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Decades of dedication

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Lowe’s years of service have long-term impact on community AMBER LEVENHAGEN Unified Newspaper Group

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Barbara Lowe, the Hub’s Citizen of the Year, has worked as an educational assistant at Stoughton High School since 1999. From left, SHS Jack Sundby, Razzario Patrinos, Drew Anderson, Mikendra DeBruin, Hailey Brown and Arianna Patterson stand at the library’s central desk with Lowe. assistant in the library, where she helps students with homework and working with library materials, like books, magazines and Chromebooks. Years of service “I’m on hand in case they need Lowe’s work doesn’t stop at the help with homework, though quite a bit of what they’re learning is end of the school day. At school, she’s an educational way past me,” she said. “I try to

have Barbara Lowe to make a positive impact on the quality of life of the high school students and the community as a whole,” she added.

help them succeed.” While not at work, Lowe can be found ushering guests to their seats at the Stoughton Opera House, where she said she’s volunteered for nearly 20 years. She started when a friend mentioned how the Opera House was

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Senior center receives national accreditation Analyzes best practices, how to better serve seniors AMBER LEVENHAGEN Unified Newspaper Group

As Stoughton’s population changes, the senior center is adapting with it. The Stoughton Area Senior Center’s national accreditation has been renewed for the fourth time. The accreditation was earned in December 2018, and the senior center will roll out its action plans

in the next few weeks and months to help keep in line with the best practices of serving older adults. Senior center director Cindy McGlynn said the National Institute of Senior Centers puts together the guidelines of best practices that help each organization measure their performance against other centers in terms of connecting with the community, financial processes and other benchmarks. The process is done every five years, though it’s not mandated. McGlynn said the senior center participates because

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it’s a goal to make sure the center is changing as the population changes to make sure that the center is adjusting to new needs and new resources available in the community. “We try to take off the ‘this is how we always do it’ hat and really look at how do we need to change, what do we need to try again or differently, looking at different education pieces, wellness pieces and a lot of times looking at more collaboration,” she said. The accreditation process takes

several months, as a peer reviewer from the NISC visits with the committee and completes a survey and helps address areas of improvement. They meet with the different committees and help create an action plan that is implemented over the next five years, and then the process starts over again. The accreditation committee is comprised of people from the senior center and around the community. This year, the group

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By this time next year, some city leaders are hoping Stoughton will be putting in place policies and plans to help guide investment into its downtown. Armed with up to $40,000 and led by longterm resident Sharon Mason-Boersma and outgoing Ald. Denise Duranczyk (Dist. 1), the Downtown Revitalization subcommittee will m e e t w i t h Duranczyk downtown stakeholders to determine the area’s strengths and weaknesses and how the city can help. “My hope is to have a business association we can jumpstart to figure out these public and private partnerships,” Duranczyk told the Common Council before it unanimously voted to create the committee Tuesday, Jan. 22. “Not just listening to people complaining about these things, put(ting) in place strategies (to address them).” The group will report to the Redevelopment Authority, which had stirred up some controversy in recent weeks over whether it has the authority to write a plan for the downtown. It will focus on the area from Page Street to Coffee Street along Main Street and two to three blocks off of Main Street to the north and south, according to the application. The group will pay specific attention to

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If you’ve walked the halls of Stoughton Area High School within the last 20 years, chances are you’ve met this year’s Citizen of the Year. Barbara Lowe, who has worked as an educational assistant at the high school since 1999, was nominated and selected as the Hub’s Citizen of the Year for her length of service in the community. In addition to working at the high school, Lowe has volunteered at the Stoughton Opera House for more than 15 years, with the FFA Alumni since her son, Nicholas, joined the organization in 1995, and with numerous school district extracurricular activities for just as long. She has also helped with the annual Madrigal Dinners since 1989, starting when her twin daughters, Melissa and Rebecca, were in eighth grade, and she sings in the choir at Stoughton United Methodist Church. “It’s amazing how much students change from when they walk in as freshman and how they have blossomed and succeed when they are ready to graduate and go on to other things,” she said. “I’m a small part, it takes a village to raise kids.” Lowe was nominated by Mary and Greg Onsager this year and last, as well as Jerry Wendt and Darlene Arneson in previous years. “We met Barbara Lowe at Kegonsa Elementary School when our only child entered kindergarten in 1988,” Mary Onsager wrote. “Barb was the nurse’s aid and was out in the hallway welcoming and helping anyone new to the school. “Yes, Stoughton is fortunate to

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5 finalists for next More chickens could be allowed library director City of Stoughton

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The city is considering tweaking its chicken rules again, this time to allow owners to keep up to six birds, rather than the current limit of four. The change was suggested by area coop-keeper and animal scientist Amanda Venturino, who pointed out the practical limitations of maintaining a flock under the current policy in a letter to planning commissioner Ald. Greg Jenson (Dist. 3). Four is a “reasonable number” of chickens, Venturino wrote, but when a hen dies, it’s tough to purchase a single replacement bird.

limits and, to Venturino, immoral. The flock owner would then have to wait until the new hens reach egg-laying age, which would take 18-20 weeks. “Chicken owners do not get into flock ownership just to euthanize baby chicks,” Venturino wrote. The Common Council seemed receptive to the ordinance amendment, which passed the Planning Commission unanimously. In documents submitted with the proposed change, the city’s planning director Rodney Scheel wrote “staff has had no issues with the File photo by Amber Levenhagen number of chickens in the past.” Anne Wheelock spends part of her afternoon outside enjoyThe ordinance will have ing the nice weather with her three chickens on an unseaa second reading Feb. 12, sonably warm day last January. after which the council will Online retailers sell hens chickens’ owner would have vote on the new limits. three at a time, Venturino to slaughter the remainContact Alexander Cramwrote, and Tractor Sup- ing three hens to be able to ply only sells hens in sets replenish the flock. This is er at alexander.cramer@ of four, which means the both illegal within the city wcinet.com.​

Discover Wisconsin profiles Stoughton Filming throughout 2019 AMBER LEVENHAGEN Unified Newspaper Group

Stoughtonites can expect to see camera crews around the city this spring and throughout 2019. Discover Wisconsin, a television show dedicated to Wisconsin tourism, will feature Stoughton in an episode expected to air next year. Callie LaPoint, events and visitor services manager at the Stoughton Chamber of Commerce, connected with Discover Wisconsin staff and pitched the idea of an episode. “We wanted to showcase everything that’s great about Stoughton,” LaPoint said.

A three-year commitment was signed up for “right away,” which includes a year of filming, an anticipated release date of spring 2020 and airing on streaming services continuing through 2021. The episode will feature businesses, the arts district and shops and outdoor attractions, such as Lake Kegonsa State Park. They’ll also film Syttende Mai and other festivals throughout the summer months. There’s a tentative schedule of who will be featured, but businesses haven’t been contacted yet as it hasn’t been finalized. While a majority of the filming will be private, LaPoint said there will be opportunities for the public to be included. She said the chamber will share those opportunities on its website and social media

pages. Data provided by Discover Wisconsin claims 600,000 people tune in to Discover Wisconsin each weekend, and that number is expected to increase as its streaming service gets off the ground. “It’s cool because they haven’t been here before and Discover Wisconsin has a very wide reach in the Midwest,” LaPoint said. “Being able to feature Stoughton on such a large scale, being so close to Milwaukee and Madison and Chicago, we might be able to reach people who don’t know about Stoughton and it could show them a good opportunity for a day trip.” Contact Amber Levenhagen at amber. levenhagen@wcinet.com.

Growth: Committee budget could be $150,000 in TIF the east end of Main Street, Duranczyk said. The committee’s budget will come out of the downtown tax-increment financing district, TID 4, which lists up to $150,000 in its project plan for use by the RDA. The money will pay for a consultant and any further surveys that are determined would be helpful, such as traffic or parking studies or a downtown economic analysis. After gathering feedback, the group will determine goals for the project and make recommendations to the Common Council about how best to proceed. The plan is for the committee to be seven or eight people, including a representative from the RDA, Common Council and at

least two or three downtown business owners. A preliminary timeline submitted with the proposal includes an implementation period from July 2019 to April 2020. The TID is scheduled to close in 2020. Council President Tom Majewski (D-3) was among those who have wondered whether this effort falls out of the purview of the RDA, as the Planning Commission has the responsibility for creating downtown plans. He noted the RDA has yet to complete the several thorny tasks its been charged with already, like redeveloping the riverfront and Marathon sites. But Duranczyk said the RDA is tasked with eliminating blight and improving the vitality of underutilized areas, including the downtown. And, she said, the

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new task wouldn’t add to the authority’s workload, as it would be done by a subcommittee rather than the body as a whole. When the plan was first presented to the council in November, Ald. Matt Bartlett (D. 4) said he hoped the effort could lead to an economic development committee. The city has been operating without an economic development director since

the finance department was restructured last year. Ald. Regina Hirsch (D. 3), in expressing her support for the effort, said the effort could lead to a downtown master plan, which the city’s 2017 comprehensive plan recommends be created before 2022. Contact Alexander Cramer at alexander.cramer@ wcinet.com.​

a candidate questionnaire, the two panels reviewing the applicants will come together to pick as many as three final candidates. Gillingham will put together another two panels for the final interviews, which will include technical experts from like-sized neighboring libraries, a Common Council representative and supervisors from Stoughton library. She said they hope to make an offer after the Feb. 28 meeting, and expect to allow about four weeks for the candidate to take over, meaning the library expects to have a new director this spring.

