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Photo by Scott Girard
Dane Anderson, left, and Musa Coan react to the separation of curds and whey in the cheese-making process as part of the pizza making
interest group. Parent volunteers Vanessa and David Beardsley taught the students how to make the ingredients, how they mixed together
and what makes them taste good. The lessons included a sampling of mozzarella cheese from different animals and a taste test of herbs
for the sauce.
PALs wave goodbye

Parents: Stoner Prairie program built leadership, community
SCOTT GIRARD
The students got quiet, listening

closely.
I hear it, one said excitedly.
Another heard it, too, and questioned why the cheese curd he was
chewing on was squeaking.
If that was alive he trailed off.
The students then heard an explanation about why cheese squeaks from
parents David and Vanessa Beardsley
as they taught the small group how to
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make pizza from scratch.

The lesson was part of the parent-led interest groups in the final
year of the Partners Actively Learning
classrooms at Stoner Prairie Elementary School.
The multiage program, known more
simply as PALs, began in 1992 and
will end with the retirements of three
of its teachers including two of the
programs founders at the end of
this school year.
Its not going quietly, though, as
parents, former students and others in
the school fought, but ultimately did

not stop, the loss of the strong community and learning opportunities the
program has created.
When your child is in one of these
classrooms, you have not just one
teacher, but the whole team rallying
around your kid, Karie Huttner, the
schools technology coordinator, told
the Press after a morning of interest
groups ended on a recent Friday.
When not in their interest groups
Turn to PALs/Page 16
Ve r o n a A r e a S c h o o l
Board members and district administrators overwhelmingly supported a
plan to have a new high
school built by 2020.
Most also preferred
building a new elementary
by then, too.
Those were components
of six options Eppstein
Uhen Architects presented
at the boards May 9 meeting. Five of the six would
replace the two oldest
school buildings in the district by 2025 at the latest.

Sugar Creek Elementary School is 60 years old.
The New Century School
building is 98 years old.
SC principal Todd Brunner called that a good
idea given the costs that
would be associated with
renovating the buildings.
I love that building,
Turn to Buildings/Page 17
Referendum outreach begins

Workshops aim to
gauge support for
April vote
SCOTT GIRARD
to hear more details about

recent reports outlining the
districts need for a new
school building.
We certainly feel very
strong about community
engagement and involvement with any referendum
that might occur, said
VASD public information
officer Kelly Kloepping.
It just doesnt make sense
to go to referendum if you
know that your community
isnt going to back it.
Kloepping said the
workshops will start with a
presentation on growth and
facility needs projections
Verona Area School District officials are attempting to find out whats
necessary for the community to support a potential
April 2017 referendum at
a series of upcoming meetings.
The three workshops,
two on May 19 and one on
May 24, will offer those
interested the opportunity Turn to Workshops/Page 15
FitzRandolph family refuses to skate around hardship in book

TOM ALESIA
When Olympic gold medalist Casey

FitzRandolph signs his familys book, No
Stone Unturned, the Verona native considers the message before adding his signature.
I dont write, I hope you enjoy the
book, said FitzRandolph. Its often more
along the lines of Thanks for your interest
in our story.
T h a t s b e c a u s e i t s n o t a l i g h t hearted sports biography, glorifying
FitzRandolphs 2002 Olympic speedskating triumph or retelling countless accolades of his skating success.
Instead, No Stone Unturned which
the FitzRandolphs and author Jessie Garcia
will present in the Verona Public Library at
6:30p.m. Thursday, May 19 follows the
desperate cancer struggle of Caseys sister,
Jessi, who died of breast cancer in March
2014.
As a result, the book describes two
journeys: Caseys two-decade, relentless
pursuit of speedskating titles and, later,
Jessis worldwide search for treatment of
late-stage cancer.
People spend too much energy painting
facades. Our family (including parents Jeff
and Ruthie) wanted to share the truth: the
good, the bad and the ugly, FitzRandolph
told the Verona Press. We found that liberating. The goal was to tell our story, let
people behind the curtain and, maybe,
relate to it.
Alternative medicine
Jessis route for alternative treatment
Turn to FitzRandolph/Page 8
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Groundbreaking held for new Town Hall

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planning and saving, the
Town of Verona has begun
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Contractors from
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others at a groundbreaking
ceremony Friday afternoon. The town bought a
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sold most of it to nextdoor neighbor Epic for
$2.4 million, enough to
fund the entire project.
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City of Verona
Epic TIF will close this year
VAIS governing council

president steps down
Verona Press editor
Theres still almost a

year of planning and number-crunching to go, but
t h e c i t y m a d e o ffi c i a l
Monday its plan to close
t h e m a s s ive t a x - i n c r e ment financing district that
brought Epic to Verona.
For more than a decade,
Veronans have heard and
seen about the nearly
incomprehensible successes of that district, which
was developed based on
a $45 million taxable value of Epics initial plan
for development and has
brought nearly a billion
dollars in value so far
with no end to the growth
in site.
There wasnt much for
the Common Council to
debate this week about the
prospect of spreading $21
million in one-time funds
around to the various taxing jurisdictions and $393
million back on the regular
tax rolls available to the
city. But Mayor Jon Hochkammer put out his customary caution about the
cash windfall to be fiscally responsible and consider the citys long-term
interests in any decisions
about spending it.
Residents are still skeptical that theyre going to
see some tax breaks, he
said. Its some real money
that were talking about.
In fact, the tax break
is essentially mandatory based on state law, and
it will add up to about 9
percent off property taxes
paid to the city, as well as
a temporary dip in Verona
Area School District taxes before a commensurate
drop in state aids balances
the numbers back.
But the city will also get
to spend about $1.2 million
more each year, money that
could go back into preventing spending fluctuations,
keeping down debt and
other planned priorities but
could also provide additional tax relief if desired.
Hochkammer appeared to
caution against too much
of the latter suggestion,
noting that there will be
upcoming expense increases, such as the additional
ambulance FitchRona EMS
plans to purchase in 2018.
We need to set ourselves up for that now so
we dont have to cut in other areas, he said.
The mayor wasnt there

two weeks earlier, when
the council went over preliminary numbers before
d i r e c t i n g s t a ff a n d t h e
citys financial adviser to
prepare for the closure of
the district and the refunding of the leftover funds,
likely around March.
Finance director Cindy Engelke and financial
adviser Ehlers Inc. worked
since then to tighten up the
numbers and get the legalese in place for the councils resolution.
Ald. Mac McGilvray
(Dist. 1) noted that some
of the calculations were
finished earlier in the evening.
Its been a fluid process, he said.
A tax-increment
financing district diverts
increased property taxes within a specified area
from all taxing jurisdictions, including the school
district, which normally gets the largest share.
Funds are typically used
to increase the tax and
employment base with the
caveat that the development would not have happened but for the citys
investment. The districts
can be open for as long
as 27 years in some cases, providing flexibility
to make large investments
that take time to develop.
In this case, Epic blew
past its numbers quickly,
reaching a value of well
over $100 million the year
after its first buildings
opened and doubling that
the following year. Thats
allowed the TIF district
to close nine years earlier
than required, after only 14
years.
When a district closes,
the leftover funds are distributed equally among the
taxing districts, so VASD,
for example, will get about
$11 million. Its board was
flabbergasted by that number last month and has not
even begun to plan how it
will use the money.
The remaining debt for
TIF-related projects has
already been factored into
the calculations. So among
the potential targets for
the citys $6 million share
could be existing debt for
municipal projects, such as
the fire station, City Center
and the library, something
that could provide another large boost in annual
spending ability or tax
TIF impact
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2016 TIF impact Change
City budget $10.5 million +$1.2 million
12%
City mill rate
$6.71
-$0.78 -9.7%
In brief
SCOTT GIRARD
The Common Council approved several new business

permits and temporary event permits at its meeting Monday.
Among them are an Arbys restaurant, a daycare, a
personal storage facility and Hometown Days.
The council had almost no discussion about the Arbys permit, yet only four alders voted in favor of it.
Ald. Mac McGilvray (D-1) abstained because of his
connection with builder 1848 Construction, and District
3 Alds. Luke Diaz and Brad Stiner voted against. Stiner
did not explain his vote, but Diaz said he didnt think chain
stores were appropriate there, despite the building being
surrounded by chain stores.
Kind and Joyful Daycare earned another quick approval, with McGilvray again abstaining on the 1848 project further east of Arbys on a new road by Pizza Ranch
called Keenan Court.
The mayor noted that its pitched roof matches the
nearby Badger Prairie Health Care Center and that any
other new buildings in the area ought to blend in. Ald.
Jack Linder (D-2) said the substantial changes in the
buildings appearance were well received by the Plan
Commission. And planning director Adam Sayre said the
company plans to move quick on construction.
The council also approved the personal storage facility on Solar Court, with few comments.
Special events that required approval included a
fundraiser for the American Family Childrens Hospital at
Doks Klassik Tavern on June 16 an event normally
held at University Ridge Golf Course but moved because
of the PGA Tour event; an anniversary party for Hop Haus
on June 18; Nest Fest, a fundraiser for the Verona Ice
Arena on Sept. 24 that last year went by the name Verona Fest; and Hometown Days, June 2-5.
The fundraiser at the Klassik met with some skepticism, but police chief Bernie Coughlin reassured alders
that the event is being planned appropriately and that the
live acoustic music should not be overly loud.
relief.
The city has already targeted most of its annual
allocation with plans to
reduce the use of bonding
for road work, to set up
or increase rolling funds
for equipment replace ment (and again offset
the use of debt) and offset
some expenses that were
p r ev i o u s l y c h a r g e d t o
the district, among other
things. But the final decisions wont be made until
the 2016 budget process
wraps up in November.
Email Verona Press editor
Jim Ferolie at
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While Verona Area International School prepares

to lobby for a second fiveyear charter, its governing
council underwent a major
change last week.
VAIS governing council
president Angela Jenkins
resigned after some parents
had called for the council
to vote her out.
Monday, the council
appointed Carolyn Jahnke
as its new president.
Jenkins did not respond
to an email sent Monday.
Council treasurer Tracy
Doeppers told the Press
GC members had not heard
much complaining about
Jenkins, but she understood
Jenkins herself had directly talked to some parents
about their concerns.
One parent had sent a
letter to governance council members asking for
Jenkins removal based on
a lack of concern for the
opinions, wishes requests
and values of other VAIS
parents.
The Chinese language
immersion school, which
teaches some subjects
in Chinese and some in
English, has been the subject of discussions throughout the year with district
officials and a school board
committee about its future.
Its charter an agreement
with the district to not follow certain state educational requirements is set to
expire in 2017.
The school has had low
enrollment in the past two
years, especially at the kindergarten level, with about
half of the class coming
through open enrollment
from other districts. Some
board members have suggested that is unsustainable.
VA I S p a r e n t s h a v e
expressed frustration with
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Park plan open house set for May 18

The Park Commission
will be hosting an open
house to discuss the fiveyear Park and Open Space
Plan at 6p.m. Wednesday,
May 18, at the senior center.
This will be an opportunity for the public to
provide input on future
improvements within the
park system.
The city has contracted with MSA Professional Services to update the
citys existing plan for
New president
appointed
amid charter
discussions
$13,500. They will facilitate the meeting and provide a presentation that
includes an overview of
existing park and recreation facilities.
The meeting will also
feature a discussion on the
results of the community
survey mailed to 600 random households in April.
This year a task force
will also be created so representatives from the Parks
Commission and others
who are more involved
in various park uses can

share their input and have
their needs addressed more
directly, said Dave Walker, park and urban forestry
director.
The goal is to have a
draft of the update this
summer, with the Common
Council potentially adopting it in September.
For information, contact Walker at 848-6809
or dave.walker@ci.verona.
wi.us.
Samantha Christian
the district and the lack of

a plan for continuing Chinese language education
for its students in middle
school, which they say hurts
enrollment because families
are unsure of the long-term
Chinese education.
Options for the future
include extending the charter, creating Chinese education at higher levels or
rolling Chinese immersion
into the districts neighborhood schools, like the Two
Way Immersion program
has done with Spanish.
The school boards curriculum, instruction and
assessment committee was
scheduled to talk about the
schools future Wednesday,
May 11, after the Press
deadline.
The letter from parents
to the council, acknowledges Jenkins willingness to
volunteer and serve, but
said it is a critical time for
VAIS, and we believe that
a different style of leadership is needed to help our
school succeed in the long
run.
It goes on to list what
some parents saw as shortcomings of Jenkins time,
including fewer parent volunteers, a lack of urgency
about VAIS future and
inconsistent communication.
Doeppers said the final
decision to resign was
entirely Angelas based
on the feedback from the
community.
That position had just
become more demanding
on a persons time and she
just didnt have the flexibility in her schedule to
respond throughout the
day, Doeppers said. It
became more than anybody
envisioned when she took
that position.
She added that the council discussed creating a
vice president position to
help share those responsibilities, as the councils
current structure was created when the school had one
class of 22 kids.
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Letter to the editor
Softball team deserves more support

