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Boundary maps go to public Spanish presentation set for April 9, English one April 16 SCOTT GIRARD Unified Newspaper Group

Photos by Kimberly Wethal

Above left, Country View Elementary School fifth graders tape their teacher Mika Passini to a pillar in the cafeteria on Wednesday, March 13. Passini’s class reached 100 Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports tickets, meaning they got to choose a reward for their good behavior, which involved taping their teacher to the wall. Earlier that day, above right, Badger Ridge Middle School seventh-grader Emerson Crabb sticks a pie in the face of eighth-grade English and history teacher Jodi Guttman during the lunch hour. Students who raised the most money for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital got to stick a pie in the face of any teacher they wanted.

Teacher torture

CV, BRMS staff get duct-taped, pied for students’ good work Students at Country View Elementary School and Badger Ridge Middle School were rewarded Wednesday, March 13, with a chance to mess with their teachers.

CV fifth-graders taped their teacher Mika Passini to a pillar in the cafeteria after receiving 100 tickets for

good behavior throughout the year.

Less than a mile away, Badger Ridge students got to put a pie in teachers’ faces for raising $3,500 for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.

The pies were delivered during lunchtimes, with the students who raised the most doing the honors.

Inside See more photos from the students’ rewards

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team found out they made nationals last year, they were “rolling around the hallways” celebrating.

They never made it to the competition, falling short of the funding needed to make the trip.

SCOTT GIRARD This year, the team has once again qualified for the national competiUnified Newspaper Group tion – and they’re optimistic they can When members of the Verona Area raise the $3,000 necessary to cover High School History Bee competition the entry fee, hotel and the travel to The

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Arlington, Va., April 26-29.

“Hopefully I will have a memory of going to nationals in a few months,” said junior Luka DiMaggio. “That would be quite the fun experience.”

The team qualified by finishing in second place at the Greater Milwaukee History Bee competition in January, losing in the finals 290-200 to

What: Boundary map informational meetings When: April 9 (Spanish), April 16 (English) Where: Catholic Multicultural Center, 5256 Verona Road, Fitchburg (April 9); Verona Area High School Performing Arts Center, 300 Richard St. (April 16) Info: verona.k12.wi.us for new attendance area boundaries before the committee vetting the options makes its final

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Mom wants safer intersection after child hit by car last week Council starts discussion of Llanos/Main

A place to ‘let loose’ about history at VAHS 2-year-old club raising money to go to national competition in April

Up to three potential maps of new school attendance areas are going to the public next month.

The maps, which a committee of 29 people has been working on since October, will determine which neighborhood schools students would attend beginning in fall 2020.

The district is offering two public meetings in April for the public to comment on the maps

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A week after a 12-yearold was hit by a car while crossing Main Street to Badger Ridge Middle School, his mother has started a campaign to improve the safety of the

intersection.

As a result of the incident – in which a car in the left lane stopped but a car in the right lane did not see the child crossing and kept driving – the Verona Common Council held a preliminary discussion Monday night, March 18, about the safety of the intersection of Llanos and Main streets.

The item was listed only for discussion as an

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Glacier Edge hosts spring concerts Glacier Edge Elementary School families and friends got to see students sing, dance and play instruments Wednesday, March 13 and Thursday, March 14. The school held its annual spring concerts,

about half an hour for each class, featuring songs like “This Little Light of Mine,“ “John Jacob Jingleheimer S c h m i d t ” a n d “ Ya n ke e Doodle.”

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At left, Arabella Joelson plays a xylophone during the song “Lazy Mary,” one of 11 the first-grade classes performed at the Glacier Edge Elementary School concert Wednesday, March 13.

Photos by Scott Girard

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Ami Myrland as Senior Vice President and CFO.

Madison, WI: Ken Thompson, President and CEO of Capitol Bank, is pleased to announce the recent hiring of Ami Myrland as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Beginning her career in banking as a teller, Ami brings 15 years of experience to her role as CFO. Ami earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and Finance from Edgewood College.

Ellis Buell, second from right, and Kalen Bearheart-Cleveland, right, give a “quiet” instruction near the end of “Jump Frog Jump,” a song performed during the first-grade concert Wednesday, March 13.

“Ami brings energy and focus to her role and has strong skills as a collaborative leader,” said Ken Thompson.

Ami grew up in Clinton, WI and currently resides in Belleville, WI with her husband and two children. They enjoy playing sports and spending time fishing up North in the summer.

Ami is an active member of the Wisconsin Bankers Association Government Relations Committee and is also a Finance Committee Member for Habitat for Humanity of Dane County. Additionally, Ami is a Board Member for the Wisconsin Chapter of Financial Managers Society and serves as Treasurer for Friends of the Monona Terrace. Ami is a member of the 2019 In Business Magazine 40 Under 40 class.

At right, Glacier Edge Elementary School first-grader Ben Harvey, second from right, acts out the lyrics to “Jump Frog Jump” while classmates play instruments and sing behind him Wednesday, March 13.

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Dates announced for referendum renovations BRMS, VAHS, Stoner Prairie work planned for this year SCOTT GIRARD Unified Newspaper Group

School renovation work related to the successful 2017 referendum is beginning later this month.

The Verona Area School District announced in an email to parents Monday work at the Badger Ridge Middle School and Stoner Prairie Elementary School bu i l d i n g s wo u l d b eg i n March 25, with “no impact to classrooms” and “minor exterior impact” for one of the projects. Work on the existing high school building will begin “immediately at start of summer vacation,” according to the email.

Most of the work, which will continue in summer 2020, is in preparation for schools to shift when the new Verona Area High School building opens. At that time, Badger Ridge will shift to the current high school and Sugar Creek Elementary School will shift to the Badger Ridge building.

The charter schools also will move into the high school building, with Core Knowledge in the main building and New Century School and Verona Area International School in the K-wing building.

Work set for this year at Badger Ridge includes mechanical spaces and an exterior concrete pad from March 25 to June 10, new walls, ceiling, flooring and entry doors installed over the summer and HVAC

2019 renovation dates Badger Ridge March 25 to June 10: Work in mechanical spaces and exterior concrete pad for new equipment, with no impact to classrooms.

Before June 10: Staff in various classrooms and other areas of the school have been instructed to remove items as they receive new walls, ceiling and flooring, while others receive new entry doors to improve security.

June 10 to Aug. 2: Main school/classroom area closed for construction.

June 10 to July 8: Gym closed for HVAC work. Reopened for use the week of July 8.

June 10 to July 22: Front office area under construction.

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Signs and barricades at Sunset Drive show Hwy. 69 is closed Friday, March 15, after melting snowbanks caused flooding along the Sugar River.

Familiar flooding Highway 69 remains closed; state declares emergency

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After a late summer of historic flooding, the melting of recent heavy snows hit Dane County with some late-winter flooding.

In Verona, that resulted in the closure of Hwy. 69 between County PB and Sunset Drive and some other local roads for several days or more.

With people under evacuation and roads closed across the state, Gov. Tony Evers declared a statewide

March 25-29: Set new mechanical units on roof March 25 to June 10: Work in mechanical spaces, with no impact to classrooms.

Spring: Gym HVAC equipment work will be completed and functional for this upcoming summer.

Immediately at start of summer vacation: Front office will be relocated for a period of time before moving back to the original location later in summer.

June 10 to Aug. 2: Main school/classroom area closed for construction. Gym will still be accessible for use.

Verona Area High School Immediately at start of summer vacation: Tech Ed storage rooms will be cleared out for door relocation.

Week of July 8: Enlarging doorways to rooms A05 and A35 for mechanical equipment. There will be temporary partitions put up in the areas highlighted in purple. work from June 10 to July 8.

At Stoner Prairie, crews will put new mechanical units on the roof the week of March 25, do HVAC equipment work in the gym this spring to be completed by summer and work on the main school and classroom area over the summer, during which it will be closed other than the gym.

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State of Emergency March 15. That morning, Town of Verona clerk/treasurer John Wright emailed town residents to warn them the Sugar River was running over its banks and Highway 69 was closed by 7:30 a.m.

It remained closed as of Tuesday, March 19.

Also closed last week was a stretch of Country View Road and White Crossing Road. Coun try View reopened after a n e m e rg e n cy c u l ve r t replacement, town administrator-planner Amanda Arnold reported Monday.

“Now our public works

staff will be able to focus on potholes,” she wrote.

Dane County provided sandbags to municipalities across the county, including 80,000 in the City of Madison.

In a news release, Evers thanked first responders “who have been helping those in need.”

“Many residents and communities across our state have been responding to flooding that has impacted homes, businesses, and cities and towns across Wisconsin,” he said.

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technology education storage rooms will be cleared out for door relocation at the beginning of the summer, with work to enlarge a pair of doorways in the A wing for mechanical equipment on the week of July 8.

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

Perceptions survey deadline March 22 SCOTT GIRARD Unified Newspaper Group

Responses to the annual survey the Verona Area School District uses to measure progress and parental priorities are due Friday, March 22.

The School Perceptions survey, now in its fourth year in VASD, asks participants

to rank the most important topics about the school district and rate how the district is doing. There is a separate, similar survey given to staff.

Results are broken down by school and help inform each school’s improvement plan and focus areas for the following year. This year’s data will also be structured around the five pillars from

the district strategic plan approved last year.

The survey will take five to 15 minutes, according to an email to parents from School Perceptions, and can be taken online through a link included in that email.

The links are all individual and should not be forwarded for another person to use, the email adds.

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Correction In the March 14 edition of the Verona Press, Renee Storm, who was performing the “Jump with Jill” rock-and-roll nutrition show at Sugar Creek Elementary School was misidentified as Jill Jayne.

