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because of precautions he took to seal the perimeter of his home when he moved in. Now, Lake Barney, a glacial kettle that prior to flooding issues spanned 30 acres, has expanded to 800 acres and has raised the water table around Brown’s home to the west, also encroaching on the property of his neighbors. Its growth has encapsulated smaller lakes all the way to County Hwy. D, more than a mile to the west.

The more ambitious projects are coming with bigger checks and bigger challenges. The Oregon Public Library capital campaign is Oregon’s third major community fundraising project in as many years, and it has kicked off with the same sort of eye-popping support as the Oregon Youth Center in late 2017 and the Oregon Area Food Pantry a year earlier. Now armed with a $500,000 donation and concept plans for a two-story, 33,000 square foot facility on North Main Street, the library is culminating six months of planning and feedback with an all-out effort to meet or exceed its $4 million goal. It started two weeks ago when its architect presented a draft set of plans and renderings to the village’s Planning Commission. After getting positive comments from a joint Library Board and Village Board meeting Monday night, the library posted the new plans to its website to begin the transition from Way what library director Jennifer Endres Way called the “quiet phase” of fundraising into a more public phase. If fundraising goes well, Way said she hopes to start construction in 2021 and open in 2022 and turn the building into more of a community gathering place. The plans include three cost tiers within the same building footprint with an estimated range between $10.7 million and $12.1

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John Brown, Town of Oregon resident, sits in what’s left of his basement. A rising water table forced him to take action last fall, when he filled the basement with around four feet of concrete to prevent water from collecting. His basement, previously a little more than eight feet tall, has been reduced to around four.

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Town of Oregon resident John Brown battled the rising water table on his property last fall – and nearly lost. After moving to Oregon 20 years ago, the 79 year old isn’t interested in moving. And when the flooding got bad last October, he didn’t think his home would sell anyway, given the condition the

rising water table left it in. So he sunk $20,000 into repairs to keep the house livable. “It was just a plain disaster,” Brown told the Observer while sitting in his basement-turned-crawlspace on Aug. 2. “I’ve never been through anything like it in my life.” Until last year, his 1860s-era home on County Hwy. D just south of County Hwy. M had no water issues, perhaps

Three guns, vehicle keys taken in Monday morning burglaries 3 homes in Bergamont neighborhood entered SCOTT GIRARD Unified Newspaper Group

Three long guns and at least three vehicle keys were taken during three burglaries in the Bergamont neighborhood Monday morning, the Oregon Police Department reported. In a Facebook post Monday afternoon, OPD asked residents in the areas of Winged

Foot Drive, Inverness Street and Nicole Circle to check any security camera footage and forward any video of suspicious activity. “We know from past criminal activity that these criminals are stealing vehicle keys from residences and coming back at a later time and stealing the vehicles,” the post states. “There were three reported vehicles thefts around the Madison area last night alone.” The guns taken were two rifles and a shotgun, OPD chief Brian Uhl told the Observer in an

email. The post encouraged residents to “secure your homes and vehicles and to remove valuables from plain sight.” “At least one of the residences were in fact secured but entry was made by prying open a back patio door,” according to the post. “Some of these homes were burglarized while the residents were sleeping inside so be mindful these criminals are becoming more emboldened primarily because of the lack of consequences they face from our

criminal justice system.” OPD replied to a comment asking the department to support the latter part of that statement with a link to a November 2018 article in The Capital Times detailing the challenges in the Dane County juvenile justice system. Uhl wrote in an email to the Observer that it was “still an active investigation so we can’t really say much more.” Contact Scott Girard at ungreporter@wcinet.com and follow him on Twitter @sgirard9.

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Sweet and slimy incentive Alesha Rodriguez and her children, nieces and nephews set up a homemade lemonade and slime stand along Park Street to raise money for the family to go to the Milwaukee County Zoo on Thursday, Aug. 15. They made over $25 in a couple of hours, selling two flavors of lemonade for 50 cents a cup and packaged slime (including some they made with glitter and charms) for a few dollars each.

From left, Lincoln Rodriguez, 3, watches his mother, Alesha Rodriguez, closely as she pours a cup of raspberry lemonade for his grandmother, Robin Dragone. Photos by Samantha Christian

After a few moments, Elena Rodriguez, 5, and Jasmine Sylvers, 7, flipped their lemonade and slime stand sign around to face traffic on Park and Oak streets.

Lemonade stand for a cause A pair of incoming Brooklyn Elementary School fourth graders who have been friends since first grade collected donations to the American Family Children’s Hospital on Thursday, Aug. 15. Ella Hoxie and Norah Schiefelbein raised more than $60 in a couple of hours from people like Doug Tucker, of Oregon, who said he can’t pass up a lemonade stand when he sees one. “My brother had heart problems when he was born and the hospital helped him, and our other friend’s sister has the same thing and they are helping her,” Hoxie said. “We wanted to donate to help, too.” Photos by Samantha Christian

From left, Ella Hoxie, 9, takes a donation to the American Family Children’s Hospital from Doug Tucker, of Oregon, while Norah Schiefelbein, 9, pours him a cup of lemonade.

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Board agrees to spend up to $20K for Badfish Creek work that has been inactive since the early 1900s. The drainage board had a meeting scheduled for Wednesday night, and village administrator Mike Gracz said he expected the board to approve the contract then. Vi l l a g e Tr u s t e e J e r r y B o l l i g expressed concerns about future liability if the fixes didn’t work, and attorney Matt Dregne said the contract did not require the board to do such work again in the future. “This is a small, limited action which may provide some relief,” Dregne said. Contact Scott Girard at ungreporter@wcinet.com and follow him on Twitter @sgirard9.

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While Oregon School District students will get the final say, next week the district is opening up the naming process for the new school being built in Fitchburg to the public. The new K-6 elementary school in the Terravessa development off Hwy. MM is slated to open for classes next fall, and its naming is the first step in many to prepare new staff and students for September 2020. At Monday’s board meeting, OSD communications director Erika Mundinger said there w i l l b e a n Busler electronic and paper version of the ballot for people to vote with starting Aug. 28. The voting will be open through Sept. 27 “to give people plenty of time to think of their ideas and submit the names they would like to share with us.” District staff will compile the results to present to the board at its Oct. 14 meeting,

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endure over time without controversy; will not be confused with other regional school names; translates well in other languages; and is easily pronounced by elementary school students. “We tried to think of every possibility, because we live in a very creative community,” superintendent Brian Busler quipped.

The Village of Oregon approved a contract for the school resource officer (SRO) in the Oregon School District that runs until Dec. 30. The agreement approved at the board’s Aug. 19 meeting would establish a five member standing group to evaluate the SRO program and evaluate the fall semester of the program by Dec. 1. “We have spent a lot of time trying to perfect and refine the previous agreement with little resolution,” said Trustee Jenna Jacobson. “It is our viewpoint that a simpler, more streamlined agreement would allow all parties the flexibility to

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For information about the naming process for the new elementary school in Fitchburg, contact district superintendent Brian Busler at bsb@OregonSD.org, 835-4003 or district communications director Erika Mundinger at elmundinger@OreonSD. org, 835-4014, or visit oregonsd.org/naming.

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Those interested in applying for the open Village trustee position have until Sept. 4. Anyone who hopes to apply for the seat vacated by Jeff Boudreau should send village administrator Mike Gracz an email at mgracz@vil.oregon.wi.uw to receive an application. The term will last until spring 2020, with an election on the April ballot. The Village Board is expected to interview candidates at its Sept. 9 meeting.

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The Oregon School District’s annual meeting is set for 6:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 23. The annual meeting is generally broken up into a budget hearing, where OSD business manager Andy Weiland will go through the budget report and audit, and the annual meeting, where electors set the tax levy and board salaries for the 2019-20 school year. District superintendent Brian Busler said people will have a chance to ask questions during the budget hearing, and will also be able to vote on possible reapportionment of school board seats. Earlier this year, a district task force that included several former board presidents brought a recommendation to the board to redistribute the board seats in the community over time.

where members will select two to five finalists for students to vote on later that month. When voting opens, students, parents, staff and community members are invited to submit suggestions at oregonsd.org/naming. “People are asked to look at the criteria, fill out the form and get it back to us,” she said. People can also submit suggestions via hard copy by picking up a paper form at the Oregon School District Office (124 East Grove St.) or by calling Mundinger at 835-4014 to make alternative arrangements. According to the district, some of the criteria for choosing a new name include: aligns with the district mission; represents its geographical area; will

move and pivot when appropriate when dealing with our most precious asset, children.” The Oregon School District still has to approve the agreement. The Oregon School Board discussed the agreement in closed session at their Aug. 19 meeting. The officer, who will have 700 hours of work annually paid for by the Village and receives benefits through the Village, “shall be equipped by the Village in such manner as directed by” the police chief, according to the agreement. The Personnel, Public Safety and Protection Committee held a special meeting on Aug. 12 to discuss the contract, which Village President Jeanne Carpenter said took about three and a half hours.

