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Newspaper Clipping - Newspaper Clipping Scan - Thompson West Reuters; Eagan Community Television - 1/1/1997
Fo 1-DER BEGINS The deals: WEST PUBLISH\G $+CtrT� TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27. 1996 Profile Thomson gets tough when company goals aren't met By John J. Oslund Star Tribune Staff Writer Before the West Publishing deal was announced Monday, Thomson Corporation's best- known Minnesota acquisition was of the St. Cloud Times, a daily newspaper that the Toron- to -based publisher has since sold. From its humble beginnings in Timmons, Ontario, where founder Roy Thomson owned a radio station in the 1950s, the companyhas grown into a $7 billion global information enter- prise with a seemingly insatiable appetite. "Our vision is to become the world's foremost information publishing company,". Thomson President W. Michael Brown said Monday.. "Joining forces with West is a major strategic move for us — far -and -away the biggest transaction we have ever under- taken." Although it still owns newspa- pers in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom (includ- ing the flagship Toronto Globe & Mail), Thomson's biggest invest- ments in the past decade have been in specialty content pro- viders. A case in point is the 1989 purchase of Lawyers Cooperative Publishing — a venerable U S legal publisher — for $815 million — the biggest Thomson acquisi- tion before Monday's deal to buy West for $3.425 billion. "Thomson acquires first -tier companies and they tend to re - An information powerhouse Thomson Corp. of Toronto will become the biggest database company in the United States with its $3.4 billion acquisition of Eagan -based West Publishing Co., the nation's largest legal publisher. Thomson will make West'soffices in Eagan the headquarters of its legal publishing. , West Publishing > Founded: 1872 >. Headquarters: Eagan )' Employees: 6,700 > '95 sales: $825 million (est.) > '95 operating profit:'$200 mil- lion (est) > Legal online: WESTLAW > Notable publications, prod- ucts: West law books, college and high school textbooks, CD- ROM desktop law library. main first -tier companies;" said Maureen Fleming,owner of the Connecticut -based Digital Infor- mation Group. "For that, West Thomson Corp. > Founded: 1934 > Headquarters: Toronto > Employees: 45,000 > '94 sales: $6.35 billion > '94 earnings: $427. million > Legal online: Research Insti- tute of America; Information Access Co. • > Notable publications, prod- ucts: Thomson Newspapers, Toronto Globe & Mail, Physi- cian's Desk Reference. Star Tribune Graihic • employees should be gratefull— at least the ones that are staying." Fleming's comment about em- ployees who "are stayirig" i . a reference to Thomson's well- known reputation for cost cutting — through headcount reductions if necessary. That reputation has been a front -burner concern for West 'employees — the Eagan -based company has never had econom- ic layoffs in its 123-year history. "I would say lifetime employ- ment is going to go the way of IBM and AT&T," said Fleming. "Thomson • is very brutal with people when goals are not met." West's revenue per employee — a key.productivity measure = is about $118,000. That compares with about $142,000 for the busi- nesses in Thomson's financial and professional publishing units. "You can see that there is go- ing to be some productivity work being done," said Fleming. How- ever, one' of the big attractions for the Canadian company was West's fat operating profit mar- gins. At nearly 25 percent, West's margins are twice Thomson's companywide operating margins. West's fat margins will proba- bly buy it some autonomy be- cause Thomson "is basically pret- ty hands off unless something is going wrong." A former West employee who asked to not be identified said that Thomson has been unfairly categorized as a slash -and -burn operator. When it bought Ban- croft Whitney, a California legal publisher, there was minimal consolidation, the employee said. Thomson probably learned its lesson after it bought Lawyers, Cooperative of New York. Subse- quent layoffs at Lawyers Co-op cut so deep that some people had to be rehired, the former.employ- ee said. Still Fleming said: "I would be surprised if there are not layoffs. But I don't think the real bloody stuff would. happen until West doesn't meet some numbers." Andy Mills, who heads Thom- son's North American profession- al publishing units and also will be West chief executive, said the plan is to grow all of Thomson businesses — including West: "First, the message is Thom- son is a growth company with entrepreneurial instincts. We have 15,000 employees in the in- formation business and 5,000 of those jobs have been a created by our growth. Our anticipation is that between now and the year 2000 . . : we are planning to add 1,500 employees a year" "We have not paid in excess of $3.4 billon for this company to start to winding it down." Thomson's worldwide staff is •about 40,000. Thomson currently has 25,000 employees in the U.S., and its corporate headquarters is in Stamford, Conn. After the West transaction, more than 55 per: cent of Thomson's total revenues and 75 percent of its operating profits will be generated • in the U.S. • — Staff Writer .Terry Fiedler 'contributed to this report. Give your kitchen top -dollar designer beauty at a fraction of the cost... .and you'll save 21%, up to $1,( on kitchen cabinet refacing 1101 ;+ '111i.!{I )i.it 1;1#iElti Isi# ii! il= 3iiS' iWHIM The deals: WEST PUBLISHING ar- TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27.1996 Profile Thomson gets tough when company goals aren't met By John J. Oslund - r' 'Star Tribune Staff j`'Writer ::,:Before the { West Publishing deal was announced Monday, ' Thomson Corporation's best- known Minnesota acquisition was of the Stn..Cloud Times, a daily newspaper -'that the Toron- to -based publisher has since sold. ' From its -Bumble beginnings in Timmons, —:-.Ontario, where founder Roy Thomson owned a radio -station-:in; the 1950s, the company has. grown into a $7 billion global information enter- prise with a seemingly insatiable appetite. "Our vision is to become the world's foremost information publishing company," Thomson President W: Michael Brown said Moriday..:" joining forces with West is amajor strategic move for us° far_and=away the biggest -transaction we{have ever under- taken-" 7Although it still'owns newspa- pers inthe United States, Canada and. the United Kingdom (includ- - ing:the =flagsliip Toronto Globe & Mail); Thomson's biggest invest- .Jments`iri=-thrr =past' decade have been;.. in :specialty, content pro- -viders::..:: .A:i case> im point is the 1989 ...:-purchaseoj.I:awyers Cooperative :=:Publishing ::g; venerable. U.S: legal; publisher:= for $815 million the biggest Thomson acquisi- Lion-befpreMonday's deal to buy . main first -tier companies," said 3Nestfdr $3:425 billion "- : Maureen Fleming, owner .of the- . ac quires first -tier Connecticut -based Digital Infor- _ cornpariies= and: they tend to re- mation Group. "For that, West • An information powerhouse • Thomson Corp. of Toronto will become the biggest database company in the United States with its $3.4 billion acquisition of Eagan -based West Publishing Co, the nation's largest legal publisher. Thomson will make West's offices in Eagan the headquarters of its legal publishing. West Publishing P- > Founded. 1872 > Headquarters: Eagan > Employees: 6,700 > '95 sales: $825 million (est) > '95 operating profit $200 mil- lion (est) > Legal online: WESTLAW > Notable publications, prod- ucts: West law books, college and high school textbooks, CD- ROM desktop law library. Thomson Corp. > Founded:1934 > Headquarters: Toronto > Employees: - 45,000 > '94 sales: $6.35 billion > '94 earnings: $427. million > Legal online: Research Insti- tute of America; Information Access Co..... > Notable publications, prod- _ ucts: Thomson Newspapers, Toronto Globe & Mail, Physi- cian's Desk Reference. reference to Thomson's well- lesson after it bought Lawyers known reputation for cost cutting • Cooperative of New York. Subse- through headcount reductions . quent layoffs at Lawyers Co-op if necessary. • • cut so deep that some people had That reputation has been a to be rehired, the former employ - front -burner concern for West ee said. - employees the Eagan -based Still Fleming said: "I would be company has never had econom- surprised if there are not layoffs. is layoffs in its 123-year history. But I don't think the real bloody "I would say lifetime employ- stuff would happen until West ment is going 'to go the -way of doesn't meet some numbers. IBM and AT&T," said Fleming. Andy Mills, who heads Thom - "Thomson is very brutal with son's North American profession- people when goals are not met." al publishing units and also will West's revenue per employee be West chief executive, said the — a key productivity measure — plan is to grow all of Thomson is about $118,000: That compares : businesses — including West. with about $142,000 for the busi- "First, the message is Thom- nesses in Thomson's financial sonis a growth company with and professional publishing entrepreneurial 'instincts. We units. - • - - • have 15,000 employees in the in - "You can see that there is go-. formation business and 5,000 of ing to be some productivity work . those jobs have been a created by being done," said Fleming. How- our growth Our_anticipation-is-- ever, one of the big attractions for that between now and. the year the Canadian . company was 2000 ... we are planning to add West's fat operating profit mar- 1,500 employees a year" gins. At nearly 25 percent, West's "We have not paid in excess of margins are twice Thomson's $3.4 billon for this company to companywide operating margins: start to winding it down." West's fat margins will proba- Thomson's worldwide staff is bly buy it some autonomy be-' ,,about 40,000. Thomson currently cause Thomson "is basically pret- • has 25,000 employees in the U.S., ty hands off unless something is and its corporate headquarters is going wrong." • in Stamford, Conn. After the West A former West employee who transaction,more than 55 per - asked to not be identified said ..cent of-Thomson's total revenues that Thomson has been unfairly and 75 percent of its operating Star Tribune Graphic categorized as a slash -and -burn. , profits will be_generated in the operator.. When it bought Ban- U.S. - employees should be grateful — croft Whitney, a California legal — Staff Writer Terry Fiedler at least the ones that are staying." publisher, `there Was -minimalcontributed to this report. Fleming's comment about em- consolidation, the employee said: ployees who "are staying" is a Thomson probably learned its • • . M. 11- 2 31 009 'GRANT BRELTER • SUN NEWSPAPERS According to a new report from a .. state -commissioned task ..force,' .you', should be able to have a face -''to -face con versation with. your boss by 2015 from home. Eagan -based Thomson Reuters Chief - Operating Officer Rick King and Eagan Communications Garrison were appointed Tom serve . ion the ppointed by the state to 3roadband Task ForceMinnesoAHigh r Speed fter meeting 19 timesin April 2008 in during the ast year, the 23-member task force released its rebdrf Nov 6 onwhat of Internet speeds- the state;should aiming - for to remain economics, competitive ! King the chair o� Cseintytd wo iu,to{the E hastbeen working;; its own objectives within the city Int; simplest'of terms King said the t - force concluded' that every resident i the state should' have access to:InternE service that would allow them; to woe from home by 2015 INTERNET TO c UXrC Ux ream 11 - 1.21-1.0001 16 Apple Valley, Rosemount & Eagan Sun-Current—Thursday.119, 2009—wwwmnSun.cam Internet FROM PAGE 1 the ability to be a part of a teleconfer- ence. In more technological .terms, it means the ability to download at speeds that reach 10-20 megabits per second (mpbs) and upload speeds that reach 5- 10 mbps. Those desired speeds are 10 to 15 \ times higher than the Federal nmunications Commission mini- mum standard for a connection to be considered broadband. The task force determined 94 percent of Minnesotans. have access to service to meet those standards, but determined it doesn't mean much in terms of value. `Anyone who knows anything about this area would say the FCC definition is pretty low," said King. The task force found only 17 percent of residents had speeds that matched those standards. Washington County was the only county in the state that on average met both upload and download standards. Hennepin and Ramsey coun- ties met the standard for average upload capacity. In Eagan, which would be consid- ered on the high -end for Minnesota, most subscribers have download: speeds'' that are nearly at thatlevel;:butuploads: speedsare much slower. Most providers; offer. a DSL •or cable,: option thafcoines. through on the download .:speeds ; but,i upload speeds are far behind; King said:; When King is .working on his: cable powered Internet computer.from ; his.` Eden Prairiehome on a Saturday and his children are using both high defini= tion televisions in the house,. he. can tell. That's why the commission is rec- ommending expanded use offiberoptic cable as the preferred method of..: deliv, ering those speeds to homes, 'as' it` has more capacity for high user activity Optical fiberis the. only material that currently ensures those speeds no matter how many users are on a certain network, said King. _ By getting to the speed goals, King: said the state should be able to accom,. plish another goal set out by the task 1 force. That goal is to be in the top: five, nationally in both average upload and download -speed and in the top 15 com- pared to other states and countries:. h.. "I'm convinced taht if we. set our F sights on 10 to 20 mbps, we'll be in the top five," he said. According to the report, Minnesota `. currently ranks 23rd among states in overall broadband speeds:. The U.S.. ranks 18th among nations in broadband Evening and weeken appointments: tsi;t met%dentalc`are com;or call .., care AppleVaiteyClinics.: �92�F1orerice;�T'ral' ,::952=�32=736 Y� 199,0`Glaier'''Avenue9523.1=5114-; In the Community, With the Community, For the. Community. speeds. The key is also to make the service affordable enough for users. It's cur- rently a challenge, as in the United States users pay $12.60 per month per megabit of speed, compared to $3.09 in Japan, $3.70 in France and $4.61 in Italy, according to the report. How to get there While the task force is pushing for the higher speed, its report notes that i government shouldn't take the lead, but work with cable providers, who were also well represented on the task force. Instead government should help by partnering with providers, according to King. "The first and foremost role of gov- ernment entities is to set a goal and set a direction," he said. "You're a leader, a convener, not necessarily a total doer. You also have to give providers credit." One means to do!this outlined in the report is providing tax incentives to providers who are making investments to bring better service to consumers. Another is through' bonding initiatives to build infrastructure. "The providers, I think, are building out as fast as their dash -flow will allow," King said. Sen. John Doll, IDFL-40, who repre- sents Burnsville and Bloomington and is the vice -chair of the Senate Energy, Utilities, Technology and Communications Committee, said even if it was desired, the state doesn't have the money right now to take on the issue without help from the private sec- tor. 1 "There's not going to be money to put into something like this in the short term," he said. The Legislature's work would likely start with creating a permanent adviso- ry council charged with overseeing the progress toward meeting the task force's recommended goals during the 2010 session. "We're going to need a group to shep- herd this thing through," he said. "It sounds like an achievable goal. We had a broad base of stakeholders that signed their names to this." Local! efforts Stakeholders in Dakota County have developed a marketing campaign to make sure the county is making I progress toward the goal. The Dakota County Community Development Agencies has partnered • with 11 cities, including Apple Valley, Burnsville, Eagan, Lakeville and Rosemount to produce a video that highlights the benefits of high-speed broadband. The video will be shown on local cable access' channels and is avail- able on city websites. • Eagan has been exploring. its own • options for a few. years now and a final ` report that has been worked on by con ` sultant Andrew Cohill and the-Eagan'r:' Technology Working Group madeiup of city employees and local business. experts. Through the,process, the.:city has been . working with local providers to come up with a solution.:: In a report to the City Counci ;..Qohill. outlined a few options for the city` One included working with providers topro- vide access to the city's existingbase of fiber line and Conduit. According to Garrison, the city has. laid a substantial amount of lines to hold .fiber during major road• projects, such as the recent reconstruction of Highway 55. The city also has a network of fiber that connects city facilities and has access to the network that connects School District 196 schools within the city. "We have tried to at a minimum put in more conduit than just what the city needs," he said. "Some of the best industry advice we've received is to take advantage of those opportunities to install those things" when the. ground is already broken. Garrison said the city's major. providers, Qwest and Comcast also have fiber lines that lay within the city's roadways that haven't been con- nected to homes. The city is also looking at a possible collocation facility that would give providers a place to store servers 'that could back up data. If a partnership:is po"ssible, or how one would work is what the City Council will need to examine once the report is finalized. "Youhave to address that gover- nance and ownership very early in the process," said Cohill. To • read the full report by the Minnesota High Speed Broadband Task Force, visit http://.www.ultra-high- speed-mn.org/. "Eagan Today" with Grant Boelter visit mnsun.com/ea every weekday for Grantsnews newspapers www.mnsun.com 'Re federal •om one> a' Ponzi: retrecord ..ventuallyi headquar • s,' hours of worth of PPEAL, 3C ,• EW I By Leslie,Brooks Suzukamo sun./ amoponeerpress com! Thomson Reuters :Corp:'- said:Thursday=it will: lay. off 120 employees': at. its ''canipiis: • in Eagan, part of a move' to eliminate- 240 'jobs ;in its a• Eagan -based. infaton division.bytheend ofthe; year., The Mirunesota job cuts<repv;; resent 1.7; percent of tt'e°-7 o00 employees who'. work at:. the`: Eagan campus of the. legaldivi=' :t sion, which runs the West1aw , legal service, Findlaw;_ and:`". other services used by firms and corporations' legal ,departments.- ; . e 120 lost Eagan;',jobs=cut• '•: across the vision, mcluding s.. both thecontent and tech nolo: . -gy sides °of: f-the:<'business, spokesman'John Shaughnessy said f u=. The lobs ;,yinclude writers,:, marketers,;': managers ; :viand:,. ,; technology:markers in the soft ware Pt(of•::the business; Shaughnessy said.' Most of the rest of the cuts came'from the legal'dh-i j 's offices in Rochester�`N.Y.;°and,. Los Angeles, Shaughnessy said 12 — 4 —zocor all _1261l.6)ov:e /d? /997. 'homson University launched in Eagan • West Group dedicates educational resources in. hopes of attracting, retaining top employees in publishing industry. By Sue Hegarty Staff Writer Students at a new university will be able to take business and personal growth classes without paying tuition or standing in line at the school bookstore. Thomson University is anew in-house employee education program for the 9,700 employees of West Information Publishing Group (WIPG), formerly West Publishing in Eagan. Beginning in July 1997,. courses will be offered in a 13,000 square foot class- room to be constructed at the Eagan fa- cility. Housed in awing of the WIPG building, the university will have a video conference room, classroom with seating for 150 employees, and independent work stations. Education Manager Sandra Flynn said employees will attend one to three day classes during the regular work day. Tuition for a class must come out of de- partmental budgets. Besides classroom instruction, some courses will be avail; able on CD-ROM so that employees can learn at their current work station or at home. Flynn said "learning organizations are more resilient." Offering on -site courses will hopefully lead WIPG to its goal — to be the employer of choice, Flynn said. "We hope it helps us to attract and re;, tain the'best'and brightest people in the'' industry," Flynn said.. . A library will be on -site, offering in- dustry -information. - Upon completion of a course, employ= ees will receive a certificate,, but not col- lege credit. Flynn said she is working with several of the Twin Cities colleges and universities and can refer employees who are interested in a degree. The Eagan classrooms will be a branch campus. Thomson has offered similar "universities" at other companies it owns since 1993. One year has passed since the merger of West Publishing and the Thomson. Corp. Managing a company that quickly. grew from 3,000 to more than 9,000 re- quires specialized skills, Flynn said. - Thomson University is helping employ- ees cope with the changes and to accept a new corporate culture. "It's a lot like the death and dying process," Flynn said. Employees may feel anger, then de- pression and finally acceptance. • • "If someone moves the copy machine farther down the hall, one employee might be upset for five minutes while an- other might be dysfunctional for a week," Flynn said. Technology is one primary source of change at WIPG. West Publishing used a computer system based on Word Perfect. Thomson uses Windows 95 Microsoft Of- fice. Bringing West employees up to speed on Microsoft Office may fill desktop training classes for the remainder of the year, Flynn said. Employees also can participate in a lunchroom video series that will address change management. Even basic eating habits change when undergoing a corporate merger, said Butch Ciresi, WIPG food service manag- er. "During the merger, sales were down. Now they're back to normal. People did- n't eat well," Ciresi said. ' To lighten the mood, Ciresi introduced themes, centered around ethnic foods, such as Italian or Mexican. Ciresi and other top level managers have already taken' the. "change manage- menf-'__ course required-ofevery-employee. ,Ciresi said,the.class reinforced-the'impor- tance of"putting a different spin on things" by turning a negative into a positive. West's corporate culture didn't include serving food and beverage at meetings, he said. "The philosophy now is that it en- hances meetings." Although it means more work for his staff, Ciresi said, "It's an honor that they want our services." Constructionon the Thomson Univer- sity classroom space is expected to begin soon and be completed by July. ignore youth tobacco `crisis' s something that - to help reduce s among minors. ost positive steps _ s to make it more ildren to buy to- • s. .avage, upon find - tobacco retailers selling tobacco to han 40 percent of in place a system fines for illegal pliance checks for ers to make sure eing followed. The 3 sales rate is now d 15 percent — a ill help save the th of the children nity. as this illegal to- control system vage, it has been oughout Minneso- f Minnesota com- he Department of hat in those com- h strong tobacco antes, retailers likely not to sell cts to minors than g times those without a strong ordi- nance. Seeing this success, we have introduced legislation in the Minnesota Senate similar to what Savage and more than 100 other communities in:the state have done. The legislation pro- poses: • Licensing of all retail out- lets that sell tobacco. • • Compliance checks to help determine- the effectiveness of • the program and to assure that . the law is being followed. • Graduated fines against those.stores found guilty of sell- ing tobacco to minors. -• No preemption or prohibi- tion of local community tobacco control ordinances. - • • The elimination of self-ser vice tobacco sales and vending 'machines except in businesses :that cannot be entered by per- -sons under age 18. • The legislation is supported by• nearly 100 of Minnesota's health organizations, public in- terest groups, local communi- ties and religious organizations. 'Itsapproach is endorsed by 27 of mil Board's request, administration is • in: to outline .steps ;udy. The Hopkins ct..community can e coming months ie surrounding pos- art time scenarios, t/benefit analyses tial impact scenar- on various aspects nity. intendent of the )ol District, I firm - hat this complex remain within the pcal control. .How - Commers asked to vote consistently :To the editor This' legislative session, I have been quite pleased with Rep. Coinmers' votes to reduce youth access to tobacco. That's why I was surprised and disap- pointed that he voted against a bill to reduce tobacco advertis- ing aimed at kids. It's also iron- ic that on the day after Rep. Commers voted against this.bill, a national tobacco company ad- mitted that the tobacco industry purposely targets children. I en - the nation's attorneys general who, in their landmark report on children and tobacco, said that the only serious way to combat illegal tobacco sales to minors is through a system of li- censing, fines and compliance checks. Similar legislation has been- introduced'in previous sessions of the Minnesota Legislature, only to be thwarted by the to- bacco industry and its allies. Study. after study has demon- strated that while approaches such as this may not be popular with the tobacco industry, our children, our families and ,the state's taxpayerscan no longer wait. By supporting this Mea- sure,- the Legislature will demonstrate its commitment to combating this serious problem and attempting to do something about the 6,400 Minnesotans who dies each year from tobacco addiction. • - State Sen. Ember Reichgott Junge, DFL-46, lives in New Hope. Sen. Edward Oliver, R- 43, lives in Deephaven. • with the help of a generous public and many supportive businesses._ I would like to take this opportu- nity,", on behalffofthesesboysaand 'girls; Ito thank the many busi nesses for their cooperation, sup- port, and caring consideration. Camp Fire Boys and "Girls clubs in this region have bene- fited greatly from your help. We thank you. Robin Birkemose Camp Fire Boys and Girls Region J Service Team manager Roseen supported 71Ammo* Eagan q /5/Z dr..V3 www.thisweek-online.com Community television runs with the help of volunteers Burnsville/Eagan Community Television honors those who give their time Phum br Erin Jr,hn.un Mark Hotchkiss, community programming manager for BECT, said volunteers are essential for successful community television. by Erin Jobnson THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS Volunteers are the key to community television's suc- cess, said Mark Hotchkiss, community programming manager for Burnsville/Eagan Community Television (BECT). With a full-time staff of only nine and about 70 pro- ductions per month, BECT has always been extremely volun- teer oriented, he said. "We would not have a prayer of turning out that kind of quantity if we did it only with staff," he said. "That's why we depend so much on volunteers to help with our community coverage." The Eagan City Council proclaimed Thursday, April 3 as Burnsville/Eagan Community Television Volunteer Appreciation Day. The volunteers were honored by BECT at a ceremony held Thursday evening to recog- nize their contributions. In the past year alone, 571 citizens volunteered about 7,000 hours of their time to produce 900 hours of original programming. Volunteers are made up of all ages and interests, Hotchkiss said. Some do it as a hobby, others to help cover their kids' school events, and some volunteer because there's a message they think the community ought to hear. People also do it to learn a new skill or get some extra training for a degree. Some even get their family involved, bringing in their sib- lings, children and husband or wife. "There's a lot of people who have built in crews with their family, two to three peo- ple. 