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Safety first Retiring chief sees department transformed JIM FEROLIE Verona Press editor
Eight years ago, the Verona Joint Fire District had a part-time chief, four full-time firefighters and a 35-yearold fire station with no room to put up interns or volunteers overnight. If there was a call in the eve- Giver ning or on the weekends, people
would drive to the station, wait for a four-person crew to arrive, get into their gear, then start heading to the incident, all of which could take 10 to 20 minutes. By that time, it wasn’t uncommon for another fire department to already be there. Putting an end to the safety risk of those inconsistent response times was the No. 1 goal of the new chief that year, Joe Giver, whom the commission overseeing the district hired from the small village of Dousman. As Giver prepares to retire at age 61 – officially Jan. 2, but in reality
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Planners ask for help with zoning rewrite A muddy morning
A child holds onto his shoes while making his way through the mud pit during the annual Tri 4 Schools Family Mud Run on Saturday, Sept. 21, at Hometown U.S.A. Festival Park.
JIM FEROLIE Verona Press editor
Most people don’t look at a city’s zoning code until they’re trying to build something, and even then, they often don’t understand it. The City of Verona is hoping to change that with a rewrite of its zoning code, which is 23 years old. The code rewrite,
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The annual Tri 4 Schools Family Mud Run was held on Saturday, Sept. 21, at Hometown U.S.A. Festival Park. The obstacle course had children and adults climbing over rock walls, running through hurdles like football players, going through
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Jesus Lunch gets OK to start meetings at Harriet Park Similar program drew controversy in Middleton in 2016 JUSTIN LOEWEN Verona Press correspondent
A religious-themed meal that sparked controversy in 2016 is coming to Verona. The Middleton-based “Jesus Lunch,” organized by a group of self-described moms, is scheduled to take place at Harriet Park for the next six Wednesdays starting Sept. 25. The group provides free lunches for high school
students alongside readings of Christian scripture. The City of Verona’s Park, Recreation and Forestry Commission voted unanimously Sept. 18 to approve the use of the Harriet Park pavilion for the lunches. Commissioner Charlotte Jerney initially expressed concern over whether city property should be used for religious purposes and said if a vote passed, the Jesus Lunch organizers should have to pay a park fee. Commission chair Mike Bare reassured Jerney that all church groups must pay a fee for using parks. T h e r eg i s t r a t i o n f e e i s $40 per 50 people for city
residents, $60 for nonresidents, according to the City of Verona website. “ T h e r e ’s a c o u p l e o f churches every summer that have service (at Harriet Park) on Sunday, and they’ll have games and b o u n cy h o u s e s f o r t h e kids,” parks and urban forestry director Dave Walker said. “It’s not unusual for us to rent to church groups.” The Middleton lunches drew protests in 2016. Jesus Lunch organizers leased the pavilion of Middleton’s Fireman’s Park, which is next to Middleton High School, and held meals during the students’ lunch hour. Harriet Park is
similarly close to Verona’s high school. At that point, the Middleton-Cross Plains School District had an agreement with the City of Middlet o n t o l e a s e F i r e m a n ’s Park during school hours. Though it was non-exclusive, some saw that as a conflict. The school district ended the agreement in May to avoid further controversy, according to a 2016 Wisconsin State Journal story. The Jesus Lunch organizers originally announced in a Facebook message they would start the lunches here Sept. 11, but they had to wait for the commission to meet.
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The summer’s last hurrah VAHS Natatorium celebrates 40 years MACKENZIE KRUMME Unified Newspaper Group
Families gathered at the indoor pool attached to Verona Area High School Natatorium to celebrate its 40th birthday. There was cake, ice cream and of course, free s w i m m i n g o n S u n d a y, Sept. 22.
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World language up for review
Grandfathering rules approved
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Rules sent to parents next week; decisions due Dec. 1
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An outside review of the Verona Area School District’s world languages program next month will include a look at student growth in the program and its ability to foster that success. From Oct. 28-30, three reviewers from the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages will identify next steps the district should take to further build its programs, Ann Franke, director of curriculum and instruction, told the Verona Area school board Monday night. “That is a part of the process, thinking about how we can make this program even stronger – what can it look like, what will it look like in the future,” she said. The board requested a review of the program last year, as the middle schools prepared to add Chinese to their language options and the district moves toward having language curriculum match at both schools, something the reviewers will be looking closely at, Franke said.
The final report is due to the board in November or December, and it will look at student proficiency levels and whether the lesson plans and assessments are enough help get students to meet program goals. Among the data it will look at is how much high school students have retained from their level 1 courses in Spanish, French and German and historical data from Verona Area International School and Two-Way Immersion program students. Prior to its visit, the group will look over lesson plans and student assessments and conduct interviews with students, staff and parents about the program. Franke said administrators have been working with teachers and staff to let them know this isn’t an audit of their teachers, but rather the program itself. “(It’s) an opportunity for us to see what’s going well with the program and also get some input on some next steps to make it even stronger,” she said. Lauri Burgos, the district’s director of bilingual
programs and instructional equity, said high school staff in the world language department are excited about the upcoming review, “embracing this as an opportunity” to discuss their curriculum with reviewers to find ways to improve. “We want our teachers to feel good about this process,” she said. “I do understand as a former classroom teacher that when someone comes through, it always feels a little devaluative, even if that’s not the nature of it.” While some board members said it would be ideal to see students start learning a foreign language right away, with fluency in more than one by the time they graduate, aligning the middle school programs needs to come first. “Getting the middle schools on par is probably a more immediate step that we could take as a district, and probably a little bit more fathomable in terms of what we could support,” Burgos said. “But I think that would be something to aspire to.”
Threat assessment process introduced to board KIMBERLY WETHAL Unified Newspaper Group
In February 2018, a few days after the Parkland, Florida, school shooting claimed 17 lives, a Verona Area High School student threatened to “shoot up the school.” School and police officials secured and removed the student immediately but soon concluded the threat wasn’t credible. Now, the district is working on a protocol to assess threats of violence toward the district or one of its students. The threat assessment protocol, which is now in the hands of the district’s Policy and Personnel committee, was largely inspired by the Parkland shooting, director of human resources and Threat Assessment Team steering committee member Jason Olson told the Verona Area school board Monday night. The threat assessment was created in partnership with the Verona and Fitchburg police departments. It involves having staff use a screener to determine the severity of the threat and implement safety plans for both the targets of violence and the person threatening to perpetrate it. The threat assessment process starts by gathering information, whether
it’s from students, staff or parents in person, through social media or the district’s new tip line. If death or serious injury are considered immediately imminent, calling law enforcement is the first step, Corey Saffold, district school security coordinator, said. But if it’s a case where district staff can slow down a bit to take a more “holistic” look at the threat, he explained, that’s where the process comes into play. Criteria for ranking the severity of the threat includes its potential impact, how it would be carried out, the viability it would happen, what prior threats had been made by the specific person and how that person has behaved. The ranking system eliminates bias, said Verona Area High School associate principal and steering committee member Tamara Sutor. “We’re following the process and not doing, ‘My gut is telling me this,’ or, ‘My gut’s telling me that,’” she said. “We are very clear about the steps that we need to follow.” The threat is then categorized as either a transient or a substantive threat. A transient threat is one that can be chalked up to anger or frustration that is easily resolved, while a substantial
threat is one thought to have “serious intent” and have detailed plans and means, Saffold said. That’s when law enforcement and district security are brought into the conversation, and staff then turn to MOSAIC, an online violence prediction tool that again ranks the severity of the threat. From there, safety plans are implemented – one for the targeted person or people, and another for the person making the threats. There’s a core group of district staff on the threat assessment team, but staff at each school round out the team so a student’s behavior can be addressed by people who know them best, Sutor said. While the threat assessment process is meant to address violence, district staff said they’ve also seen it turn into an intervention tool for students who need additional mental health services. Often, students are “hurting” as a result of hardships in their day-to-day lives, and it manifests in ways that needs to be dealt with. “What we’re finding is that it’s really an opportunity for us to get certain services and help to students who would otherwise fly under the radar,” Olson said.