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The Village of Oregon will spend up to $20,000 this year on maintenance work for Badfish Creek in hopes of relieving neighbors’ flooding concerns. The Village Board approved a contract with the Dane County Drainage Board to contract for the work on the First Addition to the Badfish Drainage District. Village of Oregon public works director Jeff Rau told the Village Board the drainage board was able to get a “fantastic deal” that would not be possible through the village’s bidding process. Work will run from the railroad

bridge up to the connection beyond where the creek has a collection of cattails. The contract states that the Village “is not accepting responsibility for any drainage problems in the District or for any future work in the District.” The area has been discussed over the past few months, as homeowners have complained about water issues plaguing their yards and basements. While the village owns the property where homeowners believe the flooding is originating, the authority for any infrastructure work there is with the Badfish First Addition Drainage District. That means anything more significant than dredging would need approval of a body

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We cannot be complicit in hatred I weep for my country, saddened by the continuing slaughter of innocents, inflamed if not condoned by intolerance, intemperate and racially tinged rhetoric coming from the White House. This year we have been witness to more than one mass-shooting a day. This should not and cannot become the new normal. If we fail to speak out and stand up against this kind of violence and demagoguery, we are all complicit in the slaughter. We are failing a generation. This is not the country or world that I grew up in and not the kind of future that I wanted for my children and grandchildren. We can and must do better. Reasonable gun controls work. No other countries experience this kind of violence.

Facts matter. The President recently criticized Baltimore and major cities with Democratic mayors as “disgusting, rat and crime-infested” yet, ironically, every one of the 22 largest cities in the United States with Republican mayors, has higher crime rates than New York or Los Angeles, America’s largest cities with Democratic mayors and the lowest crime rates of America’s 100 largest cities. I will believe Donald Trump’s attacks on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Elijah Cummings and Baltimore weren’t motivated by race when Donald Trump calls David Duke, White Nationalists and neo-Nazi sympathizers “vermin.” Charles Uphoff City of Fitchburg

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Challenge your brain to reduce your dementia risk S eniors today seem much more interested in maintaining their health than those I worked with 30 years ago. They also seem more interested in keeping their brains as healthy as possible for as long as possible. Dementia has become a part of almost everyone’s life in some way. Whether it is a family member, a neighbor, a friend or an acquaintance, everybody knows someone who is dealing with dementia of one sort or another. Brickner Dementia has lost a lot of its stigma in the last 10 years or so, but people still dread receiving that diagnosis, and for good reason. Nobody wants to be afflicted with a condition that robs memories and chips away at thought processes. Increasingly, research is offering insights into how to keep our brains fit and reduce the risk of developing dementia, and more specifically, Alzheimer’s disease. Just as our bodies need a variety of workouts (aerobic, strength and flexibility) to stay healthy, it’s suggesting our brains need a variety of workouts to stay in the best shape possible. Past research suggested keeping our brains active was the way to keep them healthy. This led to people doing crossword puzzles or Sudoku every day, thinking they were forestalling dementia. While it is unlikely those puzzles did anyone harm, it is no longer thought that will ward off dementia. More recent research suggests that for optimal health, the brain needs to be challenged to learn something totally new. This develops pathways in the brain that did not exist previously, creating a reserve the brain might need to rely on if other parts of

the brain are damaged by dementia. The sort of challenges the brain needs would be met by studying an unfamiliar foreign language, learning to play a musical instrument, learning a new dance or figuring out a new route to get you where you need to go. All of those activities force your brain to build new connections, and that means your brain has more resilience. The more connections and pathways your brain has, the more likely you are to get through life showing as few symptoms of dementia as possible. Too often, as people age, they lose their interest in doing new things, or even in doing old things in new ways. They become comfortable with their routines and don’t want to alter them. About 30 years ago, a long term research project known as “The Nun Study” began. Much interesting information has come out of that study, but one of the observations was particularly puzzling: The degree of symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease a nun showed in her life did not necessarily correspond with the amount of Alzheimer’s plaques and tangles found in her brain during an autopsy after her death. In other words, the autopsy of a brain could clearly suggest advanced Alzheimer’s disease, but the observation of the nun’s behavior prior to death suggested little to no presence of Alzheimer’s. Likewise, there were nuns whose behavior suggested they had severe Alzheimer’s disease, but whose autopsies demonstrated mild brain involvement. The researchers struggled with this seeming inconsistency and determined the more pathways a brain contained, the more likely a person was to be able to go on fairly normally in spite of the ravages of the disease. The nuns who showed few

symptoms also tended to those who consistently faced new challenges and took on new responsibilities. They were lifelong learners, and what they learned wasn’t generally a subject of their own choosing. They learned out of necessity. So, if you like to do crosswords, keep doing them. But realize the crossword pathway is already there. Now may be the time to learn how to play the guitar or edit photographs on your smartphone, or to watch a Ted Talk about black holes or figure out how to crochet or any number of other things that would form a new pathway in your brain. And stick with those new activities. Try to master them. Don’t get discouraged. You aren’t learning a new language so you can impress your fellow travelers on a trip abroad but rather to strengthen your brain and to provide it with reserve capacity. Physical exercise helps, too. A recent study by the University of Maryland found the improvement in short-term memory after vigorous exercise was measurable and almost immediate. Learning new things and exercising are no guarantee that a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease is not in your future. Sadly, we don’t really understand enough about dementia to truly know how to prevent it. Researchers are, however, developing better ideas about how to lower your risk. The challenge for today’s seniors who are motivated to take good care of themselves is to figure out how to take care of their brains as well as their bodies. Come talk to us at the Oregon Area Senior Center if there are ways that you think we could help you in your quest to create new pathways in your brain. Rachel Brickner is the director of the Oregon Area Senior Center.

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Brooklyn Labor Day Truck and Tractor Pull organizers are doing everything they can to “make sure Brooklyn is the place to be” from Aug. 31-Sept. 1, Mike Hawkey said. Having helped host the event for several years with the Oregon Sno-Blazers and Brooklyn Sno-Hornets snowmobile clubs, which took over planning from the fire department, Hawkey said they are “hoping to fill the stands and put on a helluva show” at Brooklyn Legion Park. Kicking off the event at 6 p.m. Friday are the Community Antique Tractor Pullers. Also that evening is the third annual bean bag tournament, featuring 16 teams. There is a $20 fee for teams to enter the double elimination tournament, and you can sign up by emailing info@oregonsnoblazers.com. The Oregon-Brooklyn VFW Post 10272 will also be serving steak sandwiches. On Saturday and Sunday, pulls start at 11 a.m. with the farm tractor and amateur fourwheel drive truck pulls. The kids pedal tractor pulls begin at noon. Other pulls on Saturday include the PI Motorsports pro-farm, super farm, hot

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event is held in conjunction with Brooklyn Recreation’s annual fall arts and crafts fair at Brooklyn Elementary, 204 Division St. Stop by the school between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday to support local crafters and businesses, as well as enter a raffle drawing. On Sunday morning from 8-11 a.m., Monona Bank-Brooklyn will sponsor the pancake breakfast in the beer tent, where Big Jake’s Pancakes will be back to sling flapjacks. “They flip pancakes until you catch them or say when,” Hawkey said. “It’s quite the show.” Other items for sale during the weekend include cold beverages, shaved ice, popcorn, FFA Alumni dairy treats and cheese curds, Papa Murphy’s pizza and Alpine Ridge Orchard apples. No carry-ins are allowed. The event will be held rain or shine, but Hawkey is hoping for “sun and beautiful weather” for the sake of the truck and tractor pullers and spectators. “We are one of the few communities that have a tarp locally, so if we get rain overnight or during the event we have have tarps capable of covering the track to make sure we continue to put on a great event and bring everyone in,” Hawkey said. For information, contact Hawkey at 516-8146, or Randy Stone at 445-8177.

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farm and 2.5 diesel trucks, followed by the supercharged mini-rod tractors with Tri-County Pullers, Inc. Sunday’s pulls, which will begin with the Brooklyn-Oregon American Legion Post 160 presentation of colors, feature super stock trucks, hot open diesel class and altered diesel trucks, Midwest Tractor and Truck Pullers, PI Motorsports gas trucks and all classes of South Central Wisconsin Tractor Pullers. Live music, held from 7:3011:30 p.m., will feature the energetic five piece Decades Rock Band on Saturday, and alternative rock band SuperTuesday on Sunday. “After 2018’s downpour and mud pit, last year’s full beer tent proved that Brooklyn will stop at nothing to have a good time,” the SuperTuesday band wrote on their Facebook event page. “We can’t wait to see what 2019 brings at the grand finale party of the weekend-long pull competitions.” To entice more people to come, organizers decided to drop the cover charge for all of the bands for the first time this year. Parking and admission to the event are also free; however, donations are welcome and will be used to keep the community event going in the future. For those who are looking to do more than watch tires rip up dirt all day, the

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the senior center, the public is invited to a piano and chimes recital. Jeanne Felix will perform the piano recital with her students, and joining the students will be C.LU.B. members playing accompanying chimes. Lunch will be provided after the event. Registration for lunch is required. For information call 835-5801.

