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Oregon history comes alive in new photo book SCOTT DE LARUELLE Unified Newspaper Group
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The Oregon area from 1840-1950 is the subject of a recently published book, “Images of America: Oregon,” completed with the help of the Oregon Area Historical Society.
going to be amazed of the all the history they didn’t know about,” she said.
Labor of love The idea for the book was initiated by the publ i s h e r, w h o c o n t a c t e d OA H S i n 2 0 1 2 . A f t e r checking with others who had done books with the company, all reported a positive experience. Then, once society members were finished with a massive project sifting through items donated by historian Florice Paulson after her death in 2013, they decided to go ahead with the project. Swenson said during a recent trip to Georgia and South Carolina, she saw in gift shops many of those cities featured in the Arcadia series. “I just think it’s really great we got one for Oregon,” she said. It wasn’t before quite a
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By the numbers 1840-1950 Years covered in the book
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Kate Kling, 5, jumps off of a school bus and runs to Netherwood Knoll elemetary school on her first day of kindergarten.
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Kids from Netherwood Knoll and Prairie View elementary schools were back to school on Sept. 5, the first day of school. Some arrived with their parents and the others got off school buses by themselves. School staff welcomed them and gave high fives to each other on their way to school.
Brooklyn police chief resigns for college post Village president says Barger was a ‘great asset’ SCOTT GIRARD Unified Newspaper Group
The Village of Brooklyn is looking for a new police chief. James “Harry” Barger, who had been with the village since 2009, resigned from the position effective Monday, Sept. 4, in a letter dated Aug. 7. Barger left to take a position with the Madison College School of Human and Protective Services, according to his resignation letter. “Please accept my gratitude for allowing me to be your police chief and play such an integral role within your village since 2009,” Barger wrote in the letter. “I believe I have been able to accomplish a lot and
move the police department ahead but there is much to be done yet.” He began reducing his hours in the office as of Aug. 21 and said in an email Tuesday he was not available for comment before the Observer’s deadline. Village officer Wade Engelhart will be the Barger acting chief until a replacement plan is determined. Village President Clayton Schulz told the Observer officials are “in the process of exploring our options for a new chief.” “We’re working very Engelhart closely with Harry and officer Engelhart to figure out what we need,” Schulz said.
While it was “no surprise” to Schulz that Barger was ending his time in the village, he said the former chief will “definitely be missed.” “Harry is a great asset for a community,” Schulz said. “He brought a lot of experience to the table, being in law enforcement for so many years.” Barger retired from the Verona Police Department in 2007 as a lieutenant and was a volunteer assistant fire chief in Verona with a strong emphasis on training before he came to Brooklyn. The School of Human and Protective Services at Madison College offers both law enforcement and firefighter training. He won a “law and order” award from the Oregon/Brooklyn American Legion Post 160 in 2012. Contact Scott Girard at ungreporter@wcinet.com and follow him on Twitter @sgirard9.
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While the book itself only took a couple months to put together, the story is more than 170 years in the making. The history of Oregon is the subject of a newly published book – the latest in Arcadia Publishing’s “Images of America” series. A pictorial history of the area, it reveals a variety of slices of life from the 1840s through the 1950s. The project was guided by a quintet from the Oregon Area Historical Society – Melanie Woodworth, JoAnn Swenson, Gerald Neath, Ann Morris and Dixie Brown. They pooled their efforts to fit more than 200 photos and 13,000 words of text in its 126 pages. The group will celebrate both the release of the book and their 30th anniversary with a Sept. 17 gathering. The book will be available for sale ($25 or $30 by mail). A cemetery tour of Prairie Mound/St. Mary’s Cemetery will follow, with actors portraying famous Oregonians. Brown, the newest member of the group among the quintet, said she “learned a lot” putting the book together. “I think anybody who reads the book is just
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Oregon helping Houston A semi truck was loaded up at J.L. Richards in Oregon Thursday, Aug. 31, with supplies for Ray Leslie to drive down to Houston to help with recovery efforts following Hurricane Harvey. Leslie met with University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate and current Houston Texans defensive lineman JJ Watt, who organized an effort through social media that drew more than $20 million in donations as of Tuesday, according to a post on his Twitter account.
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Easton Kojo, 2, helps Ray Leslie and Tim Maier (in truck) load a truck full of donations headed two Houston on Thursday at J.L. Richards. People donated everything from water and Gatorade to dog food and cereal.
Brooklyn fall arts and crafts fair The Brooklyn fall arts and crafts fair — now in its fifth year — was held Saturday at Brooklyn Elementary School. A wide variety of arts and crafts were on display, as well as information about the school and community.
Jadyn Graff, 8, of Brooklyn, works on a water color creation at the craft fair.
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The Madison Red Hat Gals were in full force at Saturday’s craft fair at Brooklyn Elementary School. From left are Sue Bunce of Brooklyn, and Martha Fischer, Ruth Mehler, Ginny Nelson and Donna Jefferson of Madison.
McFarland State Bank is proud to announce Ami Myrland’s promotion to Chief Financial Officer. Most recently the bank’s Controller and a 13-year financial services veteran, Ami joined the bank in 2011. She shared that, “I am extremely humbled and honored to serve as Chief Financial Officer for our bank. I’m confident that our forward-looking initiatives will make McFarland State Bank the best bank for our clients and our employees.” Ami serves as a board member for the Wisconsin Chapter of Financial Managers Society (FMS), has been involved with the United Way, and the American Banking Association’s (ABA) Accounting Committee. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Edgewood College in Accounting and Finance. Originally from Clinton, Wisconsin, Ami resides in Belleville with her husband and their two sons. www.msbonline.com
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Board delays decision on food pantry funding BILL LIVICK Unified Newspaper Group
The Village Board has postponed making a decision on a request to contribute to the new food pantry being built on the village’s west side. The Oregon Community Resource Network had asked for the village to waive more than $10,000 in permit and impact fees for the building. At the Aug. 21 meeting, the board decided to postpone a decision until sometime in December, when it has a better sense of the village’s endof-year financial accounts. Trustees expressed support for the Oregon Area Food Pantry, but noted they had approved donating $10,000 to the project in January, when they also waived consultants’ fees for the construction.
