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Puerto Rico partners SC raises money for staffer’s former school after hurricane SCOTT GIRARD Unified Newspaper Group

Charlene Cardona-Avelares has had a “very rough” past three weeks.

The Sugar Creek Elementary School psychologist is a Puerto Rico native, and with family still on the island after Hurricane Maria, she has struggled “just to be able to do things like I normally do.”

But things improved for her last week as the school came together to support her and two other SC staff members who have Puerto Rico ties through their “Coins for Kennedy” drive. The drive has been raising funds and creating cards for students at John F. Kennedy School in San Juan – where Cardona-Avelares attended as a child.

“Dealing with this from far away, just seeing how the school has rallied to support everything that’s going on down there, it just gives me hope that even with all the crazy stuff that’s been happening … we still have these glimmers of really wonderful people that can rally together and do great things,” Cardona-Avelares told the Press.

In addition to the fundraising, which ended Wednesday, many classrooms have had students working feverishly on cards with supportive messages they can send down.

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– Charlene Cardona-Avelares, Sugar Creek psychologist Fourth-grade teacher Lisette Venegas said the students have “really embraced” the project, especially after discussing natural disasters earlier in the year.

“It’s really hit home for them,” Venegas said. “It’s not just watching something that happened a couple years ago, but it’s happening now.

The drive came out of one of the school’s monthly behavior lessons as part of the Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports. The focus for October coming into the year was set to be on students being “kind and respectful” and “bucket fillers,” so the school had some sort of fundraiser planned, anyway.

During the brainstorming process, Cardona-Avelares said, school counselor Avery Kansteiner asked, “Why don’t we connect it to something that

A pool apparently won’t fit in Fireman’s Park.

Even with extra land purchased nearby, that much became clear to the Parks Commission once the numbers were crunched and the site was analyzed.

Given the dozen other sites effectively ruled out this summer, that leaves one option: Badger Prairie County Park.

Parks, recreation and forestry director Dave Walker told the Press this week he has already sent a basic sketch of how a pool would fit on more than 10 acres of what’s currently maintained as prairie restoration area near the Verona Public Library. And the commission affirmed that course of action at its Oct. 17 meeting.

Walker told the Press on Monday he’s hoping for some feedback from county parks staff this week.

But several hurdles remain in getting approval to use that area, not the least of which is the fact that it has not been discussed even in concept with the county’s Parks Board and that county parks staff have noted it is not part of the 2009 master plan for the park.

Still, if the county and city can agree on a land swap and a price in a reasonable amount of time, he believes construction could start next year and a 750-person capacity community pool could be open in time for the 2019 summer season.

“We’d start (grading the site) in spring (2018) ideally, but it’s going to take a few months at the very least to get some surety from the county that they’re on board with allowing this to happen,” he said.

That site is perched atop a hill between the library and Farm and Fleet, and it contains enough flat area (or area that can easily be made flat) for a 3-acre pool, roughly the size of the Goodman Aquatic Center in Madison. That,

A student designs his card for students at John F. Kennedy school in Puerto Rico, which has been closed since Hurricane Maria.

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“After all that tragedy, just hearing something like, ‘Hey, we’re gonna rally behind your school and help you out,’ I was a happy mess,” Cardona-Avelares said.

That led to some moments that “just tug at every piece of your heartstrings” for Cardona-Avelares, like the fifth-grader who brought in $40 from his “little bank” at home.

“That’s his own money,” she said.

“For a fifth-grader that’s quite a bit.”

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Attired in a white robe, Timothy Priewe preached fluently in front of hundreds of congregation members with a big smile.

He was proud to be getting through the sermon that Sunday, one of many he’s practiced at home since becoming the assistant pastor at Resurrection Lutheran Church in mid-August.

A Milwaukee native, the 24-year-old Priewe said his preaching skill has improved a lot over past couple months. He is more comfortable dealing with the nerves of delivering a speech in front of people and feels it’s “cool” to see himself speaking “heart to heart.”

He had no idea where Verona was before he was assigned here. But the move went smoothly with help from more than 10 church volunteers he hadn’t known before, with loading, driving and carrying stuff up into his new apartment.

Now he likes the “cool Since 1976

little town,” especially the horses and donkeys on his way driving to the church.

He has done about 30 member visits in the process of getting to know all of the 400 congregation members.

“It’s pretty amazing to learn about people and figuring out their stories,” Priewe told the Press.

Nathan Strutz, Resurrection Lutheran’s pastor, said Priewe, the eighth vicar, is doing a “fantastic” job.

Previous vicars have been assigned all over the country, from Michigan to Florida, after they finish their time here. He was excited to see the church had an impact on those pastors.

“It’s a lot of fun to see an individual getting more experience and growing over the year,” Strutz said.

Before working as a pastor, Priewe has to go through a four-year college study and another four years of seminary school. To accurately preach God’s words, he has spent “countless hours” learning original Bible languages — Hebrew and Greek — since the first day of college. Recently, Priewe has focused on translating the Bible through original languages and studying how

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Timothy Priewe, assistant pastor at Resurrection Lutheran Church since mid-August has improved his preaching skill over past couple months. He is more comfortable dealing with the nerves of delivering a speech and feels it’s “cool” to see himself preaching “heart to heart.”

that fits together. performance so far, espe- written himself and memoStrutz praised Priewe’s cially the sermons he’s rized before services.

“It’s not something you can get off the Internet, but entirely self-created,” Strutz said. “We need to see how we’re sinners and most importantly that Jesus died for us and forgave all of our sins.”

As a third-year seminary student, Priewe will stay for a year while undergoing practical training.

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the church merged with a church in Madison, which increased his time commitment to six days a week, preaching and teaching Bible classes between the two campuses. But Priewe said it’s a privilege to serve in both places and meet more people.

The most memorable experience Priewe has had so far is the first baptism he conducted a month ago.

After waiting with the family for the delivery for over four hours, he baptized the baby at midnight.

Although the procedure is simple, the feeling of being the third person on earth to see the baby made him “excited” and “nervous.” He recalled the “strange” and “fragile” moment when the baby was in an incubator and he was reaching through the hole to apply the water.

“It’s a wonderful experience because God’s promise takes away the baby’s sins,” Priewe said.

After the one-year training, Priewe will wrap up school and move onto the next assignment, which could be anywhere in the world.

“You just put your life up in the air,” Priewe said.

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Luke Diaz almost got his wish Monday night.

The District 3 alder has long campaigned for fewer closed discussions of city business, and he had made his strongest pitch yet, stating flatly that the city should keep negotiations with the school district – which includes the entire city among its constituents – open and transparent.

With two alders and the mayor missing, the council voted 3-2 to take the matter into closed session. District 4 Ald. Evan Touchett’s motion to close that portion of the meeting to

the public went several seconds without a second before Ald. Sarah Gaskell (D-2) finally stepped in.

Ald. Brad Stiner (D-3) went with the majority, while Ald. Heather Reekie (D-4) joined Diaz. Council president Elizabeth Doyle, chairing the meeting in the mayor’s absence, did not vote.

At issue is the second entrance to the new Verona Area High School project, which voters approved in April in the largest school referendum in state history, $182 million. The main entrance is planned off of West Verona Avenue and West End Circle.

A city committee declined to support a previous plan to send a second street to Paoli Street because it would

intersect too close to the U.S. 18-151 bypass. The new plan would create a link to South Nine Mound Road – a less convenient alternative but enough to prevent the sort of traffic jams coming out of the current school.

“The negotiations are intertwined completely with policy decisions,” Diaz pleaded, to no effect. “It might be more difficult for us and the school board, but I think it would lead to a better result.”

Alders did not report on the nature of the discussion after the 75-minute closed session.

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Hitting the roads in county budget SCOTT DE LARUELLE Unified Newspaper Group

When Dane County Executive Joe Parisi introduced his proposed $538 million 2018 operating budget Oct. 2, he stressed human services, environmental cleanup and road improvements.

When it comes to Verona, make that heavy on the road improvements.

The budget, in the midst of County Board review and a public hearing last week, includes around $4.5 million for a pair of highway reconstructions in the Verona area out of a highway budget of $14.5 million.

That includes $4 million next year (of eventual $12.6 million from the county) toward a $46.5 million project to reconstruct County Hwy. M, from Valley View Road in Madison south to Cross Country Road in Verona. The proposed budget would also fund $570,000 of a $1.1 million joint project with the City of Verona project to reconstruct County Hwy. PD from Woods Road to M into a four lane road.

“This budget is one of my largest investments yet in reconstructing our aging county highways, increasing public safety, and cleaning our lakes,” said Dane County Executive Joe Parisi.

2018 budget process Oct. 2-27: Standing committees review Oct. 18: Public hearing, Madison City-County Building Nov. 6-17: Personnel and finance committee Nov. 20: County Board budget deliberations begin 7 p.m.

Nov. 21: More Board deliberations if necessary Nov. 30: Consideration of possible county executive vetoes

districts including Verona “to improve the classroom and home experiences of our young people experiencing mental health ailments,” according to a county press release.

This year, 20 mental health professionals are available to work with at least 260 students and their families to help address mental health needs. The program was created by Parisi in 2014 as a pilot effort in Madison, Sun Prairie and Verona and has since expanded to other areas “This is making a real difference to stabilize both learning and living environments for our young people,” Parisi said. “The effects of mental illness are far-reaching, affecting Achievement gap classrooms, families, and Another budget proposal workplaces.” that would affect Verona is Jail debate an Early Childhood InitiaWhile District 32 Supertive aiming to reduce the achievement gap, improve visor Mike Willett of Verodisproportionate minority na is “still working his way unemployment and tackle through” Dane County Execpoverty in areas including utive Joe Parisi’s proposed 2018 budget, he thinks the Verona and Fitchburg.

Nearly $1.1 million in county is once again preparcounty operating funds has ing to “spend more money been allotted to continue than we take in.”

“It’s no fiscal restraint at the initiative, which piloted at Sugar Creek Elementary all, it’s like, ‘Yep, this is a nice program, lets do it,’” School in 2014. the self-described conserMental health teams vative told the Press last The budget allocates $1 week. “And then we get to million for school based the jail and we can’t afford mental-health teams, a pro- to do it, because we’ve done gram in place in school too many other things.”

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Stalemate continues The council held its most pointless vote yet on a representative to the Plan Commision.

With six votes required, the council had failed 10 straight times before on the selection. This time, only five alders were available to vote, and it fell along the exact same lines as before, with the three alders who made their first appearance on the council in 2013 (Diaz, Reekie and Gaskell) or later all voting for Diaz in a 3-2 vote and Stiner and Touchett voting for Ald. Jack Linder (D-2).

