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The Star Gazette
IS Hastings...
A reporI pubIIshed IhIs week
on Ihe number oI homes soId
uI sherIIIs` suIes In MInnesoIu
durIng Ihe IIrsI huII oI 2012
sends u mIxed messuge on Ihe
overuII heuIIh oI MInnesoIu`s
housIng murkeI. The reporI
IndIcuIes IhuI Ihere were 9,b6b
IorecIosures In Ihe IIrsI huII oI
2012, u decIIne oI 1b percenI
Irom Ihe sume IIme perIod In
2011, buI uIso shows IhuI Ihe
IorecIosure ruIe hus remuIned
vIrIuuIIy unchunged Ior Ihe IusI
Ihree quurIers.
The reporI, IIIIed 2012 Se-
mI-AnnuuI IorecIosures In MIn-
nesoIu: A BeporI Bused on
CounIy SherIII`s SuIe DuIu," un-
uIyzes sherIII`s suIe duIu, Ihe
onIy uccuruIe meuns oI IdenII-
IyIng compIeIed IorecIosures,
Irom euch oI MInnesoIu`s 87
CounIIes. MInnesoIu Is unIque
umong oIher sIuIes In Ihe uvuII-
ubIIIIy oI currenI, comprehen-
sIve IorecIosure suIe duIu.
The reporI reIeused Monduy
by Ihe MInnesoIu Homeown-
ershIp CenIer, IndIcuIes IhuI
Ihe number oI sherIII`s suIes In
DukoIu CounIy hus ucIuuIIy de-
creused by 22 percenI over Ihe
sume perIod IusI yeur. Ior Ihe
IIrsI sIx monIhs oI Ihe yeur,
DukoIu CounIy IorecIosures
reuched 830, compured wIIh
1,067 Ior Ihe sume perIod In
2011.
In spIIe oI IhIs yeur-over-
yeur decIIne, IorecIosure IeveIs
huve remuIned sIeudy, vuryIng
onIy u Iew percenIuge poInIs
over Ihe pusI Iour quurIers
(down u IoIuI oI Ihree percenI
sIuIewIde Irom Ihe IhIrd quur-
Ier oI 2011 Io Ihe second quur-
Ier oI IhIs yeur).
The MInnesoIu Homeown-
ershIp CenIer works wIIh b0
communIIy non-proIII orgunI-
zuIIons, governmenI und IrIbuI
orgunIzuIIons Io deIIver home-
ownershIp educuIIon und Iore-
cIosure prevenIIon servIces Io
Iow- und moderuIe-Income
househoIds IhroughouI MIn-
nesoIu.
In DukoIu CounIy, Ihe Com-
munIIy DeveIopmenI Agency
(CDA) hus u number oI pro-
grums und servIces uvuIIubIe
Io heIp househoIds who ure Iuc-
Ing possIbIe IorecIosures. More
InIormuIIon Is uvuIIubIe uI
www.dukoIucdu.org.
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES
Foreclosures show decline in Dakota County
by Jane Lightbourn Staf writer
jlightbourn@hastingsstargazette.com
Areu resIdenIs cun enIer Ior
u chunce Io wIn one oI Ihree
greuI prIzes und uII Ihe whIIe
heIp Io resIore Ihe hIsIorIc VuI-
Iey SchooI In Denmurk Town-
shIp.
Members oI Ihe Denmurk
TownshIp HIsIorIcuI SocIeIy
ure hoIdIng u ruIIIe Io heIp In
Ihe resIoruIIon oI Ihe buIIdIng
Ihey ucquIred eurIIer IhIs yeur.
The prIzes ure u hundmude
quIII creuIed by Jounne OIson,
u sIgned copy oI Ihe book,
TruIn PIcIures 1946-19b7: A
HIsIory oI Ihe GoIden Age oI
U.S. BuIIroudIng" by ChurIes
McCreury, und u SpIrII SP-320
gus sIuInIess sIeeI burbecue
grIII donuIed by Terry`s Hurd-
wure und LyIu DuvIes.
TIckeIs Ior Ihe druwIngs ure
$2 euch or 10 Ior $20. The druw-
Ing wIII be heId uI 3:30 p.m. Sun-
duy, SepI. 30, uI CurpenIer Nu-
Iure CenIer. WInners need noI
be presenI.
Ior more InIormuIIon, cuII
ruIIIe chuIr DuvIes uI 6b1-436-
4493. InIormuIIon Is uvuIIubIe
uI www.dIhsmn.org.
The schooIhouse wus buIII
In 18b2 In Ihe Iormer vIIIuge oI
PoInI DougIus. The VuIIey
SchooI cIosed In 1946 und sIu-
denIs begun goIng Io schooI In
HusIIngs.
