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Thursday, April 11, 2013 • Vol. 48, No. 46 • Verona, WI • Hometown USA • ConnectVerona.com • $1
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Mom gets 1 year for baby deathBy Amy SmithVerona Press correspondent
As a former Verona woman received her sen-tencing Monday in the death of her 2-month-old son at her home on South F r a n k l i n Street, her family and f r i e n d s b r e a t h e d a sigh of relief.
Anne M. Olson, 29, now of Prairie du Sac, was sentenced to one year in the Dane County Jail as part of an eight-year probation term handed down by Dane County Judge Stephen Ehlke on Monday. She had pleaded guilty to second-degree reckless homicide last
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Snacks and treats in class will mostly be a thing of the past next year at Sugar Creek Elementary School.
The school’s site council in February decided to change its policies on snacks, effective next school year, and other schools might follow suit.
Sugar Creek will mostly cease
serving snacks during class, and the school is asking parents not to send in treats on birthdays or other special occasions. School-wide parties also won’t include food.
The limits on snacks have been happening gradually since 2009, when Sugar Creek and adjacent New Century School began offer-ing free breakfasts to all students. Up to 500 of the roughly 630 kids in both schools eat breakfast at school daily, said Sugar Creek
principal Todd Brunner. Today, all elementary schools except Core Knowledge Charter School offer free breakfasts, said district food services director Cindra Magli.
With breakfast served at 8 a.m. and the lunch hour starting around 11 a.m. for many classes, “we really don’t need (snack time),” Brunner said.
He added, however, that in classes with later lunch periods, teachers can still decide whether to
serve snacks, but instead of having kids bring their own, teachers will ask for donations from parents to distribute.
The changes aim to help kids eat healthier, reduce messes in classrooms, save instructional time and create a “welcoming environment” for kids who don’t celebrate the same holidays as others, the school said in an
Sugar Creek cutting back on treats, others may follow suitVerona Area School District
Photo by Jim Ferolie
Go fly a kiteJosiah and Autumn Moore, 9 and 8, join friend Luciana Castellanos (8, right) and their parents flying kites Saturday at Veterans Park. There were still patches of snow on the ground and mud where recent snow melted, but it was a warm day that brought out all sorts of people looking for recreational activities. At this moment, shortly before it started raining, the park had kids playing soccer, baseball, soft-ball, even hockey (on roller skates), as well as on the playground.
Council rolls with sweeping changeFour new alders challenge establishment, campaigning traditionsJim FerolieVerona Press editor
Ever since he was a little kid, Dale Yurs has wanted to be involved in Verona politics.
The son of longtime Salem Unit-ed Church of Christ pastor Mark Yurs, he started working at the state
Capitol at the age of 14, and before his wife got a job at Epic last year, he had earned a master’s degree in constitutional history. So it was a natural decision when he returned to his hometown to become the first person to challenge an incumbent Verona alder since 2010.
Last Tuesday, Yurs, now 25, and three others became the first chal-lengers to defeat an incumbent since 2003. It was the first time all four alders up for re-election had been challenged, much less defeated.
The four winners – Yurs ,
Elizabeth Doyle, Luke Diaz and Heather Reekie – will take the oath of office next Tuesday after running spirited campaigns that included distributing fliers, put-ting up yard signs and visiting each house in the district, in most cases two times.
Some skeptics saw in the cam-paigns evidence of an incursion of partisan politics into races that have always been nonpartisan, and there was some truth to the claims. But while the four all got support from organizations such
as teacher’s unions and the Dane County Democratic Party and col-lectively raised at least twice as much as their opponents, they all maintain that their victories came down to the hard work of making person-to-person contact with vot-ers, who turned out in much higher numbers than usual.
“The biggest thing I did was knock on doors,” Yurs said.
The result means big chang-es to the Common Council , which will have its first female alder since 2003 – two of them,
actually – and will turn over half its membership. It also means a big change for the Plan Commis-sion, where outgoing Ald. Steve Ritt has been the strongest voice for several years but has occupied the seat reserved for the represen-tative to the Common Council.
But Mayor Jon Hochkammer, who said he wasn’t surprised “at all” with the voting results, said he’s ready to roll with the chang-es and embrace the talents each of
Brutal race ‘humbles’ local runnerSeth JovAAgUnified Newspaper Group
Ryan Dexter has won 200-mile footraces, fin-ished three 150-milers
and thinks nothing of r u n n i n g his 7-mile c o m m u t e t o a n d from work each day.
But the V e r o n a ultra mara-
thoner was “extremely humbled” recently by “The Race that Eats its Young.”
That’s a nickname giv-en to the Barkley Mara-thons, a 100-mile com-petition entered by more than 800 people since its inception in 1986 but fin-ished by only 14.
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Brewing up a breweryThe $9 million brewery in southeast Verona has been under construction for three months, but only in the past week has the construction become obvious to passers-by. Wisconsin Brewing Company CEO Carl Nolen said Monday the building is on track for a July 15 open-ing and that he hopes to allow visitors to watch as the massive brewing equipment is installed and commissioned over the following two months. Already, the company has made its first batch of beer at the Great Dane, and it plans several more batches over the next few months. There will not be one at Hometown Days, however, as had been previously suggested.
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Parts store, warehouse get OKJim FerolieVerona Press editor
Verona will get a sec-ond car parts store this year after the Plan Commission approved a 6,895-square-foot Advance Auto Parts last Thursday.
The auto parts store, which had made three prior appear-ances before the commission, will fill a hole – literally – left by the demolition of the Grandview Motel in 2006. The commission worked over the building’s standard look and had Gries Architectural Group add extra windows, awnings and brick, remove a red background behind its sign and beef up the landscap-ing plan, using more trees in place of fences.
“I think it looks pretty good, personally,” said plan-ning director Adam Sayre in his first commission meeting with the city. He added that the design would allow the building to be converted eas-ily to other uses should the store close.
Ald. Steve Ritt, notorious for being picky with designs, readily agreed. Ritt had chas-tised planners several months before, when they attempted to push through a mini-strip mall that would have violat-ed the West Verona Avenue guidelines, and after that was fixed, he delivered a stern warning in February that he’d be looking for a higher level of design quality.
On Thursday, Ritt com-mended developer Dave Herbeck and made particular mention of the landscaping plan.
“I want to thank him for all the efforts he’s made,” Ritt said. “I’ve probably been a thorn in your side from the start of this project. … You’ve brought it a long way.”
Commissioner Pat Lytle questioned the plan for a monument sign and was told it met the city’s require-ments.
Warehouse OKThe commission also
approved plans for a ware-house addition for PC/Nam-etag on Horizon Drive.
The plan didn’t require much scrutiny, as it had been approved in its final form years earlier but had expired. The commission accepted a request to waive a required
initial review.PC/Nametag also got
approval to add office space, but the warehouse is the pressing addition. In fact, the meeting materials com-pany has accepted an order that must be in production in the new warehouse space by Aug. 16, meaning construc-tion would have to begin next week.
CNG at Kwik TripKwik Trip continued to
look ahead in getting permis-sion to build a compressed natural gas tank at its large gas station off County High-way PB.
When the La Crosse com-pany got approval to build Verona’s second Kwik Trip station several years ago, a company representative said it would not be profitable any time soon and pushed the 1-year deadline for building it almost to its limit.
On Thursday, a company rep said the CNG station is expected to get little use at first, but it’s part of a larger strategic effort to place the fuel – which can run ultra-low-emissions cars – at sev-eral locations on heavy traf-fic corridors around the state.
A cover letter with the submittal called CNG “one of the fastest-growing alter-native fuels in the transporta-tion industry today.”
The tank will be behind a fence, though other options, including underground storage, were considered, according to the letter. And the station has no residen-tial neighbors. After adding a yield sign to the require-ments, the commission approved it unanimously.
First looks• The commission also
discussed at length Epic’s
conceptual plan for its first parking garage. Though the Campus 4 buildings are still being designed, the company wants to get going on the time-consuming excavation of the parking garage.
Ritt suggested speeding up the process in light of the multiple public meetings Epic has held over the past few months, but it wasn’t work-able, as the project requires a noticed public hearing because it will have multiple buildings on a single lot.
It is expected to return in May, along with an initial look at the buildings.
• The Madison Area Youth Soccer Association present-ed its most recent plans for renovating the championship field at Reddan Soccer Park and adding a 1,000-square-foot medical building.
The plan includes synthet-ic turf, a digital scoreboard, team benches, a press box, a ticketing plaza, bleachers and a monument honoring sponsors. It has no changes to the traffic flow, parking or lighting, but a retaining wall will be built for safety.
Town resident Deb Paul, a town Plan Commission member and immediate neighbor to the south, told the commission she has had no objections to the lighting but did not want to see liquor licenses allowed.
• Commissioners were skeptical of plans for a fourth set of apartment buildings at the West End, asking to see how they would fit in with the approved plan for the entire development.
The proposed 40-unit building would use the remaining allotment of apart-ments on the site, leaving a hole along its eastern edge where apartments over first-floor retail had been desig-nated previously.
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A view from the southeast entrance to the Advance Auto Parts store that was approved last Thursday at 512 W. Verona Ave.
City of Verona
Council allows fire chief search to beginJim FerolieVerona Press editor
The Verona Fire District oversees a fire chief and a full staff, but when it dis-solves Jan. 1 and leaves its assets in the care of the City of Verona, the fire department will be starting from scratch.
Sort of.Now that the city and
town have agreed to turn a government entity into a contractual situation instead, the city will need to fill the new fire chief position, essentially the one currently occupied by Joe Giver.
Monday, the Common Council gave the Police and Fire Commission the authority to do that.
That doesn’ t mean there necessarily will be a switch. In fact, Giver’s job would be nearly identical to his current one, except he would answer to the city government, rather than a city-town commission. But because state statutes require the PFC to hire the chief, it will be solely up to the commission to decide whether to conduct a new search and whether to appoint him or someone else.
And the PFC has an entirely different member-ship from that of the Vero-na Fire Commission.
The council’s vote per-mitting authority would
have technically been required, except that the city obviously doesn’t want to wait until Jan. 1 to hire a chief and then have the chief – whether Giver or someone else – begin hiring a staff.
“We need to get that process going,” Mayor Jon Hochkammer told the council.
The PFC next meets April 18.
In other action• The council also voted
to affirm the actions it took at the March 11 meeting, in which only five alders and the mayor were present.
The city attorney advised that even though the mayor is considered a member of the council, therefore providing a technical two-thirds quorum, the council would be better off in the future not taking action
without a full quorum of six alders.
• The city hired AECOM to design a second lane on the U.S. Hwy. 18-151 offramp that feeds onto Epic Lane and continues to Northern Lights as the first part of its efforts to deal with increasing traf-fic at the county’s largest employer.
The city has not yet affirmed or accepted the traffic impact analysis that was recently presented to the city’s Public Works committee – that’s expect-ed at the next council meeting.
• The city set a date to present to the public the traffic impact analysis con-sidering Epic’s increase to 8,000 employees and the potential of 11,000 employees. It will be at 6:30 p.m. April 23 at Vero-na City Center.
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Opinion
Believe it or not, it is spring! This is the perfect time to consider rebirth, growth
and expansion in your ongoing pursuit of the good life.
It’s hard to know where to begin. Maybe the perfect way to start a rebirth process is to slow down, take a deep breath and give yourself a little time to just think.
This sounds simple, but it seems to be becoming a lost art. We are accosted by so much information these days that it seems like we strive to fill up all the spaces with external input. We are a distracted folk and strangely we are always seeking more distractions. This, I believe, threatens to lead us away from valuable moments of reflection, of connecting with our self.
I fear that as we are consistent-ly plugged in, tweeting, texting, googling, listening, listening, listening that we are in danger of experiencing an estrangement from ourselves, and this can only lead to estrangement from loved ones. One cannot be out of touch with oneself and still intimately connected to another.
Or put another way, you need a little time for yourself to be at your best around others.
These days, with all of the social media and second-hand information surrounding us, it’s hard to know what your impor-tant truths are. How do you really know what you think you know?
What I mean by this is that there are many mythologies with strong intuitive backing and pub-lic support that simply are not true. It takes a little introspection to recognize it.
Let’s take an example from business.
A time-honored, much-bal-lyhooed and taught approach to team decision-making is brain-storming, a process developed in the late 1940s and popularized during the 1950s. It has become so much a part of our lexicon that I am sure that you have heard and used the term, and it is sold by consultants in a variety of for-mats and under different titles for huge sums of money.
Brainstorming gains intuitive support because it’s fun and it makes sense.
The idea behind brainstorming, in brief, is for everyone in the group to boldly generate ideas. The group pursues quantity, not quality, and the rule is that no criticism or judgment is placed on the ideas. It is supposed that with huge numbers of ideas, and no internal or external critic blocking ideas, gold will appear.
There is only one problem. It doesn’t work.
Numerous research attempts to support brainstorming have not shown it to be effective. In fact, brainstorming groups bog down and become inefficient in a number of ways beyond the scope of this column. The point is that contrary to the science, the method continues to hold great sway over team development approaches and maintains its own mythology.
I use this example to dem-onstrate a fallacy in common assumptions but also to illustrate a further point about creative thought. One reason brainstorm-ing is not effective is that it is commonly attempted in groups. True creativity tends to occur in isolation and is then honed or perfected in groups.
The philosophers have told us this for years, but it has never been as important as now. Steve Jobs has described his isolated style of thinking. Picasso sug-gested, “Without great solitude, no serious work is possible.”
Now we have constant input and perpetual access to enter-tainment and information right at our fingertips. Also many organizations and schools place a premium on teamwork and group interactions. That doesn’t leave us much time to simply be alone with our thoughts.
Another example comes from my own experience.
I have worked with couples for many years. I know the lit-erature and understand the sci-ence of why marriage is good for people. I teach these principles to couples, students and my fellow therapists.
However, my wife and I recent-ly celebrated our 35th wedding anniversary, and this occasioned me to think once again, that more than all the books, research and discussions it is she who convinc-es me of the profound benefits of a strong committed relationship. My experience of being deeply cared for, more than any other knowledge, leads me to be an absolute conviction of the ben-efits of marriage or, if you prefer, the benefits of a strong, commit-ted relationship.
So, as Michael Feldman might ask, “Whaddaya know?”
Take a moment right now and consider what forms an important truth for you. Think about how you learned this truth and wheth-er this truth has changed for you over time.
How does your understanding of this truth guide you? Is there someone you might wish to share your ideas?
While you do that, maybe I’ll check my emails and listen to my mp3 player, but I might also choose to just sit and think a bit.
Don Ferguson is a psychologist and marriage therapist, author of “Reptiles in Love” and the owner of Infinite Relationships LLC in Verona. For information, visit inrelationships.com.
Let’s slow down and take time to think
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Letters to the editor
Epic is an integral part of VeronaIn light of Mr. Kroncke’s let-
ter in last week’s Verona Press regarding the traffic conditions around Epic, I can understand the residents’ frustrations, but I also don’t feel the need to attack the company or its owner for the growth.
When they came here a few years ago, no one could have imagined the growth of the com-pany, including Epic themselves.
Many municipalities would love to have a successful growing company of that caliber in their city, village or town.
I have lived in Verona pretty much my entire life and remem-ber when the city was a bedroom community. There weren’t many opportunities for employment in Verona in those days. That said, what is going on up there in my view is a good thing. Consider the alternative: a company struggling with a half-empty campus. Does that make anyone feel better? I surely hope not.
Through the recession and as the economy continues to improve that company is and has been good for this community. Epic annually gives grants back to
this community in the hundreds of thousands of dollars and all they typically get is a quiet thank you from the recipients. They open their doors to the schools for grad-uations, and try to be good stew-ards to the community – they just do it quietly. I for one don’t think they deserve any of the ridicule that gets aimed at them.
Epic is doing their best to make the situation better, and I believe they will, but it will not happen overnight. Knowing what I do from my own experiences with the company and its leadership, they are very understanding and compassionate people who don’t deserve the accusations made against them.
Epic is not some big monster on the hill; they are part of our community. They are a part that will be a big driver in the success and growth of this community for years to come.
For that, I say thank you to Epic and the City of Verona officials who had the forethought and abil-ity to bring them here to Verona.
Alex MillerCity of Verona
Thank outgoing alders for their serviceWe have four aldermen that
deserve each and every one of us to walk up to them, look them in the eye, and thank them for their many years of dedicated service.
After so many years of serving, Verona has just given these four men their pink slips.
These men served Verona not for political gain, not for money, not for power, but just because they wanted to help Verona be a better place for us all. Being a public figure isn’t about power and fame.
It involves countless hours away from family and friends try-ing to please everybody and leave the city a better place in the end.
Please take time out of your busy schedule to properly thank them for all they have done for Verona.
Mike WillettCity of Verona
Editor’s note: Mike Willett is a former Dane County Board super-visor.
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Verona’s water bodies the focus of three talksSeth JovaagUnified Newspaper Group
Efforts by local schools and city staff to clean up and protect Verona’s watershed wi l l be the subject of three talks this month.
