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A group of 76 sixth-graders from Rome Corners Intermediate school went to Anderson Farm County Park on Friday, April 27, to celebrate Arbor Day. The kids learned what it’s like to be an arborist from Dane County Parks staff and representatives from nearby Arbor Systems. There were five stations ranged around the park, including opportunities to plant and climb trees. Arborist Kyle Lippart, who works for Arbor Systems, told the Observer that they normally do six or seven events around Dane County in the warmer months. He hopes the kids learn a respect for arbor culture. “It’s good to get to kids at this stage and spark curiosity,” Lippart said. “Trees are something you take care of. They need care throughout their lives.”

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After more than a year of work by a district growth t a s k f o r c e a n d s eve r a l months of work sessions, the Oregon school board is positioned to vote later this month on going to referendum – probably in November – to fund two new schools. It’s holding three more focus groups over the next nine days, and those will lead up to a special board meeting set for Monday, May 21. At that meeting, the board will evaluate all information gathered, including community input. District superintendent Brian Busler

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Maisie Patterson gets a kick out of swinging through the air during an Arbor Day event for RCI sixth-graders at Anderson Park Friday, April 27.

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as the Tin Man water tower, Oregon High School and the red brick headquarters of Gorman and Company. Other clips show lots of smiling kids and people marching in Summer Fest parades, riding on village bike paths, building Habitat for Humanity homes and kids scaling a climbing wall.

Passing on knowledge It’s fitting that Harlow and Olsen should be recognized with Wisconsin Community Media awards in the same year. He developed an interest in videography through his experience as a student volunteer with OCA

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background and references. Way is the director of the Ruth Culver Community Library in Prairie du Sac, a post she’s held since 2004. After an initial interview, she was called back to meet with library staff and then met with the full library board April 23. The board is “not very far from offering this person the job” Village Board representative Jeanne Carpenter told the Observer last week. Busler wrote that the board expects to announce the decision at its May 9 meeting. The board anticipates the new director will begin

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Oregon Community Access Media is celebrating two top awards announced last week by Wisconsin Community Media. Former coordinator Liz Harlow, who retired in 2016 after 31 years with the organization, will be inducted into the Wisconsin Community Media Hall of Fame, and videographer Tim Olsen has won a Top Excellence Award for his program, “Welcome Home to Oregon.” The pair will be honored at a May 10 ceremony in Oshkosh. Harlow was chosen by the WCM

Board of Directors for her “great leadership and devotion to the mission of public, education, and government access television,” WCM executive director Mary Cardona wrote in announcing the awards. A part-time coordinator at OCA Media her entire career, Harlow is the 11th person inducted into the WCM Hall of Fame. It was established in 2008. Olsen made his three-minute video, which can be seen on the homepage at ocamedia.com, last year. It introduces the Village of Oregon in a montage that includes clips from dozens of videos and features some iconic structures in the village, such

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Erin Bauer, center, tests the temperature of the water they’re using to water a freshly-planted tree at BKE on Arbor Day.

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Third-graders Adeline Seitz and AJ LaVoy water a tree during an Arbor Day activity.

Oregon Middle School OMS teacher Cheryl Stout said students and staff have “worked really hard” to get the Green Ribbon school award. “It takes the whole staff to make this a reality from changing the way we do things; be more mindful of the impact we make on the environment,” she told the Observer in an email. “We are all honored to be nominated.” In recent years, Stout said, staff have striven to “educate ourselves and our students on sustainable practices,” including recycling, composting, solar panels and geothermal energy and growing plants for community parks. Since 2003, OMS eighthgrade students have partnered with the Oregon Rotary Club for a student community service project at Lerner Park. Each year, students remove invasive species, build and

maintain gravel trails and plant native prairie grasses. In the school’s “hoop house,” students grow greens for the school salad bar, and its outdoor gardens provide produce for summer school gardening/cooking programs and donations to the local food pantry. Last year, the school added three science rooms, a 50-foot greenhouse and a technology education shop. Students now grow more than 3,000 native prairie and woodland plants for Lerner Park and the school forest restoration. In addition to the hoop house, food garden and school forest, the school’s outdoor learning spaces include a restored prairie. The school’s landscaping plan specifies continued planting of native trees and shrubs and includes the construction of a shelter in the school forest. According to the school’s application, OMS also

recently added a more energy-efficient geothermal system and a 198-panel solar array. Starting last year, students now sort their cafeteria waste, and food scraps and napkins are composted on site using wood chips. Milk cartons are now recycled instead of being put into the garbage. New classroom lights are LED and on motion sensors. Hallway lights are on motion sensors. Parking lot lights have been replaced with LED. The school has also added “no idling” signs in its dropoff and pick-up loop.

Brooklyn Elementary Winning the award would recognize several years of Brooklyn’s efforts to “build a healthy and sustainable community” through outreach efforts such as the Movea-Thon and the Wisconsin Green and Healthy Schools program, teacher Anna Seidenstricker said .

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The Green Ribbon Schools application requires reporting across nine areas. These are: community involvement, energy, environmental health, environmental and sustainability education, health and wellness, recycling and waste management, school site, transportation, and water. Both schools started with a focused initiative on health and wellness and expanded on those efforts over several years to address a variety of environmental topics both inside and outside of the school building. “From recycling and energy-efficiency programs to a community garden and the addition of a parcourse (fitness trail) on school grounds, Brooklyn Elementary is leading the way for a more sustainable future, and it is something that we are all proud of and hold as a top priority,” she wrote the Observer in an email. Environmental education has been a staple at Brooklyn since the early 2000s, when teachers started a “Move-athon” to promote activity and raise funds for an outdoor parcourse and a movement room with exercise equipment. Teachers also started a butterfly garden, with pollinator-friendly plants, and fourth-graders recently planted a prairie near school grounds. According to the school’s application, in 2014, BKE started the Green and Healthy committee to apply for grants and plan healthy events for the school, made up of teachers,

parents, administrators and community members. The group secured a $4,000 state grant, which allowed it to install its first raised-bed vegetable garden. Soon, a student-led “Green Team” was started to create activities, lessons and challenges for students to participate in. There were fruit- and vegetable-eating challenges, healthy recipe contests, yoga and meditation exercises, reusable water bottle and recycling competitions and walking path miles logged. Students visit local farms to learn about agriculture and sustainability, and the Student Green Team travels to Oregon Middle School to help plant gardens and remove invasive species. Fourth-graders partner with the Arbor Day foundation to plant trees in local parks each year. Email Unified Newspaper Group reporter Scott De Laruelle at scott. delaruelle@wcinet.com.

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In many contests, the mark of excellence is receiving a blue ribbon. But Oregon Middle School and Brooklyn Elementary School staff and students are hoping for a green ribbon as a reward for their environmentally conscious efforts. The two schools were nominated for this year’s U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools program by state Superintendent Tony Evers. The program recognizes schools that reduce their environmental impact and costs, improve the health and wellness of students and staff and provide effective environmental and sustainability education, according to a Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction news release last week. Honorees will be announced later this month. “It takes the entire school community, working together, to be a nominee for this national recognition,” Evers said. “I commend these schools for their commitment to ensuring a healthy, safe environment for both students and staff members and for preparing their students to be sustainability leaders.” The two schools were recognized Saturday at a “Celebration of Excellence in Environmental Education” at the Lussier Heritage Center in Madison, where a variety of area environmental awards were given out. The two schools also received Green and Healthy Schools Wisconsin “Sugar Maple” recognition, as well as national certification through Project Learning Tree’s “Green Schools” program and National Wildlife Federation’s Eco-Schools USA program. The district has won several state health awards in recent years, including last fall, when OMS, Rome Corners, Brooklyn Elementary, Netherwood Knoll Elementary and Prairie View Elementary were among only 15 schools in the state and 323 in the country named to the 2017 list of America’s Healthiest Schools.