The OCRN broke ground at the site of the new food pantry building next to People’s United Methodist Church in April. Construction of the 4,232-square-foot, single-story structure was expected to take about four months to complete, but it was still under construction this week. Trustee Jeff Boudreau, a leader of OCRN, told the Observer Tuesday the pantry should be operating out of the new building by late October. Trustee Jerry Bollig observed that the request came on the board’s agenda shortly after village administrator Mike Gracz gave an overview of the village’s financial situation for the coming five years. “I certainly support the food pantry, but we’ve heard tonight about all our costs that are mounting up,” Bollig said. “I’d like to wait until the end of
the year to see how the financials are and make a determination then.” The board didn’t take a vote, but a nod of heads led to Village President Steve Staton’s comment, “We all agree to revisit this in December.” In response to Staton’s question about the status of a contingency fund, finance director Lisa Novinska informed the board the village has only $10,000 remaining in its 2017 contingency. The request from OCRN amounted to $10,255. “I’d hate to forgive this and then be hit with a big snow event this fall,” Bollig said. Trustee Jeanne Carpenter agreed with postponing the decision and said she felt the board has been trying to “be a good neighbor.” “I do feel good that we’ve given them $10,000 already,” she said.
The proposed Sleep Inn hotel on Park Street would feature a pool and 66 guest rooms.
A proposal for a 66-room hotel at the corner of Park Street and Rosewood Avenue will return to the Village of Oregon Planning Commission for discussion this month. The proposal for a Sleep Inn with a pool is not yet at the public hearing stage, when members of the public can weigh in before commissioners vote. That
idea last month, with a few small suggestions for improvements on parking and stormwater management. Adam Coyle, whose family owns the land and who presented the hotel proposal last month, told the commission Eric Lund of Verona-based S&L Hospitality would “most likely” operate the hotel. According to the application from the developer, the hotel would employ 10
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full-time and eight parttime staff members. The village was close last year to having a hotel just down the street, with a taxpayer financing package of more than $500,000 agreed upon, but the financial backer of the project pulled out of the plan. Contact Scott Girard at ungreporter@wcinet.com and follow him on Twitter @sgirard9.
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Dog returned after community help I would like to give a huge thank you to the Oregon-area residents. A few weeks ago, my dog Rubi ran off in a thunderstorm. With the help of Nextdoor’s Waubesa Shore group, the Humane Society, area police and sheriff’s departments, word of mouth and Facebook, we were able to recover her after two weeks.
The outpouring of support, advice and prayers that I received was truly heartwarming. Rubi is thin, but healthy and we are all happy to have her home. I could not have gotten through this without all of your support. Sandy Pelc Village of McFarland
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For seniors, volunteering can have health benefits
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his month, the Senior Center will be hosting its annual volunteer appreciation event. It is our opportunity to say thank you to our generous volunteers for all that they have done in the past year. In 2016, our volunteers contributed over 6,000 hours of time. We are on track to top that number in 2017. I tend to look at that number as representing the equivalent of three fulltime staff people. Considering that the center has only two full-time and five part-time Brickner staff members, having volunteers contribute the hours of three more staff positions is an amazing donation of resources, and it has a significant dollar value. In this era of tight budgets, the Senior Center struggles to add any staff hours let alone three full-time people. Suffice it to say, without our volunteers, we would simply not be able to do everything that we do. This year, as we prepare to say thank you to our more than 150 active volunteers, I am trying to shift my thinking from how those donated hours benefit the center and focus instead on how those hours benefit the volunteers. We do truly enjoy being on the receiving end of the volunteers’ generosity, but it turns out that – as our mothers used to tell us – it is indeed better to give than receive. On a recent morning at the center, I stopped five volunteers to talk with them about their motivation for volunteering. One was staffing our reception desk, another was helping out in the kitchen, two were volunteering in our adult day program, and the fifth had stopped by to double check on the details of a ride she was scheduled to provide to a senior who needed to get
to an appointment. “Volunteering gives me a warm, happy feeling,” one told me. “It makes me feel good to give back.” Another said, “I love the thankyous I get from the seniors I work with, but I feel like I should be thanking them for all that they teach me.” A common theme raised by volunteers was connecting with people. “Volunteering gives me an opportunity to talk with people that I otherwise wouldn’t have the opportunity to talk to,” said one volunteer. “The people are the reason I keep doing this,” said another, very active volunteer. “I just love to put smiles on people’s faces,” said another. A 2012 University of Michigan study showed that, especially for seniors, volunteering can decrease one’s mortality risk. Simply put, that means if you are a senior, you can lower your chance of dying simply by volunteering at least 100 hours a year. What is it about volunteering that has such an impact on seniors’ health and longevity? It turns out that for seniors, volunteering provides a sense of purpose that can otherwise be lost as people leave the workforce and no longer have the responsibilities of an active parenting role. “I started volunteering when my job was eliminated and I felt I needed to be involved in something positive,” one of the volunteers said of her original motivation to donate her time and energy. It turns out this volunteer was doing just what needed to be done to reduce the depression and isolation that can be the result of a job loss or retirement. In 2007, The Corporation for National and Community Service published “The Health Benefits of Volunteering,” which summarized much of the research that had been done up to that point. It is easy to read and easy to understand, and
the conclusions it draws should be very motivating to anyone who is looking for an enjoyable, low-cost way to benefit their health. Among the conclusions in the article is the fact that when people volunteer they not only help their communities, but they also experience better health. Those improved health benefits include higher functional ability, lower rates of depression and greater longevity. Comments from our volunteers seem to speak to those conclusions. One of the volunteers that I spoke to on that recent morning at the center told me, “I just feel better when I volunteer. I forget about my aches and pains for a while, which is really nice.” Another said, “Volunteering takes me outside of myself. It makes my world bigger so I don’t focus so much on myself and my worries.” This year, when we host our volunteer appreciation event at the end of September, in addition to conveying to our volunteers how valuable they are to the center, we’ll point out how valuable volunteering can be to them. We will do our best not to neglect to mention any of the dozens of ways in which they contribute, but now we can give the volunteers another reason to feel good about the hours they are investing. As they make life better for those around them, they are making life better for themselves, as well. There are many ways to volunteer in the Oregon area. If you would like to volunteer but are unsure in which direction to take your time and talents, call us at the Senior Center, and we can put you in touch with a variety of possibilities in the community. Think of it as a prescription for better health. Rachel Brickner is the director of the Oregon Senior Center.
Corrections Due to reporting errors, there were several mistakes in the Aug. 24 story previewing the Brooklyn Labor Day Truck and Tractor Pull. The event was hosted by both the Oregon Sno-Blazers and Brooklyn Sno-Hornets snowmobile clubs, and the pancake breakfast was sponsored by Monona Bank-Brooklyn. The Observer regrets the errors.
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Oregon School District Community Education and Recreation will hold public classes for children and adults in September. To register, visit oregonsd.org/community. For information, call 8354097.
Mindfulness for Runners
by Kelly Petrie 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursdays, Sept. 21Nov. 2 (no class Oct. 12), at Oregon Middle School. Cost is $90 for all six class meetings.