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The district plans to deliver rules defining who is eligible for grandfathering into new attendance boundaries to parents by the end of the month. The school board approved the rules guiding optional attendance boundary switches for fi f t h - g r a d e r s M o n d a y night prior to them being sent out to all families. “These are by no means set in stone; we can come back and realize we forgot something a month from now,” board president Noah Roberts said. When a new high school opens in fall 2020 and four other schools shift facilities, 76 current fifth grade students will be in new attendance areas. The board voted Sept. 7 to allow parents of those children to choose whether their student will stay at their current school. Siblings who are in younger grades do not qualify for grandfathering with their fifth grade sibling, and those fifth graders will be required to go to their assigned middle school the following year regardless of what school boundary they were in before the new ones took effect. Parents who are interested in grandfathering their fifth grader need to inform the district by Dec. 1, the guidelines state, so bus routes and classes can be planned for
Grandfathering dates Sept. 30: Email notice of attendance boundary changes to all families Oct. 7: Online application goes out to all families impacted by a boundary change to request preferred school Oct. 14: Second email goes out to affected families who have not responded to first email Oct. 21: Affected families will receive message in mail form Nov. 4: Enrollment office to follow up with affected families Nov. 11: Personal contact will be made to families Dec. 1: Deadline for parental choice
the next year. The district plans to reach out weekly to any parents affected by the change who haven’t yet responded to the online grandfathering form and will make contact through emails throughout October and early November. The rules do not apply to students at the charter schools, and students in the Two-Way Immersion program at Glacier Edge and Sugar Creek elementaries are not guaranteed grandfathering because attendance is determined by factors of not only student location, but space availability and English-Spanish language speaker balance in the classroom. That provision prompted board member Carolyn Jahnke to press Laurie Burgos, director of bilingual programs and instructional equity, to ensure siblings in the program are not sent to different locations. Burgos said that can’t be determined until February, when all the requests are in. But she
Who is eligible? Fifth grade students whose attendance boundary has changed for the 2020-21 academic year are eligible for grandfathering. told the board a “limited number” of TWI students will need to switch and said she’s planning to have conversations about school attendance with families about where their students will attend for the upcoming year. “Some of the families that had been misplaced according to our former guidelines are now correctly placed with the attendance area shifts, with the exception of a very limited number,” she said. Email reporter Kimberly Wethal at kimberly. wethal@wcinet.com and follow her on Twitter @ kimberly_wethal.
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County Hwy. M closure moved up The planned closure of County Hwy. M between Old PB and Fish Hatchery Road for resurfacing has been moved up a week. It now begins Monday, dependent on the weather. It’s part of a two-phase project related to the Verona Road improvements to resurface M from Verona to Oregon. Phase 1, east of Fish Hatchery Road, started Sept. 16 and was slated to end Oct. 4, then the road work was to switch to the western section. However, the Verona section now is set to begin Sept. 30, and the eastern section opens to traffic next week. Access to area businesses, such as those at Liberty Park and Verona Technology Park, will be maintained during the closure.
Correction In the “A Good Mix” article published in the Sept. 26 edition of the Verona Press, Leyla Sanyer’s name was misspelled. The Press regrets the error.
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Learn about and help bees, monarchs, and other pollinators
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love this time of year, when the hot sticky summer starts to give way to cooler fall days. Seeing the monarch butterflies fluttering and beginning their long journey to Mexico is one of my favorite parts of the early fall. This year, I’ve been thinking about pollinators – especially butterflies and bees – even more than usual since the Verona Public Library has been hosting the traveling exhibit, “On the Trail of the Monarch Butterfly” in Burkart August and September. Badger Prairie Park, right behind the library, is in full fall bloom and a great place to see monarchs in action right now. And if you’d like to learn more about monarchs and other pollinators, there’s just a few more days for the traveling exhibit, as it runs through Sept. 29. In connection with the exhibit, we raised and released six monarchs at the library. In addition being getting to watch the amazing metamorphosis process up close, another reason to raise monarchs is to increase their survival rate. In nature, only one in 10 caterpillar eggs survives to become a butterfly and by bringing the eggs indoors away from birds, weather and other hazards, you up those odds dramatically.
Monarchs have a special place in my heart because they are part of my personal story. The day I was born, there was a large swarm of monarch butterflies covering the tree outside the hospital window as if they had arrived just in time to greet me. Growing up hearing that story, monarchs have always signaled new beginnings to me, a birthday, the start of a new school year. When you are a child, the rhythm of your year is from fall to fall and grade to grade. I liked that the monarchs were starting their new journey at the same time. Another reason pollinators are on my mind right now is that this summer my family picked up a new family hobby, beekeeping. I was not the instigator of this new project, and I’ll admit I was a little nervous at first about the prospect of being up close and personal with thousands of little stinging insects. But I was won over by the enthusiasm of my family and also because honey is delicious. We still have so much to learn about beekeeping, but it has been fascinating so far. Honey bees are not native to North America and were brought over from Europe, so managing bees is an agricultural enterprise. It remains to be seen whether we get a crop of honey to harvest next summer, but farming, even on the smallest of scales, is never a sure thing. The biggest upside of keeping bees so far is that we planted wildflower seeds and let part of
our yard go wild. I love seeing all the insect life that the patches of wildflowers attract and support. Hopefully, our small effort is helping the pollinators. Bees, butterflies and all our pollinators are in decline for a variety of reasons right now. Those reasons include habitat loss, pesticide use, pollution, disease and climate change. Humans need pollinators to survive because they quite literally feed us. According to the USDA, 35% of the world’s food drop depends on pollinators, along with 75% of the world’s flowering plants. The pollinators, including wild species and managed bees, butterflies, moths, wasps, flies, birds, bats and other small mammals need our help. There are lots of things we can do to help native bees, butterflies, and other pollinators. Wild bees tend to live in the ground in tunnels, so you can create habitat for them by drilling holes in tree stumps or in nesting blocks. Another easy way to support pollinators by planting native species and clusters of flowering plants in your yard that bloom from spring to fall. It is a good idea to limit use of pesticides or have a less perfect lawn – blooming lawn weeds like clover and dandelions are a good source of food for pollinators. Stacey Burkart is the director of the Verona Public Library.
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From right, Jonas (Owen Seghal) learns what the color “red” is from The Giver (Donavon Armbruster) during the Verona Area Community Theater’s performance of “The Giver” on Saturday, April 6.
VACT to start Senior Theater program EMILIE HEIDEMANN Unified Newspaper Group
Actors in their golden years are getting a new chance to step into the limelight. The Verona Area Community Theatre is starting a new venture, known as the Senior Theater program. According to a VACT news release, program participants will perform shortened versions of theater classics
with a cast of people over 55 years old. VACT founder Dee Baldock is leading the senior program. Since the theater company’s beginning in 1992, the group has grown their programming for its younger performers, but this is the first time a program specifically for older adults has started. The release states a few theaters across the country have begun conducting programs solely for people over the age of 55, with participants
“showing great interest” and having “lots of fun.” “Those who used to do theater, or who have never tried it but think it would be fun, should give this great new program a try,” the release states. For more information, call Baldock at 332-7991 or email dee@jpstats. com.
When Mary Thony was a little girl, she didn’t think it was possible for women to advance in STEAM related fields because she rarely saw them in those positions, she said. Today, as the Verona office lead at Navigant, a global consulting company, Thony organizes the annual STEAM Fair to expose young girls and all children to science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics (STEAM). “(STEAM) is something girls can do too, it is not a male dominated field like it use to be,” Thony said. Geared for ages 5 to 10, the Navigant Steam Fair will be held from 9:30 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Sept. 28, at the Verona Public Library, 500 Silent St. There are more than 10 STEAM stations around the library. Children can participate in hands-on activities such as building a toothpick tower, extracting DNA from strawberries, assembling an LED flashlight and MG&E’s Power Pedal bike. In addition to sparking interest in STEAM activities, the fair is a fundraising competition, Thony said. Since 2013, organizers donated $20,000 to the Friends of Verona Public Library.
What: Navigant Steam Fair When: 9:30 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Sept. 28 Where: Verona Public Library, 500 Silent St. Info: Mary Thony at 616-5818 or email mary.thony@nagivant. com The Navigant STEAM Fair is part of a larger initiative by Navigant called Community Connections, Thony said. Every year, the company encourages people at offices around the world to give back to the community in some way; volunteer at food pantries, adopt a highway, or support a cancer walk. Once Community Connections is over, a poll is open to the public to vote on the best service activity, for which the company will donate cash to the area organization. The Verona office has won four times since 2013, donating $5,000 for each win. The link to vote for the event will be available on the Verona Public Library’s website.
