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Pat Kroth, a Town of Verona resident and fiber artist, works on her upcoming Anderson Art Center exhibit. Her exhibit, consisting of 52 pairs of jeans stuffed with clothing that will be donated to The Beacon day resource center for the homeless, will open in the Kenosha venue on Sunday, Jan. 27.

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The plan for Chinese language instruction beyond fifth-grade for the 2019-20 school year could be coming in two weeks.

After a Monday, Jan. 21, school board discussion that touched on Chinese language options, the world language offerings overall and the use of the district’s new decision-making rubric, board members asked for more information before taking a final vote.

B u t t h e c o nve r s a t i o n made clear they are nearly ready to consider dedicating one to two staff people – budgeted at about $70,000 per position – to teach advanced Chinese at the middle and high school, as well as introduction to Mandarin at the middle-school level. And it would not take away from other language instruction in 2019-20. “ S h ow u s a n o p t i o n where we phase in Mandarin at both middle school

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Verona artist’s exhibit features donated clothes for homeless KIMBERLY WETHAL Unified Newspaper Group

Earlier this year, Town of Verona resident and fiber artist Pat Kroth was setting up early in the morning for an art show when she met a man whose life she could never imagine living.

It was after that interaction that it hit her that everywhere you look, you can always find an excess of clothing being sold, yet there’s a population of people that can’t access it.

The man, a war veteran and double amputee bound to a wheelchair,

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The police school liaison officer stationed at Verona Area High School is “the busiest officer” at the

came up to her booth and spoke with her for around an hour as she was getting ready. As they talked, she found out he was homeless. She asked a lot of questions.

“Things like, ‘How does this work for you? How are you living on the street, and what do you do in the winter? Don’t you want to be in a shelter?’” Kroth recalled. “And he explained a lot of the problems that he was going through.

“There was something about talking to him that made me feel a little more informed, and it made me incredibly sad that we’re not

Verona Police Department, police and school district officials agree.

While those officials don’t agree on everything about the position – also known as a school resource officer – superintendent Dean Gorrell and VPD chief Bernie Coughlin told the Press last year they value the partnership as they The

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providing more, and people are just falling through the cracks.”

That interaction, among other things, was part of the inspiration behind her upcoming three-dimensional art exhibit at the Anderson Art Center in Kenosha, which starts Sunday, Jan. 27 and run through Sunday, March 3.

A Chicago native, Kroth and her family moved to the Verona area in 1992. A former gymnastics coach and educator who had regularly painted when she had the time, Kroth

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continually work on refining the role.

From the beginning of December to the middle of this month – when an officer was assigned through the end of the year – the position had been covered by a rotating group of officers, taking over for officer Mitch Zilkowski, who left at the beginning of

December after about a year in the position. And until Monday, Jan. 21, they were operating without a contract in place, as administration in the district and PD were negotiating an agreement for the 2018-19 school year.

The new contract,

sites and the path forward to phase it in at the high school,” board president Noah Roberts asked.

Getting to that request, in front of a crowd of about 20 parents waiting until after 10 p.m. for news, took a whirlwind conversation that included stark criticism of how staff had filled out a document designed to help guide the district’s stated focus on equity. It veered enough off course that board member Tom Duerst expressed a concern about being “way off” what was noticed on the agenda.

“I’ve found this to be wildly entertaining, to say the least,” Duerst said about two hours into the conversation. “At our current pace of our meeting, I’m worried we’re going to get snowed in tomorrow night.”

As the discussion began, three board members immediately wanted to take one of the additional options administrators offered off the table: sunsetting Verona Area International School’s charter and using the money that goes to staffing there to reshape the grades 6-12 world language program.

“I don’t want our consideration of programming at

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Wildcats United hosts second annual Read-a-Thon The second annual Wildcats United Read-a-thon took place on Monday, Jan. 21, at the library. Verona Area School District students read, colored and participated in a scavenger hunt on their day off from school.

Luca Totaro reads a magazine in the children’s section.

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At left, Cora Riday, 5, colors as Sydney Breitbach, a Verona Area High School junior, looks on.

Verona Ald. Christine Posey reads a book about the lives of different crayons during the second annual Wildcats Unite Read-a-Thon on Monday, Jan. 21, at the library.

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‘Now that Verona has their own local support group, I hope that more teachers will consider this opportunity.’

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Verona Area High School seniors will be allowed to wear religious or ceremonial adornments if they receive approval from an administrator through a process being added to the student handbook. The policy change came after a student was denied the opportunity to wear a traditional Native American feather at the 2018 ceremony.

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Students hoping to wear a religious or ceremonial adornment at the Verona Area High School graduation ceremony will have until April 1 to submit their request.

Seven months after the school district refused to make an exception to its dress code so a graduate could wear a traditional Native American feather, it now has a policy creating an application process for such adornments.

The final version of the policy was changed from a Feb. 15 application deadline after a review by a school board committee earlier this month, and it was presented to the school board Monday, Jan. 21. It will be added to the VAHS student handbook and did not require board

approval.

“The idea was … really wanting to provide students an opportunity to participate in a safe, inclusive graduation ceremony,” VAHS principal Pam Hammen told the board. “That might include an exception to our normal attire.”

Board president Noah Roberts praised the policy and thanked the staff and students who worked on the committee to create it.

“I was horrified to hear the inflexibility of our policy led to a student feeling as though their culture wasn’t valued,” Roberts said. “I hope that never happens again.”

Board member Meredith Stier Christensen was among those at the committee meeting who asked for the application date to be pushed back, and Monday she said February would have been too early to ask seniors to plan for a June graduation.

Roberts asked that the April 1 deadline be slightly flexible, as well, given how busy seniors might be in

their final school year. He suggested that there not be “a guarantee” an application will be accepted if it’s submitted after the deadline, but that “it’ll still be considered,” which Hammen agreed to.

The other change from the initial draft was from the term “cultural” in the initial draft to “ceremonial” in the final. Adornments will be allowed around the neck or attached to a graduation gown, but not on the cap.

The policy also bans reflective materials like sequins or glitter, offensive messaging, reference to firearms or violence and flags and other banners.

Any application will be reviewed by an associate principal based on a criteria scoresheet, and administrators will let a student know their decision by April 15. The evaluating criteria comprise 17 questions, with each needing a “no” answer to allow the item to be worn.

For example, the first question is “Does the adornment request include decorating the mortarboard with

VASD in brief Incident response plan change

Open enrollment approved

The board approved a slight modification to the incident response communication procedures approved in December.

The new language requires the district to send a message to families of students at an affected school if an emergency vehicle responses to a school “with emergency lights flashing,” rather than just if a vehicle responds at all.

The Verona Area School District will allow up to 33 open enrollees for the 201920 school year.

The board approved that many spaces, including 11 at kindergarten and 10 in first grade, Monday night. It can open more spots in May if enrollment projections show there are likely more seats available than expected at this time.

Man suffers accidental gunshot injury in Verona A 26-year-old Madison man was taken to UW Hospital on late Monday afternoon with life-threatening injuries after a report of a man with a gunshot wound in the Blain’s Farm and Fleet parking lot.

Verona police officers found the man unconscious

in his car with injuries to his leg from a gunshot wound around 4 p.m., according to a news release from the department.

Officers performed cardiocerebral resuscitation and attached a tourniquet to the man’s leg to constrict blood flow until paramedics

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Officers determined the injury was the result of an accidental discharge from the gun. The man was the only one in the vehicle at the time of the shooting.

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an item that is not of religious and ceremonial significance?” and a later question is “Is the adornment enhanced by audio, video, light and/or movement?”

Students whose application is denied can appeal to the director of bilingual programming and instructional equity, then to the superintendent and finally to the school board.

Hammen said the policy would be shared at senior meetings and in letters to parents.

Stier Christensen asked administrators to eventually provide an update on how students take to the new policy.

“I will be very curious to hear how things go this year,” Stier Christensen said.

“I would like to know just how many late applications come up.”

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Four Verona Area School District teachers were recognized as among the top in their profession nationwide, achieving National Board certification this Bonsignore year.

Carla Bonsignore, Lindsay Herb, Jessica Reed and Diana Lehnherr were announced as achieving Herb the National Board for Professional Teacher Standards certification Monday, Jan. 21, according to Lehnherr the district’s website.

Bonsignore teaches at Core Knowledge Charter School, Lehnherr at CKCS and Badger Reed Ridge Middle School, Herb at Glacier Edge Elementary School and Reed at Stoner Prairie Elementary School.

According to the district’s news release, 3,907 teachers were newly certified last year nationwide, while 4,446 successfully renewed their certification in 2018.

