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Verona senior Eliot Popkewitz (6) holds up the Division 1 Sun Prairie Sectional championship plaque as he celebrates with teammates Owen Gibson (1), Jacob Wing (20), Jorge Lagunes (17) and Alan De Los Santos after the Wildcats’ 1-0 win over Madison West on Saturday, Nov. 2.

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The Verona Area High School boys soccer team punched its ticket to the Division 1 state tournament with a 1-0 win over Madison West in the Sun Prairie Sectional championship game at Madison College’s Goodman Pitch on Saturday, Nov. 2.

Verona senior Eliot Popkewitz scored in the 88th minute to lift the Wildcats to their first state appearance in program history. It marked the second time this season the Big Eight Conference champion Wildcats have beat the Regents.

Verona (19-1-2) earned the top seed at the state tournament and will play fourth-seeded Kenosha Tremper in the semifinals at 4:30 p.m. Friday at Uihlein Soccer Park in Milwaukee. Second-seeded Eau Claire Memorial will take on third-seeded Neenah in the other state semifinal. “These senior boys have the heart and the spirit,” Verona coach Chris Handrick said. “They deserve it. I would expect our boys to want to continue to take care of every step along the way. They want that state championship for Verona.”

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The Badger Prairie Needs Network has purchased its first vehicle, through a $51,500 grant from the Walmart Foundation, which will allow them to

effectively transport unused food from local food donors. BPNN was one of 13 food banks nationally chosen to receive funding from hundreds of applicants. The funds had to be used to build food bank volunteer and agency capacity, according to a Walmart Foundation news release. BPNN used the money to purchase a refrigerated van to help collect food from area grocery and convenience The

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stores that provide close-to-expiration foods such as meats, produce and dairy products. Before purchasing the van, volunteers used 36 personal vehicles to collect food, presenting a concern for food safety in unrefrigerated vehicles. Last year, around 200,000 pounds of food collected required immediate refrigeration, preventing BPNN from collecting

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There’ll be a lot of “new” f o r Ve r o n a A r e a H i g h School students at the start of the 2020-21 school year. District officials are hoping to add to that a new lunch policy that would restrict which grade levels could Hammen leave campus during lunchtime. Under a proposal brought to the school board Monday night by VAHS principal Pam Hammen and district school security coordinator Corey Saffold, only juniors and seniors would be allowed to take advantage of an open campus lunch. Freshmen and sophomores won’t be permitted to leave the school premises. “If we’re going to make a rule like this, this seems like a perfect time,” Hammen said. Hammen pointed out that students will face many

new procedures, including parking, where to enter and using collaborative spaces. “I think it would be harder for us to move into the school, and then a year later make the move (to change lunch),” she said. Currently, VAHS has open lunch for all grade levels, partly driven by the school being overcrowded; having students leave for lunch frees up space. Juniors and seniors have an additional privilege, with an option twice a week to take an hour-long “double lunch” and skip their A+ session. B u t a t t h e n ew h i g h school, overcrowding won’t be a problem, Hammen said, as the main atrium will be able to comfortably fit 1,000 students during each of the two lunch periods. She said creating a limited open campus lunch would remedy some of the issues being had with students, where students from other districts are coming to VAHS to fight, students are holding “fight clubs” in Harriet Park or are going off-campus to smoke marijuana and coming back to classes under the influence. VA H S a d m i n i s t r a t o r s have also received complaints about how students are conducting themselves

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The Verona Area Chamber of Commerce held its annual Main Street Trick or Treat on Halloween, Thursday Nov. 31. Parents and children braved the cold, heading up and down Main Street, where local businesses handed out goodies. Reporter Neal Patten can be contacted at neal. patten@wcinet.com.

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In an effort to increase social wellness for students throughout the district, officials are working on streamlining processes for behavior discipline and finding ways to eliminate bias. District director of student services Emmett Durtschi gave the school board a progress update Monday night, showing members a small sample of a behavior response grid and ways the district was planning to reduce bias, including a dress code that doesn’t punish students based on gender or body type. The plan is being designed with racial equity in mind to create proactive practices and responsive practices for behavior, Durtschi said. “A lot of this is trying to get that place where we’re more consistent with our responses, and we’re looking for a grade system where we can look for those biases that lead to decision making that happens,” he said. The behavior response grids which determine what kind of disciplinary action is taken and what staff members may be involved are undergoing internal review within the district, and are set for review by board members in January. The draft behavior response grids will then be open for parents and the public to give feedback in February and March. The grids distinguish between younger students at the elementary schools, and older students in the middle and high schools. The general concept, Durtschi said, is that as students

Social wellness plan timeline November-December 2019: Internal review of draft January 2020: Draft reviewed by board members during workshop February-March 2020: Draft released to the public for feedback Spring-summer 2020: Developing and conducting implementation plans get older and receive more infractions, the consequences for their actions increase. The behavior response grids currently consist of four steps, with varying degrees of staff intervention and disciplinary consequences as student behavior warrants. The first level would have the situation managed by classroom teachers, and the behavior wouldn’t become a part of a student’s permanent record. As the levels increase, so does the severity of action: Support staff could be brought in to take over the situation, students may be removed from class or receive an in- or out-of-school suspension and for older students, expulsion may be an option once they hit the higher levels of behavioral issues. Email reporter Kimberly Wethal at kimberly. wethal@wcinet.com and follow her on Twitter @kimberly_wethal.​

New rules for visitors to Verona Area School District’s school grounds will set restrictions during student conflicts and clarify the district’s handling of sex offenders and family legal conflicts. The school board approved the new rules and the district policy unanimously and without discussion on Monday night. The updated language for the rule and policy defines what guidelines parents must follow, and rights are given to a school site, in the case of an escalated student conflict, as well as what steps a registered sex offender must take in order to access school grounds based on their relation to the school, and it also defines the district’s neutrality in family legal conflicts. In May 2019, the high school had three fights escalate out of personal conflicts between students in one day, prompting many parents to come to campus, causing additional security concerns. During a student conflict, adults who are attempting to access a student site who are not the parent or caregiver of an enrolled student can be prohibited from entering a building and parents of

students will have limited access and can be asked to move or take specified routes to a destination. The updated language asserts that school staff have the right to limit where a parent is located on the school grounds, what students they can talk to while on the premises and how long they can be there. An adult who does not follow the rules can be removed. A separate section of the updated rule sets a policy for registered sex offenders. Any registered sex offender who wishes to visit will need to inform school administration each time they plan to come to campus, and each site has the right to refuse entrance. The rule makes an exception for parents, who need to inform administration about their criminal status once at the beginning of the year, and enrolled students. The update also addresses family legal conflicts, stating the district intends to be neutral and won’t deny a parent the right to see their child at the school unless administration is provided with court documents that limit a parent’s ability, regardless of how other family members feel. Email reporter Kimberly Wethal at kimberly.wethal@wcinet.com and follow her on Twitter @kimberly_wethal.​

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For a while, social and emotional learning have been separated out from academic curriculum. Now, they’re being added together at the elementary school levels. Academics has taken precedence over social emotional learning in the past because of its quantifiable nature, district director of curriculum and instruction Ann Franke told the board. “You can assess those, you have standards for those,” “Not so much for social emotional learning. It’s been a little nebulous.”

