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Sample standards The following are among the 49 standards a police department has to meet to receive Core Accreditation: • Agency jurisdiction directive • Disciplinary system • Use-of-force directive • Procedures for stopping and approaching vehicles • Temporary detention procedures • Records security • Evidence collection • Training

When Brian Uhl became the Oregon Police Department chief two years ago, he said he wanted the department to become accredited.

On Oct. 2, the Wisconsin Law Enforcement Accreditation Group affirmed the first major step in that process, approving OPD for Core Accreditation. That came after two years of updates to “outdated policies” and the “daunting task” of organizing the evidence room, Uhl told the Observer.

The department is now one of 32 statewide to have achieved the Core Standards Accreditation from WILEAG, which will also require check-ins by outside agencies every three f o r f u l l a c c r e d i t a t i o n years on department prac- through WILEAG over the next couple of years. tices and policies.

Uhl said he plans to Turn to OPD/Page 10 have the department aim

Trivial pursuits

Firefly Coffee House hosted trivia night Friday, Sept. 29. Teams participated in four rounds, 25 questions each, on a variety of topics. Proceeds of the event benefited the Friends of the Oregon Public Library, who support library programming, special collections and projects and other library activities.

Coming together in Merri-Hill Neighborhood holds ‘meet and greet’ to help prevent crime SCOTT DE LARUELLE Unified Newspaper Group

Village of Oregon

Business owners, village officials to discuss parking lot Property owners want drive aisle through Jefferson Street lot BILL LIVICK Unified Newspaper Group

Business and property owners on South Main Street are seeking a better way for large trucks to deliver goods.

T h a t ’s w h y t h e y ’v e asked the village to

consider creating a northto-south corridor through the Jefferson Street parking lot.

After a long discussion on the matter Monday, O r eg o n Vi l l a g e B o a r d members agreed to have an engineer and the city’s p u b l i c wo r k s d i r e c t o r “continue the discussion” with the various parties to figure out the best course of action.

The current setup, as one building owner put it, is “a

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Cheering with excitement, Susan Fenton points to her teammate who helped answer an important question correctly.

Kristen Navis and her family are relatively new to the Merri-Hill neighborhood in Oregon, but that didn’t stop her from recognizing a potential problem. And a solution.

She organized a neighborhood “meet-and-greet” Sunday at Merri-Hill Park for neighbors to meet and better get to know each other and talk about solutions to some recent breakins and vandalism in the area.

Navis told the Observer on Monday that while the main idea of the gathering was “wanting to get to know my neighbors and who’s around me,” she noticed some people from the neighborhood making negative comments on social media about the incidents, including a perceived lack of police response.

“It’s not that they’re blaming the police for not being able to curb some of that, but I thought, we have to do what we can as a community to keep an eye out and protect each other first

and foremost,” she said. “The police ‘Maybe someone from department is stretched thin and down the road who you there’s only so much they can do based on tips and things they can get.” might have walked by in For Navis, the most important thing was to “take a step up as a communi- the grocery store 100 times, ty and neighborhood and do what we now you’ll stop and say, can to know each other.”

‘Hey, I know you.’’

“If we know faces; kind of know who’s around, if something is out of – Kristen Navis order, then we know,” she said. “If I know that the people three houses up don’t have kids and I see kids in the decided to set one up. More than 50 yard, it’s sign that something proba- people showed up throughout the day, bly is not right.” bringing food, games and lots of conversation.

Community spirit “People were excited to be able to The neighborhood – several blocks get together,” she said. “Everybody between East Netherwood Street, was talking to everybody – it wasn’t Richards Road, South Perry Park- just ‘hang out with your own neighway and North Main Street – has bors,’ it was a good mingle. Maybe traditionally had a common bond someone from down the road who between residents, holding a parade you might have walked by in the groevery Fourth of July to celebrate the cery store 100 times, now you’ll stop community. Still, when Navis heard and say, ‘Hey, I know you.’”

It turned out to also be a good from some longtime residents that the neighborhood hadn’t had a “sit-down Turn to Neighborhood/Page 2 get-together” in nearly a decade, she

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Neighborhood: Residents gather to get to know each other, talk solutions to crime Continued from page 1 opportunity for people to talk about the recent breakins and vandalism, and how they can help prevent future incidents, she said.

“Some people weren’t aware of everything that had been happening, so it was a good chance to say, ‘Keep an eye out,’ or ‘Maybe I shouldn’t leave my garage door open or my car unlocked,’” Navis said. “(It was) looking out for each other and protecting the neighborhood and protecting each other.”

It was also a chance for Oregon police to stop out and chat with residents, which several officers did throughout the afternoon at Navis’ invitation, answering questions and making connections.

“I was really impressed and happy they came by,” she said. “It was just nice to see their presence there, see the officers’ faces, and know they are around here to support us, so we were really appreciative of them coming down.”

Oregon police chief Brian Uhl said it “takes a village to keep everyone safe,” and pointed out the limited amount of officers on duty at any given time.

“We are a village of about 10,000 people and with only one or two officers working on each shift, we can’t be everywhere at once,” he wrote in an email to the Observer. “This is especially true if our officers are already tied up handling another call. “ T h e m o r e ey e s a n d ears we have out in the

community, the more this helps us solve crime and keep everyone safe.”

After such a successful event, Navis said neighbors are already planning on holding similar events every year, or possibly in spring and fall.

“We did a big exchange of email addresses, so I’ll send out a big group email and everybody can keep in touch,” she said. “Pushing to do more of these would be great, and I think the community was really open to that. I felt really blessed everybody took it as a good opportunity to meet, so I’m thrilled with the outcome.”

Email Unified Newspaper Photo submitted Group reporter Scott De More than 50 people showed up for Sunday’s “meet and greet” at Merri-Hill Park for resiLaruelle at scott.delarueldents of that neighborhood.

The event was scheduled so residents could better get to know le@wcinet.com. each other, and talk about recent break-ins and vandalism in the area.

POLICE REPORTS‌ Reports are taken from dai- found out that the man had a ly briefings provided by the birthday card for one of the Oregon Police Department.‌ kids that had been delivered to his house accidentally. ‌ ‌Aug. 11‌ 8:53 ‌p .m. A boy was ‌Aug. 14‌ playing in his backyard on 3:01 ‌p.m. A 34-year-old the 400 block of Medinah man reported his $1,000 Street when he noticed a mountain bike was stolen car sitting in the street with from his garage on the 200 two occupants. One of the block of Thomson Lane men got out of the car and sometime during the preasked the boy if he wanted vious week. The man told to get into the car. The boy police he leaves his garage then ran into his house and door open because he has a locked the doors. Another new puppy.‌ witness told police the men 3:08 ‌p.m. A 65-year-old were high school age.‌ man reported an egg was thrown at his house on the ‌Aug. 13‌ 1000 block of North Perry 8:05 ‌p.m. A man report- Parkway. The egg broke the ed his daughter had a sus- man’s front porch light.‌ picious man approach her 3:12 ‌p.m. A 58-year-old while babysitting the prior man reported someone stole night at a park off Prairie scrap metal and left bumper Grass Road. The man told parts in a Dumpster on the the girl he had “something 300 block of North Burr Oak for” her and reached out his Avenue. Video showed the hand. When the babysitter suspect’s vehicle. The sustook the children back to pect stole metal with a value their home, the man drove of approximately $200.‌ to the residence and put a birthday card for one of ‌Aug. 15‌ the young girls she was 4:35 ‌p.m. A 54-year-old babysitting in the mailbox. woman reported hearing The girls’ father told po- thumping outside of her lice he had no idea who the windows just after 3 ‌a .m. man could have been. Police on the 600 block of South

Parking: Better truck access sought Main Street. The woman’s boyfriend reported seeing movement in the backyard after he turned the light on, and the woman noticed a tomato plant under the window was snapped and that there were hand prints on the windows.‌ 6:38 ‌p.m. A 30-year-old man and 18-year-old woman both faced charges of domestic battery after an incident on the 900 block of Janesville Street. The man was also arrested for domestic strangulation/suffocation and a probation hold. The woman allegedly hit the man with her cell phone in her hand, causing his lip to bleed, after an argument about who was providing food for the family during a health situation. The man then allegedly choked the woman for 20 to 30 seconds and threw her onto a bed by her neck.‌ ‌Aug. 16‌ 4 ‌a.m. A man was issued a disorderly conduct ticket after he allegedly ran through the drive-thru lane at McDonald’s after being asked to leave multiple times.‌ ‌– Compiled by Scott Girard

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Continued from page 1 nightmare” for truck drivers, and is likely to result in trucks blocking the only driveway access to the Jefferson Street parking lot.

What they’d prefer is an aisle where trucks would enter the parking lot from Jefferson Street and leave the lot heading south, past the back of Ziggy’s restaurant and then out to South Main Street.

Public works director Jeff Rau had already asked Quam Engineering to look into whether a large truck and trailer could get through such a lane, and over the summer the firm prepared a layout and preliminary estimate of the costs involved.

Quam’s project estimate came to more than $50,000.

The village has struggled to find solutions to a raft of problems with the parking lot, going back at least five years.

It’s in the process of burying utility lines and reconstructing the lot in conjunction with the Jefferson Crossing apartment redevelopment. In 2013, the village established a loading zone directly behind the back of South Main Street businesses so people don’t park cars there and block delivery access.

In a memo, Rau expressed skepticism Quam’s plan would work.

He noted the path through the parking lot “is twisting and I don’t believe will fit well with traffic patterns.”

He also wrote that the plan would probably require moving a utility pole, a transformer and metering cabinet to an alley near Peaceful Heart Gifts and Books. That could require purchasing land from Peaceful Heart, getting an easement and the likely loss of parking stalls.

“I don’t think this is a good plan for anybody,” he wrote.

After hearing from Rau, Trustee Jerry Bollig asked a group of Main Street business and property owners for their opinions.

