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Split council adds another officer Late phone call allows for budget change BILL LIVICK Unified Newspaper Group

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River Bluff eighth-grade Robotics class students Nolin Jones and Rhiannon Gates watch as one of the STEAM classroom’s 3D printers finishes a project.

Full STEAM ahead

New techy tools, opportunities at River Bluff Middle School SCOTT DE LARUELLE Unified Newspaper Group

One day earlier this school year, it all hit River Bluff teacher Brian Webb.

He was fixing a laser. And no, he wasn’t dreaming he was aboard the Millennium Falcon.

“I’m like, ‘Did I just fix a laser in

a classroom I get to use on a regular basis?’” he said. “It just blows my mind.”

This, Webb said, is why he came to the Stoughton Area School District to be the middle school’s STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) teacher in the first place.

“It’s really just amazing what we are able to do here, and I’m so thankful for the community and the school

district that has invested so much time and effort into this program,” he said.

“I think we made a little radio in my middle school shop class, so this is incredibly exciting to me.”

And while it doesn’t have all the equipment that the Fab Lab at Stoughton High School does, Webb’s STEAM room has added some

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Town of Dunn

Minihan celebrates legacy of preservation after 40 years on board BILL LIVICK Unified Newspaper Group

Ask Town of Dunn board chair Ed Minihan what’s special about the town, and you’ll quickly get a straight answer: “The fact that the populace decided to protect the environment.”

Minihan, who celebrated four decades on the Town Board with a party thrown for him Nov. 14, has clearly been a leader in Dunn’s rural-preservation ethic.

Forty years ago, when he joined the Town Board,

one of its first initiatives was to enact a land-use plan that placed restrictions on commercial and industrial development of the town’s rich farmland. Twenty years later, in 1997, town residents adopted a purchase of development rights (PDR) program that allows farmers and other landowners to put their properties into a permanent conservation easement and get paid for it.

Minihan was behind both measures.

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rapidly,” he said of the late 1970s. “What we had to establish was a clear landuse plan. That was the first step, but only a first step.”

In an interview about his years in town government – including 38 as board chair – the 73-year-old Minihan discussed his community service background and his decision to move out of the city, but mostly his “mission” to do his part in making the world a better place, starting here in his adopted hometown of Dunn.

He said the Lake Waubesa

shoreline and Dunn’s fertile fields and prairies would look much different today if not for a small-but-dedicated group of environmentalists, who took the time to talk with and educate their neighbors.

“This all has been about people participating,” he added. “That’s the key. This was the populace acting.”

Finding new roots Minihan grew up in a small town but spent time in

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If a city alder had not been called away suddenly during the Common Council’s 2018 budget discussion last week, it’s unlikely that the police department would be adding a new officer to its staff next year.

But that’s the practical result of Dist. 2 Ald. Greg Jenson leaving the council meeting after receiving a phone call during the Tuesday, Nov. 14, meeting.

Instead of the council

deadlocking 6-6 on the question of whether to use leftover state highway funds to help pay for an additional officer – a situation that would have allowed Mayor Donna Olson to cast the decisive vote – it voted 6-5 to approve Ald. Scott Truehl’s (Dist. 4) amendment to the mayor’s proposed executive budget.

Olson acknowledged chief Greg Leck’s request for funding to add two police officers in 2018 but said the city doesn’t have the money for even a single additional officer.

S h e o p p o s e d Tr u e hl’s amendment, saying, “Unless there’s a sustainable revenue source, you

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Another line of communication Social media gets word out, expedites investigations HELU WANG Unified Newspaper Group

One recent post on the Stoughton Police Department’s Facebook page invites people to skate with a cop at the Mandt Center. Another has a picture of a car crashing into a house in the 600 block of East Main St. They’re the kind of “instant” message Lieutenant Daniel Jenks wants the community to be aware of. Since the police department and K9 unit pages were launched in 2013, he’s tried to use social media to inform

and engage people.

Social media has been widely used by public safety departments to interact with communities in recent years. Other departments such as Fitchburg and Oregon police departments have seen it’s very helpful to identify suspects with tips from social media f o l l ow e r s . T h ey h ave tried to personalize the department with graphics and posters and get more people involved in community events and fundraisers.

J e n k s c a l l s i t “ l ive information” – the timely spread of news that could include things such as natural disasters, incident reports, training,

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STEAM: From martian robots to miniature cities, sky is the limit for STEAM courses impressive – and fun – new equipment for students over the past few months, including two 3D printers and a laser cutter in the spring and a vinyl cutter arriving this fall. Combined with an array of computers, students can create about “anything you can really think of.”

“A small, plastic form is super-fun for them,” he added.

The “workhorse” of the room is the versatile new laser cutter, which lets students direct a high-powered laser to create forms in acrylic, wood, foamboard and cardboard.

And while we are talking about tweens and teens, parents need not worry, Webb said, as it’s quite safe.

“There are a bunch of failsafes that stop it from lopping off anybody’s arm like Star Wars,” he assured.

Not to say that students don’t get to work on some pretty cool stuff. In Webb’s robotics class, students are

From STEM to STEAM River Bluff Middle School teacher Brian Webb said the school this year is joining a statewide move to include art education in the former STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) curriculum. The STEAM teacher said the addition makes sense, and he likened it to the design and building of a car.

“If you’re working on the engine, what it looks like when it’s done doesn’t matter to most people, but certainly the outside (does),” he said. “When you engineer anything that’s outside of a box, it needs to look good, so the design is always taken into account.”

That’s not the only benefit, though. River Bluff principal Trish Gates said by combining art into the process, more girls are taking STEAM courses and “develop(ing) a love of science and technology.”’ building a robot to outfit with a CPU, battery pack and motors that would carry out movement orders on the surface of Mars.

“They will be moving supplies in, getting soil samples and carrying out all the critical things that would need to be done by a robot on Mars,”

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Michael Kress works on a project as one of the 3D printers churns out parts.

Webb said.

Students in the Energy and Engineering class are working on miniature cities they will power with wind mills they’ve already created. In Engineering Structure, they can build “everything from bridges to houses,” while in the 2D and 3D Design courses, students found success in creating metal jewelry.

“It worked surprisingly well, which was really exciting,” Webb said. “That’s something – if a student really got into it – they easily could make their own jewelry and understand the whole process, front to back.”

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meaningful, quality products is maybe the most exciting thing about the STEAM room.

“Our equipment gives students a real-world opportunity to use technology to design and develop original ideas,” he said. “It’s the ability for students to change something, make it their own and potentially sell it maybe even in middle school; I’d love to be able to get them to that point … something here valuable enough that it could be sold; something that makes a difference in people’s lives.”

And of course, there’s nothing like the value of having a finished product you can touch.

“It really makes a difference in their interest and involvement,” Webb said.

Eighth-grader Kyle Day, who said he’d like to become an engineer, said it’s been “pretty awesome” to get to use all the equipment in the STEAM room for the first time this semester, including a miniature city.

“I’ve never done this before and it’s a new experience, its pretty cool,” he said. “I was happy to hear (about the class).”

F e l l ow e i g h t h - g r a d e r Lazarus Vogt has already taken three STEAM classes using the new equipment.

He said he’s enjoyed projects like making rings and

yearbook holders, and engineering boxes that don’t require nails – things that get him excited to do more as he explores possible careers.

“It’s really cool that we get this opportunity really early on,” he said. “It can really give us a feel of what we need to work on and what we can improve on in the future. It’s really gotten me thinking about my future and different jobs that use these types of technology.”