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Five finalists have been selected in the search for the next Stoughton library director, with the first round of interviews scheduled for Feb. 4. The Library Board hopes to select the next director at a special meeting Feb. 28. Outgoing library director Richard MacDonald’s last day will be April 5, human resources director AJ Gillingham told the Hub, Contact Alexander Cramer at alexander.cramer@ though MacDonald has wcinet.com.​ said he will come back to help train his replacement. The five candidates all have master’s degrees in Library and Information Sciences, three of them from the University of Wisconsin-Madison — Waukesha librarian Alex LeClair, Middleton library’s head of adult services James Ramsey and Middleton’s head of youth services Rebecca Van Dan. Jennifer Bernetzke earned her master’s from Questions? UW-Milwaukee and is the library director at Schrein- Comments? er Memorial Library in Story Ideas? Lancaster. The geographic outlier of the group is Let us know how Jennifer Wertkin, director we’re doing. of the Wellfleet library on Cape Cod, Mass. and got Your opinion is something her master’s degree from we always want to hear. the University of WashingCall 873-6671 or at ton. After the first round of connectstoughton.com interviews, which Gillingham said will include a short test and a review of

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Host A Family supports 300 families Thank you to all who helped the Host A Family organization achieve its goal of making the holidays brighter for more than 300 families who would have otherwise gone without. Because of your support we’ve been able to share joy locally for the past 26 years, anonymously providing holiday gifts for more than 1,000 children and adults who often struggle to make ends meet. Warm thank you messages radiated both from hosts and recipient families for providing a way to match those in need with those who wanted to give throughout Stoughton, Oregon and McFarland. Recently, we launched a new birthday celebration program called “It’s YOUR Day!” You can help to make a child’s birthday incredibly special by creating a basket with a

ready-to-make cake, candles, card, small gift and a book that will be given to them via our local food pantry. Your family, your business, or your organization can sign up to sponsor a child for their birthday! See our website for more information at hostafamily.org. In addition to the holidays, Host A Family is also dedicated to assisting families in need throughout the year. Gift cards and monetary donations are always welcome and can be sent to: Host A Family, P.O. Box 295, Stoughton, WI 53589. All donations are tax-deductible! Thank you for continuing to act locally, supporting your neighbors in need in a kind, worthy, meaningful and tangible way. Lisa Clark City of Stoughton

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Reflection, attention can help get through the winter blues

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anuary and February are good months to reflect on the past and rethink goals and life. It’s a good time to do some internal house cleaning and develop a plan for reaching New Year’s resolutions. Christmas is my favorite holiday, and when the holidays are over and the decorations are down, I go through a period of mourning. I have to regroup. I change frequency from high-energy Christmas planning and trying to get everything done to realizing another year has Zarth passed. I go from the influx of positive energy in the air to the quiet of winter. I need to rethink who I am and what I want to accomplish. I revisit goals and plans, I’ve made over the year and evaluate where I am in my long-term plans – what I’ve accomplished over the past year, what I have learned and whether I am where I wanted to be when I considered it a year ago. It’s the quiet of winter. The world looks gray, and I have to work to improve my mood and attitude. I am learning to accept that in January I could use a little help. I frequently turn to the UW Integrative Health handouts at work, both for myself and for my patients, and I use this time to learn new things. The UW handouts provide many different types of selfhelp advice, including different foods, vitamins, minerals and herbs to support energy and a positive attitude, mental exercises to investigate negative

thoughts and recycle them into positive energy and activities and exercises “to move forward to a happier more energetic existence.” I personally savor these handouts. I like the way they are written – easy to read, well-organized, simple and yet thought-provoking. They make me want to dig deeper, give the ideas a try and explore the possibilities. They are easily accessible – you can easily find them with a Google search – and they make sense. What works for one person might not work for another, but these handouts cover a wide variety of possibilities. An excellent one is titled, “Non-Drug Approaches to Help Move from Depression to Feeling Happier with More Energy.” It helped me to realize that acknowledging my negative thoughts can be an opportunity to recycle them into positive energy. It told me letting go of negative thoughts, imagining them flowing down my body and into the ground recycles them into fuel for the plants and trees to turn into positive energy and oxygen. It made me want to look for the negative self-talk in my head and focus on isolating it and letting it go. Other handouts offer suggestions for adjusting nutrition for the long winter months. In the middle of winter, I take vitamins, especially Vitamin D. Vitamin D comes from the sun and living in Wisconsin, we don’t get enough Vitamin D, so most people are Vitamin D deficient and most doctors recommend taking a Vitamin D supplement if you struggle with depression. I take Vitamin B Complex because the B vitamins are the “Mood and

Attitude” vitamins. I used to wish I could skip January and February, but this internal housekeeping is necessary for me. I’m working at turning it into a time to learn from past mistakes, grow from them and upgrade my plans and aspirations. In January and February, I take classes to develop skills and learn new things. I work at developing my business and defining plans for the future. I look at seed catalogs and plan flower beds and gardens and I think about landscaping and design. I’m working at seeing the gray and white of winter as a canvas, waiting to be painted with new leaves and spring flowers. I look forward to the twitter of birds, new animal babies and life. Right now, I can see the raw ground; I can investigate fixing drainage problems, where to add soil and where to remove it, where to clean out weeds and brush, and where to put mulch. I can see the background of my backyard canvas and define how I want to set it up in the spring. I’m trying to change my perspective into seeing January as a positive time for reflecting and a time for housekeeping. An opportunity to get rid of the stuff that I keep moving from one place to another and an opportunity to create open space with room for new growth and energy. As my daughter reminded me, it’s only because we have the clean slate of winter that we can have the burst of life in our warmer months. Brenda Zarth, RN, lives in Stoughton.

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Stoughton Yoga holds chili fundraiser S t o u g h t o n Yo g a w i l l once again bring out bowls and all the fixin’s for its third-annual Chili Lovers fundraiser. T h e eve n t r u n s f r o m 5-7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10. Chili tasting and voting will be from 5-5:30 p.m. Meal-sized portions, along with all the chili fixin’s, w i l l b e s e r ve d a r o u n d 5:30 p.m. Chili entries will be from area businesses and

organizations. Music will be performed by two duos: Fendrick & Peck, as well as Jourdan Hines with Mary Walin, will perform throughout the night. A minimum $15 donation is suggested. StoYo Sustainers individuals who have signed up for a monthly donation of $5 or more, will automatically receive one free ticket. All proceeds will benefit Stoughton Yoga. Funds support discounted and free yoga classes at the studio

and in the surrounding area, including the yoga classes at the Stoughton Public Library. It is recommended that tickets are reserved in advance, so an estimated amount of chili can be prepared. A limited number of tickets will be available at the door. For information, visit stoughtonyoga.com. Contact Amber Levenhagen at amber.levenhagen@ wcinet.com.

If You Go What: Stoughton Yoga’s third-annual chili lovers event When: 5-7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10 Where: Wendigo, 121 E. Main St. Cost: Suggested $15 donation, free for StoYo Sustainers Info: stoughtonyoga.com

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Beekeepers might have to wait another season Ordinance remains unwritten ALEXANDER CRAMER Unified Newspaper Group

There was buzz of a non-fowl nature during the debate over a chicken-keeping ordinance at last Tuesday’s Common Council meeting. Ald. Regina Hirsch (Dist. 3) asked why the “keeping of animals” regulations that would have to be updated to allow more hens couldn’t be updated simultaneously to include beekeeping. “It’s really unfortunate – it’s been a year,” Hirsch said of the process to allow beekeeping within the city limits. “People who want bees need to order them now.” Ald. Greg Jenson (D-3) agreed, saying it had actually been “more than a year” and that city attorney Matt Dregne is working on it and hopefully will have something ready for February’s Planning Commission meeting. But, Jenson told the Hub, with Dregne having “so many irons in the fire,” the beekeeping ordinance has taken a back seat. The best-case scenario is for a beekeeping ordinance to be debated and adopted at the next Planning Commission meeting on Feb. 11. That would have it on track to be heard by the Common Council in late March. “Hopefully, we’ll have something ready for spring,” Jenson said. Sue Richards, owner of Bee Barf Honey, confirmed to the Hub that beekeepers would need to start putting in their orders soon to pick the creatures up sometime between late March and May. The key, Richards said, is to bring in the bees in time for the spring bloom; otherwise there’s nothing for them to eat. The process of working up a

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Local bee enthusiast John Thompson takes care of the hives at Fort Littlegreen Gardens in July. Thompson presented to the Public Safety committee in 2017 a draft ordinance that was picked up and eventually evolved into an ordinance currently under review by the city attorney. The change to the zoning would allow beekeeping within city limits. beekeeping ordinance began in 2016, when local bee enthusiast John Thompson began encouraging the city to change its zoning laws to allow bees within the city. Jenson introduced a draft ordinance to the Public Safety Committee Jan. 31, 2018. Last March, the council authorized Dregne to conduct a legal review of options for a beekeeping ordinance. The proposed ordinance would have to go to the Planning Commission before coming back to council for final approval. In July, Dregne told the Hub the ordinance is still “months away.” The Hub was unable to reach Dregne by email or telephone for an updated timeline.

