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Housing plan gets review 138 access required for next step AMBER LEVENHAGEN Unified Newspaper Group
More than a year after city leaders told the developer of Kettle Park West they would not discuss further development without a second road to state Hwy. 138, Forward Development Group (FDG) has proposed moving ahead with a housing subdivision
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Heavy rains put a damper on some of the Victorian Holiday celebrations Saturday, but hundreds still turned out for the annual weekend full of activities. The horse drawn carriage rides were canceled due to poor weather and dangerous driving conditions for visitors who traveled from Milwaukee,
coordinator Sylvia Lawrence said. She greeted guests at the Chorus Public House Saturday, which hosted the artisan market and Santa’s workshop. The Stoughton Village Players Theater, open for tours Saturday, Dec. 1, provided a safe haven for the Madrigal Singers, who still turned to Main Street prepared with umbrellas and
braved the storm for the Christmas caroling. One of Thursday’s Madrigal’s performances was canceled due to a scheduling conflict. And while visitors were greeted with light drizzles and cold temperatures, it didn’t deter them from observing the firetruck parade Saturday night. Each truck had its own assortment of colorful lights and decorations. Spectators then gathered at the Stoughton fire station on 401 E. Main for a City Band performance, a visit from Santa Claus and warm cups of apple cider. The weekend concluded Sunday with the Tour of Homes, a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Stoughton, Oregon and McFarland.
Stoughton Area School District
More than just business New DECA chapter is quickly catching on at SHS SCOTT DE LARUELLE Unified Newspaper Group
For Stoughton High School business teacher Maggie Heck, there’s nothing quite like DECA, an
international business student organization she terms “just the best thing in the entire world.” This school year, she’s gotten the chance to share that vision with Stoughton High School students, who are signing up to be part of the school’s new program, even if it’s taken a bit of encouraging. The Sun Prairie native,
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first-year teacher at SHS, has worked with DECA since 2009, when she was in high school. She graduated from University of Wisconsin-Stout with a degree in business and marketing education while working with the group, and later spent three years as an intern at Wisconsin DECA. Not surprisingly, when
it came time to choose a teaching job, there was only one requirement – starting a DECA chapter at the high school, which had never had one. “I could teach whatever classes and do whatever they needed me to do, but that was my one non-negotiable,” she told the Hub
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2018 Citizen of the Year The Stoughton area has plenty of people whose efforts deserve to be highlighted and appreciated, and once again, our readers have a chance to weigh in on who should be honored as the 2018 Stoughton Courier Hub Citizen of the Year. Every year, the Hub recognizes someone whose presence in Stoughton made a noticeable and positive impact on the quality of life in the community during the year. The newspaper will announce the winner in late January. The deadline for nominations is Friday, Dec. 28. Last year, the Hub’s Citizen of the Year was AnneMarie Oakland, founder of “Lunches For Vikings,” a summer lunch program that connects area churches and volunteers with kids in need throughout the Stoughton Area School District. The previous year, the award was split between longtime Boy Scout troop leader Mike Miller, who inspired dozens of submissions on his behalf,
and Stoughton High School student Ian Bormett, who used the school’s Fab Lab to design an artificial hand for a local 11-year-old. Other recent winners include Sonny Swangstu and Kendall McBroom for their work on remodeling the Stoughton Youth Center building, Kathy Thode for launching Small Animal Advocates, Linda Kunz for her work as a music educator and performer and the 2015 winner, Lynne Diebel, recognized for her connection with Badfish Creek and contributions to other local causes. To make a nomination, email communityreporter@ wcinet.com, fill out a form at ConnectStoughton.com, call 873-6671. Nominations should include your name and contact information, the nominee’s name and an explanation of the nominee’s contributions to the community throughout 2018. – Scott De Laruelle
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on the site. The first step in the process is a concept plan, which seeks feedback from the Planning Commission and the Common Council before returning for a vote. That starts with a meeting Monday, Dec. 10, where the commission will review revisions to the concept plan that was proposed in January 2016. The revisions, submitted by Verona-based JSD Professional Services, on
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Above, the Madrigal Singers make a stop at the Stoughton Village Players Theater during a caroling trip along Main Street Saturday, Dec. 1.
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The Stoughton Village Players open their theater for tours during Victorian Holiday weekend. This year, guests got a behind-thescenes look at the set of the recent performance of Titanic.
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Spring election
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Open seats will lead ballot
It’s that time again
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City of Stoughton voters will have at least two open seats on the Common Council on the spring ballot. Those will be the most significant open seats in the Stoughton area for the April 2019 election, which candidates can now circulate nominations papers for. Candidates must turn in the required signatures to their local clerk by 5 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 2, to get on the ballot. Other races in the area include three seats on the Stoughton Area school board, and multiple elections in the towns of Rutland, Dunkirk and Pleasant Springs. County and statewide elections include the open seat of state Supreme Court Justice Shirley Abrahamson, a Dane County circuit court seat and a Court of Appeals judge. The general election is Tuesday, April 2. If a primary is required for any races, it would be Tuesday, Feb. 19.
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How to run To run for an office in the April 2019 election, you can get nomination papers from your local clerk and begin gathering signatures. in them come next April, as Alds. Pat O’Connor (Dist. 4) and Denise Duranczyk (D-1) told the Hub they will not run for re-election. Council president Ald. Tom Majewski (D-3) said he will run for re-election, as will Ald. Timothy Riley (D-1). Ald. Kathleen “Tass” Johnson (D-2) could not be reached for comment.
School board Of the three seats up for election on the Stoughton Area school board, at least two will have incumbents on the ballot. Joe Freye and Yolibeth Fitzgibbon both told the Hub they will seek re-election. The third, Jill Patterson, wrote in an email to the Hub Nov. 28 that whether she decides to run is a “personal decision I am taking very seriously,” and said she would contact the Hub as soon as she makes it.
F iv e o f t h e C i t y o f Town of Dunkirk Stoughton’s 12 aldermanic All of the elected offices seats are up for election this year, including that of the in the Town of Dunkirk are up for election next spring. Council president. Current officeholders are At least two of those seats will have new people Chair Norman Monsen,
Important dates Dec. 1: Nomination papers can be circulated Jan. 2: Nomination papers due to clerk Feb. 19: Spring primary election, if necessary April 2: Spring general election Supervisor I Eric Quam, Supervisor II Ted Olson, Constable Gregory Holte a n d Tr e a s u r e r B o n n i e Smithback. All incumbents intend to run for their seats.
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Incumbent Sup. Dave Grueneberg said he plans to seek the nomination again, as will Town Clerk Dawn George and Town Treasurer Kim Sime. Constable Shawn Hillestad told the Hub he has “not decided” whether to run again yet, and fellow Constable Nels Wethal did not respond to the request for his decision.
Dane County Voters all around Dane County will have a pair of judgeships on the ballot. The District 4 Court of Appeals Judge seat is up, with Madison resident Jennifer Nashold filing her statement of campaign, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission. Incumbent Paul Lundsten has been on the court since 2000, but has not registered a campaign yet. Incumbent Rhonda Lanford has declared her candidacy for Dane County Circuit Court Branch 16 as well.
T h e Tow n o f P l e a s ant Springs also has various offices up for election, including its town chair. Town chair David Pfeiffer and Supervisor II Eric Olson told the Hub they would seek re-election in April. Supervisor I Doug Larsson told the Hub Tuesday that he was Statewide undecided on whether he Another judicial election is would run again. the only statewide race. State Supreme Court JusTown of Rutland tice Shirley Abrahamson The Town of Rutland will has announced she will not hold its annual caucus in Jan- run for re-election. The race uary to determine nominees currently include Racine for its chair, a supervisor, two resident Lisa Neubauer and constables, clerk and treasur- Oconomowoc resident Brian Hagedorn, according to reger. Town chair Mark Por- istration statements with the ter told the Observer in an Wisconsin Elections Comemail he would seek re-elec- mission. tion, though “it somewhat depends on if I’m renominatReporters Alexander Craed … and/or if someone else mer and Scott De Laruelle is nominated for the chair contributed to this article. position.”
Stoughton Area School District
Board reviews ‘vulnerabilities’ SCOTT DE LARUELLE Unified Newspaper Group
It is something no school official wants to even think about, yet recent history shows that unfortunately, school security requires action. Safety has been a top priority in the Stoughton Area School District in recent years, and those efforts continued at Monday night’s board meeting, where members received an update on the requirements of two Wisconsin Department of Justice safety grants and security issues in district schools. Last month, the district completed security drills to review potential vulnerabilities in schools. While those results won’t be made available to the public for security reasons, school board president Frank Sullivan told the Hub that “to the extent that the drills revealed any vulnerabilities, we will fix them quickly.” Earlier this year, in the
wake of a mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., the Wisconsin Legislature made $100 million in grants available for schools to improve safety measures through efforts to “prepare for, respond to, or recover from violence.” In July, the district was awarded a $109,285 DOJ grant, and another $168,391 in October. According to district officials, the vast majority of the funding 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. It’s the latest round of security improvements, 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, implemented an online visitor management system that completes a sex offender background check. As part of the DOJ grants, the district is required to have an annual active shooter/violence/threat drill at each school, like the ones
conducted last month. Sullivan said staff worked with students and families to make sure the drills were conducted in an “age-appropriate way that would not traumatize innocents.” “Among their many other duties, our staff now have to somehow teach kindergartners what to do if someone tries to kill them while they are playing with blocks or drinking juice,” he said. “The fact that we now have to prepare for attempted mass murder of schoolchildren in the same way that we prepare for fires or tornadoes is morally insane.” The board is set to approve a new emergency plan manual at its next meeting Dec. 17.
Grant submission Also Monday night, the school board approved applying for a $15,000 matching grant and $15,000 from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, to replace aging equipment in the Fab Lab at Stoughton High School. Email Unified Newspaper Group reporter Scott De Laruelle at scott.delaruelle@wcinet.com.
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for the day or consider a delayed start if the warning will be lifted in the mid-morning. Onsager said district officials will consider Winter is coming, and closing schools if there is with it, the likelihood of a Wind Chill Advisory of cold and snowy weath- -25 degrees. er for several months to come (remember last Making the call y e a r ’s s n ow s i n l a t e If it’s determined that April?) buses can’t safely transThe Stoughton Area port children to or from School District has posted school, schools will be information on its website delayed, dismissed early about how district offi- or closed, with the intencials decide on canceling tion of making the decior altering school hours sion by 6:30 a.m. at the and activities based on latest, using its Emergenweather. cy Notification system According to the dis- and news outlets to spread trict, the most import- the word. Deciding to disant consideration in the miss school early depends decision on the weather on additional criteria, he is “can we safely trans- said, including that notice port children to and from go out to the public at school, and at what point around 11 a.m. to proin time is it the safest?” vide parents a “reasonable notice.” Early warning “The employment rate The process begins as among our families is early as 4 a.m., wrote dis- high and literally huntrict superintendent Tim dreds of young children Onsager, when he confers have no one at home in with district coordinator the afternoon to accomof transportation Karen modate an early dismissJohnson about weath- al,” he wrote. “Their safeer conditions. They use ty from early dismissal to information from weather the point at which parenservices and consultations tal supervision is available with county and munici- is considered.” Onsager said if parents pal road crews “to assess road conditions and the have “sincere concern” for extent to which they will the safety of their child be safe to travel at the during weather events, time students are to be they can keep them home for the day or pick them transported.” A bus driver then trav- up from school early. “In the end, please rest els a rural route to conduct a safety check. If assured that the ability plows are able to have to safely move our nearsnow removed from the ly 3,000 students to and majority of the routes, from school is the primary and there’s no concern for determinant for closing, high winds or snowfall delaying, or dismissing that would prohibit keep- school early,” he wrote. ing the roads clear, buses “That safety is determined will run as scheduled. with input from many pro“Few vehicles are safer fessionals who are comthan buses in winter driv- mitted to the safety of ing conditions,” Onsager children – a responsibility that is not taken lightly.” wrote. In cases of cold weather, wind chill is the main Email Unified Newspaper factor. Group reporter Scott De If there is an official Laruelle at scott.delaruelWind Chill Warning (-35 le@wcinet.com. sustained wind chill) schools will either close
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Correction In the Nov. 29 edition of the Hub, the story “Madison ballet company performs in Stoughton Dec. 7-9” incorrectly stated the composition date of Handel’s Messiah. The oratorio was composed in 1741. The Hub regrets the error.