Last year, VASD had 12 staff members achieve the certification — the most of any district in Wisconsin for 2017. That group joined nine other staff members who had previously been certified.

Reed told the Press in an email she appreciated having

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“Now that Verona has their own local support group I hope that more teachers will consider this opportunity,” Reed wrote.

Superintendent Dean Gorrell said last year the 2015 compensation model change had a goal to “incentivize” the certification.

That change created four categories of salary ranges, with larger annual raises available for those with a master’s degree, and a larger one for a “Master Educator,” which requires a national certification (or similar one) from the state Department of Public Instruction. Teachers in that category get a $900 raise each year, with a salary range from $48,777 to $90,177.

Those applying for the certification must demonstrate their work in four areas: content knowledge, differentiation in instruction, teaching practices and learning environment and effective and reflective practitioner.

Bonsignore wrote in an email the work was “one of the most challenging and rewarding experiences of my teaching career.”

“It helped me to analyze and reflect on my own teaching practices and the impact I have on my students,” she wrote. “The most rewarding aspect of the process was the relationships developed with my students. We helped each other grow in priceless ways.”

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Parent seeks school parking lot courtesy I’m writing this letter at 4 a.m. after waking up from a nightmare.

I have them several times a year, and they’re always the same: One of my daughters has been hit by a car in her school parking lot.

Since my girls started kindergarten, we’ve had a disabled placard for autism. Children with ASD (autism spectrum disorder) are eligible for placards because they can startle or bolt from a loud noise, pull away without warning, or simply focus so intently on something else that they’re oblivious to danger.

In preschool, one of my girls panicked in a gravel lot and ran until she fell, scarring her lip.

The other once bolted in a grocery parking lot, and I had to carry her sister in order to run after her.

The lot at our elementary school in Verona is the only one where we regularly see illegal parking in disabled spaces.

Several times a year, someone pulls in fast with their car angled sharply toward ours, over the yellow lines.

More often – about three to five times a month – they just park in the neighboring space with their engine running. Sometimes they smile and explain that they’re just dropping off, not

really parking.

Last year, I began writing down license numbers and taking photos. There are now a few parents who glare whenever we make eye contact. Once I got into a shouting match – not a proud moment, but I’m still stunned that anyone would yell about her right to park illegally in a disabled space at her child’s school.

Here’s why I’m wrecking my social life, looking unhinged, and bursting out crying in the principal’s office: If you pull into that space one day and hit my child, I want to know who you are. If you have a habit of parking illegally, I want to hand that information to the police, to a lawyer, to anyone who will hold you accountable.

If you’re one of those parents, I don’t think you’re doing it maliciously. You’re in a hurry, or it’s cold outside, or the first two rows of spaces are full. You’re careless, not evil. You don’t wake up, like I do, with the image of what can happen when a child takes two steps away burned into your brain.

Fellow parents, please don’t park in disabled spaces. Not even if you’re just dropping off.

Alyson Lott City of Verona

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Christian liberal arts educates the entirety of a person

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ompared to the extensive efforts of my peers, my college research process was remarkably cursory.

I always knew I wanted to attend Wheaton College, a small Christian liberal arts school nestled in the Chicago suburbs.

It was my family that urged me toward a Christian education before I truly understood its importance.

My mother, Amy Willson (née Jacobsen), a 1986 graduate of Verona Area High School, graduated from Wheaton in 1990. She, Willson along with my grandparents, who lived in Verona from 1976 until 2015, impressed on me the positive impact that an education at a place like Wheaton would have on my faith in Christ.

I applied to Wheaton early action, received my acceptance letter this past December and committed the same day. On Aug. 29, I began my Christian liberal arts education with very little idea of what that actually meant. Today, I am convinced that a Christian liberal arts education is an invaluable part of the global education landscape and is directly relevant to life in the 21st century.

A liberal arts education is broadly defined as the study of many different subjects, including languages, arts, and the humanities. Such a method is often touted as training for the whole person as opposed to a technical education, which

provides training for a specific career.

Unfortunately, in secular institutions, the whole person is reduced to merely the mind, and the training is intended for academic and eventually professional excellence only.

I understand the economics of it all. What is the point of paying roughly $50,000 a semester to attend a prestigious private school if you will not be able to secure a high-paying job upon graduation?

However, the mindset that the nebulous concept of “success” is the only thing worth attaining is leaving millions of students feeling empty. They strive to realize their full potential of intellectual excellence while neglecting the rest of their personhood.

There is more to life than career success, and the Christian institutions understand this and are acting on it. A Christian liberal arts education is important in the global education landscape because it recognizes a fuller picture of the whole person.

People are more than their minds. Everyone possesses a heart and a soul, as well as an intellect. The education of such a multifaceted being must consist of more than simply the conveyance of knowledge and the acquisition of technical skills.

Parents still send their children to college expecting that they will not only develop intellectually, but also morally. It is the Christian institutions that are best equipped to address this moral development and provide students with the vocabulary to communicate these ideas to the

wider world.

The need for these spiritually formed people with developed characters in the midst of the 21st-century pursuit of new knowledge and technology means a Christian liberal arts education is more relevant than ever.

Author David Brooks addresses Christian institutions by saying, “You have what everybody else is desperate to have: a way of talking about and educating the human person in a way that integrates faith, emotion and intellect.”

Our world is changing quickly. It’s impossible to know what you’ll be doing in 10, 20 or even 30 years. On average, an adult will change jobs 12 times in their lifetime, not to mention the many other duties they will be called to fulfill.

It is of the utmost importance to be prepared to shoulder these many different roles in life, and that means developing character.

The world is hungry for meaning and significance. A Christian liberal arts education allows students to discuss these things, gain the vocabulary to communicate them and to go out and share them with the rest of the world.

Having learned that success ought to be secondary to moral and spiritual fulfillment, these students are ready to be the world-changers of the 21st century.

Carrie Willson is a former Verona resident who is a freshman at Wheaton (Ill.) College.

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Verona Area High School students dance at the end of the 2018 prom fashion show, which raised funds for last year’s high school prom.

Prom fashion show set for Jan. 27 Kids are encouraged to dress up in their favorite prince, princess or fancy, fashionable attire. The event will include a bake sale, silent auction and a chance for children to walk the red carpet after the show.

Tickets are $5 for children K-12, $10 for adults.

For information, visit verona.k12.wi.us.

If You Go What: Prom Fashion Show When: 12:30-2:30 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 27 Where: Verona Area Performing Arts Center, 300 Richard St. Info: verona.k12.wi.us Email reporter Kimberly Wethal at kimberly. wethal@wcinet.com and

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Kids crowd the front of the stage to sing along to David Landau’s last song, “Bye Bye, Sweetie Pie.”

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Taxes will be due before you know it, but people can get a jump on filing their forms in time for the April 15 federal deadline with AARP tax services at the senior center.

From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursdays, Feb. 14 and 28, March 14 and 28 and April 4, AARP representatives will help seniors file their tax returns. Appointments are required, and can be made by calling the center at 845-7471.

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“The kids will sing s o m e , m ove s o m e , a c t some, dance some, shout just a little bit, and laugh a bunch,” she wrote in an email. “The adults just sit back and enjoy the show.”

Free transportation can be provided for those who need it, according to the event flyer. For that or other information, contact Kahler at 845-4869 or kahlerm@verona.k12. wi.us.

understanding the pain of being wrongfully accused or having your family torn apart or seeing the clown be completely ridiculous in every scene!” Kristy LaCount wrote in an email to the Press.

Tickets for the performance are $7 for general admission and $5 for students and senior citizens.

The Fair Verona Shakespeare Company, founded in 2014, is a student-run company that performs the works of Wi l l i a m S h a k e s p e a r e .

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David Landau returns for Feb. 2 concert F o r m e r Ve r o n a A r e a School District teacher David Landau will once again bring his performing talents to Verona for the annual Bring on Spring concert Saturday, Feb. 2.

The free concert is hosted by Verona Area First Five Years, the district’s program that includes pre-kindergarten. The 10-11 a.m. concert is open to all ages at the high school Performing Arts Center, 300 Richard St. Since 2014, parents and children have packed the auditorium each year for the concert that often has kids dancing in the aisles during Landau’s interactive songs.

Landau taught first grade in the district for 11 years before becoming a children’s performer. He was voted the 2016 “Children’s Performer of the Year” by the Madison Area Music Association.

VA F F Y i n t e r ve n t i o n ist Marisa Kahler said his personal appearances are “upbeat musical programs that keep children engaged and constantly thinking.”

