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Smiles for Syttende Mai Remembering veterans, one by one

The rain didn’t keep the Norwegians away this weekend. Despite sporadic rainy weather on all three days, the Syttende Mai festival went on, with plenty of indoor activities available for people, as they learned about and explored Norwegian heritage. At the Chorus Public House, attendees had the opportunity to watch lefse being made in realtime, watch wool get spun and hear the melodies of the Hardanger fiddle fill the air. Across and down the street, Livsreise featured the work of late Stoughton native Ethel Kvalheim, who rose to prominence as a rosemaler. Just to the south, the Sons of Norway Mandt Lodge served up traditional Norwegian cuisine to patrons who were both hungry and looking to get out from under questionable skies. The festival’s mainstays, including the canoe race, the Saturday morning runs and walk, the Norse Costume Style Show, the arts and crafts fair and the quilt show kept people busy throughout the festival. The skies, though unpredictable, held together for the Saturday youth parade, and gave way to sunshine on Sunday just as the parade was starting, a departure from weather models that predicted the heaviest rain starting at that time.

List is 5,571 and counting for memorial committee SCOTT DE LARUELLE Unified Newspaper Group

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Aubree Bading, 2, watches the Sunday parade. The Syttende Mai festival ran May 17-19.

Last week, the Stoughton Area Veterans Memorial Park committee had the names of 5,570 veterans with area ties. This week, it has 5,571, after one of the more “unusual” ways of updating the list for Roger Kleven and Basil Sadler. The two have led the monumental mission to find as many names of area veterans as they can to inscribe on the memorial. “Two days ago, we found a guy, a Vietnam veteran who we missed,” Kleven said. “He had moved to Arizona, and his brother came back here for his funeral and happened to stop by the park when I was there.” Unusual, perhaps, but for Kleven, it’s exactly the reason that so many people spent so much time and effort to build the Stoughton Area Veterans Memorial Park, which sits at the corner of County Hwy. B and Country Club Road in Pleasant Springs. Site work started in late 2015, and after a $1 million

Inside When and where Stoughton will honor Memorial Day Page 2 fundraising effort, the park was dedicated Oct. 14, 2017. The list dates back to the War of 1812, including 176 killed in action, and Kleven said the goal is to keep pushing for more. “You just keep getting the word out,” he told the Hub this week. “It’s going to be an ongoing process, and our goal is to leave no leaf unturned, so to speak.”

Breakfast chatter Kleven, a 1959 Stoughton High School graduate who served in the Army National Guard in the 1960s during the Berlin Crisis, is a longtime member of Stoughton’s American Legion Post 59. A few years ago, he was flipping pancakes and listening to a former classmate and National Guard member talk about getting a group together to “see if we can’t build a memorial

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Criddle Park getting ‘adventure’ playground Wooden equipment could be test run for other parks ALEXANDER CRAMER Unified Newspaper Group

On a recent sunny Mond a y, a b o u t a h a l f - d o z en childrens’ bikes were parked at Criddle Park with no owners in sight.

The small, “pocket” park on Monroe Street just north of Main Street gets a lot of traffic from kids waiting for their school bus, parks and recreation director Dan Glynn told the Hub, and many stay to play a bit before and after school. So as the park’s equipment wore out, Glynn said his department undertook an “intensive” public input process to hear what the

park’s users wanted to see there. Glynn said his department got feedback over 18 months from about 100 kids and neighbors of the park during conversations at community events and neighborhood barbeques, and the overwhelming response was that they wanted a “tree house feature” with a natural feel

similar to what is already at the park. On May 14, the Common Council approved spending up to $45,000 for GRG Playscapes to design and install what’s called a “natural/adventure playground” at Criddle Park. Work will start once school lets out for the summer, Glynn wrote in Photo by Alexander Cramer an email, and is expected to Park users said they’d like to see a similar tree house feature when the park is updated, and the city agreed, with installaTurn to Criddle/Page 20 tion planned to be completed by late July.

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Memorial Day ceremonies set for Monday The Stoughton area will remember fallen service members from wars going back more than 200 years during Monday’s Memorial Day ceremonies. The parade will start at 10 a.m. May 27 and head down Main Street to the Mandt Community Center (400 Mandt Pkwy.), with participants lining up at the corner of West Main and South Prairie streets, just west of the bridge. A program will be held afterward at the center, and if the parade is canceled due to inclement weather, the program will begin at 11 a.m., rain or shine. Participants in this year’s parade, led by parade marshalls Sonny Swangstu and Ilein Taipe, include area veterans, the River Bluff Marching Band, Stoughton Fire/EMS and police vehicles and personnel, area Scouts, veterans on motorcycles and a group of area Purple Heart recipients. At the program in the Mandt Center, the Stoughton City Band will begin with a musical prelude and the National Anthem sung by Julie Nygaard. After a welcome from Stoughton Mayor Tim Swadley, the guest speaker will be Army Sgt. First Class Andrew J. Weins, who has served in the Army Reserves for 15 years, including deployments in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom in Iraq and at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. A resident of Jackson, his decorations

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If You Go What: Stoughton Memorial Day parade and program When: Parade starts at 10 a.m.; program held immediately after parade Where: Downtown Stoughton; program at Mandt Community Center, 400 Mandt Pkwy. Info: 873-7528 (Note: If the parade is canceled due to weather, the program at Mandt will begin at 11 a.m.) include the Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal (two Campaign stars), the Global War on Terror Expeditionary Medal, Combat Action Badge and the Army Meritorious Unit Citation. A group of Purple Heart recipients from the Stoughton area will be introduced: Phil Clark, Russell Dennison, Robert Hill, Andrew Howard, David Harvey, Jason Johns, Curt Larson, Joe Lempa, Allen Pope and Greg Vodak. VFW Post 328 Commander Ilein Taipe and American Legion Post 59 Commander Sonny Swangstu will then read the “Roll Call” of veterans who

The 2019 Poppy Princess is Kegonsa Elementary School fifth-grader Jazzlynn Radecky, daughter of Stoughton VFW Vice-Commander Sherri Barrett. Her grandparents are Edith March and the late Darrell March.

died between May 1, 2018 and April 30 this year. Memorial tributes will be placed for the veterans, and area Boy and Girl Scouts will participate in the wreath ceremony. The American Legion Honor Guard will perform a rifle salute, followed by “Taps” by Stoughton City Band buglers Cindy Lehr and Peter Hermann and a flag folding ceremony by the American Legion Honor Guard. The band will accompany Nygaard in a rendition of “God Bless America” to close the proceedings. People are invited after the ceremony for coffee, donuts and a cookout at the American Legion Post 59, 803 N. Page St. For information call 873-7528.

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Stoughton veteran Mel Alme looks at the names of area veterans etched onto slabs of black marble.

Veterans: Dedication and research behind ‘centerpiece’ Continued from page 1 in Stoughton.” They kept talking, and got more and more veterans involved until a core group of around 10 formed a steering committee, with Duane Broughton and Bud Erickson taking lead roles in the park’s design and fundraising. Kleven said it was important for the park to have an “educational” theme, and the group incorporated that into the design. “ We w a n t e d t o h ave our centerpiece, a modern ‘Gold Star’ list for the people who lost their lives in the service, and also list everybody who served,” he said. “That was started right at the get-go when we decided what we wanted the park to look like, and that was quite an undertaking.”

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Kleven had done some genealogy work for his family and volunteered to help find the names. He was quickly joined by Sadler, who helped with the “computer aspect,” and the two spent countless hours researching. Unfortunately, finding veterans’ names isn’t as easy as it may sound, due to strict privacy laws. “We couldn’t just call the Army and say, ‘Hey, we want to know everyone in the army from Stoughton Wisconsin from this date to this date,’” Kleven said. Also, some veterans currently serving “have a hard time finding us,” he said. So the two ended up working heavy hours to get as many names in place for the dedication. “It was pretty much five days a week, every morning, doing research,” Kleven said. “The senior center has a lot of old Hubs, we went through the old VFW and Legion membership cards going back to World War II, we went to the library, there were some old books and clippings from newspaper articles, photographs… a board that listed all the people who were in the service.” They even spent time walking area cemeteries, looking for someone they might have missed, or misspelled. Once they found names, they often had to do some extra research to verify spellings. “You might find some ‘Hansens’ with an ‘en’ or

How to help The Stoughton Area Veterans Park Memorial committee is looking for names of veterans with ties to the Stoughton area, particularly those who served during the Vietnam Era. For information, email ember Roger Kleven at kleven@charter.net. an ‘on,’ or ‘Johnsons,” he said. “So we did a lot of name ‘purification’ – we had to purge as we went through to make sure we didn’t end up with duplicates, and verified everything. Now, the list appears good.”

Closing in While the group is finding fewer names in recent years, Kleven said they’ll keep trying to add as many as they can, though he thinks they’re “probably close” to getting that number. “That was our vision when we started, and once we got on that path, we wanted to make sure we got everybody,” he said. “Last year, we added 54 names, this year 6, so it’s trending down, but to this day, we still are finding people who were in Stoughton.” In the meantime, Kleven said he hopes the community enjoys and makes use of the memorial park, and not just on Memorial Day or Veterans Day. He said the names listed there – both the veterans who served and those who died – are worth remembering. “You look at the veterans who served in any of the wars, what they went through, all the sacrifices these people made, we just can’t let that go,” he said. “They have to be remembered, and I think our project did a good job in doing that. “It’s a place where people can go and visit and see the people who served and find out the history.” Email Unified Newspaper Group reporter Scott De Laruelle at scott.delaruelle@wcinet.com.

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Mayor Tim Swadley went to the state Capitol May 22 to lobby state lawmakers on behalf of the City of Stoughton. He planned to join other area elected officials and municipal administrators as part of the League of Wisconsin Municipalities’ Municipal Lobby Day. In a phone call before the trip, Swadley told the Hub the group planned to advocate for items in the state budget like transportation Swadley funding, loosening state levy limits and fighting the so-called “dark store” loophole. While the local representatives – Rep. Gary Hebl (D-Sun Prairie) and Sen. Mark Miller (D-Monona) – are both “very supportive” of issues important to Stoughton, the mayor said, he admits it’s an uphill climb to get state legislators to compromise on any of the initiatives he’ll highlight. Gov. Tony Evers included several items in his budget Swadley supports, though the Joint Finance Committee has since pulled many of them out. The budget may be amended by both houses of the Legislature before ending up back on the governor’s desk.

see it put back. Since 2011, municipalities have been limited to raising the amount collected in taxes to the value of what’s been built in the community over the previous year plus certain kinds of debt. The goal was to incentivize municipalities to grow, Swadley said, but it ended up restricting the services municipalities could offer. “Even the communities that have grown 2-3 percent are still experiencing shortfalls in their budgets because it doesn’t cover the increased cost for staff and equipment (to service that growth),” Swadley said. S t o u g h t o n h a s b e e n g r ow i n g between 1.6 and 1.7 percent the last few years, Swadley said, which is below the Dane County average but slightly above the statewide mark. Evers’ proposed change would free up an additional $30,000-$40,000 annually, the mayor estimated, which might allow the city to increase wages for staff or possibly fund a new position. Finance director Jamin Friedl told the Finance committee May 14 that of the roughly $10.2 million city budget, about $7 million goes to pay wages and salaries. A 2 percent raise for cost of living increases is about $140,000 each year, and health care costs rise roughly 5 percent yearly, an additional $55,000. “Every little bit helps,” Swadley said. “I don’t anticipate single-handedly being able to change anybody’s mind, but I’ll give it the old college try.”

