Erona Ress: TWI Placement Divides Board

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SCOTT GIRARD
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Photo by Samantha Christian
PLTW executive board members and VAHS juniors Alexis Gaillard and Aaron Young try out a project designed to illustrate
how neurons in people who have multiple sclerosis and Parkinsons disease (PVC pipes) are affected by different levels of
dopamine (marbles). At right are two of the students who designed the project, sophomore Sydney Deischer and junior
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VAHS students hold STEM
night at Promega
The Verona Area High School
Project Lead the Way program
held its second annual STEM night
in Promegas BTCI building in Fitchburg on Jan. 12.
The event allows high school students and science professionals to
On the web
professor of mechanical engineering at UW-Madison, gave a keynote

speech, and raffle prizes were given
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PLTW is a high school program
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classes that allow students to earn
offer interactive activities to help college credit. VAHS has offered
the community learn about science, classes in the biomedical sciences
technology, engineering and math.
and engineering in recent years.
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Above and beyond the call of duty

Sheriffs employees surprise VASD family with gifts
KATE NEWTON
Next Christmas might be one of

the furthest things from most peoples minds in the early days of the
new year, but a family at Glacier
Edge Elementary School is already
thinking of ways to pay it forward
after getting a surprise visit from the
Dane County Sheriff s Office last
month.
Nearly a dozen DCSO employees
among them Sheriff David Mahoney
stopped by the familys Fitchburg
home Dec. 22 with a load of presents

in tow and the goal to make the holiday a memorable one for the family
of six, who asked to remain unnamed
in this story.
Deputy Carlos Romero told the
Press the idea for the visit stemmed
from his involvement in a mentoring program at Glacier Edge, where
officers representing the DCSOs
Cultural Committee have met with
fourth- and fifth-graders twice a
month since late 2015 to discuss
safety topics, play games, answer
questions and engage with students
to share a reality of policing they

might not see otherwise.
Romero asked Jennifer Schultz,
the guidance counselor at GE who
oversees the group, to recommend
a family the committee could surprise with gifts for Christmas. She
recalled the mother of two children
participating in the program (one of
the familys two other children also
attends Glacier Edge, but is not in the
program) had recently had her hours
cut back at work. Romero then took
Turn to Gifts/Page 2
Choice program information for incoming Verona

Area School District kindergarten students began
to go out last week, but
one determining factor for
enrollment in the Two Way
Immersion program has yet
to be decided.
The school board has
twice discussed a policy specific to the TWI
program, a Spanish/
English-language dual-immersion program that is
split about 50-50 between
English learners and
native-English speakers.
The classes spend half the
day learning in Spanish and
half in English.
The policy would, most
notably, offer no preferential placement in the program for any staff, including TWI teachers. That
would be different from the
charter school policy, which
Whats
next?
The school board is
expected to continue its
discussion of the Two
Way Immersion policy at its Jan. 23 board
meeting, which begins at
7p.m.
has placement for children of half-time or greater
employees at those schools
as its fourth priority for
enrollment.
The board members
who clearly favored offering priority placement in
some form Meredith Stier Christensen and Noah
Roberts said such a benefit could help retain staff
in what administrators
acknowledge can be hardto-fill positions.
But those opposed,
including the administration, worried that priority
Turn to TWI/Page 5
Planning ahead for a

hybrid summer school
District looks
to attract more
teachers to program
SCOTT GIRARD
As participation has risen

quickly in the Verona Area
School District summer
school program in recent
years, it has changed its
focus.
Where five years ago it
was heavy on the needs of
remedial students, now
the programs especially
at the elementary and middle school levels have
focused on enrichment.
That is partly due to a
lack of interested teachers
Whats
next?
Administrators
will
recommend some summer school positions
for higher pay. Those
recommendations are
expected to come to the
board later this spring.
in some of the core classes
like English and math.
We cant find highly qualified teachers who
are willing to teach (core
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Continued from page 1
the ball and ran with it,
Schultz said, emailing more
than 500 DCSO employees
across the county to put out
a request for gift donations.
Schultz, who was on
hand at the home that day
to facilitate the meeting
between the family and
participating officers, said
watching both sides reactions was very powerful as about 60 gifts were
placed under the tree.
I know its a cliche, but
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and beyond the call of
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The mother told the Press

while she knew in advance
the visit was happening, it
was a complete surprise to
her children and she had
no idea so many officers,
let alone Mahoney, would
take time out of their busy
schedules to open presents
and play with the kids, eat
tamales she had prepared
for them and make (themselves) feel at home.
My husband and I, we
were talking after they left,
and I was just so joyful. I
asked him, Are you shaking? because I was still
shaking, she said with
a laugh. They were in
my living room and were
talking to me like they
knew me for years.
The officers stayed for
about an hour-and-a-half, the
mother said, but the impression they made on the kids
who range in age from 4 to
10 has endured for much
longer: so much so that shes
eager to help the committee
do the same thing for more
families next year.
I want my kids to learn
that, this year, it was us, and
next year, we want another
family to feel the same, she
said. And if we can just help
give a hand, that will make
a difference because then,
the next family will help
the next, and itll just keep
going.
Romero also hopes the
DCSO can expand the program into a much bigger
thing next holiday season
to involve more agencies
and officers, as it ultimately
Photo by Kate Newton
Dane County Sheriffs Office employees pose inside the home of a Fitchburg family (pictured at center) Dec. 22 to deliver
gifts as part of an inaugural event led by the DCSO Cultural Committee to help a family in need. Jennifer Schultz (pictured
at far right), a guidance counselor at Glacier Edge Elementary School where two of the four children in the family attend
school, recommended them to the committee, and Deputy Carlos Romero (standing fourth from right) reached out to more
than 500 DCSO employees to gather about 60 gifts for the kids and their parents.
signifies how committed the
Cultural Committees members and the law-enforcement community as a whole
are to serving their communities. The same goes for the
mentoring program at Glacier Edge. He said each visit to the school helps affirm
why he became a cop in
the first place.
I have kids telling me
they were scared of police The kids are our future, so

before, and now they feel dif- we have to work with them.
ferently because they have a
chance to meet us and play
Contact Kate Newton at
with us and talk to us in a difkate.newton@wcinet.com.
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New deal for new owner

at Hometown Grove
JIM FEROLIE
Learning resource, tech staff likely to centralize

Administrators look
for consistency
SCOTT GIRARD
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The new owner of Hometown Grove plans to get lots available this summer for the small development across from
Glacier Edge Elementary School.
In brief
townhouses and the property.

Ald. Heather Reekie
(Dist. 4) abstained because
she is potentially looking
into purchasing a lot.
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Rezoning at tech park
St. James expansion

After an initial review last summer, the St.
James preschool expansion project returned
with some modifications and passed without much discussion. It would replace the
current 1,600-square-foot building with
a 9,000-square-foot building, with 4,300
square feet of that used for the preschool and
Verona Area School District administrators hope

centralizing a group of
positions currently governed by school sites will
improve consistency.
Director of technology
Betty Wottreng and director
of curriculum and instruction Ann Franke told a
school board committee
last week about the plan
to move learning resource
coordinators and educational technology positions
under the umbrella of the
central office. Both stressed
that the employees would
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A 30- to 40-car pileup accident on an icy road
near Mount Vernon Tuesday morning sent one
woman to the hospital with
minor injuries, according
to a Dane County Sheriffs
Office news release.
The Dane County 911
center began receiving
notice at about 4:30a.m.
Jan. 17 that drivers were
unable to navigate (an)
icy hill and curve as they

traveled on County Hwy.
G near Colby Road, the
release said.
Deputies responded to
more than 70 calls related to the road conditions
throughout the early
morning hours as vehicles struck the guardrail,
with many ending up in
a cornfield along the roadway.
As the traffic volume

of morning commuters
increased, more and more
vehicles were becoming
stuck on the hill, which was
described as glare ice,
the release said.
Deputies called salt and
tow trucks to the scene to
assist with clearing the
roadway.
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Glacier Edge Elementary
Franke and Wottreng

reported that site administrators have expressed a
range of enthusiasm on the
idea.
Its a shift in our culture
a little bit, Franke said.
Superintendent Dean
Gorrell said pieces including the job descriptions,
hiring, evaluation and time
off requests will be handled
through the central office
next year. He stressed that
the change would create
more of a district community in these areas, instead
of being so siloed that its
just your stuff.
This isnt about command and control taking
over all of your FTE, he
said. This is really about
doing our collective work
so we can tap into the
expertise more in this group
of people.
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have had the smallest lots in
the city, before settling on
a more conventional layout
that required moving some
townhouses.
Ranguette later explained
to the Press that Apex sold
the property as a result of
financing complications
with the mortgage on the
The discussion came

weeks after the same committee talked about creating
a host of new central positions over the next three
years to facilitate some of
the districts initiatives,
which would require new
funding. This change, however, would be a reallocation of already existing
funds from the sites to central office.
The proposal would be
reflected in the budget,
which the board approves
annually.
Wottreng stressed that
the educational technology
coordinators need to have
a role focused on teaching
other teachers, citing an
example of one coordinator
who splits time as a teacher
and has her day chopped
up.
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The Common Council on

Monday, Jan. 9, approved
a new developer agreement
for the Hometown Grove
development, which has not
yet begun construction, due
to a sale from the original
developer, Apex Property
Management, to Hometown
Grove Development LLC.
The deal is otherwise
identical, and it is typical for single-family home
development.
Hometown Grove principal Bill Ranguette told
the council the property
sale closes Jan. 27, and that
he hopes to start work on
the site in April and have
homes ready for building
by the end of June or early
July.
The property, across from
Glacier Edge Elementary School, was originally
slated for condominiums
before the market changed
in the mid-2000s. It went
through several versions,
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accept sleeping problems
ne of my patients came to
me this month to discuss
her frustration with her
sleeping schedule, which had
been disrupted by a trip to visit
family over the holidays.
Ever since I got back from
California last week, I havent
been able to fall asleep at a
decent hour! she complained.
That meant she couldnt rest adequately for work.
Traveling is
one of many
reasons I hear
patients tell
me theyve
stopped sleeping well, but
poor sleep is a
common problem all over
Ozbeki
the country.
About 50-70
million Americans are affected
by a sleep disorder, whether it
is temporary such as jet lag, or
something more lasting, like a
chronic sleep condition.
Most adults need 7-8 hours of
sleep per night, and teenagers
and children need even more
than that.Chances are, you or
someone you know had sleep
issues at one time or another.
Thankfully, there are ways to
alleviate them. I told my patient
that methods to help with jet
lag include trying to get outside
during daylight, which can help
regulate our circadian rhythm,
and trying to slowly adjust to the
new time zone for a few days
prior to travel by adjusting your
sleep schedule.
More chronic difficulties
sleeping, either having trouble
falling asleep at night or waking
up in the early morning hours,
can be detrimental to quality
of life. Adjusting your routine
can help. First, some people
are naturally night owls or
early birds. Recognize if you

are someone who naturally falls
asleep later at night or wakes up
early in the mornings, and try to
adjust your sleep cycle accordingly.
This can definitely be difficult
though, given work and school
schedules. In general, going to
bed at the same time each night
and rising at the same time each
morning can help with sleeping
difficulties, and you should try to
maintain this schedule on weekends or days off work.Making
sure your bedroom is quiet and
dark may sound like common
sense, but it is still worth mentioning. An eye mask or ear buds
can be helpful if you have street
lights streaming in through windows or live in a louder household.
Another practice that can help
is limiting use of your bed for
sleeping, not watching television
or using your laptop. This way,
your body recognizes that when
you get in bed, its time to go to
sleep.
Another aspect to keep in mind
is the light emitted from a laptop
or phone screen can disrupt your
circadian rhythm. There is a setting on some newer phones that
will adjust the amount of light
emitted from the phone, but this
still is not perfect and should not
be used as an excuse to use your
phone in bed.
Avoiding large meals or exercise right before bed can also
help regulate your sleep cycle.
Generally, regular exercise helps
with sleep regulation, but should
be done a few hours before bed if
possible. And of course, checking
with your physician and making
sure you are not taking any medications or supplements that could
be disrupting your normal sleep
cycle can also help.
If you do wake up throughout
the night and end up lying awake

for more than 20 minutes, get up
and go to a different room and
participate in a quiet activity such
as reading, and then return to bed
when you feel sleepy.
Sometimes, sleep disturbances or persistent fatigue can be a
sign of a medical problem, such
as depression, or a sleep-related
problem such as sleep apnea
or narcolepsy. Evaluation by a
physician can help distinguish a
cause of sleeping difficulties and
start next steps for diagnosis and
treatment.
There are a wide variety of
therapies that can help some
that should be started under the
direction of a physician while
others you can start on your own
(including progressive muscle
relaxation or guided imagery).
Many phone applications
have been released recently to
help monitor sleep habits, and
although none of them have been
well-studied by the medical community, they can be an option to
try.
If you do want to be evaluated by your physician for sleep
issues, it may be helpful to keep
a sleep diary for about two weeks
prior to your appointment, including when you go to bed, go to
sleep, consume alcohol or caffeine, et cetera.
Whatever you do, being consistent and not simply accepting
bad sleep is crucial. Thankfully,
my patient was quick to bring her
problem to me, and after trying
some options to improve her
sleep, she was able to successfully sleep a solid eight hours and
return to functioning her best at
work.
Tina Ozbeki is a second-year
resident at the UW Family Medicine Clinic in Verona with an
interest in preventative medicine.
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Verona Area Historical Society
Nurtured Heart presentation Jan. 24
River journey
change everything, according to a

