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Federal immigration officials detained “parents or family members of Verona Area School District students” among widespread actions in the Dane County area over the weekend, the Verona Area School District reported in an email to families Monday. A news release Tuesday from Immigration and Customs Enforcement stated 20 people had been arrested in Dane County by ICE agents as part of a four-day “enforcement surge” that netted 83 arrests. At least six people were stopped while driving in Fitchburg and detained by ICE, Sam Singleton-Freeman, communications coordinator for Immigrant rights group Voces de la Frontera told the Press in an email. Agents were also around the Parkview Lane area in Verona, according to a Verona Police Department incident log entry, which said a VPD officer stood by at the request of the agents as they knocked on a door to no answer. According to the incident report, ICE had detained
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the mother of the children in the home earlier in the day while looking for another person of interest. The officer responded to a call from one of the children, a 13-year-old who had expressed concern for herself and siblings. A Department of Homel a n d S e c u r i t y o ff i c i a l advised the officer the mother could return to the residence “with paperwork on how to get a valid visa and begin the process to avoid deportation” if she “decides to cooperate,” the report said. VPD chief Bernie Coughlin told the Press that ICE had called the county’s 911 communications center Friday morning, the day before its presence in Verona began, while Fitchburg Police Department chief Chad Brecklin said the department had not been contacted by ICE ahead of its presence there. Coughlin called that “totally permissible” but added, “Technically, they notified us, but it would have been preferred they make a call to us directly.” Madison police chief Mike Koval and Mayor Paul Soglin both complained in a news conference Friday that ICE had not followed established protocol by contacting them directly, expressing
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Inside County M nears completion A message from the mayor Page 2 New high school plans continue Page 3 Matts House gets a renovation, plans for The Purple Goose Page 5 Epic construction stalls after years of growth Page 7 Town comprehensive plan update Page 8 Plans form for new public works building Page 10
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A race participant charges through the mud pit near the end of the course during the Tri 4 Schools mud run held on Saturday, Sept. 22, at Hometown Festival Park.
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The annual Tri 4 Schools Family Mud Run was held at Verona’s Hometown Festival Park on Saturday, Sept. 22. Race participants ran a 0.3-, 1.5- and 3-mile course filled with obstacles like wooden walls, hay stacks, pools of water and a mud water-filled pit to finish off the race. The proceeds from the race registration go back to the schools of the children participating to help fund health and wellness initiatives.
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VAHS grad to present studies on planetary science Oct. 5 SCOTT GIRARD Unified Newspaper Group
Ali Bramson still recalls how happy she was to go to space camp at the Kennedy Space Center as a fifth-grader in Verona. “I cried, I was so excited,” she told the Press. It was an easy moment to recall when she stood in the Florida NASA base again about 15 years later, in the midst of working toward her PhD in planetary science, as she watched the Mars MAVEN rover launch — this time “with a VIP badge.” Next week, the 2007 Verona Area High School graduate will share with the Verona community part of that experience, and the rest of the work she’s done on the topic during a presentation at the Verona Area Community Theater building, 103 Lincoln St. Bramson said the idea for the local
If You Go What: Ali Bramson presentation on planetary sciences When: 6 p.m. reception, 7 p.m. presentation Friday, Oct. 5 Where: Verona Area Community Theater, 103 Lincoln St. RSVP: jembramson@gmail.com
presentation was her father’s, and it seemed a good way to share her work with family, friends and former teachers who could not travel to the University of Arizona to watch her defend her dissertation July 31. She received her PhD the next month, and is still working at the university on her post-doctorate. “What if you give a version of your talk in Wisconsin so that all these
people that have supported you and everything over the years can still see what you’ve been working on?” Bramson recalled her dad asking. “The Verona Area School District is amazing and I’m really appreciative of everything (I learned there),” she added. Bramson said she began saying she wanted to be an astronaut at 4-yearsold. And while she doesn’t go to space herself, she feels “so fortunate” to have found a field that is “as close as I could get to being an astronaut while being ... a scientist and staying here on earth.” “Part of me wants to go back and tell my 4-year-old self, ‘You’re gonna have the coolest job, stay on this path,’” she said. “At the same time, 4-year-old me knew this was gonna work out.” She hopes the talk here in Verona,
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Chicken ordinance goes to hearing Board to consider JIM FEROLIE Verona Press editor
A proposal to allow the keeping of hens in the city is heading to a public hearing in front of the Plan Commission next week. The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1. Also on the agenda are final reviews for the yet-unnamed Lincoln Street apartments and the West End Market No. 5 proposal. Both would need Common Council approval, likely the following Monday, Oct. 8. The chicken ordinance, which was reviewed in a draft form by the Public Safety committee, would need the approval of the council. So far, the idea has not met much resistance. By the request of the committee, the ordinance contains simple restrictions on the number allowed (four) and type licensing (like dogs), as well as more complicated rules for enclosures (A coop must be in back yards only, a maximum 15 feet high, and runs can be in any yard). Owners would have to get permits from the city and the state and notify all adjacent property owners,
and the premises would be subject to inspection “upon reasonable notice.” People keeping chickens wouldn’t be able to sell animal products or slaughter chickens on site. Chickens would be allowed only in single-family homes, duplexes, schools and group daycare centers, and renters would need written permission from the owner. Roosters would not be allowed. Coops that are not kept “clean, dry and free of offensive odors” would be subject to losing their licenses. Backyard chickens have become accepted in more and more communities in the area over the past several years. Madison was an early adopter, passing an ordinance in 2004, and Middleton and Stoughton both have allowed them for many years, but it wasn’t until 2012 that Dane County made it more widespread with an ordinance of its own, affecting towns all over the area. That same year, a store catering to backyard chicken owners, Cluck, opened in Paoli.
Verona first discussed the idea, along with backyard beekeeping, in 2013, after bringing in four new alders, including Reekie, but it never got off the ground. Since then, attempts to legalize backyard chickens met with success in DeForest, Edgerton, Shorewood Hills and Sun Prairie – which passed it a year ago – and failed in Monona and Waunakee. This latest effort started in response to a citizen’s request at a Plan Commission meeting, Public Safety chair Ald. Heather Reekie (Dist. 4) told the Press last month. Earlier this year, backyard advocates took a setback, when the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention blamed a salmonella outbreak on backyard chickens.
Market No. 5 The West End proposal, north of the new high school, is almost identical to what was presented during the previous step, the general development plan – 29,000 square feet of retail in four one-story buildings. The third and final step, the precise implementation
plan, covers fine details such as architecture, lighting, landscaping, stormwater and utilities, some of which were already shown in the GDP. E s s e n t i a l l y, t h e p l a n r e m ove s 4 0 p r ev i o u s l y approved apartments and substitutes for more retail space – up from 14,000 square feet. The project was approved in 2016 but delayed by a year, reportedly so the construction would run concurrent with, rather than consecutive to construction to the high school.
Lincoln apartments The Lincoln apartment plan is also a PIP, having gotten GDP approval in July after alders asked for a rejected plan to be reconsidered. It’s a single three-story, 90-unit L-shaped building abutting the bike trail and Lincoln Street that leaves mostly green space and stormwater management in the area near the existing neighborhood on Jefferson Street. Email Verona Press editor Jim Ferolie at veronapress@wcinet.com.
comp plan Oct. 2 The Town of Verona is scheduled to adopt its 20-year comprehensive land use plan at the Oct. 2 board meeting. The plan, details how the land in the town will be used in the next two decades and identifies areas for future growth. It was approved Aug. 23 by the Plan Commission and underwent a 30-day review period prior to bring brought to the Town Board. Public comment will be
allowed prior the board’s vote. The creation of the plan was a two-and-a-half year process and identified trends likely to affect the town in coming years: the growing population of Dane County, a decline in family farms, the need to maintain quality roads and first responder services and preserving the rural nature of the town. – Kimberly Wethal
Senior center receives state innovation award KIMBERLY WETHAL Unified Newspaper Group
Earlier this month, the Verona Senior Center was given an innovation award for one of its newest programs. The senior center was nominated for the Edison Bell Einstein award by Diane Mikelbank, director for the Monona senior center. The award, which recognizes innovation through a new program or a new way of thinking, was presented to the senior center on Sept. 13 at the Wisconsin Association of Senior Center’s fall conference. The senior center received the award for their Rendever virtual reality program after it became the
first in the nation to use it in April of this year. The Rendever program, which was designed for older users and allows them to be immersed in a virtual reality world with videos of a much slower pace than standard systems, helps seniors who are dealing with memory loss or PTSD. Senior center director Mary Hanson said it’s always nice to be recognized by your peers for your work. “I think that’s what makes this award so meaningful,” she said. “I think she found the idea of virtual reality programming to be a step above, to be innovative, and that made us stand out in her mind.”
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A section of the Military Ridge State Trail in Verona will be closed for parts of the next two weeks. There will be no access to the trail from Epic’s campus to Nine Mound Road from Monday, Oct. 1, through Friday, Oct. 5, and again Monday, Oct. 8, through Friday, Oct. 12. Construction crews at the new Verona Area High School site will be working on a bridge that will take the trail over a road connecting the main campus to Stewart’s Woods and some playing fields to the south.
The trail will be open on Saturday, Oct. 6, and Sunday, Oct. 7, and will reopen fully on Saturday, Oct. 13. The work is part of the $182 million new high school project, approved in a referendum in spring 2017. The school is expected to open in fall 2020 in time for the 2020-21 school year. For updates on the new high school construction, visit verona.k12.wi.us/ about_vasd/building_ for_2020. Contact Scott Girard at ungreporter@wcinet.com and follow him on Twitter @sgirard9.