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Before the Common Council unanimously passed the special assessments required for sidewalk, curb and driveway apron work May 14, alders discussed the progress of replacing the lead pipes leading to some Stoughton homes. Stoughton Utilities has a map of all the lead laterals in the area of this year’s streets projects, but assistant utilities director Brian

City in brief Council reaffirms landmarks status Three downtown buildings within a half-mile of each other had their Local Landmark status affirmed at the May 14 Common Council meeting. The Turner and Atkinson Tobacco Warehouse, 515 E. Main St., Gerard House, 118 N. Page St., and the Hans Peterson Building, 148-154 E. Main Street, each passed unanimously. The buildings have been listed on the local landmarks registry, but Landmarks Commission chair Peggy Veregin told the council her group couldn’t find a record that the city had ever approved the designations. Obtaining Local Landmark status is a step in the process to the national registry and requires the building to maintain its historical appearance. Anything done to the exterior of the building must be approved by the Landmarks Commission, council president Tom Majewski (Dist. 3) explained, and demolishing

already be ripping up the road. Mayor Tim Swadley told the council Gov. Tony Evers put money in his proposed budget for a statewide lead pipe replacement program, but the Joint Finance Committee had removed it. Hoops told the Hub homeowners can tell if they have lead pipes leading to their home by doing a simple test of the pipe that connects to their water meter from outside the home. “Take a screwdriver, put a scratch on the pipe before

the water meter,” Hoops said. “If the scratched area is shiny and gray, it might be lead. If it is a copper color, like a penny, it’s copper. If it’s a dull gray, it’s galvanized steel.” A major difference between steel and lead, other than shininess, is that a magnet will stick to steel but will not stick to either lead or copper. For information, visit stoughtonutilities.com/lead or call SU at 873-3379.

the buildings is much more alders expressed reservation difficult. at having affordable housing be the first thing visitors Council president would see on their way into town. suggests initiatives Majewski also suggestCouncil president Tom ed an Architectural Review Majewski (D-3) asked fel- Board for new developlow alders to send him a ments. list of their priorities by the next meeting to shape the RDA updates council group’s agenda, and he sugRedevelopment Authority gested starting two new ad chair Roger Springman told hoc committees. the council the RDA has a The “Western Gateway” short list of firms to serve committee would attempt to distill what the city wants as the riverfront site’s mason its western border after ter developer and that he’s refusing to sell land to For- proud of the progress the ward Development Group group has made. The proposal process will just south of Hwy. 138 begin in July and will run across from Kettle Park roughly 60 days, SpringWest. At the time, some man said, meaning the RDA

might have a master developer by early fall. The previous attempt to redevelop the site fell through almost two years ago, when the master developer pulled out, citing discord between the Common Council and RDA.

Hoops told the Hub that map is SU’s “best guess” based on the age of the neighborhood. The laterals connect a private property to the city’s mains, and the city has no record of the building materials used when the laterals were put in. Plus, the city cannot require a homeowner to replace pipes on their property. A l d e r R eg i n a H i r s c h (Dist. 3) said homeowners would save money replacing the health-damaging pipes when the utility work would

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Safety drills at schools this week Part of recent emphasis on security measures SCOTT DE LARUELLE Unified Newspaper Group

In the past year, the Stoughton Area School District has received more than $275,000 in funding from the Wisconsin Department of Justice to improve security at its schools and buildings. This week, those improvements and the district’s Onsager overall safety and security plans, were put to the test during annual training drills. Parents and staff were alerted last week to the dates of the drills, though not the times, district superintendent Tim Onsager said at Monday night’s School Board meeting. “Today was Kegonsa (Elementary) and River Bluff (Middle School), and from everything I heard they went well,” he said. “(Tuesday) is Sandhill (Elementary) and Fox Prairie (Elementary) and the high school are Wednesday.” Families were also notified when the drills were over, he said, adding that it’s the same as the drills held in November. Those were part of the DOJ grant program, which requires an annual active shooter/violence/threat

drill at each school. The program was started last year by the Wisconsin Legislature, which made $100 million in grants available for schools to improve safety measures through efforts to “prepare for, respond to, or recover from violence” in the wake of the mass shooting in Parkland, Fla. In July, the district was awarded a $109,285 DOJ grant, and it got another $168,391 in October. The vast majority was for acquisition and installation of security cameras to cover the interior of all five of its schools, with a small portion of the money slated to outfit entryway vestibule windows with shatterproof film, district officials said. It’s the latest round of security improvements in the district, which started with the 2014 referendum that included a variety of security measures in district buildings. More recently, the district has been locking doors during the school day, and in fall 2016, it implemented an online visitor management system that completes a sex offender background check. Onsager told board members the drills are helpful. “After … we always debrief and we always learn from these drills and move on,” he said. Email Unified Newspaper Group reporter Scott De Laruelle at scott.delaruelle@wcinet.com.

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Once there, Evers may use his lineitem veto to remove or amend portions of the budget, though he may not increase the overall dollar amount. State Rep. Don Vruwink (D-Milton) told a listening session in April the Republican leadership has made it known that if Evers vetoes the budget, it will only send back smaller and smaller versions. On transportation, Swadley said he planned to tell lawmakers that his group will get behind any compromise that will increase funding for roads and bridges statewide. “We don’t care how you fund it, we just need to increase revenue,” Swadley said. “Gas tax, tolls, wheel tax, whatever you guys need to do, we’ll support it.” He said he also planned to advocate for the state to redo the U.S. Hwy. 51 corridor between Stoughton and McFarland, which he said has been “on the back burner for a few years.” That effort would help commuters who want to travel between communities, as well as possibly enticing businesses to locate in the area. The mayor said it’s valuable to offer real, local examples for state legislators to point to when fighting for funding. Evers has proposed allowing municipalities to raise their levies by 2 percent each year, rather than limiting them to the amount of net new construction in the previous year. The Joint Finance Committee has since taken the proposal out of the budget, and Swadley said he’d like to

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It’s more important to vote than argue I have been reading on social media, even sadly, from former students, who in their dogged defense of Donald Trump, refuse to read, consult, or be influenced by documentary or other evidence that might be critical of the president. These include Robert Mueller’s FBI report, the New York Times, Washington Post, ABC, NBC, CBS, Time, Newsweek, Pew Research, and other reliable national and local sources. Many Americans have embraced the President’s alternative reality. As a teacher whose sole magisterium was, and is, science – the rule of evidence and logic, and the humane sensibility of great art – I am, of course, saddened by this. No matter how often in my dialogue with them I suggest consulting the evidence, (why not, for example, actually read Mueller’s report rather than listen to Barr), the response has been another talking point from Fox, Trump-twitting (from the president of 10,000 lies!), or other Alt-right or Russian sources. Nearly 40 percent of Americans by recent voting patterns and polling have this mind-set. I am not naïve. This has been going on for quite awhile. As a boy in the 50s, I read Apostles of Discord: A Study of Organized Bigotry by Ralph Roy, a book I found in my father’s library, that this polarization reached back

into the 20s and 30s of the last century, and before. I have encountered this kind of thinking since, as a teacher, as an alder, as a citizen. Some Americans, blinded by propaganda, are as close as they have ever been to embrace authoritarian nationalism, racism, anti-semitism, structural sexism (think Alabama). They believe in a tyrant’s claim that he is beyond all investigation by anyone. They ignore the disasters of accelerating climate change. We now hear reckless talk of war. Theirs is an evidence-free world. I have concluded, as many have, that there is no point in arguing with them. Reason and evidence mean nothing to them. They will not, cannot, listen. The only remedy is to challenge them in court and then out-campaign and out-vote them. We may thank our stars that it happened in the House this year. And could very well happen in the Presidential and Senatorial elections in 2020. The coming vote has never been more important. At stake is not only the use of reason, the constitution, the rule of law – but the very existence of America’s humane democracy itself! Steven Fortney City of Stoughton

Correction The Livsreise Norwegian Heritage Center rosemaling exhibit for Ethel Kvalheim will continue until June 29, rather than through Syttende Mai weekend as implied in a Hub special section article published last week. The Hub regrets the error.

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How to land on your feet when the cat’s got your tongue

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can’t remember ever having a cruel idea as a child, but I confess I witnessed naughtiness that I didn’t always prevent. While I was born with my heart solidly fixed in the right place, my voice tended to go completely missing when confronted with certain dilemmas. I blame it on the cats. Cats were constantly getting my tongue. Many of us can recall that one teacher who stood, arms folded, at the back of the classroom, watching a kid freeze at the Dunn blackboard, ears as red as roses, chalk in trembling hand, staring at a jumble of numbers while both the math problem and the instructor sneered at him. I never, ever tried to give any sign language or whisper any sort of help, instead occupying myself instead with happy doodles of ponies in my notebook. The playground was big, which was helpful for avoiding the mean kids who liked to push or shove. I often imaged it like a pasture of cattle. Stay clear of the bull and the boss cow and try to blend in. If some gimpy heifer was getting picked on, I’d look the other way and try not to think about it, gazing off into the distance and calmly chewing my gum as if it were cud. Those of us who lived in the country spent a lot of time on the big, yellow school bus. It was an even smaller confined space than the playground or the classroom, but at least it was usually the exact same kids year after year, so you knew who to expect the

trouble from. The safest place to sit was immediately behind the bus driver, where I was free to daydream out the window while he told me all about how much Jesus loves the little children of the world. This earned me the taunt of “baby,” but I knew it was sticks and stones that break your bones, names will never harm you. I never said a word about it to anyone. Because it is important to make friends and be social, my parents sometimes forced me to play with other kids, even the ones I avoided on the bus. Our farm was just far enough away that none of those kids ever pedaled over on their bicycles to visit me and my sister, but invariably somebody’s mom would eventually pull in the driveway and abruptly unload a few of them. There was one neighbor boy who would spill Kool-Aid on the picnic table so he could catch flies and pull their wings off. Another stole books of matches that his parents brought home from supper clubs and chased spiders by lighting their webs on fire. Wordlessly, I’d turn on the garden hose. One day, two girls popped out of a mom’s car because they wanted to play with barn kittens and didn’t have any of their own. As we dangled barn twine across our laps in the hayloft and watched the clumsy kittens chase and tumble, the older girl, who was prone to being candy-sweet at times before abruptly turning into brown mustard, suddenly made a declaration I had never heard before. “Cats are soooooo cute… but they don’t always land on their feet you know.” I felt certain that cats most definitely did always land on

their feet and said so, which prompted that girl to laugh in my face and ask me how stupid I was. My face burned and my heart pounded… and there went a cat with my tongue, yet again. Mustard-girl was going to make me drop kittens. The ladder to our hayloft was made of sturdy two-by-fours at a pitch akin to really steep steps. The plan was that we would all climb down so we could start at the bottom and drop them, upside down, from higher and higher steps until we proved her hypothesis. Mute as I was, I had still been raised to have considerate manners therefore as a gracious hostess I gestured to the other two girls to carefully climb down first. As they dusted the hay from their backsides waiting for me to bring down the kittens, I lifted the hatch, employed the hinges, and firmly shut that door. And then I sat on it. Gathering all six kittens into the hammock of the front of my T-shirt, I stroked them and cooed quietly to them until the banging and yelling eventually stopped. Next, I heard the calls of “here-kitty-kitty” from below and assumed that some adult cats got duped into participating in the experiment, but I also knew they would be able to land on their feet. Later that evening when I called to them, they still came running because they knew I always gave them delicious goats’ milk, never mustard. Mom insisted that I’d never have any friends at all, but that was fine with me because I didn’t want those kinds of friends. Not that I could ever actually tell her so. Kelsey Wollin Dunn is a Town of Rutland resident.

