SUN THISWEEK

Rosemount’s Squirt A boys hockey team finished first in a 128-team field last weekend at the Squirt International Tournament in Fargo, N.D. The local team won six games over three days, beating Sioux Falls, S.D., Hermantown, Burnsville, Highland Central (St. Paul) and the Minneapolis Storm. The tournament bills itself as the world’s largest Squirt hockey tournament.

Rosemount (34-0-1) is ranked first in the state in Squirt A. The team also won tournaments in Bloomington and Eden Prairie.

The team closes its season with two games this weekend. There is no state tournament for Squirt players; Minnesota Hockey sponsors state boys state tournaments for Pee Wee-age players and older.

Nelson scored 9.525 on her routine. The top two finishers, Northfield teammates Bailey DuPay and Christy Anderson, each had 9.55. DuPay won the tie-breaker and the firstplace medal.

Oh so close

Hoops playoffs start

Rosemount has not had an individual state high school gymnastics champion since 1987, when Lisa McCrady won the allaround, uneven bars and floor exercise titles.

The Irish came close to getting another Saturday night when ninth-grader Abby Nelson finished third on balance beam at the Class AA finals at the University of Minnesota.

The Section 3-4A girls basketball playoffs started Wednesday with quarterfinal games. Top-seeded Eastview (24-2) played Henry Sibley (5-21), with the winner to play fourthseeded Eagan (13-13) or fifth-seeded East Ridge (12-14) in the semifinals Saturday at Hutton Arena on the Hamline University

Blaze hockey gets another crack at Edina Burnsville takes out Prior Lake in 2AA semifinal

by Mike Shaughnessy SUN THISWEEK

Burnsville returned to the Section 2AA boys hockey final, and the Blaze saw a familiar opponent at Mariucci Arena.

For the third consecutive year, Burnsville played Edina in the section championship game.

The game took place after this edition went to press; for an update, visit www.sunthisweek.com.

Burnsville had some unpleasant recent history with Edina. Since being assigned to Section 2AA for the 2007-08 season, Burnsville has reached the section final three other times but lost each game to Edina. The Hornets won 6-3 last year and 3-2 the year before.

The teams played a non-conference game Jan. 3 with Edina winning 3-2.

Burnsville (17-9-1) defeated Prior Lake 2-1 in a Section 2AA semifinal game Saturday at Brae-

mar Arena. Although the Blaze had finished second in the South Suburban Conference to Prior Lake’s fourth, the Lakers were seeded second and Burnsville third in the section. Prior Lake defeated Burnsville twice during the regular season, both by shutout.

The Blaze ended the shutout streak against Prior Lake on junior forward Tyler Sheehy’s goal at 8:22 of the second period.

Junior forward Dylan Weigel scored at 5:48 of the third period to make it 2-0. The Blaze defense and goalie Chris Mallon kept Prior Lake off the scoreboard until the final minute of the game. The Lakers (17-10) scored with 40 seconds remaining after pulling their goalie.

Edina, 21-6 and ranked fourth in Class AA, came from behind to beat Bloomington Jefferson 5-4 in the other semifinal, scoring the winning

goal with 49 seconds remaining.

Sheehy had two goals and Brock Boeser had three assists as the Blaze defeated Bloomington Kennedy 3-0 in a section quarterfinal game Feb. 21 at Burnsville Ice Center.

Mallon made 16 saves to earn a shutout and has stopped 52 of 53 shots during two section playoff games.

The Burnsville-Edina winner advances to the state Class AA quarterfinals March 7 at Xcel Energy Center.

Burnsville was trying to become the third South Suburban Conference team to qualify for the state tournament. The SSC is already assured of having two teams at state because Lakeville North and Lakeville South will play for the Section 1AA title on Thursday, while Eagan and Eastview meet for the Section 3AA championship.

campus.

In other quarterfinal games, No. 2 seed Park of Cottage Grove (21-5) took on seventh-seeded Rosemount (6-20), and thirdseeded Apple Valley (1511) played sixth-seeded Burnsville (5-20). Winners of those games meet in the other semifinal Saturday at Hutton Arena.

Times of the semifinal games had not been announced when this edition went to press. The championship game will be 7 p.m.

March 7 at Hutton Arena.

Eastview defeated Park in the 2012 section final

tion about the South Suburban Conference boys basketball race was whether Apple Valley would win the championship outright or have to share it.

