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Alders want info on demo, restoration BILL LIVICK Unified Newspaper Group
Highlights • Alders ask for info on costs, options for Highway Trailer demolition or redevelopment • Developer Movin’ Out offers to buy, restore the building • Staff, consultants present financial info
C i t y o ffi c i a l s a g r e e d last week to seek specific proposals before deciding whether the Highway Trailers complex should be demolished or restored. In a joint meeting with the Redevelopment Authority Sept. 13, alders decided the city should seek cost proposals for restoration is still interested the demolition and find in saving it. out whether a developer specializing in historic Turn to Trailer/Page 13
Deal for 138 access closer City, developer, town meeting with DOT this month and next BILL LIVICK Unified Newspaper Group
The Kettle Park West developer and city officials are getting closer to an agreement with the Wi s c o n s i n D e p a r t m e n t of Transportation for an access point to Hwy. 138 from the development’s second phase. Forward Development Group manager Dennis Steinkraus, Mayor Donna Olson, Common Coun cil president Tim Swadley and representatives from
the Town of Rutland met with DOT officials Friday, Sept. 8, to discuss scenarios that may result in DOT approval for an access to KPW at Oak Opening Drive, a planned street that would be built as part of the development’s second phase. T h e D OT h a s s o fa r rejected the developer’s request to construct the a c c e s s t o t h e h i g h wa y because it says traffic studies haven’t warranted it, and the Common Council has not allowed the developer to proceed with KPW’s mostly residential second phase until it has approval to extend Oak Opening Drive.
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Carole Becker-Schmidt shares an album full of Town of Dunn history during the picnic.
Dunn celebrates 20 years of land conservation The Natural Heritage Land Trust and the Town of Dunn celebrated 20 years of partnership for land conservation with a picnic at Sinaiko Farm on Saturday. The farm was the first piece of land protected through the partnership. The picnic celebrated the Town’s purchase of development rights program and the preservation of open space, farming and farmland. Several speakers were featured during the picnic, including Dunn landowners Don Schmidt and Bob Uphoff, and author and historian Jerry Apps.
Extend or scrap teacher pay plan? Board must decide whether to wait for committee SCOTT DE LARUELLE Unified Newspaper Group
When it comes to attracting and keeping educators, is it better to have a flawed compensation plan in place than none at all? T h a t ’s t h e q u e s t i o n Stoughton Area school board members have struggled with for the past few weeks, after a committee tasked with improving the district’s teacher compensation program has stalled. The board will likely vote at its Oct. 2 or Oct. 18 meeting to either scrap the “Career Ladder” program it approved two years ago or leave it until district officials can come up with a better one. However, time is running
out to make a decision this year, board president Scott Dirks told the board Monday, because the district’s Employee Relations Committee – which would handle pay raises if the comp plan is removed – begins meeting with teachers Oct. 24. “It would be very difficult to have any kind of constructive discussion if the employee relations committee doesn’t have any direction from the full board as whether we are going to keep the present plan in place,” he said.
‘Fair’ to wait? Of the board members who spoke Monday, most seemed to have mixed feeling on how to proceed – whether to “tweak” or replace the program or drop it entirely. Though it’s unpopular, one reason some members might favor letting it
continue until a new plan is created to be fair to teachers who would benefit from it at the end of this year. That group would have a chance to “level out” of the current compensation plan. “Having it in place one more year … it seems fair,” board member Steve Jackson said. Joe Freye said he wo n d e r e d w h e t h e r t h e “absence of a plan” might be worse than having one in need of fixing. “What does it make us look like to be a district with no plan?” he asked. “ I w o u l d t h i n k t h a t ’s unusual and not attractive. Are there tweaks we can make to this plan that are practical, or are we better off leaving it in place, warts and all?” Allison Sorg said she’s “struggling” with what to do next. “I agree this plan is so
flawed that I just don’t think we can dress it up and make things better,” she said. “At the same time I’m very concerned with having nothing. I think it’s tough to absolutely have nothing.” Tim Bubon said he’s “leaning toward supporting staying with it, even though it is flawed.” “I’m confident the compensation committee will come up with a proposal for us, but right now it feels like we’re between a rock and a hard place,” he said.
Risks either way Board president Scott Dirks said expecting the compensation committee to come up with a new plan by the board’s May deadline is “really optimistic,” noting that “at least a couple” members are leaving the group.
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Chaos, devastation – and hope – in Houston Sid Boersma’s 10-day mission at Hurricane Harvey’s main Red Cross disaster shelter CHUCK NOWLEN Unified Newspaper Group
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The first day, Boersma and his disaster-relief colleagues were taken to the Red Cross shelter in an open-air dump truck because no other available vehicles could make it through the flooding. ‘What a privilege it is to be here.’ It certainly produces the best in people, especially those who serve. … I think it’s really important work.”
First things first There were glitches and jury-rigged solutions left and right at the beginning. First, Boersma’s group was stuck in their plane for about two-and-a-half hours after landing because of lightning and other storm factors. Then, when it was time to head to the shelter the next day, he and the other Red Cross workers were loaded into an open-air dump truck in the pouring rain “because nothing else could make it through all the water.” The first day was spent getting organized on the run, with everybody basically helping out as needed as a steady stream of stunned hurricane victims filed in. A medical area was defined, including a section for food and water, a pharmacy station and a makeshift mental-health space for Boersma. That wasn’t his main duty on Day 1, though. A higher priority demanded his attention. “I was a person who knew how to deal with cots, so I kind of took the lead with that. We had put up about 800 within the first two-and-a-half hours,” he recalls. “Then we ran out, so we had to start using cardboard mats on the floor that first day — others slept in chairs or wherever else they could find space. We didn’t get another shipment until the next day because a semi carrying some of our cots had gotten lost. By the time we finished, we had put up about 10,000.”
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Eventually, more of an organized system emerged. For mental-health counselor Boersma, that basically meant making genuine human connections. “A lot of what you try to
do is provide some sense of hope for people, and, really, just being there for them does a lot,” he says. “I’d introduce myself as a Red Cross person and just basically ask people, ‘How are you doing?’ and give them an opportunity to share whatever they wanted to share. Mainly, it’s just to be there and help them in whatever way you can, and to help them sort of get centered.” Boersma saw about 300 shelter clients the first weekend alone. Like the rest of the Houston Red Cross contingent, he did his best to support to his fellow workers as well. “The Red Cross philosophy is, ‘Do what you can, and do it in a kind way,’” he adds. “You try not to give people a ‘No’ if possible. You try to say ‘Yes’ as much as possible instead.” Every once in awhile, there were deep, special moments. Boersma is hesitant to offer specifics from Houston due to confidentiality imperatives, but he offers an experience he had after another disaster years ago as an example: “One woman didn’t want to talk about herself, but finally she started telling me a little about what had happened, and she finally said, ‘I’ve got a secret.’ I said, ‘What is it?’ And she answered, ‘My husband died in my arms. I’ve never told anyone that.’” Boersma adds, now catching a lump in his throat at the memory: “That’s a special moment for a counselor.” A n d h ow d i d B o e r s ma decompress when his 10 days were over and he arrived back in Stoughton? “I got home and went to sleep,” he answers. “That’s how you recover. It takes two to three weeks to fully recover, actually. That’s just normal.” Contact Chuck Nowlen at charles.nowlen@wcinet. com.
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Sid Boersma at work inside Houston’s George E. Brown Convention Center, the city’s main Red Cross shelter during Hurricane Harvey.
Day after day, the rain kept pouring. The water kept rising, and the people kept coming – 800-plus by early the first day and more than 10,000 by the end. So it was at Houston’s George R. Brown Convention Center downtown – the city’s main Red Cross shelter during Hurricane Harvey – recalls Stoughton Ald. Sid Boersma (Dist. 1). Boersma spent Aug. 26 through Sept. 4 there as a Red Cross mental-health clinical social worker. “It was the most intense shelter experience I’ve ever had,” he told the Hub in an interview last week. “I’ve been in the Army. I’ve worked in Louisiana for flood relief. I was at the Cambria (mill) explosion in June and other places where there’s been a disaster. This was by far the most intense.” Almost everyone at the Houston shelter had lost everything they had. “It was very intense to see so many people come in and literally not have anything they needed,” Boersma says. “And a lot of people died in this thing.” By his second day, the flood waters in and around the city were about two-anda-half feet deep and “stinky.” “We worked 20 hours my first day, and after that everybody worked at least 12 hours a day – at least 12 hours and usually many m o r e ,” B o e r s m a s a y s . “There were no showers in the shelter at first, either.” The veteran disaster relief pro continues: “Even if you’ve done it for years and years, you never get totally used to it. And it takes something out of you.” At the same time, Boersma calls it “an experience that everyone should have.” “It’s just so relevant, especially at this point in our country’s history,” he explains. “One thing is that you felt like you really had a positive function there. It’s continuous acts of kindness. Inside the shelter, you couldn’t walk five feet without somebody asking you a question. “I remember thinking,
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Owners of downtown building ‘feel stuck’ Attorney says no demolition with moratorium in effect BILL LIVICK Unified Newspaper Group
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County Executive Joe Parisi, right, talks with Stoughton Rotarian Kendall McBroom at the latest Rotary Club meeting.
County Executive Joe Parisi visits Rotary County Executive Joe Parisi visited the Stoughton Rotary Club Wednesday, Sept. 13, to discuss recent county initiatives to clean up area lakes and the county partnership with the Stoughton Area School District for mental health teams.
