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Page 3 City receives 21 applications for police chief position Page 5 Photo by Anthony Iozzo
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Amelia Bender, 3, pulls a wagon on the corner of Stoneman Drive and Sunflower Drive in Fitchburg while trick-or-treating Tuesday, Oct. 31. Also pictured is Sara and Graham Bender, 1, Becky Bender (back right) and Kiyrrauh Thomas (front right), 7.
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Getting chills on Halloween Fitchburg residents braved the cold on Tuesday, Oct. 31, to bring out their families and trick-or-treat in the neighborhood between Cheryl Parkway and Lacy Road. Ghouls, superheroes, witches and yetis were among the costumes.
Fahey Farm: ‘The land has seen it all’ 2017 marks 150 years in family
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If you drive down Irish Lane toward Fish Hatchery Road, on the right you’ll see a 5-foot-tall boulder with the name “Fahey” engraved on it. It serves as an identifier of a family that has dedicated its history to the land. The family has been farming the 160-acre plot for 150 years. The farm, at 5370 Irish Lane, near the center of the now sprawling city, was recognized for its sesquicentennial anniversary at a Fitchburg Common Council meeting in June and at the State Fair in August. The Star sat down with David Fahey and his wife, Sarah, the current inhabitants of the farm, on their 10-year wedding anniversary in October. David co-owns the property with his brothers and sister – Paul Fahey, Michael Fahey and Colleen Higgins – who don’t live on the farm but collectively serve as the fifth generation PRSRT STANDARD ECRWSS US POSTAGE
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to own it. The farm was home to hundreds of dairy cows in earlier years, but now vegetable crops are the focus. “The farm is so important to the family heritage,” Sarah said. “Our son, Nicholas, is the sixth generation on the farm, and it’s exciting to know that he can learn the mechanics and be a part of that history.”
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1855: James Monks Sr. purchases 160 acres of land on Irish Lane June 8, 1867: Farm established 1883: Land divided between James Jr., John and Thomas September 2, 1896: Thomas Monks sells 160 acres to Julia Monks Fahey and John Fahey July 3, 1928: Original farm transferred to their son, Joseph. November 7, 1961: Farm transferred to Robert and Mary Fahey September 9, 1978: Farm transferred to Robert Fahey January 8, 2008: Farm transferred to Mary Fahey, Paul Fahey, Michael Fahey, David Fahey and Colleen Higgins March 27, 2016: Ownership changes to current group, David Fahey, Paul Fahey, Michael Fahey and Colleen Higgins
Nonprofits operating in the City of Fitchburg may have a way to get money from the city in 2018 after alders proposed a pair of amendments last month that would restore that funding. The Common Council is scheduled to vote on the amendment proposals, which are among 17 offered in total, and potentially the full budget after a public hearing at the Nov. 14 meeting, which begins at 7:30 p.m. The amendments were proposed within a week of the public hearing on Mayor Jason Gonzalez’s budget proposal, which drew a large crowd in response to its elimination of funding for the Boys and Girls Club, Badger Prairie Needs Network and a new program developed this year to offer money to other groups, the Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative. Most of the people in attendance at that Oct. 10 meeting spoke out against those cuts and demanded the Council fund nonprofits, especially those focused on helping minorities in the city. The amendments, one of which came from Ald. Dorothy Krause (Dist. 1) and the other from Ald. Julia Arata-Fratta (D-2), Dan Bahr
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If You Go What: Public hearing on proposed budget amendments When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14 Where: City Hall, 5520 Lacy Road Info: FitchburgWI.gov
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Fitchburg firefighter Charlie Scott, left, puts the full firefighter gear on Noah Bochman, 11, of Fitchburg.
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Valentina Gonzalez, 2, dressed as a dragon, collects a toy during the library Halloween celebration.
The Fitchburg Fire Department held its annual open house Saturday, Oct. 14, and plenty of people turned out despite the rainy weather. The event offered families a chance to get an up-close look at an ambulance and fire trucks, watch some demonstrations and even try out some of the equipment on their own. Firefighters also gave around-the-block rides in a fire truck, and other community resources were on hand to provide information.
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‘Great Halloween Hunt’ The Fitchburg Library held its 10th annual Great Halloween Hunt on Oct. 28. Families were invited to participate in a scavenger hunt, crafts and games. There also was a magic show. Dozens of kids attended the event, dressed in their best costumes, and volunteers with the library helped stamp scavenger hunt tickets and hand out candy.
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Chief to retire at year’s end Search limited to internal applicants to succeed Myrland SCOTT GIRARD Unified Newspaper Group
Brian Myrland, who was hired as a part-time chief in 2004, announced last month he would retire effective Dec. 31. The new chief will likely be a familiar face, as the Fitch-Rona EMS Commission voted last Thursday night to pursue an internal candidate, one of the two deputy chiefs. Myrland, who also runs a Middleton-based sports equipm e n t bu s i ness, has had two full-time deputy chiefs reporting to him in recent Myrland years. He recommended, and the commission approved, a plan to open the chief position to those two deputies and eliminate the deputy position of whoever is promoted. “If you said, ‘I’m just gonna build Fitch-Rona from the bottom up right now,’ … I would have a deputy chief and I would have a chief,” Myrland told the commission. “To me, that’s the optimal management structure in this department.” Some commissioners were initially unsupportive of only opening the position internally, and James Roberts, of the City of Fitchburg, was one of two who ultimately voted against the motion. “I don’t think competition is bad,” he said of opening a state or national search. But Myrland’s
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The Fitch-Rona EMS chief hiring committee is expected to include three commission members (one from each municipality), a Fitch-Rona EMS lieutenant, a medical director and one or both of the Fitchburg and Verona fire chiefs.
Oct. 26: Commission approves opening EMS chief position to two deputy chiefs Nov. 1: EMS commission closed session to discuss requirements, salary range Nov. 2-3: Job posted Nov. 10: Applications due Nov. 13: Commission reviews submitted applications recommendation persuaded other commission members, especially with the inclusion of a one-year probation period for whoever is hired. “We all know that (the deputy chiefs) have done a very good job,” said commissioner Nancy Bartlett, from the City of Verona. “We will still have the opportunity to interview them and make sure we are comfortable with them before we offer anybody the job.” The hire could be made as soon as Nov. 16, if one or both of the deputy chiefs – Patrick Anderson and Jeff Dostalek – apply and are chosen by the hiring committee. “I can absolutely guarantee that we have one or two people here in our deputy chief positions that would be chief material,” Myrland told the commission. Anderson said at the meeting that he would “be interested in” the position. Dostalek was not present.
in-house candidates was that hiring outside the department would necessitate a demotion or firing of one of the deputies under his proposed structure. “I don’t believe it would be appropriate to remove one of our deputy chiefs from the process unless you had no choice, no qualified candidates,” Myrland said. He added that their familiarity with the department would be a plus. “One of the reasons that I decided to retire when I did was because my thought when I hired both of these guys is I need to be around long enough to be sure you all are comfortable with them and they get a chance to see the department,” he said. “They’ve done that.”
Probationary period
The idea of a probationary period got commissioner Mike Duerst, of the Town of Verona, on board to vote for an in-house posting only. Duerst was initially in favor of opening it up to outside candidates, because “there’s nothing saying you have to take” an outside candidate. But Myrland pointed out it could be a “very difficult situation” if there’s an outside candidate stronger than any internal one, but they decide to follow his structure with only one depIn-house uty going forward. One of the biggest reasons Duerst added that the Myrland supported keeping probationary period would the hiring of a new chief to “give people here (on the
commission) the time to feel it out” while also allowing whoever is chosen to “see how things go” and make sure they want to be in the position. If either of those are not satisfied, the commission could reopen a wider search.
Moving quickly The commission planned a closed-session meeting Nov. 1 to discuss the specific job requirements and a potential salary range. The job would be posted by Nov. 3, with applications due in a week and interviews set for before the 7 p.m. commission meeting on Nov. 16. As long as that date works for the interview committee, the commission could then make a final decision on a hire that night. Based on discussion last Thursday, the job requirements will likely be similar to the EMS chief position currently posted for the City of Sun Prairie. Myrland recommended a salary range between $90,000 and $100,000. That would be a raise for the deputy who receives the promotion, as they currently make $82,000, Myrland said. But that would be more than offset by Myrland’s retirement, as he is paid $68,000 a year. Contact Scott Girard at ungreporter@wcinet.com and follow him on Twitter @sgirard9.
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A fence surrounded the damaged house after the explosion last year.
Tower Hill explosion fund application closes Nov. 17 HELU WANG Unified Newspaper Group
Funds raised for Tower Hill neighbors who were impacted by the 2016 gas explosion are set to be distributed soon. The fund application is open until 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17, and will be reviewed by a committee composed of seven neighbors. Any Tower Hill resident can submit an application online or bring a paper copy to the committee meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 20, at the library. T h e ex p l o s i o n h a p pened on Aug. 25, 2016, destroying three houses and seriously damaging over 20 homes in Tower Hill neighborhood. In the wake of the incident, people raised over $8,000 for those with troubles within weeks. Ald. Dorothy Krause (Dist. 4) took the fund over. The families haven’t benefited yet because organizers and city alders have found it difficult to get ahold of everyone affected, and no one will know how much of a
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How to apply Email the application to Dan.Bahr@fitchburgwi.gov by 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17 or call Alder Dan Bahr at 225-3020 to submit a hard copy.
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Breaking down ‘trickle-down’ With discussion in Washington focused on tax cuts, most of which would benefit the very wealthy, it is worth examining the principal argument for reducing taxes on those at the top. The theory behind “trickle-down” economics is that tax-breaks for corporations and the very wealthy will result in more jobs so everybody will benefit. The reality is quite different. From 1977 – 1980 under President Jimmy Carter, with top marginal tax rate of 70 percent, twice the current rate, there were 159,271 more jobs created per month than eight years under George W. Bush. Under Bush, with the top marginal tax rate hovered between 39.1 percent and 35 percent. In 1993, when Bill Clinton and a Democratic Congress raised the top marginal tax rate from 31 percent to 39.6 percent, amid loud protestations
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from Republicans, the next eight years saw more than 23 million jobs added to the economy and a record budget surplus. Just look at the stock market, have you noticed corporations struggling under the burden of exorbitant taxes? Corporation’s share of federal tax revenue dropped from 32 percent in 1952 to 10 percent in 2013. General Electric, Boeing, Verizon and 23 other profitable Fortune 500 firms paid no federal income taxes from 2008 to 2012. 288 big and profitable Fortune 500 corporations paid an average effective federal tax rate of just 19.4 percent from 2008 to 2012. Profitable corporations paid U.S. income taxes amounting to just 12.6 percent of worldwide income in 2010. Charles Uphoff City of Fitchburg
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here are two really big issues on my plate this year, one largely reflected in Fitchburg budget amendments I wrote and the other in the county budget for the committee I’m on. I wish I could say either the county or nonprofits are able to fill all the needs of our residents without additional help. Unfortunately, that isn’t the case. Too many people either don’t have jobs or lack the education to get family-sustaining employment or decent affordable housing; in other cases they have made a mistake in the past and now employers or landlords discard their applications without consideration. For many of these people, who lack money or good transportation, their families don’t have Krause good recreational opportunities. Children, teens and young adults are left to their own devices to create their own entertainment, often to community’s detriment. Jobs and housing are certainly in
the city’s wheelhouse, as is appropriate park space. But what of single mothers or grandmothers raising children without adequate assistance or teens without appropriate activities? What do we owe our residents who don’t have a decent handle on life and need that extra bit of boost? Do we just cover our eyes and hope for the best, or do we go a bit out of our way to help? Between the two available funding amendments, I anticipate that we will make some money available to nonprofits. They involve an application process and criteria to determine what will benefit the well-being of our neighbors to the greatest possible extent. Additionally, I’ve got four fairly small park amendments in areas identified in the Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative as lacking proper park amenities within walking distance of neighborhoods. The most important one provides design assistance for community space and a city park as part of a church project in the King James Way neighborhood. On the county side, we keep hearing how unsafe and inhumane the 1953 maximum-security jail is and that it needs to be replaced.
