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Kenneth Anderson in the machine room at Badger Car Wash. Anderson turns 100 on Feb. 2 and works at the car wash every morning.
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Kenneth J. Anderson turns 100 years old Feb. 8, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at him. His eyes are clear and stories strong enough to make the whole room laugh, and he still comes to work every day at 7:30 a.m. “Work never killed anybody,” Anderson said with a smile. He
drives his electric wheelchair the three blocks to the Badger Car Wash on West Verona Avenue every morning, the same place he’s worked for 33 years. Bob Hanson, who owns the car wash, jokes Anderson still has 10 years to go before retirement. Anderson grew up on a dairy farm outside of Mount Vernon, born the same year World War I ended when bacon cost 53 cents per pound and a construction worker earned 57 cents an hour, according to the Bureau of
Labor statistics. When he was 12, his dad fell ill, so he stopped going to school to keep up the farm. “Well, either my sister quit school or I did,” Anderson said. He never did go back, working the 88 years since. The year he quit school is also the year he learned to drive. He got his license driving a 1927 Ford Model T. He remembers going to dances as
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Chamber adding tourism position JIM FEROLIE Verona Press editor
Verona is on its way to having a tourism coordinator. The position, which would be overseen by the Verona Area Chamber of Commerce but funded by hotel room tax money, is
envisioned as a person who would create and run new tourist-oriented events and help land existing ones to boost Verona’s “image as a destination for business Jordan and leisure travel.” It could also have a hand in the chamber’s marketing efforts for the community. T h e c i t y ’s To u r i s m
Commission approved a $280,000 tourism budget for the chamber for 2018 at its Jan. 30 meeting, with unanimous support for the position. The hope is to have it filled sometime around April, but it still needs adjustment on its salary level and job duties before the chamber posts for it. The position would work closely with the commission, which was created last year to oversee Verona’s growing room
tax fund. The city collected $40,000 in room taxes in 2007 and almost 10 times that much in the first three-quarters of last year alone, and just over half of its collection goes to the commission. Receipts of the 7 percent tax are expected to continue growing throughout 2018, as the city’s biggest hotel, the 136-room Hyatt Place, opened in May. As a result of that
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NW plan returns to council Feb. 5 Height, density language changed, other areas tweaked JIM FEROLIE Verona Press editor
If You Go What: Council review of Northwest Neighborhood plan When: 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 5 Where: Verona City Center, 111 Lincoln St. Info: City planning director Adam Sayre at 848-9941
The Northwest Neighborhood plan is back. After getting dozens of comments and going back and forth between the Common Council and Plan Commission at two public hearings, it’s in what some city leaders hope is its final which meets at 7 p.m. Monform. It’s skipping the com- day. mission this time, going Turn to NW plan/Page 12 straight to the council,
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Two more vehicles were stolen in the City of Verona last week, bringing the total to three already in 2018 and four in 32 days. Verona Police Department Lt. Dave Dresser told the Press in an email two of the cars have been recovered, but the first one stolen this year, on Jan. 26 on Carter Court, has not been found yet. Dresser noted that the most recent thefts – Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 – showed a new pattern. “In the last two days the suspects have started targeting Verona during daytime hours, whereas previously most of this activity was occurring at night,” he wrote. In the Jan. 31 theft, the suspects were first observed at 10:52 a.m. the previous day on Maple Road inside a garage. On Wednesday, Dresser said, they were seen a few blocks away
on Ashton Drive inside a garage at 12:54 p.m. and eventually stole a car from Amanda Way around 3:35 p.m. That vehicle was eventually found abandoned on Grace Street. The next day, an SUV was stolen from a garage in the 1100 block of Hemlock Drive, in the same northwest part of the city as the other thefts. Dresser said that vehicle was recovered in Madison over the weekend. Dresser added that there were reports of thefts from vehicles overnight Wednesday, as well, including one in which a window was broken out, but said that sort of damage is “rare.” “We know there are multiple groups targeting Verona and other communities,” Dresser said. “We know they are often driving cars stolen from other communities and they frequently change vehicles.” He also pointed out that “cars are being stolen daily from neighboring communities,” mentioning that the
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Spanish immersion program will be K-8 by 2021-22 SCOTT GIRARD Unified Newspaper Group
Summer school suggestions After a presentation on the district’s summer school program at Monday’s meeting, a couple of board members suggested exploring digital opportunities using the district’s iPads. Board member Amy Almond said she thought it would be a way to reach more students. Board member Kristina Navarro Haffner specifically mentioned the possibilities for the Two Way Immersion students who otherwise may not get to use their language skills or interact with their
The deadline for parents to apply for their children to attend a charter school or the Spanish-language immersion program is Feb. 16. The Verona Area School District has three elementary charter schools, one charter high school and the Two Way Immersion Spanish-language program as options for students. New Century School, with an environmental and science, technology, engineering and math-focused curriculum, and Verona Area International School, a Chinese-language immersion school, both run from kindergarten to fifth grade. Core Knowledge Charter School, which uses the Direct Instruction method and the national Core Knowledge curriculum, is from kindergarten to eighth grade.
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other-language classmates over the summer. A team of administrators suggested expanding the “skills development” portion of summer school to fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders. Those classes, which target students who show a need for development in math or reading, were only offered K-3 and 7-12 last year as the program expanded to elementary school for the first time. That expansion would cost $20,000, and superintendent Dean Gorrell said that type of investment would need to be discussed by administrators.
The TWI program began in the 201314 school year and is K-4 but will expand to K-5 next year and then into middle and high school. The charter high school is Exploration Academy, which is preparing to transition into a program within the high school beginning in the 2021-22 school year. Families can apply only for a single school or program. Students entering grades 1-8 can also apply to the programs, but will only be accepted if there is room in that grade. If a parent wants their student to attend their attendance area elementary — Country View, Stoner Prairie, Sugar Creek and Glacier Edge — they do not need to turn in a form.
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learn language from each other as well as their teachers. The district has received more applications than it has spots in TWI in most years, as parents apply for the program in the same time period they can apply to charter schools. School board members voted in January 2017 to allow priority placement in the program for children of all district staff, and students with siblings in the program already received priority placement. If there are more applications than openings once those placements are made, the remaining applicants are separated into Spanish speakers and English speakers and staff hold a lottery drawing of names to determine who fills the open spots The deadline application this year is Feb. 16.
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The Two Way Immersion program took another step toward expanding to K-8 Monday with a set of policy approvals. Now, it just needs its students to keep growing up. Administrators began publicly discussing last fall how the now K-4 program could expand beyond elementary school. The program, which began in the 2013-14 school year, will be opt-in at the middle school level for any students who went through TWI here, a similar program elsewhere or come from a native Spanish-speaking home. It will continue in its current form next year with fifth grade and expand to a full K-8 program by 202122. The policies and rules approved by the school
board Monday include outlining how students will be selected, how English Learners will be assessed and how the program will operate, including that students can enroll in the program at the “designated middle school site.” That indicates a plan to limit the middle school part of program to one of the middle school locations, unlike the elementary model, which has been split between Glacier Edge and Sugar Creek elementaries. The policy also includes a statement about the importance of language education in the district, which board members supported including when the policies were discussed in January. “The Board affirms the value of bilingualism as an asset and language as an integral part of one’s identity,” the policy states. The TWI program was created as a program to serve the district’s English Learner students. Each class is split between native English-speakers and native Spanish-speakers, which allows for the students to
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s part of an Advanced Care Planning training last year, I interviewed my grandparents about their end-of- life wishes. I had an hourlong conversation with each of them, documented it and sent it to their children for future reference. Each expressed a request for minimal intervention, saying, “If it’s time to go, let me go.” This past week, my grandfather passed away. I learned that he had gone to the emergency room and then suddenly Kelsey had difficulty breathing. He was put on a breathing mask, but his breathing worsened and the doctors and nurses prepared to place a breathing tube down his throat. However, his caregiver had his advanced directive, which specifically declined that intervention, and he passed away in peace. His caregiver, called me later and relayed the situation. We discussed that even though we were sad to have him pass, we were at least comforted by the knowledge that he had gone the way he wished. When sickness falls upon families, guilt and sorrow blend together, and there are often so many questions and family members wonder whether they did the right thing at the end. Having specific plans about end-of-life preferences can often help save your loved ones significant distress at a later point. We should all have clear endof-life plans written out that are shared with all family members. But delving deeply into an uncomfortable topic can be awkward. Thinking about your loved one passing away can be distressing, and no one wants to risk offending an older family member by ruminating on their eventual passing.