Mar t en C ie s l i k , t he city’s assistant director of public works, will lead the meetings, slated for April 15, 22 and 23.
I n s e v e r a l V e r o n a schools, teachers have for years used local ponds and streams as outdoor labo-ratories for hands-on sci-ence experiments. Data they’ve collected is help-ing the city analyze water quality and drum up ideas for how to beautify and improve local man-made and natural water bodies.
This month’s talks will keep residents in the loop about future projects, ask for feedback and help the city promote a program that offers rebates to resi-dents who buy rain bar-rels or install rain gardens, Cieslik said.
The April 15 talk will focus on student and city efforts , in conjunction with University of Wis-consin staff and students, to analyze water quality
and ecosystems in Bad-ger Mill Creek. It will run from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Verona Public Library.
The April 23 talk will also be at the library from 6:30-8:30 p.m. I t wi l l focus on ongoing efforts to spruce up and improve detention ponds at Silent Street and Whalen Road.
The April 22 talk will be held from 6-7:30 p.m. at Glacier Edge Elemen-tary School and focus on Whalen Pond.
Last year, school and ci ty off icials landed a
$27,000 grant from the M a d i s o n C o m m u n i t y Foundation to help pay for an observation deck at Whalen Pond. Walk-ing paths, a kiosk, signs and more are in the works in the Hawthorne Hills neighborhood pond.
Ciesl ik said the ci ty also has funding set aside to create master plans for Silent Street Pond and a drainage area in Harriett Park in future years. He’d l ike to hear residents’ ideas on both at the talks.
In addition, Cieslik said he’ll encourage people to sign up for the city’s rebate programs, which offer residents $10 per rain barrel for up to four barrels per home, and up to $150 in rebates for the cost of planting native species plants in rain gar-dens.
Since the program’s inception in 2010, the city has doled out rebates for 83 rain barrels at 53 homes and for one rain garden. But with roughly 3,500 residences in the city, “I feel like we’ve got a lot of room to do better,” he said.
Call Cieslik at (608) 497-2072 for more infor-mation.
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If you goThree talks about local
efforts to protect Verona’s watershed are coming up this month.
April 15: 6:30-8:30 p.m., Verona Public Library. The topic is the Badger Mill Creek Project
April 22: 6-7:30 p.m., Glacier Edge Elementary School. The topic is the Whalen Road Pond project
April 23: 6:30-8:30 p.m., library. The topic is city and school efforts to utilize and improve local ponds
Former Veronan hosts quilt workshop for soldiersamy SmithVerona Press correspondent
A former Verona resident will host a quilt workshop for deployed soldiers Sat-urday.
M a r y K a y B i s h o p , of Green Bay, became involved in the Camo Quilt Project after her son, Will, deployed to Afghanistan last month.
T h e p r o j e c t , w h i c h was started by Plymouth resident Linda Wieck in 2006 after her son-in-law deployed to Iraq, provides quilts made of reject uni-form material to soldiers in Afghanistan. The quilts are lighter and more versatile than Army-issued sleep-ing bags, according to the
project’s website.So far volunteers have
made about 19,000 quilts for deployed so ld iers . Bishop’s personal goal is to make 500 quilts. She is at 300.
Bishop said the quilts are more useful than Army-issued sleeping bags, which
are bulky and hot. Because they’re made as the same camouflage material as uni-forms, they can be used to lay on or under out in the open instead of on hot sand.
Plus, Bishop said, part of the charm for her son and other soldiers is receiving homemade things.
“We don’t want it to look like it came from a store,” she said.
Bishop said all volunteers are welcome at the work-shop, which runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Verona Area Community Theater building, 405 Bruce St. Even if you don’t know how to sew, you can make a card or just stop by for sup-port, she said.
If you goWhat: Quilt workshop
for deployed soldiersWhen: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.,
Saturday, April 13Where: Verona Area
Community Theater Building located, 405 Bruce St.
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Former Verona resident Mary Kay Bishop will host a quilt making workshop Saturday. The quilts are sent to soldiers overseas.
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Faculty recitalInstructors at Rhapsody Arts Center
will host a faculty recital at 7:30 p.m. Fri-day, April 12, at 1031 North Edge Trail.
Chris Collins (piano), Leo Van Asten (piano) and Charlene Adzima (violin) will perform their own original composi-tions in a variety of musical styles.
eReaders and OverDrive Join library staff to learn how to use
an eReader and OverDrive, a free eBook database available through the library at a class at 1 p.m., Saturday, April 13, and 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 17, at the Verona Public Library.
Registration is required online at vero-napubliclibrary.org.
Camo quilt workshopVolunteers are welcome at the Camo
Quilt Project workshop to help sew quilts for troops deployed overseas.
The workshop runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, April 13, at the Verona Area Community Theater building, 405 Bruce St.
For information about the project, visit camoquiltproject.blogspot.com
Reading program Sign up begins Monday, April 15 for
the library’s new reading program that encourages parents to read 1,000 books with their child before he or she enters school.
Participants receive a reading journal, prizes each time they finish 100 books, a free book and special recognition upon
completion, and a jumpstart on success in school.
Water talksMarten Cieslik, assistant director of
public works, will give three talks about local efforts to protect Verona’s water-shed this month.
The first is at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Verona Public Library. The topic is the Badger Mill Creek project.
From 6 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 22, a meeting at Glacier Edge Elementary School will focus on the Whalen Road Pond.
From 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, at the library, the topic will be city and school efforts to utilize and improve local ponds.
Wine TastingOnce again the Verona Wine Cellar is
hosting a wine tasting event to benefit the Ride to Cure from 3-7 p.m. Saturday, April 13.
Ten percent of the proceeds from the sales of the wines featured that day towards the JDRF Ride to Cure.
There will be food and raffle prizes.There is no charge for the event, but
donations are appreciated.
Home safety presentationDeputy Leslie Fox from the Dane
County Sheriff’s Office will lead a dis-cussion on home safety at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, April 17, at the Verona Senior Center.
Fox will advise people how to take precautions against home accidents and
how to keep safe.
Spring music programMark your calendars for the Country
View music concert dates. The spring music program, Adventures in Music, will be held at 9 a.m., Thursday, April 18, for Kindergarten, 10 a.m. for first grade and 1:45 p.m. for second grade. On Fri-day, April 19, third graders will perform at 9 a.m., fourth graders at 10 a.m. and fifth graders at 1:45 p.m.
Please arrive a few minutes early to allow time for parking and observe the parking signs. For transportation assis-tance or more information call, 845-4805.
Cuban travelWell-traveled Verona resident Fred
Foreman will share pictures and stories from his recent trip to Cuba at 12:30 p.m. Friday, April 19, at the Verona Senior Center.
Foreman’s stories will include his trav-els to Havana and many obvious tourist sites, but also his experiences with native Cubans off the beaten path.
This presentation is open to the public.
Books ‘N BoozeThe Verona Public Library is announc-
ing a new book group for people in their 20s and 30s.
They will be discussing the hilarious book by Jenny Lawson, “Let’s Pretend This Never Happened” at 5:30 p.m. Thursday April 18, at Pasqual’s Cantina in Verona.
Books are available for checkout at the Verona Library.
Coming up
Community calendar
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Thursday, April 117 a.m. – 911 at Senior Center9 a.m. - Daily Exercise10 a.m. - Jerry Zelm at Senior Center3 p.m. - Daily Exercise4 p.m. – Alzheimer’s Info at Senior Center6 p.m. - Salem Church Service7 p.m. - Words of Peace8 p.m. - Daily Exercise9 p.m. – Chatting with the Chamber 10 p.m. – Memorial Baptist at Historical
Society
Friday, April 127 a.m. – Alzheimer’s Info at Senior Center1:30 p.m. - Chatting with the Chamber 3 p.m. - Acupuncture & Children’s
Hospital at Senior Center5 p.m. - 2011 Wildcats Football 8:30 p.m. - Acupuncture & Children’s
Hospital at Senior Center10 p.m. - 911 at Senior Center11 p.m. – Jerry Zelm at Senior Center
Saturday, April 138 a.m. – Common Council from 4-08-1311 a.m. - Acupuncture & Children’s
Hospital at Senior Center1 p.m. - 2011 Wildcats Football 4:30 p.m. – Memorial Baptist at Historical
Society6 p.m. – Common Council from 4-08-139 p.m. - Acupuncture & Children’s
Hospital at Senior Center10 p.m. - Memorial Baptist at Historical
Society11 p.m. - Jerry Zelm at Senior Center
Sunday, April 147 a.m. - Hindu Cultural Hour 9 a.m. – Resurrection Church 10 a.m. - Salem Church ServiceNoon - Common Council from 4-08-133 p.m. - Acupuncture & Children’s
Hospital at Senior Center4:30 p.m. - Memorial Baptist at Historical
Society6 p.m. – Common Council from 4-08-139 p.m. - Acupuncture & Children’s
Hospital at Senior Center10 p.m. – Memorial Baptist at Historical
Society11 p.m. - Jerry Zelm at Senior Center
Monday, April 157 a.m. – Alzheimer’s Info at Senior Center1:30 p.m. - Chatting with the Chamber 3 p.m. - Acupuncture & Children’s
Hospital at Senior Center5 p.m. - 2011 Wildcats Football9 p.m. - Hindu Cultural Hour10 p.m. – 911 at Senior Center11 p.m. – Jerry Zelm at Senior Center
Tuesday, April 167 a.m. – 911 at Senior Center
9 a.m. - Daily Exercise10 a.m. - Jerry Zelm at Senior Center 3 p.m. - Daily Exercise4 p.m. – Alzheimer’s Info at Senior Center6 p.m. - Resurrection Church 8 p.m. - Words of Peace9 p.m. - Chatting with the Chamber10 p.m. - Memorial Baptist at Historical
Society
Wednesday, April 177 a.m. – Alzheimer’s Info at Senior Center1:30 p.m. - Chatting with the Chamber 3 p.m. – Acupuncture & Children’s
Hospital at Senior Center5 p.m. – Common Council from 4-08-137 p.m. - Capital City Band8 p.m. –Acupuncture & Children’s
Hospital at Senior Center10 p.m. - 911 at Senior Center11 p.m. – Jerry Zelm at Senior Center
Thursday, April 187 a.m. – 911 at Senior Center9 a.m. - Daily Exercise10 a.m. – Jerry Zelm at Senior Center3 p.m. - Daily Exercise4 p.m. – Alzheimer’s Info at Senior Center6 p.m. - Salem Church Service8 p.m. - Daily Exercise9 p.m. – Chatting with the Chamber 10 p.m. – Memorial Baptist at Historical
Society
What’s on VHAT-98
Thursday, April 11•10:30 a.m., Aging happily, Verona Senior Center, 845-7471
Friday, April 12• 9 a.m., Men’s group – Gary Cannalte, Verona Senior Center, 845-7471• 7:30 p.m., Faculty recital, Rhapsody Arts Center, 1031 North Edge Trail, 848-2045
Saturday, April 13• 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., Camo quilt workshop, Verona Area Community Theater building, 405 Bruce St.• 1 p.m. E-reader and tablet class, Verona Public Library, 845-7180• 3-7 p.m., Wine tasting to benefit JDRF Ride to Cure, Verona Wine Cellar
Monday, April 15• 1,000 books before Kindergarten registration opens, Verona Public Library• 6:30 – 8:30 p.m., Badger Mill Creek Project presen-tation, Verona Public Library
Tuesday, April 16• 5:30 p.m., Verona Fire District, Fire station• 7 p.m., Common Council organizational meeting,
City Center Wednesday, April 17
• 12:15 p.m., Safety presentation, Verona Senior Center, 845-7471• 7 p.m. E-reader and tablet class, Verona Public Library, 845-7180• 7 p.m., Parks commission, public works building
Thursday, April 18• 9 a.m. – 1:45 p.m., Music program, Country View Elementary School, 845-4805• 5:30 p.m. Books ‘n booze discussion, Pasqual’s Cantina, 845-7180
Friday, April 19• Various times, Music program, Country View Elementary School, 845-4805 • 12:30 p.m., Cuba presentation, Verona Senior Center, 845-7471
Saturday, April 20• 7:30 p.m., VAPAS: Dailey and Vincent, Verona Area Performing Arts Center
Sunday, April 21• Noon – 3 p.m., Computer collection, Goodwill Industries collection site, 4530 Verona Road
The Human ConditionThe Bible provides us with many good examples of human-
ity. Adam, Moses, and Jesus are archetypes of humanity. But, it is also true that being human is radically different now than it was in Biblical times. Culture and technology have changed us to such an extent that being human in the modern world is
fundamentally different than it was in the ancient world, or even a few hundred years ago. Our species may not have changed much in terms of biology, but in terms of psychology and cul-
ture, the differences are vast. This goes beyond such superficial questions as whether Jesus would have a Twitter account or a Facebook page were he alive today. Part of what defines us as human is that we are cultural beings. That is, we grow up within a culture and that particular culture is grafted onto us. This is one of the reasons why the humanities are important
as an area of study. They help us to understand what it is to be human. Works of fiction are sometimes denigrated by those
with a practical bent, but good fiction is often an exploration of what it is like to be a human being. Humanity is constantly rein-venting itself, all the while questioning the implications of that reinvention. One reason to study the Bible is because it gives a number of very deep answers to the question of what it means
to be human.
“No one can comprehend what goes on under the sun. Despite all their efforts to search it out, no one can discover its meaning. Even if the wise claim they know, they cannot really
comprehend it.”Ecclesiastes 8:17
ChurchesALL SAINTS LUTHERAN CHURCH2951 Chapel Valley Road, Fitchburg(608) 276-7729allsaints-madison.orgPastor Rich Johnson
THE CHURCH IN FITCHBURG2833 Raritan Road, Fitchburg, WI 53711(608) 271-2811livelifetogether.comSunday Worship: 8 and10:45 a.m.
THE CHURCH IN VERONAVerona Business Centre535 Half Mile Rd. #7, Verona.(608) 271-2811livelifetogether.comSunday Worship: 9 a.m.
FITCHBURG MEMORIAL UCC5705 Lacy Road, Fitchburg(608) 273-1008 • memorialucc.orgPhil Haslanger
GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH ELCA(608) 271-6633Central: Raymond Road & Whitney WaySUNDAY8:15, 9:30 & 10:45 a.m. WorshipWest: Corner of Hwy. PD & Nine Mound Road, VeronaSUNDAY9 & 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Worship
LIVING HOPE CHURCHAt the Verona Senior Center108 Paoli St. • (608) 347-3827livinghopeverona.com, [email protected] a.m. Worship
MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH201 S. Main, Verona(608) 845-7125MBCverona.orgLead pastor: Jeremy ScottSUNDAY10:15 a.m. Worship
REDEEMER BIBLE FELLOWSHIP102 N. Franklin Ave., VeronaPastor Dwight R. Wise(608) 848-1836 www.redeemerbible-fellowship.orgSUNDAY10 a.m. Family Worship Service
RESURRECTION LUTHERAN CHURCHWisconsin Synod, 6705 Wesner Road, Verona(608) 848-4965 • rlcverona.orgPastor Nathan Strutz and Assistant Pastor: Timothy RosenowTHURSDAY 6:30 p.m. WorshipSUNDAY9 a.m. Worship Service
ST. CHRISTOPHER CATHOLIC PARISH301 N. Main St., Verona(608) 845-6613Stchristopherverona.com
Fr. William Vernon, pastorSATURDAY 5 p.m. Sunday Vigil, St. Andrew, VeronaSUNDAY 7:30 a.m., St. William, Paoli9 and 11 a.m., St. Andrew, VeronaDaily Mass: Tuesday-Saturday at 8 a.m., St. Andrew, Verona
ST. JAMES EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH427 S. Main Street, Verona(608) 845-6922www.stjamesverona.orgPastors Kurt M. Billings and Peter NarumService5 p.m., Saturday8:30 and 10:45 a.m., Sunday
SALEM UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST502 Mark Dr., Verona, WIPhone: (608) 845-7315Rev. Dr. Mark E. Yurs, PastorLaura Kolden, Associate in Ministrywww.salemchurchverona.org9:00AM Sunday School (for all ages)10:15AM Worship ServiceStaffed nursery: 8:45am-11:30am11:30AM Fellowship Hour
SPRINGDALE LUTHERAN CHURCH-ELCA2752 Town Hall Road (off County ID)(608) 437-3493springdalelutheran.orgPastor: Jeff JacobsSUNDAY8:45 a.m. Communion Worship
SUGAR RIVER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH130 N. Franklin St., Verona(608) [email protected], sugarriverumc.orgPastor: Gary HolmesSUNDAY9:00 & 10:30 Contemporary worship with chil-dren’s Sunday school.Refreshments and fellowship are between services.