On Tuesday, May 2, I was
treated to one of the best softball
games Ive ever seen when the
Verona girls played Janesville
Craig. The sad thing about that
game is that more fans werent
there to cheer them on.
Ive enjoyed watching this talented, well-coached team over
the past several years, and the
girls have provided nothing but
great enjoyment for this senior
citizen. It seems like most of the
fans who came are parents, close

friends or other kinfolk.
My question is, where are the
members of the student body?
Why arent more of them at the
games cheering on their home
team? They dont know what
theyre missing.
Thanks, girls, for the enjoyment you bring.
Loyal Freymiller,
City of Verona
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The hidden costs

of youth sports
riving into Verona from just

about any direction makes
plain our communitys
interest in youth sports.
Our baseball diamonds, especially those along Verona Avenue,
are second to none. We can rightly
boast, too, of our soccer fields,
football fields and venues for
lacrosse and hockey. And when
games are in
progress, the
sidelines are full
of spectators
and the parking
lots full of cars.
The prominence of youth
sports in this
town can leave
Yurs
churches, to be
candid, a tad
cranky.
When churches are plotting their
calendars, youth sports especially
club sports are often seen to be
the main competition. The mantras
in church meeting rooms can often
be, Sundays arent sacred anymore. Sports have taken over.
But the church needs to get over
that attitude. Treating youth sports
as the enemy undercuts a real
opportunity.
Hurting athletes and families
need comfort, and social justice
issues need to be exposed. Both
of these are responsibilities of the
church.
A new book has helped me
see these opportunities, showing
something the nicely-manicured
fields do not show on my drives
through town. Overplayed: A
Parents Guide to Sanity in the
Worth of Youth Sports, is written
from a Christian perspective, but
non-Christians may find it helpful
and compelling, as well.
Authors David King and Margot
Starbuck are not anti-sport. He is
an athletic director at a college in
Virginia, and she is a mother of
youth athletes.
King testifies to learning tremendous life lessons through his
participation in youth sports, and

Starbuck gratefully reports she
came to a healthy body image
through athletics, something which
is not easy for young women to
manage in our culture.
But they point to several hidden
costs of youth sports beyond the
sometimes burdensome, obvious
financial costs. These include
damage to young bodies through
overuse of undeveloped muscles
and bone structures, not developing
other interests, not fostering other
relationships and the stresses game
and practice schedules place on
already overbooked families.
What I saw when reading about
this litany of hidden costs for families was a hidden cost the church
pays when it treats youth sports as
its competition.
To complain that a boy is in a
baseball cap and cleats instead of
in a youth room or pew is akin to
complaining about a cancer patient
who is in chemotherapy rather
than a Bible study. If a family or
individual athlete is already hurting
because of participation in youth
sports, the church only adds insult
to injury when it complains.
Overplayed calls me, and I
hope it calls us all, to do a better
job of helping youthful athletes and
their parents cope with the stresses,
strains, and hidden costs of participation.
Im still figuring out what shape
that can take, but Im starting with
this column, inviting your awareness and help. A community that
truly supports youth sports needs to
get behind it in this way, as well.
I see an opportunity to change
the conversation and to have you
join me.
I am learning to deflect complaints about athletics taking over
toward empathy for athletes and
their families. Now my response
to this complaint is something like,
Yes, it puts a strain on our schedule, but these families are paying
prices, too. Are there ways we can
help them?
Opening conversations is another

opportunity.
I have numerous occasions
where I can speak with young
players. It is in those conversations
where we can get past the scores
and learn of deeper victories or
losses.
We might learn to ask, Are you
still excited about playing? or
How do you get along with your
teammates?
With parents, the opportunity
can be a simple recommendation of
reading Overplayed the next time
sports-related frustration becomes
part of the conversation. King and
Starbuck speak to these frustrations in ways that are practical and
helpful. Parents can benefit from
knowing things do not have to be
the way they are.
None of these strategies calls for
adding anything to already crowded schedules, or bringing people
off the sidelines of the ballfield and
into the church or other gathering
place. But they can make a difference.
A wider community conversation about the social justice ramifications of youth sports seems in
order, too, though this would call
for time and involvement.
The questions are important
enough: What do we think, and
what should we do, about the pervasiveness of concussions? How
can we help poverty-stricken families afford to participate in expensive activities that seem restricted
to the wealthier kids? Who really
benefits from the participation
fees?
Youth sports are big in this town.
That is a good thing.
But with the big wins can come
big losses. The players and their
parents could use our help with
these.
Only then can everyone truly
cheer.
Mark Yurs is pastor of Salem
United Church of Christ.
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Take a Stroll through Discussion aims at young

kids attitudes towards race
the local jazz scene
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Children Not
Colorblind Tuesday
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Performance venues
SCOTT GIRARD
Hometown Junction Park Youth Stage, South Main

Street at the Military Ridge Bike Trail
4:30p.m., Milestone Quartet (from Madison West High
School)
5p.m., Smoother Than Butter (from Madison West High
School)
5:30p.m., Amos Egleston Quartet (from Madison Memorial
High School)
Avanti Italian Restaurant, 119 S. Main St.
5p.m., Vocalist Susan Hofer and Friends
6p.m., Mal-O-Dua
Toot + Kates Winebar, 109 S. Main St.
5:30p.m., Barley Wine
6:30p.m., Vocalist Marilyn Fisher and guitarist John Vitale
Hop Haus Brewing Company, 231 S. Main St.
7p.m., Rand Moore Trio with pianist Paul Muench and
bassist John Schaffer
8p.m., Miguel McQuade Trio featuring New York saxophonist Pawan Benjamin
Wisconsin Brewing Company, 1079 American Way
6-8:30p.m., The Jimmys
9p.m., Organist Todd Phipps and The ORGANization
of Verona, as well as a grant

from the Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission,
Strollin Verona is the seventh jazz stroll event organized by the GMJC after the
series began two years ago in
Madison. In addition to the
live performances, drawings
will be held for free tickets
to upcoming jazz concerts at
the Wisconsin Union Theater.
Fo r
The Verona Area School

District is growing more
diverse each year.
As a result, the VASD
Pre-K program and the New
Century School Diversity
and Equity Committee have
teamed up to host a discussion on how young children
will experience that diversity,
and how parents can talk to
them about their thoughts.
At 7p.m. Tuesday, May
17, the Verona Area High
School Performing Arts Center will host the Children
Are Not Colorblind: How
Young Children Learn About
Race discussion.
VASD Pre-K coordinator Jennifer Skibba said all
Pre-K staff will go through
the presentation, either
Tuesday or at a later time so
everyone can have the same
understanding.
(Its important) for our
Pre-K teachers and staff to
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start a conversation about the
fact that children are not colorblind and really learning
about how young children
learn about race, Skibba
said. For everybody to have
attended the same event and
to be able to open that dialogue and start that conversation.
The idea that children
dont notice race leads many
adults to avoid discussing race and racism with
young children because
they worry they will put
ideas in their heads, Skibba said. In this session, Dr.
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The Greater Madison

Jazz Consortium will set the
stage for 11 area bands and
six hours of live music Friday, May 20 as it launches
the third season of its Jazz
Stroll series.
Thats five stages, to be
exact all in Verona as the
series debuts in a community outside of Madison for the
first time.
Strollin Verona will feature performances at Hometown Junction Park, Avanti
Italian Restaurant, Toot +
Kates Winebar, Hop Haus
Brewing Company and Wisconsin Brewing Company,
the latter four of which are
located within two blocks
of each other on South Main
Street. With the performances staggered beginning at
4:30p.m., with the final act
hitting the stage at 9p.m.
and no cover charges, attendees will be able to stroll easily
from stage to stage and sample many different musical
styles, according to a news
release from the GMJC.
Performers include saxophonist Pawan Benjamin
from New York performing
with the Miguel McQuade
Trio; vocalists Marilyn Fisher and Susan Hofer; blues
group The Jimmys; Todd
Phipps and The ORGANization; swing duo Mal-O-Dua;
and the Barley Wine trio.
Youth ensembles from
Madison West and Madison
Memorial high schools will
perform first at Hometown
Junction Park, representing
the consortiums goal to
cultivate the next generations of jazz musicians and
fans, GMJC employee and
jazz bassist Nick Moran,
who booked the bands for the
series, said in the release.
Sponsored by the Verona Area Chamber of Commerce, the Bank of Cross
Plains-Verona, and the City
Wisconsin-Milwaukee, will
explore how open discussion
is a more favorable approach.
Winkler will review
research on young childrens
understandings of race,
including how ideas about
race form, what children
learn and when, why we see
changes at various ages and
how parents and educators
can help children understand racial identity, racism,
and racial inequities from an
early age. There will be additional time for questions and
discussion, in which attendees can explore how to translate and apply these issues to
their own experiences.
Skibba said Pre-K and
NCS began collaborating on
the event after an NCS parent
and Pre-K employee attended an event where Winkler
spoke in the Madison area,
and both separately contacted her to come to the district.
From there, the two groups
partnered together to make it
a district-wide event.
The event is intended for
adults, and no childcare will
be provided. For information, call 845-4900.
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Coming up
Churches
Recreation classes
create charts. A follow-up class is set for

May 25. Registration is required, and the
Registration for youth T-ball, baseball class size is limited.
and softball through the City of Verona
For information or to register, call
Recreation Department is now open for 845-7180.
the season beginning June 20.
The summer program runs for six Verona visits
weeks; register based on the grade your
The senior center will experiment
child is currently in (Pre-K through 4th with a monthly van route around Verona
grade). The recreation department is also that gives seniors a chance to visit local
offering instructional activities this sum- senior apartments, assisted living resimer: lacrosse, volleyball, flag rugby and dences and nursing facilities, with a trial
more.
run set for 2-4 p.m. Friday, May 13.
For class descriptions and to register
This route will include pickups and
online, visit www.ci.verona.wi.us/ drop-offs at Sugar Creek, Schettler Terrecreation.
race, Prairie Crest, Prairie Oaks, Evia,
Willow Point, Four Winds, St. Marys
Garage sale
Care Center and the senior center. The
The Mt. Vernon Zwingli UCC, 1693 center would like to find a few volunWashington St., will hold an all-church teers to ride along and provide feedback.
garage sale from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday,
If youre interested in getting picked
May 13 and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Satur- up and/or dropped off at any of these
day, May 14.
locations, contact Alasa at 845-7471.
Coffee and treats will also be availBike safety
able. For information, call 832-6677.
The Verona Police Department will
Excel classes
hold its third annual Youth Bike SafeSolve the mystery of the spreadsheet ty Event from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday,
in a hands-on computer class from 6:30- May 14 in the City Hall parking lot, 111
8:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 11 at the Lincoln St.
library.
Register your bike for free and receive
Participants will learn how to create a routine bicycle maintenance check
and use a Microsoft Excel worksheet, as from Rocket Bicycle Studio. Volunwell as how to format and sort data and teers from American Family Childrens
Hospital and Madison Area Safe Kids

Coalition will be present for bike helmet
fittings. Kids will have the opportunity
to learn bike safety tips from members
of the Verona Police Department and the
Verona Lions Club in up to eight safety
courses. Upon completion of all the stations, kids will be rewarded with a free
scoop of Culvers custard and a Im a
safe bicyclist T-shirt.
For information, contact Officer Ryan
Adkins at 845-7623.
Destination trips
Join the senior center for a bus trip to
the Monroe/New Glarus National Historic Cheesemaking Museum at 12:30
p.m. Monday, May 16. Participants will
tour the site for a $5 admission fee, then
go to New Glarus to shop. The transportation is free, but there may be an admission charge at the destination.
For information, call 845-7471.
Scam prevention
Attend the senior centers May TRIAD presentation to learn more about
scam prevention at 12:30 p.m. Monday,
May 16.
Officer Adkins with the Verona Police
Department will update attendees on the
newest and latest scams, and how to protect yourself from becoming a victim.
For information, call 845-7471.
Community calendar
Thursday, May 12
4-5:30 p.m., Anime Club (grades

6-12), library, 845-7180
Friday, May 13
Library closed
8 a.m. to 6 p.m., All-church
garage sale, Mt. Vernon Zwingli
UCC, 1693 Washington St., 8326677
1 p.m., Movie Matinee: An Unfinished Life, senior center, 845-7471
7 p.m., Kurt Klinger and David
Haugh, Tuvalu
Saturday, May 14
9 a.m. to 2 p.m., All-church

garage sale, Mt. Vernon Zwingli
UCC, 1693 Washington St., 8326677
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Prairie
Kitchen free community meal,
BPNN, bpnn.org
Noon to 2 p.m., 3rd annual Youth
Bike Safety Event, City Hall parking lot, 111 Lincoln St., 845-7623
7 p.m., Old Cool, Tuvalu
Monday, May 16
12:30 p.m., TRIAD: Scam Prevention, senior center, 845-7471

6:15 p.m., VAHS Jazz One
ensemble and Jazz Orchestra
performance, Lilianas Restaurant,
2951 Triverton Pike Dr., 845-4400
Tuesday, May 17
12:30 p.m., Card making with

Katie ($10), senior center, 8457471
7 p.m., Children Are Not Colorblind: How Young Children Learn
About Race program, Verona Area
High School Performing Arts Center, 300 Richard St., 845-4900
Wednesday, May 18
2 p.m., Paint workshop with

Carol Ann ($10; RSVP by May 11),
senior center, 845-7471
4-5 p.m., Minecraft Club (grades
4-6), library, 845-7180
6 p.m., Park Commission open

house, senior center, 845-6495
Thursday, May 19
1:30 p.m., Madison Lincoln Elementary Choir performance, senior

center, 845-7471
4-5:30 p.m., Anime Club (grades
6-12), library, 845-7180
6:30-8 p.m., No Stone Unturned:
A Brother and Sisters Incredible
Journey through the Olympics and
Cancer with author and sportscaster Jessie Garcia and members
of the FitzRandolph family, library,
845-7180
Friday, May 20
9:15-9:45 a.m., Sensory Friendly