The Press regrets the error.

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Facing the best and worst of times all at once I once had a college English professor who concluded most lectures with the phrase, “That’s why we read great literature.”

I’ve been reminded of this more times than I could ever count, and recently a wellknown quote has really hit home: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”

The opening line from “A Tale of Two Cities”

by Charles Dickens is just a piece of a great novel, but it’s a thought that Curtis applies to me now.

It’s the best of times because I recently became a grandfather for the first time. As I think about it, the adjective “best” many not be adequate. Is there something better than best?

If not, we need to invent it to describe the feeling of being a grandparent.

It’s also the worst of times because 1,000 miles away, in New Hampshire, I am losing my mother. Her third bout with cancer is the one she will not win.

My granddaughter, like most newborns, is kind of scrawny and blotchy.

I’ve never seen her with her eyes open. She has scratches on her cheeks where she has raked herself with her tiny fingernails, and she cries quite loudly for someone so small.

I’m in love with her already.

I have spent the last week thinking of all the fun things I would like to do with her as

she grows up. I’m planning to take her to the zoo, dance with her around the living room, and buy her ice cream cones if she promises not to tell her parents we had dessert before dinner.

That is only the start of my list.

Though I’ve been at it less than a week, what I have heard said about grandparenting, that it is all the fun of parenting with far less of the responsibility, seems accurate. The possibilities seem infinite.

As for my mother, there is no way to tell how much time she has left. Weeks, assuredly.

Months, perhaps several. Years, well, probably not, and as cruel as cancer can be I have had to reconcile myself to the fact less time may be more merciful.

However long, I do not feel I could possibly spend enough time with her. Unfortunately, distance, my own obligations, and two weeks of vacation annually will limit my options.

I love her and owe her more than she knows.

I have spent the last several months thinking of the things I wish I had done with her when health wasn’t an issue. I wish I had traveled home more, put one of her countless records on the old turntable and danced around the living room like we did when I was a kid.

That is only the start of my list.

It feels as if I’ve squandered an entire lifetime, but it just never seems as if you’ll run out of time to do these things until suddenly you have very little time left.

Time, geography and disease mean the oldest and newest

members of my family will likely not meet in person. On the bright side, technology that was the stuff of science fiction when mom was a born has allowed her to see her great-granddaughter.

It is a poor substitute, but at least it is there. It makes me hopeful by the time I become a great-grandfather science will have made cancer a thing of the past.

I have reached an age where the worst of times will likely outnumber the best of times.

When I get together with friends, the conversation quickly turns to our aches and pains.

I see familiar names in the obituaries. Too many people I know are in ill health or losing loved ones.

I am certainly not the first person to experience the joy of becoming a grandparent or the pain of losing a parent, but having them happen nearly simultaneously provides a good perspective. It truly can be the best of times and the worst of times at the same time.

That is why we read great literature.

It also reminds me to celebrate the best of times heartily, because you never quite know how long they will last.

I think I’ll call my son and see if my granddaughter did anything interesting today.

And then I’ll call my mom just to tell her I love her.

Karl Curtis is a City of Verona resident.

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Canadian Brass headlines April VAPAS show

Senior center to host volunteer appreciation day Unified Newspaper Group

The senior center will thank all of its volunteers – past and present – with a party on Friday, April 5.

The center will host a Volunteer Appreciation event from 2:30-4 p.m. that day, featuring an ice cream bar and entertainment by Jill Gabriel, who will perform a “one-woman musical” based

on the works of famous 1920s and ‘30s actress Greta Garbo.

Reservations are required by noon Tuesday, April 2.

Senior center program coordinator Alasa Wiest told the Press more than 200 volunteers put in 6,184 hours of service last year, helping to make it a “welcoming and home-like” environment for its patrons and advocate for people in an older population.

“We need to thank them because without them we

would not nearly be able to accomplish all we do for services and programs that we offer,” she said. “They help us accomplish all the little details that staff struggle to keep up with.”

For information, call 8457471.

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

If You Go What: Volunteer appreciation day When: 2:30-4 p.m., Friday, April 5 Where: Verona senior center, 108 Paoli St. Info: 845-7471

St. Ambrose to perform at Verona PAC next weekend March 29-31

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The play focuses on a Kansas teenager named Dorothy and her dog Toto, who are dropped into the magical world of “Oz” during a tornado and tasked with finding their way home. Along the way, they come across others who seem to parallel Dorothy’s

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D u r i n g t h e b a n d ’s five-decade run, it has created a discography of 130 albums, with 2 million sold worldwide, the news release states.

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At 1 p.m. Sunday, a complimentary presentation will be held at the PAC, according to St. Ambrose Academy’s website, where attendees will be able to better understand the story of Dorothy and her companions more clearly.

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St. Ambrose Academy will perform their version of “The Wizard of Oz” next weekend at the Verona Area Performing Arts Center, 300 Richard St. The beloved musical will run from Friday, March 29 through Sunday, March 31, with shows beginning at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday.

What: Verona Area Performing Arts Series presents Canadian Brass When: 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 5 Where: Verona Area Performing Arts Center, 300 Richard St. Cost: $32 for general admission; $30 for seniors, $10 for 18 and under Info: vapas.org

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Verona senior center volunteer Jim Kocal grills hot dogs and brats during the family-fun mega fundraiser on Saturday, July 28, 2018.

A five-part brass quintet known for their spontaneity will be the Verona Area Performing Arts Series’ featured artist group next month.

Starting at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, April 5, the group known as Canadian Brass will perform a show with a little bit of everything, from traditional Baroque to Dixieland music, a c c o r d i n g t o a n ew s release from VAPAS. “The hallmark of any Canadian Brass performance is entertainment, spontaneity, virtuosity and, most of all, fun – but never at the expense of the music,” the release s t a t e s . “ W h a t eve r t h e style, the music is central and performed with utmost dedication, skill and excellence.”

The show will be held at the Verona Area Performing Arts Center, 300 Richard St., and costs $32 for general admission.

Seniors receive a discounted rate of $30, and tickets for students 18 and younger are $10.

According to the release, the group was formed in 1970 by two friends, Chuck Dallenbach and Gene Watts, who each took on different roles in managing the band and developing new musical arts. The two rounded their group out to five within a few years.

Dallenbach still performs with the band, playing the tuba. Joining him are Caleb Hudson and Chris Coletti on the trumpet, Jeff Nelsen

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Coming up There will be two seatings available. Friday, March 29, at the library.

Downsizing your home Registration is required, and caregivers Screenings will take around 20 If you’re considering downsiz- need to select a specific time. minutes to complete. To register, call ing your home, a presentation at the Fancy, whimsical or prehistoric 240-7400. library could help you accomplish it. attire is encouraged.

Learn Canva From 6-8 p.m. Thursday, March For information, call 845-7180.

21, Fred Siegenthaler, of Restaino & Teach yourself how to make beauAssociates, and Deborah Straub, of Bookmaking workshop tiful flyers and social media posts Vintage Harvest, LLC, will provide Learn how to make three different with online Canva software from 6-8 tips on how to downsize your home. kinds of books with a workshop from p.m. Tuesday, April 2, at the library.

Siegenthaler will talk about his 6:30-8 p.m. Monday, March 25, at Attendees are encouraged to bring experience in moving from a sin- the library. their own laptops to follow along. gle-family home into a condominium, For information, call 845-7180.

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For information, call 845-7180.

The workshop is limited to 16 parLearn how to avoid Internet scams ticipants. Registration is required. at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, at 2 Million Books party For information, call 845-7180. the senior center.

Children of all ages are invitA detective with the Dane Couned to a 2 Million Books party from Sugar crush presentation ty will share information on how 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday, March 23 at Gary Kuzynski will present about to recognize and avoid scams, and the library. what happens to a person’s body learn about new tactics being used to The event will feature characters after eating large amounts of sug- access your private information. from Sister Bear, Brother Bear, Mary ary foods at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, For information, call 845-7471.

Poppins and Pikachu, crafts, carica- March 27, at the library. ture drawings and snacks.

The presentation is based on the Pop-up museums For information, call 845-7180. book “Sugar Crush” written by RichA pop-up museum will be held ard Jacoby. at 10 a.m. Monday, April 8, at the Tea Rex party For information, call 845-7471. senior center.

Children ages 2-8 are invited to People are encouraged to bring tea party – with a special prehistor- Memory screenings their “collections” – whether that be ic creature in attendance – at 10 a.m.

Specialists from the Aging & Dis- coins, dolls or any other item you and 1:30 p.m. Monday, March 25 at ability Resource Center will conduct collect. the library.

For information, call 845-7471. memory screenings from 1-4 p.m.