WEST MADISON BIBLE CHURCH2920 Hwy. M, Verona, WI 53593Sunday (nursery provided in a.m.)9:15 a.m. - Praise and worship10:45 - Sunday School (all ages)6 p.m. - Small group Bible study
ZWINGLI UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST – Located at Hwy. 92 & Ct. Road G, Mount Vernon(608) 832-6677 for informationPastor: Brad BrookinsSUNDAY10:15 a.m. Worship
ZWINGLI UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST – At Hwy. 69 and PB, Paoli(608) 845-5641Rev. Sara ThiessenSUNDAY9:30 a.m. Family Worship
April 11, 2013 The Verona PressConnectVerona.com 7Election: Four ousted alders combined for 19 years on council, several more on boardsContinued from Page 1
the new alders has.“I’m so impressed with the
people over the years we have had (serving on the council),” Hochkammer said.
Challenging changeHochkammer, who gave
each of the newly elected alders a congratulatory tele-phone call after hearing the results last Tuesday night, is used to seeing a new face or two each year at Verona City Center. But he acknowl-edged that having half the council be new presents challenges.
The turnover means a lot of retooling of committees and a lot of education – not just on the background of city issues, but in many cas-es, the processes, procedures and responsibilities of the office and even understand-ing all the consequences that can result from a no or a yes vote.
Notably, none of the four had served on any city com-missions or boards previ-ously. That’s unusual for any new Verona alder, whether appointed or elected; and in fact, in at least the past eight years, only Ken Harwood, the former mayor of Neenah, has joined the council with-out prior Verona government service.
The new alders will need to get used to speaking their minds while the cameras are rolling, and when they do, they will probably have a lot of questions. All of that could slow down some deci-sion-making at first.
“But is that all bad?” Hochkammer said in an interview with the Press last week. “As much information as they want, we should give them. … We’re going to do whatever we can to help.”
Reekie, a 40-year-old speech and language pathol-ogist, said she’s well-aware that they’ll have a lot to learn but isn’t concerned, either. A resident since 2005, she researched local issues before and during her cam-paign and plans to keep at it.
“There is a bit of a learn-ing curve,” she said. “But I have a master’s degree; I know how to study, I know how to learn.”
Doyle has a tougher chal-lenge there, having moved here from Minnesota just last September, but the 27-year-old stay-at-home mom sought the histori-cal perspective of some longtime residents, includ-ing former alder and state Senator Joe Wineke, her campaign treasurer. More recently, she has leaned on the city’s staff to fill her in on the nuances.
“That’s where (clerk) Kami (Lynch) and (admin-istrator) Bill (Burns) have been fantastic and have been very helpful following up on any questions you have, that tiny stuff,” she said.
All four candidates also contacted Hochkammer, Verona Area Chamber of Commerce executive direc-tor Karl Curtis and the Vero-na Press before the election for perspective.
Hochkammer said he hopes to hold an informal Committee of the Whole meeting soon to discuss issues facing the city, and he also recommended the four
attend an upcoming orienta-tion for elected officials put on annually by the League of Wisconsin Municipalities and pick the brains of other city staffers.
“We’ve got great depart-ment heads here,” he said. “They shouldn’t be afraid to ask (questions).”
The Hotchkiss factorAll four new alders also
sought the advice of Erika Hotchkiss, who joined the County Board as a supervisor in 2012 and has learned some political lessons along the way, both positive and nega-tive.
That connection stirred up a little controversy this win-ter, with some of the remain-ing alders expressing con-cerns that the campaigns were evidence of bigger forces at work than simple city poli-tics. After all, it helped lead to endorsements for all four by the Dane County Democratic Party and contributions from the Verona’s teacher’s union and a regional teacher’s union lobbying group, none of which used to get involved in city politics outside of Madi-son.
It also brought a visit from County Executive Joe Parisi, a former member of the state Assembly and prominent Democrat, at a fund-raiser Hotchkiss hosted for the four at her home.
Hochkammer sa id he hoped that wasn’t evidence of partisan politics at play.
“Local government should not be partisan,” he said.
Diaz, 31, acknowledged that such connections – par-ticularly the Dane County Dems database of voters – helped his campaign, but he insisted that “elections are separate from governing” and that he simply drew on his knowledge from working on Hotchkiss’ 2012 campaign, as Reekie did. He bristled at the notion that a challenger means an alder has done a bad job or that people should wait their turn to serve or not “try too hard” to win.
“Elected officials should expect contested elections,” he said. “Nobody is entitled to an office.”
Doyle added that what real-ly separated this year’s elec-tions from those in the past was simply an understand-ing of “how to effectively
campaign.” Hotchkiss insisted there
was no master plan at work, even though she cheered for the four challengers through-out the campaign and helped coach them.
Each newly elected offi-cial agreed with that assess-ment, and Yurs pointed out that there are laws prevent-ing too much coordination with organizations such as unions. The inspiration from seeing Hotchkiss’ successful campaign last year against an entrenched incumbent was a bigger factor, they indicated.
Yurs was the first to announce his candidacy last summer while working on Sondy Pope’s Assembly re-election campaign. Then Doyle, who had taken an unpaid fellowship with the Obama For America cam-paign during the fall, and Diaz, a technical writer at Epic who had originally planned to run in 2014, both jumped in.
Doyle ultimately decided to run after hearing people com-ment that her passion would be an asset on the council.
“I figured I have the time and I know how to campaign, so I might as well give it a shot,” she said.
Diaz, who had previously volunteered on a losing alder-manic campaign in Madison, said seeing that others were running made his decision easier.
“It was easier to com-plain about the council being complacent (knowing other challengers would agree),” he said. “It gives my argu-ment a lot more credibility.” Reekie was last, calling her old friend Hotchkiss after
seeing her “Forward Verona” Facebook post looking for a fourth person to round out the field.
“As I saw the process unfold for Erika (in the spring), I started thinking of myself as more of a politi-cally minded person than I had before,” she said. “I approached Erika, and she said, ‘You really have to want it. Campaigning is really, really hard. If you’re not in it to win it, don’t bother.’”
‘Huge surprise’Each of the challengers
expressed guarded optimism about their own campaigns, but none admitted to expect-ing all four to win. Doyle called it a “huge surprise.”
It was a bit of a shock for the four incumbents, too.
Each had taken a waiver that allowed them to not report campaign finances as long as they raised less than $1,000, so their spending can’t be tracked. But clearly none went before voters with the same sustained gusto as their respective challengers, who totaled more than 1,187 votes to the incumbents’ 907 and raised more than $9,000 combined.
Ald. Steve Ritt said Thurs-day after what could have been his last Plan Commis-sion meeting that he was still coming to terms with the sud-den change after six years on the council and about eight on the commission.
“I’m very disappointed,” said Ritt, a Madison attorney, “But it’s been a significant honor to serve with the mem-bers of the council I have served with.”
He said he enjoyed being
“challenged” by alders and commissioners with different points of view.
“Thank goodness we didn’t always agree,” he said.
Clark Solowicz, who like Ritt served on the Plan Com-mission for several years before being appointed to the council in 2008, teared up as his last council meeting came to a close Monday. He strug-gled to find words to express his feeling about losing his seat.
Solowicz, a project man-ager at construction company Findorff, was recently named the council’s representative to the temporary committee that will help design the new station to be built next year for the new city fire depart-ment. Given the five years he’s invested representing the council on the Verona Fire Commission, he’d like to help see it through.
But he also said he planned to “take some time and watch from afar for a while” and work on his wife’s “honey do” list now that he’ll have extra time.
Rick Streich, a retired Department of Corrections official who won a write-in contest in 2005 and hadn’t been challenged since, said he is “satisfied” with his term and just hopes the new coun-cil doesn’t become political. That’s the same concern that Evan Touchett, who had piled up 613 votes in the then-over-sized District 4 to earn his lone term two years ago, had expressed during the election.
Hochkammer’s vo ice broke last Thursday as the Plan Commission bid fare-well to Ritt and again Mon-day as he thanked each of the
alders for their service.“It was an honor for us to
work with you, as well,” he said.
Council President Mac McGilvray added that while the election was the “will of the people,” he was “deeply saddened” by the losses and said the city doesn’t yet real-ize the “wealth of wisdom” it let go.
What’s in store?While each of the four has
his or her own agenda, one common thread united the four during the campaigns: They wanted to see increased communication and interac-tion between alders and their constituents.
Nothing had changed days after the election, and in fact, Reekie said she plans to go door to door through the dis-trict once more, hoping to get contact information now as an alder, rather than just a candidate.
“(I will) feel more com-fortable about asking people for their email addresses,” she noted.
Reekie also hopes to set up a blog or web page – as fel-low District 4 Ald. Jeremy Charles has been doing – and try to get more people to attend council meetings.
“I would like to provide more opportunities for peo-ple to get more interested,” she said. “I think that Verona is truly going to be complete-ly represented by the city council now.”
Yurs said he, too, would like to find ways to get more interaction, including hosting a regular update meeting. He added that he might use some of his leftover campaign con-tributions to help reach out to constituents.
Doyle has campaigned here and elsewhere with a stroller or with her now 5-year-old daughter, Zoe, walking with her. She found many people were “excited” that “a younger person” was running and they shared a “kinship” of being in an underrepresented group – stay-at-home moms.
Doyle and Yurs both have brought up the Verona Area Needs Network and afford-able housing as priorities. All four spoke about the city’s downtown and said they’d like to see the city give it more emphasis, rather than put so much effort into annexing on the fringes.
Diaz said he is eager to encourage a more “vibrant,” walkable downtown, improve communication with constitu-ents and support high-quality city services.
“I want to do those things,” he said. “I’m looking for-ward to it.”
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Combined voting City Town County TotalVerona Area Board of EducationMcPartland 878 142 N/A 1,728Behnke 1,095 240 N/A 2,209Supreme Court JusticeRoggensack (I) 894 202 29,600 490,715Fallone 1.237 234 61,455 362,521State superintendentEvers 1,497 292 67,058 486,241Pridemore 517 131 17,723 308,039Circuit Court JudgeSt. John (I) 1,045 218 38,694Lanford 840 175 42,860County referendum*Yes 1,633 298 72,779No 495 20 16,276
* Question: Should the state continue to allow people to register to vote at the polls on Election Day?
Voting area Votes Eligible PercentCity 2,226 7,942 28Town 445 1,490 30 County 93,874 373,819 25
How we votedDistrict 1Clark Solowicz (I) 246Elizabeth Doyle 276District 2Steve Ritt (I) 249Dale Yurs 295
District 3Rick Streich (I) 165 Luke Diaz 284 District 4Evan Touchett (I) 247Heather Reekie 324
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Few artists come with more impressive bluegrass music credent ia ls than Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent.
The duo played their first show together in December 2007 at the famous Ryman Audi tor ium – the h is -toric home of Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry. Since then they’ve established a full band with four accompa-nying musicians, and com-bined with the group’s close harmony singing, Dailey and Vincent have emerged as one of the country’s lead-ing bluegrass ensembles.
In a telephone interview, Darrin Vincent said the band takes its music seriously but also knows how to have fun in a live performance.
“We never know what’s going to happen on stage,” he said. “We just cut loose when the audience is into it.”
Vincent has been making music for audiences as long
as he can remember. He was 2 the first time he was pulled on stage and asked to sing.
That was as a member of his family’s country and bluegrass band, the Sally Mountain Show, which fea-tured his parents, his older
sister Rhonda (who for years has worn the “Queen of Bluegrass” crown) and later his younger brother, Brian.
Vincent said as a mem-ber of the Sally Mountain Show, he performed at the Grand Ole Opry countless times. He found himself returning to that revered stage time and time as a member of Ricky Skaggs
band, Kentucky Thunder, of which he was a member for 11 years.
And now, as Dailey and Vincent, he and his band mates are again regulars at the Opry.
“We do 110 to 125 shows a year, including the Grand Ole Opry,” he said. “We play there probably 10 to 15 times a year, and it’s just like coming home. I know everybody there and it’s like family to me. It’s fun to go there and just share stories and visit with everyone.”
The band has been named International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Award Entertainer of the Year and Vocal Group of the Year three times and received a Grammy award nomination for best coun-try performance by a duo or group with vocals for the a song from the “Dailey and Vincent Sing the Statler Brothers” album.
Dailey grew up singing and playing with family and regional groups all over Tennessee and Kentucky. He gained national atten-tion when he joined Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver in 1998 as lead, baritone and
tenor singer. During his tenure, the band won 13 IBMA Awards – includ-ing seven Vocal Group of the Year awards and earned four Grammy and five Dove Award nominations.
Dailey has recorded with Dolly Parton, appeared and was a guest on Ricky Skaggs' Grammy-winning Brand New Strings album, as well as dozens of other guest performances.
Vincent said he was drawn to Dailey after hear-ing him sing with Doyle Lawson’s band in 2001 at the IBMA awards show.
“After he performed I went back stage and put my hand out and said, ‘I’m Dar-rin Vincent and I’d like to be your friend,’” Vincent recalled. “I was producing a lot of records at the time and had him sing on some things. Then I got an oppor-tunity to do a Christmas CD. I talked with Jamie and he said let’s do a duet on there. We did ‘Beautiful Star of Bethlehem’ and put it on the radio and it made No. 1 for four months.
“That was the start of our band,” he added, “because people kept saying they
wanted to hear us sing more together.”
The pair both play guitar and bass and sing, although Vincent is primarily a man-dolin player in the ensem-ble. The band is rounded out with Jeff Parker on fiddle and guitar, Christian Davis on bass, B. J. Cherryholmes on fiddle and Jessie Baker on banjo.
Vincent credited Dai-ley for writing most of the band’s songs.
“He writes 10 times the number of songs that I do,” Vincent said. “He’s really got a knack for it, and it’s harder for me. But we both write. On our new record, the single track is called “Steel Driving Man,” Jamie wrote that for the record.”
He said spending so much time traveling can be challenging. He loves the life and feels he’s been “blessed,” but wishes he could spend more time with family.
“I tell my wife and kids if something should hap-pen and I don’t come home some weekend, just know that I have fulfilled every dream I’ve ever had in my life except to spend more time with them,” Vincent said. “That’s the only thing I’d change.
“But musically the Lord has blessed my life so much. I just couldn’t ask for any-thing else.”
Bluegrass stars Dailey and Vincent coming to performing arts series
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Bluegrass masters Dailey and Vincent will play at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 20, at the high school Performing Arts Center.
Warm weather could temporarily shut down some county parks
Dane County is advis-ing that some county parks might be closed over the next few weeks due the warmer weather.
The increase in tem-peratures that began last week will start to draw out ground frost, making park-lands and some facilities vulnerable to damage due to the soft ground. Vehicu-lar traffic and pedestrian use could damage road-ways, turf areas and trail surfaces under those condi-tions and may require some parks to be closed to the public temporarily, Dane County Parks director Dar-ren Marsh said in a news release.
Marsh has requested that park patrons stay on sur-faced pathways and roads.
“If we can reduce the damage at this time of year, it reduces our maintenance costs and allows us to pro-vide better services through the rest of the year,” he said in the news release.
After a few spring rains and d ry ing winds the ground will firm up and parks will be re-opened, the release went on.
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If patrons have questions regarding a closed park or facility, they should con-tact the Dane County Parks Office at 224-3730 or visit countyofdane.com/lwrd/parks.
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Verona boys tennis hasn’t reached the WIAA Division 1 state team ten-nis tournament since making three-straight trips from 2002-04 – in large part because of the Middleton Cardi-nals, who have advanced to state in eight of the past 12 years.
Finally able to get out of the same sectional as Middleton this season, the Wildcats are optimistic they could finally break their nine-year drought this year.
Verona finished three points behind Middleton after the subsec-tional and sectional points were tallied to determine which team advanced to team state last year.
If Verona is able to punch their ticket to the state team tournament, it will do so behind the strength of five seniors.
“We also have a lot of seniors on the team who are set on getting to team state this year,” Verona head coach Rick Engen said. “They are planning on putting their mark on the program and adding a conference and sectional championship on our accomplishment board.”
After playing at No. 2 singles for the past three seasons, senior Andrew Argall finally gets his shot at taking over as the Wildcats top player this year following the graduation of Alex Boomgarden. A Big Eight Confer-ence as well as sectional champion, who won 25 matches last season, Argall is a three-time individual state qualifier.
Boomgarden, who earned a 10-16 seed at last season’s individual state tennis tournament, went on to the round of 16. He is now playing two singles and one doubles at Carthage College in Kenosha.
Argall, meanwhile, won a match before falling in a highly contested second round match against 10-16 seed Jake Humphreys of Kenosha Tremper.
Despite being one of the top play-ers in the area, Argall is one of only few who spends his offseason doing something other than hitting a ten-nis ball. Argall instead opted to play guard for the Wildcats boys basket-ball team the past three seasons where he secured second-team Big Eight
All-Conference hon-ors last season.
Senior Brian Davenport (24-6), who gave up hockey in favor of tennis, saw his season end at section-als where he finished second to Middle-ton sophomore Joey Niesen at 3 singles. D a v e n p o r t moves up to No. 2 singles this year, while junior Philip Rud-nitzky, who won 26 matches last
year, steps up to 3 singles.