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Value P Rebate Alscoun 0 AVAIL 60 MOS 2003 V8, AUTO, A HEAT & AIR, FENDER 6 LEASE LOYALTY $14144 �'y EG NCUA e1; 3880 Highway 13 _ Eagan _ 651-686-0100 _ ww.mncu.org Membership is Open to the Public! lid 01 li AC gnnq ? !itnA ')13WN$IH 1 6A April 5, 2003 THISWEEK Volunteers/from 1A BECT news and information coordinator and volunteer. Virtually all of the station's sports coverage is produced by volunteers, he said, as well as a number of programs pro- duced in the studio. For instance, "Access to Democracy," is produced and hosted by volunteer Alan Miller, who interviews local politicians, and "55 Plus," which is- produced by volun- teer Bob Cooper," is a program about issues of concern to sen- ior citizens. Several volunteers also produce religious pro- grams, such as church services and church activities. •' • "You • almost have as many different kinds of programs as you have . individuals," • Hotchkiss said. Volunteers allow the sta- tion to offer diverse program- ming without _breaking the • bank. Reardon 'said the work done by volunteers would translate to' about $100,000 .a year. - • The station is always look- ing for volunteers and offers several volunteer opportuni- ties, Hotchkiss .said. • "Somebody from the com- - munity will call us up and say that something is going on and they'd like to see it taped, but they don't have the training or the . wherewithal to tape it themselves, and we'll try to find somebody in the commu- nity to tape that event,' he said: For those interested in vol- unteering with no television experience; BECT offers a complete -line of training class- es, which cost $20 each. "We assume that you have absolutely no experience whatsoever," he said. "So we have classes that start you off with portable production, edit- ing and graphics, studio- pro- duction, mobile studio produc- tion and computer -based edit- ing."- BECT will also put together class packages for special interest groups, like church groups and community groups for a group rate of $50. Anybody with an idea is' able to become part of commu O ial Minnesota' s CREDIT UNION '91. Would you like to have a neighborhood bank with low loan rates, li; competitive savings rates and free checking accounts all with friendly service? Stop in and see what .MNCU can do for you! Bring this ad in for a 1/4% off your next auto loan! el lid "We would not have a prayer of turning out that kind of quantity if we did it only with staff" Mark Hotchkiss COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING MANAGER FOR - BURNSVILLE/EAGAN C,OMMUNITY.TELEVISION hity television, as long . as they're willing to put in the effort. "Public access is a free - speech forum, so we do not censor," Hotchkiss said. "So if somebody comes to us with a program idea, we basically talk to them a little about their experience, we refer them to the classesthey need to take_in order to be qualified to use our equipment, and then it's up to them to produce their pro- gram." Thursday marked the sta- tion's 16th annual:volunteer appreciation celebration, which has evolved from a small party to an all-out awards ceremony. "We're just saying back to them, `Thank you for making -• this all possible,— Reardon said. Awards are given to.the vol- unteer who contributed the most hours and the rookie of the year, as well as volunteers who contributed 100 'hours in the past year and those who have made a significant contri- bution in one area or another. The station's highest honor, the Karen Brooks Memorial Award, is not given out every year, said Reardon. "Karen was our Community Producer' of the Year for many years and just a longtime vol- unteer, and she passed away about eight years ago," he said. "So we decided to use the award to recognize somebody who is really deserving in memory of Karen. We don't do it every year — it's the most prestigious award we give." Ron Braun, a longtime BECT volunteer' and past recipient of the Karen Brooks Memorial Award, said that he finds great fulfillment in vol- •unteering for BECT. -"Like with any project, the more you put into it, the more you get out of it," he said. Braun, 65, said he is always learning new skills through his volunteer work. "The learning process is one of the -fun parts: When you learn new things, it keeps you young;". he said. A lifelong videophile, Braun began volunteering to tape his. • children's • sports events because he wanted to have a record of their accom- plishments. Since then, he has • done. everything from pulling cable to editing and directing. "At this point, I don't think there's a facet of it I haven't tried," he said. "It really keeps your 'mind sharp, doing all of this." The volunteer system works, -he said, because 99 percent of. the people enjoy what they're doing. - 'We have people at events that want to. be there," he said. "The •nicestpeople are there, and everybody mentors every- body else The following volunteers were honored at Thursday's ceremony: • • Jerry Mahler, of Eagan, -was honored as the 2002 Volunteer of the Year. Mahler, who has received numerous awards for his community tel- evision volunteer efforts since Q. Is there a difference between (heating • and air conditioning) contractors? ARemember when looking for a (heating and air con-ditioning) contractor there is a difference. GEOFF PETITS . Controlled Air- has provided dependable service and Mr. "Indoor" Comfort quality Trane products since 1977. 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The award goes to the person who contributed the highest number of volunteer hours during the year. -In 2002, Mahler donated almost 200 hours. • . • Robert Peterson, of Burnsville, was honored as the 2002 Rookie of the Year and also entered the organization's Century Club by contributing more than 100 hours last year. Peterson has been involved in a variety 'of programs pertain- ing to the two communities • Alan Miller, of Eagan, received an Impact Award for his efforts as a producer of the popular program, "Access to Democracy." Miller also joined the Century Club by donating over 100 hours of his time in 2002: • Don Saima,• of Eagan, was honored with an Impact Award for his commitment to- assist with the daytime television productions. • ' • John Kilpatrick, 'of Burnsville, and Tami and Mark Johnson, of Eagan, received Impact Awards for their con- tinued coverage of girls' high school hockey for their respec- tive communities of Burnsville and Eagan. • Loren Bartels, of Shakopee, received the final Impact Award for his -compa- ny's partnering • efforts with community television produc- tions. Bartelt's company, Kingdom Sound and Lighting of Burnsville, has • assisted with enhancing audio- 'and lighting on many productions over the years. • Dale Abrahamson, of Minneapolis, and Larry Morrisette, of Shoreview,were inducted into the Millennium Club, where they join a select number of volunteers who have either volunteered for 10 years, produced 100 programs, and/or volunteered 1,000 hours or more: For. more information on volunteering at BECT, call (651) 882-8213 or visit www.bect.tv. Erin Johnson is at eakan.thisweek@ecm- inc.com. Norsota Lodge Norsota Lodge Sons of . Norway will meet at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 12 at the Lakeville Senior Center. Visitors are welcome. . • Kathleen Stakker, professor of Norwegian studies at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, will speak on holiday traditions. Her lecture will feature an interesting slide presentation. 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MERIJRY SABLE Auto, power windows locks, AC, ABS brakes, AM/FM CD, 3.0L V-6. c THISWEEK Date 00, 2003 5A TAURUS SE Auto, AC, AM/FM cassette, speed control, remote entry, power windoWlocks/mirrors, 3.0 V6, block heater and much more. EXPLORER AC, auto., 4.0 V6, power windows/ locks, carpet, floor mats, Thomson's Eagan HQ is strong and growing ON BUSINESS' NEAL ST. ANTHONY Eagan, Minn., appears the biggest employ- ment beneficiary of the global merger one year ago of New York -based Thomson Corp. with London -based Reuters. The combined publisher of finan- cial markets, legal, accounting and .health care information has•weath- ered a stock -value decline and inte- gration -related layoffs at the respec- tive home offices. But the Eagan headquarters for the Thomson Reuters global legal business is in the middle of adding about 300 people this year to what should be a 7,300-employee campus that supports growing businesses in North America, Europe, China, the United Kingdom, Chile, Argentina and Australia. The Eagan -based legal business, driven largely by overseas expan- sion, employed about 6,300 in 2005. The flagship product, Westlaw, -is now used by lawyers and courts in 60 countries. "We're very grateful," said Pe- ter Warwick, chief executive of the Eagan -based legal business. • - "Legal has 13;500 employees worldwide and more than Z000 are in Eagan. Even with all of the eco- nomic difficulties, we are still in a position. of being a growing busi- ness." Operating profit in legal grew 9 percent to $1.1 billion as revenue grew 6 percent to $3.5 billion in 2008. "There is incredible demand for information about Chinese com- mercial law in -the U.S., the U.K. and Europe," said Warwick, a 10- year Thomson Reuters veteran who moved to Eagan in 2005. - ' , Recent visitors to the former "West Publishing" campus, which a decade ago employed about 4,000, included lawyers and administrators from the "Supreme Peoples Court" in Beijing. Thomson continues on D2 ► an• art collector; is ac- sors ofj cused of securing dozens of It al life insurance policies for one of New man totaling $127 million. policie The Minnesota Department misrep of Commerce;said Friday that . of cov: it has suspended Michael J. had: Antonello's insurance license Anto .and filed. civil charges alleg- commi ing insurance fraud and forg- these p ery. The department also sus- ed from pended the license of his agen- icies to A NOV NETS! 1 NETBOOK FROM'D1 Netboo are prof ers, first-time PC buyers, per- percent haps senior citizens, and fam- desktop • ily households Jooking to pur- sales fall chase perhaps a.second, third World • or fourth PC." eomput "I view netbooks as. being (in million between smart phones and Uektop.... laptops," said Philip Solis,. an laptops analyst for ABI Research in ikiiimoig Oyster Bay, N.Y. "Some peoL . ProJecte� ple will choose a netbook in stead of a laptop, but for others ; the netbook will be sufficient- vice fee ly weaker, slower and smaller !can't of that it will be more of a second- ing beca ary device to a regular PC." • a PC's How can AT&T sell net-. 'monthly books sat well below their .re- '• "The tail prices? It's a subsidized book of business model like the one phone c used to provide cheap or free • growth s cell phones, even though 'the they are 1 phones really cost hundreds of that will dollars each. AT&T gradual- tinue gri ly recoup the cost of phones, Shim, a or in this case the cost of net analyst books, out of the monthly ser- search f Venture capital CAPITAL FROM D1 a i on into 2009, it's not unexpect- ed that the VCs would pause' to assess the impact on their portfolio companies before. again looking forward to their next investment." The quarter saw double- digit decreases in every ma- jor sector. Natio medical bread -a declined million. vice co , to that we ed $33.3 n million v The Plym is develoj atrial fibr quivering bers of th ir gular4 Thomson's Eagan HQ is strong and growing THOMSON FROM D1 , In the United States, we spend about 1.3 percent of our •. economic output on legal bill- ings and about one in 300 of us are lawyers. China, one of the fastest -growing economies on Earth, spends 0.07 percent of economic output on legal billings and one in 8,500 is a Chinese lawyer. However, law and lawyers is something the United States is good at exporting. And, since 2001 and Chinese admission to the World Trade Organi- zation, the number of foreign law firms operating in China has doubled to about 180, driv- en by U.S. firms. China's legal system is modernizing rapidly to support its economic devel- opment. Thomson West prod- ucts have been a big beneficia- ry. And that beats just buying TV sets from those guys with borrowed money. Moreover, the Eagan cam- pus last year added a $50 mil- lion addition to its already big plant. Eagan also serves globe - spanning tax, and accounting, scientific and health care in= formation businesses, as well as some Reuters -related busi- nesses. "We're the data center for a group of global businesses, the electronic nerve center, not only for legal, but tax and accounting, which is based in New York, and scientific, which is based in Philadelphia and Michigan," Warwick said. "We're very pleased on Day 1 of Year 2 of the merger." , The new hiring in Eagan offset the loss of about 70 sup- port -staff and customer -ser- vice jobs last year to Thomson operations in India and the Philippines. The stock of Thomson Reu- ters has fallen from $35.70 per share a year ago to; $27.67 on Friday. It has held up much better than a lot of media and financial services firms, which have lost half or more of their value over the same period. "TRI" stock prices are up 40 percent since they bottomed in November. With global mar- kets starting to warm and early. signs ()fan economic recovery, the consensus estimate among eight analysts who cover the company is a $50 share price within 12 months. Neal St. Anthony • 612-673-7144 nstanthony@startribune.com o�' ook, wl ich is slowerand smaller than a is conducti laptop:-Netbooks` are already available in AT&T and. retail stores, but AT&T is sellmg models;? edto'offers from Dell, Acer,and LG at'drastically low- er this year. er. prices: $50 to'$250 for ,a,computer than AT&T normally goes for $300 to $600. '-stores, mngIv But there's one'catch that's familiar to -Twin Citie: cell -phone buyers: Customers have to buy phone sere a 'qualifying wireless Internet access ser- ::Shack and; Venture capitalspigot tap ' • Both in Minnesota and across the nation, the flow of mone gives life to new businesses has slowed to a dismal trickle. By THOMAS LEE •flee@startribune.com Venture capital (VC) in Minneso- ta nearly dried up in the first quarter, with only four ,local companies're- ceiving investments, the worst per- formance in at least 14 years. Minnesota companies attracted $56;1 million, down from $63.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2008, accord- ing to the MoneyTree report by Price- waterhouseCoopers and the Nation- al Venture Capital Association, based on data by ;Thomson Financial. That represented 1.9 percent of the nation- al venture capital pool, about average for Minnesota. More than half of the money went to one start-up, Atritech Inc., of Plymouth. - Dow .. " A 5.90 8,131.33 Nasdaq A2.63 1,673.07 als S&P 500 'A 4.30 869.60 ..' The four companies — t� ical device start-ups, a greet ical maker and RedBrick H health" management firm — sent Minnesota's lowest ly total of VC -financed coi . since at least the third qu 1995, the earliest year in the Tree report. Minnesota's dismal show rored that of the country as tion's worst recession su Great Depression scared a .bestors from all industries geographic regions. VC investment fell 37 pe $3 billion from $5.7 billion in vious quarter. The number dropped 37 percent to 54 NYSE A 26.33 5,480.60 Russell-2K A5.49 47937 : Daily briefing 2B D twincities.com St. Paul Pioneer Press Eagan City's E-TV premieres today with a tour E-TV, the new Eagan Television stu- dio, opens today on the lower level of Thomson Reuters' main building with a public tour and open house from 6 to 8 p.m. The station, which is operated by the city, replaces the former Burnsville - Eagan Community Television studio, which closed in December. Burnsville now operates its own station at Burnsville High SchooL Visitors should go to Thomson Reu- ters' main building at 610 Opperman Drive off of Minnesota 149, across from the YMCA and United Parcel Service. The facility, which measures 2,500 square feet, includes a control room, staff offices and an 870-square-foot stu- dio. E-TV, available on Cable Channel 20 in Eagan, will feature youth -driven and community -driven programming. For more information, call the city at 651- 675-5008. — Frederick Melo �unty LOCALB JVE HEIGHTS LAKEVILLE MENDOTA HEIGHTS ROSEMOUNT SOUTH ST. PAUL WEST ST. PAUL Dakota County Wednesday 2-25-2009 College, 2 firms c . get stimulus' aid '4nn nnn crato nr,nf ,A„u i,nIn «tir„J 4 i Partnerships bring cities top TV studios 4 CABLE FROM AA1. partner with School District 191. The cities share four channels, and each has two channels air- ing in its city only. "We still share a mobile production van for sports games and live productions," said Tom Garrison, spokes- man for the city. of Eagan and ex- ecutive director of E-TV. "We al- locate and man- age the channels jointly." No tax dol- lars are being used, he said. Money to pay for equipment comes from a small access fee on consum- er cable bills. Eagan, using part of its pro- ceeds from a 5percent franchise fee paid by cable companies, is paying salaries of a four -person _ staff for E-TV, Garrison said. The staff will help the public I learn to film, edit and produce. In Burnsville; the city coun- cil decided to use its $100,000 _ ' allocation for the franchise fee to pay for residents' tax relief , this year, said city spokesman Jim Skelly. Garrison Photos by DAVID BREWSTER • dbrewster@startribune.com Dave Elbon, govemment programming coordinator for the public cable TV studio in Eagan, set up video equipment in the control room. Thomson's investment will soon pay for itself, said Rick King, executive vice president of Thomson Reuters Legal. The company will save an estimated $100,000 annual- ly because it's buying little startup equipment and will be able to tap the expertise of city technicians to help make videos for clients and internal communications for Thom- son's 13,500 employees in 22 countries, King said. The tech- nicians would be available to Thomson during non -peak hours for public access. Though the deal makes sense financially for Thomson and the city, it's also a show of corporate citizenship. The ef- fort aims to help young and old learn multimedia skills while providing public access. "As a technology busi- ness, we see video as a pow- erful means of reaching all of our constituents," said Pe- ter Warwick, president and CEO of Thomson Reuters Le- r Az unveiling and`pubhc tour of Eagan s new cable studio is 6 S p m tomght ` T11e studioas at Thomson Reuters 610 Opperman Way Eagan Go m the main;i entrance gal. "Working together, we can create something that will be of great value to the city, local high school and our business." The Eagan and Burnsville studios have the latest fea- tures, including fluorescent studio lights, which consume less energy and are cooler than incandescents. Burnsville's facility, on the second floor of Burnsville High, has three cameras, a 976 square -foot studio, an oversized control room, three editing sta- tions, three set areas, set storage and an equipment check-out ar- ea. There's a Teleprompter and a lime green wall for back- grounds, as in Eagan's studio. Terry Devine, one of Burns- ville's two video employees, said local cable allows residents to see governmentat work, while giving them a voice, too. "It's important," Devine said, "to' ve Set OUt Ior the day, and students took shel- ter with chaperones where they could find it. The wind tore up trees, and a tornado touched down a few miles away, Mc- Natt said. The school started STARS two summers ago with a pilot program for 20 students. They kept it going through the school year, and "all of a sudden, kids �L just started coming and coming and coming," McNatt said. State funding for at -risk edu- cation pays for a STARS teach- 5l-liVV1, aIiU 1 UlUIl C 1ecLLiy 114vC a lot of friends. She thought I would meet friends, and I did," she said. Larson said she was scared when the storm hit during the tubing trip, but that didn't stop her from retelling the story with a grin. But her principal would pick the recent Minnesota Wild game that the kids attend- ed over wild times on the Can- non River. The hockey game, he said, was "much less eventful." Sarah Lemagie • 952-882-9016 D V it 1Y .7 Y 1 L'1S HCTR IV SAVAGE Book party will celebrate Seuss Families can mark the 105th birthday of Dr. Seuss with a day of games and read- ing at the Barnes & Noble in Burnsville. The store will host a read- ing party and book fair from 10 am. to 4 p.m. on Satur- day to celebrate Read Across America Day, as well as the 1J J11V W U15 vv..,l ll Vy Jt Latal.aaa.. from a local charter school. Gallery Editions will dis- play Asian -influenced art by students at Paideia Academy for the next month or so, ac- cording to the school. The show is the first of an ongo- ing series the gallery plans of Paideia artwork. The gallery is located in the Granada Cen- ter at 7707 W.147th St. SARAH LEMAGIE & FINANCINGCING YVER THAN EVERT EMPLOYEE PRICING PLUSIIIIIIIIEE y Choose When You Can Have It ALL! Pricing + REBATE + 0% Financing EP LIKE NEVER BEFORE! ►T 1 ' T IT ETAILER IN 2008 & JAN 2009 SPECIAL OF THE MONTH 09"ALL NEW" RAI 2009 GRAND CARAVAN SXT Cities form partnerships to build topnotchTV studios • In tight budget times, ingenuity and cooperation lead to new facilities for public cable television in Eagan and Burnsville. By JOY POWELL jpowell@startribune.com Tonight, the public will be offered, its first peek at state-of-the-art televi- sion studios for community cable tele- vision, thanks to an innovative partner- ship between the city of Eagan and its biggest employer, Thomson Reuters. Thomsonspent less than $150,000 to renovate a studio at the global soft- ware and legal publishing firm's head- quarters just off Dodd Road. The city is providing more than $300,000 in new equipment paid for largely with fees collected from cable subscribers. And the public, including high school students, will be able to gettraining and check out equipment for taping, editing and broadcasting in the fully digitalized new studio. The arrangement, which is among the first of its kind in the nation, in- volves a city offering the expertise of its video technicians to a corporation, which in return will provide the stu- dio facilities. • A newly branded channel, E-TV, has been airing since December in Eagan. "We are excited about ETV, its fu- ture and our new partner in Thom- son Reuters," said Eagan Mayor Mike Maguire. "This is a true partnership where both E-TV.and Thomson Re- Rick King, executive vice president of Thomson Reuters Legal, said the company's investment will soon pay for itself. uters bring something to the table and enrich one another." Meanwhile, Burnsville is to open its public studio on March 9 at Burns- ville High. • For 23 years, the cities shared a stu- dio. But Burnsville last year opted to Cable continues on AA3 ► gal dumping was report- cial Dumpsters over the PPI Technologies, 3388 Drive. The bags of gar- om 891 Wescott Square, ent there said her broth - dumped them. The caller to file charges. omen purchased items t 1344 Town Centre Drive om closed accounts. 56, of Eagan was arrest- ts for driving after sus- omestic assault. eapons. A 39-year-old n was arrested. after for a minor traffic in - as charged with driving license, possession of a of marijuana, drug para- 'llegal firearms. ar-old woman from St. cited for speeding and he influence of alcohol. d and released. ce arrested a Farming- n a warrant for a pro - County o cials,.in•the 16600 block of Dublin Road. ROSEMOUNT JAN.28 Theft. A boy, 17, and two girls, 16 and 15, all from Rosemount, were arrest- ed near the 3300 block of W. 142nd Street. SAVAGE JAN. 27 Burglary alarm. At Eagle View Ele- mentary, 25600 Nevada Av., officers responded to an audible commercial burglary alarm covering the adminis- trative offices. Tim Labatt • 612-288-8319 Items are selected from reports made to police departments and are not in- tended to.provide a comprehensive picture of crime. e . .u. - . - • -. ., the County Sheriff's Office for hourly services wa's 8 percent higher than the hourly cost of running our police. But Han- na and Schneider still direct- ed staff and council to contin- ue explbring the dissolution of the department. Government's.No.1 job is to provide for the public safety and welfare of its citizens. To suggest eliminating an existing police department for a grow- ing city of 3,800 people is irre- sponsible and imprudent. Our police department enforces the law, protects people, and saves lives. Residents do not want to. wait 20 to 30 minutes for an of- ficer to respond to assaults, medical emergencies, burglar- ies, vandalism, drunk drivers or car accidents. The citizens of Elko New Market want and de- serve a police department that will be there when needed. I As a former council member; I can attest' that we have a rea- sonablebudget for 2009, and a want a choice on where my child goes to school, but in- stead it is chosen for me by where I live. These teachers unions and school " adminis- tration provides us with what they feel our children need. I would like to have more free- dom to choose what I feel is the best. So many schools are un- derperforming, and the oppor- tunity to move is unavailable right now due to the housing market. This is the right time to make a point that parents need choices. It would make public school sit up and take notice if parents could have more deci- sion on what schools children went to. It is status quo, with pension, seniority and pay. If the private sector played more of a role with schools, maybe our dollars would be better spent on performing school and which ones needed to be change. Thanks for your con- sideration. MARY SHEEHAN Prior Lake u. www.SunThisweek.com isinreelk Burnsville I Eagan A Division of ECM Publishers, Inc. 0 September 4, 2015 Volume 36 I Number 27 Above is an aerial photo of Kansas artist Stan Herd's recreation of Vincent Van Gogh's "Olive Trees" on a vacant Eagan field owned by Thomson Reuters. The artwork is expected to be completed Sept. 10. (Photo submitted by Thomson Reuters) Van Gogh work comes to life in Eagan field Artist recreates `Olive Trees' on a grand scale by Jessica Harper SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE Those flying into the Minneapolis - St. Paul Airport this fall will be able to see one of Vincent Van Gogh's paintings come to life. For the past four months, Kansas artist Stan Hers .,aid his team of help- ers -havr-resb40,944413c laud at Thomson Reuters' campus to recreate Vincent Van Gogh's "Olive Trees" as part of the Min- neapolis Institute of Art's 100th anniver- sary celebration. "I feel very connected to the man," Herd said. "He was one of my earliest inspirations." MIA invited Herd, who is internation- ally known for his earthworks, to create an art piece based on its collection. And Herd leapt at the chance. "We felt it would be fun to have some- thing that could represent Minnesota by bringing art and agriculture together," Kristin Prestegaard, chief engagement officer at MIA. Herd, 65, has spent more than four decades carefully grooming, planting and transforming fields and urban lots across the globe into colorful works of art. "Growing up on a farm in Kansas, a fly -over state, I wanted to incorporate ag- riculture into my work and create some- thing interesting that people from the See VAN GOGH, 24A The Minneapolis Institute of Art invited Stan Herd, who is internationally known for his earthworks, to create an art piece based on its collection. Herd has spent the past four months recreating Vincent Van Gogh's "Olive Trees" in a field on the Thomson Reuters Eagan campus. (Photo by Jessica Harper) 2A September 4, 2015 SUN THISWEEK - Burnsville - Eagan Memorial honors motorcycle crash victim Ceremony held Aug. 30 for plaque unveiling by Andrew Miller SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE About 200 people gath- ered at Galaxie Avenue and County Road 46 at the Apple Valley -Lakeville border on Sunday, Aug. 30, to honor the memory of the friend and fam- ily member they lost to a motorcycle crash this sum- mer. The gathering saw the unveiling of a permanent memorial for 29-year-old Lakeville resident Jacob G. Lindholm, who died July 25 when his motor- cycle collided with a car on County Road 46 just east of Galaxie, about four miles from his home. The memorial consists of a tree and stone plaque carved with an image of Lindholm, along with a temporary set of wooden crosses in the tree line. Apple Valley resi- dent Matt Falco, a friend of Lindholm's, said he reached out to Dakota Jacob Lindholm County officials to get the proper permit for the me- morial. "Jake was my best friend for almost 20 years and we were pretty much brothers," said Falco. "Jake was truly someone special who made a huge impact on everybody he came into contact with. Everyone knew him and loved him." A funeral service for Lindholm, a 2004 Apple Valley High School gradu- ate and an avid hockey player, was held July 30 at Hosanna Church in Lakeville. Lindholm is one of 47 riders who have died in motorcycle crashes in Minnesota this year as of the end of August, ac- cording to the state's De- partment of Public Safe- ty. Thirty-one of those riders, including Lind- holm, were not wearing helmets. Friends and family members are also plan- ning a website to honor Lindholm, Falco said. The website, JakeLindholm. com, was still under con- struction as of Wednesday. "He was something special," said Falco. "He still carried that sparkle in his eye that most of us lost as we grew up. ... He was a legend in many of our eyes." Email Andrew Miller at andrew. miller@ecm-inc. com. Eagan Market Fest 2015 RFT)Wednesday, Septe : a 9 www.cityofeagan.com/marketfest Wednesdays, September 9 - 30, 3-7 p.m. Eagan Festival Grounds, 1501 Central Parkway Award -winning 18 week event featuring a farmers market with produce, specialty foods, artists, music, kid's art & more! This Week at Eagan Market Fest: • MARKET HOURS: 3:00-7:OOp.m. • PRODUCE: apples melons, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and more. RAMM Bond Galactic Cowboy Orchestra • Stock u 1 on Blaze heats up the fair The Burnsville High School marching band performed parade at the Minnesota State Fair. The parade was on fair, which will continue through Labor Day. More pho (Photos by Tad Johnson) News Briefs Burnsville Athletic Club The Burnsville Athletic Club will have a booth at the Burnsville Fire Mus- ter Festival on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 11 and 12. Get in free on Friday, Sept. 11, with any BAC shirt. Visit the BAC booth for games, prizes and infor- mation about the sports offered by the Burnsville Athletic Club. Eagan GardenClub The Eagan Garden Club will meet from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, at the Eagan Municipal Center, 3830 Pilot Knob Road. The topic will be "Food for Thought" by Bonnie Blodgett. Eagan Rotary donates Little Free Libraries The Eagan Rotary Club donated 34 Little Free Libraries to residents who live in and around the Eagan -Burnsville -Rose- mount -Apple Valley area. ill Ill III Ill III Ill III III II PLEASE )0IN ME AT THE South of the River Real Estate Career Night 7:00-8:00 p.m. I September 17 10450 185th St. Lakeville R.S.V.P. to RTucker(ci)CBE3urnel.corn Richard 'Tucker I Vice President Lakeville 952.435.4300 1 612.201.0700 Operated by a subsidiary of NRT LLC INJOBASYILUE MOTORS 11,E^. s a sLNy,fr, 1.b,. 