The public safety building by the courthouse was designed to have four floors added to it. It makes sense to build that and move people into a modern facility, with programming so people can improve their lives while they are there, before they are returned to our communities. There’s a lot more that should happen, particularly with mental health and addiction, to protect and improve our society and keep people out of the system in the first place. The county will be doing a lot of work to set that up in the next few years. Between city and county efforts, with the help of caring organizations, we can help raise the standard of living, reduce crime, and improve public safety in Fitchburg neighborhoods. When people ask what they can do, I ask what they want to do. There are so many options, whether volunteering in schools, community centers, libraries, even the jail, individually or as part of groups. It truly takes a village! Dorothy Krause is a Fitchburg alder representing District 1 and a Dane County Board supervisor representing Fitchburg.
Body problems can be coming from your brain
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f I were to pick one test from the functional neurological exam I do that surprises people the most, it would be Middlemeyer’s screening for balance issues. People might start laughing, or I’ll often hear, ‘Wow!’ or, ‘I can’t believe it!’ when they open their eyes. It’s a simple test that challenges your vestibular system: a part of the brain that needs to work right in order for you to feel steady on your feet. After marching in place for 30 seconds with arms outstretched and eyes closed, a positive finding is that you’ll have turned to one direction – often ending up facing a different wall. Functional neurology is a lens that can be used to look at a patient. It allows practitioners to assess how well a part of your brain can perform a cerKonopacki tain task, because often this will be where the beginning of the disease process lives. This approach is different from that of a medical neurologist, who might look to identify already existing pathology by asking questions like: is something bleeding, missing, growing or in a place it shouldn’t be. When looking for the source of a person’s issue, whether it be pain or balance, I try and go as far “upstream” as possible. Often, this means in order to help the person get well and stay well, we’ll end up
working with neurological patterns set up in the brain that are repeating “downstream” in the tissues and muscles of the body. Just like if you notice one of the tires on your car is wearing faster than others, you could either keep changing that tire, or you could get more to the cause by addressing the alignment (a set pattern that will repeat in the tires). Balance is often a problem that lives in the brain. People with bad balance can feel as if they’re not connected to the ground when they walk. The floor might feel like it’s undulating, as if you were walking on a trampoline. They can feel dizzy, nauseous and like the room spins, or that they’re being pulled toward one side as they walk down a hallway. One of my patients says it feels like his “blinker” is on to the left as he walks. Your brain is constantly receiving information and making sense of it in order to keep steady. This information comes from the visual system (eyes), vestibular system (in the brain) and proprioceptive system (joint position sense from the spine and body). If your brain doesn’t interpret this incoming information clearly, your balance can become weak. Brain tests for balance issues can assess whether your body moves sideto-side or front-to-back when your eyes are closed, if you have a steadier side during a one-legged stand and how accurately your eyes follow a moving target. For a child, along with general
incoordination, the brain areas that control balance may also show up as patterns in their musculoskeletal system, leading to knock knees and flat arches. They might also show a continuation of their primitive reflexes (reflexes we are born with that should disappear over time). These tests and more can hone in on areas of the brain that may need to be strengthened in order to process incoming input correctly and improve balance. Each patient who comes in with their unique problem presents an opportunity to gather clues, looking throughout the brain and body for what might be the cause. It’s a chance to discover whether there are functional weaknesses in the brain and nerve system that could be correctible using plasticity (your brain’s ability to make new and beneficial connections). Some new brain-based research suggests that the same neurological pathways that are responsible for smooth, coordinated movement and balance also control smooth, coordinated emotions and emotional reactions to life. This implies that if we can physically change the way your brain interprets balance, this may lead to greater well-being. And that would be a side effect I think we’d all like to experience. Dr. Laura Konopacki is the owner of Body Wave Chiropractic in Fitchburg, and she has additional training in pediatrics and functional neurology.
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Thankful for Blatter’s 40 years of service with Fitchburg Police I am writing to thank Fitchburg Police Chief Tom Blatter on his upcoming retirement. In 40 years with the Fitchburg Police Department, Chief Blatter has demonstrated the utmost professionalism, commitment and compassion toward our community. Chief Blatter started out as a police officer here in 1977 when Fitchburg was a township with under 10,000 residents and has served as Chief of Police for the past 17 years with Fitchburg’s population now close to 28,000 residents.
I worked closely with Chief Blatter from 2007-15 while serving on the City’s Police and Fire Commission and as an alder and as mayor. We met frequently discussing best practices when it came to community policing, budgetary challenges and limitless opportunities of serving the many economic, demographic and geographic diverse interests across Fitchburg. He also taught me what it meant to hold to the highest standard when it came to maintaining the public’s trust. His insight and his guidance
and his personal example of the most important quality was one of the main guideposts that helped frame my decision making and demeanor when addressing the complexity of our rapidly growing community. A big thank you to Chief Tom Blatter for all he has done to make Fitchburg a wonderful place to live, work, raise a family and in the chief’s next upcoming career move — to retire. Shawn Pfaff Mayor of Fitchburg 2011-2015
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The Common Council approved new polling place locations for Districts 1 and 3 last month.
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City of Fitchburg voters in all four aldermanic districts now have a polling place located within a different district’s boundaries. The Common Council approved new voting locations for Districts 1 and 3 on Oct. 24. The District 1 location moved from the King James Way fire station, which might be sold, to the Marketplace Drive station that replaced it. The District 3 location moved from Candlewood Suites to Wyndham Garden, at 2969 Cahill Main. All four are near the boundaries of their districts, but Districts 1 and 3 are far
from their population centers. The District 2 and 4 locations are the Lacy Road fire station and the Community Center on Lacy Road, respectively. The Lacy fire station is just across the street from the District 2 boundary, while the Community Center is near the most populated area of District 4. That one is challenging, though, as it is the largest district geographically in the city. The polling locations will be in effect for the next election, in spring 2018. Some alders asked staff at the Oct. 24 meeting why the locations were outside of the districts, and city clerk Patti Anderson told them they were likely temporary. “I can’t magically make a building appear that will serve our needs,” Anderson said. District 1 Alds. Dorothy Krause and Anne Scott were
specifically concerned with how far away the Marketplace Drive location would be from many of their voters, with Krause suggesting the Boys and Girls Club or Head Start building as better locations. Scott pointed out that with the fire station across a major thoroughfare, McKee
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FitchburgWI.gov they desire in a police chief. The survey, available in English and Spanish, is open online until 8 a.m. Monday, Nov. 20. It includes questions about core values, personal characteristics, leadership qualities and positives or negatives within the police department a new chief should address. Requirements for the position included 10 years of law enforcement experience including five at a command level, as well as a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice or a related field. The survey can be accessed online at fitchburgwi.gov or in paper form at City Hall and the Fitchburg Public Library. Contact Scott Girard at ungreporter@wcinet.com and follow him on Twitter @sgirard9.
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Road, it would be difficult to travel to for residents. “Nobody in our district will be able to get there by walking,” Scott said. Contact Scott Girard at ungreporter@wcinet.com and follow him on Twitter @sgirard9.
An extension in the application deadline for applicants for the police chief position pushed back the rest of the dates in the hiring process, leaving a tentative start date of Feb. 5, 2018. The commission is reviewing applicants Nov. 8 instead of Oct. 25, as had been originally planned, with panel interviews now scheduled for Nov. 30 and PFC finalist interviews Dec. 8.
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The City Fitchburg Polling of Place received 21 applications for the police chief position Ward Boundary that will open at the end of this year. The deadline for applications was Sunday, Nov. 5, and the Police and Fire Commission was expected to review the applica0 0.25 select 0.5 1 tions and candidates Miles to move onto the interview phase of the project at its Nov. 8 meeting, after the Star’s deadline. The position is open because Thomas Blatter, who began his career in the October 2017 Fitchburg Police DepartPrepared by: Planning & Zoning Dept. ment as an officer in 1977, Sources: will retire effective Dec. 31. US Census Bureau, 2010 e f oTIGER r e tFiles h e& Dane i n tCounty e r v iLIO ew USB Census stage, the city is hoping to get feedback from residents and business owners through a survey on what
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Elijah Hughes supported racers from the sidelines while wearing a turkey hat at the Berbee Derby last year. With over 6,000 participants, the race raised close to $90,000 to contribute directly to Technology Education Foundation. The foundation contributes 100 percent of its funds to provide technology resources to underserved demographics in the Madison area.
The holiday season is upon us and preparations are underway for the Berbee Derby – the annual Thanksgiving day race. Before turkey and pumpkin pie, hundreds are expected flock to Fitchburg Business Park, 5500 E. Cheryl Pkwy. – some in turkey hats, outfits and other costumes – for the race that benefits technology education throughout the community. The race is set to begin at 8 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 23. Race “amenities” include warming tents, snacks and complimentary “swag” like t-shirts, a race belt and downloadable photos after the race. There also will be a costume contest with prizes for individuals or group teams. All proceeds go toward the Technology Education Foundation, an
What: Berbee Derby Thanksgiving Day 10k and 5k run/walk When: 8 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 23 Where: Fitchburg Business Park, 5500 E. Cheryl Pkwy. Info: berbeederby.com
organization that has given more than $688,000 in technology education grants over the last 10 years, according to the Fitchburg Chamber Visitor and Business Bureau. Registration is required and can be completed on the race website, berbeederby.com, or in person the day of the race. Contact Amber Levenhagen at amber. levenhagen@wcinet.com.
Coming up Indoor farmers market
7-7:45 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15, for the Mother Daughter Book Club. “Wolf Hollow” by Lauren Wolk will be the featured book this month. Copies will be available for checkout at the Youth Services Desk. The club is recommended for girls ages 9-12 and their caregivers. For information, call 7291760.
T h e F i t c h b u r g Wi n ter Farmers Market will be located indoors at the Promega Biotechnology Center, 5445 E Cheryl Pkwy., from 3-6 p.m. Thursdays in November and December. The market includes fresh produce, jams and preserves, cheese, meats and seafood, baked goods, confections, gluten-free and Leadership workshop organic options and other “Robert’s Rules of Order seasonal items. L e a d e r s h i p Wo r k s h o p For information, visit Series” will be held at the fitchburgmarket.com. library beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 11. Medicare enrollment Coordinated by the MadOpen enrollment for 2018 ison Unit of ParliamenPart D plans is open until tarians, the program will Dec. 7. have several key topics: Fo r h e l p w i t h e i t h e r How to adjourn on time Medicare Part D or the using motions, meetings Extra Help program, call from start to finish, practhe Fitchburg Senior Cen- tice using meeting scripts, ter at 270-4290 and ask to meeting agendas and minspeak with a social worker. utes and meeting supplies. Registration is due Nov. 4. Book club Cost is $40 or $20 for stuVisit the library from dents.
Thanksgiving Eve Worship
Wed., November 22 • 7 p.m. Social Gathering with Pie & Coffee (Immediately Following Service) Sunday Morning Worship Times 8:30 a.m.-Classic Service 9:40 a.m.-Education for All Ages 10:45 a.m.-New Song Service
For information, email wheelerroad@chartermi. net.
Holiday meditation
Laura Fay of the Bureau of Consumer Protection will talk about how to protect your identity at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15 at the senior center. For information, call 270-4290.
People can participate in a free holiday meditation series from 9:45-10:30 a.m. Nov. 17, Dec. 1 and Dec. 8 at the senior center. The meditation will help relieve stress from grief and tensions. Cost is $20. To register, call 2704290.
