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Its melting
A few area families rushed to the sledding hill by Badger Ridge Middle School this weekend to make the most of the snow before it
melted. Temperatures in the 40s paired with drizzle made for strange winter weather on Saturday. Above from left, Danny Porter, 9,
holds onto a sled occupied by London Kassner, 9, who is pulled sideways by Ryan Porter, 12, down the grass-exposed hill. Below left,
Sarah Bowman hangs onto her husband, Tim, as they sled down the hill. Below right, Willow Bowman, 6, sticks her tongue out in concentration while balancing on her snowboard.
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Honoring
a legacy
Officers from the Oregon
Police Department and
35 agencies around the
state gathered in Verona
Wednesday, Jan. 16,
to honor OPD Lt. Karey
Clark, who died unexpectedly Jan. 11 at the age
of 38. Clark had been
the second-in-command
at the department since
2011 after beginning his
time in Oregon in 2001.
The Village of McFarland
offered its officers to
patrol Oregon during the
service so the entire OPD
could attend the funeral
service.
Left, police cars wait in
the parking lot before
leading the procession
from the church to the
cemetery.
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After a presentation
advocating for municipality-friendly legislation, the
group discussion primarily centered on transportation infrastructure and state
laws and budgeting affecting transportation, DeForest public relations representative Carrie Hoffman
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Doyle told the Press
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yielded ideas like the joint
compensation study the
City of Verona participated
in last year, but that this one
was heavily aimed toward
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the six representatives of
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Small-town man
The former reporter for
the Milwaukee JournalSentinel, Dave Daley, wrote
of Wineke in 1991 that hes
the apple-cheeked legislator
with the grin, a persona that
persists.
In fast-growing Verona,
Wineke is no stranger to residents. Hes still the youthfullooking Joe he was when
he served as Verona alder
while a student at UW-Madison in the 1970s, after he
began work at age 14 at the
Verona Mobil gas station that
still exists downtown.
He told the Press he tries to
get along with people of different beliefs, something he
learned from growing up in a
close-knit community.
The values I learned coming up in a single-parent family without a lot of money
hard work, decency and
being honest are good values for anything you do in
life, whether its politics or
business, Wineke said. I
think most people know that
Im opinionated, and I have
strong views and beliefs, but
also that I am honest.
Even people that disagree
with me politically know
that they can get along with
me because I dont carry this
desire to hate people just
because theyre a Democrat
or Republican.
Winekes old-school
approach to politics gets
plaudits from local politicos.
Ive known Joe since he
was in high school, worked
with him on the City Council, and Joe is a man I can
trust, said Art Cresson, former Verona alder and mayor.
The way it is now, if one
party says, Were for that,
the other party says Were
against it. It was never like
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Marvin Thompson wed Dolores Cookie Koch on January 29, 1955 at Eastside English Lutheran Church in Madison. Six decades, three children and
five grandchildren later, Marv and Cookie celebrate their 60thAnniversary in the town in which they have spent their entire married life, Verona. They
are the parents of David (Carol) Thompson, Dale (Julie) Thompson and Dawn (Jim) Weber as well as the grandparents of Jordan Thompson (University
of Wisconsin Whitewater, 2013), Nicholas Thompson (University of California Davis), Anna Thompson (University of Wisconsin Madison), Margaret
Weber (Macalester College) and Sarah Weber (Lake Country Lutheran High School). Together, Marvin and Cookie worked as dairy farmers from 19582005. Cookie sold Avon products for 25 years as well. The two have also been long time members of St. James Lutheran Church. Today, they continue
to reside in Verona at Willow Pointe where Marv can be seen catching the latest ball game while Cookie sings One Day At A Time, Sweet Jesus.
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Coming up
Churches
Community calendar
Night of Hope
Thursday, January 22
Friday, January 23
Saturday, January 24
9
a.m.
to 3 p.m., AARP tax prepaThursday, January 29
ration
(register),
senior center, 845 4 p.m., Anime Club, library
7471
6-7 p.m., Pre-K Registration
12-1 p.m., Lunch and Learn,
Informational Meeting, Boys and
Holiday Inn Express, 515 W.
Girls Club, 4619 Jenewein Road,
Verona Ave., kcurtis@veronawi.