machines, asking family members to remove these can feel like they are “killing” their family member. Guilt is a common emotion to feel around the time of a loved one’s death. UW holds regularly schedTo avoid this sticky issue, start with a conversation with your uled groups to work through family about your wishes. end-of-life planning. Register First, think about what you for one at uwhealth.org. Search need to do before you have the “advanced care planning classconversation. Figure out what es.” particular concerns you have that you want to make sure you talk about, such as finances or a particular family member who needs taking care of. Then, consider a supportive As a result, many people may way to start the conversation, opt to not make their my loved such as, “What matters to me ones think of that. at the end of life is…” You can approach the topic by saying, With advances in technology, we now have machines that pro- “Even though I’m OK right now, vide the basic functions of your I’m worried that (insert worry), and I want to be prepared.” lungs, kidneys and heart. This allows us to remain alive longer, Next, create the legal docueven in the midst of irreversment. Every state has its own. ible breakdown of the body’s You can start by talking to functions and at a much-limited your doctor about obtaining the quality of life. For many, this appropriate forms and making means difficult decisions about sure your clinic and hospital declining treatments will arise at each have a copy. UW-Health some point. holds regular advanced care Many medical providers, those planning classes. the most knowledgeable about While you’re in the midst of it, the possibilities of life-extenddo some serious thinking. There ing treatments, go the furthest is a beautifully written book in their advance planning ensure addressing this topic by Atul life-extending treatment will not Gawande, called “Being Mortal,” as well as a recent Netflix outpace meaningful quality of life. I don’t think this is a coindocumentary called “Extremis,” cidence. which offers an intimate look into the modern day intensive For example, one ICU physician I worked with told me care units and the difficult decisions families face daily. he wrote in his living will that after age 80, he didn’t even In the end, after my grandfawant to be treated for a urinary ther had passed away, I found infection (so that he could die the form we had completed swiftly from the infection). And together and it comforted me a 35-year-old ED doctor I know seeing his words: “If I am dying, made himself DNR/DNI because let me go.” I felt reassured he didn’t like the outcomes he knowing that his wishes had saw during intubations and carbeen carried out. diac resuscitations. If I were to show a roomPetra Kelsey is a Verona resident ful of people what they would and a post-graduate trainee at look like hooked up to three UW-Health Family Medicine in machines, I’m confident most Verona. would say, “This is not a life worth living.” Yet, once people are already stuck on the
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Saturday’s VAHS meeting focuses on what’s beneath your feet SCOTT DE LARUELLE Unified Newspaper Group
There are often many questions to ask about the past. What if the answer was only a shovel away? That’s the question asked by Verona Area Historical Society president Jesse Charles, who is welcoming Veronan Rich Schmidt to talk about the history beneath our feet. “Did a team of oxen pull a pioneer wagon across your front yard?” Charles asked in an email to the Press. “Did Native Americans hunt or camp where your garden is today? Did pioneer families farm, settle, or build right where you stand?” Schmidt came to Verona in 2005, buying a place on four acres off Hwy. PB; some former farmland later subdivided into residential plots. During the first few years there, he noticed when he mowed his lawn, a small spot of cattails grew thick in an otherwise dry yard. Finally, curiosity got the best of him one day, and he grabbed his shovel and
If You Go What: Verona Area Historical Society meeting When: 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 10 Where: Verona Senior Center, 108 Paoli St. Info: 845-7471
started digging. “Almost immediately below the ground were two old wooden timbers with matching half-circle arcs carved in to them along with pieces of a cast iron reciprocating pump. On Saturday, Schmidt will share stories and discoveries made by he and his sons who turned backyard archaeology into a family hobby, as in the years following, they unearthed “many surprises that give unique glimpses into Verona life in the 1800s,” Charles wrote.
Journey into the past Last month’s guest, UW anthropology professor John Hawks, talked about this team’s ongoing discoveries
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Historical Society approval of the cemetery project plans. Charles said Wi t h VA H S p r e s i d e n t J e s s e the society is getting estimates from Charles’s recent interview of Bob landscaping companies on doing the Courter, the 39-year owner of the digging. now-razed Gordon School property, all interviews are now online at vero- Shuman Street Pump House nahistory.com. Charles presented a flyer outlining Charles plans to interview lifelong a plan for the building to be a Verona resident Herman Duerst this week. history center, should the city agree. The small brick building known as Bringing the Stones Home Pump house #1 was built in 1932 The project is slated for this spring, and still pumps water, Charles said, as VAHS is waiting for Wisconsin though the output has “decreased
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The Verona Area Historical Society is looking for several volunteers for its Culver’s night April 11. People are needed to carry trays (preferably for at least one hour) between 5-8 p.m. For information, email VAHS president Jesse Charles at saveveronahistory.gmail.com in the ”Rising Star” cave complex in South Africa. Part of his work involves traveling and studying sites related to the study of human evolution and early human ancestors, including this site — a collaboration between UW and National Geographic — that gained worldwide attention in 2013. A large collection of human bones were found in a maze of caves nearly the size of Dane County. To access them, though, explorers had to fit through a narrow, irregular crack less than 8 inches wide which extended 40 feet down. I n a f ew w e e k s , t h e team gathered 1,200 fossil remains, calculated to be the bones of at least 15 people. Scientists’ best estimate is
the bones date from between 200,000 and 330,000 years ago. What was so important about the find was that the bones look like a new combination of species and traits, and was named Homo naledi. It had a brain about the third the size of modern humans, but with longthumbed hands and feet that bore some resemblance to peoples’ today. With a partial human skeleton uncovered in adjoining cave by other team members in September, Hawks said he’s looking forward to returning to the site later this year. – Notes by VAHS member Ruth Jensen
considerably in recent years” and is anticipated to stop working in five to 10 years. Charles notes desire to be “proactive in presenting a plan now for that time when the building could possibly be converted to a history and welcome center.”
Matts House Charles said Troy Rost plans an open house in the spring, where VAHS will unveil its first ‘landmark’ sign downtown.
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Perception survey goes out Feb. 8 SCOTT GIRARD Unified Newspaper Group
Verona Area School District families and staff will have the opportunity once again this month to share their thoughts on how the district is functioning and where it’s headed. The annual perception survey, in its third year here, run by School Perceptions, Inc., will ask questions to parents and staff on more than 30 topic areas. While most of the questions will be the same or similar to those on the survey last year – to allow for comparisons – the district also added a few questions that will specifically apply to the strategic planning process that’s underway. The survey will be sent out Feb. 8 and can be completed online or in paper form by the first week of March. Questions on the survey
preparing students for college or a career. Some questions specifically ask about each child’s school, such as their comfort level with staff, communication, pride in the school and the behavioral climate. Another question on the survey this year asks whether parents who have submitted a choice placement request at any time (for one of the charter schools or the Two Way Immersion program) think there should be an option to rank a second choice on those forms. Currently, parents must choose a single program or charter to apply for entry to. The district has acknowledged a need to reach a
more representative sample of families with the survey. Last year white families were overrepresented, at 80 percent of those who responded but only 65 percent of the student population. The data from this year’s results, while showing any progress at schools and on certain topics, will also be part of creating a five-year strategic plan. It, along with focus groups and a committee, will help define the top priorities of the district in that timeframe. Contact Scott Girard at ungreporter@wcinet.com and follow him on Twitter @sgirard9.
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The city’s newest survey is asking residents about “quality of life” issues. T h e P O L C O s u r vey went live Feb. 1 and runs through March. It features 12 questions (some with multiple sub-questions) about how residents feel about Verona, the city’s services and priorities. The city plans to use the survey to plan future surveys to “dig deeper into specific issues,” city administrator Jeff Mikorski told the Press. “The results of the survey will be provided to (Common) Council to be included as public sentiment into policy and budget decisions,” he said. To participate in the survey visit polco.us and create an account. When you include your ZIP code, the website will ask you to confirm your city and will provide the city’s survey. The city is also linking to the surveys through its website and social media. Anyone who creates an account can get notified when new surveys, questions, or polls are available from various levels of government, including the City of Verona, but also regional entities such as the Capital Area Regional Planning Commission.
No results will identify any individual person. The 2018 Citizen Survey includes questions such as “How do you rate your neighborhood as a place to live?” and “Please indicate to what degree you would support or oppose” a variety of development and public amenities. It also asks residents to rate how quickly the city should grow, whether any typical urban issues – like crime traffic or noise – are problems, how safe they feel in various places at different times, the quality of various city services, what sort of activities they typically engage in and how they would be most interested in getting city communications. If citizens need help signing up for or filling out the survey, staffers are available at the Verona Library. Email Verona Press editor Jim Ferolie at veronapress@wcinet.com.
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Body safety People can learn about how to discuss body safety and healthy boundaries with preschool and elementary school age children from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 8, at the library. Sara Kind, a counselor of Kind Therapy will present how to support children with respecting the boundaries of others. For information, call 845-7180.
Celebrate Chinese New Year Kids ages 2-5 can join students and staff of the Verona Area International School to celebrate the Chinese New Year from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, at the library. They will present Mandarin stories, songs and crafts. The kids and their families can wear their favorite red outfit and kick off the new year. For information, call 845-7180.
elementary school will walk down the red carpet during the annual Verona Area High School prom fashion show from 12:30-2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11, at the Verona Area High School Performing Arts Center, 300 Richard St. There will be vendors, a bake sale and a silent auction to raise funds for the 2018 prom. Tickets will be sold at the door, $10 for adults and $5 for students. For information, visit verona.k12. wi.us.
Young life trivia night
Verona Young Life will hold their annual Trivia Night fundraiser from 6-9 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11, at Wyndham Garden Hotel, 2969 Cahill Main, Fitchburg. The night will be 1980s and 1990s trivia theme. The entrance fee and silent auction bids help to close the gap between the local annual budget and Concert to benefit Feed My any other funds that may be donated or Starving Children raised locally in the community. To register, visit verona.younglife.org. A night of live ‘80s music with the Alan Halverson Parsons project will Computer basics class be held at from 6:30-9 p.m. Saturday, People can learn about basic feaFeb. 10, at the Good Shepherd Lutheran tures of a computer and terminology Church, 7291 County Road PD. The cost is $10 and all proceeds will at a computer basics class from 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13, at the library. go to the organization. To register, call 845-7180. For information, visit give.fmsc.org.
Valentine’s Day party from 12:302:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 14. There will be a lunch, music performed by Randy Kiel and Cindy Harrington and a movie screening– “It Happened One Night.” The cost is $5, and registration should be made by Monday noon, Feb. 12. For information, call 845-7471.
All Saints Lutheran Church 2951 Chapel Valley Rd., Fitchburg (608) 276-7729 allsaints-madison.org Interim Pastor Sunday: 8:30 & 10:45 a.m.
Tracking hike and storytelling
Fitchburg Memorial UCC 5705 Lacy Rd., Fitchburg (608) 273-1008 memorialucc.org Interim Pastor Laura Crow Sunday: 8:15 and 10 a.m.
St. James Lutheran Church ELCA 427 S. Main St., Verona (608) 845-6922 stjamesverona.org Pastors Kurt M. Billings and Peter Narum Office Hours: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday; 8 a.m.-noon Wednesday Saturday Worship: 5 p.m. Sunday Worship: 8:30 a.m. & 10:45 a.m.