1ff J.;qi vim mM 'et files itosh sized crime and Washing - on insider politics. "He's high enough in he food chain that he has 11 of these contacts," Ma- Intosh said. "Wolf's Vendetta" fol- mvs former Navy SEAL om Wolf and retired Green leret Sam McFadden in plot that incorporates a oyuz space launch in Ka- akhstan, the Russian mafia nd the interconnected con - piracies of trans -national rganized crime. i, who's set to speak at esday, Sept. 15, as part of e Author" series organized nount Area Arts Council, Vendetta" will appeal to military buffs, mystery fans, and es- pionage and adventure readers. A n Army veteran who served) SUN THISWEEK - Burnsville - Eagan September 4, 2015 23A Galactic cowboys and more The Galactic Cowboy Orchestra (pictured) and RAMM are set to perform at Eagan Market Fest from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9. RAMM, a band specializing in funk, Motown classics, rhythm & blues and rock, will perform from 4-5:30 p.m., followed by the Galactic Cowboy Orchestra, a jazz, bluegrass and art -rock band, from 6-8 p.m. Eagan Market Fest, a weekly farmers market and community festival, is held each Wednesday during the summer and early fall from 4-8 p.m. at the city's Central Park Festival Grounds next to the Eagan Community Center. (Photo submitted) To submit items for the Metro Republican Women Family Calendar, email: darcy. breakfast meeting, 8:30 a.m., Blood drives 24A September 4, 2015 SUN THISWEEK - Burnsville - Eagan VAN GOGH, from IA airplanes can look down at and see," he said. Herd's first choice for the MIA project was "Olive Trees," which Van Gogh painted in 1889, just before he died. 'There's not a single straight line in the work. It's moving — living," Herd said. MIA directors felt the Olive Trees project is a great way to celebrate the institute's centennial, Pre- stegaard said. "To take a piece like Van Gogh that is legend- ary in the collection and couple it with a living art- ist with a new take on art is perfect," she said. "We love the connection be- tween legacy and contem- porary" The original painting is about 29 by 36 inches. Herd's version covers about an acre. Herd uses a worn photocopy of the painting as a reference, marking it off in a grid to pinpoint where he needs to dig, plant and mow. Since his artwork is best seen from high above, he knew he would need a location with a lot of air traffic. That's where Thomson Reuters came in. The land is part of the Thomson Reuters Eagan campus and is directly under the flight path for planes land- ing from the south at Min- neapolis -St. Paul Airport. Planes pass about every 90 seconds and at approxi- mately 2,000 feet. Passen- Stan Herd uses a worn photocopy of Van Gogh's painting as a reference and marks it off in a grid to pinpoint where he needs to dig, plant and mow. (Photo by Jessica Harper) gers on the left side of the plane will have nearly per- fect views of Herd's work. "When Stan contacted me my first reaction was enthusiasm and my sec- ond was what's crop art?" said Rick King, chief op- erating officer for technol- ogy a Thomson Reuters. King, who is a board member at MIA, immedi- ately hopped on board. The untouched nature of the field with its tall native grasses and flowers made it an ideal canvas, Herd said. Herd expects to complete the work on Sept. 10. Depending on the weather, it may still have some colors that need to bloom when it is first completed, Herd said. Stan Herd uses a worn photocopy of Van Gogh's paint ing as a reference and marks it off in a grid to pinpoin where he needs to dig, plant and mow. (Photo by Jessie Harper) Jessica Harper is at jessica. facebook.comisunthisweek. harper@ecm-inc.com or Photo by Erin Johnson Eagan's new television studio, E-TV, features new cameras, new lighting, and a versatile green -screen background. Eagan's new TV studio emphasizes viewer -generated content by Erin Johnson THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS The city of Eagan is looking to put the "community" in com- munity television with the open- ing of its new local cable televi- sion studio, called E-TV. E-TV, which opened Feb. 25, is located at Thomson Reuters headquarters on Opperman Drive. It replaces a joint studio formerly shared with Burnsville. Thomson Reuters built the new, 2,500-square-foot space in the lower level of its main build- ing. The city spent $300,000 to purchase state-of-the-art equip- ment, including cameras, master control and switching equip- ment. • The money came from fran- chise and public access fund re- serves, which are non -tax dollars, according to the city. The new studio area features a versatile green -screen back- ground, a stage with chairs and a large, flat -screen TV, and energy - efficient fluorescent lighting. The new lights are not as hot, so it will cost less to cool the stu- EAGAN VIDEO Take a video tour of the new E-TV studio at• www. thisweeklive.com. dio. They also last much longer The city estimates it won't have to replace a light tube for at least 10 years. Eagan joined forces with Thomson after parting ways with Burnsville last year. •Burnsville's new studio is located in Burns- ville High School (see related story). "Eagan was in search of a new strategic partner, and we couldn't have found a better one in Thom- son Reuters, our city's largest em- ployer," said Eagan Mayor Mike Maguire. Rather than pay rent to Thom- son Reuters, the city will provide a certain number of hours of in- ternal video services to the com- See E-TV, 5A FREE REGISTRATION hen`You Enroll!' r center, meet our teachers, activities and much more! nteractive curriculum displays storyteller and reading activities warning Centers presents a special event iighlight the importance of developing in children at a young age: Join us at and find out how KinderCare makes r your child. le it re t re Eagan KinderCare 1865 Plaza Drive 651.452.1616 Lakeville KinderCare 17455 Kenrick Avenue 952.898.1200 Shannon Park KinderCare 15080 Shannon Parkway 651.322.1998 Tom• 1 1 Burnsville KinderCare 1888 East 134th-Street 952.891.3800 wiu-pvuccu tinned they w Police say t ity photos fro sent to law enf away," Behnke He said all t Behnken sa have a good with Pawn Am dinance requir to register eve purchased int that the police Groehler, another femal unit, accordin he high- m the i n said. id that erica. Ci everything t o a dat Jandro hi g to the ere fro Faribault area accordi the criminal complaint. orcemen schools in the area h them find the suspects. "We identified them he pawn he has worked with/hay video recording. relatio es pawn can acces e were it Grand Avenue store the alleged attack and several tunes to pawn a 20629 Kenrick Ave Lakeville MN 55044 1.1 www.1 afloo Eati • Au • !n • Ni • B Di • /n ,du t. ko'� • E-TV/from 1A pant: . "Innovation is a corner- stone of "our business, and the E-TV. studio .• is a great reflection" of innovation at • work," said Peter ,War- wick, president and CEO of Thomson Reuters Legal., "It uniquely meets the needs of the city, its residents and our business,, and reinforces our long-standing partner- ship with the community." • The . new studio . brings with it a new lineup of lo= cal public. access channels for Eagan residents. One of . the channels will be entirely devoted to citizen -generated. content. " Budding filmmakers, as- piring TV personalities, and interested•citizens can check out a camera from the .stu- dio and produce their own segments for the new •Chan- ne1,20, also called E-TV No• experience is neees- "sary — E-TV 'staff can match volunteers with different skills to work together. Staff will also provide training on. how to use the equipment, as well as teach post -pro- duction skills. E-TV will hold a contest to select from the communi- ty the "voice" of E-TV, one male and one female vol- unteer narrator for public service announcements and station IDs. • "We'll also be able to • Photo by Erin Johnson The control room of E-TV features all new,. state-of-the-art equipment. • • • handle live call -in shows and (real-time) e-mailed questions," said Jeff Ongs- tad, E-TV . studio supervi- sor. •In addition to encourag- ing citizen programming,. the city would like to see more youth -generated_ pro- gramming. • - E-TV is sponsoring a mentoring program . with Eagan High School that will allow a select number of students to gain exposure to the.worlds of broadcasting, corporate communications and city public affairs. Officials hope to grow similar partnerships over 'time to include other schools and school districts. "We•, have .a tradition of community access, and we're ramping that up to try and get even more people involved across the commu- nity,'." said Tom Garrison, Eagan's director of commu- nication. • Eagan's new channel lineup will now feature the following programming: • • Channel` 20 — E-TV • Channel .19 —ISD 196 • Channel 18 — ISD 191 • • Channel 16 — Eagan •Government • Channel 15 - Eagan • Community Programming . • Channel 14- — Burns- ville/ISD 197 For'rnore information on E-TV,' call Jeff Ongstad at (651) 848-4698. • Erin Johnson , is at eagan. .thisweek cr ec,n-inc. coin. per without debtor ads Mark Newhall says he doesn't have to worry about selling ads in his paper: Farm Show magazine doesn't carry advertising. - powered tractors." .If that doesn't get your juices flowing, there are dozens of other stories in each issue, such as the tale of the "solar -powered horse feeder." You get it all•for $19.95 a year, and Ne- whall will offer you all .his back issues on a CD for $39 or his annual "Best of Farm Show" edition for.$20. "For a lot of people, one idea is worth $20," Newhall said. "That's. how we always sold it." - His editor and writers gather the stories from farmers .around the country and at farm shows, and his clerical employees use shop is they paid $100,000 fo.rthis tractor and it's a piece of crap." That kind of com- . ment in Farm Show's "Best, Worst Buys" section might an ad sale to John Deere, for example, a little difficult. • . And because he paid off his business loan years, ago, "We don't owe money to anyone." So this 54-year-old editor and publisher can sit back and read about the media com- panies he could have worked for that. are struggling because their owners took on debt that they planned to pay off' with ad revenue that has gone to the Internet. Newhall has asimple business plan - If you build stories about aprons for chickens and home -built weed -flamers, subscribers and their.dollars will come. • He . even owns the headquarters house on three commercially -zoned acres that Johnson 'bought in 1982 because he didn't like paying rent.• Newhall's been approached by suitors who are interested in buying his business, • and those folks have said 'they would. sell ads. Not Newhall. "We're getting all the bills paid, and it' runs pretty well," he said. "There's no need, Tbomson Reuters offers buyOuts to 130 Move is effort to minimize layoffs • by Erin Johnson THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS Thomson Reuters will offer buyouts to 130 em- ployees at its Eagan and Rochester, N.Y. locations in an effort to minimize or avoid layoffs. Scott Augustin, direc- tor of communications for Thomson Reuters, said the company's goal is to focus on attrition and voluntary buyouts rather than job cuts. The buyouts are aimed at specific positions in Thomson's legal editorial operations ,department, which creates U.S. legal content delivered in West - law, print, and CD -Rom formats. "The program is primar- ily for our publishing spe- cialist and quality assur- ance employees, most of whom work in our Eagan and Rochester, N.Y., of- fices," Augustin said. The buyouts are the 're- sult of a business decision by Thomson Reuters to complete the ramp -up of its global content centers in Hyderabad, India and Manila, said. "As part of this initia- tive, we need to reduce em- ployee numbers in specific roles in our U.S. legal edi- torial operations organiza- tion," he said. The buyouts are cur- rently underway and will go through the end of 2011, he said. "We continue to assess and align our organiza- tion, arid will make adjust- ments as needed to ensure • that we have the right peo- ple in the right places," Au- gustin said. Last December the com- pany laid off 120 workers from its Eagan campus due to a decline in its legal business. The majority of positions cut were also in the company's legal edito- rial department, in roles ranging from administra- tion, 'production and ,pub- lishing to management. The layoffs were part of 240 job cuts thecompany made nationwide. Erin Johnson is at eagan. thisweek@ecm-inc. com. • 4 Philippines, he WEiII' 1111Esiginkunw rl Your Saitlegs FRIDAY • SATURDAY & MONDAY 8:30AM - 7PM IC-ToromERGAN YOUR 1 R CHEVROLET EQUINOXM 2010mN0$ 20111N STOCKI48 months P12Keperr year. Stockn71'tC0h3512L5.e0aCsas eor* Trade Equity EQUINOX EQUINOX EQUINOX EQUINOX EQUINOX EQUINOX 201INSILVERAD,OTLT,ri MSRP $34 690 Rebate ($5.000) Belzer Discount. ($2,990) Conquest" ($1,000) USAA ($750) Trade Incentive _ _ __town Sale Special $24,450 4X4 L w STK 000020043 0 • 0 20�1 SILVERAD_01 MSRP S27,940 ($4,500) ($1,576) ($1,000) ($750) Rebate Belzer Discount Conquest** USAA Trade Incentive.. .. . 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The company reiterated its forecast for 2010, expecting revenue will be flat to slightly down for the year: Overall, the news and infor- mation provider earned $127 million, or 15 cents per 'share, in the January -March period, 'compared with $190 million, or 23 cents per share, a year earlier. Stripping out one-time items, the company said it would have earned 36 cents per share, down from 40 cents in the year-earlier quarter. Ana- lysts, who typically exclude items, expected 31 cents per share, according to a Thomson Reuters survey. Revenue held steady at $3.1 billion, matching the aver- age forecast. In the company's profession- al division, which includes services for the legal,. tax and accounting. and health :care and science `markets,; revenue climbed 2 percent . to $1.3 bil- lion. But operating profit in the division slipped 8 percent to $289 million. Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. saw its first-quarter profit and rev- enue skyrocket, thanks to its giant acquisition of Wyeth in October. The maker of cholesterol fighter Lipitor and 'impotence pill Viagra said its adjusted income'' for the first three months totals $4.88 billion, or 60 cents per share. That's up 33 percent from $3.67 billion, or 54 cents a share, a year earlier. . With the addition of Wyeth blockbusters such as antide- pressant Effexor and chit dren's vaccine Prevnar, Pfiz- er's revenue hits $16.75 million._ That's up 54 percent from $10.87 billion a year earlier. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters, on " average, were expecting slightly. lower earn- ings per share of 53 cents and revenue of $16.58 billion. Archer Daniels Midland`Co.'� said its first-quarter profit_ soared to more than $421 mil- lion from just $3 million in the same period last year, as glob- al demand for biofuels boosted the company's corn processing business. The Decatur, pl., company said . Tuesday . it earned 65 cents per share, compared • with zero cents per share last year. ' The results still came in below Wall Street 'expecta- lions. Revenue rose 2 percent, to $15.1 billion,' from $14.8 billion .. last year. Media giant News Corp. said its net income fell 69 percent in the last quarter from the same period a year ago, when it recorded a huge gain on.the sale of its stake in a technology company.. • The company controlled by Rupert Murdoch said Tuesday it earned $839 million, or 32 cents per share. • . • That compared with a net income . of $2.7 billion, or $1.04 per share, a year ago. Revenue rose 19 percent to $8.79 billion, thanks to its 20th Century Fox movie- studio, which benefited from the release of "Avatar." — Associated Press suspect planned to fly abroad until a final passenger list was sent to the federal Customs and Bor- der Protection agency minutes before takeoff. In addition, Emirates Airline failed to act on an electronic message at midday Monday notifying all airlines to check the no -fly list for an important added name, officials said. That meant lost opportunities to flag him when he made a reservation and paid for his ticket several hours before departure. Shahzad, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Pakistan who lived in Bridgeport, Conn., was charged with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and other federal charges, sev- eral related to explosives. He was interrogated without initially being read his Miran- da rights under a public safety exception, and he provided what the FBI called "valuable intelligence and evidence." He continued talking after being read his rights, the FBI said Authorities charged him as a civilian Tuesday, but he did not appear in court, and no hearing has been scheduled. "It is clear that this was a ter- rorist plot aimed at murdering Americans in one of the busiest places in the country," Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday in Washington. Shahzad h booked a ticket ASSOCIATED PRESS: MARK LENNIHAN A mailbox with the words "F Shahzad 2nd FI 202" hangs alongside the entry to a house searched Tuesday by FBI investigators in Bridgeport, Conn. Faisal Shahzad, a U.S. citi- zen who had recently returned from a five -month trip to his native Pakistan, was arrested at a New York airport on charges that he drove a bomb -laden SUV meant to cause a fireball in Times Square, federal authorities said. got there, officials said. 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But its near twin, Data Center No. 4, may be just months away from construc- tion. Eagan's largest employer expects a decision on whether to build the fourth center by the end of the year, said Richard King, chief operations officer. That's promising news for Dakota County and Minneso- ta, especially from a company that had in recent years made THOMSON REUTERS, 3B > An apartments fire .,last. week �iri:; Burnsville caused at .; least $750,000 i• property 'damage and $400,000 s•`:con= 'tent ;loss, fire imvestigators;. reported: Wednesday Donations from the Amer• ss ,Twm Cities . FDakotaCountyr'� LAKEVILLE > Bald eaglet hatches on lake A pair of bald eagles nesting on Lake Marion in 'Lakeville since last year had one eaglet hatch this spring. They suc- cessfully hatched two .eaglets last year. The birds began feathering their nest, west of Interstate 35, in April. They now are taking turns watching the nest, city staff reported. Observers have seen a tiny head popping up from the nest. Residents can report eagle sightings and track .them on the city Web site, lakevillemn.gov. — Maricella Miranda SOUTH ST. PAUL > City mulls `social • host' ordinance South St. Paul is considering an ordinance that would hold an adult criminally responsi- ble if he or she knowingly lets underage drinkers possess or drink alcohol. Under the .proposed "social host ordinance," the host or parent does .not have to be present atthe gathering or house to be criminally respon- sible. Violation of the ordi- nance would be a misde- I F 11 t • t twincities.com St. Paul Pioneer Press PIONEER PRESS PHOTOS: SHERRI LAROSE-CHIGLO Computer operators Becky Hanson, left, and Don Palodichuk work Wednesday in one of two Thomson Reuters control centers, monitoring data centers at the company's Eagan campus. The company employs 7,000 in Eagan. CONTINUED FROM 16 > Thomson Reuters threats about moving out of state. A planned campus expansion fizzled in mid-2007, when Gov. Tim Pawlenty vetoed a tax bill that would have provided the publisher then known as Thomson West with millions of dollars in state and local tax breaks in order to add office space. Thomson West built its third data center anyway, and next year it might build another. And sometime after that, another one. And after that, there could be a sixth, King said. "I think that will probably happen every few years," King said. With a work force of 7,000, Thomson Reuters has become Eagan's job magnet in a down economy and remains on track to add 200 or more jobs a year through 2012. That's even as the company trims "redundan- cies" in its news and financial products staff in London, New York and elsewhere. The phys- ical space and expertise in the Twin Cities, it appears, makes it a good place to grow. For those who doubt the legal publisher remains committed to Minnesota, look no farther than the massive generators, chillers, transformers, power switches and computer servers in Building H and its two sister centers, King said. The 80,000-square-foot com- plex sits in the northwest cor- ner of the 273-acre campus off Minnesota 149, just north of Data Center F. Building H opened in March and will be unveiled officially today in a media tour. Pawlen- ty is a confirmed guest. But it's not all glorious: About two-thirds of the build- ing is dedicated to keeping it powered and cooling the servers, so there are lots of hallways full of pipes and wiring. Here's the glorious part: About $4 billion of revenue churns through the three data centers each year, or $10 mil - Richard King, Thomson Reuters' chief operations officer, shows off four large diesel generators in the company's newest addition, Data Center No. 3. King was set to unveil the $50 million building today and said the company might build another, similar building — Data Center No. 4 — on the Eagan campus next year. Thomson Reuters expands Thomson Reuters will unveil a new $50 million data center today in the northeast corner of its 273-acre campus in Eagan. The company, formerly known as Thomson West, will decide by the end of the year whether to build a fourth data center in 2009. Eagan's largest employer expects to add roughly 200 employees each year through 2012. -''{°A D"d\e�d DAKOTA t EAGAN ' COUNTY New Data Center 1/4 MILE • � N Wescott Rd. PIONEER PRESS lion worth of product a day. For emphasis, King gingerly snapped open the casing on a data tower housing a series of Dell and IBM servers bathed in a barrage of blinking green lights. This tower, he explained, is the Westlaw Business plat- form. Even as he spoke, hun- dreds of attorneys around the world were accessing security With a work force of 7,000, Thomson Reuters has become Eagan's job magnet in a down economy and remains on track to add 200 or more jobs a year through 2012. filings from it, key information necessary for mergers and acquisitions. In fact, 22,000 users were online at that instant, maneu- vering through a dizzying menu of Westlaw products. King's employees live to keep the competition at LexisNexis awake with worry at night. There's more to come, and it's being cooked up in Room El S203. Six technologists lean over printouts of graphs and spreadsheets, calculating how many servers, how much disk storage, and what kind of utili- ties would be needed to get the newest Thomson product off the ground. Could a reporter get a little preview of said product? 0f course, replies King, with a mischievous smile. A thor- ough explanation of said West - law feature would cost said reporter only his head being forcibly removed from his body. And then it's on to the next question. Frederick Melo can be reached at 651-228-2172. onating, creating sporadic pulses at 22.75 MHz — a level you can feel in your chest but cannot detect with your ears, Zyduck said. The utility has hired a pair of specialized firms to figure out how to silence or cancel out the beat. He said the company hopes to have it under control "in a handful of days." Greying also declined to talk about what happened, refer- ring all questions to the board. Greying served as executive director of the Sister Kenny Foundation in Minneapolis before coming to Nova. He also had been headmaster at St. Thomas Academy in Mendota Heights. Thursday 5-22-2008 Ity in cross -border mayhem hootout, chase, attempted carjacking r in to to s is e 25 ed 'r n d n 1 r- e s ;a ig er its es 411 release from the U.S. attor- ney's office. Linderman could be sen- tenced to life in prison on the federal charges, but a spokesman for the U.S. attor- ney in Minnesota says the plea agreement entered Wednes- day says sentencing will be delayed until cases against Linderman in state courts in Minnesota and Wisconsin are resolved. According to a Washington County criminal complaint, the Aug. 24 incident began when Linderman — who has served time in Minnesota state prisons in Lino Lakes, Stillwa- ter and St. Cloud — fled Hud- son police pursuing him for speeding. When police and St. Croix County sheriff's deputies caught up with him at a Hud- son apartment building, they had a shootout that wounded him. Linderman got into a black Chevrolet Blazer, drove to the westbound Interstate 94 entrance ramp and, with police in pursuit, crossed the St. Croix River bridge, went north on Minnesota 95 and crashed near the Bungalow Inn He fled on foot to the Lake- land home of 37-year-old attor- ney Keith Radtke and his wife, Jody. The complaint says Linder- man entered the Radtkes' house, pointed a rifle at the couple and ordered them to show him to their car. When they got to the garage, Keith Radtke wrestled Linderman's rifle from him and pinned Lin- derman to the ground. During the struggle, Radtke Daine Linderman could be sentenced to life in prison. "was shot in his lower extrem- ities when a handgun that was on Linderman's person dis- charged," according to the news release. Radtke was still able to sub- due Linderman until police arrived. Both men were treat- ed for their injuries. Linderman's indictment alleges that he possessed a .45- caliber semiautomatic hand- gun and a .22-caliber assault rifle. This report includes information from the Associated Press. Mary Divine can be reached at 651-228-5443. from Xcel plant not an earthquake Bridge Generating Plant, acknowledged Wednesday that the odd "subwoofer sound" might feel like one to people on either shore of the Mississippi River between the bluffs. "It's very hard to analyze this low -frequency sound," he told St. Paul City Council members Wednesday evening. "We had to fly in special equipment col fires leader "The Board of Directors declined to extend a new 1 employment agreement to Mr. Greying at their April meeting after an evaluation of the f future needs of the school," according to an e-mail sent from Germany." The utility is in the process of firing up a new natural -gas - fired power plant near its landmark coal-fired power plant, which was shut down last summer and is being demolished. Xcel has isolated the vibra- tion to a pair of air-intake vents that appear to be res- Wednesday night from Lisa Knudson, board chairwoman, in response to inquiries from the Pioneer Press. "The Board considers the parting amicable," Knudson wrote. In a telephone conversation Wednesday night, she declined to elaborate. ney or , aat_changing information technologies., two acquisitions are certain to Change 2e:desktop computing systems, linked in networks th deals, announced MondaY, how. they will be affected. And in both intense that both companies concluded they shift ultimate decision -making at two of - -cases -- markedcontrastthesituation • had to strike deals with deep -pocketed acquit - Twin cities' largest and - best known nine --rear ago when Dayton Hudson fought off ers to maximize their chances for survival West -P blishing a tostlie -snitor current managements invit- Cray, whose supercomputers made it one of drove the deals to sell West Publishing. the livecif thousands of workers at Cray and and/or online connections, left Cray and West _ . and Cray Research. . West over. time, but for, now it's impossible to ivith little choice. These trends became so .ce • t996 Saint Paul Pioneer Press (Northwest Publications Inc.) • : • • • " • P 'cierLeiv; • Is $765 million Ales transactions • , . .. • • . • panies to far-awiiy acquirers,. We u . • . • : - $3.4 billion = West publishing dealt to Thomson Lightning speed oftechn o og pro test stars of American technology in will be bought by. Totonto7based Thomscin - _ ed the putchasers to make offers under friend- the brightest Corp. and Cray by Silicon Graphics, based in„ _ ly circumstances. the eatly-1980s; fell on hard times as the com- Mountain View, Calif. • -_ Apparently, the move toward high-powered puter industry's growth raced ahead to linked • . • . • .