post on the districts website.
The event will be from 6-7:30p.m.
at the Verona Area High School PerWhat: Nurtured Heart Approach
forming Arts Center. Those interested
presentation
in attending are asked to RSVP to disWhen: 6-7:30p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24
trict NHA coach Tammy Holtan-ArWhere: Verona Area High School
nol at Tammy.HoltanArnol@verona.
Performing Arts Center, 300 Richard
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NHA is one of four positive-focused behavior initiatives the school
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es the district should include in prok12.wi.us
fessional development for staff. Its
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home.
The presentation will focus on superintendent Dean Gorrell.
what actions we are taking that might
Contact Scott Girard at ungreportaccidentally encourage challenging,
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has stuck with the Nurtured Heart
Approach toward behavior management amidst criticism over the past
couple of years from some parents.
An upcoming presentation will offer
more information on the ideas behind
NHA.
Proponents of the initiative, which
has spread across the districts sites
over the last three years, have claimed
much of the criticism that NHA did
not do enough to punish bad behaviors misunderstood the practice.
The national director of trainer outreach for the Nurtured Heart
Approach, Tanya Fraizer, will lead a
conversation Tuesday, Jan. 24, on the
initiative and how parents can use it at
TWI: Some think priority placement could help retain staff

placement for staff, depending on how broadly staff
was defined could present
problems. If it were defined
broadly, it could lead to few
spots for the general VASD
population in what has
become a popular program.
If offered to some employees and not others, it could
create confusion.
No decision has been made
on TWI, as the first time it
was discussed was during a
six-hour-long meeting that
focused on the scope of the
upcoming referendum. That
left board members feeling
last week as if they had not
fully considered the options.
Were seeing that there
is a strong interest from our
TWI teachers (to have preferential placement), and I
really feel like I dont want to
dismiss this just because we
reviewed this in hour five of
a marathon meeting, Meredith Stier Christensen said at
the Jan. 9 meeting.
The board decided to further consider the policy proposal at its Jan. 23 meeting.
Defining connections
Three staff members spoke
at the Jan. 9 meeting during
public comment, and all
requested priority placement.
Each works at Glacier Edge,
but all have different roles:
one is a classroom teacher,
one is a school psychologist
and special education coordinator and one coordinates the
English learner program for
the entire district.
I believe that this concession is critical to the health of
the program, in that it would
promote the hiring and
Where they
stand
The opinions board
members expressed
toward priority placement
for some or all staff
members children in
the Two Way Immersion
program at the Jan. 9
meeting
Amy Almond: Lean
against; expand TWI
Dennis Beres: Lean
against
Tom Duerst: Lean against
Russell King: Undecided
Meredith Stier Christensen: Lean support
Noah Roberts: Support
priority for TWI classroom teachers
Renee Zook: Lean
against; expand TWI
retention of desirable staff,
maximize resources spent
on professional development
and ultimately provide the
best education experience for
learners, said Alexis Nass,
the district EL coordinator.
Board member Noah Roberts said he favored allowing
priority placement for TWI
classroom teachers, which
would not apply to Nass.
Earlier, when he asked about
limiting it to TWI teachers
and staff, VASD director of
bilingual programming and
instructional equity Laurie
Burgos explained that defining who works in the TWI
program becomes difficult,
as people around the building
may be involved in one way
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Casey Langan, communications director at Wisconsin
Department of Revenue, told
the Press that Borrett was
not interested in talking with
the media at this point.
Samantha Christian
or another.
That echoed a sentiment
from the GE school psychologist who spoke.
I would urge you to consider the strong impact that
the entire staff has (on the
TWI program), Amy Nolting said. You dont have to
be a Two Way Immersion
teacher or an ELL certified
staff member to impact the
students within the program.
Stier Christensen said she
was not opposed to having challenges brought to
the board if the policy were
unclear.
If theres something we
can do to show our teachers
how theyre valued, I would
like to find a way to do that,
Stier Christensen said.
Cleanest policy
Some board members
had concerns, though, about
creating a preferred class,
as Russell King put it, or
limiting opportunities for
low-income students to take
part, as board member Amy
Almond said.
The value of a staff child
over just any other resident
child is a tough one for me
to make a call on, Almond
said.
Administrators also
advised that avoiding preferential treatment of any
manner would be the cleanest policy. VASD superintendent Dean Gorrell said
the next cleanest would
be to open priority placement to all staff around the
district. The latter approach
starts to intersect other policies, though, such as how
it would apply to non-resident staff or how it relates to
attendance-area boundaries.
In going to the
next-cleanest version of this,
it introduces a lot of variability, Gorrell added.
Board president Dennis Beres seemed to agree
with that assessment, but
acknowledged he is torn by
this.
Its a difficult call,
he said. By saying no to
everybody, you make the
misery spread equally.
Rather than including
a new policy in the larger
TWI policy, which also governs the language balance
of the class and class size,
board member Renee Zook
suggested creating a district-wide policy for staff and
their children that would
cover non-resident staff,
attendance areas and more.
Burgos agreed with Zook
that a district-wide policy
would be better, as the questions priority placement for
some or all staff would
create were too much and
could create fewer spots in
the TWI program for the
districts general population,
she said.
I dont want any of the
staff members to feel that
theyre not valued, but there
is a bigger picture, Burgos
added. I am quite certain
that if the policy isnt clean,
whatever decision gets made
that excludes one staff member group instead of another
will most likely get challenged, and that puts all of
us in an uncomfortable situation.
It may be the dead of

winter, but on Saturday,
the Verona Area Historical
Society is going for a trip
down the Sugar River
at least figuratively and
memory lane.
Bill Keen of the Upper
Sugar River Watershed
Association will talk
about the history of the
Sugar River and what is
being done now to preserve and care for it.
The associations work
involves studying and
monitoring water quality
and animal/plant life, special restoration projects
and community outreach
a n d e d u c a t i o n , VA H S
president Jesse Charles
wrote in an email to the
Press, noting that the river has brought life and
opportunity to Verona
since the time of the glaciers.
As the glaciers melted,
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our first Verona residents

t h e N a t ive A m e r i cans used the river
for transportation, hunting grounds and to sustain early agriculture, he
wrote. Early white settlers also made note of the
potential of the river and
the abundant resources in
the lands surrounding it.
Just as it influenced
a n d p r ov i d e d f o r e a rly Verona, now a group
of dedicated individuals returns the favor and
watches over the river
itself.
Email Unified Newspaper
Group reporter Scott De
Laruelle at scott.
delaruelle@wcinet.com.
FFAs Mitten Program

provides gifts to 300 families
T h e Ve r o n a F u t u r e
Farmers of America chapter provided toys and gifts
for more than 330 families
in December through its
Mitten Program.
FFA has run the prog r a m , a l s o k n ow n a s
H e l p i n g H a n d s , f o r
more than 30 years.
The group worked with
school social workers
and collected, packaged
and distributed the gifts,
which were at around the
same number as in past
years, according to a news
release. Students also
partnered with the Kiwanis Club of Dane County to
provide bags of food for
winter break to students
who rely on school meals
during the academic year.
Its always very heartwarming to see how grateful the families are, said
o rga n i z i n g c o m m i t t e e
co-chair Caroline Norman. It definitely makes
all of the hard work and
effort from our members
and community members
completely worth it.
The students began planning in October, setting up
collection places around
the city at area businesses and community buildings. Through December,
they decorated the paper
mittens with the ages and
gender of the children set
to receive a gift and sorted
deliveries of the gifts.
Scott Girard
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When: 10a.m. Saturday, Jan. 21
Where: Verona Senior
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Info: 845-7471
Contact Scott Girard at

and follow him on Twitter
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Coming up
Churches
VACTs South Pacific
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.
participants will spend time sharing officer Ryan Adkins and Sgt. Matt
stories and chatting about ideas they Dart will lead the program.
Verona Area Community Theater have for the group. Chocolate and cofFor information, call 845-7471.
will present its production of the 1940s fee will be provided. For information,
Film screening
musical South Pacific at 7:30 p.m. call 845-7471.
Friday, Jan. 20, Saturday, Jan. 21,
The library will host a screening of
Thursday, Jan. 26, Friday, Jan. 27, and Microsoft Word basics
the 1930 film All Quiet on the Western
Saturday, Jan. 28 and at 2 p.m. Sunday,
The library will host two classes on Front from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday,
Jan. 22, at the Verona High School Per- the basics of Microsoft Word 2010 Jan. 26.
forming Arts Center, 300 Richard St.
Professor Jonathan Pollack will lead
from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Mondays, Jan. 23
The cast includes Paige Fecteau as and 30.
a discussion following the screening. A
Nellie Forbush, an American nurse
Participants will learn about the fea- light meal will be available from 5-5:30
stationed on a South Pacific island tures of the program and how to use p.m. This film is presented in conjuncduring World War II, and Sam Mar- it to create professional-looking doc- tion with the exhibition World War I
ley as Emile de Becque, the expatriate uments in the first class, and explore and America, on display through Jan.
French plantation owner she falls in formatting techniques to create tables, 23. The exhibition is part of an initiative
love with. The production is directed page breaks and lists. Training will be of The Library of America with support
by Dale Nickels and produced by Dee provided by John Harris from Harris from The National Endowment for the
Baldock.
Multimedia and Computers. Registra- Humanities.
Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 tion is required and space is limited.
For information, call 845-7180.
for seniors and students. For informaFor information or to register, call
Family portraits
tion or to reserve tickets, call 845-2383 845-7180.
or visit vact.org.
Families can get a free portrait by
Effective policing
visiting the Badger Prairie Needs NetWomens group
Learn about various police tactics work, 1200 E. Verona Ave., from 10
Meetings of a new womens-only and procedures that lead to more effec- a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28.
group at the senior center will begin at tive policing at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday,
Participants can drop in anytime
10:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 23, and repeat Jan. 25. Attendees will also learn about during the time frame, and no appointevery fourth Monday of the month.
the gear that is worn by law enforcement is necessary. A 8.5x11-inch color
The meetings will be led by Ala- ment officials, how it works and what print will be provided.
sa Wiest and Becky Losby, and its used for. Verona Police Department
For information, call 848-2499.
Community calendar
Saturday, January 21
10 a.m., Historical society meeting

and Veronas Lifeline: History of the
Sugar River program with guest Bill
Sunday, January 22
2 p.m., VACT presents: South

Pacific ($15 adult, $10 students/
seniors; reserve at 845-2383), VAHS
PAC, 300 Richard St., vact.org
Monday, January 23
10:30 a.m., Womens Group

(repeats every fourth Monday),
senior center, 845-7471
6:30-8:30 p.m., Microsoft Word
2010 Basics I class (registration
required), library, 845-7180
7 p.m., Common Council, Verona
City Center, 845-6495
Wednesday, January 25
12:30 p.m., TRIAD: Police Tactics,

4:30 p.m., Tech Time with Tim
(30-minute appointments available),
Thursday, January 26
8:30-9:30 a.m., Tours for incoming

K-5 students, New Century School,
401 W. Verona Ave., 345-9529
4-5:30 p.m., Teen Gaming (ages
11-18), library, 845-7180
5:30-8:30 p.m., Film screening
and discussion: All Quiet on the
Western Front (1930) with Jonathan Pollack, library, 845-7180
7:30 p.m., VACT presents: South
seniors; reserve at 845-2383),
VAHS PAC, 300 Richard St., vact.
org
Friday, January 27
7 p.m., Broken Wheel, Tuvalu

seniors; reserve at 845-2383), Verona High School Performing Arts
Center, 300 Richard St., vact.org
Whats on VHAT-98
7 a.m. Harp Music at
Senior Center
8 a.m.- Zumba Gold
9 a.m. Daily Exercise
10 a.m. Kat Trio at Senior
Center
2 p.m. Zumba Gold
3 p.m. Daily Exercise
4 p.m. Trippers Music at
Senior Center
5 p.m. Celtic Carols at
Senior Center
6 p.m. Salem Church
Service
7 p.m. Wayne the Wizard
at Senior Center
9 p.m. Active Shooter
Training at Senior Center
10 p.m. Park Printing at
Historical Society
Friday, January 20
7 a.m. Trippers Music at
Senior Center
3 p.m. Verona 90-91 Boys
Basketball
Senior Center
5 p.m. 2015 Wildcats
Football
8:30 p.m. Active Shooter
10 p.m. Harp Music
11 p.m. Kat Trio at Senior
Center
Saturday, January 21
8 a.m. Common Council
from Jan. 9
11 a.m. Verona 90-91

Boys Basketball
Football
4:30 p.m. Park Printing at
Historical Society
6 p.m. Common Council
from Jan. 9
Basketball
Historical Society
Center
Sunday, January 22
7 a.m. Hindu Cultural Hour
9 a.m. Resurrection Church
10 a.m. Salem Church
Service
Noon - Common Council
from Jan. 9
Basketball
4:30 p.m. Park Printing at
Historical Society
from Jan. 9
Basketball
Historical Society
Center
Monday, January 23
Senior Center
Basketball
Senior Center
Football
Live
9 p.m. Hindu Cultural Hour
10 p.m. Harp Music
Center
Tuesday, January 24
7 a.m. Harp Music at
Senior Center
10 a.m.- Zumba Gold
Center
2 p.m.- Zumba Gold
Senior Center
Senior Center
6 p.m. Resurrection
Church
at Senior Center
Historical Society
Wednesday, January 25
Senior Center
Basketball
from Jan. 23
7 p.m. Capital City Band
Senior Center
10 p.m. Harp Music
Center
7 a.m. Harp Music
8 a.m.- Zumba Gold
Center
Senior Center
Senior Center
6 p.m. Salem Church
Service
at Senior Center
Historical Society
St. James Lutheran Church