Now, the state Department of Public Instruction has standards for social emotional learning, Franke said, turning it into a curricular area teaching staff can be “intentional” about. Starting this year, elementary school teachers are giving social emotional learning instruction for 30 minutes a week, Durtschi said, and the district is hoping to add a second tier for the concept for middle schoolers for the start of the 2021 academic year as a continuation of what students learned in elementary school. Those middle school-level lessons might include thoughts and values, emotions and serious friend conflicts. Social emotional learning

isn’t necessarily a new concept at the schools – guidance counselors have been using similar teaching practices with students, Franke said – but now it’s being integrated into the classroom setting as a part of their instructional minutes. She said while that’s a good first step, only having 30 minutes a week of social emotional learning for elementary school-age students isn’t enough. “We’re really trying to be intentional about how do these social emotional standards become integrated into our academics,” she said. Email reporter Kimberly Wethal at kimberly.wethal@ wcinet.com and follow her on Twitter @kimberly_wethal.​

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Future needs to practice kindness, love If I could write a letter to future generations, it would go like this: Dear future generations, I hope you are surviving. I would like to apologize on behalf of my generation and those before me. We left you a pretty bad planet on which to inhabit. It wasn’t always like this. It used to be perfect. Clean water to drink, clean air to breathe and no radioactive waste. There were a lot more species of plants and animals, and the climate used to be a lot cooler as well. But we were not satisfied. We were greedy. We waged wars because of this greed. We not only killed other humans, but we polluted our planet as well.

Correction A story in last week’s Verona Press contained three significant typographical errors. The cost-of-living wage adjustment in the proposed city budget is 2 percent, not 25 percent. Also, three alder sponsored initiatives were mentioned in the wrong paragraph and were not included

We learned to hate other people that didn’t look the same as we did or spoke a different language. We dumped toxic substances on our land and into our air and water, because it was easy to do and it made us more comfortable. We worshipped money instead of taking care of our natural world. We and those before us really messed things up. Please forgive us. If there is any planet left, I offer this advice: Be kind to each other. Share what you have. Don’t hate and don’t wage war. Do better than we did. Tim Melin City of Verona

in the budget. The print version of the story erroneously indicated the $40,000 fire department consolidation study, the $30,000 sustainability initiative and the $30,000 for diversity assessment and training made the final proposal. The Press regrets the errors.

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f you have read my columns over the years, you probably know I absolutely love the Christmas season. I love the family get togethers, the traditional food, the festive decorations, the Christmas music and the movies – even the cheesy made for TV variety. Perhaps it’s just me, but people seem a little happier and maybe even a touch kinder around the holidays, and there is something special about that, no matter what your religious beliefs are. I also absolutely love a good deal, so it probably comes as no surprise that my second favorite day of the year (trailing only Christmas itself) has traditionally been the day after Thanksgiving – Black Friday for shoppers. Back in the Stone Age – you know, a few years ago – the very best Black Friday sales were only available in the stores, frequently had limited supplies and often drove people to wait in line for hours to be the first in the doors when they opened at 4 a.m. or 5 a.m. But for those dedicated (or perhaps crazy) enough to brave the crowds and the early hours there were in fact some amazing deals to be had. I kind of miss those days. Like everything else in life, technology has changed Black Friday and the holiday sale shopping season in general. While there are still some holdout stores that have unbeatable in-store only deals on that Friday morning, more and more are available online and the best prices are no longer limited to Black Friday. In fact, many stores have started offering their “Black Friday pricing” during Thanksgiving day and the online sales stretch well beyond Cyber Monday. With so many days of sales and so many ways to save, it is more important than ever to be organized and do your research if you want to make the most of them this year. The most important thing I’ve learned in all of my years of Black Friday shopping is not to wing it. I never just show up and start browsing. I continue to go in with a very defined list

of what I am looking for, even though my shopping now involves both online and in-store purchases. Start by making a list of Arndt what you want to shop for. I use this time of year for more than just gift shopping. The sales can also provide a good opportunity to replace that washer/dryer that is just barely hanging on and replenish the AAA batteries the kids burn through so quickly. Once your list is complete, your research can begin. In order for you to know for sure you are getting a good deal, you need to know first what the normal price of the item is. It’s been proven that many stores artificially raise their prices prior to Thanksgiving just so that they can “slash” the price for the holiday sales. Make sure to know what the real normal prices of your items are upfront so you can know how much of a discount the sale is really offering. Now that you have your list and know what you would normally pay, it’s time to start looking for the best deals. While some stores have similar sales to others, it definitely pays to compare. You can wait for the Thanksgiving newspaper to pore over the sales flyers, but if you have a big list, I’d suggest getting a head start by checking out the ads in advance. Websites like blackfriday.com start sharing leaked versions of the ad flyers sometimes weeks in advance, and many of the big retailers like Walmart release their own ads in advance on their websites. As you research the best deals be sure to keep good notes about when and where the items are available and what time the store opens. Note whether they be purchased online, whether shipping included, it the item is only available in the store and if there is a limited quantity, Be sure to also check out the post-Black Friday sale flyers to

It’s been proven that many stores artificially raise their prices prior to Thanksgiving just so that they can “slash” the price for the holiday sales. Make sure to know what the real normal prices of your items are upfront so you can know how much of a discount the sale is really offering. see how the prices compare. You might find that the prices are the same or that the difference isn’t enough to warrant a trip to the store during the busiest hours. Then map out your game plan. Consider laying out your shopping plan by day, being sure to separate what you can buy online from what you need to get at the store. And make sure to give yourself options for the bigger ticket items in case your first choice of store no longer has the item available. When it comes time to shop, don’t forget to use coupons. A lot of stores don’t allow coupons in addition to the sale prices around Black Friday, but that isn’t always the case, so be sure to check. Some websites like retailmenot.com share coupon codes that can be used online. And watch your email for personalized coupons and offers, as well. As you anticipate the excitement of Christmas and the holiday sale season, start planning your shopping in advance to get the best deals – and have some fun along the way! Trisha Arndt, CFP, is President of Wealth Strategies of Wisconsin Ltd, 951 Kimball Lane, Suite 110, Verona, WI 53593, 8482400. Securities and Advisory Services offered through Commonwealth Financial Network, member FINRA/SIPC, a Registered Investment Adviser.

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Annual holiday art, craft sale set for Nov. 9

Veterans Day commemorations set for Nov. 11

The Verona Area Education Foundation Annual Holiday Art and Craft sale is back once again with 70 local artisans and crafters. The sale will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, at Badger Ridge Middle School, 740 N. Main St. Admission to the event is free and is being sponsored by the VAEF, with proceeds going toward middle school ropes-course maintenance. Items up for purchase are set to include jewelry, knits, quilts, woodworkings, soaps, flower arrangements, sauce mixes and more. A concession stand selling baked goods and lunch items will be

If You Go What: Verona Area Education Foundation Annual Holiday Art and Craft Sale When: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9 Where: Badger Ridge Middle School, 740 N. Main St. Info: 835-4300

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available as well. For more information about the sale, contact the Verona Area School District at 845-4300. Email Emilie Heidemann at emilie.heidemann@ wcinet.com or follow her on Twitter at @ HeidemannEmilie.

Fall curbside clean-up will continue until Nov. 22 Despite the early snowfall, the City of Verona will continue curbside leaf collection until Nov. 22. Leaf collection usually ends after the first snowfall. The city asks residents to continue to separate their leaves, brush piles and yard

Senior center to host annual luncheon after flagraising ceremony

waste as usual and place them on the curb for collection as usual. Residents can also dispose of these items at the Public Works Facility at 410 Investment Court. Renee Hickman can be contacted at renee.hickman@ wcinet.com.

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Richard Schwenn cranks the handle on the flagpole to raise the American and Prisoner of War flags during the senior center’s Veterans Day program on Monday, Nov. 12, 2018.

If You Go Flag Raising Ceremony at Hometown Junction Park – 11 a.m. Lunch at Verona Senior Center – 11:30 a.m. Recognition Program begins at 12:30 p.m. Quilts of Valor Presentation begins at 1:15 p.m.

