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The Stoughton community is mourning the loss of a legend this week.

LaVerne Pieper, who coached the Stoughton High School wrestling team to seven state championships from 1961-1994 and shaped the lives of many students Pieper during his tenure and even afterward, passed away in his Stoughton home Sunday at the age of 81.

Pieper was born July 5, 1936, in Caledonia, Minn., the son of Milton and Lorena (Krick) Pieper, according to an obituary submitted to ConnectStoughton.com.

Pieper graduated from Winona (Minn.) State University, where he played football and wrestled. He had four letters in football and was named all-conference in 1956 and 1957.

He also won two letters in wrestling and placed in the Northern Intercollegiate Conference (now known as the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) championships.

That earned him an induction in the Winona State Hall of Fame for both sports.

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Pieper married Beverly J. Krieger following his graduation from Winona State on June 14, 1958, and he became a teacher and coach in Richland Center before coming to Stoughton.

He later earned a place in the Wisconsin Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame and a National Wrestling Hall of Fame Lifetime Service Award.

Funeral services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday at Good Shepherd By The Lake, 1860 U.S. Hwy. 51, in Stoughton. Visitation will be 3-8 p.m. Thursday at Cress Funeral Home, 206 W. Prospect St., in Stoughton.

Additional visitation will be from 10 a.m. Friday until the service begins Friday at the church. Burial will be at Lutheran Cemetery South in Stoughton. After the services, family and friends are invited to attend a meal at the church fellowship hall.

The Common Council is expected to vote on moving forward with a new public works facility on County Hwy. A, near the intersection with Racetrack Road, at a special meeting Thursday.

Public works facility up for council vote Thursday $9 million complex would be built in 2018 BILL LIVICK Unified Newspaper Group

The Common Council is scheduled to decide at a special meeting Thursday whether to move ahead with a design and development plan for a new public works facility.

It had originally planned to make the decision last week but lacked a

quorum.

At question is what to include in the proposed facility, which is estimated to cost between $8.7 million and $9.2 million. The city plans to build the facility next year on the south side of County Hwy. A near its intersection with Racetrack Road, replacing a 90-year-old facility that has run out of room.

Public works director Brett Hebert presented plans, designs and cost

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Trailer building future in limbo Vikings grow stronger through tragedy BILL LIVICK Unified Newspaper Group

An attempt to repeal the city’s demolition moratorium failed last week, and officials appear to be conceding that the Highway Trailer complex on East South Street will likely remain in place well into

next year.

The street will also remain closed for the foreseeable future, as the Common Council took no action at its Sept. 26 meeting to stabilize the century-old structure.

Those were two of several items discussed that night relating to the city’s temporary moratorium on demolishing historic buildings and buildings in historic districts, which the council

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E m m a S o r e n s e n wa s someone who always had a smile on her face.

That’s how Stoughton girls cross country coach Susan Zaemisch described the freshman runner, who died following a Friday, Sept. 1, car accident.

The memory of Sorensen, d i s p l a y e d o n T- s h i r t s and bracelets bearing the team’s motto, “CC strong,” has helped the team grow

closer, teammates said Saturday at the Stoughton Invitational.

“Prior to the race today, seven girls and I held hands and said, ‘We race for e a c h o t h e r Sorensen today,’” Zaemisch told the Hub. “That’s what makes this bond so much stronger. The girls are in pain during their entire race but knowing that

their teammate is in pain right next to them, makes the experience a little bit easier to get through.”

The back of the shirt the team wore Saturday read, “We started as a team and we became a family.”

“I think that’s their personal motto,” Margaret Ross said of four other teammates who were in the car at the time of the crash.

“They started the season and they hardly knew each other during the accident but they’ve come together

a n d n ow t h e y ’r e b e s t friends.”

The Honda Civic they were in was struck by another SHS student while they were attempting to turn around on the way to a team dinner. Sorensen was transported from the scene to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries before dying less than two weeks later.

Three of the other four girls involved in the

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A singer-songwriter steeped in the literary traditions of the South, Mary Gauthier comes to the Opera House tonight with a trove of songs that reflect that artistry.

Gauthier (pronounced Go-shay) lives in Nashville but was born and raised in New Orleans. She released her first two albums in 1997 and ’99 without record company backing. Since then, she’s released seven more albums of mostly original songs that are deep poetry, usually set to spare arrangements.

Her voice, whether spoken or sung, conveys powerful emotion, and her lyrics paint descriptive stories of characters living on life’s margins.

Gauthier was born to a mother she never knew and was left at a New Orleans orphanage to be adopted when she was a year old.

She rebelled and ran into all sorts of trouble as a teenager, including drug addiction.

She enrolled at Louisiana State University and later attended the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts. In 1990, she opened a Cajun restaurant in Boston, Dixie Kitchen, which she ran for 11 years.

Gauthier was arrested for drunk driving the night the restaurant opened and has been sober ever since, dedicating herself to songwriting.

She sold the restaurant to finance the recording of her second album, “Drag Queens in Limousines,” in 1998. She was nominated for Best New Artist of the Year by the Boston Music Awards the year she released it.

After touring and performing at folk festivals throughout the country, Gauthier moved to Nashville in 2001 and landed a recording contract two years later.

She released her most celebrated album, “Mercy Now,” in 2005 and made the Top 10 list that year in dozens of publications, including the New York Times and Billboard Magazine.

She’s released nine albums and has plans for another early next year.

Gauthier spoke with the Hub from her Nashville home last week.

Hub: I learned recently that Rolling Stone magazine named your song “Mercy Now” as one of the 40 saddest country songs of all time. I think of it as deep poetry set to beautiful music.

What do you think?

Gauthier: Yeah, they got it wrong twice, didn’t they? It’s not country and it’s not sad.

I appreciate the nod, but it’s coming from an incredibly uneducated place.

I’ve wanted to argue against the sad thing because what I kept hearing is that there’s despair. I think sorrow is a part of life, because loss is a part of life. I think my songs are real.

If You Go Who: Mary Gauthier When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5 Where: Stoughton Opera House Tickets: $20 Call: 877-4400 If you have the courage to love at all, you’re going to lose. You’re supposed to love, and we’re inevitably supposed to lose it. And grieving the loss means you’ve loved, which I don’t think of as a negative.

I think of it as a part of what the gods determined we will go through as human beings.

So sadness is probably on every record that I’ve released, but there’s a paradox, that by virtue of singing it, there’s an alchemy that happens and it turns it into something that is hopeful.

Hub: When you say your songs are real, what does that mean?

Gauthier: A lot of people can’t bear the weight of that.

They use words like ‘heavy’ or stuff that doesn’t really have a positive connotation.

I think we’re trained these days to just be familiar with escapist art. That’s where the money is and always has been.

One of my favorite writers was Edward Albee – a fellow adoptee. I’m so partial

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Singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier performs tonight, Oct. 5, at the Stoughton Opera House. to fellow adoptees because we carry the same understanding of what it means to be on your own.

It’s such a paradox to have four parents but to feel like you really have no parents.

You can’t explain that, but you don’t have to explain it to a fellow adoptee.

Albee said something

that I have right above my writing desk: All serious art is being destroyed by commerce.

Most people don’t want art to be disturbing, they want it to be escapist. I don’t think art should be escapist.

That’s a waste of my time.

I’m with Edward on that.

My take on that is art

should articulate the inside of a human being so that it is revealed on the outside. It makes the invisible visible.

And that’s what I hope to do as an artist. My favorite artists are all on the same mission.

Contact Bill Livick at bill. livick@wcinet.com

Virtual exploration Students in Stoughton High School’s Culinary Arts 2 class were the first to use the district’s new Google Expeditions kit this school year, taking virtual field trips and lessons from Machu Picchu to Antarctica to the International Space Station last week.

SHS students helped Google pilot the program last spring. This year, library media specialists purchased a Google Expeditions kit including 30 goggles, a computer tablet and router. The kit will rotate among all five Stoughton schools.

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

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Tyler Anderson peers into his Google Expeditions viewfinder during a recent Culinary Arts class at SHS.

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supplemental pay increases. He said before there was a teacher compensation plan and before the state’s Act 10 law went into effect, educators received While acknowledging those problems either a percentage increase or a flat – as well a general dislike of the Career dollar amount for pay increases.

