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March 8, 2013 | Volume 34 | Number 2
Ex-cop now county’s emergency point man
NEWS Principal offers ‘fine dining’ One elementary school principal has found a way to keep students out of the principal’s office while learning manners. Page 5A
Carlson had long career with Burnsville PD by John Gessner
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winners, was the only other school in Class AAA with more than one. Five of the seven Apple Valley state champions are underclassmen, as is the Eagles’ one state runner-up. Apple Valley senior Daniel Woiwor said the Eagles
Dan Carlson won’t let a disaster go to waste, whether it’s a raging apartment fire or a damaging storm. A former Burnsville cop with both events on his resume, Carlson has been named emergency preparedness coordinator for Dakota County. He begins Dan Carlson work March 18. “You’re never going to have a perfect response,” said Carlson, whose job is part of the county sheriff’s office. “You try and minimize the impacts. You try to learn from each incident, whether it’s an exercise or the real thing, and then you make adjustments to the plan.” When thunderstorms damaged parts of Dakota County last June 19, Carlson, working as a consultant, helped coordinate the disasterrelief request to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. In 2008, as a Burnsville police sergeant and the city’s emergency management coordinator, Carlson was faced with 400 displaced resi-
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Opportunity of heroic rank Minnesota FoodShare Month offers a meaningful way for ordinary folks to become superheroes. Page 4A
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Apple Valley’s Daniel Woiwor celebrates after defeating Tim Moore of Rochester John Marshall 7-0 in the 160-pound final of the state individual wrestling competition last weekend. Woiwor was among seven Eagle wrestlers to earn individual titles.
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Local family’s farm saga “Turn Here Sweet Corn” author and organic farming advocate Atina Diffley will be at the Robert Trail Library on March 19. Page 17A
A coaching change, a rash of injuries and a determined challenger could have spelled the end of Apple Valley’s run as the state’s dominant high school wrestling program. But over three days last week the Eagles showed they hadn’t gone anywhere and likely
weren’t going anywhere. After tying St. Michael-Albertville in the Class AAA team championship match, Apple Valley sent 14 wrestlers to the state individual competition last weekend at Xcel Energy Center. Eight of them reached the championship round and seven won titles. St. MichaelAlbertville, with two individual
Family first in business, life Coldwell Banker Burnet president praises her own and extended family
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New efforts to combat human trafficking Video campaign part of public education effort
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Lightning bolts to state tourney Eastview goes to the Class AA boys hockey tournament for the first time since 2001. Page 10A
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Traumatized and frightened, human trafficking victims can be difficult for police to rescue. Physically abused, psychologically manipulated, isolated and threatened, those trapped in the modern-day slave trade live in overwhelming fear, enduring a severe psychological and emotional abuse similar to a domestic abuse victim. In survivalist mode, many trafficking victims from a law enforcement training feel a loyalty, gratitude Image manual to prevent human trafficking or dependence on their trafficker, according to a law enforcement manual that Lakeville police plan to use in developing a training program with Adri Carlson, anti-human trafficking leader at Hosanna Church in Lakeville. See POLICE, 12A
One Rosemount lets its light shine by Tad Johnson
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Editor’s note: This story is the fifth installment in a Sun Thisweek series on human trafficking that began in the Feb. 1 edition. All the stories are at www.SunThisweek.com. by Laura Adelmann
More than 1,400 pitch in to feed refugees
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About the time when Robin Peterson started working in real estate in the 1970s, a woman could not obtain a mortgage on her own. Women needed a Photo by Rick Orndorf co-signer or grantor to Coldwell Banker Burnet President Robin Peterson was obtain the loan because the featured speaker during the Exceptional Businesswomen’s income was women event Tuesday, March 5. “not considered stable,” said Peterson on Tuesday, March 5, durShe attributed her affinity for these ing the 2013 Exceptional Businesswomen ties to her upbringing with a mother who recognition banquet at Lost Spur Golf & lost all of her family at a young age and Event Center. her father who was an only child. As the event’s featured speaker intro“I had no aunts, no uncles, no cousduced the women who occupy the top ins,” she said. “I lived vicariously through leadership positions at Coldwell Banker other people’s families.” Burnet’s Minnesota office where she She said her Coldwell Banker Burnet serves as president, it made 1970 seem co-workers have become a second famlike a century ago. ily to her, which has been a real benefit In addition to offering this piece of when it comes to creating a culture of history, Peterson, an Apple Valley resi- success. dent, focused on family during her rePeterson said when people start treatmarks, whether she was talking about her ing their co-workers like a family that is parents, husband, children and grand- when trust is formed and there is a free children or about her extended family at Coldwell Banker Burnet. See PETERSON, 9A
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From sunrise to sunset, two Rosemount schools filled with local residents aiming to bring a new dawn to others in need. More than 1,400 volunteers streamed into Rosemount Elementary and Rosemount Middle schools Saturday, March 2, for the One Rosemount Feeding Families event that resulted in 285,120 meals being packed and just over 3,000 pounds of food collected for 360 Communities food shelves. “We had a great day,” said the Rev. Bill Goodwin, pastor at Lighthouse Christian Church and co-leader of the event. “I feel great; tired but great. I am very proud of the whole leadership team and the volunteers who came out to help.” He said having 1,400 volunteers is wonderful for a first-year event, hinting that this will become an
annual tradition in Rosemount. “They had a lot of fun,” Goodwin said of the volunteers who were kept entertained by a music deejay. To put the effort in perspective, Goodwin said the amount of food packaged would feed 18 times the capacity of the Target Center in Minneapolis. Teams of 10 people packed the meals, which were provided by St. Louis Park-based Impact Lives and will feed Haitian refugees living in the Dominican Republic. There is still more work to do. One Rosemount is raising money to help send the meals. An estimated $28,500 has been raised toward a goal of $71,000. To donate, Photo by Tad Johnson go to www.OneRosemountFeed- More than 1,400 people packed 285,120 meals Saturday, March 2, ingFamilies.com. during the One Rosemount Feeding Families event, which will feed Haitian refugees living in the Dominican Republic. Teams of 10 people Tad Johnson can be reached at tad. packed the meals, which were provided by St. Louis Park-based Imjohnson@ecm-inc.com or facebook. pact Lives, at Rosemount Middle School and Rosemount Elementary com/sunthisweek. School.