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Jesse Charles, left, and his children, Duncan and Annabelle, secure the headstone for Carrie Larson atop her grave at the Badger Prairie cemetery along East Verona Avenue on Sunday, May 20. The gravestones were removed decades ago and a Verona Area Historical Society project is returning about 70 of them this year that had been stored at the home of Paul Hegge, rear.

‘Dignity they deserve’ Local project returning grave markers to old hospital’s cemetery Verona Press editor

Decades ago, roughly 400 grave markers were removed from their places above the bodies buried at the Dane County Asylum’s cemetery before 1950.

Eventually, about 70 of those small, white stones made their way to the backyard of a Town of Verona home. Some stones were piled in a

corner, and others were used as pavers in a flower garden.

This month, after volunteers spent nearly two years getting various permissions from county and state entities and the homeowner, the first few stones were put back where they belong at the Badger Prairie cemetery along East Verona Avenue.

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County, city team on park expansion Fireman’s Park adds 13 acres for new master plan JIM FEROLIE Verona Press editor

A deal to nearly double the size of Fireman’s Park is getting county support.

Dane County announced T h u r s d a y, M a y 1 7 , i t is providing a grant of

$20,500, about one-fourth the total cost of the property, to expand the park by 13.1 acres to the east.

Part of the expansion, which grew out of attempts to find a location for a pool, is necessary for the implementation of the park’s new master plan, which the city approved in March. That plan changes the entrance to the eastern edge of the current park and lines it up with another The

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B u t i t a l s o p r ov i d e s access to the Badger Mill Creek, and ultimately, the Sugar River, which got the county interested, as it’s been expanding access to the river for several years now.

“Protecting our beautiful natural resources is critical to ensuring our high quality of life in Dane County,” Dane County Executive Joe Parisi said in a news

release last week. “I am proud of all the conservation efforts Dane County has (led). This is another important part of our efforts to increase access to outdoor recreational activities.”

The city has met in closed session to discuss the price of the land, and it plans to vote on the acquisition at its next meeting, Tuesday, May

July: Review historical guiding principles, current boundaries August: Reaffirm or re-establish guiding principles September: Establish boundary committee October-February 2019: Committee creates options, narrows to 2-3 March 2019: First review of boundary recommendation April 2019: Board vote on changes

Verona Area School District parents will know more than a year ahead of time where their children will begin the 2020-21 school year under a plan presented Monday.

The timeline laid out for the Verona Area school board by a pair of consultants would have new boundaries – a result of last year’s referendum to build a new high school – voted on

by April 2019.

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‘A great culmination of learning’ VAHS sophomore Luka DiMaggio earns Eagle Scout distinction KIMBERLY WETHAL Unified Newspaper Group

At the age of six, now-Verona Area High School sophomore Luka DiMaggio put up a fight when his mother insisted on taking him his first Cub Scout meeting.

“I remember I was in my front yard when my mom told me, ‘I’m taking you to a Cub Scout meeting,’” DiMaggio said. “My response was, ‘Please, no, I don’t want to go, I want to stay here.’

“She said, ‘No, it’ll be fun. Trust me.’ So I went and I had a lot of fun – it’s why I’ve stuck with it all these years.”

Now, DiMaggio, 15, a Fitchburg native, was awarded the rank of Eagle Scout, the 113th from his Verona-based Troop 628.

Working with the City of Fitchburg and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Conservation Biologist Heather Kaarakka, DiMaggio worked on an “intense” project for years that resulted in installing bat houses in varied locations around the city.

DiMaggio’s interest in bats started a half-decade ago when he was a 7-yearold Bear Scout and his troop went to a bat showcase.

DiMaggio liked the way they looked, and enjoyed learning about them, he said.

“Coming into this, I was pretty ignorant about bats, and that all bats suck blood, but that some eat fruit,” DiMaggio said. “I was pretty intrigued by that.”

There were problems within the bat population – White Nose Syndrome has killed off a significant number of the bat population – and DiMaggio saw his upcoming Eagle Scout project as a way to help.

White Nose Syndrome has killed an estimated 6.7 million bats since 2006, according to The Center for Biological Diversity. The disease results in bats not being able

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Eagle Scout Luka DiMaggio stands in front of the bat houses he completed. to sleep and prevents them from completing their necessary hibernation, DiMaggio said. It was the prevalence of White Nose Syndrome in the bat population that gave him the final push to make this his Eagle Scout project, DiMaggio said.

Often the disease spreads when humans enter caves where bats are raising their young, he said. With bat houses lifted 15 feet in the air, bats have a place to raise

their young where human interaction won’t be able to interfere.

“I felt like if I gave them a nice bat house, then that would cut down on the risk of them getting White Nose Syndrome,” he said. “It’s kind of a rebounding process, because we can’t completely prevent White Nose Syndrome, but if we give them a place to raise their young, it’ll give the population a chance to rebound.”

The project involved a number of steps – working with Kaarakka and the DNR and using echolocation survey data to locate the populations, deciding which color paint to use on the houses in order to best suit the specific species that would inhibit each type of bat house and working with the city to get the houses installed before the ground froze over last fall.

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For DiMaggio, the installation of his project came with a wave of relief.

“It was a nice feeling that all those months of work and all those years of planning finally came to fruition with (four) nice bat houses,” he said.

Coming to fruition DiMaggio had been determined to get his Eagle Scout project finished long before the deadline of his 18th birthday – he said he’d seen too many others in his troop fall just short of making the deadline, and he didn’t want that to happen to him.

“We installed them right before the winter,” DiMaggio said. “I did not want to wait until spring … I was relieved that we got them up then at that point in time.”

The project, in order to come to fruition, also required him to work alongside younger scouts from his troop – a management experience he said required an immense amount of patience.

“Even though I liked working with them, this was the first time I worked with a lot of younger scouts,” DiMaggio said. “They were trying to get service hours to obtain ranks of their own … even though I was the boss, you have to work with people so they’re happy as well.”

DiMaggio’s mother, Janet, who was his Scout Master at the time, noted to her son that he had chosen an intense project for his Eagle Scout distinction.

She recalls asking Luka about how involved the project was going to be, but he had wanted to move forward with it anyways.

“The sense of accomplishment he had I know was big, and as a parent, you’re really proud that not only they completed it, but it shows them that they can do something all the way through with having to flip gears and adversity, and be flexible,” she said. “It’s kind of like this great culmination of learning.”

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The Verona Area School District will have a new protocol for emergency situations by next year.

What exactly it will be is still to be determined, but the Verona Area school board approved a change to an “options-based response to critical incidents” Monday night from the current “shelter in place” instructions given to students.

Two weeks earlier, some district administrators had presented on a program called ALICE (Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate), but board member Russell King expressed concerns with

the program’s history and data used to support it. King was absent Monday night, and the board members present approved a more general change, rather than specifically authorizing ALICE. “We’re not hung up on any particular name,” superintendent Dean Gorrell said to begin the discussion.

The approval came three days after the latest school shooting made national news, with 10 people killed – eight students and two teachers – in a Texas school Friday morning.

“It’s not going to go away,” VASD director of security Todd Endl said. “Things are going to change, and we have to change with those techniques that people have.”

Board members stressed that regardless of the specific program, they wanted to see administrators work to customize it for different ages and different needs in VASD.

“I don’t think the ‘shelter in place’ model makes sense in this day and age,” said board member Meredith Stier Christensen. “I think we can tailor something that is appropriate.”

T h ey a l s o a s ke d f o r updates on the plans, with one expected before the 2018-19 school year, and said communicating to parents will be important so they can help reinforce the options at home.

The idea behind the “options-based” response is to allow students or teachers in a crisis situation, such as with an active shooter, to determine the best response based on the situation around them.

“Every one is different,” Endl said. “There are situations where you need to shelter in place and barricade, but then there’s other places where … it makes total sense to evacuate.”

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Superintendent Dean Gorrell said the Core Team, which is planning the new high school, had found the suggestion from board member Meredith Stier Christensen would save some money, though not as much as they initially hoped, because the moving costs will be expensive.

The current home-side bleachers would become the away-side bleachers for the football stadium, Gorrell said. The current away-side bleachers would serve as the home bleachers for soccer.

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The school board approved a new policy to guide parents with concerns or complaints Monday night, a month after it was first brought to them.

The policy outlines whom parents should approach with problems, a timeline for responding, and whom they should speak to next if they aren’t satisfied with the initial response.

“I really think this is an excellent policy that really lays out an accountable process,” said board president Noah Roberts. “It’s also transparent to our community, they know what to expect.”

Since the last meeting two weeks ago, administrators added timelines for responses from various parties.

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The project, which will replace the asphalt and other structural elements of the parking lots, has closed half of each lot at a time.

Both the library and senior center have been open throughout the construction work. To enter the library during this second phase of work, use the doors on the east side of the building. For those who need a wheelchair accesMap courtesy Verona Public Library sible entrance, the library Phase 2 on the construction of the library and senior center staff encourage using the parking lots began last week. Both lots are being redone in staff entrance of the build- two phases, with half of each lot being repaved at a time. ing and ringing the doorbell. The front door of the library will still be accessible to those entering from Enterprise Drive.

At the senior center, the doors on the southwest side will be accessible to enter the building.

Those decisions will likely be made by a mix of students and teachers, especially the latter for younger students, Stier Christensen said. Board member Kristina Navarro-Haffner said getting student buy-in will be important, and she added that getting feedback from high schoolers after drills could help.

“There has to be a certain amount of credibility with them about the process,” she said, or they won’t follow the guidance.

Duerst strongly recommended that whatever language is used, they should “keep it simple, stupid.”

“You don’t know how people will react under pressure,” Duerst said. “When pressure’s there, it needs to be simple to follow the steps.”

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Honor Gun Violence Awareness Day June 1 is National Gun Violence Awareness Day. Join the nation in wearing orange as a Memorial to those affected by gun violence. Over 35,000 Americans are killed every year by gun violence and thousands more are injured.

Wearing orange next weekend, June 1-3, gives our community an opportunity to recognize these victims.

Join in the movement, you can be an important player in spreading awareness about this issue.

Supporting this campaign isn’t about the “gun debate” or “choosing sides,” it’s about ending gun violence and saving lives.

Isn’t it time we come together.

We have to stop closing our minds and begin an open dialogue. Gun violence is at epidemic proportions in this country. No matter

what side of the gun debate you’re on, we all have to be asking why?

Why are so many people choosing mass killing to resolve their grievances? What is happening in our society that has created this dilemma? What can we do now to slow the tide?

Our children should not fear for their lives by going to school.

Parents should not be afraid their child will not be walking out the school door to greet them. No one should be fearful of going to a community event. So please, be one of the thousands of Americans committed to stopping gun violence. Help us turn America orange.

For more information, go to wearorange.org.

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very year I wait until the last possible day to file my income taxes and write the state and federal checks for the additional amounts that I always somehow seem to owe.

I know I am only satisfying myself by waiting until the last minute (and probably driving my CPA nuts), but I psychologically want to hold on to my money for as long as possible.

This year I’m happy to know Wisconsin will be writing me a check back in the form of a Child Sales Tax Rebate.

Between May Arndt 15 and July 2, Wisconsin residents with a qualified, dependent child can receive a sales tax rebate of $100. All you have to do to get it is submit a claim.

Gov. Scott Walker announced the rebate during his State of the State address in January and is touting it as a way taxpayers can benefit directly from Wisconsin’s anticipated $400 million budget surplus this year.

In addition, the state expanded the late-summer sales tax holiday intended to help parents save on back-to-school supplies from two days to five days.

From August 1-5, there will

be no sales tax charged on several specific items. Each has a limit: clothing (up to $75 per item), a personal use computer (up to $750) and school supplies (up to $75 per item). While this is intended to benefit families with children, retailers do not have to collect any information at the time of sale – purchases of those items during that time are exempt from sales tax for all customers.

To receive the Child Sales Tax Rebate, you have to submit a claim to the state and show that you have an eligible dependent child. The child must have been under 18, a Wisconsin resident and a U.S. citizen on Dec. 31, 2017 to qualify. Only one sales tax rebate will be paid per eligible child, and it will go to the child’s caregiver that was able to claim the child as a dependent on their 2017 tax return.

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Once the claim is submitted, you will receive a confirmation number for your reference.

After 72 hours, you can check the status of the claim on the same website. They expect most claims to be paid within three weeks.

If you have any questions or have a unique situation that you are unsure of, there is a link to common questions available on the claim website. If you still aren’t sure how to proceed you can call them during business hours, Monday to Friday.

File your claim and look forward to receiving a check from the government for once.

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Fair Verona cast performs Henry IV The Fair Verona Area Shakespeare Company (FVASC) is bringing the historical play Henry IV Part I to the stage this June for their final production of 2018.

FVASC’s performances are at 1 and 7 p.m. June 2 and 1 p.m. June 3 at the Verona Area High School Performing Arts Center.

FVASC is made up of VAHS and Exploration Academy students and performs entirely student-run productions of William Shakespeare plays.

Henry IV Part I is being directed

by VAHS seniors Caulden Parkel and Denisa Ramseier, with Joshua Erickson as tech director.

The play, written in 1597, is the second of a four-part series of Shakespeare histories starting with Richard II and ending with Henry V. It follows the outbreak of civil war in England. After Henry Bolingbroke’s (Kallie Bain) controversial

If You Go What: Fair Verona Shakespeare Company’s production of “Henry IV Part I” When: 1 and 7 p.m. June 2 and 1 p.m. June 3 Where: Verona Area High School Performing Arts Center Info: fairveronashakespeare company.weebly.com ascension to the throne, tensions arise. King Henry believes his son, Prince Hal (Riley Gowin), is tarnishing the royal name through immature behavior and association with unsavory figures such as drunken Falstaff (Seamus Angell).