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Nearly four years after the Rutland Planning Commission and Town Board spurned the last proposal by Magnum Communications to build a nearly 500-foot radio tower, the company could be coming back for yet another try. Magnum Communic a t i o n s r e p r e s e n t a t ive s will make a “preliminary appearance” at the 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 7, meeting of the Planning Commission, chairman Mark Porter told the Observer in an email. He said the company has made “no petition or request as yet,” and that company owner Dave Magnum will present “whatever his proposal is at the meeting.” No action will be taken other than an “informal thumbs up/down from the commission,” Porter wrote. If there is indeed another proposal from the Tomahbased company, it will be the third since 2011, when Magnum sought to build a tower on farmland owned by siblings and longtime farmers David Soldwedel and Sue Wollin. It set off strong public opposition and some of the longest town meetings in recent history. Company officials had said the proposed tower could service a future FM station in Stoughton. Tower opponents have said its size and lights would mar the rural landscape and reduce nearby property values, while proponents have said a local radio station could improve emergency communication and air broadcasts of local high school sports. In February 2011, nearly 40 residents testified in public hearing on a Magnum Communications proposal to build a 488-foot radio tower on 15.5 acres at 3768 Old Stage Road – with most in opposition. Later that year, town

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officials voted not to rezone the land from its exclusive agriculture district status. Magnum appealed the town’s vote but was rebuffed by a Dane County judge. After being rejected in 2011, Magnum Communications came back three years later with a similar plan on the same site, but the result was the same. In June 2014, Rutland Planning Commission and Town B o a r d m e m b e r s u n a n imously voted down a proposal to build a 486-foot radio on the property and again did not rezone the land. During a three-hour meeting attended by nearly 50 people, slightly more than half registered in opposition to the proposal. Then-Town Chair Dale Beske said town officials felt the zoning change wouldn’t conform with state and county rules designed to preserve farmland. Magnum’s attorney, William White, said the town “totally ignored” a state law created in 2013 that restricted local authority over siting radio towers. “It sets us on a confrontational course of action,” he said. “That isn’t where we wanted to go. We wanted to be collaborative and cooperative as part of the community. But we’ll do the best we can to deliver the services that we think people want.” Beske said town officials felt they “had to follow Dane County zoning rules on this.” “It’s unfortunate that the state Legislature saw fit to take the local control away,” he said. Email Unified Newspaper Group reporter Scott De Laruelle at scott. delaruelle@wcinet.com.

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A former sergeant working at the Oakhill Correctional Institute allegedly had sex with an inmate and is now facing felony sexual assault charges. Cassandra Green, 49, of DeForest, has been charged with second-degree sexual assault by correctional staff for an alleged relationship she developed with an inmate, which eventually led to sex last November. She resigned in December “without any real notice,” according to the criminal complaint. Green is married to the security director for the state Department of Corrections, Michael Green. Wi t h i n a d a y o f h e r

resignation, security and wardens received information about her husband finding out she was having an affair with an inmate, according to the complaint. That was based on photos and a video on Cassandra Green’s phone, as well as letters that indicated a possible relationship, the complaint states. The inmate, identified in the complaint by initials CDH, told investigators he and Green had sex in a kitchen area of one of the cottages around 3 a.m. Nov. 24, according to the complaint. The inmate told police he and Green had “joked about (having sex) in the past, but he never thought it was going to happen,” the complaint states. During Green’s nightly inmate counts, CDH told investigators, he woke up as she shined the flashlight into his room and the officer then “motioned to him with her finger to follow her.” The two then went to

the kitchen, where Green reportedly told CDH to “be quick about this.” T h e t w o h a d d ev e l oped the relationship between them over time, as they would see each other through a window a n d m a ke ey e c o n t a c t and smile at each other, according to the com plaint. They had kissed and touched each other’s butts in the past, CDH said, often after he told a coworker he would finish their cleaning work alone before Green would come in the room. A piece of mail from CDH, whose mail was being monitored once the investigation began, to someone in Menasha also detailed the relationship between he and Green, according to the com plaint, and naming Green as the guard he had developed a relationship with. “CDH thoroughly explains to his friend he developed this relationship with Green and they

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had sex,” the complaint states. “CDH goes through how he initially stood his ground and lied to the DOC investigators but he didn’t know what to say when the detectives came and talked to him and told him things that only he and Green would know such as their Thanksgiving night sexual encounter in the kitchen.” The complaint states that the letter also said Green had told CDH she resigned and to not say anything to investigators if they talked to him. Green faces up to 40 years in prison and a $100,000 fine if convicted of the Class C Felony. Her initial appearance is scheduled for May 17, according to online court records. Contact Scott Girard at ungreporter@wcinet.com and follow him on Twitter @sgirard9.

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he way we describe a problem often reveals more about how we want to “fix” it than our insights into its causes. This is especially true if we expect to get a different outcome while continuing to do the same things we have been doing. And therein lies the rub. The way of thinking that got us into trouble seldom works for getting out of it. Take downtown Oregon, for example. Business owners insist there isn’t enough parking. Village officials think sufficient Noeldner parking is available, but it’s not obvious to motorists. There’s nothing new there; community leaders in thousands of historic downtowns all over this nation have reached the same conclusions – ones that have much in common. The “cure” is implicit in both diagnoses. Neither view of the problem is likely to ruffle the feathers of any voters or customers. And neither imagines that ordinary citizens – i.e. the rest of us – need to play the leading role in sustaining the economic health and civic vitality of our downtown. Better signage and lighting, more designated parking for disabled customers and enforcement of parking time limits are all steps in the right direction. But the history of downtown revitalization efforts in America show they are not enough. We need to address other factors if we are to be successful. Things which require stepping out of our comfort zones, like making more trips downtown some way other than in a car. So let’s start with that, the elephant in the room. Too many of us are arriving downtown with 15 or 20 feet of private property we expect to park for free within spitting distance of the entrance of whatever business we are patronizing. Acknowledging that’s a big part of the problem won’t win

many votes or repeat customers. No wonder our village officials and business owners tiptoe around it. This is why we citizens need to take the lead in establishing the conditions for open and honest public conversations about our community’s future. To adapt a famous plea from President John F. Kennedy, ask not what Oregon can do for you; ask what you can do for Oregon. We need to invest that kind of generosity in the downtown so many of us claim to love. And our generosity needs to be founded on a no-nonsense, no-sugarcoating assessment of the data and facts. Let’s start with geometry. Shoes are a lot smaller than cars; shoes don’t need any parking; therefore shoes leave far more room downtown for stuff that makes downtown worth going to. I’ll be honest, I didn’t begin to understand this until about 15 years ago, when I got serious about using a car as little as possible. Then there is history. Oregon’s downtown was built for village residents who mostly arrived on foot and farm families who, having arrived in horse-drawn buggies they tied up in one place, did the rest of their business on foot. Together, they used a small fraction of the parking space per person many of us demand today. The bottom line: we can’t have a “historic downtown” and treat it like a strip mall, too. We all have a part to play to make it happen. For residents, we should commit ourselves to arriving downtown more often on foot and via bicycle. It might not be possible for some exurbanites who call Oregon home, but surely there are fitness fanatics in Fahey Heights and Ravenoaks who could get a workout by pedaling downtown for some of their errands rather than driving to the gym or jumping on an elliptical. Meanwhile several thousand of us do live within practical year-round walking and biking distance of downtown; a lot more hoofing it there would do wonders for our community’s health.

For the Village Board, it needs to get serious about the “minimize absolute reliance on the automobile” part in its Comprehensive Plan and stop approving developments more than a mile away from downtown. The Jefferson Crossing apartments are just what the doctor ordered. Fortunately our downtown has tremendous potential for more “walkable urban” redevelopment, such as Kwik Trip, BMO Harris, UW Health, Church Hill and the block east of Village Hall. The “not in my back yard” attitude needs to go. We shouldn’t make it far easier for developers to annex and build on 80 acres of cornfield than to build 80 apartments and condos within a block or two of downtown. The natural progression for cities throughout history has been to grow up – literally. Fighting upward growth downtown just creates more sprawl somewhere else – and thus more car traffic here. For downtown business owners, they should make darn sure their employees aren’t using the front-door parking the village provides for free. Ultimately, Oregon leaders should find ways to reward people who arrive downtown without cars. If making a huge fuss over walking 5K once a year to cure cancer makes sense, surely it is even more sensible to vigorously promote year-round walking and bicycling to our downtown as ways to be healthy. Since accessing our downtown without using a car isn’t possible for all of us all of the time, the physically able motorists among us need to make it our habit to park a few blocks away and walk there. Not only would this kind of generosity make our parking problems vanish overnight, we’d also have more time to see how beautiful our downtown is and appreciate the loving care our downtown business owners have invested in their enterprises. And we’d meet other citizens who are out walking too. Talk about “community-building” exercise! Hans Noeldner is a Village of Oregon resident.


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OHS senior in select company New yard waste site Regarded as a standout student leader at Oregon High School, Faith MajorsCulp now stands out among the top high school seniors in the state. She was named one of 15 Wisconsin semifinalists in the 2018 Presidential Scholar Program, “one of the nation’s highest honors bestowed Majors-Culp on a high school graduate,” according to a news release last week from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. The students are among 630 semifinalists nationwide in the program, which was established in 1964 to recognize top graduating high school seniors.

candidates on academic achievement, personal characteristics, leadership and service activities, and their essays. While most scholars are selected based on college admissions exams, another group is selected based on “academic and artistic scholarship in the visual arts, performing arts, or creative writing. A third – which includes Majors-Culp and two other state students – is for “ability and accomplishment in career and technical education fields.” The selections will be reviewed by the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars, which will choose next month up to 161 to be U.S. Presidential Scholars, including one male and one female scholar from each state, up to 15 at-large, 20 in the arts and 20 in career and technical education. Email Unified Newspaper Group reporter Scott De Laruelle at scott.delaruelle@wcinet.com.

