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In this fast-changing world, elementary school educators don’t know what jobs will be available when their students hit the “real world.” But they expect those jobs to require problem-solving skills and working well collaboratively. That’s the whole idea behind the
new STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) lab being put together at Sandhill Elementary School, where solving problems and working together is the name of the game. Students and teachers have served as test subjects this year as educators look for future ways to incorporate those lessons into elementary school classrooms around the district. The project started to take shape a few years ago when district superintendent Tim Onsager wanted to bring some of the STEAM experiences at
the high school and middle school “Fab Labs” to the elementaries, Sandhill principal Jeff Fimreite told the Hub. “We have all these kids at the upper levels, but where could they go if we actually started them out with that experiential learning right here in elementary school, and give them those hands-on manipulatives and what they can create?” he said. Fimreite wrote a proposal and last year received a $5,000 grant from Alliant Energy, with the district also
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SHS student recognized with national volunteer award AMBER LEVENHAGEN Unified Newspaper Group
Ta y l o r Vi n g u m w a s spending a day with children her sophomore year, having volunteered to watch them while their parents attended a class at Stoughton High School. Amidst the ruckus of a daycare environment, she realized how much she loves giving back to the community.
Now a senior, that opportunity with the SHS Key Club is among the reasons she was recognized nationally for her volunteer work late last month. Vingum Vingum’s guidance counselor, Kristin Natzke, informed her that she won the bronze
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Ramsey is next library director Former Middleton librarian to start April 1 ALEXANDER CRAMER Unified Newspaper Group
Spirit of giving President’s Volunteer Service Award, a national recognition that is an initiative of the Corporation for National Community Service. When Natzke pulled her aside to tell her she was being recognized for all that hard work, Vingum said she couldn’t believe it. “I found it a little hard to believe, I was like ‘I won that? Are you sure?’” she said. “It felt so surreal.”
Vingum has volunteered as a Sunday School teacher at Christ Lutheran Church since eighth grade, as a volunteer waitress on Friday nights at the American Legion for two years and she has also been an active member of the SHS Key Club since her freshman year. She also has a parttime job at Pick ‘n Save. People are nominated
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James Ramsey has been selected to be the City of Stoughton’s next library director. T h e fi e l d of 27 applicants had b e e n w i n - James Ramsey nowed to two in the weeks before final interviews Feb. 28, and the library board and hiring committee decided to tender a contingent offer to Ramsey following a vote at a special meeting that night. Ramsey comes from the Middleton’s Public Library,
where he has worked for the last seven years as head of the adult services department. Though he hadn’t “inked the letter yet,” as of March 7, Ramsey told the Hub he’s accepted the position. “I’m thrilled to lead the Stoughton Public Library,” Ramsey wrote. “I’m excited to get to know the community of Stoughton and learn what our community wants from its public library.” He will take over for outgoing director Richard MacDonald, who will step down in April after eight years in the post. Ramsey’s tentative start date is April 1. Stoughton human resources director AJ Gillingham told the Hub that MacDonald’s last day was planned to be Friday, April
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A path winds its way through green grass with a river close by, as sounds of rushing water join with c o nve r s a t i o n f r o m t h e small crowd that’s gathered to watch paddlers charge through the rapids. A couple walks their bikes slowly across the pedestrian bridge spanning the Yahara from Mandt Park, talking about where to get lunch after buying some sunscreen. They could try one of the new places in the riverfront development, which rises ahead of them, apartment buildings with businesses on the ground floors, green
spaces intersected with walking paths and trees offering shade. Or they could take one of the paths toward Stoughton’s downtown, a five- or 10-minute walk, less by bike. That’s a potential future for the riverfront redevelopment site, which now has weeds growing between concrete slabs and piles of rubble from demolished buildings. Another building on the site, the blacksmith shop, seems soon to come down, whether purposefully demolished or not. How to make that vision reality is the task of the c i t y ’s R e d e v e l o p m e n t Authority, and that process took a step forward last week when the RDA asked 130 developers to submit ideas for their visions for the 11-acre site in the heart of the city. The RDA set certain
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Priscilla Flood of Stoughton creates a screen print on a tote bag with the assistance of artist Anne Olson (not pictured) during the library’s craft club on March 7.
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From left, Mary Wick of Deerfield admires a monoprint she created with the help of librarian Amy Hynek during the library’s craft club on Thursday, March 7.
Making their mark A curiosity in paint-based printmaking brought full enrollment to the library’s craft club on March 7. Artist Anne Olson instructed guests in screen printing on tote bags, while librarians Sarah Bukrey and Amy Hynek guided participants in monoprinting using decorative mats called doilies. – Justin Loewen
At right, Anne Olson of Stoughton demonstrates screen printing during the library’s craft club.
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April meeting will focus on residential phase for comp plan ALEXANDER CRAMER Unified Newspaper Group
The developer of Kettle Park West is seeking public input about the second, residential phase of the project. Expected to be held the first or second week of April, it’s envisioned as part of an attempt to modify the city’s comprehensive plan, a process that requires public participation. Parts of the west-side site, which sits adjacent to the Walmart-anchored commercial center, are zoned for business, multifamily residential and recreation or public open spaces. Those do not conform to the latest concept plan Forward Development Group has worked on with the city. At Monday’s Plan Commission meeting, FDG representative Jim Bricker presented a draft Public Participation Plan, which passed unanimously with a small change. The purpose of the plan, in addition to satisfying state requirements, is “to foster opportunities for public discussion and communication; to disseminate information; and to engage with (the)
Plan Commission and Common Council to evaluate and implement proposed plan amendments,” according to packet documents. The westside neighborhood plan guided the first phase of KPW and was included in the 2017 update to the comprehensive plan. Changes to the plan would address land uses, park land dedications and infrastructure improvements for the development. Commissioner Todd Barman suggested adding a requirement that the Plan Commission review the public input gathered at the session to ensure the public’s voice is heard. “Sometimes there’s a disconnect, the public comes and makes their thoughts known and it’s recorded and the Plan Commission acts without even looking at it,” Barman said. “I want to make sure the public realizes and knows it’s worth their time to come to the event.” Commissioner Tom Selsor suggested providing participants with a questionnaire to help guide feedback. Bricker said he’d like to see a venue close to the development to foster conversation. The event will be advertised in the Hub, Bricker said. Contact Alexander Cramer at alexander.cramer@ wcinet.com.
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Crews began clearing out a drainage ditch in the the Meadowview neighborhood Monday as part of a continuing plan to alleviate flooding. The project might be in a sort of “weather sweet spot,” town clerk Cathy Hasslinger told the Hub, because the contractor wants the top layer to be soft enough to work on, while the ground remains frozen and solid enough to support the heavy machinery. R&K and Sons are working on a “time and materials” basis rather than guaranteeing it will complete the project, Hasslinger said, because they’re “nervous about getting their equipment stuck and don’t want penalties for pulling out of the job.” The job went out to bid twice, but the second time, the town received only the original response. The Town Board voted Friday, March 8, to approve a contract not to exceed about $54,000 for the work. Last winter, the town had scheduled crews to come out and clear vegetation in the drainage ditches that help move water from the neighborhood, which sits near the intersection of Meadowview and Larsen
Roads, but heavy rain scuttled that plan. The town started working on drainage ditches in the Meadowview Neighborhood in 1988 and have since completed several drainage-ways. Over the years, the ditches become overgrown with vegetation and don’t drain as well as they used to. It’s a compounding problem, Hasslinger said, because when the land is dry enough, neighbors can maintain the ditches by mowing them themselves. When they’re wet, though, mowing becomes impossible, and the vegetation increases, which then slows water flow, keeping it on the land. The first section of the job will cost up to $8,600, with three other sections w i t h i n t h e s u b d iv i s i o n approved up to $31,443.75 and an optional add-on of a section that abuts the Uphoff Farm not to exceed $14,818.75. The work is eligible for FEMA reimbursement, set at 88 percent. If it is all completed, and the work is reimbursed, the town will pay $6,583.50 of a total $54,862.50. The town has budgeted $50,000 for the work in 2019. Contact Alexander Cramer at alexander.cramer@ wcinet.com.
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The Stoughton Courier Hub won four first-place statewide newspaper awards this year from the Wisconsin Newspaper Association. The Hub Livick brought home nine awards overall at March 7 at the WNA’s annual awards banquet at Mad- Girard ison’s Concourse Hotel. They were among 28 in the annual contest and eight firstplace awards for Unified Iozzo Newspaper Group, which shares staff among the Hub, the Verona Press and the Oregon Observer. The Hub’s four firstplace wins are for a news story, a sports feature, an in-depth series and UNG’s quarterly magazine, Your Family. Hub staff also won second-place awards for a sports news story, a photo essay and an advertisement, as well as honorable mentions for its front page design and for an environmental reporting story. Retired reporter Bill Livick earned two awards – with his five-part series on the conflict between historic preservation and redevelopment earning a first place for enterprise/interpretive reporting, which are stories that dig more deeply into an issue than the news of the day. “Massive, commendable effort!” the judge wrote. “What a contribution to a community’s knowledge of its past and present, as a defunct property is converted.” Scott Girard’s first-place General News Story entry
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First Place • General News Story, Scott Girard, “Another Homecoming” • Enterprise/Interpretive Reporting, Bill Livick, building demolition series • Sports Feature, Anthony Iozzo, “From NSA to the NBA” • Best Ongoing Niche Publication, Your Family magazine Second Place • Sports News Story, Anthony Iozzo, “Warm memories of Pieper” • Photo Essay, Kimberly Wethal and Amber Levenhagen, Syttende Mai • Best Large Ad, Conant Automotive Honorable Mention • Best Front Page • Environmental Reporting Award, Alexander Cramer, “Bait and Switch” about a handicapped-accessible home being built for a local disabled veteran also appeared in the Observer. “Great lede and very well-written,” the judge wrote. “A heartwarming story.” Former assistant sports editor Anthony Iozzo’s winning Sports Feature was a profile of a Stoughton High School graduate who began working with the Orlando Magic after leaving the federal government’s National Security Agency. “First-class profile of a unique subject,” the judge wrote. Iozzo also earned second place in Sports News Story with a personal retrospective after the death of coaching legend LaVerne
‘Innovation Center’ would forge new ties between industry, education SCOTT DE LARUELLE Unified Newspaper Group
A group of supporters welcomed the Dennison family to their new home before a ceremony in the garage.
