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The Verona Area High School and Exploration Academy Charter School Class of 2019 was dismissed for the last time on Sunday, June 9. Held at Epic Systems, the commencement ceremony for the Verona Area School District included speeches from students Michael Fischer and Nicole Phelps. Following the commencement ceremony, graduates were led outside to the commons area on the Epic campus, where they were given the chance to toss their caps in the air and meet up with family members and friends. Email reporter Kimberly Wethal at kimberly.wethal@wcinet.com and follow her on Twitter @kimberly_wethal. Graduate Kenny Umanzor Canales blows kisses to the crowd while walking across the stage during the Verona Area High School graduation ceremony on Sunday, June 9, at Epic. Photo by Kimberly Wethal
Fireman’s Park scheduled to open for season June 19 Some projects still under construction until July KIMBERLY WETHAL Unified Newspaper Group
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The splash pad at Fireman’s Park has been completed. Along with it, the playground and the shelter adjacent to it have also been built. Prior to the large amounts of rain during the spring, which halted the project until the ground dried off, construction crews battled sub-zero temperatures during late January and early February. During those days, the site was shut down completely, thought that didn’t knock the overall timeline back as a warmer November and December had allowed them to get ahead of schedule. Walker said the department will hold a grand opening sometime in July, once all projects at Fireman’s Park are complete.
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He said he expects the usage of the park to increase, with the addition of a larger shelter and more activities available to patrons at the park. “There’s just a lot more to do there than there ever used to be,” he said. “We’re excited to see it open, too, and it’ll be a good summer down there.” Email reporter Kimberly Wethal at kimberly.wethal@wcinet.com and follow her on Twitter @kimberly_wethal.
There is no longer much evidence that a tornado touched down on the northwestern side of Verona five years ago – unless you count the colors of house siding. Prior to the early morning hours of Tuesday, June 17, 2014, much of the neighborhood’s homes were a muted shade of neutral colors. And many of them still are – minus those in the pathway of the EF-3 tornado, which have since been repaired and painted in much bolder tones – reds, greens and blues. Shannon and Ryan Meyer, who live at the corner of Lone Pine Way and Tamarack Lane, were among the residents who took advantage of the forced remodel. When their roof was ripped off as the couple and their two daughters were still sleeping upstairs, they could feel raindrops on their heads as they fled to the basement. Even though they went with a deep red when they replaced the roof, they keep mementos of the old home front and center. “We have photos of the damage on the living room wall, and our daughters drew pictures of the home,” Shannon said. In the five years that have passed, a lot of healing has taken place. It’s not just the mended roofs, replaced glass, growing young trees and renovated elementary school, it’s also in the people who remain spooked when the wind picks up but have, for the most part, seen their lives go back to how they were. No injuries or deaths were reported, but the storm did massive amounts of damage in both the town and city of Verona. In addition to the $4 million needed to repair Country View Elementary School, there were 19 homes suffering major damage and eight families temporarily dislocated after their homes were deemed uninhabitable. In all, 84 homes sustained some sort of damage, including a pair on Tamarack Way that had insurance claims topping a combined half-million dollars, American Family insurance agent Brian Wagner said. Between Verona and the west side of Madison, Dane County Emergency Management estimated the storms had racked up a collective $15 million in damage that week, spread throughout 250 homes and businesses. The aftermath of the tornado brought in more than 100 police officers from 16 nearby precincts to help with security and ensure that people who weren’t supposed to be in the area after the storm stayed away.
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A relatively rainy and damp spring has slowed construction on a huge upgrade of Fireman’s Park, but it’s not expected to prevent people from getting out into the water next week. The park will open for the season on Wednesday, June 19, with many of its upgrades ready for public use, city parks director Dave Walker told the Press last week. Those improvements include the shelter, the beach area, a 3,600-square foot splash pad and the playground. The basketball courts and the trail that connects to the bike and pedestrian paths along County Hwy. M to the north will still be under construction until July, Walker said. Crews have been working during the recent stretch of nice weather to get everything done, Walker said. “The core of the park, the central part, is slated to be completed in the next two weeks,” he said. “They’ve really been going to town the last few weeks.”
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Verona kids learn bike safety, injury prevention Verona youngsters and their parents flocked to the police department last Saturday, June 8, to learn more about bike safety. It was the sixth annual Youth Bike Safety event at 111 Lincoln St. Visitors were able to register their bikes for free, d e m o n s t r a t e t h e i r b i ke skills, get helmets checked and learn more about injury prevention.
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Two months after city leaders decided a flashing beacon was the best hope for improving safety near Badger Ridge Middle School, those beacons are operating. It was just in time for the last few days of school, giving crossing guards and police now daily watching the intersection at North Main and Llanos streets a test run for next year. While the city and school district might consider other long-term fixes for the busy intersection – particularly with the building turning into an elementary school in 2020 – alders felt an urgency to make some sort of change quickly after a 12-year-old was hit by a car while heading to a school event in the late afternoon in March.
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Badger Ridge Middle School students cross North Main Street after school Tuesday, June 11, with the assistance of crossing guards and light beacons. The beacons were installed the week before at the intersection of Llanos and North Main streets. The April 8 council debate over the various options – covering everything from temporary orange cones to tunnels or bridges – led to a consensus of installing an LED-based rectangular flashing beacon that would not only assist crossing guards during peak times but would help pedestrians at other times of day. It also
happened to be relatively inexpensive, at around $40,000, and quick. Part of the concern that was raised during the discussion was that the child was hit after crossing guards had left for the day and that drivers on Main Street – many of them commuting outside of town – tend to speed. In the two months since,
police have been adding patrols to that intersection and others near schools. The cost of overtime pay was determined to be within the department’s budget for the year, and part of the hope is that the continued presence during peak hours will establish better driver habits. City officials expect to continue the discussion among themselves and with the school district throughout the next school year about other possible safety improvements, including traffic flow within and to the school, alternate exits and other traffic control devices. Crossing guard Robert Kiesow said the combination of the beacon and increased police presence have increased safety for children during after school hours. “The people driving on the road, they slow down and stop,” he said of the flashing beacons. “It’s a good deterrent, it’s not the cure.” Email Verona Press editor Jim Ferolie at veronapress@wcinet.com.
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The city is down to four candidates for the vacant senior center director position, which it plans to interview for June 17. Just as the last time the city hired a senior center director, one of the candidates is the current programming director. The other three all have some connection to nutrition or wellness. Alasia Wiest has been the senior center’s program director for three years, planning outings, programs and
activities. The external candidates are Stephanie Ehle, who has served as the Pregnancy Helpline executive director for the past year and ran her own wellness consulting company for four years before that; Donna Ambrose, the Second Harvest director of partnerships and programs; and Liza Orengo, a human nutrition lab manager for cancer research center Fred Hutchinson. City officials are holding faceto-face interviews, led by interim city administrator Adam Sayre and human resources coordinator Mitchell
Weckerly. The application deadline was May 19, and that week, the city narrowed its applicant pool to 12. That was about a month after former director Mary Hanson had been asked to resign. Hanson’s resignation, which carried no severance, came after a six-month performance improvement plan related to her handling of personnel issues. The job carries a salary range of $58,137-$72,801. Email Verona Press editor Jim Ferolie at veronapress@wcinet.com.
House fire results from propane tank malfunction Nobody hurt, house uninhabitable JUSTIN LOEWEN Press correspondent
A propane tank mal function set fire to a house in Verona’s Scenic Ridge neighborhood Friday, June 7. No were injuries reported. But the house, on the 1300 block of Hidden Valley Road, is uninhabitable because of extensive smoke damage, as well as destroyed rear windows
and doors, Verona fire chief Joseph Giver told the Press on Monday. A resident of the house declined comment to the Press on Sunday. The fire began on the back porch of a two-story house from a 20-pound propane tank underneath a “fire table,” a decorative piece of furniture that functions as an artificial fire pit, Giver said. The fire spread onto the exterior of the house, into a second-story bedroom and then into the ceiling above. The Verona Fire Department received a page for
the fire at 10:27 p.m., and Giver called “loss stopped” at 11:10 p.m. when the fire had been completely extinguished. A resident of the home had been showing a neighbor the fire table in an enclosed porch when she noticed there was a fire around the top of the table’s propane tank, prompting them to leave and call 911, Giver said. At the time of the call, the Verona Fire Department was responding to a vehicle accident about two miles away, on County Hwy. PB, and Giver left immediately for the fire.
