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Focusing on ‘process’ New board president Sullivan seeks varied opinions SCOTT DE LARUELLE Unified Newspaper Group

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A portion of Veterans Road is limited to one-way traffic as construction crews repave the street.

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As the saying goes, there are only two seasons in Wisconsin, winter and construction.

While we’re thankful one has finally ended – at least we hope so – the other is just gearing up.

The city will be lined with orange construction cones and fences around numerous road and commercial construction projects starting this month.

Commercial projects include continued growth at Kettle Park West.

The westside commercial center will add a McFarland State Bank, a Tru

by Hilton Hotel and a senior residential facility, all of which are expected to start construction before summer.

T h e c i t y i s a l s o bu i l d i n g a 83,000-square-foot public works facility on the east side. Construction is already underway and is set to be completed by the end of the year.

Commuters can expect to see several significant road construction projects in the coming months. Six roads will undergo total reconstruction and be closed for about four

months as they get new pavement, storm sewer, water and sanitary sewer.

Those are parts of Veterans Road, South Gjertson Street, Forrest Street, Vernon Street, Academy Street and Kristi Lane. Those sections will be closed to through traffic throughout the construction, starting next month until the anticipated completion at the end of August.

Public works director Brett Hebert told the Hub in an email residents

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Environmentalists organize Stoughton Grows Green Day Events include info on natural lawn care BILL LIVICK Unified Newspaper Group

Town of Rutland

Radio tower proposal returns Magnum proposal back in Rutland SCOTT DE LARUELLE Unified Newspaper Group

Nearly four years after the Rutland Planning Commission and Town Board spurned the last proposal by Magnum

Communications to build a nearly 500-foot radio tower, the company could be coming back for yet another try.

Magnum Communications representatives w i l l m a ke a “ p r e l i m i nary appearance” at the 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 7, meeting of the Planning Commission, chairman Mark Porter told the

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Observer in an email.

He said the company has made “no petition or request as yet,” and that company owner Dave Magnum will present “whatever his proposal is at the meeting.” No action will be taken other than an “informal thumbs up/down from the commission,” Porter wrote.

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If You Go What: Rutland Plan Commission Meeting When: 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 7 Where: Rutland Town Hall, 785 Center Road Info: Call 455-3925 or visit town.rutland.wi.us

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Environmental-action advocates Sustainable Stoughton is teaming up with other groups to present natural lawn-care strategies Saturday at an event organizers are calling Stoughton Grows Green Day. The goal is to educate people about natural lawn care practices and ultimately reduce the amount of synthetic chemical fertilizers and pesticides used on lawns and gardens.

T h e m a i n eve n t w i l l take place from 1-3 p.m. a t Ve t e r a n ’s P a r k o n South Page Street, where

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AMBER LEVENHAGEN

It’s all about the process.

That’s going to be the focus for new Stoughton Area school board president Frank Sullivan, who now leads a relatively inexperienced board in a district filled with challenges and opportunities ahead.

Sullivan, who first served on the board from 2013-15 then was appointed in October 2017, told the Hub he hopes to change the “process” of how the board operates, in search of better communication, better efficiency and ultimately, better decision-making.

“At heart, I’m a process guy,” said Sullivan, who heads the Medicaid Fraud and Elder Abuse unit as an assistant attorney general in

the Wisconsin Department of Justice. “It’s important to me we have a board that agrees on how to frame and discuss issues, (which) is not the same as a board that agrees on everything.” Sullivan He said his priorities for this year are “developing a strong relationship among the board members, figuring out processes that work for open, transparent decision making and getting us to a point where we can make decision quickly using the right data.”

S u l l iva n s a i d h e h a s a“tremendous amount of respect” for his predecessor Scott Dirks, who did not seek re-election this year after nearly two years as board president, citing the time demands of his job.

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The Norwegian Dancers pose on the beach in Virginia, which the group visited for its annual spring break trip. The dancers visited schools, performed and relaxed throughout their trip.

Norwegian Dancers visit Virginia The Stoughton High School Norwegian Dancers returned from their annual Spring Break Tour at the end of March tired and full of fond memories.

This year’s tour took S t o u g h t o n ’s G o o d w i l l Ambassadors to Virginia for the first time in the group’s 65-year history, with visits to Virginia Beach, Williamsburg and Hampton.

Tour coordinator Liz Eugster said she was amazed at the overwhelming response she received from the people they visited in Virginia.

“Everyone I spoke with while planning the tour were so excited to have the dancers come and perform for them,” Eugster said.

The eight-day tour included 13 performances, with at least one each day

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“There is never enough sleep on tour,” said director Staci Heimsoth. “But the dancers always rise to the occasion, and this year’s group was no exception.

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The dancers also managed to squeeze in some fun time enjoying an afternoon at Busch Gardens, an afternoon of climbing and zip lining at an adventure park, an escape room experience and time on the beach or visiting the aquarium.

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“Every dancer had a bed to sleep in and we didn’t have to move every 2-3 nights like we usually do,” said senior student leader Courtney Krabbe. “It was really fun to have all the girls together every night.”

Matt Read, also a senior student leader, recalled what a great time the guys had too.

“Being able to sit in the hot tub, play pool, and unwind as a group every night was a lot of fun,” he said.

The first engagement on the schedule was an annual ceremony commemorating the shipwreck of the Dictator in 1891. The ship had left Moss, Norway, and was headed for Virginia Beach.

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Norwegian Lady Statues were erected in Moss and Virginia Beach, facing one another across the Atlantic in memory of those who died on that ship.

Each March, both cities hold a memorial service on the same day to remember that tragedy. In Virginia Beach, it takes place on the boardwalk and a wreath is placed in the ocean following the ceremony. Timing it just right, the dancers were present at the ceremony and were the featured entertainment on the outdoor Virginia Beach boardwalk stage.

A Sons of Norway lodge hosted the dancers for an amazing potluck complete with a cake to welcome them to the area. They were so appreciative and enjoyed eating and visiting with the dancers before the hour

long performance.

There were many opportunities for the dancers to mingle with their hosts.

Most of the performances had built in time for either a meal together, a reception afterwards or time to mingle before dancing.

“You meet so many kind and wonderful people when you travel with the dancers.

It was really fun,” Eugster said.

The itinerary also included stops at seven different schools. The entire school board showed up at Old Donation school in Virginia Beach. Most of the schools had around 500 students and the noise in them was deafening as the kids enjoyed the Halling dance (the boys’ show-off dance), but the students also listened attentively when they

were supposed to.

“One school had 95 percent poverty rate,” recalled Heimsoth. “I noticed one of the students clinging to her teacher. The teacher told me afterward that the kids get nervous just before they go on spring break because they don’t know if they will eat next week.”

The school sends home big bags of food they call “beach bags” with the students as they leave for break.

“That was a tough crowd at first, but I wasn’t worried.

The students laughed at the dancers as they entered on their first dance, but within 2-3 dances we had them hooked,” Heimsoth said.

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Staffing changes in City Hall The city finance director and clerk positions are reverting back to their previous responsibilities under a plan the Common Council approved unanimously Monday night.

The main changes include removing economic development and clerk oversight duties from the finance director and making the city clerk a department head, with oversight of administrative assistants and the deputy clerk.

With the changes approved by the coun cil Monday, the city will begin advertising for a new finance director this week, human resources/risk management director A.J. Gillingham told the Hub..

T h e c o u n c i l ’s a c t i o n restores the those two positions closer to what they were prior to December 2013, when the council approved a request from then-Mayor Donna Olson.

That action consolidated the clerk and finance offices to form a new department, added the title of e c o n o m i c d eve l o p m e n t director to the finance position and established a human resources/risk management department.

M a y o r Ti m S w a d l e y would also like to establish an economic development position, an idea he brought up while campaigning for mayor this year. But that won’t happen this year, he said, because the funding is not in the city’s 2018 budget.

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Council plans to interview, pick from applicants June 12 BILL LIVICK Unified Newspaper Group

With the election of Mayor Tim Swadley, the Common Council is looking for District 1 residents interested filling his vacant seat on the council.

The council decided Tuesday, April 24, to appoint someone for the seat, which expires in April 2019. That would give the appointed person “a decent amount of time to get a feel for being an alder” and decide whether they want to run in the April 2019 election, said Ald. Denise Duranczyk (Dist. 1).

Applicants will be asked to appear before council June 12 to answer questions in person.

Duranczyk said waiting until the June 12 meeting, rather than the council’s May 22 meeting, will give

How to apply To apply for the seat, visit the city’s website at cityofstoughton. com, stop in at City Hall or email clerk Holly Licht, HLicht@ci. stoughton.wi.us. The application deadline is 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 5. people “time to think about it” and the city “time to get the word out” about the opening.

The council agreed unanimously.

Interested candidates must complete an application and fill out a questionnaire. The application deadline is 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 5. The seat is open only to residents of District 1, which is the north-central part of the city, roughly north of Jackson Street, between Lincoln, Page and Division streets.

City attorney Matt Dregne told the

council it had four options in handling the vacancy: - It could leave the seat vacant until the April 2019 election.

- It could appoint someone to serve until the April 2019 election.

- It could leave seat vacant until it holds a special election in November 2018.

- It could appoint someone to serve until a special election in November.

The council decided not to have a special election in November because of the additional cost to the city, which clerk Holly Licht estimated could be as much as $2,000.

The council is well-versed in the procedure of appointing people to fill a vacant seat. It has done so numerous times in the past, most recently in January, when it appointed Duranczyk to fill a seat vacated by the resignation of Dennis Kittleson.

Contact Bill Livick at bill.livick@ wcinet.com

Town of Pleasant Springs

Three road work projects begin next week Church St., Shadyside Dr., Tracy Lane among projects

next week, with three projects slated to begin, and two more to follow the week of May 14.

Church Street, Shadyside Drive and Road construction season in the Tracy Lane will be pulverized and Town of Pleasant Springs will begin graded next week and paved the week

of May 14. Oak Knoll Lane and roads in the Petty Acres subdivision will be pulverized and graded the week of May 14 and paved the following week.

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Tower: Proposal returns for third time since 2011 Continued from page 1 If there is indeed another proposal from the Tomahbased company, it will be the third since 2011, when Magnum sought to build a tower on farmland owned by siblings and longtime farmers David Soldwedel and Sue Wollin. It set off strong public opposition and some of the longest town meetings in recent history.

Company officials had said the proposed tower could service a future FM station in Stoughton.

Tower opponents have said its size and lights would mar the rural landscape and reduce nearby property values, while proponents have

said a local radio station could improve emergency communication and air broadcasts of local high school sports.

In February 2011, nearly 40 residents testified in public hearing on a Magnum Communications proposal to build a 488-foot radio tower on 15.5 acres at 3768 Old Stage Road – with most in opposition.

Later that year, town officials voted not to rezone the land from its exclusive agriculture district status. Magnum appealed the town’s vote but was rebuffed by a Dane County judge.

After being rejected in 2011, Magnum Communications came back three years later with a similar

plan on the same site, but the result was the same. In June 2014, Rutland Planning Commission and Town Board members unanimously voted down a proposal to build a 486-foot radio on the property and again did not rezone the land.

During a three-hour meeting attended by nearly 50 people, slightly more than half registered in opposition to the proposal.