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Russell Dennison doesn’t like giving speeches. But he couldn’t avoid it Saturday morning in the Town of Rutland, standing in front of three dozen
friends and volunteers sitting a freezing cold garage to say “thank you” for helping build the home he and his family were about to move into – at no cost to them. As Dennison, a U.S. Army staff sergeant who
lost both legs in 2012 while serving in Afghanistan, stood and walked to the podium to speak, everyone in attendance stood as well, offering 30 seconds of applause and support. “Last time I kind of told you guys I suck at
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Rutland candidates look to April 3 Town hall, managing growth, annexation top issues SCOTT DE LARUELLE Unified Newspaper Group
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Wedged between the City of Stoughton and the villages of Brooklyn and Oregon, Rutland and its 2,000-some residents need to focus on managing growth to reduce the effects of expected continued expansion of its neighbors into the town. That’s the overwhelming opinion of four candidates
for the Rutland town board as they prepare for the upcoming election April 3. There is a full slate of four candidates for just two supervisor seats, and while focusing on growth was a common concern, the town hall, better internet and better roads will also
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be election topics this spring in Rutland. The four candidates – first-term incumZentner bent Nancy Nedveck, self-employed lifelong resident Rob Hill, former insurance agent Deana Zentner and Waunakee police officer Geoff Hutchinson – each spoke with the Observer this month to explain why they are interested in running and what
their priorities would be. Those included Nedveck’s focus on managing Hutchinson the effects of development in the area, Hill’s attention to budgeting, Zentner’s i n t e r e s t i n g ove r n m e n t transparency and Hutchinson’s desire to keep Rutland’s small-town feel. And all discussed the
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Scott Girard’s story on a disabled veteran moving into a home built for him was one of four first-place awards for the Hub. Pieper. “Love the first-person approach,” the judge wrote. “Perfect for this type of story.” Kimberly Wethal and Amber Levenhagen teamed up for a two-page photo essay on Syttende Mai, which took second, the same as the previous two years. “Captures the pageantry, passion and joyfulness of the day with intimately personal photos,” the judge wrote. Alexander Cramer earned an honorable mention for environmental reporting with his story “Bait and Switch,” about a local man’s frustration with flooding at his home along the Yahara River. “Great example of how a community’s environmental issues can impact its residents,” the judge wrote. The WNA recognizes winners in six categories – daily and weekly newspapers of three sizes each – in
its statewide competition. The Hub was competing in the smallest category of weeklies, F, with circulations of 2,500 or fewer, along with its sibling publications. UNG also publishes the monthly Fitchburg Star, which is not eligible for WNA awards as a free publication. The awards recognized work done from September 2017 to August 2018. In addition to the four Hub wins, UNG also got firstplace awards for General Excellence (Observer), Reporting on Local Education (Observer) and best small ad (Press). UNG’s three weekly news publications earned 17 awards last year, 17 in 2017 and 16 in 2016 – when all nine members of the UNG editorial staff won at least one award – and 17 in 2015. Email Verona Press editor Jim Ferolie at veronapress@wcinet.com.
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speeches,” he began with a slight smile. “But I appreciate you guys coming out, it’s pretty cold.” While he and his wife, S a m a n t h a , t a l ke d w i t h friends and family members
Challenging the school board and community to “think big and think bold,” Stoughton Area School District officials laid out an ambitious proposal Monday night to turn the 1892 building into a new “Innovation Center.” Stoughton Area School District superintendent Tim Onsager and Fab Lab Stoughton consultant Mike Connor took turns explaining the idea behind the “Vision 2020: Innovation Center” proposal they said could brand the area as a new, vibrant tech center. “It’s a chance to spur the technological growth in the Stoughton area; a big chance for us,” said Connor, a retired Cummins engineer. “This is a place to train and retrain – for the people left behind by this digital world.” The original Stoughton High School – known colloquially as the 1892 building because of the year it was built and the date
stamp above the doorway – would cost around $5 million to rehabilitate to modern standards, according to a study undertaken last year. But over the years, as people have questioned what the future of the facility would be, many people in Stoughton have searched for a way to restore it, rather than raze it The “vision” of the facility would be to “create an advanced technology community backbone that can build technological capabilities, interest in STEM careers and general technical literacy,” Connor wrote in his presentation. He said it would serve as a “handson gathering place for entrepreneurs, businesses and educators” and “bring a technology sector feel to the community,” while also creating jobs in the area. In general terms, the facility would be available to Stoughton K-12 students during the day, and then a combination of school and community uses at night and weekends. Parts of the building would also be used for adult education, job training and community meeting space. “Imagine a space that we have all this creative equipment and space that’s open
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Vote Joe Freye for school board Joe Freye is one of the most down to earth, common-sense people I know. Joe is the current vice president of the school board. Joe is a veteran board member with six years of dedicated service to the school board and our community. Joe is a staunch advocate for quality public education for our students. Joe cares deeply about assuring that our students get the proper education necessary to succeed in life and in our community.
We need to re-elect Joe Freye to the school board to stay on the positive path he helped create over the past several years. This is a school board finally heading in the right direction. Let’s keep it that way. Please join me in voting for Joe Freye for the Stoughton School Board of Education. Thank you. Michael Engelberger Former D-2 Alder City of Stoughton
A ‘refreshing’ election possibility Suppose a presidential candidate named their vice president during the party primary. For example Bernie Sanders, chooses Kamala Harris (or the other way around) and they run
as a team. The team approach could be refreshing. Sanford Quayle City of Stoughton
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In the March 4 edition of the Hub, the Syttende Mai parade story incorrectly listed qualifications for the youth parade. The parade is open to all youth groups grades 12 and under. The Hub regrets the error.
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Girlfriends and some tea can help put life in focus
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was reminded yesterday how much I appreciate my girlfriends. Girls usually look at the big picture, we focus on human interactions, and when making important decisions, we think first about how people we love will be affected. We tend to leave politics and math in the back seat; we understand they need to be acknowledged, but they are not necessarily our first consideration. Girlfriends talk to each other to help put our lives Zarth and challenges in perspective. I can’t imagine a single person anywhere who hasn’t had to deal with sadness, grief, happiness, anguish, excitement, surprise and have questions. I can’t imagine anyone who hasn’t needed to stop and regroup and reanalyze where they are going and if they are on the right track in life. Girlfriends provide stability and a sounding board. We are looking at the big picture, while guys often seem to cut to the chase and focus on getting a job done. We want to think about it, and make sure we do it right. Sometimes I don’t need my girlfriends to talk as much as I
need them to listen to me babble and help me figure out what I am trying to say. Sometimes in my mind, I have so many thoughts, ideas, questions and frustrations, I don’t know how to put them into perspective. A good girlfriend will listen to me talk and pick out the words I repeat most often. They listen to the general emotion behind my words and are able to piece together what I am struggling to communicate. Then, they say it back to me in one or two sentences and I realize that they heard me and they understand what I am trying to say. Often, deep inside, I know what I want and what I need, but I have to go through this process of extracting it to make it clear and concise. My girlfriends can tell me that I am OK. My frustrations are nudging me into reviewing my priorities; my frustrations help me determine how to better my life – how to be a better person, a better wife, mother, sister, friend and nurse. At work as a nurse, I am reminded of the importance of listening, and I wonder how many illnesses are related to unresolved stress. I wonder how many people race through life trying to juggle jobs, family, managing a household and multitasking through it all. I remember the blur of getting up in the morning,
getting ready for work, feeding my kids, getting them to school, going to work, making dinner, doing chores, going to sleep exhausted and waking up the next morning to repeat it, day after day. At work, when patients call me and tell me their symptoms, I wonder how much stress played into their illness, and I wonder if we all had the ability to stop and have a cup of tea with a girlfriend if we couldn’t alleviate a lot of illness caused by years of untreated stress. High blood pressure is seen as the beginning of many chronic diseases, and the best treatment is alleviating stress. One of my best stress-relievers is that cup of tea with my girlfriends. Collectively, our experiences and knowledge is amazing, all of our different life experiences come together and unite us to make us stronger. When I am at peace with who I am and where I am going, my girlfriend might ask me to join her for a cup of tea, and I will quietly listen and repeat the cycle of sharing and supporting, and again I am reminded of the value of friendship. Because we are all in this together, we are all part of the same humanity. Brenda Zarth RN lives in Stoughton.
Letter to the editor
Support for incumbent Stoughton school board candidates I am writing this letter in support of incumbent Stoughton school board candidates Yolibeth FitzGibbon, Joe Freye and Jill Patterson. I write from a unique position, as I am neither a relative nor close friend of the candidates. Rather, I am a community member who has attended nearly all of the school board meetings over the past two years. During that time, under the capable leadership of Frank Sullivan, I have watched the board discuss,
disagree and sometimes even argue over issues they feel compassionate about. I have observed these three board members show no reluctance to passionately defend their positions on issues they feel are important to the students and families in the district. In my opinion, all three have contributed immensely to the positive direction the board has taken over the past couple of years. They have worked diligently to ensure the best educational
opportunity for all students in the district while continuing to be cognizant of the financial constraints imposed on today’s school districts. As a former teacher and school administrator, I have a sincere interest in the success of public education in America. Join me in casting your ballot for Ms. FitzGibbon, Mr. Freye and Ms. Patterson on April 2. Russ Kaping City of Stoughton
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Shining a light on hearing loss Discussion, program held at Covenant Lutheran AMBER LEVENHAGEN Unified Newspaper Group
Nearly 50 million Americans experience significant hearing loss, according to the Center for Hearing and Communication. And on average, it takes at least six years for those to explore their hearing assistance options, Jerry Lapidakis told the Hub earlier this week. Lapidakis, who is an active member and former president of the Madison chapter of the Hearing Loss Association of America, will lead a program about hearing loss at Covenant Lutheran Church next week. “We want to share with people the resources that are available and talk about the difficulty with
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family relationships and social interactions,” he said. The program will be held at two times next Thursday, March 21, at 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Lapidakis, who experiences hearing loss himself, had the idea to create the program during a recent church service about different religions. He brought a portable hearing loop, which transmits an audio signal directly into a hearing aid. “ E ve r y b o d y s t a r t e d a s k i n g
questions about it and the people that were there, a lot of them were hard of hearing, and we spent about 20 minutes talking about hearing loss,” he said. He asked the room if anybody would be interested in an educational session to talk about hearing loss and the options out there, and the church offered the space. The program, which will include a powerpoint presentation and discussion, will cover some hearing loss statistics, types of hearing loss, different types of hearing aids and cochlear implants and financial resources. Lapidakis will also share signs of hearing loss, both for the individual affected as well as signs their families can look out for, with some resources shared by the Hearing Loss Association. Lapidakis became involved with the association five years ago when his audiologist suggested he join the group. Over the next few years, he became the president of the
group. This is the first program that he has led and he will be joined by Penny Vodak, who was among the group interested in starting a program at the church. He said the plan is to have the programs and gauge interest to see if more could be held in the future. If there’s enough interest, Lapidakis said he would be interested in starting a Stoughton chapter of the Hearing Loss Association. “We mainly want to get people to talk about their experiences and give them some ideas about what they can do,” he said. “It seems like people with hearing loss just want to get by and we fake it a lot. Sometimes I’ll smile like I understood and heard, when I didn’t. People don’t understand it’s a health problem so they don’t take action.” Contact Amber Levenhagen at amber.levenhagen@wcinet.com.
