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Senior Priya Shenoi (middle left), sophomore Sophie Alexander and senior Nicole Phelps (right) react to the crowd Friday during the Verona Area High School Homecoming parade. Senior Hannah Worley has her back turned.

Showing off school spirit The Verona Area High School Homecoming parade took place Friday from the school’s main entrance down Main Street to West Verona Avenue.

Several sports teams and student clubs participated in the parade and showed their spirit by dressing up in school colors and throwing candy to the crowd.

Some danced, some laughed, some screamed and some even sang during the festivities.

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Alders like downtown idea, not cost or design Inside Council approves senior housing on Main St.

JIM FEROLIE Verona Press editor

A plan to tear down and rebuild two prominent downtown structures is a great idea but still needs work, alders told the developer Monday.

The city’s Plan Commission literally had sent it back to the drawing board the week before, asking for design changes. The design concerns were significant enough commissioners were not willing to vote, even though that part of the process does not address aesthetics.

Page 5 At least two alders agreed, and some added cost concerns, saying the amount of tax-increment financing developer KSW Construction has asked for is too much for what has been presented.

The project would redevelop two single-story properties at 118 S. Main

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When Ellie Fitzwilliams found out her senior picture was deemed “inappropriate” for the Verona Area High School yearbook, she didn’t think much of it.

She just submitted a different photo.

But after discussing the situation with her friends, she tweeted a comparison to the original photo she submitted with the boys swim team wearing Speedos in the same yearbook.

That landed Fitzwilliams at the center of a national conversation on school dress codes and the sexualization of women.

Her Sept. 26 tweet has more than 34,000 retweets and 175,000 “likes,” and

she was quoted in major national media outlets on the issue, including the website of NBC’s Today show, Fox News, and even the United Kingdom-based Daily Mail.

“It’s crazy, it almost doesn’t feel real,” Fitzwilliams told the Press on M o n d a y. “ I h a v e m y relatives from all over sending me articles from where they live, or people stopping me in the store saying, ‘Oh I saw your tweet.’”

The photo was deemed inappropriate because it showed Fitzwilliams’ bralette, which violates the VAHS dress code’s prohibition on showing undergarments, both male and female. Fitzwilliams said she has already spoken with the staff member in charge of the yearbook

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The concept is classic downtown, exactly what city leaders have hoped for in the district and what the city’s downtown plan calls for. But alders and commissioners seem to want more for their money – an undisclosed amount of TIF that was discussed in closed session in January.

The commission had been more specific the week before, following city planning director Adam Sayre’s

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Local Ironman qualifies for worlds JIM FEROLIE Verona Press editor

With the Ironman Wisconsin coming through Verona for more than a decade, it’s not unusual to see local runners inspired to give the race a try.

But one Verona native has gone far beyond that.

With his performance in a New York Ironman event, Russell Marks has qualified for this weekend’s Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii.

He’ll be one about 2,000 athletes worldwide in the Oct. 14 race, wearing Bib

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Marks, a 1995 Verona Area High School graduate who lives in New York City, got in by finishing in 10 hours, 10 minutes, 12 seconds at the Lake Placid, N.Y., event July 23, ninth in his 40-44 age group and 61st overall.

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German visitors find friends, school spirit during exchange VAHS students will visit Germany in March SCOTT GIRARD Unified Newspaper Group

For the last two weeks, Wisconsin got a bit more German.

Tw e n t y - s i x G e r mans have been visiti n g Ve r o n a a n d s t a y ing with Verona Area H i g h S c h o o l fa m i l i e s since Oct. 1 as part of a n ex c h a n g e p r o g r a m that will send a group of VAHS students to Germ a ny n ex t s p r i n g , a s well.

It’s the fifth time for the every-other-year exchange since it began in the 2008-09 school year, and they once again were able to time their visit with VAHS Homecoming, a highlight for Selma Rudolph, who said she was impressed with the school spirit she’s seen while here.

“I met some awesome people here,” said Rudolph, who added that her experience confirmed she wants to spend a year studying in German students visited the Verona Fire Department for a tour Wednesday, Oct. 4. the United States.

The group has toured Verona’s municipal build- the Capitol building in Chicago this weekend to quickly.

“After the first day, it ings, visited Epic, toured Madison and will visit end their trip. They also h i k e d a t D ev i l ’s L a k e feels like home,” Diwisch M o n d a y, f o l l o w e d b y said.

T h e i r t e a c h e r, M a r an ice cream social with tin Schubert, lauded the VAHS German students.

The Devil’s Lake trip “experience they get here.”

“They’re so much more was Arne Diwisch’s favorite, and it didn’t hurt that m a t u r e w h e n t h e y g e t it occurred on his birth- back,” Schubert said.

That holds true whether day. Diwisch said he was “a little bit nervous” to or not they end up close travel, but got comfortable with their host family, he

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“For some it’s a real struggle,” he said. “They realize, ‘Oh, I can use the language.’”

VAHS students will visit Schubert’s class for two weeks, beginning the week before spring break and through the time off school in the spring. That will be a new cultural experience for them, just as the past

week-and-a-half has been for the Germans.

“We seem to be very s i m i l a r, b u t t h e r e a r e s o m a n y d i ff e r e n c e s ,” Schubert said.

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County M project

Raymond Road closing this week Construction puts an end to Five Points JIM FEROLIE Verona Press editor Rendering courtesy Eppstein Uhen Architects

This angle shows the Verona Aquatic Center, with the performing arts center and rest of the school building in the background.

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The preliminary design for the new Verona Area High School building shows an access street to Nine Mound Road, a sunken gymnasium and a large, multiuse common area.

School board members got to see the designs for the first time at Monday night’s school board meeting. They had an opportunity to see different angles of a rendering of the building, the layout of the entire site and a floor-by-floor plan for the educational spaces as consultants led them through each of the different looks.

The documents were the result of the schematic design phase of the construction process, which concluded a few weeks a g o , a s p l a n n e r s h av e m ove d i n t o t h e d e s i g n development stage. That will include a cost estimate based on the plans as created.

Architects from Epstein Uhen Architects and employees of Findorff, which is serving as the construction manager for the project, have a long way to go, as the initial designs have come in about 4 percent above the size projections for the building. VASD superintendent Dean Gorrell told board members that they had targeted a 600,000-squarefoot building, but the current plans have it around 625,000.

He said the district’s consultants will be coming up with a list of potential space cuts, and Matt Breunig of Findorff said the current plan was based on everything staff had asked for in the design of a new

on the site, which is full of hills and different elevations.

T h e p l a n a l s o s h ow s two roads coming into the site, one from East Verona Avenue and a second from Nine Mound Road.

The latter has not received approvals from the City of Verona yet, and it seems to be the fallback after a road further south, from Paoli Street, was deemed unworkable.

Both the second and third floors of the building show bridges across the “common space” on the first floor, which will serve as a place to eat, collaborate or work outside of the classroom.

Michaud said EUA has done its best to design each space with as much flexiRendering courtesy JSD Professional Services; Inc. bility as possible.

The latest site layout for the new Verona Area High School “We want the teachers shows a street coming into the site from Nine Mound Road, and the students to be able among other features. to use that space in any way they possibly can,” will be situated below the Michaud said. space.

“This is totally normal at rest of the building, which Contact Scott Girard at this point in time to really E UA p r o j e c t d e s i g n e r ungreporter@wcinet.com begin that prioritization,” Chris Michaud said helped and follow him on Twitter Breunig said. “It’s part of designers handle the chal@sgirard9. getting the input from the lenging grading changes staff and then working to prioritize what’s going to be cost-effective (and best for the district).”

Board members are expected to discuss those priorities at the next board meeting, Oct. 30.

The plans, therefore, are not “etched in stone,” as board member Tom Duerst asked early on in the meeting, and are likely to change before construction begins.

The design shows a field house with a floor that

Part of Raymond Road will be closed beginning this week because of the ongoing reconstruction of County Hwy. M at the intersection of County Hwy. PD. It signals the end of Five Points as we’ve known it.

According to the City of Madison’s project website, Raymond will be closed for about a month to through traffic from the Five Points intersection at PD to Oak View Drive in the City of Madison, which is just west of High Point Road. Detour routes will be posted.

The closure will allow the underground utility line installation in the area, which is anticipated to start Oct. 16. It will also create a new connection with Meriter Way, permanently ending the fifth entry to Five Points, City of Verona public works director Theran Jacobson confirmed.

All work on Raymond is scheduled to be complete

by Nov. 15, according to the website.

The County M project finishes a long-planned corridor from the City of Verona limits to Junction Road, just north of Mineral Point/County Hwy. S. The overall project is scheduled to be complete Nov. 1, 2019.

Stage 1 of the project includes grading, storm sewer and preparations of the corridors leading up to the M/PD intersection. The new intersection will feature a lane of PD that travels underneath, allowing a constant flow of traffic to Epic.

Shoulder closures will remain on M and PD

throughout Stage 1, which ends Dec. 15. Stage 2 begins with closures to Wellness Way and Meriter Way in June 2018, and Stage 3 begins in November 2018, with work on M, PD and Midtown.

The final M project will feature a divided, four-lane road with median, curb and gutter and a multi-use path. Public meetings for design of the project started in 2011 and continued into 2014.

The intersection with PD was once at the top of the list for the M reconstruction. At one point it was even promised to be in Dane County’s budget for 2009, but by the time design got going, it moved to the back of the line in a project initially scheduled to start in 2014 and end in 2015.

Its design has changed several times – at one point a roundabout was considered – as the overall project got pushed back multiple times and as Epic’s traffic has grown.

The Five Points intersection has existed for at least 150 years and has been the site of many vehicular accidents. Until about a decade ago, drivers could turn directly onto Raymond from M, and the road was often used as an alternative to the peakhour traffic jams on M. The M project is a joint operation among the state Department of Transportation, the cities of Madison and Verona and Dane County. Now that the first road closures for the M/ PD intersection work have b eg u n , t h ey w i l l h o l d monthly meetings updating people on the progress of the project beginning Nov. 2 at a location to be determined.

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Climate change is ‘a human issue’ The topic of climate change is something that everyone should be concerned with. We’ve seen the recent intense hurricanes that have destroyed much and killed many. Locally, we see that mild winters with little or no snow and increases in high intensity rain storms that flood our lands.

Climate change is real. It’s happening just as scientists have predicted. In fact it’s happening faster than many predicted. The burning of fossil fuels and the large increase in animal livestock are two factors.

Our military is also one of the biggest emitters of greenhouse gases. Even if we were to stop all emissions today, scientists predict significant warming of our planet. Left unchecked, this warming will result in rising seas, droughts and the starvation that occurs with it. There will be wars over food and clean water.

Pretty bleak stuff and overwhelming to think about.

That is why we cannot wait any longer to act. This threat to our children’s future is real. It’s selfish and crazy to keep doing what we continue to do, knowing that continuing to pour fossil fuels and methane into our atmosphere, will ultimately lead to

our extinction.

We have to pursue clean energy with all our might. We have to stop polluting a planet that is saying “enough!” We have to educate our children, treat women as equals and end discrimination based on a person’s skin color. We need to treat one another as our brothers and sisters because this will require a cooperative effort. It’s heartbreaking to see the money our country spends on the military.

The reason given is always security. Such a waste (and insane when you ponder the money spent to “modernize “ our nuclear bombs). For there is no security when you have no food or water.

This is not a Democrat or Republican issue. It is a human issue. I’ll close with a quote I read somewhere that struck me as so ironic and truthful: “Mankind is the only species bright enough to understand its impact on its habitat, yet dumb enough to destroy it anyway.” Folks, we can’t waste any more time.

Peace.

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Young people have reasons to get involved in politics

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ost kids do not want to be president when they grow up, accordDue to an editing error, last week’s page 2 story about elected offi- ing to the findings of CNN poll cials speaking on a panel at Verona Area High School misspelled Rep. conducted on the eve of the 2016 presidential election.

Sondy Pope’s name as Sandy.

