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Boundaries approved Elementary, middle school plans set to begin in 2020-21 SCOTT GIRARD Unified Newspaper Group

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Benjamin Rawlins, left, and Vinny Zampardi use pieces of celery to play piano notes through a circuitry setup during the Makerspace 2.0 summer school class at Glacier Edge Elementary School Wednesday, July 17.

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Classes end this week for elementary, middle schoolers SCOTT GIRARD

classes from kindergarten through high school.

With a short summer this year because of the early fall start in Photos from various August, summer school was limited summer school classes to a single session, which began July 8. The enrichment courses end this Page 16 Friday, July 26, while the for-credit courses at the high school run until Friday, Aug. 2. for much of July for the Makerspace The elementary classes are locat2.0 summer school class. It’s among ed at Glacier, with middle school more than 30 offered this summer; a mix of academic and enrichment Turn to Summer/Page 16

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A group of students was in the corner of a Glacier Edge Elementary School classroom on a recent Wednesday, breaking a laptop computer into pieces.

They studied the motherboard, separated wires with tools and commented about the disc drive looking like a fidget spinner.

The project was part of a busy classroom that morning, as it has been

City of Verona

The Verona Area School District attendance boundaries for 2020-21 and beyond are set.

And they are designed to shift smoothly whenever the next elementary school is built.

W h e n t h e n ew h i g h school opens next fall, it will create a shuffle among several schools at lower levels, with new buildings and new neighborhoods associated with them.

The school board and a n a p p o i n t e d c o m m i ttee spent several months gathering public input and picking through options for new elementary school boundaries, considering such criteria as socioeconomic and racial diversity, neighborhood integrity and

community pool washed out because there simply wasn’t a place to put it.

But hope for an outdoor pool resurfaced Thursday, July 18, as the CommuniJIM FEROLIE ty Development Authority considered the potential Verona Press editor uses of a 12.2-acre site it Almost two years ago, the will get control of next exploration of an outdoor year after the Verona Area

CDA reviews concepts for Sugar Creek land after 2020

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School District abandons two elementary schools off West Verona Avenue.

The CDA is an arm of city government that takes the lead on some housing and urban renewal projects. The last major project it undertook was construction of the Sugar Creek Apartments in the 1990s,

coincidentally adjacent to the VASD site. It was also involved in 2015-16 in the planning the future of the Matts house, which ended up being restored privately.

A community pool is just one of several potential amenities suggested for the

See the approved elementary boundary map Page 14 transportation needs.

The result, an offshoot of a design known as E7, got the board’s approval Monday on a 5-2 vote for the elementary school plan and a 4-2 vote (with one abstention) for the middle school plan.

Students in 17 neighborhoods around the district, just under 20 percent of K-5 students today, will switch elementary attendance areas under this plan. That includes four neighborhoods with more than 100 students projected in 2025: two in the northeastern part of the

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Fire chief retiring after tumultuous year Union had called for Giver to quit last year JIM FEROLIE

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Nine months after accepting a performance improvement plan and eight months after the firefighters union called for his immediate resignation,

fire chief Joe Giver has set a retirement date.

The Verona Common Counc i l a g r e e d Giver Monday by unanimous vote to accept

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City of Verona Bicyclist dies Search continues as interim admin gets extension after crash on PD Background check Highway was closed off for four hours SCOTT GIRARD Unified Newspaper Group

A 56 year old Madison woman is dead after crashing her bike into a car on County Hwy. PD Sunday afternoon.

Va l e r i e F l o g e l r o d e through a stop sign on the Military Ridge State Trail just west of Timber Lane around 3:43 p.m., according to a Dane County Sheriff ’s Office news release sent Sunday night and

updated Monday, and hit a Ford Escape driven by a 34 year old woman.

Hwy. PD was closed for four hours between Timber Lane and Gust Road while law enforcement investigated the crash.

The bicyclist was wearing a helmet and pronounced dead at the scene, the release states.

Monday’s news release states the crash remains under investigation.

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Eight fire departments responded to 7811 Paulson Road Tuesday, July 16, for a fire that caused an estimate of more than $500,000 in damage.

No one injured in July 16 Town of Verona house fire 8 departments respond to Paulson Road Tuesday No one was injured in a Town of Verona house fire Tuesday that caused extensive damage.

According to a Dane County Sheriff ’s Office

news release, eight departments responded to 7811 Paulson Road after 4:30 p.m. July 16 to extinguish the fire. When deputies arrived, the homeowner was outside but “flames were visible from the roof,” the release states.

Damage is estimated at more than $500,000, according to the release.

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The search for a new City of Verona administrator is taking longer than expected.

A s a result, the Common Council voted Monday to extend the contract of Sayre interim city administrator Adam Sayre by four months.

Sayre, the city’s planning and development director since 2013, will get a $4,719 annual raise above the $115,000 per year he had been making since taking over in February. He has not confirmed whether he applied for the permanent position as the city’s top bureaucrat, but he was not among the three finalists named in May. In May, after Brian Wilson, Aaron Reeves and Dan Wietecha each went through separate interviews with elected officials and department heads, the city began an intensive background check on the candidate the council chose. Monday, the

council got an update on the process in a closed session and was informed the full report would be available at the council’s next meeting, Aug. 12.

Mayor Luke Diaz would not say whether that report was the council’s first choice or if it had gone through multiple checks, but he said only one is being investigated now. He told the Press he feels good about the process despite how long it’s taking.

“We’re not going to hire someone just to hire someone,” he said. “We’ve had turnover. We can’t have a bad hire at this point.”

Diaz said Sayre’s performance in his dual role has

to take applications past its initial submission deadline of April 7, and if it does not choose the candidate being investigated, it could gather another group of finalists that could include more recent applicants. But it would need to gather alders, the applicants and department heads on the same days for in-person interviews – if the applicants remain interested months later – then meet again to choose and complete another background check.

In the current round, the council held interviews April 29 and May 3 to narrow the semifinalists from six to three, then interviewed the candidates again May 20 and decided whom to select after a May 28 closed session.

Diaz told the Press the Oregon Police Department is handling the background check to avoid conflicts of interest. He added that getting information from prior employers has complicated and lengthened the check.

The overall process is being handled by the city’s human resources coordinator, Mitchell Weckerly, whose hiring last summer was the first dedicated HR position in the city’s history.

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made that easier.

“Thank you to Mr. Sayre for taking on double duty and sometimes even triple duty,” he said before the vote on Sayre’s agreement, which carries through Nov. 30. “You’re doing a great job for the city.”

The administrator functions to some degree as the chief executive officer of the city in Verona’s moderately weak mayoral form of government. It is the liaison between the council and the rest of the staff, though it also takes some direction from the mayor.

T h e c i t y ’s p r ev i o u s administrator, Jeff Mikorski, took a six-month severance agreement Feb. 5, three weeks after the council met in closed session to discuss his performance.

His severance included a change in title and position that essentially relegated him to answering questions as requested.

Mikorski is being paid his $137,111 salary through July 31. He was hired in the second round of a process that lasted four months in 2016, something current alders had complained was too long. The current search has gone well past the fivemonth mark, and if alders do not like what they hear Aug. 12, it could very well extend into October or even November.

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hen Branden offered to pick me up for our first date, I hesitated.

I met this guy online and he wants to come to my house to pick me up? Either he’s a gentleman or a total creep.

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I wouldn’t say it was love at first sight, but it was a sense of familSarbacker iarity. Like, oh, it’s going to be you.

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You know how sometimes when you meet somebody you try to act a little more polished or fun or sexy than you usually are? Seriously, 100 percent myself.

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More importantly, after years of frustration with the wrong guys, I didn’t give up. And I learned that waiting for the right guy is truly worth it.

For a long time I worried where and when I would find love.

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not knowing where and how I would find my Prince Charming was challenging. Especially right after college, I worked, went to the gym and came home to my parent’s house.

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People always told me, “When you know, you know,” in regards to finding “the one” and falling in love. And that couldn’t ring more true in our story.

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Branden and I now live together in a cozy one bedroom apartment and have lots of plans for our future. We love being active, spending time outdoors and hanging out with our family.

And yes, because we get asked frequently, we do plan on getting married – after we pay off our student loan debt.

Macy Sarbacker is a 2011 Verona Area High School graduate. Sarbacker is a marketing and communications specialist and also blogs at www.macymichelle.com.

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Stuff the Bus set for Aug. 5-9

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A lifeguard helps pull the tug-of-war rope during the men-versus-women competition during the 2017 event.

Grand opening, Beach Bash set for July 31 If You Go What: Fireman’s Park Grand Opening and Beach Bash When: 3 p.m. ribbon cutting; 4-7 p.m. Beach Bash Wednesday, July 31 Where: Fireman’s Park, 507 Bruce St. Info: ci.verona.wi.us

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The Beach Bash is going to look a little different this year.

With a newly remodeled Fireman’s Park, many of the activities at the annual Beach Bash will remain the same, city recreation director Casey Dudley told the Press, but the trick is finding out where to locate them now that the $2 million in upgrades to the park has changed its layout.

