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Dave Emmerich cheers on cyclist Alexander Kaplinsky, of Palo Alto, California, during the Ironman Wisconsin on Sunday, Sept. 8, on the Midtown Road Hill in the Town of Verona.

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swim in Lake Monona, transitioned into a bike ride that took participants through the hilly rural areas of western The annual Ironman Wisconsin Dane County and brought them back to brought thousands of people, both com- downtown Madison for a 26.2-mile run. petitors and watchers, to the town and Email reporter Kimberly Wethal at city of Verona to cheer on cyclists on kimberly.wethal@wcinet.com and their 112-mile bike loop. follow her on Twitter The competition, held Sunday, Sept. @kimberly_wethal.​ 8, started in Madison with a 2.4-mile Unified Newspaper Group

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Alders agree on community area JIM FEROLIE Verona Press editor

If there’s one thing alders can agree on about redeveloping the school district land the city is acquiring, it’s that there should be some sort of community

area.

Alders on Monday discussed the open house the city’s Community Development Authority held last month. While some were as interested in the possibility of a community pool on the land where Sugar Creek Elementary School now sits as many of the residents who attended it were, others were more cautious.

“All these ideas are exciting and fun,” Ald. Evan Touchett (Dist. 4) said. “I The

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• Fifth graders next year in new attendance can choose to stay at current school or move • Parents must make decision by Dec. 1 • Estimated need for three to four new bus routes

one way or the other,” said board president Noah Roberts, one of the four votes in favor.

New attendance areas, approved this summer, will go into effect for the 202021 school year as the new Verona Area High School opens. Badger Ridge

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More adjustments coming on plans to redevelop Sugar Creek land

Next year’s fifth graders will be able to stay at their current school, even if their attendance area changes in the new maps.

The Verona Area school board voted 4-3 to allow families to choose whether to keep their children at their current elementary school for their final year, or move them with the new boundary. The decision affects 76 students, most of whom are currently in the Country View Elementary School attendance area.

“We have the ability to offer a choice, and I think that’s better than mandating

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keep thinking how are we going to do that.”

There’s no doubt an outdoor pool on the 12.2-acre site would be an expensive proposition, and the question of how it would fit in with three indoor pools the community will have by that time and the Fireman’s Park beach and splash pad left a few people unsettled.

But there seemed general agreement among alders and the mayor that with the city’s rare opportunity to acquire land in its

central core, it’s better to be patient and get the right amenities in there than to rush a bad or insufficient project.

The land that’s being planned is a combination of the Verona Area School District property south of West Verona Avenue the city will acquire after the district relocates two schools in fall 2020 and a handful of adjacent privately owned properties that

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With growth lower than last year, requests are $1 million over JIM FEROLIE Verona Press editor

If 2019 was the year the city’s budget became grounded, 2020 could be the year Verona has to dig out of a hole.

After a few years of city services and facilities catching up with previous years’ growth, construction is below the county average and a belt-tightening not seen since the Great

Recession could be imminent.

With available revenue and department requests more than $1 million apart on a $14 million budget, city leaders will have some difficult decisions to make as they sort out their priorities over the next few weeks. Those conversations are expected to begin Monday night after the last round of department presentations to the Finance committee.

“We’ve told the committee, department heads, everyone it was going to be a challenging budget,” city administrator Adam Sayre

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Kick-a-Thon raises $13K for BPNN

Donation will provide 54K meals to local families KIMBERLY WETHAL Unified Newspaper Group

Before the annual Kicka-Thon took place this year, Karate America Verona owner and instructor Jeff Christensen asked his students consider where they’d get their next meal should their parents come home one day no longer employed.

“‘Are you going to be going to Culver’s?’” Christensen said, repeating the questions he posed for the students. “‘Are you going to be going to Miller (and Sons Supermarket) and buying a bunch of food? Where are you going to eat?’ That always gets their attention, when you put it in that perspective.”

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“The idea is how much can we make, and how fast can we make it?” he said.

That money will purchase 65,000 pounds of food, which will turn into 54,000 meals for families in the Verona Zip code and throughout the Verona Area School District.

“Jeff brought us a box yesterday with about two inches full of checks in it, and about four inches of cash,” BPNN executive director Marcia Kasieta told the Press last week Wednesday. “So we’re going through the process of entering all of that into a spreadsheet, which is tedious to say the least, but amazing when you look at how many people donated to this. It was such a community effort.”

During the Kick-a-Thon, karate students kick through X-ray paper and have people offer a pledge for however many times students successfully do a front kick through paper within 15 seconds.

“The idea is very simple – you call up your grandma and you say, ‘Grandma, I’m doing our Kick-a-Thon, would you like to pledge a dollar per kick?’” he said.

“It’s an incredibly simple thing to do.”

In the 22 years the Kick-aThon has been held, Christensen’s students have raised a little more than $400,428 for a variety of charities, including St. Jude Children’s Hospital, the American Red Cross and the Ronald McDonald House for many years.

This year, Christensen decided to keep the donated funds local.

Karate America was a donor for BPNN’s Packers Tailgate Tour in April 2018, and Christensen already had a personal connection to Bob Kasieta, the former BPNN board president – Bob was

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Karate students of all ages participate kick X-ray paper, with each kick racking up pledge money, during the Kick-a-Thon held on Saturday, Aug. 10, at Karate America Verona.

Christensen’s wife’s law school professor.

“They’re great people, it’s local, they’re doing such a valuable thing in our community,” Christensen said.

He looks to teach students about respect and how to be good to other people when they’re not on the mat, he said.

The Kick-a-Thon aligns with teachings at Karate America that don’t involve

front kicks or blocks, Christensen said.

The whole point of the Kick-a-Thon, Christensen said, is not the specific charity or the money raised, but giving students the opportunity to give back to others.

“They need to give back, they need to be a part of a community, they need to do good things for good people,” he said.

“I can teach anyone to kick

and punch, that’s not a hard thing to do,” Christensen added. “What I want to be able to do is (teach) good character, good integrity – that’s what we’re trying to teach.”

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

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TIF fix hearing

Senior center, fire leadership in place

Festival pick-up liquor The Festival Foods store opening next month will be able to deliver alcoholic beverages to customers in vehicles.

The store’s Click n’ Go online ordering program features two specified stalls in its parking lot, and those stalls were included in the premises description for the liquor license the Common Council approved Monday after a brief discussion. Agent Jeff Brasel told alders the internal shopper checks identification for all alcohol and tobacco transactions.

No parking zones The city added two new no-parking zones on existing roads.

On Hometown Circle, vehicles will no longer be able to park on either side of the entry from West Verona Avenue because of the expected increase in traffic to the Festival Foods store.

On Ineichen Drive, on the city’s north side, parking is prohibited near Main Street because of the expansion of the road and recent traffic bottlenecks associated with increased traffic in the area.

North and South license After months of its rumored arrival in Verona, a North and South Seafood and Smokehouse got its liquor license.

The business will be at 958 Liberty Drive, the previous home of Verona Woods, and it will have the same outdoor patio the Woods did.

It’s expected to be ready for inspection in October, and the license was contingent on a satisfactory inspection.

Cluster mailboxes The council is still working on an ordinance requiring new subdivisions to use cluster mailboxes, rather than individual ones at every home.

It reviewed but did not vote on the ordinance Monday after the Public Works committee declined to take action.

Concerns included safety, maintenance and location, committee chair Ald. Evan Touchett (D-4) said.

It is part of a requirement moving across the country by the U.S. Postal Service. Cluster mailboxes contain four to 16 mail slots maintained by a homeowner’s association installed on a concrete pad, typically located about a block away from the homes they serve.

“This is something new for us,” Touchett said. “If we’re going to do it, I want us to do it right.”

Rezoning on Verona Ave. The council rezoned a property containing a home at 300 E. Verona Ave. to allow commercial uses.

Applicant Michelle Hebert plans to use the building for an office and showroom for antique furniture and rental apartments.

The only proposed change to the building would be construction of an attached garage with an apartment above it.

Water rates approved The Public Service Commission this month approved a 40% water rate increase for the City of Verona.

The new rates take effect Oct. 1.

Residential rates will go to an average of $66.24 per month, up from $47.82. It is the first comprehensive change since 2011. The water instituted a simplified rate increase in 2017, which is an inflation-based 3% bump that can be used a limited number of times.

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The city shored up leadership of two departments Monday, Sept. 9, hiring a senior center director and assigning an officer to lead the fire department on a temporary basis.

Alders unanimously agreed to a contract with Stephanie Ehle to take over at the Verona Senior Center, which has been without a director since April 22, when Mary Hanson agreed to resign under pressure.

Ehle starts Oct. 7, according to her employment agreement.

Daniel Machotka, the Verona Fire Department’s deputy chief of supportive services, will handle the fire department as the officer in charge after chief Joe Giver begins his three-month paid leave Sept. 27 before his official

retirement Jan. 2.

Ehle has been director of the Pregnancy Helpline for the past year and a wellness consultant for four years before that.

She has an academic background in health and gerontology and has led health and wellness activities for Machotka the City of Madison, senior living complexes and UW Hospital, according to her resume.

City administrator Adam Sayre, who was part of the screening committee, told the Press she has strong management and leadership skills, interviewed well and has a good personality.

“She’s going to be able to lead the center,” he said. “She’s caring and compassionate. You need to be able

to handle what the center is throwing at you.”

Ehle will be paid $58,137.

Machotka has been with the department since 2010, initially serving as the department’s training officer.

He was promoted to lieutenant in 2015 when the city began its first 24/7 staffing at the fire station, and he took the newly created position of deputy chief in 2017, a job that consolidated supervision of maintenance of the station and vehicles, as well as hands-on mechanic work.