Good Shephard Lutheran Church ELCA (608) 271-6633 Madison: Raymond Road & Whitney Way, Madison Sunday: 8:30 & 10 a.m.. Verona: Corner of Hwy. PD & Nine Mound Road, Verona Sunday: 9 & 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.m.
Salem United Church of Christ 502 Mark Dr., Verona (608) 845-7315 salemchurchverona.org Rev. Dr. Mark E. Yurs, Pastor Laura Kolden, Associate in Ministry Sunday Worship: 9 a.m. Fellowship Hour: 10:15 a.m.
Damascus Road Church – West The Verona Senior Center 108 Paoli St., Verona (608) 819-6451 info@damascusroadchurch.com, damascusroadonline.org Pastor Justin Burge Sunday: 10 a.m.
Springdale Lutheran Church ELCA 2752 Town Hall Rd. (off Hwy ID), Mount Horeb (608) 437-3493 springdalelutheran.org Pastor Jeff Jacobs Sunday: 8:45 a.m. with communion
Memorial Baptist Church 201 S. Main St., Verona (608) 845-7125 MBCverona.org Lead Pastor Jeremy Scott Sunday: 10:15 a.m.
Sugar River United Methodist Church 415 W. Verona Ave., Verona (608) 845-5855 sugar.river@sugarriverumc.org, sugarriverumc.org Pastor Gary Holmes 9 & 10:30 a.m. contemporary worship. Sunday School available during worship. Refreshments and fellowship are between services.
Kids ages 5-8 can join Coral Conant Gilles, a storytelling naturalist, in a tracking hike in Badger Prairie Park, from 3:45-4:45 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15. They will meet at the library entrance. The hike will be followed by an indoor hands-on literacy activity that combines science, nature, creativity and storytelling from 5-5:30 p.m. To register, call 845-7180.
Warming herbal teas and infusions
People can learn about herbal teas and infusions with Mary Halstead of Wildwood Institute from 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15, at the library. Halstead will discuss herbs that can warm and soothe the body, support and strengthen the immune system and nourish the soul. Tea samples will Valentines Day party Prom fashion show be served. The senior center will host a Students in high school and To register, call 845-7180.
Community calendar
Thursday, February 8
• 4-5:30 p.m., Anime and Manga club (grades 6-12), library, 8457180 • 6:30-7:30 p.m., Body safety and boundaries presentation about children for parents, library, 845-7180
Friday, February 9
Sunday, February 11
• 12:30-2:30 p.m., Prom fashion show, Verona Area High School Performing Arts Center, 300 Richard St., verona.k12.wi.us • 6-9 p.m., Young life trivia night, Wyndham Garden Hotel, 2969 Cahill Main, Fitchburg, verona. younglife.org
• 10-11:30 a.m., Young and the restMonday, February 12 less (ages 0-5), library, 845-7180 • 12:30-2:30 p.m., Movie: Despica- • 1-2 p.m., Senior case management, library, 845-7471 ble Me 3, senior center, 845-7471 • 1-3 p.m., The art and science of Saturday, February 10 gratitude, senior center, 845-7471 • 9:30-10:30 a.m., Celebrate Chi• 6:30-8:30 p.m., Adult coloring nese New Year (ages 2-5), library, club, library, 845-7180 845-7180 Tuesday, February 13 • 6:30-9 p.m., Concert to benefit • 4-5:30 p.m., Teen chocolate tastFeed My Starving Children, Good ing (ages 11-18), library, 845-7180 Shepherd Lutheran Church, 7291 County Road PD, give.fmsc.org
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Thursday, Feb. 8 7 a.m. – Natural Pain Management Pt. 2 at Senior Center 8 a.m. – Zumba Gold 9 a.m. – Daily Exercise 10 a.m. – Active Shooter at Senior Center 2 p.m. – Zumba Gold 3 p.m. – Daily Exercise 4 p.m. – Kat Trio at Senior Center 5 p.m. – Bahama Bob at Senior Center 6 p.m. – Salem Church Service 7 p.m. – Accordian Music at Senior Center 8 p.m. – Daily Exercise 9 p.m. – E-Readers/Music & Memory at Senior Center 10 p.m. – Rising Star Cave at the Historical Society Friday, Feb. 9 7 a.m. – Kat Trio at Senior Center 1 p.m. – E-Readers/Music & Memory at Senior Center 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 4 p.m. – Bahama Bob at Senior Center 5:30 p.m. – 2016 Wildcats Football 8:30 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – Natural Pain Management Pt. 2 at Senior Center 11 p.m. – Active Shooter at Senior Center Saturday, Feb. 10 8 a.m. – Candidate Forum
from 01-17-18 11 a.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 1 p.m. – 2016 Wildcats Football 4:30 p.m. – Rising Star Cave at the Historical Society 6 p.m. – Candidate Forum from 01-17-18 9 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – Rising Star Cave at the Historical Society 11 p.m. – Active Shooter at Senior Center Sunday, Feb. 11 7 a.m. – Hindu Cultural Hour 9 a.m. –Resurrection Church 10 a.m. – Salem Church Service Noon – Candidate Forum from 01-17-18 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 4:30 p.m. – Rising Star Cave at the Historical Society 6 p.m. – Candidate Forum from 01-17-18 9 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – Rising Star Cave at the Historical Society 11 p.m. – Active Shooter at Senior Center Monday, Feb. 12 7 a.m. – Kat Trio at Senior Center 1 p.m. – E-Readers/Music & Memory at Senior Center 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 4 p.m. – Bahama Bob at Senior Center
• 6-7:30 p.m., Computer basics class, library, 845-7180
Wednesday, February 14
• 12:30-2:30 p.m., Valentine’s Day party, senior center, 845-7471 • 4-5:30 p.m., Minecraft Club (grades 1-6), library, 845-7180
Thursday, February 15
• 3:45-4:45 p.m., Tracking hike (ages 5-8), Badger Prairie Park, 845-7180 • 4-5:30 p.m., Anime and Manga club (grades 6-12), library, 8457180 • 5-5:30 p.m., Winter Wonderland storytelling (ages 3-8), library, 8457180 • 7-8 p.m., Warming herbal teas and infusions, library, 845-7180
5 p.m. – 2016 Wildcats Football 7 p.m. – Common Council Live 9 p.m. – Hindu Cultural Hour 10 p.m. – Natural Pain Management Pt. 2 at Senior Center 11 p.m. – Active Shooter at Senior Center Tuesday, Feb. 13 7 a.m. – Natural Pain Management Pt. 2 at Senior Center 10 a.m. – Zumba Gold 9 a.m. – Daily Exercise 10 a.m. – Active Shooter at Senior Center 2 p.m. – Zumba Gold 3 p.m. – Daily Exercise 4 p.m. – Kat Trio at Senior Center 5 p.m. –Bahama Bob at Senior Center 6 p.m. –Resurrection Church 8 p.m. – Accordian Music at Senior Center 9 p.m. – E-Readers/Music & Memory at Senior Center 10 p.m. – Rising Star Cave at the Historical Society Wednesday, Feb. 14 7 a.m. – Kat Trio at Senior Center 1 p.m. – E-Readers/Music & Memory at Senior Center 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 5 p.m. – Common Council from 02-12-18 7 p.m. – Capital City Band 8 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports
10 p.m. – Natural Pain Management Pt. 2 at Senior Center 11 p.m. – Active Shooter at Senior Center Thursday, Feb. 15 7 a.m. – Natural Pain Management Pt. 2 at Senior Center 8 a.m. – Zumba Gold 9 a.m. – Daily Exercise 10 a.m. – Active Shooter at Senior Center 2 p.m. – Zumba Gold 3 p.m. – Daily Exercise 4 p.m. – Kat Trio at Senior Center 5 p.m. – Bahama Bob at Senior Center 6 p.m. – Salem Church Service 7 p.m. – Accordian Music at Senior Center 8 p.m. – Daily Exercise 9 p.m. – E-Readers/Music & Memory at Senior Center 10 p.m. – Rising Star Cave at the Historical Society
The Church in Fitchburg 2833 Raritan Rd., Fitchburg (608) 271-2811 livelifetogether.com Sunday: 8 & 10:45 a.m.
Redeemer Bible Fellowship 130 N. Franklin St., Verona (608) 848-1836 redeemerbiblefellowship.org Pastor Dwight R. Wise Sunday: 10 a.m. family worship Resurrection Lutheran Church – WELS 6705 Wesner Rd., Verona (608) 848-4965 rlcverona.org Pastor Nathan Strutz and Assistant Pastor Timothy Priewe Thursday: 6:30 p.m. Sunday: 9 a.m. St. Christopher Catholic Parish St. Andrew Church 301 N. Main St., Verona St. William Church 1371 Hwy. PB, Paoli (608) 845-6613 stchristopherverona.com Fr. John Sasse, pastor Saturday: 5 p.m., St. Andrew, Verona Sunday: 7:30 a.m., St. William,
Paoli Sunday: 9 & 11 a.m., St. Andrew, Verona Daily Mass, Tuesday-Saturday: 8 a.m., St. Andrew, Verona
West Madison Bible Church 2920 Hwy. M, Verona (608) 845-9518 www.wmbiblechurch.org Pastor Dan Kukasky Jr. Sunday Worship: 9:15 a.m. Sunday School: 10:45 a.m. Zwingli United Church of Christ Hwy. 92 & G, Mount Vernon (608) 832-6677 Pastor Brad Brookins Sunday: 10:15 a.m. Zwingli United Church of Christ Hwy. 69 & PB, Paoli (608) 255-1278 Rev. Laura Crowe Sunday: 9:30 a.m. family worship
Posessed by God “No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God.” – 1 John 3:9 NIV We tend to think of possession in a negative light,for example,saying that someone is possessed by a demon or thinking that someone is possessed by a spirit of greed or envy.But possession can be a positive thing.We can be possessed by God or by a divine spirit,such as love or compassion, to such an extent that these become something constant in our lives. Possession is more than just obsession. When one offers up all of one’s daily thoughts and activities to God, one is on the way to being possessed by God. When one stays in constant communication with God, praying becomes second nature, and the Biblical advice to “pray without ceasing”becomes a description of our inner life rather than a prescription for how we ought to live. Being possessed by God won’t necessarily change the outward appearance of our lives; we will still have to get up every morning and go to work, but we will do it with a sense that all of these mundane activities are being offered to God, and are being done as a devotion to God. Every breath and every step we take becomes a prayer and an act of devotion, and we are then on the way to living in the constant presence of God. – Christopher Simon
Support groups
• AA Meeting, senior center, Thursdays at 1 p.m. • Caregivers Support Group, senior center, first and third Tuesday, 10 a.m. • Healthy Lifestyles Group meeting, senior center, second Thursday from 10:30 a.m. • Parkinson’s Group, senior center, third Friday at 10 a.m.
