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Statebound again!The Oregon High School boys soccer team hoists up the WIAA Division 2 sectional championship plaque after the defending champions punched their third straight trip to state with a 4-0 win over Elkhorn Saturday, Oct. 25, at Wilmot Union High School. The Panthers will play Cedarburg at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31, in the state semifinal, which is a rematch of last year’s D2 final. The state championship game is at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1. For a full story and more photos, turn to page 13.
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Politics color school standards debateEducators implementing Common Core as some call for repeal SCOTT GIRARD AND SCOTT DE LARUELLEUnified Newspaper Group
As the Nov. 4 gubernatorial elec-tion approaches, an under-the-radar issue could very well determine how Wisconsin’s public schoolchildren are taught.
The Common Core State Standards, created by a consortium including the bipartisan National Governors Asso-ciation and the Council of Chief State School Officers and adopted by near-ly every state, have recently created a political firestorm in Wisconsin. A handful of states have since replaced Common Core or are considering
doing so, and earlier this year, Gov. Scott Walker asked state legislators to repeal the standards when they con-vene in January.
Walker faces a tough re-election challenge from Madison Metropolitan School District school board mem-ber Mary Burke, who has criticized proposals by Walker to repeal and replace the standards in various media reports.
Supporters of the standards, both in Oregon and at the state level, have said opposition comes mostly from a misunderstanding of what they are. While some worry the standards have created a national curriculum and tak-en away local control, those involved said that’s simply not true.
Oregon School District director of instruction Leslie Bergstrom pointed out that Common Core itself is not a curriculum.
“How we support students in meet-ing the (standards) is a local deci-sion,” she said.
Smooth transitionBergstrom said district officials
began learning about the new stan-dards several years ago, identifying priorities and adjusting the curricu-lum accordingly.
“The process was intense but enlightening and I believe we are delivering higher-quality instruction because of it,” she said.
Bergstrom said the Common Core standards are an improvement over the previous state standards.
“(Common Core) sets very high expectations for all students at every grade level and give educators clear direction as to what students should
Oregon School District
Decision day for districtResidents to vote Tuesday on $55 million referendumsSCOTT DE LARUELLEUnified Newspaper Group
After years of plan-ning and months of pub-lic meetings, open houses and informal talks with residents, the future of the Oregon School District will be made clearer after the Nov. 4 vote.
On the ballot are a pair of referendums – one centering on a variety of
academic, athletic and safety upgrades and one for associated maintenance and upkeep.
The additional taxpay-er cost of the $54.6 mil-lion referendums would
Large crowd supports NedelcoffOHS basketball coach accused of bullying playersSCOTT DE LARUELLEUnified Newspaper Group
It was standing room only in a sea of orange as around 150 people – many dressed in Oregon basket-ball T-shirts – attended Monday night’s Oregon School Board meeting.
The main item on the agenda was the board’s approval of the district’s 2014-15 budget, but the massive turnout was to
suppor t Oregon High School boys basketball coach Jon Nedelcoff, who two parents accused during the public comment period of the Oct. 13 school board meeting of bullying some players.
At that meeting, Tina Bastien and her husband Bill Jacobs said Nedelcoff was verbally abusive to their son and other play-ers when they were on the OHS boys basketball team, and took the district to task for essentially sweeping the incidents under the rug.
The allegations stirred
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Oregon Focus
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At left, Kate Lafferty of Belleville, walks into the school with Evelyn Metras, 2, and Kieran Metras, 4, for the Halloween event.Bottom left, Danica Sorenson, 4, of Oregon, tosses cupcakes into the mouth of a Frankenstein cutout during a game of Monster Munch with the help of Oregon High School freshman Samantha Smith, right.
Below, Angela Darveaux of Oregon laughs with her children Reagen, 7, middle, and Quinn, 3, left, at the event.
Community Halloween PartyKids in costume attended the fifth annual Community Halloween Party on Thursday, Oct. 23 at Oregon High School, which featured carnival games, crafts, music, an animal show and haunted hallway, below. Donations were also collected for the Oregon-Brooklyn Food Pantry.
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Oregon woman charged with stalkingSCOTT GIRARDUnified Newspaper Group
An Oregon woman has been charged with felony stalking after allegedly making 19 phone calls in a single night to her estranged husband in viola-tion of a restraining order.
The 50-year-old woman, whom the Observer will not identify to protect the iden-tity of the victim, faces one felony count of stalking and domestic violence along with 10 misdemeanor counts of violating an injunction through harassment and domestic abuse.
The woman was arrest-ed Sept. 25 outside one of her children’s schools and was released Sept. 29 on a
signature bond with condi-tions that included not visit-ing either of her children’s schools and not being on the block of her husband’s residence or work, accord-ing to court records.
Court records show the man first filed for a tem-porary restraining order March 17, four months after filing for divorce, and an injunction was granted April 7. In September, that was extended to 2018 after the woman repeatedly vio-lated the original ruling.
According to a criminal complaint filed in Dane County Circuit Court Sept. 29, the woman’s estranged husband told police she suffers from severe depres-sion and was diagnosed
with psychosis. It said he was given sole custody of the children with primary placement at his house. The woman, however , was able to have visitation two nights each week after school.
Beginning May 3, the woman violated the restrain-ing order at least five times, the complaint stated, includ-ing a June incident where she was found parked 100 yards from the husband’s residence. She told police she was there to check on her kids, it said.
That same day in June, the victim contacted Ore-gon police, who served a stalking letter to the woman the following day, accord-ing to the complaint. Police
reported that she repeatedly asked the Oregon detective serving the letter to stop being mean to her while he read the letter.
One week after the court granted the extension to the injunction, the complaint said, the woman made 19 phone calls to the husband between 4 p.m. Sept. 24 and 7:30 a.m. Sept. 25, leaving seven voicemails.
The man told police he had gotten a CAT scan and an MRI due to migraines from the stress the entire situation had caused.
A status conference for the case is set for Nov. 10.
Police: Lock your carsString of car thefts continuesSCOTT GIRARDUnified Newspaper Group
Oregon police chief Dale Burke said there’s a simple solution to stopping the recent string of car burglar-ies around the village.
“What it requires is that people lock their cars all the time,” Burke told the Observer.
The police department
has been dealing with over-night break-ins to cars mul-tiple times each week for “some time now,” he said, and each time, the victims’ cars were unlocked.
“I get the fact that people perceive Oregon as a very safe place, and by and large it is, but they need to real-ize that there are a certain percentage of people in this town that are willing to take your property if you’re willing to leave it unse-cured,” Burke said. “This is a very preventable crime.”
Burke sent out a message
this week to citizens let-ting them know about the incidents and encouraging people to not leave their valuables in plain sight and secure their cars, garages and homes.
He said there hasn’t been a single area targeted by the individuals involved, but instead it’s a “crime of opportunity” and they are looking wherever they can find easy targets.
“They’re just looking for vehicles that are unlocked, then they go through them,” he said. “It can be cash, it
can be jewelry, it can be CDs. Anything that has value and that’s easily con-cealed and transported they will take.”
He said there are “not a lot” of leads, as it’s a hard crime to spot and indi-viduals involved in crimes like this are usually found through investigations of another incident that may lead to evidence.
“Unless somebody catch-es them in the act, it’s very hard for us to get leads on these people,” he said.
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No matter referendum, taxes going downBoard approves 2014-15 budgetSCOTT DE LARUELLEUnified Newspaper Group
No matter if the Oregon School District referendums pass or fail on Nov. 4, school taxes will drop next year.
T h e O r e g o n S c h o o l Board unanimously passed two budgets Monday night, dependent on the result of the vote on Tuesday. District business manager
Andy Weiland said district officials will be waiting “until the last minute” to get results of the election canvass on Nov. 10 before submit t ing the budget , which is also due that day.
“It’s going to be a very busy day,” he said.
I f t h e r e f e r e n d u m s pass, the total levy will be $23,132,060 ($352,107 more than last year) and the mill rate will decrease from $12.31 in 2013 to $11.98 per $1,000 of assessed property value (a 2.72
percent decrease). If they fail, the levy would drop $276,530 from last year to $22,503,423, with a mill rate of $11.65 (a 5.37 per-cent decrease).
Weiland noted that dif-ferent municipalities will see different changes at the individual property tax-payer level, due to factors including the amount of new construction and the decrease in the market val-ue of property within each municipality that is part of the Oregon School District.
OSD levy rates
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Referendum is an investment in OregonWhat kind of an investor
are you?Do you look for a
quick turnaround and rapid results, or do you tend toward long-term value?
It’s never easy to hear huge numbers thrown around like the $55 million or so for the Oregon School District referendum that district taxpayers would be on the hook for. For people without children in the district, it might seem like a steep price tag.
And there’s no denying Oregon schools don’t have egregious problems. It’s a well-respected district and will continue to be such, regardless of the results Nov. 4.
While there is overcrowding in some areas, students aren’t dou-bling up on lockers or being taught in supply closets. Facilities are aging, but aren’t falling apart to the point of health hazards. There is no impending mass exodus of dis-gruntled teachers or students.
If people were to vote against these referenda – as they did with a solid majority in 2012 – it would be difficult to blame them. The economy is still recovering, and for particularly for people with fixed incomes, taking on increased expenses of any kind can push the limits of household budgets. Oregon schools are not going to fall apart or go away.
So what is at stake here is not the survival of a school district, it’s how much the community wants to invest in an already healthy district that could truly be a selling point for many years to come – for stu-dents, families and even teachers.
Yes, teachers. While the bulk of the $55
million worth of referenda projects center on improving security and facilities, the most important part of a school district – its staff – should not be overlooked. The fan-ciest schools in the world are worth nothing without high-quality teach-ers, which Oregon is fortunate to have in considerable quantity.
Voters need to consider both the Nov. 4 referenda and also a planned $3.5 million recurring ref-erendum on teacher compensation that will likely be on the ballot in April, as the school board didn’t have enough information on the matter to include it this fall. Wait-ing to get all their ducks in a row was probably a wise choice, but it jeopardizes what some board members consider the top prior-ity and a few even campaigned on this past year – taking care of the teachers.
There is considerable concern among school officials and com-munity members I’ve talked to that voters may pass the referenda in November, only to later reject the April one. To separate the two would be a mistake. There is no sense in improving facilities and then turning around and saying “No” to the ones who actually do the work of teaching the young people of this community.
And while teachers are increas-ingly “district-shopping” in the post-Act 10 landscape, parents are doing it more than ever. By upgrading aging facilities and expanding opportunities in person-alized learning, STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) and athletics, a success-ful referendum will not only help student achievement, but keep stu-dents here and attract new ones.
An example of the importance of top-notch facilities was provided at Monday’s school board meeting. A woman from the Twin Cities talked about how when she and her family were looking to move to the
Madison area a decade or so ago because of a job opening. After doing a considerable amount of research, it came down to McFar-land, Middleton and Oregon – three school districts with excellent reputations.
They chose Oregon, due in large part to a tour of then-new Rome Corners Intermediate School that knocked their socks off. That’s powerful testimony. That’s what investing in schools can bring.
I subscribe to the theory that a rising tide floats all boats, and perhaps nothing can help brand a community – positively or nega-tively – more than the quality of its school district. It’s perhaps the most important factor for young families deciding where to live, and is a sign of a thriving, vibrant community. Having more young families brings new energy, ideas and tax base to a community, and these days, it’s clearly an open competition.
Passing the referenda can help solidify the district as a valued destination for young families – the lifeblood of school districts. If you want that for Oregon, it would seem voting for the referenda would be a solid investment.
If you feel that Oregon is already a good place to work and live and the changes to the schools won’t make much of a difference your life, perhaps that’s money not wisely spent. Much of the view depends on peoples’ own financial situations, which have taken a col-lective hit in the past decade.
The bottom line? If you want a top-notch district in your commu-nity, you have to pay for it. What voters decide on Nov. 4 will say a lot about the direction and future of Oregon.
Scott De Laruelle covers educa-tion in Oregon and Stoughton for Unified Newspaper Group.
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Staff editorial
Letters to the editor
Cox critics offer no factual supportI write concerning Beth and
Randy Craig’s quirky letter to the editor concerning Municipal Judge Cox’s presentations to high school students on the history of voting.
Quirky, how? In form and sub-stance.
There were two I-think-I-know-what-they-must-mean accusations that started me down the path of questioning their credibility. The first charged Cox with “lead-ing statements about dropping all Voter I.D. at the toll booths.”
They may have topped that with, “She deliberately targeted the most inexperienced, receptive voters, our children.”
The much weightier objection is to their drawing conclusions as loosey goosey as their written expression. They concluded that hers was “unacceptable, immoral, irresponsible behavior” and that she was “taking political advan-tage.” Was that not a tad heavy-handed when there was not a crumb of factual support offered? Then again, how could they have cleared that hurdle when they were not even present for Judge
Cox’s lecture?Also, shame on the Observer
reporter, who stated the Craigs stood behind their letter even after they saw a video of Cox’s presen-tation. The reporter should have viewed it and quoted verbatim anything warranting public dis-course.
Judge Cox provided an advance copy of her presentation to school officials and Superintendent Bri-an Busler confirmed that policy guidelines regarding guest speak-ers were followed. Yet on the basis of zero factual support, a local judge performing vital com-munity service gets ripped for it.
If Judge Cox were to offer to area adults a lecture on voting rights or other topical subject, I would be among many who would gladly attend. I’m sure I also speak for many in hoping the school district is not cowed by this shallow, shoot-from-the-hip dia-tribe and that Judge Cox continues to help prep our young people for adult citizenship.
Mark KileyVillage of Oregon
Cox: Letter writers’ criticism was based on opinions, not factsI was surprised and saddened by
the highly personal attacks in the letter concerning my recent talk at the high school on the history of voting. And while the letter writers are entitled to their own opinion, they are not entitled to their own facts.
The fact is my talk was squarely within the District’s guidelines for outside lectures. The fact is my sole message was for young people to participate in elections; that they, like all of us, have a responsibility to vote. The fact is this message is not partisan and never has been.
I stand by my statements and will continue to work with and for the youth of our community, always to encourage the importance of being good citizens.
Beth CoxTown of Oregon
Cox talk followed district guidelinesThis is a response to an Oct. 15,
letter to the editor regarding Judge Beth Cox’s presentations to sever-al social studies classes at Oregon High School.
Judge Cox and Oregon teachers followed School Board Policy 357 - Guest Speakers with the presen-tations that were made to students at Oregon High School concern-ing the civic responsibility of vot-ing. This process was reviewed and approved by the school dis-trict’s in-house counsel and was in compliance with school board
policy.Furthermore, it is important
for those of you that don’t know - Judge Cox has been a tireless supporter of Oregon students and families. She helps support students, families and the Ore-gon School District’s work with student attendance and truancy issues.
Thank you - Judge Cox!
Dr. Brian BuslerSuperintendent
Oregon School District
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supporters of Nedelcoff – many wearing orange “All In” shirts - to show up at the meeting. More than a doz-en former players, fellow coaches and teachers and members of the community came forward to speak – at times with great emotion – in his support, characteriz-ing him as a tough but fair educator dedicated to the well-being and success of his pupils.
Those who spoke in favor of Nedelcoff received applause at the end or dur-ing statements, and he received two standing ova-tions from the crowd.
Long-time high school teacher, basketball coach and executive director of the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches’ Association Jer-ry Petitgoue – who once worked with Nedelcoff when the latter was student teaching – said the associa-tion was behind Nedelcoff.
“We have 3,300 mem-bers, and I can tell you tonight, 3,300 members are all in supporting Jon Nedelcoff,” he said. “If I had a son, I can’t think of
anybody I would rather have him play for. He is a man of true character, and I can’t say enough good things about him.”
Jacobs, speaking again Monday night, said he and his wife’s choice to come before the board Oct. 13 was a “last resort,” and that district officials were well aware of their concerns but were not responsive.
“We had voiced con-cerns well over a year ago, and numerous parties from other areas had voiced con-cerns that were similar in nature,” he said. “The two (issues) I chose to bring up … were fact-based, and they were something that somebody that is concerned abou t ch i ld ren shou ld probably have an interest in. Were there any conse-quences?
“What is tantamount to bullying behavior – and we’re all anti-bullying in the world today … was it addressed when it comes from someone who clearly has a position of power over someone who doesn’t?”
Nedelcoff, who was the final speaker on the topic Monday, said he came
forward to speak to repair the damage done to his rep-utation by the “baseless and hateful attacks.”
“If transparency, due pro-cess, fairness and simple justice are ignored for one of us, they are risked for all of us,” he said. “Tonight I’m here to ask for these things for myself, but more importantly, for my fellow colleagues, employees and friends.”
Nede lcof f sa id un t i l recently, several board members “did not know who I was, even though I know I’ve been mentioned numerous times for positive things, from online learning … to a pretty vibrant bas-ketball community, as we witnessed.”
“My name is Jon Nedel-coff, and if you want to know who I am, just look and listen to my friends and colleagues that stand beside me,” he said. “All in, go Panthers.”
Oregon Education Asso-ciation president Tracey Leider said she was disap-pointed that she was not informed of the allegations involving Nedelcoff.
“For me, it’s a total lack
of communication,” she said. “To add insult to inju-ry was on Oct. 13, when the board sat back and allowed this public lambasting to continue without stepping in. I don’t see that as fair treatment … Due process would include a thorough investigation, including the presence of the accused.”
Investigation underway
School board president Dan Krause said an inves-tigation into the allegations is ongoing and apologized for letting an internal mat-ter spill out into a public forum.
“Once the investigation is over, if we need to act on this, we will act on this,” he said prior to the public com-ments. “Our job tonight is to listen, and listen carefully. We are making no judg-ments, because we can’t.”
Krause also reminded people that the parents’ comments were allowed by the board on Oct. 13 as the public comment period is designated for people to speak, based on their First Amendment rights.
Coach: Investigation into alleged incidents is ongoingContinued from page 1
Ace competes at horse expoBrooke Ace, 14, a member of the Paoli Fireballs 4-H Club and a freshman at Oregon High School, competed at the 2014 Wisconsin State 4-H Horse Expo, held Sept. 11-14. This is her third year showing at the state level. She competed with her Buckskin Appendix Quarter Horse, named Valentinos Bucky a.k.a. Bentley. Together, Ace and Bentley won five awards in the Grade 8 division, includ-ing Grand Champion, Western Showmanship; Reserve Champion, Hunt Showmanship; Reserve Champion, Hunt Seat Equitation; Top Ten, Western Pleasure; and Top Ten, Western Horsemanship.