Stoughton has 4 National Merit Semifinalists Four Stoughton students are among around 16,000 semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship program. Isabelle Genter, Gabrielle Skerpan and sisters Shelby and Sydney Tone were named semifinalists last week in a news release from the national program, which awards scholarships
based on Preliminary SAT scores and an application. Genter and Skerpan attend Stoughton High School, while the Tones are both homeschooled. Overall, about 1.6 million students took the PSAT test, entering them in the competition, according to the news release. Semifinalists and their
high school must submit an application outlining the student’s academic record, participation in school and community activities, leadership abilities, employment and honors or awards to be considered as for the finalist stage. The news release states that 15,000 will move to the finalist stage, and will be notified
in February. Of those 15,000, about 7,500 will receive a National Merit Scholarship next spring. There are 2,500 National Merit $2,500 scholarships, 1,000 corporate-sponsored awa r d s a n d 4 , 0 0 0 c o llege-sponsored awards. - Scott Girard
DOT: Draft plan expected ‘maybe in October’ Continued from page 1 second phase of KPW until it receives DOT approval to extend Oak Opening Drive south to Hwy. 138. At the same meeting, the council conditionally approved preliminary development plans – known as a preliminary plat – for Phase 2. Early plans show the second phase as mostly residential development, with 33 single-family lots and approximately 294 multi-family units. At the Sept. 8 meeting, the developer “ran some ideas past the DOT” about how to move ahead with the second phase while also being sensitive to driveway access for township residents along the highway, Steinkraus said. “The critical thing is the DOT’s trying to work with us to find a way to do the right-in, right-out that the
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Dennis Kittleson attached to the April 10 motion cannot be satisfied,” the attorney wrote in a memo to the council. On Tuesday, Dennis Kittleson told the Hub that he and his wife are “ s t u c k , a n d w e d o n ’t know what to do next.” “I’ve never been so beaten down in my life,” he said. “I’m a pretty strong person and I’ve done a lot of stuff in my life, but I just don’t get it.” He said his idea for the site after demolishing the building – opening the space to the public, as long as it was respected – “was something that was going to be aesthetically pleasing to the community. We felt like it could bring so much to the city.” Kittleson said he doesn’t think the building has any value because there is no parking to go with the property. Under the city’s zoning code, the ground floor must be used for commercial purposes and the upstairs can be retail, Kittleson said. “There is a difference between historical and o l d ,” h e a d d e d . “ T h e buildings on Main Street are all brick and mortar. I don’t see it working at all for anything, and the longer it sits the more dilapidated it becomes. I don’t have any answers.” The issue became contentious after some city alders opposed demolishing the building on the grounds that it’s historic, and felt the council should have the final say on demolitions instead of the planning commission. Dregne later ruled that it’s the commission’s authority, and the council then adopted a moratorium on demolishing buildings in historic districts. Contact Bill Livick at bill.livick@wcinet.com
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The DOT has safety concerns about allowing too many access points to the highway between Hwy. 51 and Starr School Road, according to city officials. The parties plan to meet again Sept. 28 and have a third meeting scheduled for Oct. 13, at which time they hope to collectively sign a statement that would allow access to the highway from Oak Opening Drive. “The goal would be to have (a preliminary agreement) to send to the council at the end of October,” Olson told the Hub last week. “We’re looking for a resolution to allow Phase 2 to proceed and provide the much-needed residential development for our community.” In May 2016, the council put a hold on the developer beginning work on the
The owners of a building at 305-315 E. Main Street say they feel “stuck” and have no options about what to do with a structure they planned to demolish. That was building owner Dennis Kittleson’s response to an opinion expressed by city attorney Matt Dregne at a Sept. 12 Common Council meeting. Dregne last week issued an opinion that the building at the corner of East Main Street and Fourth Street may not be demolished because the owners’ application to do so was incomplete, and there’s now a moratorium on demolishing historic buildings in the downtown design overlay district. He said the application may not be amended post-moratorium, and added that the Kittlesons’ intention to open the vacant lot after demolition to the public for park-like uses is not allowable because it is not public property. Dregne said the moratorium adopted by the Common Council on March 12 is valid, but the city “likely cannot process amendments to the application while the moratorium is in effect.” He had previously determined that the Planning Commission and not the Common Council has authority to issue and approve demolition applications. Dennis and Amy Kittleson applied to demolish the building in January, and on April 10 the Planning Commission approved the demolition on the condition that a detailed landscaping plan for the vacant lot be submitted and approved. “The commission cannot approve a landscaping plan submitted post-moratorium, so the condition
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he moment I fully realized how well being raised on the farm had prepared me for the larger world, I was living over a thousand miles away from here. I had left America’s Dairyland for the high desert, where I couldn’t even grow a radish, much less farm anything. I didn’t have a job lined up before I moved, but when my horses stepped out of the trailer on that mountain top and whinnied their enthusiastic approval, I hustled out to get one. It was easy Wollin-Dunn because we farmers can do just about anything we put our minds to. It’s true there is something about a Midwestern upbringing in general that makes for a good worker, and it was this reputation that preceded me to the Southwest and helped open a door just enough for me to wedge my own boot in there. But the rest of my success grew out of the organic fertilizer on the bottom of that boot that only comes from a Wisconsin farm. I took the job for the money, but then I showed up every day, I worked hard, I was respectful, I learned, I observed, and I volunteered for extra work. To my surprise, I was quickly offered a promotion to manager, which I politely accepted and promptly regretted. The vast range of personalities and wildly differing productivity of the eight people in my department had been obvious but unimportant to me when
we were mere co-workers, each doing our own individual work, but as their manager, it was exasperating. Why couldn’t these people all just show up on time and quietly do their work without drama and give me equal and predictable results? Nobody could be expected to manage the productivity of this motley herd! Nobody except maybe a farmer... if she’d ever had a barn full of milking goats. As I studied “my” employees, I needed to squint only a little bit to gaze back in time and see again many of the beloved goats of my childhood. I could manage this, after all. Tucked quietly into the corner cubicle was a smart, but timid doe named “Lacey.” She always kept to herself, but was terribly fond of praise and attention. And she loved her kids. Goats only produce milk when they have babies, and only for so long until you have to get them bred again so they will have another milking season. Milk is the “work,” the purpose of a dairy herd, but Lacey did not like only work, she wanted to also raise her kids. I promptly modified Lacey’s job description. “Dawn” bleated from the first desk in the room, stubborn and bossy and loud. Because you could never lead her by the collar, the best option was to let her think that she was leading the way as you subtly guided her to the milking stand. She was predictable in every way and protective of the herd, who respected her highly. That her productivity was always on the low side did not stop Dawn from getting regular raises, and she never left the farm. Across the room was friendly,
flaky “Liza,” a lousy mother, but easy to breed, so you just had to take her kids away from her instantly and bottle-feed them yourself so she didn’t get overwhelmed by responsibility. Because she didn’t have much “dairy character,” the obvious attributes of a good milking doe, she was able to easily exceed expectations by being only average. When she sometimes ran down the aisle but then did a last-second fly-by of the milking stand and instead trotted a lap around to all the stalls, getting everyone loudly excited, she was never scolded lest she sulk and refuse to let down her milk. Instead, she got treats when she did finally get her head in the stanchion and she’d enthusiastically get to work. Sadly, I also had a “Mindy.” She could never get bred, therefore she never produced milk. A great personality and being well-liked by all made it that much harder to load her up and unbuckle her collar, but there is simply no place for a barren doe in a dairy herd. As I met with my boss in her office to proudly share these revelations, I recall quite clearly the look on her face – as if she had just stepped in something you’d only find on a farm. But if she was thinking she’d made a mistake promoting this farmer, she didn’t say so. Even she knew that Wisconsin farmers might be a little different from your average American, but they can profitably manage a herd of just about anything, if they put their mind to it. Kelsey Wollin-Dunn is a town of Rutland resident. She can be reached at rockdelfarmetc@ yahoo.com.
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The 2017 Stoughton High School homecoming court is: front row, from left: Cassidy Bach, Paige Halverson, Aly Solberg, Hannah Iverson, Gigi Zaemisch, Natalie Zientek, Tessa Berry and Emily Fitzsimmons; back row, from left: Aaron Zimmerman, Brady Schipper, Aidan Baldukas, Tyler Anderson, Seth Charleston, Sam McHone, Jordan DiBenedetto and Marcus Martingilio.
Vikings’ Homecoming week set Parade set for 4 p.m. at SHS; football game kicks off at 7 Stoughton schools are celebrating homecoming from Monday, Sept. 18, through Saturday, Sept. 23. Themed dress-up days are set for Stoughton High School and River Bluff Middle School students throughout the week, and after school activities at SHS earlier this week included “Volleyball Wars” Monday and a three-on-three basketball tournament Wednesday.
follow at 4 p.m. The parade begins in the Lincoln Avenue parking lot and ends in the Devonshire parking lot, where the tailgate begins at What: Stoughton High School 4:30 p.m., including food, games, homecoming parade, football game giveaways and a bouncy house. When: 4:30; 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 22 The football game vs. Oregon kicks Where: Stoughton High School, 600 off at 7 p.m., and the SHS homeLincoln Ave. coming court will be announced at halftime. The homecoming dance, Info: 877-5600 themed “Escape to Egypt,” is Saturday, Sept. 23 at SHS. Email Unified Newspaper Group Festivities on Friday begin with a reporter Scott De Laruelle at scott. pep rally at SHS, with the parade to delaruelle@wcinet.com.
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Broadband meeting is Sept. 26 County supervisor Salov hosting event at Dunkirk Town Hall Citing a more “positive” feeling about getting faster Internet service into rural a r e a s o f D a n e C o u n t y, County Board Supervisor Bob Salov is hosting an informational meeting on $751 million in new federal money going to TDS Telecommunications to boost rural broadband expansion. S a l ov w i l l b e j o i n e d by town of Vermont Plan commission member John Hallick, who serves on the town’s Citizen Broadband Task Force, and will speak about rural broadband access, partnering with providers, available grants and other potential funding for local governments. The meeting is at 6:30 p.m. in the Dunkirk Town Hall, just south of Stoughton. Salov, who represents the villages of Cambridge, Rockdale and Deerfield,
If You Go What: Informational meeting on broadband expansion When: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 26 Where: Dunkirk Town Hall, 654 County Highway N Info: salov@ countyofdane.com townships of Dunkirk, Rutland, Albion, Christiana and Deerfield, and ward 7 of the City of Edgerton, said in a press release Monday, after “lots of frustration I’m feeling positive about finally getting faster Internet service into our rural areas.” “We are at a critical point when broadband is no longer a luxury but a necessity and a public utility,” he said. “Rural businesses and households cannot function without it.”
I n J a n u a r y, T D S announced it will receive around $75 million a year for the next 10 years from the Federal Communications Commission, which will be used to expand and improve broadband service to nearly 160,000 homes in 25 states, including Wisconsin. The federal funds are a “major step forward,” Salov said. Funding for the Connect America Fund will support the buildout of rural broadband networks. Depending on location, most TDS customers in rural areas eligible for CAF funding will receive guaranteed broadband speeds of 25 Mbps download and 3 Mbps upload. Most of the remaining customers will receive speeds of 10/1 Mbps. The Dane County Board has urged expansion of rural broadband and in 2015 passed a resolution urging state and federal officials to move forward with funding.
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Happy 97th Birthday, Dad.
The weather is getting cooler, and the trees along the street are beginning to turn into the reds, yellows and oranges we love. Your friends, who visited often, and helped out even more, say hello: Charlie, who brought groceries and gave Holy Communion every week, Allan, who repaired the house and enjoyed music with you, Petra and Tomi, who picked up your mail and rolled the bins out to the street, and last and never least, Peggy, who made sure you lived in your house as comfortably as possible. They all cared and did so much more than what is written here. I miss you. Jim Jr. and John miss you. Curmudgeon is one word that describes you, but happy is how I will remember you. Perhaps, it was the passion for fishing, the camping and highway travels, and your love for Laurel that kept you smiling. Sleep with the angels, Dad. Love and hugs, your daughter Kathy
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a beginning sami bracelet making class from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23, at the Lodge, 317 Page St. Registration is $65 for lodge members; $80 for non-members and is due by Sept. 15. Registration cost covers instruction, documents and tools needed to complete the project. The fee does not include the kit needed to assemble the bracelet. Those supplies can be purchased for an additional $45 and include pewter thread, leather, needle, sinew and button. Payment can be made to: Creations Inspired by Coastal Norway (CICN). Sandy Fleming and Nancy Odalen will teach the class, designed for beginners. Additional supply kits will be available for purchase and include the same supplies found in the kit used for class. For information, email sandrakelly62@gmail.com.
Mothers of Preschoolers (Moms’ Group) will meet in Healy Hall of St. Ann’s Church from 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 21. All mothers are welcome to join in the celebration of motherhood. Meetings include speakers, creative activities, mentors, discussions and potlucks. For more information, visit mops.org or their Facebook page Stoughton St. Ann’s MOPS @ Night.
ROHS kick-off
On September 21st at 7 p.m., ROHS will hold their season’s kickoff meeting at 1416 Roby Road. Besides reconnecting with members, a focus will be to create a vision for this organization going forward and plan a strategy to make it happen. Newcomers are always welcome to attend. Bring a light snack to share and your favorite drink. The ROHS is a group of people preserving Stoughton’s treasures, one Norwegian ancestry house at a time. For informaLiv Marit Haakenstad will tion, contact rohstoughton@ lead a free presentation about gmail.com. Norwegian ancestry at Livsreise, 277 W. Main St., from Sami bracelet class 1-2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23. The Sons of NorA henealogist and author, way-Mandt Lodge will offer Haakenstad has worked as a Baha’i Faith
For information: Alfred Skerpan, 877-0911 or Gail and Greg Gagnon, 873-9225 us.bahai.org Stoughton study classes.
genealogist researching Norwegians and emigrants from Norway to other countries for over 30 years. She also lectures and leads courses in Norwegian genealogy, internet genealogy research, transmigration and the emigration from Norway in general. For information, call 8737567.
to learn about Seasonal Affective Disorder at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 27, in the Bryant Health Education Center in the lower level of the hospital, 900 Ridge St. Attendees will learn how to identify the disorder, how to manage the symptoms if you experience it, and how to best avoid it in the future. To register, go to stoughtonhospital.com and click on Our Daily Bread “classes and events.” For information, contact Vi s i t F i r s t L u t h e r a n Church, 310 E. Washington Sonja at 873-2356. St., for the free monthly “Our Dementia presentation Daily Bread” meal from 4-6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 24. The library will host a The meal will be served Stoughton Dementia Friendat 4:30 p.m. and includes ly education program at 6:30 assorted casseroles, salads, p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 27. rolls, dessert, coffee and Joan Litwitz, Share the milk. No carry-out meals are Care project coordinator, will available; for transportation teach more about the Share to dinner, call 873-7276 by the Care program, which noon on Sunday and leave a focuses on a support care message. Rides are provid- model that shows families, ed free of charge within the friends, neighbors and comStoughton Area School Dis- munity how to come together trict. to help someone with AlzheiThis month’s meal is spon- mer’s or dementia. sored by West Koshkonong The presentation will offer Lutheran Church. practical solutions for people For information, call 873- who need help organizing 7761. and maintaining a circle of support needed to live happiSAD program ly and healthily. For information, call 873Join Stoughton Hospital Psychiatrist Dr. Ken Robbins, 2356.
Covenant Lutheran Church
Bible Baptist Church
1525 N. Van Buren St., Stoughton • 873-7494 covluth@chorus.net • 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
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
11927 W. Church St., Evansville 882-4408 Pastor Karla Brekke Sunday: 10 a.m. Worship and Sunday School
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First Lutheran Church
310 E. Washington, Stoughton 873-7761 • flcstoughton.com Sunday: 8:30 & 10 a.m. worship
Fulton Church
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.
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.