Story Time (ages 3-5), library, 8457180
11:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m., Birthday
and anniversary party, senior center, 845-7471
7 p.m., Soggy Prairie Boys, Tuvalu
Whats on VHAT-98
Thursday, May 12
7 a.m. 1988 Verona Basketball
8 a.m. Zumba Gold
9 a.m. Daily Exercise
10 a.m. Bonnie and Bill
Stevens at Senior Center
2 p.m. Zumba Gold
3 p.m. Daily Exercise
4 p.m. John Duggleby at
Senior Center
5 p.m. Crossing Cultures at
Senior Center
6 p.m. Salem Church Service
7 p.m. Rhapsody Arts at
Senior Center
9 p.m. Arbor Day at Senior
Center
10 p.m. Burial Mounds at
Historical Society
Friday, May 13
7 a.m. John Duggleby at
Senior Center
Center
3 p.m. Self Defense at
Senior Center
Senior Center
5 p.m. 2014 Wildcats
Football
8:30 p.m. Arbor Day at
Senior Center
10 p.m. 1988 Verona Basketball
11 p.m. Bonnie and Bill
Saturday, May 14
8 a.m. Common Council
from May 9
11 a.m. Self Defense at
Senior Center
Football
4:30 p.m. Burial Mounds at
Historical Society
6 p.m. Common Council
from May 9
9 p.m. Self Defense
Historical Society
Sunday, May 15
7 a.m. Hindu Cultural Hour
9 a.m. Resurrection Church
10 a.m. Salem Church
Service
Noon Common Council
from May 9
Senior Center
4:30 p.m. Burial Mounds
at Historical Society
from May 9
9 p.m. Self Defense
Historical Society
Monday, May 16
Senior Center
Center
Senior Center
Senior Center

Football
9 p.m. Hindu Cultural
Hour
10 p.m. 1988 Verona Basketball
Tuesday, May 17
10 a.m. Zumba Gold
2 p.m. Zumba Gold
Senior Center
Senior Center
6 p.m. Resurrection
Church
Senior Center
Center
Historical Society
Wednesday, May18
Senior Center
Center
Senior Center
from May 9
7 p.m. Capital City Band
8 p.m. Self Defense
10 p.m. 1988 Verona Bas-
ketball
Thursday, May 19
8 a.m. Zumba Gold
Senior Center
Senior Center
6 p.m. Salem Church Service
Senior Center
Center
Historical Society
All Saints Lutheran Church

2951 Chapel Valley Rd., Fitchburg
(608) 276-7729
allsaints-madison.org
Pastor Rich Johnson
Sunday: 8:30 & 10:45 a.m.
1371 Hwy. PB, Paoli

(608) 845-6613
stchristopherverona.com
Fr. William Vernon, 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
The Church in Fitchburg

2833 Raritan Rd., Fitchburg
(608) 271-2811
livelifetogether.com
Sunday: 8 & 10:45 a.m.
St. James Evangelical Lutheran

Church
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 and 10:45 a.m.
The Church in Verona

Verona Business Center
535 Half Mile Rd. #7, Verona
(608) 271-2811
livelifetogether.com
Sunday: 9 a.m.
Fitchburg Memorial UCC
5705 Lacy Rd., Fitchburg
(608) 273-1008
memorialucc.org
Pastor Phil Haslanger
Sunday: 8:15 and 10 a.m. Worship
Sunday School: 10:15 a.m.
Good Shephard Lutheran Church
ECLA
(608) 271-6633
Central: Raymond Road & Whitney
Way, Madison
Sunday: 8:15, 9:30 & 10:45 a.m.
West: Corner of Hwy. PD & Nine
Mound Road, Verona
Sunday: 9 & 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.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.
Memorial Baptist Church
201 S. Main St., Verona
(608) 845-7125
MBCverona.org
Lead Pastor Jeremy Scott
Sunday: 10:15 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 Eric Melso
Thursday: 6:30 p.m.
Sunday: 9 a.m.
St. Christopher Catholic Parish
St. Andrew Church
301 N. Main St., Verona
St. William Church
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 School: 9 a.m.
Sunday Worship: 10:15 a.m., staffed
nursery available
Fellowship Hour: 11:30 a.m.
Springdale Lutheran Church
ECLA
2752 Town Hall Rd. (off Hwy ID),
Mount Horeb
(608) 437-3493
springdalelutheran.org
Pastor Jeff Jacobs
Sunday: 8:45 a.m. with communion
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.
West Madison Bible Church
2920 Hwy. M, Verona
Sunday Praise and Worship: 9:15 a.m.
Nursery provided in morning.
Sunday school (all ages): 10:45 a.m.
Small group Bible study: 6 p.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)845-5641
Rev. Sara Thiessen
Sunday: 9:30 a.m. family worship
Be A Good Soldier
All work is honorable if it is performed honorably
and with diligence. There is an interesting passage in
the Gospel of Luke where tax collectors and soldiers
are asking John the Baptist what they should do.
He tells them, in essence,to be honest tax collectors
and soldiers:Dont collect any more than you are
required to, and to the soldiers he advised, Dont
extort money and dont accuse people falselybe
content with your pay.(Luke 3:13-14 NIV) These tax
collectors and soldiers must have been wondering if
their occupations were morally acceptableunderstandable since they were in effect working for the
Roman occupiers of Judea. John the Baptist tells
them that these occupations are permissible as long
as one does them honestly. There are lots of occupations that one might have these worries about, but
with very few exceptions, most occupations can be
done honorably.
Christopher Simon, Metro News Service
In the same way, let your light
shine before others, that they may
see your good deeds and glorify
your Father in heaven.
Matthew 5:16 NIV
Support groups
AA Meeting, senior center, Thursdays at 1 p.m.
Caregivers Support
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and third Tuesday, 10:30
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Christopher Torres Luna checks out his face paint in the mirror with
some friends.
Dia del Nino celebration
Gary Holmes, Michelle Swain and Phil Swain weed and mulch a garden area at the home of Beverly DiMaggio in Fitchburg during the
Live Generous spring cleanup on April 30.
Live Generous volunteers help with spring cleaning

To mark its 30th year
of community service,
Badger Prairie Needs Network, in partnership with
Thrivent Financial of Verona, is launching a series
of pay-it-forward service
Sugar Creek Elementary School

hosted a community celebration of Dia del Nino Saturday,
April 30. More than 300 peoSee more photos from the Dia
ple attended the event, which
del Nino event:
was put on by parents whose
students are in the schools
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Two Way Immersion program.
The event included food from
Taqueria Guadalajara, a karate
demonstration, a clown, traditional dancing by the TWI students, face painting, pinatas, games
and a cake raffle.
On the Web
days called Live Generous

Verona.
The first Live Generous
Verona service day was a
community-wide spring
cleanup effort held April
30. Nearly 75 volunteers
worked in four Verona

parks, the BPNN community garden and 10 different households.
Some of the tasks
included cleaning out flower beds, weeding, washing
windows, repairing outside

doors and steps, replanting, raking, trimming trees
and shrubs and spreading
bark.
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Verona FFA members helping during the food drive include, from left, sophomores Abby Last, Kelly Maxwell, Alisa Lewis, Leah Evensen,
Katie Freitag and senior Brooke Felsheim.
FFA exceeds food drive goal
The Verona FFA held a successful food drive during the week of April 21-28 thanks to the generosity of community members. The
group exceeded its goal of 300 pounds of food by collecting over 950 pounds for the Badger Prairie Needs Network food pantry.
Donations were dropped off at Miller and Sons Supermarket and also picked up from local neighborhoods.
The FFA hopes to host another food drive next year and collect even more food.
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Continued from page 1
wound through Germany
and Mexico. That choice
likely prolonged her life
after American doctors suggested chemo to survive a
relatively short time, Casey
said.
No Stone Unturned
documents that experience.
Its not like we feel
every drug is a bad drug
and shame on drug companies blah, blah, blah. Many
help, FitzRandolph said.
But we didnt feel with a
diagnosis of terminal that it
was the only option.
A lot of our frustration
lay in the fact that 99 percent of doctors are taught
one way: Treat with drugs
for a lot of ailments. We
think theres a lot to be said
for different, often times
more holistic, approaches.
Alternative medicine is
not a popular thing to say
to the powers that be in
American medicine, FitzRandolph said, but No
Stone Unturned follows
Jessis largely positive
experiences with it.
Photo submitted
Dancers from the Kehl School of Dance include, front row: Sophie Read, Krista Witak, Jaime
Runde, and Aria Peterson; back row: Emily Mayers, Alyssa Feller, Kaylee Krantz, Carly Liegel and
Katelyn Peroutka.
Verona dancers take top honors at regionals

Dancers from the Kehl
School of Dance took top
honors at a regional dance
competition in Wisconsin
Dells on April 17.
The dance Directionally Challenged scored the

highest overall total points,
winning the competition
with over 700 other entries.
Dancers who attend

Verona Area High School
include Alyssa Feller,
Kaylee Krantz, Emily Mayers and Jaime Runde.
Stop Dreaming. Secure the

money you need today.
Triumph and agony

FitzRandolph, now 41,
wo r k s a t M 3 , a M a d i son-based insurance company where he is an account
executive. Hes a resident of
Cross Plains with his wife,
Jenn, and their children,
Sawyer, 9, and Cassidy, 7.
The first one-third of No
Stone Unturned highlights
the remarkable steps the
family took toward FitzRandolphs speedskating
prowess. Its a fascinating
look at elite-level athletics, which ranged from
Photo by Tom Alesia
Gold medalist Casey FitzRandolph discusses his family in a new

book.
triumphant to torturous
with emphasis on the latter.
FitzRandolph described
a typical daily training regimen at age 9: Mom would
pick me up from school (in
Verona) 15 minutes early. Wed drive to Milwaukee from 3 to 4:30p.m. Id
warm up and get on the ice
and skate from 5 to 7p.m.,
then wind down until 7:30.
Wed be home at 9 or
9:15p.m.
Morning workouts
included filling inner tubes
with sand and placed on top
of his shoulders then doing
squats and squat jumps.
Again, he wasnt 10 years
old yet.
The further removed I
get from it, the harder it
is for me to fathom that
lifestyle, FitzRandolph
said. It was crazy. It was
extreme.
And successful. He
still holds the Olympic
speedskating record time
for 500 meters.
FRIDAY
In the book, there is an

honest discussion among
the family about whether it
was worth the insurmountable sacrifice and no answer
is given.
FitzRandolph will bring
his gold medal, usually
tucked away, to the May 19
event at the library.
And, yes, he still
speedskates when he joins
his kids, who participate in
numerous sports, including
speedskating.
I enjoy it I should
clarify that: Speedskating
is a painful sport. Its not
something you go do for
fun. But when were skating short track, its good to
feel the centrifugal forces.
I can wind it up for a few
laps then I have to shut it
down, FitzRandolph said
then laughed. My legs
dont support me like they
used to.
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Savanna Oaks Middle School sixth-grader Evan Patton competes in the softball throw, in which he finished in sixth place.
SOMS students compete in Special Olympics
Savanna Oaks Middle School athletes Izell Easterling, left, and Evan Patton, third from left, competed at
the Region 6 games with the help of SOMS teacher Maria Carvalho, second from left, and eighth-gradTwo Savanna Oaks Mid- first ever Special Olym- throw and long standing er KeMonte Thomas, right.
dle School students were

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Volleyball
Youth basketball
Seventh
graders take
runner-up at
state meet
The Verona Area seventh
grade girls basketball team
participated in the Wisconsin State Invitational Championship tournament April
9-10 hosted at D. C. Everest, Mosinee and Wausau
East and finished runner-up
in Division 1 to Kimberly.
This tournament, which
wa s o rg a n i z e d b y T h e
Great Northwest Basketball
League, brought together
83 of the top community-based seventh-grade girls
basketball teams from all
across Wisconsin.
State champions were
crowned in four divisions:
Division 1, Division 2,
Division 3 and Division
4/5, based on the enrollment of the high school into
which each team feeds.
The Verona Area team
is coached by Abbey Penn
Turn to Youth/Page 14
Photo by Anthony Iozzo
Senior Julie Touchett goes up for a kill in the WIAA Division 1 state quarterfinals in November. Touchett signed a National Letter of Intent to play volleyball at Bemidji State
(Minn.) University on May 2.
From hobby to scholarship

Touchett signs National
Letter of Intent to play at
DII Bemidji State
ANTHONY IOZZO
Assistant sports editor
When senior Julie Touchett

started volleyball, it was just a
hobby, something fun to pass the
time.
But after several successful
high school and club volleyball
seasons, that hobby blossomed
into an opportunity to achieve

great things, culminating with a
first-team all-Big Eight Conference selection and an honorable
mention All-State nod during the
Wildcats run to the state semifinals last season.
That opportunity went from
being a goal to becoming reality
on May 2 when Touchett signed a
National Letter of Intent to play
volleyball for NCAA Division II
Bemidji (Minn.) State University.
Once I started to see my
potential in high school and
throughout club, I started thinking of college more and more,

Touchett said. I think the time I
was for sure going to go to college and play volleyball and be a
student-athlete was probably in
my sophomore year.
It was Touchetts sophomore
year when she was called up
from the freshmen squad to varsity, and she joined other future
college-bound athletes, including
senior Grace Mueller (NCAA DI
University of Wisconsin-Madison, womens basketball) and
senior Victoria Brisack (NCAA
DI Indiana University-Bloomington, volleyball). Senior Kylie

Schmaltz has also garnered interest from Division I colleges for
volleyball.
And it was her teammates who
really helped her grow into the
athlete she is today, she said.
They have helped me become
more of a leader and more confident with my skills, especially
with being able to have a dream
and a goal, Touchett said. They
have helped make our goals be
Turn to Touchett/Page 14
Wisconsin State
Invitational
Championship
D1 Pool Play
Verona Area 42, Hamilton 20
Verona Area 40, Badger 14
Verona Area 41, De
Pere 21
Quarterfinals
Verona Area 50, Sun
Prairie 45
Semifinals
Ve r o n a A r e a 4 0 ,
Green Bay Preble 27
State championship
Kimberly 35, Verona
Area 22
main story
Boys
lacrosse
Wildcats win annual

Bullrush tournament
ANTHONY IOZZO
T h e Ve r o n a A r e a H i g h
School boys lacrosse team
went 4-0 Saturday and Sunday to win the annual Bullrush
Tournament at VAHS.
The Wildcats knocked off
Franklin 11-3 on Mothers
Day to claim the title and added a win over Hudson, 9-3, in
the semifinals. Verona defeated
Brookfield East/Central 12-0
and D.C. Everest 17-4 on Saturday.
Sophomore Ian Edwards led
with five goals and an assist
against Franklin, while Graham Sticha scored three goals

and added two assists. Junior
Jake Keyes had a goal and an
assist and senior Josh Novotny
collected two assists.
Senior Alex Schultz (goal),
junior Patrick Stigsell (goal),
senior Dom Sabbarese (assist)
and junior Jack Scott (assist)
also picked up points.
Junior Henry Smith finished
with eight saves.
Against Hudson, Keyes
(three goals, one assist)
and Sticha (three goals) led
Turn to Boys lacrosse/Page 14 The Verona Area High School boys lacrosse team won the annual Bullrush Tournament Saturday and Sunday.
Photo by John Schind
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Girls track and field
Boys track and field
Mitchell, Wildcats race to gold

at Hanson Relay meet
Wildcats finish runner-up

at Spartan Invitational
JEREMY JONES
Sports editor
The Verona Area High

School girls track and field
team won five events and
scored points in several others Friday to win the Willard Hanson Relay meet at
La Crosse Central with 157
points 31 over the host Red
Raiders.
Chippewa Falls (122)
rounded out the top three.
Junior Sieanna Mitchell swept individual sprint
events, leading a 1-2-3
sweep in the 200-meter dash.
She went on to add the 100
and 400 dashes.
Mitchell paced the 200
dash in 26.73 seconds, while
Aly (27.34) and Lichty
(27.99) rounded out the top
three spots.
Mitchell went on to post a
meet-best time of 12.86 seconds in the 100. Sophomore
Emilia Lichty and senior
Lexi Alt gave the Wildcats
three finishers in the top five,
taking fourth and fifth in
13.41 and 13.42, respectively.
Mitchell (1:00.73) and Alt
(1:01.23) finished the meet
finishing 1-2 in the 400.
The high jump gave Verona another chance for three
competitors to score points.
Junior Kailey Olson cleared
5-3 for first place, while
sophomore Annika Larson
(4-10) and freshman Ally
Kundinger (4-8) finished
sixth and seventh.