They suggested the village move the driveway leading into the lot closer to the backs of the South Main

Photo by Jim Ferolie

The Jefferson Street parking lot as it looked in 2016, before homes and an auto repair shop were demolished for Jefferson Crossing.

Street businesses and establish a north-to-south drive aisle that would lead trucks past the back of Ziggy’s and out to South Main Street.

Dan Donoghue, owner of The Chocolate Caper, and John Deits, owner of Peaceful Heart, along with property owners Scott MacWilliams and Jerry Thiel, all said they would prefer that approach.

Currently, those vehicles enter at Jefferson Street and then loop counter-clockwise around the parking lot and exit at the same driveway they used to enter.

Some of the business owners said under the current configuration, drivers who aren’t familiar with the lot would be likely to drive in, veer east, close to the buildings and park there to unload, blocking the driveway.

“Everyone has two concerns – parking and that trucks can get in and out,” Donoghue said. “Having two entrances can help keep a large truck from blocking the entrance.”

M a c Wi l l i a m s a g r e e d .

“With one entry in and one entry out, you’ve got a bottleneck,” he said. “I can’t see how a truck is going to get in and get out without blocking traffic and doing

a bunch of unsafe maneuvers.”

He said he’d like to see a long-term fix.

Thiel said truck drivers think the present arrangement is “a nightmare.”

“With the potential for another 60 to 90 cars (when Jefferson Crossing is done next year), it’s going to be chaotic,” he warned. “We need a one-way through there.”

Trustee Jeff Boudreau said he’d like to have an engineer study whether the business owners idea would work.

Rau responded that Quam estimated at $12,000 cost to do such a study. It charged the village about $4,000 for the work it’s already done, he said.

Deits suggested that before spending any more money, village officials should meet with the property and business owners and “continue the discussion.”

After seeing a nod of heads, Rau said he would try to arrange the meeting within the next two weeks and would ask an engineer from Quam to participate.

Contact Bill Livick at bill. livick@wcinet.com

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Plans would add 200-plus homes Unified Newspaper Group

Three developers will bring housing proposals to the Village of Oregon Planning Commission for conceptual discussion this month.

Among the three concepts being brought to the Oct. 5 meeting, developers would add more than 200 housing units in coming years.

The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. in Village Hall.

The commission will not vote on any of those three proposals Thursday, as they are only up for

conceptual review.

The first would add 12 four-unit townhomes to the northern tier of properties in the Bergamont development on the village’s southwest side.

The second, discussed at the September meeting, as well, would create 102 total lots on County Hwy. MM/South Wolfe Street north of Harding Street. Ninety-seven of the lots on the “Hofer Farms” development would be single-family housing, but five on the east side of the site would be for duplexes.

That proposal also includes

more than seven acres of parkland between the two sides of the development.

The third concept on the agenda is for The Highlands of Netherwood, which would bring 125 single-family homes, 14 town homes and 25 single-family detached condominium units to the northwest side of the village. The land for the proposal, which includes 7.5 acres for parks, is in the Town of Oregon and would require annexation to develop in the village.

The property is west of Netherwood Road and north of Bergamont Boulevard.

Village planner Mike Slavney noted in his review of the concept that the proposal includes curved roads throughout the development, along with cul-de-sacs – typically not favored by the village. However, the cul-de-sac design attempts to solve the two most significant problems with an extra area for snow storage and large enough curves to allow large vehicles to fit, Slavney wrote.

Contact Scott Girard at ungreporter@wcinet.com and follow him on Twitter @sgirard9.

Jefferson Street apartments on track for July opening BILL LIVICK Unified Newspaper Group

The developer of a new apartment building that’s going up on Jefferson Street hopes to have the project ready for tenants in July.

Jefferson Crossing will have 61 units in a three-story building, developer Brett Riemen told the Observer this week.

The Village of Oregon has contributed to the project in hopes of sparking economic development downtown, using taxpayer financing and swapping land to make the project easier to develop. McFarland-based Spanrie Property Group – Riemen and partner Brian Spanos – purchased and tore down several houses and an auto repair shop on six parcels to put the project together, and it began building the facility in May. The project got off to a slow start because of a rainy spring, “but we’re pretty much back on track for a July opening,” Riemen said.

“It’s kind of nice to see the lumber go up finally, after all of the underground work that was going on for a couple months,” he said.

That work involved getting the forms set for the foundation around it and then building underground parking below the first floor.

Riemen said the building will be

taller than others downtown, but won’t appear much taller than the building at the corner of Jefferson Street and South Main Street.

The developers decided to elevate the building two feet to accommodate a high groundwater table and also to provide privacy for future first-floor residents.

“We have all those walk-out units on Jefferson and wanted to give tenants a little more privacy,” he explained. “So going up a two feet allows them to get off the sidewalk a little bit. That way people walking by don’t look directly into their windows.”

The village is contributing almost $1 million toward the project, including $800,000 in the form of a pay-asyou-go tax-increment financing obligation, with 5 percent interest. That means the amount the property taxes increase after the building is erected will be diverted to a district, which will then return all the taxes paid – including those to other jurisdictions – to the developer until the pledge is paid off.

The village will also pay for burying utility lines and rebuilding the Jefferson Street parking lot, two items the developer will arrange to have done and then seek repayment.

The developer told the Observer a “key piece” was trying to maximize parking in the area and “make sure that we don’t take away any of the parking for the downtown businesses.”

“We’re redoing the Jefferson lot to

maintain the number of stalls that the village has there, and then also adding some for our residents, as well,” he said.

The parking lot is under construction, and village public works director Jeff Rau said they’re continuing to work with utility companies and the developer “in the reconstruction of the parking lot and moving the utilities in this area underground.”

“The contractor has worked well with the village in coordinating the utility connections and routing,” Rau said.

The building will offer three apartment sizes: studio apartments, which will have a bedroom but will be smaller than a typical one-bedroom apartment; one-bedroom apartments and two-bedroom apartments.

Studio apartments will rent for $850 per month, one-bedrooms for $1,050, and two-bedrooms for around $1,300, Riemen said.

He noted the building will have amenities such as a large fitness center and a community room with a kitchen. The community room is designed for social gatherings and will lead to an outdoor patio area with a gazebo.

Riemen said he’s had a lot of interest already from potential tenants.

“We’ve got 15 people or so who wanted to be on our list and be informed about our progress,” he said.

“So there’s good interest in this.”

Contact Bill Livick at bill.livick@ wcinet.com

Sign ordinance amendment The Village of Oregon Planning Commission will discuss a possible amendment to the sign ordinance approved last year.

The change would allow businesses to put up two signs on a building, one over the public entrance and another on a different side facade as long as that side does not face a residential property.

Sonny’s Kitchen to open this month location that held Holstein Kitchen until it closed in June.

Kasoski told the Observer he hopes to open by Oct. 16, and that the restaurant will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.

SCOTT GIRARD He currently operates the Cross Plains Family RestauUnified Newspaper Group rant in Cross Plains, and There will be a new said Sonny’s will be “like a restaurant at the corner of family-style restaurant just Main and Janesville streets like the one I have here.” this month.

Contact Scott Girard at Sonny’s Kitchen, owned and operated by Sam ungreporter@wcinet.com Kasoski, will serve break- and follow him on Twitter @sgirard9. fast, lunch and dinner at the

Will serve breakfast, lunch, dinner in former Holstein spot

Village of Brooklyn

N. Rutland speed limit lowered The speed limit on North Rutland Avenue entering the Village of Brooklyn has been lowered to 25 mph.

The speed limit was previously 35 mph.

The Village of Brooklyn voted in July to change the speed limit on the road, which becomes County Hwy. MM after passing village limits. Then-police chief Harry Barger advised the Village Board on the idea, citing new duplexes being built in the area,

according to meeting minutes from July 17.

The village also discussed with the county a “buffer” outside village limits to help drivers transition from the 55 mph limit to 25.

The new limit took effect late last month, with the delay intended to allow the county to study speeds in the area, according to the meeting minutes.

— Scott Girard

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Let’s not pretend to know why mass shootings happen

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hatever it is, it’s getting worse.

And that means we all need to stop squabbling about it and be serious about figuring out what to do.

As everyone knows now, a madman with a gun – an all-toocommon occurrence these days – fired hundreds of bullets at concertgoers in Las Vegas within a couple hours of U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise telling the nation Sunday night on “60 Minutes” about surviving a gun attack while playing baseball over the summer.

Ferolie Our collective reaction has become predictable and sad: Horror, disgust, obsession over the known and unknowable facts, political statements left and right, arguing over which side has the correct answer and then moving on. It happens so often, we go through the process at lightning speed.

When I was a kid, suicides and shootings were usually a couple of people at most, and people often blamed song lyrics and violent television shows. These days, the buzzwords are gun control, terrorism and mental illness.

Now, nobody thinks twice about songs like, “Another One Bites The Dust,” “Cop Killer” or whatever it was about Judas Priest that made two kids try to kill themselves. Movies with thousands, even millions of deaths are standard summer blockbuster fare.

Not that this is really new.

Death is part of life, and untimely deaths through murder or war (is there a difference?) have always been present. The biggest difference recently, perhaps, is how we have managed to insulate ourselves.

But there’s no mistaking that the intensity and frequency of mass shootings for incomprehensible reasons has spiked.

Every time we think we can relax and go to the movies, a concert or a sporting event, there it is, a reason to be afraid.

We know the names – Columbine, Aurora, Sandy Hook, Tucson, Fort Hood, Virginia Tech, Charleston, Orlando. Add Paris, Manchester and Manila this summer.

We no longer even bother remembering the guy in Isla Vista, Calif., who shot seven people out of his BMW in 2014, the guy who shot eight people in a nursing home in North Carolina in 2009 or the guy who shot six women at a clothing store in Chicago in 2008. Those are small potatoes now.