Ladder plan among both board members and educators – the board ultimate- Waiting for ‘18? ly decided it would be unfair to teachers Dirks said the compensation commitin the midst of a three-year process to tee has been meeting “very aggressive“level over” in the program by ending it ly” in recent months, holding sessions after just two years. Teachers in the dis- every two weeks. trict are generally evaluated every three Still, even if they came up with a plan years, and there are more than 120 who as soon as January, he said it’s “hard to are eligible to level over this year. see how they could get adequate feedThat doesn’t mean there won’t be back from the staff before the end of the issue with keeping the current plan. school year.”

Before the vote, district human resourcDirks said a more “realistic” schedes director Becky Fjelstad expressed ule would be for the board to give a concern that if the current plan was “thumbs up-thumbs down” vote in May kept, there would be a time crunch in if a new plan is brought to them, and setting up meetings for all the educa- then go back to staff in summer or the tors eligible to level over, since district coming school year and “focus group officials had thought the compensation it” and get input from the staff. committee was going to come up with a “I don’t see realistically a new plan being fully implemented until the 2018new plan by now.

“I don’t know how we are going to 19 school year,” he said.

All the same, Dirks said the board get this done,” she said. “We should have been leveling over people at the doesn’t “want this to go on forever.”

“It’s really important for the public to end of last year, so we have last year’s leveling over group, we have all the know where we stand on this,” he said. people who may choose to opt in (this “This has been a major controversy for year), and all the people this year who a long time. I hope this is a step toward may choose to level over.” closure.”

Dirks said if the board were to scrap Email Unified Newspaper Group the plan, the district’s Employee Relareporter Scott De Laruelle at scott. tions Committee would then be charged with negotiating cost-of-living and delaruelle@wcinet.com.

lack of communication caused District to continue work on resulting us a lot of problems.” teacher compensation Clock is ticking SCOTT DE LARUELLE Unified Newspaper Group

Stuck between an unpopular plan and the perils of no plan at all, the Stoughton Area school board agreed Monday night to continue the “Career Ladder” teacher compensation plan, at least until a better one is available. That could come as soon as next spring, though some members say that’s too tight of a timeline to get proper feedback from staff.

The board voted unanimously to continue using the model, with an aim to replace it as soon as possible. A district compensation committee working on a new plan for the past two years has been given until May to bring one to the board, although board president Scott Dirks has questioned the feasibility of that time frame.

He warned that even if the committee can present a new plan by the deadline, it could be problematic to “roll it out over the summer,” citing communication problems that accompanied the 2015 plan. That was approved with little staff opposition in late spring until teachers began to find out over the summer where they were placed in the program. The results angered some.

“That was one of the big mistakes we made on this plan,” Dirks said. “The

City of Stoughton

Trash deal: Same price, more service Six-year contract locks in city’s cost for 2018-19, adds downtown collection BILL LIVICK Unified Newspaper Group

The city will receive more trash collection service for the next two years for the same price it’s paying now, under a deal unanimously approved by the Common Council last Tuesday.

Public Works director Brett Hebert explained that the city’s contract with John’s Disposal Service for solid waste removal expires at the end of the year, and the company offered to keep its rates static for 2018-19 if

the city enters into a six-year contract, through the end of 2024.

“This is for the same level of service that we currently receive,” Hebert told the council. “They also agreed to collect all 25 curbside trash cans downtown, every Friday, at no additional cost if the city will renew the contract.”

The present contract has John’s collecting residential garbage weekly, recycling bi-weekly, and bulky items once a month – at a cost of $13.15 a month per unit. The new contract will add the collection of trash downtown.

Hebert said the downtown collection, which public works handles, would save the city 150 hours of employee time annually.

“It’s a good deal, and we want to

lock into it,” said Ald. Greg Jenson (D-3), chair of the Public Works committee.

“We’ve had very few complaints, and John’s is very responsive,” Hebert added.

He explained that John’s won’t raise its fees more that the cost of living percentage based on the Consumer Price Index, and that the city is also protected from a fuel surcharge, “which is crucial when signing a long-term deal.”

“If fuel prices were to skyrocket, we are not contractually bound to a fuel surcharge,” he said. “It’s a flat rate. We’re protected and locked in.”

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Council declines moratorium fix for Kittleson building Unified Newspaper Group‌

Though the city’s moratorium on demolishing buildings in historic districts is holding up decisions on the Highway Trailers building, the only razing it’s technically preventing is the one at 305-315 E. Main St. and owned by Dennis and Amy Kittleson.

That’s left the Kittlesons frustrated in their attempt to turn it into vacant lot at the corner of East Main Street and Fourth Street.

City attorney Matt Dregne told the Common Council last week it could easily settle that issue by amending its moratorium, but the council declined to do so. He had previously issued two opinions that stopped their application – that they could not create

a park on private land and that their incomplete application, submitted before the moratorium, could not be reprocessed.

“The Kittlesons are proposing something that doesn’t seem to be allowable,” he explained.

Dregne told the council it could amend the moratorium to state that applications made before the moratorium was adopted may be amended and processed.

That would allow the Kittlesons to present a landscaping plan and remove the building.

The council did not take any action on the matter.

Council president Tim Swadley (D-1), said the Landmarks Commission is still working with Dregne to revise city ordinances relating to historic buildings and demolition. He

said the city could resolve the Kittlesons’ matter once that work is completed.

Mayor Donna Olson asked Swadley and the commission to “expedite the process, because we do need answers on the moratorium and the Downtown Design Overlay District,” in

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A familiar face is returning to the Stoughton Area school board after members voted Monday to appoint former member Frank Sullivan to fill the vacancy created when Sara Rabe resigned last month.

His term will end in April 2018. Sullivan Other candidates were Tammy Turner and former board member Brett Schumacher.

Sullivan received six votes, while Turner received two.

All three gave brief presentations and answered questions from board members before the regular meeting.

Sullivan, who served a term in the board from 2013-15, is a parent of two Stoughton High School graduates and two current district students. He is the assistant attorney general in the Wisconsin Department of Justice and heads the Medicaid Fraud and Elder Abuse unit.

During his presentation, Sullivan said he enjoyed his time on the board and was glad to be back, mentioning that he did not run for re-election in 2015 due to a pending medical procedure. He said being an effective board member “starts with the basics.”

“It starts with doing the

homework – not only reading the board packet but thinking about the contents, trying to understanding it, asking the hard questions,” he said. “And using your knowledge and understanding of the community and schools to try to figure out what makes sense for the school district.

“It’s a job you can’t take lightly.”

Sullivan, who works in Madison, said he doesn’t like the reputation Stoughton schools have, citing the reaction he gets from colleagues when he mentions his children attend Stoughton schools.

“I’ve seen over and over again that look of, ‘Oh and it drives me nuts,” he said. “The schools have been wonderful, and it’s because of the people here. Come and see for yourself, don’t rely on the stereotypes and the old jokes … talk to families … see for yourself what we’ve got.”

Turner is a SHS graduate with an MBA and M.A. in human resources with more than 20 years experience in human resources, according to her application letter to the district.

During her interview, she told board members it’s important for the district to address “achievement gaps” that exist with some students.

Schumacher is a senior scientist at Promega who served on the board from 2010-17. He cited six-and -a-half years experience on the board, and the ability to immediately help with some “tough decisions ahead of you.”

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Stoughton Courier Hub 4 In search of ‘Haunted Stoughton’ October 5, 2017

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Got any good ghost stories?

As Halloween approaches, it’s a great time to explore some spooky tales, and the Courier Hub is seeking readers’ Stoughton ghost stories for the Oct. 26 issue. From reports of shadow figures at Lake Kegonsa State Park to the reported “hauntings” at Elsing’s Second Hand Shop, the area has plenty of intriguing tales to tell. What are yours?

We’re looking for stories specific to the Stoughton area. First-hand accounts are best, but tales passed down are also fair game.

Have a story to tell? Email reporter Scott De Laruelle at scott.de laruelle@wcinet.com.

Letter to the editor

Letter to Sen. Johnson is ‘self serving’ Dear Ms. Monette: I am eagerly responding to your recent Stoughton Courier Hub Letter to The Editor — “An Open Letter for Senator Johnson.”

Your self serving, self-interpretive comments regarding Senator Johnson’s responses to the Charlottesville debacle fit my old mentor, Lee Dreyfus’ “Analysis of Propaganda” to a “T.” For example, you furnish no factual specifics. You misapply and substitute your own subjective interpretations over what was actually said.