Meanwhile, the Percy family feels mistreated by the king whom they

helped bring to power because he will not ransom the rightful heir to the throne. Their cousin Mortimer (Dominic Deyes). Worcester (Hannah Amell) devises a plan and, led by ambitious Hotspur (Kobe McElroy), the Percy’s revolt.

As the conflict escalates, Hal must prove himself as worthy to his father and the rest of England.

FVASC was established by VAHS students Graham Billings and Emma Ferguson in 2014. The company performed “Twelfth Night” that year, “The Tempest” in 2015 and two shows, “Much Ado About Nothing” and “Hamlet” in 2016. Last year, it performed “Romeo and Juliet” and “Taming of the Shrew.”

Tickets are $5 for students and seniors and $10 for adults. For information, visit fairveronashakespearecompany.weebly.com or search on Facebook.

Every Friday starting this week until Sept. 28, Wisconsin Brewing Company will open its backyard for live music and beer.

From 6-9 p.m., a new band will play each week during the duration of the event. The June 1 event will feature Moondance, a Madison-based rock ‘n’ roll band that plays music from the 1960s to the present.

Hot dogs and brats donated by Miller and Sons Supermarket will be sold, with proceeds donated to local nonprofits.

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with other non-alcoholic drinks.

The event is kid- and dog-friendly. Attendees are allowed to bring their own food to the event, but are not allowed to bring their own alcohol.

For information, call 848-1079.

Summer lineup June 1: Moondance June 8: The Red Hot Horn Dawgs June 15: Driveway Thriftdwellers June 29: Mascot Theory July 6: Hip Pocket July 13: Wheelhouse July 20: Reverend Raven and the Chainsmokin’ Altar Boys Featuring Westside Andy July 27: The Red Hot Horn Dawgs

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Sugar River group hosts annual fundraiser: Rob’s River Ramble AMBER LEVENHAGEN Unified Newspaper Group

The Upper Sugar River Watershed Association will hold its annual fundraiser June 3.

D u b b e d R o b ’s S u g a r River Ramble, the event includes a bike trip, a kayak or canoe paddle down the Sugar River and a party in Mount Horeb after the trip.

Nearly 600 people have participated over the last three years.

Registration ends May 31.

The cost varies depending on boat rentals and bicycle routes, but ranges from $45 to $85. A discounted rate is available for children 13 and under.

USRWA director Wade Moder told the Press the event is the organization’s biggest fundraiser of the year.

“All funds go toward all of the extra things we do in a year, including management of invasive species, water quality management and prairie restoration,” Moder said. “This

If You Go What: Rob’s Sugar River Ramble fundraiser When: Race check-in opens 7:30 a.m., music from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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big fundraiser helps get us through the tough times financially.”

Boat check in begins at 7 a.m. at 7401 Valley Road.

Participants who rent a boat should check in between 7:15-8:30 a.m. at Grundahl Park, 400 Blue Mound St. in Mount Horeb, where the event starts.

All entrants will need to check in at Grundahl Park to receive their information packets starting at 7:15 a.m.

All of the bicycle trails start at Grundahl Park. The Watershed Route, 31.9 miles, straddles the boundary between the Sugar River and Pecatonica River. The Hills Route, 19.8 miles, follows the West Branch Sugar and crosses several tributaries that feed into the west branch.

The Trail Route, 14.4 miles, follows tributaries of the Sugar River heading downstream through the watershed.

Trail passes are not needed for the event – it is scheduled on the Department of Natural Resource’s free trail weekend.

After the bicycle portion, participants will park their bicycles on the racks provided and paddle down the Sugar River. Volunteers will be available to help land the boats, and for those not renting, can help direct to the designated boat parking area.

A bus shuttle will run every 20 minutes back to Grundahl Park for the after-party. Bicycles and

boats can be kept at the designated drop off area, and are asked to be picked up by 2:30 p.m.

There will be pizza, pulled pork sandwiches, salad, chips, cookies and a beer and cider tasting. There will also be a raffle with tickets available for purchase.

For the complete event description, including directions, rental information, trail maps and after-party details, visit uppersugar.org/ ramble.

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After the program, a short ceremony will be held at the Verona Cemetery, 565

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Coming up Sensory-friendly storytime Children ages 3-5 are invited to sensory-friendly storytime from 9:15-9:45 a.m. Friday, March 25 at the Badger Prairie Needs Network, 1200 E. Verona Ave. The storytime will feature visuals and yoga.

For information, call 845-7180.

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music concert, food and drinks.

The live concert will feature Moondance.

Miller and Sons brats and hot dogs will be sold, as will a selection of beers and other drinks. Proceeds from the event benefit a local non-profit.

The event is kid- and dog-friendly and free to the public.

For information, call 848-1079.

WKOW meteorologist Bob Lindmeier will lead a discussion about the impact of warming winters after the showing of the documentary “Saving Snow” from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 30 at the library.

The documentary examines how skiLive Music in the Backyard ing and snowboarding communities are Bourbon Barrel maple syrup Join the Wisconsin Brewing Com- learning to cope with warming tempera- release pany from 6-9 p.m. May 25 at their tures and their contributions to a clean The Yahara Bay Distillers will be brewery, 1079 American Way, for a live energy future. Registration is required. releasing a Bourbon Barrel Maple Syrmusic concert, food and drinks.

For information, call 845-7180. up during an all-you-can-eat brunch The live concert will feature Reverfrom 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 2 at end Raven and the Chainsmokin’ Altar Verona Hometown Days Yahara Bay Distillery, 6250 Nesbitt Rd. Boys.

The Verona Hometown Days will The brunch is $8.

Miller and Sons brats and hot dogs take place from June 1-3 at Hometown For information, visit yaharabay.com. will be sold, as will a selection of beers USA Festival Park. and other drinks. Proceeds from the The festival will feature food, a beer Spring Fling event benefit a local non-profit. tent, live music and a carnival each day.

Rhapsody Art Center is hosting their The event is kid- and dog-friendly Friday will run from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. 12th annual Spring Fling from 3-6 p.m. and free to the public.

Saturday. Saturday’s events will go Sunday, June 3 at Rhapsody Art Center, For information, call 848-1079. from 8 a.m. to 12:30 a.m. Sunday. Sun- 1031 North Edge Trail. day will start at 7 a.m. and end at 8 p.m.

Book bike The open house will be pirate-themed For information, visit veronahome- and feature food, drink, art and music The public library will be bringing towndays.com. activities, along with a treasure hunt. their book bike to the Verona Artists The event is free, but is suggested and Farmers Market from 3-6:30 p.m. Live Music in the Backyard that each family donates $20.

Tuesday, May 29.

Join the Wisconsin Brewing CompaThere will be activities geared toward ny from 6-9 p.m. Friday, June 1 at their For information, visit rhapsodyarts. families and books will be available for brewery, 1079 American Way, for a live org/spring-fling-2018/ or email Denisa Ramseier at denisa.r@rhapsodyarts.org.

Community calendar Friday, May 25

Wednesday, May 30

• 9:15 a.m., Sensory-friendly storytime (ages 3-5), Badger Prairie Needs Network, 1200 E. Verona Ave., 845-7180 • 6-9 p.m., Live Music in the Backyard, Wisconsin Brewing Company, 1079 American Way, 848-1079

• 6:30 p.m., Saving Snow documentary showing, library, 845-7180

Monday, May 28

• 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday, Hometown Days, Hometown USA Festival Park, veronahometowndays. com • 9-6 p.m., Summer reading program begins, library, 845-7180 • 3-6 p.m., Rhapsody Arts Center’s 12th Annual Spring Fling, 1031 North Edge Trail, rhapsodyarts.org/ spring-fling-2018 • 6-9 p.m., Live Music in the Backyard, Wisconsin Brewing Company, 1079 American Way, 848-1079

Senior center closed Library closed • 7 p.m., Common Council, City Center, 111 Lincoln St., 845-6495

Tuesday, May 29

• 3-6:30 p.m., Verona Public Library Book Bike at Verona Artists and Farmers Market, Hometown Junction Park, 101 W. Railroad St., 8457180

Thursday, May 31

• 4-5:30 p.m., Teen gaming (ages 11-18), library, 845-7180

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Saturday, June 2

• 8 a.m. to 12:30 a.m. Sunday, Hometown Days, Hometown USA Festival Park, veronahometowndays.com • 9 a.m. to noon, Yahara Bay Distillers’ Bourbon Barrel Maple Syrup Release and all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast, Yahara Bay Distillers, 6250 Nesbitt Road, Fitchburg, yaharabay.com

Sunday, June 3

• 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., Hometown Days, Hometown USA Festival Park, veronahometowndays.com • 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Robs Sugar River Ramble (registration until May 31), $45-85, Grundahl Park, Mount Horeb, 437-7707

What’s on VHAT-98 Thursday, May 24 7 a.m. – Seneca Seasons at Senior Center 8 a.m.- Zumba Gold 9 a.m. – - Daily Exercise 10 a.m. – - Tom Waselchuck at Senior Center 2 p.m. – - Zumba Gold 3 p.m. – - Daily Exercise 4 p.m. – Marcel Letters at Senior Center 5 p.m. – Retro Swing at Senior Center 6 p.m. – - Salem Church Service 7 p.m. – - Jim Hetzel at Senior Center 8 p.m. – - Daily Exercise 9 p.m. – Making Memories at Senior Center 10 p.m. – Local Fossils at the Historical Society Friday, May 25 7 a.m. – Marcel Letters at Senior Center 1 p.m. – - Making Memories at Senior Center 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 4 p.m. – Retro Swing at Senior Center 5:30 p.m. – - 2016 Wildcats Football 8:30 p.m. – - Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – - Seneca Seasons at Senior Center 11 p.m. – Tom Waselchuck at Senior Center Saturday, May 26 8 a.m. – - Board of Review from 5-21-18 11 a.m. – - Vintage Verona

Sports 1 p.m. – - 2016 Wildcats Football 4:30 p.m. – Local Fossils at the Historical Society 6 p.m. – Board of Review from 5-21-18 9 p.m. – - Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – - Local Fossils at the Historical Society 11 p.m. – - Tom Waselchuck at Senior Center Sunday, May 27 7 a.m. – - Hindu Cultural Hour 9 a.m. – Resurrection Church 10 a.m. – - Salem Church Service Noon - Board of Review from 5-21-18 3 p.m. – - Vintage Verona Sports 4:30 p.m. – - Local Fossils at the Historical Society 6 p.m. – Board of Review from 5-21-18 9 p.m. – - Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – Local Fossils at the Historical Society 11 p.m. – - Tom Waselchuck at Senior Center Monday, May 28 7 a.m. – Marcel Letters at Senior Center 1 p.m. – - Making Memories at Senior Center 3 p.m. – - Vintage Verona Sports 4 p.m. – - Retro Swing at Senior Center

5 p.m. – - 2016 Wildcats Football 9 p.m. – - Hindu Cultural Hour 10 p.m. – Seneca Seasons at Senior Center 11 p.m. – Tom Waselchuck at Senior Center Tuesday, May 23 7 a.m. – Seneca Seasons at Senior Center 10 a.m.- Zumba Gold 9 a.m. – - Daily Exercise 10 a.m. – - Tom Waselchuck at Senior Center 2 p.m.- Zumba Gold 3 p.m. – - Daily Exercise 4 p.m. – Marcel Letters at Senior Center 5 p.m. – Retro Swing at Senior Center 6 p.m. – - Resurrection Church 7 p.m. – - Common Council Live 8 p.m. – - Jim Hetzel at Senior Center 9 p.m. – - Making Memories at Senior Center 10 p.m. – - Local Fossils at the Historical Society Wednesday, May 30 7 a.m. – Marcel Letters at Senior Center 1 p.m. – - Making Memories at Senior Center 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 5 p.m. – Common Council from 5-29-18 7 p.m. – - Capital City Band 8 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports

10 p.m. – - Seneca Seasons at Senior Center 11 p.m. – Tom Waselchuck at Senior Center Thursday, May 31 7 a.m. – Seneca Seasons at Senior Center 8 a.m.- Zumba Gold 9 a.m. – - Daily Exercise 10 a.m. – Tom Waselchuck at Senior Center 2 p.m. – - Zumba Gold 3 p.m. – - Daily Exercise 4 p.m. – Marcel Letters at Senior Center 5 p.m. – Retro Swing at Senior Center 6 p.m. – - Salem Church Service 7 p.m. – - Jim Hetzel at Senior Center 8 p.m. – - Daily Exercise 9 p.m. – Making Memories at Senior Center 10 p.m. – Local Fossils at the Historical Society

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

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

Fitchburg Memorial UCC 5705 Lacy Rd., Fitchburg (608) 273-1008 memorialucc.org Interim Pastor Laura Crow Sunday: 8:15 and 10 a.m.

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

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

Memorial Baptist Church 201 S. Main St., Verona (608) 845-7125 MBCverona.org Lead Pastor Jeremy Scott Sunday: 10:15 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 Pastor Nathan Strutz and Assistant Pastor Timothy Priewe 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,

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

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 a.m. & 10:45 a.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.

Sunday Worship: 10:15 a.m.

Fellowship Hour: 11:30 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 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.