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Coming up central Mexico. He used an ultralight required. Fall Fest aircraft to document the journey. For information, call 845-7180. The third annual Fall Fest is set to The exhibit features photos taken Magic the Gathering take place 4-10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27 by Gutierrez. at Hometown USA Festival Park. For information, call 845-7180. Whether you’re an advanced spell Activities include a beer tent, bobcaster or planeswalker, or just startBook binding bing for apples, bonfire, farmers’ ing out with Magic the Gathering market, food trucks and an outdoor Learn coptic stitch book binding trading cards, join the fun at the showing of Monsters University. techniques from 6:30-8 p.m. Mon- library from 4-5 p.m. Wednesday, For information, visit veronawi. day, Sept. 30 at the library. Oct. 2. com The style of binding, which origThe library will provide starter inated in ancient Egypt, has visible decks, and players are welcome to Live Music in the Backyard sticking along the spine of the book. bring their own. Join the Wisconsin Brewing ComParticipants will take home a comThe event is recommended for pany from 6-9 p.m. Friday, Sept. pleted project. The type of stitching children ages 8-18. 27, at their brewery, 1079 American is idea for creating journals, sketchFor information, call 845-7180. Way, for a live music concert, food books and field notebooks. All supMediterranean cooking class and drinks. plies are provided. The live concert will feature Class size is limited to 16 particiHuma Siddiqui, cookbook author Moondance. pants. and owner of Madison-based comBrats and hot dogs will be sold, as Registration is required. pany White Jasmine, will host a will a selection of beers and other For information, call 845-7180. Mediterranean Cooking class from drinks. Proceeds from the event will p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2, at the Preserving family documents 6:30-8 benefit Rush Wisconsin. library. For information, call 848-1079. Learn how to ensure family docShe will demonstrate how to cook uments remain safe and preserved harissa shrimp and Mediterranean On the trail with a workshop from 6-8 p.m. Tues- couscous. Attendees will be able to The last chance to view the On the day, Oct. 1 at the library. try the food prepared. Trail of the Monarch Butterfly exhibThe class will cover the basics The demonstration is limited to 30 it at the library is Sept. 29. of digitalization, and what the best participants. Registration is required. Mexican filmmaker Francisco practices are for making sure old For information, call 845-7180. Gutierrez followed monarch butter- documents are well preserved. flies on their 6,000 kilometer migraRegistration for the class is tion from Canada to the mountains in
Community calendar Thursday, Sept. 26
• 4-5:30 p.m., Teen gaming (ages 12-18), library, 845-7180 • 6-9 p.m., Live Music in the Backyard: Pat McCurdy, Wisconsin Brewing Company, 1079 American Way, 848-1079
Friday, Sept. 27
• 10 a.m., Rendever virtual reality tours (registration required), senior center, 845-7471 • 10:30 a.m., Library story time at Eplegaarden, Eplegaarden, 2227 Fitchburg Road, 845-7180 • 12:30 p.m., Movie Matinees: “Tolkien,” senior center, 845-7471 • 4-10 p.m., Fall Fest, Hometown U.S.A. Festival Park, 111 Lincoln St., veronawi.com • 6-9 p.m., Live Music in the Backyard: Moondance, Wisconsin
Brewing Company, 1079 American Way, 848-1070
Saturday, Sept. 28
• 9:30 a.m. to noon, Navigant STEAM fair (ages 5-10), library, 845-7180
Sunday, Sept. 29
• On the Trail of the Monarch Butterfly Exhibit ends, library, 845-7180
Monday, Sept. 30
• 9 a.m., Verona Triad presentation: Gang Education with Sgt. John Matz with Dane County Sheriff’s Department, senior center, 845-7471 • 9-11 a.m., Coffee with a Cop, Tuvalu Coffeehouse and Gallery, 300 S. Main St. • Ambassadors meet the last
Monday of every month at the Chamber offices at noon • 6:30-8 p.m., Coptic Stitch Book Binding, library, 845-7180
Tuesday, Oct. 1
• 3-6:30 p.m., Verona Artist and Farmers Market, Hometown Junction Park, 101 W. Railroad St., veronasmarket.com • 6 p.m., Digitization and preservation of family documents (registration required), library, 845-7180
Wednesday, Oct. 2
• 4 p.m., Magic the Gathering trading card game (ages 8-18), library, 845-7180 • 6:30-8 p.m., Mediterranean cooking class, library, 845-7180
Churches All Saints Lutheran Church 2951 Chapel Valley Rd., Fitchburg (608) 276-7729 allsaints-madison.org Interim Pastor Sunday: 8:30 & 10:45 a.m. 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 Seth Krueger 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 9 a.m. Sunday school for all ages 10:15 a.m. worship 11:30 a.m. fellowship 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
What’s on VHAT-98 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. 29 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. 30 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 7 p.m. - Common Council Live 9 p.m. - Hindu Cultural Hour 10 p.m. – Byrd Brothers at Senior Center 11 p.m. – Jesse Walker at Senior Center Tuesday, Oct. 1 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. - Diabetes/K9 Presentation at Senior Center 9 p.m. - Skip Jones at Senior Center 10 p.m. - Outdoor Laboratories at the Historical Society Wednesday, Oct. 2 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 09-23-19 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, Oct. 3 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. - Diabetes/K9 Presentation 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
Love and Strife The two fundamental moral forces at work in the world are love and strife. Love nurtures and comforts us while strife depletes and annoys us. Love unites us while strife divides us. Love is the spirit of reconciliation and patient, unselfish endurance that allows us to get along with our fellow man, while strife is the spirit of struggle and selfish egoism that creates divisions among us. And while it is true that God is love, and that love is associated with virtue and holiness while strife tends toward vice and sin, the truth is more complicated. After all, God uses strife to help us grow and develop. The patriarchs of the Bible all encountered strife in their lives. The Israelites were enslaved, driven from their homeland, and forced to live in the desert. Jacob literally wrestled with God, and was renamed Israel after this struggle, a name which means “he who strives with God.” Perhaps the ideal way to think about the twin forces of love and strife is that love is the force that allows us to prevail when we strive. Love is usually the best way to settle strife; we don’t overcome hatred by hating, but by love. We know we will be challenged in our lives, and how much better to meet the myriad challenges of lifethan to know that we are loved, andloved unconditionally. –Christopher Simon
Support groups • AA Meeting, senior center, Thursdays at 1 p.m. • Caregivers Support Group, senior center, first and third Tuesday, 10 a.m. • Healthy Lifestyles Group meeting, senior center, second Thursday from 10:30 a.m. • Parkinson’s Group, senior center, third Friday at 10 a.m.
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Thursday, Sept. 26 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. - Diabetes/K9 Presentation 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. 27 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 Senior Center Saturday, Sept. 28 8 a.m. - Common Council from 09-09-19
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Icki Sticki opens location on Verona’s Main Street EMILIE HEIDEMANN Unified Newspaper Group
When Jessica Jackson and her husband, Daniel, opened Icki Stick in their hometown of Mount Horeb in January 2018, they kept seeing people from Verona there. So it was only a matter of time before the business would make its way to Verona. The 13,000 square foot Mount Horeb location offers Chocolate Shoppe ice cream, baked goods, breakfast food, JCB coffee roasters coffee and colorful Hawaiian shave ice. And Verona customers loved them so much, Jessica said, it only made sense to open the 2,000 square foot space at 103 S. Main St. She said there was a general need for an ice cream and coffee joint in Verona, which has lost Dairy Queen, Orange Leaf Yogurt and Michael’s Frozen Custard in recent years. “A lot of ice cream places have closed in the area,” she said. The Verona space has been in its soft opening phase as of Aug. 27, Jessica said, with the couple and their 15 employees serving only frozen treats and coffee refreshments. But Daniel said the food options in Mount Horeb will show up in the Verona space within the next few weeks – including items like quiches and grilled sandwiches. The Jacksons might begin opening earlier when they start serving breakfast, to 6 or 7 a.m. Currently, the shop is open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sundays. Jessica said Icki Sticki got its name after a song her daughter would sing after eating ice cream. “Icky Sticky Bubble Gum.” And the premise is based on Dan having bought a shaved ice machine for a Jackson family housewarming party. “We always liked to entertain … we just moved the entertaining from our home into a commercial environment,” Daniel said. “We moved the party from our house to (Icki Sticki).” The interior is sky blue, which
Photos by Emilie Heidemann
Daniel Jackson demonstrates how the Icki Sticki makes its Hawaiian shaved ice. The ice comes from an ice block, which then gets converted into a snow-like substance ready to eat after flavors have been added. Daniel said reminded him of Hawaii. For visitors, he said, it’s supposed to evoke a feeling of being warm in the winter and cool in the summer. The floor is driftwood, and the tables are sea green, with the pineapple Icki Sticki logo throughout, the same decor the family uses in the Mount Horeb location. “We tried to keep it uniform,” Daniel said. “Our whole motif is fun.” In contrast to that serene setting is the colorful row of flavors for the shave ice concoctions. Daniel said those are made with ice blocks that go into a machine behind the counter, which gives the ice a “fluffy feather light” texture. The white ice – “basically snow” – is given a few pumps of one of Icki
Sticki’s many flavors of syrup. And another entire rainbow of Chocolate Shoppe ice cream flavors is apparent as soon as you walk through the door. Jessica said the shop offers milk alternatives so people who stay away from dairy can still indulge. Icki Sticki has a play area for kids, too, with the idea to provide a space for people of all ages to come and hang out and be themselves at any time of the day, Daniel said. “It’s a really laid-back and family friendly atmosphere,” he said. Email Emilie Heidemann at emilie.heidemann@wcinet.com or follow her on Twitter at @HeidemannEmilie.