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Friends of the Library Volunteer of the Year The Friends of the Stoughton Public Library recognized the Volunteer of the Year during a board meeting on Feb. 27. Priscilla Flood, pictured on left with board treasurer Jeanne Burt, was recognized for her work with library staff overseeing the various forms of donations of books, DVDs and other materials that are received by the library. Flood also volunteers throughout the year as well as serving as the vice president of the friend’s board.
Library: Will get a week of transition Continued from page 1 5, which allows for a week of overlap to help ease the transition. In a column in the March 7 edition of the Hub, MacDonald wrote that he planned to continue living in Stoughton and that he looked forward to pursuing his first career as a clarinetist. Ramsey graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a bachelor’s degree in history and a master’s in library and information studies. Originally from Beloit, he previously worked at the Hawthorne Branch of the Madison Public Library and Kilbourn Public Library in the Wisconsin Dells. Ramsey cited Stoughton’s strong sense of identity, the “magnificent” library building and the “talented and creative” staff as factors that drew him to the post. He also praised MacDonald’s leadership in leaving the library “in great shape” and ready to grow and adapt to upcoming changes. The finalists were interviewed by the library’s management team, as well as a panel that included Mayor Tim Swadley, a Stoughton Area School district principal, Ald. Denise Duranczyk (Dist. 1), several library board members, MacDonald and Gillingham, the HR director wrote. Ramsey’s employment remained contingent on passing a background check, which is expected to be done in late March. His salary was set at $77,022.40, Gillingham said. Contact Alexander Cramer at alexander.cramer@ wcinet.com.
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Coming up Sons of Norway bingo The Sons of Norway–Mandt Lodge, 317 S. Page St., will host bingo at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 16. Food will be available after 5 p.m., with bingo beginning at 6. Anyone under 18 years old must have an adult family member present to play. Bingo is open to the public and is held the third Saturday of each month (except December). Donations for the Stoughton Food Pantry are encouraged. For information, contact Bingo chairperson Becky Lunde at 205-2234.
Hardanger presentation
on Monday and Thursday evenings through May 9. The six-week class is designed to help women maintain muscle mass, strength and function as they age. It is a part of the national StrongWomen program, which is a community-based exercise program targeted to midlife and older women. The cost to participate is $40 and is non-refundable. Early registration is recommended. For information, visit stoughtonhospital.com.
SHS choir performance The Stoughton High School concert choir will open up for the Ripon College Chamber Singers, including 2016 SHS graduate Bailey Jerrick, in a free combined concert at the Stoughton High School Performing Arts Center, 600 Lincoln Ave., at 7 p.m. Monday, March 18. The ensemble will perform a variety of unaccompanied choral works, conducted by John C. Hughes, assistant professor of music and director of choral activities. For information, call 877-5600.
Karen Rebholz, a Hardanger fiddle maker and player, will hold a program at Livsreise, 277 W. Main St., from 1-2 p.m. Saturday, March 16. She has a degree in art and a PhD in biochemistry. She has made several instruments, starting in 2012, and last year she was awarded a fellowship from the American-Scandinavian Foundation for “Hardanger Fiddle ConstructionAcoustical Adjustments” that enabled her to study with Hardanger fiddle experts Sigvald Rorlien and Wiebke Sleep concerns program Luders. For information, call 873-7567 or visSSM Health at Home will offer a proit livsreise.org. gram about sleep concerns starting at 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, at the senior StrongWomen exercise class center. Participate in a StrongWomen exerThe program will cover the different cise class series with Stoughton Hospital types of sleep disorders and ways that from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Monday, March 18, may help you better manage your conat Lakeview Church, 2200 Lincoln Ave. dition or improve the quality of your The class continues at the same time 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 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
FFA bus trip The Stoughton FFA Alumni will sponsor a bus tour on Saturday, March 30, to two agriculture educational venues in Wisconsin. The bus will leave at 9 a.m. and return at 7 p.m. Registration is due March 22. The tour will include LaClare Farms and the Farm Wisconsin Discovery Center. The tour will cost $30 for Stoughton FFA and FFA Alumni members and $40 for others. The cost includes bus ride, tour of the farm and admission to the center, two lunches and snacks/refreshments on the bus. For information, contact Darlene Arneson at arnesonfamily5@gmail.com or 873-7209. Seventh Day Baptist Church of Albion
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Stoughton Baptist Church
515 E. Main St., Stoughton • 834-9050 ezrachurch.com Sunday: 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
Corner of Williams Dr. & Cty. B, Stoughton 873-6517 Sunday: 10:30 a.m., 6 p.m. Worship
First Lutheran Church
Fulton Church
1844 Williams Drive, Stoughton • 873-9106 Saturday: 6 p.m. Worship Sunday: 10 a.m. Worship
The next R Olde House Society meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 21, at 309 N. Page St. The hosts will share the history of their home with attendees. A tour of the home will be followed by refreshments and socializing. Bring a light snack to share and your favorite beverage. The ROHS is an informal group of people interested in the history and preservation of historical Stoughton area homes and properties. Newcomers are always welcome. For information, contact rohstoughton@gmail.com.
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Christ the King Community Church
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Covenant Lutheran Church
310 E. Washington, Stoughton 873-7761 • flcstoughton.com Sunday: 8:30 and 10 a.m. Worship
401 W. Main St., Stoughton • 877-0303 christthekingcc.org Sunday: 10 a.m. - Worship
sleep. Registration is required. For information, call 873-8585.
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
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.
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
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.
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 world has often been described as a vale of tears, a place of profound and often pointless suffering. Even the usually hopeful Saint Paul describes creation as “groaning as in the pains of childbirth.”(Romans 8:22 NIV)Philosophers throughout the ages have tended to agree, some even going so far as to suggest that it would be better to have never been born. The philosopher who composed Ecclesiastes says “And I declared that the dead,who had already died, are happier than the living, who are still alive. But better than both is the one who has never been born,who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.”(Ecclesiastes 4:2-3 NIV) It would be foolish to deny that the world is rife with suffering, and yet perhaps all this pessimism says more about the philosophers and psalmists than it does about the world. Life is surely also a source of great pleasure and indescribable beauty, and many of us find meaning in life precisely to the extent that we help to relieve the suffering of ourselves and others. We shouldn’t deny the pain and suffering inherent in the world, but we shouldn’t fall prey to the delusion that it is all there is to the world. – Christopher Simon
Thursday, March 14
• 3:30-4:45 p.m., Book art for teens activity (teens in grades 6 and up), library, 873-6281 • 7 p.m., Saami culture program, Sons of Norway Mandt Lodge, 317 S. Page St., arnesonfamily5@ gmail.com
Friday, March 15
• Noon to 1 p.m., St. Patrick’s Day lunch (reservations required by March 13), senior center, 873-8585 • 1-3 p.m., Classic movie Friday: “African Queen,” senior center, 873-8585
Saturday, March 16
• 10 a.m., Lego club, library, 873-6281 • 1-2 p.m., Karen Rebholz hardanger fiddle program, Livsreise, 277 W. Main St., 873-7567
Monday, March 18
• 3:30-4:45 p.m., Improv gaming for teens (teens in grades 6 and up), library, 873-6281
Tuesday, March 19
• 9:30 a.m., Spring into gardening program with Stoughton Heritage Garden Club, library, 873-6281 • 7-9 p.m., Spring band concert, SHS Performing Arts Center, 600 Lincoln Ave., 877-5600
Wednesday, March 20
• 1 p.m., SSM Health presents ‘Sleep Concerns,’ senior center, 873-8585
Thursday, March 21
• 10 a.m. or 6:30 p.m., Hearing loss program, Covenant Lutheran Church, 1525 N. Van Buren St., 8738585 • 3 p.m., Computer class: Voices- Google Assistant, Siri, Alexa, Cortana, senior center, 873-8585 • 7 p.m., ROHS meeting, 309 N. Page St., rohstoughton@gmail.com
Monday, March 25 to Friday, March 29
• No school - Stoughton Area School District spring break
Tuesday, March 26
• 1 p.m., Creative writing class, library, 873-6281 • 2 p.m., Family movie afternoon, library, 873-6281
Wednesday, March 27
• 1 p.m., Page Turners book discussion group, senior center, 873-8585 • 1:30 p.m., Music with John Solis, senior center, 8738585
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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Map submitted by Dr. Thomas Thies
Dr. Thomas Thies found this 100-year-old map in a book of old records in his downtown dental practice.
Map from the past Dentist finds 100year old map of Lake Kegonsa in office ALEXANDER CRAMER Unified Newspaper Group
Dr. Thomas Thies, a dental surgeon, took over his downtown dental practice more than 40 years ago, but the business has roots that go even further back. Before it was his, the practice belonged to a man named Lloyd Osmer Skaalen, whose father had served as Stoughton’s chief of police in the early 1900s,
Thies told the Hub. One day in February, Thies was looking through some old records he had in the office, and tucked into one of the old books was a folded-up map of Lake Kegonsa from 1919. It’s ringed with advertisements for businesses like Sheldrup’s Pharmacy (“Drinks, Ice Creams and Whitman’s Chocolates”), Dan Rasmussen shoe repair, the Beach Ave. Pavillion (“Music by Thompson’s Orchestra of Madison Three Dances A Week”) and Dr. Keenan (“Physician and Surgeon over Duncan’s Drug Store.”)