What: “The Winter’s Tale” by the Fair Verona Shakespeare Company When: 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1; 1 and 7 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 2 Where: Verona Area High School Performing Arts Center, 300 Richard St. Info: fairveronashakespearecompany.weebly. com

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Children in grades K-5 can be royalty on the afternoon of Sunday, Jan. 27, at the Prom Fashion Show.

Held at the Verona Area Performing Arts Center, 300 Richard St., Verona Area High School students will put on the annual fashion show from 12:30-2:30 p.m. to raise funds for this spring’s prom event, according to district news release.

Verona audiences will get “tragedy, a bear, comedy, yodeling, dancing and romance,” next weekend when the Fair Verona Shakespeare Company p r e s e n t s t h r e e p e r f o rmances of “The Winter’s Tale.”

The show runs at 7 p.m.

Feb. 1-2, with a 1 p.m. performance on Feb. 2, at the Verona Area High School Performing Arts Center, 300 Richard St. It’s an unusual story for Shakespeare, with anger and mistrust early and ending with love, faith and comedy. One of his last plays, some critics have seen historical parallels in the play to Henry VIII’s execution of Anne Boleyn decades earlier and the oaths required at the time by Catholics from King James.

The play follows the story of a woman put on trial after her husband believes she is cheating on him and the forced removal of their daughter from their yodeling lifestyle. “ P e r s o n a l l y, I h o p e the audience really tries to understand the story and can connect with some character in some way, whether it be seeing Hermione on trial and

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Self-defense class Jeff Christensen, chief instructor at Karate America Verona, will hold a self-defense class from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, at the library.

He will teach participants common sense and simple defense techniques, and where they can be used.

Registration is required.

For information, call 845-7180.

Registration is required.

For information, call 845-7180.

Goodbye to garbage

Garbage in our Great Lakes is gross – and children ages three to 10 can help librarians develop an action plan to clean it up from 4-5 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 28, at the library.

Librarians will read stories and then lead children in brainstorming ideas on how to reduce plastic in our Kids boot camp waterways.

Children ages 5-14 can develop Registration is required. For inforself-confidence and an “I are, I am, mation, call 845-7180. we are awesome” mindset with a boot camp from 2-3:30 p.m. Sunday, Hygge Jan. 27, at the library.

Practice the Scandinavian concept The boot camp will include exer- of Hygge from 6:30-8 p.m. Monday, cises, reflection and activities that Jan. 28, at the library. help children overcome obstacles.

Learn to make a simple six-point They can also create their own beaded star and get a warm drink “STRONG” bracelets and cards. from the hot chocolate bar.

For information, call 845-7180.

Registration is required.

For information, call 845-7180.

Learn about shipwrecks Children ages 7 and older can become marine archaeologists for the day to explore a shipwreck in Silver Lake from 2-3 p.m. Monday, Jan. 28, at the library.

Sea shanties and shipwreck art are included with the event.

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Maritime archaeologist Caitlin Zant will give a presentation about historic shipwrecks in the state of Wisconsin from 7-8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29, at the library.

Zant will present on how the

Historical Society documented more than 700 shipwrecks and the importance of the state’s maritime history.

For information, call 845-7180.

Sugar crush Gary Kuzynski will present about what happens to a person’s body after all of the food consumed over the months-long holiday season at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, at the senior center.

The presentation is based on the book “Sugar Crush.”

For information, call 845-7471.

Verona’s water presentation Do you know where Verona’s water comes from – and where it goes? A presentation by the public works department from 7-8 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 31, at the library will answer those questions.

The presentation by Marty Cieslik, construction manager for the city, will also include a discussion of the Sugar River watershed.

The presentation is a part of the accompanying program to the “Great Lakes Small Streams” exhibit that will be at the library from Jan. 24 through Feb. 19.

For information, call 845-7180.

Community calendar Thursday, Jan. 24

Boot Camp (for ages 5-14 with a • 9 a.m., Wisconsin Historical Soci- caregiver), library, 845-7180 ety Traveling Exhibit: “Great Lakes Monday, Jan. 28 Small Streams” opening (runs until • 11:30 a.m., Cabin Fever Party Feb. 19), library, 845-7180 with Retro Swing Band (cost $7, • 6:30-7:30 p.m., Common Sense RSVP required by noon Wednesself-defense class (registration day, Jan. 23), senior center, 845required, limited to 30 partici7471 pants), library, 845-7180 • 2-3 p.m., “Dive Deep with Great Lakes Shipwrecks” (ages 7 and Friday, Jan. 25 • 10:30-11:15 a.m., Rendever virtu- older, registration required), library, al reality tour: “Nature at its finest”, 845-7180 • 4-5 p.m. “Goodbye Garbage in senior center, 845-7471 our Great Lakes” activity (ages • 12:30 p.m., Movie matinées: “Christopher Robin,” senior center, 3-10, registration required), library, 845-7180 845-7471 • 6:30-8 p.m., Hygge (registration Saturday, Jan. 26 required), library, 845-7180 • 10-11:30 a.m., American Girl Tuesday, Jan. 29 party (all ages and dolls welcome), • 7-8 p.m., Maritime Archaeology library, 845-7180 and Shipwrecks of Wisconsin preSunday, Jan. 27 sentation, library, 845-7180 • 2-3:30 p.m., Raising Strong Kids

Wednesday, Jan. 30

• 12:30 p.m., “Sugar Crush” book presentation, senior center, 8457471

Thursday, Jan. 31

• 4-5:30 p.m., Teen gaming (ages 11-18), library, 845-7180 • 7-8 p.m., “City of Verona Water Resources: Where does Verona’s water come from and where does it go?” presentation, library, 8457180

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• 10-11:30 a.m., Young and the Restless playtime (ages 0-5), library, 845-7180 • 10:30-11:15 a.m., Rendever virtual reality tour: “Animals Around the World, Part II” (registration limited to six participants), senior center, 845-7471

What’s on VHAT-98 Thursday, Jan. 24 7 a.m. – UW Sleep Presentation at Senior Center 8 a.m.– Zumba Gold 9 a.m. – Daily Exercise 10 a.m. – Kat Trio at Senior Center 2 p.m. – Zumba Gold 3 p.m. – Daily Exercise 4 p.m.

– Lifestyle Modifications at Senior Center 5 p.m. – Tony Rocker at Senior Center 6 p.m. – Salem Church Service 7 p.m. – UW Geology at Senior Center 8 p.m. – Daily Exercise 9 p.m. – Laura Ingalls Wilder at Senior Center 10 p.m. – Metal Detecting at the Historical Society Friday, Jan. 25 7 a.m.

– Lifestyle Modifications at Senior Center 1 p.m. – Laura Ingalls Wilder at Senior Center 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 4 p.m. – Tony Rocker at Senior Center 5:30 p.m. – 2017 Wildcats Football 8:30 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – UW Sleep Presentation at Senior Center 11 p.m. – Kat Trio at Senior Center Saturday, Jan. 26 8 a.m. – Common Council from 01-14-19 11 a.m. – Vintage Verona

Sports 1 p.m. – 2017 Wildcats Football 4:30 p.m. – Metal Detecting at the Historical Society 6 p.m. – Common Council from 01-14-19 9 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – Metal Detecting at the Historical Society 11 p.m. – Kat Trio at Senior Center Sunday, Jan. 27 7 a.m. – Hindu Cultural Hour 9 a.m. – Resurrection Church 10 a.m. – Salem Church Service Noon – Common Council from 01-14-19 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 4:30 p.m. – Metal Detecting at the Historical Society 6 p.m. – Common Council from 01-14-19 9 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – Metal Detecting at the Historical Society 11 p.m. – Kat Trio at Senior Center Monday, Jan. 28 7 a.m.

– Lifestyle Modifications at Senior Center 1 p.m. – Laura Ingalls Wilder at Senior Center 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 4 p.m. – Tony Rocker at Senior Center 5 p.m. – 2017 Wildcats

Football 7 p.m. – Common Council Live 9 p.m. – Hindu Cultural Hour 10 p.m. – UW Sleep Presentation at Senior Center 11 p.m. – Kat Trio at Senior Center Tuesday, Jan. 29 7 a.m. – UW Sleep Presentation at Senior Center 10 a.m.– Zumba Gold 9 a.m. – Daily Exercise 10 a.m. – Kat Trio at Senior Center 2 p.m.– Zumba Gold 3 p.m. – Daily Exercise 4 p.m.