Icki Sticki is home to Hawaiian shaved ice, which can be spritzed with flavors of any customer’s choosing, as shown above.
Business in brief Verona will get a second grocery store next month, as Festival Foods, 660 Hometown Circle, is slated to open Friday, Oct. 11. The 24-hour grocery store at 660 Hometown Circle is 67,000 square feet, with modern amenities like vehicle charging stations, WiFi and free child care. The store will also feature a community conference room that can be reserved for events, and a “Hometown Cafe” where people can order food to go or dine in. It will offer online shopping, as well. Store planning director Aaron Aspenson said the store will be the De Pere based grocery chain’s first with the company’s modern-leaning look, with new layout, decor and facade designs. He said the store w i l l h av e a r o u n d 2 3 0 employees.
Verona artist opens gallery in Paoli Alexa King’s garage in rural Verona has probably
never had so much free space. T h i s s u m m e r, K i n g moved her bustling studio gallery to an open space in Paoli, at the site of the former Cluck the Chicken store. She specializes in wildlife sculpture, using a variety of mediums.
P r e v i o u s l y, s h e h a d worked out of her garage, but now the studio will be open to the public from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. For information, visit alexakingfineart.com/galleries
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Candace Nelson colors in a dot during a virtual field trip activity on Tuesday, Sept. 16.
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Sugar Creek Elementary first grader Kendrick Coleman hands Verona Area High School student Esther Kassel a marker during a virtual field trip activity on Tuesday, Sept. 16.
Everybody’s an artist Sugar Creek first graders in Ms. Skolaski’s class went on a virtual field trip on Tuesday, Sept. 16, as Verona Area High School students joined them for a craft activity based on dots meant to teach students that
everyone is an artist regardless of artistic ability. The virtual field trip was held to celebrate International Dot Day, a quasi-holiday inspired by Peter H. Reynold’s book “The Dot.”
Service Upgrade Specialist! From right, Andrew Krylov, Thane Clark and Abram Kranda color in dots as they work in a group led by a high school football player (not pictured) during a virtual field trip activity on Tuesday, Sept. 16.
Kathy Evers, First Lady of Wisconsin, visited the Once Upon a Time Childcare Center in Verona on Friday, Sept. 20. Evers read to the children and then went on a tour of the facility during her visit. Email reporter Kimberly Wethal at kimberly. wethal@wcinet.com and follow her on Twitter @ kimberly_wethal.
Kathy Evers, the First Lady of Wisconsin, reads to children at Once Upon a Time Childcare Center on Friday, Sept. 20. Photo submitted
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Sweet 16 in a row for Wildcats ADAM FEINER Sports editor
The Verona volleyball t e a m ’s w i n n i n g s t r e a k reached 16 with the Wildcats’ 25-11, 25-9, 25-11 home win over Big Eight Conference rival Madison West on Tuesday, Sept. 24. Verona (22-3, 5-0 Big Eight) won all six of its matches Saturday, Sept. 21, en route to a championship at the Middleton Invitational. The Wildcats were coming off a sweep of Janesville Craig on Thursday, Sept. 19. “We’re asking them to make changes and putting a lot on their plate to execute, and they’ve responded well to those changes,” Verona coach Jillian Bauer said. “I also think they’re bought in to what we’re trying to accomplish.”
Verona def. Madison West 25-11, 25-9, 25-11 The Wildcats got off to fast starts in all three sets against the Regents. Verona jumped out to a 5-1 start to the match, but West responded with a 4-1 run to trim its deficit to 6-5. “That was definitely our opportunity to push them and make the set a lot closer,” West coach Ben Sperstad said. “We were making them uncomfortable and had them out of system. After we lost serve and lost a couple points, our energy dropped.” The Wildcats found their footing, as setter Jordan Armstrong moved the ball around to several hitters for kills.
“We know we have a strong team that believes in each other,” Verona senior Megan Touchett said. “We trust each other to put the ball away when we need to and execute.” An ace by Delaney McIntosh and combo block by Armstrong and Maddy Kelley made it 19-10 Wildcats. The Regents scored on a hitting error, but Verona quickly composed itself with six straight points to finish off the first set. “Our motto is to take care of our side of the court,” Bauer said. “We try to get a side-out within two points, and when we can do that, it works out well for us. The scores in each set indicated we did that.” Four West hitting errors to start the second gave the Wildcats a 5-1 lead. The lead grew to 9-2 on the service of Armstrong, and an ace by Claudia Bobb made it 12-3 Verona. Emily Karnosky capped the second set with an ace. The Wildcats jumped out to a 7-2 advantage in the third set, and an ace by Katie Trias made it 12-4. We s t r a l l i e d o ff five straight points to trim its deficit to 17-11, including a point where two Regents kept the ball off the floor via kicks. Verona finished off the match with eight straight points. West had four hitting errors, Karnosky and McIntosh each served an ace, and Bobb recorded two kills. Bobb finished with a match-high 13 kills.
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Verona seniors Jordan Armstrong (1) and Maddy Kelley (14) attempt to block a spike against Madison West on Tuesday, Sept. Turn to Volleyball/Page 10 24, at Verona Area High School. The Wildcats won 25-11, 25-9, 25-11 to end their winning streak to 16 matches.
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Wildcats back up No. 2 ranking Wildcats fall to Cardinals in back-and-forth battle
ADAM FEINER Sports editor
Verona remained undefeated with a 3-2 home win over Big Eight Conference contender Middleton on Tuesday, Sept. 24, at Reddan Soccer Park. The game was postponed Sept. 12 with the game tied 1-1 in the 28th minute due to inclement weather. The Wildcats (8-0-2, 4-0 Big Eight), ranked No. 2 in Division 1 in the latest coaches poll, went on the road and routed Kettle Moraine 6-0 on Saturday, Sept. 21. Verona beat Madison West 4-1 on Thursday, Sept. 19, at Reddan.
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Verona’s Gannon Simonett (second from right), Sam Abreu (right), Sam Lynch (second from left) and Max Lynch celebrate after Simonett scored a goal in the second half Thursday, Sept. 19, against Madison West at Reddan Soccer Park.
before the postponement. Sam Abreu put the Wildcats ahead 2-1 with a goal in the 39th minute. Popkewitz and Bennett Luttinen each had an assist. Verona 3, Middleton 2 Nate Hanson and Owen Gibson combined for three Gannon Simonett scored saves. in the 86th minute to lift the Wildcats past the Verona 6, Cardinals. Kettle Moraine 0 Verona’s Eliot Popkewitz Popkewitz scored two scored in the fifth minute
goals off assists from Luttinen in the Wildcats’ nonconference road win over the Lasers. Popkewitz has benefitted from moving up into the midfield this season, the same spot he played as a sophomore. “It’s a little different formation, but I still have the same principles,” he said. “We needed someone to step into that spot, and I
was happy to fill in and help the team.” Ke t t l e M o r a i n e h u r t itself scoring a goal for the Wildcats in the 16th minute. Popkewitz scored in the 40th minute to put the Wildcats up 2-0 at halftime. Ve r o n a s c o r e d t h r e e goals in six minutes to distance itself.