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The Verona Area Performing Arts Center will host “We’ve Only Just Begun: Carpenters Remembered” Feb. 17.
head to Verona for the show. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17. Tickets are available at vapas.org, the State Bank of Cross Plains-Verona, Capitol Bank Verona, or by calling 848-2787. Prices are $32, $30 for seniors over 65 and $10 for students 18 and under.
Re-creating the sound During her early years as a performer, Berting Brett said that as she was traveling and singing pop music, people began telling her that she sounded like Karen Carpenter. It wasn’t until she met her husband in 2008 and started talking to him about the Carpenters’ discography, they started working on this show. “It became a very humble cabaret show with me and a piano player, and I sort of put it out to see what the audience reaction would be, and it had really great success. The audience was crying during the show, and Mark and I looked at each other, and he said, ‘I think we have something special here.’” The show has since evolved. It turned into a performance that shares stories directly from interviews of those who knew the Carpenters personally and professionally. Part of the performance includes classic hits “Superstar,” “Top of the World” and “Close to You,” each of which peaked at No. 1 or No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. “These are songs that people’s moms sang to them, they might have been
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Though most people in the audience grew up listening to the Carpenters, she said she has been impressed with the younger audiences who show up to the shows. “A really neat thing that has happened is we have folks in their 40s and up who can sing along to every song, but because of YouTube we’ve got these fans in their 20s who come to this show,” she said. And while re-creating the sound has been her mission, Berting Brett recognizes the importance of remembering the mental health issues that took a toll on her muse. Karen Carpenter passed away at age 32 in 1983 due to heart-failure related to her struggle with anorexia. At the time, Berting Brett said, anorexia was unheard of, and Karen put an awareness on the disease that was considered “an underground illness.” “It’s so poignant that she had all that success and admiration and yet she was suffering so terribly; for most people who see the show, that is such a powerful statement because we all think we’re going to be happy if we have financial success,” she said. “I look at the generation that is successful (in the music industry) today, and I pray to God that their management and the people that are representing them allow them to have a balance. To me that is the biggest lesson that we can learn from Karen’s death, that as an artist or a regular person, you need to have that balance.”
Friday, Feb. 9, at local businesses, including Miller and Sons Supermarket, Karate America and Little Caesars Pizza. Online purchases will be available at tailgatetourverona. eventbrite.com. General admission tickets cover access to the Q&A session and tailgate party activities. Premium tickets are $40 and include food and beverages, a collector’s poster and player autographs. All proceeds will support BPNN to continue its food pantry, free community meal and other activities. For information, visit BPNN.org/packerstailgate. Contact Helu Wang at
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Three current Green Bay Packers and three alumni – including Packers Hall of Famer Antonio Freeman – will visit Verona this spring as part of a benefit for the Badger Prairie Needs Network. Tickets go on sale this week for the Tailgate Tour, which will stop at the Verona Area High School, 300 Richard St., on Tuesday, April 10. Freeman, who led the NFL in receiving in 1998, will be joined by current players Blake Martinez, Kenny Clark and Ty Montgomery and fellow alumni Bubba Franks, and Rob Davis. Activities will include food stands, live music, player autographs, face painting, games, a photo booth, a raffle and a live auction. Packers president Mark Murphy will also lead a Q&A session, and players will toss Tailgate Tour footballs. Ti c ke t s a r e $ 1 0 a n d will be available at 8 a.m.
What: 2018 Green Bay Packers Tailgate Tour Where: Verona Area High School, 300 Richard St. When: 5-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, April. 10 Tickets: $10 (premium passes $40) Info: BPNN.org/packerstailgate
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Michelle Berting Brett grew up with a deep love of the Carpenters. In honor of the easy-listening ’70s brother-and-sister duo, she debuted her project Carpenters Remembered in February 2013 in Iowa. Next weekend, 26 states and five years later, Carpenters Remembered will make its debut in Wisconsin at the Verona Area Performing Arts Center, 300 Richard St. The performance, “We’ve Only Just Begun,” has been presented in sold-out venues all around the country. It pays tribute to Karen and Richard Carpenter, who topped the adult contemporary charts with 10 No. 1 hits in the 1970s and have remained musical icons decades after Karen’s untimely death in 1983 due to complications from anorexia. Berting Brett told the Press last week the success of the Carpenters has always stood out to her. She saw their impact while traveling in Japan, while the Carpenters were still performing, and she said she felt impressed by how far their musical reach expanded. “I remember going into a record store and seeing a ton of their CDs and special releases for Japan, it was wild,” she said. “It was all while they were still recording, and I think that people on that side of the world really connected to Karen’s voice and to that pop style.” Though Carpenters Remembered hasn’t performed overseas yet, the Canadian-born Berting Brett said her goal has been to re-create Karen’s singing style as authentically as possible. That style has connected with audiences, she said, leaving people of all ages in tears after their performances. “I thought the most amazing part was going to be singing these songs and celebrating this wonderful legacy, but more than that, the people that we’ve met realize how much more this means, how much we all love this beautiful music,” she said. “We’ve met the most wonderful people.” She said the show is a “one off,” and that she, her husband and producer, Mark, and their “wonderful” band out of Nashville will fly into Madison and
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Actors rehearse for the Bus Stop, a play set in the middle of a howling snowstorm in 1955. A bus coming out of Kansas City pulls up at a roadside diner because the roads are blocked due to the storm. Several weary travelers have to hole up until morning.
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The Verona Area Community Theater will present William Inge’s “Bus Stop” as its debut performance in its new facility from Friday, Feb. 16 through Saturday Feb. 24, at 103 Lincoln St. It will open on Feb. 16, with additional evening shows on Feb. 17, 22, 23 and 24 at 7:30 p.m. There is also a matinee at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 18. “Bus Stop” is a play set in the middle of a howling snowstorm in 1955. A bus coming out of Kansas City pulls up at a roadside diner because the roads are blocked due to the storm. Several weary travelers have to hole up until morning. Cherie, a nightclub chanteuse played by Marsha Heuer, is the passenger with the most to worry about. She’s been pursued, made love
What: VACT presents Bus Stop Where: Verona Area Community Theater, 103 Lincoln St. When: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 1617, 22-24; 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 18 Info: call 845-2383, or visit vact.org to, and finally kidnapped by a 21-year-old cowboy with a ranch of his own and the romantic methods of an unusually headstrong bull. Bo Decker, the belligerent cowboy played by Thomas Williams is right behind her, ready to sling her over his shoulder and carry her, alive and kicking, all the way to Montana.
Written in 1955, “Bus Stop” is a drama with romantic and comedic elements. The play was nominated for four Tony Awards and was also made into a movie starring Marilyn Monroe in 1956. Dale Nickels, director of “Bus Stop” said he is proud of all of the talent that this cast will present onstage. “They have created such strong and interesting characters with excellent chemistry on stage,” he said in a press release. The new theater will allow the audience to have drinks in the theater with them since the VACT has obtained a liquor license for this show and will be able to sell beer, wine, coffee, soda and water during the show. Ticket prices are $17 for adults and $12 for seniors and students. To reserve tickets, call 845-2383, or visit vact. org.
The Heartland Farm Sanctuary will participate in the Wisconsin Winter Plunge this Saturday, Feb. 10, to raise funds for the nonprofit animal rescue organization. The plunge team will jump at 1:45 p.m. at the Christy’s Landing on Lake Waubesa, 2952 Waubesa Ave., Madison. Anyone who wants to help can stop by to take a quick dip in the icy waters of Lake Waubesa. Plungers can pop by anytime between noon and 3 p.m. to be a part of the fun, whether it’s to take a dive on the cold side or donate to the cause. Over the past three years, the event has raised more than $70,000. The goal for this year is to raise $30,000. So far it has reached over $28,000. Part of the donations (70 percent) will benefit Heartland, which serves as a rescue organization for homeless farm animals from across the state
If You Go What: Wisconsin Winter Plunge Where: Christy’s Landing on Lake Waubesa, 2952 Waubesa Ave., Madison When: Noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10 Info: wisconsinwinterplunge.everydayhero.do and also attempts to form connections between animals and vulnerable youth and children with special needs through therapeutic animal-assisted services. Last weekend, a bowling tournament in Fitchburg partially benefited Heartland. For information, visit wisconsinwinterplunge.everydayhero.do or heartlandfarmsanctuary.org.