Pi-Yo Adults and older teens will enjoy a workout that combines the mind/ body practices of Pilates and yoga. Modifications challenge all skill levels. Taught by Deborah Gillitzer 4:14-5:05 p.m. Tuesdays, Sept. 12- Oct. 17 and Thursdays, Sept. 14- Oct. 19, at Netherwood Knoll Elementary. Cost is $56 for six class meetings.
This workshop will help runners discover how to bring yoga-inspired strengthening, stretching, stability and balance to their running. No prior yoga experience necessary, but the class will include in-class running. Taught by Kelly Petrie from 6-8 p.m. Monday, Zumba September 11, at Prairie Zumba is a mixture of View Elementary. Cost is b o d y s c u l p t i n g m ove $25. ments and fun dance Yoga steps that combine to give Yoga On and Off the adults and older teens a Mat combines yoga prac- great workout. Tuesday classes, taught tice and aerobic fitness by Deb Billitzer, run 5:15into one experience for 6:15 p.m. Sept. 12-Oct. adults and older teens. Taught by Kelly Petrie 6-8 17. Wednesday classes, p.m. Monday, September taught by April Girga, 18, at Prairie View Ele- run 6:30-7:30 p.m. Sept. 13-Oct. 18. Cost is $56 mentary. Cost is $25. for six classes.
Mindfulness Fundamentals
This series will explore meditation, gentle movement and other practices to bring help bring mindfulness into daily practice. It is designed for adults and older teens. Taught
14- Oct. 19 from 5:006:00pm at the Oregon Senior Center. Just $45 for all 6 class meetings.
Reiki and Yoga: The Path to Healing Reiki and Yoga: The Path to Healing combines m e d i t a t i o n , y o ga p o s es and Reiki to decrease anxiety, improve flexibility of mind and body and increase energy. For adults and older teens. Taught by Kelly Scholz from 6:157:15 p.m. Thursdays, Sept. 14 to Oct. 19, at the Oregon Senior Center.
Kick Boxing Kick Boxing is a high intensity cardio workout that burns calories, improves strength and balance and reduces stress. Led by Ida Dempich from 9-10 a.m. Saturdays. Class is $10 and reservation is required. Call 835-4097 by the Thursday before the class to reserve a spot.
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Pickleball is a fast fun sport played on tennis courts. Outdoor play Tu e s d a y s a n d T h u r s Flow Yoga days at the Oak St. TenFlow Yoga leads adults nis Courts beginning at 6 and older teens through p.m. through October. The fundamental yoga poses in game is free and open to rhythm with their breath. teens and older adults. Yoga can help increase flexibility, strength and focus. Taught by Kelly Scholz Thursdays Sept.
Fifth annual ‘Grill for a Cause’ Sept. 16 SCOTT GIRARD Unified Newspaper Group
The fifth annual Grill For a Cause event in Brooklyn Sept. 16 will benefit Brown Paws Rescue. The event, which has raised an increasing amount of money each year for different charities, raised $1,400 for Neighbors in Need of Assistance last year. The event, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Legion Park, 205 S. 1st St., includes pork chop, chicken and brat dinners for purchase, chicken bingo, a silent auction, raffles, live music and activities for kids like a bounce house. There will also be a kid-specific raffle with no fee, event organizer Milly McCartney told the Observer, and she hopes that and the bounce house can add to the crowd at this year’s event. “It’d be nice to try and get more families down there,” she said. The winner of the grilling contest, which anyone interested can sign up for with a $20 fee that includes a t-shirt, will choose their favorite charity for the 2018 event and receive a traveling trophy. Those interested in cooking can contact McCartney at Grill4Cause@ gmail.com or 212-1653.
If You Go What: Grill For a Cause When: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16 Where: Legion Park, 205 S. 1st St., Brooklyn Info: facebook.com/grill4cause
Spectators can also vote on their favorite “grill camp,” which grillers can create with thematic decorations or costumes, McCartney explained. For information, visit facebook.com/grill4cause. Contact Scott Girard at ungreporter@wcinet.com and follow him on Twitter @ sgirard9.
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Grillers must provide their own beef and can cook it however they want. Brown Paws Rescue is a dog adoption organization based in Waunakee. They will have some of their dogs at the event, though adoptions cannot be finalized on site, and the judges for the competition are from the organization. Food will be available for purchase for $5 a plate, which will include a pork chop, chicken breast or brat as well as potato or pasta salad. Live music will be provided by Keaton Unplugged and Back 40 throughout the day. The silent auction begins Sept. 13 at Firefly Coffeehouse, 114 N. Main St. It will continue there until Friday afternoon, and run at the event site from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sept. 16.
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The senior center will offer an adult coloring group at 12:30 p.m. the fourth Thursday of each month. Coloring materials are provided. Just come to relax your mind, tap into your creativity and spend time with others. For information, call 835-5801.
Wellness Walks The Oregon Area Wellness Coalition is sponsoring “Wednesday Wellness Walks,” which start at the senior center at 9 a.m. Wednesdays. People will be taking a brisk walk for 45 minutes each week, rain or shine, through October. Those interested should bring an ID and water bottle. Coffee and water will be available at the senior center after the walk. For information, call 835-5801.
AARP driving class The AARP Smart Driver course will be held at the senior center from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7. The class is specifically designed for drivers age 50 and older. A light snack will be provided in the afternoon. The class is $15 for AARP members and $20 for non-members. Scholarships are available. For information, and to register, call 835-5801.
starting Sept. 15 through Oct. 14. The events are designed for ages The Oregon Town and Country 2-6 and registration is not required. Women’s Club will host a luncheon, For information, call 835-3656. open to area women, at the Stoughton Country Club, 3165 Shadyside Grill for a Cause Dr., Stoughton, at 12:30 p.m. TuesThe annual Grill For a Cause fundday, Sept. 12. raiser will be held 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Entertainment will be provided by Saturday, Sept. 16, at Legion Park in area line dancers. There will also be Brooklyn. a 50/50 raffle. The featured fundraiser this year Tickets are $10 per person. is Brown Paws Dog Rescue, and volTo make a reservation, call Sue unteers from the organization will Capelle at 835-9421. judge the contest. Winners of the contest will determine the charity for Assisted living program next year. Visit the senior center at 6:30 p.m. There will also be a viewers choice Tuesday, Sept. 12, for a program award for “best grill camp.” Voting about assisted living care with infor- will be done throughout the day and mation provided by Avalon Assist- winners will be announced prior to ed Living Community, Main Street the grill competition award. Quarters, Sienna Crest Assisted LivThe event will feature live music, ing and BeeHive Homes. Bingo, raffles and food. All proceeds The presentation will cover what is will benefit Brown Paws Dog Resindependent and assisted living, what cue. is an RCAC and CBRF and financial The silent auction begins Sept. 13 options for assisted living care. at Firefly Coffeehouse, 114 N. Main Refreshments will be served. The St., through Sept. 15. It will continprogram is free but registration is ue at the Brooklyn Legion Park and requested. ends the day of the fundraiser at 3 For information, call 835-5801. p.m. For information, visit brownMix-it-up Fridays pawsrescue.com. The library will host different activities, like art, dance, STEM and more, from 10-10:45 a.m. Fridays
Community calendar Thursday, September 7
• 6-7:45 p.m., Sew What: snap bags, library, 835-3656 • 6:30-7:30 p.m., Lifetree Cafe, Headquarters, 101 Concord Dr.