Back in the day, it was called “going postal,” because of three incidents between 1986 and 1991 in which angry people shot coworkers at Post Offices. It was easy to distance ourselves from it as isolated workplace violence.

We learned a lot about Columbine because of personal journals and determined bullying was the new bogeyman. We also had a pretty good idea what prompted the shootings of nine black churchgoers in South Carolina and the gay nightclub in Orlando, because the perpetrators were so effusive about their beliefs.

But even then, it’s hard to understand how someone could take it that far. The rest of the time, we can only guess at why these attacks happen – and we tend to guess in line with our own beliefs.

We should all know that someone capable of blindly shooting hundreds of people from the 32nd floor of a hotel room or of sneaking into a theater dressed head to toe in protective gear for a slaughter or of taking aim at first- and second-graders is far beyond mentally ill or politically motivated.

It’s not easy access to guns, messages from the mass media or a screw loose that causes this.

It’s all of these things, but much more.

Maybe it’s God’s plan to make sure that people who think they can make themselves safe by paying for high-powered armies and police forces and gated communities need to live with a little fear like those in Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Syria.

Maybe it’s the Internet, sports, advertisements crowing about not making compromises or the politicians we’ve elected.

You can call it evil, but it’s hard to imagine that there’s been some mysterious rise in the number of purely evil people being born over the past 30 years.

I’m not going to pretend to have all the answers. Nobody does. In fact, that is the only thing I can say with certainty is anyone who looks at this news and says within seconds, “I know why this is happening” is wrong.

We need a serious discussion, and soon, about what the commonalities here are. Instead of shouting out answers and screaming about who’s wrong and how people are using tragedies to advance personal or political agendas, let’s see what we can do about it.

Our politicians can’t, because we no longer select them for their diplomatic skills, but rather their ability to fight for us.

National and state politics are no longer about problem-solving, but about dominance.

So we need to do it ourselves.

Find a friend, a co-worker, a family member who disagrees with you about guns, health care and maybe the Pledge of Allegiance. Look this person in the eye and have an honest discussion about mass shootings, terrorism and cultural violence and see where it goes.

It would be a start.

Jim Ferolie is the editor of Unified Newspaper Group, which publishes the Verona Press, Oregon Observer, Stoughton Courier Hub and Fitchburg Star.

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Police: 7 mailboxes damaged overnight

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The Oregon Police Department received seven reports of damage to mailboxes Oct. 1.

Much of the damage was believed to have occurred overnight, according to an OPD news release, on Ash Street, Lynne Trail, Alpine Parkway, Cherry Wood Drive and South Burr Oak Avenue.

Facebook posts in an Oregon-based group showed that some of the damage was done by pumpkins, though OPD Lt. Jennifer Pagenkopf told the Observer in an email that “others

do not” look like they were damaged by pumpkins.

Pagenkopf said detectives were working on “some leads” in the case as of Monday afternoon.

OPD asked anyone who had information about the damage to call the department at 835-3111.

T h e Ve r o n a P o l i c e Department investigated similar reports of damage to mailboxes by pumpkins the same day, according to a Facebook post by the department.

Contact Scott Girard at ungreporter@wcinet.com and follow him on Twitter @sgirard9.

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The 2017 Oregon High School Homecoming Court is: front row, from left: Marissa Shook, Kacey Mortenson, Denise Castillo, Maria Camacho, Sophie Aikman and Ricky Xelhua; back row, from left: Philip Jawdosiuk, Brett Wannebo, Jack Sommers, Dan Koopman, Cedric Girard, Noah Anders, P.J. Bartelt and Chloe Gahagan; not pictured: Caroline Hansen and Brooke Ace

Party like a Panther If You Go

Homecoming week is here in Oregon, with lots of fun activities for students, and chances for the community to join in the spirit.

At OHS, students will participate in games during lunch periods (11:301 p.m.) throughout the week. Monday was “Pin The Tail On The Panther,” Tuesday was “Sleeping Bag Drag Races,” Wednesday was “Blindfolded Water Balloon Teacher Target Toss,” Thursday is “Spirit Links for Allyson Norland” and Friday’s pep assembly will feature “Hungry Hippos,” “Skin the Snake” and a class dance competition​.

There are also dress-up days for students. Monday was Color Day, with each grade assigned a different color.

Tuesday was Decade Day, with each

What: Oregon High School Homecoming parade and football game When: 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 6 Where: Oregon High School/Panther Stadium Info: 835-4300 grade assigned a different decade.

Wednesday was Jersey Day and door decorating, Thursday is Safari Day and Friday is Orange and Black Spirit Wear Day. On Friday, a pep assembly at OHS from 12:55-1:45 p.m. will precede the Homecoming parade, which steps off at 2:05 p.m. from OHS, heading west on Lincoln St., left on Main St., left

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on Janesville St, and left on Spring St. before ending in front of the fire station. The parade has more than 60 participating groups, including the Oregon/Brooklyn VFW color guard, area police, fire and EMS departments, the OHS band, cheerleaders and pom-pons, the Oregon Gray Panther Community Band, youth sports programs and a variety of OHS student groups.

The Homecoming game against the Watertown Goslings kicks off at 7 p.m. from Panther Stadium.

Saturday, the Homecoming dance is set for 8-11 p.m. This year’s theme is Masquerade Ball, with the first few hundred students to be given complimentary masks.

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Nov. 6-17: Personnel and finance committee Nov. 20: County Board budget deliberations begin 7 p.m.

Nov. 21: County Board budget deliberations if necessary Nov. 30: Regular county board meeting, consideration of possible county executive vetoes services and evaluate the possible need of a Crisis Restoration Center and $100,000 to help fund Porchlight’s Safe Haven, a program that provides transitional housing and case management for people who suffer from mental illness to stabilize their living situation and reduce

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It places a focus on “improving long overdue road work” on county highways, including a $4 million county share to expand Highway M, linking the west side of Madison with Verona. Additional projects include resurfacing and adding bike lanes on Highway N from Highway A to State Highway 51, working with the City of Stoughton, and reconstructing to four lanes Highway PD from Woods Road to Highway M, with the City of Verona.

The proposed budget includes an additional $2.5 million next year for sediment removal in county waterways and would create a Dane County Restoration Crew in the Department of Land and Water Resources to restore streams and fisheries and develop and

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It also would create a $45,000 grant program administered by the Dane County Office of Energy and Climate Change to chart out ways to reduce carbon emissions and “address the effects of climate change.”

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The budget would increase taxes on the average Madison home (valued at $269,377) by $54.74 or 6.9 percent, according to a county news release. County taxes represent about 15 percent of a total property tax bill.

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Churches

StrongWomen The senior center is offering an exercise program for middle-aged and older women called StrongWomen Mondays and Thursdays from 10:3011:30 a.m. and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30-6:30 p.m.

The series is led by Vickie Carroll, certified in both the basic and Booster StrongWomen program. She has been a leader for over 18 months.

Each class is $3.

For information, call Carroll at 8359486.

items served at this community meal.

For information, call 835-3154.

Justice for a Cure

The Oregon Police Department and Village of Oregon will kick off breast cancer awareness month with a program at the police department, 383 Park Street, at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 6.

Police Chief Brian Uhl will speak at 11:30 a.m. followed with a forming of a human ribbon on Perry Parkway hill directly behind the police department. Shortly after the ribbon forming, a parade will connect with Smorgasbord the homecoming parade. Pink attire is Visit St. John’s Lutheran Church, encouraged.

625 E. Netherwood Rd., for lunch and For information and to RSVP, email dinner from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thurs- justiceforacure@gmail.com or call day, Oct. 5.

576-5814.

Turkey, stuffing, meatballs and all the trimmings will be served for both Fall fest lunch and dinner. Lunch will be open Pure Integrity Homes will hold the from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., dinner from third annual Fall Festival from 10 4-7 p.m., and carry outs until 6:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, at Jayp.m. Meals are $12 for adults, $5 chil- cee Park, North Perry Pkwy. dren age 6-12 and $13 for carry outs.

There will be a pumpkin patch, All proceeds support local missions bounce house, face painting and baland three missionary assignments. loon sculptures. Food will be providFor over 60 years, the Women of ed by Melted, Ziggy’s and Cali Fresh.

St. John’s have organized this annual Kids eat free and adult meals can be event that is held the first Thursday in discounted.

October. It takes more than 200 volDonations will also be accepted to unteers to make lefse, roast turkeys, PIH Charities at the event and food and make and donate all the menu

donations for the Oregon Area Food Pantry are encouraged.

For information, call 558-6692.

Book presentation Wisconsin author Rochelle Pennington will discuss her book “Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald” at noon, Oct. 10, at the luncheon of the Oregon Town and Country Women’s Club.

This event is open to all area women and will be held at the Stoughton Country Club.

The cost is $10 per person.

Reservations are required and can be made by calling Sue Capelle, at 835-9421, no later than Oct. 5.

Rotary recycling Resource Solutions will be in Oregon collecting computers, electronics and appliances for recycling from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 14, at Holy Mother of Consolation, 651 N. Main St. There is no charge for most items, but monitors, televisions, copy machines, lawn mowers and other appliances will have a fee.

Call Resource Solutions for a price quote or visit oregonwi.com/events/ details/rotary-recycling-pickup-9275 for the list of accepted items and fees.

For information, call 244-5451.