The first arriving emergency unit was a police officer, who attempted to extinguish the blaze with a fire extinguisher, Giver said. An emergency release valve on the tank opened several times to prevent the tank from exploding before finally remaining open until the tank was empty. A crew from a Fitchburg fire engine put out the fire on the exterior of the house, and after additional emergency services from Verona, Oregon and Belleville arrived, the interior fire was also extinguished, Giver said.
of Hwy. PB crash A horse died Friday night after it was struck by two cars in the Town of Verona. A caller reported a crash on County Hwy. PB near Wesner Lane around 9:45 p.m. Friday night, according to a news release from the Sheriff’s office. An investigation later found a horse had gotten loose from a farm off of PB and was struck by a Chevrolet Silverado and a Toyota Prius while in the middle of the road. The horse died of injuries sustained by the crashes. Three other animals that had also escaped from the
site supervisor for the Lincoln Street apartments reported a nearby resident gives his crews the middle finger on a regular basis, as well as pulls at and kicks the chain-link fence surrounding the property. The supervisor didn’t want police to take action; rather, he wanted the behavior to be documented in case any equipment was damaged in the future. 2:35 p .m. A woman reported receiving threatening
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Tornado showed me the power of working together I was at my mother’s house in Madison on Tuesday, June 17, 2014. My phone had gone off with a tornado alert in the middle of the night, and we both headed downstairs. As I checked Twitter for storm reports and to find out if we were in its path, I was relieved to see that it was unlikely to be anywhere near us. That relief turned to dread when I began to see “Verona” in tweets about a tornado touching down. The days Girard and weeks that followed would show me, still less than a year into my job, the strength of the Verona community. While we were fortunate to avoid the most tragic possible outcomes – no one was seriously injured – people’s lives changed as they were forced to navigate insurance claims, rebuild homes and recover from the stress such an incident creates. They did so together, the same way our team at the Press leaped into action that night to document what had happened and what next steps would be required. Within minutes of the tornado
hitting Verona, I began texting my editor – who was already driving around Verona to check out damage – and realized it had hit Country View Elementary School. The next morning, I received an offer to tour the damage from superintendent Dean Gorrell. While I of course had to say yes, I wasn’t prepared for what walking through a school damaged by a tornado less than 12 hours prior would look like. I found myself staring in disbelief at an alphabet that ended with the letter “D,” as the rest of the classroom wall that held E through Z had been torn away, and now offered a view of the playground outside. Just across the building was even more chilling – normalcy. In the half of the building that wasn’t hit, it could’ve been any other summer Tuesday morning, with empty lockers and classrooms in a space dimly lit to save energy while people weren’t around. It was then I realized how pinpointed a tornado’s damage can be, even within a single building. That made the damage to houses nearby even sadder to see – 100 feet this way or that and they could’ve been spared. That day before, it was less than three months until the first day of the 2014-15 school year, and there was already
furious activity going on to get it repaired. On the lawn, I saw a school secretary who, despite the damage in front of us, was optimistic about the rebuild, and glad that the damage had come a week after the end of the school year instead of a week before. More than anything, that’s what I’ll remember – the people who, in the face of a huge, unanticipated challenge, saw no other choice than to make it work. And they believed they could do it, as Findorff project manager Mike Dillis told Gorrell that morning as I stood nearby. “We can put a man on the moon, build the Empire State Building, we should be able to do this,” Dillis said. Less than three months later, Dillis’ optimism was proven correct, and our Sept. 4 paper had a page of smiling faces walking back into the building and reading in their classrooms. I still have that paper, along with the one from the week of the tornado, to remind me of what’s possible when people work together. Scott Girard is the assistant editor at Unified Newspaper Group, and has covered the Verona Area School District since 2013.
Seeing tornado’s effects made me a better reporter O ne of my most vivid memories of the 2014 Verona tornado’s aftermath is sitting in a homeowner’s driveway, interviewing a woman who had just moved into her home on Lone Pine Way three weeks earlier. It was a devastating situation. She began to cry in the middle of that interview, and rightfully so. The EF-3 tornado had sent trees toppling through roofs and windows, Wethal whipped debris everywhere and took the sides off of numerous homes. It also destroyed portions of Country View Elementary School. That afternoon, I went out with reporter Scott Girard to a press conference with then-Gov. Scott Walker and police chief Bernie Coughlin in front of CV, and later that night, I again went back out to the Kettle Creek neighborhood to witness the clean-up process. It was walking around the neighborhood on my own that taught me lessons in reporting no journalism school could ever replicate.
In those moments where I interviewed homeowners and their families who had just lived through a terrifying experience I could never imagine, I learned a lot about empathy and what it means to be a fair reporter. I quit taking notes, set my notebook down and teared up with the new homeowner as the shock and sadness overtook her. I allowed myself to empathize and feel some of her pain. I reacted the same way as I spoke with a woman on Cross Country Road who suddenly had a new view of the road – one she never wanted – as a dozen-anda-half of her beloved front-yard trees either fell or had such substantial damage that they had to be taken down. There’s a common stereotype when it comes to reporters, that we are trained to be cold statues who want nothing but. Certainly a reporter’s job is to sort through the spin and give objective information. But it’s also storytelling. And those moments of empathy have allowed me to be a better steward of people’s stories. In my interviews with all different kinds of people since – parents who have lost their children, people who are homeless and have no family willing to
help or homeowners who have swimming pools of rainwater in their backyard – I become less of a reporter and more of an ear who is willing to listen. No, I never really stop being a reporter, and I still listen to my recordings to quote my sources. But now I write and report differently. I highlight personal tragedies and losses to do them justice, often tearing up as I transcribe their words. Because of the Verona tornado five years ago, I learned to put heart into my stories. I also left a part of my heart in the Kettle Creek neighborhood. Every time I drive through it, whether I’m on assignment to the school, on my way to Epic or taking Halloween photos, I take the long way through the winding streets and check up on the homes, glad that I can’t see inside past the siding. And I take joy in seeing that trees are growing in the front yard. Kimberly Wethal is the community reporter for the Verona Press, and is “the intern who never left.” She covered the tornado, and its one-year anniversary in 2015, as a correspondent.