West Madison Bible Church 2920 Hwy. M, Verona (608) 845-9518 www.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 Rev. Laura Crowe Sunday: 9:30 a.m. family worship

Simplicity “So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”

—Matthew 6:31-33 NIV Simplicity is perhaps the spiritual discipline which is most at odds with our complicated, affluent, modern way of life. It is hard to live a simple life if you are trying to keep up with the Joneses and are keen to have the latest gadgets. And let’s face it, very few of us can live the kind of simple, monastic life that we associate with cloistered monks. But perhaps the key to living and truly being simple is just to love and trust God, and to not be anxious about our next meal, or our clothing or housing. It is truly ironic that when we have little we can be anxious to accumulate money and material things to give us some security, and then when we have accumulated these things, we become anxious to safeguard them. Money and material things are no safeguard against illness or death, or a multitude of other misfortunes. Seek first the kingdom of God, and all these other things will come naturally, or at least you will be relieved of the anxiety you feel to acquire them. Living a simple life doesn’t require us to live like monks or hermits, but it does require us to have a single-minded devotion to God. – Christopher Simon

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.

• Parkinson’s Group, senior center, third Friday at 10 a.m.

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Boundaries: New attendance zones expected to have ‘shelf life’ of five to seven years parents about 16 months to adjust to the changes.

It has not been decided whether current students would be grandfathered or whether it would take effect at the same time for everyone. Whichever way it goes, superintendent Dean Gorrell said it should be done with a lasting effect in mind.

“It’s not something you go into haphazardly,” he said. “Whatever changes are made, the intent would be that it would have a shelf life, five or seven (years).”

The consultants’ plan would have board members begin to determine guiding principles in July, with a community group formed soon thereafter to evaluate the plans.

C o n s u l t a n t D r ew H ow i c k recently worked with the DeForest School District for boundary redrawing there and said the committee will be filled by community members and will play a key role. “(It needs a) clear charge from the board in terms of what it is you are looking for from them,” he said. “We know this is an emotional issue for people who are impacted by the change. You may have many people who wish to participate.”

Decisions for the board will include how to consider the charter schools in this process – which Howick said he had not dealt with

Past guiding principles • Students within walkable distances • Balanced student demographics • Neighborhoods stay together • Be flexible, but adhere to as many principles as possible • Keep school changes to a minimum before – and how many students to put into the new Sugar Creek Elementary School, which is expected to move into the current Badger Ridge Middle School.

Boundaries last changed on a districtwide level in 2006, when Glacier Edge Elementary School opened, but some neighborhoods were rezoned from the GE attendance area to Country View and Stoner Prairie in January 2016 as the newer school experienced overcrowding.

Board member Tom Duerst, who was on the board during that redistricting process and served on the committee, said setting the guiding principles will be the “most

significant decision we will make.”

The district’s administration led the creation of the previous set of guiding principles, including walking distance and balanced demographics, rather than consultants. But Gorrell said Howick and Mark Roffers – who has worked with the district on enrollment projections – are “the right two people helping us with this process” this time, given the scope and other current work in the district.

“If it were just this alone, it’d be a heavy lift,” Gorrell cautioned board members.

Process of ‘integrity’ After the guiding principles are established, the board will need to determine how to populate its committee.

Howick said having a “transparent” process and ensuring the community feels represented in the conversation will be key to district residents accepting the decision that will be made.

“Any recommendation will have its naysayers, so we just have to be prepared to say there was integrity in this process,” Howick said.

Creating the committee will include deciding how to let people know about the committee, soliciting invitations and determining what balance it should have among school representation and how large it should be, Howick said. He added that determining the “key stakeholders” in the redistricting

process will help reach those terms.

“I’m pretty confident that with a discussion among us, we can identify those criteria,” he said.

Howick suggested the committee’s meetings should stay open to the public so people can listen to the discussion. The district has done that with its strategic planning committee over the past few months.

Board president Noah Roberts added that with the strategic plan likely being approved in June, the board can use its “pillars” from that plan, which involved a committee of parents, to help establish the guiding principles.

Guiding principles in the GE decision were: • Students within walkable distances • Balanced student demographics • Neighborhoods stay together • Be flexible, but adhere to as many principles as possible • Keep school changes to a minimum

Big decisions The committee’s decision will depend largely on the board’s clarity in its instructions.

That will include a few significant, and likely controversial, considerations: how many students to put in the new Sugar Creek, whether students are able to stay at the schools they’re already in and the longevity of any changes.

Roffers said his recent work in

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raised in the suit were “as a matter of policy … surely debatable,” there was no debate as to the legal questions.

“But as a matter of law, the answer is clear,” he wrote.

Epic founder and CEO Judy Faulkner said in a statement the company was “pleased” with the decision.

“It is important that employers protect an employee’s right to file complaints, while also providing for a fair forum in which those grievances are addressed,” Faulkner said.

“When it comes to grievances regarding wages and hours, we believe individual arbitration agreements strike that reasonable balance and

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asked whether contracts that forbid class-action lawsuits over unpaid overtime and other employee-employer disputes were allowable under National Labor Relations Act. Epic argued – and the court agreed – that the contracts employees had entered into requiring individualized arbitration proceedings for grievances were allowable under the Arbitration Act, and that the NLRA did not override that legislation.

“Far from conflicting, the Arbitration Act and the NLRA have long enjoyed separate spheres of influence, and neither permits this Court to declare the parties’ agreements unlawful,” Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in the majority opinion.

That ruling, which the Associated Press reported could affect an estimated 25

million people who work under such contracts, was a reversal of what a lower court ruled in 2016. The lawsuit was one of three filed against Epic in the last few years related to overtime wages.

The four justices generally considered as making up the liberal wing of the court disagreed with Gorsuch in a dissent authored by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, warning of the “destructive consequences of diminishing the right of employees” to take joint action.

“Individually, their claims are small, scarcely of a size warranting the expense of seeking redress alone,” Ginsburg wrote. “But by joining together with others similarly circumstanced, employees can gain effective redress for wage underpayment commonly experienced.”

Gorsuch wrote in the opinion that while the questions

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DeForest led to boundaries that were considered reliable until 2025, and with VASD’s anticipated growth, “at some point, you’re going to have to go through a process like this again” if more new schools are needed. That leaves an expected “shelf life” into the middle of the next decade, Gorrell estimated.

The size of the new Sugar Creek became a discussion point during the $180 million referendum for the new high school and related renovations, with some parents concerned about putting young children in a building that housed up to 800. The more students who go there, the more the space would help solves the district’s expected elementary school enrollment crunch.

Determining whom the changes should affect and when, including whether there’s grandfathering or “lift and shift” will also be delicate.

In Verona, Gorrell said, it has been “mostly lift and shift, but with some grandfathering.” Roffers said in Sun Prairie, fourthgrade students were grandfathered so they could spend their final year at a familiar school, but everyone else moved immediately.

“There’s a lot of different options between the extremes,” Roffers said.

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Aspire Therapy moves to larger location at Verona Athletic Center KIMBERLY WETHAL Unified Newspaper Group

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Aspire Therapy has moved to the Verona Athletic Center, where they have more space for a gymnasium and break-out rooms for clients. The larger space will allow the business to grow with the potential future hiring of therapists and bringing on more clients.

I really respect and they’re friends of mine, so that was a little hard. But ultimately, I saw that if we really wanted to grow and reach the children we want to reach, we needed to have space.”

T h e c o m p a ny s e r ve s children under the age of 18, but continues to work with those who are already

clients into their younger 20s.

The new space features a larger gymnasium than their previous location and has multiple rooms that allow for a more private setting, including a calming room.

The deciding factor to move came down to the size of the gymnasium, Bohrer

said, and the improved methodology behind all three forms of therapy that would result.

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Four years ago, Aspire Therapy owner Dana Bohrer saw a “hole” in speech and language therapy services offered for Verona’s children.

Bohrer noticed in her work as a speech and language pathologist that children’s parents were often unable to continue the work done by the therapists during sessions, she said.

“There was not a lot of carryover, because … parents have a lot going on and it was hard for them to do things at home,” she said.

So she created a company that instead brought therapy to the home of a child, which she did for a few years until the addition of occupational and physical therapy services led the company to acquire a space at 200 Enterprise Dr. in 2016, in addition to the continued in-home therapy treatments. That new space consisted of one office and a small gymnasium the two staff therapists found themselves competing for.

T h ey q u i c k l y n e e d e d somewhere more spacious – a need met by their new location in the Verona Athletic Center at 411 Prairie Heights Dr., Suite 101 that the business moved into on March 1.

Bohrer said that while it was a tough decision to move – they had been good friends with their prior landlords, she said – the space needs made it worthwhile.

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Gravestones: Getting various approvals from county, state has taken almost two years How to help If you’re interested in helping to place some of the stones, contact Jesse Charles at saveverona history@gmail.com.

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A photo facing south with the highway in the background in 1949, when the gravestones were still in place. Some of them are stacked against the tree, which still stands there.

1958 and when the current owners moved in, during the late 1980s.

That family, the Hegges, didn’t know the origin of the stones when they moved in. But Judy Hegge told the Press in 2008 – anonymously at the time – they were “safe” and she would let them be moved back to an appropriate spot if that time ever came about.

A decade later, she and her family have been helping with the project, gathering the stones and sorting out the numbers on them.

And on Sunday afternoon, her husband, Paul, and son Josh helped Charles and his two kids install a couple of the markers, about 15 years after the Hegges learned where they had come from.

“It’s a relief to get them back to where they belong,” Paul Hegge told the Press.

“We had found ourselves at home treading so lightly (on the markers). “(They’re getting) the dignity they deserve.”

Two-year mission Since Charles first became involved with the historical society in 2015 – leading the effort to prevent the tearing down of the Matts House – the group has grown and gotten younger and has dug into all sorts of historical stories.

It’s held a series on old schoolhouses, explored historic farms and homes, researched Native American burial mounds, arrowheads and the leper colony Verona once had and brought

together a panel to discuss when the village became a city, among other things.

But the most ambitious, time-consuming project so far has been restoring the gravestones – something that at first seemed simple, Charles said.

At the end of the 2016 meeting about the cemetery – which had been prompted by finding the 2008 Press story and an immensely successful tour of the city’s two other cemeteries a month earlier – Charles lightly suggested to the more than 50 people attending that someone could find a way to put the gravestones back.

He soon took it on himself and went to work finding out what obstacles would prevent the historical society from putting the stones back.

First, he met with the Hegges to see the stones himself and got their agreement.

“They saw themselves as preservationists,” he said. “I figured we’d get a post-hole digger, dig some holes and drop them in, it’ll be no big deal.”

But it was more complicated than that.

He had to get the county’s approval for the idea, which it then turned over to the Wisconsin Historical Society to ensure the project would have an authentic feel. He had to design a placement that would look appropriate, withstand weather and not create a problem for mowing for the county’s parks crew. And

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Fundraising for more After each known stone is in, Charles hopes to design and commission a memorial plaque that would include the names, and perhaps country of origin and date of death, of every one of the 420 people buried there, according to the 1945 list.

The group will need to raise more money for that, as early estimates suggest it will cost several thousand dollars.

The plaque would complement the existing black marble marker that indicates the presence of the cemetery. The marker is what first piqued Charles’ curiosity in the cemetery, when he was a senior in high school more than 20 years ago and

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each stone had to find its proper place, which meant securing a 1945 plat map of the cemetery and using a metal detector to find survey stakes and line up the map accurately.

He also had to check for utility lines, which apparently snake around some of the graves and even under a tree that was already mature when the cemetery was still being filled.

The group secured a $2,000 cash donation from one member and $1,000 from sales of member John Scharer’s “Down at the Nest” book on Verona history, and that’s easily paid for the gravel, pavers mulch and other materials, which will cost around $1,000 altogether.

Charles put the first stone, belonging to Poor House resident Daniel Henry, who died in 1900, in the ground May 6, and the second May 14. Sunday afternoon, his family and the Hegges put in Nos. 3 and 4 – making an impromptu workday to replace a planned morning gathering of Pokemon Go players that had been washed out by the continued record-setting rains this month.

“This has been such a fun, intricate project,” he said.

on the group’s Facebook page and hopefully get them all in by the end of the year, clearing the way for the plaque to go next year.

Certainly, the curiosity and visibility of the project could help. While they were working Sunday, they appeared to have secured a future volunteer, when local evangelist Baxter Exum walked by to ask what they were doing and left his contact information.

There could still be more work beyond that if more discoveries are made. This cemetery is listed as Cemetery B (poor house) and C (asylum), and so far nobody has been able to locate Cemetery A, which likely filled before 1880. There are also graves listed as empty on the 1945 map, and a ground scan could determine whether some are filled.

But for now, it’s full steam ahead restoring the known stones to their proper places.

“It’s going to be a lot of fun now that the approvals are finally out of the way,” Charles told the Press in an email.

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faded dirt-stained hue, are far more dignified than they had been after each person was buried, standing straight on end and surrounded by six gray pavers each.

If all goes well, about a dozen of the stones will be returned to the top of their respective graves by the end of the month, with plans to get the 69 that have been recovered – and any others that turn up – back by the end of the year as part of the Verona Area Historical Society’s “Bringing their Stones Home” project.

The effort, championed by historical society president Jesse Charles, eventually grew out of a 2008 Verona Press story about the gravestones and the mysterious circumstances of their disappearance – and eventual reappearance.

Charles said he came across the 2008 Press story about the gravestones in 2015 while doing research on another topic of historic interest, the Matts house, when the city was debating whether to tear down that historic downtown landmark. Reading the Press story, he said, inspired him to want to find out more.

What was clear in that story was that the stones could still be put back.

What wasn’t so clear was why they were removed in the first place.

