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Izzy Perz, 4, nearly jumps out of her seat while her sister Zoe, 2, left in pigtails, and Henry Eveland, 2.5, blue shirt look on during Storytime at Kopke’s Greenhouse on April 14.
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As a spring snowstorm blew in to Oregon last Saturday, Kopke’s Greenhouse was alive with the sound of children laughing during the first-ever Storytime at Kopke’s Greenhouse event put on by the Oregon Library. Youth Services librarian Kelly Allen had the rapt attention of the twenty or so children facing her as she engaged them with games and interactive stories. She even had help from Dewey the Pelican who overcame a bit of stage fright to perform an exciting final trick. Kids and parents alike seemed to enjoy the event, and the librarians and greenhouse staff were planning to try to make it more than a one-time thing.
Even though the weather might not have looked it this week, construction season is right around the corner in Oregon. Two long-awaited projects are set to begin soon: a connection uniting North and South Perry Parkway and a hotel on the village’s south side. In addition, there are the two projects already underway and about a dozen others slated for construction in 2018, public works director and zoning administrator Jeff Rau told the Observer in an email. Some of these will disrupt traffic, like mill and overlay projects around the high school, though those won’t start until fall. The South Main Street parking lot will be out of commission starting late spring. That will be finished in the fall, as will a project to bury power lines and add new LED lights along the
route out of town on Jefferson Street. In addition, the Jefferson Crossing apartment complex that’s been under construction since last May is expected to have residents by July 1. And as many as three new housing subdivision phases are starting this year, adding to one in the Bergamont that’s expected to wrap up in June. “As you can see, there (are) a lot of things happening in the village,” Rau wrote. Here’s a look at what you can expect to see under construction this summer.
Starting soon The South Main Street parking lot will be torn up for an extended period this summer before being completely redone by the Jefferson Crossing project developer. The work is contingent on a downtown electrical and lighting project that
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Phased Jaycee Park Observer picked No. 2 in state for its size plan gets thumbs-up Awards First place Sports Photo: Anthony Iozzo Second place General Excellence: Staff Sports Photo: Anthony Iozzo “Rookie” Reporter of the Year: Amber Levenhagen, Stoughton Honorable Mention All-Around Newspaper Photography: Staff emphasis on writing quality. Newspapers submittedthree whole issues – in February, September and a wild-card option – which are judged front to back. Oregon’s entry had cover photos from former UNG reporter Samantha Christian and a mix of features and news on the front – including
a story from Scott De Laruelle on a cooperative garden and a piece on drug dog searches being approved in schools and a story from Bill Livick about two people who traveled on the Appalachian Trail. “If judging on photo quality, choice and placement alone, you’d be the clear winner,” the judge wrote. “Nice mix of hard news and feature stories/photos.” Iozzo’s submissions were for “Making the podium,” a wrestling photo from last year’s conference tournament, and “Closing the season at state,” a bittersweet shot of softball players accepting their loss with a smile. He also earned a third place for design of sports pages in Stoughton. “Image shot at critical moment captures winner’s face, loser’s and ref ’s call,” the judge wrote about the wrestling photo. “Rare to get all three.”
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A plan to phase development of new athletic fields in Jaycee Park West got the Village Board’s approval Monday. The total project cost would be almost $4 million, but for now, village officials are looking to invest $1 million in the first of three phases, with another $500,000 supplied by local sports groups through private fundraising. That phase would add four fields, a parking lot and a bridge. The board had met with
the sports complex developer Rettler Corp in February and asked manager Ross Rettler to design a phased approach to the project, with a goal of reducing the overall cost. He presented his plan to village officials Monday – calling in by phone from Stevens Point during a joint meeting for the Park Board and Village Board, with user groups in attendance. The athletic organizations had set a $650,000 fundraising goal in February, but with other significant fundraising efforts being conducted in the village at the same time, the goal was reduced by $150,000.
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For the second year in a row, the Oregon Observer has been chosen among the top two newspapers in the state. The Observer placed second in the General Excellence category at the Wisconsin Newspaper Association’s annual awards banquet April 13. It was one of four awards the newspaper took home in the annual contest and one of 17 overall for Unified Newspaper Group, which also publishes the Verona Press, Stoughton Courier Hub and Fitchburg Star. The Star is not eligible for WNA awards as a free publication. Assistant sports editor Anthony Iozzo took both first and second place in sports photography, and the newspaper also won an honorable mention for all-around photography. The General Excellence award reflects all aspects of newspaper publication, including design, photography, sports, opinion, advertising and print quality. But it puts the heaviest
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German exchange builds ties 14th and last trip for founder Windmöller ALEXANDER CRAMER Unified Newspaper Group
Markus Kegler visited Oregon High School as a high school exchange student in 1992 on the inaugural trip organized by Holger Windmöller. Now a generation later, Windmöller is joined on his 14th and final trip before retiring in June by Markus’ son Moritz. It is a fitting end for the founder of the exchange program, who estimates has it brought 350 students from Dreieichschule in Langen, Germany on a cultural exchange to the United States. He started the program in 1990 as part of a “sistership” program between Wisconsin and the German Federal State of Hessen. “This has been a big challenge and it has proven to be very successful,” Windmöller told the Observer. “When I retire this summer, I can go home and say I’ve done my job.”
Warm welcome Ties between the states’ governments began in their respective business communities in the 1970s, Windmöller said, and officials signed documents in 1990 to establish cultural ties between schools. Every other year since 1992, a group of around 25 students from the Dreieichschule (Three Oaks School) in Langen, Germany visit OHS and stay with Oregon families. Later in the year, a group of OHS students visit Langen; many staying with the families of students they hosted. Windmöller credits the efforts of teachers like Jeff Dyer, OHS’ coordinator of the German American Partnership Program, for establishing the consistency that has allowed their joint program to flourish after so
many years. It’s not easy to get into either – this year’s group of 25 was chosen from 80 applicants. Many had been looking forward to the opportunity for years, since they’d heard of it from others who had made the trip. When German staff and students arrived March 21 for their three-week stay, they saw their black, yellow and red German tricolor flag flying alongside the Stars and Stripes on downtown flagpoles – a welcome reciprocated when the Americans visit Langen. And while the traditional greetings are always in place, each trip features new things for students to see and do. Through the years, the Village of Oregon has provided the German visitors with pre-arranged programming such as local job shadowing and tours of buildings like city hall and the fire department. This year, they helped stage the group leaders getting “arrested” in front of the students – something only the teachers knew about. During a ride-along with the Oregon Police Department, 16-year-old German student Joelle Rockstein, got a close-up look at what real-life policing is like. “I caught two people because of speeding,” she said. “I don’t think they thought it was funny, but I did. It was a new experience for me.”
Expectation vs. reality M o s t s t u d e n t s d i d n ’t know quite what to expect of Oregon. To p r e p a r e t h e m f o r the journey, Windmöller showed students a video from the 1980s about life in Mason City, Iowa. Besides the pants and haircuts, he said a lot of things “they do in school are quite similar.” When Rockstein said she heard the population was around 9,000, she expected “a small village.” What she found was quite different.
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The exchange group in front of the Bean in Chicago’s Millenium Park. The groups are normally around 25 people, and they have visited Oregon 14 times since the program’s inception in 1992. “There is so much space between all the houses and it takes so long to get from A to B,” she said. “Here, we have to drive with the car everywhere – no walking, no bicycling. What we call a neighbor here, we would call a different city (in Germany).” The students also worried it might be “a bit weird” staying with people they didn’t know, but said they appreciated their host families’ hospitality and enthusiasm to learn about German culture. Each student prepared a presentation about Germany on topics like getting a driver’s license, but 15-yearold German student Sophie Mumper said at one intermediate school they visited, students had so many questions, the Germans were there for an hour and a half and they never got to the actual presentations. Linus Hofacker, 15, said while he wasn’t surprised “to be supported by the Americans” if he forgot or mispronounced an English word, he was surprised how “liberal” Wisconsin voters were. “Because (the state) voted for Trump, I would’ve thought there would’ve been a lot of Trump voters,” Hofacker said. “Every time we brought Trump into the conversation there was kind of this taboo that people didn’t want to talk about him.” Another thing that stood out was the difference between Oregon and Lang e n s c h o o l s , H o fa c ke r said. German students have “more rights when it comes to doing stuff other than learning in school,” like walking around without a pass, but the curriculum is more restricted and students
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The German soccer team at OHS in 1992. This picture was taken during the first exchange trips made between the two schools. Markus Kegler is pictured kneeling second from the right, and this year, his son Moritz became the first second-generation exchange student to visit OHS. cannot personalize their schedules until their 10th year. After seeing the American system up close, the German students said American high schoolers are more “specialized” in their knowledge. Hofacker marveled that OHS has a CNC machine and 3D printers while Dreieichschule “barely has color printers.”
A cultural exchange Many students went on trips with their host families to catch a baseball game in Milwaukee, see the arch in St. Louis or visit Chicago. Even though Langen – a suburb of Frankfurt – is an urban area of more than two million people, Chicago still made an impression. Kegler has seen the “Windy City” on TV, but said being there in person is something else entirely.
“I thought Frankfurt has high skyscrapers,” Kegler said. “Then I see Chicago and thought, ‘What? OK. That’s a nice skyline.” Come June, when it’s the Germans’ turn to host, they’re excited to show off their hometown. The World Cup – which Germany won the last time around – will be in full swing, and trains will run “every 15 minutes” into nearby Frankfurt for public viewings around the city. Hofacker says he wants to take his exchange partner to a nearby city through Luxembourg “so he can be in three different countries in one day.” “Rub it in his face, open borders!” he joked. Frankfurt will also play host to ebbelwoifest, a local apple-wine festival, around the time Americans are visiting. But not to worry, the
students assured the Observer that “Germans don’t drink.” Windmöller’s colleague and co-leader, Isabella Petabrakis, told the Observer she learned the importance of exchange programs when she participated in one in Indiana in 2001, where she will soon return to attend a wedding. “It has shaped my life and I know how important it is to see other people and live with other people,” Petabrakis said. “It’s so important for kids to go out into the world and see with other eyes. Especially now that the U.S. is not highly regarded in Europe at the moment and kids see how people are not that different and its important to work together.” Contact Alexander Cramer at alexander.cramer@ wcinet.com.
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OHS seniors present at UW Join hundreds from around state for ‘Great World Texts’ ALEXANDER CRAMER Unified Newspaper Group
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A student explains her presentation at the Great World Texts conference at the University of Wisconsin’s Institute for Discovery. 900 students from around the state participated in the conference, including 40 from OHS. Carson’s 1962 book on environmentalism and the use of pesticides, “Silent Spring.” Rogness, who teaches English, read the book before applying to the program last spring, and decided to reach out to Leider, who teaches AP Environmental Science. “It’s a dense text, it’s science-y, a little older,” Rogness explained. Fai said the program intentionally tried to promote this kind of cross-collaboration. Though the
conference is traditionally well-attended by English classes, “this year we had a lot of science classes, too, and a lot of English classes learning how to do science texts” and vice-versa. Rogness and Leider designed the curriculum for the unit after attending two full-day pedagogical seminars with the UW Center for Humanities. Around 80 students participated in the program, Leider wrote in an email, which involved preparing a
project inspired by lessons learned from the book. Forty of those students decided to attend the conference at the Institute for Discovery last Tuesday, where they joined hundreds of other students whose presentations lined the walls of the atrium. “It was packed, it was full. I even saw some college kids engaging with students,” Rogness said. “It was inspiring to me to see my kids on a collaborative level engaging with other kids from other schools.”