River Bluff principal Trish Gates said school officials are “thrilled” to give students a chance to “work with cutting edge tools and processes in the STEAM program.” “(They) explore the creativity process, gain knowledge of technology and computer programs, and learn engineering skills through problem solving,” she wrote in an email to the Hub. “Students love Mr. Webb’s ability to help them create whatever their imagination dreams up.”

Ready to grow Webb, who taught science in high school for 14 years, most recently at Madison La Follette, is looking forward to growing the program – literally and otherwise.

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“The thing that blows my mind is these are reasonable ideas, and I am shocked that it is not even outside our budget to do this,” he said.

“It’s just really exciting to be in a situation where the only limitation is what we can think of.”

One item on the wish list that would require more space would be creating a Fab Lab at the middle school, though, Webb said.

He noted there have been some conversations about possibly creating such a facility in the 1892 building, a longer-term idea he warmed to.

“It would be more of a ‘Fab Lab’ situation where community comes in, uses some of the equipment and we really just blow up into a whole different level of job and community tie-in,” Webb said. “I think this is why I’m here … this position seemed just so rich in opportunity, and I am very excited about our future.”

“It’s like I say to the students now, ‘We do awesome every day,’” he continued. “It’s just really a very high-energy, enjoyable environment I get to work in.”

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2 face felony drug charges A confidential informant helped police arrest two Stoughton residents on felony drug charges earlier this month.

Taylor Femrite, 19, faces two felony and two misdemeanor charges, and Zachary Wisniewski, 19, faces four felonies, including two for bail jumping.

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the complaint states. “(A detective) learned that ‘HULKS’ is a slang term for green Xanax bars.”

The confidential inform a n t b o u g h t s eve n o f those bars during the operation.

During the search nearly a month later, Femrite was told she would be taken to jail and responded to police that, “I’m going to resist!” according to the complaint.

Femrite then attempted to kick some officers and spit at them, as well as bang her head on a table in the interview room the police had set up, the complaint states.

Femrite faces charges of manufacturing/delivering

a schedule IV drug, maintaining a drug trafficking place, resisting an officer and misdemeanor bail jumping. She faces up to 11 years in prison for the combined charges.

Wisniewski was charged with manufacturing/delivering schedule IV drugs, maintaining a drug traffi c k i n g p l a c e a n d t wo c o u n t s o f f e l o ny b a i l jumping. He faces up to 21 years and six months in prison for all charges.

Preliminary hearings were scheduled for both Nov. 21.

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Dane County

Committee suggests budget amendments SCOTT DE LARUELLE Unified Newspaper Group

Crisis intervention training for 911 dispatchers, a diversity analysis and a conservation position were among amendments added last week by the Dane County Personnel and Finance committee.

The committee signed off on a $538 million operating budget the Dane County Board was expected to approve at its Nov. 20 meeting, which falls after the Thanksgiving week deadline for the Hub. “ I t ’s i m p o r t a n t t o

intervene at the earliest possible point before someone with mental illness becomes involved with law enforcement,” said supervisor Paul Rusk, Chair of the Public Protection and Judiciary Committee. “Training our 911 dispatchers in crisis intervention will make a difference.”

In terms of developing a mental health stabilization center, Rusk said it’s important to be mindful of any potential racial impacts of the initiative, and that the study needs to consider “real, historical, Dane County data.”

The committee also

recommended adding a new position to the Land and Water Resources Department to help implement policy recommendations from the Healthy Farms, Healthy Lakes Task Force that began meeting this summer. County Board chair Sharon Corrigan said the board recognizes the department needs “staff capacity of address water quality issues.”

“Our lakes are Dane County’s most important environmental, economic and recreational asset,” she said.

Other proposed additions to the budget include $3 million for the Affordable Housing Development Fund and

a commitment to provide $2 million a year for the next four years and $40,000 in additional funding for case management for seniors.

“Again this year, there were many worthwhile programs competing for support,” said Personnel and Finance committee Chair Jenni Dye. “I think the board has worked hard to deliver a budget that not only reflects the community’s priorities but also bears in mind what taxpayers can actually afford.”

Continued from page 1 can’t build that into the budget. The road allotment is not guaranteed every year.”

Five alders agreed with her: Sid Boersma, Pat O’Connor, Lisa Reeves, Tom Majewski and Kathleen Johnson voted against the amendment. Alders Matt Bartlett, Regina Hirsch, Dennis Kittleson, Mike Engelberger and Tim Swadley joined Truehl and voted for it.

Jenson later told the Hub he would not have voted to fund the position unless there were a way to “make sure we can sustain this for years to come.”

Truehl’s plan calls for removing $20,000 of previously budgeted police overtime funds in next year’s budget and $60,000 from the state road allotment to pay the roughly $80,000 cost in wages and benefits for an additional officer.

Finance director Tammy LaBorde said the city received $574,000 in the road allotment payment, $24,000 more than the amount she had included in the preliminary budget.

Majewski (Dist. 3) argued against using highway funds to help pay for the officer position. In addition to not being a reliable source of future revenue, he said, those monies should be used for maintaining the city’s streets and roads.

“They’re coming from a

specific source for a specific purpose,” he said.

Ald. Sid Boersma (Dist.

1) agreed and was critical of Leck’s request for more police officers. He recalled that during council debates over the Kettle Park West development a few years ago, the leaders of police, fire and EMS had told the council the development would not require more staff to handle an increased workload.

Leck responded that his department “can handle KPW calls, but we’ve always been short-staffed.”

Leck said he’s requested more officers every year since he began working here in 2010.

O’Connor (Dist. 4), the city’s police chief prior to Leck, said he understands the need but also noted that most city employees are paid below-market wages and suggested increasing their pay should come first.

The 2018 budget calls for a 2.25 percent across-theboard wage increase for city employees in an effort to bring them closer to what the city’s financial adviser has identified as the market pay rate. A study by Springsted Inc. earlier this year says the city’s wage scale is 5 percent below the market rate.

“I don’t see how we can add staff when we’re underpaying current staff,” O’Connor said.

LaBorde and human resources director A.J. Gillingham warned that paying

for another police officer would leave the city “no wiggle room” in the budget.

“The $80,000 should cover this position,” LaBorde observed, “and then there may be some savings depending on when the officer actually starts.”

She noted that there’s no way to know what next year’s state highway aid will be.

“This could be creating a hole in the budget,” she said.

Gillingham added that there might be an existing needfor some flexibility in the budget already, citing the example of replacing clerk Lana Kropf, whose last day with the city was Friday, Nov. 17. Gillingham estimated the city might have to pay $10,000-$15,000 more in the clerk’s salary to hire a qualified person.

Truehl and other supporters of adding the police officer position said the council would have to make smarter budget decisions next year in order to keep it.

Truehl was also successful in winning council approval, on an 11-0-1 vote (with Boersma abstaining), to add more than $8,600 to the fire department’s volunteer stipend fund.

The city received $8,657 more than estimated in payments from the towns that receive EMS and fire services from Stoughton, and it will use the money to give volunteers a 10 percent pay increase.

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The department’s 35 volunteer firefighters are paid an annual stipend of about $1,640, chief Scott Wegner said, and will receive a 10 percent increase next year.

Truehl said the last time they received a raise was in 2011. He noted the increase nearly matches the consumer price index increase for the Midwest since 2011.

The resulting tax rate for 2017 property taxes is $8.43 for the city, a slight decrease from last year’s rate of $8.46 per $1,000 of assessed property value. That means the owner of a $200,000 home will pay $1,686 for the city portion of their property tax bill, which generally is about one-third of the total tax bill.

LaBorde said she wouldn’t have final budget and tax numbers until after the county holds a public hearing and budget adoption meeting Monday, Nov. 20.

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A Stoughton man was arrested for his alleged fourth-offense operating while intoxicated charge Nov. 15 in the Town of Dunkirk.