During the term of his agreement, which runs through Dec. 31, Machotka will be paid $105,698 annually.

Email Verona Press editor Jim Ferolie at veronapress@wcinet.com.​

Hwy. M to close between Verona and Oregon Six-week resurfacing project begins Sept. 16 SCOTT GIRARD Unified Newspaper Group

Another main highway into and out of Verona will be closed for six weeks beginning Monday, Sept. 16.

The second half of the County Hwy. M closure, which begins Oct. 7, will be especially hard on Verona, with the road closed for resurfacing west of County Hwy. PB to Fish Hatchery Road. The first half of the project, which covers the stretch from Fish Hatchery Road to County Hwy. MM in

Oregon, is scheduled for closure Sept.

16 through Oct. 4.

The road will be restricted to local traffic only during the closure, with through traffic needing to find alternate routes. The suggested alternatives from the state Department of Transportation are Verona Road and the Beltline.

“Access will be maintained to area businesses and residences within the project limits,” a DOT news release states. “Motorists with a destination along County M are strongly encouraged to plan ahead, allow additional travel time, and proceed with caution in the work zone.”

The project adds to a year of traffic headaches for Veronans, with the

Hwy. M reconstruction project to the north, ongoing work on Verona Road and the closure of the Nesbitt-Fitchrona Road intersection to install a roundabout ongoing until October.

The County M project is considered part of the Verona Road project because M is a designated alternate route during construction. For information and updates, visit VeronaRoadProject.wi.gov or follow the Facebook page, WIVeronaRoadProject.

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Sugar Creek: Pool, community center among options Continued from page 1 could be added to it.

The council reviewed the same three options the UW-Milwaukee student group Community Design Solutions created and presented, though CDS is planning to revise them for the CDA in the coming weeks based on feedback from the Aug. 22 open house. Eventually, the CDA would seek proposals from a developer to match the final concept.

One of the CDS designs was based around a pool and community center, one had a community center or makerspace but no pool, and a third had neither.

Each had apartments and retail space, a large park, a bandshell and a spot where a farmer’s market could be held.

Comments from the Aug. 22 public meeting overwhelmingly revolved around the pool, but they also included concerns that some options had too many apartments or that the buildings were too tall, and some alders agreed with that Monday. Some alders wanted any proposal the city solicits to ensure those with affordable housing options ranked higher than others All agreed that once it’s developed, the site should feature some sort of community area. Whether that’s in the form of a bandshell, a makerspace, a pool or a community center or some combination, not everyone had a strong opinion.

Minutes earlier, the council had held a brief discussion about the

budget process, with a note of how tight the budget would be this year. And the city just spent $3 million on the Fireman’s Park improvements over the past year.

But most agreed the city can take its time, perhaps adding one piece at a time as money becomes available. Ald. Katie Kohl (D-2) relayed a story of her hometown in Ohio and

how the community held a fundraising campaign to build a community pool when the city couldn’t afford it.

“I don’t want there to not be a pool being built just because we can’t take on the burden right now,” she said.

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The city continues working on a fix to a mistake by the city assessor last year that led to taxes being more than $100 higher than they should have been.

A hearing for the TIF fix, as it’s been referred to, is set for Sept. 27.

The bill would allow the city to return money that’s being held in a tax-increment financing district back to taxpayers. It had been in the governor’s budget, then was removed, and now, Sen. Jon Erpenbach (D-27th District) has sponsored a bill specifically to fix Verona’s issue.

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City flowers, upgrades appreciated As a resident of Verona, I just want to give a huge shout out to the City for maintaining the gorgeous displays of flowers this summer along Main Street planted by Glacier Landscaping.

Every time I walk or drive down Main Street, I enjoy them so much! The hanging baskets are also very pretty along Verona Avenue. They all make our downtown look beautiful.

I also want to let the city know, especially Dave Walker, how much our grandson enjoyed the new splash pad at Fireman’s Park. That whole area is beautiful. Our city workers do a great job for the community of Verona.

Pat Wehrley City of Verona

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Religious bias wrongly clouds thinking on Israel

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hinking about the nation of Israel is not easy.

It can be difficult to find the right ground between the rock of the bias and the hard place of intimidation, for both the bias and the intimidation are present and strong. And it isn’t helped by the knee jerk reactions or fearful hesitations.

A religious bias in favor of Israel can get in the way of clear thinking, distorting one’s perception of conditions on the ground. A fear of being Yurs labeled an anti-Semitic bigot can be intimidating, leaving one hesitant to make any remarks critical of Netanyahu’s Jerusalem.

Vice President Mike Pence displayed the religious bias when he spoke in July before a pro-Israel group led by Christian conservative John Hagee. Pence quoted from the Bible, stating that the one who blesses Israel will be blessed.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was close behind him at the same conference, though in a different way, when he pondered aloud that Donald Trump may be God’s instrument for the blessing and protection of Israel.

As for the threat of being pummeled with accusations of anti-Semitic bigotry for speaking against Israel, we need look no further than presidential tweets.

When the president lashed out against the so-called Squad for their volleys critical of the Israeli government, his return fire quickly conflated criticism of Israel with anti-Semitism.

We can steer away from the

religious bias concerns if we bear in mind there is no one-toone correspondence between the Israel of the Old Testament and the Israel of today.

Some conservative Christians, John Hagee among them, want to connect the dots between the Israel of the old text and the nation of these times. They base their thinking on their understanding of biblical eschatology, their conviction about end times.

They are ready to privilege Israel because they believe God privileges Israel, and a divinely privileged Israel is a sign of the hoped-for Second Coming of Christ, an event that will right wrongs and inaugurate a new age.

What is missed, however, by persons who want to draw a line connecting ancient and contemporary Israel is that the Old Testament makes God’s promise to Israel contingent.

It is beyond dispute that the Old Testament favors Israel and that it organizes this favor around the gift of land and the promise of continued existence.

It is just as that clear the promise could be withdrawn if the nation fails to live up to certain standards and ideals.

Thus, the moral behavior of the nation has to be taken into consideration before it can be allowed to bathe uncritically in a claim to blessedness. As such, the text Mike Pence cited might not apply to the government Benjamin Netanyahu leads.

If we can steer away from the religious bias in favor of Israel by probing beneath the biblical surface, we can work against unfairly equating criticism and bigotry by tending to the distinction between the two.

All bigotry is a kind of criticism, but not all criticism is a kind of bigotry.

Criticism of the State of Israel, criticism such as that voiced by the so-called Squad as well as by other members of Congress, Republican and Democrat, is a critique of the policies and the practices of the nation.

Anti-Semitism is contempt for a people.

Legitimate criticism expresses the point of view that the nation of Israel is behaving poorly.

Illegitimate bigotry decries its existence, believing it has no right to be.

One is a conclusion drawn based on the facts at hand. The other is a predetermination to despise before any particulars are known.

It behooves us to bear this distinction in mind and to analyze the statements we hear from politicians, pundits, and others, whether they are in the form of presidential Tweets or Facebook posts by friends.

Someone from whom I have learned much was fond of saying that the simple answer is almost always wrong.

Were he alive today, he might say truth cannot fit on a bumper sticker or be confined to the 280 characters of a tweet.

There are valid reasons to be supportive of Israel, and there are valid reasons to be critical of Israel, just as we can be supportive and critical of any nation.

There is no reason to hold Israel above reproach, and there is never reason to hold it in anti-Semitic contempt.

To find our way between the rock of bias and the hard place of bigotry we have to think, and think fairly.

Maybe that is a bumper sticker, after all.

The Rev. Dr. Mark E. Yurs is the pastor at Salem United Church of Christ.

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Janet Olson, mother-in-law to Market Day – Verona organizer Caroline Olson, places raffle tickets in different jars on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018, for Alzheimer’s Research.

Market Day-Verona celebrates 5 years If You Go

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Market Day-Verona is back for its fifth annual outdoor event.

Organizer Caroline Olson’s father, Minh Pham, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2015 and passed away in 2016. Since her first event in 2015 the event to raise money for Alzheimer’s research has grown, Olson said.

This year’s edition is set for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Harriet Park, 151 Mary Lou St. Proceeds go directly to Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Institute.

The first year, the event had 17 vendors and raised $2,200. This year,

What: Market Day-Verona When: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21 Where: Harriet Park, 151 Mary Lou St. Info: Caroline@marketdayverona. com

Market Day-Verona supports 45 vendors and hopes to beat the 2018 donation of $5,000, Olson said.

This year shoppers can expect jewelry, candles, antiques, house decor, Mexican food, a raffle and live music

from local band Last Minute Notice and Chad Spurley of Mount Horeb.

The event is run completely by volunteers and Olson works year round to make the event possible in honor of her father, she said.

Olson is grateful that the Dane County community supports this cause through donations and participation. She went through the Alzheimer’s journey with her father and hopes there will be a cure someday, she said.

“It is in honor of my dad, but it is really not just for me,” said Olson.

“Somehow we all have been (impacted) by Alzheimer’s – we are all touched by this.”

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Safety expo featuring vehicle tours, trainings at fire station Sept. 14

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Spencer Slaugh, 6, watches as Brian Gutweiler careens down the side of a building at the Safety Expo on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018.

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Sirens can be scary, but they also signal that help is on the way in the event of a fire or another emergency.

The Verona Fire Department is inviting families to attend its annual Fire Safety Expo this weekend to learn about fire safety in an entertaining way. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 14, at 101 Lincoln St. Kids can take tours of fire trucks, an ambulance, and a Verona Police Department squad car. People can also check out educational booths, videos, demonstrations and interactive trainings.

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24, The Legacy at Noel Manor will host free virtual dementia tours. The 20-minute tours will give participants a “walk in their shoes” experience of dementia symptoms.