Like Dav-enport, Rud-nitzky (24-7)
saw his season close at sectionals,
taking second place to Middleton junior Tyler Markel. Spend-ing another summer
training in Germany, Rudnitzky figures to be one of several Wildcats vying for at least a confer-ence title this season.
Also in the hunt will be Verona’s top doubles team.
Seniors James Schad (8-6) played
No. 1 doubles at the end of last sea-son and eventually qualified and won a match at the individual state meet with teammate Ryan McLean. Hav-ing improved a lot since last year, Engen said, sophomore Nolan Fink will open this season in place of the graduated McLean.
Seniors Alex Hadjiev and Austin Gerdes take the courts at No. 2 dou-bles.
“Both Alex and Austin have worked hard to compete this year,” Engen said.
Senior Tanner Breisch and fresh-man Matt Blessing should also do
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Sectional move helps state chances
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The returning letterwinners for the Verona girls soccer team (front, from left) are: Becky Schultz, Ariana Makuch, Sarah Schoeberle, Teeghan Tvedt and Felicia Retrum; (back) Maddy Wenn, Carissa Kolpek, Morgan Dykman, Maddie Hankard and Gabby Douglas; (not pictured) Carly Juzwik.
Girls soccer
Young squad aims for stabilityAnthony IozzoAssistant sports editor
Last season ended a bit pre-maturely for the Verona girls soccer team with a WIAA sectional semifinal loss to eventual state champion Mad-ison West.
With a Big Eight Confer-ence title (8-0-1, 13-5-2 over-all) and its fourth straight regional title, the Wildcats had hopes of making it back to the Division 1 state tournament for the first time since 2010, when they won the school’s first girls soccer title.
This season proves to be a little different with a much younger team, but head coach Jennifer Faulkner said that the returners are all ones with lots of minutes and experience on varsity.
“We are hoping that the
returners bring some stabil-ity,” she said. “And hopefully, we can build off last season’s success.”
Junior Felicia Retrum, junior Maddy Wenn and sophomore Teeghan Tvedt
return much of the offensive output from last season.
Retrum, known as “Bar-bie” to her teammates, picked up 14 goals and seven assists (35 points), while Wenn had eight goals and five assists (21 points). Tvedt scored four goals and was second on the team with 10 assists (18 points).
Sophomore forward Ariana Makuch looks to add more minutes this season, as well. She picked up four goals and three assists.
But the Wildcats do lose two of their top three points leaders from last season in Erin Peterson and Ashley Seymour. Seymour collected 14 goals and led the team with 12 assists last season, while Peterson added eight goals
Girls track & field
Relays expect to carry Cats once againJeremy JonesSports editor
Verona ’ s girl’s track a n d f i e l d team cracked the top 10 as a program at last year’s WIAA Division 1 state meet, tying Waukesha West and New Richmond for 10th place behind the strength of the team’s relay.
Head coach Mark Happel, who said last season’s squad was “a once in a lifetime team to coach,” still expects plenty from this year’s team, however.
Verona returns 18 letter-winners, but lost 14 from last season, including mid-dle distance standout Kayla Anderson, who took sev-enth in the 800-meter run. Also lost from a year ago is Tyler Henderson, who fin-ished 10th in the triple jump and 19th in the 100-meter hurdles.
Karli Bryant took 18th in the discus, while Verona tied New Richmond and Wauke-sha West for 10th place with 19 points.
“We have good nucleus of talented and hard working athletes,” Happel said.
Verona returns half of its 4x100 relay, which fin-ished fifth last season with sophomore Shannon Ker-rigan and junior Lexy Rich-ardson coming back. Ashley Bartow and Lauren O’Brien have s ince gradua ted . Besides being a key relay clog, O’Brien also tied for 16th in the high jump.
A year removed from sending all four relays to the state medal podium, senior
Photo by Jeremy Jones
The returning letterwinners for the Verona Area High School boys tennis team (front, from left) are: Nolan Fink, Austin Gerdes and Alex Hadjiev; (back) Elliot Schad, Andrew Argall, Brian Davenport and Philip Rudnitzky.
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2012 standingsTeam W-L-TVerona 8-0-1Middleton 6-1-2Madison West 6-2-1Madison Memorial 6-2-1Madison East 5-4-0Sun Prairie 4-4-1Janesville Craig 4-5-0Madison La Follette 2-7-0Beloit 1-8-0Janesville Parker 0-9-0
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A little less than a year ago Verona Area High School softball coach Todd Ander-son said he was retiring from coaching, citing a desire to spend more time with his fam-ily.
Turns out Anderson never
actually went so far as to officially turn in his resignation to VAHS Athletic Director Mark Kryka.
Now back for his fifth season, Anderson inherits a pri-marily veteran Wildcat roster, which welcomes back eight
letterwinners, including five starters.
With the graduation of seven letterwin-ners though, including four starters, there will
be several newcomers sprinkled into the mix.
Freshman catcher Nicole Neitzel, who takes over for All-State player Jillian Bauer behind the plate, is one of them.
Now playing volleyball at Ohio State University, Bau-er’s stick was invaluable as Verona’s home run and slug-ging percentage leader.
Verona (16-9 overall) fin-ished in a three-way tie with Janesville Craig and Madison La Follette within the Big Eight at 13-5 before Sun Prai-rie officially ended the Wild-cats’ season with a 6-0 shel-lacking in the WIAA sectional quarterfinals.
The Cardinals took the con-ference title with a 15-3 record and eventually advanced all the way to the Division 1 state title game where they lost 4-3 to Chippewa Falls.
Junior pitcher Emma Ray steps back into the circle after posting a 16-8 record and 1.60 ERA a year ago. A model of consistency, Ray posted a 3-1 strike out to walk ratio.
Verona figures to have a solid staff with junior Shan-non Whitmus and sophomore Kori Keyes backing up Ray.
Third baseman Claudia Kepler, a Ohio State Univer-sity women’s hockey recruit,
returns for her senior year after hitting .405 with three home runs a year ago.
Seniors Emi Janisch (short-stop) and Taylor Maier (sec-ond base) provide solid lead-ership up the middle in the infield.
Junior Bailey Buisker rounds out the infield at first base. Because the team hasn’t been able to get much work
outside though, Anderson said the team is still sorting out its outfield.
That sorting could ultimate-ly impact the infield person-nel.
“We need to find spots – either defensive spots or designated player spots – for some of our great hitters and skilled defensive journey-men,” Anderson said.
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Returning letterwinners for the Verona Area High School softball team (front, from left) are: Bailey Buisker, Kori Keyes and Taylor Maier; (back) Leslie Banzhaf, Bea Kealy, Emma Ray, Claudia Kepler and Emi Janisch.
2012 standingsTeam W-LSun Prairie 15-3Janesville Craig 13-5Verona 13-5Madison La Follette 13-5Madison East 9-9Janesville Parker 8-10Beloit Memorial 7-11Middleton 7-11Madison Memorial 5-13Madison West 0-18
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well as they get used to play-ing together at No. 3 dou-bles.
“We have a lot of depth this year, especially in dou-bles,” Engen said.
The Wildcats will also have two freshman playing varsity this season in Alex Pletta (4 singles) and Bless-ing (3 doubles).
Beyond that ,Engen said Verona has another group of freshman that are going to play high at the JV level this year and “will only improve
over the season.”As for the conference,
Engen said it is going to come down to Middleton, Madison West and the Wild-cats this season.
“Andrew, Brian and Philip are all going to have a good chance at being conference champions at singles and our No. 1 and 2 doubles teams will be very competitive,” Engen said.
Pletta should also have a pretty good run at No. 4 sin-gles if he continues to prog-ress over the season, Engen added.
Photo by Anthony Iozzo
The returning letterwinners for the Verona boys track team (front, from left) are: Nick Phillips, Derek Witte, Tyler Stone, Kyle Reichert, Matt Renk, John Moynihan and Sam Sharer; (not pictured) Trevor Kermicle.
Pitching depth, defense keys with inexperienced batsAnthony IozzoAssistant sports editor
Two years removed from a WIAA Division 1 state appearance, the Verona baseball team looks to improve on an 11-17 overall record (5-13 Big Eight Confer-ence).
The Wildcats, much like their 2011 state run, looks to rely on pitching this season, although head coach Brad D’Orazio said most of the arms are young and inexperienced.
“We don’t return a lot of at bats from last season so we will have to learn to adjust to varsity pitching,” D’Orazio said. “We hope to play solid defense and rely on the depth of our pitching to keep us close in games.”
Some of the key returners to the mound will be senior Derek Witte (1-3, two saves, 28 strikeouts), senior Trevor Kermicle (4-0, one save, 33 strikeouts) and junior John Moynihan (1-1, 4.20 ERA).
D’Orazio said Witte is “very domi-nant when he is on and throwing strikes,” while Kermicle was an hon-orable mention All-Big Eight Confer-ence pitcher last season.
Nick Phillips also has experience
on the mound. Despite not having a ton of bats
returning, Verona does have senior Sam Sharer, who led off last season,
senior Kyle Reichert, Matt Renk, Tyler Stone and Moynihan.
Sharer batted .314 last sea-son with seven RBIs, five steals and two triples, while Reichert
hit .400 with nine RBIs. Moyni-han, who was a middle of the order
batter with Reichert, had a .293 aver-age with nine RBIs.
Renk and Stone also had experience contributing on the team last season, but Verona lost 10 players to gradua-tion, including six starters.
Luke Yapp, Zach Drury, Jordan Miller, Alex Watzke, David Lund and Louis Ellis all graduated after being key starters last season.
Conference outlookThe Wildcats play in a conference
with perennial powerhouse Sun Prai-rie, which went 18-0 to claim the con-ference title in 2012, and D’Orazio said he expects the Cardinals to be at the top again.
Shortstop Tony Butler and catcher Zach Fairchild are two Division I recruits on the Cardinals’ roster.
Also expected to be near the top is Janesville Craig, led by shortstop Nick Blomgren.
Verona finished eighth out of 10 teams last season. Some key games include: vs. Middleton (5 p.m. April 13), at Sun Prairie (5 p.m. April 30), vs. Janesville Craig (5 p.m. May 2) and at Middleton (5 p.m. May 9).
After a few early season postpone-ments, the Wildcats finally began the season Saturday in a quad against Madison Edgewood, Appleton North and Kaukauna.
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Young team looks to stay on track
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Returning letterwinners for the Verona boys track and field team (laying down, from left) Adam Stiner and Case Baio; (middle) Luke Lamberson, Mike Dalhoff, Ben Feller, Sean Happel, Andrew Husbands, Nick Stigsell, Christopher Williams and Ben Hansen; (back) Josh Beckam, Travis Murray, Jassam Saqr, Adam Watzke, Matt Dietlin, Alan Brown, Steven Queoff, Noah Roberts, Luke Waschbusch and Steven Hartnett.
Boys golf
Talent at top looks to keep Wildcats on courseAnthony IozzoAssistant sports editor
Seniors Tyler Reinecke, Caleb Baltes and Matt Feller have been standouts on the Verona boys golf team the last few years, and they are expected to once again lead the Wildcats this season.
But with the graduation of Matt Opsal, the battle for No. 4 and No. 5 will be won by younger, inexperienced golf-ers this season.
“We have three of the bet-ter players in the conference, but there isn’t much experi-ence after them,” head coach Jon Rebholz said. “We have
Photo by Anthony Iozzo
The returning letterwinners for the Verona boys golf team (from left) are: Tyler Reinecke, Caleb Baltes and Matt Feller.
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The Verona b o y s t r a c k and field team enters the out-door portion of their season as a young team with high hopes to succeed in the high-ly-competitive Big Eight Conference.
The Wildcats have sev-eral spots to fill from a year ago, especially in the sprint events. Tyler Parker, a first-year track and field athlete a year ago, ran to fifth place in the 200- and 12th in the 100-meter dash. Parker is now playing football at Min-nesota State Mankato.
Also having graduating following last season are: David Danaher, Jake Haus-er and Devan Daniels, who helped Parker raced to 19th place in the 4x100. Thrower Zach Hartjes, who took 21st place in the shot put, and Luke Russell, who led the
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Katy Miller, Kerrigan and Richardson give the Wildcats three-fourths of last season’s fifth-place 4x200 relay.
Junior Jenni LaCroix and Miller also return on the 4x400 relay, which finished third overall in 3:56.20.
Seeded sixth overall entering the final event on Saturday, the Verona quarter shaved well over five-and-a-half seconds to finish a team-best third overall in the 4x4.
“We lost some amazing athletes on the 4x4 relay from last year (Bartow and Anderson), but we have some tre-mendous talent returning and expect to be very competitive in all relays at the
state level,” Happel said.Of the influx of new talent, Hap-
pel said this season is the most talent sprint core he’s had to work with at Verona.
Both the 4x2 and 4x4 relays earned spots as All-State relays, finishing with one of the top six times in all three divisions.
Miller, who broke the 300 hurdle school record at conference, came up two spots shy of the finals, taking 12th.
The Wildcats’ sixth-place 4x800 relay, welcomes back sophomore Eri-ca Higgins and LaCroix, who also ran to a 19th-place finish in the 400 dash.
The Big Eight will once again be
loaded with talent far beyond Vero-na, including Maggie Slatter, Allison Funk and Ashley Pohlmann of Janes-ville Craig, Sun Prairie’s Allissa Nel-son, Abby Fabris, Kamry Gipson and Tierney Lindner, Middleton’s Hanna Docter, Madison La Follette’s Kane-sha Freiberg, Madison West’s Olivia Pratt and Hannah Lucas of Madison Memorial.
Sun Prairie, Middleton, Janesville Craig, Madison Memorial, Madison La Follette and the Wildcats should all contend for the title.
The Wildcats first home meet at newly renovated Curtis Jones Stadium will be 4:45 p.m. Tuesday, April 23 against Madison West.
Photo by Jeremy Jones
The returning letterwinners for the Verona Area High School girls track and field team (front, from left) are: Allison Barton, Hannah Semmann, Nikki Zimbrick, Nicole Witthuhn and Nicole Noltemeyer; (middle) Shannon Kerrigan, Hannah Miller, Katy Miller, Jenni LaCroix, Aylise Grossenbacher-McGlamery and Erica Higgins; (back) Jordan Bartholf, Ogi Ifediora, Jamie Hintz, Lexy Richardson, Nichole Bathe, Karen Wong and Erin Seliger.
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Wildcats to a second-place finish in the wheelchair competition, also moved on to college.
Returning senior captains Sean Happel and Dietlin lead a group of eight seniors that are returning for the Wildcats, their smallest group of seniors in a decade.
“We’re very young this season,” said head coach Joff Pedretti, who is in his eighth season as the Wild-cats coach.
Verona returns two all-conference performers from last year; Dietlin in the pole vault and high jump and junior Adam Stiner in dis-cus.
Dietlin was a state qualifi-er in the high jump last year and also medaled in the tri-ple jump at the conference meet. He notched the Wild-cats’ lone point in the high jump at the W/TFA State Indoor Championships on Saturday at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
Other returning confer-ence medalists include
senior Steven Queoff in the high jump, junior Steven Hartnett in the hurdles and sophomore Ryan Nameth in the 1600.
With so few seniors on the team, Pedretti is hoping the Wildcats get some big contributions from new-comers and younger athletes this spring.
“We’ve been r ea l ly pleased with (first year sophomore sprinter) Collin Griffin,” Pedretti said. “I think that he could do some nice things for us this year.”
Pedretti also said he’s been impressed by the ear-ly season performances of sophomore sprinter Cam-eron Tindall and junior mid-distance runner Alex Ander-son.
“With a young team, you always have guys come out of nowhere and do some-thing for you,” he said.
The Big Eight is always a very competitive con-ference, and it looks to be especially strong this spring.
Janesville Craig topped the conference champion-ships last year and return
most of its key athletes. Middleton and Madison LaFollette also have strong teams this spring.
Those teams are so loaded right now,” Pedretti said. “Even Madison Memo-rial looks good. They’ve got arguably the best sprinter and the best hurdler in the state.”
Verona had finished in the top two at the confer-ence meet every year since 1997, Pedretti’s senior year as a Wildcat, before a third-place finish in the Big Eight broke the streak last year.
The Wildcats are still the only school to finish in the top half of the conference
standings every year since joining the Big Eight five years ago.
“We’re always in the mix, and I think not every team can say that. So we defi-nitely take pride in that,” Pedretti said.
With the indoor season behind them, the Wildcats will look to continue to improve as they head out-doors,
The Wildcats have a dual meet against Janesville Craig this Tuesday, then against Janesville Parker the following Tuesday. Both meets will be held at Mon-terey Stadium in Janesville.
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talented enough kids to fill the gap, though, and we should be pretty strong conference-wise.”
Verona finished tied for fifth at sectionals last season, 10 strokes from state.
Reinecke was a second-team All-Big Eight Confer-ence player last year with a 78 stroke average in 18 holes after being named Conference Player of the Year in 2011.
Reinecke is looking to make state for the first time since his fresh-man year.
Baltes, an honor-able mention all-conference honoree, sported a 79 stroke average in 18 holes last year. He and Reinecke were also named to the Academic All-State squads.