“We’re learning on the fly here, too,” Dudley said.

“It’s definitely a little more difficult to have all that stuff there with the way the beach and splash pad are figured.”

The grand opening and

ribbon cutting for the park will be held at 3 p.m.

Wednesday, July 31, and the Beach Bash will officially begin at 4 p.m., he said. The event will feature beach games, a dunk tank and tug-of-war, a live DJ, a bouncy house, door prizes and free hot dogs and chips donated by Miller and Sons Supermarket.

The DJ will likely move up off the beach, and the bouncy house might have to be placed elsewhere in the park because of the beach’s new design, Dudley said.

They’re still considering locations for the grill, he added.

The cost of admission for Beach Bash is $1 for children and $2 for adults. Park

attendees who are there to only use the playground and the splash pad won’t have to pay to get into the park because those amenities aren’t considered a part of the Beach Bash.

“They should come out to see the new park, if they have not, to partake in the celebration of the beach, and enjoy the amenities that we have to offer,” Dudley said. “Hopefully it’s a great event and we get good weather.”

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

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Already less than a month before the first day of the 2019-20 school year, the Verona Lions Club wants school supplies to be a focus in the first week of August.

The Lions Club will host its annual “Stuff the Bus” fundraiser the week of Aug. 5. The school supplies campaign will benefit students in the Verona Area School District for the upcoming academic year.

“The donated school supplies will make a difference in the lives of our local children and will give them the supplies they need to be successful in school,” Sarah Krueger, Lions Club project coordinator, said in a news release.

Lists of school supplies can be found for each school on VASD’s website, verona. k12.wi.us.

Supplies can be dropped off in multiple locations throughout Verona during the business or organization’s open hours, including Verona Vision Care, where the school bus will be parked. Other drop off sites are Verona Chiropractic, State Bank of Cross Plains, Sugar River United Methodist Church, LSM Chiropractic, Old National Bank and at the Verona Police Department’s National Night Out event held from 5-8 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 6, at Hometown U.S.A. Festival Park, 111 Lincoln St. Cash donations will also be accepted, and will go toward purchasing additional school supplies.

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Attendees will tour the White Meditation class House with President Barack Obama.

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7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 31, at the library.

Intro to coding Date will speak on moving through Teenagers ages 12-18 can learn life with less stress and more joy, and how to code using a single-board guide participants through light yoga computer system called Raspberry Pi exercises and meditation. from 1-2:30 p.m. Monday, July 29, at Participants should bring a yoga the library. mat or towel and a water bottle.

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Raspberry Pi software. A second class will be held from 4-5:30 p.m. Shakespeare performance Wednesday, July 31.

The student-run Fair Verona Registration is required.

Shakespeare Company will perform For information, call 845-7180. a selection from the playwright’s scenes and sonnets from 6:30-7:30 Greek mythology musical p.m. Monday, Aug. 5, at the library.

Learn about a Greek underdog For information, call 845-7180. through both song and research with a presentation about “Hephaestus: Facebook for orgs The Myth and the Musical” from Learn how you can use Facebook 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 30, at to promote your business from 6-8 the library. p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6, at the library.

Music Theater of Madison will Facebook pages for businesses are perform songs and scenes from different than personal pages, and the

Churches class will go over some of the differences, as well as talk about best practices for social media marketing.

Attendees are encouraged to bring a laptop.

Registration is required.

For information, call 845-7180.

‘Stranger Things’ DnD Fa n s o f t h e s h ow “ S t r a n g e r Things” can play a Dungeons and Dragons campaign based on the show from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7, at the library.

No prior experience is necessary.

Registration is required.

For information, call 845-7180.

Bucky on Parade tour Go on a virtual bike ride with Verona resident Dave Mossner as he travels around to see all 85 “Bucky on Parade” statues that were on display last summer from 6:50-7:30 p.m. Wdnesday, Aug. 7.

Mossner will also share fun facts about Bucky during the presentation.

For information, call 845-7180.

Flute performance The Ovidius Flute Trio will perform a variety of music from 6:307:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 12, at the library.

Community calendar Thursday, July 25

• 4-5:30 p.m., Teen gaming (ages 12-18), library, 845-7180 • 6-8 p.m., Concerts in the Park: Old Soul Society, Harriet Park, 414 Mary Lou St., veronawi.com • 6-9 p.m., Live Music in the Backyard: Pat McCurdy, Wisconsin Brewing Company, 1079 American Way, 848-1079

Friday, July 26

• 10 a.m., Virtual reality tours: White House tour with President Barack Obama (registration required), senior center, 845-7471 • 12:30 p.m., Ice cream social and movie: “The Amazing Panda Adventure,” senior center, 8457471 • 5-8 p.m., Music on Main: The North Code, Hometown Junction Park, 101 W. Railroad St., veronawi.com

• 6-9 p.m., Live Music in the Backyard: The Kissers, Wisconsin Brewing Company, 1079 American Way, 848-1079

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• 4-5:30 p.m., Raspberry Pi coding intro class (ages 12-18, registration Monday, July 29 required), library, 845-7180 • 1-2:30 p.m., Raspberry Pi coding • 6:30-7:30 p.m., Mind and Mediintro class (ages 12-18, registration tation class (registration required), required), library, 845-7180 library, 845-7180 • 3-8 p.m., Crafty Monday (ages Thursday, Aug. 1 12-18), library, 845-7180 • 10:30-11:30 a.m. and 1:30-2:30 • 6-8 p.m., English classes for p.m., Make Space for Reading with adults, library, 845-7180 Great Scott magic show, library, Tuesday, July 30 845-7180 • 2-3 p.m., Out of this World!

• 4-5:30 p.m., Anime and manga STEAM activities (ages 6-11), club (ages 12-18), library, 845library, 845-7180 7180 • 3-6:30 p.m., Verona Artist and Friday, Aug. 2 Farmers Market, Hometown Junc• 10 a.m., Verona Triad presention Park, 101 W. Railroad St., tation: K-9 Demonstration with veronasmarket.com Verona officer Matt Kile and Drea, • 6:30-7:30 p.m., Hephaestus: senior center, 845-7471 The Myth and the Musical perfor-

What’s on VHAT-98 Wednesday, July 24 5 p.m - Common Council from 07-22-19 7 p.m. - Capital City Band 8 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – Gretta Garbo at Senior Center 11 p.m. – Bill & Bonnie at Senior Center Thursday, July 25 7 a.m. – Gretta Garbo at Senior Center 8 a.m.- Zumba Gold 9 a.m. - Daily Exercise 10 a.m. - Bill & Bonnie 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. – Shari the Harpist at Senior Center 10 p.m. – Maple Drive Dairy at the Historical Society Friday, July 26 7 a.m. – The Gift of Education at Senior Center 1 p.m. - Shari the Harpist at Senior Center 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 4 p.m. – Bob Lindmeier at Senior Center 5 p.m. - 2018 Wildcats Football - New!

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

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

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

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

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

Good 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.

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 Worship: 9 a.m.

Fellowship Hour: 10:15 a.m.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sunday: 9 a.m.

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

West Madison Bible Church 2920 Hwy. M, Verona (608) 845-9518 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

Love and Strife 9 p.m. - Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. - Gretta Garbo at Senior Center 11 p.m. – Bill & Bonnie at Senior Center Saturday, July 27 8 a.m. - Common Council from 07-22-19 11 a.m. - Vintage Verona 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 07-22-19 9 p.m. - Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. - Maple Drive Dairy at the Historical Society 11 p.m. - Bill & Bonnie at Senior Center Sunday, July 28 7 a.m. - Hindu Cultural Hour 9 a.m. – Resurrection Church 10 a.m. - Salem Church Service Noon - Common Council from 07-22-19 3 p.m. - Vintage Verona Sports 4:30 p.m. - Maple Drive Dairy at the Historical Society 6 p.m. – Common Council from 07-22-19 9 p.m. - Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – Maple Drive Dairy at the Historical Society 11 p.m. - Bill & Bonnie at Senior Center

Monday, July 29 7 a.m. – The Gift of Education at Senior Center 1 p.m. - Shari the Harpist 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. – Bill & Bonnie at Senior Center Tuesday, July 30 7 a.m. – Gretta Garbo at Senior Center 10 a.m.- Zumba Gold 9 a.m. - Daily Exercise 10 a.m. - Bill & Bonnie 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. - Shari the Harpist at Senior Center 10 p.m. - Maple Drive Dairy at the Historical Society Wednesday, July 31 7 a.m. – The Gift of Education at Senior Center 1 p.m. - Shari the Harpist at Senior Center 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona

Sports 5 p.m. – Common Council from 07-22-19 7 p.m. - Capital City Band 8 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. - Gretta Garbo at Senior Center 11 p.m. – Bill & Bonnie at Senior Center Thursday, Aug. 1 7 a.m. – Gretta Garbo at Senior Center 8 a.m.- Zumba Gold 9 a.m. - Daily Exercise 10 a.m. – Bill & Bonnie 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

The two fundamental moral forces at work in the world are love and strife. Love nurtures and comforts us while strife depletes and annoys us. Love unites us while strife divides us. Love is the spirit of reconciliation and patient, unselfish endurance that allows us to get along with our fellow man, while strife is the spirit of struggle and selfish egoism that creates divisions among us. And while it is true that God is love, and that love is associated with virtue and holiness while strife tends toward vice and sin, the truth is more complicated. After all, God uses strife to help us grow and develop.The patriarchs of the Bible all encountered strife in their lives.The Israelites were enslaved, driven from their homeland, and forced to live in the desert. Jacob literally wrestled with God, and was renamed Israel after this struggle, a name which means “he who strives with God.” Perhaps the ideal way to think about the twin forces of love and strife is that love is the force that allows us to prevail when we strive. Love is usually the best way to settle strife; we don’t overcome hatred by hating, but by love. We know we will be challenged in our lives, and how much better to meet the myriad challenges of life than to know that we are loved, and loved unconditionally.