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Profiteers take some of the joy out of collecting
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y son has received a hard lesson in capitalism over the past week, and there is something about it that makes us both sad. He’s a collector of Pop Vinyl figurines, the latest idea I wish I had thought of. The figurines are toys made in the image of popular television, movie and cartoon characters. They come in cube-shaped boxes I’d estimate to be about five inches along the sides, and they sell for around $10. Curtis They are the new hot collectible, and the excitement they generate reminds me of the Beanie Baby craze of a few decades ago. There are hundreds of different figurines to collect, but the producers have cleverly put them in series to attract fans of certain entertainment franchises. For example, there is a series of figurines representing Star Wars characters, Game of Thrones characters and classic Nickelodeon cartoons from the ‘90s. Like baseball cards, movie memorabilia, and any other collectible item, some Pop Vinyl figurines are rarer than others and therefore more valuable to the collectors. Here is where the lesson in capitalism begins. It seems there is an element of profiteering in the toy collecting world. For Halloween, the folks at Pop Vinyl released a series of spooky figurines exclusively through Walgreens stores. Among the dozen or so new figures are three from a series my son collects, the Classic Universal Movie Monsters. The first problem is no Walgreens store seems to have been
shipped every figurine in the new release. After staking out our local Walgreens, my son was able to land the first of the three, a Frankenstein’s monster, in Verona. An internet tip led us on a trip to Monroe to secure the Invisible Man figure. The third Universal Movie Monsters figurine, a special clear Invisible Man, has proven the most rare and hard to find. I figured if I took my son to enough Walgreen’s stores we’d eventually get lucky and find one, but then my son clued me in on the collecting game. As my son explained to me, and unfortunately it makes perfect sense, if another collector is lucky enough to stumble into a Walgreen’s that might have two or three of these rare Invisible Man figurines, that collector will most likely scoop them all up. He will put one in his collection and then sell the rest via the internet at six or eight times the retail cost. This explained my son’s sense of urgency. At first, I thought he was ridiculously obsessed with collecting these things, hence the frantic trip to Monroe, but what I learned was he was trying to complete his collection for $10 retail instead of paying an internet price gouger $60 or more. My son, who admittedly is not too worldly wise, doesn’t understand why people are like this. If he were to find three of the rare figurines in a Walgreens, he’d buy one and leave the other two for other collectors. He understands why greedy people would profit off their lucky find, but he doesn’t think it is right. For him, it is about collecting, not profit. I agree with him. It would be different if, over time, these figurines gained value like fine art and were being sold for high prices, but these people are moving them right from the
store shelves to the internet in a matter of hours and jacking up the price. I realize this happens all the time. Try getting the best seats to a major sporting event or concert at face value some time. If you can’t get the tickets when they are first available, chances are you will need to pay a king’s ransom to either a private party or a ticket resale company if you really want to see the event in person, at least if you want good seats. We used to call this scalping, but now it is a legitimate business. I’ve even known people who have made a great deal of money buying and reselling sports tickets right here in Madison. It also reminds me of a time when I had wandered over to Miller’s while I was editor at the Press. I walked past two kids, maybe age 12, standing next to a trash can. They had just purchased a pile or sports cards and were feverishly ripping the packages open and scanning them for valuable rookie cards. Anything that was not a high value card went right in the trash. When I came back out of the store, the boys were already gone and there were well over 200 cards in the trash can. I get the law of supply and demand. I understand the early bird gets the worm and a dozen other cliches about business and success. But I also think collecting should be about the joy of hunting down the items you need, not paying through the nose to some greedy guy who got to the display rack before anyone else. Somehow, I doubt the internet sellers care about the fun, and that is just sad. Karl Curtis is a City of Verona resident and a former editor of the Verona Press.
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Cartoonists to return to library JIM MASSEY Verona Press correspondent
Nationally syndicated cartoonist Leigh Rubin and Wisconsin State Journal editorial cartoonist Phil Hands will be back at the Verona Public Library again next month. Rubin and Hands will discuss their work and demonstrate live cartooning during an Oct. 4 presentation at 7 p.m. at the Verona Public Library. According to a promotional flyer for the event, the cartoonists will “riff on each other’s cartoons and show how the twisted minds of two very different cartoonists work.” “Given our current state of affairs, humor is needed now more than ever,” Rubin said. Rubin’s work focuses primarily on the hilarity of animal and human nature, while
VAHS presents ‘Mary Poppins’ A cast and crew of over 70 Verona Area High School students, with the help of 12 adults, will bring the magic of Mary Poppins to life next weekend on the VAHS Performing Arts Center Stage. Opening night is 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4. The performance will continue at the same time each night through the weekend, concluding with a 1 p.m. show Sunday, Oct. 7. Set in around 1910 and based on the children’s book by P.L. Travers and the 1964 film adaptation starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke, the story portrays Mary Poppins, played by Elise Mancillo, who appears at the Banks residence to serve as the family’s nanny. Upon her arrival, Mr. and Mrs. Banks (Derek Argall and Maddie Vilker) and their children, Jane and Michael (Anna Larson and Brendon Pelletier) are taken on an adventure as Mary and her friend Bert (Brady Wagner) teach lessons about life and love. The VAHS performance is directed by Steven J. Nibbe, who is also the set designer and technical director. Heather Thorpe is the music and vocal director, Sara Bartlett is the choreographer, Eric Anderson is the orchestra conductor, Lauri Halminiak is the producer, Kylie Zenz is the student stage manager, Leslie Frank is the costumer, hair and makeup designer, John Dolphin is the lighting designer, Lynn Vilker is the house manager and Paula Mansholt is the program designer. Tickets are $12 and can be purchased at vahs.vbotickets. com/events.
If You Go What: Mary Poppins performance When: 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4 through Saturday, Oct. 6. 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7. Where: Verona Area High School performing arts center, 300 Richard St. Info: vahs.vbotickets. com/events
If You Go What: “When Cartoon Worlds Collide,” visit with cartoonists Leigh Rubin and Phil Hands When: 7 p.m. Oct. 4 Where: Verona Public Library, 500 Silent St. Registration: veronapubliclibrary.org Info: Call 845-7180 Hands draws even stranger creatures: politicians. R u b i n ’s s y n d i c a t e d “Rubes” cartoons appear weekly in more than 400 newspapers and media outlets worldwide. He said his work focuses on “the absurdity of everyday situations and human nature – and pokes fun at them.” Books, calendars and other items will be available for sale and signing at the
library. A drawing will also be held for door prizes. Rubin lives in Nipomo, Calif., with his wife, Teresa, and their two sons, Jeremy and Ryan. Rubin will be in Madison that week for the World Dairy Expo. Hands is the only cartoonist on the staff of a newspaper in Wisconsin. He is a fierce political moderate, and his cartoons attack the extremists on both
the left and the right. He said he learned long ago that no political party has a monopoly on bad ideas. His cartoons have appeared in publications such as USA Today, Newsweek, Time and The Washington Post. While many of his cartoons tackle national issues, they are generally crafted specifically for his audience in Wisconsin. Born in Syracuse, N.Y., in 1980, Hands grew up in the Detroit area, and his experience with that dysfunctional city has shaped his political philosophy. He remains conscious of the caustic politics of race, sympathetic to the plight of the urban poor, and skeptical of big government theories that helped destroy his hometown. Phil lives in Madison with his wife, Tricia and their children, Owen and Claire.
Fall Fest expands for year two Event moves to larger venue to accommodate crowds KIMBERLY WETHAL Unified Newspaper Group
W h e n Ve r o n a A r e a Chamber of Commerce exe c u t ive d i r e c t o r L e Jordan and others at the chamber planned the first Fall Fest last year, they didn’t know what to expect. “The first year was so incredibly fun,” she said. “The support we got from the community and everything was overwhelming. When we planned this ... we had no idea how many people would actually show up. “Literally from the night we had it (last year), we knew we were bringing it back,” she added. Last year’s inaugural
If you go What: Fall Fest When: 4-10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5 Where: Hometown Festival Park, 111 Lincoln St. Info: veronawi.com event brought in nearly 2,000 people, Jordan said, which led to long lines at food trucks and running out of supplies. So this for this year’s event, they’ve expanded – bringing in more food trucks, activities and moving to a larger space from Veteran’s Park t o H o m e t ow n F e s t iva l Park – to better accommodate a larger crowd. This year’s event, held from 4-10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, will include a beer tent, live music performed by Old Soul Society, hayrides, children’s crafts where they can paint a
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pumpkin, a special Artists and Farmers Market, Haven’s Petting Zoo, train rides from the Verona Lions Club and an outdoor showing of Disney’s “Coco.” More food trucks will be present at this year’s event as well, offering a variety of food including pizza, ice cream, cheese curds and donuts. “We’re excited about all of the different things that are going on,” she said. “Because everything was so popular, we brought back everything we had last year – the fire pits, the band, the pumpkins, the movie – there wasn’t really anything last year that we felt didn’t work. We just took all of last year and built on it for this year.” Email reporter Kimberly Wethal at kimberly. wethal@wcinet.com and follow her on Twitter @ kimberly_wethal.
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Over the next few months, a Verona Area High School committee will consider revisions to a policy that bars graduates from wearing items of religious or cultural significance on their mortarboards during the graduation ceremony. The committee’s formation comes after a Native American student was barred from wearing a ceremonial feather in June. That incident drew scrutiny from some in the community, especially the graduate’s mother, who wrote on Facebook after the incident that her daughter was “bullied” into removing the feather. VAHS principal Pam Hammen told the Press in an email the committee, which will be made up of students, parents, staff and administrators, will meet three to four times this fall and draft a policy for school board consideration by January 2019. Anyone interested in serving on the committee is asked to email Hammen at hammenp@verona.k12. wi.us. After the June incident, Verona Area School District superintendent Dean Gorrell said in a statement that “adequate advance notice” of the desire to wear the feather would have allowed administrators to discuss and “likely have resulted in a different decision.” He added that the district would
work to put a new policy in place before the 201819 graduation ceremony. “As we have many different cultures and religions represented in our student body, there are likely other considerations for graduation regalia we are not currently aware of and will need to review going forward,” he said. “If a process is developed that students can request such exceptions to the graduation attire, we want that process to be available to all students.” The state Department of Public Instruction issued guidance in September 2017 to all school districts, encouraging them to rethink policies that may bar a Native American student from wearing a feather at graduation. “I want to take this opportunity to bring forward an issue that many Wisconsin tribal nations have brought to my attention over the last year – American Indian students being prohibited from wearing items of religious and cultural significance, such as traditional regalia and eagle feathers at graduation ceremonies and school-sponsored events,” wrote state superintendent Tony Evers, a former VASD superintendent and now gubernatorial candidate. “As part of our conversations with tribal nations in Wisconsin, we have repeatedly heard how important it is for American Indian students and their families to be able to wear cultural and religious items as a way to honor their nation, community, and heritage.” Contact Scott Girard at ungreporter@wcinet.com and follow him on Twitter @sgirard9.
60th Wedding Anniversary LaVern “Toby” Nechkash and Gertrude “Trudy” Dickey
They were united in marriage on September 27, 1958, at St. Thomas Parish in Montfort. They were blessed with five Children: Karla (Rod) Hellenbrand, Toby (Susan) Nechkash, Todd Nechkash, Brenda (Kevin) Bohan, and Beth (Mike) Beutler; 11 Grandchildren: Zachary, Austin, Ciarah, Stephanie, Todd II, Colin, Casey, Emily, Tyler, Ashley (Marty), and Travis; and one Great-Grandchild, Jordan. To celebrate this momentous occasion, family and friends are invited to an Open House Saturday, October 6 at The Community Center, Kalscheur Park in Pine Bluff, 3734 County Road P, Cross Plains from 1:00-5:00 p.m. Your presence on this special day will be their cherished gift.