The Verona Senior Center will host services to honor area veterans of all ages and all branches of service on Veterans Day, Monday, Nov. 11. The program begins with a flag-raising ceremony at 11 a.m. at the Verona Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Hometown Junction Park. Flags from each of the five branches of the military are raised, followed by a flag representing those who were prisoners of war or are listed as missing in action. Senior center director Stephanie Ehle will thank the veterans for their willingness to fight for their country and a local high school student will lead attendees in the national anthem while the U.S. flag is raised. The program moves to the senior center at 108 Paoli St. at 11:30 a.m. where veterans who pre-registered will be served a free lunch. Family and friends of the veterans may join them to eat for $5. A t 1 2 : 3 0  p . m . , a

Plan Commission recommends new Goodwill store and approves Whispering Coves plan

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Plans for a new Goodwill store in the long vacant World of Variety building will go to the Common Council next week despite getting negative feedback from commissioners about the company’s image. The Plan Commission on Monday, Nov. 4, recommended approval of a precise implementation plan, the third and final stage of the planning process. The PIP governs visual and aesthetic issues

and details such as stormwater, utilities and lighting, and the council is set to review the plan Monday, Nov. 11. The Goodwill plans contain several improvements to the existing building at 118 S. Main St., including new colors, a new roof, a new glass donor entry door and a roll-up door off Park Lane for loading and unloading. However, several commissioners said they had never received more public comments about an issue. They raised concerns about how traffic and sidewalks would be affected, whether the community could support another thrift store in addition to the St. Vincent de Paul store on West Verona

Avenue and how the store, as a nonprofit, would affect the city’s tax base. Dan Sisel of Berengaria Development, which is working with Goodwill on the plans, said his company’s market research had determined the local market could support a second thrift store, the Goodwill would be taxed like any other retail store, and that sidewalks and traffic would only be affected for an hour a week by loading trucks. Other commissioners said they simply disliked the idea of putting a

Goodwill store in the heart of Verona’s downtown. Commissioner Scott Manley said the store was not what he had envisioned in the area and he wanted the area to attract “more of a destination or an entertainment type business.” However, city administrator Adam Sayre said that given how expensive improvements to the building would be, there were few other businesses that could occupy the deteriorating space. Sayre said if the commission did not vote to

Whispering Coves advances The seventh version of a northside housing subdivision is heading to the Common Council for approval next week. A prior version of the general development plan for the 170 acre Whispering Coves development west of County Hwy. M and south of County Hwy. PD did not advance because of multiple Plan Commission concerns, including its stormwater and parks plans. Although commissioners raised a few questions about the parks included in the GDP on Monday, Mayor Luke Diaz said he was pleased with the updates the Forward Development Group had made to the plan. He singled out its nature conservancy area and stormwater drainage plan. “Let’s be honest, the climate is changing and past standards aren’t good enough anymore,” Diaz said of plans to control flooding in the subdivision. Several representatives of FDG were present for the vote.

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recommend the PIP he would challenge them with the question “What are you going to put in this building?” Council representative Ald. Sarah Gaskell (Dist. 2) said she was voting to recommend the plan but was doing so “under protest” because she realized the public had concerns about the store and there was a perception that a small business should go into the building. Gaskell said,“There’s somewhat of a public relations issue,” for Goodwill to deal with.

Christmas/Holiday Bazaar & Luncheon Luncheon from 10:30am-1:30pm Sweepstakes Drawing at 3:00pm $1,000 & Much More! Holiday Crafts - Gift Baskets - Bake Sale CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS SHOP (for school-age children) & Much More!

recognition ceremony will be held. The day will finish with the Quilts of Valor presentation at 1:15 p.m. Sugar River Quilts of Valor is the local chapter of a national nonprofit organization that honors veterans with homemade quilts to thank them for their service and sacrifice. Quilts are awarded to veterans who have served in time of war, regardless of place of deployment. The national organization began in 2003 to honor Iraq War veterans. The organization’s original mission statement said its purpose was “to cover all those service members and veterans wounded physically or psychologically with comforting and healing quilts.” Local veterans may remain connected throughout the year by joining the Verona Vets Group, which meets for coffee and discussion on the second Thursday of every month at 3 p.m. at the senior center. Guest speakers are often invited to the meetings. The group is also active outside of the monthly meetings, planning road trips and outings to places like the Harley Davidson Museum in Milwaukee and the Field of Dreams in Dyersville, Iowa. Neal Patten can be contacted at neal.patten@wcinet. com.

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Coming up Mackenzie Moore performance Living in a lighthouse

Green burial presentation

From 2-4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, The From 7-9 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 8, FishFrom 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. er King Winery will host a concert by 12, the library will host a presentation by Linda & Gene Farley Center for Peace Mackenzie Moore at 1105 Laser St. Dave and Rhonda Mossner, who spent a Justice and Sustainability will host a preFor information, call 497-1056. week running the Mission Point Light- sentation about “green” burials. It will be at 2299 Spring Rose Road. house in Traverse City, Michigan. Christmas/holiday bazaar For information, call 845-8724. For information, call 845-7180.

and luncheon

From 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, the St. Christopher Catholic Parish will hold their annual Christmas/ holiday bazaar and luncheon at the St. Andrew Parish Center, 301 N. Main St. For information, call 845-6613.

Attracting birds to your yard From 6:30-7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 11, the library will host a presentation by the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology on the best ways to encourage native birds to visit your yard. For information, call the library at 8457180.

Community calendar Thursday, Nov. 7

• 7:30-8:30 a.m., Business education breakfast, Verona Area High School, 300 Richard St., veronawi.com • 8-9 a.m., Business builders breakfast, Brick House Studio (upstairs of The Purple Goose), 101 N. Main St., 845-2368 • 1:30-4:30 p.m., Memory Screening, library, 845-7180 • 5-7 p.m., Share fair, Country View Elementary, 710 Lone Pine Way, 8454800 • 6-8:30 p.m., NaNoWriMo write-in, library, 845-7180

Apps for smart devices

Stop the bleed training

From 6:30-8 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 13, the library will host an ‘Appy Hour’ to teach about about useful, fun and free applications that can be downloaded to your smart device. For information, call 845-7180.

From 7-8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, Fitch-Rona EMS paramedics will demonstrate how to control bleeding in emergency situations at the library. Registration is required, and has a limited number of open spots. For information, call 845-7180.

Candle making class

Homebrewing workshop

From 6:30-8 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 13, Fisher King Winery will host a candle making workshop at 1105 Laser St. For information, call the winery at 497-1056.

Riley Tavern, 8205 Klevenville-Riley Road, 845-9150 • 10-11 a.m., STEAM story time: “Birds” with special guests from Feathered Friends Sanctuary and Rescue, Inc., library, 845-7180

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From 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, Wisconsin Brewing Company will host the Madison Homebrewers and Tasters Guild for an educational session about homebrewing at 1079 American Way. For information, call 848-1079.

