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A festive makeover for downtown Firefly gets Billy Hanson, with the O r e g o n P u b l i c Wo r k s Department, helped remove around 35-40 banners from around Main Street Monday afternoon.

The process was part of the holiday decorating process.

Several banners were removed last week, and the last few were taken down to make way for the lights that will be strung up and lit this week.

Most of the holiday decorations went up on Nov. 11 during a setup event coordinated by the Oregon Area Chamber of Commerce. The Public Works department put the finishing touches on the project on Monday, with light work continuing throughout the week, leading up to the lighting ceremony on Friday.

The Chamber of Commerce and the Oregon Fire and EMS will host the a tree lighting ceremony Friday night, from 5:30-7:30 p.m., at Waterman Park.

There will be a chili dinner at the fire department to follow, free with a donation to the Oregon Food Pantry.

new owners Jeanne and Uriah Carpenter have lived in Oregon almost two decades

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T h e bu s i n e s s t h a t ’s b e c o m e a ff e c t i o n a t e l y known as “Oregon’s living room” is changing hands.

Owner Erika Weidler, who purchased the building and business at 114 N. Main St. in October 2006, is selling the operation to Oregonians Jeanne and Uriah Carpenter. The real estate closing is this Friday, to be followed by a Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting and celebration at 2 p.m.

A “new” business will be launched, Firefly Coffeehouse and Artisan Cheese – although the Carpenters say not to expect

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Billy Hanson removes a banner from a light pole near main street.

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Exceeding expectations again SCOTT DE LARUELLE Unified Newspaper Group

While a 1.6 percent change may not seem statistically significant, it’s definitely a positive number for the nearly 4,000 students in the Oregon School District.

The district “exceeded expectations” in the 201617 school year, increasing its grade from 77.2 to 78.6 and had two schools receive the highest ranking among the five possible, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction’s 2016-17 report cards, released Nov. 21.

The report cards are intended to help schools and

2016-17 DPI report cards

scores is reflected of our strong student body and the work of our teachers and staff to deliver high quality education in a safe and effective learning environment,” he wrote the Observer in an email.

Schools Districts Significantly exceeds expectations 361 44 Exceeds expectations 719 190 Meets expectations 643 166 Meets few expectations 216 20 School ratings Fails to meet expectations 116 0 All six district schools’ scores improved from last

year.

The highest-rated was districts “use performance along with other student B r o o k l y n E l e m e n t a data to target improvement achievement data to “ana- ry, which “significantly efforts to ensure students lyze current educational exceeded expectations” are ready for their next edu- practices, areas of strengths and scored 87.3, followed cational step, including the and opportunities for con- closely behind by Nethernext grade level, gradua- tinued growth for our stu- wood Knoll at 85.7, also tion, college, and careers,” dents.” He said the district “significantly exceeding according to a DPI news has room for continued expectations.” The rest of release last week. improvement with growth the schools were all in the OSD superintendent Bri- in English Language Arts “exceeds expectations” an Busler said the district and Math. uses the report card data “The success of our Turn to Report/Page 13

What: Ribbon cutting for new owners When: 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1 Where: Firefly Coffeehouse and Artisan Cheese, 114 N. Main St., Oregon More info: 835-6238 big changes anytime soon.

“The biggest thing we’ve been telling people is that we are not going to screw it up,” Jeanne Carpenter, who will manage the dayto-day operations, said with a laugh.

“Because I have worked in cheese for the last 15 years, it will be getting a little bit more cheesy,” she added. “But you probably won’t see much of that until closer to spring

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Village seeks parks plan input ‘Visioning workshop’ set for Dec. 6 ALEXANDER CRAMER Unified Newspaper Group

Every municipality in Wisconsin is required to have a long-term plan in place for its parks and open spaces, and the Village of Oregon is overdue for an update.

Village officials hope to get the public’s help in developing its new plan, with an upcoming “visioning workshop” aimed to get community members’ input on how best to utilize its public places.

The workshop, set for 6-8 p.m. Dec. 6 at Village Hall, is open to the public. It will be facilitated

If You Go What: Visioning workshop to update park plans When: 6-8 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 6 Where: Village Hall, 117 Spring St. by consultants the village has hired to help with the process, and the goal is to learn what the community wants from its parks, village administrator Michael Gracz told the Observer.

“Basically you’re going around the table trying to solicit input into where the future bike trails should be located, what we should be

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Anderson Park plans progressing Friends group gathers positive ALEXANDER CRAMER Unified Newspaper Group

One cold and blustery morning last week, Roe Parker gave a tour of Anderson Farm County Park, pointing out all the work that has been done to turn farmland into forest, and all the work that is yet to come.

The Anderson Park Friends held a neighborhood meetup on Nov. 18 to seek guidance about this work and what community members think about the progress so far.

“The meeting was really good,” Parker said. “We had 14 people who attended. We had an extensive discussion about the whole theme and mission of the park.”

Parker is the president of the friends group, and told the Observer the information gathered at the meeting will shape how they apply for grants going forward, and will inform the group’s plans regarding future projects like restructuring the park entrances and building a 40-acre dog park.

Parker said a major theme of the meeting was support for the park’s natural feel, as opposed to a more “manicured” city park. Those in attendance supported the forest and prairie restoration efforts, and reinforced the friends’ plans to continue this process.

“We’re going to use the information to seek additional grants for forest restoration and expansion of our prairie,” Parker said.

“The people at the meeting really liked the idea of building a prairie.”

T h i s y e a r ’s m e e t i n g focused on cultivating a

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The prairie at Anderson Farm County Park in August. “wanted to see the forest restoration, the building of the prairies done in the short term,” Parker said.

“They liked the idea of the pollinator garden.”

This pollinator garden will be planted in a corner of the prairie and will also serve as an “education garden” with signs explaining different aspects of the ecosystem and the important work done by pollinators like bees and butterflies.

Dog park a priority

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Jim Hill uses a chainsaw to cut lumber at a restoration event in August. “neighborhood feel,” Parker said, as opposed to years past that had a more formal priority-setting agenda. The group specifically sought feedback on what to do with the land on the northern and eastern borders of the park that abuts residences on Red Tail Ridge and Ridge View Lane.

The old snowmobile track that now makes up a walking trail has clear sightlines into some residences’

backyards, and the friends of the park wanted to know h ow t h a t a ff e c t s t h o s e homeowners. To that end, the meeting was held at one of those homes, and Parker personally dropped off fliers at other similarly affected residences.

Parker said they received good feedback about the park from homeowners, and that they decided to plant some shrubberies intermixed with a few evergreens to increase the property owners’ privacy and insulate the park even more.

three phases, and the majority of work being done now is still part of phase one.

Projects like redeveloping the entrances and finding public art projects are probably “three, four, or five years out,” Parker told the Observer.

But the community still voiced their opinions on those ideas at the meeting.

“People were in agreement that they wanted to see the entrances better developed, but didn’t want it to look developed like city parks” Parker said. o s t l y, t h ey w a n t e d Larger projects ahead theMentrances more walkAnderson Farm County ing-friendly, he said.

But first, attendees Park has a master plan with

The friends group uses the information it gathers at these visioning sessions in discussions with Dane County parks staff at their yearly meetings. The big-ticket item to discuss at their Jan. 25 meeting is the creation of a new 40-acre dog park.

“One of the major goals we’re going to push is the action planning and implementation of the dog park,” Parker said. “(It) will include a separate entrance, a gravel parking lot, (and) the 40 acres will be entirely fenced in.”

Parker mentioned it will be an expensive project, but one the public is excited for. It will include planting a new prairie and a cluster of oak trees to simulate an oak savannah, “so the dogs can have some shade,” Parker explained.

He said the dog park at the Capital Springs Recreation Area serves as a model for their plans.

Public support The park relies heavily on public involvement to continue its improvements, like the volunteer work days the friends host on the second Saturday of every month. Parker said they’ve only missed one over the last three years, and the next, Dec. 9, will involve planting an expansion to the prairie, doubling its size from two-and-a-half acres to five.

Overall, Parker is optimistic about the park’s progress. In shepherding the park through the Byzantine world of nonprofit grantwriting, Parker can rely on his experience teaching others to do the same. He was an educator for much of his life, including 11 years teaching grant writing at Madison College and 15 years teaching project management at the UW small business development center.

“It’s important when you apply for grants — as a newer non-profit — we want to demonstrate community support,” Parker said. “We can reference this meeting and say the neighbors came out to support.”

The friends anticipate over 1,500 volunteer hours this year, and are buoyed with the community buy-in demonstrated at the last meeting.

“We were pleased with the results,” Parker said. “We’re getting people to respond to our projects.”

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The dogs “alerted on a f ew s c h o o l l o c ke r s ,” but subsequent searches did not turn up any drugs inside the schools, according to an email sent by district superintendent Brian Busler to parents and guardians Monday afternoon. Oregon Police Chief Brian Uhl said two people will be issued “a couple different citations for possession of THC, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of tobacco products” after a dog “alerted” on four vehicles in the OHS parking lot.

Busler said the search took one class period (around 45 minutes) at each school, during which students were in their classrooms and classes continued. Parking lots were also searched.

OHS principal Jim Pliner said the search “ had a very minimal impact on

instructional time.”

“Students were engaged in learning in their particular classrooms throughout the search,” Pliner said in an email to the Observer.

In his email, Busler cited marijuana use data from most recent (2015) Dane County Youth survey. It states that 20 percent of OHS students reported using marijuana within the previous year, and 18 percent of OHS juniors and seniors reported first used marijuana at the age of 13 or 14.