ELCA
427 S. Main St., Verona
(608) 845-6922
stjamesverona.org
Pastors Kurt M. Billings and Peter
Narum
Office Hours: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday; 8
a.m.-noon Wednesday
Saturday Worship: 5 p.m.
Sunday Worship: 8:30 and 10:45
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.
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.
Fellowship Hour: 11:30 a.m.
Damascus Road Church West

The Verona Senior Center
108 Paoli St., Verona
(608) 819-6451
info@damascusroadchurch.com,
damascusroadonline.org
Pastor Justin Burge
Sunday: 10 a.m.
Springdale Lutheran Church

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
Memorial Baptist Church

201 S. Main St., Verona
(608) 845-7125
MBCverona.org
Lead Pastor Jeremy Scott
Sunday: 10:15 a.m.
Sugar River United Methodist

Church
415 W. Verona Ave., Verona
(608) 845-5855
sugar.river@sugarriverumc.org,
sugarriverumc.org
Pastor Gary Holmes
9 & 10:30 a.m. contemporary
worship.
Sunday School available during
worship. Refreshments and fellowship are between services.
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 Benjamin Phelps
Thursday: 6:30 p.m.
Sunday: 9 a.m.
St. Christopher Catholic Parish
St. Andrew Church
301 N. Main St., Verona
St. William Church
1371 Hwy. PB, Paoli
(608) 845-6613
stchristopherverona.com
Fr. William Vernon, pastor
Saturday: 5 p.m., St. Andrew,
Verona
Sunday: 7:30 a.m., St. William,
Paoli
West Madison Bible Church

2920 Hwy. M, Verona
(608) 845-9518
www.wmbiblechurch.org
Pastor Dan Kukasky Jr.
Sunday Worship: 9:15 a.m.
Sunday School: 10:45 a.m.
Zwingli United Church of
Christ
Hwy. 92 & G, Mount Vernon
(608) 832-6677
Pastor Brad Brookins
Sunday: 10:15 a.m.
Zwingli United Church of
Christ
Hwy. 69 & PB, Paoli
(608)845-5641
Rev. Sara Thiessen
Sunday: 9:30 a.m. family worship
Exercise Every Day

The advice to exercise every day is related to protecting
our physical health, but exercise is so important for our
overall well-being that we should also sing its praises for
its mental and emotional benefits. By now, weve probably
all heard the witty remark that sitting is the new smoking. Most of us who dont want to be pariahs have given
up smoking, but some of us still do a lot of sitting. On the
other hand, standing desks and even treadmill desks
are becoming common in many workplaces. Many workplaces also have exercise rooms or allow workers to take
exercise breaks during the day. Our bodies are designed to
move, and if we dont do a fair amount of that every day,
were going to get weak and flabby. Exercise doesnt have
to be strenuous to be good; most of us are not destined
to be Olympians. But considering that the human body is
designed to walk efficiently, it shouldnt surprise us that
walking is great exercise. The human body is also well-designed for swimming, throwing things, and locomotion in
general. So get out of that chair and move your body. Its
important to find something that you enjoy enough for it to
become a habit, and then you will be well on your way to
living the healthy life that God desires for you.
Christopher Simon, Metro News Service
Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the
Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from
God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price.
Therefore honor God with your bodies.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 NIV
Support groups
AA Meeting, senior center, Thursdays at 1 p.m.
Caregivers Support
Group, senior center, first
and third Tuesday, 10 a.m.
Healthy Lifestyles
Group meeting, senior
center, second Thursday
from 10:30 a.m.
Parkinsons Group,
senior center, third
Friday at 10 a.m.
430 E. Verona Ave.

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Friday, January 20
10-11:30 a.m., The Young and the

Restless (ages 0-5), library, 8457180
7 p.m., David Wheaton and Steven
Hollerup, Tuvalu
7:30 p.m., Verona Area Community
Theater presents: South Pacific
($15 adult, $10 students/seniors;
reserve at 845-2383), Verona Area
High School Performing Arts Center,
300 Richard St., vact.org
Keen, senior center, 845-7471

11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Prairie Kitchen
free community meal, BPNN, bpnn.
org
7 p.m., Open Stage with Nick Venturella, Tuvalu
seniors; reserve at 845-2383), VAHS
PAC, 300 Richard St., vact.org
Fitchburg Memorial UCC

5705 Lacy Rd., Fitchburg
(608) 273-1008
memorialucc.org
Pastor Phil Haslanger
Sunday: 8:15 and 10 a.m.
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4 p.m., Anime Club (grades 6-12),

library, 845-7180
6-7 p.m., Caregiver Support Group
(repeats first and third Thursdays;
refreshments 5:30-6 p.m.), senior
center, 845-7471
7-8:30 p.m., World War I readings
and discussion with Jonathan Pollack, library, 845-7180
The Church in Fitchburg

2833 Raritan Rd., Fitchburg
(608) 271-2811
livelifetogether.com
Sunday: 8 & 10:45 a.m.
Sunday: 9 & 11 a.m., St. Andrew,

Verona
Daily Mass, Tuesday-Saturday: 8
a.m., St. Andrew, Verona
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church page
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January 19, 2017
The Verona Press
VACTs Dance to Build

program returns next month
Verona Area Performing Arts Series
As it enters the final lap

of fundraising before its
new facility opens later
this year, Verona Area
What: Verona Area
Community Theater will
Community Theater
bring back its Dance
second annual Dance
to Build program next
to Build program
month to support its
When: 6-7p.m. youth
building campaign.
classes (grades 3-8)
Dance to Build will
Mondays through
run from Feb. 6 through
Wednesdays; 7-8p.m.
March 2, and aspiring
teen/adult classes
dancers in grades 3-8
Mondays through
can choose from youth
Broadway jazz class on
Thursdays (separate
Mondays with instructor
style taught each night)
Hayley Mason, youth hipfrom Feb. 6 through
hop on Tuesdays with
March 2
Lauren Smith or youth
Where: VACT building,
tap on Wednesdays with
405 Bruce St.
Alyssa Dvorak. All youth
Cost: $10 per class or
classes will run from
$36 per set of four style
6-7p.m.
classes; cash or check
Classes for adults and
only
teens in high school
and older will run from
Info: vact.org/dance-to7-8p.m. Mondays through
build-2017
Thursdays: Mason
will lead a beginners
tap class on Mondays,
Dvorak will teach jazz on tap on Wednesdays, and a
Tuesdays and advanced contemporary class with
If You Go
Photo submitted
Members of the Verona Area High School Accidentals Vocal Jazz group will perform alongside the University of Wisconsin-Madisons Wisconsin Singers for the Verona Area Performing Arts Series at 7:30p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, at the VAHS Performing Arts Center. The VAHS
Naturals Jazz Choir will also appear, and both groups will perform a cappella and vocal jazz
music.
instructor Angela Myers

will end the week on
Thursdays.
The cost is $10 per class
or $36 for all four classes
in a given style. Payment
will be accepted in-person
by cash or check only, and
all checks must be payable
to VACT.
Age exceptions can be
made on a case-by-case
basis, and can be discussed
by contacting Dvorak at
alyssamdvorak@gmail.
com. Participants should
also contact Dvorak if they
need to borrow tap shoes,
as VACT has a limited
selection available in both
child and adult sizes.
To v i ew t h e D a n c e
to Build schedule or
to register for classes
o n l i n e , v i s i t va c t . o rg /
dance-to-build-2017. For
information on VACTs
building campaign, or to
make a donation, visit vact.
org/donate-now.
Kate Newton
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all have cameras.
So if you have a photo of an event or just a slice of life you think the community might
be interested in, send it to us and well use it if we can. Please include contact information,
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Call Jim at 845-9559.
Photo submitted
Members of the Verona Area High School Naturals Jazz Choir, pictured here, will also perform at the Feb. 4 show.
Wisconsin Singers present

In Living Color! for VAPAS
The Wisconsin Singers,
a group of talented singers,
dancers and instrumentalists
representing the University
of Wisconsin-Madison, will
take the stage at 7:30p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 4, at the
Verona Area High School
Performing Arts Center, 300
Richard St.
The Singers newest show
In Living Color!
aims to entertain the whole
family with Broadwaycaliber performances of
more than 60 colorful
songs from timeless
musicians like Judy Garland
and Elvis Presley to current
pop icons such as Beyonc
and Bruno Mars. Musical
fans will hear well-known
numbers from Grease,
Saturday Night Fever and
Hamilton, while kids of
all ages will be amused by
the antics of Bugs Bunny,
If You Go
What: Wisconsin Singers
When: 7:30p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 4
Where: Verona Area High
School Performing Arts
Center, 300 Richard St.
Tickets: $15 adults, $8
students 18 and under
Info: vapas.org,
wisconsinsingers.com
Elmer Fudd and Slimer from
Ghostbusters.
The band will also play a
medley of jazz classics and
a tribute to the 1980s, while
Badger fans can join in the
Singers rendition of the
famous Fifth Quarter, where
audiences can sing Varsity
and dance to Tequila.
Performing with the

Wisconsin Singers for the
Verona Area Performing
Arts Series are two vocal
g r o u p s f r o m Ve r o n a
Area High School, the
Accidentals Vocal Jazz and
Naturals Jazz Choir. Both
groups perform a cappella
and vocal jazz music.
Tickets are $15 for adults
and $8 for students 18 and
under, and are available at
vapas.org, the State Bank
of Cross Plains-Verona,
Capitol Bank-Verona or by
calling 848-2787. All seats
are reserved. The show is
sponsored in part by MidWest Family Broadcasting
and Miller and Sons
Supermarket.
For information, visit
wisconsinsingers.com.
Submitted by the Verona
Area Performing Arts Series
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A. Unfortunately you might be the victim of another drivers lack of attention and bad driving. You might be
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and most important rule, is do not panic. Secure your vehicle and call the cops, and the ambulance if you are
injured. Stay in your car, if you can safely do so, until the cops arrive and use your eyes and ears to observe all
that is going on around you. Make notes of the other driver, his/her vehicle condition, and his/her license plate
number. Note any witnesses that you can point out to the cops. Take photos of the vehicles and the area. If you are
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A. One of the best ways for families to help elderly loved ones stay healthy is to make sure they are
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vaccinated against common, preventable diseases. Respiratory diseases, such as pneumonia and influenza,
are the eighth leading cause of death among the older population and can be prevented with vaccinations. This
risk increases for those who have chronic conditions like diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD), or cardiovascular disease. Elders with chronic diseases are more likely to suffer complications from
pneumonia and influenza and are more likely to die as a result. Diabetics, for example, are three times more
likely to die from a bout with the flu than a healthy adult.
Shingles also poses a health risk for elders. Not only can shingles be excruciatingly painful but also the
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have turned to emails or texts as a short cut to a traditional
hand written note. If your child receives a gift they did not
have an opportunity to personally thank the giver for, having
them write a thank you note is a great way to reinforce gratitude while also practicing
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bacteria (bacteria that dont need oxygen to survive) love to camp out under the gums
and in between teeth. These bacteria produce gases and these gases smell pretty terrible.
Your mouth is exposed to bacteria on a daily basis. Some of these are good bacteria that
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A. Theres no question 2016 was a great year for real estate in Wisconsin. Heres
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Realtors Association and the South Central Wisconsin Multiple Listing Service.
Statewide about 81,000 houses sold in the state of Wisconsin (using estimated
numbers for December), up from 76,741 the previous year. This is a little more
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percentage increase over 2015 were:
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McFarland ----- $259,900 ---+7.4% Verona --------- $325,777 ---+6.8%
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A. 95% of headaches are primary headaches, meaning they are