Alt added the pole vault
title with a clearance of 9-3,
while fellow senior Kirsten
Queoff finished third at 8-6.
Senior Europa Christoffel
was runner-up in the long
jump with a leap of 14-10.
She added a third-place finish in the triple jump (32-11),
while senior Autumn Gaillard finished eighth (30-8
1/2).
Junior Franny Donovans
3,200 time of 13:24.38 was
good for fifth place. Larson
matched the finish in the 300
(51.14).
Junior Preston Ploc took
the final scoring spot in
the 800, placing eighth in
2:38.58.
Veronas 1,600-meter
relay of Emilia Lichty, Kylie
Schmaltz, Kundinger and
Cheyenne Trilling finished
runner-up to Chippewa Falls
(4:11.28) in 4:15.84.
Freshmen Andrea Wheaton, Kennedy Kaltenberg and
Kundinger were joined by
Schmaltz to finish fifth in the
800 relay (1:51.46).
Junior Grace Schraufnagel
(104-3) and senior Carissa
Witthuhn (100-1) placed second and fourth in the discus.
Schraufnagel (33 1/2) and
Witthuhn (32-6) took fifth
and seventh, respectively.
The Wildcats travel to
Beloit Memorial at 3:30p.m.
Friday for the Big 8 Conference meet. Running events
start at 4p.m.
Boys golf
Verona takes fifth in competitive

Morgan Stanley Shootout
ANTHONY IOZZO
Senior Nick Meland

s h ow e d o ff h i s s k i l l s
Wednesday and Thursday at the Morgan Stanley
Shootout at the University of
Wisconsin-Madisons University Ridge Golf Course.
Meland finished ninth
overall with a 153 (79-74),
helping the Wildcats take
fifth with a 644 (321-323).
Garhett Kaegi was next
with a 158 (80-78) and Steven Kellerman shot a 166
(80-86). Will Zunker finished with a 167 (82-85).
Nick Buchert was the
teams fifth golfer on day
one and shot a 91, while
Jack Bates took the No. 5
spot on day 2 and finished
with an 88. Both scores

were thrown out.
Middleton finished first
with a 600 (303-297), while
Madison Edgewood was
runner-up with a 626 (319307). Madison Memorial
rounded out the top three
with a 331 (317-314).
Madison Memorials
Jacob OLaughlin won a
two-hole playoff over Middletons Brady Thomas
to take medalist honors.
OLaughlin (73-74) and
Thomas (77-70) both finished with 147s.
Waunakees Max Forseth
was third with a 149 (7574).
Verona concludes the regular season with two invites.
The first is at noon Thursday
Turn to Boys golf/Page 14
Herkert named Field

Athlete of the Meet
at Spartan Invite
JEREMY JONES
Sports editor
Verona Area High School

boys track and field head
coach Joff Pedretti said
winning the Spartan Invitational wasnt the teams
main focus Friday, but the
Wildcats nearly pulled off
the feat anyway.
The Wildcats finished
runner-up to Baraboo with
106 points 13 behind the
Thunderbirds (119). Monona Grove (93) rounded out
the top three schools.
Senior Reggie Curtis
earned silver in the shot put
with a personal best 51-0.
The throw moved him up to
seventh on the VAHS alltime list.
Te a m m a t e A u s t i n
Schwartz also medaled in
the shot put, taking fourth
with a throw of 47 3/4.
University of Iowa football
recruit Toren Young bested
Curtis by nine inches for
first place.
Robbie Freitag (135-3)
and Curtis (135-9) both
PRed to place in the discus, placing fifth and sixth,
respectively.
Curtis and Schwartz
were joined by Hunter
Bourne and Robbie Freitag to help the Wildcats
win the throwers relay
for the second year with
a season-best 47.2. They
got within a half second of
Photo by Jeremy Jones
Junior Jack Herkert cleared 6 feet, 2 inches to win the high jump Friday evening at the Spartan Invitational at Madison Memorial. Herkert attempted a meet-record 6-10, but just clipped the bar on his final
attempt. The junior also won the triple jump and finished second in the 110-meter hurdles to earn Field
Event Athlete of the Meet honors.
the throwers 4x100 school

record and the meet record
set by last years Wildcat
throwers.
Junior Jack Herkert was
named Field Athlete of the
Meet, after clearing 6-6.
He attempted a meet-record 6-10 but just clipped
the bar on his final attempt.
Herkert added the triple
jump title in 42-9 1/2 and
finished second in the 110
high hurdles (15.11). Jared Biddle (15.8) placed
fourth, while senior Spencer Polk matched the finish
in the 300 hurdles in 41.78.
TJ Manning added the
Stan Richter mile with

a personal best 4:25.56,
which moved him on to
the all-time list for the first
time and ranks him seventh
best in school history.
Mason Jordan, Joe Riley,
Tim Soko and Manning
won the 1,600 relay in
3:39.39.
Junior Obi Ifediora fini s h e d r u n n e r- u p i n t h e
400 dash behind Catholic Memorial junior Mike
Oechsner (50.33) with a
time of 49.98.
L a n c e A n d r e w, J o e
Riley, Tim Soko and Curtis placed fourth in the 800
relay (1:34.37).
Junior Josh Madalinski reached 11 feet to take
fifth place in the pole vault,
while sophomore Peter
Barger took sixth in the
800 (2:02.54) and junior
Meja Maka finished seventh in the 100 dash (11.7).
The team spent Saturday
volunteering at the Special
Olympics track and field
meet in Oregon.
Verona travels to Beloit
M e m o r i a l a t 3 : 3 0 p . m .
Friday for the Big Eight
Conference meet. Running
events get underway at
4p.m.
Baseball
Cats split with Middleton, Craig

ANTHONY IOZZO

School baseball team hosted Middleton and Janesville Craig two teams
tied with Sun Prairie (102) in the Big Eight Conference and the Wildcats
split, defeating the Cardinals 9-3 and falling to
Craig 8-6.
The Wildcats are now
9-7 overall and have
moved up to fourth place

in the conference (7-5)
with a game at Sun Prairie (May 24) still on the
schedule.
Verona travels to Beloit
M e m o r i a l s P o h l m a n
Stadium next at 5p.m.
Thursday and then go to
n o n - c o n f e r e n c e B e ave r
Dam at 4:30p.m. Friday
before hosting Madison
East at 5p.m. Tuesday,
May 17.
Verona 9, Middleton 3 (2-for-2).

Tyler McClure doubled
The Wildcats took control with a five-run fourth
inning Thursday against
the Cardinals.
Wi t h t h e g a m e t i e d
3-3, Sam Favour (2-for3) brought home Jacob
Slonim (3-for-4) on a single, and Stephen Lund
(2-for-4) followed with
a 2-run single to plate
Ben Rortvedt (2-for-5)
and Keaton Knueppel
h o m e Favo u r a n d J o s h
Hano capped the inning
with a sacrifice fly that
plated Lund.
Verona added a run in
the sixth to make it 9-3 on
an RBI single by Slonim
that brought home Luke
Frahm.
The Wildcats took a 3-0
lead before Middleton
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Girls lacrosse
Boys tennis
Verona falls to first-place Middleton
Wildcats win one of four at

Nicolets Sweet 16 tournament
came within two goals,

but was never able to come
any closer.
Sophomore Megan
Lois led the scorers with
three goals, while four
girls scored once: seniors
Amanda Best, Abby
Filsinger and Morgan Fritzler and freshman Joie
Horsfall. Best also had an
assist.
Horsfall and Filsinger

led the fielding with five
and three groundballs,
respectively. Junior Kelli
Blaisdell and Best had two
and senior Natalie Schad,
junior Sigal Felber and
sophomore Jenna Jurrens
each had one.
Freshman goalie Sofia
Jeddeloh had four saves.
The Cardinals (7-3
overall) are now 5-0 in the

MALA conference and
alone in first place.
Veronas last home game
of the regular season is at
5p.m. Tuesday, May 17, at
Connor Field, where five
seniors will be honored.
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Softball
Wildcats drop doubleheader against fourth-ranked SPASH

JEREMY JONES
Sports editor
Verona softball rallied

from a 4-1 Big Eight Conference deficit Thursday
to defeat Janesville Parker
15-6 on the road. The Wildcats scored a combined 10
runs over the second and
third innings and never
looked back.
Nicole Neitzel finished 2-for-3 with three
RBIs, while Amie Rudn i c k i ( 2 - f o r- 4 ) , M o l l y
McChesney (3-for-5) and
Taytum Geier each drove in
a pair of runs. McChesney
doubled twice in the win.
Brenna Gladding, Heather Rudnicki, Alyssa Erdman
and Emily Osiecki each
drove in a run.
Meghan Anderson tossed
three innings and didnt
allow a run for the Wildcats. She struck out three
and walked one. Quin Nelson earned the win for the
Wildcats, striking out seven. Nelson allowed four
earned runs on seven hits in
Big Eight standings

Team
Verona
Janesville Craig
Sun Prairie
Middleton
Madison East
Madison Memorial
Beloit Memorial
Madison La Follette
Janesville Parker
Madison West
four innings.
Chelsea Naber (2-for3), Jordyn Nenno and
Cam Rosga each doubled
and drove in a run for the
Vikings.
Stevens Point (DH)

Verona traveled north to
Stevens Point on Saturday
and were swept 6-0 and
13-7 against fourth-ranked
Panthers at Woyak Field.
Wins Losses
11 2
11
2
10
3
6 4
6
8
4
6
5
8
3
7
3
8
0
11
Verona, Beloit (ppd.)
The Wildcats were supposed to travel to Beloits

Krueger Park to face the
Purple Knights but the
game was rained out and
S P A S H s A u b r e y moved to 5 p.m. Friday.
Drohner struck out five in
a complete-game shutout in
the first game, while Halle
Pavelski had a home run,
three RBIs and scored twice
in the win. Brittany Flugar
added a double and two
RBIs in the win.
Panther Shaylee Kluck
hit a 3-run home run to snap
a 4-4 tie. Payton Gaber followed with a solo home run
Baseball: Tuesdays game is postponed

as the Panthers scored six

runs in the second inning on
five hits.
Kluck finished with two
home runs, six RBIs, three
hits and three runs scored,
while Jordan Kawlewski contributed three hits, a
double, an RBI and scored
three runs in the nightcap.
The Panthers improved to
17-2 overall, while Verona
dropped to 13-4.
JEREMY JONES
Sports editor
10-8 atop the singles lineup

against Whitefish Bay and
Alex Pletta cruised 6-1, 6-1
at No. 2 singles, while Vivek
Swaminath added a 6-4, 7-6
(6) win at No. 4 singles.
The Wildcats fell one
match shy of the singles
sweep as Patrick Conley fell
1-6, 6-4, 10-8 against Christopher Hastings.
Luke Schoeberle and Jordan Hutchcroft rolled 6-2,
6-1 at No. 3 doubles for the
teams fourth win. Meanwhile, Mitch Kealy and
Connor Melzer survived a

School boys tennis team
cruised at No. 2 singles and
No. 3 doubles Friday on
the way to the teams lone
win over the weekend at
the Nicolet Sweet 16 tournament, helping Verona
defeat Whitefish Bay 5-2.
The Wildcats went on to fall
against some of the states
premier programs in Neenah,
University School of Milwaukee and Arrowhead.
Will Tennison defeated Patrick Conta 4-6 7-5, Turn to Boys tennis/Page 14
Home Talent League
Cavs starts title defense

with 8-4 win over Muscoda
ANTHONY IOZZO
The Verona Home Talent team opened the 2016

Sunday League season
with an 8-4 win at Muscoda.
The Cavaliers picked up
an RBI single from right
fielder Eli Leonard and an
RBI sacrifice fly by shortstop Justin Scanlon to take
a 6-4 lead in the top of the
fifth.
Starting pitcher Zach

