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Schneider completes first NYC Marathon JEREMY JONES Sports editor
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Air Force veterans Doug, Matt and Wendy Read in front of an F-16 similar to the type Doug flew in Iraq and around Wisconsin with the National Guard’s 115th Fighter Wing, based out of Madison.
Four generations of veterans Matt Read graduated first in class from Lackland AFB SCOTT DE LARUELLE Unified Newspaper Group
When Matt Read graduated at the top of his class of 761 airmen from basic training at Lackland Air Force Base on Sept. 14, he joined an elite fraternity – the latest member of his family to become a veteran. The 2018 Stoughton High School graduate – already a member of the Wisconsin Air National Guard 115th Fighter Wing at Madison’s Truax Field – will spend the next six
months at Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo, Texas, for training in the Intelligence career field, with plans to study aviation at Minnesota State-Mankato next fall. He’s the fourth generation to serve in the military, a tradition that goes back to World War II. His father, Doug, served 21 years as a pilot, including the last 10 with the Wisconsin Air National Guard 115th Fighter Wing before retiring in 2011. His mother, Wendy, served for four years as an office and nurse in the Air
Force (where she met Doug). Wendy’s father, John Schaefer served in the Navy. Matt’s grandfather, Roy Carpenter, served on an aircraft carrier in World War II, and his great-uncle, Don Carpenter, was a Navy pilot in the 1960s and ‘70s. Matt told the Hub last week he first got interested in the military after seeing his father and his fellow pilots do flyovers during Independence Day celebrations around Madison.
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Stoughton High School boys cross country coach Pat Schneider completed his first New Yo r k C i t y Marathon on Sunday Schneider in a little less than 3 hours. Schneider, who is also a social studies teacher at SHS, was one of the faster men from Wisconsin, finishing 61st in his age group and 717th overall. About 50,000 runners participated in the race, which travels through all five boroughs of New York. “The caliber of runner is extraordinary,“ Schneider told the Courier Hub on Monday. “My time would win some smaller marathons.” Schneider said he had to walk at least part of the final mile due to cramping and dehydration. He estimates that about 200 people passed him during his 4 minutes of walking. “It’s the largest marathon in the world, and I have wanted to run it for years,” Schneider said. “It’s like a giant running parade. Everyone raves
about it, and I wanted the experience.” Schneider flew to New York City in hopes of running the marathon in 2012. Shortly after arriving in the city, he received a text from his friend that the race was canceled due to Hurricane Sandy. Schneider said the experience this year more than lived up to his expectations. “From start to finish, you are surrounded by people,” he said. “There are places where it is five spectators deep on the sidewalk.” Bands come out to play around the city on race day, he said. “It feels like the whole city becomes running fans for a day,” Schneider said. “Everywhere I went after the race, random people congratulated me.” Schneider has run seven marathons, with Milwaukee being his first and fastest, in 2 hours, 36 minutes. He also ran in Chicago (2005, 2013), the Fox Cities (2008), Boston (2009) and Madison (2014). Schneider said he’s not sure what running adventure will be next. “The adage is that you have to forget your last marathon before you run another,” he said. “I will
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Bruno found not competent for trial Judge commits murder suspect to mental institute AMBER LEVENHAGEN Unified Newspaper Group
Te d B r u n o h a s b e e n found not competent to stand trial for the charge of first-degree intentional homicide in the stabbing
death of roommate Kim Gaida in Stoughton last November. Despite Bruno’s arguments against the results of the competency evaluation, Dane County Circuit Court Judge C. William Foust ordered him Wednesday morning, Oct. 31, to spend up to 12 months in a mental health facility. The psychologist who evaluated Bruno told the
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court with medical treatment, Bruno had the potential to become competent for trial. The evaluation does not analyze or determine Bruno whether he was competent at the time of the stabbing incident, for which Bruno could face life
in prison if found guilty. The case has been suspended until competency can be attained. Bruno could return for trial, which was originally scheduled to begin Oct. 16, after treatment is completed. The judge committed the state Department of Health Services to refer Bruno to a mental health institute, and
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