According to a news release from the Dane County Sheriff’s Office, Corey Mason, 29, was arrested at around 11:55 a.m. after a traffic stop on County Hwy. N near Marilyn Road.

Mason had been driving 62 mph in a 45 mph speed limit zone, according to the release.

Charges had not been filed as of the Hub’s deadline Monday, according to online court records. His two most recent OWI convictions had both been in 2015.

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Items found in the apartment that Femrite and Wisniewski shared included a baggie with Percocet pills, pipes used for smoking marijuana and crack cocaine, a Wisniewski notebook with drug quantities and prices, rolling papers and a digital scale, according to the complaint.

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The investigation included work with a confidential inform a n t , w h o Femrite had been in contact with SPD throughout September and October, according to the complaint. The informant worked with police to set up a drug buy in October after the department had received complaints in the area

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Community Voices

Go for locally sourced right here at home

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hanksgiving celebrates the harvest, which is still very tangible here in Stoughton.

We have strong ties to agriculture.

Whether we are exposed to the harvest only by seeing the corn and soybean fields come in or we grow our own food, buy beef from a local farmer or enjoy the local farmers markets, we here in Stoughton understand where food comes from.

That same relationship can exist in Trotter other areas of your shopping.

You can understand the source of your goods by speaking directly with those who are selling them.

You can ask owners and salespeople in Stoughton about the items they have, and in general, they will be intimately aware of their source because they either made them or chose carefully to purchase them for offering in their store.

Becky and Ed Guzman at Diakonos Designs are a great example of this connection with the goods you buy. Becky started her business in her home, making beads and jewelry. She has been able to expand to much more than that and she and her husband Ed design, make, and personalize jewelry in their

downtown Stoughton store.

They also carefully select other items to offer to their customers. They hold classes and social events to make your own jewelry. Talk about going to the source of a product.

Almost all of our local merchants, from Asleson’s Hardware and Stoughton Garden Center to Cheesers and The Next Generation, will be able to provide a knowledge base about the items they offer.

Along the way, you develop a personal relationship with the people doing business in Stoughton. It is an interpersonal exchange, not just a register transaction.

Instead of just, “Will that be cash or charge,” you might be asked, “Do you have any questions about how this works?” or even, “I’m getting this in in green next week if you’re interested.”

For instance, Kim at All Through the House noticed that my husband always buys me a gift from her store in August to mark the anniversary of the tornado hitting our home. So she would joke with me and proactively ask me for suggestions that she might give to him when he comes in for his annual gift shopping.

Both my husband and I enjoy everything about the experience of shopping at All Through the House because of the relationships we have developed. Their stuff is amazing, too!

Not everyone has the time to shop at a store downtown. I get it. The Internet is becoming our new store.

Well, the great news is that more and more of our locally owned stores have online shopping available. I did a quick search, and every store I tried has an online shopping option on their website. So if you want to shop locally but only have time at 9:30 at night, you can still do that here.

You might want to try going to your favorite store’s website and get local shopping accomplished at your convenience.

If you are taking advantage of the Shop Small Saturday promotion Nov. 25, please stop at the Stoughton Chamber of Commerce welcome tent in the McFarland State Bank parking lot between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

We will have downtown maps, reusable shopping bags, coffee, cocoa and sno cones! We want to share our local knowledge with you!

So we can celebrate the traditional harvest at Thanksgiving, and we can also celebrate our resources that we have locally.

From food to pharmacy to frying pans, we have a lot available.

Best of all, we have people that make it a joy to do business in Stoughton.

Laura Trotter is the executive director of the Stoughton Chamber of Commerce.

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Dustbowl Revival blows into Stoughton If You Go Who: Dustbowl Revival When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30 Where: Stoughton Opera House, 381 E. Main St. Tickets: $27 Info: 877-4400

The holiday season often leaves people reflecting on the past year and remembering loved ones.

To honor that, Stoughton Hospital will hold its annual Love Light Celebration from 4:30-5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30, at the Bryant Health Education Center, 900 Ridge St. For a donation, people can submit a name of someone they’d like to honor: current or former members of the military, friends and loved ones. The names will be read while the trees outside — viewable from the Bryant room — will be lit.

Becky Grieber, co-chair of the event this year with

Judeen Reese, has been involved with the event for the last five years. She said a few changes have been made to make people more comfortable and help encourage more participation, including holding the event indoors because of the unpredictable winter weather.

Also new this year will be a three-minute patriotic video to kick off the event and honor current or former members of the military.

“We thought we would do something different this year, so we found a video that was touching,” she said.

Jessica Pharo with Cress Funeral Home will also

speak at the event, which will be broadcast on WTSO. Information for how to donate can be picked up at McGlynn Pharmacy, 100 E. Main St., the senior center, 248 W. Main St., and the hospital gift shop and lobby.

“I think it’s a nice way to start the holiday season,” Grieber said. “It really makes us remember and honor those who have been special in our lives.”

For more information, visit stoughtonhospital.com/ events.

side harmonizing with each other, and the trumpet and trombone on the other side harmonizing with each other, and then the rhythm section – the bass and the drums.

It’s like a mini orchestra in a way. Everyone has their parts, and then me and Liz lock in together and it all clicks together like a puzzle.

It can get a little messy up there, but it’s a unique thing to see live, because the instruments that people are using on stage are often used in ways that aren’t typical.

The fiddle and mandolin are going through effects pedals … there are times when I’m singing higher and Liz is singing lower. It definitely creates an interesting sound.

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and other cafe service at the counter.

Stoughton Community Farmers Market and Shop Small Saturday Market coordinator Sylvia Lawrence said 20 “diverse” local vendors will be displaying their merchandise, including hats, hand-carved spoons, pottery, jewelry, photography, metal sculptures and baked goods.

“Shop Small” reusable canvas totes will be handed out on a first-come, firstserve basis.

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What: Love Light 2017 When: 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 30 Where: 900 Ridge St. Info: stoughtonhospital. com/events

Market offers chance to ‘shop small’ The Thanksgiving holiday is celebrated with feasts, family and – of course – shopping.

But after or instead of visiting those big box retailers, consider visiting small businesses instead … at least that’s the idea behind Shop Small Saturday.

The event was started to encourage shoppers to direct their spending toward small businesses around the country, and it hits home in Stoughton with the Shop Small Saturday Artisan Market, held at the Chorus Public House from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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Hub: It’s apparent that you and Liz sing really well together. Have you been working together for a while?

Lupetin: She came in when we solidified the lineup about five years ago.

I always wanted to have that female harmony singer – something in the spirit of Fleetwood Mac – so it’s been fun with her in the band.

Hub: You play a lot of shows in a year. I imagine it keeps the band tight musically.

Lupetin: It can be exhausting at times. It’s the best job in the world when you have a decent little crowd there, and it can be the worst when nobody shows up and there’s more people on stage than in the audience. But I think it’s important in these times we’re in. Music lifts people up and can inspire them.

Hub: Is there good chemistry in the band?

Lupetin: I’d say we’re like a dysfunctional family.

We don’t all get along all the time, but it kind of comes together on stage like a welloiled machine. You have the fiddle and mandolin on one

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An eight-piece juggernaut is heading toward the Stoughton Opera House next week in the form of The Dustbowl Revival.

The Los Angeles-based band has been performing for almost a decade and will make its debut here Nov. 30.

It was established by guitarist and singer Zach Lupetin, a Chicago native who relocated to the West Coast.

He formed the band not long after moving to L.A. and placing on ad on Craigslist “to try to get people to sort of play with me on some folk songs, and it grew from there,” he said last week in a phone interview from Asheville, North Carolina.