Alissa Gauger, marketing director for Noel Manor, said the virtual dementia tour will provide people with “more tools” to assist their friends, family members and neighbors who have dementia.

“The Virtual Dementia Tour is a powerful, handso n ex p e r i e n c e w h e r e your senses are changed

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“For people who don’t have dementia, the Virtual Dementia Tour can increase compassion and understanding for people living with dementia.”

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An important takeaway from the event is learning how often to change smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors, which Hendrickson said is between 5-10 years.

“We will have a booth explaining the smoke detector install program we sponsor, where people are allowed to sign up to get a couple of free smoke detectors as long as supplies last, and our firefighters install them free of charge,” he added.

To learn more about the event, call 845-9401.

The meeting will be from 5:30-7 p.m. at Badger Ridge Middle School, 740 N. Main St. Thursday’s presentation, requested by the City of Verona, will include a short overview of the work planned and a question and answer session.

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A bounce house is expected, and local children’s group Music by Mickey will be back to share tunes. There will also be free food and refreshments donated by the fire department, and potentially a few local vendors, while supplies last.

Verona Fire Department Lieutenant Kevin Hendrickson said that while the fire station building will be closed off to the public during the event, there will be several outdoor areas for people to explore. Planned demonstrations include a Jaws of Life extrication using a donated car from Disch Auto in the parking lot, as well as firefighters rappelling off of the training tower.

There will also be hands-on activities for people to learn how to use electronic fire extinguishers, Hendrickson said. A favorite is the mini firehouse with fake flames, which kids can try to knock down by directing water from the fire hose.

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The next eight months will be full of road construction on the City of Verona’s west side.

Projects including We s t Ve r o n a Ave n u e , Wall Street, Nine Mound Road and the Paoli-Nine Mound intersection are all expected to be completed by next May in preparation for the new Verona Area High School to open next fall.

Thursday, Verona Area School District consultant engineering firm JSD Professional Services will offer the public a chance to see the full schedule and ask questions about the various projects.

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Stop the bleed training Fitch-Rona EMS paramedics will hold a training on how to control bleeding in an emergency situation from 7-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12, at the library.

The training is designed for people with little to no medical training who may be called on to respond to an emergency before skilled assistance arrives.

The training is limited to 10 participants and registration is required.

For information, call 845-7180.

Immigration performance Philip Martin, a playwright and theater professor at Edgewood College, will perform his story of immigrants coming to American at 10 a.m.

Friday, Sept. 13, at the senior center.

For information, call 845-7471.

Remembering the asylum People who grew up in Verona may remember the front facade of the former Dane County Asylum as a major landmark before 2004, when the oldest part was demolished and a treasure trove of genealogical information was nearly lost. At this month’s

Verona Area Historical Society meet- beneficial to monarch butterflies.

Registration is required. The nature ing at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 14 at the senior center, former Badger walk is limited to 12 participants.

For information, call 845-7180.

Prairie Health Care Center employee Sandy Everson will talk about how she saved and organized the files, and Birthday lunch will show dozens of pictures of the Seniors with birthdays or anniasylum demolition. versaries in June will be celebrated Friday, Sept. 20, at the senior center.

Butterfly tagging Attendees are asked to reserve their Learn to how tag butterflies from spot by noon Monday, Sept. 16, with 10-11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 16, at the no exceptions.

Four Seasons Theatre will perlibrary.

Staff from Madison Audubon Soci- form their best of Broadway series at ety will assist in tagging, which helps 12:30 p.m.

The lunch is free for those who track the butterfly’s migration path from Wisconsin to Mexico. have September birthdays or anniverRegistration is required. The pro- saries. For all others, the cost is $5.

For information, call 845-7471. gram is limited to 10 participants.

For information, call 845-7180.

Autumn in the prairie Go on a guided nature walk through Badger Prairie County Park from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 16.

Participants will meet Dane County Parks botanist/naturalist Lars Higdon at the library for a nature walk, where he’ll discuss the importance of natural areas in an urban landscape and identify prairie plants that are

Bluegrass program

Learn about the history and impact of bluegrass music on American history from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, at the library.

Bill Malone, a country music historian, will discuss the sociological and cultural influences behind the development of bluegrass music in the working class South.

For information, call 845-7180.

Community calendar Thursday, Sept. 12

• 4-5:30 p.m., Teen D&D and tabletop games (ages 12-18), library, 845-7180 • 7-8 p.m., Stop the Bleed training with Fitch-Rona EMS paramedics (registration required, space limited), library, 845-7180

Friday, Sept. 13

Senior center closes at 12:30 p.m.

• 10 a.m., Gateway: Coming to America performance, senior center, 845-7471 • 10:30 a.m., Library story time at Eplegaarden, Eplegaarden, 2227 Fitchburg Road, 845-7180 • 6-9 p.m., Live Music in the Backyard: Madtown Mannish Boys, Wisconsin Brewing Company, 1079 American Way, 848-1079

Saturday, Sept. 14

Monday, Sept. 16

• 10-11 a.m., How to tag a butterfly program (registration required), library, 845-7180 • 3:45-5 p.m., Tweens Craft: School supplies (ages 8-11, registration required), library, 845-7180 • 6:30-7:30 p.m., Autumn in the Prairie nature walk (registration required, limited to 12 participants), library, 845-7180

Tuesday, Sept. 17

• 3-6:30 p.m., Verona Artist and Farmers Market, Hometown Junction Park, 101 W. Railroad St., veronasmarket.com

Wednesday, Sept. 18

• Noon to 3 p.m., Age at Home program, library, 845-7180

Thursday, Sept. 19

• 4-5:30 p.m., Anime and manga • 10-11 a.m., STEAM story time club (ages 12-18), library, 845(ages 4-6), library, 845-7180 7180 • 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Fire Safety • 6:30-7:30 p.m., Bluegrass from Expo, Verona Fire Department, 101 Appalachia to the World Bluegrass: Lincoln St., 845-9401 A History of an American Art Form

program, library, 845-7180

Friday, Sept. 20

• 10-11 a.m., Computer Questions Plus…: One Note, senior center, 845-7471 • 11:30 a.m., September birthday and anniversary lunch (RSVP by noon Sept. 16), senior center, 8457471 • 6-9 p.m., Live Music in the Backyard: Josh Harty, Wisconsin Brewing Company, 1079 American Parkway, 845-7180 • 6:30-8 p.m., NERF or Nothing (ages 18 and older), library, 8457180

Monday, Sept. 23

• 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., “Papalotzin – The Flight of the Monarch Butterfly” film screening, library, 845-7180

Tuesday, Sept. 24

• 3-6:30 p.m., Verona Artist and Farmers Market, Hometown Junction Park, 101 W. Railroad St., veronasmarket.com

Senior Center Saturday, Sept. 14 8 a.m. – Common Council from 09–09–19 11 a.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 1 p.m. – 2018 Wildcats Football 4:30 p.m. – Outdoor Laboratories at the Historical Society 6 p.m. – Common Council from 09–09–19 9 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – Outdoor Laboratories at the Historical Society 11 p.m. – Jesse Walker at Senior Center Sunday, Sept. 15 7 a.m. – Hindu Cultural Hour 9 a.m. – Resurrection Church 10 a.m. – Salem Church Service Noon – Common Council from 09–09–19 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 4:30 p.m. – Outdoor Laboratories at the Historical Society 6 p.m. – Common Council from 09–09–19 9 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – Outdoor Laboratories at the Historical Society

11 p.m. – Jesse Walker at Senior Center Monday, Sept. 16 7 a.m. – Estate Planning at Senior Center 1 p.m. – Skip Jones at Senior Center 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 4 p.m. – Sugar Crush at Senior Center 5 p.m. – 2018 Wildcats Football 9 p.m. – Hindu Cultural Hour 10 p.m. – Byrd Brothers at Senior Center 11 p.m. – Jesse Walker at Senior Center Tuesday, Sept. 17 7 a.m. – Byrd Brothers at Senior Center 10 a.m.– Zumba Gold 9 a.m. – Daily Exercise 10 a.m. – Jesse Walker at Senior Center 2 p.m.– Zumba Gold 3 p.m. – Daily Exercise 4 p.m. – Estate Planning at Senior Center 5 p.m. – Sugar Crush at Senior Center 6 p.m. – Resurrection Church 8 p.m. – Elder Abuse at Senior Center 9 p.m. – Skip Jones at Senior Center 10 p.m. – Outdoor Laboratories at the Historical Society

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.

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) 845-1615 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,

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.