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long-term effects, a report released in 2001 by researchers at Duke University Evidence-Based Practice Center in
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a veterinary examination. One common cause of itchy ears is allergies. In broad terms, allergies are commonly caused by the body reacting either to proteins in the environment (pollens,
molds, mites, etc) or to ingredients in food. We see food allergies quite commonly in dogs.
Signs of food allergies are non-seasonal and usually include itching, especially of the head
and rear end areas. Digestive symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea may also be seen. The
most common food ingredients that cause allergies in dogs are chicken, chicken egg, milk,
Dr. Barney Smith
wheat, soy and corn but potentially any food ingredient that a dog eats can cause allergies.
The only effective way to diagnose food allergy is to do an elimination diet trial. A food trial involves feeding a diet
with ingredients completely different from anything the dog has eaten before (dog food, treats, table food, etc). The
best foods for an elimination trial are prescription diets available from a veterinarian. If itching stops after 8+ weeks
on only the new food, other commercially-available foods can be added one at a time to see what your dog tolerates.
Your veterinarian is the best source of information to help solve the complex problem of food allergies.
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A. There are many causes for each of these two problems, so it important that your dog get
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Girls basketball
Overtime magic
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Bainbridge, Mitchell lead Cats

down the stretch of 44-40 win
over Janesville Parker
ANTHONY IOZZO
Assistant sports editor
The night didnt start great at the freethrow line for the Verona Area High School
girls basketball team Friday.
The host Wildcats were 9-for-18 from
the line during regulation against Janesville
Parker, with junior Chandler Bainbridge
knocking down one of four. But Bainbridge
hit them when they mattered, going 6-for-6
in overtime for a 44-40 victory.
In the first half, I was missing them, and
I told myself I needed to relax, Bainbridge
said. In overtime, I said it is tied and I need
to breathe. I just let the ball flow off my hand
and let it go.
Verona trailed by two early in overtime
after two free throws by freshman Tina Shelton, but Verona senior Sisi Mitchell helped
force three turnovers and passed to Bainbridge, who was able to get to the line and
remain perfect in overtime. Mitchell finished
with more than five steals.
We motivated each other throughout the
game, said Bainbridge, who led with 18
points. When they scored the first points, we
told each other we just had to stay composed
and we would have this (game).
The Wildcats (7-5 overall, 6-2 Big Eight)
and Vikings (5-8, 4-5) exchanged points at
the end of the second half, and Mitchell had
a chance to win the game in regulation with
10.5 seconds left. She got open for a 3-point
attempt, but the ball went in and out as the
buzzer sounded.
Eight of Mitchells 14 points came in the
second half, including a steal and running
floater with under four minutes to go that put
Photo by Anthony Iozzo
Senior Sisi Mitchell floats up for a shot in the first half Thursday against Janesville Parker
the Wildcats up 34-32.
Parker sophomore Julia Hartwig who at Verona Area High School. Mitchell finished with 14 points in a 44-40 win in overtime.
led all scorers with 19 points later banked
in a basket to cut Veronas lead to 36-35, and
Verona sophomore Brooke Graesslin drained
a 3-pointer to tie the game at 38 with 21 seconds left.
ANTHONY IOZZO
We were missing some easier shots earliAssistant sports editor
er on and some easy layups, but they just kept
battling and found a way to win, head coach
Alex Luehring is schedAngie Murphy said.
uled to come back from
The Wildcats led 19-17 at halftime. Senior
an ankle injury Saturday,
Grace Schraufnagel had four points in the
but the Verona Area High
first half, and 6-foot sophomore Sydney Rae
School girls basketball
who was in the lineup to help Veronas size
team has had to play withdisadvantage with senior Alex Luehring out
out the NCAA Division I
added a big basket to keep the the Wildcats
recruit since Dec. 29.
in the lead late in the first half.
Luehring, a 6-foot-2
senior who has signed
with the University of
Wisconsin-Green Bay and
is one of six All-American
Verona travels to Madison Memorial at
nominees from Wisconsin,
7:30p.m. Saturday and also hosts Madmissed only four games
ison La Follette in a make-up game from
but was out of practice
Dec. 16 at 7:30p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24.
from Dec. 30-Jan.12.
The young Wildcats
went 2-2 during the stretch
and became a stronger
team in the process, head
coach Angie Murphy said.
That is a huge thing
for our confidence, MurTeam W-L
phy said. Everyone elses
Middleton 9-0
play has elevated I am
really proud of how the
Sun Prairie
7-2
girls battled.
Verona 6-2
Luehring was expected to be out at least three
Madison East
6-3
Photo by Anthony Iozzo
weeks, and some reports
Janesville Craig
6-3
Senior Alex Luehring (right) celebrates with junior
had the possibility of her
Chandler Bainbridge Friday after Bainbridge went
Janesville Parker
4-5
being out 4-6 weeks or
6-for-6 from the free-throw line in overtime to help
even not playing again this
Madison La Follette
2-6
Verona defeat Janesville Parker 44-40. Luehring, who
season. But she was on
is slated to return Saturday, missed four games with
Madison Memorial
2-7
the bench and medically
an ankle injury. The Wildcats went 2-2 during that
Madison West
2-7
stretch despite missing Luehrings 23.9 points per
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Beloit Memorial
0-9
game average.
Surviving without Luehring
Whats next?
Big Eight
Conference
Name: Chandler Bainbridge

Grade: Junior
Sport: Basketball
Position: Guard
Highlights: Bainbridge went 6-for-6 at
the free-throw line in overtime and finished with 18 points in a 44-40 win over
Janesville Parker Friday
Honorable mentions: Sisi Mitchell (girls
basketball) finished with 14 points and
had over five steals in an overtime win
over Parker Friday; Nate Buss (boys
basketball) combined for 33 points in
games at Craig and against Parker last
week; Jordan Recob (wrestling) finished
runner-up at heavyweight in the Chippewa
Falls Invitational Saturday; Jack Anderson
(boys hockey) scored two goals against
Middleton Saturday; Lauren Samz (gymnastics) won the vault title Saturday at
the Madison East Invitational. She added
a runner-up finish on the balance beam
(8.85), floor (8.95) and all-around competition (34.925); Vivian Hacker (girls hockey), of Madison West, scored three goals
last week as the Metro Lynx defeated the
Badger Lightning and Black River Falls
co-ops; Brady Wagner (boys swimming)
made his goal of his year-end time on
the 50 free (on the 8x50 pineapple relay)
Saturday at the Middleton Invitational
Gymnastics
Samz wins vault,

Molitor all-around
champion at East invite
JEREMY JONES
Sports editor
The Verona/Madison Edgewood gymnastics team dominated the purple division of Saturdays Madison East invitational, winning with 132.525 points.
Verona senior Lauren Samz continued
to impress, winning the vault title. She led
the Wildcat/Crusaders on the floor, taking
second to Waupun senior Megan Hansen
(9.325) with an 8.95.
Samz added a runner-up finish on the
balance beam (8.85), floor (8.95) and allaround competition (34.925). She was
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Verona youth
wrestlers
showcase
skills at
annual duals
The Verona Youth Wrestling
Club hosted its annual Verona duals alongside the high
school meet on Jan. 7 at
Verona Area High School.
While scores werent kept,
the participants were able
to get some competition in
against area wrestlers.
Photos by Brian Marsh
Nolan Witkowski scores a takedown at the Verona Duals on Jan. 7.
Cael Wozniak grapples his opponent for control at

the Verona Duals.
Bryson Kundinger gets a takedown during the Verona Duals.
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Gymnastics: Wildcats win East invite, add

dual win over Janesville Parker
third on bars (8.075).
Maddie Molitor took
home the top prize in the
all-around (35.075) and balance beam (9.15), as well as
second on bars (8.475).
Freshman Hailey
Dohnals 8.9 on floor was
good for third and helped
her place fifth as an allaround competitor.
Whats next
The Verona/Madison Edgewood High School gymnastics team hosts Madison Memorial at 6 p.m. Thursday at
Glacier Edge Elementary.
top honors Thursday

against Janesville Parker.
Samz had a big night,
winning the vault with a
meet-best 8.6, an 8.65 on
the balance beam and the
all-around title with a 33.75
V/ME 128.1,
points. She managed secParker 113.875
ond place on the uneven
Verona/Madison Edge- bars (8.275) and floor exerwood varsity and JV took cise (8.225).
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posted a 128.1-113.875 victory.

Molitor was close behind
with a first-place finish on
the bars (8.475) and thirdplace finish on beam (7.85)
to finish runner-up in the
all-around competition with
a 31.85.
Dohnal won the floor
exercise with an 8.25. She
was second on vault with
an 8.275 and fourth on
bars (7.15) and beam (7.5)
to help VA/MH sweep the
top three spots with 31.175
points.
E d g ew o o d s Va n e s s a
Wagner had an impressive
debut, putting up a 7.9 on
bars for third place and
taking first on the JV beam
(7.2) and floor (7.35).
Junior varsity competitors
Fernanda Alayo and Gabby
Guinther won the vault and
bars, respectively.
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Boys hockey
Boys swimming
JEREMY JONES
at Middleton invite
Cats skate into first place in the Big Eight Wildcats finish fourth
Sports editor
JEREMY JONES
Ve r o n a b o y s h o c k e y
moved into sole possession of first place in the Big
Eight Conference last week
despite a shocking loss to
Madison Memorial.
Sports editor
Verona 5, Middleton 3
Memorial 2, Verona 0
A pair of special team
goals sank Verona in a 2-0
shutout against Madison
Memorial at home Monday.
The Spartans scored on
the power play midway
through the third period and
later added an empty-netter
photo by Jeremy Jones
Jack Anderson celebrates his second period power-play goal against Saturday against Middleton. The Wildcats won 5-3 and moved into sole possession of first-place in the Big Eight
Conference.
Whats next
Verona (7-1-0) hosts Beloit Memorial (5-4-0) in a Big Eight Conference meet at 7p.m.
Friday.
with 25 seconds remaining
for a 2-0 victory.
The Wildcats kept the
puck in Memorials end
most of the second and third
periods but could not get
the puck by Spartan senior
goalie Ryan Kenny. Madison Memorial had three
conference wins entering
the game.
Brandon Schaeffer scored
on the power play six minutes into the third period
and Colin Supple added the
short-handed goal.
Kaegi stopped 25 of 26
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T h e Wi l d c a t s bu i l t a
three-goal lead in the third
period but needed Garhett
Kaegi and their defense to
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Senior captain Jack
Anderson scored the
game-winning goal with
2 1/2 minutes left, skating
down the right side of the
ice and slipping the puck
past Middletons David
Vodenlich inside the near
post.
Verona led 4-1 following
a Brockton Baker top-shelf
wrister 4 1/2 minutes into
the third period. The Wildcats took some big penalties
then as Middletons Zach
Heidel and Connor Julius
scored power-play goals
20 seconds apart midway
through the third period to
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Jack Keryluk scored the
games first goal 5 1/2 minutes into the first period off
a 2-on-1 break with Anderson, and Jake Keyes pushed
Veronas lead to two goals
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Kaegi finished the game
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Garhett made some huge
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tonight was the best hockey
hes played so far.
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their power play, scoring
a goal 14 minutes into the
second period.
Vodenlich finished with
25 saves for Middleton,
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Horeb boys swimming team
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The Wildcats 200 free
on Friday and won 111-59.
Zeke Sebastian, Shane and 500 free relays each
Rozeboom, Aidan Upde- posted team-best secgrove and Hoppe swam to ond-place finishes Saturday
a meet-best 1 minute, 42.72 at the Middleton Invitational
seconds as part of the 200 to help Verona finish fourth.
Hoppe, Sebastian, Wellmedley relay.
Sebastian had lifetime nitz and Rozeboom touched
bests in the 200 individu- the wall .24 seconds behind
al medley, leading a 1-2-3 Madison Memorial with a
sweep by the Wildcats in time of 1:29.96 in the 2002:07.61. He added the 100 free relay. The same quartet
backstroke time in a best was .47 behind Middleton in
the 500 free, in 4:20.53.
time of 57.28.
The Wildcats touched
Shane Rozeboom won the
race of the night, defeating the wall with 13 of 15 relay
Parkers top swimmer, Ethan beating their seed times
Perry, 22:48-22.59. Perry it was the most of any team
came back to claim the 100 at the meet despite VA/
butterfly in 58.03 for Park- MH having a smaller team
ers only first-place finish. and fewer relays than the top
Rozeboom went on to add three teams.
Madison West won two of
the 100 free in 50.76.
Jacob Wellnitz led Bryan 10 events and finished five
Touchett in a 1-2 finish in points ahead of Madison
the 200 free with a time of Memorial in a meeting of
1:53.66, and he did the same six of the top Division 1 and
with Updegrove in the 500 2 schools in the area. West,
ranked second in Division 1,
free, winning in 5:14.88.
Bryce Hoppe claimed the scored 174 points, and third100 breaststroke in 1:05.15 ranked Madison Memorial
and met his end-of-sea- scored 169.
Verona took fourth with
son goal time with a second-place time of 58.66 in 145 points, and former stateranked Sauk Prairie finished
the 100 fly.
Michael Princl (50 back- fifth (143)
Brady Wagner made his
stroke leg on 200 medley
relay) and Brady Wagner third goal time in as many
(100 free anchoring varsity days (50 free on the 8x50
B 400 free relay) also made pineapple relay).
Sebastian, Hoppe, Rozetheir end-of-season goal
boom and Touchett added
times.
H o p p e , R o z e b o o m , a fourth-place finish on the
Touchett and Wellnitz won 200-medley relay (1:42.24).
the 200-free relay in 1:32.59. Touchett was joined by
Wellnitz and Touchett closed Torbin Kittleson, Updegrove
out the meet with Upde- and Wellnitz to match the
grove and Sebastian, touch- finish on the 100-free relay
ing the wall more than 3 1/2 (45.83).
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Girls hockey
Metro Lynx keep pace with Sun Prairie with conference win
The Metro Lynx put 40 more shots on

goal than the host Badger Lightning co-op
Friday for a 4-1 Badger South Conference
win at Pierce Park Pavilion in Baraboo.
Nicole Osborn capped a two-goal second period by the Metro Lynx and added a
second goal midway through the second to
push the visitors lead to 4-0. Vivian Hacker
and Siera Petet also had a goal for the Metro Lynx.
Bailey Babcock scored the Lightnings
lone goal with two minutes remaining in
regulation.
Badger Lightning goaltender Gabby
The Metro Lynx (4-0-2) host the Rock County Fury (4-1-1) in a crucial Badger Conference at 8p.m. Friday inside Madison Ice Arena. A win against the Fury and a Jan. 26
victory at home against Sun Prairie would) give the Metro Lynx their second straight conference championship (their third in the last five years).
Christensen made 53 saves. Erin Webb difference in a 4-1 conference victory.
stopped 16 shots for Madison.
Hacker scored twice in the first period,
striking first with an even-strength goal at
Metro Lynx 4,
the 10-minute mark. Five minutes later she
added a power-play goal to push the Metro
Black River Falls 2
Lynxs lead to 2-0.
Madison played even with the Black
Black River Falls cut the lead in half 12
River Falls co-op through the final two 1/2 minutes into the second period with a
periods Saturday inside Madison Ice Are- Khloe Spors power-play goal. Metro Lynx
na. Thankfully, for the Metro Lynx fan forward Taylor Lyons added an evenbase, the team had built a two-goal deficit strength goal before Sierra Berg added a
in the first period which helped provide the
Three wrestlers place at Chippewa Falls invite
Cats split Big Eight games

against Craig, Parker
The Verona Area High
School boys basketball team
split games at Janesville
Craig and against Janesville
Parker last week in Big Eight
Conference action.
The Wildcats (5-8 overall,
3-7 conference) dropped an
82-66 game at Craig (8-3,
7-2) and won an 81-70 game
against Parker (0-14, 0-10).
Craig 82, Verona 66

