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Thursday, December 22, 2016 Vol. 132, No. 25 Oregon, WI ConnectOregonWI.com $1

Oregon School District

A career to
count on

Busler enjoys
decade in OSD

SCOTT DE LARUELLE
Unified Newspaper Group

Photo by Samantha Christian

This years LED light display at the home of Jim Evans, near Oak Street and Birch Court, features Mickey and Minnie Mouse.

Sharing the light

Community invited to walk Oak Street holiday display

SAMANTHA CHRISTIAN
Unified Newspaper Group

Jim Evans is making spirits bright

with his annual holiday light display.
For the past seven years, Evans has
been creating elaborate designs using
thousands of colorful, blinking LED
lights at his Oregon home.
Since then, many families have
been keeping up an
annual tradition of
driving past his yard
at the corner of Birch
Court and Oak Street,
but Evans hopes theyll
take a closer look from
the sidewalk.
In a Facebook post
o n t h e O r e g o n W I Evans
Information page Dec.
5, which has attracted over 460 likes and 75 comments,
Evans wished the community a Merry
Christmas and invited residents to get
out of their cars and walk the walk
under the hanging lights, called meteor tubes.
The idea is to surround you with
the snow, he wrote. I do come out
frequently because I enjoy the lights
too. Dont be shy and drive away, stay
and enjoy and say hi if you want.
Evans said he was blown away
by all of the responses, many of
which thanked him for his hard work
and for bringing joy and smiles to

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It keeps me busy, and I enjoy being

outside.

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Some have told Evans they missed

his lights dancing with music. But
he said he cant do that every year.
He explained programming the
lights takes about five to 10 hours
per minute of song, which is the most
time-consuming and frustrating part.
However, he said if someone wants
to partner with him to do so, they can
email him at mr_led@frontier.com.
Evans is also exploring an idea for
next year of adding lights over Oak
Street.
I would love to do that, he said.
But I dont know how feasible that
would be.
He said he would need to check
with the village to make sure there is
enough clearance for semis and the
utility company to see if he could run
steel cable out there. Plus, he said,
the original packaging for the lights,
called snow tubes, are not made for
Wisconsin weather, so hed have to
deconstruct them and rebuild them
with thicker wire and longer lengths.

the kids (and adults) of Oregon with

his festive, beautiful display. A few
have even sent him cards in the mail,
including a young child who said the
lights made him feel good.
Its been very heartwarming, he
told the Observer.
Evans generally gets his display
ready right after Halloween, and
by Thanksgiving the lights are all
up. They can be viewed from 4:3010p.m. Sundays through Thursdays
and until 11p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Then, in early January, depending on the weather, he starts taking
the lights down.
The lighting will start making
changes soon and will get busier
closer to Christmas, he wrote on
Facebook. New Years weekend, the
lights will be in nuts mode!
He has so many lights that he gave
up trying to keep track. He also has
a permanent landscape lighting grid Why LED?
around his house and flowerbeds, so
While many homeowners get hit
he can coordinate colors for the hol- with high electric bills during the holidays year-round for people to see, idays, Evans said thats not the case
especially during Christmas.
I love the challenge of it, he said.
Turn to Lights/Page 2

If he didnt love working

with teachers and kids so
much, Brian Busler might
have become a top CPA or
maybe a Wall Street money manager.
Instead, a career turn
taken in college eventually
led him to Oregon, where
2016 marked 10 years as
superintendent of the Oregon School District.
While Busler is in
charge of the district and
all its teachers, at heart,
hes really an educator.
Thats largely from the
inspiration of an education
professor at UW-Whitewater who talked him into
eventually working on
a masters degree in the
School of Business Management after he finished

his undergraduate
degree in
finance.
It comes
in handy
n o w, h e
said of his
finance
Busler
degree. But
my route to
public school was a little
different than most.
Busler started out as a
school business manager
in Verona (working under
current Wisconsin Public
Schools Superintendent
Tony Evers), and later,
with an eye toward bigger
goals, he earned a Ph.D.
in educational leadership
at UW-Madison. Soon, he
was being contacted by
area college and universities to teach school finance
and human resources
classes for school administrators.

Turn to Busler/Page 5

Making dreams possible

OMS teachers team On the Web
up to bring books to Reidun Bures Palms and Souls
website:
Guatemala
palmsandsouls.org

SCOTT DE LARUELLE
Unified Newspaper Group

In 2014, Reidun Bures

and her new husband,
Ryan, visited Guatemala on their honeymoon.
They expected to have a
good time, but ended up
having such a good time
they decided to found a
non-profit organization to
improve the lives of the
people there.
This year, Bures, a seve n t h g r a d e i n t eg r a t e d
reading teacher at Oregon
Middle School, teamed
up with a colleague to
bring books and ultimately a library to Guatemala
as part of her Palms and
Souls Christian mission.
The Bureses founded the
group after volunteering at
the El Buen Samaritano

community center in
Jocotenango, Guatemala. But
without any
established
support
f r o m t h e Bures
U.S., she
said funds
were so low
that the center was discontinuing
programming, cutting hours
and eliminat-Ripp
ing staff.
When we returned from
Guatemala we starting

Turn to Teachers/Page 3

December 22, 2016

Cops create cheer

Lights: Annual display

brightens Oregon
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for him since he uses energy-efficient LEDs for his
light display.
And although there is
more of an upfront cost
to purchase LEDs rather
than incandescent bulbs,
he said the price has come
down quite a bit. He also
buys most of his lights
after Christmas for the following year when there are
closeout deals.
But his preference for
LEDs goes beyond price.
It all started under the sea.
I used to be an avid
scuba diver, and I was
always on the hunt for

high-powered LEDs for

making my own underwater lighting for my video camera, he told the
Observer.
Then in 2008 when he
bought half of a duplex in
Oregon, he started landscaping and saw a video
on YouTube that sparked a
new hobby: outdoor lighting displays.
The nice thing about
it is people get to enjoy
this, whereas scuba diving
the only person who gets
to enjoy it is just me, he
said.
Contact Samantha
Christian at samantha.
christian@wcinet.com.

Photo submitted

Artist Gwen Matizen led the Winter Wonderland Paint

Night event at the State Bank of Cross Plains Friday, Dec.
16, appropriately as heavy snow began to fall outside.

Paint night raises money

for OSD organization
As snowfall began the
evening of Friday, Dec. 16,
in what would soon escalate into a formidable winter storm, aspiring painters
found a way to stay cozy
at the State Bank of Cross
Plains as it hosted a Winter
Wonderland Paint Night.
The event raised more than
$400 for No One Stands

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Alone (NOSA), an organization that helps students in

need in the Oregon School
District, and its new project, The Panther Den. The
project will provide students
at Rome Corners Intermediate School and Oregon Middle school with everyday
necessities.

Shopping event benefits low-income families

AMBER LEVENHAGEN
Unified Newspaper Group

The youngest of eight siblings, Michael Keller wanted to make sure his family
received gifts this holiday
season more so than getting
presents of his own.
And with help from Oregon Police Department officer Kyle Schewe, Keller,
an 11-year-old student at
Rome Corners Intermediate
School, got his wish during
the Shop with a Cop event
earlier this month.
Shop With a Cop is an
organization that aims to
spread holiday cheer nationwide by connecting nominated students with eager
officers for a sponsored
shopping trip. For the local
effort, OPD partnered with
the Oregon School District to
provide Keller and three other children with a $175 shopping spree at Target, a sponsor of this years event. Each
student was also provided
$25 for essential items, such
as body wash and socks.
This is a great way for us
(police officers) to interact
with the community, we usually only get to interact with
a few people but this is a way
to reach out and give back,
said Schewe.
The event can be especially
impactful for children dealing with disabilities or other
challenging situations. Keller
has a cognitive disorder that
he struggled with particularly
in elementary school, and his
mother, Karen Keller, told the
Observer hes been trying
really hard to improve himself, which means a lot.
His efforts were noticed
by school counselors, who
use academic achievement
in addition to economic eligibility to determine
which students are selected
to participate in Shop With

Wishing you
a happy and
healthy holiday
season!