The ordinance would codify such things as what kind of hives are allowed, how to dispose of materials, and might include a requirement for potential owners to notify neighbors and identify an appeal process. Richards said the key to urban bee-ownership is just to “be a good Boy Scout” by being kind and courteous and checking in with the neighbors. The only problems she’s had came during a drought, and she stressed the importance of identifying a consistent water source. Contact Alexander Cramer at alexander.cramer@wcinet.com.​

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The Stoughton Area Senior Center will host a series of classes to help participants discover their hopes and dreams. Called “Choose Today, Your Empowered Tomorrow,” the series starts at 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7. It will continue at that time on Feb. 14 ,and the last class will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21. Laura Roeven, a certified life coach from the International Coach Federation Accredited Coach Training Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison,

If You Go What: Choose Today, Your Empowered Tomorrow When: 2-3 p.m. Thursdays, Feb. 7, 14; 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21 Where: Stoughton Area Senior Center Cost: $3 per session, scholarships available Info: 873-8585 will lead the classes. Pa r t i c i p a n t s a r e w e l come to attend one or all; each session costs $3 and scholarships are available if there is a financial constraint. Registration is required,

and each class is limited to the first 17 participants. The first class, “Discovering Whole Life Balance for a New Year,” will explore how to live life with more joy by looking at different areas of a daily routine. The second class, “What’s Your Inner Chatter?” will teach participants helpful tips on how to identify what they are thinking and how to transform it to a more positive mindset. The last class, the only one to start at 1 p.m., is “Entering 2019 with a Paul Newman and Tina Turner Attitude.” Participants will learn how to be more present in their lives by breaking out of routine patterns. For more information about the series, call 8738585.

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included city employees, members of City Council, volunteers and other people from the community. “We were very pleased with the committee that we put together, they were really hard-working and very efficient,” McGlynn said. Notes from the accreditation, found on the NISC website, said there w e r e 1 , 4 3 8 r eg i s t e r e d participants at the center through 2017 with an average daily attendance of 110 people. It also said that in 2017, 4,377 guests were provided one of the following services 34,244 times: programs, volunteer opportunities, events, congregate meals, home-delivered meals, case management or afterhours facility use. “The center has very caring and long-term staff as well as members participating on different committees,” the analysis said. “High number of community connections as well as a resource guide. The center is well integrated into the community.” While it highlighted positive aspects of the senior center, it found places that could be improved. Some of the goals outlined in the analysis include improving outreach, streamlining evaluation and planning processes and improving the attractiveness of the center for younger seniors and the general public. “One of the things that always comes up as this process keeps going, it always comes back to how we can get more people to participate,” McGlynn said. “There are a lot of people over 55 and we have a lot of really fun things they’d enjoy, but I think a lot of times they think, ‘I’m not old enough to go to the senior center.’”

Some behind-thescenes changes will be coming at the center over the next several months and years as staff works to follow up with the accreditation results. This includes revisiting the annual report, changing how records are kept and shared with committees, “spring cleaning” activities and working with other city organizations to improve outreach. It was noted that the center should work with the city’s IT department to improve the look and accessibility of the website. The senior center’s website got a facelift near the end of 2018, and it now includes a calendar and list of events, as well as easyto-find tabs for the annual report and the Commission on Aging (COA) advisory committee. It also suggested adding term limits to the COA, to help bring new people with new ideas to the group and encourage participation at the center. Another point was to create a general online survey that can be taken to gather feedback about any program or service, which could be shared in the newsletter, on the website or social media pages. In the analysis, it was also suggested that soliciting the help of center volunteers would help get word-of-mouth feedback immediately after attending activities. Now that the national accreditation is completed, the center is also looking to complete the state certification. “ We r e a l l y w a n t t o make sure, from all different perspectives, that we are serving older adults in every facet that they need,” McGlynn said. Contact Amber Levenhagen at amber.levenhagen@wcinet.com.

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Yahara River Hootenanny Visit the Yahara River Grocery Cooperative, 229 E. Main St., for their monthly Yahara River Hootenanny, a song-sharing circle for musicians and singers, from 10 a.m. to noon on the first Saturdays of the month through November. The event is open to all ages, abilities and acoustic instruments with sheet music generally provided. The Hootenanny embraces all styles of music, including folk, bluegrass, old time, country, ethnic, blues and rock. During the summer, the group sometimes moves across Main Street and plays at the Stoughton Community Farmers Market on Forrest Street. Fo r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n , v i sit facebook.com YaharaRiverHoot.

Appetite for the Arts

Enjoy a lunch at the senior center and learn about art during Appetite for the Arts from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1. The program will cover painters and their art, including Picasso, Van Gogh, Rockwell and Vermeer. Lunch begins at 11:30 a.m. and the discussion is set for 12:30 p.m. Reservations are required. For information, call 873-8585.

Special Aging meeting The senior center’s advisory committee, Commission on Aging, will meet at a different time this month- it will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5. Baha’i Faith

For information: Alfred Skerpan, 877-0911 or Gail and Greg Gagnon, 873-9225 us.bahai.org Stoughton study classes.

Bible Baptist Church

2095 Hwy. W, Utica 873-7077 • 423-3033 Sunday: 10 a.m. - Worship; 6 p.m. - Worship

Christ Lutheran Church

The meetings are usually held the second Tuesday of the month. The committee is comprised of members from the City Council, the Stoughton Area School District and residents of the City of Stoughton and surrounding townships. For information, call 873-8585.

Exercise class The senior center will offer an exercise series starting at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 7. Called “Classical Stretch- Aging Backwards,” the four-week series will be led by Lily Postel, a volunteer who has been doing “Classical Stretch” for more than five years. It is suggested that participants bring a yoga mat and water bottle as they will not be provided. It’s recommended, but not required, that participants also bring: an exercise donut cushion, exercise foam brick and resistance bands. If you are unsure about your participation in the class, the center suggests checking with your physician. Registration is required and the series is limited to 10 participants. For information, call 873-8585.

Covenant program Covenant Lutheran Church, 1525 N. Van Buren St., will hold a discussion about challenging racism from 3:455:15 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9. The church’s racial equity team will lead the discussion, inspired by Drew G. I. Hart’s book “Trouble I’ve Seen:

First Lutheran Church

Fulton Church

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

825 S. Van Buren, Stoughton 877-0439 • Missionaries 957-3930 Sunday: 9 a.m. Sunday school and Primary

Cooksville Lutheran Church

11927 W. Church St., Evansville 882-4408 Pastor Karla Brekke Sunday: 10 a.m. Worship and Sunday School

Acupuncture class Visit Stoughton Hospital, 900 Ridge St., for a acupuncture presentation starting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13. Mary Thayer, a licensed acupuncturist at Pivotal Point Acupuncture, will discuss how acupuncture works and what its benefits are. To register, visit stoughtonhospital. com and click on “classes and events.” For information, contact Sonja at 873-2356.

Seventh Day Baptist Church of Albion

616 Albion Rd., Edgerton 561-7450 • albionsdb@gmail.com forministry.com/USWISDBGCASD1 Worship Saturday 11- Sabbath School 10

Ezra Church

515 E. Main St., Stoughton • 834-9050 ezrachurch.com Sunday: 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

Christ the King Community Church

1844 Williams Drive, Stoughton • 873-9106 Saturday: 6 p.m. Worship Sunday: 10 a.m. Worship

The Friends of the Library will hold their annual meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, at the Fire Station training room, 401 E. Main St. At the meeting, the Friends Volunteer of the Year award will be presented, as will a check with the money generated from various fundraisers in the past year to the library director. Visitors are welcome to attend. For information, visit stoughtonlibrary.org/friends.

Covenant Lutheran Church

310 E. Washington, Stoughton 873-7761 • flcstoughton.com Sunday: 8:30 and 10 a.m. Worship

Christian Assembly Church

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1525 N. Van Buren St., Stoughton • 873-7494 covlutheran@gmail.com • covluth.org Saturday: 5:30 p.m. Worship Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Worship, 10:30 a.m. Fellowship

700 Hwy. B, Stoughton 873-9353 • e-mail: office@clcstoughton.org Sunday: 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Worship, 9:10 a.m. Family Express and Sunday School 401 W. Main St., Stoughton • 877-0303 christthekingcc.org Sunday: 10 a.m. - Worship

Changing the Way the Church Views Racism.” Hart, a black American Christian, preacher and author, will share in a phone call the issue of racism and share ways to eliminate injustices. For information, or to purchase books, call the church office at 8737404 or email racial_equity@covluth. org.

9209 Fulton St., Edgerton 884-8512 • fultonchurch.org Sunday: 8 and 10:30 a.m. Worship Services Coffee Fellowship: 9:10 a.m. Sunday School: 9:30-10:30 a.m. Varsity (High Schoolers): 12-3 p.m. AWANA (age 2-middle school): 3-5 p.m.

Good Shepherd By The Lake Lutheran Church

1860 Hwy. 51 at Lake Kegonsa, Stoughton 873-5924 Sunday Worship: 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Education hour for all ages: 9:15 a.m. Adult Bible Study: 9:15-9:45 a.m.

Stoughton Baptist Church

Corner of Williams Dr. & Cty. B, Stoughton 873-6517 Sunday: 10:30 a.m., 6 p.m. Worship

St. Ann Catholic Church

323 N. Van Buren St., Stoughton 873-6448 • 873-7633 Weekday Mass: Nazareth House and St. Ann’s Church Weekend Mass: Saturday - 5:15 p.m.; Sunday - 8 and 10:30 a.m.

United Methodist of Stoughton 525 Lincoln Avenue, Stoughton stoughtonmethodist.org Stoughtonumc@Wisconsinumc.org Sunday: 8 a.m.; 10 a.m. - Full Worship

United Pentecostal Church of Stoughton

1501 E. Main St., Stoughton • 608-205-6444 Pastor Rich Thomas • rthomas@cgcmadison.org Sunday Worship: 10 a.m., Thursday Bible Study: 7 p.m.