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Verona controlled the third and early fourth quarter Friday, Sept. 20, against Sun Prairie, but the host Cardinals flipped the script late. Sun Prairie’s Brady Stevens scored on a quarterback sneak with 15 seconds left, giving the Cardinals a 27-21 Big Eight Conference victory at Ashley Field. Sun Prairie (4-1, 4-1 Big Eight) did not record a first down in the third quarter, but had nine in the final 12 minutes of play. The Cardinals ran 14 plays for 128 yards in the fourth quarter. Stevens found Dominick Landphier for a 19-yard pickup and Colin Schaefer for 21 yards to start the game-winning drive with
less than three minutes left. Jamel Stone ripped off runs of 10 and 9, and Nathan Schauer picked up 20 yards on three carries before Stevens’ game-winning score. “(Sun Prairie) did all the right things on that final drive,” Verona coach Dave Richardson said. “They looked how we looked in the third and beginning of the fourth quarter. They played with urgency and overcame our defense. I give more credit to them than I take away from us.” Verona (4-1, 4-1) trailed 14-7 at halftime, but opened the second half with a touchdown to tie the game. The Wildcats converted three third downs on the drive, the last a 24-yard touchdown run by Haakon Anderson on third-and-5.
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Seniors elevate play in dual competition ADAM FEINER Sports editor
The Verona girls tennis team celebrated Senior Night with a 7-0 home win over Big Eight Conference foe Beloit Memorial on Tuesday, Sept. 24. The Wildcats wrapped up Badger/Big Eight Challenge with a dual against S t o u g h t o n a d a y l a t e r. Verona split its first four duals in the Challenge.
Verona 7, Beloit Memorial 0 The Wildcats breezed past the Purple Knights in a dual that was rescheduled from Thursday, Sept. 19, due to inclement weather. Ve r o n a ’s M a r y S a l ey (No. 2 singles), Meghan Samz (No. 3 singles), Sydney Breitbach and Kasie Keyes (No. 1 doubles) and Kieran Mcgilvray and Lilli Taake (No. 3 doubles) won their respective matches 6-0, 6-0. Meredith Conley won 6-1, 6-0 in No. 1 singles, while Lux Alvarez won 6-0, 6-1 in No. 4 singles. The No. 2 doubles team of Gillian Cartwright and Yasmeen Khalid won 6-3, 6-1.
Photos by Mark Nesbitt Verona senior Yasmeen Khalid hits a smash at the net in a No. Verona senior Kasie Keyes hits a backhand at the net in a No. 1 doubles match against Beloit 2 doubles match against Beloit Memorial. Memorial on Tuesday, Sept 24, at Verona Area High School. The Wildcats won 7-0. battled for a 6-1, 2-6, 10-6 against DeForest 6-3, 6-1. 4-3 on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2 doubles matches along- a 6-0, 6-0 victory against victory against Memorial. Elsa Queoff cruised to Sauk Prairie, and earned and edged Sauk Prairie 4-3 side Saley. Saley won her No. 2 sin- No. 4 singles victories on Friday, Sept. 20. S a m z b a t t l e d f o r a a 7-5, 6-4 win against gles match against DeFor- against Sauk Prairie (6-0, M a d i s o n M e m o r i a l 6-3, 6-7 (8), 11-9 victo- Memorial. 6-0) and Memorial (6-0, est 6-2, 6-1. Conley won all three of beat the Wildcats 4-3 and ry against Waunakee in Hannah Bertrand won 6-1). Waunakee won 5-2 against No. 1 singles, and cruised her No. 1 singles match- her No. 3 singles match B r e i t b a c h a n d Key e s Badger/Big Eight the Wildcats on Friday. to a 6-0, 6-0 win against es. She won easily against against Waunakee 6-4, 5-7, won their No. 1 doubles Challenge Samz won two singles DeForest in No. 3 singles. DeForest (6-1, 6-2) and 10-6. Bertrand then won match against Sauk Prairie Verona edged DeForest matches and a pair of No. Samz and Saley breezed to Sauk Prairie (6-0, 6-1), and her No. 4 singles match 6-0, 6-4.
Girls golf
Wildcats fall to Cougars in final tune-up before conference tournament MARK NESBITT Assistant sports editor
Verona senior Andrea Schleeper shot an 11-overpar 83 to win medalist h o n o r s o n We d n e s d a y, Sept. 18, in a Big Eight
Conference dual against Janesville Craig at Edelweiss Chalet Country Club in New Glarus. The Cougars defeated the Wildcats 376-408. Verona senior Caitlyn Ott carded a 92, while
Alice Overland chipped in a 105. Audrey Stoesz rounded out the Wildcats’ counting scores with a 128. The Wildcats will compete in the Big Eight Conference Tournament
on Thursday, Sept. 26, at Evansville Golf Club. “I think with a full week in between our last meet and the conference tournament, it will be the perfect time for us to pull a really good round together,”
Verona coach Gabby Curtis said. “I am very confident that the girls have it in them to really go low when it matters with conference and regionals.” Schleeper enters the conference tournament
leading the team with an 1 8 - h o l e ave r a g e o f 8 4 strokes. “Like the rest of the team, she has the ability to put together a really solid round when it matters,” Curtis said.
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Middleton Invitational game, capping a day of
Verona defeated former Armstrong dished out 20 assists, libero Amelia Hust Badger Conference rival had 10 digs, and Kelley add- Madison Edgewood 25-16, ed three blocks. 25-16 in the championship
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dominance. The Wildcats held off Platteville 25-21, 25-20 in the semifinals. In pool play, Verona beat Monticello (25-10, 25-13), Holmen (25-10, 25-23), Edgewood (25-12, 25-16) and Wisconsin Heights (25-14, 25-14). McIntosh slammed six kills in the championship match against Edgewood and five kills against Wisconsin Heights. She also had eight digs and three aces in the pool-play match against Edgewood to go with five digs and four aces against Platteville. Armstrong dished out 101 assists in the Wildcats’ six matches. To u c h e t t r a c k e d u p 18 combined kills in the matches against Edgewood and Platteville. Bobb added nine digs and three aces in the second matchup against Edgewood, six digs against Holmen and five kills against Wisconsin Heights.
Rachel Witthuhn was a force at the net with four kills against Monticello and a combined 10 blocks in the other pool-play matches. Hust recorded nine digs in the championship match, 10 digs and two aces against Wisconsin Heights and six digs and two aces against Holmen. Kelley added six kills against Holmen and three blocks in the pool-play match against Edgewood. Karnosky served two aces against Holmen.
Verona def. Janesville Craig 25-19, 25-13, 25-19 Bobb recorded 12 kills in the Wildcats’ Big Eight h o m e v i c t o r y ove r t h e Cougars Armstrong dished out 32 assists, while Hust had eight digs. Karnosky and McIntosh each served three aces. Photo by Adam Feiner Kelley and Witthuhn each Verona’s Delaney McIntosh serves against Madison West on Tuesday, Sept. 24. The Wildcats won 25-11, 25-9, 25-11. had two blocks.
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Girls swimming
VA/MH continues to cut time throughout lineup
Photos by Adam Feiner
The Verona sideline reacts to the Wildcats’ 27-21 loss to Sun Prairie on Friday, Sept. 20, at Ashley Field in Sun Prairie. The Cardinals scored the game-winning touchdown with 15 seconds left to hand Verona its first loss of the season.
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Verona Area/Mount Horeb’s Kenzie Zuehl competes in the 200-yard individual medley Friday, Sept. 20, at Sun Prairie High School. The Wildcats lost to the Cardinals 108-62. ADAM FEINER Sports editor
The Verona Area/Mount Horeb girls swimming team finished fifth out of 14 teams at the Blackshirt Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 21, a day after the Wildcats lost to Sun Prairie in a Big Eight Conference road dual.