–Christopher Simon

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

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• 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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n+1 adds coffee and beer to bike shop Owners focus on offering high-quality products not available elsewhere in Verona CONNOR WOOD Press correspondent

n+1 Coffee and Beer has joined the SBR Endurance and Rocket Bicycle Studio building on Bruce Street.

The name was inspired by the idea that the right number of bikes to own is one more than you currently have, an idea that owners Jessica Laufenberg and Peter Oyen practice at the original businesses there.

“I’m an entrepreneur at heart and I work better being outside the box,” Laufenberg said.

Laufenberg and Oyen each own 50 percent of Rocket Bicycle Studio and n+1. They added n+1 to the shop in January and said they have been doing steady business ever since. Laufenberg is also part owner of SBR Endurance, but her primary business partner Bill Martin runs the training studio.

Rocket Bikes opened in 2009 on Venture Court, where Laufenberg’s training studio had moved in 2008 after three years on Main Street. Now all the businesses work out of the 55 year old building on Bruce Street.

“We used to be all kind of on top of each other and now we’ve got training studios in one spot, the bike shops in a spot, we’ve got the cafe,” Laufenberg said.

Selling coffee and beer at a bike shop is more common in the cycling communities on the East and West coasts, Oyen said, but he and Laufenberg saw a chance in Verona. They had already focused on a “third place” concept with Rocket Bikes and see the cafe as an additional service they could add for their customers.

“Place one is home, place two is work, third place was always our studio,” Laufenberg said. “We just wanted to add more to that.”

Existing customers for the other shops come in and cool off with a beer after a ride or training or grab coffee for to get some caffeine.

But most customers are new and use n+1 like any other coffee shop.

n+1 Coffee and Beer 507 Bruce St. nplusonecafe.com Hours: Mondays: closed Tuesdays: 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Wednesdays: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Thursdays: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Fridays: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Saturdays: 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Sundays: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Laufenberg and Oyen estimated that 80 percent of their clientele at n+1 aren’t cyclists or triathletes.

“I’m watching people pull in (during the interview) and I know they’ve never been here, I can just tell,” Oyen said.

For beers, n+1 has six taps, including one nitro tap, and a grab-and-go or grab-and-stay cooler. Oyen grew up in Potosi and as a kid used to play in the caves the brewery once used.

Now, n+1 always has a Potosi Brewery beer on tap and in the cooler.

Laufenberg grew up in Cross Plains, so both wanted to emphasize local connections in their new business. Rather than compete with other Verona businesses, they have tried to find products not available in other Verona stores.

To do so, they buy their coffee beans from Rusty Dog Coffee in Madison; their pastries come from Rosie’s Bakery in Monona; and their nitro coffee taps from Pilcrow Coffee in Milwaukee. Their espresso drinks come only in the traditional sizes – meaning a cappuccino is always 6 ounces.

“Everything’s been a good, solid, quality relat i o n s h i p ,” O y e n s a i d .

“There’s been no animosity, there’s been no friction, it’s just been nothing but good.”

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Co-owner Jessica Laufenberg works behind the bar at n+1 coffee and beer. N+1 offers traditional espresso and coffee drinks along with six tap beers and a grab-and-go or grab-and-stay cooler.

Peter Oyen works on a bike at Rocket Bicycle Studio. Oyen is co-owner of Rocket Bikes and n+1 coffee and beer, which opened in the same building as Rocket Bikes in January.

Laufenberg and Oyen know some people might want more options at a coffee shop than they offer. But they said they have not had any problems finding employees.

The only help wanted ad they have used is on their website and most of their employees were hired after coming into the shop and saying they wanted to work there.

“They want to be a part of something and help it grow because they feel passionate about it – it’s their side

hustle,” Laufenberg said.

Located across from Fireman’s Park, they hope that they can be a part of a shift in the environment on that side of town. Oyen emphasized that they hoped to see more non-corporate businesses opening on that side of town.

“We hope that we’re that anchor for that, for this push down here,” Laufenberg said.

UW Credit Union opens on Hometown Circle SCOTT GIRARD Unified Newspaper Group

Verona got another drive through last week.

This time, the city added a new financial institution instead of a restaurant.

UW Credit Union opened its new branch at 651 Hometown Circle Monday, July 15, on the former site of the Dairy Queen, which closed in April 2018.

The 5,000 square foot facility is the credit union’s 27th Wisconsin location, according to a company news release. A grand opening will be held at 3 p.m.

Friday, July 26.

“Moving away from the traditional teller line, the

branch features teller pods, making it easier to interact with members and demonstrate how to access online banking features on mobile devices,” the news release states.

The credit union lobby will be open 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Saturday. Drive up hours are 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

As part of the branch’s first week of operation, it has been holding a food drive for Badger Prairie Needs Network.

“The food drive reflects UW Credit Union’s vision of helping people, serving the

n+1 is a coffee and beer bar which is co-owned by Jessica Laufenberg and Peter Oyen. It is across the street from Fireman’s Park with Rocket Bikes, which is also owned by Laufenberg and Oyen.

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Marissa Gehrke Age: 28 City/town of residence: Fitchburg Occupation/place of employment or business name: Community Engagement Librarian at the Verona Public Library Who are the members of your family? I have a cat named Loki—he’s three years Gehrke old.

How long have you lived in the area? I’ve lived in Dane County my entire life.

What organizations are you involved in and how long have you been with them?

I have worked at the Verona Public Library since 2016. For my position, I am out and about in the community, so you may have seen me at a daycare, local school, community festival, the senior center or riding the library’s book bike.

How else are you active in the community?

I am a member of the Fitchburg-Verona Rotary.

I love how that organization supports the local community, including a monthly service project at Badger Prairie Needs Network.

How do you feel you help make a difference in your community? I love connecting members of the community to books and library services. One of my favorite parts of my job is watching people’s faces light up when they learn

about something new and interesting that the library offers.

Hobbies/interests: In my spare time I like to read and spend time with my family. I also love cheering for the Packers and Badgers and playing with my cat.

What do you like best about your community and why? Verona is full of friendly people who are engaged in their community. Residents are constantly working to make the community a better place and I love seeing their creative ideas to improve the city. I’m lucky to work in such a welcoming and vibrant place!

What personal satisfaction do you get from serving in your community? In my position at the library, I get to meet many new people on a regular basis. Whether it is a four year old at a preschool, or a member of one of the book groups I manage. Meeting new people and getting to know them is one of the most satisfying parts of this position.

If money were no object, what kind of gift would you give your community? I would like to see a youth center in Verona. It would be great if the city offered a place for teens to gather after school. The center could provide activities for teens and a safe place to hang out and be energetic, and as a librarian I’d love to partner with a center like this and offer even more services to the teens.

Leah Portz Age: 31 City/town of residence: Verona Occupation/ place of employment or business name: Verona Public Library Who are the Portz members of your family?

My dog’s name is Riley. He’s a rescue and he’s six. I have a lot of family in the area.

How long have you lived in the area? 1992 What organizations are you involved in and how long have you been with them?

I’ve been a Youth Services Librarian at the library for seven years. I’ve been attending the same church for 21 years and have been involved in theatrical productions there for three years.

Growing up, I attended Kehl School of Dance for ten years, and then I taught there for six years.

How else are you active in the community? For work, I’m often out and about, whether it’s helping with outreach story times at public events or parks, walking in costume for a parade, or picking up groceries at Miller’s for library programming. I’ve volunteered as a judge for the Sugar Creek Author Fair for a number

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of years, and I’ve worked on three sections of Ice Age Trail running through Verona. I also love frequenting VACT productions!

Hobbies/interests: I’m a new homeowner of a fixer-upper, so I’ve listened to 70 audiobooks in the past year. When I’m not attempting home improvement or gardening, I enjoy knitting gifts. I love tap dancing, social dancing, singing, and acting! Getting picked on by brothers probably led to my interest in karate and fencing. I like downhill skiing, slalom skiing, backpacking, and most outdoor sports and activities. I recently brought home a charango (small Andean stringed instrument) from Bolivia, and it’s starting to sound less painful when I play. But mostly, I work on my house and walk my dog.