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Power of Christmas comes from its positive energy W hen I was a child, Christmas was all about the excitement of presents, family gatherings and special food. As I grew up, it became more about the anticipation; the excitement of dreaming together and the season of hope and possibilities. We loved watching Christmas movies, making Christmas cookies and decorating the house and the tree together. I loved watching my children open gifts so my husband and I could play with them. I loved the positive energy in the air. Zarth Christmas is still obviously about the sharing of gifts, but the memories created at Christmas are priceless, and they don’t require spending money. They require time. I’ve heard many Salvation Army bell ringers talk about why they ring the bell and what a special feeling they get by providing the opportunity to help others give. It’s the opportunity of giving donors the outlet to put some compassion into that red bucket. They say it is spiritually uplifting. It benefits all parties involved, it’s a win-win situation. For me, that feeling comes from the cookie bakes and fund raisers during the Christmas season. Christ Lutheran Church in Stoughton feeds nearly 900 people for their Lutefisk Meal the first weekend in December. The amount of people power needed to create
that meal is staggering. I love watching the women share about their lives while they make cookies. I enjoy hearing about making the Lefsa and I have a deep respect for how much work it entails. I enjoyed watching the men peel 300 pounds of rutabaga while they talk, joke and laugh. I can imagine them peeling potatoes in the military. I heard about rolling over 1,750 meatballs and peeling and cooking over 350 pounds of potatoes. They reminisce about other adventures they have had, and they share memories. They leave each project having shared a little of themselves and having supported a job well done. They know that their hours of labor are very necessary for the success of this huge event. They are releasing negativity, anxiety and worry about family, friends and life. They are putting the challenges of life into perspective – we are all in this together with similar trials and challenges. This communal gathering helps them grow their roots and strengthening the community. They are increasing their sense of belonging to something bigger than themselves, which makes them stronger and more resilient as a group. They draw new people into their group through this demonstration of compassion for each other. The lutefisk and meatball dinner is a cultural event. Norwegian bunads clothe both men and women, cookies and rommegrot recipes come from family histories, and decoration and folk music fills the dining hall and bake sale with
laughter. It draws hearty Norwegians from surrounding states to partake of the Lutefisk and all the trimmings. The Christmas season has many other heartwarming events. With all of its positive energy, love and cheer, it’s a safe time to look inside ourselves for any painful memories or losses, and it’s a good time to let go of pain and let the positive energy fill the empty space created. Christmas is a good time to take a big breath of cool, crisp air and let the tingle of energy go all the way to the tips of your toes. Think about the creation of memories past, present and future and let them fill you up to carry you through the challenging times to come. Let the memories and friendships that are created strengthen, support and sustain you. I’m looking forward to Christmas, and the new ideas I will hear, the people I will get to know better and the places I will go through stories and dreams. I look forward to the future that is full of possibilities, the future that our children will create, a future beyond my imagination. Christmas for me is becoming less about creating the perfect environment for the holidays and more about listening. I love creating opportunities for spending time together, sharing dreams and listening to stories. Merry Christmas! Brenda Zarth is a City of Stoughton resident. She can be contacted at brendazarth@gmail.com.
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article about a show you did after the mass shooting in Las Vegas and the death of Tom Petty in October 2017, and Zach was quoted that the performance that evening had turned out to feel pretty cathartic for everybody. I don’t imagine that happens all the time, but it struck me as an example of something that music can do for people that sometimes they can’t do for themselves. Williams: Yeah, and it goes both ways. Sometimes an audience will have a certain magic about them that just stops you dead in your tracks and helps you see
something around you that you didn’t know was there. We would love to be a part of the stop sign that helps everybody just pause and ‘be’ for an hour and a half. We were in Boston right after the bombing happened, and I remember that being the same feeling — like there is a weight in the air and there is something about sharing that time together in that little bar with strangers, just to be able to look around and see the humanity in it all and sort of hit a reset button. Kanene: We saw Tom P e t t y p l a y j u s t a f ew months before he died, and I think the thing that was most inspiring to me was the people at that show, it was like every single kind of person you can imagine, and people who probably had little in common other than they wanted to sing the crap out of three songs. I think sometimes that’s really what you’re going for — not to be a lowest common denominator, but to really show people that we’re not all terribly different from each other, and you know, to give a sense of togetherness and camaraderie to people. I think that really comes out when people are afraid and have been though something traumatic. You want to come together and heal together and celebrate together. I think that’s what most of us touring musicians want to achieve.
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Wednesday, December 12th 7 to 8 p.m. Stoughton Hospital Lobby Conference Room 900 Ridge Street, Stoughton To register for this free class, please go to stoughtonhospital.com and click on “Classes & Events.” Questions? Please contact Sonja at 873-2356.
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Eight years ago, when the trio known as The Lone Bellow got together, it could travel to shows around the country fairly easily. Nowadays, touring is more complicated because its members – Zach Williams, Kanene Donehey Pipkin and Brian Elmquist – have brought seven kids into the world and tour as a “family band.” S t i l l , t h e ex p e r i e n c e has been nothing short of “amazing,” Donehey Pipkin and her band mates said during a phone interview last week from Nashville. “It’s been beautiful to be in the band while they’re growing up and to see how we can make this something that they don’t resent but can be an important part of,” she said. With three albums to its credit, the Bellow is in the midst of its first solely acoustic-trio tour — it normally performs as a five-piece, with a drummer and Donehey Pipkin’s husband on bass and keyboards — and will return to the Stoughton Opera House at 7:30 p.m. Friday. And although the tour doesn’t involve full-band performances, the group still travels with an entourage of friends and family members. “We’re traveling on a tour bus along with a whole big crew of others,” Williams
said. He serves as the band’s unofficial leader, having organized the trio after performing solo around Brooklyn and New York City following a move there from “south of the Mason-Dixon line.” In 2010, he got his friends Elmquist and Donehey Pipkin together and proposed forming a group. Two years later, after playing music around the New York area, they signed a record contract and released their debut self-titled album in January ’13. The Lone Bellow released its second album, “Then Came the Morning,” in 2015 and was nominated for an Americana Music Award. It released its latest album, “Walk into a Storm,” in September 2017 to positive reviews. The group’s music ranges from spare arrangements featuring three-part harmony signing to high-energy raucous Americana with a full-band arrangement. It features Williams and Elmquist on vocals and guitar and Donehey Pipkin on vocals and mandolin. And during each show, the trio sings at least a few songs around a single microphone to highlight their voices and close harmonies. Williams told the Hub that each member contributes original songs and collaborates on others so that “everybody has a stake in the game.” “We’ve had this beautiful honor of being in a band
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mind/body wellness services at University Health Services. He will disPied Beauty Farm, 1390 Washing- cuss strategies to increase resilience ton Road, will host a Christmas mar- in times when the stress level in life ket from 4-8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8. goes up. “The Marche de Noel” will feature For information, call 873-8585. local artists and farmers who will display wreaths, photographs, cutting Coin collecting boards, serving ware, jewelry, cards, Bill Barr will lead a discussion prints, watercolors and baked goods. about the ins and outs of coin colThere will also be hot drinks avail- lecting during a program at the senior able. center from 10-11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. For information, visit piedbeauty 11. farm.com. Barr is a member of the State of Wisconsin American Numismatic City band Association and Madison Area Coin The Stoughton City Band and Festi- Club. He collects coins, paper monval Choir will perform at 4 p.m. Sun- ey, Depression scripts and a variety of day, Dec. 9, at the Stoughton Opera foreign money. House. The program is open to all levels of The group will present their annual experience. Christmas concert when each group For information, call 873-8585. will perform a variety of sacred and secular holiday music. The perfor- Identity theft mance will conclude with a traditional The senior center will host a proChristmas sing-along, as band, choir gram about identity theft from 1:30and audience join together. 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11. The performance is free and a freeLuke Schmitz, a financial advisor will donation will be accepted. with Edward Jones, will discuss tips For information, visit stoughton to help protect from someone who band.org. may try to steal your information. He Stress management program will cover ways to protect your financial information. Learn coping mechanisms for stress For information, call 873-8585. during a program at the senior center from 8:30-9:45 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. Freedom through forgiveness 11. A class about forgiveness and getDr. Robert McGrath, Psy. D, ABPP, ting through the holidays will be held is a licensed psychologist, providing
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 Sunday: 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Worship, 9:10 a.m. Family Express and Sunday School
Christ the King Community 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
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
825 S. Van Buren, Stoughton 877-0439 • Missionaries 957-3930 Sunday: 9 a.m. Sunday school and Primary
Cooksville Lutheran Church
11927 W. Church St., Evansville 882-4408 Pastor Karla Brekke Sunday: 10 a.m. Worship and Sunday School
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
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
Fulton Church
9209 Fulton St., Edgerton 884-8512 • fultonchurch.org Sunday: 8 and 10:30 a.m. Worship Services Coffee Fellowship: 9:10 a.m. Sunday School: 9:30-10:30 a.m. Varsity (High Schoolers): 12-3 p.m. AWANA (age 2-middle school): 3-5 p.m.
Good Shepherd By The Lake Lutheran Church
1860 Hwy. 51 at Lake Kegonsa, Stoughton 873-5924 Sunday Worship: 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Education hour for all ages: 9:15 a.m. Adult Bible Study: 9:15-9:45 a.m.
LakeView Church
2200 Lincoln Ave., Stoughton 873-9838 • lakevc.org Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Worship
at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12, at Stoughton Hospital, 900 Ridge St. Tim Markle will lead the discussion. Past class members will be invited to share their journeys and insights so new participants can hear their stories about living forgiving lives. For information, and to register, visit stoughtonhospital.com and click “classes and events.”
Edvard Grieg Chorus The Edvard Grieg Chorus will perform at the Sons of Norway Mandt Lodge, 317 S. Page St., from 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13. Refreshments will be available after the performance. The Norwegian men’s chorus was founded on Jan. 26, 1925, in Madison, and its repertoire includes songs in both Norwegian and English. They will perform a selection of Norwegian and English Christmas carols and the audience is invited to sing along. For information, call 873-7209.