Sunday, September 10
• 1-5 p.m., Musical Jam, Ziggy’s, 135 S. Main St., 228-9644
Tuesday, September 12
• 10 a.m., Teetering Toddlers Storytime (12-36 months), library, 8353656 • 11 a.m., Bouncing Babies Storytime (0-18 months), library, 8353656 • 12:30 p.m., Women’s lunch ($10), Stoughton Country Club, 3165 Shadyside Dr., 835-9421 • 2-6 p.m., Oregon Farmers Market, Dorn True Value Hardware parking lot, 131 W. Richards Rd.
Wednesday, September 13
• 10 a.m., Everybody Storytime (ages 0-6), library, 835-3656 • 3:30-5:30 p.m., Computer Class: Protecting You and Your PC ($20), senior center, 835-5801
Thursday, September 14
• 1 p.m., Movie matinee: Gifted, senior center, 835-5801 • 6:30-7:30 p.m., Lifetree Cafe, Headquarters, 101 Concord Dr.
Sunday, September 17
• 1 p.m., Oregon Area Historical Society 30th Anniversary Celebration, senior center, 835-5801
Monday, September 18
• 6:30-8 p.m., Estate Planning workshop (free), Krause Donovan Estate Law Partners, 116 Spring St., 268-5751
Friday, September 15
• 10-10:45 a.m., Mix-it-up activity (ages 2-6), library, 835-3656 • 1 p.m., Movie Matinee: Gifted, senior center, 835-5801
Saturday, September 16
• 9 a.m., Autumnal Equinox Scavenger Hunt, starts at library, 8353656 • 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Madison Speed-
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, Sept. 7 WOW: Sounds of Summer: Red Hot Horn Dawgs (of Aug. 15) ORE: Friday Night Live: Panther Football vs Monona Grove (of Sept. 1) Friday, Sept. 8 WOW: Oregon Community Band (of June 6) ORE: BKE Presents: Alice in Wonderland (of march 3) Saturday, Sept. 9 WOW: Oregon Community Band (of June 20) ORE: RCI Fine Arts Week (of April 13) Sunday, Sept. 10 WOW: Community of Life Lutheran Church Service ORE: OHS Fine Arts Week: Music Composition (of April 12)
way Marketplace, 1122 Sunrise Rd., 575-4097
Monday, Sept. 11 WOW: Village of Oregon Board Meeting – LIVE - 5pm ORE: Oregon School District Board Meeting – LIVE -6:30pm Tuesday, Sept. 12 WOW: Oregon Community Band (of June 27) ORE: OHS Panther Volleyball vs. Stoughton (of Sept. 7) Wednesday, Sept. 13 WOW: Oregon Chamber of Commerce Meeting: Bob Lindmeier ORE: OHS Panther Soccer vs. McFarland (of Sept. 9) Thursday, Sept. 14 WOW: Village of Oregon Board Meeting (of Sept. 11) ORE: Oregon School District Board Meeting (of Sept. 11)
Senior center
Tuesday, September 19
• 10 a.m., Teetering Toddlers Storytime (12-36 months), library, 8353656 • 11 a.m., Bouncing Babies Storytime (0-18 months), library, 8353656 • 2-6 p.m., Oregon Farmers Market, Dorn True Value Hardware parking lot, 131 W. Richards Rd.
Monday, September 11 Chicken Salad on Wheat Bun Carrot Sticks Marinated Tomatoes Fruit Cup Sugar Cookie VO- Egg Salad on Bun Tuesday, September 12 *Ham and Swiss Croissant (Low Salt – Turkey Croissant) Kidney Bean Salad Banana Lemon Bar VO- Cheese Sandwich Wednesday, September 13 *Roast Pork with Gravy (Chicken Breast with Gravy) Greens with French Dressing Corn Fruit Cocktail Whole Wheat Bread Vanilla Pudding VO- Veggie Patty Thursday, September 14 **“My Meal, My Way” Lunch at Ziggy’s Smokehouse (drop in between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.) Friday, September 15 Biscuits and Gravy Hash Brown Patty Tomato Juice (Low Salt – 3 TomatoSlices) Mandarin Oranges Cinnamon Roll VO- Spinach and Cheese Quiche SO- Harvest Salad *Contains Pork
Monday, September 11 Morning - Reflexology, Foot Care 9:00 CLUB 10:30 StrongWomen 11:45 Eyeglass Adjustments 1:00 Get Fit 1:30 Bridge 3:30 Weight Loss Support Tuesday, September 12 8:30 Zumba Gold Advanced 9:30 Wii Bowling 9:45 Zumba Gold 10:30 Parkinson’s Exercise 12:30 Sheepshead 12:30 Shopping at Pick-N-Save 5:30 StrongWomen 6:30 Navigating Assisted Living Wednesday, September 13 9:00 CLUB 9:00 Wednesday Walkers 1:00 Get Fit 1:00 Euchre 3:30 Protecting you and your PC Thursday, September 14 Morning: Chair Massage 8:30 Zumba Gold Advanced 9:00 Pool Players 9:00 COA 9:45 Zumba Gold 10:30 StrongWomen 12:30 Shopping at Bill’s 1:00 Cribbage 1:00 Movie: “Gifted” 5:30 StrongWomen Friday, September 15 9:00 CLUB 9:00 Gentle Yoga 9:30 Blood Pressure 1:00 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 Interim pastor 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
Fitchburg Memorial UCC
5705 Lacy Road, Fitchburg (608) 273-1008, www.memorialucc. org Interim pastor Laura Crow SUNDAY 9:30 a.m. Worship
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) 835-3154 WEDNESDAY - 6 p.m. Worship SATURDAY - 5 p.m. Worship SUNDAY - 9 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 Rev. Sara Thiessen (608) 845-5641 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. • Dementia Caregivers’ Supper and Support, fourth Wednesday of every month from 6-7:30 p.m., Sienna Crest, 845 Market St., Suite 1 • 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.