You mimic social mass media’s (drive by media) truth-twisting propaganda. For example, you wrote: “… by ‘unity’ what you mean (Sen. Johnson) is that nonwhites and non-males need to sit down, shut up, and stop rocking

the boat…”). This opinionated, unsubstantiated, judgematical statement of yours is an excellent example of a “propagandist.”

However, an even greater voice than that of Dr. Dreyfus (Former UW-Stevens Point Chancellor, and Wisconsin Governor) that more aptly describes your “Letter” is St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans, Chapter 2, Verse 1: “Therefore, thou art inexcusable, O Man (woman - my word), whosoever thou art who judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemist thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.”

J. Robert “Bob” Burull, Ph.D. Former Stoughton resident

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The Hub incorrectly identified the Kite Day photo last week. The And that means we picture is of Addison Shechter, not Elixis.

The Hub incorrectly reported last week that Stoughton’s preliminary all need to stop squabbling about 2018 budget includes a 2.5 percent across-the-board wage increase for it and be serious about figuring out what to do. non-union employees. The increase is actually 2.25 percent.

As everyone knows now, a The Hub regrets the errors. madman with a gun – an all-toocommon occurrence these days – fired hundreds of bullets at concertgoers in Las Vegas within a couple hours of U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise telling Thursday, October 5, 2017 • Vol. 136, No. 11 the nation SunUSPS No. 1049-0655 day night on Periodical Postage Paid, Stoughton, WI and additional offices.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

So we need to do it ourselves.

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

It would be a start.

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

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New health plan, carrier saves money Unified Newspaper Group

Employees will see a decrease in their monthly medical premiums next year as the city changes its health insurance carrier, and the city will save approximately $265,000 over two years in the process.

The Common Council last Tuesday, Sept. 26, voted to accept Human Resources director A.J. Gillingham’s recommendation to change from Dean Health HMO to Quartz HMO as its insurance carrier for the next

Mayor Donna Olson said a goal “We switched to Dean Health ‘There’s no change in our two-and-a-half years ago, and we’re of the city “had to be that we drive medical coverage, other starting year three of that rate cap,” service local” while also giving Gillingham explained. “That’s a not- employees options. than the provider.’

– A.J. Gillingham, City of Stoughton human resources director wants to keep their existing physician, they pay more.”

Under the POS plan, employees would have co-insurance, a deductible and a higher premium.

It’s the second time in three years the city is changing its insurance carrier. It had a self-funded plan before Dean.

to-exceed number, and the number seemed a little high, so I wanted to see how our plan compared.”

She looked at the health insurance market and discovered the only other carrier that would have a presence in Stoughton would be the UW facilities, known as Unity. Unity, which has a clinic here and is also accepted at Stoughton Hospital, is now part of Quartz.

After comparing quotes, Quartz eventually “came in with an over two-year savings of $265,000,” Gillingham said. “Dean couldn’t touch it.”

Dane County

Parisi budget aims at ‘safety net,’ roads, environment D a n e C o u n t y E xe c u tive Joe Parisi introduced a $538 million 2018 operating budget Monday, stressing increases in a human services “safety net,” road improvements and environmental clean-up.

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

“My budget focuses on our children’s future, a strong human services safety net, safe roads, clean air and lakes, safe livable communities and a high quality of life,” Parisi said in a news release, noting the budget is $500,000 under the state-imposed levy cap.

His proposal allocates $1 million to fund School Based Mental Health Teams

2018 budget Oct. 2-27: Standing committees review Oct. 18: Public hearing, 7 p.m. Room 201 City-County Building, 210 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.

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

Nov. 21: County Board budget deliberations if necessary Nov. 30: Regular county board meeting, consideration of possible county executive vetoes to partner with local school districts “to improve the classroom and home experiences of our young people experiencing mental health ailments.”

It also includes $100,000 for a comprehensive review of existing mental health services and evaluate the possible need of a Crisis Restoration Center and $100,000 to help fund Porchlight’s Safe Haven, a program that provides transitional housing

and case management for people who suffer from mental illness to stabilize their living situation and reduce homelessness.

It places a focus on “improving long overdue road work” on county highways, including a $4 million county share to expand Highway M, linking the west side of Madison with Verona.

Additional projects include resurfacing and adding bike lanes on Highway N from

Highway A to State Highway 51, working with the City of Stoughton, and reconstructing to four lanes Highway PD from Woods Road to Highway M, with the City of Verona.

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

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

– Scott De Laruelle

SCOTT GIRARD Unified Newspaper Group

If You Go What: Open house meetings on Hwy. N, I-39/90 interchange project When: 4:30-6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11, presentation at 5:15 p.m.; 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12, presentation at 12:15 p.m.

Where: Stoughton Public Library, 304 S. Fourth St. Info: i39-90.wi.gov

Contact Bill Livick at bill.livick@ wcinet.com

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400 North Morris Street, Stoughton Saturday, October 7 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

For additional information, please call Pam Parsons at 873-5651, ext. 215. email: pparsons@skaalen.com

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Open houses next week on Hwy. N project Oct. 11, 12 meetings at Stoughton library

She added that Stoughton is one of the few cities that has saved money on employee health insurance in recent years.

Ald. Regina Hirsch (D-3) asked if Quartz would consider moving some of its doctors to Stoughton, and Gillingham said it would bring three primary care physicians here.

The council then voted to approve the change on a 10-0-1 vote, with Ald. Kathleen Tass Johnson (D-2) abstaining.

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two years.

Quartz is a new name for the combination of the former Unity, Physicians Plus and Gunderson health plans.

“It’s the same plan design, with lower out-of-pocket maximums for employees and lower overall costs to the city,” Gillingham told the council. “There’s no change in our medical coverage, other than the provider.”

She said the city’s premium with Dean Health would have been $1.5 million in 2018. It will be almost $135,000 less under the Quartz plan.

Gillingham said employees will have a choice between Quartz HMO and Quartz POS (point of service) program, “where if the employee

ways and a crossing over or under the Interstate.

Hwy. N has been closed between the interstate and Rinden Road to the north since May. For information on the project or to get weekly updates, visit the project page at i39-90.wi.gov.

A pair of meetings next week will provide an opportunity for anyone interested to get an update on the conContact Scott Girard at struction at the Hwy. N interungreporter@wcinet.com change with I-39/90. and follow him on Twitter The state Department of @sgirard9.

Transportation team will t h r e e r o u n d a b o u t s a n d interchange,” a common type hold open houses Oct. 11 and what’s known as a “diamond that has entry and exits both 12 at the Stoughton Public Library on the project, which is scheduled for completion Open to al in late November or early the Public!

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Each of the events will include a brief presentation, and the same information will be provided at both. DisSaturday, October 7th • 4 - 7 p.m. plays and handouts will also be available.

American Legion Post 59 Wednesday, DOT staff will 803 North Page Street - Stoughton, WI be at the library from 4:30$8 Adults (13 & older); $6 Children (5-12); Under 5 Free; Carry-Outs $8 6 p.m., with a presentation Prices include Sales Tax scheduled for 5:15 p.m. The Stoughton Special Olympics Contact: event will run Thursday from Brenda Slovacek (608) 873-1340 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., with Proudly Sponsored by: the presentation scheduled at 12:15 p.m.

American Legion American Legion VFW Badger VFW Auxillary Construction at the interPost 59 Auxillary Unit 59 Post #328 Badger Post #328 change began in April. The final product will include cial Olym Stoughton Spe

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DEDICATION STOUGHTON AREA VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2017 11:00 A.M. CORNER OF HWY B & COUNTRY CLUB RD (just north of Stoughton) ROADSIDE PARKING w/additional parking at: Lake View Church and Sandhill School at 1920 Lincoln Avenue

SHUTTLE SERVICE from the parking lots to and from the Memorial Park will be provided from 9:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.

Dedication will also be televised live on Stoughton's cable channel, WSTO(Charter digit cable channel 981)

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Food budgeting Is budgeting for food tight? FoodShare Wisconsin, a food assistance program for individuals with low or no income, may be able to help.

Working people or those receiving Social Security, SSI, SSDI or Unemployment may be eligible for the program if their monthly income is less than $1,862 for one person; $2,522 for two people; $3,182 for three people; or $3,842 for four people.

To make an appointment for free application assistance, call the FoodShare Helpline at 1-877-366-3635.

Community tailgate The Viking Band Boosters will host a community tailgate at Stoughton High School before the Friday night football game, from 4:30-7 p.m. in the back parking lot, 320 North St. The event will feature performances by the pep band and dance team.