– Lifestyle Modifications at Senior Center 5 p.m. – Tony Rocker at Senior Center 6 p.m. – Resurrection Church 8 p.m. – UW Geology at Senior Center 9 p.m. – Laura Ingalls Wilder at Senior Center 10 p.m. – Metal Detecting at the Historical Society Wednesday, Jan. 30 7 a.m.

– Lifestyle Modifications at Senior Center 1 p.m. – Laura Ingalls Wilder at Senior Center 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 5 p.m. – Common Council from 01-28-19 7 p.m. – Capital City Band 8 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – UW Sleep Presentation at Senior Center

11 p.m. – Kat Trio at Senior Center Thursday, Jan. 31 7 a.m. – UW Sleep Presentation at Senior Center 8 a.m.– Zumba Gold 9 a.m. – Daily Exercise 10 a.m. – Kat Trio at Senior Center 2 p.m. – Zumba Gold 3 p.m. – Daily Exercise 4 p.m.

– Lifestyle Modifications at Senior Center 5 p.m. – Tony Rocker at Senior Center 6 p.m. – Salem Church Service 7 p.m. – UW Geology at Senior Center 8 p.m. – Daily Exercise 9 p.m. – Laura Ingalls Wilder at Senior Center 10 p.m. – Metal Detecting at the Historical Society

All Saints Lutheran Church 2951 Chapel Valley Rd., Fitchburg (608) 276-7729 allsaints-madison.org Interim Pastor Sunday: 8:30 & 10:45 a.m.

Paoli Sunday: 9 & 11 a.m., St. Andrew, Verona Daily Mass, Tuesday-Saturday: 8 a.m., St. Andrew, Verona

Memorial UCC 5705 Lacy Rd., Fitchburg (608) 273-1008 memorialucc.org Interim Pastor Laura Crow Sunday: 9:30 a.m.

St. James Lutheran Church ELCA 427 S. Main St., Verona (608) 845-6922 stjamesverona.org Pastors Kurt M. Billings and Peter Narum Office Hours: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday; 8 a.m.-noon Wednesday Saturday Worship: 5 p.m.

Sunday Worship: 8:30 and 10:45 a.m.

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church ELCA (608) 271-6633 Madison campus: Raymond Road & Whitney Way, Madison Sunday: 8:30 & 10 a.m..

Verona campus: Corner of Hwy. PD & Nine Mound Road, Verona Sunday: 9 & 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Salem United Church of Christ 502 Mark Dr., Verona (608) 845-7315 salemchurchverona.org Rev. Dr. Mark E. Yurs, Pastor Laura Kolden, Associate in Ministry Sunday school: 9 a.m.

Worship: 10:15 a.m.

Damascus Road Church – West The Verona Senior Center 108 Paoli St., Verona (608) 819-6451 info@damascusroadchurch.com, damascusroadonline.org Pastor Justin Burge Sunday: 10 a.m.

Springdale Lutheran Church ELCA 2752 Town Hall Rd. (off Hwy ID), Mount Horeb (608) 437-3493 springdalelutheran.org Pastor Jeff Jacobs Sunday: 8:45 a.m. with communion

Memorial Baptist Church 201 S. Main St., Verona (608) 845-7125 MBCverona.org Lead Pastor Jeremy Scott Sunday: 10:15 a.m.

Sugar River United Methodist Church 415 W. Verona Ave., Verona (608) 845-5855 sugar.river@sugarriverumc.org, sugarriverumc.org Pastor Gary Holmes 9 & 10:30 a.m. contemporary worship.

Sunday School available during worship. Refreshments and fellowship are between services.

The Church in Fitchburg 2833 Raritan Rd., Fitchburg (608) 271-2811 livelifetogether.com Sunday: 8 & 10:45 a.m.

Redeemer Bible Fellowship 130 N. Franklin St., Verona (608) 848-1836 redeemerbiblefellowship.org Pastor Dwight R. Wise Sunday: 10 a.m. family worship Resurrection Lutheran Church – WELS 6705 Wesner Rd., Verona (608) 848-4965 rlcverona.org Pastors Nathan Strutz and Andrew Ewings, and Assistant Pastor Jordan Uhlhorn Thursday: 6:30 p.m.

Sunday: 9 a.m.

St. Christopher Catholic Parish St. Andrew Church 301 N. Main St., Verona St. William Church 1371 Hwy. PB, Paoli (608) 845-6613 stchristopherverona.com Fr. John Sasse, pastor Saturday: 5 p.m., St. Andrew, Verona Sunday: 7:30 a.m., St. William,

West Madison Bible Church 2920 Hwy. M, Verona (608) 845-9518 wmbiblechurch.org Pastor Dan Kukasky Jr. Sunday Worship: 9:15 a.m.

Sunday School: 10:45 a.m.

Zwingli United Church of Christ Hwy. 92 & G, Mount Vernon (608) 832-6677 Pastor Brad Brookins Sunday: 10:15 a.m.

Zwingli United Church of Christ Hwy. 69 & PB, Paoli (608) 255-1278 paoliucc.com Pastor Rich Pleva Sunday: 9:30 a.m. family worship

Emptying the Dishwasher “Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.” – Colossians 3:12 NIV I recently had houseguests who stayed with me for several weeks. It was a blessing to share my house with these good friends who I have known and loved for many years, but our different habits of loading and unloading the dishwasher became a source of real annoyance. It wasn’t that they were leaving dishes in the sink, but that they had the habit of turning the dishwasher off before they left the house, so I couldn’t always tell whether the dishes had been done or not. Eventually we had to talk about it and figure out a way to keep all of us happy.

Loading and unloading the dishwasher is one of those ordinary acts of kindness and consideration that goes a long way towards keeping our relations smooth and friendly. These are the kinds of things that considerate people do as a part of their everyday life. Never underestimate the importance of these minor things like loading and unloading the dishwasher. What else in your everyday life has the potential to irritate those around you?

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Coming home board (exam),” she said.

“You learn basic things, but hair is more like an art form. Any time I wasn’t busy, I was able to just sit and observe and ask questions.”

After a few years, she felt it was time to open her own salon.

“I wanted a more intimate setting for my clients where there’s not another chair right next to you with another conversation going,” she said.

The space she has at Revival Salon is nicer than

Hair stylist returns to Verona after a dozen years KIMBERLY WETHAL Unified Newspaper Group

Hairstylist Jana Hesch is continuing her business where she got her start.

Fifteen years after she began her career in Verona — including a dozen running a salon in Madison — she’s back with her Bellarina Salon LLC at the Revival Salon building at 118 North Franklin St. And she couldn’t be happier.

“Moving back to Verona feels like coming home,” she told the Press. “I love the community and look forward to continuing and growing my business here.”

She reopened the salon in Verona in October after a space became available around the time the lease for her Madison location was up. It was a move she’d be wanting to make for years – not only did Hesch want to move back to Verona to make it easier for her established clients to come to her, but the Madison location lacked adequate parking and at times had a significant police presence.

Fo r n ow, s h e ’s o p e n Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, maintaining some flexibility to run her

her prior location, too, Hesch said, with windows and more space to create a “comfortable” feel to her salon.

“Before it was just a little nook in a hallway,” she said. “I like to keep things a little more clean, and a lot more home-like.”

Email reporter Kimberly Wethal at kimberly. wethal@wcinet.com and follow her on Twitter @ kimberly_wethal.​

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Jana Hesch, owner of Bellarina Salon LLC, sits on the couch of her salon with her three children Eily, Crosby and Noah. waxing at her salon.

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Nine Verona Area High School students and seven Exploration Academy students were honored at the Martin Luther King Jr. Outstanding Young Person Breakfast Sunday, Jan. 20, hosted by the Urban League. Students honored were Sileen Alomari, Jonah Anderson, Aubrey Dawkins, Ce-Vion Green, Amaya Ledezma, Zaria Roller, Shania Shaw, Asma Sulieman, Ilya Webster, Jessica Ayite-Atayi, Jazmine Braxton, Gavin Doby, Lensa Hamda, Taytum Reisdorf, Olivia Rose and Zaya Seeley.

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Savanna Oaks Middle School students, from left, Maya Mingo, Keilani Ehiorobo, Dejanae Brown and Alex Basilio-Alejandro were honored at the Martin Luther King Jr. Outstanding Young Person breakfast Sunday, Jan. 20.

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Nearly 30 Verona Area School District students were honored at the Urban League’s Martin Luther King Jr. Youth Recognition Breakfast Sunday, Jan. 20, in front of more than 800 attendees at the annual event. The breakfast celebrates student achievement, extracurricular involvement and community service.

Students honored at various schools were: Badger Ridge Middle School: Davian Isabell, Gayla Bullocks, Ryan Lanto, Mia Perez-Eleurterio, Destini Patterson and Amari Phillips.