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Coming up Registration is required. To register, noon Thursday, Oct. 4. ‘Flint’ movie showing call the Greater Wisconsin Agency on Vendors will provide flu shots, memThe senior center will be showing Aging Resources, Inc. at 243-2881. ory screenings, vision screenings, blood the movie “Flint” from 1-3 p.m. Friday, For information, call 845-7180. pressure checks and massages for no Sept. 28. cost. The movie discusses the whistleblow- VAHS cemetery work day Light refreshments will be served. ers behind one of the largest environFor information, call 845-7471. The Verona Area Historical Society is mental crisises in history in Flint, Mich., hosting a work day to help replace headwhere residents were – and still are – stones and clean up the area around the Virtual reality tours being charged by water companies for former asylum and poor house cemetery The senior center will be conductwater that is unsafe for drinking. in Verona as part of the society’s “Bring- ing Rendever virtual reality tours from Popcorn will be served. ing Their Stones Home” project. Meet at 10:30-11:15 a.m. on Fridays, Oct. 5 and For information, call 845-7471. the Badger Prairie Health Care Center 26. cemetery (near Gus’s Diner) at 10 a.m. The tour “locations” cannot be conStorytime at Eplegaarden Saturday, Sept. 29. firmed in advance but feature different The library will host storytime from For information, visit veronahistory. places around the world. 1:30-2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, at Eple- com. Participation is limited to six particigaarden, 2227 Fitchburg Road. pants at a time. Another storytime will be held at the National Coffee with a Cop Day For information, call 845-7471. same time on Wednesday, Oct. 3. Verona police officers will be at the All ages are invited to attend. Books library from 9-11 a.m. on Wednesday, Case management will be available for checkout. Oct. 3, for National Coffee with a Cop The senior center will be providing For information, call 845-7180. Day. senior case management outreach from Residents are invited to drop by to 1-2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 8, at the library. Ready, Set, Retirement! chat with police officers about issues in No appointment is necessary. The Madison College Paralegal Pro- the community or just get to know one Becky Losby, a case manager at the gram will put on a presentation about another. senior center, will answer questions and retirement from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Coffee will be provided. provide resources on Medicare, home Saturday, Sept. 29, at the library. For information, call 845-7180. care, housing assistance and financial The event will feature a variety of sesresources. sions, including estate planning, powers Flu shot clinic The event is free to the public. of attorney, Medicare and social securiFor information, call Losby at 845The senior center will host a vendor ty. fair and flu shot clinic from 9 a.m. to 7471.
Community calendar Friday, Sept. 28
• 10:30-11:15 a.m., Rendever virtual reality tours (limited to six participants), senior center, 845-7471 • 1 p.m., Movie showing: “Flint,” senior center, 845-7471 • 1:30-2 p.m., Storytime at Eplegaarden, 2227 Fitchburg Road, Fitchburg, 845-7180
Saturday, Sept. 29
• 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., “Ready, Set, Retirement!” program (registration required), library, call Greater Wisconsin Agency on Aging Resources, Inc. at 243-2881
Tuesday, Oct. 2
• 3-6:30 p.m., Verona Public Library Book Bike at Verona Artists and Farmers Market, Hometown Junction Park, 101 W. Railroad St., 845-7180
• 3:45-4:30 p.m., Kids Craft: Socktopus (ages 6-8, registration required), library, 845-7180
Wednesday, Oct. 3
• 9-11 a.m., National Coffee with a Cop Day, library, 845-7180 • 1:30-2 p.m., Storytime at Eplegaarden, 2227 Fitchburg Road, Fitchburg, 845-7180
Thursday, Oct. 4
• 9 a.m. to noon, Vendor fair and flu shot clinic, senior center, 845-7471 • 4 p.m., Anime and manga club, library, 845-7180 • 7-8:30 p.m.: “When Cartoon Worlds Collide: A Twistedly Absurd Mashup of Politics and Comics,” library, 8457180
reality tours (registration required), senior center, 845-7471 • 12:30 p.m., “Sully” movie showing, senior center, 845-7471 • 4-10 p.m., Fall Fest, Hometown Festival Park, 111 Lincoln St., veronawi.com
Saturday, Oct. 6
• 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Mending Day, BPNN, bpnn.org • 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Prairie Kitchen free community meal, BPNN, bpnn. org
Monday, Oct. 8
• 1-2 p.m., Senior case management outreach, library, 845-7471 • 7 p.m., Common Council, City Center, 845-6495
Friday, Oct. 5
• 10:30-11:15 a.m., Rendever virtual
What’s on VHAT-98 Thursday, Sept. 27 7 a.m. – Asthma at Senior Center 8 a.m. – Zumba Gold 9 a.m. – Daily Exercise 10 a.m. – Byrd Brothers at Senior Center 2 p.m. – Zumba Gold 3 p.m. – -Daily Exercise 4 p.m. – Brain Basics at Senior Center 5 p.m. – Rich Baumann at Senior Center 6 p.m. – Salem Church Service 7 p.m. – Medicare Fraud at Senior Center 8 p.m. – Daily Exercise 9 p.m. – Meet Drea, K9 Officer at Senior Center 10 p.m. – One Vulture’s War at the Historical Society Friday, Sept. 28 7 a.m. – Brain Basics at Senior Center 1 p.m. – Meet Drea, K9 Officer at Senior Center 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 4 p.m. – Rich Baumann at Senior Center 5:30 p.m. – 2016 Wildcats Football 8:30 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – Asthma at Senior Center 11 p.m. – Byrd Brothers at Senior Center Saturday, Sept. 29 8 a.m. – Common Council from 9-24-18 11 a.m. – Vintage Verona
Sports 1 p.m. – 2016 Wildcats Football 4:30 p.m. – One Vulture’s War at the Historical Society 6 p.m. – Common Council from 9-24-18 9 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – One Vulture’s War at the Historical Society 11 p.m. – Byrd Brothers at Senior Center Sunday, Sept. 30 7 a.m. – Hindu Cultural Hour 9 a.m. – Resurrection Church 10 a.m. – Salem Church Service Noon – Common Council from 9-24-18 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 4:30 p.m. – One Vulture’s War at the Historical Society 6 p.m. – Common Council from 9-24-18 9 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – One Vulture’s War at the Historical Society 11 p.m. – Byrd Brothers at Senior Center Monday, Oct. 1 7 a.m. – Brain Basics at Senior Center 1 p.m. – Meet Drea, K9 Officer at Senior Center 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 4 p.m. – Rich Baumann at Senior Center
5 p.m. – 2016 Wildcats Football 6:30 p.m. – Plan Commission Live 9 p.m. – Hindu Cultural Hour 10 p.m. – Asthma at Senior Center 11 p.m. – Byrd Brothers at Senior Center Tuesday, Oct. 2 7 a.m. – Asthma at Senior Center 10 a.m. – Zumba Gold 9 a.m. – Daily Exercise 10 a.m. – Byrd Brothers at Senior Center 2 p.m. – Zumba Gold 3 p.m. – Daily Exercise 4 p.m. – Brain Basics at Senior Center 5 p.m. – Rich Baumann at Senior Center 6 p.m. – Resurrection Church 8 p.m. – Medicare Fraud at Senior Center 9 p.m. – Meet Drea, K9 Officer at Senior Center 10 p.m. – One Vulture’s War at the Historical Society Wednesday, Oct. 3 7 a.m. – Brain Basics at Senior Center 1 p.m. – Meet Drea, K9 Officer at Senior Center 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 5 p.m. – Plan Commission from 10-01-18 7 p.m. – Capital City Band 8 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports
10 p.m. – Asthma at Senior Center 11 p.m. – Byrd Brothers at Senior Center Thursday, Oct. 4 7 a.m. – Asthma at Senior Center 8 a.m. – Zumba Gold 9 a.m. – Daily Exercise 10 a.m. – Byrd Brothers at Senior Center 2 p.m. – Zumba Gold 3 p.m. – Daily Exercise 4 p.m. – Brain Basics at Senior Center 5 p.m. – Rich Baumann at Senior Center 6 p.m. – Salem Church Service 7 p.m. – Medicare Fraud at Senior Center 8 p.m. – Daily Exercise 9 p.m. – Meet Drea, K9 Officer at Senior Center 10 p.m. – One Vulture’s War at the Historical Society
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) 848-1836 redeemerbiblefellowship.org Pastor Dwight R. Wise Sunday: 10 a.m. family worship Resurrection Lutheran Church – WELS 6705 Wesner Rd., Verona (608) 848-4965 rlcverona.org Pastors Nathan Strutz and Andrew Ewings, and Assistant Pastor Jordan Uhlhorn Thursday: 6:30 p.m. Sunday: 9 a.m. St. Christopher Catholic Parish St. Andrew Church 301 N. Main St., Verona St. William Church 1371 Hwy. PB, Paoli (608) 845-6613 stchristopherverona.com Fr. John Sasse, pastor Saturday: 5 p.m., St. Andrew, Verona Sunday: 7:30 a.m., St. William,
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: 9 a.m. Salem United Church of Christ 502 Mark Dr., Verona (608) 845-7315 salemchurchverona.org Rev. Dr. Mark E. Yurs, Pastor Laura Kolden, Associate in Ministry Sunday Worship: 9 a.m. Fellowship Hour: 10:15 a.m. Springdale Lutheran Church ELCA 2752 Town Hall Rd. (off Hwy ID), Mount Horeb (608) 437-3493 springdalelutheran.org Pastor Jeff Jacobs Sunday: 8:45 a.m. with communion Sugar River United Methodist Church 415 W. Verona Ave., Verona (608) 845-5855 sugar.river@sugarriverumc.org, sugarriverumc.org Pastor Gary Holmes 9 & 10:30 a.m. contemporary worship. Sunday School available during worship. Refreshments and fellowship are between services. West Madison Bible Church 2920 Hwy. M, Verona (608) 845-9518 www.wmbiblechurch.org Pastor Dan Kukasky Jr. Sunday Worship: 9:15 a.m. Sunday School: 10:45 a.m. Zwingli United Church of Christ Hwy. 92 & G, Mount Vernon (608) 832-6677 Pastor Brad Brookins Sunday: 10:15 a.m. Zwingli United Church of Christ Hwy. 69 & PB, Paoli (608) 255-1278 paoliucc.com Pastor Rich Pleva Sunday: 9:30 a.m. family worship
Seeking Refuge “When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your nativeborn. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.” – Leviticus 19:33-34 NIV According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, there were more than 22 million refugees in 2016, the highest number on record. 2017 may turn out to be even worse: according to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center, some 12 million people fled from violence and almost 19 million were displaced by catastrophic weather events or natural disasters in 2017 but managed to stay in their own countries. How should decent people respond to these unfortunate people seeking refuge? As individuals, there are limits to what we can do, but shouldn’t a civilized society try to help them? As a large and wealthy country, we can and probably should do more to help the relatively small number of refugees at our borders, whereas the huge number of refugees coming from the Mid-East and from Africa present an overwhelming problem in Europe. Despite what politicians and demagogues may say about this issue, the Bible is clear on this issue. There are numerous passages that tell us to care for and show kindness to the refugee or foreigner: Leviticus 19:9-10 and 19:33-34, Deuteronomy 10:18-19, Exodus 23:9 and Malachi 3:5 are just a few of many verses that tell us to help the foreigner and the poor and not to oppress them, reminding us that we were all once foreigners ourselves. – 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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Tailwaggers Doggy Daycare supervisor and groomer Jessica Peterson said they love every dog they meet. With a client base that has grown from around five dogs a day when they opened a year ago to having anywhere from 20-40 dogs a day, they’ve met a lot of them. “The more dogs, the better, in our opinion,” she said. The doggy daycare, located at 1060 American Way, opened the location last summer after finding that they liked the feel of Verona when they sought franchise expansion into the Madison area. “We like the small-town feel to it,” Peterson said. “Coming from Appleton and Green Bay, it’s very homey there, and I feel like that carried over to here, too. The sense of community is pretty big here, and it’s just a nice place to have a business.” Tailwaggers offers daycare, overnight boarding and grooming services. Daycare services range from puppies who aren’t old enough to stay home by themselves, to owners dropping their dogs off when they know they’ll have a long day and won’t be around to let their dog out.