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Children can participate in Thanksgiving crafts at the library from 10:3011:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 18. The program is designed for ages 2-5. Registration is not required. Parents are encouraged to stop in at different times throughout the hour. The library will also host Sphero Robotics a “thankful turkey book” Learn more about sphe- craft from 6-7 p.m. Monro, a robotic sphere, at day, Nov. 20, for ages 5-12. For information, call 729the library from 3-4 p.m. 1760. Thursday, Nov. 16. Designed for kids ages Tower Hill meeting 9-12, the robot was creA Tower Hill explosion ated to inspire children to engage with STEAM skills funding distribution meetand coding through cre- ing will be held from 7-9 ative play. Registration is p.m. Monday, Nov. 20, at 5530 Lacy Road. required. Any Tower Hill resident For information, and to may submit an application register, call 729-1763. Dave St. Amant of Community PC will present photo editing programs from 1-3 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 15, at the senior center. People can bring their laptops and tablets to share photos and get hands-on experience. To register, call 2704290.
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Agora Fitchburg, 5500 E. Cheryl Pkwy., will host a holiday celebration starting at 4 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7. Visitors will be able to add carriage rides, holiday music, a photo booth, appetizers and desserts. There will be a luminary lighting Escape room benefit for Agrace Hospice Visit the library from 6-7 Care. For information, call 277p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30, for an escape room. 2592. Attendees can open locks and solve clues and puzzles Children’s Holiday to try to escape the library. party The program is designed The 31st annual Chilfor ages 13-17 and registradren’s Holiday party will be tion is required. For information, or to held from 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10, at the Community register, call 729-1762. Center, 5510 Lacy Road. Children can meet with Cookie exchange Santa and play in an inflatThe library will hold the able playground. There sixth annual Cookbook will be popcorn balls, face Club cookie exchange from painting, crafts and hot 11 a.m. to noon Thursday, chocolate. Dec. 7. People can bake For information, call 270and bring six dozen of their 4285. favorite holiday cookies, plus a copy of recipe, to Board game cafe exchange with others. CofPeople can participate fee and milk will be providin a board game cafe from ed. There will be a discus6-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. sion about the recipes and 14, at the library. They will holiday baking traditions. For information, call learn new board games while drinking coffee and tea. For information, call 7291763.
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729-1763.
Three Madison-area African American writers – poet Fabu, novelist Sherry Lucille, as well as playwright and novelist Catrina Sparkman will discuss their poetry and prose at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 16, at the library. They will present their work in relation to the work of three African American literary writers who also lived and worked in the Madison area during the 20th century: novelist Jean Toomer, playwright Lorraine Hansberry and poet Sarah Webster Fabio. For information, call 7291763.
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Rotary wine-tasting fundraiser Nov. 16 The eighth annual Fitchburg-Verona Rotary Club fundraiser will feature a wine tasting event. The fundraiser will be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16, at Ten Pin Alley, 6285
Nesbitt Rd. Appetizers will be served with a variety of white and red wines. There will also be a silent auction and door prizes. Attendees can also purchase the brands of wine at special event pricing,
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and specialists from Wine CelFunds raised will support lar will be at the event to answer the Rotary International Youth any questions. Exchange and other internationTickets for the event are $25 at al service projects. the door or $20 in advance at The Wine Cellar, Ten Pin Alley or Contact Amber Levenhagen at from Fitchburg-Verona rotarians. amber.levenhagen@wcinet.com.
Calendar of events Friday, November 10
Thursday, November 23
• 11 a.m., Veterans Day, community center, 270-4290 • 11-11:45 a.m., Book Boogie, library, 729-1760
• all day, Library closed • 8 a.m., Berbee Derby 10k and 5k run/walk, Fitchburg Business Park, 5500 E. Cheryl Pkwy., berbeederby.com • 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m., Free blood pressure check-up, senior center, 270-4290
Saturday, November 11
• 11-11:30 a.m., Preschool storytime, library, 729-1760
Wednesday, December 6
• all day, Library closed
Thursday, December 7
• 10-11 a.m., Holiday crafts for • 10 a.m., Leadership workshop preschoolers, library, 729-1760 series, library, wheelerroad@ • 10-11 a.m., Book group: Craftchartermi.net Wednesday, November 25 ernoon, library, 729-1760 Monday, November 13 • 11 a.m.-noon, Cookbook Club • 2 p.m., Kids movie: Cars 3, • 9:30-10 a.m., Preschool storyCookie Exchange, library, 729library, 729-1760 time, library, 729-1760 1760 Monday, November 27 • 10 a.m., Women’s brunch, • 4 p.m., “Get Festive With Agora” senior center, 467-3990 • 9:30-10 a.m., Preschool story- holiday party, 5500 E. Cheryl time, library, 729-1760 Pkwy., agorafitchburg.com • 11-11:30 a.m., Preschool storytime, library, 729-1760 • 11-11:30 a.m., Preschool stoSaturday, December 9 rytime, library, 729-1760 Photo by Scott De Laruelle Tuesday, November 14 • 1-3 p.m., LEGO built, library, World War II veteran Al Bach (right) greets Winne Lacy as he sits with Tuesday, November 28 729-1760 • 11-11:30 a.m., Lapsit storyKorean War veteran Lee Haspl before the 2016 Veterans Day ceremotime, library, 729-1760 • 10:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., Blood nies at the Fitchburg Community Center. This year, inaddition to honSunday, December 10 donation, Suite 200 Emmi Roth • 2 p.m., Men’s group, senior oring veterans, the event will feature a presentation about the Badger • 1-4 p.m., Children’s holiday USA Inc, 5510 Nobel Dr., redcenter, 270-4290 Honor Flight, local singers and Eagle school students. party, community center, 5510 crossblood.org • 6-7 p.m., Harry Potter night Lacy Road, 270-4285 • 11 a.m., Lapsit storytime, (ages 13-17), library, 729-1760 library, 729-1760 time, library, 729-1760 Monday, December 11 library, 729-1760 • 11-11:30 a.m., Preschool sto• 6-8 p.m.Fitchburg-Verona Wednesday, November 15 • 9:30-11:30 a.m., Play-Doh • 6 p.m., Family pajama storyrytime, library, 729-1760 Rotary annual fundraiser, Ten • 10-11 a.m., Book discussion Palooza, library, 729-1760 time, library, 729-1760 Pin Alley, 6285 Nesbitt Road, • 6-7 p.m., Thankful turkey book and movie screening: Hidden • 6-7 p.m., Create fitchburgveronarotaryclub.org craft, library, 729-1760 Wednesday, November 29 library, 729-1760 post-it note, Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly, library, 729-1760 • 7-8 p.m., Google Drive Basics, Friday, November 17 Tuesday, November 21 Wednesday, December 13 library, 729-1760 • 7-8 p.m., Introduction to Word- • 9:45-10:30 a.m., Holiday med- • 11-11:30 a.m., Lapsit story• 10-11 a.m., Toddler art, library, Press, library, 729-1760 itation, senior center, 270-4290 time, library, 729-1760 Thursday, November 30 729-1760 • 7-7:45 p.m., Mother daughter • 12:40 p.m., Movie: Wonder • 5 p.m., Read to a dog, library, • 10-10:30 a.m., Winter story• 10-11 a.m., Morning book disbook club, library, 729-1760 Woman, senior center, 270-4290 729-1760 time, library, 729-1760 cussion: Our Souls at Night by • 1-3 p.m., Digital photo editing, • 4-5 p.m., Perler beads (ages Wednesday, November 22 • 1 p.m., Bouncing babies, Kent Haruf, library, 729-1760 senior center, 270-4290 5-12), library, 729-1760 • 10-11 a.m., Toddler art, library, library, 729-1760 • 2 p.m., Parkinson’s support • 7-8 p.m., Introduction to Word• 6-7 p.m., Escape room, Saturday, November 18 729-1760 group, senior center, 270-4290 Press, library, 729-1760 library, 729-1760 • 10:30-11:30 a.m., Thanksgiv• 2 p.m., Parkinson’s support • 6-6:30 p.m., Book club, library, hursday, November 16 ing crafts, library, 729-1760 T group, senior center, 270-4290 729-1760 Monday, December 4 • 3-4 p.m., Sphero Robotics, • 5 p.m., Library closed • 9:30-10 a.m., Preschool story- • 7-8 p.m., Skype 101, library, M onday, November 20 library, 729-1760 729-1760 time, library, 729-1760 • 9:30-10 a.m., Preschool story• 6-7 p.m., Sphero Robotics,
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Backpacks for breaks FOSD fundraiser for students’ Thanksgiving break SCOTT DE LARUELLE Unified Newspaper Group
To help provide healthy food to kids in need during the Thanksgiving break, the Friends of the Oregon School District are teaming up with another friend. FOSD and Promodern Salon are joining for the second year in a row to raise money for the Friends’ backpack program, which provides healthy food for students in need during breaks from school. Nearly 700 Oregon School District students – around 17 percent – qualify for free
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Three members of the community took part in the annual “A Principal Experience” event Wednesday, Oct. 11, at Cherokee Heights Middle School. The district-wide event is sponsored by the Foundation for Madison’s Public Schools. Doug Dittmann, right, Kirsten Reader, left, and Renee Schlick, second from right, joined principals Sarah Chaja-Clardy, center, and Mat Thompson for a meeting and toured the building.
or reduced lunch, according to the group, and the need continues to grow. The group’s goal is to raise $1,000 by Saturday Nov. 18, to fill backpacks that will be provided to students. Donations are tax deductible and can be dropped off or mailed to Promodern Salon, 106 Spring St.. “We believe hunger is a basic need no child should have to deal with,” Promodern Salon owner Carrie Erb said in the news release. “Our community is full of caring individuals who are unaware of the hunger issues some of our students face. This program is a perfect way to pay it forward.” Promodern Salon is offering gift cards for levels of donations: $10 for a $25 donation; $10 and an express pedicure for a $50 donation and $10, an express manicure and pedicure for a $100 donation.
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school district taxes, about $34 less than last year. Those final numbers are down a bit from preliminary budget projections released last month after new numbers came in, said business manager Andy Weiland. The district overestimated the number of open enrolling students by 17 this year, decreasing the revenue limit by about $54,000, though the district received $2,570 more than expected in state equalization aid. Property value also increased 6.1 percent in the district, versus the projected 5.5 percent. Because the district had underestimated the increase in state per student funding
by $100, the district had $450,000 of additional spending authority for this year’s budget. Board members voted 6-1, with Dan Krause dissenting, to follow administrators’ recommendations to add a part-time online educator, a “late” bus for afterschool activities, $150,000 for technology upgrades, $125,000 for playground equipment upgrades, $50,000 for professional development for educators and $40,000 put aside for future capital projects. School board president Steve Zach said the board will be looking at staffing in the coming months, with anticipated growth in the district.
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If construction on the new high school turns out to be more expensive than projected, the school board is ready with a set of priorities. Among the items at the top of the list are flexibility and adaptability, meaning that rooms and common spaces can be used in multiple ways and adapt to growth or new teaching methods. The lowest priority is athletics and recreational space. Cost estimates are beginning to come in on initial designs for the new Verona Area High School, and officials know they won’t be allowed to exceed funds approved in the $182 million April referendum. So Monday night, board members laid out their priorities among nine focus areas for the Core Team to use to guide any potential cuts. “It’s very difficult to do … because these are all important,” consultant Jill Huskisson told the board Monday night. “There have to be some guidelines given to (the Core Team) so they are working on your behalf.” The nine areas the board considered, which they chose at the Oct. 27 meeting, were:
Flexibility and adaptability; functionality and operations; academics and learning spaces; safety and health; accessibility; community access; respect for taxpayer investment; aesthetics; and athletics and recreational space. After voting by secret ballot on their top priorities as individual board members, they settled on the first three as “tier one” priority areas to avoid cuts from. Each tier has three categories, so the bottom tier, regardless of order, would be the first target. Board members and superintendent Dean Gorrell emphasized that “none of these are unimportant.” “These will be filters we use in making those decisions,” he explained. Huskisson added that “not all space is created equal” or costs the same, so the Core Team would not be likely to just look at the list and simply cut what is ranked the lowest priority. The Core Team includes some board members, district administration, architects from Epstein Uhen Architects and Findorff as the district’s construction manager on the project. The district is planning to unveil the initial design of the building at a Dec. 5 community meeting.