Learn the basics of meal planning at 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22, at the senior center. Pat Powers, of Oregon, will be at the event to show attendees how to prepare, store and freeze quick and easy meals for enjoyment without the hassle. Visitors will also learn how to save Celebrating 125 years money and time. Registration is required. The Oregon Area Fire/EMS District For information, call 835-5801. is hosting a 125th anniversary event for the fire department from noon to 4 p.m. Half lock-ins Sunday, Aug. 25, at the Oregon Area From 6-10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 23, at Fire/EMS District building, 131 Spring Oregon Youth Center, 110 N. Oak St., St. participants will engage in a half lock-in. At 12:30 p.m., there will be a Instead of closing at the usual hours, presentation detailing the last 125 years OYC will stay open late for visitors to of how the fire department has evolved hang out with friends to play games, to serve the village. There will also be watch movies, eat pizza and have speeches from local dignitaries, fire chief refreshments. The event is for ages 10-15 Glenn Linzmeier and the fire association and requires a permission slip signed by president. a parent or guardian. There will be a flyover of the The library and OYC are co-hosting American flag. At 2 p.m., there will be the events to provide safe spaces and water fights and a vehicle extrication activities for area youth. demonstration, which Linzmeier said Registration is required. is a simulation of a car rollover. The For information, call 835-3656. car doors are beaten in so they won’t open, he said, and a mannequin will be Piano, chimes recital put inside the vehicle, where staff will Starting at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 23, at

attempt to get it out. At 2:30 p.m., there will be a sprinkler demonstration, which will involve lighting furniture on fire and showing how rapidly the sprinkler suppresses fire. For information, call 835-5587.

‘Sounds of Summer’ The last “Sounds of Summer” performance of the season will feature “All That Jazz” from 7-8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 27, at Waterman Triangle Park, 101 Janesville St. Each concert will highlight different musical talents and food vendors, which will serve food to purchase from 6-8 p.m. The performances are free. In the case of rain, concerts will take place at their established time at the Oregon Area Senior Center, 219 Park St. For information, call the Oregon Area Chamber of Commerce at 835-3697.

iPad basics Learn best how to operate an iPad from 6-7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, at the library. Get to know its buttons, basic options and how to switch between apps. Registration is required. For information, call 835-3656.

Community calendar Thursday, Aug. 22

• Noon-1 p.m., Community potluck, Brooklyn Community United Methodist Church, 201 Church St., 4553344 • 1-3 p.m., Kids Movie, library, 8353656 • 1 p.m., Meal Planning for 1 or 2 (registration required), senior center, 835-5801 • 6:30-8 p.m., Bookmobile at the gazebo, 100 Hotel St., Brooklyn, dcls.info

Friday, Aug. 23

• 11 a.m., Piano and chimes recital, senior center, 835-5801 • 6-10 p.m., Half Lock-ins (with the library), Oregon Youth Center, 110 N. Oak St., 836-3656

Sunday, Aug. 25

• Noon to 5 p.m., 125 Years of Service Celebration, Oregon Area Fire/ EMS District, 131 Spring St., 8355587

Monday, Aug. 26

• 6 p.m., Country Heat class,

Brooklyn Community Building, 102 N. Rutland Ave., 455-4201

Tuesday, Aug. 27

• 9-11 a.m., Food distribution and collection, Oregon Area Food Pantry, 107 N. Alpine Pkwy, oregonfoodpantry@hotmail.com • 7-9 p.m., Sounds of Summer concert: All That Jazz, Waterman Triangle Park, 101 Janesville St., 835-3697

Wednesday, Aug. 28

• 6-7 p.m., Yoga, Brooklyn Community Building, 102 N. Rutland Ave., 455-4201

Thursday, August 29

• 1 p.m., Movie matinee: “The Upside,” senior center, 835-5801 • 4-7 p.m., Food distribution and collection (hours now weekly), Oregon Area Food Pantry, 107 N. Alpine Pkwy, oregonfoodpantry@ hotmail.com • 6-7 p.m., iPad Basics, library, 8353656 • 6:30-8 p.m., Bookmobile at the

Community cable listings Village of Oregon Cable Access TV channels: WOW #983 & ORE #984 Phone: 291-0148 • Email: oregoncableaccess@charter.net Website: ocamedia.com • Facebook: ocamediawi New programs daily at 1 p.m. and repeats at 4, 7 and 10 p.m. and 1, 4, 7 and 10 a.m.

Thursday, Aug. 22 WOW: Oregon Village Board Meeting (Aug. 19) ORE: Oregon School Board Meeting (Aug. 19) AIRS Friday, Aug. 23 WOW: Sounds of Summer: Red Hot Horn Dawgs (Aug. 20) ORE: Chamber of Commerce Meeting (Aug 15) Saturday, Aug. 24 WOW: Oregon Progressives Open Mic: John Nichols (Aug. 2) ORE: OHS Panther Varsity Volleyball vs Monona Grove (8.30.18) Sunday, Aug. 25 WOW: Community of Life Lutheran Church Service ORE: OHS Panther Varsity Boys Soccer vs Sauk Prairie (9.4.18)

Monday, Aug. 26 WOW: Oregon Village Board Meeting (Aug. 19) ORE: Oregon School Board Meeting (Aug. 19) Tuesday, Aug. 27 WOW: Sounds of Summer Music: All That Jazz – LIVE 7pm ORE: OHS Panther Varsity Boys Soccer vs Monona Grove (9.6.18) Wednesday, Aug. 28 WOW: Oregon Community Band (July 2) ORE: OHS Panther Varsity Football vs Ft. Atkinson (9.7.18) Thursday, Aug. 29 WOW: Sounds of Summer Music: Dang Its (July 30) ORE: OHS Panther Varsity Volleyball vs Janesville Parker (10.8.18)

gazebo, 100 Hotel St., Brooklyn, dcls.info

Friday, Aug. 30

• 6 p.m., Brooklyn Labor Day Truck and Tractor Pull, Brooklyn Legion Park, facebook.com/Brooklynlaborday/

Saturday, Aug. 31

• 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Brooklyn’s Annual Fall Arts and Crafts Fair, Brooklyn Elementary School, 204 Division St., brooklynrecreation.org • 11 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., Brooklyn Labor Day Truck and Tractor Pull, Brooklyn Legion Park, facebook. com/Brooklynlaborday/

Sunday, Sept. 1

• 8 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., Brooklyn Labor Day Truck and Tractor Pull, Brooklyn Legion Park, facebook. com/Brooklynlaborday/

Monday, Sept. 2

• Library closed • 6 p.m., Country Heat class, Brooklyn Community Building, 102 N. Rutland Ave., 455-4201

Senior center Monday, Aug. 26 Roasted Turkey in Gravy Rice Pilaf, Creamed Corn Cranberry Sauce, Fruit Cocktail Brownie with Peanut Butter Frosting MO – Veggie Chicken in Gravy NCS – SF Pudding Tuesday, Aug. 27 Tuna Casserole Roasted Baby Carrots Pickled Beets Banana, Lime Sherbet MO – Hummus and Pita NCS – SF Ice Cream Wednesday, Aug. 28 Chicken Sandwich Cheesy Potatoes NAS – Baked Potato Four Bean Salad Orange Frosted Chocolate Cake MO – Multigrain Burger NCS – Spiced Pears Thursday, Aug. 29 My Meal, My Way at Ziggy’s Smokehouse and Ice Cream Parlor! Friday, Aug. 30 Sloppy Joe, Kidney Bean Salad Mixed Vegetables, Banana Frosted Strawberry Cake MO – Chickpea Sloppy Joe NCS – SF Cookie SO - Pulled Pork

*Contains Pork

Monday, Aug. 26 10:30 Dominoes 1:00 Weight Loss Support 1:00 RSVP Sewing 1:30 Bridge Tuesday, Aug. 27 8:30 Zumba Gold Advanced 9:00 Veterans’ Group 9:30 Bingo 9:45 Zumba Gold 12:30 Sheepshead 12:30 Shopping at Pick-N-Save 1:00 Technical Help with Gil 7:00 Sounds of Summer Wednesday, Aug. 28 11:45 Birthday Lunch 12:45 Silver Sneakers 1:00 Euchre 4:00 Protecting You and your PC Thursday, Aug. 29 8:30 Zumba Gold Advanced 9:00 Pool Players 9:45 Zumba Gold 10:30 StrongWomen 12:30 Shopping at Bill’s 1:00 Cribbage 1:00 Movie: “The Upside” 5:30 StrongWomen Friday, Aug. 30 9:00 Gentle Yoga 9:30 Blood Pressure 12:45 Silver Sneakers

All Saints Lutheran Church 2951 Chapel Valley Rd., Fitchburg (608) 276-7729 Interim pastor SUNDAY 8:30 a.m. classic service 10:45 a.m. new song service Brooklyn Lutheran Church 101 Second Street, Brooklyn (608) 455-3852 Pastor Rebecca Ninke SUNDAY 9 a.m. Holy Communion 10 a.m. Fellowship Community of Life Lutheran Church PO Box 233, Oregon (608) 286-3121, office@ communityoflife.us Pastor Jim McCoid SUNDAY 8:45 a.m. Education Hour, 10 a.m. Worship at 1111 S. Perry Parkway, Oregon Brooklyn Community United Methodist Church 201 Church Street, Brooklyn (608) 455-3344 Pastor George Kaminski SUNDAY 9 a.m. Worship (Nov.-April) 10:30 a.m. Worship (May-Oct.)

Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church 143 Washington Street, Oregon (608) 835-3554 Pastor Jeffrey Hendrix SUNDAY - 9 a.m. Worship Holy Communion 2nd & last Sundays First Presbyterian Church 408 N. Bergamont Blvd. (north of CC), Oregon, WI (608) 835-3082 - fpcoregonwi. org Pastor Kathleen Owens SUNDAY 10 a.m. Service 10:15 a.m. Sunday School 11 a.m. Fellowship 11:15 a.m. Adult Education Memorial UCC 5705 Lacy Road, Fitchburg (608) 273-1008, memorialucc. org Pastor Kristin Gorton SUNDAY 8:15 and 10 a.m.

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church ECLA

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

752 E. Netherwood, Oregon Graham Blaikie, Interim Pastor (608) 835-7972, www.hbclife.com SUNDAY 8:30 a.m. worship at the Hillcrest Campus and 10:15 a.m. worship with Children’s ministries, birth – 4th grade Holy Mother of Consolation Catholic Church

651 N. Main Street, Oregon Pastor: Fr. Gary Wankerl (608) 835-5763 holymotherchurch.weconnect.com SATURDAY: 5 p.m. Worship SUNDAY: 8 and 10:15 a.m. Worship People’s United Methodist Church 103 North Alpine Parkway, Oregon Pastor Jason Mahnke

(608) 835-3755, www.peoplesumc.org

Communion is the 1st & 3rd weekend SATURDAY - 5 p.m. Worship SUNDAY - 9 a.m. Worship and Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. Worship St. John’s Lutheran Church

625 E. Netherwood, Oregon Pastor Paul Markquart (Lead) (608) 291-4311 SATURDAY - 5 p.m. Worship SUNDAY - 8, 10:30 a.m. Worship Vineyard Community Church

Oregon Community Bank & Trust, 105 S. Alpine Parkway, Oregon Bob Groth, Pastor (608) 513-3435, welcometovineyard.com SUNDAY - 10 a.m. Worship

Zwingli United Church of Christ – Paoli

At the intersection of Hwy. 69 & PB Pastor Rich Pleva paoliucc.com, (608) 225-1278 SUNDAY - 9:30 a.m. Family worship

Support groups • Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, First Presbyterian Church, every Monday and Friday at 7 p.m. • Relationship & Divorce Support Group, State Bank of Cross Plains, every other Monday at 6:30 p.m. • Navigating Life Elder Support Group, People’s United Methodist Church, 103 N. Alpine Pkwy., every first Monday at 7 p.m.

Teach Us How to Pray “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” – Luke 11:1 NIV It is noteworthy that the disciples requested of Jesus that He teach them how to pray. These were religious men who had been following Jesus for quite some time. How could it be that they did not know how to pray? Don’t we all pray, almost instinctively, every time we have some crisis or serious felt need? Prayer is virtually universal. Every culture has its forms of prayer, and almost everyone instinctively says something like “Dear God, help me through this” in times of crisis. There is also the nearuniversal clasping of hands in prayer and the exclamations of “Oh my God”when we see something horrific or are in crisis. Even many of our everyday expressions contain a simple prayer.“Goodbye”is etymologically connected to the expression “God be with you,”just as “adios”in Spanish literally means “to God.” “Alleluia”is one such expression. And sometimes there are cross-cultural borrowings of prayer without us knowing it; the Spanish word “ojala,”which means “hopefully” is derived from the Arabic meaning “may God will it.”Which brings us back to the disciples’ request. In answering their request,Jesus gave them the Lord’s prayer,which tells us, among other things,to pray that God’s will be done. How do you pray? – Christopher Simon

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Flooding: Last year’s heavy rains, snow melt have altered the water table around Oregon Continued from page 1 Brown’s predicament is part of a larger, multifaceted problem. Heavy rain patterns late last summer and a large snow melt this spring, combined with a bike path owned by the Village of Oregon that reduced ground water’s natural flow, have put the underground water table under pressure and caused Lake Barney to swell. Now, homes, wildlife and farm fields all are in jeopardy. And there’s no easy fix. For one thing, seven governmental entities would be directly affected by any solution to the problem. Water flows from the City of Fitchburg to the town and village of Oregon, and any solutions might require use of state and federal land. And the water has to go somewhere. Simply fixing the problem around Lake Barney could cause flooding elsewhere, including in the Badfish Creek, which has had its share of flooding issues over the past decade. The Village of Oregon’s northern side is at risk for flooding when the water drains from Lake Barney. Last month, Netherwood Road was closed when water covered the roadway, Village of Oregon public works director Jeff Rau told the Observer. And residents on Jefferson Street have seen both water in their backyards and basements due to the rising water table just north of their homes. The Village of Oregon is rerouting the Rotary Bike Trail to an area with higher elevation, Rau said. He said the village has already had a difficult time moving water from the business park through the Lerner Conservation Park area and to drain into the Oregon branch of the Badfish Creek. The heavy rains and rising water table are also changing the landscape of the area. Claudia Guy, City of Fitchburg environmental engineer, said the Madison area hasn’t seen an annual rainfall this high since the 1950s. Coincidentally, she told the Star in an email, that’s the last time Lake Barney overflowed. The only way the lake can drain is through evaporation and infiltration, she said, and with a water table that high, it’s difficult for water to drain away into the soil. The groundwater was rated by the U.S. Geological Survey as “high” in March of this year, and in the last five months, it has only decreased in rank to “much above normal,” meaning the water table is still sitting at the “greater than 90th percentile” range, Guy said. That’s resulted in a shift in wildlife and vegetation in the area. Fitchburg resident Tom Thayer, Brown’s neighbor to the east on Hwy. M, told the Observer on Aug. 5 he used to see four pairs of cranes in what used to be farm fields, but it’s since dwindled to a sole pair. Trees are also dying, as oxygen is being cut off to the root systems and the they are basically being drowned. An emergency solution would involve clearing out

the outflow. That could drop the water level by a few feet but would still leave homeowners at risk in the case of another heavy rain, Thayer said. A more permanent solution could involve a controlled system, Fitchburg Agriculture and Rural Affairs committee chair Ed Kinney said. Water could be released through the Village of Oregon at a limited rate as a way to minimize flooding events, and the land surrounding Lake Barney could operate as a large detention area. But, Kinney added, even an emergency solution might take years to implement because it would send the excess stormwater over land owned by the state Department of Corrections and would involve the DNR. And any proposed long-term fix would need the approval of all of the governmental entities involved. Photos by Kimberly Wethal “There is a possibility John Brown, Town of Oregon resident, filled in his basement to accommodate a rising water table that filled his basement that’s there’s just flat-out not full of water. As a result, the door to the basement from the outside had to be cut in half, and the space is around 4 feet tall, about half of what it was prior to the flooding. a solution,” Kinney said.

Costly fixes Limited, sometimes temporary, fixes have had to come from affected property owners, and often at a hefty cost. Thayer spent $40,000 last October for 800 feet of large blue flood barriers that line his backyard to the south and west in an attempt to keep the water at bay. Thayer’s neighbor across the street, John Freiburger, had standing water in his yard during the spring and is paying out of pocket to take down almost two dozen 300-year-old trees. Just north of Brown, Jerry Schmelzer is constantly running sump pumps to keep water out of a basement that never experienced flooding in decades prior. In addition to out of pocket costs, property owners have lost income. In some cases, crops planted during last year’s harvest couldn’t be taken out of the field last fall because of wet conditions, and a percentage of land wasn’t usable this year because fields had standing water in them. Freiburger went to the City of Fitchburg and had his property valuation reduced after it was determined that almost a quarter of his farm land was unable to be rented out for crops. “I’ve got land that I can’t use,” he said.