LakeView Church
2200 Lincoln Ave., Stoughton 873-9838 • lakevc.org Sunday: 9:30 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.
United Methodist of Stoughton 525 Lincoln Avenue, Stoughton stoughtonmethodist.org Stoughtonumc@Wisconsinumc.org Sunday: 8 a.m. - Short Service; 10 a.m. - Full Worship
West Koshkonong Lutheran Church 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
Sins that cry out to Heaven “Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court, for the Lord will take up their case and will exact life for life.” —Proverbs 22:22-23 NIV
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There are sins that cry out to heaven for justice. The slaughter of Abel by his brother Cain is the primordial example. A premeditated murder of one’s brother certainly cries out for justice. The oppression of the Israelites in Egypt is another sin that cried to heaven, and throughout the Bible we see the oppression of the poor, of orphans and widows, and of refugees as sins that God is particularly inclined to avenge. The Book of Exodus makes this principle explicit: “Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner, for you were foreigners in Egypt. Do not take advantage of the widow or the fatherless. If you do and they cry out to me, I will certainly hear their cry. My anger will be aroused, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives will become widows and your children fatherless.” (Exodus 22:21-24 NIV) This is a moral exhortation that is all too relevant today, when millions of refugees have no place to call home and widows and orphans are all around us. Ask yourself who in your community fits the bill of the widow, the orphan or the foreigner. We might call them by different names, i.e., single mothers, or undocumented immigrants, or the homeless and working poor, but these people are God’s children, and they have a special place in His heart. – Christopher Simon
Community calendar
Thursday, September 21
• 1-5 p.m., Personal Essentials Pantry, 343 E. Main St., pepstoughton.org • 3 p.m., Search and email class, senior center, 8738585 • 7 p.m., R Olde House Society season’s kick-off meeting, 1416 Roby Rd. • 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Mothers of Preschoolers meeting, Healy Hall, St. Ann’s Church, 323 N. Van Buren St., mops.org
Friday, September 22
• 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., Stoughton Farmers Market, Stoughton Plaza, 1050 W. Main St., stoughtonwi.com/ farmerskmarket • 1-2 p.m., Catfish River Revue performance, senior center, 873-8585 • 4:15-4:45 p.m., SHS homecoming parade, 600 Lincoln Ave, 877-5600
Saturday, September 23
• 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Stoughton Community Farmers Market, Forrest Street (North of Main St.), stoughtonwi.com/farmersmarket • 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Beginning Sami bracelet class, Sons of Norway Mandt Lodge, 317 S. Page St., sandrakelly62@gmail.com • 10 a.m. to noon, Stoughton Kiwanis Kite Day, Sandhill Elementary School, 1920 Lincoln Ave, kiwanis.org • 1-2 p.m., Norwegian ancestry presentation, Livsreise, 277 W. Main St., 873-7567
Sunday, September 24
• 2-3 p.m., Yoga Sunday with Stoughton Yoga, library, 873-6281 • 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., “Our Daily Bread” free meal, First Lutheran Church, 310 E. Washington St, for transportation, call 873-7276
Tuesday, September 26
• 6:30 p.m., Adult Book Discussion: “A Piece of the World” by Christina Barker Kline, library, 873-6281
Wednesday, September 27
• 1-2 p.m., Hawaiian Elvis performance, senior center, 873-8585 • 3 p.m., Travelogue - Thailand, senior center, 8738585 • 6:30 p.m., Dementia presentation, library, 873-2356
Thursday, September 28
• 5:30 p.m., Parkinson’s class, Bryant Health Education Center at Stoughton Hospital, 900 Ridge St., 8732356
Friday, September 29
• 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., Stoughton Farmers Market, Stoughton Plaza, 1050 W. Main St., stoughtonwi.com/ farmerskmarket
Saturday, September 30
8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Stoughton Community Farmers Market, Forrest Street (North of Main St.), stoughtonwi.com/farmersmarket
Thursday, October 5
• 1 to 5 p.m., Personal Essentials Pantry, 343 E. Main St., pepstoughton.org • 6:30-8 p.m., Adult Craft Club: Paint it, library, 8736281
Saturday, October 7 • 1 p.m., Stories of Norway presentation by John Yilek, Livsreise, 227 W. Main St., 873-7567 • 1-5 p.m., Three Gaits Fall Celebration, 3741 Hwy. 138, 3gaits.org
Support groups Diabetic Support Group • 6 p.m., second Monday, Stoughton Hospital, 6286500
Low Vision Support • 1-2:30 p.m., third Thursday, senior center, 8738585
Dementia Caregivers • 2 p.m., second Thursday, senior center, 873-8585
Parkinson’s Group • 1:30-2:30 p.m., fourth Wednesday, 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
Multiple Sclerosis Group • 10-11:30 a.m., second Tuesday, senior center, 873-8585 Anorexia and Bulimia Group • 6 p.m., first Thursday, Stoughton Hospital, 6286500
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Conducting success Recent Hall of Fame inductee built career leading to Disney in the Stoughton area KIMBERLY WETHAL Hub Correspondent
For James “Jim” Christensen, his time living in Wisconsin was “instrumental” to his career. The musician and composer, who has 400 titles to his name and the Walt Disn ey C o r p oration and t h e d i r e c - Christensen tor of the UW-Madison Marching Band on his resumé, was inducted into the Stoughton Hall of Fame on Aug. 24. Christensen, who lives in California with his wife Karen, was unable to attend the ceremony, which was prior to the start of the Gazebo Musikk event. Christensen was raised in southern Wisconsin in the communities of Stoughton, Deerfield, Lake Mills and Madison, moving around as a child because his father, a funeral director, took up work in different places. According to a June 2014 article in The Journal of the Association of Concert Bands, Christensen started his musical career as a child. He sang the Star-Spangled Banner at the age of 4 and eventually learned to play the piano and the trombone under the guidance of a band teacher whom Christensen considers his mentor. This band teacher, he said, had a unique ability in demonstrating patience with children who were learning to perform music. His parents, lacking musical talent themselves,
Hall of Fame Who: Jim Christensen Residence: California Stoughton connection: Born and raised Claim to fame: Disney composer, 37 years always supported their trombone-playing son during his school years, Christensen told the Hub last month. “My mother and dad were not musicians, per se, but they were very supportive of me,” Christensen said. “They went to all my concerts and things like that – very supportive of my music. In the long run, that was very good.” Christensen’s tendency to move continued into adulthood because of the need for band directors in smaller towns, he said, so he relocated quite a bit to service the communities that were in need of someone to teach and conduct school bands. “As a young conductor, I learned a lot about different cities and places, in Stoughton and other local communities,” Christensen s a i d . “ T h ey w e r e ve r y interesting.” Christensen’s presence in the southern Wisconsin area led him to one of the largest band conductor jobs – a band director for his alma mater, UW-Madison. The position was offered to him by then-director Ray Dvorak, who had been teaching at the university since the 1930s. “He pulled me in the o ffi c e a n d s a i d , ‘ H ow would you like to be the marching band director and teacher?’” Christensen said. “It was really good timing, is what it was.” According to the U W- M a d i s o n M a r c h i n g B a n d ’s w e b s i t e , Christensen directed the band during its 1963
‘As a young conductor, I learned a lot about different cities and places, in Stoughton and other local communities.’ – James Christensen performance at the Rose Bowl in California. It was there during that Rose Bowl trip that he made it his goal to work for Disney, and five years l a t e r, C h r i s t e n s e n w a s hired to be the director of the Disneyland Band and a composition arranger. On his way out, Christensen paved the way for current UW-Madison band director Mike Leckrone by hiring him to take over his job as the director of the varsity band. Leckrone, who was hired in 1969, brought women into the marching band and created the Varsity Band Concert, held each year at the Kohl Center. “I had to find a replacement for myself in the marching band when I moved from Stoughton to Southern California, and I think I found a pretty good one,” Christensen said. “He’s a legend. Right now he’s got gray hair like I do, but he wants to be active.” It wasn’t just good timing that got Christensen the job at Disney, which he does credit as part of his hiring – it was the musical growth and experience he got while living in Wisconsin that allowed him to excel. “(Getting hired at Disney) was a good send-off to what I did,” Christensen said. “When you get a position like that, timing is very important, but you’ve got to be good when you get there … I’ve had a great career with Disney and the UW Marching Band.”
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West Koshkonong Lutheran Church member Arlan Debeir puts the finishing touches on one diner’s plate at last week’s Norwegian Fish Boil.
Full house for fish boil A bake sale and fish boil at Stoughton’s West Koshkonong Church drew a full house Sept. 8, with diners enjoying an authentic meal of boiled cod, red potatoes, carrots, onions, coleslaw, bread – and, of course, lefse and Norwegian cookies. Entertainment by The Promised Land Band rounded out the fun at the event. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Stoughton Special Olympics, the Deerfield Community Cen- Early arrival Judi Schollmeyer sits down for a ter and St. Coletta of Wisconsin, meal at last week’s Norwegian Fish Boil at West church officials said. Koshokong Lutheran Church.
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• Workmen are rushing the remodeling job on the old First National Bank building at Division and Main streets. When finished, the suite will be the executive offices for the Henry Bjoin enterprises. • Plans to dedicate the portion of Interstate Highway I-90 between Madison and Janesville the first week of November were discussed at a meeting of state, county and town officials at the Norse Chalet Monday noon. • Tom Every has purchased the local Armour plant from the Gehl Dairy C o m p a n y, M i l w a u k e e . Every states the building will be used for storage and manufacturing. • Dedication of the new Kegonsa elementary school east of the city will take place Sunday afternoon, Nov. 4th, according to an announcement by Bertrand Quale, president of the school board. • Douglas Harried, son of Mr. and Mrs. Truman Harried, Route 2, recently enlisted in the Air Force, and is taking his basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas.
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outclassed but fighting Delavan School for the Deaf, Stoughton High S c h o o l ’s f o o t b a l l t e a m opened its 1937 season Saturday afternoon with an easy 32 to 0 victory.
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Name: Brady Schipper Grade: Senior Sport: Football Position: Running back
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Stoughton junior Bre Viken watches her ball from the No. 11 tee Tuesday during the Badger Conference Meet at the Oaks Golf Course near Cottage Grove. Viken finished with a 92 to help Stoughton take third with a 366. The Vikings, which were led by freshman Caylie Kotlowski’s 81, ended up second over in the conference, earning a tiebreaker over Oregon with a head-to-head win in the regular season.
Stoughton takes second Caylie Kotlowski earns No. 6 all-Badger South Conference honors
ANTHONY IOZZO Assistant sports editor
Freshman Caylie Kotlowski has been one of the most consistent scorers for the Stoughton High School girls golf team, and that continued Tuesday at the Badger South Conference meet. Caylie Kotlowski shot an 81 to lead Stoughton to third at the meet with a 366, and it also helped earn her No. 6 All-Badger South Conference honors. Caylie finished fourth overall in the Badger South behind Milton seniors Mia Seeman and Taylor Hakala and Oregon
senior Andi McCorkle. “For her to be able to play up those players is pretty special for her as a freshman,” coach Stephen Stokes said. Caylie’s score was also good enough to win the Badger North, which held its meet simultaneously with the Badger South at The Oaks. Stokes said it shows how strong the Badger South is. The Vikings took second in the conference, winning a tiebreaker over Oregon due to their head-to-head win in the regular season. Junior Bre Viken played out of the No. 1 spot Tuesday and finished with a 92. Sophomore Myranda Kotlowski shot a 94. “Overall, it was a great team effort,” Stokes said. “Myranda Kotlowski improved greatly
from a year ago, and Bre was a very solid performer throughout the year.” Junior Renee Anderson finished the scoring with a 99, which was one of her lowest scores all season. Junior Jenny Marshall had a 111, which wasn’t counted toward the final score. “In the last week or two, every girl on the team has had a score that has helped us win. It was truly a team effort,” Stokes said. Milton won the meet with a 327 and earned the Badger South Conference title after going 6-0 during the regular season. Milton’s Mia Seeman, who edged Oregon’s McCorkle in a playoff for the individual title,
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What’s next The WIAA Division 1 regionals and sectionals are up next. Stoughton travels to Lake Windsor Country Club at 9 a.m., Wednesday Sept. 27 for the WIAA Division 1 DeForest regional. Stoughton then travels to sectionals at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4, at Edelweiss Country Club. The top four teams and four individuals advance to sectionals, and the top two teams and three individuals advance to state.
