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Employee Spotlight: I' Dave sits on the Board of Director's for the 10,000 Lakes I Chapter of Building Officials,where he has been past Sec- Dave ec- Dave Scherbel retary and Treasurer also. In 2003 he was appointed to the Minnesota State Appeals Board. Gee,I wonder if they Submitted by Pam Sweeney will call him for City Hall arbitration? When it comes to hammers,nails and wood,Dave is more comfortable then most people are with knives, forks and spoons. As a former building contractor there is not much that Dave can not do when it comes to construction projects. Dave grew up in St.Paul,the oldest of nine siblings. He Hat's Off To . . . graduated from Brady High School,and attended the Uni- versity of Minnesota for a year before enrolling in Rose- for fellow employees! mount TVI. There he studied and received a degree in Ar- chitectural Technology. Eric Nordeen for continuke - While in school he worked for Knox Lumber Co an m 'T'p y ing to show exemplary work their answer booth,as an estimator,selling cabinets,and selling Geodesic Dome Homes. During this time a contrac- tor dents oArden Hills. During and dedication to the City and the resi- f invited him to come and work for him. It only took a g a recent in- year for Dave to realize that he knew,as much,if not more, spection of a new building, Eric was Con- then his boss,so he started his own company. cerned about the level of light in the exit path. To help determine if the lighting was For seventeen years DS Construction Services was a highly adequate Eric made an inspection after respected,busy company doing residential and small com s mercial work,along with all the display work and out build hours, when it was dark. Eric has routinely ing s for the Knox Stores in this area. Dave also found time made inspections like this, on his days off, to design and build two different homes in Hawaii,one in weekends, and before and after hours, ac 1981 and the other in 1988. During one of these trips to the commodating residents and clients in Arden big island Dave experienced lava up close and personal Hills. Keep up the good work! Ask him about this exciting adventure,and also look at the beautiful pictures he took. When twelve to fourteen hour days,seven days a week, landed Dave flat on his back in bed with two bulging,rup- tured disks.... it was time for a lifestyle change. Wanting to Look for the answer in the stay in construction and eventually become a building offr- next edition. cial,he enrolled in Inver Hills Community College and re- ceived his Associate Degree in Building Technology. In 1995 he started working as a housing inspector for the City of Richfield. He was there until 1997 when he came to the City of Arden Hills,and the rest is history. Dave and his wife Theresa,a special education paraprofes- sional at Bridgeview School in St.Paul, live in Mahtomedi, in a beautiful home on more than two acres that he designed and built. Their daughter Carley is a junior and the proud " owner of Dave's Dodge Dakota pickup that he retired after 318,000 miles. Their twin sons,Derek and Reed are middle school sixth graders. g Any free time is spent up at the family cabin between Longville and Hackensack,where he loves to fish,hunt or snowmobile depending on the season. Dave is also an ac- complished trap,skeet and sporting clay shooter active in league competition. Check out his winning team's Jesse James look in his office some time. Even with his busy schedule he still finds time to coach his son's soccer team year after year. Jan/Feb Answer. Pang Silseth