The successIuI compIeIIon
oI Phuse I oI Ihe cumpuIgn
ruIsed $40,000 Ior Ihe purchuse
und resIoruIIon.
The socIeIy wIII ruIse unoIher
$40,000 by Muy 1, 2013, Io com-
pIeIe Ihe purchuse, und un ud-
dIIIonuI $4b,000 Io resIore Ihe
buIIdIng.
Members wIII work wIIh ed-
ucuIors und bourd oI educuIIon
represenIuIIves Io deveIop cIuss-
room experIences Ior chIIdren
In Ihe resIored schooI. They uI-
so wIII oIIer Iree pubIIc evenIs
und progrums on hIsIorIc Iop-
Ics In Ihe schooIhouse.
More InIormuIIon ubouI Ihe
SOS: Suve Our SchooI pro|ecI
Is uvuIIubIe Irom cumpuIgn
commIIIee co-chuIrs Jeun Boyd,
6b1-436-8031, |eunmboydC
msn.com, und Shuron
LewundowskI, 6b1-436-b664,
Iewun009Cumn.edu. Donu-
IIons cun be senI Io Treusurer
Luuren Crun, 7777 QuudrunI
Ave. S., HusIIngs MN bb033.
InIormuIIon Is uIso uvuIIubIe
on Ihe SocIeIy`s websIIe uI
dIhsmn.org.
by Mari Novotny Staf intern
mnovotny@hastingsstargazette.com
BuIsed rIghI here In HusIIngs,
Ben UIechI hus gone on Io udd
muny uchIevemenIs Io hIs reper-
IoIre sInce gruduuIIng Irom
hIgh schooI. AIIer uIIendIng Ihe
UnIversIIy oI MInnesoIu on u
IooIbuII schoIurshIp, UIechI
wenI on Io pIuy Ior boIh Ihe In-
dIunupoIIs CoIIs us weII us Ihe
CIncInnuII BenguIs. WIIh u Su-
per BowI ChumpIonshIp under
hIs beII, he IeII Ihe NIL IoIIow-
Ing concussIons, und Is pursu-
Ing u cureer us u ChrIsIIun sInger.
As Iuck wouId huve II, however,
IhIs wus noI Ihe onIy surprIse
UIechI hud up hIs sIeeve.
Three Weeks" Is u shorI IIIm
dIrecIed by Teuh SIrund|ord und
II sIurs UIechI us ChurIIe, u po-
IenIIuI pro-IooIbuIIer who gIves
II uII up Io pursue u musIc cureer.
Sound IumIIIur YeI, UIechI suId
Ihe opporIunIIy Io sIep InIo Ihe
ucIIng worId wIIh such u perIecI
purI cume pureIy by chunce.
I wus doIng u concussIon
educuIIon DVD Ihrough AIIInu
HeuIIh IhuI Teuh wus producIng,
und u shorI IIme uIIer, she usked
me II I`d be InIeresIed In Ihe
Ieud roIe oI u shorI IIIm she wus
dIrecIIng," he suId When she
IoId me II wus ubouI u mun who
IeII proIessIonuI IooIbuII Io be-
come u musIcIun, I Iuughed ouI
Ioud."
On Iop oI everyIhIng, UIechI
hud been IukIng ucIIng Iessons
Ior IIve yeurs In order Io Im-
prove hIs sIuge presence us u
musIcIun. He wus unuwure uI
Ihe IIme IhuI IhIs experIence
wouId prove useIuI In un ureu
oIher Ihun musIc. AccordIng Io
UIechI, Ihe opporIunIIy Io com-
bIne whuI he hud Ieurned In
Ihose Iessons wIIh u churucIer
he connecIed Io wus u dreum
come Irue."
Three Weeks" wus produced
by LIIIIe LIghI IIIms, u produc-
IIon compuny bused ouI oI MIn-
neupoIIs und New York. The
compuny`s Iwo execuIIve pro-
ducers, Teuh SIrund|ord und
MIchueI KruubeI, ure boIh Irom
MInneupoIIs. SIrund|ord served
us dIrecIor, wrIIer, co-sIur und
co-producer oI Ihe IIIm. She Is
uIso Ihe Iounder oI LIIIIe LIghI
IIIms.
The pro|ecI wus compIeIed
wIIh Ihe heIp oI u crew und Ieu-
Iures u smuII cusI oI Ihree peo-
pIe. II wus IIImed IocuIIy In
NorIhIIeId, LdInu und SI. PuuI.