That question was answered last Friday when Apple Valley routed Rosemount 86-61 to clinch the solo title, the Eagles’ first conference championship since 2007. The Eagles defeated Prior Lake 78-67 on Tuesday and will try to complete an undefeated run through the conference when they play host to Lakeville South at 7 p.m. Friday.

Apple Valley (24-1 Wrapped up overall, 17-0 SSC) has won At this time last week, 23 in a row since losing to the only pertinent ques- Park Center in its second SWIM, from 13A year, swims in the Class AA preliminaries at 6 p.m.

Friday. Monaghan competed in diving preliminaries Thursday. Swimming and diving finals are 6 p.m. Saturday.

Apple Valley Eagles senior Andrew France won the 100 freestyle at the Section 3AA finals and leads a group of Apple Valley swimmers that qualified for state in seven events.

France swam 47.99 in the Section 3AA finals, finishing about two-tenths of a second ahead of Rosemount’s Sheldon Hatlen.

In an unusual circumstance, sophomore Aaron Olson qualified for state out of the section consolation finals. His preliminary time in the 100 butterfly was not fast enough to put him in the top eight, who advance to the championship heat. But he swam 54.25 in the consolation final – almost 3.5 seconds faster than his preliminary time – and bettered the state qualifying standard.

Apple Valley will send teams to state in all three relays.

Aaron Olson, France, Jackson Scholberg and Derek Olson were fourth in the 200 medley relay in 1:39.91. Seth Ber-

ry, Scholberg, Alex Perkins and France were fifth in the 200 freestyle relay in 1:29.98. Berry, Scholberg, Aaron Olson and Derek Olson advanced in the 400 freestyle relay by taking sixth in 3:20.81.

France advanced in the 200 individual medley by placing fifth in 2:00.24.

Berry had a couple of close calls in two sprint freestyle races but managed to advance in both.

He finished fifth in the 50 freestyle but his time of 22.27 bettered the state cutoff by one hundredth of a second. He swam 48.92 in the 100 freestyle to place fifth but had about one-tenth of a second of breathing room.

Apple Valley scored 179 points at the Section 3AA finals to place sixth.

Eastview The Lightning finished eighth with 139.5 points at the Section 3AA finals and did not have a state qualifier.

Eastview came close in diving, where junior Tucker Hoffman scored 353.55 points, about 13 short of a place at the state meet.

Burnsville After finishing second in the 100 breaststroke at last year’s state meet, Burnsville senior Ben Al-

game of the season.

Junior forward Dennis Austin led the Eagles with 24 points against Rosemount and added 16 against Prior Lake. Junior guard Tyus Jones and senior guard Dustin Fronk had 26 and 20 points in the Prior Lake game.

Seedings for the Section 3-4A tournament haven’t been announced, although Apple Valley is a lock for the No. 1 seed. Quarterfinal games will be Wednesday, with the higher seeds playing at home.

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bert has his sights on the title. He has the top seed time in that event for this week’s state meet after winning the Section 3AA championship last Friday in 57.69. He’s one of only four swimmers to qualify in less than 1 minute.

In the 2012 state meet, Albert was runner-up to Rosemount’s Jacob Stern, who now swims for Gustavus Adolphus College.

Albert also was section champion in the 200 individual medley in 1:56.50 and is seeded fourth in that event at state.

Charlie Kollasch, a senior, also advanced in the 200 IM by finishing third in 1:59.39 in the section finals. He took third in the 100 backstroke in 54.22, beating the state cutoff time by more than 1 second.

Kollasch, Albert, sophomore Izaak DavisonKerwood and freshman Adam Jarnagin were fifth in the 200 medley relay in 1:39.99, beating the state cut by about nine-tenths of a second.

Burnsville was seventh in the Section 3AA team competition with 164 points.

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SENIOR/ CAPTAIN LAKEVILLE SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL Robert Trone has had an outstanding senior season leading the Lakeville South Cougar Swimming & Diving Team to an undefeated season in the South Suburban Conference. As one of the captains of the team Robert led by example. All season long Robert has proven to be a swimmer the team knows will swim fast to win critical races. Robert’s team role this year has been to help the team take an early lead in the meet in the 200 IM, swim relays, and serve as the team’s “closer” in the 100 Breaststroke the last individual event in meets. Robert saved his very best for the most important meet of the season! Tuesday night, Robert lead the Cougar’s to victory over the defending conference champions the Rosemount Irish to clinch the South Suburban Conference Championship for the Cougars! Robert did so by winning both of his individual events the 200 IM and the 100 Breaststroke and in the process by posting personal life time best times! Congratulations to Robert Trone and all of the Lakeville South Cougar swimmers and divers for their outstanding season and for winning the South Suburban Conference Championship!