Two-thousand kids between The incorrect picture was used in last week’s column. The picture the ages 6 and 12 were asked if was of Ashley Dresser, not Dustin Dresser. they wanted to run for president The Press regrets the errors. when they were older. Sixty-five percent reported that they were not interested.

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co-chair of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus, Pocan works to protect the rights of people in the LGBT community.

Before he was elected as a U.S. Representative, Pocan served in the Wisconsin State Assembly for 14 years.

After a few weeks of coordinating with his office, I finally got my chance to ask what Pocan’s thoughts were about the poll results. While I was at it, I thought we could chat about a few other related topics.

Pocan wasn’t surprised to hear that today most kids wish to steer clear of presidency, aspiring toward other career paths such as becoming athletes, veterinarians, singers, or, as one radio station recently found, YouTube stars. While Pocan recognized the drawbacks of being president, such as extreme scrutiny from the public, he still encouraged young people to pursue politics.

“Politics in general, being a part of your community, having a say in your community, and maybe still having a family, business or job,” Pocan says, “is valuable because it ties you more into the community and it allows you to have a greater say in the environment that you and your family live in.”

I appreciated this sentiment, but I still had questions. Sure, adults can participate in civil affairs at all levels, but what about high school students who are under the voting age?

Pocan explained that those who are persistent enough can make their voices heard within

their community, regardless of their ability to vote.

He invoked the current debate over DACA, or the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, to highlight how high school students can voice their opinions. The relief program, which protects some young undocumented immigrants from deportation, risks being rescinded by Congress.

Pocan urges those who stand with the continuation of DACA to be active and vocal within their communities. “You can make issues that you care about go the way you want to,” Pocan says, “because you’re willing to put the time and effort in.”

As I reflected on this statement, I realized there are probably students in Verona who have been protected from deportation under the DACA legislation.

Within our student community, it is our responsibility to resist the DACA rollbacks by showing our support for Verona’s “Dreamers.”

Pocan’s statements about the recent DACA issue emphasize student participation in politics.

To tell the truth, though, his words were not what made me realize the importance of student voices.

Rather, the action he took to call me from Washington D.C. is a small sign that even those who are too young to vote or not interested in becoming president or a Congressman have a role to play.

Maya Castronovo is a junior at Verona Area High School.

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Project still needs deal for plantings, path

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The revised FDG plan for senior apartments at 841 N. Main St. is two stories with a gabled roof, rather than the three stories in previous plans. comments at a public hearing in the Oct. 2 Plan Commission meeting or in public comment Monday before the vote.

The plan features underground parking, a new, shared access with next-door neighbor First Choice Dental and landscaping far in excess of city requirements.

Some alders Monday praised the location across from Badger Ridge Middle School, even though Ald. Evan Touchett (Dist. 4) somewhat agreed with the Plan Commission’s lone dissenter that the location is best suited for commercial.

“It takes away some potential commercial space,” Touchett said, mostly as a comment for future land-use planning.

Ald. Jack Linder (D-2) agreed with Touchett about the commercial space, but said allowing assisted living there is “the best we probably could hope for to make a smooth transition to development.”

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After 10 weeks of rehearsal, the Verona Area Community Theater will perform its first seasonal adult show, ‘Sister Act,’ next Thursday through Sunday at the Verona Area High School Performing Arts Center, 300 Richard St. The show tells a story of a nightclub singer who hides in a convent after she witnesses a murder and transforms the church’s choir into a house-rocking group.

Choreographer Alyssa Dvorak said the 52-member cast has taken much effort to bring the “hilarious” Broadway musical to the stage, overcoming challenges of “high energy music” and dancing.

“It’s a hard show and the music is incredibly difficult,” Dvorak told the Press.

“It’s a moving story about sisterhood, friendship and being a part of a family.”

The crew has rehearsed three nights a week since August, in addition to a lot of practice outside of rehearsal. Because the music has so many “crazy” harmonies and quick tempos, performers have to take extra Saturday morning practices at the VACT, as well as dance and sing with videos at home.

To make sure the dances are not “overwhelming” but

Ald. Luke Diaz (D-3) coaxed planning director Adam Sayre into opining that the property was destined to be developed into something soon no matter what, and Diaz said its low intensity was perhaps the best result.

“It’s going to be good for the city and even for the neighborhood,” he said.

Ald. Elizabeth Doyle (D-1) said being across from a school is actually ideal, just as Sugar Creek Apartments offer “intergenerational” opportunities at nearby Sugar Creek Elementary School, where her daughter attends.

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overall), because of its location partially on a hill overlooking the small neighborhood along North Edge Trail, and its size was reduced. But the response was nothing like that of the Harmony Hills neighborhood five years ago, when the uproar over an apartment developer’s proposal to build 100 market-rate apartments on 5.2 acres inspired the creation of a neighborhood association and led to a split council vote and mayoral tiebreaker.

Even the Scenic Ridge Apartments, which had been planned for years, drew public complaints for locating in an established neighborhood when the first building got approval two-and-a-half years ago.

In this case, it’s presumed to be a quieter, less traffic-intense development, including 10 memory-care units and 32 assisted living units.

Dropping it from three stories to two appeared to quiet initial concerns expressed to city staff. There were no

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Katie Cass, left, the lead actor for Sister Act, and Tom Arnol rehearse at VACT.

If you go What: VACT’s “Sister Act” Where: Verona Area High School Performing Arts Center, 300 Richard St. When: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 1921; 2 p.m. Oct. 21-22 Info: vact.org

still “challenging,” Dvorak has spent an extra five hours a week working on choreography design and rehearsal materials. So far, she thinks the “cast is doing a fantastic job” For now, she is concerned about costume changes, which have to be done within 30 seconds. The quickturn costume changes make it more stressful after the high-energy singing and

dancing.

Next Monday, the performers will finally get a real feeling about the actual stage by taking the first fulldress rehearsal at the VAHS Performing Arts Center.

Since all prior rehearsals happened at the VACT, adjusting to a new stage is another challenge for them.

The crew will focus on staging, lighting, as well as working with orchestra and flying props, which are not available in the VACT. “We’re in a tight crunch,” Dvorak said.

So far over 800 tickets have been sold, and Dvorak looks forward to more people showing up.

“If you want to have a night where you can just laugh, come to see the show,” she said.

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An 86-unit senior apartment and assisted-living facility on North Main Street passed through city approvals Monday night.

The Common Council voted unanimously to approve a rezoning, a map and a permit, and the week before, the Plan Commission sent positive recommendations for each of those and approved a site plan. All that remains is executing a developer agreement with the city on construction of a vegetative buffer and a bike/pedestrian trail in the utility easement that separates it from the existing neighborhood to the east.

The last provision is a contingency on the permit, and it’s an uncommon one.

Putting landscaping in the city right-of-way – which has mostly been as a shortcut around the block in the nearly 20 years it’s been there – allowed the developer to maximize the use of its 3.1 acres and not go to three stories.

A previous version of the plan would have put as many as 140 units in a three-story building.

Neighbors had expressed concerns about that first attempt from Forward Development Group (the second

The $940 million award to Epic Systems from a trade secrets lawsuit last year was cut by more than half by a U.S. District Court judge.

According to the Wisconsin State Journal, Judge William Conley reduced the award to $420 million, including dropping $100 million of the compensatory damages that originally made up $240 million of the total.

E p i c o r i g i n a l l y wa s awarded the $940 million in April 2016 after a judge ruled in its favor on a claim that Tata Consultancy Services — an Indian company — had downloaded more than 6,000 documents from Epic’s computer network.

The alleged downloading occurred while TCS workers were consulting with Kaiser Permanente to help it use its Epic software, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.

The State Journal reported that Epic asked the court to reduce the award to $720 million in June 2016 by decreasing punitive damages, a

request related to a state statute cap on that type of award. But Conley also reduced the compensatory damages, writing that $100 million of that award “strikes the court as both excessive and without sufficient mooring in the facts of record,” as the State Journal quoted his decision, as TCS did not develop competing software with the information.

In a statement on the company’s website, TCS indicated they will appeal the award.

“The company has received legal advice to the effect that the order and the reduced damages awarded are not supported by evidence presented during the trial and a strong appeal can be made to superior court to fully set aside the jury verdict,” the statement said. “The company did not misuse or derive any benefit from Epic’s documents and plans to defend its position vigorously before the trial judge as well as in appeal.”

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Coming up 13 at the senior center. More talks on Story Room. Some sheets and clips Guide to hearing aids asthma and cold treatments will be will be provided.

Audiologist Veronica H. Heide held at 10 a.m. Nov. 24 and Dec. 1 For information, call 845-7180. will guide people through five steps respectively.

Car seat checks of hearing help from 6:30-7:30 p.m.

For information, call 848-7471.

Thursday, Oct. 12 at the library. The The Verona Police Department will presentation includes acknowledging Star Wars Reads Day offer free child car seat checks by a a hearing problem; learning about People can wear costumes to partic- certified child passenger safety techhearing abilities; developing healthy ipate in activities from 9 a.m. to 3:30 nician from 4-7 p.m., Wednesday, hearing habits and rebuilding rela- p.m., Saturday, Oct.14, at the library, Oct. 18, at the Police Department, 111 tionships. A brief introduction to the working on crafts and taking pictures Lincoln St. library’s new hearing loop will be fol- with members from the 501st Legion– According to Madison Area Safe lowed.

Wisconsin Garrison.

Kids, 95 percent of child restraint For information, call 845-7180.

For information, call 845-7180. and car seats are installed or used incorrectly in Dane County. The risk VAHS fall musical ‘Pippin’ Experiencing America of injury and death is significantly About 40 Verona Area High School A series of history courses will be decreased by properly installing and students will bring Broadway show held from 1-2:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. using child safety seats.

“Pippin” to the stage of VAHS Per- 16 at the senior center. Dr. Richard The 30-minute checks are by forming Arts Center next Thursday Kurin, the Smithsonian’s under-secre- appointment only. To reserve, call through Sunday, Oct.12-15, at the tary for History, Art and Culture, will 890-8999 Verona Area High School Performing present a series of history videos tourVoice-Overs seminar Arts Center, 300 Richard St. ing through American history.

National voiceover talent Brian This fall musical is about a young The course repeats every Monday Thon, who has voiced over commerprince encouraged by a flashy troupe until Dec. 25. cials, films and videos for Fox and of strolling players to fight for war, For information, call 848-7471.

Amazon, will hold a voiceover class love and joys. from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Tickets cost $12 for adults, seniors Family Fort Night Oct. 18 at Verona School District $10 and students $7.

People can bring sheets and blanTo reserve a seat, call 845-4488 or kets to set up forts, enjoy some walk- Administration Building, 700 N. Main St. People can come up to the purchase one at the door. ing S’mores, and crawl in for an eve- mic and practice a mock voiceover. ning of reading together from 6:30-8 The class is open to public and costs UW Pharmacy student health p.m., Monday, Oct. 16, at the library.

UW Pharmacy student Josh Nach- During Fort Night, an optional bed- $25.

For information, call 845-4306. reiner will share information about time story will be held at 7 p.m. in the health facts at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct.