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The teachers intentionally left the parameters for the projects open so students could “pick their topics, what they wanted to research and how they wanted to present it,” Rogness said. The presentations ranged from posters to rapping, with everything in between. “We actually had students go out and talk to the DNR and compare Lake Kegonsa with Mendota and other lakes,” Rogness said. Each school chose one group to present to the whole conference. The Oregon representatives spoke about their research looking into different types of cancers and how different types of pesticides relate to different types of cancers, Rogness said. Since joining the department in 2015, Rogness has worked to implement a “workshop model” to improve students’ writing and reading stamina. She said the Great World Texts project fit into that effort, allowing students enough autonomy to pursue their own interests while sustaining the projects over an extended period of time. Rogness said she plans to pursue the program next year if she’s assigned to teach seniors again. “It was really, really rewarding,” Rogness said. “When we returned to Oregon, so many kids said ‘It was so cool, you should really do this again.’”
State Rep. Don Vruwink has announced he will run for re-election this fall. The Milton-based Democrat, whose 43rd district covers Whitewater, Milton, Edgerton, Footville, part of Oregon and other townships, was first elected in 2016. In his campaign announcement, he wrote that “the first 16 months of my term have flown by.” He wrote that he has tried to focus on responding to all of the Vruwink emails, letters and phone calls that he has received. He is holding five listening sessions in his district in the coming weeks, he wrote. “My priorities moving forward will be to find a long-term sustainable funding solution for our transportation infrastructure, a fair funding formula for our public schools and a vision for Wisconsin that includes long-term success for all of our 72 counties and not just a selected few,” he wrote. The general election is Nov. 6, with primaries scheduled for Aug. 14 if necessary. Statewide races on the ballot will include a U.S. Senate seat and governor. Contact Scott Girard at ungreporter@wcinet.com and follow him on Twitter @sgirard9.
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Phase 1 of the Jaycee Park West plan features four new ball fields. as the phases are undertaken, but Park Board chair Rich Strohmenger wondered whether they could be connected earlier in the project. “There’s a lot of walkers and dog walkers who use those paths,” he said. Rettler responded that gravel or a temporary base could be installed around the entire park and completed later. Trustee Jeff Boudreau asked officials if there were a way to have other communities contribute to the project cost, or if fees could be charged to nonresidents who use the park. Village attorney Matt
Dregne said the village does collect some fees from users at the senior center who reside in other communities, but added, “I’ve never seen it happen at a facility like this.” A member of the Park Board asked how the village would finance future phases of the project. Village president Steve Staton said the issue would be decided by future boards, noting, “We can’t lock them in” to any commitments. Amy Crowe, president of Oregon Youth Softball Association, said she supports the plan for Jaycee Park West but is concerned about other parks in the
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v i l l a g e , a n d h ow c h i ldren would feel playing at less-developed facilities. She noted the nearby Kiser Park has poor playing fields, as do other parks, and wondered what the village would do to improve those areas, as well. S t a t o n s a i d o ffi c i a l s hadn’t discussed improving other fields in the village, and Gracz asked Rettler to prepare cost estimates for improving fields in other village parks. Contact Bill Livick at bill. livick@wcinet.com
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Village administrator Mike Gracz suggested the village would borrow $500,000 for the project this year and wait to borrow the rest until athletic groups – baseball, softball, soccer, lacrosse and adult rugby – reach their fundraising goal. “That way we’d have some money to start doing some of the design work,” Gracz told the Observer. “But things won’t happen on the ground until they hit their $500,000.” The village has been working with the Rettler Corp. for several years to plan the park. The original design included four ball fields and eight soccer fields, along with two new parking lots, walking paths, three new pedestrian bridges and a “concessions plaza” on 25.3 acres. The first phase of development includes two 220foot Little League baseball fields, two 210-by-360 feet soccer fields and also a temporary soccer field, a 77-stall parking lot and a new pedestrian bridge. Other work involves grading and preparing the site with utilities. Rettler’s plan indicates walking paths for the park would be built and modified
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The Wisconsin Institute for Discovery hosts plenty of conferences throughout the year. But last Tuesday, amid the indoor trees and glass walls, the presenters weren’t the usual academics and professionals: they were high-schoolers. About 900 students – including, for the first time, 40 from Oregon High School – had converged from around the state for the Great World Texts Annual Student Conference. OHS teachers Mackenzie Rogness and Tracey Leider spearheaded the effort, which was over a year in the making and involved cross-disciplinary collaboration and developing new curriculum. “I wanted to create an authentic experience for my kids,” Rogness told the Observer. “I wanted my seniors to kind of have that taste of college and an opportunity for higher-level thinking.” Each year for the past 14 years, the UW Center for the Humanities has chosen a text for the program that “might be traditionally seen as too difficult for high school students or not part of the traditional curriculum in high school,” public humanities program manager Aaron Fai told the Observer. This year, it was Rachel
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recently met a former co-worker at the Firefly for a visit. Her first words were how lucky I was to be living in a community with so many beautifully restored buildings and historic homes. She is absolutely correct, we are lucky indeed. Take the Firefly, a restored older building that is often referred to as “Oregon’s Living Room.” It’s a unique community place, and it’s hard to imagine what we would do without it. Our historic buildings and homes have Glysch been brought back to life again for many future generations to enjoy. And now, other communities are beginning to recognize this and wish they had what we have. On April 27, the Village of Oregon will be recognized and honored in Platteville with two awards at the Wisconsin Association of Historic Preservation Commissions Conference. These awards show how seriously the community takes historic renovation efforts, as evidenced by the many donations that have restored some of Oregon’s iconic structures the past few years. One award is for the restoration of the 1899 Pump House, now the Oregon Welcome Center, and for the restoration of the Tin Man water tower above it. The other award is for historic preservation advocacy. What an honor for our village. The village certainly deserves to be recognized for its dedication to historic preservation.
These awards are from entries submitted statewide, and for only the most deserving accomplishments. They are about preserving community history, something we as a village have learned to do very well. Almost weekly, I’m approached by someone in the community who is eager to tell me how wonderful it is to see the Tin Man lit up at night. I even had one of my students from Madison College in Reedsburg comment on the Tin Man when he visited his mom in the village. He said it looked “awesome.” A picture of the lighted Tin Man even graces the 2018 cover of the Oregon Chamber directory. A national story on the Tin Man was published last year by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. And last week, a woman in Oshkosh, Nebraska, contacted the village after seeing our Tin Man video online, saying she wanted to save her own community water tower from demolition. People are coming from all over the state to see these village icons. But there’s so much more history in the village worth noticing. At the Oregon Area Historical Society’s annual meeting this month, for example, I toured the basement of the historic McDermott building on South Main Street. Sketches and drawings fill the walls, created by early railroad workers who slept in the basement while the railroad was being built behind the building. These men signed their names, drew self-portraits and caricatures of fellow workers and used the walls as score cards for their nightly card games. It was like being brought back in time – it
made me want to hear their stories, to meet them, and ask what it was like here when they were working on the railroad. The 1898 Netherwood Building is another great example. Put on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992, it was built by Oregon resident and Civil War veteran Charles W. Netherwood, who hired Italian workmen from Chicago to work on it. The Netherwood block had a large hall that held dances, churches held bazaars and chicken pie dinners. Try stopping for a moment next time you travel down North or South Main Street. Take notice of our beautiful historic buildings, as well as the many historic homes that grace the village. Many other communities just tear down anything old to make room for new buildings. But there’s a price they pay for doing this. They lose all the character and charm that once graced their communities. You can’t replace the historic appeal once it’s gone. It’s never the same. It’s not that way in Oregon. We are lucky indeed to live in a community with a historic downtown and neighborhoods filled with Queen Anne, Bungalow, and Four Square style homes. We should all take the time to remind ourselves every so often how lucky we are to live here, in a community that understands what it means to embrace historic preservation. And let’s continue to be vigilant in protecting these ties to our past. Randy Glysch is vice chair of the Village of Oregon’s Historic Preservation Commission.
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Legislators’ listening session April 27 One for the vets ALEXANDER CRAMER Unified Newspaper Group
Two Democratic state legislators, Rep. Don Vruwink (Milton) and Sen. Janis Ringhand (Evansville) will hold a listening session from 3:30-4:15 p.m. Friday, April 27, at Firefly Coffeehouse and Artisan Cheese, 114 N. Main St. The legislators will listen to comments and concerns from constituents, according to a news release. And if they don’t know the answer to a question, “we will take notes and get back to the
constituent at a later date,” Ringhand wrote in the release. Vruwink recently announced he plans to run for re-election this fall, and this is one of the five listening sessions he has planned in his district in the coming weeks. “I always look forward to sitting down with my constituents in person for a good dialogue,” Vruwink said. Contact Alexander Cramer at alexander.cramer@wcinet.com.
If You Go What: Rep. Vruwink, Sen. Ringhand listening session Where: Firefly Coffeehouse and Artisan Cheese, 114 N. Main St. When: 3:30-4:15 p.m. Friday, April 27 Info: 266-3790
Maggie May, tribute video set for April 28 benefit concert
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For the third year in a row, country performers Maggie May and the Heartland Country Band are performing in Oregon to help raise money for veterans. This year’s show, presented by Brooklyn-Oregon American Legion Post 160, is set for 1 p.m. Saturday, April 28 at the Oregon High School Performing Arts Center. T h e eve n t w i l l f e a ture raffles, food, a silent auction and a video tribute to area veterans that includes photos sent in from friends and family members. Tickets are $25 for the upper tier, $20 for the lower tier and $30 at the door. Fo r r e s e r ve s e a t i n g , call 516-5401 or send a request to: Lyle Wanless, Maggie Mae Concert,
If You Go What: Maggie May and the Heartland Country Band veterans benefit concert When: 1 p.m. Saturday, April 28 Where: Oregon High School Performing Arts Center Info: 516-5401
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Five OHS students featured in Verona theater’s ‘Hairspray’ April 26-28 KIMBERLY WETHAL
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Oregon High School freshman Sarah Jicha receives a face painting from Reese Riley, 10, of Janesville, at the Friends of the Oregon School District pancake breakfast April 14.
Getting into character The Friends of the Oregon School District held a pancake breakfast fundraiser on Saturday, April 14. Children and volunteers dressed up as princesses, superheroes, fairies and Ninja Turtles for the event, which featured games and crafts in addition to traditional breakfast foods. Around 150 people attended the fundraiser. Brevin Greiber, 4, of Fitchburg, crawls through Spiderman’s web at the Friends of the Oregon School District pancake breakfast Saturday, April 14.