The map is credited to H.P. Testal and was “drawn to scale from pacing.” It diagrams spots that are good for bass and good for pike; one area is simply titled “good fishing.” The train schedule notes four trains departing from Lake Station to Chicago daily, and four arriving as well. Your friendly community newspaper even took out an ad: “Everybody should read the Stoughton Courier Hub,” it reads. “Order it now!” Contact Alexander Cramer at alexander.cramer@ wcinet.com.
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Stoughton High School sophomore Anna Lee won first place in Principles of Hospitality and Tourism at the DECA State Career Development Conference March 6, besting a group of 40 contestants. She is one of four SHS DECA students who will attend the International Career Development Conference at the end of April.
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Four Stoughton girls basketball players garnered Badger South All-Conference honors recently. Senior guard Peighton Trieloff was named first-team Trieloff all-conference. Trieloff averaged 10.8 points, 2.1 assists and 2.2 steals per game in leading the Vikings to a 14-9 mark and a third-place finish in the Badger South. She shot a team-best 35.5 percent from the 3-point line (22 of 62). The Viking players named honorable mention all-conference are seniors Emma Kissling, Alex Ashworth and Ashley Nelson. The Stoughton girls basketball team’s season came to an end after a 67-53 loss to Monroe in a WIAA Division 2 regional final Feb. 23. It’s the third straight year the Cheesemakers, the WIAA Division 2 state runner-up, have knocked the Vikings out of the postseason. Kissling (8.5 ppg) shot a team-high 72.5 percent from the free throw line. Ashworth (6.8 ppg) was second on the team in shooting behind the arc at 33.9 percent (21 of 62). Nelson (5.2 ppg) was the team’s leading rebounder with 6.4 per game. The only unanimous firstteam all-conference selections were Monona Grove senior McKenna Warnock and Monroe senior Sydney Hilliard, who averaged 22.1 points, 8 rpg, 2.5 steals and 3.5 assists per game. Warnock, a University of Iowa commit, who averaged 29.7 points and 12.7 rebounds per game, was named Miss Basketball in Wisconsin and the Gatorade Player of the Year.
It’s been a historic season for the Stoughton wrestling team and the postseason honors keep rolling in. Stoughton had seven wrestlers named first-team Badger South All-Conference on Monday, March 11. The first-team selections are freshman Nicolar Rivera (113 pounds), junior Braeden Whitehead (132), senior Hunter Lewis (138), sophomore Luke Mechler (145), junior Gavin Model (152), senior Cade Spilde (160), sophomore Rudy Detweiler (182) and sophomore Brooks Empey (195). The Vikings repeated as WIAA Division 1 state champion March 2, rolling to a 42-24 win over Mukwonago in a state title match March 2 at the UW Field House. Stoughton was ranked No. 1 in the state in Division 1 all season, and it ended the year 21-0 and ranked 48th nationally, with seven wrestlers ranked in the top 10 in the state in their respective weight classes. Three Viking wrestlers named second-team all-conference are freshman Ethan Peterson (106), senior Dante Steinmetz (120) and junior Brandt Spilde (170). Senior Luke Geister-Jones earned honorable mention.
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Iowa sophomore Aly Weum runs in the 400-meter dash at the Big Ten Championships Feb. 23. Weum finished eighth with a time of 55.82 seconds.
Weum finds a niche SHS grad, Iowa runner barely missed NCAA championships in 1,600 relay MARK NESBITT
‘I want to get better every race. I want to run the 400 in 53 or 54 seconds and run a sub 2:10 in the 800.’
- Iowa sophomore Aly Weum
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Aly Weum is making her mark as a middle-distance runner for the University of Iowa women’s track and field team. The 2017 Stoughton High School graduate finished eighth in the 400-meter finals (55.82) and joined three seniors to win a Big Ten indoor title in the 1,600 relay Feb. 23 at the University of Michigan’s hydraulic-banked 200-meter track. The relay was two seconds away from qualifying for last weekend’s NCAA Championships. “The race was the first time we had put together our fastest relay for the Big Ten, and it was on a slower track,” Weum told the Hub. “We did what we had to do to win that meet.” N ow, a s t h e o u t d o o r
season begins, the Iowa sophomore has big hopes for the Hawkeyes, who are ranked 12th in the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association poll. It marks the highest ranking ever for a women’s or men’s track team in school history. “We have a really talented team, and I think we can win the Big Ten,” Weum said of the outdoor championships May 10-12 in Iowa City. There’s still more than two months and a lot of practice before the outdoor championships. The Hawkeyes’ outdoor season begins with the Baldy Castillo Invite in Tempe, Ariz., Friday, March 15. They leave Thursday for Arizona and will stay over spring break so they can
train in the warmer weather. “I’m looking forward to the warm weather,” she said. “The workouts can be more intense.” Weum’s race at the Big Ten was only her second 400 of the season. She also has run the 600 during the indoor track season. For the outdoor season, she’s hoping to make the finals of the 400, 800 and 1,600 relay at the Big Ten Championships. “I want to get better every race,” she said. “I want to run the 400 in 53 or 54 seconds and run a sub 2:10 in the 800.” The 2017 Stoughton High School graduate was a standout sprinter and middle-distance runner for the Vikings who took third in the WIAA Division 1 state meet as a junior. In 2017, as a senior, she set a school record and finished fifth at state in the 400 (56.19). She was also a member of the Vikings’ state qualifying 1,600 and 3,200 relays. Weum said the training for track in college is “way more intense, and the level
of commitment is a lot higher.” In high school, Weum would practice for one to two hours, five days a week. At Iowa, she is practicing four hours a day, including weekends. “The training is yearround,” she said. Each day, Weum says she spends about three hours running and one hour lifting weights. Some days, she has more of a speed prep practice before a meet, and others she has a tougher aerobic practice. Wednesdays are usually recovery days before tempo workout with 100s or 200s on Thursdays and another prep workout on Fridays. She completes an hour-long run on Sundays. Weum, who is a business management major, said when she’s not in class or running, she enjoys country music, hanging out with friends on the track team and sleeping. “I don’t have much free time,” she said. “I really try to work hard to get ahead in my classes so when we are gone for meets, I’m ahead.”
All-Conference First team: Nicolar Rivera, Fr. (113); Braeden Whitehead, Jr. (132); Hunter Lewis, Sr. (138); Luke Mechler; Gavin Model, Jr. (152); Cade Spilde, Sr. (160); Rudy Detweiler, So. (182); Brooks Empey, So. (195). Second-team: Ethan Peterson, Fr. (106); Dante Steinmetz, Sr. (120); Brandt Spilde, Jr. (170). Honorable mention: Luke Geister-Jones, Sr. (170).
Boys basketball
Hobson nets first-team Badger South honors MARK NESBITT Assistant sports editor
Junior guard Adam Hobson earned first-team Badger South All-Conference honors recently. Hobson, who averaged 16.8 points, was one of three unanimous first-team selections. The other two unanimous first-team all-conference picks are Monroe senior center Kade King and Monona Grove senior guard Caden Nelson, who was also named the conference’s player of
the year. Hobson helped lead the Vikings to a 13-11 mark overall and a 10-4 record to tie Oregon for second in the Badger South. Stoughton had their season come to an end in a 61-53 loss to DeForest in a WIAA Division 2 regional semifinal on March 1. Senior guard Drew Anderson (10.4 ppg) and junior center Jack Nelson (9.3 ppg) were both named honorable mention all-conference.
Badger South All-Conference First team: Adam Hobson, Jr. Honorable mention: Drew Anderson, Sr.; Jack Nelson, Jr. Player of the Year: Caden Nelson, Monona Grove
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Stoughton junior guard Adam Hobson cruises in for a layup on the break against Monroe senior Kade King, left, and sophomore Cade Meyer (15). Hobson was one of three players named unanimous first-team all-conference.
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Despite the saying, a dog is never too old to learn a new trick. It’s the idea behind a series of classes available at area senior centers: in retirement, older adults are Photo by Amber Levenhagen picking up new musical instruments through vari- Karen Warwick laughs with the group of Yahara Strummers during a September practice. ous programs. And in addition to it being a fun way to socialize with new friends, studies have shown that studying an instrument can have a A Gathering Place for Active Adults positive impact on an aging brain. A 2015 study from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and University of South Florida found that senior citizens who participated in bands and music programs for older adults demonstrated physical and psychological benefits. Playing the piano or organ helped reduce stress, maintained physical stamina, kept fingers, feet and the brain agile as well as helped increase cardioDaily Exercise Classes • Tai Chi & Yoga • Meals vascular strength, aeroEducational Presentations • Music & Special Events bic capacity and slowed age-related decline on cogHealth & Wellness Checks • Case Management Services nitive-motor skills. A partner study of 21 banjo play108 Paoli Street, Verona, WI • 608-845-7471 ers between the ages of 61 www.ci.verona.wi.us/290/Senior-Center and 84 showed an increase adno=61437 in quality of life – self esteem, feelings of competence and independence increased while feelings of isolation and loneliness were reduced. Have no fear – if you
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Patient advocates empower seniors Home security tips for seniors KIMBERLY WETHAL Unified Newspaper Group
Senior citizens who need someone to assist them with their medical needs – or just empowering them to ask about their health – can now access them in Fitchburg through a “Patient Advocate” program. The Fitchburg Senior Center’s Patient Advocate program began in June 2018, director Jill McHone said, after they found many of their clients were not able to understand what a physician was telling them or lacked confidence to ask their doctors questions as they attended their appointments alone. “It is a preventative and cost effective way to help
seniors that may not have a support system sift through the maze of information that they may receive on a doctor visit,” she wrote in an email. The Fitchburg program consists of two nurses and a certified patient advocate that works with clients that are recommended to the program by the senior center’s case managers. The program is designed for senior center patrons ages 60 and older, with 26 people receiving assistance through the pilot program since its inception. McHone said the most common areas of support given include medication management, information about medical providers and support with mental health issues. Those mental health issues
include depression, anxiety and memory issues. Patient advocates attend appointments with them, and also provide nursing services and educational classes on preventing diseases. “Advocacy by a nurse or patient advocate would empower the client to more effectively address concerns with their medical provider(s), thus improving medical care and creating more stability with older adults health,” the Fitchburg senior center’s grant proposal reads. “The goal being to reduce canceled appointments and decrease hospitalizations and improve the overall health and wellness of older adults which is a huge cost savings.”