Fitchburg, 845-4807
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6:30 p.m., Town Plan
Whats on VHAT-98
Thursday, Jan. 22
7 a.m. Retro Swing at
Senior Center
9 a.m. Daily Exercise
10 a.m. Ricardos Marimba
at Senior Center
3 p.m. Daily Exercise
4 p.m. St. James
Preschoolers & I Hear Singing
at Senior Center
5 p.m. A Taste of Theater
6 p.m. Salem Church
Service
7 p.m. Words of Peace
8 p.m. Daily Exercise
9 p.m. Chatting with the
Chamber
10 p.m. Verona Characters
at Historical Society
Friday, Jan. 23
7 a.m. St. James
Preschoolers & I Hear Singing
at Senior Center
1:30 p.m. Chatting with
the Chamber
3 p.m. Amanda Zieba at
Senior Center
4 p.m. A Taste of Theater
5 p.m. 2012 Wildcats
Football
8:30 p.m. Amanda Zieba at
Senior Center
10 p.m. Retro Swing at
Senior Center
11 p.m. Ricardos Marimba
at Senior Center
Saturday, Jan. 24
8 a.m. Common Council
(from Jan. 12)
11 a.m. Amanda Zieba at
Senior Center
1 p.m. 2012 Wildcats
Football
4:30 p.m. Verona
Characters at Historical Society
6 p.m. Common Council
(from Jan. 12)
9 p.m. Amanda Zieba at
Senior Center
10 p.m. Verona Characters
at Historical Society
11 p.m. Ricardos Marimba
at Senior Center
Sunday, Jan. 25
7 a.m. Hindu Cultural Hour
9 a.m. Resurrection
Church
10 a.m. Salem Church
Service
Noon Common Council
(from Jan. 12)
3 p.m. Amanda Zieba at
Senior Center
4:30 p.m. Verona
Characters at Historical Society
6 p.m. Common Council
(from Jan. 12)
9 p.m. Amanda Zieba at
Senior Center
10 p.m. Verona Characters
at Historical Society
11 p.m. Ricardos Marimba
at Senior Center
Monday, Jan. 26
7 a.m. St. James
Preschoolers & I Hear Singing
at Senior Center
1:30 p.m. Chatting with
the Chamber
3 p.m. Amanda Zieba at
Senior Center
4 p.m. A Taste of Theater
5 p.m. 2012 Wildcats
Football
7 p.m. Common Council
Live
9 p.m. Hindu Cultural Hour
10 p.m. Retro Swing at
Senior Center
11 p.m. Ricardos Marimba
at Senior Center
Tuesday, Jan. 27
7 a.m. Retro Swing at
Senior Center
9 a.m. Daily Exercise
10 a.m. Ricardos Marimba
at Senior Center
3 p.m. Daily Exercise
4 p.m. St. James
Preschoolers & I Hear Singing
at Senior Center
5 p.m. A Taste of Theater
6 p.m. Resurrection
Church
8 p.m. Words of Peace
9 p.m. Chatting with the
Chamber
10 p.m. Verona Characters
at Historical Society
Wednesday, Jan. 28
7 a.m. St. James
Preschoolers & I Hear Singing
at Senior Center
1:30 p.m. Chatting with
the Chamber
3 p.m. Amanda Zieba at
Senior Center
5 p.m. Common Council
(from Jan. 26)
7 p.m. Capital City Band
8 p.m. Amanda Zieba at
Senior Center
10 p.m. Retro Swing at
Senior Center
11 p.m. Ricardos Marimba
at Senior Center
Thursday, Jan. 29
7 a.m. Retro Swing at
Senior Center
9 a.m. Daily Exercise
10 a.m. Ricardos Marimba
at Senior Center
3 p.m. Daily Exercise
4 p.m. St. James
Preschoolers & I Hear Singing
at Senior Center
6 p.m. Salem Church
Service
8 p.m. Daily Exercise
9 p.m. Chatting with the
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10 p.m. Verona Characters
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A glorious feeling
Verona Area Community Theater performed Singin
in the Rain Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The show,
which follows silent movie stars as they transition
into an age of sound in motion pictures, will continue Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the
Verona Area High School Performing Arts Center.
Above, Kathy Selden (Kelsey Odorizzi), left, talks
with movie star Don Lockwood (John Beard) after
mistaking him for a con man.
Left, Cosmo Brown (Garrett Coombs) explains to
Don Lockwood the key to entertainment with the
song Make Em Laugh.
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understand normal function of each structure in the body, understand how injury or illness can affect this
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A. Feeling down after the holidays can happen to us all; however folks
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salt. For dogs that will wear them, booties do a good job of protecting the feet. You
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such, the Supreme Court has ruled that it violates a defendants Fifth Amendment rights for the
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have no constitutional right to refuse to take a breathalyzer test. State law requires a driver to take
a breathalyzer or other test for intoxication when requested by a police officer. The reason for this
statute is to identify and remove drunk drivers from the public roads in order to prevent accidents.