West Koshkonong Lutheran Church 1911 Koshkonong, Stoughton Sunday: 10:30 a.m. - Worship

LakeView Church

2200 Lincoln Ave., Stoughton 873-9838 • lakevc.org Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Worship

Western Koshkonong Lutheran Church 2633 Church St., Cottage Grove Sunday: 9:30 a.m. worship 11 a.m. Bible study

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The changing seasons inspire wonder. The plants and animals that fill the earth seem to respond perfectly to whatever nature sends their way. As the days of Spring grow longer and warmer,the plants put forth their leaves and buds, eager to draw energy from the sun and grow into what will become Summer’s bounty. With Autumn’s arrival,the days shorten and the harvest is reaped, and plants begin to drop their leaves, nature’s way of providing fertilizer for next year’s crop.The sap recedes and nature prepares for the period of dormancy that is Winter,when animals seek their dens and people too seem to hibernate,staying indoors more and slowing down a bit There is something beautiful in the changing seasons that inspires us to praise the God who made this everchanging world. And who is God that made our world just so? We can sometimes wonder when nature seems uncaring and harsh,when hurricanes wash our brethren out to sea, or when droughts cause famine. Nature is certainly a mixed bag when it comes to human affairs, and yet it seems so kind and generous most of the time, providing food and sustenance for all God’s creatures, and presenting such a beautiful place to call home. – Christopher Simon

‌Thursday, January 31‌

• 9:30 a.m., Morning story time, library, 873-6281‌ • 3:30 p.m., Teens paint (grades 6 and up), library, 873-6281‌

‌Friday, February 1‌

• 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Appetite for the Arts discussion and lunch (reservation required), senior center, 873-8585‌ • 1 p.m., First Friday Movie: The Last Word, senior center, 873-8585‌

‌Saturday, February 2‌

• 9:15-11:15 a.m., Stoughton Area Dems and Progressives meet-up, library, stoughtondems.org‌ • 11 a.m. to noon, Chair yoga (registration required), Stoughton Hospital Bryant Health Education Center, 900 Ridge St., 873-2356‌

‌Sunday, February 3‌

• 3-4:30 p.m., Painting party (ages 8-10, registration required), library, 873-6281‌

‌Tuesday, February 5‌

• 9:30-11:30 a.m., Memory Cafe, Stoughton Hospital Bryant Education Center, 900 Ridge St., 873-8585‌ • 11 a.m., Commission on Aging meeting, senior center, 873-8585‌

‌Wednesday, February 6‌

• 6:30 p.m., The Foundation sci-fi book club meeting, library, 873-6281‌

‌Thursday, February 7‌

• 2-3 p.m., Life wellness series begins (Registration required), senior center, 873-8585‌ • 6:30 p.m., Adult Craft Club activity (registration required), library, 873-6281‌

‌Friday, February 8‌

• 9:30 a.m., Coffee with the Mayor, senior center, 8738585‌ • 1-2 p.m., Scholarly Scoop: Nanoscience - Hope or Hype, senior center, 873-8585‌

‌Saturday, February 9‌

• 10 a.m., Library play date activity, library, 873-6281 • 3:45-5:15 p.m., Changing the Way the Church Views Racism discussion (registration requested), Covenant Lutheran Church, 1525 N. Van Buren St., 873-7404

Sunday, February 10

•‌ 1:30 p.m, Norse Afternoon of Fun, Stoughton High School, 600 Lincoln Ave., stoughtonwi.com

Food pantries City of Stoughton Food Pantry The City of Stoughton Food Pantry, 520 S. Fourth St., is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Thursday. It will also be open from 4-6 p.m. Thursday evenings and the first Saturday of the month from 9-11 a.m.

SUMC Food Pantry The Stoughton United Methodist Church Food Pantry, 525 Lincoln Ave., is open from 9-11 a.m. Tuesday and Wednesdays. It will also be open from 5-7 p.m. Tuesdays.

Personal Essentials Pantry The Personal Essentials Pantry (PEP), 343 E. Main St., is open from 1-5 p.m. on the first and third Thursdays of each Month. The pantry will be closed on holidays and if SASD is closed due to weather.

Support groups Diabetic Support Group • 6 p.m., second Monday, Stoughton Hospital, 873-2356 Dementia Caregivers • 2 p.m., second Thursday, senior center, 873-8585 Crohn’s/Colitis/IBD Support Group • 5:30 p.m., third Wednesday, Stoughton Hospital, 873-7928 Grief Support Groups • 2 p.m., third Wednesday, senior center, 873-8585 Low Vision Support • 1-2:30 p.m., third Thursday, senior center, 873-8585 Parkinson’s Group • 1:30-2:30 p.m., fourth Wednesday, senior center, 873-8585 Multiple Sclerosis Group • 10-11:30 a.m., second Tuesday, senior center, 873-8585

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Wrestling

From Jan. 23-29

Name: Brooks Empey Grade: Sophomore Sport: Wrestling Weight: 195 pounds

Photos by Jeremy Jones

Freshman Nicolar Rivera scores a near fall against Milton’s Hunter Kieliszewski on Friday, Jan. 25, at the UW-Madison Field House. Rivera won the match by tech fall 15-0. Stoughton won the Badger South dual meet 61-11.

Shutting the ‘barn’ door Vikings cruise at site of state team JEREMY JONES ​Sports editor

The Stoughton wrestling team’s dominance of the Badger South continued Friday, Jan. 25, with a 50-point win over the second-best team in the conference inside the UW Field House. The Vikings won 11 of 14 matches to defeat Milton by 50 points in the rivalry known as the Battle for the Barn. Ranked 50th nationally, Stoughton has made the UW Field House its home away from home the last five years, qualifying for the WIAA Division 1 state team tournament held there each March. The last time the Vikings stepped on the mats inside the field house, they won the program’s first state team title in 38 years and eighth overall. Stoughton had finished second in its three previous visits. “I expected us to score a few more points today (against Milton),” senior Hunter Lewis said. “We’ve been wrestling really well this year. We’ve got a strong team. I could see us winning it all here again this year. “I feel like this team could possibly be even stronger than last year. It’s hard to say. You never know.” Seven of Stoughton’s victories Friday came from falls, as the Vikings recorded pins at 132, 145, 152, 170, 182, 195 and 220 pounds. Junior Gavin Model and freshman Nicholar Rivera added tech falls at 160 and 113 and Braeden Whitehead earned a forfeit. Nearly everyone wrestled up a weight against Milton.

Highlight: Empey got a pin in 17 seconds Friday in a 61-11 Badger South dual meet win against Milton inside the UW-Madison Field House. Honorable mentions: Adam Hobson (boys basketball) scored a game-high 22 points to lift the Vikings to a 55-52 win over Madison Edgewood on Thursday. Myranda Kotlowski (girls basketball) scored 10 points in Stoughton’s 68-42 win over Milton on Friday. Brody Hlavacek (boys hockey) scored two goals in a 4-2 loss against Monona Grove. Conner Clark (boys swimming) finished second in the 200-yard individual medley (2:07.26) and third in the 100 butterfly (57.75) in a dual meet against Edgewood on Thursday.

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Senior Hunter Lewis pins Milton’s Justin Sanchez in 1 minute, 28 seconds on Friday. Lewis is ranked No. 1 in the state at 138 pounds. Lewis, who has never lost a match in three state team tournaments or against Milton in the Battle for the Barn, wrestled up from 138 to 145 to help secure the win. On Friday, the senior quickly scored a takedown against Justin Sanchez. He then locked him up around the neck and went into a death roll, twisting the Red Hawk sophomore to his back the fall in 1 minute, 28 seconds. It’s a move Lewis has been using with success for several years. “It’s kind of a three-quarter (Nelson) into a cradle or an assassin to a cradle,” he said. “I wouldn’t say it’s my signature move, but it’s one in the toolbox.” Lewis had set his sights on

What’s next Stoughton travels to Fort Atkinson at 8 a.m. Saturday for the Badger Conference wrestling meet. the school pin record earlier this season, but he said he stopped focusing on it after sustaining a Type 3 Salter-Harris fracture in his hand during his second match at the Cheesehead Invitational in Kaukauna. The injury came a round before his only loss of the season, to Edwardsville, Ill., junior Luke Odom, ranked 13th

nationally. As a result, Lewis said, he wears a brace walking around and for weightlifting. “I don’t really notice it anymore during a match, but during the Cheesehead, it was pretty bad,” he said. “I couldn’t bend my finger at all.” Co-head coach Dan Spilde said Friday’s dual-meet opening weight of 126 was the one match where the Vikings weren’t sure how things would shake out. Stoughton’s Freeman Detweiler lost that match 6-5 to Tyler Kersten. “They got that one from us, so we’ve got some work to do,” Spilde said. “It’s back to the drawing board there, and a few guys didn’t get

their pins. That was disappointing, because we thought they were in position to do so. We’ve got some things to work on, there always is.” Stoughton took a 6-4 lead with a pin at 132 and built a 56-3 advantage with three matches remaining. Vikings senior Ethan Devore pinned Trey Smith in 1:16 at 132 to help the Vikings build a 12-3 lead before Lewis took the mat. The Vikings added five pins in six matches between 152 and 220. “Our goal is always to get out and compete at every weight class and try to get pins,” Spilde said. “When it ends up in a 50- or

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Stoughton snaps losing streak MARK NESBITT Assistant sports editor