Blackshirt Invitational The Wildcats recorded 22 individual season-best times, the most of any team in the meet at Waukesha South High School. “I liked the way they were aggressive and took their races out fast,” VA/MH coach Bill Wuerger said of his team’s performance. “We hope that continues in the weeks to come.” VA/MH took fifth as a team with 216 points, behind Big Eight foes Middleton (260) and Madison West (232). Arrowhead won the team title with 332 points. Freshman Peyton Drexler continued to break lifetime-best times with fifthplace finishes in the 200yard freestyle (1:57.42) and 500-yard freestyle (5:09.57). Verona senior Sara Stewart, an Illinois State commit, also finished fifth in the 100 backstroke with a time of 58.86. The Wildcats’ all-senior 200 medley relay team of Stewart, Sam Malecki, Josie
McCartney and Kaitlyn Zuehl – who verbally committed to Division II St. Cloud State on Sept. 16 – took sixth with a time of 1:53.36. Malecki, Kaitlyn Zuehl, Kenzie Zuehl and Maia Blas finished sixth in the 200 free relay (1:41.73). Blas, McCartney, Stewart and Kenzie Zuehl were sixth in the 400 free relay (3:40.34), and Drexler and juniors Bailey Felsheim, Gianna Gnewuch and Emma Neumann took 10th (3:51.28). Stewart finished sixth in the 100 butterfly (59.89), and McCartney took eighth in the event with a time of 1:00.31. Malecki was sixth in the 100 breaststroke (1:10.55). Tola Klabough (54.81) and Kenzie Zuehl (54.93) finished seventh and eighth, respectively, in the 100 free. Kenzie Zuehl also took ninth in the 50 free (25.15).
Sun Prairie 108, VA/MH 62 The Wildcats fell to 2-3 in Big Eight duals with a road loss to the Cardinals on Friday, Sept. 20. Stewart won the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 25.08. Drexler outlasted Sun Prairie freshman Olivia Salas in the 500 free with a top time of 5:13.12. Sun Prairie’s Janelle Schulz (1:56.34) edged Drexler (1:56.43) in the 200 free.
Football: Wildcats looking to topple unbeaten Spartans Continued from page 9 “My play-calling was a little too cute in the first half,” Richardson said. “In the second half, we ran our wing formation until they could stop it. That set up the short passes and counters on the weak side.” S u n P r a i r i e ’s I s a i c Hamm intercepted Adam Bekx on the Wildcats’ next drive and ran to the Verona 29 yard-line, but the Verona defense held firm for the time being. Anderson scored a 30-yard touchdown on a counter play to give Verona a 21-14 lead with 8:49 remaining. “We kept running Jackson (Acker), and the counters worked because the linebackers were flowing to stop him,” Anderson said. “Jackson’s success a n d t h e o ff e n s ive l i n e opened the opportunities for me, and I took them.” Schafer responded with a 39-yard kickoff return to the Verona 46, and hauled in catches of 13 and 20 yards for first downs on the Cardinals’ next drive. Schauer capped the drive with a 4-yard touchdown run to tie the game at 21 with 5:57 left. Bekx completed an 11-yard pass to Aubrey Dawkins on third-and-6 to the Sun Prairie 38 with less than three minutes left, but the Wildcats’ final drive went backwards from there and ended in a punt.
Verona quarterback Adam Bekx (4) looks to throw as Sun Prairie defensive lineman Terrance Briggs chases Bekx. Verona came into the game ranked No. 5 in Division 1 in the latest coaches poll, while Sun Prairie came in ranked No. 9 in Division 1. The Cardinals scored on the game’s first drive, as the left-handed Stevens scrambled right and found Schaefer wide open in the end zone for a 30-yard touchdown just 2:04 into the contest. Ve r o n a ’s J a m e s R a e blocked the first punt of the game, and fellow defensive lineman Tyler Laham scooped up the bouncing ball and ran to the Sun Prairie 2. Acker ran in for a score
on the next play to tie the game at 7 with 6:23 left in the first quarter. Both defenses settled in, but Schaefer got loose for a 40-yard catch to the Verona 7 with 2:40 left in the second quarter. On second-and-goal, Stevens hit Schaefer on a slant route for an 11-yard touchdown to give Sun Prairie the lead heading into intermission. Stevens finished 13-for21 for 231 yards, while Schaefer caught seven passes for 149 yards. Schauer ran for 74 yards on 16 carries. Stone added four carries for 36 yards
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Soccer: Verona takes care of business against Madison West Jonathan Gamez scored in the 54th minute off an assist by Abreu, Popkewitz scored in the 57th minute, and Gamez scored in the 60th minute off a pass from Popkewitz. Jack Heilman added an insurance goal in the 78th minute, assisted by Max Lynch. The Wildcats outshot the Lasers 14-2. Kettle Moraine did not record a shot on goal.
Verona 4, Madison West 1 A quick start and resilient effort in the second
half gave the Wildcats a Big Eight home win over the Regents. Gamez scored in the eighth minute, assisted by Luttinen. “We came out knowing West wasn’t as mentally prepared as us,” Luttinen said. “We know that if we play our game, we can outplay almost any team. It’s just a matter of finding the other team’s weaknesses.” Luttinen tucked a right-footed shot into the lower left corner of the goal in the 16th minute, assisted by Popkewitz. Tonio Ermakoff converted a penalty kick in the 44th minute to cut the Regents’ deficit to 2-1 at halftime.
Simonett headed in a corner kick by Gamez in the 60th minute. Gamez added an insurance goal in the 83rd minute. “We moved the ball really well, especially in the back end,” Verona coach Chris
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and two catches for 42 yards for the Cardinals. Bekx was 13-for-24 for 109 yards, while Dawkins caught four passes for 43 yards. Anderson racked up 90 yards on eight carries and 30 more yards on three catches. Acker ran for 116 yards on 23 carries. Graham Stier added five carries for 36 yards and three catches for 25 yards. Laham and Keegan Lindell recorded a sack and a half each for the Verona defense. Mason Armstrong made all three PATs. Verona offensive tackle and defensive lineman Adam Vandervest left the game late in the first quarter with muscle spasms in his back. Vandervest played three defensive snaps in the second quarter, but did not play in the second half. Verona will play at Madison Memorial on Friday. The Spartans remained undefeated after a 28-6 win over Madison West last week. “Our kids know this is the conference championship game,” Richardson said. “La Follette (the following week) won’t be an easy game, either. We knew this three-game stretch in the middle of the season was going to be tough, but if we can go 2-1 in that stretch, we can be conference champions.”
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Verona History August
Spotlight: 40 years ago
50 y ears ago • Ten-year-old John Andreas was killed and two older brothers, ages 13 and 12, were badly injured in a farm tractor accident in the Town of Montrose. Andreas, whose parents owned the Tour Center restaurant (where Wildcat Lanes is today), was killed instantly when the tractor overturned on loose gravel while the boys were returning home from raking hay. • 17-year-old Larry Zweifel of Paoli was killed when he swerved to avoid a driver backing out of a driveway on Highway 69 and struck a parked car. • Verona native Kendall Niglis was honored for his work in the International Fair of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Niglis was the director of the U.S. exhibit at the fair, which drew 600,000 people. • The Verona school board chose Flad and Associates as its architect for the middle school expansion. The board considered using employed a “turnkey” method of contracting, which would essentially eliminate the bid process but allow for the project to be completed in nine months. • Wives of the Verona Jaycees held an organizational meeting to form a Jaycee Auxiliary, known as a Jaycette. The purpose was to assist the Jaycees, serve the community and assist the unfortunate.