Feller returns after earning an 82 stroke average in 18 holes.
After those three, however, there is much to be learned still.
Two juniors look to poten-tially fill the last varsity spots.
John Tackett and Riley Schmitz finished with an 85 and an 89 stroke average, respectively, on junior varsity in 2012.
After them, there are 10 freshman making their high
school debuts. Rebholz said it will be
important for the seniors to set examples and teach the
younger guys the ropes, since they will be taking over the program in 2014.
“Hopefully, they will soak in what they can, and we will be good to go next year.”
Conference outlookRebholz does not expect
a drop off from last season meaning the Wildcats 97-2 Big Eight) will be in conten-tion for a regular season and conference tournament title.
But so are Madison Memo-rial, Middleton and Beloit Memorial, with Janesville Craig and Janesville Parker as sleepers.
Memorial is led by Peter Webb and John Springer, while Middleton is led by Michael Wiebe. Kolton Kelly leads Beloit.
Some important duals are: vs. Janesville Parker and Madison La Follette (2:30 p.m. April 17), at Janesville Craig and Madison Memorial at Odana Hills Golf Course (2:30 p.m. April 23), and at Beloit Memorial and Middle-ton at Krueger Haskell Golf Course (at 2:30 p.m. May 1). The conference tournament is set fort 8 a.m. May 16 at Evansville Golf Club.
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and four assists. Defens ive ly , Verona
returns junior Maddie Han-kard, senior Carissa Kolpek, junior Gabby Douglas and junior Becky Schultz, who also played midfield last sea-son.
Senior Sarah Schoe-berle looks to switch between midfielder and defender this sea-son. Standout defend-ers Claire Melin and Megan Hanson gradu-ated last year.
Senior Carly Juzwik looks to replace Dylan Haller in the net.
Conference outlookThe Wildcats look to repeat
its conference championship from a year ago, but they will need to solve Madison West, which returns much of its 2012 state championship team.
Madison Memorial and Middleton, other teams
Faulkner said usually give Verona fits on the field, are expected to be younger.
“It is going to be a tough conference,” she said. “West is in a difficult position. It has to defend its title, and every-one else is after them.”
The season begins at 5 p.m. April
1 1 a g a i n s t Sun Prairie at Badger Ridge Mid-dle School.
S o m e other games
of note include: a t H a r t l a n d
Arrowhead (6:30 p.m. April 12), at Madison Memorial (7 p.m. April 25), vs. Middleton (5 p.m. April 30), vs. Oregon (5 p.m. May 7), vs. Madison Edgewood (5 p.m. May 10) at Madison West (7 p.m. May 14) and vs. Waunakee ( 5 p.m. May 21).
Verona also plays at the Middleton tournament April 19-20 at the Middleton Soc-cer Complex.
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Track and field
Cats aiming to get outsideJeremy JonesSports editor
Verona boys and girls track and field got in another indoor competi-tion but were unable to open the Big Eight Conference dual meet season on time.
Slated for a dual at Janesville’s Monterey Stadium against the Janes-ville Craig Cougars on Tuesday, the rivalry was canceled due to persistent rain showers.
Girls W/TFAFreshmen Kylie Schmaltz, Chey-
enne Trilling, senior Katy Miller and sophomore Shannon Kerrigan scored the only two points for the Verona track and field team at Saturday’s W/TFA State Indoor Championships at UW-Whitewater, finishing seventh overall in 1 minute, 51.81 seconds.
Sophomore Hannah Miller, Trill-ing, Katy Miller and Schmaltz placed one spot away from scoring points, taking ninth in the 4x400 (4:16.57) as the Wildcats took 37th out of 49 teams with two points.
Milwaukee King won the meet easily, finishing 30 points ahead of crosstown rival Milwwaukee River-side, 65-35. Neenah rounded out the top three, one point back from River-side.
Schmaltz, Lexy Richardson and sophomore Ogi Ifediora gave the Wildcats three high jumpers that cleared 4-10. Schmaltz led the trio with a height of 5 feet to tie for 10th place. Ifediora went on to add a 12th-place finish in the triple jump with a distance of 33-01.
Junior Nikki Zimbrick tied for 14th in the pole vault with a clearance of 8-6, while junior Jenni LaCroix took 15th in the 800-meter run (2:26.56).
Senior Jordan Bartholf finished 20 in the shot put (33-6 ½).
Boys W/TFASenior Matt Dietlin and junior Ste-
ven Queoff each cleared 6-2 in the Photo by Troy Brewzewski
Joe Pagura readies to toss in the shot put Saturday at the W/TFA State Indoor Championship meet at the University of Wisconsin- Whitewater.
Jeremy JonesSports editor
Senior forward Zach Jones led a quartet of Verona hockey players named to the Wisconsin Hockey Coaches Associ-ation All-State team last month, earning a first-team nod at forward.
It was another in a long list of accolades for Jones, who became the first Wildcat in program history to win the Mr. Hockey award before helping lead Verona to its first-ever state title game last month.
Jones, the only Verona player to repeat on the All-State list, was also named the Big Eight Player of the Year last month after leading the team with 33 goals and 59 points in 30 games while helping the team to a sec-ond-straight Big Eight Confer-ence title with a flawless 14-0 record (28-2 overall).
“Zach is the ideal high school
hockey player, when it comes to the perfect mix of hockey abil-ity, academics and character,”
Verona head coach Joel Marshall said. “I expected him to have another great season, but the number of awards he received came as a bit of a surprise only because they are voted on by all the other coaches in the conference and/or state.”
J o n e s w a s also the team’s Hobey Baker character award winner.
Fellow senior Zac Keryluk and junior Charlie Parker both rece ived honorable mention recognition as forwards.
Keryluk recorded a team-best seven power-play goals out of 21 goals, while adding 27 assists.
“Zac was one of the most powerful players in the state this season. He definitely flew
under the radar a bit again this season,” Marshall said. “Mainly because he is not a natural goal scorer or a guy that puts up a bunch of points.
M a r s h a l l a d d e d , “those who were able to see us play this year cou ld no t he lp bu t notice Zac and how dominant he could be.”
Showing what t h e W i l d c a t s s t a f f and p l ay -e r s t h o u g h t o f him, Keryluk was voted as team’s most valuable play-er.
Parker setup a team-high 31 goals, while scoring 26 of his own, including six power-play goals and four
short handers for a total of 57 points in 30 games.
He also won the team’s award for the most dedicated player.
“Charlie’s personal success is truly a result of how hard he works on his game,” Marshall said. “He will be looked u on to
help lead this program next year as Zac Keryluk did this year.”
Junior defenseman Phillipe Fromberger is the only other
All-State player who will return to the ice next sea-son for the Wildcats. While the Wildcats defense had several questions entering this season, Fromberger stepped up provide solid play along the blue line. He also provided a nice scoring touch, scoring four times and setting up 27
more goals to go along with a +/- rating of +35.
Fromberger had a great season as the team’s only returning var-sity defenseman.
“Philippe had breakout sea-son and received some much deserved recognition from other coaches,” Marshall said. “He saw limited ice last season, because of four other senior defensemen in the lineup, but was able anchor a very smart defensive group that played a huge role to our team’s success.”
Catching up withGina Williams
Williams
School/Sport: University of Eau ClaireYear: seniorVerona grad: 2009
Verona graduate Gina Wil-liams played soccer for the Uni-versity of Wisconsin- Eau Claire the last few seasons after gradu-ating from Verona Area High School.
Williams recently answered a questionnaire about her time at Eau Claire and her college soc-cer career.
Here are her answers:
VP – The Blugolds made the semifinals of the WIAC tour-nament this season. What is your best memory while play-ing for UW-Eau Claire?
GW – It’s hard to name just one, but one of my greatest memories was beating Wheaton College (Ill.) this year, who at the time was No. 1 in the country.
We scored with just a couple minutes left in regulation to tie it up and ended up scoring in dou-ble overtime to win the game.
I think this was the best game we played as a team in my four years as a Blugold, and it came at a pivotal point in the season, so it was even that much more special.
VP – You led the team with 14 goals and 31 points the past season. What can you say about your career with Eau Claire and the experience of going from a freshman to a senior on the team?GW – My career at Eau Claire had its ups and downs, but over-all it was an amazing experience.
Throughout my four years at Eau Claire, I worked harder and pushed myself further than I ever thought possible, and it paid off.
I began my career as a fresh-man who barely played and fin-ished my career as a starter and a senior captain.
Though it wasn’t always easy, I am very thankful for my expe-rience as a Blugold.
VP – Besides soccer, how has the experience been for other aspects of going to Eau Claire?
GW – My experiences at Eau Claire have been some of the best of my life, and I am defi-nitely going to miss it.
I have met so many incred-ible people here and have found some of my best friends through-out the past four years.
In addition, I am very happy with my experience in the Kine-siology-Human Performance program at Eau Claire, and the number of additional opportuni-ties that have come along with this.
For instance, I will be doing a physical therapy internship at Mayo Luther Hospital in Eau Claire this summer as part of my requirements for completion of the Human Performance pro-gram.
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VP – Coming from Verona, how did play-ing for the high school and area teams help you at college? Were there teachings you still use today?
GW – I really enjoyed my experience playing soccer at Verona, and feel that it adequately prepared me to play soccer at Eau Claire.
We had great competition at Verona, as well as on other club teams I played on in high school, and I definitely grew a lot as a player throughout my high school career.
Also, each season a new Verona grad came to play at Eau Claire, so it was incredible to continue playing with these girls and be able to keep ties with high school teammates.
VP – What will you take away from your college soccer career as you get older? Will soccer still be in your life?
GW – I’ll never forget my experience as a
college soccer player at Eau Claire. I have grown a lot not only as a soccer player but also as a person in the past four years.
Most of all, I think my confidence and lead-ership abilities have grown immensely, and I will be able to utilize these for years to come.
In addition to the memories and lessons learned, I have made many friendships that will last a lifetime. Though I will most likely never play soccer at the same level, I hope to continue playing for many years.
I am also continuing my ties with the UW-Eau Claire soccer program by helping out as a strength and conditioning coach for the fol-lowing season.
VP – With graduation around the corner, what your plans after school?
GW – I plan to attend graduate school for physical therapy beginning in the summer of 2014 and will be applying to UW-Madison and the University of Minnesota, to name a few.
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Williams: Will continue to help Eau Claire
with strength and conditioning next season
Track: Tuesday’s dual postponed by rain
high jump at Saturday’s W/TFA State Indoor Champion-ship meet.
Dietlin took eighth to score a point – based on jumps – while Queoff finished ninth.
Seymour’s Alex Bloom cleared 6-6 to win the event.
Clearing 6-2 with only one miss, Dietline prevented Verona from failing to score a point at the meet for the sec-ond consecutive season.
“There’s usually about 100 teams represented there, so it’s very competitive,” Wild-cats head coach Joff Pedretti said of the meet.
Senior thrower Adam Stiner was the only other Wildcat to come close to cracking the top 20, finishing 21 in the shot put with a heave of 45-7.
Hurdler Steven Hartnett had a very large improvement in his 55-meter time, drop-ping two-tenths of a second to move up on the VAHS All-Time honor roll, finishing with a time of 8.57.
Tomah’s Kyle Whaley held off Beaver Dam’s Riley
Budde by half an inch for the title with a distance of 55 ½.
Green Bay Preble domi-nated the competition with a team score of 63 – more than 30 points ahead of second
place Homestead (29). Vero-na’s Big Eight Conference rival Madison Memorial (26) rounded out the top three schools.
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Senior 4x400-meter relay member Katy Miller fires off the blocks during Saturday’s W/TFA State Indoor Championship meet. Miller helped the Wildcats relay finished ninth in 4 minutes, 16.47 seconds.
Rain-soaked diamonds postpone gamesAfter battling late winter conditions, the
Verona Area High School baseball and soft-ball teams had some more bad news last Tuesday.
Due to heavy rains and thunderstorms that rumbled through the area, baseball and soft-ball games were postponed.
BaseballThe Wildcats had to postpone a game at
Janesville Craig twice last week, once Thurs-day and again on Friday.
Verona also lost a Saturday’s quad against Madison Edgewood, Appleton North and Kaukauna for the second time due to unfa-vorable field conditions and Tuesday against Madison La Follette due to storms.
They are supposed to play at 5 p.m. Thurs-day at Madison Memorial, at 4 p.m. Saturday against Middleton and at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Janesville Parker at Riverside Park.
SoftballVerona lost games against Janesville Park-
er March 26, Madison East March 28, Madi-son West April 2, Beloit Memorial April 4, DeForest April 6 and Sun Prairie April 9.
Parker is rescheduled for April 12 at Vero-na, while the Wildcats travel to Beloit or April 22. East and West are now doublehead-ers. Verona plays East April 25 at home and West April 30 at West.
DeForest was cancelled, and Sun Prairie has no makeup date yet.
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Boys tennis
Wildcats host Eau Claire tournamentVerona boys tennis host-
ed the five-team Eau Claire Memorial tournament
The Wildcats opened the tournament against La Crosse Central and the Old Abes on Friday. Saturday Verona
closed out the tournament against New Richmond and DePere.
Results were unable as the Press went to print Tuesday.
The Wildcats are at Manito-woc Lincoln this weekend for
another tournament.
Verona, Sun Pra. (PPD.)Verona’s Big Eight dual
Tuesday against Sun Prairie was moved to 4:15 p.m. on April 15.
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the end of March, winds through a state park in Tennessee’s Cumberland Mountains. It drew 35 con-testants this year – the maxi-mum allowed by park offi-cials – who each paid the meager $1.60 entrance fee to compete in what Dexter and others say might be the toughest endurance compe-tition around.
As detailed in a lengthy March 27 feature in the New York Times, this year’s race included a total eleva-tion change of 121,560 feet – roughly hiking up Mount Everest from sea level and back twice – and forced competitors through spiky briars, up craggy slopes and through a dark tunnel under a former prison.
“I thought I was in shape,” said Dexter, who lives on Ridge View Trail with his wife, Christina, and three sons – Chase, 11, Cruz, 8, Dash, 7. “I was not ready for this.”
Two contestants finished under the 60-hour cutoff. Dexter, however, didn’t make it through the first 20-mile loop. Instead, he got hopelessly lost.
That’s not a big surprise. The race’s creator, Gary Cantrell, prohibits GPS devices and cell phones.
Contestants rely on a map, as well as printed instruc-tions that, sadly, Dexter for-got at the starting line.
The trail is unmarked, save for 11 hidden, aptly named books such as “Heart of Darkness” and “Death Walks the Woods.” Run-ners must prove they’ve stayed on the course by rip-ping certain pages from the books and returning them to Cantrell before advancing to the next loop.
Dexter, who turns 37 next month, tried keeping pace with other contestants but fell behind and got lost searching for the ninth book. As night fell and rain moved in, he became disoriented and admitted to “freaking out,” but managed to find a road and jog the equivalent of a half-marathon back to the starting line.
In all, he estimates he covered 30-some miles in 15 hours before calling it quits around midnight Saturday, March 30.
Even if he hadn’t gotten lost, however, Dexter doubts he would have finished.
Before the race , he thought past experiences of running 60 hours straight or covering 200 miles in a sin-gle event had prepared him.
But the elevation climbs were brutal – nearly verti-cal hikes that had his calves
burning, he said.“It seems so impossible
to do,” he said. “Yet people have done it. … It made everything else I’ve done endurance-wise almost laughable,” he said.
Even entering the race was a challenge – the appli-cation process is a well-kept secret. Dexter learned about it from a former competitor he knew. Dexter confirmed that the first step involved sending an e-mail to Cantrell just after midnight, Dec. 25, as reported in the New York Times.
Even the race’s exact starting time is kept a mys-tery until a horn blows to give contestants an hour’s warning. This year’s contest started at 9:04 a.m.
Dexter, an engineer at Qualtim in Madison who annually runs more than 3,000 miles, said that while the Barkleys got the best of him, he’d like to try again.
“Nothing could have prepared me for this; I had to see it with own eyes,” he said. “It’s one of those things, it’s hard not to get engrossed in this when you see it. I want to be one of those guys that finishes.”
Meanwhile, he has other races to focus on. He’ll compete April 20 in the Mad City 100K on Madi-son’s west side.
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Local band to play in statewide competition
A local band is competing in an alternative music com-petition for high school stu-dents statewide.
Modern Mod, a rock band with two members from Verona Area High School, is one of 15 bands selected by the Wisconsin School Music Association (WSMA) to take the stage in a regional com-petition at Sun Prairie High School on Friday, April 12 at 4 p.m. Modern Mod, which was in the competition last year, is set to perform at 8:10 p.m.
The event is open to the public. Admission is $7 for adults, $6 for students and $3 for children (ages 10 and under).
At least one person from each band must be in a school music program and all members must be current-ly enrolled in a Wisconsin high school and/or WSMA member school to qualify
The bands will be evaluat-ed by music industry profes-sionals on their expression and creativity, technique, time, blend, and synergy. In addition to the written evalu-ations, the bands will receive a private verbal critique.