Saving his farm The rising water table on Brown’s property prompted him to start running two sump pumps in his then-8 foot tall basement last fall, as water started to come up through the floor. The pumps weren’t helping much. “All you’re doing is recirculating the water,” Brown said. “You’re pumping it out, and it goes over in the pond, and then the water table stays the same and it’s just coming right back in. All you’re doing is going in a circle.” So he and a friend laid down a foot of hydraulic cement by hand. And when water continued to seep up through the floor, Brown added 32 inches of stone, two layers of plastic water barriers and four

inches of fiber concrete. He had to move most of the utilities to the first floor. That meant creating a large closet in one of the bedrooms – Brown’s wife wasn’t in favor turning the entire room into a utility space – and cramming the water heater, softener, brine tank, plumbing and a stacked washer and dryer into it. The only utilities that were spared was the electric system and the furnace, which hangs from the ceiling of the basement. “At night, I wouldn’t sleep good until I got all the utilities moved up,” Brown said. “I mean, I lost weight. I wanted to go on a diet, but that’s not the kind of diet you want to go on.” Now, the only way to move around in Brown’s basementturned-crawl space is on red rolling work stools that sit near the bottom of the stairs, which had to be cut off when the concrete was added. At the bottom of the stairs, a red notebook hangs from a nail in a wooden post, where every day, Brown records the height of the water table. He specifically noted July 3 of this year – on that day, the water table was 28 inches high. Nearly a month later, on Friday, Aug. 2, he showed it had decreased to 11 inches. “Even if you drained this dry, it could take two to 10 years to bring the water table back down,” Brown said. “I know what the cure is – you’ve got to get rid of the water. And then it’s going to take time.”

A changing landscape Freiburger has 21 hickory trees on his County Hwy. M property that date back before the Revolutionary War. But they have died after getting their roots drowned by the rising water table. That means he’ll need to get them professionally taken down, at an estimated cost of $20,000. “The loss of the trees is pretty disheartening,” Freiburger said. “Especially these pre-settlement burr oaks. They’ve seen just about everything … it’s sad to see these things go.” The habitat around Thayer’s property has completely changed in the past couple of years, he said.

John Brown, a Town of Oregon resident who lives just south of the City of Fitchburg boundary line, points to his notebook where he measures the depth of the water table every day. At one time, farmland to the west of his yard housed multiple pairs of cranes, deer, turkeys and other woodland creatures. In the four years prior to it being flooded out, the field was home to a hay crop. “We’ve got a lot of geese now,” he said with a laugh. “It’s been interesting to watch the ecology of this area change because of it.” Some of the changes he’s seen have almost been comical, Thayer said. Before the flood barriers were put up last fall, he explained, there was a hatching of minnows that happened to find its way onto his property and began to clog up the pumps. “In mid-March, we had some bigger pumps out here – that took care of the fish; they all got pumped,” he said. As the water runs out of places to go on his property, Thayer said, it moves north across Hwy. M to Freiburger’s and other neighbor’s properties, filling the ditches and fields in the process. As he pulled into his driveway on Aug. 5, Thayer said, it was the first time he hadn’t seen water sitting in the ditch in eight months. And while the water table has decreased since its peak in spring, Freiburger still has some fields that have seen little to no improvement and still have standing water in them. He has around 250 acres out of 1,035 that were

unplantable this year as a result. “It’s a loss of income for rural people,” Freiburger said.

No easy solution Any solution to the problem would require the cooperation of multiple municipalities and likely would involve state and federal agencies. The City of Fitchburg and Village of Oregon are both exploring solutions. A draft of Fitchburg’s 2020-29 capital improvement plan recommends spending $60,000 next year to study Lake Barney and determine what options could get approval from the DNR and village and town of Oregon. Because the flooding doesn’t affect city property, the CIP narrative states, the city would normally treat it as a private property concern in which individual landowners would be responsible. But overwhelming public interest to have the city involved in lowering water levels led officials to reconsider that stance. Under the CIP timeline, which is only a guideline for planning future budgets and not a commitment, any project construction for storm sewers wouldn’t be until 2024, and only after it works with the DNR to ensure downstream communities wouldn’t be harmed. That means any type of solution for the flooding near

Lake Barney would require storm sewer improvements to be made within the village, Rau said. The village is committed to working with Fitchburg to find a long-term solution that minimizes future impacts, he added. “(We want to make) sure we’re not harming anyone downstream, because you don’t want to force your problem onto someone else,” he said. The situation gets more complex with U.S. Fish and Wildlife land abutting Thayer’s property, which is managed by the DNR, and the Oregon Correctional Center owning land to the north and south of County Hwy. M. Any projects through the land would be subject to approval from state and federal agencies. Earlier this summer, Guy organized a meeting with local, county and state governmental entities and property owners in the area, Ald. Janell Rice (Dist. 4) said. A member of Ag and Rural Affairs, Rice said both emergency and long-term solutions are being considered. “Somewhere along the way, some entity is going to have to make a sacrifice,” she said. “I certainly don’t want it to be the homeowner.” Amber Levenhagen’s reporting contributed to this story.

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Auto racing

Kenseth collects honor, races at home track ADAM FEINER Sports editor

Being on the wall is a place no driver wants to end up. Being on a Wall of Fame is a much better place to end up. Former NASCAR star M a t t Ke n s e t h r e t u r n e d to Madison International Speedway on Friday, Aug. 16 to be inducted into the track’s Wall of Fame, and also to race in the ARCA Midwest Tour’s Howie Lettow 100. The Cambridge native’s last race at MIS prior to Friday night came in 2014, when he won the Howie Lettow 100. Kenseth has won six out of 12 starts at MIS since 2003. Kenseth passed Seymour native Ty Majeski in the final lap July 9 to win the Slinger Nationals title at Slinger Super Speedway. On Friday night, Majeski avenged the close loss and picked up his sixth career victory in the Howie Lettow 100, as Kenseth settled for fourth.

Starting close to home Kenseth first raced at Madison International Speedway in 1988 as a 16-year-old. He raced weekly at his home track from 1993-95 against

short-track legends Dick Trickle and Robbie Reiser, and dominated. Kenseth won the track championship in 1994, and was the runner-up in 1993 and 1995. “Sometimes it’s hard for me to remember yesterday,” he joked. “I’ve had a lot of run races here, a lot of great memories watching and racing every weekend back then.”

but I miss Tuesdays. You’re in all these meetings and checking over stuff with the crew chief, engineers and design people.”

Still busy in retirement

Big break, big star Ke n s e t h c l i m b e d t h e short-track ladder, and made his first Winston Cup Series start in 1998 at Dover. He edged Dale Earnhardt Jr. for the series’ Rookie of the Year honor in 2000. Kenseth became the last driver to hold the title of Winston Cup Series champion in 2003, even though he only won once in 36 starts. The series’ primary sponsorship switched to Nextel the following year. Kenseth ran 665 races over 21 years in NASCAR’s top series, highlighted by his championship in 2003 and two Daytona 500 victories in 2009 and 2012. His 39th and final win in NASCAR’s top series came in 2017 at the fall race in Phoenix. Without a sponsor for the 2018 season, Kenseth stepped away from a

Photo by Adam Feiner

Former NASCAR star Matt Kenseth talks to the media Friday, Aug. 16, at Madison International Speedway. The Cambridge native finished fourth in the Howie Lettow 100 on Friday night, his first race at MIS since 2014. full-time schedule after the 2017 season. He raced part-time in 2018 for Roush Fenway Racing. “It was good to come back and run part-time last year,” Kenseth said. “It validated some things for me,

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and the schedule wasn’t too bad.” Kenseth said Friday he did not miss staying in hotels and being at the track all the time during his time in NASCAR. However, he was thankful he could

scratch his competitive itch Friday night at his home track. “There are some things you miss,” Kenseth said, “like being a part of a team and having that camaraderie as a unit. It sounds odd,

Kenseth, 47, said Friday he has no other races planned for the remainder of the year. He will be the Grand Marshal of the NASCAR Xfinity Series C T E C H M a n u fa c t u r i n g 180 on Aug. 24 at Elkhart Lake’s Road America. For the most part, Kenseth has been able to spend the majority of his time with his wife, Katie Martin, and the couple’s four daughters. “ We ’ve h a d a r e a l l y run summer,” he said. “It feels like we haven’t been home but four or five days between a lot of travel for vacations. We have spent a good amount of time up here though. It’s been nice to be home and spend time with Katie and the girls.” Kenseth also has a son from a previous relationship, and it appears the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Ross Kenseth has raced part-time in NASCAR’s Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series, ARCA Midwest Tour, CRA Super Series and the ARCA Racing Series.

Girls swimming

Panthers face Badger Oregon/Belleville co-op returns depth in relays South foes early on MARK NESBITT

Assistant sports editor

MARK NESBITT Assistant sports editor

The Oregon girls golf team opened Badger South Conference dual competition with a loss to reigning Division 2 state champion Madison Edgewood on Tuesday, Aug. 20, at Foxboro Golf Club in Oregon. The Panthers finished in a three-way tie for fifth place in the season-opening Stoughton Scramble on Monday, Aug. 19, at Coachman’s Golf Resort in Edgerton. According to the Edgewood girls golf Twitter account, the Crusaders shot 160 and won their first conference dual of the season. Oregon did not report

a score at the time of the Observer’s press deadline. The Panthers tied conference foes Monona Grove and Watertown for fifth after shooting a 1-over-par 72 at the Stoughton Scramble. “For the first time out, it was a good experience to get back and have a little competition,” Oregon coach Eric Instefjord said. “I think it was good for the kids to get out and see where they are at. We were up and down.” Instefjord said the tournament’s scramble format took a lot of pressure off his team. “Someone else’s ball is in play, and you don’t have to worry about all that stress recovering and scoring,” he said.