Lupetin said he was raised in a “music-obsessed” family, acquiring an appreciation of rock and blues from his father and folk and singer-songwriter music from his mother.

“Music was always on, and I kind of became obsessed with writing songs and hanging with friends who could help me bring those songs to life,” he said.

“I’ve been in bands since I was 13.”

The Dustbowl Revival has released four full-length albums since its debut in 2008. Earlier this year, it released a self-titled album that showcases the band’s diversity and range. With eight instruments, including a powerful horn section, the band plays everything from blues and swing to rock with elements of funk and soul.

If features two fine vocalists in Lupetin and Liz Beebe, whose harmony singing can strike an emotional chord. The band also includes standout instrumentalists on mandolin and fiddle, trumpet and trombone, and bass and drums.

In 2013, the group was surprised to be named Best Live Band by LA Weekly.

“It’s pretty hard to get decent press in L.A.,” Lupetin observed. “The LA Weekly didn’t mention us a single time for like the first six years. Then we hung around long enough to be recognized. It’s good to have people acknowledge that our live show is a special experience.”

He said that’s been a focus of the group as it’s evolved into a full-blown musical extravaganza.

“A lot of bands want to record or play shows as needed, or play at an audience, whereas we play along with an audience,” Lupetin said. “Every set list is a little different, and it’s fun to play new places like Wisconsin.”

The Revival performs about 200 shows per year throughout the country.

Lupetin said he one day took stock of the band and its schedule, and came to the realization that it’s a professional outfit.

“It’s one of those things where you never realize you’re a professional musician until you realize that’s what you are,” he said. “If you’re doing it 200 days a year, then that’s what you are.”

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Our Daily Bread Visit First Lutheran Church, 310 E. Washington St., for the free monthly “Our Daily Bread” meal from 4-6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 26.

The meal will be served at 4:30 p.m. and includes sweet and sour turkey over rice, vegetables, assorted salads and desserts and a beverage. No carry-out meals are available; for transportation to dinner, call 873-7276 by noon on Sunday and leave a message. Rides are provided free of charge within the Stoughton Area School District.

This month’s meal is sponsored

by Stoughton United Methodist Church.

For information, call 873-7761.

Chicago trip The Sons of Norway- Mandt Lodge will offer a bus trip to Chicago for the Christkindlmarket and Holiday Lights Bus Trip on Wednesday, Nov. 29. The bus will leave at 8:30 a.m. from Coachman’s parking lot, 984 County Hwy. A, Edgerton, and return around 9 p.m.

Another bus trip will be held Saturday, Dec. 2, for a shopping trip at IKEA and Woodfield Mall in Schaumberg. The bus will leave at 8 a.m. from Coachman’s and will return around 7:30 p.m. There will be room for packages under the bus.

Registration is required for the trips.

For information, contact Diane

Maurer at 630-4760 or mau1129diane@gmail.com.

Shop Small Saturday The Stoughton Community Farmers Market will organize an artisan event during Shop Small Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 25, at the Chorus Public House, 154 W. Main St. More than 20 local artists will offer gifts and crafts, and there will also be free coffee and live music.

Cafe service will be available.

For information, visit choruspublichouse.com.

FOL board meeting

Open auditions for ‘Sylvia’ Auditions are open for the March 2018 Stoughton Village Players production of “Sylvia.”

“Sylvia” premiered in 1995 off-Broadway.

Open auditions will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 3 and Monday, Dec. 4, at the Stoughton Village Players Theater, 255 E. Main St. Of the cast, auditions will be for: Sylvia (female, age 18 to mid 20’s); Greg (male, 45-55); Kate (female, 45-55); Tom/Phyllis/Leslie (male to play multiple roles, age 20+).

The performance has adult content and is recommended for ages 18 and up.

For information, contact sylvia@ stoughtonvillageplayers.org.

The Friends of the Stoughton Public Library will hold a board meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28, at the library.

Roundabouts class Visitors are welcome at the meetTo help drivers understand how to ing, as it will be a chance to meet safely navigate all roundabouts, the the group and become involved.

F o r i n f o r m a t i o n , v i s i t Wisconsin Department of Transportation will host a class from 10:30stoughtonpubliclibrary.org/friends.

11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6, at Amish presentation the senior center.

The presentation will focus on the Mark Louden will lead a presennew interchange at County N and tation at the senior center about the Amish from 3-4 p.m. Wednesday, is open to the public. There will be drive-through scenarios on how to Nov. 29.

He will discuss widely held myths properly navigate the intersections, and facts about the Amish and an educational video and a question closely related religious groups such and answer session. Handouts will as the Mennonites, of which he is a also be available at the meeting.

For information, call 873-8585. practicing member.

For information, call 873-8585.

November 22-27‌

• No school, Thanksgiving break

‌Thursday, November 23‌

• Library closed all day‌

‌Saturday, November 25‌

• 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Shop Small Saturday, Chorus Public House, 154 W. Main St., choruspublichouse.com‌

Sunday, November 26

• 4 p.m., Our Daily Bread community meal, First Lutheran Church, 310 E. Washington St., 873-7761

‌Tuesday, November 28‌

• 6 p.m., Friends of the Library board meeting, library, stoughtonpubliclibrary.org/friends‌ • 6:30 p.m., Adult book discussion, library, 873-6281‌ • 6:30 p.m., Christmas Diner Church with Stoughton United Methodist Church, Morelia’s Cafe, 620 Nygaard St., stoughtonumc.org/dinerchurch‌

‌Wednesday, November 29‌

• 1 p.m., Book discussion: Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance, senior center, 873-8585‌ • 3-4 p.m., Amish presentation, senior center, 8738585‌ • 3:30-4:30 p.m., Improv club, library, 873-6281‌

‌Thursday, November 30‌

• 1:30-3 p.m., Cooking for one or two ($7, registration required), senior center, 873-8585‌ • 4:30 p.m., Love Light 2017 Celebration, Stoughton Hospital, 900 Ridge St., 873-6611‌ • 7 p.m. River Bluff Middle School choir concert, SHS PAC, 600 Lincoln Ave, 877-5600‌ • 7 p.m., Music on the Mezz, library, 873-6281‌

‌Friday, December 1‌

• 9 a.m., Friends of Stoughton Public Library book sale, library, 873-6281‌

‌Saturday, December 2‌

Baha’i Faith

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

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

Ezra Church

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

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Ashley Hicks is a runner and co-founder of the group Black Girls RUN!, a group whose mission is to encourage all people (but especially black females) to make fitness and healthy living a priority. For Ashley Hicks, as for many runners, there is a spiritual and meditative aspect to running.

She tells the story about preparing for her second marathon and in the process of buying some new running shoes telling the person who was helping her at the store that she wasn’t really excited about the race and just wanted to get through it. He told her to remember that “the blessing is outside of your comfort zone.” For anyone who has ever done any long-distance running, or any physical activity that took you past the limits of your comfort zone, you know how true this is. You must go beyond your comfort zone to get your second wind, and this is just as true for mental and spiritual efforts as it is for physical ones. God’s saving grace is more apt to come after the dark night of the soul. We simply aren’t likely to recognize God’s grace in the everyday routine, even though it’s always there. If you’re feeling a bit lackluster and blasé about life, or some aspect of it, press on until you hit that point where it starts to get uncomfortable, and remember that the blessing comes somewhere past that point.