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Melodies will soon resonate in Rotary Park once again. The free musical festival Gazebo Musikk will renew for its sixth year this summer. Kicking off May 30, the event will run for 14 weeks with a different performer every Thursday, excluding July 4, which is the opening day of the Catfish River Music Festival. Each performance will feature concessions attendees can purchase from food trucks that area businesses and nonprofits will run. Eight acts will return from last year’s lineup along with The Adam Bartels Band after a one-year absence. Gazebo Musikk will also feature several first-time entries. Lake Mills alternative rock band Jake’s Room, Boston progressive rock band Earthmother and three Madison groups, Hypheria, Panchromatic Steel and Brass Knuckles Brass Quintet with Percussion all make their festival debuts. Gazebo Musikk will take place at the Rotary Park Gazebo, 324 S. Sixth St., and will run until August 29, with each performance starting at 6 p.m. The final show will feature steel drum band Panchromatic Steel, a

food vendors. The Wisconsin-sourced dairy of MIJO Frozen Treats will accompany the Rotary food truck on June 20, July 11 and July 18, and Belgian gourmet waffle stand WeGo Waffles will All shows are 6-7:30 p.m. at appear on June 27 and Aug. 15. Stoughton Rotary Park, 324 S. Seuss expressed excitement for the Sixth St. Concessions are available new food vendors and said that “the at every show. Beer and wine are addition of those frozen treats on welcome, but no glass is allowed. some of those Rotary nights will be very fun.” May 30: Brass Knuckles Brass The city is also looking to add Quintet with Percussion improvements to Rotary Park and will June 6: Madtown Mannish Boys try to secure funding for the project June 13: Earthmother through community organizations and foundations, Parks and Recreation June 20: Acoustic Collective director Dan Glynn wrote in an email June 27: The Dirty Groove to the Hub. Considered additions July 11: Kelsey Miles include a restroom facility, accessible July 18: The Rotation pathways and a connection between Main Street and the parking lot. July 25: Hypheria The Parks and Recreation departAugust 1: Blue Spruce ment is continuing its collaboration August 8: Jake’s Room with Friends of Gazebo Musikk in organizing the annual music festival. August 15: The Grouvin’ Brothers It’s an event for “hearing different August 22: The Adam Bartels Band kinds of music and getting together August 29: Panchromatic Steel with friends in the park every Thursday night,” Seuss said. “It’s really a summertime treat, watching the kids season closer that Friends of Gazebo dance and seeing groups of people Musikk president Tricia Suess said just talking with each other and being she anticipates will be “super fun.” together.” Along with first-time performers, Gazebo Musikk will see a couple new – Justin Loewen

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START fundraiser is May 30 at Fields Reserve Annual gala supports financial assistance program AMBER LEVENHAGEN Unified Newspaper Group

The 12th annual Stoughton Area Resource Team fundraiser and gala is next week. And for the first time, the event will be held at The Fields Reserve, 2479 Glenn Drive. START is a nonprofit organization, led by Cindy Thompson, that provides financial assistance to people who are struggling, which could include help with rent or utility payments. The change in location – which was donated by The Fields Reserve – is because the event outgrew its original home at Stoughton Hospital, which had a capacity of 120 people compared to 300 at the new location. As of last week, 186 people had purchased tickets. “The hospital did a fantastic job for us for a number of

If You Go What: Stoughton Area Resource Team annual fundraiser When: 5-9 p.m. Thursday, May 30 Where: The Fields Reserve, 2479 Glenn Drive Cost: $55 per person, other sponsorships available Info: startstoughton.org years but we were constantly getting a request for more invitations, and we didn’t want to turn people away,” Thompson said. “Our goal was to be able to invite more people and celebrate with a larger group.” The keynote speaker this year is Kay Elmsey Weeden, who had attended and participated in past fundraisers in a variety of different levels, but this is her first year as the featured speaker. Weeden has been a professional storyteller for more

than 25 years and performs in festivals, conferences, schools, libraries and gatherings around the world. She lives in Stoughton and has also lived around the world. Along with the keynote speaker, the program will also recognize two individuals identified by START for their community service, Jimmy Brooks and Eileen Stevens. Brooks organizes Squats for Tots and Stevens held a winter clothing drive. The two, through their own organizations, provided 93 children and 45 households with Christmas gifts and warm winter clothing, including socks, gloves, hats and blankets. The featured entertainment for the evening will be the DB Orchestra, a group that combines “the nuanced harmonies of a Doo-Wop group, the intensity of a marching band, and the flair of great jazz ensembles of yesteryear,” according to its website. “A t t h e h o s p i t a l w e wouldn’t have been able to fit a 17 piece band, so this

Malabar Coffee closes SWAC location ALEXANDER CRAMER Unified Newspaper Group

Malabar Coast Coffee and Tea appears to have permanently closed, with the inside vestibule stripped of its advertisements, its phone disconnected and website taken down. Located in the Stoughton Wellness and Athletic Center at 2300 Hwy. 51-138, it opened in 2015 and was one of three Malabar locations, according to owner Jasson Wessels’ LinkedIn page. Wessels did not return messages seeking comment. T h e P ew a u k e e s t o r e closed this April and a branch in Sussex closed in

2018, according to news reports. The phones have been disconnected at all three locations and the website is no longer active. The coffee shop had comfortable chairs, a fireplace and a daily trivia question that earned correct answerers a discount on their drinks. It appears to have closed sometime since May 2, according to the date of a newspaper visible in the vestibule, and a Facebook user reported it being closed Friday, May 3. Contact Alexander Cramer at alexander.cramer@ wcinet.com.​

Paco’s cuts hours P a c o ’s Ta c o s w i l l remain open, owner Paco Xelhua told the Hub, despite online rumors to the contrary. The taco shop at 135 W. Main St. is cutting down its hours to Thursday through Saturday for the next couple of weeks, Xelhua said, but after that he hopes to expand to Monday-Saturday hours once again. He said his current lease ends in July and he is in negotiations with the new landlord about staying at the location. Xelhua said he will use the pared down hours to deep clean the restaurant.

year it was super exciting because we realized we could change up the type of music and entertainment we had,” Thompson said. JL Richards will cater the dinner buffet. There will also be a social hour, speakers and auction and a video played for the audience that shares a START client testimonial about how her involvement with the program helped her. “I was in tears watching this video because I’m so proud of her for being open and honest. It’s huge, not only for her but for so many people that can relate,” Thompson said. “Not every community has a program like START so I feel blessed to be able to be in this position to help people like her.” For more information about START or to purchase a ticket, visit start stoughton.org. Contact Amber Levenhagen at amber.levenhagen@ wcinet.com.

Reading through space Summer library program begins

If You Go What: Summer Library Program begins When: 9 a.m. Saturday, June 1 Where: Stoughton Public Library, 304 S. Fourth St. Info: 873-6281

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The Stoughton Public Library’s summer program begins next week, and the theme this year is outer space. The summer program is a way to engage people of all ages with activities and prizes for accomplishing reading goals. It starts June 1 and will continue through Aug. 10. There are some changes to the program this year to make it more accessible for people of all reading abilities, youth services librarian Amanda Bosky said. “We’re letting children set their own reading goals this summer instead of us setting the same challenge for each reader,” she said. Readers will be rewarded with prizes when they hit halfway to their goal and again when they complete it. Another change is that all children in Stoughton will be automatically registered as of June 1. If able

to, those who pick up their reading log that day can start marking hours immediately. For those who can’t attend the opening day, they can keep a log of hours read in a different way until the formal log is picked up from the library. Children ages 0-11 can get a reading log in the children’s department. Teens and adults can get information from the second floor information desk. Teens and adults can earn scratch-off tickets by hitting milestone goals and recommending books at the library. For more information about the program, visit stoughtonpubliclibrary,org or call 873-6281.

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Kid’s Fisheree!! Saturday, June 1 Rain date: Sunday, June 2

8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Registration: Division Street Park By Forton St. Bridge, turn north on Division St. by Cinema 5 Café

Fisheree is open to all boys and girls up to 14 years old. Kids need to bring: Fishing Poles, Bait and an Adult! Call (608) 492-7006 with questions.

“Calling all Veterans & Military Personnel” Veterans from all eras are needed to ride the veteran’s float in the Syttende Mai and Memorial Day parades. Not necessary to have been in a combat zone. Not necessary to be in uniform. These floats are in your honor. Please come and participate. No RSVP necessary.

• Syttende Mai Parade—Sunday, May 19 (Meet at Mandt Park by 1:00 p.m. Veteran’s float parks on South 4th street)

• Memorial Day Parade-Monday, May 27

(Beginning on S. Prairie and West Main St. at 10:00 a.m. Parking at Mandt Center 9:15am, Shuttles to parade line-up for parade participants). Veteran’s float parks on the corner of S. Prairie & W. Main.)

• Memorial Program-Monday, May 27

(Following the parade 11:00 a.m. at Mandt Center rain or shine)

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Yahara River Hootenanny Visit the Yahara River Grocery Cooperative, 229 E. Main St., for their monthly Yahara River Hootenanny, a song-sharing circle for musicians and singers, from 10 a.m. to noon on the first Saturdays of the month through November. For information, visit facebook. com/YaharaRiverHoot.

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Koshkonong Road and East Koshkonong Church, 454 E. Church Road. Maps will be provided and coffee and Norwegian treats will be available. At 11 a.m., Dana Kelly from the Koshkonong Prairie Historical Society will show the film “Kaskeland: Queen of the Norwegian-American Settlements- Koshkonong Prairie, WI” in the lower East Koshkonong Church. For information, call 423-3017.

The library will host a paint party for teens in grades 6 and up from Library director 3:30-4:30 p.m. Thursday, May 23. There will be an opportunity to meet Supplies and snacks will be provid- the new Stoughton Public Library ed. director during an event at the library For information, call 873-6281. from 3:30-5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 28. Jim Ramsey joined the library last Lyceum lecture series month as the new director. There Pied Beauty Farm, 1390 Washing- will be a chance to talk to him, enjoy ton Road, will open its Lyceum lecture cookies and lemonade, provided by series at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 23. the Friends of the Stoughton Public The lecture will feature Josh Mabie, Library. an organic farmer and UW-WhitewaFor information, call 873-6281. ter English professor. A picnic will be GERD class held at 6 p.m. before the lecture. In addition to the talk, there will be Learn about GERD and the use of a tour of the barn. The next lecture GERD medication during a program will be held at the same time on June at Stoughton Hospital, 900 Ridge St., 6. at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 30. For information, call 865-7652. Antacids and other medications may reduce GERD symptoms, howCemetery Walk ever studies suggest long-term use of Visit the graves of early immi- GERD medication might be risky. grants during a cemetery walk from To register for the event, visit 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 25, stoughtonhospital.com and click on at West Koshkonong Church, 1911 “classes and events.”

For information, call Sonja at 8732356.

Chamber singers The Stoughton Chamber Singers will present their annual spring concerts at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, May 31, at the Opera House, 381 E. Main St., and Wednesday, June 5, at the Cooksville Lutheran Church, 11927 W. Church St. Tickets are $5 and are available from Chamber Singers members, McGlynn Pharmacy and at the door before the performance. The program will cover a variety of music, either about or inspired by summer. It includes the concert’s title piece, “Summer is A’Comin In,” which was composed around 1249 and is the first six-part choral composition known to exist. For information, visit stoughtonchambersingers.org.

Chorus performance The Edvard Grieg Chorus and Luren Singing Society will have a joint concert at the Stoughton Opera House, 381 E. Main St., at 7 p.m. Friday, June 7. Over 70 male voices will sing a combination of sacred, patriotic and Norwegian songs. Admission is free and a free-will offering will be accepted. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. For information, call 877-4400.

‌Thursday, May 23‌

• 3:30-4:30 p.m., Teen paint party (teens in grades 6 and up), library, 873-6281‌ • 7:30 p.m., Pied Beauty Farm Lyceum lecture series featuring Josh Mabie (picnic starts at 6 p.m.), 1390 Washington Road, 865-7652‌

‌Friday, May 24‌

• 1 p.m., Classic Movie Friday: “His Girl Friday,” senior center, 873-8585‌ • 2 p.m., Family movie afternoon (sponsored by the Stoughton Optimist Club), library, 873-6281‌

‌Saturday, May 25‌

• 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Cemetery walk, West Koshkonong and East Koshkonong churches, 423-3017‌ • 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Stoughton Historical Museum open, 324 S. Page St., stoughtonhistoricalsociety.org‌ • Library closed‌

‌Monday, May 27‌ ‌Tuesday, May 28‌

• 3:30 p.m., New library director meet and greet, library, 873-6281‌ • 6:30 p.m., Page Turners book discussion, library, 873-6281‌

‌Wednesday, May 29‌

• 10 a.m., How to talk to your doctor program, senior center, 873-8585‌ • 1 p.m., Page Turners book discussion, senior center, 873-8585‌

‌Thursday, May 30‌

• 5 p.m., START annual fundraiser ($55 per person), The Fields Reserve, 2479 Glenn Drive, startstoughton.org‌ • 5:30 p.m., GERD class, Bryant Health Education Center at Stoughton Hospital, 900 Ridge St., 8732356‌

‌Friday, May 31‌

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

Covenant Lutheran Church

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

Ezra Church

Christ the King Community Church

Fulton Church

401 W. Main St., Stoughton • 877-0303 christthekingcc.org Sunday: 10 a.m. - Worship

Christian Assembly Church

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

9209 Fulton St., Edgerton 884-8512 • fultonchurch.org Saturday: 8 a.m. prayer breakfast Sunday: 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Worship 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.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Good Shepherd By The Lake Lutheran Church

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

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

First Lutheran Church

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

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

LakeView Church

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

Stoughton Baptist Church

• Summer reading program starts, library, 873-6281‌ • 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Stoughton Historical Museum open, 324 S. Page St., stoughtonhistoricalsociety.org‌

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

700 Hwy. B, Stoughton 873-9353 • e-mail: office@clcstoughton.org Sunday: 9 a.m. worship, 10 a.m. coffee and fellowship

Seventh Day Baptist Church of Albion

• 7:30 p.m., Stoughton Chamber Singers performance ($5), Stoughton Opera House, 381 E. Main St., stoughtonchambersingers.org‌

St. Ann Catholic Church

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

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

United Pentecostal Church of Stoughton

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

West Koshkonong Lutheran Church

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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.