As it’s been recalled by various people since then, in bits and pieces, maintenance workers over the years grew tired of moving the markers in order to mow that roughly one-acre grassy field next to the old Badger Prairie Health Care Center, then known as the Dane County Asylum and Poor Farm. The two institutions, which separately cared for the mentally infirm and the homeless and have gone by several names in the past 150 years, shared that cemetery plot in the middle.

At some point, after the stones remained piled up for several years, a supervisor of the grounds crew eventually moved them to his home, though it’s unknown whether it was for safe keeping or for his convenience. It’s also unknown when, though it would have been between when the home was built in

walked along the road. It was installed in a 1993 memorial ceremony by a group of locals interested in preserving the memory of the cemetery.

The only surviving member of the 10-person monument committee is Gladys Behnke, who had spoken to the Press for the 2008 story and attended the 2016 discussion. Behnke, now 90, was a former employee of the hospital and could recall when there were still burials there.

She told the Press this week she never would have thought back then the stones would get put back.

“I think that’s wonderful that’s being done,” she said.

Charles originally hoped to replace 10 stones this summer as a pilot project to show the county parks department the group could handle it, but now that the measurement is done and the first few are in the ground, he said, he has gotten clearance from the county to do them all and figures a group could do around 10 in a day.

The next workday is planned for Saturday, May 26, with others perhaps once a month as volunteer labor becomes available. Charles said he figures to post them

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Boys golf

Acing the Big Eight

Player of the week From May 15-22

Verona wins conference, Kaegi takes individual title ANTHONY IOZZO Assistant sports editor

A calm approach was key Thursday as the Verona boys golf team won the Big Eight Conference tournament for the first time since 2013.

The Wildcats ended with a 317, edging out Janesville Parker (320) and the Middleton (324) for the team title. To get there, Verona marched through the course at Evansville Golf Club, remaining relaxed from shot to shot, and never showed any signs of fading despite both the Vikings and Cardinals nipping at their heels.

“They were pretty even-keeled throughout the day,” coach Jon Rebholz said. “Honestly, I think that has been a big step that some of the guys have taken from last year. Instead of dwelling on a bad shot in the past, it was on to the next shot … Out here, it is a difficult course and you are playing really good teams, so the little things like that makes a difference.”

The Wildcats never looked back all day. If the ball was put in the rough, a quick chip knocked it back on the green for a makeable putt. If there was a bogey or a double bogey on a hole, then a par or birdie seemed to always follow.

Senior Garhett Kaegi was the epitome of that approach as he finished with an even par 72 to claim the conference title.

“It was definitely nice to win it with the team, especially with how close we came last year losing in the playoff,” Kaegi said.

“Being a medalist is icing on the cake.”

Kaegi followed up a 3-over 39 on the front nine, but it could have been worse after double bogeying the first hole. Rather than dwelling on the tough start, Kaegi came back and birdied the par-5 second and par-4 third holes.

He dominated the back nine with a 3-under 33, collecting three birdies from holes 10-12 and followed a bogey on 13 with a par, an eagle and two more pars.

And when Kaegi got into trouble on the 17th hole with his second shot after missing the green, he needed to chip up a 45-50 degree slope from the rough on the right side.

Name: Garhett Kaegi Grade: Senior Sport: Golf Highlights: Kaegi shot a 33 on the back nine Thursday in the Big Eight Conference meet and ended up winning the individual title with a 72. Kaegi’s score also helped Verona win conference as a team for the first time since 2013

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Senior Garhett Kaegi chips onto the 17th green Thursday in the Big Eight Conference meet at Evansville Golf Club. Kaegi finished with a 72 and won the individual title, helping the Wildcats win their first Big Eight title since 2013.

Kaegi was able to knock the ball onto the green and drain a 15-foot putt to save par.

“I played really consistent these last two weeks, and I knew I could come out here and do it,” Kaegi said.

Junior Austin Gaby also made sure he kept grinding after five bogeys and three

pars in the first eight holes. He followed that up with back-to-back birdies on the par-4 ninth and the par-3 10th holes.

Gaby, who was third with a 78, also had a better back nine, finishing with a 38.

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Boys tennis

Fan, Nagpal help Wildcats repeat as champs JEREMY JONES ​Sports editor

The Verona boys tennis singles lineup rolled throughout the regular season, going undefeated and helping the Wildcats earn their second dual meet title in the last three years.

The Wildcats fell short of that same perfection Wednesday and Thursday, earning titles at Nos. 3 and 4 singles. But the 38 points Verona scored was enough to hold off both Sun Prairie and Middleton, which tied for second with 34.

The Wildcats earned a second-place and a thirdplace finish at Nos. 1 and 2 singles, respectively, and added a runner-up finish at No. 3 doubles.

Verona, which won the title 37-36 last year on Will Tennison’s No. 1 singles championship, didn’t have quite the same level of drama last week. The Wildcats could have lost both of their last two matches Thursday and still earned the conference title.

The victory marked the first time that the Wildcats have won both the Big Eight dual meet and conference titles in the same year.

Photo by Jeremy Jones Kevin Fan and Kush Nagpal cemented the win The Verona Area High School boys tennis team repeated as the Big Eight Conference champions with titles at the bottom of the singles lineup. last week at Nielsen Tennis Stadium. The Wildcats scored 38 points to best Sun Prairie and Middleton, which tied with 34 points.

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Honorable mentions: Austin Gaby (boys golf) took third overall in the Big Eight meet Thursday with a 78 Kevin Fan (boys tennis) beat Quin Gallagher 6-3, 6-2 to earn his second Big Eight Conference title Thursday, his first at No. 3 singles Kush Nagpal (boys tennis) beat Andrew Spence 6-3, 6-0 Thursday to claim the Big Eight Conference title at No. 4 singles Tristan Largent (baseball) hit a 2-run single in a 4-3 loss to second-ranked Sun Prairie Thursday Binta Jammeh and Mia Hoeve (girls soccer) both scored goals in a 2-1 win over Oconomowoc Saturday in a game with seeding implications Kasie Keyes (softball) went 4-for4 at the plate and drove in two runs Friday as Verona shut out nonconference Watertown 8-0 Jackson Acker (boys track) advanced to sectionals in both the shot put and discus Monday Tamiya Smith (girls track) advanced to sectionals in the 100, 4x100 and 4x200 Monday

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Several advance to sectionals ANTHONY IOZZO Assistant sports editor

Sophomore Tamiya Smith was one of several Wildcats who qualified for sectionals in three events for Verona girls track and field Monday in the WIAA Division 1 Verona regional.

Smith anchored the 4x100 relay team with senior Emelia Lichty and juniors Andrea Wheaton and Ally Kundinger to win a regional title in 51.57 seconds, remaining ahead of La Follette (51.76), Janesville Craig (52.55) and Beloit Memorial (52.77).

Smith also anchored the 4x200 relay with the same quartet. They took third in 1:49.79. Oregon won in 1:44.64, and La Follette was

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Herkert breaks school record ANTHONY IOZZO Assistant sports editor

Junior Max Herkert is the new all-time record holder in the pole vault.

Herkert reached 13 feet, 7 1/2 inches Tuesday in the continuation of Monday’s WIAA Division 1 Verona regional, breaking a 30-year old school record that he tied at conference (13-6) and a 15-year old facility record (13-7) set in 2003 by Oregon’s Jeff Schubert.

“It has been really impressive,” coach Joff Pedretti said.

“He missed a big chunk of the middle of the season with an injury. If you told me then that he would bounce back from that break our school record, I would say that I wasn’t sure.”

Herkert’s height was good enough for first place and advances him to sectionals.

Pedretti said he wouldn’t be surprised if he matched Tuesday’s height at sectionals Thursday.

Freshman Jackson Acker also had a big regional meet.

He took fourth in both the shot put and discus Monday.

He had a personal-record distance of 51-1 3/4 in the shot put that also puts Acker ninth in school history. No other freshman in school history has cracked the top 20.

He added a fourth-place in the discus with a PR of 140-3.

“He competes at such a high level and is really consistent,” Pedretti said. “The bigger the meet, the bigger the performance, which isn’t easy, either.”

Monona Grove junior Michael Williams-Davis won the shot put with a distance of 55-8, and Monona Grove senior Carter Aguilera won the discus with a distance of 151-2.

Acker also joined senior Joe Riley, junior Jayden JoeWright and sophomore Malik Odetunde on the 4x100 relay and helped the team finish second in 43.9 seconds.

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Sophomore Tamiya Smith stretches to the finish line in the prelims of the 100 Monday in the WIAA Division 1 Verona regional. Smith took third in the finals in 12.91 seconds to advance to sectionals. She also advanced to sectionals in the 4x100 and 4x200 relays.

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Senior Peter Barger leads the pack in the 1,600 Monday in the WIAA Division 1 Verona regional. Barger took third in 4 minutes, 34.82 seconds and advanced to sectionals.

Sectional qualifiers Seniors: Peter Barger (1,600, 4x400), Joe Riley (4x100, 4x200), Jared Jenkins (400, 4x400) Juniors: Tim Soko (4x100, 4x200), Ian Herman (4x200), Mason Jordan (400, 4x400), Jayden Joe-Wright (200, 4x100, 4x400) and Bryan Lopez (4x400) Sophomores: Aubrey Dawkins (4x200), Drew Gonzales (4x200, 4x400), Malik Odetunde (4x100) and Brad Tuomi (800) Freshman: Graham Stier (4x100, 4x200), Jackson Acker (shot put, discus, 4x100)

What’s next Verona track travels to Lake Geneva for the WIAA Division 1 Badger Sectional meet at 4 p.m. relays also made sectionals.

Senior Jared Jenkins, junior Bryan Lopez, junior Mason Jordan and Joe-Wright also added a second-place in the 4x400 in 3:27.17, finishing less than two seconds behind Oregon (3:25.85).

Pedretti said the 4x400 dropped six seconds from its previous season best, and that time might come down further when senior Peter Barger is added to the quartet at

sectionals.

Juniors Tim Soko and Ian Herman, sophomore Aubrey Dawkins and freshman Graham Stier first led the 4x200 into fourth in 1:36.6. Janesville Craig won in 1:31.44, and Janesville Parker was second in 1:31.73. Madison La Follette took third in 1:35.43.

Joe-Wright also advanced in the 200, taking third in

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Girls lacrosse

Verona moves to 6-2 overall, playoffs start on May 30 Verona girls lacrosse won its past three games and is now 6-2 overall. The ninthranked Wildcats travel to Madison Westside at 5 p.m. Thursday to close the regular season.

Verona 15, Janesville 3 Verona hosted Janesville at Connor Field on May 10 and won 15-3.

Sophomore Kiersten Pelletier led with four goals, and sophomore Paige Zahler added three. Sophomore Mackenzie Schmidt, junior Joie Horsfall and senior Megan Lois each found the net twice. Sophomores Yasmeen Khalid and Gillian Cartwright also added goals.

Photo by Mindy Jeddeloh Junior goalkeeper Sofia Jeddeloh had four Seniors (from left) Ana Apolinar, Megan Lois saves. and Jenna Jurrens were honored along with senior manager Kenzie Walsh (not pictured) Verona 20, DeForest 12 before a 16-6 win over Sun Prairie on May The Wildcats traveled to DeForest on May 15.

14 and won 20-12.

Lois led with seven goals, and Zahler added five goals. Khalid scored four times, and Pelletier added another three. Schmidt picked up and senior Jenna Jurrens scored her first goal of the season. Senior Ana Apolinar had one one goal.

Junior Emily Hoyer and Horsfall had two ground ball.

Zahler scored five goals, and Pelletier had groundballs, and sophomore Erin Long and Pelletier had two takeaways. Jeddeloh had 10 two goals and three assists. Khalid and Cartwright also scored. saves.

Jeddeloh had 12 saves in the win.

Verona 16, Sun Prairie 6 Senior manager Kenzie Walsh, Lois, Jurrens Verona topped Sun Prairie 16-6 on May 15 and Apolinar were honored before the match. on senior night.

- Mindy Jeddeloh Lois scored six goals and added two assists,

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Coach Robert Martin said that Smith is big part to the success as the closer of the sprint relays, but Wheaton, Kundinger and Lichty set the tone in the earlier legs.

“In the 4x100, we had a spectacular start all the way through in our first, second and third legs,” Martin said. “The 4x200 was big, because we are still getting used to one of our runners coming back from injury.

“We weren’t the happiest to get the third spot, but this is all about qualifying and moving on to the next meet.”

Earlier in the meet, Smith had already punched her ticket in the 100. She was third in 12.91, finishing behind last year’s state medalists Monona Grove junior Ali Dorn (12.45) and Oregon junior Scarlet Egwuonwu (12.63).

Sophomore Rachel Witthuhn added a regional title. She won the discus with a throw of 114 feet, 5 inches, besting Janesville Parker junior Julia Hartwig (112-0).

While not the personal record of 120-0 from conference, Martin said the effort was just as good. “ ( Wi t t u h n ) i s c o m ing around at the perfect time,” Martin said. “This is the time you want to be setting high marks.”

L i c h t y, K u n d i n g e r , junior Lucy Waschbusch and sophomore Leah Remiker also advanced to sectionals in multiple events.

Remiker, Waschbusch, junior Janina Bruhn and freshman Anna Knueve took third in the 4x800 in 10:04.62. Monona Grove won in 9:53.97, and Stoughton was second in 9:56.63. Janesville Craig took fourth in 10:10.61.

