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MillionDollarCoin2.jpg It’s got to be one of the priciest Olympic souvenirs ever, but there’s no doubt someone will fork over the $1 million to add it to their coin collection.

Minted in China along with 28 others, the 10-kilo (22-pound) Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Gold Coin is for sale through an online dealer based in Burnsville. It is the only one available in the United States.

More than 7 inches in diameter, it is the largest Olympic Games coin ever.

I’ve never handled a coin like this,” GovMint.com CEO Nick Bruyer said.

Bruyer has been in the coin business since 1974 and in 1977 helped a previous employer sell the first coin to go for more than $1 million.

The 2008 Olympic Games Gold Coin is “the largest minted coin ever produced by a government and a spectacular work of art,” he said. ...read more .

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Eagan’s Market Fest kicks off July 9

TWND-EMFsweetadelines.jpg There’s more than just vegetables at Eagan Market Fest this summer.

In addition to fresh produce, the weekly festival in the city of Eagan offers specialty food products, handcrafted artisan items and live music and entertainment.

The festival runs from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays, July 9 through Sept. 4, on the festival grounds at the Eagan Community Center. ...read more .

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New events spread like clover

TWND-lepparade.JPGEach year, Rosemount Leprechaun Days offers a little something different from previous incarnations of the annual 10-day festival.

In 2008, new events are slated nearly every day.

Topping the list is the 150-Year Celebration of Rosemount Township on Saturday, July 19.

But there also will be new events featuring classic cars, short films, hip-hop music and much more. ...Check out all the events here .

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Sports

Eagan’s Peterson adds MGA Players title

s-1779peterson1.jpgSummer is the busiest time of the year for golfers, and that holds true for Trent Peterson, on and off the course, after playing eight rounds in four days the last week of June.

Five days after winning the MGA’s Player Championship at Northland Country Club in Duluth, Peterson, a 2005 graduate of Eagan High School and former state high school golf champ, was on the tee box for the State Mixed Amateur at Mississippi Dunes Golf Course in Cottage Grove.

“I haven’t picked up the clubs since then,” he said before teeing off Tuesday.

Before heading to Duluth, Peterson played in a state Publinks qualifier at Keller Golf Course in St. Paul the day before the start of the championship, thanks to missing a few putts.

After he made some minor corrections to his putting stroke, Peterson found himself deep in the match-play-format tournament by Thursday.

Peterson, a former state Publinks champ and 2004 MGA Junior Player of the Year, will be a senior at South Dakota State University in the fall and plays out of Valleywood Golf Course in Apple Valley. ...read more .

 

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Prosen enjoying life as one of the best tumbling gymnasts in the country

s-prosen1.jpgEastview graduate Sarah Prosen talents in the double-mini trampoline has taken her to many national championships by Andy Rogers
Thisweek Newspapers

Sarah Prosen knows how to jump around better than most people in the world.

The Eastview alumna has been all over with the U.S. National gymnastics trampoline and tumbling team and currently holds the No. 1 ranking in the country in the double-mini trampoline event.

Her mix of trampoline and tumbling has taken her far, both in terms of honors and distance. ...read more .

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Op/Ed

Our Founders deserve respect, honor, gratitude

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I miss the days when Americans unabashedly loved this country.

We used to teach our children about how our Founding Fathers sacrificed their lives, fortunes and sacred honor to escape tyranny and create a home where freedom would be proclaimed throughout the land.

Flag-proclaiming parade routes of yesterday inspired hat-removing solemn pride, and every hand was placed over the heart as the red, white and blue passed by.

Why the respect and honor? Weren’t our founders just selfish fortune-seeking, slave-owning white pompous hypocrites? ...read more .

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Rights, wrongs and guns

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Thisweek Newspapers

Steve Berg wrote a very informative and thorough piece for MinnPost.com today about the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn a 1976 District of Columbia ban on handguns.

After reading the piece, it seems to me that the court’s decision is a fair one and in keeping with the Constitution. However, it seems that its true significance will be lost on the loudest of pro- and anti-gun lobbyists and their supporters.