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T h e 2 0 1 8 - 1 9 Ve r o n a Area School District calendar is set, three months earlier than it was the year before. Other than a new Monday off in late January, the calendar “looks very similar to the last several,” superintendent Dean Gorrell explained Monday before the school board approved it. Spring break falls the last week of March. Other key dates include Sept. 4 as the first day of school, days off Oct. 25 and 26, and winter break Dec. 24 through Jan. 1, with school returning Jan. 2. The last day of school is set for June 12. The Jan. 28 off-day for students creates back-toback Mondays off, as Jan. 21 is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Gorrell said it will also offer a day, unpaid, for teachers to finalize their grades if they need to after the end of first semester Jan. 25.
That the day was unpaid drew some concerns from some board members, as Renee Zook said if the district is asking teachers to work they should be paid. Gorrell said that teachers would not be required to work that day, but instead it would be an option. “Whether they choose to use that or not is up to them,” Gorrell said. After a short discussion in which Kristina Navarro-Haffner agreed with Zook, Gorrell explained that staff would also have the option to take part in professional development that day, which would come with a stipend. He added that if they wanted to make that day paid, the contract with the teachers’ union would have to be renegotiated. “Then we’d have to add another day to the contract, and I don’t think we’re going to do that,” he said. Gorrell said another reason for the Jan. 28 day off was to provide better balance to the quarters and semesters. In the final calendar, first semester has 91 days and second semester has 89.
The school board approved the 2017-18 budget in October, including a mill rate of $12.77 per $1,000 of property value. That was the same number projected during the lead up to the April referendum for a new high school building and a 79-cent increase over last year’s rate.
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Sugar Creek Elementary School students used their annual month of being “kind and respectful” and “bucket fillers” to help out a staff member’s former school in Puerto Rico last month. School psychologist Charlene Cardona-Avelares still had family in the country after a pair of hurricanes tore through much of it, leaving many without power or access to food and water. Her old elementary school, John F. Kennedy School, was inoperable, leaving students without school for a month. Students brought in money and made cards to send to their counterparts in Puerto Rico. Cardona-Averlares said the effort “just gives me hope” that people can still come together and do “great things.”
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contact days. “That’s a golden time right there,” he said at a September board meeting. “It fits hand in glove with personalized learning Sept. 4: First day of plans.” school Last year, surveys on late Oct. 25, 26: Days off starts and other considNov. 9: First quarter ends erations delayed approval until February. School Nov. 21-23: Days off board members reported Dec. 24-Jan. 1: Winter hearing concerns from parbreak ents about that late approvJan. 21: Day off al, and said earlier this fall approving the calendar Jan. 25: Second quarter would be a priority. ends Those surveys did not Jan. 28: Day off offer a clear preference on Feb. 22: Day off late starts, VASD director of human resources Jason March 25-29: Spring Olson told the board at the break time. Much of the feedApril 5: Third quarter back, Olson said, focused ends on the questions being unclear. April 19: Day off The board had creatMay 27: Day off ed a calendar committee June 12: End of school in recent years to explore year those ideas, but the discussions had delayed the calT h e d i s t r i c t i s s t i l l endar approval, so the comexpected to consider more mittee was not established significant adjustments for this version. in future years, including Contact Scott Girard at reconsidering late start ungreporter@wcinet.com Mondays and finding more and follow him on Twitter time for professional devel@sgirard9. opment or teacher-parent
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A class new to Verona Area High School this semester is providing a new “hook” into the subject of history for three sections of students. The Sports and History class, taught by a three-teacher team, looks at the interactions of sports and history as well as current events in sports with a goal to attract students to the subject through a new lens.
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Madison West senior Aaron Letcher (951) sneaks a peak at the competition before heading up the final hill of the WIAA Division 1 state cross country meet. Letcher finished 34th overall to lead the Regents in 16 minutes, 38.09 seconds.
Regents sixth at state JEREMY JONES Sports editor
The Oregon High School boys soccer team hoists the D2 state runner-up trophy Saturday at Uihlein Soccer Park.
A taste of silver Panthers finish as D2 state runner-ups ANTHONY IOZZO
The Madison West boys cross country team finished sixth at the WIAA Division 1 state cross country meet Oct. 28 at the Ridge Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids with a team score of 212 points. Senior Aaron Letcher was the Regents’ top scorer, finishing 34th overall in 16:38. Junior Erik Nuenninghoff reached the finish line nine seconds later in 58th place. Senior Daniel Jacobs finished 76th in 16:58. Senior Matthew LaZuzerne stepped up to finish 81st with a time of 17:02. Fellow senior Jack Reed finished 104th as the final varsity scorer in 17:11. Junior Manix White and sophomore Ryan Reed also competed. Big Eight rival Middleton dominated the meet
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The final seconds ticked away on the No. 3 Oregon High School boys soccer team’s season on Nov. 4 in the WIAA Division 2 state final, but there were still plenty of smiles despite a 6-1 loss to No. 1 Whitefish Bay. In a season of ups-and-downs – including an eight-year conference winning streak being snapped and a 2-3-1 start – the Panthers (17-5-3 overall) put it all together at the end of the season with a seven-game win streak. Oregon won regional and
sectional titles and made state after a two-year hiatus for the program, and the Panthers added a 4-3 shootout win over No. 2 Waukesha West, following a 2-2 tie through two overtimes, in the D2 state semifinal Thursday. “Just making it here and winning a game here surpassed all of our goals that we had all season,” senior captain defender Kyle Rehrauer said. “That is undeniable.” Rehrauer said it still hasn’t really sunk in that Oregon was able to finish state runner-up yet, however. “If you told me at my freshman year that I would be playing center back when I have never played defense before, that I would be surrounded by any of these guys and I would Junior Madison Conduah (12) and sophomore Collin Bjerke celebrate a D2 state runner-up finish Saturday with their teammates.
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Madison Edgewood’s girls swimming team has been ranked atop the Wisconsin Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association’s Division 2 state poll all season. It should come as no surprise, then, that the Crusaders dominated the Badger South and Stoughton sectional meets.
What: 48th annual WIAA girls state swimming and diving meet Where: UW-Madison Natatorium When: Friday, Nov. 11; diving at 2:30 p.m., swimming at 6:30 p.m. Tickets: $6, $1 for children 6 and under
Sectional Edgewood won seven of 12 events and used its depth to compile 400 points on Saturday, Nov. 4, at the WIAA Stoughton sectional meet. McFarland finished a distant second with 219 and DeForest was third with a 243.5. Senior Kelly Rodriguez led 1-2 finishes by the Crusaders in both the 200 and 500 freestyle where both she and teammate DeeDee Walker qualified for state. The defending state champion in the 200 free, Rodriguez posted a 1:52.97 to beat Walker (1:55.35) to the wall. Rodriguez touched the wall 5 ½ seconds ahead of Walker with a time of 5:07.18.
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Edgewood’s Jenna Silverstri added a sectional title in the 200 IM (2 minutes, 6.1 seconds) and the 100 breaststroke (1:06.17). Jenna Silverstri added a sectional title in the 200 IM (2:06.1) and the 100 breaststroke (1:06.17). Sophomore Maeve O’Driscoll, junior Kaitlyn Barth, Walker and Rodriguez won the 200 free relay in 1:37.4. Rodriguez and Walker were joined by junior Issy Petersen and Silverstri to take the 400 free relay with a time of 3:35.18. Barth and Petersen, O’Driscoll and Silverstri
Sophomore Mallory Todd finished runner-up to Baraboo junior Kirby Tock (58.11) with her time of 59.73 in the 100 butterfly to qualify for state. Todd was also fifth in the 200 IM (2:14.58) to qualify in that event, as well. The 100 backstroke and diving were the only event where Edgewood did not have a state qualifier.
opened sectionals with a meet-best 1:46.09 on the 200 medley relay. Edgewood did not win the 50 free but qualified three girls for the event at state as O’Driscoll (24.39), Barth (24.43) and Petersen (24.72) finished second, third and fifth, respec- State preview tively. The same thing happened in Edgewood captured its second the 100 free, where Barth (53.11), straight crown last year, scoring 337 O’Driscoll (53.38) and Petersen (53.72) placed 2, 3, 6. Turn to Crusaders/Page 12
Bennin, Nunn win repeat sectional titles JEREMY JONES Sports editor
The Verona Area/Mount Horeb girls swimming team qualified 13 individual swims and all three relays for the WIAA Division 1 state meet held Nov. 4 at the UW Natatorium. The Wildcats qualified three individuals automatically and won five sectional titles to finish runner-up as a team. Senior Sophie Henshue broke Beata Nelson’s 200yard freestyle record and her own school record in the 500 free to win her first sectional titles in both events Saturday at the Middleton sectional. Junior Grace Bennin broke her own pool record in the 100 breaststroke and also won the 50 free. And senior diver Maggie Nunn overcame an
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Junior Keion Szudy rushed for 121 yards and a touchdown Oct. 20 in Oregon’s 28-7 playoff loss at Stoughton.
Oregon falls in Level 1 playoffs JEREMY JONES Sports editor
For all the Badger South games Oregon and Stoughton have had over the years, the rivals had never met in a playoff game. That all changed on Oct. 20 as a 28-7 loss to Stoughton in the WIAA Division 2 Level 1 game breathed new life into the rivalry. The Vikings, who were making their fourth playoff appearance in program history and hosting for the first time, turned to senior running back Brady Schipper in the second half to open up a 7-0 lead at halftime. It was a drastic difference from the 30-27 shootout Stoughton survived to win the regular season game. “They were there to stop our running game last time, I don’t think they thought we could throw the ball as well as we did,” coach Dan Kissling said. “Tonight they were ready for it, and we couldn’t run or pass very well.” Junior Keion Szudy was
the one bright spot for the Panthers’ offense, going for 121 yards on 14 carries. The Panthers’ lone touchdown came on Szudy’s 62-yard run on a fake punt with 6:27 remaining to play. Unfortunately, it was too little too late for Oregon, which struggled with penalties throughout the game — especially in the first half. Cedric Girard and Kardelle Phillips connected on a 44-yard strike to convert on 3-and-11 on its opening possession. Oregon squandered its chance at points despite being setup first-and-10 on the Vikings’ 16-yard line, eventually being flagged for a false start on fourth down before turning the ball over on downs. Girard and the passing game was completely out of sync, connecting on 4 of 20 passes for 54 yards and two picks. Jonathan Malueg was effective when he needed to be, hitting on 6 of 13 attempts for 81 yards, including a 34-yard touchdown strike for the game’s only touchdown of the first half.