Hot dogs, chili, burgers and mini donuts will be available for purchase.

The event is free. For more information, call Lori Moll at 695-3667.

Fish boil T h e S o n s o f N o r wa y – M a n d t Lodge, 317 S. Page St., will host a fish boil and author program starting at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6.

The dinner begins at 6 p.m. and the menu is Icelandic cod, potatoes, carrots, onions, cole slaw, dessert and

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beverages. A special author program, beginning at 5:30 p.m., will feature Eric Dregni to discuss his book “Let’s Go Fishing.”

Tickets are $14 per person, $7 for children ages 5-12, and will be available at the door.

For information, call 873-7209.

6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11, at the lodge, 317 S. Page St. All proceeds will benefit the Sons of Norway Foundation, currently in a fundraising drive for hurricane and wildfire victims.

A silent auction and old fashioned games with prizes will be featured, including a free piece of pie and full Livsreise presentation pies available for purchase.

For information, call 873-7209.

Visit Livsreise, 227 W. Main St., for a “Stories of Norway” presentation by John Yilek from 1-2 p.m. Sat- Writing the Novel urday, Oct. 7.

The adult and teen writing series Yilek is the author of History of returns to the library 10-11 a.m. SaturNorway and Stories of Norway, two day, Oct. 14. books that discuss Norway’s history The presentation will provide guidefrom ancient times to present day. lines to help through the process of He has also presented many sem- writing a novel. A free cup of coffee or inars for other Norwegian American hot chocolate will be provided. The preorganizations including Livsreise sentation is designed for adults as well and the Vesterheim Museum. Yilek as teens age 14 and up. No registration frequently travels to Norway, and his is required.

Norwegian ancestors lived near the For more information, call 873-6281. historic mining town of Røros and in ROHS the mountain valleys of Nordland.

He is a graduate of the University R Olde House Society (ROHS) of Minnesota and the University of will hold its next meeting at 7 p.m.

Minnesota Law School and teach- Thursday, Oct. 19, at 1390 Washinges Norwegian history at the Mind- ton Rd., Stoughton. There will be a ekirken Norwegian Language and tour of the home and the property.

Culture Program in Minneapolis and The ROHS is a group of people the University of Minnesota Osher preserving Stoughton’s treasures, Lifelong Learning Institute. one house at a time. Attendees are For information, call 873-7567. asked to bring a treat to share and their non-alcoholic beverage of Pie social and auction choice.

For more information contact Sons of Norway Mandt Lodge will host a pie social and sale from rohstoughton@gmail.com.

Covenant Lutheran Church

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

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 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

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

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

Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

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

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

Good Shepherd By The Lake Lutheran Church

LakeView Church

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

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

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‌Friday, October 6‌

• 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., Stoughton Farmers Market, Stoughton Plaza, 1050 W. Main St., stoughtonwi.com/farmersmarket‌ • 9:30 a.m., Story time (ages 0-5), library, 873-6281‌ • 4:30-7 p.m., Community Tailgate, SHS back parking lot, 320 North St., 695-3667‌ • 6 p.m., Fish boil ($14 per person, $7 for kids 5-12, tickets available at the door), Sons of Norway-Mandt Lodge, 317 S. Page St., 873-7209‌

‌Saturday, October 7‌

• 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Stoughton Community Farmers Market, Forrest Street (North of Main St.), stoughtonwi.com/farmersmarket‌ • 10 a.m. to noon, Yahara River Hootenanny (repeats first Saturdays through November), Yahara River Grocery Cooperative, 229 E. Main St., 712-2976‌ • 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

‌Monday, October 9‌

• 1-6 p.m., Red Cross blood drive, Covenant Lutheran, 1525 Van Buren St., 1-800-REDCROSS‌ • 3-4 p.m., The Middleton Jazz: Music appreciation series, Stoughton Opera House, 381 E. Main St., 8774400‌

‌Tuesday, October 10‌

• 6:30 p.m., Evening story time (ages 0-6), library, 873-6281‌

‌Wednesday, October 11‌

• 9:30 a.m., Story time (ages 0-5), library, 873-6281‌ • 3 p.m., Craft club: Paint it!, senior center, 873-8585‌ • 6:30-8:30 p.m., Sons of Norway Mandt Lodge pie social and auction, 317 S. Page St., 873-7209‌

‌Thursday, October 12‌

• 6:30 p.m., Thursdays With Murder: The Nero Wolfe Mysteries of Rex Stout, library, 873-6281‌

‌Friday, October 13‌

• 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., Stoughton Farmers Market, Stoughton Plaza, 1050 W. Main St., stoughtonwi.com/farmersmarket‌ • 9:30 a.m., Story time (ages 0-5), library, 873-6281‌

‌Saturday, October 14‌

• 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Stoughton Community Farmers Market, Forrest Street (North of Main St.), stoughtonwi.com/farmersmarket‌ • 10-11 a.m., Writing the Novel program (adults and ages 14 and up, registration required), 873-6281‌ • 11 a.m. to noon, Stoughton Area Veterans Memorial Park dedication ceremony, Highway B and Country Club Road, 873-5305‌ • Noon to 6 p.m., USS Sanctioned FEATS of Strength, Stark Auto Group, 1423 US-51, 515-4057

‌Monday, October 16‌

• 3-4 p.m., Park Sin Young: Music appreciation series, Stoughton Opera House, 381 E. Main St., 877-4400‌

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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221 Kings Lynn Rd. Stoughton, WI 53589 (608) 873-8888

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

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.

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

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First Lutheran Church

Fulton Church

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

Cooksville Lutheran Church

Ezra Church

Seventh Day Baptist Church of Albion

‌Thursday, October 5‌

• 1-5 p.m., Personal Essentials Pantry, 343 E. Main St., pepstoughton.org ‌ • 6:30-8 p.m., Adult Craft Club: Paint it, library, 8736281‌

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

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

Submit your community calendar and coming up items online:

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Jeremy Jones, sports editor

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Anthony Iozzo, assistant sports editor 845-9559 x237 • sportsreporter@wcinet.com Fax: 845-9550

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Wrestling

Warm memories of Pieper SHS wrestling patriarch ‘touched a lot of lives’

Obituary Visitation Thursday, funeral services Friday in Stoughton

ANTHONY IOZZO Assistant sports editor

LaVerne Pieper stood next to me and the blue wrestling mats before the finals matches during the 2015 Badger State Wrestling Invitational at the Alliant Energy Center.

I wa s c ove ring the meet and LaVerne Pieper thinking about camera angles and whether my phone battery was going to die when Pieper struck up a conversation with me about the history of the tournament and what he had seen from the Stoughton wrestlers that day.

I wrote down a few things out of habit, but knowing the storied history of Stoughton

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“Some really good wrestling today,” he said with a smile. “Brings back a lot of memories.”

Pieper, who passed away in his Stoughton home Sunday at the age of 81, seemed to be at every single match or tournament, but it was that 2015 Badger State tourney that stood out to me.

After the finals, he talked with wrestlers and co-coaches Dan Spilde and Bob Empey as I prepared to begin interviews. If I hadn’t known better, I’d have thought he wasn’t retired as he appeared to both congratulate and discuss technique.

But it was the warm-heartedness he

showed to everyone that stuck out.

Pieper told me to keep up the good work as he passed me before leaving, and then coaches from other teams and fans went up to him to say hello and ask how he was doing. He was a rock star at that tournament.

“I can’t think of another human being that would draw more attention when it comes to respect,” Spilde told me this week after hearing the news of his passing. “He certainly touched a lot of lives.

“I, for one, have fielded phone calls from probably six or seven states with people checking to find out how the family is doing and when the arrangements are, and I am just one body.”

Pieper, born in Caledonia, Minn., was known as a player-coach when he wrestled at Winona (Minn.) State University, where he graduated in 1958 and later was inducted into the school’s hall of fame in both wrestling and football. He was a teacher and coach in Richland Center before coming to Stoughton in 1961 and turning the program into a powerhouse during his 33-year coaching career here. “(Vern) and his wife Bev were both

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Girls cross country

Photo by Jeremy Jones

Anna Wozniak (425), Grace Jenny (420) and Margaret Ross (423) get out quickly Saturday at the Stoughton Invitational. The girls helped the Vikings finish second to Sun Prairie.

Vikes second at home invite JEREMY JONES ​Sports editor

Junior Margaret Ross and sophomore Grace Jenny stuck with each other throughout the Stoughton Invitational on Saturday.