Community calendar

‌Thursday, October 12‌

• 3 p.m., Veterans Club, senior center, 845-7471‌ • 4-5:30 p.m., Anime and Manga Club, library, 845-7180‌ • 6:30-7:30 p.m., Guide to hearing aids, library, 845-7180‌ • 7:30 p.m., ‘Pippin,’ VAHS Performing Arts Center, 300 Richard St., 845-4488 ‌

• 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Prairie Kitchen free community meal, BPNN, bpnn.org‌ • 7:30 p.m., ‘Pippin,’ VAHS Performing Arts Center, 300 Richard St., 845-4488‌

• 6:30-7:30 p.m., “Staying Vital” support group, senior center, 8457471‌

‌Wednesday, October 18‌

• 10-11:30 a.m., Retirement welfare talk, senior center, 845-7471 ‌ ‌Sunday, October 15‌ • 4-7 p.m., Car Seat Checks, Vero• 2 p.m., ‘Pippin,’ VAHS Performing na Police Department, 111 Lincoln Arts Center, 300 Richard St., 845St., 890-8999 ‌ 4488‌ • 4-5:30 p.m., Minecraft, library, 845-7180 ‌ ‌Friday, October 13‌ ‌Monday, October 16‌ • 10 a.m., UW Pharmacy student • 1-2:30 p.m., Experiencing America • 5:30-7 p.m., Retirement readiness, senior center, 845-7471‌ health talk, senior center, 848-7471 ‌ course, senior center, 845-7471‌ • 6:30-8:30 p.m., Voice-Overs sem• 12:30-3 p.m., Movie: Flyboys, • 6:30-8:30 p.m., Adult coloring inar, Verona School District Adminsenior center, 845-7471 ‌ club, library, 845-7180‌ • 7:30 p.m., ‘Pippin,’ VAHS Perform- • 6:30-8:30 p.m., Family Fort Night, istration Building, 700 N. Main St., 845-4306 ‌ ing Arts Center, 300 Richard St., library, 845-7180 ‌ 845-4488‌ ‌Thursday, October 19‌ ‌Tuesday, October 17‌ • 10:30-11 a.m., Child development ‌Saturday, October 14‌ • 3:30-6:30 p.m., Verona Farmers story time, library, 845-7180‌ • 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Star Wars Market, Hometown Junction Park, • 4-5:30 p.m., Anime and Manga Reads Day, library, 845-7180‌ facebook.com/veronamarket‌ Club, library, 845-7180‌ • 10-11 a.m., Read and cook, • 3:30-4:30 p.m., Tween craft, • 6-7 p.m., Evening Caregiver Suplibrary, 845-7180‌ library, 845-7180 ‌ port Group, senior center, 845-7471‌

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Thursday, Oct. 12 7 a.m. – Gordon School Tour 8 a.m.– Zumba Gold 9 a.m. – Daily Exercise 10 a.m. – Home Safety at Senior Center 2 p.m. – Zumba Gold 3 p.m. – Daily Exercise 4 p.m. – Mitch Hencks at Senior Center 5 p.m. – The Dangits at Senior Center 6 p.m. – Salem Church Service 7 p.m. – Brain Health at Senior Center 8 p.m. – Daily Exercise 9 p.m. – Larry Bird at Senior Center 10 p.m. – Gordon School at the Historical Society Friday, Oct. 13 7 a.m. – Mitch Hencks at Senior Center 1 p.m. – Larry Bird at Senior Center 3 p.m. – Verona ‘91-’92 Boys Basketball 4 p.m. – The Dangits at Senior Center 5 p.m. – 2015 Wildcats Football 8:30 p.m. – Mitch Hencks at Senior Center 10 p.m. – Gordon School Tour 11 p.m. – Home Safety at Senior Center Saturday, Oct. 14 8 a.m. – Common Council from 10-09-17

11 a.m. – Verona ‘91-’92 Boys Basketball 1 p.m. – 2015 Wildcats Football 4:30 p.m. – Gordon School at the Historical Society 6 p.m. – Common Council from 10-09-17 9 p.m. – Verona ‘91-’92 Boys Basketball 10 p.m. – Gordon School at the Historical Society 11 p.m. – Home Safety at Senior Center Sunday, Oct. 15 7 a.m. – Hindu Cultural Hour 9 a.m. – Resurrection Church 10 a.m. – Salem Church Service Noon – Common Council from 10-09-17 3 p.m. – Verona ‘91-’92 Boys Basketball 4:30 p.m. – Gordon School at the Historical Society 6 p.m. – Common Council from 10-09-17 9 p.m. – Verona ‘91-’92 Boys Basketball 10 p.m. – Gordon School at the Historical Society 11 p.m. – Home Safety at Senior Center Monday, Oct. 16 7 a.m. – Mitch Hencks at Senior Center 1 p.m. – Sound Factory at Senior Center 3 p.m. – Verona ‘91-’92 Boys Basketball

4 p.m. – The Dangits at Senior Center 5 p.m. – 2015 Wildcats Football 9 p.m. – Hindu Cultural Hour 10 p.m. – Gordon School Tour 11 p.m. – Home Safety at Senior Center Tuesday, Oct. 17 7 a.m. – Gordon School Tour 10 a.m.– Zumba Gold 9 a.m. – Daily Exercise 10 a.m. – Home Safety at Senior Center 2 p.m.– Zumba Gold 3 p.m. – Daily Exercise 4 p.m. – Mitch Hencks at Senior Center 5 p.m. –The Dangits at Senior Center 6 p.m. – Resurrection Church 8 p.m. – Brain Health at Senior Center 9 p.m. – Larry Bird at Senior Center 10 p.m. – Gordon School at the Historical Society Wednesday, Oct. 18 7 a.m. – Mitch Hencks at Senior Center 1 p.m. – Larry Bird at Senior Center 3 p.m. – Verona ‘91-’92 Boys Basketball 5 p.m. – Common Council from 10-09-17 7 p.m. – Capital City Band 8 p.m. – Mitch Hencks at

Senior Center 10 p.m. – Gordon School Tour 11 p.m. – Home Safety at Senior Center Thursday, Oct. 19 7 a.m. – Gordon School Tour 8 a.m.– Zumba Gold 9 a.m. – Daily Exercise 10 a.m. – Home Safety at Senior Center 3 p.m. – Daily Exercise 4 p.m. – Mitch Hencks at Senior Center 5 p.m. – The Dangits at Senior Center 6 p.m. – Salem Church Service 7 p.m. – Brain Health at Senior Center 8 p.m. – Daily Exercise 9 p.m. – Larry Bird at Senior Center 10 p.m. – Gordon School 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.

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

Fitchburg Memorial UCC 5705 Lacy Rd., Fitchburg (608) 273-1008 memorialucc.org Interim Pastor Laura Crow Sunday: 8:15 and 10 a.m.

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

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

Good Shephard Lutheran Church ELCA (608) 271-6633 Madison: Raymond Road & Whitney Way, Madison Sunday: 8:30 & 10 a.m..

Verona: Corner of Hwy. PD & Nine Mound Road, Verona Sunday: 9 & 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Salem United Church of Christ 502 Mark Dr., Verona (608) 845-7315 salemchurchverona.org Rev. Dr. Mark E. Yurs, Pastor Laura Kolden, Associate in Ministry Sunday Worship: 9 a.m.

Fellowship Hour: 10:15 a.m.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Redeemer Bible Fellowship 130 N. Franklin St., Verona (608) 848-1836 redeemerbiblefellowship.org Pastor Dwight R. Wise Sunday: 10 a.m. family worship Resurrection Lutheran Church – WELS 6705 Wesner Rd., Verona (608) 848-4965 rlcverona.org Pastor Nathan Strutz and Assistant Pastor Benjamin Phelps 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. William Vernon, pastor Saturday: 5 p.m., St. Andrew, Verona Sunday: 7:30 a.m., St. William,

West Madison Bible Church 2920 Hwy. M, Verona (608) 845-9518 www.wmbiblechurch.org Pastor Dan Kukasky Jr. Sunday Worship: 9:15 a.m.

Sunday School: 10:45 a.m.

Zwingli United Church of Christ Hwy. 92 & G, Mount Vernon (608) 832-6677 Pastor Brad Brookins Sunday: 10:15 a.m.

Zwingli United Church of Christ Hwy. 69 & PB, Paoli (608) 845-5641 Rev. Sara Thiessen Sunday: 9:30 a.m. family worship

A Deep Yearning “If you would be loved, love,and be loveable.”

—Benjamin Franklin We all desire to love and to be loved, and we all know the pain of loneliness and lost love. The desire to understand others and to be understood is at bottom an attempt to feel connected.We are simply not whole by ourselves and require the connection with others that comes most completely through love to regain our sense of wholeness.

This is perhaps the most pressing problem of the modern world— loneliness, alienation and disconnectedness.Much of what is said about the value of the individual and his or her right to live as he or she sees fit contributes to people “doing their own thing” at the expense of building relationships with others that might give them this connectedness and satisfy this deep yearning. Of course, there are many ways to relate to others.We can do it through friends and family.We can do it through our jobs and our hobbies.

And we can even do it through modern technology, e.g.,social media. But ultimately, it all comes down to being kind and loving to the people we interact with.

So nurture the yearning to love and be loved, first and foremost by making yourself worthy of love.

– 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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Verona Area Historical Society

What’s up with the Matts house?

When it comes to the historic Matts house being renovated, there’s no better expert than Troy Rost, the man doing the work.

He’ll be at the Verona Senior Center at 10 a.m.

Saturday to talk about how things have gone and what it will look like when finished.

Verona Area Historical Society president Jesse Charles pointed out it was “just two years ago when the fate of this our city’s oldest home hung in the balance,” with most signs pointed toward a “fate shared by three other prominent houses that once stood on the other corners of that main intersection” – demolition.

Charles said the house “enjoyed a prominent stature” for many years downtown.

“Our local histories state that “people came from miles around” to see this impressive double-brick structure when it debuted around 1848,” he wrote in an email to the Press. “This was a time only eight years after the first white settlement in Verona (a simple hole dug into the side of a mound) – and for all the log and wood houses that were built by this time not one brick home had been constructed.”

That history and the present and near future will be the subject of Saturday’s main discussion. It will begin with background, and Rost will

If You Go What: Verona Area Historical Society meeting When: 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 14 Where: Verona Senior Center, 108 Paoli St. Info: saveveronahistory@ gmail.com

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veronahistory.com Marty Witt, who attended there in the 1930s. She told how the “Mothers Club” was such an integral part of the school and said she still has a book of the club’s records. Carla Marty Post said she was the only one in her class for all eight Photo submitted years she attended.

Gordon School alumni gathered last month for a tour of the school, which has since been renovated into a home. From left K a t h y Wi t t r e m e m to right are: Karla (Dettman) Simons, JoAnn (Bigler) Gehin, Shirley (Zwiefel) Peterson, Tammy (Bigler) Bois, Betty (Bigler) bered two tornado bunkers Harrison, Carla (Marty) Poast, Carey Dettman Joanne (Marty) Kendall, Virginia (Marty) Witt, Kathy Witt, Bill Bigler Jr, Sally built into the new school’s (Bigler) Hoffman, John Marty, Ron Marty, Dale Bigler and Dennis Dreger. basement that served as a “spook house” during Halthen present a look at what into a sustainable business – watched Charles present slated for razing soon when loween, and was delighted to see they still existed he and his team have been which Troy is no stranger to,” “Goodbye Gordon School,” County M is widened.

The first school, built in when the group later toured doing since taking ownership Charles said. showing photographs and Rost guided the restoration teacher information from 1859, featured a “bubbler” the site. from the city last year. He’ll that was gravity-fed from also share some surprises of the Stamm House in Mid- society archives.

Email Unified Newspaper found beneath the many lay- dleton, and it’s now a promiIt was a bit of a bitter- a barrel of water. It was Group reporter Scott De ers of drywall, veneer and nent downtown restaurant. s w e e t p r e s e n t a t i o n f o r destroyed by a tornado in Laruelle at scott.delaruelold layers of paint. alumni of the school, locat- 1928. ed north of Verona at the L a t e r, a l u m n i t a l k e d le@wcinet.com.