• . • . up desktop units from mainframe computers and supercomputers. • "The world is going that way at the speed of • light," said Rick Boswell, an executive vice president at St. Paul Venture, the venture cap- - • LOAVE STAFF COLUMNIST BEAL ital unit of St. Paul Companies. • ..West bat a great business by developing a reporting system for legal decisions, then BEAL CONTINUED ON 9A • • . tains-an archIve W43 ret111111g .W11111, 0111111.1y .,„•: • , that Includes thought ' lhoUght?61,,,qhe: fit," !hesaid I. : extensive suppose,:itiis fitting we •would bate- tl:ourkelVeS,in the-middle2Of:. mfo.riciatioi stzeam:" Ing's andAtsopya,4,-;;', . • ilittf#161Ms46'.; : t 'T • istiircie/ta r, • • • 7. • - • • 4-1‘211.thii9)**1)77:14 Street -'securities analyst,:.who.-; iii464.:Taii-YucaOl*evrth, -electronics mation•indifitries, said;•he ,..started • receiving ,telephone:"......-.„ --home .Sunday,4rom--., : niedia•nnd--rolientsi: ing_tonuiieitiOn • the - • merger. ,• • • - • - A scan of .theinternet . • St. .,Paul Pioneer Press, New :York Times, Reuter's‘-i,.,.' news agency reports, :a .U.niversity,pf Pittsburgh fessor's tip line and several. other'referendes t� the deal. "I started making some •calls,, and:I .was con- -.- vinced the speculation was right," he said. Both companies are clients of Smaby'S; but he was • —free le COnitnent oh lhe-prOpo_sed -merger becanse he • - had no part in their tallth. Moreover, he said,."Cray • . went out of its wayto put me off the track on Fri.... - • • Smaby isn't sure what the weekend's busy Internet" - :Signals for' news .and information :industries, he said. .But he knows everything is changing' fast:- . -••••' •:-: • •• - Rig •cornpany ;mow 'has.iefulkinie employeelust to • -•;::;.•,- surf the .net for anythingthat may affect Smaby - • - -.-Gioup's''"interests 'or' clients. ,'"He's responsible for -- keeping us up to speed," Smaby • •• • . • -:.,Forthe. record, Smaby told readers of the Internet on 'Sunday that he can't think of 'a better "synergistic-:, partner" for Cray. But any merger's success hinges on execution, he said. "It. will ,.be at least, six months before we see how well they've integrated." . - •• • BELOW: To see what Cray Research and Silicon Graph- ics are saying about their announcement Monday visit their Web sites (http://www.-cray.com and http://www.-sgl.com); :•• ": • • — . . • .• jiff -Rd• 'Atzetlem*.--7.rr6FE-4.-:'-- • • • PIONEER FiRE§S - • " 32514i itypii1,1,1E,r.....?‘/".1,4%/!!;"•,!..tiry 11%/111::.••• Oak, ILI I GI I. 11.1 •••••• • • •••••5•;...•,,. • meas WithNest!Puii (is what Lve read.and,gt-1 `..frOM1.611-ef•':OlousSion-Sf:1(wittOicthpany offidials);flt-sourS V66iii3OSttleyorithe'?:§00:04931',.--So 1' have ribreisoritto or em016Wrietif " DON- AHERN,'.STAFF•WRITp ;„ eta- -;7• . • g- • • . . ',',Fir•Sft•••,irf•tre•ft - • • <.<4... • < • 4, <4. ... Z..k.‘M.• • • • " • -• •PN - . ..,,,,, ..........0 i'' , ::, , , , „. ••• ,„,i, :„;!';.,f...• vi• ,.„ '" :: 71 ' i'- „ , r'' '''' • .".',1., '• ..%,;.'11 ' ' ' • • ' • - e •-••:-Ii"":: • .:, .;';:- '-•*.— ,---:•.• • •:-- t4e..-7;;;-:- -.` a' -s••'"''''''''tir-,"*e';••,r : 4r-: "I think there may be pressure along that line; but I hope. the combined operation might be able to grow more rapidE.',..:t-_,-„.„:-, ly," he said. By defuution, Cray is more job -intensive - -- • • because of its specialized hardware lanctiOns, he said ..s..... v,CONTINUED FROM J.A At West, electronic delivery canigto the lawbook business .' : • ..--• :'; 4.,-,;...--/I'' . •-•'• ' : •t ' '•` .' • • ' : • ' - in the 1970s, after Ohio's Mead. Pori, introduced itiriinline ..,-_-,.: . .. ••••• delivering -that system for decades via traditionally pub 77 ! : system. West Countered with its own" electtonie systeirii;., lished lawbooks. Then West supplemented its lawbooks with In October 1994, Mead sold its Las': and Nexis electronic , ... electronic.publishing , ?•.;--.-:.:*.i. ..:,- • -•L ! :: . • •,k.•••-• • . delivery systems to Anglo-DutchpAlishing giant Reed Else - But.-... -•,--•..: Tom Kieffer chairman of the Minnesota Software vier vier for $1.5 billion. Meanwhile, many so-called "garage ,-. ,. -?..• . Association, notes that the free-for-all environment of online .. entrepreneurs" started their dwri:Jegal publiiliing services; • delivery systems has made it much more difficult for West often featuring electronic deliVeiy,..i,-•:.:-. . -,:__,..._•; .:,• ,..:, 0...,. : . to claim intellectual property rights for its electronic deliv- . West fought off the ne*.,ser.ViCei:t/ questioning their-'; : ,.ie•-: :-..."•,-,-...:•- • , • legality and stressing the valneitS system adds to the mere ... ::.• ' '..', .. . - "West has discovered that the , reporting of legal decisions ',"',`:4•,i,-..,;1?„'k*,::;'1; ...• '' - '....;- ' - - _ 7.- :„, intellectual property business is ..,„. , But in the end, kieffer .. SuggeSted,,* would have been dif--;!,;;.-•:..-3'.., Changing dramatically in the light of :. ficult for West to cope. On itszown:With thenevi Competition.,,-;: - the Internet," Kieffer said"West• L''..-'', Thus the pressures builtOn4eit; long:-Viewedis-oneof , • . . , ".. had built'a business by getting paid ,; ••; the last companies likely to giVeiiia'Ais independence lik-1.-5:-• .. - • . - •selling out *-L• to find a wealthy parther rather than duktit ,,';'• . . . . • . _ ,, • Aerial view of Cray Research In northern Eagan. 1E11 10 if a II, „ • • flht e• • ,VW•61 • .C.ft; • MS/ • ' r4 , • •‘• to add value and clistnbute informa, ..... ,.. ton that is m the public domain. , . . _ 2:•-- "The progress of teChnologi is:..„.,...,;1•-..._..out alope . :.•'.'.-•; .f- . -'.'..-7:*'-!..;::':',"`;`"4"ff'-Z.,__. - ;,:. ,:,-..-:_,•,,,„t.- „:, , ,,, ,,,,,,,, „It probablyslidn t, hurt tha j rto men, Dwight Opper, ..:, forcing companies to re-evalhate'iti:"?..-,'.1 son Vance, hold a great deal of influende.in the ••• .-,•,,,teir positions.":' ,: ,.....,-.-.:,-.• , .--':::::-,'-f.:: man and his In the case of Cray, the problem .- -. eompaiiSi, They are believed to effectively control West,' so -, As • ' I once they were convincedof the for the sale, it likely ' '• ' had become apparent three years ..'' - had the green light::-..1t...;.:$%':''..r!...''''"„--',.''''„f-',:-.,4'''':-,- 1,;',..,-,---' -; ",,.:- ..'-,-.:' - ago, when John Rollwagen left the . '- CEO post after a 17/ear career at : ' '.:" For now, both West and ThoinsoritSay, their alliance will l':,'--- ' • . : mean more jobs in Minnesof&-.. -•:.• ....',. :_:- •-..... -• ' the company, "Cray being able to make it inde- :.' It's far from clear how big the Minnesota work forces of 'pendently? The The chances of that were both West and Cray will be, say,..a decade from now. Their... diminishing every day," RollVv-agen- •.- - new top executives don't -know the answer because there are' said Monday. . : . -..,.: t• ; too many imponderables, many of them wrapped up in the "Im glad to see that Cray has uncertainties of technological change. :•.... :. • -, , : -,.. -- ' found a home, and I think it's a - - Yet Silicon Graphics and Thomson are' friendly acquirers. potentially great combination." And they should give both Cray and West more resources than they would have had as independent companies to cope . Cray has many more employees with whatever lies ahead. relative to sales than does Silicon Or, as John Rollwagen puts it, "It's better to have lunch Graphics. Rollwagen was' asked if he than be lunch." • - ' -:' '- thought there would be job cuts at _ Cray after the acquisition. . • Dave Beans. senior business editor. . . • • • ' ' • • . • 1 WEST fromD1Si-ow ��b -a/02 West Publishing Co. is sold to Thomson Corp: of Canada And Thomson, which lost the bidding for Lexis-Nexis to Reed Elsevier, was determined not to Miss this chance. "We left nothing on the table," W. Michael Brown, president of Thomson Corp., told analysts.. "We bought a crown jewel business at the market price." Thomson clearly paid a pre- mium. Analysts say information companies generally have been fetching between two and three ' times annual sales. West's $3.4 bil- lion price tag, whichiis in U.S. dol- lars, is more than 4 times its annual sales. West's biggest asset the WESTLAW data base and CD- ROM unit — accounts for 54 per- cent of revenues and would be impossibly expensive to replicate, Thomson executives told se- curities analysts. West's unique collection of le- gal content, which is linked to state-of-the-art computer net- works, justified the high price, Thomson said. "We have to play at this inter- section of publishing and tech- nology," said Andy Mills, a Thomson board member who will become West CEO when the deal is completed. "We 'are really seeing a revolution in how infor- mation is processed and handled. Physical boundaries that have ex- isted are being shattered." Antitrust scrutiny) The sale will be subject to U.S. scrutiny under the Hart-Scott-Ro- dino Act, which requires large companies making sizable acqui- sitions to notify the U.S. Depart- ment of Justice. The Hart Act is one means available to the Justice Depart- ment and the Federal Trade , Commission for reviewing sales and mergers for possible anti- competitive effects or antitrust law violations. Federal regulators are prohib- ited from disclosing specific fil- ings under the Hart Act, and a Justice Department spokeswom- an would not comment, Monday except to say, "We are aware of the proposed transaction." It "is yet to be determined," she said, whether it will be reviewed by the Justice Department or the Federal Trade Commission. Once the government receives a filing under the Hart Act, it has 30 days to complete its review; however, it can request addition- al data and extend they review period by 20 days. Opposition to the sale already has been registered with he Jus- tice Department by the Taxpayer Assets Project,. a Washington - based consumer organization af- filiated with Ralph Nader) Oppo- nents expect to meet with offi- cials from the• Justice Depart- ment's Antitrust Division on Monday, said James Love) direc- tor of Taxpayer Assets Projects. W. Michael Brown "We intend to oppose the sale on antitrust grounds," Love said. "It will hurt consumers in our opinion." Among other things, Love said West and subsidiaries of Thom- son are the chief competitors for publishing opinions of the U.S. Supreme Court and the case laws of several states. Without their competition, costs of the.publica- tions would rise for customers such as law libraries, he said. And control over such publications would rest largely with two giant foreign -owned publishers, he said. • But industry analysts said they doubt antitrust concerns will de- rail the deal. Maureen Fleming, editortfor the Digital Information Group, said: "There is not a natu- ral barrier preventing entry and there are plenty of new competi- tors. There are other companies that are better capitalized than West and Thomson so [the acqui- sition] doesn't meet any of the tests for being anticompetitive. West has invested heavily in recent years on strategic acquisi- tions, a new headquarters build- ing and on new product develop- ment. For several months before Monday's sale was announced, 42 , Thomson employees pored Payday for West shareholders West stock is closely held by senior employees; many of whom will be made millionaires by the sale -of West to The Thomson Corp. for $3.425 billion in cash. Chairman Dwight Opperman is believed to own about one- third of West's shares, so the transaction values his stake at more than $1 billion. Listed below are shareholders who hold 1 percent or more of the company. The deal values a 1 percent stake at $34 million. , > Dwight Opperman Chairman, chief executive > Vance Opperman President, chief operating officer > G.L. Cafesjian Executive vice president > Jerry M. Tostrud Executive vice president > Charles G. Cunningham Vice president, computer services > F.C. Jilk . Vice president, production > Lou Lombardi Vice president, sales - New York > Thomas J. McLeod Vice president, WESTLAW account manage- ment and government relations >John M.Nasseff Vice president, engineering and facilities > Grant E. Nelson' Vice president, chief financial officer and sec- retary Source: U.S. Postal Service, West Publishing Co. Dwight Opperman Vance Opperman over West's assets and financial ledgers. They liked what they saw. • One of their most surprising discoveries was that a recent 300,000-square foot addition to West's Eagan headquarters • is largely unoccupied. Thomson of- ficials said they plan to locate employees from other legal pub- lishing units in Eagan. Thomson is best known for its secondary sources of legal prod- ucts, which organize and analyze the primary sources. Thomson Legal Publishing (TLP), head- quartered in Rochester, N.Y., in- cludes Lawyers Cooperative, Clark Boardman Callaghan, Ban- croft -Whitney, Barclays and Counterpoint Publishing. West, which was founded in 1872, is best known for its WEST - LAW online research service and as a source of primary law — state and federal cases,, statutes and regulations. TLP has more than 3,000 em- ployees and is part of Thomson's Star Tribune graphic worldwide legal and regulatory publishing businesses. The West acquisition will double the unit's annual sales to more than $1.6 billion. Executive team Mills, a member of Thomson's board who heads financial ser- vices and North American profes- sional publishing, will also be chief executive officer of West af- ter the transaction is completed. Brian H. Hall, president and CEO of Thomson Legal Publish- ing, will assume additional re- sponsibilities as president of West. Hall will relocate to Eagan while Mills will spend two to three days a week in Minnesota for the next year or so. Dwight Opperman will be chairman emeritus of West, which will be operated as a whol- ly owned subsidiary until it is integrated into Thomson's Infor- mation Publishing unit. Vance Opperman, currently West's pres- ident, will be chairman of West. In a statement, Dwight Opper- man said:. "We • are delighted to be joining the Thomson Corp. as the fit between our two organiza- tions is absolutely outstanding. I am especially pleased that West will continue to be based in Ea- gan, and that Thomson is com- mitted to building on the West name and expanding our busi- ness in the future." But count on Thomson to run a tight operation, said Fleming. "Thomson knows everything there is to know about this•busi- ness. It tends to run companies intact, so there are not likely to be large scale changes at first. But clearly because they paid so much money, they are going 'to have to run it tightly." Brown called West's employ- ees, assets and physical plant "unbelievably splendid" and said Thomson will grow in Minnesota. "No one can say there will be no changes," he said. "But any changes will be a matter of har- monization. We have not bought a business and paid over $3 bil- lion for it to destroy it by grinding it down." Thomson said it will finance' the acquisition with bank debt, which has already been arranged through consortium of Canadian lenders. "We absolutely do not need to raise any equity nor do we need any asset •sales [to finance the acquisition]," said Nigel Harri- son, Thomson chief financial offi- cer. The deal is expected to be nondilutive for Thomson share- holders in the first full year. How- ever, the deal will raise Thom- son's debt -to -equity ratio to a rel- atively high 1.3-to-1. That caused some concern among Canadian debt -rating agencies Monday, one of which downgraded Thom- son's debt. But another credit rat- ing agency affirmed ratings on other Thomson debt instruments. Meanwhile, Thomson shares closed at $19.371/2, down.75 cents on trading of 2.8 million shares. — Washington Bureau Chief Sharon Schmickle contributed to this report. Eioyte kitchen o- at less. Char you dreairs000 from.CENTU]RY a the cost of a custom dtciien 4 We preserve your original cabinet framework, and cover it with easy care laminate. This saves you.hundreds, even thousands of dollars! We add new, wood -grain seamless doors and drawers in the designer color or pattern of your choice. With over a hundred colors and styles to choose from, you always get just the look you want, at the price you want to pay! 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Publishing C9. - vas not the announcement of the employee .who identified himself as a supervisor. son Corp. ! ., company's inult ibillion-dollar purchase +by Thom- "A week ago, there was a lot -of speculation that "We had know : jobs were to be cut. But the way they handled the •n it was going to be Thomson for announcement today encouraged people that things a couple of we eks," said Jane Lund, a- 14-year might be better. employee in We: d's extensive computer operations: ;- "The bottom line is, people are worried about "The word aboir t it was all over the Internet, and their jobs. It's hard to change that feeling, but it's - _ then we saw th • at something had been filed (by • better today than it could haye been." :.,--!*,- '4;, z: •'%': : ''' -., Thomson) with t he Department of . Company officials arranged for Justice to make sure there was no several employees to speak with - 1. anti-trust problei n.,, . 1 "There was a real• ;.-. The announce: • reporters, and they repeated what ...months of intesense of relief many others said privately. ' --;-•:',. ment came after rnal speculation "That we were named national giant legal pubth ling firm.. . foday." headquarters for legal materials about the futur • owners of the ,,,,...,,....IThe last six : months have been LEIGH HORNER , means (Thomson has) a- commit- WEST EMPLOYEE :: ' .: ment to maintaining operations in -:;harder than an .: ;kned today," rdLaurie thingthat71 ,. hap- :. Eagan," said Gregory A. Brown, • * administrator of the West Atadem- who works in of fice automation for West. "There's , Still, there sv(oien resTarracmh.an"d deeyv'reelopamitnwt.'i'llin' ' g to spend a lot _been such a sens ;e of uncertainty." . .. 'when the "There was a real sense of relief -today," said ?re plenty of surprises _ ,. . . . -Announcement ol f the sale to Thomson was posted- - Leigh Horner, who specializes in government rela- :-On departmental .-' ,'-'• , The - biggest vi I ,asbullthetine bab?usds. West. ay OmorniniAt: , Isionsi.fifcosr athfewchoarrit pwaney.i '1 "We edodionng, burtheariel,sthae OPPormah's ahml nincement of 'a special payment" • , relief that we probably won't be- moving some- . :....'.4anging from 4erigth of einplo4 $ ;5,000 to $25,000, dependIng.,09,....:•-•where else -- " - . - --‘----.- ?ment, put ' some spring in a few - As she left the building at the end Of her shift, a .., teps as day-shif t employees exited the huge. -West.. woman who said she has worked.for West for five -:. :building in Eagai : "Of course I'm i Monday afternoon. - - years expressed a:rueful happiness about Monday. 's.. happyabout the bonus 'said one ar veteran-, of the company- w -- -, . t itwas- . announcement. 1.14oman, a 33-ye; : headquarters - to .4he.fC.ompanYV, 1.2.64_-a_cse,:cOmpus , — • When West- left downtowrrW-Paill 'and---movetkits_ :-.f ;-:-F, .:Z- "And I'm glad ' •it's the-'uncertainty'the* "Of course- What- that means Til- for ' "-- '''expects tO qualifi for over--- , - . - . , . „ . , . ,,,-.„. ,,,- •,:, . --7:-=#:,,-. .: ' ho '"I think the best thing that could have . as," 4heeasaiancLt': v themaximum amount...,•,!..--.,- ''•-happened for West -to gowith OTs.Og,—,.....: „ -_-.x Eagan in „1992, the firm: had.:-.-Sperit*:99-Years,cOnduc. : ..,• ,:.,, ,_ 4.:„..- ? :Zunknown,". she added. --t±We - don't knowl . t. the , what's--: know, - . - • ,, _ — ..., . , mg' ,-, - '.'going: to happen ! Mississippi River. . : .- During. its. long historyr:Wesf,hav,prided.,-itselfilfon: --,, ,-;: did: 1495tistt . z:phange• has arrive ,d., ,._, , :: ... , , mested: that she. n . :., _ ".A ,1 t,. of us, 1'. were.7, nervous because,,...,,_-o„ f:r.S. Oc:n. ::.: of • not be identified' know 'bare bones Thomson But-We'lrjust-have• to the things- we - had, read :about.;' ThornsoR.-.—.; ypo,:. ' business from-KelltigilBoulevaftrAttcent-49-.111ei : :,,--::::--',-,-.,.,.--1,',:--,-,,,,A-.:..,...„ The woman req down the road,, but at _ least . 9 , employe,e..5_,:whoJwf.re:',c9n:t.at,_... - :wait and see, guess successfully shieldinuemployees, fromqayoffr.Thei:-i;. ,..W. this rnmnanv still nrnvidps .frpe, milk -and .-coffeeevervi--- - • :_ __ ___ __ '-r-......4- rP9r, M any'refUteckto 'c.omnleig;•-•,,meNd- ,,,,4-'-,-Itat same thOtfght-...was„.enhOeCtiiaiiiiii;;.; When West --Publishing told employees Monday that its directors were selling the firm to Toronto -based Thomson Corp. for $3.4 billion, the news came with a touch of paternalism. -••• Acknowledging the importance of -its workers, "- West's board of directors plans to shaie the sale pro- ceeds with 7,000_ employees and hundredsof retirees, • said Chairman Dwight Opperman. When West and Thomson close the -deal later this year, West plansto give each retiree and current full-time employee a -- gift of $1,000 per year of service; Opperman stated The minimum- gift for each person will be $5,600,_•,,. with $25,000 the maximum payout, he said. Bottom: • line: More than $35 million will wind up in the pock ets of current West workers and retirees. "That's damn handsome," Barbara Quint, editor of California -based Searcher magazine, which covers the publishing industry. — , - Although. undeniably the company's most dramatic instance of employee largess, the West gift neverthe- less typifies a: corporate culture that has held court for decades at the 120-year-old firm: While "restruc- turing" and "downsizing" are corporate buzzwords of - the 1990s, West has continued conducting business for decades more as a "family." _ . , '- Now, West employees are wondering how- dramati- cally their jobs will change with a foreign -owned company at their helm. Andrew Mills, a member of Thomson Corp.'s board of directors, said while...thee- -- may be "style differences" between his company- and West, the new management team recognizes that the success' t*t.be new West dependson s-emp .- - "The key for theThomson Corp is to hire, retain and motivate the best people in the industry" Mills said. "Then we have a winning formula AS--..ascorri-ora- tion, it makes sense to keep employees;happy i-AOO motivated."*:: s! • West's roots go back morethan. 100 , West founded the company in 1872; selling; law tria-. tises„ dictionaries and office Suppliets Four years later,- West::and:Iiii; brother.' Horatio, launched The Syllabi; :a----weekly-Teeord-..'of. excerpts from the Minnesota courts. In succeeding- yearl,thej.,', company began! publishing full.' text -court.'.decitioni from Minnesota and several states.And=Organi*fpg-i-the ruling§ int() a keynote system digests West Publishing :has steadily:''gtoWn:' itsi: first printing legal casebooks and statutes and: then •m the 19'70s.-.. providing that kind of ,InfOrniation and much more.-via.a .Cornputer'SerViCe called. Westlaw:- Last year West had sales inoreTtlian- with oper:ating kofits of more than $200 milhonJ est Publishing EagaPi'.Minn., with branch at 0ther IocatIons: Editorial offices and WEST - Information Centers Iocated .throughout Structure: Privately held. founded 1876 - . . CEO and chalrrnan of the board: DwightD. .!resldent: Vance K. AP Revenues: a,11fib'k fiscal • Leader In electronlc pubilshlng since the. -introduction of its onhine legal information - • a,. • Develops products and servlces using - state-of-the-art technoogies adapted to professionals.'1 publisher of legal specific needs of attorneys and other s well as educational publications servng the college and K-12 markets; - drecls of West editors review and fyze Key na hav- I West Is a leader In iegal technology, • ing introduced WIN (WESTLAW is Natural) - .1 West's Legal • • most .Directory comprehensive -;elha ..• directory, cohtaining more one mil- • The .West Network i an integiated desk- - top environment enabling access to.sever-- at„c - PREMISE state and bona p0 . • west naa sates or more ,man . 0a,ca mulluu with operating .profits of more than'$200 million When West left downtown St. Paul and moved its headquarters to the company's 264-acre -campus Eagan in .1992, the firm had spent 99 years' conduct- .ing business from Kellogg Boulevard adjacentto the Mississippi River. _ • .. _ .. During its long history, West" has • prided 'itself Zan'. successfully shielding employees from •layoffs:•' Tbe„ company still provides free milk and coffee every work day for employees .and twice a week offers them fruit. . Other West perks include .free turkeys at Thanksgiv- ing, holiday. baskets at Christmas time and free jump: starts for employees stranded in the company parking lot on bitter winter days. For many people, West has been home to genera- tions of workers from the same families. Clarence Hogan Jr., 62, said he worked 38 years in various manufacturing jobs .at West before retiring in 1988. Hogan's father, Clarence Sr., worked nearly 47 years at West and has two brothers still working for the company.. . "It was a very good company to work for," Hogan Jr. said. "I really enjoyed the relationship with the people and the camaraderie." As a result of the strong bonds between many workers; the company has a plethora of employee teams, from .bowling and archery to golf and .trap - shooting. There is even an annual employee -produced musical. Hogan Jr. noted he still gets together once a month with a group of West retirees to eat breakfast at the Italian Oven on St. Paul's last Side. Quint contended that West even looks upon clients" as kind .of an "extended family," giving liberal breaks and benefits to law schools and a variety of commu- nity endeavors. West has "kind of a majestic quality," gliding along like an ocean liner unfazed by the latest management trends, she said. . Although known for its family -style work environment; West has been a very quiet, private company. Outsiders say the company's low-key pres- •ence may be just a reflection of the Midwest work ethic. "They are very internally oriented," said Sally Schmidt, a Twin Cities legal marketing consultant." "They aren't big in bringing in outsiders and consul- tams and asking foradvice."-- woman, a 33-year veteran =of the company `who' expects to qualify for.the"maximum amount. • "And I'm glad it's over — the ;uncertainty, :the unknown," she -added.. "We don't •-know what's going to happen down - the •road, but- . at least the change has arrived.' = • • The woman requested that- she not-be.identified, as did most:;West, employees' who. were Contacted' for. this report. Many refusethto comment, includ: ing •.one employee i who added, "I'd love: to spill my guts about how I feel, but I can't — not at this time." Another piece Of happy news was the announce- eal could chan LYNDA McDONNELL STAFF WRITER • In its original hometown of St. Paul, West Pub-,:. fishing Co. generally has been seen as an amiable giant —• quiet, ;paternal and loyal to favorite causes. It was West executive Gerald Cafesjian, for example, who rescued the State Fair carousel - and installed it in downtown St. Paul. West employees regularly set records in con- tributions to United Way of St. Paul. And though the legal publisher had harsh words for St. Paul • officials when it announced its headquarters move to Eagan, several West executives shuttle daily by company van to lunch at downtown St. Paul's Minnesota Club, where they hold about 10 percent of the memberships. But nationally,; the company has earned a more cunning and aggressive image, thanks to its prac- tice of using political contributions, awards and intensive lobbying to defend its domination of a and other benefits to U.S. Supreme Court justices highly profitable legal publishing business. and federal judges. The company denied any "In terms of! legal publishing, they're very wrongdoing. active," says James Love, director of the Taxpay-. With West's impending acquisition by Canadian- er Assets Project, a Ralph Nader group that based Thomson Corp., the Minnesota firm's pat - investigates how, government property — includ- terns of local benevolence and national political:- ing information is managed. largess could change. A multinational publishing During 1993. and 1994, for example, West's company based in Toronto may have less interest Political Action !Committee gave $171,928 to con- in the clubs and charities of St. Paul, for exam:' -gressional-candidates, far more than any other PIONEER PRESS FILE PHOTO Moving furniture and equipment during West Publishing's • relocation from St. Paul to Eagan. 