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“The jails we have are very dangerous and there are all sorts of reasons we need to do some additional things to the jail,” he said.

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The Finance committee voted to forward the notice of the city’s budget for publication in the Nov. 2 Verona Press. Alders will discuss the budget Nov. 13 and hold a public hearing Nov. 20, with the intent to adopt the budget that night.

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The kneeling controversy exposes a double injustice A Facebook friend from my hometown posted a question the other day.

She asked, “I’ve heard sooo many reasons and theories, does anyone really know why some are kneeling?”

One of her relatives answered almost immediately, saying, “The original message (before identity politics took hold) was the shooting of unarmed black men by police officers. The message was that police officers used excessive force in certain cases Yurs and unarmed men were killed and officers were let off the hook.”

It did not take long before others jumped in on this conversation, many to complain about the NFL for allowing disgraceful protests against the flag and the national anthem.

We need to take seriously what my friend’s relative said and try to understand how those who jumped in on the conversation are pouring salt into an open and painful wound.

There are two injustices at issue in the kneeling controversy – both the treatment of people of color and the co-opting of their message.

The first is well-known, as my friend’s relative correctly identifies. When there is case after case of a black death followed by a white exoneration, and when an officer is quoted as saying, “We only shoot n- - - - - -,” one has to pause and wonder.

Not every police officer is a perpetrator of injustice, of course. To hold that every officer is complicit and worthy of contempt is a rickety point of view that cannot withstand exposure to the facts.

But it is just as untenable to hold that all police officers are

incapable of injustice and that no person of color is ever innocent.

Unfair treatment because of race is a real happening in our culture. Some NFL players began taking a knee to call the attention of the nation to this injustice.

Most folks I am around get this part of it and are sympathetic. They wish for and expect fair treatment of all persons regardless of race, creed, class, and orientation. They stand with generous spirit for equal justice under the law.

What is less understood is the second injustice embedded in the kneeling controversy. A scene from the television miniseries, “Roots,” helps to expose it to our view.

“Roots” begins with Kunta Kinte, a young man captured in Africa and made a slave in the American south. He is severely whipped in one scene. The slaveholders want to impose a new identity onto him.

So, as lashes from the whip tear to shreds the skin on his back, someone shouts, as if to pour a new name into him through the open wounds, “Your name is Toby!”

That dramatic scene helps me see what is happening now and it guides me in understanding how what is happening is hurtful.

The original meaning behind the kneeling – the good name given to it by its proponents – is being cut away and another name is being spoken into it.

Suddenly, the matter is not now about the unfair treatment of unarmed black men but about the unfair treatment of the flag and that for which it stands.

Suddenly the voice of the protesters is captured and taken away only to be replaced by the voice, language and interests of people of power.

This reframing of the kneeling to be a protest against the flag accentuates the pain of the black experience by diminishing

its worthiness to be heard by the means that that experience finds most expressive. It tells the people of the black experience that what they have to say does not matter and that they had best “mind their place.”

Their “place,” is then defined as standing and saluting the experience of the more powerful majority.

As long as powerful people invalidate the voice and experience of the powerless, there will be no peace in our land.

We must work to ease this second injustice every bit as much as I believe we want to ease the first. We must bring ourselves to see that the act of kneeling – an act that in other contexts is a sign of reverence and submission, not defiance or disrespect – is not denigrating the flag but rather an act of calling our attention to the highest ideals for which the flag stands.

The kneeling wants us to focus afresh on the inalienable rights of life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, and equal justice under law.

The founders of this great nation came together to form what they called a more perfect union.

But they knew the nation they formed was not perfect.

We are closer to continuing the work they started not when we assume everyone’s experience is beautiful from sea to shining sea and thereby thinking that the only thing worth doing is to stand in salute of what has come to be.

Rather, we are closer to forming a more perfect union when we are willing to acquaint ourselves with another’s pain, to kneel beside the other in solidarity with that pain, and then rise together, each somehow stronger.

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

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With temporary road closures and slowdowns related to the County Hwy. M project happening more frequently, the City of Madison will host monthly updates on the project in Verona beginning next week.

The first is from 1:30-2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 2, at 161 Horizon Drive, Suite 109B. The updates, known as business and property coordination meetings, will feature staff from the state Department of Transportation, the City of Madison, City of Verona and Dane County, all of which are working together on the 14-month, $50 million project under the leadership of Madison.

Already, a stretch of Raymond Road has been closed to through traffic for several weeks, and part of County Hwy. PD was closed for most of the day earlier this week. M has had long

four Gospel Music Association Dove Awards and 35 International Bluegrass Music Association awards, including multiple Entertainer of the Year and Vocal Group of the Year recognitions. This spring, Dailey and Vincent made their 101st appearance at the Grand Ole Opry, where they were officially inducted as members. The group has also garnered international attention with their TV series “The Dailey and Vincent Show” on RFD-TV. Tickets are available at vapas.org or by calling 848-2787, and can also be purchased in person at the State Bank of Cross Plains-Verona or Capitol Bank-Verona. All seats are reserved, and cost $32 for adults, $30 for seniors 65 and older, and $10 for students 18 and under.

The show is sponsored in part by the Verona Area Chamber of Commerce, Makin’ Hey! Communications and Rockweiler Insulation, Inc. Upcoming VAPAS concerts this season include “We’ve Only Just Begun: Carpenters Remembered” on Feb. 17 and The Lettermen on April 21. For information, visit vapas.org.

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Free e-waste drop off event Nov. 4 Wisconsin residents haven’t been allowed to dump electronics into their garbage since 2009. With the prevalence of old, obsolete electronics, that generally means paying to get rid of them.

But next weekend, city residents can drop off e-waste for free at the city’s public works site, 410 Investment Court. The event runs from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 4.

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televisions, computers, printers, computer monitors, DVD players, VCRs, fax machines, cell phones, and computer parts and accessories. The city normally charges fees for disposal of electronic waste, as do private recyclers, such as File 13.

The free annual e-waste drop-off event is part of the city’s garbage contract with Waste Management. Dane County used to have a similar event in the spring but

Kids Expo Nov. 4 at VAHS The Verona Area School District will hold the second annual Kids Expo Saturday, Nov. 4.

The expo, which will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. a t Ve r o n a A r e a H i g h School, 300 Richard St., will feature more than two dozen vendors from area schools, preschools and other businesses and community organizations that serve children.

The list includes each of the elementary charter schools in VASD, the Verona and Fitchburg libraries, sports businesses and the Verona Lions Club.

Many of the booths at the event will feature games and interactive activities to get the kids interested.

The event is targeted at families with kids from birth up to pre-k age, with a focus on helping educate parents about what

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CITIZEN BUDGET INPUT SESSION A Citizen Budget Input Session for the 2018-19 Verona Area School District budget will be held during the audience portion of the October 30th, 2017, board meeting. The meeting will begin at 7:00 pm in the Board Room of the District Administration Building, 700 N. Main Street, Verona.

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to expect when their child reaches school age.

The idea for the expo came after a 2015 survey filled out by families with children aged 4 or under that showed parents were interested in learning more about resources in the area, VASD early learning coordinator Jennifer Skibba said last year.

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stopped holding it a few years ago, instead opening a fee site on U.S. Hwy. 12 east of the Interstate that’s open year-round.

Anyone dropping off items at Verona’s event must furnish basic proof of City of Verona residency.

For information, call the city’s public works department at 845-6695 or visit the city’s website at ci.verona.wi.us.

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The Grammy-nominated duo Dailey and Vincent will bring their “All-American” tour to Verona at Saturday, Nov. 11, as part of the Verona Area Performing Arts Series’ 18th season.

Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent will perform an eclectic set of bluegrass, traditional country and gospel music at 7:30 p.m. in the Verona Area High School Performing Arts Center, 300 Richard St. Dailey and Vincent will be joined by their band, featuring Jeff Parker, Aaron McCune, Patrick McAvinue, Jessie Baker, Buddy Hyatt and Shaun Richardson – a group of a c c o m p l i s h e d fi d d l e r s , vocalists, pianists and banjo players.

Dailey and Vincent have released six albums – their newest, “Patriots and Poets,” came out in March – with five appearing on at least one Billboard chart.

They have been nominated for eight Grammy awards, both individually and collectively; Dailey previously performed as the lead vocalist and guitarist for Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, while Vincent was a musician with Ricky Skaggs’ band, Kentucky Thunder.

Other accolades include

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

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backups and will likely continue to have more as contractors prepare to widen the old country highway to a four-lane, divided urban road with a sidewalk, terrace and curbs.

There will be no formal presentation.

“They are simply a time for businesses and residents to ask any questions to the contractor regarding the ongoing construction,” explained on-site project staffer Trenton Diehl.

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Bluegrass, country and gospel group Dailey and Vincent, led

by Jamie Dailey (left) and Darrin Vincent (right), will perform for the Verona Area Performing Arts Series at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 11, at the Verona Area High School PAC, 300 Richard St.

What: County Hwy. M project update When: 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 2 Where: 161 Horizon Dr. Suite 109B Info: Call 845-3350

Jacobson compared them to the informal Q and A sessions downtown during the South Main Street project this past summer.

The updates will be suspended during the winter months and will resume in the spring. The second update meeting is Dec. 7.

The M and PD project runs from Cross Country Road in Verona to Prairie Hill Road in Madison and will extend east and west on PD for a few hundred feet in each direction. The new intersection will include one westbound lane on PD that runs under M and does not stop.

It started in September (though parts of PD started in April) and is scheduled to be complete Nov. 1, 2019.

For information on the updates or the project, call 845-3350 or visit the field office at 7395 County Hwy. PD.

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Drug and medication drop-off

Two costume dance parties will be held on Friday, Oct. 27 at the library.

Kids ages 0-3 can wear a costume and boogie to tunes at the party from 9:30-10:15 a.m.; and 10:30-11:15 a.m. for kids ages 4-8.

For information, call 845-7180.

The Verona Police Department will host a Prescription Drug Take-Back from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, at the Verona Police Department.

The event aims to provide a safe and convenient way of disposing unused and expired prescription drugs, while also educating the public about the potential for abuse of medications.

Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high – more Americans currently abuse prescription drugs than the number of those using cocaine, hallucinogens, and heroin combined.

Sharps, inhalers, anything under pressure, non-prescription and personal hygiene products are unacceptable. People should empty all pills into a clear plastic bag to assist with the ease of disposal. Prescription liquids and creams must be in their original packaging material.