SENIOR/ALL AROUND LAKEVILLE NORTH HIGH SCHOOL Ashley has had a great high school gymnastics career at Lakeville North. She has been a strong leader, motivator and very talented. She lead this year’s young team to a very good season. She has had very strong scores this season including a 36.6 AA, 9.45 vault, 9.55 beam and 9.65 floor. She qualified for this year’s state meet on Floor, Vault and All Around.

AWARDS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Letter Winner -5 times All Conference - 4 times All State - 3 times State Participant - 4 times

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The short time frame was a challenge for the Irish Time students as they had to continually start and stop what they were doing over a series of days and weeks.

Many of the students stayed after school to work on the project because they were so excited about it. “I’ve always been creative,� eighth-grader Grace Tinsley said. “I had fun with it and really enjoyed putting it together.�

The students made animals using cardboard boxes, paper towel and bathroom tissue rolls, Styrofoam, plastic pop bottles and even a light bulb. A tree wraps around a pillar with willow-like

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A musical backdrop and strings of icicle lights set a mood that is peaceful.

Students have been encouraged to sit in the “garden� and paint, read or just relax. “It is our little retreat,� Schmidt said. “I will be sad when we have to take it down.�

The project is a fully-realized vision of Schmidt’s previous “Starry Night� mural project based on Vincent Van Gogh’s famous work. “I wanted it to move and be interactive,� Schmidt said.

The three-dimension art installation includes paper fish hanging from strings that seem to swim in the “Majestic Kingdom.� A path lined with “bricks� encircles a small “pond� where paper lily pads and origami flow-

more such massacres than any in the world, he said. “We shouldn’t be looking at making our schools more secure than a prison,� Clegg said during the roundtable, held at Diamondhead Education Center in Burnsville. “They are a public institution.�

Some calls in the Minnesota Legislature to arm teachers worry roundtable panelist Jim Meyer of Education Minnesota. “Our members don’t want to carry guns,� said Meyer, a political organizing specialist with the teachers union.

Responded Kline, “I can’t imagine a piece of federal legislation that would mandate teachers carrying guns.�

Lakeville School District Superintendent Lisa Snyder said her district has focused on mental health and training staff to handle crises in the moments before police arrive.

Special education funding under IDEA has long been considered an unfulfilled promise by many educators. Congress promised when it passed the act in 1975 to fund 40 percent of each state’s excess costs of educating students with

student,� said Roz Peterson, a Lakeville School Board member.

Kline said funding to schools through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a perennial topic between local educators and the federal government.

He urged local officials — and his colleagues in Washington, D.C. — to push for special education funding first before new programs such as the Obama administration’s Race to the Top or technology purchases.

School safety was on Kline’s mind because the Burnsville Republican chairs the House Education and the Workforce Committee, which was holding a hearing on the topic two days later in the wake of the Sandy Hook massacre in Connecticut. “We can harden the schools all we want ... and it’s not going to stop the incidents from occurring,�

Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Superintendent Randy Clegg said.

Locking down schools and posting armed guards won’t solve deeper problems in a country with

disabilities. Instead, the federal government provides 17 to 20 percent of the funding, critics say.

The special ed funding gap costs Minnesota school districts $600 million a year, Northfield Superintendent Carl Richardson told Kline.

Talk of full funding has persisted for years but “doesn’t seem to move off the dime,� said Jane Berenz, Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan superintendent. “Then let’s do it first,�

Kline told educators. “But that means not everything else is going to get the money you want it to get.�

The commitment made in the law when it was passed in 1975 won’t be fulfilled, Wabasha-Kellogg Superintendent Jim Freihammer said, adding that the nation is “sinking� in debt. “It’s a 40-year mandate and we haven’t done anything about it in 40 years,� he said. “It’s not going to happen.�

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The students said working on the project changed the way they look at their world. Since they turned so many items that would have previously been thrown in the trash or the recycling bin into works of art, they are looking at everyday objects such as facial tissue boxes, wrappers and bottles in a whole new way.