How to help
Those interested in donating can do so online at
shopwithacopdanecounty.org.
a Cop.
He has struggled through
most of his life and its nice
to see him trying so hard and
being recognized, said Karen.
Schewe, now in his third
year with the program,
served as coordinator for
the first time this year and
credited one of the partnered
agencies, the Madison Police
Department, for the success
of the event.
They have done this for
so many years and their
hard work makes it go really
smooth, he said.
Other local agencies that
participate in the Dane County effort include the Dane
County Sheriffs Office and
the Fitchburg, Maple Bluff,

Middleton, Monona, Town

of Madison, UW-Madison
and Waunakee police departments.
Schewe said the goal of the
program is to always find students who would genuinely
appreciate the experience, and
Michael was no exception.
His No. 1 priority was to
get gifts for everyone in his
family, I had to remind him
to get something for himself, said Schewe.
Leading up to the shopping trips, participating
officers plan off the clock
sacrificing days off and time
after regular long shifts and
meet monthly before beginning all hands on deck
preparation the week before
the event, Schewe added.

After the shopping trip,

the students and officers
wrapped the gifts together
and shared a donated lunch.
Michael wanted to make
sure everyone he purchased
gifts for waited until Christmas to open them, Karen
said, but some of his siblings
couldnt wait until the holiday to see what their brother
had bought for them.
He even got something
for me and his grandma, she
said. He cant stop talking
about how amazing the trip
was.
Michael wasnt the only
student who had a great time,
as Schewe said that one of
the other participants said it
was the best day of his life.
All of the kids really
appreciate it and thats what
makes it so great, Schewe
said. Their happiness makes
all the work worth it.
Contact Amber Levenhagen
at amber.levenhagen@
wcinet.com.

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praying, dreaming, learning

and planning, Bures said in
an email to the Observer.
Now, monthly donations
from donors support student
meals, basic wellness care,
primary education and tutoring services for the students
at El Buen Samaritano. But
something was missing
that perhaps only a reading
teacher could understand
books.
Bures said a huge issue
faced by students in Guatemala is a lack of resources,
particularly books a glaring absence in the childrens
lives.
So, we wanted to build a
library, she said.
Bures colleague at OMS,
seventh-grade teacher Pernille Ripp, offered to help
out with her own pet international project, the Global Read Aloud. GRA has
a simple premise: teachers
pick a book to read aloud
to students during a set sixweek period, and during that
time try to make as many
global connections as possible, with a goal to continue
those connections throughout the year.
Ripp said she was happy
to help with Bures amazing program, and through
GRA, kids around the world
raised more than $5,000
worth of books for the community center in Guatemala.
Bures said she was grateful
for Ripps help, and noted that students from Iowa,
Illinois, California and even
New Zealand helped with
the project.

Global
Read Aloud
reaches 1
million kids
OMS seventh-grade
teachers Pernille Ripps
Global Read Aloud
program reached 1
million students this year.
For more information, visit
theglobalreadaloud.com.
We are so grateful for the
GRA community, she said,
noting that the book drive is
still going on. We hope to
be at $7,000 before we leave
to purchase books and build
the library in March.

Awe and love

Bures said the El Buen
Samaritano community center provides healthy meals,
primary education, tutoring,
school supplies and a safe
place to play for 60 students. But she saw there is
still much that can be done
to improve the lives of those
children.
We left the center with a
sense of awe and love for all
they were doing, but we were
also disturbed after seeing
the enormous barriers these
people faced to bettering their
own situations, she said.
In Guatemala, school is
only compulsory through
sixth grade, and less than 40
percent of students make it
past middle school.

Bures said she found the

one tool that has been shown
to improve overall academic performance and lead to
enriching lives is a simple one
books. But as the students
in Jocotenango do not have
access to books at school,
home or in the community
center, middle and secondary
school students are expected
to advance in their educations
without any access to choice
reading material.
Providing books to the students helped them engage in
topics that stimulate complex thinking and can lead to
greater opportunities, Bures
said.
Access to books would
not only help students during
their secondary school studies, it would also give them
a greater chance to go to
college, she said. In order
to get admitted to the public university they must take
a difficult test that includes
reading, math, English, and
chemistry.
More importantly, though,
Bures said books give kids
power power to imagine,
to dream and to wonder.
They allow kids to see a
world outside of their current
situation which is filled with
realities of extreme poverty,
she said. Books allow kids
to dream of a better future
even when it seems impossible.
Email Unified Newspaper
Group reporter Scott
De Laruelle at scott.
delaruelle@wcinet.com.

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Oregon police arrested

a 17-year-old for allegedly possessing child pornography, according to a
Dec. 14 news release.
Oregon officers, acting
on information discovered
through a child pornography investigation, executed a warrant at a Cedar
Drive residence with the
assistance of the Division
of Criminal Investigation,
according to the release.
The warrant resulted
in the 17-year-old mans
arrest on tentative charges
of possession of child
pornography, the release
said.
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were property of Sub
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Landscaping told the
detective
Meister was Meister
working at
Sub Zero
Group on the days those
items were pawned.
The 12 items Meister
pawned had a total value of
$6,547.62.
There is no court activity listed on online court
records for the theft
charges, but a jury trial is
scheduled in the hit and run
case for late February.

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Photo submitted

OMS educators Reidun Bures and Pernille Ripp teamed up with this year to help bring books
to students at El Buen Samaritano Community Center, shown here. Through Ripps Global
Read Aloud project and Bures Palms and Souls mission, the two hope to raise enough
money to build a library at the center in March.

The driver who hit and

killed a bicyclist in the
Town of Oregon earlier this
year was charged last week
with 12 counts of misdemeanor theft.
In a criminal complaint
filed Dec. 12, investigators
allege Kevin Meister, 35,
of Brooklyn, stole and sold
items from his landscaping
workplace in the Town of
Verona.
The complaint describes
Meister as a man of limited income with a history
of a drug habit.
According to the complaint, a detective with
the Dane County Sheriffs
Office was searching Meisters car during the hit and
run investigation in August
and observed a letter from
Pawn America regarding a
weed cutter he had recently
pawned on loan.
The detective then performed a search of an
online pawn database for
any items he had pawned
in recent years, and found
numerous pieces of
equipment related to landscaping, which led him to
contact Glacier Landscaping Offices, where Meister
worked.
An employee provided a list of items that had
been stolen from Glacier Landscaping, and
it included some of the
items the detective had
found Meister pawned
since August 2014.
The investigation also
found that two of the items

December 22, 2016

Opinion

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Letters to the editor

Pedestrian safety takes a back seat

Back in 2011-2013 there were
complaints against snow removal
providers that used bobcats on
sidewalks. These complaints at the
time centered around damage done
to the sidewalks in front of private
properties, as well as damage to
lawns. Some of these providers just
happen to be trustees on the village
board. Not only is there damage
being done (and the homeowner
is responsible for the repair to
both lawns and sidewalks), it is a
clear safety issue to have 4-wheel
motorized traffic on sidewalks,
which by definition, are pedestrian
right of ways.
You would think that board
members would address this
issue, like most other responsible
communities have, by passing an
ordinance banning this practice.
Instead, the safety and ordinance
committees specifically wrote
in that it was allowed (there was
apparently no ordinance prior
to this). So these trustees sought
to do an end run to circumvent
complaints from the community.
In April of 2015, I sent the board
pictures and documentation of
damage done to sidewalks and
lawns following heavy bobcat

traffic on sidewalks and made the

argument that safety as well as
damage were issues that demanded
an ordinance be written banning
their use. The ordinance committee
chair (surprise, surprise, a bobcat
operator), said he did not want to
pursue a change that they had just
enacted. I received some support
from the safety chair, but it came to
no avail. The board did not return
a letter indicating their justification
for the lack of action.
In April 2016, I sent a letter
to the complete board again,
suggesting that special interests
on the board were impeding
community safety issues. Eight
months later, the president of the
board has simply ignored this issue
and failed to respond back in any
fashion again.
While we demand much from
our village board trustees, and
often it is a thankless job, it is
unacceptable to run for these
trustee positions to serve special
interests of individual members.
That is a hallmark of a poor
governmental administration and
lack of accountability.
Michael Boyeson,
Village of Brooklyn

Honor each voice this holiday season

The music of the Christmas
season continues to amaze and
impress. Earlier this month, several
friends attended the Madison
Chamber Choir performance at
the First Congregational Church in
Madison. Yesterday, we enjoyed the
mellow music of the Morning Star
Cantata at the First Presbyterian
Church in Oregon. There will be
more music to come in the next few
days, Im sure.
After the concerts, we come

home and listen to the blather

of the news some vapid, some
lighthearted, some terrifying about
the Middle East and some about
the state of this nation. However
events develop, please remember to
support and be kind to each other.
Please respect each others right
to speak freely, and honor each
community voice. Merry Christmas
and Happy Holidays to all.
Marilyn McDole,
Village of Oregon