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VACT presents ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ over two June weekends Go on an adventure with a magical car during the Verona Area Community Theater’s summer family production of “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.” The show will run for two weekends in June, with productions at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 21, and Saturday, June 22, and a 2 p.m. matinee performance Sunday, June 23. The three shows the following week will take place at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 27, through Saturday, June 29. The productions will be put on at the Verona Area High School Performing Arts Center, 300 Richard St. Tickets are $17 for general admission, and $12 for seniors ages 65 and older, children and K-12 students. Tickets can be purchased in advance or at the door, depending on availability. The musical is based on the 1968 film, which was adapted from a children’s book, according to a VACT news release. The plot follows two children who fall in love with a car in a local junkyard, and whose widowed father, Caractacus
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The cast of “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” sits in the car. The Verona Area Community Theater will put on the musical for two weekends in June. Potts, wants to save it for them. Once Potts saves the car from being destroyed, it takes them on an adventure, where the car and the family go up against an evil baron and baroness who do not like children. According to the release, the show involves more than 50 performers from the Verona and greater Madison area. David Joe plays the role of Potts, with Emma Vogel beside him playing
the role of Truly Scrumptious. The roles of the children are shared among four performers, with Alex Christy and Ben Freiberg in the role of Jeremy, and Callie Lederer and Gabi Kiefert playing Jemima. Supporting characters include Tim Yanachek as Grandpa, Riley Custer as the Baron and Lauren Welch as the Baroness. The show is directed by Terry Dvorak. Assisting
What: Verona Area Community Theater’s “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” When: 7:30 p.m. June 21-22, 27-29; 2 p.m. June 23 Where: Verona Area High School Performing Arts Center, 300 Richard St. Cost: $17 for general admission; $12 for seniors 65 and older and children and K-12 students Info: vact.org
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Those interested in how Wisconsinites can get involved in the refugee crisis in Europe can learn more at a talk Thursday, June 20. UW-Superior political science professor Khalil Dokhanchi will speak at the Verona Public Library on the “Emerging Refugee Crisis: How Will Wisconsinites Respond?” The talk will begin at 6:30 p.m. Dokhanchi will discuss “recent migration patterns, how they have shaped the current refugee crisis in Europe, and what can be learned from the example of asylum seekers in Germany,” according to the event information on the library’s website. He will also discuss the different meanings of phrases like “displaced person,” “refugee” and “migrant.” The event is sponsored by
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Area artists will have another venue to share and sell their creations Sunday, June 23. The Verona Senior Center will host its first arts and crafts fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. inside its building on 108 Paoli St. Senior center programming director Alasa West told the Press a pair of seniors, who attend an exercise class at the center and do painting and other art,
suggested a spring arts and crafts fair following a partnership fair held in the winter with JNJ Craftworks. We s t s a i d eve n t wa s “pretty well attended” with 150 to 200 people, so she agreed to have the center sponsor one. As of Monday, June 10, 12 vendors were signed up with a variety of media, including painting, photography and woodworking. “We’re just kind of letting it run to see how popular it gets,” West said. Others interested in
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If the genre of music being played at one of the Music on Main or Concerts in the Park series isn’t quite to your liking, Verona Area Chamber of Commerce executive director Le Jordan said all you have to do is wait for the next one. Both concert series will feature “a little bit of everything” throughout the summer, she said. The Chamber began Music on Main two years ago when construction consumed much of the downtown – Chamber staff
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Railroad St. Concerts in the Park, held from 6-8 p.m. Thursdays in July, will be located at Harriett Park. The only Thursday in July that won’t feature a concert is the 4th of July. The Music on Main conJuly 11: Your Mom certs usually feature smallJuly 18: Chicken Bacon er acts for a more intimate July 25: TBD experience, Jordan said, while the Concerts in the Park series tends to bring in Parks Department for Con- larger bands. certs in the Park. The city will still run the Email reporter Kimberevent, Jordan said. ly Wethal at kimberly. Music on Main is held wethal@wcinet.com and from 5-8 p.m. every other follow her on Twitter @ Friday, starting June 14 and kimberly_wethal. ending Aug. 9, at Hometown Junction Park, 101 W.
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having their works on dis- programming. play can get a table for $20 by calling the senior Contact Scott Girard at center at 845-7471. Monungreporter@wcinet.com ey raised through the fair and follow him on Twitter will go toward senior center @sgirard9.
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Mending with Linda Linda Kaiser will offer mending services on items of clothing from 10-11 a.m. Thursday, June 13, at the senior center. She will offer services like sewing on buttons and repairing tears and hems. For information, call 845-7471.
Pop-up museum: “Journeys” Bring your artifacts that represent a journey or tell a story at 10 a.m. Friday, June 14, at the senior center for a pop-up museum. Items that qualify include items that you acquired in a move, artifacts from when family members emigrated from another country or things found during a vacation. For information, call 845-7471.
Live Music in the Backyard Join the Wisconsin Brewing Company from 6-9 p.m. Friday, June 14, at their brewery, 1079 American Way, for a live music concert, food and drinks. The live concert will feature the band Wheelhouse. Brats and hot dogs will be sold. Proceeds from the event will benefit
the Verona Kiwanis Club. For information, call 848-1079.
how to stargaze from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Monday, June 17, at the library. Heasley will teach you what’s Summer reading party there to see, how to look for things in Children can launch into their the night sky and what kind of equipsummer reading with a party from 10 ment is needed. For information, call 845-7180. a.m. to noon Saturday, June 15, at the library. The party will include a glow-in- Intro to Twitter the-dark dance party, virtual reality Have you wanted to learn how to games, slushies, a rocket ship bounce use Twitter, but held back because house, airbrush tattoos, crafts and a you’re not sure how to use it? scavenger hunt. A seminar on the basic features of For information, call 845-7180. the popular social media platform will be held from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Birthday lunch June 18, at the library. To set up an account during the Seniors with birthdays or anniversaries in June will be celebrated seminar, an accessible email address Friday, June 21, at the senior center. is necessary. Registration for the event is Attendees are asked to reserve their required. spot by noon, Monday, June 17. For information, call 845-7180. Jesse Walker will perform waltz, polka, country and bluegrass favorCSI: Pikachu ites at 12:30 p.m. Is Pikachu innocent or guilty of AJ’s Pizza will be served for lunch. The lunch is free for those who murder? You can decide from 3:30-5 p.m. have June birthdays or anniversaries. Wednesday, June 19, at the library. For all others, the cost is $5. The event is recommended for For information, call 845-7471. teenagers from 12-18. Learn to be a stargazer Registration is required. For information, call 845-7180. Local astronomer John Heasley will teach people ages 5 and older
Community calendar Thursday, June 13
• 10-11 a.m., Mending with Linda Kaiser, senior center, 845-7471 • 4-5:30 p.m., Teen DnD and tabletop games (ages 12-18), library, 845-7180
Friday, June 14
• 10 a.m., Pop-up museum on “journeys,” senior center, 845-7471 • 12:30 p.m., Ice cream social and a movie: “The Mule,” senior center, 845-7471 • 6-9 p.m., Live Music in the Backyard: Wheelhouse, Wisconsin Brewing Company, 1079 American Way, 848-1079
12-18), library, 845-7180 • 6:30-7:30 p.m., Seize the Night: Becoming a stargazer with astronomer John Heasley, library, 8457180
Tuesday, June 18
• 2-3 p.m., Out of this World! STEAM activities (ages 6-11), library, 845-7180 • 6-8 p.m., Intro to the Twitter app (registration required), library, 8457180
Wednesday, June 19
• 2-3 p.m., Read it and Eat: “Star Wars Jedi Academy Vol. 1” (ages 9-12), library, 845-7180 • 3:30-5 p.m., CSI: Pikachu murder Saturday, June 15 • 10 a.m. to noon, Summer reading mystery (ages 12-18, registration program kick-off, library, 845-7180 required), library, 845-7180 • 4:30 and 5 p.m., Tech Time with Monday, June 17 Tim (appointment required), • 3-8 p.m., Crafty Monday (ages
senior center, 845-7471
Thursday, June 20
• 1:30-2:30 p.m., Dinosaurs vs. Asteroids presentation, library, 845-7180 • 6-9 p.m., Live Music in the Backyard: Pat McCurdy (dogs allowed), Wisconsin Brewing Company, 1079 American Way, 848-1079 • 6:30-7:30 p.m., “Emerging Refugee Crisis: How will Wisconsinites respond?” seminar, library, 8457180
Friday, June 21
• 10-11 a.m., “Computer Questions Plus…” with Rich Bartlett, senior center, 845-7471 • 11:30 a.m., June birthday and anniversary lunch (RSVP by noon Monday, June 17), senior center, 845-7471
What’s on VHAT-98 Thursday, June 13 7 a.m. – Gretta Garbo at Senior Center 8 a.m.- Zumba Gold 9 a.m. - Daily Exercise 10 a.m. - Bahama Bob at Senior Center 2 p.m. - Zumba Gold 3 p.m. - Daily Exercise 4 p.m. – The Gift of Education at Senior Center 5 p.m. – Bob Lindmeier at Senior Center 6 p.m. - Salem Church Service 7 p.m. - Elder Abuse at Senior Center 8 p.m. - Daily Exercise 9 p.m. – Joe Parisi at Senior Center 10 p.m. – Maple Drive Dairy at the Historical Society Friday, June 14 7 a.m. – The Gift of Education at Senior Center 1 p.m. - Joe Parisi at Senior Center 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 4 p.m. – Bob Lindmeier at Senior Center 5 p.m. - 2018 Wildcats Football - New! 9 p.m. - Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. - Gretta Garbo at Senior Center 11 p.m. – Bahama Bob at Senior Center Saturday, June 15 8 a.m. - Common Council from 06-10-19 11 a.m. - Vintage Verona
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. Memorial UCC 5705 Lacy Rd., Fitchburg (608) 273-1008 memorialucc.org Interim Pastor Laura Crow Sunday: 9:30 a.m.