Midwest cities Visit the senior center from 1:302:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14, to learn about the successes and failures of Midwestern cities. Nicholas Lovett, from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, will discuss his research about Chicago, Detroit, Madison and St. Louis and how they have changed over history, some thriving and some deteriorating. For information, call 873-8585. Seventh Day Baptist Church of Albion
616 Albion Rd., Edgerton 561-7450 • albionsdb@gmail.com forministry.com/USWISDBGCASD1 Worship Saturday 11- Sabbath School 10
Stoughton Baptist Church
Corner of Williams Dr. & Cty. B, Stoughton 873-6517 Sunday: 10:30 a.m., 6 p.m. Worship
St. Ann Catholic Church
323 N. Van Buren St., Stoughton 873-6448 • 873-7633 Weekday Mass: Nazareth House and St. Ann’s Church Weekend Mass: Saturday - 5:15 p.m.; Sunday - 8 and 10:30 a.m.
United Methodist of Stoughton 525 Lincoln Avenue, Stoughton stoughtonmethodist.org Stoughtonumc@Wisconsinumc.org Sunday: 8 a.m.; 10 a.m. - Full Worship
United Pentecostal Church of Stoughton
1501 E. Main St., Stoughton • 608-205-6444 Pastor Rich Thomas • rthomas@cgcmadison.org Sunday Worship: 10 a.m., Thursday Bible Study: 7 p.m.
West Koshkonong Lutheran Church
Thursday, December 6
• 9:30 a.m., Family music time with Eliza Tyksinski (ages 2-5 and siblings welcome), library, 873-6281 • 1-5 p.m., Personal Essentials Pantry, 343 E. Main St., pepstoughton.org • 3:30 p.m., Teen advisory board meeting, library, 8736281 • 6:30 p.m., Adult craft club, library, 873-6281
Friday, December 7
• 1 p.m., Friday movies: The Man Who Invented Christmas, senior center, 873-8585 • 7 p.m., Edvard Grieg Chorus performance, Sons of Norway Mandt Lodge, 317 S. Page St., 873-7209
Saturday, December 8
• 8:30-11:30 a.m., Family Christmas event, Sons of Norway Mandt Lodge, 317 S. Page St., 873-7209 • 10-11 a.m., Lego club, library, 873-6281 • 5:30 p.m. SHS Madrigal Dinner, SHS cafetorium, 600 Lincoln Ave., 877-5600
Sunday, December 9
• 2-3 p.m., Mrs. Charles Dickens by Jessica Michna, library, 873-6281 • 4-5:30 p.m., City Band and Festival Choir performance, Stoughton Opera House, stoughtonband.org • 5:30 p.m. SHS Madrigal Dinner, SHS cafetorium, 600 Lincoln Ave., 877-5600
Monday, December 10
• 5:30 p.m. SHS Madrigal Dinner, SHS cafetorium, 600 Lincoln Ave., 877-5600
Tuesday, December 11
• 8:30-9:45 a.m., Resilience in times of stress program, senior center, 873-8585 • 10-11 a.m., Coin collecting program, senior center, 873-8585 • 1:30-2:30 p.m., Identity theft program, senior center, 873-8585
Wednesday, December 12
• 9:30 a.m., Family music time with Eliza Tyksinski (ages 2-5 and siblings welcome), library, 873-6281 • 10-11 a.m., December birthday celebration, senior center, 873-8585 • 5-8 p.m, SHS concerto competition, SHS PAC, 600 Lincoln Ave., 877-5600 • 7 p.m., Freedom Through Forgiveness (registration required), Stoughton Hospital, 900 Ridge St., stoughtonhospital.com
Thursday, December 13
• 9:30 a.m., Family music time with Eliza Tyksinski (ages 2-5 and siblings welcome), library, 873-6281 • 10:30 a.m., Stoughton stories with Kay Weeden, senior center, 873-8585 • 1:30 p.m., Craft club: Sew it, senior center, 873-8585 • 6-8 winter band concert, SHS PAC, 600 Lincoln Ave., 877-5600
Friday, December 14
• 9:30 a.m., Coffee with the mayor, senior center, 8738585 • 11 a.m., Lunch bunch (registration required), senior center, 873-8585 • 1 p.m., Friday movies: A Christmas Carol (2009), senior center, 873-8585 • 1:30-2:30 p.m., Midwest cities program, senior center, 873-8585
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
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
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Ashley Hicks is a runner and co-founder of the group Black Girls RUN!, a group whose mission is to encourage all people (but especially black females) to make fitness and healthy living a priority. For Ashley Hicks, as for many runners, there is a spiritual and meditative aspect to running. She tells the story about preparing for her second marathon and in the process of buying some new running shoes telling the person who was helping her at the store that she wasn’t really excited about the race and just wanted to get through it. He told her to remember that “the blessing is outside of your comfort zone.” For anyone who has ever done any long-distance running, or any physical activity that took you past the limits of your comfort zone, you know how true this is. You must go beyond your comfort zone to get your second wind, and this is just as true for mental and spiritual efforts as it is for physical ones. God’s saving grace is more apt to come after the dark night of the soul. We simply aren’t likely to recognize God’s grace in the everyday routine, even though it’s always there. If you’re feeling a bit lac luster and blasé about life, or some aspect of it, press on until you hit that point where it starts to get uncomfortable, and remember that the blessing comes somewhere past that point. – Christopher Simon
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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DECA: Expecting 20 in first year, DECA chapter already has 50 in three months Continued from page 1 last week. “I was looking at a couple other jobs, and they were not interested in a DECA chapter, and I was not interested in pursuing those options.” She accepted the job at SHS, and when the calendar turned to September and students arrived to start the year, she was ready to pounce. “At the beginning of the school year, I was kind of the newbie, and nobody knew what to think of me because I was kind of intense about everything, in a good way,” Heck said.
“I was just so excited about DECA and starting my career, so I would teach for the first 35 minutes and then talk about DECA.” Heck said she showed her business students videos about DECA and the opportunities it provides, making sure to “give it exposure in all my classes.” “I kept talking about it – ‘hey, if you love accounting, then you would really love competing in DECA,’” she said. “Or, ‘you like math, you should check out the finance section of DECA.’ I just kept hammering it in.”
T h e e ff o r t s p a i d o ff , and within the first week of school, Heck had a nine-member officer team who kept spreading the word. “They started putting things on the announcements and putting things on people’s lockers and telling their friends and we got more and more kids talking about it and they would just trickle in,” she said. “Finally they were like, ‘you bugged us enough, we’re joining.’”
leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high school and colleges,” but Heck said it’s more than just business, with opportunities for students to get involved in volunteering and competitions as they wish. “DECA takes literally everything you’re learning in the classroom and gives it a stage for them to practice what the business world looks like and what other professional worlds look like, because Jumping right in they don’t have that until According to its website, they get to college or into a DECA prepares “emerging career,” she said.
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Vikings close strong to win state rematch JEREMY JONES Sports editor
Freshman Nicolar Rivera and s e n i o r s H u n t e r L ew i s , L u ke Mechler, Gavin Model and Tony Hohol all went undefeated Saturday to help the Stoughton wrestling team repeat as Pieper Dual champions. The defending state team champion Vikings highlighted the victory with a win over Marshfield in the second round, which was a rematch of last season’s WIAA state quarterfinal. “I have no doubt, on paper, that Marshfield is going to be back at the state team tournament,” co-head coach Dan Spilde said. “That’s a team we may have to run into later, but we’d love the challenge. We’ve got a lot in front of us to get to that point.” The Vikings closed out the tournament with a pair of convincing wins against teams with a history at the state tournament, defeating Menomonee Falls 63-9 and Oak Creek 63-18. “We couldn’t take anyone today lightly,” Spilde said. “Oak Creek and Menomonee Falls have both been to the state tournament a number of times in recent years, so we know they have good programs. That being said, we’d being lying if we didn’t say Marshfield was circled today.”
Name: Peighton Trieloff Grade: Senior Sport: Girls basketball Position: Point guard Highlight: Trieloff scored a game-high 20 points Thursday to a 56-50 win over Madison Edgewood.
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Luke Geister-Jones throws Marshfield’s Jayden Wilhelm to the mat during their 170-pound match Saturday at the Pieper Duals. Geister-Jones won the match via pin at 1:30 to help Stoughton repeat at tournament champions.
lived up to the billing Saturday afternoon, as the Vikings outlasted Marshfield 41-28. Deadlocked at 18-18 through the first seven weight classes, Stoughton closed out the victory with an injury default win by Freeman Detweiler at 132 pounds and falls by Lewis and Mechler at 138 and Stoughton 79, La Follette 0 145, respectively. Rivera defeated Keagan ClivStoughton opened the Pieper Stoughton 41, Marshfield 28 er 18-2 to earn a tech fall at 113 Duals with a 79-0 drubbing of The state tournament rematch pounds to give Stoughton a 23-21 M a d i s o n L a Fo l l e t t e , w h i c h included eight falls. Dante Steinmetz (120), Trenton Dow (126), Cade Spilde (160), Brandt Spilde (182), Brooks E m p e y ( 2 2 0 ) , L ew i s ( 1 3 8 ) , Mechler (145) and Hohol (285) recorded pins. Stoughton received forfeits at 106, 113, 170 and 195. Brandt Spilde’s pin came in 26 seconds against Lexus Browning.
lead. The Vikings’ lead was shortlived, as Steinmetz had a shot at victory in his 120-pound match only to be taken down 10-8 in sudden victory by Shane Westerhausen. That gave Marshfield a 24-23 lead, which it pushed to 28-23 with a major decision at 126 pounds. Freeman Detweiler went right after Ryan Dolezal at 132 pounds.
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Honorable mentions: Adam Hobson (boys basketball) scored a game-high 25 points and hit six 3-pointers Friday in Stoughton’s 74-44 win over Madison Edgewood. Hayden Hammond (boys swimming) won the 200- and 500-yard freestyle Thursday against DeForest. Nicolar Rivera (wrestling) was one of five Vikings to go undefeated at the Pieper Duals on Saturday. The freshman was 5-0 at 113 pounds in his first varsity action. Nolen Custer (boys hockey) scored his first two varsity goals on the power play Monday as the Vikings defeated Milton 7-2 in the Badger South season-opener.
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The Stoughton girls basketball team had a 15-point second-half lead over Edgewood on Thursday before the Crusaders stormed back to cut it to two points. The Vikings held on to beat the Crusaders by six and Tuesday they went on the road and rolled by Milton by 14 points in a conference showdown.
Stoughton 64, Milton 50 The Vikings traveled to Milton on Tuesday for a another conference game and beat the Red Hawks 64-50. Senior Peighton Trieloff scored a team-high 18 points to fuel the Stoughton offense. Senior Emma Kissling added 14 points and senior Kyianna Baker had 10. Stoughton improved to 5-0 overall and 3-0 in the Badger South with the win. The victory sets up a big showdown with Monroe at 4 p.m. Saturday. The Cheesemakers (4-2, 2-1) are coming off a 60-56 loss at home against Watertown.