For information, call 845-7623.

Shred It People can help save trees by participating in Verona’s first annual “Shred It” from 9-11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, in the parking lot of the Verona City Center, 111 Lincoln St. Participants can bring the equivalent of three boxes or 50 pounds of paper materials to be destroyed for free, including old file folders, checks, junk mail, credit card statements, tax forms. It’s preferred to put the materials into paper bags because plastic bags can’t be shredded. It’s not necessary to remove staples, paper clips and rubber bands. Prohibited materials include three ring binders, hanging file folders, CD or DVD, cassette tapes and credit and debit cards.

Participants will be provided with confirmation of destruction of their material.

For information, call 845-7623.

Escape room The library will host two free escape rooms for adults from 1:30-3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28. Adults ages 18 and over can sign up for time slots to escape from a room of stranger things, learn about the upside down to find way out, and take chances

Churches escaping from a room of monstrous horror. Individual sign-ups are available; teams of 10 have only 20 minutes to escape. Participants 21 and over will receive a free drink coupon for Hop Haus Brewing Company.

For information, call 845-7180.

Halloween party for seniors Description: The senior center will host a Halloween party from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31. There will be Trick or Treat for Tots from, Monster Dating Game, Door Prize Drawing and film screening. Seniors ages 55 and over, who dress in costume will be entered into a drawing for a gift certificate.

For information, call 848-7471

Meet the author This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Wisconsin State Capitol. Michael Edmonds, author of The Wisconsin Capitol: Stories of a Monument and Its People, will present a story of the Capitol building and the people who made the history beneath its dome from 7-8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1, at the library. Books will be available for sale and signing.

For information, visit capitol100th. wisconsin.gov.

To register, call 845-7180.

Community calendar ‌Thursday, October 26‌

• 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Syrian Refugee Portraits exhibit ends, library, 8457180‌‌ • 4-5:30 p.m., Teen gaming, library, 845-7180 ‌ • 6:30-7:30 p.m., SpareTime BlueGrass Band performance, library, 845-7180‌‌

‌Friday, October 27‌

• 9:30-11:15 a.m., Costume Dance Party, library, 845-7180 ‌ • 12:30-2:30 p.m., Movie: Four weddings and a funeral, senior center, 848-3037‌ • 3:30-5 p.m., Teen Escape Room, library, 845-7180 ‌

‌Saturday, October 28‌

• 9-11 a.m., Shred It, Verona City Center parking lot, 111 Lincoln St., 845-7623‌ • 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Prescription drug and medication drop-off, Verona

Police Department, 111 Lincoln St., 845-7623‌ • 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Prairie Kitchen free community meal, BPNN, bpnn.org‌ • 1:30-3 p.m., Escape room, library, 845-7180‌‌

‌Thursday, November 2‌

• 4-5:30 p.m., Anime and Manga club, library, 845-7180 ‌ • 6-7 p.m., Evening Caregiver Support Group, senior center, 845-7471‌

‌Friday, November 3‌

• 10 a.m., Celtic harp and song, ‌Monday, October 30‌ library, 845-7180 ‌ • 1-2:30 p.m., Experiencing America • 12:30-3 p.m., Movie: The Great course, senior center, 845-7471‌ Gatsby, senior center, 845-7471 ‌ • 7-7:30 p.m., Madison Flute Club • 3-4:30 p.m., Open gaming, library, performance, library, 845-7180‌‌ 845-7180 ‌

‌Tuesday, October 31‌

• 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Halloween party for seniors, senior center, 848-3037‌ • 3:30-6:30 p.m., Verona Farmers Market, Hometown Junction Park, facebook.com/veronamarket‌

‌Wednesday, November 1‌

• 7-8 p.m., Meet the author, library, 845-7180 ‌

‌Saturday, November 4‌

• 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Pie social and BBQ, senior center, 845-7471 ‌ • 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Prairie Kitchen free community meal, BPNN, bpnn.org‌

11 a.m. – Verona ‘91-’92 Boys Basketball 1 p.m. – 2016 Wildcats Football -New! 4:30 p.m. – Gordon School at the Historical Society 6 p.m. – Common Council from 10-23-17 9 p.m. – Verona ‘91-’92 Boys Basketball 10 p.m. – Gordon School at the Historical Society 11 p.m. – Exercise with Arthritis at Senior Center Sunday, Oct. 29 7 a.m. – Hindu Cultural Hour 9 a.m. – Resurrection Church 10 a.m. – Salem Church Service Noon – Common Council from 10-23-17 3 p.m. – Verona ‘91-’92 Boys Basketball 4:30 p.m. – Gordon School at the Historical Society 6 p.m. – Common Council from 10-23-17 9 p.m. – Verona ‘91-’92 Boys Basketball 10 p.m. – Gordon School at the Historical Society 11 p.m. – Exercise with Arthritis at Senior Center Monday, Oct. 30 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

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

‌Monday, November 6‌

• 6:30 p.m., Plan Commission, Verona City Center, 848-9943‌

What’s on VHAT-98 Thursday, Oct. 26 7 a.m. – Health Screenings at Senior Center 8 a.m. – Zumba Gold 9 a.m. – Daily Exercise 10 a.m. – Exercise with Arthritis 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. 27 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. – 2016 Wildcats Football -New! 8:30 p.m. – Mitch Hencks at Senior Center 10 p.m. – Health Screenings at Senior Center 11 p.m. – Exercise with Arthritis at Senior Center Saturday, Oct. 28 8 a.m. – Common Council from 10-23-17

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

Senior Center 5 p.m. – 2016 Wildcats Football -New! 9 p.m. – Hindu Cultural Hour 10 p.m. – Health Screenings at Senior Center 11 p.m. – Exercise with Arthritis at Senior Center Tuesday, Oct. 31 7 a.m. – Health Screenings at Senior Center 10 a.m. – Zumba Gold 9 a.m. – Daily Exercise 10 a.m. – Exercise with Arthritis 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, Nov. 1 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 10-23-17 7 p.m. – Capital City Band 8 p.m. – Mitch Hencks at Senior Center 10 p.m. – Health Screenings at Senior Center

11 p.m. – Exercise with Arthritis at Senior Center Thursday, Nov. 2 7 a.m. – Health Screenings at Senior Center 8 a.m. – Zumba Gold 9 a.m. – Daily Exercise 10 a.m. – Exercise with Arthritis 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

Sins that cry out to Heaven “Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court, for the Lord will take up their case and will exact life for life.”

—Proverbs 22:22-23 NIV There are sins that cry out to heaven for justice. The slaughter of Abel by his brother Cain is the primordial example. A premeditated murder of one’s brother certainly cries out for justice. The oppression of the Israelites in Egypt is another sin that cried to heaven, and throughout the Bible we see the oppression of the poor, of orphans and widows, and of refugees as sins that God is particularly inclined to avenge. The Book of Exodus makes this principle explicit: “Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner, for you were foreigners in Egypt. Do not take advantage of the widow or the fatherless. If you do and they cry out to me, I will certainly hear their cry. My anger will be aroused, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives will become widows and your children fatherless.” (Exodus 22:21-24 NIV) This is a moral exhortation that is all too relevant today, when millions of refugees have no place to call home and widows and orphans are all around us. Ask yourself who in your community fits the bill of the widow, the orphan or the foreigner. We might call them by different names, i.e., single mothers, or undocumented immigrants, or the homeless and working poor, but these people are God’s children, and they have a special place in His heart.

– 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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The first time Allison Renfro opened up a Rainbow Child Care Center, she got excited as she looked through the boxes of play equipment.

“I was pulling open boxes like, ‘This is Christmas,’” Renfro recalled with a laugh.

That equipment was part of the “Ready, Set, GROW! Fit Foundations” program at the Rainbow CCC in Cottage Grove earlier this year.

Now, she’s the director of Verona’s newest day care, which opened in August and features the same enrichment opportunities, including the Fit Foundations, which emphasizes health and fitness through muscle development and coordination.

Other specialized programs include “Zoo-Phonics,” Spanish language immersion and baby sign language.

The Verona location, at 590 Hometown Circle, is one of four in the Madison area to open or begin construction over the past year, Renfro said, with the others in Madison, Waunakee and Cottage Grove. The center serves children from 6 months to 12 years old.

“There’s such a need, especially for infant care,” Renfro said. “The Madison area is growing so much.”

The company was founded in 1986 in Hillsborough, N.J., shortly after the founders had their first son.

“They just thought, ‘There has to be a better way to do (day care),’” Renfro said.

That better way included offering different kinds of learning opportunities for students through the enrichment programs. Sign language and fit foundations are offered beginning at the infant level and the Spanish immersion and Zoo-Phonics language lessons beginning at toddler and preschool, respectively.

“All that’s included in your tuition,” Renfro said. “(The founders) really put the time and effort and thought into what are parents’ biggest concerns, what do they need?”

She said that the corporate resources mix well with the “small” company, which has about 100 centers around the country.

“There’s always support, and there’s always someone there,” she said. “It’s not just us when we struggle with something … hung out to dry, but with Rainbow still being small, you call the home office and they know your name, they remember what you tell them.”

It also helps to find staff for their specialty programs, as the company has built a curriculum to train the instructors.

“We don’t necessarily have to search and search and search, when we find someone who is caring and compassionate, we can always train them,” Renfro

Rainbow Child Care Center RainbowCCC.com/ Verona 497-1792 590 Hometown Circle Hours: 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Ages served: 6 months to 12 years said.

Verona’s building, located between Farm and Fleet and McDonald’s, features a pair of outdoor playgrounds, an outdoor splash pad, a gymnasium and eight classrooms. Rainbow offers infant care, toddler care, young preschool, preschool, pre-k academy, Varsity Club before and after school program, Montessori, private kindergarten, summer camp and the enrichment programs previously mentioned.

Diapers and wipes are also included as part of the tuition cost.

The company holds special events throughout the year, including the “Fall Harvest Celebration” last weekend. Renfro said other events include a holiday party, summer social and other themes based on the community they’re in.

Renfro said she’s so far found many of their families live in Verona, but the parents work in Madison or elsewhere in the area.

“It seems to be really important to (parents) that their kids stay where they’re going to go to school,” Renfro said.

With plenty of openings remaining two months into the Verona center’s opening, Renfro is excited for what’s ahead.

“I’m very happy,” she said. “I think there’s a lot of good to come.”

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

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Rainbow Child Care Center of Verona assistant director Peter Burke, left, and director Allison Renfro stand in the gym, one of Renfro’s favorite features about Rainbow CCC. The gym is part of the center’s “Fit Foundations” enrichment program.