Science and Engineering Night rescheduled AMBER LEVENHAGEN Unified Newspaper Group
The Verona Area High School Science and Engineering Night was rescheduled for Feb. 15. Hosted by the Verona Area Project Lead the Way Team, the event will be held from 5-8 p.m., at Promega’s BioPharmaceutical Technology Center Institute, 5445 E. Cheryl Pkwy. Attendees can learn more about science, math and engineering through interactive events for people of all ages. Dr. John Hawks is the featured speaker for the evening, set to join in the events at 7:10 p.m. Displays and information booths will include Project Lead the Way students, Future Farms of America and Science and Engineering clubs. There will also be a raffle with prizes. PLTW is a national nonprofit that develops curriculum to teach students
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Feller, Herbst take third at Big Eight meet ANTHONY IOZZO Assistant sports editor
Senior Jono Herbst (120 pounds) and junior Nathan Feller (132) earned third-place finishes Saturday in the Big Eight Conference wrestling meet at Madison La Follette. Junior Jeremy Grim (160) also medaled for Verona, taking fifth in a nine-man bracket, and every Wildcat won at least one match to place. “It is always nice to see everyone get their hand raised on, but we had higher goals than what we got,” co-coach Jason Ott said. “We weren’t ecstatic overall. It wasn’t the best we wrestled all year, and there are obviously a lot of things to work on going into regionals.” One of the higher goals was to get a few conference champions, and Herbst was the top seed in the seven-man 120-pound bracket. Herbst nearly made the finals against Janesville Craig’s Juan Armas, leading by a few points with control as time was expiring in the third period. However, Herbst was caught in an awkward spot, rolled on his back and allowed a defensive pin in 5 minutes, 59 seconds. “He knew when he came off the mat that he put himself into that position,” Ott said. “It was more a mental mistake than the other kid doing anything special, so it is easier to fix.” Herbst came back with 17-2 technical fall over Middleton’s Calvin Srem, and he later won a 10-2 major decision over Sun Prairie’s Juan Jimenez in the thirdplace match. “Overall, (Herbst) wrestled a little bit more aggressive than he has, and that is a good sign going into regionals,” Ott said. Feller lost his semifinals match to the top seed, Janesville Craig’s
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Verona junior Nathan Feller wins a match against Beloit Memorial’s Marco Olivares Saturday at the Big Eight Conference Wrestling Tournament at Madison La Follette High School. Feller took the match in a fall in 54 seconds and ended up finishing third in the meet. Nate Ellis. Ellis, who came in ranked 12th, pinned Feller in 59 seconds. Feller bounced back with a pin over Beloit Memorial’s Marco Olivares in 54 seconds and a pin over Middleton’s Hernan Carranza in 2:44 in the third-place match. Ott said it was the best Feller
has looked all year. “Hopefully, he can continue to wrestle well like he did on Saturday,” he said. Grim was 2-2 on the day. He pinned Janesville Parker’s Anthony Tobias in 4:59 in his fifth-place match.
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If You Go What: WIAA Division 1 Middleton regional When: 10 a.m. Where: Middleton High School
Honorable mentions: Alex Ritter (boys swimming) earned a medal at the Big Eight Conference diving competition, taking third place with 364.6 points Jono Herbst (wrestling) took third at conference with a 10-2 win over Sun Prairie’s Juan Jimenez Bui Clements (boys bb) had 20 points in a win over Sauk Prairie on Jan. 30 Chandler Bainbridge (girls bb) finished with 19 points in a loss to Middleton Thursday and added 12 in a loss to La Follette Leo Renlund and Mack Keryluk (boys hockey) each scored a power-play goal Saturday in a 3-3 Big Eight Conference tie against Madison Memorial Defenseman Ally Conybear (girls hockey) poked the game-winning goal through the 5-hole in the second period as the Metro Lynx held on for a 3-2 victory Friday over the Icebergs Vanessa Wagner (gymnastics) finished second as a varsity all-around Thursday against Janesville Craig. Wagner took second place on the uneven bars with an 8.25
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Wildcats take Cats’ comeback falls a few shots short at Middleton Big Eight fourth at Big Eight meet ANTHONY IOZZO
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Junior Shane Rozeboom medaled in two events and f r e s h m a n d ive r A l ex R i t t e r added another Saturday as the Verona Area Mount Horeb boys swimming finished fourth at the Big Eight Conference meet. The Wildcats had 26 season-best times out of a possible 34 individual swims and five out of six best times in relays at Beloit Memorial High School natatorium. “We had a couple of boys swimming at less than 100
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Free throws continued to haunt the Verona girls basketball team this season, as the girls finished 9-for-19 at the line Thursday in a 45-42 loss at Big Eight rival Middleton. Senior guard Chandler Bainbridge and sophomore guard Rayna Briggs were each 4-for-4 from the line. The rest of the team was 1-for11. “We are leaving so many points at the free-throw line this year, that it is just beyond frustrating,” coach Angie Murphy said. “The kids work hard and then they don’t reward themselves. They are called free throws for a reason. Nine-for-19 is not going to beat a good team.” Murphy said that there have been at least three or four games that could have been wins with better free-throw shooting. “If you can make 7 out of 10 or 8 out of 10 in practice consistently even when we run you and make
Team W-L Sun Prairie 14-0 Madison East 12-2 Middleton 10-5 8-6 Madison Memorial Verona 8-7 8-7 La Follette Janesville Craig 6-9 Janesville Parker 5-10 Madison West 2-12 Beloit Memorial 0-15
you tired, and you can’t do it here, it is mental,” Murphy said. “They have to figure that out on their own.” There was still a lot of drama at the end of the game despite the missed opportunities at the charity Photo by Anthony Iozzo stripe, though. Freshman guard Kyiah Penn battles for a loose ball with Middleton Bainbridge, who had 19 points, sophomore guard Josie Lemirande on Thursday in a Big Eight ConferTurn to Girls bb/Page 10 ence game. The Wildcats fell 45-42 to the host Cardinals.
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Verona (17-3-3 overall, 12-1-1 Big Eight) received the top seed in section 6 of the WIAA playoffs and will receive a firstround bye. The Wildcats host the winner between eighth-seeded McFarland (10-10-2) and ninth-seeded Monona Grove (6-141) at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15. Verona didn’t play either Badger South team this season. Verona, which has only lost two in-state games this year, fell one goal shy to second-seeded Madison Edgewood (16-4-2) in the first game of the season.
Verona hosts nonconference Arrowhead (14-7-1) at 7 p.m. Friday. The Wildcats split with Sun Prairie (18-4-1) to win their second straight Big Eight title. Verona beat fourth-seeded Madison West (15-6-2) and sixth-seeded Middleton (10-11-1) twice, and then defeated Madison Memorial (11-8-3) once
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The Metro Lynx girls hockey co-op (7-14-0 overall, 5-50 Badger) split its final two conference games last weekend and finished third overall in the standings.
Team W-L-T Pts Rock County 9-1-0 18 Cap City 7-2-0 14 Metro Lynx 5-5-0 10 Viroqua 4-5-0 8 Icebergs 3-6-0 6 Lightning 0-9-0 0
Lynx 3, Icebergs 2 Despite the final 3-2 score, the Lynx dominated play for the first two periods Friday inside Madison Ice Arena against the rival Icebergs. “It was senior night so we were trying to get a couple of girls who hadn’t played much this season some ice time,” coach Derek Ward said. “We made a couple of mistakes and they made it closer than we wanted.” The Metro Lynx’s 3-0 lead proved enough, though, along with 13 saves from Middleton senior goaltender Sydney McKersie. Junior Sierra Berg buried a pass across the crease eight minutes into the first period. The Metro Lynx added a pair of second period goals to extend the lead to 3-0. Senior forward Vivian Hacker flicked a rebound past Icebergs’ goaltender McKenzie Nisius two minutes into the period and senior defenseman Ally Conybear jammed a puck 5-hole on Nisius 11 minutes later. “I just pushed the puck as hard as I could toward the net,” Conybear said. “I’ve done it a ton of times this season and it keeps going in. I honestly don’t know how.” The Icebergs (6-14-0, 3-60) took advantage of some inexperienced players and a few miscues by the Lynx to pop in a pair of third-period goals.
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Metro Lynx defenseman Ally Conybear moves the puck into the offensive zone against Icebergs forward Hannah Weber. The Metro Lynx won the game 3-2. Conybear netted the game-winning goal. Brynn Weaver scored 10:17 into the third period and Halle Hefel added a power-play goal five minutes later for the Icebergs, who were unable to find the equalizer. Nisius made saves on 30 of 33 shots on goal.
Cap City 5, Lynx 2 The Metro Lynx traveled to the Sun Prairie Ice Arena on Saturday to face the rival Cap City Cougars in a conference make-up game and lost 5-2. Conybear and Hacker scored late goals to lessen the damage for the Lynx, who already trailed 3-0 early in the second period. McKersie turned away 28 of 33 shots on goal but the Lynx were unable to contain
Amanda Bauer who had three goals, including a second-period even-strength and power-play goal to push the host Cougars’ lead to 4-1 at the end of the period. Bauer also assisted on two goals Cap City. Zephryn Jager added a goal and two assists and Colleen Milligan set up three goals. Taylor Thornton faced 18 shots on goal and stopped 16 for the Cougars. “I think our goal is just continuing to really work hard,” Conybear said. “We’ve been doing really well improving our game in practice the last month. I think if we keep working hard we’ll figure it out. The Metro Lynx travel to
The Metro Lynx girls hockey co-op (15-6-1) close out the regular season with three nonconference games. They travel to the Fox Cities Stars (13-8-2) at 7:30 p.m. Friday and to ninth-ranked Green Bay Area Ice Bears (8-11-3) at 4 p.m. Saturday before returning home to host the seventh-ranked Wisconsin Valley Union (15-4-2) at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13. the Fox Cities Stars (13-8-2) at 7:30 p.m. Friday and to ninthranked Green Bay Area Ice Bears (8-11-3) at 4 p.m. Saturday before returning home to host the seventh-ranked Wisconsin Valley Union (15-4-2) at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13. “We’ve got a pretty good stretch coming up, which is all right heading into the playoffs,” Ward said. “We wanted to see some good talent. Hopefully, we can keep
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Girls bb: Verona is 8-7 in Big Eight with three games left Continued from page 9 was quiet for much of the game until coming alive in the last five-and-a-half minutes. Verona trailed 40-30 when Bainbridge drained a 3-pointer and later added a
steal and a layup to cut the deficit to 40-35. After senior forward Sydney Rae scored inside, Bainbridge nailed a rainbow 3-pointer from the right wing to cut the deficit to 43-40 with 1:35 to go.