File photo
A sampling of the 55-gallon drums on the Verona quarry property west of Hwy. 69. Because they contain leftover toxic chemicals that by law can be dumped only in landfill sites licensed to receive such materials, the state Department of Natural Resources began removing them.
arrangements to pay a bill of 20 y ears ago $8.75. He admitted to using a fire • A Verona man was convicted hydrant, though the fire chief said 40 years ago the department had nothing to do of second-degree reckless homicide in the death of a passenger in • The city hired Robert Pugh as with it. a rollover accident the year before its new administrator, five months 30 y ears ago on Highway 18-151. after Clarence Mots was ousted Jonathan Slaney, 25, and his for having lied on his resume. • After a lively, 80-minute two passengers, had been drinkPugh, 31, had been comptrol- debate, the school board approved ler and chief financial officer in a 19 percent increase in its tax ing at a bar the previous night, Rockford, Ill., before entering pri- levy. That translated to a 10 per- but investigators were unable to vate business. cent increase in the mill rate, determine whether he was drunk, • The city approved final plans though it also reflected increasing because the three men weren’t found until the morning. for its new City Hall building on property values. • The Fitch-Rona Little League a 6-2 vote, but not without some Two weeks later, with 50 peo11-12-year-old team played at controversy. A committee cut ple pleading for relief, the board several amenities after unexpect- reconsidered the tax rate and the state tournament for the seced costs of more than $125,000 withheld $225,000 of a state trust ond time in three years, finishing – mostly because of a delay in fund loan payment in order to third. • Voters at the Verona Area getting documents to the contrac- drop the mill rate increase to 6.8 School District’s annual meeting tor – surfaced, in addition to the percent. $100,000 that it had grown previ• The Chamber of Commerce approved a plan to buy 20 acres of ously. asked the city to contribute to its land north of Cross Country Road • The state Department of Nat- small budget so it could establish for its new elementary school, by ural Resources began removing an office and hire a part-timer a vote of 215-33. • About a half-dozen people toxic materials from the Verona worker rather than having all volprotested a visit to Verona by new quarry, located west of Hwy. 69. unteers. It had appointed a marThe pond, which contained about keting committee to come up with U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, the first openly gay woman in Con100 55-gallon drums of solvents, ideas to promote the city. lacquers and paint wastes, is now • Three Verona students, Wen- gress. Baldwin is now the state’s owned by Cleary. dy Rose, Michael Pare and David junior Senator. • VASD welcomed 60 new staff • The Zwingli United Church of Martin, toured England and ScotChrist dedicated a new addition to land with the Wisconsin Youth members as it began the new school year. its church in Mount Vernon. Symphony Orchestra. • Natural Health Works opened • A Verona man who was • State estimates showed Veroon East Verona Avenue. accused of stealing water to fill na’s population growth at 37 per• Verona Home Talent extended his swimming pool at a previ- cent over the past nine years, to its winning streak to 12 games. ous Village Board meeting made 4,587.
10 y ears ago • Verona went publicly smokefree for the first time, the result of an ordinance passed by the Common Council in March. In a bizarre legal oddity, smoking would not be allowed on outdoor patios or near entrances of public facilities such as restaurants for the next 11 months, until the state law that had already been passed took effect. • Sugar Creek Elementary School became the first school in Dane County to offer free breakfasts to students. T h e g r o u n d wo r k wa s l a i d two years earlier, when it began delivering breakfasts to classes and the number of kids eating at school more than tripled. At the same time, disciplinary problems “plummeted,” principal Todd Brunner explained. • The Madison Area Youth Soccer Association unveiled plans for a $2.5 million upgrade of its facility at Reddan Soccer Park. The plans included a championship stadium with artificial turf, lights and regraded fields. They came to fruition in 2013 with the help of county grants and corporate partnerships and an annexation into the city. • Administrator Shawn Murphy resigned after the Common
Council held two closed sessions a week apart to discuss his performance. Murphy, who had been on the job just over two years, would be paid for the next six months to not work here, and the city would go without that position for the next nine months. During that time, Mayor Jon Hochkammer took on extra duties in the office. • With its charter up for renewal, New Century considered several possible options for its future, including becoming a Chinese-immersion school. It eventually chose becoming the first “green” charter school in the county, and a few years later, Verona Area International School became the area’s first Chinese-immersion school. • Amid complaints from neighbors and visitors, representatives from recycling facility Second Season promised a crowd at a neighborhood meeting it would cut down on odors. The Range Trail facility, which later became Purple Cow Organics, has closed and sold most of its land to the city for a public works facility. • The Goodman Aquatic Center brought in a solar installation to help heat its 5,500 square foot pool just off County Hwy. PD. – Jim Ferolie
Spotlight: 30 years ago
DOT decides bypass will run south of city MARK PETERSON Verona Press
The Verona bypass is going south. That was the decision last week by Wisconsin Department of Transportation officials. The decision ended three years of debate about how to handle increasing volumes of traffic on Hwy. 18-151 through downtown Verona.
In choosing the southern route, transportation officials rejected four other proposals, including widening the existing highway to four lanes in the city and building a north bypass. Two other less popular alternatives, discussed at a public hearing in Verona June 28, were to improve and expand Hwy. PD or to build an overpass above downtown Verona. Rep. Joe Wineke
( D - Ve r o n a ) t o l d E l l i e Lipske, president of the Verona Chamber of Commerce, that city council and chamber endorsement of the southern route played a key role in convincing officials to choose that alternative. Verona Mayor Phil Salkin and the council backed the southern route. Salkin told DOT representatives at the June 28 hearing that the southern route had been “repeatedly endorsed” by
the Verona City Council, the Chamber of Commerce, the Verona School Board and the Industrial Park Board. Salkin said the southern route would more adequately siphon truck traffic from Carnes or the city’s industrial park. He said it would make streets safer for pedestrians by taking trucks off downtown roads. The DOT has said the project will cost an estimated $25 million. It will be
paid for with money from state and federal sources. Land acquisition will begin in 1992, with construction beginning in 1994. The northern bypass option, which received plenty of support at the June 28 hearing, was eliminated by the DOT decision. Backers of the northern route said it was the more e nv i r o n m e n t a l l y s o u n d alternative. About 14 acres of wetland will be lost when
the south route is built. Eight acres would have been lost had the northern route been built. Northern supporters also said that route would cost at least $1 million less to build. They also argued a north route would better serve Gov. Thompson’s “Corridor 2020” plan that would extend Hwy. 18-151 from Dubuque to the Fox River Valley.
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Workshop: 3 open houses for different parts of zoning code to help simplify the language feel of a property, restricts or promotes certain types of building or which the city has contracted out uses and controls housing density, among other things. to a Chicago-based The update begins with a set of fi r m t o h a n d l e , three open houses Monday, Oct. will likely carry 7, for different parts of the code – forward many of commercial, signs and residential the same rules, but areas, with people invited in each with simpler lanarea. guage, visual repThrough the open houses, Sayre resentations and said he’s hoping to get feedback charts and mod- Sayre from the rest of the community. ern adjustments, “If there’s thoughts or concerns, city administrator Adam Sayre told the Press this tell us now before we get farther along,” he said. week. Anything zoning-related is on the Zoning regulates the look and table, from whether guest houses Continued from page 1
should be allowed in some areas to whether green initiatives should be part of the code. Zoning covers most aesthetic rules, as well, such as fencing, landscaping and building height. “It impacts all development you see in the city,” Sayre said. “This is what drives how things look.” Particular feedback that city staff and planners from Houseal Lavigne Associates are interested in includes whether people think there are areas of the zoning code that are hard to understand, if parking and landscaping requirements are appropriate, whether there should be new zones, such as for mixed
use, and thoughts about including sustainability in the ordinance. “I think if there’s something people are passionate about, they should come,” Sayre said. The new code is not intended to make wholesale changes, such as some SmartCode ordinances that purely regulate design, rather than use, said Sayre, who spent six years as the city’s planning and development director before taking a promotion this summer. “A lot of the intent is making it easier for people to read,” he said. A lot of it is going to get carried over.” The event begins at noon,
starting with a commercial and industrial areas workshop. That will be followed at 1:30 p.m. with a sign ordinance focus group. The final session is the residential areas workshop, from 5:306:30 p.m. Anyone who is interested in commenting or discussing the workshops or the plans for the zoning code but can’t attend can contact community development specialist Katherine Holt at 8450909 or email katherine.holt@ ci.verona.wi.us. For information, visit the project website at hla.fyi/verona.
Verona Area School District
Photos by Kimberly Wethal
School board president Noah Roberts scrapes excess mortar off the building while placing a brick on the side of the school on Monday, Sept. 23, at the new Verona Area High School front entrance.
Masons in the making Verona Area School District administrators and board members left yet another mark on the new high school Above, Verona Area High School principal Pam Hammen, under construction — bricks near the front entrance of the and below, superintendent Dean Gorrell line up bricks along high school. the wall. Officials signed the back side of bricks and then tried their hand at masonry as they placed the bricks on the side of the building. The brick placing put a microscopic dent into the remaining masonry work that needs to be completed before the school opens next July for staff to move in — around 80,000 pounds of bricks still need to be placed throughout the campus. Email reporter Kimberly Wethal at kimberly.wethal@ wcinet.com and follow her on Twitter @kimberly_wethal.
At left, Verona Area School District superintendent Dean Gorrell addresses board members and district administrators before they lay bricks on the building.