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ChurchesALL SAINTS LUTHERAN CHURCH2951 Chapel Valley Rd., Fitchburg(608) 276-7729Pastor Rich JohnsonSUNDAY8:30 a.m. classic service10:45 a.m. new song service
BROOKLYN LUTHERAN CHURCH101 Second Street, Brooklyn(608) 455-3852Pastor Rebecca NinkeSUNDAY9 a.m. Holy Communion10 a.m. Fellowship
COMMUNITY OF LIFE LUTHERAN CHURCHPO Box 233, Oregon(608) [email protected] Eric WengerSUNDAY10 a.m. Worship at 1111 S. Perry Parkway, Oregon
COMMUNITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH201 Church Street, Brooklyn(608) 455-3344 Pastor Dave PlussSUNDAY9:30 a.m. Worship
FAITH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH143 Washington Street, Oregon(608) 835-3554 Pastor Karl HermansonSUNDAY - 9 a.m. WorshipHoly Communion 2nd & last Sundays
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH408 N. Bergamont Blvd. (north of CC)Oregon, WI 608-835-3082 - fpcoregonwi.org Pastor Bob VetterSUNDAY10 a.m. Blended Worship11 a.m. Coffee Bar/Fellowship11:15 a.m. All-ages activity FITCHBURG MEMORIAL UCC5705 Lacy Road, Fitchburg(608) 273-1008 www.memorialucc.orgPastor: Phil HaslangerAssociate Pastor Twink Jan-McMahonSUNDAY8:15 and 10 a.m. Worship
GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH ELCA
Central Campus: Raymond Road and Whitney WaySATURDAY - 5 p.m. WorshipSUNDAY - 8:15, 9:30 and 10:45 a.m. Worship West Campus: Corner of Hwy. PD and Nine Mound Road, VeronaSUNDAY - 9 & 10:15 a.m., 6 p.m. Worship (608) 271-6633
HILLCREST BIBLE CHURCH752 E. Netherwood, OregonEric Vander Ploeg, Lead Pastor(608) 835-7972 www.hbclife.com SUNDAY8:30 and 10:15 a.m. worship service at Oregon High School PACChildren’s ministries, birth-4th grade
HOLY MOTHER OF CONSOLATION CATHOLIC CHURCH651 N. Main Street, OregonPastor: Fr. Gary Wankerl(608) 835-5763holymotherchurch.weconnect.comSATURDAY: 5 p.m. WorshipSUNDAY: 8 and 10:15 a.m. Worship
PEOPLE’S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH103 North Alpine Parkway, OregonPastors Jason and Johanna Mahnke(608) 835-3755www.peoplesumc.orgCommunion is the 1st & 3rd weekend SATURDAY - 5 p.m. WorshipSUNDAY - 9 a.m. Worship and Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. Worship; 5 p.m. The Gathering Sunday night service with simple supper to follow
ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH625 E. Netherwood, OregonPastor Paul Markquart and Pastor Emily Tveite(608) 835-3154SATURDAY - 5 p.m. WorshipSUNDAY - 8 and 10:30 a.m. Worship9:15 a.m. Sunday School
VINEYARD COMMUNITY CHURCHOregon Community Bank & Trust, 105 S. Alpine Parkway, Oregon - Bob Groth, Pastor - (608) 513-3435 welcometovineyard.comSUNDAY - 10 a.m. Worship
ZWINGLI UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST - PaoliAt the Intersection of Hwy. 69 & PBRev. Sara Thiessen(608) 845-5641SUNDAY - 9:30 a.m. Family Worship
• Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, First Presbyterian Church, every Monday and Friday at 7 p.m.
• Alcoholics Anonymous closed meeting, People’s United Methodist Church, every Tuesday at 7 p.m.
• Caregiver Support Group, Oregon Area Senior Center, every third Monday at 9 a.m.
• Diabetes Support Group meeting, Evansville Senior Center, 320 Fair St., 882-0407, second Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.
• Parents Supporting Parents, LakeView Church, Stoughton, third Tuesday of every month from 6:30-8 p.m.
• Relationship & Divorce Support Group, State Bank of Cross Plains, every other Monday at 6:30 p.m.
• Veteran’s Group, Oregon Area Senior Center, every second Wednesday at 9 a.m.
• Weight-Loss Support Group, Oregon Area Senior Center, every Monday at 3:30 p.m.
Support groups
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Village of Oregon Cable Access TV program times same for both channels. A new program begins daily at 1 p.m. and repeats at 4, 7 and 10 p.m. and at 1, 4, 7 and 10 a.m. 900 Market St., Oregon. Phone: 291-0148; email: [email protected], or visit www.ocamedia.com and face-book.com/ocamediawi.
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Monday, Nov. 3AM—Diabetic Foot Care9:00 CLUB9:00 Wii Bowling10:00 Dominoes1:00 Get Fit1:30 Bridge4:00 Weight Loss Support
Tuesday, Nov. 48:30 Zumba Gold9:00 Pool Players9:00 Arthritis Movement 12:30 Sheepshead12:30 Stoughton Shopping 1:00 Movie : “Blended”
Wednesday, Nov. 5AM—Foot Care 9:00 CLUB10:00 Walmart East Shopping 10:30 Book Club11:00 1/1 Computer Help 1:00 Get Fit1:00 Euchre1:00 Flu/Pneumonia Shots 6:00 VFW Meeting
Thursday, Nov. 6AM - Legal Counsel 8:30 Zumba Gold9:00 Pool Players9:00 ST Board Meeting 9:00 Arthritis Movement 12:30 Shopping at Bill’s 1:00 Cribbage
Friday, Nov. 79:00 CLUB9:00 Wii Bowling9:30 Blood Pressure 9:30 Mindfulness 10:45 Gentle Yoga 12:00 Market Day Due 1:00 Get FitPM - Legal Counsel
Monday, Nov. 3Turkey & Bean Chili Marinated VegetableSaladMandarin Oranges Corn Bread Orange Sherbet VO: Veggie Chili
Tuesday, Nov. 4Baked FishRice Pilaf with Butter CarrotsCranberry Juice W.W. BreadCookieVO: Rice W/ Soy
Wednesday, Nov. 5Cheeseburger on Bun Veg. BlendApricotsConfetti CakeV.O. Veggie Burger on
BunThursday, Nov. 6
Roast Beef with Gravy Mashed PotatoesPeas & OnionsChunky ApplesauceW.W. RollVO: Soy in Gravy SO: Taco Salad
Friday, Nov. 7Spaghetti with Meat
SauceCalifornia MixTropical Fruit SaladGarlic BreadV.O: Soy Spaghetti Sauce
Defending HopeHuman beings can live on scarce resources and in dire cir-
cumstances, but we can’t live without hope. Hope is essen-tially the belief that our future will be better than our past. When we are sick we hope for a future of health and well-ness, when we are poor we hope for a future of prosperity,
and when we are alone we hope for a future with friends and family. Perhaps our deepest hope is to be relieved of our fini-tude. We all know that our bodies are finite and perishable. But, the good news of the gospel is that there is another
realm beyond this world that is imperishable, where death, decay and suffering have no place. But what if this hope in a future life is nothing more than wishful thinking? What
gives us the right to believe such things? The resurrection and ascension of Jesus is the biblical basis for this hope, but
there are other reasons as well to believe that this life isn’t all there is. The principle of conservation of energy suggests that things, including consciousness, can’t just disappear. All things change, including who and what we are, but can you conceive of yourself just disappearing? When the light goes out and our eyes grow dim, perhaps it does literally “go out” into some other realm. Finally, the near universality of belief in a future life gives hope to many. It would be a cruel cos-mic joke for this near universal belief to be based on a lie.
–Christopher Simon via Metro News Service
Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But
do this with gentleness and respect.1 Peter 3:15
Thursday, Oct. 30Oregon Village Board
Meeting (of Oct. 27)
Friday, Oct. 31Movie: “The Mystery of
Mr. Wong” (1939)Saturday, Nov. 1
Joint Village/Towns Meeting @ Oregon Senior Center (of Oct. 29)Sunday, Nov. 2
Worship Service: Community of Life ChurchMonday, Nov. 3
“Monday Morning Dixie Band” @ Oregon Senior Center (of Sept. 2009)Tuesday, Nov. 4
Movie: “West Side Story” (1961)Wednesday, Nov. 5
“Brad Selz” Band @ Oregon Senior Center (of July 2009)
Thursday, Nov. 6“Richard Weigel” Music
@ Oregon Senior Center (of July 2009)
Thursday, Oct. 30Oregon School Board
Meeting (of Oct. 27)Friday, Oct. 31
Movie: “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” (1946) & “Lang House of Terror”Saturday, Nov. 1
1- OHS Boys Varsity Football vs Slinger Playoff (of Oct. 24) 2- “Mr. Tricks” Juggler (of July 1999)Sunday, Nov. 2
“Laughing with the Animals” @ Oregon Library (of July 2008)Monday, Nov. 3
“Fishing for Laughs” @ Oregon Library (of June 2008)Tuesday, Nov. 4
Movie: “Space Adventures” (1959)Wednesday, Nov. 5
“Beekeeping” @ Oregon Library (of June 2008)Thursday, Nov. 6
“Bugs” @ Oregon Library (of Aug. 2008)
Thursday, October 30• 3-6 p.m., Pantry pickup, 1092 Union Road
Friday, October 31• 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., AnchorBank open house, 705 N. Main St.• 5-8 p.m., Trick-or-Treating, Oregon and Oregon Manor and Main Street Quarters• 7-10 p.m., Lang Family House of Terror, 290 Waterman St.
Saturday, November 1• 9-11 a.m., Public auction fund-raiser and pie sale, senior center• 6:30 p.m., Euchre card party and light meal ($3 entry fee), Oregon Masonic Center, 220-1924
Monday, November 3• 3:30-4:30 p.m., Monday Funday: “Chess,” library• 6 p.m., Village Board Meeting, Village Hall
Tuesday, November 4• 1 p.m., Movie Matinee: “Blended,” senior center
• 6-8:30 p.m., Women’s Business Expo, Firefly Coffeehouse• 7 p.m., Oregon Community Band rehearsal, Oregon Middle School, 835-9066
Wednesday, November 5• 10:30 a.m., Great Beginnings Book Club featuring “Away” by Amy Bloom, senior center, 835-6268• 1 p.m., Vaccinations for flu and pneumonia, senior center• 7 p.m., Park Board, Village Hall
Thursday, November 6• 6:30 p.m., Planning Commission, Village Hall• 6:30-8 p.m., Optimist Club month-ly meeting, OHS library, 575-2344• 7 p.m., Author visit, library
Friday, November 7• Oregon Hometown Pharmacy open house (through Nov. 9) • 8 a.m. to noon, Veteran’s assis-tance with Dan Connery, senior center, 266-4158• 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Protect Your
Identity workshop, Union Bank & Trust Company, Brooklyn• 6-8 p.m., 14 South Artists Gallery opening reception, Firefly• 7:30 p.m., “White Christmas - The Musical,” OHS PAC, oregonsd.org
Saturday, November 8• 10 a.m., Dads & Donuts, library• 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Oregon Preschool Annual Carnival, Netherwood Knoll Gym• 1-2 p.m., Holiday Horse Parade, downtown Oregon• 4-8 p.m., Troop 50 Salmon Dinner, Rome Corners School• 4-10 p.m., Benefit and Silent Auction for Bashir Nasserjah, R & B Acres, 5168 Locust Grove Road• 5-9:30 p.m., A Night to Shine cel-ebration and dinner ($60), Legend at the Bergamont, 3gaits.org/shine.htm• 6:30 p.m., Free Family Movie Night, First Presbyterian Church, www.fpcoregonwi.org• 7:30 p.m., “White Christmas - The Musical,” OHS PAC, oregonsd.org
Auction and pie saleEnjoy a piece of pie at the pie table
and help raise money for the senior center with auctioneer Lyle Wanless at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 1. Bid-ding will begin at 9:30 a.m. For more information, call 835-5801.
Author Todd Michael CoxMeet Madison author Todd Michael
Cox at the library from 7-8 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 6. He will discuss his current work, how he writes and will read from his latest project. A book signing will follow the event. Coffee and cookies will be served.
Cox is the author of the novels “After the Death of the Ice Cream Man” and “Dizzlemuck: Love in the Time of Wee Folk.” For more infor-mation, call 835-6268.
Art at the Firefly CoffeehouseThe Firefly Coffeehouse, 114 N.
Main St., will host an exhibition of art from 14 South Artists, Inc, a local group of artists whose mission is to promote the visual arts in communi-ties south of Madison.
The opening reception with coffee
and appetizers on Friday, Nov. 7 from 6-7 p.m. will provide an opportunity for you to meet the artists. Their art will be exhibited throughout Novem-ber and will be available for pur-chase. For more information, visit 14southartists.com.
White Christmas musicalOregon High School Drama will
perform “White Christmas - The Musical” from Nov. 7-9 at the Per-forming Arts Center.
Performances are at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 7 and Saturday, Nov. 8, and 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 9. Tick-ets for reserved seating only are $10 for adults, $8 for senior citizens (55 and older) and $6 for students (K-12).
For more information call 835-4353 or visit oregonsd.tix.com.
Benefit & Silent AuctionA “Labor of Love” Benefit and Silent
Auction will be held for long-time Oregon residents Bashir Nasserjah and Renee Frank-Nasserjah at R & B Acres, LLC, 5168 Locust Grove Road, from 4-10 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 8.
Nasserjah was recently diagnosed with multiple-myeloma, a cancer of
plasma cells that attacks and destroys bone, on Sept. 11.
There will be food, beer, music from The Soggy Prairie Boys and Midlife Crisis and a silent auction.
Tickets may be purchased at Firefly Coffeehouse or online at laborofloveo-regon.eventbrite.com and are $20 for adults and $10 for children ages 6-11.
Donations will be accepted: “Bashir Nasserjah and Renee Frank” c/o Anchor Bank, 705 N. Main St., Ore-gon, WI 53575.
A Night to ShineLegend at Bergamont Clubhouse,
699 Bergamont Blvd., will hold “A Night to Shine,” an evening in celebra-tion of its riders, on Saturday, Nov. 8.
The event will begin at 5 p.m. with cocktails. Free carriage rides will be offered around the golf course from 5-6:30 p.m. Dinner will be served at 7 p.m., followed by a program at 8 p.m. The silent auction will close at 9 p.m.
Tickets are $60 per person, with all proceeds going to support the programs at Three Gaits. To RSVP by Oct. 30, call 877-9086, email [email protected] or visit 3gaits.org/shine.htm.
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File photo by Scott GirardThe annual Holiday Horse Parade will start at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 8, through downtown Oregon.
Holiday Horse Parade is Nov. 8
While the holidays may seem far off, they are just around the corner. See cos-tumed horses strut their stuff through downtown Oregon during the annual Holiday Horse Parade at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 8.
Leading the parade will be a horse named Silas, of Barry Stables, who was once a member of a nation-al ly known Clydesdale hitch. As honored guests, local veterans will ride in the surrey that Silas will pull.
A n a n n o u n c e r w i l l describe each entry’s cos-tume or theme as they approach. Prizes are award-ed for best holiday costume, most creative costume and best group costume.
This event provides chil-dren who don’t often see horses the opportunity to view the animals up close.
After the parade, specta-tors are invited back to the staging area – the Oregon High School parking lot
– to get a hands-on opportu-nity to touch a horse.
Sponsors of the event include the Oregon Area Chamber of Commerce and the Oregon Horse Associa-tion, a 50-year-old club that seeks to promote horses and horsemanship to all ages and riding styles.
For more information vis-it oregonwi.com or oregon-horseassociation.org.
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Got leaves?Middle schoolers get ready to rake yards on Nov. 7SCOTT DE LARUELLEUnified Newspaper Group
Oregon Middle School eighth grade students have been busy this month rak-ing leaves for senior citi-zens around the village, and are now looking to take their talents elsewhere in the community as part of their ongoing service proj-ect.
Students will be raking leaves throughout the day on Nov. 7, starting around 10:30 a.m. and ending around 2:45 p.m. In case of bad weather, the event will be held Monday, Nov. 10.
OMS teacher and project advisor Tim Paneitz said students are participating in the community service project to get involved and give back to the commu-nity, and also to raise funds for a field trip to the Chi-cago Field Museum and the Shedd Aquarium.
“This activity provides
an opportunity for students to be out in the community and offer a needed service,” he said. “This field trip is an opportunity for students to make connections to their eighth-grade curricu-lum in a hands-on way. In addition, leaf raking allows the students to build posi-tive connections with one another, and it provides an opportunity to work togeth-er and achieve a common goal.”
Paneitz is looking for volunteers to participate by having their yard raked. Students will rake around 70 yards on a first-come, first-serve basis.
“This event was a huge success last year, and we look forward to helping more people and raking even more yards this year,” he said.
For information or to par-ticipate, email Paneitz at [email protected].
To volunteer to have your yard raked, email [email protected].
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be $386 per year on a $200,000 home, but district taxes will drop next year regardless of whether they pass or fail.
Because of the way the cur-rent long-term debt is struc-tured, district officials say, the actual impact is expected to be closer to $72 per year over the next 20 years on that same home. It’s good timing, because some long-term debt is falling off soon.
“We’re blending the two debt service schedules togeth-er,” district business manager Andy Weiland explained.
That impact of the refer-endums is also less than the $100 that was proposed in the failed 2012 referendum, when voters rejected a smaller but less well-understood $33 mil-lion plan to upgrade the high school, middle school and athletic fields and a second referendum to exceed rev-enue caps by $150,000 a year to maintain the new facilities.
If next week’s referendums fail, the mill rate will decrease from $12.31 per $1,000 of assessed property value to $11.65. If they pass, the rate will be $11.98, still represent-ing an overall drop of about $66 on a $200,000 home.
What’s includedThe new referendums
cover improvements to all of the district’s schools except Rome Corners Intermediate School, the district’s newest building. Projects include a $1.3 million roof replace-ment and maintenance proj-ect, $700,000 to equip a new personalized learning initia-tive and a $480,000 HVAC upgrade at the pool.
Among the three elemen-tary schools, the largest projects include a $2.3 mil-lion cafeteria and kitchen addition and $809,000 class-room addition at Brooklyn, a $1.5 million HVAC upgrade at Netherwood Knoll and a $777,000 stormwater improvement and outdoor classroom at Prairie View.
Oregon Middle School would get more than $7 mil-lion of projects, including a new $3 million music addi-tion, a $1.8 million STEAM (science, technology, engi-neering, art and math) addition and a new, secure entrance for $954,000.
Oregon High School would see nearly $38 mil-lion in upgrades, headlined by an $8.2 million two-story classroom addition, a $5 million physical education addition and locker room renovation and a $4.4 mil-lion three-station gymna-sium.
A third, $3.5 million recurring referendum on teacher compensation was originally part of the overall plan, but school board mem-bers voted in August to push that back until April, citing a lack of a clear, final plan.
Oregon School District referendums• Question 1: Shall the Oregon School District, Dane, Rock and Green
Counties, Wisconsin be authorized to issue pursuant to Chapter 67 of the Wisconsin Statutes, general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed $54,600,000 for the public purpose of paying the cost of a school building and improvement program consisting of the construction of additions to and renovation and improvement of Oregon High School, Oregon Middle School and Brooklyn Elementary School; renovation and improvement of Prairie View Elementary School and Netherwood Elementary School; acquisition and installa-tion of technology improvements; roof replacement at District buildings; HVAC upgrades at the swimming pool; and construction of storm water improvements and other site improvements on the JC Park East property?
• Question 2: Shall the Oregon School District, Dane, Rock and Green Counties, Wisconsin for the 2015-2016 school year and thereafter be authorized to exceed the revenue limit specified in Section 121.91, Wisconsin Statutes, by $355,864 a year, for recurring purposes consisting of paying operation and maintenance expenses associated with new or upgraded District facilities?
Referendum: Most schools are involved Continued from page 1
Photo by Scott De Laruelle
Nov. 4 is judgment day for the Oregon School District referenda.
Ballots set for Nov. 4MARK IGNATOWSKIUnified Newspaper Group
Voting in the fall elec-tion is already underway for many municipalities across the state.
Both in-person and mail-in absentee voting has resulted in nearly 150,000 early ballots cast statewide, according to a news release from the state Government Accountability Board.
Only a few days remain for early voting:
“Early voting ends at 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 31, or at the close of busi-ness, whichever is later, but no later than 7 p.m.,” the GAB said. “Check your municipal clerk’s office hours before going to your city, village or town hall to vote because hours for early voting will vary.”
In add i t ion , 5 p .m. Thursday, Oct. 30 is the deadline for most voters to request an absentee bal-lot by mail. There are later deadlines for military vot-ers, hospitalized voters and sequestered jurors.
To vote on election day, polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4.
No I.D. requiredV o t e r s w i l l n o t b e
required to show identifi-cation to vote after the U.S. Supreme Court issued an order to block the require-ment on Oct. 9. State Attorney General J .B. Van Hollen had vowed to implement some sort of ID requirement following the high court’s decision, but as of press time Tuesday, Oct. 28, no requirement had been made.
What’s on the ballotIn addition to the the OSD
referendum, the Nov. 4 elec-tion will feature a prominent race for governor, as well as some local representative races for some voters.
A local referendum in the Village of Oregon will ask voters if they would like the change the U.S. Constitution to limit mon-etary influence in politics.