Youth center’s dance is May 11 ALEXANDER CRAMER Unified Newspaper Group

Kids in grades 5-8 are invited to the biannual fundraiser dance for the Oregon Youth Center from 7 - 1 0  p . m . F r i d a y, M a y 11, in the Oregon Middle School cafeteria, 601 Pleasant Oak Dr. Tickets will be on sale for $5 at the youth center and during lunch at OMS from May 9-11 and at the door for $7. A DJ will play age-appropriate music and there will be adult chaperones and high school chaperones on hand. OHS students will

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run the concession stand, which will offer pizza for $2 a slice in addition to other snacks. OYC d i r e c t o r D i a n e

Newland told the Observer that Pizza Pit is “great” and donates as much pizza as they need every year, and “very talented” board member Denise Arnold will make healthy snacks to sell, too. Newland said kids have a great time at the dance and find ways to entertain themselves, like the one year they decided to have an arm wrestling tournament. “The kids are usually really excited they get to run around in the cafeteria,” Newlin said. “The girls stand where the lights are and kind of dance with each other. The boys are

kind of like electrons and just bounce around.” The youth center has been holding a spring and fall dance since 2015, and Newlin said they are glad to offer a safe, supervised Friday night even twice a year for all of the kids in that age group. “There are times when we don’t really make a lot of money,” Newlin said, “but we like to keep doing it as a service to kids in the community.” Contact Alexander Cramer at alexander.cramer@ wcinet.com.​

The Oregon Straw Hat Players were awarded $609 for their upcoming production of “Hello, Dolly!” by the Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission. The money is part of a nearly $250,000 pool that will be doled out in 2018 as “Dane Arts” grants. In this first cycle, eightyone projects and five capital improvements were funded totaling $132,587,

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according to a news release. “Hello, Dolly!” will be directed by Sarah Karlen, with shows slated for early August and auditions to begin in late May. If you are interested in auditioning, OSHP asks you to prepare no more than one minute of a classical musical theatre song in the style of the show and to bring a copy of the music for the pianist. Auditions are May 22 and 23 and rehearsals will start June

11. deadline is 4 p.m., WednesTo submit a video audi- day, Aug. 1. tion, or if you have quesContact Alexander Cramtions, email director@oshponline.org. er at alexander.cramer@ The grants are funded wcinet.com.​ by county dollars coupled with philanthropic donaEMERALD INVESTMENTS tions from the Endres ManMINI STORAGE ufacturing Company Foun5'x10' $38 Month dation, the Evjue Founda10'x10' $60 Month tion, Inc., the W. Jerome 10'x15' $65 Month Frautschi Foundation and 10'x20' $80 Month the Pleasant T. Rowland 10'x25' $90 Month Foundation, according to At Cleary Building Corp. the release. 190 S. Paoli St., Verona WI The next project grant (608) 845-9700

The village’s yard waste site on North Perry Parkway will close on May 10 and the temporary site on Cusick Parkway is set to open the same day. The new site is on the north side of Cusick Parkway, which is north of Lerner Conservation Park and off Netherwood Road west of the Lycon Concrete Plant. The current position near the wastewater treatment plant at the southern end of North Perry Parkway is being closed to make way for the Perry Parkway connection construction project, which will last until the fall. Parks director Jeff Rau wrote in an email he hopes

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to clear the Perry Parkway site the week of May 14-18 to make way for construction. The goal is to have North and South Perry Parkway connected by the time students return to OHS in the fall. The temporary site will be in use throughout the summer. A new permanent yard waste and brush drop off site will be located just south of the wastewater treatment plant and will open when construction on the connection is complete. All of the same rules and regulations will remain in effect at the temporary site. For more information, call Village Hall at 835-3118. Contact Alexander Cramer at alexander.cramer@ wcinet.com.​

Lincoln Road closing next week ALEXANDER CRAMER Unified Newspaper Group

According to the village’s website, Lincoln Road will be closed for roadway construction from Bergamont Boulevard to South Burr Oak Avenue from 7 a.m. Monday, May 7, to approximately 5 p.m. Friday, May 11. Village public works director Jeff Rau wrote in an email the construction

will involve paving the north half of Lincoln Road from the existing western urban section boundary to the west side of the Brynhill intersection. Brynhill Road will eventually be extended and paved to Lincoln Road but the schedule for that project has yet to be determined. Contact Alexander Cramer at alexander.cramer@ wcinet.com.​

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work ethic, transformational leadership and compassion,” Beatty wrote. “(She) strives for excellence … a leader in and outside of the classroom … well-respected by her peers.” Beatty said the MajorsCulp started two of the chapter’s most successful service projects – bingo with the senior center and a holiday toy drive. “Faith can see the need in the community, evaluate what can be done, implement a plan, secure buy in from key stakeholders and create success stories in the community,” Beatty wrote. “(She) is above all compassionate. Faith always displays a smile for all, a demeanor of respect for others and is concerned about the needs of those around her.” Earlier this year, the program identified more than 5,300 candidates. Each was invited to submit essays, self-assessments, secondary school reports and transcripts. A r ev i ew c o m m i t t e e of educators evaluated

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“These students, with support from families, teachers, and their community, have shown dedication to their studies and service to others,” said State Superintendent Tony Evers in the news release. OHS principal Jim Pliner Faith called Majors-Culp a “top-notch student, a caring member of our community and is a tremendous leader.” “Faith is down-to-earth and connected to everyone here,” he wrote the Observer in an email. “She always has a smile on her face. (She) is very deserving of consideration for this honor.” In a letter of recommendation to the Presidential Scholar Program, OHS teacher Jillian Beatty, Majors-Culp’s adviser, wrote that Majors-Culp is a “professional, young woman who will make positive differences in our world because of her hard work, enthusiasm and service leadership,” citing her work as a leader of Oregon’s FFA Chapter. “I am impressed by Faith’s initiative and hard

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Congratulations to David and Mary (Bahr) Shaw of Oregon are celebrating their 45th wedding anniversary on May 4th. Their children are Brian and Emily (High) Shaw of North Carolina, and Tarn and Jennifer (Shaw) Rackley of the state of Oregon. They have 3 grandchildren Aidan, Josephine and Sylas.

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look through and ask questions about. There will be snacks and drinks proBrooklyn recreation will host a free vided. family movie night from 6-9 p.m. For more information, call Officer Saturday, May 5, at the community Brian Lehmann at 835-3111. building, 102 N. Rutland Ave. The free movie starts at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday Farmers Market and proceeds from popcorn, pizThe farmers market is back and will za, candy, soda and water go to help be held from 2-6 p.m. Tuesdays at create more events for the Brooklyn Dorn Hardware, 131 W. Richards St. Community. from May 1 until the last Tuesday in For information, visit brooklynrec October. reation.org. The market features locally produced food and art from area family Safety Day farms like fresh picked vegetables and The Oregon Fire Department, 131 fruits, meats, baked goods, jams and Spring St., is inviting kids of all ages jellies, honey, maple syrup, arts and to come to Safety Day from 9 a.m. to more, according to its website. noon on Saturday, May 5. For more information, visit local Representatives from Oregon’s harvest.org. police, fire and public works departments along with Dane County Sher- Red Cross blood drive iff’s recreational patrol will bring their There will be a blood drive from vehicles and equipment for visitors to 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday,

May 9, at the Oregon Fire Department, 131 Spring St. The American Red Cross reminds people blood is a perishable product that can only come from volunteers. In about an hour, individuals can make a difference for someone who needs it. To make an appointment or to learn more, visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800- 733-2767 for an appointment.