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Community Voices

Oregon has reasons

for optimism in 2017

he Chamber has much to

be thankful for this holiday
season.
As 2016 president of the Oregon
Area Chamber of Commerce,
I have found great reward in
getting to know so many of our
community leaders, and it seems
the Oregon area is in great hands.
The chamber is fortunate to
have such a
great synergy
with the village,
fire department,
police
department,
school district,
VFW, library
and so many
other valuable
Giese
organizations.
We are also
fortunate to have over 230
members support us in our goal
of making Oregon a great place to
live, work and play.
As Village President Steve
Staton and chamber executive
director Judy Knutson mentioned
in the Observer in October, were
still working hard to add a hotel
to our community; we understand
the need.
Judys column also summarized
the breadth of ways the Chamber
affects the community. I have
enjoyed working so closely with
her over my past four years on
the Board of Directors and look
forward to my remaining two
years.
She is very good at listening
to differing opinions and helping
two sides understand each other.
I have seen her mend several
relationships, establishing a
critical path toward progress for
Oregon.
We were fortunate to celebrate
several events this year to
celebrate with new and existing
members.
We welcomed Ziggys BBQ and
Ice Cream Parlor, as well as the

new building that Gro-Mor built

next to the Firefly (soon to be the
new home of Hamm Chiropractic).
There was a groundbreaking
ceremony for Beehive Homes of
Oregon Assisted Living in August,
which is planned to open in early
2017. Oregon Floral expanded
over the summer, and Bergamont
Townhomes has been a great
addition to the west side of the
village.
Summer Fest was successful in
late June. There truly is something
for everyone. We added a kids
run, which proved to be very
popular. Look for more kidfriendliness at Summer Fest in
2017.
The volleyball tournament
saw over 50 percent growth in
participation in 2016, and we look
to grow to 16 teams in 2017. Look
for a couple of exciting changes
with bands in 2017, as well.
The enthusiasm of the dozens
of volunteers amazes me. It takes
a village to make Summer Fest
happen every year!
Thank you to those of you
who participated in Small
Business Saturday, whether
you represent one of the 25
participating businesses or one of
the many patrons that visited those
businesses.
We enjoyed our role in starting
the effort and look forward to
supporting it in the future, as
shopping local directly benefits
our community.
I have enjoyed leading our
monthly member luncheons and
learning from our presenters
while getting to know dozens
of members. We have many
capable resources that service our
community.
I found it especially rewarding
to experience the Preparedness
for Active Shooter presentation
and see our local law enforcement
representatives prove how a
community of our size is very

capable of protecting us.

We held a forum for village
and school board candidates early
in the year, which allowed our
members to understand the views
of the candidates. We also gave
our members an opportunity to
meet with village representatives
and give them a voice in the sign
ordinance which was implemented
this year.
Be sure to reserve your seat
for the annual Awards Dinner
on Saturday, Jan. 28. We will
be recognizing several of
the individuals that keep our
community strong.
I am excited that two of our
Executive Board members will
be returning for second terms.
Greg Granberg, Oregon School
District, serves as treasurer, and
Bridget Krueger, State Bank of
Cross Plains (Oregon and Verona),
serves as past president.
We will welcome Jenn Everson,
First Weber Realtors, as a new
director in January. Tiffany
Houtsinger has also joined the
Chamber staff as membership and
communications associate. She is
already starting to make Judys life
a little easier!
The tree donated by Winterland
Nursery that was transplanted in
Waterman Park serves as another
positive effort for the community
as it was included in our holiday
tree-lighting ceremony. We
appreciate the participation of
the fire department, following the
tree lighting with hot chocolate,
cookies and Santa. Like that tree,
we look forward to growth for
many years to come.
We are full of optimism as we
look forward to 2017. Happy
Holidays from the Oregon Area
Chamber of Commerce!
JJ Giese is president of
the Oregon Area Chamber of
Commerce.

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For the past 26 years,

Busler has taught part
time, of course graduate-level courses for aspiring educators at UW-Whitewater, Cardinal Stritch,
UW-Madison and Edgewood College. And while it
helps satisfy his interest for
teaching, it also gives him
an opportunity to do some
recruiting.
I get to know young
principals that are interested, and its been a very
rewarding experience to
teach young administrators
and young people who have
an interest in school leadership, he said, noting thats
how he met current OHS
principal Jim Pliner.
During this time, Busler
himself started down a path
of leadership that others in
the district have recognized.
Pliner, who previously worked for the district
as OMS principal, said he
appreciates Buslers focus
as a leader, and how he
works to create a common
vision that, in turn, drives
action.
Brian is able to bring
clarity to what is very
complex work by remaining true to the mission and
vision of the district, Pliner
said. The 2015 Visioning
Conference was an opportunity for the students, staff
and community members to
come together to help shape
the direction of the district.
He was the architect of that
experience and lives the
mission every day.
District director of curriculum Leslie Bergstrom
said Buslers biggest impact
in the past 10 years has
been his ability to build
a strong, student-focused,
mission-driven team.
Every member of the
administrative team contributes something that
makes us better at serving
the needs of young people,
she said. Our schools are
filled with truly amazing
educators and I believe that
starts with his leadership.

Read about Buslers career before

coming to the Oregon School
District and how he ended up here:

Decade of change
Of all the changes hes
seen since he came to OSD
in 2006, Busler said technology has been one of the
biggest.
I remember when there
wa s n t G m a i l a n d c e l l
phones, and now its sort of
24/7 connection, he said.
It allows us to stay closer

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In 2016, Brian Busler celebrated 10 years as superintendent

of the Oregon School District.
to our community, our parents, our families.
There have certainly been
challenges for public school
districts and their leaders in
the past 10 years. When he
meets with fellow superintendents, Busler said, one
hot topic is a looming
shortage of teachers and
administrative leaders, with
a declining rate of young
people entering the field.
It is alarming and it is
on the horizon, he said.
There are a lot of people in
the last phase of their career
that were just not sure
how long they are going to
stay in public education,
and its going to continue
to be a challenge to retain
people and to recruit people, because the vacancies
and shortages are going to
be huge in the next many
years.
Closer to home, there
have been many changes
in the district since 2006
some of the most visible have been to the schools
themselves, stemming from
the successful $54.6 million
capital projects referendum in 2014. Its the third
successful referendum in
Buslers tenure (hes 3 for
4), and hes pleased that
construction around the
district satisfies needs on
several fronts, particularly
safety.
We now have proper
safety from an entrance/exit
standpoint at the middle
school and high school
and Brooklyn Elementary

and Prairie View, he said.

Busler said when remodeling is completed at OMS
and OHS, both schools will
have additional STEAM
( S c i e n c e , Te c h n o l o g y,
Engineering, Art and Math)
and also Makerspace
areas, something he said is
cutting-edge technology.
We know that is critical to our long-terms success and to the creativity of
getting kids to build things
again, he said.

Home, sweet home

Busler, who lives in the
Brooklyn attendance area in
the Town of Oregon, appreciates how the community
and the school district work
in a partnership.
We have 4,000 students,
so were large enough but
yet small enough where we
can have a bit of a hometown touch, and everyone has the opportunity to
know one another, he said.
Were also fortunate to be
next to a large metropolitan
area like Madison, and we
get some spillover economic benefits, and that helps
our students enrollment
growth and experiences.
He knows firsthand, as
two of his children graduated from OHS, including his
youngest, Austin, in 2015.
For Busler, it all comes
down to people and relationships, so its no surprise that one of his most
important and satisfying roles as superintendent is interviewing every

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around the fireplace at the

coffee shop.
If anyone has information
on the location of the items,
they are asked to contact
the Oregon Police Department at 835-3111.
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Lutheran Church
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Christmas Eve
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Firefly Coffeehouse is asking the community for help

in locating small metal sculptures stolen from the business this fall.
The sculptures, which
were taken intermittently
between Oct. 25 and Dec.
18, are valued at just under
$200 combined and were
described in an email to the
Hub as two snakes made of

teacher since hes arrived in

Oregon, a number he estimated at around 1,300.
Getting to know them,
knowing they are going to
be working with our kids
and families is really special and important to me,
he said. I love visiting kindergarten classrooms, I like
seeing graduations, whether
its kindergarten or fourthgrade, and of course high
school graduation is a culminating event.
T h a t eve n t w h i c h
includes Buslers traditional handing out of high
school diplomas brought
him back into contact with
a former student on a recent
day.
Just this morning I was
calling Edgewood College
to get a copy of a transcript
for a few classes I recently
took, and the person on the
other line said, Are you Dr.
Busler from Oregon? You
gave me my diploma, and
I never had the opportunity
to thank you for the great
education I had in Oregon,
he said. That put a big
smile on my face.