Schmidt said the students were so captivated by the project that they surprised her with something new every day. A new animal would appear on the scene or something would be rearranged to create

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Evening Cleaner, Bloomington, Part time shifts (2) Mon thru Fri 7:00 to 10:00 PM in a medical clinic in the Oxboro area. Rotating weekend shift required. $10/hr in a very nice and modern facility. Apply online www.envirotechclean.com

Trinity Campus NAR – PT

– PM & NIGHT SHIFTS

We are seeking nursing assistants to serve at our senior campus. Duties include assisting residents with their daily grooming, dining needs, ambulating and transferring residents. Candidates must be on the Minnesota Registry.

Trinity offers an outstanding compensation package in addition to a fun & rewarding work place Apply online: www.sfhs.org/employment

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EEO/AA

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7000

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Al's Seasonal Services

Lic. #BC626700

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Tree Trimming & Removal Insured Call 763-498-9249 We Accept Credit Cards

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3270

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4100

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3810

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2420

Window Cleaning

2660

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family calendar To submit items for the Family Calendar, email: darcy.odden@ecm-inc.com.

Saturday, March 2 Spiritual Wellness Fair, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, Friday, March 1 12650 Johnny Cake Ridge World Day of Prayer ser- Road, Apple Valley. Free. vice, noon, Church of St. Mi- Child care available 9 a.m. to chael, 22120 Denmark Ave., noon. Information: (952) 432Farmington. Light lunch will 6351. follow. Information: Sandy at Citizens Climate Lobby (651) 463-5228. meeting, 11:45 a.m., BurnFish fry by the Dakota haven Library, 1101 County County Elks Lodge 2832, 5 Road 42 W., Burnsville. Amanto 7:30 p.m., Mary, Mother of da Staudt of National Wildlife the Church, 3333 Cliff Road, Federation’s Climate and EnBurnsville. Meals include wall- ergy Program, will speak via eye, baked potato, coleslaw, conference call on “How Clirolls, and a beverage. Cost: mate Change Affects Wildlife $13 for ages 12 and above, $5 in America.� Information: Paul for ages 11 and under.

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Fish fry by the Rosemount VFW Post, 5 to 8 p.m. Meals Sunday, March 3 include potato, vegetables, Pancake breakfast by the and choice of soup or salad Farmington Knights of Columplus dinner roll. Information: bus, 9 a.m. to noon, Church of (651) 423-9938.

St. Michael, 22120 Denmark Ave., Farmington. Menu: Pancakes, French toast, sausage,

theater and arts briefs ‘Charlotte’s Web – The Musical’

The Play’s the Thing Productions will perform “Charlotte’s Web – The Musical� Fridays and Saturdays, March 15-24, at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. at Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville.

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Exultate to perform Mozart

Festival Choir and Orchestra will perform Mozart’s “Grand Mass in C Minor� in a series of concerts in March. Concerts will be 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 8, at Annunciation Catholic Church, Minneapolis; 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 9, at Woodbury Lutheran Church, Woodbury; and 3 p.m. Sunday, March 10, at Benson Great Hall, Bethel University, Arden Hills. Tickets are $20 for general admission. Information is available at exultate.org.

Bite of Burnsville is March 14

The annual Bite of Burnsville will be 5:30 to Eagan-based Exultate 10 p.m. Thursday, March 14, at the Burnsville Per-

scrambled eggs, coffee, juice and water. Good-will offerings accepted for local community needs.

Tuesday, March 5 Easter Job Transitions Group, 7:30 a.m., Easter Lutheran Church, 4200 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. Speaker Anne Johnson will share “Healing Before Hiring.� Information: (651) 452-3680.

to 7:30 p.m., Mary, Mother of the Church, 3333 Cliff Road, Burnsville. Meals include walleye, baked potato, coleslaw, rolls, and a beverage. Cost: $13 for ages 12 and above, $5 for ages 11 and under.

Fish fry by the Rosemount VFW Post, 5 to 8 p.m. Meals include potato, vegetables, and choice of soup or salad plus dinner roll. Information: (651) 423-9938.

Fish fry by the Rosemount Knights of Columbus, 6 p.m., Church of St. Joseph Social Hall, 13900 Biscayne Ave. W., Rosemount. Free-will offering accepted.