The sweep was the first this school year and the third over the past year, after the school board approved the random searches on a trial, annual basis in 2016.

On Dec. 1, 2016, 12 K9 teams swept the middle school and high school and both parking lots and the adjoining streets — though students’ bags were not

checked. After an “alert” to a locker at the high school, suspected marijuana was found inside; the only drugs found. Oregon police said they were the first K9 drug searches in the schools in more than a decade.

On April 20, 2017, seven K9 teams swept both schools and parking lots, including students’ bags.

While dogs “alerted” to 11 places in or around the high school and two at the middle school, no drugs were found.

In August, the school board voted to continue the pilot program for another year, but decided not to make the random searches permanent, citing questions about their effectiveness.

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Board adopts budget Netherwood Street: Main Street to East Village Boundary, $122,000 North Perry Parkway: Netherwood Street to Nygaard Street,$74,500 Waterman Street: Brook Lane to Meadow Lane, $60,500 Oak Street: Orchard Drive to Netherwood Street, $31,000 East Richards Road: Merri Hill Drive to North Main Street, $31,500 Clover Lane: Scott Street to Cledell Street, $39,000 Chip sealing: $120,000 Crack filling: $30,000 Total: $510,000

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the cemetery. That sort of One-time costs seasonal routine mainteWith four elections comnance became a hot-button issue this summer, when the ing next year, the budget public works department includes about $54,000 for stopped mowing around elections.

Other new planned oneretention ponds in order to focus on other projects, then time spending includes abruptly reversed that deci- $15,000 for the village’s sion after a loud public out- fa c a d e g r a n t p r o g r a m , $21,750 for computer cry.

The 2 percent across-the- upgrades, $15,000 for its tree board wage increase costs planting program, and about $30,000, but $13,000 of it is $7,000 to establish an emerbeing transferred from this gency operations center.

Other increases include year’s budget.

The $59,000 added for $1,000 more for the Oregon the Oregon Area Fire/EMS Youth Center, for a total of District will go to increased $10,000, and funding for a salaries and benefits. The deputy clerk.

The budget also includes district hired three new staff members last year, $74,500 to replace two squad increasing insurance costs cars and $200,000 to purby $30,000 next year. The chase a leaf vacuum truck for village provides about 63.5 the public works department. percent of the district’s There’s another $20,000 earmarked for other public funding.

The village plans to spend works equipment.

The big street project in about $42,600 more on the Oregon Area Senior Center, 2018 will be connecting for a total of $290,331 in North and South Perry Park2018, and plans to increase way, at an estimated cost spending on the public of $1.25 million, which the library from $551,600 to village plans to accomplish through borrowing. The $572,041.

That increase is part of a budget has also earmarked four-year effort to help the $90,000 to relocate the yardlibrary meet Dane Coun- waste site as part of the projty standards in number of ect.

In addition to those efforts, employees and volume of materials by the time the public works director Jeff village’s population reach- Rau’s plan calls for spending es 10,000, a requirement a total of $510,000 for other for the library to continue street maintenance: $360,000 receiving county funding, for mill and overlay projects, New spending which is a little more than a $120,000 for chip sealing and $30,000 for crack filling.

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least one of the incumbents will be on the ballot.

Sue McCallum told the Observer in an email she would run for re-election in the spring.

Village of Oregon Bruce Crubaugh and At least one incum- Russell Cazier did not bent will be on the ballot respond to an email by the for re-election among the Observer’s deadline. three Village Board seats that will be on the ballot. Towns Trustee Jeff Boudreau Two area towns will told the Observer he will have spring elections. run again.

In the Town of Oregon, Trustees Doug Brethau- Arlent Christensen and er and Jerry Bollig told Phil Van Kampen’s seats the Observer they are are on the ballot. Nomundecided. inees for the seat will be determined at the annual School board caucus in January.

The Town of Rutland Both current board members whose seats are will have two superviup for election told the sor seats up for election.

Observer they were unde- Jim Lunde and Nancy cided about running for Nedveck’s positions will be on the ballot. Neither re-election.

T h e s e a t s o f b o a r d has filed a notification of president Steve Zach and non-candidacy.

Nominations for the member Jeff Ramin are up seats will take place at the for election.

Zach’s seat is for the annual caucus in January.

Village of Oregon, while Ramin’s covers the Vil- County lage of Brooklyn and Bollig, who also sits on towns of Oregon, Mon- the Village Board, said in t r o s e , B r o o k l y n a n d an email he was undecidUnion. ed whether he would run for re-election.

varies by seat.

The general election is scheduled for April 3, with a Feb. 20 primary if necessary.

Candidates seeking any of the seats up for election next spring in and around the Village of Oregon can begin circulating nomination papers Dec. 1.

Some local incumbents have already decided to run for re-election, while others told the Observer they were still deciding and would announce their intentions later this month. Races in the area include seats on the Village Board in Oregon and Brooklyn, school board, town boards and on the county board.

Statewide offices on the ballot are all judicial: state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman’s seat, Court of Appeals Judge Joanne Kloppenburg and three circuit court judges.

Those interested in running for one of the seats can pick up nomination papers from their local Village of Brooklyn clerk beginning Dec. 1.

There are three Village Reporters Bill Livick and They are due back by Jan. of Brooklyn trustee spots Scott De Laruelle contrib2 with the required num- up for election, and at uted to this story. ber of signatures, which

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The owner of an average-value home will pay an estimated $75.58 more in Village of Oregon property taxes with the adoption last week of the 2018 budget.

The Village Board vote Nov. 20 was unanimous and made few changes to the budget that had been proposed by village administrator Mike Gracz in September.

The increase in taxes is about $23 more than that last year’s and is primarily due to rising home values and spending on public safety.

The village had not yet provided numbers for the other taxing jurisdictions that overlap Oregon as of Tuesday.

The mill rate drops from $5.42 per $1,000 of assessed value to $5.35, but that rate is offset by the increase in average home value in Oregon over the past year. The average home in the village has been assessed at $275,000, up 5.4 percent from last year’s average of $257,300.

The village budget calls for spending almost $100,000 more on public safety next year, including about $59,000 more for the Oregon Area Fire/EMS District and $40,000 for an additional police officer to begin July 1.

The board accepted Gracz’s recommendation to hire the officer no earlier than July in order to help the village keep spending to a level that will qualify for the state’s expenditure restraint payment. That’s a shared fund that rewards municipalities that restrict their spending. The state’s payment will be $34,000 next year.

The budget includes funding to hire a full-time employee in the public works department while also providing a 2 percent wage increase for village employees.

T h e v i l l a g e ’s t o t a l assessed value increased 8 percent, from $990.2 million to $1.06 billion.

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n 2012, my wife and I enrolled in a therapy dog training class, where I partnered with Buddha and my wife partnered with Gandhi.

It was only by working closely together for our mutual benefit that we truly became teams and passed the evaluation.

I learned two significant concepts from the instructor I had never before considered. First, I am my dog’s Antolec best advocate.

I also learned the application of PETS – a way to help dogs cope with stress.

Meriam Webster informs me that an advocate pleads the cause of another for their defense. In short, the Pet Partners teacher implored me to speak for my dog, as he could not speak for himself.

When we bring a dog into our life, we make a solemn commitment to make decisions in the best welfare of our pet, not our own desires or goals. Dogs are sentient beings with minds and emotions very much like our own, as the renowned neuroscientist and psychobiologist Jaak Pansepp established in his research.

The realization of that fact changed my life. From that day forward I began filtering each decision I made for all of my pets through a lens of advocacy for their best welfare. It wasn’t about me, it was about them.

The second concept that opened my eyes was PETS, which means proximity, eye contact, touch and speech.

Awareness of those four things can help your pet stay comfortable and relaxed, rather than anxious and stressed. Studies have shown that most people do not recognize stress in their pets, and that is a crucial part of being their advocate.

I learned to stay close to Buddha during therapy visits, look at him to evaluate his emotional state and touch him with calming

More info To learn more about reading canine body language and stress signs, download the Dog Decoder app (Jill Breitner), visit ispeakdog. com (Tracy Krulik), read “Canine Body Language” (Brenda Aloff) or watch “The Language of Dogs” DVD (Sarah Kalnajs) of Blue Dog Training & Behavior.

petting and massage. I also used my voice in a calming manner to support him if he felt stressed so he was able to cope with a wide range of social interactions.

I did the heavy lifting so he did not have to.

These same principles apply if we visit a local park or a festival or just take a walk in a city or village. I am always watchful for Buddha’s welfare, and that enables him to remain calm and predictable. He knows I am his best advocate and his faithful steward.

Stewardship refers to the duties and obligations to manage the life of others, with regard to their rights. A pet’s rights are the Five Freedoms.

1. Freedom from hunger and thirst 2. Freedom from discomfort 3. Freedom from pain, injury or disease 4. Freedom to express normal behavior 5. Freedom from fear and distress If you can satisfy these requirements, I applaud you for being a great pet steward. If not, you can see the path ahead to fulfilling your ethical obligation to being your pet’s best advocate.

To illustrate how this works, I consider a Halloween party for pets I attended in October. A photographer was on location, ready to record the experience of each pet and their steward as they engaged in the holiday activity.

I was present not as a behavior consultant, but in another capacity.

Mark, a friend of mine, brought his dog, Thor, to the event dressed in a festive costume. It was very cute, and I was happy to greet them, but Thor immediately

displayed stress signs. Mark practiced PETS and recognized that Thor was stressed, so he promptly removed him from the environment.

