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First Lutheran Church group does helpful projects AMBER LEVENHAGEN Unified Newspaper Group

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From left, front, Piper Grant and Ella Kemppainen fight over the hose during the summer library program grand finale at East Side Park on Monday, Aug. 13.

Library hosts summer grand finale

The Stoughton Public Library’s summer library program grand finale turned into a waterfight on a sweltering evening at East Side Park on Monday, Aug. 13.

Adult services librarian Cynthia Schlegel organized and More photos from the library’s summer program finale event: ran the teen summer reading program and its year-end ConnectStoughton.com bash, which included water balloons, yard games, snacks and prizes.

Kids on one side of the shelter at the park played dry into a water balloon/hose fight. games in the lawn, like giant Jenga or bag toss, while the – Alexander Cramer other side started with wet games that eventually morphed

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Opera House music begins Sept. 7 Brehm books more than 60 performances for new season of sounds BILL LIVICK Unified Newspaper Group

The hallowed halls of the Stoughton Opera House still ring with music 118 years after opening to the public and 17 years after a major renovation ushered the venerable auditorium into the modern era.

The new Opera House season begins Sept. 7, when Americana masters Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore

return to share the stage with Alvin’s band, The Guilty Ones. Alvin’s music is rooted in the blues and rockabilly, while Gilmore comes from a country Tickets for the 2018-19 Stoughsinger-songwriter tradition. Together, ton Opera House season go the pair has decades of experience and on sale to the general public at will demonstrate what happens when 9 a.m. Monday, Aug. 20. To buy country, folk, rock and blues merge in tickets, visit the Opera House live performance. box office, 381 E. Main St.; order As usual, the Opera House schedule online at stoughtonoperahouse. features lots of Americana, folk and ticketforce.com; or call 877-4400. bluegrass music. Also on tap is country music from Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives, New Orleans The following night, folk-pop diva rhythm, rock and blues with The Sub- Shawn Colvin returns to the stage with dudes, guitar wizardry with Charlie an intimate style that perfectly fits Hunter and soul music by 72-year-old the 475-seat venue. Less than a week singer Bettye LaVette, who’s schedTurn to Opera House/Page 5 uled to perform Friday, Oct. 19.

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Valerie Fisher lost her house to the tornado that ripped through Stoughton on Aug. 18, 2005. Thirteen years later, she has a new way to pay forward the love the community shared with her at the time.

S h e ’s t h e a d m i n i s trative assistant at First Lutheran Church, where she leads, with help from a committee, a program called “Love Stoughton Area” that helps people and organizations around Stoughton with time-consuming or difficult tasks that would otherwise be delayed or possibly not done at all. “ I f e l l i n l ove w i t h Stoughton and then after the tornado, it was everybody coming together to help out whoever needed it,” Fisher said. “Stoughton really endeared itself to me and we were really, really blessed by it.”

Love Stoughton Area started around three years ago when the First Lutheran congregation voted to keep its monetary donations within Stoughton.

The church previously had a close relationship with Habitat for Humanity, but when it stopped building in Stoughton, the congregation decided to keep its money within the community instead of helping

‘In a world where there’s so much hatred and grief, it’s nice to be able to help someone.’

– Valerie Fisher, First Lutheran Church administrative assistant Habitat build elsewhere.

The projects were initially relatively small and infrequent, sometimes fixing siding or helping with landscaping. Fisher joined the staff of the church in October 2017 to help coordinate and expand the program, which took on 12 projects last year, with some of the volunteers coming from the congregation of over 1,200 members.

Among those projects was work for the city’s food pantry, the Stoughton Public Library and the school district. It has also helped individual residents with their own projects, one of which included building a wheelchair ramp for someone who lost their leg.

L a s t N ove m b e r, t h e group helped build the outdoor classroom at Sandhill Elementary School, which Fisher said has been one of its biggest projects.

Lindsay Ott, a kindergarten teacher at Sandhill, wrote in a letter that the project had a positive impact on her students,

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One for the ages for the Stoughton High School football team and members of the senior center.

The senior citizens won the Two sets of seniors – as in tournament 9-1, Charlene Malsenior citizens and Stoughton ueg, volunteer and program High School’s seniors, plus coordinator, told the Hub. a few of their underclassmen Email reporter Kimberly peers – went to battle on TuesWethal at kimberly.wethal@ day, Aug. 7, over a couple of wcinet.com and follow her on games of 8-ball pool.

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Jon Nelson hits the 4-ball into the pocket during the fifth annual “Seniors vs. Seniors” pool tournament on Tuesday, Aug. 7, at the senior center.

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A proposed dog park and bar/restaurant combo in the Town of Dunn is going to the Town Board for review Aug 20.

The Plan Commission gave a positive recommendation for the general development plan for “Puppers Club” at Monday night’s meeting. The GDP is the second and most important of a three-step process that allows for exceptions in exchange for a more stringent review.

If approved by the Town Board, the project would then need to return to the commission and board for a review of its specific implementation plan, which deals with details such as materials and colors that will be used and specific types of landscaping.

The restaurant would take over the

space most recently occupied by Cold Fusion, which folded more than a year ago. The three-acre site at 2515 U.S. Hwy 51, just south of McFarland, is best known as the former site of Beck’s Bar and Grill.

Located between County Hwy. B and Mahoney Road, it would include a 3,000-square-foot restaurant with up to 94 seats indoors, outdoors and in the bar area.

On a “perfect night,” applicant Mary Gilbert told the board, she would expect 70-100 guests inside and out. The plan also allows for an outdoor area with a small “tiki bar” to serve drinks near the dog area.

Two fenced-in portions would feature playground equipment for pets, including a large one where dogs could roam off their leashes. It would follow similar rules as other dog parks, Gilbert said, requiring owners to sign a waiver and proof of vaccinations and that their dog had been spayed or neutered.

The bar/restaurant’s proposed hours are from 6 a.m. to 2 a.m., with the dog park to be open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Outside music would end at 11 p.m.

Gilbert and her business partner Patty

Hustad will have to improve the site’s septic system. The Wisconsin Department of Health has the power to limit a restaurant’s menu based on how much grease its septic system can handle, and former owners had restrictions.

Cold Fusion was forced to serve everything in baskets to save on dishwashing, Gilbert said. The existing system is buried under the baseball diamond on the site, and the pair plan to add another system and link the two to allow for a larger menu.

Gilbert said the pair had gone through a few name ideas since Hustad purchased the property in March, including “Wisconsin Pupper Club,” which has been shortened to “Puppers Club.” They had hoped to start construction in September and be open early next spring, but are waiting on approvals.

Though business development doesn’t go with the town’s environmental ethos, Plan Commission chair James Molloy said after the meeting, “some properties are zoned business and we want to make the best use of (them).”

Contact Alexander Cramer at alexander.cramer@wcinet.com.​

City of Stoughton

Main Street building coming down The “Kittleson” building at 305-315 E. Main Street finally can be demolished, nearly two years after its owners first asked to do so.

The city’s Planning Commission had approved the demolition of the building – located in the downtown historic district – as far back as April 2017 but could never agree on the landscaping plan it was contingent on. In addition, a demolition moratorium enacted to prevent other buildings from being torn down inadvertently applied to the building.

But the Common Council lifted the moratorium last month, and the fourth version of the landscaping plan brought forth by building owners got the commission’s approval this week.

The commission approved the project at its Monday night meeting on a 4-1-1 vote, with commissioners Todd Barman voting no and

Phil Caravello abstaining.

Mayor Tim Swadley voted in favor of the demolition.

Barman was the only commissioner who spoke against the project.

