Farmington | Lakeville
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June 22, 2012 | Volume 33 | Number 17
Lakeville mayor seeks re-election Bellows touts conservative credentials by Aaron M. Vehling Sun Thisweek
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Lakeville Mayor Mark Bellows announced his bid for a second term Tuesday, June 19. Bellows said in a press release that he is running for another term because there has been an “overwhelming number of residents who asked me to serve again and to be a voice for the conservative values of this community.” Bellows’ first term has been an active one. Of his accomplishments, he speci-
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Little declared his mayoral candidacy in December 2011 and has raised more than $13,000. Bellows has not been as active in his fundraising efforts, though Little’s amount does not worry him. “I’m not too concerned about fundraising,” he told Sun Thisweek. In his press release, Bellows cited former Lakeville Mayor Robert Johnson and former Dakota County Sheriff and Lakeville Police Chief Don Gudmundson as supporters.
“Mark is a reflection of Lakeville’s values and he is a principled leader,” Johnson said in the release. “He is a proven fiscal conservative who understands the sanctity of the taxpayer’s dollar.” In the press release, Gudmundson referred to Bellows as a “selfless servant to this community both in his role as an elected official and in his longstanding role as chaplain for the police department.” Bellows was first elected to the council in 2000. He
was elected mayor in 2010. Mayoral terms are two years in Lakeville. Council terms are four years. Outside of his elected role, Bellows is a pastor and licensed marriage and family therapist at Hope Community Church in Lakeville. He is also the director of Lakeville Police chaplaincy services. Aaron M. Vehling can be reached at aaron.vehling@ ecm-inc.com or facebook. com/sunthisweek.
Storm leaves its mark on Lakeville Property damage, felled trees abound by Aaron M. Vehling Sun Thisweek
An early morning storm June 19 in the south metro resulted in widespread reports of power outages, property damage and downed trees. Around Lakeville, the storm ransacked garbage cans and lawn furniture while taking down significant portions of several trees, knocking out power in some neighborhoods and damaging homes and other buildings. Roads were obstructed and there were even loose power lines downed. Shakespeare in With straight-line winds as high as 54 mph, neighthe woods borhoods in the northeast Eagan’s Caponi Art Park is playing host to a staging and southern sections of of the Shakespeare comedy Lakeville received significant damage. “The Merry Wives of In downtown, toppled Windsor” this Sunday. Page 12A-13A trees blocked sidewalks and streets. Marie Kibler Hongslo wrote on Sun Thisweek’s Facebook page that she experienced “intense wind sports and so much rain.” She posted some photos to the page that exhibited some Lakeville golfer of the challenges downtown will face in its cleanup places third efforts. Lakeville North In the areas near Valsophomore Freddy ley Park trees were also Thomas placed third last down, some on the roofs week at the state golf tournament. Page 14A
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fied the formation of the Financial Advisory Board, the positive outcomes of the DevelMark Bellows oper’s Forum and the development of a business marketing strategy that would attract new businesses and grow existing ones. So far, only one challenger has announced a run for Bellows’ seat. Council Member Matt
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Storms on June 19 wreaked havoc on parts of Lakeville. In the northeast part of the city the straight-line winds blew down trees, some of which collapsed homes. of homes. Furniture had collided with some homes, knocking off siding. Along Cedar Avenue, a barn owned by Joe Miller, which houses the Pan-O-Prog Committee’s parade float, experienced a
collapsed roof. Debris from the incident was strewn about the perimeter. Both Dakota Electric and Xcel Energy reported outages for thousands of customers in their service areas, though most saw
power restored by Wednesday. Sue Palm, the city’s communications manager, said there were no injuries reported from the storm. City crews were out at 5 a.m. touring the city
to assess the damage and clear debris from the roads. Though the city is not responsible for cleaning up fallen trees on private property, Palm said, residents See storm, 10A
forum set ‘Deathly still’ before storm Candidate Farmington-area seat open hit like a ‘cannonball’ by Laura Adelmann Sun Thisweek
Trees down, homes damaged in Farmington
by Laura Adelmann Sun Thisweek
The weather became “deathly still” before the storm hit like a “cannonball” Tuesday, June 19 at about 4 a.m, Farmington resident Brad Bauer said. “It all happened so fast,” said Bauer, who Wednesday morning described his neighborhood on 2013th Street as a “disaster zone.” Bauer said the warning sirens went off about 30 minutes before the storm hit with hail, raining, lightning and winds of up to 70 miles per hour. A large tree in Bauer’s yard crashed into his house, damaging part of the roof. “The rain was blowing
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Huge trees toppled in an early morning storm Tuesday in Farmington. This tree fell into across the entire back yard of Dave and Bonni Walz. Their house was not damaged. sideways, so you couldn’t see much before the tree hit the house,” he said. Across the street at Trin-
ity Terrace, Environmental Services Director John See damage, 11A
Students may be on summer vacation, but Farmington-area voters will need to keep educated on the issues to be ready for an Aug. 14 primary election. On that day, voters will whittle five candidates to two vying in the Nov. 6 election to replace 32-year incumbent Joe Harris as Dakota County commissioner, representing District 1. To help inform voters, Sun Thisweek and the Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce will host a District 1 primary candidate forum at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 26 at Farmington City Hall. The public is encour- The position County commissioners aged to attend. District 1 candidates expected to appear are: Dean See forum, 10A
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Birnstengel, Hastings, a retired engineer who ran against Harris in 2008; Brian Jay Budenski, Eureka Township Board chair; Christy Jo Fogarty, Farmington City Council member; Mark Henry, a Castle Rock Township business owner; and Mike Slavik, Hastings City Council member. Candidates will make introduction and closing statements and will answer questions they will not have seen prior to the event. Citizens are invited to submit questions for the candidates to Sun Thisweek at laura.adelmann@ecminc.com by Thursday, July 19.
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