Thursday, March 7 Free Alzheimer’s workshop, “Techniques to Handle Challenging Behaviors,� 6 to 7:30 p.m., Home Instead Senior Care, 1600 E. Cliff Road, Burnsville.

RSVP: Saturday, March 9 http://www.eventbrite.com/ Wild Turkey Hunting event/4172185118# or (952) Clinic by the Dakota Strutters 882-9300. of the National Wild Turkey Federation and the Minnesota Friday, March 8 DNR, 9 a.m. to noon, Heritage Fish fry by the Dakota Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave., County Elks Lodge 2832, 5 Lakeville. Cost: $10. Register

forming Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave. The event includes cuisine sampling from more than 20 area restaurants, a silent auction, a live auction, and live entertainment by GB Leighton.

Event tickets can be purchased at biteofburnsville.com or by calling (952) 435-6000.

‘Disney’s Aladdin Jr.’ Kenwood Trail Middle School will present “Disney’s Aladdin Jr.� at 7 p.m. Friday, March 8, and 2:30 p.m. Saturday, March 9.

The school is at 19455 Kenwood Trail in Lakeville. Tickets are available at the door and are $7 for adults, $5 for students

and senior citizens, and free for children ages 5 and under.

Dakota City youth camps Dakota City Heritage Village in Farmington will offer four-day sessions of day camp this summer. Day camp will run Mondays through Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Camps include: • Teen Volunteer Camp, June 17-20, for youths age 13 and older who would like to volunteer in Dakota City. • Apprentice Day Camp, June 24-27, July 15-18 or July 22-25, for ages 6 to 12.

Cost is $125. Information can be found at dakotacity.org/education. html.

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Sunday, March 10 Free practice ACT test, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Sylvan Learning, 170 Cobblestone Lane, Burnsville. Bring a calculator. Reservations: (952) 435-6603. To receive test results, parents must be present at a follow-up appointment.

Thursday, March 14 WomEn’s Conference by the Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Lost Spur Golf and Event Center, Eagan.

Cost: $149. Registration required. Information: dcrchamber.com, (651) 288-9202.

Blood drives The American Red Cross will hold the following blood drives.

Call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767)

theater and arts calendar To submit items for the Arts Calendar, email: darcy. odden@ecm-inc.com.

Books Scott Dominic Carpenter, author of “This Jealous Earth,� will sign and read from his book at 6 and 8 p.m. Thursday, March 7, at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 14880 Florence Trail, Apple Valley, (952) 9978928.

Call for Artists Savage Juried Art Show – Dates are April 26 to May 31.

Entry fee: $15 for one entry, $25 for two entries. Deadline: April 12. Information/registration: https://www.callforentry. org/festivals_unique_info. php?ID=1014.

Minnesota River Arts Fair – Dates are July 20-21 at The Landing, Shakopee. Entry fee: $25 jury fee, $150 booth fee.

Deadline: April 3. Information/ registration: http://www.zapplication.org/public_fair_preview.php?fair_id=2427.

Comedy Tracy Morgan will perform at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, at Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave. Tickets are $49.50 and are on sale at http://tinyurl. com/TMorganPAC. Information: www.burnsvillepac.com.

Events Bite of Burnsville, 5:30 to 10 p.m. Thursday, March 14, at Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave. Tickets: $40 at (952) 435-6000 or biteofburnsville.org.

MOVIES | DINING | THEATER | ENTERTAINMENT | SHOPPING | FESTIVALS & EVENTS SPRING EGG HUNT Rosemount Parks and Recreation will be hosting a traditional egg hunt at the Ames Soccer Complex at Dakota County Technical College (1300 145th St E, Rosemount) on Saturday, March 23 at 10:00 a.m. This fun family event is sponsored by the Rosemount Lions Club. Children 10 and under, are invited to par-

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We will be accepting donations of non-perishable food, paper products and infant items on behalf of our local 360 Communities and Family Resource Center.

or visit redcrossblood.org to make an appointment or for more information. • March 4, 1:30 to 6:30 p.m., Lutheran Church of the Ascension, 1801 E. Cliff Road, Burnsville. • March 5, 12:30 to 6:30 p.m., Messiah Lutheran Church, 16725 Highview Ave., Lakeville. • March 7, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wings Financial Credit Union, 14985 Glazier Ave., Apple Valley. • March 8, 12:30 to 5:30 p.m., Easter Lutheran Church – By the Lake, 4545 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. • March 8, noon to 5 p.m., Culver’s, 17800 Kenwood Trail, Lakeville. • March 9, 10:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville.