“I’m honestly a little insulted by a one sentence statement saying it’s going to be all grass and having this be considered a detailed landscape plan,” Barman said, in reference to property owner Amy and Dennis Kittleson’s project submission to the commission. “To me, a grass lot is not in the economic interest of the historic commercial district.”

A timeline for when the building will come down had not been established. Amy Kittleson said they do not have plans to develop on the property.

Commissioner Tom Selsor said both sides of the argument “have merit,” but said it’s more logical to have “a nice, open grass space that has no specific use” rather than “a broken down building that is deteriorating.”

“I disagree that it isn’t a detailed site plan, it’s detailed to the thousand pieces of grass, you don’t need a drawing to know what that looks like,” Selsor said. “I don’t see how this harms anything.”

19 months later The demolition was first discussed by the commission in January 2017. The Kittlesons bought the property in October 2016 with a plan to demolish the building after it had sat vacant for several years next to their business on Main Street.

They attended several subsequent commission meetings, submitting various landscaping plans, all of which were rejected by the commission.

Before the Kittlesons could get approval, the Common Council blocked the demolition in March 2017 by enacting a moratorium on demolishing structures in historic districts and within the Downtown Design Overlay District, in which

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T h e R e d eve l o p m e n t Authority took another step on the path toward saving the century-old building known as the Blacksmith Shop, tasking an engineer to estimate how much it will cost to stabilize it for the next three to five years.

But whether the authority will decide to save the building or “roll the dice” and see whether it survives the winter has yet to be determined, RDA chair Roger Springman told the Hub. Kurtis Straus with Structural Integrity, Inc. presented three options last week to save the century-old building, part of the Highway Trailer complex that has been a controversial sticking point in the city’s riverfront redevelopment project.

The authority chose the least expensive option, to demolish the east and west bays and remove the building’s “punky” masonry, requiring the installation of steel cross-bracing to keep it upright; the others would have kept one or both bays intact.

The RDA agreed to spend $4,000 to $5,000 for the engineer to come back in September with an estimate about how much it would cost to stabilize the building. The next step would be to have the engineer design detailed plans for doing so, costing about

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305-315 E. Main St. sits.

The goal of the moratorium was to protect the Highway Trailer building from demolition after the Redevelopment Authority voted to demolish that building.

On July 24, 2018, the council approved Dist. 1 Ald. Sid Boersma’s motion to lift the demolition moratorium for the Kittleson’s building.

Boersma shared his frustrations about the project at Monday’s commission meeting. “(The Kittlesons) are essentially stuck between a rock and a hard place, they can’t make it a public setting like what (the original plan was) and now it sounds like it’s going to be difficult to simply make it grass,” he said. “They’re stuck not knowing what this commission is going to find acceptable, and I think that’s a shame.”

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The RDA is entering what Springman called a “key development period,” with the city expecting to hear about a potential $1 million grant from the Department of Natural Resources for a proposed whitewater park by late August. Springman said the unique feature might increase the site’s appeal for developers.

But without a firm offer from a developer for the site, the tricky question facing the RDA is whether to spend money to stabilize a building a potential developer might not use and which might be able to survive on its own.

“Do you take a chance and not spend a whole bunch of taxpayer money or spend quite a bit of taxpayer money only to find out a developer doesn’t have a cool use for it because we shortened it and they don’t have a use for the cross braces which they then have to take out?” Springman explained.

Springman said the authority should opt for the “greatest flexibility approach” to avoid unnecessary work and not take potential options off the table for a developer. But soon, the RDA will need to decide whether to commit tens of thousands of dollars to the project.

“He’s going to come back in September after crunching the numbers (with) his rough cost estimate for option one,” Springman said. “Then the RDA would have to sit down and ask, ‘Is this building still worth saving?”

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Keep TIF out of KPW I appreciate the efforts of Common Council member Tass Johnson to highlight tax incremental financing (TIF) as Phase 2 of Kettle Park West moves forward.

I would like to have seen a TIF referendum on the fall ballot.

Granted, the current council and our new mayor would appear to reject the use of TIF to finance residential development. However, in 2015 with a clear directive from the community via referendum, six members of the council went against the community.

Then-mayor Donna Olson

provided the tie-breaking vote.

By doing so, she turned our tax dollars into corporate welfare.

This should never happen again.

Going forward, the council should let the next phase of development at KPW and future residential and corporate developments stand on their own financially. TIF was conceived to provide funding of projects to improve the city to benefit the entire community.

Eric Swenson City of Stoughton

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It’s not always the veterinarian who diagnoses our blind spot

H

aving been raised on a farm, I developed then – and suffer still – the dichotomy of sensibility that many farmers do when it comes to disadvantaged animals.

On the one hand, you care very much for each and every beast of your field and it is your duty to take care of them all. On the other hand, there is seldom a place for a special-needs animal in the herd if it cannot be easily (and affordably) managed along with the others.

Difficult decisions inevitably must be made, but in Wollin-Dunn making them, you might stumble upon your blind spot now and then. Everybody has one.

Farm animals aren’t humans.

There generally isn’t much in the way of nursing homes or retirement villages for them.

Death can often come by way of a truck with a caduceus on the door and a topper on the back that smells like chlorhexidine and manure – the veterinarian’s vehicle.

But so can healing. And sometimes neither the vet nor the farmer knows which it will be on a given day, when the dogs run out barking and the stainless steel bucket clangs down on the concrete.

During a summer internship riding along with large animal vets on farm calls, I studied the appointment book each morning to see what I should gather to put in the truck. Sometimes the notes were specific such as “lame horse,” or an appointment to vaccinate and castrate a

certain number of calves, or an entire herd check for pregnancy and fertility.

But many appointments were mysteries to be solved.

One of the most common abbreviations penciled into the book was “ADR,” which was not an acronym for something fancy in Latin like many medical terms are. It stood for “ain’t doin’ right.”

I suspect it was a local colloquialism so ancient nobody remembered whom to credit it to, but it was used regularly, and it was impossible to guess what we would find when we arrived at the farm.

Farmers know their animals, and veterinarians are ill-advised to disagree with them on what is normal or abnormal for a particular critter.

Maybe the bull is just a little dull in the eyes, or that boss cow all of a sudden stopped bossin’ everybody. The gelding isn’t off his feed, but he’s standing in the corner of the loafing shed all day lately. And the sow hasn’t escaped her pen in three whole days – clearly a sign of malaise!

If an animal looks bright alert, and responsive to the vet, he knows enough to listen harder to what the farmer is saying and to treat what she wants treated.

Even if she has a blind spot.

My most recent blind spot presented itself quite literally in the form of a wild pigeon whom I had unwittingly named Spot prior to discovering that she was blind, or that she was a she.

I’d thought the bird was concussed from one too many falls from the nest as a baby, but after bringing it into the house for therapy and recuperation, a new observation that I was able to make over morning coffee while watching her in her cage was

that she regularly performed a very impressive Stevie Wonder impersonation, sans the singing or piano playing, of course.

The head tilt and the swaying sort of gait and posture was easy to explain now. This bird was not brain-damaged at all, this bird was simply blind – and healthy.

Until one day, many months later, she suddenly wasn’t.

Spot did not want to eat. Spot did not want to play. Spot did not feel well. She was, simply put, ADR. The special-species veterinarians at the teaching hospital were nothing like the large animal vets of old, and I have no idea what their receptionist had typed into the computer appointment book as the reason for my appearance. So fascinated were they by Spot’s “neurological signs” and blindness that I could barely get their attention long enough to explain: Those behaviors, I had to repeat many times, are normal for my bird.

I had not brought my bird in because it was blind, I brought her in because she ain’t doin’ right!

It is the farmer’s decision, the care and fate of their ill or injured charges. The veterinarian offers expertise and options, not ultimatums. Maybe an MRI would have given an explanation for why my bird can’t see, but it was a very simple antibiotic injection that made all things right again.