Brooklyn Fire/EMS friends The May meeting of the Friends of the Brooklyn Fire/EMS will be 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 9, at the Brooklyn Fire Station, 401 W. Main St. Residents are reminded that they can support the departments by placing their Bill’s Food Center receipts in the mailbox located at the fire station. If you have questions or are unable to attend the meeting but would like to be involved, please contact Dave Hall,

Community calendar ‌Thursday, May 3‌

• 1 p.m., Five steps to inner peace with Tina Mancusi, MSSW, senior center, 835-5801‌ • 6-7 p.m., Craftivism (14+, knitting/crocheting for charity), library, kripley@oregonlibrary.org ‌ • 6:30 p.m., BKE/NKE combined choir concert, OHS PAC, 456 N. Perry Pkwy., 835-4300‌

‌Friday, May 4‌

• 10 a.m., Everybody storytime, library, 835-3656‌ • 10:30-11 a.m., Stay and Play, library, 835-3656‌ • 1 p.m., Coffee with a reporter, Firefly Coffeehouse and Artisan Cheese, 114 N. Main St., 845-9559‌ • 6-8 p.m., Girls’ Night, (games/jewelry making, dinner), youth center, 110 N. Oak St., 886-9093‌

‌Saturday, May 5‌

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

family movie night, Brooklyn Community Building, 102 N. Rutland Ave, brooklynrecreation.org‌

‌Sunday, May 6‌

• 8 a.m. to noon, KC pancake breakfast, Holy Mother Consolation Church Hall, 651 N. Main St., oregonwi.com‌

‌Monday, May 7‌

• 5 p.m., Village Board meeting, Village Hall, 8353118‌ • 7 p.m. OMS orchestra concert, OHS PAC, 8354300‌

‌Tuesday, May 8‌

• 10 a.m., Teetering Toddlers Storytime, library, 835-3656‌ • 11 a.m., Bouncing Babies Storytime, library, 835-3656‌ • 6 and 7 p.m., RCI orchestra concert, (5th grade: 6 p.m., 6th grade 7 p.m.), OHS PAC, 456 N. Perry Pkwy., 835-4300‌

• 6-8 p.m., Bluegrass and Country jam, Ziggy's BBQ ‌Wednesday, May 9‌ Smokehouse & Ice Cream • 9 a.m., OAWC Wellness Parlor, 135 S. Main St., Walk, library, 835-3656‌ 291-0915‌ • 6:30-9 p.m., Brooklyn Rec • 10 a.m., Everybody sto-

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, May 3 WOW: Oregon Village Board Organizational Meeting (4/17/18) ORE: OHS Fine Arts Week: 4 Seasons: Fiddler on the Roof (4/19/18)

Monday, May 7 WOW: Village Board Parks Meeting LIVE -5pm & live streamed on ocamedia.com ORE: BKE Orchestra Concert (4/26/18)

Friday, May 4 WOW: Oregon Chamber of Commerce Meeting (4/19/18) ORE: OHS Panther Girls Soccer vs Monona Grove LIVE 5:45pm & live streamed on ocamedia.com

Tuesday, May 8 WOW: Capitol City Band (8/3/17) ORE: OHS Panther Girls Soccer vs Waukesha West LIVE 6:15pm & live streamed on ocamedia. com

Saturday, May 5 WOW: Capitol City Band (11/25/17) ORE: Oregon/ Stoughton Rugby vs Kenosha (4/27/18)

Wednesday, May 9 WOW: Road to Recovery: Finding Effective Care ORE: Oregon/ Stoughton Rugby vs. Muskego (5/2/18)

Sunday, May 6 WOW: Community of Life Church Service ORE: NKE Spring Musical: Cinderella (4/27/18)

Thursday, May 10 WOW: Village Board Parks Meeting (5/7/18) ORE: OHS Panther Girls Soccer vs Fort Atkinson (4/26/18)

rytime, library, 835-3656‌ • 10 a.m., Hotel ground breaking, 1120 Park Street, oregonwi.com‌ • 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., community blood drive, Oregon Fire Station, 131 Spring St., 835-5587‌ • 11:45 a.m., Lunch with librarians, (register to get lunch by 1 p.m., May 4), senior center, 835-5801‌

‌Thursday, May 10‌

to 1 p.m.,) senior center, 835-5801‌ • 10:30-11 a.m., Stay and Play, library, 835-3656‌ • 4 p.m., Teen Advisory board meeting, library, 835-3656‌ • 7-10 p.m., Youth center dance fundraiser, OMS, 601 Pleasant Oak Dr., 886-9093‌

‌Saturday, May 12‌

• Community-wide garage • Community-wide garage sale, oregonwi.com‌ sale, oregonwi.com‌ • 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Ninth • 6:30 p.m., Oregon PTO, annual Brat Bash, (balloon twister 11 a.m. to 1 NKE library, 276 Soden Dr., 835-4097‌ p.m.,) senior center, 835• 7 p.m., OHS choirs Vari- 5801‌ ety Show, OHS PAC, 456 • 10-11 a.m., Workshop: N. Perry Pkwy., 835-4300‌ Why roses are a garden must-have, Winterland ‌Friday, May 11‌ Nursery, 5655 Lincoln • Community-wide garage Rd., 835-6556 ‌ sale, oregonwi.com‌ • 6-8 p.m., Bluegrass and • 10 a.m., Everybody sto- Country jam, Ziggy's BBQ rytime, library, 835-3656‌ Smokehouse & Ice Cream • 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Asses- Parlor, 135 S. Main St., sor office hours, Village 291-0915‌ Hall, 117 Spring St., • 6 p.m., Family movie accurateassessor.com or night, First Presbyterian 800-770-3927‌ Church, 408 N. Bergam• 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Ninth ont Blvd., fpcmovies@ annual Brat Bash, (music gmail.com ‌ from Bahama Bob 11 a.m.

Senior center Monday, May 7 BBQ Chicken Breast One-half Baked Potato Seasoned Corn, Wheat Bread Tropical Fruit Chocolate Cake VO – Black Bean Burger NCS – SF Pudding Cup Tuesday, May 8 Cheese Tortellini Bake Bread Stick, Green Beans Oranges, Blueberry Crisp VO – Veggie Tortellini Bake NCS – SF Cookie Packet Wednesday, May 9 Chicken Salad, Mini Croissant Broccoli Salad Pickled Beets Peaches Pudding VO – Egg Salad NCS – SF Pudding Thursday, May 10 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, May 11 BBQ Ribs* Potato Salad Green Bean Almandine Rye Bread Strawberry Shortcake VO – Hummus Wrap NCS – SF Cookie Packet SO - Chef’s Salad *Contains Pork

Monday, May 7 Morning: Diabetic Foot Care 9:00 CLUB 10:30 StrongWomen 12:45 Get Fit 1:30 Bridge 3:30 Weight Loss Support Tuesday, May 8 8:30 Zumba Gold Advanced 9:30 Wii Bowling 9:45 Zumba Gold 12:30 Sheepshead, Shopping at Pick-N-Save 5:30 StrongWomen Wednesday, May 9 9:00 CLUB, Wednesday Walk 9:00 Cards with Terry 11:45 Lunch with Librarians 12:45 Get Fit 1:00 Euchre Thursday, May 10 Morning: Chair Massage 8:30 Zumba Gold Advanced 9:00 Pool Players 9:00 COA Meeting 9:45 Zumba Gold 10:30 StrongWomen 12:30 Shopping at Bill’s 1:00 Cribbage 5:30 StrongWomen Friday, May 11 9:00 CLUB 9:00 Gentle Yoga at State Bank 9:30 Blood Pressure 10:00 - 2:00 BRAT BASH TODAY AND SATURDAY, 5/12!

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.

Prayer “Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.” – 1 Samuel 3:9 NIV Prayer is the central spiritual discipline, since it places us in communion with God. When Paul tells us to pray without ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5:17), he is saying that our communion with God should be a constant and neverending state of being. Brother Lawrence showed us one way to do this in “Practicing the Presence of God,” where he explains that even while doing our mundane daily activities such as washing pots and pans we can be communicating with God and aware of His presence. Our interior dialogue with God may at times become more of a monologue, and while that is okay (since God’s patience is infinite), it is at times advisable to stop talking and to listen to what God has to say. There are times when we can simply be quiet and rest in the awareness that God is there, praying “Here I am Lord, your servant is listening.” But real prayer is transformative. We must be willing to change, and willing to let God’s will be done, not ours. Jesus, after all, prayed “not my will, but yours be done.” (Luke 22:42 NIV) And James tells us that “When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.” (James 4:3 NIV) How often are our prayers pure selfishness, asking for a return to health, or for wealth, or some other source of pleasure? Instead, let us pray for the grace and wisdom to know God’s will, and the strength and courage to do it. –Christopher Simon


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RCI sixth-grader Emma Sakwe peers up at the tree she’s about to climb as part of an Arbor Day event at Anderson Park.

Arborist Kyle Lippart belays an RCI sixth-grader during an Arbor Day event at Anderson Park.

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Arborist Chris Heise adjusts ropes high in the air before helping kids climb the tree during an Arbor Day event at Anderson Park.

RCI 6th-grader Jacob Hoeft tests the climbing equipment arborists use with the help of arborist Chris Heise during an Arbor Day celebration at Anderson Park.

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Fourth-graders from BKE pose at Legion Park after celebrating Arbor Day by planting trees.

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Liz Harlow, shown at her OCA Media desk in 2009, has been chosen to the Wisconsin Community Media Hall of Fame.