Highlights: Schipper rushed for 205 yards on 30 carries, including a 76-yard touchdown run in the second quarter at T.R. Holyoke Field in Monroe to help Stoughton improve to 5-0 Honorable mentions: Margaret Ross (girls xc) won the junior/senior race at the Badger Challenge in Fort Atkinson on Sept. 12 to help the Vikings repeat as Badger Challenge champions Alex Wick (boys xc) medaled in the freshman/sophomore race Tuesday at the Badger Challenge in Fort Atkinson Sofia Bormett (girls swimming) won the 200 and 100-yard freestyles Saturday at the Milton Invitational to help the Stoughton girls swimming team finish third. Stacy Benoy and Ashley Fisher (girls tennis) won two matches at the Badger Conference/Big Eight Challenge last week Tessa Berry (volleyball) finished with 30 digs, 19 kills, two blocks and seven aces at the Middleton invite Saturday Megan Adams (volleyball) collected eight kills, 12 assists, seven digs and two aces in a win over Monroe Thursday Ethan Wright (boys soccer) had four assists in three wins over the weekend Jake Deutsch (boys soccer) had three goals against Portage Saturday Bre Viken (girls golf) led Stoughton an 86 at the Parker invite Saturday
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Vikes move back to .500 in the Badger South ANTHONY IOZZO Assistant sports editor
It was another big Badger South Conference match for the Stoughton High School girls volleyball team Thursday, and the Vikings were able to take care of Monroe 3-0 (25-13, 25-14, 25-11). Stoughton (14-5 overall, 2-2 conference) needed the win to remain in the hunt for a good seed in the Badger South tourney Oct. 7. The Vikings still have tougher conference teams in Madison Edgewood, Monona Grove and Milton on the schedule, but Thursday’s win was still a big step to get back to .500. “I feel like we keep getting better and keep becoming more of a team,” coach
What’s next Stoughton travels to Madison Edgewood at 7 p.m. Thursday and to non-conference Sauk Prairie at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 26. Kelly Sorensen said. “It will be interesting to see where things shake out. Having some different experiences with the conference tournament and regular season play, it can be anybody’s day. “Even if we are not in first place going in, anything can happen after that and that is hopeful and exciting.” Stoughton never really had much trouble throughout the
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match against Monroe and only trailed twice in all three sets combined. The Cheesemakers took a 2-0 and 3-2 lead in the second set, but Stoughton quickly regained its form and
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Vikings move to 3-0 in the Badger South ANTHONY IOZZO Assistant sports editor
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Senior outside hitter Olivia Panthofer gets a dig in the first set Thursday against Monroe. Panthofer had nine digs in a 3-0 (2513, 25-14, 25-11) win.
The Stoughton High School boys soccer team remained hot Tuesday with a 7-0 win against Fort Atkinson, moving to 3-0 in the Badger South Conference (7-5-1 overall). “What we talk about is that every game has to be earned,” coach Dave Wermuth said. “We believe we can win, but we never say we should win.” Senior Jake Deutsch scored twice and added an assist and senior Zander Hartberg had three goals and two assists. Senior Nick Nowlan and junior
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Stoughton takes third at Milton invite Vikings win defensive JEREMY JONES
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Freshman Sofia Bormett won the 200 and 100-yard freestyles Saturday at the Milton Invitational to help the Stoughton girls swimming team finish third. Bormett won the 200-yard freestyle by nearly 3 1/2 seconds in 2 minutes, 1.45 seconds and the 100 free in 55.85 to help the Vikings score 289 points. The host Red Hawks won the meet with 367 points and Jefferson-Cambridge was second with 314. Maddie Kooima, Amy Schlicht, Ava Schigur and Bormett concluded the invitational with a third-place finish in the 400-free relay with a time of 3:53.13. “The girls swam wonderfully, we had some very competitive finishes,” coach Katie Talmadge said. Stoughton had 20 best times, which was lower in volume than usual, but appropriate for how many entries were allowed in the meet. “The meet only allows limited entries, and to make the most competitive line up possible, that meant that six girls did not get to swim, Talmadge said. “Those girls, along with others, could be found cheering behind every Stoughton lane; and even behind the lanes of opposing competitors, who did not have anyone to cheer for them.” Maddie Kooima finished runner-up to Milton sophomore Danielle Cramer in the 200 IM with a time of 2:13.99, and Schlicht was fourth in 2:21.69. Maddie (1:02.96) also finished second in the 100 backstroke to Cramer (58.94). Sisters Maddie and Abbie Kooima were joined by Schigur and Bormett to
Stoughton hosts nonconference Edgerton at 6 p.m. Thursday and travels to second-ranked McFarland on Tuesday, Sept. 26. Photo by Jeremy Jones
Freshman Amy Schlicht swims to victory in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1 minute, 16.65 seconds. Schlicht also won the 500 freestyle. Stoughton lost the Badger South dual meet 89-81. place second behind Janes- Monroe/New Glarus 89-81. Talmadge called the meet ville Craig’s 200 free relay more of a reconnaissance (1:44.27) in 1:48.14. Schigur won the 100 but- mission than anything to terfly in 1:03.14 and fin- worry about. “One of my goals tonight ished seventh in the 50 free was to get three of our fresh(27.81). Evelyn Schaefer took sixth man experience in all of the in the 500 free (5:57.98) and races,” she said. “Our freshSophia Thompson (1:10.73) man class is very diverse and and Abbie Kooima (1:00.31) very talented.” Bormett won one race and finished seventh in the 100 fly and 100 free (1:00.31), helped the Vikings to victory in a relay. Classmate Schlicht respectively. The Vikings’ JV team won two events to give turned in an impressive per- Stoughton a shot at a tie with formance, finishing four a win and third-place finish points ahead of Janesville in the 400 freestyle relay. Bormett swam the closest Parker for second place with 297 points. Milton won the race of the evening but was touched out by three-hunJV meet with 382 points. Abbie Kooima, Haley dredths of a second by MadFoss, Audrey Killian and elyn Hammer with a time of Schaefer won the 400 free 2:01.10. Bormett came back relay. Savy Boroughs and two events later to win the 50 Sydney Schipper finished free in 26.48. Schigur, Maddie Kooima second and fourth in the 100 free and Morgan McGee and Abbie Kooima and Bormett Schipper were 3-4 in the JV teamed up to win the 200 free relay in 1:47.74. Stough50 free. Schleppenbach placed sec- ton needed a win in the final ond in the 500 free, and Mol- event and a third-place finly Patrinos, Hailey Brown, ish but came up a little short. McGee and Boroughs took Evelyn Schaefer joined Madthird as a 200-free relay. die Kooima, Bormett and to finish three-and-aMonroe 89, Stoughton 81 Schigur half seconds behind Monroe/ A pair of freshmen stand- New Glarus in 3:52.45 for outs contributed to four vic- second. Sophia Thompson, tories Tuesday evening but Abbie Kooima, Savy Borthe Stoughton girls swim- oughs and Audrey Killian ming team fell short against placed third in 4:15.35.
Schlicht won the 500 free in 5:47.33 and the 100 backstroke in 1:16.65. “I was a little nervous for the 500,” Schlicht said. “I went out strong and just tried to keep up with the Monroe girl (Nina Schiro).” Rarely swimming the 500 free, Schlicht gained confidence throughout the race’s 10 laps and picked up the pace over the final 100 yards to pull away from Schiro by 3 1/2 seconds. Schlicht, who went to the club state swimming meet with Madison Aquatic Club two days before the start of the high school season, has been swimming since March. “I love it. I love being around my teammates and it’s fun to push yourself in practice,” she said. “Club swimming is lot more individual. Here when you’re doing it, you’re doing it for the team.” Schlicht joined Evelyn Schaefer, Haley Foss and Audrey Killian opened the meet with a second-place finish in the 200 medley relay (2:10.05). Schaefer led a 2-3-4 finish by the Vikings in the 100 butterfly, touching the ball second in 1:06.84. Maddie Kooima finished second to freshman Mckenzie Hammer in the 200 IM (2:19.59) and the 100 backstroke (1:01.83). Also finishing second was Ava Schigur in the 100 free (1:01.15). Stoughton’s JV team won 110-42.
Conference: Viken leads Vikings at Parker invite Continued from page 9 was named No. 1 all-conference. Milton also had the No. 2 all-conference, Taylor Hakala, and the No. 4 all-conference, Claudia Seeman, players. McCorkle was No. 3 all-conference, and Edgewood’s Grace Welch was No. 5 all-conference. “We knew Milton would be a tough team to beat, so our goal was to be the second-best team in the conference,” Stokes said. Next up is regionals Sept. 27 at Lake Windsor Country Club. The Vikings join Oregon, Sun Prairie, Monona Grove, DeForest and McFarland. Stokes said the confidence is high with the Stoughton girls right now, as it looks like the Vikings will once again go head-to-head with Oregon to advance to sectionals. “We fully expect to compete with Photo by Mary Langenfeld them at regionals and vie for that regionStoughton golf coach Stephen Stokes talks with sophomore Myranda Kotlowski al championship,” Stokes said. The top four teams and top four indi- at the start of the Badger Conference meet Tuesday. She finished with a 94. viduals advance to sectionals. Kotlowski and Viken all shot 46s, and and took eighth with a 369. Stoughton 185, Marshall shot a 47. Anderson’s 53 was Viken led the Vikings with an 86, and not counted toward the final score. Caylie and Myranda Kotlowski each Oregon 186 Oregon’s Andi McCorkle shot a shot a 90. Anderson finished the scoring The Vikings edged Oregon 185-186 43, and Aly Payne shot a 44. Brooke with a 103, while Marshall’s 106 was Wednesday at Coachman’s Golf Resort McCallum had a 47, and Sydney McK- not counted. to close the conference dual regular sea- ee had a 52. Milton won with a 322, and Kettle son. Moraine (325) and Middleton (335) Stoughton finished 4-2 to finish sec- Parker invite were second and third, respectively. ond behind Milton (6-0) in the Badger Stoughton traveled to Riverside Golf Kettle Moraine’s Abby Cavaiani South. Course Saturday for the Parker invite was the medalist with a 70. C a y l i e Ko t l ow s k i , M y r a n d a
battle in Monroe JEREMY JONES Sports editor
Senior running back Brady Schipper broke the longest play from scrimmage Friday and Stoughton’s defense took care of the rest in an 18-0 shutout. Schipper, who had 205 yards rushing on 30 carr i e s , b r o ke l o o s e o n a 76-yard touchdown run in the second quarter at T.R. Holyoke Field in Monroe. The touchdown extended the Vikings’ lead to 15-0 before halftime. “ B r a d y b r o k e a f ew tackles up the middle, but our O-line was giving him enough room to get through the first level of the defense all night,” coach Dan Prahl said. Stoughton, which i m p r ove d t o 5 - 0 ove rall and 3-0 in the Badger South with the victory, left at least 17 points on the board. The Vikings fumbled on the Monroe 5-yard line, threw an interception at the 6 and missed a field goal. The Vikings’ defense continued to play light’s out, though, and helped setup the game’ first touchdown. S t o u g h t o n ’s d e f e n s e intercepted one pass and created two fumbles, including one on the first play of the game, which led to the team’s first touchdown as senior quarterback Jon Malueg found wide receiver Joey Lepine for a 9-yard strike. Malueg completed 5 of 11 passes for a touchdown and an interception. He also had 53
What’s next The Vikings (5-0 overall, 3-0 Badger South) welcome conference rival Oregon (3-2, 2-1) to Collins Field for homecoming at 7 p.m. Friday. yards rushing on 10 carries. Stoughton found out last week that it will be without one of its most explosive receivers, last week as Jordan DiBenedetto will miss the rest of the season with an ACL injury. Senior Sam McHone iced the win with a 23-yard field goal in the fourth quarter. Monroe (2-3, 1-2) had 160 yards rushing on 45 carries. Dempzy Foley led the Cheesemakers with 72 yards on 19 carries. Quarterback Alex Witt completed 1 of 9 passes for 10 yards. The Vikings host Oregon (3-2, 2-1) at 7 p.m. Friday in a conference showdown for homecoming. “It’s Oregon week, our guys will be ready to play,” Prahl said. “Homecoming adds a lot of excitement but our guys know it’s our job to win the football game. Throw the records out this week, Oregon/Stoughton will be a great one on Friday at Collins Field. “They have been playing really well in all three phases of the game. We will respect Oregon and what they do, but by no means are we intimidated by them.”
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Runners will face loaded field at Midwest Invitational JEREMY JONES Sports editor
The Stoughton boys will face a loaded field Saturday in the Midwest Invitational at Blackhawk Golf Course in Janesville. The meet features over half of the top 20-ranked teams in the state, including four of the top five in Madison West, Middleton, Arrowhead and Kimberly. Ranked teams Neenah, Green Bay Preble, Madison La Follette, Monona Grove, Sun Prairie, South Milwaukee and Kenosha Bradford will also be in the field. “We should have our full varsity squad back for the Midwest Invite. As a team, we want to beat as many teams from our conference and sectionals as possible,” coach Pat Schneider said. “Janesville is usually a fast course, so it is always a goal to have a lot of runners set personal-best times.” The girls’ race features six of the top seven Division 1 teams, including defending WIAA Division 1 state champion Sun Prairie, which
is ranked No. 1 again this season. “Janesville’s meet will be a very competitive meet for us. The girls have been very successful this season, winning the three meets they have run in,” coach Susan Zaemisch said. “They are used to running in the front of the pack yet and this weekend they will be running against the top-ranked teams in the state. It will be fun to see how we stack up against these amazing programs.” Second-ranked Janesville Craig, 13th-ranked Madison West, 15th-ranked Arrowhead and 17th-ranked Middleton will also be competing against the 12th-ranked Vikings. “Last year we qualified three individual girls (to state) and that was heartbreaking for the team,” Zaemisch said. “Since our summer running, it has been a team goal to make it to team state. “The girls are super-competitive so I know they will race well this weekend, yet we are not training to win Janesville. We have a few girls coming off injuries who I know will be helping the team in October.”