The center, right, opened in August at 590 Hometown Circle. The building features eight classrooms aimed at the different age groups it provides care for, from 6 months up to 12 years old.

Enrichment programs Zoo-Phonics: Preschool and Pre-K Academy BabySignLanguage. com: Infant and Toddlers Ready, Set, GROW! Fit Foundations: Infant, Toddler, Young Preschool, Preschool, Pre-K Academy, Varsity Club Language Immersion Spanish: Toddler, Young Preschool, Preschool, Pre-K Academy, Varsity Club

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Center, Katie Cass (Deloris Van Cartier) comforts the sisters of the Queen of Angels Parish the night before their show.

Sister Act After 10 weeks of rehearsal, the Verona Area Community Theater performed its first Photo by Helu Wang seasonal adult show, ‘Sister Act’ last Thursday through Sunday, at the Verona Area High Center, Katie Cass (Deloris Van Cartier) makes a hard choice between going back to be a School Performing Arts Center. singer and performing with the sisters.

Audience members dance with the sisters in the church.

From left, Jonathan Woolums (Joey,) Mark Harrod (Pablo) and Jacob Connor (TJ) dance before they sneak into the church.

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Player of the week From Oct. 17-24

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The Verona Area High School volleyball team celebrates a WIAA Division 1 regional championship Saturday.

Acing regionals

Name: Julia Pletta Grade: Senior Sport: Cross country Highlights: Pletta finished eighth overall and third out of five individual state qualifying spots in 20 minutes, 8 seconds Saturday to qualify for her first WIAA Division 1 state cross country meet Honorable mentions: Peter Barger (boys xc) reached his first WIAA Division 1 state cross country after finishing seventh overall Saturday at the Windsor Sports Complex with a time of 16 minutes, 30 seconds. He was the second individual state qualifier Haakon Anderson (football) ran for 104 yards on seven carries Friday in a loss to Kettle Moraine in the D1 Level 1 playoffs Jaden King (football) caught five passes for 74 yards Friday Katie Karnosky (volleyball) finished with 33 digs in two games to help Verona win a D1 regional title last week Emma Frahm (volleyball) finished with 40 assists in two D1 regional games last week Bennett Luttinen (boys soccer) had two goals and an assist Thursday in a D1 regional semifinal win over Waukesha South Camie Otto, Courtney Guenther, Annika Larson and Sophie Henshue (girls swimming) won the varsity 200 free in 2:00.13 on Tuesday as Verona beat Janesville Parker/Evansville 12941

Team effort leads Cats to regional title ANTHONY IOZZO Assistant sports editor

Serving was a key for the third-seeded Verona Area High School Volleyball team Saturday in a 3-1 (25-8, 25-21, 20-25, 25-20) win over No. 6 DeForest.

When the Wildcats were hitting the ball well on the serve, the game flowed in favor of Verona, including running away with the first set and coming back to take the second set.

However, when the serves were not consistent, it allowed DeForest to use its serve to take the Wildcats out of their system, including a third set loss and times in the second and fourth sets.

In the end, Verona was able to bounce back and fight through the shifting momentum of a playoff match and the loud opposing fans and put the Norskies away.

Sophomore Amelia Hust had three aces and helped the Wildcats put away DeForest in the second set and also added an ace late in the fourth set to once again serve Verona to a win.

“The girls did a good job of stepping back and supporting each other and working together to do whatever they could to hold each serve for points,” coach Kelly Annen said. “Our serving and passing, once that clicked back together, everything else seemed to fall in place.”

While the Norskies took control at times, the pressure of the moment didn’t seem to faze the Wildcats. Trailing in much of the second set, seniors Kirstin Tidd, Priya Shenoi and Katie Karnosky, juniors Sophie Alexander and Emma Frahm and sophomore Megan Touchett

Seniors Hannah Worley (from left), Katie Karnosky and Kirstin Tidd are the first three Verona players to get the regional championship plaque Saturday, after the third-seeded Wildcats defeated No. 6 DeForest 3-1 (25-8, 25-21, 20-25, 25-20) in a WIAA Division 1 regional final. were all key to the comeback with blocks and kills and hits that forced DeForest errors.

Frahm set up most of the kills, and the other girls both struck the ball well and made it tough on DeForest’s outside hitters with some key blocks.

In the fourth set, senior Hannah Worley and sophomore Maddy Kelley joined that group to fight in a close back-and-forth set that Verona trailed a few times.

Much of that composure can be attributed to Shenoi and Worley, who were sophomores on the 2015 team that made the state semifinals.

Both girls have been instrumental in helping the rest of the team stay focused and not get lost in the pressure of the one-and-done postseason, Annen said.

It also helps that the girls were able to win a five-set thriller over Sun Prairie earlier this season. Worley said the team learned from that experience, and it helped on Saturday when needing to close out DeForest.

“We practice pressure serving a lot in practice, and it really helps us keep calm in those

Boys cross country

Barger qualifies for first WIAA state meet JEREMY JONES Sports editor

Senior Peter Barger ended a twoyear drought by the Verona boys cross country team, earning one of the five individual state qualifiers Saturday at the WIAA Division 1 DeForest sectional.

“Peter carried out our strategy almost perfectly,” coach Randy Marks said. “He got up there with the West group right away.”

Middleton and Madison West both qualified as teams, leaving five individual spots up in the air.

Barger finished seventh overall at the Windsor Sports Complex with a time of 16 minutes, 30 seconds.

He was the second individual state qualifier.

“It’s been my goal since my sophomore year, when I realized I actually had a shot at this,” Barger said. “It was now or never this

season.

“I definitely worked a lot harder over the offseason and in the summer. I made the most out of every workout. I put in more miles with a lot more intensity and mental focus.”

Barger has been getting even more of a push this season from Ryan Nameth, a four-time state qualifier at VAHS who now runs at UW-Madison.

“There is no one that will push you like Ryan,” Barger said. “He will make sure you finish your workout.”

The WIAA Division 1 state meet takes place at the Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids on Saturday, Oct. 28.

“I’ve never ran at state before, Photo by Jeremy Jones it will just be fun to run with guys that are right there with me and Verona senior Peter Barger (389) follows Madison West senior Daniel really battling it out,” Barger said. Jacobs (305) during Saturday’s WIAA Division 1 DeForest sectional meet. Barger finished seventh overall in 16 minutes, 30 seconds to Turn to Boys xc/Page 12 earn his first trip to the state meet.

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Girls cross country

Pletta qualifies for state after falling short for three years JEREMY JONES Sports editor

Julia Pletta didn’t want to leave anything to chance in what could have been her the final race of her prep career Saturday at the WIAA Division 1 DeForest sectional meet.

“The second mile really started to hurt, but I heard coach say, ‘It’s your senior year. You have about five minutes. It’s about how bad you want it,’” Pletta said. “I wanted this more than anyone today.”

That desire helped fuel the senior to the third of five individual state qualifiers spots in 20 minutes, 8 seconds. It was the first time the senior qualified for state.

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Key penalties lead to playoff exit ANTHONY IOZZO Assistant sports editor

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Senior Jack Bates slides to take the ball away from a Waukesha South player Thursday in a WIAA Division 1 regional semifinal at Reddan Soccer Park. The fourth-seeded Wildcats won 3-1 over No. 13 Waukesha South. Verona’s season came to an end in the regional final in a 5-0 loss to Middleton.

Verona makes regional final, falls to Middleton ANTHONY IOZZO Assistant sports editor

It wasn’t an ideal end to the 2017 boys soccer season Saturday in a 5-0 loss to fifth-seeded Middleton, but there were plenty of high points for the Verona Area High School varsity squad this year.

The Wildcats finished 15-4-1 overall and were runner-up in the Big Eight Conference with 22 points and a 7-1-1 record, the team’s best finish since joining the conference in 2008.

And that’s with more than half of the varsity team comprised by first-year underclassmen (four seniors, three juniors, nine sophomores and two freshmen).

Coach Chris Handrick said seniors Jack Bates, Ethan Poppen, Andres Temozihui and Jose Adrian Lazaro-Padilla all helped the younger players feel comfortable in unfamiliar situations.

“They really had a family mentality, a family attitude,” he said. “I watched the seniors really come around (the underclassmen) and call a couple of extra gathering times to get equipped for the playoffs. It was cool to see.”

After dropping the first game of the season, Verona started its ascent with faster, more cohesive play. Possession became a part of the Wildcats’ identity, and Handrick

said he was proud to see them turn that into a strength.

With 14 players expected to return, there is room to go up for the program. Handrick said participation levels and talent are rising, and speed will be key in the next few seasons.

“I think you will see a top contender in the conference for the next three to four years with this team,” Handrick said.

“There will be a connectivity that I don’t think Verona has seen in a long time.”

There will be important positions to replace, starting with center-midfielders Lazaro-Padilla and Temozihui. But Handrick said the younger backups were able to watch and learn from them playing the right way, helping them “immensely.”

Poppen was a captain and one of the team’s top defenders. Handrick said he showed what hard work can do with how much he improved during his career, and that is an example he thinks will help the sophomores.

And then there was the leading scorer on this year’s team. Bates, a forward, was an unexpected offensive weapon.

“Watching him step up to the plate and have the determination to focus and put the ball in the back of the net – it wasn’t fancy, but that is what we needed,” Handrick said.

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It looked like a long touchdown run Friday, but as the sideline celebrated what would have been a score to make it a two-possession game, the sight of an official’s flag silenced the Verona Area High School football team.

The call was an illegal block in the back as sophomore Haakon Anderson was about to pass the goal line, and it turned a 60-yard TD run into a first-and-10 on the 19-yard line.

The Wildcats were held to a field goal on the drive, and two holding penalties took away first downs on the following drive as fourth-seeded Verona fell 28-19 to fifth-seeded Kettle Moraine in a WIAA Division 1 Level 1 playoff after leading 13-7 at halftime.

And yet, coach Dave Richardson said the Wildcats (6-4 overall) played their best game of the season when it mattered the most.

“I was proud of our kids,” Richardson said. “I am going to be happy to move

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Senior Nathan Tadisch hugs junior Dylan Bourne Friday after the Verona Area High School football team’s season ended in the WIAA Division 1 Level 1 playoffs. forward with what we got coming back. The seniors have renewed my passion and appreciation for what football is all about, and I am really proud of the seniors and am proud of the underclassmen

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Seniors leave legacy, inspire youth Following Friday’s 28-19 loss to Kettle Moraine in the WIAA Division 1 Level 1 playoff at Verona Area High School, sophomore Shay Watson made sure to be one of the speakers in the post-game huddle.