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Bainbridge earned another steal with less than a minute to go but just missed the layup. She later hit two free throws on a 1-and-1 foul to get the Wildcats within a point of the Cardinals, but a missed 3-pointer with three seconds left sealed Verona’s fate. “I think we worked hard, but that is just one of those things where you have to hit the free throws,” Murphy said. “We are definitely getting better as the year goes on, but free throws have been our Achilles’ heel.” Verona led 14-8 in the first half after freshman guard Kyiah Penn hit a 3-pointer from a Bainbridge pass, and freshman guard Katie Pederson hit two bank shots inside. But Middleton sophomore Karina Bursac started to get inside at will. Bursac scored four times in the paint in the final nine minutes of the first half to put Middleton up 22-16. At the start of the second half, Kyiah Penn nailed a 3-pointer, and Bainbridge knocked down two free throws to cut the deficit to 25-23, but senior forward Halle White and Bursac both scored in the paint and sophomore guard Evie Coleman nailed a 3-pointer to make it 32-24 Cardinals. Bursac, who had 18 points, later scored another basket in the paint and added two free
What’s next Verona hosts Madison East at 7:30 p.m. throws to make it 40-30. While the loss is a setback in seeding implications, the final games of the regular season will go a long way in helping the Wildcats make a run in the postseason, especially if they can get past the free-throw slump. “We are a dangerous team, and I think we can do some damage in the playoffs,” Murphy said. “We just have to get better and enjoy playing. We don’t have many games left, and you don’t get them back.”
La Follette 71, Verona 54 Verona (8-11 overall, 8-7 Big Eight Conference) dropped its second straight game Saturday against Madison La Follette, 71-54. The Wildcats trailed 25-19 at halftime and allowed 46 points in the second half. Briggs finished with 15 points, and Bainbridge added 12. Junior guard Bre Penn chipped in eight, and Kyiah Penn had seven. Junior guard Kaytlin Eder led La Follette with 23 points, and junior guard Sydni Olson added 19.
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Verona boys basketball couldn’t get much going in two losses last week. The Wildcats (9-9 overall, 6-8 Big Eight) fell 64-29 Friday at Big Eight rival Middleton and then lost 72-39 Saturday at nonconference Elkhorn.
Middleton 64, Verona 29 Verona fell behind 37-14 at halftime against the Cardinals, and while eight different players scored, no one reached double digits. Senior guard Bui Clements had six points, and junior guard Ian Vander Mause added five. Middleton had four players reach double digits, led by senior forward Brogan Brunker with 12.
Elkhorn 72, Verona 39 The Wildcats started slow for the second straight night Saturday, falling behind 40-17 at halftime against Elkhorn. Verona had nine players score, led by junior forward Ryan Van Handel with nine
Big Eight Team W-L Sun Prairie 13-1 Mad. Memorial 11-3 La Follette 11-3 Madison East 8-5 Middleton 8-6 Janesville Craig 7-7 Verona 6-8 Beloit Memorial 3-10 Janesville Parker 1-13 Madison West 1-13
What’s next Verona hosts Madison La Follette at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Madison East at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. points. Senior guards Bui Clements and Grant Kelliher added eight and seven, respectively. Sophomore guard Devon Davey led the Elks with 15 points.
Lynx: Girls receive fifth seed in WIAA playoffs seed for the WIAA playoffs, which begin Feb. 15. The girls play at fourth-seeded Onalasputting it together and moving ka (11-11-1) 7 p.m. Friday, forward.” Feb. 16 inside the Onalaska The Lynx received the fifth Omni Center. Continued from page 10
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The Verona/Madison Edgewood gymnastics team continued toward the WIAA postseason with a Big Eight Conference dual meet at the Middleton Invitational last week.
Craig 125.3, VA/MH 118.6 The Wildcat/Crusaders traveled to Janesville Craig on Thursday for a conference dual meet and fell 125.3-118.6. Senior Vanessa Wagner finished second to Craig’s Phoebe Werner with 30.775 combined points as a varsity allaround. Wagner took second place on the uneven bars with an 8.25. Werner led a 1-2-3 sweep on the vault with an 8.4.and won the uneven bars with an 8.25 on her way to a meetbest 33.250 points. Teammate Ariyana Stalsberg won the floor exercise with an 8.925. Verona senior Emelia Lichty won the Wildcat/Crusaders’ lone event, securing the balance beam title with an 8.05 to best Werner (7.95).
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Verona 4, Janesville 1 The Wildcats officially wrapped up their second straight conference title Thursday with a 4-1 victory over the Bluebirds co-op inside the Janesville Ice Arena. Junior forward Brockton Bakers scored twice and assisted on another. Riley Frieburg also added two goals, and Ty Curtis assisted on a pair of goals.
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Ott said he has shown improvement in each match and that he is still not hitting his peak. Junior Zakh Kalifatidi (152) took sixth in an eightman bracket, and seniors Lance Randall (182) and Wyatt Breitnauer (195) also took sixth, but in nine-man brackets. Kalifatidi lost 11-6 to Madison East’s Collin Waech in his fifth-place match, and Randall was pinned by Janesville Craig’s Mitchell Schumann in 5:27 in his. Breitnauer lost a close 9-7 decision to Madison Memorial’s CJ Green in his fifth-place match. The Wildcats also had seventh places by sophomores Nick Heinzen (138) and Nick Grassman (170) and freshman Ben Grandau (126) in eight-man brackets. Grandau pinned Sun Prairie’s Charlie Wagner in 1:30 to win his seventh-place match, and Heinzen won an 8-3 decision over Janesville Parker’s Daniel Curtis in his. Grassman won
Verona travels back to the Middleton High School natatorium at 1 p.m. Saturday for their WIAA Division 1 sectional meet. Madison Memorial senior Roark Lundal in 21.84. Rozeboom added a second-place finish in the 100 free, finishing 1.76 behind Madison West senior Lain Weaver in 47.98. Ritter took third place i n t h e d iv i n g c o m p e t i tion held Friday night in Middleton with 364.6 points. Madison Memorial senior Sam Smith recorded 451.75 points for first place. Junior Aidan Updegrove was seventh in the 200 (1:50.43) and 500 free (5:00.31). Senior Kaleb McMillan made his end-of-season goal time in two events, on the 200 IM and the 100 free from his split on the 400 free relay. Senior Torbin Kittleson (1:05.68) and sophomore Ian Grossenbacher-McGlamery both made their end-of-season goal times in the 100 breaststroke. Kittleson joined Rozeboom and Updegrove and senior Ryan Stewart to help the Wildcats finish sixth in the 200 free relay (1:30.75).
Verona/Madison Edgewood participated in the Cardinal Invitational at Middleton High School on Saturday and finished seventh out of eight teams with 120.5 points. Wagner turned in the Wildcat/Crusaders’ top two finishers, posting a 15th-place finish with an 8.1 on the vault and 18th place on the on the uneven bars (7.75). She finished 16th overall as a
Goaltender Ethan Maurisak made 12 Lindauer even-strength goal. The game opened with three-straight saves on 13 shots on goal, while Janesville’s Owen Aldrich stopped 27 of 31 power play goals, including a first-period goal by Leo Renlund and a secshots by the Wildcats. ond-period score by Mack Keryluk. Verona 3, Memorial 3 Jack Faulkner had a first-period goal Verona scored first in all three periods midway through the first period for the Saturday inside Madison Ice Arena but Spartans. Madison Memorial tied the settled for a 3-3 tie against Big Eight game, 2-2, with a little more than four minutes remaining in the second period. rival Madison Memorial. Verona senior goaltender Garhett Baker gave the Wildcats their third lead of the game five minutes into the Kaegi stopped 17 shots on goal in the third period for a 3-2 lead only to see tie, while Wes Turner turned away 30 of the host Spartans answer two-and-a- 33 shots on goal by the Wildcats. half minutes later, thanks to a Parker
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percent health, or it would have been higher,” said coach Bill Wuerger, whose team placed fourth with 208 points. “It’s been a tough season with the flu g o i n g a r o u n d , ke e p i n g everyone healthy.” Madison West, ranked atop the Wisconsin Interscholastic Swim Coach Association’s Division 1 state poll all season, posted 597 points to win the meet. The Regents won the 200 medley (1:34.02) and 400 free relays (3:10.27) and earned a pair of individual titles from senior Lain Weaver in the 200 IM (1:56.83) and the 100 free (46.22). Junior Wes Jekel added gold in the 100 backstroke with a 50.96 and junior Henry Miller led a 1-2-3-4 finish by the Regents in the 100 breast with a 58.5. Third-ranked Madison Memorial finished 55 points back of the Regents with 542 points. Senior Alex Wowk led a 1-2 finish by the Sparans in the 100 butterfly with a 51.37. Memorial also won the 200 free relay (1:27.46). Fifth-ranked Middleton rounded out the top three with 514 points as senior Michael Draves won the 200 free in 1:45.03 and the 500 free in 4:50.21. Rozeboom won the 50 freestyle by eight-hun dredths of a second over
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Verona/Madison Edgewood hosts Madison West at 6 p.m. Thursday inside Glacier Edge Elementary School. The Wildcat/Crusaders have the Big Eight Conference meet at 10:15 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 17 at Middleton High School.
varsity all-around with a 30.425. Annie Maher was 20th on the balance beam (8.15) and Lichty took 21st with an 8.35 on the floor. The host Cardinals knocked off the third-ranked team on the coaches’ Division 1 honor roll to win the eight-team Cardinal Invitational on Saturday. Middleton won three events and posted 138.925 points led by junior Karina Sabol. Sabol won the balance beam (9.725), floor exercise (9.7) and vaulting (9.4). Ellie Tschumper of the West Salem co-op won the all-around (35.750 points) and was first on uneven bars (9.1). Middleton senior Chloe Young finished third in the all-round standings with 34.875 points, including a thirdplace finish on the balance beam with a 9.0. Teammate Jordan Braggot (8.65) took second-place on vault. The Waukesha North co-op finished second with a 137.925 behind the second-place all-around as a varsity allaround (34.875). The West Salem co-op finished third with 136.8 points.