Madison man arrested

on marijuana charges
Oregon police arrested a Madison man on two marijuana-related charges after a traffic stop Dec. 14.
According to a news release, an officer stopped
26-year-old Juan Bravo for a vehicle registration violation on the 900 block of Janesville Street.
The officer then smelled an odor of marijuana, according to the criminal complaint, and searched the vehicle,
finding 344 grams of marijuana, as well as drug paraphernalia.
Bravo was charged with felony possession with intent
to deliver marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to online court records.
Bravo has a status conference scheduled for Jan. 9.
Scott Girard

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Churches

New Years Eve party

The fifth annual community New
Years Eve party will be held from
5-8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 30. Free familyfriendly activities will be held at the
senior center, library and Netherwood
Knoll big gym.
At the library there will be superhero
crafts, activities and a photo booth from
5-8 p.m., face painting from 5-7 p.m. and
music by Distant Cuzins from 6-7 p.m.
At the senior center there will be
toss games and temporary tattoos from
5-8 p.m., and John Dugglebys show
Boogie in the Barnyard will be held
from 6-7:30 p.m. The performance will
include Turkey in the Straw, There
Aint Nobody Here But Us Chickens
and the Chicken Dance. Chicago dogs,
popcorn and other treats will be sold at
the senior center by Lil Buddys Popcorn
Shop.
There will also be games and activities
for all ages at the big gym from 5-8 p.m.
Enter at the district offices by the pool,
123 E. Grove St.
For information, visit
oregonpubliclibrary.org/communitynye or call 835-3656.

Living trust workshops

Learn how a properly designed and
maintained living trust estate can protect
you and your family during a free living
trust workshop at Krause Donovan
Estate Law Partners, LLC, 116 Spring

St. Upcoming dates are from 2-3:30

p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 28, 6:30-8 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 5, or 10-11:30 a.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 11.
Refreshments will be served. Seating
is limited. For information, call 2685751 or email info@kdelp.com.

the library.
Projects are geared toward teens
and adults. Children ages 9-11
should be accompanied by an older
teen or adult.
To register, call 835-3656 or email
orelib@oregonlibrary.org.

Blood drive

Dance party

There will be a Red Cross blood drive

at St. Johns Lutheran Church Friendship
Room, 625 E. Netherwood St., from
7-11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 7.
Eat a healthy meal and drink an extra
16 ounces of water and fluids before the
donation. To make an appointment, call
1-800-733-2767 or visit redcrossblood.
org. Use sponsor code Oregon.

The library will hold a dance

party for youngsters ages 2-6 from
10-10:45 a.m. Monday, Jan. 10,
Tuesday, Jan. 11 and Friday, Jan. 13.
Get your little dancing shoes on
for kid favorites like the Chicken
Dance and Happy.
No registration. For information,
call 835-3656.

Young Creators Club

Tax appointments

The Young Creators Club (formerly

Maker Monday) explores STEAM
(science, technology, engineering, art
and math) concepts, but kids will make
something to take home.
Upcoming sessions run from 3:154:30 p.m. Mondays, Jan. 9, Feb. 13 and
March 13. The topic for Jan. 9 is Make
Stuff with Yarn.
The club is for grades K-6.
Registration is not required. For
information, call 835-3656.

Oregon Public Library, 256 Brook

St., will host VITA (Volunteer
Income Tax Assistance) volunteers
from noon to 5 p.m. Thursdays
Jan. 12 and 19 to set up future
appointments for free basic tax
return filing. Appointments must be
made in person only.
Appointments fill up extremely
f a s t , a c c o r d i n g t o V I TA .
Appointments will be reserved
Jan. 26 through April 6, Thursdays
from noon to 5 p.m. and alternating
Homemade looms
Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
For information or to see if you
Learn to make homemade looms
during the Create Oregon! session qualify, visit revenue.wi.gov/pages/
from 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10, at faqs/pcs-vita.aspx.

Community calendar
Thursday, December 22

3-7 p.m., Oregon Area Food

Pantry distribution, 1092 Union
Road, obfp.org
4:30-8 p.m., Oregon Boy Scout
Troop 168 Holiday Tree and
Wreath Sale, Dorn True Value
Hardware, 131 W. Richards Road,
troop168holiday@yahoo.com
6 p.m., Library closes

Friday, December 23

Library, senior center closed

OSD winter break begins (No
school through Monday, Jan. 2)
4:30-8 p.m., Oregon Boy Scout
Troop 168 Holiday Tree and
Wreath Sale, Dorn True Value
Hardware, 131 W. Richards Road,
troop168holiday@yahoo.com

Saturday, December 24

Christmas Eve: Library closed

Sunday, December 25

Christmas Day: Library closed

Monday, December 26

Library, senior center closed

Wednesday, December 28

2-3:30 p.m., Free Living Trust

workshop, Krause Donovan Estate
Law Partners, 116 Spring St., 2685751

Friday, December 30

5-8 p.m., Community New Years

Party, library, senior center and
Netherwood Knoll gym, 835-3656

Monday, January 2

Senior center closed

Wednesday, January 4

Village of Oregon Cable Access TV channels:

WOW #983 & ORE #984
Phone: 291-0148 Email: oregoncableaccess@charter.net
Website: ocamedia.com Facebook: ocamediawi
New programs daily at 1 p.m.
and repeats at 4, 7 and 10 p.m. and 1, 4, 7 and 10 a.m.

Friday, Dec. 23
WOW: Academy of
Sound Holiday Recital (of
Dec. 17)
ORE: BKE Orchestra $
Chorus @ PAC (of Dec.
15)

Monday, January 9

3:15-4:30 p.m., Young Creators

Club: Make Stuff with Yarn (grades
K-6), library, 835-3656
6:30 p.m. Oregon School
Board meeting, Rome Corners
Intermediate School, 835-4700

10:30-11:30 a.m., Great

Beginnings Book Club: Beekeepers
Tuesday, January 10
Apprentice by Laurie R. King,
10-10:45 a.m., Dance Party for
library, 835-6268
Young Ones (ages 2-6), library,
Thursday, January 5
835-3656
6:30-8 p.m., Living Trust workshop, 6-7:30 p.m., Create Oregon!
Krause Donovan Estate Law
Homemade Looms (teens and
Partners, 116 Spring St., 268-5751 adults), library, 835-3656

Community cable listings

Thursday, Dec. 22
WOW: Oregon Village
Board Meeting (of Dec.
19)
ORE: OHS Hockey @
Milton (of Dec. 12)

Saturday, January 7

8-10:30 a.m., Anderson Park

Friends bonfire work day,
Anderson Farm County Park, 914
Union Road, roe.parker@frontier.
com
7-11 a.m., Red Cross blood drive,
St. Johns Lutheran Church, 625
E. Netherwood St., 1-800-7332767

Monday, Dec. 26
WOW:
Oregon
Day
Care
Holiday
Performance (of Dec. 21)
ORE: Icebergs Hockey
vs Middleton Metro (of
Dec. 15)
Tuesday, Dec. 27
WOW: A Leap Above
Dance Company: The
Nutcracker - 2016
ORE: OHS Boys
Basketball vs Evansville
(of Dec. 20)

Saturday, Dec. 24
WOW:
Cowboy Wednesday, Dec. 28
Christmas Play @ Senior
WOW: Movie: Dickens:
Center (od Dec. 16)
A Christmas Carol
ORE: OHS Hockey @
ORE: NKE Orchestra &
Baraboo (of Dec. 15)
Chorus Performance (of
Dec. 13)
Sunday, Dec. 25 MERThursday, Dec. 29
RY CHRISTMAS!
WOW: No Excuses
WOW:
Oregon
Area Religious Music Outdoors: Ice FishingDoor County Whitefish
Programs
ORE: OHS Band
ORE: OHS Band
Performance @ PAC (of Performance @ PAC (of
Dec. 13)
Dec. 13)

Senior center
Monday, December 26
Closed for the Holidays
Tuesday, December 27
*BBQ Ribs on Bone
Sweet Potatoes
Ham Flavored Greens
Tropical Fruit Salad
Corn Bread
Banana Cream Pie
VO: Veggie Ribbet Plain
Greens
Wednesday, December 28
Chicken and Dumplings
Carrots
Tropical Fruit Salad
Enriched Bread
Sugar Cookie
VO: Hummus Wrap with
Tomato, Cucumbers and
Leaf Lettuce
SO: Taco Salad
Thursday, December 29
My Meal, My Way Lunch
at Ziggys Smokehouse
(drop in between 11:30
a.m. and 1 p.m.)
Friday, December 30
Roasted Turkey
Mashed Potato w/ Gravy
Tossed Salad with 1000
Island Dressing
Fresh Fruit Cup
Whole Wheat Dinner Roll
Brownies
VO: Veggie Burger
*Contains Pork