Harlow: Retired in 2016 after 31 years with OCA Media Continued from page 1 Media in its early days. Back then, Harlow managed a group of high school volunteers who were eager to use cameras and microphones to record school events and games. She recalled working out of a classroom at Oregon High School during her first year with OCA Media and then small work spaces in Village Hall for about 10 years before the station moved to its former office on Market Street. Gradually, some parents got involved as they saw the value in recording important events in their children’s lives, she said. One of the things Harlow said she cherished the most about coordinating the operation for three decades was the impact it had on young students, including media professionals like Olsen. “I like that we had some really neat kids coming through that had tons of energy and were creative and could figure things out,” Harlow said in a 2009 interview with the Observer. “They

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There was a plant sale fundraiser for the Oregon Welcome Center and Tin Man Water Tower from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 28. In collaboration with Fitchburg Farms, 15 percent of proceeds from the sales of products like hanging baskets and perennials went to ongoing maintenance of the Oregon landmarks.

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Cataloging the village Harlow also appreciated “cataloging the life of the village.” “It’s been nice to see people who were volunteering just because they wanted to help their neighbors and see the kids on TV and make stars of our youth,” she observed. “What makes local access interesting is it’s made by and for people in the community who watch it.” Harlow loved that her job allowed her to meet “lots of different people” and know what was happening in the community. She liked “juggling a lot of different things” at once and also “the diversity of the people who came through the door,” she said. Reflecting on her Hall of Fame induction, Harlow deadpanned, “I’m glad I hung in there for all those years.” Contact Bill Livick at bill. livick@wcinet.com

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Candell’s 74 leads Panthers to sixth at Morgan Stanley Shootout ANTHONY IOZZO Assistant sports editor

Senior Ryan Candell continued to have a strong start to the 2018 season Thursday in the Morgan Stanley Shootout at University Ridge Golf Course. Candell finished with a 2-over 74 and took runner-up as an individual, helping Oregon boys golf finish sixth with a 336.

Madison Edgewood’s James Gilmore shot a 72 to win medalist for the tournament and help the Crusaders win as a team with a 308, 16 strokes better than Middleton and Waunakee which tied for second. Junior John Klus was second on Oregon with an 80, and junior Sam Schroeder followed with a 90. Sophomore Colton Eyers finished the scoring with a 92, and

senior Ryan Michek’s 93 was not counted toward the final team score. Sun Prairie’s Ethan Carrick was third with a 74, as the Cardinals took fifth with a 329, four strokes behind Verona. Candell earned second in a scorecard playoff. The rest of the individual top 10 were Edgewood’s Rory Gierhart (75), Monona Grove’s Jake

What’s next Oregon traveled to Monroe Country Club Wednesday, May 2, for a Badger South Conference mini-meet. Results will be in next week’s Observer. The Panthers’ next meet is the Ashenfelter Invitational at 8 a.m. Saturday, May 12, at Riverside Golf Course.

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Boys tennis

Player of the week From April 24-May 1

Name: Megan Bloyer Grade: Freshman Sport: Softball Position: first base Highlights: Bloyer homered in her first two at bats and then added a single and a double to power the Panthers to a 10-1 nonconference win over Janesville Parker Photo by Jeremy Jones

Junior Henry Wiedemann tracks down a shot Monday in a 6-4, 6-0 victory at No. 4 singles. Oregon beat Stoughton 5-2 in a Badger South Conference dual meet.

Oregon beats Stoughton JEREMY JONES ​Sports editor

Oregon boys tennis (7-3 overall, 4-1 conference) split a pair of Badger South dual meets last week, falling to a Monona Grove team among the conference favorites before beating rival Stoughton later in the week. The Panthers also participated in an Edgerton triangular meet over the weekend.

Oregon 5, Stoughton 2 All four seniors picked up wins Monday to help Oregon take a 5-2 win over Stoughton. No. 1 doubles players Dan Koopman and Kyle Rehrauer won 6-1, 6-2, and senior Ashton Meyers and junior Sean Benet picked up a 6-2, 6-1 win at No. 2 doubles. Senior Tanner Hake added a 6-0, 6-1 win at No. 3 singles. Junior Henry Wiedemann

defeated Ethan Wright 6-4, 6-0 at No. 4 singles. Juniors Jacob Ayers and Ben Hessler were the first match off the court, flying through their No. 3 doubles match 6-0, 6-0. “We were really bright in some spots and challenged in others,” coach Ben Conklin said. Junior Zak Roskos lost a three-setter, 6-1, 3-6, 6-4, at No.

What’s next Oregon boys tennis travels to Quann Park at 4:15 p.m. Friday for face Madison Edgewood. The Panthers then participate in the Stoughton Invitational starting at 8:30 a.m. Saturday.

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Panthers drop three straight Badger South Conference games last week JEREMY JONES ​Sports editor

Oregon softball (8-3 overall) fell to 4-3 overall with three Badger South Conference losses last week, including two to Fort Aktinson.

Fort Atkinson 5, Oregon 3 The Panthers fell behind early Thursday, and for the first time this season, were unable to dig themselves out in a 5-3 loss

against Fort Atkinson. Oregon cut the Blackhawks’ lead to 3-1 following an RBI double by Sam Mikkeson in bottom of the second inning. The Panthers tried to rally with a pair of runs in final two innings, but it wasn’t enough. Sadie Gaberell singled home Kyrsten George in the sixth inning, and Hallile Washebeck scored on a fielder’s choice in the seventh. Fort Atkinson scored twice

What’s next Oregon softball heads to Goodman Park in Madison for a 4 p.m. conference game against Madison Edgewood on Friday. The Panthers then participate in the Mount Horeb tournament at 10 a.m. Saturday. in the fourth inning, thanks to was solid the rest of the way, a pair of singles, an error and a and Oregon committed four ground ball to solidify the win. errors in the loss. Blackhawk pitcher Kat Brandl

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Honorable mentions: Dan Koopman and Kyle Rehrauer (boys tennis) won 6-1, 6-2 at No. 1 doubles Monday to help Oregon beat Stoughton 5-2 Johnny Auer (boys track) won the long jump with a leap of 19-11 1/2 Friday as Oregon won the long jump relay with a combined 58-3 1/2 Jenna Igl (girls track) was part of the victorious 4x1 and second place 4x4 relay. She also led Oregon to a long jump relay victory with a first-place leap of 14-9 3/4 Emma Halverson (girls soccer) finished with a goal and two assists in an 8-0 win over Fort Atkinson Thursday Ryan Candell (boys golf) finished with a runner-up 74 Thursday at the Morgan Stanley Shootout at University Ridge Golf Course and also tied for second with a 75 Saturday at the Waunakee Shootout at the Meadows of Sixmile Creek Golf Course Sam Schroeder (boys golf) shot a season-low 79 in Saturday’s Waunakee Shootout Kyler Schriever (baseball) had the game-winning RBI single in a win against Stoughton on April 24 and had three hits and two RBIs in losses to Beaver Dam and Monona Grove Noah Brindley (baseball) had eight strikeouts and allowed an earned run on four hits in six innings against rival Stoughton on April 24 Ellen McCorkle (girls basketball) scored 15 points for the Badger South All-Stars Sunday in the annual Badger Conference All-Star game, helping the South defeat the North


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Sophomore Olivia Keast runs the third leg of the 4x100 Monday in the Stoughton High School quad. The 4x100 won in 54.32 seconds.

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Oregon’s girls track and field team won the Panther Challenge meet Friday with 26 points. Sugar River and Edgewood each scored eight points and Portage had four. The Oregon sprint crew won the 4x100 and 4x200 relays. Senior Addie Schipper, freshmen Chloe Jacobson, Isabella Nowaka and Grace Cooper won the 4x100 relay in 53.45. Schipper joined junior Lexi Karls, senior Jenna Igl and sophomore Jenna Sharkus to win the 4x200 in 1:51.2. Senior Andi McCorkle, sophomore Olivia Keast, sophomores Ana Verhagen and Bryanna Salazar won the 1,600 sprint relay in 4:55.34. Sophomore Izzie Peterson, senior Taylor Schmidt, sophomore Liz Uhl and Igl finished second in the 4x400 (4:31.09). Freshman Halle Bush, senior Bree Bastian, Peterson and Uhl took second place in the 4x1,000 in 14:30.19. Senior Ellen McCorkle and junior Merrit Kugel led Oregon to victories in the shot put and discus relay. McCorkle won the shot put with a heave of 37-4 1/2

What’s next The Oregon boys track and field team travels to the Stoughton Invitational at 4 p.m. Friday. and the Panthers combined for a meet-best 92-5 1/2. Kugel led a 3-4-5 finish in the girls discus relay, which Oregon won with a combined 269-1. Igl led Oregon to a long jump relay victory with a first-place leap of 14-9 3/4. The Panthers had a combined effort of 42-11 3/4.