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Junior libero Hannah Wirag sets up the offense in the third set Thursday against Monroe. Photo by Jeremy Jones
Karlie (left) and Paige Halverson go for a volley Friday afternoon against Sun Prairie’s No. 2 doubles team. Stoughton won the match 3-6, 7-6 (4), 10-5 at No. 2 doubles, but lost the Badger South/Big Eight Challenge match 5-2 to the Cardinals.
Vikings knock off conference foes JEREMY JONES Sports editor
Stoughton girls tennis finished out the Badger South Conference dual meet season with two wins last week. The Vikings also had a couple of tough matches in the Badger Conference/Big Eight Challenge.
Stoughton 6, Monroe 1 Krissy Pohlod cemented a 6-1 conference win over Monroe on Thursday in three sets. Pohlod struggled out of the game but took the final two sets in convincing fashion, defeating Cheesemakers’ No. 2 singles player Grace Tostrud 5-7, 6-2, 6-1. Kayla Rippe added a 7-5, 6-2 win over Emma Towne at No. 3 singles to help secure the win. Lydia Brekken won 6-2, 6-4 over Maggie Setterstrom at No. 1 singles and Annika Goetz cruised 6-0, 6-0 at No. 4 singles. Stacy Benoy and Ashley Fisher rolled 6-3, 6-0 atop the doubles lineup and Paige and Karlie Halverson added a 6-4, 6-1 win at No. 2 doubles. Stoughton’s only loss came at No. 3 doubles where Paige Bellefeuille and Katie Zacharias were unable to force a third game, losing 6-2, 7-6 (3) to Jessa Lucas and Becky Thoman.
Verona 4, Stoughton 3 Stoughton opened the team’s four Badger/Big Eight Challenge matches last week with a 4-3 loss Thursday to Verona. Pohlod earned the Wildcats’ lone singles win, defeating Allison Blessing in a hard-fought 6-4, 7-5 match at No. 2 singles. Benoy and Fisher defeated Kayla and Claire
Chaimson at No. 4 singles. Stoughton fell 5-2 to Waunakee on Friday, though. Rippe had a shot at taking her No. Stoughton travels to Nielsen Ten- 3 singles match but fell 4-6, 6-4, nis Stadium for the Badger Confer- 10-8 to Courtney Pagnucci. Stoughence meet at 9 a.m. Friday, Sept. ton also lost a tiebreaker at No. 1 doubles as Benoy and Fisher were 22. defeated 7-5, 6-7 (4), 10-8. The Vikings were also close at Johnson 6-0, 6-1 at No. 1 doubles. Nos. 2 and 3 doubles, falling 6-4, Paige and Kendra Halverson added 6-4 and 7-5, 6-1. a 5-7, 6-2, 10-6 decision at No. 2 Memorial 5, Stoughton 2 doubles. Goetz had a chance to secure the Stoughton was swept at all four win at No. 4 singles, but lost a tie- singles flights against Madison breaker 6-3, 2-6, 10-4 to Meghan Memorial on Saturday but won at Samz. Nos. 1 and 2 doubles Friday in a 5-2 loss. Sun Prairie 5, Stoughton 2 Benoy and Fisher beat Devika The Vikings won a pair of dou- Kamath and Anna Hubbard 6-3, 6-1 bles matches and lost a third in a atop the doubles lineup. Paige and tiebreak Thursday as the team fell Karlie Halverson added a 6-1, 6-4 5-2 to Sun Prairie in the Badger/Big win at No. 2 doubles. Eight Challenge. Zacharias and Bellefeuille had a Benoy and Fisher defeated Lin- chance to help the Vikings earn the nea Zernov and Nina Boals 6-3, doubles sweep, but fell 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 at No. 1 doubles. Karlie and 10-7 to McKinley Wise and Anna Paige Halverson beat Erin Vertz and Goldstrand at the bottom of the Grace Hilber 3-6, 7-6 (4), 10-5, lineup. Stoughton’s Taylor Nisius and Zacharias lost a heartbreaker 2-6, Stoughton 7, Fort Atkinson 0 6-4, 10-8 at No. 3 doubles to Leah Stoughton traveled to Fort AtkinHamilton and Mao Xiong. son for a final conference tune-up Brekken got four games off No. 1 Monday and swept the Blackhawks singles player Latsami Sysouvanh – 7-0. a 10 top seed at last year’s WIAA Brekken, Pohlod and Rippe all Division 1 individual state tourna- cruised 6-0, 6-1 at Nos. 1, 2, 3 sinment, losing 6-1, 6-3. The Vikings gles and Goetz added a 6-1, 6-0 win took five combined games at the at No. 4 singles. other three singles flights against a Zacharias and Bellefeuille shot tough Cardinals lineup. out the Blackhawks’ No. 3 doubles team 6-0, 6-0. Karlie and Paige Waunakee 5, Stoughton 2 Halverson added a 6-1, 6-0 win at Brekken earned a convincing 6-2, No. 2 doubles. Fisher and Benoy 6-1 win over Olivia Austria-Kem- supplied a 6-3, 6-0 win at No. 1 ble at No. 1 singles and Goetz add- doubles. ed a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Kylie
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Volleyball: Stoughton goes 2-2 at Middleton invite Continued from page 9 finished on a 7-1 run for the 25-14 victory and a two games to none lead. Junior setter Megan Adams had three kills, and senior outside hitter Tessa Berry had a kill and three aces in the second set. The Vikings started the final set on a 6-0 run and later rattled off nine straight points to build a 16-5 lead. Senior outside hitter Olivia Panthofer collected a couple of kills at the end for the 25-11 win. Stoughton also continued to switch up its lineup throughout the game to get several girls more minutes than previous games this season and to build some depth. “As the game got going, we played with more confidence, and we played with more energy,” Sorensen said. We were flowing and moving together better even though I was mixing things up on the court. So that is a huge positive, and I am really proud of them for that.” Monroe did have several errors in the loss, including 27 of them that led to points for Stoughton, not including serves or hits out of bounds. But the Vikings still continued to show a strong defense. Adams, who led with eight kills, also collected a block and seven digs. Panthofer led with nine digs and added five kills, and senior outside hitter/middle blocker Lauren Jake picked up a block.
“ We d e f i n i t e l y g e t momentum from solid defense, and that has always been my philosophy,” Sorensen said. “That is exactly the style of play that I expect. And for sure, there were moments where maybe we weren’t always swinging as aggressively as we could have, but the girls were keeping the ball in play and whether it was other team messing up or us holding a longer rally, we definitely had some big moments.” Berry led with four aces, and junior libero Hannah Wirag and Adams added two aces apiece to lead all servers.
Middleton invite The Vikings traveled to the Middleton High School invite Saturday and finished 2-2. Stoughton defeated Madison West 2-0 (25-9, 25-9) and Wisconsin Heights 2-0 (25-22, 25-22). The Vikings lost to Mount Horeb 2-1 (26-24, 20-25, 8-15) and West Allis Hale 2-0 (25-27, 22-25). Berry led the Vikings with 30 digs, 19 kills, two blocks and seven aces in the tournament. Panthofer had 17 kills, 15 digs and four aces. Junior defensive specialist Maddy Brickson finished with 11 digs and four aces, and sophomore right-side hitter Kat Eugster had 13 kills. Senior setter Sam Beach had three aces and seven digs, and junior outside hitter Lela Brashi finished with eight kills.
Soccer: Stoughton wins three times over weekend at New Berlin quad chance to stay unbeaten in the Badger South. The Silver Eagles are 2-0-1 in David Tessier also scored goals the conference with a win over and senior Anders Goetz collect- eight-time defending champion ed an assist. Oregon. Senior goalie Matt Read had New Berlin quad one save. N ex t f o r t h e Vi k i n g s i s a The Stoughton High School Thursday home game against boys soccer team traveled to M o n o n a G r ove , w h i c h t h ey Berlin Soccer Complex Saturday have dubbed their Homecoming for a quad and went 2-0-1 but game. did get a shootout win over HorWermuth said Stoughton is tonville for a tournament sweep. going to bring all it can for a T h e Vi k i n g s k n o c k e d o ff Continued from page 9
Portage 4-0, Wautoma 3-2 and Hortonville in a 3-2 shootout. Deutsch scored three times with assists to senior Quinlan Link and juniors Jason Johnson and Ethan Wright against Portage. Junior Noaj Mahieu added a goal with an assist to Tessier. Goetz and Nowlan and freshman Aaron Mittlsteadt all scored shootout goals against Hortonville, and Hartberg, Johnson and Deutsch all scored goals against Wautoma. Wright had three assists in that game.
What’s next Stoughton hosts Monona Grove at 7 p.m. Thursday and hosts nonconference Sun Prairie at noon Saturday. The Vikings close the week at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 26, at Oregon.
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Obituary Phyllis J. Wendt
Phyllis Wendt
Phyllis Jeanne Wendt, age 76, of Stoughton, passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017, at home. She was born on Aug. 14, 1941, in Madison, the daughter of Raymond and Doris (Serstad) Kluever. Phyllis graduated from Stoughton High School in 1959 and married Howard Wendt on July 13 of that same year. She was retired from the Famous Footwear Distribution Center, where she worked for many years. Phyllis enjoyed spending time with her family and many trips to Tomahawk with Howard. She is survived by daughters, Sharon (Ryan) Vance, and Susan (Randy) Heiman; sons, Travis
(Jennifer), Rex, and Mike (Sue Kojo) Wendt; grandchildren, Kelsey (Chris) Prost, Ashley Vance, Bail ey Va n c e , D y l a n H e i man, Devan Heiman, Daniel Wendt, and Jake Wendt; brothers, Kenneth (the late Thyra) and Rex (Rita); aunt, Mary Ann (Wayne) Martin; uncle, Bill (Lenore) Serstad; and many other relatives and friends. Phyllis was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Howard; and brothers, Richard and Robert Kluever. F u n e r a l s e r v i c e s wa s held at Gunderson Stoughton Funeral & Cremation Care, 1358 Hwy. 51 North at Jackson St., Stoughton, at 1 p.m. Monday, Sept. 18, 2017. Burial followed at Sun Prairie Memory Garden. Visitation was held at the funeral home from 11 a.m. until the time of the service. Online condolences may be made at gundersonfh. com. Gunderson Stoughton Funeral & Cremation Care 1358 Hwy. 51 North at Jackson St. (608) 873-4590
Members of Stoughton United Methodist Church participate in a day of service in July.
UMC holds day of service Stoughton United Methodist Church held a day of service after having to cancel a mission trip in July. After meeting for prayer, 38 people headed into the community to greet walkers, joggers and pets as they walked by the church. Two teams held a church service with neighbors and some also helped do yard work around town.
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ROHS visits bed and breakfast R Olde House Society members gathered at Altemus Corners House Bed and Breakfast Inn for their July meeting. The group learned about the history of the house, a federal style cream city brick house built in the early 1870s. ROHS is a group of people that meets once a month to learn about the history of the Stoughton area and work to preserve historic locations.
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Former Highway Trailer owner blasts city for ‘bad decisions’ BILL LIVICK Unified Newspaper Group
Don Wahlin, the owner of Stoughton Trailers, spoke against restoring the Highway Trailer building during last week’s joint committee of the whole-Redevelopment Authority meeting. He delivered similar comments at an Aug. 10 meeting of the Landmarks Commission. He accused the city of a series of bad decisions when it bought what he said was a “worthless” Highway Trailer property from him for $150,000 in 2012 and later purchased another, MillFab, from that company’s bankruptcy receiver for $750,000. Wahlin said with “a little more patience and somebody who knew how to negotiate,” the city could have acquired both properties for $1 each. “They’re a negative value – the cost to tear them down,” he said of both buildings.