Watson talked about how much the seniors meant to him, after he transferred from Madison West and experienced his first year in the Verona program, and he said senior quarterback Aaron Young was one of the best role models he ever had in his life.

“How many seniors in high school have a sophomore say that to them? That is pretty amazing,” coach Dave Richardson said. “He was talking to all the seniors.

They were all good role models to him.

They took him in like he was one of their own. That is pretty cool that we got those kids that maybe didn’t know it, but they were role models to their teammates who were right there in the room every day.”

That was the senior class this year, a close-knit group that experienced the highs-and-lows of a season together, as a family.

When it was all over, the seniors hung out by the field well after the game had ended. Some hugged and knelt at the 50-yard line looking at the scoreboard.

Others hugged and chatted by the end zone near the school.

Others went to the locker room and then walked back on the field and laughed and

chatted on the benches on the sideline.

While the season had ended for the team, it was not the end of the group.

“I have never been a part of a team this close,” senior Jaden King said. “We went through adversity, but last year was a different team than this. We were a lot closer and it helped us keep winning and get to where we were.”

King was one of the offensive seniors.

He was joined by Young; running backs Joe Riley and Luke Slekar; split ends Carson Bull, Noah Steffenson, Jordan Hutchcroft, Noah Goth and James Kemper; tight ends Logan Lindell, Shamaar Stephens and Mitchell Lokken; and offensive linemen Declan Makuch, Timmy Curtis, Tristan Largent, Thomas Becker, Jordan Recob and Jakob Brugger.

“This is always going to be here – the coaches and the players – I am never going to forget anyone on this team,” King said. “There were more friendships, and we just got closer. It is going to be here no matter what.”

Senior Bui Clements also was used as a wide receiver at times, but his role was mainly as a defensive back. Clements was one of the players hanging out by the sideline an hour after the game, joking around and trying to make the night last as long as possible.

“We were close, and I love these guys,” Clements said. “We had so much fun, and

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Diving for a purpose JEREMY JONES ​Sports editor

Senior Maggie Nunn hopes to celebrate her birthday with family and friends and hopefully a little hardware.

Nunn, who turns 18 on Friday, is looking to repeat as the Big Eight Conference diving champion for the fourth straight year.

She and the rest of the Big Eight divers compete at 6 p.m. Friday at Middleton High School, Nunn while the Verona Area/ Mount Horeb swimmers travel to Beloit Memorial for conference at 1 p.m. Saturday.

“I just want to do it for myself because I’ve worked so hard,” Nunn said. “Four titles would be great. I’ll probably go out with some of the swimmers and definitely my parents to get dinner afterwards. It should be a great day.”

Nunn, who did gymnastics prior to transitioning into diving nearly 10 years ago, finished 12th at state as a freshman before battling pneumonia the week of state her sophomore year, placing 21st.

She bounced back last year to tie for seventh, and hopes to reach the podium with a topsix finish this season and carry that momentum into a collegiate diving opportunity.

“Medaling at state, that’s kind of my end goal this season,” Nunn said. “The competition is going to be a lot harder because there are some talented freshmen from the Milwaukee area coming in, but we’ll see.”

It’s kind of hard to figure out where you’re going to finish when you haven’t seen so many of the other divers around the state, said Nunn, who has competed in six meets this season, including a personal-best fifth at the Nicolet Invitational.

Nunn has posted the fifthbest diving score (454.8) this season according to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association website, and she’s joined by two other

VA/MH individuals and two relays on the list.

No one in Wisconsin has been faster than defending state champion Grace Bennin in the 100-yard breaststroke this season. Bennin, who touched the wall in a season-best 1:04.6 during the regular season, won her first state title in 1:02.13. She’s hoping to break the D1 state record of 1:01.72 early next month.

Bennin has also posted the second-fastest 200 IM time in the state this season (2:06.44) and the third-fastest time in the 50 free (23.75). Only able to swim two individual events at conference, however, Bennin will be swimming the 200 IM. Senior Sophie Henshue has also posted a top-five time in the state this season, registering a 5:06.94 – the third-fastest 500 free mark.

Middleton has won the last seven Big Eight titles and is once again loaded this season, already posting the top 200 medley (1:47.14), the top 200 free relay (1:37.66) times this season and a handful of top individual times. The Cardinals also swam the second-fastest 400 free relay, in 3:32.92.

VA/MH (1:49.51) and Madison Memorial (1:50.22) come in as the next-fastest medley relay. The Wildcats and Sun Prairie are the next-fastest 200 free relays.

Middleton returns defending 100 butterfly champ sophomore Gabriela Pierobon Mays, senior distance swimmer Hannah Aegerter and talented freshman Alyssa Silvestri (breaststroke).

Pierobon Mays has posted the fastest backstroke time in the state this season (57.26) and the fifth-fastest 100 fly time (58.17). Silverstri has the third-fastest 100 breaststroke time in 1:06.72 and Aergerter (5:08.8) clocked the fourth-fastest 500 free and the fifth-fastest in the 200 free (1:55.2).

Madison West lost some key swimmers to graduation, but junior Katrina Marty returns as defending state champ in the 100 backstroke.

Marty has the third-fastest 100 back time in the state (57.34) this season.

Madison Memorial, Sun Prairie and Verona finished in a three-way tie for second place in the dual meet

What’s next The Big Eight Conference diving meet is 6 p.m. Friday at Middleton High School. Verona Area/Mount Horeb’s girls swimming team travels to Beloit Memorial High School at 1 p.m. Saturday for its portion of the conference tournament. season, and VA/MH coach Bill Wuerger said he would expect all three teams to be very close at the conference meet, as well.

“For our conference taper group, it’s their last meet of the season, so we hope to see them drop substantial amounts of time,” he said. “For everyone else, it’s important to race hard and help the team finish as high as possible at the meet.”

JV The Wildcats’ JV team ended the season splitting apart and heading to one of two meets last weekend.

Gianna Gnewuch won the 100 breaststroke Friday night at the Pink Panther Invitational.

Verona posted 21 out of 24 season-best times at UW-Stevens Point, over half by more than two seconds.

The rest of the team finished second at the JV conference meet in Sun Prairie on Saturday with 22 out of a possible 24 season-best times. All six relays beat their seed times and 21 finished their season on a high note.

Middleton won the meet with 663 points, and Madison Memorial finished third, six points behind VA/MH with 435.

Senior Annika Larson, junior Ireland McMahan and freshmen Calina Ackerman and Lucia Haffner won the 200 medley relay. Ackerman added the 100 breaststroke.

The Wildcats’ varsity conference, sectional and state taper groups will now look to continue the momentum over the final three weeks of the season.

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The Verona High School Equestrian team recently competed at the Wisconsin Interscholastic Horsemanship Association district show and won third place in Division C (3-5 riders) out of nine teams competing. The third-place finish allows them to compete at the State WIHA show, October 28-29 at the New Holland Pavilions at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison.

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What’s next

situations,” Worley said. “Our team has been through it all.”

Third-seeded Verona travels to MidWith only five seniors, Verona has a fairly dleton High School to take on No. 2 young team with several juniors and sophWaunakee in a WIAA Division 1 sectional omores rotating into the lineup. On most semifinal. nights, it isn’t rare to see all 15 girls get a chance on the court.

The winner will take on the winner of Annen said it was a “team effort” that No. 1 Sun Prairie/No. 4 Middleton at allowed the Wildcats to advance past region7 p.m.

Saturday in the D1 sectional final als. And that emotion of accomplishing a goal was on display when the final point was at Baraboo High School. scored Saturday.

Verona not only mobbed each other on the court and held the regional plaque up high, but the girls ran over to the student section and celebrated some more with the crowd.

D1 regional semifinal In the middle of the group was Shenoi and Worley with smiles on their faces, and while Verona def. Madison East 3-0 (25-9, they are the only two on the team that have 25-8, 25-23) been there before, Worley said it doesn’t get Kills: Hannah Worley 9 old.

Aces: Katie Karnosky 5 “It means a lot,” Worley said. “We kept our Blocks: Kirstin Tidd, Maddy Kelley 2 same level of play, and it is coming back, the same feelings that I have had in other years.

Digs: Katie Karnosky 13 We are keeping up with the same energy. I Assists: Emma Frahm 15 think that is what really keeps our high level of play up.”

D1 regional final Next up is a date with No. 2 Waunakee in the D1 sectional semifinal at 7 p.m. Thursday Verona def. DeForest 3-1 (25-8, 25-21, at Middleton High School.

20-25, 25-20) And both Thursday’s playoff opening 3-0 Kills: Tidd 11 (25-9, 25-8, 25-23) sweep of No. 14 MadiAces: Amelia Hust 7 son East and Saturday’s win over DeForest prepared the Wildcats for what is next, Annen Blocks: Kelley 3 said.

Digs: Karnosky 18 “We are going to have to pick it up in presAssists: Frahm 25 sure situations,” Annen said. “Those aren’t things you can replicate easily in practice.

These opportunities in games – how are you serve and keep up our confidence level.” going to come out of a timeout and serve in Top-seeded Sun Prairie takes on No. 4 front of a screaming fan section – is really Middleton in the first sectional semifinal at going to help our drive to stay and hold that 5 p.m. Thursday at Middleton.

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Seniors: 37 play their final game at VAHS Continued from page 10 we just created a bond that I can’t really explain.

I love it dude, and I am going to miss it a lot..”

Clements was joined by defensive seniors defensive backs Amiri Yousef, Jack Lilly, Seamus Reilly, Jake Doerfler, Tucke r Te s key, J a c o b Wa lton and Jonathan Peer;

l i n e b a c ke r s E l i H a n o , Gavin Geronimi, Ruben Zavala and Jono Herbst; and defensive linemen Jaylin Thompson, Wyatt Breitnauer, Reagan Stauffer, Nathan Tadisch, Costas Tsiolis, Anton Golden and Josh Burns.

“I am happy that I got to end this season with my brothers,” Clements said.

“It is a sad ending, but it

Soccer: Cats finish with 15 wins

will be OK.” While the season came to a close Friday, one thing everyone seemed happy about is to being able to play one last home game in Verona.

“I wouldn’t want anything else than to finish at this field man,” Clements said. “It was the last time playing at this field, and it was great, dude.”

Football: Verona finishes 6-4 overall Continued from page 10 good people.”