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 and 10:45 a.m. Salem United Church of Christ 502 Mark Dr., Verona (608) 845-7315 salemchurchverona.org Rev. Dr. Mark E. Yurs, Pastor Sunday Worship: 9 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 Pastors Nathan Strutz and Andrew Ewings, and Assistant Pastor Jordan Uhlhorn Thursday: 6:30 p.m. Sunday: 9 a.m. St. Christopher Catholic Parish St. Andrew Church 301 N. Main St., Verona St. William Church 1371 Hwy. PB, Paoli (608) 845-6613 stchristopherverona.com Fr. John Sasse, pastor Saturday: 5 p.m., St. Andrew, Verona Sunday: 7:30 a.m., St. William,
Springdale Lutheran Church ELCA 2752 Town Hall Rd. (off Hwy ID), Mount Horeb (608) 437-3493 springdalelutheran.org Revs. Loren and Linda Schumacher 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 paoliucc.com Pastor Rich Pleva Sunday: 9:30 a.m. family worship
Helping Others to Help Themselves Sports 1 p.m. - 2018 Wildcats Football - New! 4:30 p.m. – Maple Drive Dairy at the Historical Society 6 p.m. – Common Council from 06-10-19 9 p.m. - Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. - Maple Drive Dairy at the Historical Society 11 p.m. - Bahama Bob at Senior Center Sunday, June 16 7 a.m. - Hindu Cultural Hour 9 a.m. – Resurrection Church 10 a.m. - Salem Church Service Noon - Common Council from 06-10-19 3 p.m. - Vintage Verona Sports 4:30 p.m. - Maple Drive Dairy at the Historical Society 6 p.m. – Common Council from 06-10-19 9 p.m. - Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – Maple Drive Dairy at the Historical Society 11 p.m. - Bahama Bob at Senior Center Monday, June 17 7 a.m. – The Gift of Education at Senior Center 1 p.m. - Joe Parisi at Senior Center 3 p.m. - Vintage Verona Sports 4 p.m. - Bob Lindmeier at Senior Center 5 p.m. - 2018 Wildcats
Football - New! 9 p.m. - Hindu Cultural Hour 10 p.m. – Gretta Garbo at Senior Center 11 p.m. – Bahama Bob at Senior Center Tuesday, June 18 7 a.m. – Gretta Garbo at Senior Center 10 a.m.- Zumba Gold 9 a.m. - Daily Exercise 10 a.m. - Bahama Bob at Senior Center 2 p.m.- Zumba Gold 3 p.m. - Daily Exercise 4 p.m. – The Gift of Education at Senior Center 5 p.m. – Bob Lindmeier at Senior Center 6 p.m. - Resurrection Church 8 p.m. - Elder Abuse at Senior Center 9 p.m. - Joe Parisi at Senior Center 10 p.m. - Maple Drive Dairy at the Historical Society Wednesday, June 19 7 a.m. – The Gift of Education at Senior Center 1 p.m. - Joe Parisi at Senior Center 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 5 p.m. – Common Council from 06-10-19 7 p.m. - Capital City Band 8 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. - Gretta Garbo at Senior Center 11 p.m. – Bahama Bob at Senior Center
Thursday, June 20 7 a.m. – Gretta Garbo at Senior Center 8 a.m.- Zumba Gold 9 a.m. - Daily Exercise 10 a.m. – Bahama Bob at Senior Center 2 p.m. - Zumba Gold 3 p.m. - Daily Exercise 4 p.m. – The Gift of Education at Senior Center 5 p.m. – Bob Lindmeier at Senior Center 6 p.m. - Salem Church Service 7 p.m. - Elder Abuse at Senior Center 8 p.m. - Daily Exercise 9 p.m. – Joe Parisi at Senior Center 10 p.m. – Maple Drive Dairy at the Historical Society
“For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.” – 2 Thessalonians 3:10 The nineteenth century British philosopher John Stuart Mill argued persuasively for a variety of social reforms, and especially for state-supported public education, on the grounds that it “is help towards doing without help.”That is, education makes people more likely to be able to take care of themselves and live healthy, independent lives. It may be easier to just give people food or money to meet their immediate needs, but in the long run this may only foster a state of dependency,whereas if we take the time to teach the person how to fend for himself, he might fare better in the long run. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day but teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. There are lots of ways in which we can help others to help themselves, whether it is teaching them a skill or trade, or teaching them how to drive or to read. Reading opens doors to a whole world of help, because once you teach someone how to read, it gives them access to the entire fund of human knowledge. We should consider how we might help the people in our community, or even in our own families, to be more independent. – 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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Zimba brings a youthful excitement as new VAHS AD JEREMY JONES Sports editor
Joel Zimba’s interest in being an athletic director goes back to his days playing high school sports as a senior at Madison West. “I think that was really when I started to understand that there was someone that put together an athletic program,” he said. “I love
coaching, and I love playing sports, but just the logistics that go behind games and events, has always been something that intrigues me.” T h e M o z a m - Zimba bique native, who turns 31 in August, will get his chance to put his
own stamp on Verona Area High School after being hired as the district’s new athletic director earlier this month. He takes over for Mark Kryka, who is stepping down after 31 years. The school will get an entirely new set of facilities in the fall of 2020, after voters approved a $182 million referendum in 2017. The district later added an $8 million package of enhancements
that includes artificial turf on the football and soccer fields and a warm-water pool to complement its competition pool. Zimba told the Press last Thursday, he never imagined landing a job in a district building a new high school and athletic facilities. “I’ve always stayed motivated and thought, if I stayed true to myself an opportunity would come,” he said. “I’m just fortunate
enough God pleased me with this opportunity when he did. “Now it’s just about stepping in here and proving that they made the right decision.” Zimba has a master’s degree in sports administration from Valparaiso (Ind.) University, where he later served as director of basketball operations. He has spent the past two
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MARK NESBITT Assistant sports editor
When Jackson Acker attended the UW-Madison football camp for the first time, it couldn’t have gone any better if he had scripted it. Acker, a 6 foot, 1 inch, 215-pound sophomore running back from Verona, received a scholarship offer Sunday, June 9, and verbally committed to play football for the Badgers. He is the second recruit in the Class of 2021 to accept an offer from the Badgers, joining offensive tackle JP Benzschawel of Grafton. Acker said he found out the news in a meeting with UW coach Paul Chryst in his office along with his mother, who is a nurse at UW Hospital and Clinics and attended UW-Madison herself. “I couldn’t believe it at first, knowing how young I am and how much time I have until college,” Acker said. Acker rushed for 528 yards and had seven touchdowns last season for a Verona football team that finished 7-3 and displayed his ability as a receiver, with 15 receptions for 152 yards. Acker also is coming off a WIAA Division 1 state runner-up finish in the discus (171 feet,
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Sophomore running back Jackson Acker gets a pancake block from offensive lineman Bryce Corning (71) on a 56-yard touchdown run late in the second quarter of the Wildcats’ 35-0 win over Madison West last year at Mansfield Stadium. Acker verbally committed to the Badgers on Sunday. 5 inches). He was also drawing recruiting interest from Iowa and Illinois. “I grew up here,” Acker said. “It just feels like the right place.” At the Badger football camp, it was a blend of
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Acker’s speed and strength that stood out. He went through a series of skills tests, running the 40-yard dash in 4.6 seconds and doing 16 reps at 185-pounds on the bench press. Acker also went through football drills with
UW running backs coach John Settle. “I didn’t know if there would be an opportunity,” Acker said. “They must have liked what they saw.” After finding out the news Sunday, Acker still had three more days at Verona Area
High School as a sophomore. Acker now plans on getting stronger this summer. “I just need to get in the weight room,” he said. “Knowing that now I’m going to be a college athlete, I need to live up to that.”