Ross pulled away a little late down the final hill to finish eighth in 19 minutes, 39.73 seconds with Jenny close behind, taking ninth in 19:41.56 “I think it was really nice to have someone to pace with,” Ross said. “I am normally a couple of meters behind. Today I had someone to push and that made me push harder too.”

Coach Susan Zaemisch said Jenny has definitely improved since last season both physically and mentally.

“It’s nice to see her step into that No. 1 spot. Just like her

What’s next The Vikings travel to Baertschi Farm in Albany for an invite at 9 a.m. brother (Tristan), she is a true competitor,” Zaemisch said.

“As far as Margaret, I would put my money on Margaret any day of the week. She is one tough girl.”

Junior Anna Wozniak, who has battled injuries, placed 14th in 20:04.02.

“I thought Anna ran phenomenal today,” Zaemisch said. “There is more in her. I just hope I can tap it in three weeks.”

Stoughton finished second

with a team score of 72.

Defending WIAA Division 1 state champion Sun Prairie won the meet with a gaudy team score of 18, placing all five varsity scorers in the top seven. Cardinals senior Katie Rose Blachowicz led a 1-2-3 finish

by Sun Prairie in 18:28.2. Middleton was third with 110.

“Another coach asked if I was proud, and I said, ‘Yea, but we weren’t as close to Sun Prairie as I wanted to be,” Zaemisch said. “You goal is never just to make it to state. Your goal is to be the best you can be. We’re trying to figure out how we can get to that next level.”

Sophomore Molly Olstad and freshman Maddie Schneider finished 29th seconds apart.

Olstad crossed the finish line 20th in 20:32.89. Schneider

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was 21st in 20:33.04.

Freshman Gina Owen and senior Gigi Zaemisch also competed but did not county toward the varsity score.

“From the beginning of the season, getting back to team state was our goal,” Zaemisch said. “It hard was hard to swallow sending three individuals and not the team to state last year, when there several girls on our team that deserved that opportunity.”

Zaemisch said the coaching staff and girls have changed things up this year in order to chase that goal.

“We’re doing some different workouts to get the girls to the next level,” she said. “My top three runners now are sophomores and juniors. You can treat them a little bit differently than a new runner.”

Player of the week From Sept. 26-Oct. 3

Name: Annika Goetz Grade: Freshman Sport: Tennis Highlights: Goetz prevailed in three sets, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 over Oconomowoc’s Sarah Letscher at Monday’s WIAA Division 1 subsectional and advanced to sectionals Honorable mentions: Jason Johnson (boys soccer) scored the eventual game-winner in a 3-2 win over Beloit Memorial Monday Katie Walter (volleyball) gave a speech about her experience with high-functioning autism on Autism Awareness Night Thursday and started in her first varsity match Tessa Berry (volleyball) finished with 12 kills, 11 digs and two aces Thursday in a loss to Monona Grove Bre Viken (girls golf) shot an 85 to lead the Vikings to sectionals on Sept. 27 Ian Bormett (boys xc) led the boys cross country team for the first time Saturday, finishing 39th (out of 76) in 17 minutes, 55.36 seconds.

Margaret Ross (girls xc) led the girls cross country team to a second-place finish behind Sun Prairie at the Stoughton invitational with her eighthplace finish Nathan Hutcherson (football) returned a punt 81 yards for a touchdown in a blowout win at Watertown.

Maddie Kooima (girls swimming) won the 100-yard backstroke last week against McFarland

Volleyball

Walter has special night SHS junior gives speech, starts first match Thursday on Autism Awareness Night ANTHONY IOZZO Assistant sports editor

Stoughton High School junior Katie Walter had a lot of emotions running through her head Thursday before her speech at Autism Awareness Night at the varsity volleyball game against Monona Grove.

Walter, who has a high-functioning form of autism, worked on her two-minute speech since July 3 when she found out the night was happening, and she put in a lot of work on it each day, she said. But while being “excited,” she was also very “nervous” and didn’t know what to expect.

“It meant a lot because my friends

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Goetz, No. 1 dubs advance to sectionals JEREMY JONES ​Sports editor

Photo by Anthony Iozzo

Freshman Caylie Kotlowski putts on the 12th hole Wednesday, Sept. 27, at the WIAA Division 1 DeForest regional at Lake Windsor Country Club. Kotlowski was one of three golfers in the 80s, finishing with an 89 to help Stoughton finish runner-up and advance to sectionals with a 368.

Vikings play at sectionals Wednesday ANTHONY IOZZO Assistant sports editor

L a ke Wi n d s o r C o u n try Club is a course with narrow fairways, multiple hazards and fast, sloping greens, but the Stoughton High School girls golf team was up to the challenge Wednesday at the WIAA Division 1 DeForest regional.

The Vikings had three scores in the 80s and went shot-for-shot with Oregon, finishing runner-up with a 368 and advancing to sectionals as a team for the eighth straight season. The Panthers, which won their second straight regional title and advanced to sectionals for the fifth straight time and ninth time in 10 years, finished with a 364.

Junior Bre Viken led the way with an 85. Viken was steady all day with a 43 on the front nine and a 43 on the back nine.

Viken bounced back several times in the match. She birdied the second, 10th and 18th holes after bogeys on one and nine and a double bogey on 17. Viken nearly eagled 18 after reaching the green in two shots and finished with three pars.

Sophomore Myranda

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

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

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

Kotlowski and her freshman cousin Caylie Kotlowski both finished with 89s. Myranda Kotlowski had five pars, and Caylie Kotlowski collected a birdie on hole 10 and five pars.

Myranda Kotlowski was three strokes better on the back nine with a 43, and Caylie Kotlowski was one stroke better on the back with a 44.

Junior Jenny Marshall finished the scoring with a 105, including a par on the eighth hole. Junior Renee Anderson shot a 107 with

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Stoughton girls tennis advanced two flights through Monday’s WIAA Division 1 subsectional. Annika Goetz and the Vikings’ No. 1 doubles team both advanced and competed at Wednesday’s WIAA Division 1 sectional meet in Oconomowoc.

Goetz prevailed in three sets 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 over Oconomowoc’s Sarah Letscher, who had beaten her in straight sets earlier this year. The freshman’s tournament began with an injury default win against Madison East’s Naomi Monat.

“Annika lost a lot of close matches in three sets, early in the season,” coach Ryan Reischel said. “She’s so even-keeled, I don’t think that ever really got her down. She never gets too high or too low, and lately she has been winning those close matches.”

Stacy Benoy and Ashley Fisher needed only one win to advance, defeating Sun Prairie’s Nina Boals and Linnea Zernov 6-2, 6-4. A firstround win Wednesday at the Oconomowoc sectional automatically advances the girls to the individual state tennis tournament later this month.

“We played a really solid first set but lost our aggressiveness,” Reischel said.

Up 5-4 in the second set, Stoughton switched up to an I-formation and had Fisher serve into the body of the Sun Prairie returners.

“I wanted to force Sun Prairie to play more balls through the middle, instead of just letting them hit their normal crosscourt return,” Reischel said.

The switch worked as Fisher put four first serves in and Benoy had three putaways at the net.

Seeded fourth on their side of the bracket, Benoy and Fisher will play No. 1 Lake Geneva Badger at

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Ashley Fisher (hitting) and Stacy Benoy defeated Sun Prairie’s Nina Boals and Linnea Zernov 6-2, 6-4 on Monday at the WIAA Division 1 Stoughton subsectional. The girls need a first-round win Wednesday at the Oconomowoc sectional to automatically advance to the individual state tennis tournament. sectionals.

“Of course we’re hoping to win that match, but even if Stacy and Ashley lose, I think they’ve done enough to be in the discussion for the special qualifier from our sectional,” Reischel said. “We’ve had a nice run of state qualifiers the last four years or so, and it would be nice to continue that. It helps breed a lot of excitement into our program.”

Senior Krissy Pohlod beat Madison East’s Amelia Hoffman 6-1, 6-4 in the first round at No. 2 singles but was blanked 6-0, 6-0 by Lauren Hope Bruemmer of Sun Prairie in the second round.

“Krissy played a really solid match. There’s no shame in losing to the No. 1 seed, who will probably

What’s next Stoughton traveled to the WIAA Division 1 sectional meet in Oconomowoc Wednesday. qualify for state and could win a round,” Reischel said. “Moving from No. 4 to No. 2 singles and finishing with a .500 record, I couldn’t be more proud of Krissy.”