‌Thursday, October 5‌

‌Friday, October 6‌

• 2-3 p.m., OHS homecoming parade, Lincoln-Main-Jefferson-Spring streets, 835-4300‌ • 5 p.m., Oregon in Motion, OHS Track and Football stadium, dab@ oregonsd.org‌

‌Saturday, October 7‌

• 10 a.m., Dads and Donuts, library, 835-3656‌ • Noon, Kids Explore!, library, 835-

meeting, library, 835-3656‌

3656‌

‌Sunday, October 8‌

• 1-5 p.m., Musical Jam, Ziggy’s, 135 S. Main St., 228-9644‌

‌Friday, October 13‌

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, Oct.5 WOW: Oregon Community Band (of June 27) ORE: Friday Night LIVE: OHS Football vs Edgewood (of Sept. 29) Friday, Oct. 6 WOW: Village of Oregon & Towns Joint Meeting (of Sept. 27) ORE: Friday Night LIVE: HomecomingFootball vs Watertown 6:45pm

‌Saturday, October 14‌

• 8 a.m. to noon, Rotary recycling pickup, Holy Mother of Consolation, back parking lot, 651 N. Main St., ‌Tuesday, October 10‌ recyclethatstuff.com or 244-5451‌ • 2-6 p.m., Oregon Farmers Market, • 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Madison SpeedDorn True Value Hardware parking way Marketplace, 1122 Sunrise lot, 131 W. Richards Road‌ Road, 575-4097‌ • 6-7:30 p.m., Kindness Rocks ‌Sunday, October 15‌ craft project, library, 835-3656‌ • 7-11 a.m., Oregon Area Fire and ‌Wednesday, October 11‌ EMS pancake breakfast ($5), fire • 10:45 a.m., Folk singer perforstation, 117 Spring St., 835-5587‌ mance by Kaia Fowler, senior cen‌Monday, October 16‌ ter, 835-5801‌ • 6:30-8 p.m., Estate Planning ‌Thursday, October 12‌ workshop (free), Krause Donovan • 5:30-6:30 p.m., Fandom takeover: Estate Law Partners, 116 Spring YouTube stars, library, 835-3656‌ St., 268-5751‌ • 5:30 p.m., PTO Fall Dance and Chili Cookoff, Brooklyn Elementary School, 835-4500‌ • 4-5 p.m., Teen Advisory Board

Monday, Oct. 9 WOW: Village Board 1st Budget Meeting – LIVE 5:30pm ORE: School Board Meeting –LIVE -6:30pm Tuesday, Oct. 10 WOW: Village of Oregon & Towns Joint Meeting (of Sept. 27) ORE: OHS Panther Soccer vs Brookfield Central (of Oct. 5)

Wednesday, Oct. 11 WOW: Oregon Saturday, Oct. 7 Progressives Open WOW: Village Board Mic @ FireFly -Tammy Meeting (of Oct. 2) Baldwin (of ORE: OHS Soccer vs Oct. 6) Watertown (Watertown ORE: OHS Cable TV –of Sept. 19) Homecoming Pep Rally & Parade (of Oct. 6) Sunday, Oct. 8 WOW: Christ Memorial Thursday, Oct. 12 Lutheran Church Service WOW: Village Board ORE: OHS Soccer vs 2nd Budget Meeting – Memorial (of Sept. 30) LIVE 5:30pm ORE: OHS Volleyball vs Monroe (of Oct. 5)

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

Community calendar • 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Lunch and dinner at St. John’s Lutheran Church ($12 for adults, $5 children age 6-12 and $13 for carry outs), 625 E. Netherwood Rd.‌ • 6-7:45 p.m., Sew What? Craft project, library, 835-3656 ‌ • 6:30-8 p.m., Estate Planning workshop (free), Krause Donovan Estate Law Partners, 116 Spring St., 268-5751‌

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

‌Tuesday, October 17‌

• 2-6 p.m., Oregon Farmers Market, Dorn True Value Hardware parking lot, 131 W. Richards Road‌

Senior center Monday, October 9 Monday, October 9 Burger on Whole 9:00 CLUB Wheat Bun 10:30 StrongWomen Calico Beans 11:45 Eyeglass Adjustments Copper Penny Salad 1:00 Get Fit Apple Juice Cup 1:30 Bridge Vanilla Ice Cream Cup 3:30 Weight Loss Support VO – Black Bean Burger Tuesday, October 10 Tuesday, October 10 8:30 Zumba Gold Advanced Italian Sausage with 9:30 Wii Bowling Peppers and Onions 9:45 Zumba Gold Stewed Tomatoes 10:30 Parkinson’s Exercise Green Beans 12:30 Sheepshead Orange 12:30 Shopping at Pick-N-Save Chocolate Cake 5:30 StrongWomen VO – Hummus Wrap Wednesday, October 11 Wednesday, October 11 9:00 CLUB BBQ Ribs 9:00 Wednesday Walkers Cheesy Potatoes 10:45 Kaia Fowler Tossed Salad 1:00 Get Fit Italian Dressing 1:00 Euchre Dinner Roll 3:30 Online Selling Pumpkin Bar 6:30 Aging Mastery VO – Veggie Burger Thursday, October 12 Thursday, October 12 8:30 Zumba Gold Advanced **“My Meal, My Way” Lunch 9:00 Pool Players at Ziggy’s Smokehouse (drop in 9:00 COA between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.)

9:45 Zumba Gold Friday, October 13 10:30 StrongWomen Meat Sauce 12:30 Shopping at Bill’s Spaghetti Noodles 1:00 Cribbage Bread Stick 1:00 Movie: “Going in Style” Fresh Mixed Greens with 5:30 StrongWomen French Dressing Friday, October 13 Vanilla Pudding 9:00 CLUB VO – Soy Meat Sauce 9:00 Gentle Yoga SO - Pulled Pork SantaFe Salad 9:30 Blood Pressure 1:00 Get Fit *Contains Pork

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.

Sins that cry out to Heaven “Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court, for the Lord will take up their case and will exact life for life.”

—Proverbs 22:22-23 NIV There are sins that cry out to heaven for justice. The slaughter of Abel by his brother Cain is the primordial example. A premeditated murder of one’s brother certainly cries out for justice. The oppression of the Israelites in Egypt is another sin that cried to heaven, and throughout the Bible we see the oppression of the poor, of orphans and widows, and of refugees as sins that God is particularly inclined to avenge. The Book of Exodus makes this principle explicit: “Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner, for you were foreigners in Egypt. Do not take advantage of the widow or the fatherless. If you do and they cry out to me, I will certainly hear their cry. My anger will be aroused, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives will become widows and your children fatherless.” (Exodus 22:21-24 NIV) This is a moral exhortation that is all too relevant today, when millions of refugees have no place to call home and widows and orphans are all around us. Ask yourself who in your community fits the bill of the widow, the orphan or the foreigner. We might call them by different names, i.e., single mothers, or undocumented immigrants, or the homeless and working poor, but these people are God’s children, and they have a special place in His heart.

– Christopher Simon

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Girls golf

Oregon stays the course Schmidt’s back nine, McCorkle’s first place lead to back-to-back regional titles ANTHONY IOZZO Assistant sports editor

Name: Emily Konop Grade: Junior Sport: Volleyball Position: Libero Highlights: Konop had over 40 digs Saturday at the Reedsburg tournament to help the Panthers finish 4-1 and take second out of eight teams Honorable mentions: Zach Pasley (boys soccer) scored a goal in a 4-0 win over Oregon on Sept. 26 Andi McCorkle (girls golf) led the Panthers with an 81 to help earn Oregon a regional title and a trip to sectionals Sam Reynolds (football) had multiple tackles for a loss and recovered a fumble to set up an Oregon touchdown in a 37-7 win over Madison Edgewood Ben Boerigter (boys xc) led the way for Oregon for the second straight week, finishing 33rd in 19:01.29 Clara Hughes (girls xc) finished the 5K race in Burlington over the weekend as the Panthers second runner in 26th place with a 21:50 Sophia Choles and Sydney Johnson (girls tennis) lost a first-set tiebreaker to Sauk Prairie last weekend but fought back for a 6-7 (3), 7-5, 6-2 win Carolyn Christofferson, Mattea Thomason, Ava Magee and Jenna Dobrinsky (girls swimming) finished a team-best third in the 100-yard medley relay at Middleton in 56.26

It isn’t easy to repeat as regional champions in golf, especially with a freshman replacing last season’s Wisconsin Junior PGA Player of the Year.

But a strong back nine by freshman Alyssa Schmidt and the steady play of senior Andi McCorkle were two factors that helped the Oregon girls golf team win back-to-back titles Wednesday at the WIAA Division 1 DeForest regional at Lake Windsor Country Club.

The Panthers, which advanced to sectionals as a team for the fifth straight season and ninth time in 10 years, edged rival Stoughton 364-368.

“I think we have improved as a team over the year,” McCorkle said. “Everyone on the team has been working really hard, which I appreciate. We are all focusing on certain aspects of our game and improving that, rather than improving our whole game.”

Schmidt came around the turn 26-over par but didn’t let two quadruple bogeys and a 10 on the par-4 seventh get to her.

Instead, Schmidt shot the second-lowest score on the back nine with a 42 with pars on the 14th and 16th holes and nothing worse than a double bogey.

McCorkle was also needed to win the battle in the No. 1 grouping and topped Stoughton junior Bre Viken by four strokes, despite three rare double bogeys on a course that features narrow fairways, several hazards and fast, sloping greens.

McCorkle had back-to-back birdies on the ninth and 10th holes, and she parred eight other holes.

“I tried to keep my head pretty clear and didn’t really think

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The Oregon High School girls golf team won its second straight regional title and advanced to sectionals for the ninth time in 10 years Wednesday, Oct. 27. The Panthers outdueled Stoughton 364-368 for the title. Pictured (from left) are Sydney McKee, Brooke McCallum, Alyssa Schmidt, Ally Payne and Andi McCorkle. about the score that much,” McCorkle said. “I kind of tripped up on the last hole, but I finished how I would like to … I am continuing to work hard to lower my score for sectionals and state, hopefully.”

Schmidt wasn’t the only golfer who had a better back nine than the front nine. Junior Sydney McKee was five strokes better on the back nine with a 44, and junior Brooke McCallum was 12 strokes better on the back with a 49.