“We will hear insight on Gordon glory days the unique challenges of fixAt last month’s VAHS intersection of County M about their days at the ing up a historic structure meeting, around 50 people and Midtown Road, as it’s school, including Virginia

VERONA ‌POLICE REPORTS‌ Reports are taken from the ‌Aug. 14‌ missing from where he had log book at the Verona Police 5:44 ‌p.m. A property owner parked it before going into Department.‌ on the 900 block of Hemlock Cahoot’s. The truck was Drive reported that one of the found south of Church Ave‌Aug. 10‌ tenants damaged the building nue, and the man suspects 9:03 ‌p .m. A 16-year-old when she had an extermina- one of his co-workers may boy was cited for possession tor come in and install foam ‌have moved it as a prank. ‌ of marijuana and parapherna- insulation along the outside lia and a traffic violation after of her residence. The proper‌‌ ‌Aug. 18 police stopped him for driv- ty owner stated that the foam 12:08 ‌p.m. A woman reing without headlights on. ‌ would prompt the wood of the ported seeing two children building to rot and form mold, hit a dog with their shoes ‌Aug. 11‌ and that his insurance would on the 400 block of Lucerne 5:41 ‌p .m. A 36-year-old not cover the cost of removing Drive. She was concerned for Verona woman reported that ‌‌the foam. ‌ the welfare of the dog. Conher children had been kidtact was made with one of napped by their grandmother ‌‌ ‌Aug. 16 the children, and was asked after her orders as to where 3:03 ‌a .m. A 41-year-old to have a parent call police the children could be taken Windsor woman received her ‌when they returned home.‌ were violated. The grand- first OWI offense after she was 7:42 ‌p .m. A 34-year-old mother only had permission observed parking several feet Madison man was cited for to take the children to dinner, off of the curb on 600 block of possession of marijuana and was not authorized to take Thornton Terrace. The woman and bail jumping after pothem to Ho-Chunk Gaming in refused a breathalyzer test and lice stopped him on the 200 Baraboo. One of the children was arrested after failing the block of East Verona Avenue confirmed to police that they ‌standard field sobriety test.‌ for having suspended regishad been at Ho-Chunk with 3:06 ‌a.m. Police arrested tration. Marijuana could be ‌‌their grandmother.‌ a juvenile boy for theft, bail smelled coming from the car, jumping and possession of and a search found the drug A ‌ ug. 13 marijuana after he and anoth- and a pipe. He was booked 3:19 ‌p .m. A woman was er boy were seen fleeing the into the Dane County Sherarrested for violating her pa- 200 block of Industrial Drive, iff’s Office for a probation role agreement that stated she where he had been going ‌‌hold. ‌ could not drive under any cir- through vehicles in a parkcumstances after ran out of gas ing lot. The boy confessed ‌‌ to ‌Aug. 19 at the intersection of Hwys 18 stealing from the cars, and 10:27 ‌a.m. Police told four and M. Police initially respond- a police search found stolen girls who were standing in ed to a disabled vehicle that ran money, iPods, cell phones the middle of the intersection out of gas and left after seeing and sunglasses. The boy’s at West Verona Avenue and another citizen helping the car was also found to contain Main Street holding signs woman fill her gas tank. Police marijuana. He was taken to for the Verona Area High later discovered that she was ‌the Dane County Jail.‌ School softball team’s brat violating her parole after checksale to stand on the sidewalk ing her name with the Departinstead. Later in the day, po‌‌ ‌Aug. 17 ‌‌ment of Corrections.‌ 1:20 ‌a .m. A 26-year-old lice observed Verona High Verona man called police School volleyball players also ‌ after he discovered that his standing in the intersection company truck had gone ‌with car wash signs. ‌

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Fun Run rally Sugar Creek Elementary School students spent the afternoon of Friday, Oct. 6, getting excited for the Homecoming parade and their own school’s Fun Run, held Saturday, Oct. 7. The pep rally included select students cracking eggs over the heads of staff members (who were wearing helmets).

Despite the rain on Saturday, about 175 families participated in the run/walk, with the school raising more than $16,500, which will go toward paying for field trips and classroom grants.

Photos by Scott Girard

Wyatt Matusewic tries to crack an egg over principal Todd Brunner’s head, but it was one of the hard boiled eggs.

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ConnectVerona.com Teacher Laura Marquardt, dressed in orange and black from head to toe, leads the pep rally program.

From left, Ben Dolejs, Jaclyn Kinney, Olivia Lander and Sullivan Ruder get excited for the pep rally to begin.

Country View celebrates fall

Country View Elementary School celebrated fall last week with its annual Fall Fest, allowing kids the afternoon to play games outside and dance inside. The Oct.

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Ben Yoss, right, falls out of his sack trying to catch up to Ella McGinnis in a race.

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Second-graders Preston Reed, left, and Vincent Thao, center, watch as their bottles flip in the air, hopeful they will land standing up.

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Members of the Verona Area High School cross country team watch the crowd Friday during the Homecoming parade.

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Members of the Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) club sing Rock ‘N’ Roll High School by the Ramones Friday during the Verona Area High School Homecoming parade.

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Congratualtions Verona Wildcats Girls Golf Senior Lauren Shorter was the individual medalist Oct. 4 at the WIAA Division 1 Verona sectional at Edelweiss Country Club. Shorter finished with a 75. Turn to page 11 to see how she fared in round 2.

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Verona shoots a season-low 339 at state as Ott, Gaillard shoot career-best scores ANTHONY IOZZO Assistant sports editor

Name: Meredith Conley Grade: Sophomore Sport: Tennis Highlights: Conley won two matches at sectionals on Thursday to qualify for her second straight WIAA Division 1 individual state tennis tournament. It was her first time qualifying outright.

She earned a special qualifier last year Honorable mentions: Lauren Shorter (girls golf) shot a 75 to help the Wildcats finish tied for first and advance to state Wednesday at the D1 Verona sectional Jake Coshun (football) recovered a fumble that led to a field goal Friday in a loss to Sun Prairie Megan Touchett (volleyball) had nine kills to help Verona sweep Janesville Craig Thursday, which clinched a share of the Big Eight Conference regular season title Ethan Poppen (boys soccer) anchored a defense that allowed one goal in a loss to first-place Madison East on Oct. 3 and that shut out Sauk Prairie 1-0 Thursday Peter Barger (boys xc) won the Sun Prairie Invitational in 16 minutes, 49 seconds and led the Wildcats to a first-place finish as a team.

Julia Pletta (girls xc) won the Sun Prairie Invitational on Thursday in 20:12. Her performance helped lead the Wildcats to the invitational title Grace Bennin (girls swimming) won the 100 breaststroke and finished runner-up in the 200 IM at the Highlander Invitational in Mequon.

Coach Jon Rebholz talked with the Verona Area High School girls golf team during the practice round at University Ridge Golf Course.

He asked the girls what their team goals were and after a pause, Rebholz told the girls they could finish in the top eight, beat Middleton and shoot under 340 for a round.

And all three of those goals came true Tuesday during round 2 at state as the Wildcats finished sixth overall after shooting a 339 in round 2.

Verona had a 664 overall with a 355 in round 1 and finished six strokes ahead of Middleton.

“It is pretty cool,” Rebholz said. “Best round of the year on the last day of the year on the toughest course of the year. When we got on the first tee today, it was not warm. ...

These kids looked like they were cold, but they stepped up and they had at it.”

Senior Alexis Gaillard and sophomore Caitlyn Ott both shot career-best rounds. Gaillard reached 87, and Ott followed with an 89.

Gaillard shot a 99 in round 1 and said she wanted to bounce back from one of her highest scores of the year Tuesday.

“I am so excited because yesterday was the first day of state and I was really nervous,” Gaillard said. “I am really happy I went out in my senior year with my best score ever.”

Ott hadn’t broken 90 on varsity, and she shot a 10 on her first hole at state. Rebholz said she looked shellshocked after that hole, but Ott didn’t stay that way for long.

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Senior Claire Swain tees off on the seventh hole Monday at state. Swain shot a 99 in the first round.

Sophomore Caitlyn Ott marks her ball on the sixth green Monday Photos by Anthony Iozzo at state. Ott finished with a 104 Senior Courtney Shorter sinks a birdie putt on the seventh hole during round 1.

Monday in the WIAA Division 1 state meet at University Ridge Golf On Tuesday, she only had Course. two holes worse than a bogey and no 10s and bested her Mon- are leaving, but I am going to have to fill a bigger role next day score by 17 strokes.

“It is really to do my best, year and hopefully I can do it.”

For photos from conference, especially since the seniors our Besides the season-best sectionals and state leaving next year,” said Ott, scores, seniors Lauren Shorter ungphotos.smugmug.com who had a 195 overall at state. and Courtney Shorter continued “It is cool to show everyone to excel at state. that I can do it. I am sad they Turn to State/Page 14

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Conley qualifies for second state tourney Meredith Conley played her way to a second-place finish Thursday at the WIAA Division 1 Waunakee sectional meet. But more importantly she automatically qualified for the individual state tournament Oct. 12-14 back inside UW-Madison’s Nielsen Tennis Stadium.

Conley (22-6) beat Onalaska sophomore Faith Leithold (24-8) by a score of 6-3, 6-0 in the opening round to automatically qualify for state. It was one of the sophomore’s goals this season after losing in subsectionals last year and having to earn a special qualifier in order to make state.

“I wanted to outright qualify, rather than get a special qualifier,” she said. “I knew going into subsectionals, I

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What’s next Verona sophomore Meredith Conley plays Latsami Sysouvanh of Sun Prairie at 10:30 a.m. Thursday. The WIAA Division 1 individual state tennis runs from Thursday through Saturday’s championship matches. would get a qualifier no matter what just based on my record.

This was just kind of a fun goal for me. I knew if I played my best, I could achieve what I wanted this season.”

Photo by Jeremy Jones From there Conley went on Sophomore Meredith Conley hits a winner down the line in her secto shut out Leah Hollander ond-round match Thursday at the WIAA Division 1 Wauankee secof Portage (12-9) to set up a tional meet. Conley automatically qualified for her second state meet with a win over Onalaska.

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Cats share Big Eight regular season title ANTHONY IOZZO Assistant sports editor

The Verona Area High School volleyball team swept Janesville Craig 3-0 (25-20, 25-23, 25-21) Thursday and now enter the Big Eight Conference tournament Saturday with a share of the regular season title with Middleton and Sun Prairie (8-1).

The Wildcats upset ninth-ranked Sun Prairie on Oct. 3 and didn’t have a let down against Craig (6-3) Thursday, and now they are looking to claim the tournament title Saturday.

“I think it goes to show the hard work they have put in,” coach Kelly Annen said. “They started the season really strong, and we have been working through a few lineups to see what works best. … The Sun Prairie and Janesville games were really good opportunities to show how good we are

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It wasn’t a win Friday, but the Verona Area High School football team showed some resolve in a 31-9 loss to third-ranked Sun Prairie during the Homecoming game.

The host Wildcats (5-3) marched down the field in the final 3 minutes, 37 seconds before halftime and became the first team to score more than seven points against the Cardinals (8-0) this season.

“We just played football and played hard,” coach Dave Richardson said. “I am pleased with our guys and proud of how they played tonight.”

Senior running back Joe Riley ran 12 yards for a first down to the Sun Prairie 8-yard line on second-and-10, and senior quarterback Aaron Young later found sophomore split end Aubrey Dawkins on a 6-yard touchdown slant pass. The point after was no good, but Verona trailed 14-9 at halftime after the play.

The Wildcats started with the ball in the second half but had to punt into the wind from deep in their own territory on three straight drives, and Sun Prairie took advantage of three short fields to get a touchdown, field goal and a touchdown and grab a 31-9 lead early in the fourth quarter.

“We just wanted to move the chains a few times and flip the field,” Richardson said. “When you are starting inside the 50 and you have Draven Peeples, you are going to score eventually. He is tough.”

Peeples, who finished with 24 carries for 173 yards, scored on a 4-yard run to make it 21-9 Cardinals, and then senior kicker

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Sophomore Aubrey Dawkins (15) celebrates his touchdown catch in the second quarter with teammate Noah Steffenson Friday in the Homecoming game against Sun Prairie. The Wildcats lost 31-9.

Alex Oakley knocked in a 39-yard field goal to make it 24-9.

Senior quarterback Jack Zander later found sophomore wide receiver Dominick Landphier for a 10-yard touchdown pass to make it 31-9 with 11:23 to go.

Verona drove to the Cardinals’ 11-yard line near the end of the game and looked poised to score again, but a chop block penalty pushed the Wildcats back to a second-and-26.

After two incomplete passes, Sun Prairie junior defensive back Cooper Nelson picked off Young near the end zone to finish the game.