Monday, December 26
Closed for the Holidays
Tuesday, December 27
8:30 Zumba Gold Advanced
9:00 Veterans Group
9:00 Wii Bowling
9:30 Bingo
9:45 Zumba Gold
12:30 Sheepshead
12:30 Stoughton Shopping
5:30 StrongWomen
Wednesday, December 28
AMFoot Care
9:00 CLUB
10:30 Sing-Along
1:00 Euchre
2:00 Knit/Crochet Group
Thursday, December 29
8:30 Zumba Gold Advanced
9:00 Pool Players
9:45 Zumba Gold
10:30 StrongWomen
12:30 Shopping at Bills
1:00 Cribbage
5:30 StrongWomen
Friday, December 30
9:00 CLUB
9:30 Blood Pressure
1:00 Dominoes
5-8 New Years Eve Party

All Saints Lutheran Church

2951 Chapel Valley Rd., Fitchburg

(608) 276-7729
Pastor Rich Johnson
SUNDAY
8:30 a.m. classic service
10:45 a.m. new song service

Brooklyn Lutheran Church

101 Second Street, Brooklyn

(608) 455-3852
Pastor Rebecca Ninke
SUNDAY
9 a.m. Holy Communion
10 a.m. Fellowship

Good Shepherd Lutheran

Church ECLA

Central Campus: Raymond Road and

Whitney Way
SATURDAY - 5 p.m. Worship
SUNDAY - 8:15, 9:30 and10:45 a.m.
Worship West Campus: Corner of Hwy.
PD and Nine Mound Road, Verona
SUNDAY - 9 &10:15 a.m., 6 p.m.
Worship (608) 271-6633

Hillcrest Bible Church

Community of Life Lutheran

Church

PO Box 233, Oregon

(608) 286-3121, office@
communityoflife.us
Pastor Jim McCoid
SUNDAY
10 a.m. Worship at 1111 S. Perry
Parkway, Oregon

Brooklyn Community United

Methodist Church

201 Church Street, Brooklyn

(608) 455-3344
Pastor George Kaminski
SUNDAY
9 a.m. Worship (Nov.-April)
10:30 a.m. Worship (May-Oct.)

Faith Evangelical Lutheran

Church

143 Washington Street, Oregon

(608) 835-3554
Pastor Karl Hermanson
SUNDAY - 9 a.m. Worship
Holy Communion 2nd & last
Sundays

First Presbyterian Church

408 N. Bergamont Blvd. (north of

CC), Oregon, WI
(608) 835-3082 - fpcoregonwi.org
Pastor Kathleen Owens
SUNDAY
10 a.m. Service
10:15 a.m. Sunday School
11 a.m. Fellowship
11:15 a.m. Adult Education

Fitchburg Memorial UCC

5705 Lacy Road, Fitchburg

(608) 273-1008, www.memorialucc.
org
Pastor: Phil Haslanger
Associate Pastor Twink JanMcMahon
SUNDAY
9:30 a.m. Worship

752 E. Netherwood, Oregon

Eric Vander Ploeg, Lead Pastor
(608) 835-7972, www.hbclife.com
SUNDAY
8:30 a.m. worship at the Hillcrest
Campus and 10:15 a.m. worship with
Childrens ministries, birth 4th grade

Holy Mother of Consolation

Catholic Church

651 N. Main Street, Oregon

Pastor: Fr. Gary Wankerl
(608) 835-5763
holymotherchurch.weconnect.com
SATURDAY: 5 p.m. Worship
SUNDAY: 8 and 10:15 a.m. Worship

Peoples United Methodist

Church

103 North Alpine Parkway, Oregon

Pastor Jason Mahnke
(608)835-3755, www.peoplesumc.org
Communion is the 1st & 3rd weekend
SATURDAY - 5 p.m. Worship
SUNDAY - 9 a.m. Worship and Sunday
school; 10:30 a.m. Worship

St. Johns Lutheran Church

625 E. Netherwood, Oregon

Pastor Paul Markquart (Lead Pastor)
(608) 835-3154
SATURDAY - 5 p.m. Worship
SUNDAY - 8 and 10:30 a.m. Worship
9:15-10:15 a.m. Education Hour

Vineyard Community Church

Oregon Community Bank & Trust, 105

S. Alpine Parkway, Oregon - Bob Groth,
Pastor
(608) 513-3435, welcometovineyard.
com
SUNDAY - 10 a.m. Worship

Zwingli United Church of Christ

Paoli

At the Intersection of Hwy. 69 & PB

Rev. Sara Thiessen
(608) 845-5641
SUNDAY 9:30 a.m. Family Worship

Support groups
Alcoholics Anonymous
meeting, First
Presbyterian Church,
every Monday and
Friday at 7 p.m.
Caregiver Support
Group, Oregon Area
Senior Center, third
Monday of each month
at 9 a.m.
Diabetes Support
Group, Oregon Area
Senior Center, second
Thursday of each month
at 1:30 p.m.
Parents Supporting
Parents, LakeView
Church, Stoughton, third
Tuesday of every month
from 6:30-8 p.m.

Relationship & Divorce

Support Group, State
Bank of Cross Plains,
every other Monday at
6:30 p.m.
Veterans Group,
Oregon Area Senior
Center, every second
Wednesday at 9 a.m.
Weight-Loss Support
Group, Oregon Area
Senior Center, every
Monday at 3:30 p.m.
Navigating Life Elder
Support Group, Peoples
United Methodist
Church, 103 N. Alpine
Pkwy., every first
Monday at 7 p.m.

Smile More
The advice to smile more is ancient wisdom.
Proverbs 17:22 tells us that A cheerful heart is good
medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
And even more to the point, we are told in Proverbs
15:13 that a happy heart makes the face cheerful.
But it also works in the other direction: a happy face
gladdens the heart. Where the body goes, the mind
will follow, and it turns out that the mind can be easily
tricked into being happy (or sad) simply by making
the face corresponding to the desired emotion. Smile
long enough and youll start to feel happy; frown and
youll soon be feeling quite down. The mind follows
the body as much as the body follows the mind. When
the body plays a role convincingly, the mind believes
it. Dance and exercise work similarly, but smiling is
something we can do throughout the day, and it has
the added benefit of spreading to those around us.
We all know how refreshing it can be to see children
laughing and playing. Most adults have somehow lost
that playful gusto for life, but we can regain it just a
bit by simply smiling and laughing more often.
Christopher Simon, Metro News Service
All the days of the oppressed are wretched, but the
cheerful heart has a continual feast.
Proverbs 15:15 NIV

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A Cowboy Christmas
Oregon Area Senior Cen- women of the office, with from the audience, which
ter staff entertained a room- four of them wearing fake filled the room at the senior
ful of people Friday, Dec. mustaches.
center.
16, with a performance of
They got plenty of laughs
Scott Girard
A Cowboy Christmas
before a holiday buffet.
The play, which follows
NO DELAY FOR
a group of ranchers strugTRASH
& RECYCLING
gling to pay the property
tax bill and their eventual
There will be no delay in
solution, was staffed by the
service the weeks of
12/26-12/30 & 1/5-1/9, as both
Christmas Day and New Years
Day fall on a Sunday.

Merry Christmas and

Happy New Year!

On the Web
See more photos from the play:
Photos by Scott Girard

Molly Krause (Polly) greets her friends at the train station after her trip home from college
for the holidays.

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Thursday, December 22, 2016

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Player of the
week

Name: McKenzie Nisius

Rebounding has not been the strong point

of the Oregon boys basketball early this season, but the Panthers turned the page Tuesday
in a 50-41 win against non-conference Evansville.
That was probably the difference between
winning and losing, head coach Jon Nedelcoff said.
Nedelcoff said he hopes to get Oregon to
build off the win over Evansville and develop
some continuity.
It is hard to develop that team continuity
when you dont know whether you are going
to get it from one or more people, and I am
not talking points, I am talking playing solid
basketball, he said.
The Panthers built a 12-point lead against
Evansville but turned the ball over a few times
to let Evansville back into the game.
However, Oregon bounced back at the end
to hold on.
Sophomore Ethan Victorson led with 12
points, and junior Brett Wannebo added
10 points. Seniors Christian Bultman and
Michael Landry each added eight points.
Wannebo played a really solid, all-around
game, Nedelcoff said.
Hayden Reese led Evansville with 12
points.
The Panthers are off until Dec. 29 when
they travel to Westosha Central, and then they
host Badger South rival Madison Edgewood
at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3.