Then-Town Chair Dale Beske said town officials felt the zoning change wouldn’t conform with state and county rules designed to preserve farmland. Magnum’s attorney, William White, said the town “totally ignored” a state law created in 2013 that restricted local authority over

siting radio towers.

“It sets us on a confrontational course of action,” he said. “That isn’t where we wanted to go. We wanted to be collaborative and cooperative as part of the community.

But we’ll do the best we can to deliver the services that we think people want.”

Beske said town officials felt they “had to follow Dane County zoning rules on this.”

“It’s unfortunate that the state Legislature saw fit to take the local control away,” he said.

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Instead, the Personnel and Council Affairs/Community Policy committee will discuss the city’s needs and job description for an economic development director.

“The two committees are going to meet and discuss the job descriptions to define what it is that we’re looking for in Stoughton,” Swadley told the Hub on Tuesday.

“We still have to figure out how we’re going to fund that position, but the first thing is to define the need for it,” he added.

“And if we do feel there’s a need, what responsibilities would we want that person to have.”

The city is in the process of recruiting for a new finance director after Tammy LaBorde announced last month she is resigning May 25 to take a job as manager in the Village of River Hills.

Gillingham said removing economic development responsibilities from the finance director’s office would “broaden the candidate pool for the finance director position, as there is a limited number of accountants that have the economic and clerk’s department experience.”

Swadley said the finance director would “still have a role when it comes to tax-increment financing and the financial aspects of economic development, but the marketing and meeting with developers is really outside most finance directors’ areas of expertise.”

The council also approved updated job descriptions for clerk and finance director.

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very Sunday morning, Mom put a dime into a little envelope that had the date already printed on it, licked it shut and pressed it into my “hot, little hands.”

She was always calling my hands that, and I thought she was just jealous because hers were so ice-cold that the goats danced when she touched their udders.

It turned out that I grossly misunderstood what she was implying – and I needed to run with a different sort of herd to correct it.

Regular Wollin-Dunn school all week was bad enough, so an extra hour on the weekend with a whole different pack of kids and teachers – Sunday school – was really a lot to ask. But mom insisted, and dad didn’t mind the drive to the little country church in the opposite direction of every other drive we took.

The side-door of the church was too heavy for little kids to open, but there were always a lot of adults who were really happy to see children and they’d open that door like they were parting a mighty sea for us.

The men had rough hands, with cracks all over them from going from wet to dry all the time milking cows, and fingernails that couldn’t let go of the tractor grease under them.

The crinkly lines at the edges of their eyes were white compared to their tanned faces, as if they smiled all day long, every day, at their crops and the sun and the dirt. The men smiled so much they

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even smiled on the Sabbath, when they herded children instead of Holsteins.

The women had softer hands, usually, but they didn’t smile as much, for fear they might mess up the lipstick they only wore a few hours a week. My aunt in the city wore lipstick every day, and she smiled a lot without ever having to think twice about it.

When we said the Lord’s Prayer, the church ladies often forgot about their lipstick for a minute and led us through without ever missing a word. Probably because they did it every day and never had to think twice about it.

That church basement smelled like coffee, and old carpeting and was full of different-sized chairs for different-sized kids. All of them were hard. Squirming was frowned upon, but sometimes it couldn’t be helped if your rear-end got sore, so it was a good thing they had us stand up pretty often.

We all squirmed and stood up, and we sang a little and sat back down, then the pastor told us a story, we stood up to pray and sat back down to give our offerings.

When the pastor was done with us, he opened the door and ascended into heaven.

Not really. He just went upstairs to get ready for the church service, but I knew that ascending means to go up, and it seemed likely that in his big, white robe he could have floated up those stairs and just kept on going, all the way.

It was at that point each week when my hot, little hands could be a problem. Because I had an envelope that was meant for the collection plate, and once I went from having a dime in my envelope each week to a quarter, I suddenly started having trouble giving it up.

It was most tempting when we carpooled with some other kids.

That didn’t happen often, because they usually had too many farm chores to go to church, which was a mighty blessing on my soul.

But when it did, I had real dilemma.

There was an old country store in that tiny little church village, and when those other parents drove us, it was easy to convince them to stop on the way home. My favorite candy bar just happened to cost exactly 25 cents.

On those days, I didn’t hear a single word of the pastor’s story.

When the two kids stood up front with their wooden collection plates, I wrestled with the devil. I knew I could lie and act like I forgot my offering by shrugging and just passing the plate on down so I could buy myself that candy bar, or I could give my quarter to God to help starving kids so they could eat rice and maybe get a fly-swatter too.

I do not remember every Bible lesson that I was supposed to learn back then, but it was regularly repeated to me that I was a little lamb. They told me I was lovingly surrounded by a whole herd of good sheep and that Jesus was our shepherd – which made sense to a farm kid.

After giving some serious consideration to this information during my uncomfortable Sunday struggles, I determined that while my goats might very much like my hot, little hands, sheep most certainly did not. And, thankfully, simply getting rid of that little envelope always cooled them right down.

Kelsey Wollin-Dunn is a Town of Rutland resident.

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Green: Informational day planned for May 5

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Hebert said a UW team concluded its study last year and determined that “pesticides are effective, but not necessary for every green space.”

Under the integrated pest management program, public works staff measures weed density in a particular area and if it’s below a 15 percent threshold on “Class A turf,” Herbert explained, “we can use some alternative methods for weed control, like aeration, overseeding, or the way that we mow.”

He said Veteran’s Park is in some ways “a pilot project” for the city.

“We’re committed to this park, and it’s not like a oneyear thing,” Hebert said.

“There are folks in town who feel strongly about this, and we definitely what to give them an opportunity to have a park that’s pesticide free. The weed Why go natural? pressures were low enough Natural lawn care empha- there that we decided to use sizes building healthy soils the alternatives.” instead of applying pesticides to control weed Contact Bill Livick at bill. growth, Anderson explained. livick@wcinet.com

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Dan Jenks has “prepped” for this week.

But it was still “almost surreal,” he told the Hub Monday, to begin his final week as a lieutenant in the Stoughton Police Department Jenks as he retires effective Friday, May 4.

“I just kind of wanted to go out while I could still play the game, more or less,” Jenks said. “I still felt very confident as far as performing as a police officer.

“I’d much rather go on a good note and feeling good

about my job.”

At 55 – he turned that age Tuesday – the Stoughton native has spent 23 years with SPD, the last four as a lieutenant. He previously worked for the DeForest Police Department, and before that, he held myriad other jobs until he got into law enforcement at 28.

“I had a lot of things I liked,” he said, but those other jobs “just sort of steered me toward: I’d really rather work with people.”

Jenks grew up across the street from Stoughton’s police chief and said seeing police cars around “maybe intrigued me somewhat” toward the eventual career.

He said he’s especially thankful for the community over his years here – and the support going

Retirement party honors Brenny Stoughton Hospital CEO’s last day is June 1 Terry Brenny, Stought o n H o s p i t a l ’s C E O for the last 28 years, announced his retirement last October.

A retirement party in his honor will be held Thursday, May 10, at the hospital, 900 Ridge St. Brenny Brenny helped lead the hospital through major modifications and challenges, such as the conversion to electronic health records, the beginning of the Home Health program and the recent $13.2 million renovation project completed last year.

He will be succeeded by Dan Degroot on May 7.

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The avid outdoorsman – he enjoys hunting, fi s h i n g a n d h o r s e b a c k riding among his favorite activities – also liked his coworkers, and said he loved it when he could “feel the vibe of the community” here in Stoughton.

“For me, I don’t know if I could’ve found a better job,” he said, pausing, “or it found me.”

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“I’m very thankful to have had a job where the community supports it,” he said. “When you think about how, if things go well in law enforcement or other government jobs, we’re really taken care of by the community as a whole.”

Working as an officer was especially gratifying, he said, when seeing families or people that were “getting into trouble” with the law “just straighten it out.”

“That’s kind of neat,” he

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“It’s an approach that focuses on processes vs. the conventional approach of purchasing a chemical product that you buy and apply like fertilizers and pesticides,” he said. “Natural lawn care includes the ‘diet’ that you put into the soil – composts, organic fertilizers and things such as leaf mulch and lawn clippings.”

Science has linked human exposure to pesticides to behavioral, reproductive, immune and nervous system disorders, and found that children are particularly susceptible to the negative effects of synthetic chemicals.

Along with feeding the soil, there are physical techniques like mowing no shorter than three inches, watering properly at one inch per week, and aerating once in the spring and once in the fall to promote healthy turf, Anderson explained.

He noted that natural lawn care typically takes about five years to get the desired results. It’s a slow and deliberate strategy to improve soil and turf health, he said.

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Before that, the center’s program and communications manager, Ryan Anderson, will set up a table at Asleson’s True Value Hardware from 10 a.m. to noon with brochures and information about eco-friendly lawn care products.

Stoughton public works director Brett Hebert will be on hand to explain the city’s approach to turf maintenance, known as integrated pest management, “which is designed to limit or eliminate our use of pesticides in our green spaces,” he said.

Hebert told the Hub that Veteran’s Park is the city’s first property to be maintained without the use of chemicals.

“We’re not using any pesticides there because we feel we’re to a point where the weed concentration is low enough that we can use alternative methods to maintain it,” he explained. “ E ve r y p a r k t h a t w e maintain is part of the IPM program,” Hebert added, “but Veteran’s Park is the one park where we feel the weed pressure is low enough that we can use other methods.”

Saturday’s activities are designed to educate people about alternatives if they have fears or concerns about synthetic chemical pesticides, Hebert said.

Sustainable Stoughton has been working with environmental groups from Madison and throughout the Midwest since its founding in 2014.

A year earlier, a group called Naturally Stoughton formed locally to encourage the city to reduce its use of pesticides in city parks and playing fields. The two groups merged in 2014 as Sustainable Stoughton and began working with turf experts at University of Wisconsin Extension, who launched a study of turf management practices at Racetrack Park.

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Electronics recycling

sheet music generally provided.

The fundraiser will benefit mission For information, contact Emily work.

Recycle old cell phones and other Beebe at 712-2976 or etbeebe13@ For information, call 873-3272. used electronics at the senior center gmail.com.

Pain relief program and Hanson Electronics, 2384 JackFarmers Market son St. Learn about pain relief during a Recycling these materials helps The Friday Farmers Market opens program at the senior center starting keep harmful chemicals out of land- for the season at 7 a.m. May 4, at the at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 9. fills, and 90 percent of proceeds ben- Stoughton Shopping Plaza, 1050 W. The program will focus on periphefit the senior center.

Main St. eral neuropathy. Attendees will learn For information, call 873-8585.

The market will continue every the sign and symptoms, strategies for comfort and what clinics have to Friday until the end of October.

Food budgeting For information, visit localhar- offer.

Is budgeting for food tight? Food- vest.org/stoughton-farmers-marFor information, call 873-8585.

Share Wisconsin, a food assistance ket-M805.

FOL meeting program for individuals with low or Faith stories no income, may be able to help.

The Friends of the Stoughton PubWorking people or those receiving St. Ann’s Parish will continue its lic Library will hold a board meeting Social Security, SSI, SSDI or Unem- “Our Faith Stories” series with a dis- at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 9, at the ployment may be eligible for the pro- cussion led by Albie Droessler and library. gram if their monthly income is less Pat Dreyer at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, May Visitors are welcome to attend. than $1,862 for one person; $2,522 6, in St. Ann’s Church’s Healy Hall, There will be an opportunity to meet for two people; $3,182 for three peo- 323 N. Van Buren St. the group and learn how to become ple; or $3,842 for four people.