The top three bands in each of the four statewide regional competitions will advance to the state finals, joined by an additional “wildcard” band selected out of all Launchpad entries through a worldwide voting system of listeners on Broad-jam.com. The finals will take place from 2 p.m. – 8 p.m. on June 8 at The Sett, located within Union South. These 13 bands will automatically qualify to participate in the Summerfest Launchpad Regional Showcases in Mil-waukee.
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VHS to show Disney production on Wisconsin dairy farmsRob KitsonVerona Press correspondent
The Verona Historical Society will meet again on April 17 for a viewing and discussion of “Annette in Dairyland,” a 1956 televi-sion episode of the Mickey Mouse Club. The episode is about two Mouseketeers who visit a dairy farm in Wisconsin and learn about its operations.
The show’s star, Annette Funicello, died Monday.
At the last VHS meet-ing in February, the great-great granddaughter of one of Memorial Baptist Church’s founders, Sally Matts Healy presented the history of the Memorial Baptist Church. Her pre-sentation concluded VHS' four-part series on local churches.
The Verona Bapt i s t Church was founded in 1855 when a couple of Verona’s existing Baptist services merged and met for the first time in the log school house at the corner of Sunset Drive and High-way PB.
Thanks to a $1 lease from Josiah Matts, an early settler and land owner, the parish built the church on his property in 1860, on South Main Street, where Avanti Italian Restaurant
is located. Because he offered a favorable price, Matts had a few conditions for the lease: The land had to be used for a church; liquor could not be sold from the premises; and the land had to be enclosed by a legal fence.
The parish built a sec-ond church in 1885 to take the place of the first, but the new church didn't last more than six years before it burned. A third church filled the void in 1891, which still stands as part of the current church.
After a short stint as the Memorial Baptist Taberna-cle, the church changed its name to its current name as the Memorial Baptist Church.
In recent church history, the congregation found a new pastor after a year-and-a-half of looking, and the parish celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2005.
If you goWhat: VHS showing of
the Mickey Mouse Club’s “Annette in Dairyland”
When: Wednesday, April 17th
Where: Verona Senior Center, 108 Paoli St.
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April 16th, 2013town of VeronA
SpeciAl town BoArd Meeting And
2013 AnnUAl Meeting VeronA town hAll,
335 n. nine MoUnd rd. VeronA wi
Agenda - Special Board Meeting – 7:00 pM
1. call to order/Approval of Agenda2. public comment this section of the meeting pro-
vides the opportunity for comment from persons in attendance on items that are either listed below or is a matter over which this governing body has jurisdic-tion. comments on matters not listed on this agenda could be placed on a future board meeting agenda.
3. public hearing – comprehensive plan Amendment for 2778 prairie circle
discussion and action on ordi-nance 2013-1 Amending the compre-hensive plan
4. AdjournAgenda – Annual Meeting – 7:30 pM1. call to order/Approval of Agenda2. Approval of minutes from the
2012 town meeting3. review of the 2012 financial
Statement/Audit4. discussion and motion to au-
thorize the town Board, to borrow for operating expenses (if needed) up to a specific amount for 2013 fiscal year. (ex. $150,000 per prior years)
5. Update and discussion on the new agreements for fire service.
6. Update on reevaluation process.7. report from plan commission on
upcoming planning8. report from open Space and
parks commission on upcoming efforts9. Set november 2013 public hear-
ing on the 2014 budget and to establish the 2013 tax levy collected in 2014 (sug-gested date is tuesday, nov. 12)
10. Motion to adjourn the Annual Meeting.
Board agendas are published in the Town’s official newspaper – The Verona press – (legal section) and are posted at the town hall and the town’s bulletin board at Miller & Sons grocery – 108 n. Main St. if an agenda is amended after publication the official sites for notice of the final version are the Verona Public library bulletin board, town hall and Millers.
if anyone having a qualifying dis-ability as defined by the American with disabilities Act, needs an interpreter, materials in alternate formats or other accommodations to access these meet-ings, please contact the town of Verona clerk @ 608-845-7187 or [email protected]. please do so at least 48 hours prior to the meeting so that proper arrangements can be made.
Use the ‘subscribe’ feature on the town’s website to receive town meeting agendas and other announcements via “town info”.
david K. combs, town chair, town of Verona
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* * *ordinAnce no. 13-824
An ordinAnce AMending title 7 (licenSing And
regUlAtion) of the code of ordinAnceS,
citY of VeronA, wiSconSin
the common council of the city of Verona, dane county, wisconsin, do ordain that title 7 of the code of ordi-nances, city of Verona, wisconsin is amended as follows:
1. chapter 7 of title 7 is repealed and recreated to read as follows:
chapter 7 - Special event permitsSec. 7-7-1 - Special event permits.(a) purpose. this chapter is en-
acted to regulate and control the use of streets and public property to insure that the health, safety and general wel-fare of the public and the good order of the city is protected and maintained. the city?s authority to regulate streets and public property is contained in the wisconsin Statutes, including, but not limited to, wis. Stat. § 349.185.
(b) Definitions. As used in this chapter:
(1) processions, parades, runs, walks, marathons, bicycle races, block parties, and similar activities have their usual and customary usage.
(2) ?highways? and ?streets? have the meanings set forth in wis. Stat. § 340.01, and also include alleys (as de-fined in Wis. Stat. § 340.01) and areas owned by the city of Verona which are used primarily for pedestrian or vehicu-lar traffic.
(3) ?neighborhood event? includes any planned gathering to take place in a residential location such as a residential street or cul-de-sac. examples include neighborhood or residential block par-ties and estate sales or auctions.
(4) ?Special event? means any planned event on a highway or street in the city of Verona or on property owned by the city of Verona, including, but not limited to: processions, parades, runs, walks, marathons, bicycle races, block parties, festivals or celebrations, estate sales or auctions, political gatherings or events, and events requiring the is-suance of a temporary class ?B? alco-hol license. for avoidance of doubt, a Special event includes a neighborhood event.
(5) ?person? means any natural individual, group, entity, organization, partnership, association, corporation, or limited liability company.
(c) permit required. no person may hold a Special event on a highway or street in the city of Verona or on prop-erty owned by the city of Verona without first obtaining a Special Event Permit from the city.
(1) the chief of police has the au-thority to issue a Special event permit for a neighborhood event.
(2) All other Special event permits shall be subject to review and approval by the public Safety and welfare com-mittee, subject to subsection (c)(3) be-low.
(3) Special events that require the closure of a street or highway that would unduly disrupt the safe and or-derly movement of traffic, that involve the distribution of alcohol, or that have more than 200 anticipated participants shall be subject to review and approval by the common council.
(4) the city of Verona reserves the authority, in its sole discretion, to refer any Special event permit application to the public Safety and welfare commit-tee or the common council for review and approval.
(d) Application. A person seeking to hold a Special Event shall file an ap-plication with the city clerk on the form provided the city clerk. the application shall be filed at least forty-five (45) days before the Special event. the applica-
tion shall contain the following informa-tion:
(1) the name, address and tele-phone number of the applicant or ap-plicants.
(2) if the Special event is to be conducted for, on behalf of, or by an organization or company, the name, address and telephone number of the organization?s or company?s head-quarters and of individual(s) authorized to act on behalf of the organization or company.
(3) the name, address and tele-phone number of the person or persons who will be responsible for operating the Special event.
(4) the proposed use, described in detail, for which the Special event per-mit is requested.
(5) the date(s) and duration of time during which the Special event is to oc-cur.
(6) An accurate description of the portion(s) of the street(s) or property to be used.
(7) the applicant shall indicate if the Special event requires complete, partial, or no closure of any streets.
(8) A map of the Special event, including the street(s)/property to be used, the route of the event, and the placement of any tents, facilities, or equipment.
(9) the approximate number of per-sons who will attend the Special event.
(10) Any other information that the city deems necessary or appropriate.
(e) exemptions. A Special event permit is not required for assembling or movement of a funeral procession or military convoy. A Special event, includ-ing a parade, sponsored by an agency of the federal or state government, acting in its governmental capacity within the scope of its authority, may be required to obtain a Special event permit; howev-er, the agency shall be exempt from the permit fee and insurance requirements contained in this chapter.
(f) Application review. if the city clerk determines that the Special event permit application is complete, the city clerk shall forward the application to the chief of police for review. if the chief of police determines that members of the police department must be available to staff the Special event, the applicant shall pay all costs incurred by the police department to staff the event. the city clerk or the chief of police may require the applicant to provide additional in-formation in support of the application if they deem the additional information necessary for review purposes.
(g) representative at Meeting. if the Special event permit application is to be reviewed by the public Safety and wel-fare committee or the common council, the applicant shall attend the meeting or meetings at which the application is considered. the applicant may be asked to provide additional information at the meeting or meetings.
(h) Action on Application. the chief of police, the public Safety and welfare committee, or the common council shall consider the following factors when deciding whether to grant a Spe-cial event permit:
(1) How vehicular traffic may be af-fected by the Special event, including the effect, if any, of construction proj-ects in and around the city.
(2) when the Special event is scheduled to be held and the duration of the event, particularly if the event is scheduled between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
(3) Whether sufficient supervision will be provided to reasonably assure orderly conduct by the attendees.
(4) whether the application was timely filed.
(5) whether the Special event is primarily for private or commercial eco-nomic gain, unless the event is an estate sale or auction.
(6) whether the Special event will negatively affect the health, safety or general welfare of the public, including, but not limited to, the movement of po-lice, fire, or emergency vehicles within the city.
(7) whether the operation of the Special event violates any federal or state law or city ordinance.
the chief of police, the public Safe-ty and welfare committee, or the com-mon council may deny a Special event permit application if, in their discretion,
it is determined that one or more of the factors identified above warrant denial of the application. further, the chief of police, the public Safety and welfare committee, or the common council may place conditions on the approval of a Special event permit application. if a Special event permit is granted, the per-mittee shall comply with all conditions placed on the permit, if any, and with all applicable federal and state laws and city ordinances and regulations.
(i) Appeal of permit denials. if a Special event permit application is denied by the chief of police, the ap-plicant may appeal the denial to the public Safety and welfare committee. if a Special event permit application is denied by the public Safety and welfare committee, the applicant may appeal the denial to the common council. in each instance, the applicant shall file its appeal request with the city clerk within five (5) days after the application is de-nied. if a Special event permit applica-tion is denied by the common council, there is no appeal.
(j) permit fee. each application for Special event permit shall be accompa-nied by a fee per the city fee Schedule, title 3, chapter 6. Applications that are filed less than 45 days before the Spe-cial event are subject to a double ap-plication fee, which shall be paid before the application is considered. further, an application for a Special event that is not a neighborhood event shall be sub-ject to a Special event fee, pursuant to the City Fee Schedule or fees specified in a written agreement between the ap-plicant and the city. the fees referenced in the preceding sentence are intended to cover costs the city incurs relating to the Special event.
(k) neighborhood events. each ap-plication for a Special event permit for a neighborhood event shall include a petition designating the proposed area of the street to be used and the time for such use. the petition shall be signed by adult residents from not less than seventy-five percent (75%) of the house-holds on the portion of the street desig-nated for the proposed use. the petition shall be verified and shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
petition for SpeciAl eVent perMit
we, the undersigned residents of the ____________ hundred block of ____________ Street in the city of Verona, hereby consent to the ____________ recreational or business use of this street between the hours of ____________ and ____________ on ____________, the ____________ day of ____________, 20____________, for the purpose of ____________. we also hereby consent to the city of Verona granting a Special event permit for use of the portion of the street identified above for the use identified, and do hereby agree to abide by any conditions that the city of Verona places on the Special event permit. we further under-stand that the permit will not be granted for longer than twelve (12) hours, and agree to remove from the street before the end of the Special event all equip-ment, vehicles, and other personal prop-erty placed or driven thereon during the Special event.
we designate ____________ as the responsible person or persons who shall apply for a Special event permit.
(l) insurance. An applicant for a Special event permit may be required to furnish the City Clerk with a certificate of insurance written by a company licensed in the State of wisconsin, approved by the city clerk, and covering any and all liability or obligations that may re-sult from the Special event, including any and all activities and operations by the applicant and the applicant?s employees, agents, or contractors, in-cluding worker?s compensation cover-age in accordance with chapter 102 of the Wisconsin Statutes. The certificate shall be written in comprehensive form and shall protect the applicant and the city against all claims arising out of the Special event, including, but not limited to, any act or omission of the applicant and the applicant?s employees, agents, or contractors. the policy of insurance shall provide minimum combined single limits for bodily injury and property damage of $1,000,000 or such other in-
surance limits as deemed adequate by the City. The certificate of insurance (and any required endorsements) shall name the city of Verona as an Additional insured and must be submitted to the City Clerk at least 5 (five) days before the Special event is to occur.
(m) Indemnification. The applicant shall indemnify, defend and hold harm-less the City of Verona and its officers, officials, agents, and employees against all loss or expense (including liability costs and reasonable attorney?s fees) by reason of any claim or suit, or of li-ability imposed by law upon the city or its officers, officials, agents or employ-ees, for damages because of injury, including death at any time resulting there from, sustained by any person or persons, or on account of damages to property, including loss of use thereof, arising from, in connection with, caused by or resulting from the Special event.
(n) cleanup requirements. the ap-plicant shall return the site to the con-dition that existed before the Special event occurred within twenty-four (24) hours of the completion of the event. the city may require the applicant to provide a deposit in an amount to be determined by the city to insure that the site is adequately restored.
(o) termination of permit and Spe-cial event. A Special event may be im-mediately terminated, and the Special event permit revoked, while the event is in progress, if the chief of police or his or her designee determine that the health, safety or general welfare of the public, including participants at the event, is endangered by activities gen-erated as a result of the event, or if the Special event has violated any condi-tions placed on the event in the permit, or if the Special event has violated any city ordinances.
(p) emergency revocation. the chief of police or his or her designee may revoke a Special event permit that has already been issued if the chief of police or his or her designee determine that revocation is justified by an actual or potential emergency due to weather, fire, riot, other catastrophe or likelihood of a breach of the peace, or by a major change in the conditions forming the ba-sis for the issuance of the permit.
(q) penalties. Any person who violates any provisions of this chapter shall be subject to a penalty as provided in Section 1-2-4 of this code. Additional-ly, failure to comply with any provisions of this chapter may result in the with-holding of approval on any subsequent permit applications for this or other per-mits required by the city.
2. chapter 9 of title 7 is repealed and reserved.
3. chapter 14 of title 7 is repealed.the foregoing ordinance was duly
adopted by the common council of the city of Verona at a meeting held on April 8, 2013.
citY of VeronAJon hochkammer, Mayor
(seal)Kami lynch, city clerk
enActed: April 8, 2013pUBliShed: April 11, 2013wnAXlp
* * *ordinAnce 13-825
And ordinAnce AMending title 7 (licenSing And
regUlAtion) of the code of ordinAnceS
citY of VeronA, wiSconSin
the common council of the city of Verona, dane county, wisconsin, do
ordain that title 7 of the code of ordi-nances, city of Verona, wisconsin is amended as follows:
chapter 2 - fermented Malt Bever-ages & intoxicating liquor
Sec. 7-2-4 - classes of licenses.(e) temporary class “B” fermented
Malt Beverage license. (1) license. As provided in Sec.
125.26(1) and (6), wis. Stats., tempo-rary class “B” fermented malt bever-age licenses may be issued to bona fide clubs, to churches, lodges, that have been in existence for at least six (6) months before the date of application and to posts of veterans’ organizations authorizing the sale of fermented malt beverages at a particular picnic or simi-lar gathering, at a meeting of the post. Such license is valid for dates as ap-proved by the common council.
(2) Application. Application for such license shall be signed by the president or corresponding officer of the society or association making such application and shall be filed with the city clerk together with the appropriate license fee for each event for which the license is sought. Any person fronting for any group other than the one applied for shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a forfeiture of two hundred dollars ($200.00) and will be ineligible to apply for a temporary class “B” license for one (1) year. the license shall specify the hours and dates of license validity. The application shall be filed a minimum of thirty (30) days prior to the event date. the applicant shall specify the main point of sale facility on an attached dia-gram of the event location and layout.
(f) temporary “class B” wine li-cense.
(1) license. notwithstanding Sec. 125.68(3), wis. Stats., temporary “class B” licenses may be issued to bona fide clubs, to churches, lodges or societies that have been in existence for at least six (6) months before the date of appli-cation and to posts of veterans’ orga-nizations authorizing the sale of wine containing not more than six percent (6%) alcohol by volume in an original package, container or bottle or by the glass if the wine is dispensed directly from an original package, container or bottle at a particular picnic or similar gathering. no fee may be charged to a person who, at the same time, applies for a temporary class “B” beer license under Sec. 125.26(6), wis. Stats., for the same event.