Highlights: Finished with 41 saves for

the Icebergs in a 10-0 loss against the
defending conference champion Madison
Metro Lynx on Thursday
Honorable mentions: Tyler Damon (boys
hockey) scored a goal to force overtime
and eventually setup the game-winner
Thursday to give Oregon a 3-2 comefrom-behind win over Baraboo/Portage;
Sam Rohloff (boys swimming) had a season-best in the 100 backstroke and on the
200 free relay, which along with Kaden
Seeliger, Henry Wiedemann and Larsen
finished second; Katie Uhl (girls basketball) finished with a combined 30 points
in two games last week; Matt Pearson
(boys basketball) finished with 15 points
in a win over Jefferson on Dec. 13

Storms force
cancellations
JEREMY JONES
Sports editor

A winter storm warning by the National

Weather Service advising drivers to stay off
area roads last weekend led to the cancellation of three sporting events involving Oregon
High School last week.
Mount Horeb canceled its Saturday wrestling invite Friday after a number of teams
with significant travel (and a few close by)
dropped out, OHS athletic director Mike Carr
said. That tournament will not be made up.
I think that any time that we are in a winter storm warning, we have to be extremely
cautious, as we have teen drivers on the roads,
game workers, referees and fans that have to
travel, Carr said. You also have to account
for kids traveling home from an away game,
meaning while the game at Monroe might get
over before 9 p.m., then you have the bus ride
back and then our kids have to drive home, so
that is always taken into consideration.
If the National Weather Service is telling
people to stay off the roads, and if the conditions were bad enough that we would cancel
school, we are going to cancel games and
practices.
Oregon also had Friday evenings Badger South Conference boys basketball game
at Monroe put on ice. That game has been
moved to mid-January.
Having to reschedule games is typically a process that begins with an email to his
coaches, Carr said.
I want to get input from them on what

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Badger South
schedule
Date
Opponent
Nov. 29 at Monona Grove
Dec. 6
at Stoughton
Dec. 16
at Monroe
Jan. 3
Edgewood
Jan. 6
at Fort Atkinson
Jan. 12
Milton
Jan. 27
Monroe
Feb. 4
Stoughton
Feb. 7
at Edgewood
Feb. 10
at Milton
Feb. 14
Fort Atkinson
Feb. 17
Monona Grove

Time
L 46-50
L 63-85
PPD
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.

File photo by Anthony Iozzo

Junior forward Brandon Blanke pictured going up for a layup at Stoughton on Dec. 6
helped the Panthers defeat Evansville xx-xx Tuesday.

Boys hockey

Panthers score three straight, win in overtime

JEREMY JONES
Sports editor

The Oregon High School boys hockey team ran its unbeaten streak to eight
games with three unanswered goals
Thursday in a 3-2 overtime victory at
Pierce Park Pavilion in Baraboo.
The Panthers erased a two-goal defi cit
to the Baraboo/Portage co-op by scoring twice in the first eight minutes of the
third period before senior Alex Verhagen
scored the game-winner five minutes into
the extra eight-minute frame.
Alexs goal came on a great set-up
play. We had been working the puck
deep in the offensive corners for most
of the overtime that passed, head coach
Mike Jochmann said. Alex came open in
the high slot, and Baraboos goalie was
caught making an inital save at the left
post.
The puck rebounded out right to Verhagen, and he buried it before the goalie
could get across the crease to make the
save.
The great part is that our offensive
system in that case worked perfectly and
led to the winning goal, Jochmann said.

Whats next
The Panthers travel to the Northwest
Icemen Holiday tournament over Christmas break hosted by the Barron-Spooner
co-op Dec. 28-30 at the Baroon Ice Rink.
Oregon opens the tournament against
Becker/Big Lake (Minn.). La Crosse,
Sauk Prairie, WSFLG Blizzard (Siren), Milton and Germantown round out the field.
The boys have really been buying into the
game plans that work for us. They have
been a great crew to coach this season
Panther senior defenseman Lucas Hefty
and junior forward Tyler Damon each
scored goals in the third period as Oregon
improved to 7-0-1 overall.
The two goals in the third period were
the result of changing our forecheck
scheme, Jochmann said. We had been
running a very aggressive system designed
to wear down our opponent rather than just
try to hold the offensive zone.

It seems that we succeeded in some

aspect of our plan, because even though
Henry (Roskos) had more saves in the
third period, we had far more attempts and
held the offensive zone in the third period,
and managed to tie up the game.
Hefty stung Baraboo less than a minute
into the third period before Damon scored
a power-play goal midway through the
period when Oregon its goalie in favor of
an extra attacker.
The pressure we were generating
allowed us to manufacture that goal, Jochmann said. It wasnt pretty, but it went
in.
Both Hefty and Damon each finished
with a goal and an assist.
Brothers Jack and Ian MacDonald
scored 13 minutes apart in the second
period to give Baraboo/Portage a 2-0 lead.
Jack MacDonald struck 3 1/2 minutes
into the period on the power play after an
elbowing penalty was assessed on Oregons Andy Ziomek. An even-strength goal
by Ian MacDonald had Baraboo in control
entering the third period.
Senior Henry Roskos finished the game
with 25 saves. Baraboos Giovanni DAsto
stopped 21 shots.

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Girls hockey

Oregon Observer

Girls basketball

Bergs blanked against defending champions Panthers edged by Baraboo,

Watertown last week
JEREMY JONES
Sports editor

The host Stoughton Icebergs girls

hockey co-op continued to show signs
of improvement Thursday but could not
match up to the defending conference
champion Madison Metro Lynx in a
10-0 Badger Conference loss.
We have seen extreme improvement
out of the entire team. The improvement is coming in their skills and not on
the scoreboard, head coach Matt Gallagher said. The girls are continuing
to work hard in practice and are giving
their most in games.
Stoughton (0-8-0 overall, 0-4-0 Badger) trailed by two midway through
the first period before the teams fourth
penalty finally caught up to it.
Sophia Moccero was assessed a
two-minute minor for elbowing, which
the Icebergs nearly killed before Edgewood forward Julia Dragoo fired the
puck past McKenzie Nisius with 22
seconds left on the power play.
Madison added another goal before
the end of the period and added four
more goals in the second.
Madison Edgewood senior forward
Julia Dragoo was responsible for three
points in that span, scoring on the power play in the first period before adding
a goal and an assist in the second.

The Oregon High School

g i r l s b a s ke t b a l l t e a m
dropped two non-conference
games last week.
The Panthers are 3-5 overall (0-3 Badger South Conference), and they travel to
non-conference Brodhead at
7:15 p.m. Thursday.

Baraboo 48,
Oregon 40

Photo by Jeremy Jones

Edgewood forward Julia Dragoo (18) battles Stoughtons Sydney Urso (24) and
Leah Sexson for possession of the puck on Thursday. Madison won the Badger
South Conference game 10-0.
The Metro Lynx had 15 players
record at least one point in the game.
Nisius saw 51 saves and stopped
41. Metro Lynx goaltender Erin Webb
faced six shot to earn her second shutout of the season,
Madison (3-1-3, 2-0-2) sits atop the
conference with the Sun Prairie (2-1-3,
2-0-1) and Beloit (5-1-1, 2-1-1) co-ops
trailing close behind.
The biggest areas for our girls to

improve is going to be positioning. We

have concentrated a lot on getting basic
skills better, and will continue to do so,
but we are incorporating more positioning work in practice, Gallagher said.
We are beginning to take the next step
as a program to more complex work in
practice and games.
Gallagher said both schools are
working to find a date to reschedule the
game.

Snow: Boys basketball is only game rescheduled

works the best in the overall
schedule, he said. So on Friday, I knew the weather wasnt
going to be good. I asked
coach Nedelcoff what three or
four dates would work.
Then we got in touch with
the other school and see if the
dates we have match up with
what they are thinking and all
the other things that go with
it is the facility available
that night? Is it a back-to-back
game night, etc.
The Stoughton Icebergs
girls co-op, which Oregon is
part of along with Monona
Grove and McFarland, had
its non-conference game in
Brookfield also canceled.

Problems arise when

rescheduling games mostly
based on flexibility Carr said.
If we have to reschedule a
December date, we have a lot
more flexibility. It gets to be
crunch time in January and
February, though, he said.
Basketball and wrestling
can be the most difficult, as all
three varsity programs share
the same game space.
When we have to

reschedule the other team

might have dates they would
like to play, but we have the
gym booked for something
else, Carr said. I feel that
ADs in the conference are very
helpful, and we always find a
date, even though it might not
be either coachs first or second choice.
Baseball would be right
behind in rescheduling difficulty, because even though

they have their own facility,

coaches can only throw pitchers in so many innings, so Ads
try not to stack games up.
With the springs that we
have had, and again towards
the end of the season, we
sometimes don t have a
choice, Carr said.