I did let them do a CAT scan, to slake a bit of their curiosity, but I made sure to point out that my very own pet feline would have happily done it for free.

Kelsey Wollin-Dunn is a Town of Rutland resident.

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Corrections An article about the Kittleson building last month incorrectly listed Dist. 2 Ald. Lisa Reeves as representing District 1. She was elected in April 2017 to the District 2 seat.

A story in the August 9 issue of the Hub paraphrased a statement by Alliant Energy in a misleading way.

A company spokesman said Alliant is responsible for markings for gas lines, whether by its own staff or subcontractors, but did not say that the markings or any lack of them were incorrect in this case. The utility is conducting an investigation.

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‘Herbjorn Gausta’ Livsreise to host Norwegian immigration program AMBER LEVENHAGEN Unified Newspaper Group

Painter Nilsen Gausta immigrated with his family to America from Norway at age 12 in 1866.

Researcher Elaine Nordlie, who has extensively researched Gausta, will tell the story of his life and career during a program at Livsreise, 277 W. Main St., starting at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18.

Gausta traveled between Norway and the upper

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Midwest throughout the late 1800s, painting portraits of prominent Norwegian-American individuals, religious works and genre scenes depicting life in the two regions, according to an event description from Livsreise.

He based his studio in Minneapolis, living there until he died in 1924.

Nordlie is a long-time member of Telelag, an organization whose ancestors immigrated from Telmark, where Gausta was from.

She was born in Lanesboro, Minn., and some of her ancestors were the first settlers to come to that area of southeastern Minnesota, according to the event description.

More information about Gausta’s life and samples of his work can be viewed at luther.edu/fine-arts/artists/ gausta-herbjorn.

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VFW comedy show to benefit Alzheimer’s Association AMBER LEVENHAGEN Unified Newspaper Group

Two Wisconsin-based comedians will perform this weekend to benefit the Alzheimer’s Association.

Tim Egan and Mike Marvell will perform starting at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, at the Stoughton VFW, 200 Veterans Road.

Egan told the Hub in an email that it will be the second Alzheimer’s benefit hosted by the VFW. “We did one two years ago, shortly after our good friend, David ‘Ace’ Allen, passed away from Alzheimer’s at the age of 59,” he wrote, adding that he coordinated the shows to honor his

also coordinates several other fundraisers to help raise awareness of the disease, Egan said.

What: Comedy benefit Jean Torgrimsen, with the show Stoughton VFW, donated When: 7:30 p.m. Saturthe space for the fundraisers day, Aug. 18 because Allen was an Army veteran.

Where: Stoughton VFW, “It’s a really great example 200 Veterans Road of the community coming Info: Tickets are $10, can together for a very important be purchased at door, cause,” Egan said. attendees must be 18+ The event is open to ages 18 and up. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased by calling Egan at 335-8361 or at friend.

Allen’s wife, Nina, started the VFW. Tickets will also be a subchapter of the Wiscon- available at the door. sin Alzheimer’s Association, Contact Amber Levenhacalled “Ace’s Angels,” and asked Egan if he would help gen at amber.levenhagen@ wcinet.com. coordinate the show. She

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Second robber gets identical sentence 21 years for Flemming after robbery spree including Home Savings Bank KEVIN MURPHY Hub correspondent

Both men convicted of robbing the Stoughton Home Savings Bank at gunpoint in October have been sentenced in federal court to 21 years in prison and ordered to make restitution of $116,160.

This month, District Judge James Peterson imposed the same sentence on Jay’von Flemming, 25, of Madison, that he imposed last month on Kenny Furdge, 25, also of Madison. The men were co-defendants in a “crime spree” that ended in a highspeed car crash on Madison’s beltline highway after the Home Savings robbery.

Peterson rejected arguments from Flemming’s attorney that Furdge was the “ringleader” and that Flemming’s mental health issues made him just a follower. “(Flemming) does seem to be the more impulsive of the two…but his mental health issues are not so overwhelming that he isn’t making his own decisions, and they don’t absolve of him responsibility for his conduct,” Peterson said at the Aug. 3 sentencing hearing.

In each robbery, two masked men entered the bank, with at least one armed, and ordered bank

employees at gunpoint to facilitate the robbery, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Anderson.

Two masked men fled Bank Mutual, now Associated Bank, with $137,039 on Sept. 27, and despite assistance from the Portage police K-9 unit and the Columbia County Sheriff ’s Office, the Flemming robbers got a w a y. A n abandoned white Chrysler sedan, believed to have been used as the getaway car, was found within an hour and just blocks away from the bank in downtown Portage.

The Oct.17 Stoughton Home Savings Bank robbery, was similar to the Portage robbery, Anderson said. However, witnesses reported seeing two masked men carrying bags leave the Stoughton bank and drive off in a Chrysler sedan.

Anderson said the robberies terrified bank employees “A bank robbery is bad enough for the employees but to hear one robber tell the other to, “Shoot them, shoot them,” must have left them wondering if they were going to survive, “said Anderson.

Anderson explained that a Dane County sheriff ’s deputy responded to the call and saw a vehicle heading toward Madison that matched the description of the getaway car. The deputy, he said, pursued the robbers’ car to Madison and

onto the Beltline at speeds in excess of 100 mph before the two robbers crashed shortly after exiting on Seminole Highway.

One robber fled on foot but was captured by local authorities. Guns, more than $100,000 in cash and bank bags were recovered from the getaway car, Anderson said.

Flemming broke out a car window when arrested, ate broken glass and slammed his head into the concrete, according to a memo his attorney, Mark Maciolek, wrote the court.

Flemming and Furdge also are each charged with the armed robbery of an Appleton credit union in a case pending in Calumet County. Anderson asked Peterson not to order the federal sentence be served concurrent to any sentence that may be imposed in Calumet County.

“Nobody should pay for one crime and get a free one,” said Anderson, which would be the effect if Peterson did not order his sentence to be serve consecutive to a Calumet County sentence.

Had the two men pleaded guilty to the Appleton robbery, as they did with the Portage and Stoughton robberies, Peterson said he could consider a concurrent sentence as punishment for all three robberies. However, since the men are contesting the Appleton robbery, Peterson said he would be “silent” on whether the federal sentence should be served concurrent or consecutive if any is imposed in Calumet County.

Opera House: Featured acts include a variety of folk, bluegrass, country, jazz and rock

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Shawn Colvin returns to the Opera House Oct. 20 for a solo show.

Grant-Lee Phillips share a bill, and Opera House favorite Charlie Parr rounds out the month on Oct. 27 with his brand of country blues and traditional folk.

Other November highlights include the return of the Kruger Brothers Nov. 2, Scott Mulvavhill and his band Nov. 9 and Mike Farris Nov. 29.

Following a holiday break in late December and January, the second half of the season begins Feb. 9 with the Madison-based Steely Dan enthusiasts Steely Dane, a 20-member collection of the area’s best jazz and rock musicians.

That’s followed by another longtime Madison act on Feb. 16, the versatile Mary Gaines and Chris Wagoner, before Crescent City stars Marcia Ball and Sonny Landreth bring “two great bands on one great night,” according to an Opera House promotion.

March is a particularly busy month, with the popular singer-songwriter duo The Milk Carton Kids (Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale) and their band kicking things off March 1, and Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives returning the following night to show why they’ve become an Opera House favorite.

Later in March, the Gibson Brothers combine bluegrass picking with c l o s e - h a r m o ny s i n g i n g reminiscent of the Stanley Brothers, and Eilen Jewell,

30, as well as another standout guitarist, Chris Smither, on April 11.