What do you like best about your community and why?

There are a lot of individuals living in Verona who care enough to nurture our community, whether that means volunteering at the library, Badger Prairie Needs Network, in schools, or participating in local organizations and clubs.

People appreciate and take advantage of public amenities! With the referendum, citizens have shown that schools are worth the investment and kids grow up to become adults who can contribute and help our city thrive. We’re also growing and becoming more diverse, which is awesome!

What personal satisfaction do you get from serving in your community? Having grown up in Verona, I see the circular nature of community investment. I went to story time in the old library as a child. Now I’ve performed story time for my nieces in the new library. I participated in the Summer Reading Program, and now I plan SRP events and help kids find reading materials.

My grandparents read to me. I find them audiobooks for their road trips. My teachers invested in me. Now I help teachers invest in their students. And occasionally, I assist the teacher who taught me to read and write. What could be more satisfying?!

If money were no object, what kind of gift would you give your community? I second what my coworker, Marissa, has said about a city youth center, but I would also love to have a shared makerspace for crafting projects, whether that involves woodworking, metalworking, textiles, ceramics, technology or more. A place where people can explore new hobbies, dust off old ones, and share knowledge without the cost and space issues behind private ownership of equipment. The library already functions as a great community space, but we strive to progress as the needs of patrons evolve.

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Dale Nickels Age: 63 City/town of residence: Town of Verona Occupation/ place of employment or business name: Retired from a software company I Nickels co-founded in 1989 and sold in 2008.

Still doing some part-time consulting.

Who are the members of your family? Deborah (Deb), my wife, three grown children Stephen (40), David (39), Elizabeth (37), Grandchildren, Rian (22), Nevae (12) and Tristan (7).

How long have you lived in the area? We moved to the Fitchburg/ Verona area in 1989.

What organizations are you involved in and how long have you been with them? I am president of Verona Area Community Theater. I have volunteered with VACT since 1996, mostly as sound engineer, but also directing, producing, and (sometimes) acting. I have had a long association with swim clubs in Wisconsin (although I don’t swim myself), beginning with the former Verona Aquatic Club, when my daughter

Elizabeth began to swim competitively.

For a while I was general chair of Wisconsin Swimming Inc., the state organization that is part of United States Swimming. I still work as webmaster for Wisconsin Swimming.

How else are you active in the community? I volunteer as sound engineer at High Point Church, where we have been members since 1990. We also support the Overture Center programs that provide exposure to the arts to children throughout the Madison area.

How do you feel you help make a difference in your community? I have seen the value of organized sports and the arts not only in my family, but in the many children who pass through the Verona Area Community Theater program. I am grateful that my success in business has afforded me the opportunity to support these organizations, not only financially, but with my time.

Hobbies/interests: I love to cook.

Most of what I have learned has come from the Food Network. My son David lives in the New Orleans area, and it has encouraged me to learn some Cajun recipes. I am known within VACT for my jambalaya. We have an agreement in our house: if I cook, Deb will clean the dishes. We love wine and are members of several wineries’ wine clubs, mostly wineries in Washington

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state and Oregon. We also love to travel when we can (between VACT shows).

What do you like best about your community and why? I was blown away by the outpouring of support from the community for the new VACT building. And that support continued with the many people who volunteer their time throughout the year behind the scenes of VACT shows. This is also evident in the many Verona business that support programs in the community.

What personal satisfaction do you get from serving in your community? I am blessed to be able to volunteer in theater side-by-side with my son, Stephen, as a lighting designer, my daughte,r Elizabeth, as an actress and choreographer, and my grandson, Tristan who was in his first show this year, and is a budding choreographer himself.

If money were no object, what kind of gift would you give your community? It’s hard to think of any tangible gift, like a fire truck, a school or a theater. If I had my wish it would be for a scholarship program that would give youth, adults or anyone the chance to pursue their dreams in a field they never would have thought possible.

Age: 69 City/town of residence: Verona Occupation/place of employment or business name: Retired from State of Wisconsin, formerly Management Information Supervisor at Dept. of Nilles Workforce Development Who are the members of your family? Husband, Gary, very active as a volunteer in Verona Little League; daughter, Alissa (Matt) Hirscher with five children in Madison; son, Scott (Heather) Nilles with two children in Madison How long have you lived in the area? 38 years What organizations are you involved in and how long have you been with them?

Mending Day Coordinator for Badger Prairie Needs Network on the 1st Saturday of each month, 3 years How else are you active in the community? I facilitate two small groups at Sugar River UMC and volunteer in the meal ministry and other opportunities as requested/offered. I've been President of the Heritage Woods Condominium Homeowners Association, where we live, for 11 years. I volunteer for Wisconsin Public Television at the Quilt Expo and on telephone banks during membership drives.

How do you feel you help make a difference in your community? I believe we are

here to help each other – to be the hands, feet and voice of God to help others. I think I am making it easier for others to participate and/ or volunteer by using my organizational talents to coordinate Mending Day, small groups at church, and connect people to each other.

Hobbies/interests: My seven grandchildren in Madison, ranging in age from nine weeks - 16 years, are a high priority for me. I like to do things with them that will make memories: sleepovers, cooking, sewing, decorating cookies, playing games, camping, as well as transporting to/from lessons and day care. I also enjoy meeting with friends over lunch or coffee. One of my favorite things is to connect people who have similar interests so they can become friends and/or help each other.

What do you like best about your community and why? I like the small town feel of Verona; I like seeing people in Miller's that I know from when my kids were in school. I like the philosophy of BPNN and the way they serve people in the community with an all-volunteer staff.

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Cavaliers clinch No. 1 playoff seed Two Verona, Ridgewood divers look to make mark at All-City meet MARK NESBITT Assistant sports editor

Verona clinched the Western Section Home Talent League championship after a 10-0 road win over Blanchardville on Sunday, July 21 at McKellar Park.

The victory came on the heels of a 14-1 road win over Dodgeville on Saturday.

“We now know the playoffs will come through Verona,” Cavaliers player-manager David Lund said. “We feel comfortable playing at home. It eliminates the travel.”

On Thursday, July 18, Verona’s Brad Laufenberg tossed five shutout innings and the Cavaliers beat West Middleton 9-1 on the road.

Verona 10, Blanchardville 0 John Moynihan went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs to lead the Cavaliers to a shutout of the Bullets.

Moynihan’s two-run homer to left highlighted a five-run fourth. Nick Cheaney, who also had two hits, had an RBI single in the fourth to help the Cavaliers seize control.

Kyle Nelson pitched eight shutout innings and struck out 11 for Verona.

He gave up two hits and didn’t issue a walk.

“He was throwing all of his pitches for strikes and was really attacking hitters,” Lund said of Nelson.

Verona 14, Dodgeville 1 Jacob Slonim, Tristan Largent and Moynihan hit home runs as the Cavaliers rolled past the Knights.

Verona broke the game open with a five-run third.

Slonim went 4-for-5 to lead the Cavs’ 13-hit attack.

Largent went 3-for-4, and Shawn Teskey was 2-for-6.

Verona’s Jason Erxleben went seven innings and gave up one earned run on eight hits. He struck out eight and walked one.

Verona 9, West Middleton 1 Laufenberg struck out five in five shutout innings to lead the Cavaliers to a road win.

Verona scored two runs in the third and four runs in the second to take a 6-0 lead.

The Cavaliers took advantage of six errors by the Braves.

Lance Brietnauer had three hits for the Cavs.

Connor McGowan had two hits and two RBIs. Rob Capener added two hits.

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Before 2019 Verona Area High School graduate Conner Dugan embarks on his next journey playing tennis at Edgewood College, he will team with junior Alex Ritter one more time in the All-City Diving Championship on July 29-30 at Ridgewood Pool.

Dugan and Ritter were teammates for the Verona Area/Mount Horeb boys swim team for one year and on the Ridgewood swim team together for three years. Before that, Dugan swam for the Seminole Pool team in Fitchburg for eight years. The duo also played tennis for Verona in the spring.

“We used to have more of a rivalry when I first started,” Dugan said. “This will be my last swim meet and I just want to have fun. It’s really not much of a competition between us now. We don’t care who gets first or second. The expectation is for both of us to get on the podium in the top four.”

Ritter won the All-City Diving Championship in the boys 15-18 age group last year, while Dugan finished third. Ritter has won two All-City diving titles in 12 years with Ridgewood, and was a state qualifier for the Wildcats two years ago as a freshman.

“We want everyone to have an experience they will remember forever,” Ritter said. “I have been waiting my whole life for the All-City meet to come to Ridgewood.”