Oregon boys track and field hosted the Panther Relay meet on Friday and finished second with 22 points — 10 points behind DeForest. Portage was third with 12. Sugar River scored four and Edgewood had two. Devin Keast, Donovan Johnson, Kardelle Phillips and Jake Bell won the 3x110-meter shuttle hurdle relay in 51.51. Conner Blanke, Keast, Johnson and Phillips combined to added the 3x300 in 2:09.94. Ben Adams, Matthew Kissling, Blake Anderson and Jahlil Turner won the 4x200 in 1:37.45, and the team of Carter Hendrickson, Kissling, Phillips and Keast posted a time of 3:30.93 to win the 4x400. Johnny Auer won the long jump with a leap of 19-11 1/2 as Oregon’s Turner and Phillips combined for a meet-best 58-3 1/2. Brett Wannebo (51-6) and Sam Reynolds (44-0) finished first and third to help the Panthers win the shot put relay with a combined 12410 1/2. Reynolds (125-8) and Adam Yates (118-5) finished 1-2 in the discus but the team’s third thrower finished 11th. Oregon fell two inches shy of DeForest in the discus relay with a combined effort of 332-7. The Panthers’ 4x400 team of Brenden Dieter, Raul Ramos, Ian Ganshert and Hendrickson finished runner-up in 9:06.98. Oregon’s

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Brett Wannebo won the shot put competition with a toss of 51 feet, 6 inches Friday to help the Panthers win the shot put relay with a combined 124-10 1/2.

What’s next The Oregon boys track and field team travels to the Stoughton Invitational at 4 p.m. Friday. 4x1 was disqualified. The sprint relay team of Sam Reynolds, DeAndre Burrell, Anderson and Blanke finished second to DeForest in 4:11.66. Kissling finished 2 1/2 inches behind Edgewood’s Alejandro Trinidad in the triple jump with a leap of 38-2 1/2. Oregon placed second as a triple jump relay with a distance of 110-6. DeForest was first with a 112-0.

Badger South quad McCorkle broke the Oregon High School girls’ shot put record and helped the Panthers win the Badger South quad in Stoughton. Now a senior, McCorkle unleashed a school record 38-6 1/2 to win the shot put. She added the discus title with a heave of 95-10. Scarlet Egwuonwu won the 100 and 200 and finished second in the high jump. She

Badger South quad The Panthers won the 4x100, 4x200 and discus Monday at the Badger South quad in Stoughton. Keast, Phillips, Reynolds and Turner won the 4x1 in 44.23 and the 4x200 team of Ben Adams, Hendrickson, Anderson, and Turner added the 4x200 in 1:35.56. Wannebo bested the discus field by five feet, winning the shot put with a personal-best

50-7. Junior Ben Adams finished third in the high jump with a clearance of 5-6. Phillips finished second to Stoughton’s Sam McHone in both the 100 and 200 dash. Phillips posted a time of 11.25 in the 100 and a 22.35 in the 200. He .02 off the pace in the 100 and .08 behind McHone in the 200. Kissling finished runner-up to Noah Kontny in the 400 (53.17), and Keast was third in the 800 2:15.99. Junior Ian Ganshert finished second in the 300 hurdles with a 44.73. Senior Tait Baldus finished third in the 3,200 (11:55.87). No team scores were available.

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Waunakee Shootout Oregon traveled to the Waunakee Shootout Saturday at the Meadows of Sixmile Creek Golf Course and took runner-up with a season-best 319. Candell led the way with a 75 and tied for second overall with Waunakee’s Sean Murphy. Schroeder shot a 79 and tied for sixth with Verona’s Garhett Kaegi, Lodi’s Brett Brownrigg and Waukesha West’s Bradey Lingle. Klus was next with an 80, tying him for 10th with Verona’s Logan Lindell, and Zach Kapalczynski finished the scoring with an 85. Eyers’ 97 was not counted toward the final score.

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Panthers split fours games to start season The Oregon girls varsity lacrosse team overall has won two of four games. The Panthers beat Janesville 11-3. Lauryn Rieder scored four goals and Ashley Saunders added three more goals and an assist. Brooklyn Scalissi assisted on three goals, and Autumn Copus had one goal and

three assists. Goalie Lexi Schumann stopped 10 of 13 shots on goal. Oregon beat Sun Prairie 9-7 behind four goals and an assist by Lauryn Rieder. Ashley Saunders scored twice, and Taylor King, Autumn Copus and Camryn Keller each had one goal.

Oregon lost road games against Middleton and Verona. The Panthers fell 14-3. Rieder scored twice and Saunders added another. Verona also got the better of Oregon, defeating the Panthers 15-4. Rieder had two goals, and Taylor King and Izzy Newton each had one.

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Spring weather hasn’t been kind to Oregon girls soccer this season. The Panthers had played just three games before Thursday, and Saturday’s contest against Madison West at Huntoon Field was the first game coach Julie Grutzner saw as a true test to see where Oregon is as a team. It ended in a 0-0 tie. “It is hard to know how good this team can be when you practice in the gym for half of the start of the season and miss out on some quality games,” Grutzner said. “Yeah, it is nice to win and have three conference wins, but (those games weren’t against) the top tier of our conference right now. This game, I was using it to see what we have. “We aren’t used to being outside. We are still getting used to playing together.” T h e Pa n t h e r s ( 3 - 0 - 3

overall, 3-0-1 Badger South Conference) excelled defensively Saturday, keeping the Regents from making a shot on goal and keeping them near the midfield for much of the game. But offensively is where Grutzner is hoping to see improvement, she said. Oregon had three corner kicks and four shots on goal, but none of them put much pressure on Madison West. Only one of the corners reached the goalie, and it was caught without much traffic. The other three were blocked out. Junior defender Sydney McKee had one of the better chances off a corner in the 85th minute. Sophomore defender Emma Halverson knocked a corner kick, and McKee twisted and headed the ball toward the net, but the shot was blocked out of the penalty box before reaching the goalie. Oregon also had a couple of free kicks on the Regents’ side

What’s next Oregon hosts Monona Grove at 7 p.m. Friday and travels to nonconference Janesville Craig at 10 a.m. Saturday. The Panthers travel to nonconference Mount Horeb at 7 p.m. Monday, May 7, and hosts nonconference Waukesha West at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 8. of the field, including a curving shot off the foot of Halverson in the 79th minute that West freshman goalie Jessica Fernandez had to snatch out of the air. But there weren’t many breakaways, and each time Oregon looked to be speeding

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Tennis: Oregon drops match against MG Continued from page 9 2 singles. Even though Oregon lost at No. 2 singles, Conklin said he was pleased with the way Roskos battled. “Zak looked much better today than in that match a week-and-a-half ago,” Conklin said. “He just kept battling.” Bychowski, who has been battling illness and sat out last week, fell 6-4, 6-3 at No. 1 singles to Nolan Meyer. Bychowski beat Meyer 6-0, 6-2 a week-and-a-half ago. “It was a challenging day for Sean,” Conklin said. Wiedemann added a 6-4, 6-0 victory at No. 4 singles, and Ayers and Hessler won their No. 3 doubles match 6-0, 6-0.

MG 6, Oregon 1 The Panthers split a pair of three-set matches against Monona Grove last Thursday but once again fell 6-1 to the Silver Eagles. Ayers and Hessler supplied Oregon with the team’s lone

win, 6-4, 4-6, 6-0 over Keaton Straka and Noah Ehrlinger at No. 3 doubles. Roskos took Lance Nelson to three sets at No. 3 singles but fell short in a 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 loss as Oregon was swept in singles action. Koopman dropped a 6-0, 6-0 decision to state qualifier Cole Lindwall atop the singles lineup with Bychowski out of the lineup. And Kyle Rehrauer fell 6-1, 6-1 against Caden Nelson at No. 2 singles. Junior Nate Ellingson battle back in the second set against Henry Walsh and nearly forced a third set, losing 6-2, 7-6 (5) at No. 4 singles. Benet and Meyers fell 6-0, 6-1 atop the doubles lineup and Ken Kritsch and Zach Bennett lost 6-2, 6-3.

Edgerton triangular Oregon won five matches against Delavan-Darien. with a shorthanded lineup at Saturday’s Edgerton triangular. Ken Kritsch stepped up to win a No. 2 singles match 6-3, 6-2 against Delavan-Darien, as did Seth Rehrauer, adding a 4-6, 6-2, 6-0 win at No. 4

singles. Roskos won cruised 6-1, 6-1 atop the lineup. Kyle Rehrauer and Koopman won a three-setter 6-2, 4-6, 6-0 at No. 1 doubles. Ayers and Hessler added a 7-5, 6-2 victory at No. 3 doubles. Meyers and Benet fell 7-5, 6-3. The Panthers also played Edgerton but no results were available.

Milton 4, Oregon 3 Oregon picked up wins at Nos. 2 and 3 singles and at No. 1 doubles but were unable to scratch out another Tuesday in a 4-3 conference loss to Milton. Roskos won 6-4, 6-3 at No. 2 singles and Hake added a 7-6 (1), 6-0 win at No. 3 singles. Kyle Rehrauer and Koopman added the other win, taking their No. 1 doubles match 6-4, 6-0. Bychowski had a close first set but lost 7-5, 6-1 at No. 1 singles. Meyers and Benet dropped a tough 7-6 (5), 6-1 match at No. 2 doubles.