McKee finished with a 93, and McCallum shot a 110 that didn’t count toward the final score.

Junior Ally Payne was the second-best finisher on the Panthers with a steady 90, including four pars.

“I am really proud of the girls,” coach Eric Instefjord said. “They had some rough patches … but you need the mindset of grinding and just staying within yourself and staying within your game to be as efficient as you can on that hole and do it for 18 holes. And they did that today.”

Monona Grove (386) and Sun Prairie (406) also advanced to sectionals. DeForest’s Cassidy

Schnell (88), Isabell Manzetti (100) and Lynzy Schnell (108) and McFarland’s Nikki Stubbe (97) all advanced to sectionals as individuals.

Verona sectional was Wednesday Oregon traveled to Edelweiss Country Club Wednesday for the WIAA Division 1 Verona sectional.

Middleton – which won the D1 Middleton regional title – Madison West, Verona and Waunakee joined Stoughton, Monona Grove, Sun Prairie and the Panthers as the eight teams fought for two state spots.

There were also eight individuals playing at sectionals. The four who qualified from the Middleton regional were Madison Memorial’s Bridget McCarthy, Portage’s Anna Davidson and Sophie Denure and Reedsburg’s Caylee Bayer. Three individuals from non-qualifying teams will also make state.

Based on yearly averages, Middleton and Verona were the favorites to make state as a team, but Madison West topped

Football

Oregon a win away from securing playoff spot JEREMY JONES ​Sports editor

Oregon scored touchdowns on three of its first four offensive possessions Friday before the lights literally went out on the Panthers in a 37-6 victory over Madison Edgewood.

Senior Kardelle Phillips caught a 32-yard touchdown pass and ran 81 yards for another to put Oregon up 21-0 before a power surge late in the second quarter at Panther Stadium sent both teams to the locker room early.

“We definitely addressed it when the lights went out,” running back Dylan DiMaggio said.

“We had to refocus and I think we did a good job of that. We may have had a bit of a slip up, but we got right back on our feet right away.

From there on, we just ran with it.”

Although the power was restored within 10 minutes, the final 3:30 of the second quarter were finished after halftime. The teams then went immediately into the third quarter. And Photo by Jeremy Jones though the second quarter ended without too much drama, the gremlins at Panther Stadium Field goal kicker Jack Haufle (24) and holder Cedric Girard have their third quarter field goal attempt delayed by a sprinkler malfunction. Haufle eventually made the kick as Oregon beat Turn to Football/Page 9 Madison Edgewood 37-7 at Panther Stadium.

What’s next Oregon traveled to the WIAA Division 1 sectional Wednesday at Edelweiss Country Club.

The top two teams advanced to state, as well as the top three individuals of non-qualifying teams.

The D1 state meet is at 8 a.m. Monday-Tuesday, Oct.9-10, at University Ridge Golf Course.

Verona at the Middleton regional for second place, and Oregon, Stoughton and Waunakee were also in the mix based on results at various tournaments during the regular season.

“I think we all just need to play our game, not focus on the outcome of sectionals and just try to improve each shot,” McCorkle said. “I think we have a chance to go to state if we all put in the effort.”

Volleyball

Panthers host Badger South tourney Saturday ANTHONY IOZZO Assistant sports editor

The Oregon High School volleyball team hosts the Badger South Conference tournament Saturday.

The tournament is double-elimination and seeds teams based on the regular season conference standings. Matches start at 8 a.m..

The Panthers are currently 1-5 in the conference. All teams play Thursday with seeding to be determined following those games.

The tiebreaker scenarios are head-tohead, games needed to win and coin flip.

Oregon needs a win over Monroe

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Boys soccer

Oregon upset by Milton, conference streak over ANTHONY IOZZO Assistant sports editor

The Oregon boys soccer team saw its eight-year Badger South Conference title streak come to a close Tuesday after being upset 3-1 at Milton.

The Panthers (10-4-3 overall, 4-2) are now tied with Stoughton (9-8-1, 4-2) with eight points. Monona Grove defeated Watertown 1-0 and is now 5-1 with 11 points to clinch the conference title.

Oregon also had a 50-game streak without a loss snapped by Monona Grove earlier this season.

Coach Kevin May could not be reached for comment or for the week’s stats by the Observer’s Tuesday deadline.

Oregon 2, Edgewood 0 The Panthers shut out the Crusaders 2-0 Thursday but results were unavailable by the Observer’s Tuesday deadline.

At the time, the win kept Oregon in the Badger South Conference race and was a game May said was very important following a win over Stoughton on Sept. 26.

Oregon 2, Madison Memorial 1 The Panthers hosted nonconference Madison Memorial Saturday and won 2-1.

Results were not available.

The Spartans are 3-7-4 overall (1-4-2 Big Eight).

What’s next Oregon hosts nonconference Brookfield Central at 7 p.m. Thursday and Fort Atkinson at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10, in a Badger South match.

Milton 3, Oregon 1 Oregon traveled to Milton on Tuesday and were upset 3-1 by the Red Hawks.

It was the first time Milton (5-9-1, 2-4) defeated Oregon in the regular season in school history. The Red Hawks defeated the Panthers in the sectional final in 2015.

Results were unavailable.

The Panthers can no longer win the Badger South, but they are still fighting for a good seed in the WIAA Division 2 playoffs.

Oregon has been in the sectional final for five straight seasons but hasn’t made state since 2014.

Regionals begin Oct. 19, and the Panthers have lost to Milton and Monona Grove in the Wilmot Union sectional but have defeated DeForest and Stoughton.

Oregon plays Fort Atkinson at 7 p.m. Thursday.

Elkhorn (12-1-4, 7-01 Southern Lakes) is the defending sectional champion and 2016 D2 state runner-up.

Badger South Team W-L-T Pts Monona Grove 4-0-1 9 Oregon 4-1-0 8 Stoughton 3-2-0 6 Watertown 1-1-2 4 Edgewood 1-2-2 4 Fort Atkinson 1-3-1 3 Milton 1-4-0 2 Monroe 1-3-0 2

Girls tennis

Season closes at tough subsectional JEREMY JONES ​Sports editor

Oregon girls tennis found itself back inside the Nielsen Tennis Stadium once again on Tuesday for the WIAA Division 1 Madison Memorial subsectional.

Neither the Panthers or Sauk Prairie scored a point at subsectionals.

It’s a brutal subsectional which features third-ranked Madison West and eight-ranked Madison Memorial, along with tough Middleton, DeForest and teams. The Regents led the subsectional with 22 points, while Memorial and Middleton were tied for second with 16.

Sixth-seeded Isabelle Krier played well but fell 6-1, 6-0 to Maddi Bremel of Madison West in the first round at No. 2 singles.

Sophia Choles and Sydney Johnson earned the seventh seed at No. 1 doubles and lost 6-1, 6-0 to second-seeded Middleton. Reisdorf and O’Brien were also seeded seventh and despite a solid effort in the first set, they lost 7-5, 6-0 to the second-seeded Madison West team of Katie Goetz and Camille Vadas.

Three of four singles flights earned eighth seeds for Oregon.

Julia Gerhards received the eighth seed at No. 1 singles and had to face

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Julia Gerhards serves Tuesday morning at the WIAA Division 1 Madison Memorial subsectional meet. Gerhards earned the eighth seed and fell 6-0, 6-0 to top-seeded Cecile Fuchs of DeForest. top-seeded Cecile Fuchs of DeForest in the opening round. Gerhards lost the match 6-0, 6-0. Anna Donovan was also seeded eight at No. 3 singles and was shut out 6-0, 6-0 by top-seeded Julia Zhou of Madison Memorial.

Rachell Depuydt lost 6-0, 6-2 at No. 4 singles to top-seeded Audrey Williams of DeForest.

O’Brien and Schulz fell 6-1, 6-2 to Middleton as the eighth seeded at No. 3 doubles.

Boys cross country

Panthers finish eighth at Chocolate City Invitational JEREMY JONES

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​Sports editor

A short-handed Oregon boys cross country team performed admirably Saturday at the Chocolate City Invitational in Burlington.

The Panthers were without their top runner Sean Bychowski, and only ran a minimum five varsity runners. ”Sean did not run due to injury,” coach Erik Haakenson said. “We anticipate he will make a return to the sport by the end of the season.”

Senior Ben Boerigter led the way for Oregon for the second straight week, finishing 33rd in 19 minutes, 1.29 seconds. The Panthers earned an eighth-place finish with a team score of 228 at Richard Bong Recreation Area just outside of Burlington.

“The course was a one-lap race around the perimeter of a lake,” Haakenson said. “It was a beautiful day for racing but the course

Oregon heads south to Albany at 9 a.m. Saturday for the Baertschi Invitational.

was rather challenging and what I could consider a true cross country course.”

Fellow senior Connor Brickley finished the race 24 seconds later in 19:25.29 – good for 41st place.

Freshman Brenden Dieter and junior Will Oelke were separated by just .03, crossing the finish line in 48th and 49th place with times of 19:42.63 and 19:42.66, respectively.

Tait Baldus was the Panthers’ fifth and final varsity scorer, taking 57th place in 20:11.79.

E i g h t e e n t h - r a n ke d J a n e s v i l l e Craig won the meet with 50 team points – three better than Lake

Geneva Badger, which was led by senior Gustavo Gordillo, who crossed the 5K finish line in a meetbest 16:38.43. Wilmot Union was a distant third with an 85.

Personal Records were set by JV runners Devin Keast, Alex Mandrekar, Bradley Mauldin and Kaden O’Herrin.

“Most of those guys are young runners on their first year out for cross country and still improving throughout the season,” Haakenson said.

Haakenson is hopeful that the Panthers will be back to 100 percent soon, though whether they are completely healthy by Saturday’s race in Albany remains to be seen.