Young was 18-for-38 for 157 yards, and senior split end Jaden King caught nine catches for 111 yards.

The Wildcats’ first points came after a forced fumble by senior linebacker Ruben Zavala that was recovered by junior linebacker Jake Coshun, leading

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Verona hosts Janesville Craig (4-4) at 7 p.m.

Friday. The Wildcats already clinched postseason eligibility. Craig needs a win to be eligible.

Verona cross country won both the boys and girls race Thursday at the Sun Prairie Invitational at Sheehan Park.

Senior Peter Barger and juniors Jason Ford and J.J. Gumieny all cracked the top five to lead the boys with a team score of 31.

“Peter, Jason and J.J. ran well on varsity,” coach Randy Marks said. “Some of our guys ran out way too slow and got blocked out on the narrow trails, and lost track of their teammates and the separation

to a 27-yard field goal by Young.

Peeples had a 41-yard touchdown run in the first quarter for Sun Prairie, and senior running back Brian McKenzie added a 14-yard touchdown run in the second quarter.

Junior captain linebacker Dylan Bourne, who led Verona with 21 total tackles, said he’d never felt more confident that Verona can still make a deep run in the playoffs this season.

Richardson said if the Wildcats defeat Janesville Craig in Week 9, Verona likely would get the No. 6 seed and probably would have to travel to Middleton in the Level 1 playoffs in two weeks.

“Championship teams don’t play well at the beginning or the middle of the season, they get it rolling at the end,” Bourne said. “I think what we saw from the defense and offense tonight shows that we have the capability to play with some big teams. … As we go into the playoffs and with our coaching staff, I was talking on the sidelines and we are optimistic.”

Bourne said the Wildcats have “all the components” of a championship team – quarterback, coaches, defense.

“We start putting them together, and we can beat any team,” he said.

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What’s next Verona travels to Lake Farm Park in Madison for the Big Eight Conference meet at 9:30 a.m. Saturday. showed in the results.”

Barger traversed the 5K course in 16 minutes, 49 seconds. Ford was the only other runner to break 17 minutes, finishing second to his teammate in 16:54.

Gumieny placed fifth in 17:32.

Sophomores Nathan Neitzel and Eric Blum rounded out the Wildcats’ varsity scorers. Neitzel was 11th in 17:53 and B l u m fi n i s h e d 1 2 t h i n 17:56.

Sophomores Alan Zheng and Luka DiMaggio both competed but did not count toward the finish.

J a n e s v i l l e C r a i g wa s second with a 49 and Middleton took third with a 65.

Middleton sat out their entire varsity, while Sun Prairie and Craig each sat out three. Verona and Waunakee ran their varsity

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Sophomore Maddy Kelley (14) goes for a kill in the first set Tuesday in a nonconference match against Stoughton. Kelley finished with three blocks, but the Wildcats, which won a share of the regular season Big Eight title the week before, fell 3-0 (16-25, 22-25, 22-25).

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And the Craig game also showed how much perseverance the girls have after falling down 13-2 in the third set. Verona finished off the sweep with a 23-8 run.

Annen said that the Cougars run different offensive routes during each rotation, and that led to the need to not only adapt to that but to make the necessary shortterm adjustments to change the momentum.

A big key in doing so was with the blocking, and senior middle blocker Kirstin Tidd led the Wildcats with six. Senior defensive

What’s next Verona travels to Janesville Craig High School at 8 a.m. Saturday for the Big Eight Conference tournament. specialist Katie Karnosky added 13 digs.

Tidd tied Megan Touchett with nine kills, and sophomore libero Amelia Hust added four aces to help the offensive attack. Sophomore setter Jordan Armstrong finished with 16 assists.

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in a nonconference match Tuesday and had a setback in a 3-0 (16-25, 22-25, 22-25) loss.

“Stoughton did a good job of making us work hard and frustrating our hitters with their blocks,” Annen said. “Our serves received struggled, and that led us to be out of system in our offense a lot.”

Touchett collected seven kills in the loss, and Hust added 21 digs and two aces.

Karnosky also had two aces, and senior middle blocker Kirstin Tidd and sophomore middle blocker Maddy Kelley each had three blocks.

Armstrong finished with 14 assists.

Cats get three seed for Big Eight tourney Verona (19-6 overall) now prepares for the Big Eight tournament at 8 a.m. Saturday at Janesville Craig.

Despite tying with Middleton and Sun Prairie during the regular season, the headto-head sets tiebreaker puts the Wildcats in as a three seed.

Sun Prairie was 5-3 in sets against Middleton and Verona and got the top seed.

Middleton was 3-3 and earned the second seed. Verona was 3-5.

That means the Wildcats will be joined

by Middleton in their pool, guaranteeing at least one rematch after a 3-0 sweep by Middleton earlier this season.

“Middleton has always been one of our biggest rivals, so any opportunity to play them – there is a lot of energy going into the match,” coach Kelly Annen said.

“There is definitely going to be some motivation to bounce back after our regular season match against them.”

If Verona was to make the championship match, there would be six matches to play.

Annen said that because of that, the girls will be motivated to focus during every set.

“We know it is going to be a long day and that we have to stay pretty strong to get to that championship match,” Annen said.

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Cats tie for first at sectionals to advance to state ANTHONY IOZZO Assistant sports editor

There was a lot of waiting around Wednesday, Oct. 4, at the WIAA Division 1 Verona sectional at Edelweiss Country Club.

The Wildcats were in the first wave of teams and entered the clubhouse with a 345 after a strong front nine where the girls finished with a 164. Waunakee was behind them at 356.

After a few hours of waiting and only the No. 1 scores left to take from the second wave, it was obvious that the Wildcats were going to state as one of the top two teams. But the sectional title was still up for grabs.

Middleton ended up tying Verona’s 345, and it prompted a team playoff to see who would leave with the sectional championship plaque. Several more hours and 17-17 ties on both the first and second playoff holes, and the darkness came.

That led to the match being put to a back-nine scorecard playoff, where the Cardinals edged the Wildcats 175-181.

Despite state already being clinched for Verona, there was still a mixture of relief and nerves on the playoff holes. Rebholz said the girls wanted to win, and it showed on the course.

Senior Lauren Shorter, who was the overall medalist with a 75, birdied the first hole to help the Cats tie. On the second hole, sophomore Caitlyn Ott drained a huge birdie on the second playoff hole to once again force a tie. Ott was the fourth scorer on the team with a 96. “ We h ave b e e n r e a l ly close to Middleton all

Senior Alexis Gaillard tees off on the 10th hole Wednesday.

Gaillard finished with a 90 to help Verona make state.

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Senior Lauren Shorter tees off on the 13th hole Wednesday, Oct. 4, in the WIAA Division 1 Verona sectional at Edelweiss Country Club. Shorter led the Wildcats with a 75 to win the individual sectional title and also help Verona tie Middleton for first with a 345. The Wildcats made state, but Middleton won a back-nine scorecard playoff 175-181 to take the sectional championship plaque. year,” coach Jon Rebholz said. “I have competitive girls, and we talked a lot about winning. We talked about winning the regional. We talked about winning the sectional, and what it will take to win. … While there was the heavy sigh and the relief in knowing that you are going regardless and that probably showed in our celebration afterward. But we wanted it. We want the plaque.

“That is how we need to continue to build a program, wanting that and not being satisfied with being in the top four or two.”

The Wildcats fell short because darkness forced the match to go to the scorecard, but they can still say they tied for first

at Edelweiss. If the scorecard playoff went to the front nine, Verona would have defeated Middleton 164-170.

But the strong start was exactly what Rebholz and assistant coach Doug Steiner talked about before the match since the back nine is historically tougher than the front, with the average being five or six more strokes per golfer on average on the back nine than the front nine.

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Gaillard said it is going to be fun to finish her high school career at state at University Ridge Golf Course.

“I play there a lot,” Gaillard said. “I live right over there. I can see it right outside my bedroom window, so I am really excited to play there.”

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little pressure on the back nine and come away as sectional co-champs, that is pretty cool.

“Not to take anything away from Caitlyn and her sweaty palms in the playoff, but for the four seniors to have their last event as a high school golfer be at the top at the big dance, I couldn’t be happier for

those kids.”

Senior Courtney Shorter shot an 84, and senior Alexis Gaillard finished with a 90.

Gaillard missed much of the season while helping her sister move to South C a r o l i n a , bu t s h e s a i d played practice rounds on vacation and was able to come back and work her way to the No. 5 spot on varsity before the Big Eight Conference meet and regionals and sectionals.

Two of her best scores this season have been at Edelweiss. Gaillard shot an 89 in a triangular on Sept. 8.

“It is our home course,” Gaillard said. “We come

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Verona Area/Mount Horeb girls swimming team suffered its second Big Eight Conference loss last week but regrouped to place third at a very competitive invitational over the weekend.

Homestead Invitational The girls bounced back from a disappointing loss Thursday night with a solid showing Saturday at the Highlander Invitational in Mequon – a meet featuring nine of the top 12 Division 1 teams in the state.

Junior Grace Bennin won the 100 breaststroke and finished runner-up in the 200 IM to help Verona Area/ Mount Horeb to a top-three finish.

Top-ranked Middleton won three of 11 events and score 366 points to win the meet. Second-ranked Cedarburg held off fourth-ranked Verona 262-245 for second place. Third-ranked Arrowhead was third with 215.

The defending state champion in the 100 breaststroke, Bennin won the event in 1:05.25. She finished second to Cedarburg senior Lillie Hosack in the 200 IM with a 2:08.74. Hosack posted a meet-best 2:06.13.

The Wildcats didn’t score any points in the 100 free but bounced back to finish 1, 4 in the 500 free.

Senior Sophie Henshue was fourth in the 200 free (1:57.20) before winning the 500 free by nearly three seconds with a 5:09.56.

Her rival Hannah Aegerter of Middleton was second in 5:12.19. Junior Gabby Gnewuch was fourth in 5:15.65 for the Wildcats.

Sophomores Sara Stewart, Josie McCartney, Kaitlyn Zuehl and Bennin, opened the meet with a third-place finish in the 200 medley relay (1:50.71).

Stewart (59.91) surprised the coaching staff by moving up to fifth place in the 100 butterfly, an event she has not swam since the first meet of the season. No one had a bigger move up than Caroline Smith, who dropped almost 2.5 seconds in the 100 breast, moving up from a 19-seed to finish fifth in 1:08.84.

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Racheal Drapp (200 IM), Cleo Seidl (100 free) and Regan Brazeau (100 back) also swam season-best times on Saturday.

Junior Rachael Drapp, sophomore Kaitlyn Zuehl, Gnewuch and Bennin were touched out by .49 of a second by Middleton in the 200 free relay, finishing second in 1:39.80.

Sun Prairie 87,VA/MH 83 Thursday evening’s Big Eight Conference dual meet against Sun Prairie went about as expected.

“It a very close, exciting and loud dual meet between two evenly matched teams,” Wildcat coach Bill Wuerger said.

The meet featured five lead changes over the final six events, including four victories by the visiting Cardinals, who overtook the Wildcats 87-83.

Henshue led a 1-2-3 of the 200 and also the 400 freestyle. The senior touched the wall first in the 200 free with a time of 2:11.46. Gnewuch (2:15.33) and sophomore Sam Malecki (2:17.6) rounded out the top three.

Bennin added the 50 free (26.91) and 100 breast (1:15.4) titles, and was also part of the victorious 200 medley relay team of Stewart, McCartney and Zuehl, which posted a time of 2:04.04 to open the dual.

Still, the Wildcats had a shot to overtake the Cardinals in the 400 free.

“Our 400 freestyle A relay battled Sun Prairie’s heavily favored A relay down to the last length, but came up just short,” Wuerger said.

Ve r o n a A r e a / M o u n t Horeb’s team of Henshue, Gnewuch, Drapp and McCartney fell a little less than a second off the pace of Sun Prairie in 4:07.10.

Nicolet diving invite Senior Maggie Nunn placed fifth at the Nicolet Diving Invitational Friday night with a score of 439.05.