The rest of April and May are also filled with talent: Rhonda Vincent and The Rage, Asleep at the Wheel, Crystal Bowersox, The Quebe Sisters, Leftover Salmon, Riders in the Sky, Hot Club of Cowtown, Del McCoury Band, The Steel Wheels and Della Mae. Contact Bill Livick at bill. livick@wcinet.com

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later, music historian Dom Flemons, a founding member of the Grammy-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops, will play material from his debut solo album released in March, “Dom Flemons Presents Black Cowboys.”

Folk music icon Loudon Wainwright is scheduled to take the stage Thursday, Nov. 1, and a week later Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder demonstrate why they’ve been performing as a unit for 20 years and have seven Grammy Awards to their credit.

Other big names in international folk music headed to the Opera House include Canadian folk star Garnet Rogers and Scottish standout Archie Fisher, who share a bill Sept. 22. Three consecutive nights of folk music begin Sept. 27 with naturalist Sean Rowe, followed by the fast-picking virtuoso Billy Strings, and ending Sept. 29 with original songwriter, singer and storyteller Peter Mulvey.

There’s also a host of new names and faces coming to this year. In October, that includes bluegrass players Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley, with Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen, performing Oct. 12.

Folk music comes Oct. 18 when Josh Rouse and

the “Queen of the Minor Key,” comes March 16 with her stellar band performing a blend of blues, rockabilly and 1960s-era rock.

Other big names in March include veteran songwriter and troubadour Rodney Crowell, The Subdudes, Tim O’Brien and his bluegrass band, and Roy Rogers and the Delta Rhythm Kings.

Acoustic guitar fans will turn out to hear fingerstyle virtuoso Leo Kottke March

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Country artist Suzy Bogguss brings her “Swingin’ Little Christmas” show to the stage Saturday, Dec. 1, and vocal trio The Lone Bellow appear Dec. 7.

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eggs, sausage gravy and biscuits, coffee, orange juice and milk. There will also ROHS meeting be a bloody mary bar and basket raffle.

For information, call 205-9090.

R Olde House Society will hold its first meeting of the new season at 6:30 Day on the prairie p.m. Thursday, Aug. 16, at 1000 Giles St. Sons of Norway-Mandt Lodge, 317 There will be a tour of the garden S. Page St., will host the second annufollowed by fellowship. Attendees are al “Day on the Prairie” tour starting at encouraged to bring a light snack to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug 25. share and a beverage.

The tour will start at St. Paul’s LibThe ROHS is a group of people pre- erty Lutheran Church, 3494 Oak Park serving Stoughton’s treasures, one Road in Deerfield and then caravanning house at a time. through the prairie.

For information, email rohstoughThe group will travel to the home ton@gmail.com. of Sjur Styrkson Reque, early pioneer settler and site of first Liberty Church Sons of Norway bingo services; St. Paul’s Liberty Lutheran The Sons of Norway–Mandt Lodge, Church, oldest Norwegian Lutheran 317 S. Page St., will host bingo at 6 Church continuously in use in North America; Deerfield Lutheran Church, p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18.

Food will be available after 5 p.m., built in 1890 after a predestination diswith bingo beginning at 6. Anyone pute split the Liberty congregation; and under 18 years old must have an adult the Berge homestead, featuring a settler log cabin built in the 1850s. family member present to play.

Contact Darlene Arneson at arneFor information, contact Bingo chairsonfamily5@gmail.com or 873-7209 person Becky Lunde at 205-2234. for more information.

Courier Hub reporter Amber Levenhagen will hold her next Coffee With a Reporter from 10 a.m. to noon Monday, Aug. 20, at the library.

Coffee With a Reporter is when Hub reporters spend some time at various establishments and put up a sign asking for community members to come chat about anything pertaining to Stoughton.

If you have suggestions for times and locations, please email amber.

Visit the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 59, 803 N. Page St., for a breakfast fundraiser from 7:30-11:30 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 19.

All proceeds from the breakfast will go toward the Sun Prairie Disaster Fund. Tickets are $8 or $4 children 10 and under.

The all-you-can-eat buffet includes pancakes, French toast, hash browns, bacon, sausage links, ham, scrambled

Partners of Stoughton Hospital will be selling fall mums in a choice of colors until Wednesday, Aug. 22.

Order forms are available in the Stoughton Hospital lobby and gift shop.

The plants are $9 each. The pickup day is from 2-4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 29, near the hospital annex. In case of rain, plants can be collected behind the American Legion, 803 North Page St. For information, visit stoughtonhospital.com/partners-of-stoughton-hospital.

New food pantry hours The Stoughton United Methodist Church Food Pantry, 525 Lincoln Ave., has extended hours on Tuesday evenings.

The pantry will now be open from 4-7 p.m., in addition to the regular 9-11 a.m. hours, on Tuesdays, to accommodate people who are unable to make the morning opening. The Wednesday hours will remain 9-11 a.m.

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

700 Hwy. B, Stoughton 873-9353 • e-mail: office@clcstoughton.org Saturday: 5:30 p.m. Worship Sunday: 9 a.m. Worship, 10 a.m. Fellowship

Christ the King Community Church

Christian Assembly Church

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

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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

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

Ezra Church

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

First Lutheran Church

310 E. Washington, Stoughton 873-7761 • flcstoughton.com Sunday: 8:30 and 10 a.m. Worship 9209 Fulton St., Edgerton 884-8512 • fultonchurch.org Sunday: 8 and 9:30 a.m. Worship Services Coffee Fellowship: 9 a.m.

Varsity (High Schoolers): 12-3 p.m.

AWANA (age 2-middle school): 3-5 p.m.

Good Shepherd By The Lake Lutheran Church

1860 Hwy. 51 at Lake Kegonsa, Stoughton 873-5924 Sunday Worship: 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

Education hour for all ages: 9:15 a.m.

Adult Bible Study: 9:15-9:45 a.m.

LakeView Church

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

1358 Hwy 51, Stoughton

Covenant Lutheran Church

Fulton Church

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

Cooksville Lutheran Church

Pancake breakfast

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

Music in the Gardens Enjoy entertainment by Michael Gruber during Music in the Gardens at Azura Memory Care, 1221 E. Main St., from 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 30.

Light refreshments will be available.

Reservations are required and can be done by calling Tammy at 293-3971 by Tuesday, Aug. 28.

For information, visit azuramemory. com.

Seventh Day Baptist Church of Albion

616 Albion Rd., Edgerton 561-7450 • albionsdb@gmail.com forministry.com/USWISDBGCASD1 Worship Saturday 11- Sabbath School 10 Fellowship Meal follows service on first Sabbath

Stoughton Baptist Church

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

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. - Short Service; 10 a.m. - Full Worship

West Koshkonong Lutheran Church 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

Against the Philosophers “But knowledge puffs up while love builds up. Those who think they know something do not yet know as they ought to know. But whoever loves God is known by God.” - 1 Corinthians 8:1-3 NIV Philosophy, or intellectual inquiry and criticism, has its place in a well-ordered mind, and in civil society as well. But philosophical analysis is often inferior to experience and intuition in the spiritual realm. The French philosopher Blaise Pascal perhaps put it best: “The heart has its reasons, which reason does not know. We feel it in a thousand things. It is the heart which experiences God, and not the reason. This, then, is faith: God felt by the heart, not by the reason.” Pascal is famous for his work in mathematics and philosophy, but he had a brush with death at the age of 31 which is sometimes linked to his religious views. The experience occurred when the horses pulling his carriage went over the side of a bridge. Pascal was thrown from the carriage, and wasn’t badly hurt, but the carriage hung precariously over the edge of the bridge. A few weeks after this experience, Pascal had a religious vision, which he recorded on parchment and kept with him always (sewn into his clothes) and which was only discovered upon his death. The parchment said “Fire. God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob, not of the philosophers and the scholars…. I will not forget thy word. Amen.”