Verona trailed by six at
halftime and couldnt contain seniors Adam Anhold,
SanTrell Payton and James
Negus in a loss Thursday.
Anhold finished with
19 points, and Payton and
Negus each added 16. Craig
also had double-digit games
by juniors Jacob Ngobi and
Blake McCann with 11 a
piece.
The Wildcats offense did
what it could to keep up with
three double-digit scorers.
Seniors John Van Handel
(14 points), Nate Buss (10
points) and Nick Pederson
(10 points) all contributed
for Verona. Senior Max Fink
added seven points.
ANTHONY IOZZO
The Verona Area High School wrestling

team traveled to the Chippewa Falls Invitational Saturday and ended up with three
placewinners and a seventh-place team finish
with 57 points.
Seniors Brandon Daniels (25-4) and Jordan
Recob (10-15) both made first-place matches,
and sophomore Nathan Feller (8-16) made a
third-place match.
Daniels who is ranked fifth in the state
took first at 145 pounds. Daniels defeated
Clear Lakes Gabe Colbeth 5-4 in the final.
Colbeth is an honorable mention in Division
3.
Daniels also pinned Evan Stensen
(Osseo-Fairchild/Augusta/Fall Creek) in 1
minute, 48 seconds and won an 11-1 major
decision over Ty Guden (Edgar).
Recob dropped his heavyweight finals
Whats next?
Verona travels to Beloit Memorial (9-4, 6-3) at
7:30p.m. Friday.
Big Eight Conference

Team W-L
Madison Memorial
8-2
Janesville Craig
7-2
Middleton 7-3
Beloit Memorial
6-3
Madison East
6-4
Sun Prairie
5-4
Madison West
4-6
Verona 3-7
Madison La Follette
2-7
Janesville Parker
0-10
Both teams finished with

three double-digit scorers,
but it was Verona with the
edge off the bench.
Buss finished with 23
points, and Van Handel and
senior Tyler McClure added
14 and 13 points, respectively. But it was contributions
from senior Colton Rieber
(eight points), junior Grant
Kelliher (six points), PederVerona 81, Parker 70
son (seven points) and Fink
The Wildcats kept Park- (six points) that led the Wilder winless Saturday in a cats to the win.
Junior Chris Galvan (18
shootout.
Whats next?
Verona wrestles in the Big Eight Showcase at 6:30p.m. Friday at Middleton

High School.
match to Onalaska/Luthers Houston Dorn
by pinfall in 1:30. Dorn is ranked No. 8 in the
state.
Recob defeated Sean Hassamer (Stanley-Boyd/Owen-Withee) 7-3 and pinned
David Benson (Clear Lake) in 1:33.
Feller won his third-place match by pin in
3:26 over Austin Smith (Chippewa Falls). He
also defeated Travis Marty (Spring Valley/
Elmwood) 9-5 and pinned Nick Goldbeck
(Onalaska/Luther) in 2:33.
Fellers loss was by pinfall in 1:21 to Dylan
Schimmel (Chippewa Falls).
Hockey: Verona shuts out Lakers

points) and sophomores Brody Dahlke (17 points) and AJ

Thompson (17 points) led
the Vikings.
Verona,
Sauk Prairie (PPD)
Verona was supposed to
travel to non-conference
Sauk Prairie Tuesday but the
game was postponed due to
icy conditions.
No make-up date was set
as of the Verona Press Tuesday deadline.
shots on goal in the loss,

while Kenny stopped all 40
he faced for Memorial.
Verona, which is chasing
its first conference title since
the 2013-14 season, has five
conference games left against
Beloit, Madison Memorial,
Janesville, Sun Prairie and
Madison West.
Losing to West was kind
of a reality check, Anderson
said. I believe in this team,
and these guys, and I think
we can play with anyone.
We need to get back to

basics and stick to our skills
and what we do well.
Having lost to Madison
West and Memorial, running
the table wont guarantee
Verona a No. 1 seed in the
playoffs, though.
Well have to see how
things play out, Marshall
said. Were still in the drivers seat for the Big Eight. I
kind of thought the conference champion would have
two or three losses this season.
Verona 9, Lakers 0
Mason McCormick scored
twice and assisted on another and Drew Yaeger added
two goals Thursday as the
Wildcats regained some confidence with a 9-0 victory
against the Madison La Follette/East Lakers co-op.
AJ Augello stopped all 10
shots he faced for his second
shutout against the Lakers.
Sean Gross continued to be
a bright spot for an otherwise
difficult season, stopping
62 of 71 shots on goal by
Verona.
Injury: Cats to be at full strength

cleared to play during Fridays 44-40 overtime win
over Janesville Parker.
She had participated in
the pregame shootaround,
but Murphy held her out to
get her one more week of
rest.
She actually said in
overtime, I can play,

Murphy said. But I was
like, I didnt even put you
in the book, so you are
done. You are not going in
tonight.
The Wildcats will be at
full strength with Luehrings 23.7 points per
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Everyone knows who
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other people up to the table
like me, (senior Grace
Schraufnagel and senior
Sisi Mitchell), junior
Chandler Bainbridge said.
And then we have young
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Legals
OFFICIAL NOTICE TO
BIDDERS
DOWNTOWN STREETSCAPE
STAGES 2 & 3
CITY OF VERONA, WI
OWNER: Notice is hereby given by
the City of Verona that it will receive bids
for the reconstruction of a portion of
South Main Street in the City of Verona,
Dane County, Wisconsin.
TIME AND PLACE OF BID OPENING:
Sealed bids will be received until 1:30
P.M., Thursday, February 9th, 2017, in the
office of the Director of Public Works, 410
Investment Court, Verona, Wisconsin. At
this time all bids will be publicly opened
and read aloud.
BIDDING DOCUMENTS: The Bidding Documents are anticipated to be
available on January 20th, 2017. A hard
copy will be on file for review at the office of the Director of Public Works, 410
Investment Court, Verona, Wisconsin.
Electronic copies may be obtained online
at QUESTCDN.com.
PRE-BID MEETING: No pre-bid
meeting is scheduled.
BIDS: All bids shall be sealed in an
envelope clearly marked DOWNTOWN
STREETSCAPE STAGES 2 & 3 The
name and address of the bidder shall be
clearly identified on the outside of the
envelope. The City reserves the right to
increase or decrease bid item quantities
up to 30%.
LEGAL PROVISIONS: The Contract
letting shall be subject to the provisions
of Sections62.15, 66.0901, 66.0903, and
779.15 of the Wisconsin Statutes.
WAGE RATES: Prevailing hourly
wage rates are not required as Part of
Wisconsin Act 55. CONTRACTOR and
SUBCONTRACTORS shall pay competitive wages for each classification of employee engaged in the work.
BID SECURITY: Bid Security in the
amount of not less than 5% or more than
10% of the Bid shall accompany each Bid
in accordance with the Instructions to
Bidders.
CONTRACT SECURITY: The Bidder
to whom a Contract is awarded shall furnish a Performance Bond and a Payment
Bond each in an amount equal to the
Contract Price.
BID
REJECTION/ACCEPTANCE:
OWNER reserves the right to reject any
and all Bids, waive informalities in bidding or to accept the Bid or Bids, which
best serve the interests of OWNER.
BID WITHDRAWAL: No Bid shall be
withdrawn for a period of 60 days after
the opening of Bids without consent of
OWNER.
Published by authority of the City of
Verona, Wisconsin.
By:
Jon H. Hochkammer, Mayor
Ellen Clark, City Clerk
DOnofrio Kottke and Associates, Inc.
Madison, Wisconsin
Project No. 14-01-101
Published: January 12, 19 and 26, 2017
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CITY OF VERONA
MINUTES
COMMON COUNCIL
NOVEMBER 21, 2016
VERONA CITY HALL
1. Mayor Hochkammer called the

meeting to order at 6:36 p.m.
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Roll call: Alderpersons Diaz,
Doyle, Linder, McGilvray, Reekie, Stewart, Stiner and Touchett present. Also
present: City Administrator Mikorski,
Police Chief Coughlin, Sergeant Christensen, Fire Chief Givers, Deputy Fire
Chief Boughton, Finance Director Engelke, City Engineer Montpas, and City
Clerk Clark.
4. Public Comment:
None
5. Approval of Minutes from the
November 14, 2016 Common Council
Meeting:
Motion by Touchett, seconded by
Stewart, to approve the minutes of the
meeting. Motion carried 8-0.
6. Mayors Business:
* Mayor Hochkammer wished a safe
and happy Thanksgiving to one and all.
7. Administrators Report:
* City Hall will be closed for the
Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, November 24th and Friday, November 25th,
2016.
8. Engineers Report:
* Bike & Pedestrian Projects:
AECOM is working on the design
for intersection improvements on East
and West Verona Avenue for 2017 construction
* Downtown Streetscape Project
Phase II South Shuman Street and West
Park Lane:
This project is in design. Final plans,
specifications and cost estimate will be
delivered to the city by the end of the
year.
9. Committee Reports:
A. Finance Committee
(1) Discussion and Possible Action
Re: Payment of Bills
Motion by McGilvray, seconded by
Doyle, to approve the payment of bills
in the
amount of $215,233.63. Motion carried 8-0.
(2) Discussion and Possible Action Re: PUBLIC HEARING on the 2017
City of Verona Budget. Administrator
Mikorski presented an overview of the
City of Verona 2017 recommended budget, which includes a property tax levy
of $13,085,920. A 13.3% increase in the
citys equalized value allows a reduction
in the mil rate of approximately 10%
from $6.705/$1,000 of assessed value
for 2015, to $6.034/$1,000 for 2016. That
equates to a decrease of about $183 for
a $272,000 home, or $268 for a $400,000
home. Motion by McGilvray, seconded
by Reekie, to open the Public Hearing at
6:55 p.m. Motion carried 8-0.
Mayor Hochkammer called for comments from the public.
* Michael Johnson, CEO of the Boys
and Girls Club of Dane County, 1818 West
Beltline Hwy, Madison, WI, spoke on behalf of the club, and requested budget
support of $50,000 from the City of Verona.
* Cheryl Gittens, 1709 Savannah
Way, Waunakee, WI, Chief Academic Officer of the Boys and Girls Club of Dane
County, spoke in support of the Boys and
Girls Club of Dane County.
* Jared Biddle, 306 Wynnwood Drive,
Verona, WI spoke in support of the Boys
and Girls Club of Dane County.
* Rachel Erickson, 6209 Camino
Way, Madison, WI, spoke in support of
the Boys and Girls Clubs of Dane County.
* Gia Gallimore, 3015 Maple Valley
Dr., Apt. 201, Madison, WI, spoke in support of the Boys and Girls Club of Dane
County.
* Nathaniel Covert, 207 N. Jefferson
Street, Verona, WI, spoke regarding his
concerns over whether or not adding
another aquatic center is in the best interest of the community, and requesting
that additional consideration be given to
the dredging of Silent Street Pond.
* Deborah Biddle, 306 Wynnwood
Drive, Verona, WI, spoke in support of