Verona had taken a 16-7 lead with 9 minutes, 14 seconds left in the third quarter after senior quarterback/kicker Aaron Young nailed a 38-yard field goal.

But with senior defensive lineman Anton Golden suffering an injury on the next drive – and senior defensive lineman Reagan Stauffer out all game from an injury at practice – Kettle Moraine ran the ball 13 straight times for an 80-yard drive to cut the lead to 16-14.

The Lasers continued to run right at the spot where Golden would have been, and senior running back Mike Timm capped the drive with a 4-yard run.

Both teams had three-and-outs on their next two drives, followed by Anderson (seven carries, 104 yards) appearing to take the ball to the house on a run to the outside. But after the penalty, two incomplete passes and a 2-yard run by senior split end Carson Bull, the Wildcats settled for a field goal.

Young (12-for-21, 157 yards) drilled a 35-yard kick with the wind at his back, and Verona led 19-14.

The defense forced another punt, giving Verona another chance to build on its lead, but penalties continued to dog the Wildcats.

Young found senior running back Joe Riley on a first-down pass inside the 40-yard line

of Kettle Moraine, but a holding call made it third-and-20 from Verona’s own 43.

Young once again came through with a huge throw to senior split end Jaden King (five catches, 75 yards) for what would have been a first-down inside the Kettle Moraine 40, but a holding once again erased a play.

On a third-and-35 from their own 27, Verona elected to run and punt the ball.

The Lasers followed with a 11-play scoring drive that was capped with a 5-yard run by Timm. Timm also ran in a two-point conversion to make it 22-19 Lasers.

Kettle Moraine added another touchdown with 46 seconds to go, as Timm scored on a 3-yard run to make it 28-19.

“The officials made some game-changing calls, and that is tough to overcome, but that is a part of the game,” Richardson said. “When you take points off the board, especially in a close game, it is a game-changer. It is too bad that happened.”

The game started with a fumble recovery by senior defensive lineman Nathan Tadisch, and Young would later find Bull (11 carries, 62 yards; 2 catches, 19 yards) for a 15-yard touchdown pass to make it 7-0.

Young also connected on 45- and 22-yard field goals in the half. Senior Jack Lilly had an interception in the first quarter.

Kettle Moraine’s first-half touchdown was on a 3-yard run by senior quarterback Max Herro.

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3-1 win over No. 13 Waukesha South Thursday in a WIAA Division 1 regional Verona 3, semifinal at Reddan Soccer Park.

Waukesha South 1 Bates added a goal, and Sophomore midfielder sophomore midfielder Jack Bennett Luttinen scored two Knight had an assist. Ohm goals and added an assist in a finished with three saves.

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Middleton 5, Verona 0 The fourth-seeded Wildcats’ season came to a close Saturday in a 5-0 loss to Middleton in the regional final at Reddan Soccer Park.

Ohm had three saves in the loss.

Girls xc: Cats finish fourth at sectionals Continued from page 9 “Julia had a plan that she was going to go out and get her spot, and if anyone wanted it, they were going to have to rip it away from her,” coach Dave Nelson said. “She probably did it the hard way, but she didn’t want to leave any doubt.”

Coming up the hill a final time, Pletta got one last shot of adrenaline when she took a glance back and saw a huge pack gaining on her. That helped push her to eighth place – third after members of the state qualifying teams of Madison West and Stoughton were taken into account. The top two teams at sectionals earned automatic state qualifiers, as did the next five fastest individuals not on the state qualifying teams.

“I decided that I wasn’t going to let that happen,” Pletta said of watching the pack creep up on her.

As an underclassman, she had missed out on an individual state qualifier by one spot twice.

“I knew if I let them past me, I would probably get sixth again,” she said.

Pletta travels to the Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids on Saturday, Oct. 28, to run in her first Division 1 state cross country meet.

“I’m not ready to have my senior year end yet,” she said. “As I was running today, I thought about all the people who have been there for me, whether it was running with me, coaching me or supporting me – helping me to this point. I can’t even describe how it feels.”

Pletta said there were two main differences between the past three years and this season.

“During the winter, I got a gym membership and I worked out all winter,” she said.

The only other difference was being a team captain this summer, which meant she had to make all the summer workouts.

“I made them hard workouts, and I did them well, and I think that was a huge change,” she said.

Halfway through this season, Pletta’s time dropped around 45 seconds.

“I used to try to start out and do negative splits, but the problem was I was running in packs of girls and it wasn’t as fast as I could run,” she said. “For me, it hurts the same whether I run a 6-minute or a 9-minute mile.

If I start out fast, I am pretty good about battling to stay where I am.”

Waunakee junior Reagan Hoopes paced the field in 19:02. Madison Memorial senior Sydney Peterson was the second individual state qualifier (sixth). Reedsburg Area senior Claire Koenecke (11th) and DeForest junior Katelyn Fox (12th) rounded out the top five individual qualifiers.

Madison West’s top two runners finished

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Verona senior Julia Pletta battles Stoughton sophomore Grace Jenny (368) and Madison West junior Andi Bowman (298) at the WIAA Division 1 DeForest sectional. Pletta finished eight overall, and third as an individual not on a state qualifying team to reach first state meet.

If You Go What: WIAA Division 1 boys state cross country race When: 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28 Where: Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids.

Info: wiaawi.org second and third as the Regents placed their top 5 in the first 21 runners across the final line to hold off Stoughton 58-61 for the sectional title. Both teams qualified for state.

Middleton (78) was third.

The Wildcats finished fourth out of the 12 teams competing with a team score of 117.

A quartet of underclassmen rounded out the rest of the pack.

Sophomore Jamie Hogan finished as the team’s second scorer in 19th place. Freshman Anna Knueve placed 24th in 20:55. Sophomores Lucinda Bakken and Leah Remiker finished as the team final two varsity scorers.

Bakken was 35th in 21:16 and Remiker was as the team’s final varsity scorer in 21:25.

Pletta is the only girl graduating who ran Saturday. Junior Lucy Waschbusch and sophomore Abby Wampfler also competed but did not score.

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“I don’t really have any goal besides just trying to finish the season strong.”

Middleton, ranked atop the Wisconsin Cross Country Coaches Association Division 1 state poll, finished 1-2-3 behind the efforts of junior Caleb Easton (16), senior Sam Jaeger (16:) and junior Michael Madoch (16:) to best second-ranked Madison West 34-50 as a team. The Wildcats were a distant third with 116.

“We had an idea of where we wanted to be, and the guys pushed the envelope the second mile,” Marks said. “We got the third-place finish we wanted.”

M i d d l e t o n a n d We s t accounted for 10 of the first 16 runners across the finish line. DeForest junior Jacob

Burgener, Madison Memorial senior Joel Foster and Sauk Prairie sophomore Hudson Haas rounded out the top five individual qualifiers from Saturday.

Junior Jason Ford missed a shot at state by two places and 26 seconds, taking 18th as Verona’s second runner in 17:04. Sophomore Eric Blum also finished in the top 25, reaching the finish line in 24th place with his time of 17:32. Fellow sophomore Nathan Neitzel wasn’t far behind, placing 30th in 17:41.

Junior J.J. Gumieny was 37th as the team’s final varsity scorer in 17:50.

Alex Ritter and Alan Zheng also competed on varsity but did not count toward the final score. Senior Hari Jayaraaman got sick Saturday morning and didn’t run.

If You Go What: WIAA Division 1 boys state cross country race When: 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28 Where: Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids.

Info: wiaawi.org Returning five of seniors runners from sectionals, the future looks bright for Verona.

“No one will beat Middleton,” Mark said. “They don’t lose anyone out of that top group. You never know, but today West looked like they had a few flaws. We just couldn’t catch them.”

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dedicated educator and friend to many, journeyed into the next chapter that God has planned for her.

Mary was born in Arcadia, Wis. on July 31, 1947 and grew up Sheboygan Falls, Wis. She was 70 years young when she passed away at Agrace Hospice Care Center in Fitchburg, with her beloved husband, and family by her side, including many sisters and brothers.

Mary was first a “mom” to her eight younger brothers and sisters and then a wife and mom to two daughters and grandma to three grandkids that adored her. She was the kindest, most caring person and her joyfulness was contagious to all around her.

Mary spent a career working at Montessori Children’s House in Madison. She loved the many students who she was fortunate to educate. Her Mary McConnell love of teaching was shared by her fellow teachers. She On Oct. 19, 2017, Mary continually strived to learn Weber McConnell, beloved the newest and best ways to wife, mother, grandmother, help each individual child.

Michael M. Meister, age 51, of Belleville passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison.

Michael was able to provide the gift of life to others through organ donation.

He was born on Aug. 11, 1966, at Madison General Hospital to his parents Leo and Carol (Heyroth) Meister. Michael graduated from Verona High School in 1985 and farmed with his

members surviving Mary include brother Paul Weber, Sheboygan, Wis.; sister Jennifer (Weber) Zimmerman and husband Mark of Kohler, Wis., nephew Jacob of Kohler, and niece Erika (Zimmerman) Kaat and husband Trent of Sheboygan Falls, Wis.; sister Heidi (Weber) Washatko and husband John, niece Ali Washatko,, of Green Bay, Wis.,, niece Lynn (Washatko) Uhyrek and husband Steve, Milwaukee and nephew Ben of Sheboygan Falls, Wis.; brother Robert (Bob) Weber and wife Sandra (Sandy), niece Ona, nephews Brandon and Daniel and a great grand nephew Alexander of Sheboygan Falls, Wis.; brother Tim Weber and wife Lynn of Sun City, Az.; sister Jane (Weber) Delker and husband, Michael, niece Lindsey and nephew Mike of Ridgefield, Washington; Susie and Jason Schmidt of Sheboygan, Wis.. Bother-in-law Richard McConnell of Indiana and wife Susan, Brother-in-law Tom McConnell of Tenn.

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and wife Judy and niece Nicole Enverga, Ill and husband Mike and nephew Jerry McConnell and wife Kristin & their children. “Surviving Extended family members” include Bob Christiaansen and Bob Gerber both of Portland, Oregon and a large host of friends and co-workers in and around Wisconsin, along with a cherished collection of relatives on the Larson side of the family in the LaCrosse, Wis. A special tribute of appreciation is extended to the folks at the Verona Senior Center, the “Swim Group” from the Senior Water Exercise Class at the Verona Natatorium. A special thanks to Linda Stellick and her husband Bob, Margy Murray, Kay Sievers, Grant and Diane Gintz, Jette Kelly and friends and neighbors who supported Mary and Jim through the trying times. A big Thank You to Dr. Nataliya Ubouha and the wonderful staff at the UW Carbone Center. Additionally, a sincere “thank you,” to the aids and staff at Agrace

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They all were exceptional in the love and excellent care provided for Mary. A special “thank you” to Karen Brooks who started helping Jim and Mary soon after her diagnosis and became a blessed friend.