Pascal realized that intuition and direct experience are often superior to reason. The Irish philosopher and bishop, George Berkeley, said of philosophers “We have first raised a dust and then complain we cannot see.”

Philosophize as you will but learn from your heart as well as from your mind.

– Christopher Simon

‌Thursday, August 16‌

• 1-5 p.m., Personal Essentials Pantry, 343 E. Main St., pepstoughton.org‌ • 3 p.m., Facebook for Anyone class, senior center, 873-8585‌ • 6-7:30 p.m., Gazebo Musikk concert, Rotary Park Gazebo, 401 E. Main St., facebook.com/gazebomusikk‌ • 6:30 p.m., ROHS meeting and garden/porch party, 100 Giles St., rohstoughton@gmail.com‌

‌Friday, August 17‌

• 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., Farmers market, 1050 W. Main St., David Woodcock, 873-9943‌ • 5-9 p.m., Live music on the patio, 3097 Sunnyside St., 205-9300‌

‌Saturday, August 18‌

• 8:30 a.m. to noon, Stoughton Community Farmers Market, Forrest Street (North of Main St.), stoughtonwi.com/farmersmarket‌ • 9-3 p.m., Coffee Break festival, Mandt Park, 801 S. Fourth St., stoughtonwi.com‌ • 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Stoughton Historical Society open, 324 S. Page St., stoughtonhistoricalsociety.org‌ • 6 p.m., Bingo (food available after 5 p.m.), Sons of Norway Mandt Lodge, 317 S. Page St., 205-2234‌ • 7:30 p.m., Comedy benefit show (tickets $10, ages 18 and up), Stoughton VFW, 200 Veterans Road, 3358361‌

‌Monday, August 20‌

• 10 a.m. to noon, Coffee with a reporter, library, amber.levenhagen@wcinet.com‌

‌Tuesday, August 21‌

• 9-11 a.m., Food pantry open, Stoughton United Methodist Church, 525 Lincoln Ave., 873-3273‌ • 4-7 p.m., Food pantry open, Stoughton United Methodist Church, 525 Lincoln Ave., 873-3273‌ • 6 p.m., Friends of the Stoughton Public Library board meeting, library, stoughtonlibrary.org/friends‌

‌Wednesday, August 22‌

• 9-11 a.m., Food pantry open, Stoughton United Methodist Church, 525 Lincoln Ave., 873-3273‌ • 1:30 p.m., Nutrition and Parkinson’s class, senior center, 873-8585‌

‌Thursday, August 23‌

• 10 a.m., Baby Explorers: Sensory Play Time, library, 873-6281‌ • 6-7:30 p.m., Gazebo Musikk concert, Rotary Park Gazebo, 401 E. Main St., facebook.com/gazebomusikk‌

‌Friday, August 24‌

• 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., Farmers market, 1050 W. Main St., David Woodcock, 873-9943‌ • 10 a.m., Murder, Mayhem and Madness book discussion, senior center, 873-8585‌ • 1 p.m., Classic Movie Friday: “It Happened One Night,” senior center, 873-8585‌ • 5-9 p.m., Live music on the patio, 3097 Sunnyside St., 205-9300‌

‌Saturday, August 25‌

• 8:30 a.m. to noon, Stoughton Community Farmers Market, Forrest Street (North of Main St.), stoughtonwi.com/farmersmarket‌ • 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Stoughton Historical Society open, 324 S. Page St., stoughtonhistoricalsociety.org‌ • 12:30 p.m., A Day on the Prairie tour, start at St. Paul’s Liberty Lutheran Church, 3494 Oak Park Road, Deerfield, 873-7209‌

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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Merchants rally falls short Defending HTL champions can’t match Jefferson offense JEREMY JONES Sports editor

For the eighth straight year, the Home Talent baseball league will crown a different champion.

Second-seeded Stoughton was unable to complete a late rally at home Sunday, falling 4-3 to third-seeded Jefferson in the opening round of the Southeast Section playoffs.

“We’ve been down so many times this year, it felt like we had a chance today,” Stoughton manager Dale Seffens said. “The guys never quit.”

The Merchants won the title in 2017, their first since 1986. The league has not crowned a back-toback champion since Verona won three straight titles from 2008-10.

Seffens said the season started slowly, despite bringing back almost the entire team. Losses to Evansville and Cambridge left the Merchants with a 14-2 record and the second seed.

“Trying to get everyone motivated early in the season, that was a challenge this season,” he said.

“Once we got going, though … they’re a good bunch of ballplayers.”

The Merchants didn’t have any of the defensive lapses that plagued the team late in the season Sunday at Norse Park, the, but once again they struggled to put up runs early. The Merchants had baserunners in all but two innings but trailed the Blue Devils 4-1 entering the bottom of the ninth inning.

With two on and two out, center fielder Chris Lund nearly tied the game with one swing, but he instead settled for a two-run

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Stoughton’s Jake Wenzel gets doubled off third base in the second inning of Sunday’s 4-3 loss to Jefferson in the first round of the Southeast Section playoffs. double as the ball hit near the top of the center field fence.

Designated hitter Ryan Nyhagen, the section and HTL playoff MVP last season, followed Lund with a full-count walk before Jefferson went to the bullpen.

“Ryan, who else do you want to have up there in that spot?” Seffens said. “It’s too bad he couldn’t

have gotten a pitch to drive.”

Reliever Pat Cottrell came into pitch and walked the first batter he faced, first baseman Dave Hanson, to load the bases. For the third time in the game, however, the Merchants left the bases loaded as shortstop Winder Fuentes flied out to center field to end the game.

Jefferson had waited until the top of the ninth to put the game out of reach after entering the inning with a 2-1 lead.

Klug hit a first-pitch single off Stoughton’s Ben Riffle to lead off the inning and advanced into scoring position on a sacrifice bunt by Moldenhauer. One batter later, Andy Brahier made an

adjustment at the plate and belted a two-run home run after fouling off several pitches late.

“That was one of the only bad pitches Ben gave up all game,” Seffens said. “They’re a good hitting team.”

Jefferson hit the ball hard off

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Girls golf

Vikings open the season Friday

Loaded Vikings aim for conference title in stacked Badger South

JEREMY JONES ​Sports editor

The Stoughton football team returns to the gridiron 7 p.m. Friday at Collins Field in a Badger Conference crossover game against Portage.

Stoughton won the game 43-28 last year at Portage.

The Vikings (8-2 oveall, 6-1 Badger South) are a year removed from a runner-up finish in conference and a program-first WIAA playoff win, This year’s team will need to build its own legacy, however.

Stoughton returns University of Wisconsin recruit Jack Nelson at left tackle and Jack True at center, but will start three new offensive lineman.

The Vikings will start almost an entirely new set of skill position players as well.

Adam Hobson takes over

at quarterback and Dwight Walker, who was lost for the season during the Portage game last year, takes over at running back.

Hobson could also see time in the defensive backfield for the Vikings, along with Kadin Milbauer.

Drew Pasold and Cade Spilde lead a solid core of linebackers, which hope to spearhead the defense.

Portage (2-7) will be looking for new weapons of its own after graduating second-team all-conference wide receiver/defenseive back Nolan Pauls.

“They’re a triple option team, which always puts pressure on your defense,” Stoughton coach Dan Prahl said. “Our defense has to be disciplined and stay locked in on their keys for four quarters.”

MARK NESBITT Assistant sports editor

The Stoughton girls golf team is in the enviable position of returning a loaded lineup, with all five varsity golfers back from a team that made a WIAA Division 1 sectional run last year.

The Vikings are coming off a season in which they finished second in the Badger South Conference behind Division 2 state runner-up Madison Edgewood.