Name: Tailwaggers Doggy Daycare Address: 1060 American Way Phone number: 848-8000 Website: tailwaggersdoggydaycare.com Hours: 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday “We hope to meet as to watch them grow into many dogs as we possibly adults. can,” she said. “It’s so much “There’s lots of growing fun to watch us grow and going on.” watch when we get puppies,
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Tailwaggers Doggy Daycare supervisor Jessica Peterson receives kisses from one of the dogs at the daycare. That’s where the Tailwaggers’ large indoor and outdoor play areas come in handy. Some clients use the daycare to give their dog socialization skills so they can interact with other dogs, Peterson said. With their dogs, the daycare only uses positive reinforcement techniques
as a method of controlling behavior, Peterson said, using attention as a “treat” a n d s h ow i n g d o g s t h e behavior they’d like to see, rather than punishments. “We see that positive reinforcement really makes the dogs have more fun, and makes the employees have a stress-free day,” she said. “If you’re looking at the
day in a positive way, it just makes the day go quicker and makes the day go better … it makes for a happier environment altogether.” Peterson said that the business is still growing its client base, a lot of it coming through word-of-mouth referrals from existing clients, and recommendations from a nearby veterinarian.
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Dorothy Ann Marty
Dorothy Marty
Dorothy Ann Marty, age 89, passed away peacefully on Monday, Sept. 24, 2018. Dorothy was born on July 14, 1929, to Leo T. and Nellie (McSherry) Sweeney. Dorothy attended school in Verona and graduated from Verona High School in 1947. She played softball, was a cheerleader and was crowned prom queen in 1946. Dorothy married her high school sweetheart, Paul Marty, on Aug. 11, 1951, at St.
Ruth M. Argus
Ruth Argus
Ruth M. Argus, age 73, of Dubuque, Iowa, passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018, at Mercy Medical Center in Dubuque. She was born on April 23, 1945, in Cambria, the daughter of Joseph and Loretta (Leeser) Argus. Ruth attended the St. Andrew grade school i n Te n n y s o n , g r a d u a t ed from Potosi High School, and then went on
Andrew Catholic Church in Verona. After Paul enlisted in the U.S. Navy, Dorothy and Paul moved to Norman, Okla., and later to Great Lakes Naval Base in Chicago, Ill. When Dorothy and Paul returned to Verona, she worked as an office manager in Paul’s American Family Agency in town. Dorothy was a leader of the Gordon Go-Getters 4-H Club, and loved bowling, gardening and celebrating her Irish heritage. The family would like to extend a special thank you to Connie, Rozina and the rest of Dorothy’s caregiving staff at Noel Manor. Dorothy is survived by her children, Pat (Michael) Ehly, Nancy (Steve) Bollig and Jean (Gary Cannalte) Marty; grandchildren, Mikaela (partner Mike Sandberg) and Mitch (fiancée Catherine Wanzer) Ehly, Tyler (Whitney) Knudtson, Jackson and Wyatt Bollig and Charlie
Cannalte; brother, Leo E. Sweeney; sister, Mary Hefty; sister-in-law, Virginia Witt; and many nieces, nephews, and lifelong friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul, her parents and sister, Shirley Hessman. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Andrew Catholic Church, 301 N. Main St., at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018. Visitation will be held at St. Andrew Catholic Church on Friday, Sept. 28, 2018, from 4-7 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials would be appreciated to the family to be donated to organizations that meant a lot to Dorothy. To view and sign this guestbook, please visit: www.ryanfuneralservice.com
to cosmetology school in Dubuque. She was a beautician for many years, then worked at HyVee and Mercy Medical Center until her retirement. Ruth lived with her parents for many years in Tennyson, helping care for them until her mother passed in 1981 and her father in 1994; her family will always be grateful for her loving care and assistance with their parents. Following her time in Tennyson, Ruth moved to Dubuque where she has lived since. In her free time, she enjoyed shopping, especially at Dollar General and Walgreens. Ruth greatly loved her nieces and nephews and was godmother to several of them. Ruth is survived by three sisters: Judi (Patrick) Sullivan, Charlene Stephens, and Joanne McGuire; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, Ruth was preceded in death by a sister, Nancy Patzner; a niece, Marti Kay; and two brothers-in-law: Robert “Bob” McGuire and Donald “Dean” Stephens. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018, at St. Andrew Catholic Church in Tennyson with Father Richard Leffler officiating. Burial will be in St. Andrew Cemetery, Tennyson. Family and friends may call on Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018, from 10 a.m. until the time of services at the church. In lieu of plants and flowers, a Ruth M. Argus Memorial Fund has been established. The Martin Schwartz Funeral Home & Crematory of Potosi is entrusted with her services. Online condolences: www.martinschwartzfuneralhomes.com
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Verona senior linebacker Jeremy Grim (44) and sophomore Jackson Acker (22) look to sack Madison Memorial quarterback Jason Ceniti in the Wildcats’ 28-10 win on Friday over the Spartans. Verona’s defense had three sacks led by Grim who had 1 1/2 sacks.
Verona throttles Memorial Verona topples 10th-ranked Spartans
What’s next Verona hosts Madison La Follette at 7 p.m. Friday.
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Verona Area High School football coach Dave Richardson played wide receiver when he attended Madison Memorial High School, but he can appreciate a stingy defense. Friday, his Wildcats shut down his previously undefeated alma mater 28-10, using an old-school performance. Verona (4-2) overwhelmed Memorial, ranked 10th in the Associated Press large-school state poll, with a dominating defensive performance that included three sacks, two forced turnovers and two forced turnovers on downs. The Wildcats scored 14 points off the two turnovers against a Spartan offense that had entered the game as the highest-scoring team in the Big Eight Conference, at 35 points per game. Wildcat senior linebacker Jeremy Grim had 1 ½ sacks and junior
defensive back Sam Wood had an interception that helped stymie drives by the Spartans. “The defense is what really turned this into a win,” said Richardson, a 1981 Memorial graduate. “All week, we just amped it up a little bit and got into their pride. My defensive coaches made this happen. They had the right game plan, attitude and energy.” Verona, coming off a 43-35 loss to Sun Prairie, and used 20 players on defense in the first quarter, rotating to keep players fresh. “From last week, our defense was feeling down; we built them up and they had a great game,” Richardson said. “They could have really put their head down and sulked from last week, and by God, they didn’t. Everyone just had a different energy.” Memorial fell into a three-way tie
atop the conference now with Sun Prairie and Janesville Craig at 5-1. Both Verona and Middleton are one game back at 4-2. Verona junior running back Keegan Lindell rushed for 124 yards on 18 carries and had two touchdowns and sophomore running back Jackson Acker also ran for a pair of touchdowns to power the Wildcats’ offense. “I felt like we prepared all week and came playing strong,” Lindell said. “Everyone did their job. I feel very confident that we can beat any team in the conference right now if we play like we did tonight.” Verona led 14-0 at halftime, and Memorial eventually rallied, getting within 14-10 in the fourth quarter. A touchdown long drive and Wood’s interception denied the opportunity for a magic fourth-quarter comeback like the Hail Mary pass that beat Middleton two weeks ago. With about 1:45 left and Verona leading 21-10, Wood intercepted a pass from junior quarterback Jason Ceniti. Lindell then ripped off a 57-yard run, and on the ensuing play, he scored on a 1-yard run. Senior Tra’vaugh Harper’s 40-yard punt return earlier in the fourth quarter had given the Spartans a jolt, setting up Ceniti’s 1-yard touchdown
run that sliced the Wildcats’ lead to 14-10. Verona answered with a 21-play, 80-yard drive, that chewed up about 11 minutes, culminating in Acker’s 1-yard TD run. Verona was 5-for-5 converting third downs on the drive and did it all by pounding the ball on the ground. “We had a 99-yard drive at (Janesville) Craig, so we have had experiences with those kinds of drives,” Richardson said. One big play in that drive, was when the Wildcats faced third-and-6 from their own 33-yard line. Bekx scrambled for 11 yards on the play and kept the chains moving. “Adam made the biggest play with that scramble for about 15 yards,” Richardson said. “I will take one of those every week. That brings me back to the old days.” Madison Memorial running back Kam Marshall rushed for 132 yards on 17 carries. Verona opened the game with a 10-play, 61-yard drive, capped by Acker ramming in a 1-yard touchdown run. The big play of the scoring drive was junior quarterback Adam Bekx hooking up with junior wide receiver Shay Watson on a
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Highlight: Lindell rushed for 124 yards and had two touchdowns Friday to lead Verona to a 28-10 win over 10th-ranked Madison Memorial. Honorable mentions: Meghan Samz (girls tennis) had a 6-3, 6-3 win at No. 3 singles as Verona closed out the Big Eight dual meet season with a 6-1 win over Madison East. Nathan Neitzel (boys xc) had a season-best time fo 16 minutes, 49.29 seconds Saturday at the Lourdes Academy Invitational. Abby Wampfler (girls xc) led the Wildcats with an 18th-place finish Saturday at the Lourdes Academy Invitational. Andrea Schleeper (girls golf) shot a 90 to finish seventh overall at the Big Eight Conference tournament. The Wildcats finished second as a team behind Middleton. George Ohm (boys soccer) shut out Madison West in a scoreless tie on Thursday. Ohm has eight shutouts in 11 games this year. Jordan Armstrong (volleyball) had 16 assists and five aces in a sweep of Madison West on Thursday.