Mark Kryka has seen a lot of change at Verona Area High School since coming to the district as a physical education teacher in 1983. Kryka became the school’s athletic director in 1989, after Bob Kleinfeld resigned, and has been in the posi- Kryka tion every since. But as Kryka turns 62 this summer and his contract expires, he doesn’t have the energy to put in the long work weeks anymore. The father of two daughters who have young families (Mollie and Keltie), Kryka said he would like to spend more time with his grandkids. “My wife has been retired for six years; it’s time that I join her and we start enjoying life a little bit,” he said. The winters are the longest and most time-consuming just because of the number of nights he worked, he said. “I usually get to the office at 8 a.m. in the winter and will go home for an hour after school and come back until 9 or 9:30 three or four nights a week,” he said. “A wrestling tournament may be
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Anderson, McChesney share Player of the Year honors JEREMY JONES Sports editor
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Junior Alyssa Bostley (left) was one of six players to join senior Molly McChesney on the Big Eight all-conference team.
The two senior starters on the Verona softball team, pitcher Meghan Anderson and center fielde r M o l l y M c C h e s n e y, wrapped up their prep careers with several postseason accolades. Starters for the past four years, Anderson and McChesney shared Big
Eight Conference Player of the Year honors, helping the team to a perfect 16-0 conference record. Anderson, a Northern State University (Aberdeen, S.D.) recruit, tossed 140 of a possible 169 innings this season for the Wildcats, going 21-3 in the circle with a 1.08 ERA and 218Ks on the year. She walked 41 and allowed 36 earned runs.
A University of Akron recruit and the team’s leadoff hitter, McChesney led Verona in batting average (.594), on-base percentage (.645), hits (57), singles (53) and runs scored (54). “They came up to varsity as freshmen and they’ve been here ever since,” coach Todd Anders o n s a i d f o l l ow i n g t h e team’s sectional final loss. “What they brought to the
program was more than anything you could measure statistically. They brought heart, hard work and they worked hard in the offseason – all the things that are trademarks of great players.” Anderson and McChesney were joined as first-team all-conference players by first baseman
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The Verona baseball team had six players named Big Eight All-Conference Tuesday, May 28. Senior pitcher Reagan Klawiter and sophomore shortstop Ryan Taylor were named first-team all-conference and senior catcher and designated hitter Brooks Brazeau was voted to the second team. Sophomore pitcher Jacob Kisting, sophomore second baseman James Rae and senior outfielder Tyler McWilliams garnered honorable mention honors. K l aw i t e r, a n I l l i n o i s S t a t e recruit, posted a 4-4 record with a 1.90 ERA. He struck out 72 and walked 18. Taylor was the leading hitter for the Wildcats in batting average (.468), RBIs (28), doubles (11) and triples (5). Brazeau (.355) had 15 RBIs and eight doubles. Kisting led the team in wins, going 6-2 with a 2.61 ERA. He struck out 51 and walked 21. He gave the Wildcats a solid one-two punch on the mound. Verona finished the season 15-12 and won Photo by Mark Nesbitt six straight games to make a run Senior Reagan Klawiter was named first-team Big Eight All-Conference as a pitcher. to the WIAA Division 1 sectional final, where he pitched and the It was the sixth straight section- .370 with a home run, 10 RBIs McWilliams hit .265 with 12 RBIs Wildcats lost to Sun Prairie 10-0, al appearance for Verona. Rae hit and a team-high 24 runs scored. and 17 runs scored. one win from state.
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Five Verona girls soccer players garnered Big Eight All-Conference honors recently. The Wildcat trio that was named second-team all-conference included junior Olivia Rawson (forward), senior Julia Gilboy (midfielder) and sophomore Kristin Poppen (defender). Both sophomore midfielder Kasey Gilboy and defender Morgan Johnson were named honorable mention all-conference. Verona finished the season 6-8-1 and sixth in the conference at 4-4-1, nine points behind conference champion Madison Memorial. Sun Prairie’s Alexis Baker was named the conference player of the year and Cathy Patton of Madison Memorial was named the coach of the year.
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Zimba: Mozambique native lands dream job as Verona Area High School athletic director give back to their commu- neurological defect that nities.” can limit motor control, and his mother wanted to weeks shadowing Kryka Back to his roots pursue a doctorate degree. and officially takes over “I’m glad that we picked the position on July 8. Zimba has lived in Amer“I think there is a lot you ica most of his life, but Madison, because it’s been may not expect,” he said. he spent three years in his a true home since,” he said. During Zimba’s fresh“You may know the basic African homeland during man year, his father asked framework of what an athhigh school. Born in Maputo, Mozam- him to return to Mozamletic director does, but I b i q u e , h i s f a m i l y l e f t bique. think it’s a lot like the oth“My dad really wanter roles I’ve had, you can during a civil war when he was 2 and chose the Madi- ed me to really dive into put as much as you want on paper but every day is difson area for its health care where I was from, a different culture and really ferent.” and educational facilities. His sister was born with be challenged,” he said. “I Ultimately, his position is about helping coaches spina bifida, a genetic didn’t really want to go, but I thank my dad now. A lot of the person I am today when it comes to perseverance is because of him.” Even though Zimba said he would complain, his father never let that change his mindset about the young man he wanted his son to become. “He’d say, ‘I understand that this is tough but there will come a day you will look back on this and cherINDEPENDENT, ASSSISTED LIVING & MEMORY CARE CAMPUS ish the time you had,” Zimba recounted. “He’d let me Amenies Available May Vary By Locaon pout but he’d tell me that • Spacious Apartments • Daily Acvies isn’t going to change you • Free Transportaon • Underground Parking being here, so you might • Full-Time Nursing • Restaurant Style Dining as well make the best out • 24 Hour Staff • Movie Theatre of it.” • Housekeeping • On-Site Salon A soccer player growing up, Zimba decided to try to football when he returned and enrolled at Madison West High School. “I had always wanted to come back and experience the American athletics that Continued from page 9
and student-athletes being successful and not wins and losses. “I want these coaches and students to feel like t h ey h ave t h e r e s o u r c es and support they need to achieve their team and individual goals,” he said. “My coaches’ success is defined by their ability to lead their student-athletes to achieve their goals, graduate from VAHS, go on to graduate from college and/or have success in their future careers, and
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I grew up loving so much,” a n d t h e p e o p l e a r o u n d he said. “And reconnect when you hit struggles. It with my friends.” was a big challenge, but it really molded not only Administration path me, but also the team in the Z i m b a ’s c a r e e r p a t h people we are today.” Zimba then moved to the toward being an athletic director started in earnest university’s administration to gain fund raising expein graduate school. A f t e r e a r n i n g a n rience, serving as associate u n d e r g r a d u a t e d e g r e e director for Annual Giving in intergroup relations, at Valparaiso University. “A lot of the fundraisp a r t o f U W- M a d i s o n ’s Afro-American Studies ing at the high school levprogram, he went to Val- el is done by the boosters paraiso University to get club; however, my role is his master’s degree. He to ensure that these boostinterned with the men’s er clubs have my backing basketball team as a grad- during their fundraising uate manager for one year efforts,” Zimba said. “Iniand was promoted to direc- tially, all fundraising initiator of basketball opera- tives are signed off by the AD.” tions. Zimba will have a year He managed day-to-day operations for the team, at VAHS before taking on including its budget, travel a new set of challenges as itineraries, camps, recruit- athletic director of a new ing visits, gear and over- high school that’s almost seeing the managerial team twice as big as the existing one. and player academics. “A year from now, it’s The Crusaders won 69 games during his three almost going to be like years there, including a starting over again,” he school-record 30 wins in said. But he is eager to have 2015-16 and two regular season Horizon League the flexibility it will bring in terms of scheduling for championships. But his job got much each team. “It will be a learning more difficult when the team moved to the Mis- curve,” he said. “But I souri Valley Conference think it will really simplify everyone’s jobs and during his final year. “It was tough,” Zim- obviously the students are ba said. “I always say, it’s going to love it, too, and easy to win, but you learn that’s the most important the most about yourself part.”