Five Oregon High School students will perform in the Verona Area Community Theater’s production of “Hairspray,” running from April 26-28. Megan Fahey, Chloe Gahagan, Trinity Gardner, Elisa Kaether and Katie Kisely are all involved with the production. The show, VACT’s ninth all-teen production, features 99 students from 17 different schools around the area. The musical, set in 1960s Baltimore, tells the story of teenager Tracy Turnblad and her dream to dance on the all-white “Corny Collins Show.” Despite being considered “plus-sized,” Turnblad is still chosen to dance on the show and further helps to integrate African-American dancers into the show. VACT’s production is being directed by Alyssa Dvorak. The show will run each of the three nights at 7:30 p.m. at the Verona Area High School Performing Arts Center, 300 Richard St, with a Sunday
If You Go What: VACT musical “Hairspray” When: 7:30 p.m. April 26-28, 2 p.m. April 28 Where: Verona Area High School Performing Arts Center, 300 Richard St. Info: Visit vact.org afternoon performance at 2 p.m. April 28. Tickets are $17 for general admission or $12 for students and seniors older than 65. For more information, visit vact.org. Email Unified Newspaper Group reporter Kimberly Wethal at kimberly. wethal@wcinet.com.
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Three Orange Doors Above, Myla Motiff, 7, a Netherwood Knoll student, creates a superhero mask at the Friends of the Oregon School District pancake breakfast. Left, Penelope Lynch, 3, treats her chocolate-chip pancakes like finger food at the Friends of the Oregon School District pancake breakfast.
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The Oregon Pool, 249 Brook St., is welcoming spring with a tie-dye party from 1-4 p.m., Saturday, April 21. Admission is $3 for adults and $1.50 for kids. Bring a white T-shirt to tie-dye – with help from the lifeguards – and go for a swim while you wait for it to dry outside. For information, call 835-8617.
Seed starting The Oregon Public Library, 256 Brook St., is holding a seed-starting class for adults from 1-2 p.m., Saturday, April 21. A graduate from the Dane County UW-Extension Master Gardener Volunteer Program will teach participants how to purchase, plant, and care for seeds until they are ready to be planted outside. For information, email Kara Ripley at kripley@oregonlibrary.org.
Miller, who has been developing the conservation park for decades/ Oregon Preschool Inc. is holding For information, oregonwi.com a trivia fundraiser from 7-10 p.m. on Saturday, April 21, in the banquet hall Blessing of the animals at Headquarters Bar and Grill, 101 At 3 p.m., Sunday, April 22, First Concord Dr. Presbyterian Church, 408 N. BergaTickets are $15 per person, and mont Blvd. is hosting Blessing of the teams of up to eight should register by Animals. emailing oregonpreschoolinc@gmail. Bring your pet, a photo of your pet, or com. a favorite stuffed animal for a blessing. There will be a silent auction, cash For information, call 835-3082. bar and free nachos at halftime. Walk-in registration starts at 6 p.m., BKE share fair and art show trivia begins at 7 and the auction ends From 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, at 9:45. April 24, BKE is hosting a share fair For information, call 835-9216. and art show mashup. Sponsored by the Brooklyn PTO, Lerner Park dedication students will prepare exhibits and art The dedication of a new bench in projects and present them to guests. Lerner Park will be Sunday, April For information, brooklynpto.com 22nd at 1:30 p.m. near the entrance to the park on North Burr Oak Avenue. The bench will be dedicated to Al
Community calendar Thursday, April 19
• 1 p.m., Gynecological cancers talk, senior center, register at 835-5801 • 1 p.m., Third Thursday euchre card party ($3), senior center, 835-5801 • 4:30-7:30 p.m., Splashpad dinner fundraiser, ($10, $12 at door) Holy Mother of Consolation Church, 651 N. Main St., Oregon-Brooklyn optimist.org • 5-7:30 p.m. Community of Life Church’s family game night, Firefly, 114 N. Main St., communityoflife.us
Friday, April 20
• 1 p.m., Coffee with a reporter, Firefly, 114 N. Main St., 845-9559
Saturday, April 21
• 10-11 a.m., Workshop: Pollinator Garden Secrets, Winterland Nursery, 5655 Lincoln Rd., 835-6556 • 7-10 p.m., Oregon Preschool Inc. trivia fundraiser, $15, Headquarters banquet hall, 101 Concord Dr., oregonpreschoolinc@gmail.com • 1-2 p.m., Seed starting, library, kripley@oregonlibrary.org • 1-4 p.m., Tie dye spring, ($3, $1.50 kids), pool, 249 Brook St., 835-4086 • 6:30 p.m., Historical society card party, $3 includes light dinner, senior center, 835-5801
Sunday, April 22
• 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Spring craft fair, PVE, 300 Soden Dr., 772-3787
• 1 p.m., OAP Earth Day clean up, Waterman Triangle Park, oregonareaprogressives.org • 1:30 p.m., Lerner Park bench dedication ceremony, Lerner Conservation Park, 835-3118 • 3 p.m., Blessing of the Animals, First Presbyterian Church, 408 N. Bergamont Blvd., 835-3082
Monday, April 23
• 5:30 p.m., Incoming kindergarten orientation, OHS PAC, 456 N. Perry Pkwy., oregonsd.org • 6-7:30 p.m., OMS incoming 7th grade orientation, OMS, 601 Pleasant Oak Dr., oregonsd.org • 6:30 p.m., School board meeting, OHS Innovation Center, 456 N. Perry Pkwy., 835-4300
Tuesday, April 24 • 5:30-7:30 p.m., Brooklyn PTO Share Fair/Art Show, BKE, 204 Division St., 835-4500 Wednesday, April 25
• Noon to 1:30 p.m., Estate planning help, Krause Donovan Estate Law Partners, 116 Spring St., 268-5751
Thursday, April 26
• 9-11 a.m. and 3-7 p.m., Oregon Area Food Pantry distribution, 107 N. Alpine Pkwy., obfp.org • 6:30 p.m., Orchestra concert, BKE, 204 Division St., 835-4500
Community cable listings Village of Oregon Cable Access TV channels: WOW #983 & ORE #984 Phone: 291-0148 • Email: oregoncableaccess@charter.net Website: ocamedia.com • Facebook: ocamediawi New programs daily at 1 p.m. and repeats at 4, 7 and 10 p.m. and 1, 4, 7 and 10 a.m.
Thursday, April 19 WOW: Oregon Historical Society presents, “With One Shot: Family Murder and a Search for Justice” by author Dorothy Marcic (4/15/18) ORE: OHS Fine Arts Week: Solo & Ensemble #1 (4.10.18) Friday, April 20 WOW: Oregon Village Board Meeting w/ Parks - Jaycee Park (4/16/17) ORE: OHS Panther Girls Soccer vs Ft. Atkinson 5:45pm, streamed on ocamedia.com Saturday, April 21 WOW: Retro Swing Band @ Senior Center (4/16/18) ORE: Oregon/ Stoughton HS Rugby vs Madison Westside (4/11/18) Sunday, April 22 WOW: First Presbyterian Church Service ORE: OHS Fine Arts
Week: Solo & Ensemble (4/10/18) Monday, April 23 WOW: Oregon Village Board Organizational Meeting (4/17/18) ORE: Oregon School Board - 6:30pm streamed @ ocamedia.com Tuesday, April 24 WOW: Oregon Daycare Inc: Rainbow Concert @ OHS PAC (4/18/18) ORE: OHS Fine Arts Week: Jazz Band & Swing Dance (4/10/18) Wednesday, April 25 WOW: Retro Swing Band @ Senior Center (4/16/18) ORE: School Board (4/23/18) Thursday, April 26 WOW: Oregon Historical Society presents: “With One Shot” by Dorothy Marcic (4/15/18) ORE: OHS Panther Girls Soccer vs Ft. Atkinson 6:45pm & live streamed on ocamedia. com
Friday, April 27
• 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Arbor Day at Anderson Park, 914 Union Road, andersonparkfriends.org • 1 p.m., Coffee with a reporter, Firefly, 114 N. Main St., 845-9559 • 1 and 7 p.m, Netherwood Knoll Musical, OHS PAC, 456 N. Perry Pkwy., 835-4100 • 3:30-4:15 p.m., State Rep. Vruwink, Sen. Ringhand listening session, Firefly, 114 N. Main St., 835-6238
Saturday, April 28
• 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Plant sale fundraiser for Tin Man and welcome center, Welcome Center, 134 Janesville St., rgbk316@charter.net • 10-11 a.m., Workshop: Plants for shady spots, Winterland Nursery, 5655 Lincoln Rd., 835-6556 • 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Band booster mattress sale, OHS band room, 456 N. Perry Pkwy., oregonwi.com • 1 p.m., Brooklyn/Oregon American Legion’s Maggie Mae concert, military tribute, OHS, 456 N. Perry Pkwy., 516-5401 • 2-3 p.m., Joyce Westerman: Baseball Hero, library, 835-3656 or kripley@oregonlibrary.org
Sunday, April 29
• 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Boy Scout Troop 168 car wash, Oregon Floral, 933 N. Main St., snow53575@ charter.net
Senior center Monday, April 23 Homemade Beef Stew Green Beans, Dinner Roll Applesauce, Chocolate Cake NCS – Mandarin Oranges VO – Cheese and Tomato Sandwich Tuesday, April 24 Hungarian Goulash with Macaroni Roasted Garlic Lemon Broccoli Kidney Bean Salad Diced Peaches Pound Cake NCS – SF Cookie Packet VO – Veggie Noodles Wednesday, April 25 Baked Chicken on the Bone Mashed Potatoes with Gravy California Blend Vegetables Mini Croissant, Blueberry Pie NCS – Pineapple VO – Garden Burger Thursday, April 26 My Meal, My Way Lunch at Ziggy’s Smokehouse and Ice Cream Parlor! Drop in between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Friday, April 27 Oven-Roasted Chicken Breast One- half Baked Sweet Potato Peas Bread, Pumpkin Pie NCS – Apple VO – Garden Burger SO - Chicken Taco Salad *Contains Pork
Monday, April 23 9:00 CLUB 10:30 StrongWomen 12:45 Get Fit 1:00 RSVP Sewing 1:30 Bridge 3:30 Weight Loss Support Tuesday, April 24 8:30 Zumba Gold Advanced 9:00 Veterans Group 9:30 Bingo, Wii Bowling 9:45 Zumba Gold 10:30 Parkinson’s Exercise 12:30 Sheepshead, Shopping at Pick-N-Save 5:30 StrongWomen Wednesday, April 25 9:00 CLUB 10:45 Sing-Along 11:45 April Birthday Lunch with piano by Nancy Allen 1:00 Euchre 12:45 Get Fit 3:30 iPad and iPhone Class Thursday, April 26 8:30 Zumba Gold Advanced 9:00 Pool Players 9:45 Zumba Gold 10:30 StrongWomen 12:30 Shopping at Bill’s 1:00 Cribbage 3:00 Food Pantry Open 5:30 StrongWomen Friday, April 27 9:00 CLUB, Gentle Yoga 9:30 Blood Pressure 12:45 Get Fit
All Saints Lutheran Church
2951 Chapel Valley Rd., Fitchburg (608) 276-7729 Interim pastor SUNDAY 8:30 a.m. classic service 10:45 a.m. new song service
Brooklyn Lutheran Church
101 Second Street, Brooklyn (608) 455-3852 Pastor Rebecca Ninke SUNDAY 9 a.m. Holy Communion 10 a.m. Fellowship
Community of Life Lutheran Church
PO Box 233, Oregon (608) 286-3121, office@ communityoflife.us Pastor Jim McCoid SUNDAY 10 a.m. Worship at 1111 S. Perry Parkway, Oregon
Brooklyn Community United Methodist Church
201 Church Street, Brooklyn (608) 455-3344 Pastor George Kaminski SUNDAY 9 a.m. Worship (Nov.-April) 10:30 a.m. Worship (May-Oct.)
Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church
143 Washington Street, Oregon (608) 835-3554 Pastor Jeffrey Hendrix SUNDAY - 9 a.m. Worship Holy Communion 2nd & last Sundays
First Presbyterian Church
408 N. Bergamont Blvd. (north of CC), Oregon, WI (608) 835-3082 - fpcoregonwi.org Pastor Kathleen Owens SUNDAY 10 a.m. Service 10:15 a.m. Sunday School 11 a.m. Fellowship 11:15 a.m. Adult Education
Memorial UCC
5705 Lacy Road, Fitchburg (608) 273-1008, memorialucc.org Pastor Kristin Gorton SUNDAY 8:15 and 10 a.m.
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church ECLA
Central Campus: Raymond Road and Whitney Way SATURDAY - 5 p.m. Worship SUNDAY - 8:15, 9:30 and 10:45 a.m. Worship West Campus: Corner of Hwy. PD and Nine Mound Road, Verona SUNDAY - 9 & 10:15 a.m., 6 p.m. Worship (608) 271-6633
Hillcrest Bible Church
752 E. Netherwood, Oregon Eric Vander Ploeg, Lead Pastor (608) 835-7972, www.hbclife.com SUNDAY 8:30 a.m. worship at the Hillcrest Campus and 10:15 a.m. worship with Children’s ministries, birth – 4th grade
Holy Mother of Consolation Catholic Church
651 N. Main Street, Oregon Pastor: Fr. Gary Wankerl (608) 835-5763 holymotherchurch.weconnect.com SATURDAY: 5 p.m. Worship SUNDAY: 8 and 10:15 a.m. Worship
People’s United Methodist Church
103 North Alpine Parkway, Oregon Pastor Jason Mahnke (608) 835-3755, www.peoplesumc.org Communion is the 1st & 3rd weekend SATURDAY - 5 p.m. Worship SUNDAY - 9 a.m. Worship and Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. Worship
St. John’s Lutheran Church
625 E. Netherwood, Oregon Pastor Paul Markquart (Lead Pastor) (608) 291-4311 SATURDAY - 5 p.m. Worship SUNDAY - 8 and 10:30 a.m. Worship
Vineyard Community Church
Oregon Community Bank & Trust, 105 S. Alpine Parkway, Oregon - Bob Groth, Pastor (608) 513-3435, welcometovineyard. com SUNDAY - 10 a.m. Worship
Zwingli United Church of Christ – Paoli
At the Intersection of Hwy. 69 & PB Pastor Laura Crow (608) 255-1278 SUNDAY 9:30 a.m. Family Worship
Support groups • Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, First Presbyterian Church, every Monday and Friday at 7 p.m. • Caregiver Support Group, Oregon Area Senior Center, third Monday of each month at 9 a.m. • Diabetes Support Group, Oregon Area Senior Center, second Thursday of each month at 1:30 p.m. • Relationship & Divorce Support Group, State Bank of Cross Plains, every other Monday at 6:30 p.m. • Veterans’ Group, Oregon Area Senior Center, every second Wednesday at 9 a.m. • Weight-Loss Support Group, Oregon Area Senior Center, every Monday at 3:30 p.m. • Navigating Life Elder Support Group, People’s United Methodist Church, 103 N. Alpine Pkwy., every first Monday at 7 p.m.
Guarding the Gates of the Senses The Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth be silent before him.” – Habakkuk 2:20 NIV St. Ignatius, the founder of the Jesuits, advised the following for novices seeking to enter his order: “All should take the most diligent care to guard the gates of the senses—particularly the eyes, ears, and tongue.”Guarding the senses and not allowing them free rein is good advice for all of us, not just novices embarking on holy orders. One way that we can do this is to maintain “custody of the eyes,”meaning that we should not allow our eyes to look anywhere we please, giving idle curiosity the power to direct our gaze. There are many things that it would be better not to see. We simply cannot un-see things once we have seen them, and some things get burned into our souls, as it were. Parents do well to teach their children restraint of the eyes. As a former teacher of teachers used to say, you must first get control of your students’ eyes. But not just the eyes,for what we hear and touch and what goes into and out of our mouths also leaves its imprint on our souls. There is a silence of the eyes as well as of the ears, and even a silence of the heart and soul. We do well to remember that God often speaks in a whisper, and if we are surrounded by noise and distractions we might never hear,see or taste the goodness of the Lord. – Christopher Simon
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Continued from page 1 has been delayed and is currently being re-bid. Work to underground electrical lines to South Main Street businesses and add lights to Jefferson Street and the parking lot will begin in May or June and should be completed in time for the parking lot to be finished by early fall. Construction will begin to connect North and South Perry Parkway “in the coming 2-3 weeks,” Rau wrote. The project will relocate the brush and yard waste drop-off site and create a new route through the village that crosses Badfish Creek. Work should be completed late summer or early fall. Photo by Alexander Cramer
The roadway maintenance project is expected to start in late summer. Roads will be closed around the high school as crews rip up the top layers and repave parts of East Netherwood Road. The project will also include seal coating and crack filling at different locations in the village, Rau wrote. Affected residents will be notified in the “near future” about the specific timing of the project Construction will begin on the Gary Kjellstrom Memorial Park this summer. Located on the southwest corner of the intersection of Braun Road and Market Street, the land was donated to the village in honor of the founder of Wisco Industries of Oregon, Rau wrote. The park will include landscaping, benches, and a 24-foot-by-24-foot pavilion. The South Perry Parkway
The Jefferson Crossing apartment building on April 15. Slated to have residents July 1, the 61-unit apartment building will also feature underground parking. sidewalk project will install a new sidewalk on the north side of South Perry Parkway between South Main Street and Union Road, continuing work done in 2017 when fill was placed in the area to allow for the sidewalk installation, Rau wrote. Construction is planned for this fall. Merri Hill Drive will be extended to access 12 single family and duplex-style lots, with construction planned for summer 2018. And this spring, Brynhill Drive will be connected to Lincoln Road.
Private projects A new hotel leads several major private construction projects in the village. The groundbreaking ceremony for the 66-room Sleep Inn Hotel is planned for May 9, but developer
Adam Coyle told the Observer in March that he hopes to begin work long before that and be open October 1. Residents are expected to move in to Jefferson Crossing July 1, but the area surrounding the Jefferson Street building may continue to be a construction site for some time afterwards. Rau explained there will need to be a “temporary access” to the 61-unit apartment building until work is completed on the adjacent South Main Street parking lot. Rau says that work will begin in May or June and finish by early fall. There could be as many as four housing developments going up in the village this year: Bergamont Phase 4E (9 lots), Autumn Ridge (37 single family homes), Highlands of Netherwood Phase 1 (single family
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Jefferson Crossing overlooks the South Main Street parking lot in downtown Oregon April 15. The 61-unit apartment building will have residents on July 1, and the parking lot will be torn up for improvements until it’s finished early fall.
Downtown upgrades The Village of Oregon is working on two downtown projects this year that complement the new Jefferson Crossing apartments. The South Main Street parking lot improvements will include “a new entrance to the parking lot, upgraded stormwater, and reconfigured parking arrangement(s),” village public works director Jeff Rau told the Observer in an email. That will be completed
by the Jefferson Crossing project developer, but it is contingent on a project to bury power lines that has been delayed and is being re-bid with a deadline of May 10. The downtown electrical and lighting project is scheduled for construction in May or June, Rau wrote. In addition to putting the electrical lines underground along Jefferson Street, at the Jefferson Crossing project and within the South
Main Street parking lot, Rau wrote, it will include new LED lighting in the lot and along Jefferson Street from Main Street to the railroad tracks on the way out of town. Contractors will have to wait until the underground electrical work is done to finish work on the parking lot. The village will know more about the projected completion date when it reviews bids May 10.
Roadway maintenance project The village is putting $500,000 into roadway maintenance this year, planned for late summer and early fall. Village public works director Jeff Rau told the Observer the village is bundling “several years of mill and overlay funding into one large project this summer.” Mill and overlay, in which the asphalt is ground away and then resurfaced, will be done along East Netherwood Road and some other roads in the vicinity of the high school, Rau wrote.
Roads will be closed while the top layer of the road is removed and then paved. The project also includes seal coating and crack filling at different locations in the village, Rau wrote. Those projects typically are much quicker than the road resurfacing. “We will be notifying residents of the plan in the near future concerning roadways that will need to be worked on,” Rau wrote.
homes) and Bergamont Phase 5A (28 single family homes). Bergamont Phase 4E is on the village’s southwest side at the end of Brynhill Drive and Leeward Lane just north of Lincoln Road. Construction is anticipated to finish by June 1. Autumn Ridge is on the village’s south side. Construction is planned for summer 2018. Highlands of Netherwood Phase 1 is located west of Oregon Parks Subdivision and south of Netherwood Road. Construction is planned for summer 2018. Bergamont Phase 5A is located west of the roundabout at Augusta Drive and Bergamont Boulevard. Construction is planned for this year. Contact Alexander Cramer at alexander.cramer@wcinet.com.
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Construction is set to begin this month and last until August on a new roadway and stream crossing connecting North and South Perry Parkway. That will create a quicker connection between Oregon High School and the U.S. Hwy. 14 interchange at Janesville Street. “They anticipate mobilizing in the coming 2-3 weeks,” Village of Oregon public works director Jeff Rau told the Observer in an email. It has taken a long time to engineer, plan and get permits for, he told the Observer in March, because it’s in “wetland and low-lying land areas.” The project requires relocating the brush and yard waste dropoff site and the metal recycling Dumpster and maintaining access to the wastewater treatment facility that are at the end of North Perry Parkway near the ice arena. The most challenging part of the $1.2 million project will be crossing Badfish Creek, Rau wrote, and the first steps will be “getting the roadway to grade and completing a bulk of the earth moving activities up front.” The goal of the project, Rau wrote in a previous memo, is to improve traffic flow in and around the high school and hopefully ease downtown traffic by providing another north-south route through the village. The road is scheduled to open by the time classes resume at OHS in September.
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OMS burn The Oregon Fire Department conducts a controlled prairie burn outside Oregon Middle School Monday, April 9.