Savanna Oaks Middle School: Maya Mingo,

Keilani Ehiorobo, Dejanae Brown and Alex Basilio-Alejandro.

Core Knowledge Charter School: Eowyn GomezCruz, Josiah Maier, Ali Adhami, Armani Nichols and Max President Seely.

Ve r o n a A r e a H i g h School: Sileen Alomari, Jonah Anderson, Aubrey Dawkins, Ce-Vion Green, Amaya Ledezma, Zaria Roller, Shania Shaw, Asma Sulieman and Ilya Webster Exploration Academy: Jessica Ayite-Atayi, Jazmine Braxton, Gavin Doby, Lensa Hamda, Taytum Reisdorf, Olivia Rose and Zaya Seeley.

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Gayla Bullocks, left, and Davian Isabell of Badger Ridge Middle School were among the Verona Area School District students honored Sunday, Jan. 20, at the Martin Luther King Jr. Outstanding Young Person breakfast.

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Verona/Madison Edgewood rolls past Janesville Parker highlighted by Veak’s vault MARK NESBITT Assistant sports editor

Ve r o n a / M a d i s o n E d g ewo o d sophomore Maggie Veak didn’t compete in high school gymnastics last year. Now she is making Wildcat/Crusader gymnastics fans learn the meaning of a Yurchenko.

Veak pulled off the difficult combination to win the event with a score of 8.35 in a Big Eight Conference dual meet against Janesville Parker on Monday, Jan. 21 at Parker High School.

The move, made famous by world all-around Soviet champion Natalia Yurchenko, is one of the toughest vaults in gymnastics, starting with a roundoff onto the springboard, a back handspring to the vault table and a back tuck dismount.

Veak started to experiment with the Yurchenko last year at Gymfinity, where she competed in Level 8 club gymnastics.

“I feel like it’s the best vault for me as a gymnast,” Veak said. “A vault where I enter backwards is just better for me.”

In addition to feeling more comfortable for her than a front spring, she said, it tends to be worth more points.

“I feel like it ends up scoring higher even if I don’t land it because it’s a stronger vault for me,” she said.

Her best vault this season was an 8.75 in a home dual meet against Sun Prairie.

Veak opted to join the Wildcat/ Crusader gymnastics team this year because she had competed on the club team with several of the freshmen and thought it would be a “better fit,” considering an injury she was dealing with over the summer.

“I was tracking and looking at going and competing in collegiate gymnastics,” Veak said. “I thought

Name: Alyssa Fischer Grade: Freshman Sport: Gymnastics Highlight: Fischer won the all-around competition and the uneven bars (8.1) Monday in a dual meet against Janesville Parker.

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Verona/Madison Edgewood freshman Alyssa Fischer tied sophomore teammate Maggie Veak for first on the uneven bars with a score of 8.1 Monday in a dual meet against Janesville Parker in Janesville. Fischer won the all-around Turn to Gymnasts/Page 12 competition.

Honorable mentions: Ryan Van Hadnel (boys basketball) hit five 3-pointers and scored 20 points in a 50-40 loss to Janesville Craig on Saturday. Aalyiah Smith (girls basketball) scored a gamehigh 34 points to lead the Wildcats to a win over Janesville Craig on Friday. Leo Renlund (boys hockey) scored two goals and assisted another Friday as the Panthers cruised 9-0 against the Madison La Follette/East co-op.

Maggie Veak (gymnastics) won the vault (8.35) and tied Fischer for first on the uneven bars (8.1) Monday in a dual meet against Janesville Parker. Jeremy Grim (wrestling) earned a pin over Madison East’s Josh Porter in 2 minutes, 59 seconds Friday in a Big Eight Showcase match over the Purgolders. Madison East topped Verona 51-23 in the dual meet.

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Freshman Logan Neuroth tries to pin Madison East sophomore Juan Romero Flores on Friday at 132 pounds. Neuroth won the match by tech fall but, bVerona lost the dual meet 51-23.

Despite the snowstorm that hit the area Friday, Jan. 18, the Verona wrestling team was part of four teams that competed in a scaled back Big Eight Conference Showcase at Madison East High School.

The Showcase pits the top two teams against each other since Big Eight teams don’t have a chance to wrestle each time in the conference in the regular season.”

“The weather kind of ruined the event,” co-coach Jason Ott said.

“It’s unfortunate, because the Big Eight Showcase is a fun event; with all the teams there, you get to see who the best dual meet team is in the conference.”

Verona posted three pins in dropping a Big Eight Showcase match to Madison East 51-23.

‘The weather kind of ruined the event. It’s unfortunate, because Verona will host the Big the Big Eight Showcase Eight Conference meet at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 2. is a fun event; with all the teams there, you get to see who the best The Wildcats got pins from dual meet team is in freshman Logan Lafler (106 the conference.’ pounds), sophomore Ben

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Grandau (126) and senior Jeremy Grim (170).

“We knew going in it would be tough to beat them because we were giving up four forfeits,” Ott said. “Our goal was to wrestle well in the matches we had and I think we did that. As a coaching staff, we were happy with the way we wrestled. We keep getting better every time on the mat.”

Lafler defeated Madison East’s

-Co-coach Jason Ott Eric Ritz in a fall in 1 minute, 13 seconds. Grandau pinned the Purgolders’ Demetrius Clay in 2:47.

Grim also made quick work of East’s Josh Porter pinning him in 2:59.

Ott was excited to see Grandau

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Verona blanks La Follette/East JEREMY JONES

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Team Wins Losses Ties Points Verona 11 0 0 22 Sun Prairie 9 2 0 18 Madison West 8 4 0 16 Middleton 7 5 0 14 Memorial 6 6 0 12 Janesville 3 6 0 6 Beloit 2 9 0 4 La Follette/East 0 12 0 0

Sophomore forward Leo Renlund scored a pair of first period goals Friday, Jan. 18, as the Verona boys hockey team rolled 9-0 inside the Verona Ice Arena against the Madison La Follette/East Lakers.

Renlund and junior forward Cale Rufenacht each had goals and an assist in the win. Seven Wildcats in total scored a goal as junior defenseman Nathan Jurrens, senior forward Drew Dingle and freshman forward Verona travels to K.B. Anthony Heinrichs each Willett Ice Arena in Stehad a goal and an assist.

The team’s leading scorer, vens Point to play SPASH junior forward Mack Keryat 7 p.m. Saturday. luk scored a goal and set up three others. Senior defenseman Jake Osiecki had three assist in the win.

It was the second time overall, 11-0-0 Big Eight) t h e Wi l d c a t s ( 1 5 - 2 - 0 had blanked the Lakers

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(1-17-0, 0-12-0). Verona had beaten the co-op 12-0 at Hartmeyer Ice Arena back on Dec. 11.

Last Friday, Verona sophomore goaltender Kayden Grant (2) and junior Breyden Enloe (4) combined for six saves. Easton Seifert (39) and Quaid Agard (10) stopped 49 of 58 shots on goal for the Lakers.

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Verona junior Rayna Briggs goes up for a layup against Janesville Craig Friday in the Wildcats’ 72-59 win over the Cougars.

Verona crushes Craig What’s next Verona will host Madison West at 7:15 p.m. on Friday.

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Verona (10-6 overall, 7-5 Big Eight) pushed the ball on the break and raced out to a 33-19 lead at the half. Scoring in transition is something coach Angie Murphy has come to expect from her team this season.

“A a l i y a h i s a p u s h point guard, so transition is important to our offense,” Murphys aid.

“She is so dynamic and shifty. She can attack and shoot.”

S m i t h i s ave r a g i n g 22 points per game and has two games with more than 30 points this year. She’s proving to be a tough matchup for opposing teams.

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Sophomore Ben Grandau pins Madison East freshman Demetrius Clay at 126 pounds Friday evening at the Fifth Annual Big Eight Wrestling Championship Duals. Verona lost the dual meet 51-23 to the Purgolders.

Wrestle: Verona posts three pins against East Continued from page 9 build on a successful freshman year last season.

“I think he will be pushing 30 wins by the end of the year,” Ott said. “He has really taken another step forward from his freshman year.”

Grim has come back from an injury he suffered at the start of the season. His return has coincided with junior Caden Page breaking his finger. Page is out, but Ott said he might return for the regional.

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“It’s definitely nice to have Jeremy back in the lineup,” Ott said. “We missed his senior leadership in the wrestling room. It would be nice to have him and Caden in there.”