To Shalynda and Dianne blessed caregivers from ComforCare, you were fantastic.

Mary’s parents Arlene and Frank Weber of Sheboygan Falls, and brothers Mark Weber and Thomas Weber of Sheboygan Falls, Wis. preceded Mary’s departure for a place at God’s table.

A service celebrating Mary’s blessed life will be held in Verona. Please contact the family at 608-235-1806 or email at catherineanne1026@ yahoo.com or kayshoshana@ gmail.com for more details.

Burial and gravestone unveiling will be at Blessed Trinity Cemetery near her parent’s and brother’s burial sites in Sheboygan Falls, Wis. at a later date.

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father for several years.

After his father retired from farming Michael started and operated Nine Mound Road Excavating.

He enjoyed spending time with his family hunting and fishing at the cabin up north. Michael also enjoyed classic cars and working and putzing in his shop with his German Shepherds Buck and Bear. He was also a dedicated and loyal Packer fan.

Michael is survived by his father Leo, sister Kathy Andree, aunts, uncles, and cousins.

He was preceded in death by his mother and grandparents Carl and Alta Meister and Jerome “Grandpa Beep Beep” Heyroth and Doris Heyroth.

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For many years, Mary was a member of the Blessed Sacrament Church of Madison. The church held a special place in Mary’s life!

Mary loved traveling with her family and was fortunate to visit France and England many times as well as explore many regions of the U.S. from Florida to New York to Colorado to California to Washington State. She had the opportunity to truly enjoy her retirement for many years and was actively involved in all the Verona Senior Center activities, including classes, hiking group, day trips and more, with her husband and many cherished friends and neighbors.

Mary is survived by so many who loved her dearly including her husband James, daughter Catherine (Katie) Bihi Zenou (husband David), grandsons, Joshua and, Zachary all of Versailles, France; daughter Kristin (Kay) Lowenstein (husband David) and granddaughter Sophie Rose of Corvallis, Oregon. Additional family

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he said, is what the commission agreed would be appropriate when they toured pools in Middleton, Madison and Sun Prairie this summer.

A pool that large just wouldn’t fit at Fireman’s Park, based on designs worked out by contracted planner MSA. “At Fireman’s Park, even with substandard parking, it pushes the perimeter fence of the facility almost down to the water line of the beach without doing some major grading (on the hill on the western side of the park),” Walker explained.

A smaller pool might fit, but Walker noted that even cutting the pool in half would not cut the space needed in half.

“By the time you add in the parking, seating, mechanicals, ancillary area, plus you’ve got stormwater issues to deal with,” he said.

“All that stuff is Plan B at this point.”

Walker said Verona has spoken with county parks planning staff about the idea, and “they were not crazy about the idea” but were understanding of the city’s limitations.

The city has been planning to build a community pool since January, when a committee of the whole of alders determined now is the time, about 20 years after a determined group put the idea to an ultimately failed referendum. With several million dollars in extra cash handy from the closure of the Epic tax-increment financing

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The only site still being considered for a new community pool is east of the library at Badger Prairie County Park. district, the Parks Commission initially planned to rebuild Fireman’s Park in 2017, but pressure from alders to look at the pool led to exploring an outdoor community pool first.

Originally, the obvious location seemed to be on the new Verona Area High School site being planned on the city’s west side, but timing and space ended up pushing that idea out of favor.

Other considered sites were either not big enough, complicated by access or difficult or too expensive to acquire.

Certainly, Walker said, the city would expect to pay for land, but the few privately owned areas the city looked at were far too expensive to be realistic.

It’s also uncertain whether the county would cap the amount it wants to lose from its 350-acre park or would balk at re-routing the Ice Age Trail, which runs through the land the city is looking at for the pool, or reducing its prairie restoration area. Walker said he wouldn’t be surprised to hear that.

“We would still re-create trails in and around it,” he said. “We would obviously have to engage those (stakeholder) groups, too.”

There is precedent for such a swap. The Verona Public Library is built entirely on former Badger Prairie County Park land, and the swap was done almost entirely without money changing hands. Instead, the city hooked Badger Prairie Health Care Center to city services, allowing the county to decommission its water tower, and provided other infrastructure improvements.

Years earlier, the city purchased land from the same park on the south side of Verona Avenue that became Community Park, Festival Park and Veterans Park.

That land, also purchased for a nominal amount of money, also includes the Little League facility.

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

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Throughout her life Marcia has been a strong advocate to: protect the environment, care for the poor, embrace diversity, reject racism, forgive often, love God, fight for the powerless, share earthly and spiritual resources and enjoy life.

Marcia is survived by her husband, Stephen Sheets; children, Susan M. Sheets and Jerome N. (Karen) Sheets; grandchildren, Ryan Howell, Jordan Sheets, Spencer Jones, Aileen Jones and Nicholas Sheets; brother, James C. Nelson; and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her father, Clifford Nelson; mother, Mildred (Knighton) Nelson; and sisters-in-law, Judith Sheets and Connie Nelson.

The family offers heartfelt thanks for the loving and compassionate care provided

by Dr. Peter Idsvoog, Noel Manor Memory Care especially Kim, Rozina and Connie; and the Heartland Hospice team: Brittney, Shantel, Karla, David, Stephanie, Victoria and Carly.

A Memorial Service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017, at Orchard Ridge United Church Of Christ, 1501 Gilbert Rd, Madison, with Pastor Winton Boyd and Pastor Tammy Martens presiding.

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City of Verona – Parking Prohibited During Certain Periods. This ordinance will restrict parking between the two driveways at Cecor, 102 Lincoln Street, during business hours. Motion carried 7-0.

B. Planning Commission (1) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Resolution No. R-17-049 Approving a Certified Survey Map to Create Two (2) Lots at 529 Commerce Parkway. Motion by Diaz, seconded by Doyle, to approve Resolution No. R-17-049 approving a certified survey map to create two (2) lots at 529 Commerce Parkway. This certified survey map will create one lot and one outlot at 529 Commerce Parkway to accommodate a future building on lot 1. Motion carried 7-0.

(2) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Ordinance No. 17-902 Rezoning Property Located at 841/857 North Main Street from Mixed Residential (MR) to Neighborhood Office (NO). Motion by Touchett, seconded by Doyle, to approve Ordinance No. 17-902 rezoning property located at 841/857 North Main Street from Mixed Residential (MR) to Neighborhood Office (NO), with the following condition: 1. That the Zoning Map Amendment shall become effective upon Forward Development Group acquiring the property at 841/857 North Main Street The properties located north and south of this site are zoned Neighborhood Office, and the proposed zoning would match those parcels. Discussion followed regarding the merits of placing this facility across from the school, and concern about the need for more commercial space near the downtown area.

Motion carried 7-0.

(3) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Resolution No. R-17-050 Approving a Conditional Use Permit to Allow an Institutional Residential Land Use to be Located at 841/857 North Main Street.

Motion by Linder, seconded by Touchett, to approve Resolution No. R-17-050 approving a conditional use permit to allow an Institutional Residential land use to be located at 841/857 North Main Street with the following conditions: 1. A deed restriction shall be recorded on the property restricting the use on the property to an Indoor Institutional Residential land use with age restricted housing for persons age 55 and older after Forward Development Group acquires the property and after the Applicant records the certified survey map for the development 2. The Applicant and City shall enter into an Agreement to allow the Applicant to install plantings on public lands and to

require the Applicant to construct a northsouth bike/pedestrian path connecting North Edge Trail on the City’s outlot.

3. Prior to recording, the deed restriction is subject to review by the City Attorney.

This conditional use permit would allow for the construction of an 86-unit senior independent, assisted living facility and memory care facility at 841/857 North Main Street. Motion carried 7-0.

(4) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Resolution No. R-17-051 Approving a Certified Survey Map to Create Two (2) Lots at 841/857 North Main Street. Motion by Linder, seconded by Touchett, to approve a certified survey map to create two (2) lots at 841/857 North Main Street. Lot 1 will be for the senior housing facility, and lot 2 is for First Choice Dental. Motion carried 8-0.

(5) Discussion Re: A Redevelopment Project to be Located at 118 South Main Street and 108 Park Lane. This redevelopment project would allow for the construction of two (2) mixed-use buildings, with 19,140 square feet of commercial space and 50 apartment units at 118 South Main Street and 108 Park Lane.

The Planning Commission postponed action on the development. Discussion followed regarding the timeline on this project, keeping the property owners informed of the progress of the project, the amount of TIF money being requested by the developer, and the project’s current building designs. The Council requested that the applicant continue working with staff and bring back another proposal.

10. Old Business A. Discussion and Possible Action Re: Selection of a City Council Representative to the Plan Commission. Alder Doyle nominated Alder Diaz as the City Council Representative to the Plan Commission.

Alder Touchett nominated Alder Linder as the City Council Representative to the Plan Commission. On roll call: Alder Diaz—Diaz, Alder Doyle – Diaz, Alder Gaskell—Diaz, Alder Linder—Linder, Alder Reekie – Diaz, Alder Stiner—Linder, Alder Touchett—Linder.

4 votes Diaz, 3 votes Linder. Motion failed.

11. New Business E. Discussion and Possible Action Re: Approval of Operator Licenses. Motion by Reekie, seconded by Doyle, to approve the following operator license applications: Joshua Mandell and Barbara Quick for 4 Sisters; Brittney Tomaschetski for Vincenzo Citgo; and Patricia McDermott and Scott Fry for It’s Time Bar & Grill. Motion carried 7-0.

12. Announcements: 13. Motion by Touchett, seconded

by Doyle, to adjourn at 7:56 p.m. Motion carried 7-0.

Ellen Clark, City Clerk Published: October 26, 2017 WNAXLP

Legals The City of Verona Plan Commission will hold Public Hearings on November 6, 2017 at City Hall, 111 Lincoln Street, at 6:30 PM for the following planning and zoning matters: 1) Precise Implementation Plan (PIP) for a Planned Unit Development (PUD), known as Festival Foods, to be located at 660 Hometown Circle that would allow for the construction of a 67,867 square foot grocery store.

2) Precise Implementation Plan (PIP) for a Planned Unit Development (PUD), known as the Legacy at Noel Manor, that would allow for the construction of a 32unit dementia/Alzheimer’s care facility on Lots 25 and 26 of the Prairie Oaks 2nd Addition subdivision.