1984 WEST- +LAW offers Insta Cite, which givesthe history of a case The lasthot lead „, s_:typesetting job at West is performed. 1985. West expands' into data - retrieval systems for other industries, under the name of Data Retrieval, Cor- „ poration of America WESTMATE,for.IBM is introduced; ing WESTLAW avail 1988 West CD- ROM Libraries is introduced. West's New York office moves into a new building in Westbury,. "I'think it was the best thingwhat could, have • happened for .West .to.go with`Thomson;"'.she' said:. "Of • course, what that means for us, we" -;don't : know: "A lot of uswere nervous :because = of some:°'i the things we had read about Thomson v know, `bare bones ,Thomson:' But we'll dust ,wait and see, -.I guess." ` That same thought was echoed .by; a ates. employee. "There's 'still a lot of speculation .about . what's really going to happen," he said: "Every few minutes somebody comes -up -with -a - .new idea." est Public '17r op environment enablingsaccess;to sever a 11 West applications, suchas email �elec- orucrdlscussiorn forurris, a personal �ctrp, iijg.servide current legal news AWPREMI esearcn softv�rare�`and 1AIfSTL iest'sLegat News is areportmg servie rpvidiag dairy summaries of important, tote and national legal�news� njz 4; lrnerWest Education Network is�vii u ro classom ;technofiogynowF bei ng ;test 6°of`the nations top law schools i" . T publishing firm.. business that organizes and analyzes primary - Meanwhile, members of the Opperman familyy_`;sotrces, has :been less aggressive politically than — who include West's top executives and major. = shareholders.— are major individual °contributor s;` "J :tank .Thomson is just not likely- to- throw especially to Democratic candidates. Between, their weight around, Love says. "I hopeit's not" 1989 and mid-1994, Chairman Dwight Opperman, Critics contend .that -West's political._ generosity President Vance Opperman and other mmbers: has'.given'=it undueinfluence , over federal :judges of the family gave $284;100 to the Democratic- . who review cases_ involving West 'and' over 'key' Party and candidates for federal office. congressional committees• with: jurisdiction over In addition, West sponsors awards and seminars antitrust law, copyright law and 'policies for the for people at many levels of the legal industry — - : management of federal information resources.: from judges to law review students. Critics assert _ " The Eagan -based firm has come under increas- - that this practice has helped the privately held'ing attack from legal -publishing rivals for its con- firm maintain its lucrative control of the texts of trot of the market for legal reference materials. federal judicial opinions and the system of cita tion to federal case law. In .1994, lawyers in New York sued West over its Last year, the Minneapolis -based Star Tribune claim. of copyright to page numbers of judicial published a report critical of West's relationship opinions. A year ago, a U.S. House committee with the judiciary, citing lavish trips, cash awards'• handed West an embarrassing defeat by deleting a provision backed by West from a larger bill. The provision would have blocked federal agen- cies from releasing data with "value added" by a private body.`. ' , _, .. ,. - In St. Paul, organizations that rely on West's support hoped Monday that it would continue. "I'm hoping, like. everyone else, that growth is involved," said Gus Gaustad, general manager of the Minnesota Club. "Instead of downsizing West, ple. ,And Thomson, which has a legal publishing ' ' it might be the other way around." and several home- office departmen move into: a new facility in :Eagan 1989` West Introduces West s Legal Directory; an_ online directory of the nation's attorneys 1990. West's Desktop Practice Sys=; terns product line is'introduced. A back up computer facility opens for operations..; I•n Eagan 1991` — A second back-up computer` facility is completed in .1992 completes the move of its headquarters from St. Paul to its 264 acre Eagan site. West releases its first-...;: state case law reporterori CD-ROM. •, 1993 :- West introduces state' statutes and USCA on CD-ROM. West acquires Ohio -based Bank -Baldwin Law Publishing Company and California -based :_ Tailored Solutions.- 1994 - Construction of a 318,000 square -foot addition to the Eagan site egins.:Dow Jones News/Retrieval, i grated w,th. WESTLAW,`provides cus- tourers access,to more than 1,600- 'sources of business and financial Info motion: West acquires The Rutter Group a pub, Usher of Celiforr"nia legal matenais located_ in Encino California and Information` America Inc of Atlanta, Georgia a provider of public records information investigative tools 1995 - West coin=: pietes its Eagan addition: The company opens its;•• . first international informs tion Center in London; England. West establishes West Bar Review. acquires Chena SoftwareY August, 19.95 West announces it is' retained two investment 'banking firms to examine. Construction of the new Strategic Options, including possible sate of the company joint venture or ini `lal public offering .: - `,_ r eb '26, 1996 Toronto=based omson Publishing announces plans. iuy West for S3 43 billion ' F vurrent Wests Legal Directory ates home pages for more than 800 000.: attorneys • Source West Publishing Co PIONEER PRESS FILE PHOTO headquarters In Eagan. NEWSPAPER OF THE TWIN CITIES SkW'1 5c..a West, Cray bought by larger rivals • Eagan legal publisher and supercomputer manufacturer are victims of high-tech revolution The fast-moving information revolution dealt Minnesota a one-two punch Monday as two prestigious homegrown companies were swallowed up. West Publishing and Cray Research were caught in a global tidal wave that has brought the rise of giant information companies and the demise of big computers. West Publishing The deal: Thomson Corp. of Toronto, Ontario, will acquire West Publishing Co. of Eagan for $3.43 bil- lion in cash. West Publishing is best known for its Westlaw online legal research service and primary law data- base. Thomson is a worldwide publishing and information company, and its already siz- able presence in legal publish- ing could raise antitrust con- cerns. West had revenue of more than $825 million and operating profit of more than $200 million for the year ended July 31, 1995. The company has about 6,700 employees. Local impact: > West's headquarters will remain in Eagan. Thomson is known as a hard-nosed, cost-cutting company, but West's high profit levels may spare it from any immediate changes. The sale also will bring an estimated $1 billion to Dwight Opperman, West's largest shareholder. More inside: The deal: After seven months of flirting with French, German, Dutch and American suitors, West Publishing agreed to be sold to a Canadian firm. PAGE D1 Profile: Who is Thomson Corp.? And should employees be fearful of its reputation? PAGE D6 Employees: After waiting anxiously for some time to learn of their fate, workers and community players are relieved to hear Thomson plans to By Terry Fiedler Star Tribune Staff Writer The third wave of computing crashed into Eagan on Monday, sweeping away the indepen- dence of two of Minnesota's best known companies. In selling their companies to much larger competitors, West Publishing Co., the low-key le- gal publisher with more than 100 years of history in Minne- sota, and Cray Research Inc., the once brash 24-year-old manufacturer of the world's fastest computers, also ac- knowledged a sea change in technology. In the first wave of comput- ing, scientists lined up for time with the big mainframe. In the second wave, technical and nontechnical people alike had computing power on their desktops. In the third wave, networked computers have made access and openness a priority and the norm. As for West and Cray, "Both grew out of the second wave of computing that valued the pro- prietary nature of things," said Minneapolis technology con- sultant Gary Smaby. As a cus- tomer, "it was difficult to go elsewhere," whether buying West's legal citations or Cray's world -class computers. As a re- sult, if you bought from them, you did things at their prices and in their formats. Their profitability reflected their dominance. In the mid- '80s Cray's net profit once reached 21 percent of sales, highest among Fortune 500 companies. Even in its fiscal 1995, West still showed operat- ing profit of 25 percent. But times changed, and strong profitability, once taken for granted, no longer is a given. In West's case, some federal appeals court decisions, which West catalogs, are being put on the biggest computer network of all, the Internet, while CD- ROMs of case law allow the lowest budget operations to publish potentially competitive text. Cray, meanwhile, suffered when companies such as its ac- quirer, California -based Silicon Graphics Inc., offered networked workstations that al- lowed more people more op- portunities to do simulation, which once was the exclusive domain of Cray's more expen- sive and technically challenging supercomputer system. "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em," Smaby said. "Cray could not have gone alone past this year without strong partners with links into the new para- digm. I suspect the same could be true for West." It also is true that the acquir- ing companies don't have all the answers. Even so, Canada - based Thomson Corp., with an- nual revenue of $6.35 billion, compared with West's $825 million, and Silicon Graphics, which weighs in at $2.23 billion, as opposed to Cray's $676 mil- lion, do offer something else be- sides game plans. Turn to ACQUISITIONS on A5 Cray Research The deal: Cray Research Inc. will be swallowed by Silicon Graphics Inc. for $736 million. Eagan -based Cray was the pioneer and last independent maker of the big machines that symbolized the nation's Cold War technological power. Silicon Graphics, of Mountain View, Calif., plans a $30-a- share tender offer for 75 percent of Cray and intends to acquire the remaining shares through a stock swap. Local impact: Silicon Graphics says it will operate Cray as a wholly owned subsidiary and plans no major changes, initially at least, at Cray's operations in the Twin Cities and Chippewa Falls, Wis. More inside: > The deal: Troubled supercomputer maker Cray, downsizing for the last few years, finds a lifeline. PAGE DI • Profile: Silicon Graphics, the quintessential Cali- fornia tech -house, caters to a range of customers; its biggest are aerospace and automotive firms that use its computers to design products. PAGE D7 ) History: A timeline traces Cray Research from its founding to the purchase that ends the era of the supercomputer -only company. PAGE D7 • Employees: Workers and others in the community are breathing easier, but wonder if their jobs are secure for the long haul. PAGE D7 himself as a populist. That label may be pint to the test today when votes are counted in the Dakotas, the birthplace of po,`pulisin, to see whether his message will trr}ly resonate in a land that knows what populism really is. Page Al. Scientists devastated 'NASA officials refused Monday to spec- ulate what went wrong the evening before, when' in an instant, a $400-mil- lion-plus experiment turned into just an ot1ier piece of space junk when the half- toir satellite broke its tether to the space shuttle Columbia and scientists on the ground watched helplessly as years of work floated away into the black void. One scientist said, however, that the frayed end of the braided copper, nylon and Teflon cord remaining aboard the space ship looked as though it had been charred and melted. Page A4. `Killing Fields' actor slain ' Dr. Haing S. Ngor, who won an Acad- emy Award for his role as.a fellow Cam- bodian in the 1984 movie "The Killing Fields," was found shot to death Sunday evening beside his car in front of his Chi- natown' home in Los Angeles. No im- Mediate arrests were made, and the mo- tive for the shooting was under investiga- tion, although neighbors said he may hai.e been robbed. Ngor, a practicing physician before the Khmer Rouge re- gime, was the first nonprofessional towin an acting Oscar since 1946. Page A4. Ir Depth Military ignoring gay policy :Two years after the Clinton adniinis- tration enacted a policy of "don't ask, don't tell" for gays and lesbians in the mil- itary, Pentagon documents and interviews with service members show that the mili- tary is not only continuing to ask some troops about their sexual orientation, but is also asking their parents, their friends. and their therapists. The documents sug- ge$t that the administration's effort to _help gays and lesbians in the military may of them - lead- • Associated Press Waiting for word Alejandro Roque, the brother of missing Cuban exile pilot Juan Pablo Roque, speaks to reporters Monday at the family home in Miami. To his left are his broth- er, Andres Roque; Ana Roque, the wife of Juan Pablo, and Guillermo Lares. Mean- while, President Clinton promised to work with Congress to intensify economic sanctions and criticized the incident as a "flagrant violation of international law." He also asked that some frozen Cuban assets be used to compensate the families of the four presumed dead when their planes were shot down Saturday. Page Al. ,World Remaining Serbs evacuated The Bosnian Serb military returned to the Sarajevo suburbs it once controlled, but this time it was evacuating the few thousand Serbs remaining in the Bosnian capital. The departure of thousands of Serbs in advance of the city's reunification under the Muslim -Croat federation sti- fled hopes that the city could retain some of its multiethnic character. Page A6. Mood in Israel tense Prime Minister Shimon Peres prom- ised that Israel would destroy thelmilitant group Flamas._,.r':- — filed charges—alegng a was buying and selling even more lucrative commodities: marijuana and cocaine. Page B1. Possible grassland protection About 77,000 acres of tallgrass prairie, a once vast but now rare ecological system, would be permanently protected in west- ern Minnesota and northwestern Iowa under a proposal by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The'prairie is in parcels scattered within a 150-mile-wide corridor that stretches from near Des Moines to the Canadian border. The Wildlife Service said its plan is to restore and preserve the prairie tracts, and it stressed that any land it might acquire would be from willing sellers. Page B3. Sports Deer feeding plan defeated The Minnesota House voted 68-64 Monday against a $750,000 proposal to feed deer in the state's-northern forests. The vote highlighted an emotional debate that pitted 'the Department of Natural Resources,' which 'opposes feeding the deer, against some Minnesota hunters and legislators. House Speaker Iry An- derson and the bill's chief sponsor, Rep. Thomas Bakk, are expected to revive the plan for another vote, perhaps as soon as today..A similar measure passed 46-17 last week in the Senate. Page C1.. Metro/State Twins' Mr. Intensity Lonetree to go free today New Twins third baseman Dave Hol- Sgt. Clayton Lonetree, imprisoned for dins is reputed to have intimidated even giving secret information to, a KGB agent his toughestfriends. The former Philly has while he was a Marine guard stationed at switched' leagues and he's just as serious the U.S. Embassy • in Moscow, turned about the competition — and his new down parole and chose to stay in prison • world of opportunity — as ever. "Now,"' two more years ' so . that when he is , Hollins said, "I've got a whole new league released today from Fort Leavenworth he of guys to dislike." Page C1.• will be a completely free man. Page A5. . Business Fears for missing woman Friends and relatives of Elaine McKin- Canadian firm buys West ley passed out fliers in St. Paul's Frogtown . Eagan -based West Publishing Co. has neighborhood on Monday. -trying to_rouse agreed to be sold to the Thomson Corp_, a prospects beyond 1996 were unclear an its customers were beginning to-questio. whether they should buy from a company that might not survive. While Cray dis- puted that its customers were losing faitpt;: some analysts confirmed it. Page D1. Variety Together separately ; Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon, one of Hollywood's most successful couples both on and off the screen, have learnad that the best way to work togeth- er is to live apart. The pair,. who lice together in New York with their three chil- dren when not making movies, admitted that "Dead Man Walking" still became; a test of their relationship. "We'definite)y had those days where the tension wits high," Sarandon said. Page El. Corrections D The solution to Saturday's crosswoid puzzle on Page E4 Monday was incoli= plete. The correct solution:. CASS OBI STUN OBOE DUN MA I NER PLUNGERS IGNITE TENDERLOIN GAMB DSM AFRO ATAN IDO APAIR L ENO DEFEAT RASH Y I NFI DEL NUANCE GOMERR INGOT$ A D .A H PRAT T R O i.. REST OONA ODD MASS • R I, G M A R O L ES A R E'O L A OPPONENT DERMAL OAR USN ARTES NNE T S A F,I - The Star Tribune has a reader's reprk sentative to investigate complaints about the accuracy, fairness and com- pleteness of reports and headlines intl I,U GJVHI, r'GDRUHI[r Li, 1770 SOLD! WEST PUBLISHING omson .,core. Headquarters: Toronto, Canada Structure: Publicly held company; -four operating groups Employees: 40,000 CEO and chairman of the board: Kenneth R. Thom- son •- President: W. Michael Brown; , 4OPERATING GROUP• S , ;Tharrison Corp Pubilsh- ing Internationals* ii Employees:16 000 :; • ' • Sells:60 000'products a year including:100 on-line' services 200: CD-ROMS "' s 45 000 different books and directories 700 jour> naffs '6 500 software' 3.titles,and 1 600 audio . visuaiaitles i Publishes Physicians Desk Reference and tiGale Research#� E+; • Ii994;Sales $1 9 billion Operating profit!$313 = Thomson Finaric Professional Publish- ing Group �: ■ Employees: 8,000._..; • • Produces 170 on-line ser ' .vices, 180 CD-ROMS 40 software. packages, 440 loose-leaf •services,1175 newsletters, 2,000:books and directories Holdings include American Banker _Sheshunoff Infor mation Services Lawyers ` _ -Cooperative Publishing - ■ 1994 Sales: $1.1 billion; ■ Operating profit ; $17 iilion Thomson Newspapers • Employees: 15,000, ■ owns 82 dailies m. U S ` including seven,in central; and southeastern Wiscori sinand 22 dailies in s,,'1 Canada It sold theWor ttun`gton Minn SDally', zGlobe Last Aug 31; previ suS .papers owned were'ir -Fe gus Fails Austin and°` AlbertyLea�t= ■ Publishes oronto Globe \rand Mail ;: i ■ 1994 Sales $1 1 billibn ■ Operating profit_ $191 million z �' Thomson Travel Group s Employees 9,`200 . 4 ■Firm is Bntain s largest `touroperator ' Holdings include Qnttania; Airways /I K• a 1994. Sales : $2 2.billion ■Operating profit: $140 million- . V. CONTINUED:FROMIA ; . PIONEER PRESS Cost-conscious Thomson spends big on West • Newspaper publisher sees big future online s. DOUG IVERSON STAFF WRITER But as'the 40,000-employee Thomson Corp. has discovered with its $3.4 billion acquisition of Eagan -based West Publishing, the future doesn't come cheap. at Fergus Falls.. "They just clearly lacked direction in their newspaper operations," Churchill said of his tenure under Thomson. A keen sense of. direction is vital for Thom- son Corp. as it navigates the increasingly competitive world of electronic publishing, analysts say. Unlike its newspaper operations, Thomson -will have to invest millions more to make the most of what it. has acquired from West. :' "They understand the' business, but they must understand what the next steps are going to be," said Lorraine Sileo, analyst with Simba Information Services of Wilton, Conn.. "To . get ,their money's worth, they need to _.,,grow the company fast." First up: Thomson has to determine howto en" omson ews a' er§: rou Fits s newspa er ' t emphasis has - deliver its specialized information to a wider P 1? g ,,:...been on 'controlling'costs - down to the costs audience. That will require more than :merely show to the United States in Y952, little. had.. of darkroom chemisspeeding P P Y upthe presses. The company must changed from Roy Thomson s founding prince-'' find a way to tap into the potential of the -,.,pima .41 4� N, r, c;•, :• The publishers they send in make one thing Toda- `followin� aprofitable stint in the oil quite clear:. There's; a' company policy and fast-growing World Wide Web and to reach s and g that's not to be questioned," said RayCri n beyond the legal market to reach' a corporate business and a successful forage into the t�av q PPe ' audience.. el agency business, Thomson's company is: who served as editor of the Worthington Daily Thomson meanwhile,maintains that its among the largest regional newspaper publish, Globe for more than 20 years before Thomson " ers. Its annual revenues approach,$? billion.,.,bought the paper. in the late '80s. "But they're But, like" longtime newspaper readers smit= = ,,,,not foolish people. j;;H, • ten with the Internet, the company now .:Although other , former Thomson executives called' Thomson Corp. `_' has seen the future,` ''"say --privately :,that the, company thrived at •' and it comes with an electrical cord: attached: `bleeding their,,: publications 'dry," they . will provide a boost .:acknowled a that hardline budget moves usu- .to its bottom line in ',;;-Thomson broadened its. publishing ventures g g About. a year. In .a sense, it will be West Pub- in- the early '80s, focusing on subscription- ally came with convincing arguments. - lishing's.introduction to the pressures of being • based publications and cutting the percentage attached. -,'� , "„t:. -,::; ,. ;,,. part of a public company. .. of its revenue from advertising to just 15 per —. ; - But it wasn't Always whether Thom rr cent. It still owns more than 140 daily news- son had a journalistic vision for its newspa- - Our vision for the future is a clear one, W. Michael Brown, Thomson. president, told analysts Monday. "We aimto become the world's foremost information publishing busi- ness." Thomson executives on Monday acknowl- edged the West price tag is considerable, a Roy Thomson had failed at farming~ and 'a figure that may have had founder Roy Thom- son reaching for. his wallet from the grave. 'Stint as 'an auto parts distributor when he (Thomson died in 1976. His son, Kenneth, is packed _ his bags, left Toronto and started a : chairman and chief executive, and the compa- ` radio station in the :crash s of Ontario a year " ny remains about 72 percent family -owned.) after a stock marketet :crash devastated the Thomson's West acquisition would mark a neighboring United States in 1929. ,. +A.few years: later :after ainin 'a taste for aquick. return._to'Which'the last summer sold the selling`'ads, Thomson started buying up small- Worthington Daily Globe the'last of four town newspapers: His management.piuloso- t � m newa a rs b once owned —.to the phy:; keep costs low, and focus on the bottom .,, _ P pe. . YR A ,,44publishers' of the Fargo 'N D Forum It mans emen • �� Wh Th N b ht P P g papers —. including the Toronto Globe and pers, others say. David Churchill, publisher Mail — with more than one-fourth boasting - and president of .the Austin Daily Herald in operating margins of 25 percent or more. . ,- Austin, Minn., was news editor for ,Thomson will change, is year, West plans to give each retiree and current: full-time employee a gift of $1,000 per. been head too -head competitors , = •, z year of service, Opperman stated. . "I can't imagine there won't be alot ofaobs The ininimum gift for each person . will be disappearing," said James Love, coordinator. of •$5f000 :with $25;000 the maximum payout, the Taxpayer ;_Assets :-Project. a „ Ralph Nader APPerman . stated. As . a result, more than $35 consumer group in Washington, D.C.' "The :tiffs million.:would wind up in the pockets of cur- tory of Thomson is that it is` not shy of laying rent West workers and retirees off people" - Clarence Hogan. Jr.;: a 62-year-old -retired Andrew Mills;a.riiember of �'homson Corp's West : production worker, was excited about board,..admitted..-there- will be; -some: consolida that=news.. tion as -,the two companies•'2.1 iarmonize"''.their "It was a . good company to work" for, said work-forces;.But anystaff;muts- will .,be.."mien.;::.Hogan!Jr.,,who worked .38 years at West. _ man," with Thomson- looking to retrain and before _retiring in.1988. m _move- a€fected:= workers iota new 'jobs, _Mills A -.West spokeswoan :said about. 200 share insisted; Thomson has:-namedrMills =as- West's'::. holders, will. be paid: from the company's, sale. next-.chief-execntive offi o$ce°thee deal: is Dwight.:opperman:is.rumored to be-a.majority completed, r : ••-• - , owner;;in:>West's-stock. But .West officials In cases, where workers -must belaid off,. declined to comment op Opperman's.ownership. Thomson will -give those people fair severance stake_' • packages,. Mills -said?-:-.; • 'Y \ -' :- Meanwhile;: West's- sale will. mean: a: change.; image as a stingy small-town newspaper.pub- - lisher is outdated. It has the ammunition, and . is intent -on developing the weapon to deliver it. A Still, Thomson expects its West purchase Dwight Opperman, West Publishing chairman and past president, applauds W. Michael Brown, Thomson .presi- dent,.at the .; •• announcement of'. the merger Mon-- •day In Eagan. mal," with Thomson looking to retrain and before retiring in' 1988. • move affected workers into new jobs, Mills A '-West spokeswoman said about: 200.<share- insisted. Thomson has named Mills as West's holders will be paid -from the company's sale. next chief executive officer once the deal is Dwight Opperman-is-rumored-to be:a majority completed. owner in West's stock. But 'West officials . In:• cases -where -.workers --must: be laid- off,- declined to comment on Opperman's, ownership Thomson will give those people fair severance = stake :' , packages, Mills said. Meanwhile, West's sale will mean a. change W. Michael Brown, Thomson Corp. president, in management: Dwight Opperman will stay .on echoed Mills' comments, saying: "This business as West's; chairman -emeritus and his son .is going to be driven by.:creativity and;opening Vance, Wests current president, will become new markets, not: by .grinding people,down: • We chair-mstt =st<Z: have not-spent`•$3 -billion to -buy_ abusinessto "Their ,continued, involvement in•West and::; destroy it by laying people off."-.' 'the- community will be -important to_our Meanwhile, West's -.announcement did sur continued success,";Brown said " ,"`' prise employees. Rumors, had circulated for • f• But West's hands-onleaders will be'Mills, . weeks that 'Thomson • was.:a corporate "suitor -. e-who':become : West's: new, .CEO,••and Brian Hall, Last August; West :said it would;;study: its president,.and'CEO :of Thomson Legal Publish;:3,ie strategic options, including selling the company ing, will. become president of West:= •?•_,j and holding an initial stock offering to raise • The West sale is subject to federal anti-trust capital: approval. Thomson and West executives expect bank .;group =.will.- enable Thomson 1o:.continue to pursue.: our, —aggressive develop- ment :program -light across the corporation,'' he statedv %. , 1 ; ;_. - Founded m 1872, : West is -best known for its Despite being the nation's largest legal: pub,F;; the Justice Department or the Federal Trade ,' WESTLAW:-on-line research :service and its lisher, with annual revenues' of more "than $825 Commission to OR..their deal midyear:tr database:ofeditorially enhanced` primary million, West was': facing . an uncertain }future . But : the Taxpayer Assets Project .group including` statutes; cases, codes and regulations against much larger "information service com opposes the West sale. "They are" head to head °' ..West s customers include law firms, corporate petitors, company officials said. .• '" -is-- • "We simply have to grow, and to grow we have to find •a partner of some sort;" . Jerrol Tostrurd, West executive vice` president' said last summer: In Thomson, a company whose annual' sales are nearly $7 billion with a global workforce of 40,000 employees, West has that dynamic partner, said Dwight Opperman, West chair- man and past president - - '" "Thomson has the financial strength neces- sary to compete in the marketplace," Opper- man stated in a letter to his company's 7,000 employees, most of who .are based in Eagan. "They have the capacity to invest what is nec- essary for .us to continue our record of suc- cess." --West-tried-to-pump up employee enthusiasm for the sale by announcing that company employees and retirees will receive special payments as a result of the firm's sale. :- When West and Thomson close the deal later est Publishing : histo • 872 " iohin B West tued at left) begins '.