Each month, the parish asks involved.

To make an appointment for free parishioners to share how they see For information, visit stoughtonliapplication assistance, call the Food- God working in their lives. brary.org/friends.

Share Helpline at 1-877-366-3635.

For information, call 873-7633.

Yahara River Hootenanny

Visit the Yahara River Grocery Cooperative, 229 E. Main St., for their monthly Yahara River Hootenanny, a song-sharing circle for musicians and singers, from 10 a.m. to noon on the first Saturdays of the month through November.

The event is open to all ages, abilities and acoustic instruments with

Baha’i Faith

For information: Alfred Skerpan, 877-0911 or Gail and Greg Gagnon, 873-9225 us.bahai.org Stoughton study classes.

Prairie program

Fundraiser lunch Visit Stoughton United Methodist Church, 525 Lincoln Ave., from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, May 7, for a salad lunch and fundraiser.

Cost is $8 a plate and includes fruit, pasta, jello, garden salads, cookies, cakes and bars. The lunch is all you can eat, and there are options to either take out or dine in.

Covenant Lutheran Church

Bible Baptist Church

1525 N. Van Buren St., Stoughton • 873-7494 covlutheran@gmail.com • covluth.org Wednesday: 6:30 p.m. Worship Saturday: 5:30 p.m. Worship Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Worship, 10 a.m. School

Christ Lutheran Church

515 E. Main St., Stoughton • 834-9050 ezrachurch.com Sunday: 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

2095 Hwy. W, Utica 873-7077 • 423-3033 Sunday: 10 a.m. - Worship; 6 p.m. - Worship 700 Hwy. B, Stoughton 873-9353 • e-mail: office@clcstoughton.org Sunday worship times: 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., 9:10 a.m. family express worship, 9:40 a.m. Sunday school.

Christ the King Community Church

Ezra Church

First Lutheran Church

310 E. Washington, Stoughton 873-7761 • flcstoughton.com Sunday: 8:30 & 10 a.m. worship

Seventh Day Baptist Church of Albion

616 Albion Rd., Edgerton 561-7450 • albionsdb@gmail.com forministry.com/USWISDBGCASD1 Worship Saturday 11- Sabbath School 10 Fellowship Meal follows service on first Sabbath

Stoughton Baptist Church

Corner of Williams Dr. & Cty. B, Stoughton 873-6517 Sunday: 10:30 a.m. - Worship; 6 p.m. - Evening Service

St. Ann Catholic Church

323 N. Van Buren St., Stoughton 873-6448 • 873-7633 Weekday Mass: Nazareth House and St. Ann’s Church Weekend Mass: Saturday - 5:15 p.m.; Sunday - 8 and 10:30 a.m.

Fulton Church

401 W. Main St., Stoughton • 877-0303 christthekingcc.org • Sunday: 10 a.m. - Worship

Christian Assembly Church

1844 Williams Drive, Stoughton • 873-9106 Saturday: 6 p.m. worship; Sunday: 10 a.m. worship

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

825 S. Van Buren, Stoughton 877-0439 • Missionaries 957-3930 Sunday: 9 a.m. Sunday school and Primary

Cooksville Lutheran Church

Learn about life on the prairie during a presentation at the Sons of Norway-Mandt Lodge, 317 S. Page St., at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 9.

Richard Moen will present his story “A Blind Man on the Prairie,” which tells the story of a Norwegian immigrant who grew up blind on the Koshkonong Prairie in the 1800s.

For information, call 873-7209.

11927 W. Church St., Evansville 882-4408 Pastor Karla Brekke Sunday: 10 a.m. Worship and Sunday School

9209 Fulton St., Edgerton 884-8512 • fultonchurch.org Sunday: 8 and 10:30 a.m. Worship Services Coffee Fellowship: 9 a.m.

Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Varsity (High Schoolers): 12-3 p.m.

AWANA (age 2-middle school): 3-5 p.m.

United Methodist of Stoughton 525 Lincoln Avenue, Stoughton stoughtonmethodist.org Stoughtonumc@Wisconsinumc.org Sunday: 8 a.m. - Short Service; 10 a.m. - Full Worship

Good Shepherd By The Lake Lutheran Church

1860 Hwy. 51 at Lake Kegonsa, Stoughton 873-5924 Sunday Worship: 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

Education hour for all ages: 9:15 a.m.

Adult Bible Study: 9:15-9:45 a.m.

West Koshkonong Lutheran Church

LakeView Church

2200 Lincoln Ave., Stoughton 873-9838 • lakevc.org Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Worship

1911 Koshkonong, Stoughton Sunday: 10:30 a.m. - Worship

Western Koshkonong Lutheran Church

2633 Church St., Cottage Grove Sunday: 9:30 a.m. worship 11 a.m. Bible study

‌Thursday, May 3‌

• 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., Appetite for the Arts lunch and program (registration required by May 2), senior center, 873-8585‌ • 1-5 p.m., Personal Essentials Pantry, 343 E. Main St., pepstoughton.org‌ • 3:15 p.m., Chess club, library, 873-6281‌ • 6:30 p.m., Craft Club: Plant it!, library, 873-6281‌

‌Friday, May 4‌

• 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., Farmers market, Stoughton Shopping Plaza, 1050 W. Main St., localharvest.org/stoughton-farmers-market‌ • 1 p.m., Friday movie: Murder on the Orient Express, senior center, 873-8585‌

‌Saturday, May 5‌

• 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., Free comic book day, library, 873-6281‌ • 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Stoughton Grows Green Day, True Value and Veteran’s Park, bit.ly/SGGday‌ • 2 p.m., Paint a Mural: Express Yourself (ages 7-11), library, 873-6281‌

‌Monday, May 7‌

• 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Salad lunch and fundraiser, Stoughton United Methodist Church, 525 Lincoln Ave., 873-3272‌

‌Tuesday, May 8‌

• 11:30 a.m., Smart food shopping presentation, senior center, 873-8585‌ • 4 p.m., Teen yoga with Stoughton Yoga, library, 8736281‌ • 6:30-8 p.m., Hungry for Change nutrition course (registration and study guide required), Terra Simpla Retreat Center, 845 State Road 138, permaculture. terrasimpla.com‌

‌Wednesday, May 9‌

• 10 a.m., Pain relief presentation, senior center, 8738585‌ • 3:30-4:30 p.m., Improv club (teens grades 6 and up), library, 873-6281‌ • 6 p.m., Friends of the Library Board meeting, library, stoughtonlibrary.org/friends‌

‌Thursday, May 10‌

• 3:45 p.m., Throwback Thursday teen activity, library, 873-6281‌ • 6:30-8 p.m., Thursdays with Murder mystery book discussion: Bookstore mysteries, library, 873-6281‌

‌Friday, May 11‌

• 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., Farmers market, Stoughton Shopping Plaza, 1050 W. Main St., localharvest.org/stoughton-farmers-market‌ • 9:30 a.m., Coffee with new mayor Tim Swadley, senior center, 873-8585‌

‌Saturday, May 12‌

• 10 a.m., Lego club, library, 873-6281‌

‌Wednesday, May 16‌

• 6:30 p.m., Library Board meeting, library, 873-6281‌

‌Thursday, May 17‌

• 1-5 p.m., Personal Essentials Pantry, 343 E. Main St., pepstoughton.org‌ • 3 p.m., Computer Class: Web browsing, senior center, 873-8585‌

‌Friday, May 18‌

• 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., Farmers market, Stoughton Shopping Plaza, 1050 W. Main St., localharvest.org/stoughton-farmers-market‌

Support groups Diabetic Support Group • 6 p.m., second Monday, Stoughton Hospital, 628-6500

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

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Dementia Caregivers • 2 p.m., second Thursday, senior center, 873-8585 Crohn’s/Colitis/IBD Support Group • 5:30 p.m., third Wednesday, Stoughton Hospital, 873-7928 Grief Support Groups • 2 p.m., third Wednesday, senior center, 873-8585 Low Vision Support • 1-2:30 p.m., third Thursday, senior center, 873-8585 Parkinson’s Group • 1:30-2:30 p.m., fourth Wednesday, senior center, 873-8585 Multiple Sclerosis Group • 10-11:30 a.m., second Tuesday, senior center, 873-8585

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Hot Rize celebrates 40 years with Opera House show BILL LIVICK

If You Go

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In the world of bluegrass music, Hot Rize is renowned for its virtuosity and status as an alternative to the tradition. There weren’t many bluegrass bands from Colorado when Hot Rize formed in 1978.

The quartet has been celebrating its 40th anniversary with a national tour that will bring it to the Stoughton Opera House on Saturday.

Hot Rize started in Boulder, Colo., with two bluegrass veterans in guitarist Charles Sawtelle and banjo ace Pete Wernick, and two “youngsters” in mandolin player and lead singer Tim O’Brien and bassist and harmony vocalist Nick Forster, who were in their early 20s.

They rose to national prominence quickly, playing their first show in May 1978, Forster recalled in a telephone interview from Boulder, where he still resides and hosts the popular National Public Radio show E-Town, which he founded in 1991.

Two weeks after the first Hot Rize gig, “We played on ‘Prairie Home Companion,’ and a month after that, we played at Telluride Bluegrass Festival,” Forster remembered. “And we were just off and running. We quit our day jobs and had a full-time schedule.

“We traveled to the East Coast and were playing at festivals and on radio shows. We got a record contract with Flying Fish Records in Chicago, and we were suddenly in it.”

The band stayed in it for 12 years before parting in 1990, nine years before Sawtelle’s death. Hot Rize released seven studio albums and a live album before disbanding and continued to play reunion shows most years before reforming in 2002, with Brian Sutton taking over lead guitar duties. The quartet returned to the studio in

What: Hot Rize in concert When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 5 Where: Stoughton Opera House, 381 E. Main St. Tickets: $40 Call: 877-4400 or visit Stough tonOperaHouse.ticketforce.com

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The acclaimed bluegrass band Hot Rize returns to the Opera House Saturday as part of its 40-year anniversary.

From left, Brian Sutton, Pete Wernick, Tim O’Brien and Nick Forster.

2014 to record its first album in 24 years, “When I’m Free.”

The year Hot Rize disbanded, it received the first Entertainer of the Year Award issued by the International Bluegrass Music Association. The following year, its album “Take It Home” received a Grammy nomination, and a song from the album, “Colleen Malone,” won Song of the Year from the IBMA. Forster explained that Hot

Rize became a professional outfit quickly because of its members’ attitudes and work ethic, and also just the sheer number of hours they made music together.

“We got to do our 10,000 hours a lot faster than most bands do now, because there weren’t opening acts and we played bars from 9 to 1 a.m.,” he said. “So every gig we played was four sets. We played countless bars, especially in the west.”

The band broke up after O’Brien landed a recording contract with RCA Records and formed another group, which included Forster.

“The thing that really put the nail in the coffin – at least according to Charles – was that Tim asked me to join his new band and then I split also,” Forster remembered. “The momentum shifted, and we embarked on this new adventure.”

About a year after Hot Rize called it quits as a full-time band, Forster got the idea for his radio show, which he produces and hosts. E-Town features interviews and a wide variety of musicians performing live in front of an audience.