Seniors are often targeted by criminals. Though m a n y c r i m i n a l s t a rg e t seniors from afar via telephone or internet scams, some criminals seek to enter seniors’ homes. The Bureau of Justice Statistics offers that, between 2003 and 2013, the ratio of property crime to violent crime was higher for the elderly and persons between the ages of 50 and 64 than it was for younger persons between the ages of 25 and 49. Home security is important for people of all ages, but especially so for seniors and aging individuals living alone. By following certain safety tips and developing a home security plan, seniors can feel safer at home.
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Locked mailboxes restrict access to sensitive information, such as bank account numbers, sent in the mail. Make sure retirement checks or other payments are deposited directly into bank accounts instead of having them sent by check.
Technology now enables doorbells to provide a video feed to a person’s smartphone or tablet over WiFi. This allows residents to see who is at the door and speak to this person without having to open the door. Some products like Ring¨ will even register motion activity and record short videos from outside of the house.
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When police, fire or EMS crews come upon a scene, communicating with people can often be chaotic and confusing. When those incidents involve older adults with Alzheimer’s or dementia, calm communication can be even more challenging. To help in these situations, Dane County is providing “sensory bags” containing items such as stuffed animals, squishy balls or “fidget” items that can help distract a person suffering from dementia during an emergency. The bags also contain instructions to help first-responders effectively communicate with a dementia sufferer while offering
those attempting to render aid.” “Any emergency situation is troubling enough, but it can be especially traumatic for someone suffering from dementia,” she said in a county news release March 6.
Providing comfort Dementia research has found that giving a person in crisis something to fidget with is calming, and an effective method for reducing anxiety and providing comfort without the use of medications. Seniors can use simple touch-based activities to occupy their hands and minds in safe and comforting ways. Dane County Human Services dementia care specialist Joy Schmidt said the bags will be located with local first responders and police departments, who will be able to give items from these bags to people with dementia. Also in the bag is a tip card for conversing with
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you should ask about the eating and sleeping habits of the child. You may have to defer to your own children’s guidelines on discipline and behavior.
Conduct a safety audit of your home if grandchildren will be coming over to your place. Are medications you may be taking out of reach? Learn what’s new Do you have gates to block Many things regarding stairs or restrict access to certain rooms? Modifications childcare have changed in the last 20 years, including safety may be needed. laws and guidelines. Be sure Take directions you are up to date on these The way you parented changes. And if you aren’t may not be the same way certain about something, your own children parent. ask. This involves everything Be humble and follow their from crib bar widths to car lead with regard to instruc- seat installation. tions. The parenting guide – Metro News Service Apt Parenting advises that
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There are several steps that older adults can take when considering how to safely exercise.
Exercise and aging: How to work out safely after 50 In an ideal world, people young and old exercise each day. But as men and women age, finding time to work out is not so easy. Commitments to work and family often take precedence over daily exercise. As a result, many people 50 and over might not have exercised regularly or at all in many years. But as children grow up or even move out, people facing down their golden years are often compelled to get back in the gym. That’s a wise decision that can increase a person’s chances of being healthy and happy in retirement. But before beginning a new exercise regimen, men and women over 50 should take heed of the following safety tips to ensure their efforts are not derailed by accident or injury.
on Aging notes that even people with chronic conditions such as heart disease, diabetes or arthritis can be physically active. However, anyone with such a condition and even those who don’t fall into those c a t eg o r i e s s h o u l d c o n sult with their physicians and receive a full physical before exercising. Such a consultation and checkup can shed light on any unknown issues, and physicians can offer advice on how to safely manage any problems that may arise.
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Even if you feel great and have maintained a healthy weight, don’t push yourself too hard at the start. Your body needs time to adjust to physical activity, so choose low-intensity exercises like walking light strength training Speak with physician and so your muscles, tendons The National Institute and ligaments can adjust. Initially, exercise every other day so your body has ample time to recover between workouts.
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Witnessing your children getting older and starting their own lives and families can be bittersweet. There is pride that comes with seeing their successes, but the melancholy of knowing that the years have passed so quickly. Although you may no longer be tucking your children into bed, reading them bedtime stories or bandaging “booboos,” when your children have children, the chance to nurture can start anew. One of the great joys that comes from having older children is the ability to welcome and love grandchildren. Grandchildren are points of light in people’s lives and provide the exuberance and excitement that reminds you of your own youth. Grandparents often are thrilled to be involved in the care and upbringing of their grandkids. Some may also live with their grandchildren to help take some pressures off of adult children. Babysitting is one way that grandparents can be a frequent fixture in their grandkids’ lives. If it’s been some time since you cared for little children, it’s well worth it to take a refresher course in child care.
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Medication mismanagement can be prevented alternatives with your physiNot all medications are cian if you are prescribed one Some seniors may benefit right for seniors of these medications. from friendly reminders from The American Geriatrics Keep a diary a loved one regarding when
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five or more medications per week, with some taking as many as 10. Medication confusion is one risk, but older adults also metabolize medications differently than young people. As a result, they may be more susceptible to overdose or other ill effects. Families looking to help seniors effectively manage their medications should consider the following tips.
Keep a running list of medications Maintain a list of all medications being taken, noting both prescription and overthe-counter medications and any supplements and herbs. Provide a copy to any new doctors you visit and any new
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Use pill sorters Medication sorters can keep medications organized and eliminate some of the personal error in medication management. Organizers have daily slots and may also differentiate between nighttime and daytime medications.
Understand each medication Ask your pharmacist and doctor to explain why each medication is prescribed. This information should be printed on the prescription label. Some drugs designed for one symptom may actually be used to treat other issues as well.
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Medication management is an important issue for seniors and their families. Failure to properly manage medications can threaten the lives of seniors, highlighting the emphasis families must place on ensuring seniors take their medications in strict adherence to their physicians’ instructions. Polypharmacy, or the taking of multiple medications for different conditions, can be a potential health hazard for the thousands of seniors who must manage health conditions with prescription drugs. Harmful drug interactions are a result of the confusion that can arise when seniors take multiple medications at the same time. The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists estimates that more than 34 percent of senior citizens are prescribed medications by more than one physician, and 72 percent use medications they were prescribed more than six months prior. Many people also have begun “pharmacy shopping” to save money. According to a study published in 2010 in American Nurse Today, 44 percent of men and 57 percent of women older than age 65 take
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Ukulele: Learning an instrument has positive health outcomes
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Continued from Page 9 don’t have access to a Deering Goodtime 2 5-String Banjo, Doric Organ or a Steinway & Sons piano, a senior center in the area can connect you with music-education programs that could provide the same impact.
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The ukulele is a popular instrument among older adults, according to AARP. The Fitchburg Ukulele Network (FUN) is an active part of the Fitchburg Senior Center, and the Yahara Strummers meet at the Stoughton Area Senior Center, both groups meeting weekly.
FUN started at FSC more than two years ago, center director Jill McHone wrote in an email. The group was started by Judy Christie, who McHone said was really interested in learning and took two summer classes at Madison College. She started holding small groups in December 2015 with around five people attending. “At that point we used YouTube videos, so we all learned the same techniques at the same time,” Christie wrote in an email. The center used memorial funds to purchase 10 ukuleles and then Christie began offering a beginner class. Two years after FUN started, the center now has
almost 20 people that meet on Tuesdays, ranging from 30 to 80 years old. The group sometimes partners with the Madison Area Ukulele Initiative, and through that partnership, Christie helped start the group in Stoughton by offering one of her beginner classes last year. The Yahara Strummers meet weekly on Wednesdays. The group formed in May, and around eight to 10 join in the get-together. Christie’s class helped inspire Ann Sawyer, the Strummer’s leader, who enjoyed the MAUI class so much that she reached out to Stoughton center director Cindy McGlynn, who offered the center’s
space for weekly practices. Sawyer said in a May 2018 interview that the group plans to play concerts to the senior center and around the Stoughton community. “ We ’r e l e a r n i n g a n d pushing ourselves, trying to introduce new things, so we can keep learning, progressing and having a good time,” Sawyer said. In addition to the regular music practices, the two senior centers sometimes offer music-based pro grams and discussions with guest speakers. To view u p c o m i n g eve n t s , v i s i t fitchburgwi.gov or stoughtonseniorcenter.com. – Amber Levenhagen
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Stoughton History March
• Ole Serstad, who was badly injured in a fall on the icy walk about four weeks ago and had his left hip broken in the accident, died at the city hospital Saturday, where he had been cared for since the accident. Deceased was 71 years of age, and was born in Toten, Norway, in 1838. He came to Stoughton about 17 years ago. • Mrs. Sarah E. Turner announces that she has placed in the hands of Mr. A.J. Westenhaver for sale at reduced prices some of the most desirable businesses and residence lots in the city of Stoughton. • William B. Taylor, who was elected governor of Wisconsin during the Granger movement in 1872 died at the Gisholt home for the aged in the town of Burke at 5 p.m. yesterday. He had been gradually failing since the first of the year and the end came peacefully. He was 88 years old. • King Edward witnessed two flights by Wilbur Wright yesterday afternoon, and showed an unusual amount of enthusiasm with the other spectators in the remarkable accomplishments of the American aeroplanist. Mr. Wright made the first ascension alone. He remained in the air seven minutes, performing marvelous evolutions with the utmost precision around the king and his party, and coming to the ground without difficulty.