Look for the Helpers “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” —James 1:27 NIV Fred Rogers, the creator and host of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, reported that his mother had once said that whenever something horrible happens, something tragic or catastrophic, to always look for the helpers. They may be on the sidelines, or even behind the scenes, but they will always be there, and this gives us reason for hope. No matter how many times we see these horrific terror attacks which kill innocent people, among them often children, we will see the helpers rushing to the scene to do whatever they can. Natural disasters are the same. People from around the world will offer their time and money, and often their very lives to help others, and this should give us hope for humanity. Despite our pettiness, our pugnacious tendencies and our downright depravity, most of us want to be decent human beings, and one way we can be decent and good is by helping our fellow human beings in need. You don’t have to look far for someone who needs your help. The next time you are tempted to write off humanity as vile and totally depraved, look for the helpers, and consider being one yourself. – Christopher Simon
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Girls tennis
A serving of confidence
JEREMY JONES Sports editor
Oregon High School girls tennis improved to 2-1 in the Badger South Conference last week, splitting with Fort Atkinson and Stoughton.
Girls golf
Panthers look to be more consistent ANTHONY IOZZO Assistant sports editor
Stoughton 4, Oregon 3 Junior Isabelle Krier and sophomore Anna Donovan supplied two of the Panthers’ three wins Tuesday in a 4-3 Badger South dual meet loss at Stoughton. “Isabelle was playing a very nice retriever, but played very calm and composed,” co-head coach Alec Onesti said. “She really controlled the match after the middle of the first set.” Krier won 6-4, 6-3 at No. 2 singles and Donovan overcame a slow start to prevail 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 against Kayle Rippe at No. 3 singles. “Anna loves to make us coaches nervous,” Onesti said. “She just needed that first set to wake up, and once she did, she really took control and played a nice, well-rounded match.” Senior Addie O’Brien and sophomore Jordana Burkeland supplied the team’s other win at No. 3 doubles, winning 6-4, 6-4 over Katie Zacharias and Emily Erdahl. “Addie and Jordana have really been finding their stride in their net game, and it’s nice to see,” Onesti said. Oregon had their chances at No. 1 singles and No. 2 doubles. Senior Jules Gerhard led Lydia Brekken 5-4 in the first set but was unable to close out the set, falling 7-5, 6-1 at No. 1 singles. Seniors Katie Reisdorf and Kailey O’Brien had a slow start but nearly forced a third game, falling 6-2, 7-5 to Paige and Karlie Halverson. “It was a close match, and we were please with how the girls continue to work hard and improve,” Onesti said. “Milton is up next. Hopefully, we can take it to them and pickup a big win.”
Oregon 7, Fort Atkinson 0 The Panthers lost one game in all three doubles flights Thursday en route to a 7-0 sweep of Badger South rival Fort Atkinson. Juniors Sophia Choles and Ashley Johnson
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Junior Isabelle Krier serves at No. 2 singles Tuesday at Stoughton. Krier won her match 6-4, 6-3 over Turn to Tennis/Page 9 senior Krissy Pohold but Oregon lost the Badger South dual 4-3.
To have a strong run in the postseason, the Oregon High School girls golf team will need to get to the 330-340 team-score range. That’s the assessment of coach Eric Instefjord, based on previous years and what he has seen this fall. Whether that comes true will depend on how the girls improve in the final few weeks before the Badger South Conference tournament Sept. 19. The main thing, he said, will be gaining more consistency with their ball striking, especially with the top three golfers on the team – senior Andi McCorkle, junior Ally Payne and junior Sydney McKee. The hope is to get those three around the 80 or sub-80 mark by season’s end. At the bottom of the lineup, junior Brooke McCallum and freshmen Alyssa Schmidt and Sam McKee have been battling for the final two varsity spots. They have all played tournaments this fall, and Instefjord said the goal is to get them into the bogey range by the postseason in order to balance the Panthers’ team score. “They are all playing pretty similar,” Instefjord said. “It is a matter of if they are playing well that week.” There will be plenty of
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Girls cross country
Beauchaine leads Panthers at Verona Invitational JEREMY JONES Sports editor
An underclassmen last season, Lauren Beauchaine was one of the leaders for Oregon girls cross country, leading the team’s summer runs. She’s carried that over into this season, where she has been among the Panthers’ leaders through the first two races of the season. Beauchaine was Oregon’s top finisher Saturday at the Verona Invitational, finishing 31st overall in 20 minutes, 53 seconds. Her time was 18 seconds faster than the 21:11 she had week one in West Bend. “I felt a lot stronger today despite this being a more challenging course,” Beauchaine said. “This course was a lot hillier than West Bend, but we did a lot of hill training this week and I think it really helped.” Coach Doug Debroux said, “No one is a harder worker or more dedicated year round than Lauren. All these successes and accolades she’s going to get, she’s earned every bit of it.” The Panthers finished 13th out of the 19 teams competing, with a team score of 303. Defending WIAA Division 1 state champion
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What’s next Oregon travels to Fort Atkinson at 4 p.m. Tuesday for the Badger Challenge.
Stoughton sits out Verona invite following crash Defending Badger South champion Stoughton was not at the Verona Invitational after a car accident involving five members of the team sent one girl to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries. The team many picked to battle the Vikings for the conference title this year, Oregon coach Doug Debroux said he talked to his team about it on the bus before the race. “We didn’t care about the race that much. It’s just like, what can we do,” he said. “I’ll give them some time and get a hold of Susan (Zaemisch) over there and see if there is anything we can do.” Debroux said the tragedy put all the other stuff in perspective. “It’s great to battle with them (Stoughton). I love their competitiveness, and the challenge every year,” he said. “But when something like that happens ... it’s hard to put into words.”
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Junior Lauren Beauchaine led Oregon with a 31st-place finish Saturday at the Verona Invitational in 20 minutes, 52.08 seconds.