Remiker also made sectionals in the 800. She took second in 2:22.48, finishing behind Janesville Craig freshman Claire Hulick (2:21.34). “(Remiker) ran a smart race,” Martin said. “She went out hard and had a lot to conserve at the finish for it because she set it up so nicely in the first

Sophomore Leah Remiker races the final leg of the 4x800 relay Monday in the Verona regional. Remiker joined juniors Janina Bruhn and Lucy Waschbusch and freshman Anna Knueve and took third in 10 minutes, 4.62 seconds to advance to sectionals. Remiker also made sectionals in the 800, taking second.

Sectional qualifiers Seniors: Emelia Lichty (200, 4x100, 4x200), Annika Larson (4x100) Juniors: Janina Bruhn (4x800), Lucy Waschbusch (4x400, 4x800), Andrea Wheaton (4x100, 4x200, 4x400), Ally Kundinger (4x100, 4x200, 4x400), Natalie Aparicio (4x400) and Andie Almond (4x400) Sophomores: Leah Remiker (800, 4x200, 4x800), Tamiya Smith (100, 4x100, 4x200), Lucy Bakken (4x800) and Rachel Witthuhn (discus) Freshmen: Anna Knueve (4x800), Caroline Bobb (4x400, 4x800) and Taytum Reisdorf (4x100, 4x200)

What’s next The Verona girls track and field track team travels to Lake Geneva 4 p.m. Thursday for the WIAA Division 1 Badger sectional. lap and a half.

“Between that and the 4x800, we are looking for two strong performances by her like she has done all year.”

Lichty took fourth to advance in the 200 in 27.49, finishing behind Oregon’s Scarlet Egwuonwu (25.24), Monona Grove’s Dorn (25.34) and Craig junior Amy Groshan (26.13).

Kundinger and Waschbusch joined junior Natalie Aparicio and freshman Caroline Bobb on the 4x400 to bring the fourth relay to sectionals.

The quartet took fourth in 4:20.37.

Craig won in 4:12.75,

and Oregon was second in 4:15.62. Stoughton was third in 4:20.24.

All four Verona relays advanced.

“It goes along with the girls working together as a unit and shows the development of our program to establish a cohesive group that wants to succeed not only for themselves but for the team,” Martin said.

Junior Andie Almond and sophomore Ella Chorlton just missed sectionals with fifth-place finishes.

Almond reached 15-3 1/2 in the long jump, and Chorlton made a height of 4-6 in the high jump.

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Verona will host Madison East in Division 1 playoffs JEREMY JONES

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Junior shortstop Kasie Keyes drove in two runs and a pair of reserves helped the Verona softball team close out the regular season with an 8-0 victory over nonconference Watertown.

Keyes (4-for-4) singled in the second, third and sixth innings, and she added a fifth-inning double. Verona sealed the win with a two-run single by Keyes in the bottom of the sixth and Ari Vogel tacked on another with a single.

“At the beginning of the day, I just thought it was a good day,” Keyes said. “My AP test went good. I came to the field feeling like we were going to have a good game and we proved it.”

Reserve Emily Bloomfield led off the bottom of the fifth inning with a solo home run, and freshman Katie Pederson highlighted the top of the sixth, defensively.

Pederson, who took over behind the plate for Savanna Rainey, threw out Brianne Hendricks, who reached base after being hit by a one-out pitch.

“The plan was that our subs were coming in, in mass at some point,” coach Todd Anderson said.

“Emily has that power, and she was aggressive in that at-bat.

“We’re a pretty talented ballclub, so even our subs are talented. They know when they get out there, they need to battle.”

Verona 16-4 overall (14-4 Big Eight) didn’t commit an error.

Wildcat ace Meghan Anderson and sophomore Alyssa Bostley combined to toss a three-hit

Verona earned the fourth seed for the WIAA playoffs and hosted 13th-seeded Madison East at 5 p.m. Wednesday in a game after the Press’ Tuesday publication together. The winner plays fifth-seeded Waunakee or 12th-seeded Madison La Follette at 5 p.m. Friday. shutout. Anderson went four innings. She allowed one hit and struck out four. Bostley stuck out one and induced Brianne Korducki to line out to shortstop to start a 6-5 double play.

Rainey had a sacrifice fly to score Molly McChesney in the first inning. Ari Vogel grounded out to score a run in the second and Emma Kleinsek singled another home.

“It’s never over until it’s over, but it definitely feels nice to get an early lead,” left fielder Alina Yazek said. “We were playing well defensively, and we had faith our bats would take care of the rest.”

Shay Dunn started the game for Watertown. She surrendered eight runs on 12 hits over six innings.

She struck out one.

Amelia Hust and Keyes each had multiple hits.

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Emily Bloomfield celebrates her fifth inning lead-off home run with teammates during Friday’s 8-0 win over nonconference Watertown.

Prairie and lost 4-1.

The game didn’t really mean much any more as the WIAA playoff seedings took place the night before and undefeated Sun Prairie had already wrapped up the conference title.

“Sun Prairie is a great ballclub,” Anderson said. “We could have played subs, and not threw our ace. That’s one way to do it, and something we did a little bit last year.”

Sun Prairie 4, Verona 1 Verona opted not to do its this Verona wrapped up the con- season, however.

“This year we decided we ference season Thursday at Sun

Girls soccer

wanted to stand toe-to-toe and see what happened,” Anderson said.

“We’ll use this game as a measuring stick.”

Undefeated Sun Prairie (19-0) had a margin of victory of more than nine runs per game this season.

“We were below that in both of our games,” Anderson said. “Only two of those runs against us this time were earned.

“We stood toe-to-toe with them in a way most teams haven’t this season and that’s reassuring. “But we need to play better defense.”

For the second time this season, Rainey accounted for the first run of the game against Sun Prairie.

Rainey homered off her future UW-Madison teammate Maddie Gardner.

Taytum Geier went 2 for 2 at the plate to lead Verona at the plate.

Gardner kept the Wildcats handcuffed for much of the game. She lasted seven innings, scattering four hits and striking out 11.

Sun Prairie’s Skylar Muller doubled to drive in two runs in the bottom of the second inning. Sun Prairie didn’t commit an error.

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Cats tie Craig, top Oconomowoc Cats edged by second-ranked Sun Prairie ANTHONY IOZZO

Big Eight

Assistant sports editor

Verona girls soccer continued to have a strong finish to the regular season last week.

The Wildcats finished in a 0-0 tie Thursday against Janesville Craig and defeated Oconomowoc 2-1 Saturday in a game with seeding implications.

Verona (6-3-4 overall, 5-1-3 Big Eight) ended in a tie for third place in the conference with the Cougars with 18 points.

The seeding meeting was on May 23 after the Verona Press’ deadline.

Verona 0, Craig 0 The Wildcats secured a tie for third place in the Big Eight Thursday with a scoreless tie with Janesville Craig at Reddan Soccer Park.

Senior goalie Rachel Nelson finished with eight saves.

Verona 2, Oconomowoc 1

Team Middleton Sun Prairie Janesville Craig Verona Madison West Madison Memorial Madison East Beloit Memorial Janesville Parker Madison La Follette

W-L-T Points 8-0-1 25 6-2-1 19 5-1-3 18 5-1-3 18 4-2-2 13 4-4-1 13 3-6-0 9 2-5-1 7 0-8-0 0 0-8-0 0

What’s next Verona hosts nonconference Oregon at 6 p.m. Friday at Reddan Soccer Park to finish the regular season.

Verona held on for a 2-1 win over Oconomowoc Saturday.

Sophomore Mia Hoeve and freshman Waunakee 2, Verona 0 Binta Jammeh both scored goals for the Verona traveled to nonconference Wildcats. Nelson finished with six saves.

Waunakee Tuesday and fell 2-0.

The win gives Verona an edge before The Warriors are ranked No. 10 in Divithe sectional seeding meeting. sion 2.

Boys lacrosse

Verona defeats Milwaukee-Marquette Verona boys lacrosse defeated Milwaukee-Marquette 14-6 on a sunny day on May 19.

Verona took an early lead and held on throughout.

Senior Ian Edwards had seven goals, a

season-high, and seniors Graham Sticha and Ryan Hyland contributed two goals each.

Senior Goalie Ethan Maurisak recorded 11 saves to help seal the victory.

The Wildcats finished

second in the Wisconsin Badgerland Red Conference.

The state playoffs begin Wednesday, May 30.

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Verona baseball dropped its second straight game to second-ranked Sun Prairie Thursday, falling a run short in a 4-3 loss.

Luke DePrey put the Cardinals ahead for good with an RBI single in the bottom of the fifth.

The Wildcats (11-9 overall, 10-7 Big Eight Conference) trailed 3-0 in the top of the fifth, but they scored three runs to tie the game.

Michael Fischer singled with one out, and seniors Tucker Teskey and Connor McGowan walked and singled to load the bases. Fischer then scored on an error on a ground ball by senior Stephen Lund.

Later with two outs, senior Tristan Largent singled home both Teskey and McGowan to make it 3-3.

Connor Grossnickle took the loss. He allowed an earned run on three hits in four innings, striking out one. McGowan allowed two

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Verona travels to Riverside Parke to play thirdranked Janesville Craig at 5 p.m. Thursday and travels to top-ranked Hartland Arrowhead at 2 p.m. Saturday for a doubleheader. earned runs on six hits in two innings, striking out one.

DePrey earned the win. He struck out one in 2 1/3 scoreless innings.

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Jonah Haffner and Largent Rain forced Monday’s added doubles. game against Stoughton to be All three runs came in the postponed. bottom of the third, and Verona led 3-2. But Craig scored Craig 5, Verona 3 twice in the top of the fourth The Wildcats hosted third- and never trailed again. ranked Janesville Craig TuesJunior Reagan Klawiter day and fell 5-3. took the loss. He allowed one Freshman Ryan Taylor was earned run on five hits and 2-for-3 with two RBIs. Lund two walks in four innings, also had an RBI, and junior striking out three.

Cats earn No. 3 seed for WIAA Division 1 playoffs ‌ANTHONY IOZZO Assistant sports editor‌

Verona baseball earned the No. 3 seed in the WIAA Division 1 sectional 5 bracket Sunday.

The Wildcats will host the winner of No. 6 Oregon and No. 11 Beloit Memorial at 5 p.m. Thursday, May 31, in the regional final. Oregon and Beloit play at 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 29.

Janesville Parker earned the No. 2 seed and will play the winner of No. 7 Stoughton

and No. 10 Elkhorn on May 31.

At the top of the bracket, Janesville Craig is the top seed and will play the winner of No. 8 Milton and No. 9 Fort Atkinson on May 31.

Madison West is the No. 4 seed and will play the winner of No. 5 Madison Memorial and No. 12 Madison La Follette on May 31.

Sectionals are at Riverside Park in Janesville on Tuesday, June 5. If Verona wins, the Wildcats will play at approximately 1 p.m. in their sectional semifinal. The sectional final is slated for 4 p.m.

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Verona boys golf traveled to Pleasant View Golf Course Tuesday in the WIAA Division 1 Middleton regional and advanced to sectionals with a third-place 322.

Sophomore Cale Rufenacht was tied for fourth overall with a 78, and junior Austin Gaby followed by tying for ninth with an 80.

Seniors Logan Lindell and Connor Rufenacht tied for 15th with a pair of 82s.

Senior Garhett Kaegi’s 83 was not counted toward the final score.

The Wildcats now look to advance to state as a team for the first time in school history, and they will get the opportunity on their home course at 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 29, at Edelweiss Country Club in New Glarus.

“Having it at our home course definitely helps out, but even if it wasn’t, I trust my skill and especially my teammates to push through and grind it out and get this team to

Verona hosts the D1 Verona sectional at 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 29, at Edelweiss Country Club.

The top two teams and top three individuals (not on an advancing team) qualify for state. state for the first time ever,” Kaegi said.

Middleton won the regional with a 311, and Waunakee followed with a 317. Oregon edged Madison West 334-335 for the final team spot.

Madison West senior Owen Cranley and junior Eric Buinevicius advanced as individuals for the Regents, and Madison Memorial junior Matthew Sorenson (83) and freshman Silas Pickhardt (85) also advanced.

Golf: Verona puts two in top three Continued from page 12 He was in trouble on the 16th hole, slicing it into the trees and needing to hit his second shot from the rough. Gaby knocked the ball to the front fringe and was able to get up-anddown for par.

On 17, he left his second shot from the fairway a little short and had a tough uphill putt from the front fringe. He nearly drained the 15-footer and tapped in for par.

When Gaby reached the clubhouse, he was the leader with four golfers left on the course.

“It makes me really happy,” He said. “I am really proud of where I’ve come, and this team has helped me push through it. That is really what has driven me to this spot. I couldn’t have done it without the help and pushing of everyone else on the team.”

The rest of the team also had consistent rounds.

Sophomore Cale Rufenacht, who won the Big Eight tournament last season as a freshman, finished with an 83. He had a 40 on the back nine, including a birdie on the par-4 14th hole.

Senior Logan Lindell finished the team scoring with an 84. He followed up a 46 on the front nine with a 38 on the back, including a birdie on the par-4 11th hole.

Senior Connor Rufenacht’s 85 was not counted toward the team score, but

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Junior Austin Gaby tees off on the 17th hole Thursday in the Big Eight meet. Gaby finished with a 78 to take third overall.

JV Conference Verona was second with a 360.

Junior Ryan Mirwald (83) and sophomore Ryan Ritter (84) led the Wildcats. he also had a better back nine than his front. He had a 40, including a birdie on the par-5 15th hole.

“It is going to be super important that we treat this as not the finish line,” Rebholz said. “We have to really treat this as the start.”

Big Eight team scores Verona 317 Janesville Parker 320 Middleton 324 Sun Prairie 344 Janesville Craig 349 Beloit Memorial 360 Madison West 367 Mad. Memorial 367 La Follette 372 Madison East inc.