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• 9 a.m., Friends of Stoughton Public Library book sale, library, 873-6281‌ • 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Winter Artisan Market, Chorus Public House, 154 W. Main St., choruspublichouse. com/info‌

‌Sunday, December 3‌

• 1 p.m., Friends of Stoughton Public Library book sale, library, 873-6281‌ • 2 p.m., Music on the Mezz performance, library, 8736281‌ • 7 p.m., Sylvia auditions, Stoughton Village Players Theater, 255 E. Main St., sylvia@stoughtonvillageplayers.org

Monday, December 4

• 7 p.m., Sylvia auditions, Stoughton Village Players Theater, 255 E. Main St., sylvia@stoughtonvillageplayers.org

‌Tuesday, December 5‌

• 9:30 a.m., Stoughton Memory Cafe, library, 8736281‌

‌Thursday, December 7‌

• 10 a.m., Family music time, library, 873-6281‌ • 1-5 p.m., Personal Essentials Pantry, 343 E. Main St., pepstoughton.org‌ • 3:15 p.m., Chess club, library, 873-6281‌ • 6:30 p.m., Adult Craft Club: Remake it!, library, 8736281‌

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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Host A Family looking for help

Madrigal Singers upcoming performances

Host A Family is looking for business and individuals to help those in need around Stoughton, Oregon and McFarland this holiday season.

The organization has a goal to help more than 300 families, 1000 individuals in need this year, according to a news release.

Those interested in helping can either host, donate online or volunteer.

After registering online, participants will receive a wish-list for their assigned family. Gifts can

Music on the Mezz continues next week with a special performance by the Stoughton High School Madrigal Singers.

SHS students dress up in Renaissance-style clothing and will perform the holiday concert from 7-8 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 30, at the library. The holiday concert will be directed by Ryan Casey.

The event will be preceding the annual Madrigal Dinner, which is set for Dec. 9-11 at the high school, 600 Lincoln Ave.

be dropped off at LakeView Church, 2200 Lincoln Ave., in early December to ensure delivery to all recipients.

Some of the most requested items include household goods, warm clothing and toys for young children. Gift cards to local retailers are also accepted.

According to the release, in addition to churches, schools and individuals, Dane County Health and Human Services refers families in need to HAF. These

families must meet the criteria of being challenged in finding the basics, like food and shelter, and some are homeless.

Those who are able to help are asked to register as a host, donate online or volunteer by visiting the organization’s webs i t e , h o s t a fa m i l y. o rg , or contact the program coordinator directly at hostafamily@gmail.com.

Contact Amber Levenhagen at amber. levenhagen@wcinet.com.

At the dinner, students serve a multi-course dinner and provide an evening of entertainment that raises funds for the school’s music programs. The dinner will be celebrating its 42nd year.

For more information, visit stoughtonpubliclibrary.org or contact director Ryan Casey at 8775746.

If You Go What: Music on the Mezz with SHS Madrigal Singers When: 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30 Where: Stoughton Public Library, 304 S. Fourth St. Info: stoughtonpubliclibrary.org

Contact Amber Levenhagen at amber.levenhagen@ wcinet.com.

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Trip fundraiser is Dec. 5 Want to help raise some funds for a middle school trip to the nation’s capital? River Bluff Middle School social studies teachers will jump, dunk, tumble and joust for a good cause from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 5, during a fundraiser at Sky Zone Trampoline Park. Tell the front desk that you are with Stoughton, River Bluff, or DC when you purchase your tickets.

– Derek Spellman and Scott De Laruelle

Bake sale raises $300 for START A recent school bake sale had a sweet payoff as more than $300 was raised for a community resource organization.

Sandhill Elementary School student council members coordinated the bake sale, which ran during parent teacher conferences at the end of October. Leaders took shifts working the bake

sale and members donated the goods. All of the funds will contribute directly to the Stoughton Area Resource Team, START. S TA RT “ p r ov i d e s a safety net for those in crisis,” according to a SASD newsletter about the bake sale. The program connects Stoughton-area residents under 55 with community resources that

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Fox Prairie students have been picking up Digital Citizenship tips during recent programs at the school’s Library Media Center. Kindergarteners through second-graders are learning what they can do to stay safe on the Internet.

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Icebergs defeat Northland Pines in season opener JEREMY JONES ​Sports editor

ANTHONY IOZZO

The Icebergs girls hockey co-op opened the season 1-2-0 last weekend inside the Waupun Community Ice Center.

Assistant sports editor

Hitting from outside will be key for the Stoughton girls basketball team this season, and Saturday’s 66-45 win over Appleton West in the season opener highlighted how balanced and deep the team is.

Junior Peighton Trieloff led Stoughton with 13 points, and juniors Alita Frick and Emma Kissling each had 12. Senior Cassidy Bach added 10 points, and junior Kyianna Baker chipped in nine. All five of those players are 5-foot-8, but the lack of size from years past just means that the Vikings will need to adapt.

Having so many versatile players helps.

“Everyone on our team can do anything from the wing, to point guard to shooting and in the post,” Trieloff said. “It is awesome.”

It was still a two-point game midway through the third quarter, which Coach Brad Pickett attributed to having new players and returning players adjusting to different roles.

“I thought we adjusted well and shot the ball pretty well tonight,” he said. “Always good to get a quality win against a good team.”

A p p l e t o n We s t s t a r t e d t h e second half on a 6-0 run to cut Stoughton’s lead to 25-23, but 5-8 senior Paige Halverson knocked down a kick-out 3-pointer a little later to put the Vikings up six.

Halverson then picked up an offensive rebound, and Baker later drove into the paint for a bank-in

Appleton United 4, Icebergs 1 The Icebergs opened the season with a 4-1 loss against the Appleton United co-op.

Aeryn Olson scored a second period goal to help the Icebergs cut the Appleton Untied lead in half 2-1. Taylor Nisius and Teagan Rupiper assisted on the goal.

Annika Horman scored twice for Appleton United, which scored in all three periods, and Emily Fischer stopped 22 for Appleton United.

Stoughton native McKenzie Nisius finished the game with 38 saves for the Icebergs.

Junior Emma Kissling fights to keep control of the ball Saturday against Appleton West’s pressure defense.

Kissling finished with 12 points.

What’s next Stoughton hosted Monona Grove Tuesday after the Courier Hub’s early Thanksgiving deadline. The Vikings travel to Baraboo at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28, for a Badger crossover. layup of the glass.

The Terrors cut Stoughton’s lead back to two, 31-29, but Trieloff knocked in a kick-out 3-pointer to make it 34-29 and start a big run.

Frick followed with a jumper from the free-throw line on an inbound pass, and she also hit a jumper off an assist by 5-11 junior Ashley Nelson, who had grabbed the loose ball on a broken play.

Halverson then stole the ball and found Trieloff in the corner for a long two, and Trieloff then earned a steal and ran in for a layup to make it 42-29 with 10

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Junior Peighton Trieloff drives in for a layup following a steal in the second half Saturday against Appleton West. Trieloff finished with 13 points as the Vikings won 66-45.

minutes to go.

“What we have done in pracTrieloff also added an assist lat- tice really helped us in this game,” er when she found Baker inside for a bank-in layup.

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Vikes look to adjust to losses, challenge for conference title ANTHONY IOZZO Assistant sports editor

There is a lot coming back for the Stoughton boys basketball team this season with eight returners, but a big injury and some big losses to graduation will force significant adjustments.

Senior first-team guard Jordan DiBenedetto will most likely miss the season after suffering a knee injury during the football season.

DiBenedetto finished with 367 points, 137 rebounds and 44 steals last season.

“We will not be quite as deep as a season ago, so it will be very important that some of our newcomers step up into roles that were vacated by last years s e n i o r s ,” c o a c h N o l a n Weber wrote in a preview questionnaire to the Hub. But there is plenty of production that is healthy in 2017-18.

The Vikings return second-team all-conference senior Max Fernholz (6-foot-1 guard) and second-team all-conference senior Tommy McClain

What’s next Stoughton opens the season at 7:15 p.m. Saturday against McFarland and also hosts Beaver Dam at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28. point guard Troy Slaby, who is playing for Winona State University now. Slaby finished with 464 points, 84 rebounds, 74 assists and 68 steals last season.