The gun ownership issue is much less about ownership than it is about responsibility.

Still, proponents will continue to call for unrestricted access to guns while opponents will try to take away virtually all rights to gun ownership.

The common ground on this issue is rarely trod upon. ...read more .

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Letters to the editor June 29-July 5, 2008

Give Kline credit where due - DALE BEIHOFFER Lakeville

Kudos to Kautz - KATHY M. CLEVELAND Burnsville

Kline has done much for veterans, service people - DAVID GARY Eagan

The contrast between Sterner and Lindsay - DAVID MONAHAN Apple Valley

Blogs


"Generally Speaking" by Thisweek Newspapers G.M. Larry Werner

Generally Speaking aims to engage readers in a conversation about south metro news coverage and our connections within the community.

 


 


"A View From the Press Box" by sportswriters Jason Olson and Andy Rogers

What’s happening in the south metro sports scene from high school, club sports to individual organizations latest and greatest happenings.

 


 


"Reading Between the Headlines" by online editor Jeff Achen

A commentary on social and political issues of the day.

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Thisweeklive.com Blogroll:

Check out these blogs from around the south metro. Thisweeklive.com is not affiliated with any of these blogs, but hey, we appreciate the different views they represent of our community. If you're blogging and want your blog on our blogroll, shoot us an email at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

 

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"The South Metro 'News' Source" - Blogger Bill Roehl is in his late twenties and is originally from Northeast PA. He enjoys geocaching, camping, hiking, swimming, owning people, drinking beer, and working on the website. Bill is a data geek for an institution of higher education based in Minneapolis and enjoys eating out, hanging out with family and friends, and touring the state and country with his wife. He blogs about local news and restaurants among other things.

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Jeff Fecke is a freelance writer who lives in Eagan, Minnesota. In addition to his own blog, Blog of the Moderate Left, he contributes to Shakesville. He has also written for Minnesota Monitor and Alternet. Fecke has appeared as a guest on the “Today” show, the Alan Colmes radio show, and the Mark Heaney Show. Fecke is divorced, and the father of one really terrific daughter.

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ZooBlog.jpgUnofficial Zoo Blog

Here I post Minnesota Zoo news and other related updates. I volunteer at the zoo and the zoo has pretty much been my lifeline since I was 13 years old. Completely unofficial, just a way to communicate information to other zoo fans around the world. Basically this is meant as a news archive, as the other archive pages, such as Monga Bay or Surfwax tend to be incomplete and full of broken links. Think of this as an online zoo scrapbook, a way to look back at the zoo's recent history.

THIS SITE IS NOT AFFILATED WITH THE MINNESOTA ZOO IN ANY WAY

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BellaWillow.jpgBella Willow

My name is Pegi Taylor and I live in Apple Valley, Minnesota with my four year old persian cat Isabella and my one year old yorkie puppy Willow. I have been in the mortgage business for the past six years, a Stampin' Up! demonstrator for one year, and have recently become a card instructor at a local scrapbooking and stamping store. I love making cards for friends and family, playing with Willow and Izzy, and meeting wonderful new stamping and scrapping people from all over the world on this blog.

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Backstretch.jpgDown the Backstretch

Down the Backstretch strives to be your first stop for information, results, and comment about track and field and running in and from Minnesota.

 

 

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AmytheMom.jpgAmy the Mom

My name is Amy and I live in the Twin Cities. After a long stint as a single mom, I found the man of my dreams on the Internet. I have four kids (three from my womb, one stepson) ranging in age from 17 to 12. Ours is the kind of home where friends and family know they are always welcome, and an extra plate at the table is never a problem. We have been incredibly lucky blending our family, and I'm grateful for the life we share-except for the infinite amount of laundry and the near daily visits to the grocery. We share our domicile with two Black Labs, Clark, and Nori. Dog hair tumbleweeds are omnipresent. I live in the Twin Cities now, but grew up in Ohio, and at various times have called Pittsburgh, Atlanta and Wilmington, NC home. I am a real estate recruiter by trade and love my job, thanks to my incredible, gracious employers. Rather than elaborating on my personality, I'll tell you that if you buy into astrology, I'm a Sagittarius. According to Myers-Briggs, I'm an INFJ. I'm the oldest of three sisters. In my 40th year, I can honestly say that I've never been happier.