“The funny thing for me was, literally the day after the last Hot Rize show, and before I started with Tim and his new band, I went to Eastern Europe with Sam Bush and did a little tour over there,” Forster said. “And that’s where I got the idea for E-Town.

So after about a year-and-a-half, I quit that band and did E-Town full-time.”

The show kept Forster in the music business, and he continued to tour, perform, play on people’s records and produce albums.

And he’s still a member of the band that gave him a career in music 40 years ago – and which performed at the Opera House a few years ago.

“It’s an awesome venue,” Forster said. “One of the coolest things about the Opera House is that it went through a period of laying fallow and then came back better than ever. It’s really established itself as one of the premier venues in the country. It amazes me still to see the caliber of talent that the Opera House is able to attract. It’s incredible.”

Contact Bill Livick at bill.livick@ wcinet.com

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Stoughton gets sweeter New confectionery on Main Street offers nut-free candy, fudge, caramels

AMBER LEVENHAGEN

Stoughton Sweet Shoppe

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It’s hard to say if there is a worse feeling than being left out as a child, and a new Main Street business hopes to help alleviate some of those frustrations.

What started as a family hobby to create allergy-safe candy and fudge, Brenda Barman and her husband, Todd, began offering their nut-free confectioneries on a larger scale earlier this year with the launch of their business, Stoughton Sweet Shoppe, 603 W. Main St. Brenda has been making her own candy for her husband and their daughter, Kahlan, 9, throughout their entire relationship because of Todd and Kahlan’s allergies to tree nuts.

“It’s really hard to find stuff sometimes, especially for a child that’s also allergic,” Brenda said. “So we decided to come up with fudge that are free of those allergens that a lot of people can benefit from, too, and then the concept came around for the caramels, so we started with that and went from there.”

For the time being, until renovations are complete on the former convenience s t o r e , t h e bu s i n e s s i s online-only – though they

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Todd and Brenda Barman are the owners of a new Main Street candy business, Stoughton Sweet Shoppe.

where buyers can elect to get an automatic shipment of the specialty fudge flavor every month for a set amount of time.

May’s flavor is chocolate pretzel. “(Kahlan) has tried every flavor, she’s like our quality control, and she absolutely loves it,” Brenda said with a laugh.

The former convenience store and auto shop at 603 W. Main St. is home to a new candy store, Stoughton Sweet Shoppe.

Certified sweet The shop is selling online while renovations are being made.

Brenda said she has a goal to sell ice cream and cream soda, in addition to risk she doesn’t feel com- A work in progress the regular treats, once the fortable taking.

Stoughton Sweet “ We c h e c k m a n u fa c store front opens.

“There’s probably small turers constantly to make Shoppe’s products are sold batches of (allergen free) sure everything is legit and exclusively through the custard out there, but there they’re giving us the cor- website until the city lets aren’t many distributors rect ingredients,” Brenda the storefront open.

Over the last few years, out there who readily have said. “Because some peoice cream available,” Todd ple will say, ‘Oh I think it’s the Barmans have been safe,’ but that isn’t good working hard to renovate said.

The couple contacts all enough, because we need the late 1930s Cities Serof their product suppliers to know, so we can keep vice Station on the corner of Main and Monroe into to ensure their ingredients people safe.”

Based on their research, their production space and are truly nut-free. Brenda explained they try to the only other nut-free business front. Despite the remain as local as possible, fudge can be purchased vast amounts of work needand don’t take “maybe” from a shop in Vermont, ed to get it up to code, Todd as an answer- a lot of pro- which only has three fla- said they chose the building duction plants claim to be vors. The Sweet Shoppe because of its convenienceallergen free, but because has more than 20, as well the building is right next to they produce other prod- as three “tried and true” their home, and since they ucts with tree nuts, it’s a caramel flavors: sea salt, both have “day jobs,” they traditional chocolate and can simply walk several feet and cook their candy apple caramel.

“Originally we thought around their work schedour fudge was going to be ules.

The original plan was to the fan favorite, especially with all the different fla- open the store for Syttende vors, but the caramel has Mai – but because they are been really popular,” Bren- completely self-financed, da said. One of her favorite they are coming up just fudge flavors is the Dream- short of their goal.

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are planning on having a booth at both Stoughton farmers markets.

The shop sells fudge, caramel, candy and lefse – with plans to expand and diversify their selection even more. There’s also a Fudge Of The Month Club,

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Sweet sentiments After years of making candy for their family, the Barmans shared a story about a particularly sweet moment when they were able to make one little girl’s birthday extra special.

“We like to collect the stories,” Todd said. “There was a woman out in Colorado… whose daughter was having a birthday, and for her party she wanted to have our fudge, and this was the first time she was able to have the same treat that everyone else was having.”

Brenda said that family really connected with her, because she knew exactly what they were going through. She was familiar with the difficulty for kids to feel accepted and included when they are left out of what the other kids get to enjoy. “ I t ’s p r e t t y s p e c i a l because it’s hard to see your own kid go through the disappointment,” she said. “There’s so many other people who go through it, it’s just part of some people’s lives, so it’s really nice to be able to help people not be left out.”

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while restoring the original garage doors and windows that will remain closed during operation to ensure an allergen-free production area. “ We ’v e b u d g e t e d i n phases, and the last big phase before the city gives us occupancy for retail traffic, we have to have the parking lot done,” Todd said. “We hoped that by opening it up to the internet, we would start getting some sales in. We were hoping through internet sales that we could finance finishing it up.”

While the store remains unopened as they approach their goal, purchasers are able to order their sweets online – whether it’s handmade fudge, caramel or candy – and pick it up in front of the store.

The City of Stoughton honored its selected Business of the Year during a ceremony at City Hall two weeks ago.

Kicks Unlimited was presented with a plaque in former mayor Donna Olson’s office on her last day, April

17. The business was nominated by Dana Stadler, who wrote in her submission that her family have been students at Kicks Unlimited for over a year.

“To me, the real value in this style of business is the personal interactions, and

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Player of the week From April 24-May 1

Name: Aidan Hampton Grade: Freshman Sport: Soccer Position: Midfielder/forward Highlights: Hampton scored two goals in a 4-0 win over Lake Mills on April 24

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Sophomore Micah Zaemisch clears nine feet in the pole vault Monday in a Stoughton quad at Connor Field. Zaemisch took first place with the personal record.

Getting ready for Friday Several PRs and season bests at Stoughton quad ANTHONY IOZZO Assistant sports editor

Stoughton girls track prepared for the annual Stoughton Invitational Monday in a home quad against against Oregon, Milton and Fort Atkinson.

The Vikings had several personal records and season bests in the mini-meet, where they put several girls in each event.

Sophomore Micah Zaemisch reached nine feet for the first time in her high school career and won the pole vault. Junior Kyianna Baker added a season-best height of 7-6 to take

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Other PRs or season bests Monday: senior Bronwynn Ziemann (discus), junior Elizabeth Brown (800), junior Natalie Kratz (800), junior Catherine Smith (800), junior Megan Breuch (shot put), junior Alayna Rego (shot put, discus), junior Kylie McCann (discus), junior Cameron Garske (long jump, triple jump), sophomore Clove Rowey (shot put, discus), sophomore Avary Rodefeld (long jump), freshman Mikendra DeBruin (shot put, discus), freshman Hannah True (shot put, discus) and freshman Evelyn Schaefer (1,600). second.

Freshman Gina Owen took first in the 400 in 1:05.54, and juniors Renee Anderson (1:08.86) and Margaret Ross (1:10.3) and sophomore Molly Olstad (1:11.57) took seventh through ninth, all with PRs.

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Vikings prepare for Stoughton invite with Monday’s home quad

S o p h o m o r e G r a c e J e n ny started to hit her stride in the 800 with a season-best time of 2:33.19, taking first place.

Junior Anna Wozniak added a PR of 2:33.47 to finish second, and freshman Maddie Schneider finished with a PR

Stoughton girls track and field hosts the Stoughton Invitational at 4 p.m. Friday and travels to Edgewood High School at 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 8, for a quad against Edgewood, Milton and Monroe. of 2:38.52 to take fourth.

Junior Alex Lightner was second in the 300 hurdles with a season-best time of 56.92.

Junior Audrey Killian took

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Vikings finish 10th at Morgan Stanley Shootout ANTHONY IOZZO Assistant sports editor

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Stoughton boys track and field looked to get in workouts and also find athletes to fill out events Monday in a home quad against Oregon, Milton and Fort Atkinson.

Senior Sam McHone took home 100 (11.23 seconds) and 200 (22.27, season-best) titles and also nearly made up 10 meters in the final leg of the 4x200 relay to help the Vikings finish second in 1:35.57.

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Honorable mentions: Peighton Trieloff (girls soccer) scored twice in a 2-1 win at McFarland Monday Dane Sutton (boys golf) fought through a wrist injury and shot a 92 on Thursday at the Morgan Stanley Shootout at University Ridge Golf Course Quinn Arnott (boys track) PRed in the long jump and took first at Monday’s Stoughton quad with a distance of 20 feet, 6 inches Micah Zaemisch (girls track) had a season-best height of 9 feet in the pole vault to win Monday’s Stoughton quad Paige Halverson (girls basketball) finished with 13 points for the Badger South All-Stars in the annual conference all-star game Sunday, helping the South win the game Brady Schipper (baseball) was 5-for14 with two home runs, six RBIs and three runs scored in five games last week Brock Wanninger (baseball) struck out six in six innings Monday against Edgewood and allowed just one run on two hits. Wanninger also finished 3-for-3 in the game Nolan Meyer (boys tennis) beat Oregon’s Sean Bychowski 6-4, 6-3 on Monday Kailey Hammersly (softball) struck out five in three scoreless innings and tripled Monday in a 5-4 nonconference win over Janesville Parker

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Junior Dane Sutton hits his third shot on the 18th hole Thursday at the Morgan Stanley Shootout. Sutton finished with a 92.

Stoughton boys golf joined some of the best competition in the area Thursday in the Morgan Stanley Shootout at University Ridge Golf Course.

The Vikings shot a 378 as a team and finished tied for 10th with Madison Memorial.

Junior Jack Gardner led Stoughton with an 88, and junior Dane Sutton followed with a 92. Sophomore Jake Livingston had a 98, and junior Drew Anderson finished with a 100.

Junior Carter Hellenbrand’s 116 was not counted toward the final team score.

Madison Edgewood won the

meet with a 308, and Middleton and Waunakee tied for second with a 316. Verona took fourth with a 325, and Sun Prairie was fifth with a 329. Oregon was sixth with a 336.

Edgewood’s James Gilmore was the overall medalist with a 72, and Oregon’s Ryan Candell took runner-up by scorecard playoff with a 74, edging Sun Prairie’s Ethan Carrick (74).

The rest of the individual top 10 was Edgewood’s Rory Gierhart (75), Monona Grove’s Jake Schroeckenthaler (75), Middleton’s Andy Zucker (76), Verona’s Austin Gaby, Middleton’s Carson Frisch, Waunakee’s Sean Murphy and Middleton’s

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Junior No. 1 singles player Nolan Meyer returns a shot against Oregon’s Sean Bychowski during Monday evening’s Badger South dual meet. Meyer won the match 6-4, 6-3 but Stoughton lost the dual meet 5-2.