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

Coworkers in the Service of God “For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building.” – 1 Corinthians 3:9 NIV

What’s on VHAT-98 Thursday, Sept. 12 7 a.m. – Byrd Brothers at Senior Center 8 a.m.– Zumba Gold 9 a.m. – Daily Exercise 10 a.m. – Jesse Walker at Senior Center 2 p.m. – Zumba Gold 3 p.m. – Daily Exercise 4 p.m. – Estate Planning at Senior Center 5 p.m. – Sugar Crush at Senior Center 6 p.m. – Salem Church Service 7 p.m. – CDA Meeting Live 7 p.m. – Elder Abuse at Senior Center 8 p.m. – Daily Exercise 9 p.m. – Skip Jones at Senior Center 10 p.m. – Outdoor Laboratories at the Historical Society Friday, Sept. 13 7 a.m. – Estate Planning at Senior Center 1 p.m. – Skip Jones at Senior Center 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 4 p.m. – Sugar Crush at Senior Center 5 p.m. – 2018 Wildcats Football 9 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – Byrd Brothers at Senior Center 11 p.m. – Jesse Walker at

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

Wednesday, Sept. 18 7 a.m. – Estate Planning at Senior Center 1 p.m. – Skip Jones at Senior Center 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 5 p.m. – Common Council from 09–09–19 7 p.m. – Capital City Band 8 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – Byrd Brothers at Senior Center 11 p.m. – Jesse Walker at Senior Center Thursday, Sept. 19 7 a.m. – Byrd Brothers at Senior Center 8 a.m.– Zumba Gold 9 a.m. – Daily Exercise 10 a.m. – Jesse Walker at Senior Center 2 p.m. – Zumba Gold 3 p.m. – Daily Exercise 4 p.m. – Estate Planning at Senior Center 5 p.m. – Sugar Crush 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. – Skip Jones at Senior Center 10 p.m. – Outdoor Laboratories at the Historical Society

The creation of the world and the salvation of the souls therein is a work in progress.Every dawn is, in some ways, a vestige of creation, but more than just a vestige, it is indeed a new creation.The world is clearly in the process of becoming what it will be, and we are cocreators with God in determining how things will work out. Just as the physical universe is in flux, so too the moral universe. Good and evil are locked in mortal combat, and we are all called to do our part on the side of God and the angels.It can sometimes be discouraging to see how depraved people can be. Governments, which should serve their people,sometimes seem more bent on subjugating or otherwise taking advantage of them.Wars and rumors of wars there will always be, but we can take heart that most of us cringe when we see people acting cruelly, and the human heart is more moved by pity, compassion and kindness than by cruelty and evil. And while there may be a bit of larceny in every heart, most of us are more desirous to become better human beings and to help our fellow human beings than to fleece them. So take up your cross (or your shield), and help God and your fellow man fight the good fight. – Christopher Simon

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Matthew Miller starts to draw the biking portion of the triathlon. He spent the day doing an “art triathlon” as he drew each phase of the Ironman competition.

At left, Sophie Rabino, of Minneapolis, blows a horn. She and others from University of Minnesota cheered from the side of Midtown Road to encourage members of their track and field team who were participating in the Ironman.

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Emily Langel, of Minneapolis, writes with chalk on the road while waiting for her husband, an Ironman competitor, to come through during the Ironman Wisconsin on Sunday, Sept. 8, on the Midtown Road hill in the Town of Verona.

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Eight is great for Verona Wildcats led 16-13 in the fourth set, and scored nine of the final 11 points to The Verona volleyball seal the victory. team’s winning streak Monona Grove reached eight after a Big Eight Conference home Invitational victory over Janesville Verona defeated Oregon Parker on Tuesday, Sept. 25-15, 25-12; Madison 10.

East 25-15, 25-17; Ripon The streak started with 2 5 - 1 2 , 2 5 - 1 2 ; To m a h a win in the third-place 25-19, 25-13 and Monomatch at the Catholic na Grove 25-16, 25-23 en Memorial Invite. Verona route to the tournament (13-3, 2-0 Big Eight) then title. swept Madison La Follette Claudia Bobb recordon Thursday, Sept. 5, and ed 12 kills against Monowon all five of its matches na Grove and eight kills at the Monona Grove Invi- against East and Tomah. tational on Saturday, Sept. She also had six digs 7. against Oregon and four Verona def. Janesville against Ripon.

Jordan Armstrong Parker 24-26, 25-19, dished out 22 assists against Tomah, 20 against 25-20, 25-15 Monona Grove and 14 The Wildcats rebounded against Oregon, East and from a first-set loss to beat Ripon. She also served the Vikings at home. four aces against Ripon, The first set was a see- three against East and two saw battle, with Parker against Tomah. forcing a Verona timeout Maddy Kelley slammed up 5-1 early. The Wildcats six kills against Oregon seized a 14-11 lead, and and recorded four blocks the teams traded points against Monona Grove. before the Vikings tied Anna Bohrer added four the set at 23. A block gave kills against Ripon and Parker the first set. two blocks against Tomah.

Verona controlled the second and third set. The Turn to Volleyball/Page 11 ADAM FEINER Sports editor

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Verona cornerback Cam McCorkle (left) celebrates with an assistant coach after he intercepted a Janesville Craig pass in the end zone late in the second quarter. The Wildcats won 49-8.

Big plays ignite Wildcats ADAM FEINER Sports editor

Janesville Craig ran 68 plays Friday, Sept. 6, in its Big Eight Conference game at Verona, almost three times more than the Wildcats.

The Cougars stuck to

their game plan of hogging the ball, but couldn’t contain the potent Verona offense, as the Wildcats scored at will en route to a 49-8 victory at Curtis Jones Field.

Verona (3-0, 3-0 Big Eight) needed just 12 seconds to mark the

scoreboard. University of Wisconsin-Madison commit Jackson Acker took the opening kickoff 80 yards for a touchdown.

“Usually we have two people back on kickoffs, but we tried something new this week,” Acker said. “We saw on film that (Craig)

didn’t have a strong kicker, so the coaches decided to put only me back there and add another blocker. We had great blocks up front, and I just took off.”

Craig (1-2, 1-2) responded with a 10-play, 76-yard drive to take its only lead.

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Verona volleyball players celebrate after a point during the second set against Madison La Follette on Thursday, Sept.

5, at Verona Area High School.

Home Talent baseball

Cavs earn championship tiebreaker rematch with Twins MARK NESBITT Assistant sports editor

With their backs against the wall in a must-win game to have any chance of forcing a Home Talent League championship tiebreaker, Verona’s Justin Scanlon and the Cavaliers took care of business.

Scanlon went 2-for-4 with an RBI to lead Verona to a 6-1 win over Sun Prairie on Photo by Mark Nesbitt Sunday, Sept. 8, at Stampfl Verona’s Justin Scanlon doubles to left field in the first inning Field.

The Cavaliers (20-2) of the Cavaliers’ 6-1 win over Sun Prairie on Sunday, Sept. 8, at Stampfl Field. Verona will host Sauk Prairie in a winner-take- had to win and have Sauk Prairie lose to Evansville all championship game Sunday at 1 p.m.

to force a winner-take-all championship game against t h e Tw i n s . E va n s v i l l e clipped Sauk Prairie 2-0 on Sunday, and both the Cavaliers and Twins finished the round-robin championship series 2-1. Verona will host Sauk Prairie in a championship tiebreaker at 1 p.m. on Sunday at Stampfl Field.

“It’s not a fun position to be in when you have to rely on another team to win and take care of business,” Scanlon said. “We were kind of put in a tough spot, but we did it to ourselves losing that first game. We just

knew we had to take care of business.”

Scanlon lined a double to left to jump-start the Cavaliers in the bottom of the first against Sun Prairie.

Mike Jordahl then crushed an RBI double off the fence in right field to score Scanlon.

“I like our chances when we score first,” Scanlon said. “We get the nerves out of the way and kind of let us relax.”

Verona broke the game open with a three-run second inning. Luke Yapp led off with a double and moved

to third base on a passed ball. Nick Cheaney’s RBI groundout scored Yapp to give the Cavaliers a 2-0 lead. Klayton Brandt singled, and Jacob Slonim reached on an error. Brandt later scored on a wild pitch.

Derek Burgenske came through with an RBI single to right to extend the Cavaliers’ lead to 4-0.

“We just had to go up there and have good at-bats and get the barrel to the ball,” Verona player-manager David Lund said.

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DiMaggio fifth, Wildcats sixth at home invite Sports editor

Luka DiMaggio continued his strong start to the season with a fifth-place finish on his home course Saturday, Sept.

7, in the 43rd Annual Verona Invitational.

The talented Verona senior traversed the 5,000-meter course in a time of 16 minutes, 43.8 seconds. DiMaggio sensed midway through the race that he needed to keep up his fast pace to stay with the top competitors.

“I definitely felt the pace at the end of the first lap and going into the second lap going up the hill,” he said.

“I knew it was going to be a really tough last lap, but that’s the way it should be. This is one of the toughest courses in the state.”

DiMaggio kicked hard in the race’s final straightaway,

as he beat Madison West’s Ryan Reed (sixth, 16:44.4) and Eli Gore (seventh, 16:45.3) to the finish line.

“Honestly, I thought it’d be a rough day for a kick,” DiMaggio said. “I wasn’t feeling it through the forest, and had a couple of West guys pass me. But I just felt something take over me and I was able to pass them with the kick. I felt great at the end.”

Verona finished sixth out of 23 teams with 196 points, and fourth out of six Division 1 teams, despite having only five competitors. The Wildcats’ No. 2 and No. 6 runners showed up Saturday morning with colds.

Sophomore Aidan Manning finished 13th with a time of 16:58.9. Three freshmen – Blake Oleson (37th, 17:36.3), Max Metcalf (49th, 17:51.9) and Ryan Cassidy (18:42) rounded out the Wildcats’

lineup.

Verona coach Randy Marks said the absences were “better to occur now rather than later.” The Wildcats dealt with the flu for the majority of last season.

“I think the five carried the ball really well for us,” Marks said. “I think if Nathan (Neitzel) had run with Luka, we would’ve had 100 less points.”

Madison La Follette won the team title with 61 points, thanks in large part to senior Chris Wolfe’s individual victory in 16 minutes, 20.1 seconds. The Lancers also had two other runners in the top 10, and their fourth and fifth runners took 23rd and 24th, respectively.

Verona and 15 other teams will compete at the West Invitational on Saturday at Madison’s Lake Farm County Park.

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Verona’s Abby Wampfler (left) races Madison West’s Kate Aman-Lavicky to the finish line Saturday, Sept. 7, in the Verona Invitational. Wampfler finished 31st with a time of 20:47.3.

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Verona’s Luka DiMaggio (right) races Madison West’s Ryan Reed to the finish line Saturday, Sept. 7, at the Verona Invitational. DiMaggio finished fifth with a time of 16:43.8.