Freshman Logan Neuroth (132) knocked off East’s Juan Romero in a technical fall 16-0 in 5:24. Junior Lilli Taake earned a win over Madison East’s Nanette Hunter on a disqualification.

Ott said Neuroth coming through with a technical fall was great because he has faced some tough competition this season.

“I think the key for him is confidence,” he said. “When he goes out with confidence, he’s a different person on the mat.”

The Wildcats forfeited matches at 160, 182, 220 and heavyweight. There was a double forfeit at 145.

Verona canceled all traveling on Saturday and both freshman Jasmine Hall and Taake didn’t go to the Wisconsin Challenge Series girls state tournament in Wausau.

Verona will be back in action Feb. 2 when they host conference.

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S e n i o r f o r wa r d R y a n Van Handel knocked down five 3-pointers and scored a game-high 20 points, but the Wildcats couldn’t overcome an early hole on the road and lost to Middleton 50-40 Friday, Jan. 18.

The Cardinals jumped out to a 24-15 lead at the half in the Big Eight Conference game. Verona (4-11 overall, 3-8 Big Eight) has bounced back from an eight-game losing streak earlier this season, by going 3-2 in its past five games.

Van Handel is averaging 15.4 points per game and is averaging three 3-pointers per game in his past four games.

“Ryan knew we were struggling to score, and he became aggressive looking for his shot,” coach Jevin Budde said. “He is one of the top shooters in the league. When he gets going it’s fun to watch.”

Budde said the ninepoint deficit at the half was a combination of shooting struggles and Middleton’s defense.

“They did a good job of taking us out of what we wanted to do and we missed some shots we hit in the second half,” he said.

The Wildcats used a 24-14

Verona hosts Janesville Craig at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. run in the second half to take a short-lived 39-38 lead.

Budde said there were no adjustments made at halftime.

“Guys were able to make more plays in the second half,” he said. “I thought we guarded them well.”

Senior guard Tyler Slawek added seven points and senior Reagan Klawiter pitched in six points.

Verona will host Janesville Craig on Thursday.

The first time the Wildcats played the Cougars they lost 63-53 Dec. 4.

After being tied 26-26 against Craig in the first meeting, the Cougars outscored the Wildcats 37-27 in the second half. Craig is led by senior guard Jack Huml, who is averaging 16.9 ppg.

In the previous meeting, Craig senior forward Jake Fieriras scored a team-high 17 points.

“We played well enough at Craig last month to win, but we didn’t make enough plays down the stretch to finish it,” Budde said. “They are a good team and have two senior guards playing at a high level, so we will need to do a great job defending them.”

Big Eight Team Wins Losses Madison East 10 1 La Follette 9 2 Memorial 8 3 Sun Prairir 6 4 Middleton 6 5 Janesville Craig 5 6 Madison West 4 7 Verona 3 8 Beloit 2 8 Parker 1 10

the ice again on Friday Badger Conference

JEREMY JONES ​Sports editor

The Madison Metro Lynx girls hockey co-op had two games postponed last week due to weather. The girls haven’t played a game since skating to a 1-1 Badger Conference draw Saturday, Jan. 12, against the Rock County Fury.

“The Cap City Cougars canceled because of a couple inches of snow. All we had to do was drive to Waunakee,” coach Mike McKersie said. “The next day, our transportation department made a mistake and canceled our bus.

We are trying to reschedule now.”

The Lynx (5-10-2 overall, 3-3-1 conference) return to the ice Friday for a 7:30 p.m. nonconference game against the Lakeshore Lightning (8-10-0).

Lynx, Cougars (ppd.)

The Metro Lynx were supposed to host the Cap City Cougars co-op (7-53, 5-0-1) on Friday but the game was postponed due to snowfall, which led to unsafe driving conditions.

Team Rock County Cap City Viroqua Metro Lynx Icebergs Badger Lightning

Wins Losses Ties Points 6 0 2 14 5 0 1 11 4 3 0 8 3 3 1 7 3 6 0 6 0 9 0 0

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The Metro Lynx host Despite clean-up efforts through Friday evening the Lakeshore Lightning and Saturday morning, at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Metro Lynx were still Madison Ice Arena. unable to get in Saturday games at the Viroqua Community Arena.

The Blackhawks (7-7-0, for the UW men’s Badger 4-3-0) sit a point ahead of hockey team. the Lynx for third place in T h e eve n t w i l l t a ke the conference. place at Madison Ice Arena on Saturday, Jan. 26.

LLS fundraiser The Lynx face the thirdAva Jambor, a sopho- ranked Central Wisconsin more for the Metro Lynx, Storm at 2:30 p.m. has organized a fundraisT h e r e w i l l b e m a ny er to benefit Leukemia opportunities to donate and Lymphoma Society in and bid on prize baskets the name of Noah Sanger. and autographed parapherNoah is the son of Jeff nalia as well as specially Sanger, a former collegiate designed jewelry from the and pro goaltender, as well “Noah Collection.” as the former goalie coach

Girls b-ball: Point guard Smith leads Wildcats past Craig with game-high 34 points Big Eight

Continued from page 10 Murphy said most teams have a hard time matching up with Smith’s strength and speed.

Limiting the Cougars to 19 points in the first half was a big step for the Wildcats on defense.

Murphy said she was h a p py w i t h t h e t e a m ’s defense and rebounding.

The biggest improvement was the help defense, she said. “ We w a n t e d t o b e a g g r e s s ive o ff e n s ive l y because they only play seven players,” Murphy said.

Junior guard Rayna Briggs added 14 points.

Both senior center Sydney Rae and junior guard Rachel Parman pitched in eight points.

Team Wins Losses Sun Prairie 11 1 La Follette 9 3 Memorial 9 3 Middleton 8 2 Verona 7 5 Madison East 6 5 Craig 5 7 Parker 2 10 Beloit 1 11 Madison West 0 11

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Gymnasts: Verona/Madison Edgewood tops Parker, Madison East/La Follette Continued from page 9 high school would be a good balance so I could try other sports, too.”

Veak said her goal is to make it to state on vault and as an all-around gymnast.

“I want to work more in the gym so I get more consistent with my landings,” Veak said.

“I do think it (state) is a possibility on vault because I do have a higher start value. I think we could really go as a team, too. We have a lot of potential as a team we haven’t tapped into yet.”

Verona/Edgewood 127.1, Parker 106.45 The Wildcat/Crusaders won all four events to knock off Janesville Parker 127.1106.45 in a conference dual meet Monday at Parker High School.

Freshman Alyssa Fischer was the all-around winner (32.375). The Wildcat/Crusaders swept the top three in the all-around competition.

Veak took second (31.950)

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Freshman Noelya Jamie Janaite competes on the beam.

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Verona/Madison Edgewood sophomore Maggie Veak won the uneven bars with a score of 8.1 on Monday. and junior Hailey Dohnal dual meets. The Wildcat/Cruplaced third (31.575). saders were coming off a vic“Scores are not something tory over Madison East/ La we always look at,” co-coach Follette on Thursday, Jan. 17 Rachel Hauser said. “They at Glacier Edge Elementary are different judges than we School. usually see. When we come to Veak won the vault (8.35), Janesville usually we focus on and she tied Fischer for first the performance.”

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A full schedule of games was postponed Tuesday because of a snowstorm that was expected to dump four to 10 inches of snow on southern Wisconsin.

According to the National Weather Service, four to 10 inches of snow was forecast, along with accumulations of less than a tenth of an inch of ice.

According to the National Weather Service, a wintry mix of freezing rain would switch to snow.

M a ny a r e a s c h o o l s closed early due to the storm, and after-school s p o r t s a n d a c t iv i t i e s were postponed or canceled.

Ve r o n a A r e a H i g h School caught a break with no varsity sports eve n t s s c h e d u l e d f o r Tuesday. The Verona, Stoughton and Oregon boys basketball teams were not scheduled to play.

A winter weather warning was in effect from Tuesday to noon Wednesday.

The makeup dates were not announced before this edition of the Verona Press went to press.

The following are the games that were postponed Tuesday:

floor with an 8.4.

“Maggie had a great bars,” Hauser said. “I thought she did great overall. Her floor routine looked better than when she warmed up. I was happy she had a really good performance, especially her first tumbling pass. She was a little worried about that, but it looked great when she competed.”

Dohnal, who celebrated her birthday, won the balance beam (8.525). Fischer posted a second-place finish on the floor (8.2).

“Her first tumbling pass and the full twisting layout is better than she normally does,” Hauser said of Fischer. “We have to work on her dance connections.”

Wildcat/Crusaders clipped Madison East/La Follette 124.50-109.975 based on the depth of its team at Glacier Edge Elementary School.