After about 20 minutes to calm down, Mark brought Thor into the environment again, and he still displayed stress signs. Mark acknowledged Thor’s distress and took him away, rather than forcing him to endure a Halloween photo.

That was wonderful demonstration of advocacy and stewardship.

Mark considered the best welfare of his beloved pet as more important than a holiday photo.

The next visitor was a woman with a dog wearing a very cute costume, but the dog looked stressed from the start. As I witnessed the process, the Halloween photo was taken and the lady completed a written form afterward.

I observed the dog was wearing a choke chain held very tightly, allowing no more than four inches of movement. As the lady continued filling out the form, her dog whined and cried in distress, but she paid no attention.

I did not observe her act as her dog’s best advocate, nor did I see her engage in the PETS protocol or consider the Five Freedoms.

As pet stewards we have a choice. Please consider yourself as your pet’s best advocate and make decisions accordingly.

Their welfare may trump our expectations on occasion, and that is OK. Daniel H. Antolec is a certified canine behavior consultant and accredited force-free dog trainer and the owner of Happy Buddha Dog Training. His Labradors, Buddha and Gandhi, are registered Pet Partners therapy dogs.

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More breaks, development days next year SCOTT DE LARUELLE Unified Newspaper Group

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Alex Folcik, 5, of Oregon, meets Santa after the holiday tree lighting and singalong at last year’s tree lighting.

Santa’s on his way station and that’s where we have the chili.”

Oregon Area Fire chief Glenn Linzmeier will instruct kids on the imporWhat: Holiday tree lighting and chili tance of fire safety using a wreath dinner donated by Hann’s Tree Farm as part When: 5:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1 of the department’s “keep the wreath Where: Tree lighting, Waterman green” movement. The wreath will have Park; chili dinner, fire station mostly green lights, but as red bulbs start lighting up, the chief will explain Cost: Two nonperishable food items how to stay safe this holiday season. or a monetary donation Charlie’s on Main is donating the Info: 835-3697 or facebook.com/ food and Oregon Floral the decorations. oregonwichamber This year, the chili is black bean and roasted veggie.

Organizers request attendees bring and said the best spot to see the festivi- two nonperishable food items or a monties is probably inside the shelter. etary donation to give. All donations This event is fun for the whole fami- will be given to the Oregon Area Food Pantry. ly, Knutson said, especially kids.

“When Santa comes on the fire truck, that really gets the kids excited,” Knut- Contact Alexander Cramer at alexanson said. “He walks us down to the fire der.cramer@wcinet.com.

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Oregon will hold its annual holiday season kickoff this Friday, with caroling in Waterman Park before lighting the big Christmas tree.

A chili dinner at the fire station will follow, and there are rumors of a certain jolly fellow joining from the North Pole to help with the festivities.

The caroling starts at 5:30 p.m., with Santa joining a bit later to greet the little ones and help light the tree.

The event is sponsored by the Oregon Area Chamber of Commerce and Oregon Area Fire/EMS district. Chamber executive director Judy Knutson told the Observer that chamber members and the Oregon Public Works department will be busy decorating this week,

OHS holds open house Nov. 30 If You Go

OPEN HOUSE Join us as we celebrate

Mary (Marion) Schulz’s 90th Birthday!

What: Oregon High School open house When: 4-7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30 Where: Oregon High School, 456 N. Perry Pkwy.

Info: 835-4300

(Mary served over 40 years as a waitress) Location:

Brooklyn Elementary School Cafeteria 204 Division Street, Brooklyn, WI 53521 Time/Date: 1:00 - 4:00 pm

Saturday, December 16 Lunch, cake, coffee or lemonade will be served.

For questions, please contact dale.schulz@charter.net

classrooms and older parts of the school to establish collaborative work areas similar to those in the new academic wing.

OHS principal Jim Pliner Photo by Amber Levenhagen told the Hub earlier this year The new entrance to the Oregon High School opened earlier that as the district continues to this year. grow, it’s important to provide not just more room for students, but “new and innovative spaces” for them to learn Saturday, December 2, 9:00am to 2:00pm in. He said officials from othFriendship Room er school districts have visited Oregon’s facilities to see St. John’s Lutheran Church the results of the 2014 capital 625 E. Netherwood, Oregon projects referendum.

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Oregon High School is showing off its newly renovated facilities this week.

The school plans to host a public open house from 4-7 p.m. Thursday, Nov 30.

The event will feature a walking tour route, with students located throughout the school ready to answer questions about the learning spaces and how they’re used.

A brief dedication ceremony and ribbon-cutting will take place at 6:30 p.m.

With the completion of the OHS cafeteria/commons area earlier this month, the high school’s $46 million makeover that started in April 2016 is complete; it’s the biggest piece of the district’s $54.6 million capital projects referendum voters approved in 2014.

Features include a new gymnasium, locker rooms and weight room, main entrance with an art gallery, new administrative offices, a new academic wing with 15 classrooms and collaborative working spaces, the district’s alternative high school, OASIS and Oregon Community Media. The library media center was also restored, as well as some science

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Holiday tree lighting Dec. 1

Next school year, students will have extra days off and teachers will get more professional development when school is in session, rather than in the summer.

After several months of seeking opinions of staff, parents and even students on the calendar for next school year, the Oregon school board approved made its decision Monday night.

The main difference in this year’s calendar and next year’s is teachers will have a professional development day moved from August to October — giving students an extra day off – and adding days off for both staff and students in February and April.

The 2018-19 calendar also features three fewer days for Oregon High School seniors, who will graduate Sunday, June 9, 2019. The last day for K-11 students will be Wednesday, June 12.

School starts on the earliest day possible according to state law, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018.

District superintendent Brian Busler said professional development days were a “key feature” in the educator compensation referendum approved last year.

Policy committee chairperson Krista Flanagan, who has been heading up ongoing calendar efforts, said the committee has had “very, very robust” discussions about calendar options in

recent weeks.

“We know a calendar is not a perfect thing,” she said.

“We tried to look at all of our constituent groups and give them something that they can value in this calendar, but also not everyone will have everything they desire.”

Flanagan said there are a lot of moving parts in the calendar, which takes more effort to put together than some people may realize.

“We’re dealing with state statutes and regulations and trying to fit in different things,” she said. “We want a calendar that helps students learn, we want a calendar that helps professional staff be the best educators they can be.”

After the vote, Oregon Education Association co-president Nathan Johnson thanked the board for “taking such a deliberate approach” on the district calendar and taking time to go back to teachers for additional feedback. The OEA had previously recommended the board take such an approach and cast a wide net for feedback.

“A lot of very good conversations were had, and we greatly appreciate the dialogue,” he said. “We appreciate the board’s willingness to be patient and discuss things.

It is noted and appreciated.”

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Christmas at Balmoral

A chili dinner will follow at the Fire everyone is welcome to attend. For Station. Admission is free, but two information, call 835-3656.

Jessica Michna will portray Marga- non-perishable food items or a moneret Cummins during a program at the tary donation for the Oregon Food Pan- Health talk senior center at 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. try are requested. For information, visit Visit the senior center at 10:30 a.m.

30. oregonwi.com.

Wednesday, Dec. 6, for a health talk on Cummins, head housekeeper of Balcoughs and colds. moral Castle during the reign of Queen Open mic Students from the University of WisVictoria, will prepare for the arrival of The December Oregon Area Progres- consin School of Pharmacy will present the royal couple and their nine children. sive’s open mic will feature Joe Elder how to treat cough and cold symptoms.

Michna will represent the traditions and and Will Williams from 6-8 p.m. Fri- Students will also discuss some of the history of the season. For information, day, Dec. 1, at Firefly Coffeehouse, 114 many over-the-counter medications call 835-5801.

N. Main St. offered to treat illnesses and which ones The topic is America’s War on Peace to avoid, as well as when to visit a phyResolution head start program and how the military industrial complex sician. For information, call 835-5801.

The senior center and library joined is holding congress and the economy together to create a “resolution head hostage. Food and refreshments will be Holiday art fair start” health program that will run Dec. available for a purchase.

The Holiday Art Fair, presented by 1 through Feb. 28.

F o r i n f o r m a t i o n , v i s i t 14 South Artists, will be held from 10 The program is designed to encour- oregonareaprogressives.org. a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, at Fireage participants to try new things, pick fly Coffeehouse, 114 N. Main St. There up healthy habits and help out in the Breakfast with Santa will be a number of artists on hand viscommunity. Starting Dec. 1, particiThe Oregon Fire Station will host iting and displaying their artwork. For pants can pick up a challenge sheet at K-9 Breakfast with Santa from 7 a.m. information, visit 14southartists.com. the senior center or library. Each time to noon Saturday, Dec. 2, at the fire staan activity is completed, submit your tion, 131 Spring St. Cost for adults is Movie night name for a drawing of a prize of your $5, kids are $3 and under 3 is free.

A free family movie night will be choice. For information, visit oregonFor information, call 835-5587. held at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, at publiclibrary.org/resolution.

First Presbyterian Church, 408 N. BerDads and donuts gamont Blvd.

Holiday celebration Pizza and other concessions will be Dads (and moms) are invited to The Oregon Area Chamber of Com- attend Dads and Donuts at the library available for sale. Food donations for merce, in partnership with Fire/EMS, from 10-10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 2. the Oregon Area Food Pantry are welwill hold a holiday tree lighting and a There will be songs and stories fol- comed. chili dinner at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1, lowed by donuts and juice for kids For the movie title, email at Waterman Park. and coffee for adults. The storytime fpcmovies@gmail.com or call 835There will be Christmas caroling and is designed for children under 6 but 3082.