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Alex Ritter is one of two boys divers from Verona looking to win a medal in the All-City Diving Championship July 29-30 at Ridgewood Pool in Madison. stretching out as much as I can,” he said. “I think I can WIAA Division 2 state div- Another top contender is scored by a panel of judg- make the top six. “My goal ing champion of Madison High Point’s Isaac Rousch, es. The six dives Ritter will for Ridgewood this summer Edgewood, enters this year who finished 11th in the perform July 30 are the dou- is to focus on the fundaas the favorite from Semi- Division 1 state meet for ble front double pike, front mentals of diving and have 2 1/2 tuck, invert dive tuck, fun. There is a lot of great nole Pool. Stitgen is the All- Middleton last winter.

Each participant gets six reverse dive tuck, front 1 1/2 competition. My goal for City diving record holder in the 11-12 boys age group, dives. There are four prelim- full twist and a reverse 1 1/2 the high school season is to make it back to state.” and he won the title in the inary dives and two in the twist.

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Wildcats’ defense paves way for home win ADAM FEINER Sports editor

In search of a spark offensively, the Verona Junior Legion team turned to defense for its rallying source on Monday, July 22 against Sauk Prairie.

The Wildcats turned a pair of crucial double plays, and scratched across three runs in the fifth inning to win 3-2 at Stampfl Field.

The win got Verona back to .500 with a 4-4 record.

Sauk Prairie had an opportunity to put the game out of reach, leading 1-0 in the top of the fifth. The Eagles loaded the bases with Photo by Adam Feiner no outs against Wildcats Verona’s Jack Farrell makes contact in the fifth inning against reliever Kody Fahey, but a Sauk Prairie on Monday, July 22 at Stampfl Field. The Wildcats 1-2-3 double play swung rallied to win 3-2. the game’s momentum.

Verona shortstop Ryan Olson ranged up the middle for a grounder and threw to first for the final out of the inning, setting the stage for the Wildcats’ rally.

“Our defense as a whole was really good,” Verona coach Mike Merlet said.

“Our hitting hadn’t been real good leading up to this game, and our defense hadn’t been good either.

Defense was the key for us.”

Fahey ripped a single up the middle to start Verona’s half of the fifth. Olson moved him into scoring position with a sacrifice bunt, and Ryan Merlet delivered a two-out RBI double into the gap in right-center to tie the game at 1. Merlet eventually scored on a balk, and Joe Ducharme drove

in Jack Farrell with a single into left to make it 3-1 Wildcats.

A fielding error and a walk led to a one-out RBI single for Sauk Prairie in the sixth, but another 1-23 double play started by Fahey ended the inning. The Eagles stranded nine runners on base.

“Those were big jams we got out of. That’s why we held on,” Fahey said. “I just tried to throw strikes and see what happened.”

Fahey induced a groundout and struck out the final two batters to earn the win in relief. He struck out three and allowed one unearned run on three hits, two walks and a hit batsman in three innings.

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Gaby takes 73rd in Wisconsin State Am MARK NESBITT Assistant sports editor

Austin Gaby, a 2019 Verona Area High School graduate, finished 73 at the 118th annual Wisconsin State Amateur Championship on Thursday, July 18 at Lawsonia’s Links Course in Green Lake.

He shot a 78 Wednesday, July 17 and closed with an

84, finishing the four-round tournament at 27-over-par 315.

“My goal was to make Austin Gaby the cut and Verona grad finish in the top 50,” Gaby said. “My ball striking just wasn’t the greatest.”

It was the second year he competed in the WSGA State Am, after finishing 69th last year at Minocqua Country Club.

A two-time WIAA Division 1 state qualifier for Verona and a University of Wisconsin-Stout commit, Gaby averaged a 76 in the spring in 18-hole matches. He said he enjoyed competing against

the best amateur golfers in the state.

“It pushes me to play better and pushes me to perform like I think I should be performing, Gaby said” Managing the conditions with the blazing heat and tight pin placements was a challenge for Gaby in the final round, as he posted a pair of birdies.

“I didn’t make any putts from a distance,” he said. “I just have to maintain focus throughout the entire week and not just for one or two rounds.”

Hunter Eichorn of Carney, Michigan shot a 7-under-par 281 to edge Eau Claire’s Matt Tolan and Colgate’s Phillip Johnson by one stroke for the title. Stoughton native Sam

Anderson, a junior on the University of Wisconsin-Madison men’s golf team, tied for fourth at 5-under-par 283.

Gaby is practicing and playing four rounds per week in an effort to make an immediate impact at UW-Stout. He will play in the WSGA Junior Championship on Aug. 5 at Edelweiss Chalet Country Club in New Glarus.

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The Verona Water Utility has filed an application with the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSCW) to increase water rates. The increase is necessary due to an 83.10 percent increase in gross plant investment and a 57.40 percent increase in operating expenses since the last water rate case was completed in 2011.

The total increase in water revenues requested is $695,496 which will result in an estimated overall rate increase of 40.29 percent over the water utility’s present revenues. If the request is granted, the water bill for an average residential customer with a 5⁄8-inch or ¾-inch meter who uses 13,000 gallons of water per quarter will increase from $47.82 to $66.24, or 38.52%.

A telephonic public hearing on the application has been scheduled for Wednesday, July 31, 2019, at 3:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at Verona City Hall, 111 Lincoln Street, Verona, Wisconsin. Scheduling questions regarding this hearing may be directed to the PSCW at (608) 266-3766.

A person may testify in this proceeding without becoming a party and without attorney representation. A person may submit this testimony in only one of the following ways: • Web Comment. Go to the Commission’s web site at http://psc.wi.gov, click on “File a Comment.” On the next page select the “File a comment” link that appears for docket number 6100-WR-103. Web comments shall be received no later than the day before the hearing.

• Oral Comment. Spoken testimony at the public session.

• Written Comment. Instead of speaking at the hearing, write out a comment and submit it at the public session.

• Mail Comment. All comments submitted by U.S. Mail shall be received no later than the day before the hearing and shall be addressed to: Attn: Docket 6100-WR-103 Comments, Public Service Commission, P.O. Box 7854, Madison, WI 53707-7854.

The PSCW intends to webcast this hearing live on the PSCW’s web site at http://psc.wi.gov under the “PSC Live Broadcast” button.

All documents in this docket are filed on the Commission’s Electronic Records Filing (ERF) system. To view these documents: (1) go to the Commission’s E-Services Portal at http://apps.psc.wi.gov, (2) enter “6100-WR-103” in the box labeled “Quick Single Docket Search,” and (3) select “Documents.”

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VAHS grad Schmitz named to NABC Honors Court Award honors success on the court and in the classroom ADAM FEINER Sports editor

Cole Schmitz, a 2016 Verona Area High School grad, was one of five University of Chicago men’s basketball players honored in the 2019-19 NABC Honors Court, announced Wednesday, July 17 by the National Association of Basketball Coaches.

Honors court members must satisfy four criteria to be recognized. They must be a junior or senior academically and a varsity player, have attended their current institution for at least one year, have a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher at the conclusion of the 2018-19 academic year, and be a member of an NCAA Division I, II, III, or NAIA Division I or II instituPhoto submitted tion with a NABC member Verona Area High School grad Cole Schmitz (3) was selected to the NABC Honors Court, one coach. of five University of Chicago men’s basketball players honored.

Schmitz is a senior

majoring in economics at Division III UChicago.

The 6-foot-4, 195-pound forward was an honorable mention all-University Athletic Association as a junior, and was also selected allUAA Academic Team.

He is third on Verona’s all-time scoring list with more than 1,300 points.

After two years as a role player at UChicago, the former Wildcat stepped into a larger role last season for the Maroons, starting 24 out of 25 games and averaging 11.1 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game while shooting 47 percent from the field.

The University of Chicago also received the NABC’s Team Academic Excellence Award. The award is given to teams who achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better for the 201819 season.

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Verona grad Conner Dugan completes a dive this summer.

to put in two new onemeter diving boards at Ridgewood.

Alex said his father’s vision is for children to have fun in the summer.

“Diving has made me the person I am,” Alex Ritter said. “It’s not about the development of the diver, it’s about the development of a person into a diver.”

Dugan enjoys trout fishing, biking and playing video games. He will turn 18 on the first day of the All-City Diving meet.

“I’m used to the board at Ridgewood,” he said.

“It will be an advantage for sure and it will be really exciting.”

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Verona’s Joe Ducharme pitches in the fourth inning against Sauk Prairie on Monday, July 22 at Stampfl Field. He struck out eight in four innings, as the Wildcats rallied to win 3-2.

Verona: Wildcats turn two crucial double plays Continued from page 10 Ducharme struck out e i g h t a n d a l l ow e d o n e unearned run on two hits and two walks in four quick

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Sauk Prairie’s Noah Frey took the loss despite a strong start.

He struck out three and did not allow a hit through four innings, but allowed all four of Verona’s hits in the fifth.

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as a member of the 20192020 Regional Youth Preparedness Council for FEMA Region V. Members are selected from a pool of candidates interested in helping better prepare their communities for an emergency through public service. Ritter will be tasked with completing an individual preparedness service project with the support of the council.

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The signature dive for Dugan features a two-anda-half somersault from a tuck position.