State/national government
Incumbent Scott Walker faces a challenge from Mary Burke for the state’s top office. Other statewide races include:
• At torney Genera l : Susan V. Happ (D) versus Brad Schimel (R)
• Secretary of State: incumbent Doug La Fol-lette (D) will face Julian Bradley (R)
• State treasurer: David L. Sartori (D) versus Matt Adamczyk (R)
For voters in state Assem-bly Dist. 47, Representative Robb Kahl (D) will face a challenge from Libertarian Phillip N. Anderson.
Voters in state Assem-bly Dist. 43 can cast a bal-lot for incumbent Andy
Jorgensen (D) or challeng-er Leon L. Hebert (R).
Sondy Pope is running unopposed for the Dist. 80 state Assembly seat.
Voters in Senate Dist. 15 have a race between Janis Ringhand (D) and Brian Fitzgerald (R). Jon Erpen-bach is running unopposed for the Dist. 27 Wisconsin Senate seat.
Democrat Mark Pocan faces challenger Peter Theron, a Republican, for the Congressional District 2 seat. A statewide refer-endum will ask voters if the state constitution should be amended to require the cre-ation of a state transportation fund where revenues gener-ated by the transportation system will only be used for transportation purposes.
Dane CountyDane County Sheriff
David Mahoney and Clerk of Court Carlo Esqueda are running unopposed.
A countywide referen-dum will ask voters if the state should raise the mini-mum wage to $10.10 per hour. Another Dane Coun-ty referendum will ask if the governor and state leg-islature should accept fed-eral funds for BadgerCare health insurance. Both measures are non-binding.
Not all races will appear on your ballot. Find specif-ic ballots for your voting and more election informa-tion at myvote.wi.gov.
Ballot infoFind sample ballots, absentee info and contact information for your local clerk:
myvote.wi.gov
Candidates respond
See candidate questionnaire
answers from A.D. 43 and 47, and Senate Dist. 15.
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Oregon attorney receives 90-day suspensionBriggs witnessed murder-suicide in home last Nov.
The Wisconsin supreme court handed down a 90-day suspension Tuesday for mis-conduct to the Oregon law-yer who witnessed a mur-der-suicide at his Town of Oregon home last year.
According to the Wiscon-sin State Journal, Michael Br iggs agreed to the
suspension, which involved his lack of communication with clients in a real estate case and continued practice of law during a temporary suspension.
Briggs, who made the news last November when 68-year-old Henry Pullett Jr. killed his 64-year-old girl-friend and then himself at Briggs’ home, has practiced law since 1975, according to the State Journal.
The lawyer had his license temporarily suspended in
February 2013 after he did not respond to an initial complaint to the state Office of Lawyer Regulation, but he continued to practice law, the article said. Eventually, a Dane County judge noti-fied OLR that Briggs had appeared in court despite the suspension.
Briggs told OLR he had stopped practicing once he learned of the suspension, but those statements were found to be false, the State Journal reported, and he stipulated to 12 counts of misconduct.
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know and be able to do,” she said.
Bergstrom said the stan-dards for mathematics is “very rigorous” and focus not only on content but also on the math practices nec-essary to cultivate math-ematical thinkers.
“We believe it is neces-sary for students to be able to analyze, interpret, and solve real-world math prob-lems and the (standards) are an excellent tool in prepar-ing our students to do so,” she said.
D i s t r i c t a d m i n i s t r a -tor Brian Busler said he couldn’t recall receiving a complaint from a parent about Common Core stan-dards. Bergstrom said com-plaints are “rare,” perhaps in part because the district curriculum was already focused on developing “critical math practices.”
“We were already very c lose ly a l igned to the (Common Core) expecta-tions,” she said. “It was not a big change for students or parents.”
Oregon School Board member Rae Vogeler said repeal ing the Common Core standards and taking a two-year break to re-invent new ones would disrupt education and cause Wis-consin to lag behind the nation.
“The Common Core Math and English standards have been approved by over 40 states to prepare stu-dents to succeed in college and the workplace,” she said. “We need to continue implementing the Common Core standards, which are strongly supported by the overwhelming majority of leaders in both business and education.”
If Common Core stan-dards were repealed, Berg-strom said the dis t r ic t would continue with exist-ing curriculum.
“This is what we have in place and we need to be ready to teach our students a current and comprehen-sive curriculum,” she said. “Our curriculum is always under the revision process, and that will continue.”
New testingCritical thinking skills
will be evaluated with new state tests beginning next spring as well – a signifi-cant change in both timing and style of testing. Instead of the Wisconsin Knowl-edge and Concepts Exami-nations, which had been taken in the fall by fourth-, eighth- and tenth-grade stu-dents, students in grades 3-8 will take the Smarter Balanced Test.
Ninth- and tenth-graders will now take an Achieve test, and high school juniors will be required to take the ACT. All of those will take place in the spring for math and English language arts, though students are still taking the WKCE for sci-ence and social studies this year.
Testing every year from third to eighth grade is a major component, because the new standards allow for districts to see where students are at with the grade-level benchmarks the standards set. Previously, as
students were only tested on WKCE three times, districts had to set their own path to getting students to those acceptable benchmarks in the intervening grades.
Another change in the testing comes in the format, as the examinations other than the ACT will now be online rather than the tradi-tional paper and pencil.
Political angleSchool standards don’t
typically get front-page headlines, but with the poli-tics infused into the debate in recent months, Com-mon Core has become a hot-button topic. Nation-ally, many people who align themselves with “Tea Party” Republicans say the standards are an example of the federal government intruding into the affairs of the states.
Democrat Jim Doyle was governor when Wiscon-sin adopted Common Core standards in 2010. Since then, Republican legisla-tors have tried to change the standards.
In February, a bill initi-ated and drafted with the assistance of Gov. Scott Walker’s office staff never made it out of the Senate. Fuel was added to that fire in July, when Walker called on state legislators to “pass a bill in early January to repeal Common Core and
replace it with standards set by people in Wisconsin.
According to a Milwau-kee Journal Sentinel article from July, state lawmakers from Walker’s party had mixed views on the effect of his personal appeal. Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt (R-Fond du Lac), who wrote a failed bill to repeal Common Core earlier this year, said Walk-er’s comments were “huge” and will add momentum during the legislature’s next session. Steve Kestell (R-Elkhart Lake), chairman
of the Assembly’s educa-tion committee who has not been among those in his party calling to repeal Common Core, called the idea that lawmakers would be able to replace the stan-dards at the beginning of the session “absurd.”
“We’re in an election season,” he said. “People desperate to be re-elected will say anything.”
R e p . S o n d y P o p e (D-Cross Plains), who rep-resents Oregon in the 80th Assembly District and is a
member of the Select Com-mittee on Common Stan-dards, said she’s “traveled all over Wisconsin” and heard many hours of testi-mony about the standards. Pope said teachers, admin-istrators and school board members “convinced” her they are rigorous and will benefit student outcomes, noting that at one confer-ence, 90 educators regis-tered support for Common Core, with only two against.
“I have yet to speak with a single educator in my district who wants to repeal Common Core,” Pope said. “Pulling the plug … at this point would be foolhardy, expensive and could only serve to weaken our educational system. The standards have been in place since 2010 and there needs to be sufficient time in which to determine if, and how, to tweak them.”
While she said there was “no disagreement” among those educators over the lack of rigor of the previ-ous Wisconsin standards, she said the ones who need to make those decisions are teachers, not politicians.
“The folks on the front lines of providing education to our students are the ones who are in the best position to evaluate the delivery and potential benefit of imple-menting the standards,” she said. “The Governor and Republican legislators are calling for Wisconsin specif-ic standards without explain-ing what they might be.”
Reasoning unclear In response to emailed
questions from the Observ-er, Walker’s press secre-tary Laurel Patrick wrote,
in part, that Walker “will work with the Legislature to repeal Common Core and replace it with strong Wisconsin-specific stan-dards.”
“After talking with par-ents, teachers, school board m e m b e r s a n d t a x p a y -ers from across the state, it became clear that they want standards set by peo-ple from Wisconsin that are rigorous and tailored to Wisconsin’s history of high achievement,” Patrick wrote.
When asked on multiple occasions for specific rea-sons why Walker wants to repeal Common Core and how the new standards would be more rigorous and better tailored to Wis-consin’s history of high achievement, Patrick did not respond to the questions and referred back to the original statement.
Oregon High School teacher Jon Fishwild, a past president of the Oregon Education Associat ion, noted that while the OEA does not have an official position on Common Core, he believes the demand for state-developed standards is simply a political “smoke-screen.”
“The Common Core stan-dards are far more rigorous than the Wisconsin Aca-demic Standards that they would replace,” he said. “This runs counter to the argument that since Com-mon Core standards were not written in Wisconsin that they are somehow worse that what was in place before.”
S ta te super in tenden t Tony Evers has been highly critical of any attempts to replace Common Core.
“Wisconsin’s teachers, parents, and children have spent the past four years implementing these stan-dards, which our educators indisputably agree are more rigorous than our previous standards and still provide districts with the ability to select a local curriculum that fits their needs,” he said.
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction spokes-man Tom McCarthy said pol i t ic izing educat ions standards isn’t helpful.
“It doesn’t help students in the classroom, it doesn’t help schools, it doesn’t help districts,” he said.
Origin of Common CoreThe path to Wisconsin adopting the Common Core standards began in 2007,
as the state joined the American Diploma Project – aimed at revising the previous Wisconsin Model Academic Standards in English and math to improve college and career readiness.
A task force and draft set of standards were created, and by 2009, state education officials recognized the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) initiative was gaining momentum. Wisconsin adopted the standards in June 2010.
Emilee Amundson, the team director for the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction team implementing Common Core, said the leadership teams that developed those state drafts early on were key in the decision to go with the new standards.
“We really did lean on their expertise and their feedback in order to ultimately make the decision to adopt,” she said.
While the state adopted the standards, it was up to local school districts to use them or not, Amundson said – though districts were informed that state-mandated tests would be aligned to Common Core. She called the state’s adoption a “signal to the field” that DPI recognized the standards as “high” and “clear.”
Most districts around the state did adopt them, and the state began providing support for a “phased implementation.” That slower process helped put strength behind the standards, Amundson said, unlike in states such as New York, where the standards were immediately put into place.
“We’ve had a much smoother road … because this timeline, the expectation that this is a phased process, that this is complex work and that it really needs to be owned at a local level,” she said.
The timeline called for taking one year to understand the standards in 2010-11, developing local curricula based on the standards in 2011-12 and developing and refining assessments from 2012-15 with a planned first year of new testing based on the standards in 2014-15.
Standards: District would continue with curriculum if Common Core is repealedContinued from page 1
Screenshot from Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction website
Wisconsin students in grades 3-8 will take the Smarter Balanced assessment for the first time in spring 2015. The tests were devleoped to align with the Common Core State Standards, which have become a political controversy lately around the United States. This screenshot is one sample question from the test.
“(Common Core) sets very high
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Oregon HistorySeptember
100 years ago (1914)• Field Days in Oregon
included a variety of events. Leaver’s 15-piece full military band from Beloit provided music in the park throughout the day. Oregon’s Boy Scout baseball team defeated a team from Lodi 13 to 0. A handi-cap clay bird shoot for the National Sportsman’s Silver Cup was won by P. H. Cusick, who dropped 44 birds out of a possible 50. In the afternoon, Oregon played Belleville in the county championship baseball. An estimated 400 to 500 peo-ple attended the game, which Oregon won 10 to 6. Another event of the day was the four- mile walking match held on the village square. Participants were E. Cross, B. Fredrickson, Chris Jensen, Paul Nelson, Dan Sweeney, Frank Anderson, John Hooper and William Brown. Oregon’s own “lego-mobile artist” William Brown, the square-heel-and-toe state champion walker, won the match. The day concluded with a “Grand Ball” held in the opera house. Music was provided by “Leaver’s Full Orchestra”. About 120 dance tickets were sold for the event.
• Fincher Bros. announced that they had just sold seven more Ford cars. The new car owners were Harvey Danks, Willis Sholts, Sofus Olson, Zier Kuul, Francis Pierot, Chas. Seffens, and the Lamboley Bros. So far this past season they had sold 42 cars.
• The Oregon Opera House advertised a one-night engage-ment for the farce “Betty and the Baby,” a comedy based on the troubles of newlyweds and their only child. It was noted that this was the first time the play had been produced outside of larger cities and that it included 10 up-to-date song hits.
• Wyoming Bill’s Historical Wild West Show arrived in Oregon. It opened its stay with a “Grand Street Parade” through the village. Their per-formances boosted of cow-boys, Indians, stagecoaches, prairie schooners, 200 horses,
Texas steers, elk and burros, portraying frontier life past and present.
• Prichard, Cusick & Barry were advertising Cole’s Original Hot Blast Heaters. The claim was that a person could use the cheapest grade of coal the night before and wake up in the morning with a mass of glowing coke that would pro-vide you with a warm dining room. So it was claimed, “Why let chilled fingers and a blue nose spoil the buckwheats and a cup of good coffee?”
50 years ago (1964)• The Chamber of Commerce
sponsored the first Town and Country Day:
A sales exchange was held where area farmers and vil-lage residents sold, traded and dickered on sundry items.
The winner of the first of two cow-milking contests was Leo Crapp, with Mrs. Merle Kopke coming in a close sec-ond. In the second contest, John Struck was declared the winner over Jay Bossingham.
A “Kiddie Parade” with over 300 entries was held. Placing first in their respective classes were: Jeanne Campbell and Harley Lemke (Bikes, Trikes, and Wagons: “Rickshaw”); Cindy Bollig (Pets: “Cat”); Cheryl Schnabel (Costumes: “Bumblebee”); Patty Olson (Ponies); Donnie Staley (Clowns) and Karen Lane (Doll and Buggy).
Winners of the pie con-test were as follows: Jr. Division (cream pies): Patty Dukerschein and Mary Champion – dunior divison (double crust), Betty Jones, Ann Christiansen and Billy Rowe – senior division (cream pies), Helen Smith, Mrs. J. L. Topham and Mrs. Charles McMannes – senior divi-sion (double crust); Mrs. Bill Champion, Mrs. Henry Appel, and Mrs. Jerome Bollig.
The county agent, Bill Clark, was on hand along with Dr. Lawrence Renz, Economic Analyst with the Wis. Dept. of Agriculture, addressing agri-cultural issues of the day.
Six to seven hundred people
were served a free lunch at the Village Hall, sponsored by the chamber.
In the evening, a tractor pulling contest was held at the Capital Speedway (pres-ent-day Madison International Racetrack). Alice in Dairyland, Beth Bartosh, was present to award the prizes.
It was estimated that over 2,500 people attended events that day. John Struck was chairperson for the event and Al Gasner the chamber presi-dent.
• The newly organized OHS cross country squad, coached by Dave Dess, won their first meet, competing against Monona Grove, LaFollette and Middleton High Schools. Members of the Oregon squad were Denny Kjellstrom, Terry Turk, Larry Cox, Dave Fiscus, George Williams, Jim Ellis, Charles Price, Bob Mitchell, Norm Sorenson, Joe Sheil, Ron Kopke and Lee Farrell.
• R & L Beverages, owned and operated by Lloyd and Russell Bavery, opened on the North Main Street of Oregon (present location of Postal Connections).
• Ron Erfurth captured the 1964 Driver’s Title in the Badger Midget Auto Racing Association with a total of 660 points.
• The Town of Fitchburg completed construction of its new $40,000 town hall located near the intersection of Fish Hatchery and Whalen Roads. Town officers at this time were John Fluckiger, town chair-man; Mrs. Joseph Caine, town clerk and board members William McKee and Leo Lacy.
• The OHS football team was getting ready for another sea-son with the coaching staff of Erwin Kissling, head coach; Fred Lehrke,, assistant coach; Tom Mueller, freshman coach; and Jim Klahr, junior varsi-ty coach. Dennis Judd was named their first string quar-terback Their first game of the season was a 20-0 win over Verona.
25 years ago (1989)• Dane Co. Executive,
Richard Phelps, declared Sept. 17-23 as Emergency Medical Services Week. Emergency service districts were estab-lished in the area about 10 years ago. Tim Olson, the administrator of the Oregon EMS for the past seven years, praised the 43 volunteers that had served or were currently serving the Oregon district.
• The women’s catch weight tug-of-war team recently placed first in the National Championships held at Salisbury, N.C. Members of the team included Karyn Thornton, Karen Dunn, Mollie Christensen, Diane Donahue, Tammy Templeton, Tari Christensen, Mary Jo Minter, Carla Patterson, Helen Lucas and Shelby Humberg.
• The new officers of the Town and Country Women’s Club for the coming year were Vicky McGuire, president; Margaret Dukerschein, first vice president; Pat Lindberg and Kathy Kruger, second vice presidents; Ina Stoehr, secre-tary and Ginna O’Brien, trea-surer.
• Jerry Arndt bagged a black bear near Tomahawk with his bow and arrow. The bear, which weighed approximate-ly 600 pounds and dressed out at 408 pounds, made the Wisconsin record books.
• The OHS girls tennis squad placed second at the Monroe Invitational and finished the Badger Conference season with a 6-1 record. The team included Carri Staffon, Tara Treichel, Nikki Schiller, Angie Olson, Tera Reese and Heather Anderson. Their coach was Roger Pribbenow.
• The Catholic Order of Foresters celebrated the 75th Anniversary of its founding in Oregon with a special Mass and banquet. Participating in the celebration was Father Austin Henry, former pastor at HMC Church. Local “Banjo Man” C. C. Richelieu provided a musical program for the
event.• The Gefke family farm
received recognition as a “Century Farm,” having been owned and operated by the Gefke’s for the past 100 years. Accepting the award were brothers, Robert and R. Maxwell Gefke.
• Fifteen Oregon music students performed with the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras during the 1989-1990 seasin: Tammie Behr, Amy Garvoille, Kim Erickson, Connie OBrien, Sarah Hoekman, Sarah Halverson, Linsay Nutt, Ian Honeyman, Julie Wood, Katie Baumgartner Jeff O’Malley, Amy Gould, John Wilson, Jill Staniforth and Elizabeth DeLamater
10 years ago (2004)• The Oregon Teener
1 Baseball Team finished a successful season the past summer with a 7-3 record, including a trip to the state finals in Oconomowoc. Earlier in the season, they won a tournament in Fort Atkinson.Team members were Ben Riffe, Kevin Barry, Nick Rote, Brandon Schwenn, Adam White, Mike Wendt, Joe LaVoy, Brad McDonald, Stuart Gullick, Brock Watson, Eric Kaegl, Mitch Claflin and Joe Keller, along with assistant coaches Randy White and Bill Wood and head coach Roy Claflin.
• Debbie Saley expands her business, Leo’s Beauty Salon, to a larger area in the Oregon Shopping Plaza, providing about an extra 1,500 square feet. The salon is celebrating its 20th anniversary in Oregon.
• The Pizza Pit plans to move their business to the former Physicians Plus building (its present location).
• Charlie Wilder takes over as director of the Oregon Youth Center.
• The OHS football team started their season with a last minute win over DeForest (13-12). Quarterback Jake Swank, was able to connect with receiver Clint White as
time expired. Head coach, Bob Prahl, noted that the opportu-nity for their win was afforded by key plays made by the spe-cial teams that were able to block two extra point tries and a punt.
• The Oregon Tug-of-War Club won a bronze medal in the women’s 560k open class at the World Championships held in Rochester, Minnesota. Team members were Annemicke Sonneveld, Mangna Johnsen, Amy Breuscher, Mary Jo Minter, Linda Barry, Katie Legler, Nellid Von Ramsdonk and Shelby Richardson. Dick Richardson was the team’s coach and Tim Naatz was the manager.
• Prior to their Badger Conference season, the OHS boys soccer team won their own Invitational tournament by outscoring their three opponents, Sheboygan South, Northern Badger Baraboo and Milwaukee Heritage Christian (8-2). Some of the players contributing to their success were Kyle Koberle, Jared Kuehl, Eivind Hesselberg, Derek Breidenbach and John Marchant. Their head coach was Mark Diercks.
• Members of the 2004 Oregon High School Homecoming court were Amy Dunn, Shawna Novotny, Sally Kalscheur, Dianna Bentley, Whitney Cuta, Emma Dehlinger, Nicole Jenkins, Stephanie Noble, Collin Crim, Nicholas Zamborini, Cole Christenson, Andrew Aschenbrenner, David Dundore, Spencer Gullick Clayton Keller and Alex Wahlberg.