Meyer seeing improvement JEREMY JONES Sports editor

N o l a n M ey e r l o s t t o Oregon’s Sean Bychowski a week-and-a-half ago but he wasn’t about to suffer a similar fate Monday. Instead the Stoughton junior supplied one of two wins atop the Stoughton singles lineup in a 5-2 Badger South loss at Oregon.

M ey e r, w h o ave n g e d his No. 1 singles loss to Bychowski with a 6-4, 6-3 win Monday, said his previous match gave him insight into what he needed to do.

“He definitely likes to hit his forehand with a lot of top spin,” Meyer said.

“I definitely focused on getting behind the ball and getting a nice clean shot off. “ T h a t a l l ow e d h i m t o stay in points longer, and forced his opponent into unforced errors.

“It felt like once I started getting a few games off of him, I was able to get in his head a little bit,” Meyer said. “I knew I just had to stay in points and he’d keep making mistakes.”

Meyer, who had six wins at No. 1 singles last year, said his goal this season is simply to improve last season.

He is 5-5 right now.

“I’m playing better and doing better than last year against the same opponents,” he said.

Meyer said he put in a lot of time hitting throughout the winter at Cherokee Country Club.

What’s next Stoughton hosts Fort Atkinson in a Badger South dual meet at 4:15 p.m.

Friday. The Vikings host their annual invitational the next day, featuring Big Foot, Janesville Parker, Jefferson, Milton, Monroe, Oregon and Sauk Prairie.

Play starts at 8:30 a.m.

“I’m going to keep on working on my game.

That’s all I can do,” he said.

Freshman Steven Benoy added a 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 win over junior Zak Roskos at No. 2 singles.

Fellow freshman Ethan Wright fell 6-4, 6-0 at No. 4 singles. Stoughton didn’t win more than three games at any doubles flight.

MG 7, Stoughton 0 Monona Grove was picked by many to contend with Madison Edgewood as Badger South champions this season.

Tu e s d a y eve n i n g t h e Vikings got their first look at the Spartans this season, and lost 7-0.

Meyer fell 6-3, 6-1 to McFarland No. 1 singles state qualifier Cole Lindwall atop the lineup.

Benoy dropped his No. 2 singles match by nearly and identical score, falling 6-3, 6-2 to Caden Nelson.

Zeichert and Dedie lost a 6-2, 6-1 match at No. 1

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Stoughton girls soccer fell behind in the first 18 minutes and never recovered Tuesday in a 7-0 loss against Milton.

The Vikings were held to one shot, and senior goalie Anna Callahan had to defend over 25 shots, finishing with six saves.

Coach Chelsea Kittleson said that Stoughton had five starters on the bench with injuries or other reasons, and the first 18 minutes included a lot of ball watching and a lack of anticipation for where the ball was going to go.

That led to a 5-0 Milton lead before the 20-minute mark.

“We weren’t there, and it is hard to build your way back up,” Kittleson said.

The Red Hawks had the wind at their back in the first half but were able to win balls near the backline and the penalty box to create most of their opportunities.

Junior Chloe Buescher hit a cross to senior Maggy Henschler for the first goal, and senior Carley Albrecht later

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Freshman Lucia Nortwen battles for possession with Milton senior Maggy HenTurn to Soccer/Page 12 schler on Tuesday in a Badger South Conference match. The Vikings lost 7-0.

Boys track: Stoughton takes fourth at Cardinal Relays Continued from page 9 McHone also joined the long jump and took third with a distance of 19 feet, 11 inches.

Junior Jack True added season-bests in the discus and shot put. True won the discus (122-4) and took third in the shot put (42-10), behind runner-up senior Tommy McClain (45-7). McClain took third in the discus with a PR of 121-4.

Sophomore Quinn Arnott, who also PRed in the 200 (26.51) took home a title in the long jump with a PR of 20-6, and sophomore Jack Sanford added a PR of 20-3 to finish second. Sophomore Zak Finholt also PRed, finishing fifth (19-5 1/4).

Sophomore Nathan Hutcherson won the triple jump with a PR of 40-6 1/2. Hutcherson also PRed in the long jump (18-6).

Finholt was fourth (37-1), and freshman Tyler Millard took fifth with a PR (36-4). Sanford was seventh with a PR (35-0).

Senior Sean McLaury won the 800 in 2:05.91, and senior Emmett Post was second with a PR of 2:11.65.

Senior Joey LePine had a season-best in the 300 hurdles, finishing first in 43.2. LePine also won the 110 hurdles in 17.79.

The Vikings ran six athletes in the 300 hurdles, and five had PRs. Hutcherson was third (45.21).

Senior John Malueg, who also PRed in the long jump, was fourth (47.51), and senior Weston Beylor was fifth (47.76).

Sanford took fifth (49.11), and Finholt added an eighth place (49.31).

Senior Evan Ouk won t h e p o l e va u l t ( 1 1 - 0 ) , and he PRed in the 100 (11.83). Freshman Alex Wi c k s h a d a P R 1 0 - 6 in the pole vault to take fourth. Wicks also PRed in the 400 (57.19).

What’s next Stoughton boys track and field hosts the Stoughton Invitational at 4 p.m. Friday and travels to Edgewood High School at 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 8, for a quad against Edgewood, Milton and Monroe.

Junior Tom Sheehy added a second place in the high jump (5-8), and he PRed in the 200 (24.76).

Sophomore Jack Albert was second in the 1,600 with a PR of 5:10, and junior Nick Walker took fifth with a PR of 5:24.

Senior Ian Bormett was Photo by Anthony Iozzo third in the 400 with a Senior Sean McLaury turns the corner at the 600-meter PR of 53.71, and junior mark in the 800 Monday at the Stoughton quad. McLaury Andrew Watts was fifth won the race in 2 minutes, 5.91 seconds. with a PR of 55.27. Watts also took fourth in the 100 with a PR of 11.6.

Cardinal Relays The Vikings finished fourth with 93 points Friday at the Middleton Cardinal Relays.

McClain won the shot put (47-3), and True took sixth (38-11 1/4). Sophomore Tony Hohol was eighth (36-1). The trio helped Stoughton take first in the shot put relay.

M c C l a i n , Tr u e a n d Hohol also took second as a team in the discus. McClain was second (130-5), and True was third (129-2). Hohol ws 13th (101-7).

Ouk, McHone, senior Jake Deutsch and McLaury took second in the 800 sprint relay in 1:37.69.

McHone took second in the long jump (20-11 1/2) to help Stoughton take second in the relay.

McLaury was fifth (1810), and Arnott was seventh (18-6 3/4).

Senior Jackson Schuh, Sheehy and junior Hayden Hammond and freshman Tyler Millard took third

Other PRs and season bests

Monday: senior Anders Goetz (400), senior Hunter Zaemisch (400), senior Jackson Schuh (discus), junior Jacob Foldy (shot put, discus), junior Parker Flint (400), junior Garrett Herbst (400), junior Ben Howery (200, 400), junior Nick Brown (400), junior Jake Schipper (100, 200), junior Andrew Straughter (100, 200), sophomore Kyle Anderson (discus), sophomore Evan Herbst (800), sophomore Daisy Mazzarisi (400), sophomore Samuel Kicera (800), sophomore Alex Cisewski (800), freshman Brooks Empey (shot put, discus), freshman Zayne Zeichert (200, 400), freshman Ben Moll (200), and freshman Christian Smith (1,600). in the 4x100 field relay in 49.72.

Arnott, freshman Brooks Empey, Finholt and Millard took third in the 4x100 freshman/sophomore relay in 48.24.

G o e t z , j u n i o r Pa r ke r Flint, Sanford and Millard took third in the 4x400 grade level relay in 3:48.83.

B o r m e t t , M c L a u r y, Deutsch and McHone took third in the 4x400 relay in 3:29.56.

Sophomores Evan Herbst, Albert, Arnott and Sanford took third

in the 1,600 sprint freshman/sophomore relay in 4:12.8.

S h e e h y, F i n h o l t a n d Millard helped Stoughton take fourth in the triple jump relay. Sheehy was tied for sixth (37-7). Finholt was 10th (37-5), and Millard was 13th (34-7 1/2).

LePine, Finholt and Sanford helped the Vikings take fifth in the 300 hurdles relay. LePine was fifth (44.38). Finholt wa s 1 6 t h ( 4 8 . 7 7 ) , a n d Sanford was 17th (51.1).

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Vikings end skid with win over MG ANTHONY IOZZO Assistant sports editor

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Goalie Jack Sundby tries to make a save against Verona’s Ryan Hyland on Tuesday. Stoughton lost the game 15-3.

Stoughton earns first win JEREMY JONES

Port.

Furseth led Stoughton with four goals against Mukwonago, and Sunby had 10 saves.

In the second game, Bay Port would get off Stoughton lacrosse (1-6 overall) lost four games before earning its first win of the season to a two-goal lead and never give it up to win 10-4 over the Vikings.

Monday against Middleton.

Sports editor

Sauk Prairie 18, Stoughton 10

Stoughton 8, Middleton 5

The Vikings lost a tough game 18-10 to Sauk Prairie on April 24.

Cameron Furseth had five goals and two assists on 14 shots to lead Stoughton. Matt Read had two goals and four assists.

Jack Sunby continued his strong spring with 12 saves.

Stoughton was missing three starters but won its first game Monday 8-5 at Middleton against former Stoughton defensive assistant coach Sanford Erdahl, who is now the Cardinals’ head coach.

Carson Roisum led the offense with three goals, while Furseth added two goals and an assist.

Waunakee 16, Stoughton 12

Verona 15, Stoughton 3

Stoughton faced Waunakee on April 26 and The Vikings lost their sixth game of the sealost 16-2.

Read and Quinn Link each scored for son Tuesday evening with a 15-3 loss at home against Verona.

Stoughton.

Roisum, Read and Link scored for StoughMukwonago DH ton.

Ian Edwards scored five times for Verona, Stoughton played a doubleheader Saturday and fell 10-9 to Mukwonago and 10-4 to Bay and Ryan Hyland added four goals.

Softball

Vikings win one of four in busy week JEREMY JONES ​Sports editor

Stoughton softball lost the first of two Badger South games in a shootout Thursday, coming up short in a 9-5 decision on the road against Monona Grove.

Kailey Hammersly got the start and allowed four earned runs on seven hits. She struck out five. Brickson allowed one hit in an inning of relief.

Alyssa Guerten earned the win for the Silver Eagles, allowing three earned runs on seven hits. She struck out seven.

Brooklyn Miller was 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles and four RBIs Tessa Pickett went 2-for-3 with an RBI to lead Stoughton at the plate. Maddy Brickson and Grace Ott also each added an RBI.

Edgerton 8, Stoughton 6 Stoughton fell behind early and never recovered Friday in an 8-6 nonconference lost at home against Edgerton.

Hammersly knocked in two runs with a home run, and Lela Brashi, Kaliyah Tribune and Sophia Klawitter each had one RBI. Brashi led the team with two hits, including a double. The Crimson Tide’s top two hitters went 3-for-7 with four RBIs. Lead-off hitter B Oren had a solo home and Madee Kleinschmidt, helped her cause, homering and drove in three runs.

Kleinschmidt went five innings in the circle for Edgerton, allowing six earned runs on seven hits. She struck out three and walked one. G Martinez earned the save, allowing one hit and no runs in two innings of relief. She struck out four.

Errors and walks continued to haunt the Vikings.