WhIIe UIechI suId he en|oyed
Ihe opporIunIIy Io work so
cIose Io hIs homeIown, he ud-
mIIIed IhuI Ihere wus some hes-
IIuIIon Ior u IIrsI-IIme ucIor IIIm-
Ing ouI In pubIIc.
Ior one oI Ihe bIggesI
scenes In Ihe IIIm, I wus sIund-
Ing In Ihe mIddIe oI Ihe sIreeI
In LdInu shouIIng my IeeIIngs,"
he suId. PeopIe were IookIng
Ihrough IheIr wIndows und sIop-
pIng on Ihe sIdewuIks."
DespIIe huvIng Io occusIon-
uIIy sIep ouI oI hIs comIorI zone,
however, UIechI suId Ihe expe-
rIence hus been u posIIIve one.
WheIher or noI he wIII uppeur
In more IIIms In Ihe IuIure Is
uncIeur uI Ihe momenI, buI he
suId he Is open Io Ihe possIbIIIIy.
WIIh everyIhIng I do, I
spend IIme pruyIng ubouI II
und see whuI doors open," he
suId I`m hopIng IhuI wIIh IhIs
IIIm, some more opporIunIIIes
wIII come."
Three Weeks" wIII be com-
pIeIed uround SepI. 1 wIIh u
prIvuIe screenIng In MInneupo-
IIs on SepI. 20. The IInIshed
producI wIII Ihen be submIIIed
Io vurIous IIIm IesIIvuIs wIIh
Ihe hope oI becomIng uvuIIubIe
Io Ihe pubIIc soon uIIer. II hus
u IoIuI runnIng IIme oI 19 mIn-
uIes.
More InIo on Ihe IIIm cun be
Iound uI www.IhreeweeksIIIm.
com.
Ben UIechI cun be reuched
on Iucebook us Ben UIechI Mu-
sIc, or on IwIIIer CBenUIechI.
BEN UTECHT
Hastings grad to star in new short film
VALLEY SCHOOL FUNDRAISER
Historical Society offers raffle to raise funds for school restoration
Ben Utecht will play the lead role in a short flm called
Three Weeks. SUBMITTED PHOTO
BIuck DIrI TheuIer InvIIes
unyone 18 und oIder Io purIIc-
IpuIe In The Odd CoupIe" by
NeII SImon. The show`s per-
Iormunces ure scheduIed Irom
OcI. 26 Io Nov. 4 uI HusIIngs
HIgh SchooI.
WheIher you ure un experI-
enced perIormer or huve never
seI IooI on Ihe sIuge, IhIs wIII
be u greuI opporIunIIy Ior you,
suId BIuck DIrI TheuIer ArIIsIIc
DIrecIor Andy LungenIeId.
We Iove workIng wIIh peo-
pIe oI dIIIerenI buckgrounds,"
suId LungenIeId. Through our
work we huve become very
skIIIed uI empowerIng peopIe
oI uII IeveIs oI experIence Io cre-
uIe greuI IheuIer."
AudIIIons ure 2 p.m. Io 4 p.m.
SuIurduy, Aug. 2b, und Irom 7
p.m. Io 9 p.m. Sunduy Aug. 26
uI ChrIsI`s IumIIy Church, b18
2nd SI. L., HusIIngs.
Those uIIendIng shouId pre-
pure one mInuIe oI someIhIng
Iunny. ThIs couId be u comedIc
monoIogue, skII, rouIIne or
|oke. You wIII perIorm your one-
mInuIe pIece, Ihen purIIcIpuIe
In u group workshop wIIh Ihe
dIrecIor.
AudIIIonIng cun seem IIke
Ihe scurIesI purI oI beIng In u
pIuy," suId LungenIeId. So we
muke sure Io do everyIhIng we
cun Io muke II u nerve-Iree, Iun
IIme."
BeheursuIs begIn In eurIy Sep-
Iember und wIII be heId In Ihe
evenIngs. There ure Iwo IeveIs
oI commIImenI Io muke II pos-
sIbIe Ior peopIe wIIh vurIous
scheduIes Io be InvoIved. LeveI
one Is Ior Ieud roIes: Ihree Io
IIve reheursuIs u week. LeveI
Iwo Is Ior supporIIng roIes: one
Io Ihree reheursuIs u week.
II IhIs IIckIes your InIeresI
In Ihe sIIghIesI, pIeuse come
Io uudIIIons und gIve II u Iry,"
suId LungenIeId.
Go Io BIuckDIrITheuIer.com
Ior more deIuIIs.
BLACK DIRT THEATER
Auditions scheduled for fall play, The Odd Couple
Foreclosures are down 22 percent from the same time period in 2011
Three Weeks is a movie that sounds very similar to Utechts life
Auditions are planned for Aug. 25 and Aug. 26 in Hastings