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Junior Andrea Schleeper finished seventh Monday to help the Verona girls golf team take second place in the Big Eight Conference tournament at the Evansville Golf Club. Middleton had three of the top four golfers to roll to the team title 343381. Madison West’s Lillian Knetter carded an 87 to lead the Regents to a third-place finish (387).
Schleeper, who shot a 90, closed the tournament with five straight pars. “That’s a good accomplishment considering the top 10-12 players in the conference,” coach Jon Rebholz said. “Andrea managed her game well today by sticking with some of her go-to clubs throughout the round.” The Wildcats played in the WIAA Division 1 Middleton regional at the Pleasant View Golf Course after the Press’ publication deadline Wednesday. Verona was among four teams
(with Middleton, Stoughton and Oregon) contending for top-four team finishes to qualify for the sectional. “We still need to clean up our short game play a bit and work on overcoming adversity on the course better in order to close the gap at regionals,” Rebholz said. Verona entered Monday’s conference tournament in fifth place based on its dual-match record and finished second in conference.
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The Verona boys cross country team had five personal-bests, including the top three, who all dipped under 17 minutes Saturday at the Lourdes
Academy Invitatioanl. The Wildcats’ varsity and JV teams each finished second to Whitefish Bay, which is ranked in the top 15 in the state. Verona’s middle
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Wildcats dominate Sauk Prairie, tie Madison West MARK NESBITT Assistant sports editor
The Verona boys soccer team was rained out Tuesday against Sun Prairie. Verona (8-1-2, 3-0-1 Big Eight), ranked fifth in the Wisconsin Soccer Coaches Association Division 1 state poll, is coming off a scoreless tie against Madison West and a shutout of nonconference Sauk Prairie. One constant dependable area for the Wildcats this season has been their defense. Junior goalkeeper George Ohm has an 88.2 save percentage and has eight shutouts in 11 games this season. Junior defender Sam Lynch was all-state last season. Lynch combines with senior defender Mason Jordan, freshman Brooks Luttinen and junior Tavion McNuckle to provide the Wildcats with a fast and aggressive back line. “Our whole back line is solid all-around,” Ohm said. “We have Sam Lynch who was all-state last year. Mason (Jordan) is one of the fastest kids in the Big Eight. Brooks is a freshman playing huge, and Tavion (McNuckle) is really good.”
Verona 4, Sauk Prairie 0 Four different players posted goals as the Wildcats rolled by nonconference Sauk Prairie 4-0 Saturday in Prairie du Sac. Junior midfielder Jack Knight helped the Wildcats strike first, scoring on an assist from junior midfielder Jack Prout in the 17th minute. Eleven minutes later, junior forward Gannon Simonett added another to give the Wildcats a 2-0 lead at the half. Verona scored two goals in the second half. Sophomore forward Jonathan Gamez scored in the 49th minute and junior midfielder Eliot Popkewitz picked up his ninth goal of the season to cap the scoring. Ohm and junior Nate Hanson combined to make
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Junior midfielder Jack Knight heads a ball in a Big Eight Conference game against Madison West on Thursday. The Wildcats and Regents finished in a scoreless tie. two saves in the shutout, goal and win,” coach Chris as the Wildcats outshot the Handrick said. The Regents had a shot Eagles 8-2. r i c o c h e t e d o ff t h e t o p Verona 0, cross bar in the 46th minute. Ohm had two saves, Madison West 0 including a diving stop in T h e Wi l d c a t s p l a y e d the 53rd minute on a low Madison West to a score- shot to the near post. less tie Thursday at Mans“I was happy with the field Stadium. way we played,” Ohm said. “I think we could have “There are a lot of good been hungrier to get that
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teams in conference. We just have to make sure we keep up our level of play so we are ready for the rest of the season.” Handrick said the Wildcats focused a lot on their defense being unified and building that wall. “That c a m e a l l t h e wa y w i t h George’s presence,” he said. “There’s no question about it. He outperformed himself tonight.”
Verona, Sun Prairire (ppd.) Ve r o n a ’s c o n f e r e n c e showdown Tuesday with Sun Prairie was postponed Tuesday. A makeup date for the Wildctas’ game against the Cardinal’s was not set before the Verona Press went to print Tuesday evening.
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Memorial swims past Wildcats in Big Eight dual MARK NESBITT
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Junior Sara Stewart won three events Friday, but the Verona Area/Mount Horeb girls swimming team lost a Big Eight Conference dual 93-77 to Madison Memorial. Stewart won the 100-meter butterfly with a time of 1 minute, 5.61 seconds and the 100 backstroke in 1:06.38. She teamed with senior Caroline Smith and juniors Josie McCartney and Kaitlyn Zuehl to win the 200 medley relay in 2:04.29. “The girls swam hard and gave everything they had against another tough opponent,” coach Bill Wuerger said. “I expect these dual meets over four of the last five weeks to make us mentally tougher heading into the second half of the season.” Verona/Mount Horeb, ranked third in the Wisconsin Swim Coaches Association Division 1 state poll, dropped to 2-3-1 in conference dual meets. Four of the top-five ranked teams in Division 1 are from the Big Eight. Middleton, the two-time
Verona/Mount Horeb travels to Madison La Follette at 5 p.m. on Thursday. 100 fly Friday. McCartney took second (1:08.41) and Kaitlyn Zuehl finished third (1:09.22). Kenzie Zuehl won the 50 freestyle with a 28.18. Senior Grace Bennin, the defending WIAA Division 1 state champion in the 50 free and 100 breaststroke, missed the meet because of a recruiting trip to the University of Minnesota. She verbally committed to swim for Minnesota earlier this year. “I think just for the experience of being on a recruiting trip and meeting future teammates,” Wuerger said. The Spartans swept the Photo by Mark Nesbitt top three spots in the 200 Verona/Mount Horeb junior Sara Stewart had a hand in winning three events Friday in a dual meet against Madison Memori- and 400 free. al. She won the 100-meter butterfly, but the Spartans defeated the Wildcats 93-77. Freshman Tola Klabough took fourth in the 200 free (2:15.83), which was her defending WIAA Division first, followed by the Wild- and Sun Prairie (fifth). short-lived lead, sweeping season-best time by two 1 state champion, is ranked cats, Madison West (fourth) T h e Wi l d c a t s t o o k a the top three spots in the seconds.
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Big Eight Team Sun Prairie Verona Middleton Madison Memorial Madison East Madison La Follette Janesville Parker Beloit Memorial Madison West
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Junior Abby Wamfler led the Verona girls cross country team for the second straight race Saturday at the Lourdes Academy Invitational in Oshkosh. Wampfler finished 18th Saturday at the Lourdes Academy Invitational in 20:31. Ten seconds separated Wampfler and sophomore Anna Knueve, who finishd 21st in 20:41.74. Freshman Emma Petta finished close behind in 26th place with a time of 20:57.29. The Wildcats finished fourth with a team score of 137. Stevens Point won the meet with 73 points, finishing 47 points ahead of Whitefish Bay. Burlington Central (135) rounded out the top three. This marked the fourth year that the Wildcats have competed at the Lake Breeze course. Excessive heat forced the course to be shortened last year, and two years ago, team’s entries were limited because of the wet conditions. Senior Lucy Waschbusch raced to a 31st-place finish in 21:02.54. “Abby and Lucy are the only two of our top
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seven varsity runners that are at their best right now,” coach Dave Nelson said. “One thing that we can be encouraged by is that when our pack is healthy, each girl is capable of running the time of our top runner.” Junior Leah Remiker reached the finish line shortly after, placing 41st in 21:15.94 as the team’s final scorer. Freshman Payette Neess also competed but did not count toward the final varsity score. Verona’s JV and midddle school teams each finished fifth. The Wildcats travel to the Mukwonago Invitational on Thursday, knowing they won’t be 100 percent healthy. “We won’t be at full strength in Mukwonago, but hope to be ready for conference on Oct. 13 and sectionals on Oct. 20,” Nelson said.
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The Verona volleyball Verona hosts Madison team suffered its first Big Memorial at 6:30 p.m. Eight Conference loss Tuesday at home against on Thursday. Sun Prairie. The Wildcats, previously undefeated in the Big Eight dropped to 21-2 overall and 4-1 in confer- Verona 3, ence with the loss. Madison West 0 Five days earlier, Verona Alexander had a teamblanked Madison West in high nine kills Thursday three sets. in a 3-0 win at Madison Sun Prairie 3, Verona 2 West. “Sophie has been doing The Wildcats took the a great job to communicate first two games sets from Sun Praire on Tuesday with her setters so that she but were unable to close can be successful at putthings out, falling in five ting the ball away by mixsets 19-25, 22, 25, 25-23, ing up her shots,” Annen said. 25-12, 15-10. Junior setter Jordan Senior outside hitter Armstrong dished out 16 S o p h i e A l ex a n d e r h a d 13 kills to lead the way assists and notched five for Verona. Senior set- aces. “Our setters do a great ter Emma Frahm had 21 job of moving the ball assists. Junior middle blocker around and working to Maddy Kelley returned incorporate all of our hitfrom a knee injury. She ters,” coach Kelly Annen and Sydney Rae each had said. “Our team is versafour blocks and junior libe- tile and players are able ro Amelia Hust had four to transition into different positions, both front and aces and 16 digs.
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back row.” That versatility gives the Wildats an edge in case they need to make changes to the lineup. Senior outside hitter Nikki Phelps and Rae both added six kills. “We rely on our middles energy and enthusiasm to put the ball away. When the opponent has to manage three attackers, it gives our hitters more opportunities with one or no blockers.” Senior middle blocker Lindsey Hollar posted three blocks and Frahm had a team-best 18 assists. Hust racked up 20 digs. Annen said the difference in beating the Regents was controlling the tempo of the game through defense and serving.
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Girls close out dual season with win over East JEREMY JONES
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Verona girls tennis closed out the Big Eight Conference dual meet season with a 6-1 win over Madison East. The Wildcats finished the dual season 6-3, with losses to Madison Memorial, Middleton and Madison West, Meredith Conley beat Grace Rider 6-0, 6-1 at No. 1 singles and Mary Saley won by injury default at No. 2 singles 7-5, 2-0 over Amelia Hoffman. Meghan Samz added a 6-3, 6-3 at No. 3 singles. Kasie Keyes and Sydney Breitbach rolled 6-0, 6-0 atop the doubles lineup. Eve Parker and Angie Sutter added a 6-2, 6-0 win at No. 2 doubles and Allison Blessin and Claire
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Johnson cruised 6-1, 6-1 at No. 3 doubles. The Wildcats head to Nielsen Tennis Stadium on Wednesday and Thursday for the Big Eight Conference meet. Verona follows that up at 9 a.m. Monday, Oct. 1 back at Nielsen. The WIAA Division 1 sectional meet is set for 9:30 a.m. Thursday at Nielsen.
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Verona senior linebacker Dylan Bourne (47) celebrates with teammates after the Wildcats knocked off 10th-ranked Madison Memorial 28-10 on Friday.