Spencer added a run in the
seventh and he also picked
up the win on the mound.
S p e n c e r a l l ow e d n o
earned runs on six hits
in five innings, striking out five and walking
four. Danny Koss (three
innings) and Scanlon (one
inning) finished the game.
Verona travels to Ridgeway (0-2) at 1p.m. Sunday.
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scored three in the top of

Team W-L
the fourth.
Middleton 10-2
Lund picked up a bunt
10-2
single RBI in the first that Sun Prairie
scored Knueppel. Knuep- Janesville Craig
10-2
pel added an RBI single
in the second that scored Verona 7-5
Slonim and Favour dou- Janesville Parker
6-6
bled Knueppel home later
Madison West
6-6
in the inning.
5-7
Brad Laufenberg went Beloit Memorial
the distance for the win. Madison Memorial
3-9
He allowed no earned runs
Madison
La
Follette
2-10
on three hits, striking out
Madison East
1-11
five and walking two.
Alec Morrison took
the loss. He allowed six
earned runs on 10 hits in courtesy runner.
allowed an unearned run
B u t M c C l u r e p o p p e d on one hit, striking out
three innings, striking out
out, and Hano struck out to two.
three and walking two.
end the inning.
Brandon Dunham colCraig 8, Verona 6
M c C l u r e a n d H a n o lected the win. He allowed
Veronas comeback fell came through in the sixth. three earned runs on six
short Saturday in an 8-6 McClure picked up an RBI hits in five innings, strikloss to Janesville Craig at on a groundout that scored ing out four and walkLund and Hano doubled ing four. Jack Blomgren
Stampfl Field.
picked up the save, allowFalling down 7-0 after home Jason Frahm.
The Wildcats got on the ing an unearned run on one
two innings, the Wildcats
scored two runs in the board in the third. Favour hit in one inning, while
third and sixth innings to grounded out into a double striking out one and walkplay that scored Slonim, ing one.
cut the deficit to three.
Craig added a run in the and Lund doubled home
Verona, Janesville
seventh and Verona came Rortvedt.
Reagan Klawiter took Parker (ppd.)
back with two in the bottom of the seventh and got the loss. Klawiter allowed
The Wildcats were supthe tying run to the plate one earned run on seven
posed
to travel to Riverwith one out. But that was hits in the three innings
as four Verona errors led to side Park Tuesday to take
the last of the scoring.
Favour doubled home the other six allowed when on Janesville Parker but
K n u e p p e l t o s t a r t t h e he was on the mound. He rain forced the game to be
seventh and Favour lat- struck out four and walked postponed.
The game was moved to
e r s c o r e d o n a n e r r o r. two.
Saturday,
May 14.
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School girls lacrosse team
lost 9-7 to conference rival
Middleton on May 3 at
Connor Field.
Middleton took a quick
5-0 lead, but Verona came
back to narrow the lead to
6-3 in the first half. Twice,
Verona (3-2 overall, 3-2
Madison Area Lacrosse
Association red division)
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Youth: Verona falls

to Kimberly in final
and assistant coach Nick Toman. Kyiah
Penn was named to the All-Tournament
team for Division 1, along with: Lizzie Binder (Sheboygan North), Carley
Duffney (Green Bay Preble), Molly
Greeninger (Kimberly), Audrey Hatfield
(Hudson), Bailey Lutes (Sun Prairie),
Mia Murray (Middleton), Olivia Rangel
(Franklin), Madison Schreiber (Kimberly), Claire Swoboda (Manitowoc Lincoln) and Elle Truckenbrod (Hartford
Union).
The Wisconsin State Invitational
Championship Tournament is an annual
event, held in February, March or April
of each year, pitting the top community-based teams in the State of Wisconsin against each other. The tournament
is organized by size of communities,
much like the WIAA state high school
tournaments, so that top teams can compete on a level playing field with other
programs their size.
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Boys tennis: Tuesdays match is postponed

back-and-forth No. 2 doubles
match 3-6, 6-2, 10-2 against Jack
Lyons and Grey Wedekin.
Ninth-ranked Verona followed
up its win against Whitefish Bay
with a 7-0 loss to third-ranked
Neenah. Swaminath played one
of the Wildcats most competitive
match, falling 7-5, 6-1 against
Jarod Lawatsch.
Tennison fell 6-3, 6-3 against
Ryan Risgaard, who advanced
within two rounds of last seasons
state tennis championship match.
Verona continued action Saturday morning against a University School of Milwaukee team
ranked atop the Division 2 state
poll and suffered a second 4-3
loss against USM this season.
Tennison dropped a 6-3, 4-6,
10-7 loss to Jack Collison, and
Pletta nearly took state qualifier
Tommy Calvy to a third set, falling 6-2, 7-5 at No. 2 singles.
Conley added a 6-3, 6-1 win
at No. 3 singles, while Blessing

moved up to No. 4 singles and
won 6-2, 6-4.
The Wildcats could have
closed out the match with a W
if they had taken either the No. 2
or 3 doubles flight.
Melzer and Kealy fell 7-6 (6),
4-6, 10-4 at No. 2 doubles against
Vinay Jain and Phillip Dantoin,
while Hutchcroft and Schoeberle were unable to close out their
No. 3 doubles match 7-6 (7), 5-7,
10-4 against Justin Strauss and
Ethan Treptow.
Verona capped the tournament
Saturday with a 4-3 loss against
eighth-ranked Arrowhead.
Tennison, Pletta and Conley
won the top three singles matches
for Verona, which was unable to
add another win to close out the
match.
Swaminath fell 6-2, 3-6, 10-5
at No. 4 singles, while Hutchcroft
and Schoeberle dropped their No.
3 doubles match 6-4, 3-6, 10-8.
The results were true to the
Wisconsin High School Tennis Coaches Association state

rankings, which has Marquette
at the top of the Division 1 poll.
Third-ranked Neenah fell 6-1
to Marquette in the finals, while
second-ranked Brookfield East
wasnt in the field. Marquettes
victory came two weeks after the
team won the Brookfield East
Invitational.
Verona, Sun Prairie (ppd.)

Rain throughout the day on
Tuesday forced Verona to move
their conference dual meet
against Sun Prairie to Wednesday
after the Press had already gone
to print.
See next weeks paper for
results.
Verona hosts Madison Memorial at 4p.m. Thursday in a match
that will feature the Big Eights
top two singles players in Tennison and state-qualifier Colt Tegtmeier.
Boys golf
at Yahara Golf Course. The second is at noon Monday, May 16,
at Blackhawk Country Club.
The Big Eight Conference meet
is at 8:30a.m. Thursday, May 19,
at Evansville Golf Club.
Portage invite
The Wildcats traveled to Portage Country Club for the Portage
invite Friday and took first place
with a 330.
Kaegi tied for second overall
with an 80, while Meland was
fifth with an 82. Kellerman tied
for sixth with an 83. Bates finished the scoring with an 85.
Beaver Dam (335) and River Valley (336) rounded out the
top three. Stoughton took fourth
(338).
Reedsburgs Jaret Decorah was
the medalist with a 77. River Valleys Derek Wedige tied Kaegi for
second.
Touchett: Ready to continue her volleyball career

able to be met, so I cant be
more happy with how they
have helped me and I am so
thankful.
I learned it takes a lot to
be a team. It takes commitment and trust, and I especially learned that through
Verona just from the experiences that we were able
to have. They transfer very
nicely to club and to college.
The recruiting process
was not a fast one for
Touchett, despite her evolving goals. Once Bemidji
coach Kevin Ulmer started
to email her, however, the
wheels were set in motion.
Ulmer saw Touchetts
recruitment video and liked
what he saw, and that led to
more contact and finally an
official visit, three weeks
ago.
(The campus) was beautiful. It is on a lake, so
everything faces a lake. In
the spring, it will be really
nice and green and warm,
she said.
It is a great town, not in
Canada, so that was good,
she joked.
Growing up on the
volleyball court
Touchett was primarily
a middle blocker for the
Wildcats, but she also contributed as an outside hitter
and even on defense in the
back row.
She finished with 342
kills, 126 blocks, 49 digs
(including 36 her senior
year) and 19 aces.
(Julie) worked hard and
was committed at excelling at different positions
and doing what her coaching staff asks, so I see her

as being a very versatile
player at Bemidji, whether she is in the middle or
the outside or even in the
back row, Verona head
coach Kelly Annen said.
She is a great team player
and was a captain this past
year. She was able to communicate effectively to her
teammates no matter the
situation, and so I am proud
of her for taking the time
to kind of determine what
school she wanted to go to
for her education and volleyball.
This looks to be the perfect match for her to fulfill
both of those opportunities.
Touchetts transformation is also something
Annen said will help future
Verona classes.
S h e i s a n aw e s o m e
example to show the underclassmen and the youth in
the area that you develop
mentally and dont have to
be at a certain place coming into your freshmen
year, Annen said. But if
you set your mind to it and
work hard, you can achieve
your goals.
Seeing that growth in
(Touchett) and getting other people to see her potential as well is really cool.
Touchett will continue to
play a similar role at Bemidji, though she still wants
to perfect her skills.
I really enjoy what I do,
and I think I am good at it,
she said. There are always
things to improve on, just
perfecting what you do, and
I think coach Ulmer will be
able to help throughout at
Bemidji.
Capping her VAHS career at state

Touchett, who will be studying in the field of health
sciences at Bemidji (Minn.) State University and playing NCAA Division II volleyball, was also blessed to be
able to play in the WIAA Division 1 state tournament in
her last season.
Touchett had 18 kills, two blocks (one solo) and two
digs in two state tournament games, which helped the
Wildcats win the first state game in program history
and do so with a win over the top-ranked Burlington
Demons.
And while the experience was filled with a lot of
practice and hard work, she said the best part and
something she will be able to take with her to college
was how she and her teammates didnt take things too
seriously all the time.
State was a great experience, and I was happy I was
able to do it with such a great coach and such great
teammates, She said. Our team at Verona and at club
are not very serious which helps ease the pressure to
perform, so it is really fun and relaxing and you are able
to really enjoy your hobby and enjoy what you do.
Touchetts play also earned her an honorable mention
All-State selection.
Boys lacrosse: Cats go 4-0 at Bullrush tourney

Verona. Edwards added a
goal and two assists and
Novotny collected a goal
and an assist. Schultz (goal)
and Stigsell (assist) also
had points.
Senior Alex Jones
finished with 16 saves.

Against Brookfield,
Edward led the Wildcats
with four goals and an
assist, while senior Noah
Maurer had two goals and
an assist. Senior Brycen
Smith (two assists), junior
Jack Scott (goal, assist),
Sticha (goal, assist), Novotny (goal, assist), Schultz

(goal, assist) and Keyes
(goal, assist) all had multiple points. Junior Peyton
Lightfoot added a goal.
Jones finished with eight
saves.
Against D.C. Everest,
Maurer (four goals, assist)

Keyes (three goals, two
assists) and Edwards (three
goals, assist) led the Wildcats.
Stigsell (two goals,
assist), Brycen Smith (goal,
two assists), Novotny (goal,
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(goal, assist) also had multiple points. Senior Austin

Powers (goal), Senior Taylor Scott (assist), sophomore Jake Doerfler (assist)
and Jack Scott (goal) also
contributed on offense.
Jones had four saves.
Verona 10,
East (Shawnee
Mission, Ks.) 9
to lead the Wildcats to a

15-2 win over Sun Prairie
on May 5.
Keyes added three
goals and an assist, while
Edwards finished with two
goals and an assist. Sabbarese (two goals), Sticha
(two assists) and Christian
(two assists) also had multiple points. Sophomore
Ryan Hyland (assist), Brycen Smith (goal), Novotny
(goal), Taylor Scott (goal),
Stigsell (assist) and Powers
(assist) also contributed.
Sophomore Ethan Maurisek finished with four
saves, while Jones had
three.
On April 30, the Wildcats defeated East (Shawnee Mission, Ks.) Lacrosse
10-9.
Maurer had four goals,
while Edwards added two
goals and two assists. Keyes
collected a goal and two
assists, and Novotny picked Verona 14,
up a goal and an assist.
Craig/Parker 5
Senior Peter Christian
Verona hosted the Janes(goal), Sabbarese (goal)
and Schultz (assist) also ville co-op Friday and won
14-5.
picked up points.
Keyes led with three
Jones had 12 saves.
goals and three assists,
Waunakee 6,Verona 5 (OT) while Edwards and Sabbarese both collected a goal
On May 2, Verona trav- and two assists.
eled to Waunakee and lost
Brycen Smith, Stigsell
6-5 in overtime.
and Doerfler all added a
Edwards had two goals goal and an assist, and
and an assist, while Maurer freshman Logan Peterson
picked up two goals. Keyes (goal), Sticha (goal) and
added a goal and an assist.
Henry Smith (goal) also
Jones finished with 11 picked up points.
saves.
Maurisek had one save,
and Jones finished with sevVerona 15, Sun Prairie 2
en.
Maurer scored five goals
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May 12, 2016
Board: Gorrell effective at managing growth

Evaluation focuses
on positives, more
formal process
coming
The Verona Area school
board gave superintendent
Dean Gorrell positive feedback in an evaluation letter
in April.
Along with the
evaluation,
the board
a p p r ove d a
raise at the
same rate
other VASD
administrators received
Gorrell
earlier in
the school
year, which
brought his salary to
$165,776.
In the letter, dated April
27 and provided to the Press

last week, board president
Dennis Beres writes, Dr.
Gorrell has been particularly
effective in helping us manage and plan for growth.
The letter goes on to add
that he has been instrum e n t a l i n n eg o t i a t i n g
favorable deals for health
insurance and post-employment benefits.
No other formal documentation was provided for
the superintendents annual performance evaluation

for his 11th year in the job.
However, the letter states
that the board and Gorrell
will find a more formal
framework for evaluations
in future years, with an
eye toward measuring performance against mutually
established goals and the
job description for the position.
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Academic
Achievements
Fall 2015 honors
UW-Stevens Point
Verona
Mariano Arteaga, honors;
Mason Kuchenbecker, high
honors; Taylor Nibbe, high
honors; Nika Wanserski, high
honors; Alec West, honors
Fitchburg
Gina Carrola, high honors;
Emily Kuchenbecker, honors;
Kathryn Maas, high honors; Emily OMalley, honors;
Caroline Rice, highest honors;