Santa will arrive on a fire truck.

Community calendar ‌Thursday, November 30‌

• 2 p.m., “Christmas at Balmoral” history program (registration required), senior center, 835-5801‌

‌Friday, December 1‌

• 10 a.m., Everybody Storytime, library, 835-3656‌ • 5:30 p.m., Tree lighting and dinner with Santa, Waterman Park and Fire Department, oregonwi.com‌ • 6-8 p.m., Oregon Area Progressives December open mic with Joe Elder and Will Williams, Firefly Coffeehouse, 114 N. Main St., oregonareaprogressives.org‌

‌Saturday, December 2‌

• 7 a.m. to noon, K9 pancake breakfast, Oregon Fire Department, 113 Spring St., 835-3111‌ • 10 a.m., Dads and Donuts, library, 835-3656‌ • Noon, Kids explore (ages 5-12), library, 835-3656‌

‌Sunday, December 3‌

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

‌Tuesday, December 5‌

• 10 a.m., Teetering Toddlers Storytime, library, 835-3656‌ • 11 a.m., Bouncing Babies Storytime, library, 835-3656‌ • 1 p.m., Movie Matinee: Polar Express, senior center, 835-5801‌

‌Wednesday, December 6‌

• 10 a.m., Everybody Storytime (ages 0-6), library, 835-3656‌ • 10:30 a.m., Great Beginnings book club, library, 835-3656‌ • 10:30 a.m., Health talk: Coughs and colds, senior center, 835-5801‌

‌Thursday, December 7‌

• 6 p.m., Sew What-fabric food, library, 835-3656‌ • 7 p.m. OHS/OMS choir perfor-

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, Nov. 30 WOW: Oregon Community Band @ PAC (of Nov. 14) ORE: OHS Boys Hockey vs Beaver Dam – LIVE -7:20pm

Monday, Dec. 4 WOW: Village Board Meeting – LIVE - 5pm ORE: RCI Choir @ PAC (of Nov. 28)

Tuesday, Dec. 5 WOW: Christmas at Friday, Dec. 1 Balmoral @ Senior Center WOW: Capitol City (of Nov. 30) Band (of Aug. 3) ORE: OHS Panther ORE: OHS Panther Girls’ Basketball vs Girls’ Basketball vs Edgewood LIVE – 7:10pm Madison East (of Nov. 27) Wednesday, Dec. 6 WOW: A Cowboy Saturday, Dec. 2 Christmas @ Senior WOW: Academy of Center (of Dec. 2016) Sound Holiday Concert ORE: OHS Panther (of Dec. 2016) Boys’ Basketball vs ORE: OHS Panther Baraboo (of Nov. 28) Boys’ Hockey vs.

Ashwaubenon (of Nov. Thursday, Dec. 7 25) WOW: Village Board Meeting (of Dec. 4) Sunday, Dec. 3 ORE: OHS Panther WOW: Community Boys’ Hockey vs Beaver of Life Lutheran Church Dam (of Nov. 30) Service ORE: School Board Meeting (of Nov. 27)

mances, Oregon High School PAC, 456 S. Perry Pkwy., 835-4300‌

‌Friday, December 8‌

• 10 a.m., Everybody Storytime, library, 835-3656‌ • 4 p.m., Teen advisory board meeting, library, 835-3656‌ • 7:30 p.m. Oregon Straw Hat Players presents “Believe!,” Prairie View Elementary School, 300 Soden Dr., oshponline.org‌

‌Saturday, December 9‌

• 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., 14 South Artists Holiday Fair, Firefly Coffeehouse, 114 N. Main St., 835-6238‌ • 6:30 p.m., Family movie night, First Presbyterian Church, 408 N. Bergamont Blvd., fpcmovies@ gmail.com ‌ • 7:30 p.m. Oregon Straw Hat Players presents “Believe!,” Prairie View Elementary School, 300 Soden Dr., oshponline.org‌

Senior center Monday, December 4 Cheeseburger on Bun Calico Beans, Carrots Apple Juice Cup Pineapple Fluff VO – Veggie Burger Tuesday, December 5 Italian Sausage* with Peppers and Onions Stewed Tomatoes Seasoned Oven Roasted Potatoes Whole Wheat Bread Apricots Peanut Butter Cookie VO – Hummus Wrap Wednesday, December 6 Traditional Meatloaf * Garlic Mashed Potatoes Broccoli, Pineapple Whole Wheat Bread Chocolate Frosted Cake VO – Veggie Meatballs Thursday, December 7 My Meal, My Way Lunch at Ziggy’s Smokehouse and Ice Cream Parlor! Drop in between 11:30 AM and 1:00 PM Friday, December 8 Meat Sauce Spaghetti Noodles,Bread Stick Fresh Mixed Greens with French Dressing Diced Peaches Vanilla Pudding VO – Soy Marinara Sauce SO - Taco Salad *Contains Pork

Monday, December 4 Morning: Diabetic Foot Care 9:00 CLUB 10:30 StrongWomen 1:00 Get Fit 1:30 Bridge 3:30 Weight Loss Support Tuesday, December 5 8:30 Zumba Gold Advanced 9:30 Wii Bowling 9:45 Zumba Gold 12:30 Sheepshead 12:30 Pick-N-Save shopping 1:00 Movie: “Polar Express” 5:30 StrongWomen Wednesday, December 6 Morning: Foot Care 9:00 CLUB 10:00 Shopping in Madison 10:30 Health Talk 10:30 Book Club 1:00 Get Fit 1:00 Euchre 3:30 1-on-1 Computer Thursday, December 7 8:30 Zumba Gold Advanced 9:00 Pool Players 9:45 Zumba Gold 10:30 StrongWomen 12:30 Shopping at Bill’s 1:00 Cribbage Friday, December 8 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) 291-4311 SATURDAY - 5 p.m. Worship SUNDAY - 8 and 10:30 a.m. Worship

Vineyard Community Church

Oregon Community Bank & Trust, 105 S. Alpine Parkway, Oregon - Bob Groth, Pastor (608) 513-3435, welcometovineyard. com SUNDAY - 10 a.m. Worship

Zwingli United Church of Christ – Paoli

At the Intersection of Hwy. 69 & PB 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.

The Blessing is Outside of Your Comfort Zone “I can do all this through him who gives me strength.”

—Philippians 4:13 NIV Ashley Hicks is a runner and co-founder of the group Black Girls RUN!, a group whose mission is to encourage all people (but especially black females) to make fitness and healthy living a priority. For Ashley Hicks, as for many runners, there is a spiritual and meditative aspect to running. She tells the story about preparing for her second marathon and in the process of buying some new running shoes telling the person who was helping her at the store that she wasn’t really excited about the race and just wanted to get through it. He told her to remember that “the blessing is outside of your comfort zone.” For anyone who has ever done any long-distance running, or any physical activity that took you past the limits of your comfort zone, you know how true this is. You must go beyond your comfort zone to get your second wind, and this is just as true for mental and spiritual efforts as it is for physical ones. God’s saving grace is more apt to come after the dark night of the soul. We simply aren’t likely to recognize God’s grace in the everyday routine, even though it’s always there. If you’re feeling a bit lackluster and blasé about life, or some aspect of it, press on until you hit that point where it starts to get uncomfortable, and remember that the blessing comes somewhere past that point.

– Christopher Simon

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The Oregon Police Department’s ninth annual pancake breakfast with Santa is this Saturday at the Oregon Fire Department.

The breakfast costs $5 for adults, $3 for kids under 12 and is free for kids younger than 3. K9 Vende and Santa will be on hand for pictures from 8-11 a.m., along with police cars and fire trucks on display, cookie decorating and a bake sale.

The menu features all-you-can-eat pancakes, sausage, eggs and beverages. This year, even though OPD said they had the pancake batter “all taken care of,” chef/ owner Dave Heide of Charlie’s on Main and Liliana’s in Fitchburg said he insisted on donating 80 gallons of batter made from scratch to spare the public from the “instant stuff.”

All proceeds benefit the Oregon Police Department K9 Unit.

– Alexander Cramer

If You Go What: OPD K9 pancake breakfast with Santa When: 7-11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 2 Where: Oregon Fire Station, 131 Spring St. Info: 835-3111

File photo by Scott De Laruelle

Oregon police officer Joshua Kohlman and K9, Vende, had long lines of kids wanting to meet them at the Oregon Public Library at an event earlier this year.

Photo by Alexander Cramer

Belah Fry, left, and Brielle Haslam rehearse their roles in The Nutcracker Dream at A Leap Above Dance.

Straw Hat Players perform ‘Nutcracker Dream’ Dec. 2, 3 ‘Believe’ Dec. 8-10 ALEXANDER CRAMER Unified Newspaper Group

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After two months of rehearsal, 19 students with the Oregon Straw Hat Players will perform the musical “Believe” from Friday, Dec. 8 through Sunday, Dec. 10, at the Little Theatre, Prairie View Elementary School, 300 Soden Dr. The play is about a 15-year-old, Alex Norton, who always loved Christmas but sees Christmas as nothing more than an over-hyped, greedy, present-grabbing time of year afterwards. He wants to get back to his faith and gets confused about what to believe, according to the Straw Hat Players website.