Madison East/La Follete’s Thea Bender was the all-around winner (35.45) and won all four events. She finished first on the balance beam (9.1), floor (9.025), uneven bars (8.475) and vault (8.85). The Wildcat/Crusaders had the next four in the all-around competition, led

by Veak, who took second (31.40), and Dohnal, who was third (30.80).

“They have one standout gymnast,” Hauser said. “We have a team full of talented gymnasts. You need to have at least three kids because they count four scores.”

VA/E 124.50, East/ Dohnal finished second on the floor (8.325) and La Follette 109.975 second on the vault (7.9).

Even though Verona/Mad- Veak placed second on the ison Edgewood didn’t win uneven bars (8.0) and took any events on Thursday, the second on the beam (7.85).

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Chinese: Board members dismiss idea of ending VAIS to expand grades 6-12 languages Continued from page 1 middle or high school level to somehow indicate that we want to relitigate whether this charter should exist,” said board member Kristina Navarro-Haffner. “It’s off topic, and it’s not useful to perpetuate that message to anybody.”

Roberts and fellow board members Meredith Stier Christensen and Carolyn Jahnke also made it clear they did not want to consider the idea.

What they did want to consider, however, was a big-picture look at the world language department and its inconsistencies between the two middle schools. Most notably, that’s offering German at Badger Ridge but not at Savanna Oaks, a product of budget cuts during the site-based management period in the 2000s.

With just two weeks until the next board meeting, and given the timeline for making a decision as students start enrolling in classes for next year, there was not a “reasonable time frame” for that larger ask, superintendent Dean Gorrell said. He and other administrators said consideration is planned over the next year as they evaluate scheduling at the two middle schools.

The other key question board members wanted to answer was whether any Mandarin language instruction should be budget-neutral – something Stier Christensen had initially requested. After some discussion, it became clear forcing that would mean taking from another language class, which seemed undesirable to administrators given that scheduling already had begun and teachers had not been provided an opportunity

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Verona Area International School students practice for a Chinese New Year performance in 2017. The school board is expected to make a decision soon on possible Chinese-language instruction at the middle and high school level. during Monday’s discussion was the inconsistency of language offerings at the middle school sites. That runs counter to the board’s focus on equity among students.

District director of curriculum and instruction Ann Franke said the department chairs “would love to see that rectified” and that they hope it happens through the middle school study process over the next year.

Stier Christensen said it would “become a problem” if it’s not fixed when the boundary change goes into effect in fall 2020. She pointed out that some students who had started to study German at BRMS, for example, could be moved to SOMS and not have that opportunity. She added that she did not necessarily want to cut programming, citing Language the American Sign Language program at the high school as inconsistency an example of an addition to One of the biggest sticking the department that has been points for board members successful.

to give input.

“I would think that we would want our German and French teachers,” said Verona Area High School principal Pam Hammen. “That’s a pretty big conversation that you don’t have in two weeks.

This is a big thing, this idea of reducing or cutting out those programs.”

Board members ultimately agreed that was too much to do in two weeks, but they stressed they needed the information to make a decision on Mandarin as soon as possible.

“We can’t continue to delay this,” said Jahnke, a former VAIS governance council president. “It’s been over a year since we agreed we were gonna make a decision on this.”

“I think we should expand our offerings, rather than shrink them, for sure,” she said.

She added that she wanted the already-existing language programs to be evaluated, something Roberts agreed with, as he sees Mandarin as a “critical language” that will “increase in its importance over the next 50 years.”

“It might be nice to know German, but everybody in Germany knows four languages,” he said. “You’re going to be able to speak with them.”

Rubric criticism The conflict between the board’s interest in adding a language and its low score under its system for calculating how new programming affects equity led to some criticism of the scoring system.

The district’s new equity-based decision-making rubric is still in draft form, but the board had asked administrators to use it to help guide a

decision on adding Mandarin.

They weren’t happy with what they saw Monday, with Navarro-Haffner saying it “felt very, very like a surface-level analysis” and Jahnke calling what was presented “disingenuous.”

The rubric asks questions about eliminating predictable test scores and graduation rates based on a student’s race or socioeconomic status, as well as equitable resource allocation. The answers administrators came up with were in the “off track” category for every question – from a lack of stakeholder involvement in the decision to the decision falling outside the normal budgeting process.

What appeared to rile board members the most was a statement in the analysis that the proposal did “not address underrepresented students” and that there is “no evidence or research about world language programming closing achievement gaps.” Burgos

explained they reached that conclusion because the current demographics at VAIS are out of line with the district as a whole.

Board members said almost any analysis of expanding an existing program would come up with the same “off track” answers, given existing disparities. What they wanted from the rubric, Navarro-Haffner suggested, was more advice on how to fix those problems through the programming proposal.

“We could continue to use this rubric to shoot down things that we feel it’s predictable whose enrolling in these … but I feel like we as a district have a responsibility to figure out, ‘Hey there’s not reason this programming can’t have more underrepresented kids here,’” Navarro-Haffner said. “This is too surface. This is way too basic and way too biased.”

Gorrell reminded the board it was the first time they were using the rubric, stressing that it’s “an iterative process.”

“I think that the staff has done the best job that they can with those conditions,” he said. “Adding FTE creates more access; it doesn’t necessarily create more equity.”

He said the feedback was helpful and will allow administrators to refine their approach to the rubric in future situations.

Burgos agreed.

“Just having the dialogue and struggling with this is actually really healthy, because it means we’re grappling,” she said.

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Two options, maybe more will be considered in two weeks The two options originally proposed for adding advanced Mandarin Chinese beyond its current offering at Verona Area International School both fit what the board said it’s looking for.

Option A would allow for a 1.0 full-time equivalent teacher, who would teach advanced Mandarin every other day for sixth- and seventh-graders who graduated from VAIS at Savanna Oaks Middle School. That teacher would also teach one section of advanced Mandarin and two of introductory Mandarin for eighth-graders.

Option B would create the same offerings at SOMS, but add two sections of introductory Mandarin for eighth-graders at Badger Ridge, plus two more sections at the high school. The 2.0 full-time equivalent positions would also allow for a section of advanced Mandarin at the high school.

Administrators had also offered three additional “out of the box” options in the meeting packet, based on a request at the last meeting, including the sunsetting of the VAIS charter, which was quickly shot down. The other two new

options would have kept Mandarin offerings within the current $45,000 budget, but neither received strong support from board members.

One would have used the Astar Education Institution to help fund a teacher here for up to three years at $2,200 per month, though that would potentially come with licensing issues for the foreign teacher. The other would have continued to rely on teachers partially funded through the Hanban project from China.

By the end of the board’s conversation Monday, which lasted more than two hours, district director of

bilingual programming and instructional equity Laurie Burgos said she was confused, given what the board was now requesting and what had already been presented.

“I feel like that is encompassed in the options that were put forward to you,” Burgos said. “We just need to know to what extent does the board want to fund this for next year. We can figure out, if it’s a 1.0 or a 2.0 (FTE), we’ll work within that.”

That led board president Noah Roberts to ask for other options between those two numbers, which could include eliminating

some of the FTE and not offering introductory Mandarin at the high school next year, though the board still expressed interest in that long-term, asking for a “phased process.”

Board member Carolyn Jahnke said she’d rather not rely on outside institutes that would require regular applications to keep up.

“I would encourage us to consider sustainable options, not things that rely on, ‘hopefully, we get,’” she said.

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PSL: ‘Holy Grail’ is to figure out balance between what PD, school admins should handle Continued from page 1 which the school board approved unanimously, outlines the chain of command, training, hours and data-reporting requirements, along with other terms. It came three-and-a-half months earlier than the previous year’s, which included a $3-an-hour raise aimed at bringing some consistency to the position.

Those late approvals reflect the sometimes competing roles of the police department and school district, though Gorrell and Coughlin both told the Press last year they have the same goals in mind for the position. The biggest challenge, they said, is figuring out what situations require law enforcement and which should be handled by school administrators.

“That’s like the Holy Grail … is figuring out what that balance is,” Gorrell said. “I’m not sure we’re there yet, but I can say without reservation we continue to work on that. We recognize that there has to be that balance.”

They agreed the role remains an important opportunity to educate students.

“The focus is on prevention,” Coughlin said. “That’s a harder thing to discuss, because it’s a harder thing to measure.”

The two made those comments last July, when the neighboring Madison Metropolitan School District was debating whether to remove police from its high schools, but Gorrell told the Press the position has “never been more important.”