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Junior Delaney Seidel goes up for a reverse layup against Madison Edgewood sophomore Sarah Lazar Thursday in the second half of the Vikings’ 56-50 win over the Crusaders.
points last Thursday and made critical plays down the stretch to propel the Vikings to a 56-50 conference win over Madison Edgewood. “Edgewood is really good team and they fought really hard,” Trieloff said. “We had to pull together to get Stoughton 56, Edgewood 50 stops. We had to fight the entire time. Trieloff scored a game-high 20 We had to dig in on defense, get some
transition points and get to the rim.” Kissling hit a 3-pointer early in the second half to give the Vikings their largest lead (15 points), 35-20. The Crusaders answered with a 20-9 run highlighted by junior Baluk Deang’s 3-pointer and two baskets
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Junior guard Adam Hobson scored a game-high 25 points and drilled six 3-pointers Friday to lead the Stoughton boys basketball team to Hobson a 74-44 Badger South thrashing of Madison Edgewood. “Adam struggled shooting the ball early, but never lost his confidence,” coach Nolan Weber said. “His performance was huge for us as a team, and for him to see some perimeter shots fall. “He is a really special basketball player that can do a little bit of everything on the offensive end.” Stoughton (3-1 overall, 1-0 conference) jumped out to a 34-17 lead in the first half. “It all starts on the defensive end for us,” Hobson said. “When we are forcing the shots we want teams taking, we can be pretty good.”
What’s next Stoughton travels to Watertown at 7:15 p.m. on Friday Senior guard Drew Anderson added 12 points and junior Jack Nelson had 11 points. Weber said getting the 6 foot, 7 inch Nelson going was a huge factor. “He can really give us a different dimension when he stays out of foul trouble,” Weber said. “Jack is finding his way at this level of competition. We are doing a better job of getting him the ball.” Edgewood’s Isrando Jimenez scored a team-high 17 points. The Vikings limited Edgewood’s Michael Meriggioli to seven points. Meriggioli entered the game averaging 19 points per game. Weber said Anderson’s defense on Meriggioli was big for the team. “He has really stepped up as a defensive stopper,” Weber said.
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Stoughton looking to chase another state title JEREMY JONES
the year,” co-head coach Bob Empey said. “We hope to be one of them.”
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Stoughton wrestling has been a fixture at the WIAA Division 1 state team tournament the last five years. After a four-year stretch of runner-up finishes to Kaukauna, the Vikings captured their first title in 30 years last February. “Some people talk about defending a title. That’s not the way we look at it,” co-head coach Dan Spilde said. “That title was last year’s team. This is a different team and there’s another title out there that we want to win.” The Vikings return 15 letterwinners from last year, while losing just eight. Five of those were starters, though, including Tyler Dow. Dow finished second at 160 pounds and is now wrestling at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Aodan Marshall, a state qualifier at 285, is also gone. The Vikings’ biggest challenge will be filling their upperweights, which were most affect by graduation following last season. “It’s not an easy thing to do, to fill the shoes of those top four or five guys, but a lot of our guys did a really good job of lifting and trying to get bigger in the offseason to fill some of those weights,” Spilde said. “They are doing a great job so far. We have a great strength coach (Bobby O’Brien). We’ve just got to keep building on that.” Last year’s state team tournament victory culminated a historic 24-1 season, which saw Hunter Lewis
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Returning letterwinners and seniors for the Stoughton wrestling team (front, from left) are: Austin West, Jacob Gibson, Andrew Waldner, Freeman Detweiler, Braeden Whitehead, Luke Mechler and Cade Spilde; (back) Logan Dykstra, Hunter Lewis, Luke Geister-Jones, Gavin Model, Brandt Spilde, Rudy Detweiler and Brooks Empey; (not pictured) Alex Wicks, Ethan Devore and Damon Hoffmann. win an individual state title at 120 pounds and Braeden Whitehead finish runner-up at 126. Both are back this season. Brooks Empey (182) and Cade Spilde (138) each placed sixth individually as well, and Luke Geister-Jones (170) is also back after qualifying for state last season. Lewis, a North Carolina State University recruit, returns looking to become just the third Viking to finish with 200 wins. He has a 14723 record in three seasons. His 87 falls is also well within 2016 graduate Andy Iverson’s career record of 103. Senior Cade Spilde and Geister-Jones have 120-49
and 65-48 career record, respectively, and are hoping to end their careers on a high note. Junior Gavin Model was a sectional qualifier last year but just missed the state cut, placing third at 138 pounds. Sophomores Luke Mechler (132) and Alex Wicks (106) also finished third at sectionals and missed the individual state cut. Mechler did plenty to prepare in the offseason and was a USA Wrestling Greco Roman National runner-up and freestyle All-American during the offseason. Perhaps no one has entered the program in recent years with
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the resume of Nicolar Rivera, who was crowned USA freestyle National champion as an eighth-grader. “You can’t do much more in the offseason than Nicolar did,” Dan Spilde said. “We’ve only had a couple of national titles in Stoughton ever. For him to do it as an eighth grader coming in is pretty impressive.” Spilde said although there are several little things that Rivera can do better, he’s such a talented athlete and is confident that he can score from anywhere, that’s what gets him a lot of his wins. Senior Ethan Devore was a two-time state qualifier in
Minnesota, whose family moved to Stoughton this season. “At the beginning of the season, a lot of those kids that keep themselves in shape and wrestle a little bit in the offseason, they’re really ready to go,” Spilde said. “The rest of them, it’s really a matter of getting them honed in for the rest of the season and everybody gelled.” Each season bring with it new challenges. Defending the team Badger Conference and state team title are just a few of those challenges. “The biggest challenge will be have a healthy team that is hot at the right time of
Dan Spilde said the Vikings schedule is geared toward helping the Vikings hit their stride at the end of the season. “We bundle up a lot of dual tournaments in the first three or four weeks of the season,” he said. “Then we kind of go into individual tournaments as we get closer to the winter break. We have the Badger State and The Rumble on the River out in Fargo and then we have the Cheesehead.” That kind lets the Vikings see where they are individually, while setting up their top wrestlers against the best of the best. It’s also a good opportunity for the rest of the team to see where they fall. “Brooks Empey is a perfect example,” Dan Spilde said. “He was .500 early in the season before placing top six at the Cheesehead. He ended up finishing in the top six at individual state. “That’s what it’s about, trying to build some of those guys into that, and creating competition for our best kids.” The Vikings finish out the regular season with a bunch of duals, including a Jan. 25 meeting with Milton inside the UW Fieldhouse. “It’s kind of exciting to see how we can perform as a team, how we can score points at individual tournaments and then bring it back together for tournament season in February,” Dan Spilde said.
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two individuals and a relay Junior Conner Clark and to the WIAA Division 2 senior Hayden Hammond Sports editor state tournament last year return as state qualifiers. T h e S t o u g h t o n b oy s and the Vikings are hoping Turn to Swimming/Page 11 swimming team qualified for even more this season.
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Stoughton saw what can happen when you spend too much time in the penalty box and when you play nearly clean last week. The Vikings’ boys hockey team opened the weekend with a four-goal loss at Beaver Dam after trailing 2-1 through two periods. “Penalties have been a point of focus and something we’re working to eliminate,” coach Doug Kraft said. Kraft added that despite the Vikings’ penalty kill playing pretty well, it’s just asking too much of any team to kill that many penalties. He also said it’s not the way he wants the team to represent Stoughton, either. On Monday, Stoughton (2-4-0 overall, 1-0-0 Badger South) stayed out of the box for most of the game and earned its second win of the season and first in its conference opener against Milton. Able to stay on the ice, it was Stoughton that scored three power-play goals this time.
Stoughton 7, Milton 2 The Vikings quickly turned a two-period stalemate into a blowout Monday as they opened the conference season Monday with a 7-2 victory against the Blackhawks.
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Junior forward Brody Hlavacek breaks in for a short-handed goal late in the third period Monday evening. The goal was the third of five unanswered goals for the Vikings, who beat Milton 7-2.
which they share with Milton. “After the second, I told the boys, ‘The team that wins is going to be the team that Stoughton (3-2-0 works hard and does all the overall, 1-0-0 Badger little things right,’” Kraft said. South) hosts Madison “That happened for us today.” Edgewood (3-1-0, 1-0Senior forward Nolan Stapelfeldt finished the game 0) 7 p.m. Saturday inside with an assist on the game-tythe Mandt Community ing goal late in the second Center. period before scoring the game-winning even-strength goal five minutes into the third period. The rout was on from Stoughton closed out the second period with a goal and that point as Brody Hlavathen scored more in the third cek blocked a pass in the period to ice the win inside the Mandt Community Center, Turn to Boys hockey/Page 11
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The Stoughton boys swimming team opened the Badger South Conference season Tuesday on the road with an 87-82 win over Milton.
Stoughton 87, Milton 82 Senior Patrick Regan led a 1-2-3 sweep of the 100 backstroke in 1 minute, 10.44 seconds Tuesday and helped the Vikings hold off Milton 87-82 on the road. Fellow senior Jacob Turner won the 100 breaststroke in 1:07.84 and led a 1-2 Stoughton finish in the 50 with a time of 25.37. Senior Hayden Hammond added the 100 free (55.48) and 200 free (2:02.29). The Vikings’ 400 free relay relay of junior Isaiah Rowley, Hammond, Regan and Turner capped the victory with a meet-best time of 3:55.15.
DeForest 117, Stoughton 33 Hammond won the 200and 500-yard freestyles Thursday at the DeForest Invitational but the
What’s next Stoughton travels to the Milton Invitational at 10 a.m. Saturday. Stoughton boys swimming team didn’t have enough firepower to overtake the Norskies and fell 117-33. Hammond won the 200 free in 2:00.23 seconds and the 500 free in 5:28.3.
Cougar Invitational Stoughton’s 200 medley relay of sophomore Cade Millam, Turner, Regan and Hammond finished third in 1:57.14. The same quartet matched the finish on the 200 free relay in a time of 1:44.38. Freshmen Owen Lehman and Dylan Williamson were joined by Millam and Turner to finish third on the 200 breast relay (1:44.38). Lehman, Millam, Hammond and Regan took third on the 200 back relay (2:04.29). Stoughton finished second to last out of the six teams competing with 90 points.
Vikings: Girls beat Edgewood Continued from page 9 down low by sophomore Sarah Lazar. Deang, who scored a team-high 19 points, made three 3-pointers and grabbed nine rebounds, scored on a layup with 5 minutes, 48 seconds left to cut the Vikings’ lead to 44-42. “She (Deang) can step out and shoot it,” Pickett said. “It makes it much tougher to defend because she posts up really well and it’s tough to take everything away.” Trieloff answered with a steal and layup and she made two free throws with 12.8 seconds left to seal the victory. The Vikings won the game despite making just 6 of 12
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What’s next Stoughton hosts Monroe at 4 p.m. on Saturday. free throws in the final 2 minutes. “We knew it would be a battle and they (Edgewood) would never go away,” Pickett said. “We had to match their physicality down the stretch and we did that.” Senior Alex Ashworth added 13 points, grabbed five rebounds and hit two 3-pointers. Baker had a team-high 10 rebounds and three steals.