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Two of the key pieces of the riverfront redevelopment are the Highway Trailer building, in the foreground, and the MillFab property, at rear. “The bankruptcy representative would have been faced with tearing it down or improving it.” Wahlin said his company had abandoned the Highway Trailer building 20 years ago
because it had become too expensive to repair. He recalled that in the early 2000s, he formed a partnership with Madison developer Randy Alexander, who redevelops historic buildings,
Movin’ Out proposes buying, restoring Highway Trailer BILL LIVICK
‘Time is against us. I don’t mean to rush you, Movin’ Out housing developbut it’s just the facts.’ ment manager Dave Porterfield Unified Newspaper Group
was one of only three developers to respond when the Redevelopment Authority issued requests for development proposals a year ago. In its request, the RDA said the redevelopment project “will weave the river into the fabric of the downtown, with a river walk and a pedestrian bridge connecting Mandt Park and the redevelopment site.” But Movin’ Out – which successfully redeveloped former Stoughton Trailers’ property along the river at its Elven Sted project in 2011 – didn’t respond directly to the RDA’s request. Instead, it offered to purchase a building owned by Stoughton Trailers on Eighth Street, outside the 12-acre redevelopment area, and construct a new building with about 50 apartments. Last Wednesday, Porterfield presented a proposal for the Highway Trailer building that is similar to Movin’ Out’s plan for the Eighth Street building. In his latest proposal, Porterfield offered to buy the Highway Trailer building for $1 and look into restoring it. He would ask the city for $950,000 in a pay-as-you-go TIF, which would eliminate any risk to the city, he said. If the restoring the building is deemed too expensive, he would seek to demolish it and construct a new building on the site. The project would create about 50 new apartments in the redevelopment area. “We don’t know whether that building is restorable – anything can be restored if you spend enough, but we don’t know the cost,” he told members of the Common Council and RDA. “But we would work with you to make that assessment.” Porterfield said he would consult historic restoration experts to come up with a plan for the three-story brick structure. He said if it’s too expensive to restore, Movin’ Out would pay for demolishing it and constructing a new building. “It might be an attractive thing to think about, because
Dave Porterfield, Movin’ Out with the safety concerns you have, you’re going to have to do something pretty soon,” he added. Movin’ Out would use state and federal historic tax credits for the project and would also seek assistance from the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, which has a Dec. 8 application deadline, Porterfield said. He said Movin’ Out would need to conduct a feasibility study for the project, find out whether the building is restorable – or the cost to demolish it – and apply for the affordable housing tax credit by early December. “In order to do that, we’d need site control and some sort of an agreement with you,” he told city officials. “Time is against us,” he added. “I don’t mean to rush you, but it’s just the facts.” Council president Tim Swadley asked Porterfield what he would say to people who are concerned about developing too much affordable housing in a concentrated area. “There’s an incredible need for this housing,” he responded. “We’re building workforce housing … for people who want to live in this community but can’t. “I don’t believe the concentration is really an issue in this neighborhood,” he continued. “The vast majority of tenants, besides maybe the disabled, will be paying rent to live there. It’s important to understand this is not ‘subsidized’ housing; this is not public housing. The tenants we have at Elven Sted work at Stoughton Hospital, Stoughton Trailers or Wal-Mart. They’re workers in your community.” Contact Bill Livick at bill.livick@wcinet.com
to convert the building into about 40 “apartment lofts.” The city, he said, had first approved $1.6 million in tax-increment financing for the project and eventually reduced the TIF to $1.1
million, prompting Alexander to walk away from the project. Wahlin then began getting bids to demolish the building, saying the low bid was $240,000. “I knew that I was forced
with eventually having to tear down the building,” he said. “And if I owned it today, obviously I’d have a lot of pressure to tear it down because of what’s going on there right now.” He said the city “bailed me out” by buying the building, “because it was either sell to the city for $1, or pay $240,000 to tear it down.” Wahlin said the city made the same mistake with the MillFab property in the redevelopment area. Voting to tear the building down, he said, was a good idea. Later deciding to restore it was a “horrible decision,” he said. “That was one of the worst ideas I ever heard,” he said. “I’d rather not see the city continue the mistake of deciding to restore that project.” Contact Bill Livick at bill. livick@wcinet.com
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What is TIF
They also discussed an offer from Madison-based developer Movin’ Out to buy the complex on East South Street for $1 and use $950,000 in taxpayer assistance to redevelop the main building and create about 50 apartments. The six-building complex is a key piece of a 10.5-acre redevelopment site along the Yahara River, two blocks south of Main Street. Disagreement among city officials over whether to raze it save it has stalled the planning for redeveloping the area, which would be mostly residential housing. The discord led to the resignation of a master developer for the project in July, and since then the Common Council has struggled to chart a clear course for the project. Wednesday, the discussion included presentations on the city’s debt status and the costs of the redevelopment plans and results that would be needed to pay off those debts. The debate over whether to rehabilitate or destroy the building has hinged on how much effort the city should put toward preserving historic buildings. Highway Trailer is a complex of six abandoned buildings, most of which were built between 1905 and 1910, and its deteriorating condition forced city leaders to put extra safety measures in the area, including fencing off two blocks of the street. The overall project will require significant amounts of tax-increment financing, which pools increased values among the various taxing jurisdictions to pay off debts used for economic development. That means the project will need to reach a certain value within a certain number of years in order to cash-flow properly. RDA members have generally been in favor of demolishing the building, going back to its 2012 purchase. But several alders have suggested its facade could be saved and preserved as a nod to Stoughton’s history and the origins of its largest employer, Stoughton Trailers.
Tax increment financing, or TIF, is a public financing method that is used as a subsidy for redevelopment, infrastructure, and other community-improvement projects by providing initial funding and later capturing property tax revenue from all taxing jurisdictions (the city, county, state, MATC and the school district) of the newly developed property. A pay-as-you-go TIF does not pay the developer up front, but rather rebates property taxes as they are paid, eliminating risk to the municipality. status and from RDA consultant Gary Becker on project costs in the riverfront redevelopment area and on TIF district information relating to the project. Becker presented a cash-flow model to help officials identify an appropriate strategy for redevelopment, and it favored building dense apartments. His model pointed out that the existing TIF district has a negative balance of $1.8 million and is generating little revenue. The district is required by state law to close by 2037. “This model is telling us that in order for the TID to end with a positive balance and a fully redeveloped waterfront, we need to achieve $41 million in new property value between 2019 and 2027 – just six years, unless we cut back on public amenities,” he explained. Becker also discussed the concerns of some alders over housing density and ownership in the redevelopment area. He said lower density development means lower property values, which would have a negative impact on cash flow in the TIF district. He added that owner-occupied units are generally “slower to develop in this market than rental,” which also impacts TID cash flow. “In fact, that type of development will cause the TID to be in the red at the end of its life,” Becker explained. He said if that’s the direction the council decides to go, officials would need to look at what steps can they can take to ensure TID 5 closes in the black, and what a possible new TID for the riverfront area would look like.
Deficit dangers
Sense of urgency
As part of the discussion, alders and RDA members received presentations from finance and economic development director Tammy LaBorde on the city’s debt
Alders ultimately decided to find out more about their options as soon as possible so they can make decisions before winter slows everything down.
The group met in a closed session to discuss the Movin’ Out offer, then voted on two motions: to seek proposals for the demolition of the complex, which passed 8-3, and to ask Gorman if the developer still wants to restore the building, which passed 6-5. An attempt to seek two bids – one to demolish the entire complex and a second to demolish some of the buildings – failed to win a majority. Ald. Tom Majewski (D-3) argued the city couldn’t put out an RFP for a building that’s under a demolition moratorium, but was overruled when city attorney Matt Dregne said the city could solicit bids but couldn’t award a contract. Ald. Mike Engelberger (D-2) suggested the “the most cost-effective thing” the city could do is contact Gorman to see if the developer would still like to restore the Highway Trailer building. He also said it would be the quickest solution. “Otherwise, you’re going to be waiting over the winter,” Engelberger observed. “How long to you want to sit and have people screaming about whether a building’s going to be saved or torn down?” Gorman proposed last year to purchase the building for $1 and rehab it with 59 apartments. The developer did not include a request for TIF assistance. Scott Truehl (D-4) agreed with Engelberger despite voting against the idea minutes later. “It makes sense to talk to Gorman,” he said. “Clearly, that’s the first thing to do.” Engelberger, Majewski and Regina Hirsch (D-3) voted against seeking demolition bids, and Ald. Greg Jenson (D-3), Truehl, O’Connor, Kittleson and Olson voted against the Gorman question. Contact Bill Livick at bill.livick@wcinet.com
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Legals PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The City of Stoughton Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, October 9, 2017 at 6:00 o’clock p.m., or as soon after as the matter may be heard, in the Council Chambers, Public Safety Building, 321 South Fourth Street, Second Floor, Stoughton, Wisconsin, 53589, to consider a proposed conditional use permit application by Todd Nelson, for a Group Development at 314 W. Main Street (more than one principal building on a lot). The property is more formally described as: Parcel #281/0511-082-0710-2 Legal Description: LOT 1 CSM 13551 CS88/236-237 07/31/2013 F/K/A ORIGINAL PLAT BLOCK 9 LOT 5, LOT 6 & W 33 FT LOT 7 (0.511 A) This property description is for tax purposes. It may be abbreviated. For the complete legal description please refer to the deed. For questions regarding this notice please contact Michael Stacey, Zoning Administrator at 608-646-0421. Additional information including a location map can be found at: http:// stoughtoncitydocs.com/planning-commission/ Published September 21 and 28, 2017 WNAXLP ***
CITY OF STOUGHTON, 381 E. MAIN STREET, STOUGHTON, WI 53589 ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL Repeal and Remove Appendix F including all references, of the City of Stoughton Municipal Zoning Ordinance Committee Action: Planning Commission recommend approval 6 - 0 with the Mayor voting. Fiscal Impact: N/A File Number: O -11- 2017 1st Reading: August 22, 2017 2nd Reading: September 12, 2017 The Common Council of the City of Stoughton do ordain as follows: 1. Appendix F (attached) is hereby repealed and removed including all references from the City of Stoughton Municipal Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 78. 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its date of publication. Dates Council Adopted: September 12, 2017 Mayor Approved: September 12, 2017 Attest: September 12, 2017 Published: September 21, 2017 WNAXLP ***
BOARD OF EDUCATION STOUGHTON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT REGULAR MEETING MAY 15, 2017 A regular meeting of the Board of Education of the Stoughton Area School District was called to order Monday, May 15, 2017, at 7:00 p.m. in the Administrative and Educational Services Center Board Room by President, Scott Dirks. BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Tim Bubon, Jon Coughlin, Scott Dirks, Joe Freye, Yolibeth FitzGibbon, Steve Jackson, Allison Sorg, Donna Tarpinian, and Isabelle Genter (Student Representative). Excused: Sara Rabe. LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: Donna Tarpinian presented the Board with a legislative update including information about the current assembly bills. PUBLIC COMMENT: None. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR/PRINCIPAL/STUDENT REPORTS: Dr. Onsager’s report included two upcoming events. 2017 Honors Program, May 15, 2017 and SHS 2017 Graduation, June 4, 2017. Dr. Onsager also announced the 2017 Innovation Grant Awards: 1.) Collaborative Teaching Space at SHS - Stoughton High School Team members Julie Lynch, Laura Streyle, Anna Schwerke and Cathy Gargano submitted an application for a Collaborative Teaching Space and have been approved in the amount of $13,000 with the goal to improve student achievement across all content areas and across all student groups; close
the achievement gap; and increase student engagement in learning. The space they will create will be inviting and comfortable with multi-purpose use by staff and students during school AND after school. This multipurpose room will include various types of furniture including leather chairs, collaborative seating, storage, bookshelves, artwork and mood lighting. Five to seven copies of various books will also be purchased to be use in literature circles. Essentially, they will create a space that will increase the “reading culture” at Stoughton High. 2.) Creative Writing/Innovative Classroom with Flexible Seating at River Bluff - River Bluff Team members Abby Alt and Mike Hensgen submitted an application for a Creative Writing/Innovative Classroom with Flexible Seating and have been approved in the amount of $21,200 with the goal to improve student achievement across all content areas and across all student groups; close the achievement gap; and increase student engagement in learning. They will transform the two 6th grade Language Arts classrooms into creative writing spaces where personalized learning curriculum is designed to allow students to work at their own level and pace and to show their work using choice options. Each of the two Language Arts rooms will have six flexible seating zones, colorful palettes that maximize student learning & stimulates participation, soft lighting and educational phrases/sayings on the walls. Also, next year our district will be investing funds to grow some of the 2016-17 Innovation Grant programs. We will allocate $25,000 to fund the implementation and training of staff to expand the Kegonsa kindergarten’s play-based/ inquiry-based learning system and the 5th grade student-centered learning program at Fox Prairie to other buildings. The funds will cover training costs and allow our staff to visit other schools. Finally, our district will help Kegonsa begin the journey of making the entire school an inquiry-based learning school. Working with the Innovative Schools Network, Kegonsa will launch a 12-person professional learning cohort of teachers interested in collectively deepening their understanding of innovation and inquiry, and they will begin to implement student-centered practices throughout the school at multiple grade levels. Dr. Onsager congratulated the recipients and thanked all who applied. CONSENT AGENDA: A motion was made by Yolibeth FitzGibbon, seconded by Steve Jackson, and carried unanimously to: approve the April 20, 2017 “Committee of the Whole Council Meeting (Joint City Council;/Stoughton Area School Board meeting) minutes, the April 24, 2017 Reorganization Meeting minutes, and the May 1, 2017 Regular Board meeting Minutes; approve the April 27-May 10, 2017 check register and May 10,2017 Pcard transaction report as presented; approve budget revision reductions to Library Aid in the amount of $9,678 and the corresponding expenses and to reduce IDEA Flow Through Grant in the amount of $18,393 and the corresponding budgets, totaling $28,071 and approve budget transfers in the amount of $2,734 for building and department budgets; We would say a sincere thank you to the following individuals and groups and move approval of their donations to the District: $18,000 from inFaith Community Foundation for the Theresa Eng Memorial Nursing Scholarship; $1,000 from Stoughton High School Parent Group for scholarships; $500 from UW Health for Senior Scholarships;$50 from Janet Nelson for the Margaret Larson RN/Health Care Scholarship; $50 from Kent & Helen Karberg for the Margaret Larson RN/Healthcare Scholarship; Rare Earth Permanent Magnets from Brett Schumacher valued at $20 for SHS Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) classes; Top soil purchased and delivered to the Fox Prairie Elementary School Garden from Stoughton Rotary Club valued at $500; Compost purchased and delivered to Fox Prairie Elementary School Garden from Moyer’s Landscaping Service valued at $100; and, related donation budget adjustments for $ 19,600.00; we would also like to thank the following individuals and businesses for their support of the high school prom: Asleson’s, BBG’s, Big Sky, Colorcon
Cooks Needed As a cook on Epic’s culinary team, you will be scratch cooking for our staff, customers, and guests. Our menu changes daily to reflect a variety of regional, seasonal, and international dishes. You’ll learn new recipes as you rotate through the grill, entrée, and soup/salad/sandwich stations. Our team feeds a campus of nearly 9,500 people, in addition to internal caterings, receptions, and large-scale conferences. You will work with a dynamic team in state-ofof-the-art, air-conditioned kitchens and will enjoy full-time, weekday hours, competitive wages, and full benefits—including paid vacation and holidays.