Interested persons may comment on these planning and zoning matters during the public hearings at the November 6th Plan Commission meeting. The Plan Commission will make recommendations for these matters, which will then be reviewed by the Common Council for final decisions on Monday, November 13th.

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

Ellen Clark, City Clerk Published: October 19 and 26, 2017 WNAXLP

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Marcia Sheets Marcia K. Sheets, age 78, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, at Noel Manor in Verona. She was born on Oct. 26, 1939, in Rockford, Ill., the daughter of Clifford and Mildred (Knighton) Nelson.

Marcia was raised in Rockford and graduated from Rockford East High School and received a B.S.E. from Drake University in 1961.

She was married to Stephen E. Sheets on Aug. 12, 1961.

Marcia was a member of Orchard Ridge United Church of Christ in Madison and also Alpha Delta Kappa (professional educators’ sorority).

Marcia was an extraordinary volunteer her entire life as evidenced by the partial list below. She volunteered at the church as a Church school teacher, youth group leader, church financial secretary, church clerk, church stewardship committee, church senior choir, interfaith hospitality network and Yakima Youth Mission trip advisor.

She also volunteered in her children’s, Sue and Jerry, classrooms, Parent Advisory Council MMSD, PTSO

President, Attic Angel, RSVP, AARP, Habitat for Humanity, MSCR Pontoon Program, Dane County Parks and Helping elderly neighbors.

Marcia taught in Des Moines, Iowa for a year, Spring Harbor Elementary MMSD for three years and was a substitute teacher for 21 years for MMSD elementary grade levels. Marcia was an excellent teacher, loved by her students, their parents, co-workers and administrators. As a substitute teacher she was constantly in demand, completing many “long term” assignments in Madison elementary schools.

Marcia enjoyed traveling and traveled to all 50 states, including lots of camping trips. She took trips with each grandchild to western states to visit national parks. Marcia also traveled abroad, visiting countries such as Scandinavia, Germany, Switzerland, France, Austria, Kenya, Haiti, St. John V.I., Canada and Mexico.

She enjoyed time with her family, participating in the church choir, reading, crossword puzzles, cross stitch, traveling, camping and entertaining her many friends. Marcia was loved and admired for her cheerful warm personality; which even in her struggle with dementia she continued her ever present smile and hugs for her caregivers. She was most proud of her children and grandchildren, and her work in building “stick-by-stick” the house that she and Steve have called home since 1990. She was also a proud Wisconsin Brain Bank donor.

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2. Pledge of Allegiance 3. Roll Call: Alderpersons Diaz, Doyle, Gaskell, Linder, Reekie, Stiner, and Touchett present. Alderperson McGilvray was absent and excused. Also present: City Administrator Mikorski, City Engineer Montpas, Planning Director Sayre, Chief of Police Coughlin, Police Officer Kile, K-9 Drea, and City Clerk Clark.

4. Public Comment: Sue Schmid, 410 New Age Circle, Verona, spoke regarding the Ace Hardware property at the corner of W. Verona Avenue and Shuman Street.

5. Approval of Minutes from the September 25, 2017 Common Council Meeting: Motion by Linder, seconded by Gaskell, to approve the minutes from the September 25, 2017 Common Council meeting. Motion carried 7-0.

6. Mayor’s Business * The Mayor congratulated Steve Runde, President of the Verona Public Library Board, who is receiving the Wisconsin Library Association’s Trustee of the Year Award for 2017.

A. Proclamation: Halloween Trick or Treat Hours Mayor Hochkammer announced that the official Trick or Treat hours for the City of Verona will be 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 31st.

B. Police Chief Coughlin introduced K-9 Drea and Officer Matt Kile, the K-9 handler for the City of Verona Police Department.

7. Administrator’s Report * WalletHub.com named the City of Verona the 2017 Best Place to Raise a Family in Wisconsin. * As part of the CTH M/CTH PD project, Raymond Road will be closed at the CTH PD intersection beginning October 12th. There will be a link under public projects on our webpage to keep check on that project.

8. Engineer’s Report 9. Committee Reports A. Finance Committee (1) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Payment of Bills. Motion by Doyle, seconded by Linder, to pay the bills in the amount of $383,605.74. Motion carried 7-0.

B. Public Safety and Welfare Committee (1) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Ordinance No. 17-901 Amending Section 10-1-26 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Verona – Parking Prohibited During Certain Periods. Motion by Touchett, seconded by Reekie, to approve Ordinance No. 17-901 amending Section 10-1-26 of the Code of Ordinances of the

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CLASSIFIEDS, 873-6671 or 835-6677. It pays to read the fine print.

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750 Storage Spaces For Rent ALL SEASONS SELF STORAGE 10X10 10X15 10X20 10X30 Security Lights-24/7 access BRAND NEW OREGON/BROOKLYN Credit Cards Accepted CALL (608)444-2900 C.N.R. STORAGE Located behind Stoughton Garden Center Convenient Dry Secure Lighted with access 24/7 Bank Cards Accepted Off North Hwy 51 on Oak Opening Dr. behind Stoughton Garden Center Call: 608-509-8904 DEER POINT STORAGE Convenient location behind Stoughton Lumber.

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DAIRY CATTLE AUCTION TAH LIVESTOCK WINSLOW, IL FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27TH, 2017 1:00 PM EARLY CONSIGNMENTS:HERD DISPERSAL OF 15 STANCHION BROKE COWS 1/2 FRESH IN THE LAST 60 DAYS 1/2 MILKING AND BRED BACK INCLUDING ONE DRY COW. GOOD REGULAR RUN OF FRESH HEIFERS INCLUDING ONE JERSEY HEIFER JUST FRESH SELLING WITH HER JERSEY HEIFER CALF. ONE JERSEY CROSS JUST FRESH. 3 FRESH FANCY RED AND WHITE HOLSTEIN HEIFERS. FEW BLACK AND WHITE FRESH HOLSTEINS ARE REGISTERED. ALSO CONSIGNED: 1 REGISTERED JERSEY BULL: DOB 4/5/16 40 HOLSTEIN HEIFERS 275#400# THAT ARE AI SIRED.14 JERSEY CROSS OPEN HEIFERS, YEARLINGS. 7 OPEN HOLSTEIN HEIFERS 500-650#.

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793 Wanted To Rent NON SMOKING Woman looking for a clean room to rent. $400-$450. Need by Nov 3rd. Call Marlene 608-444-7746.

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4 VASD students receive state music honors Concerts Oct. 2628 feature middle, high school students from around Wis Four Verona Area High School students are among hundreds statewide honored for their music skills by the Wisconsin School Music Association State Honors Music Project last week.

Middle school students recognized will play a concert Saturday, Oct. 28, at Waunakee High School, while high school students will play Thursday, Oct. 26, at the Overture Center or Friday, Oct. 27, at the

Recognized students Middle level: Max Larson, band, euphonium High level: Rose Cantrell, Orchestra, trombone; Megan Diller, band, flute; Jack Zheng, band, trombone Monona Terrace.

“The public is encouraged to attend the concerts, which celebrate the accomplishments of these students and the overall positive impact of music education on their lives,” WSMA program director Victoria Donahue

means he will play as part of the 1 p.m. middle school concert Oct. 28. The orchestra and choir concerts will follow. A ticket is $16 and gets the buyer into all three concerts.

Two of the high school students, Diller and Zheng, were recognized in the band category, while Cantrell was recognized in the orchestra group.

The high school orchestra and band concert will begin at 4:30 p.m. Oct. 26 at the Overture Center in Madison. Tickets are $18.

For more information on WSMA, visit wsmamusic. org.

said in a news release. “The concerts also commemorate dedicated music teachers throughout Wisconsin, many of whom will be in Madison attending these events in conjunction with the annual Wisconsin State Music Conference.”

Max Larson was the lone Verona student recognized in the middle school program.

At the high school level, Verona had three students recognized: Rose Cantrell, Megan Diller and Jack Zheng.

Students were recognized in one of three categories: choir, band or orchestra.

Larson was recognized in the band category, which

— Scott Girard

Halloween: Event finishes with costume contest, party local businesses, including the last day of the Farmers’ Market for the year.

Businesses not located on Main Street will set up tents and hand out treats in the World of Variety parking lot.

Entry is free, but the Chamber asks each kid to bring a nonperishable food item for Badger Prairie Needs Network’s food pantry.

“It’s a win-win all the way around,” Jordan told the Press. “We’ll see how many people we’ll get this year, and hopefully it will go on every year, like

Continued from page 1 and down South Main Street between Hometown Junction park and Park Bank for trick-or-treating. Trick-ortreaters can get treats from businesses along Main Street before heading to a farmers’ market Halloween party and costume contest at 5:30 p.m. at the park.

VACC executive director Le Jordan said the Chamber is looking to provide a safe trick-or-treat environment for kids and draw people’s attention to

the Fall Fest.”

The event will be followed by a citywide trick-or-treat from 5-8 p.m., when kids can knock on doors of homes with porch lights or Halloween lights on.

In a news release, the Verona Police Department reminds children to trickor-treat only during designated hours, and with a parent, friend or in a group.

Contact Helu Wang at helu.wang@ wcinet.com.​

Photo by Scott Girard

Macy Gorzalski, left, and Mylee Calvert both included rainbows in their cards for students at John F. Kennedy school in Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico: Support warms teacher’s heart after hurricane Continued from page 1 She’s also found the cards to be “pretty sincere,” with messages wishing the Puerto Rico students a quick recovery, sharing information about themselves to create a human connection and saying simple things like, “We got your back; We’re helping you; We know that you’re there.”

“Just even hearing, ‘We know that you’re there’ is huge,” Cardona-Avelares said.

Though her family is alive, Cardona-Avelares said the damage to her hometown was “horrendous” and has left schools closed and many without access to food or necessary health care.

“Right now, for those kids, they are not in school,” she said. “They don’t have a way to even get that regular meal unless their parents are

providing it for them – and that’s if their parents are able to get it.”

Having kids of the same age all around her working together to help their peers thousands of miles away has made it a “great week” for Cardona-Avelares. It’s been a reminder of her why she works in a school like Sugar Creek, where she has been since the 2013-14 school year after moving away from Puerto Rico in 2009.

“It’s been a rough month, so getting this bright spot has just highlighted my week in terms of how cool kids are, why did I choose this job,” she said. “(Kids are) amazing, and they can show that they’re amazing in so many different ways.”

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

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