Football: Cats post 3 sacks, forces 2 turnovers Continued from page 9 32-yard pass. Bekx completed 8 of 14 passes for 78 yards for the game and Watson finished with two receptions for 36 yards. The Spartans fumbled a punt early in the second quarter, and the Wildcats capitalized on the opportunity, as Lindell recovered the ball at the Spartans’ 19-yard line. Three plays later, Lindell had a 1-yard TD plunge to give the Wildcats a 14-0 lead.
Big Eight Team Madison Memorial Sun Prairie Janesville Craig Verona Middleton Madison La Follette Madison West Beloit Memorial Madison East Janesville Parker
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Boys xc: Underclassmen look strong at invite Continued from page 9 school boys team won the 17-school event. Senior Jason Ford led the pack with a 12th-place finish in a season-best time of 16 minutes, 41.49 seconds. Junior Luka DiMagg i o fi n i s h e d l e s s t h a n two second behind Ford in 16:43.07, good for 16th place. Fellow junior Nathan Neitzel was 21st in 16:49.29. Freshman Mulu Johnson dropped his time down to 17:24.9 as he sprinted in as the team’s fourth runner in 48h place. He was followed by freshman Aidan Manning, who was the team’s final scorer for the ‘Cats in 17:32 — good for 55th place. Junior Brad Tuomi and senior Ian Grossenbacher-McGlamery both competed but did not count toward the final varsity score. Senior J.J. Gumieny l e d t h e Wi l d c a t s ’ J V team and Alan Zheng followed closely by charging
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Mulu Johnson (left) finished 48th in 17 minutes, 24.9 seconds Saturday at the Lourdes Academy Invitaitonal.
Oleson was the winner of the middle school race as the Wildcats put four runners in the top 10 to easily Verona travels to the take the victory. Verona travels to the Mukwonago Invitational Mukwonago Invitational at 4 p.m. Thursday. at 4 p.m. Thursday for a final tune-up before thge Big Eight Conference meet freshman Sean Parry, who Saturday, Oct. 13 at Lake also had a personal best. Farm Park in Madison. Eighth-grader Blake
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Verona’s Celia Donny gets advice from coach Jon Rebholz on a putt on No. 6 in the Big Eight Conference
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“The goal was to win, 1. Glenna Sanderson, Middleton 83 and I said that because I believe the girls can get 2. Kate Meier, Middleton 84 there,” Rebholz said. “Finishing second at the tour2. Sophia Dooman, Jan. Parker 84 nament was a step in the right direction.” 2. Danielle Callahan, Middleton 84 M i d d l e t o n ’s G l e n 6. Kallie Lux, Janesville Craig 86 na Sanderson carded a 12-over-par 84 to win 7. Andrea Schleeper, Verona 90 medalist honors. Teammate Kate Meier took sec8. Sydney O’Hearn, Sun Prairie 91 ond (84). 9. Ellie Frisch, Middleton 92 The Wildcats had four of the top 20 golfers. Senior 10. Ana Kielley, Mad. Memorial 92 Nicole Thomas finished 12th (94), junior Celia Donny placed 16th (98) and junior Caitlyn Ott tied Madison West’s Margo Bush and Janesville Parker’s Ashlyn Burdick for 18th (99). Rebholz said he likes the consistency Thomas has displayed this season. “She continues to stay positive and focused throughout her rounds,” he said. “Her maturity out on the course is evidenced by how she stays away from big numbers on holes.” The overall scores were higher at the conference tournament than dual meets have been this season, Rebholz said, attributing that to “pressure,” plus a difficult front nine on the course. “I’m proud of how our four scoring golfers were a total 21 strokes better on the back nine today,” he said. “That shows that they battled to stay in their Senior Nicole Thomas looks to sink a putt on No. 6 at the rounds.” Evansville Golf Club on Monday. Ott finished 17th.
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August History
40 years ago • T h e M o u n t Ve r n o n
30 years ago • Verona rower and 1986 U W- M a d i s o n g r a d u a t e Mark Berkner competed at the Olympic Trials in Camden, N.J., and Allan Erickson, son of Verona’s John Erickson, competed at the Olympic Trials in sculling in Cincinnati. Erickson finished fifth after returning home briefly to see his first child born, then hustling back to Cincinnati. Berkner did not make the Olympic team, either, but participated four years later as an alternate. • The Backus commercial proposal along East Verona Avenue won the Common Council’s approval in a modified form from before. No longer did it include a residential component and an extension of Harriet Street, only a post office and bank and 33 acres reserved for a single commercial user, which after a long battle eventually wound up being split up into several parcels and served by Enterprise Drive and Horizon Drive. • Stoner Prairie Elementary School opened for the first time, providing space for up to 600 school children. Its final cost was estimated at $2.8 million. • The Madison Metropolitan School District board denied a request to detach 49 acres in Seminole Hills Estates in Fitchburg to keep the development all in the Verona Area School District. District officials told the board the area was needed to help keep the socioeconomic makeup of the district diverse and that while it was farther from Madison elementary schools than Stoner Prairie, it was closer to the nearest MMSD middle and high school than Verona’s. • The Town Board tied 2-2 in a vote of whether to allow John Rowley to open a 1.3acre used-car lot on his land
on Riverside Road, sending the issue to Dane County. Numerous town residents pleaded with the board to deny the request, which the Plan Commission also recommended denying. • A statue honoring Vietnam veterans stopped at the Verona Motel as part of a tour of the state on its way to Neilsville. About 100 people came to look at the statue, which showed a badly injured soldier being helped by comrades.
20 years ago • Verona schools superintendent Bob Gilpatrick stayed with the district after advancing to the final two applicants for the St. Paul (Minn.) post. The St. Paul district decided to reopen its search, which had cost $80,000, because neither of the two candidates, narrowed from a field of 100, was “the right leader for the growing and increasingly diverse district.” • The city applied for a 63 percent increase in water rates, to be applied in two steps. The average customer’s bill was expected to rise from $29.10 to $47.41 quarterly. • Woodward Communications acquired Schroeder Publications, parent company of the Verona Press, and renamed the division Unified Newspaper Group. • Madison Business College made its move to Verona, at the old Birchwood Court assisted-living facility, official, after the city donated $1.9 million of property and $500,000 of personal property for the deal. But everything came apart after a scandals and a series of resignations rocked the school. • Ve r o n a A r e a H i g h School history teacher Jay Burroughs got himself a butch haircut to settle a deal he made with his students.
10 years ago • Blain’s Farm and Fleet opened Verona’s first big box store – at 114,525 square feet. It got more than 20,000 visitors over its first four days. The store was the first of the new, modern-looking design, which is now standard at all of its new and remodeled stores, and the company’s first new store since 2000. • Jordan Schmaltz became what is believed to be the youngest person to give a verbal commitment to the Badgers hockey team at age 14. Schmaltz, an incoming freshman at Verona Area High School, had been playing in the Chicago Mission League the previous three seasons. • A proposal to put a department store on the corner of County Hwys. PB and M along with a business park – in a much smaller scale than its previous 100-acre,
two-big box package – got a clear signal from the city’s Plan Commission that such a proposal might work in the future but not soon. The Common Council, highly attuned to the legal complexities of the issue and believing landowner David Reinke would be litigious, was mostly silent on the issue. • Mary Moroder became interim director of New Century School, splitting time with her assistant principal role at Country View Elementary, to fill a late opening with the exit of Tim Bubon. • Pam Hammen took over as principal of Verona Area High School, and Chris Olson took over as principal as Stoner Prairie Elementary School. • The school district banned “heelies” – a popular new type of shoe that had small wheels in the heels – from elementary schools. • A gas grill explosion was blamed for a fire on Dunhill Drive. That fire and the slow response to it at 6:30 p.m. on a Friday, was used two months later in a presentation for the Verona Joint Fire Commission’s annual meeting as an example of why the fire department needed additional non-volunteer coverage. • Indigo Coffee and Tea changed its name to Tuvalu Coffeehouse and Gallery after running into a trademark issue. The previous name reflected its fair-trade focus; the new name referred to a Pacific island. • With the help of a cooperative parent, police arrested 20 teens at an underage drinking party. • Verona’s Jon Seliger drowned in a lake in the northwoods after falling from a boat. He was 46. – Jim Ferolie
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He had told them he’d get rid of his excess hair if 80 percent of them scored a 3 or better on the AP test. • T h e Ve r o n a P o l i c e Department became the sixth department in Wisconsin to be nationally accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies. • Veteran officer Steve Zimmer became the new school liaison officer after spending the past seven years as the DARE officer at Verona schools. • Explorer post chief Ginger Anderson was named the national youth representative at the Law Enforcement Explorers convention in Maryland. She earned the right to represent Explorers around the world for the next two years. • Open enrollment began at VASD with 43 students entering and 12 leaving.
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Mark Berkner, left, is teamed up with Dan Gehn, right, in hopes of making the Olympics. the Pan Am games and a bronze at the Mark is confident about the upcoming Lucerne International. The three are competition. training to compete for a slot on the “If we can go under seven minutes in United States Olympic team. the 2,000 meters, we have a good shot,” The three-day Olympic trials for two- he said. “We’re there now in splits.” man teams with and without coxwain Looking ahead, he is concentrating his begin Aug. 12 in Camden, N.J. Mark efforts on the upcoming trials, where he estimated they spend four to five hours a and his teammates will compete using a day training. top-quality shell that was rowed by the They are in a phase of training now Czech Olympic team in 1984. with an emphasis on high-intensity South Korea is not a reality for him speed work, spending a good portion of yet. it’s still just a “good shot,” but their training time analyzing their per- wouldn’t it be terrific if the folks back in formance and working toward squeezing Verona could turn on the 1988 Summer out those extra hundredths of a second Games and see that big, red-haired felwhich can mean the difference between low win a medal? victory and defeat.
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• Library Board chairman Richard Sorenson urged the village to construct a library, noting that the current “less than tolerable” quarters were set up in part of the Schuetz building on the 100 block of South Main Street and that the librarian was processing books at her home. He estimated a new building would cost $25,000. • The Village of Verona decided to join a county health department rather than share the cost of the City of Madison’s health department after the city attempted to distribute some of its costs to neighboring communities. Verona’s contribution to this department was estimated to be just over $4,000. • After three years of deliberations, the town and village decided to kill the new extraterritorial zoning plan, with the old one set to expire in the town. Controversial measures included a buffer zone along Cross Country Road to make room for a proposed “super-highway” (now the bypass, on the south side of the city) and a conservancy zone around Badger Mill Creek. • The Town of Verona established separate sanitary sewerage districts with the Town of Fitchburg in the Hillside Heights and Wendellwood area. It had been decided to go with a joint district a month earlier and begin operation in the fall of 1969, but because of growth concerns and because they no longer needed to collaborate to build a pumping station, the plan was changed. • More than 400 people took part in swimming lessons at the Verona swimming pool.