80 years ago - 1939
turned on his red flashing lights to stop a 1964 Chevrolet Impala on I-90 for a tail light violation. Little did he know that moments later he would be chasing the car through Stoughton at speeds of 100 miles per hour. With a heavy foot, the Impala driven by a juvenile from Pardeeville with a passenger from Portage took off at speeds of 100-110 miles per hour to exit the system on Hwy. N and head toward Stoughton, with Black in hot pursuit. • Starting today, Bill’s Sewing Center will begin celebrating its grand opening in its new location in the Plaza Shopping Center. The store, which was located only a couple doors down from its new location, was moved into the expanded headquarters so that there would be enough space for the High Fashion Knit Sewing School classroom. • Stoughton’s retail community will increase by one next week, when Felland’s Men’s Wear will hold its grand opening. • Arthur J. Lacy, Sr., 73, who was instrumental in the erection of the veterans memorial and renaming of West Side Park to Veterans Memorial Park, died Tuesday at the Madison Veterans Administration Hospital after a long illness. As a veteran of World War I, he served with the 124th Machine Gun battalion in the 33rd Division of the U.S. Army. 50 years ago - 1969 • Stoughton has some • At 9:15 p.m. Tuesday, of the “biggest talkers” in State Trooper Joe Black the world, according to an annual survey by the • M r s . F. C . K r o ke n , Stoughton, was chosen Tuesday night to be one of three to represent Dane County at the national American Red Cross at Washington, April 24-27. • Possible action to induce a small manufacturing enterprise to locate in Stoughton rather than be in a neighboring community was begun at the regular meeting of the Stoughton Community Club Tuesday night at the Norness recreation club. • Completely outclassing Wisconsin High, the Stoughton high school basketball team rolled to a 46-25 victory in the Stoughton district class B championship game Friday night before a disappointingly small crowd at the high school gym. Stoughton will face the winner of the Darlington meet either next Friday or Saturday night in the regional tourney in Platteville. • H. H. Cummings, son of C. A. Cummings, who operates a funeral home at Montello, has moved to Stoughton and will operate the funeral home formerly known as the R.J. Anderson funeral home, 200 North Monroe Street. • Adolf Hitler proclaimed to the world Thursday that in accordance with the “law of self-preservation” he had occupied Czechia and that it henceforth would belong to the German Reich as a protectorate.
American Telephone & Telegraph Company. Jack Mayer, area manager for the Wisconsin Telephone Company, said local residents place 5.7 million telephone calls a year. This represents an average of 541 per year by every man, woman and child.
30 years ago - 1989 • Figures were bandied about and philosophies argued, but in the end the votes answered the question. In resounding fashion. Stoughton Area School District electors Monday night overwhelmingly approved the Owen Klongland property along South Street on the southwest side as the site of a possible new elementary school. The vote was 28463, backing a position taken by the City Council, which pushed hard for the site over the northwest side Obert Stiklestad property favored by the board of education. • The stage is set tonight for a third Dane County Board vote over the proposed Rutland Greyhound Park. But a fourth vote could well occur before the matter goes to County Executive Rick Phelps. • Stoughton residents may have to be prepared for sticker shock when they receive their property tax bills next year. Property taxes could increase almost 15 percent next year under a budget proposed for the Stoughton Area School District. • Preliminary specifications and costs exceeding $2.7 million for a possible new elementary school were
Academic Achievements Academic Achievements run as space is available, and this list of honorees and graduates is not complete. Due to the increased number of submissions after spring and fall graduation times, there is often a backlog in the following months. Note: If you have a non-Stoughton address, but your child attended school in the Stoughton Area School District, please email ungcollege@wcinet.com for consideration.
Fall 2018 Northland College Nathan Klein, dean’s list UW-Superior Jennifer Teche, dean’s list UW-Whitewater Taylor Boegel, dean’s list; Scott Boland, dean’s list; Brandon Brabender, dean’s list; Braeden Coleman, dean’s list; Amanda Douglass, dean’s list; Mikayla Frick, dean’s list; Zachary Hasselberger, dean’s list; Devin Keating, dean’s list; Mark Keenan, dean’s list; Garrett Kluever, dean’s list; David Krueger, dean’s list; Caitlin McLimans, dean’s list; Phoebe Miller, dean’s list; Alexa Nelson, dean’s list; Claire Onsager, dean’s list; Robyn Pohlod, dean’s list; Jed Pulley, dean’s list; Luc Ragainis, dean’s list; Kerstan Roeven, dean’s list; Alec Showers, dean’s list; Kassidy Silbaugh, dean’s list; Ashley Vance, dean’s list; Ryan Walker, dean’s list; Alexander Zacharias, dean’s list
Ripon College Alyssa Wicks, high honors Zakkariah Frieders, dean’s list; Bailey Jerrick, dean’s list UW-Madison Malachi Alvarez, dean’s honor list; Carthage College Megan Andraski, honor roll; Olivia Gunnar Goetz, dean’s list; Noah Schafer, Bakken, dean’s list; Ben Boerigter, dean’s dean’s list list; Ian Bormett, dean’s honor list; Hailey Brehmer, dean’s list; Ellen Cook, dean’s UW-River Falls list; Maren Dale, dean’s list; Drew Downie, Kira Fields, dean’s list; Madalyn dean’s list; Paige Haehlke, dean’s list; Pottinger, dean’s list; Sena Speloen, Nicole Hansen, dean’s list; Maegan Hohol, dean’s list dean’s list; Anne Hudkins, dean’s list; Erica Keenan, high honor roll; Emily Koshollek, UW-La Crosse dean’s list; Nicole Lankey, dean’s list; Emalyn Bauer, dean’s list; Tristan Jenny, Tiffany Laxton, dean’s list; Isabella Lenz, dean’s list; Mya Lonnebotn, dean’s list; dean’s honor list; Savanna Mahieu, dean’s Marianna Malin, dean’s list; Eli Malmquist, list; Shelby Orcutt, dean’s honor list; Olivia dean’s list; Alec Morrison, dean’s list; Panthofer, dean’s list; Raina Richardson, Sophie Pitney, dean’s list; Keaton Read, dean’s list; Paul Rosowski, dean’s honor dean’s list; Gabriel Ross, dean’s list; list; Amanda Schlimgen, dean’s honor list; Josephine Talbert, dean’s list; Kimberly Allison Slager, dean’s list; Lydia Starkey, Thompson, dean’s list; Gabriella Zaemisch, dean’s list; Tiamarie Sundby, dean’s list; dean’s list; Brittany Schuttemeier, Ray Ian Sutton, dean’s list; Imamuddin Syed, Koenig Memorial Scholarship dean’s list; Fitim Useini, high honor roll; Jessica Wendt, dean’s list; Xing Yang, Edgewood College dean’s list; Ella Zimbrick, dean’s list Gianna Barberino, dean’s list, semester honors; Morgan Collins, dean’s list, Northeastern University semester honors; Sydney Johnson, Alyssa Solberg, dean’s list dean’s list, semester honors; Madeline McClimon, dean’s list, semester honors; Marquette University Lisa Skar, dean’s list, semester honors; Jessica Diebold, dean’s list; Caroline Bailie Halverson, semester honors Mancl, dean’s list; Delaney Winton, dean’s list Iowa State Joseph Lepine, dean’s list University of Iowa Tyler Anderson, dean’s list; Kai Le Michigan Technological University Becker, dean’s list; Jenna Gardner, dean’s Nathan Krueger, dean’s list list
UW-Stevens Point Skyler Gunderson, honors; Megan UW-Madison Ashley Nelson, Landmark Services Neerdaels, honors; Makaya Roberson, honors; Benjamin Schleppenbach, hon- Cooperative Scholarship ors; Emily Skavlen, high honors; Nicholas UW-Stout Waid, honors Sarah Seaton, chancellor’s award University of Minnesota Duluth UW-Green Bay Payton Kahl, dean’s list Noah Krumenauer, highest honors;
Hillsdale College Sydney Tone, 4.0 dean’s list; Shelby Tone, 4.0 dean’s list Luther College Bergen Gardner, dean’s list University of Kansas Madeline Brown, honor roll
presented to the Stoughton Board of Education Monday night. A new school building at an estimated cost of $2,767, 821 would consist of 11 classrooms, a 5,000 square-foot gymnasium and a 2,000 square-foot multipurpose room. • Stoughton’s Kathleen Hanson had never flown. It was the last thing on her mind when she picked up the phone one day last November. She just wanted to see John Denver. Radio station WSTO was giving away tickets to a John Denver concert, and she was the 15th caller and won. She and her husband Obert enjoyed the flight to the concert and got to meet the singer.
10 years ago - 2009 • Stoughton Chamber of Commerce administrator Dave Phillips and Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton were two of several individuals who discussed branding and marketing initiatives based upon Stoughton’s strong historical and cultural identity. Lawton, the keynote speaker, talked about the importance of identifying a long-term vision and points of differentiation that make Stoughton unique. • Creating a safe space for young people to discover their own voice and learn how to share it with the world: That’s the philosophy behind Eyes of Hope, a new organization created
by Stoughton resident Amy Warner and her husband, Jay. • Stoughton’s Preserve American Committee is hoping the third time’s the charm as it prepares for another round of securing federal dollars for its Historic Stoughton Marketing Campaign. Last summer, the group filed for -- but failed to receive -- a $250,000 federally funded matching grant to help launch a broad-based marketing campaign and branding initiative with “historic Stoughton” playing a central role. • Stoughton Trailers on March 5 issues its second WARN notice in three months – a possible foreshadowing of more layoffs for the company. Worker Adjustment and Retaining Notifications (WARN) offer protection to workers, their families and communities by requiring employers to provide notice 60 days in advance of plant closings and mass layoffs, according to a WARN fact sheet. • Sophomore Trevor Hoth jump-started Stoughton’s first-ever trip to the WIAA boys state tournament 15 minutes, 26 seconds into the first period on the power play, but after a scoreless second, Superior tallied four third-period goals over the final five minutes to secure a 4-1 victory. – Scott De Laruelle
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‘Hot spot’ contains 50 times max lead level DNR calls finding typical; RDA, city exempt from liability ALEXANDER CRAMER Unified Newspaper Group
An environmental report found an extremely elevated level of lead in one sample at a riverfront site that is targeted for redevelopment, but a state expert told the Hub that’s not an unusual discovery. The sample, taken directly in the middle of the riverfront redevelopment site on the portion that once was owned by MillFab,
contained 45,500 mg of lead per kg of soil, which is “50 times greater than the (acceptable) industrial direct contact residual contaminant levels,” according to the contractors who performed the work. Redevelopment Authority consultant Gary Becker then asked the contractors to perform additional testing around the site to determine the scope of contamination. “We were kind of aware there would be hot spots,” Becker told the Hub. “The next step is to hone in on what the hot spot is.” The sample that contained the high level of lead was taken in 2015 from a geotechnical soil boring directly
between the river and South Street and between Fourth and Eighth streets. It was found between 1 and 3 feet below ground level. State Department of Natural Resources hydrogeologist Jeffrey Ackerman, the site’s project manager, said the level of contaminants on the site is “typical of what we’d expect on any industrial site.” “It’s a really high number, but it’s not alarming,” he told the Hub. “You could get an individual piece of lead, a lead paint chip or a chunk of lead from some other thing. That’s why we had them do additional samplings.” T h e R DA o w n s t h e land and received a local
government unit liability exemption in 2015. It is not required to respond to the finding, the DNR said, though it is recommending the RDA pursue additional sampling. Only one of the three borings taken from the surrounding sampling sites showed elevated levels of lead, Ackerman said, though it did show up in a composite sample. A second of the three samples reported having lead, according to documents from the contractor, but at levels that did not exceed industrial or non-industrial contact. The DNR has two open sites on the riverfront redevelopment site: one called
“Highway Trailer Building,” which is closer to South Eighth Street, and now “MillFab Former,” which the DNR opened Feb. 25. Ackerman manages both and said the data are relatively consistent across the site. There is a possibility soil will have to be trucked off site, which costs about $50$100 per ton, Ackerman estimated, but he said he doesn’t think the fix will be “expensive.” Becker pointed out that most of the site is fill soil, which is not sturdy enough to support a building. Commonly, these issues are resolved by capping the site with an impermeable
surface like a parking lot, Becker said. And if a building were to be placed on the site, the fill would have to be removed, anyway. “From my perspective, there’s no rush, and it would probably be better for the developer to do it,” Becker said, adding that there are grants to pursue that might help with cleanup costs. The consultants delivered the Phase 2 report in February, and Becker said when he looked at it, he thought, “This isn’t too bad, we can deal with it easily.” Contact Alexander Cramer at alexander.cramer@ wcinet.com.