• The new Independent Bank of Oregon (now Bank of Cross Plains) announced their grand opening prize-winners. Molly Thoma won two Green Bay Packers tickets and $100 spending money for the Oct. 11th game; Elizabeth Proctor won two UW football tickets for the Oct. 2 game; and Nancy Kinney won a hot air balloon ride for two.
– compiled by the Oregon Area Historical Society
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Above, kids get an up close view of a tarantula.
Below right, Stewart takes a king snake around and lets kids feel the snake’s scales.
Top, a king snake slithers through Stewart’s hands as she tells kids about the reptile.
Above, a student inspects a box of snake skin before a hands-on meeting with a live king snake.
Creepy, crawly creaturesOregon kids got to see creepy, crawly creatures just in time for Halloween. But learning about snakes, spiders and noctural animals might have helped make them seem a little less scary. The Creepy Critter class was held on Friday, Oct. 24, at Prairie View Elementary School.
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Teammates congratulate junior Zach Hanson (middle) after scoring the first of two goals on rebounds following saves on free kicks Saturday, Oct. 25, in the WIAA Division 2 sectional final against Elkhorn at Wilmot Union High School. The defending D2 champion Panthers won 4-0 to win their third straight sectional title.
Sectional three-peatDefending D2 champion Oregon goes back to state for third straight yearANTHONY IOZZOAssistant sports editor
It didn’t take long to realize the Oregon High School boys soccer team was going to be the last team standing in its sectional for the third straight season Saturday.
The defending WIAA Division 2 champion and top-seeded Panthers jumped on Elkhorn – seeded No. 2
in the bottom regional – early and often in a 4-0 win at Wilmot Union High School in the sectional final.
Three of those goals came in the first half, including two by junior Zach Hanson.
“Everybody just wanted to go back to state and go to Milwau-kee,” Hanson said. “That was our goal, and we obviously achieved that today.”
After playing one of its worst games Thursday in a 1-0 win over Waunakee in the sectional semi-final, Oregon came to practice on Friday with a purpose, head coach Kevin May said.
The Panthers wanted to make a statement early, and with a 1-0 lead early, Hanson was able to bury not one but two goals on rebounds after a free kick.
Hanson’s first goal came in
the 20th minute after a free kick about 20 yards out by senior Nick Steidemann was saved by Elk-horn goalie Alex Heath. The ball bounced away from Heath, and Hanson rushed to the ball to kick in the goal.
Nine minutes later, a similar play once again left Heath scram-bling to control a save, but Hanson was once again in the box to pick up another rebound goal.
“All year, we have done pret-ty well on set pieces, and I have always just gone up there ,”
Panthers win third conference dualJEREMY JONESSports editor
Oregon girls swimming won seven off 11 events Thursday to close out the Badger South Confer-ence dual meet season 106-64.
Freshman Carolyn Christoffer-son and juniors Logan Fahey, Han-nah Rau and Willow Kugel opened the meet taking the 200 medley relay by more than five seconds in 2:13.59.
Christofferson led Oregon’s best finish of the night three events lat-er, directing a 1-2-3 sweep by the Panthers in the 50 free with a time of 29.21. She then took the 100 backstroke in 1:12.74.
Kugel, who finished second in
the 50 free, added the 100 free title in 1:06.94. Reisdorf led a 1-2 fin-ish in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:24.64.
Sophomore Claire Candell, Rau, Kugel and Christofferson teamed up to win the 200 free relay in 2:01.12.
Stoughton’s only victories came in the 200 and 400 free, as well as, the 200 free and 200 IM.
The Panthers’ JV team also dominated the meet, winning 90-44.
Oregon earned victories from seniors Tasha Martin (100 breast), Abby Schmitt (50 free) and Mary Jensen (100 fly), freshman Faith Majors Culp (100 back) and both the 200 medley and 200 free relays.
The Panthers travel to Monona Grove High School at 10 a.m. Sat-urday for the Badger South Confer-ence meet.
Going into conference Krusze-wski said she believes several girls have a chance to medal.
Oregon finished second to last year out of eight teams.
“We want a repeat of the Stough-ton Relay meet and want to finish in the top four,” Kruszewski said. “That is the goal, and I believe we have the depth and potential to achieve that. But everyone has to contribute and pull their weight. Conference will be a close battle. I believe, between fourth through seventh place only separating each place by a few points.”
If you goWhat: WIAA Division 2 state
semifinal/finalWhen: 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31; 3
p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1Where: Uihlein Soccer Park in
Milwaukee
Photo by Jeremy Jones
Freshman Carolyn Christofferson finished second overall in the 50-meter freestyle last Thursday. Oregon defeated Stoughton 106-64.
Girls swimming
Oregon defense wears down in loss to SlingerJEREMY JONESSports editor
Big, physical teams able to run the ball were a prob-lem for the Oregon football team all year.
Friday, the Panthers’ defense once struggled to get off the field as the host fourth-seeded Slinger Owls racked up 425 yards and four rushing touchdowns.
Oregon, which hadn’t been in the playoff since 2009, lost the Division 2 Level 1 football game 35-23.
“We had some injuries that caused us to shuffle a couple of kids around to play new positions and they had two guys over 300 pounds on one side of the line,” Panthers head coach Dan Kissling said. “Our kids played hard, and we moved the ball against them pretty good. We tried to keep our offense on the field as much as possible, but in the end they just wore us down.”
Slinger’s Dwayne Corbitt finished with a team-high 144 yards and a touch-down on 23 of the team’s 51 carries. Corbitt was one of three Owl ball carriers to reach the century mark. Quar terback Jon Rauh accounted for another 110 yards on eight carries.
Jacob Mason added a pair of rushing touchdowns to go along with 103 yards rushing , whi le Tanner Schmidt racked up 64 yards and a touchdown.
Despite the final score, the Panthers took an early lead as Alex Duff hit a 22-yard field goal early in the first quarter to give Ore-gon an early lead.
Mason, however, helped Slinger take a 21-10 into halftime.
Rauh a t tempted four passes, completing two,
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Panthers bow out at sectionalsJEREMY JONESSports editor
Oregon girls cross coun-try was unable to place anyone inside the top 30 at Saturday’s WIAA Divi-sion 1 sectional meet in Verona.
Instead, the Panthers set-tled for a 10th-place finish out of the 12 teams com-peting with 211 points.
Oregon’s top runner all season, Emma Hughes was shutdown for the meet due to injury.
“She finished confer-ence last week and hasn’t run a step since then,” head coach Doug Debroux said. “Her hips have been really tight. She tried dry needle therapy and a pool workout last Wednesday and just couldn’t run nor-mally. We decided to shut it down and get her healed up for track season.
“It’s more important that she can run for life than today.”
That left junior Connie Hansen and sophomore Madelyn St. Claire to step up and take over as the team’s top runner.
Hansen finished a sec-ond ahead of St. Claire as the Panthers’ top run-ner, placing 32nd over-all in 22 minutes, 15 sec-onds. St. Clair crossed the
finish line in 22:16 for 33rd place.
F r e s h m a n T a y l o r Schmidt (22:33) finished 17 seconds later in 39th place.
“We talked to the girls after conference last week-end,” Debroux said. “I think the key to next sea-son is what the girls do for the other nine-and-a-half months of the year.
“To succeed at this level takes a lot of commitment year round. We train great and the girls work really hard during our two-and-a-half month season, but so do a lot of teams.”
Juniors Caity Lucas and Emily Zernick crossed the finish line three seconds a part, taking 53rd and 54th
place in 23:13 and 23:16, respectively.
Junior Bree Paddock and senior Hannah McAnulty also competed but did not score.
The last t ime Oregon didn’t advance at least an individual to the state meet was 2009.
“We on ly had th ree seniors this season, includ-ing (Anna or Hannah) who joined as a junior,” Debroux said. “They did a great job, but there’s no question that the experi-ence our juniors got this year will make a differ-ence next season. The more leadership you have, the more it can only help you.”
Disappointing finish to season for PanthersJEREMY JONESSports editor
With a lot of illness going around, the Oregon boys cross country was unable to finish nearly as well as it had hoped Sat-urday at the WIAA Division 1 Verona sectional meet.
While the top two teams and top five individuals not on the state qualifying squads advanced on to the state meet in Wisconsin Rapids this weekend, no Pan-ther was so lucky.
Junior Chris Cutter stepped up to lead the team, taking 40th place in 18 minutes, 14 seconds.
Cutter was the only one of five return-ing Panthers to run a faster time on the course than a year ago. He didn’t score last season, finishing as the team’s final runner.
Senior Josh Christensen, who was Ore-gon’s top finisher all season, ran 18 sec-onds slower than last season to finish 41st overall in 18:16.
Junior Ben Janes and senior Ryan Bar-ry covered the course in nearly identical times, placing 45th and 46th in 18:32 and 18:34, respectively. Fellow senior Ben Vogt finished 56th overall in 18:53 as the Panthers final varsity scorer.
Sophomores Joshua Klahn and Mor-gan Ballesteros also competed but did not score.
Christensen, Vogt and Ballesteros were all battling illness.
“On the bright side, four of our top seven today will be back next year,” head coach Erik Haakenson said. “Our two juniors (Cutter and Janes) had their
Volleyball
Photo by Jeremy Jones
Junior Ben Janes (1151) finished 45th overall Saturday, Oct. 25, at the Verona sectional in 18 min-utes, 32 seconds.
Boys cross country
Photo by Ronald Sagen
Senior Riley Rosemeyer (left) and junior Sam Girard attempt a block Thursday, Oct. 23, in a WIAA Division 1 regional semifinal at Kenosha Indian Trail. The Panthers won 3-0 (25-22, 25-22, 25-21).
Girls cross country
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Oregon goes out swingingANTHONY IOZZOAssistant sports editor
With only two seniors, the Oregon High School volley-ball team has had its grow-ing pains this season, but the conference tournament and regional performances were much different than earlier tournaments and matches.
The ninth-seeded Pan-thers had a tough draw in the WIAA Division 1 Bur-lington sectional with the top-seeded Demons knock-ing out Oregon Saturday in the regional final 3-0 (8-25, 16-25, 12-25).
But the Panthers made the final with an impressive 3-0 win (25-22, 25-22, 25-21) over Kenosha Indian Trail Thursday.
And despite the season being over, Oregon has some momentum going into 2015 with 11 return-ers – juniors Sam Girard, Emily Lynch, Lexi Doer-ing, Amanda Sagen, Kate Spierings and Anika Sande, sophomores Abbie Scho-f ie ld , Cai lyn Schmidt , Liz Andriacchi and Mag-giue Simpson and freshman Alyssa Milski.
The Panthers will need to step up to replace seniors Riley Rosemeyer and Kena Hinker, who both played a significant role on the court this season.
Oregon 3, Kenosha 0Oregon traveled to Keno-
sha Indian Trail Thursday and won three tough sets to
make the regional final.Rosemeyer finished with
12 kills and three blocks, while Sagen picked up 30 assists and three aces.
Doering finished with 14 digs.
Burlington 3, Oregon 0The Panthers had a tough
assignment Saturday in the regional final at Burlington.
The Demons had a first-round bye and are favorites to get back to state, and it showed in a sweep over Oregon.
Rosemeyer finished with seven kills, an ace and two blocks.
Sagen p icked up 16 assists, while Doering had eight digs.
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Photo by Jeremy Jones
Members of the Oregon cross country program earning Badger South all-conference honors last week (from left) were: Josh Christensen, Chris Cutter, Emma Hughes, Ryan Barry and Ben Vogt.
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including a 10-yard touchdown pass to Zac Nowatzki to put Slinger back on top.
Junior quarterback Trent Ricker hit on 6-of-13 passes for 193 yards, including a 53-yard touchdown pass to B.J. Buckner for a 10-7 lead in the second quarter. He was picked off twice.
Oregon’s Josh Sromovsky had one catch for 43 yards. He added 11 yards rushing on four carries. Duff hauled in a pair of catches for anoth-er 53 yards.
Running back Matt Yates paced the Panthers’ ground game with 70 yards on 15 carries. Peter Kissling
scored on one of his four carries, accounting for 21 yards rushing.
Oregon finished the season 6-4 overall, while Slinger improved to Slinger 8-2 and will play at top-seed-ed DeForest this Friday.
It was the Panthers’ first playoff game since 2009.
“It was huge for our program, our kids had a great offseason which our staff preached to them that was the start,” Kissling said. “We were close last year in a couple of games, almost beating Mount Horeb and taking the second place team to overtime in Fort Atkinson. This year kind of got us over the edge, our kids got much needed confidence and played like they could beat anyone.”
Despite losing 22 seniors this sea-son, Kissling thinks the program turned a corner this season.
“We had 22 seniors that were key in rebuilding our program, when-ever you have leadership like that it helps, it creates a lot of competition which made us better,” Dan Kissling said. “I do expect us to be back. We have several juniors who played and got much needed experience. We need our sophomore class to have a great off-season.
“Our conference from top to bot-tom is pretty solid. I know the teams we beat are going to get better, but our kids had a little taste of success and they will be eager to continue where they left off.”
Hanson said. “Today, Nick (Steidemann) had some good shots, and the keeper couldn’t handle them. I was right there and put them in.”
On the defensive side, Oregon only allowed one shot on goal and controlled the ball for much of the game, never allowing the Elks to have a set offense.
Senior goalie Dan Dom-browski made a save on the only true threat by Elkhorn, and senior Spencer Pear-son, Hanson and the rest of the defense continually forced Elkhorn players into the corner and limited pass-ing lanes.
Most of Elkhorn’s shots were on tough angles and were easily blocked away or cleared before the ball could even get to Dom-browski.
“When our defense plays well, we have a very good shot at winning the game,” May said. “We had a game plan to go against Elkhorn, and our defense executed it to a T. They had very few opportunities.
“We knew we were going to be in situations that we were in, and we just stayed true with what we know how to do.”
Oregon’s defense allowed zero goals in the regionals and sectionals this season, and a goal in the 56th min-ute by junior David Heim broke any hope Elkhorn could have.
Heim was able to get a long pass from senior Mitch Morhoff, and he sped through the last line of defenders to get a one-on-one with Heath, which he was able to bury in the net for a 4-0 lead.
Morhoff scored the first goal for the Panthers on a pass from senior Colin Hughes. Hughes found Morhoff in the box, and Morhoff drew Heath to the left before burying the ball past his diving arms in the lower right of the net.
“This proves where we are at as a team,” May said. “I knew we were here at this level, and Waunakee was
a setback. It was a slight bit of a concern, but when we came back Friday and trained and regrouped and reflected on whatever hap-pened Thursday and looked past it. We were back to where we needed to be within 15 minutes.
“We felt good coming into today with the game plan we had. As long as we executed and played at our high level, we knew we were going to be in this spot.”
Oregon (17-1-2) now gets to defend its D2 state title, starting with a semifinal match against Cedarburg (13-5-4) at 2 p.m. Friday at Uihlein Soccer Park in Milwaukee. That game is a rematch of last year’s D2 final.
Oregon won last year’s game in a shootout after a 0-0 tie through two over-times.
The winner of the semi-f inal plays the winner of Pulaski (14-3-5) and Brookfield East (18-2-4) in the final at 3 p.m. Saturday.
After the sectional final win, the celebration by Oregon was a little subdued compared to the previous two years. Hanson said that is because the focus on win-ning at state.
“We want to go back and win again, and we feel like we can do it,” Hanson said.”
Oregon 1, Waunakee 0The Panthers opened
sectionals in sloppy field conditions at Oregon High School.
A steady rain all day Thursday made the field slick and difficult to get traction on, causing many slips, falls and misplayed balls.
But in the end, a goal by Steidemann on a pass from Hughes in the 35th minute was all Oregon needed.
But Waunakee fought for chances, and it had several one-on-one opportunities against Dombrowski. In the end, however, Dombrowski was able to hold serve with seven saves, while a few other shots sailed over the net.
Photo submitted
Explosion repeat as Premier League champsThe Oregon Explosion U13 girls soccer team finished the fall season with a 7-1 record, repeating as champions of the WYSA State Premier League.
Team members (front, from left) are: Hannah Swartzmiller, Kaitlyn Schrimpf, Melia Moyer, Sara Christenson and Ellen Legler; (middle) Hanna Rohrer, Chloe Schwartz, Olivia Marsden, Lauren Denu, Karli Paltz, Liesel Odden and Isabella Peterson; (back) Samantha Mikkelson, Tori Phillips, KT Schwass, Lauren Gragg, Emma Halverson and coach Danny Gildea.
Photo by Anthony Iozzo
Junior Drew Christofferson (14) and junior Zach Hanson (9) pres-sure Elkhorn’s Chandler Kayser in the first half Saturday. The Panthers allowed no goals in regionals and sectionals.
Sectionals: Oregon defends
its state title this weekendContinued from page 13
Football: Panthers finish 6-4 overallContinued from page 13
best race of the season and looked very strong. Our sophomores Josh and Mor-gan also raced well against the competition.”
Oregon, which hasn’t had an individual state qualifier since hosting the meet in 2011, finished
ninth out of the 12 teams competing with 228 points.
StateThe 102nd running of
the Wisconsin Interscho-lastic Athletic Association boys cross country cham-pionships and the 42nd annual girls cross country championships will take
place Saturday, Nov. 1, at The Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids. Ticket price for the meet is $6.
The boys and girls will run a 5,000-meter course. It’s the first year the girls will be racing at that dis-tance.
Division 3 boys lead off the days festivities at 11:30
followed by the D2 race and finally the D1 boys race at 12:50 p.m. The order works the same for the three girls races with D1 set for 2:50 p.m.
There are 20 teams con-tending for the State cham-pionship in Division 1 for boys and girls.
Boys XC: Season ends at sectionalsContinued from page 14
Two-time defending sectional champion Nikki Staffen of Stough-ton dropped back to fourth place, but helped the Vikings once again win the sectional to return to this Saturday’s state meet as a team.
Stoughton finished with a team-best 57 points – 18 ahead of their Badger South conference rival Fort Atkinson Blackhawks (75). Both teams moved on to state.
StateThe 102nd running of the Wis-
consin Interscholast ic Athlet ic Association boys cross country championships and the 42nd annual girls cross country championships will take place Saturday, Nov. 1, at
The Ridges Golf Course in Wiscon-sin Rapids.
The Arrowhead girls won their third straight Division 1 team title by scoring 84 points. Whitefish Bay finished second with 122 points.
Eight of last year’s top 10 teams return to the Division 1 field this year.
Three-time defending champion Arrowhead is back with four of its runners returning from the 2013 title team. Whitefish Bay returns four runners from the team that finished runner-up.
Other programs placing in the top 10 a year ago that return teams this year are Neenah, which placed third; Brookfield Central, which was fifth; Eau Claire Memorial sixth; Sun Prairie seventh; Stevens Point eighth; and Waukesha West
ninth.Elizabeth Flatley of Brookfield
Central won the Division 1 indi-vidual championship, completing the 4,000-meter course with a time of 14:11.11.
Sophomore Camille Davre of Whitefish Bay is the top returning individual from last year’s Division 1 meet, placing third as a freshman. Other returning runners among the leaders last year include juniors Katie Hietpas of Sun Prairie, who finished fifth last year after a sixth-place finish in 2012; and Aubrey Roberts of Eau Claire Memorial, who was sixth last year after a run-ner-up finish in 2012; and Marlie Houston of Oconomowoc, who placed 10th last year after placing 11th in 2012.
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Freight trains bring material for concrete productionLycon’s Ready Mix plant has been operating since last OctoberBILL LIVICKUnified Newspaper Group
Freight trains began run-ning on the rail line from Madison to Oregon in late September, for the first time in 17 years.
The line was reactivated on Sept. 29 so that Wiscon-sin & Southern Railroad could begin serving the Lycon Ready Mix concrete plant in the Alpine Business Park.
Wisconsin & Southern worked on the tracks this summer in preparation for the line being reactivated.