Community calendar Thursday, March 21

• 6-8 p.m., “Should I downsize my home?” presentation, library, 8457180 • 6:30-7:30 p.m., Support group for parents of middle and high schoolers, library, 845-7180

Friday, March 22

• 10:30-11:15 a.m., Rendever virtual reality tours: “Let’s Go to the Beach” (registration required), senior center, 845-7471 • 12:30 p.m., Movie Matinee: “Philomena,” senior center, 845-7471

Saturday, March 23

• 10-11:30 a.m., Favorite Friends and 2 Million Books party, library, 845-7180

Monday, March 25

• 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., Tea Rex

party (ages 2-8, registration is required), library, 845-7180 • 6:30-8 p.m., Simple bookmaking (registration required), library, 8457180

Tuesday, March 26

• 10-11:30 a.m., Open art studio: “Superheroes” (ages 3-10), library, 845-7180 • 1:30-2 p.m., Kids Yoga: Spring break special edition (ages 7-12), library, 845-7180

Wednesday, March 27

• 12:30 p.m., Sugar Crush book presentation with Gary Kuzynski, senior center, 845-7471 • 1:30-4 p.m., Super Smash Bros. ultimate switch tournament (ages 8-18, registration required), library, 845-7180 • 4:30 and 5 p.m., Tech Time with

Tim (registration required), senior center, 845-7471 • 6:30-8:30 p.m., Intermediate Microsoft Excel (registration required), library, 845-7180

Thursday, March 28

• 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., AARP tax services (appointment required), senior center, 845-7471 • 1-3 p.m., Family movie: “Spiderman: Into the Spider-verse (rated PG), library, 845-7180 • 3:45 p.m., Tween Dungeons and Dragons (ages 8-11), library, 8457180 • 4-5:30 p.m., Teen gaming (ages 11-18), library, 845-7180 • 6 p.m., Books and Booze Book Club, Sugar River Pizza Company, 957 Liberty Drive, 845-7180

What’s on VHAT-98 Thursday, March 21 7 a.m. – Retro Swing Band at Senior Center 8 a.m.– Zumba Gold 9 a.m. – Daily Exercise 10 a.m. – Craig Siemsen at Senior Center 2 p.m. – Zumba Gold 3 p.m. – Daily Exercise 4 p.m. – Review and Preview at Senior Center 5 p.m. – Greg Anderson at Senior Center 6 p.m. – Salem Church Service 7 p.m. – Falls Prevention Pts. 1 & 2 at Senior Center 8 p.m. – Daily Exercise 9 p.m. – Joe Parisi at Senior Center 10 p.m. – Verona Hockey at the Historical Society Friday, March 22 7 a.m. – Review and Preview at Senior Center 1 p.m. – Joe Parisi at Senior Center 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 4 p.m. – Greg Anderson at Senior Center 5:30 p.m. – 2017 Wildcats Football 8:30 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – Retro Swing Band at Senior Center 11 p.m. – Craig Siemsen at Senior Center Saturday, March 23 8 a.m. – Common Council from 03–18–19 11 a.m. – Vintage Verona

Churches 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) 845-1615 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

Spiritual Maturity Sports 1 p.m. – 2017 Wildcats Football 4:30 p.m. – Verona Hockey at the Historical Society 6 p.m. – Common Council from 03–18–19 9 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – Verona Hockey at the Historical Society 11 p.m. – Craig Siemsen at Senior Center Sunday, March 24 7 a.m. – Hindu Cultural Hour 9 a.m. – Resurrection Church 10 a.m. – Salem Church Service Noon – Common Council from 03–18–19 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 4:30 p.m. – Verona Hockey at the Historical Society 6 p.m. – Common Council from 03–18–19 9 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – Verona Hockey at the Historical Society 11 p.m. – Craig Siemsen at Senior Center Monday, March 25 7 a.m. – Review and Preview at Senior Center 1 p.m. – Joe Parisi at Senior Center 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 4 p.m. – Greg Anderson at Senior Center 5 p.m. – 2017 Wildcats

Football 9 p.m. – Hindu Cultural Hour 10 p.m. – Retro Swing Band at Senior Center 11 p.m. – Craig Siemsen at Senior Center Tuesday, March 26 7 a.m. – Retro Swing Band at Senior Center 10 a.m.– Zumba Gold 9 a.m. – Daily Exercise 10 a.m. – Craig Siemsen at Senior Center 2 p.m.– Zumba Gold 3 p.m. – Daily Exercise 4 p.m. – Review and Preview at Senior Center 5 p.m. – Greg Anderson at Senior Center 6 p.m. – Resurrection Church 8 p.m. – Falls Prevention Pts. 1 & 2 at Senior Center 9 p.m. – Joe Parisi at Senior Center 10 p.m. – Verona Hockey at the Historical Society Wednesday, March 27 7 a.m. – Review and Preview at Senior Center 1 p.m. – Joe Parisi at Senior Center 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 5 p.m. – Common Council from 03–18–19 7 p.m. – Capital City Band 8 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – Retro Swing Band at Senior Center 11 p.m. – Craig Siemsen at Senior Center

Thursday, March 28 7 a.m. – Retro Swing Band at Senior Center 8 a.m.– Zumba Gold 9 a.m. – Daily Exercise 10 a.m. – Craig Siemsen at Senior Center 2 p.m. – Zumba Gold 3 p.m. – Daily Exercise 4 p.m. – Review and Preview at Senior Center 5 p.m. – Greg Anderson at Senior Center 6 p.m. – Salem Church Service 7 p.m. – Falls Prevention Pts. 1 & 2 at Senior Center 8 p.m. – Daily Exercise 9 p.m. – Joe Parisi at Senior Center 10 p.m. – Verona Hockey at the Historical Society

“Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.” – 1 Peter 2:1-3 NIV Just as we grow and develop physically and mentally, we should do so spiritually as well. Children grow and learn in relation to their parents in much the same way that we grow and learn in relation to God. We go from being completely dependent on our parents to being an integral part of our family, and in the process, we should also grow in love and appreciation for our parents and siblings. As children of God we will always remain dependent on God, but we should also mature to the point where we are “pulling our weight” in the spiritual realm. Mature persons will take the initiative to pray and do good works without having to be persuaded by others. They are also willing and able to accept hard truths about their own failings and will work diligently to improve. The spiritually mature strive to become more like God, and to judge others not by their outward appearances but by their inner attributes.They are painfully aware of their own tendency to judge others more harshly than they judge themselves and consequently will be merciful in their judgement of others.

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Support groups • AA Meeting, senior center, Thursdays at 1 p.m.

• Caregivers Support Group, senior center, first and third Tuesday, 10 a.m.

• Healthy Lifestyles Group meeting, senior center, second Thursday from 10:30 a.m.

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the team from Vernon Hills – the only team they lost to in both the preliminary and playoff rounds.

Teams qualify for the national bee by finishing with a .500 or better record in a regional or state competition or by winning a playoff match.

The group practices for those competitions once a week, meeting for up to three hours at the library on weekends regularly.

Whether or not they make it to Virginia, the students who would represent the Verona area are proud of their accomplishment, and glad to have an outlet for their interest in history – something many of them have had for a long time.

“I’ve always loved history since I was little,” said team co-captain Seamus Angell. “Little kids would watch cartoons, I would watch History Channel with my dad. Back before it was aliens and stuff like that.”

Kumar founded the club about two years ago when he “realized the lack of a history club, and the need for one,” he explained in an email.

“So many people that are interested in history aren’t able to enjoy the classroom setting, for fear of being branded as a ‘nerd’ in that class or because of the lack of detail classroom settings engage in,” he said. “I felt that we needed something outside of the classroom where these people could come together and really let loose about any history topics they wanted to talk about.”

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A Verona Area High School History Bowl team is hoping to get to the national competition this year after its second-straight year qualifying. Last year, the group wasn’t able to raise enough funding to go. The qualifying team is, front row beginning second from left, Vaishnav Kumar, Seamus Angell, Luka DiMaggio and Jack Collier.

The other team member, Nick Collier, is not pictured. The rest of the group are members of the school’s History Club.

How to help To donate to the history club’s trip to nationals, visit the Verona Area School District Classmunity page, classmunity.com/vasd, or write a check to Verona Area High School with “History Club” in the memo line.

worked as he and his clubmates attended their first competition last year – the club’s first full year of existence.

“We all fell in love with it as soon as we did it,” he said. “I was hooked.”

A successful first year of competition certainly helped.

No one-time wonders “We got like third in the state last Angell said the team was unsure year just going cold turkey into it,” about how the History Bowl

have to know how the questions are phrased and know key words.

There’s patterns.”

One of the keys, DiMaggio added, is having a balanced team with knowledge of different historical eras that can be ready for any question. He, for example, is interested in Europe from the fall of Rome to the Spanish War of Succession, while teammate Jack Collier is more interested in modern history.

“If I don’t know a question, they’ll know it,” DiMaggio said.

“It’s very broad topics they ask, and you will more often than not, not know the answer.”

he recalled.

The group built on that success this year, showing that it was not beginner’s luck. Instead, they began to understand how the competitions worked, and were able to build that into their practices.

“You can have vast historical Shared love of history knowledge, that does not mean Each of the club members you’re going to be super-successful in this,” DiMaggio said. “You also shares a passion for historical knowledge that helped spark their

interest in the topic, making the club a natural fit when Kumar brought the idea up.

Two years later, he has seen the club grow “into a family thing,” and has learned plenty from the other 25 or so members, both in history and qualities like leadership and teamwork.

“Those are some skills that you don’t … really learn that anywhere other than talking to people,” Kumar told the Press.

“That’s probably my favorite thing is seeing everyone talk together and communicate, because in a world where there’s nothing but phones and FaceTimes, it’s kind of sick to see people really talking and sharing their ideas with each other.”

Angell loves that part of the club, too, and said it’s served as a “nice social outlet” for everyone involved, while at the same time it helped him “broaden my horizons,” he said.

Collier said he’s enjoyed being part of the club and the competitions, learning about different history from his clubmates.

“I like how knowing about history lets you explain present-day problems and things that are happening now,” Collier said. “It’s nice having a place where just whatever comes up in the conversation is what we talk about.”

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Nolan Dodge, left, plays a magnetic tabletop soccer game with Jack Alvin at the Stoner Prairie Elementary School innovation fair Thursday, March 7.

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From right, Bennett, 6, and Aaron Andrae, 9, read haiku during the Sugar Creek Elementary Imagination Fair on March 15.