The Stoughton boys basketball team snapped a five-game losing streak after escaping Madison with a 55-52 win over Edgewood on Thursday, Jan. 24. The Vikings (8-7 overall, 6-2 Badger South) snapped a five-game losing streak with the victory. “When you lose five in a row and six out of seven, you know you are capable of losing to anyone,” coach Nolan Weber said. “We are completely in one-game-at-a-time

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Top-ranked Edgewood too much for Stoughton MARK NESBITT

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Senior Hayden Hammond wanted to treat the Badger South dual meet against Madison Edgewood on Thursday, Jan. 24 as a trial run before the conference and WIAA sectional meets. Edgewood, the No. 1-ranked Division 2 team on the Wisconsin Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association state poll, won all 11 events and rolled to a 105-64 win over Stoughton. “We were not expecting to win,” Hammond said. “We were expecting for our teammates to all do their best and all PR. Most of us swam our best events. Our goal was for everyone to get better at the events they are already good at.” It was Senior Night for the Vikings’ veteran swimmers and they honored six seniors. Thursday was the final home dual meet for Stoughton, which will host the Badger South Conference meet Saturday. “It was really special because I got to see what my fellow teammates thought of me and how much of an impact I made on them, and how important our team culture is because of the connection I made with them all my years I’ve been swimming,” Hammond said. Coach Katie Talmadge said the Vikings were trying to finalize their conference events. “It was more of a reconnaissance mission to find out what we are going to do with our postseason,” she said. Hammond finished second

Stoughton hosts the Badger South Conference swimming meet 1 p.m. Saturday.

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Junior Conner Clark swims the breaststroke during the 200-yard individual medley in a dual meet against Madison Edgewood Thursday, Jan. 24. Clark took second with a time of 2 minutes, 10.02 seconds. in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5 minutes, 22.05 seconds, about 20 seconds behind Edgewood’s Nate Frucht. Hammond was part of the 400 free relay that qualified for state last year. “Right now our goal is to make it (to state) in the 200 medley relay,” Hammond said. “We don’t expect the 400 free relay to go back even though we have gone the past three years. Personally, my biggest chance is in the 500 free.” Hammond said he doesn’t enjoy swimming the 500 free, but it’s an event where he has built up endurance since he

Stoughton falls short against MG ​Sports editor

The Stoughton boys hockey team traveled to Hartmeyer Ice Arena on Thursday looking to even their regular season series against Monona Grove. Instead, Stoughton once again fell a goal short, losing 4-3. The Vikings and Silver Eagles played to a scoreless draw through the first two periods. The Vikings were unable to overtake MG in the third period, though. MG struck first with a goal 1 minute, 30 seconds into the first period. Stoughton junior forward Brody Hlavacek drew the game even with a goal 3:33 into the second but MG answered. Sebastian Karns-Bingham, who scored MG’s first goal, was the difference in the third period. He had a

Viking girls thump Red Hawks at home

hand in all three goals by the Silver Eagles, assisting on goals by Michael Zande and Keaton Straka. Hlavacek’s second goal, this time a short-hander, cut the MG lead to 3-2 before Karns-Bingham added a power-play goal near the 10-minute mark. Jack Sanford answered with a Stoughton power-play goal at 12:02 to cut the MG lead to 4-3. Carter Hellenbrand stopped 43 of 47 shots on goal for Stoughton. Jason Borchert made 26 saves for the Monona Grove.

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Senior guard Peighton Trieloff scored a team-high 12 points Friday, Jan. 25 to help the Stoughton girls basketball team defend its home court. Trieloff’s night helped the Vikings roll to a 68-42 Bader South win over Milton. The Vikings (10-6 overall, 7-2 conference) remain in second place in the conference, one game behind Monona Grove. “It would have been nice to get that game against MG but that didn’t happen, so we just have to take it one game at a time and see where that leaves us at the end of the conference season,” coach Brad Pickett said, referencing a 50-46 loss to the Silver Eagles Jan. 18. The Vikings jumped out to a 32-17 lead against the Red

Stoughton, Edgewood (ppd.) Tuesday’s conference game against first-place Madison Edgewood and LaBahn Ice Arena was postponed due to the sub-zero weather that hit the area.

Badger South Team Wins Losses Monona Grove 8 1 Stoughton 7 2 Monroe 6 3 Watertown 6 3 Oregon 4 5 Milton 3 6 Edgewood 2 7 Fort Atkinson 0 9 Hawks. “We really talked about taking care of the basketball against Milton and I thought we were able to do that the first half and throughout the game,” Pickett said. Junior guard Myranda Kotlowski added 10 points and junior Micah Zaemisch

What’s next Stoughton travels to Monroe at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday.

points-per-game in her past four games for the Vikings. “Myranda doesn’t necessarily need to score for us to be successful,” Pickett said. “We need her to continue to defend and take care of the ball. The chipped in nine points. Senior scoring is just a bonus for us.” guard Emma Kissling pitched Stoughton, in eight points. “We need to get contribu- Mukwonago (ppd.) tions from everyone,” Pickett Tuesday’s basketball at said. “Not just our starters, not Mukwonago was rescheduled just our bench, but everyone. for Thursday, Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. Micah and Myranda did a nice Mukwonago is ranked No. job off the bench for us.” 1 in the Division 1 state poll. Kostlowski is averaging 5

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last year. We haven’t decided what his second individual event will be.” Talmadge said seeing Clark drop five seconds in the IM may mean he could swim that event at the sectional. Edgewood’s Alex Moen beat Stoughton freshman Dylan Williamson in the 50 free (27.58) by about 4.4 seconds. Junior Patrick Regan took second in the 100 backstroke (1:01.51), behind Moen (54.44). Regan added a thirdplace finish in the 100 free Conference (59.29). Stoughton will host the “Patrick had a really good Badger South Conference 100 backstroke,” Talmadge meet at 1 p.m. Saturday. said. “He trained it really well Edgewood is the favorite

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started swimming. “The key points would be pushing off the wall and keeping a nice streamline,” Hammond said. “My breath is the worst part of my endurance. I usually come up early for breaths. “If I keep working at it and practicing to stay under longer it will help me push off and keep that speed faster.” Conner Clark finished second in the 200-yard individual medley (2:07.26) and third in the 100 butterfly (57.75). “We are trying to decide what to do with Conner in the postseason,” Talmadge said. “We know he loves his 100 fly and he went to state in that

in the morning. We are looking forward to a good taper off of that.” Senior Jacob Turner, the Vikings’ top breaststroker, missed the final dual meet with a shoulder injury. Turner is doing alternative workouts with the bike and kicking. “We decided to rest him and get him ready for these last postseason meets to try to make it to state,” Talmadge said. Talmadge recalls when Turner, Hammond and Jacob Foley were freshmen and she approached them in the weight room and informed them they would be the cornerstones of the team. “There was a lot of struggles going on, especially with upperclassmen. They were kind of jaded because of all the head coaching turnover,” she said. “They were like, ‘Why should we trust this coach? I knew I had long-term goals for this team.’” Foley, Hammond and Turner have led the team with their practice attendance and what their standards are for the culture, Talmadge said.

to win the conference title after third-ranked Monona Grove, which has a run of four straight Division 2 state team titles, ran away with the conference championship last year. The Silver Eagles won eight of the 11 events at the conference meet last year, but standout Ben McDade, who won 15 state championships, is now swimming at Indiana University. Edgewood is stacked, with most of its swimmers who medaled in six events last season returning. Junior Truman teDuits returns as the defending conference champion in the 200 IM and 100 breast. Teammate Alex Moen is back as the defending conference champion in the 100 back. The Crusaders have the top Division 2 time in the state in five events. TeDuits has the fastest time in the state in the 200 IM (1:56.46) and 100 breast (58.57). Frucht has the top time in the 200 free (1:46.36) and the Crusaders have the best times in the state in the 200 medley relay (1:40.46) and 400 free relay (3:18.98). The Silver Eagles have the second-fastest time in the state in the 200 medley relay (1:41.28) and the third-fastest in the 400 free relay (3:22.75). Monona Grove also has the third-best time in the 200 free relay (1:32.27). Stoughton finished a program-best second last year and Clark earned the Vikings’ lone medal in the 100 fly. “The guys are primed and ready to go even with the snow and weather changes,” Talmadge said. “We are set up for a great taper.”

The Icebergs girls hockey co-op (7-12-0 overall, 3-6-0 conference) returns to the ice after a two-week hiatus at 7 p.m. Friday.

The Icebergs host the M a d i s o n M e t r o Ly n x (7-11-2, 4-3-1) inside the Mandt Community Center. The Mandt Center will also be the site of the Icebergs’ Thursday, Feb. 7, game against the Cap City

Cougars (9-5-3, 6-0-1) and a nonconferene game Saturday, Feb. 9, against the nonconference Wisconsin Valley Union (8-8-1). The Icebergs haven’t played a game since a Jan. 19 loss to Northland Pines.

What’s next The Icebergs host the Madison Metro Lynx at 7 p.m. Friday.

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50-plus-point victory, that’s just another day at work for these guys. At each individual weight, they just take care of business.” Stoughton sophomore Brooks Empey, ranked third at 195, was done almost as quickly as he stepped on the mat, pinning Caleb Peters in 17 seconds at 220. Senior Cade Spilde, ranked fourth at 160, flipped Devyn Miller in just over a minute at 170, and third-ranked Luke Mechler stuck Kade Desormeau in 1:21 at 152. Brandt Spilde earned a fall against Travis Smith at 182 in 1:27. Rudy Detweiler took the longest to record a pin against the Red Hawks, sticking Josiah Richardson in 1:55 at 195. Model earned a 16-0 tech fall against Jordan Stivarius at 160. Drew Pasold earned a 9-3 decision over Jordan Hergert at 285. Rivera, ranked No. 1 nationally at 106, wrestled up to 113 and won a 15-0 tech fall against Hunter Kieliszewski.