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Verona’s Kyle Nelson was in a zone Sunday, June 9, tossing a one-hit shutout to lead Verona to a 10-0 win over Dodgeville in seven innings of a Western Section game at Stampfl Field. It was a dominating performance by Nelson, who retired 19 straight after a first-inning walk. He struck out eight and walked two. The Cavaliers improved to 6-0 Sunday after falling to 1-1 in Thursday night play with a 5-1 loss to Ashton. On Sunday, Dodgeville’s Dayne Arnold broke up Nelson’s no-hit bid, lining a two-out single to center in the seventh. Tyler McClure came on in relief and got Dodgeville’s Mark Ludwig to ground out to third base to end the seventh. “Things were clicking today,” Nelson said. “I had all three of my pitches working. I wanted to use my fastball to get ahead and keep the ball down in the zone.” Verona pounded out 13 hits. Seven starters had at least one hit. The second through sixth hitters gave the Knights fits, going a combined 8-for-16. “This lineup can mash,” Nelson said. “Knowing that we can put up multiple runs in any inning, I knew I just needed to pound the zone.” Lund said Nelson kept hitters off-balance with his fastball, curveball and change-up. “He pitched great,” Lund said. “That is what we expect out of him every time.”
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Verona’s Kyle Nelson tossed a one-hit shutout to lead the Cavaliers to a 10-0 seven-inning win Sunday over Dodgeville.
the Knights later in the inning to take a 3-0 lead. In the fifth, Verona added to its lead. Derek Burgenske, who went 2-for-4 with an RBI, bunted for a single down the third-base line. Lund doubled to center and Jordahl drove in a run with a pop out to third. Yapp lined an RBI single to center to give the Cavaliers a 5-0 lead. The Cavaliers had a fourrun sixth. Jacob Slonim was hit by a pitch and stole second. Klayton Brandt, who was 2-for-3 with an RBI, drove in a run with a single to left. Justin Scanlon walked. Burgenske delivered an RBI single to right. When the throw to the plate sailed over the catcher’s head. Scanlon also scored to give the Cavaliers an 8-0 lead. Yapp came through with an RBI single. The Cavaliers walked off with a seven inning win after McClure doubles in the seventh. Connor McGowan ripped an RBI double to left to end the game.
Verona has three games this week. The Cavaliers are at Middleton on Thursday and then host Oregon at 7 p.m. Friday. Verona plays host to Hollandale on Sunday, June 16. Lund said he wanted to rest ace pitcher Jason Erxleben with three games coming up. “We will need him at full strength,” Lund said. Ashton 5, Verona 1 “They (Erxleben and NelSam Pederson hit a solo son) have both proven they home run in the second, but are great pitchers in this three errors contributed to league.” a 5-1 loss at Ashton. Lund said the team didn’t Verona 10, play well defensively. Dodgeville 0 “We gave them too many Verona took a three-run extra outs,” he said. Ashton limited Verona to lead in the fourth inning on one hit, Pederson’s home its way to a 10-0 win over run. Dodgeville. Brad Laufenberg started Player-manager David and pitched four innings. Lund and first baseman He gave up five runs and Mike Jordahl both singled in the fourth, and Luke struck out three. He was Yapp, who finished 2-for-4 one of three pitchers the with three RBIs, knocked Cavaliers used. Pederson in a run on a groundout. tossed two shutout innings The Cavaliers scored two in relief and McClure had more runs on an error by one shutout inning.
Kryka: Hopes to spend more time with family Continued from page 9 another 12 hours on a Saturday.” Kryka was named state athletic director of the year in 2015-16 and was one of nine ADs to win the National Distinguished Service award in 2013. He has been nominated for the last two years for the National Federation Citation award, which will be selected this summer. That award is presented next year in Maryland. Kryka, who said he applied to the vacant AD position in Verona on a whim, noted that the district’s enrollment has nearly tripled since he started, to about 1,600 or 1,700, making the job more difficult than it used to be. “Luckily, I was able to grow with the school,” Kryka said. “It’s tough to be an athletic director in a larger school, which I think incoming athletic director Joel (Zimba) is finding out.”
Change in plans Kryka was a three-sport athlete in Antigo, playing football, wrestling and baseball and hoped for a
professional career. That looked like a possibility when was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1976. “I was planning to go to college to play football and baseball, but when I got drafted, that was my lifelong dream, so I decided to try that out for a few years,” he said. His minor league career was short lived. Kryka tore his rotator cuff in 1977. He signed with the Minnesota Twins in 1978 and was released during spring training in 1979. Out of baseball, Kryka returned to Wisconsin where he attended UW-La Crosse to get his teaching degree. It was there he met his wife, Margie.
Many successes Kryka said all the state titles the Wildcats, formerly the Indians, have won over the years highlighted his time at Verona. VAHS has won 15 state titles over his time as AD in boys and girls cross country, boys and girls track, boys and girls swimming, girls soccer, girls basketball, girls golf and hockey.
“It’s just fun to go to state,” he said. “We’ve been fortunate enough to have great coaches and kids.” Several of those athletes have gone on to compete at the highest level of their respective sports. Casey FitzRandolph was a kicker on the football team before going on to become and Olympic gold medalist in speed skater. Neil Walker won four medals as an Olympic swimmer. Beata Nelson, a national champion swimmer at UW-Madison is also an Olympic hopeful. Derek Stanley and Jack Skille played in the NFL and NHL, respectively. Catcher Ben Rortvedt was drafted by the Minnesota Twins and has moved up to Class AA. He’s enjoyed it all, but he’s looking forward to having more free time. “We’ll probably travel a little bit; I hope to spend more time together and more time with the grandkids,” he said. “Over the last 30 years, I missed a lot of family things. It’s time I started enjoying some of that stuff.”
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Team members (front, from left) are: Graham Jeske, Zach Thomas, Maxx Kaminski, Jake Hagen, Luke Grendahl, Xavier Howard, Drew Dingle, Devin Volk, Connor Hoyer and Michael Romens; (middle) Zach Lowry, Dillon Currier, Nick Heinzen, Luke Quakenbush, Karl Sutter, Max Meyers, Keegan Lindell (Honorable Mention All-Conference, Midfield), Logan Peterson, Ollie Gauthie, Sam Wood, Haakon Anderson and assistant coach Patrick Diedrich; (back) head coach Nathan Lutterman, assistant coach Chris Hannegan, Aiden Bazala, Jesse Trilling, Jack Puccio, Tyler LaHam, Adam Bekx and Noah Jannusch; (not pictured) Jerome Starr and team managers Kenzie Dubois, Lauren Prochnow and Abby Walsh.
Wildcats rake in postseason awards T h e Ve r o n a b o y s lacrosse season came to a close Monday, June 3, against a smothering Middleton defense in a 12-5 loss. Verona finished the year with a 9-8 record (8-4 in conference). Junior Ollie Gauthier wrapped up the season, earning the Wisconsin Lacrosse Federation All-State and first-team all-conference defender honors. Fellow junior Haakon Anderson was named
a US Lacrosse Academic All-American midfielder. Seniors Graham Jeske a n d D r ew D i n g l e a n d juniors Karl Sutter and Keegan Lindell also garnered all-conference hono r s . J e s ke e a r n e d fi r s t team all-conference honors as an attacker, Dingle was named a second team all-conference long stick midfielder, Sutter and Lindell were honorable mention all-conference for faceoffs and midfielder,
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State To p - r a n k e d K e t t l e Moraine defeated Middleton 18-6 to claim the state title. With the win. the Lasers join Verona and Arrowhead as the only programs in the state with three or more state championships. Verona holds the state title for 2004, 2005, 2011, 2014 and 2018.