Fair season Tw o Ve r o n a A r e a e l e m e n t a ry schools hosted their annual fairs Thursday, March 7, letting students show off their writing and creativity, and a third joined in Friday, March 15.

Glacier Edge Elementary School’s event included a science fair, author fair and art fair. Students’ science projects filled half of the school’s gymnasium, with a book sale on the other half.

At Stoner Prairie Elementary School’s innovation fair, students showed off their science projects, tried out technology like virtual reality and visited booths set up by local science-related groups.

On March 15, Sugar Creek Elementary School students showcased films, read stories and poems, explored a book fair and watched science

experiments by the group Fusion Science Theater. Attendees browsed student science projects in the gym, where children also participated in activities lead by University of Wisconsin-Madison biochemistry students, the McPherson Eye Research Institute and Discovery Outreach.

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At right, Isabel Webster and Isobel Kindschi look at a fellow student’s dinosaur project at the Glacier Edge Elementary School science fair Thursday, March 7.

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It didn’t take senior Max Herkert long to soar to near school-record heights.

Herkert cleared 13 feet, 6 inches to win the pole vault Saturday, March 16, at the season-opening University of Dubuque Indoor Classic.

It was just two inches away from the school record (13 feet, 8 inches) he set last year.

During the club track season, Herkert cleared 14-0.

“I know he wants to get back to that level as soon as possible and continue to build off of it,” coach Joff Pedretti said. “He has the ability to crush his own school record this year.”

The Verona boys track and field team had 10 top-six finishes to open the season, although no team scores were calculated.

“We had several meet champions, which isn’t easy to do when competing against schools from states that started their season weeks before us,” Pedretti said. “We just wanted to see where we were at so we know what we can build on.”

Other champions for the Wildcats were senior Jayden Joe-Wright, who won the 55-meter dash (6.64 seconds), and sophomore Jackson Acker, who took first in the shot put (51-5). Acker edged Madison West senior Patrick Horvath by one inch for first place.

Joe-Wright is closing in on the school record in the 200 and is expected to be a force in the sprints all season for the Wildcats.

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Sprinters, throwers lead Verona MARK NESBITT Assistant sports editor

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Verona’s Javon Presley competes in the long jump during the University of Dubuque Indoor Classic in Dubuque on Saturday, March 16.

“Jayden is off to a great forward to seeing how he the shot put overall, as well, start and is among some of the stacks up to some of the area’s with three finishing in the top fastest in school history now,” best in the next couple meets.”

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With a core of 10 Big Eight Conference medalists returning from last year, the Verona boys track team has some of the firepower needed to contend with perennial power Middleton.

The Cardinals have won six straight conference titles.

“We believe our chances to win the conference championship are as strong as they were in 2017 when we just fell short,” coach Joff Pedretti said.

Pedretti said the Cardinals are talented and will be tough to beat again.

“We will have to get better every week and perform great at the championship meet in order to pull it off,” he said.

The Wildcats have 21 letterwinners back, led by senior Jayden Joe-Wright, who was a WIAA Division 1 state qualifier in the 200-meter dash and 400 relay. Wright has a lifetime-best time in the 200 (22 seconds), which is .05 of a second away from the school record.

“Javon has already shown he has the speed to be up with our returning crew,” Pedretti said. “He could be a factor there.”

T h e Wi l d c a t s r e t u r n half of their state qualifying 400 relay team with

sophomore Jackson Acker and Joe-Wright. Senior Mason Jordan took fifth at state in the 400 last season and was on Verona’s state-qualifying 1,600 relay team.

Senior Max Herkert was the conference champion in the pole vault last year.

He set the school record in the pole vault (13 feet, 8 inches) but did not qualify for state.

He’s looking to become the first Verona athlete to qualify for state in the pole vault since 1988.

“He did get up to 14-0 last summer during the club track season,” Pedretti said of Herkert in the pole vault. “I know he wants to get back to that level as soon as possible and continue to build off of it.”

The other conference medalists back for Verona are senior JT Hawkins (high jump, long jump and triple jump), senior Brad Tuomi (300 hurdles), Jordan (400) and half of the 800 relay team, including senior Tim Soko and sophomore Graham Sties.

One of the biggest strengths for the Wildcats will be the shot put and discus, with three returners: seniors Dylan Bourne, Ben Vandervest and Acker.

“Sprints will also be a strong factor in success if that crew stays healthy,” Pedretti said.

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Murdock takes reins of Wildcats

Brings shines in pole vault at opener

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New Verona girls head track coach Kristen Murdock takes over a program that has three Big Eight Conference champions returning this season.

Murdock was an assistant coach for the Wildcats last year and she takes over the program for Robert Martin.

Verona has 17 letterwinners back, led by junior Leah Remiker, who was a state qualifier in the 800, and junior sprinter Tamiya Smith, who was a state qualifier in the 100 last year. Remiker is the defending conference

champion in the 800-meter run and took seventh at state. Smith is also the returning conference champion in the 100.

Junior Rachel Witthuhn returns as the defending conference champion in the discus. She will anchor the Wildcats in both the discus and shot put. Witthuhn entered the WIAA Badger sectional as the top seed in the discus last year, but finished three feet away from a state berth.

The sprint relays should be a strength for the Wildcats. Every member of the state qualifying 1,600 relay team is back with

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T h e Ve r o na girls track and field team set an early season target Friday, March 15, turning in some impressive times and heights at the season-opening University of Dubuque Indoor Classic.

“I feel like the girls performed really well, especially considering we had been practicing in the gym and doing our running in the bus loop behind the K-wing,” coach Kristen Murdock said.

Photo by Eileen Meslar/ Telegraph Herald “We definitely have Verona’s Rachel Witthuhn competes in room for improvethe Shot Put during the University of ment.”

Dubuque Girls High School Indoor Classic Senior Lilli Brings in Dubuque on Friday, March 15, 2019. finished second in the

‘I feel like the girls performed really well, especially considering we had been practicing in the gym and doing our running in the bus loop behind the K-wing.’

- coach Kristen Murdock pole vault after clearing 8 feet, 6 inches.

High Schools in Iowa don’t compete in pole vault so the event was an exhibition for the Wisconsin schools in the meet.

“Lilli really did great, but I am not surprised,” Murdock said.

“Lilli is a fantastic athlete with a lot of potential. I’m hoping she makes it to state this year.”

Senior Ashley Kundinger took fifth in the triple jump (30-3).

“She has really put in work preseason and I think we will see huge PRs as the season goes,” Murdock said.

Junior Tamiya Smith placed sixth in the 55-meter dash (7.61 seconds). It was a personal-record time for Smith, who also competed in the long jump

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Five named to second team for Metro Lynx JEREMY JONES ​Sports editor

Seniors Sierra Berg, Megan Biesmann and Gwen Parker earned second team Badger Conference honors earlier this month. They highlight the Madison Metro Lynx’s five nominees.

Mount Horeb senior forward Sierra Berg

scored a team-best 29 points as she led the team in goals (15) and was second in assists (14) in 23 games. A key to the team in big games, Berg scored game-winners. She scored three times on the power play and added a short-handed goal. She had a hat trick against Northland Pines and the Badger Lightning.

Biesmann assisted on seven goals and

earned second-team honors as a defenseman.

Parker went 5-8-1 and posted a .939 save percentage in 20 games.

The Metro Lynx finished 9-12-2 overall and 5-4-1 to finish third in conference.

Senior forward Haley Meskin and freshman goaltender Camryn McKersie were each named honorable mentions. Meskin had five

goals and 15 assists in 22 games. She assisted three power-play goals.

McKersie posted a 3-4-1 regular season record and had a .918 save percentage.

Rock County had two first-team forwards and a first-team defenseman. The Cap City Cougars had one forward and defenseman named first team.

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Returning letterwinners for the Verona boys track team (front, from left) are: Timothy Soko, Eric Blum, Graham Stier, Luka DiMaggio, Jason Ford and Kenny Umanzor Canales; (middle) Ian Grossenbacher-McGlamery, Ian Herman, Alan Zheng, Samuel Mast, Mason Jordan and Aubrey Dawkins; (back) Hunter Bohnsack, Jatavion Hawkins, Jackson Acker, Max Gerkert, Ben Vandervest, Dylan Bourne and Nathan Neitzel.

Track: ‘Cats return four state qualifiers Continued from page 9 Pedretti said the Wildcats’ distance events are solid, but the level of competition in those events is high in the Big Eight.

“Two of the best distance programs in the state

are in the conference and has the rest of the conference battling for remaining spots,” he said.

Two newcomers expected to bolster the Wildcats’ depth right away are freshman Javon Presley and senior Nathan Waller.

Waller is a new participant in track and field.

“He has already proven to be up with our top jumpers and could also play a big factor,” Pedretti said.

Boys: Wildcats have 3 of top 6 in shot put Continued from page 9 six. Senior Dylan Bourne took fifth (47-11), and senior Ben Vandervest placed sixth (469).

The Wildcats’ 800 relay team of seniors Tim Soko and Joe-Wright, freshman Javon Presley and Acker finished second in 1:36.58.

The handoffs in the relays are an area Pedretti expects will improve with more

practice time.

“Handoffs were hit and miss, which is typical for this early in the year,” he said.

“It’s tough to figure out which guys will be in which relays and have them all 100 percent ready in only two weeks.”

Senior J.T. Hawkins took third in the high jump (6-0) and sixth in the triple jump (37-9 ½). Senior Jason Ford finished third in the 3,200 (10:16.96). Fellow senior Mason Jordan took fifth in the

400 (53.73).