the Boys and Girls Club of Dane County
and the clubs College Ready Scholars
Program
Mayor Hochkammer called three
times for comments. There were no additional comments. Motion by McGilvray,
seconded by Doyle, to close the public
hearing at 7:16 p.m. Motion carried 8-0.
Re: Resolution No. R-16-053 Approving
the 2017 City of Verona Budget. Motion
by McGilvray, seconded by Doyle, to
adopt Resolution No. R-16-053 approving
the 2017 City of Verona Budget. Three
amendments to the budget were considered.
Amendment #1: Motion by Reekie,
seconded by Doyle, to place the Boys
and Girls Club of Dane County in the operating budget at $20,000 as a line item
for 2017 and beyond to contribute to provision of college readiness programming
for income-eligible and students of color,
decreasing the requested Assistant Fire
Chief/Mechanic position by $20,000.
Amendment to Amendment #1:
Motion by Doyle, seconded by Reekie,
to amend Amendment #1 to remove the
requested assistant Fire Chief/Mechanic
position from the budget and increase
the donation to the Boys and Girls Club
to the requested $50,000.
Amendment to Amendment of
Amendment #1: Motion by Reekie,
seconded by McGilvray to amend the
Amendment to Amendment #1 to add an
ongoing $20,000 per year line item to the
operating budget for the Boys and Girls
Club, and leave the fire department position in the budget as requested.
Mayor Hochkammer called the vote
on the Amendment to the Amendment of
Amendment #1. Motion failed 6-2, with
Alders Doyle and Reekie voting Aye, and
Alders Diaz, Linder, McGilvray, Stewart,
Stiner and Touchett voting no.
on the Amendment to Amendment #1.
Doyle stated we need to show our commitment to our children. Motion failed
6-2, with Alders Doyle and Reekie voting
aye, and Alders Diaz, Linder, McGilvray,
Stewart, Stiner and Touchett voting no.
on Amendment #1. Motion failed 6-2, with
Alders Doyle and Reekie voting aye, and
Alders Diaz, Linder, McGilvray, Stewart,
Stiner and Touchett voting no.
Amendment #2: Motion by McGilvray, seconded by Stewart, to combine
the Splashpad and Aquatics Facility line
items into a single line item titled Aquatics Feature, for a total cost of $2,600,000.
on Amendment #2. Motion carried 6-2,
with Alders Diaz, Doyle, Linder, McGilvray, Stewart and Touchett voting aye,
and Alders Reekie and Stiner voting no.
Amendment #3: Motion by Diaz, seconded by McGilvray, to approve Amendment #3, adding a line item of $10,000
for an energy efficiency audit of city
buildings, and reducing the Building Facilities Manager item by $10,000. Mayor
Hochkammer called the vote on Amendment #3. Motion carried 8-0. Mayor Hochkammer called the vote on the motion
to approve Resolution No. R-16-053 approving the 2017 City of Verona budget,
as amended by Amendment #3. Motion
carried 8-0.
the Levy of Taxes for City Purposes. Motion by McGilvray, seconded by Doyle, to
approve Resolution No. R-16-054 approving the levy of taxes for city purposes in
the amount of $13,085,920.
Mayor Hochkammer thanked the
staff, the Finance Committee, and Finance Director Cindy Engelke, in particular, for all of the hard work on the budget.
There are a lot of moving parts that go
into a budget like this. A large part of the
10% reduction in the mil rate is due to the
diffusion of the Epic TIF, but that is not
the only reason. As a city, we have done
very responsible budgeting for a very
long time. We do what we believe is in the
best interest of the City of Verona. The
city benefits greatly from having Epic
here, and this is just one way that we can
show the benefit that city residents are
getting.
McGilvray echoed the comments of
Alder Diaz regarding the borrowing. He
stated that the intent of previous councils was to keep the tax rates as level as
possible, and borrowing at the relatively
low interest rates available at that time
allowed the city to absorb a considerable amount of growth in the city, and
still keep our services at the same level.
The borrowing allowed us to build the
city that we have now, while still being
financially responsible to our taxpayers.
Thank you to Epic, to all the people who
have worked very hard planning over the
years to make this happen, and to the
taxpayers for believing in the people on
the council to get us where we are today.
Motion carried 8-0.
B. Public Safety and Welfare Committee
Re: An Application for a Combination
Reserve Class B Intoxicating Liquor
and Class B Fermented Malt Beverages License from GRG Management, LLC,
d/b/a Monks Bar & Grill, 1050 North Edge
Trail, Verona, WI 53593, Gregory Hedrich,
Agent. Motion by Stewart, seconded by
Touchett, to approve the application for
a Combination Reserve Class B Intoxicating Liquor and Class B Fermented
Malt Beverages License from GRG Management, LLC, d/b/a Monks Bar & Grill,
1050 North Edge Trail, Verona, WI 53593,
Gregory Hedrich, Agent, contingent upon
completion of satisfactory building and
fire inspections by city staff. Motion carried 8-0.
10. New Business
A. Discussion and Possible Action
Re: Approval of Operator Licenses. No
operator licenses were submitted for
approval.
11. Announcements:
* Alder Stiner asked citizens of the
city to watch for young people as they
walk to and from school in winter clothing that may block their vision.
* Mayor Hochkammer announced
that there will be no Common Council
meeting next Monday, November 28th.
There will be only one meeting in December on Monday, December 12th. The Verona Area Community Theater will be presenting the play Its a Wonderful Life on
December 1, 2, 3 and 4.
12. Adjournment:
Reekie, to adjourn at 8:21 p.m. Motion
carried 8-0.
Ellen Clark
City Clerk
Published: January 19, 2017
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CITY OF VERONA
MINUTES
COMMON COUNCIL
DECEMBER 12, 2016
VERONA CITY HALL
1. Mayor Hochkammer called the

meeting to order at 7:04 p.m.
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Roll call: Alderpersons Diaz,
Doyle, Linder, McGilvray, Reekie, Stewart, Stiner and Touchett present. Also
present: City Administrator Mikorski,
Police Chief Coughlin, Planning and Development Director Sayre, City Attorney
Kleinmaier, City Engineer Montpas, and
City Clerk Clark.
4. Public Comment:
None
5. Approval of Minutes from the
Meeting:
Motion by Reekie, seconded by
Stewart, to approve the minutes of the
meeting. Motion carried 8-0.
6. Mayors Business:
A. Presentation of 2016 Epic Grant
Awards
* Steve Dickman of Epic announced
the awards. Recipients included: Verona
Senior Center - $10,000 for audio/visual
equipment; Badger Prairie Needs Network - $25,000; Verona Police Department - $25,000 for a Use of Force Simulator; Verona Fire Department - $20,010 for
five AEDs and seven emergency medical
kits; Verona Public Library - $8,700 for
WiFi hotspots, and $3,200 for a hearing
loop. Dickman stated that the relationship between Epic and the city has been
a win-win. Epic is looking forward to
many more years working with the city.
Mayor Hochkammer thanked Mr. Dickman and Epic for their continued support
of the community.
7. Administrators Report:
* Mr. Mikorski wished everyone a
happy holiday season and wished Finance Director Cindy Engelke the best
in her retirement. Mayor Hochkammer
echoed Mr. Mikorskis best wishes to Ms.
Engelke, and thanked her for her hard
work and dedication.
8. Engineers Report:
* Downtown Streetscape Project
Phase II South Shuman Street and West
Park Lane:
This project is in the design phase.
* CTH PD Reconstruction, Shady
Oak Lane to Woods Road:
Edgerton continues to move forward with this project. The proposed watermain within the new travel lanes has
been installed, with the remainder being
installed in the spring of 2017.
* CTH M Utility Design:
AECOM is working on watermain
and sanitary sewer utility design for the
CTH M reconstruction to begin in the fall
of 2017.
* Signal Design for Main Street/Paoli
Street Intersection
These plans will be bid as part of a
larger package that includes the intersection improvements at old PB and Whalen
Road.
9. Committee Reports:
A. Finance Committee
Re: Payment of Bills. Motion by McGilvray, seconded by Doyle, to approve
the payment of bills in the amount of
$1,578,216.20. Motion carried 8-0.
Rebecca Kerns, United Vaccines,
updated the Council on the progress of
their building in the technology park. The
building is at 85% completion and everything remains on schedule.
Re: Ordinance No. 16-885 Amending Section 2-4-10, Tourism Commission. Motion
by McGilvray, seconded by Doyle, to approve Ordinance No. 16-885 amending
Section 2-4-10, Tourism Commission,
of the City of Verona Ordinances. This
amendment clarifies the duties of the
Tourism Commission to include funding existing agreements that the City
currently has in place as part of administrating the Room Tax collection. These
agreements would be reviewed annually
by the City Council. The money that the
Council currently has designated for the
Chamber of Commerce will be carried
forward into next year, unless a future
Council decides to change it. Mayor
Hochkammer added that if this moves
forward this evening, well be appointing
members to the Commission. Please let
us know if you are interested in being a
member. Motion carried 8-0.
McGilvray thanked Cindy for her
many years of service and the great job
she has done as Finance Director.
B. Planning Commission
Re: Resolution No. R-16-055 Approving a
Conditional Use Permit to Allow a Group
Development at 324 S. Main Street that
would Allow for the Construction of a 480
Square Foot Carriage House. Motion by
Linder, seconded by Doyle, to approve
Resolution No. R-16-055 approving a
Conditional Use Permit to allow a group
development at 324 S. Main Street that
would allow for the construction of a
480 square foot carriage house. The proposed carriage house requires a conditional use permit, as multiple buildings
will be located on a parcel and is classified as a group development. Motion
carried 8-0.
Alder Linder requested unanimous
consent of the Common Council to approve items 9.B.(2), 9.B.(3) and 9.B.(4)
collectively. There were no objections.
a Certified Survey Map to Divide Lot 8 of
the Cathedral Point Subdivision into Two
(2) Parcels.
Motion by Linder, seconded by
Touchett, to approve Resolution No.
R-16-056 approving a Certified Survey
Map to divide Lot 8 of the Cathedral Point
Subdivision into two (2) parcels, with the
condition that a shared wall agreement
shall be recorded with the Dane County
Register of Deeds..
a Certified Survey Map to Divide Lot 9 of
(2) Parcels.
Motion by Linder, seconded by
Touchett, to approve Resolution No.
R-16-057, with the condition that a shared
wall agreement shall be recorded with
the Dane County Register of Deeds.
Re: Resolution No. R-16-058 Approving a
Certified Survey Map to Divide Lot 10 of
(2) Parcels. Motion by Linder, seconded
by Touchett, to approve Resolution No.
R-16-058 approving a Certified Survey
Map to divide Lot 9 of the Cathedral Point
Subdivision into two (2) parcels, with the
condition that a shared wall agreement
shall be recorded with the Dane County
Register of Deeds. These CSMs will split
Lots 8, 9 and 10 of the Cathedral Point
Subdivision into two lots each, creating
Twin Houses. The CSMs will not change
the structures, but will allow for separate
owners of the dwelling units. The motions on items 9.B.(2), 9.B.(3) and 9.B.(4)
carried 8-0.
Re: A Planned Unit Development (PUD)
Concept Plan Located South of W. Verona Avenue and West of Legion Street.
The proposed PUD would allow for the
construction of a 90-unit hotel, an 8,000
square foot convention center, 18,500
square feet of retail space, a 63,000
square foot office building, and 290
multi-family units. Comments from the
Planning Commission included concerns
about the projects density, a desire for
high quality architecture and design,
questions about traffic, and a desire to

see this area redeveloped. No formal motion is required on this item, as this is the
conceptual review of the project.
Doyle asked how many multi-family
units this development would be replacing. Sayre replied that approximately 4045 units would be replaced. Mayor Hochkammer stated that this is exciting. He is
pleased to see this number of parcels put
together in one plan and commended the
developer for putting those properties
together. This is what we need on West
Verona Avenue.
McGilvray asked, given that 290 new
multi-family units are proposed, how the
developer plans to absorb those in the
citys current multi-family phasing plan?
Sayre stated the city has a multi-family phasing plan that generally limits the
number of new multi-family units to 2550 per year. There are exemptions to that
policy. A mixed use project like this one
can be exempt if the council chooses
to exempt it. There is contamination on
the site, which will require a significant
amount of clean up.
Stiner stated that he is very excited
about this project.
Doyle asked what the rents in the
new buildings will be as compared to the
units that will potentially be replaced by
this development.
Ron Henshue, representing Forward
Development Group, stated that they are
researching what is the most needed
housing in the Verona area. The facts of
the market will drive the rent amounts.
Doyle stated that public safety workers and people in the educational community have come to her regarding the
lack of workforce housing in Verona, and
difficulty finding units with more than two
bedrooms.
Linder stated the entrance to the
west side could possibly be combined
with the St. Vincent DePaul entrance,
and the cul-de-sac could possibly be
changed to a driveway entrance instead
of a city street, and a proposed drivethrough in Building B is quite close to
Verona Avenue. Density is also a bit of
a concern. However, this is exciting on a
city level, and would help jump start that
side of the city.
Diaz stated that he is in favor of this
development.
Doyle asked how we are noticing
the proposed development. In the past,
weve noticed the owners of the buildings, but missed the actual renters.
Those people should have a voice in this
process and what this development will
do to their housing needs.
C. Public Safety and Welfare Committee
Reserve Class B Intoxicating Liquor
and Class B Fermented Malt Beverages License from Black Dog Holdings,
Inc., d/b/a Verona Woods Restaurant, 958
Liberty Drive, Verona, WI 53593, Steve W.
Turner, Agent. Motion by Stewart, seconded by Reekie, to approve the application for a Combination Reserve Class
B Intoxicating Liquor and Class B
Fermented Malt Beverages License from
Black Dog Holdings, Inc., d/b/a Verona
Woods Restaurant, 958 Liberty Drive, Verona, WI 53593, Steve W. Turner, Agent,
for the interior sections of the restaurant
only, contingent upon completion of satisfactory building and fire inspections by
city staff. Staff estimates that the building will be ready for inspection in two to
three weeks. The owners of the business
are aware of and agree to this contingency. The Council is being asked to approve
the license with this contingency to allow
the business to open on the earliest possible date. Motion carried 8-0.
Class B Intoxicating Liquor and Class
B Fermented Malt Beverages License
from TavernLife, LLC, d/b/a 5th Quarter,
161 Horizon Drive, Suite 110, Verona, WI
53593, Leann M. Butts, Agent. Motion
by Stewart, seconded by Reekie, to approve the application for a Combination
Class B Intoxicating Liquor and Class
from TavernLife, LLC, d/b/a 5th Quarter,
161 Horizon Drive, Suite 110, Verona, WI
53593, contingent upon the surrender of
the current license for this property by
LBO, Inc. Motion carried 8-0.
Re: An Application for Class B Intoxicating Liquor and Class B Fermented
Malt Beverages Licenses from Fisher
King Winery, LLC.
Motion by Stewart, seconded by
Reekie, to approve a Class B Intoxicating Liquor License for Fisher King Winery, LLC, 1105 Laser Street, Verona, WI,
Alwyn Fitzgerald, agent, contingent upon
the following:
1. Accomplishment of an occupancy
permit
2. The license will be issued for the
interior portions of the winery only, with
the requirement that the owner seek approval for any changes to the licensed
premise description
3. A Winery Permit for the licensed
premise must be obtained from the Wisconsin Department of Revenue
4. The winery must be capable of
producing 5,000 gallons of wine per year
in no more than two locations
5. Hours of operation will be restricted to 8:00 a.m. 9:00 p.m., and a Class
for Fisher King Winery, LLC, contingent
upon the following:
1. Hours of operation will be restricted to 8:00 a.m. 9:00 p.m. City Attorney
Kleinmaier stated it is specifically listed
in the State Statutes that a winery must
have a license from the Wisconsin Department of Revenue, and must be capable of producing 5,000 gallons of wine
per year.
Stewart stated the applicant had an
issue with the restrictions on the hours
of operation.
Kleinmaier stated the hours of operation are also specifically listed in the
State Statutes. The applicant took the position that wine sales would stop at 9:00
p.m., but the winery would remain open
for customers to consume the wine after
9:00 p.m., and that wineries in other municipalities are allowed to do this. This is
a compliance issue for the city. The applicant was invited to provide additional
information in the future regarding winery hours of operation, so the Council
can consider allowing the winery to stay
open after 9:00 p.m.
Motion carried 8-0.
D. Public Works/Sewer & Water
Committee
Re: A Professional Services Agreement
with AECOM for Professional Design Services for CTH PD Woods Road to CTH M
Project. Motion by Touchett, seconded by
McGilvray, to approve a Professional Services Agreement with AECOM for professional design services for CTH PD Woods
Road to CTH M project. This agreement
is for coordination, design, permitting
and contract document preparation. The
project involves four (f) properties which
require an alternatives analysis to minimize impacts. Total estimated fee is not
to exceed $297,800. Linder asked where
that dollar amount came from. Jacobson
stated there is a lot of work that has to be
done on the four (f) properties, following