Girls tennis ADAM FEINER Sports editor

There were inaccuracies in last week’s preview on the Oregon girls tennis team. Jordana Burkeland played No. 2 varsity singles last season, not No. 3 singles.

Andrea Bennett played singles last season, and did not play doubles. Ellie Koopman did not play JV No. 1 singles last year, and Joanie Sommers did not earn a varsity letter. The Observer regrets the errors.

Two relay teams for the Oregon/Belleville girls swim team on the brink of a trip to the WIAA Division 1 state meet return every swimmer from last year and are looking for a breakout performance this season. The Panthers’ 200 medley relay team that took ninth at the WIAA Division 1 Middleton Sectional returns sophomore Claudia Schwartz and juniors Mattea Thomason, Zoe Rule and Halle Bush. The quartet was four seconds away from qualifying for state. Oregon/Belleville returns its entire 200 freestyle relay in Bush, Thomason, Rule and Schwartz that took 10th at the sectional and missed state by four seconds last season. The Panthers finished seventh in a Badger South Conference that featured the state’s top two-ranked Division 2 teams in Madison Edgewood (No. 1) and McFarland (No. 2). The Crusaders won the Division 2 state title over the Spartans last year. “I think we can place higher at conference than we did last year,” Oregon/

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The Oregon/Belleville girls swimming team has 12 returning letterwinners. They are (front row, from left) Erin Newton, Claudia Schwartz, Mattea Thomason, (middle row, from left) Lily Gebauer, Caroline Rusch, Zoe Rule, Michaela Rosga, (back row, from left) Grace Kiesau, Halle Bush, Victoria Helvig and Isabella Nowka. Not pictured is Brooke White. Belleville coach Michael Keleny said. “If we can get a relay or individual to qualify for state, that would be a bonus.” Oregon returns 12 letterwinners. Junior Victoria Helvig and Bush are captains. Keleny said the team’s strengths are in the backstroke, 200 medley relay, 200 free relay and 50 free.

Bush will lead the Panthers as a distance swimmer in the 200 free and 500 free. “She has really good form and endurance from all of the triathlons she has done,” Keleny said. Schwartz finished third in the 500 free (5:34.94) at the Badger South Conference meet last season. She added a fifth-place

finish in the 200 free (2:03.98). Keleny noted Schwartz and Rule are versatile swimmers who can compete in any event. The top event for Rule is the backstroke, while Schwartz excels in the 50 free. Sophomore Brooke White also will contribute in the free. Junior Caroline Rusch will be relied upon in the backstroke. Izzy Block is one of five freshmen expected to contribute this year. Keleny said she will be featured in the 50 free. The Panthers have seven new swimmers to the program in freshmen Noelle Marsh, Hailey Sieren, Emily Levesque, Jane Ciambrone and sophomores Emma Eisele and Claire Kruser. Edgewood, which has won four Division 2 state championships, is the Badger South favorite once again, according to Keleny. He also expects McFarland to be in the title hunt again. “It’s always fun to see who wins that dual,” he said. “That is always the big talk. They are the favorites. Everyone else is competing for third place.”

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“Goodbyes don’t ever get easier.” Amber Lynn Levenhagen, 25, of Madison, formerly of Sheboygan, passed away Friday, Aug. 9, 2019, following a motor vehicle accident. Born Jan. 14, 1994, in Milwaukee, Amber was a daughter of Robert Paul and Jill Marie Ruppel Levenhagen and sister of Alyssa Rae. She attended Holy Name School, Cleveland Elementary School, Horace Mann Middle School and graduated from Sheboygan North High School in 2012. She continued her education at the University of Wisconsin Whitewater and graduated in 2016. Following graduation, she moved to Madison to further her career. Amber worked for

in Madison as the government lead writer. In college, she was a photo journalist for the Royal Purple newspaper in Whitewater. She previously worked at Bill’s Piggly Wiggly in Howards Grove when she was in high school. In 2018, she was named a Future Headliner by the Wi s c o n s i n N e w s p a p e r Association, one of only five reporters under the age of 30 across the state. She won many awards for her photography and as a “Rookie Reporter of the Year.” Amber loved reading books, especially to her sister Alyssa. She was an avid environmentalist who loved the outdoors, camping, hiking, spending time on the water, nature, plays, concerts and music, and especially photography where she could always be found with her camera. She was fond of craft beer and was quite the foodie. Her favorite places were Peninsula State Park in Door County where her fiancé, Zach, asked her to be his wife. She loved to explore, especially the Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison. She loved animals, especially their cat, Shelby. She played softball for many years with the Sheboygan Rec. Department, Sheboygan North

boygan Strikers. She loved to travel and was selected as a student ambassador for People to People and was sent to England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. She also traveled to Paris when she was in high school. Amber is survived by her parents, Robert and Jill Levenhagen, Sheboygan; her sister, Alyssa Levenhagen, Sheboygan; her grandparents, Helen Ruppel, Sheboygan, and Gerald and Jacqueline Ruppel, Sheboygan; and her God parents, John Levenhagen and Julie Carpenter. She is further survived by her fiancé, Zachary Keenum, and the wonderful Keenum family who welcomed our daughter Amber into their hearts; Stephanie and Matthew Keenum, Lucas and Jacob, all of Illinois; and numerous loving aunts and uncle, cousins, other relatives and many friends. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Eunice and Fredrick Levenhagen and Margie Houghton, her great grandparents, other close family members and her loving hedgehog, Rigby. A celebration of Amber’s life will take place at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 24, at the Olson Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 1132 Superior Ave., Sheboygan.

will officiate. Family and friends are welcome at the funeral home on Saturday from 10 a.m. until the time of service. In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established in her name for a scholarship for photo journalism, Planned Parenthood and the Nature Conservancy in Wisconsin. The family would like to thank the first responders and those who helped, Flight for Life, the doctors and nurses at the U.W. Health hospital in Madison, especially nurse Sherry who stayed with us, held our hands, sat and cried when there were no words. And to the transplant team and all those involved with making Amber’s gift possible. Amber made a decision to become an organ donor. Her gifts will help up to 75 people. The Olson Funeral Home and Cremation Service has been entrusted with Amber’s arrangements. James Olson, Funeral Director Olson Funeral Home & Cremation Service 1132 Superior Avenue Sheboygan, WI 53081 Phone: 920-452-1481 Fax: 920-452-5282 Email: jim@olsonfuneralhome. info Website: www.olsonfuneralhome. info

Howard H. Loret, age 57, passed away on Friday, Aug. 16, 2019. He was born on April 10, 1962, in Madison, the son of Jerome and Judith (Tholo) Loret. He graduated from Oregon High School in 1980. Howie worked many jobs including a cook, restaurant manager, warehouse clerk, office assistant and cashier. In 1983, he married Tami Sura from Clayton. He enjoyed golfing and bowling in his free time. Howie is survived by his wife, Tami; sons, Chris and

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Josh; sister, Roberta (Brian) Kelly; brother, Daniel; and grandchildren, Hadley, Harper, Aubre, Colton and Cooper. H e wa s p r e c e d e d i n death by his grandparents, Howard (Mable) Tholo and Harold (Ethel) Loret; and brother, Frankie. A funeral service will be held at Gunderson East Funeral and Cremation Care, 5203 Monona Dr., Madison, at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 24. Burial will be held at Roselawn Memorial Park. A visitation will be held at the funeral home at 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 23, and also from 10 a.m. until the time of the service on Saturday. A special thank you to Jeff, Teresa and Kiera Sweeney, Don and Margaret Denton, Morgan and Hope Larson, Jamie and Josh Gahnz, Anna Larson and Agrace HospiceCare. In leu of flowers, memorials may be made to the family. Online condolences may be made to www. gundersonfh.com.