McKenzie Sanchez of Racine Case won the meet with a 496.35. Adriana Avilla of Cedarburg and Kelly Kornfeld of Divine Savior Holy Angel rounded out the top three with a 481.35 and 465.2, respectively.

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Senior Julia Pletta won the Sun Prairie Invitational on Thursday and the Wildcats placed their next four varsity runners inside the top six as the Verona girls cross country team posted 19 team points.

“It was really satisfying to have the girls running together in the pack that they have been training in during a race,” coach Dave Nelson said.

Janesville Craig was second with 49 and Middleton was third with 79.

Defending state champion Sun Prairie held out its top 12, while Middleton and Craig sat their top seven.

Waunakee and Verona had most of their varsity.

Pletta continued to try and break 20 minutes, covering the 5,000 meter course at Sheehan Park in a meet-best 20:12.

“Julia has been our team leader for most of the season and is trying

The Wildcats travel to Lake Farm Park in Madison at 9:30 a.m. Saturday. to break 20 minutes,” Nelson said.

“The rest of our girls also have the capability of dropping significant amounts of time over the next two meets.”

Freshman Anna Knueve led a 3-45-6 finish by the Wildcats in 20:50.

Seven seconds rounded out sophomores Leah Remiker, Jamie Hogan and Abby Wampfler, who rounded out the top five.

Remiker finished fourth in 21:02.

Hogan was fifth in 21:03. Wampfler was the Wildcats’ final varsity scorer, taking sixth in 21:09.

Sophomore Lucinda Bakken was eighth and junior Caroline Bob took 11th but neither counted toward the

final varsity score.

Sophomore Olivia Rawson and the Wildcats’ team both finished second in the JV competition. Rawson crossed the finish line in 12 seconds behind Olivia Hartig of Middleton in 23:20.

Verona finished 40 points behind Middleton with a team score of 66.

“We are starting to build some momentum for the end of the season meets,” Nelson said. “We held out a couple of our varsity runners due to some nagging injuries that they were working through.”

The Wildcats should be back at 100 percent when they travel to Lake Farm Park in Madison on Saturday for the Big Eight Conference meet.

“This team still has so much untapped potential. I just hope that we have a chance to realize it before we run out of meets,” Nelson said.

“Our goal conference is to finish in the top half of the field and see how much we have closed the gap on West and Middleton.

Boys soccer

Verona edges Sun Prairie for sixth Big 8 win ANTHONY IOZZO Assistant sports editor

The Verona boys soccer team bounced back from a tough loss to Madison East on Oct. 3 with a 4-3 win over Sun Prairie on Tuesday.

The Wildcats moved to 6-1-1 in the conference and now have 19 points, thanks in part to the game-winning goal by senior Jose Adrian Lazaro-Padilla in the 72nd minute.

Senior midfielder Andres Temozihui picked up a goal

and an assist. Sophomore midfielder Bennett Luttinen and Jack Knight both added goals in the first half.

Sophomore forward Eliot Popkewitz had an assist on Temozihui’s goal. Sophomore goalie George Ohm finished with one save.

Verona 1, Sauk Prairie 0 The Wildcats defeated nonconference Sun Prairie 1-0 Thursday.

Popkewitz scored the lone goal with an assist to senior forward Jake Bates.

Ohm had one save.

State: Cats finish six strokes ahead of Middleton at state Continued from page 11 Lauren Shorter shot a 79 in round 1, and she came out hot in round 2 after parring 10 straight holes.

She ran into a little trouble on the back nine but birdied holes 15 and 16 to get some strokes back, finishing the day with a 77.

“I knew that I wanted to have something to remember and now that I have those birdies it means a lot,” said Lauren Shorter, who finished tied for

10th overall. “We came in knowing that we wanted to shoot as low as possible. ...

I told them before today, ‘This is the last round.

Just give it your all. No regrets.’”

Courtney Shorter had the better day in round 1, but she followed up a solid 78 with an 86 to finish tied for 18th overall with a 164.

Senior Claire Swain also helped the team despite a 103 in round 2, as she came out strong in round 1 and shot a 99 to finish as the team’s fourth scorer.

“I started as a freshman with very little experience and to just see both my game get better and my bonds with my teammates grow stronger, it has just been a really big part of my life for the past four years,” Swain said.

And together, those five girls were able to do something they haven’t done all season in topping Middleton.

All five of them were mostly excited about that, regardless of where they would end up when the

tournament officially finished.

“I think they started to believe a little bit more in themselves and what we can do as a team at conference when we were two shots behind Middleton,” Rebholz said. “It feels good, and it feels like we really did something big today.”

Hartland Arrowhead held off Milton 630-657 for the Division 1 team title, bu Milton’s Mia Seeman took home the individual title with a 145 (71-74).

Boys xc: Conference meet is set for Saturday Cardinals.

Verona travels to Lake Farm Park this weekend for the Big Eight Conteams. ference meet. Madison West, MidUnderclassmen Alex Ritter and dleton, Madison La Follette and Sun Drew Gonzales finished 1-2 to lead Prairie all ranked in the top 12 in the the Wildcats on the JV team with state this season.

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“Unless some teams ahead of us really unravel and we light it up, top three is not realistic this year,” Marks said. “Top five is our goal, and that will not be easy. To do that, we must beat Janesville Craig, Madison East and Memorial.”

Sectionals: State begins Thursday at Nielsen Tennis Stadium “I just want to go have Top-seeded Fuchs (33-2) fun,” Conley said. “I’m won the sectional 6-1, 6-3 going to just play my game over Conley. second match this season and have fun.”

Madison West, which with Cecile Fuchs. advanced six of the seven flights, won titles at No. 4 singles and Nos. 1 and 3 doubles. Regents didn’t finish worse than third at any flight to score 21 points.

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advanced to the WIAA Division 1 team state tennis tournament.

State Conley (22-6) drew a familiar first-round opponent at state, playing Sun Prairie senior Latsami Sysouvanh (27-3) at 10:30 a.m. Thursday. Sysouvanh is seeded 14th at state.

The winner advances to play either freshman Samantha Fuchs (34-1) or Faith Leithold (24-8) in the second round.

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Verona History August‌

50 y ‌ ears ago • The Verona Press qualified as a legal newspaper, allowing it to publish minutes of meetings and be the official newspaper of record in the area.

• The Village Board voted 4-3 to not send the issue of fluoridation to referendum despite receiving a petition for it with 404 signatures.

The petition had been circulated by fluoride opponent Dr. H.P. Weiland, but during the discussion, Dr. Glen Steusser refuted some of Weiland’s arguments and showed the board that even a bottle of 1,000 fluoride tablets was not labeled as dangerous to children in the case of an overdose.

• Verona’s Home Talent team reached the semifinals of the league championship before falling to Ashton.

40 ‌years ago • The Village Board unanimously approved the creation of an ordinance to designate Verona as a fourth-class city.

• Interest in a new indoor swimming pool buzzed around town as the Fireman’s Park pool was closed because of excessive algae and weeds and lower-than-usual water levels – more than 18 inches. The pool manager and others circulated a petition to build a pool connected to Verona High School that could be used yearround.

• The addition to Verona Elementary School – the building now known as Sugar Creek Elementary – opened.

• The Fitch-Rona EMS began

operation and held an open house at its Dane County Home headquarters.

At the time, EMTs carried pagers and drove their own cars to meet the ambulance at the scene of any incident.

• Steve Duerst competed for the U.S. wrestling team in the Junior World Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas, which hosted the top wrestlers ages 17-20.

• Elmer and Ruth Gordon celebrated their 50th anniversary.

30 ‌years ago • The Common Council approved spending $19,000 for Schreiber/Anderson to develop a strategic plan for revitalizing the downtown.

Alders agreed 6-1 that the impending bypass and post office, as well as the presence of the TIF district and the ever-narrowing distance from Madison, put Verona into a spot where opportunities would abound if the city was ready.

• The Plan Commission debated a plan that would have developed 37 acres east of Home West (where Farm and Fleet is now) into a “campus” type industrial setting.

One suggestion was to move the Sharpe house there and make it a focal point, but the high cost of moving and loss of historic value was seen as a negative.

• The village began drafting a charter ordinance to become a fourth-class city, which happened a year later.

• Low bids for the new elementary school in Fitchburg, later called Stoner Prairie, came in

at $2.2 million, and construction began on the 55,000-square-foot building.

Groundbreaking was held later in the month.

• Parking became a big issue, with concerns not only about the new Hardee’s, but also with the switch to commercial zoning for the Caring Center and in a public hearing on Westlawn Avenue’s parking.

• The school board approved spending $7,437 to add air conditioning in the large group room in the elementary school building addition.

• The school board asked for the village’s help in finding a way to drain “Lake Verona,” a body of water across from the cemetery the district determined it needed for baseball and softball fields.

• The city came up with a temporary solution for the “troublesome” intersection of County Hwy. M and Hwy. 69, now known as Paoli Street. A single white line was painted, but others said there should be a concrete island to guide traffic.

• Daverino’s Pizza opened across from Miller’s in the old Town Pump building.

20 ‌years ago • Verona turned up on a short list of locations for the Madison Black Wolf, a 1-year-old Northern League baseball team, to build a new 3,000-seat stadium.

The team continued playing in Warner Park, however, until its ownership folded after the 2000 season and the club moved to Lincoln to become the Saltdogs.

• Department of Transportation

officials met with representatives from the city, town and Chamber of Commerce and other citizens about persistent complaints regarding the bypass.

They agreed to improve signage and said that they eventually planned to add stoplights at the intersection of County Hwys. MV (Verona Avenue) and PB, but they told the group that an onramp going east from the west side of town (and a westbound onramp from MV-PB) would be at local expense.

The eastbound onramp was built years later to accommodate Epic Systems’ move here.

• Bill and Deb Glenn filed three federal lawsuits against the Town of Verona seeking more than $7 million in damages related to building inspections at their new home on DeMarco Trail.

The town won all three lawsuits the following spring, but an attempt to recover attorneys’ fees from the Glenns was unsuccessful, with the federal judge declaring that the suits were not frivolous. The town’s legal bills ended up being more than $100,000.

• The city officially purchased the land that would become the Bruce Street Industrial Park after devising a complicated borrowing mechanism involving the Community Development Authority and a TIF district.

• Burr and LaMae Weiland celebrated their 50th anniversary.

• The Senior Babe Ruth team competed at the 16-18-year-old Ohio Valley Regional tournament, winning two games but getting eliminated by the eventual champion.

10 ‌years ago • After a nine-month saga, the visually upgraded Farm and Fleet plan got city approval.

The 115,000-square-foot store – Verona’s first big box – opened the following summer.

• More than 50 people attended a public hearing on a plan for a 174-acre rural subdivision on the former Brown farm, with most opposing the project based on concerns about what it would do to traffic, stormwater and the scenic nature of the area, adjoining the Ice Age Trail.

The plan has resurfaced multiple times over the years in both the city and the town but has never advanced.

• Unhappy with the process, city officials continued to put off requests from the Verona Fire Commission to hire a full-time chief.

That would not happen until 2011, after Springdale left the district, with the hiring of Joe Giver, who remains in that position.

• American Transmission Company narrowed its choices for the massive power line upgrade project to two, including one that would have gone through Verona.

It eventually would choose the Beltline route for the highly controversial project.

• Contractors moved an old farmhouse from Nesbitt Road to an empty lot on Jefferson Street in downtown Verona. The home had been scheduled for demolition to make way for an extended Fitchrona Road and an apartment complex.

– Compiled by Jim Ferolie

Spotlight: 30 years ago

Pool concerns lead to petition Concern about a poor and sometimes unusable swimming facility in Verona has led to a petition being circulated. It calls for a study by the Verona Area Board of Education as to the estimated costs and a plan for a swimming pool as part of Verona High School.

Public discussion has centered around design of a pool that could be used year around and by all ages from preschool through senior citizens.