Softball: Wildcats have seven players honored Continued from page 9 Alyssa Bostley, shortstop Kasie Keyes and catcher Katie Pederson. Third baseman Sydney Toman and second baseman Alina Yazek were named second team. Batting behind McChesney, Bostley led the team in RBIs (39), tied for the team-lead in triples
(5) and home runs (3) and was second on the team in hits (46) and slugging percentage (.777). Keyes, who led the Wildcats in doubles (13), walks (16) and slugging percentage (.814), tied Bostley for the second most runs scored and for the team lead in home runs. Toman and Bostley each legged out five triples.
Pederson had a .992 fielding percentage behind the plate and Bostley had a .971 at first base. Keyes, Bostley, Anderson and McChesney were selected first team all-district, and Pederson was named an honorable mention. All-State voting will take place Monday, June 17.
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Tornado: More than 80 area homes were damaged by 2014 tornado Continued from page 1 The storm also brought a flood of help – in some cases, contractors were on the scene of damaged properties within 48 hours, and family and friends arrived with chainsaws and extra hands to help clean up tons of tree debris that littered the area. The scene city planning director Adam Sayre saw that morning when he took building inspectors around the neighborhood was one of cohesivenesses among residents, law enforcement and city and town officials. “I remember thinking it was very well organized when I got over there,” he recalled. “It wasn’t chaotic, and neighbors were helping each other.”
Better prepared Some of the remaining effect of the tornado lies in city and town emergency practices. After the tornado forced Wright to use the training he’d received as a volunteer ambulance driver, he said the town has been better prepared to deal with unforeseeable weather events. That was tested last year, with the massive flooding in various parts of the town in mid-August. City of Verona police also took the initiative after the storm to evaluate their emergency preparedness and train on rapid response t e c h n i q u e s , L t . D av i d Dresser told the Press. At the time of the tornado, he said, Dane County was in the middle of implementing a new communications system, and the department’s own system was knocked out the night of the tornado, leaving officers with no ability to communicate with one another over radio. It was an experience that “really tested them,” Dresser said. “You’ve got a moment of crisis and the radio system’s not working,” he said. “We believe the incident made us a better agency. We’re able to apply skills that previously were just training concepts.” Some residents who lived through the storm have been taking extra precautions five years later, too.
Phil Hoechst, who lives on the corner of Tamarack Lane and Lone Pine Way, said he and his wife, Sara, never used to be the kind of people who took weather warnings very seriously. For some reason, Sara said, they decided to take their then-2 year old son Harrison to the basement for shelter that night, which obviously was a good decision. Now, she said, “If there’s a warning, we always go in the basement.”
Coming together Finding a way to move on has taken a lot of effort and time in some cases. Town of Verona resident Cindy Bong only had five days in June 2014 where her property wasn’t teeming with people doing repairs. For the first part of the month, she and her husband Roger were finishing renovations on their home. After June 17, her lawn was full of people who showed up to help them take care of their 18 trees in their front yard that had fallen as a result of the storm. “We probably had 20 people over here helping us cut up trees already and drag brush to the curbside,” she said. “We were fortunate, because we had older children … and they had a lot of friends, and many of those friends used to come here and hang out when the kids were younger. “Many of them were willing to come and help, and many of them knew how to use a chainsaw,” she added. B o n g ’s h o m e w a s deemed uninhabitable after one of the trees in the front yard fell into her living room. She and Roger had lived in their home when it had been remodeled in the months prior, but this time, they were forced out and lived with their daughter’s family in Fitchburg until Thanksgiving. They were back at their home every day after the storm to clean up. That included their wedding anniversary, the day after the storm, when they cut up wood and ate pizza out of the bed of a pickup truck. For Wagner, while much of the debris was cleaned up within a few weeks, the recovery process lasted much longer.
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A construction worker cleans debris from the roof of Ryan and Shannon Meyer’s home. The couple had recently finished a renovation, so they called up the construction company for assistance on reconstructing their home.
At the time of the tornado, he was in Omaha City with his father, attending the College World Series. His phone began to light up in the middle of the night, he said, instantly cutting his vacation short, and on the drive home, he fielded calls f r o m h o m e ow n e r s w h o were calling in claims. The claims process lasted for more than a year, as adjusters needed to be contacted and repair work had to be contracted, but Wagner said he believes for the most part, people were happy with the repairs. “I think they did a pretty good job, considering the number of people that were affected that were our American Family clients,” he said. “The biggest holdup with the whole process was getting enough conPhoto by Jim Ferolie tractors in there ... there’s only so many contractors A State Patrol officer is stationed at a home on Nine Mound Road. Many properties in the Town of Verona experienced significant tree loss from the June 17, 2014, tornado. around.” When he opened the door of the tornado, he’s seen his watched TV together until A neighborhood, to his garage, he said, he the power went out. family recover well. healed Davis said he distinctly saw the night sky. At the time, he was workDavis’s family was back For Rob Davis, whose ing late and was the only remembers the train-like in their home by Labor Day, roar of the wind as the torone awake in his home on garage was “sheared” right nado hit their home, then and since then, he said, life off of his home on the night Tamarack Lane. When the sirens went off, leaving his family down- has gone back to normal. “We were back into our he and his family headed to stairs as he went to investithe basement, where they gate with a flashlight. Turn to Tornado/Page 13
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In the days after the storm, public works personnel from both the town and city mobilized to clean up the area. Town of Verona administrator Amanda Arnold told the Press cleanup in the town took a week. The town was caught off-guard by the storm, she said, because it was the first emergency the staff had experienced together. It took a large combined effort by the homeowners, the city and daily dumpster deliveries from Pellitteri Waste Systems, she said. “We had a lot of help from the City of Verona, which was monumental,” Arnold said. “A lot of homeowners dug in and started to do what they needed to do on their property … I think that everybody just (did) what was right, and helped each other out.” Bill Burns, then-administrator for the
City of Verona, toured the damage the day of the storm with city planning director Adam Sayre and building inspectors, but most of his involvement with the recovery was coordinating city services and keeping elected officials informed for a few weeks, he said. He distinctly remembers the cooperation. “I was extremely heartened to see how well the community came together, with the residents in the area and city staff, as well as the outside communities that came to help us, and everyone working together to respond to the tornado, and try to get things back to normal as quickly as they can,” he said. Email reporter Kimberly Wethal at kimberly.wethal@wcinet.com and follow her on Twitter @kimberly_wethal.
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Continued from page 12 house before school started … I would say it was relatively normal by then,” he said. “Probably somewhat longer because we were still replacing all the contents that were lost.” One of his children began seeing a counselor after the storm, Davis said, but since then, alertness has replaced fear for his family. “He’s recovered very well, but he definitely had some emotional trauma from it,” he said. “I think we’re OK, but we’re a little bit more alert to it.” For the Meyerses, their lives went back to normal as soon as they could move back into their home, Shannon said. In the hours and days after the storm, she said, there were moments when she felt scared and powerless. “I always want to believe that it’ll be OK, and we can fix it,” she said. “I realized in that moment we couldn’t fix this right away.” Their daughters, then a kindergartener and a third grader, were initially scared after seeing their house without a roof, Ryan said,
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The June 2014 tornado through Verona ripped apart a section of Country View Elementary School. It was fortunately a week after the school year had ended, and the building was fully ready by the first day that fall.
but were fine a week later when their home since the storm. they took joy in the prospect of get“We have two weather radios ting to redesign their rooms. now,” Ryan said. In addition to the photos of what their home looked like before the Email reporter Kimberly Wethal at tornado, and the drawings from kimberly.wethal@wcinet.com and their daughters, the Meyers have follow her on Twitter @kimbersince added two more things to ly_wethal.