In the first meet of his career, senior Nathan Waller placed third in the triple jump (40-11/2). Waller spent only one week learning how to triple jump.

“Jumping over 40 feet this early in the season is impressive, but even more impressive when you’ve only learned how to do it just that week,” Pedretti said. “With his work ethic, we see big things coming his way this year.”

The Verona girls track team letterwinners (front, from left) are: Andrea Wheaton, Lillian Brings, Megan Diller, Caroline Bobb and Andie Almond; (middle) Lucinda Bakken, Alyssa Ratze, Leah Remiker, Anna Knueve, Natalia Aparicio and Tamiya Smith; (back) Jessica Ayite-Atayi, Rachel Witthuhn, Ella Chorlton, Jamie Hogan and Lucy Waschbusch.

Girls: Verona returns three Big 8 champs Continued from page 9 junior Ally Kundinger, senior Natalia Aparicio, senior Caroline Bobb and Remiker. The Wildcats return three-fourths of their state-qualifying 400 relay with senior Andrea Wheaton, Kundinger and Smith.

Another athlete who can offer depth and help in the sprints is sophomore Tatum Reisdorf.

Senior Lucy Waschbusch is a long-distance

runner who can lead the Wi l d c a t s i n t h e 3 , 2 0 0 and help in the 1,600 and 3,200 relays. Junior Abby Wampfler will be counted on as a middle-distance runner. Sophomore Anna Knueve and Aparicio will be relied on in middle-distance races.

In the field events, senior Lillian Brings is developing more in the pole vault.

She cleared 8 feet, 6 inches in the season-opening University of Dubuque Indoor Classic on Friday, March

15. Murdock expects bigger things to come.

“Lilli is a fantastic athlete with a lot of potential,” Murdock said. “I’m hoping she makes it to state this year.”

Senior Ashley Kundinger is expected to lead the Wildcats in the long jump and triple jump.

Sun Prairie has won eight straight conference championships. The Cardinals are the favorite to repeat as conference champions.

Opener: Kundinger takes fifth in triple jump at Dubuque Indoor Classic Continued from page 9 for the first time and won the junior varsity event with a leap of 14-9 ½, which would have tied her for 13th in the varsity

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Murdock said Smith is ahead of the times she ran in the 55 last year.

The Wildcats’ 800 relay of senior Lucy Waschbusch, Colleen Quinn, Kaya Ujikawa and s e n i o r C a roline Bobb took seventh (1:56.41).

Junior Rachel Witthuhn placed eighth in the shot put with a PR of 34-0 ¾.

“She can definitely Photo by Eileen Meslar/ Telegraph Herald qualify for s t a t e i n t h e Verona’s Ashley Kundinger competes in d i s c u s t h i s the long jump during the University of year and we Dubuque Indoor Classic in Dubuque on a r e h o p e f u l Friday, March 15. about shot,” 10th (4:35.36).

Murdock said.

Wa s c h b u s c h t e a m e d The Wildcats’ 1,600 with Quinn, Wampfler and relay team of juniors Bobb to take 13th in the Leah Remiker and Abby Wa m p f l e r, B o b b a n d 3,200 relay (11:17.44).

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Youth Art Month Recognition Verona Area student artists showed off their pieces Thursday, March 14, at the district’s annual K-12 Youth Art Month Gallery Reception. The event, at the Verona Area High School’s Sugar River Gallery, allows students and their families to mingle with the art teachers, take photos with their work and see their classmates’ pieces.

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Isabella Medina, left, and her Glacier Edge Elementary School art teacher Lois Feiner pose for a photo in front of Medina’s work during the K-12 Youth Art Month Gallery Reception. Feiner also taught Medina’s mother, who is taking the photo.

Aezrsel Olstead, left, and sister Emma Li Olstead take a closer look at Paige Lambe’s “Minions” shoe art display in the Sugar River Gallery at Verona Area High School Thursday, March 14.

Main: City officials say ‘all options’ on table Continued from page 1 overview, as part of mayor’s business. So far, no specifics have been discussed, but Mayor Luke Diaz and interim city administrator Adam Sayre said all options are on the table, including traffic signals.

“I wanted to let people know that we’re working on it,” Diaz said. “My personal view is we should do whatever we need to make that intersection safer… both in the long term and the short term.”

Theresa Langton Graewin’s son Hunter was in the hospital for two days after the accident, in which a 38-year-old Madison woman struck the child around 4:17 p.m. He suffered a concussion, she said, in addition to several visible lacerations.

“Something desperately needs to be taken care of,” she told the Press. “I’m not going to stop until it’s

done.”

According to the police report, the driver is being cited for failure to yield.

The report states that the driver of the van had seen Hunter at the corner and stopped driving to allow him to cross the street, but the driver of the car that hit the child was “concerned about speed and not wanting to have the (van) cross in front of her into the right lane.”

Ald. Sarah Gaskell (Dist.

2), the city’s Public Safety committee chair, told the council to effect change, police need to be part of the process and crossing guards should be consulted. Gaskell also pointed out the campus will have even younger kids there in 2020, when it becomes an elementary school, making it more imperative.

“We’re still going to have people that are late, we’re still going to have people that won’t follow the rules,”

she said. “It has to go handin-hand with enforcement, and also just a culture shift – that once you get to Verona city limits, you drive the speed limit and you observe the traffic laws.”

Hunter was at home last Friday in mostly good spirits, and he told the Press he hoped safety could be improved at the intersection, which features crossing guards before and after school to help students cross Main Street.

He said his mother asked him if she could push for more safety measures there using the story of what happened to him, and he agreed.

“I didn’t want other kids or people to get hit,” he said.

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All city residents can vote at City Hall during normal business hours. Unlike some previous, high-turnout elections, city clerk Ellen Clark told the Press, there are no early voting hours for this election.

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Equity plan getting a five-year phase-in Board will soon begin resource allocation process SCOTT GIRARD Unified Newspaper Group

The Verona Area School District’s recent push toward equity-based resource allocation could be phased in over the next five years, beginning with a proposal from administrators next month.

Administrators are planning to bring “some ideas about prioritization of resources” based on the pillars in the strategic plan approved last year to an upcoming meeting for the board to consider, superintendent Dean Gorrell told the board Monday. “(We want you to) have some idea of a place to start rather than just a blank board,” Gorrell said.

Board president Noah Roberts said there is a “broad range” of topics the conversation will cover.

“It could be something from allocating this FTE for behavioral specialists … or changing this process so that there’s less paperwork on our teachers, so they have more time to connect with our students,” Roberts said.

The board has been working toward a new, equity-driven resource allocation process since last year, when it created

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a rubric to help guide its decisions based on the new strategic plan. The five pillars in that plan are: authentic relationships; safe, inclusive learning environment; high expectations for every student; supporting and empowering staff; and equitable allocation of resources.

The plan administrators are going to bring to the board in April will include considerations of topics like money, policy, practice and time. Gorrell acknowledged that there is “a lot of fluidity between year one and year four,” and whatever the board approves can change over time, but said it’s important to have a big-picture conversation.

“We have to map out a plan, otherwise it’s like you’re shooting from the hip each time,” Gorrell said.

Consultant Mary Fertakis, who helped guide the board through the strategic planning process, told the board via phone Monday that they were doing great work.

“It’s giving you a framework to work from on a consistent basis,” Fertakis said.

“It’s going to help you and staff start to internalize, ‘This is the way we do business,’ and it’s gonna make things more efficient for you.”

A growing feeling of anxiety and depression among seventh through 12th grade students is one of the revelations from an assessment taken by 30,000 students around Dane County.

Last year’s Dane County Youth Assessment showed 3 percent of VAHS respondents reported attempting suicide over the last year, Verona Area School District director of student services Emmett Durtschi pointed out to the school board Monday night.

“That’s 45 students at the high school, many of whom have not self-reported,” Durtschi said. “Kind of a sobering thought, to think that there’s probably 30 to 40 kids that feel like they attempted suicide in the last year that may or may not be receiving any help.”

VA S D h a d 1 , 7 9 9 responses, with 785 from middle schoolers and 1,014

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from high school students.

Durtschi’s presentation showed that anxiety was on the rise for both groups countywide.

Of the nearly 70 percent at VAHS who reported feeling anxious, 67.4 percent were female, 27.3 percent identified as LGBTQ and 61.6 percent struggled with homework. On the latter point, said board member Kristina Navarro Haffner, who has children in high school, there is more pressure to increase the challenge in classes each year.

“The kids are told pursue rigor, and make sure it’s stepped up throughout high school,” Navarro Haffner said. “I’ve had staff members tell me that by the time they’re a senior, then, they feel like they have to take four APs, the amount of homework they have is overwhelming.”

Other trends Durtschi noted were VASD respondents having higher rates of staying up past 11 p.m. on school nights than the county as a whole, and

growing use of e-cigarettes.

He said the district’s support services teams are using the data to consider practices, and he noted he is working with board m e m b e r s a n d s t a ff t o develop a comprehensive social emotional wellness plan.

Board president Noah Roberts, who is one of the board members working on that plan, said the data was “shocking,” but “not really a surprise.”

“We’re perfectly positioned now to address it from a systemic level,” Roberts said.

The assessment is distributed every three years and has a data set that goes back to 1980. Durtschi said the questions can shift slightly between surveys, pointing out new questions on gender identification in the 2018 version, for example.