Riverfront: Anticipated full buildout expected to be finished in eight to 12 years, start in 2020 or 2021 Continued from page 1
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The RDA has sent a document to 130 developers asking for expressions of interest about developing the riverfront site. It outlines the RDA’s vision for the site, which includes both residences and businesses, green space and an expectation to create $50 million in new value. will be expensive, and the city will pay a lot of the initial costs. It’s already bought the land and demolished some of the buildings and will likely continue to foot the bill to clean up contaminants from the former industrial site and for infrastructure like roads, water and sewer. It’s imperative the project creates enough value that the city will recoup these costs through future property taxes, the RFEI states, which will require an estimated creCreating value ated value of about $50 milRedeveloping the riverside lion. The RDA will attempt to balance those economic needs with aesthetic considerations that incorporate the “design with nature” concept of the famous landscape architect Ian McHarg, according to the RFEI. “This opportunity comes once in a city’s history,” the document states. “This is expected to be an exceptional riverside neighborhood that takes full advantage of its location. The waterfront
its future. It invites ideas for how to repurpose the historic buildings on site, but doesn’t require their inclusion. Submissions are due back in mid-April, and the RDA will consider them and engage with developers over the summer as it hones the Request for Proposals which will be sent out in the fall. If the tentative timeline holds, the RDA will have picked a master developer or developers for the project’s phases in early 2020.
will be in public ownership and provide a substantial swath of public space. Density, open space, and environmental amenities must be balanced with a bias toward human interactions with nature.” The area around the redevelopment site is growing, with the city projected to add 572 households by 2020, according to the RFEI, and the area within a half-hour’s drive from Stoughton is projected to add nearly 11,000. The RFEI envisions a variety of housing options, including condos, homes and mediumto high-density rentals at various prices. It touts the city’s attractions for potential homeowners, including the much sought-after young families that will bring kids to Stoughton’s schools, citing the Stoughton Opera House, parks and trails, city-owned utilities and the full-service hospital. It also tells developers a tax-increment financing district (TID 8) has been created
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expectations in its Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI): that the development should generate about $50 million in new property values, that it should mix businesses and residences, that it should be designed to stand the test of time for several generations and that it should be built with an eye toward sustainability and integrated with its natural surroundings. The RFEI gives developers room to pursue their own design strategies and avoids constraints on how to get where the RDA wants the project to go. Later this year, when that vision has come into clearer focus, the RDA will solicit more detailed proposals from select developers. For now, it’s hoping to cast a wide net. RDA chair Roger Springman said while the development will have to pay off the money the city has put into it and in effect, “pay for itself,” the real measure of its success isn’t measured in ones and zeroes. “Because this is a public venture, the benefits have to accrue to the public,” Springman told the Hub. “It has to not only bring dollar value, it has to bring community value.” The document itself goes a step further, saying it hopes the project will prove to be a cross-generational tie between the city’s industrial past and
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“with the purpose of assisting in the funding of the riverfront redevelopment project.” The project plan includes allowable expenditures on “infrastructure, demolition, remediation, site work and recreational amenity costs.” The RFEI lists other funding sources, like grants, tax credits, loans and debt issuance. The RDA envisions businesses as well as residences in the development, and it cites 2014 numbers that state households within a 30-minute drive of Stoughton are projected to spend more than $10.2 billion on retail in 2020. RDA members have floated ideas such as a brewery where the former power plant now sits, and a place to buy sundries or a potential boat-rental spot to pair with the proposed whitewater park. It includes the whitewater park’s economic impact study as an appendix. The RDA hopes the site will become “an exceptional regional destination,” as Springman put it.
Incorporating nature The redevelopment site abuts the Yahara River, and the RFEI says it will feature a “substantial” portion of publicly owned land directly adjacent to the water in the form of a riverfront trail and green space. The land will be tied to Mandt Park directly across the river with a pedestrian bridge as soon as this year, and the RFEI tells
developers the city is planning a whitewater park on the river between the two. A Mandt Park master plan will be created later this year. Redeveloping contaminated land and adding housing density in the heart of the city are themselves sustainable practices, the RFEI states, “but we can do more.” “This project aspires to push the envelope on green buildings through the use of energy-efficient building designs, renewable energy (and) recycled and/or re-used building materials,” the document states. The document invites developers to offer ideas for an “adaptive reuse” for either the blacksmith shop or power plant, even giving the “legacy properties” their own section. It acknowledges the blacksmith shop’s “structural instability” and so offers flexibility: “Developers may … use its architectural design features for a new structure” or attempt to combine the old and the new. Developers are told the RDA believes the power plant will qualify for Historic Preservation Tax Credits. It says the RDA would like to weave together the natural and manmade on the site and balance the need for density with open spaces, always “with a bias toward human interactions with nature.” Contact Alexander Cramer at alexander.cramer@ wcinet.com.
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Obituary Donne Seamonson Donne Seamonson, age 62, of Stoughton, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, at the VA hospital in Madison, with his daughter Nina by his side. He was born on August 18, 1956, the son of Darrell and Dolores (Silbaugh) Seamonson. Donne graduated from Stoughton High School, class of 1974, and than did a stint in the Navy. After the Navy he took up the carpet trade along with his brothers. Donne was a very lucky guy and lived life by
All-you-can-eat waffles, pancakes, French toast, bacon, sausage links, ham, biscuits and gravy, strawberries, hash browns and scrambled eggs: an expansive menu greeted guests arriving to American Legion Post 59 for the pancake breakfast Sunday, Feb. 17. The fundraising meal was complemented by coffee, orange juice and milk, and a gift basket of food and drink was given away via raffle. All proceeds from the event went to the food pantries of the City of Stoughton and the Stoughton United Methodist Church, respectively.
his own rules. He loved gambling, card games, football pools, boating and trips to Ho-Chunk. Donne is survived by his daughter, Nina Seamonson; grandchildren; brothers Darrell, Dan, sister Denise and step mother Eddie and his beloved dog Tuffy; as well as many other good friends and relatives. H e wa s p r e c e d e d i n death by his parents; and a brother, David. A Celebration of Life in Donne’s honor will be held at the American Legion Hall, 803 N. Page St, Stoughton, from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m., on Saturday, March 16, 2019.