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

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

Love and Strife

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And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful. Opponents must be gently instructed, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth, and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.” 2 Timothy 2:24-26 NIV The two fundamental moral forces at work in the world are love and strife. Love nurtures and comforts us while strife depletes and annoys us. Love is the spirit of reconciliation and patient, unselfish endurance that allows us to get along with our fellow man, while strife is the spirit of struggle and selfish egoism that creates divisions among us. And while it is true that God is love, and that love is associated with virtue and holiness while strife tends toward vice and sin, the truth is more complicated. After all, God uses strife to help us grow and develop. The patriarchs of the Bible all encountered strife in their lives. The Israelites were enslaved, driven from their homeland, and forced to live in the desert. Jacob literally wrestled with God, and was renamed Israel after this struggle. Perhaps the ideal way to think about the twin forces of love and strife is that love is the force that allows us to prevail when we strive. Love is usually the best way to settle strife. We know we will be challenged in our lives, and how much better to meet the myriad challenges of life than to know that we are loved, and loved unconditionally. –Christopher Simon

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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From left, Gwendelynn Speth, 5, grabs her father Samuel’s hand as they near the finish line during the Lil’ Syttende Mai Run on Saturday.

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Stoughton native Hunter Zaemisch comes in first for the city’s finishers during the 10-mile race on Saturday.

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Canoers race down the Yahara River during the annual Canoe Race and Portage on Friday. The route is a 3.5-mile stretch between the Town of Pleasant Springs and Mandt Park.

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Jim Mack, the heavyweight novice champion, pulls a truck while stationed on a tire during the Strongman Competition on Saturday.

At right, Vanessa Kleiss, from Milwaukee, competes in the Truck Pull during the Syttende Mai Viking Strongman Competition on Saturday. Kleiss did not compete with any team, and it was her first time competing in Stoughton. Photo by Amber Levenhagen

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Violet Hanna, 2, runs toward the finish line with a family member during the Lil’ Syttende Mai Run on Saturday.

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A group plays hardanger fiddles during the Chorus Public House’s demonstrations and music show on Saturday.

Sarah Bukrey demonstrates Krokbragd weaving at the Chorus Public House on Saturday.

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Nancy Odalen demonstrates the traditional painting technique of rosemaling during the Rosemaling Exhibit and Sale on Saturday.

Above, David Tessier makes a face at Drew Pasold as they perform at the Community Building for the Stoughton High School Norwegian Dancers’ last show of the season on Sunday. At left, Brandt Spilde and Libby Brown dance in the last SHS Norwegian Dancers’ show of the season. Photos by Amber Levenhagen

At right, Rodger Hanson, along with his granddaughters Maren and Liv, and their mother Marissa Hanson, show off their matching bunads during the Norse Costume Style Show on Saturday. Photo by Kimberly Wethal

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Clara Greer, 2, waves the Norwegian flag while perched on the shoulders of a family member before the Youth Parade on Saturday.

Syttende Mai King and Queen Jerry and Karen Lapidakis wave to the crowd during the parade on Sunday.

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From right, Syttende Mai Prince and Princess Gage Sveum and Natalie Zarnoth wave at parade watchers during the Youth Parade on Saturday.

At left, Stoughton Tumblers students ride in their float during the Youth Parade on Saturday, May 18. At right, “Metal Mom” Jeanne Prueher sits atop her throne knitting, just like she did in last year’s parade, during the Sunday parade. Photos by Kimberly Wethal

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Memorial Day

Many of us assume that everyone knows what Memorial Day is and what it stands for. But, if you ask around, you may be surprised. It’s been confused with Veteran’s Day, Armed Forces Day and even Labor Day. The words, “Happy Memorial Day” seem quite out of place when the day is meant to honor those who have given their lives in the service of this great country. To refresh our memory, originally known as Decoration Day, it originated in the years following the Civil War. On May 5, 1868, General John A. Logan, leader of an organization for Northern Civil War veterans, called for a nationwide day of remembrance later that month. “The 30th of May,1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers, or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village and hamlet churchyard in the land,” he proclaimed. The date of Decoration Day, as he called it, was chosen because it wasn’t the anniversary of any particular battle.

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After WWI, it gradually became known as Memorial Day. It then became an official federal holiday in 1971 and is observed on the last Monday in May. Unofficially, it marks the beginning of the summer season. In the event you weren’t aware, each year on Memorial Day a national moment of remembrance takes place at 3:00 p.m. local time. We don’t need to be connected to the military to know someone, or of someone who died in the service of our country. Be it a relative, an ancestor, a friend or just a member of our community, we all know a particular name. Considering the fact that nearly 1.5 million military personnel have given their lives since the Civil War, it shouldn’t be difficult. This Memorial Day weekend, it’s not necessary to dedicate the weekend, a day or even a couple of hours to remembering, but maybe a few moments of reflection on the life and sacrifice of those individuals, or even just one individual. That shouldn’t be asking too much of anyone, considering the sacrifice of those we honor. Doug Olson

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Sanford wins 300 hurdle regional title JEREMY JONES Sports editor

Four individuals and one relay advanced through Monday’s WIAA Division 1 regional for the Stoughton boys track a n d fi e l d t e a m . T h e y will compete at the Lake Geneva sectional meet Thursday, May 23. S e n i o r Pa r ke r F l i n t , Jack Sanford, junior Nathan Hutcherson, Quinn Arnott and the 4x800-meter relay earned one more race this season by finishing in the top four. Stoughton finished last with 46.75 points. Madison La Follette won the meet with 119. Sun Prairie (114.5) and Janesville Parker (93.25) rounded out the top three. Sanford won his event, the 300 hurdles, with a personal-best time, 42.14 seconds. Hutcherson placed third in the 400 with a time of 52.4 seconds. He also finished a little over a foot away from moving on in the triple jump, but Madison La Follette sophomore Will Ward (41-11) stole the spot on his final jump. Hutcherson leapt 40-9. “He didn’t jump that far in the prelims, but he tore it up in the finals,” Hutcherson said of Ward. Arnott finished third in the long jump, stretching

Name: Ellie Trieloff Grade: Sophomore Sport: Girls track and field Position: Sprints Highlight: won the 400-meter dash with a time of 1 minute, 0.98 seconds and helped the 4x400 relay also qualifying for sectionals, finishing fourth in 9:58.

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Junior Jack Sanford won the 300-meter hurdles Monday in 42.14 seconds. the tape to 19 feet, 10 inches. Flint finished fourth in the 1,600 with a time of Stoughton travels 4:41.48 to qualify for secto Lake Geneva for tionals. the WIAA Division 1 Freshman Jayden sectional meet 4  p.m. Zywicki, junior Jack Albert, sophomore Blake Thursday at Badger Sieling and junior Evan High School. Herbst earned the fourth and final sectional qualifying spot with a time of 8:23.2 as a 4x800. Now, we have to look “They did awesome. at the order and what

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the other sectionals are doing,” coach Trevor Kramolis said. “I’m honestly expecting a lot of the four teams from this regional could go to state in a lot of events.” Flint could end up running on the 4x800, but that will be determined in part by what the coaching staff thinks he’s capable off in the 1,600 at sectionals. “You’ve got to look at

what gets you to state in a better position,” Kramolis said. “Obviously, we could love for Parker to go to state his senior year individually but anything we can do to knock off a couple seconds – that could be the deciding factor.” S t o u g h t o n ’s 4 x 4 0 0 relay was not so lucky, taking fifth place in

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Honorable mentions: Connor Kalinowski (baseball) had one hit and helped turn a double play in a 5-0 loss to Oregon on Thursday. Kailey Hammersley (softball) pitched six innings and struck out three in a 5-0 regional loss to Beloit Memorial on Tuesday. Jack Sanford (boys track) won the 300-meter hurdles Monday at the WIAA Division 1 Sun Prairie regional meet in a personal best 42.14 seconds. Jake Livingston (boys golf) shot a 92 to finish 25th in the WIAA Division 1 DeForest regional on Tuesday at the Lake Windsor Country Club. Steven Benoy (boys tennis) finished fourth at No. 1 singles at the Badger Conference tournament on Saturday. Abby Kivett (girls soccer) scored the lone goal in an 8-1 loss to Watertown on Thursday.

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Stoughton moves on to Vikings advance three through sectionals in nine events subsectionals to Madison JEREMY JONES Sports editor

Sophomore Ellie Trieloff is happy just to be in a position to compete for a chance to return to the WIAA Division 1 state track and field meet in three events. Trieloff won the 400-meter dash Monday, May 23, and helped the 4x400 also move on to this Thursday’s Lake Geneva sectional. “I feel pretty confident that I can carry all three events on to state,” Trieloff said. “I trust my team and I trust myself because I think we’re all going to be competing to get to that next level Thursday at sectionals.” In addition to Trieloff, the Stoughton girls track and field team also advanced to sectionals in the 100-meter dash, 200,

4x800 relay, 4x400, pole vault, high jump, triple and high jump. Already the Badger South Conference champion, Trieloff won the 400 on Monday, May 20 at the WIAA Division 1 Sun Prairie regional. She also helped the 4x400 qualify for sectionals with a second-place finish. “I was really happy with our result and how well we worked together,” Trieloff said. “Even though we haven’t ran together that much, it felt like we had been competing together since the beginning of the season.” Trieloff won the 400 in 1:00.98 and was part of the 4x400, which finished second to Sun Prairie (4:09.27) with a time of 4:12.69. “I feel pretty good about being able to qualify for

state in both events,” Trieloff said. “I’m just going to keep training and keeping a positive mindset — just doing what I love on the track.” A state qualifier on the 4x800 a year ago, Ellie expects to be part of that relay at sectionals after they took fourth at regionals in 9:58. It will be the second time this year she was competed with the quartet. “You have to run your own individual race and hopefully that will put the anchor in a good position and hopefully get us onto the next level,” Trieloff said. Stoughton finished second to the host Cardinals with 93 points. Sun Prairie posted 161 points. Janesville Parker (83) rounded

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JEREMY JONES ​Sports editor

Sophomore Steven Benoy and senior Nolan Meyer each finished in the top three at the Badger Conference tennis tournament last weekend for the Stoughton boys tennis team. Benoy and Meyer then advanced through the Janesville Craig subsectional on Monday, May 20, along with freshman Hayden Schreier.

Conference Benoy and Meyer earned top-three finishes last weekend at the Badger Conference tournament for the Stoughton boys tennis team. Benoy finished fourth at No. 1 singles and Meyer took third at No. 2 singles.