Nathaniel Rice, honors
Northern Michigan University
Verona
Emily Bongard, deans list;
Brady Kostecki, deans list;
Thomas McDonald, deans list
Fitchburg
Christian Baltes, deans list
Concordia University
Verona
Cassandra Mlsna, honors list
Workshops: Administrators will attend two in Verona, one in Fitchburg later this month
information district administrators are learning just like the community is.
She expects attendees to then
break into groups to talk about their
priorities for new schools, including such topics as the cost or possible different grade configurations.
The presentations will cover
the recent study from MD Roffers
Consulting, which projected the
districts future growth and what
school attendance areas it will hit
hardest, the recently updated facilities and capacity study and a plan
from Findorff, which is consulting
with the district on potential construction costs for a new building.
The district purchased three pieces of land in an April 2015 referendum to use for future schools,
though its undetermined which
they will use first. Two of the pieces
108 acres between the West End
and the neighboring Erbach property will likely be combined for a

high school campus.
The third property is likely an
elementary school site. Its on the
southern end of the city, next to the
Scenic Ridge and Cathedral Point
housing developments that were
moved from the Glacier Edge Elementary School attendance area
to the Country View Elementary
School area beginning next year.
The board gave its first indications Monday of what timing it prefers for those projects both soon
but that discussion was merely a
straw poll leading up to the community discussions.
Those decisions could depend on
how the community wants to solve
the districts overcrowding issue,
which was especially difficult on
the southeast side of the City of
Verona in planning for the 201617 school year. At GE, the only
school in that area, every room that

could be used as a classroom was
converted into one, including the
schools computer lab.
Kloepping said she, superintendent Dean Gorrell and business
manager consultant Chris Murphy
all will all be in attendance at the
meetings. Some board members are
also expected to come, as well as
representatives from MD Roffers,
Findorff and Eppstein Uhen Architects, which is also working with
the district to plan what buildings
could be included in a potential referendum.
As of Monday, officials were
still determining what they expect
will be the major topics of interest at the meetings so they could
have answers prepared. A Monday
night meeting with administrators and a Tuesday meeting with
the Key Communicators group
were expected to clear that up,
Kloepping said. That latter group

is made up of residents, parents and
business owners in the Verona and
Fitchburg communities who the
district hopes can spread the word
about the initiatives.
Kloepping said the workshops
should help the district avoid having too many options as they prepare a fall survey that will be the
final outreach before the referendum, if it happens.
We dont want to go to the end
of the year and have 11 options
there, she said.
The May 19 workshops will
be 9:30-11:30a.m. at the Verona Library and 6-8p.m. at Sugar Creek Elementary School.
The May 24 workshop will be
6-8p.m. at the Fitchburg Library.
Referendum
workshops
Thursday, May 19
9:30-11:30a.m.
Verona Public Library, 500
Silent St.

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6-8p.m.
Sugar Creek Elementary
School, 420 Church Ave.
Tuesday, May 24
6-8p.m.
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PALs: 24-year program allowed for personalization, community building, teachers say
one of the many traditions
parents and students have
said made the program an
early version of personalized learning and created
a strong community the
classrooms aim to create a
collaborative environment
between the students.
Vanessa Beardsley is a
big fan of the program and
has had at least one child in
PALs for each of the past
six years.
I never had a teacher
like that when I was growing up; I never experienced
a classroom that was that
interactive and that vibrant
and that committed to collaboration in my entire
life, she said. I have a
graduate degree.
Other traditions that
have taken hold throughout the years include a
history museum, in which
fourth-graders dress up in
historical costumes and
act out scenes surrounding
major events in Wisconsin, and having the older
children serve as reading
buddies for the younger students in the program.
The setup includes three
classrooms of grades 1-3
and two classrooms of 4-5.
The programs teachers said
the younger students often
see the traditions the older students take part in and
realize what they can look
forward to, and the continuity allows the teachers to
develop strong relationships
with the families.
W h i l e t h e s c h o o l s
principal, Mike Pisani, has

promised to spread parts
of the concept throughout the school, some say it
cant replace the community developed through the
teachers working together and students getting to
know their teachers over
five years within a small
group. Pisani elected to
continue with three grades
1-3 multiage classrooms,
but fourth- and fifth-grade
will be entirely separate.
Beardsley said the
responsibility given to students at such a young age in
the program prepares them
well for the real world.
There is a lot of responsibility and autonomy given
to the individual students
by the teachers that I dont
see elsewhere in those same
grade levels, Beardsley
said. Youre almost kind
of amazed that your child is Former PAL Mira Deutsch, right, now an eighth-grader at Savanna Oaks Middle School, returns to the
being held accountable for program to help Carsten Zenner and others learn to sew.
remembering their homework.
now still, as were walking the program earlier this
from.
Personalization
They say the freezer sec- down the street shell see year, Pisani told the Press
One of the programs tion at the grocery store, something on the sidewalk, PALs was leaving a legamajor philosophies is that they say the guy that rings Hey I could do this with cy and he hoped to spread
that throughout the entire
teachers need to reach each the doorbell and brings it in that.
a
box,
she
said.
The
students
also
have
building. But without the
student in his or her own
After just three weeks some ability to choose consistent traditions PALs
way.
Thats where activities with one session in each, whom they will portray in provided, parents worried
that will be lost.
like the interest groups the kids get to enjoy their the history museum.
Those are experiences
For the students, part of
come in. Students are free own homemade pizza.
Beardsley also saw how that arent paper-pencil, but that having that strong comto choose almost any topic
as long as a parent or teach- much passion the groups the kids are learning some- munity also brings out leadcan create, noting that her thing theyre really interest- ership in each student as
er is willing to teach it.
they approach fifth grade,
Thats how Beardsley and daughter, a fifth-grader, ed in, Buerger said.
took
a
junk
art
class
with
a
Everything
the teachers said.
in
the
proher husband came to begin
gram, down to the supplies
Every five can be a leadteaching pizza-making in parent last year.
It
really
caused
her
to
er
in some way, said Sue
at
each
table,
is
designed
2012. They start by asking
Cook.
kids where pizza comes look at that one thing differ- with a lesson in mind.
ently, Beardsley said. She
Beardsley said she saw
There arent four glue
bottles on purpose, Liz a difference as soon as her
Buerger, one of the found- son, who began with PALs
ers, noted of the tables, in second grade, reached
which each seat four stu- middle school.
dents. They have to share.
It starts with giving the
Its part of the commu- children the ownership of
nity the teachers sought their experience, she said.
to create from the start, Theyre going to reap the
and it showed when more benefits of their choices and
than 300 people signed a their behavior and theyre
petition in March urging also going to experience
administrators to keep the the natural consequences
program. Dozens attended of those choices and behavmeetings with Stoner Prai- ior.
rie principal Mike Pisani
and a school board meet- Schools cornerstone
ing this spring to ask them
While the loss of the proto consider continuing the gram is sad, it would have
program.
been a tough end to the
In deciding to discontinue year no matter what, with
Keep Learning
Buerger, Cook and Paula

Wick all planning to retire.
Wick and Buerger were
founders of PALs.
They really are the cornerstone of the building,
Huttner said. Its sad to see
this happening.
B e a r d s l ey s a i d t h e i r
strength has been in noticing what is happening in
the classroom.
They notice and they
assess what needs to happen and then they create
the environment, she said.
Its not theirs. They allow
the students to own that
space.
The teachers saw the
programs strength in one
another.
One of us gets stuck in
the middle of the day on
something, we just go,
Buerger said. There is just
the automatic, Were all in
it together.
Parents have set up a
retirement party for the
three teachers, and Beardsley said anyone in the
community is welcome to
the party, from 11a.m. to
3p.m. Sunday, June 12,
at Art in the Barn, 5927
Adams Road in Fitchburg.
Beardsley said the teachers had a long-term effect
on her children, and the
program had a long-term
effect on her.
It changed, I think, my
childrens trajectory, hopefully for their lifetime, and
it certainly opened my eyes
and my husbands eyes to
what we wanted out of our
childrens education going
forward, she said.
Instead of it ending, she
and others who have been
involved with the pro gram had hoped it could be
expanded, and believe it set
an early example for many
of the initiatives the district is challenging itself to
implement today.
Ultimately it is 25
years of successful personalized learning and
N u r t u r e d H e a r t b e h av ior approach, she said.
Theyve nailed it.
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May 12, 2016
The Verona Press
17
Plan aims to avoid dip, spike in tax rate with TIF district closure
SCOTT GIRARD
A plan presented May 9 would

allow the district to keep the property tax rate nearly even next
school year despite the closing of
the Epic tax-increment finance district.
PMA Securities, which advises
the district on financial matters,
presented a plan that would pay off
several million dollars in debt with
the districts temporary revenue
boost in the 2016-17 school year.
That would keep the rate to $11.98

per $1,000 of property value, 1
cent lower than the rate this year.
Since news of the impact of the
TIF districts impending closure
came out two weeks ago, board
members and administrators have
stressed the fine line the district
will need to stay on to keep the tax
rate level, rather than having large
fluctuations resulting from state
aid changes.
The plan would pay off the $8.3
million April 2015 land referendum debt, which also would save
the district $815,000 in interest

costs. That is not including the
one-time $11.2 million payout the
district is expected to receive in
2017 from the TID closure.
If the district were to not pay
off extra debt, the mill rate would
drop to $9.65 in 2016-17 and then
jump back up to $9.89 for the
2017-18 school year, according
to PMAs projections. The 201718 numbers will also depend on
changes to school funding in the
next state biennial budget and the
outcome of a potential April 2017
referendum.
The district will go through
its budget process over the next
month, with its public budget hearing in June.
It will also need to determine
how to spend the $11.2 million, as
some options could have a negative effect on state aid. The presentation from PMA said the district
is analyzing options.
Contact Scott Girard at ungreporter@wcinet.com and follow
him on Twitter @sgirard9.
Mill rates*
2015-16 actual: $11.99
2016-17 projected without
debt payoff: $9.65
2016-17 projected with
debt payoff: $11.98
*Based on projections from PMA
Buildings: Board, district administrators now await community feedback on options
Verona Area High School principal Pam

Hammen said her support for Option E was
simple: This is really about overcrowding,
at the end of the day.
That option had the most space remaining overall by the 2030 projection. The
numbers were based on projections presented April 4 from a study by MD Roffers
Consulting.
Board president Dennis Beres said his
support for that plan was based on the
number of new buildings constructed early
on and the options to include more modern
amenities.
Theres opportunities to address programmatic and functional things as part of
that remodeling process, Beres said. You
have a lot more in play to that purpose.
The second-most popular option
involved a transition to a new grade configuration, with K-4 at elementaries, 5-8
Each version would have its own effects

on when and how often redistricting would
need to take place, which concerned new
board member Meredith Stier Christensen,
but EUA senior design architect Eric
Dufek said the key would be informing the
community ahead of time that transitions
would be coming.
Students can adapt to change way better than parents and staff can, Dufek said.
Students are amazingly good at change.
A potential West End high school would
likely house more than 2,000 students by
2030, and some were concerned about that
number. But principal Pam Hammen said
there are ways to construct a community
in such a large building, including smaller
communities within the larger school.
Another option would be to have two
high schools, which some administrators
have expressed concern about at times in
the past.
That would be interesting to hear how
the community feels about that, Hammen
said.
NCS director Jim Ruder, who is retiring
at the end of the year, joined Brunner in
supporting the end of NCS and SC buildings, calling it a very, very old building.
He added that NCS would like to have
the option to expand to K-8, as Core
Knowledge Charter School is.
Board member Amy Almond and VASD
director of bilingual programs and instructional equity Laurie Burgos also stressed
the importance of thinking outside of the
box when considering options, whether
thats reconfigured grades or modern layouts of buildings. Perhaps that answer is
even something that was not presented at
the meeting, Almond said.
Im trying to look at this as an
Option D
5 votes
2020: End use of Sugar Creek, New
Century; build elementary at Herfel site
2025: Build elementary on North or
West side at unknown site
2030: Addition to high school or eliminate K-Wing and build second high
school location
2 votes
Century; transition Badger Ridge,
Savanna Oaks to elementary sites;
current high school becomes middle
school site; new high school on West
End property
2025: Eliminate K-Wing and build new
middle school at unknown site
2030: Build elementary at Herfel site;
addition to West End high school
Option B
2 votes
2020: Build elementary at Herfel site
Century; build elementary on North or
West side at unknown site
2030: Build new elementary at unknown site; addition to high school
or eliminate K-Wing and build second
high school location
Option C
1 vote
2020: Build elementary at Herfel site
2025: No new buildings
2030: Build new elementary on North
or West side at unknown site; addition
to high school or eliminate K-Wing
and build second high school location
opportunity to change programming if it
benefits student achievement, Almond
said. I feel like Im only given safe choices.
Contact Scott Girard at ungreporter@
wcinet.com and follow him on Twitter @
sgirard9.
Option E
24 votes
Century; transition Badger Ridge to
elementary site; build elementary
at Herfel site; current high school
becomes middle school site, eliminate
K-Wing; new high school on West End
property
2025: No new buildings
2030: Build elementary on North or
West side at unknown site; addition to
West End high school
Option F
15 votes
Century; transition Badger Ridge to
elementary; make all elementaries K-4;
current high school becomes middle
school site, eliminate K-Wing; make
middle school sites 5-8; new high
school at West End site
2025: Addition to Savanna Oaks
2030: Build K-4 elementary at Herfel
site; addition to West End high school
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Option A
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I love the people in it, Brunner said. It