Ken Lucht, Wisconsin & Southern’s director of government relations, met with the Village Board in September and said Lycon is ready to begin accepting rail shipments of aggregate for its facility.
The company built a spur to connect its production plant to the main rail line just north of Braun Road.
“They need two or three trains running to give them enough material to oper-ate for the rest of the year,” Lucht told the board.
Fitchburg city adminis-trator Tony Roach told the Observer that Lycon has reserved 20 cars for their shipments three times a week.
F o r t h e f o r e s e e a b l e future, trains will run only
from April to October, when Lycon is producing concrete in the business park. The line will be used only as far south as Nether-wood Road.
In August, the Village Board approved the sale of the line to the Wisconsin River Rail Transit Com-mission, an entity that the state legislature established in 1980 with the purpose of protecting and preserv-ing freight rail corridor in southern Wisconsin.
The Village of Oregon and City of Fitchburg had jointly owned the line from McCoy Road in Fitchburg to Butts Corners Road, a mile north of Evansville.
The municipalities pur-chased the line in 1999 from Union Pacific Rail-road after UPR notified stakeholders of its intention to abandon the line. Oregon and Fitchburg bought the rail corridor to prevent it from becoming a Rails-to-Trails bike path.
Lycon purchased 80 acres in 2005 from the Alpine Dairy for the business park. The company f in ished construction of its facil-ity last October, after it had delayed building the plant for more than six years from its original plan.
Village officials said the delay was due largely to the Great Recession and
the accompanying lack of residential and commercial construction.
Lycon bu i l t i t s new facility on four acres, and employs 12 or 13 people there, village officials have reported.
The company scaled back its facility to about half the size of the plant it original-ly intended to build.
Photos by Bill Livick
A recently reactived rail line, above, helps bring aggregate material to the Lycon plant in the Alpine Business Park. The com-pany uses the line to increase production of concrete that is then shipped out for use in con-struction project, right. The rail line was activated Sept. 29.
Message from the Village President
Village Board has productive year
This past year has been a productive and worthwhile year for the Oregon Village Board.
Economic develop-ment, getting the bike trail started and a variety of projects that enhance our reputation as a fam-ily friendly community have been areas of emphasis.
In April, the Board welcomed Doug Brethauer and Jeff Boudreau to seats at the table. I would like to thank Phil Harms for his years of dedicated service and hard work when he was a member of the Board.
The Village Board has been working for several years on getting a bike trail that connects our village to Madison.
The trail starts on West Netherwood and parallels Cusick Parkway north to land owned by the Depart-ment of Corrections and then turns west and goes to Fish Hatchery Road, with a trailhead at Swan Pond.
All easements have been established and the first section is under construc-tion with section two slated
to start construction in the spring. We will apply for a DNR Stewardship Grant next summer to be used to complete the trail in 2016.
The Town of Oregon and Dane County are interested in advancing the trail to Purcell Road, which would connect our trail to the Bad-ger State Trail and therefore Madison. This is something our cyclists have been hop-ing would happen for a long time.
The Oregon Rotary Club has donated $10,000 to the trail fund, to be used for asphalt at some time in the future. The trail has been named the Oregon Rotary Trail.
The work of the club is appreciated. Completion of the trail is much anticipated by our residents and will help establish Oregon as a destination among Dane County cyclists. The trail will bring many bikers to Oregon and will benefit many businesses.
Another enhancement for the future of biking was the purchase of a house on Jef-ferson Street. The property has 16 acres of land that will allow a trail connection between the west side trail and North Burr Oak.
The village was able to sell the house very quickly
but retained the property that was north of Badfish Creek.
During 2014, the Village and Fitchburg sold the rail line to Wisconsin Southern Rail and the line has been upgraded and activated.
The line will serve the industrial park on the north side. At the present time there are no plans to extend service beyond West Neth-erwood Street, although cars may be stored south of town. The freight cars will deliver aggregate to Lycon and each rail car will remove four dump trucks from highway use.
Resident Randy Glysch has made a commitment to restore the Water Tower Pump House. He has been very diligent and hard-working in his efforts and has already made consid-erable progress with the improvements. The Pump House will serve as an information center when complete.
The past year saw the retirement of chief of police Doug Pettit, who had served in that capacity for 29 years. A very capable inter-im chief, Dale Burke, has been hired to serve until a permanent chief is in place.
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Thysse keeps on expandingOwner says he ‘never would have guessed’ it would go so quicklySETH JOVAAGObserver correspondent
When Jason Thysse uprooted his family’s 70-year-old business from Madison’s East side in 2011, he did so knowing his company needed space to grow.
Three years later, Thysse admits he didn’t expect things to happen this fast.
This week, Thysse Printing Service planned to move staff and equipment into a 15,000-square-foot addition to its 281 W. Netherwood Road headquarters that opened in June 2011. The roughly $1.5 million expan-sion more than doubles the size of the original 12,000-square-foot building in Alpine Busi-ness Park.
Also in the works is a new 3,000 square foot, second-floor mezzanine that will add offices and workspace to the original building.
Today, the company has 47 full-time employees and another eight part-time work-ers, a three-fold increase from the 18 workers it employed when it moved to Oregon, Thysse said.
“I never would have guessed we would be where we're at now,” said Thysse, 39, the third-generation owner of the company. “It really it comes down to... our employees. We really have a great crew here that does a great job. (Our growth) is really all because of them and their skills."
The company offers a broad array of design and printing services that range from brochures, direct-mail postcards and busi-ness cards to wedding invitations or stand-alone signs. But in the past two years, it has branched out in ways Oregon residents might recognize.
One of its new forays was interior design, including the eye-catching sports-themed murals and scoreboard inside Headquarters Bar and Restaurant, which opened in February
at the corner of Concord Drive and Wolfe Street on the village’s south side. Another large project involved redesigning a show-room of a Portage-based manufacturing com-pany.
Around the time the company moved to Oregon, Thysse acquired Eastside Press in Madison and a small Monona-based graphic design company. Since then, it has beefed up its design team and has created a separate, in-house division, Thysse Design, that allows it to handle jobs from inception to completion, Thysse said.
The company was originally lured to Oregon, in part, by a village offer in 2011 of $250,000 in tax-increment financing to help purchase the land and cover various moving costs. It marked the first time the village had used TIF to attract a business here since 2005, when it offered more than $2 million to Gary Gorman to turn the Red Brick School into Gorman and Co.’s headquarters.
Earlier this year, the village offered near-ly $77,000 more in TIF incentives for this year’s addition, mostly to offset costs associ-ated with prepping the soil to handle the new
construction.Thysse had predicted it would take less than
eight years to pay back the village’s latest investment through increased property taxes collected from the new addition. In a recent interview, the Oregon resident said that time-frame could actually be shorter, given that the recent expansion cost more than the original $1 million building.
In addition, the company’s swelling work-force should be a boon to Oregon, he said."It’s just more people in town spending money here.”
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Jason Thysse, owner of Thysse Printing Service, plans to add at 15,000-square-foot expansion in the Alpine Business Park. The $1.5 million expansion more than doubles the size of the company that moved to Oregon in June 2011.
Message from the Chamber
Collaborating to keep Oregon an inviting place
The Oregon Area Chamber of Commerce celebrated 50 years and kicked it off with the 50th Anniversary Annual Dinner celebration.
With over 140 people attending, we had a record number in attendance. Chamber member Gary Gorman (Red Brick build-ing) pro-vided a great historic set-ting in which to hold our celebration of such a significant milestone.
Monthly member meetings are held for train-ing, informing and educat-ing our members, including “Protecting Your Identity,” taught by member Levi Cutler, “CPR and AED,” taught by Oregon fire cap-tain Tom Eithun regarding the safety of the public. Nancy Mistele, director of the Wisconsin Depart-ment of Administration, discussed business forward and how she can help with red tape to keep your busi-ness going, as well as start-ing a business. We also had something light and fun, “How to pair cheese and wine,” by member Jeanne Carpenter, and a visit to the Senior Center.
We hosted a school board candidate forum in March, and approximately 70 com-munity members attended to listen to the candidates. We also endorsed and hosted a school referendum listening session for all community members.
Of course, Summer Fest was great. The community came out to enjoy the fire-works, carnival, live music, car show and the parade. We also had over 240 reg-ister for our 5K/10K run. What a spectacular week-end that was as the fire-works were brought back for our 50th anniversary.
Governor Walker visited Oregon in support of the Oregon business commu-nity. He came to All Color Powder Coating in July to see their new addition under construction.
The chamber assisted the Oregon Soccer Fall Fury tournament in September, which brought hundreds of soccer players and families to Oregon to enjoy and patronize our businesses. What a great energy we had around town that weekend.
In an effort to welcome visitors, we have erected a “Welcome to Oregon” sign on County Hwy. MM south.
And we saved the best for last. We already have beautiful snowflakes and
star lights to bring holiday cheer to downtown Oregon. But with business districts at either end of town and a desire to create holiday welcome to everyone as they enter town, it is impor-tant that we hang lights along the entrance corri-dors, as well.
With the generous con-tributions of both Oregon businesses, organizations and residents alike, we are moving forward to put holiday lights on the street poles on Main Street and on Janesville Street coming into town.
Be sure to help us kick off the holiday season by attending the Holiday Horse Parade on Nov. 8. Also, plan to join us for the upcoming Holiday Tree Lighting in downtown Ore-gon on Dec. 5, followed by hot chocolate and cookies at BMO Harris Bank.
Many business members opened their doors this year, including Headquar-ters Bar and Restaurant in February and Oregon Frozen Yogurt in June, Papa Murphy’s in July and Sharkus Hometown Den-tistry. We have had Oregon Floral under new owners and American Family-Alex Peterson, ReMax/Preferred, Krause Donovan estate law and DLM Financial
Knudtson
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Housing market maintains momentumBuilders remain busy as individuals seek new homesKATHRYN CHEWObserver Correspondent
This year, the housing market has been keeping builders busy with a high-demand for new houses, prompted by low lending options, low interest rates and desire for new technol-ogy.
The village has seen 37 new home starts this year through early October, com-parable to the 45 the village had seen at mid October last year, according to numbers provided by the Village of Oregon.
“But we expect by the end of the year to go above 42,” said Fiduciary vice president Craig Raddatz. “It’s nice to see a good, continued improvement.”
Most of the new homes are in Fiduciary Real Estate
Development’s Bergamont subdivision, said zoning administrator Mark Below.
“And between 70 and 75 sites are ready to be built on,” he added.
There are also some mul-tifamily buildings, one 4-unit and one 7-unit are currently under construc-tion, with two more 4-units to break ground this fall and one duplex, that might be a condo, wrote village build-ing inspector Mike Kleish in an e-mail to the Observer.
Overall he believes that, “(the housing market is) heading in a positive direc-tion. It’s like riding an esca-lator with a yo-yo, overall you’re going up, but you have the ups and downs with the yo-yo during the ride.”
Low interest rates and lower lending options, have also helped this housing market along.
“Last year you would need to put 20 percent down to built a new house, now some lenders have you only put 5 percent down,” Zoerb
said.However, the demand for
new homes is so high this year that Oregon has been on the verge of facing a shortage of developed lots, said Realtor Laurie Zoerb. But that’s where the new construction comes in that’s been keeping builders busy.
Raddatz explained that Bergamont still has five more phases of development to go through, consisting of 35 lots each and totaling 175 lots, which, if timed appro-priately, should put Oregon in a good position to handle the high-demand for houses.
Village administrators Kleish and Below agree with Raddatz in that, at least for the next few years, Ore-gon should be able to handle its housing demand.
As far as future expansion goes, the Merri Hill subdi-vision on the north side has been approved by CARPC, along with a small area on the south edge of town along Highway Mm, said Mark Below. There is also talk of possibly expanding east of Highway 14 in a couple of years, but that will likely be commercial retail, he said.
Market shiftPerhaps the most notable
difference between this year and last is a shift away from builders buying lots toward individuals buying lots and then hiring their own build-ers, said Raddatz. “It shows health back in the market in general.”
Zoerb agrees with this trend and added that buyers
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Making a connectionA new extension of Alpine Parkway is allowing owners of the Bergamont development to sell more vacant lots, but it also reduces traffic in nearby neighborhoods.
The new street, which connects the road to South Perry Parkway, was under construction this summer and was officially opened Oct. 6.
New home startsYear New permits2010 202011 222012 262013 582014 *37 * as of Oct. 9; 42 projected
2014 saw the opening of Headquarters Restau-rant by owner Jamie Bush on the east side of town. With its ongoing interest in economic development the Village provided TIF assistance to facilitate site preparation of sub-standard soils. The project would not have gone for-ward without this help.
The Board also utilized TIF assistance to aid in the expansion of Thysse Print-ing in the Business Park. Village assistance helped get the printing business to relocate to Oregon and its rapid growth led to expansion much sooner than anticipated. Both
of these businesses have strengthened our business community.
During 2015 the Vil-lage Board will continue to analyze the area on the east side of U.S. Hwy. 14 for possible develop-ment opportunities. Also, we will have engineering work done on the exten-sion of North Perry Park-way from the ice arena to park Street. Another important activity will be the hiring of a new chief of police.
It has been a pleasure to continue to serve our resi-dents in 2014. I appreciate your support and input.
Steve Staton is the village president of Oregon.
Strategies have found new locations within the vil-lage.
All of the 200 local businesses that make up our membership are the pillars moving our com-munity forward. The Chamber is proud of the way we have been work-ing together in a positive way with the Village of Oregon and the Oregon School District to make our village an inviting, friendly community.
The Village of Oregon remains one of the finest
communities in Wisconsin to raise a family and own a business. We have all the advantage of living in a small community, yet reside literally minutes from all the benefits and amenities of a major city. Thank you to the many residents and businesses that are directly involved in the wide variety of activities that take place in Oregon.
Judy Knudtson is the executive director of the Oregon Area Chamber of Commerce.
Staton: TIF has been
helpful tool this past yearContinued from page 17
Knudtson: Chamber has
more than 200 membersContinued from page 18
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Photo by Scott Girard
Bank gets new lookOregon Community Bank and Trust is in the midst of a Main Street remodeling project. The bank will reopen early next year.
Photo by Scott Girard
Construction continues on new houses like this one at the intersection of Tramore and Medinah streets in the Bergamont development.
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New ‘Gastropub’ plans to add breakfast menuHeadquarters opened Feb. 15BILL LIVICKUnified Newspaper Group
Jamie Bush has made “hundreds” of subtle changes to Headquarters Restaurant and Bar since launching the business on the village’s south side more than eight months ago.
But Bush plans a more substantial change in November, when he begins opening at 6 a.m. for breakfast each weekday.
Because Oregon is largely a community of families with young children, Bush said, there is “not much of a late-night crowd” in the vil-lage. That’s prompted him to tweak his busi-ness model.
“In the summer, when we have volleyball, we have a draw and can keep people here a lit-tle later,” he explained. “But from the fall until the spring, our late nights are never going to be that busy, which is one of the reasons I will be opening for breakfast in early November.”
The restaurant will continue to open at 8 a.m. on weekends.
Overall, business at the new 6,500-foot sports bar is meeting Bush’s expectations.
“We are falling within the range of what we had hoped we would do,” he told the Observ-er.
Headquarters was the first business to open in the village’s newest Tax-Increment Finance district (TID 4). Village officials are hoping it will serve as sort of an anchor in the district and draw more business to the area.
Located at the intersection of Wolfe Street and Concord Drive, Headquarters features two outdoor sand volleyball courts, a fully stocked bar with about 20 craft beers on tap, a full kitchen and dining rooms with seating for about 100.
The business created about 60 jobs when it opened Feb. 15.
Along with the addition of breakfast, the kitchen turns out some popular dinner specials – fried chicken twice a week, meatloaf, pasta dishes, and prime rib on Saturdays.
Diners can enjoy meals in-house or as a car-ryout order, which has proven to be especially popular, Bush said.
An entire section of Headquarters’ exten-sive menu is dedicated to Bush’s “smoke-house.” Beef brisket, pork and chicken are transformed in the smoker and take on a new flavor when treated with one of the kitchen’s four homemade barbecue sauces.
Some followers of the Madison-area dining scene have labeled Headquarters a “gastro-pub.”
“What we serve is American food,” Bush said. “The difference that I try to bring to the table is how much we do from scratch. We hand-batter our cheese curds, and we make jalapeno poppers from scratch. I don’t know anybody else who does that. Whatever it is, if we can make it by hand, that’s how we do it.”
Bush told the Observer he’s still consider-ing building a banquet facility at Headquar-ters, an idea that was included in the initial concept. Bush said he’s been discussing the timing and other details with village officials.
Photo by Scott Girard
Most of the Oregon Rotary Bike Trail will be covered by crushed limestone. Asphalt could be added later.
Village begins work on bike trailBILL LIVICKUnified Newspaper Group
Village president Steve Staton proposed the idea of building a new recreation trail on the village’s north side about four years ago.
After more than three years of planning, engineer-ing and applying for grants, the village began building the 3.1-mile Oregon Rotary Bike Trail in August.
Staton’s idea was to build the trail from the Alpine Business Park to Fish Hatchery Road. Once that’s established, he hopes the
county would be willing to construct a connection from Fish Hatchery to the Bad-ger State Trail near Purcell Road.
From there, it would be an easy ride into Madison or south toward the Illinois border.
Staton recalls that village administrator Mike Gracz warned him and the rest of the Village Board that building the trail would be “a lot more complicated than putting in a street.”
“He was absolutely right,” Staton told the Observer. “You have a variety of
property owners and a vari-ety of types of property, so it gets complicated.”
The trail will be built in three segments and cost an estimated $895,000.
Segment A – a 1.8 mile path beginning at Cusick Parkway in the Alpine Business Park – is expected to be completed this year, said Oregon Public Works director Mark Below.
The first 350 feet of the trail will have an asphalt surface. In order to cut costs, the Village Board
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New businessesHeadquarters Bar and Restaurant
Address: 101 Concord Dr. Oregon, WI
Principal owner: Jamie Bush
Opening date: Feb. 15 2014Number of employees:
Around 60Charity connections: Youth
Sports and the schools sys-tem
Oregon connection: I have lived in Oregon for 5 years and felt that the community could use another option for dining and entertainment.
What’s special about your business? I am biased, but I believe that the HQ is a great place to bring your family or friends, with a unique look and is reasonably priced.
Oregon Frozen Yogurt - OFroYo
Address: 856 Janesville St. Oregon, WI
Principal owner or leader: Randy Joswig and Tina Juneau
Opening/arrival date: June 26, 2014
Number of employees: 16Charity connections:
Oregon Senior Center, OHS Class of 2015, Oregon Youth Triathlon, Lang House of Terror, United Way/City of Fitchburg, American Family Children’s Hospital.
Oregon connection: Being part of the community is criti-cal to us. We get our cookies from Firefly coffeehouse; brownies from Bills Food Center; our architect, builders,
attorney, accountant, insur-ance, electrician are all local businesses that we used. Our success reflects on them, and they want us to succeed so they help promote our busi-ness within the community.
What’s special about your business? We are locally owned and independently operated. We want to be the place that Oregon and the surrounding communities come to take a happy break. We have cones, waffle bowls, pints to go and just started making ice cream pies for all occasions.
Papa Murphy’sAddress: 710 Janesville St.Principal owner or leader:
Mark VendittoOpening date: June 30,
2014Number of employees: 15Charity connections: We
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Oregon connection (why are you here?): I live in Waterloo, Wis.
What’s special about your business? We made the freshest pizza, as we made our own dough daily, grate our own cheese, and cut veg-gies daily. Our pizza is ready when you are.
Sharkus Hometown Dentistry
Address: 787 N. Main St.
Principal owner: Jeff Sharkus
Opening date: July 1, 2014Number of employees: 4Charity connections:
Touched Twice Clinic, Give Kids a Smile, WDA Mission of Mercy
Oregon connection: All of our employees are local resi-dents and have strong ties to the community.