(2) Application. Application for such license shall be signed by the president or corresponding officer of the society or association making such application and shall be filed with the city clerk together with the appropriate license fee for each event for which the license is sought. Any person fronting for any group other than the one applied for shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a forfeiture of two hundred dollars ($200.00) and will be ineligible to apply for a temporary “class B” wine license for one (1) year. the license shall specify the hours and dates of license validity. The application shall be filed a minimum of thirty (30) days prior to the event date. the applicant shall specify the main point of sale facility on an at-tached diagram of the event location and layout.
Sec. 7-2-6 - Application for license.(a) contents. Application for a li-
cense to sell or deal in intoxicating liquor or fermented malt beverages shall be made in writing on the form prescribed by the wisconsin depart-ment of revenue and shall be sworn to by the applicant as provided by Secs. 887.01 to 887.04, wis. Stats., and shall be filed with the City Clerk not less than
forty-five (45) days prior to the license effective date. the premises shall be physically described to include every room and storage space to be covered by the license, including all rooms not separated by a solid wall or joined by connecting entrances.
(b) corporations. Such application shall be filed and sworn to by the ap-plicant if an individual, by the president and secretary, of a corporation.
(c) publication. the city clerk shall publish each application for a class “A”, class “B”, “class A”, “class B”, or “class c” license. there is no publica-tion requirement for temporary class “B” picnic beer licenses under Sec. 125.26, wis. Stats., or temporary “class B” picnic wine licenses under Sec. 125.51(10), wis. Stats. the application shall be published once in the official city newspaper, and the costs of publi-cation shall be paid by the applicant at the time the application is filed, as de-termined under Sec. 985.08, wis. Stats.
(d) Amending Application. when-ever anything occurs to change any fact set out in the application of any li-censee, such licensee shall file with the issuing authority a notice in writing of such change within ten (10) days after the occurrence thereof.
(e) license Quotas. retail intoxicat-ing liquor and fermented malt beverage licenses issued by the common council shall be limited in number to the quota prescribed by state law.
Sec. 7-2-19 – renewal of Alcohol licenses
(a) procedure. pursuant to Section 125.04 (11) (b), wis. Stats. each alco-hol license expires on June 30th of the following year in which it was issued. renewal Applications will be mailed to licensed establishments by April 1st of the expiration year. All applicants intending to renew an alcohol license should file the Renewal Application with the city clerk no later than May 1st of the year in which the license is expiring.
(b) penalties. license renewal Ap-plications submitted after May 1st will be subject to a $75.00 late filing fee. Applications received after May 31st are not guaranteed to be approved by the common council before June 30th. establishments operating without a license are subject to penalties as pro-vided by 125.04(13) of wis. Statutes.
(c) issuance of renewals. All li-cense renewal fees must be paid in full before the license may be considered by the common council. All outstanding debt to the city including but not limited to; delinquent personal property taxes and delinquent sewer and water charges must be paid in full before the applica-tion will be considered by the common council. Upon the approval of the li-cense renewal by the common council, the city clerk will mail the license to the establishment.
Sec. 7-2-20 through Sec. 7-2-29 - reserved for future Use
the foregoing ordinance was duly adopted by the common council of the city of Verona at a meeting held on April 8, 2013
citY of VeronASeAl
Jon hochkammer, MayorKami lynch, clerk
enActed: April 8, 2013pUBliShed: April 11, 2013wnAXlp
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TOWN OF MONTROSE - $35,500. Elaine Holpin, (608) 278-4180. MLS# 1660776.TOWN OF BROOKLYN - $109,000. Julie Bollig, (608) 225-2324. MLS# 1665437.OREGON - $129,900. Brenda Cuta, (608) 278-4199. MLS# 1677794.BROOKLYN - $147,000. Marge Van Calligan, (608) 219-8918. MLS# 1672498.OREGON - $199,900. Brenda Cuta, (608) 278-4199. MLS# 1677773.OREGON - $236,900. John Norwell, (608) 698-5246. MLS# 1666650.OREGON - $236,900. John Norwell, (608) 698-5246. MLS# 1666649.OREGON - $295,500. Marge Van Calligan, (608) 219-8918. MLS# 1672050.FITCHBURG - $299,000. Sharon O. Christensen, (608) 843-9185. MLS# 1671705.WHISPERING OAKS, TOWN OF OREGON - $324,900. Brenda Cuta, (608) 278-
4199. MLS# 1675027.OREGON - $339,900. Julie Bollig, (608) 225-2324. MLS# 1677744.OREGON - $449,900. Brenda Cuta, (608) 278-4199. MLS# 1679825.FITCHBURG - $69,900. Randy Hess, (608) 276-5211. MLS# 1667869.OREGON - $179,900. Jennie W. Post, (608) 276-5206. MLS# 1670761.OREGON - $269,000. Barb Dawson, (608) 575-3290. MLS# 1652766.
SPRINGDALE - $295,000. Pam Birschbach, (608) 576-9206. MLS# 1655806.OREGON - $310,000. Patricia Sternad, (608) 216-5749. MLS# 1670262.OREGON - $358,000. Annette Tande Riemer, (608) 772-0322, Emily Christian, GRI,
(608) 276-5232. MLS# 1676346.VERONA - $375,000. Sarah Deischer, (608) 206-1519, Melissa Hanewicz, (608) 212-
5064. MLS# 1675046.VERONA - $390,000. Lisa Mohar, (608) 276-5218, Renee Christman, (608)278-4166.
MLS# 1675358.VERONA - MVP $420,000 - $440,000. Barb Dawson, (608) 575-3290.
MLS# 1671411.VERONA - $439,900. Lisa Mohar, (608) 276-5218, Renee Christman, (608)278-4166.
MLS# 1674634.FITCHBURG - $489,000. Renee Christman, (608)278-4166, Lisa Mohar, (608) 276-
5218. MLS# 1677788.FITCHBURG - $510,000. Laurie Homan, (608) 212-7078. MLS# 1679327.OREGON - MVP $700,000 - $800,000. Laurie Howard, (608) 469-6710.
MLS# 1674715.
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SAWMILLS from only $3997.00- MAKE & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill- Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info/DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com 1-800-578-1363 Ext.300N (CNOW)
HELP WANTED- SKILLED TRADESContractor hiring the following: Carpenters, Electricians, Concrete Labor, Steel Erectors, local and traveling Welders, Fitters, Millwrights. For Milwaukee: 262-650-6610, Madison: 608-221-9799, Fox Valley: 920-725-1386, Wausau: 715-845-8300. (CNOW)HOLTGER BROS., INC., UTILITY CONTRACTOR- Immediate Opportunity: Field Service Technician. Must be proficient in mechanical, electrical & hydraulic troubleshooting and repair, possess strong listening skills, have the ability to follow through with projects, and have the abiltiy to complete paperwork properly. Travel Required. Email resume: [email protected]. Or, Mail to HBI 950 W. Main Ave. De Pere, WI 54115 EOE by AA (CNOW)
HELP WANTED- TRUCK DRIVERGORDON TRUCKING CDL-A Drivers Neede! Up to $3,000 Sign On Bonus. Home Weekly Available! Up to .44 cpm w/10 years exp. Benefits, 401K, EOE, No East Coast Call 7 days/wk! TeamGTI.com 866-565-0569 (CNOW)Drivers: Inexperienced? Get on the Road to a Successful Career with CDL Training. Regional Training Locations. Train and WORK for Central Refrigerated (877) 369-7893 www.centraltruckdrivingjobs.com (CNOW)
MISCELLANEOUSTHIS SPOT FOR SALE! Place a 25 word classified ad in 180 newspapers in Wisconsin for $300. Call 800-227-7636 or this newspaper. Www.cnaads.com (CNOW)DISH Network. Starting at $19.99/month (for 12 mos.) & High Speed Internet starting at $14.95/month (where available.) SAVE! Ask About SAME DAY Installation! CALL Now! 1-800-437-4489 (CNOW)Protect your IRA and 401(k) from inflation by owning physical gold or silver! Tax-free, hassle-free rollovers. FREE ìGold Guideî AMERICAN BULLION, 800-527-5679 (CNOW)
AnitA LopezAnita I. Lopez, age 84,
died peacefully on Mon-day, Apri l 8, 2013 at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg. She was born on Oct. 5, 1928, in Iron-wood, Mich., the daughter of Paul and Isabel (Matrel-la) Chouinard.
Anita and her husband, Tony owned and oper-ated a supermarket in Iron-wood. They moved from their home in Michigan to Verona’s Sugar Creek Apartments in 2002.
Anita was a member of St. Andrew Catholic Church in Verona. She had many friends in the parish and at Four Winds Manor where she had lived since December of 2004. Anita was an excellent cook and enjoyed bowling, knitting and playing cards. Most of all, she loved the company of her family and friends.
She will also be great-ly missed by a son and
daughter-in-law, Mark and Lori Lopez of Verona and daughter and family, Vicki and Michael Lopez-Kaley of La Crosse, grand-daughters, Julia and Clare Lopez-Kaley; and many other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her wonderful husband, Tony in 2005; her parents; brother, Kelly Chouinard; and many oth-er loved ones.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Mon-day, April 15, 2013 at St. Andrew’s Catholic Church, 301 N. Main Street, Verona, with Fr. William Vernon officiating.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday, April 20, 2013 at 11 a.m. at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church in Ironwood.
To view and sign this guestbook, please visit ryanfuneralservice.com.
Tim Andrews Horticulturist - LLCDrought get your lawn?
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Skateboard sessionSky McGregor, a Verona Area High School freshman, does some street skating last Tuesday. One place he and friends Josh Coombs-Broekema and Max Hankard did tricks was outside the Verona Press office. They took advantage of a brief run of spring weather. A week later, cold temperatures hit the Verona area with a high of about 38 degrees Wednesday.
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e-mail to parents. Kids with food allergies will face few-er risks, too.
Kids may still be offered “an occasional treat” that fits with a lesson, such as trying maple syrup or applesauce when studying Wisconsin agriculture.
Other elementary schools are contemplating changes, too. Stoner Prairie allows kids to bring in snacks or treats for special occasions, but the school’s site council expects to review that policy this spring, principal Chris Olson said. Likewise, Coun-try View and Glacier Edge principals said their schools will discuss whether to adopt Sugar Creek’s policy, too.
Principals noted that school snacks are generally supposed to avoid peanuts or tree nuts, due to aller-gies among students. Core Knowledge Charter School has two “no food” class-rooms because of students with severe allergies, said director Brett Stousland.
Brunner said he’s heard a mix of support and criti-cism of the changes. He said one resident told him that celebrating birthdays with treats helps create a close community in class-rooms. But Brunner notes that teachers wil l s t i l l acknowledge and even cel-ebrate students’ birthdays, just not with treats.
April 11, 2013 The Verona PressConnectVerona.com 19HALLINAN-PAINTING
WALLPAPERING **Great-Spring-Rates** 30 + Years Professional
Interior-Exterior Free-Estimates
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Repairs, LLC Kitchens/Bathrooms Wood & Tile Flooring Decks/Clean Eaves
*Free Estimates* Insured* *Senior Discounts*
Home 608-873-8716 Cell 608-576-7126
e-mail [email protected] RECOVER PAINTING Currently offering spring discounts on all painting, drywall and carpentry. Recover urges you to join in the fight against cancer, as a portion of every job is donated to cancer research. Free estimates, fully insured, over 20 years of experience. call 608-270-0440
SENSIBLE PAINTING 20 years experience. Great quality at a sensible price. Free estimates, Insured, Polite, Professional.
608-873-9623TOMAS PAINTING
Professional, Interior, Exterior, Repairs.
Free Estimates. Insured. 608-873-6160
550 inSuranceSAVE MONEY On Auto Incurance $$$. No forms. No hassle. No stress. No obligation. Call READY FOR MY QUOTE now! 888-708-0274 (wcan)
554 LandScaPing, Lawn, tree & garden work
ARTS LAWNCARE- Mowing, trimming, rototilling ,etc. 608-235-4389JEFF’S LAWN CARE, spring/fall clean-up, mowing, and much more 608-220-4025LAWNCARE MAINTENANCE and land-scaping. Lawn mowing and cleanup, organic fertilization and weed control pro-grams. Tree and shrub planting, edging, shredded bark application, etc. Also tree pruning and cutting. Serving Belleville/Brooklyn/Oregon/Verona /Stoughton and Madison areas. Call 608-575-5984LAWN MOWING Good Work Reason-able. 608-873-5216LAWN MOWING Residential and com-mercial. 608-873-7038 LAWN MOWING Rototilling, Aerat-ing Dethatching Tree/Bush Trimming, Spring/fall clean-ups landscaping, & more. Quality work Reasonable. Price 608-219-4606MAGIC LAWN CARE Residential, com-mercial, lawn mowing, trim bushes, dethatching, aeration, and spring clean-ups. Over 20 years experience. Fully Insured. Call Phil 608-235-9479ROTOTILLING, SKIDLOADER, and Lawnmowing. Brooklyn, Oregon, Evans-ville and surrounding areas. 608-513-8572, 608-206-1548
SNOWMARE ENTERPRISES Property Maintenance
Bush Trimming Powerwash Houses Spring/Fall Clean-Up
Lawncare, Gutter Cleaning 608-219-1214
560 ProFeSSionaL ServiceSBOOKKEEPING SERVICES: Accounts
Payable & Receivables For your small business. Call now!
Joy’s Bookkeeping Services 608-712-6286
MY COMPUTER WORKS! Computer problems? Viruses, Spyware, Email, Printer issues, Bad Internet Connections - Fix It Now! Professional, US Based Technicians. $25 off service. Call for Immediate Help. 888-885-7944 (wcan)
576 SPeciaL ServiceSBANKRUPTCY- STOUGHTON and sur-rounding area. Merry Law Offices. 608-205-0621. No charge for initial consulta-tion. “We are a debt relief agency. We help people file for bankruptcy relief under the bankruptcy code.”FOSTER PARENTS NEEDED! Are you
a 2-parent family over age 25 with 1 stay-at-home parent able to work with
youth 10-17 years of age? Call 866-776-3760 or
CommunityCareResources.com/now-recruiting. (wcan)
FREE COMPUTER RECYCLING DROP OFF. Six days a week, all year long. All
data destroyed. Wisconsin family owned business. File
13, 4903 Commerce Ct, McFarland, WI 608-838-8813 More info at www.
file13usa.com
586 tv, vcr & eLectronicS rePair
ELECTRONICS RECYCLING PICK UP SERVICE. $25 covers up to 100 lbs. Additional lbs $.35/lb + tax. Wisconsin family owned business. File 13, 4903 Commerce Ct, McFarland 608-838-8813 More info at www.file13usa.com SAVE ON Cable TV-Internet-Digital Phone- Satellite. You’ve Got A Choice! Options from ALL major service provid-ers. Call us to learn more! 888-714-5772 (wcan)
590 wanted: ServiceSNEED HOST Parents for German/Swiss High School Students, for all or part of 2013-14 school year. Reflections Int’l 608-583-2412 www.reflectionsinterna-tional.org (wcan)
143 noticeSROTARY INVESTS in people to generate sustainable economic growth. For more information: www.rotary.org This mes-sage provided by PaperChain and your local community paper. (wcan) WCAN (Wisconsin Community Ad Net-work) and/or the member publications review ads to the best of their abil-ity. Unfortunately, many unscrupulous people are ready to take your money! PLEASE BE CAREFUL ANSWERING ANY AD THAT SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE! For more information, or to file a complaint regarding an ad, please contact The Department of Trade, Agri-culture & Consumer Protection 1-800-422-7128 (wcan)
150 PLaceS to go36TH ANNUAL AUTO Parts
Swap meet & Car Show! April 26-28 at Jefferson County Fairgrounds. Swap
meet and car corral ALL THREE DAYS! Show Cars Sat/Sun Only! Adm. $7. No pets. Fri 10-6pm, Sat-Sun 6am-4pm. 608-244-8416 madisonclassics.com
(wcan) ASHLAND GUN-KNIFE Show April 26-28 Ashland Civic Center Fri 4-8pm Sat 9-4 Sun 9-3. Adm $5 good for all days! Info call Ray 866-583-9083 (wcan)
163 training ScHooLSAIRLINE CAREERS: become an Avia-tion Maintenance Tech. FFA approved training. Financial aid if qualified. Hous-ing available. Job placement assistance. Call AIM 888-242-3193 (wcan)
606 articLeS For SaLe70 MOVING BOXES FOR SALE $100. All sizes, including dish packs, packing materials included. 608-877-1161AFFORDABLE MATTRESS Sets. T/D/Q/K. Starting at $89. Warranty, delivery. Call 608-438-3900.BEDROOM SETS Cherry! 4-pc. Starting at $250. Delivery available. 608-438-3900
618 BuiLding SuPPLieS: tooLS & FixtureS
I&H BEAMS $3/ft & up Pipe-Plate-Chan-nel-Angle-Tube-ReBar-Grating-Expand-ed-Ornamental-Stainless Steel & Alumi-num. NEW-USED-SURPLUS. 12 acres usable items Pal Steel Co 262-495-4453 Palmyra WI (wcan)
638 conStruction & induStriaL equiPment
FARMI 3PT Logging Winch’s, Valby 3pt PTO Chippers, New 3pt Rototill-ers, Loader Attachments and 3pt Attach-ments, New Log Splitters. www.threeriv-ersforestry.com (866) 638-7885 (wcan)
648 Food & drink100% GUARANTEED Omaha Steaks - Save 69% on the Grilling Collection. Now Only $49.95. Plus 2 Free Gifts & to-the-door-delivery in a reusable cooler. Order today. 1-888-676-2750 Use Code: 45102DJW www.OmahaSteaks.com/gcoffer83 (wcan) SHARI’S BERRIES: ORDER mouthwa-tering gifts! 100% satisfaction guaran-teed. Hand-dipped berries from $19.99 + plus s/h. Save 20% on qualifying gifts over $29! Call 888-479-6008 or visit www.berries.com/happy (wcan)
652 garage SaLeSSTOUGHTON: 2085 Green Rd, 3 Family Sale, Fri-Sat. Apr. 12-13, 8am-4pm
664 Lawn & garden3’-12’ EVERGREEN & Shade Trees. Pick up or Delivery! Planting Available! DETLOR TREE FARMS 715-335-4444 (wcan)
666 medicaL & HeaLtH SuPPLieSATTENTION JOINT & Muscle Pain Suf-ferers: Clinically proven all-natural sup-plement helps reduce pain & enhance mobility. To try HydrAflexin Risk Free for 90 days. Call 888-550-4066 (wcan)ATTENTION SLEEP APNEA SUFFER-ERS with Medicare. Get FREE CPAP Replacement Supplies at NO COST, plus FREE Home Delivery! Best of all, prevent red skin sores & bacterial infection! 888-797-4088 (wcan)MEDICAL ALERT FOR SENIORS - 24/7 monitoring. Free Equipment. Free ship-ping. Nationwide Services. $29.95/month Call Medical Guardian today. 877-863-6622 (wcan)
668 muSicaL inStrumentSAMP: LINE 6 Spider IV 75 watt guitar amp. Tons of built in effects, tuner, and recording options. Like new, rarely used, less than 2 years old. Asking $250 OBO. call 608-575-5984GUITAR: FENDER American made Standard Stratocaster guitar. Tobacco burst finish, mint condition. Includes tremelo bar, straplocks, and custom fit-ted Fender hard-shell case. Asking $950 OBO. Call 608-575-5984
672 PetSCHIHUAHUA=B9S - Smooth coats and
long hairs, small bodies. $400. 608-751-5801
CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE IS Noon Friday for the Verona Press unless changed because of holiday work sched-ules.