The performers are fifthto-eighth graders, most are from local schools. Director

If You Go What: Oregon Straw Hat Players show: Believe When: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8 and Saturday, Dec. 9; 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9 and Sunday, Dec. 10 Where: Little Theatre, Prairie View Elementary School, 300 Soden Dr. Info: Email at director@ oshponline.org Evan Fitzgerald told the Observer he enjoys working with the children, who he said worked very hard to rehearse since October. They rehearsed two or three times a week and will also rehearse every night next week.

Because of stage space

limit, Fitzgerald combined some characters in the script, which calls for 33 people on the cast.

“It works very well,” Fitzgerald said.

The cast features Alec Anderson-Conlon, Barrett Anderson, Alison Zimmerman, Nash Beehn, Kyle Rohn, Ingrid Ebeling, Beau Jacobs , Amelia Dyer, Hazel Ruppenthal, Lily Fitzgerald, Lewis Culver-Lutz, Alex Anderson, Leah Mauldin, Keanna Day, Sophie Herweijer, Audra Dyer, Erica Briski, Myk Hawkins and Taylor Daniels.

Tickets can be purchased at oshponline.tix.com. $12 for adults is, $8 for seniors and youths.

Contact Helu Wang at helu. wang@wcinet.com.​

14 South Artists holiday art show Dec. 9 at Firefly AMBER LEVENHAGEN Unified Newspaper Group

The second 14 South Artists holiday art show of the season will be held at Firefly Coffeehouse next weekend.

It will be their last for the year.

From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 9, the coffeehouse will open its doors and showcase artwork from the group. 14 South Artists is a group of artists who use various types of media, 2D and 3D. “Art is a passion we love to

display at the coffeeshop since the beginning of November, but the fair will offer attendees the opportuniWhat: Holiday art show ty to meet with the artists and When: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. learn more about their crafts.

Most of the pieces will be Saturday, Dec. 9 available for purchase.

Where: Firefly CoffeeRegular member meethouse, 141 E. Main St. ings are open to everyone Info: 14southartists.com and held the second Monday of the month at the Oregon Fire Station, located at 131 share through art shows and Spring St. other venues where people Contact Amber Levenhacan see and purchase,” the gen at amber.levenhagen@ event description explained. wcinet.com.

The artwork has been on

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The unofficial harbinger of the holiday season is here, as the Nutcracker is coming to the Oregon Performing Arts Center, 456 N. Perry Pkwy., for two performances this weekend.

A Leap Above Dance is putting on its 15th annual production of “Nutcracker Dream” on Saturday, Dec.

of performing the full story, the name “Nutcracker Dream” has stuck. This year, Clara will be played

by Brielle Haslam.

Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door or at A Leap Above Dance school at 742 Market St. Call 835-1747 for information on the show.

Contact Alexander Cramer at alexander.cramer@ wcinet.com.​

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2, at 7 p.m. and a Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. on Dec. 3.

The classic holiday ballet follows a young girl named Clara into her dreamscape where her favorite nutcracker has come to life and must do battle with a fearsome rat king, all set to Tchaikovsky’s timeless score.

The company used to perform only the shorter dream sequence of the ballet, but even after years

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Ethan Victorson scores 22 in each of first two games

ANTHONY IOZZO

Shooting carries Panthers

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ANTHONY IOZZO Assistant sports editor

Oregon’s boys basketball team opened its 2017-18 season with a pair of nonconference victories that were strikingly similar.

In both cases, coach Jon Nedelcoff said, the Panthers shot well, kept turnovers down but struggled rebounding.

“We’ve just got to keep getting better each day,” he said.

Oregon 55, Evansville 47 Junior guard Ethan Victorson came through with 22 points to lead the Panthers in 55-47 nonconference win over Evansville Friday.

The Panthers led by 10 at halftime and held on in the second half.

Oregon hit seven 3-pointers and finished 12-for-20 from the free-throw line.

Evansville had a 19-18 advantage with made field goals, but the Blue Devils hit only two 3-pointers.

Forward De’Andre Burrell chipped in with nine points for the Panthers.

Senior Zach Mielke had 21 points for Evansville.

Panthers fall to Monroe

Oregon’s Carter Erickson (22) looks to pass the ball as he gets prussure from Baraboo’s Mason Peterson.

Nolan Look helped Oregon pull away from a one-point game Tuesday night as the Panthers held off Baraboo 55-46.

Oregon (2-0) went on a 12-0 run midway through the first half but coughed it up in early in the second and Oregon 55, Baraboo 46 led 29-28 before the run.

Nedelcoff said the PanBack-to-back 3-point- thers shot well from the outers by Erik Victorson and side – 11-for-24 from behind

the arc – but struggled to rebound.

But key to the victory, he said, was committing only six turnovers in 55 possessions.

“It’s a goal to never have more than one turnover for every seven or eight possessions,” he said. “We’ve been able to do that for the first two games of the year.”

Good free-throw shooting

held off Baraboo (0-1). Burrell and Erik and Ethan Victorson combined to go 7-for9 at the end.

Mason Peterson led Baraboo with 20 points. Ethan Victorson led Oregon with 22 points, including 6-for11 3-point shooting. Burrell added 10.

— Jim Ferolie

Photo by Joe Koshollek

The Oregon girls basketball team took its first bump of the season Nov. 21 against last year’s state qualifier Monroe.

The Panthers fell behind by nine at halftime and couldn’t claw back in a 70-53 loss.

Sophomore Liz Uhl continued her hot shooting the loss, leading Oregon with 21 points. Senior Ellen McCorkle followed with 11 points.

Junior Katie Eisele chipped in six points, and junior Jenna Statz, sophomore Kaitlyn Schrimpf and junior Sydona Roberts added five points each.

Junior Sydney Hilliard, who has several NCAA Division I offers, led the C h e e s e m a ke r s w i t h 2 4 points, nine rebounds and six steals.

J u n i o r E m i l y B e n z s c h aw e l a d d e d 1 4 points, and senior Sydney Mathiason chipped in 13

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What’s next

Oregon travels to Milton at 7:15 p.m.

Friday and hosts nonconference Milwaukee Madison at 7:15 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 4.

Oregon travels to Monona Grove at 7:15 p.m. Thursday and hosts Madison Edgewood at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 5.

Wrestling

Seven return to the mat for Oregon grapplers this season ANTHONY IOZZO Assistant sports editor

The Oregon wrestling team returns two sectional qualifiers and five others this season.

Juniors Steele Mellum and Jade Durmaj had dropped

the first match in last season’s sectionals at Janesville Craig.

Coach Ned Lease wrote in a preview questionnaire that Mellum has high goals this season after falling a win shy of state the past two seasons.

Mellum was at 120 pounds

and finished 23-15 and was in a sectional bracket with four ranked wrestlers.

Durmaj, who wrestled at 113 last season, was an injury replacement and finished 1-11 last season.

The other sectional qualifier last season was graduate

Parker Ehn-Howland, who wrestled at 170 pounds.

Ehn-Howland was the lone Panther to make state and finished 28-7.

Seniors Devin Keast, Collin Legler and Connor Brickley and juniors Robbie Ruth and Faith Trinidad also

return this season.

“We have a lot of experience in the room this year and we will be leaning on our upperclassmen to lead the way,” Lease wrote.

Brickley (13-19 at 126 pounds), and Legler (1021 at 132) both took sixth

at regionals and were a few points away from having a chance to make sectionals.

Keast (22-10 at 152) took fifth at conference before an injury sidelined him for regionals.

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Panthers win championship in Sheboygan JEREMY JONES ​Sports editor

Oregon boys hockey (3-1-0 overall, 0-0-0 Badger South) made two early leads stick in one game and posted a shutout in another last weekend on its way to the Kyle J. Neurohr Memorial tournament title in the Sheboygan.

“Penalties were the theme of the weekend, and not just for our boys,” Oregon coach Mike Jochmann said. “The other teams in the tournament were called for a high number of penalties per game. It

was difficult to know what level of play the kids could engage in.” On the upside, Jochmann said the penalties gave his team a chance to have game-action work on their special teams setups.

Oregon 7, WNS 4 The Panthers opened the tournament Friday with a 7-4 victory over the Whitefi s h B a y c o - o p i n s i d e Laker Ice Arena. Oregon had seven different goal scorers in the win and six others that had at least one assist.

Zak Roskos and Tyson

Roher each had a goal and an assist.

Roskos started the scoring just under three minutes into the period with a short-handed goal. Roher and senior defenseman Carson Timberlake helped Oregon extend its advantage to 3-0 over the next seven-and-a-half minutes before the Storm pulled within a goal with two goals over the final six minutes of the period.

“I never felt that we were in a position to lose the lead in the WNS game,” Jochmann said. “We rolled

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Icebergs blanked in season opener against Viroqua JEREMY JONES Sports editor

The numbers for the Icebergs’ girls hockey co-op have grown over the past three years. The Icebergs have yet to transition the influx of numbers into wins, however, falling to 1-3-0 overall.

The Icebergs were unable to match the speed

their Badger Conference debut, falling 4-0 Monday at home.

Viroqua freshman Erin The Icebergs travel to Simonson had a hat trick the Waupaca Expo Cen- for the Blackhawks.

Stoughton goaltender ter to face Marshfield at McKenzie Nisius did her 5 p.m. Saturday. best to keep the Icebergs in the game, turning away 24 shots on goal. Ivy Shonka and talent of the visiting had 23 saves for Viroqua.

Viroqua Blackhawks in

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Home-ice advantage

Wisconsin Whalers defenseman Lucas Hefty, an Oregon native, advances the puck Wednesday, Nov. 22, against the La Crosse Freeze inside the Oregon Ice Arena. The Whalers lost the game 2-0. The Whalers host the Rochester Ice Hawks at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

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Panthers open season at MG JEREMY JONES Sports editor

The Oregon boys swimming team opened the 201718 season Tuesday at the Badger South Conference Relays inside Monona Grove High School.