“I expect us to compete every match and for the conference championship,” coach Stephen Stokes said. “We have a very veteran squad this year, so we hope that experience pays off for us at the end of the year.”

Sophomore Caylie Kotlowski earned second-team Badger South All-Conference honors last year,

Photo by Jeremy Jones

Returning letterwinners for the Stoughton girls golf team (from left) are: Myranda Kotlowski, Bre Viken, Jenny Marshall, Renee Anderson and Caylie Kotlowski. finishing sixth in the conference meet and 17th at the sectional. She is joined by returning starters junior Myranda Kotlowski,

who finished 15th in the sectional, senior Bre Viken, senior Renee Anderson and senior Jenny Marshall.

Stokes said many of the

girls spent time over the summer working on their games and playing in area tournaments.

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Vikings, new coach look to continue upward trajectory JEREMY JONES

in the Badger South, while DeForest should highlight the Badger North.

Stoughton hosts the WIAA subsectional meet, which will be led by DeForest, Monona Grove, Sun Prairie and Watertown. Anyone who advances through subsectionals will participate in the Lake Geneva Badger sectional.

“Our No. 1 doubles is starting the season with the expectation to make it to sectionals, but with the improvement I am expecting this season, I can see any of the girls making it through,” Kahl said.

​Sports editor

Brekken, Halverson second at invite Photo by Jeremy Jones

Returning letterwinners for the Stoughton girls tennis team (front, from left) are: Kayla Rippe, Annika Goetz and Taylor Nisius; (back) Katie Zacharias, Madison Schafer, Karlie Halverson, Paige Bellefeuille and Lydia Brekken. and has a lot of good tennis ahead of her.

Stacy Benoy and Ashley Fisher earned a special qualifier to the WIAA state meet at No. 1 doubles, but both graduated. They will be succeeded by senior Lydia Brekken and junior

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Junior Katie Zacharias is a great athlete, who could surprise people at No. 2 doubles, Kahl said.

“Katie is willing to work hard and gets the game,” Kahl said. “She asks really good questions and is always looking to get better.”

F e l l ow j u n i o r Ta y l o r Nisius is expected to join Zaharias at No. 2 doubles to start the season.

“Taylor is a great athlete with really good movement,” Kahl said. “She continues to improve her strokes and will slide easily into our doubles lineup.”

Sophomore Paige Bellefeuille will play at No. 3 doubles, but who starts the season as her partner remains undecided.

Junior Savannah Strutzel just picked up tennis late in the spring and looks like the Vikings’ No. 4 singles player this season. Kahl

said she is very coachable and has quickly become very consistent from the baseline.

Elizabeth Balthaza r, M o rg a n S c h e l l i n , Lexi Abing, Alexa Wuennemann and Fiona Prechel are all practicing with the varsity team, but Kahl said she is unsure of their position in the lineup.

Although the team is very coachable, willing to learn and getting better, Kahl said they will need to work on their aggressiveness and have to believe in themselves.

Kahl expects the Vikings to finish near the middle of the pack or a little higher in the Badger South.

Nine-time defending champion Madison Edgewood is once again the h e av y f avo r i t e t o w i n the Badger Conference.

Monona Grove and Watertown should also be solid

Stoughton’s No. 1 doubles team of Lydia Brekken and Karlie Halverson finished second Saturday at the Dane County Invite at No. 1 doubles, and the No. 2 doubles team of Zacharias and Nisius had two wins.

T h e Vi k i n g s fi n i s h e d fifth out of the eight-team field.

“Overall, it went about h ow I ex p e c t e d ,” K a h l said. “Everybody got at least one win. They played hard and it was a good first tournament for everyone.”

Madison Memorial dominated the field, winning four of seven flights, to earn a meet-best 48 points.

DeForest finished second with 37 point and one flight champion. Monona Grove finished third and won a flight, and Sun Prairie took fourth and won a flight.

Grace Olson led the charge for Memorial’s singles player, capturing the No. 1 title with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over DeForest’s Cecile Fuchs. Teammate Nikita Remesh won the No. 3 singles crown.

The Spartans also won flights at Nos. 1 and 3 doubles.

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Brekken played No. 1 singles last year but is expected to make the move to No. 1 doubles with Halverson, who finished second at the conference tournament last year as a No. 2 doubles player.

“I hope Karlie continues to improve so she can fill a spot at No. 1 doubles,” Kahl said. “She is one of the strongest servers on our team, and her game is strongly suited for doubles.”

K a h l s a i d Ly d i a h a s improved her volleys and play at the net and should also be a good doubles player.

Senior Kayla Rippe continues to be a consistent force at the baseline and is moving from No. 3 to No. 2 singles. Kahl said as Rippe improves, “her foot speed, her game will follow.”

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Amy Kahl spent the last eight years as an assistant with the Stoughton tennis program.

She takes over a girls tennis team that has become a top-flight team in the Badger South over the past five seasons. Kahl succeeds Ryan Reischel, who is coaching boys tennis at Sun Prairie and girls tennis at Madison West.

The Vikings went 4-3 last season in Badger South duals and finished sixth overall (fourth in Badger South) at the Badger Conference tournament. Despite some lean years, they have had at least one flight qualify for the WIAA Division 1 individual state tournament every year dating back to 2013, when Kahl’s daughter Payton qualified for state as a doubles player with Sarah Benoy.

The Vikings lost four starters from last season but return eight letterwinners looking to see what they can do this season, including six varsity starters from last year.

Stoughton sophomore Annika Goetz will make the jump from No. 4 to No. 1 singles a year after playing her way to a thirdplace finish at the Badger Conference tournament and a runner-up finish at sectionals.

K a h l s a i d t h e u n d e rclassman has added power and placement to her game

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Club swimmers shine at US state championships The Stoughton Aqua Racers had six swimmers who qualified for the 2018 USA Swimming Long Course State Championships. The swimmers set a number of personal-best times and team records.

Cheyenne Borroughs set five personal-bests and team records in the 10 and under competition, including three visits to the podium with three top-eight places.

Borrough placed second in the 50-meter breaststroke with a time of 40.43 seconds and the 100 breast (1:29.17), and she placed eighth in the 200 IM (3:03.10). She also swam personal-best times in the 100 freestyle (1:13.42) and the 200 free (2:43.82).

Ainsley Gerard set three personal-best times swimming the 50 backstroke in 42.93, the 100 back in

1:35.42, and the 50 free (37.69).

In the 11 and 12 category, Julian Callender set two personal-best times and team records. He swam the 50 breast in 39.57 and the 200 breast in 3:15.42. Callender also swam the 100 breast in 1:33.92.

Evan Schmidt visited the podium twice in the 13 and over category, finishing eighth in the 1,500 free in a team-record 18:53.03. Schmidt is the

first top-eight finisher at the 13 and over category.

He added a 10th-place finish in the 800 free with a team-record time of 9:50.45. Schmidt set a third team-record with his 400 split with a time of 4:52.64. He also swam the 50 free in 30.63, a personal-best time.

Ava Schigur set two personal-best times and team records, 2:41.85 in the 200 back (1:09.51) the 100 fly.

She also set a personal-best in the 50 free with a time of 30.33.

Conner Clark swam the 100 fly in 1:05.26 and the 200 fly in 2:45.72.

The USA Swimming 12-and-under championships were held July 27-29 at the Walter Schroeder Aquatic Center in Brown Deer. The 13-and-over championships were held Aug. 2-5 at the RecPlex in Pleasant Prairie.

Merchants: Stoughton can’t capitalize with bases loaded in playoff loss Continued from page 7 Riffle all game and scored two runs in the top of the fourth.

Cody Roth doubled to the base of the left-center field fence in the top of the fourth with one out and came home two batters later on a Thomas Schlesner single.