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Maps: Three attendance area options will presented to the school board, general public On the Web

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Find out what three maps the committee selected at its Tuesday night meeting:

• Student Diversity • Contiguous attendance areas when / where possible • Fiscal efficiency • Logical feeder elementary school to middle school structure • Match projected enrollment with efficient building utilization • Minimize number of students impacted by attendance area changes • Neighborhood unity • Transportation efficiency

ConnectVerona.com expected to narrow the six remaining options to three to bring to the public. It will reconvene Wednesday, April 24, to hear about the input from the community and decide which of the three options it wants to forward onto the school board. The committee was charged with recommending up to three options for the board to consider.

The board could hold more outreach meetings after that point, but Monday board president Noah Roberts and superintendent Dean Gorrell agreed that June was a good

timeline to have a final decision approved.

That’s two months later than the original plan, which called for a decision

by early April. That timeline was driven by the desire to have plans approved before a new person was elected and avoid making it a campaign

issue while also not dropping someone new into such a significant decision with less context.

But with an uncontested election on the ballot, the candidate appointed early and two meetings of the committee canceled for weather, Gorrell said June would be acceptable.

Roberts had initially suggested the “end of summer” as a deadline Monday, but Gorrell pointed out several items need to be taken care of after the boundaries, including remapping hazardous transportation zones and considering start times for the middle and high schools.

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Verona Area School District officials and consultants will hold meetings from 6-7:30 p.m. on back-to-back Tuesdays, April 9 and 16, to share the proposals the committee will recommend, with both elementary and middle school maps on display. Each final map will go into effect for the 2020-21 school year, when the new high school opens and other schools shift buildings.

The first meeting will be at the Catholic Multicultural Center, 5256 Verona Road, Fitchburg, and is geared toward Spanish-speaking families. The 30-minute presentation will be in Spanish, but English speakers can attend and use interpretation equipment provided by the

district.

A week later, the same presentation will be given in English at the Verona Area High School Performing Arts Center, 300 Richard St. Spanish-speakers are welcome to attend and use the district’s interpretation equipment.

After the presentation, which will detail the options still being considered, there will be an hour for attendees to visit three stations for more specific information.

One table will feature the consultants who worked with the committee on enrollment projections and option development, another will have representatives from the bus company and the third will have school district staff.

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Town of Verona supervisor questionnaire

Alice Handel

Both Town of Verona supervisor seats are uncontested in the April 2 election, with one featuring a new candidate to the board: Tom Mathies. The Press sent him a questionnaire to hlep voters get to know their new representative.

Tom Mathies Lived in Verona since: 2005 Political experience: Several roles in To w n o f Verona: Open Space and Parks Commission, Ordinance Committee and Mathies Joint Planning Committee.

Other notable affiliations: Prescribed burn volunteer with Dane County Parks.

Essay questions Why are you running for supervisor?

The town has been making good progress on a variety of issues thanks to work by the Town Board, staff and residents. I’m keen to help continue these

efforts. Near-term challenges include stormwater management and the budget.

What should be the town’s most important priority other than keeping taxes reasonable?

Broadly speaking, the town’s top priority should be planning. In areas such as land use, roads, services and the environment, we will make better decisions when we develop plans with the participation of town residents.

Has the 2016 town-city boundary agreement been a good thing for the town overall?

Yes. This agreement benefits the town by guiding towards more predictable growth and by providing a venue for cooperation with the City of Verona.

Did the town do a good job putting together its comprehensive plan last year?

The comprehensive plan is excellent. The future land use map was thoughtfully designed and will serve the town well. Many opportunities are identified in the comprehensive plan, so a challenge for the Town Board is to determine how to prioritize these opportunities.

What should a supervisor’s role be in communicating with citizens, especially in light of the revaluation this year?

In addition to the revaluation, there will be townwide rezoning as part of adopting Dane County’s new zoning. Town staff will take the lead on communicating with residents.

Supervisors will help answer questions and help resolve potential disagreements.

was later found standing outside his vehicle, smoking a cigarette and waiting for a ride. The man denied driving despite the keys being in his pocket. The man had a BAC of .19 and was released to a responsible party.

March 3 12:20 p.m. A dog locked itself inside a car while its owner was purchasing items from a resident on the 200 block of Noel Way. Police Kimberly Melzer stood by while Rescue Rangers unlocked the woman’s vehicle.

Kimberly L. Melzer, age 11:14 p.m. An anony49, passed away on Monday, mous man on the 100 block March 11, 2019, after a long of Gilman Street twice rebattle with cancer, at Agrace ported hearing noise in his HospiceCare in Fitchburg, attic, claiming he was worried about people being in his ceiling and banging on rafters. He refused to speak to officers, and was warned would clear it out of the roadafter calling 911 the second way immediately.

5:37 p.m. Icy conditions time for a non-emergency. prompted three people to slide off of the roadway into March 7 10:18 a.m. A 71-year-old ditches and snow banks on Sister Bay man reported his Hwy. 18-151 and at intersecdebit card had been fraudu- tions in the city. lently used at Casey’s General March 9 Store to purchase a carton of 4:27 a.m. A man was cigarettes totalling $82.

2:41 p.m. A woman re- booked into the Dane Counported a likely scam after ty Jail on parole violations. her mother was contacted by Officers made contact with someone claiming to be from the man after a Kwik Trip the Verona post office. The employee reported a man individual asked if the wom- wearing a ski mask who an was home because they was pounding on the doors needed to deliver a package. asking to be let in because Post office employees ad- he ran out of gas. He told vised police they didn’t make officers his current address, any calls to the woman, nor which is a place he is prohibwas there any packages for ited from living in because a victim in a domestic incident her.

5:06 p.m. A woman re- also resides there. ported being stalked by a March 10 man she met at her college.

12:40 p.m. Officers were The man had made multiple unwanted contacts, such dispatched to the Church Avas visiting her place of em- enue and Shuman Street area ployment, sending her pizza for a husky-breed dog causorders, making visits to her ing a safety hazard. Police home and sending her Face- followed tips from dispatch to the dog’s location at Culbook Messenger messages. ver’s and then to the Verona Ice Arena. It was eventually March 9 10:22 a.m. Police warned found at a softball diamond a man for shoveling snow eating a dead rabbit. The dog into the roadway on Enter- was returned to its owner. prise Drive. The man explained he was clearing the – Kimberly Wethal driveway so melting snow could make it into the storm drain. He told officers he

Alice Handel

Alice R. Handel, age 84, passed away on Thursday, March 14, 2019, at Agrace HospiceCare, surrounded by her family. She was born on March 21, 1934, in New Glarus, the daughter of Adolph and Lillian (Anderson) Sonsteby.

Alice married John Handel on March 28, 1954.

They raised their family on their farm between Mount Horeb and Verona. Alice and John moved to Verona in 1989 when they sold the farm to their son, Steve.

Alice loved flowers, birds

Kimberly Melzer

POLICE REPORTS Feb. 23 4:50 p.m. A Verona woman reported having received a call from an individual claiming to be a captain with the Dane County Sheriff’s office.

The caller attempted to convince her she had missed a jury trial date, and told her she was needed to meet a deputy on East Washington Avenue alone, where they would then take her to the courthouse. The woman did not meet up with them. Two other Verona residents received identical calls within a two-hour span, resulting in an 82-year-old man giving out his home address.

Officers walked around the man’s residence as a precaution.

8:02 p.m. A 56-year-old Fitchburg man was arrested for his third OWI offense after he crashed his vehicle on Hwy. 151. Officers found beer cans and a small bottle of gin in his vehicle. The man had a BAC of .28 and was released to a responsible party.

Feb. 24 10:33 a.m. A 51-year-old Mount Horeb man reported that a 32-year-old Madison man hit him in the face while in the Miller and Sons Supermarket liquor department. The Mount Horeb man claimed the Madison man had hit him because of a small claims dispute from years prior. There were no witnesses, and the on-duty manager didn’t know how to retrieve surveillance video.

5:54 p.m. A white Mercedes was stolen from the parking lot of Verona Nail and Spa after the owner left it running outside. A witness told officers they saw four people steal it.

Feb. 25 2:40 a.m. A 36-year-old Madison man was arrested for his third OWI. He was seen driving by officers, and

Feb. 26 8:02 a.m. A false burglary alarm at Pizza Ranch led to a 55-year-old Madison man to be arrested. When officers arrived at the restaurant, they made contact with an employee who had an active warrant in Rock County.

Police took him to the Dane County Jail.

12:19 p.m. Police transported a woman to Meriter for a mental health evaluation after she was seen attempting to enter moving vehicles by grabbing the door handles as they drove by on Legion Street.

Feb. 28 8:20 a.m. A woman reported seeing a taxi driver urinate outside of Sugar Creek Elementary School.

She told police she had tried to contact the company about the incident, but they were not cooperative.

9:39 a.m. An officer spoke with a group of preschool students ages 4-5 about his job as a community resource officer for their “Career Week.”

March 1 1:34 p.m. A student stole money from two staff members while all three were working at the district’s central office.

7:36 p.m. A man reported that someone had turned on an outside water spigot at his home on Whalen Road while he was out of the state.

He only knew of the incident because the Public Works department had gone to his home after questioning his unusually high water usage.

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and enjoyed working in her garden. Mowing the lawn was one of Alice’s favorite activities. Alice loved canning, making strawberry jam, and pies, including her favorite, rhubarb pie.