Junior Kayla Rippe also won her first match but lost to Katie Tews of Sun Prairie in the second round.

Rippe defeated Watertown’s Michelle

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Walter: Teammates show support on ‘fun’ night Continued from page 7 sometimes don’t always understand me,” said Walter, who was also celebrating her 18th birthday. “It was special.”

Walter was amazed at the response to her speech as the crowd cheered her on and made her blush, she said. However, while the speech was her favorite part of the evening, Walter was moved up from junior varsity for the evening and was able to experience a lot of other excitement.

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there was no mystery to how much support she was given by both teammates and the community.

Before the match, she came out of the tunnel with senior Tessa Berry and the rest of the varsity team and was able to participate in pre-game warmups. Walter was also a starter in the first set and was able to stand in line with the other starters during the national anthem.

“I was surprised my name was called first,” said Walter, who wore the No. 3 on her jersey. “I didn’t expect to be called first.”

Walter was then able to take the first serve, which was shared on Twitter by athletic director Mel Dow. She dribbled the ball about a dozen times, threw the ball into the air, stretched out and whacked the ball as the gym erupted in cheers.

“I was nervous that I was going to step on the line or not get the ball over the net,” Walter said.

After the serve, Walter was able to sit on the bench with the team and participate with celebrations and cheers. She said she learned a lot about what everyone does and wa s h a p py t o b e w i t h them.

Walter said she was still so excited after the match but was able to get some sleep later that night as she

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Junior Katie Walter is announced before her speech Thursday on Autism Awareness Night before the varsity volleyball match against Monona Grove at Stoughton High School.

Walter, who has high-functioning autism, spoke with the crowd about her experience and was able to participate with the varsity team, including getting a start and the first serve of the match. reflected.

There are a lot of goals on Walter’s mind as she continues school, including going to college and becoming a teacher and a volleyball assistant coach.

She said she still isn’t sure about how everything will work out, but like Thursday, Walter is both excited and nervous for what the future holds.

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​Sports editor

Ian Bormett led the Stoughton boys cross country team for the first time Saturday at the Stoughton Invitational.

Bormett passed freshman teammate Alex Wicks at the three- mile marker to finish 39th (out of 76) in 17 minutes, 55.36 seconds. Wicks reached the finish line one spot back in 17:58.89 for Stoughton, which was without Parker Flint.

“I came into the race a little sore today,” Bormett said. “We had a very hard practice on Thursday and I just wanted to stay with our top pack of runners.”

Somewhere between the mile and mile-and-a-half marker, Bormett broke off with two other Viking runners.

“I thought I could stay with our top guys, but I think I kind of surprised myself there at the end,” said Bormett who competed in three triathlons over the summer.

Bormett finished second in his age group at the Pewaukee Sprint Triathlon and Ottawa Lake Trying for Children Olympic Triathlon. He then won the Lake Country Olympic Triathlon in Oconomowoc.

“For the first time I have had a lot of endurance built up coming into the cross country season as a result,” he

The Stoughton boys soccer team moved into a tie for second place in the Badger South Conference on Tuesday with a 7-1 win over Monroe.

The Vikings (9-8-1 overall, 4-2 conference) have eight points. Oregon, which was upset 3-1 by Milton on Tuesday, also has eight points.

Monona Grove clinched the Badger South title with a 1-0 win over Watertown, ending Oregon’s eight-year conference title streak.

Senior Zander Hartberg scored three goals and added an assist against Monroe. Junior Jason Johnson had a goal and two assists.

Senior Anders Goetz, junior Noaj Mahieu and junior Matthew Leikness also scored goals. Senior Cameron Furseth, senior Jake Deutsch and sophomore Evan Herbst added

Stoughton travels to Albany at a.m. Saturday for the Baertschi Invitational. said. “In track and swimming, I’m a sprinter, so having that season of endurance training really helped my legs get ready for cross country.”

Sophomore Gavin Model was the third Viking to reach the finish line, taking 46th place in 18:16.05.

Senior Tanner Hanson and junior Garrett Herbst were separated by .19 to finish 54th and 55th, respectively.

Senior Sean McLaury and sophomore Tyler Kalagian also competed but did not count toward the final varsity score.

The Vikings finished eighth out of the 11 teams competing with a team score of 234.

Sixth-ranked Stevens Point won the meet with a 54, while fifthranked Middleton finished second with a 66 and 11th-ranked Monona Grove was third with 77. Madison La Follette senior Josh Freitag posted the fastest time of the day, winning Photo by Jeremy Jones the race in 16:00.31 — a little more than three seconds faster than Mono- Ian Bormett finished 39th (out of 76) na Grove senior Charlie Ellenbecker in 17 minutes, 55.36 seconds Saturday at the Stoughton Invitational.

(16:03.56).

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The Stoughton High School volleyball team lost a tough 3-2 (25-22, 24-26, 19-25, 25-19, 12-15) match to Monona Grove Thursday.

The Vikings forced a fifth set but were unable to continue the momentum in a three-point loss in the final game.

Senior outside hitter Tessa Berry finished with 12 kills, 11 digs and two aces, and senior outside hitter Olivia Panthofer had 11 kills and eight digs.

Senior Sena Sperloen collected seven kills and three blocks, and senior Lauren Jake and sophomore Kat Eugster each had five kills.

Junior Hannah Wirag had 28 digs and two aces, and junior Megan Adams had 33 assists and 13 digs.

The Badger South tournament is coming up at 8 a.m. Saturday, but seeding will not be determined until after Thursday’s matches.

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

Stoughton hosts Milton (5-1) at 7 p.m. Thursday and travels to Oregon High School at 8 a.m. Saturday for the Badger South Conference tournament.

The Vikings also travel to nonconference Verona at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10.

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

Oregon (1-5) and Monroe (1-5) square off to see who is No. 7 or No 8. Seeds 3 through 6 are still up for grabs. The MG/ Fort Atkinson result is the match that will decide a lot.

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

If MG wins and Stoughton and Edgewood have different results, then there are different scenarios. A Stoughton win

assists.

Senior goalie Matt Read had four saves.

Stoughton 3, Beloit 2 The Vikings hosted nonconference Beloit Memorial Monday and won 3-2.

Senior Zander Hartberg, senior Cameron Furseth and junior Jason Johnson all scored for Stoughton.

Senior Quinlan Link and junior David Tessier earned assists.

Badger South

Vikings fall in five sets to Silver Eagles Thursday Assistant sports editor

Stoughton travels to Breese Stevens Field at 11 a.m. Saturday for a nonconference match against Madison East and travels to Watertown at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10, for a Badger South game.

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

Volleyball

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Badger South Team W-L Watertown 6-0 Milton 5-1 Monona Grove 3-3 Stoughton 3-3 Edgewood 3-3 Fort Atkinson 2-4 Oregon 1-5 Monroe 1-5

Sorensen: Stoughton races to honor teammate this season Continued from page 1 accident are back competing with the team, Zaemisch said. The other girl is a younger runner, who prior to the accident had developed stress fractures and was already expected to sit out the rest of the season.

The bracelets were donated by a cross country parent and has helped the team bond and heal following the tragedy. How close the team was before has helped strengthen that bond.

“We’re definitely keeping Emma’s positive memory

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

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

If Fort Atkinson wins, there are multiple scenarios.

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

alive in our hearts,” Zaemisch said. “It’s been a challenging month.

“We lean on each other in our hard days and support each other when we’re having a good day. The team is getting through it day by day.”

Ross said she and her teammates are “avoiding being really sad” as they process their grief.

“I’ve never dealt with anything like that, and neither have many of our teammates,” she said. “We want to be strong for her, instead of sad for her. We want to fight for her.”

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Monona Grove (386) and Sun Prairie (406) also advanced to sectionals.

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

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

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

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Stoughton falls short late against Milton JEREMY JONES ​Sports editor

A box of chocolate. That was the bet freshman Sofia Bormett and Stoughton girls swimming coach Katie Talmadge made before Tuesday evening’s Badger South dual meet.

Bormett, who has been hovering around the 200- and 500-yard freestyle records all season, said she was going to break both records and thus the wager was set in motion.

“I was feeling good today,” Bormett said. “I was just in the mood to win.”

Despite being painfully close in one event for the second time, and a little off in the other, Bormett did have a hand in three victories in a 92-78 Badger South

Conference loss at home to Milton.

Stoughton won eight of 11 events but couldn’t do enough over the final two events to pull out the win.