The consequence for a driver refusing to take a breathalyzer test is that evidence of that refusal may
be used in court against him. The bottom line is that you have a constitutional right to refuse an
intoxication test so long as you are not driving.
Wrestling
Cats to wrestle
Cardinals for
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Assistant sports editor
Turn to Wrestling/Page 11
If you go
What: Big Eight
Showcase Verona (4-0
west) vs. Sun Prairie (4-0
east)
When: approx. 7:30 p.m.
Friday
Where: Verona Area
High School
Info: Winner wins regular season conference dual
title
Senior Will Kellerman screams in joy and relief after his block clinched a 59-57 win over Madison West Friday at Verona Area High School. Senior Tyler Hallmark (42) celebrates with Kellerman, who finished with 19 points.
Finishing strong
Big Eight
ANTHONY IOZZO
Assistant sports editor
Girls basketball
Senior Kateri Trilling goes for a steal in the second quarter Friday against
Madison West. She scored six points for the Wildcats in a 53-34 win.
Big Eight
Team W-L
Janesville Craig
9-0
Verona 8-2
Middleton 8-2
Janesville Parker
7-3
Sun Prairie
5-5
Madison East
4-6
Madison Memorial 3-7
Madison La Follette 3-7
Madison West
2-7
Beloit Memorial
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Girls hockey
Boys hockey
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Senior forward Liam Schmitt (25) scores the game-winning goal in overtime Friday against Madison Memorial. Schmitts goal gave
Verona a 3-2 win over the Spartans.
start to finish.
Head coach Angie Murphy
said a lot of that stems from
the camaraderie and chemistry the girls are beginning to
develop.
The girls are playing really good defense right now,
Murphy said. They are really
clicking and moving together
as a team. They are starting
to figure each other out. We
had a lot of new parts at the
beginning of the year but they
are starting to understand each
other better and move more as
a unit.
Cheyenne Trilling finished
with 11 points, while junior
Kira Opsal added seven.
Sophomore Alex Luehring
and Kateri Trilling chipped in
six each.
Senior Shaquita Lee led
West with eight points. The
Regents dropped to 2-10, 2-7.
Craig preview
The Wildcats look to continue the win streak at 2:45
p.m. Saturday at Craig, but
they will have their hands full.
The Cougars (12-1, 9-0)
defeated Verona 69-62 on
Dec. 6, and they are all alone
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Boys swimming
Sophomore Jacob Wellnitz swims to first place in the 200-yard freestyle Friday at Middleton High
School. Wellnitz won the event in 1 minute, 53.85 seconds. Verona/Mount Horeb lost 120-50 against
the ninth-ranked Cardinals.
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Spartan JV Invitational
The Wildcats posted 22 of 28 individual
season-best times earlier in the week Thursday at the Spartan JV Invitational, including
Cian Butzbaugh-Patrick, who beat his endof-season goal time in the 100 free.
heavyweight, sophomore
Brandon Daniels (23-9),
a 120-pounder, junior
Dom Sabbarese (17-14), a
170-pounder, and sophomore Matthew Maier (10-7,
a 113-pounder, all have winning records as well.
Sun Prairie has one ranked
wrestler freshman Drew
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at 106). The Cardinals also
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The Town of Verona will ONLY receive and accept bids via the online electronic bid service through QuestCDN.
com for the construction of Range Trail
Road Improvements 2015 until 10:00 AM
C.S.T. on February 6, 2015. All bids will
be opened publicly at MSA Professional
Services, Inc., 2901 International Lane,
Suite 300, Madison, WI 53704.
The work for which bids are asked
includes the following:
Base Bid - Range Trail Improvements (approx. 3,560 L.F.) within the
Town of Verona includes: adding 4
inches of millings to the center 20 feet
of pavement, pulverizing the entire
roadway, grading, paving 3.25 inches
of asphalt surface in two lifts, 600 LF of
curb & gutter, concrete flumes, ditching
and restoration. Work also includes the
intersection of Range Trail and Sunset
Drive.
Alternate Bid 1 Replacement of
existing culvert crossing Littleton Road
located at the intersection of Sunset
Drive between Range Trail and CTH PB.
Work includes the removal of pavement,
removal of culvert, sawcutting, installation of new CMP culvert, pavement
patch, and restoration.
The BIDDING DOCUMENTS may be
examined at the offices of MSA Professional Services, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin; the Town of Verona, Wisconsin.