Swimming pool manager Karen Slattery and other swimming beach staff members, as well as interested parents and students, are circulating the petition that can be signed by any elector within the Verona Area School District.

Over 400 signatures have already been secured in only a few days of circulation.

at the present time to acquire signatures requesting the school board to examine the costs and plans for an indoor swimming pool to be included in the high school addition.

Signing the petition is not a yes or no vote, but a request for investigation of the facts and figures of such a facility. Once this is done, this information will be publicized and, at a general meeting sometime this winter, a vote, hopefully, would be taken.

Anyone eligible to vote in the Verona School District may sign the petition, copies of which have been placed at many of the local businesses in Verona.

There are also petitions at the Verona beach and anyone wishing to sign it or anyone who would like to circulate a petition is asked to stop by the beach or call File photo Jim Currie or Karen SlatAbout the petition Verona swimming beach staff member Steve Sundby points out the water level during a normal season at the beach, as tery. compared to the present level, approximately 18 inches lower. Verona’s swimming beach was closed last week because of Petitions are circulating the excess algae and weeds that make it impossible to use for swimming.

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including the championships, combine 2.5 miles of swimming, 112 miles of bicycling and a marathon, 26.2 miles.

The Lake Placid event is one of 44 qualifiers worldwide. Twelve of those are in North America, including the Madison race.

Marks’ father, Randy, has coached Verona’s cross country teams since 1965, including his son’s 1991 state champion boys team.

He told the Press his son has worked hard since finishing in 11:50 in Madison four years ago.

“Through hard and smart training, he has cut almost two hours off his time,” he wrote in an email. “He now lives in NYC and coaches other athletes imparting his love for running, biking and swimming for this gruPhoto submitted eling event.”

Verona native Russell Marks crosses the finish line in just under 12 hours during the 2013 Ironman Wisconsin triathEmail Verona Press editor lon. Marks, now a New York resident, is competing in the Jim Ferolie at verona- world championships on Oct. 14 after improving his time press@wcinet.com.​ to 10:10.

to follow up, and she has a meeting planned with VAHS principal Pam Hammen to discuss the issue.

“At this point it’s not about me getting my picture in the yearbook anymore because it probably won’t get in, but it’s just a cool opportunity to create some dialogue,” Fitzwilliams said, adding that she still “stands by” her original photo.

Verona Area School District public information officer Kelly Kloepping declined to comment on the issue.

Responses to Fitzwilliams’ tweet have ranged from supportive, with people sharing their own experiences with dress codes, to questions about why she compared herself to a sports team’s uniforms. She told the Press that while she understood the latter point, her argument was based on how much skin was allowed to be shown by the swimmers compared to her own photo.

While Fitzwilliams said she understands the dress code prohibits undergarments from being visible, she felt that the bralette in the photo “wasn’t really just to be an undergarment, it was to cover my side more.”

She said a conversation around dress codes, especially how they affect women, is “extremely important” to have.

“Double standards and just sexulaization in general, of particularly women’s bodies,

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This tweet by Verona Area High School senior Ellie Fitzwilliams had more than 174,000 likes and 33,000 retweets by the Press’ deadline Tuesday. in dress codes (is harmful),” she said. “I feel like if schools, across the country, realized that’s one of the implications of dress codes that are geared more toward women can have they can … change it so that it doesn’t have that lasting effect.”

She was still surprised her tweet is what brought attention to the topic.

“I never really expected it to get that big,” she said with a laugh. “I mean, the most number of ‘likes’ I’ve gotten before is 20, maybe.”

Many of those Twitter likes also came with responses, which showed Fitzwilliams that many others “had

similar situations or worse.”

In one instance noted by a Yahoo Lifestyle story, a female wrestler complained she could not wear her singlet in the yearbook photo like the male wrestlers did.

“This is just bigger than Verona,” she said. “This has given me such a platform to talk about a serious issue, and the fact that it’s getting national attention is important because it’s a societal problem, not just here at a single school.”

marriage to Carol L. Miller on Oct. 20, 1951, in Mt. Horeb. He worked for Oscar Mayer for 34 years, retiring in 1989. Bernard also owned the McSherry Rubber Stamp Company.

He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Carol; his children, Paula (Alan) Czarnetzki, Patrick (Betsy) McSherry, Carla (Todd) McSherry and Shawn (Jackie) McSherry; grandchildren, April Czarnetzki, Kristina and Cody McSherry, Billie Jo McSherry, LaKota Eggleston, Shauna (Steven) Phillips, Brendan and Collin McSherry, Christopher (Nicole) June and Nate Francque; four great-grandchildren; and many other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents; an infant daughter; sisters, Janice

McSherry and Catherine Rindahl and brother, Kenneth McSherry.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017, at St. Andrew Catholic Church, 301 N. Main Street, Verona, with Father John Sasse officiating. Visitation will be held from 1 p.m. until the time of Mass on Saturday at the church. Private family burial will follow at Sunset Memory Gardens, Madison.

Memorials may be made to Heartland Hospice Services of Madison. The family wishes to give a special thank you to the Heartland Hospice team and the UW Home Health team for the care they gave Bernie.

To view and sign this guestbook, please visit ryanfuneralservice.com.

the many stories anyone who knew him for any amount of time has to tell.

He was also coach of roller-hockey to his son’s team.

His support of the young men he coached, understood and loved never ended; his mantra was “It’s a great day for hockey.”

He is survived by his wife, Kara; his son Patrick; his sisters Mary Johnson and Kathy Schoenick; eight nieces and nephews and eight grand nieces and nephews as well as Kara’s father and mother, Jerry and Sharon Burrows; aunts and uncles Nora Ostby, Irene Hanson and Victor (Junior) Tollakson; he is also survived by several cousins and their families.

Dennis was preceded in death by his parents; his

brother-in-law, Jim Johnson; his grandparents; aunts and uncles and two cousins.

Dennis was fun, caring, sweet, smart, opinionated and big-hearted. He will be hugely missed and remembered fondly.

A casual memorial gathering will be held at the community room and pool at El Camino Condominiums, 7861 Meadow Park Drive, Dallas, Tex. from 3 to 7 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017, with a prayer at 3:30 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Pevs Protects, a foundation that supports Rich Peverley, former Dallas Star, and his efforts to help improve the survival rate following sudden cardiac arrest at pevsprotects.com/ donate.

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

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Bernard R. “Bernie” McSherry, age 89, of Verona, died on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017, at Ingleside Nursing Home, Mt. Horeb.

He was born on Oct. 10, 1927, in Dodgeville, Wis., the son of Edward and Margaret (Dougherty) McSherry.

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He had a makeshift darkroom in his Mom and Dad’s basement and made a quick and talented transition to digital photography.

He loved sports, especially the Packers, Badgers and Dallas Stars. Dennis had a unique personality and sense of humor and anyone that knew him quickly appreciated.

He also loved to cook (not so much the cleaning up after) and experimented with smoking, grilling, baking and creating the world’s finest mashed potatoes. Many in the family will remember the adventures of “the coconut cake,” one of

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Plan Commission stalemate continues JIM FEROLIE Verona Press editor

For only the second time since the Plan Commission stalemate began in April, Verona alders made an effort Monday to explain their positions and try to lobby for an end to the gridlock.

It didn’t work, though, and the Common Council voted 4-3 in favor of installing Ald. Luke Diaz (Dist. 3) over Ald. Jack Linder (D-2) as the council’s representative on the Plan Commission. That lacked the required six votes, meaning the commission is still one member short after the 10th vote on the issue.

That shortage had a real effect a month ago, when the Sept. 6 Plan Commission meeting started 40 minutes late while waiting for a quorum with a near-capacity audience in the council chambers.

Diaz explained his position Monday, saying “it doesn’t have to be me,” but he believes the commission needs “another voice.” The previous week, he was frustrated hearing what he called “classism” and “fear-mongering” from commissioner Scott Manley on the topic of affordable housing.

Linder did not like “being lumped in with them,” saying

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A view of the downtown redevelopment looking southeast from Shuman and Main streets. The city’s planning director has asked for changes to the visual appearance.

Downtown: Owner warns of short ‘window of opportunity’ Continued from page 1 lead in asking for a more historic-looking design, variations to give the appearance of separate, connected buildings within each structure and design cues that would make them complement each other. Monday, Ald. Evan Touchett (Dist. 4) said the presented designs “look like apartments we already have in the city” and would benefit from “something that looks like it belongs in downtown.”

Alds. Luke Diaz (D-3) and Elizabeth Doyle (D-1) and Mayor Jon Hochkammer all complained about the price, which Diaz called “a pretty good chunk of money.”

Building owner Sue Schmid had complained to alders during public comment earlier in the evening the process is “kind of at a standstill,” and she warned that a long delay could force them to consider taking on a

What’s next The general development plan can return to the Plan Commission for another vote as soon as November. new tenant for the existing buildings.

“If we get involved with a longterm lease, this window of opportunity to redevelop the property would go away for a while,” she said.

Ald. Brad Stiner (D-3) praised the Schmids (whose son and daughter-inlaw ran Ace until it closed this year) and urged fellow alders to not “put them in a negative financial situation.”

Diaz said he would rather see the redevelopment “than a Dollar General or whatever,” but his main concern

was the cost. Doyle agreed with both Diaz and Touchett, pointing out that alders “need to be good stewards of taxpayer dollars,” and saying the city needs “to do more for the gateway to our downtown.”

Hochkammer said city leaders all want to see the project happen, but the city doesn’t have the “endless pot of money” some people seem to think.

The next step for the project would be returning to the Plan Commission no sooner than Nov. 6 (but more likely December) and then the Common Council with a revised general development plan. The GDP is the second of three steps and is the key approval, giving the developer the right to build as long as its plan in the third phase, the precise implementation plan, is substantially similar to the GDP. Email Verona Press editor Jim Ferolie at veronapress@wcinet.com.​

he votes his own way.

Linder, incidentally, ran an unsuccessful campaign to unseat Manley from his District 2 council seat in 2010, more than a year after Linder had inadvertently moved out of District 1. He returned to the council in 2014, after Manley stepped down.

Linder has been either an alder or commissioner continuously since 2006, and sometimes both.

Council president Elizabeth Doyle (D-1) pointed out that the lack of representation for certain council viewpoints creates a problem in the process, and she used an item on that night’s agenda as an example.

“There was a set of feedback for the (downtown redevelopment project) from the Plan Commission that was asking for a lower density and then before the city council asking for higher density,” she said.

“So it seems there’s disconnected viewpoints on development in general in the city.”

Diaz later told the Press he was inspired to clarify his position on the issue after reading a letter to the editor complaining about it.

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

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1. Call to Order/Approval of Meeting Agenda 2. Public Comment - This 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 Plan Commission meeting agenda.

3. Approval of minutes from Sept 14, Sept 21, and Oct 5 4. Reports Chair: Committee Reports (Public Works, Finance, Natural and Recreational Areas) Commissioners Planner/Administrator 5. Land use application 2017- 8 - for property located at 3151 Shady Oak Lane submitted by JSD Professional Services for Jim Coons. The purpose of the application is the rezoning from RH-4 to R4 to allow for condominium development made up of 12 or 13 single family units on 26 acres * Public Hearing * Discussion and action 6. Land use application 2017- 9 - for property located at 11691 Mid Town Road submitted by OAJ Development. The purpose of the application is the rezoning from RH-4 to R4 to allow for condominium development made up of 29 single family units on 63 acres * Public Hearing * Discussion and action 7. Comprehensive Plan 8. Other 9. Review of upcoming meeting dates/topics 10. Adjourn Plan Commission agendas will be posted at Millers Grocery and Town Hall and on the Town’s website. Go to www. town.verona.wi.us and sign up for the Town List Serve to receive notices via email. Public hearings will be published in the Verona Press. 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’s office @ 608-845 -7187 or jwright@town.verona.w.us Please do so at least 48 hours prior to the meeting so that proper arrangements can be made. Notice is also given that a possible quorum could occur at this meeting for the purposes of information gathering only, of the Town Board, Natural and Recreational Areas Committee, and/or Public Works Committee.