The Vikings trailed 71-69 with two events to go but were outscored 21-9 through the 100 backstroke and 400 free relay.

Bormett won the 500 free and once again nearly broke Amber Castleberg’s 500 free record, falling .40 shy of the 19-year-old mark in 5:27.84.

“I was happy and sad at the same time,” Bormett said.

She was a little more than three seconds off the 200 free record, winning in 2:02.6.

Stoughton won three of the four events leading into the break despite being DQed in the 200 medley relay during

Bormett’s exchange.

She came back and helped the team of Maddie and Abbie Kooima and Ava Schigur win the 200 free relay in 1:48.49, though.

Freshman Amy Schlicht added the 200 IM in 2:20.89.

Senior Abbie Kooima won the 50 free in 27.91 to pull the Vikings into a 31-31 tie at the break, and twin sister Maddie Kooima added the 100 free title in 56.15.

Despite coming close painfully close to at least one record Tuesday, Bormett said she will hold off on any further wagers until conference.

“I know I’ll get them then.

I’m not sure what, I’d ask for but it’s going to have to be something bigger than a box of chocolate,” she joked.

Tennis: Sectionals was Wednesday cruised 6-0, 6-0 against Madison East but fell 6-2, 6-4 to Sun Prairie’s Errin Vertz and Stangler 6-4, 6-1. She was Grace Hilber. unable to keep pace against Junior Lydia Brekken fell Tews, though, falling 6-1, 6-4, 6-0 to Kate Eichstaedt 6-1. of Oconomowoc at No. 1 Paige and Karlie Halverson Continued from page 8

singles, and Katie Zacharias and Paige Bellefeuille lost 6-3, 6-2 to Sun Prairie.

Oconomowoc and Sun Prairie are tied with 20 points through subsectionals, and Monona Grove has 14.

Volleyball: Conference tournament Saturday Continued from page 9 Edgewood would be the No. 3 seed in this scenario since they defeated Monona Grove, and then the three remaining teams would go through the tiebreaker.

Fort Atkinson would be

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

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Football

Vikings move to 7-0 JEREMY JONES ​Sports editor

Stoughton scored in all three facets of the game in the first quarter Friday and the defense never relented in a much-anticipated Badger South matchup between the Vikings and Watertown.

The Vikings, ranked eighth on the latest Division 2 coaches poll on WisSports.net, build a 42-0 lead at halftime to all but ruin the Homecoming game for the Goslings.

While the Watertown offense received more hype this season, it was Stoughton that dominated the sticks on Friday. The Vikings (7-0 overall, 5-0 Badger South) scored three touchdowns of 20 yards or more, to go along with a special teams and defensive touchdown.

Six-foot, 190-pound running back Brady Schipper scored two first-half rushing touchdowns, including a 27 yarder and added another from 65 yards away in the third quarter. Schipper had 195 yards of Stoughton’s 272 rushing yards on 14 carries to surpass 1,000 yards for the season.

The Vikings’ first offense touchdown came through the air, though, as senior quarterback Jonathan Malueg hit Chase Kotlowski on a slant pass and it was off to the races for the senior, who ran 60-yards to the end zone.

Stoughton’s defense then held and forced a punt, which Nathan Hutcherson returned 81 yards to put the Vikings up 14-0 just over two minutes into the game.

The Vikings defense accounted for points with 3:34 left when senior defensive back Weston Beyler returned a Dylan Fagerland interception 23 yards to give Stoughton a 28-0 lead at the end of the first quarter.

Malueg used his legs to continue the offense onslaught on an 18-yard

What’s next Stoughton (7-0 overall, 5-0 Badger South) can wrap up at least a share of the conference title Friday night the Vikings hosts Monona Grove (7-0, 5-0) at 7 p.m. touchdown run with 6:28 left in the second quarter. Schipper added a 14-yard touchdown of a pitch around the corner for a 42-0 lead at halftime.

Watertown entered the game with the state’s No. 2 passing attack, averaging 336.3 yards per game, according to WisSports.net. Fagerland ranked second in the state in passing yards with 1,992 - averaging 332 per game - and had thrown 20 touchdowns through the first six games.

Watertown’s wide open offense was all but shut down minus a third-quarter touchdown from Fagerland to Brian Katzenberger, though.

Fagerland completed 20 of 34 passes for 201 yards, but he threw three interceptions.

Sam Wahlin and Sam McHone each had one pick, to go along with Beyler. Fagerland’s favorite target, Ryan Hayden, who will be playing football at the Air Force Academy next year – caught nine balls for 103 yards but was kept out of the end zone.

Watertown, which struggled to sustain drives, had just 19 yards rushing.

Stoughton hosts Monona Grove (7-0, 5-0) at 7 p.m. Friday. The Vikings can wrap up at least a share of the conference title with a victory.

The Vikings close the season at 7 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 13, at Fort Atkinson.

Pieper: Former SHS coach makes lasting impact Continued from page 7 instrumental in making the Stoughton program what it is,” said Spilde, one of Pieper’s many accomplished proteges.

“It is not easy to be a mentor to so many different kids and have such an impact in where they would go in their lives and turning them into young men like he did.

He touched a lot of lives.”

During Pieper’s time heading the program, SHS had 129 individual state qualifiers, including 81 state placewinners and 28 of the team’s 48 state champions. Two of his pupils, Russ Hellickson and Andy Rein, went on to earn Olympic silver medals.

In 1969, Pieper helped start the Wisconsin Wrestling Federation and became its first chairman. He was one of many who helped build USA Wrestling.

“It goes without saying that he was one of the pillars in bringing Wisconsin wrestling to what it is today,” Spilde said.

“His coaching style and his ambition and his willingness to give all of his time and effort, I think that was just the way he was wired. He gave himself to the sport.”

Pieper also coached the last Stoughton team state championship in 1988 and coached the Vikings to six other team state titles (1968, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977 and 1987). Those successes and what he did helped him earn an induction in the Wisconsin Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame and a National Wrestling Hall of Fame Lifetime Service Award.

Spilde, a state champion in 1987 and a Big Ten Conference champion at the University of Wisconsin, was on the 1988 team. He said one of the things that always stuck out to him was how much Pieper cared for everyone and how he involved everyone, whether it was the wrestlers, cheerleaders or the families of the wrestlers and cheerleaders.

“I think that is partly what is special about what they created in our wrestling program,” Spilde said. “It is really a family environment, and it is a fraternity that typically lives well beyond high school. I think

that is what resonates with people that still have such an attachment to Vern and his family. It was such a family atmosphere that you feel like you still belong.”

Spilde certainly did after he left.

He came back to Stoughton after college and became an assistant to Pieper for a year. After Pieper retired following the 1993-94 season, Spilde took over the program. Empey joined him as a co-head coach four years later.

Under Spilde and Empey, the program continues to thrive with 17 more state champions and four straight team state berths, including three runner-up finishes.

That success still has Pieper’s mark, as the program is run with his teachings.

“It is a very similar system to what he put together,” Spilde said. “The way he dealt with people and the families around the athletes was probably the most important thing to what we wanted to continue.

The technique and coaching is something you never quit learning.”

During retirement, Pieper was still very much involved. Following a Stoughton match against Oregon, Pieper went over to his grandson, Sam, and talked with him about his loss that match. Sam nodded several times and then the two hugged.

That warm-hearted moment was one of several that I can recall. That was who Pieper was to me, a man with a love of wrestling and a love of family. And all of his pupils were family to him.

Spilde said that besides his father, he doesn’t know if he had a more positive male role model than Pieper. Another mentor Spilde mentioned was Rein who coached him at Wisconsin. Rein was one of three Stoughton athletes coached by Pieper who went on to be Big Ten coaches. “(Pieper) would find out what you needed and then fix it,” Spilde said. “It didn’t matter if you were the kind of person that needed a kick in the tail to get going or if you were the kind of person that needed a hug. He was there either way.”

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The RDA hopes to have MillFab demolished this fall, and is waiting to learn whether it will receive a site assessment grant for up to $150,000 from the state to help fund the demolition.

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Ald. Scott Truehl (D-4), who’s chair of the RDA, told the council he’s learned that “if we do anything with the Highway Trailer building, we jeopardize a developer getting historic tax credits” for the project. Most developers would need the tax credits to make restoration of the complex financially feasible.

Truehl noted that Gov. Scott Walker “severely limited” the historic tax credit program in the new state budget.