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Academic Achievements Academic Honors ‌Fall 2018 ‌‌UW-Madison Brooklyn Ava Gard, dean’s list; Quintin Gaus, dean’s list; Hannah Jones, dean’s honor list; Brock Kelly, dean’s honor list; Michael Landry, dean’s honor list; Mya Lebakken, dean’s list; Riley Medenwald, dean’s list; Abbie Schofield, dean’s list; Tanner Zimmerman, dean’s honor list Oregon Nicholas Adler, honor roll; Anne Brethauer, dean’s honor list; Allison Chapman, dean’s list; Kalli Choles, dean’s list; Sam Collins, dean’s list; Sydney Copus, dean’s list; Macy Gebhardt, dean’s list; Gabbi Gragg,

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Legals NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 870 OREGON CENTER DRIVE VILLAGE OF OREGON PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Village Planning Commission of the Village of Oregon will hold a public hearing on Thursday, September 5, 2019, at 6:30 p.m., in the Board Room of the Oregon Village Hall, 117 Spring Street, Oregon, Wisconsin to discuss and consider approval for a conditional use permit application submitted on behalf of Supreme Structures to allow for a Group Daycare Center in the Planned Business Zoning District on the property described as follows: 870 Oregon Center Drive, Village of Oregon, Dane County Parcel No. 165-0509-023-2606-1 A copy of the conditional use permit application and supporting documentation is available at the office of the Village Clerk. Office hours of the Clerk are 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 7:30 a.m. to Noon on Friday. Subsequent to the hearing, the Commission intends to deliberate and act upon the request. Any person who has a qualifying disability as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act that requires the meeting or materials at the meeting to be in an accessible location or format must contact the Village Clerk at (608) 835-3118, 117 Spring Street, Oregon, Wisconsin, at least twenty-four hours prior to the commencement of the meeting so that any necessary arrangements can be made to accommodate each request Peggy S.K. Haag Village Clerk Published: August 22 and 29, 2019 WNAXLP *** NOTICE The regular meeting of the Oregon School District Board of Education scheduled for Monday, August 26, 2019 has been cancelled. The next regular meeting of the Board of Education will be September 9, 2019. A complete agenda will be published in the September 5, 2019 issue of the Oregon Observer. Published: August 22, 2019 WNAXLP ***

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MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE SCHOOL BOARD OF THE OREGON SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD ON JULY 15, 2019 The special meeting of the School Board of the Oregon School District was called to order by Board President Steve Zach at 5:00 PM on July 15, 2019, in the OSD Innovation Center Conference Room at the Oregon High School in the Village of Oregon, Dane County, Wisconsin. Upon roll call, the following Board members were present: Ms. Barb Feeney, Ms. Courtney Odorico, Ms. Krista Flanagan, Ms. Ahna Bizjak, Mr. Tim LeBrun, Mr. Zach. Pursuant to Board Policy, Mr. Troy Pankratz participated by telephone having met all conditions for such participation. The following Board members were absent: None. Administrators present: Dr. Brian Busler, Dr. Leslie Bergstrom, Ms. Jina Jonen, Mr. Andy Weiland, Mr. Jon Tanner, Ms. Candace Weidensee, Ms. Shannon Anderson, Mr. Jim Pliner, Mr. Mike Carr, and Ms. Katie Heitz. Proof in the form of a certificate by the Oregon Observer of communications and public notice given to the public and the Oregon Observer and a certificate of posting as required by Section 19.84 Wisconsin Statutes as to the holding of this meeting was presented by Mr. Zach. Ms. Bizjak moved and Mr. LeBrun seconded the motion to proceed with the meeting as posted. Motion passed by unanimous voice vote 7-0. A. ACTION ITEM: Policy 931 - Electronic Surveillance of Public Areas: Discussion was held Ms. Bizjak moved and Ms. Feeney seconded the motion to approve Policy 931 - Electronic Surveillance of Public Areas as presented. In a roll call vote, the following Board members voted yes: Ms. Bizjak, Ms. Feeney, Ms. Odorico, Ms. Flanagan, Mr. Pankratz, Mr. LeBrun and Mr. Zach. Motion passed 7-0. Ms. Flanagan moved and Mr. LeBrun seconded the motion to move into Committee of the Whole at 5:12 PM. Motion passed by unanimous voice vote 7-0. B. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE: 1. Expulsion Data and Procedures and Other Student Discipline Issues: The Board and the administrative team discussed issues related to expulsions and student discipline. The Board reviewed data regarding expulsions and the percentage of expelled students who meet terms of readmission and subsequently graduate. Ms. Odorico departed at 6:53 PM. C. ADJOURNMENT:

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*** MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE SCHOOL BOARD OF THE OREGON SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD ON JULY 8, 2019 The regular meeting of the School Board of the Oregon School District was called to order by Board President Steve Zach at 6:00 PM on July 8, 2019, in the OSD Innovation Center Conference Room at the Oregon High School in the Village of Oregon, Dane County, Wisconsin. Upon roll call, the following Board members were present: Ms. Barb Feeney, Ms. Courtney Odorico, Ms. Krista Flanagan, Mr. Troy Pankratz, Ms. Ahna Bizjak, Mr. Tim LeBrun and Mr. Zach. The following Board members were absent: None. Administrators present: Dr. Leslie Bergstrom, Ms. Jina Jonen, Mr. Andy Weiland, Ms. Erika Mundinger, Mr. Jon Tanner, Ms. Candace Weidensee, Ms. Shannon Anderson, Mr. Jim Pliner, Ms. Kerri Modjeski, Ms. Kim Griffin, Ms. Cyndi Olander, Ms. Darci Jarstad Krueger, Ms. Dawn Goltz, Mr. Brad Ashmore, Mr. Mike Carr, and Ms. Katie Heitz. Dr. Brian Busler arrived at 6:30 PM. Proof in the form of a certificate by the Oregon Observer of communications and public notice given to the public and the Oregon Observer and a certificate of posting as required by Section 19.84 Wisconsin Statutes as to the holding of this meeting was presented by Mr. Zach. Ms. Flanagan moved and Ms. Bizjak seconded the motion to proceed with the meeting as posted. Motion passed by unanimous voice vote 7-0. Mr. LeBrun moved and Mr. Pankratz seconded the motion to recess the regular Board Meeting and move to the Committee of the Whole Meeting. Motion passed by unanimous voice vote 7-0. A. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE: Policy 931 - Electronic Surveillance of Public Areas: Discussion was held Screen Time: Jon Tanner presented information and research regarding the topic of screen time. Discussion was held. Ms. Bizjak moved and Mr. Pankratz seconded the motion to adjourn from the

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Committee of the Whole and return to the regular Board Meeting. Motion passed by unanimous voice vote 7-0. Board adjourned from the Committee of the Whole at 6:59 PM and returned to regular session at 7:06 PM B. CONSENT CALENDAR: Mr. LeBrun moved and Ms. Flanagan seconded the motion to approve the following items on the Consent Calendar: 1. Approval of Minutes: June 10, 2019 Board Meeting Minutes 2. Approve payments in the amount of $4,018,634.29 3. Treasurer’s Report - ending May 31, 2019 4. Staff Resignations/Retirements: none 5. Staffing Assignments: a. Rebecca Scinico - 1.0 Kindergarten Teacher at BKE b. April Nindorf- 1.0 1st Grade Teacher at BKE c. Lisa Hogue - .6 Occupational Therapist at NKE d. Olivia Miller - 1.0 Speech/Language Pathologist at NKE e. Jitayna Hermanson - 1.0 5th Grade Teacher at RCI f. Emily Splan - 1.0 Counselor at RCI g. Chris Gunst - 1.0 English Teacher at OMS h. Allison Oscar - 1.0 Mental Health Professional - District-Wide 6. Field Trip Requests: none 7. Acceptance of Donations: • The Evjue Foundation, Inc in the amount of $10,000 for the Oregon Splash Pad; • Eric & Amanda Earle in the amount of $500 for the Oregon Splash Pad; • Oregon PTO in the amount of $5000 8. Safety State Grant Drill Report Acceptance - OHS Mr. Pankratz abstained from voting on the June 10, 2019 Board Meeting Minutes. In a roll call vote, the following Board members voted yes: Mr. LeBrun, Ms. Flanagan, Ms. Feeney, Ms. Odorico, Mr. Pankratz, Ms. Bizjak and Mr. Zach. Motion passed 7-0. C. COMMUNICATION FROM PUBLIC: None D. INFORMATION ITEMS: OEA Report - Mr. Johnson spoke on behalf of the OEA and shared his thanks for the great working relationship with the District. Student Representative Report - Mr. Zach recognized Emilee Lehmann for serving as the Student Representative for the Board of Education for the first

semester of the 2018-19 school year. E. ACTION ITEMS: 2019-20 Employee Handbook: Ms. Jonen presented the changes that the OEA and Administration have agreed to for the 2019-20 Employee Handbook. Ms. Feeney moved and Ms. Bizjak seconded the motion to approve the changes to the 2019-20 Employee Handbook as presented. In a roll call vote, the following members voted yes: Ms. Feeney, Ms. Bizjak, Ms. Odorico, Ms. Flanagan, Mr. Pankratz, Mr. LeBrun and Mr. Zach. Motion passed 6-0. 2019-20 Food Service Prices: Mr. Weiland presented the changes to the 2019-20 Food Service prices. Board members had the opportunity to ask questions. Ms. Bizjak moved and Ms. Feeney seconded the motion to approve the increase of 5 cents for lunch prices for the 2019-20 school year as presented. In a roll call vote, the following members voted yes: Ms. Bizjak, Ms. Feeney, Ms. Odorico, Ms. Flanagan, Mr. Pankratz, Mr. LeBrun and Mr. Zach. Motion passed 7-0. Policy 931 - Electronic Surveillance of Public Areas: tabled until July 15, 2019 meeting. 2018-19 Budget Adjustments: Mr. Weiland presented the 2018-19 Budget Adjustments. Mr. LeBrun moved and Mr. Pankratz seconded the motion to approve the revised 2018-10 budget as presented. In a roll call vote, the following members voted yes: Mr. LeBrun, Mr. Pankratz, Ms. Feeney, Ms. Odorico, Ms. Flanagan, Ms. Bizjak and Mr. Zach. Motion passed 7-0. F. INFORMATION ITEMS: Youth Sports & Athletics Task Force Update: Mr. Carr and Ms. Mundinger shared the Youth Sports & Athletics Survey results with the Board and Board Members had the opportunity to ask questions. Mr. Carr then presented an update on the Youth Sports & Athletics Consortium that he is spearheading. A discussion was held. Update on State Budget 2019-21: Dr Busler provided an update to the Board on the 2019-21 State Budget that was signed by Governor Evers last week. Administrative Staffing Update: Dr Busler updated the Board on the High School’s request to reallocate a vacant staffing position to create an additional Associate Principal Position. Dr Bergstrom and Mr. Pliner presented their rationale and plan for adding an additional associate principal to the High School Administrative Team. Superintendent’s Report: Dr Bu-