Brickson went the distance on the rubber for Stoughton. She allowed six earned runs

What’s next Stoughton hosts Monroe on Friday, nonconference Beloit Turner on May, 7 and Watertown on Tuesday, May 8. All games are set for 5 p.m. starts. on four hits and six walks. Brickson struck out three. The Vikings committed four errors.

Stoughton 5, Parker 4 The Vikings overcame an early deficit Monday to beat nonconference Janesville Parker 5-4.

Hammersly tripled and Brickson doubled. Brashi, Grace Ott and MaKayla Ramberg each plated a run.

Hammersly got the start for Stoughton and didn’t allow an earned run on four hits.

She struck out five and walked one. Brickson tossed four innings of relief and walks.

She gave up one earned run on five hits.

Brickson struck out won struck out another.

Chelsea Naber went the distance for Janesville Parker, allowing four earned runs on 11 hits and one walk. She struck out 11.

Milton 14, Stoughton 4 (5 inn.)

Stoughton had eight basehits but struggled to string anything together Tuesday in a 14-4 loss in five innings.

Brickson (2-for-3) and Tribune (2-for-2) each had multiple hits. Brickson, Hammersly and Stacy Benoy had the RBIs. Erika Reif went the distance in the circle for Milton, allowing three earned runs on eight hits and three walks. She struck out eight and drove in two runs at the plate.

Stoughton baseball (3-8 overall, 2-5 Badger South Conference) ended a fivegame losing streak Tuesday at Monona Grove with an 11-5 win.

Senior Brady Schipper went 4-for-5 at the plate with a triple, two RBIs and two runs scored to lead the offense.

Junior Kadin Milbauer (2-for-3), senior Dillon Nowicki (2-for-5), senior Alec Tomczyk (2-for-2) and senior Nick Waldorf (2-for-5) also had multiple hits.

Tomczyk had four RBIs, a triple and a run scored. Nowicki had three run scored, a double and an RBI, and Milbauer had two runs scored and an RBI. Waldorf also added an RBI and scored a run, and senior Saxton Shore scored twice and had an RBI. Senior Chase Kotlowski chipped an RBI, as well.

Nowicki earned the win. He allowed an earned run on five hits and three walks in 4 2/3 innings, striking out nine.

Senior Noah Schafer allowed two hits and walked three in 1 1/3 innings, and junior Connor Kalinowski allowed a run on a hit and two walks in an inning, striking out one.

Fort Atkinson 5, Stoughton 3 The Vikings traveled to Jones Park Thursday and lost 5-3 to Fort Atkinson.

Stoughton tied the game at 3-3 in the top of the fifth, but the Blackhawks scored twice in the bottom of the inning to regain the lead.

Schipper blasted his second home run of the season to right field in the fifth, a 2-run bomb that also scored Saxton Shore (2-for-4).

Fort Atkinson regained the lead on an RBI walk by Cody Zahn and an RBI sacrifice fly by Jacob Kostrowski in the bottom of the inning.

Stoughton’s other run came in the first inning. Schipper hit a sacrifice fly that brought home Tomczyk.

Schafer took the loss. He allowed two earned runs on two hits and three walks in one inning, striking out one. Nowicki started and allowed three earned runs on two hits and five walks in three innings, striking out eight.

Shore finished the final two innings. He walked one and struck out four.

Josh Bilau earned the win for the Blackhawks. He allowed two earned runs on seven hits and four walks in six innings, striking out three.

Waupaca quad Stoughton traveled to Waupaca Saturday for games against New London and Waupaca, falling 6-3 and 7-5, respectively.

The Vikings and New London were tied 2-2 until a four-run sixth.

What’s next Stoughton hosts Milton at 5 p.m. Friday and hosts Fort Atkinson at 5 p.m.

Monday, May 7, in a makeup game from April 3. The Vikings also travel to Monroe at 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 8.

Tomczyk was 2-for-4 with a double and two runs scored. Senior Brock Wanninger had an RBI doublem and Nowicki and Waldorf added RBIs. Senior Aaron Zimmerman took the loss.

He allowed five earned runs on 10 hits and two walks in 5 1/3 innings, striking out seven.

Blake Dey (2-for-4), Will Wohlt (2-for3) and Landen Guyette (3-for-3) led New London at the plate.

Schafer pitched the final 2/3 and allowed a hit.

Jacob Hoier earned the win. He allowed a hit in 1 1/3 innings.

In the second game of the day, Stoughton was tied 4-4 in the fifth before Waupaca before allowing three runs in the bottom of the innign to fall 7-5.

Tomczyk (2-for-4) had an RBI and a run scored, and Schipper (2-for-4) had a home run, two RBIs and a run scored. Nowicki (2-for-4) picked up a double and an RBI. Dawson Bohm (2-for-4) led Waupaca at the plate.

Schipper took the loss. He allowed one earned run on two hits and two walks in two innings. Shore started and allowed no earned runs on three hits and five walks in three innings, striking out five.

Kalinowski finished the game and allowed a hit and struck out two in one inning.

Adam Kennedy earned the win. He allowed two earned runs on five hits in 3 1/3 innings, striking out one.

Edgewood 1, Stoughton 0 The Vikings traveled to Warner Park Monday to take on Madison Edgewood in a makeup from April 19 and lost 1-0.

Edgewood’s lone run came in the bottom of the sixth inning. Luke Follman singled home Andrew Newton with a liner to center field.

Kalinowski singled with one out in the top of the seventh for Stoughton, but he never advanced past first base.

Wanninger took the loss in the pitcher’s duel. He allowed an earned run on two hits and two walks, striking out six in six innings.

Jackson Wendler earned the win for the Crusaders. He allowed six hits and struck out seven in a complete game.

Wanninger (3-for-3) and Nowicki (2-for-3) led the Vikings at the plate.

Tennis: Vikings beat Portage in dual meet Continued from page 10 doubles to Jacob Munz and Max Nelson.

Edgewood 7, Stoughton 0 Stoughton hosted Badger South defending conference champion Madison Edgewood last Thursday, April 26, and fell 7-0 despite the Crusaders retooling the top of their lineup this season.

Benoy and Wright were the only Viking singles players to take a game against the Crusaders.

B e n oy h a d t h e m o s t competitive match of the day, losing 6-2, 6-2 to Alex Sviatoslavsky at No. 2 singles. Wright fell 6-0, 6-1 to Christopher Boll at No. 3 singles.

Meyer was shut out in his No. 1 singles match against freshman phenom

Donovan Pfaff, and JP Fischer lost by the same score at the bottom of the lineup.

Zerek Zeichert and Alex Dedie lost 6-1, 6-0 to Hunter Dunn and Forrest Lynn at No. 1 doubles.

Branden Metzler and Stephen Krcma fell 6-1 6-0 at No. 2 doubles and Evan Jensen and Brody Jerrick were blanked 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3 doubles.

Stoughton triangular The Vikings defeated Portage and were rained out against McFarland on Friday at the Stoughton triangular.

Metzler and Krcma won 2-6, 6-4, 10-8 at No. 2 doubles against Portage.

Stoughton swept all four doubles flights and picked up a win at No. 1 doubles to defeat Portage 5-2.

Benoy cruised 6-0, 6-1 at No. 2 singles and Zeichert and Wright added 6-4, 7-6 (3) and 6-1, 6-2 wins at No. 3 and 4 singles.

Meyer supplied the most excitement of the day in singles action, outlasting Jason Narel 4-6, 6-2, 10-8 in a comeback win at No. 1 singles.

Tw o o f t h e Vi k i n g s three doubles matches were decided in three sets, with Collin Ace and Dedie prevailing 6-2, 5-7, 10-8. Metzler and Krcma fell 2-6, 6-0, 10-3 at No. 2 doubles.

Stoughton was only able to complete it Nos. 1 and 2 doubles matches against McFarland.

Dedie and Ace fell 6-1, 6-3 atop the doubles lineup to Simon Dingle and Logan Snelling. Metzler and Krcma lost 2-6, 6-4, 10-8.

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Several Vikings play in Badger Conference All-Star games Sunday Seniors Paige Halverson, Cassidy Edgewood. two 3-pointers, and Bach finished with finished with 15 points, and Schipper had Bach, Max Fernholz, Brady Schipper and Halverson and Bach helped the Badger two points. three 3-pointers to pick up nine points.

Tommy McClain all represented Stough- South girls team defeat the Badger North The Badger South boys were edged McClain added four points. ton High School in Sunday’s Badger 98-65.

115-107 in a high-scoring game.

- Anthony Iozzo Conference All-Star games at Madison Halverson scored 13 points, including Fernholz had five 3-pointers and

Home Talent League

Utica crushes Lake Mills in opener Max Gartzke went 4 for 4 at the plate with four RBIs on Sunday to lead the Utica Home Talent team to a 23-9 blowout of Lake Mills in seven innings.

Sam Raff tossed four innings to earn the win. He struck out four and walked four.

Aaron Schauer threw the other four innings, striking out two and walking two.

Ben Hildebrant returned to the A’s and went 2 for 3 at the plate. Andy Martin and

Raff were also 2 for 3. Martin and Cody Jump each added a double.

Drew Dunkleberger and Eric Burrow pitched split time on the mound for the Grays.

Dunkleberger took the loss, allowing one run on two hits and four walks in two innings.

He struck out one.

Burrow didn’t allow a run in four innings of relief. He walked four and struck out four.

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Rugby

Oregon/Stoughton rugby overwhelms Kenosha The Oregon/Stoughton high school rugby team overwhelmed Kenosha, 45-12, in an away game on April 27.

On May 2, the unbeaten O/S ruggers (9-0) play an away game against Muskego, one of the two other teams seriously contending for the conference championship. (The other contender is Middleton, who Oregon/Stoughton plays at home on

May 11.)

On May 4, the local ruggers have a makeup away game against the Patriots, a team based out of the Milwaukee suburbs.

Oregon/Stoughton has a 5:30 p.m. home game against Waukesha on May 7, which will be played at the Oregon Middle School.

Girls track: Stoughton takes sixth last week Continued from page 9 third in the shot put with a distance of 32-0, and senior Rachel Stepp had a PR of 28-7 3/4 to finish fifth. Stepp also had a season-best throw in the discus of 69-7.

Freshman Piper Jensen had a PR distance of 15-1 1/4 in the long jump and finished second. Baker followed with a PR of 14-3 3/4 to take fourth.

Freshman Ellie Trieloff finished fourth in the 100 in 13.61 seconds, and junior Matayla DeBruin was sixth in 13.71. Both times were PRs. Freshman Amber Hodkiewicz had a season-best height of 4-8 in the high jump and took fourth.

She also had a season-best distance of 30-5 in the triple jump to take fifth.

Photo by Anthony Iozzo

Junior Jack Gardner putts on the 18th green Thursday in the Morgan Stanley Shootout at University Ridge Golf Course. Gardner finished with an 88, and the Vikings took 10th.

Boys golf: Vikings shoot a 390 Monday Continued from page 9 Tommy Kriewaldt.

Conference mini-meet

Stoughton traveled to Monroe Country Club Wednesday for a Badger South Conference mini-meet. Results will be in next week’s Courier Hub. The Vikings travel to Portage Country Club at 10 a.m.

Friday for the Portage invite.

The Vikings traveled to The Oaks Golf Course Monday for a makeup Badger South mini-meet from April 17 and took last with a 390.