Oregon hosts Monroe at 5 p.m. Friday and nonconference Elkhorn at 11 a.m. Saturday. The Panthers host Monona Grove at 5 p.m. Monday, May 7, in a makeup game from April 20, and travel to Warner Park at 7:45 p.m. Tuesday, May 8, to take on Madison Edgewood. Patrick McCormick pitched the final two innings and allowed an earned run on two hits and a walk, striking out one.

Monona Grove 10, Oregon 3 The Panthers lost their third Badger South game of the season Thursday, 10-3 to Monona Grove. Oregon fell behind 7-0 after two innings and never led, scoring twice in the third and once in the sixth. Timberlake scored on a ground out RBI by junior Kevin Alvord, and Schriever

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Oregon baseball snapped a three-game skid Tuesday with a 17-7 win in five innings at Fort Atkinson. The Panthers (5-5 overall, 4-4 Badger South Conference) scored three times in the first, five times in the second, six times in the third and three more times in the fourth. Senior Tyler Damon was a home run away from the cycle with a huge game. Damon was 4-for-5 with a double, a triple, six RBIs and three runs scored. Junior Zach Tower was also a home run shy of a cycle. Tower was 3-for-4 with a double, a triple and two RBIs. Junior Noah Brindley (3-for-4) added three RBIs, and junior Jack Haufle (3-for-3) had two RBIs and four runs scored. Senior Carson Timberlake (3-for-5) scored three runs. Junior Cameron Carpenter had an RBI double and a run scored, and junior Kyler Schriever (2-for-2) added an RBI double and four runs scored. Senior Quinn Adler picked up the win. He allowed four earned runs on seven hits in three innings, striking out two. Junior


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Girls track: McCorkle breaks school record in shot put Continued from page 10 posted a 12.55 in the 100, led a 1-2-4-5 finish in the 200 (25.59) and finished two inches out of first place with a season-best clearance of 5-0 in the high jump. Her younger sister, sophomore Isabella Egwuonwu won the 100 hurdles in 17.85 and freshman Isabella Nowka added the 300 hurdles in 53.52. Oregon had seven of the top eight finishers in the 1,600 led by Beauchaine’s 5:57. Oregon’s 4x100 of Ashley

Johnson, Emma Roemer, Schipper and Keast won in 54.32 and Karls, Roemer, Keast and Uhl added the 4x200 in 1:52.6. Sophomore Jenna Sharkus finished third in the 400 (1:06.3) and junior Lauren Beauchaine finished third in the 800 (2:38.12). Sophomore Michaela Rosga (93-6) and Kugel (92-6) were third and fourth. Freshman Kirsten Oppliger tied for third with a personal-best clearance of 4-8 in the high jump. No team scores were available.

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singled to right to bring home senior Michael deFiebre in the third. Brindley doubled to right field in the sixth and brought home Damon (2-for-3). Kolten Koch (2-for-4), Graham Arndt (2-for-4) and Michael Zande (2-for-3) led Monona Grove at the plate. Adler took the loss. He allowed three earned runs on five hits and three walks in 1 2/3 innings, striking out one. Tower came in and allowed an earned run on five hits and a walk in 3 1/3 innings, striking out three. McCormick finished the final inning and struck out one.

The Panthers hosted Fort Atkinson on Monday in a makeup from April 5 and lost 12-8. Carpenter (2-for-4) had a home run, and Damon collected two RBIs and a run scored. Brindley (2-for-2), Haufle, deFiebre and senior Nate Newton also had RBIs. Brindley took the loss. He allowed eight earned runs on 12 hits and two walks in 3 1/3 innings, striking out three. Tower pitched the final 3 2/3 innings and allowed two earned runs on three hits and a walk, striking out two.

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Soccer: Panthers crush Fort Atkinson, ties Watertown Continued from page 11 and pushing up to attempt to pressure the defense and get some chance to score, the Regents closed off a lane and knock the ball back out to midfield. “I thought we could have done better in the attacking third (of the field),” Grutzner said. “When we did have an opportunity to send the ball to the far post, we settled with trying to play short and they just cleaned it up and sent it out.” It also didn’t help that sophomore forward/midfielder Ashley Hanson left seven minutes into the game after tweaking her knee. Hanson didn’t return and was considered day-to-day with a sore kneecap. Grutzner said the team is hoping a

few days of rest can get her back into the lineup for Friday’s game against Monona Grove. Despite not scoring any goals Saturday, Grutzner was still happy with the overall effort of the Panthers. After a 2-2 tie with Sun Prairie on April 17, Oregon made it a goal to not allow any goals. And for the third straight game Saturday, the Panthers allowed zero goals. “I am quite pleased with what happened in this game defensively,” Grutzner said. “And now we just have to work on the offense and figure out how we can break down a solid defense like West.”

Thursday and won 8-0. Junior midfielder Mady Schwartzmiller and junior forward/midfielder Macie Cox both scored twice, and senior midfielder Emma Krause, junior forward/midfielder Marah Weidensee, sophomore forward/midfielder Avary Fanning and Halverson all added goals. Halverson also tallied two assists, and McKee, Hanson and Fanning each had one. Senior goalie Kelly Kubicek had two saves, and sophomore goalie Melia Moyer had one.

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Oregon traveled to Watertown on Monday for a makeup game and tied 1-1. Oregon 8, Fort Atkinson 0 Junior midfielder Katie Eisele scored The Panthers traveled to Fort Atkinson the Panthers goal in the first half.

Makeups not expected against Burlington, Cedarburg Oregon looks to be losing out on two quality opponents for the 2018 regular season because of the wintry weather at the start of April. The Panthers, ranked fifth in Division 2, had scheduled games against Burlington and Cedarburg. Burlington lost 1-0 to the Panthers in last year’s WIAA D2 sectional final and is expected to be a contender again,

and Cedarburg is ranked No. 6 in D2. Coach Julie Grutzner said it doesn’t look like the games can be rescheduled because there are very few open days, unless Oregon wants to play four or five games in a week. There are still some big games on the schedule, including a game against conference rival Milton on

May 17, but Grutzner said it would have been nice to see how the Panthers stacked up with Burlington and Cedarburg during the regular season. “We know that if we see (Burlington) in the playoffs, that will be tough,” she said. “We are just trying to get everyone in the rotation and outside on this big field.”

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Hannah Christensen toed the rubber for the Panthers, allowing five runs over 3 1/3 innings on seven hits and one walk. Kenadee Nelson threw 3 2/3 innings in relief. Gaberell went 2-for-3 at the plate to lead Oregon in hits. Mikkelson, Christensen and Gaberell all plated a run. Brandl allowed six hits and three runs over seven innings, striking out three and walking one. Fort Atkinson had eight hits in the game, led by Autumn Congdon (3 for 4).

Oregon 10, Parker 1 Megan Bloyer finished a triple away from hitting for the

cycle Friday. Bloyer homered in her first two at-bats and then added a single and a double to power the Panthers to a 10-1 nonconference win over Janesville Parker. Bloyer homered in the first and third innings, and Mikkelson added a third for Oregon in the fourth. Oregon pounded out 10 hits and didn’t have an error. The Vikings had two hits and committed three errors. Allie Morgan, Bloyer and Gaberell all managed multiple hits for the Panthers. Bloyer went 4-for-4 at the plate to lead Oregon. Nelson earned the win in the circle. She lasted all seven innings, allowing one run on two hits. Nelson struck out a season-hight 14.

Chelsea Naber started the game for Parker. She surrendered 10 runs on eight hits over three innings, striking out three.

Monroe 8, Oregon 5 The Panthers rally from a 7-0 deficit but were never able to completely close the gap Tuesday in an 8-5 loss to Monroe at Twining Park. Olivia Bobak led things off on the hill for Monroe. She lasted seven innings, allowing six hits and five runs while striking out eight. Kenadee Nelson toed the rubber for Oregon. She went three innings, allowing seven runs on six hits and striking out six. Hannah Christensen threw three innings out of the bullpen.

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Members of the Brooklyn fire, EMS and police departments, along with parents and students attend the final class of Rescue Kids on March 10 at the Brooklyn Fire/EMS facility. The class teaches emergency preparedness to fourth- and fifth-graders in the Oregon School District. Dale Schulz will teach Rescue Kids again this summer as part of the Oregon School District’s summer school curriculum at Oregon High School.

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eighth-grade level to manage projected overcrowding in the intermediate and elementary grades in the next few years. The school configurations and location will depend on the option chosen by the school board. The two new schools would be built in phases, which Busler said is a “cost-effective way to manage the future growth.” The first phase would likely be built by 2020 and the second phase by 2024. Because of the 2014 construction referendum, Oregon High School is projected to be able to accommodate increased capacity through 2030.