Football: Wildcats find groove in second half Continued from page 8 Parker Glissendorf rumbled into the end zone from 3 yards out, and quarterback Eric Hughes ran in the twopoint conversion with 6:40 left in the first quarter.

The Cougars onsided the next kickoff, and the Wildcats took advantage of the short field. Senior quarterback Adam Bekx completed three passes in 41 seconds, the third a 31-yard touchdown to Haakon Anderson.

“We’ve been starting hot all season, and we hope to continue that throughout the season,” Bekx said. “Perfecting our craft in practice has really helped us start fast.”

A 10-yard holding penalty on fourth down extended Craig’s next drive, but Anderson intercepted a fourth-down pass by Hughes in the end zone. Graham Stier caught a screen pass from Bekx and raced up the middle 60 yards for a touchdown at the 9:28 mark of the second quarter.

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intercepted Hughes in the end zone late in the second to keep it 21-8 at halftime.

“Those two interceptions were huge,” Verona coach Dave Richardson said. “(Craig) was ahead of the chains, and I was all for them throwing the ball.”

Craig racked up 186 yards of offense in the first half, but managed just 77 yards in the second half. Anderson forced a fumble on the Cougars’ second play of the third quarter, and James Rae recovered at the Craig 16-yard line. Aubrey Dawkins caught a 16-yard touchdown pass from Bekx on the next play to make it 28-8 Wildcats.

A sack by Rae and a 33-yard punt return by Dawkins set the table for Verona’s next scoring drive, as Stier raced around the right side and hit pay dirt from 5 yards out with 5:30 left in the third.

The Wildcats forced a turnover on downs on the following drive.

Acker ripped off a 39-yard run, and Dawkins made a diving 12-yard touchdown

catch to make it 42-8 with 1:52 left in the third.

Verona’s Tyler Laham recovered a fumble on the first play of the fourth.

A n d e r s o n r i p p e d o ff a 47-yard run up the Verona sideline, and Acker rumbled up the middle for a 10-yard touchdown to cap the scoring at the 11:36 mark.

B e k x fi n i s h e d 6 - f o r10 for 137 yards and four touchdowns.

Stier served as a multi-purpose back with two catches and four rushes for 89 total yards, while Acker rushed for 71 yards on five carries.

Mason Armstrong was 7-for-7 on PATs. Verona hosts Madison West (1-2, 1-2 Big Eight) next week. The Regents are coming off a 23-12 road loss to Middleton.

“West has some athletes that can beat us, but we just have to get better at what we do,” Richardson said. “I’m pleased with where we’re at offensively, and we’re figuring some things out on defense. It’ll be nice to be home two weeks in a row.”

The Verona girls cross country team finished seventh out of 22 teams with 223 points at the 43rd Annual Verona Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 7.

The Wildcats’ sixth-place finish out of six Division 1 teams was a testament to the race’s competition level.

“This meet is kind of like hosting a party and you never get to eat any of the food,” Verona coach Dave Nelson said. “If you look at our meet results and the state meet results, it’s pretty similar.

There are a couple teams that are really strong that weren’t here, but most importantly, we’re trying to be included in that conversation as a strong team in the state.”

Senior Abby Wampfler led the Wildcats in 31st place with a time of 20 minutes, 47.3 seconds on the 5,000-meter course. She started the race with a strong pace, something she hasn’t done much of in the past.

“The pace was aggressive. There were a lot of good teams and runners out there,” Wampfler said. “I think everyone on our team did really well and pushed it hard.”

Sophomore Payette Neess (38th, 20:56.7), senior Jamie Hogan (43rd, 21:08.1) and freshman Sotera Boado (45th, 21:09) all ran in a close pack for the Wildcats.

Senior Colleen Quinn finished 66th (22:09.8).

Senior Lucinda Baaken (86th, 22:43.7) also competed for Verona.

“We wanted to be a little more aggressive on our home course,” Verona coach Dave Nelson said. “Knowing it so well can cause us to hesitate sometimes, but I thought some kids really got out hard. They learned how fast is too fast, and that way they can dial it back later.

These early-season meets are for figuring out what pace works best for each runner.”

Madison West edged Onalaska 64-65 for the team title thanks in large part to three runners in the top seven. West sophomore Genevieve Nashold remained undefeated in her high school career with the win in 17 minutes, 39.5 seconds.

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Cavs: Verona has chance to repeat as champs Continued from page 8 “If we do that, than we will have good results. Everyone on the team is a good hitter, and we found some holes.”

Lund and Scanlon each added RBI singles in the fourth to give the Cavaliers a 6-0 lead.

Verona’s Kyle Nelson pitched six innings and gave up one run on four hits to earn the win. He struck out eight and walked one. John Moynihan pitched two shutout innings in relief and struck out three. Scanlon pitched a perfect ninth.

“He was filling up the strike zone,” Lund said of Nelson.

“He was throwing all of his pitches for strikes and was attacking them. We didn’t want him to overdo it. His health is the No. 1 priority.”

Lund said the team wanted to get Moynihan and Scanlon some work on the mound in case they are needed against Sauk Prairie.

After walking Jaden Wilke to lead off the second, Nelson cruised, retiring 10 straight batters. Sun Prairie’s Justin Krebs came through with an RBI single in the fifth inning..

“Nelly is kind of an all-ornothing guy,” Scanlon said.

“He exerts a lot of energy It’s tough for him to go the distance.”

Boys soccer

Wildcats remain unbeaten ADAM FEINER Sports editor

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Verona shortstop Luke Yapp makes a throw to first base to record the final out in the ninth inning on Sunday, Sept. 8, versus Sun Prairie.

The Verona boys soccer team has outscored opponents 25-1 in five games this season.

The Wildcats (4-0-1, 1-0 Big Eight Conference) erupted for 11 goals in a home win over Janesville Parker on Tuesday, Sept.

10, at Reddan Soccer Park.

Verona was coming off a 1-1 tie versus Union Grove on Saturday, Sept. 7, in a quad at Oregon, and a 4-0 home shutout of Mount Horeb on Thursday, Sept. 5.

Verona 11, Parker 0 Jack Knight, Jorge Lagunes and Jack Heilman scored two goals apiece in a rout of the Vikings.

Heilman scored in the first minute and 52nd minute, while Knight scored in the 16th minute and 52nd minute. Lagunes scored in the 15th and 18th minute.

Bennett Luttinen found the back of the net in the 33rd minute. Eliot

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Popkewitz and Gannon Simonett scored in the 37th and 38th minute, respectively. Max Lynch netted Verona’s eighth goal of the first half in the 45th minute.

An own goal by Parker in the 54th minute capped the scoring.

Popkewitz also dished out four assists. Knight and Luttinen added an assist each. Goalkeeper Nate Hanson did not have to make a save.

Verona 1, Union Grove 1 The Wildcats and Broncos battled to a draw at Huntoon Field in Oregon.

Lynch scored in the 83rd minute to give Verona a lead, but Logan Farrington scored in the 87th minute for Union Grove.

The Wildcats outshot the Broncos 16-6. The Wildcats also finished with a 7-2 advantage in shots on goal and an 8-2 edge in corner kicks.

Hanson made two saves.

Verona 4, Mt. Horeb 0 The Wildcats scored four goals in the second half to surge past the Vikings at Reddan Soccer Park.

Ve r o n a c o a c h C h r i s Handrick said patience was the key.

“We needed to be more dynamic, and that’s what we were when Eliot (Popkewitz) moved up to the middle forward,” Handrick said. “That really opened up our runs.”

Lynch broke the scoreless tie with a goal in the 56th minute, assisted by Tavion McKnuckle. Popkewitz found Jonathan Gamez for a goal in the 60th minute.

Luttinen scored off a free kick in the 65th minute.

Gamez capped the scoring with a goal in the 85th minute, assisted by Jake Wing.

Verona outshot Mount Horeb 18-2 and finished with advantages in shots on goal (9-2) and corner kicks (6-0).

Hanson stopped both of the Vikings’ shots on goal.

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Verona Area/Mount Horeb’s Kenzie Zuehl competes in the 400-meter freestyle Friday, Sept. 6, against Janesville Craig. Zuehl won the event, as the Wildcats beat the Cougars 132-38.

Wildcats sweep the board against Cougars ADAM FEINER Sports editor

The Verona Area/Mount Horeb girls swimming team won all 11 events en route to a dominant 132-38 home win over Big Eight Conference foe Janesville Craig on Friday, Sept. 6.

“We’re where we should be right now,” VA/MH coach Bill Wuerger said.

“Our girls just like to race.

I t d o e s n ’t m a t t e r w h o they’re going against, they just focus on themselves.

They want to beat their seed times, which is our goal for every meet.”

Ve r o n a s e n i o r J o s i e McCartney and sophomore Kenzie Zuehl each won two individual events and helped a relay to victory.

McCartney cruised to wins in the 100-meter freestyle (1:03.02) and the 100 backstroke (1:13.68).

She teamed with Regan

Brazeau, Gianna Gnewuch and Maia Blas to win the 400 free relay with a time of 4:29.86.

Zuehl touched the wall first in the 100 breaststroke (1:20.27) and 400 free (4:48.01). She teamed with Sam Malecki, Tola Klabough and Izzy Moore

to win the 200 medley relay with a time of 2:14.84.

Malecki tied teammate Peyton Drexler for first in the 50 free with a time of 29.4 seconds. Malecki teamed Gnewuch, Emma Neumann and Bailey Felsheim to win the 200 free relay in 1:57.91.

Girls tennis

Wildcats take third in Green Bay, beat Cardinals ADAM FEINER Sports editor

The Verona girls tennis team finished third at the Green Bay Southwest Invitational on Saturday, Sept.