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In front, Myles McKnight and Caroline Hansen and back row, Maddie Uphoff, Henry Malueg and Elyse Harvancik
OSHP ends ‘Les Mis’ run ALEXANDER CRAMER Unified Newspaper Group
The Oregon Straw Hat Players wrapped up their run of “Les Miserables – School Edition” on Saturday at the OHS Performing Arts Center. The show was adapted from its iconic namesake for high school-aged performers while retaining the music that made the original show famous. The cast was made up of more than 50 students ranging in age from 9 to 18, from the surrounding area including Brooklyn, Fitchburg, Madison, McFarland, Oregon, Stoughton and Verona. Contact Alexander Cramer at alexander.cramer@wcinet.com.
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Swooping in
This hawk came swooping out of the trees in search of a meal around 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 18. Oregon resident Eddie Brognano says that a pair of hawks seem to have nested in the trees near where he snapped this photo, which is about a block north of Bethel Greenacre Park.
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Senior second baseman Matthew deFiebre attempts to turn a double play Thursday against Madison Edgewood at Zach Field after junior shortstop Duncan Morgan (left) flipped him the ball for a force out. The Panthers won 12-1 in five innings.
Starting hot at the plate Panthers bat around in the first, 10-run Edgewood ANTHONY IOZZO Assistant sports editor
Oregon’s baseball team started strong during a shortened 12-1 win over Madison Edgewood by batting around in the first inning. At their new stadium, Zach Field, the Panthers improved to 3-0 (2-0 Badger South Conference) by taking an 8-1 lead after one and keeping the pressure on with two runs in the second and two more in the third. While the offense was blazing, junior pitcher Noah Brindley and junior Jack Haufle took control on the mound, combining for 50 strikes in 81 pitches. “The whole team played pretty well up and down the order,” senior center fielder Carson Timberlake said. “We had great pitching, and everyone hit the ball well.” Timberlake led off the game with a sharp single to right field, and junior left fielder Kyler Schriever (2-for-3) put down a sacrifice bunt that allowed Timberlake to get all the way to third base with one out. Haufle, who started the game at
What’s next Oregon travels to Washington Park at 5 p.m. Thursday to take on Watertown and will take on Monona Grove at 5 p.m. Friday in a makeup game from April 3. The Panthers will be the away team, but the game is at Zach Field in Oregon. Oregon hosts Milton at 11 a.m. Saturday in a makeup game from April 17, and travel to Stoughton at 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 24. catcher, lined an RBI single to right, and junior first baseman Matt Rusch walked to put two on with one out. After a flyout, senior second baseman Matthew deFiebre walked to load the bases. Junior Kevin Alvord was then hit by a pitch to bring home Haufle, and Brindley reached on an error to the second baseman to bring home Rusch to make it 3-1 Panthers. deFiebre scored on a balk to make it 4-1, and junior shortstop Duncan Morgan walked to reload the bases. Timberlake, in his second at-bat
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What’s next Oregon travels to Blackhawk Golf Course at noon Monday, April 23, and to Koshkonong Mounds Country Club at 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 24 for a Badger South Conference mini-meet.
Senior center fielder Carson Timberlake rounds third base Thursday after a ground ball went through the legs of Edgewood junior third baseman Andrew Newton. Timberlake scored from second base and finished 2-for-3 with a triple, three RBIs and three runs scored. of the inning, broke the game the right-field line to bring home open with a three-run triple down
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Christensen tosses a one-hitter at Milton JEREMY JONES Sports editor
Hannah Christensen tossed a one-hitter Thursday and the Panthers’ offense did just enough to squeak out a 2-1 conference win at Milton. Christensen allowed one run on one hit over four innings. She struck out four and walked one. Oregon scored both runs in the top of the third. Lead-off hitter Kyrsten George tripled and scored one out later on an Erin Newton
ground out. Megan Bloyer then singled to plate Meghan Detra who walked following George to the plate. George led Oregon, going 2 for 3. The Panthers saw their lead cut in half in the bottom of the third as Emily Goodger reached base on an error and came around to score following another error, passed ball and a ground ball by Oregon. Erika Reif got the start for the Red Hawks and surrendered two runs on five this over seven
Oregon boys golf joined a stacked Monona Grove Invitational field Thursday at The Oaks Golf Course and finished 11th out of 24 teams. There were several ranked teams on the wisconsin.golf preseason rankings list at the meet, including first-place Milwaukee Marquette (fifth) and second-place Waunakee (sixth) and honorable mentions Reedburg, Monona Grove, Milton and Janesville Parker. Oregon finished with a 347. Marquette shot a 302, and Waunakee was next with a 316. Reedsburg and Janesville Parker tied for third with 321s, and Mount Horeb and Monona Grove tied for fifth with 331s. Sun Prairie and Janesville Craig tied for seventh with 337s, and Brookfield East took ninth with a 341. Milton was 10th with a 346. Senior Ryan Candell missed finishing in the top 10 by two strokes with a 79. Junior John Klus was next with an 81, and Sam Schroeder followed with a 93. Ryan Michek finished the scoring with a 94. P a r k e r ’s M a t t Z i m m e r man was the medalist with a 70, and Monona Grove’s Jake
innings. She struck out six Panthers. Rachel Rogers went 1 for 2 for Milton.
Oregon, Whitewater (cancelled)
What’s next Oregon hopes to return to action at 5 p.m. Thursday against Badger South rival Stoughton.
Snow forced the cancellation of Monday’s nonconference home game against Whitewater.
Oregon, Watertown (ppd.) season Tuesday against Water-
town. The snow, rain and ice that hit No make-up date had been the area earlier this week forced announced as the Observer went the postponement of Oregon’s to press on Tuesday evening. first big test of the Badger South
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Oregon shuts out rival Stoughton ANTHONY IOZZO Assistant sports editor
Oregon girls soccer was able to get in one game last week before a spring storm brought snow and ice to the area to postpone the rest of the week’s games. The Panthers hosted Badger South Conference rival Stoughton Thursday and won 4-0 at Huntoon Field. Oregon grabbed a 3-0 lead at halftime. Junior defenseman Sydney McKee scored in the 10th
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What’s next Oregon hosts nonconference Cedarburg at 6 p.m. Friday.
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Boys tennis
Reynolds doubles up at quad
Panthers sweep doubles flights in rout
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Senior thrower Sam Reynolds won the shot put and discus titles Thursday at the Mount Horeb quad to help the Panthers best Monroe by six points Reynolds won the shot put with a 41 3 ½ and took the discus with a 112-0 to help the Panthers beat the Cheesemakers 83.83-77.83. Adam Yates was third in both the shot and discus as the Oregon throwers had 10 PRs on the night. Kardelle Phillips swept the hurdle events, winning the 110s in 15.3 and the 300s in 41.9.
Sports editor
Oregon is slated to travel to the Sun Prairie Invitational at 4:30 p.m. Friday. Oregon quad (cancelled) The aftermath of a late-season snowstorm forced the Panthers to cancel all sporting events on Tuesday, including the track team’s quadrangular meet, which will not be made up.
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Throwers lead the way at Mount Horeb quad JEREMY JONES Sports editor
Oregon boys tennis welcomed Badger South newcomers Watertown by beating the Gosling 6-1 Tuesday at Quark Park. The Panthers, who improved to 2-0 on the season with the victory, got wins at Nos. 1 through 3 singles, and at all three doubles flights. Roskos survived a tough second set to win 6-2, 7-5 at No. 1 singles. Wiedemann won 7-5, 6-0 at No. 3 singles and Hake survived a three-set match 6-3, 3-6, 7-5. O r eg o n h a d a p a i r o f
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Senior Ellen McCorkle won the shot Oregon travels to Sun Prairie at and finished second in the discus to help 4:30 p.m. Friday for an invitational Oregon girls track and field team sweep meet. the Mount Horeb quad with 77.5 points. Monroe was second with 72.5 points. Senior Alyssa Milski was second in the shot put and Merritt Kugel was third in snow and sleet forced the cancellation of Oregon’s quadranuglar meet on the discus. Tuesday. Oregon quad (cancelled) The meet with not be made up. A late-season snowstorm carrying
Badger Conference All-Star games moved to April 29 Two Oregon High School basketball players will need to wait until Sunday, April 29, to showcase their skills in the 11th annual senior Badger Conference All-Star games. A spring storm that brought ice and snow to the area
forced the games postponement Sunday. Oregon senior Ellen McCorkle is on the girls South team, and senior De’Andre Burrell is on the boys South team. The girls all-star game is at
2:30 p.m., and the boys allstar game is at 4:15 p.m. The all-star game festivities also includes a 3-point shootout, shooting contest and dunk contest at 12:30 p.m. - Anthony Iozzo
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on Saturday was postponed and will most likely not be made up. Kenosha Tremper, Oregon hosts Monroe at Oshkosh West, Sheboygan North, The Prairie School, 4:15 p.m. Thursday. Wausau West, West Bend East and Manitowoc Lincoln were scheduled to compete in the hard-fought wins atop the tournament with Oregon. doubles lineup as Rehrauer and Koopman won 6-2, 7-5 at Oregon, Stoughton No. 1 doubles and Ayers and (ppd.) Heller added a 7-5, 6-1 at No. A winter storm front forced 2 doubles. the postponement of TuesSean Benet and Ashton day’s dual against Stoughton. Myers cruised to a 6-0, 6-1 No make-up date had been win at No. 3 doubles. announced as the Observer went to press Tuesday eveManitowoc inv. (ppd.) ning. The Manitowoc Invitational
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Edgewood invite
Monday’s Edgewood invite at Blackhawk Schroeckenthaler was second with a 72. Golf Course was postponed due to a storm Marquette’s Jack Lutze shot a 73, and Sun that brought snow and ice to the area over the Prairie’s Ethan Carrick and Marquette’s weekend. The meet was moved to noon Monday, April 23. Drew Sargillo followed with 74s. Milton’s AJ Gray shot a 75, and Edger- Conference mini-meet ton’s Joe Torsting had a 76. Waunakee’s Tuesday’s Badger South mini-meet at The Andrew Hasik, Marquette’s Jack Blair and Edgerton’s Kyle Willie all shot 77s to Oaks Golf Course was postponed. No makeup date has been set. round out the top 10.
six saves.
minute with an assist to sophomore forward Avary Fanning, and Fanning followed with an unassisted goal in the 16th minute. The Panthers also scored in the 38th minute. Junior midfielder Brooke Johnson tapped in a cross by junior midfielder Maddy Schwartzmiller. Fanning added a second goal in the 67th minute. Stoughton senior goalie Anna Callahan had
Oregon, Verona (ppd.) The Panthers’ game against Verona Saturday at Reddan Soccer Park was postponed until 6 p.m. Friday, May 25.
Oregon, Burlington (ppd.) Oregon’s sectional final rematch against Burlington was postponed Tuesday due to a storm that brought snow and ice over the weekend. A makeup date has yet to be determined.