Gardner shot an 85, and finished the scoring with a 308, and Milton (332) and Sutton followed with an 89. 107 and a 109, respectively. Monona Grove (336) finEdgewood won with a ished second and third.

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Cardinal Relays The Vikings traveled to Middleton High School Friday and took sixth in the Cardinal Relays with 60 points.

Wozniak, Ross and Jenny finished first in the 3,200 run relay. Jenny was second (11:52.97). Ross was fourth (11:58.87), and Wozniak was fifth (12:04.58).

Junior Abby Kittleson, Owen and freshman Maddie Schneider and Ross finished third in the distance medley relay in 13:39.08.

Killian, Stepp and Mikendra DeBruin took fourth in the shot put relay. Killian was sixth (31- 3/4). Stepp was 10th (27-10 1/2), and DeBruin was 11th (27-0).

Junior Chloe Silbaugh, Killian and Mikendra

What’s next

Soccer: Trieloff scores twice against McFarland Continued from page 10

Photo by Anthony Iozzo

Sophomore Grace Jenny turns the corner past the 200-meter mark in the 800 Monday in a Stoughton quad.

Jenny won the race in 2 minutes, 33.19 seconds.

DeBruin added a fourth and Killian was 11th (84place in the discus relay. 3). DeBruin took 15th Silbaugh was 10th (88-2), (75-10).

What’s next

had a front-flip throw-in to Stoughton travels to nonconference Reedsburg at the foot of Henschler, who 5 p.m. Monday, May 7 and hosts Fort Atkinson at 7 p.m. buried her shot to make it 2-0.

Tuesday, May 8.

Buescher scored three more times in the first half, and senior Hailey Anderson Freshman Karmen Smythe Stoughton 2, and junior Makenzie Long scored the lone goal for added goals in the second Stoughton, and Callahan fin- McFarland 1 half. ished with eight saves.

The Vikings bounced back Edgewood 4, from the two losses with a 2-1 DeForest 4, win at McFarland Monday.

Stoughton 1 Stoughton 0 Junior forward Peighton The Vikings traveled to Trieloff scored twice. CallahStoughton traveled to nonReddan Soccer Park Thursan had four saves. conference DeForest Friday day and lost 4-1 to Madison “We were a completely difand lost 4-0.

Edgewood. ferent team,” Kittleson said.

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Sullivan: Hopes to improve board efficiency Continued from page 1 “His years of service and leadership have put us in a really good place to build from,” Sullivan said.

“We’ve had good leadership for a long time, and the board’s clearly in a position of transition and I look forward to the opportunity to take us to the next step.”

Getting up to speed The board, which had added three new members in April 2017, went through more change last month.

Kathleen Hoppe took the spot vacated by Dirks, and Donna Tarpinian, the board’s longest-serving member, resigned to help care for her ailing mother.

Her position will likely be filled by appointment next month.

That leaves a majority of the nine-member board with essentially a year or less of experience. Vice president Joe Freye is the longest-tenured member at five years.

With such turnover, Sullivan said, the board has an “obligation to get up to speed as soon as possible,” starting with learning more about the district and community.

“Everybody who puts a campaign together to get elected to school board has some knowledge of the community, but your knowledge of community is always ‘siloed’ based on who do you know, who do you talk to,” Sullivan said. “When I came on the board, I didn’t realize how siloed I was.”

Sullivan said he’s “really glad” superintendent Tim

Onsager – a candidate in other districts recently – will be around to guide the district through some upcoming changes in top leadership positions in the district, on the board and in administration. The board extended Onsager’s contract through 2021 last month.

“We’re really going to miss Donna (Tarpinian), we’re going to miss Scott (Dirks), and we have two significant members of the administrative team – the HR director (Becky Fjelstad) and the curriculum instructional director (Judy Singletary) – retire this year,” he said. “It’s almost a generational shift in what our district leadership looks like.”

Keeping some stability is important when dealing with some of the complicated subject matter the board often has to dig deeply into.

“A lot of this stuff is super-technical,” he said.

“You put some stuff in and some stuff comes out, and all this stuff that happens in the middle is kind of mysterious.”

Trust the process The way to clear that murky middle part up, Sullivan said, is to come to an “underlying agreement” about basic things like process.

“If you have an agreement of how things are going to work and be discussed and resolved, you’re going to get a much better discussion, because you’re not going spend as much time fighting about, ‘Well, are we going to debate this or this, do we

trust these numbers?’” he said.

He said that process isn’t yet where it should be, though he doesn’t fault any of his predecessors or the superintendent.

Sullivan said if the school board is “working correctly,” members are going to have “substantial disagreements,” something he welcomes. “(Let’s get) information to make a decision – we don’t have complete information because nobody has complete information ever,” he said. “(But) have a general framework for what we’re going to do, let’s talk about it, evaluate the points and see if we can agree on what the best one is. Then, the obligation on the board is to unite behind that decision.”

Freye said he’s gotten to know Sullivan well since they were first elected in 2013, and has “come to value his opinions even when I sometimes disagree with them.”

“Frank thinks clearly and carefully,” Freye wrote the Hub in an email. “He has a vision for how the board should function effectively in its relationship to the administration and the district that I think will serve the community well as we strive to make the district even better.

“He is going to expect a lot from each board member, and the work will be hard, but I expect it will result in a highly effective board.”

Email Unified Newspaper Group reporter Scott De Laruelle at scott.delaruelle@wcinet.com.

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Construction: KPW projects starting soon Continued from page 1 within the construction areas will have access to their homes “on a daily basis unless otherwise notified by the contractor.”

For information about the upcoming projects, contact the planning department and planning and development director Rodney Scheel at 873-6619.

Photo by Amber Levenhagen Construction plans can be Veterans Road is flagged and signed for upcoming construction. found on the city’s website, also expected to be complet- city had been told construcci.stoughton.wi.us. ed near the end of August. tion was expected to start in Road construction E a s t S t r e e t c u l v e r t May. Building permit appliConstruction started last replacements are planned to cations materials still needed to be submitted as of last week on Veterans Road be completed in October.

An open house meeting week. between U.S. Hwy. 51 and A new access point to the Academy Street. The proj- was held in December for ect is being co-managed by property owners adjacent KPW development on state Dane County and is planned to the planned construc- Hwy. 138 got preliminary to be completed by mid- tion areas. The city web- approval last week after two site explains that special years of planning, but it’s not June.

It will include new bike assessment materials have clear when that will be built. lanes, pavement replace- been distributed to adjacent The Town of Rutland still ment and curb, gutter and property owners, and a pub- needs to approve the agreesidewalk replacement. In lic hearing to discuss those ment with the city and the spots where there are none, materials will be held at Wisconsin Department of it also will add sidewalks 7 p.m. May 22, in the coun- Transportation, which will cil chambers at City Hall. allow KPW’s developer to and curbs and gutters. and perhaps build its South Gjertson Street Building construction plan residential phase of developbetween Hamilton Street The majority of new build- ment. and West Main Street will The public works facility have pavement replacement ing other than road updates and concrete curb and gutter will be in Kettle Park West, is already in progress, with installations. Scheel told the which continues to expand earthwork under way. LocatHub in an email the city has within and beyond the ini- ed on part of a 70-acre propnot yet met with the con- tial commercial center, and erty at 2415 County Hwy. tractor to discuss details, but the city’s $7.5 million public A, it will take 14 acres, and another 10 will be used for portions of the project are works complex.

McFarland State Bank recycling and composting. expected to begin in May Public works director Brett and be completed near the held its groundbreaking ceremony last Friday, and Hebert told the Common end of August.

The Gjertson Street proj- Scheel said he anticipates Council in February it would ect also includes Forrest construction will start “in the be a 270-day build, taking Street from Main to Jeffer- near future.” The full-service the city to the end of the year. son Streets, Vernon Street location will be on the corner Contact Amber Levenhafrom Academy Street to of U.S. Hwy. 51 and Jackson gen at amber.levenhagen@ Kristi Lane, and Academy Street. wcinet.com.

The Tru hotel doesn’t yet Street from East Street to Veterans Road. They are have definite plans, but the

Obituary Wednesday, April 25, 2018.

She was born on June 4, 1928, in West Allis to her parents Henry and Edna Marie (Steussy) Hefty.

As a teenager June performed as a dancer and contortionist including once performing at the Pabst Theater. She also shared her musical talents as a pianist.

June graduated from West Allis High School as valedictorian and then went on to graduate from NorthJune D. (Hefty) Kresge western University in Evanston, Ill., with a degree in June D. (Hefty) Kresge, Journalism. age 89, passed away at June married Grant the Stoughton Hospital on Charles Kresge in 1950.

The couple lived and raised their family in Wauwatosa where June was active in the Women’s Club, Bridge Club, and the Wauwatosa Methodist Church. June was also a successful business woman for over 40 years, working alongside her mother Edna Hefty at the Fashion Center.

During June’s life, she and her family would keep their connections with their Swiss roots in the New Glarus and Belleville area through visits and family reunions. Because of those Swiss roots it was her choice to have New Glarus

as her final resting place.

As her health declined in later years June moved to Stoughton to be closer to her son Dean. She had resided at the Skaalen Home in Stoughton for the last two years.

June is survived by her children, Dr. Dean (Kati) Kresge, Ann (Michael Nord) Kresge, and Paul Kresge; grandchildren, Patrick (Jaclyn) Kresge, David Kresge, Daniel Kresge, and Chloe Kresge Nord; and great-grandchildren, Eoin, Liam and Keira.

She was preceded in death by her parents and

husband Grant Kresge in 2007.

Graveside services were held on Saturday, April 28, 2018, at the Swiss Church Cemetery in New Glarus.

The Rev. Kim Moeller officiated.

A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, May 2, 2018, at the Skaalen Home, 400

ty liable to assessment in the district and the value of that property. The requirement that objections be in writing may be waived by express action of the board.

5. When appearing before the board of review, the objecting person shall specify in writing the person’s estimate of the value of the land and of the improvements that are the subject of the person’s objection and specify the information that the person used to arrive at that estimate.

6. No person may appear before the board of review, testify to the board by telephone, or object to a valuation if that valuation was made by the assessor or the objector using the income method of valuation, unless the person supplies the assessor with all the information about income and expenses, as specified in the assessor’s manual under s. 73.03 (2a), Wis. stats., that the assessor requests.

The City of Stoughton has an ordinance for the confidentiality of information about income and expenses that is provided to the assessor under this paragraph that provides exceptions for persons using information in the discharge of duties imposed by law or the duties of their officer or by order of a court.* The information that is provided under this paragraph, unless a court determined that it is inaccurate, is not subject to the right of inspection and copying under s.

19.35 (1), Wis. stats.

7. The board shall hear upon oath, by telephone, all ill or disabled persons who present to the board a letter from a physician, surgeon, or osteopath that confirms their illness or disability. No other persons may testify by telephone

unless the Board, in it’s discretion, has determined to grant a property owner’s or their representative’s request to testify under oath by telephone or written statement.

8. No person may appear before the board of review, testify to the board by telephone, or contest the amount of any assessment unless, at least 48 hours before the first meeting of the board, or at least 48 hours before the objection is heard if the objection is allowed under s.70.47 (3) (a), Wis. stats., that person provides to the clerk of the board of review notice as to whether the person will ask for the removal of a member of the board of review and, if so, which member, and provides a reasonable estimate of the length of time the hearing will take.