The top diving score for Dugan this summer is a 205 he scored at High Point. Like many divers, he has used a trampoline in practice to perfect trick dives and landings.

“You can do a lot more on a trampoline than you can a board,” he said.

D u g a n ’s f i r s t l o v e , however, is tennis. He attended a tennis camp at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater tennis camp earlier this week, yet he has learned the self-discipline and work ethic from swimming carries over to the tennis court.

“They are both mental games,” Dugan said. “You have to be confident in yourself that you can do a dive. If you miss a ball in tennis, you have to shake it off and move on.”

Both Ritter and Dugan have hobbies away from the pool.

Ritter enjoys playing tennis and traveling, and he is certified as part of the National Stop the Bleed campaign. FEMA selected Ritter to serve

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Giver: Department’s first full-time chief’s last day is Sept. 27 Continued from page 1 a retirement agreement that will make his last day Sept.

27. He’ll continue in the city’s employ until Jan. 2, using accrued leave.

Mayor Luke Diaz told the Press he hopes to get a new leader in place “as soon as possible,” though he noted that process, by state law, is up to the Police and Fire Commission. He added that he planned to meet with PFC chair Delora Newton this week.

Part of the retirement agreement calls for a mutually crafted press release, which was included as an addendum. In it, Giver said he planned to “help make the transition to the next fire chief as seamless as possible.”

Giver, who became the department’s first full-time chief in 2011, had his leadership called into question in an August 2018 report commissioned by the city after a union dispute led to an investigation of assistant chief Don Catenacci last summer. Catenacci left the department in December amid a second investigation into his actions, but Giver’s regular check-ins with the city administrator continued, and the council received periodic updates.

G ive r t o l d t h e P r e s s on Tuesday he had been planning to retire in January 2019 before the union called for his resignation in November.

“I had gone and gotten an estimate from the retirement system, and I have the paperwork to prove it,” he said. “Then the union

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The Verona Fire Department, 101 Lincoln St., opened its new station in 2015 under chief Joe Giver. allegations hit, and I decided I wasn’t going to leave in the middle of it, as that would make it look like I was guilty of something. Instead, I stayed and we worked to complete the performance improvement plan.”

Giver’s exit will make him at least the third department head to stop working for the city in 2019, following senior center director Mary Hanson and administrator Jeff Mikorski, both of whom were asked to resign. But Giver left on his own terms, Diaz told the Press.

“This is different,” Diaz said. “If he had failed the PIP, we would have put charges before the PFC.” D i a z a l s o c o n fi r m e d through interim city administrator Adam Sayre that Giver had met most of what was in the performance improvement plan – which focused on improving communication, collaboration and training and updating policies.

Giver said the

department’s systems are much improved from last year, and he pointed to two key changes in particular – the installation of a policy and procedure management software, Lexipol, and a training, certification and professional development online tool called Target Solutions, at a combined first-year cost of about $10,000. He said he’d been hoping to install Lexipol for a year or two prior but hadn’t found a place in the budget for it.

The report last summer from consultant Dale Burke featured a compilation of complaints from firefighters at all levels that the culture and morale within the department was poor, and some of it pointed directly at Giver’s leadership. Giver himself admitted in the report he hated dealing with personnel issues.

Since then, Giver said, the atmosphere in the department has been cordial.

“People have been

professional about the whole thing,” he said.

G ive r ’s i m p r ove m e n t plan was designed to go six months, and Sayre took over handling it when he took the temporary promotion in February. At no point, Diaz agreed, was the council told the plan was completed, but the last update given to the council was Feb. 11.

The mutual press release notes Giver’s 41 years of fire service and cites accomplishments that include leading the transition to a city department in 2012-13, directing the construction of the $10 million fire station that opened in 2015, improving response times and insurance ratings and starting an internship program.

Giver said his successor will need to be a person of integrity who cares deeply about the department and its employees but cares more about the department’s mission.

“The only question that needs to be asked when you’re making important decisions in the fire department is what’s the most important thing for the people we serve,” he said.

Diaz expressed gratitude during Monday’s council meeting for how the agreement allows the city to plan, particularly with the search for a new administrator stretching into its sixth month.

“That’s going out the right way,” Diaz later told the Press.

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School site: Still early, and city doesn’t own all the property VASD site, and it would use only a fraction of the property, even though planning in 2017 suggested about eight acres would be needed. Partly, that is because commissioners pushed for the site to have a mix of public and private uses and shared parking.

The CDA is still early in the process, and Thursday’s meeting was a presentation of four distinct options from a UW-Milwaukee graduate student-run design firm, Community Development Solutions. CDS toured the site earlier this year, and among the guidelines the city provided were keeping the century-old New Century School building intact and offering options that included a community center, an area for music and space for downtown-style mixed use – small businesses on the first floor of some buildings and apartments above.

While none of the options presented earned a clear thumbs-up, commissioners seemed to draw a consensus on several individual pieces and agreed on some revised concepts they’d like to see again.

Those included a music pavilion of some sort on the northeast corner of the site, at Marietta Street, space for commercial use along West Verona Avenue, shared

parking, a trail through parkland, apartments and a pool sharing parking with various elements of the site.

CDS had included an indoor pool in one of its design concepts and a splash pad in others, but the group quickly agreed with commissioner Erin Welty’s comment that with the new Verona Area High School building two indoor pools and Fireman’s Park having opened the city’s first splash pad a month ago, those would be redundant.

An outdoor pool got much more enthusiasm, even though it would be usable for less than three months. The city spent almost a year examining whether it could build a community pool in 20162017, after some alders balked at the high price of a Fireman’s Park rebuild, which had been scheduled for 2017-18.

Eventually, city leaders came to the conclusion there were no reasonable options available for a pool.

The three most talked-about were the 100-acre VAHS site, which ran out of room early in its design process, an area of Badger Prairie County Park next to the library, which did not get a positive response from the county, and Fireman’s Park, which wasn’t big enough, even with an expansion into the adjacent forest.

The Sugar Creek land

was on the city’s list of options, but at the time, the city and school district were still in contentious negotiations and acquisition was questionable. Even then, with the site considered a redevelopment area, some thought a pool would not be the best use of the land.

A mix of pool area and other, tax-generating functions could fit the bill, however.

Whether it will actually fit and be functional remains to be seen, as the combination of uses CDA members proposed was not in any of the initial design plans and there was some concern that it was being packed too tightly.

“If you get a lot of community uses, you’ll chew a lot of that site really quick,” interim city administrator/ planning director Adam Sayre pointed out at the meeting.

There’s also no guarantee the entire site will be

available, as it includes five properties not in the city’s possession – the former Michael’s and Treads bar site, a hair salon, a print shop, a house and a small apartment building.

Michael’s and the apartment owner have indicated an interest in working with the city, though, Sayre told the CDA. There was some question about the viability of putting too much retail into the site, given the critical mass of other area projects, and it remains uncertain how the plan might change once a developer gets involved and gauges the market.

CDS is expected to bring back perhaps three more options with various configurations at the next CDA meeting, scheduled for Aug. 22.

James Francis (Jim) Donovan

James Francis (Jim) Donovan

James Francis (Jim) Donovan, 83, beloved father of Muffy (and Patrick), and devoted husband to Mary Lynn, joined God on July 21, 2019, at Baptist Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi, after an intense battle with pneumonia.

Born to the late Mike Donovan and Mary Steckel Donovan on Jan. 22, 1936, in Jefferson, he spent the first years of his life in Beloit. In the early 1970s, Jim and his family moved to Verona, where they lived for 40 years.

Having moved to the Jackson Metro area only recently from Kingwood, Tex a s , J i m f o u n d h i s neighbors and acquaintances in Jackson to be warm and welcoming.

An active church member in all the communities in which he has lived, Jim and his wife Mary Lynn joined Christ United Methodist Church in Jackson shortly after relocating here to be near to their daughter and son-in-law.

Jim was a man of justice in his professional life who embodied those same ideals throughout every aspect of his life. He began working as a police officer in Beloit in the early sixties and found himself on the front lines during civil rights activities helping to maintain peace and nonviolence.

L a t e r, h e b e c a m e a member of the WI Criminal Justice Department and was elected municipal

judge in Verona — a position he held for 24 years.

Additionally, he can be attributed to having established the first hotline for Missing and Exploited Children in the State of Wisconsin while also acting as an officer within the National Missing and Exploited Children Program.

Jim could be described as a man of few words — an introspective intellectual. But, he loved his family (both immediate and extended) with an unwavering devotion, followed closely by his love for fishing and the Green Bay Packers.

Annual fishing trips to Canada with his best friend and their wives were a highlight of the year for him. And, as an avid reader and historian, Jim could always be found with a book in his hand and an anecdote or idea to share with others from that reading simply because.

Jim is preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Bill Donovan, and two brothers-in-law, Richard Fleener and Martin Cherry.