Alice enjoyed being outdoors. Alice adored her family and being around her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Alice is survived by her four children, Ruth (Vince) Lennon of Naples, Fla., Mary Handel of Miami, Fla., Steve (Donna) Handel of Verona and Linda (John) Hellie of Stratton, Maine; six grandchildren, Tonya Duerst, Jessica (Esteban) Estrada Garcia, Michael (Eunice Shriver) Garcia, Dylan (Bryanna) Handel, Devon Handel and Alison (Dylan Nimz) Handel; great-grandchildren, Mackenzie, Mayce, Elizabeth, Lyle, Clyde and Esteban; and other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband, John; her parents, Adolph

and Lillian; and her siblings, Mildred Rufener, Arlene Yaun and Jerome Sonsteby.

A funeral service was held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 20, 2019, at Salem United Church of Christ, 502 Mark Dr., with Rev. Dr. Mark Yurs officiating.

Burial will immediately follow at Verona Cemetery.

A visitation was held from 5-8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 19, 2019, at Ryan Funeral Home, 220 Enterprise Dr., and then again at the church on Wednesday from 10 a.m. until the time of service.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Salem United Church of Christ or to Agrace HospiceCare. To view and sign this guestbook, please visit: www.ryanfuneralservice.com.

surrounded by her family.

She was born April 11, 1969 in Elkhorn, the daughter of Richard Kluge and Debra (Beaver) Elliot.

Kim had a contagious laugh and a funny sense of humor. Kim loved coloring, quilting, walking barefoot on the beach and reciting “Friends” episodes. Most of all, she loved her kids.

Kim is survived by her three children, Connor, Nathan and Lauryn; mother, Debra; father, Richard; siblings, Ricky Kluge, Bryan Kluge, Tiffany Elliot and Cody Elliot; her loyal canine companion, Sally; and extended family. She is preceded in death by Grandma Agnes.

A visitation was held on March 14, 2019 at Ryan Funeral Home in Verona.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be written to the family.

The family wishes to thank Dr. Toby Campbell, Agrace HospiceCare and to longtime friend, Luci Becker, for all the care and support they provided to Kim and to her family.

To view and sign this guestbook, please visit www.ryanfuneralservice. com.

Ryan Funeral Home & Cremation Services Verona Chapel 220 Enterprise Drive 845-6625

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Pie-in-the-face At left, Badger Ridge Middle School sixth grade Science and Social Studies teacher Chuck Monzon receives a pie to the face from sixth-grader Valerie Erdtmann during the lunch hour on Wednesday, March 13. Students who raised the most money for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital got to stick a pie in the face of any teacher they wanted.

At right, Badger Ridge Middle School principal Alan Buss takes a pie to the face from eighth-grader Emma Zick during the lunch hour on Wednesday, March 13.

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Center, Country View Elementary School fifth grader Kaylee Huddleston begins to rip duct tape off of the roll on Wednesday, March 13. Mika Passini’s class reached 100 Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports tickets, meaning they got to choose a reward for their good behavior, which involved taping their teacher to the wall.

Legals NOTICE The City of Verona Plan Commission will hold Public Hearings on April 3, 2019 at City Hall, 111 Lincoln Street, at 6:30 PM for the following planning and zoning matters: 1) Conditional use permit for a “group development” located at 345 Investment Court that would allow for the construction of a 4,704 square foot storage building.

2) Conditional Use Permit for a proposed indoor commercial entertainment land use, known as Hammer Forged Crossfit, located at 606 West Verona Avenue.

3) Conditional Use Permit to allow an Institutional Residential land use to be located at 841/857 North Main Street that would allow for the construction of a 100unit senior living facility.

4) Precise Implementation Plan (PIP) for the Sugar Creek Commons Hotel and Event Center to be located at 509 West Verona Avenue that would allow for the construction of a 120-room hotel and

350-seat conference event center.

Interested persons may comment on these planning and zoning matters during the public hearings at the April 3, 2019 meeting. The Plan Commission will make recommendations for these matters, which will then be reviewed by the Common Council for final decisions on Monday, April 8th.

Contact Adam Sayre, Director of Planning and Development, at 608-8489941 for more information on these items or to receive copies of the submittals.

Maps showing the location of the affected properties may be viewed at City Hall or may be obtained once the applicable copying fee has been paid to the City.

Ellen Clark, City Clerk Published: March 14 and 21, 2019 WNAXLP ***

CITY OF VERONA MINUTES COMMON COUNCIL MARCH 11, 2019 VERONA CITY HALL 1. Mayor Diaz called the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m.

2. Pledge of Allegiance 3. Roll call: Alderpersons Cronin, Gaskell, Jerney, Kemp, Kohl, Posey, Reekie and Touchett were present. Also present: Interim City Administrator Sayre, Fitch-Rona EMS Chief Anderson, Recreation Director Dudley, City Engineer Montpas, and City Clerk Clark.

4. Public Comment: Aaron Aspenson and Grant Duchac offered to answer any questions from the Council regarding item 10.C.(1), a precise implementation plan (PIP) for Festival Foods.

5. Approval of minutes from the February 25, 2019 Common Council meeting.

Motion by Kohl, seconded by Kemp, to approve the minutes of the February 25, 2019 Common Council meeting. Motion carried 8-0.

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A. Appointment of a citizen member to the Tourism Commission Mayor Diaz nominated Pat Wehrley to fill the seat on the Tourism Commission recently vacated by Karl Curtis.

Motion by Jerney, seconded by Reekie, to approve Pat Wehrley’s appointment to the Tourism Commission. Motion carried 8-0.

B. Fitch-Rona EMS 2018 Annual Report Fitch-Rona EMS Chief Patrick Anderson presented the Fitch-Rona EMS 2018 Annual Report.

7. Announcements: None.

8. Administrator’s Report: * The Verona Police Department is hosting an active shooter training event on Tuesday, April 9th from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. at the Sugar River United Methodist Church, located at 415 W. Verona Avenue.

The public is invited to attend, and preregistration is required. Attendees must be 18 years of age or older. * The Plan Commission will be on Wednesday, April 3rd at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall. * The City has transitioned its assessor services to Associated Appraisal.

Dean Peters has been assigned as the new City Assessor. * The next Common Council meeting will be held on March 18th at 6:00 p.m.

There will be no Common Council meeting on March 25th. * Mayor Diaz added that he met with Senator Erpenbach and Representative Pope regarding the TIF valuation error that was made last year. He will continue to work toward a solution that is equitable for all.

9. Engineer’s Report: 10. Committee Reports A. Finance Committee (1) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Payment of Bills. Motion by Cronin, seconded by Kemp, to pay the bills in the amount of $1,184,751.99. Motion carried 8-0.

(2) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Notice of claim for vehicle damage.

Motion by Cronin, seconded by Posey, to pay a claim for vehicle damage from Richard Jensen in the amount of $2,367.17. Motion carried 8-0.

(3) Discussion Re: 2019 preliminary borrowing estimates. Staff has begun the 2019 borrowing process. This includes the 3rd $1,000,000 payment to the Verona Area School District for road construction related to the new high school, $450,000 for CTH M reconstruction, $300,000 for bike/ped construction, a $50,000 change order for the Fireman’s

Park project which would add an additional sidewalk, $450,000 for design of the new public works facility, $1,300,000 for a new fire department ladder truck, and $1,200,000 for the Lincoln Street storm water facility. Based upon Council feedback on the estimates, Staff will finalize the numbers and prepare for an early summer sale. Total debt for 2019 is $4,750,000. No action is required by the Council at this time.

B. Park, Recreation and Welfare Committee (1) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Feasibility study for the remodeling of the existing public works facility to a recreation facility. Motion by Reekie, seconded by Jerney, to approve a feasibility study for the remodeling of the existing public works facility to a recreation facility. The 2019 budget included $10,000 for a feasibility study for the remodeling of the existing public works facility to a recreation facility. KSW Construction Corporation has submitted a proposal for the feasibility study, which would take approximately eight to nine weeks to complete. Recreation Director Casey Dudley was available for questions regarding this item. Discussion followed regarding a needs study, difficulty finding room for daytime programming, and the possibility of selling the old public works facility building. Motion by Reekie, seconded by Gaskell, to postpone a decision on this item pending further research by the Recreation Director regarding the department’s needs. Motion carried 8-0.

C. Plan Commission (1) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Resolution No. R-19-013 approving a precise implementation plan (PIP) to allow for the construction of a 67,177 square foot Festival Foods grocery store at 660 Hometown Circle. Motion by Gaskell, seconded by Kemp, to approve Resolution No. R-19-013 approving a precise implementation plan (PIP) to allow for the construction of a 67,177 square foot Festival Foods grocery store at 660 Hometown Circle. Motion carried 8-0.

(2) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Ordinance No. 19-938 repealing and recreating Title 13, Chapter 2 of the Municipal Ordinance relating to the City’s Floodplain Ordinance. Motion by Gaskell, seconded by Reekie, to approve Ordinance No. 19- 938 repealing and recreating Title 13, Chapter 2 of the Municipal Ordinance relating to the City’s Floodplain Ordinance. Motion carried 8-0.

(3) Discussion Re: Initial concept review for a proposed 95-acre development containing a medical clinic, commercial

uses, and multi-family uses to be located at 7278 Valley Road. No formal motion is required by the Council at this time. Discussion followed regarding traffic concerns in connection with the new high school, the possibility of a public bus route to the area, environmental impacts to the Sugar River Watershed, and the possibility of including workforce housing in the development. Several Council members expressed their displeasure with a ‘big box’ store being part of the development. For the most part, Council members are happy with the development being dedicated to health care and senior living.

11. New Business A. Discussion and Possible Action Re: Approval of operator licenses. Motion by Reekie, seconded by Cronin, to approve operator license applications as presented by the City Clerk. Motion carried 8-0.