The path of the tornado The 2014 Verona tornado started on the southern portion of the Epic campus. The only damage on that property was a port-apotty, which was picked up and deposited in a tree hundreds of feet away, Town of Verona treasurer John Wright told the Press. From there, the tornado traveled toward Nine Mound Road, where a barn was ripped apart and the classic cars stored inside it were thrown into the empty adjacent field. Traveling down Cross Country Road toward the city, the tornado’s winds snapped trees, some more than 150 years old, before it entered the Kettle Creek neighborhood, where roofs and garages were torn off and scattered in backyards.
Country View Elementary School was the tornado’s final Verona victim before it arrived in Madison to do additional damage. The storm hit the western and northern side of the school the hardest, with four classrooms destroyed, a structural steel beam bent three feet forward and significant water damage, Verona Area School District superintendent Dean Gorrell told the Press. On one part of the school, the storm pushed the wall in, collapsing the roof on top of three classrooms. In the fourth, the wall was pushed out, with bricks littering the lawn. Inside the classroom, Gorrell marveled, a tank of fish sat just feet from the jagged wall, undisturbed and still swimming.
Verona Area School District superintendent Dean Gorrell was in Des Plaines, Illinois, at an education conference when he got a call from his wife saying there were tornado warnings in the area. He advised her she had made the right choice to take their then-8 month old son to the basement to ride out the storm. Shortly after midnight, on the morning of June 17, 2014, Gorrell began to receive calls from Brian Miller, an employee for the district’s maintenance department, telling him Country View Elementary School had been hit. At first, Miller wasn’t sure about the extent of the damage. But 20 minutes later, he reported the school had been severely damaged – walls torn out, classrooms destroyed. And yet, though repairs and replacement of items inside would total about $4 million, the building was ready before school opened again in the fall. After hearing the news, Gorrell checked out of his hotel and drove back to Verona through the same storm that had wreaked havoc. He said he had to pull off on the side of the road every so often to answer a text message or respond to an email. When he got there at 7:30 a.m., he saw floors were covered in glass from blown-in windows, a door to a classroom that had been deadbolted shut for the summer was cracked and had a chunk sent 50 feet away, and ballast rock from the roof was scattered throughout the hallways. Much of the school also sustained water damage, as the rain kept coming down hours after the tornado had dissipated. The storm even stopped the
school’s analog clocks – one in a hallway read 12:10 a.m., with the red second hand lying on the bottom of the circular frame. Outside the school, Gorrell said, the lawn was littered with debris from nearby homes, and a bench lay twisted by the wind around itself. A few feet away, the playground stood structurally intact. It still had to be replaced, Gorrell said. “There was so much debris from houses and from our own site that what we discovered was that in nearly every piece of that playground, something had hit it and created a razor-sharp edge, or glass was embedded in it,” he said. “It was unusable, completely … kids would have gotten sliced open.” Books had to be replaced too, Gorrell said, something contractors would discover just before the school year started when they found shards of glass tucked between the pages. As soon as he got through touring the school, Gorrell said, he was in “project mode.” School was no longer in session, and he was determined to get it opened by the time the start of the 2014-15 academic year started. There were moments, he said, he wasn’t sure it was possible, but he stayed optimistic. In the hours afterward, he said, he promised a young CV student who was in the neighborhood her school would be open in the fall. “She said, ‘Well, that’s my school, will it be OK?’” he recalled her asking. “I said, ‘It’ll be ready for you.’” - Kimberly Wethal
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*** STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT DANE COUNTY Case No.: 19-CV-727 Case Code: 30101 DOUGLAS L. WILLIAMS, Plaintiff, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, CHRISTOPHER REIS, THE OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL 139 HEALTH BENEFIT FUND and UNITY HEALTH PLANS INSURANCE CORPORATION, Defendants. ______________________________ PUBLICATION SUMMONS ______________________________ THE STATE OF WISCONSIN TO: CHRISTOPHER REIS, 1185 Pinehurst Drive, Verona, Wisconsin 53593 You are hereby notified that the Plaintiffs named above have filed a Complaint for damages against you. Within forty five (45) days after the 20th day of June, 2019, exclusive of the date just stated, you must respond with a written demand for a copy of the complaint. The demand must be sent or delivered to the Court, whose address is: Clerk to the Honorable Frank D. Remington Dane County Courthouse 215 South Hamilton Street, Branch 8 Madison, WI 53703
and to Gruber Law Offices, LLC, Attorney Richard B. Hess, the Plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is: 100 East Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 2800, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53202. You may have an attorney help or represent you. If you do not demand a copy within forty five (45) days, the Court may grant a Judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the Complaint, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the Complaint. A Judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A Judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future and may also be enforced by garnishment of wages or seizure of property. Dated at Milwaukee, Wisconsin this 28th day of May, 2019. GRUBER LAW OFFICES, LLC Attorneys for the Plaintiff, By: /s/ Richard B. Hess Attorney Richard B. Hess SBN: 1024672 POST OFFICE ADDRESS: 100 East Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 2800 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202 Telephone: (414) 276-6666 rbh@gruber-law.com Published: June 6, 13 and 20, 2019 WNAXLP *** NOTICE The City of Verona Plan Commission will hold a Public Hearings on July 1, 2019 at City Hall, 111 Lincoln Street, at 6:30 PM for the following planning and zoning matters: 1) Conditional Use Permit for an in-vehicle sales or service located at 723 Half Mile Road that would allow for the construction of an 8,300 square foot convenience store, fuel canopy, and car wash. 2) General development plan (GDP) for a planned unit development (PUD) to be located in the North Neighborhood south of County Highway PD, west of County Highway M, and north of Kettle Creek North subdivision that would allow for the construction of 216 single-family detached residential units and 50 condominium residential units on 170-acres.
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Students play soccer during the Two Way Immersion program’s trip at Veteran’s Park on Friday, May 31.
Two Way Immersion program students from Sugar Creek and Glacier Edge elementary schools gathered at Veteran’s Park on Friday, May 31, for lunch and games. Kids formed soccer teams, climbed on playground equipment and enjoyed pizza, hot dogs and potato chips.
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Vets Helping Vets to do what they love RSVP driver program allows seniors to access community events, resources Arthur Clough loves to sing, Judith Clough loves books and Amy Lasch loves to give back as a volunteer. The trio met through RSVP’s Vets Helping Vets (VHV) program. The program provides rides free of charge to medical and other important appointments for veterans and their family members who don’t have access to other transportation. J u d i t h a n d A r t h u r, a retired U.S. Army veteran with 28 years of service, came to Verona from Texas
How to help Anyone interested in learning more about volunteering as a driver can contact driver services co-manager Mary Schmelzer at 441-7896 or mschmelzer@rsvpdane.org. in 2017 to be near daughter Heather Bowers. When they first arrived, Bowers did all of the driving for them — to the Verona Senior Center, the library and any events they hoped to attend. It got to be a lot for Bowers, and that’s where Amy Lasch, who volunteers for RSVP as a VHV driver and in the Madison office, comes in. “When my kids went off to college I had extra time, and I wanted to give back,”
Lasch said. “I enjoy volunteering and it’s important.” Bowers said she would be at “my wits end without the service,” as Lasch began driving her parents about a year ago. Lasch, who works 70 percent time as a physician assistant for UW-Health in Madison, recalled early on when Arthur couldn’t remember her name and called her “Tammy.” Soon, she’d been driving them enough that, “He made
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Amy Lasch, center, has been serving as drivers for Judith, left, and Arthur Clough for about a year through the RSVP Vets Helping Vets program.
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an effort to remember my name and says ‘I know, your name is Amy!’” Bowers said the trips are important to her parents. “Dad sang on both Veterans Day and Memorial Day at the Verona Senior Center and my mom’s rides to the library every two weeks are an incredible, critical
thing for her,” she said. “When (Arthur) sees me “She sometimes leaves the he says with a big hug, ‘It library with 10 books to feels like forever since I’ve consume.” seen you!’” Lasch said. Lasch remembers how proud Arthur was when he – Submitted by Luanne sang for Memorial Day and Fax, RSVP of Dane County Veterans Day. She’s happy their relationship has become more than just driver and passenger.
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