Normally a varsity reserve match, the Deerfield Scramble, the Vikings featured their regular lineup Saturday. Stoughton won championships in seven of the 14 brackets to score a team-best 829 points. That was nearly 250 more than second-place Kenosha Christian Life (580.03). Random Lake (567) finished third. Rivera (39-0) dominated, earning two tech falls and a pin before taking the 113 trophy after Jefferson Quintin Gehrmann (28-5) by injury default. Whitehead (29-4) had three falls, a tech fall and a major decision in his five matches en route to a title at 132. He defeated Jalin Conner (28-3) of the Milwaukee Bradley Tech co-op with a 14-2 decision in the title match. Lewis (36-1) pinned all four of his opponents in just over a combined 12 minutes. He stuck Madison La Follette’s Kyle Smith in 2:29 to bring win the tournament at 138. Mechler (38-3) registered

falls against three of his four opponents on his way to the 145 title, including a pin of Division 1 honorable mention Nate Kane of Pius XC Catholic in 2:41 of the championship match. Model (36-5) earned a pair of pins and then won two decisions, including a 10-4 win over Aiden Vandenbush, ranked second in Division 2 in the semifinals, to claim gold at 152. Empey (36-6) kept the pins coming, sticking his first three opponents at 195. He brought home the Deerfield title with a 9-6 decision over Evan Grubbs, ranked third in Division 3. Pasold (24-7) earned two falls and a major decision before beating Kenosha Christian Life’s Zach Descourouez (31-5), ranked seventh in D3, with a 7-1 decision at 220. Rudy Detweiler (25-12) finished runner-up at 182, losing a 3-1 tiebreaker to Random Lake’s Brock Upson, an honorable mention, in the championship match.

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Boys bball: Vikes one game behind Oregon Continued from page 7 mode. We’re just trying to make improvements with our mental toughness and consistency.” Junior guard Adam Hobson scored a game-high 22 points Thursday to lift the Vikings. “Adam’s success came more from getting to the rim,” Weber said. Senior guard Drew Anderson added 10 points and junior center Jack Nelson chipped in eight points. “It was very important for this team to get a win,” Weber said. “We have done some good things in recent games and didn’t have a lot to show for it.” Weber said getting some second-chance scoring opportunities and limiting turnovers in the second half were huge in the victory. “The biggest difference was things fell our way in the end,” Weber said. “We did a lot of things late in the game that could have

Badger South Team Oregon Stoughton Monroe Monona Grove Watertown Edgewood Milton Fort Atkinson

What’s next Stoughton travels to Milton at 7:15 p.m. Friday. lost us the game like it did on previous contests, but this time their shots didn’t fall and we came out on top.” Edgewood’s Michael Regnier scored a teamhigh 17 points. Stoughton led 28-25 at the half.

Wins Losses 7 1 6 2 6 2 6 2 3 5 3 5 1 7 0 8 Weber was excited to see the Vikings limit the Crusaders to just 25 points in the first half. The Vikings used a man and 2-3 zone defenses to slow down the Crusaders. “There are always improvements to be made, but defense has been a mainstay for us throughout the season,” Weber said. “I think our ability to mix different defenses also helped.”

Legals NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The City of Stoughton Plan Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, February 11, 2019 at 6:00 o’clock p.m., or as soon after as the matter may be heard, at the Public Safety Building, Second Floor, 321 S. Fourth Street, Stoughton, Wisconsin, 53589, to consider a proposed ordinance amendment to Section 78-205(10) of the City of Stoughton Municipal Code of Ordinances. This proposed amendment is to repeal the section related to the allowable number of land uses per building within the City of Stoughton, Dane County, Wisconsin. For questions regarding this notice please contact Michael Stacey, Zoning Administrator at 608-646-0421 Michael Stacey Zoning Administrator Published January 24 and 31, 2019 WNAXLP

The possible candidates for 2019 seal coating are: 1. Windmill Rd. – 5438’ x 20’ 2. Starr School Rd. (N. of Hwy 138) 5125’ x 20’ 3. Starr School Rd. (all) 15259.2’ x 22’ 4. Danks Rd. 2550’ x 22’ 2. Scheduling The Town wishes to have this work completed during the 2019 road work season, meaning done prior to September 1. 2019. Please contact the Clerk for the complete bid proposal packet. The clerk can be reached at clerk@town.rutland. wi.us. Dawn George, Clerk 4177 Old Stage Rd. Brooklyn WI 53521 608-455-3925 Published: January 24 and 31, 2019 WNAXLP

••• NOTICE OF ON-LINE STORAGE AUCTION Kestrel Self-Storage, 305 Industrial Circle #21, Stoughton, WI 53589, will hold an online storage auction beginning Jan 26th, 2019 at 12:00pm. Containing dresser, entertainment stand, clothes and other miscellaneous items. Brian Field of Stoughton, WI. Call (608) 827-4549 for additional details. Published: January 24 and 31, 2019 WNAXLP

••• PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The City of Stoughton Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Monday February 11, 2019 at 6:00 o’clock p.m., or as soon after as the matter may be heard, in the Council Chambers, Public Safety Building, 321 S. Fourth Street, Second Floor, Stoughton, Wisconsin, 53589, to consider a proposed rezoning of the following parcel of land located at 117 Ashberry Lane, Stoughton, WI, owned by Urso Bros LLC. The property described below is requested to be rezoned from SR-4 Single Family Residential to TR-6 Two-Family Residential. The property is currently more fully described below: Parcel number: 281/0511-044-4744-8 Legal Description: EASTWOOD ESTATES LOT 14 This property description is for tax purposes. It may be abbreviated. For the complete legal description please refer to the deed. Additional information including a location map can be found at: http:// stoughtoncitydocs.com/planning-commission/ For questions related to this notice contact Michael Stacey at 608-646-0421. Michael Stacey Zoning Administrator Published January 24 and 31, 2019 WNAXLP

••• TOWN OF RUTLAND OFFICIAL NOTICE ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS FOR TOWN OF RUTLAND ROADS PULVERIZING AND PAVING Notice is hereby given by the Town of Rutland, Dane County, Wisconsin, that it will receive sealed bids for pulverizing and for asphaltic concrete paving of several Town roads. Bids should be submitted to Town Clerk Dawn George at 4177 Old Stage Rd., Brooklyn, WI 53521 by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, February 4, 2019. Bids will be publicly opened on February 5, 2019 at the Board meeting which will be held at 6:30 pm the Town Hall located at 785 Center Rd. It is anticipated that the Bids will not be awarded until the Board meeting on March 5, 2019. Bids are being requested as described below. To provide pulverizing and asphaltic paving for the following roads: Old Stage Road (east of N. Union Rd. to Lake Kegonsa Rd.– 6864’ x 22’ Lake Kegonsa Rd. (Old Stage Rd. to Old Stone Rd. – 4275’ x 22’ The Town wishes to have this work completed during the 2019 road work season, meaning done prior to September 1. 2019. Please contact the Clerk for the complete bid proposal packet. The clerk can be reached at clerk@town.rutland. wi.us. Dawn George, Clerk 4177 Old Stage Rd. Brooklyn WI 53521 608-455-3925 Published: January 24 and 31, 2019 WNAXLP ••• TOWN OF RUTLAND ADVERTISEMENT FOR SEALCOATING (CHIP SEALING) BIDS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town of Rutland is seeking bids for 2019 sealcoating (chip sealing) of several Town roads as identified below. All bids shall be marked “Seal Coating Quote”, and submitted to the Town Clerk, whose offices are located at 4177 Old Stage Road, Brooklyn, WI 53521 up to and including 5:00 p.m. on February 4, 2019. Bids will be opened on February 5, 2019 at the town hall which is located at 785 Center Rd. Contracts will be reviewed and action to award the contract will be considered on March 5, 2015. The Town of Rutland Board reserves the right to reject any/or all bids and to select the lowest responsible bidder. 1. Project Description The attached map shows the roads proposed to be seal coated (chip sealed). The Town may choose to do only the highest priority roads, depending on cost and budget considerations. Bidders may wish to arrange a road inspection trip with the Town‘s patrolmen to better understand individual project needs and to prepare a more accurate quote. Lead Patrolman Nels Wethal may be reached at 608 577-5691.

••• PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The City of Stoughton Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, February 11, 2019 at 6:00 o’clock p.m., or as soon after as the matter may be heard, in the Council Chambers, Public Safety Building, 321 South Fourth Street, Second Floor, Stoughton, Wisconsin, 53589, to consider a proposed Conditional Use Permit Application by Elijah Pitney, for Vehicle Repair and Outdoor Display (automobile sales) uses including requirements related to a Group Development (two or more non-residential uses in one building) at 1005 N. Page Street, Stoughton, Wisconsin. The property at 1005 N. Page Street is owned by Robert Nelson, and is more fully described as follows: Parcel Number: 281/0511-052-99112, LOT 1 CSM 4032 CS17/22&23 R4080/66&67-12/22/82 DESCR AS SEC 5-5-11 PRT SE1/4NW1/4 (34,373 SQ FT) For questions regarding this notice please contact Michael Stacey, Zoning Administrator at 608-646-0421. Additional information including a location map can be found at: http:// stoughtoncitydocs.com/planning-commission/ Michael P Stacey Zoning Administrator Published January 24 and 31, 2019 WNAXLP ••• STOUGHTON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS The following summarizes Stoughton Area School District’s (SASD) educational options for children who reside in the District pursuant to section 118.57 of the state statute. The District’s primary education path and instructional program for students involves progression from 4-year-old kindergarten through Grade 12, leading to a high school diploma. Some of the specific education programs offered to eligible students who are enrolled in and attending SASD include the following: • Early childhood special education

(for students who are at least 3-years old, but not yet school age) • Special Education for students with disabilities • English language learner education for students for whom English is not their primary language • Gifted and Talented education known as Journeys • Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs at both the middle and high school • Summer School programming, Summer Excel • Online courses The District’s school and each school’s most recent state-assigned performance category (2017-18) show that Fox Prairie Elementary School (Grades K-5) Exceeds Expectations, Kegonsa Elementary School (Grades K-5) Meets Expectations, Sandhill Elementary School (Grades K-5) Exceeds Expectations, River Bluff Middle School (Grades 6-8) Meets Expectations, and Stoughton High School (Grades 9-12) Exceeds Expectations. Educational options for students who are enrolled in SASD that involve part-time attendance at an educational institution other than a school of the District include the following: • Early College Credit Program (ECCP) o Provides opportunities to apply for approval to take up to a total of 18 college credit courses at an Institution of Higher Education and is available to students in grades 9-12 o is subject to state and local eligibility requirements, including the limitation that the courses must satisfy a high school graduation requirement; and o includes certain District-approved dual credit opportunities that the District offers in conjunction with a partner institution of higher education. • Start Technical College, which o High school students in good academic standing and who have no record of significant disciplinary problems, as determined by the School District, may have the opportunity to take college courses at a local technical college. Additional educational options for children who reside in the District that involve full-time enrollment/attendance at a school, program, or other educational institution that is not a school or instrumentality of the Stoughton Area School District include: • Technical college: High school students meeting certain age and other eligibility requirements may be permitted to attend a technical college or certain other programs for the purpose of completing a program leading to the student’s high school graduation or to a high school equivalency diploma • Full-time Open Enrollment involving physical attendance in a public school of a nonresident district or attendance through a virtual charter school that is associated with a nonresident school district • Private school for students with a disability. Beginning in 2016-17, a child with a disability who meets the program’s specific eligibility requirements may apply to attend an eligible, participating private school under a scholarship awarded through the state’s “Special Needs Scholarship Program,” as established under section 115.7915 of the state statutes • Enrollment in a private school of the family’s choosing, at the family’s own cost • Private school participating in a parental choice program • Enrollment in a home-based private educational program as provided under state law Educational options for children who reside in the Stoughton Area School District but who are enrolled in and attending a private school or home-based private educational program include the following: • Private school students in the high school grades have the opportunity to apply for approval to take up to two courses per semester in a District school, pursuant to section 118.145(4) of the state statutes • Students who are enrolled in a home-based private education program have the opportunity to: o Apply for approval to take up to two courses per semester in public schools as provided under section 118.53 of the state statutes o Participate in district interscholastic athletics (with the guidelines of

the WIAA for eligibility) and extracurricular activities as provided under section 118.133 of the state statutes For more information about any of the education options listed in this notice, please contact the SASD Director of Instruction, SASD District Administrator, or the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction http://dpi.wi.gov/ed-options. Published: January 31, 2019 WNAXLP ••• SECTION 00 11 13 ADVERTISEMENT TO BID 2019 STREET AND UTILITY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT 1-2019 CITY OF STOUGHTON, WISCONSIN Sealed Bids for the 2019 Street and Utility Construction project will be received by the City of Stoughton at Stoughton City Hall, 381 East Main Street, Stoughton, WI, 53589, until 1 P.M., local time, on February 19, 2019, at which time the Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. The Work includes construction of the following approximate quantities: 3,900 linear feet of sanitary sewer; 4,000 linear feet of water main; 2,200 linear feet of storm sewer; common excavation; 12,000 tons of base course; 7,500 linear feet of curb and gutter; 28,000 square feet of concrete sidewalk and driveway apron; 3,500 tons of asphalt pavement; restoration; and related miscellaneous work. Complete digital Project Bidding Documents are available at www.strand. com or at www.questcdn.com. Download the digital Bidding Documents for $30 by inputting Quest project number 6105450 on the websites Project Search page. Please contact QuestCDN.com at (952) 233 1632 or info@questcdn.com for assistance with free membership registration, downloading, and working with this digital project information. Bidding Documents may be reviewed and paper copies may be obtained from the Issuing Office which is Strand Associates, Inc.®, 910 West Wingra Drive, Madison, WI 53715. A nonrefundable fee of $100 will be required (shipping and handling fees included). Overnight mailing of Bidding Documents will not be provided. All Bidders submitting a sealed Bid shall obtain the Bidding Documents from QuestCDN.com or from Strand Associates, Inc.® Bidders who submit a Bid must be a Plan Holder of record at the Issuing Office. Bids from Bidders who are not on the Plan Holders List may be returned as not being responsive. Plan Holders are requested to provide an e mail address if they wish to receive addenda and other information electronically. Plan Holders are requested to designate whether they are a prime contractor, subcontractor, or supplier if they want this information posted on the project Plan Holders List. The Bid must be accompanied by Bid security made payable to OWNER in an amount of 10% of the Bidders maximum Bid price. The City of Stoughton reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, to waive any technicality, and to accept any Bid which it deems advantageous. All Bids shall remain subject to acceptance for 85 days after the time set for receiving Bids. Contract award shall be made based on the lowest responsive and responsible Bidder. Prospective Bidders are required to complete and submit a prequalification questionnaire with supporting documents to OWNER (see Instructions to Bidders). Prequalification forms will be provided with Bidding Document sets. Completed forms are to be submitted no later than 5 P.M., local time, on February 13, 2019. The Strand Associates, Inc.® project manager is Mark A. Fisher, P.E. and can be contacted at Strand Associates, Inc.®, 910 West Wingra Drive, Madison, WI 53715, (608) 251 4843 regarding the project. Published by the authority of the City of Stoughton, Wisconsin Brett Hebert, Director of Public Works Dated at City of Stoughton, Wisconsin Published: January 31 and February 7, 2019 WNAXLP ***

MEETING OF: COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF STOUGHTON DATE/TIME: TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2019 @ 7:00 P.M. LOCATION: COUNCIL CHAMBERS (2ND FLOOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING) 321 SOUTH FOURTH STREET, STOUGHTON, WISCONSIN Members: Mayor Tim Swadley, Matt Bartlett, Sid Boersma, Phil Caravello, Denise Duranczyk, Regina Hirsch, Greg Jenson, Kathleen Johnson, Tom Majewski, Pat O’Connor, Lisa Reeves, Timothy Riley CALL TO ORDER Roll Call, Communications, and Presentations: Clerk Licht called the roll and noted that there were 11 alders present. Mayor Swadley announced that Nicole Wiessinger has resigned from the Council. Minutes and Reports: the following minutes were entered into the record. RDA (11/14/18); Landmarks (11/8/18); Planning Commission (11/12/18); Parks & Rec (11/20/18); Tree Commission (11/8/18); Library Board (11/21/2018); CA CP (12/4/2018) Public Comment Period: CONSENT AGENDA A. December 11, 2018 Council Minutes B. R- 1-2019- Resolution Authorizing and directing the proper City official (s) to issue Operator Licenses Motion by Duranczyk, second by Boersma to approve the consent agenda. Motion carried 11-0. OLD BUSINESS None NEW BUSINESS R-2-2019- Approving an extra-territorial jurisdictional (ETJ) land division (CSM) request by D and J Alme Partnership for property located at 2394 Leslie Road, Town of Dunkirk, Dane County, Wisconsin Motion by Bartlett, second by Duranczyk to approve R-2-2019. Motion carried 11-0. O-1-2019-Amending Ordinance Section 2-376 of the Stoughton Municipal Administration Ordinance Bartlett offered O-1-2019 for the first reading. The ordinance will be back before the council on January 22, 2019. R-3-2019- Approving a request by Kevin Yeska of JSD Professional Services to extend the Conditional Use Permit for the project located at Kettle Park West-Lot 15 until October 8, 2019 Motion by Duranczyk, second by Boersma to approve the R-3-2019. Motion carried 10-1 with Johnson voting ‘no’. R-5-2019- Authorizing and directing the proper city officials to amend the 2019-2023 City of Stoughton CIP Budget moving the purchase of a $250,000 high efficiency street sweeper from 2021 to 2020 to remain eligible for $54,464 in grant funding Motion by Duranczyk, second by Jenson to approve R-5-2019. Motion carried 11-0. R-6-2019- Formally adopting the WisDOT’s procurement and contract administration manual and vehicle disposition guidelines as they relate to Stoughton Transit Motion by Duranczyk, second by Reeves to approve R-6-2019. Motion carried 11-0. action regarding the aldermanic seat vacancy in District 4 due to the resignation of Nicole Wiessinger Motion by Duranczyk, second by O’Connor to appoint someone to fill the seat until a special election can be held in April of 2020. The council decided to publish the notice in the Hub for two weeks. The applicants will be interviewed at the February 12, 2019 Council meeting. Motion carried 11-0. R-7-2019- Confirming the Mayor’s appointment of Matt Bartlett to the Utilities Committee, pursuant to 2-127 of the Stoughton Municipal Code Motion by Duranczyk, second by Jenson to approve R-7-2019. Motion carried 11-0. R-8-2019-Consenting to McFarland State Bank’s request to continue their use of the drive-up ATM located at 207 S. Forrest Street through the Second Wednesday in March This item was removed from the agenda. The council had no discussion and took no action on the item. R-4-2019- Authorizing and directing the proper city official(s) to approve the appointment and hiring of the City of Stoughton Utilities Director salaried at