federal guidelines. To put it in perspective, this project is a mile long, while
others have been just over 300,000 feet.
Linder asked if there is some point where
this sort of project is bidded out, as opposed to just giving it to AECOM?
McGilvray stated that because AECOM is doing the design of the intersection at Nine Mound and of the intersection at M, it doesnt make any sense to
bring in a different party to connect the
different parts of this plan. Motion carried 8-0.
with Hicks Company for Professional
Appraisal Services for Right of Way Acquisition. Motion by Touchett, seconded
by McGilvray, to approve a Professional
Services Agreement with Hicks Company
for professional appraisal services for
right-of-way acquisition. This agreement
is for preparing appraisals to determine
land values for the right of way acquisition process for the transportation improvement project. Total estimated fee is
not to exceed $26,550. Motion carried 8-0.
with MSA for Professional Land Acquisition Services for Right of Way Acquisition. Motion by Touchett, seconded
by McGilvray, to approve a Professional
Services Agreement with MSA for professional land acquisition services for right
of way acquisition. This agreement is for
assisting city staff with the right of way
acquisition process for the transportation improvement project. Total estimated fee is not to exceed $45,000. Motion
carried 8-0.
with AECOM for Professional Services
for Standard Construction Details. Motion by Touchett, seconded by McGilvray, to approve a Professional Services
Agreement with AECOM for professional
services for standard construction details. This agreement is for preparation of
standard construction details drawings,
creating a set of construction standards
throughout the city to use on all public
works and utility projects. Motion carried
8-0.
with AECOM for 2017 Storm Water Services. Motion by Touchett, seconded by
Diaz, to approve a Professional Services
Agreement with AECOM for 2017 storm
water services. This agreement is for
preparing bi-annual reports, performing
dry weather monitoring and attending
required meetings. Total estimated fee is
not to exceed $10,500. Motion carried 8-0.
with KL Engineering for Professional
Design Services for the Main Street/
Verona Avenue Intersection. Motion by
Touchett, seconded by Diaz, to approve
a Professional Services Agreement with
KL Engineering for professional design
services for the Main Street/Verona Avenue intersection contingent upon City
Attorney approval. This agreement is for
preparing 30% design documentation for
the signalized intersection of Main Street
and Verona Avenue. Total estimated fee
is not to exceed $128,600.
Doyle asked how this relates to what
was decided upon by the Downtown
Steering Committee.
Touchett stated this is a planning
document. Other factors will be considered as the project moves forward.
Jacobson stated this study extends
one to two blocks in all directions beyond
the intersection at Main Street and Verona Avenue.
Doyle stated pedestrian movements
should be taken into consideration, as
well. Widening the intersection may not
be the best move for pedestrians. We
should look at what this will do to the
functionality and look of our downtown
area.
Jacobson stated the study encompasses many aspects, including ped
safety. Motion carried 8-0.
with Barrientos Design and Consulting
for the Public Works Space Needs Study
and Energy Efficiency Audit. Motion by
a Professional Services Agreement with
Barrientos Design and Consulting for the
public works space needs study and energy efficiency audit contingent on City
Attorney approval. This agreement is
for determining the current public works
facility operations, space requirements
and expansion alternatives, as well as an
energy efficiency audit to determine alternative uses and cost estimates for an
energy efficiency upgrade program. Total
estimated fee is not to exceed $39,814.
Motion carried 8-0.
Re: An Agreement to Purchase Surplus
Land from WisDOT along W. Verona
Avenue near Half Mile Road. Motion by
an Agreement to Purchase surplus land
from WisDOT along W. Verona Avenue
near Half Mile Road. This land will be
used for ease of roadway expansion,
utility maintenance and improvements,
and pedestrian and bike improvements.
There is no monetary requirement for this
purchase agreement. Motion carried 8-0.
Re: A Banner Use Agreement with Verona Area School District and Verona Area
School Education Foundation, Inc. Motion by Touchett, seconded by McGilvray,
to approve a Banner Use Agreement with
Verona Area School District and Verona
Area School Education Foundation, Inc.
With this agreement, the VAEF will create
a banner design contest for VASD students to create banner designs that will
be printed and hung on city light poles.
The citys responsibility will be to print
and install the banners.
Errin Welty, 792 Whalen Rd., Verona,
spoke as the incoming President of the
Verona Area School Education Foundation, Inc. Welty stated this fundraiser
will fund special requests from teachers
for things that are not within the school
budget, and provide community engagement. The VAEF wanted to showcase the
artistic talents of our students & thought
this was a good idea.
Motion carried 8-0.
(10) Discussion and Possible Action Re: First Addendum to Developers
Agreement at the West End. Motion by
Touchett, seconded by McGilvray, to approve the First Addendum to the Developers Agreement at the West End. This
addendum will transfer funds to the city
for the design and construction of the
traffic signals at Westlawn Avenue and W.
Verona Avenue. Motion carried 8-0.
Re: West Side Collector Road between
Paoli Street and W. Verona Avenue. Mr.
Mikorski stated there has been a request
for the city to get involved in the development of a road between Verona Avenue and Paoli Street. It is necessary for
Council to be provided with information
regarding property negotiations. Motion
by Touchett, seconded by Stewart, to
convene in closed session, as authorized
by Wisconsin Statute 19.85(1)(e), for the
purpose of deliberating or negotiating
the purchase of public properties, the

investing of public funds or conducting
other specified public business, whenever competitive or bargaining reasons
deem a closed session necessary. The
Common Council may reconvene in open
session to discuss and take action on the
subject matter discussed in the closed
session. On roll call: Motion carried 6-2,
with Diaz and Reekie voting no. The Common Council convened in closed session
at 8:24 p.m.
CLOSED SESSION
Motion by Diaz, seconded by
Touchett, to reconvene in open session.
Motion carried 8-0. The Common Council
reconvened in open session at 9:49 p.m.
10. New Business
A. Discussion and Possible Action
Re: Approval of Operator Licenses.
Motion by McGilvray, seconded by
Doyle, to approve the following operator
licenses: Joshua Haugh and Gregory Hedrich for Monks Bar & Grill; Blake Abig
for Hop Haus; Jenda Schultz for Montes;
Dominique Williams and Emma Hagen for
Vincenzo Citgo. Motion carried 8-0.
11. Announcements:
* DPW Jacobson announced that he
met with Waste Management regarding
their lack of bulk pickup. If a bulk item
cannot be picked up, it will be tagged and
picked up the next day. If bulk items are
out on the street for more than a couple
of days, the public works department
should be contacted.
* Jacobson explained the brine that
is placed on the streets in anticipation
of snow and ice on the roads. The brine
activates and reduces the need for salt,
better cleans the roads, and creates bare
pavement. The streaks you see on the
road prior to a snowfall are due to the
brine going down.
* Mayor Hochkammer wished everyone a Merry Christmas & Happy New
Year.
12. Adjournment:
Reekie, to adjourn at 9:55 p.m. Motion
carried 8-0.
Ellen Clark
City Clerk
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EXHIBIT A
NOTICE TO THE ELECTORS
OF VERONA AREA
SCHOOL DISTRICT
DANE COUNTY, WISCONSIN
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
School Board of the above named School
District, at a meeting duly called, noticed,
held and conducted on January 9, 2017,
adopted initial resolutions entitled:
INITIAL RESOLUTION NUMBER I
AUTHORIZING GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS
IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
$162,760,000
Said Initial Resolution was adopted
pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 67
of the Wisconsin Statutes to authorize a
borrowing in an amount not to exceed
$162,760,000 through the issuance of
general obligation bonds of the District
for the public purpose of paying the cost
of a school building and improvement
program consisting of: construction of
a new high school and auditorium (performing arts center) on district owned
land; reconfiguration and renovation
of the current Verona Area High School
to convert it to the new site for Badger
Ridge Middle School and select district
charter schools; reconfiguration and
renovation of the current Badger Ridge
Middle School to convert it to the new
site for Sugar Creek Elementary School;
district-wide capital and building infrastructure improvements and repairs;
and acquisition of related furnishings,
fixtures and equipment.
INITIAL RESOLUTION NUMBER II
AUTHORIZING GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS
IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
$18,520,000
Said Initial Resolution was adopted
pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 67
of the Wisconsin Statutes to authorize a
borrowing in an amount not to exceed
$18,520,000 through the issuance of general obligation bonds of the District for
the public purpose of paying the cost of
construction and equipping of a swimming pool, competition athletic fields
and related facilities on the new high
school site.
Copies of said Initial Resolutions
and a detailed breakdown of the school
building and improvement program to
be financed with the proceeds of the
proposed Bond issue are on file in the
District Office located at 700 North Main
Street, Verona, Wisconsin 53593 and may
be inspected weekdays except holidays,
between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00
p.m.
The School Board has called for a
referendum election on the Initial Resolutions together with the Revenue Limit
Resolution also adopted on January 9,
2017 to be held on April 4, 2017.
Dated January 9, 2017.
BY ORDER OF THE SCHOOL
BOARD
Thomas Duerst
District Clerk
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NOTICE OF
JOINT REVIEW BOARD
MEETING REGARDING THE
PROPOSED CREATION
OF TAX INCREMENTAL
DISTRICT NO. 8 IN THE
CITY OF VERONA,
WISCONSIN
Notice is Hereby Given that the City
of Verona will hold a Joint Review Board
(JRB) meeting on January 24, 2017 at
9:00 a.m. at the Verona City Hall, located at 111 Lincoln Street. The purpose of
this meeting is for the JRB to consider
approval of the resolution adopted by the
Verona Common Council creating Tax Increment District No. 8, and approving its
project plan.
By Order of the
City of Verona, Wisconsin
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14
January 19, 2017
The Verona Press
ConnectVerona.com
Obituary
Eugene R. Haegele
young, with his daughters

by his side, left his loving
family to join the love of
his life, Lil.
He was born on the
h o m e fa r m
in Riley on
Feb. 20,
1926, the
son of the late Reinhart
and Mary McDonald (Seth)
Haegele. Gene grew up
on the family farm and
moved to Verona when he
was about 15, where he
graduated from Verona
Eugene Haegele
High School. Gene enlisted
in the U.S. Navy at age 17
In the early morning and spent three years in the
on Jan. 12, 2017, Eugene Pacific Theatre. He clearly
Reinhart Haegele, 90 years r e m e m b e r e d b e i n g o n
board a ship to witness the

signing of the treaty ending
WWII. He returned home
in March 1946 and soon
after joined the Merchant
Marines. After delivering
cargo to China he returned
home for a few months,
when he met the love of
his life, Lil, at the Dugout
in Verona. Dad always
joked that that ended his
Merchant Marine career.
He and Lillian Klotz were
united in marriage on July
21, 1951 at St. Andrews
Catholic Church in Verona,
and she preceded him in
death on July 26, 2002,
after 51 loving years
together.
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Swanson; and many nieces

and nephews.
He was also preceded
in death by four siblings,
Max, Claudia, Olga and
Tom; sister-in-law, Gladys;
and brother-in-law, Bill.
We would like to extend
a special thanks to Dr.
Ewalt, Jennifer and Beth
with Agrace HospiceCare,
and Adam Gullickson who
assisted the family as they
cared for Dad.
A Mass of Christian
Burial will be at 10:30a.m.
Saturday, Jan. 21, at St.
Andrew Catholic Church,
301 N. Main Street,
with Fr. William Vernon
presiding. Burial will
follow at St. Andrew