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Panthers lose momentum early in loss to Monona Grove
Boys cross country
JEREMY JONES Sports editor
The Oregon football team was within a touchdown and moving the ball well Friday as halftime neared against Monona Grove. But the host Panthers watched the Badger South game slip away quickly in the third quarter, when the Silver Eagles scored on four straight possessions on their way to a 49-13 victory. Monona Grove racked up 663 yards of total offense (296 rushing, 337 passing), but it was a play on the other side of the ball, by defensive back Jalen Ostrowsky, that helped the Silver Eagles take control. Trying to answer a 44-yard touchdown run by MG senior Jackson Thomsen that put the Silver Eagles up 21-13, Oregon drove 75 yards to the Monona Grove 6. But it came away empty after Ostrowsky knocked a fourth-and-goal pass away from Panther senior Kardelle Phillips in the end zone with 1:06 remaining in the half. “We were right in the game, which is what we needed confidence-wise,” Oregon coach Dan Kissling said. “Our guys came out and did OK, but when you play a team like this, you’ve got to play all 48 minutes. We just didn’t.” Oregon fell to 1-2 (0-1 conference) with the loss, while the Silver Eagles improved to 3-0, 1-0. The Panthers also moved the ball well on their opening possession, as they marched 81 yards on four plays, highlighted by the 60-yard run of Dylan DiMaggio and capped by Keion Szudy’s 8-yard dive across the goal. But the Panthers missed the extra point and struggled to maintain the momentum offensively after that. The Silver Eagles answered with a short pass up the seam to tight end to Lucas Gerlach, who lowered his shoulder on Derek Brellenthin to a finish off a 34-yard touchdown. Monona Grove turned the ball over on downs on its next possession on a pass breakup by Carter Erickson, and on its next drive, Thomsen fumbled shy of the goal line. The Panthers, meanwhile, were unable to sustain another scoring drive until early in the second quarter, when Phillips found the end zone on a 17-yard run for a 13-7 lead. Thomsen helped Monona Grove take the lead for good with a 44-yard burst over the right side with 3:59 left in the first half. Thomsen finished with 274 yards rushing and four touchdowns. The Silver Eagles then blew the
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Sean Bychowski (left) led Oregon at the Verona Invitational with a personal-best time of 18 minutes, 33 seconds. He finished 80th.
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Senior Jahlil Turner hauls in a 35-yard reception against Monona Grove’s Jalen Ostrowsky in the second quarter Friday. Oregon lost the game 49-13. possession after which Monona Grove was flagged for holding, but answered back with a 71-yard touchdown run by Thomsen. Oregon travels to Fort Atkinson The Silver Eagles’ third touch(1-2 overall, 0-1 Badger South) at down drive of the half took a little longer following a three-and-out by 7 p.m. Friday. Oregon. Thomsen capped the seven-play drive with an 8-yard touchdown run. Ogden drove the final nail game wide open with four consecu- home with a 1-yard touchdown run to tive touchdowns in the third quarter. finish off a 14-play drive near the end Monona Grove’s first three drives of of the third quarter. the second half totaled 10 plays and “I think we got a little worn down took just over 2 minutes to cover 234 there on defense, going three-andyards. out,” Kissling said. “They’ve got a One of the top quarterbacks in the good offense. That’s why they finarea, senior Alec Ogden found Sam ished second in conference last year Hepp on a bubble screen two plays and why they probably should have into the third quarter and the junior won the (WIAA Division 2) state wide receiver did the rest, racing title.” 81 yards to the end zone. Oregon Turn to Football/Page 9 fumbled away the ball on the next
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Sun Prairie placed its top five in within the first nine spots, and all seven of its varsity scorers in the top 21, to win the meet with a gaudy score of 26. Cardinal senior Katie Rose Blachowicz won the race in 18:31. Wisconsin Dells finished a distant second – 70 points behind – with a 96. Big Eight rival Middleton (103) rounded out the top three schools. Two seconds separated freshman Clara Hughes, senior Bree Bastian and sophomore Zoe Frank. Hughes was the team’s second runner, finishing 60th in 21:55.
“Clara came to everyone of our summer runs. Six a.m. every morning, Monday through Friday — there’s Clara Hughes working her tail off. It’s nice to see those kids rise and every one else to see what that work does.” Bastian, who is coming off a strong track and field season after an injury-marred 2016 cross country campaign, (21:56) and Frank (21:57) crossed the line in 61st and 62nd place. Sophomore Bryanna Salazar was the fifth runner, taking 89th place in 23:03. Juniors Julie Bull and Kaity Kliminski both ran on varsity but did not count toward the final score.
Bychowski, Boerigter lead Panthers at Verona JEREMY JONES Sports editor
One second separated junior Sean Bychowski and senior Ben Boerigter on a hilly course Saturday at the Verona Invitational. Bychowski, who was out all of last season, was the first Panther to cross the 5K finish line, taking 80th place in 18 minutes, 33 seconds. The junior hadn’t PRed since conference his freshman year (18:47) at a much flatter Lake Farm Park course. “ I j u s t t r i e d t o ke e p smiling,” he said. “It’s only really 20 minutes. I do things that take me 3 hours. It hurts now, but you feel good later. It was great PRing today. I did not expect that at all.” B o e r i g t e r w a s n ’t f a r behind as the team’s second runner. He finished 81st in 18:34. Seniors Connor Brickley and Tait Baldus both c r o s s e d t h e fi n i s h l i n e in the 19-minute range. Brickley nearly broke 19 minutes, finishing 99th in 19:01. Baldus meanwhile, c r o s s e d t h e fi n i s h l i n e 114th in 19:48. Freshman Brenden Dieter was the Panthers’ final varsity scorer, finishing 120th in 20:07. Juniors Will Oelke and Gabe Karr also competed but did not count toward t h e fi n a l va r s i t y t e a m score. Oregon finished 18th out of 20 schools with a team score of 494. As a whole, the Panthers had eight individuals set new personal records for themselves – Ben
What’s next Oregon travels to the Badger Challenge in Fort Atkinson at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12. Boerigter, Brenden Dieter, Blake Anderson, Colin Meidl, Devin Keast, Adam Hanke, Jack Fitzgerald and Bychowski, coach Erik Haakenson said. “We will continue to focus on working hard and doing the small things right during practice to improve our team placing in meets,” he said. M i d d l e t o n ’s C a l e b Easton won the race in 16:00 and teammate Same Jaeger was sixth, but defending Division 1 state champion Madison West was just too balanced as 52 seconds separated the Regents’ top five runners. That is compared to a 1:27 gap between Middleton’s first and fifth runners. Madison West finished with 65 points and Middleton had 70. Madison La Follette took third with a 106. Big Eight schools made up four of the top five s c h o o l s , w i t h S u n Prairie taking third with 170. Only Monona Grove (115) breaking things up with its fourth-place finish. “ Ve r o n a i s a l w a y s a good test to see where a team stands in the Badger Conference,” Haakenson said. “Monona Grove and Monroe both had strong performances and will be challenging to compete against.”