`operation of' :John B` •,; West, Publisher.an Bookseller,`in St Paul. West sells Iaw treatises, dic:,` tionaries, office supplies. 1876 Brother Horatio joins John publish The Syllabi a weekly record of excerpts from the Minnesota Courts. . 1882 — West Publishing Company is incorporated.. • 1899 West names,Hora- do West president. 1908 — West names Charles Ames'(pictured at right) president. competitors in a lot of markets, including Cali- fornia and Wisconsin," Love said. "We think the purchasers of law books'. will be hurt by. this merger." • Love added that America ,now faces the prospect of having the country's two largest legal publishing firm owned by foreign corpo- rations. Dutch -based Reed Elsevier owns Lexis-Nexis:. . Brown said: "'west will complement and greatly enhance our already strong legal pub- lishing business. Together we will be well posi- •tioned to provide lawyers and the judiciary with fully integrated research products and innovative practice management tools far beyond what either of us could have developed separately. . Brown said that buying West will help Thomson move forward in its quest to become the world's premiere leader of specialized' information. !-•. - . - s, "Our ability.:,to finance the transaction' • 10 ,.First West law school case ooks signal the. Modern way of teachin S.' law; -by using actual Cases as mdd-`; 21 .West names Homer Clark. resident1'' : r 1925 • Federal Government asks West and Edward Thompson Company to organize and publish.the U.S. Code. ` 1927 - West publishes the United y. States Code Annotated:' • • • .• 1932 Henry Asmussen becomes,: :.president of West Publishing. 1949 -West names Harvey Reid president: 1959 — Lee Slater becomes• West's president. - • 1968 — West name's Dwight Opperman (pictured at right) president. 1969 — West purchases and counsel, judges, academics, libraries and law.. students.:: ' Thomson is also. a . leading legal publisher,. best known for its secondary law products, -- which provide added editorial value by orga- nizing and analyzing primary sources. Its • Legal Publishing group is Rochester, N.Y., • where it produces such respected names as Lawyers Cooperative and Barclays. TLP has more than 3,000 employees and is part of Thomson's worldwide legal and regulatory pub- lishing activities which produce .total annual • revenues in excess of $800 million...:,` Mills noted that Thomson has created 5,000 new jobs in the company's U.S. businesses and wants to increase employment by 1,500 work- ers a year, even without West. Some analysts called the West sale price • /OE ODEN/PIONEER PRESS,. tion at:that nce," said: Lorraine Sileo, ana with Stmba m Wilton,' -Conn. :s > '� - - said Thomson ::still •"faces ikey develop- ment.°questions 'in broadening.. the reach •of- its `` electronic products 'West's products are based_. on proprietary, .a>, technology and -;the 'world' is moving in a whole other direction,' Sileo. said But Thomson executives tried to put'the' face on_what is "easily :its'"most , pricy acquisi Pion. •to date:.>The West purchase is -more than four times largest than any -other Thomson ` , . >..... .z:: • - . "People say it.s. a lot of money, but it's• a question of what are we getting for themoney and is it . a good value;" said Nigel Harrison, Thomson's chiet financial officer. • - A big selling-.'point::.West's sizable profit ' margins = Thomson said they exceed 24 per- cent = and a product line that competitors" :< will find too expensive to effectively duplicate: •' Although Harrison` only discussed financial _figures for West's most current fiscal year, he ' said the company. had logged a 9 percent annu- " al growth in revenue over the past five years. "unbelievable," noting` that it's more than four - Staff writer Doug Iverson contributed to this story: times West's annual sales. "Sure, West has a reputation, but it seems • Thomson has' a lot of guts to make the acquisi- emodels the Booth- Cold •Storage , 'and• makes"its'final•addition to the; -054 headquarters L4 -' :' - — Vance: Opperrrian'become est's president ;, , 975 West introduces WESTiA the'only`computer-assisted legal resegc _service that offers synopses h'eadnotes, and Key Numbers. West's firsttArt and the'Law exhibition islheld at the ABA,Cfon vention.. " The shipping department moves into new • , facilities -in Eagan r West iritroduces N Full -Text. Plus, giving WESTLAW sub- scribers the full texVc of court opinions d .,, plus editorial enhancements.''- s <.• . 1982' press and bindery . epartments move.to Eagan 1983' me� 'first Edward J` `Devitt Distin guished Service to Justice Award ; S. presented :to Judge Albert B. Mans..The firsts '_ West's Automatic: Law Terminal : (WALT).,Is intro duced. Vest Publisl . Ing's former ? building in Downtown St. Paul. • 1. PIONEER PRESS FILE PHOTO;,;.. • �,, "rum• WEST from D1 am v, .bj %? West. Publishing Co. is sold I to Thomson Corp:. of ,.Canada And Thomson, which lost the bidding for Lexis-Nexis to Reed .. Elsevier, was determined not to'. miss this chance. "We left nothing on'the table," W. Michael Brown, president of Thomson Corp., told analysts.. "We bought a crown jewel business at the market; price." Thomson clearly paid a pre- mium. Analysts say information companies generally have been fetching between two and three times annual sales. West's $3.4 bil- lion price tag, which is in U.S. dol- lars, is more than 4 times its annual sales. West's biggest asset — the WESTLAW data base and CD ROM unit — accounts for 54 per- cent of revenues and would be impossibly expensive to replicate, Thomson executives told se- curities analysts. West's unique collection of le- gal content, which is inked to state-of-the-art computer net- works, justified the high price, Thomson said. "We have to play at this inter- section of publishing and tech- nology," said Andy Mills, a Thomson board member who will become West CEO when the deal is completed. "We are really seeing a revolution in how infor- mation is processed and handled. Physical boundariesthat have ex- isted are being shattered." Antitrust scrutiny The sale will be subject to U.S. scrutiny under the Hart-Scott-Ro- dino Act, which requires large companies making sizable acqui- sitions to notify the U.S. Depart- ment of Justice. The Hart Act is one means available to the Justice Depart- ment and the Federal Trade Commission for reviewing sales and mergers for possible anti- W. Michael Brown "We intend to oppose the sale on antitrust grounds," Love said. "It will ,hurt consumersin our opinion." Among other things, Love said West and subsidiaries of Thom son are the,chief competitors for publishing opinions of the U.S. Supreme Court and the case laws of several states.' Without their competition, costs of the publica- tions would rise for customers such as law libraries, he said. And control over such publications would rest largely with two giant foreign -owned . publishers, he said. But industry analysts said they doubt antitrust concerns will de- rail the deal. Maureen Fleming, editor for the Digital Information Group, said: "There is not a natu- ral barrier preventing entry and there are plenty of new competi- tors. There are other companies that are better capitalized than West and Thomson so [the acqui- sition] doesn't meet any of the tests for being anticompetitive." competitive effects.' or antitrust West has invested heavily in law violations. recent years on strategic acquisi- Federal regulators are prohib- tions, a new headquarters build- ited from disclosing specific fil- ing and on new product develop- ings under 'the Hart Act, and a ment. For several months before Justice Department spokeswom- Monday's sale was announced, an would not comment Monday 42. Thomson employees pored except to say, ''We are aware of the proposed transaction." It "is yet to be:det'ermined," she said, whether it will be reviewed,. by the Justice Department or the Federal Trade Commission: • '` Once the government receives a filing under the Hart Act, it has:. 30 days to complete its' review; however, it can request addition al data and extend the review period by 20 days. Opposition to the sale already has been registered with the Jus- tice Department by the Taxpayer Assets Project, a Washington- : based consumer organization af- filiated with Ralph Nader. Oppo- nents expect to meet with offi- cials from the, Justice Depart- ment's Antitrust Division on Monday, said James Love, direc- tor of Taxpayer Assets Projects. Payday for�'West shareholders West stock is closely held by senior employees, many of whom will be made millionaires by the sale.of West to The Thomson Corp. for $3.425 billion in cash. Chairman Dwight Opperman is believed to own about one- third of West's shares, so the transaction values his stake at more than • $1 billion. Listed'below are shareholders who hold 1 percent or more of• the company. The deal values a 1 percent stake at $34 million. > Dwlght Opperman . Chairman, chief executive • > Vance Opperman • President, chief operating officer > G.L CafesJian, Executive vice president > Jerry M. Tostrud Executive vice president > Charles G. Cunningham Vice.presidenttcomputer services > F.C. JIIk Vice president, production > Lou Lombardi' . Vice president, sales - New York > Thomas J. McLeod Vice president WESTLAW account manage- ment and government relations > John M. Nasseff Vice president, engineering and facilities > Grant E. Nelson Vice president, chief financial officer and sec- retary Source: US. Postal Service, West Publishing Co. wight Opperman Vance Opperman In a statement, U,wight Upper - man said: "We..are,;delighted to . be joining the Thomson Corp. as the fit.between our two Organiza- tions isabsolutely outstanding. I am especially, pleased that West will continuejo be based. in Ea- gan, and that,Thomson is Com- mitted to building `on the. West name and 'expanding bur busi- ness in the future." ' • • : But count on Thomson to run a tight. operation, said Fleming. "Thornson knows . everything • there is to know about this busi- ness. It tends to run companies . intact, so there are not likely to be large scale changes at first. But . clearly. because •they p•aid •so much money, they ;are going 'to '' have to run it tightly.. Brown •called West's employ- ees; • assets and physical plant "unbelievably splendid" and said Thomson will grow in Minnesota. "No one can say there will be. no changes," he said. "But .any' changes will be a matter of har- monization. We have not bought. a business and paid over $3 bil- lion for it to destroy it by grinding it down." • . Thomson said it will finance the acquisition with bank debt, • which has already been arranged through consortium of Canadian • lenders. "We absolutely do not need to raise any equity nor do we need any asset :sales (to. finance the acquisition)," said. Nigel Harri son, Thomson chief financial offi- cer. The deal . is expected to be nondiltitive for Thomson share- holders in the first full year. How- ever,' the deal will raise Thom- son's debt -to -equity ratio to a rel- atively high 1.3-to-1. That caused some concern among Canadian debt -rating ' agencies Monday, one of which downgraded Thom- ' son's debt. But another credit rat- ing agency affirmed ratings on • other. Thomson debt instruments: • Meanwhile, Thomson shares closed at $19.371/2, down..75 cents on trading of 2.8 million shares. — Washington Bureau Chief Sharon Schmickle contributed to this report. over West's assets and financial ledgers: They liked what they saw. One of their most surprising discoveries was that a recent 300,000-square foot addition to West's Eagan headquarters . is largely unoccupied. Thomson of- ficials said they ! plan to locate employees from other legal pub- lishing units in Eagan. Thomson is best known for its secondary sources of legal prod- ucts, which organize and analyze the primary sources. Thomson Legal Publishing (TLP), head- quartered in Rochester, N.Y., in- cludes • Lawyers Cooperative, Clark Boardman Callaghan, Ban- croft -Whitney, Barclays and Counterpoint Publishing. West, which was founded in 1872, is best known for its WEST - LAW online research service and as a source of primary law — state and federal cases, statutes and regulations. TLP has more than 3,000 em- ployees and is part of Thomson's Star Tribune graphic worldwide legal and regulatory publishing businesses. The West acquisition will double the units_ annual sales to more than $1.6 billion. Executive team Mills, a member of Thomson's board who heads financial ser- vices and North American profes- sional publishing, will also be chief executive officer of West af- ter the transaction is completed. Brian H. Hall, president and CEO of Thomson Legal Publish- ing, will assume additional re- sponsibilities as president of West. Hall will relocate to Eagan while Mills will spend two to three days a week in Minnesota for the next year or so. ' ' Dwight Opperman will -be chairman emeritus of West, which will be operated as a whol- ly owned subsidiary until it is ' integrated into Thomson's Infor- mation Publishing unit. Vance Opperman, currently West's pres- ident, will be chairman of West. Minneapolis Convention Center WATCH FOR OUR ADS STARTLNG WEDNESDAY West Group cancels online legal news service About 30 Eagan employees get eight weeks severance Staff Report West Group, the outgrowth of the merger between Thomson Corporation and West Publishing, has discontinued its West Legal News service, resulting in the loss of about 30 jobs at its Eagan facility. West Legal News was started in 1995, tested on the Internet, and then offered as a paid service to subscribers. It pro- vided the latest legal news online to desk- top computers. 64.4 But competition in the market forced West Group to "refocus their efforts," said Communications Specialist Jennifer Moire. Moire said although West Legal News ceased to exist after Dec. 16, the former employees of that group will continue to receive paychecks for eight weeks. In ad- dition, they will be offered a severance package that includes two weeks salary for each year they've worked for either company prior to the merger. The Eagan facility won't notice a de- creased employment base either, Moire said. Of the 9,500 Thomson employees, several hundred are being moved to Eagan from other locations. "We continue to make business ad- justments," Moire said. For example, employees of a video multimedia group and corporate commu- nications and government relations staff may soon be the next impacted by cuts due to duplication of services, Moire said. Where applicable, employees are being offered other jobs within the corporation, she added. Those not placed in other jobs will receive out -placement support and continued health coverage, Moire said. When the integration of Thomson and West Publishing is complete, West Group president Michael Brown expects a net gain in employment for 1998, Moire added. V 01W We buy Estate Jewelry, Old Gold, Diamonds & Dental Gold Next to Target Greatland Co. 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Gve done nothing rig this will blow confront this co - my supervisor? the police? I am ied and need an appreciate your t. — Threatened not delay and do hreats lightly. Go authorities. Start your local police h Coleen Rowley, and special agent polis office of the 11V11 l wait to find out if this person is serious about the threats. You need to take action. Now. I take exception to your re- sponse that an employee should attend the company's "lavish holiday party" or other- wise risk being looked down. upon by the employer. These types of excessive par- ties are becoming a thing of the past in most companies. They are not for the benefit of some- one who (1) chooses not to at- tend an event that excludes spouses and/or guests, (2) chooses not to be in an enclosed !!V/L/LLG £ l�YlLwi s, uL.icz., linois Sue Says: Not everyone en- joys company functions for a va- riety of reasons, but most people nevertheless attend. I agree with you that attendance should not be mandatory nor shouldit re- flect an employee's value. How- ever, the employee who chooses not to go must realize the apa- thetic message his or her ab- sence sends. Read on for more on the subject: When a company hosts a social event, if it takes place during office hours, then it F'"ly FULL y. 1 c:laiaYO. 111VLG cvala panies ought to ask' their em- ployees what they prefer before deciding how to honor them. By the way, wearing a new outfit may make you feel better, but it is not a requirement for attendance. — Sue Morem is founder and president of Premier Presentation Inc., a Twin Cities consulting and training company. You can call with questions or opinions on her Star Tribune message line at 673-9042, fax letters to 540- 9475 or send e-mail to • mzbiziziz@aol.com. de to `benchrnarking' with a human touch anagement buzz - out there in the r, my favorite is g." If you haven't •ase before, it's a one innovation ganization identi- oducts and meth- d and then com- ivn 'performance )enchmarks." step process. First the best in your u tear it apart to s it the best. Final - /our performance duplicate this Success secrets Mark McCormack comes problematic is when you apply it to people. You can't sim- ply tear down your topperform- ers, analyze their most valuable qualities and then graft those features onto the rest of your work force. Benchmarking with talented . professionals requires an ap- • proach that's more subtle than an "engineer wielding a screw- driver and clipboard. The first hurdle is getting tal- improve. ' But people usually. don't re- spond in a positive manner when you hold up your top salesperson or most popular manager and command the staff, "Be like this person!" People's egos get in the way. They are as loathe -to admit their faults as they are to admit other people's 'successes. They also don't appreciate the implied crit- icism in your command. But people do respond to praise, and they crave praise when you shower it on someone else. My friend Gordon Forbes, a "How can you put that fila- ment. together that way?' :It should be done like this." And then he would demonstrate how to do it properly. Showing peo- ple how you want things done is good management. But Forbes soon realized that he was criticizing his employees in front of their co-workers. In- stead of looking for mistakes on his factory tours, he started look- ing for examples of excellence. You don't always have to bad- ger or bully employees to raise their performance standards. Praise the individuals who aie setting those hi:h standards, and r 2 J 1 L Y 161 9 9 0 CityBusi ness Eagan golden shows touch in During the mid- to late-1980s, the city Location, abundant land successfully fostered development by capi- talizing on its chief resources: proximity to lure tenants, developers the metro area and Minneapolis -St. Paul International Airport, and an abundance of land. When the interstate highway sys- tem reached Eagan, the development floodgates opened. "When you talk about Eagan, you're talking about land," said George Burkard, assistant vice president with United Prop- erties Brokerage & Management Co., which develops land in neighboring Men- dota Heights. "You're talking about the ability for companies to allow their em- ployees free parking, and to build their By DOMINIC P. PAPATOLA When West Publishing Co. decided earlier this month to leave its 114-year home in St. Paul, it was another in a decade -long series of commercial real estate coups by the city of Eagan. Since 1980, the suburban community of 47,000 has drawn some of the state's largest corporations to build in town, swelling its population and adding to its tax base. commercial development... kind of facility. You're talking about prox- imity to a variety of housing and easy ac- cess to any part of the Twin Cities." When West — which already has a warehouse and book -binding facility in the city — moves its headquarters to Eagan, the publishing company will join the likes of NWA Inc., parent company of North- west Airlines, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, Cray Research Inc. and Uni- sys Corp., all of which have headquarters or other major facilities in the city. Eagan City Manager Tom Hedges esti- mated that about 60 percent of the avail- able land in the 34-square-mile city has been developed, most during the boom of the 1980s. Unlike many communities that depend on heavy municipal subsidies to at- tract major corporations, Eagan has used tax -increment financing as a lure only once in the last 10 years, and the city has not is- sued industrial revenue bonds for more than five years. "The success of economic development is something that takes time," Hedges said. "I've been here for 14 years. Dale Runkle [the city's director of economic develop- ment] has been here for 13. Our City Councils during the '80s have been very high-spirited for economic development, and we have a history of building relation- ships with industry." Lower real estate taxes also are an at- traction for companies looking to relocate. Dakota County, in which Eagan is locat- ed, has one of the lowest tax rates in the state, according to county officials. Warren Hanson, deputy director of the St. Paul Planning and Economic Develop- ment Department, said that while avail- able land and a faster development time- table eventually drew West to Eagan, the company's tax concerns also played a part in the company's decision to leave St. Paul. According to estimates prepared by the city of St. Paul, taxes on a new West facility would have run $3.30 per square foot in the capital city, compared with $2.77 per square foot in Eagan. The corporate relocations of the 1980s have bulked up the city's tax rolls consider- ably. According to data from the Dakota County Assessor's office, about 26 percent of Eagan's tax base comes from commer- cial and industrial property owners, com- pared with 18 percent countywide. That translates into lower property taxes for the city's residents. "The market value of my house went up and my property taxes went down last year," said Eagan resident David Smith, a commercial real estate broker with Griffin Real Estate Co. "You've got to love that. "When I graduated from college in 1980, I didn't even know where Eagan was," Smith said. "I thought it was in Iowa somewhere. But when [Interstates] 35E and 494 were completed, development took off." "Dakota County is one of the fastest growing areas in the state,"said Nick Conzemius, a broker with Coldwell Banker Commercial Real Estate Services Inc. "It's one of the few places where the highway system is ahead of the population growth." But development in Eagan is not prob- lem -free. A persistent softness in the com- mercial real estate market has slowed the development or leasing of smaller, multi - tenant projects in the city. Office vacancy rates in the Burnsville/Eagan/Apple Valley area stand at 24 percent, according to Coldwell Banker. "Eagan has had a couple home runs with big tenants, but in terms of general leasing, as with most of the market, it's really pretty quiet," Smith said. Yet most developers remain enthusiastic about Eagan. "Development in Eagan may have slowed down more than other parts of the area because it had such dramatic growth in the mid- and late-'80s," said Michael Hoffman, vice president with Hoffman Development Corp., which has developed retail and residential projects in Eagan since 1983. "The city has developed rapidly and in an orderly way," he said, "and there's still development left to be done here." 0 ****************5—DIGIT 55123 490320 HUG 1260Y093 299G P HAUGIE MAY 20 91 HAUGIE HEICLE ANDERSON BALA 1260 YNKEE DOODLE STE 2 ODD ST PAUI MN 55123 lis St. Paul $1.00 usmess IM VOLUME 8, NUMBER 5, THE WEEKLY BUSINESS NEWSPAPER DULY 16-22, 1990 Twin Cities receive bad•publishers news advertisers Hoag, Star Tribune sales director of retail seem to be the hardest hit_ nPrhanc inrainat_ r 'a at the Star Tribune as a sin- op, said all of the company's de - must share in the belt tighten- i C1tyi1S111eSS JULY 16 19 9 0 3 ... But city's rezoning plan angers residential landowners Some consider lawsuits to recoup property taxes By DOMINIC P. PAPATOLA Landowners and developers have de- nounced a plan by the city of Eagan to re- zone much of the land designated for multi -family housing there. The fast-growing community, a south- ern suburb of St. Paul, wants to change the zoning designations on 21 parcels of prop- erty, a total of more than 350 acres. The changes follow a two-year study that sug- gests that the community has a surplus of undeveloped land zoned for apartment projects and other multi -family develop- ments. Members of the Eagan City Council also are concerned that the multi -family devel- opments are driving up the crime rate. But zoning changes that call for lower - density development could drive down the value of real estate, and a number of land- owners are protesting the city's action. "We bought that property with the understanding that we could put apartments or condos on it." — Marvin Balfany Brooklyn Park -based land developer The large-scale downzoning has drawn the ire of a majority of the property owners affected, according to comments received by the city in response to the plan. Many are asking for compensation if the city re- zones their property. Eagan City Manager Tom Hedges said he is aware of the landowners' concerns, but the city is responding to the desires of its residents. "Our residents are telling their council members that there's too much high -den- sity housing" he said. "Either you can let the developers develop your community or you can help developers mold your vision of the city. The council felt that this was an Marvin Balfany, a Brooklyn Park -based land developer, stormed out of the July 10 meeting of the Eagan City Council when it voted to downzone 14 acres of property at the southwest corner of Lone Oak and Pi- lot Knob roads. The change makes him un- able to continue negotiations with a buyer he said was interested in pursuing an apart- ment development on the land. "We bought that property with the un- derstanding that we could put apartments or condos on it," Balfany said. "We dedi- cated land for widening the streets, had sewers put in and paid the assessments that were due on the property based on the zon- ing. Now they've made a political decision to change the zoning and they say we're not entitled to any compensation.' Balfany acquired the site in 1979 and has paid taxes and assessments of more than $230,000 on the property. He said the city should either let the original zoning stand or compensate him for the money he in- vested in the parcel. He said the council's reaction "hit him like a two-by-four" and he's considering suing the city for damages. Hillcrest Development is also consider- ing litigation against the city. The City Council has proposed downzoning 21 acres of land that Hillcrest has owned since 1969. The land was originally zoned for 380 apartment units, but the zoning change will eliminate more than 100 units from the capacity of the property. Frank Berman, an attorney representing Hillcrest, said the rezoning is arbitrary. "For more than 20 years we've paid taxes and everything else on the property based on the zoning," said Gary Tankenoff, gen- eral partner for Hillcrest. "But now the re- zoning will dramatically lower the value of that real estate." opportunity to shape and mold the com- munity the way the city's residents want it." Council member Tim Pawlenty said previous city councils zoned too much land for multi -family development, resulting in an imbalance in the demographic break- down of the city. High -density develop- nents bring more people into the city and create a strain on city services. A total of 528 acres of undeveloped land in Eagan is zoned for multi -family hous- ing. The city's land -use study recommends downzoning 358 acres of that property. Eagan residents perceive that the devel- opments result in more crime in the city, according to Eagan police Chief Pat Geagan. A study of 1989 police activity in- dicates that Eagan officers respond to twice as many calls in apartments and townhomes as in single-family homes. Balfany claims that the crime statistics were the prime reason the council down - zoned his property, and that the statistics were taken out of context. Pawlenty is quick to indicate that the council, on the advice of the city attorney, voted not to rezone another parcel because the developer was closer to beginning con- struction on his property. "We're being very mindful that we're standing on solid legal ground." ❑ 4 j U L Y 16, 1 9 9 0 C11�BL1S1l1eS6 Voted The Best Breakfast in the Twin Cities Five Years in a Row. Mpls. St- Paul Magazine Le Breakfast, Le Brunch, Le Lunch. DOWNTOWN MPLS 89 S. 10TH ST. (BETWEEN NICOLLET AND MARQUETTE) 333-1855 ST. PAUL 6TH & CEDAR ST. (ST. PAUL CENTER) 228-0805 GOLDEN VALLEY 5500 WAYZATA BLVD. (COLONNADE BLDG.) 591-5033 Musicland's public offering aims to keep firm growing Officials don't want huge debt to limit firm's expansion By TODD NISSEN Although the timing of highly leveraged Musicland Stores Corp.'s public offering caught some industry watchers by sur- prise, the decision to raise money in order to fuel growth was expected. Musicland officials have always main- tained that they would not let the sizable and finance new store expansion. There was no pressure on us from our lenders," he said. Under terms of the proposed stock offer- ing, two institutional investors, Gulf In- surance Co. and The Equitable Life Assur- ance Society of the United States, will each sell $1 million shares of stock, reducing -sir stakes in Musicland to 12.5 percent h. Musicland will sell an additional 4 Ilion shares. Total outstanding shares 1 be 20 million if the offering is com- ted as planned. Vs completely logical for them to raise sty » • —Keith Benjamin analyst, Silberberg Rosenthal & Co. ccording to a filing with the Securities Exchange Commission, other share- ler stakes would be: Donaldson, kin & Jenrette Inc. (DLJ), a New York ,,stment banking firm, with 21.67 per- :; Acadia Partners L.P., a Fort Worth, as, investment group led by takeover t Robert Bass, with 10 percent; and the iagement/investment group that took ,ompany private, with 17.65 percent. credit agreement with banks led by gan Guaranty in New York requires 8.34 percent of the stock be owned by after the offering. DLJ put together )riginal LBO and is co -underwriting public offering with Smith Barney, is Upham and Co. Inc. �e agreement also stipulates that Musi- 1 will be in default of its lending cove - if management holds less than 8.75 °nt of the stock after the offering. nson said the company does not plan ignificant staff or operational changes esult of the public offering, although id there might be some employee ad- 1s at Musicland's home office. Jack er, who was named chairman, presi- and CEO of Musicland when it went te, received compensation of 262 in 1989. Eugster would also hold nillion shares of stock, or 5.46 per- f the offering goes through. sicland has about 8,000 employees iwide. ght by Primerica Corp. in 1977, Mu- l's original business was selling pre- ed music through retail outlets that e under the names Musicland and oody. 986, the firm started its Suncoast Pictures Co. chain, which primar- pre-recorded movie videos, in ad - to video accessories including post- mes and books. The fast-growing s now has 116 stores. Industry ana- ributed the growth, estimated at 35 annually, to falling prices for buy- s opposed to renting — videos. successful was Cecil B, a mall - tore that sold T-shirts and other with rock group and movie logos. said that concept was dumped af- ral test stores, one of which was in rld Trade Center in St. Paul, fa'" ' potential. Savings TX . • energize West's project Publisher to generate energy at Eagan plant P— (9—(5-54-. By Sue Hegarty Minnesota Sun Publications 7Q) 1 NC'.S Ctf V�t Hoping to. -save money for it- self and other Dakota Electric customers, West Group is build, ing its own power generators at. the Eagan publishing plant. West Group is a customer of Dakota Electric Association (DEA), which offers an energy cost savings program known as - Rate 70. In cooperation' with DEA and Dakota Energy Alter-' natives, West Group is 'building a 7,600 square foot building that s. will house six -generators:r..Dur_-., ing peak :.times for energy con-. sumption,: West Group will go "off-line" 'froth Dakota Electric. During those times, West Group will produce its own power on - site using generators fueled by diesel engines, said Joe Miller, Dakota Electric spokesperson. The generators are expected to• run about a dozen times a year for up to five hours each time. West Group estimates it will. save $l.million annually. Money is; saved by reducing,. the demand for energy. When use reaches a certain level, the - independent generators are turned on, taking corporations off-line from Dakota Electric for several hours. WEST: To Page competitive 1st, 2na, & Up to 100% Financing Commercial & Rental Pi CaII now for a 15 1 No Cost Consultal Pre -Qualify by phonE "If I can't g RESTAURANrT & SPORTS F 110 12450 NICOLLET AVE. BURNSVILLE, MN 55337 9 view FOOTBALL! 