What’s special about your business? We not only offer the latest technologies from lasers to our 3D Cone Beam CT scanner, but also provide the little things to welcome our patients such as our homemade bread and cook-ies. We also provide warm neck wraps, blankets and TVs in every room to ensure our patients’ comfort.
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Headquarters owner Jamie Bush opened the “Gastropub” in February.
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are “looking at staying in their home for the long term and are willing to spend a little extra to get the right fit and a home that they will not out-grow.”
So if buyers can’t find what they are looking for, they are building it, she continued.
Features such as an open floor plan, large kitchen, four bedrooms and a nice master suite with tiled shower remain popular, she explained.
Garage space has also been proven to be important, with people wanting a 3-car lot or 2-car lot with a bump out.
Newly built homes are also more
energy efficient and therefore, cost efficient. With “better insulation, win-dows, you really save a lot of money over a period of years,” Zoerb said.
High-tech homesInventive new home technology pos-
sibilities have also been making this an exciting time for new home builders.
“You are seeing a lot of young folks being more and more techie,” said Zoerb. And that has been influencing the way houses are being built.
For the past two to three years, Dave Brickley with Trademaker Homes has been building homes with the Nest Ther-mostat – a thermostat that programs itself, can be controlled by a smartphone
and automatically saves energy when residents are away, said Zoerb.
And this year, one Oregon resident is taking the “smart home” concept to the next level by installing a Control4 system.
Control4, “which is just a hoot, pretty much computerizes your whole home,” said Zoerb.
With an iPad built right into the wall, it can control lighting, sur-round sound, blinds, TV and heat, she explained. “Although I don’t know if it makes dinner yet,” Zoerb joked.
Of course, technology like this still comes at a price.
“Hopefully we will see those prices coming down,” she said.
voted to build the rest of the route with a crushed limestone surface.
Staton thinks once the initial path is built, it would be relatively easy to return and put asphalt over the limestone sections.
The estimated cost for Segment A – $438,000 – is being paid for through a variety of funding sources, including $120,868 from Tax Increment Finance District 2, almost $100,000 in village borrowing, and $219,000 from a Depart-ment of Natural Resources grant.
“So far we have one DNR grant, some bor-rowed money set aside and some TIF money for the trail,” Staton explained. “We also have another $75,000 from the county for the trail, and the Town of Oregon chipped in
$9,000. Also, the Oregon Rotary has committed $10,000 to $20,000.”
Segment B will – a half-mile stretch that will take the trail within a mile of Fish Hatchery Road – is expected to be built next year. Construction of the final segment is planned for 2016.
Staton said the trail will promote physical fitness and would also be good for the village’s business community. He foresees a time when cyclists from throughout Dane County will be able to ride the sce-nic trail to the Alpine Busi-ness Park, then pick up the village’s west-side bike trail and pedal into down-town Oregon.
“It will be kind of like the Capital City Trail out by the Lussier Heritage Center, near Lake Farm Park,” he said in describ-ing the trail.
Trail: Cusick Parkway
segment started this yearContinued from page 20
Housing: Young buyers looking for more technologyContinued from page 19
Photo by Jim Ferolie/Special thanks to Oliver Himsel
Construction along Jefferson Street and Alpine Parkway continues this year as the Village of Oregon had 37 new homes start as of Oct. 9, and is on pace to have around 42 by the end of the year.
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Assembly Dist. 43Andy Jorgensen
Age: 47Family:
Toni, Jens (17), Myles (15), Camryn (12)
Occupa-tion: State Representative (previously: morning radio announcer “Andy Arbuckle” on WFAW-AM, line worker and shop steward at General Motors)
Hometown: OmroYears in District 43: 2 yearsPrevious government expe-
rience: Elected to Assembly in 2006; Ranking member of Assembly Committees on Small Business Development, International Trade and Commerce; Member of Assembly Committees on Agriculture, Assembly Organization, Rules; Elected Assembly Democratic Caucus Chair in 2012
Other community/volunteer experience: Board member, Respite Care Association of Wisconsin; Board member, Jefferson County Emergency Planning Committee; Member, Farm Bureau of Rock County
Campaign website: andyjor-gensen.com
1. What are the biggest state issues that will be affecting the Oregon area?
Education – at all levels – is one of the keys to our state’s long-term economic success, but our K-12 public schools are still struggling to provide the best for less. You don’t have to look farther than your ballot to see evidence of that fact; schools all across the State of Wisconsin have refer-endums before the voters this November.
Republican members made historic funding cuts of $1.6 bil-lion in Governor Scott Walker’s first budget and, this ses-sion, added insult to injury by expanding the unaccountable, taxpayer-funded, private vouch-er school program statewide. I will continue to work to see public education aid increased.
2. What are your three big-gest goals during the next two years?
1. To be a good lawmaker, you’ve first got to be a good listener. That’s why, I’ve held more than 500 listening ses-sions. I want to maintain that level of accessibility. 2. In listening, I’ve learned what really matters to folks in South Central Wisconsin: our econ-omy, our children’s education,
and the well being of our family and friends. That’s my primary focus in the Capitol. 3. Finally, I believe compromise is a sign of strength, that a lawmaker can find ways forward, even in tough circumstances. This past session, I reached across the aisle to market Wisconsin manufacturers and generate job opportunities. I hope to create opportunities for positive change.
Leon L. Herbert, Republican
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Assembly Dist. 47Robb Kahl
Age: 42Family: Married to Jennifer,
and father to three daughters and a son all under the age of 10.
Occupa-tion: Attorney, small busi-ness owner, current 47th Assembly District Representative
Hometown: Monona
Years in District 47: 18 years
Previous government experience: Monona City Council, Mayor of Monona, Wisconsin Transportation Finance and Policy Commission 2011-2013, and Monona Community Development Authority (Chair) 2011-2013. Legislative committees I have served on include: Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care, Committee on Children and Families, Committee on Energy and Utilities, Committee on Insurance, Committee on State Affairs and Government Operations, Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules, and the Legislative Council Steering Committee Symposia Series on Personal Property Tax.
Other community/volunteer experience: I am actively involved in serving on various community and school com-mittees and boards, coach-ing youth sports teams and spearheading community fundraising efforts. I also serve on the Ripon College Board of Trustees.
Campaign website: robbkahl.com
1. What are the biggest state issues that will be affecting the Oregon area?
We cannot afford to have more of our local tax dol-
lars diverted from Verona/Stoughton/Oregon public schools in order to pay for unaccountable private schools. Instead, we must focus on and invest in our public education system.
We need to enhance worker training and encourage expan-sion of jobs that are truly family-supporting careers but in doing so also be better stew-ards of public funds.
Stopping the erosion of local control on environmental and zoning matters is also impor-tant. I am a strong advocate of local control and will continue to oppose efforts to take your voice away on these matters.
2. What are your three big-gest goals during the next two years?
1. Protecting public education – we simply cannot succeed economically over the long term if we continue to cut funds for public schools and shift funds to unaccountable, lower per-forming private schools. 2. Removing barriers for invest-ment in biotechnology and biosciences and enabling more start-up companies and jobs to be created. 3. Continuing to work with local officials in the municipalities and school districts I represent to make sure that the partnerships we’ve forged and avenues of commu-nication we have remain strong, and to get more people in my district active and involved in issues.
Phil AndersonAge: 49Family: Wife Heidi, children
Sasha 16, Samuel 13
Occupation: Green Cab of Madison, General Manager; First Weber Realty, agent
Hometown: Beloit
Years residing in District 47: 6 years, 26 years in Dane County
Previous government expe-rience: none
Other community/volunteer experience: Meadowood Neighborhood Center, Grace Episcopal Shelter, St. Ignatius Orthodox Church, Dane County Humane Society
Campaign website: PeaceProsperityPrivacy.com
1. What are the biggest state issues that will be
affecting the Oregon area? The state budget is his-
torically burdensome, despite a Republican administration. I’ll fight to reduce the corruption and special interest influence that leads to bloated budgets and excessive regulation. Wisconsinites should be free to live their lives as they choose, as long as they are not infring-ing on anyone else’s right to do the same: free to consume what they wish, marry whom they will, and live as they choose. In summary, our area and all of Wisconsin needs a real movement toward Fair, Clean, Limited government.
2. What are your three big-gest goals during the next two years?
1. Massive campaign finance reform. 2. End crony capitalism and crony socialism by cutting programs that funnel taxpayer dollars to favorite groups or entities for political purposes 3. Expand personal freedom by lowering taxes, reducing regula-tions that protect cronies and contributors, and end govern-ment control of what we con-sume and who we marry.
Senate Dist. 15Janis Ringhand
Age: 64Family: Husband of 46
years, Gordon; daughter Shawn (Charlie) Dunphy 45, son Dan 38; 5 grandchildren Matt 19, Haley 17, Jayden 11, Makenna 11 & Logan 3
Occupation: Retired Ringhand Meats & Beverages, Inc, Representative Assembly District 45
Hometown: Evansville
Years residing in District 15: 64
Previous government expe-rience: State Representative 2011-present; Mayor of Evansville 2002-6, Alderwoman Evansville 1998-2002 & 2008-2010
Other community ser-vice: Stoughton Hospital Board of Directors, Rock Co Literacy Connection, Green Co Emergency Management, Evansville Chamber of Commerce, VFW Auxiliary, Evansville Energy Initiative, Community Partnership, Friends of Evansville Community/Senior Center and others
Campaign website: janisringhand.org
1. What are the biggest state issues that will be affecting the Oregon area?
Expanding funding for our highways and infrastructure will be one of the biggest issues facing our state,. We know we have a deficit in the Transportation Fund. Gov. Walker authorized a study a couple years ago to address this shortage, the study was never implemented. We need to review the options that were proposed – from additional gas tax, wheel tax, increased regis-tration, tolling and fees on miles driven – to find a fair solution to cover the cost of all transporta-tion projects.
2. What are your three big-gest goals during the next two years?
1. Restore funding to educa-tion, municipalities and trans-portation funds – there have been severe cuts to funding in all these areas over the past 4 years. Schools and municipali-ties have resorted to referen-dums to exceed spending caps to continue routine operations; 2. Job creation and workforce development – we need to continue to expand cooperation between industry and schools to provide skills for jobs that are available. 3. Pass a non-partisan redistricting bill similar to the Iowa model to stop gerryman-dering and create com-petitive Senate and Assembly districts.
Brian Fitzgerald
Age: 60Family: sin-
gle, 2 children, 4 grandchildren
Occupation: retiredHometown: Janesville Years residing in District
15: over 50Previous government expe-
rience: Janesville City CouncilOther community/volun-
teer experience: Alcohol License Advisory Committee, Plan Commission, Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee, Community Development Authority
Campaign website: fitz4senate.com
1. What are the biggest state issues that will be affecting the Oregon area?
1. Keep taxes as low as we can
2. Education funding. Fight to increase state funding for all public schools
3. Restore the usury laws. There is NO reason a bank should be able to charge an interest rate of 20 percent or more for a credit card.
2. What are your three big-gest goals during the next two years?
1. To increase the number of good-paying jobs in the district. We need to aggressively pursue companies that are willing to relocate or expand here in the district. We need to target com-panies that pay well. 2. To find a solution to funding the I90/39 expansion. Eighty percent of the cost of the I90/39 expansion will be paid by Wisconsin. We need to find additional funds or federal help to pay for it. 3. To find a solution to the projected deficit at the end of 2017. This projected deficit at the end of 2017 has been issued before the 2015-2017 budget has even been passed. It assumes no increase in revenue and no reduction in expenses. We need
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24 October 30, 2014 Oregon Observer ConnectOregonWI.com
LegalsNOTICE OF
GENERAL ELECTIONLOCATION AND HOURS OF
POLLING PLACEAt the GENERAL ELECTION to be
held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 in the Village of Oregon, Village of Brooklyn, Town of Rutland and Town of Oregon, of Dane County, Wisconsin, the following polling place locations will be used:
LocationOregon Village Hall, 117 Spring
Street, Oregon, WI 53575 and People’s United Methodist Church, 103 Alpine Parkway, Oregon, WI 53575
Brooklyn Village Hall, 102 North Rut-land Ave, Brooklyn, WI 53521
Rutland Town Hall, 785 Center Road, Stoughton, WI 53589
Oregon Town Hall, 1138 Union Road, Oregon, WI 53575
ALL POLLING PLACES WILL OPEN AT 7:00 A.M. AND WILL CLOSE AT 8:00 P.M.
If you have any questions concern-ing your polling place, contact the mu-nicipal clerk.
Village of Oregon: Peggy Haag, 117 Spring Street, Oregon, (608) 835-3118, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Mon - Fri.)
Town of Oregon: Denise Arnold, 1138 Union Road, Oregon, (608) 835-3200, 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (Mon - Thurs.)
Town of Rutland: Dawn George, 4177 Old Stage Road, Brooklyn, (608) 455-3925, Call Number for Hours
Village of Brooklyn (Wards 1 & 2): Carol Strause, 210 Commercial St., Brooklyn, (608) 455-4201, 7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Mon – Fri.)
All polling places are accessible to elderly and disabled voters.
Posted: October 1, 2014Published: October 30, 2014WNAXLP
* * *RUTLAND TOWN BOARD MEETING
NOVEMBER 6, 2014 6:30 P.M.
AGENDA:1. Election of new Town Chairman
replacing Dale Beske.2. Election of new representative to
Oregon Fire/EMS Commission replacing Dale Beske.
3. Appearance by Dane Co. Sheriff Dept. representative.
4. Constable Reports.5. Appearance by Myron Bacon re-
garding DOT plans to cul de sac Rome Corners Rd.
6. Racetrack monthly report and other related matters as necessary.
7. Public Comment for items not on the agenda:
8. Planning Commission report.9. Road items:* Trees on Oak Ridge Rd. update.* Update on latest DOT Highway 14
relocation plans.* Update on W. Rutland Rd/Pagelow
Lane gas line installation by Alliant. 10. Discussion and necessary action
on written policy regarding tree removal.11. Consideration and necessary ac-
tion on Building Inspector hours.12. Consent Agenda:* Minutes October meeting.* Treasurer’s Report.* Vouchers and Checks.13. Correspondence.* Discussion on inquiry to review
Town records.14. Discussion on new Town Hall
matters as necessary.15. Set Calendar for upcoming bud-
get public hearing, Town meeting and Town Board meeting.
16. Update and necessary action on 2015 Oregon Fire/EMS and Oregon Se-nior Citizen budgets.
17. Chair retirement acknowledge-ment discussion.
18. Adjournment. Dawn George, Clerk
Published: October 30, 2014WNAXLP
* * *RUTLAND
PLANNING COMMISSIONNOVEMBER 3, 2014
6:30 P.M.Agenda:1. Call meeting to order.2. Roll Call.3. Approval of October meeting min-
utes.4. Vike Investments site viewing re-
port.5. Adjournment.
Dawn George, ClerkPublished: October 30, 2014WNAXLP
* * *NOTICE OF REFERENDUM
VILLAGE OF OREGONNOVEMBER 4, 2014
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at an election to be held in the Village of Oregon on November 4, 2014, the follow-ing question will be submitted to a vote of the people:
VILLAGE OF OREGON, WISCONSINRESOLUTION NO. 14-13
Resolution Placing Advisory Refer-endum Question on November Ballot
WHEREAS, concerned citizens and residents of the Village of Oregon have requested that the Village Board of the Village of Oregon place an advisory referendum question on the November ballot allowing the voters of the Village to decide whether to adopt a Resolution requesting action from the Village’s state and federal representatives to overturn the Citizens United decision; and
WHEREAS, the Village Board deems it appropriate to have an advisory refer-endum to obtain additional information from the Village residents with respect to the Village residents’ position on the Citizens United decision.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Village Board of the Village of Oregon hereby resolves as follows:
1. The following question shall be submitted to and voted upon by the Vil-lage electorate at the November, 2014 general election, in an advisory referen-dum:
Shall the Village of Oregon adopt the following Resolution:
RESOLVED, the people of the Village of Oregon, Wisconsin, call for reclaiming democracy from the corrupting effects of undue corporate influence by amending the U.S. Constitution to establish that:
1. Only human beings - not corpora-tions, unions, non-profits or similar as-sociations - are endowed with constitu-tional rights; and
2. Money is not speech, and, there-fore, regulating political contributions and spending is not equivalent to limiting political speech.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that we hereby instruct our state and federal representatives to enact Resolutions and legislation to advance this effort.
2. The Village Clerk shall take all necessary steps to implement this Reso-lution.
This Resolution was approved at a regular meeting of the Village of Oregon Board held on August 18, 2014 by a vote of 7 ayes and 0 nays.
The question will appear on the bal-lot as follows:
Shall the Village of Oregon adopt the following Resolution:
RESOLVED, the people of the Village of Oregon, Wisconsin, call for reclaiming democracy from the corrupting effects of undue corporate influence by amending the U.S. Constitution to establish that:
1. Only human beings - not corpora-tions, unions, non-profits or similar as-sociations - are endowed with constitu-tional rights; and
2. Money is not speech, and, there-fore, regulating political contributions and spending is not equivalent to limiting political speech.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that we hereby instruct our state and federal representatives to enact Resolutions and legislation to advance this effort.
EXPLANATIONA “yes” vote means that you would
agree to adopt a Resolution in support of an amendment to the United States Con-stitution establishing that:
1. Only human beings - not corpora-tions, unions, non-profits or similar as-sociations - are endowed with constitu-tional rights; and
2. Money is not speech, and, there-fore, regulating political contributions and spending is not equivalent to limiting political speech.
And a “no” vote means you are opposed to adopting a Resolution in support of an amendment to the United States Constitution establishing that:
1. Only human beings - not corpora-tions, unions, non-profits or similar as-sociations - are endowed with constitu-tional rights; and
2. Money is not speech, and, there-fore, regulating political contributions and spending is not equivalent to limiting political speech.
Dated and signed in the Village of Oregon on September 22, 2014:
Peggy HaagVillage Clerk
Posted: October 21, 2014Published: October 30, 2014WNAXLP
* * *NOTICE OF REFERENDUM
OREGON SCHOOL DISTRICTNOVEMBER 4, 2014
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that at an election to be held in the Ore-gon School District on November 4, 2014, the following proposed Initial Resolution and Resolution Authorizing School Dis-trict Budget to Exceed Revenue Limit of the School Board will be submitted to a vote of the people:
RESOLUTION NUMBER IINITIAL RESOLUTION
AUTHORIZING GENERAL OBLIGA-TION BONDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED $54,600,000BE IT RESOLVED by the School
Board of the Oregon School Dis-trict, Dane, Rock and Green Counties, Wisconsin that there shall be issued pursuant to Chapter 67 of the Wisconsin Statutes, general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed $54,600,000 for the public purpose of paying the cost of a school building and improvement pro-gram consisting of the construction of additions to and renovation and improve-ment of Oregon High School, Oregon Middle School and Brooklyn Elementary School; renovation and improvement of Prairie View Elementary School and Netherwood Elementary School; acqui-sition and installation of technology im-provements; roof replacement at District buildings; HVAC upgrades at the swim-ming pool; and construction of storm wa-ter improvements and other site improve-ments on the JC Park East property.
RESOLUTION NUMBER IIRESOLUTION
AUTHORIZING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET TO EXCEED REVENUE LIMIT BY $355,864 FOR RECURRING PUR-
POSES CONSISTING OF OPERATIONAL EXPENSES OF CAPITAL IMPROVE-MENTS TO DISTRICT FACILITIESBE IT RESOLVED by the School
Board of the Oregon School Dis-trict, Dane, Rock and Green Counties, Wisconsin that the revenues included in the School District budget for the 2015-2016 school year and thereafter be authorized to exceed the revenue limit specified in Section 121.91, Wisconsin Statutes, by $355,864 a year, for recurring purposes consisting of paying operation and maintenance expenses associated with new or upgraded District facilities.