Planholders list will be updated interactively on our web address at http://www.
msa-ps.com under Bidding.
Copies of the BIDDING DOCUMENTS are available at www.questcdn.
com. You may download the digital
plan documents for $30 by inputting
Quest eBidDoc #3662560 on the websites Project Search page. Please contact QuestCDN.com at 952-233-1632 or
info@questcdn.com for assistance in
free membership registration, downloading, and working with the digital
project information.
No proposal will be accepted unless accompanied by a bid bond equal
to at least 5% of the amount bid, payable
to the OWNER as a guarantee that, if the
bid is accepted, the bidder will execute
and file the proper contract and bond
within 15 days after the award of the
contract. The bid bond will be returned
to the bidder as soon as the contract
is signed, and if after 15 days the bidder shall fail to do so, the bid bond shall
be forfeited to the OWNER as liquidated
damages.
No bidder may withdraw his bid
within 60 days after the actual date of
the opening thereof.
Wisconsin State Wage Rates: Pursuant to Section 66.0903, Wisconsin
Statutes, the minimum wages to be paid
on the project shall be in accordance
with the wage rate scale established by
State wage rates. The minimum wages
to be paid on the project shall be the
higher of the wage scale established by
either the Federal or State wage rates.
OWNER reserves the right to waive
any informalities or to reject any or all
bids.
Published by the authority of the
Town of Verona.
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Published: January 22 and 29, 2015
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The Verona Area Board of Education met on Monday, October 27, 2014
in the District Administration Building.
Board President Dennis Beres called
the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m. Clerk
Ken Behnke confirmed the meeting was
properly noticed.
Present: John McCulley, Renee
Zook, Dennis Beres, Ken Behnke, Derrell Connor and Amy Almond
Absent: Joanne Gauthier
Student Recognition Students
from New Century Charter School were
recognized at the Board meeting for
their outstanding achievements. Amanda Linn, James Bradley Julia Fechner
received certificates of recognition.
Audience Portion There was no
one present to speak to the Board.
Announcements Amy Almond
announced that she attended the Backto-School Safety Night at the PAC last
week and felt that the meeting was full
of valuable information and hopes that
the district will do it again in the future.
Dean congratulated the Girls Golf
team for winning the State Championship, Job Well Done!
BOARD BUSINESS
Consider approval of minutes Motion (Zook) second (Connor) to approve
the minutes from the October 6, 2014
Regular Board with the correction of the
spelling of Karl Curtis. Motion carried
(6-0). Motion (Zook) second (Almond) to
approve the minutes from the October
20, 2014 Special Meeting. Motion car-
calendar.
Motion (McCulley) second (Connor) to pay the bills in the amount of
$4,860,008.34. Motion carried (6-0).
Personnel Committee Ken reported that the committee has not met.
ADJOURN to closed session - Motion (Almond) second (Zook) to adjourn
at 8:05 p.m. under 19.85 (1)(c) consider
employment of administrative employee.
Roll call to vote: Zook-Yes; BehnkeYes; Beres-Yes; Connor-Yes; McCulleyYes; Almond Yes;. Motion carried (6-0).
ADJOURN from closed session Motion (Almond) second (Zook) to adjourn at 8:25 p.m. from closed session.
Motion carried (6-0.).
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The Verona Area Board of Education met on Monday, November 17, 2014
in the District Administration Building.
Board President Dennis Beres called
the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. Deputy
Clerk Renee Zook confirmed the meeting was properly noticed.
Present: John McCulley, Renee
Zook, Dennis Beres, Derrell Connor,
Joanne Gauthier and Amy Almond (arrived at 8:25 p.m. during closed session)
Absent: Ken Behnke
Student Recognition Students
from Sugar Creek Elementary School
were recognized at the Board meeting
for their outstanding achievements. Erik
Soria Ruiz, Alli Kohlstedt, Riley Pharo,
Evan Maier and Ian Kellor received certificates of recognition. Erick Garcia
Ceron and Ithzely Alvidrez were unable
to attend.
Audience Portion There was no
one present to speak to the Board.
Announcements Dean announced
that this week is Support Personnel
Week and Wednesday, November 19th
is Educational Support Professionals
Day. Dean thanked all of our dedicated
and talented support staff in the district.
BOARD BUSINESS
Consider approval of minutes Motion (Zook) second (Connor) to approve
the minutes from the October 27, 2014
Regular Board meeting. Motion carried
(5-0).