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OldandInTheWay.jpgOld and in the Way

I’m mid 40’s guy, Northern California native, currently living in the Twin Cities in Minnesota. My wife and I have three kids two boys and daughter. When I’m not blogging or doing strategic planning for my employer you can find me fishing at our lake place, playing the guitar and enjoying fine whisky’s from around the world.

I blog because I can.. because I should, and because it was my field of study in school. Now, it’s hobby.

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40Republicans.jpgSenate District 40 Republicans

We want to have a blog to get people to be active in Senate District 40 Republicans. Our blog covers State Politics as it relates to Senate District 40. We support US Congressman John Kline in congressional district 2, Erik Paulsen as candidate for US Congressman in Congressional District 3, Todd Johnson candidate for State Represenatative in House District 40A, and Bob Green candidate for State Represenatative in House District 40B. A blog also gives updates on the issues of interest, House and Senate votes, and Community activities of Represenatatives Will Morgan of SD40A and Ann Lencezewski of SD40B, and Senator John Doll of SD40. It's meant to inspire people to contact their represenatives and voice their opinions- ESPECIALLY if they have dissenting opinions!

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Rowley.jpgColeen Rowley's blog on the Huffington Post

A former Special Agent with the FBI, Rowley brought some of the pre 9-11 lapses to light and testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee about some of the endemic problems facing the FBI and the intelligence community. Rowley's memo to FBI Director Robert Mueller in connection with the Joint Intelligence Committee's Inquiry led to a two year long Department of Justice Inspector General investigation. She was one of three whistleblowers chosen as persons of the year by TIME magazine.

In April 2003, following an unsuccessful and highly criticized attempt to warn the Director and other administration officials about the dangers of launching the invasion of Iraq, Rowley stepped down from her (GS-14) legal position to go back to being a (GS-13) FBI Special Agent. She retired from the FBI at the end of 2004 and now speaks publicly to various groups, ranging from school children to business/professional/civic groups, on two different topics: ethical decision-making and "balancing civil liberties with the need for effective investigation." She also ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Congress in Minnesota's Second Congressional District in 2006.

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JohnKlinesRecord.jpg John Kline's Record

Disclaimer: The author of this site maintained the campaign weblog of John Kline's opponent in the 2006 election, which made Congressman Kline a bit testy.

As with all blogs, review the facts carefully and draw your own conclusions.


Multimedia

VIDEO: Going to the movies

Watch a video tour of the new Atlantis 15 Theatres nearing completion near the Burnsville Center.

The silver screen is returning to Burnsville. Atlantis 15 Theatres will open Wednesday, July 2, at 14401 Burnhaven Drive, just east of Burnsville Center. Burnsville hasn't had a movie theater since 2000, when two United Artists multiscreen complexes - one inside the shopping center and one nearby - closed in 2000. Atlantis 15 is a 68,000-square-foot complex built by CineMagic Theatres of Maple Grove. The complex is located on land that used to be the southeast corner of Burnsville Center's parking lot. Its interior decor carries a theme inspired by the mythical island of Atlantis. The complex features a full bar and restaurant, which will open 45 to 60 days after the theater opens for business.


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VIDEO: Of Dewey decimals and dynamo dexterity

Watch video of the Circus Manduhai at the Galaxie Library June 17.

 

"Shhh! People are trying to execute difficult feats of balance, agility and coordination!" The Galaxie Library in Apple Valley played host to Circus Manduhai, a Twin Cities-based family of Mongolian acrobats, the morning of Tuesday, June 17. More than 200 children and parents attended the performance, which featured tumbling, juggling and - believe it or not - a jumprope-skipping unicyclist. The event was part of the Dakota County Libraries summer reading program for children. Log on to www.dakotacounty.us/library for a full schedule of events this summer.

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