S o p h o m o r e J e n n a D o b r i n s ky helped the Oregon/Belleville girls swimming team end a lengthy drought on Nov. 4. D o b r i n s ky q u a l i fi e d f o r t h e WIAA Division 1 state meet this weekend in the 500-yard freestyle and also helped lead the 200 free relay back to the UW Natatorium as well. It had been six years since the Panthers qualified anyone to state (Natalie Shirk in the 50 free). Dobrinsky finished sixth in the 500-yard freestyle with more than a 3 1/2 second PR with her time of 5 minutes, 17.02 seconds. Oregon’s 200 free relay quartet of freshman Zoe Rule, seniors Carolyn Christofferson and Ava Magee and Dobrinsky finished eighth but their time of 1:41.5 was good enough to earn one of the 24 spots to the state meet on Saturday. Coach Michael Keleny said he was a little surprised the relay qualified with Halle Bush gone on vacation, but Rule stepped up with a two second PR. “Zoe, Ava and me were together at my house,” Christofferson told the Observer on Tuesday. “We just kept hitting refresh. When the results final came out we were all jumping and screaming.” Dobrinsky was at church camp and didn’t find out she had qualified for state until Sunday morning. “Making it to state was my goal, so now it’s kind of a dream come true,” Dobrinsky said. “I’m just really excited to go.” Oregon finished 10th out of the 14-team sectional with 78 points. Middleton won all three relays but the Cardinals’ depth carried them to a meet-best 380 points. Verona Area/Mount Horeb finished second with 337 and Madison Memorial took third with 286. Freshman Mattea Thomason, Christofferson, Magee and Dobrinsky broke the school record but just missed the state cut in the 200
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Senior Carolyn Christofferson helped the Panthers’ 200-yard medley relay break the school record Nov. 4 at the Middleton sectional in 1 minute, 52 seconds. medley relay with a 1:51.32. The time was a 3.36 second season-best for the Panthers, who finished sixth. Their time was .68 seconds off the state qualifying standard of 1:52, however. Dobrinksy also fell a little shy of the 50 free state standard as well, finished 10th in a season-time of 25.18. The state qualifying standard time was 24.88. Oregon’s top finisher in the rest of the meet, included Rule’s 12th-place finish in the 200 IM with more than a seven second PR in 2:21.42. Christofferson was 12th in the 50 free (25.31). Magee was 17th in the 100 backstroke (1:04.62) and 19th in the 100 butterfly (1:02.27). Thomason added a 17th-place finish in the 100 breaststroke (1:13.92). Freshman Victoria Helvig finished 18th in the
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200 free (2:06.97) and senior Ellen Martin took 26th place in the 100 free (1:02.52). “We had best times all around,” Keleny said. “There were only one or two swims that weren’t best times. Everybody was happy. I was happy.”
State: Oregon finishes 16-5-4 overall and makes fourth state trip in six years be on this field playing for a championship – I don’t think that ever would have rang true in my head,” he said. The Panthers wanted to win the state title, but the first 45 minutes were volatile in Saturday’s loss. The Blue Dukes (24-0) scored six times and outshot the Panthers 16-1 in the first half. The Blue Dukes needed just 30 seconds to strike first. Senior forward Evan Kortebein found senior forward Matthew Comiskey, who knocked the ball in off the right post from about 10 yards out. Six minutes later, Comiskey took a free kick 35-yards out from the right side. The ball curved into the penalty box, took an odd bounce and perplexed junior goalie Duncan Morgan as it went in to make it 2-0 Whitefish Bay. The Blue Dukes kept coming with a shot over the net and two shots wide right, and then Morgan dove to his left and punched out another shot for a save. But the Panthers couldn’t hold Whitefish Bay for long. Junior forward Jimmy Zebell was able to knock in a header from a pass by senior defender Jeremy Haddock in the 20th minute. It only got worse from
there. A few minutes later, senior defender Mario Carini scored on a cross by Zebell, and senior forward Drew Nelson made it 5-0 with a goal from about five yards out after a corner kick in the 37th minute. Haddock finished the firsthalf scoring with a goal from a cross by Comiskey in the 41st minute. But while Oregon looked down after the half, the second half was much better, as the Panthers limited Whitefish Bay to seven shots and was able to score a goal on three shots. “It was disappointing at halftime, but we regrouped and we said, ‘Listen, the challenge is now to not let any more go in and find a way to put one in,’” coach Kevin May said. “I am just tremendously proud of them to come out in the second half and show that Oregon can play high level soccer against a high-level team. Unfortunately, we just couldn’t put 90 minutes together.” Senior Johnny Auer was able to get Oregon on the board in the 63rd minute with a goal off a rebound on a blocked shot in front of the net. Even down 6-1, Auer ran to the crowd and they all celebrated and cheered. Rehrauer said the support was an
X-factor this season. “Quite frankly it is incredible to have them there, to have a fan bus and to have that support at school with teachers saying good luck tomorrow and good game yesterday,” Rehrauer said. “Stuff like that is what really motivates us around school.” The defense was also better in the second half, challenging passes and angles more aggressively. And senior
goalie Shane Sullivan, who took over for Morgan, also earned a save. Rehrauer said Morgan and Sullivan were awesome all season, and that it was ridiculous how routine they made their saves look during the state tournament and all season. But he also said that the defense improved from the start of the season to help the season end in the state final,
handling adversity and injuries along the way. “Whether there were switches like (junior) Colin McCombs going off to center-mid or (senior) Collin Legler coming back, I think we were solid all year, and I think that is something we can always rely on at Oregon soccer,” Rehrauer said. And now seniors Nathan Krenz, Lane Krull, Tanner Hake, Zach Pasley – who was
limited in the state final with an ankle injury – Erick Portillo, Jared Podnar, Max Wirtz, Jack Weiland, Cade Zelinski, Jacob Salzwedal, Drew Zyhowski, Sullivan, Rehrauer, Auer and Legler finish their high school careers celebrating with the silver ball. “I am super happy with the group of seniors that led this group to make this happen,” May said. “We are happy to bring home hardware.”
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Marty leads Regents back to state JEREMY JONES Sports editor
Katrina Marty helped the Madison West girls swimming team medal four times last year at the WIAA Division 1 state meet. Marty looks primed to do the same again this season after winning two sectional titles in Middleton and helping the Regents move on to state in a pair of relays. The junior standout defended her 100-yard backstroke title, winning the event in 54:56 seconds. She also bested defending sectional and state champion Gabriela Pierobon Mays of Middleton in the 100 butterfly. Marty, who won the state title in the 100 back last year in 54.31, has the fastest qualifying time in the state entering the state meet Nov. 11. She finished second in the 100 butterfly at sectionals last year, but went for gold on Saturday with nearly a three second PR, posting a time of 55.55. Her time is the swiftest qualifying time in the state. Marty also helped led the 200 free
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Junior Katrina Marty won sectional titles in the 100 butterfly (above) and the 100 backstroke. She also helped Madison West qualify two relays to state. and 200 medley relays to third- and four-place finishes. West’s 200 free relay of freshman Bridget Sullivan, junior Naomi Kissel, senior Zoe Sebranek and Marty placed third behind Middleton (1:36.54) and Sun Prairie (1:37.39) in 1:38.67. Earlier in the meet, Marty helped the team of freshman Kate Messner, Kissel and Sebranek back to state with fourth-place time of 1:49.08. Marty and Sebranek helped Madison West finish runner-up to Middleton in the 200 free relay last year. Marty was also part of a 200 medley relay, with Kissel, that finished third at state for the Regents.
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Madison West sophomore defensive back Zack Mercier (24) intercepts Hamilton Chargers junior quarterback Patton Germann (6) Oct. 20 in the second half of the WIAA Level 1 playoff game against Hamilton-Sussex. The Regents went on to make the Level 3 playoffs.
up 27-23 early in the fourth quarter with a 4-yard touchdown run. Both teams exchanged touchdowns in the third quarter as West led 23-20. Stephens (152 total yards) scored on 11- and 16-yard runs for the Regents. Senior running back James Pabst scored on 80- and 72-yard touchdowns for the Cardinals. Stephens also caught a 26-yard touchdown pass from Shanklin (7-forWest 30, Middleton 27 13, 105 yards; 29 carries for 145 W h e n S h a n k l i n r a n i n t h e yards) in the second quarter. Senior game-winning touchdown with sec- kicker Kacper Lupe gave West a 10-7 onds left, the Regents cemented their lead at halftime with a 35-yard field best since the mid-80s. goal. Shanklin scored on a fourth-andgoal run to give the third-seeded Sun Prairie 49, West 17 Regents a 30-27 win. Senior running The season came to an end in the back Dion Huff had put the Cardinals
Sullivan was the Regents’ next highest individual finisher, taking third place in the 100 free (52:96) to qualify for state. Fellow freshman Sophie Fiske of Sun Prairie won the event in 51.85. Sullivan also reached the podium on the 100 back, posting a time of 58.62 for sixth place to also qualify for state in that event. Kissel was eighth in the 200 IM (2:15.5) and 100 breaststroke (1:08.5). Junior Clara Sato was ninth in the 200 free (1:59.88). Sebranek finished 11th in the 50 free (25.26) and freshman Maddy Reid matched the finish in the 500 (5:24.66).
Level 3 playoffs, as top-seeded Sun Prairie jumped out to a 35-0 lead early in the second quarter. Senior quarterback Jack Zander found junior wide receiver Cooper Nelson for a 3-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter, which proved to be the game-winner. That made it 20-0. Zander also found senior defensive back/wide receiver Kaden Kauppinen for a 31-yard touchdown pass to open the second quarter. Zander finished 13-for-23 for 296 yards and three touchdowns. Stephens (19 carries for 151 yards) finally put the Regents on the board with a 3-yard touchdown run before halftime, but West trailed 35-7. Lupe started the second half with a 28-yard field goal, but senior running back Draven Peeples ran in for 6-yard and 71-yard touchdowns to put an exclamation point on the win. Senior quarterback Keishawn Shanklin did find senior fullback for a 4-yard touchdown in between Peeples’ runs, but it wasn’t enough. Shanklin finished 5-for-16 for 62 yards, a touchdown and an interception. Peeples (23 carries for 168 yards; two receptions for 74 yards) started the scoring with a 5-yard touchdown run. Peeples also caught a 74-yard screen pass from Zander for a touchdown in the first quarter. Kauppinen returned a fumble that had been forced by senior Caden White, 24 yards for a touchdown and a 13-0 lead early in the game.
Crusaders: Girls win seven events at sectionals to best McFarland (224) once again. Four individuals and two relay teams feature last year’s returning champions. One event, the 100 freestyle, has its 2015 champion returning to regain the title. Junior Alexandra Moderski of McFarland won the championship in the 100 freestyle and set a state record two seasons ago and finished runner-up last year. She’s back in the event this season, possessing the fastest qualifying time at 52:06. Moderski also owns the Division 2 record in the 50 freestyle, an event she seeks a third straight title in with the fastest seed time of 23.47. Edgewood’s Rodriguez is the twotime champion in the 200 freestyle. She appears to be in position to win her third straight title, with the event’s fastest qualifying time of 1:52.97.
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The Madison West High School football team had its best season since 1985, falling two wins shy of making the WIAA Division 1 state meet. The No. 3 Regents (9-3) defeated No. 6 Hamilton-Sussex 21-9 on Oct. 20 at Mansfield Stadium for their first home playoff win since 2012. West followed that up with a 30-27 win Oct. 27 in a Level 2 playoff thriller at No. 2 Middleton, the first win over the Cardinals since 2009. “It’s a huge win for West football,” coach Brad Murphy said. “It’s a huge win for our seniors.” The run came to an end in a 49-27 defeat to No. 1 Sun Prairie on Nov. 3 in the Level 3 playoffs, but the Regents had already cemented their legacy to join teams from three decades ago. The last time West was this close to state was in 1981, when the Regents finished D1 state runner-up. The Regents also made state in 1977 and won their only WIAA state title in school history.
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Senior Bella Passamani of New Berlin Eisenhower seeks to earn her second straight gold medal in the 100 butterfly. Her qualifying time ranks second among the competitors at 57.27. Junior Katie Hayes of Brown Deer/University School, who was runner-up last season, possesses the top qualifying time in the butterfly at 57.05. Passamani is the fastest qualifier in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:06.24. Her second-place finish in the event last year makes her the top returning swimmer. Silvestri of Edgewood is the reigning champion in the 100 breaststroke. In addition to her title last season, she placed fourth in 2016 and sixth in 2015. She possesses the quickest qualifying time in the event this year at 1:06.17. She also owns the best qualifying time in the 200 individual medley at 2:06.10 after placing runner-up last year, which makes her the highest finisher returning
in the event. Likewise, junior Maddie Guman of New Berlin Eisenhower is the top returning finisher in the 100 backstroke, having placed third last season. She has the second-fastest qualifying time this year at 58.90. Freshman Mekenzie Hammer of Monroe/New Glarus is the top qualifier in the backstroke with a time of 57.80. The Edgewood 200 freestyle relay attempts to win for the third straight time, with the event’s fastest sectional performance of 1:37.46. The Crusaders’ 400 freestyle relay seeks its second straight crown after setting the Division 2 record last season. They enter the meet with the field’s second-best qualifying time of 3:35.18. New Berlin Eisenhower possesses the swiftest time at 3:35.06. Furthermore, Edgewood has the best seed time in the 200 medley relay, with a 1:46.09 after placing third a season ago.