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Volleyball
Boys soccer
Panthers edged by MG in five-set comeback
Conduah leads Oregon past DeForest
ANTHONY IOZZO
Assistant sports editor
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The Oregon High School volleyball team won the first two sets at Monona Grove on Thursday and was in position to remain undefeated. But the Silver Eagles fought back with three straight wins, as the Panthers fell 3-2 (25-22, 25-19, 16-25, 18-25, 7-15). Oregon (10-3 overall, 1-1 Badger South) was close with Monona Grove (12-3, 2-0) in the third set before the Silver Eagles pulled away. “We made a lot of our own errors and weren’t able to get it back on track in sets four and five,” coach Katie Heitz wrote in an email. Senior outside hitter Alyssa Milski finished with 21 kills, and junior setter Erin Flanagan had 40 assists, 11 digs and two aces. Junior libero Emily Konop added 12 digs and two aces, and senior middle blocker Jenna Igl and junior right-side hitter/setter Erin Wriedt both collected three blocks. Junior McKenna Warnock led the Silver Eagles with 16 kills and 14 digs, and junior Lydia Kneubuehl
Oregon hosts Stoughton at 7 p.m. Thursday in a Badger South Conference match. and senior Kearsten Kochan both had 10 kills. Senior Morgan Ellingson had three aces, and Kneubuehl collected three blocks. Senior Laurel Masters finished with 23 assists.
Monona Grove invite The Panthers traveled back to Monona Grove on Saturday for an invite and won the consolation championship with a 3-2 record. “We need to move forward with better consistency in our passing, as well as, our attacking, which we will be working on this week in practice,” Heitz wrote. Oregon defeated Madison West in the consolation finals 2-0 (25-12, 25-9). Junior outside hitter Leah Rogers had seven kills, and junior defensive
Oregon’s depth helps team edge Monroe/Glarus in dual Sports editor
Oregon/Belleville girls swimming traveled to Monroe/New Glarus on Tuesday for a Badger South dual meet that came down to the final race, winning 85-84. The host Cheesemakers won six of 11 events, including the 400-yard freestyle, but Oregon/New Glarus’ team of freshman Caroline Rusch, senior Ellen Martin, freshman Halle Bush and sophomore Carlie Monroe touched the wall in 5:06.34. The second-place finish was just enough for the Panthers to hold on for the win.
Seniors Carolyn Christofferson and Ava Magee scored 10 points for the Panthers in the 50-meter freestyle, going 1-2 in 29.17 seconds and 29.83, respectively. Magee added the 100 butterfly in 1:13.35. Oregon/Belleville also went 1-2 in the 400 free. The Panthers also picked up another key 10 points in the 400 free, which sophomore Jenna Dobrinsky won in 4:54.66. Bush added a second-place finish in 5:15.4. Freshman Mattea Thomason won the 100 breaststroke (1:25.04) and Christofferson, Thomason, Magee and Dobrinsky claimed the 200 medley to start the meet, posting a time of 2:12.07.
Though Oregon did not win the 100 backstroke, Christofferson (1:16.43) and Rusch (1:18.95) scored seven points with their 2-3 finish.
Swimmin Women Relays Carolynn Christofferson, Mattea Thomason, Ava Magee and Jenna Dobrinsky won 2017 Swimmin’ Women Relays with a first-place finish in the 200 medley relay Saturday in Stoughton. The quarter posted a time of 1:58 to earn the Panthers’ lone victory. Oregon finished sixth out of the eight teams with 100 points. Defending Division 2 state champion Madison Edgewood won the meet with
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practicing, rather than competing. “That is only going to make them better as we work toward the tournament series,” he said.
time for the team to practice now that the bulk of the regular season is over. In the first month, Oregon played in five invitationals and four duals. Oregon 189, They now have two invites and two duals left before Fort Atkinson 197 the conference meet, and Oregon hosted Fort AtkinInstefjord said that gives them son pm Tuesday at Foxboro a chance to spend more time Golf Club and won 189-197.
What’s next Oregon traveled to the Balance and Believe Invitational Wednesday at Blackhawk Country Club. The results will be in next week’s Observer. The Panthers travel to Pleasant View Golf Course at 11:30 a.m. Saturday for the Middleton invite and travels to rival Stoughton at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 13, at Coachman’s Golf Resort.
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touchdown. Brett Wannebo ran for 92 yards on 16 carries to lead the Panthers’ ground attack, and Cedric Girard completed 2 of 5 pass attempts for 72 yards.
Sydney McKee shot a 44, and Payne followed with a 47. Schmidt had a 48, and McCorkle finished the scoring with a 50. Sam McKee’s 53 was
The Oregon High School boys soccer team bounced back after a couple of tough losses in the opening week with a 3-1 win at DeForest on Tuesday in a Badger crossover. “It was big for us to score some goals to get a win on the road,” coach Kevin May said. Senior Max Wirtz scored the first Panthers’ goal with an assist to junior Madison Conduah. Conduah added a goal and a second assist on a goal by senior John Auer. Junior Duncan Morgan finished with five saves. May said that Oregon (2-2-1 overall) is moving in the right direction but still has work to do.
a team score of 144 – two points ahead of last year’s state runner-up McFarland. Zoe Rule, Ava Magee, Thomason and Dobrinsky opened the meet with a second-place finish in the 400 medley relay (4:23.34). Halle Bush, Victoria Helvig, Thomason and Rule added a runner-up finish to Madison Edgewood once again in the 4x100 individual medley relay (4:38.05). Caroline Rusch, Rule, Magee and Christofferson placed second to McFarland in 1:59.51. Ellen Martin, Christofferson, Bush and Dobrinsky took third in the 100 free relay (48.52).
thrown out. Kaitlyn Schneider led Fort Atkinson with a 41, and Kate England followed with a 49. Emily Veenhuis shot a 52, and Miranda Aalto had a 55.
What’s next Oregon travels to Monona Grove at 7 p.m. Thursday for the Badger South Conference opener. The Panthers host McFarland at noon Saturday in a Badger crossover and hosts Monroe at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12, in its second conference match. “We need to play at a faster pace, finish when we have opportunities and our defense needs to be more organized to prevent shots on goal,” May said.
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played the closest doubles match of the day, cruising 6-0, 6-1 over Klarie Trieloff and Jackie Jensen at No. 1 doubles. R e i s d o r f a n d K a i l ey O’Brien and senior Addie O’Brien and Burkeland rolled 6-0, 6-0 at Nos. 2 and 3 doubles. Gerhards beat Kastyn Hebbe 6-1, 6-0 atop the singles lineup and junior Rachell Depuydt matched the score at No. 4 singles. Krier cruised to 6-0, 6-2 victory at No. 2 singles and Donovan added a 6-3, 6-3 victory at No. 3 singles.