He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Mary Lynn Donovan; his daughter- Mary Patrice Donovan (Patrick) Pope of Terry, MS; his sister, Mary Kate Donovan, of Beloit, WI.; and his sister-in-law, Mabryn Fleener; as well as by nieces Cathy Canfield, Barb (Greg) Hill, Merry Kaye Bolstad, Kristin Harbin, Sharlene (Sam) Manu, and nephews Larry Bolstad, Tom (Sheryl) Fleener, and Bryan (Marguerite) Fleener.

A service will be held at Christ United Methodist Church in Jackson on Thursday, July 25, 2019 at 11 a.m.

T h e D o n o va n / P o p e / F l e e n e r fa m i l i e s h ave requested memorials be made to Christ United Methodist Church in memory of their beloved husband, father, brother, and uncle. He will be greatly missed.

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Boundaries: Board discussion focuses on moving Neighborhood 5 from Stoner Prairie to GE best that we can right now,” Duerst said. “We truly don’t know what’s going to happen in the future. Future boards are the ones that got to make those decisions.”

Continued from page 1 district, one in central Verona and a newer subdivision on the south side of the City of Verona that has already had to move once in the past three years. Students in 10 neighborhoods would change middle school attendance areas.

The middle school change will phase in over a three year period, with students already attending a school continuing at that school until they move to high school and new students going to the attendance area school. Whether that sort of grandfathering will exist for the elementary boundaries is still to be determined.

The new boundaries will go into effect when the new high school opens and Badger Ridge Middle School and Core Knowledge Charter School shift into the current high school building. Sugar Creek Elementary School will move to the current BRMS building, increasing its capacity, and the elementary charter schools will move to the K-Wing.

Board president Noah Roberts said the overall plan the board decided on offers the longest-term solution among its many options, particularly if the district is unable to build a new elementary school, as it will likely need to, or housing growth slows down.

“I’m most comfortable moving forward with this map over the next eight years, hopefully longer,” said board president Noah Roberts.

Biggest moves The elementary school changes affecting the biggest populations are neighborhoods 2, 5, 26 and 58.

Two of those are in the northeast portion of the district, one is in central Verona and the other is the entire Scenic Ridge subdivision, which will now attend Sugar Creek Elementary School.

Currently, students in Scenic Ridge and nearby Cathedral Point attend either

Middle school

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The board approved elementary attendance boundaries at its July 23 meeting, with a board of the original Option E to look at. Consultant Mark Roffers used post it notes to mark neighborhoods that were changed from that option following the board’s discussion, with the colors indicating what school those neighborhoods would now attend.

Country View Elementary School or nearby GE under a short-term grandfathering plan approved in 2016.

Cathedral Point students will attend CV under the new map.

If a new elementary school is built to the south, as is projected to be necessary by 2025, both neighborhoods would be shifted to that new school.

The two school board members who voted against the elementary map said they wanted to keep neighborhood 5 – in Fitchburg west of Verona Road – at Stoner Prairie Elementary School, which students there attend now. The final map moved it to Glacier Edge Elementary School, where many students in the neighborhood attend anyway because of the Two Way Immersion program, which is split between GE and SC. “It’s not as large of a

number as picking out another neighborhood,” said board vice president Meredith Stier Christensen. “It’s also moving kids that have their immediate next door neighbors moving with them.”

There was no discussion about moving Neighborhood 2, the northernmost residential neighborhood in the district, to the east of Verona Road, or Neighborhood 58, in central City of Verona.

Neighborhood 2 will move from the Sugar Creek area to Stoner Prairie and 58 will move from Country View to Sugar Creek, as they have in every version of Option E since it was first discussed in the spring.

approve the minutes of the June 24, 2019 Common Council meeting with correction of the meeting date in Item 5., as noted by the City Clerk. Motion carried 8-0.

6. Mayor’s Business: A. Confirmation of Library Board appointments: Motion by Kohl, seconded by Cronin, to approve the following Library Board member appointments, as recommended by Mayor Diaz at the June 24, 2019 Common Council meeting: Mawara Sohail, Reappointment, 3 year term expiring July 2022 Jay Huemmer, New appointment, 3 year term expiring July 2022 Motion carried 8-0.

7. Announcements: 8. Administrator’s Report: * Sayre responded to the questions posed by Jo Anne Lindberg during the Public Comment portion of tonight’s meeting. * Recycling information can be found on the City’s website at http://www. ci.verona.wi.us/recycling. * The Verona Water Utility has filed an application with the Public Service Commission to increase water rates. If the increase request is granted, the average residential customer will see an increase of 38.5%. Information is included on the Quarter 2 water bills, and can be found on the City’s website at http://www. ci.cverona.wi.us/632/Water-Rate-Study. * Senate Bill 269, which would allow the City to reimburse taxpayers for the City’s 2018 TIF error, was found to have no State or local fiscal impacts.

9. Engineer’s Report: 10. Committee Reports A. Finance Committee (1) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Payment of bills. Motion by Kemp, seconded by Cronin, to pay the bills in the amount of $536,501.75. Motion carried 8-0.

B. Public Safety and Welfare Committee (1) Discussion and Possible Action Re: An application for a Class “B” Fermented Malt Beverage and “Class C” Wine Retailer’s License for Mr. Brew’s Taphouse Verona, LLC, d/b/a Mr. Brew’s Taphouse, 611 Hometown Circle, Suite 104, Ryan Swanson, Agent. Motion by Reekie, seconded by Kemp, to approve a Class “B” Fermented Malt Beverage and “Class C” Wine Retailer’s License for Mr.

Brew’s Taphouse, LLC, d/b/a Mr. Brew’s Taphouse, 611 Hometown Circle, Suite 104, Ryan Swanson, Agent, contingent upon the surrender of the current license

by Danial Johnson. Motion carried 8-0.

(2) Discussion and Possible Action Re: A Memorandum of Understanding between Public Safety Cadets and the City of Verona regarding a program to educate and mentor youth. Motion by Reekie, seconded by Kohl, to approve a Memorandum of Understanding between Public Safety Cadets and the City of Verona regarding a program to educate and mentor youth. Motion carried 8-0.

C. Plan Commission (1) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Resolution No. R-19-031 approving a Conditional Use Permit to allow an in-vehicle sales or service land use at 723 Half Mile Road. Motion by Gaskell, seconded by Kemp, to approve Resolution No. R-19-031 approving a Conditional Use Permit to allow an in-vehicle sales or service land use at 723 Half Mile Road, contingent upon the Applicant acquiring the property. Motion carried 8-0.

(2) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Resolution No. R-19-032 approving a Certified Survey Map to create two (2) lots at 723 Half Mile Road. Motion by Gaskell, seconded by Kemp, to approve Resolution No. R-19-032 approving a Certified Survey Map to create two (2) lots at 723 Half Mile Road, contingent upon the Applicant acquiring the property. Motion carried 8-0.

(3) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Resolution No. R-19-033 finding that the expansion of the Verona Urban Service Area to include 39 acres of land at the southeast corner of Range Trail and County Highway M in the Town of Verona is consistent with the Verona Comprehensive Plan and directing Staff to submit a request to expand the Verona Urban Service Area to include said lands.

Motion by Gaskell, seconded by Cronin, to approve Resolution No. R-19-033 approving an Urban Service Area amendment located at the southeast corner of Range Trail and County Highway M. Motion carried 8-0.

(4) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Resolution No. R-19-034 finding that the expansion of the Verona Urban Service Area to include 7.5 acres of land at 1979 Milky Way in the City of Verona is consistent with the Verona Comprehen-

Moving neighborhood 5 Most changes proposed Monday from the E7 map were uncontroversial among board members.

The debate centered on

Neighborhood 5 having a higher proportion of students of color and low-income families than elsewhere in the district and whether it would be considered for another move within the next few years if a new elementary school is built.

Board member Kristina Navarro-Haffner, one of the votes against, was concerned that the idea to move the neighborhood to Glacier Edge came up at the “11th hour,” without an opportunity for input from families there.

It had first been suggested at the July 10 meeting.

“From an equity perspective, I don’t feel it’s worth moving that neighborhood,” Navarro-Haffner said.

Other board members said they thought it would do more to unify the neighborhood, something residents who attended an outreach meeting this spring said was among their top priorities.

Roberts suggested letting families with students already in school choose between GE and SP, though that was not voted on and likely will be discussed later, along with grandfathering.

B o a r d m e m b e r To m Duerst said “the crystal ball is cloudy where the kids are going to be in five to 10 years.” He was on the board during the most recent change, when GE opened 13 years ago.

“In 2006, we thought for sure we were going to need a new elementary school,” he said. “It’s 2019, and it hasn’t happened yet.”

Rather than worrying about a potential fifth elementary school, he and others wanted the board to focus on making the best decision with the information it has, including the most balanced diversity among the options it considered.

“All we can do is the

sive Plan and directing Staff to submit a request to expand the Verona Urban Service Area to include said lands. Motion by Gaskell, seconded by Kohl, to approve Resolution No. R-19-034 approving an Urban Service Area amendment located at 1979 Milky Way. Motion carried 8-0.