• 4:30-7 p.m., American Legion chili dinner, Legion Post 385, 207 Legion St., 845-6538 • 4-5:30 p.m., Tween Dungeons & Dragons, library, 845-7180 • 6:30-8 p.m., ‘Appy’ hour, library, 8457180 • 6:30-8:30 p.m., Candle making, Fisher King Winery, 1105 Laser St., 497-1056

• 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Veterans Day events, senior center, 845-7471 • 6-8 p.m., Clases de inglés para adulThursday, Nov. 14 tos/English classes for adults, library, 845-7180 • 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., AARP safe driving course, senior center, 845-7471 • 6:30-7:30 p.m., Attracting birds to your yard, library, 845-7180 • 2-4 p.m., Green burial presentation/ tour, Linda & Gene Farley Center for Tuesday, Nov. 12 Peace Justice and Sustainability, 2299 Friday, Nov. 8 • 5:30-7:30 p.m., Community potluck • 10 a.m., Rendever virtual reality tour, gathering and Stop the Bleed training, Spring Rose Rd., 845-8724 • 4-5:30 p.m., Teenage Dungeons & senior center, 845-7471 Town of Verona office, 7669 County Dragons/tabletop gaming, library, 845• 10 a.m., Death Cafe, senior center, Road PD, 807-4467 7180 845-7471 v• 6-8:30 p.m., NaNoWriMo write-in, • 6-6:45 p.m., Verona Area Commulibrary, 845-7180 •7-9 p.m., Live music: Mackenzie nity Theater presents “We Are MonMoore, Fisher King Winery, 1105 • 6:30-7:30 p.m., Presentation on light- sters,” Verona Area High School, 300 Laser St., 497-1056 house keeping, library, 845-7180 Richard St. • 6:30-8 p.m., Family fort night, library, • 6-7 p.m., La leche league, library, Saturday, Nov. 9 845-7180 845-7180 • 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Christmas/holiday Bazaar and luncheon, St. Andrew • 7-9 p.m., Beer and bingo, Sugar • 6:30-7:30 p.m., ADHD sensory & River Pizza, 957 Liberty Drive, 497Parish Center, 301 N. Main St., 845anxiety workshop, Family First Chiro1800 6613 practic, 1029 N. Edge Trail., 497-1801 • 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Verona Area EducaWednesday, Nov. 13 • 7-8 p.m., Stop the Bleed training, tion Foundation’s annual holiday arts • 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Verona Cham- library, 845-7180 & crafts sale, Badger Ridge Middle ber networking lunch, North and • 7-9 p.m., Live music: Mike’s MUD School, 740 N. Main St., 845-4300 South Seafood & Smokehouse, 958 Music, Hop Haus Brewing Company, • 7-9 p.m., Live music: Lords of the Tri- Liberty Drive, 845-5777 231 S. Main St., 497-3165 dent, Fisher King Winery, 1105 Laser • 12:30-1:30 p.m., Book discussion: • 7-9 p.m., Homebrewing Stammtisch, St., 497-1056 “Carnegie’s Maid”, senior center, 108 Wisconsin Brewing Company 1079 Paoli St., 845-7471 • 8 p.m., Live music: Gin Mill Hollow, American Way, 848-1079

What’s on VHAT-98 Thursday, Nov. 7th 7 a.m. – Tom Kastle at Senior Center 8 a.m.- Zumba Gold 9 a.m. — Daily Exercise 10 a.m. — Jesse Walker at Senior Center 2 p.m. — Zumba Gold 3 p.m. — Daily Exercise 4 p.m. – Diversity at Senior Center 5 p.m. – Shoulder Pain at Senior Center 6  p.m. — Salem Church Service 7  p.m. — Diabetes/K9 Presentation at Senior Center 8 p.m. — Daily Exercise 9 p.m. – Skip Jones at Senior Center 10 p.m. – Badger Prarie at the Historical Society Friday, Nov. 8 7 a.m. – Diversity at Senior Center 1  p.m. — Skip Jones at Senior Center 3  p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 4 p.m. – Shoulder Pain at Senior Center 5  p.m. — 2018 Wildcats Football 9 p.m. — Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. — Tom Kastle at Senior Center 11 p.m. – Jesse Walker at

Senior Center Saturday, Nov. 9 8 a.m. — Plan Commission from 11-04-19 11 a.m. — Vintage Verona Sports 1  p.m. — 2018 Wildcats Football 4:30 p.m. – Badger Prarie at the Historical Society 6 p.m. – Plan Commission from 11-04-19 9 p.m. — Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. — Badger Prarie at the Historical Society 11 p.m. — Jesse Walker at Senior Center Sunday, Nov. 10 7 a.m. — Hindu Cultural Hour 9 a.m. – Resurrection Church 10 a.m. — Salem Church Service Noon — Plan Commission from 11-04-19 3 p.m. — Vintage Verona Sports 4:30 p.m. — Badger Prarie at the Historical Society 6 p.m. – Plan Commission from 11-04-19 9 p.m. — Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – Badger Prarie at the Historical Society 11 p.m. — Jesse Walker at Senior Center Monday, Nov. 11

7 a.m. – Diversity at Senior Center 1  p.m. — Skip Jones at Senior Center 3 p.m. — Vintage Verona Sports 4 p.m. — Shoulder Pain at Senior Center 5  p.m. — 2018 Wildcats Football 7 p.m. — Common Council Live 9 p.m. — Hindu Cultural Hour 10  p.m. – Tom Kastle at Senior Center 11 p.m. – Jesse Walker at Senior Center Tuesday, Nov. 12 7 a.m. – Tom Kastle at Senior Center 10 a.m.- Zumba Gold 9 a.m. — Daily Exercise 10 a.m. — Jesse Walker at Senior Center 2 p.m.- Zumba Gold 3 p.m. — Daily Exercise 4 p.m. – Diversity at Senior Center 5 p.m. – Shoulder Pain at Senior Center 6  p.m. — Resurrection Church 8  p.m. — Diabetes/K9 Presentation at Senior Center 9  p.m. — Skip Jones at Senior Center 10 p.m. — Badger Prarie at the Historical Society

Wednesday, Nov. 13 7 a.m. – Diversity at Senior Center 1  p.m. — Skip Jones at Senior Center 3  p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 5 p.m. — Common Council from 11-11-19 7 p.m. — Capital City Band 8  p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. — Tom Kastle at Senior Center 11 p.m. – Jesse Walker at Senior Center Thursday, Nov. 14 7 a.m. – Tom Kastle at Senior Center 8 a.m.- Zumba Gold 9 a.m. — Daily Exercise 10 a.m. – Jesse Walker at Senior Center 2 p.m. — Zumba Gold 3 p.m. — Daily Exercise 4 p.m. – Diversity at Senior Center 5 p.m. – Shoulder Pain at Senior Center 6  p.m. — Salem Church Service 7  p.m. — Diabetes/K9 Presentation at Senior Center 8 p.m. — Daily Exercise 9 p.m. – Skip Jones at Senior Center 10 p.m. – Badger Prarie at the Historical Society

Churches All Saints Lutheran Church 2951 Chapel Valley Rd., Fitchburg (608) 276-7729 allsaints-madison.org Interim Pastor Sunday: 8:30 & 10:45 a.m. The Church in Fitchburg 2833 Raritan Rd., Fitchburg (608) 271-2811 livelifetogether.com Sunday: 8 & 10:45 a.m. Memorial UCC 5705 Lacy Rd., Fitchburg (608) 273-1008 memorialucc.org Interim Pastor Laura Crow Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Good Shephard Lutheran Church ELCA (608) 271-6633 Madison: Raymond Road & Whitney Way, Madison Sunday: 8:30 & 10 a.m.. Verona: Corner of Hwy. PD & Nine Mound Road, Verona Sunday: 9 & 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.m. Damascus Road Church – West The Verona Senior Center 108 Paoli St., Verona (608) 819-6451 info@damascusroadchurch.com, damascusroadonline.org Pastor Justin Burge Sunday: 10 a.m. Memorial Baptist Church 201 S. Main St., Verona (608) 845-7125 MBCverona.org Lead Pastor Jeremy Scott Sunday: 10:15 a.m. Redeemer Bible Fellowship 130 N. Franklin St., Verona (608) 845-1615 redeemerbiblefellowship.org Pastor Dwight R. Wise Sunday: 10 a.m. family worship Resurrection Lutheran Church – WELS 6705 Wesner Rd., Verona (608) 848-4965 rlcverona.org Pastors Nathan Strutz and Andrew Ewings, and Assistant Pastor Seth Krueger Thursday: 6:30 p.m. Sunday: 9 a.m. St. Christopher Catholic Parish St. Andrew Church 301 N. Main St., Verona St. William Church 1371 Hwy. PB, Paoli (608) 845-6613 stchristopherverona.com Fr. John Sasse, pastor Saturday: 5 p.m., St. Andrew, Verona Sunday: 7:30 a.m., St. William,

