Introducing Rosemount News Sprouts

Here at Rosemount Patch we try and cover it all. Which means we receive a lot of news items that aren't quite right for a full-length story.

That flood of news is why we created "Rosemount News Sprouts."  Yes, we're trying to be a bit cute with the name, but the goal of this new column is a serious one. We want to make sure we pass along every piece of information we can about Rosemount.

So this regular column (at least once a week) will include news and information that doesn't fit anywhere else on Rosemount Patch.

If you have an announcement or event, we encourage you to post them for free on Rosemount Patch. But if you have a piece of news or other information you think we should know, please send it along to rick.ellis@patch.com.

• Rosemount High music teacher Laura Sandheim sent an email letting us know that four RHS students participated in the 2011 Men’s and Women’s National Honor Choirs at the biennial conference of the American Choral Directors Association. The honor choirs and conference took place in Chicago from March 9-12. Seniors Chad Berg and Emma Wenzel and juniors Stephen Sawyer and Maxee Whiteford were selected from a group of over 4,000 auditionees. The Men’s and Women’s Honor Choirs, along with a Children’s Honor Choir and a Junior High/Middle Level Honor Choir, rehearsed for three days and performed for several thousand choral directors and other professional musicians on the last day of the convention at the Auditorium Theatre on the campus of Roosevelt University.
• The Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend refinery in Rosemount received a Minnesota Wastewater Treatment Facility Operational Award on Thursday from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). According to a press release announcing the award, Pine Bend received the honor at the MPCA’s 74th annual Wastewater Operations Conference in Brooklyn Park.
• The Recycling Association of Minnesota (RAM) is once again providing rain barrels and compost bins to Minnesota residents at a wholesale price. According to the RAM web site, the bins must be ordered ahead of time and they will be available for pick-up at the Specialized Environmental Technologies-Rosemount Facility on June 3 and 4.
• The Minnesota Adopted Athletics Assocation (MAAA) Facebook page just posted their 2011 All-Conference selections and several member of the District 196 Dakota United team made the list. In the CI South division, Rashawn Carroll, Andy Hermann, Joe Sandey and Ricky Arends made the team. In the PI South division Eric Liggett, Tony Breyer, Jaayson Meyer and Grayson Nicolai made the team. For more information on the Dakota United team, about their successful 2011 season.