200 11:0 Sumn Beautiful August weather is to garden, play softball, or enjoy (AID You feel like you're getting yc training. The aerobics of softball out of the weight room all summe Summer is a great time to talk weight training program that fits in shape all year round. Try 1 then join Hwys 457-49 First-time Expires 8- Vest Firm look to. _From Page lA WheriiDakota Electric reduces its peak 'demand for energy. from ,its supplier, Coop erative-Power in Eden Prairie; the company is charged at a lesser rate: Energy costs are r set according to peak use tithes, said Miller. • Not. only 'will Dakota Electricreduce its costs, it can pass those savings onto all its customers,. Miller added. "West Group is, thrilled to be able to ;give something back to our• home town," said Sharon Zauha•r, vice president of ad-' -:ministration and facilities at West Group. "We feel it is very important :to bea :good neighbor. By building this facility, we can increase reliability and reduce costs -for our community arid us. It is ;a tremendous project and we are excited by itspotential,'.' Zauhar said. • save :$1million a yeaci r-= The new' generators will automatical--' ly start when Dakota Electric sends a radio signal from its:system control cen- ..ter in Farmington: The generators can produce enough power, to. run, West . Group's manufacturing and office. facili ties without:service interruption. Engine noise is eliminated through built-in' si- lencers. The new generators should be operational by the end of the year. ' The Rate 70 program was initiated by DEA in 1990.'West Publishing, now called West Group, was the first program partici pant: The company now has.grown to about 8,000 employees and is expandingits gener- ator operations to meet its energy demands: . Other Rate 70 program participants include Rosemount Aerospace, 'Apple - Valley Ford and Kohl's Department Store in Eagan. 398 wedding is ch Alan and Jen- in Wisconsin', rrently employed: on. an, Vicki.& Drew.LaBrosse (leased to announce the arrival of: JOHNSON „• The family 'of Lowell and Rose • Johnson wish to congratulate them on their 50th Wedding Anniversary this August 23rd!' Both were, born, raised and married 'in :Osakis, MN: While living in the Minneapolis sub- urbs, they raised six: daughters -arid worked for the Robbinsdale Area Schools. They now enjoy -their retirement years in.Osakis, MN as, .well as. in Mesa, AZ: They also enjoyspending time with their four - =.•teen grandchildren and three great grandchildren..• Thanks; Mom: and Dad, for all that .you are' and .all- that you. -have :been! We love vou! Your Girls: 1;14;1', '1 <1 1 : 'Vest Publishing Co has. p� 'chased a 61-acre :site inthe city of =_ . Eagan. Dakota County,, and.;hopes ' ' to build a major wareheare�(aci is 7. ty .there in .;about a;: y .. property `manager John Na. .. has confirmed The .sale .was clo. ed. Wednesday With..the land g g' warranty deed . Nasseff said j O �. unced by West,cail for f y,�c,. ' from aits Kellogg Boulevard loca•. ? tion'of 100 years.Tans at ali for We have no p moving our: offices. out there: All we're; talking about is -.a ware- house,'' he said. a .P1aus auno: 400;000-square;': lconstruction of... a':: o ro ert NIA ;,foot.warehouse.:on__•th.._p p.: y, when. located about;ia mile south of.Ea-: threate ban-IndustriarPark, on Hwy. 49 '• tricitt Roads . and utilities: are: not yet .., she. �4 installed . in. the: area so develop • Imperial, rehouse will take a plunked ment of the wa lon er,'Nasseff - Mother di .:.year or. possibly l g e enn said owed: tip',• p `Afterward, production work,. m ::stand ow it, `-cludrng the'printing and binding of son. .. law: books, may be moved to the -•. T e one-c= t b'dlin `a ara ' Fa s . Hydro site. he said. was lab ed final notice,. "She la paid it to ti _on 'Nassef� said.the move is not the n^:��-�_ . ginning. of a wholesale transfer; ".s,�iS pa. V.be� erations to Eagan.„-- of all. Nest op. dark sit A� FALL Ca ratio ette I rag tv.rn off u •less tie paid ent sigh to , t e Bf Cm dt�wi the ah 't actor nada (A) nagni got.a bill ec elec y Nov. 10; `Canadian .s iiierce,angt .,! ven know. she •, can't under- d,,a,, said her i ran the Ni :.,j mmissron the•safe 01 E D6 • STAR TRIBUNE,*.:: g°ThisOdfifeet."ls like a really kanrle Hansen; manager in .-West Office Automation • «I'm isure there will be • 'Some'adjustment period ,'bit'I don't think there • Willbe any major over- haul." ='g lei h Horner, government're . 4 •:f;iOnsspecialist • Employeesie are, optimis on long -ter prospects By JN1.Hodges . •'.--Star Tribune Staff j`'Writer After months of waiting k'hile'their company was being • • shopped around to various po- tential buyers, West Publishing employees were.relieved Mon.-.; day when their fate .Was. re- • -'vealed•at last. "The waiting was really hard on a lot, of people," said Pat Oslund,',; who works in ,; doc z.�tmst�fation for West. It was a"�` •d It -of -a -suitcase `kind- of•` Ing; NQw,' Oslund said, instead f being anxious,; workers aret4 . • optimistic. • . 1 r, promised,. ''special,apayments when the;'acquisition.by To- . ronto-based Thomson Corp. concludes this summer, said the dealopenslrthe, door for new ventures and. enhanced -.performance. M; People are 'excited," said Chug,Boberts, of West Legal News:4"Thomson's a leader in technological communication; 'ke`think we have a lot to learn i-ro11i=them." Bin lurking amid the,excite- "•ment is concern about being !:ac'ciuired by a company known. ;" ft* its lean operations. L.‘;'It',S' kind of, a paradox," an editorial employee. "There's relief.'and fear. Now vbe know who'sgoing to buy us biittnie don't know what's go - ','in' t'o'liappen tows." -A`former employee of both "VN%est'and Thomson predicted,. "It'a going to be comparable to 1 `Sd'utli'. American rain forest ''t:iear-cutting. announcing-' the move •'Monday, West gave no indica- -'tions' of plans to reduce its 6,7064nember :work force. In •fat t; ome. employees expect - kl eacquisition by their former competitor will position the company for further growth. "''-'-'Gregory Brown, an adminis- '':trator;with the West Academic iPrdgram, said employees were heartened by the decision to -'kee '�'West's headquarters in �''.'.Laiiiie. Hansen Y'a manager . flitt"West Office. Automation, Biiid'employees also. were en- i.-'coui•a ed that West is joining a driipany with experience in "th;e•'itdustry and.similar goals. "This` feels like a really good. fit,' she said.:. -W While' the 'acquisition inev- r:itablywill bring changes, Leigh Homier,, a government rela- 'tioiia specialist with West, said slit is confident West's distinc- • tive culture will remain intact.. ' there will be some adjustment period but I don't •Ytti1nk'there willbe any major 'ove'rhaul," she said. :,at1ri a letter.distributed Mon- i'day morning, West. promised • employees a .."special : pay- :. ment" to •recognize:.their ef- ' 'fbtts `>According to- the letter, employees will receive a mini- ,.;._ mum of. $5;000 andsup to $25,000 based ..on a 'formula that • awards : $ I,000 for each year of service. gay John J. Oslund -:Sitar Tribune Staff.Writer • •After seven months flirt ing with French, German,, ;.Dutchand American `;suit-'-.' tors, Eagan -based West'Pub' : •lishing Co.; Monday agreed ;-..to. be sold' to a'-'Canadian':T •:publisher —'The Thomson }Corp. —' for $3.425, billion•.in cash. ; s : rr. If'.completed within six , • ''.:(months, as expected, the::;: `deal will marry .two of the world's largest legal publish,, • . ers 'while enriching West s, shareholders — particularly` Y • . 'Chairman Dwight::Opper- 3, • man.• and..his-, son;': -Vance, Iho • serves asx'West pres i:.. r. o ident. , ,,, Brian H. Hall, president and • Andy 'Mills,' a Thomson board The - elder Opperman is CEO of Thomson Legal Publish- : member, will be chief execu- y. Jelieved to own about. one Ing,,will be president of West tive officer of Wept 't iird of the privately held •ys .ri: •.,•.;. • F ffi{+' .; :.- cbmpany, so the transaction full-time West: employees' • A •sale of thelarge. legal `. ers who are nibbling away at Nialues his stake • at' more.c:wi11 receive a bonus ranging- i: publisher," which employs regional ,;markets — West • than $1 billion. Rank -and from a minimum of $5,000 6,700 workers, has appeared .'!'; knew its : position was un- . rile employees also will get 1_;-s to -a maximum 2 of $25,000, `inevitable since last summer: �'. tenable in the long run: .ste•of the action. West said depending;• on years of ` when West announced • it ~;' at,•when the deal. closes,', "r service.• would .• examine:. ,"all op-;: Turn to WEST on D6 :. . 3 tions" in assessing its future 'i'in a rapidly 'consolidating information industry. Although large by Minne- I : sota standards and a formi- j;;:dable; force in the narrow world' 3of legal publishing; '� t West has.become a relative :ly ,small :player in the bur- geoning information indus- :.=ttry: In 1994, for example, the ,ti Anglo-Dutch publisher Reed Elsevier acquired ' West's ;`,arch competitor - Lexis Nexis - for $1.5 billion.- . With .$825 million in an nual sales, West is dwarfed +;i .by heed=Elsevier, which has 'more than $4 billion in an= nual revenues, and Thom- son, with about $7 billion. Caught between deep - pocket, .global players and .:tiny -but -agile competitors mostly CD-ROM publish- On the .inside, Before the West Publishing deal was announced 9' , Monday, Thomson Corporation's best-known Minnesota acquisition was of the St. Cloud Times, a daily newspaper" that the:Toronto=based; publisher has since sold. Page D6. , > After months -of waiting while their company was being shopped around to various potential buyers, West Publishing employees were relieved Monday when their fate was revealed at last. Page D6. ;,,• ... - ' • • H.,-.,'".e;• ,adT,.,.o•., 'ua r,..,.'t,,,e.,- nl—::,;•E,' ag'' ..•a?-'.) iEmployees:i225 • Profile: Supercomputer .,.,m!,-,P. an.''uif,e,.:',: .fa,0;,•."l.-:,-"- c;,.-0:,,n,t..,4u'r.- erwithroots in Chippewa Falls, wis., hit bumpy financial times in recent years. SlliC7NmaApoIC 11Feadq ter!: b9rfainview;4,n-_.,, , Employees: 16, "• 1profli°ilbtPuter,naker.andcreator o,,ithifyYRccF6P"614119ftediS'‘ants access PverT91&ciiP,f‘r athitles"'-;.;.,2.• • .:.:,,. •,,,..4,,,,,-• JAW: P 1‘1,13 PI qk : Pte Compamesbuild 1ersayae-e -14.5.1)7 1 / gi 1,1P computer: egalititan sold f4 staying in Eagan muscle"via deal anadian firm; MARTIN J. MOYLAN STAFF WRITER Cray Research, world-famous for its• • , supercomputersthat forecast the weath- er, simulate 'car 'crashes, and "fly!! planes still in the • blueprint stage, is • about to.be • swallowed 'up by SiIlcob. Graphics, whose 'powerhouse computerj created the'. awesome special effects It • - "Jurassic Park" and other films. : Together, the two companies will have , • s; a commanding share .of the market for the muscle machines used to tackle, the : . most. formidable computing tasks.- Last- year, • the two, accounted for 45 percent of the sales bf computers that •cost $100,000 -to $1 million. And they held 40 percent of the market for super- computers selling for more than $1 mil- • rlion, according to. the, Minneapolis -based SmabyGroup. • Silicon ,! Graphics •'CEO , Edward• . McCracken exclaimed that he was get- 1 • ting the company, that setsthe "gold standard" for computers. The price: $765 million, or $30 a share. , "Cray stands for the very best in corii,. CRAY CONTINUED ON 12A CRAY RESEARCH • • SCOT PARLS9N STAFF WRITER .West 'Publishing 'Co. announced MOo-.• day it is selling the firm to Canadian.: based Thomson :Corp. for $3.4 billion, a ',.. straiegic move designed to preserve the ,legal publisher'X corporate survival but one that •also takes. the COmpapy. further • • ir aWay from its St..Paul.roots.::' • . In making the joint announcement': with Thomson, a.publisher of newspaperi.;„ and specialized publications, West execu- tives said their new. corporate owner '!,, plans to keep. the company'sheadquat tees in Eagan and grow the hilliness. .y . Thomson executives said they have no • ,•plaiis to gut West's work force •bf 7,000 einployees;Instead, Thomson said it. 'plans to move its Legal Publishing group• : • to Eagan, adding new workers who will I help fill a 300,000-square400t office ' . 1 addition completed last year. . • In the longer term, however, analy.stl • and industry observers expect Thomson to make work force cuts, especially in areas where the two companies . have been head -to -head competitors. •' - WEST CONTINUED ON VA 0. . . . . , . " r WEST PUBLISHING premier publiSher of onne and .!t), and tour operatOr 5 GINGER PINSON/PIONEER PRESS From left, John Zugschwert, Leigh Horner and Laurie Hansen share a laugh after learning that they and other West Publishing employees will receive bonuses after the sale of their company to the Thomson Corp. of Canada. MORE INSIDE • Thomson Corp., with a reputation for being stingy at managing its newspa- pers, maintains that image is outdated. Page 10A • Employees at West are treated like family in a company culture that may be in for change under new ownership. Page 11A • West executives are known for wielding power and influence in local community and political arenas. Page 11A ■ Key events in West Publishing's 120- year history. Pages 10A, 11A CHANGING DREAMS The final installment of a three-part series on the workplace of the '90s con- siders life after corporate shake- ups and the current value of a four-year college degree. Story In Metro, Page 1B • The sales of West and Cray demonstrate the effects of the transformation of com- puting and telecommunications. Opinion, Page 6A • West Publishing and Cray Research pay Eagan's biggest property tax bills, but city officials are optimistic the sales won't cause a financial crunch. Page 9A ■ Silicon Graphics, which wowed filmgoers with "Jurassic Park" and "The Mask" computer graphics, surprised its critics with major advancements in desktop of Sunday's attacks. • A spot voter preference survey, con- ducted by the Dahaf Institute for the newspaper Yedioth Aharonoth, showed the margin held'by Prime Minister Shi- mon _Peres over opposition leader Biny- amin Netanyahuhad_ plunged overnight from 10 percent to, 3 percent. But in a departure from previous terrorist at- tacks, which became immediate subjects of partisan dispute, both men spoke Mon- day ofnational unity to combat terrorist areas under Palestinian control. Israel's borders with the West Bank and Gaza Strip were closed to Palestinians follow- ing Sunday's bombings, and ministers in the Labor Party -led government predict- ed they would stay shut for a long time. Two Americans were among those killed in Sunday's bombing — Matthew Eisenfeld, 25, of West Hartford, Conn., and Sara Duke'', 22, of Teaneck, N.J. After, separate funerals, they ,are to be Resistance Movement, or' Hamas — in is ro er. Js am < e , 54, said here that the American was visiting his sister and nephews, who live in Mazra Sharqiyeh, a West Bank village near Ra- mallah. He described his cousin as "an innocent man who knows nothing about political things." Witnesses to the incident said Hami- deh's car accelerated justbefore a red light and plunged into a crowd of people at a bus stop that is also used by' Jewish settlers returning .to the West Bank. ti JACQUELINE ARZT/ASSOCIATED PRESS IRA -British negotiators fail to reach agreement on resuming peace . talks Armed soldiers patrol near Buckingham Palace in London on Monday. • Security for the royal family has been stepped up amid reports that members have been targeted by the IRA. Sinn Fein negotiator Martin McGuinness called the status of peace talks "very grave." SHAWN POGATCHNIK, assoaATED PRESS ", BELFAST,NORTHERNIRELAND Talks. between IRA supporters and the! British. government, aimed at ending bombing attacks and creating a framework for peace negotiations, broke up without agreement Monday. • The two-hour meeting between British civil servants and the IRA -allied Sinn Fein party was the first since the Irish Republi- can Army broke its 17-month cease-fire with a bombing in London on Feb. 9. Sinn Fein had sought a guaranteed starting date for negotia- tions. Britain said that would be unrealistic unless the IRA first • guaranteed a lasting cease-fire. ' "The British government was not prepared to give us a specific date when all -party peace negotiations:would begin," Sinn Fein chief negotiator Martin McGuinness told reporters outside Stormont, the government seat east of Belfast. Sinn Fein first sat down with a team of British civil servants. in December 1994, three months 'after the IRA stopped its quarter -century campaign of violence against British , rule. Those talks bogged down when Britain demanded that the Catholic -based. IRA start disarming. • • Monday's meeting coincided with the arrival of another bat- talion of British soldiers in Northern Ireland, where the IRA has yet to strike, raising overall troop strength there to about 17,500. Soldiers resumed limited foot patrols in Catholic parts of Belfast on Friday. Security for the British royal family also has been stepped up following after reports that an IRA man killed by his own' bomb in London on Feb. 18. had maps and other documents suggesting the IRA may have Queen Elizabeth II in its sights. , CALL 1-800-856-31,34 THE PIONEER PRESS. ON THE INTERNET AND TODAY ON THE PLANET IttpJlwww ptoneerplanet com ome visit PloneerPlanet the'most complete nternet based.,newstand information service`in win' Cities' Movie Guide Pick°a movie, . theater Pick;a theater find'a movie, Our ew:movie guide allowsyou to cross refe?ence Q,art, mn,id nlavma intha Twin<(?rfiac with aIi . V5J5 Legal information highway begins in Eagan at WIPG By Anne Nichols Baumann Staff Writer West Publishing was established in St. Paul in 1872. It remains in existence, how- ever it is now one of several groups -that is part of the umbrella company now called West Information Publishing Group. - West Information Publishing Group. (WIPG) was created in June of 1996 when West Publishing joined forces with Thomson Legal Publishing. = _- _ - - The headquarters for WIPG are local=-- ed in Eagan, Minnesota at 620 Opperman Drive. West Publishing subsidiaries and branch offices are located in Wisconsin, Ohio, California, Georgia, Pennsylvania, New York, and Washington D.C. The Thomson Corporation, WIPG's par- ent company, has headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut, with facilities in New York, California, Massachusetts, and Illinois. The products which are now published by the West Information Publishing Group include: primary law statutes, cases codes, and regulations; as well as secondary and analytical law products. The products of WIPG are available in a variety of formats: print, CD-ROM, and on-line services. There are four categories of print prod- ucts that WIPG publishes: Primary and Authoritative Digests; Federal and State Codes and Rules that includes annotated statutes in over 26 states; over 500 publi- cations for law schools, such as Black's Law Dictionary (R); and over 1000 titles of secondary source and topical law books. CD-ROM products are relatively new at WIPG, with 400 titles including multime- dia discs for continuing legal education. Online Services offered by WIPG are i Westlaw(R), West's Legal Directory, and West's Legal News. Westlaw(R) was developed in the 1970's, and contains more than 9,000 data bases in its computer -assisted legal re- search service. Updated daily, there is 24-hour customer service . West's Legal Directory is "America's most comprehensive," says WIPG. It lists one million legal professionals and is available on Westlaw(R), the Internet, and CD-ROM. West "Legal News brings daily legal A news -information to the desktop, and can be accessed through both the Internet and Westlaw (R). To develop the volume of products of- fered by WIPG requires a multitude of people. There are 5400 employed at the Eagan facility alone, and 9700 people employed in total. Company products have a global mar- ket base, and include more those involved in the legal profession, and law students. Their products are also used by accoun- tants, trade associations, journalists,sci- entists, government, interest groups, the insurance industry and others. An excerpt from a corporate statement made by WIPG President Brian Hall says,"Our vision is to become the fore- most information and publishing group business in the world." One of the oldest and largest legal publishers in the world, Jennifer Moire of WIPG's corporate communications de- partment says, "The merger of Thomson and West Publishing was done for growth opportunities in the marketplace." "The move from St. Paul to Eagan, which was completed in 1992, was also done with future growth in mind. There s a lot of room to physically expand in our present location," says Moire. Apple Valley/Rosemount, Eagan SunoCurrent/Wednesday, Oct. 16, 1996 9A Dodge Nature Center Halloween Extravaganza Join the Time Wizard on 'A Time -Traveling Safari' to a strange land of gigantic natural and supernatural creatures! This ghoulish tradition is a safe, spooky and educational way for parents and children ages 5 & up to celebrate Halloween. 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FREE In -Home Consultation Call Today! su-t Cwvvemfi ciuvu 24, Iaq� Jan Abbott/Minnesota Sun Publicatic Larry Pruski opens the door for a bale of compacted page edge trimmings to roll o' of a the baler at West Publishing in Eagan. Paper scraps are sent directly from tt bindery to the baler for recycling. West Group recognized as a Waste Wise leader Eagan publisher approaches nearly a century of recycling and continues to try new methods for reducing waste. ly Sue Hegarty Iinnesota Sun Publications Nearly 15,000 gallons ofwater—enough to fill 5,000 hot -tubs — was kept out of the waste stream last year by West Group, an Eagan -based publishing company. That figure pales in comparison to some of West Group's other 1997 recy- cling efforts which include 19,199 tons of waste paper, 690 tons of corrugated card- board, 23 tons of lead acid batteries and 305 tons of aluminum printing plates. The Minnesota Chamber of Commen recognized West Group employees 1 presenting them with a Waste Wi: Leader Award at the Northern Dakol County Chamber breakfast June 18 the Lost Spur Country Club. Minnesota Waste Wise is a volunta] - program designed to increase waste pr. vention and recycling among every tyl and size of business in the state. West Group began recycling met. shavings, sheepskin scraps and pap' trimmings left over from platemakir and bookbinding in 1906. During tl past 92 years, the recycling of publisl ing materials has increased in quantil and in the types of materials. WEST: To Page 3 Apple Valley/Rosemount, Eagan SunsCurrent/Wednesday, June 24, 1998 3A West: Recycling a way of business at West Group for a long time From Page 2A "It's been a way of business for us for long time," said Tom Walrath, director f administration and facilities. Also in 1997, Gov. Arne Carlson pre- ented West Group with a Certificate of ;ommendation in recognition of the com- 'any's pollution prevention accomplish- ments. West Group was one of eight firms hosen from a pool of 100 applicants to be tamed a winner in the governor's Award or Waste and Pollution Prevention. West Group was recognized primarily or its project that reduces the use of hemical developers containing hydro- luinone (HQ), an extremely hazardous hemical that is regulated by the Occu- tational Safety and Health Administra- ion (OSHA). Curt Schmidt, an environmental com- diance engineer, said that by changing he developer they were using, the ;mount of HQ used in production was re- luced 91 percent from nearly 7,000 founds in 1994 to 620 pounds currently. Che change in developers also saved the :ompany $4,250 annually in reduced abor, handling, maintenance, floor space tnd inventory costs. It also resulted in he elimination of 1,520 plastic jugs used o store the processing agent. West Group, one of the nation's leading )ublishers of legal information and other )ooks, uses a lot of paper, glue and ink. )ther companies have benefited from ;ome of the leftovers. For example, after 3ach press run, any remaining black ink is collected from the presses and used by )ther companies as an additive for fuel. This process is called "fuel blending" and burns similar to coal, Schmidt said. "It saves resources and burns cleaner than coal," he added. Silver also is a byproduct of the print - 'CAUTION: If you think OSHA is a small town in Wisconsin, you're in trouble.' —A bumper sticker displayed at West Group ing process. Silver is washed off film through the printing process. Instead of going down the drain, the water con- taining particles of silver is spun in a tank where the silver is extracted. The filtration system recycles 200 pounds of silver residue each year that can then be sold. A pilot program for recycling develop- er solutions was initiated recently using two brands of "watermizers," said Chuck Cromquist, a machinist. A total of 17 wa- termizers are being closely monitored to see which brand works more effectively. The small machines allows the developer to be reused three times longer than be- fore it was recycled. "So it's good economics but it's also good for the environment," Schmidt said. Another way West Group reduced its HQ use was to install a Krause Laser Star plate processor, the first such processor installed in the United States, said Schmidt. This form of printing bypasses the chemical developer process altogeth- er, he said. Press employees use about 3,000 press towels per day. The dirty rags are collect- ed and sent to another room to be put into a spin cycle where the ink is extrapolat- ed and sold for fuel blending. After pages are printed, the paper re- ceives a final trimming, resulting in West Group's 1997 Recycled Byproducts QUANTITY RI•:CYLUl•:I)/s.