“We will see how the week goes for the team. If they are recovered and ready to race I look forward to seeing them out on the course,” he said. “Otherwise, our focus will be on conference at Watertown next weekend.”

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Girls cross country

Oregon fifth at Chocolate City JEREMY JONES

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​Sports editor

Oregon girls cross country returned to the Burlington Chocolate City Invitational on Saturday and came away with a fifthplace finish.

Having been held at Burlington High School — at least since the Panthers started attending three or four years ago — the meet was moved to the Richard Bong State Recreation Area this year.

“It was a beautiful area but the trails did get a little rough in some spots. It was one big loop around a lake which made it a wonderful course for the runners, but not very spectator-friendly,” coach Doug Debroux said. “We raced in our trainers just to give the kids more stability in their foot-plant ... which seemed to help.”

Junior Lauren Beauchaine medaled to lead the girls in Burlington, finishing 11th out of 70 runners in 20 minutes, 21.6

Oregon travels to Albany at 9 a.m. Saturday for the Baertschi Invitational. seconds.

Freshman Clara Hughes finished the 5K race as the Panthers’ second runner in 26th place with a 21:50, and five seconds separated the final three varsity scorers for the Panthers.

Senior Bree Bastian crossed the finish line just ahead of freshman Julia Hutchinson and sophomore Zoe Frank in 22:46 in 32nd place. Hutchinson was next in 22:49 for 33rd place with Frank crossing the line 34th with a time of 22:50.

Sophomore Ana Verhagen and junior Julie Bull also competed but did not count toward the final varsity score. Oregon placed fifth with a team score of 136.

Girls swimming

Panthers swim to eighth place in Middleton JEREMY JONES

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​Sports editor

The Oregon/Belleville girls swimming team took a break from the Badger South Conference on Saturday to travel to the Middleton Invitational.

The Panthers did their best to hang with some of the toughest competition in the area, finishing eighth out of 12 schools with 180 points Carolyn Christofferson, Mattea Thomason, Ava Magee and Jenna Dobrinsky finished a team-best third in the 100-yard medley relay in 56.26. Middleton posted a meet-best 54.02.

Zoe Rule, Christofferson, Dobrinsky and Magee finished fifth in the 300 backstroke relay (50-100-50-100) in 3:30.48. Halle Bush, Christofferson, Magee and Dobrinsky added a sixthplace finish in the 200 free relay (1:44.18).

Thomason joined Christofferson, Magee and Dobrinsky for a sixth-place finish on the 200

Oregon travels to take on Milton at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10, in a Badger South Conference dual.

medley relay (1:57.41).

The hosts Cardinals won 15 of 20 events en route to a meet-best 400 points - 72 more than second place Sun Prairie. Madison Memorial finished third with 312.

Oregon, McFarland (no results) Oregon traveled to McFarland for a Badger Conference crossover dual Tuesday. However, coach Michael Keleny could not be reached for results as the Observer went to press Tuesday evening.

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Volleyball: Oregon takes second at Reedsburg Continued from page 7 (1-5) Thursday to be the No. 7 seed.

Madison Edgewood (3-3), Stoughton (3-3) and Monona Grove (3-3) are all tied, and there is a possibility that more than one team finishes 3-4. Edgewood travels to Watertown (6-0). Stoughton hosts Milton (5-1), and MG hosts Fort Atkinson (2-4).

Watertown is guaranteed the top seed, and Milton is going to be the No. 2 seed.

Seeds 3 through 6 are up for grabs. The MG/Fort Atkinson result is the match that can decide a lot.

If Monona Grove wins and Stoughton and Edgewood both win or both lose, then the Silver Eagles are the No. 3 seed, and Stoughton would be the No. 4 seed with a head-to-head win over Edgewood.

If MG wins and Stoughton and Edgewood have different results, then there are different scenarios. A Stoughton win and Edgewood loss would mean that MG is No. 3, Stoughton is No. 4 and Edgewood is No. 5.

An Edgewood win and Stoughton loss would mean that Edgewood is No. 3, MG is No. 4 and Stoughton is No. 5.

If Fort Atkinson wins, there are multiple scenarios.

If four teams are 3-4, than total head-to-head against each other is the first tiebreaker. Monona Grove and Madison Edgewood are both 2-1, and Fort Atkinson and Stoughton are both 1-2.

Edgewood would be the No. 3 seed in this scenario since they defeated Monona

Badger South

What’s next Oregon hosts Monroe at 7 p.m. Thursday in a Badger South match.

The Badger South Conference tournament is at 8 a.m. Saturday at Oregon High School.

Grove, and then the three remaining teams would go through the tiebreaker.

Fort Atkinson would be the No. 4 seed, and MG and Stoughton would be No. 5 and No. 6, respectively.

However, if Stoughton won and Edgewood lost in this scenario, then Stoughton would be the No. 3 seed.

Edgewood beat both MG and Fort Atkinson and would get the No.4 seed, and Fort Atkinson and MG would be No. 5 and No. 6, respectively.

If Edgewood won and Stoughton lost, then the Crusaders would be the No. 3 seed. Fort Atkinson would be No. 4, and MG and Stoughton would be No. 5 and No. 6.

Fort Atkinson 3, Oregon 0 The Panthers traveled to Fort Atkinson Thursday and fell 3-0 (25-27, 17-25, 19-25).

“We came out ready to play in the first set and fought really hard, then we let up in set two and struggled to regain our footing in set three,” coach Katie Heitz wrote in an email.

“We are struggling to find

Team W-L Watertown 6-0 Milton 5-1 Monona Grove 3-3 Stoughton 3-3 Edgewood 3-3 2-4 Fort Atkinson Oregon 1-5 Monroe 1-5 consistency this year both offensively and defensively.”

Junior setter Erin Flanagan collected 30 assists, and junior outside hitter Leah Rogers had 12 kills.

Junior libero Emily Konop finished with 20 digs, and junior middle blocker Sydona Roberts had two blocks.

Junior defensive specialist Lexi Karls had two aces.

Reedsburg tournament Oregon traveled to the Reedsburg tournament Saturday and finished second out of eight teams.

The Panthers finished 4-1 with wins over Hillsboro 2-0 (25-13, 25-16), Reedsburg 2-1 (21-25, 25-12, 15-13), Adams-Friendship 2-0 (2515, 25-11) and Seneca 2-0.

The loss was to Fort Atkinson 2-1 (25-22, 23-25, 11-15).

“We had a strong showing this past weekend ... and are looking to take that momentum into this week and the conference tournament,” Heitz wrote.

Football: Watertown up next with postseason spot on the line our offense’s hands,” Reynolds said. “I trust our offense a lot.”

Oregon took just three plays to capitalize, probing the Crusader defense with a pair of short runs before Phillips got behind the defense for a 32-yard TD catch.

DiMaggio and Keion Szudy, who along with Phillips have stepped up even more after the team lost Brett Wannebo to an ACL injury, added touchdown runs of 1 and 8 yards in the second half.

“We’re still tinkering with how good of a team we are,” Kissling said. “We don’t think how we played against MG and Mount Horeb is indicative of how good we are. Last week we did some things really great, but then we have 100 yards of penalties. Good teams take care of business, even when something like tonight happens. The guys came back out focused and took care of business.”

Edgewood, which has struggled with wins and

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Watertown (4-3, 3-2) for “I thought they were going Homecoming at 7 p.m. to be a little better,” Kissling said. “I know the quarterback Friday. The Panthers can that played for them last week secure a playoff spot with didn’t play tonight, and that a win. may have changed their game plan.”

Oregon hosts Watertown win one of their last two regfor Homecoming at 7 p.m. ular season games to lockup a Friday. The Panthers need to WIAA playoff spot.

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weren’t done quite yet.

Oregon (4-3 overall, 3-2 conference) drove its first possession of the third quarter to the Crusader 8-yard line before settling for a 25-yard field goal. Rather than being iced by Edgewood (0-7, 0-5) calling a timeout, though, Jack Haufle was doused by the sprinkler system, which inadvertently popped up right before he started his approach.

“I guess all the alarms in the school were going off,” coach Dan Kissling said. “I’ve never seen anything like it. All we

needed was a streaker.”

The Panthers pounced on the Crusaders early as Dylan DiMaggio capped an eightplay, 59-yard drive on an 8-yard touchdown run with 6:53 left in the first quarter.

Linebacker Sam Reynolds helped set up the Oregon offense with a short field for its second possession, recovering a fumble on the Edgewood 35-yard line.

“I saw the ball pop up in the air and I should have had the wherewithal to try to snag it out of the air and try to run with it. I took the safe route and fell on it to put the ball in

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OPD: Distinction follows two years of updating department policies, audit of evidence room Continued from page 1 There are 42 agencies listed on the WILEAG website that have received that designation, which requires 235 standards to be met, well above the 49 needed for Core accreditation.

Uhl is familiar with the accreditation process as he is a lead assessor himself for WILEAG. The accredita tion is a significant Uhl accomplishment for a department that just three years ago was mired in controversy. Doug Pettit retired as the longest-serving chief in the state, but under a cloud of accusations, including a state Department of Justice investigation and a federal indictment for tax fraud. His second-in-command died the following year and was alleged months later to have stolen from the evidence room.

Village President Steve Staton said Uhl has brought a positive force to the department.

“There was a need for a step up in the right direction for how the police department functions, and chief Uhl has provided that,” Staton said. “The officers feel good about what they do. I think they feel their recognized in the community as an integral part of what happens.”

Uhl said he was proud of the work that went into the process by his staff and is excited for what it means for the Oregon community.

“The community should feel good in knowing their police

‘There were policies as far back as 1986. As anyone can imagine, police work has changed a little bit since the mid’80s.’

– Brian Uhl, Oregon police chief

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What is accreditation?

See more about the accreditation process:

Accreditation helps police departments achieve professionalism and better serve their communities, according to the mission statement on the Wisconsin Law Enforcement Accreditation Group’s website.