Legals NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND JOINT REVIEW BOARD MEETING REGARDING THE PROPOSED CREATION OF TAX INCREMENTAL DISTRICT NO. 10 IN THE CITY OF VERONA, WISCONSIN Notice is Hereby Given that the City of Verona will hold an organizational Joint Review Board meeting on October 1, 2019 at 5:30 p.m. at the Verona City Hall, located at 111 Lincoln Street. The purpose of this meeting is to organize a Joint Review Board for purposes of considering the proposed creation of Tax Incremental District No. 10 (the “District”). Notice is Hereby Given that the Plan Commission of the City of Verona will hold a public hearing on October 7, 2019 at 6:30 p.m.at the Verona City Hall, located at 111 Lincoln Street, for the purpose of providing the community a reasonable opportunity to comment upon the proposed creation of, and the Project Plan for, the District. The proposed District would consist of Lot 18 of the Liberty Business Park located at the southeast corner of Whalen Road and Liberty Drive. The District is expected to be an industrial district based on the identification and classification
of the property proposed to be included within it. Proposed projects costs include cash grants to owners, lessees or developers of land located within the district (development incentives). All interested parties will be given a reasonable opportunity to express their views on the proposed creation of the District, the proposed boundaries of the District, and the proposed Project Plan thereof. A copy of the Project Plan, including a description of the proposed boundaries, will be available for viewing in the offices of the City Clerk at the Verona City Hall, located at 111 Lincoln Street, during normal business hours and will be provided upon request. Such hearing shall be public and citizens and interested parties shall then be heard. This hearing may be adjourned from time to time. By Order of the City of Verona, Wisconsin Published: September 19 and 26, 2019 WNAXLP ***
ATTENTION: CITY OF VERONA RESIDENTS AND TAXPAYERS The regular Monday, September 23, 2019 meeting of the Verona Common Council has been moved to Monday, September 30, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Center, 111 Lincoln St., Verona, WI. Ellen Clark, City Clerk Published: September 26, 2019 WNAXLP *** TOWN OF VERONA REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2019 6:30 PM TOWN HALL/COMMUNITY CENTER 7669 COUNTY HIGHWAY PD, VERONA, WI 53593-1035 1. Call to Order/Approval of the Agenda 2. Pledge of Allegiance 3. Public Comment 4. Approval of Minutes from September 3, 2019 5. Presentation by Patrick Anderson re: Fitchrona EMS Budget 6. Discussion and Possible Action
re:
* 2019-03 Provisional Retail License Ordinance * 2019-04 Provisional Operator’s License Ordinance * Revisions to license application form to include Provisional License option and fee * Revise Town fee schedule for select items related to alcohol licensing 7. Discussion and Possible Action to Adopt Resolution 2019-06 to Authorize the Renaming of Disch (Farm) Road to Brandancee Lane to Complete the Recordation Process with Dane County Register of Deeds 8. Reports and Recommendations * Plan Commission: i. Discussion and Possible Action – Amendments to the Dane County Blanket Rezoning of Town parcels ii. Discussion and Action – Land use application 2019-07 for Maple Leaf Landscaping at 2416 Spring Rose Road to change the current zoning from General Commercial (GC) to Heavy Commercial (HC) so that the approved uses conform with the appropriate Dane County Zoning District [HC Zoning was approved by the Dane County ZLR Committee on
August 28th (petition 11452) according to Town-recommended deed restrictions] * Public Works: i. Discussion with possible action about shared driveway standards ii. Possible action to rescind Board action to require a joint driveway for two properties on Prairie Circle * Financial Sustainability Committee i. Ranking of alternate funding strategies ii. Budget timeline * Natural and Recreational Areas Committee * EMS Commission * Town Staff: i. Clerk/Treasurer Report ii. Public Works Project Manager Report iii. Planner/Administrator Report * Town Chair i. Discuss and schedule possible budget workshop ii. Discuss and schedule possible Special Town Board meeting * Supervisors 9. Approval of Payment of Bills 10. Adjourn Regular board agendas are published in the Town’s official newspaper,
The Verona Press. Per Resolution 20162 agendas are posted at the Town Hall and online at www.town.verona.wi.us. Use the ‘subscribe’ feature on the Town’s website to receive agendas and other announcements via email. Notice is also given that a possible quorum of the Plan Commission and/or Public Works, Ordinance, Natural and Recreational Areas, and Financial Sustainability Committees and could occur at this meeting for the purposes of information gathering only. If anyone having a qualifying disability as defined by the American with Disabilities Act needs an interpreter, materials in alternate formats, or other accommodations to access these meetings, please contact the Town of Verona Clerk @ 608-845-7187 or jwright@town. verona.wi.us. Please do so at least 48 hours prior to the meeting so that proper arrangements can be made. Mark Geller, Town Chair, Town of Verona Posted: September 20, 2019 Published: September 26, 2019 WNAXLP ***
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Giver: Fire chief has presided over recent modernizations of the department during tenure Continued from page 1 Sept. 27, as he’ll be using accrued leave for the rest of the year – he believes he has accomplished that mission and more. The four-year-old station now houses a city-run fire department with nine full-timers and a 36-person roster – about double what it had in 2011. It also includes space for the Fitch-Rona EMS, which for years rented out a building, and it hosts four interns each year and has numerous paid-on-premises firefighters who cover two of the four 24-hour shifts each day. “ E ve r y t h i n g t h a t t h e town, the fire district and the city has done has improved it and made it a better organization,” Giver told the Press last week. “Becoming a city department was a huge change. Building a station was a cultural change and a huge task.” Now, the city’s daytime and nighttime responses are roughly the same, and he believes he’s played a part in making sure that happened without a huge impact on taxpayers. All of that and every decision he’s made throughout a 41-year career in the fire service, including 24 as chief for three different departments, has been aimed at the best interests of residents, he said. But one fact is even more
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Verona fire chief Joe Giver poses inside the apparatus bay at the four year old fire station. He officially retires Jan. 2, but his last day in the station is Sept. 27. important. “I’ve kept my personnel safe,” he said. “I’ve not had a significant on-the-job injury, never had a firefighter loss of life.” Being chief has been exhausting, though,
especially with a combination fire department like Verona’s, Giver said. Unlike his previous jobs, Verona has blended career and volunteer firefighters together since the early 2000s. The difficulty of
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managing such departments has been the subject of numerous trade publication stories, studies and reports within the industry, as the motivations and needs of volunteer and career firefighters can differ dramatically. And chiefs before Giver struggled with it here, as well. It made for some uncomfortable moments, such as last year, when the firefighters’ union called for the resignations of Giver and an assistant chief. But he weathered the storm, stretching out his retirement by a year as he instituted new policies and procedures. Giver said it was always his belief the needs of those whom the department serves should cause people to rise above petty disagreements. “I don’t like dealing with personnel matters,” he said. “I want everybody to get along, and I can’t understand why people can’t get
along. I’m not wired that way.” He’s comfortable putting his days as a chief behind him, but he’s less certain he’s done with the fire service. The Fitchburg resident plans to take a few months to decide what is next for him, whether it’s volunteering, part-time work or something else. “Maybe I don’t want to do it anymore, but when you’ve done something for 41 years, it’s hard to just turn it off,” Though he has always enjoyed helping people directly, he’s learned as chief – particularly here – that ensuring firefighters under him have the right tools and preparation is just as important as being on the front lines. So he could also see himself helping a large department with its purchasing, researching the best products. “If I could get a job like that, I’d work another 20
years,” he said. After all, the inconsistency and urgency of his career in fire service has for a long time taken precedence over his home life. Giver credits his wife, Darla, who is five years younger and not yet ready to retire, for being “the most understanding wife in the world.” But he also might consider staying closer to the action by volunteering, where he can really feel like he’s helping. “My favorite part of the job is responding to calls and helping people in their time of need. That’s where I get the job satisfaction from,” he said. “Working for fire and EMS is the greatest thing in my mind someone can do with their life.” Email Verona Press editor Jim Ferolie at veronapress@wcinet.com.
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Tri 4 Schools Family Mud Run
Above, participants make their way through the mud out near the end of the obstacle course during the annual Tri 4 Schools Family Mud Run on Saturday, Sept. 21, at Hometown U.S.A. Festival Park. Left, a child climbs out of the mud pit near the end of the obstacle course.
A child jumps over the hurdles as he makes his way down the hill.
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A child makes their way out of the mud pit near the end of the obstacle course.
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A child jumps over pool noodle hurdles during the annual Tri 4 Schools Family Mud Run.