Schipper is back healthy this season and can shoot and drive inside. As a sophomore, Schipper averaged 11 points per game.

Fernholz (13 ppg) is another shooter who can Photo by Anthony Iozzo drive to the paint. He had The returning letterwinners for the Stoughton boys basketball team (front, from left) are: 305 points and shot 36.4 Paul Coleman, Brady Schipper, Aidan McGee and Sean McLaury; (back) Tyler Anderson, percent from beyond the Tommy McClain and Max Fernholz; (not pictured) Jordan DiBenedetto. arc. McClain (10 ppg, 6 rpg) developed into a dom( 6 - 4 c e n t e r / f o r w a r d ) , point guard) and senior guard experience as a soph- inant post player. He had senior Brady Schipper Tyler Anderson (6-1 guard/ omore when he earned sec- 227 points, 161 rebounds (6-1 guard), senior Aidan forward). ond-team all-Badger South and 27 blocks.

McGee came off the McGee (6-0 guard), senior Schipper, who missed honors.

Sean McLaury (5-9 guard), much of last season with a That will help with the senior Paul Coleman (5-7 shoulder injury, has point loss to graduation of 6-0 Turn to Boys bb/Page 10

Newcomer Brynn Weaver scored the Icebergs lone goal in a 3-1 loss to the Fond du Lac co-op on Saturday.

“Kenzie played absolutely amazing and bailed us out on more than a few occasions,” coach Matt Gallagher said.

Icebergs 5, Northland Pines 1 Weaver scored twice just over two minutes apart in the first period Saturday evening as the Icebergs rolled 5-1 over Northland Pines.

“I am not trying to compare this year to last year, but getting an early win is always great,” Gallagher said. “I think it does give the girls more confidence heading into the bulk of our season and conference play.”

Olson added a first-period goal in the Icerbergs’ first win of the season, and McKenzie Nisius stopped 23 of 24 shots on goal. Taylor Nisius and Paige Nelson each scored in the second period in the blowout.

Piper Snedden made 19 saves for the Eagles, and Hannah Kramsvogel scored the team’s lone goal with the Icebergs already leading 5-0.

“The biggest thing I think that we learned is, we are a very solid team and can compete with some very good teams,” Gallagher said. “But we do have a lot to work on.

We had some young players step up and play really well ,but I would like to see us finish the game a little bit better.”

What’s next The Icebergs open the Badger Conference season 7:15 p.m. Monday, Nov. 27 at home against the Viroqua Blackhawks.

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Badger South race will be challenge this season The Stoughton boys basketball team will be looking to compete for a conference title again this season, but Madison Edgewood, Monona Grove and Monroe look to be the biggest challengers.

Stoughton (19-5 overall, 10-2 conference) and Edgewood (19-6, 10-2) shared the Badger South Conference title last season.

Edgewood brings back 6-4 first-team senior Mendela Deang (450 points).

The Crusaders graduate 6-4 first-teamer Alex Arians (472 points), who was the Badger South Player of the Year.

Monona Grove (17-8, 9-3) brings back 6-6 first-team senior Jake Schroeckenthaler (448 points). The Silver Eagles graduate 6-3 second-teamer Mitch Kelsey (247 points) and 6-0 honorable mention Dan Smith (179 points).

The Silver Eagles also bring back 5-8 junior Caden Nelson (163 points) and 6-6 forward Sam Hepp (138

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The Stoughton Tumblers competitive team’s first meet was Nov. 19 in Crystal Lake, Ill. Athletes (left row, front to back) Kate Sendelbach, Grace Braund, Faith Radecke, Mallory Reisee, Gabby Masten and Brooklyn Radecke; (right row) Emelia Hopper, Maia Hart, Brianna Radecke, Cassidy Link, Galina Stransky, Chloe Bublitz, Coach Tara Wood; (not pictured) Robin Jensen, Chelsea Poindexter and Christina Hunkins.

Trieloff said. “It all came together at once.”

Minutes later, Bach followed with a steal, and Kissling later knocked in a running jumper. Kissling would hit a 3-pointer in the corner a little later to make it 49-31.

Frick put an exclamation

point on the win with a 3-pointer with 40 seconds left.

“We figured out how they played defense, adapted to that and figured out how to break that defense,” Trieloff said.

For the Vikings, foul trouble was apparent throughout the game, with Bach, Baker, Halverson, Trieloff, Nelson and Frick each with three

Opponent Time/Result at Edgewood 7:15 p.m. at Milton 7:15 p.m.

Monroe 7:15 p.m. at Watertown 7:15 p.m.

Fort Atkinson 7:15 p.m. at Oregon 7:30 p.m. at Monona Grove 7:15 p.m.

Edgewood 7:15 p.m.

Milton 7:15 p.m. at Fort Atkinson 7:15 p.m.

Oregon 7:15 p.m.

Monona Grove 7:15 p.m.

points).

Monroe (11-13, 5-7) brings back 6-0 senior honorable mention Brayden Zettle (240 points) but graduated 5-11 first-teamer Alex Tordoff (379 points) and 6-0 second-teamer Carter Sawdey (264 points).

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graduated second-teamer Matt Pearson and honorable mention Christian Bultman.

Fort Atkinson (5-18, 3-9) returns honorable mention seniors Connor O’Brien and Jesse Kutz, and Milton (2-21, 1-11) brings back honorable mention senior Mark Bowditch.

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2017 conference schedule Date Dec. 1 Dec. 12 Dec. 19 Dec. 22 Jan. 4 Jan. 9 Jan. 12 Jan. 23 Feb. 3 Feb. 13 Feb. 16 Feb. 22

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fouls and Kissling with four fouls. With only nine players, keeping the fouls down will be key this season.

“We get a little slap happy with our hands, but we just need to trust our feet,” Pickett said. “Getting in position with our feet will clean a lot of that up, and I think we are athletic enough to do that.”

bench last season had contributed 63 points and added 52 rebounds as a versatile player. McLaury also came off the bench and had 43 points and 14 steals.

Coleman and Anderson also played some varsity minutes last season.

Some key newcomers are juniors Trenten Conklin and

Drew Anderson, sophomore Adam Hobson and freshman Cael McGee. Weber wrote that Conklin gives depth to the frontcourt, while Drew Anderson gives depth to the backcourt. Hobson will be looked to contribute as a wing player after a successful junior varsity season last year, and Cael McGee looks to be another dynamic wing player who can score.

“Look for Adam Hobson to have a breakout season and put himself on the map as one of the better sophomores in Wisconsin,” Weber wrote.

Besides the loss of DiBenedetto and Slaby, 6-1 guard Darvell Peeples, an honorable mention all-conference selection, also graduated. Peeples finished with 184 points and 105 rebounds.

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Students from Greven, Germany visited Stoughton from mid-October through Nov. 5, sitting in on classes at Stoughton High School, staying with host families and experiencing life around the area.

Students from Germany visit SHS Stoughton High School welcomed a group of students from Germany earlier this fall as the second half of the German American Partnership Program (GAPP).

Students from Greven,

Germany, visited from mid-October through Nov. 5, sitting in on SHS classes and experiencing the life of a Wisconsin student.

The ongoing program is part of a student-exchange program

between Stoughton and Greven.

Stoughton students traveled to Germany this summer and in turn hosted their GAPP partners.

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Fox Trot raises $11K Fox Prairie Elementary School families raised more than $11,000 through a Fo x Tr o t f u n r u n i n October for playground improvements.

The event, which was coordinated with the school’s Working For Kids group, rallied a total of $11,735 that will be used for new equipment.