The Madison West High School boys soccer team were given a No. 6 seed in the WIAA Division 1 playoffs, but the Regents handled their business against Big Eight foes to advance to state. The Regents (13-6-1) defeated Janesville Craig, Oconomowoc, Sun Prairie and Middleton on their way to their 15th state appearance in school history after a one-year hiatus. And their season ended in a 2-1 overtime defeat to eventual champion Marquette University High School. West had its share of ups and downs this season after a 4-1-1 start. After a loss to Brookfield Central, the Regents were 6-5-1 with three losses in the Big Eight Conference. But a seven-game winning streak, including six wins against conference foes, propelled West to state. The Regents opened regionals with a 2-0 win over No. 11 Janesville Craig on Oct. 19, and they defeated No. 3 Oconomowoc 1-0 on Oct. 21
to win a regional title. West then played No. 7 Sun Prairie, which upset No. 2 Madison East, on Oct. 26 and pulled off a 2-0 win. The sectional was full of upsets as No. 9 Beloit Memorial also defeated No. 1 Kettle Moraine to win a regional title, but Beloit’s run came to an end against No. 5 Middleton. That set up a West/Middleton rematch for a chance to go to state, and the Regents avenged an earlier loss with a 1-0 win on Oct. 28.
Marquette 2, West 1 (OT) Sophomore midfielder Paolo Gratto scored the equalizer in the 51st minute on Nov. 2 in the D1 state semifinal. Gratto one-timed a cross from junior forward Ian Shi. Marquette scored eight minutes into the first overtime, however, with a goal by senior forward Nicholas Cheung. Juniors Osvaldo Sanchez-Arellano and Thomas Brunneau both assisted on the goal. West had two shots in the second overtime but couldn’t tie the game to force a shootout.
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Girls finish ninth at state meet JEREMY JONES Sports editor
The Madison West girls cross country team raced its way to a ninth-place finish Oct. 28 at the WIAA Division 1 girls cross country race on Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids. Senior Vivian Hacker covered the 5k course in 19 minutes, 25.19 seconds to lead the Regents with a 21st-place finish out of 189 of the state’s top distance runners. She was the 15th runner across the finish line, scoring 15 of West’s 276 team points. Junior Andi Bowman was the only other West girl to crack the top 50, finishing 43rd overall in 19:48.27 for 31 team points. Sophomores Kristina Rohrer and Ella Kunstman were 111th and 114th, respectively. They scored 71 and 74 points as the team’s third and fourth runners. Junior Carson Drury was the Regent’s final runner, finishing 127th overall and 85th as a team scorer. Big Eight rival Sun Prairie, ranked 14th nationally, placed all five of its varsity scorers in the top 21 to repeat as state champions with a team score of 57. Muskego (74) and Onalaska (174) rounded
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Madison West senior Vivian Hacker finished 21st overall at the WIAA Division 1 state cross country meet in 19 minutes, 25.19 seconds.
out the top three spots. Janesville Craig senior Peyton Sippy won the meet with a 18:01.56.
Sectionals The Regents placed all five scorers around the top 20 on Oct. 21 to win the DeForest sectional by three points. West was challenged throughout the race by Stoughton but managed to take the team title 58-61. Both teams qualified for state. Hacker (19:3) and Bowman (19:4) finished the 5K race second and third behind Waunakee senior Reagan Hoopes, who posted a meetbest 19:02.
Regents: Sectional runner-up Continued from page 10 by more than 100 points, scoring 76 points to win the state title. Stevens Point scored 177 for second and South Milwaukee (191) finished third.
Sectionals Madison West finished second at the WIAA Division 1 DeForest sectional on Oct. 21
to qualify for state. Letcher and Jacobs finished fourth and sixth overall in 16:28 and 16:30. Nuenninghoff was 10th in 16:36. Jack Reed (16:53) and junior Manix White (16:57) rounded out the pack in 14th and 16th place to lead the Regents to 50 team point. Middleton swept the top three spots to win the meet with 34 points.
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Senior Julia Pletta races near the 2-mile mark of the WIAA Division 1 state meet Oct. 28 at the Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids. Pletta finished 105th in 20 minutes, 33.11 seconds.
Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids. “I’ve never been at any one place with so many cross country people,” Pletta said. “I just feel so grateful. It’s an amazing experience.”
Barger finishes 73rd in final race JEREMY JONES
The Verona Area High School girls volleyball team was a few points shy away from winning a WIAA Division 1 sectional semifinal Oct. 26 but a five-set comeback by second-seeded Waunakee ended its state hopes. The third-seeded Wildcats (26-9 overall) won the first two games in the latter sectional semifinal at Middleton High School, 25-23 and 25-22, but Waunakee battled back with 25-21 and 25-23 wins to force a fifth set. The Warriors clinched a spot in the sectional final with a 15-6 win in the final game and later defeated top-seeded Sun Prairie 3-2 (25-17, 13-25, 25-19, 17-25, 15-13) to advance to state for the first time in school history. Coach Kelly Annen said serving was key in the success of the first two sets. Waunakee 6-foot-3 junior Kiana Schmitt is a threat, and the serve and block was able to
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Seniors Hannah Worley (from left), Katie Karnosky and Kirstin Tidd are the first three Verona players to get the regional championship plaque Oct. 21, after the third-seeded Wildcats defeated No. 6 DeForest 3-1 (25-8, 25-21, 20-25, 25-20) in a WIAA Division 1 regional final. hold her in check. That also allowed the Wildcats’ hitters to gain confidence, Annen said. Senior Kirstin Tidd and sophomore Megan Touchett each finished with 13 kills, and senior Priya Shenoi collected 12 kills.
“Our defense was on fire,” Annen said. “Our block was identifying their angles. Our blockers were closing to not allow them to set up a solid pass, which was frustrating their hitters.” Things changed in the final
few sets, however. Waunakee inserted senior defensive specialist Maggie Check into the lineup, and they began to change their style of play. The changes themselves didn’t contribute to the comeback, but the Warriors started to change direction and lob hits to throw off both the Wildcats’ block and the back row. Waunakee’s block also started to take over, led by sophomore outside hitter Milla Malik, who ended up with eight blocks. “They played a little bit smarter, and we didn’t make the adjustments,” Annen said. In the final set, the energy and momentum remained with the Warriors, and it started to take Verona’s hitters out of their game, Annen said. “We weren’t anticipating that, so we were struggling to adapt to it,” Annen said. “They weren’t confident to swing, so we made a few unforced errors that continued to build and they were able to take a significant lead.”
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Verona senior Peter Barger’s left shoulder was noticeably scraped and bleeding slightly following the WIAA Division 1 boys state cross country meet on Oct. 28. “I ran into a tree. I’m not exactly sure how it happened, but it was probably my fault,” Barger said. A first-time state qualifier, a dinged-up Barger finished 73rd out of 189 of the state’s top distance runners Saturday at the Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids in 16 minutes, 57.56 seconds. “It’s kind of intimidating,” Barger said of lining up against the state’s best. “There are people all around
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Pletta caps prep career at state Fo u r y e a r s o f wo r k boiled down to a little over 20 1/2 minutes Oct. 28 for Verona senior Julia Pletta. Pletta, who wanted one more week to run at the WIAA Division 1 state cross country meet for the first time, finished her prep career placing 105th out of 189 of the state’s fastest distance runners. “I went into this thinking two things,” said Pletta who posted a time of 20 minutes, 33.11 seconds. “I wanted to make it the best race that I could and I wanted to enjoy the experience. It was definitely worth all of those weeks of summer practices and running on the weekends.” Pletta had a 6:23 at the first mile and a 13:09 at the second mile of the Ridges
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Senior Peter Barger approaches the final hill of the WIAA Division 1 boys state cross country meet Oct. 28 at the Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids. Barger finished 73rd in his first state meet.
you that work just as hard. It was definitely humbling.”
It looked like a long touchdown run Oct. 20, but as the sideline celebrated what would have been a score to make it a two-possession game, the sight of an official’s flag silenced the Verona Area High School football team. The call was an illegal block in the back as sophomore Haakon Anderson was about to pass the goal line, and it turned a 60-yard TD run into a firstand-10 on the 19-yard line. The Wildcats were held to a field goal on the drive, and two holding penalties took away first downs on the following drive as fourth-seeded Verona fell 28-19 to fifth-seeded Kettle
Moraine in a WIAA Division 1 Level 1 playoff after leading 13-7 at halftime. Verona had taken a 16-7 lead with 9 minutes, 14 seconds left in the third quarter after senior quarterback/kicker Aaron Young nailed a 38-yard field goal. But with senior defensive lineman Anton Golden suffering an injury on the next drive – and senior defensive lineman Reagan Stauffer out all game from an injury at practice – Kettle Moraine ran the ball 13 straight times for an 80-yard drive to cut the lead to 16-14. The Lasers continued to run right at the spot where Golden would have been, and senior running back Mike Timm capped the drive with a 4-yard
run. On a third-and-35 from their own 27, Verona elected to run and punt the ball. The Lasers followed with a 11-play scoring drive that was capped with a 5-yard run by Timm. Timm also ran in a two-point conversion to make it 22-19 Lasers. Kettle Moraine added another touchdown with 46 seconds to go, as Timm scored on a 3-yard run to make it 28-19. “The officials made some game-changing calls, and that is tough to overcome, but that is a part of the game,” Richardson said. “When you take points off the board, especially in a close game, it is a game-changer. It is too bad that happened.”
Sectionals: State meet set for Saturday at UW-Natatorium Continued from page 10 injury at practice on Thursday to win her fourth straight sectional title on Friday night. Henshue posted a time of 1 minute, 52.48 seconds to hold off Middleton rivals Caroline Hippen (1:52.66) and Hannah Aegerter (1:52.78). Aegerter collapsed on the deck after the race, which led to a lengthy medical delay and two subsequent delays while meet officials discussed whether or not to allow a substitution. “Right when we finished, I reached over to say, good job, but she really wasn’t moving,” Henshue said of Aegerter. “I got out of the pool and went over to her. I touched her arm and her face was as pale as a ghost. I believe she passed out on the deck, and I just hope she gets better really soon. “She’s always been one of the people that’s pushed me the most. I respect her a lot.” There was some controversy over the rules following Aergerter’s injury, which led to two more delays before the 500 free, which Henshue won in 5:00.41. Middleton was allowed to
substitute junior Makenna Licking in the 500 after the officials came together and eventually called the WIAA in Stevens Point for a final decision. Licking, who finished fourth in 5:13.09, qualified for state based on her time but another bizarre turn of events, the WIAA decided later not to allow her to swim at state as the rules state that substitutions may only be made before the start of the meet. “I’m not surprised that Sophie was not affected by the delays and everything,” coach Bill Wuerger said. “She’s a very mature swimmer. I think it would take a lot to rattle to her.” The defending state champion, Bennin broke her own pool record in the 100 breaststroke by .01 with a time of 1:04.03. She also claimed the 50 free by .26 over Sun Prairie freshman Sophie Fiske in a season-best 23.52. “I think it’s mainly a mental game,” Bennin said of the 50 free. “Bill has used mental visualization to get ready for our races. How many breaths you’re going to take, where you’re going to take them and how many strokes it is to the wall.