Big Eight champs 106: Guillermo Tellez (Madison Memorial) 113: Mayson Maclennan (Janesville Craig) 120: Edward Pazdziora (Madison La Follette) 126: Kyle Smith (La Follette) 132: Nate Ellis (Janesville Craig) 138: Ethan Smith (Janesville Craig) 145: Drew Scharenbrock (Sun Prairie) 152: Kevin Meicher (Middleton) 160: Dylan Lawinger (La Follette) 170: Jacob Hendrix (La Follette) 182: Brendan Shannon (Sun Prairie) 195: Linzell Burks (Beloit Memorial) 220: Mason Smith (Sun Prairie) HW: Keeanu Benton (Janesville Craig) his seventh-place match by injury default over Madison Memorial’s Tristin Bird. Sophomore Chris Garcia (145) was eighth in a nine-man bracket. Garcia pinned Madison East’s Trevor Starr in 2:45 to make the seventh-place match, but he dropped a 10-8 decision to Beloit Memorial’s Dominick Lindley. Janesville Craig won the Big Eight meet title with 228
points. Sun Prairie (221) and Middleton (220) took second and third.
Looking ahead Verona now heads to a different WIAA Division 1 regional than in years past, in Middleton. It includes Middleton, Madison Memorial, Madison West, Madison East, Madison La Follette and D1 honorable mentions and co-Badger
North champions Waunakee and Sauk Prairie. Ott said every wrestler has a chance at a top-four finish to move on to sectionals, but the goal is to finish in the top three to have a better chance to advance past sectionals. For example, a third-place finisher from the Middleton regional would open sectionals against the second-place finisher at the Baraboo regional, while the fourthplace finisher would take on the Baraboo regional champion. That is important because the first round at sectionals is an elimination round. Ott said Randall (182), Herbst (120), Kalifatidi – who is moving back to 145 – and Grim (160) all have a realistic chance to finish in the top three. Sophomore Caden Page will also be back in the lineup at 152, and Ott said Grandau (126) will also have a shot to sneak up on some opponents. “It is going to be a fun weekend, and I definitely think we have our best wrestling to do still,” Ott said. “Hopefully, it will come this weekend.”
Sports shorts Herkert makes statement in first competition F o r m e r Ve r o na state high jump champion Jack Herkert made quite a statement in his first competition for the
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Stanford men’s track and field team over the weekend at the Power Five Invitational at the University of Michigan. Herkert scored 4,860 points – the fourth best all-time heptathlon performance for the Cardinals. He also cleared 6 feet, 8 ¾ inches (2.05 meters) to win the high jump – the ninth best indoor mark in school history.
Suess inducted into Hall of Fame Former Verona softball coach Cindy Suess was inducted as part of the 2018 Wisconsin Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame on Feb. 24. Suess coached softball at Verona for 12 seasons, while compiling a 22829 record. The Wildcats had five state tournament appearances and eight Badger Conference titles in that time.
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Cars: Recent daylight thefts Continued from page 1 Middleton Police Department was following a stolen vehicle as he sent his email Friday, Feb. 2. The Madison Police Department reported 57 stolen vehicles in January, a 72 percent increase over January 2017, according to a post on the department’s website. Last year, the City of Verona had eight vehicles reported stolen, including one on New Year’s Eve. That followed nine in 2016. Dresser said residents have so far been helpful assisting the police, including photographs taken after the Wednesday stolen vehicle incident. “We are encouraged that residents are being watchful, not only of their house but also their neighbor’s house, recognizing suspicious activity, and are willing to call the police department to report suspicious activity,” he said. “It appears the message is spreading. We ask that residents call 911 when observing crimes in progress as the suspects are changing locations and vehicles quickly, rather than leaving information on our Tipster Line.” Dresser also stressed the importance of locking vehicles, closing garages and avoiding keeping keys or valuable items in a vehicle at any time. “Officers will continue to be vigilant in their patrol and educational efforts,” he said. “We will continue to share information with neighboring law enforcement partners and other stakeholders in an effort to find a long-term solution to this crime trend. “In the meantime, we ask that residents also be vigilant in locking up their property and reporting suspicious activity.” Contact Scott Girard at ungreporter@wcinet.com and follow him on Twitter @sgirard9.
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More than 30 Verona Area High School students competed at the regional conference of the Future Business Leaders of America at Columbus High School Saturday, Feb. 3. Eleven finished in fifth-place or better in their event, qualifying for the state conference competition, which will be held April 9 and 10 in La Crosse. Those making state are: Ian Armstrong, advertising; Kari Becker, Hanna Houtakker, Claire Swain, web design; Jonah Berry, Stephen Lund, Vivek Swaminath, hospitality management; Anna Choles, Payten Werbowsky, management decision making; Nik Christoffel, networking concepts; Michael Egle, spreadsheet applications; Jamison Huseth, securities and investments; Zack Hurst, journalism; Andy Knuppel, Josh Ratze, marketing; Julia Pletta, emerging business issues; Carter Van Fossen, economics; and Stephen Van Horne, organizational leadership.
100: Anderson has worked at Verona car wash for the past 33 years Continued from page 1 a young man around Madison long before the Beltline existed, at places like Edward’s Park and Turner’s Hall, which is where he met his wife, Alice. “I took her from another guy, just asked to drive her home,” Anderson said with a smile. “Two weeks later, I went to pick her up, had to remember where I dropped her off. When you’re looking for girls, these roads stick in your mind.” They’d only been going together for six weeks when he asked her to marry him. She went home to talk to her family and then came back the next day and said yes, Anderson recalled. In 1962, the Andersons got themselves out of debt from farming and moved to Verona, or “came to town,” as he says. The town was “pretty small” fifty-six years ago – maybe 400 people – which suited
them just fine. He remembers Miller and Sons Supermarket even back then and the Verona Reminder, a mimeographed precursor to the Verona Press that local resident Emily Elder put together in her home for many years. He recalls it being four pages stapled together in the top corner. Anderson spent 22 years at Carnes Company doing, “pretty much everything.” “If they needed a forklift driver, a welder … you name it, I did it,” Anderson said. He lost his wife, Alice, in 2000 and has two children in the Madison area, both in their 70s. Anderson’s son Ken says his father’s memory has always been impressive. “He just knows everything. I was asking him about a tree that was cut down on the farm (years ago) and he said, ‘We were going to get rid of the box elder tree. You
remember that?’ I said I did, but I didn’t — I had just been looking at some old pictures,” his son recalled. “He’s got a very good memory, he can tell you just about every road to take going fishing up north.” These days, Anderson has a set routine: car wash at 7:30, done by 9:30 or 10, breakfast at Denny’s afterward, and home by 11 to work on crafts and jigsaw puzzles. Other than the Packers, Anderson said, he never did watch much TV, but he always thought he might if he got one that was big enough. No matter how much he kept upsizing – he’s up to 60 inches now – the puzzles have always been more entertaining. And now they’re stuck with three TVs, his live-in companion, Geraldine Fredrickson, pointed out. For years, Anderson made lawn ornaments, sometimes working on them in the machine room at the
car wash. Three times a year, he’d drive the lot – things like bears holding fishing poles – to North Carolina to sell them. Anderson stil drives, with Hanson noting that he’s liable to get behind the wheel and go all the way to Branson, Mo. He doesn’t drink or smoke anymore, though. He stopped drinking after a friend died from drink, and he gave up smoking when it got too expensive at two packs for a dime decades ago. But when asked for the keys to longevity, Anderson didn’t stress healthy living: He said the key is to stay engaged. “Just keep working,” Anderson said with palpable good humor. “That, and never give up sex.” Contact Alexander Cramer at alexander.cramer@wcinet.com.
NW plan: Broad sketch of area is precursor to any development proposal Continued from page 1 The 732-acre plan, which was created in response to a 65-acre upscale high-rise development proposal on the corner of County Hwy. PD and Northern Lights Road called Legends Edge, would not approve any development, but rather is a first and necessary step before any developments can be formally proposed. It would instead, as part of the city’s Comprehensive Plan, guide development to ensure smooth transitions from intensive uses like apartments and commercial buildings to lower-density uses like single-family homes and agriculture and to ensure transportation, housing and preservation of natural features meet the city’s goals. The new version of the plan deletes some controversial language about building height and density and adds details in other areas, including recommending wider buffers around the Ice Age Trail, a natural feature of the area that marks the edge of the glaciers in the most recent ice
age. The trail is more than 1,000 miles long and is partially developed, mostly through grants and the work of the nonprofit Ice Age Trail Alliance. However, while some who spoke out against the plan’s previous two versions had concerns about the Ice Age Trail, most concerns related to the scale of the Legends Edge proposal, which features a 275-room hotel, a grocery, a hockey rink and more than 700 apartment units in seven-story buildings. Proposed by Ken Keryluk and Melissa Wee, whose home overlooks the 65-acre property, it also brought out many supporters, who lined up at two council meetings to lobby in favor of both the development and the plan that would help enable it, touting the economic benefits and the good intentions of the developers. The Legends Edge proposal is in the middle of the Northwest Neighborhood, and the changes to the plan in the latest version make it more clear developers would either need to adjust their proposal or gain significant exceptions
in building height and density. Among the changes to the neighborhood plan are minor tweaks to maps and wording and much more significant language – either in legal terms or in perception. For example, the most controversial section was renamed to “Recommendations,” rather than “Policies,” which carries little legal difference but offers some comfort that the rules there are not set in stone. Some of those former policies would have allowed building heights up to 65 feet under normal circumstances in the high-density area and 100 feet if the buildings were to exceed normal architectural standards. They also would have allowed building densities as high as 50 units per acre. Standard zoning allows a maximum building height of 45 feet and densities of 12 units per acre. The new language says developments could be up to 65 feet tall for “clustering development that helps preserve open land, environmentally sensitive resources and woodlands.” While neither would be
guaranteed for a developer, the city would have had a difficult time saying no to a 100-foottall high-rise development with high-quality architecture were that language included in the neighborhood plan. Such a development would be consistent with the city’s Comprehensive Plan, because a neighborhood plan is part of the comp plan. However, even without that language, the city could still allow a building of virtually any height by providing exceptions, as the 105-foot tower on Epic’s Wizards Academy campus demonstrates. Another significant change is a recommendation the city look to acquire lands around the Ice Age Trail to provide a buffer from 100 to 400 feet wide. That’s a compromise between the original plan, showing much smaller buffers, and requests to delineate that space as untouchable, which at least one commissioner suggested would be unfairly taking land from property owners. Other changes include statements of support for public art in the building and infrastructure
designs, new design guidelines and representative photos, added delineation of recommended roads and paths and a recommendation that crosswalks include pedestrian-friendly bumpouts. The city began building the plan in early 2017, and the original version made its public debut at an open house in June, with virtually no comment. After public notice, its first hearing was Sept. 5, and it nearly filled the council chambers, with most comments opposing it. A week later, supporters took over in front of the council, which sent it back to the commission for revisions. After a working session the next month, the commission nixed most of those recommended changes, and a public hearing in December brought out the same crowd against the plan, followed by a mix of supporters and detractors the next week. Alders decided then to bring the plan back two months later. Email Verona Press editor Jim Ferolie at veronapress@wcinet. com.