Douglas Maxwell, Chair, Town of Verona Plan Commission Posted: October 13, 2017 Published: October 12, 2017 WNAXLP ***

CITY OF VERONA MINUTES COMMON COUNCIL SEPTEMBER 25, 2017 VERONA CITY HALL 1. Call to order: City Council President Elizabeth Doyle called the meeting to order at 7:04 p.m.

2. Pledge of Allegiance 3. Roll Call: Alderpersons Diaz, Doyle, Gaskell, Linder, McGilvray, Touchett, and Stiner present. Alderperson Reekie and Mayor Hochkammer were absent and excused. Also present:

City Administrator Mikorski, City Engineer Montpas, Director of Public Works Jacobson, Planning Director Sayre, and Deputy Clerk Licht.

4. Public Comment: There were no comments from the public.

5. Approval of Minutes from the September 11, 2017 Common Council Meeting: Motion by McGilvray, seconded by Diaz to approve the minutes from the September 11, 2017 Common Council meeting. Motion carried 6-0.

6. Mayor’s Business 7. Administrator’s Report 8. Engineer’s Report 9. Committee Reports A. Finance Committee (1) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Payment of Bills. Motion by McGilvray, seconded by Linder to pay the bills in the amount of $720,614.48. Motion carried 6-0.

(2) Discussion and Possible Action Re: A Façade Improvement Grant Agreement with Plumbing & Glass Service, Inc., 221 S. Main Street. Motion by McGilvray, seconded by Linder, to approve a Façade Improvement Grant Agreement with Plumbing & Glass Service, Inc., 221 S. Main Street. Mr. McGilvray said that the grant would be funded by TIF 4 money and would not exceed $16,580.00. Motion carried 6-0.

B. Planning Commission (1) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Resolution No. R-17-048 Approving the Project Plan and Establishing the Boundaries for and the Creation of Tax Incremental District No. 9, City of Verona, Wisconsin. Motion by Linder, seconded

by McGilvray, to approve Resolution No. R-17-048 Approving the Project Plan and Establishing the Boundaries for and the Creation of Tax Incremental District No. 9, City of Verona, Wisconsin. Motion carried 5-1, with Alder Diaz voting no.

(2) Discussion and Possible Action Re: A PUBLIC HEARING on Renaming a Portion of North Nine Mound Road. Motion by McGilvray, seconded by Linder to open the public hearing at 7:13 p.m. Motion carried 6-0. There were no comments from the public. Motion by McGilvray, seconded by Linder, to close the public hearing at 7:14p.m. Motion carried 6-0.

(3) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Ordinance No. 17-900 Renaming a Portion of North Nine Mound Road. Motion by McGilvray, seconded by Linder to approve Ordinance No. 17-900 Renaming a Portion of North Nine Mound Road. Mr. Linder said the ordinance would rename portions of North Nine Mound Road to Northern Lights Road and Nine Mound Court. While street names will change, all numerical addresses will remain the same. Motion carried 6-0.

C. Public Safety and Welfare Committee (1) Discussion and Possible Action Re: A Special Event Permit Application for “Bark, Scoot and Boogie” on October 7, 2017 from 3 p.m. – 8 p.m., from Samantha Robinson, Shelter from the Storm. Motion by Touchett, seconded

by Gaskell, to recommend to the Common Council to approve a Special Event Permit Application for “Bark, Scoot and Boogie” on October 7, 2017 from 3 p.m.-8 p.m., from Samantha Robinson, Shelter from the Storm. Motion carried 6-0.

(2) Discussion and Possible Action Re: An Application for a Temporary Class “B”/”Class B” Retailer’s License from Shelter from the Storm for “Bark, Scoot and Boogie” on October 7, 2017 from 3 p.m. – 8 p.m. at Festival Park. Motion by Touchett, seconded by Gaskell, to recommend to the Common Council to approve the Temporary Class “B”/ “Class B” Retailer’s License application from Shelter from the Storm for “Bark, Scoot and Boogie” on October 7, 2017 from 3 p.m. - 8 p.m. at Festival Park, with the condition that the applicant must secure a licensed distributor for the event. Motion carried

6-0.

(3) Discussion and Possible Action Re: An Application for Class “B” Beer and “Class C” Wine Licenses from 48 Taps, LLC, d/b/a Mr. Brew’s Taphouse, 611 Hometown Circle, #104, Verona, Wisconsin, Derek Dineen, Agent. Motion by Touchett, seconded by Gaskell, to recommend to the Common Council to approve an application for Class “B” Beer and “Class C” Wine Licenses from 48 Taps, LLC, d/b/a Mr. Brew’s Taphouse, 611 Hometown Circle, #104, Verona, Wisconsin, Derek Dineen, Agent with the following conditions: 1. The current owner of Mr. Brew’s Taphouse must surrender their liquor license.

2. Proof of ownership of the premises by Mr. Dineen must be submitted.

Motion carried 6-0.

(4) Discussion and Possible Action Re: An Application for Class “B” Beer and “Class C” Wine Licenses from Garlic Mouth, LLC, d/b/a Jordandal Cookhouse, 600 W. Verona Avenue, Suites 5 & 6, Verona, Wisconsin, Louis Lettenmair, Jr., Agent. Motion by Touchett, seconded

by Gaskell, to recommend to the Common Council to approve an application for Class “B” Beer and “Class C” Wine Licenses from Garlic Mouth, LLC, d/b/a Jordandal Cookhouse, 600 W. Verona Avenue, Suites 5 & 6, Verona, Wisconsin, Louis Lettenmair, Jr., Agent with the following conditions: 1. The current owner of Jordandal Cookhouse must surrender their liquor license.

2. Proof of manager of the premises

by Mr. Lettenmair must be submitted.

Mr. Touchett explained that the license will be a provisional license starting on October 1, 2017 and ending on October 31, 2017 because the application was submitted late. The application will come back to the Public Safety Committee in October. Motion carried 6-0.

D. Public Works/Sewer & Water Committee (1) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Change Order No. 2 and Project Closeout for Project ID 2015-104 Downtown Streetscape Stage 1. Motion by Touchett, seconded by Diaz, to approve Change Order No. 2 and Project Closeout for Project ID 2015-104 Downtown Streetscape Stage 1. Motion carried 6-0.

(2) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Relocation Order for Transportation Project Plat 5796-10-00, Old PB Bridge Contingent on Design Study Report Approval. Motion by Touchett, seconded

by Diaz to approve Relocation Order for Transportation Project Plat 5796-10-00, Old PB Bridge contingent on Design Study Report Approval. Motion carried 6-0.

(3) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Relocation Order for Transportation Project Plat 5796-00-03, Old PB Bridge

Contingent on Design Study Report Approval. Motion by Touchett, seconded

by Diaz, to approve Relocation Order for Transportation Project Plat 5796-0003, Old PB Bridge Contingent on Design Study Report Approval. Motion carried 6-0.

(4) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Amendment No. 2 for Design and Permitting of Old PB Roadway Bridge with Ayres and Associates. Motion by Touchett, seconded by Diaz, to approve Amendment No. 2 for Design and Permitting of Old PB Roadway Bridge with Ayres and Associates. Motion carried 6-0.

(5) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Amended Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) for Final Design of CTH M from Prairie Hill Road to Cross Country Road. Motion by Touchett, seconded by Diaz, to approve Amended Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) for Final Design of CTH M from Prairie Hill Road to Cross Country Road. Motion carried 6-0.

(6) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Amendment No. 1 for Professional Services Agreement with MSA for Professional Land Acquisition Services Regarding Project 2016-123 CTH PD. Motion by Touchett, seconded by Diaz, to approve Amendment No. 1 for Professional Services Agreement with MSA for Professional Land Acquisition Services Regarding Project 2016-123 CTH PD contingent upon City Attorney approval. Motion carried 6-0.

(7) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Land Use Agreement with Integrity Grading and Excavating. Motion by Touchett, seconded by Diaz, to approve a Land Use Agreement with Integrity Grading and Excavating contingent upon City Attorney and City staff approval. Motion carried 6-0.

10. Old Business A. Discussion and Possible Action Re: Selection of a City Council Representative to the Plan Commission. Alder Touchett nominated Alder Linder as the City Council Representative to the Plan Commission. Alder Gaskell nominated Alder Diaz as the City Council Representative to the Plan Commission. On roll call: Alder Diaz—Diaz, Alder Gaskell— Diaz, Alder Linder—Linder, Alder McGilvray—Linder, Alder Stiner—Linder, Alder Touchett—Linder. 2 votes Diaz, 4 votes Linder. Motion failed.

11. New Business A. Discussion and Possible Action Re: Use Agreement between the City of Verona and the Verona Area Community Theater, Inc. for the Verona Dance Program. Motion by Diaz, seconded by McGilvray, to approve a Use Agreement between the City of Verona and the Verona Area Community Theater, Inc. for the Verona Dance Program. Motion carried 6-0.

B. Discussion and Possible Action Re: Use of Public Funding for Redevelopment Projects at 119 West Verona Ave-

nue and 118 South Main Street. Motion by McGilvray, seconded by Linder to move into closed session for Item 11.B—Use of Public Funding for Redevelopment Projects at 119 West Verona Avenue and 118 South Main Street as authorized by Wisconsin Statute 19.85(1)(e), for the purpose of deliberating or negotiating the purchase of public properties, the investing of public funds or conducting other specified public business, whenever competitive or bargaining reasons deem a closed session necessary. The Common Council may reconvene in open session to discuss and take action on the subject matter discussed in the closed session. On roll call: All Aye. Motion carried. The Common Council convened in closed session for Item 11.B at 7:50 p.m.

C. Discussion Re: Litigation with Parcel 16 of Transportation Project Plat 5992-09-81. Alder Diaz asked for a brief description before the council convened in closed session. Mr. Kleinmaier explained that a property owner filed a complaint in Dane County Circuit Court.

They have made allegations that the City doesn’t have the right to take the property and didn’t properly negotiate the sale of the property. Motion by McGilvray, seconded by Linder, to move into closed session for Item 11.C—Litigation with Parcel 16 of Transportation Project Plat 5992-09-81 as authorized by Wisconsin Statute 19.85(1)(e), for the purpose of deliberating or negotiating the purchase of public properties, the investing of public funds or conducting other specified public business, whenever competitive or bargaining reasons deem a closed session necessary. The Common Council may reconvene in open session to discuss and take action on the subject matter discussed in the closed session.

On roll call: All Aye. Motion carried. The Common Council Convened in closed session for Item 11.C at 7:50 p.m.

D. Discussion and Possible Action Re: Costs Associated with Public Roads and Public Rights-of-Way in Partnership with the Verona Area School District Regarding the Development of the New High School. Motion by McGilvray, seconded by Linder to move into closed session to discuss Item 11.D as authorized

by Wisconsin Statute 19.85(1)(e), for the purpose of deliberating or negotiating the purchase of public properties, the investing of public funds or conducting other specified public business, whenever competitive or bargaining reasons deem a closed session necessary. The Common Council may reconvene in open session to discuss and take action on the subject matter discussed in the closed session. On roll call: Alder Diaz—Nay. Alder Gaskell—Aye, Alder Linder—Aye, Alder McGilvray—Aye, Alder Stiner— Aye, Alder Touchett—Aye. Motion carried 5-1. The Common Council convened in closed session for Item 11.D at 7:50 p.m.

CLOSED SESSION Motion by Diaz, seconded by McGilvray, to reconvene in open session at 9:16 p.m. Motion carried 6-0.

E. Discussion and Possible Action Re: Approval of Operator Licenses. Motion by Touchett, seconded by Gaskell, to approve the following operator license applications: Hillary Newman for It’s Time Bar & Grill, Tanya Stone for Wisconsin Brewing Company, and Samantha Robinson. Motion carried 6-0.

12. Announcements: There were no announcements.

13. Motion by Linder, seconded by Gaskell to adjourn at 9: 18 p.m. Motion carried 6-0.

Published: October 12, 2017 WNAXLP ***

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