Stoughton nearly got out of the inning without any further damage after a third consecutive single loaded

the bases with one out.

Riffle induced a potential inning-ending 5-4-3 double play from Dustin Moldenhauer, but while the Merchants got the out at second base, Hanson was unable to close his glove on a low throw to first. That allowed Jefferson to take its first lead.

Neither team would score again until the ninth despite Stoughton chasing Jefferson starter Cody Pfeifer from the game in the fourth

inning.

The Merchants missed big opportunities throughout the game, loading the bases in the first two innings but coming away without a run, hitting into a pair of double plays.

Stoughton was called out on a pair of bang-bang plays at first base in the fifth and eighth innings.

Lund, one of the fastest players on the Merchants’ roster, was thrown out after shortstop Brian Klug made

diving stop to start the fifth inning. Fuentes later was called out on another close play sliding into first base for the second out in the eighth inning.

“We always had a couple guys that were hot and carrying us this season, but we were never quite able to get rolling offensively as a team,” Seffens said.

After two innings in which the Merchants stranded six runners, Hanson finally got Stoughton

on the scoreboard in the bottom of the third inning with a sacrifice fly. Lund, who led off the inning with single, advanced to second on a balk and moved up to third on a Nyhagen single before scoring.

Riffle went the distance on the mound for Stoughton, allowing three earned runs on 13 hits and one walk. He struck out five.

Pfeifer got the start for Jefferson and lasted three innings. He surrendered one

earned run on four hits and four walks.

Roth tossed 5 2/3 innings of relief, allowing two earned runs on three hits and a pair of walks. Cottrell came on for the final out and earned the save for Jefferson.

“There is some good pitching in this league,” Seffens said. “This division is probably as tough, if not tougher than any other division in Home Talent, top to bottom.”

Girls golf

Host Vikings win scramble at Coachman’s MARK NESBITT Assistant sports editor

Vikings: Girls return five letterwinners Continued from page 7 “ We h a v e a v e r y hard-working team that has a team-oriented attitude,” he said. “They came into the season playing well. We qualified for sectionals last year. If we get better with our consistency, we should be competing to do the same this year.”

The Vikings got off to a hot start this summer, taking seventh in the 20-team Madison Edgewood Invitational

Aug. 10 at Yahara Hills Golf Course.

The Badger South Conference will feature some of the top teams in the state with Edgewood, the Division 2 state runner-up and Milton, the Division 1 state runner-up.

The Crusaders have been a perennial state qualifier with eight appearances in the past decade, and five Division 2 state titles, including a threeyear run of championships from 2013-15.

Stoughton will play Milton in a conference dual match Aug. 20 at Oak Ridge Golf Course, and the Vikings will host Edgewood Aug. 23 at Coachman’s Golf Course.

“Edgewood and Milton will both be very strong,” Stokes said. “Edgewood returns all five golfers, and Milton returns three of five.

Oregon also will be strong.

The Badger South should be a very competitive conference, and it should be a battle every match.”

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Stoughton girls golf played in the first of two rounds Tuesday at the Wisconsin Dells Invitational at the Cold Water Canyon Golf Course.

“We have had a solid start to the season, especially Caylie and Myranda (Kotlowski),” coach Stephen Stokes said.

“I am glad they have started strong because they both worked very hard during the off-season to get better.

Stokes said the Vikings would need another strong round Wednesday (after the Photo by Mark Nesbitt Courier Hub’s press deadline) Sophomore Caylie Kotlowski tees off on No. 11 at the Madito have a chance to win the son Edgewood invite Friday at the Yahara Hills Golf Course.

Wisconsin Dells invite.

Kotlowski shot a 2-over-par 74 and finished fourth out of 102 golfers. Her score helped the Vikings to a seventh-place Stoughton Scramble finish in the 20-team field.

The Vikings won the Stoughton Scramble on Mon- at the season-opening Mad- Vikings, finishing with a day, besting Oregon by one ison Edgewood invitational. 104.

The 20-team invite feaHartland Arrowhead’s stroke 61-62 at Coachman’s tured seven of the top eight E m i l y L a u t e r b a c h wa s Golf Resort.

Stokes said it was exciting teams from the WIAA Divi- the medalist, shooting a 4-under-par 68. She led to see the Vikings win the sion 1 state meet last year.

The Vikings were led by the defending state chamscramble.

“It was fun to win the Caylie Kotolowski, who pion Warhawks to the team scramble this year since Ore- shot a 2-over-par 74 to fin- title with a 322, which was gon chipped in on the last ish fourth overall out of 102 four strokes ahead of Kettle hole to beat us by a stroke golfers. Teammate Myranda Moraine. Brookfield Cenlast year,” Stokes said. “It is a Kotlowski shot a 5-over-par tral took third (331) and fun team event that allows the 77 to tie Janesville Parker’s Madison Edgewood was girls to play together as a true Sophia Dooman for sev- fourth (339) and Middleton was fifth (344). team rather than as individu- enth.

Senior Jenny Marshall The Vikings were 10 als. carded a 99 and senior shots behind Milton, the Edgewood Invite Renee Anderson round- Division 1 state runner-up Stoughton finished seventh ed out the top four for the last year.

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John J. Vorndran, age 82, passed away on Tuesday, August 7, 2018, at New Perspectives in Sun Prairie.

He was born on December 14, 1935, to Albert and

Thelma Vorndran. John was raised in Muscoda and graduated from St. John the Baptist Catholic School. He worked the majority of his adult life for the U.S. Postal Service, retiring in 1992.

On July 16, 1966, John married Judith Bloyer. He was an active member of EAA and spent many days at the Stoughton airport flying his Weedhopper, Piper Clipper, and Stearman biplane.

J o h n g av e c o u n t l e s s hours as the restoration chairman of the Stoughton Opera House. He was named Stoughton Citizen of the Year in 1997.

John is survived by his

daughters, Gwen (Bruce) Bosben and Amy Hall; four grandchildren, John and Steve Bosben and Nicholas and Zoe Hall; sister, Judy Knothe; and many extended relatives.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Judy; and brother, Dick.

Private burial took place in St. Ann Cemetery. Memorial services are being planned for September.

Memorials may be made to EAA’s Young Eagles Program, P.O. Box 3816, Oshkosh, Wis., 54903. Please indicate the donation is in memory of John Vorndran.

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Nina Anderson. Gertrude graduated from Stoughton High School in 1942 and Madison General Hospital with a degree in nursing in 1946. She had a long career as a registered nurse in both Viroqua and Stoughton.

On June 5, 1948 Gertrude married Edor Everson Jr. Together they raised four

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Gertrude is survived by four sons, Gregory, Jeffery, Todd and Michael; four granddaughters, Britt, Rachel, Mya and Maren, four great grandchildren and the entire loving Roy Paton Jr. family.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Edor and Roy; and two brothers Gregory and Buddy.

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The date of the special meeting of School District electors shall be Monday, August 20, 2018. The special meeting will commence at 6:45 p.m. and will be held in the Board Room at the Stoughton Area School District, 320 North Street, Stoughton, Wisconsin.

School District Clerk: Yolibeth FitzGibbon School District Clerk Published: August 9 and 16, 2018 WNAXLP *** CITY OF STOUGHTON-NOTICE The City of Stoughton hereby provides notice that it intends to apply for Section 5310 program funds for the Madison Metropolitan Area to serve seniors and individuals with disabilities in the City of Stoughton. The application is requesting up to 80% funding for a handicap mini-van. Individuals or agencies wishing to comment or receive additional information about this application should contact Jamin Friedl at 608-873-6677 by September 7, 2018.

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Section 2. Applicability: Payments may be made from the town treasury pursuant to this ordinance for claims against the town not in excess of $10,000 dollars.