Continued from page 10 Clark and Hammond helped Stoughton’s 400-yard freestyle relay finish 12th in 3 minutes, 25.8 seconds. Clark also qualified for state as an individual last year, and placed 13th in the 100 butterfly (55.8). Chase Millam, who also qualified individual in the 200 free, and Ian Bormett are gone from last year’s team, and will need to be replaced. Senior Jacob Turner also returns after being a state alternate last year, and could fill potentially fill a spot on the 400 free relay this season. Coach Katie Talmadge said Clark, Hammond and Turner trained well since last season with the Stoughton Aqua Racers club team Junior Isaiah Rowley and sophomore Cade Millam return from last year’s sectional team and are hungry to improve. Freshmen Jordan Bartriury, Owen Lehman and Dylan Williams are all previous STAR swimmers who could also make a big impact. “I’m looking forward to watching them clean up their technique and discipline, while we integrate them into the team,” Talmadge said.
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Returning letterwinners for the Stoughton boys swimming team (front, from left) are: Patrick Regan, Cade Millam, Isaiah Rowley, Jacob Turner and Hayden Hammond; (back) Jacob Foldy, Christian Smith and Conner Clark.
Conference Monona Grove and Madison Edgewood once again figure to be the favorites to win the conference, although the three-time defending state champion Silver Eagles lost a lot of talent to graduation. Monona Grove lost one of the most
decorated swimmers in state history with the graduation of Ben McDade, who is now competing at the University of Indiana. The Silver Eagles have a talented incoming freshman class, though Edgewood could be the favorites. Talmadge said the Vikings are shooting for third place.
Boys hockey: Edgewood next test for Stoughton Continued from page 10 neutral zone and raced in for a breakaway short-handed goal 11:30 into the third. “Brody not only blocked the shot, got the breakaway, but he buried the goal,” Kraft said. “You can’t count on short-handed goals but they are probably the biggest energy boost you can get. To get both a block and a goal on the same play, that’s amazing.” Hlavacek added an empty-net goal at 15:20 – a little more than 40 seconds after Milton pulled its goalie. Fellow junior forward, Nolen Custer helped Stoughton ice the win with his first two varsity goals. He scored both goals three minutes apart on the power play at 13:36 and 16:40. “We were on the power play, I got the puck (near the left circle) and I just decided to do something with it,” Custer said. “I shot it over the goalie’s glove and into the top right corner. I think I just kind of blacked out. When I came to, I was celebrating. It all happened pretty fast.” Custer scored on a rebound goal to ice the game with 20 seconds remaining. The game was tied at the end of the first two periods as senior forward Jack
Sundby scored 12 1/2 minutes into the first period and sophomore forward Dustin Woelke added a power-play goal with three minutes remaining in the second period. Milton answered each time, though. The Blackhawks got a lucky bounce 13:38 into the first period as the puck kicked off the end boards and right in front of the Stoughton net ,where Kyle Dehnert slipped the puck past goaltender Carter Hellenbrand. Junior Onofre cleaned up a loose puck to give Milton a brief lead early in the second period.
seconds apart in the first 1:04 of the period. Conlin added an even-strength goal 6 1/2 minutes later to cap the scoring. Carter Hellenbrand stop 45 of 50 shots on goals. Kirk Davis made 26 of 27 saves to preserve the win for Beaver Dam. Sundby scored an even-strength goal just under five minutes into the first period to tie the game 1-1. A five-minute major for slashing on the Vikings allowed the Beaver Dam power play to get rolling as the Golden Beavers scored 9:44 into the period and never looked back. Beaver Dam 5, Stoughton 1 “We had 10 penalties on the day, and Earlier in the week, coach Kraft we just couldn’t kill another one,” Kraft returned to the same Beaver Dam Fam- said. “They scored on the 5 on 3 and the ily Center Ice Arena where he spent the 5 on 4. That kind of put it out of reach.” last four years as a varsity assistant on Thursday. It was an unhappy homecom- Stoughton, Viroqua (ppd.) ing for the Vikings, who lost a Badger Unsafe travel conditions forced the Conference crossover game 5-1. cancellation of Saturday’s nonconferStoughton took 31 minutes of penalty ence game against Viroqua inside the time on 10 infractions and was outshot Mandt Community Center. The game 50-27 as a result. The Vikings killed off has not been rescheduled yet. Kraft said five off the penalties, but Beaver Dam he hopes to make the game up in the scored four unanswered goals, including next couple of weeks. Stoughton will play the Blackhawks three on the power play, to ice the win. The Golden Beavers scored three at second time 7:30 p.m. Feb. 8 in Virtimes in the first 7 ½ minutes of the oqua. third period, including power-play goals by Daniel Smolen and Ian Conlin 48
Stoughton: Vikings look strong in season opener, repeat at Pieper Dual champions The match was stopped twice for an apparent knee injury, and Dolezal was unable to go on after the second. That gave Stoughton a 29-28 advantage, and the Vikings added falls in 4:51 and 1:33 by Lewis and Mechler. Gavin Model and Luke Geister Jones earned early pins at 152 and 160, as Stoughton jumped out to a 12-3 lead early. Marshfield rallied with pins at 182, 195 and a decision at 220 before Hohol drew the Vikings even with a pin of Kavin Beranek in 1:30. “Credit to Marshfield, their good kids wrestled really well,” Dan Spilde said. “They’re a top-10 program for sure, maybe considerably higher than that. We had probably two of our strongest anchors in our last two matches, so
we fell really felt comfortable as long as it wasn’t too much of a deficit.” Still, Spilde said, the Vikings felt like they gave some points away in tight matches at 106 and 120. Rudy Detweiler was winning at 195, but he ended being pinned with 52 seconds left against Ben Gust. “That’s why we wrestle this time of year, to improve upon the little things,” he said. “I think we have a lot of things we can look at there and improve for later.”
Stoughton 63, Menomonee Falls 9 The Vikings followed up a hard-fought win over Marshfield with a trio of lopsided scores, including a 63-9 victory over Menomonee Falls in the third round. Steinmetz, Lewis and Rudy Detweiler once again had falls. Rivera won via tech fall and Cade Spilde
scored a major decision. Ethan Peterson and Geister-Jones won by injury default at 106 and 170 pounds. Stoughton received forfeits at 145, 152, 220 and 285.
Stoughton 62, Evansville 9 Stoughton stuck sev en more opponents in the fourth round to secure a 62-9 win over Evansville. Cade Spilde, Brandt Spilde, Rudy Detweiler, Rivera, Dow, Melcher and FREE
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Stoughton 63, Oak Creek 18 Stoughton closed out its undefeated start to the season with a 63-18 win over Oak Creek. Every match, except 126 – where Dow won a 9-3 decision – was decided by a fall. Freeman Detweiler and Empey had pins in
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Alder pitches downtown plan Council, RDA support effort for business corridor ALEXANDER CRAMER Unified Newspaper Group
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A tentative plan of Kettle Park West- Phase 2B will be given feedback from the Planning Commission at its next meeting, Monday, Dec. 10.
KPW: Housing development returns to commission Monday Continued from page 1 behalf of FDG, ask for approvals for the first of five parts of the second phase, 2B. That shows 45 single-family home lots, ranging from 7,800 to 15,000 square feet, plus a 3.4-acre neighborhood park and path. The first phase was the Walmart-anchored shopping center, and 2A included a hotel and senior housing complex. The submission also suggests getting the council’s OK for Phase 2C, but those plans are not detailed. The overall Phase 2 submission to the commission, which could change based on staff feedback, includes 160 single-family residential lots, 18 duplex units and 43 moderate-density units. It also includes almost 12 acres of park land, an extension of Jackson Street and the construction of unnamed streets and trails. The original plan included 311 multi-family residential units and 60 single-family. The Jackson Street project would extend the street past the intersection at Oak Opening Drive, which
is the road to 138. A new street, marked on the plan as “A,” would connect the two and also another new street, marked “B.” Road “B” would be a key part of Phase 3, which would continue housing development to the northwest part of KPW. T h e r ev i s i o n s c o m e more than two years after the council took a firm stance against funding the project. In 2016, FDG informally suggested seeking TIF assistance for building Oak Opening Drive, which the state has not yet approved for access.
Roadblocks Phase 2 has been in discussions with the developers, commission and Common Council for several years, but development has stalled, apparently as a result of slowing demands for retail and funding for road construction. “The realities of the commercial retail marke t h ave l e d t o s l ow er-than-expected retail development,” FDG wrote in its proposal to the commission, dated Oct. 11. The newest business at
Kettle Park West, Great Clips, opened six weeks ago, and Dunkin Donuts opened in July. Pancake Cafe opened in April. Kwik Trip and Aldi both opened in the fall of 2017. The first part of Phase 2 includes the Tru by Hilton hotel, and after a few hiccups, developers secured – and rescue, after it expired – a permit for the construction of the building. That construction was anticipated to start in May and be completed by March 2019, but it has been on hold, FDG manager Dennis Steinkraus told the Hub in January and confirmed Monday.
Road funding The council told FDG in August 2016 an access point from Phase 2 area to state Hwy. 138 would be required before it would allow construction on that part of the development. On the submitted Phase 2 map, with a tentative outline of Phase 3, developers plan on a future extension of Oak Opening Drive, but the Phase 2 plan does not include extending the road to Hwy. 138. It’s labeled Future ROW,
or right-of-way, indicating access has yet to be provided. That wasn’t included in the 2016 plans, the Hub reported, because FDG was seeking assistance with funding the road construction and needed approval from the Department of Transportation. The city had provided $4.5 million in TIF to help support the commercial center, anchored by the Walmart Supercenter, but had expressed no interest in providing additional TIF money for future developments at KPW. Assistant planning director Michael Stacey told the Hub in an email he “knows there is not much interest shown by the city to provide assistance at this point.” Steinkraus said Dec. 3 he “can’t comment” on funding for Phase 2. He said they are “still reviewing” project plans and have been working to “lessen or remove completely” the TIF plat from the plan. Contact Amber Levenhagen at amber.leven hagen@wcinet.com.