Report on planned trip to Germany Heather Feltz and Karen DiemerTormey attended to update the Board on
a planned trip to Germany in the 20152016 school year (as a part of a student
exchange with Germany). The exchange
has been taken place since the fall
of 2009 between VAHS and the Gesamtchule Solms in Heese in Germany.
Students from Germany travel to Verona
in early October for a two-week stay with
a host family and VAHS students travel
to Germany for a two-week host family
stay the following Spring.
First reading on proposed charter
renewal for New Century School Jim
Ruder and Kaitie Smith attended to
walk the Board through the proposed
contract renewal changes between New
Century School and the Board. Kaitie
shared with Board the future of New
Century which included information
on the re-chartering effort focus, STEM
(Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Math), grants / funding efforts, community partners and expectations of the
Board.
Kaitie shared STEM research findings with the Board and New Century
Schools STEM strategic plans for the
next few years. In 2014-15, New Century has implemented a STEM after
school program (Partnering with Camp
Invention) in which over 60% of students are participating. They will also
be expanding STEM curriculum usage
in classroom and implementing STEM
professional development for staff. Going forward in 2015-2018, New Century
plans to implement a stem environment
by refining student STEM standards (utilizing Maryland as an example), expand
technology tools and create laboratories of learning.
New Century was 1 of 15 schools (1
of 4 elementary schools) to be awarded
a grant from DPI in June, 2014. They
also have requested grants from other
sources and have several community
partners. Kaitie added that New Century
School will still also be expanding their
environmental focus as well.
This was only a first reading, no action was taken.
Report on work from Calendar committee The committee met last week on
November 13th at 5:30 p.m. and began
drafted a calendar for next school year
that incorporates building in more time
front end for parents and teachers to
meet prior to the beginning of the school
year. Dean will bring that draft to the
Board at the next Board meeting.
Review / rewrite of the charge to the
Future Schools Committee The Board
discussed the charge of the Future
Schools Committee. The charge of the
committee will be: Research / review and
recommend future school grade configurations; Research / review and recommend charter school space options;
other areas of research as assigned by
the Board of Education.
SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT
Board election reminder Dean
shared with the Board a handout of the
2015 Spring election schedule.
Update on Future Schools Committee The Future Schools Committee will
meet on December 4th from 6-8 p.m. at
the Administrative building.
Report on 2014 summer school
costs / revenue Dean shared with the
board a summary of the summer school
costs from last year. The district has
been keeping track of estimated and
actual costs of summer school for the
last three years. The first two years the
district lost money, this year the district
made a slight profit of $16,020. The goal
of the district is to break even if possible.
Dean added that next year the district will be looking at increasing the
salary for the support and professional
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Consider action on final 2014 2015 budget Chris Murphy attended
to review with the Board the 2014-2015
budget. In terms of overall budget, the
district increased just over $200,000
from the annual meeting projections.
The main reason for that was Title I and
Title III federal grants coming in higher
than projected. Chris is recommending that the Board approve a budget of
$62,300,23.00.
Motion (McCulley) second (Connor)
to approve the 2014-2015 budget for
$62,300,23.00. Motion carried (6-0)
Consider action on certification
of 2014 2015 tax levy - Chris Murphy
reviewed with the Board the 2014-2015
tax levy data. There was a slight change
then what was reported in the Board
packet and what was projected at the
annual meeting. This year there was a
one-time only special line item included
in the revenue calculations by DPI for alternative open enrollment students from
last year that were not counted by DPI
that they are including this year. The final levy that Chris is recommending the
Board approve is $36, 930,778, about $9,
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The City of Verona Plan Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Monday February 2, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. at City
Hall, 111 Lincoln Street, for the following
planning and zoning matters:
1) Conditional Use Permit amendment to the Epic Systems Corporation
Group Development to allow for the
construction of Campus 5 which will
contain five (5) office buildings located
at 1979 Milky Way.
2) Conditional Use Permit to allow a
group development land use located at
103 Lincoln Street that would allow for
the construction of a 13,850 square foot
rehearsal and performing arts facility for
the Verona Area Community Theater.
3) Precise Implementation Plan
(PIP) for a planned unit development located on Lot 30 of the Second Addition
to Prairie Oaks Subdivision located at
the northeast corner of Prairie Way Boulevard and Prairie Oaks Drive. The proposed PIP will allow for the construction
of 111-unit senior living complex.
Interested persons may comment
on these planning and zoning matters
during the public hearing at the February 2nd Plan Commission meeting. The
Plan Commission will make recommendations on this matter, which will then be
reviewed by the Common Council for a
final decision on Monday, February 9th.
Contact Adam Sayre, Director of
Planning and Development, at 848-9941
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