Students collected pledges and donations for laps they ran on the Fox Prairie grounds on Oct. 20.

In total, the kid ran 6,702 laps — an equivalent of 394 miles, which is more than the distance between Stoughton and St. Louis, Missouri, according to a Stoughton Area School District newsletter.

An assembly was held Friday, Nov. 3, to celebrate the success of the event.

Five students who raised the most money were able to “slime” principal Krista Huntley Rogers.

To view photos of the event, and a video of the students “sliming” Huntley Rogers, visit stoughton. k12.wi.us.

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Dental office includes city native in new facility Office opened on Nygaard Street in July

First Choice Dental 1300 Nygaard St., Stoughton Opened: July 17, 2017 Dentist: Dr. Steve Dow Orthodontist: Dr. Sarah Santos Hours: 7 a.m. – 5 p.m.

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A new dental business that opened in July boasts about having a local connection in Dr. Steve Dow, an area native who returned to run the company’s Stoughton office.

Dow has been a practicing dentist for two years after graduating from the University of Michigan dental school in 2015. He attended high school in, graduating from Uttica Christian School in 2003.

Dow told the Hub he’s happy to “get back here and help the community and be around the people where I grew up.”

“It’s fun to help people and be here when they need us,” he said. “There’s nothing better to see people after you’ve helped and they’re feeling good again.”

First Choice Dental is a Madison-based company with 12 offices in Dane County. Its newest building came to Stoughton July 17, when the company finished constructing it on Nygaard Street.

The total project cost was about $2.5 million, with land acquisition, building and outfitting the office to get it going, said the company’s chief financial officer Kevin Klagos.

He said First Choice completed construction around July 1 and built a 9,500-square-foot building on about an acre of land.

Klagos told the Hub that First Choice chose to build here because it filled “a gap in our coverage range southeast of Madison.”

He said the company has “an abundance of offices” on the west side of Madison, as well as two locations in Sun Prairie and another on Madison’s east side. But until now, it had nothing south and east of Monona.

“We looked at McFarland and Oregon, but we liked the potential of Stoughton better,” he explained. “Being a little further out was a little scary to us, but we looked at how the Stoughton community was serviced and found

“When those four things happen, we have the highest new patient counts of any of our locations,” Klagos said.

“It’s a matter of time. People drive by and are reminded they need to make an appointment.”

He noted some other Photos by Bill Livick advantages to First Choices First Choice Dental opened in July at a new building on Nygaard Street. new Stoughton office. One is it has 14 operatories – or that we were just a little bit explained. “So Steve going treatment rooms – and lots different niche than what home is a great example of of large windows that allow currently existed in Stough- doing that.” natural light to flood the Klagos added that Dow ton.” facility.

Klagos added the com- brings a service to Stough“There are huge windows, pany anticipated draw- ton that most of its offices which help create a calm ing patients from south of don’t offer: Cerec technolopatient environment and Stoughton, and that is exact- gy, or same-day crown treatly what’s happened. ment. helps take the anxiety out “We’ve even seen some “If a patient needs a of a visit to the dentist,” he said. people from as far away as crown, they can come in Also, the company built a Janesville,” he said. and we’ll do a digital image F i r s t C h o i c e D e n t a l of the work that needs to basement under half of the was established in 1996 be done, and we’re able to building, which includes “a very nice locker room and and employs 25 dentists. design and build a crown on break room for our staff Its Stoughton office cur- site,” Klagos explained. “So down there.” rently has eight full-time in a 2.5-hour appointment, employees, including Dow you can leave with a new “One of our philosophies and orthodontist Sarah crown, as opposed to the old is we want to make work Santos, who divides her technology where a plaster as fun as work can be for time between locations in impression is taken and it’s our staff,” he said. “If you Stoughton and Verona. sent to an outside lab, which build a little extra and buy Klagos said the compa- has to make the crown and some nice furniture and put ny designed its Stoughton send it back. And then the in some big-screen TVs and nice appliances in the break office with lots of room to patient has to come back for room, it makes work just a grow, and it could have as another appointment and be little bit nicer for our staff.” many as 12 to 15 employees numbed up again.” once the business is fully He said the new technolIt’s an attitude that has established here. ogy is “a far more efficient paid off in First Choice He explained that having process” than what previ- Dr. Steve Dow grew up in the Stoughton area and has Dental being named as a Dow return to work in his ously existed.

Best Place to Work by Madworked at First Choice Dental for two years. hometown fits nicely with ison Magazine “four or five “You’re numbed up once the company’s philosophy and they can take care of times,” Klagos said. “We’re about providing local ser- you in a short period of local competition: its busi- and patients that they know proud of that. We do extra vice that’s tailored to the time,” he promised. ness sign. where the office is because things to make it nicer for community. Dow previously He noted that Stoughton is “I think we have the larg- they’ve seen the sign.” our employees.” worked in the Madison loca- one of only three company est monument sign of any In fact, he said, there are tion on Junction Road. branches that offers the ser- business in Stoughton,” four key things to consider Contact Bill Livick at bill.

“We like to have younger vice, because Dow has been Klagos said. “It’s certain- when opening a new office: livick@wcinet.com dentists in working under trained in it. ly the largest of any of our a high volume of drive-by someone for a while, and He mentioned another other practices, and it’s traffic, a highly visible busithen to get them out work- thing about the dental office amazing how much we hear ness sign, a visible parking ing in their own office,” he that sets it apart from the from potential customers lot and front door.

Peter Sveum elected Realtors chairman Stoughton Realtor Peter Sveum was installed as the Wisconsin Realtors Association chairman in October. The ceremony included members of the Stoughton Police Department Color Guard, Stoughton residents singing “God Bless America” and the “Star Spangled Banner” and a former Stoughton resident as master of ceremonies.

Sveum’s brother Phil administered the oath of office.

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Aldi opened its new grocery at 1755 Williams Dr. in Stoughstore location in Stoughton ear- Blackhawk collects dona- ton. It was established in Seplier this month. tember 2000. tions for animal shelter The store, which is in the forThe Stoughton Blackhawk KPW groundbreaking mer Kayser Automotive locaCommunity Credit Union coltion at 1399 U.S. Hwy. 51, is KSW Construction hosted the latest addition next to the lected more than $200 worth of a groundbreaking for a multiKettle Park West development products for the Country Ani- tenant building at Kettle Park mal Haven shelter in October. on the city’s west side.

D o n a t i o n s i n c l u d e d 1 7 West earlier this month.

The store is open from 9 a.m.

The building is expected to to 8 p.m. seven days a week, bags of dry food, 52 cans of include a Great Clips salon, according to the company’s wet food, cleaning supplies, an AT&T phone center and a toys and nine bags of treats, website. restaurant.

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Obituaries Dick Carmichael

Dick Carmichael

Dick Carmichael, age 80, a long-time resident of Stoughton, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, N ov. 1 5 , 2017, at St. Mary’s Hospital.

Dick was born in Fort Atkinson, on Sept. 17, 1937, the last of seven children of William Carmichael and Emily Cloute.

Charles F. North Charles Frederick North, age 80, of the Town of Dunn, passed away on Monday, Nov. 13, 2017, at Stoughton Hospital.

He was born on Oct. 25, 1937, in Beloit, the son of Charles and Louise (Ackley) North. Charles married Patricia Petroff. He served in the U.S. Army during the Cold War. Charles worked as an engineer for over 40 years. He was a member of the IBEW Local No. 890 Electrical Union for 44 years.

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A recent Stoughton Police Department Facebook post shows community members bring turkeys to the officers as an appreciation of their services.

Social: Police lauds ‘instant communication’ Continued from page 1 fundraisers, missing children and wanted suspects.