Watertown 66,
Oregon 57
The Panthers trailed by
18 at halftime before falling 66-57 at non-conference
Watertown Monday.
Oregon had a strong second half with 35 points but it
wasnt enough.
Senior Danica Keisling
and Uhl each finished with
15 points, and McCorkle
added eight. Sophomore Jenna Statz and freshman Izzie
Peterson each collected six
points.
Sophomore Jenna Koepp
led Watertown with 16
points, and senior Liz
Oswald, junior Lauren Burd
and senior Katie Crogan collected 15, 14 and 12 points,
respectively.
- Anthony Iozzo

Wrestling

Oregon falls to Mount Horeb

The Oregon wrestling
team won five matches n a
48-26 loss Tuesday at Mount
Horeb.
Steele Mellum (126
pounds) pinned Seth Loomis, and Connor Brickley
(132) won a 16-1 technical
fall. Sam Pieper (152) added
a pin and Devin Keast (160)

defeated Aquoya Faust 6-1.

Jade Durmaj (120) won by
forfeit.
Oregon travels to the MidStates tournament at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Dec. 28-29.
Matches begin at 8:30 a.m.
on both days.
- Anthony Iozzo

Postponements
Oregon boys basketball at Monroe, Jan. 17

Cancellations
Oregon wrestling at Mount Horeb Invitational
Icebergs girls hockey at Brookfield Glacier

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Oregon traveled to Baraboo Thursday and fell 48-40.

Despite trailing by four
at halftime, the Panthers
couldnt get the advantage at
the end in the back-and-forth
game.
Senior Katie Uhl finished
with 15 points, and junior
Ellen McCorkle collected
10.
Baraboo senior Josie
Schaefer had 15 points,
and senior Emily Kieck, a
NCAA Division II recruit for

Winona State (Minn.) University, finished with 14.

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Santa visits
the Caper

Obituary
Ellice C. DeBenedetto America. Prior to moving

to Oconto, they had been

residents of Hudson, Eau
Claire, Sturgeon Bay and
Wausau.
Ellice is survived by
her husband, Richard;
two children, Crista and
Aaron; and grandchildren, Alexis, Gabriel,
Magdalena and Elijah.
Visitation will be from
9 - 1 1 a . m . T h u r s d a y,
Dec. 22, at Zion Lutheran Church, 2714 James
St., Marinette. A memorial service will follow
at 11a.m. with the Rev.
Keith Kolstad officiating.
At her request, we celebrate Ellices absolute
love and trust in God,
and the beautiful life God
gave her. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations
to support the ministry of
Zion Lutheran Church are
suggested. Hansen-Onion-Martell funeral home
is assisting the family.

Ellice DeBenedetto

Ellice C. DeBenedetto,
age 69, of Oconto, Wisconsin, passed away on
Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016,
at Bellin Memorial Hospital in Green Bay. She
was born July 14, 1947,
in Oregon, the daughter
of Vernon and Bernice
Mitchell.
She attended St. Olaf
College and graduated
from UW-River Falls.
After her marriage to
Richard P. DeBenedetto,
they resided in several
Wisconsin cities throughout his pastoral calls to
ministry in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in

Santa Claus braved the

snowstorm to visit The
Chocolate Caper on Saturday, Dec. 17. Attendees
enjoyed free hot chocolate
and cider as well as some
holiday treats, in addition
to sharing their wishes with
Santa.
Amber Levenhagen

Photos by Dan Donoghue

At left, Sue Bergey and her

grandson Brayden Hoff, 2,
visit with Santa.

Below, Santa shares a treat

with Harlee Cox, 4.

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The regular meeting of the School

Board of the Oregon School District
was called to order by the President at
5:30 PM in the District Meeting Room at
Netherwood Knoll Elementary School
in the Village of Oregon, Dane County,
Wisconsin. Upon roll call, the following board members were present: Ms.
Barbara Feeney, Mr. Charles Uphoff, Mr.
Jeff Ramin, Ms. Krista Flanagan, Mr. Dan
Krause and Mr. Steve Zach. The following
board members were absent: Ms. Gwen
Maitzen. (Ms. Maitzen arrived at 5:33pm).
Administrators present: Dr. Brian Busler, Mr. Andy Weiland, Mrs. Candace
Weidensee, Mr. Dan Rikli, Mrs. Shannon
Anderson, Dr. Leslie Bergstrom, Mr. Jon
Tanner, Ms. Jina Jonen, Dr. Ms. Dawn
Goltz, Ms. Cyndi Olander, Ms. Kim Griffin,
Mr. Mike Carr, Ms. Kerri Modjeski, Mr. Jim
Pliner, Mr. Jason Zurawik, Mr. Josh Iverson, and Ms. Jayne Wick.
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meeting was presented by Mr. Zach.
Moved and seconded the motion to
proceed with the meeting according to
the agenda as posted. Motion passed 7-0.
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1. Approve minutes of the November
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walked the Board through the Academic

and Career Planning system at the high
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3. Superintendents Report: Dr. Busler reported that the Board will tour the
construction sites on November 30th at
4:30 beginning at the high school. He
thanked Jina and Andy for their hard
work on the educator compensation plan.
The District will be sending out a Newsletter/update in January on Board paper,
referendum, construction update and
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tough year ahead with how education
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The Village Board of the Village of

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1. Section 9.05 of the Municipal
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and recreated to read as follows:
9.05 REGULATION OF FIREWORKS.
(1) STATE FIREWORKS LAWS ADOPTED. Except as otherwise specifically
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this section.
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the Village of Oregon at its meeting held
on December 19, 2016, by a vote of 5 in
favor, 0 opposed, and 0 not voting.
APPROVED:
By _______________________________
Steven L. Staton, Village President
ATTEST:
By ______________________________
Peggy Haag, Village Clerk
Published: December 22, 2016
WNAXLP
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642 Crafts & Hobbies

ROAST YOUR Own Coffee Beans!
Find out how easy and economical
outdoor home roasting can
be. Contact Sue 608-834-9645
9:00am- 6:00pm. Leave message
WOODWORKING TOOLS FOR
SALE:
Craftsman Router and Router table w/
vacuum and Router blades $250.
10" table saw. Cast Iron table
Craftsman brand w/vacuum and extra
blades in wall mountable storage
container. $250.
Delta 10" compound adjustable table
miter saw w/electric quick brake
(#36220 Type III) $155.
Craftsman Soldering Gun (w/case)
$10
Power Fast Brad (Nail) Gun-1" $30.
S-K Socket Set 1/4 SAE. 3/8" both
Sae & Metric (speed wrench, breaker
bar & ratchet included) $25 (in case)
Bench grinder on cast iron stand $70
Dowel set-up kit $35
Call John 608-845-1552

646 Fireplaces,
Furnaces/Wood, Fuel
DRY OAK and Cherry Firewood For Sale.
Contact Dave at 608-445-6423 or Pete
608-712-3223

664 Lawn & Garden

3 YR OLD CUB CADET W/50 INCH
MOWER DECK. Comes with additional
attachments of snow blade, MTD 2 stage
snow blower, tire chains, new belt, scraper blade, shoes(new last season). $1385
Call Pat at 608-835-5816
SNOWBLOWER 5HP, 22" MTD two
stage snow-blower for sale. New drive
belt and cable, new auger belt and cable,.
Starts easy, runs and throws snow great!
Big enough to blow through deep and
heavy snow, easy to handle. 5 forward
and 2 reverse speeds. All ready to go for
the winter! $275 OBO. Call or text Jeff at
608-575-5984

680 Seasonal Articles

3 YR OLD CUB CADET W/50 INCH
MOWER DECK. Comes with additional
attachments of snow blade, MTD 2 stage
snow blower, tire chains, new belt, scraper blade, shoes(new last season). $1385
Call Pat at 608-835-5816

688 Sporting Goods

& Recreational
FOR SALE
1 SET OF MEN'S AND 1 SET OF
WOMEN'S GOLF CLUBS. EACH
COMES WITH GOLF BAG, PULL
CART AND HEAD COVERS. $100
PER SET
Men's full set (for tall right handed
player)
Women's full set (left handed player)
Contact: 608-845-1552

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

ROSEWOOD APARTMENTS for Seniors

55+. 1 & 2 bedroom units available
starting at $775 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