The questions will appear on the bal-lot as follows:
QUESTION NUMBER I“Shall the Oregon School Dis-
trict, Dane, Rock and Green Counties, Wisconsin be authorized to issue pur-suant to Chapter 67 of the Wisconsin Statutes, general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed $54,600,000 for the public purpose of paying the cost of a
school building and improvement pro-gram consisting of the construction of additions to and renovation and improve-ment of Oregon High School, Oregon Middle School and Brooklyn Elementary School; renovation and improvement of Prairie View Elementary School and Netherwood Elementary School; acqui-sition and installation of technology im-provements; roof replacement at District buildings; HVAC upgrades at the swim-ming pool; and construction of storm wa-ter improvements and other site improve-ments on the JC Park East property?”
QUESTION NUMBER II“Shall the Oregon School Dis-
trict, Dane, Rock and Green Counties, Wisconsin for the 2015-2016 school year and thereafter be authorized to exceed the revenue limit specified in Section 121.91, Wisconsin Statutes, by $355,864 a year, for recurring purposes consisting of paying operation and main-tenance expenses associated with new or upgraded District facilities?”
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT AND EFFECT OF VOTE
The referendum election ballot will ask District electors to vote “yes” or “no” on the referendum election questions as set forth above.
A “yes” vote on Question Num-ber I is a vote to approve the borrowing of $54,600,000 by the Oregon School District through the issuance of gen-eral obligation bonds for the purpose of paying the cost of a school building and improvement program consisting of the construction of additions to and renovation and improvement of Oregon High School, Oregon Middle School and Brooklyn Elementary School; renova-tion and improvement of Prairie View Elementary School and Netherwood El-ementary School; acquisition and instal-lation of technology improvements; roof replacement at District buildings; HVAC upgrades at the swimming pool; and con-struction of storm water improvements and other site improvements on the JC Park East property.
A “no” vote on Question Num-ber I is a vote to deny the Oregon School District the authority to borrow $54,600,000 through the issuance of general obligation bonds for the purpose of paying the cost of a school building and improvement program consisting of the construction of additions to and renovation and improvement of Oregon High School, Oregon Middle School and Brooklyn Elementary School; renovation and improvement of Prairie View Elemen-tary School and Netherwood Elementary School; acquisition and installation of technology improvements; roof replace-ment at District buildings; HVAC up-grades at the swimming pool; and con-struction of storm water improvements and other site improvements on the JC Park East property.
In the event a majority of the elec-tors voting on Question Number I vote “yes”, the District will be authorized to undertake the school building and im-provement program described in Ques-tion Number I and borrow not in excess of $54,600,000 therefor; if a majority vote “no” on Question Number I set forth above, the District will not be so autho-rized.
A “yes” vote on Question Number II is a vote to authorize the Oregon School District budget for the 2015-2016 school year and thereafter to exceed the rev-enue limit specified in Section 121.91, Wisconsin Statutes, by $355,864 a year, for recurring purposes consisting of pay-ing operation and maintenance expenses associated with new or upgraded District facilities.
A “no” vote on Question Number II is a vote to deny the Oregon School Dis-trict budget for the 2015-2016 school year and thereafter the authority to exceed the revenue limit specified in Section 121.91, Wisconsin Statutes, by $355,864 a year, for recurring purposes consisting of pay-ing operation and maintenance expenses associated with new or upgraded District facilities.
In the event a majority of the elec-tors voting on Question II vote “yes”, the District will be authorized to exceed the revenue limit specified in Section 121.91, Wisconsin Statutes, in the 2015-2016 school year and thereafter by $355,864 a year, for recurring purposes consisting of paying operation and maintenance ex-penses associated with new or upgraded District facilities; if a majority vote “no” on the question set forth above, the Dis-trict will not be so authorized.
LOCATION AND HOURS OF POLL-ING PLACES
At the election to be held on Novem-ber 4, 2014 in the Oregon School Dis-trict the following polling place locations will be used for the municipalities and/or wards indicated:
MUNICIPALITYBLOOMING GROVEBlooming Grove Town Hall, 1880 S.
Stoughton Rd., Madison, WI 53716TOWN OF BROOKLYN - GREEN
COUNTYBrooklyn Town Hall, 400 W. Main
Street, Brooklyn, WI 53521VILLAGE OF BROOKLYNBrooklyn Community Center, 102 N.
Rutland Ave., Brooklyn, WI 53521DUNNDunn Town Hall, 4156 County Road
B, McFarland, WI 53558FITCHBURGWards 1-4: Firestation #2,, 5145 King
James WayWards 5-9: Firestation #1, 5791 Lacy
RoadWards 10-14: Fairways Country
Club, 2301 Traceyway DriveWards 15-19: Community Center,
5510 Lacy Road, Fitchburg, WIMONTROSEMontrose Town Hall, 1341 Diane
Ave., Belleville, WI 53508OREGON/TOWNOregon Town Hall, 1138 Union Rd.,
Oregon, WI 53575OREGON/VILLAGEWards 1, 5,6 & 11 in Community
Room at Oregon Village Hall, Wards 2,3,4 & 12 in Board Room at Oregon Village Hall, 117 Spring St., Oregon, WI 53575
Wards 7-10: United Methodist
Church, 103 N. Alpine Parkway, Oregon, WI 53575
RUTLANDRutland Town Hall, 785 Center Road,
Stoughton, WIClerk’s office is at 4177 Old Stage
Road, Brooklyn, WI 53521. The Clerk’s office is where inquiries for absentee vot-ing should be directed.
UNIONEvansville Fire Station, 425 Water
Street, Evansville, WI 53536ALL POLLING PLACES WILL BE
OPEN AT 7:00 A.M. AND WILL CLOSE AT 8:00 P.M.
If you have any questions concern-ing your polling place, contact the mu-nicipal clerk:
Municipality, Municipal Clerk, Phone Number
Village of Oregon, Peggy Haag, 608-835-3118
Village of Brooklyn, Carol Strause, 608-455-4201
Town of Brooklyn, Dan Meixelsperg-er, 608-455-6411
City of Fitchburg, Patti Anderson, 608-270-4210
Town of Rutland, Dawn George, 608-455-3925
Town of Union, Bridgit Larsen, 608-882-5323
Town of Oregon, Denise Arnold, 608-835-3200
Town of Montrose, Julie Bigler, 608-424-3848
Town of Dunn, Cathy Haslinger, 608-838-1081
Town of Blooming Grove, Mike Wolf, 608-223-1104
All polling places are accessible to elderly and disabled voters.[1]
INFORMATION TO ELECTORS[2]Upon entering the polling place, an
elector shall state his or her name and address and sign the poll book before be-ing permitted to vote. Where ballots are distributed to electors, the initials of two inspectors must appear on the ballot.[3] Upon being permitted to vote, the elec-tor shall retire alone to a voting booth or machine and cast his or her ballot except that an elector who is a parent or guard-ian may be accompanied by the elector’s minor child or minor ward. An election of-ficial may inform the elector of the proper manner for casting a vote, but the official may not in any manner advise or indicate a particular voting choice.
On referendum questions, where pa-per ballots are used, the elector shall make a cross (X) in the square next to
“yes” if in favor of the question, or the elector shall make a cross(X) in the square next to “no” if opposed to the question.
When using a tactile ballot marking device (Vote-PAD) to mark a paper ballot, the elector shall obtain from the inspec-tors, the assistive device and any audio or dexterity aids if required. On referen-dum questions, the elector shall fill in the oval or connect the arrow next to “yes” if in favor of the question, or the elector shall fill in the oval or connect the arrow next to “no” if opposed to the question.
On referendum questions, where op-tical scan voting systems are used, the elector shall fill in the oval or connect the arrow next to “yes” if in favor of the question, or the elector shall fill in the oval or connect the arrow next to “no” if opposed to the question.
When using an electronic ballot marking device (“Automark”) to mark an optical scan ballot, the elector shall touch the screen at “yes” if in favor of the ques-tion, or the elector shall touch the screen at “no” if opposed to the question.
On referendum questions, where touch screen voting systems are used, the elector shall touch the screen next to “yes” if in favor of the question, or the elector shall touch the screen next to “no” if opposed to the question.
The vote should not be cast in any other manner. Not more than five min-utes’ time shall be allowed inside a vot-ing booth or machine. Unofficial ballots or a memorandum to assist the elector in marking his or her ballot may be taken into the booth and copied. The sample ballot shall not be shown to anyone so as to reveal how the ballot is marked.
If the elector spoils a paper or opti-cal scan ballot, he or she shall return it to an election official who shall issue an-other ballot in its place, but not more than three ballots shall be issued to any one elector. If the ballot has not been initialed by two inspectors or is defective in any other way, the elector shall return it to the election official, who shall issue a proper ballot in its place.[4] After casting his or her vote, the elector shall leave the vot-ing machine or booth, properly deposit the ballot and promptly leave the polling place.
After an official paper ballot is marked, it shall be folded so the inside marks do not show, but so the printed endorsements and inspectors’ initials on the outside do show. The elector shall leave the booth, deposit the folded ballot
in the ballot box, or deliver the ballot to an inspector for deposit in the box, and shall leave the polling place promptly.
After an official optical scan ballot is marked, it shall be inserted in the se-curity sleeve so the marks do not show. After casting his or her vote, the elector shall leave the booth, insert the ballot in the voting device and discard the sleeve, or deliver the ballot to an inspector for deposit. If a central count system is used, the elector shall insert the ballot in the ballot box and discard the sleeve, or deliver the ballot to an inspector for de-posit. The elector shall leave the polling place promptly.
After an official touch screen ballot is cast, the elector shall leave the polling place promptly.
An elector may select an individual to assist in casting his or her vote if the elector declares to the presiding official that he or she is unable to read, has dif-ficulty reading, writing or understanding English or that due to disability is unable to cast his or her ballot. The selected individual rendering assistance may not be the elector’s employer or an agent of that employer or an officer or agent of a labor organization which represents the elector.
The following is a sample of the of-ficial ballot:
Persons with questions regarding the referendum election should con-tact Brian Busler, District Administrator.
Done in the Oregon School District on October 30, 2014
Jeffrey A. RaminDistrict Clerk
[1] THIS NOTICE MUST CONTAIN A STATEMENT ABOUT THE ACCESSIBIL-ITY TO THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED FOR EACH POLLING PLACE. IF ANY POLLING PLACES ARE NOT ACCESSI-BLE OR IN COMPLIANCE WITH FEDER-AL LAW, CONTACT THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD.
[2] This section should be adapted depending upon what type of voting pro-cedure is used.
[3] Remove this sentence if only touch screen voting system(s) are used.
[4] Remove this sentence if only touch screen voting system(s) are used.Published: October 30, 2014WNAXLP
* * *
OFFICIAL REFERENDUM BALLOT
November 4, 2014
NOTICE TO ELECTORS: THIS BALLOT MAY BE INVALID UNLESS INITIALED BY TWO (2)ELECTION INSPECTORS. IF CAST AS AN ABSENTEE BALLOT, THE BALLOT MUST BEAR THEINITIALS OF THE MUNICIPAL CLERK OR DEPUTY CLERK.
If you desire to vote on any question, make a cross (X) in the square at the RIGHT of "YES" if in favor of the question or make a cross (X) in the square at the RIGHT of "NO" if opposed to the question.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
QUESTION NUMBER I
Shall the Oregon School District, Dane, Rock and Green Counties, Wisconsin be authorized to issue pursuant to Chapter 67 of the Wisconsin Statutes, general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed $54,600,000 for the public purpose of paying the cost of a school building and improvement program consisting of the construction of additions to and renovation and improvement of Oregon High School, Oregon Middle School and Brooklyn Elementary School; renovation and improvement of Prairie View Elementary School and Netherwood Elementary School; acquisition and installation of technology improvements; roof replacement at District buildings; HVAC upgrades at the swimming pool; and construction of storm water improvements and other site improvements on the JC Park East property?
YES NO
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
QUESTION NUMBER II
Shall the Oregon School District, Dane, Rock and Green Counties, Wisconsin for the 2015-2016 school year and thereafter be authorized to exceed the revenue limit specified in Section 121.91, Wisconsin Statutes, by $355,864 a year, for recurring purposes consisting of paying operation and maintenance expenses associated with new or upgraded District facilities?
YES NO
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Published: October 30, 2014WNAXLP
POLICE REPORTSThe following is taken from
the Oregon Police Department logbooks.
Sept. 246:48 a.m. A 74-year-old
man reported a driver sleep-ing or passed out at the cor-ner of Miler Drive and Scott Street. The man contacted the driver, who was disoriented. The driver then drove away
and police were unable to locate the vehicle.
2 p.m. A 49-year-old man reported someone stole his Dell desktop computer from his closet on the 100 block of East Richards Road. The man said it could’ve been sto-len between the last couple months to last couple years.
Sept. 27
2:06 a.m. A 68-year-old man saw two young men going through his neighbor’s vehicle on the 100 block of Ash Street. The 62-year-old vehicle owner said nothing was stolen from her car but it was clearly rummaged through. The sus-pects left the scene on skate-boards, but police were unable to locate them.
Sept. 288:10 p.m. A 29-year-old
woman was arrested for causing injury by operating a motor vehicle under the influence, operating left of center lane and driving with-out insurance after she hit a parked car in the 200 block of Union Street.
Sept. 30
9:14 a.m. A 15-year-old boy was arrested for disorder-ly conduct, resisting an officer and possession of alcohol on school grounds after refus-ing to comply with staff at the high school and using profan-ity with a teacher.
2 p.m. A 17-year-old Oregon High School student was charged with possession of marijuana after an officer
received information that he and three other students were using drugs during lunch and came back to school high.
Oct. 24 p.m. A 60-year-old
Stoughton man reported a chainsaw, gas can and other objects were taken from his tenant’s garage on the 200 block of S. Main Street
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453 VOLUNTEER WANTED
HOME HEALTH UNITED is seeking volunteers to assist with conducting home safety assessments for the
S.A.F.E. at home program. The program is designed to help identify vulnerable individuals at risk for falls and adverse
drug events that are age 65 or older and living in Dane County. Training provided.
Volunteers must have a valid driver's license and proof of auto insurance.
The Achievement Connections program is seeking dedicated individuals to tutor high school students in Algebra
1. This could be an opportunity for you to make a difference in the lives of students
and give back to the community. United Way 2-1-1 is seeking new
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opportunity to learn about community resources and would like to assist
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504 APPLIANCE SERVICES
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548 HOME IMPROVEMENT
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VILLAGE OF OREGON2015 BUDGET DOCUMENT AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 65.90(3)
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the public hearing for the 2015 annual budget for the Village Oregon will be held at 6:00 p.m. on November 17, 2014 [at least 15 days after publication], in the Village Board Room, 117 Spring Street, Lower Level, Oregon, Wisconsin. The detailed budget is available for public inspection at Village Hall, 117 Spring Street, Oregon, Wisconsin, Monday through Friday, between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.1. Budgeted revenue estimates and expenditures appropriations for the year 2015 for the Village of Oregon are hereby adopted per the summary below as set forth in the
budget document:2015 Budget Summary
2013Actual
2014Budget
201410 Month
Actual
2014Projected
2015Dept HeadProposed
2015Admin
Proposed
2015Adopted
PercentChange
General FundRevenues
Taxes other than property 43,407 43,310 44,332 44,332 44,294 44,294 44,294 2.27%Intergovernmental Revenue 921,707 949,310 782,041 961,210 920,157 938,959 938,959 -1.09%Licenses & Permits 157,866 139,480 141,875 165,239 139,500 157,400 157,400 12.85%Fines, Forfeits & Penalties 103,495 109,075 74,427 100,404 103,075 103,075 103,075 -5.50%Public Charges 96,556 89,660 83,397 93,394 84,060 84,060 84,060 -6.25%Intergovernmental Charges 159,242 192,461 204,080 208,783 193,805 193,629 186,448 -3.12%Miscellaneous Revenue 97,849 69,025 271,286 288,536 72,725 72,725 72,725 5.36%Other Financing Sources 298,311 272,500 206,250 272,500 273,000 276,850 276,850 1.60%
1,878,433 1,864,821 1,807,688 2,134,398 1,830,616 1,870,992 1,863,811 -.05%
ExpendituresGeneral Government 864,382 899,146 894,819 1,077,062 941,695 942,757 942,907 4.87%Public Safety 2,362,642 2,503,014 2,104,174 2,511,566 2,603,827 2,603,756 2,606,370 4.13%Public Works 791,765 814,079 590,658 817,462 836,579 840,218 843,643 3.63%Health & Human Services 188,966 200,528 157,706 199,383 213,383 213,378 213,378 6.41%Culture and Recreation 1,046,422 1,069,972 903,186 1,092,988 1,116,115 1,116,153 1,124,146 5.06%Conservation and Development
24,823 31,150 13,778 15,529 28,150 26,150 26,150 -16.05%Capital Outlay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Debt Service 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Other Financing Sources 105,860 165,538 168,681 170,080 8,344 94,467 80,285 -51.50%
5,384,860 5,683,427 4,833,002 5,884,070 5,748,093 5,836,879 5,836,879 2.70%
Revenues over Expenditures -3,506,427 -3,818,606 -3,025,314 -3,749,672 -3,917,477 -3,965,887 -3,973,068 4.04%
General Fund Property Taxes 3,587,096 3,818,606 3,818,606 3,818,606 3,917,678 3,965,887 3,973,068 4.04%
Net increase (decrease) in fund balance
80,669 0 793,292 68,934 201 0 0 0.00%
Beginning Fund Balance 2,155,784 2,236,452 2,236,452 2,236,452 2,305,386 2,305,386 2,305,386
Ending Fund Balance 2,236,453 2,236,452 3,029,744 2,305,386 2,305,587 2,305,386 2,305,386
Revenues Beginning Endingover (under) Fund Fund
Revenues Expenditures Expenditures Balance BalanceGovernmental and Trust FundsGeneral Fund 5,836,879 5,836,879 0 2,305,386 2,305,386Sick Leave Fund 16,920 16,920 0 0 0Library Fund 42,025 58,675 (16,650) 392,459 375,809Cable TV Franchise 114,100 120,850 (6,750) 139,805 133,055CDA 1 0 1 1,896 1,897Senior Center Donations Fund 64 0 64 58,798 58,862Preserve the Water Tower 3,010 15,500 (12,490) 25,356 12,866Herman Cemetery Trust 1 20 (19) 684 665Police Special Revenue Fund 18,050 16,000 2,050 25,288 27,338Refuse and Recycling Pickup 443,686 442,686 1,000 7,073 8,073Room Tax Revenue 0 35 (35) (2,530) (2,565)Canine Fund 7,100 5,810 1,290 8,122 9,412TIF #2 Special Revenue Fund 411,481 857,919 (446,438) 446,438 0TIF #3 Special Revenue Fund 453,221 436,855 16,366 120,197 136,563TIF #4 Special Revenue Fund 18,248 150 18,098 (36,850) (18,752)2008 Borrowing Debt Service 329,063 329,063 0 (95) (95)2010 TIF #2 Borrowing 79,024 78,994 30 90 1202011 Debt Issues 826,918 826,918 0 134,783 134,783TIF #2 - Capital Projects 677,892 677,892 0 (1,872) (1,872)Developers Storm Water Fee 100 4,000 (3,900) 102,586 98,686Park Fund 21,704 80,000 (58,296) 180,699 122,403Street Improvement 113,442 325,481 (212,039) 253,072 41,033Cemetery Land Purchase 60 0 60 58,834 58,894Equipment Capital Fund 52,100 177,003 (124,903) 139,475 14,572The Oregon Rotary Bike Trail 150,425 150,425 0 (1,776) (1,776)Westside/Keller Alpine Park 17,344 0 17,344 (109,550) (92,206)South East Business Park 55,000 25,269 29,731 (29,731) 0TIF #3 – Downtown Area Capital Projects Fund 18,000 18,000 0 (2,116) (2,116)DNR Grant Fund 0 1,674 (1,674) (334,853) (336,527)TIF #4 Capital Projects 1 0 1 (436) (435)Cemetery Perpetual Care 475 0 475 63,878 64,353Library Wackman Trust 150 100 50 12,012 12,062
Total Government and Trust Funds 9,706,484 10,503,118 (796,634) 3,957,122 3,160,488
* Negative amounts in Revenues over (under) expenditures is fund balance applied.