The Panthers finished last out of the seven teams competing with 28 points and saw their best finish come from the 200-yard freshman-only relay.

Blake Anderson, Forest Garty, Kaden O’Herrien and Connor Braatz placed third on that relay in 2 minutes, 5.52 seconds to pace Oregon.

Defending Division 2 state champion Monona Grove won the meet with 98 points.

Stoughton was second with 78, and Badger South newcomer Watertown took third with 66.

Former OHS standout Rachel Walsh took over as the boys coach this winter and said it was a “great first meet.”

“It was a good chance for everyone on the team to get the feel for competition,” Walsh said.

Braatz and Garty joined Adam Hanke and Fabio Maltese to take fourth place on the 100 free relay in 57.36.

Sam Rohloff, Ian Charles, Photo by Jeremy Jones Braatz and Anderson also finished fourth on the 4x100 Nathan Sorensen competes during the 3x100-yard backstroke relay Tuesday at the Badger South Conference Relay medley relay in 4:19.52.

“We had a lot of great meet inside Monona Grove High School. swims for just starting out-especially considering we only had one week of practice before Thanksgiving break, which threw off Oregon travels to the Sun Prairie Invitational at 10 a.m. the practice schedule,” Walsh Saturday.

The Panthers officially open the Badger South said. “It was also a great Conference schedule at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 5, at home learning opportunity to see against Monona Grove. what we need to improve on for the next meets.”

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Sophia Moccero is stopped by Viroqua goaltender Ivy Shonka on a breakaway Monday evening. The Icebergs lost the Badger Conference game 4-0.

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Basketball: Silver Eagles up next for Oregon Oregon 68, Madison East 62 The Panthers (3-1) scored 40 points in the second half Monday and held off non-conferece Madison East 68-62.

Six players finished with eight or more points for the Panthers, who converted

21 of 28 free throws. Roberts led Oregon with 15 points.

Sophomore point guard Peterson and Schrimpf each added 11 points and McCorkle had 10.

Senior Justica Filip scored 21 points, hitting four 3-pointers, to lead the Purgolders (1-1).

East senior Erin Howard added 12 points prior to fouling out.

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Hockey: Panthers find their groove in Sheboygan Continued from page 9 through our four lines of forwards with regularity, and while there were some mistakes that were made, the boys all played solid.”

Two of the four Storm g o a l s w e r e p ow e r- p l a y goals. “ We j u s t g o t c a u g h t being out-manned for those,” Jochmann said.

Oregon answered with three power-play goals in the second period to take WNS out of the game.

Jacob Ayers stopped 27 of 31 shots on goal to preserve the win, while Max Gerhmann made 32 saves for the Storm.

Oregon 1, Ashwaubenon 0

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The returning letterwinners for the Oregon wrestling team (from left) are: Robbie Ruth, Collin Legler, Steele Mellum, Connor Brickley, Devin Keast and Faith Trinidad; (not pictured) Jade Durmaj.

Gage Schildgen scored the lone goal from the o ff e n s ive b l u e l i n e t h a t redirected off the body of an Ashwaubenon defenseman Saturday as Oregon knocked off the Jaguars 1-0.

The Panthers gave the Jaguars plenty of scoring o p p o r t u n i t i e s bu t A s h wa u b e n o n fi n i s h e d t h e game 0 for 8 on the power play.

Hunter Newton stopped all 19 shots he faced to earn a shutout in his first varsity start. “ H u n t e r p l a y e d ve r y well,” Jochmann said. “It was great to see him track the puck well at the varsity level.”

Matt Piontkowski made 14 saves for the Jaguars.

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2017 Badger South schedule

“(Keast) has set some very high goals for himself this season and has done a Date Opponent Time/Result lot of off-season wrestling,” Dec. 1 Monona Grove/McFarland 7:30 p.m.

Lease wrote. at Watertown 7 p.m.

Ruth (14-9 at 160) missed Dec. 8 the playoffs due to injury. Dec. 15 at Stoughton 7 p.m.

Lease said Ruth has been Dec. 22 Monroe 7 p.m. doing a lot of wrestling in the off season, as well.

Jan. 12 Fort Atkinson 7:30 p.m.

Trinidad was at 106 Jan. 26 at Milton 7 p.m. pounds and was 2-17 in her Feb. 3 Conference at Waunakee 8 a.m. first year in wrestling.

Also not back from last season is senior Sam regionals last season. junior Cristian Carlos are Pieper, who participated at Senior Justin Smith and two newcomers. Lease

What’s next Oregon hosts Monona Grove/McFarland at 7:30 p.m. Friday and travels to the Reedsburg Duals at 9 a.m. Saturday. wrote that the two are “firstyear wrestlers who look to represent their school on the mat.”

Stoughton, Milton look to challenge for title Oregon has its work cut out for it in the Badger South Conference once again, as wrestling powerhouses Stoughton and Milton will once again duke it out for the conference title.

The Vikings won the title last season, going undefeated in conference dual meet play and taking first in the Badger Conference tournament. Milton took third behind Sauk Prairie in the tournament and took second in the Badger South.

Oregon was 10th overall in last season’s conference tournament.

Stoughton brings back state champion senior Tyler Dow, state runner-up junior Hunter Lewis and sixth-place state finisher junior Cade Spilde. Sectional qualifiers also return in senior Aodan Marshall, senior Will Neuenfeld and junior Dante

Steinmetz.

The Vikings graduated state champion Brandon Klein, state runner-up Garrett Model and state runner-up Tristan Jenny.

Stoughton has also finished team state runner-up for four straight seasons.

Milton has two state qualifiers back in state sixth-place finisher senior Jerry Lipke and senior Vince Digennaro.

Senior Killian Jauch, a sectional qualifier, and junior Mason Dutcher, who was third at sectionals, also return.

The Red Hawks graduated state champion Dalton Shea, state runner-up Billy Pitzner, sectional thirdplace finisher Levi Garrett, sectional third-place finisher Nick Richards, sectional third-place finisher Tom Rakestraw and sectional qualifier

Oregon 5, Sheboygan 4

Austin Harms.

Monroe and Fort Atkinson, which took sixth and seventh at last year’s conference tournament, will also compete in the Badger South.

Monroe brings back state qualifier senior Sam Kind and sectional qualifier senior David Andrews.

The Cheesemakers graduated Cole Murray (fourth at Division 2 state) Hayden Arneson (fifth at D2 state), David Andrews (sectional qualifier) and Kyle Walter (fourth at sectionals).

Fort Atkinson brings back sectional qualifiers senior Nolan Kraus and senior Nate Telfer.

The Blackhawks graduated state qualifier Owen Worden and sectional qualifiers Brendon Kind, Keagan Healy, Ryan Golich and Wade Sykes.

Tristan Hughes helped the Panthers get out to another quick lead Sunday in the championship but Oregon had to hang on to

What’s next The host Panthers (31-0 overall, 0-0-0 Badger South) drop the puck for a Badger Conference crossover game against Beaver Dam (1-0-0, 0-0-0) at 7 p.m. close out the Red Raiders 5-4.

Hughes scored 39 seconds into the game as the visiting Panthers built a 5-0 early in the second period. The senior finished the game with a hat trick and an assist, icing the game with his third period power-play goal.

Timberlake added three assists. Both he and Hughes were named to the all tournament team.

Roskos finished with a goal and an assist. Tyler Damon and Colton Eyers each had a goal. Newton stopped 23 saves for Oregon.

Penalties were once again a factor yet again in the championship game.

“There was more time spent in odd-man special teams situations with players in the penalty box (for both teams) than there was time spent 5 on 5,” Jochmann said. “We had a stretch where we needed to shorten the bench a little bit to secure the championship, but I didn’t really ever feel that our boys couldn’t protect the lead they had gained.”

All four Sheboygan goals came on the power play.

Colin Fessler made 15 saves for Sheboygan and Maclane Schick stopped 29.

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After a decade as a Scout, Lukas Huska achieved the highest honor in scouting, earning the rank of Eagle Scout in September.

The capstone of the process to become an Eagle Scout is the scout service project. For his project, Huska organized a group of people to clear brush at Anderson Farm County Park, 914 Union Rd. The project helped Huska earn the title, but he has yet to have an official ceremony. He is planning something for the spring, along with two other scouts who attained the rank at the same time.

“It was a forest restoration, something local.

It’s a trail that they’ve been working to build things on,” Huska explained. “We cleared a section of woods for a bike path that the town is going to put in in the coming years. It’s going to be a commuter path down to Union Road.”

After all was said and done, Huska had organized a group of 32 people who worked for about four hours last summer clearing dead trees and thick undergrowth like honeysuckle and buckthorn, and the path was born.

Those four hours working in the park were just the tip of the iceberg: it was built on the foundation of four years of perseverance in pursuit of his goal, and four months of planning to make the project come to life. It wasn’t without its challenges, though, like when they saw their brush fire spreading farther than they had planned, and had to call the fire department to make sure they didn’t burn the whole park.

“We had one pile of brush we were burning, and there was another pile behind it and we created a pileshaped wind tunnel and the wind picked up and it got to the pile we didn’t want to burn,” Huska explained.

“We had a parent there who was a firefighter in Madison, and we talked to her and (neighbor) Roe

Organizing and planning Huska worked closely with Parker, president of the Anderson Park Friends group, in determining what would be the best way to improve the park.