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
VERONA
VINCENZO PLAZA
-Conveniently located at corner of
Whalen Rd and Kimball Lane
-Join the other businessesGray's Tied House, McRoberts
Chiropractic, True Veterinary, Wealth
Strategies, 17th Raddish, State Farm
Insurance, MEP Engineers, Adore
Salon, Citgo, Caffee' Depot. Tommaso
Office Bldg. tenants
-Single office in shared Suite
-3 office Suite
-5 office Suite, reception/waiting room,
conference room, private shower
-Individual office possibilities
Call Tom at 575-9700 to discuss terms
and possible rent concessions
Metro Real Estate

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

970 Horses
WALMERS TACK SHOP
16379 W. Milbrandt Road
Evansville, WI
608-882-5725

OREGON 2-Bedroom in quiet, well-kept

building. Convenient location. Includes all
appliances, A/C, blinds, private parking,
laundry, storage. $200 security deposit.
Cats OK. $690/month. 608-219-6677

RASCHEIN PROPERTY
STORAGE
6x10 thru 10x25
Market Street/Burr Oak Street
in Oregon
Call 608-520-0240

975 Livestock
CHRISTMAS SPECIAL DAIRY CATTLE
AUCTION TAH LIVESTOCK WINSLOW,
IL FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23RD, 2016
1:00 PM EARLY CONSIGNMENTS SO
FAR INCLUDE:1 REGISTERED JERSEY HEIFER FRESH 50 DAYS AND
1 JERSEY 3 YR OLD COW FRESH
100 DAYS, TOP KIND. 1 GROUP STANCHION BROKE COWS INCLUDING
15 RECENTLY FRESH,5 MILKING
AND BRED BACK, 2 DRY COWS DUE
WITHIN 30 DAYS. 4 OF THESE ARE
RED AND WHITE HOLSTEINS. BALANCE BLACK AND WHITE, A FEW ARE
REGISTERED. ALSO 20 TO 25 FRESH
HOLSTEIN HEIFERS. FRESH FROM 2
WEEKS TO 45 DAYS, UP AND ROLLING. TOP KIND, A FEW ARE REGISTERED NOTE! THE ABOVE GROUPS
ARE AT OUR DAIRY AND YOUR EARLY
INSPECTIONS INVITED. ALL MILK
OUT GOOD, CURRENT INFORCE 3
VACC, NO BST. YOU WILL LIKE THEM
WHEN YOU GET THEM HOME. SOME
PICTURES WEBSITE WWW.TAHLIVESTOCK.COM ALSO 2 MONTBELIARDE
YOUNG COWS DUE IN SPRING. 4
REGISTERED HOLSTEIN HEIFERS
DUE IN JUNE WITH SEXED SEMEN.
ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING OUR
SALES, PLEASE CALL TERRY AT 815367-5581 BARN OR 815-291-5604 CELL.
HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL AT OUR LAST
SALE FOR 2016. HAVE A BLESSED
AND MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY
NEW YEAR! THANKS FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF OUR 27TH
YEAR IN BUSINESS! WE APPRECIATE
ALL OF OUR LOYAL CONSIGNORS
AND BUYERS! HERE'S TO A SUCCESSFUL, HEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS 2017 FOR ALL OF US!
CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE IS Noon
Friday for The Great Dane and Noon
Monday for the Oregon Observer unless
changed because of holiday work schedules. Call now to place your ad, 873-6671
or 835-6677.

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on experience. Generates and obtains nancial data for use in
maintaining accounting records. Responsible for credit, collection
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Assemble and box in all assembly areas; Monitor, Haight
Pump, Hydrant Cell, Pitless, and Paint departments. Assemble
standardized metal products, while working at a bench or on the
shop oor.

NC MACHINE OPERATOR A POSITIONS; 2nd shift & Weekend

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MAINTENANCE B 2ND Shift - full-time; $15.50/hr; $0.50/hr

2nd shift premium. Installs, maintains, and repairs machinery,
electrical equipment/systems, piping, and facility equipment/
structures. *Required to attend Maintenance Mechanic and
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FOUNDRY PRODUCTION POSITIONS - full-time; $15.50/hr;

$0.50/hr 2nd shift premium.
Grinder - Use various grinders to grind, chip, or brush off excess
material to improve the appearance of work pieces.
Molder - Form sand molds to fabricate metal castings. Duties
may be performed either individually or paired and using either
automatic, single station or two station cope and drag type of
equipment.
Pourer/Shifter - Will perform the Pourer tasks of operating
transfer ladles containing molten metal, which is then poured
into prepared sand molds of various sizes and congurations.
The Shifter task includes placing metal weights and jackets on
prepared sand molds preparatory to pouring.

PM Care Specialist (2pm-10pm)

NOC Care Specialist (10pm-6am)

NOW HIRING DRIVERS FOR

A NEW, LARGE DEDICATED ACCOUNT!

ALL ADS SUBMITTED SUBJECT TO

APPROVAL BY PUBLISHER OF THIS
PAPER.

Baker Manufacturing Company, LLC is a premier producer

of grey and ductile iron castings for local machine shops and
internationally-known manufacturers. Baker also produces
products for the residential and industrial water markets. We have
been an established business in Evansville, Wisconsin for over
140 years and are looking for key people to join the Baker Team!

Sienna Meadows, a memory care home in Oregon,

is seeking caring and motivated individuals to join
its team. Currently hiring part-time and full-time
Caregivers for the following:

DOING WHAT WE SAY SINCE 1935.

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.

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

THEY SAY people dont read those little

ads, but YOU read this one, didnt you?
Call now to place your ad, 873-6671 or
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The Village of Brooklyn is seeking a Full Time Public Works

employee with employment beginning in 2017. This is an entry
level position. A valid Wisconsin Drivers License is a requirement
and have, or the ability to obtain a Commercial Class B license with
airbrake endorsement within 30 days of employment. A complete job
description and application are available at www.brooklynwi.gov in
the Employment section under the Community tab or pick one up at
Village Hall, 210 Commercial Street, Brooklyn, WI, 53521 Monday
through Thursday.
Wage starts at $15.00 per hour for a 40-hour work week. Additional
raises as certain requirements are met, and a competitive benefits
package is offered including enrollment in the State of Wisconsin
Retirement program. Applicants must be available for overtime,
including weekends and holidays as part of the departments
employee rotation.
Applications must be received no later than 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, January 5, 2017 to the Village Hall at the above address.
Questions can be addressed by contacting Public Works at
608-455-1842.

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

CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE IS Noon

Friday for The Great Dane and Noon
Monday for the Oregon Observer unless
changed because of holiday work schedules. Call now to place your ad, 873-6671
or 835-6677.

The Oregon Public Library is accepting applications for one (1) part time Library Page
Position. Position averages 10 hours per week, including primarily evenings and every other
Saturday. Anticipated start date is January 16, 2017. Salary is $10.00 per hour.
Candidates must be 16 years or older. Minimal requirements for this position include the
ability to perform alphanumeric sorting accurately and efficiently, perform moderately heavy
physical work, and learn and use the library computer system. Ideal candidates will have a
flexible schedule and some library experience. Additional qualifications and requirements
can be found in the job description.
Job description and application are available at the Oregon Public Library, 256 Brook St.,
Oregon, WI 53575, on the library website at www.oregonpubliclibrary.org, and on the
Village webpage at www.vil.oregon.wi.us. For full consideration return application and
complete the brief written exam, available at the library (please allow 15 min.), by 5:00 PM
on Friday, January 6, 2017.

Find updates and

links right away.

Brooklyn Public Works

Full Time Laborer/Operator Position

990 Farm: Service

& Merchandise

VILLAGE OF OREGON LIBRARY - PAGE (part-time)

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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

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

801 Office Space For Rent

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

GREENWOOD APARTMENTS
Apartments for Seniors 55+, currently
has 1 & 2 bedroom units available
starting at $775 per month, includes
heat, water, and sewer.
608-835-6717 Located at:
139 Wolf St., Oregon, WI 53575

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

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Benets:
Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, 401K/Prot Sharing,
paid vacation & holidays
View Job Descriptions & Apply Online at www.bakermfg.com
Baker Mfg. Human Resources 608-882-2731
Baker Manufacturing is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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SEASONED SPLIT OAK,

Hardwood. Volume discount. Will deliver.
608-609-1181

720 Apartments

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FIREWOOD STORED INSIDE

dry oak, cherry, maple
free delivery to Stoughton area $110.00
Face, $300 cord
608-873-3199 OR 608-445-8591, leave
message

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December 22, 2016

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