12. Adjournment: Motion by Kohl, seconded by Reekie, to adjourn at 8:06 p.m. Motion carried 8-0.

Ellen Clark City Clerk Published: March 21, 2019 WNAXLP *** NOTICE ELECTORS OF THE CITY AND TOWN OF VERONA Notice is hereby given that the Public Test of the Automatic Tabulating and Electronic Voting Equipment to be used for the April 2, 2019 Spring Election in the City of Verona and Town of Verona will be conducted on Monday, March 25, 2019 at the respective municipal buildings. The City of Verona and Town of Verona will conduct their tests at 10:30 AM. This test is open to the general public.

Ellen Clark, Clerk City of Verona 111 Lincoln Street Verona, WI 53593 608-845-6495 John Wright, Clerk Town of Verona 7669 County Highway PD Verona, WI 53593 608-845-7187 Published: March 21, 2019 WNAXLP ***

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A. Grain-free diets have been popular for some time now. However; a recent increase in heart disease

A. Falls happen so quickly that it may be difficult to tell how/what was injured. A visit to

your physician with possible imaging/testing, will allow for an initial assessment to determine the extent/area of damage. If you fell on an outstretched hand or forearm, which is most often the case, then the rotator cuff or biceps may be injured. A Physical Therapist (PT) is skilled in evaluating and treating the shoulder with a thorough assessment of the shoulder’s joints, muscles, Susan Armstrong, MPT tendons, and nerves, and will determine an appropriate treatment plan for the injury. Initial treatment may include modalities to heal the injured muscle/tendon/connective tissue (infrared Physical Therapist therapy, ultrasound, cryotherapy, etc.), hands-on healing techniques to assist with decreasing pain (myofascial release, muscle energy, manual edema control, etc.), and a functional exercise program to promote strength and mobility. Stellar Rehab offers one-on-one, innovative, skilled Physical Therapy services that will assist your body with the healing/recovery process. Call Stellar Rehab at 845-2100 with any questions - the sooner, the better!

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DENTIST

CHIROPRACTOR

Q. What makes sugary drinks so bad for your teeth?

A. Everyone knows that the mouth is loaded with bacteria.

Like all living things, bacteria need to eat too. Bacteria love carbohydrates (sugars). When bacteria eat the sugars, they produce waste in form of acids. These acids attack tooth enamel to cause decay, especially when daily brushing does not remove the bacteria (plaque) and acids.

Sugary drinks provide the food source for these bacteria. Some drinks are extra acidic and attack the enamel directly. A general rule to remember regarding sugars and carbohydrates is that it’s not just the volume of sugar that matters, but also the contact time that the sugars/acids have with teeth.

In other words, one glass of juice every night can be worse than 4 glasses in a single day.

Brushing and flossing is the most important step in preventing tooth decay but diet is a very close second and in young children may be the key to preventing tooth decay.

Q. I’m getting severe pain in my wrist and hand. Is this carpal tunnel syndrome? Is there anything besides surgery that can help if it is?

A. There are actually many different compression syndromes that can cause pain or numbness in the hands and wrists. Once we make a proper diagnosis we can treat your pain, without surgery, utilizing a four-step approach. First, we would assess your ergonomics at work or at home Jill Unwin, Lee Unwin, DC, CCEP BCMT, CSCS so that you could make immediate corrections to your environment which is helpful in preventing the situation from getting worse or reoccurring. Second, we would assess and adjust any subluxations of the spine and extremity. Correcting the subluxation is essential in restoring function to the nerve, muscle and joint area. Third, we would begin massage treatment of the arm and wrist to reduce adhesions and maintain flexibility of the wrist flexors and extensors. Lastly, we would prescribe exercises that could be done at work or at home to maintain strength and flexibility. With these four simple steps you can typically avoid having to resort to surgery and you come away with the knowledge and ability to prevent it from happening again.

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ATTORNEY

HEATING/COOLING

Q. What is the DOG BITE LAW? A. The old version of Wis. Stat. § 174.02(1)(b), which is commonly

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referred to as the “dog bite” statute, provided for doubled damages if the offending dog injured a person, a domestic animal, or other property and the owner had notice that the dog had previously caused one of these types of injuries without provocation. The most recently amended version of Wis. Stat. § 174.02(1)(b) permits double damages Attorney in situations where a dog bites a person with sufficient force to break Gail Groy the skin and cause permanent physical scarring if the owner was on notice that the dog had previously bitten a person with sufficient force to break the skin and cause permanent physical scarring. This amendment constitutes a significant change in the substantive right to recover damages caused by a dog bite.

Q. How do I select a whole house high efficiency air cleaner?

A. Several different types of air cleaners are available today. The most basic

Dave Kaltenberg

608-845-8494 161 Horizon Dr., Verona, WI 53593

THE CARING CENTER

REAL ESTATE

Q. When does the Spring real estate market ramp up?

A. Among the cold and snow, buyers started coming out in February. We

Q. My 5 year old child wants to wear the same shirt for days in a row. I need ideas!

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Keith & Kinsey Schulz Real Estate Team

SENIOR CARE

INVESTMENTS

Q. Is There Help For My Dad’s Hearing Loss?

A. About one-third of Americans between the ages of 65 and 74 have hearing problems.

Q. Is it time for some financial spring cleaning?

A. Spring is here – which means it’s time for some spring cleaning. This year, in addition to

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tidying up your surroundings, you may also want to clean up your financial environment – and some of the same moves may apply.

For starters, get rid of the “clutter” you may find in your investment portfolio. If you have too many of the same type of investments, consider selling some and using the proceeds to buy others that may help fill out your portfolio. Also, just as you may find new uses for existing items when you’re sprucing up your home, you might be able to “repurpose” some of your investments.

For example, if you are taking stock dividends in cash, consider reinvesting them to increase the shares you own. Finally, spring cleaning also gives you a chance to establish new habits to ® Brendon Diers, AAMS avoid future problems. As an investor, you can also develop some positive habits, such as “paying Financial Advisor yourself first” by investing regularly each month. Doing some financial spring cleaning today can help improve your prospects for achieving your important goals tomorrow.

This article was written by Edward Jones for the use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.

wrote several offers in February and early March that were competing against other offers. We also received multiple offers on listings in February, and I anticipate competing offers on several of the listings we have hitting the market in March. It’s safe to say the Spring market has sprung. While inventory is still limited, I expect to see more houses hitting the market in the coming weeks, allowing a few more options for buyers. Historically, the peak month for closings is June; meaning that many of those June closings would have been listed in March, April, or May. If you are thinking of selling, now is your prime time – so give a call!

Making a Difference, One Home at a Time!

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A. Just like many adults choose favorite pieces of clothing for comfort or other reasons, children often go though periods where they return to the same few things to wear. Try making it a part of the bedtime routine to put soiled clothes in the hamper and then select clothes to lay out for the next day. You can select a few choices as the parent and let your child pick from those. Or, make it a game – give your child a calendar grid and every day they can draw in the clothes to wear the next day. One last thought – there might be sensory issues for some children that dictate what they don’t like wearing – annoying labels, tight sleeves, uncomfortable buttons etc.

types are made just to keep the HVAC equipment clean. The next type of air cleaner provides equipment protection like the first type, and filters out pollens, mold spores, and pet dander. These filters were originally developed for people with allergies, but are often used as a good general purpose air cleaner. The last type of air cleaner is the electronic type. They filter out the smallest of particles like smoke, viruses and bacteria. These are the best choice for anyone with asthma, or otherwise interested in providing the cleanest environment. Beyond efficiencies, the frequency of maintenance should be considered when selecting an air cleaner. For help with selecting the right air cleaner for your home contact Dave at OK Heating and Air Conditioning.

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shoulder. Is there anything that can be done?

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in dogs eating certain types of diets may give some concern that diet could play a role in causing heart disease. There are many myths and misperceptions about diet and owners are often very confused when choosing a healthy diet for their dog.

A condition called dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) has been caused by taurine deficiency in some cats, which is why standard cat foods are supplemented with taurine. Recent theories and research suggest that the up-tick in cases of DCM in dogs may be due to taurine deficiency in the grain-free diets that seem to be so popular. Many pet owners have bought into the grain-free myth. The fact is that food Brian Hoelscher allergies are very uncommon, so there’s no benefit of feeding pet foods containing exotic ingredients.

D.V.M. Some recent studies suggest that diets containing large amounts of legumes such as lentils and peas are to blame for development of heart disease.

There is still much we don’t know about the link between grain-free diets and heart disease in dogs. Our strongest recommendation at this time is that unless specifically recommended by your veterinarian, there is no benefit to feeding grain-free diets to your dog.

High quality grain-inclusive diets are widely available and will provide all the nutrients your dog needs to stay active and healthy.

Q. I slipped and fell on the ice and now I am having a hard time moving my

Stephen Rudolph FACHE, CSA

About half the people who are 85 and older have hearing loss. Whether a hearing loss is small (missing certain sounds) or large (being profoundly deaf), it is a serious concern.

If left untreated, problems can get worse. Hearing loss can affect your life in many ways.

You may miss out on talks with friends and family. On the telephone, you may find it hard to hear what the caller is saying. At the doctor’s office, you may not catch the doctor’s words. Sometimes hearing problems can make you feel embarrassed, upset, and lonely. It’s easy to withdraw when you can’t follow a conversation at the dinner table or in a restaurant. It’s also easy for friends and family to think you are confused, uncaring, or difficult, when the problem may be that you just can’t hear well. If you have trouble hearing, there is help. Start by seeing your doctor. Depending on the type and extent of your hearing loss, there are many treatment choices that may help. Technology has come a long way! Hearing loss does not have to get in the way of your ability to enjoy life.

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