“We’re well satisfied; we thought this was one of the more successful projects the Eagle Scouts had,” Parker said. “We think it’s a compliment to Lukas’ planning and the way the Scouts collaborated.”

As Huska learned with his project, the planning can be even more challenging than the physical labor itself.

“Organization is most of it, and planning — especially planning ahead. We found that one out the hard way,” Huska said.

Parker explained that his group is used to working with volunteers, but that Huska’s planning made his project stand out.

“We understand volunteer groups,” Parker said, “and sometimes we have to inject our own leadership and guidance, but there was very little need for that because it was obvious there was a lot of planning that had gone on before.”

More than a decade in scouting Nearly 10 years ago, Lukas Huska joined the Cub Scouts because it was something to do.

“It was just an interest,” H u s k a ex p l a i n e d . “ M y friends were doing it, that’s the main reason I joined.”

But scouting quickly grew into a passion. Huska has since earned 31 badges, 10 more than is required for the Eagle rank, which qualifies him for additional

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Huska’s group at work at Anderson Farm County Park in June. bronze and gold Eagle palms.

Huska tells about times in the Scouts when he’s been tossed into the water while white-water rafting in weather so cold that there was still snow on the ground. He relishes the challenges posed by winter camping, when it’s not so easy to find wood for a fire or a good spot to camp.

These kinds of experiences catalyze the formation of deep relationships, and make the scouting community a tight-knit one. This community stepped up to help when it was time for Huska’s service project.

“We had a lot of certified guys out there with chainsaws cutting down the bigger stuff,” Huska said. “We had 32 volunteers working on it. A lot of people had done eagle projects and they come and ask the troop when they can come help. I asked the troop and I got 28 Scouts and their families to come out and help out.”

Lifelong Impact I n t e r m s o f H u s k a ’s favorite Scouting experience, it wasn’t the rafting or the winter camping or even the dog-sledding. It was a canoeing trip to the Apostle Islands in Lake Superior three years ago. They didn’t have cell phone service on the trip, and Huska remembers being shown around a 30-foot Coast Guard Rescue boat.

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Oregon’s newest Eagle Scout, Lukas Huska, organized an effort to clean up Anderson Farm County Park in August.

“It put me in a new perspective for a career to do,” Huska remembers. “Being outdoors more than being in an office — not being confined in an office all day.”

He’s thinking about a career in service, maybe

joining the Air Force since helping others is the greathe’s “not much of a water est part,” Huska said. “You person,” or something in the learn how to serve others.” law enforcement field. But the best part of scouting for Contact Alexander CramHuska isn’t something taner at alexander.cramer@ gible, or a specific memory. wcinet.com.​ “The best part…. I think

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Huska was quick to point out that they had water there with them, enough to put it out if they had to.

But they decided to take the safest route and make sure they got it done correctly.

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Report: Brooklyn tops Netherwood Continued from page 1

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Firefly: New owners to add artisan cheeses Continued from page 1 because that takes time to do right.”

While the Carpenters are excited and nervous about their new venture, Weidler is feeling a mix of sadness, appreciation and excitement, as well.

“I’m kind of a little sad,” she told the Observer during an interview. “It’s hard to leave, but at the same time, I’m happy because I know Jeanne and Uriah are going to take it to the next level.”

Weidler said she’s grateful to her current and past employees for making the business “a rewarding, life-changing experience.”

She doubled the size of the business four years after buying it, expanding the coffeehouse to the other side of the building, which used to house an auto parts store.

Over the course of a decade, Weidler and her staff transformed it into a spacious cafe with couches and comfy chairs and the work of local artists displayed throughout the space. It also hosted social and political activities and events.

Its central location in downtown Oregon made it a

natural gathering place.

The Carpenters, who moved to the village in 1998, plan to add cheeses and other items that appeal to customers who appreciate good food, said Jeanne, who also serves as a trustee on the Village Board.

They’re in the process of acquiring a liquor license.

She told the Observer that she and Uriah have gone to the Firefly “every morning for probably the past at least six or seven years, maybe longer.”

She’s been teaching about cheese there a couple of times per month, and her husband runs a euchre tournament the second Thursday of the month.

Carpenter recounted that when Weidler approached them six months ago to ask if she and Uriah would “ever be interested” in owning the Firefly, “I immediately said yes, and then Uriah made us look at that a little bit longer and study the books and all that.”

“After studying it and talking about it, it was a very easy decision to say yes,” she recalled. “We would be so honored to take the Firefly into the future.”

Carpenter said the Firefly’s 12 staff members have all agreed to stay on for the

transition. “ We a r e a b s o l u t e l y thrilled and thankful that the employees are all staying, and we are depending on them to shepherd us through the coming months and years to come,” she said.

“I have all sorts of ideas,” she added, “but I have to remember – and Uriah keeps telling me – this is our project for the next 20 years, so let’s take our time and do everything right.”

Meanwhile, Weidler is considering her next move.

She relocated to Madison a few years ago and is looking forward to having the time to travel, “get in better shape” – she mentioned training for a marathon on the Firefly’s Facebook page – and reconnecting with friends.

“I’m not learning as much I did in the beginning when this all started,” she observed, “so I want to go out and learn some new stuff.”

“I’m so grateful for the employees and customers we’ve had here,” she said.

“They really made this place a success.”

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category: Prairie View Elementary (81.2), Rome Corners Intermediate (75.3), Oregon High School (75.2) and Oregon Middle School (73.3).

Last year, Netherwood wa s t h e h i g h e s t - r a t e d school at 85.5 and along with Brooklyn “significantly exceeded expectations.” Prairie View just missed the top group with an 81.1 rating and was listed as “exceeds expectations,” with RCI, OMS and OHS each garnering “meets expectations.”

BKE principal Kerri Modjeski said the school has seen “great success” with its reading curriculum and new math curriculum, and credited teachers and staff for “challenging each child to reach their potential.”

“We are lucky, indeed, to work in a district with such gifted professionals,” she wrote the Observer in an email. “Our success is due to every adult who works in the building, parents, and especially the kids.”

NKE principal Chris Kluck said while the report cards are just one measure of students’ experience and progress, the results reflect the collaborative work done at the school and district.

“The district is blesse d w i t h a s u p p o r t iv e

DPI rating system DPI report card accountability rating Significantly exceeds expectations Exceeds expectations Meets expectations Meets few expectations Fails to meet expectations community and parents that provide the resources to care for the needs of all learners,” he wrote the Observer in an email. “It is great to work with a staff that is always looking to be better, and want what is best for our learners.”

Positive grades Public and private schools, as well as public school districts are graded annually on state expectations in four “priority areas” student achievement, student growth, educational equity and preparing students for educational milestones, including college and career readiness.

The 2016-17 report cards use data including two years of Forward and one year of Badger testing, three years of ACT Plus Writing and Dynamic Learning Maps testing and three to five years of data to calculate a graduation rate, according to the news release.

Statewide, more than 82

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percent of public and private choice schools were rated as “meeting expectations” or better — the same as last year — with a vast majority of public school districts rated as “meeting expectations” or better.

Of the school districts rated, 44 “significantly exceeded” expectations, 190 “exceeded” expectations, 166 “met” expectations, 20 “met few” expectations and none were judged as “failing to meet” expectations. Overall, 361 schools “significantly exceeded” expectations, with 719 “exceeding” expectations, 643 “meeting” expectations, 216 “meeting few” expectations and 117 “failing to meet” expectations.

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Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction 2016-17 report card rating Oregon School District 78.6 Brooklyn Elementary 87.3 Netherwood Knoll Elementary 85.7 Prairie View Elementary 81.2 Rome Corners Intermediate 75.3 Oregon Middle School 73.3 Oregon High School 75.2

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Gracz said the plan — last adopted in June 2011 — has remained relatively static over the years, but that it probably will change this time around.

“Last time, we didn’t do (a visioning workshop),” he said. “We had to update it last time in somewhat of a hurry. This time, we’re taking our time to have more community input.”

T h e Wi s c o n s i n S t a t e Department of Natural Resources requires every municipality that applies for a stewardship grant to have a park and open spaces plan that is no more than five years old. If it’s older than that, the municipality has to “at least be in the process of upgrading it,” Gracz explained, which Oregon is.

Municipalities apply for these competitive grants to get money to pay for parks projects. Oregon has received funding from the DNR in recent years to purchase the land that became Ke l l e r A l p i n e M e a d ow Park, for example, and to develop the Rotary Bike Trail, Gracz said The five-year plans are also helpful for village staff when they’re considering how to use the village’s space moving forward, Gracz said.

“We use it all the time,” h e s a i d . “ Fo r ex a m p l e when we annex property, we use it as a framework when doing the analysis (of how we’re going to use the land).”

The village has hired Vandewalle & Associates to guide it through the process of updating the plan.

In total, the village will pay the firm about $14,000, according to the Nov. 1 Park Board meeting packet.

The consultants will provide the framework for the meeting, including an agenda, discussion questions and worksheets for

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Oregon’s 2011 outdoor recreation plan map. The village is seeking public input on how best to update the plan at a visioning workshop on Dec. 6 at Village Hall from 6 p.m. — 8 p.m.

Timeline Dec./Jan.: Public input workshop, focus groups Jan./Feb.: Park and recreation plan first draft presented to park board Feb./March: Second draft presented to board March/April: Final draft/park board approval Spring/summer: Plan reviewed by plan commission, village board; submitted to DNR participants to talk through.