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

St. James Lutheran Church ELCA 427 S. Main St., Verona (608) 845-6922 stjamesverona.org Pastors Kurt M. Billings and Peter Narum Office Hours: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday; 8 a.m.-noon Wednesday Saturday Worship: 5 p.m. Sunday Worship: 8:30 and 10:45 a.m. Salem United Church of Christ 502 Mark Dr., Verona (608) 845-7315 salemchurchverona.org Rev. Dr. Mark E. Yurs, Pastor Sunday school for all ages: 9 a.m. Worship: 10:15 a.m. Fellowship: 11:30 a.m. Springdale Lutheran Church ELCA 2752 Town Hall Rd. (off Hwy ID), Mount Horeb (608) 437-3493 springdalelutheran.org Revs. Loren and Linda Schumacher Sunday: 8:45 a.m. with communion Sugar River United Methodist Church 415 W. Verona Ave., Verona (608) 845-5855 sugar.river@sugarriverumc.org, sugarriverumc.org Pastor Gary Holmes 9 & 10:30 a.m. contemporary worship. Sunday School available during worship. Refreshments and fellowship are between services. West Madison Bible Church 2920 Hwy. M, Verona (608) 845-9518 www.wmbiblechurch.org Pastor Dan Kukasky Jr. Sunday Worship: 9:15 a.m. Sunday School: 10:45 a.m. Zwingli United Church of Christ Hwy. 92 & G, Mount Vernon (608) 832-6677 Pastor Brad Brookins Sunday: 10:15 a.m. Zwingli United Church of Christ Hwy. 69 & PB, Paoli (608) 255-1278 paoliucc.com Pastor Rich Pleva Sunday: 9:30 a.m. family worship

Hate Is Easy- Love Is Hard Hate can be turned on like the flip of a switch. Someone cuts us off in traffic and we are cursing them as if they were the devil incarnate. An unkind word or a slight to our fragile ego can be remembered for years and be a source of resentment we just can’t get over. Political demagogues and bullies are experts at flipping the switch of hatred and resentment. It is easy to convince the native-born that the foreign-born are the source of their problems, or to convince the poor and working-class that the rich are their enemies. Human beings get defensive very easily, even when the offense against us is merely imagined. Unfortunately, hatred and anger are the default mode for many of us.Love, on the other hand,takes work and must be nurtured.We have to work at creating loving relationships, and though we all crave them, we are admittedly prickly.That is,we are prone to giving and taking offense. Perhaps that is why all of the world’s religions spend so much time and effort trying to inculcate loving kindness and charity.If it were easy and natural there would be no need for it. Work on banishing hate from your life and making your life an expression of love. –Christopher Simon

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Ultimate prize in sight Popkewitz’s goal in sectional final sends Wildcats to state BY MARK NESBITT AND ADAM FEINER Sports editors

Verona senior Eliot Popkewitz scored from 25 yards out in the 88th minute to propel the Wildcats to a 1-0 win over Madison West in the Division 1 Sun Prairie Sectional championship on Saturday at Madison College’s Goodman Pitch. The goal paved the way for the Wildcats (19-1-2) to reach the state tournament for the first time in program history. “I saw a little gap to take it through,” Popkewitz said. “I knew I was going to eventually shoot. I just pulled the trigger and I guess it all worked out.” Popkewitz wasn’t surprised to see West goalkeeper Oscar Herrera stood tall in net for the majority of the game. He has grown accustomed to seeing dominance from his Madison 56ers club teammate. “Oscar is a fantastic goalie,” Popkewitz said. “All props to him. We were lucky we were able to pull out a goal.” The Wildcats beat the Regents 4-1 on Sept. 19 at Reddan Soccer Park. The rematch was a defensive battle. After a scoreless first half in which scoring chances were hard to come by, the Wildcats focused on passing the ball quicker in the second half to generate more shots on goal. In the 50th minute, Popkewitz fired a shot that went off Herrera’s hands and over the crossbar. The Wildcats appeared to capitalize on the ensuing corner kick after Herrera recovered the ball out of a scrum but the momentum took him across the goal line. The officials huddled and ruled that Herrera had stopped the shot before crossing the line.. “In these tight games, it’s frustrating when you get so close, but you just have to keep going,” Lynch said. “That is what we did and it paid off.” Verona senior forward Bennett Luttinen hammered a shot just wide of the near post, and senior defender Tavion McNuckle’s low-lining shot to the near post went off Herrera’s hands and out of play in the 60th minute. The Wildcats did not have a corner kick in the first half, but had three in the first 25 minutes of the second half. “We took control in the second half,” Verona coach Chris Handrick said. “We started to get our game back where we were getting corners. We started to possess more with our one-two touch.” The Wildcats did have to deal with some adversity. Senior goalkeeper Nate Hanson was inadvertently punched in the face on a corner kick late in the second half, and had to leave the game before re-entering moments later. “It gets a little messy,” Hanson said of defending corner kicks. “Whenever you see the ball coming in, it always goes way slower than what it actually is. As soon as it gets in the box and someone makes contact, it’s just chaos all around. I got hit in the face, but we got the ball out. That’s all that matters.” Hanson said if the game would have remained tied after overtime and

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Verona junior forward Jonathan Gamez (right) battles Madison West’s Alex Yin for the ball during the second half Saturday at Madison College’s Goodman Pitch. The Wildcats beat the Regents 1-0 to win the Division 1 Sun Prairie Sectional and advance to state for the first time in program history. heading into a shootout, he was confident the Wildcats could pull out the win against the Regents (12-5-2). “We all stuck together no matter what happened in this game,” he said. “I’m so glad I get to go (to state) with these boys.” Verona earned the No. 1 seed in the Division 1 state tournament, and will play fourth-seeded Kenosha Tremper in the semifinals at 4:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8, at Uihlein Soccer Park in Milwaukee. “These senior boys have the heart and the spirit,” Handrick said. “They deserve it. I would expect our boys to want to continue to take care of every step along the way. They want that state championship for Verona.” Tremper defeated Kenosha Bradford/Reuther 1-0 in overtime in the sectional finals. Second-seeded Eau Claire Memorial will take on third-seeded Neenah in the other state semifinal. Memorial shut out Appleton North 3-0, and Neenah knocked off Homestead 2-1 in overtime to reach state. The top two-ranked teams coming into the postseason, No. 1 Marquette and No. 2 Arrowhead, lost in the sectional semifinals.