WILEAG calls it “a progressive and time-proven way of helping institutions evaluate and improve their overall performance.” It uses “published standards obtaining a clear statement of professional objectives” to measure this.

“WILEAG promotes excellence in law enforcement through participation in a voluntary law enforcement agency accreditation program,” the statement says. “Accredited agencies demonstrate compliance with applicable standards covering all aspects of law enforcement administration and operations.”

department continues to strive to be one of the best agencies in the state,” Uhl wrote in an email.

“They should also feel good in knowing that we are committed to providing the best service and have demonstrated this by choosing to complete the Core Accreditation process and to becoming later learned the concern was the policies may be outdated and may fully accredited.” not follow state standards.”

Revamping Uhl has also sought to reinvent Last year alone, the department the image of the department, with revised or implemented 39 new new badges and logos on police cars. policies.

That had been one of Uhl’s top Evidence audit priorities when he started.

Perhaps even more challeng“I was surprised when I first ing than the policy changes was began reading some of our policies two years ago when began,” revamping the evidence room Uhl said. “There were policies as procedures.

“Our evidence room has never far back as 1986. As anyone can been audited, and no evidence has imagine, police work has changed ever been purged,” Uhl told the a little bit since the mid-’80s.”

Observer in a July email.

He said that was also stressed That finally changed in early during the hiring process.

“There were a lot of questions September, when two teams of about the accreditation process assessors – one from the Winand my involvement with it,” nebago County Sheriff’s Office he recalled in a July email. “It and the other from the West became very apparent there were Allis Police Department – went some concerns about the police through the more than 10,000 department’s current policies. I pieces of property and evidence in

the evidence overflow room over two full days.

“There were no surprises found by the auditors, with just one bag of evidence that was overlooked by our team during their review,” Uhl said. “To find only this one oversight, was simply outstanding work by Lt. Jenny Pagenkopf, Det. Sgt. Chad Schaub, and support services supervisor Ruti Trace.”

Over the past two years, Uhl has also overhauled the evidence process, giving more officers access to the room and having the village create a separate checking account for money that police seize.

Both of those addressed concerns that came up after the late Lt. Karey Clark, who was the second-in-command when he died in 2015, was found to have taken cash and prescription drugs from the room in an internal

wileag.info investigation. For an extended period of time, Clark was the only person with access to the room, then-interim chief Doug Burke told the Observer.

Full accreditation Uhl expects reaching full accreditation will take two to three years to complete.

That level of accreditation was originally the only one available to police departments in 1997, before the WILEAG board recognized that smaller departments faced challenges in reaching the standards.

Achieving full accreditation requires a much longer list of standards, including items like organizational structure, fiscal management, citizen complaints, patrol, media access and investigation.

Staton attributed OPD’s core accreditation to Uhl’s “motivation” and “desire,” and said it’s especially good at a challenging time for police officers around the country. That has him excited about the next few years as the department works toward full accreditation.

“Just another step in the right direction,” Staton said. “And he will accomplish that.”

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2. Roll Call.

3. Approval of minutes from previous meeting.

4. Financial Report and Acceptance.

5. Public Comments.

6. Appointment of Tim Yanacheck to the Plan Commission.

7. Discussion and possible Approval re: Roadway Access Agreement with Yahara Materials, Inc. 8. Communication and Action of the Dane County Board – Bollig.

9. Fire & EMS Report (Oregon/ Van Kampen, Belleville/Clark, Brooklyn/O’Brien).

10. Discussion and possible Action re: OAFED Tender Truck purchase - Van Kampen.

11. Park Committee Report and Action – Root.

12. Anderson Farm Park Report – Root.

13. Discussion and possible Action re: Mowing Contract with Anderson Farm Park.

14. Assessor’s Report and Recommendation – Blomstrom.

15. Discussion and possible Action re: Disposal of assessor’s old laptop.

16. Building Inspection Services Report – Arnold.

17. Constable’s Report – Maher.

18. Plan Commission Report and Recommendation - Christensen.

19. Discussion and possible Action re: Ordinance to establish parking ban on town roads in winter.

20. Public Works and TORC Report – Ace. 21. Discussion and possible Action re: Hiring TORC Employees.

22. Discussion and possible Action re: Update on work on exterior of garage.

23. Discussion and possible Action re: Senior Center – Van Kampen.

24. Discussion and possible Action re: Senior Center 2018 Budget – Van Kampen.

25. Board Communications/ Future Agenda Items.

26. Discussion and possible Action re: Employee evaluations - Root.

27. Approval of payment vouchers – Arnold.

28. Set date for October Budget Work Session.

29. Clerk’s Report – Arnold.

30. Review of 2017 Budget.

31. Adjournment.

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ORDINANCE NO. 17-13 VILLAGE OF OREGON AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTIONS 9.23, 9.27, AND 9.28 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING TOBACCO USE IN THE VILLAGE Now, therefore, the Village Board of the Village of Oregon, Dane County, Wisconsin, ordains that the Municipal Code of The Village of Oregon is amended as follows: 1. Section 9.23 is amended to read as follows: 9.23 USE OF CIGARETTES, NICOTINE PRODUCTS, AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS PROHIBITED ON SCHOOL GROUNDS. (1) PROHIBITION. No person shall within the Village on any premises owned or rented by or under the control of the school board of a common or union high school district use any cigarette, nicotine product, or tobacco product, as defined under Wis. Stat. § 254.911.

(2) EXCEPTIONS. This prohibition shall not apply to those premises owned by the school district and rented to another person for noneducational purposes where the responsible school board has by a written policy allowed the use of any cigarettes, nicotine products, and tobacco products.

(3) PENALTY. Any person who shall violate the provisions of sub. (1) shall, upon conviction, forfeit not less than $25 nor more than $500, provided that any person smoking as defined by Wis. Stat. § 101.123(1)(h) in an educational facility as defined by Wis. Stat. § 101.123(1)(ae) shall forfeit not less than $50 nor more than $500.

(4) CITATIONS. Upon complaint of a school official that any person has been observed violating the prohibitions of

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2. Section 9.27 is amended to read as follows: 9.27 REGULATING THE PURCHASE OR POSSESSION OF CIGARETTES, NICOTINE PRODUCTS, AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF OREGON. (1) STATE LAWS ADOPTED. The statutory provisions in Wis. Stat. §§ 134.66, 254.911, and 254.92 regulating the purchase or possession of cigarettes, nicotine products, and tobacco products by a person under 18 are adopted by reference and made a part of this section as if fully set forth herein. Any act required to be performed or prohibited by any statute incorporated herein by reference is required or prohibited by this section.

Any future amendments, revisions or modifications of the laws incorporated herein are intended to be made part of this section.

3. Section 9.28 is amended to read as follows: 9.28 USE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS PROHIBITED. No person shall use any cigarette, nicotine product, or tobacco product, as defined under Wis. Stat. § 254.911 in any building or vehicle owned or leased by the village.

4. This Ordinance shall take effect upon passage and publication pursuant to law.

The above ordinance was duly adopted on the 2nd day of October, 2017.

APPROVED: _____________________________ Steven L. Staton, Village President ATTEST: _____________________________ Peggy S. K. Haag, Village Clerk Approved: October 2, 2017 Published: October 5, 2017 WNAXLP ***

OREGON SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION “…HELPING STUDENTS ACQUIRE THE SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND ATTITUDES NEEDED TO ACHIEVE THEIR INDIVIDUAL POTENTIAL…” FROM OREGON SCHOOL DISTRICT MISSION STATEMENT DATE: MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2017 TIME: 6:30 PM PLACE: OSD INNOVATION CENTER, OHS, 456 NORTH PERRY PARKWAY Order of Business Call to Order Roll Call Proof of Notice of Meeting and Approval of Agenda AGENDA A. CONSENT CALENDAR 6:32 NOTE: Items under the Consent Calendar are considered routine and will be enacted under one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items prior to the time the Board votes unless a Board Member requests an item be removed from the calendar for separate action.

1. Minutes of Previous Meeting 2. Approval of Payments 3. Treasurer’s Report(s) 4. Staff Resignations/Retirements, if any 5. Staff Assignments, if any

6. Field Trip Request(s): a. FFA 7. Acceptance of Donations B. COMMUNICATION FROM PUBLIC 6:35 1. Public: Board Policy 180.04 has established an opportunity for the public to address the Board. In the event community members wish to address the Board, 15 minutes will be provided; otherwise the agenda will proceed as posted.

C. INFORMATION ITEMS 6:40 1. OEA Report 6:41 2. Student Report D. ACTION ITEMS 6:45 1. Contract 66.0301 School to Career Program – 2017-2018 6:50 2. From Policy Committee: a. 440 Student Internet Use E. DISCUSSION ITEMS 6:55 1. Committee Reports: a. Policy b. Vision Steering F. INFORMATION ITEMS 7:00 1. 2017-2018 Preliminary Budget 7:15 2. 2018-2019 School Calendar 7:20 3. 2016-2017 OSD Annual Report 7:25 4. Superintendent’s Report G. CLOSING 7:30 1. Future Agenda 7:32 2. Check Out H. ADJOURNMENT Go to: www.oregonsd.org/board meetings/agendas for the most updated version agenda.

Published: October 5, 2017 WNAXLP ***

TOWN OF OREGON PARK COMMITTEE AGENDA MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2017 (PLEASE NOT THE PARK COMMITTEE WILL NOT MEET IN SEPTEMBER 2017.)

6:30PM OREGON TOWN HALL 1138 UNION ROAD OREGON, WISCONSIN 1. Call meeting to order.