Community input As the board’s work on choosing an option for a referendum winds down, they will have plenty of information to pick through. The board established a Population and Growth Task Force in January 2017 to study population projections and facility capacity and create potential options to address growth. Led by district consultant Mark Roffers, the group, which included community

members, met 12 times before delivering a final report in February. Since then, the school board has taken the information to guide it during work sessions on planning for population growth. The district has also gathered public comments through focus group sessions to give people a “baseline of information about the growth and provide an opportunity to share their thoughts on student growth and future schools to meet the growth,” Busler said. The focus groups will meet three more times, then themes from the focus group sessions will be summarized and shared at the regular school board meeting May 14. Anyone interested in attending can get more information by calling 8354003. “Community members are telling us that it has been very helpful to learn about the growth projections, impact on schools, and potential options,” he told the Observer in an email Monday. Email Unified Newspaper Group reporter Scott De Laruelle at scott.delaruelle@wcinet.com.

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work in mid-June. A hiring committee interviewed the top three applicants, Carpenter wrote, and she said the village “would’ve done well with any of them.” The other two were Brodhead Memorial Public Library director Angela Noel and Barneveld Public Library director Alex LeClair. The position has been open since late January when the previous director, Nikki Busch, abruptly stepped down, citing hostility from the Village Board. The library board set up a hiring subcommittee that same month and received about 10 applications by the deadline of Monday, April 30, hiring committee member Carpenter told the Observer. Carpenter touted Way’s experience with a transitioning library and fundraising. Way oversaw Prairie du Sac Public Library’s transformation into the Ruth Culver Community Library in summer 2012, which included a move into a 14,000 foot waterfront

building donated in honor of the founding couple of the Culver’s chain of restaurants. The Oregon Public Library is facing a move of its own, with the Village Board committing $6 million toward a new building in December, five months after the Library Board recommended building a 35,000-square-foot facility that was estimated to cost $10 million to $12 million. That, and the debate surrounding it and other financial issues were among the reasons Busch said she felt she was mistreated by village staff and officials. Way has two degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison: a bachelor’s in psychology, with honors, and a master’s in library and information studies. She’s been a martial arts instructor since 2002, according to her LinkedIn page. Noel worked for years with the National Council on Crime and D e l i n q u e n cy b e f o r e b e c o m i n g the director of the Brewer Public Library in Richland Center in 2014. She accepted the same position in

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*** TOWN OF OREGON NOXIOUS WEED NOTICE Notice is hereby given to each and every person who owns, occupies or controls land in the Town of Oregon, Dane County, State of Wisconsin, is required by law to cut or destroy all noxious weeds, including all Canada thistle, leafy spurge, and field bindweed (creepin Jenny) before such weeds bloom, bear seed and spread to adjourning properties, as required in Section 66.0407 of the Wisconsin States Statutes. (Photos available here http://dnr. wi.gov/files/pdf/pubs/fr/FR0464.pdf.) If property is found not in compli-

*** STATE OF WISCONSIN VILLAGE OF BROOKLYN, DANE & GREEN COUNTIES, WISCONSIN Board of Review will meet on the 23rd Day of May, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. at the Village Hall, 210 Commercial St., Brooklyn, WI, for the purpose of calling the Board of Review into session during the forty-five (45) day period beginning on the 4th Monday of April, pursuant to s. 70.47(1), Wis. Stats. Due to the fact the assessment roll is not completed at this time, the Board of Review will be adjourned until the 18th Day of June, 2018, 6 p.m. Pursuant to s. 70.45, Wis. Stats. the assessment roll for the Year 2018 assessment will be open for examination on the 21rd day of May, 2018, at 7 a.m. until 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Additionally, the assessor shall be available on the 31st day of May, 2018 at the Village Hall, 210 Commercial Street, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Instructional material will be provided at the Open Book to persons who wish to object to valuations under s. 70.47 Wis. Stats. 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 shall 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 enter onto property to conduct an exterior view of such property being assessed. 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

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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 no later than 7 days before the first meeting of the board of review 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

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*** MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE SCHOOL BOARD OF THE OREGON SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD ON APRIL 9, 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, Mr. Tim LeBrun and Mr. Steve Zach. The following board members were absent: none. Student representative Ellen Martin was present. Administrators present: Dr. Brian Busler, Mr. Andy Weiland, Mrs. Candace Weidensee, Dr. Leslie Bergstrom,

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Mr. Jon Tanner, Ms. Jina Jonen, Ms. Erika Mundinger, Mr. Jim Pliner, Ms. Kimberly Griffin, Mr. Mike Carr, Mrs. Shannon Anderson, Mr. Jason Zurawik, Ms. Kerri Modjeski, Mr. Chris Kluck, Ms. Stephanie Snyder-Knutson, 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. LeBrun moved and Mr. Ramin seconded the motion to proceed with the meeting according to the agenda as posted. A. CONSENT CALENDAR: Mr. Ramin moved and Mr. Krause seconded the motion to approve the following items on the Consent Calendar. 1. Approve minutes of the March 12, 2018 meeting 2. Approve payments in the amount of $ 2,464,905.29; 3. Treasurer’s Report ending February 28, 2018; 4. Resignations of Victoria Kalscheuer, John Gambrell and Retirements of Mary Kay Gillespie-2nd grade at BKE; Mary Weber-4K Principal; Missy Sampson - Nurse; 5. Staffing Assignments - none; 6. Field Trips - None; 7. Donations - Brooke Paneitz- $525 for BKE; Amy Verheyden $100 - OMS PBIS; Brooklyn PTO $45,446 for BKE Playground equipment; Oregon Choral Boosters - $485.57 Transportation for OMS/RCI Choir Field Trip. In a roll call vote, the following members voted yes: Mr. Ramin, Mr. Krause, Mr. LeBrun, Ms. Odorico, Ms. Flanagan, Ms. Feeney and Mr. Zach. Motion passed 7-0. B. COMMUNICATION FROM PUBLIC: None. C. INFORMATION ITEMS: 1. OEA Report - None. 2. Student Report: Ellen Martin reported that it is Fine Arts week at OHS whereby students can showcase their talents. OHS is also hosting an art show and silent auction. Spring sports have started, and April 14th is the Student Council’s annual Character Pancake Breakfast. D. ACTION ITEMS: 1. From Policy: a. 341 Course Options (old) to 341 Early College Credit Program: On behalf of the Policy Committee, Ms. Flanagan moved to approve the new policy 341 Early College Credit Program. In a roll call vote, the following members voted yes: Ms. Flanagan, Mr. Ramin, Mr. Krause, Mr. LeBrun, Ms. Feeney, Ms. Odorico, and Mr.

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Zach. Motion passed 7-0. E. DISCUSSION ITEMS: 1. Committee Reports: a. Policy - Nothing further to report. b. Vision Steering: Chair Ramin stated the committee did not meet in March but will be meeting on April 18th. 2. 2018-2019 Staffing Plan: Dr. Busler, Mr. Weiland, Ms. Jonen and Dr. Bergstrom walked through for the Board the staffing plan for the 2018-2019 school year. Board members had an opportunity to ask questions and get clarification on items. Administrators will further review the plan and bring it back to the Board for approval at the April 23rd board meeting. No action was taken. 3. Work Session on Student Population and Growth Report: Administrators reviewed the growth report for the Board and Board members had an opportunity to ask questions and discuss the report. F. INFORMATION ITEMS: 1. School Board Election Results: Ms. Flanagan reported the Board of Canvassers met prior to the Board meeting and the final election results were: Area 1: Steve Zach re-elected with 3,424 votes and Area IV: Troy Pankratz elected with 3,334 votes. 2. Superintendent’s Report: Dr. Busler presented retiring Board Member Jeff Ramin with a WASB plague and thanked him for his years of service on the Board. Teacher interviews have begun for the 2018-2019 school year; On March 25th at OHS, Dr. Busler met the parents and students from the Madison area who were participating in the March for Lives and were walking through Oregon on their way to Janesville. Dr. Busler reported having several meetings regarding school safety. He also presented a letter from Senator Erpenbach about grant funding for school safety. We will be hosting 7 focus groups between now and May 12 regarding the growth in the District. Dr. Busler and Mr. Zach were mentioned in a recent WASB School News issue on the teacher compensation plan. The Community Education Booklet was distributed and the artwork was done by Michael Ramin. G. CLOSING: 1. Future Agenda was discussed. 2. Check Out H. ADJOURNMENT: Mr. Ramin moved and Mr. Zach seconded the motion to adjourn the meeting. Motion passed by unanimous voice vote. Meeting adjourned at 8:37 p.m. Krista Flanagan, Clerk Oregon School District Published: May 3, 2018 WNAXLP

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