sler shared that today was the first day of the 2019 summer school session. He also shared that the 2019 Administrative Workshop was successful and the administrative team had a great opportunity to get ready for the 2019 school year together. The District will be interviewing for the Prairie View Administrative Intern position this week. Dr Busler attended the 3rd Boundary Committee meeting. Dr. Busler introduced Sean Bielmeier who is working with a handful of administrators while getting his PhD. Dr. Busler also shared his thoughts that we all need to be ambassadors in our community about educational-based athletics. G. CLOSING: Future Agenda: Discussion Check Out: Board members had an opportunity to give updates. Mr. Zach announced that the Board would be taking a short recess and would then be moving into closed session and would not return to open session. The Board recessed at 9:01 PM before reconvening into closed session. Ms. Odorico moved and Ms. Bizjak seconded the motion to move into closed executive session as posted and announced by Mr. Zach. In a roll call vote, the following Board members voted yes: Ms. Odorico, Ms. Bizjak, Ms. Feeney, Ms. Flanagan, Mr. Pankratz, Mr. LeBrun and Mr. Zach. Motion passed 7-0. The Board was in closed session at 9:10 PM. H. CLOSED SESSION: Negotiating the 2019-20 School Resource Officer Agreement: Discussion held. Discussion about Negotiations for Potential Land Acquisition for District’s Educational Use: Discussion held. Discussion of Personnel Complain Regarding Co-Curricular Activity: Discussion held. Mr. Pankratz left the meeting at 9:49 PM. Discussion regarding Negotiating the 2019-20 Collective Bargaining Agreement with the Oregon Education Association: Discussion held. I. ADJOURNMENT: Ms. Odorico moved and Ms. Bizjak seconded the motion to adjourn the meeting. Motion passed 6-0 by unanimous voice vote. Meeting adjourned at 10:06 PM. Krista Flanagan, Clerk Oregon School District Published: August 22, 2019 WNAXLP

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Library: Village trustees say spending more money is OK if the building is done right Continued from page 1 million, depending on technology and building materials, and the plans provide space for an eventual 5,500-square-foot addition should it be needed in the future to accommodate growth. That provides plenty of room for the unknown factor of fundraising. It certainly presents a bigger challenge than the youth center, which got an $800,000 donation toward its $1 million price tag, and the food pant r y, w h i c h got nearly two-thirds of its $750,000 goal from that same single “angel investor,” Glysch as Oregon Community Resource Network chair and now Village Trustee Randy Glysch called the person. Adding to that challenge is that the community is also working on fundraising for the Jaycee Park West project at the same time. But libraries are different animals, and a fundraising consultant hired last year found the gap between what the $6 million the Village Board voted to provide and the estimated cost of the building to be reasonable and feasible. It also has precedent. The Fitchburg Public Library had a similar goal a decade ago, when that city voted to put up $10 million toward a $14 million building, and it had raised threefourths of that money by the time construction started in 2010. Glysch has seen the community fund projects that are far less visible. Within months of moving to Oregon in 2013, he took charge on a long dormant effort to restore the pump house below the village’s iconic water tower, and when that exceeded all expectations, he led the fundraising to restore and light the tower itself. He then set his sights on bigger goals – the food pantry and youth center – and secured the support of a single well-funded donor

An exterior view of the library concept plan from Main Street as shown to the Village Board Aug. 19. to get momentum for those projects. “I think the donor is challenging the community to – I’m challenging everyone else now to come forward – to get this $10 million dollar library built,” Glysch told the Observer.

Coming up with plans Fundraising for a large project like this has a bit of a chicken-and-egg component to it. It can be difficult to get a community and investors rallied behind an abstract idea, but it’s also difficult to plan a multimillion-dollar facility without a set budget. The first steps for the steering committee were to hire a consultant to evaluate, plan and lead the fundraising effort, then an architect to design a concept plan. Next, it put together a 40-member building capital campaign committee to get broader community feedback. OPN architects, which designed the new Oregon Youth Center, put together a presentation for the Planning Commission and the Village Board. Its first version showed a gray, two-story building full of windows set back 50 feet from its

property lines, but after some feedback, it added earth tones to the facade for the board. The first floor would be focused on the all-purpose community room – configurable to about 150 seats – and children’s space, while the second floor would have more quiet areas, with adult and young adult sections. Some key features include an area for children’s programming, a sensory room, an area for new mothers, a drive-thru book drop, a second-floor makerspace and several quiet, study and conference rooms. “We want people to know there’s something there for everyone,” Glysch said. The plans include three options within the same floor plan – one for a lower investment, one for medium and one for a higher investment. Amenities in the higher-end version, for about $1.5 million more, include a labor-saving automatic book drop return, additional computer equipment, more expensive furnishings and additional audio/visual equipment. Way said what’s important is making sure it meets

all the community’s needs. “We keep talking about the building, and it’s really about the people and the community,” she said. “It levels the playing field for everyone.”

Positive feedback Commissioners and trustees generally liked the look and feel and the way the architects cobbled it together while listening to a variety of opinions. Some critiqued the color scheme, the amount of parking and the potentially increased utility costs with so many windows. Other concerns included whether to hire a construction manager and even how often to wash the windows. But the plans have a long way to go, as OPN so far has been hired only to produce a concept. More detailed plans would need to be developed after the bulk of the fundraising process. “Right now, it’s really going to help us build the infrastructure,” Way told the Observer. “Exactly what it will look like, we won’t be sure until the final budget.” One of the most contentious concerns has been parking.

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The concept shows 120 parking stalls to accommodate the increased traffic at the library, and some neighbors have expressed unhappiness with the idea of so much asphalt and so many vehicles. To ensure those viewpoints are represented well, the Library Board added a neighborhood position to its building committee, Way said. The commission tossed around several ideas for reducing the amount of pavement that would be needed for parking and encouraging more pedestrian and bicycle access. “We’re just starting those conversations and still fighting to try to go with the spirit of the zoning as much as possible,” OPN architectural intern Brett Rottinghaus told the commission. “We’ve kept it off of Main Street and holding the line with respect to houses in the neighborhood.”

Fundraising steps Fundraising will undoubtedly be easier starting with a half-million dollars in hand, but if the committee were to aim for the higher-cost version, it would still need about $5.6 million more. Among the opportunities are naming rights, providing recognition for various levels of donation and seeking grants from organizations such as the Madison Community Foundation. “We’re open to any suggestions,” Way said. “We’re exploring every opportunity.” One of the biggest steps was getting feedback from village leadership, and with that finished, the committee plans a community presentation in the next few weeks to continue what Way called a continuous improvement process. Outgoing trustee Jeff Boudreau drew nods and a call of “Amen” by Village President Jeanne Carpenter on Monday when he said the village should consider borrowing more if that’s what the project needs. “You build it right or you build it over,” he said,

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Recent projects Pump house 2015: $56,000 raised Water tower 2017: $30,000 of $85,000 project total raised Food pantry 2018: $750,000 raised, twothirds from single donor Youth center 2019: $1 million raised, $800,000 from single donor Library 2022: $4 million goal, $500,000 from single donor noting that the current library is expected to be bulldozed. “I would really encourage the Village Board and the community at large to lean into this project and not get too caught up on the pennies and miss the opportunity to build the right library at a cost that makes sense.” Glysch told the Observer securing the big gift helps get people fired up about giving smaller donations and being part of the project. But even though it was part of the plan, he still couldn’t believe how well it started. “I got an email and I had to read it 10 times with the amount,” he said. “I thought, ‘Was there a typo?’” Way said some of the quiet phase is continuing, with conversations with leaders and others who are determining how the project will go, and the public fundraising likely will hit its stride early next year. “The sooner we can reach our goal, the sooner we can get started,” she said. Glysch pointed out that it isn’t often a community gets to build a library from scratch. “This is once-in-a-lifetime,” he said. “This will be it for many years.” Email Oregon Observer editor Jim Ferolie at oregonobserver@wcinet.com.​