676 PLantS & FLowerSPROFLOWERS ENJOY SEND FLOW-ERS for any occasion! Prices starting at just $19.99. Plus take 20% off your order over $29! Go to www.Proflowers.com/ActNow or call 877-592-7090 (wcan)
688 SPorting goodS & recreationaL
GUN SHOW April 13&14 Sat 8-5, Sun 8-3; Tables; Adm $5 Fond Du Lac Fair-grounds centralwisconsingun.org (wcan) WE BUY Boats/RV/Pontoons/ATV’s & Motorcycles! “Cash Paid” NOW. Ameri-can Marine & Motorsports Super Center, Shawno. 866-955-2628 www.american-marina.com (wcan).
690 wantedDONATE YOUR CAR- FAST FREE TOWING
24 hr. Response - Tas Deduction United Breast Cancer FOUNDATION
Providing Free Mammograms and Breast Cancer Info. 866-343-6603 (wcan)
692 eLectronicSDISH NETWORK STARTING at $19.99/mo for 12 mos. High Speed Internet start-ing at $14.95/month (where available) SAVE! Ask about SAME DAY installa-tion! Call 888-719-6981(wcan)HIGHSPEED INTERNET EVERY-WHERE By Satellite! Speeds up to 12mbps! (200x faster than dial-up). Start-ing at $49.95/mo. Call Now & Go Fast! 888-709-3348 (wcan) SAVE ON CABLE TV, Internet, Digital Phone. Packages start at $89.99/mo (for 12 mo’s) Options from ALL major service providers. Call Aceller today to learn more! 866-458-1545 (wcan)
696 wanted to BuyWANTED: LARGE Shoulder Mounts. Moose head, Buffalo head or Elk head. 877-465-8440 (wcan) WE BUY Junk Cars and Trucks. We sell used parts. Monday through Friday 8 am
- 5:30 pm. Newville Auto Salvage, 279 Hwy 59, Edgerton, 608-884-3114.
705 rentaLS2 BEDROOM Townhouse apartment w/full basement on Racetrack Rd-Stough-ton $775/mo includes utilities. No Pets. Security deposit and references are required. Available Now for an approved applicant. Call 608-241-6609GREENWOOD APARTMENTS Apart-ments for Seniors 55+, currently has 1 & 2 Bedroom Units available starting at $695 per month, includes heat, water, and sewer. 608-835-6717 Located at 139 Wolf St., Oregon, WI 53575 OREGON - 3 bedrooms, 1 bath duplex. W/D-S/R, near schools. NO pets, NO smoking $750/mo. 608-843-9185.STOUGHTON- 115 Hillside lower 3 bed-room, 680+ utilities also 2 bedroom upper 630+ utilities and 626 Oak Street, upper 2 bedrooms, $630+ utilities. 608-455-7100.
STOUGHTON 2-BR APT $710 includes heat, water/sewer
608-222-1981 ext 2 or 3. EHOSTOUGHTON 721 S Monroe. Upper of 2-flat. 2-bdrm, hardwoods, washer-dryer in unit, lrg yard, lrg kitchen. Cats/Dogs ok. Available now. $790. incl heat and electric. Call Jim 608-444-6084 STOUGHTON AVAILABLE May 1 Con-venient location, safe neighborhood, 304 King St 2-Bedroom, 1 Bath, approx. 850 sq. ft., very clean and well maintained, off-street parking and A/C. Laundry and storage lockers available. No Cats. Smoke Free Building. $726/mo with dis-count plus electric heat. 608-293-1599STOUGHTON- DUPLEX 2 story, 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, 1 car garage. Grass+Snow included. No Pets. $875 + utilities. 608-873-4902STOUGHTON EASTSIDE upper 2 bed-room in quiet historic neighborhood avail-able May 1st. Huge sunny living room and master bedroom, hardwood floors and charming details throughout, big yard, deck, washer and dryer, tons of storage space in attic, 1 block from park, minutes to downtown, off street parking, references, non smokers only, small pet considered, $725 mo.+ some utilities 719-7227.VERONA 1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments ($545-$690) in a small 24 unit building. Includes heat, hot water, water & sewer, off-street parking, fully carpeted, 2 bed-rooms have dishwasher , and coin oper-ated laundry and storage in basement. Convenient to Madison’s west side. Call KC at 608-273-0228 to view your new home.
VERONA NICE 2 Bedroom Duplex. Appliances, A/C, No Pets/Smoking. $750/Mo. Available 3/1/13. 608-845-7397VERONA-RARELY AVAILABLE 2 bed-room, no smoking, H/W included, A/C, laundry hookups, appliances, quiet neighborhood, $750/mo., 608-558-7017
720 aPartmentSOREGON-2 BDRM, 1 bath. Available spring/summer. Great central location, on-site or in-unit laundry, patio, dish-washer and A/C. $700-$715/month. Call Kelly at 608-255-7100 or visit www.ste-vebrownapts.com/oregon ROSEWOOD APARTMENTS for Seniors 55+, has 1 & 2 bedroom units available starting at $695 per month. Includes heat, water and sewer. Professionally managed. 608-877-9388 Located at 300 Silverado Drive, Stoughton, WI 53589
740 HouSeS For rentSTOUGHTON HOUSE 2-bdrm, 1-bth, all appliances, main level W/D, family room w/gas fireplace, 2-car garage, security fenced backyard, A/C, $950. pets extra. Available May 1st 608-798-3087 - 608-843-2671
750 Storage SPaceS For rent
ALL SEASONS SELF STORAGE 10X10 10X15 10X20 10X30 Security Lights-24/7 access
BRAND NEW OREGON/BROOKLYN Credit Cards Accepted CALL (608)444-2900
C.N.R. STORAGE Located behind
Stoughton Garden Center Convenient Dry Secure
Units in all sizes 5x10 thru 10x30
Lighted with access 24/7 Bank Cards Accepted
Off North Hwy 51 on Oak Opening Dr. behind
Stoughton Garden Center Call: 608-509-8904
DEER POINT STORAGE Convenient location behind Stoughton
Lumber Clean-Dry Units
24 HOUR LIGHTED ACCESS 5x10 thru 12x25 608-335-3337
FRENCHTOWN SELF-STORAGE
Only 6 miles South of Verona on Hwy PB.
Variety of sizes available now. 10x10=$50/month 10x15=$55/month 10x20=$70/month 10x25=$80/month
12x30=$105/month Call 608-424-6530 or
1-888-878-4244
NORTH PARK STORAGE 10x10 through 10x40, plus
14x40 with 14’ door for RV & Boats.
Come & go as you please. 608-873-5088
RASCHEIN PROPERTY STORAGE
6x10 thru 10x25 Market Street/Burr Oak Street
in Oregon Call 608-206-2347
UNION ROAD STORAGE 10x10 - 10x15 10x20 - 12x30 24 / 7 Access
Security Lights & Cameras Credit Cards Accepted
608-835-0082 1128 Union Road
Oregon, WI Located on the corner of
Union Road & Lincoln Road
793 wanted to rentLOOKING FOR SMALL Rural house to rent in the Stoughton Area. 608-279-5464
801 oFFice SPace For rentBEST LOCATION in Stoughton. Retail space for rent. 211 E Main 4,000+ sq ft. Beautifully renovated. Available Now $1900/mo.Call Connie 608- 271-0101
VERONA- OFFICE/WAREHOUSE 1000 Sq Ft.$500 +Utilities.
608-575-2211 or 608-845-2052
DANE COUNTY’S MARKETPLACE. The Verona Press Classifieds. Call 845-9559, 873-6671 or 835-6677.
805 commerciaL & induStriaL LotS
VERONA INDUSTRIAL Park 2600 sq ft. shop, warehouse, office space. Available April 1, 2013 845-7630 CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE IS NOON MONDAY FOR THE VERONA PRESS
820 miSc. inveStment ProPerty For SaLe
144 ACRES 130 tillable near Monroe, WI on Badger State Bike Trail. Investor’s dream. 608-329-5033. First Place Realty, Fran DonnyTHEY SAY people don’t read those little ads, but YOU read this one, didn’t you? Call now to place your ad, 845-9559, 873-6671 or 835-6677.
870 reSidentiaL LotS
ALPINE MEADOWS Oregon Hwy CC.
Call for new price list and availability. Choose your own builder!
608-215-5895
402 HeLP wanted, generaLEXPERIENCED DELI/WAITRESS want-ed. Apply in person. Sugar & Spice Eatery, 317 Nora St. Stoughton.EXPERIENCED SERVERS WANTED. Apply at Sunrise Family Restaurant 1052 W. Main, StoughtonFLOWER WRAPPERS. Wrappers need-ed for Mother’s Day April 30-May 9 in Stoughton. $8-$10 an hour. Flexible hours. 575-2327FULL-TIME CNA needed for PM shift. Includes every other weekend and holi-days. PT PM/NOC shift position available also. Excellent benefits including: Health, Dental, ST Disability, Life Insurance, 401K, Flex Spending Plan and generous PTO. Apply in person or send resume to: Four Winds Manor, Inc. 303 South Jef-ferson St. Verona, WI 53593 HICKORY HILLS Campground is accepting applications for Full/Part-time Summer Employment. Season is mid-April through October. All applicants must be a responsible self-starter with exceptional verbal skills. Schedule to include weekends. Please visit Cam-pHickoryHills.com. or call (608)884-6327.HOUSEKEEPER/LAUNDRY AIDE Part-
time 1st shift positions with alternating weekends.
General cleaning, dusting, vacuuming and bathrooms. Facility and personal
linens. Please email resume to [email protected] or call Rebecca at 262-335-2746 for an
application. EOE
444 conStruction, tradeS & automotive
FAITH TECHNOLOGIES, Inc., one of the Midwest’s Top 20 Largest Electrical & Technical System Contractors, is cur-rently seeking Electrical and Specialty Systems Helpers for our Madison, WI branch. These positions are responsible for electrical installations, trouble shoot-ing, and maintenance within commer-cial, industrial and residential settings. Applicants visit our website at www.faith technologies.com to review current opportunities and complete and elec-tronic application. Faith Technologies, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage the hiring and promotion of women and minorities. Seeking Licensed-Journeyman Plumb-er to work on residential and commercial projects. Experience running multi-family apartment buildings required. Qualifica-tions: Journeyman License, strong work ethic and excellent workmanship. Ability to run a work crew. Clean driving record required. We offer competitive wages, health & dental insurance and retire-ment. Please forward resume, project history and professional references to: [email protected] or mail to: Terry Kahl Plumbing, Inc. 305 Industrial Circle Stoughton, WI 53589 608-873-7651CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE IS Noon Friday for The Great Dane and Noon Monday for the Verona Press unless changed because of holiday work sched-ules. Call now to place your ad, 845-9559, 873-6671 or 835-6677.
SEEKING PLUMBING-LABORER to work on residential and commercial proj-ects. High school diploma or GED cer-tificate required. Working knowledge of operating power tools and construction experience as well as a current valid driver’s license. Must be reliable, hard-working and able to follow instruction. We offer competitive wages, health & dental insurance and retirement. Please forward resume and professional references to: [email protected] or mail to: Terry Kahl Plumbing, Inc. at 305 Industrial Cir, Stoughton, WI 53589 608-873-7651
447 ProFeSSionaLOTR TEAM and SOLO DRIVERS
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December in the death of her son, Gabriel, who died from multiple head and abdominal injuries, including skull and rib fractures and brain inju-ries.
A crowded courtroom filled with about 10 members of Olson’s family and friends gathered to show support and seemed relieved to hear the final sentencing. Several remarks toward Olson stated, “You can handle that.”
One man even cracked jokes at the members of the Verona Police Department in attendance as they exited the courtroom.
Prosecutors had sought a sentence of 10 years in prison followed by 10 years of extended supervision for Olson. A pre-sentence inves-tigation by the state Depart-ment of Corrections recom-mended a six-month jail sen-tence as part of probation.
But due to the conflict-ing opinions from the Dane County medical examiner’s office and the defense’s own medical experts, Ehlke felt it was impossible to determine what happened. Given the seriousness of the offense and Olson’s proven reckless behavior during the incident, he found the year of county jail time more appropriate.
“This is a terrible tragedy and about as bad as it can get,” Ehlke, who appeared ambivalent in his final deci-sion, said of the case and his reasoning behind the county jail time.
Ehlke said after hearing both sides make their case, there was nothing that he saw that decisively tipped him one way or another. He imposed – and then stayed – a sentence of eight years in prison followed by eight years of extended supervi-sion, pending completion of her probation.
Second-degree reckless homicide carries a maximum sentence of 25 years of com-bined prison and extended supervision, but because of Olson’s family history, back-ground as a childcare pro-vider at Play Haven Daycare, and the letters of support from both her husband and community members, Ehlke found the maximum sen-tencing and the state’s rec-ommendation of 20 years of confinement and supervision inappropriate.
Though Olson’s supporters
seemed in high spirits at the conclusion of the sentencing, the hearing proved emotional for those in attendance. As assistant Dane County Dis-trict Attorney Mary Ellen Karst questioned Olson’s character and recounted the physical evidence of her son’s death, one woman attempted to hold back tears and another shook her head in disapproval.
The cause of the child’s death is still unknown, but Karst raised doubts about Olson’s account that she accidentally tripped and fell on her son. She also ques-tioned Olson’s apparent inability to recall the acci-dent but ability to recall other specific details of the night.
“If she did fall on him, she would remember,” Karst said.
In Karst’s many years as a child abuse prosecu-tor, she said human nature has proven that parents who drop their kids can recount the exact incident detail by detail. Olson’s inability to do so led Karst to believe that Olson did not in fact fall on or drop her son.
But Olson’s defense attor-ney, John D. Hyland, coun-tered that a person who was sleeping and obviously drunk would not recall the details of an incident even if it involved falling on or dropping your child. Olson’s blood alcohol content was .132 at the time of the acci-dent.
Though Olson’s story and the results of the medical examinations differ, Hyland said, “In the end, she was consistent.” She was consis-tent in taking blame for the victim’s injuries and she and her husband, Brian, consis-tently and voluntarily com-plied with the demands of the investigation, he said in argu-ing for probation.
Olson was arrested in November 2011 after a lengthy investigation.
According to the criminal complaint, Olson told police she had been drinking on the early morning of Aug. 24, and inflicted accidental inju-ries that caused the death of her son.
The complaint said she misled investigators about the cause of the child’s inju-ries and repeatedly changed her story, at one point telling police her 3-year-old daugh-ter had dropped the child by accident.