Telephone Company completed its $1.2 million switchover to electric switches, which, among other things, allowed the use of features such as call waiting, three-way calling and speed dialing. It also provided direct-dialing of collect calls and other types of calls that previously required operator handling. It replaced old equipment that was installed in 1959. • The cable TV issue came to a head when Ald. George Little was flown from Appleton to Madison in a private plane by Robert J. Burrull, the newly hired consultant for the Mount Vernon Telephone Co., in order to make it back in time for a key vote. The vote ended up being 5-3 for Mount Vernon over Complete Channel, and M a y o r R i c h a r d B r ow n vetoed it, anyway. The initial opinion of District Attorney James Doyle – who would later become governor – was there would be no charges. • Ed Moffett began working as Verona’s police chief, moving here from Platteville. Moffett, a former sergeant who held an associate’s degree in marketing, earned a salary of $15,000 annually. Former police chief Herm Daniels got a plaque in recognition of his service and a service revolver. He continued to work with the department. • The city contacted the state Department of Transportation for information on how to lower the speed limits on West Verona Avenue. At the time, they were as high as 55 mph westbound at Nine Mound Road and 45 past the Cozee Inn, though significantly slower going the other way. • The city created a Parks Commission, a semiautonomous group that replaced its old park board.
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ICE: Long-term impact of immigration officials’ actions is ‘profoundly upsetting,’ Gorrell says Continued from page 1 concerns about the safety of conducting operations without the department’s knowledge. ICE conducted its operations around Wisconsin beginning Friday, when at least six people were detained in the City of Madison, city officials reported. Voces reported people were also detained in Milwaukee, Arcadia and Green Bay.
VASD superintendent Dean Gorrell wrote in his email to parents that “children are safe in our schools,” and he added that ICE agents will not be allowed on school grounds without a valid court order or subpoena for a particular person. “Regardless of one’s legal, political or philosophical position on these actions, the short- and long-term impact on children is real and profoundly upsetting,”
Gorrell wrote. “The mission of VASD is that ‘Every Child Must Be Successful.’ For us, ‘Every’ means ‘Every’ regardless of the residency status of family members.” Gorrell wrote that the district does not require the collection of citizen status, and offered student services staff to talk with or meet on- or off-site with families. Coughlin said the department’s position on working with ICE has
‘Children are safe in our schools.’ – Dean Gorrell, Verona Area School District superintendent not changed since he signed a letter from the Dane County Chiefs of Police Association in February 2017 advising that “Law enforcement officers in Dane County do
not detain or arrest people solely for suspected violations of immigration laws.” The letter pointed out that fear of deportation has a “chilling effect” on community policing and police want to encourage people to report crimes regardless of their immigration status. Contact Scott Girard at ungreporter@wcinet.com and follow him on Twitter @sgirard9.
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nue, 507 West Verona Avenue, 513 West Verona Avenue, 100 Legion Street, and 501-522 Topp Avenue. Motion by Gaskell, seconded by Kemp, to approve Resolution No. R-18-045 approving a General Development Plan (GDP) for a mixed use project located at 501 West Verona Avenue, 503 West Verona Avenue, 507 West Verona Avenue, 513 West Verona Avenue, 100 Legion Street, and 501-522 Topp Avenue, with the following condition: 1. The Applicant shall provide one (1) underground parking space per unit. Motion carried 6 -1, with Alder Reekie voting no. (2) Discussion Re: Planned Unit Development (PUD) concept plan review of a proposed development, known as Whispering Coves, located within the City’s North Neighborhood that is generally located southwest of the intersection of CTH M and CTH PD. Discussion followed regarding the use and maintenance of cul-de-sac green space; proposed types and functions of senior housing areas; potential increase in longterm maintenance and infrastructure costs due to winding street layout; and whether or not the natural conservancy should be considered parkland. The Common Council took no formal action on this item, as this is the conceptual review of the project. C. Public Works/Sewer & Water Committee (1) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Resolution R-18-046 amending Stormwater Utility billing rate. Motion by Touchett, seconded by Gaskell, to approve Resolution R-18-046 amending Stormwater Utility billing rate. The current storm water utility rate was adopted in 2011, and has not increased since. The current rate is $53 per year, per equivalent residential unit. The increased rate would be $66 per year, per equivalent residential unit. Motion carried 7-0. Mr. Touchett requested unanimous consent of the Common Council to convene in closed session for Items 10.C.(2), 10.C.(3), and 10.C.(4) together. There were no objections. (2) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Offer to purchase for lands necessary on Parcel 1 for Transportation Project Plat 100-00-53100-230-173 under Project ID 2016-123, CTH PD. The Common Council may convene in a closed session, as authorized by Wisconsin Statute 19.85(1)(e), for the purpose of deliberating or negotiating the purchase of public properties, the investing of public funds or conducting other specified public business, whenever competitive or bargaining reasons
deem a closed session necessary. The Common Council may reconvene in an open session to discuss and take action on the subject matter discussed in the closed session. (3) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Offer to purchase for lands necessary on Parcel 5 for Transportation Project Plat 100-00-53100-230-173 under Project ID 2016-123, CTH PD. The Common Council may convene in a closed session, as authorized by Wisconsin Statute 19.85(1)(e), for the purpose of deliberating or negotiating the purchase of public properties, the investing of public funds or conducting other specified public business, whenever competitive or bargaining reasons deem a closed session necessary. The Common Council may reconvene in an open session to discuss and take action on the subject matter discussed in the closed session. (4) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Offer to purchase for lands necessary on Parcel 6 for Transportation Project Plat 100-00-53100-230-173 under Project ID 2016-123, CTH PD. The Common Council may convene in a closed session, as authorized by Wisconsin Statute 19.85(1)(e), for the purpose of deliberating or negotiating the purchase of public properties, the investing of public funds or conducting other specified public business, whenever competitive or bargaining reasons deem a closed session necessary. The Common Council may reconvene in an open session to discuss and take action on the subject matter discussed in the closed session. Staff would like to convene in closed session to discuss the counter-offers presented by each of the three landowners. Motion by Touchett, seconded by Kemp, to convene in a closed session, as authorized by Wisconsin Statute 19.85(1) (e), for the purpose of deliberating or negotiating the purchase of public properties, the investing of public funds or conducting other specified public business, whenever competitive or bargaining reasons deem a closed session necessary, regarding Parcels 1, 5 and 6 for Transportation Project Plat 100-00-53100-230-173 under Project ID 2016-123, CTH PD. The Common Council may reconvene in an open session to discuss and take action on the subject matter discussed in the closed session. On roll call: Alder Kemp – Aye; Alder Kohl – Aye; Alder Reekie – Aye; Alder Touchett – Aye; Alder Cronin – Aye; Alder Posey – Aye; Alder Gaskell – Aye. Motion carried 7-0. The Common Council convened
in closed session at 7:43 p.m. for Items 10.C.(2), 10.C.(3) and 10.C.(4). CLOSED SESSION Motion by Touchett, seconded by Reekie, to reconvene in open session. Motion carried 7-0. The Common Council reconvened in open session at 8:06 p.m. Under Items 10.C.(2), 10.C.(3) and 10.C.(4), motion by Touchett, seconded by Reekie, to make offers to purchase for lands necessary on Parcels 1, 5 and 6 for Transportation Project Plat 100-0053100-230-173 under Project ID 2016-123, CTH PD as discussed in closed session. Motion carried 7-0. 11. Old Business A. Discussion and Possible Action Re: Update on the Verona Area School District new high school project as it relates to the approved VASD Development Agreement The Common Council may convene in a closed session, as authorized by Wisconsin Statute 19.85(1)(e), for the purpose of deliberating or negotiating the purchase of public properties, the investing of public funds or conducting other specified public business, whenever competitive or bargaining reasons deem a closed session necessary. The Common Council may reconvene in an open session to discuss and take action on the subject matter discussed in the closed session. Mr. Mikorski explained that the City has not received any new information from the Verona Area School District (VASD) to date, therefore there is no new information to discuss. The School Board is meeting tonight. The City’s request for information from VASD was sent and acknowledged on August 28, 2018. Mayor Diaz thanked City staff for being so helpful throughout this process. The Common Council did not convene in closed session for this item. 12. New Business A. Discussion and Possible Action Re: Approval of operator licenses. Motion by Kohl, seconded by Touchett, to approve operator license applications as presented by the City Clerk. Motion carried 7-0. 13. Adjournment: Motion by Gaskell, seconded by Touchett, to adjourn at 8:13 p.m. Motion carried 7-0. Ellen Clark City Clerk Published: September 27, 2018 WNAXLP
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CITY OF VERONA MINUTES COMMON COUNCIL SEPTEMBER 10, 2018 VERONA CITY HALL 1. Mayor Diaz called the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m. 2. Pledge of Allegiance 3. Roll call: Alderpersons Cronin, Gaskell, Kemp, Kohl, Reekie and Touchett present. Alderperson Jerney was absent and excused. Also present: City Administrator Mikorski, Planning Director Sayre, DPW Jacobson, City Engineer Montpas, MSA Professional Services Representative Beth Steinhauer, incoming District 1 Alderperson Christine Posey and City Clerk Clark. 4. Public Comment: None 5. Approval of Minutes from the August 27, 2018 Common Council meeting: Motion by Reekie, seconded by Kohl, to approve the minutes of the August 27, 2018 Common Council meeting. Motion carried 6-0. 6. Mayor’s Business: A. Oath of Office for District 1 Alderperson. City Clerk Clark administered the Oath of Office for newly appointed District 1 Alderperson Christine Posey. B. Committee Appointments. Mayor Diaz appointed District 1 Alderperson Christine Posey as a member of the Finance Committee. Motion by Kohl, seconded by Kemp, to confirm Christine Posey’s appointment to the Finance Committee. Motion carried 7-0 7. Announcements: None 8. Administrator’s Report: * Sunday hours for the Verona Public Library began on September 9th. * Main Street from Locust Street to Whelan Road will be closed for approximately four weeks, beginning September 17th. The posted detour will be Old CTH PB. 9. Engineer’s Report: * CTH PD – Cross Country Road to CTH PD: There will be night and weekend closures in this area throughout the rest of this year’s construction season, as well as next year 10. Committee Reports: A. Finance Committee (1) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Payment of Bills. Motion by Kemp, seconded by Cronin, to pay the bills in the amount of $1,031,528.20. Motion carried 7-0. B. Plan Commission (1) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Resolution No. R-18-045 approving a General Development Plan (GDP) for a mixed use project located at 501 West Verona Avenue, 503 West Verona Ave-