Verona 5, Middleton 3

Cold temperatures, snow flurries and a slick field didn’t slow the Wildcats in their sectional semifinal matchup against the Cardinals on Friday, Nov. 1, at Reddan Soccer Park. Sam Abreu played a part in three of Verona’s goals, benefitting from an offense that looked to score early and often. “The movement of our forwards

If You Go Division 1 state semifinal: Verona (19-1-2) vs. Kenosha Tremper (11-7-2) When: 4:30 p.m., Friday Where: Kohler Engines Stadium, Uihlein Soccer Park, Milwaukee allowed our midfielders to step up,” Abreu said. “That allowed us to diversify our attack and score goals.” Verona led 2-1 at halftime, and tacked on two insurance goals early in the second half. A throw-in by Jack Knight found its way to Jonathan Gamez, who flicked a shot just over the reach of Middleton goalkeeper Nick Hinz in the 52nd minute. Popkewitz was taken down in the box three minutes later, and Abreu converted the penalty kick with a shot into the lower right corner. Middleton (13-6-3) beat Hanson three times, but the senior goalkeeper came up with a pair of crucial saves for the Wildcats. Hanson made a diving save on a shot by Isaac Gueu in the 38th minute to preserve the 2-1 halftime lead, and denied Ezra Joseph with a diving stop in the 61st minute to keep it 4-1 Verona. “It could have become a very different game if he doesn’t make those saves,” Handrick said of Hanson, who finished with five saves. “He’s a huge part of a defense that only allowed eight goals in the regular season.” Hanson stopped Cian Carlson’s

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Verona’s Gannon Simonett (with “c” on sleeve) celebrates his first-half goal with his teammates Friday night against Middleton. The Wildcats won 5-3. header off a free kick by Joseph in the 60th minute, but Carlson gathered the rebound and put it into the back of the net to cut the Wildcats’ lead to 4-2. McNuckle seized a rare scoring opportunity in the 72nd minute, as he worked his way into the middle of the box, eluded three defenders and blasted a right-footed shot into the lower left corner of the net. “I saw that their center back was trying the ball, so I came from behind and took it from him,” McNuckle said. “Then I saw a bunch of open space, cut in and beat two more defenders, and tucked it into the corner.” Middleton’s Peter Tuttle scored off an assist by Max Rateau in the 75th minute, but Verona controlled possession for the remainder of the game.

The Wildcats put pressure on the Cardinals’ defense right away. Abreu was taken down near the north sideline in the 17th minute. Gannon Simonett corralled the ensuing free kick and blasted a right-footed shot past Hinz for the first tally. “We wanted to come out hot so we had a cushion to play our game off of,” Simonett said. “I was just in the right spot, put my head down and buried it into the right corner.” Lynch went unaccounted for on the back side of a corner kick by Abreu, and headed in the ball for a 2-0 Verona lead in the 29th minute. Middleton’s Ben Tutewohl put a shot on goal in the 36th minute, and the ball slipped through Hanson’s hands and into the back of the net.

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DiMaggio and Manning crack top 40 at state meet

Verona sophomore Aidan Manning races to the finish line at the Division 1 state meet Saturday, Nov. 2, at The Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids. He finished 40th with a time of 16:36.4. ADAM FEINER Sports editor

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Verona senior Luka DiMaggio (right) chases down Madison La Follette’s Chris Wolfe (left), Hudson’s Anthony Weeks (middle) and Middleton’s Egan Johnson near the finish line at the Division 1 state meet Saturday, Nov. 2, at The Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids. DiMaggio finished 33rd with a time of 16:28.9. Manning averaged 6:09.6 per mile. He stayed close to the front in 15th at the mile mark (4:58.2), but dropped to 30th at the two-mile mark (10:26.8). “I felt like I could have done better. It was a little

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Verona senior Luka DiMaggio and sophomore teammate Aidan Manning looked as though they might finish side-by-side at the Division 1 state meet Saturday, Nov. 2, at the Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids. DiMaggio then turned on the jets in the final 400 meters, surging past 10 runners in the homestretch to finish 33rd out of 190 runners with a time of 16:28.9. After a promising start, Manning grinded his way to 40th place with a time of 16:36.4. “This was really a dream come true in my last race,” DiMaggio said. “I was so happy coming down the final stretch. I knew I was capable of one last good kick to show people what I’ve got.” DiMaggio’s time was the 19th-best among all seniors. Thirty-seven of the top 40 runners were juniors or seniors. DiMaggio watched races on the course in preparation for his first state appearance, and his approach seemed to work as he averaged 5:55.6 per mile. He was 37th after the first mile (5:02.5) and 44th at the twomile mark (10:33.3) before blowing past three Middleton runners and Madison La Follette’s Chris Wolfe near the finish line. “We went out a bit fast, but I felt pretty good at the mile mark,” DiMaggio said. “At the two-mile mark, I told myself I had to go. That last mile is one where the pretenders die and the contenders push it and get a good time.” Manning’s time was third-best among all sophomores in a race dominated by upperclassmen. “Finishing in the top 20 was the goal, but my legs just felt dead and I got dizzy,” he said. “Those last two miles are brutal with all the hills.”

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Ve r o n a A r e a / M o u n t Horeb freshman Peyton Drexler set a high standard at the Big Eight Conference Meet on Saturday, Nov. 2, at Beloit Memorial High School. Drexler won the 200yard freestyle (1:55.83) and the 500 freestyle (5:09.38). Both were season-best times for Drexler. Ve r o n a A r e a / M o u n t Horeb coach Bill Wuerger said there were 23 individual season-best times, and five more swims within 0.1 of a second of season-best times. “Our conference taper group all had season-best times in every event they swam,” Wuerger said. “We look forward to the sectional taper group having similar time drops next week.” The Wildcats finished

fifth as a team with 306 points. Sun Prairie (539 points) edged Madison West (490) for the team title. S e n i o r S a r a S t ewa r t , an Illinois State commit, placed second in the 100 free (53.94) and 100 backstroke (58.58). S t ew a r t t e a m e d w i t h senior Sam Malecki, senior Josie McCartney and sophomore Kenzie Zuehl to finish fifth in the 200 medley relay (1:52.25). The Wildcats’ 400 free r e l a y t e a m o f D r ex l e r, McCartney, Stewart and sophomore Tola Kalbough finished sixth with a time of 3:40.61. McCartney placed seventh in the 100 butterfly (59.86), and Malecki took seventh in the 100 breaststroke (1:10.79). VA/MH will compete in the Division 1 Beloit Memorial Sectional on Saturday.

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Buan wins bronze at state bowling competition ADAM FEINER Sports editor

The Special Olympics state bowling competition took place Saturday, Nov. 2, in Sun Prairie. Drew Buan, an eighth-grader at Savanna Oaks Middle School, won a bronze medal in his division at the state tournament. It was the first year Buan

competed in Special Olympics. Will Rose, a member of the Verona Area 18-21 program, and Verona graduates Michael Krewson and Madeline Walker also competed at state. M a r i a C a r va l h o , B i l l Rose and Kelly Storm are the coaches of the Verona Special Olympics bowling team.

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Verona struggled to stay in its offensive system and couldn’t contain Sun Prairie’s high-powered offense Thursday, Oct. 31, in the Division 1 Sun Prairie Sectional semifinals. The Wildcats kept the match going by taking the third set, but never found their groove in the fourth set of a 25-23, 25-21, 19-25, 25-7 loss to the Cardinals in Verona. The two Big Eight Conference rivals split their two regular-season meetings. Verona, the 2 seed in the sectional, went on the road and beat Sun Prairie in four sets en route to winning the conference title. The third-seeded Cardinals (40-7) beat the Wildcats in three sets in the championship at the Big Eight Tournament in Janesville. Verona (34-6) controlled the third set with its season on the line. “I asked them how bad they wanted it,” Wildcats coach Jillian Bauer said. “You’re on your home court, and at that point it was about playing with pride. The seniors have been in that position before, and kudos to them to get us back in it in the third set.” Verona scored six straight points to take a 7-3 lead it would not relinquish. Amelia Hust served three aces, Megan Touchett slammed a kill, and Maddy Kelley recorded a stuff block during the stretch. Five Wildcat service errors kept the Cardinals in the third, but a hitting error and an ace by Delaney McIntosh forced a fourth set. Verona had three more service errors in the fourth, and Bauer used both timeouts in the set’s first 12 points with her team trailing 10-2. Sun Prairie’s Kristen Anderson served four aces in a row after a Verona hitting error to push the Cardinals’ lead to 15-2. “We’ve been preaching the serve and pass, and we really struggled with it,” Bauer said. “We also struggled to find the court with our serves.” Four service errors in the first set cost the Wildcats. Sun Prairie jumped out to a 5-1 lead before the Wildcats stormed back with four straight points. Verona went on another 4-0 run to take a 9-8 lead, capped by back-toback kills by Kelley. The Wildcats used a 6-1 run to lead 16-11, capped