2. Roll Call.

3. Approval of minutes from the last meeting.

4. Public Comments and Appearances.

5. Discussion and possible Action re: Eagle Scout Project.

6. Discussion and possible Action re: recommendations/decisions from the Town Board.

7. Review of potential work projects.

8. Adjournment.

Note: Agendas are subject to amendment after publication. Check the official posting locations (Town Hall, Town of Oregon Recycling Center and Oregon Village Hall) including the Town website at www.town.oregon.wi.us. It is possible that members of and possibly a quorum of members of other governmental bodies of the town may be in attendance at any of the meetings to gather information; however, no action will be taken by any governmental body at said meeting other than the governmental body specifically referred to in the meeting notice. Requests from persons with disabilities who need assistance to participate in this meeting or hearing should be made to the Clerk’s office at 835-3200 with 48 hours notice.

Steve Root, Chairperson Posted: August 22, 2017 Published: October 5, 2017 WNAXLP ***

Obituaries

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HERMANSON PUMPKIN-PATCH, LLC. FREE ADMISSION. Pumpkins, squash, gourds, strawmaze, wagonride, small animals to view.

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WANTED MORNING stable help. Capable of heavy lifting. Contact Lori at 608347-1557

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449 Driver, Shipping & Warehousing

DRY OAK and Cherry Firewood For Sale.

Contact Dave at 608-445-6423 or Pete 608-712-3223 SEASONED SPLIT OAK, Hardwood. Volume discount. Will deliver.

608-609-1181 STOUGHTON- 275 Taylor Lane. "IT'S ALL ABOUT HALLOWEEN" SALE Oct 6th 3pm-6pm, Oct 7th, 9am-5pm. Oct 8., 10am-5pm.

696 Wanted To Buy WE BUY Junk Cars and Trucks.

We sell used parts.

Monday thru Friday 8am-5:30pm.

Newville Auto Salvage, 279 Hwy 59 Edgerton, 608-884-3114

516 Cleaning Services CHERYL'S HOUSEKEEPING Stoughton 608-322-9554

548 Home Improvement

RECOVER PAINTING Offers carpentry, drywall, deck restoration and all forms of painting Recover urges you to join in the fight against cancer, as a portion of every job is donated to cancer research. Free estimates, fully insured, over 20 years of experience. Call 608-270-0440.

GREENWOOD APARTMENTS Apartments for Seniors 55+, currently has 1 & 2 bedroom units available starting at $795 per month, includes heat, water, and sewer.

608-835-6717 Located at: 139 Wolf St., Oregon, WI 53575 OREGON 2-Bedroom in quiet, well-kept building. Convenient location. Includes all appliances, A/C, blinds, private parking, laundry, storage. $200 security deposit.

Cats OK. $690/month. 608-219-6677

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Phil Mountford 516-4130 (cell) 835-5129 (office)

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their sincere thanks to the Marshall School and others in the community for your overwhelming love and support.

Services were held at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4, at the Marshall School Chapel in Duluth, Min. with a social gathering and refreshments to follow.

Memorial contributions in Aaron’s honor may be made to Amber Wing (615 Pecan Ave, Duluth, MN 55811) or the Marshal School Scholarship Fund (1215 Rice Lake Rd, Duluth, MN 55811). Arrangements by Dougherty Funeral Home, Duluth. 218-727-3555.

883 Wanted: Residential Property WE BUY Homes any condition. Close quickly. Joe 608-618-1521 jssrealestate@ tds.net CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE IS Noon Friday for The Great Dane and Noon Monday for the Oregon Observer unless changed because of holiday work schedules. Call now to place your ad, 873-6671 or 835-6677.

960 Feed, Seed & Fertilizer FOR SALE CLEANED WINTER WheatBagged or Bulk. 608-290-6326

990 Farm: Service & Merchandise RENT SKIDLOADERS MINI-EXCAVATORS TELE-HANDLER and these attachments. Concrete breaker, posthole auger, landscape rake, concrete bucket, pallet forks, trencher, rock hound, broom, teleboom, stump grinder.

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Carter & Gruenewald Co. 4417 Hwy 92 Brooklyn, WI, 608-455-2411 CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE IS Noon Friday for The Great Dane and Noon Monday for the Oregon Observer unless changed because of holiday work schedules. Call now to place your ad, 873-6671 or 835-6677.

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PAR Concrete, Inc. • Driveways • Floors • Patios • Sidewalks • Decorative Concrete

801 Office Space For Rent

NORTH PARK STORAGE 10x10 through 10x40, plus 14x40 with 14' door for RV & Boats.

Come & go as you please.

608-873-5088

750 Storage Spaces For Rent

Dave Johnson

BROOKLYN- 104 Hotel St. Beautiful huge 3BR Duplex, 2200 sq ft. Finished lower level with bar. All appliances, laundry, organized closets,natural wood decor. Off street parking, 2 decks, new flooring, fresh paint. No smoking, no pets. $995 plus utilities. Call Connie 608271-0101

HALLINAN-PAINTING WALLPAPERING **Great-Summer-Rates** 35 + Years Professional Interiior-Exterior Free-Estimates References/Insured Arthur Hallinan 608-455-3377

ROSEWOOD APARTMENTS for Seniors 55+. 1 & 2 bedroom units available starting at $795 per month. Includes heat, water and sewer. Professionally managed. Located at 300 Silverado Drive, Stoughton, WI 53589 608-877-9388

B & R PUMPING SERVICE LLC

705 Rentals

A&B ENTERPRISES Light Construction Remodeling No job too small 608-835-7791

UNION ROAD STORAGE 10x10 - 10x15 10x20 - 12x30 24 / 7 Access Security Lights & Cameras Credit Cards Accepted 608-835-0082 1128 Union Road Oregon, WI Located on the corner of Union Road & Lincoln Road

FRENCHTOWN SELF-STORAGE Only 6 miles South of Verona on Hwy PB. Variety of sizes available now.

10x10=$60/month 10x15=$70/month 10x20=$80/month 10x25=$90/month 12x30=$115/month Call 608-424-6530 or 1-888-878-4244

720 Apartments

646 Fireplaces, Furnaces/Wood, Fuel

RASCHEIN PROPERTY STORAGE 6x10 thru 10x25 Market Street/Burr Oak Street in Oregon Call 608-520-0240

DEER POINT STORAGE Convenient location behind Stoughton Lumber.

Clean-Dry Units 24 HOUR LIGHTED ACCESS 5x10 thru 12x25 608-335-3337

VERONA 2 Bedroom Apartment $820.

Available Now and Nov 1 Small 24 unit building. Includes heat, hot water, water & sewer, off-street parking, fully carpeted, dishwasher and coin operated laundry and storage in basement. Convenient to Madison's west side. Call KC at 608-2730228 to view your new home.

652 Garage Sales

DRIVERS: CLASS A CDL. Weekends Off! Up to $70,000/yr+ $10,000 SignOn Bonus! Regional Mon-Fri. Fox Valley area. Wisconsin based carrier, with 50 Years in Business! Call deBoer Transportation: 888-683-1964

OREGON SELF-STORAGE 10x10 through 10x25 month to month lease Call Karen Everson at 608-835-7031 or Veronica Matt at 608-291-0316

STOUGHTON- DUPLEX 2-BEDROOM North Side, Ideal for Seniors. Available 11/1 Lawn-Mowing/Snow Removal provided. Appliances A/C, full-basement laundry-hookup, garage. No pets/smoking. Security deposit $800+ utilities 608-576-8794

COLUMBUS ANTIQUE MALL & CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS MUSEUM “Wisconsin’s Largest Antique Mall”!

Customer Appreciation Week 20% DISCOUNT Oct 2-8 Enter daily 8am-4pm 78,000 SF 200 Dealers in 400 Booths Third floor furniture, locked cases Location: 239 Whitney St Columbus, WI 53925 920-623-1992 Road Reconstruction Hwy 60 & 16 in City www.columbusantiquemall.com

FAIRWAY AUTO AUCTION hiring parttime Drivers. Apply in person: 999 Highway A, across from Coachmans.

C.N.R. STORAGE Located behind Stoughton Garden Center Convenient Dry Secure Lighted with access 24/7 Bank Cards Accepted Off North Hwy 51 on Oak Opening Dr. behind Stoughton Garden Center Call: 608-509-8904

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No Pets/Smoking. Heat included, stove and refrigerator. $800mo. 1st and last months rent. 608-219-4531

602 Antiques & Collectibles

402 Help Wanted, General

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Bright, sunny, large yard, garage. No Pets. 908 Clay St. $685+ utilities. 608873-7123.

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Guillermo and Marta of Madison; Uncles and Aunts: Kurt and Katherine de Venecia of Engelwood, Col., Hans and Barb de Venecia of Belleville, Wis.; Kelly (Johnson) and Paul Kautz of Eden Prairie, Min.; Mary (Johnson) and Eric Hanson of Duluth, Min.; and Karen (Johnson) and Eric Pardyjak of Salt Lake City, Uta.; and many cousins: Bryce, Connor and Ciara de Venecia, Ashley and Bryn de Venecia, Kory and Joshua Kautz, Signe, Cara, and William Hanson, and Nolan and Sonja Pardyjak. Eric, Teresa and all of the family wish to extend

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Aaron Donald de Venecia, 17, of Duluth, died on Friday, Sept. 29, 2017.

Aaron was born July 2, 2000, in Madison and lived

in Oregon for the first eight years of his life before moving to Ashland, Wis. Most recently, he lived in Duluth, Minnesota and attended Marshall School since 2014.

Marshall robotics team, as well as a yearbook photographer. He participated in a variety of sports and loved being part of a team. He also enjoyed his new work community at the Tavern on the Hill. Aaron had his sights set on attending Colorado State University and ROTC / National Guard.

A a r o n l e ave s b e h i n d a large and loving family, including his parents, Eric and Teresa (Johnson) de Venecia, his siblings, Nathan and Gretchen; his maternal grandparents, Claire and Marjorie Johnson of Cumberland, Wis.; his paternal grandparents,

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