Wi t h a n ew c o m m i t tee dedicated to attracting young families to Stoughton and the redevelopment authority worki n g t ow a r d development o f t h e r iv erfront site n e a r d ow n town, some city leaders t h i n k t h e Duranczyk time is right to put renewed focus on the downtown business corridor that has long been the face of the city. The Common Council heard a presentation from Denise Duranczyk (Dist. 1) at its Nov. 27 meeting about creating a downtown master plan. The likely two-year effort would create a roadmap for future development, roughly from Page Street to the railroad tracks along U.S. Hwy. 51. Duranczyk and her partner in the effort, Sharon Mason-Boersma, made a similar pitch to the Redevelopment Authority last month, and it supported the idea just as the council did. “The impetus behind t h i s ,” M a s o n - B o e r s m a said at the RDA meeting, “is my kids and grandkids buying houses in the City of Stoughton. How do I help make sure the city grows in the way I want for them?” The city’s 2017 comprehensive plan calls for such a document to be created before 2022, with guidelines for the appearance and use of downtown buildings and public spaces. That plan calls for most downtown buildings to transition from retail or service uses on the ground floors to office to residential on upper floors. A particular focus is to have residential use only on upper floors of buildings. D u r a n c z y k e nv i s i o n s representatives from council, the RDA, the Planning Commission and citizens and business owners sitting on the committee. It was initially conceived as a subcommittee of the RDA, bu t c i t y a t t o r n ey M a t t Dregne questioned that arrangement. The Planning Commission is ultimately responsible for forwarding any master planning documents to the council, according to a legal opinion written by Dregne last month. Dregne wrote the RDA is not legally able to act in place of the Planning Commission in designing a document that would eventually amend the comprehensive plan. It’s possible,
then, that the committee would need to be formed as a subset of that commission, or at the least recommend its findings to that commission. Duranczyk said the RDA’s goal is “not to compete” with the downtown area, noting the riverfront redevelopment it’s been working on and the downtown are only a couple of blocks apart. “ H ow d o w e k i n d o f collaborate, feed off one another, plan so that what’s happening in the downtown kind of supports the riverfront and the riverfront is taken into consideration w h e n w e ’r e l o o k i n g a t what we have to do (in the downtown)?” Duranczyk asked at the November RDA meeting. Mason-Boersma conducted a survey of downtown business owners and found several who would want to serve on the committee, which Duranczyk said she would be glad to “spearhead.” Duranczyk said the city could pay for the effort, which would include a consultant to guide the committee, with money from the downtown tax-increment financing district, TID 4, which has $150,000 set aside for planning purposes. The area she suggested would include a couple blocks north and south of Main Street, from Jefferson to Washington Street and might extend a couple blocks east and west beyond Page Street and the railroad tracks. Duranczyk said the eastern side of the area would receive particular attention. In expressing his support for the idea, alder Matt Bartlett (D-4) said he wondered if the committee could morph into an economic development committee in the future. The city has been operating without an economic development director since the finance department was restructured last year. T h o u g h M a y o r Ti m Swadley has said hiring an economic development expert is a priority, it’s hard to find the more than $100,000 for the expected salary cost in the city’s tight budget. The Common Council tabled the issue, and Mayor Swadley said while “we obviously want to move forward, it’s not something that’s time-sensitive.” Duranczyk agreed the decision doesn’t have to be made “next month,” but said the money in TID 4 would have to be used by March, 2021, giving a roughly two-year window for the project. Contact Alexander Cramer at alexander.cramer@ wcinet.com.
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The developer of Kettle Park West is proposing to purchase vacant, cityowned farmland across the street from Walmart on the city’s west side. But it’s unclear what Forward Development Group plans to put there. The company, through a separate LLC named Junction 138, has proposed to purchase the land at 3201 McComb Road, just across U.S. Hwy. 138 from the controversial development and the roundabout it paid for. The $480,000 offer is the 2017 appraised value of the land, according to a Stoughton Utilities (SU)
memo included in the Nov. 27 Utilities Committee meeting packet. Junction 138 submitted the offer to the city on Nov. 14. The committee directed staff to move forward with the deal contingent on review by the Finance committee and ultimately the Common Council, assistant utilities director Brian Hoops told the Hub. The Finance Committee, which met immediately after Utilities, convened in closed session to discuss the offer, and recommended to the Common Council it come back with a counter-offer, Mayor Tim Swadley told the Hub. The mayor expects the council to consider the counter-offer at its Dec. 11 meeting. Representatives for FDG did not immediately respond to emails seeking comment on the project or
plans for the land. According to the city’s comprehensive plan, it is in a planned mixed-use corridor and is also in a possible environmental corridor. The plan shows offices, businesses and retail with an eye to serving the planned neighborhoods to the north and south. A proposal for Phase 2 of the Kettle Park West development shows the area north of this site could include around 220 residential units when work is complete. The site in question could be considered for light industrial use, as well. A note on the comprehensive plan says it must be confirmed whether the parcel is indeed in an environmental corridor, which likely would mean it’s considered for preservation. That distinction, according to the plan, is reserved for
the city’s “most important natural resources,” often wetlands or flood plains. By state law, land-use decisions must conform to the comprehensive plan, though that plan can be modified after extensive public input. Any urban service amendment, which would be required in the case of an environmental corridor, would have to be approved by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. SU purchased the parcel at the end of 2009 for $350,000, with plans to use the site for a future electrical substation. The west substation was completed in August, and the vacant, unused portion of land was listed for sale by the city in October. The 17-acre “farmette” was split into two parts in 2013, with nearly six acres
Matthew P. Lund, age 54, of Middleton, passed away on Monday, Nov. 19, 2018, at UW Hospital. He was born on July 15, 1964, in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Donald and Patricia (Tracy) Lund. Matt graduated from Stoughton High School and following high school, served as a diver in the U.S. Navy. M a t t i s s u r v iv e d b y his parents, Don and Pat
Lund; and siblings, Diane Berge, Christopher (Joyce) L u n d , D av i d ( M o n i c a ) Lund, Michael Lund, Stephen Lund, Kate (Adam) Remus, and six nieces and nephews. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at Holy Mother of Consolation Catholic Church, 651 North Main St., Oregon, at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 14, 2018, with Rev. Gary Wankerl presiding. Private burial will be held at St. Ann Catholic Cemetery.
Visitation will be held at the church from 9 a.m. until the time of the Mass on Friday. Memorials may be made to: Dane County Habitat for Humanity. Online condolences may be made at gundersonfh. com. Gunderson Stoughton Funeral & Cremation Care 1358 Hwy. 51 North at Jackson St. (608) 873-4590
went on to earn an associate degree as a dental hygienist from Madison College in 1965. She was united in marriage to Cliff Brown from 19661974 and gave birth to her son, Kent C. Brown, on May 16, 1967. Susan married Patrick L. Robb in Delavan. He preceded her in death on Jan. 12, 1986. In the late 1980’s, Susan moved to Stoughton. There, she met her husband, John Drew. John and Susan were married in Alaska and made their home in Tomah, until 2002, when they moved to Cottage Grove. John preceded her in death on Sept. 2, 2006. Susan remained in Cottage Grove until moving to Milestone Senior Living in 2017. Throughout her career, she was employed by Delavan-Darien High School,
Jeff Winn, D.D.S., and Kurt Silberschmidt, D.D.S. Susan was a member of East Side Businessmen’s Club and supported numerous charities. She loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren. Susan enjoyed her dogs, Lexi and Chuck, and volunteering her time in the Monona Grove School District, helping children with reading. She enjoyed decorating, crafting, stamping, cooking, bird-watching, gardening, traveling and bowling and loved cheering on her Wisconsin Badgers and Green Bay Packers. Susan is survived by her son Kent (Angie) Brown; stepsons, Patrick A. Robb, Mark Robb and Jeff Drew; stepdaughter, Sally Drew; grandchildren, Nic and Olivia Brown and Arianna
Felland; sister, Jan (Pat) O’Brien and family; and brother, John (Nancy) Kurt and family. She was preceded in death by her parents; and husbands, Patrick L. Robb and John W. Drew. A Memorial Gathering will be held at Gunderson Stoughton Funeral and Cremation Care, 1358 Hwy. 51 North at Jackson St., from 4-6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, 2018. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials, in Susan’s name, to the Stoughton Fire Department or the Dane County Humane Society. The family would also like to thank Milestone Senior Living in Stoughton and Agrace HospiceCare for the wonderful care given to Susan. Online condolences may be made at gundersonfh. com.
Faux. Jean married Billy Hudkins on April 12, 1949, and they relocated to Wisconsin where she spent the rest of her life. Jean attended Wittenberg College, the Columbia County Normal School, and received a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from UW-Madison. She taught at Burritt, East, Kegonsa and Yahara Schools and was proud to be Stoughton’s Teacher of the Year. Jean was an avid reader, gardener and painter. She touched many lives. Jean is survived by her children, Bill of Mazomanie, Susan Martens of Arena, Mary Beth (Doug) Schall of Mazomanie, and
Thomas (Cindy) of Stoughton; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her former husband; sisters, Mary and Beth; and son, Dan. Family and friends are invited to the Celebration of Jean’s life at Gunderson Stoughton Funeral and Cremation Care, 1358 Hwy. 51, from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018, and at The Base Camp Cafe, 18 Brodhead St., Mazomanie,
from 2-5 p.m., on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2018. Please join us in honoring this special lady and her life. Thank you to caregivers Deb, Carolyn and Diane and many other friends who have supported her over the years, visiting or checking in often. The services of the Stoughton EMS and Agrace HospiceCare are also greatly appreciated. Online condolences may be made at gundersonfh.com.
set aside for the utility and 10.5 acres that held a farmhouse and outbuildings. Those were razed in 2015. SU commissioned an appraisal in July 2017 that found it was worth $45,000 per acre for a total of $480,000. The use of taxpayer money to help finance the first phase of KPW drew criticism and even a referendum effort, and some of the proposed justification was the potential to unlock n ew a r e a s f o r h o u s i n g growth. New construction remains one of the few ways the city can raise revenues to pay for projects and employees, and attracting and retaining young families is seen as key to Stoughton’s growth, especially for a school district facing declining enrollment.
At a glance The $480,000 offer is the 2017 appraised value of the land, according to a Stoughton Utilities (SU) memo. SU purchased the parcel at the end of 2009 for $350,000, with plans to use the site for a future electrical substation. SU commissioned an appraisal in July 2017 that found it was worth $45,000 per acre for a total of $480,000.
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Susan Marcia Drew, age 73, passed away surrounded by her family on Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018, at Milestone Senior Living in Stoughton. She was born on Feb. 6, 1945, in Madison, the daughter of Gerald J. and Wilma (Beuthin) Kurt. Susan graduated from Madison East High School, class of 1963, and
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Jean Hudkins, age 93, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018, one day shy of her 94th birthday. She was born in Avilla, Indiana, the daughter of Earl and Jennie (Halferty)
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Noel R. Halverson, age 88, of Stoughton, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018, at Agrace HospiceCare, surrounded by his family. He was born on July 9, 1930, in Cheboygan, Michigan, the son of Ford and Edna (Martin) Halverson. Noel graduated from South Division High School in Milwaukee and from UW-Platteville, where he received a bachelor’s degree in mining engineering. While at Platteville, he met and later married Barbara Gant on Sept. 15, 1953. Noel enlisted and served in the Army in El Paso, Texas, from 1953-1956. He was a self-employed salesman and a small business owner for most of his career. Noel’s enjoyment of people made him very successful in his business.
He was a great companion, husband, father and grandfather. He was a member of the Stoughton Country Club, Stoughton Lions Club and Sons of Norway. Noel enjoyed golf, playing cards with friends, traveling, boating, flying, reading and was interested in rocks and gems. He is survived by his loving companion, Elaine Lohneis; children, Jeannine (Bruce) Hanson, Judith (Don) Washecheck, Troy (Jennifer Stull) Halverson, Tracie (Mike) Wolfe; 10 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; brother-in-law, Karl Gant; sisterin-law, Norma Gant; and many nieces, nephews and cousins. He was preceded in death by his wife Barbara; parents, Ford and Edna Halverson; brother-in-law, Jerry Gant; and in-laws, Bernard and Lulu Gant. A funeral service will be held at Gunderson Stoughton Funeral and Cremation Care, 1358 Hwy. 51 North, Stoughton, at 11 a.m., on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. Visitation was held at the funeral home from 4-6 p.m., on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, and also from 10 a.m. until the time of the service on Thursday. Memorials may be made to Agrace HospiceCare or the Stoughton Area Veterans Memorial Park. Online condolences may be made at gundersonfh.com.