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Verona senior libero Amelia Hust prepares to dig the ball during the third set of Thursday night’s sectional semifinal against Sun Prairie. The Wildcats lost 25-23, 25-21, 19-25, 25-7. by a Jordan Armstrong ace. Sun Prairie went on a 6-1 run of its own to tie it at 17, and after a Touchett kill and Hust ace, the Cardinals rallied off four straight points. Verona’s Rachel Karnosky served an ace to tie it at 22, but the Cardinals closed the set on a 3-1 run, capped by a kill by Mia Livingston and a stuff block by Josie Halbleib. The second set featured nine ties. Sun Prairie again jumped out to a 3-1 lead, but Verona rallied for four straight points. The Wildcats used another 4-0 run to take a 12-10 lead. Touchett hammered a kill, Karnosky recorded an ace, Armstrong and Kelley combined on a stuff block, and a Sun Prairie hit went just wide of the line. A kill and ace by Armstrong and a kill by McIntosh made it 16-13 Verona, but Sun Prairie went on a 6-2 run to take a 19-18 lead. The Wildcats had a pair of crucial service errors, and the Cardinals scored the final four points of the second. Four of the six Verona seniors led the Wildcats in a stat category. Armstrong, a University of Pennsylvania commit, dished out 23 assists. Touchett finished with eight kills, Kelley had four blocks, and Hust,

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Verona History November • Madison Mayor William Dyke apologized to the citizens of Verona for not informing them of the city’s potential plans to turn land at County Highway PB and M into a dump site. “Obviously, somebody goofed,” he said. • A 181-lot mobile home park proposal in the Verona Area School District was withdrawn “indefinitely” before going to the County Board after facing opposition on several fronts. Adjacent property owners, developers in the area, some members of the Fitchburg Planning Commission and the Verona Area Chamber of Commerce all opposed the plan, which also got VASD concerned because of unclear laws of taxation. • The Verona chapter of Future Farmers of America commemorated 20 years of service. • Verona Home Talent fell 4-2 to Waunakee in the league championship game. • A Madison woman and her 2 year old daughter were killed in a crash on County Hwy. PB south of Paoli after the car they were riding in struck a culvert and rolled over.

40 years ago

• After seven months of debate, the Common Council finally adopted an alternate-side parking ordinance that is essentially the same one we have today. The mayor later vetoed the ordinance, but the council overrode it. Many people had complained about the no-parking ordinance from the previous year, but some form of no-parking was felt to be essential for snowplowing. The council removed a provision that would have exempted visitors who alerted the police. • An express bus service to Madison made some of its first runs, with a park-and-ride lot at the bowling alley on West Verona Avenue and an early and late schedule. The ribbon-cutting included Madison Mayor Joel Skornika and County Executive George Reinke. • The City of Madison annexed 300 acres from the

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• The new school year began with a new grading system for elementary school students. Instead of As, Bs and Cs, students in grades K-5 would get O, for outstanding, S for successful performance or H for having difficulty in the major subjects and also be graded on effort. The idea was to have students focus on outcomes, rather than grades. The district also approved a refined K-12 assessment program that was intended to deliver a broader, more defined idea of student progress. • The Chamber of Commerce held a dance to celebrate the reopening of South Main Street. It included a corn boil, barbecue, buggy rides, clowns and live music, but a suggestion to include free beer was shot down because of liability concerns. The street had been closed

for months, getting road improvements and having power lines buried. • The Common Council approved spending almost $4,000 to beautify downtown by planting 21 trees along the now more open Main Street. • The senior class of 1990 won the best float at the Homecoming parade with its Bottle the “Cats-Up” image of a ketchup bottle.

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• The city and town of Verona were chosen to pilot a national land-use planning project with the Federal Geographic Data Committee. The project, which Mayor Tom Ferch called a “Sim City” for land-use planning, was planned for a year and gave citizens the ability to see how the area would build out under a variety of scenarios. • The Common Council voted to spend $10,000 to study its space needs. In the years since, the city has built a new senior center, public works facility, library, police station and city hall. • Pastor Doug Tomhave held the first worship service of Resurrection Lutheran Church in a suite at Collin Court on West Verona Avenue. The church now has its own building of County Highway PB. • Dan Elsass of Fitchburg was sworn in as a replacement for school board member Jack Husted, who moved out of state with his family. • Steve Zimmer, the Verona Police Department’s first school liaison officer, was promoted to sergeant. Zimmer retired in 2006. • Verona Area High School students participated in a wetland restoration project in nearby Cross Country Park. • The Dahlk Circle Lawn Mower Olympics raised $2,500 for the Ronald McDonald House. The event drew 31 people and 20 mowers.

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• Sugar Creek Elementary School became the first in Dane County to offer free breakfasts to all kids. The program soon expanded to all of the elementary schools at the district. • Representatives from southside recycling center Second Season promised a crowd

Citizens’ committee forms over dump Schmitt said Davis indicated any future negotiations with the city would have to include both the town and the residents of the area. He explained that the developers of Applewood Hill, near one of the other possible dump sites, had obtained an option on the adjacent Adams farm in an effort to locate the dump in the Town of Verona. He said, however, that Davis has refused to give the Applewood Hill group an option to the land, which would be turned over to the city, after learning that his farm would be used for the landfill operation. Schmitt said Davis was approached by Paul Craig, a Madison farm manager and real estate broker, who said he wished to obtain an option on the Davis property. David remained undecided as to the sale of his property, but Craig, Schmitt said, continued to pressure for an option. Schmitt said he and Davis became suspicious of Craig’s motives because of his determination. After a 3 ½ hour debate, marked by angry appeals by Verona area citizens, the Madison City Council Thursday night postponed the move. The council began deliberations of the dump issue at 9:20 p.m. with nearly 50 Verona citizens filling the spectator galleries.

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Pole removal culminated the three month goal of opening up and beautifying Verona’s downtown Main Street. A widened and new street as well as full sidewalks were part of the underground cable burial that gives Verona’s Main Street a more attractive appearance. down a few years later. • The city agreed to pay $35,000 in a settlement with Prairie Crest Apartment developer John Dohm over his buildings’ assessed value. He had

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Some 40 Verona area residents launched a campaign of investigation, persuasion and possible legal action during a meeting with the Verona Town Board last Friday night in an effort to prevent the City of Madison from locating its proposed dump at the corner of Hwy. M and PB about .9 miles southeast of the village. A Concerned Citizens Committee of over a dozen members, with Harvey Littleton, Sunset Drive, as chairman, was named to work with Town attorney James Schmitt and Madison attorney Milo Flaten, who has been retained as special counsel, to fight the plan, which has been assailed as “secretive” and “underhanded” by angry residents. The attorneys and the Committee are coordinating a drive to assemble evidence showing the site on the John Adams and Robert Davis farms on Hwy. M is unsuitable for a landfill operation and that the site was chosen through secretive and possibly misleading tactics. Attorney Schmitt, who is also Davis’ attorney, appeared before the group during the Friday night meeting to reveal that Davis did not know until about Sept. 8 or 9 that the city selected his 158-acre farm as a portion of a new possible city dump.