Baseball: Panthers lose three games to weather, have busy week of makeups ahead through the legs of the third baseman. Schriever came home on an RBI single by Tower to make it 12-1. Soule said he had noticed a lot of conference scores were in the teens during the week. He made sure to keep the Panthers’ offense aggressive to keep building the lead. “We had to keep the pressure on, and I thought they did that,” Soule said. “We had the ability to go up and attack. A lot of kids that don’t have any experience … are starting to learn very quick.” It doesn’t hurt to have good
pitching, either. Brindley started and ran into trouble just a few times. He allowed a run on two hits in the first inning but nearly got out of the inning unscathed after inducing a grounder that was close to being a double play. In the fourth, Brindley allowed a couple of hits and a walk, but he left the bases loaded after getting a flyout to end the inning. Brindley allowed a run on six hits and two walks in four innings, striking out three for the win. Haufle came in for the final
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inning and allowed a one-out base hit but struck out the final two batters to end the game. Edgewood pitcher Nick Bergmann took the loss while struggling with control. Bergman allowed four earned runs on four hits, walked five and hit a batter in one inning of work. He left in the second after two walks to lead off the inning. “That is what killed Edgewood today is that their pitchers didn’t throw strikes early, and our pitchers did,” Soule said. Despite the impressive win, there are a few things Soule hopes the team will be able to work on to avoid future mistakes. Soule said that fielders need to attack the ball more on ground balls and fly balls instead of waiting back too much, and the baserunning needs to be better. On Thursday, deFiebre and junior Lucas Hess were both caught in rundowns after losing track
of the ball on the play. The weather has not cooperated so far this season with several postponements, and that will slow down any progress on those areas. But the Panthers are doing the best they can while inside early this season. “The coaches get us ready pretty well,” Timberlake said. “We are in the cage hitting all the time, even in the morning before school, we are in there working hard.”
Oregon, Waunakee (ppd.) A doubleheader against Waunakee was postponed Saturday due to a storm that brought ice and snow into the area over the weekend. A makeup date has not been set.
Oregon, Milton (ppd.) Tuesday’s game against Milton was postponed due to wintry weather and will be made up at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 21.
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Alvord, Brindley and Morgan. Schriever then brought home Timberlake with an RBI blooper to center field before a groundout ending the inning. Coach Jake Soule said the Panthers are filled with capable hitters, and that competition helps make individuals play well when they get the opportunities. “Competition within a team creates success, and we are kind of seeing that,” Soule
said. “We have gone with some different lineups in the last few days, and they have all seemed to produce something offensively.” In the second, Rusch and junior right fielder Zach Tower led off with walks. DeFiebre then knocked home Rusch on a single to center, and Alvord lined a single to right field to bring home Tower and make it 10-1. In the third, Timberlake (2-for-3) reached base on an error by the second baseman, and he later scored after a grounder by Schriever went
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Bringing home the bacon OHS FFA students earn top awards Oregon High School FFA students won a variety of honors and awards recently, including four who represented the school in the District Speaking Contest held at OHS on March 8. Zoe Schultz and Faith Stull competed in the Creed Speaking Contest by memorizing the FFA Creed, presenting it to the judges and answering questions about the creed and agriculture. Schultz finished in first place in the section and will advance to the state competition in June. Stull finished fifth overall. Sam Hanner and Anya Yurkonis competed in the Prepared Speaking Contest, writing a 6-8 minute speech about an agricultural issue, presenting both the manuscript and recitation of the speech and answering questions from the judges. Hanner earned a third-place finish and Yurkonis placed fourth in the Prepared Speaking contest. At this year’s annual OHS FFA awards event earlier this month, several students and community partners were honored.
DeKalb Award Oregon FFA honored seniors Brooke Ace and Faith Majors-Culp with the DeKalb Award, the top honor for FFA members, for outstanding scholarship, leadership and agricultural experience.
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president of the Kiwanis Club of Downtown Madison, and FFA adviser Jillian Beaty on March 12. The Sasman Award is given annually to an outstanding student from each of the FFA Chapters at Dane County high schools. Sasman was the state supervisor for vocational education for 36 years and member of the Kiwanis Club of Downtown Madison for more than 40 years.
Star Greenhands “Rookies” Cecilia Ortega, Zoe Schultz and Faith Stull received the Star Greenhand Award. This is an honor for a first-year F FA m e m b e r f o r t h e i r excellence in the organizaPhotos submitted tion, including leadership Oregon FFA honored senior Brooke Ace (left) with the DeKalb Award, the top honor for FFA members, for outstanding scholand developing a superarship, leadership and agricultural experience. vised agricultural experience program.
Outstanding Farm Family Kevin and Keely Opperman of Highland Spring Farm were honored as the “Outstanding Farm Family.” They raise Highland Cattle in the Oregon-Fitchburg area, and allow Oregon FFA members to show their cattle at Stoughton and Dane County Fairs.
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Cecilia Ortega, Zoe Schultz and Faith Stull received the Star Greenhand Award.
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Faith Majors-Culp received the Louis M. Sasman Award from Gerry Miller, President of the Kiwanis Club of Downtown Madison, and FFA adviser Jillian Beaty on March 12. The Sasman Award is given annually to an outstanding student from each of the FFA chapters at Dane County high schools.
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Marcic performs parts from book ALEXANDER CRAMER Unified Newspaper Group
Dorothy Marcic came to Firefly Coffeehouse and Artisan Cheese on Sunday, April 15, as part of her tour supporting her newly-released book “With One Shot: Family Murder and a Search for Justice” about a 1970 murder on Main Street in Oregon. Marcic delivered a one-woman performance as different characters from the book before answering questions from the audience.
The Oregon Area Historical Society sponsored the event and Firefly was full of people watching the performance. Marcic’s book details her research into the 1970 murder of her uncle LaVerne Stordock at the hands of his then-wife Suzanne, who confessed to the crime but only served 11 months in a mental hospital while inheriting her husband’s house, assets and life insurance policy. Contact Alexander Cramer at alexander.cramer@ wcinet.com. Dorothy Marcic answers a question at Firefly Coffeehouse and Artisan Cheese on April 15.
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POLICE REPORTS Reports taken from elec- open intoxicants in a motor tronic log books provided by vehicle. An officer attempted the Oregon Police Department. a traffic stop after noticing a car without license plates April 3 and performed a U-Turn to 9:48 a.m. A man backed his follow the suspect vehicle. work truck into a Dane County The officer then noticed a Hwy. CC sign on the 100 block can of Four Loko, an alcoof Jefferson Street while at- holic beverage, in the street tempting to back into the park- during a short pursuit before ing lot of Ace’s Main Tap. the traffic stop. The suspect allegedly admitted he threw April 4 the can out of the car when 5:16 a.m. A man was cited he saw the officer make a for failure to install an igni- U-Turn, and registered a .018 tion interlock device after an on a preliminary breath test. officer stopped the man’s car The officer also found 1 gram for a revoked registration. of marijuana during a search 9:07 p.m. A juvenile was of the car. The suspect also cited for inattentive driving faced citations for possesafter allegedly falling asleep sion of marijuana, operating while driving on the 100 without insurance, non-regisblock of South Main Street tration of auto, failure to disand hitting another car. No play license plates and operone involved was injured and ating without a valid license. officers saw no signs of intoxication in the driver. April 8 12:15 a.m. A woman was April 7 cited for first-offense operat8:38 p.m. A man was cited ing while intoxicated after a for a variety of traffic offens- traffic stop for an expired reges, including violating ab- istration. An officer allegedly solute sobriety and drinking smelled intoxicants on her,
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April 13 6:33 p.m. A woman was cited for unsafe backing after allegedly backing out of her driveway on the 300 block of April 11 South Main Street and hitting 10:09 a.m. A Rome Cor- a car that had been pulled to ners Intermediate School the side of the road for 10-20 student was found to have a seconds. – Compiled by Scott Girard vaporizer at school.
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Legals STATE OF WISCONSIN, CIRCUIT COURT, DANE COUNTY, NOTICE TO CREDITORS (INFORMAL ADMINISTRATION) IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RALPH F. BERGLAND Case No. 2018PR248 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: 1. An application for Informal Administration was filed. 2. The decedent, with date of birth February 27, 1923 and date of death November 3, 2017, was domiciled in Dane County, State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of 212 Glenway Road, Brooklyn, WI 53521. 3. All interested persons waived notice. 4. The deadline for filing a claim against the decedent’s estate is July 13, 2018. 5. A claim may be filed at the Dane County Courthouse, 215 S. Hamilton Street, Madison, Wisconsin, Room 1005. Electronically signed by Danell Behrens Deputy Probate Registrar April 3, 2018 Jonathan M. Hajny 221 Kings Lynn Road Stoughton, WI 53589 (608) 877-4081 Bar Number: 1014429 Published: April 12, 19 and 26, 2018 WNAXLP *** MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE SCHOOL BOARD OF THE OREGON SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD ON MARCH 12, 2018 The regular meeting of the School Board of the Oregon School District was called to order by President Steve Zach at 6:30 PM in the OSD Innovation Center at the Oregon High School in the Village of Oregon, Dane County, Wisconsin. Upon roll call, the following board members were present: Ms. Barbara Feeney, Ms. Courtney Odorico, Ms. Krista Flanagan, Mr. Jeff Ramin, Mr. Dan Krause, and Mr. Steve Zach. The following board members were absent: Mr. Tim LeBrun. Student Representative Ellen Martin was present. Administrators present: Dr. Brian Busler, Mr. Andy Weiland, Mrs. Candace Weidensee, Dr. Leslie Bergstrom, Mr. Jon Tanner, Ms. Jina Jonen, Ms. Erika Mundinger, Mr. Jim Pliner, Mr. Mike Carr, Mrs.Shannon Anderson, Mr. Jason Zurawik, Ms. Kerri Modjeski, Mr. Chris Kluck, Ms. Dawn Goltz, Ms. Cyndi Olander, and Ms. Jayne Wick. Proof in the form of a certificate by the Oregon Observer of communications and public notice given to the public and the Oregon Observer and a certificate of posting as required by Section 19.84 Wisconsin Statutes as to the holding of this meeting was presented by Mr. Zach. Mr. Krause moved and Mr. Ramin seconded the motion to proceed with the meeting according to the agenda as posted. Motion passed 6-0. A. CONSENT CALENDAR: Ms. Flanagan moved and Ms. Feeney seconded the motion to approve the following items on the Consent Calendar. 1. Approve minutes of the February 26 meetings 2. Approve payments in the amount of $ 1,248,728.00; 3. Treasurer’s report - none; 4. Retirement of Mr. Dan Rikli, Associate Principal at Oregon High School; Resignation of Ms. Jodi Carlson, 8th grade Teacher at Oregon Middle School 5. Staffing Assignments - none; 6. Field Trip Request: ? June 2019 Spanish Trip to Guatemala and Belize; ? FCCLA State Leadership Conference April 2018; ? HOSA State Leadership Conference April 2018; ? German Exchange Trip; 7. Donations: ? Oregon Area Educational Foundation - $675 for OHS Art Department; ? Oregon Rotary Club $449.75 OMS Forest Project In a roll call vote, the following members voted yes: Ms. Flanagan, Ms. Feeney, Ms. Odorico, Mr. Ramin, Mr. Krause and Mr. Zach. Motion passed 6-0. B. COMMUNICATION FROM PUBLIC: None. C. INFORMATION ITEMS: 1. OEA Report - none; 2. Student Report: Ms. Martin reported that spring sports have begun; OHS hosted parent/teacher conferences; the Spring Fling dance had 300 students in attendance; DECA had nine students who qualified for the International Conference; Mock Trial placed 11th in the State Competition; German Exchange students arrived; and Isabelle Krier is a finalist in the Final Forte statewide com-