It helps alert the public and in return, people’s sharing and comments provide clues for investigations.

Facebook posts have led to arrests and gotten lost pets back home sooner.

And he can put out timely reminders such as locking vehicles, OWI test dates or even photos of lost children — one such post was reposted by thousands of people within 45 minutes.

The department’s page has more than 2,400 followers on Facebook. Jenks

On the web: To view the Stoughton Police Department Facebook page, visit:

Facebook.com/ CityofStoughtonPD said some people uses Facebook Messenger to interact with the department, such as inquiring about curfew time, reporting property found and complaining about barking dogs.

He tries to post at least once a week, and mixes news and alerts with old photos of department

members or state incidents to keep the page active.

Although only he and another two officers have access to the account, other officers also contribute ideas and content. Jenks screens the ideas and makes final decisions.

Jenks recalled the department’s old outreach approaches, such as putting out signs in local banks and newspapers. He said social media is much more timely.

“It opens up another communication line,” he said.

In his youth, Dick toured the Pacific while in the U.S. Navy and later regaled stories about Hawaii and Hong Kong to his children and grandchildren. Dick was united in marriage to Corinne King on July 24, 1963. He was a salesman most of his life. Dick enjoyed meeting people and wanted to sell products that would help people in their daily lives.

H e l ove d m u s i c a n d enjoyed plugging the local jukeboxes in his favorite establishments and singing along with his favorite refrains. He also enjoyed playing poker at family gatherings.

Dick is survived by his children, Tina (Scott) Congdon, Dale (Bill) Benedict, Lance (fiancé, Melissa) Carmichael and Richard (Amber) Carmichael Jr. He is also survived by nine grandchildren; four

great-grandchildren and numerous other relatives and friends.

Dick was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Corinne in 2006 and all of his siblings, George, Mary, Bob, Agnes, Jean and Bill.

The family received at the Stoughton Vfw, Post No. 328, 200 Veterans Road, Stoughton, from 2:30-4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017, with a luncheon.

Graveside interment was held at Wheeler Prairie Cemetery (Leslie Rd & Tower Drive) at 2 p.m. with Military Honors. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Stoughton VFW or ASPCA would be appreciated.

Online condolences may be made at gundersonfh. com.

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Charles enjoyed fishing, playing bingo, water skiing, boating and camping.

He enjoyed woodworking, and could build whatever anyone asked for. Charles was interested in inventing new things. He attended many sporting events and loved to watch the Packers and Brewers play. Above all else, Charles was an amazing husband and father.

Charles is survived by the love of his life, Patricia; sons, Chip North and Tim (Joleen Barry) North; grandchildren, Elaina North and Lucas Barry; sistersin-law, Susan and Kathy; brother-in-law, Winfred; cousins, Joe and Karen

Crisman, Beth Koss and Barb and Steve Sackett.

Charles was preceded in death by his parents. A memorial service was held at Gunderson Stoughton Funeral And Cremation Care, 1358 Hwy 51 N. Jackson St., Stoughton, at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the donors’ choice. Online condolences may be made at gundersonfh.com.

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Town of Dunn chairman Ed Minihan was key to restoring the historic Dyreson Bridge, which reopened in February 2016 after being closed since May 2011 because of concerns about its support structure.

Preserving the countryside Minihan remembered the 1970s as a critical period for establishing Dunn’s future.

“At the time, Fitchburg was also a town, not a city,” he recalled, referring to Fitchburg’s referendum to become a city, giving it the power to stop annexations on its borders in 1983. “They made the decision to go one direction, and we made the decision to go a different direction.”

But the same forces of development were at play, and he worried the town had become “complacent” with its land-use plan in place.

He felt the land needed more permanent protection from future development and found the answer in New England, where states had established PDR programs.

T h e M i c h i ga n n a t ive reached out to conservation-minded leaders there to discuss the initiatives and was encouraged to act, he recalled.

“They said if you’re thinking about this, don’t wait for the federal, state or county government – you engage in this pursuit,” he said. “So I talked to the people here who have been stalwarts, and we engaged in what we have

done.”

Dunn’s PDR program – in which the town purchases development rights from a property owner and then puts a conservation easement on the land – has resulted in the permanent preservation of about a quarter of Dunn’s 21,100 acres so far. Town voters have approved 35 conservation easements and rejected just two applications.

Preservation battles There were movements and forces at play in the 1960s and ‘70s that inspired Minihan, he said.

There was a back-tothe-land ethic, as people searched for alternatives to consumerism and mass-produced foods, and there was

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activism encapsulated in phrases such as, “Think globally, act locally.”

Minihan cites a famous quote from anthropologist Margaret Mead he also embraced: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”

He found that ethos at work in Dunn among his new neighbors.

“Most of the people who were really active came here about the same time,” he observed. “A lot of people arrived in ’71 or ‘72, many affiliated with the university but some not. It was kind of a period of time when people from away were coming here – we were outsiders, people from away.”

But Minihan and some of his like-minded friends also encountered local hostility to their land-preservation ideas. He said some teachers harassed activists’ kids at school, and the opposition even “went as far as death threats.”

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coming off of an urban experience that wasn’t a good situation.”

That’s about the time that the Minihans decided to leave Michigan for good.

“We decided to put down deep roots here,” he said.

An apparent sea change has taken place in Dunn over the past half-century.

For example, while there was and remains opposition to the town’s PDR program, Minihan noted that town residents approved it decisively and continue to support it.

“When we proposed the PDR program, it meant the people were going to pay a full third more for their local tax rate,” he explained.

“They passed it 56-44 percent, and we held a three-day voting period to make sure everybody got a chance to vote.”

He said town residents have been participating “in a big way, and they put their money where their interests were. It’s kind of unheard of.”

But, Minihan said, there remain threats to what Dunn has accomplished. He sees them in administrations at the state and national levels.

“We have anticipated that we will be focused on at some point and have a reserve to fight that legally,” he said. “If they can change in any way what we’ve done, it’ll be a victory for those forces. … We are the antithesis of what’s going on right now.”

Minihan said Dunn’s efforts have been helped by friendly administrations in Madison and Dane County, and he credits his wife of 52 years for being his “inspiration behind everything.”

The couple didn’t have children – although they have adopted grandchildren – which Minihan said is the reason they’ve had the time to dedicate themselves to their “mission” in Dunn.

“There was a mission here, to do something that would put our society on the right track and hopefully demonstrate what could happen,” he said. “It’s a small piece of the earth. I mean, this is not momentous. It’s a small community that got together and decided to do the right thing.

“It’s my wife’s and my legacy.”

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He and his wife, Sue, moved to Dunn from his home state of Michigan in 1972. Five years later he was elected to the Town Board, and two years after that he was chosen to chair the board, a position he’s held ever since.

He was raised in a first-generation Irish-American family in a small town.

Minihan said his father, after returning from World War II, became a firefighter and served his community for 50 years.

“I remember fighting fires with my father when I was 8 – grass fires, he wouldn’t let me go into buildings – at the volunteer fire department,” he said. “Our family was very community-involved.”

After high school, Minihan joined the Navy for a while, worked as a firefighter, and eventually earned a master’s degree in medical sociology. Over the course of his long career, he’s worked in a wide array of fields: an educator, a railroad administrator, an HMO administrator and, for the last 20 years, a blacksmith “on the side.”

Growing up in a small community imbued him with traditional small-town values like good neighborliness and an appreciation for the natural world, he said.

He recalled living in Ann Arbor and fighting fires in Detroit in the 1960s, when race riots and Vietnam war protests were rocking the nation. While he and fellow firefighters were battling to control fire in the Motor City, he was called back to Ann Arbor to deal with fires started during raucous antiwar protests.

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