of 18 people at a town hallstyle meeting they would make sure odors and debris that had been bothering them would be cleaned up. Prairie Crest Apartments, which hosted the meeting, was directly across the bypass, and the manager said she had received 30 complaints in 60 days. The company soon purchased another facility further south and began storing its compose there. The location is now owned by the city and is being planned for a public works facility. • About 200 runners took part in the inaugural Mama Goose run, in honor of former Verona Area School District school secretary Margaret “Peggy” Giesfeldt, who died of cancer earlier in the year. The race has continued each year. • The city approved its first comprehensive plan, which, as the name suggests, covers a variety of topics to help guide the future of the city, particularly growth and development. All Wisconsin municipalities were required to adopt comp plans by the end of the year under the 2000 Smart Growth law. • The Verona Cavaliers repeated as Home Talent League champions. The team has won five more league titles since then, including one in September. • The owner of a Verona restaurant and convenience store known as Chinmi was sentenced to three months in jail for bank fraud stemming from writing bad checks. Li Zhang had pleaded no contest four years earlier to unauthorized use of another person’s credit card. The restaurant closed several years ago, and the former truck stop in which it was located was torn down earlier this summer. • Madison-based Red Star Pictures filmed part of a feature film at a home on White Crossing Road, which was torn

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Town of Verona that would be used for the WISC-TV, the expansion of Elver Park and residential areas. The school district superintendent expressed alarm at the loss of district property, and school board members continued asking the town if there was any way it could prevent future annexations. • A 16-year-old Verona boy was killed in a one-vehicle accident on a rural road west of the city. Alan Becker was killed when his vehicle rolled on top of him on County Highway G, but his passenger was treated and released. • Verona police and county sheriffs investigated the burglaries of 12 Verona businesses and their connection to recent incidents around the county. Doors were pried open and cash was taken, with the total loss estimated at about $9,000. • A six-lane 25-meter swimming pool opened next to Verona High School. • The Friends of the Verona Public Library held its first meeting. • St. James Lutheran Church added old brick from Chicago to its exterior walls. The original church structure remained unchanged. • The school district released its official enrollment figure of 1,841.

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Security: Potential expansion of on-site food choices could include Italian, Asian, LatinX Continued from page 1 at local businesses when they leave campus to get lunch, she said, and they’ve seen an increase in tardy reports after the lunch period. Board members were receptive to the idea but raised several concerns, including whether students might be able to find loopholes and how they would enforce individual situations, and they also discussed how the potential of improved food options and updated policies on food delivery to students might work with such a policy. They generally agreed it would be a good way to balance security and giving older students some independence. Hammen said as students mature, they need less intervention from support staff, and board member Meredith Stier Christensen agreed from a parent perspective. “As a mom of a junior, the concerns that I had about open campus as a freshman do not exist anymore,” board member Meredith Stier Christensen said. “That seems like a really natural transition to start opening up some freedoms.”

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part of the campus is a complement to all the money the district has invested into security at the new high school. To s i m p l i f y e n f o r c e m e n t , juniors and seniors would be asked to both leave and enter back into the school at a single access point off one of the southern parking lots. They would have to show ID confirming their grade level. Because there’s also a large number of adults who access the high school during passing times for lunch, Hammen said, having separate entrances for where students exit and where adults enter through the front office on the north side of the building will increase safety for staff and students. “It’s easy for people to get mixed in with our students and have access into the interior of our building and to our staff and students unregistered, unseen, not noticed,” she said. Board members wondered how easy it might be to work around the system by using separate exits. At the site of the new high school on the side facing south, there’s a large set of “social stairs” that administration expect to be heavily used by students during the lunch hour. Board member Carolyn Jahnke

suggested a sophomore might be able to instead walk out that door and leave campus, and she asked how school officials might enforce the rules. Board member Amy Almond built off of Jahnke’s comment, asking if school administration have considered assigning parking in the back lots based on grade levels so students don’t access their vehicles when leaving from the social stairs. Board members also asked how the school would manage keeping a junior or senior on campus if their right to the open campus were revoked based off of past behavioral issues or if were their parents’ wishes to not have them leave campus. Hammen assured board members that such students could have their open campus lunch privileges revoked, but she said enforcing that is difficult because of the sheer volume of students in the school. “There’s 1,700 of them, and we don’t want to have to be, ‘Johnny, you sit right here where I can watch you,’” she said.

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Another consideration with the rule is the role of food choices – both students’ access to delivery and fast food and the options that will be available at the new

campus. Hammen pointed out that the move to the new campus is further away from fast-food options. “It’s a long walk if you’re a ninth grader or a 10th grader,” she said. “We’re worried about that scrunch in time, and if they’re coming back late, are they speeding, are they going to have accidents? We’re just worried about the safety of the kids.” Board members asked to see the school create a take-out policy for food being dropped off at the school. Students are allowed to order take-out to the school, Hammen said, but she said she’s gotten complaints from delivery drivers after they struggled to be able to find students or found they were unable to pay upon arrival. Now, some places refuse student takeout orders. “It’s just been such a hassle for them,” she said. Board member Debbie Biddle agreed that restricting access to take-out with students having access to so many food delivery apps on their smartphones. “I think students will do it if they really want to,” she said. “So just having a designated place for it to happen would be great.” Jahnke said she would prefer that take-out not be allowed on

the new campus, as the district’s food service is increasing its selection and older students are allowed to leave campus. “Why don’t you try that first, and if it turns out that’s not going to work, then we can always add it back in,” she said. Hammen pointed out that on-site food choices will be better. For one thing, she said, the new school features a production kitchen. The existing high school’s production kitchen where the food is made is located off-site, requiring food to be rewarmed before serving, Another option being explored is expanding the selection of food available to students by creating several specialty food lines. Those could include, for example, Italian and pasta, LatinX and Asian cuisine, sandwiches and pizza, as well as food to fit special dietary needs, such as vegetarian. “If you’re a freshman or a sophomore, we want to make sure you have a lot of options, too,” she said. “They’re really making a strong effort to improve food choices.” Email reporter Kimberly Wethal at kimberly.wethal@wcinet.com and follow her on Twitter @ kimberly_wethal.​

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Taking a bite of knowledge On Thursday, Oct. 10, Verona Area International School second and third graders crunched into locally and regionally grown apples during the Great Lakes Great Apple Crunch. The Great Apple Crunch is an event that takes place across Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio during National Farm to School Month. The VAIS event was held after a science unit on plant parts, life cycles, and the processes of pollination and fruiting. Hands-on stations allowed students to work in groups to discover, create and collaborate to extend their learning. Volunteers facilitated stations, including apple taste testing of five local varieties, plank tower building with apples on top based on the children’s book “Ten Apples Up on Top” by Dr. Seuss, an apple and toothpick 3-D creation station, apple birdseed feeder making, apple coloring pages and homemade MacIntosh applesauce cooking. The Great Apple Crunch was made possible thanks to teachers Jennifer Klawiter and Yumeng Wang and donations of apples and supplies. — Submitted by Tiffani Roltgen

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Van: Can distribute to smaller pantries Continued from page 1 food outside of a 30-minute drive. The van will allow volunteers to pick up more food for repackaging. Donated food that is close to expiration is reheated and flash-cooled or frozen, extending the expiration date often by a week. Another benefit of the van is BPNN can now distribute food to smaller pantries, and also might help bring on new volunteers, since not all volunteers can bear the expense of using their private vehicles for pickups. BPNN estimates they have had over 800 people volunteer in the past two years, providing a combined 40,000 volunteer hours. Neal Patten can be contacted at neal. patten@wcinet.com.

Did You Know? Feeding the hungry In 2018, BPNN helped Second Harvest and the Feeding America network by distributing over 545,000 pounds of food and helped feed an average of 1,200 individuals each month, translating to more than 450,000 meals and cumulatively over 13,000 individuals served. According to BPNN director Marcia Kasieta, nationally, 40% of all commercially-produced food is wasted and 42 million people are going hungry across the country.

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From left, Verona Area International School third graders James Hammerly Lopez, Drake Kassa and Abigail Bagley along with second grader Ngawang Guerek prepare apples for bird feeders.

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