‘‘'I•:I) IN 1997 Savings Paper.. Aluminum Print Plates Other Aluminum (pop cans, etc.) Film Mixed Metal:: Corrugated Cardboard Compact ;Disks:; Plastic Lead Scrap Silver Recovered Lead Acid Baseri Magnesium Water 14,976,000 Gallons 19,199 Tons 305 Tons 7.6 Tons 34 Tons 64 Tons 690 Tons 27 Tons 37 Tons 989Pounds... 211 Pounds 23.17 Tons 1272 Pounds Some Other Non-Commdity Wastes That Have Been Recycled Scrap Computer Components 56.34 Tons O,l 4932 Gallons Oil Filters 90 Gallons Ink Cans ,' :` ' 6118::Pounds, Cloth Printer Towels (laundered) 615349 Towels Flourescent Light Bulbs Waste Ink (burned for energy recovery) Waste Glue (burned.for energy: recovery).;: Waste Press Wash (burned for energy recovery) Waste Toner'(burned for energy' recovery)'., ' (assume 4.6% replaced) 4915 Pounds'.: 2200 Gallons 1705.Gallons..;. 5555 Gallons "' 110 Gallons Note: The estimated savings totals above are simple revenue. 'I They do nut include landfill cost avoidance which amount to over SI million al' landlill avoidance savings per year. shredded paper. These trimmers account for the bulk of the 19,000 tons of waste paper at West Group. It's shredded and then "it gets bailed up just like hay," Schmidt said. Some paper is used at the Humane So- ciety. Other scraps have been used in the YMCA daycare facilities. Most of it gets Source: West Group shipped out on the same trucks that brought the pre -press rolls of new paper. Five trucks per day, each carrying 22 tons of waste paper, leave West Group for re- cycling. "We've closed the loop. A truck comes here full and we ship the waste paper di- rectly back to the mill," Walrath said. Vilest make it official Move will make West one of city's largest employers By TONY TASCHNER West Publishing officials made it official last week when they an- nounced that the company plans to pull up its roots from St. Paul and relocate headquarters in Eagan. The possible move to Eagan was rumored for several weeks after West informed St. Paul city Officials in. April that the com- pany was looking for more space to expand operations. West Publishing is .one of the largest, and most respected publishers of law books in the nation. . • City leaders in Eagan were ecstatic about the news, which was announced late in the after- noon July 3. "This is a great day for our city," said City Administrator Tom Hedges, -who was in- strumental . in selling West offi- cials on the idea of relocating in Eagan. "West is the kind of com- pany that is in for the .long ,stay. It's a proven company with a product that has been needed for 114 years and will be- needed in the future." "I am thrilled West decided to come to Eagan," said Mayor Tom Egan. "It was a long and difficult process. I'm sure it was a difficult decision for West to make. They don't . like dealing with public forums and they don't like dealing with controversy." 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'77F-1 '77 CAI '80 CAD '89 C V-6, low mile conditioning a $8 •V-6 •Power wi •Power lac •Automatic •Air •Low mile 116 '87 CA Automatic. ai and only 46.6 Grossman fart $71 M West (Continued from front page) " The move, which is expected to be completed within the next 18 months, will make West Publishing one of Eagan's top three employers in terms, of numbers, according to Hedges. West currently employs about 1,200 people at . its• satellite manufacturing plant in 'Eagan, 'which will be the site of its new headquarters. With the addition of 2,100 people who are working at West's 'current headquarters in St. • Paul, and the fact that the company is expected to continue growing, the move will put West up . with the likes of Unisys and Blue Cross Blue Shield in terms of .numbers of employees. The company's new Eagan headquarters will be built on a ' 262-acre site located on the west side of Highway 149 between Yankee Doodle and Wescott Road. West has operated a • manufacturing plant at that site since the company first expanded into Eagan in ,1977. Currently, about 104 acres of the site are de- veloped, mostly with manufac- • turing space. The -new construc- tion, which is expected to get. underway later this summer, will include a six -story, one million square -foot office building, 700,000 square feet of warehouse and storage space, and an addi- tional 700,000 square feet of manufacturing space. The city of St. Paul, already reeling from the loss of several major employers in recent years, lobbied hard 'to convince West officials to stay in St. Paul, where the company was founded in 1876. It was reported that the city of St. Paul offered West financial in- centives totalling more than $8 million. Eagan, on the other hand, did not offer any financial incentives — a fact city officials are very proud of. Instead, they concen- trated their efforts on selling West on the long-term economic benefits, the' positive corporate atmosphere, strategic location and quality of life Eagan has to offer. "I know they (West) were lob- bied hard by the city of St. Paul," Egan said. "There were financial incentives offered by St. Paul that 'could not be provided by Eagan. I'm happy that we were able to attract West to Eagan without setting any adverse precedent that could come back to haunt us when other corpora- tions come to us in the future ..." In a statement released to the press, West -Publishing. president Dwight Opperman. said:. future expansion needs and "our - desire to merge existing opera- tions lead' 'us to 'the conclusion that the Eagan site will best meet - West's long-range objectives." The new West Publishing head- quarters, which it is estimated will be valued at almost $50 million, will be added to a tax base which already boasts such large corporations as Northwest Airlines, Cray Research, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Unisys. "The property tax valuation that this will bring to our city is very significant," . Hedges said. "When you are building new schools like we are in this com- munity you need the tax base that a project like this provides." In addition to the added tax base and increased employment opportunities, Hedges said the . West Publishing project should spur increased housing and busi- ness development, and will pro- vide a spinoff for local retail centers and restaurants. • grabs; oming you really had hot dogs and beans.- Or you could fry fish without fear, knowing the homemade apple pie "disc" would overcome the fish odor. Unfortunately, the Aroma - Corder would also be able to col- lect unpleasant odors, which letters Billboards are a form of litter To the editor: " The Eagan City Council Is be- ing lobbied- for approval to con- struct five new billboards along freeway corridors. City personnel are currently ,investigating sites for this construction. As Eagan residents, we strongly oppose these billboards and urge a moratorium on billboard con- struction. Eagan is -a community that has always taken pride in its clean, well -kept and beautifully - landscaped parks and roadway systems. Eagan residents, by and .large, are careful not to leave litter behind when they ,use our parks, bike paths and roadways. Constructing billboards would defeat the efforts of our residents to keep our community aes- thetically pleasing: Billboards, when- enlarged to 700 feet and raised 100 feet in the Writer's style an inspiration To the editor: This is my first letter to the editor, and that in itself is of great value to me. Though I appreciate many types of writing, it has not happened until now that I've been moved enough to actually write about something I enjoy reading. I am referring to Cheryl Berc- • zyk, who writes "Consider This" in your Thisweek newspapers. I look for her column each week, and am disappointed when it's not there and always happy when I find it. She has inspired a collec- tion of my family's writings, given vicarious strength to my involvement in my child's educa- tional system, as well as touched more than a few "heartstrings" with her uncomplicated and poignant sense of poise. This is a unique and wonderful thing in the fast -paced world_ that we tend to create for ourselves. Thank you for publishing her works and it is my hope you will keep this writer for as long as possible. 3) mod--, 8S St. Paul Dispatch Sup rsized warehouse The West Publishing Co. warehouse in Eagan now has 17 acres under one roof as the result of a recent $7 million addition, reports company spokesman John Nas- seff. Rauenhorst Corp. of Eagan was the designer and Joe Oden 51 rvi✓ 53 builder on the project. The first phase of the ware- house, which covered approximately seven acres, opened in 1977. The building is on 80 acres at Highway 49 and Wescott Road. St. Paul Dispatch Sports on cable TV/ ?s it 11:30 a.m.--CAA Division II Hockey Championship Final. 2 p.m.—NCAA Division 1 Indoor Track Championships, Pontiac, Mich. 4 p.m.—FIS World Cup Skiing: Men's Slalom from Jasna, Czechoslovakia. (time period extended to accommo- date Sports Center Plus). 6 p.m. —Sports Center. 7 p.m.—NCAA Division III Men's Basket- ball Championship from Grand Rap- ids, Mich. 9 p.m. —Legendary Pocket Billiard Stars: Luther Lassiter vs. Cowboy Jimmy Moore. 10 p.m. —Sports Center. 11 p.m.—NCAA Division l Indoor Track Championships, Pontiac, Mich Monday, March 22 " 1 a.m.—Winterworld series "Moments." 1:30 a.m.—Sports Center. 2 a.m.—NCAA Division III Men's Basket- ball championship from Grand Rap- ids, Mich. 4 a.m.—NCAA Division 1 Indoor Track • Championships. Pontiac, Mich. 6 a.m.—Sports Center. 7 a.m.—NCAA Division II Women's Swimming Championships from N.E. Missouri State University. 9 a.m.—Sports Center. 10 a.m.—NCAA Division II Men's Bas- ketball Championship from Spring- field, Md. Noon—NCAA Division 1 indoor Track Championships, Pontiac, Mich. 2 p.m.—FIS World Cup Skiing: Men's Slalom from Jasna, Czechoslovakia. 3:30 p.m.—NCCA Division II Hockey Championship Final. 6 p.m. —All -Star Sports Challenge: NBA All -Time All -Stars vs. Philadelphia Whiz Kids. 6:30 p.m. —Sports Center. 7 p.m.—NCAA Division II Women's Swimming Championships from N.E. Missouri State University. 9 p.m. —Power boat racing from Miami, FIS Friday, March 19 6:30 p.m.—MISL Indoor Soccer: St. Louis Steamers at Buffalo Stallions. 9:30 p.m. —Sports Probe: Meet the Press of Sports with Larry Merchant. 10 p.m. —Black College Basketball, MEAC Tournament, Salem, S.C.: Finals. 5 a.m.—AMF Tournament of Champions: Women's Professional Bowling. Saturday, March 20 7 a.m.—Scholastic Sports Academy: Basketball, The Dunk Shot —Guest, James Bailey, Seattle Supersonics. 10:30 a.m.—Scholastic Sports'Acade- my (R). 2 p.m. —"Abe and Eddie" (basketball coaching). 5:30 p.m. —"Record on Kilimanjaro" (hang gliding). 6 p.m. —Sports Probe: Meet the Press of Sports with Larry Merchant. 6:30 p.m. —Sports Look: Sports World news, views, and features. 7 p.m. —NHL Hockey: N.Y. Rangers at Washington Capitals. Sunday, March 21 9:30 a.m.—Scholastic Sports 4:cQdemy (R). 10 a.m.—Sunkist Invitational Track.and Field Meet. Noon —Greatest Sports Legends:,John- ny Longden. 12:30 p.m. —Scholastic Spbrts' Acade- my (R). 6 p.m. —Sports Probe: Meet the Press of Sports with Larry Merchant. 6:30 p.m. —New York Rangers Hockey: St. Louis Blues at N.Y. Rangers. 9:30 p.m. —World Cup Skiing: Aspen, Colo. 11:30 p.m. —NHL Arm Wrestling, Las Vegas, Nev. Midnight —New York Rangers Hockey: St. Louis at N.Y. Rangers (R).' - - 3 2 m -Gunn Tnnnie nF rtnllee ted rV- d ss •al Or r- rice ew iir- ,n_ o- re of kn T WA has headquarters in M • Please see TWA/2E Please see American 2E Eastern has! 260"rdeparita eb' 11'0111 Please See EaStert1/2E,'' k' West plans expansion in Eagan By George Beran Staff Writer West Publishing Co. said Tuesday it is drafting a master plan to nearly triple its lawbook manufacturing, computer and warehouse operations on a .208-acre Eagan site southwest of. Minnesota 149 and Yankee Doodle Road. •The St. Paul -based firm said it has no plans to vacate its downtown headquar- ters office. • At an Eagan meeting with neighboring property owners Tuesday night, the com- pany said that preparation of ' the site - • plan and an environmental impact state- ment will spell out its suburban develop- ment goals for the next 10 to 20 years. The site is bounded on the west and south by ,residential property. The firm wants Eagan to rezone the planned devel- opment site from residential to industrial to accommodate an additional 2.45 mil- lion square feet of offices, warehouses, • manufacturing and enclosed parking •space. • Steve Bryant, West manager of engi- neering and maintenance, said the coin pany will remain in downtown St. Paul 44:01L:4,1.0 4.:opp,raVni:?, 21tove.V4,,,4*M" .:,).:MOgAgatAgliMilIMMOMw iIMISPOWAMENOMMOSMANOROMEVAN' '''iMPSSWINIPAelibtif4fieleA AVENR.O:stIondidmialdMogatneA, 10.003A,A0.10M,' having updated. its 10-story headquarters on Kellogg Boulevard. A preliminary timetable calls for West to double its Eagan facilities in the 1990s by adding 1.56 million square feet of space and 3,300 parking spaces. After 2000, it would add 900,000 square feet and 1,750 more parking spaces. Eagan officials have scheduled a pub- lic hearing on the rezoning question for Thursday. The master plan includes a six -story, 700,000-square-foot office building with .2,050 parking spaces. 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Availability of products limited at some stores Prices good through December 23, 1983 $85 (a-n- uRdd • , PEUPERSITOME 927-9611 927-9516 Toluill IF®I ¶llllI 118 5111 HA1:7,4If1 Ir ROM YOU u •� . u\\Y V Ill 0 ; INCHES. HIGH, 20S; LOWS, SINGLE .__._.... DIGITS. WEATHER, 8E • • MINNESOTA'S FIRST NEWSPAPER ec The two acquisitions are . certain to 'change . • the lives of thousands of workers at Cray and, West over, time, but for nowit's impossible tq: say how they will be affected. And in both cases = in marked contrast to the situation nine years ago when Dayton Hudson fought off • a hostile suitor — current managements invit- • . ed the purchasers to make offers under friend- ly circumstances.• 5:.; Apparently, the move'toward:high-powered desktop computing systems, linked in networks and/or online connections, left Cray' and _West with little choice. These trends became so intense that both companies concluded they had to strike deals with deep -pocketed acquir- ers to maximize their chances for survival. Cray, whose supercomputers made it' one of the' brightest stars of American technology in • the early 1980s,:fell on hard times; as the com-: •puter industry's. growthraced ahead to linked • - D METRO FINAL 8 SECTIONS, 48 PAGES 'A SECTION • • 1996 Saint Pali Pioneer Press (Northwest Publications Inc:). `, les tr up desktop units from mainframe computers and supercomputers. . 1 a• "The world hi going that wayat the speed of light," said Rick Boswell, an executive vice • president at St. Paul Venture, the venture cap- ital unit of St. Paul Companies: ° , • 1 RAVE DEAL -- West built a great business by developing a STAFFCOLUMNIST reporting, system for legal decisions, then CRAY Companies build FEBRUARY 27, 1996 • VOLUME 147, NUMBER 306 • 25¢ Lightph, Fast-changing information technologies drove the deals to sell West Publishing and Cray Research; • Both deals, announced Monday, will shift ultimate decision -making at two of the Twin Cities' largest and best-known com- •'; ponies to far -away acquirers. West Publishing will be bought by Toronto -based Thomson Corp. and Cray by Silicon Graphics, based in Mountain View, Calif.. • WEST Legal..,titan sold to Canad an•firm;• tgaA utan sold to Canadian firm; staying in Eagan SCOTT CARLSON STAFF WRITER • • West Publish• ing Co. announced Mok day it is selling the firm to Canadian." based Thomson Corp. for $3.4 billion; a strategic move designed to preserve, the legal publisher's corporate survival but one, that also takes the company further .away front ita St. Paul roots- • '-"In making the joint announcementwith Thomson, a publisher.of newspaperS 'and specialized publications, West execu. tives said their new 'corporate owner planto keep the company's. headquar- ters in Eagan and grow the business. .1 Thomson executives said they have no ..1 plans to gut West's work force of 7,000 employees. Instead, Thomson said it ;I plans to move its Legal Publishing group .1 to Eagan, adding new workers who will = help fill a 300,000-square-fOot office.' addition completed last year. In the longer term, however, analysts and industry observers expect Thomson to make work force cuts, especially in areas where the two companies have beep head -to -head competitors. • WEST CONTINUED oN 11* 0 t . WEST PUBLISHING: • Headquarters: Eagan , , , • • -/ ti i . *Employees: 7,000 - 7 ; p Thomson Corp., reputation for -, kg:Profile: Former St. Paul -based com- , being stingy at managing its neWspa- , -,pany founded in 1876 is world's , , . pers, maintains thatimge is outdated. ,; premier publisher of online and s ., •printed legal Information. From left, John •Zugschwert,. LeIgl,ftomer' and Laurie. Hansen' share !a laugh after teaming thatlhe Ployeea will receive bonus** afterthe sale of their company OrtnesToomson Co of Canada QINOERifINS9t4and ,LAntip4ins, up 4ieir computeri muscle via deal MARTIN J. MOYIAN STAFF WRITER ray Research, ,world-famous for it4 supercomputers i that forecast the weatli- - er, simulate 'car crashes, and "fly!! ,,!;, planes still in the blueprint stage, about to be swallowed up .,by Silicoh Graphics, whose powerhouse computeo • , • created the' awesome special effects ' "Jurassic Park'''and other, films. , . . Together, the two companies will .hae: a commanding share of the market` fat • the muscle machines used to 'tackletb - .mOst formidable computing tasks. •• I Last year, the two; accounted for 45 percent of the sales of computers that cost $100,000 to $1 million. And they , held 40 percent of the market for super- - - computers selling for more than $1 mllr lion, according to the Minneapolis -based Sinaby.Group. Silicon Graphics CEO EdwailL McCracken exclaimed that he was get. ting the company that sets ;.the "gold standard" for computers. The price: $765 million, or $30 a share. , "Cray stands for. the very best. in cotzi , 21. .1, • • MORE IN IDE • THOMSON • Headquarters:''Toro9 Employees: ,'40,000 • Proflle: Major newspaper,azin a• nII.Pg company ano• n:#PSO rs"1- eitY-"PUbus ylltour operator ite a Page 3.0A • ,; with a wlAppolooix.WikAA44 CHANGING DREAMS The final ;.444,W.4',14-41.0 ..‘ • The sales of West and Cray £Jenonstrate the effects of the transformatlOn of corm • Weat Publlshlng and Cray Research pay fficials are optimlstic the sales ty.0won't 8e!twitt) "Jurassic Park" and "The Mask c.flna4cial crunch. Page 9 ,:fn •cornputer graphics, surprised Lts critics... , GRAY RESEARC ; • Headquarters: Eagsn',,, • • , ; - si Employees: 4,225 ' , • ' i • Profile: Supercomputer manufactur., • I er with roots in Chippewa Falls, ••,. Wis., hit bumpy financial,timee in• recent years. i.• • SILICON creator. ;0416: iitComputer 4 Hollywood,ore p�werful computer ipa0.: otiottec,.4* J . •[1 Star Trbune Photo by Bruce Bisping ` West Publishing employees took a lunch-hour stroll on a path near corporate headquarters. Eagan -based West announced Monday •that It has agreed to be sold to the Thomson Corp. of Canada for $3.425 billion In cash. The transaction will result in the marrlage Of Itwo of the world's largest legal publishers. ; : West Group is proud to have Eagan, Minnesota as home to its world headquarters, and has been a part of this community for 24 years. West Group has over 8,000 employees, with 5,400 located at its 64-acre site in Eagan, and the remainder in 36 additional locations world-wide. A division of The Thomson Corporation, West Group is the preeminent provider of information to the U.S. legal market, with legal product brands dating back to the 1800s. Today, West Group produces more than 4,000 online, CD-ROM and print products. Westlaw®, West Group's premier online service for computer -assisted legal research, contains more than 10,000 legal, financial and news databases. For more information about West Group and its products, visit the West Group internet site at http://www.westgroup.com. WEST GROUP BUSINESS est-::.Group named a top- company: for- working . moms , . cA—w by Lori Hall • Staff Writer (6- (51-5 6 u.s -- • (vicS i . Walking through the fourth floor of West Group in Eagan feels similar 'to walking through an airport. •Employees stand in line at a-Caribou•Coffee, browse . through cards at,a.gift shop, eat a bowl of cereal at a cafeteria and get cash at"a credit. union. Such employee conveniences helped West Group recently "be .named by Working Mother mag= azine as one of the 100 best . national companies for working mothers. • Around ' - 1991, - West •Publishing moved the majority • of its business to Eagan but.had already been at the campus to some . extent since the .1970s. Three years - ago, West• 'Publishing • merged- with Thomson Corporation, a legal publishing business, forming -- West Group. It was just one year ago West Group starting making changes to make the business more peo-. ple oriented and -family friendly. It was the company s attempt to attain and retain` employees, . according to Media Relations M inager Patrick Sexton.'-' The changes have worked. Employee retention, revenues and productivity are all going • up • Some of the features at West - Group include on -site dry clean- ing, food, gifts, _apparel, shoe . repair, flowers, stamps, license plate • renewals and a credit r PRE551, RENT A CARPI LOW LOW RATES • Mini Vans • • Cars • ALL MAJOR CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED HOURS: MON-FRI a AM - 5 PM •- SAT BAM-12N00N . • EAGAN - BURNSVILLE 651-405-1091 612-435-5526 1. 1 1� 1- 1 35E 6 Pilot Knob Rd. Irving Ave. 3 Co. Rd. 42 union. Also inside the building is a Caribou Coffee, the chain's first store built into a corporate office specifically for corporate employees. ' , West Group also 'has its own _university where•employees can check out books .on career development and continuing education and they can even take classes for free.• Classes range from•personal_finance and buying stocks to learning code for computers. West Group also reimburses post -secondary edu= cation tuition. - "The -goal is to have people grow in the jobs they are. in," • said Sexton. "It is cheaper to keep somebody than bring someone new in:' • For.. families, West Group offers a day-care discount at a national day-care chain. -West also runs a -shuttle bus daily between the campus and the area YMCA, -where employees - - can .work out,or visit.theirchil- 'dren in its day-care'. ."The idea is 'to .make. it con- , venient forpeople," said Sexton. •'"One of West .Group's pro: • grams that is attractive to work- ing moms is the Flexible -Work Arrangemerit. - Program: Employees can work out sched-- . ales that best suit•them and the - - company, whether it be working. four 10=hour days, working. from home or a combination of choices. . Working mothers may alter their schedule so they -can come .to work early and be home when ,- their children get out of school. '"Working families, are the . heart of our work force, so we have developedan environment 'that allows parents,to grow = both personally and profession- . ally," said West`Group President and CEO Brian Hall. With about 5,400 employees on the West Group campus, the company has a wide range o. employees,• a large portion.f'of whom are between 23 and 33 ' years- of age and are starting A Caribou Coffee shop and an Internet station are just two conveniences for employees fea- - tured at West Group. families. West •Group works to .make the company .inviting. to• that age group so employees feel comfortable : in the work- place. _ . . "We want to create an envi ronment that anybody can take advantage of.. The company wants y-ou to grow with it,".said: Sexton. "We become more desirable if we have these amenities. You can see-thecom-• • pany cares." West Group wa"s. selected to Working' Mother magazine's list of "100 Best Companies for Working Mothers" based on six - criteria. The criteria -include • leave for new parents, flexible wcirk .arrangements, child care, work/life.balance such as coun- seling . and • support` groups; opportunities for women - and pay, • "Winning this. award is. an MI' • milestone for -West Group as it strives to become an employer, of choice," said Hall. "As we continually move for- ward,•we-will continue to. find -new.. ways to help employees balance work and family 'pres- sur8:7, West Group is beginning to get some recognition for -its ini- tiatives. Twin Cities Monthly wrote upWest.Group as a fanii-. ly-friendly company and a col- umn in an area paper has lauded the company for.its--benefits. West•Group is -also a featured• company ,.in the''. new book `.`Generations . ah: Work," which addresses how workplaces han- dle generation gaps. "We're just . starting, to .get more and more recognition,'. said Sexton. "It tellsus we're:- .'going in the right . direction" • - A complete report on the 100 Best Companies' for Working� Mothers is in the October issue of Working Mother. - Housing shortage could exacerbate labor shortage by John Gessner Staff Writer Already plagued by a tight labor market, some businesses this worker shortage contin- ues, they're going to be able to find a job nearer their hous- ing" The countv's low vacancy `Urban Saint' Joe Selvaggio will participate in the White House Council on Philanthropy Well-known founder and former executive director of "Project for Pride in Living" (PPL) and current executive director of the unique "1% Club" philanthropy enterprise Joe Selvaggio has been invited in the upcoming White House Conference nn nhilanthrnnv tion to helping the poor "with a hand up, rather than a hand out." As the unpaid, full-time executive director of the "1% Club," Selvaggio and others are working to get the top 20,000 taxpayers in Minnesota to con- trihi•to "s .o ..or..�..,a ..0 �L...:- ,...-.. Minnesota at this important conference," Luther said. "His novel approaches toward help- ing the less fortunate, and engaging the more fortunate in the cause, is a tremendous example for all of us." The Conference on ilL•I_._.L _ VioA-9-M ettLIK1 02-01 - 2-010 ew darn in legal: researc Eagan firm aims WestlawNext at online generation By Leslie Brooks Suzukamo Isuzukomo@o pioneerpress.coni Thomson Reuters' Westlaw team in Eagan has spent five years and tens of millions of dollars overhauling its flagship product, all because of people like Molly Given. Given, an associate at a Min- neapolis law firm who graduat . ed from the University of Min- nesota Law School a couple of years ago, is part of the Google generation, raised on simple, all-inclusive search terms. Young lawyers like her may wonder why in the name of Oliver Wendell Holmes they have to wrestle with Westlaw, a legal search engine that asks them to choose from . more than 40,000 separate databases to find a case citation or other information they need to pre- pare a case. Thomson Reuters, Westlaw team is uriveilmg" the redesigned search ,.engine, dubbed. WestlawNext; 'at. a; New York legal' 'technology trade showtoday.' i[f..ttiey've gotten it right,. it means`..pre- serving its reputation"as 'the' . most -used fee -based':. legal. research tool .the country, according to a 2009 American Bar Association survey Westlaw' already., brings in $1.5 billion annually New' York-based Thomson Reuters, which had 2008 sales of $11.8 billion.The legal '•operation•' based in Eagan'is Thomson'_ Reuters' most "profitable busi-' ness, and employs 7,000 people on a''sprawlip _campus,Loff•_ Dodd Road thatboasts noton'e but two underground data cen- ters and' its own .Caribou.Cof- fee shop.:: ,,_. r Recently, however, budget-' priced research , competitors. have emerged to challenge , Westlaw_.and• Reed .Elsevier's LexisNexts. - So far, Google i Scholar and'' other services don't pose a,sig- - nificant threat 'because. lawyers can't be _sure they're: getting_ all ,the,. information... they need from;theni But even Westlaw executives • LEGAL'RESEARCH,;4A' > .