means a lot to me and the community, but
that building is spent.
EUA, which is working with the district as it looks toward an April 2017 referendum, asked the 25 board members and
administrators in attendance to vote for
two options apiece after explaining each.
Of the 49 votes cast, 24 were for Option
E, which would build an elementary school
on the recently purchased Herfel property
and a high school on the former West End
property by 2020. That option would also
end use of SC and NCS, convert Badger
Ridge to an elementary site and transition
the high school to a middle school site
while eliminating the K-Wing.
The district will host three community workshops this month to gather the
community input on the plan ideas, with
a potential referendum in April 2017 for
whatever buildings the district finds the
community would support.
EUA architect Robin Savola cautioned
that while long-term planning is important
to have in place, What happens in 2030
may shift by the time you actually get to
2030.
at middle schools and the current 9-12

continuing at the high school. It would
include building a new high school on the
West End in 2020 while transitioning other
schools to different levels, and it received
15 votes.
No other plan received more than five
votes.
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May 12, 2016
The Verona Press
ConnectVerona.com
Obituaries
Linda M. Way
Linda Way
L i n d a M . Wa y, a l s o
known lovingly as Lindy
and Grandma Lindy, age
68 of Mt. Vernon, died on
May 3, 2016 at Meriter
Hospital in Madison surrounded by her family and
friends.
She was born on Sept.
27, 1947 in Milwaukee to
William O. and Betty L.
(Hendrickson) Smith. She
graduated from Mt. Horeb
High School in 1965. Lindy worked at St. Marys
Hospital, Ingleside Manor
and Sienna Crest, and also
did private in-home care
during her years of nursing.
In 1977, she started dating
Roger Way, and they were
married on June 28, 1985 at
The Little Brown Church in
Nashua, Iowa.
Linda raised her three
children, loved when her
family grew to include Rogers four sons, and her nurturing personality led her to
also care for her grandchildren and many others along
the way. Grandma Lindy
had the special gift of being
a mother to more than just
her children, and so many
people think of her as a
second mother or grandma.
Lindys strong faith in God
brought many close friends
into her life through her
church involvement. She
was a longtime member of
Mt. Vernon Zwingli UCC
Church.
After Rogers death in
January 2004, the loss of
other family members,
and her retirement, she
Photos by Scott Girard
Badgers visit
SOMS
Two members of the Wisconsin
Badgers basketball team visited
Savanna Oaks Middle School
May 5 to talk with students
about bullying and what it takes
to achieve success. Ethan Happ
and Jordan Hill answered questions from the students, which
ranged from how big their shoes
are to how to deal with bullying.
Above, students laugh at an
answer about whether or not the
players have trash talked others
on the court.
Right, Hill and Happ speak about
how to deal with bullying, what
makes an athlete successful
and the importance of school.
Students also asked questions
about breaking bones and XBox
or Playstation?
Legals
TOWN OF VERONA
SPECIAL TOWN
BOARD MEETING
FRIDAY, MAY 13TH, 2016
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING
THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE
UTILITY COMMISSION BOARD
MEETING
VERONA TOWN HALL,
335 N. NINE MOUND RD
VERONA, WI 53593
1. Call To Order/Approval of Agenda

2. Consideration of Recommendation by the Utility Commission Board to
Amend Ordinance 1991-01 Governing
Sewer Use, Industrial Wastewater Discharges, Sewer Service Charges, and
Sewer Connections and Construction
with Possible Action to Approve the
Amendment by Resolution for the Elimination of Language Pertaining to a Standby Fee
3. Consideration of Recommendation by the Utility Commission Board to
Require the Connection Inspection Fee
be Payable to the Town of Verona Utility
District for Lots within the Utility District
Whose Owner Request a Service Connection as Recommended by the Ordinance Committee
4. Adjourn
To receive agendas and other announcements by email, use the subscribe featured on the Town website at
http://www.town.verona.wi.us/.
If anyone having a qualifying disability as defined by the American With
Disabilities Act, needs an interpreter,
materials in alternate formats or other accommodations to access these
meetings, please contact the Town of
Verona Clerks office @ 608-845-7187 or
jwright@town.verona.wi.us. Please do so
at least 48 hours prior to the meeting so
that proper arrangements can be made.
Notice is also given of a possible
quorum of the Plan Commission could
occur at this meeting for the purposes of
gathering information only.
*The Town Board of Supervisors
serves at the Utility District Board
TOWN OF VERONA
UTILITY COMMISSION
BOARD AGENDA*
MAY 13, 2016 2:30 PM
TOWN OF VERONA HALL,
335 N NINE MOUND ROAD
VERONA, WI 53593-1035
1. Call to Order/Approval of Agenda

2. Approval of meeting minutes from
November 17, 2015
3. Budget Amendment to 2016 Operating Budget to Authorize the Transfer
of Funds from Utility District Reserves to
Cover Emergency Repairs to Manhole 10
4. Discussion with Possible Action
to Amend Ordinance 1991-01 to Eliminate
an Annual Standby Fee for Lots without
Residences and to Require the Connection Inspection Fee be Payable to the
Town of Verona Utility District for Lots
within the Utility District Whose Owner
Request a Service Connection as Recommended by the Ordinance Committee
5. Possible Action to Recommend
the Town Board Adopt by Resolution the
Amendment to Ordinance 91-1 to Eliminate the Definition of Reasonable Distance from Article II (13) of Ordinance
1991-01 and Standby Charges from Article VIII (11)
6. Adjourn the Commission Meeting
Published: May 12, 2016
WNAXLP
Misty
Dodge
reads at
Stoner
Prairie
Betty J. Sharp
Betty Jane Sharp (Conner) passed away in her
sleep on May 7, 2016 at
Artisan Assisted Living in
Middleton at the age of 94.
She is survived by her
son, Bruce (Margaret); her
sister, Margaret Clark; and
five grandchildren, Jamie
Thibodaux, Jimmy Sharp,
Adrian Mcilwain, Christine
Lunseth and Amanda Sinclair.
S h e wa s p r e c e d e d i n
death by her beloved husband, Floyd; her son,
James; daughter, Debbie;
and seven siblings, Thelma, Ken, Jack, Myrtle,
Ruth, Bob and Dorothy.
City of Fitchburg
finance director Misty
Dodge read to Ms.
Enzenroths kindergarten class at Stoner
Prairie Elementary
School on Wednesday,
April 27. Her visit also
included an activity
about needs versus
wants.
found a new church home

and developed incredible
friendships at Life Church
in Mt. Horeb that helped
her as her life changed. All
Lindy ever wanted to be
was a mother and a Christian, and she excelled at
both.
Survivors include her
children, Danette (Dan)
Dahlk, Joe Furda, Anessa
Cushman, Leonard Way
and Mark Way; grandchildren, Danielle Dahlk,
Dana Dahlk, Ashley Cushman, Brandon Cushman,
James Patrick Way, Tessa (Scott) Dreger, Brian
Way and Nicholas Way;
two great-granddaughters,
Ashlyn Svendsen and Izabella Dreger; two sisters,
Sandra Jean Doeseckle and
Amy Kay Smith; a special
daughter-in-law, Cheryl
Way; sister- and brothers-in-law, Velma Lang,
William Pete Way and
Jack Northrup; nieces and
nephews, Erika Doeseckle,
Jason Doeseckle, Carmen
DeVoss, Troy Dickinson
and Lisa Peters; Rogers nieces and nephews
too numerous to name,
great-nieces, great-nephews, other relatives and
many friends.
She was preceded in
death by her parents; her
sister, Lori Ann Smith; her
husband; two sons, James
and Patrick Way; granddaughter, Jessa Ann Way;
grandson, Jeremy Way; a
special nephew, Chet Allen
Dickinson; and many special in-laws.
Funeral services will be
held at 11a.m. Thursday,
May 12 at Life Church,
2770 Brandywein Trail, Mt.
Horeb. Visitation will be
held from 3-8 p.m. Wednesday, May 11 at Ellestad
Camacho Funeral Home,
500 N. 8th St., Mt. Horeb.
G r ave s i d e S e r v i c e a n d
Burial of Cremains for Roger and Linda will be held at
5p.m. Tuesday, June 28 at
Mt. Vernon Cemetery.
www.
camachofuneralhomes.com
608-437-5077
A Celebration of Life
service will be held at
2p.m. Friday, May 13 at
Ryan Funeral Home, located at 220 South Enterprise Drive, Verona, with
committal to follow at the
Verona Cemetery. Visitation will be held from noon
to 2p.m. on Friday prior to
services.
To view and sign this
guestbook, please visit:
www.ryanfuneralservice.
com.
Ryan Funeral Home &
Cremation Services
Verona Chapel
220 Enterprise Drive
608-845-6625
***
402 Help Wanted, General
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LAKE KEGONSA State Park LTE Laborer Position ID Number 9984 Please see
our website for job and application Apply
by May 20 dnr.state.wi.ltejobs For
questions contact 608-873-9695
DISHWASHER, COOK,
WAITRESS, & DELI STAFF
WANTED.
Applications available at
Sugar & Spice Eatery.
317 Nora St. Stoughton.
FORT LITTLEGREEN Youth Camp &
Nature Center, in Stoughton, is hiring
camp counselors for summer. Full and
part time available. Email resume to fort.
littlegreen@gmail.com.
GROWING CONCRETE company
looking for experienced flat work
finisher, foundation form setter, concrete
foremen and operator. DL/CDL helpful.
Competitive wages, insurance benefits.
608-289-3434
CLASSIFIEDS, 873-6671 or 835-6677. It
pays to read the fine print.
STUDENT HELP WANTED. Sundays

8:30am-2:30pm. Start 5/15 until Christmas. Lawn leaf raking, various house
and yard projects. Must have car and
able to lift 40 lbs. $12.50/hour Email your
phone# to kristine@kegonsa.com.
434 Health Care, Human

Services & Child Care
COMFORT KEEPERS IN MADISON
Seeking caregivers to provide care
to seniors in their homes. Valid DL/
Dependable Vehicle required. FT & PT
positions available. Flexible scheduling.
UP TO $2000 Sign-On Bonus!
Call 608-442-1898
THEY SAY people dont read those little
ads, but YOU read this one, didnt you?
Call now to place your ad, 873-6671 or
835-6677.
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UNITED CEREBRAL Palsy of Dane
County is looking for experienced, confident care providers. We support a wide
variety of children and adults with developmental disabilities throughout Dane
County. Part-time positions available
immediately! For more information, or to
request an application, please visit our
website at www.ucpdane.org or contact
Shannon at shannonmolepske@ucpdane.org or (608) 273-3318. AA/EOE
444 Construction,
Trades & Automotive
HELP WANTED: Looking for a Heavy
Equipment Operator for Residential Pit/
Quarry experience preferred. and also
looking for a Dump Truck Driver w/CDL
license. If qualified and interested please
call 608-835-3630 or 608-835-5858
446 Agriculture,
Landscaping & Lawn Care
AGRONOMY SALES and Service Specialist. Responsibilities include sales,
blending, delivery and service CDL
required, salary with benefits. Qualified
applicants send resume to mfcoop@
chorus.net Middleton Farmers Coop PO
BOX 620348, Middleton, WI 53562-0348
www.middleton coop.com
AGRONOMY SALES and Service Specialist Responsibilities include sales,
blending, delivery and service. CDL
required, salary with benefits. Qualified
applicants send resume to mfcoop@
chorus.net Middleton Farmers Coop, PO
Box 620348, Middleton, WI 53562-0348
www.middletoncoop.com
DRIVER/NURSERY EMPLOYEE, PARTTIME/FULL TIME, flexible schedule,
Company is experienced and professional. Call Ron at 608-217-6662
449 Driver, Shipping

& Warehousing
COURIER Naviant is looking for a courier to be the face of Naviant's physical
records division. We are looking for a
well-rounded individual that can provide
traditional courier duties as well as complete tasks in our warehouse and production area. Courier and forklift experience
is a plus but will train for the right fit. If
you are interested, please email Tricia
Shields @ tshields@naviant.com.
DRIVERS: CO Guaranteed Pay! Regional Dedicated, M-F CDL-A w/tank /Haz
End 855-252-1634
451 Janitorial & Maintenance

EVENING CLEANING help needed in
Oregon WI. Part time shift can start 4,5 or
6pm. 4 hours per night. Monday through
Friday. NO WEEKENDS! Vacuuming,
dusting, mopping, restrooms, etc. Apply
at DIVERSIFIED BUILDING MAINTENANCE, 1105 Touson Drive, Janesville,
WI 53546 or call 608-752-9465
JANITORIAL / Custodian Cleaning Job
in Verona. We are currently hiring night
time staff for cleaning from 6pm-10pm
or 6pm-11pm, Monday-Friday. Starting
pay is $9.00 per hour with semi-annual
performance based raises. Call or text
Kevin today for more information and set
up an interview, 608-228-8729. Cleen
Trax Maintenance Inc
452 General
OFFICE CLEANING in Stoughton
Mon-Fri 4 hours/night. Visit our website:
www.capitalcityclean.com or call our
office: 608-831-8850
May 12, 2016

RECOVER PAINTING Offers carpentry,
drywall, deck restoration and all forms of
painting Recover urges you to join in the
fight against cancer, as a portion of every
job is donated to cancer research. Free
estimates, fully insured, over 20 years of
experience. Call 608-270-0440.
554 Landscaping, Lawn,

Tree & Garden Work
ART'S LAWNCARE: Mowing,
trimming, roto-tilling. Garden
maintenance available.608-235-4389
LAWN MOWING
Residential & Commercial
Fully Insured.
608-873-7038 or 608-669-0025
RIGHT HAND MAN Services: Spring
lawn mowing & trimming, cleaning, etc.
Over 17 years experience. Call Jer 608338-9030.
SHREDDED TOPSOIL
Shredded Garden Mix
Shredded Bark
Decorative Stone
Pick-up or Delivered
Limerock Delivery
O'BRIEN TRUCKING
5995 Cty D, Oregon, WI
608-835-7255
www.obrientrucking.com
602 Antiques & Collectibles