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Badger Conference champions 1 singles: Tyler Nelson, Waunakee def. Cole Lindwall, Monona Grove, 6-4, 6-3 2 singles: Chase Lindwall, Monona Grove def. Chris Boll, Edgewood, 6-1, 7-5 3 singles: Donovan Pfaff, Edgewood, def. Lance Nelson, Monona Grove, 6-2, 6-1 4 singles: Henry Wiedemann, Oregon def. Charlie lliot, Monroe, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (3) 1 doubles: Kelby Mack/Noah Wankerl, Sauk Prairie def. Caden Nelson/Jacob Muz, Monona Grove, 6-2, 6-2 2 doubles: Ethan Liu/Caden Collins, Wauankee def. Mattias Allen/ Bennett Wessley, Monona Grove 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 3 doubles: Keaton Straka/Will Schreiner, Monona Grove def. Austin Baucher/Elliot Stockwell, Edgewood, 6-3, 6-4

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Vikings stymied by Brindley, Panthers MARK NESBITT Assistant sports editor

Cutting down on strikeouts and putting the ball in play will be the mission of the Stoughton baseball team as the postseason begins this week. Stoughton (4-17 overall, 2-12 Badger South) managed just three hits in a 5-0 road loss to Oregon on Thursday, May 16. It’s the third time in the past five games with 10 strikeouts or more for the Vikings, who will enter the WIAA Division 2 regional on a seven-game losing streak. Coach Jeremy Dunnihoo said the 10 strikeouts in the game was “unacceptable.” “You might not know it based on the results, but we do preach on putting the ball in play,” he said. “It’s not carrying over into games.” Stoughton had two nonconference games postponed on Saturday at Jefferson and home against Sauk Prairie. The Spartans finished third in the Rock Valley Conference with an 11-7 mark behind champion Beloit Turner (19-1), ranked No. 1 in the Division 2 Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association state poll. Stoughton received a seventh seed in the bottom half of the Division 2 Baraboo sectional, and will play a regional quarterfinal game at second-seeded McFarland (14-9) on Thursday, May 23. If Stoughton upsets McFarland, the Vikings would face the winner of third-seeded Evansville and sixth-seeded Monroe.

Oregon 5, Stoughton 0 Oregon senior Noah Brindley tossed a three-hit shutout on Thursday, May 16, to lead Oregon to a 5-0 win over Stoughton. Brindley struck out 10 and walked one. Stoughton junior Ryan Ellinson had a single to center in the first inning. Jacob Sanders

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Second baseman Hannah Kapusta throws to first base for an out Tuesday, May 21, in a WIAA regional final loss at Beloit College. Stoughton lost the game 5-0 to Beloit.

Vikings fall to Purple Knights in Div. 1 regional semifinal JEREMY JONES ​Sports editor

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Stoughton senior shortstop Kadin Milbauer looks to field a ball in the sixth inning of a 5-0 loss to Oregon on Thursday. singled to right in the third and stole second. Brindley struck out senior Kadin Milbauer and a Stoughton courtesy runner was doubled up at second base to end the threat. The other hit for the Vikings came on senior C o n n o r K a l i n o w s k i ’s infield chopper he beat out for a single in the fourth. Bridnley then struck out senior Patrick Regan and junior Derek Karlen grounded out to second. The Panthers jumped on Stoughton junior pitcher Ryan Curry in the first. Oregon senior Jack Haufle led off with a single. Brindley then delivered a single. Oregon senior Matt Rusch then drove in a run on a groundout. “I think he just didn’t have the perfect feel for it,” Dunnihoo said. “He left some pitches up and they were able to get barrels on balls.” T h e Vi k i n g s ’ i n fi e l d defense with senior Kadin Milbauer at shortstop and Kalinowski at second base

Lela Brashi has been part of plenty of teams that talk about being a family but she said it wasn’t until last year that she actually felt. The 13th-seeded, Stoughton softball team traveled to fourth-seeded Beloit Memorial on Tuesday, May 21, for a WIAA Division 1 regional semifinal game and were shut out.

“ O ve r t h e l a s t f o u r years, whether I had a bad game or made a bad play, everyone was always so supportive,” Brashi said. “I never felt that before but we’re a family and I’m going to miss all of these girls.” A four-year varsity outfielder, Brashi and fellow senior Maddy Brickson, saw their prep careers come to a close on Tuesday in a 5-0 loss to the

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Livingston finishes 25th at Div. 1 DeForest regional

Stoughton catcher Alex Johnson puts the tag on Oregon senior Duncan Morgan in the third inning. turned two double plays in the first two innings to keep the Vikings within striking distance. Dunnihoo said the team played well defensively. Oregon added to its lead in the third when senior Duncan Morgan led off by beating out an infield single. Brindley then doubled to center, but the Vikings threw Morgan out at the plate. Rusch came through with an RBI single to center to score Brindley to give the Panthers a 2-0 lead.

Oregon senior third b a s e m a n Kev i n A l vo r d crushed a two-run home run to left center in the third to help the Panthers take a 4-0 lead.

Jefferson, Sauk Prairie (ppd.) The Vikings had two nonconference games on Saturday rained out at Jefferson and home against Sauk Prairie. The game against Sauk Prairie will not be made up.

MARK NESBITT Assistant sports editor

Stoughton Junior Jake Livingston closed out his season shooting a 92 to finish 25th at the WIAA Division 1 DeForest boys golf regional at the Lake Windsor Country Club. “I think Jake had a good season,” coach Stephen Stokes said. “It was his first year as a No. 1 player. I think he has got better every year he has played and his scoring average improved.”

The Vikings shot a 423 to take last in the seven-team regional. Sun Prairie (324) captured the regional team title over runner-up Oregon (333). The top four teams advance to the Division 1 Mukwonago sectional on Tuesday, May 28. “I was a little disappointed in our finish,” Stokes said. “Usually, my goal is to have them finish the season better than they started. It just didn’t

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Freshman midfielder Adam Slager battles for a loose ball Thursday, May 16 against Verona.

Stoughton falls to Verona After scoring the first goal, the Stoughton held the lead for the first four minutes of the game on Thursday. But, that would be the last time they would be in control of this tightly-called matchup,

as Verona stormed back for a 15-8 win. Verona scored four goals in the first quarter to take a 4-1 lead. The Wildcats out-shot the Vikings, heading into halftime with an 8-5 lead.

Alex Cushman, 26, Madison, finished first in the 20-mile Syttende Mai run on Saturday with a time of one hour, 53 minutes, 36 seconds. The top women’s finisher was Mount Horeb’s Piper Atnip, 22, with a time of 2 hours, 16 minutes, 22 seconds. Martin McKinney, 33, Fitchburg took 10th in the 20-mile run (two hours, 26 minutes, 56 seconds) and Verona’s Paul Kunde, 35, placed 12th (two hours, 28 minutes, 36 seconds). Kristine Schisler, 32, Verona took second in the women’s race (two hours, 30 minutes, two seconds). In the 10-mile run,

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Emily Greiber finishes first in the women’s division during the 10-mile run at the Syttende Mai festival on Saturday. Madison’s Erik Duethman, 23, won the race with a time of 56:44. Matthew Norman, 24, Madison took second

Dave O’Malley and Duncan Bathe took second. In the women’s canoe race division, Alex Weeden and Jess Draus finished first and Karen Richardson and Sherren Clark placed second. Steve and Judy Szpak won the mixed canoe race division. Kreg and Natalie Gruben took second. In the adult and child division, Dean and Annie Tangeman won the canoe race. Jeremy and Zosia Dedie finished second. Zach Wahlin and Alex Wicks won the juniors division. Riley Geil and Jacob Fischer took second. Canoe races In the youth division, Joey In the Syttende Mai. canoe Wahlin and Beckett Spilde races, Ken and Spencer Kos- finished first. Lillian Talcik finished first in the men’s b e r t a n d E l l e e M i l o t a placed second. division.

(56:51). Oregon’s Brian Vasey, 51, finished sixth (one hour, 7 minutes, 45 seconds) and Stoughton’s Hunter Zaemisch, 18, was eighth (one hour, 10 minutes, 15 seconds). Oregon’s Paul Blommel placed 11th (one hour, 13 minutes, 12 seconds). The top female finisher was Emily Greiber, 41, Menomonee, with a time of one hour, 13 minutes, 44 seconds. Karen Birling, 41, Fitchburg, took second in the woman’s race (one hour, 14 minutes, one second).

Girls: Trieloff sets PRs in long Tennis: Three singles players advance to sectional jump, triple jump Continued from page 12 singles but fell to Oregon’s Benoy rolled 6-1, 6-0 over Michael Kuckkan of Watertown in the first game. He added a 7-6 (4), 6-3 win in the second round before falling 6-0, 6-3 to top-seeded Tyler Nelson of Waunakee. “Steven has a really tough road,” coach Amy Kahl said. “I thought when Steven settled down, and realized he could hang with some of the top guys – he played his best.” Benoy’s tournament came to a close following a 6-1, 6-2 loss to second-seeded Alex Sviatoslavsky, who was coming off a third-set loss to Cole Lindwell of Monona Grove. “I think Steven will continue to improve,” Kahl said. “He works hard in the offseason and has a very bright tennis future.” Meyer won two matches Friday to reach Saturday’s semifinal at No. 2 singles. He lost 6-3, 6-1 to second-seeded Chase Lindwell of Monona Grove in the semifinal but bounced back to beat fourth-seeded Evan Mallon of Milton 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 in the third-place match.

Henry Wiedemann, the eventual champion, 6-1, 6-2. Stoughton didn’t win a match at any of the three doubles flights. Collin Ace and Stephen Krcma were blanked 6-0, 6-0 at No. 1 doubles against Sauk Prairie. Henry Schaffer and Simon Shelley lost 6-2, 6-4 at No. 2 doubles to Fort Atkinson. Evan Jensen and Brody Jerrick fell 6-1, 6-2 to Beaver Dam at No. 3 doubles.

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Sophomore Steven Benoy took fourth at No. 1 singles last weekend at the Badger Conference tournament. Meyer had already beat Milton twice, and it is very hard to beat a really good player three times in one season, Kahl said. The senior defeated Watertown’s Jack Mattke 6-3, 6-0 in the first round and then

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out the top three. Freshman Abigail Groleau clocked another personal-best in the 100 dash, finishing second in to Janesville Parker junior Tina Shelton in 13.05. Shelton won the race in 12.54. Sporting a new pole, junior Micah Zaemisch looked solid, clearing a personal-best 10 feet, 3 inches for second in the pole vault. Sun Prairie senior Ashely O’Connell won the vault with a height of 10-6. Junior Amber Hodkiewicz made it over 4-10 to tie Madison La Follette freshman Claire Ammeraal for second place in the high jump. Sun Prairie freshman Naomi Andrews won the event with a clearance of 5-0. A newcomer to the team this season after giving up soccer, senior Peighton Trieloff qualified for sectionals with a personal-best triple jump of 34-7 1/2. She added nearly a foot PR in the long jump and took fourth place at 16-2.

“I know she was a really big soccer player but I got her to come out for track this year,” Ellie said of her older sister. “Having her here to pick me up when I’m feeling down. It’s been an awesome experience.” Sophomore Savy Borroughs sat fifth after the 200 preliminaries but dropped .24 in the finals to finish third in 27.69. Freshman Victoria Ashworth was third in the 300 hurdles (50.49). Stoughton’s 4x100 relay finished third in 50.94 and will also be competing in Lake Geneva. Senior Margaret Ross (11:38.08) cut 11 seconds off her seed time but finished fifth and missed a sectional spot in the 3,200. Junior Paige Schuttemeir posted a personal-best 17.39 but also just missed a sectional berth, finishing fifth. Freshman teammate Annie Tangeman finished one spot away from sectionals, finishing fifth with a leap of 33-5 ½ in the triple jump. Stoughton’s 4x200 relay also finished fifth.

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Benoy (18-10), Meyer (216) and Schreier (13-13) all advanced through Monday’s Janesville Craig subsectional Benoy was the top seed at No. 1 singles and qualified for sectionals with a first-round bye. Meyer, also earned a first seed at No. 2 singles, and then beat Brandon Thorne from Oregon 6-0, 6-3. Schreier played Logan Hamele of Fort Atkinson in the first round and then beat Matt Klinger from Milton 6-1, 3-6, 6-2. Stoughton scored 10 points and was third behind Oregon (22) and Milton (20) following subsectionals. The Vikings travel back to Nielsen Tennis Stadium on Thursday. The top team based on combined points from subsectionals and sectionals advances to the WIAA Division 1 team state meet June 7-8.