Inc., Culver’s, Deak’s, Diamonds Direct, El Rio Grande, Fosdal’s, Giggle’s, Hanson Electronics (Radio Shack), iCombat, Jimmy John’s, Level Up, Lotus Salon, Main Street Kitchen, Malabar, McGlynn Pharmacy, McFarland State Bank, Next Generation, Papa Murphy’s, Pick N Save, Pizza Pit, Smith Photography, Spinner’s Pizza, Stori Anne, Stoughton Garden Center, Stoughton Lumber, Stoughton Floral, Subway, Thane B. Anderson, DDS, Ultrazone Laser Tag, UPS Store, Viking Lanes, Walmart, Yeti’s Pizza, Yahara Dental, Michael’s Frozen Custard, Heirloom Floral, Stoughton Yoga, and Firefly; approve administrator resignation of Daniel Holzhuter effective at the end of the 20162017 school year; approve professional educator resignations of Lisa Gutche, Sara Dao, Dave Taebel, and Jacklyn Ford effective at the end of the 2016-2017 school year; and approve professional educator contracts for Molly Reidy, Emily Hunn, and Daniel Holzhuter for the 20172018 school year. COMMITTEE REPORTS: Donna Tarpinian gave a brief Policy Committee update and reported on the progress of the Wellness Policy Sub-Committee. Allison Sorg gave a brief Finance Committee update and reported on the tentative agendas, proposed meeting dates, and potential options for transportation. DISCUSSION: A. Handbook Recommendations: Mike Julka, Boardman & Clark LLP, presented on the concept of “Just Case”. Becky Fjelstad, Human Resources Director, explained the proposed changes to the Personnel Policy Handbook. The handbook revisions will be brought back to the next Board meeting for the second reading. DISCUSSION/ACTION: A. Policy 113.00 Legislative Liaison and Other Board Representative - A motion was made by Donna Tarpinian, seconded by Allison Sorg, and carried on a roll call vote (Jackson, Tarpinian, Bubon, Coughlin, Sorg, FitzGibbon, Freye, Dirks) to approve the new policy 113.00 Legislative Liaison and Other Board Representative as presented. B. Policy 1010.00 Visitors - A motion was made by Donna Tarpinian, seconded by Tim Bubon, and carried on a roll call vote (Coughlin, Sorg, Tarpinian, Freye, Jackson, Bubon, FitzGibbon, Dirks) to approve the revisions to policy 1010.00 Visitors as presented. C. Policy 1017.00 Weapons - A motion was made by Donna Tarpinian, seconded by Steve Jackson, and carried on a roll call vote (FitzGibbon, Jackson, Bubon, Freye, Coughlin, Sorg, Tarpinian, Dirks) to approve the revisions to policy 1017.00 Weapons as presented. D. Policy 1204.00 Volunteers - A motion was made by Donna Tarpinian, seconded by Yolibeth FitzGibbon, and carried on a roll call vote (Coughlin, Freye, Tarpinian, Sorg, Bubon, FitzGibbon, Jackson, Dirks) to approve the revisions to policy 1204.00 Volunteers as presented. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS: Board Development: May 22 and June 5; Regular Board Meetings: June 12 & 26; High School Honors Night: May 17; Finance Committee meeting: May 15; Facilities Committee meeting: May 16; Policy meeting: June 5; SHS Graduation: June 4 A motion was made by Joe Freye, seconded by Yolibeth FitzGibbon, and carried unanimously to adjourn at 8:46 p.m. __________________________________ Yolibeth FitzGibbon, Clerk Published: September 21, 2017 WNAXLP ***
BOARD OF EDUCATION STOUGHTON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT REGULAR MEETING JUNE 12, 2017 A regular meeting of the Board of Education of the Stoughton Area School District was called to order Monday, June 12, 2017, at 7:05 p.m. in the Administrative and Educational Services Center Board Room by Vice President, Joe Freye. BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Tim Bubon, Jon Coughlin, Joe Freye, Yolibeth FitzGibbon, Allison Sorg, Donna Tarpinian, and Isabelle Genter (Student Representative). Excused: Scott Dirks and Steve Jackson. PUBLIC COMMENT: David Handt, 1844 Williams Drive, Stoughton, WI, transportation/bussing comments and concerns; Jon Daugherty, 6011 Merrill St, Madison, WI, handbook comments; Doug Schell, 1789 Williams Drive, Stoughton, WI, transportation/bussing comments and concerns. LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: Donna Tarpinian provided legislative information for the board including a state budget update and upcoming referendum restriction bills. Donna also provided the board members will additional legislative articles in the Neptune files for review. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR/PRINCIPAL/STUDENT REPORTS: Dr. Onsager reported that two student groups were on trips outside of the district: German GAPP exchange and 8th Graders in Washington, D.C.. He also noted that the board will be transitioning from the Neptune Meeting Management System to Board Docs for electronic board governance. The board members will be trained in the new software at the next Board Development meeting on August 21, 2017. Dr. Onsager presented Isabelle Genter, Student Representative to the BOE, with a $500 stipend for serving during the 16-17 school year; Isabelle will continue as student representative for the 17-18 school year. Dr. Onsager also included in his report that the board members will be reviewing the updated strategic planning and implementation draft in the fall of 2017. CONSENT AGENDA: A motion was made by Yolibeth FitzGibbon, seconded by Donna Tarpinian, and carried unani-
mously to approve the May 15, 2017 Regular Meeting minutes; approve the May 11 - June 7, 2017 check register as presented; We would like to say a sincerely thank you to the following individuals and groups and move approval of their donations to the district: $3,500 from the Stoughton Area Community Foundation for AG Classroom/Curriculum (Mr. Bob Green Endowment Fund); $1,000 from Lisa & Douglas Olson & Lexis Argall for the William Argall Memorial Scholarship; $846 from Stoughton Lady Vikings Fast Break Club for Girls’ Basketball Gear; $724.41 from Stoughton Viking Wrestling for Jan 2017 Wrestling event travel expenses; $579 from Stoughton Viking Wrestling for a Befour Scale; $500 from Stoughton Girls Youth Basketball for scholarships; $500 from the Mason Temple for Scholarships; $400 from Honorary S Club (Marvin Klitzke) for Plaques; $268 from the Stoughton Area Community Foundation for FFA/AG Education (Mr. Bob Green Endowment Fund); $73.60 from Heidi DeBruin for Prom expenses; $25.00 from Kent & Helen Karberg for the Margaret Larson Healthcare Scholarship in memory of Keith Swalheim; A “Curiosity” sculpture to be displayed on the grounds of Kegonsa Elementary from Sanford Serious Quayle valued at $500; Donation of a 4/4 Size Violin for student rental from Bob Christofferson; Donation of a mandolin to the River Bluff Orchestra from Gail Pizarro for folk music units; and related donation budget adjustments for $8,416.01; Approve a Guitar Girl Amplified Summer STEM Program Grant from the Alliant Energy Foundation in the amount of $3,500 and approve a grant for travel expenses to San Francisco for the Advanced Journalism (Norse Star) students during the 17-18 school year from the Evjue Grant Foundation in the amount of $2,000. Approve professional educator resignations of Mary Barr, Sean Blythe, Sarah Hemmerich, Lisa Koenecke, Jami Riley, Katrina Schmidt, Tina Stokes, & Bre Wolfe effective at the end of the 201617 school year and professional educator resignation of Paul Moser effective immediately for the 2017-18 school year; and approve permanent professional educator contracts for Jennifer Bartels, Riley Hornickle, James Jones, Allison Ross, Jordan Sorenson, & Abby Van Aartsen for the 2017-2018 school year. DISCUSSION: A. Transportation Planning - Erica Pickett, Director of Business Services, and representatives from Nelson Bus Services provided a presentation about possible contracted transportation between SASD and Nelson’s. Board members asked questions following the presentation. B. Athletic/Extracurricular Code Presentation - Mel Dow gave a Code of Conduct presentation and provided the board members with the Extracurricular Activities Handbook (including Extracurricular Code of Conduct for Parents and Students/Athletes). Mel highlighted extracurricular expectations, attendance rules, and academic requirements. Violations/violation processes were also discussed. Board members asked several questions following the presentation. C. Policy 1013.00 Wellness - Policy Committee Chair, Donna Tarpinian gave an update on the work completed by the Wellness Subcommittee and reviewed the revisions to policy 1013.00 Wellness. The Policy Committee has reviewed the revisions and recommends approval. The policy revisions will be placed on the June 26, 2017 agenda for final review and Board action. D. Proposed Resolution in Opposition to Concealed Firearms - Donna Tarpinian presented the Board with the following resolution for a first reading: Board Resolution Opposition to Potential State Legislation Requiring School Districts to Allow Concealed Carry of Firearms on School Grounds: WHEREAS Wis. Stat. 948.605 prohibits a person from possessing a firearm in a “school zone,” which is defined in Section 948.605(1) (c) as “In or on the grounds of a school; [and] Within 1,000 feet from the grounds of a school”; and WHEREAS the Stoughton Area School District is committed in its written policies to providing a safe and healthy environment for all persons on its premises, on school related vehicles, or attending any of its activities or functions, and WHEREAS the Board of Education of the Stoughton Area School District believes that permitting persons other than sworn law enforcement officers to be armed and present in a “school zone,” on school-related vehicles, or at school activities or functions is contrary to its policies and would endanger children, staff, and all other persons in these learning environments; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education of the Stoughton Area School District strongly opposes any legislative initiatives at the state or federal level that would legalize the ability of any person, with the exception of sworn law enforcement officers, to bring or possess a firearm or other weapon, concealed or other, in a “school zone”; in a school-related vehicle; or at school activities or functions. This resolution will be placed on the June 26, 2017 agenda for final review and Board action. A motion was made at 9:20 p.m. by Allison Sorg, seconded by Tim Bubon, and carried unanimously to take a five minute break and resume the Board meeting at 9:25 p.m. DISCUSSION/ACTION: A. Handbook Recommendations - At 9:25 p.m. the Board meeting resumed. Director of Human Resources, Becky Fjelstad reviewed the proposed revisions to the Employee Handbook. A motion was made by Donna Tarpinian, seconded by Sara Rabe to approve the recommended revisions to the handbook with the following change to section 50.45 #2: “In general, termination would not be a consideration unless, this was pattern, no improvement was seen and unsatisfactory performance continued over time.” Following discussion, a mo-
tion was made for Tarpinian’s motion to be removed for further discussion by Allison Sorg, seconded by Jon Coughlin, and carried unanimously. Following discussion a motion was made by Donna Tarpinian, seconded by Jon Coughlin, to approve the recommended revisions to the handbook with the following change to Section 50.45 #2: “In general, termination would not be a consideration unless, this was a pattern, no improvement was seen and unsatisfactory performance continued over time” and the removal of the wording “compensation plan” from the handbook and carried on a roll call vote (Rabe, Coughlin, Sorg, Tarpinian, Freye, Bubon, FitzGibbon.) CONTEMPLATED CLOSED SESSION: Exemption Wis. Stat. §§ 19.85 (1) (e) for consideration and review of potential bus transportation contract including possible negotiation thereof; Vice President Joe Freye stated that there was need for executive session. A motion was made by Tim Bubon, seconded by Yolibeth FitzGibbon, and carried on a roll call vote (FitzGibbon, Rabe, Bubon, Tarpinian, Coughlin, Freye) to move into executive session citing Exemption Wis. Stat. §§ 19.85 (1) (e) for consideration and review of potential bus transportation contract including possible negotiation thereof at 9:50 p.m. Vice President Freye called the executive session of the Stoughton Area Board of Education to order on Monday, June 12, 2017 in the Upper Conference Room of the Administrative Educational Service Center, 320 North Street, at 9:55 p.m. Present: Bubon, Coughlin, Freye, FitzGibbon, Rabe, Sorg, Tarpinian. Also present: Tim Onsager & Erica Pickett. Board members discussed consideration and review of potential bus transportation contract including possible negotiation thereof. A motion was made by Allison Sorg, seconded by Tim Bubon, and carried unanimously to go into open session to adjourn at 10:39 pm. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS: A motion was made by Jon Coughlin, seconded by Tim Bubon, and carried unanimously to adjourn at 10:40 p.m. __________________________________ Yolibeth FitzGibbon, Clerk Published: September 21, 2017 WNAXLP ***