Boys track: 14 Wildcats make sectionals Continued from page 13 22.89, and Barger took third to make it through in the 1,600 in 4:34.82. Stoughton senior Sam McHone won the 200 in 22.43, and Monona Grove junior James Giftos won the mile in 4:31.62.

Sophomore Brad Tuomi added a third place to make it to sectionals in the 800 in 2:03.33. Tuomi originally came in fourth, but Stoughton senior Sean McLaury was disqualified and it moved Tuomi up a spot.

Continued from page 12 Fan, who won a title last year at No. 4 singles, moved up to win the tournament at No. 3 singles last week as he rolled 6-3, 6-2 over Madison West’s Quin Gallagher.

“I definitely knew coming into this match that I’d have to be mentally prepared because I know he’s a good player,” Fan said. “I couldn’t give him any short balls. I knew he would attack them and come into the net. He has really good net skills.”

Fan said while it was great to win his second conference title, he’d much rather win his sectional bracket next week.

“Conference is nice, but if I win at sectionals, I’m hoping that will help us get back to team state,” he said.

Nagpal added his first conference title by winning his No. 4 singles bracket with a 6-3, 6-0 victory against Sun Prairie sophomore Andrew Spence.

“It’s really big for me to win a title today, especially after falling short and taking second last year,” Nagpal said. “This is redemption.”

Nagpal, who was cramping in his right arm, needed to survive a three-set match 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 against Madison Memorial’s Ryan Weinbach in the semifinals just to reach the finals.

“I was able to grind out the semifinal win. I took some pace off my serve in the finals as a result,” Nagpal said. “I was patient and didn’t go for too much in the finals.”

Although the second day of the tournament got underway at 2 p.m., juniors Will Tennison and Nagpal, as well as Verona’s Nos. 2 and 3 doubles teams, all had their semifinal matches held until 4:30 p.m. due to a conflict with AP tests.

“You talk about coming in after taking and AP test, which is 3 1/2 hours long,” coach Rick Engen said. “You rush to get here and have something to eat, and you have a 10-minute warmup. It takes a lot of mental toughness.”

Tennison, the top-seed, droppped one game through his first two matches at No. 1 singles. That included a 6-1, 6-0 win over Aidan Schutter, who he needed three sets to beat nine days earlier in a conference dual meet.

Tennison’s mental toughness was tested in his championship match, however.

Although he beat rival Colt Tegtmeier for the first time in the championship match last year, he was unable to defend his title this time, losing 5-7, 7-5, 6-4.

It looked like Tennison would close the match out in straight sets at one point as he led 4-1 in the second set. Tennison, however, appeared to be rattled at one point in the second set by

Junior Dylan Bourne Janesville Craig junior Aaron Leverson won in 1:58.73. took seventh in the shot put Jenkins (51.17) and Jor- despite reaching 48-8 1/2. dan (51.96) also made sectionals as individuals with a third and fourth place in FREE the 400. Jenkins’ time in the Stock Book New • Used • Surplus 400 was good for sixth alltime in school history.

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Kush Nagpal returns a shot during his Big Eight semifinal match at No. 4 singles last weekend. Nagpal won his first conference title 6-3, 6-0.

What’s next The Wildcats travel back to Nielsen Tennis Stadium for the WIAA Division 1 individual state tournament at 10:30 a.m. May 31, June 1, 2. a spectator who was cheering for his opponent during points.

Top-seeded junior Chris Queoff was upset 7-5, 6-1 by Haiwen Dai of Middleton in the semifinals but bounced back to finish third with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Ryan Disch of Madison La Follette.

Verona’s No. 3 doubles team of seniors Jonah Berry and Aaron Young were the only Wildcats to play above their seed. Entering the tournament as a No. 3 seed, the seniors beat Madison Memorial’s Theo Green and Nithin Ramachandran 6-2, 6-4 in the semifinals. They then fell 6-4, 6-2 to top-seeded Alton Yan and Gene Kim of Middleton in the title match.

Seniors Jordan Hutchcroft and Vivek Swaminath dropped two spots from their seed, finishing fourth at No. 1 doubles after a three-set loss 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-2 to third-seeded Middleton in the semifinals and a 6-3, 6-3 loss to fourth-seeded Madison West in the third-place match.

Conner Dugan and Evan Schmidt matched their fourth-seed, losing their third-place match 6-2, 6-3 to second-seeded Madison West senior Theodore Scheckel and junior Felix Beilin.

Verona begins its push to return to the WIAA Division 1 team state tournament with subsectionals Tuesday and sectionals on Wednesday back inside Nielsen.

Subsectionals Verona advanced at all four singles flights and the No. 1 doubles to the Madison Memorial sectional meet Wednesday at Nielsen Tennis Stadium. That meet took place after the Press’ Tuesday evening publication.

Those results will be in next week’s paper and on ConnectVerona.com.

Tennison (20-1) and the Wildcats’ No. 1 doubles team of Swaminath and Hutchcroft (15-7) each had to win once at sectionals to qualify for the WIAA Division 1 individual state tennis tournament.

With Sun Prairie in a different sectional, Middleton and Madison West figure to be the Wildcats’ top competition as far as going back to team state.

“Some of the losses we had at conference, we’re going to have to make up if we want to hold off Middleton and West,” Engen said.

Verona scored 20 points at subsectionals and leads Madison West and Middleton, who tied for second with 16.

Points are combined from subsectionals and sectionals with the winner advancing to the team state tournament June 8-9. The Wildcats last advanced to the state team tournament in 2016.

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Obituaries Richard M. Tollefson

Richard M. Tollefson

Richard M. Tollefson, age 86, of Verona passed away on Friday, May 18, 2018, with his family by his side at Meriter Hospital in Madison. He was born on Oct. 30, 1931, in the Town of Exeter to his parents Leonard and Elizabeth (Jenni) Tollefson.

Richard graduated from Verona High School in 1949. He was united in marriage to Marly

Holly J. Steger Holly J. Steger, age 42, passed away surrounded by her family on Sunday, May 20, at her home in Verona.

A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 26, at Sugar River United Methodist

Thurston on July 18, 1953, in Portage. Richard retired from farming in 1987, and then worked for the Verona School District for the next 10 years.

He was a board member of AMPI, the Farm Bureau, and Pork Producers. Richard served the citizens of the Town of Verona for over 20 years on the Town Board as Third Supervisor, and as an appointed member of the Town Plan Commission and other citizen advisory subcommittees.

Tollefson Park in the City of Verona was named in his honor. Richard was a kind and compassionate leader and mentor. He touched the lives of many people throughout his life.

Richard is survived by his wife of nearly 65 years, Marly; son, Michael (Jodi) Tollefson; daughters, Sheryl Lavell and Michelle Tollefson; daughter-in-law, Sarah Tollefson; grandc h i l d r e n , Tr ey t o n a n d

Troy Tollefson, Colin and Megan Lavell, and Jacob and Elizabeth Tollefson.

He is further survived by a brother, Russell Tollefson; a sister, LuDawn Kinnunen; nieces, nephews, and cousins.

H e wa s p r e c e d e d i n death by his parents and sons Lance and Steve.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, May 25, at the Zwingli United Church of ChristPaoli, 1338 County Road PB, Belleville. The Rev. Lance Smith will officiate and burial will be in the Verona Cemetery.

Relatives and friends may call from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday, May 24, at the Becker-Beal Funeral Home, 109 Greenway Cross, Belleville.

A memorial fund has been established.

An online memorial with guestbook is available at bealfuneralhomes.com

Students high-five the Verona wildcat as they walk through the halls.

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Walking it out Country View Elementary School had to adjust to some challenging morning weather Friday, May 4, and moved its annual Walk-a-Thon indoors.

The students walked laps around the hallways, joined by the Wildcat mascot and a DJ to play some music.

The full obituary will Church, 415 W. Verona appear in next weeks VeroAve., Verona.

Visitation will be held na Press. from 4-7 p.m. on Friday, Ryan Funeral Home & May 25, at the church and Cremation Services also from 10 a.m. until the Verona Chapel time of service on Saturday.

220 Enterprise Drive 608-845-6625 Burial will follow at Verona Cemetery.

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Verona Area High School students competed at the Future Business Leaders of America State Leadership Conference on April 9-10.

The 50-person club, which began at VAHS last school year, had 11 students attend or compete at the conference: Front row from left, Jonah Berry, Vivek Swaminath, Stephen Lund, Nik Christoffel; Back row from left, Julia Pletta, Stephen Van Horne, Jamison Huseth, Josh Ratze, Andy Knuppel, Ian Armstrong and Kari Becker. Eight of them will compete at nationals: Ratze and Knuppel took third place in Marketing; Pletta took first place in Emerging Business Issues; Berry, Lund and Swaminath took second place in Hospitality Management; Van Horne took fourth place in Organizational Leadership; and Huseth took third place in Securities and Investments. The FBLA National Leadership Conference is in Baltimore June 28-July 1.

Legals NOTICE The City of Verona Plan Commission will hold Public Hearings on June 4, 2018 at City Hall, 111 Lincoln Street, at 6:30 PM for the following planning and zoning matters: 1) Zoning map amendment to rezone 101 Prairie Heights Drive from Planned Unit Development (PUD) to Urban Residential (UR).

2) Precise implementation plan amendment for the Sugar Creek Commons development located at the southwest corner of West Verona Avenue and Legion Street.

Interested persons may comment on these planning and zoning matters during the public hearings at the June 4th Plan Commission meeting. The Plan Commission will make recommendations for these matters, which will then be reviewed by the Common Council for final decisions on Monday, June 11th.

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

Ellen Clark, City Clerk Published: May 17 and 24, 2018 WNAXLP *** CITY OF VERONA MINUTES COMMON COUNCIL APRIL 23, 2018 VERONA CITY HALL 1. Mayor Diaz called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m.

2. Pledge of Allegiance 3. Roll call: Alderpersons Cronin, Doyle, Gaskell, Kemp, Kohl, Reekie and Touchett present. Also present: City Administrator Mikorski, Planning Director Sayre, Community Development Specialist Holt, City Attorney Kleinmaier, DPW Jacobson, Parks Director Walker, City Engineer Montpas, and City Clerk Clark.

4. Public Comment: None 5. Approval of Minutes from the April 9, 2018 Common Council meeting and the April 17, 2018 Organizational meeting: Motion by Doyle, seconded by Touchett, to approve the minutes of the April 9, 2018 Common Council meeting and the April 17, 2018 Organizational meeting, with a change to the Organizational meeting minutes deleting Alderperson Reekie from, and adding Alderperson Cronin to the list of Public Safety and Welfare Committee members. Motion carried 7-0.

6. Mayor’s Business: A. Arbor Day Proclamation Mayor Diaz read the 2018 Arbor Day Proclamation and declared April 27, 2018 as Arbor Day in the City of Verona.

B. Citizen Committee Appointments Mayor Diaz recommended the following citizen committee and commission appointments: Cemetery Board: Evan Touchett – Chair of Public Works/Sewer and Water Committee Brian Lamers – Finance Director David Walker – Parks Director (Citizen members were appointed in 2017 for a three-year term) City/Town Joint Planning Committee: Two-Year Term Steve Heinzen Community Development Authority: Four-Year Term Adam Frey Fitch-Rona EMS Commission: TwoYear Term Gregg Miller Library Board: Three-Year Term To be appointed at a later date Parks, Recreation and Forestry Commission: One-Year Term Mike Bare – Chair Plan Commission: One-Year Term Mike Bare Tourism Commission: One-Year Term Charlie Eggen – Representative from the Hotel Industry Jason Hunt – Citizen Member Halley Jones – Citizen Member Karl Curtis – Citizen Member Verona Economic Development Commission: One-Year Term Craig Coleman – Chamber Appointment Sean Cleary, Cleary Building Corp. – Business Appointment Zoning Board of Appeals: ThreeYear Term Roger Remus (Two alternate positions on the Zoning Board of Appeals remain vacant) Motion by Doyle, seconded by Kemp to approve the 2018-2019 citizen committee and commission appointments. Mo-

tion carried 7-0.

7. Announcements: 8. Administrator’s Report: * The annual Board of Review will be held on May 21st at 7:00 p.m. * City of Verona representatives met with representatives from the school district, the Town of Verona and the City of Fitchburg this morning. The school district is looking at using the new Act 142 for safety improvement funds, and we are waiting on the school board to pass the Police Safety Liaison Officer contract.

9. Engineer’s Report: * The downtown streets reconstruction project is moving along well. * Stage one parking lot reconstruction for the library has been done. The stormsewer and pavement removal are done at the old library.

10. Committee Reports: A. Finance Committee (1) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Payment of Bills. Motion by Doyle, seconded by Kemp, to approve the payment of bills in the amount of $736,816.53. Motion carried 7-0.

(2) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Amendment to the City Administrative Policy #27 – Financial Management.

Motion by Doyle, seconded by Cronin, to approve the amendment of the City Administrative Policy #27 – Financial Management. This amendment updates Section Five “Fund Balance” of the policy, reducing the unassigned fund balance of certain funds by the calculated liability for vested sick pay prior to determining the percentage of fund balance available for working capital. Motion carried 7-0.

B. Joint City/Town Planning Committee (1) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Resolution No. R-18-014 approving an extraterritorial certified survey map creating two (2) lots at 6555 County Highway M in the Town of Verona. Mr. Sayre explained that the proposed certified survey map (CSM) will create two (2) lots at 6555 County Highway M. Lot 1 of the CSM will contain the existing house, and Lot 2 will contain a future single-family house. Motion by Gaskell, seconded by Reekie, to approve Resolution No. R-18014 approving an extraterritorial certified survey map creating two (2) lots at 6555 County Highway M in the Town of Verona.