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Gabby Gnewuch qualified for state in the 200-yard freestyle and the 500 free (above).Gnewuch finished second to teammate Sophie Henshue in the 500 free (5:09.25) and added a seventh-place finish in the 200 free (1:56.85) Saturday. “I think that’s all you can really do – mentally prepare yourself for how quick it goes and all the little fine details within your race.” Nunn scored 455.15 points to best Madison Memorial senior Natalie Donkle (443.75). “I give Maggie a lot of credit,” Wuerger said. “She hit her heels pretty badly on the diving board at practice. She was not 100 percent, but
she kind of set that aside and had the mental toughness to dive well despite the injury.” Middleton won all three relays but no individual events to score a team-best 394 points. Verona Area/ Mount Horeb finished second with 337 and Madison Memorial leapt over Sun Prairie (283-263) for third place. Gabby Gnewuch (200, 500 free), Rachael Drapp (200
IM, 100 breast), Sara Stewart (100 fly, 100 back), Josie McCartney (100 fly) and Caroline Smith (100 breast) also qualified in individual events for VA/MH. Kaitlyn Zuehl will also be competing at state on the 200 medley and 200 free relays. “The girls gave it everything they had, which is all we can ask of them,” Wuerger said. “All 18 individual entries and two (of three) relays went season-best times.” Drapp finished fourth in the 200IM to qualify for state in 2:09.61. McCartney (58.64) and Stewart (58.8) took a sixth- and eighthplace finish in the 100 fly and moved on to state. Stewart also qualified with a
fourth-place finish in the 100 back (58.32). Gnewuch finished second to Henshue in the 500 free (5:09.25) and added a seventh-place finish in the 200 free (1:56.85) to advance to state. Smith was sixth in the 100 breaststroke (1:07.3) and Drapp was seventh (1:07.48) – both qualified for state. Verona moved all three relays back to the Natatorium as well. Stewart, Bennin, McCartney and Zuehl opened the meet with a second-place finish behind Middleton’s 200 medley relay in 1:46.45. The Cardinals won the event in 1:44.4. The Wildcats finished fourth in both the 200 and 400 free relays. Zuehl, Drapp, Gnewuch and Bennin placed fourth in the 200 free (1:38.9). Stewart, Henshue, Gnewuch and Drapp finished the meet, taking fourth place in the 400 free in 3:37.34. “It’s definitely a strong bonding process of swimming together with your teammates at state,” Bennin said. “All of our relays this year are pretty young. It’s definitely a bonding process.”
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Q. What is influenza and why is it more dangerous for seniors? A. Influenza, also known as the flu, is caused by a virus, or a germ. While most people
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recover in 1-2 weeks from the flu, others develop serious lung infections. This type of flu complication can land one in the hospital, and also lead to Pneumonia, Bronchitis and other serious infections. More than 60% of seasonal flu-related hospitalizations and 90% of related deaths occur in people 65 years and older. The flu is a greater concern for the elderly because, as we get older, our immune system becomes weaker. This makes it easier for seniors to get the flu, and much more difficult to fight off complications from it. Ask your doctor if you should get a flu shot and when to get it. You can go to your local clinic or even the local pharmacy to receive your flu shot. Now’s the time to set up your flu shot appointment because most medical experts recommend you get a flu shot in November. In general the ‘flu season’ begins in December and can last until spring. If you wait until the midst of flu season to get a shot, these antibodies in the flu shot won’t have enough time to develop immunity from the flu. According to the National Institution on Aging, Medicare will pay for a flu shot.
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Q. What kinds of things can I do to ensure my elderly mother doesn’t feel isolated? A. There are a number of things you can do to ensure your mother isn’t feeling alone. Here are a few tips that might help. 1) Provide transportation to and from appointments. 2) Visit her often! This could be anything from enjoying a cup of coffee with her to taking a short 15-minute walk, have a lunch date, or a shopping trip to her favorite store. 3) Encourage your mother to participate in activities. If none are offered in her living situation, help her find something close to home. Join her in the activity and of course, make sure she gets to and from safely! 4) Help make her home a special place. Display her favorite photos where she can view them daily, this will help her reminisce over the fond memories. Ask her about her memories, even if you’ve heard it before! 5) Encourage her to invite a neighbor or friend over for coffee or tea. If she is struggling to make friends, feel free to help her meet people in her apartment complex or in her neighborhood. 6) Suggest an exercise class that is safe for seniors. Often times, there is something right where she is living. We hope these few suggestions will help prevent your senior from feeling isolated.
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A. Here are several easy steps you can take to increase your home value. Make the space in your home appear larger by having furniture that is the right scale for the room. If you have an older or historic home, don’t get rid of the older features like original floors or stained glass. By doing that, you could actually lower the value of your home. Instead, spruce those Shawn Pfaff fixtures up so they show the classic nature of your home. Customize your closets. Spend most of your money that you have budgeted for remodeling on your kitchen. An improved kitchen is the best way to increase your home value. Take the steps to make your home more energy efficient. After taking these easy steps to increase the value of your home, please visit www.shawnpfaff.firstweber.com to find out what your home is worth. (608) 628-3275
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Q. How important is it to warm up before beginning an exercise program? A. The warm-up portion of an exercise routine, which typically occurs within the first
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Q. How can we keep our seniors safe in winter? Winter Safety for people with Dementia.
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Winter weather brings the beauty of snow and the challenge of freezing cold temperatures. But for people with Alzheimer’s disease and other kinds of dementia, it also brings several potential safety hazards such as: Improper Dressing: Some struggle with an awareness of the weather and temperature and may choose clothes that are completely inappropriate for the season. They may be quite adamant that shorts are perfect for going outside in the snow. Stove Left On: Some may feel cold and turn their stove on to heat themselves up, but then forget to turn it back off. Electric Blanket Risk: Electric blankets may cause an area of skin to become too hot and burn, and the person with dementia may not be aware that the burn is occurring. Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Due to the use of heating systems and a sealed up house, the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning is increased in the cold months. Slipping and Falling Outside: A person with dementia might not use good judgment and could attempt to shovel snow and ice when it isn’t safe to do so, putting themselves at risk for falls and fractures. Decreased Sunlight: The decreased sunlight in winter times can increase the potential for sleeping problems since there is less daylight. It can also increase agitation due to sun downing, a condition where people with Alzheimer’s disease experience more restlessness and confusion as evening approaches.
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ease including cold, flu, and sinus infections. The best way to maintain a healthy immune system is by minimizing stress. Moderate exercise, a healthy diet low in processed carbohydrates and sugars, and adequate sleep of at least 7 hours per Jill Unwin, Lee Unwin, night are things that you can do daily to keep your body up to DC, CCEP BCMT, CSCS the task of fighting off illness. Additionally, research studies find chiropractic adjustments and massage therapy to be mutually beneficial in prevention by supporting our immune systems. Chiropractic adjustments increase our bodies’ immunoglobulin A levels while massage therapy increases levels of our “killer cells” known as lymphocytes, with both treatments decreasing levels of cortisol (a major component of stress). All of these tools combined will make you a healthier individual so even if you catch that cold you will be on a pathway to a more rapid recovery.
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Amendment Cost Alder(s) Reduce/study parkland, plan commission fees TBD Clauder Reduce parkland fees TBD Arata-Fratta, Bahr Traffic shifts on Reduce plan commission fees TBD Arata-Fratta, Bahr both sides of Verona Separate permitting for solar projects TBD Hartmann Road Remove East Fire Station operating costs ($17,200) Richardson Consultant to evaluate structure of Fire/EMS $30,000 Arata-Fratta SCOTT GIRARD Study of potential future facility in KJW $5,000 Krause, Scott Unified Newspaper Group Study of Greenway Cross/Coho area play space $1,000 Krause, Richardson Two Verona Road interStudy of and minor amenities for Nine Springs $7,500 Krause, Richardson, Bahr sections have been perAmenities at Belmar Hills Park $6,000 Krause, Scott, Bahr manently closed in recent weeks as the reconstrucRegional public art project using room tax funds $15,000 Arata-Fratta tion project continues. Paved shoulders on Whalen Road $600,000 Richardson, Hartmann, Vehicles are no longer able to turn onto or from Clauder Chalet Gardens Road or Badger Trailside Park Shelter $15,000 Hartmann Carriage Street. Healthy Neighborhood Development Initiative TBD Arata-Fratta, Bahr, Hartmann Along with those closures, traffic patterns have Part-time staff for Healthy Neighborhood Initiative $37,921 Clauder, Scott, Krause Grants to others funded by CDBG funds TBD Clauder, Scott Funding for community needs via CEDA grants $100,000 Krause Total $800,221
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balance of investing in communities,” Bahr said Oct. 25. “I think we need to get away from certain organizations getting something and others not. But rather people compete, and come to the city with ideas.” Gonzalez told the Star after proposing his budget that he had been surprised to find the financial state the city was in when he took office, and that there was not room to fund the programs. While his proposal is around $300,000 below the state-imposed levy limit, he and city finance director Misty Dodge have said leaving that room would be smart in preparing for increases they know are coming for 2019, namely a third ambulance and crew to go with it. That means even if the money is put into the 2018 budget for the nonprofit program, it could be on the cutting block again next year. Ald. Tom Clauder (D-4) had his doubts with the idea at all, and said funding nonprofits with taxpayer dollars is a “slippery slope.” “We’re setting the council up for future councils to struggle with this,” Clauder said. “I’m for, if you want to go write a check, anybody up here for the Boys and Girls Club, go ahead and do it.” Arata-Fratta stressed that “things are changing” and the city has to find a way to help its more vulnerable populations. “We have a problem, Tom,” Arata-Fratta said. “What happens in 10 years in this city if we don’t do anything?” Clauder said that made it sound like “we don’t do a lot in this city,” and while “we can always do better,”
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there was plenty to celebrate already. “We do a lot for the kids in this community, we do a lot for the seniors in the community, and anybody who says we don’t I’ll be first in line to argue with you,” he said. A related amendment would add a part-time staffer to help with the initiative for $37,921. That amendment was sponsored by Clauder, Krause and Anne Scott (D-1). “We tax our staff almost to the point of beyond reason without this,” Krause said. Mayor Jason Gonzalez expressed concerns about the long-term implications of adding a position, though. “It always grows and grows and grows,” Gonzalez said. “I know where this is going. This (position) is not going away.” Contact Scott Girard at ungreporter@wcinet.com and follow him on Twitter @sgirard9.
The Verona Road reconstruction project is in the second of three phases in Stage 2 of the project. Stage 2 work is expected to continue until 2020 and includes work on Verona Road between Raymond Road and PD as well as on PD between Fitchrona Road and Commerce Park Drive, with the eventual goal to turn Verona Road into a free-flowing highway onto the Beltline. Stage 1 was the Beltline onramp reconfiguration and went from 2013-2016. – Scott Girard
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The Verona Road reconstruction project was named the Top Road Project in America last month by Roads and Bridges Magazine. The magazine story accompanying the recognition cites the importance of the road to the community surrounding it, as well as the importance of walking and biking in the Madison area generally. To read it, visit roadsbridges.com/ no-1-road-crucial-community
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also shifted for both northand southbound traffic between County Hwy. PD and the city limits. Pedestrian traffic has also shifted, as the pedestrian tunnel on Verona Road just north of Williamsburg Way closed Nov. 1. Pedestrians can now cross Verona Road at a crosswalk at Williamsburg Way and down the East Frontage Road. While there were no nightly single lane closures on Verona Road or PD over the past week, they are still expected at times in the coming weeks.