Exhibits A youth art exhibit is on display through March 10 at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Information: (952) 985-4640.

Ten Brushes’s “Path of Light� exhibit runs through March 9 at Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave. Information: (952) 8954685.

Quilted Expressions, Eagan High School’s 18th annual quilt exhibit, will be available for viewing from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday-Friday, March 2-21, in the EHS Library at 4185 Braddock Trail, Eagan.

The exhibit will be closed weekends and March 8. Admission is free.

The Shrine of the Stations of the Cross, a exhibition of photographs by Dave Kitchel, is on display through April 14 at Rosemount United Methodist Church Gallery, 14770 Canada Ave. Hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m. to noon Sunday, and during all scheduled evening activities.

Music Apple Valley High School will present “Broadway 2013: Twilight Zone� at 7:30 p.m.

March 1-2, and 2 p.m. March 3 at the high school theater.

Information: (952) 431-8208.

South Metro Chorale’s Cabaret 2013 will be at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 2, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 3, at Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Tickets can be purchased at (952) 985-4640 or tickets@southmetrochorale.org. Information: southmetrochorale.org.

Velvet Tones, the senior adult community chorus of Apple Valley, will present its annual Spring Festival of Music at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 3, at Eastview High School, 6200 W. 140th St., Apple Valley.

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Theater “Eat, Drink and Be Murdered,� an Irish mystery dinner theater, will be presented

by Eagan Theater Company at 6 p.m. March 14 and 15 at the Eagan Community Center.

Purchase tickets at www.etcmn.org or at the Eagan Community Center. Tickets are $40. Information: (651) 6755500.

Workshops/classes/other “Let’s Paint Watercolors� class, 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesdays, March 5-26, at the Front Porch at Rosemount Steeple Center, 13885 S. Robert Trail. Cost: $40. Register at the Front Porch or contact instructor Cheryl Kluender at (651) 3448475, cheryl.kluender@gmail. com.

Ukulele workshop for ages 13 and older, 4 to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 16, at Rosemount United Methodist Church, 14770 Canada Ave. W., Rosemount. Preregistra-

tion is required at rosemountarts@gmail.com. “Juggling for Beginners� for third- through fifth-graders in Lakeville, after school Mondays, March 4-18, at Oak Hills Elementary School; Wednesdays, March 6-20, at Lakeview Elementary School, and Thursdays, March 7-28, at Orchard Lake Elementary School. Information: Lakeville Community Education at (952) 232-2150. “The Beat Goes On� for students in kindergarten through third grade, 4 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays, March 5-19, at Eastview Elementary School in Lakeville.

Information: Lakeville Community Education at (952) 232-2150.

Spring Basket class, 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 16, Eagan Art House. Cost: $56. Registration required. Information: eaganarthouse.org or (651) 675-5521.

Teen Poetry Jam/Rap Battle from 4 to 5 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at Apple Valley Teen Center, 14255 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley, (952) 953-2385.

Ages 12-18.

Teen artist gathering at the Eagan Art House from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Thursdays, March 7 and April 4, and from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturdays, March 2 and April 6. Cost: $3. Information: (651) 675-5521.

Family Sampler workshops for adults and children ages 5 and older at the Eagan Art House from 1 to 3 p.m. and 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, March 9. Cost: $15 per family, up to four people; $3 for each additional person. Supplies provided. Registration required. Information: (651) 675-5521.

Adult painting open studio from 9 a.m. to noon Fridays at the Eagan Art House, 3981 Lexington Ave. S. Fee is $5 per session. Information: (651) 675-5521.

Music Together in the Valley offers classes for parents and their infant, toddler and preschool children in Rosemount, Farmington, Lakeville and Apple Valley. Information: www.musictogetherclasses. com or (651) 439-4219.

The Eagan Art House offers classes for ages 4 through adult. For a complete listing go to www.eaganarthouse.org or call (651) 675-5521.

Dan Petrov Art Studio in Burnsville offers oil painting classes for beginners, intermediate and advanced skill level painters, www.danpetrovart. com, (763) 843-2734.

Teens Express Yourself with Paint, 5 to 7 p.m. Mondays at Brushworks School of Art in Burnsville, www.BrushworksSchoolofArt.com, (651) 214-4732.