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The United States Small Business Administration is offering disaster loans to homeowners and businesses in Dane County damaged by the severe storms between Aug. 17 and Sept. 14. Anyone applying for a loan for physical damage must apply by Dec. 17. The deadline for economic injury applications is July 18, 2019. To apply, download an application at disasterloan. sba.gov/ela, call SBA’s customer service center at 1-800-659-2955 or email disastercustomerservice@ sba.gov. The loans range in interest rates depending on the recipient and whether the loan recipient has credit available elsewhere. For home loans to someone with no credit available elsewhere, the rate is 2 percent. For those with credit available elsewhere, it is 4 percent. For business loans, the rate with no credit available elsewhere is 3.675 percent, while it is 7.35 percent for those with credit available elsewhere. N o n p r o fi t o rg a n i z a tions can get a loan with a 2.5 percent interest rate whether or not they have credit available elsewhere. The loans have a maximum term of 30 years,
and require an applicant to show credit history, the ability to repay and collateral for any physical loss or economic injury disaster loans over $25,000. T h e ava i l a b l e l o a n s include home disaster loans “to homeowners or renters to repair or replace d i s a s t e r- d a m a g e d r e a l estate and personal property, including automobiles,” according to an SBA fact sheet. These are limited to $200,000 for real estate and $40,000 to repair or replace personal property. The Economic Injury Disaster Loans are “working capital loans to help small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and most private, non-profit organizations of all sizes meet their ordinary and necessary financial obligations that cannot be met as a direct result of the disaster,” the fact sheet explains. Business physical disaster loans are available to businesses of any size, as well as private nonprofits. The fact sheet explains they are “loans to businesses to repair or replace disaster-damaged property owned by the business, including real estate, i nv e n t o r i e s , s u p p l i e s , m a c h i n e r y a n d e q u i pment.” They are limited to $2 million. Contact Scott Girard at ungreporter@wcinet.com and follow him on Twitter @sgirard9.
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Stoughton History December 125 years ago (1890) • With the advent of December, the pleasant weather was brought to a close and gave place to the cold and snow of winter. Farmers continued plowing until Dec. 1, but since then the weather has been quite cold. The river is frozen over and the ground covered with a thin layer of snow. • The hook and ladder company of the city fire department will give a series of dances this winter. • The better class of our citizens are pleased that an effort is being made at stamping out a few of the hot beds of crime in the city and hope that the convictions of the past two weeks will have a salutary effect upon all who are inclined to violate the law. • C. W. McCarthy of Porter shipped 54 hogs to Milwaukee from this station last week that weighed 19,000 pounds. They brought the sum of $600. • Andrew Brickson has sold his farm four miles east of the city to Edward Gunderson. The farm contains 112 acres of rich prairie land and sold for $9,000.
75 years ago (1940) • Stoughton’s response so far to the plan of having local persons select a “buddy” among the members of Company I, the Stoughton National Guard until at Camp Beauregard, and sending this “buddy” a Christmas present, has been slow so far. • If the nation’s vast rearmament program goes forward at its present rate, the United States will have
a military plant and need 15 billion dollars yearly to service and maintain it. • With the amount of electricity the school system consumes annually, you could light 283 homes. This seems like an immense amount, but when you consider there are eight buildings to be lighted and heated, this figure does not seem out of proportion. The water used by the school would supply 60 homes, the gas would supply 40 homes. • Although Norway is conquered, she is not crushed – as is evidenced by the sabotage being carried out by the Norwegians despite the presence of 350,000 German troops – and Norway will rise again to throw off the yoke of domination. That was the stirring message delivered by Theodore Broch, former mayor of Narvik, as he spoke Monday evening at the city hall auditorium to a near-capacity audience composed mainly of persons of Norwegian birth or descent.
50 years ago (1965) • Stoughton’s tax-conscious citizens were given the welcome news today that the city budget for 1966 will be $11,259.93 less than the previous one. Despite the fact that state, county, school and vocational school tax rates have increased over last year, the boost for Stoughton’s taxpayers will be only one mill. • Stoughton’s school board put its stamp of approval on the final plans for the new high school in a special meeting held Wednesday night in the l i b r a r y. M e e t i n g w i t h architect Charles Woehrl
and representatives of his engineering consultant firm, the board members reviewed all of the general plans, as well as the plumbing, heating and electrical blueprints. • Dave Amble, Lowell Dahl and Dave Hoffman added another honor to the triumphs they have already chalked up when their dragster won the trophy as the best showing competition car at the auto show held last weekend at the Dane County Fairgrounds. • The first major expansion in the history of the Stoughton Junior Fair has been announced by Truman Felland, president of the group. Next July, the Junior Fair will be expanded to include open classes for the first time. This will mean that adults and eligible junior competitors will compete in the open judging, for financial premiums as well as glory. • Stoughton’s chances of enticing the world’s largest high energy accelerator, the $350 million research facility, appear to be enhanced, following the visit last week of the Atomic Energy Commission inspection team. State officials, MURA personnel and others, too, joined together to present the best possible invitation for the admitted scientific plum.
25 years ago (1990) • It was the single heaviest snowfall ever recorded in Dane County. Readings taken at the Stoughton Wastewater Treatment plant indicate 14 inches fell, somewhat short of the 17-inches recorded by the National Weather Service at Madison. The previous high was a Dec. 15, 1987 storm that dropped 12
inches. Whipped by northwest winds of 35 mph and gusts at a velocity much higher than that, the snow made a mockery of routine. • Tuesday evening, the Stoughton City Council unanimously passed an ordinance amendment requiring the separation of recyclables from other garbage. “It basically prohibits you from putting recyclables into your trash,” Mayor Helen Johnson said. • That Stoughton teachers had fallen behind their counterparts in comparable districts was the pivotal point in an arbitrator’s choice of their offer over that of the school board in a contract deadlock that ended last week. Members of the Stoughton Education Association will receive raises in salaries and benefits, totaling roughly 8.17 percent for 1989-90, and 8.36 percent for 1990-91, following a decision by arbitrator Frank Ziedler. • Stoughton Area School District enrollment continues to rise, even as the year moves along. School superintendent Tyra Manning presented the board of education Monday with m i d - D e c e m b e r e n r o l lment figures indicating every school except the high school has had an increase since the first school census of the year was completed in September. Enrollment at the elementary school has gone up 17 students and the middle school has gained four. The high school has lost 16 students since the beginning of the year.
Legals STATE OF WISCONSIN, CIRCUIT COURT, DANE COUNTY, NOTICE SETTING TIME TO HEAR APPLICATION AND DEADLINE FOR FILING CLAIMS (INFORMAL ADMINISTRATION) IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARJORIE P. MARTIN A/K/A MARGIE L. MARTIN Case No. 2018PR855 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: 1. An application for Informal Administration was filed. 2. The decedent, with date of birth September 15, 1925 and date of death November 9, 2018, was domiciled in Dane County, State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of 118 E. Jefferson Street, Stoughton, WI 53589X. 3. The application will be heard at the Dane County Courthouse, Madison, Wisconsin, Room 1005, before the presiding Probate Registrar, on December 27, 2018 at 8:45a.m. You do not need to appear unless you object. The application may be granted if there is no objection. 4. The deadline for filing a claim against the decedent’s estate is February 22, 2019. 5. A claim may be filed at the Dane County Courthouse, Madison, Wisconsin, Room 1005. 6. This publication is notice to any persons whose names or addresses are unknown. If you require reasonable accommodations due to a disability to participate in the court process, please call 608266-4311 at least 10 working days prior to the scheduled court date. Please note that the court does not provide transportation. Electronically signed by Danell Behrens Deputy Probate Registrar November 20, 2018 Michael D. Rumpf PO Box 1 Cambridge, WI 53523 (608) 423-3254 Bar Number: 1015663 Published: November 29, December 6 and 13, 2018 WNAXLP *** NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The City of Stoughton Plan Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, January 14, 2019 at 6:00 o’clock p.m., or as soon after as the matter may be heard, at the Public Safety Building, Second Floor, 321 S. Fourth Street, Stoughton, Wisconsin, 53589, to consider a proposed ordinance amendment to the City of Stoughton Municipal Code of Ordinances section 78-916(2)(o). This proposed amendment is to remove the section allowing the Zoning Administrator to grant waivers within the City of
Stoughton, Dane County, Wisconsin. For questions regarding this notice please contact Michael Stacey, Zoning Administrator at 608-646-0421 Michael Stacey Zoning Administrator Published: November 29 and December 6, 2018 WNAXLP *** NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The City of Stoughton Plan Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, January 14, 2019 at 6:00 o’clock p.m., or as soon after as the matter may be heard, at the Public Safety Building, Second Floor, 321 S. Fourth Street, Stoughton, Wisconsin, 53589, to consider a proposed ordinance amendment to the City of Stoughton Municipal Code of Ordinances section 78-206(8)(y). This proposed amendment is to change the number of hens allowed from four hens to six hens within the City of Stoughton, Dane County, Wisconsin. For questions regarding this notice please contact Michael Stacey, Zoning Administrator at 608-646-0421 Michael Stacey Zoning Administrator Published: November 29 and December 6, 2018 WNAXLP *** BOARD OF EDUCATION STOUGHTON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT REGULAR MEETING NOVEMBER 5, 2018 1. Regular Board Meeting Opening A. Call Meeting to Order-A regular meeting of the Stoughton Area School District was called to order on Monday, November 5, 2018 at 7:00 pm by Board President Francis Sullivan. B. Roll Call -Present: Jill Patterson, Kathleen Hoppe, Francis Sullivan, Joe Freye, Allison Sorg, Yolibeth FitzGibbon, Jon Coughlin, Steve Jackson, and Tim Bubon. C. Public Comment-None. D. Legislative Update -President Sullivan informed the board that Kathleen & Jill will assume the legislative update duty. A legislative report will be provided for the next board meeting. 2. Spotlight on Learning A. Lunches for Vikings - The Spotlight on Learning (Lunches for Vikings-AnnMarie Oakland) was deferred to the November 19, 2018 board meeting. 3. District Administrator Report - Dr. Onsager reminded everyone to please vote on November 6th and provided the following information: Recent flu clinics were held at several locations throughout the district. River Bluff is hosting a com-