petition playing with the Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra on March 14th and OHS is taking a fan bus to her performance. 3. Community Member Recognition: Ms. Nanette Karls was recognized for her legal assistance to OSD since 2001 regarding the purchase and sale of the lots and homes for the school construction class. Mr. Al Kuehl, former teacher, was recognized for taking creating a photo history of more than 9,000 photos of the OHS referendum project. D. ACTION ITEMS: 1. From Policy: a. 325 Course Options: On behalf of the Policy Committee, Ms. Flanagan moved to delete Policy 325, effective midnight June 30, 2018, in accordance with the state phasing out this program in favor of a new program. In a roll call vote, the following members voted yes: Ms. Flanagan, Ms. Feeney, Ms. Odorico, Mr. Ramin, Mr. Krause and Mr. Zach. Motion passed 6-0. b. 341 Youth Options - Policy Committee will continue reviewing this policy in accordance with the state statute and will bring it forward for approval at the April 9th board meeting; 2. 2018-2019 Capital Maintenance Projects:: Mr. Weiland presented the capital maintenance projects budget items for the 2018-2019 school year. Mr. Krause moved and Mr. Ramin seconded the motion to approve the Capital Maintenance Projects for 2018-2019 in the amount of $600,000 as presented. In a roll call vote, the following board members voted yes: Mr. Krause, Mr. Ramin, Ms. Feeney, Ms. Odorico, Ms. Flanagan and Mr. Zach. Motion passed 6-0. 3. 66.0301 Girls Hockey Cooperative Contract 2018-2020: Ms. Flanagan moved and Ms. Feeney seconded the motion to approve the 66.0301 Cooperative Contract between the Stoughton/Evansville/ McFarland/Oregon/Monona Grove/Deerfield School Districts for Girls Hockey 2018-2020. In a roll call vote, the following members voted yes: Ms. Flanagan, Ms. Feeney, Ms. Odorico, Mr. Ramin, Mr. Krause and Mr. Zach. Motion passed 6-0. E. DISCUSSION ITEMS: 1. Committee Reports: a. Policy: No report b. Vision Steering: Chair Ramin reported they have not met since last meeting and the March meeting will be cancelled. 2. Work Session on Student Growth and Population Task Force: Ms. Martin reported she conducted an informal survey of students and the following general points came from that survey: students prefer to come together as a full class prior to high school; having a larger middle school is acceptable; students want the District to be mindful of the maturity gap between students of different grade; it is important to have a personal experience for each student; there can be a fear of older students; and there is a gradual increase of freedom and a big social change as students move into the upper levels. Board members continued to work through the student growth report and projected enrollment numbers. Dr. Busler shared a draft of a feedback and engagement timeline. F. INFORMATION ITEMS: 1. Five Year Budget Plan: Mr. Weiland presented the five-year budget plan. 2. Superintendent’s Report:: Dr. Busler reported on the following items: he and Mr. Weiland have met with BKE Police and Fire Department regarding school safety and will be meeting with the City of Fitchburg during the week of March 19th; the Spring Fling Dance; OHS hosted three boys basketball sectional games, including the Sun Prairie/ Madison East game, which sold out; and Netherwood Elementary and Rome Corners had parent/teacher conferences. G. CLOSING: 1. Future agenda was discussed. 2. Check Out:: Mr. Ramin reported on the OHS Mock Trial Team going to State and thanked Mr. Towns and Mr. Edwards. At 8:15 p.m. a short break was taken. H. EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS: Consideration of Adjourning to Closed Session on Item H.1 as Provided Under Wisconsin Statutes 19.85 (1) (c) . At 8:18 p.m. Ms. Odorico moved and Mr. Ramin seconded motion. A roll call vote was taken and the motion passed 6-0. 1. Superintendent Evaluation: Discussion held. Mr. Ramin moved and Mr. Krause seconded the motion to approve the evaluation of Dr. Busler for 2017-2018 per discussion and to authorize the President and Clerk to sign the completed evaluation. In a roll call vote, the following members voted yes: Mr. Ramin, Mr. Krause, Ms. Feeney, Ms. Odorico, Ms. Flanagan and Mr. Zach. Motion passed 6-0.
I. ADJOURNMENT: Mr. Krause moved and Ms. Feeney seconded the motion to adjourn the meeting. Motion passed by unanimous voice vote. Meeting adjourned at 8:50 p.m. Krista Flanagan, Clerk Oregon School District Published: April 19, 2018 WNAXLP *** NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OREGON PLAN COMMISSION TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2018 6:30 P.M. OREGON TOWN HALL 1138 UNION ROAD OREGON, WI 53575 NOTICE HEREBY GIVEN for a PUBLIC HEARING to be held on Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at 6:30 p.m., before the Town of Oregon Plan Commission at the Oregon Town Hall, 1138 Union Road, Oregon, WI 53575. 1. Land Division and Rezone Request. Petition # Not Available. Parcel # 0509-354-8030-3; 114 Union Road; Brooklyn, WI 53521. The request is to create a 2-acre residential lot for son. Owner and applicant is Russell Schmid, 114 Union Road, Brooklyn, WI 53521. An effort has been made to notify neighbors of this proposed change. To ensure that everyone has been notified, please share this notice with anyone who you think would be interested. Agendas are subject to amendment after publication. Check the official posting locations (Town Hall, Town of Oregon Recycling Center and Oregon Village Hall) including the Town website at www. town.oregon.wi.us. It is possible that members of and possibly a quorum of members of other governmental bodies of the town may be in attendance at any of the meetings to gather information; however, no action will be taken by any governmental body at said meeting other than the governmental body specifically referred to in the meeting notice. Requests from persons with disabilities who need assistance to participate in this meeting or hearing should be made to the Clerk’s office at 835-3200 with 48 hours notice. Denise R. Arnold Clerk Posted: April 3, 2018 Published: April 19, 2018 WNAXLP *** TOWN OF OREGON PLAN COMMISSION AGENDA TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2018 6:30 PM OREGON TOWN HALL 1138 UNION ROAD OREGON, WI 53575 1. Open Public Hearing: a. Land Division and Rezone Request. Petition # Not Available. Parcel # 0509-354-8030-3; 114 Union Road, Brooklyn, WI 53521. The request is to create a 2-acre residential lot for son. Owner and applicant is Russell Schmid, 114 Union Road, Brooklyn, WI 53521. 2. Close Public Hearing. 3. Call Plan Commission meeting to order. 4. Roll Call. 5. Discussion and possible Recommendation to the Town Board. a. Land Division and Rezone Request. Petition # Not Available. Parcel # 0509-354-8030-3. 114 Union Road, Brooklyn, WI 53521. b. Deed Notice to record that two (2) remaining housing density units (HDU) or “splits” remain eligible due to house replacement for Tom Buglass, 5119 Lincoln Road, Oregon, WI 53575. Parcel #’s 0509141-8000-6 and 0509-141-8501-0. 6. Approval of minutes. 7. Public Comments. 8. Discussion and possible Recommendation to the Town Board re: Dane County Comprehensive Revision including zoning map, new zoning categories and notification to town residents of zoning changes. 9. Discussion and Possible Recommendation to the Town Board re: Updates to the Town Comprehensive Plan. 10. Communications. 11. Adjournment. Note: Agendas are subject to amendment after publication. Check the official posting locations (Town Hall, Town of Oregon Recycling Center and Oregon Village Hall) including the Town website at www.town.oregon.wi.us. It is possible that members of and possibly a quorum of members of other governmental bodies of the town may be in attendance at any of the meetings to gather information; however, no action will be
taken by any governmental body at said meeting other than the governmental body specifically referred to in the meeting notice. Requests from persons with disabilities who need assistance to participate in this meeting or hearing should be made to the Clerk’s office at 835-3200 with 48 hours notice. Posted: April 9, 2018 Published: April 19, 2018 WNAXLP *** ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS JEFFERSON STREET & S. MAIN STREET PARKING LOT LIGHTING & ELECTRICAL IMPROVEMENTS (RE-BID) VILLAGE OF OREGON DANE COUNTY, WI The Village of Oregon will receive sealed bids at the Village Hall located at 117 Spring Street, Oregon, WI 53575 for the construction of Jefferson Street & S. Main Street Parking Lot Lighting & Electrical Improvements until May 10, 2018 at 2:00 PM CST. All bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at that time. The work for which bids are asked includes the following: A. The project consists of extending the downtown streetlights along both sides of Jefferson Street to the easterly side of the railroad bridge and within the new South Main Street Parking Lot accessed from Jefferson Street. The project includes lighting and associated amenities (bases, conduit, handholes, pole and fixtures, etc.). B. The project includes burying the service lines from the meter pack to the rear of the South Main Street Buildings (addresses 101-123 S. Main Street), placing new junction boxes, and making the connections at the interior of the buildings. C. The project also includes relocating the light pole in the terrace at the Kwik Trip at 135 N. Main Street including the removal of the existing pole base and associated connections. The BIDDING DOCUMENTS may be examined at the offices of MSA Professional Services, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin; and the Village of Oregon; Wisconsin. Planholders list will be updated interactively on our web address at http:// www.msa-ps.com under Bidding. Copies of the BIDDING DOCUMENTS are available at www.questcdn.com. You may download the digital plan documents for $20 by inputting Quest eBidDoc #5703527 on the website’s Project Search page. Please contact QuestCDN. com at 952-233-1632 or info@questcdn. com for assistance in free membership registration, downloading, and working with the digital project information. No proposal will be accepted unless accompanied by a certified check or bid bond equal to at least 5% of the amount bid, payable to the OWNER as a guarantee that, if the bid is accepted, the bidder will execute and file the proper contract and bond within 15 days after the award of the contract. The certified check or bid bond will be returned to the bidder as soon as the contract is signed, and if after 15 days the bidder shall fail to do so, the certified check or bid bond shall be forfeited to the OWNER as liquidated damages. No bidder may withdraw his bid within 60 days after the actual date of the opening thereof. OWNER reserves the right to waive any informalities or to reject any or all bids. Published by the authority of the Village of Oregon. CONSULTING ENGINEER: MSA Professional Services, Inc. 2901 International Lane, Suite 300 Madison, WI 53704 Mike Maloney, P.E. 1 (608) 242-7779 Published: April 19 and 26, 2018 WNAXLP *** NOTICE OF THE BOARD OF REVIEW FOR THE VILLAGE OF OREGON Notice is hereby given that the Board of Review for the Village of Oregon, Dane County, Wisconsin, shall hold its first meeting on May 21, 2018, from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., at the Oregon Village Hall Board Room. Please be advised of the following requirements to appear before the board of review and procedural requirements if appearing before the board: 1. No person will be allowed to appear before the board of review, to testify to the board by telephone, or to contest the amount of any assessment of real or personal property if the person has refused a reasonable written request by