BOARD OF EDUCATION STOUGHTON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT REGULAR MEETING JUNE 26, 2017 A regular meeting of the Board of Education of the Stoughton Area School District was called to order Monday, June 26, 2017, at 7:00 p.m. in the Administrative and Educational Services Center Board Room by President, Scott Dirks. BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Tim Bubon, Jon Coughlin, Scott Dirks, Joe Freye, Yolibeth FitzGibbon, Steve Jackson, Allison Sorg, and Donna Tarpinian. PUBLIC COMMENT: Ted Sehmer, 800 Berry Street, Stoughton, WI - SASD Transportation/bussing comments; Terry Fountain, 1972 Princess Ct, Oregon, WI - SASD Transportation/bussing comments; Laura Jacobson, 1922 Williams Dr., Stoughton, WI - SASD Transportation/bussing comments; Heidi Brickson, 325 County Road N, Edgerton - SASD Transportation/bussing comments; Doug Schell, 17890 Williams Dr., Stoughton, WI - SASD Transportation/bussing comments; Heather Johnson, 708 W Hubert St, Edgerton, WI - SASD Transportation/ bussing comments; Roark McCune, 2627 Penny Lane, Stoughton, WI - SASD Transportation/bussing comments; Rick Hoppe, 800 Haskell Ct, Stoughton, WI - SASD Transportation/bussing comments; Phillip Zimmerman, 430 Nottingham Rd, Stoughton, WI - SASD Transportation/bussing comments. CONTEMPLATED CLOSED SESSION Exemption Wis. Stat. §§ 19.85 (1) (e) for consideration and review of potential bus transportation contract including possible negotiation thereof; & Exemption Wis Stat. 19.85(1) (f) to discuss personnel and their social histories which, if discussed in open session, could have a substantial adverse effect upon their reputation: President Scott Dirks stated that there was a need for executive session. A motion was made by Allison Sorg and seconded by Donna Tarpinian. The Board moved into executive session on a roll call vote (Ayes - 5: Tarpinian, Sorg, FitzGibbon, Rabe, & Dirks; Nays 4: Jackson, Bubon, Coughlin, & Freye) citing Exemption Wis. Stat. §§ 19.85 (1) (e) for consideration and review of potential bus transportation contract including possible negotiation thereof; & Exemption Wis Stat. 19.85(1)(f) to discuss personnel and their social histories which, if discussed in open session, could have a substantial adverse effect upon their reputation at 7:28 p.m. President Scott Dirks called the executive session of the Stoughton Area Board of Education to order on Monday, June 26, 2017 in the Upper Conference Room of the Administrative & Educational Service Center, 320 North Street, at 7:31 p.m. Present: Bubon, Coughlin, Dirks, Freye, FitzGibbon, Jackson, Rabe, Sorg, Tarpinian. Also present: Tim Onsager & Erica Pickett. Board members discussed consideration & review of potential bus transportation contract including possible negotiation thereof and personnel and their social histories which, if discussed in open session, could have a substantial adverse effect upon their reputation. A motion was made by Steve Jackson, seconded by Donna Tarpinian, and carried unanimously on a roll call vote to go into open session to resume the regular board meeting at 8:20 p.m. At 8:30 p.m. the regular board meeting resumed. A motion was made by Donna Tarpinian, seconded by Yolibeth FitzGibbon, and carried unanimously on a roll call vote to change the order of the agenda and go to the Discussion/Action Item 9.a. Transportation Planning next. DISCUSSION/ACTION:
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A. Transportation Planning - (*This Discussion/Action Item was moved up in the agenda on a motion.) A motion was made by Donna Tarpinian, seconded by Sara Rabe, to move forward with a contract with Nelson’s Bus Service to provide student transportation/bussing for the District as presented. Eric Pickett answered questions from the Board. Tim Bubon and Scott Dirks each gave a personal statement regarding the transportation plan. President Dirks asked for a hand vote for on the motion: Ayes - 3 (Dirks, Tarpinian, & Rabe) & Nays – 6 (Bubon, Coughlin, Freye, FitzGibbon, Jackson, & Sorg). The motion did not pass and bussing will continue to be provided by SASD staff. LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: Donna Tarpinian provided legislative articles in the Neptune files for the Board to review and updated the board about the state budget deadline. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR/PRINCIPAL/STUDENT REPORTS: Dr. Onsager reported that the our district awarded the largest dollar amount of scholarships at the 2017 Honors Night in the history of the district, updated the Board on FAB LAB grants, and thanked the 572 active/ current volunteers for sharing their time and talents in our schools. CONSENT AGENDA: A motion was made by Yolibeth FitzGibbon, seconded by Allison Sorg, and carried unanimously to approve the June 12, 2017 Regular Meeting minutes; approve the May 11 to July 25, 2017 check register as presented; we would like to say a sincere thank you to the following individuals and groups and move approval of their donations to the district: $468.47 from Center Ice Club for Hockey Jackets and Bags, $350 from Stoughton Fairway Club for Girls Golf Conferences travel expenses and related budget adjustments for $ 818.47; approve professional educator resignations of Julie Incitti and Shannon Maly effective at the end of the 2016-2017 school year and professional educator resignation of Jordan Sorenson and Carli Ditscheit effective immediately for the 2017-2018 school year; approve permanent professional educator contracts for Gina Hall, Erica Klefstad, Jeffrey Klug, Deanna Latham, Kelly Laux & Brian Webb for the 2017-2018 school year; and approve an extended field trip request for Stoughton High School Advanced Journalism (Norse Star) students to travel to the National Journalism Convention in San Francisco, California from April 1215, 2018. DISCUSSION: There were no discussion items on the agenda for this meeting. B. Policy 1013.00 Wellness - A motion was made by Donna Tarpinian, seconded by Yolibeth FitzGibbon, to approve Policy 1013.00 Wellness as presented. Board discussion followed and Tarpinian suggested a name change to the title of the policy from Wellness to either Student Health & Wellness or Student Nutrition & Physical Activity (Student Wellness). A motion was made by Donna Tarpinian to amend the her first motion to “approve the revisions to Policy 1013.00 as presented with a change to the title from Wellness to Student Nutrition & Physical Activity (Student Wellness)”, seconded by Sara Rabe, and carried unanimously on a roll call vote. C. Resolution in Opposition to Concealed Firearms - A motion was made by Donna Tarpinian, seconded by Allison Sorg, and carried unanimously on a roll call vote to approve the resolution as follows: WHEREAS Wis. Stat. 948.605 prohibits a person from possessing a firearm in a “school zone,” which is defined in Section 948.605(1)(c) as “In or on the grounds of a school; [and] Within 1,000 feet from the grounds of a school”; and WHEREAS the Stoughton Area School District is committed in its written policies to providing a safe and healthy environment for all persons on its premises, on school related vehicles, or attending any of its activities or functions, and WHEREAS the Board of Education of the Stoughton Area School District believes that permitting persons other than sworn law enforcement officers to be armed and present in a “school zone,” on school-related vehicles, or at school activities or functions is contrary to its policies and would endanger children, staff, and all other persons in these learning environments; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education of the Stoughton Area School District strongly opposes any legislative initiatives at the state or federal level that would legalize the ability of any person, with the exception of sworn law enforcement officers, to bring or possess a firearm or other weapon, concealed or other, in a “school zone”; in a school-related vehicle; or at school activities or functions. The resolution signed resolution will be sent to Wisconsin legislators. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS: Board Development: August 21; Regular Board Meetings: July 24 & August 14; Finance Committee meeting: July 24 & August 28; Facilities Committee meeting: September 19; Policy meeting: July 10 & August 14 A motion was made by Yolibeth FitzGibbon, seconded by Joe Freye, and carried unanimously to adjourn at 9:42 p.m. __________________________________ Yolibeth FitzGibbon, Clerk Published: September 21, 2017 WNAXLP ***
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Pay: Board weighs pros, cons Continued from page 1 “If we don’t have a plan, and they are unable to meet the deadline we’ve set for them, then what?” he said. District superintendent Ti m O n s a g e r, w h o h a s recommended ending the plan, said the district has had periods without a compensation plan where educators were either given a flat dollar or percentage pay increase. If the district has no compensation plan, Dirks said the Employee Relations Committee will decide on pay increases, though he noted teachers’ pay will not be cut. “Each school year, the board tells the ERC, ‘This is how much money you have to negotiate for staff pay increases, and you decide how it’s equitably distributed,’” he said. “I would imagine it’s something like everybody’s base pay stays where it is and then it goes up by some amount.” But if the compensation committee does comes up with a new plan, Dirks said the district will be in the same difficult spot it was in
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SASD onfilm May 2015, when the board approved the current plan. At the time, many teachers didn’t fully realize its implications until the summer, when they are unable to get questions answered, and communication suffered. “(Then) we really can’t do anything in terms of implementing it until the beginning of the (20)18-19 school year,” he said. Whether the current plan is improved or replaced, Dirks said one thing that’s clear is the district needs to do a “much better job” of getting staff input on the plan before the board votes on it. “We’re in a tough spot,” he said. “Partly of our own making, partly from circumstance.” Email Unified Newspaper Group reporter Scott De Laruelle at scott. delaruelle@wcinet.com.
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New Stoughton Area School District educators are, front row, from left: Allison Foree, Jennifer Bartels, Jessica Brown, Cayleigh Hickey, Alexa Harrison, Gina Hall, Deanna Arnold, Abby DuCharme, Riley Hornickle, Macey Fleming, Molly Reidy, Patricia Wilton and Jeff Klug; second row, from left: Melinda Dozois, Stephanie Jossart, Tess Wirth, Kelly Laux, Erica Klefstad, Jenna Holland, Carly Schrage, Cathy Magee, Jennifer Deadman, Becky Bell, Jenna Thiele, Amber Earleywine, Katlin Maloney, Jason Becker, Adrienne Stahl and Anne Fimreite; third row, from left: Sam Raff, Nick Hoskins, Amanda Bradley, Paul Riyeff, Griffin Rear and Rebecca Murphy
New Stoughton Area School District educators The Stoughton Area School District has 35 new teach- River Bluff Middle School and Fox Prairie, Kegonsa and ers this year its five schools: Stoughton High School, Sandhill elementary schools.
SASD in brief Monday, Oct. 2, and the board has scheduled a special meeting before The Stoughton Area school board the regular board meeting that night is seeking letters of application to to appoint a new member. For inforappoint a new member, following mation, call 877-5002. Sara Rabe’s resignation from the board earlier this month. The dead- Kohl awards line is 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 26. Nominations for the annual Kohl Board president Scott Dirks said Educator Awards are due Oct. 6. Monday no one has applied for the Award information is online at position so far. kohleducation.org. Applicants will be interviewed
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D i s t r i c t s u p e r i n t e n d e n t Ti m Onsager said his Twitter account was hacked over the weekend. He said he’ll be off Twitter for about 30 days and will return with a different handle and will continue Tweeting, “especially about my (classroom) visits.”. “I apologize to anybody who is following me,” he said. “It’s now deactivated.”
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