Drama/theater classes for ages 4 and up at River Ridge Arts Building, Burnsville, (952) 736-3644.

Show Biz Kids Theater Class for children with special needs (ASD/DCD programs), In the Company of Kids 13710 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville, (952) 736-3644.

Broadway Kids Dance and Theater Program for all ages and abilities, In the Company of Kids, 13710 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville (Colonial Shopping Center), (952) 7363644.

Join other 55-plus adults at the Eagan Art House to create beaded jewelry. The Jewelry Club meets on the third Friday of each month from 1 to 3 p.m.

Information: (651) 675-5500.

Soy candle making classes held weekly in Eagan near 55 and Yankee Doodle.

Call Jamie at (651) 315-4849 for dates and times. $10 per person. Presented by Making Scents in Minnesota.

Country line dance classes held for intermediates Mondays 1:30 to 4 p.m. at Rambling River Center, 325 Oak St., Farmington, $5/class. Call Marilyn (651) 463-7833.

Country line dance classes on Wednesdays at the Lakeville Senior Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Beginners, 9-10 a.m.; Intermediate, 10 a.m.noon. $5/class. Call Marilyn (651) 463-7833.

The Lakeville Area Arts Center offers arts classes for all ages, www.lakevillemn.gov, (952) 985-4640.

Rosemount History Book Club meets the second Tuesday of each month from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Robert Trail Library. Information: John Loch, (952) 255-8545 or jjloch@ charter.net.

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Thisweekend Choral concert bridges the generation gap Youth choirs will join MN Valley Men’s Chorale at March 9 concert The Minnesota Valley Men’s Chorale is bringing male singers of all ages to the stage for its concert next week at Grace Lutheran Church in Apple Valley.

The 60-member men’s choir will be joined at the 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 9, concert by the Minnesota Boychoir, as well as the men’s choirs from Rosemount and Apple Valley high schools.

Each choir will perform individually, with the event culminating in all the groups joining forces for the final number, “Let All Men Sing.�

The idea behind the show is to bring together multiple generations of singers – from the school-age vocalists with the Boy Choir, ranging in age from 7 to 18, to the two high school groups and the Men’s Chorale, whose members run all the way from college age into the mid-70s. “Our goal is to get young men singing and to make it a lifelong activity,� said Men’s Chorale director Steven Boehlke, a former high school choir instructor who retired from Rosemount High

School in 2000.

The performance at Grace Lutheran is the Men’s Chorale’s debut “scholarship concert� – there’s no charge for admission, but a free-will offering will be taken with proceeds going to the newly established MCMV Scholarship Fund, with a scholarship awarded later this year to one area high school choir participant.

The “scholarship concert� is the first performance this year in the Men’s Chorale’s 10th anniversary season. It will be followed in April by the group’s annual spring concerts with the Minnesota Valley Women’s Chorale.

Those performances are scheduled for April 12 at the Church of St. Joseph in Rosemount and April 13 at Shepherd of the Valley church in Apple Valley.

The Apple Valley-based Men’s Chorale is a non-audition choir that is open to new memPhoto submitted bers. More about the group is at The 60-member Minnesota Valley Men’s Chorale recently created the MVMC Scholarship Fund; www.mvmcsings.org. proceeds from its March 9 concert in Apple Valley will go toward a scholarship that will be awarded —Andrew Miller later this year to one area high school choir participant.

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Michael Kosta at Mystic Lake

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The musical duo that is Deuces Wild! Dueling Pianos – featuring Dave Eichholz, left, and Ted Manderfeld – will take the stage of the Lakeville Area Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 8, to deliver its high-energy and humor-driven mix of music and musical parodies that range from classic rock and country to hip-hop and show tunes. Tickets are $22 and can be purchased online at www.

LakevilleAreaArtsCenter. com or by calling (952) 985-4640. More about the band is at www. wildpianos.com.

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Comedian Michael Kosta, a repeat guest on “The Tonight Show� and star of the 2011 Comedy Central special “Comedy Central Presents: Michael Kosta,� is bringing his sarcastic stand-up act to Mystic Lake Casino’s comedy club this weekend. Kosta will be taking the stage for 7 and 9:30 p.m. shows on both Friday, March 1, and Saturday, March 2; comic Mike Stanley will also perform. The shows are for mature audiences.

Tickets are $19 and are available at www.mysticlake.com.

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