7.

The Wildcats defeated the host school 6-1 in the first round, were swept by Sheboygan North in the second round, and edged Rhinelander 4-3 for third.

No. 1 singles player

Meredith Conley and No. 4 singles player Julia Huseth both won their respective matches 6-0, 6-0 against Southwest. No. 3 singles player Meghan Samz and the No. 1 doubles team of Sydney Breitbach and Kasie Keyes won 6-2, 6-0.

Mary Saley won her No. 2 singles match 6-1, 6-2 against Southwest, and the No. 3 doubles team of Gillian Cartwright and Yasmeen Khalid won 6-3, 6-1.

Conley and No. 3 singles player Sam Breitbach won their respective matches 6-0, 6-1 against Rhinelander. Keyes and Sydney Breitbach won 6-1, 6-0 in No. 1 doubles, while Saley and Samz won 6-3, 6-3 in No. 2 doubles.

Verona 5, Sun Prairie 2 The Wildcats won the top five matches in the lineup en route to a Big Eight Conference road win over

the Cardinals on Thursday, Sept. 5.

Conley earned a 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2 win at No. 1 singles for Verona. Saley (6-2, 6-0) and Samz (6-3, 6-0) closed well in No. 2 and No. 3 singles, respectively. Elsa Queoff won 6-1, 6-1 in No. 4 singles.

The Wildcats’ No. 1 doubles team of Keyes and Sydney Breitbach battled for a 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-2 victory.

Volleyball: Wildcats’ chemistry on the court leads to victories Continued from page 8 Kylie Magnus had four kills against Ripon and six digs against East.

Amelia Hust hustled for 11 digs against Monona Grove and four against Ripon. Gretchen Karnosky had nine digs against Tomah and served three aces against Oregon and East. Rachel Witthuhn added two blocks against East.

Verona def. Madison La Follette 25-16, 25-18, 25-18 The Wildcats won their Big Eight opener and home opener with a sweep of the Lancers.

Armstrong started the third set with 12 straight service points, including four aces in the stretch.

“I’m sure I’ve served that long before at some point, but not in a big high school match or to start the set,” Armstrong said.

“My team and coaches really helped me during the stretch.”

Already down two sets to none, La Follette scored 16 of the next 20 points to tie the score at 16.

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Verona sophomore Claudia Bobb (middle) tips the ball over the net as senior libero Amelia Hust (3) watches in a home match against Madison La Follette on Thursday, Sept. 5. The Wildcats won 25-16, 25-18, 25-18.

Bobb gave the Wildcats the lead for good with a thunderous kill on the next point, and Kelley served an ace.

The Wildcats scored the final four points to close the match. Bobb served a pair of aces, Megan Touchett slammed a kill,

and Magnus tipped a kill.

Ve r o n a s h o o k o ff a shaky start and six service errors in the first set.

“I think we had a hard time settling in. Everything felt a bit frantic,” Wildcats coach Jillian Bauer said. “There was a lot of adrenaline and

emotions with it being our first home match. At the end of the day, a win’s a win.”

Ve r o n a s c o r e d f i v e straight points to take a 9-5 lead in the first.

Bobb hammered a kill, La Follette recorded three straight hitting errors, and A r m s t r o n g a n d Ke l l ey combined on a block.

Back-to-back aces by Armstrong made it 17-9 Wildcats. Bobb served back-to-back aces to increase the lead to 20-11.

Verona found its groove offensively late in the first with solid passing and tips.

The Lancers jumped out to a 5-1 lead in the second set, but the Wildcats promptly rattled off five straight points to seize t h e a d va n t a g e . Ve r o n a scored five straight points in the middle of the set to increase its lead to 17-10, and Bobb closed the second with a cross-court kill.

Bobb finished with 10 kills, six aces and five digs. Armstrong recorded 27 assists, seven aces and three digs. Touchett and Kelley added seven and six kills, respectively. Hust chipped in four digs.

Blas won the 200 free in 2:18:45, while Klabough took the 200 IM in 2:38 flat.

Neumann won the 100 butterfly with a time of 1:13.88.

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Girls golf

Wildcats clash with state’s best MARK NESBITT Assistant sports editor

Verona shot a season-best 383 to finish 15th out of 21 teams at the Middleton Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 7, at Pleasant View Golf Course in Middleton.

The host Cardinals took the team title with 315 strokes.

Verona senior Andrea Schleeper shot a 13-overpar 85 to finish 14th, and senior Caitlyn Ott shot an 89 to take 31st.

“I thought it was great to see two of the girls pull it together and both have their names at the top of the field,” Verona coach Gabby Curtis said. “One of the strengths of our team is how encouraging we are toward each other and I love to see them compete with and against each other.”

Schleeper earned par on 10 holes, including a stretch of five straight pars on the back nine. Ott had nine pars, but had double bogeys on Nos. 7 and 8 and a triple bogey on No. 9.

“Andrea played a very solid round and I am so

proud of how composed she stayed throughout the entire round,” Curtis said.

“She went into the round very confident and even after some adversity, she bounced back and finished her round strong. Her mental game is one of her biggest strengths and that is something that sets her apart from others.”

Verona’s Page Comstock carded a 98 and Audrey Stoesz finished with a 111.

Middleton’s Kate Meier and Ellie Frish tied for medalist honors with a 2-over-par 74.

Middleton 321, Verona 399 Ott shot an 11-over-par 83 in a Big Eight dual meet against the Cardinals at Edelweiss Chalet Country Club in New Glarus.

Schleeper shot a 92, and Comstock carded a 106.

Alice Overalnd finished with a 118.

M a d i s o n L a Fo l l e t t e could not make the dual and was disqualified.

Meier shot a 5-over-par 77 to earn medalist honors for the Cardinals.

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Verona violinist among finalists in statewide ‘Rising Stars’ event Toomey will compete at Overture Center Saturday SCOTT GIRARD Unified Newspaper Group

Declan Killeen Toomey began playing the violin at the age of 3.

Now, with six years of experience under his belt, the Verona native is once again competing among some of the state’s “Rising Stars.” Toomey is among 21 finalists competing Saturday, Sept. 14, at the Overture Center’s Capitol Theater in the annual Rising Stars Finals.

The competition is open to anyone age 6 or older, and began with more than 80 auditions in front of judges, with the group being trimmed to the final 21. The grand prize winner will receive $1,000, booking opportunities, a digital marketing consultation and the chance to perform during the Overture Center’s 2020-21 season.

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Four years ago, Toomey was chosen as the “Best Child Musician” for the Rising Stars Talent Search.

Since then, he’s continued playing for other audiences, often dressed to fit the theme of the day, like when he performed Irish tunes while dressed as a leprechaun during the 2016 Madison Kids Expo.

Contact Scott Girard at ungreporter@wcinet.com File photo by Samantha Christian and follow him on Twitter Declan Killeen Toomey, then a 5-year-old Verona resident, @sgirard9. performs at the 2016 Madison Kids Expo. Declan began playing violin at the age of 3.

‘ChopChop:’ BPNN cooking classes return MACKENZIE KRUMME Unified Newspaper Group

The ChopChop Cooking Club returns to the Badger Prairie Needs Network starting Sept. 22.

Children 6 and older and their families can participate in guided cooking classes over four weeks at BPNN. The class uses the ChopChop Family

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BPNN asks for a $5 donation per class per person, $20 for all four classes. Participants are encouraged to register for each child and parent participating at bpnn.org/cooking-clubs.

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Dawn Owens received bad news a decade ago: she had two lesions on her brain related to multiple sclerosis.

She decided to respond with a bit of humor, naming them Clyde and Beulah – and it worked out w e l l t h a t o n e r hy m e d with “ride” and the other shared a first letter with “bike.”

Owens and her family will once again host the Ride for Clyde bike event this year – its eighth – Saturday, Sept. 14. The ride goes from Owens’ hometown of Barneveld to her son, Emi Janisch’s h o m e t ow n i n Ve r o n a , with an event to follow at Hometown USA Festival Park.

“Throughout her diagnosis, the one thing that made her feel her best was biking the Milit a r y R i d g e Tr a i l w i t h her brother, Bret Owens, from her hometown of Barneveld to my hometown of Verona,” Janisch wrote in an email. “It became a huge victory for her when she completed it, and she decided to turn it into a fundraiser.”

Janish said registration begins around 9 a.m. at Barneveld Memorial Park, with the cyclists leaving at about 10 a.m.

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Fifth grade: Parents of 76 affected students must make school choice by Dec. 1 Continued from page 1 Middle School and Core Knowledge Charter School will shift into the current high school building, with New Century School and Verona Area International School moving to the K-Wing.

Sugar Creek Elementary School will move to the current BRMS building – significantly increasing its capacity to more than 700.

Parents of affected students will have to make their choice by Dec. 1 so the administration can begin to plan bus routes and classes. Board members stressed that staff need to be proactive in reaching out to the families to make sure they know about the decision and deadline.

The district had been estimating 58 students would be eligible for the grandfathering until Saturday, when new data from the current school year indicated 76 fifth-graders will be in changing attendance zones next year.

The board was considering three options when the meeting began Saturday: mandatory grandfathering for fifth-graders, no grandfathering for fifth-graders and an option for parents.

Board members agreed shortly into their discussion to eliminate mandatory grandfathering from consideration.

They used the mandatory grandfathering as a measuring stick at one end of the extreme, board members explained, which allowed them to receive some estimates of potential transportation costs from staff.

Superintendent Dean Gorrell reported Badger Bus’ best estimate would be three to four new bus routes with either mandatory grandfathering or no grandfathering – at about $55,000 per route, that would use up most of the operating referendum funding allotted

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‘We’re down to a number of students that I feel like the decision should be handed over the parents to make that best decision for their individual students.’