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*** TOWN OF VERONA REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2018 6:30 P.M. 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. Discussion and Approval of Minutes from September 11th 5. Presentation from Amanda Meade, Executive Director, Sugar River Senior Center 6. Adoption of the 2018 Comprehensive Plan * Staff report * Public hearing * Discussion and Action re: Ordinance 2018-4 Adopting the Comprehensive Plan 7. Discussion and Action re: Resolution 2018-1(a) to add new member to the Town of Verona Elections Board 8. Reports and Recommendations * Plan Commission: * Public Works: i. Discussion of scope of work for
Valley Bridge repairs ii. Discussion of initial list of maintenance projects for 2019 * Financial Sustainability: i. Discussion of sheriff patrol and court costs * Ordinance Committee: i. Discussion of engine breaking * EMS Commission: * Town Chair: i. Discussion of town hall landscaping * Supervisors: * Clerk/Treasurer: * Planner/Administrator: i. Discussion and action re: posting of the Public Works Director position 9. Approval of Payment of Bills 10. Adjourn *The “public comment” section of the meeting provides the opportunity for comment from persons in attendance on items not listed below over which this governing body has jurisdiction. Comments on matters not listed on this agenda could be placed on a future meeting agenda. If you would like to address the Board about one of the agenda items, please contact Amanda Arnold at aarnold@town.verona.wi.us or 608-845-7187 so the Chair can be made aware. 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 28, 2018 Published: September 27, 2018 WNAXLP
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STATE OF WISCONSIN, CIRCUIT COURT, DANE COUNTY, NOTICE TO CREDITORS (INFORMAL ADMINISTRATION) IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF HELEN K. ROBERTS Case No. 2018PR696 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: 1. An application for Informal Administration was filed. 2. The decedent, with date of birth August 27, 1950 and date of death August 4, 2018, was domiciled in Dane County, State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of 3170 CTH J, Verona, WI 53593. 3. All interested persons waived notice. 4. The deadline for filing a claim against the decedent’s estate is December 21, 2018. 5. A claim may be filed at the Dane County Courthouse, 215 S. Hamilton Street, Madison, Wisconsin, Room 1005. Electronically signed by Danell Behrens Deputy Probate Registrar September 21, 2018 Atty. Marilyn A. Dreger 200 W. Verona Avenue Verona, WI 53593 (608) 845-9899 Bar Number: 1001608 Published: September 27, October 4 and 11, 2018 WNAXLP
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DAIRY CATTLE AUCTION TAH LIVESTOCK WINSLOW, IL FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2018 1:00 PM EARLY CONSIGNMENTS SO FAR: 25 FRESH PARLOR BROKE 2 YEAR OLD HOLSTEIN HEIFERS AND 1 FANCY, FANCY, FRESH CROSSBRED HEIFER. TOP KIND THAT ARE HARD TO FIND. ALL FRESH 3-6 WEEKS WITH BEAUTIFUL UDDERS. YOU WILL LIKE THEM WHEN YOU GET THEM HOME. 8 STANCHION MILKED COWS FROM HERD DISPERSAL, HALF FRESH AND HALF BRED BACK. NICE COWS IN A GOOD FLOW OF MILK. 18 FARM FRESH OPEN HEIFERS FROM ONE DAIRY. 4 JERSEYS, 2 JERSEY CROSS, BALANCE HOLSTEINS. WEIGH 600800#s. GREEN AND GOOD. ALSO PENDING IS A STANCHION MILKED HERD OF COWS AND YOUNG STOCK FROM GREEN COUNTY WI. CHECK OUR WEBSITE WWW. TAHLIVESTOCK.COM FOR DETAILS AND MORE CONSIGNMENTS. CALL IN YOUR EARLY CONSIGNMENTS SO WE CAN GET THEM ADVERTISED FOR YOU. HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL SALE DAY!! THANKS TO ALL OUR LOYAL CONSIGNORS AND BUYERS FOR OUR 29TH YEAR IN BUSINESS!! WE APPRECIATE YOU!!! ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING OUR SALES PLEASE CALL TERRY AT 815-291-5604 CELL OR 815-3675581 BARN AND LEAVE A MESSAGE. AUCTIONEER: HANK HOLMIL LICENSE #441.00236# FOR SALE: Polled Herefords, bred cows, fancy heifer calves, bulls (will hold until spring), Owego Stock Farm, 608-543-3778. FOR SALE: two registered Jersey breeding age bulls, Dam, scored 94 points with over 28,000 of milk. 608732-1130 Joe Brant.
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Space: Bramson worked on NASA missions to study the solar system’s outer planets Continued from page 1 and her future work in what she hopes is a mix of education and research at a university, can help build support for NASA and space exploration. “If we didn’t have taxpayer support, then we wouldn’t have NASA and we wouldn’t be exploring space,” she said. “I just want to get people excited about NASA and wanting to support science and space and exploration.”
Starting with space After graduating from VAHS, Bramson enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, something she knew she’d do her entire childhood – so much so that it was the only college she applied to. Her work there actually began before her freshman year, though, as a Verona neighbor of hers connected her with a lab on campus doing research on environmental chemistry and the effects of nanoparticles. But she found it wasn’t for her, even if getting into research was valuable. “I didn’t love working in a lab,” she recalled. She eventually found her way to the astrophysics department, where she began doing research on galaxy structure that became her honors thesis. While that was more interesting than the previous lab, years later she discovered planetary science through a pair of summer research experiences and a conference. “I’m studying space but I’m getting to see pictures and data from other planets in our own solar system that we’re sending robots to and we could maybe get to one day,” she recalled thinking. “It felt more down-to-earth than the galaxy stuff.” That was confirmed when she spent time in 2010 at California’s SETI Institute, where she studied the lava flows on one of the moons of Jupiter — and realized how much she loved it. “This is insane,” she remembers thinking. “This is so cool. This is what I want to do for the rest of my life.”
Finding Arizona With that realization in hand, Bramson looked toward the next step: graduate school. She had found that to pursue any work in the planetary science field, she would have to get a PhD, and Arizona was “one of the iconic places to study planets,” she said. The department’s existence is one of the most attractive parts, she said, as at most schools, it’s a “small niche field” within a larger department. But at Arizona, it’s entirely its own. “We run NASA missions,” she said. “I knew I wanted to be involved in studying the surface of other planets using spacecraft … and that’s exactly what I’ve gotten to do.” She’s gotten to do enough of it that “Spacecraft” is listed under her “Skills” section on the curriculum vitae on her website. “It’s so cool,” she said. “Multiple times throughout a week or even a day, I’m like,
‘Holy s**t, I can’t believe I get to do this.’” Projects she’s worked on have included picking up a sample from an asteroid and studying ice deposits on Mars, which turned out to be a “hot topic” today and something that will be key to understanding “our ability to hopefully use the ice if we ever send humans to Mars.” “The fact that I get to be a part of that whole thing is really exciting,” she said. She hopes to pass on that excitement to others in the future. Bramson said she wants to work at a university, ideally with a mix of research and teaching to help bring others into the field. “Anyone with any skill set, if they’re dedicated to it, could be working for NASA on spacecraft,” she said. “I had a really amazing educational experience … so I would love to become a mentor to other students who are interested in space.”
Back to Verona One of the parts Bramson is most excited about for her upcoming presentation is that it’ll be given in the VACT building. She was part of the group while living here – earning a scholarship upon her graduation – and got to see the group’s new building while on vacation here shortly after it opened. It’s especially fitting Photo submitted because the lessons she Ali Bramson, left, at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 2016, where she was involved with developing a spacecraft mission learned there have been concept to study ice giant planets (Uranus and Neptune). The photo was taken during an intensive exercise that works to preunexpectedly helpful in her pare “the next generation of engineers and scientists” for NASA’s spacecraft mission design process, Bramson told the Press. science career so far, giving her skills “from being on stage and getting over stage fright and then also doing stage managing and orchestrating lots of different components and bringing them together in one big project,” she said. The same is true of the schools here, she added, even Fusch Community Center beyond her science classes. “Presenting and writ2090 Ridgeview Drive Deer Valley Lodge ing about research is really Reedsburg, WI 401 Industrial Drive important and I didn’t neces Friday, October 5, 2018 sarily appreciate that growBarneveld, WI ing up, but I’m really grateful 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.; 1 – 3 p.m. Tuesday, October 9, 2018 that I got writing and presentation skills in Verona,” she Hilton Garden Inn 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.; 1 – 3 p.m. said. 1801 Deming Way, Middleton, WI Cedarberry Inn She specifically pointed to UW Health at Monday, October 8, 2018 teachers Hope Mikkelson in 855 Phillips Ave., Sauk City, WI The American Center high school, Rick Kisting in 8 – 10 a.m.; 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.; Wednesday, October 10, 2018 middle school and Kristen 4602 Eastpark Blvd., Madison, WI 2 – 4 p.m. Nelson and Jenny Clement in 9 – 11 a.m.; 1 – 3 p.m. Wednesday, October 3, 2018 elementary school as people Friday, October 12, 2018 Best Western she credits with sparking her 9 – 11 a.m.; 1 – 3 p.m. 8 – 10 a.m.; 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.; interest in science, though 2701 County Rd CX, Portage, WI Monday, October 8, 2018 2 – 4 p.m. there are many others who Thursday, October 11, 2018 helped her along the way, she 9 – 11 a.m.; 1 – 3 p.m. Richland Center Community / added. 9 – 11 a.m.; 1 – 3 p.m. Friday, October 12, 2018 “I have several teachers Senior Center There’s no obligation. that I remember especially 9 – 11 a.m.; 1 – 3 p.m. 1050 Orange St. fondly,” she said. “I just got A representative will be at Meriter Business Center Richland Center, WI such a well-rounded educaeach seminar with more tion, not just in science and 2650 Novation Parkway Tuesday, October 9, 2018 math. It made me a critical information and an application, Madison, WI 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.; 1 – 3 p.m. thinker.” if interested. She’s hoping the presenta Friday, October 5, 2018 tion can show some students 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.; 1 – 3 p.m. here that anyone can get involved in space programs, Call (800) 394-5566 or TTY 711 to register today. Learn more at SeniorPreferred.org noting that NASA even needs writers and artists to help get its messages out to This information is available for free in other languages. Please call Customer Service at (800) 394-5566 (TTY / TDD users can call 711), Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. From October 1 through March 31, we are also available to the public. “Anyone can do it if they assist you on Saturdays and Sundays from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. For accommodation of persons with special needs at sales just keep going in school,” meetings, call (800) 394-5566, TTY / TDD 711. UW Health Senior Preferred (HMO), is a Medicare Advantage HMO plan with she paused, “and don’t mind a Medicare contract. Enrollment in this plan depends on contract renewal. Other pharmacies / physicians / providers are staying in school for an extra six years after they’re done available in our network. Gundersen Health Plan, Inc. complies with applicable federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex. with undergrad.”
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