munity night on November 9th which will include a meal and fun activities (RSVP’s to Principal Trish Gates if attending the meal). Inclement weather procedures will be sent out to families next week. No school for students November 21-26 (November 26 staff will report for professional development). 4. Consent Agenda A motion was made by FitzGibbon, seconded by Freye and carried unanimously to approve the October 22, 2018 Special Meeting - Tax Levy & Consent Agenda Minutes; approve the October 19 - November 20, 2018 check register as presented; approve a $15,000.00 grant award to Stoughton High School for Technology Education from the Bryant Foundation; We would like to say thank you to the following individuals and groups and move approval of their donations to the District: $1,000 from Stoughton Youth Softball for Stoughton High School Softball expenses, $1,000 from Stoughton Fast Pitch for Stoughton High School SB Activity (equip. etc.), $1000 from Stoughton Football Inc. for Hudl Assist (FB Software), $100 from Stone Mother’s Club for Reporting Supplies and RIF books for Fox Prairie Students from Operations Marine Toys for Tots Foundation valued at $500.00; and related cash donation budget adjustments for $3,100.00; approve a permanent professional educator contract for Sandra Northey and Jessica Martinez for the 2018-2019 school year and approve the SHS Extended & International Field Trip Request for Stoughton High School students, in conjunction with the British Literature class, to travel to England and France from June 15-25, 2020. 5. Discussion A. Committee Reports- Finance: Next meeting will be November 19. Facilities: Met on October 9 - Luke Butz, the district’s new Buildings & Grounds Supervisor, was introduced and the committee listened to a modern learning environment presentation from EUA. Policy-Met tonight - Policy reviewed most of the 0000 Bylaws policy with good discussion. The committee will be moving on to the 9000’s which deal with relationships. Sections will be approved by the committee and will come to the full board. New polices will not take place until all sections are completed. Work is ongoing. President Sullivan thanked the district staff for the work being completed for the policy work that is completed and is being completed. AD HOC-Whole committee met in October and is moving forward with a small study group to seek how to attract young families. B. Fox Prairie Elementary Building Presentation- Krista Huntley-Rogers, Kris Wolf, Marilee Cronin, and Gus (the Labrador) provided the building presen-
tation which included a building overview with information about units of study, staff/student positive interactions with Gus, building challenges, and the updated library. Krista, Kris, and Marilee answered board questions following the presentation. C. Facilities Study - Eppestein Uhen Architects representatives presented the SASD facilities study findings which included all five school buildings and the former Yahara Elementary School, historic 1892 building, administration building, maintenance department building, and the bus garage. The study included building condition assessment, building capacity analysis, and educational adequacy assessment. Consistent district maintenance practices have extended the service life of the buildings. The study will guide long-term planning and decision making process for District facilities. EUA representatives answered board members questions. President Sullivan declared a five minute recess at 9:15 p.m. and the meeting resumed at 9:20 p.m. 6. Discussion/Action Item A. Ratification of Stoughton Educational Association (SEA) Master Contract July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019- A motion was made by Freye, seconded by Sorg, and carried unanimously on a roll call vote (Aye-Jackson, Hoppe, Bubon, Coughlin, Sorg, FitzGibbon, Freye, Patterson, & Sullivan) to approve the ratification of 2018-2019 (July 1, 2018 June 30, 2019) Stoughton Educational Association (SEA) Master Contract for a base wage increase of 2.13%, retroactive to July 1, 2018. This excludes all bargaining unit members who are hired new to the district for the 2018-19 school year. B. Approval of Employee Relations Committee’s Recommendation for Supplemental Pay to Bargaining Unit Members by the Stoughton Education Association (SEA) for the 2018 - 2019 School Year - A motion was made by Freye, seconded by FitzGibbon, and carried unanimously on a roll call vote (AyeSorg, Coughlin, Hoppe, Patterson, Freye, Jackson, Bubon, FitzGibbon, & Sullivan) to approve the Employee Relations Committee’s recommendation for supplemental pay to bargaining unit members, retroactive to July 1, 2018, for the 20182019 school year as follows: No supplemental pay for bargaining unit members who were hired new to the district for the 2018-2019 school year; supplemental pay to educators in the Initial Professional level of $1,594 minus the base wage increase; supplemental pay to educators in the Collaborative Professional level of $1,819 minus the base wage increase; supplemental pay to educators in the
Innovative Professional level of $2,109 minus the base wage increase; supplemental pay to educators in the System Professional level of $2,400 minus the base wage increase; supplemental pay to educators who opt out of the educator compensation model of $1,819 minus the base wage increase. C. Ratification of Educational Assistants Association of Stoughton (EAAS) Master Contract July 1 2018 - June 30, 2019 – A motion was made by Freye, seconded by Jackson, and carried unanimously on a roll call vote (Aye - FitzGibbon, Patterson, Jackson, Bubon, Freye, Coughlin, Sorg, Hoppe, & Sullivan to approve ratification of the 2018-2019 (July 1, 2018-June 30, 2019) Educational Assistants Association of Stoughton (EAAS) Master Contract. 2018-2019 bargaining unit members employed as of October 15, 2018, shall receive an increase of $0.35 to their base wage hourly rate retroactive to July 1, 2018. This excludes all educational assistants who are new to the District for the 2018-2019 school year (July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019). D. Approval of Employee Relations Committee’s Recommendation for Supplemental Pay of Educational Assistants Association of Stoughton (EAAS) Master Contract July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019 - A motion was made by Freye, seconded by Bubon, and carried unanimously on a roll call vote (Aye-Coughlin Freye, Hoppe, Patterson, Sorg, Bubon, FitzGibbon, Jackson, & Sullivan) to approve an additional supplemental increase of $0.24 per hour, retroactive to July 1, 2018, for 20182019 bargaining unit members employed as of October 15, 2018. This excludes all educational assistants who are new to the District for the 2018-19 school year. E. Innovation Center - A motion was made by Sorg, seconded by Patterson, and carried unanimously on a voice vote to approve that the District develop and pursue a plan to create an Innovation Center and that the District Administrator identify possible sites for the center and do a cost and benefit analysis of the sites. 7. Meeting Closing A. Recap of Action Items-None. 8. Contemplated Closed Session - At 9:43 p.m., President Sullivan stated a need for a contemplated closed session. A motion was made by Freye, seconded by Hoppe and carried unanimously on a voice vote to convene to an executive session of the Stoughton Area School District Board of Education in accordance with Wis. Stat. 19.85(1)(c) (f) to discuss pending litigation involving staff and student conduct, personal/ social histories and confidential pupil records protected by Wis. Stat. 118.125, which, if discussed in open session, would likely have a substantial adverse
effect upon the reputation of the student and disclose confidential pupil records. President Sullivan called a contemplated closed session of the Stoughton Area School District Board of Education to order in the Upper Conference Room at 9:45 p.m. Present: Bubon, Coughlin, Freye, FitzGibbon, Hoppe, Jackson, Patterson, Sorg, and Sullivan. Pending litigation discussion ensued. A motion was made by Freye, seconded by Patterson, and carried unanimously to go into open session at 9:54 p.m. to adjourn. 9. Meeting Closing A. Adjournment - A motion to adjourn was made by Jackson, seconded by Hoppe, and carried unanimously to adjourn at 9:55 p.m. _______________________________ Yolibeth FitzGibbon, Clerk Published: December 6, 2018 WNAXLP *** STATE OF WISCONSIN, CIRCUIT COURT, DANE COUNTY, SMALL CLAIMS DIVISION PUBLICATION SUMMONS Case No. 2018 SC 7139 BUREAUS INVESTMENT GROUP, PORTFOLIO No. 15, LLC, Plaintiff, -vsKARI REYNOLDS Defendant. TO EACH PERSON NAMED ABOVE AS A DEFENDANT: Kari Reynolds, 525 E. Jefferson Street, Stoughton, WI 53589 YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you. The complaint, which is also served upon you, states the nature and basis of the legal action. You are being sued by Bureaus Investment Group, Portfolio No. 15, LLC in the Small Claims Court for Dane County, Wisconsin, Dane County Courthouse, 215 South Hamilton Street, Madison, WI 53703. A hearing will be held at 9:00 A.M. on December 18, 2018 If you do not appear, a judgement may be given to the person suing you. A copy of the claim has been mailed to you at the address above. Dated: November 28, 2018 Law Offices of Kimberly J. Weissman, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff /s/ Kimberly J. Weissman State Bar No. 1040570 Post Office Address: 899 Skokie Blvd., Suite 514 Northbrook, IL 60062 (847) 480-0880 Published: December 6, 2018 WNAXLP ***
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Swifthaven currently has the following openings: • Full-time lead position 32 hours per wk., day hours including EOW. Knowledge of Assisted Living and all aspects of resident caregiving including medication management and ADLS. Wage based on experience. This is a direct care position. • Float position must be available all shifts and flexible with hours, would be covering for sick time, holidays and vacations. • Kitchen Cook position- part/ full-time for a temporary position in our kitchen, could lead to permanent part-time position. Please apply in person at Swifthaven 124 Henry St., Edgerton WI or call Jennifer Stilen at 608-884-2828 ext. 1006 for more information.
DEER POINT STORAGE Convenient location behind Stoughton Lumber. Clean-Dry Units 24 HOUR LIGHTED ACCESS 5x10 thru 12x25 608-335-3337
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The majority of office hours will be based in our Oregon, Wisconsin office with occasional days in the Verona office to assist customers and employee-owners in that location. Office hours are Monday - Friday, 8:30a.m.-1:30p.m. Though this is currently a parttime position, some benefits are available as well as advancement opportunities for the career-minded individual. Interested in learning more about our publications? Visit us at unifiednewsgroup. com. Apply online as shown below. Please include your resume and a cover letter.
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To learn more about this opportunity, submit your application and resume today at www.wcinet.com/careers Woodward Communications, Inc., is an Equal Opportunity Employer. WCI maintains a tobacco-free campus.
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CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE IS NOON Monday FOR THE Stoughton Courier Hub
DRIVERS WANTED IMMEDIATE OPENINGS Must have Class A or B CDL With Tanker Endorsement.
We’re growing in Fitchburg! WE A RE H I RI NG ! We train! Learn a trade!
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Production Assemblers Machine Operators - Fabrication
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$19.85 / hour After 120 days: $20.85 / hour
Resident Assistants Cook • Housekeeper
FIRST SHIFT MONDAY—FRIDAY: 5:45am – 1:45pm
Full or part time in a great workplace we’ve ’ gott a sspot for you!
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5,000 YEARS OF CIVILIZATION REBORN
Dec 22–23, 2018 Coronado Performing Arts Cente 314 N Main St, Rockford, IL 61101
All-new show with live orchestra
The Gift They'll Talk About For Years to Come...
Witness a Cultural Renaissance Traditional Chinese culture is based on harmony between heaven, earth, and humankind. Unfortunately, it has been mostly destroyed in today’s China. Based in New York, Shen Yun is bringing back this ancient heritage and sharing it with millions around the world.
Art that Nourishes Your Soul True art speaks to our hearts. Shen Yun creates works with virtuous themes. Ideals like loyalty, honesty, and compassion are presented in an extraordinary theatrical experience. You can feel the inner purity, inspiration and energy long after the curtain falls.
“A MUST-SEE!” —Broadway World
“I’ve reviewed about 4,000 shows. None can compare to what I saw tonight.”
“The greatest of the Great. it must be experienced!”
— Richard Connema, renowned Broadway critic
— Christine Walevska, “goddess of the cello”, watched Shen Yun 5 times
Hear the Spirit of Ancient China
Do you like good stories? Chinese culture has 5,000 years of them. Folk tales, legends, and timeless classics make up this magic world of immortals and miracles. Dive into the action-filled stories embodying the wisdom and virtues of ancient China with Shen Yun.
Shen Yun’s unique orchestra blends the singular beauty and expressiveness of Chinese instruments with the grandeur of a Western orchestra. The result is a gorgeous and vivid sound with great emotional range—perfect for bringing to life the soul of an ancient civilization.
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Watch Myths & Legends Comes Alive
“Absolutely the number one show in the world!” —Kenn Wells, legendary lead dancer of the English National Ballet
ORDERING: Tickets.ShenYun.com/Rockford | Call 855-799-SHOW (7469)
“Beautiful Sound, Strikingly intricate melodies.” —NYTheatre.com
Holiday Special: Use Code SY19 to waive fees.