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coach Chelsea Kittleson said. “We are learning how to play off of each other because it’s the only time we’ve played cohesively. We realize we are young and we have a lot of potential. Stoughton will play a WIAA Division 2 regional semifinal game at Oregon on Tuesday, May 28.

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The Stoughton girls soccer team lost two games to close out its regular season in the last week. The Vikings (1-12-1 overall, 1-6 Badger South) were shut out in a nonconference game by McFarland on Tuesday, May 21, at Collins Field. McFarland 8, On Thursday, May 23, the Vikings lost a Badger South Stoughton 0 Conference road game to McFaralnd’s Lexi Hattiger Watertown. had four goals to power the “It’s been a huge spring Spartans over the Vikings on season of continued growth,”

Tuesday at Collins Field in Stoughton. Stoughton goalkeeper Emily Newquist had three saves, and Hannah Furseth had two.

Watertown 8, Stoughton 1 Watertown’s Autumn Meyers scored two goals to hand Stoughton an 8-1 loss Thursday. Stoughton’s Abby Kivett scored the first goal at 1 minute, 7 seconds. The Goslings responded with four first-half goals to take a 4-1 lead.

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NASCAR Pellitteri Waste with four laps to go and hung Systems Bandits feature was on to win the 20 lap feature for the Dave’s White Rock rained out. Baumeister Jr. took the lead MISfitz. It was the debut of in the Late Models with seven the new division at Madison. With four laps to go laps to go just before the rains hit the track ending the Late Hellenbrand pulled to the Model feature. inside of Edwards to take Hellenbrand took the lead the lead.

Golf: Olson shoots to 28th in regional Continued from page 13 happen.” Sophomore Eagan Olson shot a 98 to take 28th. Junior Patrick Wozniak carded a 111 and senior Thomas Apel shot a 122.

The Vikings had four new varsity players this season. Olson made the switch from baseball to golf. Stokes said Olson has the potential to be one of the leaders on the team. “It usually takes a year

to learn how to be a competitive golfer,” he said. “If he keeps working on it and practices in the summer with a year under his belt, I think he can be one of the best golfers on the team next year.”

Softball: Hammersley strikes out three Continued from page 13 Purple Knights at Beloit College. “Lela and Maddy have been huge contributors the last four years to our program,” coach Toni Fischer said. “They’re irreplaceable as players and teammates.”

The Purple Knights loaded the bases in the bottom of the fourth inning with three singles before Kylie Evans blew the game open with a tworun double. Natalie Bittner singled home a fourth run and a fifth scored when Brashi bobbled the ball in center fielder. Stoughton finished the

game with two hits and four bases on balls. Junior pitcher Kailey Hammersly threw six innings and struck out three. Beloit advances to host fifth-seeded Waterford on Thursday. “The last four years have just flown by,” Brashi said. “I didn’t take a moment for granted.”

Boys: Vikings’ 3,200 relay earns sectional berth and lost a shoe. Hutcherson almost ran down the 3:36.86, one place behind Janesville Parker anchor, Janesville Parker and a who started with about a shot at sectionals. 20-meter advantage, as A l b e r t g o t h i s f o o t Stoughton finished .77 stepped on during the race Continued from page 12

behind Parker. “I know those guys are frustrated, they ran three to four seconds slower than they should have,” Kramolis said.

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Rain pushed the start of the annual Stoughton and Utica Home Talent game back an hour Saturday, May 18. Six bags of diamond dry later; however, the Merchants and rival A’s were finally able to get in their Southeast Section on a dreary day at Norse Park. A one-run game through five-and-a half innings, the host Merchants broke the game open sending 16 batters to the plate in the bottom of the sixth to earn a 13-2 win. The league MVP in 2017, Ryan Nyhagen tied the game with one swing of the bat, cracking a solo home run to lead off the bottom of the sixth. That set the stage for No. 9 hitter Tanner Klitzke whose suicide squeeze plated the go-ahead run. “We kind of figured they were expecting the suicide, so Dale (Seffens) wanted to get them in to see if I could possibly find a good pitch and hit it over the drawn in infield,” Klitzke said. “I got an opportunity to do it last week and I think I had six or seven last year. It’s fun. I feel comfortable doing it. “If I have a chance for an RBI, I might as well do it.” A 1-1 count, Seffens opted to put the squeeze on and Klitzke put the ball down perfectly just up the third baseline on a wet field.

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Stoughton first baseman Dave Hanson scoops a low throw for Saturday’s first out against Albion. “We were expecting it, I guess we just didn’t do a good job communicating our defense and what everyone was going to do,” Utica player/manager Christian Stokstad said. “They executed the squeeze to a T and we didn’t have anyone at first.” Stokstad took over on the mound for Brock Wanninger with the bases loaded and no outs but things only got worse as leadoff hitter Ervin Medina hit a bases-clearing double. Jake Wenzel followed singled into the hole at short, Winder Fuentes singled and Caleb Broege walked to load the bases before Stoughton shortstop Winder Fuentes hit a bases-clearing double to push the Merchants’ lead to 6-2. Yonardo Herdenez and Dave

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Hanson added RBI singles off Stokstad, who was chased after facing four batters and being unable to record and out. “They got a different look on the mound and they went with it,” Stokstad said. “They hit me pretty hard.” Wenzel added a two-run double and Broege had a two-run single off reliever Jason Hougan. Utica lead off hitter Andy Martin singled with two outs in the top of the seventh but never moved into scoring position. Erick Sperloen went the distance on the mound for Stoughton, allowing two earned runs on six hits. He walked one and hit another as Utica plated both of its runs in the top of the third.

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Triangle Troopers honor veterans Last month, the Triangle Troopers 4-H club participated in a Badger Honor Flight “welcome home” c e r e m o ny a t t h e D a n e County Regional Airport and later donated $250 to the group, which flies veterans to visit Washington, D.C. and view war monuments. A g r o u p o f Tr i a n g l e Tr o o p e r s s t o o d o n t h e steps and held U.S. flags as the group of 81 veterans came down the escalator, and two members walked throughout the airport with a sign reading, “The plane has landed.” The club also helped veterans back to their vehicles in the parking lot. Group leader Melanie Huchthausen said this was

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Our Daily Bread community meal A group of volunteers at area churches serves Our Daily Bread, a community meal provided for everyone in the Stoughton Area School District. The meal is held every month and is hosted by one of the seven area churches: Good Shepherd by the Lake, St. Ann's Catholic Church, United Methodist, West Koshkong, Covenant Lutheran, First Lutheran, Christ Lutheran. The meal is served at 4:30 p.m. The average number of people who gather every month is around 48.

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Perry Keith Hellum, 77, passed away Thursday, May 16, 2019, surrounded by his family he loved so much. Perry was born in Stoughton on November 16, 1941, the only child of Wilbur and Christine (Breingsness) Hellum. He spent his childhood in Stoughton where he played baseball for Stoughton High School, establishing a lifelong love of the sport. Perry earned his bachelor’s degree in education from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in 1963. He married Ann Berkley in 1964. They lived in Neenah, Wisconsin, where he taught fifth grade, and in 1968, they moved to Burlington where Perry was hired as District Administrator at Riverview Grade School in Silver Lake. During the summers, he worked towards attaining

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a Master’s of Education and later his Specialist of Education from Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan. He earned his Ph.D. in Education from Columbia Pacific University. Throughout his 26 years at Riverview, he would say he led “the best teaching staff in the state” and made sure the focus was always on the students. In 1983, Perry married Patricia (Carlson) Schmalfeldt. Together they traveled the country, often in their motorhome. He took pride in his Norwegian heritage and Stoughton roots, and they enjoyed having a summer home near his relatives in the Stoughton area. He was a member of Cross Lutheran Church since 1968 and served on the Church Council as well as in other church roles. In addition to his being an avid baseball fan, Perry loved to read and tell stories. He was a terrific husband, father, grandfather, and friend who treasured spending time with his family, especially his grandkids and his dog Honey. Perry is survived by his wife, Pat; his children, Erik (Jennifer) Hellum and Suzanne (Jim) Cowan; his stepsons whom he loved as his own, Don (Karen) Schmalfeldt and

Brian (Kim) Schmalfeldt; his grandchildren, Luke, Noah, Jordan, Cody, Houston, Abby (Art Miller IV), Jenna, Ashley and Teagen; and his brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Bill (Pat) Carlson. He was preceded in death by his parents. The family would like to thank the nurses and staff of Aurora at Home Hospice, the nurses and physicians at Lakeland Medical Center Hospice, and Dr. Arthur Rein for their care and compassion during this time. The family has suggested that memorial contributions be made to Cross Lutheran Church. Relatives and friends visited the family on Wednesday, May 22, 2019, from 4-7 p.m. at Cross Lutheran Church. Services for Perry will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 23, 2019, at Cross Lutheran Church. A private family burial will take place following the service at Roselawn Memory Gardens.

lowing alcohol license application has been received by the Town of Rutland. The licenses applied for are for the period beginning July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020. Class B Fermented Malt Beverage: Eugsters Farm Market, Inc., Joseph Eugster, agent. License Location: 3865 Hwy 138, Stoughton WI 53589 Class C Wine: Eugsters Farm Market, Inc., Joseph Eugster, agent. License Location: 3865 Hwy 138, Stoughton WI 53589 Class B Fermented Malt Beverage: Madison Speedway Inc., 1750 Beach Road Verona, WI 53593 License Location: Madison International Speedway, 1122 Sunrise Road, Oregon, Wisconsin 1. Pit Area and 2. Grandstand Area Class B Fermented Malt Beverage and Class B Liquor: Grueneberg Enterprises, DBA Davess White Rock, 596 State Road 14, Brooklyn, WI 53521 License Location: White Rock Bar Class A Fermented Malt Beverage and Class A Liquor: Stoughton Lumber Company Inc. Agent: James M Gerber, 404 West Wilson St. Stoughton WI 53589 License Location: Stoughton Lumber Company Inc., 3188 Deer Point Drive, Stoughton WI 53589 Class B Fermented Malt Beverage and Class B Liquor: (Reserve) Wisconsin Shop LLC Agent Tara Pearson, 343 Lake Kegonsa Rd., Oregon WI 53575 Location: 4645 US Highway 138, Oregon WI 53575 Dawn George, Clerk Published May 23, 2019 WNAXLP

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Thomas L. ‘Tubby’ Scheel T h o m a s L . “ Tu b b y ” Scheel, passed away on We d n e s d a y, M a y 1 5 , 2019. He was born in Madison, on Sept. 10, 1953, the son of the late Lawrence and Marjorie (Hellickson) Scheel. Thomas graduated from Stoughton High School in 1971. He was an extremely talented painter of muscle cars in which he often bought and masterfully restored. Thomas married Denise (Swenson) McClintock and together they had a son Lawrence.