The actual brainstorming work will be done by citizen attendees, with consultants and city officials taking a back seat. The goal is to find out “where we should be investing,” Gracz said.

In addition to this workshop, Vandewalle & Associates will host eight focus groups to gather input from

“key Village stakeholders during a half-day at Village Hall,” according to the plan.

“We did the very same thing when we did the civic campus plan,” Gracz said of the information-gathering sessions, “and that was very helpful.”

The consultants hope to engage participants from diverse interest groups for the focus groups, including

ents/Guardians: We would like to share with you information about the Oregon School District’s academic standards, our school accountability report card, our students’ educational options and information about the special needs scholarship program as required by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55.

Academic Standards Our academic standards for each grade level and course are available on the Oregon School District’s website under District Information and then Curriculum. The link is: http://www.oregonsd. org/district.cfm?subpage=123. The District uses the ACT College and Career Readiness Standards and Common Core State Standards as a foundation for curriculum and instruction in Mathematics and English Language Arts. In science, we align our curriculum with the Next Generation Science Standards. We also use the Wisconsin Academic Standards as well as standards developed by subject specific professional organizations.

School Report Card The 2016-2017 Report Card for each school is located on our website under District Information and then DPI (Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction) Report Card. The link is: http://www.oregonsd.org/district.cfm?subpage=6170.

The score for each school and the District are listed below: School, Score, Performance Category Brooklyn Elementary, 87.3, Significantly Exceeds Expectations Netherwood Knoll Elementary, 85.7, Significantly Exceeds Expectations Prairie View Elementary, 81.2, Exceeds Expectations Rome Corners Intermediate, 75.3, Exceeds Expectations Oregon Middle, 73.3, Exceeds Expectations Oregon High, 75.2, Exceeds Expectations Oregon School District, 78.6, Exceeds Expectations Educational Options The following is a list of educational options that exist within our Oregon School District community:

Public Elementary / Intermediate Schools, Public Secondary Schools, Open Enrollment to other Public Schools, Non-Public School Options Brooklyn Elementary, Netherwood Knoll Elementary, Prairie View Elementary, Rome Corners Intermediate, Oregon Middle, Oregon High Students may apply to attend other public schools outside of the Oregon School District. See DPI for information on eligibility and the application process: http://dpi.wi.gov/open-enrollment Home-based Private Educational Program. See DPI for more information: https://apps4.dpi.wi.gov/homeschoolparent/ Virtual Charter Schools. See DPI for information on eligibility and availability: http://dpi.wi.gov/imt/digital-learning/virtual-schools Our students also have two additional options to take courses offered by other school districts and institutions of higher education through the 2017-18 school year: Youth Options: The Youth Options program allows public high school juniors and seniors in good standing (academic and behavioral) to take postsecondary courses at a Wisconsin technical college, a UW system college or university, or a Wisconsin private, nonprofit college or university. This is a great opportunity for students to get a head start on a technical certificate, associate or bachelor’s degree, learn more about a field of interest, or develop skills for entering the workforce immediately after high school graduation. You may find more information in the Oregon High School’s Student Handbook and the District’s website under Oregon High School and Academics: http://www.oregonsd.org/OregonHigh. cfm?subpage=6464 Course Options: The Course Options program provides a means for Wisconsin students to take up to two courses at one time for either no cost or up to one-half tuition costs to the student that are offered by other Wisconsin school districts, charter schools, various higher education institutions and approved nonprofit organizations. The following link provides additional information from DPI

c o n s e r va t i o n i s t s , t e a m sports organizers, anglers, hikers and school district recreation staff. This information will be used to guide the planning process for future athletic fields, multi-purpose parks and passive recreation trails, according to the Vandewalle & Associates plan.

The information gathered at these listening sessions will be incorporated into the village’s new parks and open spaces plan, the first draft of which will be tentatively presented at the January or February park board meeting, Gracz said, with the plan finalized and ready for approval by March or Photo by Alexander Cramer April.

In 2011, the village made it a goal to have a master plan for each of its parks, and is currently working on the plan for Contact Alexander Cram- Jaycee Park. Village administrator Mike Gracz said those er at alexander.cramer@ plans ensure “that when you lay out a park, you don’t have wcinet.com.​ to move it or replace it in a couple of years” and helps planners avoid potential pitfalls like planting trees in the wrong place.

Legals NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AMENDING SIGN REGULATIONS AND CREATING A NEIGHBORHOOD SIGN OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICT VILLAGE OF OREGON PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Planning Commission of the Village of Oregon will hold a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 7, 2017 in the Board Room of the Oregon Village Hall, 117 Spring Street, Oregon, Wisconsin, for the purpose of receiving comments on proposed amendments to the Village of Oregon Code of Ordinances relating to Sign Regulations and the creation of a Neighborhood Identification Sign Zoning Overlay zoning district.

A copy of the proposed amendments to the Code of Ordinances is on file at the office of the Village Clerk. Office hours of the Clerk are 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and 7:30 to 12:00 on Friday.

Subsequent to the hearing, the Commission intends to deliberate and act upon the proposed amendments.

Any person who has a qualifying disability as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act that requires the meeting or materials at the meeting to be in an accessible location or format must contact the Village Clerk at (608) 835-3118, 117 Spring Street, Oregon, Wisconsin, at least twenty-four hours prior to the commencement of the meeting so that any necessary arrangements can be made to accommodate each request Peggy S.K. Haag Village Clerk Published: November 23 and 30, 2017 WNAXLP ***

OREGON SCHOOL DISTRICT ACT 55 ANNUAL NOTICE AND NOTICE OF SPECIAL NEEDS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM NOVEMBER 2017 Dear Oregon School District Par-

about Course Options including the application form: http://dpi.wi.gov/courseoptions Special Needs Scholarship Program If you are a parent or guardian of a student with a disability, the State of Wisconsin has established the “Special Needs Scholarship Program.” Through this program, a child with a disability who has been denied enrollment in a nonresident school district under the full-time open enrollment process may be eligible to receive a scholarship from DPI that allow the child to attend an eligible private school that is participating in the program beginning with the 2016-17 school year.

This is a state-administered program. If you are interested in this program, you should verify the participating private schools and the specific terms, eligibility criteria, and application procedures with DPI. You may find more information on DPI’s website at http://dpi. wi.gov/sms/special-needs-scholarship.

We thank you for your continued support and partnership as we seek to provide your student with the necessary opportunities to achieve his or her maximum potential. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or any of the District’s administrators.

Sincerely, Dr. Brian Busler District Superintendent Published: November 30, 2017 WNAXLP ***

AGENDA OREGON TOWN BOARD TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2017 6:30 P.M. OREGON TOWN HALL 1138 UNION ROAD, OREGON, WI 53575

6:30 p.m. Board Meeting 1. Call Town Board meeting to order.

2. Roll Call.

3. Approval of minutes from previous meeting.

4. Financial Report and Acceptance.

5. Public Comments.

6. Appearance by Payne and Dolan, 6295 Lacy Road, Fitchburg, WI 53593.

7. Discussion and Possible Approval of Recommendation from Plan Commission: a. Land Rezone and CUP Request.

Petition # DCPREZ-2017-11228. Parcel # 0509-223-8080-0; 5459 County Highway A, Brooklyn, WI 53521. The request is to rezone 8.67 acres from RH-3 to A-2(3) and a conditional use permit (CUP) for sanitary fixtures in agricultural accessory building. Owner and applicant is Robert Switzky,1608 W. South Street; Stoughton, WI, 53589. b. Robert and Christine Dicke, 6205 Knollwood Dr., requesting a variance from Dane County for a height restriction on a new home to be built at 5886 County Highway A, Brooklyn, WI 53521.

8. Discussion and possible Action re: Hofer Living Trust, Parcel # 0509131-9270; property located on County Highway MM; annexing 17.81 acres to the Village of Oregon.

9. Communication and Action of the Dane County Board – Bollig.

10. Appointment of Election Inspectors: Jackie Burmeister, Mike Burhalter, Sharon Christensen, Becki Clark, Beth Cox, Kathy Dauck, Beth Garvoille, Kate Gladding, Len Fabian, Laurie Fitzgerald, Lori Goodspeed, Myra Hann, Ruth Jeschke, Lyn Johannsen, Bob Johnson, Chris Johnson, Katie Kasubaski, Maria Kluever, Betty Kluever, Sue Moreland, Bev Nehls, Linda Orloff, Laura Richardson, Wanda Schrank, Julie Seaborg, Cindee Schuetz, Sandy Shackelford, Brad Smith, Sheila Spear, Liz Van Kampen, Kathy Wolf.

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

12. Park Committee Report and Action – Root.

13. Anderson Farm Park Report – Root.

14. Assessor’s Report and Recommendation – Blomstrom.

15. Building Inspection Services Report – Arnold.

16. Constable’s Report – Maher.

17. Plan Commission Report and Recommendation - Christensen.

18. Discussion and possible Approval re: Ordinance No. 86 Parking Ban on Town Roads in Winter.

19. Public Works and TORC Report – Ace. 20. Discussion and possible Approval re: Resolution No. 01-2018; Adopting 2018 Town Fee Schedule.

21. Discussion and possible Action re: Update on work for exterior of garage and buildings.

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

23. Board Communications/ Future Agenda Items.

24. Set Date of January 2018 Caucus (Date between January 2nd and January 21st).

25. Approval of payment vouchers – Arnold.

26. Clerk’s Report – Arnold.

27. Adjournment.

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

Posted November 28, 2017 Published November 30, 2017 WNAXLP ***

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