$127,150.40. An increase to $130,145.60 to occur on 1/1/2020. $130,145.60 will be adjusted by the market increase percent, if approved by Council. If no market increase for 2020, salary would be increased to $130,145.60 on 1/1/2020. Motion by Jenson, second by Majewski to go into closed session for R-42019, R-8-2019, and R-9-2019 at 7:31 p.m. On roll call vote, motion carried 11-0. Motion by Boersma, second by Duranczyk to go into open session at 8:59 p.m. Motion carried 11-0. Motion by Reeves, second by Hirsch to approve R-4-2019 Authorizing and directing the proper city official(s) to approve the appointment and hiring of the City of Stoughton Utilities Director Jill Wiess salaried at $127,150.40 subject to background investigation and reference checks. An increase to $130,145.60 to occur on 1/1/2020. $130,145.60 will be adjusted by the market increase percent, if approved by Council. Motion carried 11-0. R-8-2019- Approving the DriveThrough Lease between the City of Stoughton (“Landlord”) and McFarland State Bank (“Tenant”) at the real property located at 207 S. Forrest Street and 216 E. Main Street. Motion by Duranczyk, second by O’Connor to approve R-8-2019. Motion carried 9-2 with O’Connor and Duranczyk voting ‘no’. R-9-2019- Approving the Real Estate Purchase and Sale Agreement by and between Junction 138, LLC and the City of Stoughton, WI for the property located at 3201 McComb Road. Motion by Duranczyk, second by Jenson to approve R-9-2019. Motion failed on a vote of 1-10 with O’Connor voting ‘yes’. Adjournment Motion Duranczyk, second by Caravello to adjourn at 9:04 p.m. Motion carried 11-0 Respectfully Submitted, Holly Licht, City Clerk Published: January 31, 2019 WNAXLP *** CITY OF STOUGHTON 381 E. MAIN STREET, STOUGHTON, WI 53589 ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL Amending Ordinance Section 2-376 of the City of Stoughton Municipal Administration Ordinance Committee Action: Plan Commission recommends approval 4 - 0 Fiscal Impact: N/A File Number: O - 1 – 2019 First Reading: January 8, 2019 Second Reading: January 22, 2019 The Common Council of the City of Stoughton do ordain as follows: 2 – 376 Composition The plan commission shall consist of seven members: the mayor, three city residents who are not city officials for three-year staggered terms (one for one year, one for two years, one for three years, and thereafter for threeyear terms), and three alderpersons. The commission will elect an alderperson as vice-chair and to be the liaison with the city council annually at its first regularly scheduled meeting after the council reorganization meeting and an alternate liaison to the city council, if the elected alderperson is not available. All members of the commission shall be appointed by the mayor and approved by the city council. The building inspector director of planning & development and zoning administrator shall serve as staff to the commission and with the zoning administrator acting as its secretary. The mayor shall act as chair and shall vote aye, nay, or abstain. The commission shall elect a vice-chair annually at its first regularly scheduled meeting after the council reorganization meeting. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its date of publication. Dates Council Adopted: January 22, 2019 Mayor Approved: January 22, 2019 ___________________________ Tim Swadley, Mayor Attest: January 22, 2019 ___________________________ Holly Licht, City Clerk Published: January 31, 2019 WNAXLP ***

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J o h n P. K o k k o n e n , age 65, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019, at Skaalen Nursing and Rehabilitation.

He was born in Superior on Sept. 17, 1953, the second oldest of seven children, to Albert and Norma Kokkonen. John graduated from Northwestern High School, in Maple, in 1972. He attended UW-Superior and received a bachelor of science degree. John worked at Skaalen for 35 years in maintenance. On May 28, 1993, he married Nancy Johnson. To g e t h e r t h ey e n j oy e d spending time in Door C o u n t y a n d d ow n t ow n Madison, camping and spending time with family. John is survived by his wife of 25 years, Nancy;

Richard M. Hoel

Hospital in Madison after a brief battle with cancer. He was born in Stoughton on April 15, 1944, the son of Mayer and Mina Hoel. Richard was an avid racer in his younger days and loved working on tractors. He is survived by his wife, Joyce; three sons, Todd (Katy), Jeff (Nancy), Marty (Kellie); granddaughter, Melissa; grandRichard M. Hoel son Shawn (Alissa); great granddaughter, Teagan; sister, Marge (Lowell) KittleRichard M. Hoel, age 74, son; brothers-in-law, Don passed away on Saturday, (Marjean) and Ken Barlow; Jan. 26, 2018, at St. Mary’s

step-children, Jennifer (Joel) Hansen and Todd Ylvisaker; step-grandchildren, Colton, Callie, Riley, Gracie and Tucker; siblings, Linda (Tom) Erickson, Joy (Jeff) Nelson; Charlie (Noreen Hazlett), Gerald and Donald; nieces and nephews; extended family; and many friends and coworkers. He was preceded in death by his parents and brother, David. Memorial services will be held at 11:30 AM on S a t u r d a y, F e b r u a r y 2 , 2019, at Skaalen Home Chapel, 400 N. Morris St., with Rev. James Koza officiating.

sisters-in-law, Ruth Barlow, Shirley Guitzkow and Ruth Ann Foley; and many aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. Richard was preceded in death by his parents; daughter, Melissa; sister, Nancy Levy; parents-inlaw, George and Margaret Barlow; brothers-in-law, Robert Barlow, Charles G u i t z k ow, a n d R o b e r t Foley; and sister-in-law, Judy Barlow. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, February 2, 2019, at Cress Funeral Home in

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COY: Long-time educational assistant at SHS has spent decades volunteering with orgs Continued from page 1 looking for some ushers, and it got her thinking about how much she would enjoy being in a musical environment. “I love music programs and I love coming here, it’s a gemstone,” she said. “It’s a pleasure to be here and see the shows and all the folks that come in, it’s a terrific thing to do and it’s one of my most favorite things.” Her favorite performance was Herb Alpert, who is among her very favorite musicians. This last year, she said she really enjoyed Michael Perry’s performance. Her time at the Opera House is shared with her husband, Michael, to whom she has been married for 47 years. She talked him into volunteering after he retired from Uniroyal, which brought the couple to Stoughton when he was transferred from an Indiana location in 1986. The two volunteer together in other capacities, too. They began volunteering with the FFA Alumni when their son was in high school and was taking all of the agriculture classes he could. She grew up on a farm in Monroe, and helping with the FFA while her son Nicholas was taking classes “felt like a farm family.” “He jumped in and we jumped in after him,” she said. A n d s h e d i d n ’t s t o p

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Barbara Lowe, the Hub’s Citizen of the Year, has volunteered at the Stoughton Opera House for nearly 20 years. She has worked at Stoughton High School since 1999, has volunteered with the FFA Alumni since 1995 and has volunteered with the Madrigal Dinner since 1989, among several other volunteer projects she has supported throughout her time in Stoughton. after Nicholas graduated. She continues to volunteer with the group, whose work supports the school’s

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agriculture programs. The group awards scholarships to students who apply and qualify and they are a big presence at the Stoughton Fair, where, among other roles, they make purchases at the meat sales to help support the students in the FFA. She also makes a really good cream puff, she said, while sharing how much she loves working in the FFA truck at events like Syttende Mai and the fair. The FFA isn’t the only school group Lowe supports. She and her husband have supported the Band Boosters, as Nicholas was in band. They also supported Music Boosters, when Rebecca and Melissa were enrolled in chorus. The duo were Norwegian Dancer alumni parents, as one daughter was a dancer, and then got involved with Stoughton sports because one of their daughters was a wrestling cheerleader.

Barb has been working with the Madrigal Dinner since 1989, and hasn’t stopped even though her daughters left school years ago. “It’s a Christmas tradition with my best friend, we will set the tables, work in the kitchen and make hors d’oeuvres,” she said. “I haven’t missed one.” Through all of her years of volunteering, Lowe said that the friendships she’s made and the bond she’s formed with students is one of the main reasons why she continues to volunteer after her children have left school and moved on and started their own families. “I’ve formed wonderful relationships with Stoughton folks,” she said. “I’m here to support the kids so they can continue to grow and blossom.” Contact Amber Levenhagen at amber.levenhagen@ wcinet.com.

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In the nominations Barbara Lowe had been nominated several times over the last few years for her service to the Stoughton community. Mary and Greg Onsager, who have nominated Lowe several times, wrote that Stoughton is “fortunate” to have her positive impact on the quality of life on high school students and the community as a whole. “Barb can be found in attendance and supporting all the high school students at home (and some away) games for football, basketball (girls and boys) and wrestling meets,” they wrote. Darlene Arneson, with the FFA Alumni, submitted a nomination last year. “She is a hard worker and she and Michael work many, many hours in the stand,” Arneson wrote. “If I am short of workers, they are usually the first ones to respond to requests to fill shifts. She is good to work with, serves our customers with a smile, trains new workers and is at the clean up days and does many behind-the-scene tasks.” “Her caring comments, knowledge of kids and their families, her hugs and caring words have had a positive impact on every student that she encounters, sometimes in a tough way, but always the right way which has resulted in respect,” Jerry Wendt wrote in a nomination.

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