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Scheel; and his grandparents, August and Nora Scheel and Gustave and Rena Hellickson. A celebration of life will be held at the VFW, Post No. 328, 200 Veterans Rd., Stoughton, at 4 p.m. on June 3, 2019. The family requests no flowers. Thomas will be dearly missed. Online condolences may be made at www.gundersonfh.com. Gunderson Stoughton Funeral & Cremation Care 1358 Highway 51 N. at Jackson St. (608) 873-4590

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Legals CITY OF STOUGHTON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT Notice is hereby given that the City of Stoughton Common Council will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, May 28, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. at the Public Safety Building, Second Floor, 321 S. Fourth Street, Stoughton, Wisconsin, 53589. The public hearing will be held to gather public input related to an amendment to the City of Stoughton Comprehensive Plan for the Kettle Park West development area. The Comprehensive Plan is a blueprint for the short-range and long-range growth, redevelopment, and preservation of the City and will be used by City officials as a policy guide to help make decisions regarding the growth and development of the City. The proposal is to amend the City’s existing Comprehensive Plan to modify the street and land uses within the Kettle Park West development. Material can be found on the City’s website http://www.ci.stoughton.wi.us under the Department of Planning & Development and at the City Planning office located at 207 S. Forrest Street. Written comments on the draft Comprehensive Plan should be submitted to Michael Stacey, Zoning Administrator/Assistant Planner at 207 S. Forrest St. Stoughton, WI 53589 or via email to mstacey@ci.stoughton.wi.us. All written or electronic comments will be forwarded to the City of Stoughton City Council members for their consideration. Dated this 13th day of May, 2019. Holly Licht, City Clerk Published: May 16 and 23, 2019 WNAXLP *** PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The City of Stoughton Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, June 10, 2019 at 6:00 o’clock p.m., or as soon after as the matter may be heard, in the Council Chambers, Public Safety Building, 321 South Fourth Street, Second Floor, Stoughton, Wisconsin, 53589, to consider a proposed Conditional Use Permit Application by Chris Gentilli to expand the two-family use (In-Family Suite) at 224 S. Van Buren Street, Stoughton, Wisconsin. The property at 224 S. Van Buren Street is owned by Chris Gentilli and is more fully described as follows: Parcel Number: 281/0511-071-0128-9 EMERSON PARK BLOCK 1 E1/2 LOT 8 For questions regarding this notice please contact Michael Stacey, Zoning Administrator at 608-646-0421. Additional information including a location map can be found at: http:// stoughtoncitydocs.com/planning-commission/ Published May 16 and 23, 2019 WNAXLP *** NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The City of Stoughton Plan Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, June 10, 2019 at 6:00 oclock p.m., or as soon after as the matter may be heard, at the Public Safety Building, Second Floor, 321 S. Fourth Street, Stoughton, Wisconsin, 53589, to consider a proposed ordinance amendment to the City of Stoughton Municipal Code of Ordinances section 78-718. This proposed amendment is to consider removing the requirement which requires no fencing within any easement designed to convey stormwater drainage, sanitary sewer, electric distribution and water distribution within the City of Stoughton, Dane County, Wisconsin. For questions regarding this notice please contact Michael Stacey, Zoning Administrator at 608-646-0421 Published May 16 and 23, 2019 WNAXLP *** TOWN OF RUTLAND NOTICE ALCOHOL LICENSE APPLICATIONS Notice is hereby given that the fol-

*** STATE OF WISCONSIN, CIRCUIT COURT, DANE COUNTY, NOTICE TO CREDITORS (INFORMAL ADMINISTRATION) IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CHARLES W. DECKER Case No. 2019PR373 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: 1. An application for Informal Administration was filed. 2. The decedent, with date of birth November 6, 1921 and date of death April 26, 2019, was domiciled in Dane County, State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of 950 Ridge Street, #301, Stoughton, WI 53589. 3. All interested persons waived notice. 4. The deadline for filing a claim against the decedent’s estate is August 16, 2019. 5. A claim may be filed at the Dane County Courthouse, 215 S. Hamilton Street, Madison, Wisconsin, Room 1005. Electronically signed by Danell Behrens Deputy Probate Registrar May 14, 2019 Jonathan M. Hajny 221 Kings Lynn Road Stoughton, WI 53589 (608) 877-4081 Bar Number: 1014429 Published: May 23, 30 and June 6, 2019 WNAXLP *** STATE OF WISCONSIN, CIRCUIT COURT, DANE COUNTY, NOTICE TO CREDITORS (INFORMAL ADMINISTRATION) IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GARY A. BREUCHEL Case No. 2019PR356 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: 1. An application for Informal Administration was filed. 2. The decedent, with date of birth October 26, 1951 and date of death April 9, 2019, was domiciled in Dane County, State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of 315 County Highway B, Stoughton, WI 53589. 3. All interested persons waived notice. 4. The deadline for filing a claim against the decedent’s estate is August

*** MEETING OF: COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF STOUGHTON DATE//TIME: TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2019 @ 7:00 P.M. LOCATION: COUNCIL CHAMBERS (2ND FLOOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING) 321 SOUTH FOURTH STREET, STOUGHTON, WISCONSIN Members: Mayor Tim Swadley, Matt Bartlett, Sid Boersma, Phil Caravello, Ozzie Doom, Ben Heili, Regina Hirsch, Greg Jenson, Jean Ligocki, Tom Majewski, Lisa Reeves, Timothy Riley, and Brett Schumacher CALL TO ORDER Mayor Swadley called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m. Roll Call, Communications, and Presentations: Clerk Licht called the roll and noted there were 12 alders present. Minutes and Reports: the following minutes were entered into the record. RDA (2/13/19, 3/13/19); Tree Commission (3/7/19); Landmarks Commission (3/14/19); Planning Commission (3/11/19); Finance (3/26/19); Whitewater Park Steering Committee (2/18/19); Parks & Rec (3/20/19); Utilities (3/26/19) Public Comment Period: There were no comments from the public. CONSENT AGENDA A. April 9, 2019 Council Minutes B. April 16, 2019 Council Minutes C. R-56-2019- Resolution Authorizing and directing the proper City official (s) to issue Operator Licenses D. Stoughton Utilities March Payments Due List Report; Stoughton Utilities March Payments Due List Report; Stoughton Utilities February Financial Summary; Stoughton Utilities February Statistical Report Motion by Jenson, second by Heili to approve the consent agenda. Motion carried 12-0. OLD BUSINESS NEW BUSINESS O-12-2019- Amending Sections 6-2, 78-105, 78-206(8), and Chapter 78-Appendix C, Relating to Accessory Uses and Structures and Keeping of Honey Bees; Regulation of Animals Bartlett offered O-12-2019 as a first reading. Motion by Bartlett, second by Jenson to waive the rules and allow the council to vote on the ordinance after the first reading. Motion carried 12-0. Motion by Heili, second by Jenson to amend Exhibit B section 4(B) to change the wording from “a property line” to that property line. Motion carried 12-0. Original motion carried 12-0. O-13-2019- Amending Sections 14461 and 78-206(8)(y), and Chapter 78-Appendix C, Relating to Accessory Uses and Structures and Keeping of Chickens; Regulation of Animals Bartlett offered O-13-2019 as a first reading. Motion by Jenson, second by Boersma to waive the rules and allow the council to vote on the ordinance after the first reading. Motion carried 12-0. Motion by Jenson, second by Majewski to approve O-13-2019. Motion carried 12-0. R-57-2019- Approving an extra-territorial jurisdictional (ETJ) land division (CSM) request by Elizabeth Reinstad for property located at 1924 County Highway A, Town of Dunkirk, Dane County, Wisconsin Motion by Bartlett, second by Reeves to approve R-57-2019. Motion carried 12-0.

R-58-2019- Approving an extra-territorial jurisdictional (ETJ) land division (CSM) request by Dave Riesop for property located on 1494 Pleasant Hill Road, Town of Dunkirk, Dane County, Wisconsin Motion Bartlett, second by Jenson to approve R-58-2019. Motion carried 12-0. R-59-2019- Approving the submittal of an award application for the Public Works Garage Site property by the Director of Finance/Comptroller for WAM Contractor Services Motion by Schumacher, second by Jenson to approve R-59-2019. Motion carried 12-0. R-60-2019-Approving Professional Services Agreement with Interfluve for Yahara River Sediment Sampling Services Motion by Hirsch, second by Reeves to approve R-60-2019. Motion carried 12-0 R-61-2019- Authorizing the submittal of a Wisconsin DNR Stewardship Fund grant application by the Parks & Recreation Director for Yahara Riverfront Development Project – Phase I Motion by Hirsch, second by Reeves to approve R-61-2019. Motion carried 120. R-62-2019-Approving the Mayor’s Appointments to the Library Board Motion by Boersma, second by Ligocki to approve R-62-2019. Motion carried 12-0. Consideration and possible action on Cost Reimbursement Agreement relating to Kettle Park West North Addition*** Motion by Reeves, second by Jenson to approve the agreement. Motion carried 12-0. Consideration and possible action regarding Kettle Park West North Addition: *** A. Intersection of Oak Opening Drive and State HWY 138 B. Extension of Oak Opening Drive into the Town of Rutland Motion by Riley, second by Bartlett to approve option B (not requiring the connection to 138 before the construction of the North Addition). Motion carried 10-2 with Hirsch and Caravello voting ‘no’. Adjournment Motion by Jenson, second by Caravello to adjourn at 9:10 p.m. Motion carried 12-0. Respectfully Submitted, Holly Licht, City Clerk Published: May 23, 2019 WNAXLP *** CITY OF STOUGHTON 381 E. MAIN STREET, STOUGHTON, WISCONSIN RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL Resolution authorizing improvements and levying special assessments against benefited property in the City of Stoughton for the improvement of curb and gutter, sidewalks, driveway aprons, carriage walks, retaining walls, sanitary sewer, storm sewer and water system improvements for 2019 Projects Committee Action: Preliminary Resolution R-18-2019 approved by the Finance Committee 3-2 and by the Common Council 6-4 Fiscal Impact: N/A File Number: R-65-2019 Date Introduced: May 14, 2019 WHEREAS the Common Council of the City of Stoughton, Wisconsin, held a public hearing for the purpose of hearing all interested persons concerning the preliminary resolution and report of the City Engineer on the following described area for benefits accruing to such property within the project area: The improvement of curb and gutter, sidewalks, driveway aprons, carriage walks, retaining walls, sanitary sewer, storm sewer and water system improvements for: 1. Patterson Street – Harrison Street to Monroe Street. 2. Monroe Street – Lowell Street to Patterson Street.

3. Lowell Street – Monroe Street to Page Street. 4. Jackson Street – N. Van Buren Street to Kings Lynn Road. 5. Lincoln Avenue – Jackson Street to Eisenhower Street. 6. Miscellaneous locations for spot sidewalk, curb and gutter, and driveway apron replacement on various street in addition to those listed above. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Common Council of the City of Stoughton as follows: 1. That the report of the City Engineer pertaining to the construction of the above-described improvements, including plans and specifications therefore is hereby adopted and approved and it is hereby directed that such work be carried out in accordance with the report of the City Engineer. 2. That payment for said improvements be made by assessing the cost to the property benefited as indicated in said report. The assessment represents an exercise of the police power and has been determined on a reasonable basis and is hereby confirmed. 3. That benefits and damages shown on the report are true and correct and are hereby confirmed. 4. The assessment levied against any parcel shall be paid in full on or before November 1, 2019; or if over $200.00 may be paid in five (5) annual installments with interest at 3.50% per annum; or if over $1,500.00 may be paid in ten (10) annual installments with an interest at 3.50% per annum; or may be deferred only on such terms and in such manner as prescribed by the Stoughton City Council, as referred to in Section 2- 646 through 2-654 of the Stoughton Municipal Code. 5. The City Clerk is directed to publish this resolution as a Class I notice in the Courier Hub. 6. The Clerk is further directed to mail this resolution and a statement of the final assessment against his/ her property to every interested person whose name appears on the assessment roll whose post-office address is known or can with reasonable diligence be ascertained. This is to certify that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the Common Council of the City of Stoughton at a meeting called for this purpose on the 14th day of May 2019. Adopted on a vote of 12-0 on May 14, 2019. Published: May 23, 2019 WNAXLP *** CITY OF STOUGHTON 381 E. MAIN STREET, STOUGHTON, WI 53589 ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL Amending Section 6-2, Relating to the Keeping of Honey Bees and Chickens; Regulation of Animals Committee Action: N/A Fiscal Impact: N/A File Number: O-18-2019 First Reading: May 14, 2019 Second Reading: May 28, 2019 RECITALS A. On April 23, 2019, the City Council approved the enactment of ordinances permitting the keeping of honey bees and chickens. B. The City Council has determined that registration processes for honey bee keeping and chicken keeping would both protect the public health, safety and general welfare. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Stoughton, Dane County, Wisconsin, does ordain as follows: ORDINANCE 1. The Recitals set forth above are material to and are incorporated in this Ordinance as if set forth in full. 2. Section 6-2 of the City of Stoughton Municipal Code is amended to provide as follows: Sec. 6-2. - Keeping of animals, birds and honey bees. (a) No person shall keep any hoofed animal or bees within the city, except as permitted in subsections (b)(c)(d) below.