Proprietary Funds
Water Utility 1,121,377 1,022,513 98,864 4,010,719 4,109,583Sewer Utility 1,517,382 1,455,968 61,414 11,119,944 11,181,358
Total Proprietary Funds 2,638,759 2,478,481 160,278 15,130,663 15,290,941
Total All Funds 12,345,243 12,981,599 (636,356) 19,087,785 18,451,429
2013Actual
2014Budget
201410 Month
Actual2014
Projected
2015Dept HeadProposed
2015Admin
Proposed2015
AdoptedPercentChange
Village Tax LevyGeneral Fund 3,587,096 3,818,606 3,818,606 3,818,606 3,917,678 3,965,887 3,973,068 4.04%Sick Leave Fund 0 0 0 0 0 16,920 97,39 0.00%Debt Service 597,518 423,248 423,248 423,248 0 0 0 -100.00%Street Improvements 46,702 0 0 0 1,391 3,182 1,791 0.00%Equipment 89,867 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00%2008 Debt Issues 155,425 155,498 155,498 155,498 149,063 149,063 149,063 -4.14%2011 Debt Issues 158,019 384,099 384,099 384,099 755,066 755,066 755,066 96.58%
Total Tax Levy 4,634,627 4,781,451 4,781,451 4,781,451 7,823,198 4,890,118 4,888,727 2.24%
Estimated assessed value 845,211,200 848,218,000 848,218,000 848,218,000 891,210,300 891,210,300 891,210,300 5.07%
Estimated mill rate (per $1,000) 5.4834 5.6371 5.6371 5.4120 5.4871 5.4855 -2.69%
Total indebtedness as of 12/31/14General Obligation Debt 10,635,473Water/Sewer Debt 945,164
Debt Limit (5% of Equalized value) is $44,991,660. At the end of 2014 the village is at 23.64% of the available debt limit.2. The Property Tax Levy required to finance the 2015 budget is: $4,888,727. The Tax Rate to be established at: $5.4855 per assessed $1,000 of property value.
Peggy Haag, Village ClerkPublished: October 30, 2014WNAXLP
Legals
between Sept. 2 and Oct. 2. The estimated value of every-thing taken was less than $200.
Oct. 51:05 a.m. Officers observed
a 24-year-old Madison man flagging down cars on the 400 block of Janesville Street trying to get home. Officers gave the man a ride to Stop ‘N Go and the phone number for Green Cab to get him home. At 1:50 a.m., officers found him walking on Janesville Street again, and the man told them he was walking home believing he was in Madison. Officers transported the man to detox.
Oct. 81 p.m. A 14-year-old girl
reported a sexual assault at the skatepark on Oct. 7. A 16-year-old boy was listed as the suspect.
Oct. 912:40 p.m. A 16-year-old
boy was warned for panhan-dling and solicitation after he went door-to-door asking for money in the 300 block of
Prairie View Street.
Oct. 101:30 p.m. A 23-year-old
woman reported someone had taken a UPS package con-taining two towels valued at $50 from near her front door on the 200 block of South Main Street. Her neighbor had seen the package during the afternoon.
Oct. 126:58 p.m. A 57-year-old
man reported his 18-year-old daughter admitted to taking mushrooms from an 18-year-old man while at a residence on the 600 block of S. Burr Oak Ave. Police attempted to make contact at the address and observed people inside, but no one answered the door.
Oct. 147:05 p.m. A 25-year-
old man came to the sta-tion reporting his in-home intoxication machine was not working and he was required to submit a breath sample as part of his bail monitor-ing. Police had him submit a sample at the station.
Oct. 161:24 a.m. A Dane County
Sheriff’s deputy arrested a 35-year-old woman for her first-offense OWI after she had driven away from the Ore-gon Kwik Trip without paying for her gas.
Oct. 174:20 p.m. A 39-year-old
woman reported someone had stolen pants, a jacket and a backpack from her unlocked vehicle parked in her driveway on the 200 block of Walnut Street.
Oct. 183:10 a.m. An 18-year-old
Madison woman was charged with her first-offense OWI and speeding and a second 18-year-old Madison woman was charged with underage drinking.
5:45 p.m. A 15-year-old boy was warned after he and other juveniles were seen stealing rakes in the neighbor-hood around the 200 block of Walnut Street. An anonymous caller had retrieved their rake,
but police found three other rakes with the juveniles.
Oct. 203:45 a.m. A 44-year-old
woman reported that as she let her dog out in the front lawn on the 700 block of Dunn Ave., she saw three males run up to her vehicle and get in. She yelled at them and they ran off.
5:23 a.m. A 50-year-old woman reported items removed from her vehicle on the 600 block of Dunn Ave., and that security cameras on their house had caught the guys who entered the car. A 32-year-old neighbor stated he was missing five dollars in change from one vehicle and a pack of cigarettes in the other.
-Scott Girard
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586 TV, VCR & ELECTRONICS REPAIR
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601 HOUSEHOLD
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602 ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES
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646 FIREPLACES, FURNACES/WOOD, FUEL
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648 FOOD & DRINK
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650 FURNITURE
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652 GARAGE SALES
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items, lots of yarn, Xmas collectibles, craft supplies, 3 antique sock
machines and dismantled 20'X14' late 1800's log cabin.
STOUGHTON 714 Kensington Sq. Thursday 10/30 4:00pm-7:00pm, Friday,
10/31 8:00am-2:00pm. Miscellaneous household sale.
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666 MEDICAL & HEALTH SUPPLIES
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705 RENTALS
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LAND AUCTION160 ACRES + RECREATIONAL &
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ALBANY, WITHURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH, 1:00 PMDIRECTIONS: From the East edge of Albany on Hwy. 59 to County E, North 3½ miles to Brooklyn Albany Road, West 1½ miles. AUCTION LOCATION: Town of Brooklyn Hall, 400 Main Street (across from Fire Dept.), Brooklyn, WI 53521.
PROPERTY INFORMATION: Beautiful Quiet Country Setting - Investment Opportunity with 1.5 miles of the Beautiful Sugar River which Borders the Property - 85 Acres of Private Conservancy - 55 Acres of Woods with Nature Paths throughout for Recreational Vehicles - 60 Acres Crop Land currently rented (lease ends at harvest)
Partially developed Subdivision - one Paved Road to access 22 1.5 to 3.5 Acre Lots - additional Lots are approved for development - $1,641.00 Taxes.
TERMS OF AUCTION: Property is being sold for cash only. All financing is required to be set up prior to bidding at auction. The successful bidder will be required to sign a standard offer to purchase with no contingencies. 3% buyer’s fee. Ernest money of $50,000 in the form of a certified bank check made out to Sugar River Crossing, LLC will be required before bidding at the auction and the balance due at closing in thirty days. The real estate taxes will be prorated at time of closing. Property to be sold in “as is” condition with no guarantees or warranties. Information was derived from the owners and their sources. All information is believed to be correct but is not guaranteed. All announcements from the auction block sale day take precedence over printed material and any other oral statements made. Not responsible for accidents. Sellers have the right to vote before accepting or rejecting any or all bids. The property is clear of all liens, mortgages & encumbrances, buyer will receive a clear title.
VIEWING & INFORMATION: Visit www.georgeauction.com for auction information. Call George Auction Service at (608) 882-6123 to arrange viewing or auction information. Your inspection of the land is welcome anytime. ATTORNEY REPRESENTATIVE: Wally Shannon, Evansville.
AUCTION COMPANY: Stephanie George – Registered WI Auction Company #226, 11211 North Union Road, Evansville, WI 53536, (608) 882-6123.
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October 30, 2014 Oregon ObserverConnectOregonWI.com 27DEER POINT STORAGE
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Only 6 miles South of Verona on Hwy PB.
Variety of sizes available now. 10x10=$50/month 10x15=$55/month 10x20=$70/month 10x25=$80/month 12x30=$105/month
Call 608-424-6530 or 1-888-878-4244
HAVE ANTIQUE CARS? Need a place to store them?
25 X 60 spaces Climate Controlled Space LLC
www.ccspacellc.com 608-575-5173
NORTH PARK STORAGE 10x10 through 10x40, plus
14x40 with 14' door for RV & Boats.
Come & go as you please. 608-873-5088
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6x10 thru 10x25 Market Street/Burr Oak Street
in Oregon Call 608-206-2347
UNION ROAD STORAGE 10x10 - 10x15 10x20 - 12x30 24 / 7 Access
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608-835-0082 1128 Union Road
Oregon, WI Located on the corner of
Union Road & Lincoln Road
760 MOBILE HOMES
OREGON MOBILE Home. High efficiency appliances, A/C, new
steel front door/storm. $10,000 By owner. 608-835-8552
801 OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT
OFFICE SPACES FOR RENT In Oregon facing 15th hole
on golfcourse Free Wi-Fi, Parking and
Security System Conference rooms available
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Marty 608-835-3628
840 CONDOS & TOWNHOUSES FOR SALE
OREGON 460 N Main St. 2BR, 1BA house on 1/3 acre.
Detached garage, many updates. $148,000. 608-712-3537 or
845 HOUSES FOR SALE
RURAL OREGON: 3BR, 2BA 1.63 acres, attached garage plus 30'x23' detached garage/workshop. $229,000.
608-835-1808
STOUGHTON 425 LOWELL ST Cozy, starter home. Friendly
neighborhood. Beautiful large double lot w/many trees.
825+ sf, 2BR,1BA. Full basement. $85,000. Contact
563-212-0109
TOWN OF OREGON Ravenoaks subdivision
For Sale - Original Owner 4300 sf - 2 wooded acres
4BR 3BA 3 fireplaces 2.5 car garage
Custom designed with unique features that set it apart Call 608-835-7236 for
details/visit. No agents or brokers
VERONA 1-OWNER 3BR Ranch 102 Richard Circle
New roof, hardwood floors, close to schools. 608-845-5427
608-712-1522
865 MOBILE HOMES & LOTS FOR SALE
MOBILE HOME PARKS w/city sewer and water. 20 sites expandable in Wood County. $225,000. 15 sites in Shawano County $225,000. 10 sites Rural well/septic Adams County $125,000. Seller will consider taking a second mortgage. Rick 715-213-2323 (wcan)
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Evansville, WI 608-882-5725
975 LIVESTOCK
STOCK YOUR POND or Lake Now! All varieties of Pan Fish, Game Fish and
Forage Minnows. Aeration Systems also available.
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FARMI 3PT LOGGING WINCH'S Valby 3pt PTO Chippers,
New 3pt Rototillers, Loader Attachments, 3pt Attachments,
New Log Splitters. 866-638-7885
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990 FARM: SERVICE & MERCHANDISE
RENT SKIDLOADERS MINI-EXCAVATORS
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HVAC Manufacturer Now Hiring 3 Full-Time Machine Operators (job # 1580935)
1st shift, Monday-Friday
Operate machines to produce metal parts. Computer knowledge required with ability to read blueprints, routings, production tickets and tape measure. Prior
experience with metal fabrication and familiarity with CNC and brake presses is desired, but not required.
Moderate to heavy lifting and ability to stand 8 hours/day is essential. Must attend training on Walkie Stacker
and Lift Truck. Must be self-motivated and a team player. Daily attendance is required. Bene�ts include
Health, Life & Disability Insurance, Vacation, Paid Holidays, Retirement and 401-k Plan. $9.43 per hour with increase to $11.43 after probation is completed, then regular increases every 6 months for �rst 2 years.
Pre-employment drug screening and background check required.
Mail or Email resume’ to: Carnes Company
PO Box 930040, Verona, WI 53593 [email protected]
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Injection Molding - Press OperatorOpenings on Second Shift Only
The Press Operator is responsible for plac-ing inserts, picking, trimming, inspecting and packaging small injection molded plastic parts. Other responsibilities may include �nishing operations at the press during production.
This position requires attention to detail and dependable attendance.
Please stop at our corporate of�ce for more information and to complete an application.
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Kuhn North America, Inc. in Brodhead, WI is a global leader in the agricultural machinery industry!
Parts Inventory Planner - The Parts Inventory Planner is responsible for the accurate planning, scheduling, and expediting of repair parts to satisfy current customer demand and anticipated demand by utilizing and maintaining electronic tools and product/process knowledge. Duties include regular review of system reports to determine inventory actions, initiate parts expending activities, create/maintain item data, and implement inventory changes based on ECNs. Experience working in an inventory control environment is required. Knowledge of and experience in the areas of customer service, inventory, logistics, agricultural equipment and intermediate computer skills (MS Word and Excel, ERP/AS400, Internet, and e-mail is preferred.
Technical Publications Specialist - The Technical Publications Specialist is responsible for creating operators, parts, assembly and option manuals and assisting with other technical publications as requested to meet sales, marketing and customer service needs. Knowledge of and experience using CAD (Pro/E & Solidworks), desktop publishing software (such as Adobe Framemaker, Pagemaker, Indesign, Illustrator & Photoshop), translation software, Microsoft Word and Excel, and related experience in engineering documentation is preferred. Knowledge of heavy machinery manufacturing and agricultural products is a plus.
Dealer Development Specialist – The Dealer Development Specialist develops and maintains tools for Kuhn North America’s distribution partners and coordinates and manages assigned projects and programs related to dealer relations, Customer Relations Management (CRM), and promotional items to support the development and growth of the Kuhn North America (KNA) dealer network in the US and Canada. Speci�c duties include coordinating customer relations management tools and programs, managing the overall promotional item selection and distribution program, and conducting annual dealer quali�cation and early order process. A bachelor’s or associate’s degree in agri-business, marketing, communication or administration and knowledge of the agricultural industry is preferred. Advanced application knowledge and experience in word processing (Word) and spreadsheet applications (Excel), presentation software (PowerPoint), Adobe Acrobat, Internet, and e-mail is required. Experience/knowledge of database management software (Lotus Notes), Adobe Photoshop, and desktop publishing (Quark or Adobe InDesign) is preferred.
Dealer Development Assistant - The Dealer Development Assistant performs assigned administrative duties that support the Dealer Development and Dealer Credit functions. Responsibilities include data entry and veri�cation, word processing, mailings, telephone & e-mail communications with dealers and salespeople, promotional item order processing and distribution, application processing, and internet research. An Administrative Assistant Associate’s Degree and knowledge of the agricultural industry is preferred. Intermediate application knowledge and experience in word processing (Word) and spreadsheet applications (Excel), presentation software (PowerPoint), Adobe Acrobat, Internet, and e-mail is required. Experience/knowledge of database management software (Lotus Notes) is preferred.
Logistics Assistant - The Logistics Assistant performs a variety of administrative duties while maintaining a high level of interaction with Sales Support, Regional Distribution Centers, Purchasing, and other departments in Kuhn North America, to facilitate domestic and international shipments. Responsibilities include obtaining international freight quotes, preparation of domestic and export documentation and compliance record keeping and communication of shipment status. Two years related administrative assistant experience in an international sales/logistics function and an Administrative Assistant Associate Degree is preferred. Experience in word processing (Microsoft Word), spreadsheet applications (Excel), database management (Lotus Notes), Internet, and e-mail is required.
Design Drafter - The Design Draftsperson develops and maintains CAD models and drawings, BOMs, and other engineering documentation. An Associate’s Degree in mechanical design or related CAD and engineering support experience is required. ProEngineer CAD software experience is preferred.
CNC Machinist (4th/Weekend Shift) – The position requires set up and operation of machining equipment including various presses, mills, hobbing equipment, and manual/CNC lathes. The position requires the ability to operate measuring and material handling equipment, read blueprints and perform basic math functions. A vocational diploma in machine tool and production machining experience is preferred.
Custom Fabrication Technician (Monday – Friday, 6 AM – 2:30 PM) - The employee performs various duties related to prototype and general shop support including the layout, build, maintenance, and repair of developmental work, tooling and material handling devices. The position requires knowledge and basic skills in the areas of machining, metal fabrication, welding, torch and plasma cutting, grinding, assembly, and dimensional layout. A quali�ed candidate must have in depth knowledge of at least one major skill-set of welding or machining or metals fabrication and basic skills and experience in others.
Paint Prep (2nd Shift) - The entry-level position involves preparation of the unit for the paint process (power washing, scraping, decal application, and material handling). The ability to operate a forklift and hand tools is required.
Parts Distribution (1st Shift & Modi�ed 2nd Shift) - The position performs duties relating to parts distribution warehouse operations. Speci�c duties will include receiving, picking, packing and shipping parts from warehouse operations. A basic understanding of parts inventory, farm equipment and computer experience is a plus.
Warehouse Material Handling (2nd Shift & Modi�ed 2nd Shift) – Seeking individuals with forklift experience to unload, handle, transport and store materials for receiving, manufacturing cells, support and service departments. Ability to use computer warehouse receiving and inventory systems is preferred.
Welder (2nd Shift) - Seeking skilled welders to weld unit shells, sub-assemblies and components. A vocational diploma in welding or a minimum of two years production welding experience is required. Experience in GMAW and �ux cored arc welding, blue print reading and operating material handling equipment is preferred.
Visit our website at www.kuhnnorthamerica.com to view professional employment opportunities!
Second shift runs M – Th, 3:15 PM – 1:15 AM and 4th/Weekend shift runs Friday – Sunday, 5:00 AM to 5:00 PM. A high school diploma or GED is required for all positions. We offer a competitive wage and complete bene�t package (health, life, dental, and disability insurance, paid vacations and holidays, 401(k), and tuition reimbursement) for these full-time positions. Pre-employment drug screening is required. Complete application at:
Kuhn North America, Inc., 1501 West Seventh Avenue, Brodhead, WI 53520
Do You Like to Meet People?Are You Up For A Challenge?Can You Adapt To Change?
Are You Self-Motivated?Do You Possess Computer Skills?
If you’ve answered yes, we are very interested in talking to you. We are seeking candidates for a �ex full-time opening in our Stoughton front of�ce. Responsibilities for this position include but are not limited to selling and processing classi�ed ads, selling special projects by phone, processing circulation data, receptionist duties and proof reading.
We are an employee-owned company offering a competitive bene�ts package including 401K, ESOP, vacation, and more.
If this �ex full-time position interests you and you have the equivalent of a high school diploma and at least two years of of�ce/computer experience plus a valid driver’s license, send your resume today.
Apply online only at: www.wcinet.com/careers
Woodward Communications, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity/Af�rmative Action Employer. WCI maintains a tobacco-free campus. All quali�ed persons are encouraged to apply.
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STOUGHTON, WI OFFICE
28 - The Oregon Observer - October 30, 2014
Oregon School District Referendum
Listen.Learn.Vote.
Dear Oregon School District Resident,
On November 4, you will be asked to vote on two questions for our schools:
❖ District-wide capital improvements: $54.6 million ❖ On-going operating and maintenance: $355,864
Bottom line: $55 increase in taxes per $100,000 in property value.
Why $54 million? It seems like a lot of money... the previous referendum was less money and was not successful. What’s going on?
Over the last few years, extensive work was completed on the referendum process. �e Administration and School Board went back to the drawing board, asked parents, teachers and community members for their input, and came back with a comprehensive vision that:
❖ A�ects more schools — Five schools and the pool will receive over-due updates. From heating and cooling replacements, new roofs, and more classrooms that meet the needs of new teaching and learning environments.
❖ Adds signi�cant square footage to alleviate overcrowding. ❖ Provides safe and secure schools that monitor who is entering and
exiting by having all visitors enter through the front o�ces, protecting our children.
❖ Impacts over 3,300 students giving them educational spaces that address 21st Century learning needs.
❖ An excellent return on our dollar, because of a reduced tax impact this time on the capital question. �e total will be $55 a year per $100,000 in assessed property value for both referendum questions combined.
❖ Pledges a great legacy giving students the best possible educational opportunities, insuring the successful future of our community.
Both the Oregon Education Association and the Oregon Area Chamber of Commerce have endorsed voting “Yes” on referendum questions.
Please contact Steve Staton at 835-3253 if you have any referendum questions. Read more details about the referendum by visiting www.oregonforward.com
Paid for by Oregon Forward, Justin Johnson, Treasurer.
Improvements at 5 Schools & Pool
3,300 Students Impacted$55 per $100,000 = +
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