Stoughton Invitational The Panthers finished seventh out of eight teams with 4.5 points Saturday at the Stoughton Invitational. Kenosha St. Joseph bested Middleton with 28.5 points, one-and-a-half points ahead of Middleton (27). Brookfield Central rounded out the top three with 22 points. Depuydt played her way to a team-best fifth place finish at No. 4 singles after a first-round loss to Brookfield Central. She beat Madison La Folleette 6-1, 6-0 and
Oregon hosts Milton at 4:15 p.m. Thursday in a Badger South dual meet. Kenosha St. Joe’s Hannah Altergott 6-3, 6-1. It was all or nothing for Addie O’Brien and Burkeland at No. 3 doubles who were shut out in the first round by Middleton but bounced back to blank La Follette before falling 6-0, 6-0 to Oconomowoc in the fifth-place match. Gerhards and Krier won their seventh-place match, as did Oregon’s No. 2 doubles team. Gerhards won her match against Madison La Follette 6-4, 6-2 at No. 1 singles and Krier beat Madison La Follette 6-2, 6-1 at No. 2 singles. R e i s d o r f a n d K a i l ey O’Brien beat Madison La Follette at No. 2 doubles 6-4, 6-2. Oregon dropped all of its No. 3 singles and No. 1 doubles matches. Donovan lost 7-6 (3), 6-0 in the seventh-place match at No. 3 singles against La Follette. Choles and Johnson also fell 6-4, 6-4 in their final match to La Follette.
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Reports are taken from daily briefings woman’s residence and damaged his provided by the Oregon Police Depart- belongings that were in the garage. ment. July 21 J uly 20 4:48 p.m. An officer gave warnings to 1:01 a .m. A 28-year-old man was more than 50 cars travelling through the tentatively charged with domestic dis- construction zone on Jefferson Street orderly conduct and criminal damage over an hour-and-a-half of monitoring to property after he allegedly kicked out the street. the front door of his 31-year-old girlfriend’s residence. The woman had told July 28 the man he could not wait outside of her 11:34 p.m. A 34-year-old man was workplace as the storms were too bad. arrested for domestic disorderly conThe man fled the scene before police ar- duct after he allegedly yelled profanities rived. at his 27-year-old estranged wife during 8:12 a .m. A 34-year-old man was an argument over the van they own totentatively charged with domestic dis- gether. One of their children overheard orderly conduct and unlawful use of the disturbance. a computerized communication system after he allegedly sent threatening July 29 text message to a 62-year-old Oregon 11:15 p .m. A 27-year-old woman woman. The man also showed up at the
was cited for municipal disorderly conduct after multiple neighbors reported yelling in the 200 block of Elliott Lane. The woman was intoxicated and yelling at her boyfriend to give her car keys to her, but the boyfriend told police she did not use any profanity toward him. July 30 10:20 p.m. A 23-year-old man was tentatively charged with domestic violence disorderly conduct, domestic violence damage to property and bail jumping after an argument with his 28-yearold girlfriend. The man allegedly broke a mirror attached to the woman’s dresser after she barricaded herself in the bedroom. The downstairs neighbor reported hearing profanities yelled by both. The man left before police arrived. – Scott Girard
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History: Book’s slice-of-life photos trace a century of changes in Oregon Continued from page 1 strict process for publication, though. The group sent in a proposal Nov. 12 last year, with 12 photographs and information about the area, and the project was quickly approved, with a March deadline. “We gave them enough say, ‘OK, they’re a viable group, they can do this,’” Swenson said. Woodworth said it was helpful that many parameters of the book were already determined by the publisher – including a set number of pages and chapters. They split up the work among them and got to work. “ T h i s wa s s o m e t h i n g that was really important for this organization to do, and this was really a
If You Go What: Oregon Area Historical Society 30th anniversary event When: 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17 Where: Oregon Area Senior Center. 108 Park St. Info: 835-8961 team effort,” she said. “We learned a lot. No one person could have done this.” Indeed, it took a village to complete the project, with several residents coming forward with photographs and information to help fill in some missing spaces. Neath said despite the 200-some photos included, there is still more about Oregon history not in
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the book. “ We h ave t o r e l y o n those we have photos for, and there may be some things missing in the book, but it’s simply because we don’t have documentation in photos,” he said.
Bygone era Neath said the book covered the roughly 100-year span from the 1840s to 1950s because it showed how the area transitioned from a small-farm, rural community to a more urban, city environment by the end of World War II. “Lifestyle had a lot to do with it between the first settlers for the town and what it eventually came to be,” he said “The lifestyle of people is tremendously different, even in my lifetime.” In those days, Woodworth said, the community was much more active, with lots of groups and organizations. “They didn’t have the distractions like there are today,” she said “They were very active in supporting their community. Oregon has a strong sense of a community and there are a lot of groups in the present day, (but) it’s just different; it’s a product of our times. Then, people were out on their front porches.” Swenson said as members searched through photos for what to include, the process “kind of brought back little stories in our mind of a particular place or person.” When she and her daughter looked at an 1880s layout of the village, t h ey w e r e “ a s t o u n d e d ” how many businesses there were.
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Photos courtesy Oregon Area Historical Society
In 1947, above, the Oregon Fire Department purchased its first oxygen mask, worn here by captain Ray Noyce. From left are Noyce, policeman George Johnson, Norton Ames and Fire Chief Ernie Culb. At right, construction workers peer out of open windows on the Netherwood Building in this 1898 photograph. The men were Italian workers who stopped in Oregon to do the project on their way home to Chicago from building projects in Madison. Through the years, many businesses were located in the building, which still stands today.
“Of course, the nature of those business was so much different than today,” she said. “I hope (the book) will make people think about their history, and maybe want to come and see the historical society here and the museum and dig a little bit from their
history, too.” Woodworth encouraged Oregon residents – or former residents – to share their family’s files and photographs with the society for future projects. “We don’t necessarily have to keep the originals, we can copy them,” she
said. “It will be interesting to get the response and feedback from people. We certainly hope they enjoy it – we enjoyed doing it.” Email Unified Newspaper Group reporter Scott De Laruelle at scott. delaruelle@wcinet.com.
Book purchase People can purchase the book for $25 at the museum or through oregonareahistoricalsociety.org. Shipping and handling is extra. Books will also be available in some local stores. Before Sept. 17, people can pre-order the books at the museum or by emailing oahs@ frontier.com.
The Aging Mastery Program® (AMP) encourages mastery—developing behaviors across many dimensions that will lead to improved health, stronger financial security, and overall well-being.
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By participating in this 5-week program, you will: Gain impactful changes in your health behaviors, financial wellbeing and enrichment later in life. Increase your knowledge in the following areas: exercise, sleep, healthy eating and hydration, financial fitness, medication management, advance planning, healthy relationships, fall prevention and community engagement. Get REAL incentives and rewards for taking small steps that can improve your well-being.
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Limited spots available: Sign up now! Wednesdays, October 4th through November 1st at the Oregon Area Senior Center 5:30-8:00pm Each evening starts with a free light meal. Registration deadline – September 27th.
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Thanks to a grant awarded through the National Council on Aging, this program, valued at $100, will only cost $25. Scholarships and transportation available. Make checks payable to the Oregon Area Senior Center
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