Cemetery. Visitation will
be on Saturday at the
church from 9:30 until the
time of Mass.
Please consider
memorials in lieu of
flowers to Agrace
HospiceCare, 5395 E.
Cheryl Pkwy., Fitchburg,
53711. To view and sign
this guestbook, please visit:
www.ryanfuneralservice.
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are indefinitely confined to home or a
care facility, in the military, hospitalized,
or serving as a sequestered juror. If this
applies to you, contact the municipal
clerk regarding deadlines for requesting
and submitting an absentee ballot.
Voting an absentee ballot in person
You may also request and vote an
absentee ballot in the clerks office or
other specified location during the days
and hours specified for casting an absentee ballot in person.
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Legals
All reports taken from the parked at Ceniti Park. Her

log book at the Verona Po- credit card was used at Velice Department
rona Mart shortly after the
theft.
Oct. 1
9:26 p.m. A man report8:28 p.m. A 40-year-old ed a theft of $400 from his
Verona woman was arrest- wallet and a set of keys
ed for her second-offense from his apartment in the
OWI and cited for posses- 100 block of Paoli Street.
sion of a controlled sub- Information was provided
stance, failure to dim head- on a potential suspect.
lamps and operating with a
suspending license during Oct. 5
a traffic stop at South Main
5:24 p.m. Police reand Paoli streets. She was sponded to reports of three
transported to detox after boys ages 12-15 harassing
making suicidal statements. a female individual and preventing her from crossing
Oct. 2
the road near East Vero1:41 p.m. Multiple call- na Avenue and Enterprise
ers reported observing a Drive. The officer was unroad rage incident in which able to locate the subjects,
the door handle of a vehicle and the initial caller reportwas pulled off before both ed the incident didnt seem
vehicles involved left the assaultive or aggressive,
area of North Main Street and that she just thought
and East Verona Avenue. An police should check on it.
officer located the handle
in the roadway and made Oct. 7
contact with one of the men
7:58 p.m. A man was arinvolved, who confirmed he rested for his first-offense
pulled off the handle as a OWI after attempting to
result of a conflict with the purchase alcohol while inother driver, who was not toxicated at the Kwik Trip
located.
in the 2000 block of Old
11:41 p.m. A man was PB. The officer stopped
cited for municipal disor- him as he was backing his
derly conduct after a dis- van from a parking stall,
turbance involving a man and the man was unable to
yelling at a woman in the complete his field sobriety
100 block of Paoli Street. tests with an intox result
He was cited for disorderly of .15.
conduct again after another disturbance at the resi- Oct. 9
4:16 p.m. A man was
dence Oct. 9.
arrested for possession
Oct. 3
of marijuana with intent to
1:10 p.m. A womans ve- deliver after the car he was
hicles front passenger win- riding in was stopped for
dow was smashed out and speeding and the odor of
her purse was stolen while marijuana was detected in
402 Help Wanted, General
Gene was a bricklayer

and worked many years for
and retired from Tony
Grignano Construction. He
enjoyed bowling, hunting
and camping with family
and many local friends. He
also loved fishing with his
good friends, Earl, Roman,
Larry, Herman and nephew,
Red, which included many
trips to Canada.
G e n e i s s u r v ive d b y
two daughters, Susan
(Steve) Lingard and
Jennifer Haegele; three
grandchildren, Brenda
(Matt) Swanson and
Mikaela and Torleif Ehrke;
great-grandchildren,
Emily, Violet and Sammy
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STATE OF WISCONSIN,
CIRCUIT COURT,
DANE COUNTY,
NOTICE AND ORDER
FOR NAME
CHANGE HEARING
NOTICES
Case No. 17CV0089

In the matter of the name change of:
Christopher Robert Anderson
By (Petitioner) Christopher Robert
Anderson
NOTICE IS GIVEN:
A petition was filed asking to change
the name of the person listed above:
From: Christopher Robert Anderson
To: Christopher Robert Anderle
Birth Certificate:
IT IS ORDERED:
This petition will be heard in the
Circuit Court of Dane County, State of
Wisconsin:
Judges Name: John W. Markson
Place: Dane County Courthouse
Room 6D
Madison, WI 53703
Date: February 21, 2017
Time: 8:30 a.m.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED:
Notice of this hearing shall be given by publication as a Class 3 notice
for three (3) weeks in a row prior to the
date of the hearing in the Verona Press,
a newspaper publication in Dane County,
State of Wisconsin.
BY THE COURT:
John W. Markson
Circuit Court Judge
January 12, 2017
Published: January 19, 26 and
February 2, 2017
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The City of Verona Plan Commission

will hold Public Hearings on Monday
February 6, 2017 at City Hall, 111 Lincoln
Street, for the following planning and
zoning matters:
1) General Development Plan for a
Planned Unit Development, known as
Sugar Creek Commons, located at 501
West Verona Avenue, 503 West Verona
Avenue, 507 West Verona Avenue, 513
West Verona Avenue, 100 Legion Street,
and 501-522 Topp Avenue that would allow for the construction of 284-apartment
units, 18,500 square feet of retail space,
and a 63,000 square foot office/retail
building.
2) Conditional use permit for a proposed Indoor Commercial Entertainment
land use, known as Nalah Restaurant, to
be located at 957 Liberty Drive.
3) Conditional use permit for a proposed Indoor Commercial Entertainment
land use, known as 4 Sisters Restaurant,
to be located at 958 Liberty Drive.
Interested persons may comment
on these planning and zoning matters
during the public hearings at the February 6th Plan Commission meeting. The
Plan Commission will make recommendations for these matters, which will then
be reviewed by the Common Council
for final decisions on Monday, February
13th.
Contact Adam Sayre, Director of
Planning and Development, at 608-8489941 for more information on these items
or to receive copies of the submittals.
Ellen Clark,
City Clerk
Published: January 19 and 26, 2017
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STATE OF WISCONSIN,
CIRCUIT COURT,
DANE COUNTY,
NOTICE AND ORDER
FOR NAME
CHANGE HEARING
Case No. 17CV0090
In the matter of the name change of:
Kelly Anne Wehrle
By (Petitioner) Kelly Anne Wehrle
NOTICE IS GIVEN:
A petition was filed asking to change
the name of the person listed above:
From: Kelly Anne Wehrle
To: Kelly Anne Anderle
Birth Certificate: Kelly Anne Wehrle
IT IS ORDERED:
This petition will be heard in the
Circuit Court of Dane County, State of
Wisconsin:
Judges Name: John W. Markson
Place: Dane County Courthouse
Room 6D
Madison, WI 53703
Date: February 21, 2017
Time: 8:15 a.m.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED:
Notice of this hearing shall be given by publication as a Class 3 notice
for three (3) weeks in a row prior to the
date of the hearing in the Verona Press,
a newspaper publication in Dane County,
State of Wisconsin.
BY THE COURT:
John W. Markson
Circuit Court Judge
January 12, 2017
Published: January 19, 26 and
February 2, 2017
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FEBRUARY 21, 2017
Any qualified elector who is unable

or unwilling to appear at the polling place
on Election Day may request to vote an
absentee ballot. A qualified elector is any
U.S. citizen, who will be 18 years of age
or older on Election Day, who has resided in the ward or municipality where he
or she wishes to vote for at least 10 consecutive days before the election. The
elector must also be registered in order
to receive an absentee ballot. Proof of
identification must be provided before an
absentee ballot may be issued.
You must make a request for an absentee ballot in writing.
Contact your municipal clerk and
request that an application for an absentee ballot be sent to you for the primary
or election or both. You may also submit
a written request in the form of a letter.
Your written request must list your voting
address within the municipality where
you wish to vote, the address where the
absentee ballot should be sent, if different, and your signature. You may make
application for an absentee ballot by
mail, email or in person.
Making application to receive an absentee ballot by mail
The deadline for making application
to receive an absentee ballot by mail is:
5 pm on the fifth day before the election, February 16, 2017.
Note: Special absentee voting appli-
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7669 CTH PD, Verona, WI 53593
(608) 845-7187
8:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. M-F
The first day to vote an absentee
ballot in the clerks office is: Wednesday,
February 1, 2017
The last day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerks office: Friday, February
17, 2017
No in-person absentee voting may
occur on the day before the election.
The municipal clerk will deliver voted ballots returned on or before Election
Day to the proper polling place or counting location before the polls close on
February 21, 2017. Any ballots received
after the polls close will not be counted.
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NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
Verona Town Board will hold a public
hearing on Tuesday February 7, 2017 at
the Town of Verona Hall, 7669 County
Highway PD, Verona, WI to begin at 6:00
PM. The following matters will be heard:
1.) Consideration for the Repeal of
existing Ordinances:
a.) Ordinance 69-3, regulating the
discharging or firing of certain firearms
in the Town of Verona, adopted on October 1, 1969, will hereby be repealed and
replaced by this ordinance.
b.) Any other existing Town ordinances that are inconsistent with this
ordinance are hereby repealed in part
to the extent they are inconsistent, and
are replaced in pertinent part by this ordinance.
2.) Consideration of the Adoption
of Ordinance # 2017-01 Town of Verona
FIREARMS DISCHARGE ORDINANCE
The Town of Verona Procedures
for Conducting a Public Hearing will be
followed. Copies of the proposed Ordinance are available at the office of the
Town of Verona Clerk. 7669 CTH PD,
Verona, WI, (608) 845-7187 and online
at: http://www.town.verona.wi.us/government/public-notices/
If you need an interpreter, materials
in alternate formats or other accommodations to access this meeting, please
contact the Town of Verona 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
Mark Geller
Town Chair
Town of Verona
Published: January 19 and 26, 2017
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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
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801 Office Space For Rent

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Summer: Steadily-growing program was revamped in 2012

academic classes) for the minimum pay that is offered to them,
Savanna Oaks Middle School principal Sandy Eskrich told the school
board Jan. 9.
Some administrators and school
board members hope to change
that with a little more money for
teachers. Under the current rules,
K-8 teachers are paid $25 per hour,
while high school teachers teaching a credit-bearing course make
$40 per hour.
The focus on enrichment
programs at the lower levels has
brought the summer school program back to how it was in the
early 1990s, when it was almost
exclusively enrichment, Eskrich
said. In the late 90s, summer
school transitioned from enrichment and became more focused
on students who were struggling,
she explained, and the district
began offering remedial-only summer school throughout the 2000s
before revamping the program in
2012.
(It was) not widely subscribed
to by the general population, she
said.
Theyre now aiming for more of
a hybrid approach, which board
member Meredith Stier Christensen praised.
That kind of destigmatizes
summer school, Stier Christensen
said. It takes the bad vibes off it.
Remedial balance
Sugar Creek Elementary School
principal Todd Brunner said the
remedial program at the elementary level had worked well, creating
strong relationships with the families and offering a pleasant experience for kids.
Summer school enrollment

Level
Elementary
Middle
High
Total
2014 2015 2016

509 693 724
194 108 167
239 275 464
942 1076 1355
Summer school to you and me,

it sounds sad and depressing as
adults, Brunner said. For the academic remedial kids, they loved it.
Those kids, though, are attending
less and less, according to a presentation given at the Jan. 9 meeting,
even as the overall enrollment rose
by 44 percent from 2014 to 2016 and
the number of offerings rose from 38
to 51 over that same period.
Few of the (elementary) students
we would have previously invited to
the remedial summer school opt
to attend the current summer school
model, the presentation read.
The same is true at the middle
school level, where 53 percent of
the struggling SOMS students specifically invited to summer school
attended in 2014, while just 28 percent of the same group did so last
summer. Eskrich acknowledged to
the board that she was less persistent last year with getting those
students to attend because she could
not find a math teacher who wanted
to teach a class.
The issue is not present at the
high school level, where the teachers are paid more, and principal
Pam Hammen said many students
who would otherwise have failed a
class have taken advantage of summer school to pass that class and
avoid retaking it.
Balancing the budget

Going back to the pay structure
of the 1990s is not a realistic

option.
Back then, when the program
focused on almost exclusively enrichment programming,
Eskrich said, pay had been based
on a teachers own base pay. That
made it more attractive, but also a
massive financial drain, director
of human resources Jason Olson
explained.
VASD business manager consultant Chris Murphy added that once
the state put revenue caps in place
for districts in the mid-1990s, it
turned the summer school program
from revenue-adding to needing to
fit into the budget, with any extra
revenue lowering taxes instead of
going into the general fund.
It became harder and harder
to get it to try to cash flow itself,
Murphy said.
The board asked the administrators who work on the summer
school program to come up with
a list recommending any summer
school positions to increase pay
for, and have Murphy perform a
budget analysis to see how it could
fit into the districts annual budget.
If its that impactful, it seems
like youd get a lot of bang for that
buck there, said board president
Dennis Beres.
Contact Scott Girard at ungreporter@wcinet.com and follow him on
Twitter @sgirard9.
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New Century School fourth- and fifth-graders have been
researching, designing and testing parachutes in recent weeks.
Using an Engineering is Elementary kit, students have tested variables including suspension line length, canopy size and
materials used to determine the best design to meet a desired
result.
The first designs were for parachutes that would drop on a
planet with a thinner atmosphere than Earth, and students had to
meet certain speed and size requirements.
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