Notice is hereby given this 3rd, 10th, and 17th day of May, 2018.

Holly Licht City Clerk, City of Stoughton Published: May 3, 10 and 17, 2018 WNAXLP

Road, Stoughton, WI 53589.

3. All interested persons waived notice.

4. The deadline for filing a claim against the decedent’s estate is July 20, 2018.

5. A claim may be filed at the Dane County Courthouse, 215 S. Hamilton Street, Madison, Wisconsin, Room 1005.

Electronically signed by Danell Behrens Deputy Probate Registrar April 16, 2018 Andrew T. Rumpf PO Box 1 Cambridge, WI 53523 (608) 423-3254 Bar Number: 1070881 Published: April 19, 26 and May 3, 2018 WNAXLP

N. Morris St., Stoughton, with Pastor Jim Koza officiating. A gathering of relatives and friends will precede the memorial service from noon to 1 p.m.

Memorials are suggested to the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research.

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Legals NOTICE OF BOARD OF REVIEW MEETING CITY OF STOUGHTON, DANE COUNTY, WISCONSIN Notice is hereby given that the Board of Review for the City of Stoughton, Dane County, Wisconsin, shall hold its first meeting on Tuesday, May 22, 2018 from 10am to Noon at the Council Chambers located in the Public Safety Building at 321 S Fourth St, Stoughton.

Please be advised of the following requirements to appear before the board of review and procedural requirements if appearing before the board: 1. No person will be allowed to appear before the board of review, to testify to the board by telephone, or to contest the amount of any assessment of real or personal property if the person has refused a reasonable written request by certified mail of the assessor to view the property.

2. After the first meeting of the board of review and before the board’s final adjournment, no person who is scheduled to appear before the board of review may contact or provide information to a member of the board about the person’s objection, except at a session of the board.

3. The board of review may not hear an objection to the amount or valuation of property unless, at least 48 hours before the board’s first scheduled meeting, the objector provides to the board’s clerk written or oral notice of an intent to file an objection, except that upon a showing of good cause and the submission of a written objection, the board shall waive that requirement during the first 2 hours of the board’s first scheduled meeting, and

the board may waive that requirement up to the end of the 5th day of the session or up to the end of the final day of the session if the session is less than 5 days with proof of extraordinary circumstances for failure to meet the 48-hour notice requirement and failure to appear before the board of review during the first 2 hours of the first scheduled meeting.

4. Objections to the amount or valuation of property shall first be made in writing and filed with the clerk of the board of review within the first 2 hours of the board’s first scheduled meeting, except that, upon evidence of extraordinary circumstances, the board may waive that requirement up to the end of the 5th day of the session or up to the end of the final day of the session if the session is less than 5 days. The board may require objections to the amount or valuation of property to be submitted on forms approved by the Department of Revenue, and the board shall require that any forms include stated valuations of the property in question. Persons who own land and improvements to that land may object to the aggregate valuation of that land and improvements to that land, but no person who owns land and improvements to that land may object only to the valuation of that land or only to the valuation of improvements to that land.

No person may be allowed in any action or proceedings to question the amount or valuation of property unless the written objection has been filed and that person in good faith presented evidence to the board in support of the objections and made full disclosure before the board, under oath, of all of that person’s proper-

*** STATE OF WISCONSIN, CIRCUIT COURT, DANE COUNTY, NOTICE TO CREDITORS (INFORMAL ADMINISTRATION) IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RONALD N. NELSON Case No. 2018PR284 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: 1. An application for Informal Administration was filed.

2. The decedent, with date of birth July 21, 1932 and date of death September 1, 2017, was domiciled in Dane County, State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of 3264 Rutland Dunn Town Line

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Seifert-Pauls Partnership, LLP Published: April 26th and May 3rd, 2018 WNAXLP *** NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Common Council of the City of Stoughton, Dane County, Wisconsin, will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at 7:00 o’clock p.m., or as soon hereafter as the matter may be heard,

in the Council Chambers, Public Safety Building, 2nd Floor, 321 South Fourth Street, Stoughton, Wisconsin, to consider special assessments for curb and gutter, sidewalk, driveway aprons, carriage walks, drainage improvements/storm sewer connections, hand railing, sanitary sewer and water main extensions and retaining walls, for the following projects: 2018 Street Reconstruction Project that includes work on: 1. Gjertson Street from Main Street to Hamilton Street.

2. Forrest Street from Main Street from Jefferson Street.

3. Vernon Street from Academy Street to 100 feet east of Kristi Lane.

4. Kristi Lane from Vernon Street to the south end.

5. Academy Street from 300 feet west of East Street to Veterans Road.

6. East Street from Academy Street to a point 300 feet south.

7. Veterans Road (County N) from Main Street (US 51) to Academy Street.

8. Sundt Lane (North Side) east of Chapin Lane. within the City of Stoughton and levying of special assessments to pay for same.

Please Note: If you have any questions regarding this notice and/or special assessments, please contact Director of Planning & Development Rodney Scheel at 608-873-6619.

Holly Licht, City Clerk Published: May 3, 2018 WNAXLP ***

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NOTICE OF VACANCY STOUGHTON BOARD OF EDUCATION The Stoughton Area School District Board of Education will receive written letters of application for appointment to a vacancy on the Board of Education. The term of appointment for the vacancy created by Donna Tarpinian's resignation will expire in April 2019.

Letters of application must be received by the Board Clerk on or before May 16, 2018 at 4:00 p.m., and should be addressed to: Yolibeth FitzGibbon, Clerk, School Board Application Administrative and Educational Services Center 320 North Street, Stoughton, WI, 53589-1733 All applicants will be interviewed on May 21, 2018. An appointment vote will take place immediately following the interviews. The new board member will be seated for the regular meeting at 7:00 p.m. May 21, 2018. For additional information, please call 608-877-5002. adno=569302-01

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750 Storage Spaces For Rent ALL SEASONS SELF STORAGE 10X10 10X15 10X20 10X25 10X30 Security Lights-24/7 access OREGON/BROOKLYN CALL (608)444-2900 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 DEER POINT STORAGE Convenient location behind Stoughton Lumber.

Clean-Dry Units 24 HOUR LIGHTED ACCESS 5x10 thru 12x25 608-335-3337 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 NORTH PARK STORAGE 10x10 through 10x40, plus 14x40 with 14' door for RV & Boats.

Come & go as you please.

608-873-5088 OREGON SELF-STORAGE 10x10 through 10x25 month to month lease Call Karen Everson at 608-835-7031 or Veronica Matt at 608-291-0316 RASCHEIN PROPERTY STORAGE 6x10 thru 10x25 Market Street/Burr Oak Street in Oregon Call 608-520-0240 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

801 Office Space For Rent OFFICE SPACES FOR RENT In Oregon facing 15th hole on golfcourse Free Wi-Fi, Parking and Security System Conference rooms available Kitchenette-Breakroom Autumn Woods Prof. Centre Marty 608-835-3628

975 Livestock 4-YEAR-OLD CROSS-BRED bull for sale. 608-293-3390

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.

By the day, week, or month.

Carter & Gruenewald Co. 4417 Hwy 92 Brooklyn, WI, 608-455-2411 CLASSIFIEDS, 873-6671 or 835-6677. It pays to read the fine print.

RECEPTIONIST

Skaalen Nursing & Rehabilitation Center currently has a part time opening for a receptionist. This position is 12 – 15 hours per week, days vary, includes weekends and holidays.

Normal weekday shifts are 3:30 pm – 6:30 pm, weekend and holiday shifts would be 6 hours. The successful candidate must possess telephone etiquette and enjoy helping the elderly. Computer experience in WORD and EXCEL is a must.

If interested submit a resume or application to: Nancy Martin Human Resource Director Skaalen Nursing & Rehabilitation Center 400 N. Morris St. • Stoughton, WI 53589 (608) 873-5651, Ext. 7308 • Fax: 608-873-0696 Nmartin@skaalen.com Applications are available on line at www. skaalen.com, in the Human Resource Department or at the Front Desk.

EOE • Smokefree/Tobacco free campus

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CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE IS Noon Friday for The Great Dane and Noon Monday for the Courier Hub unless changed because of holiday work schedules. Call now to place your ad, 873-6671 or 835-6677.

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Coming this Summer to Pleasant Springs at the new BP Truck Stop on N & 90

RESPECT

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Account Executive Can you build relationships with customers? That’s what we need to sell our award-winning, community-oriented publications in Oregon, Fitchburg, Verona and Stoughton, WI. We have an established account list and an abundance of new business potential. Eyeballs in our communities are glued to our must-read print and digital products. Reaching those readers makes our advertisers successful.

We are seeking a professional with a can-do attitude. We can help a quality learner become a star or give a seasoned pro a great territory.

Hiring all Positions.

To learn more about this opportunity, submit your application and resume today at www.wcinet.com/careers Woodward Communications, Inc., is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

WCI maintains a tobacco-free campus.

EARN APPROX. $1,000 A MONTH WORKING JUST A FEW HOURS PER DAY! $500 BONUS AFTER 6-MONTHS

For more information call Pat at 608-212-7216

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The Wisconsin State Journal

is looking for a carrier to deliver in the Stoughton area.

Must be available early A.M.s, 7 days a week, and have a dependable vehicle.

GET PAID TO HAVE FUN Looking for a rewarding, active AND FUN career?

Join Dungarvin’s Team of Community Support Providers!

OUR CSPs get out and have fun all paid for by Dungarvin!

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$13.00/HOUR

Dungarvin is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO/AA).

WE ARE HIRING!

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Brought May Flowers!

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Wisconsin’s Premier Grower of Quality Plants & Hanging Floral Baskets!

Choose from hundreds of varieties of perennials & annuals, from thousands of hanging baskets.

1828 Sandhill Rd. • Oregon, WI 53575 (Located in the Town of Dunn) • 608-835-7569 Visit our Stoughton location in the Dollar General parking lot!

Koupons & sale prices honored at both locations Gift Certificates available at both locations

KOPKE’S KOUPON

HANGING BASKETS $

1.00 OFF

Receive a $100 Kopke Gift Card with your purchase of an E-Bike from Crazy Lenny’s E-Bikes!

6017 Odana Rd., Madison now thru May 21st

Limit 4 per Koupon, 1 Koupon per Kustomer per day.

Valid May 2-May 7, 2018.

KOPKE’S KOUPON

SAVE UP TO $3.00 ¢

50 Off PERENNIALS Starting at $2.99 • Limit 6 per koupon.

Valid May 2-May 7, 2018.

Visit the Stoughton Location - NOW OPEN! MAY HOURS:

FISH HATCHER Y RD.

Directions from Stoughton: Take 138 toward Oregon. Go past Eugster’s Farm Market, one mile and turn right on Sunrise Rd. Go one more mile then turn left on Town Line Rd. Continue on to Sand Hill Rd. (approximately one mile) and turn right.

Directions from Fitchburg: Take Fish Hatchery Road south to Netherwood Road. Turn left and go through Oregon past Walgreen’s to a left on Sand Hill Road.

Directions from Verona: Take Cty. M to Fish Hatchery Rd. Turn right and go to Netherwood Road. Turn left at Netherwood Rd. through Oregon past Walgreen’s to a left on Sand Hill Rd.

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Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m.

Saturday 8:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.

Sunday 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

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