COLUMBUS ANTIQUE MALL
& CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
MUSEUM
"Wisconsin's Largest Antique Mall"
Customer Appreciation Week!
June 6-12 20% Discount!
Enter daily 8am-4pm 78,000 SF
200 Dealers in 400 Booths
Third floor furniture, locked cases
Location: 239 Whitney St
Columbus, WI 53925
920-623-1992
www.columbusantiquemall.com
LIKE NEW 1975 Through 2009 Syttende
Mai Plate Collection 873-0371
652 Garage Sales

MT VERNON Zwingli UCC in Mt Vernon
all church garage sale. Friday May 13
8-6, Saturday May 14, 9-2. Something for
everyone in the family
OREGON- 294 Waterman St 5/13
8am-4pm, 5/14 8am-1pm Stampin Up,
Collectibles, TV, records, toys, sewing
patterns, teacher resources,, lamps,
clothes
OREGON- 496 Cledell; St. Fri 5/13 &
Sat 5/14 7:30am-2pm. BEST GARAGE
SALE EVER! Toys, home & seasonal
decor, train set, drafting desk, keyboard
w/stand, guinea pig/hampster cage w/
all accessories, Melissa & Doug puzzles, mannequin busts, brand new ball
helmets, books, etc. DON'T MISS OUT!
OREGON- 635 Rinpoche Ln, Bergamont,
5/13-5/14 9am-5pm. Women's, men's
kids, maternity clothes all brand name
baby equipment, toys, furniture, household, hot dogs and soda
OREGON TRASH & TREASURE
Sale. Holy Mother of Consolation.
651 N. Main St. Thursday-Friday, May
19-21, 8am-4pm. Half price
Saturday, May 21th 8am-noon.
STOUGHTON- 3198 Duncan Rd May

12-14. 4-family household items, child/
adult clothing, outside items, furniture,
patio set, sandblaster, books, puzzles,
bike, great buys
VERONA- 317 Thompson St, Fax
machine, computer table, digital piano
keyboard, antique chair/foot stool, size
12 clothing, overhead projector, steel
bookcase, carpet shampooer,
696 Wanted To Buy

WE BUY Junk Cars and Trucks.
We sell used parts.
Monday thru Friday 8am-5:30pm.
Newville Auto Salvage, 279 Hwy 59
Edgerton, 608-884-3114
705 Rentals
GREENWOOD APARTMENTS
Apartments for Seniors 55+, currently
has 1 & 2 bedroom units available
starting at $750 per month, includes
heat, water, and sewer.
608-835-6717 Located at:
139 Wolf St., Oregon, WI 53575
OREGON 3-BEDROOM duplex, 3
baths, 2.5 car garage. Over
1,700 sq. ft. Quiet area. Smoke-free.
Small pet. $1,1495+/mo. 216 Thomson
Lane. 608-835-9269.
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Apartments in Verona. These luxury
apartments have all of the extras, come
tour today! One female space available
immediately, from $775/mo. Inquire for
additional availability. Details at 608-2557100 or veronawiapartments.com
STOUGHTON 1616 Kenilworth Ct.
Large 2-BR apts available now.
Pets welcome. Many feature new wood
laminate flooring.
$775-$825/mo. 608-831-4035.
www.madtownrentals.com
STOUGHTON/KENILWORTH- Quiet
2-bedroom, water ncluded, Private
Owner. No Pets. $830 mo. Available July
608-212-0829
VERONA 2 Bed Apts. Available 2
bed/2 bath luxury apartments at West
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on-site office, 24/7 emergency maintenance. Large dogs welcome. From
$1,440/mo. Details at 608-255-7100 or
veronawiapartments.com.
720 Apartments
ROSEWOOD APARTMENTS for Seniors
55+. 1 & 2 bedroom units available
starting at $750 per month. Includes
heat, water and sewer. Professionally
managed. Located at
300 Silverado Drive, Stoughton, WI
53589 608-877-9388
750 Storage Spaces For Rent

ALL SEASONS SELF STORAGE
10X10 10X15 10X20 10X30
Security Lights-24/7 access
BRAND NEW
OREGON/BROOKLYN
Credit Cards Accepted
CALL (608)444-2900
C.N.R. STORAGE
Located behind
Stoughton Garden Center
Convenient Dry Secure
Lighted with access 24/7
Bank Cards Accepted
Off North Hwy 51 on
Oak Opening Dr. behind
Stoughton Garden Center
Call: 608-509-8904
DEER POINT STORAGE
Convenient location behind
Stoughton Lumber.
Clean-Dry Units
24 HOUR LIGHTED ACCESS
5x10 thru 12x25
608-335-3337
FRENCHTOWN
SELF-STORAGE
Only 6 miles South of
Verona on Hwy PB.
Variety of sizes available now.
10x10=$60/month
10x15=$70/month
10x20=$80/month
10x25=$90/month
12x30=$115/month
Call 608-424-6530 or
1-888-878-4244
NORTH PARK STORAGE
10x10 through 10x40, plus
14x40 with 14' door for
RV & Boats.
Come & go as you please.
608-873-5088
OREGON SELF-STORAGE
10x10 through 10x25
month to month lease
Call Karen Everson at
608-835-7031 or
Veronica Matt at 608-291-0316
RASCHEIN PROPERTY
STORAGE
6x10 thru 10x25
Market Street/Burr Oak Street
in Oregon
Call 608-520-0240
The Verona Press
UNION ROAD STORAGE

10x10 - 10x15
10x20 - 12x30
24 / 7 Access
Security Lights & Cameras
Credit Cards Accepted
608-835-0082
1128 Union Road
Oregon, WI
Located on the corner of
Union Road & Lincoln Road
801 Office Space For Rent

OFFICE SPACES FOR RENT
In Oregon facing 15th hole
on golfcourse
Free Wi-Fi, Parking and
Security System
Conference rooms available
Kitchenette-Breakroom
Autumn Woods Prof. Centre
Marty 608-835-3628
802 Commercial &

Industrial For Lease
NEW OFFICE/WAREHOUSE FOR
RENT 1250-5000 SQ FT AVAILABLE
OREGON. CALL JEFF 608-575-2190
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965 Hay, Straw & Pasture

PASTURE FOR Rent 25 acres. $750
Llamas preferred. Verona Township.
608-845-6393
970 Horses
WALMERS TACK SHOP
16379 W. Milbrandt Road
Evansville, WI
608-882-5725
990 Farm: Service

& Merchandise
RENT SKIDLOADERS
MINI-EXCAVATORS
TELE-HANDLER
and these attachments. Concrete
breaker, posthole auger, landscape rake,
concrete bucket, pallet forks, trencher,
rock hound, broom, teleboom, stump
grinder.
By the day, week, or month.
Carter & Gruenewald Co.
4417 Hwy 92
Brooklyn, WI, 608-455-2411
835-6677.
Nutrition Aide - Part Time
The Verona Senior Center has an opening for a

Nutrition Aide every other week, Monday-Friday
between 9:45 AM-1:45 PM to support our nutrition site. Must enjoy working with seniors, be capable of standing and working at a steady pace
for 3-4 hours, and be able to lift 30-40 pounds
on occasion. Work experience in a related field
is a plus but not required. This is a permanent
part time position with an hourly rate of $12.24.
There are no fringe benefits. Graduation from an
accredited high school is required.
See the full job description at our website:
www.ci.verona.wi.us
Apply online by May 20, 2016.
Verona Senior Center

108 Paoli Street
Verona WI, 53593
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740 Houses For Rent

STOUGHTON- 3 blocks from Sandhill
School. Two Bedroom one bath, finished
basement with shower bath. Two car
garage. Central A/C, all appliances. Non
Smoking, No pets. $1050 per month +
utilities. Available June 6. Phone 608873-0879 after 5pm
835-6677.
516 Cleaning Services

KT CLEANING
House and office cleaning,
errand-running,
yardwork,
dog-walking.
Free estimates.
608-514-4510.
Consider a career in a company

where participation and
ownership drives our culture.
548 Home Improvement

A&B ENTERPRISES
Light Construction Remodeling
No job too small
608-835-7791
DOUG'S HANDYMAN
SERVICE
Gutter Cleaning & Gutter Covers
"Honey Do List"
No job too small
608-845-8110
Advertising Sales & Marketing Manager

This is a great career opportunity in a fun, fast paced, participatory environment. In this
leadership role you will direct the revenue generation, promotions, advertising and
circulation sales & service activities for the Unified Newspaper Group (UNG) sales team.
HALLINAN-PAINTING
WALLPAPERING
**Great-Spring-Rates**
35 + Years Professional
Interior/Exterior
Free-Estimates
References/Insured
Arthur Hallinan
608-455-3377
TOMAS PAINTING
Professional, Interior,
Exterior, Repairs.
Free Estimates. Insured.
608-873-6160
Do you possess a college degree or equivalent experience in sales,

marketing and/or business?
Are you skilled in participatory management and persuasive communication skills?
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Are you known for your ability to foster a spirit of cooperation and positive energy?
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UNG is part of Woodward Community Media, a division of Woodward Communications, Inc., based in Dubuque, Iowa.
To learn more about these opportunities, submit your application

and resume today at www.wcinet.com/careers
Woodward Communications, Inc., is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
WCI maintains a tobacco-free campus.
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Unified Newspaper Group has six publications serving the Dane County area: Three community weekly
newspapers the Verona Press, Oregon Observer and Stoughton Courier Hub one monthly (the Fitchburg
Star), a regional magazine (Your Family) and a shopper (the Great Dane). We are headquartered in Verona, Wis.
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Come and Visit Wisconsins Premier Grower of

Quality Bedding Plants & Hanging Baskets
Quality bloomers at reasonable prices.

We offer a complete line of Proven Winner
and a good supply of Wave Petunias.
www.kopkesgreenhouse.com
Beautiful Town of Dunn
1828 Sandhill Rd. Oregon, WI 53575 608-835-7569
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30 am-7:30 pm; Saturday 8:30 am-6 pm; Sunday 9 am-5 pm
Specials
Check out our Organic Line of Vegetable
Plants, Seeds, Soils & Fertilizers!
We now sell USDA Certified vegetable plants!
Sale Dates May 11-16, 2016
SYTTENDE MAI KOUPON
SYTTENDE MAI KOUPON
$2.00 Off
Window Boxes or Patio Tubs
50 Off
All Sizes,
Great Selection
Save up to $3.00
Starting at
$1.99 ea.
Perennials
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only at Kopkes. One Koupon per Kustomer per day.

$2.00 Off
SYTTENDE MAI KOUPON
$1.00 Off
Any Shepards hook,

Plant Stand or Trellis
$4.99 and up. Choose from

Black Gold, Sungro Mix or
Miracle Gro
Valid 5/11/16 - 5/16/16 only at Kopkes.
Any Premium
Potting Soil

VISIT THE STOUGHTON AREA FARMERS MARKET ON FRIDAY MORNINGS IN FRONT OF DOLLAR GENERAL.
FISH HATCHER Y RD.
Directions from Stoughton:

Take 138 toward Oregon. Go past Eugsters
Farm Market, one mile and turn right on Sunrise Rd. Go one more mile then turn left on
Town Line Rd. Continue on to Sand Hill Rd.
(approximately one mile) and turn right.
Directions from Fitchburg:
Take Fish Hatchery Road south to Netherwood Road. Turn left and go through Oregon
past Walgreens to a left on Sand Hill Road.
Directions from Verona:
Take Cty. M to Fish Hatchery Rd. Turn right
and go to Netherwood Road. Turn left at
Netherwood Rd. through Oregon past Walgreens to a left on Sand Hill Rd.
Support Local Agriculture.

Shop Outside the Box Stores!
.
CTY. M
In Stoughton youll find our

Growers Outlet located in the
Dollar General parking lot.
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Thursday, May 12, 2016 Vol. 51, No. 51 Verona, WI Hometown USA ConnectVerona.

Verona Area School District

Plumbing & Glass Service, Inc.

New Home Plumbing

Straw poll: New

Unified Newspaper Group

Photo by Scott Girard

PALs wave goodbye

The students got quiet, listening

make pizza from scratch.

the school fought, but ultimately did

school buildings in the district by 2025 at the latest.

Referendum outreach begins

to hear more details about

FitzRandolph family refuses to skate around hardship in book

When Olympic gold medalist Casey

PRIMA - ELEVATED UPTOWN LIVING

5121 E. Cheryl Pkwy, Fitchburg

May 12, 2016

The Verona Press

Photos by Scott Girard

Photo by Jim Ferolie

Groundbreaking held for new Town Hall

After many years of

officials and residents and

Other notable guests

Visitors signed a guestbook with celebratory remarks.

Email Verona Press

VICE PRESIDENT & FINANCIAL ADVISOR

You are cordially invited to attend our

Grand Open House

Assisted Living Senior Apartments & Suites

2220 Lincoln Avenue Stoughton, WI

Thursday, May 12, 2016 ~ 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm

Make Milestone Moments Throughout the Seasons

Your opinion is something

May 12, 2016

The Verona Press

Verona Area School District

Epic TIF will close this year

VAIS governing council

Verona Press editor

Theres still almost a

The mayor wasnt there

The Common Council approved several new business

Unified Newspaper Group

While Verona Area International School prepares

Park plan open house set for May 18

in various park uses can

the district and the lack of

WRON GFUL DE ATH

May 12, 2016

The Verona Press

Letter to the editor

Softball team deserves more support

fans who came are parents, close

Thursday, May 12, 2016 Vol. 51, No. 51

Periodical Postage Paid, Verona, WI and additional offices.

Office Location: 133 Enterprise Drive, Verona, WI 53593

This newspaper is printed on recycled paper.

Unified Newspaper Group, a division of

The hidden costs

riving into Verona from just

participation in youth sports, and