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adopted in March. That moratorium initially included the Highway Trailer complex, though it was in April reduced to only part of it – the Mandt Foundry building, commonly referred to as the blacksmith shop.

Ald. Mike Engelberger (D-2) said any attempt to end the moratorium is premature until the Landmarks Commission finishes its work with the city attorney to recommend ordinance changes related to historic buildings and districts. He noted that the language in the moratorium effectively says that.

Most alders agreed, including Regina Hirsch (D-3), who said the RDA is developing a “plan of

action” for buildings in the riverfront redevelopment area.

She urged the council to “let the RDA do its job” and gather cost information on options for the Highway Trailer complex “so you guys can make an informed decision.”

Alds. Dennis Kittleson (D-1) and Greg Jenson (D-3) supported repealing the moratorium.

They said having it in place deters potential developers who might want to bid on restoring the complex or a part of it. They also argued the moratorium isn’t needed because any request for a demolition would require the council’s approval.

City attorney Matt Dregne has issued a legal opinion that the Planning Commission, not the council, has authority to process

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Facility: New facility would be located on 1 acres off County Hwy. A, near Racetrack Road Continued from page 1 options for the project to alders Thursday, Sept. 28, with the intention of them convening a Common Council meeting to approve the next phase of designing the facility. With only seven members present, however, the group was unable to hold a vote, and alders scheduled another vote for Oct. 5.

The city began planning for the facility four years ago, paying $227,000 for the 13.6-acre parcel of land on County A in 2013.

As presented by Hebert, it would include a 69,000-square-foot main building, along with a 14,000 square-foot cold storage building and a 3,600 square-foot structure for road salt storage.

Funding for the project is scheduled to be included in the city’s 2018 budget, which the council is expected to adopt in November.

In March, Alds. Sid Boersma (D-1) and Kathleen Tass Johnson (D-2) voted against authorizing the city to continue working with Janesville-based architectural and engineering firm Angus-Young Associates because they felt the city can’t afford the estimated cost of the facility.

Boersma specifically cited the refueling station and on-site salt storage building as unnecessary, and the plan Hebert presented last week eliminates the refueling station and a station to create brine for the city’s road salting operations.

Hebert said those decisions cut $425,000 from the estimated construction cost.

Ald. Mike Engelberger (D-2) said Thursday the city should consider having office space in the facility for the Parks and Recreation department, an idea that council president Tim Swadley (D-1) agreed with.

“I’m totally in favor of this,” Engelberger said, “but we should discuss the pros and cons of putting the Parks department in that facility.”

He also questioned why the existing facility has been allowed to deteriorate.

“One thing I see is this report is pointing out that we are not maintaining our buildings,” he said.

“We’re not portraying ourselves in a good light.”

Swadley said the city hasn’t put money into the building because “we decided a few years ago to commit to the new site.”

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Outdated, unsafe The current public works facility, built for a car dealership in 1911, has safety issues and is not adequate for the department’s operations, Hebert said. It doesn’t have enough room to park the city’s vehicle fleet inside or efficiently work on vehicles and other equipment.

The existing building has 25 parking stalls for equipment, but there’s a need for 59 spaces, Hebert said.

Hebert added that a new facility should have a lifespan of 70

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to 80 years and will never be less expensive to build than it would be now. He said a new facility would protect the city’s $11 million investment in vehicles and equipment.

“It would be good to move the Public Works facility away from the Yahara River,” Hebert added.

The new facility would be built on a site that’s 1.4 miles from the existing location on Fourth Street and would free up the old site for redevelopment in the Redevelopment Authority’s riverfront project.

Hebert’s presentation showed four options – depending on the type of construction and whether to include solar panels.

The main facility would have a tilt-up concrete panel construction in each option, but the cold storage facility could have the same type of panels or be built of steel, a less expensive option in the short term.

The other cost difference hinges on whether the new facility would have an array of solar panels.

The least expensive option in the short term is to build without solar panels and to use steel for the cold storage facility instead of concrete.

Hebert recommended going with solar and concrete. That model would be the most expensive, but would provide the most durable and energy-efficient facility in the long run, he said.

City officials hope to advertise for bids in December and award a contract in January or February.

They anticipate beginning construction in the spring and look for substantial completion of the project by the end of 2018.

LaVerne Milton Pieper, age 81, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017.

He was born on July 5, 1936 in Caledonia, Minnesota, the son of Milton and Lorena (Krick) Pieper. He married Beverly J. Krieger on June 14, 1958.

Ve r n i s s u r v iv e d b y his wife Beverly Pieper;

children, Pamela (Mark) Sosna of Signal Mountain, TN., Nancy (Gary) Dvorak of Stoughton, Shelley (Jim) Gerber of Stoughton, Dan Pieper of Columbia, MO., and Ron Pieper of Stoughton.; grandchildren, Josh, Jake, and Elizabeth Sosna, Chris, Nick and Rachel D vo r a k , S e a n ( M e l i s s a Carmody), Eric (Mackenzie), Ben and Michael G e r b e r, E m i l y ( J a c o b y Bell), Andrew and Claire Pieper, Cianna, Sam, Ty, and Sophie Pieper; great grandchild Jayce Bell.

He is also survived by his brother, Bernhard Pieper; sister, Joanne (Ron) Jahns, and brother in-law Donald Strange.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Milton and Lorena Pieper; sisters, Linda Pieper and Dawn (John) Meyer; mother-in-law, Esther Boyer;

sisters and brother in-law, Wa n d a P i e p e r, M a r i a n Strange, Dorothy (Bob) Wa d e ; g r a n d d a u g h t e r, Megan Dvorak.

Ve r n g r a d u a t e d f r o m Winona State University where he played football and wrestled. After college Vern was a teacher and the wrestling coach in Richland Center from 1958 to 1962 and in Stoughton from 1962 to 1995.

Vern was a good Christian man. He was a founding member of Good Shepherd by the Lake Lutheran Church.

Vern loved his grandchildren, Cubs, Stoughton Wrestling, and gardening.

Vern received the Lions Club Melvin Jones Fellowship award. Vern and Bev were King and Queen of Syttende Mai in 1999.

In Lieu of flowers memorials to: Good Shepherd By

the Lake, LaVerne Pieper Achievement Award, or Agrace HospiceCare.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 6, 2017, at Good Shepherd By the Lake, 1860 US Hwy. 51, Stoughton. Visitation will be held from 3-8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017, at Cress Funeral Home 206 W. Prospect St., Stoughton. Additional visitation will be from 10 a.m. until the time of services on Friday at Church.

Vern will be laid to rest at Lutheran Cemetery South in Stoughton. Following the services family and friends are invited to a meal in the Church Fellowship Hall.

Please share your memories at cressfuneralservice. com.

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many years. Ingeborg’s love for her family was always a priority and it showed in delicious, homemade meals and Norwegian baked goods. Knitting was one of her favorite past times and she produced many Norwegian themed pairs of mittens and socks.

She visited Norway on several occasions and received several visits from her Norway family over the years.

Ingeborg is survived by her daughter, Helen (Mel) C l ev e l a n d ; s o n , H ow ard “Bob” (Debbie) Lien; g r a n d c h i l d r e n , H owa r d “Bob” (Claire) Lien, Donnie Lien, Sarah Lien and Hannah Lien; daughter-inlaw, Karen Lien; sisters, Marie Bjorklund of Norway and Eva (Sven) Eriksen of Sweden; sisters-inlaw, Alvhild Larson and Jennie Lien; many nieces, nephews; and close friend, Grethe Nelson.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Howard; son,

Herman; daughter, JoAnn; and six siblings of Norway.

Funeral services was held at Skaalen Home Chapel, 400 N. Morris St., Stoughton, at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017, with Chaplain James Koza presiding. A luncheon followed the service in the Skaalen Home friendship room. Burial took place at Cooksville Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation was held at the chapel from 10 a.m. until the time of the service on Tuesday.

The family wishes to thank the staff at Skaalen for the wonderful care and compassion shown to Ingeborg and her family. Hvile i fred elskede mor. (Rest in peace beloved mother.)

Online condolences may be made at gundersonfh. com.

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Ingeborg Pauline Lien, age 97, passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017, at Skaalen Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

She was born on June 26, 1920, in Brandu, Norway, the daughter of Harold and Kari Bakken. Ingeborg emigrated to the U.S.A. following World War II and was united in marriage to Howard Lien. Four children were born to them.

She worked as a nursing assistant at Skaalen Home and Stoughton Hospital for