certified mail of the assessor to view the property. 2. After the first meeting of the board of review and before the board’s final adjournment, no person who is scheduled to appear before the board of review may contact or provide information to a member of the board about the person’s objection, except at a session of the board. 3. The board of review may not hear an objection to the amount or valuation of property unless, at least 48 hours before the board’s first scheduled meeting, the objector provides to the board’s clerk written or oral notice of an intent to file an objection, except that upon a showing of good cause and the submission of a written objection, the board shall waive that requirement during the first 2 hours of the board’s first scheduled meeting, and the board may waive that requirement up to the end of the 5th day of the session or up to the end of the final day of the session if the session is less than 5 days with proof of extraordinary circumstances for failure to meet the 48-hour notice requirement and failure to appear before the board of review during the first 2 hours of the first scheduled meeting. 4. Objections to the amount or valuation of property shall first be made in writing and filed with the clerk of the board of review within the first 2 hours of the board’s first scheduled meeting, except that, upon evidence of extraordinary circumstances, the board may waive that requirement up to the end of the 5th day of the session or up to the end of the final day of the session if the session is less than 5 days. The board may require objections to the amount or valuation of property to be submitted on forms approved by the Department of Revenue, and the board shall require that any forms include stated valuations of the property in question. Persons who own land and improvements to that land may object to the aggregate valuation of that land and improvements to that land, but no person who owns land and improvements to that land may object only to the valuation of that land or only to the valuation of improvements to that land. No person may be allowed in any action or proceedings to question the amount or valuation of property unless the written objection has been filed and that person in good faith presented evidence to the board in support of the objections and made full disclosure before the board, under oath, of all of that person’s property liable to assessment in the district and the value of that property. The requirement that objections be in writing may be waived by express action of the board. 5. When appearing before the board of review, the objecting person shall specify in writing the person’s estimate of the value of the land and of the improvements that are the subject of the person’s objection and specify the information that the person used to arrive at that estimate. 6. No person may appear before the board of review, testify to the board by telephone, or object to a valuation if that valuation was made by the assessor or the objector using the income method of valuation, unless the person supplies the assessor with all the information about income and expenses, as specified in the assessor’s manual under s. 73.03 (2a), Wis. stats., that the assessor requests. The Village of Oregon has an ordinance for the confidentiality of information about income and expenses that is provided to the assessor under this paragraph that provides exceptions for persons using information in the discharge of duties imposed by law or the duties of their officer or by order of a court.* The information that is provided under this paragraph, unless a court determined that it is inaccurate, is not subject to the right of inspection and copying under s. 19.35 (1), Wis. stats. 7. The board shall hear upon oath, by telephone, all ill or disabled persons who present to the board a letter from a physician, surgeon, or osteopath that confirms their illness or disability. No other persons may testify by telephone unless the Board, in its discretion, has determined to grant a property owner’s or their representative’s request to testify under oath by telephone or written statement. 8. No person may appear before the board of review, testify to the board by telephone, or contest the amount of any assessment unless, at least 48 hours before the first meeting of the board, or at least 48 hours before the objection is heard if the objection is allowed under s.70.47 (3) (a), Wis. stats., that person provides to the clerk of the board of review notice as to whether the person will ask for the removal of a member of the
board of review and, if so, which member, and provides a reasonable estimate of the length of time the hearing will take. Notice is hereby given this 19th day of April, 2018. Respectfully submitted, Peggy Haag, Clerk Village of Oregon Posted: April 20, 2018 Published: April 19, 2018 WNAXLP *** OREGON SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION “…HELPING STUDENTS ACQUIRE THE SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND ATTITUDES NEEDED TO ACHIEVE THEIR INDIVIDUAL POTENTIAL…” FROM OREGON SCHOOL DISTRICT MISSION STATEMENT DATE: MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2018 TIME: 6:30 PM PLACE: OSD INNOVATION CENTER, OHS, 456 NORTH PERRY PARKWAY Order of Business Call to Order Roll Call Proof of Notice of Meeting and Approval of Agenda AGENDA A. REORGANIZATION a. Board Members Oath of Office b. Election of Officers 1. President 2. Vice President 3. Treasurer 4. Clerk B. CONSENT CALENDAR NOTE: Items under the Consent Calendar are considered routine and will be enacted under one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items prior to the time the Board votes unless a Board Member requests an item be removed from the calendar for separate action. 1. Minutes of Previous Meeting 2. Approval of Payments 3. Treasurer’s Report, if any 4. Staff Resignations/Retirements 5. Staff Assignments 6. Field Trip Requests, if any 7. Acceptance of Donations, if any: C. COMMUNICATION FROM PUBLIC 1. Public: Board Policy 180.04 has established an opportunity for the public to address the Board. In the event community members wish to address the Board, 15 minutes will be provided; otherwise the agenda will proceed as posted. D. INFORMATION ITEMS 1. OEA Report 2. Student Report E. ACTION ITEMS 1. Official Designations: a. Newspaper b. Resolution regarding Investment of District Funds c. Resolution - Depositories 2. Appointment of Representatives: a. CESA #2 Delegate b. Village Park Board c. WASB Delegate d. Board Committees 3. Staffing for 2018-2019 4. 2018-2019 CESA #2 Contract 5. 66:0301 Shared Service Contract with Dane County New Teacher Project for 2018-2019 school year 6. Issuance of Teacher Contracts 7. Issuance of Licensed Non-Represented Contracts 8. Issuance of Administrator Contracts F. DISCUSSION ITEMS 1. Committee Reports: a. Policy b. Vision Steering 2. Work Session on Student Population and Growth Report G. INFORMATION ITEMS 1. 2014 Referendum Closeout Report 2. Superintendent’s Report H. CLOSING 1. Future Agenda 2. Check Out I. EXECUTIVE SESSION 1. Bargaining OEA Collective Bargaining Agreement 2017-2018 and 20182019, Wis. Stat. s. 19.85(1)(c); Wis. Stat. s. 19.85(1)(e); Wis. Stat. s. 19.85 (1)(g); and Wis. Stat. s. 19.82(1). 2. Potential Land Acquisition, Wis. Stat s 19.85 (1) (e) J. ADJOURNMENT Go to: www.oregonsd.org/board meetings/agendas for the most updated version agenda. Published: April 19, 2018 WNAXLP ***
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The judge also liked the composition of Iozzo’s softball photo. “Ideal loss image, captures the young women’s satisfaction at fine play in a losing effort,” the judge wrote. “Tells me a lot about the team and these individuals.” UNG reporter Amber Levenhagen, who focuses on Stoughton but reports, photographs and helps Iozzo produce for all four newspapers, was chosen Rookie Reporter of the Year after graduating from college in May 2016. “A very close second,” the judge wrote. “She’s a good writer who knows how Levenhagen to report a story in a readable length.” L ev e n h a g e n w a s also named one of five “Future Headliners,” a recognition for journalists early in their careers under the age of 30. She will hold the title for the next two years and will serve as an ambassador for the WNA during that time. All four UNG newspapers and its quarterly magazine, Your Family, are collaborative efforts among the same staff. The All Around Photography award examined three issues, from May, November and a wild card, which the staff chose as being in June. “Good use of photography throughout the paper,” the judge wrote. “Photo pages contain images of generally high quality with good layout and variation in size.” The WNA recognizes winners 140 Lost & Found
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Anthony Iozzo’s photo of Oregon senior Parker Ehn-Howland getting a pin in the Badger Conference Tournament was chosen top sports photo in the Wisconsin Newspaper Association contest. in six categories – daily and weekly newspapers of three sizes each – in its statewide competition. The Observer was competing in the middle category of weeklies, E, with circulations of 2,000-3,500, along with its sibling publications, the Press and the Hub. The awards recognized work done from September 2016 to August 2017. UNG staff learned of their awards in January but were not allowed to publish it until after the convention. UNG also got first-place awards for Business Coverage (editor Jim Ferolie) and for Niche Publication (the annual Verona Area Chamber Guide). UNG’s three weekly news publications earned 17 awards last year, 16 in 2016 – when all nine members of the UNG editorial staff won at least One of the entries for the WNA’s Generone award – and 17 in 2015. al Excellence award featured this cover, from September 2016.
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Herbert F. “Herb” Gundlach, age 87, of Fitchburg, passed away peacefully at his home on Monday, April 16, 2018. He was born on the family farm on Feb. 20, 1931, the son of Ged and Frances (Lalor) Gundlach. Herb served in the U.S. Army from 1955-1957, as a tank commander with rank of staff sergeant. He married Jeanne Whalen on Dec. 2, 1967, at Holy Mother of Consolation Catholic Church, in Oregon. Herb farmed in Fitchburg on the Gundlach family farm and then worked for Haight Equipment as a parts and shop manager. Later, he became property manager for Bill Tesnow and then for Tom and Diane Thompson for many years. In 2018, Herb retired from Gunderson Funeral Homes where he served as funeral director assistant for the past 25 years. Herb played the organ for Holy Mother of Consolation
Catholic Church for 63 years beginning in 1946. He played the accordion with “Don Ring and the Rhythm Kings” and “Don Frey and the Caravans” for 43 years. Herb enjoyed raising white doves for dove releases as a hobby. Herb is survived by his wife, Jeanne; son, Alan (Dawn) Gundlach; sisters, Evelyn Paus, Jean Wescott, and Peggy Riley; brothers, Howard Gundlach and Jerry (Kathy) Gundlach; sister-inlaw, Janet (Neal) Geraths; and many other relatives and many friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Tom Gundlach; brothers-in-law, Elton Paus, Bill Wescott and Jack Riley. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at Holy Mother of Consolation Catholic Church, 651 N. Main St. Oregon, at 11 a.m., on Friday, April 20, 2018, with Fr. Gary Wankerl presiding. Burial with Military Honors will be held at St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery in Oregon, with a luncheon to follow at the church. Visitation will be held at Gunderson Oregon Funeral and Cremation Care, 1150 Park St., Oregon from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 19, 2018, and also at the church from 10 a.m. until the time of the Mass on Friday. Memorials may be made to Holy Mother of Consolation Catholic Church and Agrace HospiceCare. Online condolences may be made at www.gundersonfh.com.
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Village of Brooklyn WI (population 1,400) is seeking a fulltime assistant director responsible for administrative and daily functions of a small PW Department, 17 miles from Madison. The Village has its own sewer/water utilities, parks, cemetery and community building. Responsibilities include hands-on work, personnel management, policy/procedure development, budgeting, and long-range planning. Good communication skills and the ability to work amicably with a wide variety of people is a must. Successful candidate will have professional public works knowledge, sewer/water utility and supervisory experience. Must have or be able to obtain water and wastewater licenses and CDL. Go to www.brooklynwi.gov to download application and view complete job description. Applications must be received no later than May 4, 2018. Wages of $21 to $24 per hour plus benefits dependent upon qualifications. Relocation to within ten miles of the Village is required.
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