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Continued from page 1 f u n d i n g g r ow t h , w h a t once was a relatively small amount of money that could easily be doled out as grants for tournaments, performances, other events and a small amount of marketing became over the years a complex job. And with the booming tourism money comes opportunities to invest in marketing opportunities that stand a chance of actually “putting heads in beds,� as hoteliers put it. Such positions are a rarity for suburban cities this size, though Stoughton recently combined two assistant positions into a comparable tourism and marketing position. Mount Horeb has a similar position, but Fitchburg, Middleton, Oregon and Sun Prairie do not have dedicated tourism positions. Executive director Le Jordan told the Press on Thursday the chamber has had to decline to bring events here, such as a site for the Gus Macker 3 on 3 basketball tournament, because “we simply didn’t have the manpower.� Had this position been available, it could have recruited and overseen the roughly 100 volunteers that would have been needed to put it on. Jordan also hopes the person hired would be able to offer suggestions and ideas on existing community-focused chamber events such as Hometown Days and Fall Fest and eventually have a hand in marketing efforts. The commission did not officially agree to fund the position, but in debates over how much to increase the chamber’s tourism budget – it was $200,000 last year – commissioners unanimously insisted there be enough funding to support the position. “I think the position is important to have,� Verona Vision Care co-owner Jason Hunt said.
Event planning The tourism coordinator would further separate Jordan from working with tourism issues, freeing her to focus on big-picture issues and membership. Effectively, it would c r e a t e i t s ow n o ffi c e , which may or may not be housed in the chamber’s recently remodeled building at 120 W. Verona Ave. It would handle the tourism budget, work directly with the commission, monitor hotel occupancy, take over the visitor’s center social media and website functions and get local businesses on board
Tourism coordinator • Creates and manages new chamber events • Works with Tourism Commission • Maintains tourism budget • Monitors hotel room occupancy, trends • Works with businesses, industry groups, local officials • Assists with marketing efforts • Oversees social media and Verona website (visitveronawi.com)
with new initiatives and the chamber’s marketing strategy. It could in theory take over some of the marketing and advertising purchases that are now contracted out, though its role in marketing might depend on the person hired. The core of the job, based on the submitted description and commission’s discussion, would be running, planning and budgeting existing and new events, tours, festivals and tournaments aimed at tourism. That would not include existing efforts such as Hometown Days, Jordan explained, because those d o n ’t g e n e r a l l y b r i n g tourists who are likely to stay overnight. Rather, she said, the goal would be music festivals, tournaments, destination concerts or theme festivals that would draw people from a distance. Even if some events don’t directly contribute to increased hotel stays, Jordan told the commission, there’s an indirect benefit of having more and more events here. “If you bring people into town and there’s nothing going on, chances are you’re not going to get them back,� she told the commission. She pointed to a Harry Potter event held in Evansville last year that struggled to handle the crowds it got and left many visitors frustrated. Still, she told the commission, local businesses loved it because the people who left the event early because they couldn’t g e t w h a t t h ey wa n t e d
ended up going to local restaurants to eat. At first, she expects the position to help line up existing events, but eventually, it would design new ones. “ Yo u c a n ’ t b u i l d a three-day event that people are coming in from out of town for and have it up and running in six months,� she said. “You may not see those events in the first year.�
Obituaries Dorothy Troller
by her architect son, Tom Troller of Ipswich, Mass. For over five decades she and Bob traveled and vacationed with beloved friends from college days, Bob and Mary Williams, of Stevens Point, Wis., and Joe and Margo Melli, of Madison with whom they shared the Door County house for nearly 30 years. In September of 2017 she satisfied a long-time dream and purchased a sailboat, intending to take sailing lessons this summer. She gave up horseback riding at age 75 but finished the first draft of a novel called “The Equestrians� in 2017. It’s been many years since she danced on a table in Paris, but that’s another story. Dorothy loved music and played oboe in Madison’s New Horizons band for many years. She was a voracious reader, especially loving American and British history, and was deeply into Ron Chernow’s new biography of Ulysses S. Grant when she died. At Capitol Lakes, she frequently wrote for the retirement center’s monthly publication, The Center Post. She was an active supporter of the arts, including American Players Theater and the Madison Symphony Orchestra. She loved the natural world, supported various environmental groups and particularly treasured The Ridges Sanctuary in Bailey’s Harbor. She is survived by her daughter, Susan (Howard) Cosgrove of New Glarus; son, Tom (Jane) Troller
of Ipswich; and daughterin-law, Nancy Troller of Middleton. Grandchildren include Bonnie (Bruce Nilles) Cosgrove, Oakland, California; Amelia (Bryan) Thomas, Redwood City, California; Julia (Josh Wi m m e r ) C o s g r ove o f Madison; John M. Troller, of Denver; Emma Troller of Boston; and Conrad Troller of Ipswich. Her four great grandchildren include Juliet Mae and Ian Robert Cosgrove Nilles of Oakland and twins Susannah and Cecilia Cosgrove Wimmer of Madison. She is also survived by additional dear family members as well as horse-loving and music-loving friends and the close-knit community at Capitol Lakes. She was preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Bob Troller, her parents, two brothers and her youngest son, Robert C. (Rob) Troller. There will be a memorial gathering for family and friends on Saturday, March 10, 2018, at Capitol Lakes, 333 W. Main St., Madison, from 2-5 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials in Dorothy’s name be given to the Madison Symphony Orchestra, The Ridges Sanctuary in Bailey’s Harbor and the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism in Madison. Please share memories at cressfuneralservice.com. Cress Funeral & Cremation Services 3610 Speedway Road (608) 238-3434
passed away on Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. She was born Nov. 13, 1938, in Madison, the daughter of Marion and Eleanor Kempfer; she was the first of nine children. Beverly and Gene Butler met each other while attending East High School, and they were married in 1956. She worked at Cuna Credit Union as a claims adjuster for over 40 years. Beverly and Gene loved Beverly Butler traveling and visiting over 80 countries together. FamBeverly L. Butler, age 79, ily was very important to
her. She is survived by her husband, Gene; her daughter, Cheryl; many grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and many brothers and sisters. The family will have a private gathering in the springtime. To view and sign this guestbook, please visit ryanfuneralservice.com. Ryan Funeral Home & Cremation Services Verona Chapel 220 Enterprise Drive 608-845-6625
Tourism goals
Dorothy Troller
The Tourism Commission, which is composed of local business owners, including a general manager of two hotels, was created in early 2017 to ensure the city and the hotel industry had some oversight of how its growing room tax money is spent. While receipts for the nearly 400 rooms in the city in 2017 are still not finalized, rough projections indicate it was on pace to take in more than a half-million dollars. Of that, 30 percent goes to the city’s general fund, 10 percent goes to the Madison Area Sports Commission and 6 percent goes to the Madison Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. The rest, about 54 percent, previously went to the chamber but now goes to the commission. The room tax money is required by state statute to be used for tourism activities, which in the past it could fund parts of chamber salaries, accommodations and the website. But the creation of the position would segregate that spending. The commission debated last week how the position should be funded, with Jordan’s initial plan to spend $50,000 on it, with limited benefits. But she quickly acknowledged – and others agreed – it could cost more to find the right person. Some thought the position should come with incentives or could even start part time, but most acknowledged the tourism budget might simply have to make tradeoffs in marketing buys or wait for room taxes to increase and possibly get a budget increase. Jordan is expected to bring a revised budget and position description based on the commission’s feedback to the next Tourism Commission meeting, likely later this month, for approval.
Dorothy Mae Johnson Troller died unexpectedly on Jan. 22, 2018, of heart failure at her home at Capitol Lakes retirement center in downtown Madison. Although she would have been 90 years old in March, she was, to the very end, focused on living enthusiastically in the present and planning exuberantly for the future. Born in Oshkosh, Wis. on March 19, 1928, she was the daughter of Irvin and Hedwig (Heuer) Johnson. She received a Bachelor’s Degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1949 and went on to establish a career in journalism and marketing. She married her college sweetheart, Robert J. (Bob) Troller in 1950 and was an active partner in building CeCOR, Inc., a successful manufacturing business in Verona, which they operated together for 45 years until 2000. Her favorite place was at the family cottage in Bailey’s Harbor, Wis., designed
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Current and former Verona Area High School students won the Special Olympics Basketball tournament at Van Hise Elementary School. It was the team’s first tournament. Sugar Creek Elementary School phy ed teacher Bill Rose coached the team. Team members are, front row from left, Dan Severson, Ryan Goetz, Jennifer Blum, Will Rose, Mike Krewson, Josh Morrisard; back row from left, Chris Larson, Cameron Johnson, Nick Nawrocki, Nathan Alarie, Mack Jackson and Steve Woroch. Photos submitted
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16 The Verona Press - February 8, 2018
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