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District Board of Education was called to order Monday, July 16, 2018, at 7:04 pm in the Administrative & Educational Services Center Board Room by President Francis Sullivan.

B. Roll Call - Present: Joe Freye, Allison Sorg, Francis Sullivan, Yolibeth FitzGibbon, Tim Bubon, Jon Coughlin, Jill Patterson, Kathleen Hoppe. Excused: Steve Jackson.

C. Public Comment - None.

2. District Administrator Report - Dr. Onsager introduced newly hired staff: Kate Ahlgren, Director of Curriculum & Instruction, Jessa Hart Andrle, Director of Human Resources, and Dana Schoemer, SHS Associate Principal; informed the board of the resignation of Brian Shimon, RB Associate Principal; updated the board that over 300 lunches were served last week through the Lunches for Vikings Program.

3. Consent Agenda - A motion was made by FitzGibbon, seconded by Bubon and carried unanimously approving the June 18, 2018 Regular Board Meeting minutes; approval of the July 4 - August 7, 2018 check register and July 12, 2018 PCard transaction report as presented; We would like to say thank you to the following individuals and groups and move approval of their donations to the District - $20,000 from Stoughton Viking Wrestling Club for wrestling mat, $4,841 from Friend of Norwegian Culture for Norwegian Dancer travel costs, $1,205.99 from Stoughton High School Band Boosters for High School marching and pep band music, $200 from Rotary Club of Stoughton for choir tour expenses, $153 from friends of Mackenzie to support Fox Prairie students, $25 from Donna Slinde for the Margaret Larson Memorial Scholarship (in memory of Rick Haakenson), and related cash donation budget adjustments for $26,424.99; approval of permanent professional educator contracts

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4. Discussion A. Committee Reports: Finance Committee: Sorg reported that the committee meets every 2 months; Fund 46 transfer was discussed at the meeting and will be brought forward to the board; committee reviewed the calendar for 18-19 and 19-20 and preliminary budget information. Policy Committee: Bubon highlighted a presentation from NEOLA (a policy platform) to better manage district policies; recommendation to work with NEOLA will be brought forward as a discussion item to the next board meeting from the policy committee. FitzGibbon & Hoppe reported on the WASB 2018 School Safety Seminar & Summer Leadership Institute they attended on July 13 & 14, 2018.

B. Athletic Tournaments as Fundraisers - Erica Pickett, Director of Business Services, provided the Board with a summary of the 18-19 athletic tournament schedule and explained how tournaments are treated as fundraisers through Fund 21 which allows athletic program flexibility and multi-year expense planning. This discussion agenda item will be brought to the next board meeting for approval.

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6. Contemplated Closed Session - A. At 8:25 pm, President Sullivan stated that there was a need to convene to a contemplated closed session of the Stoughton Area School District per section § 19.82 (1) and 19.85 (1) (e) to discuss Board authority and compensation for SASD represented and non-represented groups. President Sullivan called a contemplated closed session of the Stoughton Area School District to order at 8:32 pm in the Upper Conference Room. Present: Sorg, Freye, FitzGibbon, Bubon, Hoppe, Coughlin, Patterson, & Sullivan. Discussion ensued regarding Board authority and compensation for SASD represented and non-represented groups.

B. Reconvene in open session - At 9:10 pm, a motion was made by Freye, seconded by Bubon and carried unanimously to reconvene in open session to adjourn.

7. Meeting Closing A. Future Meetings/Events - Regular Board Meetings: August 6 & 20; Finance Committee Meeting: July 16 & September 17; Policy Committee Meetings: July 16; Joint Ad Hoc Committee with BOE, City & Chamber: July 23 B. Adjournment - A motion was made by Freye, seconded by Patterson, and carried unanimously to adjourn at 9:11 pm. __________________________________ Yolibeth FitzGibbon, Clerk Published: August, 2018 WNAXLP ***

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adding they “love” the outdoor classroom.

“When it came time to install our outdoor classroom space, it was a cold and rainy day,” Ott wrote.

“Even through the awful conditions, the volunteers faithfully came and worked hard.”

Ott wrote the group removed the sod, put in edging, laid the weed mat and spread mulch, resulting in all the volunteers being covered in mud.

She added that without the help of Love Stoughton Area, the project would not have been possible, which is feedback that Fisher said helps remind her volunteers of the significance of the work they are doing.

“One of the things I’ve learned is that it has been not just about helping people out, it’s about alleviating their fear and concern and showing them faith in humanity again,” Fisher said. “In a world where there’s so much hatred and grief, it’s nice to be able to help someone.”

How they help The group has already helped landscape and fixed someone’s gutters, and Fisher is looking for more ways to help out around town.

“We reach out to people who need help, a lot of our projects come from the senior center,” Fisher said.

“Some are from within the church, but most are not.”

Fisher, with the help of the committee, analyzes the requests and decides if it’s something they can feasibly accomplish. The committee is made up of Sharon Mason-Boersma, Gary Gimmestad and Rich Hagen.

Fisher said they haven’t had to turn down a project yet.

One of the recent projects was a deep clean of the Stoughton Food Pantry.

Pantry chairperson Mike Heger wrote in a letter that he was “so impressed” by the generosity of the

A group of volunteers helps lay mulch at Sandhill Elementary School’s outdoor classroom.

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How to help Love Stoughton Area is a program that gathers volunteers to help with projects around the city. These include construction, landscaping, painting, minor repairs, deep cleaning and tutoring.

If you have an idea that would help meet a community need, contact Valerie Fisher at 873-7761.

If you would like to volunteer to help with Love Stoughton Area projects, print out and complete the online waiver and bring it to the First Lutheran Church office, 310 E. Washington St. project, completed over a three-day period in which volunteers removed everything out of the pantry, stripped the floors and waxed them.

“Each of the three days saw a dedicated group of volunteers come to the pantry and do a magnificent job cleaning,” Heger wrote. “I

am a relative newcomer to Stoughton and remain so impressed by the generosity of this community.”

The Sandhill elementary outdoor classroom project began after she contacted school district officials and asked if they had any requests for projects, and eventually Sandhill

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Love Stoughton Area removed everything from the city food pantry before deep cleaning the floors. It was speculated the floors hadn’t been deep cleaned since the space started being used for the pantry. principal Jeff Fimreite sat down with Fisher and asked for help.

The outdoor classroom is mainly used by kindergarteners. Kindergarten teachers, spouses, other community members and Love Stoughton Area volunteers gathered last fall to create the new space for youngsters to learn, which

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reminded Fisher of the love the community shared with her 13 years ago.

“It was awesome,” she said. “I really wanted to be a part of this so I could give back and share a little piece of what I experienced from Stoughton.”

Contact Amber Levenhagen at amber.levenhagen@ wcinet.com.

The finances for Love Stoughton Area is from an appeal to the congregation and has a three-year limit, set by the church and the congregation. Fisher said the plan is to continue the program after that expiration date if the church is still doing well financially.

An appeal is started when money is needed for a certain project facilitated by the church.

Congregants are asked to donate a certain amount of money for a specific time period, either over the course of a few months or a few years. To make it sustainable, the appeal is given a time limit.

Valerie Fisher said all of the projects have a $500 limit, though that is flexible.

“I think only one project has gone over, but most are much lower than that,” she said of the cost. “We aren’t against a bigger project, but we felt like we needed to give it a cap on the brochure.”

That brochure is one of the ways the committee tries to connect with people for new projects.

Fisher said they have six ongoing and completed 12 last year, completed with help from the congregation.

“We have a large congregation, which is so nice,” Fisher said. “I have a lot of resources.

We have electricians and gutter and roofing people, so we’re able to make these (projects) cost-effective.”

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