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Budget: Council divided on nonprofit funding (D-2) and Tony Hartmann (D-4), would take different approaches to funding nonprofits, but have a similar result in creating an application system for groups. Boys and Girls Club of Dane County CEO Michael Johnson said the amendments were not the model he would prefer. In recent years, BGC has been a $50,000 line item in the city’s budget. “The amendments are a step in the right direction, but there is still much work that has to be done to address concerns we have raised,” Johnson wrote on Facebook. “This is not a victory by no means, yet.” The amendment from Krause would put $100,000 in a fund to be distributed through the Community and Economic Development Authority, an idea that made it into the 2017 budget in addition to the BGC funding after a large outcry to proposed nonprofit funding changes in 2016. The proposal last year would have set up a similar system to what Krause’s amendment proposes, with funding allocated by CEDA but not specific to any group, which drew opposition last November. While similar in nature, the idea from the group of three alders seemed to have more traction than Krause’s at an Oct. 25 Committee of the Whole meeting where the group discussed the amendments. That proposal would reinstate money in the Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative and add more to the fund than was there in 2017. That would provide the opportunity for the Boys and Girls Club to continue its funding but would not guarantee it. The alders wrote in their proposal that the money could be anywhere between $75,000 and $100,000, depending on what else the council decides to include in the budget. “We do want to have that
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CLOSURES November 22 – Library closing at 5:00 November 23 – Library CLOSED November 23 & 24 City Hall, Recreation Dept. & Senior Center CLOSED December 6 – Library CLOSED for staff in-service day
FITCHBURG SENIOR CENTER Meditation for the Holidays For some folks, the holidays are difficult, whether from the darkening days, grief, or family tensions. Learn some tools and tips for surviving and even thriving through hard times in this brief meditation series. We’ll meet Nov 17, Dec 1, and Dec 8 from 9:4510:30 a.m. Cost is $20 and the class is led by Becky Otte-Ford. Call 270-4290 or stop by the Senior Center to register and pay.
Medicare Part D Open Enrollment Gives Opportunity to Save Money Open enrollment for 2018 Medicare Part D plans run now through December 7, 2017. This is the time that Medicare beneficiaries who are enrolled in Part D plans can review their plan to determine if it will still be the most cost-effective in 2018. Call the Senior Center to schedule an appt. 270-4290.
FALL PAPER SHRED AND REUSABLE BAG COLLECTION RESULTS Thanks to the Fitchburg residents who braved the rain to participate in the Paper Shred Event on October 7. Pellitteri Data Destruction had two trucks at City Hall, and with help from the Resource Conservation Commission members and City staff, we collected 1.89 tons of material from 152 households. New this year, the event included collection of 62 paper grocery bags and 8 cloth bags. The bags will be donated to the Madison City Dollar, LLC in the Allied/Dunn’s Marsh Neighborhood.
If you have any suggestions on timing for these events or would like to help out, please contact Bill Balke at bill.balke@fitchburgwi. gov or 270-4264.
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Go to www.fitchburgwi.gov/recreation and click on “View Activities” to see our list of programs for this upcoming Fall Season!
December Dance Day!
A day for parents to drop off the kids and take some time to do some holiday shopping, finish a project, or just relax! Meanwhile know your kids will be having a blast dancing with Mrs. Nicole! This 2-hour session will include a variety of movements from ballet, jazz and hip hop. The students will work on choreography in small groups and use their ideas to create a routine. The day will include, free dance, games and extra fun for all ages included! Sign up now! Spaces are limited! • Ages – 4-9 yrs old • Day/Time – Saturday, December 2nd from 9am-11am • Location – Fitchburg Community Center • Fee - $12
Family Musikgarten
A multi-age (birth-4yrs) music and movement class for the entire family. Sing, chant rhymes, play instruments and musical games, dance and move to familiar songs of childhood. As we play, music learning begins and we build a community of music makers! Each registered child will receive a movement scarf that will be used for class activities. New Songs and Activities from Previous Sessions Note: Each additional sibling will receive a $5 discount. • Ages – Birth-4 yrs old • Day/Time – Thursdays, January 4 – January 25 from 9am-9:40am • Location – Fitchburg Community Center • Fee - $40
Kids Painting Class – Little Reindeer
For this class children will be painting a darling reindeer! They will be using acrylic paint on a 16 x 20 canvas. Throughout this painting we will be working on shading and blending along with background, middle ground and foreground. Children will be guided step by step. These paintings turn out beautiful and will work as a wonderful holiday gift or a treasured piece to hang in your home for the winter! • Ages – 5-12 yrs old • Day/Time – Saturday, December 9th from 1pm-3pm • Location – Fitchburg Community Center • Fee - $40
Wisconsin Martial Arts
Each student will receive a well-rounded martial arts and fitness education. We teach the standard striking and blocking movements, traditional forms, and weaponry. We also offer more unique aspects, such as practical self-defense and joint manipulation applications, tumbling and acrobatics, fitness tracking and goal-setting, two different kinds of ground fighting, armored weapon fighting, two different kinds of stand-up fighting that incorporate elements of boxing and take-downs, throws, and more. • Ages – 4-8 yrs old and 9-15 yrs old • Day/Time – Mondays and Wednesdays, Dec. 4-Dec. 13, 5:30pm-6pm (4-8 yr. olds), 6pm-7pm (9-15 yr. olds) • Location – Community Center – Fitchburg Room • Fee - $20 (4-8 yr. olds), $25 (9-15 yr. olds)
The City of Fitchburg Police & Fire Commission has published a survey to receive input from Fitchburg residents and community & business leaders regarding the traits and characteristics most important when selecting the next Police Chief.
The survey is available through Sunday, November 19, 2017 and a link can be found on the City’s website at: http://www.fitchburgwi.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=968. Paper copies of the survey are available at City Hall, the Fitchburg Public Library and the Senior Center.
$100 REBATES STILL AVAILABLE IN 2017 WHEN YOU REPLACE OLD TOILETS The Fitchburg Water Utility is still offering $100 rebates in 2017 for households that meet the following criteria: • Participant must be a Fitchburg Utility District customer. • Residential participants must own a single-family home, condo, or apartment built prior to January 1994. • Participant must replace an existing 3.5or 5-gallon toilet manufactured prior to 1994. (Rebates are not for new construction.) • The program is limited to one rebate per year (five for complex/apartment owner per calendar year). • Eligible replacement toilets must be 1.28- gallon HETs listed on the EPA WaterSense website. (epa.gov/ watersense/product_search.html)
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• Proof of the existing toilet size and manufacture date is required to receive a rebate. If you cannot find this information, call the utility at 270-4270 before disposing of old toilet. • Dated receipt with model name and number of new toilet must be submitted. High-efficiency toilets can save 2-4 gallons of water every time you flush! That’s a savings of 11-19 gallons of water every day and a whopping 4100- 6800 gallons per year. Toilets use an average of about 31% of water in households, so getting a water-efficient toilet is a great way to conserve water and save money. For more information, visit www.fitchburgwi.gov/Conservation.
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Becoming Fahey Farm The 160 acres of land was purchased in 1855 by James Monks Sr., who had recently immigrated from Ireland. The farm was established in 1867 after construction on the main house was completed. He purchased land next to the farm in 1869, and in 1883 the land was divided among his three sons – James Jr., John and Thomas. The brothers farmed together until 1896, when Thomas sold his 160 acres to his sister and her husband, Julia Monks Fahey and John Fahey. The farm transferred to their son, Joseph Fahey, on July 3, 1928, which happened to be the same day color television was transmitted for the first time. D av i d ’s fa t h e r, R o b ert Fahey – who was born on the farm – eventually claimed ownership Sept. 9, 1978. The land was registered as a centennial farm in 1989, and David recalled working on the farm with his father. “The land has seen it all,” David said. “I remember watching my dad and grandpa plant corn with hand planters. You don’t see that anymore.”
Evolving through time Many things have changed since the family began farming – in addition to being shared by the siblings and the obvious changes in technology, the family no longer farms animals and they managed to turned something that was a headache into a heartwarming sign of home. The engraved stone that marks the front of the property was once an unadorned sore spot on “the back 40.” “(My dad) worked around it his entire life,” David said. The family moved it to become the current monument in 1992, using pulleys and wheels. They then engraved it with “Fahey, Est. 1855,” and it has sat there ever since. The progression of technology is one of the key significant changes throughout the history of the farm, which David noted his father had seen the most of. He recalled stories Robert shared about plowing with a team of horses and planting crops by hand.
“The land takes care of you if you take care of it,” he said. “It’s a blessing.” A particularly exciting moment for Robert was the coming of the new tractor, which arrived at the farm in 1949 after WWII. The tractor arrived before the sun came up, under the cover of darkness, so as to not make neighboring farmers jealous. It now sits, lovingly used, next to the big, red barn. Robert, with the help of David and the rest of the family, milked Holstein cows until 1993 and continued to farm until he passed in 2008. It’s now a “crop farm,” David said, as they grow corn, soybeans and winter wheat. “And some weeds,” Sarah said with a laugh.
In the family With six generations of Faheys living and growing up on the farm, countless stories like those have passed down the family line through its evolution. David said it’s his retirement plan to document those stories, and he hopes Nicholas, 7, will eventually take over the farm and continue to share that history. “I replaced my grandfather as the worker, I worked with my father and learned a great appreciation for the land and farming,” David said. “I learned a commitment to Fitchburg and how to be a steward to the land, because it’s a balance. It’s something I grew to appreciate, and I hope my son will, too.” When they were recognized at the council meeting, Sarah and David recalled thinking about the significance family farming has had on the history of Fitchburg. “Families always farmed together; in 1965 there were 35 farm families in Fitchburg,” David said. “They’re names you recognize, Whalen, Gorry, but now companies are moving in and farms are being sold.” But that development isn’t a bad thing, Sarah said. “The town is coming closer to the farm, but I can now walk from that ‘back 40’ to a park with my son,” she said. “Those are memories he’s going to have forever.” Contact Amber Levenhagen at amber.levenhagen@ wcinet.com.
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THANK YOU to everyone who attended our 9th Annual Senior Expo at the Stoughton Wellness & Activity Center on Wednesday, October 11, 2017.
Over 350 people turned out to visit over 40 vendors!
Mark your calendar for our 10th Annual Senior Expo on Wednesday, October 10, 2018. Thank you to these businesses who participated in our 9th Annual Senior Expo: Adult Day Center (Catholic Charities) • Aster Senior Communities • BBG’s Beehive Homes of Oregon • Blackhawk Credit Union • Care Wisconsin Champion Windows • Chocolate Caper • Clear Captions • Costco Cress Funeral & Cremation Service • Culvers of Verona • David F. Grams & Associates Edgerton Hospital • El Rio Grande • Famous Ye ti’s • Fosdal’s • Four Winds Manor Gorilla Movers • Greenspire Apartments • Gunderson Funeral Home Hanson Electronics • Haskins Short & Brindley LLC • Ho-Chunk Gaming Madison Humana MarketPOINT Inc • iCare • Independence First Mobility • Jimmy John’s Lotus Salon • Madison Hearing • Main Street Kitchen • Malabar Coast Coffee & Te a McFarland State Bank • Melly C • Metcalfe’s • Miller & Sons Supermarket • Miracle Ear Moving Maude • Nazareth House • Noel Manor • Oregon Hometown Pharmacy Papa Murphy’s • Pick ‘n Save • Pizza Hut • Pizza Pit • Recover Health Rosewood Apartments • Seasons of Life • Sienna Crest Assisted Living Skaalen Retirement Services • SSM Health at Home • St. Mary’s - SSM Health St.Vincent DePaul’s • State Farm Insurance-Abby Wishau • Stoughton Eye Care & Eyewear Stoughton Floral • Stoughton Garden Center Stoughton Hospital • Stoughton Hospital Foundation Stoughton Lumber • Stoughton Meadows Stoughton Wellness & Activity Center • Subway Sugar & Spice Eatery • Tabby & Jack’s The Heights & Evansville Manor • UPS Store of Stoughton • Wisconsin Veterans Home-King
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