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– Meredith Stier Christensen, school board member for new busing costs. He stressed that it was an estimate and could be higher once the actual routes are determined.

“Whether it’s one or two routes or one, two or three routes can literally depend on the residence of one student,” Gorrell said. “It isn’t just a capacity issue, it’s also a timing issue.”

That meant “no functional difference” in busing between mandatory grandfathering and no grandfathering, as Roberts

put it, and staff reported no capacity issues expected based on the number of fifth-graders the decision applies to. Board members agreed mandatory grandfathering had the potential of unintended family duress, as parents whose fifth-graders have younger siblings would have two schools to work with.

“We’re down to a number of students that I feel like the decision should be handed over the parents to make that best decision for

(66) On the north side of Ineichen Drive from the eastern curb line of North Main Street, easterly for a distance of one hundred forty-five (145) feet.

(67) On the south side of Ineichen Drive from the eastern curb line from North Main Street, easterly for a distance of one hundred forty-five (145) feet.

3. This ordinance shall become effective upon passage and publication as required by law.

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their individual students,” Meredith Stier Christensen said.

The choice option allows parents of the 36 fifth-graders in that situation to fix that if they want to by sending their fifth-grader to the new attendance area.

Board member Kristina Navarro-Haffner stressed her desire to limit disruption and supported grandfathering beyond fifth-grade, but she understood the rest of the board did not consider that feasible.

“Allowing the fifth graders this choice for one year is, I guess, a gradual step toward the map next year,” she said. “The power of authentic relationship and the value I have for continuity for those students is worth that one year, then, to get everyone to the new maps.”

B o a r d m e m b e r To m Duerst has consistently

advocated against grandfathering, including this year, when the board approved a phased-in approach for the new middle school maps.

Saturday, he said hindsight has proven him right on grandfathering decisions in past years.

“In the years past, when I’ve lost on these – which I’ve lost every time on these votes – people have always approached me and said, ‘Why did they do that? That was stupid,’” Duerst said.

“There always seems to be unintended consequences with decisions like this.”

Board members Amy Almond and Deborah Biddle voted with him, with Almond saying she wanted to “honor the committee’s work from the last year” and move to the new maps.

“This district has done a really good job overall in allowing parents to make choices,” Almond said. “It

zoning district boundaries on the official map of the City of Verona pursuant to Section 13-1-42 of the City ordinances after passage and publication as required by law.

The foregoing ordinance was duly adopted by the Common Council of the City of Verona at a meeting held on September 9, 2019.

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doesn’t feel as nice when the district says, ‘We have to just do this, we have to just make this change.’”

Board member Carolyn Jahnke was the swing vote, as Roberts, Navarro-Haffner and Stier Christensen had all spoken clearly in favor of offering a choice, Biddle and Duerst clearly against and Almond seemingly leaning against during discussion before the vote.

J a h n ke s p o ke l a s t o f the group, and said she was “trying to balance the choice” she made in the middle school vote weeks earlier – in favor of a mandatory phase-in over three years – with the consideration Saturday.

“I’m struggling with that, because it feels a little hypocritical,” she said.

Roberts said the “different scale and context” made it not hypocritical. “ We ’r e b a l a n c i n g a bunch of things that matter: Continuity matters, options for parents matters,” Roberts said. “If I could do the phased approach, I would, but it’s not feasible.”

Stier Christensen encouraged parents to consider what moving or not moving would mean both for fifth grade and for sixth grade.

If they were in a different middle school attendance area than their current elementary school, she said, that extra year of relationship building by moving early could be valuable.

Whatever choice parents make, she and the rest of the board expressed confidence in the district’s staff to make it the best situation possible.

“I know our elementary schools will do whatever they can to help you see what a wonderful environment your child will transition to,” she said.

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

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*** ORDINANCE NO. 19-944 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 10-1-27 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF VERONA The Common Council of the City of Verona, Dane County, Wisconsin, do ordain that the Code of Ordinances, City of Verona, Wisconsin is amended as follows: 1. Section 10-1-27 (a) is hereby amended to add the following paragraphs (64), (65), (66), and (67): (64) On the west side of Hometown Circle, beginning from the curb line of East Verona Avenue on the west side for a distance of two hundred fifty-nine (259) feet extending north and beginning from the curb line of East Verona Avenue on the east side for a distance of two hundred twenty-one (221) feet extending north.

(65) On the east side of Hometown Circle near Keenan Court, beginning from the curb line of East Verona Avenue on the west side for a distance of two hundred thirty (230) feet extending north and beginning from the curb line of East Verona Avenue on the east side for a distance of two hundred eighty-four (284) feet extending north.

*** ORDINANCE NO. 19-945 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 10-1-29 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF VERONA The Common Council of the City of Verona, Dane County, Wisconsin, do ordain that the Code of Ordinances, City of Verona, Wisconsin is amended as follows: 1. Section 10-1-29 is hereby amended to add the following paragraphs: (2) Parking is prohibited on both side of the road for the following roads: a. Magic Meadows Court

*** ORDINANCE NO. 19-946 AN ORDINANCE REZONING THE HEREIN DESCRIBED PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF VERONA The Common Council of the City of Verona, Dane County, State of Wisconsin, does hereby ordain as follows: 1. That Section 13-1-42, “Zoning Map” of Title 13, Chapter 1 “Zoning Code”, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Verona be amended by repealing the existing zoning of Neighborhood Residential (NR) on the described parcel in the City of Verona and assigning the Central Commercial (CC) zoning classification: PARCEL NUMBER, PARCEL ADDRESS 286/0608-154-2392-0, 300 East Verona Avenue 2. That the City Clerk is directed to forthwith make the above change in the

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Budget: Net new construction dropped below Dane County average last year at 1.6% Continued from page 1 told the Press on Monday.

“It comes down to what are the priorities they want to keep.”

The toughest one to hold on to might be Mayor Luke Diaz’s aversion to debt. While city staff foresaw 2020 being tight even before last year’s budget was worked up, the extent of it has left few options for appreciably narrowing the gap that don’t involve a bit of extra borrowing.

“The hope was that we were going to be wrong,” Sayre said. “It hasn’t happened.”

Part of the reason is simply the growth Verona had experienced for the previous 15 years, in the height of Epic’s unfettered expansion. That city-wide growth has quintupled the city’s total value, making the large percentage increases it was used to difficult to regain and keeping even major construction projects from having a big impact.

Meanwhile, several factors that will increase the city’s costs, such as debt load, two mid-year staffing additions from 2019 and agreements signed for additional library spending and a new sewer line, are essentially non-negotiable. Others, such as basic cost-ofliving wage increases, come with significant pressure.

At least this year there’s a bit more stability helping the preparation.

Last year, the city had a new mayor, five new alders and an entirely new Finance committee. This time, everyone’s been around for at least a year. The committee has been talking about capital budgets since the

summer, and has already heard its department heads’ budget presentations.

And while Sayre is new at city administrator, he too, has been around for a while, having been promoted after six years as planning and development director.

Sayre said while he’s obviously got a different perspective now, the process is similar to what h e ’s d e a l t with here for years – getting approval for large development Sayre projects.

“You have multiple people involved and you’re trying to get to the same result,” he explained. “It’s never going to make everybody happy, but you still have to get there at the end of the day.”

Slow growth In 2018, for the first time in many years, the city’s growth rate was lower than the Dane County average, at just 1.6%. That’s onetenth of what it had been five years earlier.

Because budget increases are tied to that number, known as net new construction, Verona faces an unusual problem – worrying about state levy limits, rather than tax rates.

“It’s a very average number across the state,” Sayre pointed out. “It’s lower than past years, which makes decisions challenging.”

It’s also predictable, as the number, released by the state each August, is defined by the city’s new construction (minus any properties that were torn

If You Go What: Finance committee discussion of budget When: Monday, Sept. 16, time TBD Where: Verona City Center, 111 Lincoln St. Info: 845-6495 down) as of Jan. 1, 2019.

So as city staff prepared the 2019 budget, they had a good idea the next year would be tough.

In addition to Epic finally slowing down construction on its billion-dollar campus, several projects that had been expected to start last year did not materialize.

The Festival Foods grocery store was delayed by a year. The Sugar Creek Commons project is still in negotiations for a developer agreement. A senior housing complex on North Main Street remains in limbo.

And partly because of those stalled projects, the city’s projected income from building inspection services next year is down, as well.

Fortunately, the increase in debt service – also predictable because it mostly involves bonds sold the year before – was far less than in recent years, too, at just $160,000. It was about $450,000 in 2019 and $630,000 in 2018.

Mainly, that is because the city had some large expenditures last year – buying land for the new public works facility, paying for the County Hwy. PD reconstruction, installing a splash pad and paying for part of the Sugar Creek

Elementary School land.

That totaled about $9 million.

This year, the biggest debt expense was a $1.1 million ladder truck as part of a $2.5 million capital borrowing package.

“The previous year hit us hard for debt,” Sayre said.

Big must-haves If it were just about keeping costs in line and not hiring for new positions, the budget process would be more simple.

But in addition to the s t a n d a r d c o s t - o f - l iv i n g adjustments for payroll – 2% would eat up half the roughly $200,000 in the city’s ability to increase taxes – the city has several obligations that aren’t really a choice.

One is the library, which is in the third year of a fiveyear deal between the city and county to phase in a roughly $500,000 increase in payments needed to avoid the county’s library tax. That accounts for more than $100,000.

Another is, strangely, the increase in the city’s water rates. Because the water utility is a separate enterprise (despite being run entirely by city employees), when it decided to increase water rates, the city’s rental costs for fire hydrants increased, too, by $138,000.

There’s also a national election in 2020 and a citywide reassessment of all properties is scheduled.

Plus, two midyear staffing increases in 2019 – a new ambulance crew for FitchRona EMS and an additional patrol officer – will mean paying for the rest of the costs in 2020.

Still unknown are state

transportation aids – expected to be up a bit because of the County.

Hwy. M project – the cost of health insurance and the outcome of negotiations 2018: 1.6% with police and fire unions, 2017: 4% which have averaged 3% 2016: 8% cost-of-living adjustments each of the past three years.

2015: 10% A s n ew i n f o r m a t i o n 2014: 6% comes in, it’s generally 2013: 15% been on the negative side, Sayre said.

2012: 1% “Every turn in this budget seems like it’s something cameras at $95,000, filling else,” he said. a second driver/operator Many options for the fire department with Unlike most years, the part-time help at $57,000, state’s levy limit is the pri- a replacement command mary consideration, not car for the fire department the state revenue-sharing at $65,000 and setting up expenditure restraint pro- a revolving fund to prevent Fitch-Rona EMS costs from gram or tax rates.

So when Finance com- having peaks and valleys, at mittee members began ask- $100,000.

One option would be ing about those numbers Monday, city staff pointed using a larger amount of out they’re likely to stay impact fees to offset debt low; the harder question payments, though much will be what not to spend like taking out debt itself, using more impact fees puts and what to borrow for.

None of the sizable dis- off the pain to a future year.

On a larger scale, the city cretionary items is likely to could also consider using be a popular cut.

One of the biggest is more of its fund balance, wage increases, which are though typically that’s roughly $50,000 per 1%. supposed to be for oneAnother would be a pro- time payments. Or it could posed $125,000 program pay for some of its capital to ensure school crossings expenditures – like road are fully staffed; that was a maintenance and vehicles – big source of debate in the with debt.

Diaz cautioned at Monspring, and patrol officers have filled in some gaps day’s Finance committee meeting the amount of debt this year.

Three alder-sponsored the city has been taking in initiatives could also be recent years made its budconsidered – a fire depart- gets unsustainable.

“At some point we’ll have ment consolidation study for $40,000, sustainability to stop borrowing money,” initiatives for $30,000 and Diaz said. diversity assessment and Email Verona Press editor training for $30,000.

Jim Ferolie at veronaOther proposals include press@wcinet.com.​ police department body

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Oregon School District. Excellent rental location. Broker Interest. Call Eric at 608-444-2900.

Family owned since 1948.

SERVICE TECHNICIAN & CDL DRIVERS WANTED!

• Paid training & competitive wages • Excellent health & dental plans • 401K • Paid vacation • Paid holidays

OFFICE HELP WANTED

Duties include answering phones, data entry, invoicing and general office duties.

Please call or apply in person at: Roto Rooter 4808 Ivywood Trail, McFarland, WI 608-256-5189

Real Estate NEW FACTORY Built Homes, 3 BR, 2 BA put on your foundation. $59,980 HORKHEIMER HOMES Hazelton, IA. 800-632-5985.

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LAKEVIEW HOMESITE. Driftless area, 20 minutes Madison-Spring Green. Approx. 3 acres. See website (forsalebyowner.com, Listing No. 24196959). 608-795-4365.

Livestock IMPROVE YOUR flock with BFL Rams-fast growing, good on grass; also big BFL Ewe Lambs, twins and triplets. Rainbow Fleece Farm. 608527-5311.

Farm

DEER POINT STORAGE Convenient location behind Stoughton Lumber.

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

10x10=$65-month 10x15=$75-month 10x20=$85-month 10x25=$95-month 12x30=$120-month Call 608-424-6530 or 1-888-878-4244

EARN EXTRA $ WORKING ONLY A FEW HOURS A DAY!

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Antiques LOST DOG. HAVE YOU SEEN KATIE? MISSING SINCE EARLY AUGUST. PLEASE DO NOT CHASE HER. TEXT US A PICTURE TO: 608-469-5439 OR 608-469-5440. FOR MORE INFO VISIT OUR FB PAGE: BRING KATIE HOME.

VERONA. 2053 HWY PB. Sept. 13-14 8am-5pm. Canoe, antiques, utility trailer, furniture, hunting, fishing, deer stands, misc. household.

RASCHEIN PROPERTY STORAGE 6x10 thru 10x25 Market Street/Burr Oak Street in Oregon Call 608-520-0240

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AKC CHAMPION Yellow-Blond Labradors. Taking reservations now.

Ready Sept. 25. Text 608-576-7576.

OREGON. 1162 S. Perry Pkwy. Huge Garage Sale. Thurs.-Sat. 9-19-21 8am-4pm and Sun. 9-22 8am-Noon.

Downsized. Antique items, antique stove, household items, fish tank-supplies, misc.

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

By the day, week, or month.

Carter & Gruenewald Co. 4417 Hwy 92, Brooklyn, WI 608-455-2411

FOUR WINDS MANOR, INC. is currently seeking a Full-Time Housekeeper.

We are a 44-bed skilled facility.

We offer a great benefit package along with a friendly and flexible work environment.

Please contact Brent Marshall @ 608-845-6465 or bmarshall@fourwindsmanor.com 303 S. Jefferson St., Verona WI 53593 www.fourwindsmanor.com

WANTED: GOOD used all hydraulic mixer mill. 608-794-2603.

CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE IS Noon Friday for The Great Dane and Noon Monday for the Oregon Observer unless changed because of holiday work schedules. Call now to place your ad, 873-6671 or 835-6677.

OREGON SELF-STORAGE 10x10 through 10x25 month to month lease Call Tim at 608-576-3968.

THEY SAY people don’t read those little ads, but YOU read this one, didn’t you?

Call now to place your ad, 873-6671 or 835-6677.

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GOLDEN RETRIEVER puppies, AKC, shots, de-wormed, dew claws removed, micro-chipped and vet checked. 608-574-6204. License #267233.

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For information call 835-6677.

Business Opportunities ROOFERS INCREASE REVENUE? Will train contractors, proven, 40-year system for low slope metal/flat roofs. Low investment. Margins: $2,500 day possible. Daniel: 660-605-3951, Emanuel: 715-314-0520

Wanted to Buy or Trade TOP CASH PAID! FOR OLD MOTORCYCLES! 1900-1980 Dead or Alive 888-800-1932 or 920-371-0494 WANTED FREON R12: We pay CA$H. R12 R500 R11 Convenient, Certified Professionals (312) 291-9169 RefrigerantFinders.com/ads

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We’re growing in Fitchburg!

We train! Learn a trade!

Fabrication - TIG Welding

Excellent Benefits Include:

- TIG welding and finishing of refrigeration

- 90% Employer Paid Premium for Medical Insurance

components into high quality products - Parts inspection in compliance with quality requirements.

- Assist in defining welding fabrication process & work instructions.

S TA R T I N G WAG E

$21.06 / hour After 120 days: $22.06 / hour

- 100% Employer Paid Premium for Dental Insurance - Free Onsite Employee Clinic & Fitness Facility - Free Life and Disability Insurance - Pension (We Pay Into Your 401k)

SECOND SHIFT

MONDAY—FRIDAY: 2:00pm – 10:00pm

- Holiday and Vacation Pay

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Lost & Found

September 12, 2019

16 The Verona Press - September 12, 2019

Keep it Local, Right Here In Town!

Supporting ALL Local Businesses!

Verona Area Chamber of Commerce 120 W. Verona Avenue, Verona, WI

www.veronawi.com 608-845-5777

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Free Estimates

Every Day Freshness

Fully Insured

EVERY Day,

Miller & Sons has some of the best fresh produce, quality meats, deli, spirits and more!

Not Just a Pharmacy Shop our excellent selection of gifts while we fill your prescription • Crabtree & Evelyn Products

• Tree Removal • Tree Trimming • Stump Grinding

• Milkhouse Creamery Candles • Willow Tree and More (HSA cards accepted)

608-800-2937 landtreesolutions@gmail.com

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Land and Tree Solutions

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AIRWAY ORTHODONTICS: We Can Help

Providing Solid Footing Since 1978

• Serving Children and Adults • All at One Location – Main Street, Verona

★ CPAP Alternatives ★ Orthodontic Appliances ★ Tongue-Tie Releases ★ Myofunctional Therapy ★ Nasal Breathing Instruction ★ TMJ Relief

407 E. Verona Avenue, Verona, WI 608.845.6403

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Dependable

Quality Collision Repairs & More!

Brakes

Tune-Ups

Tires

Exhausts

Alignments

Transmission Flushes

Suspension

Oil Changes

Air Conditioning

Collision Repair

Complete Auto Service!

221 Paoli St., Verona, WI 53593 Mon, Tues and Thurs: 7:30am - 5:00pm Wed and Fri: 7:30am - 6:00pm

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608-845-9171

We help select your perfect destination!

105 N. Main St., Verona WI

608-845-6127

Over 35 Years Combined Experience Customizing Travel According to Your Needs

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Family Owned and Operated Since 1978.

Open 7 Days a Week from 6:30am-9:00pm

Snoring is Not Normal – Not for Kids, Not for Adults

Drs. John and Kate Schacherl have extensive training in airway orthodontics and breathing disorders.

Call today to schedule your free consultation appointment.

Stop in and see us today!

210 S. Main St., Verona • 845-6478

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Quality professional services with state of the art equipment

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Cortney Trainor

608-845-6880

First Class Service Since 1989

Brenda Trainor

600 W. Verona Ave., Verona

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If you would like to see your ad in this spot, contact Donna Larson at 845-9559 ext 235 or veronasales@wcinet.com

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M-F 9am-6pm Sat 9am-1pm Closed Sunday

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