In no event shall poisonous snakes or those snakes having a normal adult size that exceed four feet in length or members of the genus Canis or genus Felis other than common dogs and cats be permitted to be kept as pets in the city. (b) A maximum of three rabbits may be kept out of doors as pets, but not bred for meat or sale. Dogs may be kept out of doors in appropriate enclosures with proper shelter. Small animals, reptiles, birds and fish that are housed within a residence shall be permitted. Small animals include, but are not limited to, dogs, tropical fish, parrots, parakeets, cockatiels, canaries, cockatoos, finches, love birds, house cats, guinea pigs, gerbils, hamsters, fancy mice and rats, reptiles and turtles. Horses are conditionally allowed within the rural holding and exurban residential districts. For the keeping of chickens, see zoning code section 78-206(8)(y).For the keeping of bees, see zoning code section 78-206(8)(z). (c) Any person keeping chickens in the city shall register such activity with the city clerk. All registrations expire December 31, and must be renewed by March 31 of the following year. (d) Any person keeping honey bees in the city shall register such activity with the city clerk. All registrations expire December 31, and must be renewed by March 31 of the following year. (e)(c) Animals or birds not listed in this section shall be prohibited unless similar to those listed in (b) (c) (d) above. (Code 1986, § 12.136; Ord. No. 0-710, § 1, 8-10-2010; Ord. No. 0-7-2015, § 1, 9-8-2015, Ord. No. 19-__). 3. This ordinance shall take effect upon passage and publication pursuant to law. Dates Council Adopted: May 14, 2019 Mayor Approved: May 14, 2019 ______________________________ Tim Swadley, Mayor Attest: May 14, 2019 ______________________________ Holly Licht, City Clerk Published: May 23, 2019 WNAXLP *** TOWN OF RUTLAND DANE COUNTY NOTICE OF MEETING TO ADJOURN BOARD OF REVIEW TO LATER DATE BOARD OF REVIEW The 2019 Town of Rutland Board of Review will meet on the 4th day of June, 2019 at 6:15 p.m. at the Rutland Town Hall/Garage at 785 Center Rd. for the purpose of calling the Board of Review into session during the forty-five day period beginning on the 4th Monday of April, pursuant to Sec. 70.47 (1) of Wis. Statutes. Due to the fact the assessment roll is not completed at this time, it is anticipated that the Board of Review will be adjourned until the 26th day of June, 2019 beginning at 6:00 p.m. Published: May 23, 2019 WNAXLP *** TOWN OF RUTLAND DANE COUNTY OPEN BOOK Pursuant to Sec. 70.45 of Wis. Statutes the assessment roll for the Year 2019 assessments will be open for examination on the 19th day of June, 2019 at the Rutland Town Hall, 785 Center Rd. from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Instructional material about the assessment and board of review procedures will be available at that time for information on how to file an objection and the board of review procedures under Wisconsin law. Notice is hereby given this 20TH day of May, 2019 Dawn George, Clerk Published: May 23, 2019 WNAXLP ***

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POLICE REPORTS‌ The Stoughton Police Department logged 2,360 incidents for March. ‌ Cases of interest for the month were; Five intoxicated driver arrests, two burglaries, three liquor law violations, two drug incidents, 13 thefts, eight domestic disturbances, three threats, seventeen disturbances, 12 disorderly conducts, three threats, 35 traffic crashes, 59 EMS assists, 14 alarms, 14 juvenile incidents, 34 911 calls, three warrant arrests, 24 animal complaints and officers responded to 35 suspicious activity calls. Officers also logged 41 check persons, 84 check properties, 87 assist cases, 31 criminal charges, 16 ordinance violations and 70 traffic arrests from 122 traffic stops.‌ The following were identified as significant cases by the Stoughton Police Department: ‌ ‌

March 3‌ Officers arrested a 69 year old woman for operating while under the influence following a traffic stop. The subject was also transported to the detoxification center.‌ Officers arrested a 46 year old man for disorderly conduct following a disturbance at a local business.‌ ‌March 7‌ Officers arrested a 19 year old man for possession of narcotics, possession of THC and possession of drug paraphernalia following a traffic stop.‌ ‌March 12‌ Officers arrested a 27 year old woman for battery while armed, disorderly conduct and criminal damage to property following a domestic disturbance.‌ ‌March 15‌ Officers arrested a 27 year old woman for bail jumping for

violating conditions of her bail boy into temporary protective from a previous incident.‌ custody on charges of battery, criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct fol‌March 17‌ Officers arrested a 34 year lowing an incident of an out of old man for disorderly conduct control juvenile at a residence. following a domestic distur- The youth was released to a guardian and charges were bance.‌ Officers arrested a 37 year forwarded to juvenile court.‌ old man for disorderly conduct, resisting/obstructing an ‌March 23‌ officer and a probation hold Officers arrested a 31 year following a domestic distur- old man on an outstanding bance.‌ warrant following an officer responding to a 911 disconnect call.‌ ‌March 18‌ Officers arrested a 48 year old man for burglary while ‌March 24‌ armed, criminal damage to Officers have pending property, bail jumping and an charges on a 37 year old outstanding warrant following man for burglary, substantial a domestic disturbance.‌ battery, criminal trespass to Officers arrested a 32 year dwelling and criminal damold man on an outstand- age to property following the ing warrant after the subject suspect breaking into the victurned himself into the police tim’s apartment and assaulting department.‌ them. The suspect was known to the victim and remains at large.‌ ‌March 19‌ Officers arrested a 39 year Officers took a 9 year old old man for second degree sexual assault, impede breathing, substantial battery and disorderly conduct following a domestic disturbance.‌

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‌March 26‌ Officers arrested a 38 year old man for disorderly conduct while armed following a disturbance at a residence. The suspect reportedly was intoxicated and threatened the victim with a cased weapon.‌

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A four-year degree or equivalent experience and a minimum of five years in advertising, marketing, journalism or a businessrelated field is required to be successful in this role. A record of continuous learning through seminars, conferences and workshops required. The General & Sales Manager is based out of the Mount Vernon, Iowa location with regular travel to all EIMG-S locations. Travel to other WCM locations required for meetings, training and planning. A valid driver’s license and proof of insurance is necessary.

Tammy Baldwin’s (D-Wis- Department Thursday, April s t r e n g t h e n s u p p o r t f o r c o n s i n ) o ffi c e s t o u r e d 18. behavioral health programs. The hospital is workStoughton Hospital’s Inpatient Geriatric Psychiatry ing with lawmakers to – Amber Levenhagen

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‌March 29‌ Officers arrested a 49 year old man for battery, disorderly conduct and violation of domestic abuse Injunction following a domestic disturbance.‌

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SKI EQUIPMENT SALES DELIVERY SERVICE We are now accepting applications for full- time and parttime positions working in our Belleville warehouse during the summer and selling ski equipment in our Madison store during the winter. This is an entry level position which involves loading and unloading trucks, assembling furniture and helping out on deliveries. We are looking for a reliable, self-motivated person who has a good driving record and has some downhill skiing experience. Chalet is a fun place to work with good advancement opportunities. Chalet is locally owned with a long-standing reputation for quality merchandise and good customer service. We offer a generous base salary along with incentive pay and other great benefits like free skiing at local hills. Apply in person at: Chalet Ski & Patio, 5252 Verona Road, Madison, WI 53711608-273-8263. STATELINE PAVING & EXCAVATING are hiring Skilled Trade Members. Positions include: Paver Experience, CAT Skid Steer Experience, Truck Driver w/Paving Experience, & Skilled Grade Person. Wages based on experience. 608-206-6054. wisconsin sam7@gmail.com.

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Pets TEDDY BEARS, Shorkies, 1 Papillion, 1 Morkie, 1 Poochon, Teacup Yorkies, Cavapoos, Pomshi, Cockapoos. $595-$1,595 All pups have a Vet checkshots Dewormed and a 1 yr health guarantee and a lifetime of training advice. We love our pups and customers! Come out and see us soon! Lic#474872 www. SpringGreenPups.com Brenda 608574-7931. CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE IS Noon Friday for the Oregon Observer unless changed because of holiday work schedules. REGISTERED BORDER Collie male puppies, vet checked, vaccinated. $300 each. Platteville. 608-732-5052.

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Garage Sales BROOKLYN. W1876 Brooklyn Albany Road (Attica). May 23-27, 8am-6pm. Multi-family. INDOORS. New LuLaRoe, something for everyone. OREGON. 1163 Winged Foot Dr. FriSat, 8am-2pm, a lot. Pressure washer, recital costumes, bounce-house, Nerf, motorized wheelchair and disabled items, boys lacrosse equipment, child’s bike. OREGON. 5502 Sheil Dr. West of Oregon. Saturday, May 25, 8am-3pm. Sleeper sofa, dining chairs, end tables, mini-frig, party bar (new!), baby clothes and equip, both M-F, toddler clothes M, lots more.

Lawn & Garden LAWN MOWING. Free Estimates. Good Work. Fair Price. 608-8735216 RIGHT HAND MAN SERVICES Lawn mowing, trimming & spring clean up, etc. 18 years experience. 608-2084942.

ROSEWOOD APARTMENTS for Seniors 55+. 1 & 2 bedroom units available starting at $810 per month. Includes heat, water and sewer. Professionally managed. Located at 300 Silverado Drive, Stoughton, WI 53589. 608-877-9388

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STOUGHTON. LARGE 2-bedroom, plus den, appliances, laundry, big deck, nonsmoking. 608-238-1692. GREENWOOD APARTMENTS. Apartments for Seniors 55+, currently has 1 & 2 bedroom units available starting at $810 per month,includes heat, water, and sewer. 608-835-6717 Located at: 139 Wolf St., Oregon, WI 53575 OREGON 2-BEDROOM in quiet, well-kept building. Convenient location. Includes all appliances, AC, blinds, private parking, laundry, storage. $200 security deposit. Cats OK. $715/month. 608-219-6677 Available July 1.

STOUGHTON 2-BEDROOM 2 unit building on second floor. Parking for 1 car per unit in back lot. No Pets. Rent $750. Available. 608-332-6013. CLASSIFIEDS, 873-6671 or 835-6677. It pays to read the fine print.

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Livestock FOR SALE: Reg. Polled Hereford Bulls, fertility and performance tested, will hold until needed. Owego Stock Farm. 608-543-3778. REGISTERED BLACK Angus Bulls. Kuhle Angus, Hazel Green. 563-5420803. ALL ADS SUBMITTED SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY PUBLISHER OF THIS PAPER.

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We are seeking a dynamic, energetic sports journalist who can lead the evolution of our sports coverage to match modern readers’ needs. It will take someone who knows how to produce and coach good writing and photography and will enjoy getting to know people in four different suburban communities. There is some room to tailor the job to fit your particular strengths, but it will involve some of everything – reporting, designing pages, community outreach, social media, planning and organization, as well as supervising and collaborating with our assistant sports editor.

Unified Newspaper Group prints three award-winning hyperlocal weekly news publications in Stoughton, Oregon and Verona and one monthly newspaper in Fitchburg, along with a quarterly regional magazine, and we have a culture and a staff structure you won’t find anywhere else. Constant learning and collaboration is our focus, from our interns to our editors, and good people stick around. We look for real journalists who like telling stories through words, photos and design.

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A rendering of the proposed improvements to Criddle Park.

Criddle: Park to be updated with natural installations Continued from page 1 be complete by the end of July. Adventure playgrounds incorporate natural building materials and use the site’s topography to “foster wonder and imagination by creating small worlds for children to explore,” according to GRG’s website. Glynn told the council this type of park leads to more imaginative play than

typical plastic, prefabricated playgrounds. The bid was $2,000 more than the other two bids it received, but was the only one that had the natural feel the community wanted. The wooden structures tend to wear out faster and can be more expensive to maintain than their plastic counterparts, Glynn said, but people tend to prefer using them.

He told the Hub his department is looking at the Criddle Park installation as a sort of test run, because he’s heard many neighbors asking for their local park to get natural installations, as well. The lifespan is probably half or two-thirds that of a typical prefabricated one, Glynn said, but GRG offers a 10-year warranty on the major structural components, which are made of

black locust, and two-year warranties for the decks, which are made of cedar. GRG has an easy online portal to request warranty replacements and a woodshop in Evansville that fills the orders, making it easy for parks staff to replace elements that might wear out. Contact Alexander CramPhoto by Alexander Cramer er at alexander.cramer@ wcinet.com.​ The Criddle Park play equipment will be upgraded this summer with similar structures.

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