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Legals NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The City of Stoughton Plan Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, April 8, 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 proposed ordinance amendments to the City of Stoughton Municipal Code of Ordinances section 78-206(8) and Chapter 78 – Appendix C. These proposed amendments are primarily to establish requirements for the keeping of bees in certain zoning districts 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: March 7 and 14, 2019 WNAXLP *** NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The City of Stoughton Plan Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, April 8, 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 proposed ordinance amendments to the City of Stoughton Municipal Code of Ordinances section 78-206(8)(y) and Chapter 78 – Appendix C. These proposed amendments are primarily to eliminate the need for a yearly license to keep chickens in certain zoning districts 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: March 7 and 14, 2019 WNAXLP
*** BOARD OF EDUCATION STOUGHTON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD-REGULAR MEETING (MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2019) 1. Regular Board Meeting Opening A. Call Meeting to Order-A regular meeting of the Stoughton Area School District was called to order on February 18, 2019 at 7:00 pm by Board President Francis Sullivan. B. Roll Call-Jon Coughlin, Joe Freye, Tim Bubon, Steve Jackson, Yolibeth FitzGibbon, Francis Sullivan, Kathleen Hoppe, Jill Patterson, Allison Sorg. C. Public Comment-None. D. Legislative Update-Kathleen Hoppe provided information about: 201921 state budget will be introduced by Governor Evers on 2/28/2019; WASB testified in support of Senate Bill 16, which increases funding for career and technical education (CTE) incentive grants for school districts; new Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) guidance is release from the U.S. Department of Education; and the nonpartisan Wisconsin Policy Forum (WPF) released a new online school data resource tool. 2. District Administrator Report-Dr. Onsager’s report included information about assessing options for making up school due to snow days, and he presented a new video which highlights and promotes the district’s Science, Technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) education initiative. 3. Consent Agenda-A motion was made by FitzGibbon, seconded by Freye and carried unanimously to approve the February 4, 2019 Regular Board Meeting Minutes as presented; approve the January 30 - March 5, 2019 check register and February 5, 2019 PCard transaction report as presented; We would like to say thank you to the following individuals and groups and move approval of
their donations to the district: $30,000.00 from Stoughton Sports Booster, Inc. for High School Weight Room Remodel, $4,000.000 from the Stoughton Viking Wrestling Club for High School Weight Room Remodel, $150.00 from the Kegonsa Working for Kids Parent Group, Inc. for Family Literacy Night, an electric bass and amplifier from Don Breckbill valued at $424.00, and related cash donation budget adjustments for $34,150.00; approve the resignation of Cindy Vaughn at the end of the 2018-19 school year; approve the retirement of Mary Scott at the end of the 2018-2019 school year; approve the River Bluff Middle School Overnight Field Trip Request to Concordia Language Villages in Bemidji, MN for 7th & 8th Graders on March 1-3, 2019; and approve the $10,000 WISELearn OER Innovation IMPL Grant awarded by the WI DPI WISELearn OER Innovation Grant Team. 4. Discussion A. Committee Reports-Employee Relations Committee (ERC) met with SEA leadership and their regional representative. Positive discussion ensued regarding SEA concerns from a list provided ahead of time. No other committees have met. B. Policy 501 Nondiscrimination Statement-This current policy was brought forth from the Policy Committee with recommended revisions specifying to whom staff or students questions should be directed. Discussion ensued. This policy will be brought for a second reading and approval at the next board meeting. 5. Discussion/Action Items A. 2019-2020 School Calendar (Second Reading)-A motion was made by Sorg, seconded by Hoppe, and carried unanimously (Yes-Coughlin, Freye, Bubon, Jackson, FitzGibbon, Sullivan, Hoppe, Patterson, Sullivan) to approve the 2019-2020 School Calendar as pre-
sented with the correction made to Thanksgiving week. B. Bus Lease Resolution - A motion was made by Jackson, seconded by Patterson, and carried unanimously to approve the resolution authorizing the acquisition of equipment, the execution and delivery of a lease purchase agreement and related instruments, and determining other matters in connection therewith-2buses. 6. Meeting Closing A. Recap of Action Items-None. B. Future Meetings/Events-Regular Board Meetings: March 4 & 18 Finance Committee Meeting: March 18 Policy Committee Meeting: March 4 & April 1 Employee Relations Committee Meeting: March 11 & April 8 Facilities Committee Meeting: May 21 C. Adjournment-A motion was made by Freye, seconded by FitzGibbon, and carried unanimously to adjourn at 7:41 pm. ____________________ Yolibeth FitzGibbon, Clerk Published: March 14, 2019 WNAXLP *** PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The City of Stoughton Landmarks Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Thursday, April 11, 2019 at 6:30 p.m., or as soon after as the matter may be heard, in the City Hall, Hall of Fame Room, Lower Level, 381 E. Main Street, Stoughton, Wisconsin, 53589, to consider designating the building at 515 E. Main Street (100 S. Seventh Street), historically known as the Turner and Atkinson Tobacco Warehouse as a Local Landmark building. For questions regarding this notice please contact the City Zoning Administrator at 608-646-0421 Published: March 14, 2019 WNAXLP
*** PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The City of Stoughton Landmarks Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Thursday, April 11, 2019 at 6:30 p.m., or as soon after as the matter may be heard, in the City Hall, Hall of Fame Room, Lower Level, 381 E. Main Street, Stoughton, Wisconsin, 53589, to consider designating the building at 118 N. Page Street, historically known as the Era H. and Harriet Grout Gerard House as a Local Landmark building. For questions regarding this notice please contact the City Zoning Administrator at 608-646-0421 Published: March 14, 2019 WNAXLP *** PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The City of Stoughton Landmarks Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Thursday, April 11, 2019 at 6:30 p.m., or as soon after as the matter may be heard, in the City Hall, Hall of Fame Room, Lower Level, 381 E. Main Street, Stoughton, Wisconsin, 53589, to consider designating the building at 148-154 E. Main Street, historically known as the Hans Peterson Building as a Local Landmark building. For questions regarding this notice please contact the City Zoning Administrator at 608-646-0421 Published: March 14, 2019 WNAXLP *** NOTICE TOWN OF PLEASANT SPRINGS OPEN BOOK The Assessment Roll for the Town of Pleasant Springs will be available for inspection after March 29, 2019 at the Clerk’s Office, 2354 County Road N, Stoughton, WI 53589, during regular office hours. The office is open Monday
and Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and Thursday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (After April 12, Thursday hours are 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) The town assessors, Accurate Appraisal, LLC, will hold OPEN BOOK, at which time property owners can examine the assessment roll and discuss assessments, at the Town Hall, 2354 County Road N, on WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2019, from Noon to 3:30 pm and 4:30 pm to 7:00 pm., and on THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2019 from 9:00 am to noon, and from 1:00 to 3:00 pm. We encourage every property owner to take advantage of the opportunity to; * Learn how the assessment was calculated. * Compare your property to similar properties. * Verify open land acreages and valuations. * Learn how market activity affected the assessment. To schedule an appointment for Open Book, please contact Accurate Appraisal at 1.800.770.3927 or log on www. accurateassessor.com and click on the scheduling link. If you cannot be present at Open Book, please call Accurate Appraisal, or e-mail your questions to question@accurateassessor.com. Please note that, upon reasonable notice, efforts will be made to accommodate the needs of disabled individuals through appropriate aids and services. For additional information or to request this service, contact the clerk’s office at the Pleasant Springs Town Hall, 2354 County Road N, Stoughton, WI, 53589. T: (608) 873-3063 F: (608) 877-9444 E: clerktreasurer@pleasantsprings.org /s/Maria Hougan Clerk/Treasurer Published: March 14 and 21, 2019 WNAXLP ***
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STEAM: New ‘toys’ include computers for making 3D items, robot coding program Continued from page 1 providing some seed money to start a pilot STEAM lab at Sandhill. He said the goals this year have been basic – try some new things, keep track of how it’s working and move slowly but surely. “We want it all to interconnect when it comes forward – the combination of STEAM and putting it into what we already doing – that’s the complicated piece,” Fimreite said. “If this is successful, we can roll it out to all elementaries so all kids have this opportunity.”
New tools So far, the school has purchased a variety of tools and “toys,” including two Sprout computers with which kids can create three-dimensional items. “Once you go get into working with computers to solve problems, there are a lot of different tools out there,” Fimreite said. “We’re collecting stuff and trying things out. It’s been an adventure.” A favorite so far has been “Little Bits,” a coding program kids can use to create robots for functions such as moving tires or flashing lights. “There’s a lot kids can do,” he said. “They’re hooking the Little Bits to the computer, and fix a problem they’re trying to resolve.” First-grade teacher Andrea Nichols said she’s integrated STEAM lessons each week with her class during smallgroup “exploration” time. “I’ve had kids designing cameras, and they have these moving pieces and they’re explaining how it works,” she told the Hub. “They’ve made glasses, hockey players, all these really creative things. So far it’s been going really well.” Another favorite has been using “Magnaflex” pieces to help flesh out part of the first-grade science curriculum to “discover” a new species of animal. “They have to figure out where it would live, how it would protect itself, and with these Magnaflex, they can build that animal and write about it,” she said. “The kids are doing more.”
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Sandhill Elementary School students Frances Varrelmann and Meadow Sawicki make some measurements during a recent project in the school’s growing STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) lab.
How to help Sandhill Elementary School officials are seeking both materials and partners to work with their burgeoning STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) lab. Whether it’s old materials like buttons, ribbons, tape or fabric, or recyclables materials like magazines or yogurt containers, the school will put them to use.. For information, email principal Jeff Fimreite at jeff.fimreite@stoughton.k12.wi.us.
an uncertain job market a decade or so from now. When looking at what careers her students might end up in, Sandhill learning strategist Kelly Stewart it’s difficult to gauge what skills they will need. “The biggest thing is getting (students) to be able to think critically and problem-solve and work with other people to prepare them for things we don’t even know are out there Hands-on learning yet,” she told the Hub. Nichols said the STEAM The more kids can do, the better their chances are in projects so far have been “very engaging” for
students of all capabilities. “I can really be a motivator for some of our at-risk or struggling students as well as our students who really need to be challenged, and everyone in between,” she told the Hub. “It’s a nice way to meet those needs and also give students an opportunity to explore what they’re interested in.” Fimreite said not all learners are the same, and some will thrive with hands-on learning that the new lab can provide. “ I t ’s t h a t c r e a t iv e
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problem-solving, to be able to work though collaboratively as students, which is a huge skill,” he said. “That’s how we’re feeling we can feed them into the middle school and eventually the high school, getting them started really early on.”
Stewart said the next steps for the program are figuring out how to use the STEAM tools “on a more consistent basis and integrating them into things already happening in the classroom.” “This is definitely an experimental year for us,”
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Volunteer: Involved in Sunday School, Key Club to hear about their week and talk about how school is Sunday School going and do fun activities Vingum began volunteer- together.” ing in eighth grade, when Key Club she learned that Christ Lutheran Church was lookVingum joined the Key ing for Sunday School Club her freshman year at teachers. SHS. The group meets every “I’ve always loved kids Monday, discusses variand helping out, I figured ous volunteer opportunities that was the best way to do around the community, and both,” she said. students are able to sign up She said she plans to for activities they are interattend St. Norbert College ested in. Vingum said a starting next year to pursue recent favorite was Santa’s a degree in early elementa- Workshop, which included ry education, having already crafts, visits with santa and had an idea that she wanted face painting at the Chorus to be a teacher. Public House during VictoriTeaching those fifth-grade an Holiday weekend. students in Sunday School And of all of her memfor the last few years was a ories throughout her volbig part of her service hours. unteer experience, the Key She helps plan activities and Club daycare activity two crafts around lesson plans years ago stands out as her given to her by the program favorite. director, and each week she “It might not seem like a executes the plan and makes super important activity, but sure the crafts help keep the I just love kids,” she said. kids engaged throughout the “They were so excited to lesson. see us and be with us and I “I was afraid the kids were remember feeling how much going to be like, ‘You’re so I love doing what I do.” young, how can you try to teach us,’ but they’ve been Contact Amber LevenhaPhoto by Amber Levenhagen super good,” she said. “I gen at amber.levenhagen@ Taylor Vingum, a Stoughton High School senior, was recognized for her years of volunteer look forward to being able wcinet.com. work with The President’s Volunteer Service Award.
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Continued from page 1 for the award and selected based on criteria that evaluate cumulative volunteer hours over a 12-month period. Vingum won the bronze award, which recognizes volunteers who serve 100174 hours in the year for her age group. The award includes presidential recognition, a personalized certificate, a pin, medallion or coin and a congratulatory letter from President Donald Trump. “Through a shared mission of inspiring more to answer the call to service, (the award) celebrates the impact we can all make in bettering our communities and our world,” the award website states. Despite having dedicated so much time to volunteering, Vingum said she was surprised by the recognition. “It’s really nice to have recognition for all of the hard work you do,” she said. “This award is saying to do as much as we can for the community and any little thing, whether it’s doing something just one time, it’s still such a help. Doing
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