Motion carried 7-0.

C. Parks, Recreation and Forestry Commission (1) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Resolution No. R-18-015 authorizing outdoor recreation grant application to Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Motion by Reekie, seconded by Doyle, to approve Resolution No. R-18015 authorizing outdoor recreation grant application to Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Stewardship Grant.

Motion carried 7-0.

D. Public Safety and Welfare Committee (1) Discussion and Possible Action Re: A premises description amendment for the Combination Class “B” Fermented Malt Beverages and “Class B” Intoxicating Liquor License for 4 Sisters Tapas Restaurant, 958 Liberty Drive, Suite 106, to add an outdoor patio. Motion by Gaskell, seconded by Reekie, to approve a premises description amendment for the Combination Class “B” Fermented Malt Beverages and “Class B” Intoxicating Liquor Licenses for 4 Sisters Tapas Restaurant, 958 Liberty Drive, Suite 106, to add an outdoor patio, with the following contingencies: 1. The use of the outdoor seating area is permitted to operate from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. seven (7) days per week 2. Outdoor patio fencing shall be a minimum of 48” tall 3. The outdoor patio fencing material shall be approved by the Director of Planning and Development 4. The exit for the patio shall be labeled as an “exit only” 5. The fence and gate for the outdoor patio shall comply with the requirements from the Police Department and Building Inspector Motion carried 7-0.

(2) Discussion and Possible Action Re: A Special Event Permit application from Le Jordan, Verona Area Chamber of Commerce, for the Dane Buy Local/ Cinco de Mayo event on Saturday, May 5, 2018 at Festival Park, 111 Lincoln Street, from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Motion by Gaskell, seconded by Kohl, to approve a Special Event Permit application from Le Jordan, Verona Area Chamber of Commerce, for the Dane Buy Local/Cinco de Mayo event on Saturday, May 5, 2018 at Festival Park, 111 Lincoln Street, from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Motion carried 7-0.

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Re: An application for a Temporary Class “B” Retailer’s License from the Verona Area Chamber of Commerce for the Cinco de Mayo event on Saturday, May 5, 2018 at Festival Park, 111 Lincoln Street, from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., Le Jordan, Agent.

Motion by Gaskell, seconded by Kemp, to approve a Temporary Class “B” Retailer’s License from the Verona Area Chamber of Commerce for the Cinco de Mayo event on Saturday, May 5, 2018 at Festival Park, 111 Lincoln Street, from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Motion carried 7-0.

E. Public Works/Sewer and Water Committee (1) Discussion and Possible Action Re: A developer agreement for Cathedral Point Phase 8. Motion by Touchett, seconded by Gaskell, to approve a developer agreement for Cathedral Point Phase 8.

Motion carried 7-0.

(2) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Awarding construction contract for Project 2017-115, Well 6. Motion by Touchett, seconded by Kemp, to award the construction contract for Project 2017-115, Well 6 to Maddrell Excavating of Broadhead, Wisconsin in the amount of $2,604,102.50. Motion carried 7-0.

(3) Discussion and Possible Action Re: A professional services agreement for construction administration under Project 2017-115, Well 6. Motion by Touchett, seconded by Cronin, to approve a professional services agreement for construction administration under Project 2017-115, Well 6, not to exceed $130,150. Motion carried 7-0.

(4) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Awarding construction contract for Project 2018-107, CTH M/Thousand Oaks/ Liberty Drive traffic signals. Motion by Touchett, seconded by Gaskell, to award the construction contract for Project 2018-107, CTH M/Thousand Oaks/Liberty Drive traffic signals to Integrity Grading and Excavating of Schofield, Wisconsin not to exceed $576,111.96. This project is funded by Tax Increment District 6 increment, and will not impact the General Fund.

(5) Discussion and Possible Action Re: A professional services agreement for construction administration under Project 2018-107, CTH M/Thousand Oaks/ Liberty Drive traffic signals not to exceed $34,860. Motion by Touchett, seconded

by Gaskell, to approve a professional services agreement for construction administration under Project 2018-107, CTH M/Thousand Oaks/Liberty Drive traffic signals. Motion carried 7-0.

(6) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Awarding construction contract for Project 2017-113, CTH M and Locust Drive pedestrian improvements. Motion by Touchett, seconded by Kemp, to award the construction contract for Project 2017-113 to Parisi Construction of Verona, Wisconsin not to exceed $1,295,570.25. The Ironman Triathlon will be impacted by this project. Motion carried 7-0.

(7) Discussion and Possible Action Re: A professional services agreement for construction administration under Project 2017-113, CTH M and Locust Drive pedestrian improvements. Motion

by Touchett, seconded by Cronin, to approve a professional services agreement for construction administration under Project 2017-113, CTH M and Locust Drive pedestrian improvements, not to exceed $55,000. Motion carried 7-0.

(8) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Awarding construction contract for Project 2018-103, Concrete Rehabilitation. Motion by Touchett, seconded by Kemp, to award the construction contract for Project 2018-103, Concrete Rehabilitation, to Parisi Construction of Verona, Wisconsin, not to exceed $774,145.40.

Motion carried 7-0.

Mayor Diaz asked for unanimous consent from the Council to take up Items 12.A., 12.B. and 12.C before Item 11.A. There were no objections.

12. New Business A. Discussion and Possible Action Re: Development agreement for the Verona Area School District’s new high school and related facilities construction project. The Verona Common Council and the Verona Area School District approved a term sheet outlining the conditions for a contribution by the City toward the transportation costs for the new high school. A development agreement has been drafted. The School District will review the draft agreement at its May 7, 2018 meeting. The Council may approve the development agreement in form this evening, allowing City staff to complete exhibits and get feedback from the School District. Any changes requested by the School District can be reviewed and amended at the May 14, 2018 Common Council meeting.

Mr. Kleinmaier stated the agreement was drafted using the term sheet that was provided to the city and school board and merged with the standard subdivision development agreement language. As drafted, there would be 6 exhibits to the agreement. Exhibit A is the legal description of the property. Exhibit B is a map of the Sugar Creek Property. Exhibit C is an agreement with the Erbach Trust regarding payback for improvements. Exhibits D is a description of the necessary road improvements. Exhibit E is a summary of fees to be paid to the City by the school district, and Exhibit F is a summary of uses of school district property by the City, and of City property by the school district. There will likely not be any substantive changes to the use agreement.

Mr. Kleinmaier does not anticipate any major issues with this agreement.

Motion by Touchett, seconded by Kemp, to approve the development agreement between the Verona Area School District and the City of Verona, subject to review and approval by the City Administrator and City Attorney.

Motion carried 6-1, with Doyle voting no.

B. Discussion and Possible Action Re: Process for filling the City Council vacancy. There are two possible timelines for announcing the acceptance of applications and interviewing candidates for a council appointment to the vacant District 3 seat by May 29, 2018. The difference is whether the Council wants to set up a special committee to interview candidates, or wants the full Council to interview candidates at the May 14th meeting.

The consensus of the Council was to direct Staff to advertise the vacancy, and make a questionnaire available to potential candidates for the District 3 Alderperson position. Candidate responses should be returned by Noon on Thursday, May 24th. The responses will then be put in the packet May 29th Council packet. Interviews will be done at the May 29th meeting, and the final decision will be made at the first meeting in June.

C. Discussion and Possible Action Re: Approval of Operator Licenses. Motion by Touchett, seconded by Gaskell, to approve operator license applications for: Courtney McCaw, Fisher King Winery; Teresa Kaegi, temporary licenses for Cinco de Mayo and Hometown Days; and Dana Auman for The Draft House. Motion carried 7-0.

11. Old Business A. Discussion and Possible Action Re: Litigation involving Parcel 16 of Transportation Project Plan No. 599209-81.

The Common Council may convene in a closed session, as authorized by Wisconsin Statute 19.85(1)(g), for the purpose of conferring with legal counsel who is rendering oral advice concerning strategy to be adopted by the body with respect to litigation in which it is involved. The Common Council may reconvene in open session to discuss and take action on the subject matter discussed in the closed session.

Mr. Mikorski explained that as part of the CTH M transportation project, property acquisition was necessary. The City Attorney requests a closed session to provide an update on litigation based on the acquisition process for Parcel 16.

Mr. Kleinmaier stated as a result of the CTH M and CTH PD road construction project, we had to approach several property owners for acquisition of land. We were able to reach a negotiated purchase price with most of the property owners.

There is a property owner with which we did not reach a negotiated settlement, so we followed through with the statutory condemnation process. That owner filed a lawsuit against the City of Verona alleging that the city did not have the right to acquire the property for the construction project. Kleinmaier disagrees with the allegations in the lawsuit. The City has filed a response to the lawsuit with the Dane County Circuit Court. He needs to come before the Council to discuss strategy regarding an issue that has occurred with the lawsuit.

Jacobson stated this project is being led by DOT $17.5 million in federal funds. We needed to have all the land acquired by a certain date at the end of June, 2017. All land must be acquired prior to the project being advertised in the paper, or federal funds were at risk to be pulled.

Motion by Touchett, seconded by Kemp, to convene in a closed session to discuss litigation involving Parcel 16 of Transportation Project Plan No. 5992-0981, as authorized by Wisconsin Statute 19.85(1)(g), for the purpose of conferring with legal counsel who is rendering oral advice concerning strategy to be adopt-

ed by the body with respect to litigation in which it is involved. The Common Council may reconvene in open session to discuss and take action on the subject matter discussed in the closed session.

On roll call: Alder Cronin – Aye; Alder Doyle – Aye; Alder Gaskell – Aye; Alder Kemp – Aye; Alder Kohl – Aye; Alder Reekie – Aye; Alder Touchett – Aye. Motion carried 7-0.

The Common Council convened in closed session at 8:30 p.m.

CLOSED SESSION Motion by Doyle, seconded by Touchett, to reconvene in open session at 9:28 p.m. Motion carried 7-0.

13. Adjournment: Motion by Reekie, seconded by Cronin, to adjourn at 9:30 p.m. Motion carried 7-0.

Ellen Clark City Clerk Published: May 24, 2018 WNAXLP *** NOTICE APPLICATION FOR 2018/2019 ALCOHOL LICENSES Notice is hereby given, that the following applications to serve alcoholic beverages in the Town of Verona have been received, and are on file in the Office of the Town Clerk. A public hearing will be held on June 5, 2018 at 6:30 pm to allow for comments regarding these applications.

CLASS B BEER Dale Goytowski, President d/b/a/ Blackhawk Bowhunters 2103 CTH PB in the Town of Verona CLASS B BEER & CLASS B LIQUOR Susan Kaye Buchanan, President d/b/a Ole Duffers Pub 1755 CTH PB in the Town of Verona These applications are available for inspection at the Verona Town Hall, 7669 County Highway PD between the hours of 8:00 a.m.& 2:00 p.m. M-F. Tammy Dresser Deputy Clerk/Treasurer, Town of Verona Published: May 24, 2018 WNAXLP *** ATTENTION: CITY OF VERONA RESIDENTS AND TAXPAYERS The regular Monday, May 28, 2018 meeting of the Verona Common Council has been moved to Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Center, 111 Lincoln St., Verona, WI. Published: May 24, 2018 WNAXLP *** NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that applications for alcohol beverage licenses for the period from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019 have been filed with the City Clerk, CITY OF VERONA, by the following named individuals or corporations and for the following premises: “CLASS A” RETAIL LIQUOR AND MALT BEVERAGES LICENSE Brar Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a Verona Mobil, Gurprit Brar, Agent, for Verona Mobil, 101 E. Verona Avenue Casey’s Marketing Company d/b/a Casey’s General Store #3586, Emma Monheim, Agent, for Casey’s General Store #3586, 103 Prairie Oaks Drive KGN Acquisitions, LLC, d/b/a Verona Wine Cellar, Richard E. Dearworthy, Agent, for Verona Wine Cellar, 1015 N. Edge Trail Kwik Trip, Inc., d/b/a Kwik Trip #456, Alexander K. Abel, Agent, for Kwik Trip #456, 2145 County Road PB Kwik Trip, Inc., d/b/a Kwik Trip #837, Carol S. Cutler, Agent, for Kwik Trip #837, 400 E. Verona Avenue Madison Oil, LLC, d/b/a Verona Liquor, Lakhvir Kaur, Agent, for Verona Liquor, 103 S. Main Street Miller and Sons, Inc., d/b/a Miller and Sons Supermarket, Carlton Miller, Agent, for Miller and Sons Supermarket, 210 S. Main Street Schultz Vending, LLC, d/b/a Schultz Vending, Chris J. Schultz, Agent, for Schultz Vending, LLC, 535 Half Mile Road Tommaso Vincenzo, LLC, d/b/a Vincenzo Citgo, Courtney C. Weis, Agent, for Vincenzo Citgo, 991 Kimball Lane Walgreen Company d/b/a Walgreens #01159, Michael J. Waldvogel, Agent, for Walgreens #01159, 104 N. Main Street CLASS “B” RETAIL FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES LICENSE 48 Taps, LLC, d/b/a Mr. Brews Taphouse, Derek Dineen, Agent, for Mr. Brews Taphouse, 611 Hometown Circle, #104