“You really don’t want to lose sight of the opportunity for your SRO to

build relationships with kids and with staff so that it engenders positive thoughts about the police and what they do and the role they play,” he said.

“We all know in the last few years that’s been harder to come by.”

Finding someone who can play the various roles, including recognizing how different backgrounds can affect students’ relationships with police, has been a challenge.

“You have to have the right disposition for this,” Gorrell said. “Somebody who just doesn’t take things personally, doesn’t get elevated, but yet is unequivocal. That’s a tall order.”

Understanding ‘perspectives’ Gorrell said students of color tend to have different viewpoints of Verona’s police presence than white students do, based on the district’s focus groups that convened last year as part of the strategic planning process.

“In general, what we got from that process in those focus groups is that our kids of color are more skeptical of police, and our Caucasian kids less so,” Gorrell said. “I don’t think that’s unique to Verona. It makes the SRO position challenging, for sure.”

Coughlin said his department does not discriminate.

“We do our best in law enforcement not to consider race as a factor whatsoever unless it’s an element of an offense (like a hate crime),” he said. “We try to look at things as straightforward and pure as we can.”

But, he added, it “helps to know each other’s perspectives” on such issues.

And that’s a huge part of the PSL’s job: understanding the backgrounds and perspectives of the students who they see.

“You get to know kids, families, the history of that individual,” he said. “To say there’s a story behind this, it’s not just a simple theft you’re responding to or a simple disturbance. Our officer can be the liaison to his fellow officers here in the PD.”

‘Proper fit’ The job has become more complex in recent years, especially with the rise of social media.

Threats or fights can begin online overnight without an officer or staff having any idea, unless they hear from another student whose trust they’ve gained. That creates a special kind of challenge, given a closed environment that is “a community within our community,” as Coughlin described it.

“Not every officer has the tools or the desire, maybe, to work with a concentrated number of youth that the school offers,” Coughlin said. “We, together, select that person to be the right, proper fit.”

Before he left the role to take a teaching position at a technical college, Zilkowski told the Press he believed “students like the consistency of one person here and someone they feel they can trust and they can talk to.”

But that’s been hard to come by voluntarily – there have been 10 in the 22 years the position has existed – and administrators don’t want to force that.

“The last thing the chief and I want to do is put someone in the position who doesn’t want to be there,” Gorrell said.

Contact Scott Girard at ungreporter@wcinet.com and follow him on Twitter @sgirard9.

Middle school officer?

There’s no Verona police officer stationed at the Verona Area middle schools, but Verona Police Department chief Bernie Coughlin sees that as the “greatest opportunity.”

“But I know there’s not an endless amount of resources, either, and not everybody would see that as a positive thing,” Coughlin told the Press in July. “If we can establish a relationship with our youth when they’re younger and on positive terms, not you first met the police officer because you did something wrong … that will hopefully last a lifetime.”

At the time, VASD superintendent Dean Gorrell said the district was not “ready to make that jump yet,” but he acknowledged there is “increased poor decision-making at that level.”

New deal adds reports, training One of the key roles the school liaison officer has played in recent years is sharing information with students and giving presentations to classes.

The new contract will require some more presentation and information-sharing with the district, too.

One of the two new provisions from last year requires the VPD to provide a summary report twice annually, including a demographic breakdown of the number of citations issued in the various citation categories. That information must include, at a minimum, age, gender and race.

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Exhibit: Art project will be dismantled and donated to people in need of clothing Continued from page 1

‘A turning point’ Kroth spent two years at DePaul University in Chicago as an art major – until she panicked.

She had grown up making art – her parents encouraged her to create with anything available in the house, she said – but during her sophomore year, it hit her that she was going to need a “real job.”

Having been a gymnast, Kroth transferred into the Physical Education department, where she saw a

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began creating more art to help support her family.

She realized she liked the idea of “improvisational” art, for her taking form in collages, using recycled and repurposed materials, when one day she overturned her sewing drawer on top of one of the pieces she was working on and liked what she saw.

She said it was at that point she “really started to find my voice in terms of what I was interested in, and what I wanted to do as my own personal work.”

I like the aspect of reusing and recycling repurposed materials and revaluing them,” Kroth said. “You may take a simple button, and then suddenly when you have a whole garden of buttons. It changes your perspective of what that simple object is.”

Her exhibit features 52 pairs of donated jeans stuffed with a 84 pairs of socks, 90 pairs of underwear, 40 T-shirts and between 150200 other items.

After the exhibit ends, the clothes will be donated to The Beacon, a day-resource center for people who are homeless.

Much of the clothing is donated – some anonymously left in a bin outside of her garage, others from Kroth’s network of family, friends and fellow crafters. An empty pair of jeans will be displayed at the exhibit that attendees can fill with donated clothes as well.

It was during the creation

of the exhibit that Kroth realized she enjoyed doing more than just 2D art.

“I like the idea of building something that’s not permanent, and that takes up space, that’s three-dimensional,” she said. “Something that reflects experiences or social contexts that you have in your lives.”

At first, Kroth was unsure of the shape the project would take. The project then evolved as she began to think about what people in the homeless population needed most.

When Kroth spoke to leaders at The Beacon, clean clothing was one of the resources the day center’s patrons could benefit from the most.

“Jeans are a big staple of people’s lives,” she said. “I started thinking about … the excess of clothing and how much stuff is out there all of the time, and yet there’s still people living on the street that barely have shoes, barely have a clean pair of socks.”

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A bucket sits outside Town of Verona fiber artist Pat Kroth’s garage on Hula Drive, where people left donated clothing items for her upcoming art exhibit at the Anderson Art Center in Kenosha. “very natural fit,” having been a part-time coach.

“I just felt like I needed an occupation,” she said.

In the meantime, she continued to paint and make prints, balancing her art with a full-time career as a gymnastics coach in Chicago and a raising three children.

Kroth eventually went back to DePaul to complete her painting degree, and soon after a friend invited her to a traditional quilting workshop. She enjoyed it so much she bought a 1940s all-metal Singer sewing machine and started attending more workshops related to sewing and fabric arts.

“I just loved working with fabric,” she said. “That

was a very big turning point for me.”

Spreading awareness About a year ago, Kroth was still deciding what her next 3D exhibit was going to be when she read an article about a day resource center opening in Madison for people who were homeless.

Kroth thought The Beacon, 615 E. Washington Ave., had a cool concept because of the lack of places for people who are homeless to go during the day. Some of the donated clothing used in her project will later be given to The Beacon, a Madison-based day resource center for people who are homeless.

“People need a shower,

Stuffed pairs of jeans sit on Town of Verona fiber artist Pat Kroth’s living room floor. they need a place to grab a meal, they need places to do their laundry,” she said.

“That’s what they’re doing there, which is very different from what a shelter provides.”

When Kroth visited The Beacon as she began the project, she found herself “overwhelmed” by the number of people there receiving help, and the staff who was working to meet so many individuals’ needs.

“It does really raise your awareness – I think that’s so critical to creating the steps to help things change,” she said. “People need the basic things of life … that’s what kind of struck home with me.”

Email reporter Kimberly Wethal at kimberly. wethal@wcinet.com and follow her on Twitter @ kimberly_wethal.​

2014 Verona tornado debris the centerpiece of first Anderson show Town of Verona artist Pat Kroth’s first show at the Anderson Art Center in Kenosha in 2015 came out of the June 17, 2014 tornado that struck Verona’s northwest side.

The exhibit, called “The Nest,” included debris from the EF3 storm that impacted 84 families in the Cross Country and Kettle Creek neighborhoods, and stories of her neighbors’ experiences in the hours and days

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after. It was part of the reason the curators invited Kroth back to make the piece she’s now working on.

That night, she was downstairs in her home studio on Hula Drive when she went upstairs around midnight to see what the storm was like. What she saw was items flying through the air, and quickly went upstairs to wake her husband and youngest daughter, getting them into the basement

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hallway with 30 seconds to spare before debris started hitting the house.

Some of it was coming from Jane Knudsen’s barn with its six restored vintage cars, which until that moment, had stood directly behind her home. It was now strewn across neighboring backyards.

After the storm passed, she started talking to neighbors and recording their experiences, which would eventually play in the gallery as people viewed the exhibit.

She also gathered debris,

mainly branches ripped off trees, or smaller items like car mirrors, barnwood and pieces of furniture.

Kroth said it was during one of those moments, when she was thinking about home and safety, when she “got the thunderbolt.”

“Make a nest because it’s a symbol of home,” she said. “So while my neighbors were putting debris on the curb and putting it in dumpsters, I was dragging it into the back and tarping it.”

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