D. Joint City/Town Planning Committee (1) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Resolution No. R-19-035 approving an extraterritorial Certified Survey Map to create two (2) lots located at 6861 Cross Country Road in the Town of Verona.

Motion by Gaskell, seconded by Kemp, to approve Resolution No. R-19-035 approving an extraterritorial Certified Survey Map to create two (2) lots located at 6861 Cross Country Road in the Town of Verona. Motion carried 8-0.

E. Public Works/Sewer & Water Committee (1) Discussion and Possible Action Re: A Professional Services Agreement with AECOM for construction related services for Project 2016-123 CTH PD, Woods Road to CTH M. Motion by Touchett, seconded by Kemp, to approve a Professional Services Agreement with AECOM for construction related services for Project 2016-123 CTH PD, Woods Road to CTH M at a cost not to exceed $79,361. Motion carried 8-0.

(2) Discussion and Possible Action Re: A Professional Services Agreement with JT Engineering for construction administration and inspection in regards to work within right-of-way. Motion by Touchett, seconded by Kemp, to approve a Professional Services Agreement with JT Engineering for construction administration and inspection in regards to work within right-of-way, contingent upon legal review of the contract. Motion carried 8-0.

Sayre requested unanimous consent from the Council to convene in closed session to discuss Items 11.A. and 12.A. at the same time, with the Council approving a motion to convene in closed session for each item; and to take Item 12.A. before Item 11.A. There were no objections.

11. Old Business A. Discussion and Possible Action Re: Development Agreement for Sugar Creek Commons Project in Tax Incremental District #9.

The Common Council may con-

vene in a closed session, as authorized

by Wisconsin Statute 19.85(1)(e), for the purpose of deliberating or negotiating the purchase of public properties, the investing of public funds or conducting other specified public business, whenever competitive or bargaining reasons deem a closed session necessary. The Common Council may reconvene in open session to discuss and take action on the subject matter discussed in the closed session.

Sayre stated Staff is requesting a closed session discussion with the Common Council to update the Council on the financial analysis done by Ehlers and Associates, as well as additional information received from the developer, and to gain direction from the Council on future negotiations with the developer on the development agreement.

Motion by Gaskell, seconded by Kemp, to convene in a closed session as authorized by Wisconsin Statute 19.85(1) (e), for the purpose of deliberating or negotiating the purchase of public properties, the investing of public funds or conducting other specified public business, whenever competitive or bargaining reasons deem a closed session necessary.

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 Posey – Aye; Alder Reekie – Aye; Alder Touchett – Aye; Alder Cronin – Aye; Alder Gaskell – Aye; Alder Jerney – Aye; Alder Kemp – Aye; Alder Kohl – Aye. Motion carried 8-0. The Common Council convened in closed session at 7:39 p.m.

CLOSED SESSION Motion by Kohl, seconded by Kemp, to reconvene in open session at 8:20 p.m. No action was taken by the Common Council in closed session.

12. New Business A. Discussion and Possible Action Re: Potential purchase of property located on Woods Road.

The Common Council may convene in a closed session, as authorized

by Wisconsin Statute 19.85(1)(e), for the purpose of deliberating or negotiating the purchase of public properties, the investing of public funds or conducting other specified public business, whenever competitive or bargaining reasons deem a closed session necessary. The Common Council may reconvene in open

The middle school map was simple by comparison, though it still raised some strong emotions toward the end of a three and a half hour discussion.

Votes against the ultimate plan were because of the three-year phase-in plan, rather than the map itself.

The map has all non-TWI students in the Stoner Prairie and Glacier Edge attendance areas going to Savanna Oaks Middle School and the rest going to Badger Ridge Middle School.

Students who are in seventh or eighth grade when the new boundaries go into effect will remain at their current school, because the board determined continuity is important at that age.

Those with siblings who enter a different school when they are sixth graders will have the option to switch or remain. There are 18 of those in 2020-21 and 20 in 202122, according to district statistics. “ We ’r e s a y i n g w e ’r e choosing continuity, and the only exception to that is if your sibling is in the other school,” Roberts said.

Duerst strongly disagreed with the decision, continuing his push for a simple change.

He supported a clean switch when the boundaries change, saying the phase-in was “just wrong,” and he grabbed the map off the easel at one point.

“You’re crazy. You’re absolutely frickin’ nuts,” he said, pointing to the map.

“Why did we do all this damn work if you’re gonna say, ‘It doesn’t matter, we’re just gonna take an eraser and erase over it?’”

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Legals NOTICES The City of Verona Plan Commission will hold Public Hearings on August 5, 2019 at City Hall, 111 Lincoln Street, at 6:30 PM for the following planning and zoning matters: 1) Precise Implementation Plan (PIP) amendment for façade changes to the building at 118 South Main Street.

2) Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for a proposed community information sign for the Verona Area School District to be located south of West Verona Avenue, east of West End Circle, north of Half Mile Road, and west of Nine Mound Road.

Interested persons may comment on these planning and zoning matters during the public hearings at the August 5, 2019 meeting. The Plan Commission will make recommendations for these matters, which will then be reviewed by the Common Council for final decisions on Monday, August 12th.

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

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

Ellen Clark, City Clerk Published: July 18 and 25, 2019 WNAXLP *** CITY OF VERONA MINUTES COMMON COUNCIL JULY 8, 2019 VERONA CITY HALL 1. Mayor Diaz called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.

2. Pledge of Allegiance 3. Roll call: Alderpersons Cronin, Gaskell, Jerney, Kemp, Kohl, Posey, Reekie and Touchett were present. Also present: Interim City Administrator Sayre, Police Chief Coughlin, City Attorney Kleinmaier, AECOM Engineer Fischer, and City Clerk Clark.

4. Public Comment: * Jo Anne Lindberg, 825 Hemlock Drive, Verona, spoke of her interest in learning more about the City’s Comprehensive Plan and sustainability efforts.

5. Approval of minutes from the June 24, 2019 Common Council meeting.

Motion by Kohl, seconded by Kemp, to

session to discuss and take action on the subject matter discussed in the closed session.

Sayre explained that the City has been approached by a property owner for the potential purchase of 40 acres of land on Woods Road. The property is located immediately south of land that was purchased by the City of Madison in 2018.

Long-term use of the property would be potential open space with trails and walking paths. Staff is recommending a closed session to discuss the possible purchase of this property.

Motion by Gaskell, seconded by Cronin, to convene in a closed session, as authorized by Wisconsin Statute 19.85(1)(e), for the purpose of deliberating or negotiating the purchase of public properties, the investing of public funds or conducting other specified public business, whenever competitive or bargaining reasons deem a closed session necessary. 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 Reekie – Aye; Alder Touchett – Aye; Alder Cronin – Aye; Alder Gaskell – Aye; Alder Jerney – Aye; Alder Kemp – Aye; Alder Kohl – Aye; Alder Posey – Aye. Motion carried 8-0. The Common Council convened in closed session at 7:39 p.m.

CLOSED SESSION Motion by Kohl, seconded by Kemp, to reconvene in open session at 8:20 p.m.

No action was taken by the Council in closed session.

Diaz stated negotiations are ongoing regarding both of the closed session items.

B. Discussion and Possible Action Re: Approval of operator licenses. Motion by Touchett, seconded by Cronin, to approve operator licenses as presented by the City Clerk. Motion carried 8-0.

13. Adjournment: Motion by Touchett, seconded by Kemp, to adjourn at 8:21 p.m. Motion carried 8-0.

Ellen Clark City Clerk Published: July 25, 2019 WNAXLP ***

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From left, students Anaisha Verma, Christine Piller and Megan Rawlins work on a snap circuits project in the Makerspace 2.0 summer school class at Glacier Edge Elementary School Wednesday, July 17.

Kendan Bortz-Rodriguez creates a blue-themed checkerboard pattern in his painting piece in the Art and More summer school class.

Above, Kate Zak places a piece of french toast on a pan for Kayle Larson, left, to cook during the Adventures in Summer Cooking class.

At right, Gabe Weisensel protects himself as he wheels away from a crowd of opponents in a game of scooter dodgeball at summer school.

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offerings at Savanna Oaks Middle School and high school classes at the VAHS. The three have a combined 1,073 participants this summer – 467 elementary, 180 middle and 426 high school students. That’s down from last year’s total of 1,237, with much of the drop coming at the elementary level. Last year there were 600 students there, already down from 724 in 2017.

Summer school is voluntary, though the administrators reach out to specific students for skill development classes and talk with families about how those could help their children.

VA H S p r i n c i p a l Pa m Hammen and Sugar Creek

Elementary School principal Todd Brunner predicted a drop in enrollment this spring when they presented to the school board on the summer school plan.

They attributed it to a mix of the shorter summer and the switch in emphasis from skill development classes to the enrichment classes.

“Part of the enrollment dip is some of the teachers who were enrichment teachers became skill development teachers, so slightly fewer enrichment offerings,” Hammen said in April.

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