Jordandal Farmstead Foods, Ltd., d/b/a Jordandal Cookhouse, Louis J. Lettenmaier, Agent, for Jordandal Cookhouse, 600 W. Verona Avenue, Suites 5 &6 M & K Kubly, d/b/a Tuvalu Coffeehouse & Gallery, Michelle L. Kubly, Agent, for Tuvalu Coffeehouse & Gallery, 300 S. Main Street “CLASS B” COMBINATION FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE & RESERVE INTOXICATING LIQUOR LICENSE 4 Sisters Verona, LLC, d/b/a 4 Sisters Wine & Tapas Restaurant, Corynn L. Weiland, Agent, For 4 Sisters Wine & Tapas Restaurant, 958 Liberty Drive Black Dog Holdings, Inc., d/b/a The Verona Woods Restaurant, Steve W. Turner, Agent, for The Verona Woods Restaurant, 958 Liberty Drive GRG Management LLC, d/b/a Monk’s Bar & Grill, Greg Hedrich, Agent, for Monk’s Bar & Grill, 1050 North Edge Trail JayBen and Management, LLC, d/b/a Boulder Brewpub, Jon B. Novick, Agent, for Boulder Brewpub, 950 Kimball Lane Liberty Business Park Hospitality, LLC, d/b/a Bar & Restaurant at the Hyatt Place Hotel, David Reinke, Agent, for Bar & Restaurant at the Hyatt Place, 846 Liberty Drive LBO, Inc., d/b/a 5th Quarter Sports Bar, Leann Butts, Agent, for 5th Quarter Sports Bar, 161 Horizon Drive Ste. 110 Madison Epicureans, LLC, d/b/a Pasquals Cantina, Seth D. Wilson, Agent, for Pasquals Cantina, 100 Cross Country Road MIRK, LLC, d/b/a Drafthouse Bar & Restaurant, Mark A. Franklin, Agent, for Drafthouse Bar & Restaurant, 1010 Enterprise Drive Sugar River Pizza Company – Verona, LLC, d/b/a Sugar River Pizza Company, Sarah Thomas, Agent, for Sugar River Pizza Company, 957 Liberty Drive Toot & Kate’s LLC, d/b/a Toot & Kate’s Wine Bar, Ryan T. Biechler, Agent, for Toot & Kate’s Wine Bar,109 S. Main Street “CLASS B” COMBINATION FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES & INTOXICATING LIQUOR LICENSE American Legion Mason-Lindsay Post 385, Richard Zurbuchen, Agent, for American Legion Mason-Lindsay Post 385, 207 Legion Street Avanti Italian Restaurant, LLC, d/b/a Avanti Italian Restaurant, Vito Cerniglia, Agent, for Avanti Italian Restaurant, 119 S. Main Street It’s Time Grill and Pub, LLC, d/b/a It’s Time Pub and Grill, Tim McRoberts, Agent, for It’s Time Pub and Grill, 608A W. Verona Avenue JPM Investments, LLC, d/b/a Dok’s Klassik Tavern, Bruce J. Meier, Agent, for Dok’s Klassik Tavern, 410 W. Verona Avenue Tavern and Bar, LLC, d/b/a Cahoots, Kurt Jurewicz, Agent, for Cahoots, 102 Railroad Street The Heights of Verona, LLC, d/b/a The Heights, Chadwick A. Leppien, Agent, for The Heights, 411 Prairie Heights Drive “CLASS C” WINE LICENSE Hop Haus Brewing Company, LLC, Phillip S. Hoechst, Agent, Agent for Hop Haus Brewing Company, LLC, 231 S. Main Street Jordandal Farmstead Foods, Ltd., d/b/a Jordandal Cookhouse, Carrie Johnson, Agent, for Jordandal Cookhouse, 600 W. Verona Avenue, Suites 5 & 6 M & K Kubly, d/b/a Tuvalu Coffeehouse & Gallery, Michelle L. Kubly, Agent, for Tuvalu Coffeehouse & Gallery, 300 S. Main Street 48 Taps, LLC, d/b/a Mr. Brews Taphouse, Derek Dineen, Agent, for Mr. Brews Taphouse, 611 Hometown Circle, #104 “CLASS B” WINERY LICENSE Fisher King Winery, LLC, d/b/a Fisher King Winery, Alwyn Fitzgerald, Agent, for Fisher King Winery, 1105 Laser Street The above applications will be considered by the City of Verona Public Safety and Welfare Committee on June 11, 2018 at 6:00 p.m., and the City of Verona Common Council on June 11, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. at City Hall, 111 Lincoln Street, Verona, WI 53593.

ANYONE HAVING AN OBJECTION to the granting of such licenses shall file that objection in writing with the City Clerk, City of Verona, 111 Lincoln Street before June 7, 2018 during regular office hours.

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QUALITY HOUSEKEEPER WANTED. Experienced, references. Every Saturday all summer and other days. Crown Point Resort 608-873-7833

The city plans to add 13.1 acres to Fireman’s Park, helped by a $20,500 county grant.

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Most of the additional land, which extends from Bruce Street to the right-of-way along South Main Street, is wetland and forest.

As part of the grant, the city plans to remove invasive plants and “re-establish an open meadow with natural walking paths, allowing access to the Badger Mill Creek,” the county news release said. Streambank improvement and management of the one-third of a mile of the creek will be a partnership among the city, Trout Unlimited, the state Department of Natural Resources and the Upper Sugar River Watershed Association, the release said.

Mikorski said the plan includes a trail stretching from Bruce Street to Main Street, with paths along it to the creek.

The city originally approached the landowners about the property

last year in hopes of expanding Fireman’s Park enough to site an outdoor community pool, but even with the additional property, it would have been too small, as the city would have been able to use the expansion only for natural recreation, not pool facilities or parking.

The county has been purchasing properties around Verona along the Sugar River for the past five years, starting with a 466-acre acquisition of former Bruce Company land along Hwy. 69, which it later renamed the Falk Wells Sugar River Wildlife Area. That area now includes hiking trails, new bridges and parking areas with additional river access.

Another 100 acres was added in 2015, and a separate purchase along the West Branch added 60 acres with fishing access and a hunting easement of 110 acres.

The county’s 2018 budget includes $75,000 for a multi-year restoration of the Sugar River, the release said.

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STOUGHTON SENIOR Apts, Cottage style 2 bdrrm. $745 plus utilities. Private entrance and patio All Appl inc/W/D. No Pets No Smoking. 608-873-0884

750 Storage Spaces For Rent ALL SEASONS SELF STORAGE 10X10 10X15 10X20 10X25 10X30 Security Lights-24/7 access OREGON/BROOKLYN CALL (608)444-2900 C.N.R. STORAGE Located behind Stoughton Garden Center Convenient Dry Secure Lighted with access 24/7 Bank Cards Accepted Off North Hwy 51 on Oak Opening Dr. behind Stoughton Garden Center Call: 608-509-8904 DEER POINT STORAGE Convenient location behind Stoughton Lumber.

Clean-Dry Units 24 HOUR LIGHTED ACCESS 5x10 thru 12x25 608-335-3337 FRENCHTOWN SELF-STORAGE Only 6 miles South of Verona on Hwy PB. Variety of sizes available now.

10x10=$60/month 10x15=$70/month 10x20=$80/month 10x25=$90/month 12x30=$115/month Call 608-424-6530 or 1-888-878-4244 NORTH PARK STORAGE 10x10 through 10x40, plus 14x40 with 14' door for RV & Boats.

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608-873-5088 CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE IS NOON Monday FOR THE Verona Press

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OREGON SELF-STORAGE 10x10 through 10x25 month to month lease Call Karen Everson at 608-835-7031 or Veronica Matt at 608-291-0316

DAIRY CATTLE AUCTION TAH LIVESTOCK WINSLOW, IL FRIDAY, MAY 25TH, 2018 1:00 PM EARLY CONSIGNMENTS: 35 HOLSTEINS HEIFERS AND 3 CROSSBRED HEIFERS, FRESH 3 WEEKS. UP AND ROLLING. TOP TOP SHELF. 5 CROSSBREDAND 3 HOLSTEIN PARLOR DISPERSAL COWS. ALL FRESH WITH 2ND CALF. LOTS OF MILK, THE GOOD KIND. ALSO 2 CROSSBRED DRY COWS. 8 STANCHION MILKED COWS INCLUDING: 1 RED AND WHITE, 4 HOLSTEINS, 3 CROSSBREDS, ALL 2 & 3 YR. OLDS. AS GOOD AS WALK. THEY ARE HERE AND ARE ALSO NOW PARLOR BROKE. THERE WILL BE MILK FOR EVERYONE'S POCKET BOOK! HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL SALE DAY!! ALSO 15 JERSEY AND JERSEY CROSS OPEN HEIFERS, BREEDING AGE. PLEASE CHECK OUR WEBSITE WWW.TAHLIVESTOCK.COM FOR FURTHER UPDATES CLOSER TO SALE DAY. PLEASE CALL TERRY AT 815-291-5604 CELL OR BARN 815-367-5581 AND LEAVE MESSAGE FOR ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING OUR SALES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF OUR 29TH YEAR IN BUSINESS!

RASCHEIN PROPERTY STORAGE 6x10 thru 10x25 Market Street/Burr Oak Street in Oregon Call 608-520-0240 UNION ROAD STORAGE 10x10 - 10x15 10x20 - 12x30 24 / 7 Access Security Lights & Cameras Credit Cards Accepted 608-835-0082 1128 Union Road Oregon, WI Located on the corner of Union Road & Lincoln Road

801 Office Space For Rent OFFICE SPACES FOR RENT In Oregon facing 15th hole on golfcourse Free Wi-Fi, Parking and Security System Conference rooms available Kitchenette-Breakroom Autumn Woods Prof. Centre Marty 608-835-3628

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RENT SKIDLOADERS MINI-EXCAVATORS TELE-HANDLER and these attachments. Concrete breaker, posthole auger, landscape rake, concrete bucket, pallet forks, trencher, rock hound, broom, teleboom, stump grinder.

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• Daytime, full-time Locate Technician positions available • 100% PAID TRAINING • Company vehicle & equipment provided • PLUS medical, dental, vision, & life insurance REQUIREMENTS: • Must be able to work outdoors • HS Diploma or GED • Ability to work OT & weekends • Must have valid driver’s license with safe driving record

VERONA DRIVERS WANTED

Full-Time Laborer/Operator Position

The Village of Brooklyn is seeking a Full-Time Public Works & Utilities Laborer/Operator. This is an entry level position.

Must have or be able to obtain a CDL within 30 days of employment and be able to obtain water/wastewater licenses.

A complete job description and application are available at www.brooklynwi.gov or by email to publicworks@brooklynwi. gov. Wage starts at $15.00 per hour. Additional raises as certain requirements are met. Benefits include health insurance and State of Wisconsin Retirement. Applicants must be available for overtime, including weekends and holidays, as part of the department’s employee rotation, and residence within 10 miles is preferred. Applications must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. Friday, June 1, 2018 to the Village Hall at 210 Commercial Street, P.O. Box 189, Brooklyn, WI 53521, or email above.

Cooks & Dishwasher Needed

Your opinion is something we always want to hear.

As a member of Epic’sculinaryteam, you will work with a dynamic team in state-of-of-the-art, kitchens and will enjoy full-time, weekday hours, and competitive wages.

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Cook You will be scratch cooking for 9,500 of our staff, customers, and guests. Our menu changes daily to reflect a variety of regional, seasonal, and international dishes. You will learn new recipes as you rotate through the grill, entrée, and soup/salad/sandwich stations. You will enjoy full benefits—including paid vacation and holidays.

Duties: This is a full time, 12-month position and will partner with a Payroll and Benefits Specialist co-worker (who is the Benefits lead) to process payroll and administer benefits for nearly 1,000 employees across 10 work sites and 5 employee groups. Serve as district lead on payroll setup and administration. Provide excellent customer service to staff by explaining complex information in an easy-to-understand way.

Requirements: Education: minimum of a two-year associate degree (or equivalent work experience) in accounting/business, with a bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or HR preferred. Experience: 2-4 years payroll/accounting/bookkeeping experience. School District experience with Skyward payroll system is preferred. Bilingual (Spanish) language skills are a plus.

Compensation: $20.46 to $28.26 per hour, plus excellent benefits.

Apply online by June 6th at www.verona.k12.wi.us

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ROSEWOOD APARTMENTS for Seniors 55+. 1 & 2 bedroom units available starting at $795 per month. Includes heat, water and sewer. Professionally managed. Located at 300 Silverado Drive, Stoughton, WI 53589 608-877-9388

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PART-TIME SEASONAL PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEE The Village of Brooklyn is seeking a seasonal part-time Public Works employee to assist with mowing, trash pickup, brush/compost work, etc. Must have a valid driver’s license.

Applications are available at www.brooklynwi.gov or by email to publicworks@brooklynwi.gov. Wage starts at $10.00 per hour. Applications must be received no later than 5:00 p.m.

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Drive Locally andWages Support your Community •Excellent Badger BusTraining Offers: •Paid • $150 Sign-On Bonus for Van Drivers •CDL Program • $500 Sign-On Bonus for (If Qualified School Bus Drivers •Signing Bonus Applicable) • Paid Training and Available Bonus to get in your CDL •Positions Madison and Verona • Full and Part-Time Positions Available

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Beautiful Town of Dunn 1828 Sandhill Rd., Oregon, WI 53575 608-835-7569 Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 am-7:30 pm; Sat 8:30 am-6 pm; Sun 9 am-5 pm

Memorial Day Planters Come Early for Best Selection!

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Directions from Stoughton: Take 138 toward Oregon. Go past Eugster’s Farm Market, one mile and turn right on Sunrise Rd. Go one more mile then turn left on Town Line Rd. Continue on to Sand Hill Rd. (approximately one mile) and turn right.

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